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Scorpion
Joined: 15 Apr 2012
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LOL.
OP, what you smokin'? Center of the world? Mimme some of what you got, bro.
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talentedcrayon
Joined: 27 Aug 2013
Location: Why do you even care?
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:19 pm Post subject: |
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| This post was written 12 years ago... The OP could be dead by now for all we know. |
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Fallacy
Joined: 29 Jun 2015
Location: ex-ROK
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 1:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Blame Tiger Beer for the resurrection, and the accurate assessment. |
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TheMeerkatLover
Joined: 26 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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Though this posting was made over 12 years ago, I find it extremely relevant today since nothing seems to have changed during that time.
Korea is not an advanced society no matter how much it tries to convince itself and others it is. |
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DaeguNL
Joined: 08 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 1:03 am Post subject: Re: Korea...Center of the world |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
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| Do other countries give you this feeling I get in Korea: That this is the center of the world? |
Every country feels like that. |
I didn't even get the slightest hint of this in Thailand or Philippines...
In my opinion, Korea is on par with America in terms of nationalism.
The difference being that most westerners wouldn't even be able to point out korea on a map, or even distinguish hangul from japanese/chinese. Obviously America is important on a global stage, so the nationalism is understandable. |
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yodanole
Joined: 02 Mar 2003
Location: La Florida
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| Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 10:24 am Post subject: |
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| Whoever you are, Wherever you are is the center of the world. If you move, it moves. |
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goreality
Joined: 09 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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| yodanole wrote: |
| Whoever you are, Wherever you are is the center of the world. If you move, it moves. |
I always thought if you are in the center, you don't move, everything else moves around you so you just feel like you are moving. Kind of like walking the wrong way down an escalator. |
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yodanole
Joined: 02 Mar 2003
Location: La Florida
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| Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 12:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Free Will or Predestination ... |
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tophat111
Joined: 02 Jun 2016
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| Koreas a joke. aLL THEY do is copy the west and its standards. From music to fashion , to business models and innovations. They then think theyre so creative and amazing. Its a joke of a country. |
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Stain
Joined: 08 Jan 2014
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| Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2016 8:07 am Post subject: |
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| tophat111 wrote: |
| Koreas a joke. aLL THEY do is copy the west and its standards. From music to fashion , to business models and innovations. They then think theyre so creative and amazing. Its a joke of a country. |
Let me guess, the xanax thing didn't work out. However, your post does reek of some truth. |
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PRagic
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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“It may be said of Korea that there is no country of comparable significance concerning which so many people are ignorant.”
-Osgood, C. 1951.The Koreans and Their Culture. New York: Ronald Press. |
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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2016 10:37 am Post subject: Re: Korea...Center of the world |
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| syclick wrote: |
| jajdude wrote: |
| Do other countries give you this feeling I get in Korea: That this is the center of the world? |
In my experience, yes, I believe a lot of people in many countries like to think that everyone has their eyes on them, or that the world revolves around them.
I guess everyone (from whatever nation) has the need to feel special or important in their own way. Some people tend to justify it by focusing on:
Perceived cultural uniqueness
Perceived cultural or philisophical influence on the world
Perceived political importance
Perceived moral or religious superiority
etc... |
The US is politically more important than any other country, and the West (France, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) is morally superior to any other country. |
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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2016 10:46 am Post subject: |
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| goreality wrote: |
| yodanole wrote: |
| Whoever you are, Wherever you are is the center of the world. If you move, it moves. |
I always thought if you are in the center, you don't move, everything else moves around you so you just feel like you are moving. Kind of like walking the wrong way down an escalator. |
Motion is always relative to one's perspective. The Earth revolves around the Sun only if you want to establish the most direct, simplified, and useful perspective. As far as I'm concerned the universe rotates around North America. |
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Stain
Joined: 08 Jan 2014
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| Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2016 9:42 am Post subject: |
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| To put it simply, the world and the universe beyond it revolves around you. Because you are within you and you can't get out of that. That being said, how selfish you are! Do you really think everything revolves around you? |
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The Cosmic Hum
Joined: 09 May 2003
Location: Sonic Space
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| Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2016 5:55 am Post subject: |
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| Stain wrote: |
| To put it simply, the world and the universe beyond it revolves around you. Because you are within you and you can't get out of that. That being said, how selfish you are! Do you really think everything revolves around you? |
When I was a child, I used to spin in circles and then fall to the ground dizzy. The world did indeed revolve around me.
Not selfish...dizzy in the head. |
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