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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| <- Location: Yap (Micronesia). Very few Yapese smoke but every little shop sells smokes for chew, mostly menthol. |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Smithington wrote: |
| Anyone who says they aren't disgusted by the spitting must have been pretty damned rough around the edges before they got here. |
Yes, not being bothered by spitting makes me Chuck Norris, Clint Eastwood, Arnold, and a backwoods Afghani/Chechen fighter all in one. |
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Smithington
Joined: 14 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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| jvalmer wrote: |
| Smithington wrote: |
| Anyone who says they aren't disgusted by the spitting must have been pretty damned rough around the edges before they got here. |
Yes, not being bothered by spitting makes me Chuck Norris, Clint Eastwood, Arnold, and a backwoods Afghani/Chechen fighter all in one. |
It means that your standards as to what passes for acceptable public behavior are extremely low. Some things simply cannot be defended without making yourself look bad in the process. Save your apologist energy for a thread where you might actually have a reasonable point to make. There's none to be made in relation to this charming little phenomenon. |
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cj1976
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 12:39 am Post subject: |
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| There are ways to expectorate discretely when need be. In a storm drain, down a toilet, a side alley, and so on. I spit when I have to, but I don't announce it with animal noises and in full view of people in public places. |
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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| So glad I had my Hep A & B shots before I got over here. So glad, I got all my boosters too. |
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greatunknown
Joined: 04 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2015 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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I got spit on yesterday while waiting on a bench for my wife who was in a shop. Dude sat upwind of a crowd of people and smoked a cigg. After each puff horked on the ground and of course the wind was blowing little bits of spittle all over the people sitting down wind of him. I heard some Korean people calling him dirty but he seemed totally oblivious. I noticed a huge puddle of hork on the ground afterwards. Id guess he spat about 20-25 times in the same spot.
The Korean people were equally disgusted as me. But, rather than say something to him they just tolerated it. Had I the language ability I would have asked him to please stop. Back in my own country I would have TOLD him to stop right away.
Maybe if the youth of Korea were a bit more assertive the guy would have been forced to consider how disgusting he was acting. |
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sligo
Joined: 15 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2015 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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| greatunknown wrote: |
I got spit on yesterday while waiting on a bench for my wife who was in a shop. Dude sat upwind of a crowd of people and smoked a cigg. After each puff horked on the ground and of course the wind was blowing little bits of spittle all over the people sitting down wind of him. I heard some Korean people calling him dirty but he seemed totally oblivious. I noticed a huge puddle of hork on the ground afterwards. Id guess he spat about 20-25 times in the same spot.
The Korean people were equally disgusted as me. But, rather than say something to him they just tolerated it. Had I the language ability I would have asked him to please stop. Back in my own country I would have TOLD him to stop right away.
Maybe if the youth of Korea were a bit more assertive the guy would have been forced to consider how disgusting he was acting. |
Not likely - Monkey see, monkey do! All the "young people" at my uni who smoke spit after every drag. It seems that older people smoking is like a tutorial for others. |
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greatunknown
Joined: 04 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2015 7:54 am Post subject: |
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| sligo wrote: |
| greatunknown wrote: |
I got spit on yesterday while waiting on a bench for my wife who was in a shop. Dude sat upwind of a crowd of people and smoked a cigg. After each puff horked on the ground and of course the wind was blowing little bits of spittle all over the people sitting down wind of him. I heard some Korean people calling him dirty but he seemed totally oblivious. I noticed a huge puddle of hork on the ground afterwards. Id guess he spat about 20-25 times in the same spot.
The Korean people were equally disgusted as me. But, rather than say something to him they just tolerated it. Had I the language ability I would have asked him to please stop. Back in my own country I would have TOLD him to stop right away.
Maybe if the youth of Korea were a bit more assertive the guy would have been forced to consider how disgusting he was acting. |
Not likely - Monkey see, monkey do! All the "young people" at my uni who smoke spit after every drag. It seems that older people smoking is like a tutorial for others. |
Im not sure if it was the spitting or the smoking that bothered people. It was a very crowded shopping district in the middle of the afternoon. As a smoker I thought "Wow that guys shouldnt be smoking there" but it was definitly the spit mist that made me move. |
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Chaparrastique
Joined: 01 Jan 2014
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Maybe if the youth of Korea were a bit more assertive the guy would have been forced to consider how disgusting he was acting. |
If the police did not treat verbal challenges to older people as a crime worthy of legal compensation then a whole lot of things would be rectified pretty quickly.
Korea is basically a system that cannot be corrected because people stand to lose too much by speaking up. |
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sligo
Joined: 15 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2015 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Chaparrastique wrote: |
| greatunknown wrote: |
Maybe if the youth of Korea were a bit more assertive the guy would have been forced to consider how disgusting he was acting. |
If the police did not treat verbal challenges to older people as a crime worthy of legal compensation then a whole lot of things would be rectified pretty quickly.
Korea is basically a system that cannot be corrected because people stand to lose too much by speaking up. |
And just like the "Senior pushes the Freshman" situation in the universities, the downtrodden bide their time until they are on top, not to break the system, but to have their turn as masters, and continue the cycle of age based advantage! |
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motiontodismiss
Joined: 18 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2015 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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| sligo wrote: |
| Chaparrastique wrote: |
| greatunknown wrote: |
Maybe if the youth of Korea were a bit more assertive the guy would have been forced to consider how disgusting he was acting. |
If the police did not treat verbal challenges to older people as a crime worthy of legal compensation then a whole lot of things would be rectified pretty quickly.
Korea is basically a system that cannot be corrected because people stand to lose too much by speaking up. |
And just like the "Senior pushes the Freshman" situation in the universities, the downtrodden bide their time until they are on top, not to break the system, but to have their turn as masters, and continue the cycle of age based advantage! |
And one more thing: the enlightened few emigrate to more civilized countries, where people are treated with dignity and respect for, well, being humans, never to return. |
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motiontodismiss
Joined: 18 Dec 2011
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Government can easily trigger societal change if they want. I just don't think they view public behaviour as important or realize korea has an image problem. |
Or they're too busy embezzling money, fighting amongst each other, getting nothing done, and taking bribes to give a damn. |
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