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Konglishman
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
Location: Nanjing
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| Julius wrote: |
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| Julius made so much effort to think all that up. |
Oh I didn't have to....
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Ride The Seoul Metro And
Meet Your Ideal Korean Woman!
"So why the Seoul metro?"
Do you want to meet a beautiful Korean woman with the best chances of her talking to you and without interruptions?
Then dare to find her in the Seoul subway! You'll make better use of your time as you commute AND have a potential date!
You'll be doing her a favor!
http://www.korea-dating-tips.com/seoul-metro.html |
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Of course, I am not advocating this, but it seems to me that the guy who wrote the website, is playing a numbers game. For example, suppose that 9 out of 10 girls display no interest whatsoever. Assuming that is roughly true, statistically speaking, there is always a 10% chance that a random girl on the subway will welcome conversation with you. So, while it seem a little ridiculous and bizarre, his strategy does make some sense. |
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Squire
Joined: 26 Sep 2010
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:01 am Post subject: |
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| Anti�social computer warrior weirdos, destined to ostracize their own kind in a foreign land, emulating the natives' lack of trust and fearful views towards strangers. Some healthy personalities here. How about being friendly, accepting people, and enjoying random daily conversations. Nah, that might actually make some of us start enjoying life a little more, and we can't have that here in Korea, the land where isolated misery seems to reign. Guess some of you have a case of the Mundays, lighten the f up and get over yourselves. |
+1
No need to add to this. |
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Julius
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:11 am Post subject: |
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| Konglishman wrote: |
Of course, I am not advocating this, but it seems to me that the guy who wrote the website, is playing a numbers game. For example, suppose that 9 out of 10 girls display no interest whatsoever. Assuming that is roughly true, statistically speaking, there is always a 10% chance that a random girl on the subway will welcome conversation with you. So, while it seem a little ridiculous and bizarre, his strategy does make some sense. |
Sshhh don't be encouraging them.
i will chat to anyone on the subway if circumstances demand, but the last thing we need as the foreign community here is hundreds of horny waeguks pestering Korean women on the subway. Sure you might find that rare truffle but for 99% of the time its not worth the impression it is creating.
I'm not 100% against- its different if its her making the eye contact or the conversation (which does happen occasionally). But if its guys methodically and deliberately trawling every subway car then yeah it looks as bad as it is: harrasment of private people on public transport.
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myenglishisno
Joined: 08 Mar 2011
Location: Geumchon
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| Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:16 am Post subject: |
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| I was on a bus in Jongno and saw a foreign guy chat up every girl on the bus. The crash and burns didn't deter him at all. I have to wonder about people like that, it's almost as if nothing embarrasses them and they don't respect anything or anyone. |
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Julius
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:26 am Post subject: |
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| myenglishisno wrote: |
| I was on a bus in Jongno and saw a foreign guy chat up every girl on the bus. The crash and burns didn't deter him at all. I have to wonder about people like that, it's almost as if nothing embarrasses them and they don't respect anything or anyone. |
Sometimes you see drunk korean guys attempt the same thing. They get tolerated or ignored for quite a long time until things suddenly turn nasty.
A lot of koreans will say nothing or even smile which gives the impression they're OK with it. But the body language can be screaming "leave me alone". |
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pegasus64128
Joined: 20 Aug 2011
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| Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 9:44 pm Post subject: Good thread |
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| I hate it more every year, and have devised tactics to cut it out. If I'm sitting next to some old guy (it's never a young woman. Even if she wanted to, she'd be ridiculed by adjosshis for doing it) about to spark up talk, I take out my headphones if I don't already have them on. They'll usually stare at you for a minute or 2 before they ask you the inevitable "Where are you from?". If you hear them with your headphones, nod ur head from left to right very slightly as if you're enjoying the song more than you probably are, and pretend you can't hear him. If he lets out a a big sigh or a "shhhiii" to start off a shipal, then pretend it's your stop, wait by the door a moment and then move to the next carriage. |
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ssuprnova
Joined: 17 Dec 2010
Location: Saigon
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 1:00 am Post subject: Re: Good thread |
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| pegasus64128 wrote: |
| I hate it more every year, and have devised tactics to cut it out. If I'm sitting next to some old guy (it's never a young woman. Even if she wanted to, she'd be ridiculed by adjosshis for doing it) about to spark up talk, I take out my headphones if I don't already have them on. They'll usually stare at you for a minute or 2 before they ask you the inevitable "Where are you from?". If you hear them with your headphones, nod ur head from left to right very slightly as if you're enjoying the song more than you probably are, and pretend you can't hear him. If he lets out a a big sigh or a "shhhiii" to start off a shipal, then pretend it's your stop, wait by the door a moment and then move to the next carriage. |
The mental image I got is a huge line of horse carriages strung together.
As for chatting on the subway I don't see a reason not to strike up a conversation - I mean, many of us probably spend most of the day staring at a computer screen at work, so a little human contact is always welcome.
Well, except that most of the time it's members of the crazy/deranged/drunk crowd that approach me. |
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joelove
Joined: 12 May 2011
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| Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 12:36 am Post subject: |
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| Ah, I guess a lot of us just miss the idle chitchat at stores or wherever back home, those little exchanges that aren't so easy in a foreign land without the language skills. |
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AsiaESLbound
Joined: 07 Jan 2010
Location: Truck Stop Missouri
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| Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Why not chat strangers up? It's natural for those without social phobias and anxieties. Why isn't it OK to chat up other teachers in public? I can't count how many times I've had great convos with strangers in many places during my life, but in Korea it's in the air that it's usually not OK to chat up someone just because they are non Korean for too many think, "why talk to pr befriend someone you'd never talk to back home?" That's stupid antisocial thinking on part of those with no real 'offline' social skills experience. Of course you'd probably never see another one of you back home for we all come from different places far apart. I see no harm in talking with strangers and no reason to fear knowing they can't hurt me for I won't let those with bad intentions sucker punch me into some sketch situation. |
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luckylady
Joined: 30 Jan 2012
Location: u.s. of occupied territories
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| Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 12:25 am Post subject: |
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| Julius wrote: |
| but the last thing we need as the foreign community here is hundreds of horny waeguks pestering Korean women on the subway. |
yes, it's so much better for them to pester them at work...or on the street...out shopping... or wherever  |
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