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Jeunesse
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 Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 9:49 pm Post subject: Where does the "sparkling" Korea meme come from? |
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| I see people sardonically refer to Korea as "sparkling" on Dave's. Where does the joke come from? |
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Kaypea
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Xuanzang
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| Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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| The Sparking Korea Tourism poster ads. |
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:12 pm Post subject: Re: Where does the "sparkling" Korea meme come fro |
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| Jeunesse wrote: |
| I see people sardonically refer to Korea as "sparkling" on Dave's. Where does the joke come from? |
Never heard of Google? Oh, you have? Just wanted to start a thread? Okay then, so go for it!!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRmKzxhMzwo |
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Jeunesse
Joined: 11 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:27 pm Post subject: Re: Where does the "sparkling" Korea meme come fro |
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| caniff wrote: |
| Jeunesse wrote: |
| I see people sardonically refer to Korea as "sparkling" on Dave's. Where does the joke come from? |
Never heard of Google? Oh, you have? Just wanted to start a thread? Okay then, so go for it!!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRmKzxhMzwo |
Actually, I had Googled it, but didn't see those results. Sorry. |
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:33 pm Post subject: Re: Where does the "sparkling" Korea meme come fro |
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| Jeunesse wrote: |
| caniff wrote: |
| Jeunesse wrote: |
| I see people sardonically refer to Korea as "sparkling" on Dave's. Where does the joke come from? |
Never heard of Google? Oh, you have? Just wanted to start a thread? Okay then, so go for it!!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRmKzxhMzwo |
Actually, I had Googled it, but didn't see those results. Sorry. |
Are your pants on fire? |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:39 pm Post subject: Re: Where does the "sparkling" Korea meme come fro |
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| Jeunesse wrote: |
| caniff wrote: |
| Jeunesse wrote: |
| I see people sardonically refer to Korea as "sparkling" on Dave's. Where does the joke come from? |
Never heard of Google? Oh, you have? Just wanted to start a thread? Okay then, so go for it!!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRmKzxhMzwo |
Actually, I had Googled it, but didn't see those results. Sorry. |
I doubt it. nor do I expect you'd seen it on Dave's. Its more or less died out in the last few months. Unless you were digging around old threads during which time it should have been easy enough to figure out the context since it was constantly brought up. You're either a sock, a troll or both and not a terribly good one. |
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Jeunesse
Joined: 11 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:43 pm Post subject: Re: Where does the "sparkling" Korea meme come fro |
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| crossmr wrote: |
| Jeunesse wrote: |
| caniff wrote: |
| Jeunesse wrote: |
| I see people sardonically refer to Korea as "sparkling" on Dave's. Where does the joke come from? |
Never heard of Google? Oh, you have? Just wanted to start a thread? Okay then, so go for it!!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRmKzxhMzwo |
Actually, I had Googled it, but didn't see those results. Sorry. |
I doubt it. nor do I expect you'd seen it on Dave's. Its more or less died out in the last few months. Unless you were digging around old threads during which time it should have been easy enough to figure out the context since it was constantly brought up. You're either a sock, a troll or both and not a terribly good one. |
Wow... I am totally not a sock puppet or a troll! I was just wondering because I had seen people reference "sparkling" a lot. In fact it's on the main page right now in the general discussion I think, where someone says "Sparkling UK or Sparkling Korea"?
I'm a recent college graduate going to Gwangju in a couple of days for my first year as an ESL teacher and I was hoping to make some friends and talk to people on this board. I'm kind of surprised to be shouted down and assumed to be a troll for asking what a sardonic reference meant. Why would I troll about wanting to know what people were referencing in the boards? Or lie about Googling? It was an innocent question.
I've lurked for a while to get a good sense of advice from the board, and it's been really helpful, but maybe I should just keep lurking. I wanted to understand a reference to know where you guys were coming from.
