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[maximmm]

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2013/11/386_146594.html

'Hallyu beats Sushi'

A great article that I wish I had written, since it's nothing less than music to the ears of our apologist brotherhood members. Alas, I am preoccupied planting Korean cabbages on Dokdo island, so no time for writing - yet.

I hope it will inspire you all!

[talentedcrayon]

The article shifts mainly into criticizing the European welfare state. It seems like the author has some other agenda because his main points end up having little to do with Korean culture versus Japanese culture. Overall, the article is all over the place and poorly written.

Here's the real question though: Why let these people bother you?

People who deliriously believe Korea is a utopia compared to back home and people who depressingly believe Korea is a scab on the underside of North East Asia are equally annoying to me.

I don't listen to the detractors or the apologists. Other than on Dave's I rarely run into either.

Korea #78 - leave!

Korea #1 - leave me alone!

I have a little bit more "compassion" for Koreans who, having never left Korea, and having been brainwashed for 30 years, puff Korea up into something that it isn't. It's akin to the little kid on the playground who acts tough because he's getting bullied every day after school. I deal with them by nodding my head, and saying things like: "that's interesting" and "wow, four seasons eh? The closest thing we have to that back home is the hotel chain." Then, I change the subject to the never changing weather or my plans for the weekend. Typically, such conversations take up only a small amount of my time. I believe patience it a virtue, so I practice it with these people. There are many times in my life where I believed stupid things and others afforded me patience.

[maximmm]

[bossface]

[goreality]

[wings]

[tophatcat]

[goreality]

[Steelrails]

[waynehead]

Right wing drivel.

[dairyairy]

It sounds like the author is trying to land a full-time job at the Korea Times. After all, who flames sushi?

[wylies99]

[Lefil]

Oh well, Koreans have problems with so much insecurity and things to “live up to”. Korea's most famous cultural export is...Gangnam style. Does anyone honestly think people will remenber it in 10 or 20 years time let alone 30 years or more. Japanese culture has been influential for a long time, and it still appeals to far more Westerners than Korean culture. I've liked many Japanese stuffs like Nintendo games since I was really young. Also many Japanese traditional things have become well-known, like Ninja, Samurai, Origami, Geisha. etc. Korea still have a long way to go to.

[sendittheemail]

I sent the following to the KT. I think they're going to hire me full time.

'Korea now quite important'
By Broke O’Traitor



Old people are dying in Japan, almost every day. The low class and unfashionable Japanese fish-food is literally poisoning them to death, according to leading important American experts. Meanwhile in modern, clean, Korea, super-intelligent babies are born all over the place, quite frequently. Kimchi, I have recently learned, from overhearing a conversation on the street, and according to strict fictional scientific tests, actually prevents nuclear accidents. Just by existing. If we add all these exciting things together and then subtract the Korea Discount, we have clear evidence of Koreas emerging bigness, brilliance and 'soft power'. And it also proves that the exciting K-pop wave phenomenon is alive and important. And bigger than all of us.

These days, people I barely know, or trust, tell me this all the time. Sometimes they whisper it in my ear when I'm asleep. Some vague friends of my parents living in London, Ontario, who work as Global Experts, told me the same thing over the phone. Just last month! They did. They breathlessly told me that they will only be eating Korean food in the future. Day and night.

Ok, they are Korean, but you get my point.

Maybe this happened two months back. But it definitely happened. A testament to deliciousness, a world wide trend being adopted by Koreans all over the world. And a very sad day for the inferior cuisines of other, less advanced, countries. That's science, and you can't argue with it, even with logic and reason. This shows that more people have heard of Korea than before, and that Apple is finished. Steve Jobs, the famous liar, is dead, and everyone knows he regularly ate Japanese food. Idiot.

Anyway. Because of the Death-in-Japan issue, more tourists will now come here, very soon, I expect, in surprising numbers. Many more shiny advanced hotels will have to be built in Seoul. People all over the world will be envious, and flock to Seoul to learn the truth about stuff from the wise and modest Koreans. Meanwhile, because of the Death-Wave in Japan, I assume they will have to literally blow all their hotels up. I don't think anyone would disagree, its obvious if you think about it. And maybe some of their factories too, just to be on the safe side. Maybe all their factories and most of their houses. Maybe all the hotels, factories and homes. I don't see why not.

This will mean that Korea is larger than before, and certainly more popular, if we use the world famous Bingham Elastic Cat Method of measuring relative imagined importance. We have so much more to learn from Korean kids, it's frightening. It's like a big really crazy adventure, but without a script or a map. Or, if there was a map, it's written in Hangul, and we are not bright enough to understand it. Honest. Ok, will that do?

Can I have the money/*beep*/job now. Please, sir.

[cabeza]