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creeper1
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 Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:01 pm Post subject: Anyone see the waygooks sitting on the ground in Itaewon? |
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Yesterday I saw waygooks sitting on the ground outside the subway sandwich store drinking beer and talking.
I just wanted to say that I am embarrassed by them. I think it screams "we are too poor to sit inside a normal bar and get drunk."
Poor show. |
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Catfisher
Joined: 10 Nov 2010
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| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:07 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone see the waygooks sitting on the ground in Itaewon |
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| creeper1 wrote: |
Yesterday I saw waygooks sitting on the ground outside the subway sandwich store drinking beer and talking.
I just wanted to say that I am embarrassed by them. I think it screams "we are too poor to sit inside a normal bar and get drunk."
Poor show. |
Get used to it, creep. They especially love to sit out in front of convenience stores as well. "Look at me, I'm saving 5000 won by not going to a bar/호프" |
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creeper1
Joined: 30 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:27 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone see the waygooks sitting on the ground in Itaewon |
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| Catfisher wrote: |
| creeper1 wrote: |
Yesterday I saw waygooks sitting on the ground outside the subway sandwich store drinking beer and talking.
I just wanted to say that I am embarrassed by them. I think it screams "we are too poor to sit inside a normal bar and get drunk."
Poor show. |
Get used to it, creep. They especially love to sit out in front of convenience stores as well. "Look at me, I'm saving 5000 won by not going to a bar/호프" |
You mean sitting on a table and chair? That's OK. I do that myself. I am talking sitting on the ground. You know the dirty ground on the narrow pavement in Itaewon. Ugghh. |
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machoman
Joined: 11 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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| yeah, that sounds whack, find a stoop |
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lorenchristopher
Joined: 25 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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Ick, sitting on the ground....in Itaewon nonetheless. 
I really enjoy having a drink outside, and yesterday was actually not that cold so a drink outdoors would have been lovely. I wish Korea was more open about outdoor drinking....but they aren't. 
I miss that about Europe with the beer gardens, going to the park for a picnic and drinks with friends. It is nice. But I agree that sitting on the actual ground in Korea while drinking is kind of dirty and strange. Were they already wasted or just acting completely normal? |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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It was probably just a very subtle street performance art, and/or protest piece, about foreigner homelessness in Korea..........you know how creative and spontaneous we foreigners can be!!
OP just didn't get it....  |
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balzor
Joined: 14 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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I saw an Adjumma sitting in the middle of a side street tying a little girls shoes. Like sitting on the asphalt in the path of cars.
in regards to the OP, yes that is stupid and lame. |
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Catfisher
Joined: 10 Nov 2010
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| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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| lorenchristopher wrote: |
Ick, sitting on the ground....in Itaewon nonetheless.
I really enjoy having a drink outside, and yesterday was actually not that cold so a drink outdoors would have been lovely. I wish Korea was more open about outdoor drinking....but they aren't.
I miss that about Europe with the beer gardens, going to the park for a picnic and drinks with friends. It is nice. But I agree that sitting on the actual ground in Korea while drinking is kind of dirty and strange. Were they already wasted or just acting completely normal? |
You're joking right? This is one of the most liberal places I've ever been when it comes to drinking. No one, cops included, will say anything if you're drinking outside. That is, unless it's before or around noon.
Wow, open your eyes. |
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SteveSteve
Joined: 30 Jul 2010
Location: Republic of Korea
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| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
It was probably just a very subtle street performance art, and/or protest piece, about foreigner homelessness in Korea..........you know how creative and spontaneous we foreigners can be!!
OP just didn't get it.... |
Have hipsters invaded Korea? |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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| SteveSteve wrote: |
| eamo wrote: |
It was probably just a very subtle street performance art, and/or protest piece, about foreigner homelessness in Korea..........you know how creative and spontaneous we foreigners can be!!
OP just didn't get it.... |
Have hipsters invaded Korea? |
Unfortunately, yes.
I spotted the "tight jeans tucked into beat up untied high tops topped off with a turquoise t-shirt under a red/black flannel shirt complimented with an unkempt hair cut/shaggy beard combo with large thick framed glasses" variety several times yesterday. |
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machoman
Joined: 11 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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| seoulsucker wrote: |
| SteveSteve wrote: |
| eamo wrote: |
It was probably just a very subtle street performance art, and/or protest piece, about foreigner homelessness in Korea..........you know how creative and spontaneous we foreigners can be!!
