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Tiger Beer

Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 6:18 am Post subject: seemingly vain with the camera phones |
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so i'm sitting waiting for a subway. the next booth over I hear a *snap* of a camera phone.. then another *snap* and another *snap* and another *snap* and yet it continued.
I counted them all and there were 29 snaps of the camera phone. A couple were sitting there taking pictures of each other sitting together.
Is it just me, or is that a bit excessive? Did one of them blink the first 28 times? Shouldn't this be accompanyed by laughter of some sort if they did?
I just imagine myself.. if I were part of that 'relationship'.. I'd have had a perma-scowl after picture 4.
Ah.. Korea. |
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sadsac
Joined: 22 Dec 2003 Location: Gwangwang
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 6:22 am Post subject: |
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Not an uncommon event anywhere in Korea. More like a cure for boredom than vanity. One never knows though.  |
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Tiger Beer

Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 6:34 am Post subject: |
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sadsac wrote: |
Not an uncommon event anywhere in Korea. More like a cure for boredom than vanity. One never knows though.  |
Funny.. I was actually going to comment on that in my post. As its really not vanity.. but its something..
Boredom.. or no negative stigma attached to it like in the West.
Kind of like when I first got here, and so shocked to see so many people checking themselves out publicly in mirrors and every reflection imagineable.
Its something that we in the West usually go to great lengths to avoid being caught doing in public. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Location: the crib
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 6:46 am Post subject: Re: seemingly vain with the camera phones |
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Tiger Beer wrote: |
I just imagine myself.. if I were part of that 'relationship'.. I'd have had a perma-scowl after picture 4. |
Yeah me too, man.
I would rather have a gf like I saw in some Japanese photo/video-booth video where they'd film the girl naked and giving the guy oral pleasure. Yeah, kinky. |
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thebum

Joined: 09 Jan 2005 Location: North Korea
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 8:11 am Post subject: |
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i'm from the usa, and i used to think american girls were vain. they are nothing compared to most korean girls. |
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Satori

Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Location: Above it all
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 9:51 am Post subject: |
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You've been here what, six or seven years now tiger? And you're just noticing this?
I actually think it's good. Photos are memories. And having good photos is more pleasant. I know I don't look good in photos, cause I've hardly ever been photo'd. Koreans learn to pose better for photos and thier photos do often look pretty good. So why not? The more photo's you take the more likely to get a good one. It's fun and harmless. |
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little mixed girl
Joined: 11 Jun 2003 Location: shin hyesung's bed~
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 10:49 am Post subject: |
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i'm always taking pics of myself with my cell phone...it's fun! |
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capebretoncanadian

Joined: 20 Feb 2005
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 10:58 am Post subject: |
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I had the exact same experience today with the gf.....shot after shot after shot from uncountable angles......infuriating at the time....but we ended up with some nice shots in the end. |
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doggyji

Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Location: Toronto - Hamilton - Vineland - St. Catherines
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 11:00 am Post subject: |
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They will go home and pick a few gems from all the pictures taken and upload them on their Cyworlds to show everyone. You try that, too. I'm not too sure but it seems young Finns do this sort of stuff a lot, too. |
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Corporal

Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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I see it all the time. It's stupid. It's not as if you can take quality pics with your camera phone anyway. If they wanted a few good pictures of themselves they should go to a studio, or one of those booths and mug there. Not elsewhere in public. |
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VanIslander

Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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Time for Tiger Beer to take a vacation. |
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Kyrei

Joined: 22 Jan 2003
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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Tiger Beer wrote: |
Its something that we in the West usually go to great lengths to avoid being caught doing in public. |
Yeah, right up there with nose-picking, farting, and vomiting, but hey...
My wife is addicted to her camera and I was rather worried that I might have been half of that couple you referred to. She is a self-styled "Queen of selka" and can make it look as though there is always a third person taking the shot. I have tried scowling through them, looking stupid, looking bored, or any other facial expression - that just prolongs the agony. But, I love her and this is one of her foibles that I accept gladly if I want to make it out to darts night for a few pints on Mondays...
Kyrei
Happily not a member of "V.o.K.W."
(Victims of Korean Wives) - Saturday afternoons at 3 Alley Pub. |
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tweeterdj

Joined: 21 Oct 2005 Location: Gwangju
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Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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Kyrei wrote: |
Tiger Beer wrote: |
Its something that we in the West usually go to great lengths to avoid being caught doing in public. |
Yeah, right up there with nose-picking, farting, and vomiting, but hey... |
not to mention peeing... man that disgusts me.
what i find odd is when i see a k-girl take a picture of herself, so she can see how she looks. wouldn't a mirror be a LITTLE more practical? i mean, how much can you really see on a low rez screen? |
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Newbie

Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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I love how so many of the girls have this set, smirky little pose they use that they must think is cute, but I find really annoying.
My students always want me to pose for pics and it drives me nuts. I hate "set up" pics. The best ones I've every seen are when the target didn't know the pic was being taken |
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JongnoGuru

Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep
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Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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Kyrei wrote: |
Kyrei
Happily not a member of "V.o.K.W."
(Victims of Korean Wives) - Saturday afternoons at 3 Alley Pub. |
1. Petition Gunter to add Alternative Ulster / Suspect Device to jukebox.
2. Snap series of cameraphone shots of self & loved one dancing to it. |
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