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Steelrails
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coralreefer_1
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I agree with most here..their actions was pretty darn silly to put it politely.
That said, my guess is that among those involved this is not likely their "typical" behavior. That doesn't really excuse it as acceptable, but I believe that its likely that the whole atmosphere and mood of heading over to this music concert in some ways made them feel rather loose and carefree, but not really the kind of people to do this kind of silliness on a regular basis.
I also have a friend who attended the event, and the pictures of her and her friends at the event seemed very similar in nature (I actually asked her if that was her group on the subway) From everything I saw from her pictures, it looked more like a wannabe-hippy festival..haha
Again not excusing the behavior, but i think most of us have been swept up in this kind of feeling/mood with friends off to do some adventure together and allowed rational thought and actions to slip our grasp so to speak at some point in time. Granted a place like Korea may not be an ideal place for it considering it tends to add more fuel to the "why we need to do something about foreigners" fire, but in the end it was just some silly kids doing some silly things. |
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MitchMartin
Joined: 14 Jan 2010
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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Nothing worse that being a foreigner in Korea, getting humiliated by other foreigners... on the subway.  |
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caniff
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| Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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| MitchMartin wrote: |
| Nothing worse that being a foreigner in Korea, getting humiliated by other foreigners... on the subway. |
If they were in my way while I was on my way to work I would have felt almost obligated to walk right through their little game ("accidentally" knocking over a beer). In fact, knowing me, I would have.
After living in Korea as long as I have, I'd definitely feel compelled to do/say something to those morons as stupid shit like that is neither funny nor cool. It's just dumb and waegooks in general don't need the bad press.
Go drink on a mountain or at a Family Mart or something if you dont want to spring the coin for a table in a bar.
Keep it off the sidewalks and the subway floors and everyone should be okay. |
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Radius
Joined: 20 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 3:57 am Post subject: |
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| can we get this thread to 10k views before it dies, please. |
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northway
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 5:09 am Post subject: |
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| can we get this thread to 10k views before it dies, please. |
I'll help: panhandling waigukin with a guitar outside Sanbon Station. Dislike. |
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Radius
Joined: 20 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 5:58 am Post subject: |
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| northway wrote: |
| Radius wrote: |
| can we get this thread to 10k views before it dies, please. |
I'll help: panhandling waigukin with a guitar outside Sanbon Station. Dislike. |
Burn em at the stake! |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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To HEAVILY paraphrase Chris Rock- There's Foreigners and then there's waygooks.
Can't ride the subway, waygooks will act a fool.
Can't go to a club, waygooks (Cali gyopos especially) will start fighting.
Can't go to an island party, waygooks will trash the place in a drunk fest.
Can't have a soccer/basketball event, a waygook fight will break out.
Can't go out to a nice dinner because waygooks are too broke and waiting for the 25th of the month. Gotta go get KimBap (Korean fast food)
Everytime foreigners want to have a good time, waygooks come and ruin it and make us look bad.
Waygooks take pride in doing stuff you're supposed to do. "I've never beaten my wife or drunkenly molested someone."
Waygooks get all offended at higher education. "What you have a degree in education or a Master's in TESOL? Who cares? That don't mean nothing! You my Master now? What are you the grammar police?"
Now I know what some of you are saying- "It's the media". Please, when I'm at the Itaewon McDonald's at 2 in the morning I ain't watching out for the media or the AES. I'm watching out for waygooks. |
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Mariella713
Joined: 22 May 2010
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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| caniff wrote: |
| MitchMartin wrote: |
| Nothing worse that being a foreigner in Korea, getting humiliated by other foreigners... on the subway. |
If they were in my way while I was on my way to work I would have felt almost obligated to walk right through their little game ("accidentally" knocking over a beer). In fact, knowing me, I would have.
After living in Korea as long as I have, I'd definitely feel compelled to do/say something to those morons as stupid shit like that is neither funny nor cool. It's just dumb and waegooks in general don't need the bad press.
Go drink on a mountain or at a Family Mart or something if you dont want to spring the coin for a table in a bar.
Keep it off the sidewalks and the subway floors and everyone should be okay. |
Accidently? Heck, I would've kicked the beer can and aimed it right in their faces. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Steelrails wrote: |
To HEAVILY paraphrase Chris Rock- There's Foreigners and then there's waygooks.
Can't ride the subway, waygooks will act a fool.
Can't go to a club, waygooks (Cali gyopos especially) will start fighting.
Can't go to an island party, waygooks will trash the place in a drunk fest.
Can't have a soccer/basketball event, a waygook fight will break out.
Can't go out to a nice dinner because waygooks are too broke and waiting for the 25th of the month. Gotta go get KimBap (Korean fast food)
Everytime foreigners want to have a good time, waygooks come and ruin it and make us look bad.
Waygooks take pride in doing stuff you're supposed to do. "I've never beaten my wife or drunkenly molested someone."
Waygooks get all offended at higher education. "What you have a degree in education or a Master's in TESOL? Who cares? That don't mean nothing! You my Master now? What are you the grammar police?"
Now I know what some of you are saying- "It's the media". Please, when I'm at the Itaewon McDonald's at 2 in the morning I ain't watching out for the media or the AES. I'm watching out for waygooks. |
Very cute..........but the frequently anti-social waygookin is afar rarer specimen than the people that Chris Rock talked about.
I'd contend that the vast majority of Koreans have never even seen a foreigner misbehave in Korea. The majority of foreigners here are wives from other parts of Asia.
Don't take this 'spring break mentality' thing too far. Most of us NEST's are well-behaved, well-raised, college-educated, middle-class types.
Quite a different demographic group from the guys Chris Rock despaired for. |
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xeno439
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PatrickGHBusan
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Correction: That's just sad. Poor guy is stuck in addiction hell.
The morons foreigners on the Seoul subway, they were idiots.
Slight difference. |
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Radius
Joined: 20 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 2:15 am Post subject: |
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I'd rather that guy be in Korea than the idiots I posted. |
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Radius
Joined: 20 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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| 10,000 views, newbs coming to Korea or even if you've been here for quite some time, don't be the next tool to be humiliated like this. Learn from these idiots' mistakes. |
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hogwonguy1979
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