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| Why do you post here? |
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| Out of boredom |
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| To find information |
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| To share information |
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| For intellectual stimulation (of the english variety) |
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| Other |
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dogbert

Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Location: Killbox 90210
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 3:53 am Post subject: Re: Why do you post here? |
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| Drakoi wrote: |
| It seems that most of you post here only so you can vent your anger. Misguided, narrowminded, and racist as it is, I can understand, it's actually theraputic. I just want to know what proportion of posters here really are racist (from intent) and which ones are just racist by accident. |
Typical Korean reaction for many, but not all Koreans.
Grow up. |
Anyone else finding this post funny as hell? |
Why? He followed your directive to qualify his opinion with the right words. |
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skinhead

Joined: 11 Jun 2004
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 4:38 am Post subject: |
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| I post here on your thread because you stimulate the thinkers and the stinkers in equal measure. Which am I? Just another redneck racist. But I'm pitching for the ultimate racist tag - I wanna be Korean. |
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tomato

Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 5:09 am Post subject: |
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Drakoi, you should have set a category for "all of the above."
I would have checked it. |
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tomato

Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 5:11 am Post subject: |
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Take a look at this picture.
Does that tell you anything about racism in Korea? |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles

Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: I'm one cool cat!
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 5:17 am Post subject: |
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Take a look at this picture.
Does that tell you anything about racism in Korea? |
I know I'll never get the skin tone right, but is there a procedure that could give me Asian eyelids? And, if so, would I be the first ever person to have it done? I wanna do it.
Sparkles*_* |
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Cthulhu

Joined: 02 Feb 2003
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 5:38 am Post subject: |
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drakoi wrote:
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| It seems that most of you post here only so you can vent your anger. Misguided, narrowminded, and racist as it is, I can understand, it's actually theraputic. I just want to know what proportion of posters here really are racist (from intent) and which ones are just racist by accident. |
That was funny. |
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tzechuk

Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 7:44 am Post subject: |
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You forgot to put *all of the above*. Well.. except hate.. I would choose all of the options you gave us. I am a bit bored (yeah.. I am a 24 hour mum, that is sometimes lacking in stimulation), I want to give and share information and I want some stimulation (see above)....
But I have to say - I complain wherever I go.. It's human nature because we are not rational. We get annoyed easily (OK, speaking for MYSELF only, I get annoyed easily) and so we complain. Doesn't mean we are racist. |
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Neil
Joined: 02 Jan 2004 Location: Tokyo
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 7:59 am Post subject: |
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| Because I didn't get paid this month and can't afford to go down the pub. |
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Blind Willie
Joined: 05 May 2004
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 9:58 am Post subject: Re: Why do you post here? |
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| dogbert wrote: |
| Blind Willie wrote: |
| Derrek wrote: |
| Drakoi wrote: |
| It seems that most of you post here only so you can vent your anger. Misguided, narrowminded, and racist as it is, I can understand, it's actually theraputic. I just want to know what proportion of posters here really are racist (from intent) and which ones are just racist by accident. |
Typical Korean reaction for many, but not all Koreans.
Grow up. |
Anyone else finding this post funny as hell? |
Why? He followed your directive to qualify his opinion with the right words. |
Obtuse on purpose is also a good comedy standby. Thanks for that. |
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just because

Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Location: Changwon - 4964
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 10:11 am Post subject: |
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I post because the missus is asleep and works from 8-5, I work from 3-10 hence with the TV in the bedroom i use the computer when she is sleeping.
I also come here for all of the above(excluding the hate) and to just check out what shappening. |
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scarneck

Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 1:52 am Post subject: |
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Because I'm drunk.
Classic. and I'm working to get that way now....gotta love the shoppette with the $12 case of beer....
I read more than I post and actually learn some things. I'm addicted.
(And you should be, too.) |
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Blind Willie
Joined: 05 May 2004
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Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 8:55 am Post subject: |
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| Because ESL Cafe is like a unicorn crapping in my brain! |
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McNasty

