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tanklor1
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maximmm
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 Posted: Sun May 03, 2015 6:41 pm Post subject: Re: Vice discovers benches and what people do with them. (Li |
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Whoa - 'Foreigners in Korea, who have taken to it like pigs to shit, call it "marting." (well - that's a rather objective comment)
'At the mart, you're paying less than what you'd pay at the Beer Store back home.' (really? has the writer done any research at all? But alas, a dump journalist is a dump journalist - welcome to the fox news era).
'Because it's so public, marting can often lead to more fights than in a bar. There's no need to step outside when you're already outside.' (Haha - this truly is the dumbest article I've read in a long time - oh vice, you are a prankster  |
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nicwr2002
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| The author said that Koreans don't have a name for it, but they do have some slang words for each store. They shorten the name of which ever convenience store it is and add "bar" to it. 7-11 would be 셋바, ministop is 미바, Family Mart was 패바 so I guess you could make it 쿠바 now or 시바..... |
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Who's Your Daddy?
Joined: 30 May 2010
Location: Victoria, Canada.
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This "phenomenon" is because the police in Korea let people drink in public unlike the tyrants Canada/USA. I also drank alcohol in public parks in France and Germany. It's Canada and the US that are abnormal.
In my town in Canada there is a summer concert in the park series. No alcohol allowed. The adults are treated like school children. |
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Stan Rogers
Joined: 20 Aug 2010
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| Back in my old hometown in Canada they have outdoor concert festivals and sometimes drinking is allowed but only in a small designated fenced off place. The spot is always surrounded by cops that are just itching to run in and start roughing people up. I don't even go to these things anymore when I'm there. Adults are treated like children. In North America they have no patience with drunk people at all. |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Stan Rogers wrote: |
| Back in my old hometown in Canada they have outdoor concert festivals and sometimes drinking is allowed but only in a small designated fenced off place. The spot is always surrounded by cops that are just itching to run in and start roughing people up. I don't even go to these things anymore when I'm there. Adults are treated like children. In North America they have no patience with drunk people at all. |
You could start an organization that fights discrimination against drunks.
Drunks are people too--just because they puke on your shoes, start fights, are obnoxious enough to ruin the concert for everyone around them and get behind the wheel half blind is no reason not to let everyone drink whenever and wherever they want.
Did you mean to say drunks act like children? That would be closer to the truth. |
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maximmm
Joined: 01 Feb 2008
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I think we all know every person that ever consumes even one beer at a music/sports event is a drunk.
I call upon the powers of Canada and USA to annihilate this segment of population - put them in concentration and work labour camps so that they could do at least something that would benefit our benevolent society.
This scum shall not be tolerated! Sarah Palin 2016!! |
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Stan Rogers
Joined: 20 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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| I showed my feelings about many things there by voting with my feet. |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 3:16 am Post subject: |
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| Stan Rogers wrote: |
| I showed my feelings about many things there by voting with my feet. |
So you've come to SK for the freedom to be an obnoxious drunk? That's a noble cause. |
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Stan Rogers
Joined: 20 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 4:00 am Post subject: |
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| atwood wrote: |
| Stan Rogers wrote: |
| I showed my feelings about many things there by voting with my feet. |
So you've come to SK for the freedom to be an obnoxious drunk? That's a noble cause. |
Name calling isn't going to work. Try harder. |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 5:44 am Post subject: |
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| Stan Rogers wrote: |
| atwood wrote: |
| Stan Rogers wrote: |
| I showed my feelings about many things there by voting with my feet. |
So you've come to SK for the freedom to be an obnoxious drunk? That's a noble cause. |
Name calling isn't going to work. Try harder. |
Drunks are oblivious so it would be pointless to "name call."
However, when you've sobered up, you might ask yourself why you drink so much? What are you trying to escape from? Why are you so unhappy?
Deep thoughts, if you're up to them.  |
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talentedcrayon
Joined: 27 Aug 2013
Location: Why do you even care?
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VICE is starting to go down hill lately.
Their doc about gaming in Korea was pretentious and filled with inaccuracies. The guy seemed more interested in getting into some young girl' pants and showing Koreans the joys of clubbing than actually covering gaming culture.
In other docs they "aid" recovering drug addicts by getting them back into drugs...
Ethics aren't really a thing in their journalism...
I love the druggy they have who goes around praising the joys of psychedelics... He doesn't have any biases at all ' '
They used to cover interesting things and actually do a good job covering them.
Not so much anymore. |
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Patong Dong
Joined: 06 May 2003
Location: On Nut
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Toronto has started to loosen up. You can freely drink in the park beside the Skydome/Rogers Centre before games. You can take booze over and drink on the Toronto Islands without problems. They've started to realize people having a beer in a park isn't worth the time or effort by police.
As much as I've enjoyed a convenience store beer in Korea, I never heard the term "marting" before that article. Of course, on the journalistic ladder Vice is now fighting for a step with the likes of Groove magazine. Some half-informed knob's opinion can get freely printed as fact. |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Strange article. Strangest thing I read was about an office worker in Antigonish. Didn't know there were any offices in Antigonish. Only thought there were farms, fishing boats, call centers, and EI. |
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isitts
Joined: 25 Dec 2008
Location: Korea
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My favorite part...
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| "You go to a bar, it's much more expensive," he says. "And then it's this bar sucks, this bar's great, everybody has their own opinion. Sitting outside the mart, nobody ever talked about how great it was..." |
I've seen people drinking outside convenience stores (not just ex-pats), but I don't get it. No ambiance. Nothing on tap. As for cheapness...if you're just getting bottled beer, you can get the same stuff cheaper at Emart or wherever and still find someplace outside to sit down. I just don't get it. |
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