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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 7:10 am Post subject: What Makes Korea a Four-Eyed Nation? |
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What Makes Korea a Four-Eyed Nation?
Experts identify the main culprit as genetic predisposition.
prone to potentially eyesight-damaging activities like reading, watching TV, using the computer
Inappropriate posture and dim light are also problems.
Chosun Ilbo (January 15, 2006)
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200601/200601150007.html |
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Shooter McGavin
Joined: 22 Nov 2005
Location: ROK
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| Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 10:22 am Post subject: Re: What Makes Korea a Four-Eyed Nation? |
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| Real Reality wrote: |
| Inappropriate posture and dim light are also problems. |
Dim light? I don't buy that for a second. The lights I have encountered everywhere are like artificial suns. I actually sprained my eyelid from squinting all the time to give my retinas a break. I didn't even think it was possible to sprain an eyelid, but yes you can, and yes it stings like a MFer. |
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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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I have heard the statement that being born in a hospital is bad for your eyes, because a baby born in a hospital is immediately exposed to bright lights. A baby born naturally, on the other hand, is born in a dimly-lit room.
One could compare the four-eyed ratios of hospital-born countries with natural-born countries. However, one could contend that the people of the hospital-born countries receive glasses through better medical care. |
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guerrrro
Joined: 06 Jan 2006
Location: [s:eoul]
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 12:45 am Post subject: |
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| depends on the diet too |
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Gorgias
Joined: 27 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 1:23 am Post subject: |
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| I wonder if the standard at which eyes are considered in need of glasses is not rather high here. I don't know exactly how it's rated, but maybe in Korea 90% is considered to need glasses, but back home, maybe it's more like 80% or something like that. |
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ChimpumCallao
Joined: 17 May 2005
Location: your mom
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:53 am Post subject: |
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What Makes Korea a Four-Eyed Nation?
Because dorks wear glasses. |
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Pak Yu Man
Joined: 02 Jun 2005
Location: The Ida galaxy
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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| guerrrro wrote: |
| depends on the diet too |
Huh. I was told Kimchi cures everything, including eye problems.
Is it true?  |
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The evil penguin
Joined: 24 May 2003
Location: Doing something naughty near you.....
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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| ChimpumCallao wrote: |
What Makes Korea a Four-Eyed Nation?
Because dorks wear glasses. |
but but but.......... I wear glasses..... (i guess this proves your theory...) |
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ChimpumCallao
Joined: 17 May 2005
Location: your mom
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| Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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| The evil penguin wrote: |
| ChimpumCallao wrote: |
What Makes Korea a Four-Eyed Nation?
Because dorks wear glasses. |
but but but.......... I wear glasses..... (i guess this proves your theory...) |
awwww im sorry. i like glasses!
actually when i was reading this post i read my answer to my fiance, who then turned his bespectecled face to me with a wtf??!! expression.
koreans are pretty dorky though! |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Actually, flourescent lighting is really bad for your eyes. That's why you don't see them as often back home. Why do they use them here? Saves money and electricity. They did a study on it a few years ago now though. Incandescent lighting is much better for your eyes and eyesight. I forget why though. |
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