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rapier
Joined: 16 Feb 2003
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| It seems that to be a winner, you must be happy. to be happy in korea, it seems that you have to make peace with the culture and system here to some degree. Those who do manage to, are winners- although many people would call them apologists. |
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desultude
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf
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| Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2004 3:38 am Post subject: |
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rapier
It seems that to be a winner, you must be happy. to be happy in korea, it seems that you have to make peace with the culture and system here to some degree. Those who do manage to, are winners- although many people would call them apologists. |
Thank You! I'll accept my medal now! I'm a winner! And I have no apologies to anyone.
Rapier, you are so right. |
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kiwiboy_nz_99
Joined: 05 Jul 2003
Location: ...Enlightenment...
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| Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2004 3:45 am Post subject: |
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| I haven't made peace with the culture, but I'm happy anyway, as outside of work I control carefully who I associate with and essentially create my own little bubble of sanity. Do I get a "winner" sticker too rapier? |
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rapier
Joined: 16 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2004 1:01 am Post subject: |
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Kwi:You're a winner. Building and maintaining your own sanity bubble is the best effective survival tactic in this country...
Desultude:I don't agree with a lot of the culture here, but I can understand it better now, and am resigned to it, and don't bother trying to fight it like I used to...a peace of sorts.. |
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humanuspneumos
Joined: 08 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2004 8:17 am Post subject: Perhaps it's all relative to time |
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Perhaps it's all relative to time. Some go like this over time:
Apologist, whiner, loser or loser, apologist, and then whiner. Finally, some go loser, whiner, apologist and so on.
Perhaps it's all relative to genes:
Some have the genetic make-up of a monkey and so can eat bananas all day long. Some have such thick skin that the frost doesn't bite.
Perhaps it's all relative to relatives:
Some had relatively decent relatives and so were relatively relative. Some did not and so carry that baggage to Korea translating into apologist, whiner, or loser.
Perhaps it's all relative to culture and statistics:
Some country folk may be statistically higher whiners, apologists, or losers.
Perhaps it's all relative to normnative ethics:
Today a whiner is this and tomorrow it's that. Today a loser is this and tomorrow it's that. Today an apologist is this and tomorrow it's that. The question in our context now- what is it now? - and so people feel bad or good based upon today's answer. |
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humanuspneumos
Joined: 08 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2004 8:33 am Post subject: Wouldn't that |
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| It seems that to be a winner, you must be happy. to be happy in korea, it seems that you have to make peace with the culture and system here to some degree. Those who do manage to, are winners- although many people would call them apologists. |
Wouldn't that be partly determined in how that peace is made? e.g. to make peace one must disgrace Aristotle and the basic fundamentals of logic.
Or
Wouldn't that be partly be determined by the final episode of one's drama. e.g. Teacher was "happy" for a long, long time and then- teacher went crazy in the final episode and lost everything to the chants of whiners- "I told you so." |
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The Man known as The Man
Joined: 29 Mar 2003
Location: 3 cheers for Ted Haggard oh yeah!
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 11:35 am Post subject: |
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| kiwiboy_nz_99 wrote: |
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No.
Rylees, why don't you augment your naturally testorone levels with some shots-you need them.
HTH |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Are you jealous cause Rylees got to give Katydid, BlueFlower and me massages- all in one night? |
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The Man known as The Man
Joined: 29 Mar 2003
Location: 3 cheers for Ted Haggard oh yeah!
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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No.
Butch up nancy. |
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