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[jaj]

There have been many but here's the two weirdest questions I've been recently asked:

1. Is it true that in your country dogs are more important than men?

2. How many guns do you have in your house? (I'm a mild-mannered, eye-glass wearing English teacher so this one always catches me off guard)

[fermentation]

Yeah one of the widest spread misconceptions of the US is that everybody is a gun-nut. I just tell them getting off the plane is like the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan.

Another one I get asked a lot is "how the black people are" or some variation of that question. Such as, "Will black people rob me?" or "If I make fun of a black person for being black, will he kill me?"

[jfromtheway]

I have a map of the US in my room and have been asked, "where's Korea?" countless times. It's a big world, boys and girls. I then point out that Korea could fit inside the state of Texas seven times over. This momentarily neutralizes the group think application Koreans have installed inside of them regarding their bloated international status. Crass, but effective. You can then subtly restructure various other similar elements after this initial breakthrough.

Recently, we came across one of those stretched ovular maps of North and South America in a book. A couple of these kids said, "oh, look, there's Korea and Japan!" I replied, "nah, suckers, that's Florida and Cuba." There can be minor, daily satisfactions with this job, such as being the singular power behind the misrepresented facade of the "global power Korea" campaign. Be a force against propaganda, you can't love a nation until you understand the reasons why you should hate it. Now get out there and teach.

[Skipperoo]

Hah! Children are STUPID!

[pkang0202]

I own a AK Saiga .308 semi auto Carbine. That gun is a beast. Only $240 too. I plan to buy a couple handguns when I go back home. A 9mm definitely, and maybe a .45.

I have 4-5 friends I go to the gun range with back home. Altogether you probably have about 12 rifles (SKS, AR-15, Russian Nagant, Infield 303, Enfield 308, AK Saiga 308, etc...), 6 shotguns, and about 10 handguns.

When they ask about guns, I tell them everything I know about guns.

I don't find it to be a big deal. Every movie they see shows Americans with guns. Every movie in the West shoes Asians that know martial arts. How would you feel if you were a Korean and someone asked if you knew "Karate"?

[jfromtheway]

[jaj]

Yes, same experience as Fermentation with black bashing always taking place during any discussion about the US.

Even though people here are aware this is not cool, they do it with a vengeance anyway -- the same way they plot to become more powerful than the Japanese.

Don't believe the hostility towards blacks or even other Asians is all disdain. Think it's driven by a competitive impulse, a childish response to feeling culturally left out...

P.S. I would not ask a Korean if they knew karate. I would also not ask an Arab if he were a terrorist or a black person to confirm some stereotype about black people I got from watching movies. If Koreans are adopting English to become more global, they need to seriously step up their game.

[duke of new york]

[jaj]

[pkang0202]

[carpetdope]

[Steelrails]

At least they bother to ask questions before they move someplace. Unlike it seems, many a poster on here who asked zero questions before coming here and did zero research and then is stunned to find different behaviors and customs. How's that for being ignorant?

[jfromtheway]

[fermentation]

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