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Bondrock

Joined: 08 Oct 2006 Location: ^_^
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Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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A man from a large city was driving near Rexburg, Idaho. He stopped at a potato farm and politely inquired if he could buy 10 pounds of potatoes.
"Well, that might be a bit tricky" the farmer says, "here in Rexburg we don't really like to cut a potato in half." |
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DorkothyParker

Joined: 11 Apr 2009 Location: Jeju
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Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Globutron wrote: |
So I often find either... I'm talking about something passionately, to find people have started another conversation slightly louder than my voice with someone else, or I'm talking about something passionately, before slowly fading and slurring into nothingness, realizing nobody cares about Einstein's lack of fashion sense or whatever.
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YES! This is it. I take it to mean that I'm socially awkward. I remember in that film "Adam" about this guys with aspergers there was a similar scene. I'm not autistic, but at that moment I totally could have been him.
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ESL Milk "Everyday
Joined: 12 Sep 2007
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Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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Next time someone asks you what you're doing tonight, just say 'skydiving'. The next time say, 'bungee jumping', then 'cliffdiving', then 'executing a perfect slow motion slam dunk in basketball with beads of sweat dripping off of my perfect body'.
So yeah, excitement is relative... but if you're not feeling fulfilled in life you should probably start asking yourself why that is, and try to fix the problem. Jumping to the conclusion that you have asperger's or you're just hopelessly awkward and doomed or whatever isn't good for anyone... |
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ESL Milk "Everyday
Joined: 12 Sep 2007
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Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Also, bars/drinking is only fun until about 12 am, after that it becomes like an evil sea of egos and impending regrets. |
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BaldTeacher
Joined: 02 Feb 2010
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Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Nah, all the good stuff happens late. |
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matthews_world
Joined: 15 Feb 2003
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:15 am Post subject: |
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OP, your co-worker was merely looking out for your best interest.
Also, you got major Korean adjumma syndrome going on. Go out and find some adjumma friends. A lot of them like hiking or gardening together. Join a gym or do yoga.
But yeah, there's nothing more boring than being a Korean adjumma. Things will pop up when children come into the picture.
I'm a boring person as well. I spend time in or near my home in order to save money. Plus, it's cold out and I tend more to hibernate in the winter during public school vacation. Come spring I'll travel a bit more and go out of town. |
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erasmus
Joined: 11 Sep 2010
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:56 am Post subject: |
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Dear Dorothy,
Build a big pile of whatever it is you like (you're full of passion), stand on top of it, beat your chest, and scream that you're the queen of it all... smart people will line up to know you, screw those who don't (they'll be few)... |
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koreandefence
Joined: 05 Oct 2007
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 3:27 am Post subject: |
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Yes most Teachers here are boring, they spend most of their time on forums:)
My opinion: The less time most of us stay behind our own doors the better. |
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ESL Milk "Everyday
Joined: 12 Sep 2007
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 5:58 am Post subject: |
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| koreandefence wrote: |
Yes most Teachers here are boring, they spend most of their time on forums:)
My opinion: The less time most of us stay behind our own doors the better. |
Then why don't you leave this site forever and never ever ever post again?
And by that I mean please, koreandefence, leave this site forever and never ever ever post again. |
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eb
Joined: 24 Nov 2010
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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:35 am Post subject: |
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Who cares? Why did he say that? Sounds like he is dealing with somthing personal against you. Did you guys ever hang out together?
Bald Teacher- Yeah. Iam glad there weren't any camera's around after
2:00 am last night. |
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UknowsI

Joined: 16 Apr 2009
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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Having fun without doing anything special is a great skill. Personally I like doing everyday things like grocery shopping and exercising more than going to a theme park or going sky diving. I guess that mean I'm a little boring, but as long as I'm happy that way, I don't see any problem with that. |
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Draz

Joined: 27 Jun 2007 Location: Land of Morning Clam
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 4:17 am Post subject: Re: Being a boring person |
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MEGAPOST
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To make this a topic and not a long-winded Facebook status, do you feel the foreigner has a responsibility to immerse themselves in the culture? And/or have you become more or less social living in S. Korea? Please explain. |
First question: NO!! And more social, because back home there are only wolves and bears to talk to. Or the howling wind.
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I wouldn't mind having a more interesting life. But I'd like it to be within walking distance. I like my life, but I feel I am not meeting social expectations. This bothers me because I am very concerned with how I am perceived by others. |
Sounds like someone needs to move to the Itaewon area. It is so easy to get out of the house when you live here. I'm not very social, but I still get out a few times a week. I rarely have a hard-drinking night, either. Mostly it's a one or two beer night, and some conversation.
Who cares what other people think anyway.
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Okay, separate rant. I like going out. I enjoy talking with gents with similar interests. But the ones who seem interesting start to act like I have the TB when they find out I am married. So if I sway the less interesting ones with their own names tattooed on their stomach to buy me beverages, it's really only in defense of the cannibalistic dog world we live in. |
I'd make a crack about men being scum and only interested in one thing, but I totally do the same thing. Being married implies a total lack of availability to be my special friend. It's not so bad with other girls, but guys' wives don't like their men talking to me too much for some reason.
| Bondrock wrote: |
A man from a large city was driving near Rexburg, Idaho. He stopped at a potato farm and politely inquired if he could buy 10 pounds of potatoes.
"Well, that might be a bit tricky" the farmer says, "here in Rexburg we don't really like to cut a potato in half." |
lol |
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waynehead
Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Location: Jongno
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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As a fellow boring person, I can sympathize. I remember a while back a friend insisting I come out on a Saturday to some party, and instead of coming up with some flimsy excuse I told the truth: I just got a new book I can't wait to read and I'm staying in to read it. Needless to say, he was flabbergasted, and probably suspected that was a flimsy excuse covering up some other plans.
My problem, OP, and perhaps you feel the same, isn't so much that I'm boring, but that more and more I find others boring. I'm still in my 20s and relatively young, but it just seems with every passing year the people you meet here all have the same insipid experiences and predictable points of view. I'm not saying I'm better, I'm sure I'm just as insipid and predictable as the worst of us, but after a while you just get tired of it, don't you? |
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Louis VI
Joined: 05 Jul 2010 Location: In my Kingdom
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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I may be boring, but I'm never bored.  |
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CtotheB
Joined: 03 Sep 2010
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Sounds pretty boring if you ask me. Where's the adventure? Where's the partying all night and rocking and-a rolling every day? |
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