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byrddogs
Joined: 19 Jun 2009
Location: Shanghai
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| KimchiNinja wrote: |
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| Maybe I'm keeping it real. Breaking up the monotony is encouraged. Doing so by making up things to fit a narrative is one way of doing it. I get you. Your game is obvious. No problem. |
I don't understand. |
Yes, you do. I know, you know, and anyone that has read any of your posts knows. |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2014 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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My Korean friend told me there is a saying "would you rather live in an exciting hell or a boring paradise?", he used it to describe Korea vs the West.
We both choose exciting hell.  |
LOL. This never happened. |
Nope, it happened. |
No, it didn't. You are just bored and making things up to get a response. That's fine. |
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| My bff came back to the States from Korea yesterday and posted this upon her return: 심심한 천국 vs 재밌는 지옥. Sums up both sides pretty well. |
Considering my friend hadn't been back to Korea in a decade, I'm guessing we have different friends. |
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Stain
Joined: 08 Jan 2014
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2014 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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Why would you come here then? Dumb move. |
That's why I left buddy. But essentially the fact remains uncontested that Korea is only exciting if you enjoy the limited range of options Korea excels at i.e. cheap booze, prostitutes, shopping and pig fat. |
Great, nobody cares. |
Except you, KimchiNinja. |
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cabeza
Joined: 29 Sep 2012
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2014 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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Kimchininja is a gyopo troll.
He has created a persona of being a venture capitalist who lives in Gangnam who makes hundreds of millions of won per year.
He posts silly shit to rile people up. But it's quite funny as he often gets angry and hurt when people post topics like this or anything else that paints Korea in a negative light. |
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2014 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Sister Ray wrote: |
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Why would you come here then? Dumb move. |
That's why I left buddy. But essentially all I was able to find in my time there was that Korea is only exciting if you enjoy the limited range of options Korea excels at i.e. cheap booze, prostitutes, shopping and pig fat. |
FTFY
Seriously if that's all you found here there's no shame in that. Many expats here fail to scratch below the surface. Just don't make the mistake in believing all you found was all there was.
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edwardcatflap
Joined: 22 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2014 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Doesn't this expression about boring heaven and exciting hell mostly boil down to the fact that, just like when Koreans talk about Western food' they mean hamburgers and pizzas, when they talk about 'the West' they basically mean Bancouber? |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 5:46 am Post subject: |
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| Doesn't this expression about boring heaven and exciting hell mostly boil down to the fact that, just like when Koreans talk about Western food' they mean hamburgers and pizzas, when they talk about 'the West' they basically mean Bancouber? |
Canada-centric much?
2 million Korean immigrants in the States.
200,000 Korean immigrants in Canada.
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Sister Ray
Joined: 25 Mar 2006
Location: Fukuoka
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| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 6:00 am Post subject: |
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FTFY
Seriously if that's all you found here there's no shame in that.
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Sure. If you prefer your little alteration.
But that leads me to ask myself why I only found those same general things ad infinitum in Seoul but have found so much more real "excitement" in Tokyo and now, the much smaller, Fukuoka?
Hmmmm. |
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 6:15 am Post subject: |
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Easier to find there?
I never said things were easy here. I only stated that your inability to find them doesn't preclude their existence.
Simple really.
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edwardcatflap
Joined: 22 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 6:37 am Post subject: |
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Canada-centric much?
2 million Korean immigrants in the States.
200,000 Korean immigrants in Canada. |
I'm from the UK mate but nearly all the Koreans I meet seem to want to go to Canada. Anyway the point is still the same - in this context, 'for 'The West' read the places Koreans emigrate to. |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 6:51 am Post subject: |
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Canada-centric much?
2 million Korean immigrants in the States.
200,000 Korean immigrants in Canada. |
I'm from the UK mate but nearly all the Koreans I meet seem to want to go to Canada. Anyway the point is still the same - in this context, 'for 'The West' read the places Koreans emigrate to. |
And why shouldn't it? When foreigners say that Korea is exciting, we're not talking about a mountaintop in south Jeolla. |
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robbie_davies
Joined: 16 Jun 2013
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| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 6:53 am Post subject: |
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| northway wrote: |
Canada-centric much?
2 million Korean immigrants in the States.
200,000 Korean immigrants in Canada.
2000 Korean immigrants in the UK
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Wahey! We win!!  |
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edwardcatflap
Joined: 22 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 12:12 pm Post subject: |
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And why shouldn't it? When foreigners say that Korea is exciting, we're not talking about a mountaintop in south Jeolla. |
That's kind of my point. When foreigners say Korea is exciting, they're probably thinking of the best nightlife Seoul has to offer, which they have actually experienced and which probably is the most exciting element of Korea. Koreans mean the same when they say Korea is exciting. However, when a Korean says 'The West' is 'boring' he might well just be thinking of Vancouver, New Malden, or whatever place they settle in the States. Rather than the more exciting elements/areas in the Western world. |
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KimchiNinja
Joined: 01 May 2012
Location: Gangnam
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| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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Talk about paralysis by over-analysis! 
Christ, who cares... |
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Chaparrastique
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