...Happy New Year, guys? Is there a reason I'm missing why asking this question would bring up drama? |
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Olivencia
Joined: 08 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah...you gotta be very thick skinned many times here. People love correcting others on this board no matter how trivial. Don't worry about making friends on this board (if it happens then all the better)...you will probably make many where you are going. |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Wow... I am totally not a sock puppet or a troll! I was just wondering because I had seen people reference "sparkling" a lot. In fact it's on the main page right now in the general discussion I think. |
In the summer and months leading up to it, it appeared "a lot" it was in basically every other thread in multiple posts. I've probably seen it once in the last 2-3 months.
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| I've lurked for a while to get a good sense of advice from the board, and it's been really helpful, but maybe I should just keep lurking. |
And yet you start a thread about a term that has fueled countless argument filled threads....
something that is ridiculously easy to google: http://www.google.ca/#hl=en&source=hp&q=korea+sparkling&btnG=Google+Search&meta=&aq=f&oq=korea+sparkling&fp=ca7bc37eb6518610
the term that shows up on the front page is in reference to both the UK and Korea, so why didn't you ask what it is about both? In order for you to call Sparkling a meme you would have had to see the old threads and the context and meaning should be more than clear. There certainly hasn't been enough use of the term in the last 3 months to justify referring to it as such.
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| People love correcting others on this board no matter how trivial. |
The amount of posters who seem to come back here to troll after being banned is staggering. A new user asking about something that fell out of common use months ago is a pretty big red flag. |
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Olivencia
Joined: 08 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Oh ok. Why would they just post to stir things up though? I mean is it that vital for them (just curious)? |
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Jeunesse
Joined: 11 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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Honestly, I was just curious. I did not mean to troll or start drama. I have no idea how to prove to you I am not a troll, but you're welcome to PM me or we can talk on aim or something and I can assure you I am not trying to start any drama. I had no idea it was a dramatic thing to ask about. It just seemed to be an "in joke" on Dave's and I was curious if it had originated on the board or something. It was something I had wondered about, that's all.
I am honestly sorry if I started anything. |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Olivencia wrote: |
| Oh ok. Why would they just post to stir things up though? I mean is it that vital for them (just curious)? |
Yes..that is what trolls do.
I think most of the people who get banned here seem to end up banned for making inappropriate statements (usually about Korea), at least those are the people I tend to see disappear since there aren't really any notifications about it. They also seem to be the ones who come back with new accounts to ask questions and bring up things that have always lead to aggressive and controversial threads. So yes, bringing up a term that was used by many people to make disparaging comments about Korea for months seems like exactly the kind of thing a troll would do. Especially when its use has all but stopped.
I can't imagine a scenario where this person lurked long enough to be exposed to the word "sparkling" so much as to refer to it as a meme but have zero context to understand where it originated from. and not realize that it was a term that was often used in a disparaging manner. |
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Goon-Yang
Joined: 28 May 2009
Location: Duh
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| Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:04 pm Post subject: Re: Where does the "sparkling" Korea meme come fro |
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| crossmr wrote: |
| Jeunesse wrote: |
| caniff wrote: |
| Jeunesse wrote: |
| I see people sardonically refer to Korea as "sparkling" on Dave's. Where does the joke come from? |
Never heard of Google? Oh, you have? Just wanted to start a thread? Okay then, so go for it!!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRmKzxhMzwo |
Actually, I had Googled it, but didn't see those results. Sorry. |
I doubt it. nor do I expect you'd seen it on Dave's. Its more or less died out in the last few months. Unless you were digging around old threads during which time it should have been easy enough to figure out the context since it was constantly brought up. You're either a sock, a troll or both and not a terribly good one. |
Not true...I used it yesterday. I was bored and a little pissed off. |
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Jeunesse
Joined: 11 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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I can't imagine a scenario where this person lurked long enough to be exposed to the word "sparkling" so much as to refer to it as a meme but have zero context to understand where it originated from. and not realize that it was a term that was often used in a disparaging manner. |
I understood that it was being used disparagingly. What I was curious about was if it was originating from a PR campaign, or if it was just a board in-joke. I am not trying to disparage Korea in any way! I'm really excited to leave for Gwangju on the 5th.  |
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