OP just didn't get it.... |
Have hipsters invaded Korea? |
Unfortunately, yes.
I spotted the "tight jeans tucked into beat up untied high tops topped off with a turquoise t-shirt under a red/black flannel shirt complimented with an unkempt hair cut/shaggy beard combo with large thick framed glasses" variety several times yesterday. |
yeah, seems like a lot of subcultures have gotten into korea now. only just a few years ago, the demographics of foreign teachers seemed to be pretty similar... mid 20's, been graudated for a year or two, wanted to try something new....
but it seems like it's the new trend to teach in asia. |
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Catfisher
Joined: 10 Nov 2010
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| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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| seoulsucker wrote: |
| SteveSteve wrote: |
| eamo wrote: |
It was probably just a very subtle street performance art, and/or protest piece, about foreigner homelessness in Korea..........you know how creative and spontaneous we foreigners can be!!
OP just didn't get it.... |
Have hipsters invaded Korea? |
Unfortunately, yes.
I spotted the "tight jeans tucked into beat up untied high tops topped off with a turquoise t-shirt under a red/black flannel shirt complimented with an unkempt hair cut/shaggy beard combo with large thick framed glasses" variety several times yesterday. |
When summer comes around, the sleeves will be oh so carefully "ripped" off the flannel and that unkempt hair will be complemented by a trucker's cap with an obscure reference to some nonexistent roadside diner/junkyard and the thick framed glasses will have been replaced by State Trooper/motorcycle cop full frame sunglasses. |
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lorenchristopher
Joined: 25 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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Ick, sitting on the ground....in Itaewon nonetheless.
I really enjoy having a drink outside, and yesterday was actually not that cold so a drink outdoors would have been lovely. I wish Korea was more open about outdoor drinking....but they aren't.
I miss that about Europe with the beer gardens, going to the park for a picnic and drinks with friends. It is nice. But I agree that sitting on the actual ground in Korea while drinking is kind of dirty and strange. Were they already wasted or just acting completely normal? |
You're joking right? This is one of the most liberal places I've ever been when it comes to drinking. No one, cops included, will say anything if you're drinking outside. That is, unless it's before or around noon.
Wow, open your eyes. |
Now that I think about it....you are right, I guess I worded it poorly. I'm comparing to eastern Europe.
What I should have said was....as much/often as Koreans drink, I wish the culture of outdoor drinking was as proportionately acceptable. I shared a bottle of soju w/ my Korean friend once on the street (his idea, in a crowded bar area, we were sitting on a little concrete ledge thingy, not the ground) and he hid the bottle behind us and I felt a tad uncomfortable while we were drinking it and people were walking by. Why should I have? 모르겠어 |
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englisheeeteachaaa
Joined: 17 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 6:32 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone see the waygooks sitting on the ground in Itaewon |
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| creeper1 wrote: |
Yesterday I saw waygooks sitting on the ground outside the subway sandwich store drinking beer and talking.
I just wanted to say that I am embarrassed by them. I think it screams "we are too poor to sit inside a normal bar and get drunk."
Poor show. |
I have seen old korean women pull down their pants, proceed to squat and begin defecating on the sidewalk. I have seen korean men passed out on the street laying in their own urine (all in the middle of the afternoon).
But foreigners sitting outside talking while drinking!! wow thats no class!! |
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sulperman
Joined: 14 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 6:55 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone see the waygooks sitting on the ground in Itaewon |
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| englisheeeteachaaa wrote: |
I have seen old korean women pull down their pants, proceed to squat and begin defecating on the sidewalk. I have seen korean men passed out on the street laying in their own urine (all in the middle of the afternoon).
But foreigners sitting outside talking while drinking!! wow thats no class!! |
There are many different levels of classlessness. I could take a crap, smear it all over my face, and go piss outside a wedding hall as the new bride and groom are coming out. Pretty classless. But it wouldn't change the fact that people drinking on the street in Itaewon are lame.
I hate that argument- well, I have seen Korean people doing worse, so....
Back home there was a guy in my neighborhood who would beg for money by grabbing everybody who walked by and not letting them go until they physically freed themselves or gave him money. By your logic, I should be able to do whatever I want, so long as it doesn't approach that level of classlessness. Pretty weak argument, imho. |
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