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[hiamnotcool]

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[Steelrails]

hiamnotcool's screen name doesn't jump out to me as one of the big bashers the way an atwood's or Smithington's does.

If drunken memory serves, I think he's posted at least some favorable comments.

But yeah, I think "Why are you still here?" is a fair question for people who CONSTANTLY harp about everything here being worse than back home and that this country is terrible all around. They've been talking like that for years, yet they keep staying. I know some have packed up and left, but others keep staying. I don't know why. At that point you have to wonder if they are misanthropes who just complain about everything, no matter where they are and are constitutionally incapable of blaming themselves for negative outcomes in their lives.

[cj1976]

Korea is not an easy place to live in sometimes because some Korean people can be infuriating. This is just an easy escape from that frustration. Air your grievance and let off some steam. I have posted some shitty generalizations after a bad day, but it doesn't mean I am a hater. It is good to vent now and then.
The type of posters that get on my nerves are the ones with snooty superiority issues. The self-congratulating smug bastards who believe that they are on a higher intellectual plane to all Korean people, or the culture they hail from is far superior. These people need a reality check to take a look at their situation.

[Steelrails]

While venting is certainly understandable, I'm not sure its really excusable.

If Koreans "vent" about NETs or foreigners, would we just excuse it as such? If someone who worked at a bar went online to vent about some foreign customers who s/he felt behaved badly, and started ranting about Western culture, would we dismiss it as "venting" or would we say s/he was some ignorant Korean racist?

I don't care for K-Netizan "venting" or Korean Sentry "venting" and I don't care for a lot of the "venting" that goes on here. That's not to say there isn't a way to do it, and some posters are more restrained and open in their vents than others (which go into the greyer area of 'frustrated observations' or 'impassioned grievances'), but I find it really sad that for a bunch of people who complain about 'racism' and narrow-mindedness, those very attitudes constitute the average "venting" on here.

[cj1976]

There is definitely a lot of irony in some of the complaints here. Some of the biggest whiners here moan about Korea being racist and bigoted, while being racist and bigoted themselves. A lot of these posters come across as having serious entitlement issues, or just need to grow a set and get on with it. Learn how to cope instead of lashing out like a spoiled child.
However, I understand the need to vent. Sometimes people just write sweeping statements in anger without thinking, but they know they are generalizing. Pointing out that it is a generalization is a but patronizing.
If someone says "Koreans are the worst drivers in the world" after nearly getting run over at a crossing, they probably know that not all Koreans are bad drivers.
Anyway, going back to what someone else pointed out, I often wonder why people who truly hate Korea stay here. There are other options.

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