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laogaiguk · Joined: 06 Dec 2005 Location: somewhere in Korea

What do you think? There are many threads that I just don't understand, like the "Hi" thread, "Waeguk" thread, etc etc. While what the people say is usually pretty true and it probably should be changed, why does it bother people here so much? These are such small things in the grand scheme of things, and I seriously wonder how they live their lives. I am putting money some of the complainers on this board will probably die of heart attacks at 60 (I would say 50, but by then medical science will probably be better Wink

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ilovebdt · Joined: 03 Jun 2005 Location: Nr Seoul

Well I intend to live to 100.

laogaiguk · Joined: 06 Dec 2005 Location: somewhere in Korea

SPINOZA · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Location: $eoul

I know what OP means. For some reason many expats on here ought to achieve international recognition for their startling ability to get irritated by the most mundane of crap. Laughing

The intro to Swiss James's site also says:

"Hello!
This site, lostseouls.com was (a long, long time ago) supposed to be a place where people could come and exchange information about living, working, teaching, drinking, eating and more drinking in Korea. My plan was to sit back and relax whilst people told me about their favourite places to visit, restaurants, bars, cafes etc. around Seoul- and presumably be propositioned numerous times by people who saw how exceedingly hot I am. Unfortunately there is already a massive site where you can find out pretty much anything about Korea (even if it is full of incredibly miserable people). "

So one isn't alone in thinking so.

One possible suggestion is suicide 'before their time', OP. However, commiting suicide takes balls. My hero has always been Kurt Cobain for having the balls to shoot himself. I wonder whether some of the expats in question have the courage to go out like a true hero in style. Probably not.

Hobophobic · Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 9:47 pm Post subject:

Hmmm...

Does it really take alot of balls to shoot yourself?...I always presumed it was rather cowardly - say the 'easy way out'....guess I can see it from 2 sides...I certainly wouldn't be pulling a trigger with my big toe on a shotgun though...I think drowning is supposed to be peaceful...as long as it is not the Han....might be okay....

Besides wasn't it El Duce from the Mentors who said Courtney offered him money to kill Kurt....and members of Sonic Youth still yet believing he was murdered?...and another close friend and musician (Meat Puppets?)stated most of Courntney's album 'Live thru This' was all stuff he'd seen written down by Kurt over the years....

...or maybe he truly had wanted to join the "27 Club"?...

I would tend to believe if I stayed at my current work and pace I will be completely and utterly whacked and burnt out by the time I am 50 - when my prostate will likely have blown up to the size of grapefruit....ahh!

...so, perhaps you're right..maybe it does take alot balls to off one's self....

Homer · Guest

There are many who seem to have mastered the art of getting aggravated by the mundane. They then proceed to scratch at the tiny scab they find until it festers into a full blown infection. Strange really...

OP, you just might be on to something here about lifespan! Laughing

numazawa · Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Location: The Concrete Barnyard

Reading Dave's is enough by itself to take a couple of years off your life, but then it also causes perceived time to slow down and thus this drag-effect more or less evens out the relative slippage in longevity.

Barking Mad Lord Snapcase · Joined: 04 Nov 2003

noguri · Joined: 28 Nov 2005 Location: korea

coffeeman · Joined: 24 Nov 2005 Location: Korea

I'll say over 80 because if you eat kimchi everyday, you'll defend yourself against cancer and other nasty parasites. If you eat dogsoup, you will never need viagra.

bellum99 · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: don't need to know

I think it doesn't take much courage to kill yourself. In fact it is the coward way to solve problems. If you don't kill yourself saving someone else in a heroic fashion then it is just a waste. Kurt wasn't a hero...just another junkie who cooked himself to an early grave.

billybrobby · Joined: 09 Dec 2004

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

I don't buy the argument that suicide is a cowardly act. I think that 'argument' is made from a hoity-toity moralistic viewpoint, somehow connected to the idea that suicide is a sin, which I don't buy either. People who believe in reincarnation have a different view of it, too. Obviously.