Joined: 04 Jul 2003
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 12:38 am Post subject: |
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Drakoi,
The question that begs to be answered is why do you post such vicious comments on the board?
Your holier than thou attitude towards others on this board is unwarranted in most cases. You present yourself as an all knowing genius and simply ridicule everyone.
Am I racist? Hell No!
Am I pedophile? Hell No!
I post on this board because I have the right to.
If you are really as enlightened as you believe yourself to be...'Show us the way dear leader'... and we may follow.  |
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Drakoi

Joined: 26 Sep 2003 Location: The World
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 3:50 am Post subject: |
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| McNasty wrote: |
Drakoi,
The question that begs to be answered is why do you post such vicious comments on the board?
Your holier than thou attitude towards others on this board is unwarranted in most cases. You present yourself as an all knowing genius and simply ridicule everyone.
Am I racist? Hell No!
Am I pedophile? Hell No!
I post on this board because I have the right to.
If you are really as enlightened as you believe yourself to be...'Show us the way dear leader'... and we may follow.  |
vicious! HA!! You mean, why do I respond to such vicious comments on the board. I fight fire with fire.
I know you're not racist. I know you're not a pedophile. (okay, I don't really know that ) And apparently you don't like being called something you're not.
OOOOOHHHH. People don't like getting lobbed into a group when they don't belong there. Makes you feel bad huh? Makes you feel like you want to post something nasty? ohhhhhhhhh.....
So don't you think some koreans might be offended when this board calls them cheats, liars, petty, or sluts? Korean girls are not sluts. Some are. Some that I've dated have been. But not all. And the ones who aren't probably get upset that this board calls them that.
So, yes, I exaggerate. Yes, I provoke. Yes, I make you think about your actions. So sue me. I too have a right to post here. (Actually neither of us have right to post here, we both have the privilege.)
But if I can give you pause, if I can make you aware of the pain your thoughtless, vengeful, vindictive, posts of misdirected anger cause, even for just a fraction of a second, then I've made this board a better place.
If a hagwon owner does you wrong, blast him to hell. If a girl screws you over, call her a bitch. But just remember that you're dealing with personal experiences and not a whole race or nationality of people. |
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eamo

Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 4:22 am Post subject: |
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| Drakoi wrote: |
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Drakoi,
The question that begs to be answered is why do you post such vicious comments on the board?
Your holier than thou attitude towards others on this board is unwarranted in most cases. You present yourself as an all knowing genius and simply ridicule everyone.
Am I racist? Hell No!
Am I pedophile? Hell No!
I post on this board because I have the right to.
If you are really as enlightened as you believe yourself to be...'Show us the way dear leader'... and we may follow.  |
vicious! HA!! You mean, why do I respond to such vicious comments on the board. I fight fire with fire.
I know you're not racist. I know you're not a pedophile. (okay, I don't really know that ) And apparently you don't like being called something you're not.
OOOOOHHHH. People don't like getting lobbed into a group when they don't belong there. Makes you feel bad huh? Makes you feel like you want to post something nasty? ohhhhhhhhh.....
So don't you think some koreans might be offended when this board calls them cheats, liars, petty, or sluts? Korean girls are not sluts. Some are. Some that I've dated have been. But not all. And the ones who aren't probably get upset that this board calls them that.
So, yes, I exaggerate. Yes, I provoke. Yes, I make you think about your actions. So sue me. I too have a right to post here. (Actually neither of us have right to post here, we both have the privilege.)
But if I can give you pause, if I can make you aware of the pain your thoughtless, vengeful, vindictive, posts of misdirected anger cause, even for just a fraction of a second, then I've made this board a better place.
If a hagwon owner does you wrong, blast him to hell. If a girl screws you over, call her a *beep*. But just remember that you're dealing with personal experiences and not a whole race or nationality of people. |
At last you're making sense.
We foreigners are not without blame. We often behave like spoilt children in Korea. We expect to be treated as a special case. You know why? Because Koreans treat us as such.
That's one of the main problems with foreigners in Korea. We are treated as a different species. Like the Korean species is so different from the foreign species.
If Koreans realised that foreigners are just like them but from a different country then everything would be a lot more beautiful.
Problem is that Koreans often treat foreigners as a different species. You are foreign. I'm Korean. Therefore we are different. |
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