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| How do you feel about Korea's exit from the World Cup? |
| I'm sad about it. |
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| I'm glad about it. |
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| I'm neutral, like the Swiss. |
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Privateer
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Location: Easy Street.
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 Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:07 am Post subject: Korea's exit from the World Cup: sad, glad, or don't care? |
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Seeing as there's a thread debating why people are happy Korea lost to Switzerland, I thought I'd start a poll to see if that's actually a majority opinion.
Anyone who wants can then post explaining why they feel the way they do.
Possible reasons to be sad about it:
1. The party's over.
2. No more free beers.
3. I like Korea.
4. I like the Korean football team.
5. I always root for the underdog and I want to see some major upsets like in 2002.
6. I'm a diehard apologist so I automatically support Korea in everything always.
7. My s.o. is Korean and I'm sad for them.
Possible reasons to be glad about it:
1. The party's over. (It was keeping me awake!)
2. The Daehanmingook chant was annoying me.
3. I hate football.
4. I've had Korean nationalism up to here.
5. I'm bitter about the way I've been treated in this country.
6. I'm a hater so I automatically hate everything Korean always.
7. My s.o. is Korean and now I can laugh at them.
8. I'm Swiss.
Possible reasons not to give a hoot:
1. I couldn't care less about football.
2. It's not my team so who cares?
3. I'm not Korean so it's got nothing to do with me.
4. I can't decide whether I'm sad or glad. |
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Natalia
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:12 am Post subject: |
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How about, "The Koreans were incredibly racist towards other teams and are incredibly bad winners AND losers."
I wanted to support Korea, but their general attitude towards the entire tournament and towards their opponents made me sick.
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On the other hand
Joined: 19 Apr 2003
Location: I walk along the avenue
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:12 am Post subject: |
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I'm somewhere between not caring and being glad. I'm not any sort of a sports fan, so I don't give a ratzass who wins World Cup one way or another. But I do find all the hype a little grating, plus I'm pretty hardcore anti-nationalist, Korean or otherwise.
I would probably feel the same way if I were back in Canada and smug Canadians were going on about how they were gonna kick the Americans' butts at something. |
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vlcupper
Joined: 12 Aug 2004
Location: Gangnam
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:24 am Post subject: |
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| I tend to agree with Natalia, but either way I don't really care. I was rooting for Switzerland because they're goalkeeper is hot. Hell, the whole team makes me wriggle. |
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:29 am Post subject: |
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| To be honest, Privateer, the very last thing we need is another thread dealing with the matter, even though yours is probably the best. Ultimately I don't care. I'll support Korea because why not? I have a job I like, I'm renewing, I've had good experiences with Korea and Korean people, and I'm basically happy here for the forseeable. But the team played some godawful football and, aside from two memorable goals against Togo and avoiding defeat to France, the team has nothing to offer entertainment-wise and that's what it's all about. |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:02 am Post subject: |
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Sad. No more skanked out K-chick pix.  |
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flotsam
Joined: 28 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:03 am Post subject: |
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| Sad. No more skanked out K-chick pix. |
What's all this then?? A cameo?  |
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alabamaman
Joined: 25 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:21 am Post subject: Re: Korea's exit from the World Cup: sad, glad, or don't car |
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| Privateer wrote: |
Seeing as there's a thread debating why people are happy Korea lost to Switzerland, I thought I'd start a poll to see if that's actually a majority opinion.
Anyone who wants can then post explaining why they feel the way they do.
Possible reasons to be sad about it:
1. The party's over.
2. No more free beers.
3. I like Korea.
4. I like the Korean football team.
5. I always root for the underdog and I want to see some major upsets like in 2002.
6. I'm a diehard apologist so I automatically support Korea in everything always.
7. My s.o. is Korean and I'm sad for them.
Possible reasons to be glad about it:
1. The party's over. (It was keeping me awake!)
2. The Daehanmingook chant was annoying me.
3. I hate football.
4. I've had Korean nationalism up to here.
5. I'm bitter about the way I've been treated in this country.
6. I'm a hater so I automatically hate everything Korean always.
7. My s.o. is Korean and now I can laugh at them.
8. I'm Swiss.
Possible reasons not to give a hoot:
1. I couldn't care less about football.
2. It's not my team so who cares?
3. I'm not Korean so it's got nothing to do with me.
4. I can't decide whether I'm sad or glad. |
I'm not sure how this will turn into a productive thread and I agree with SPINOZA. |
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Troll_Bait
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: [T]eaching experience doesn't matter much. -Lee Young-chan (pictured)
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:26 am Post subject: |
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Sad. Very sad. 
I wanted more city-wide parties. And further skank-ification. |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:27 am Post subject: |
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| SPINOZA wrote: |
| To be honest, Privateer, the very last thing we need is another thread dealing with the matter, even though yours is probably the best. Ultimately I don't care. I'll support Korea because why not? I have a job I like, I'm renewing, I've had good experiences with Korea and Korean people, and I'm basically happy here for the forseeable. But the team played some godawful football and, aside from two memorable goals against Togo and avoiding defeat to France, the team has nothing to offer entertainment-wise and that's what it's all about. |
Actually I'm glad he did. Looking at the results it's obvious now that the vocal minority complaining about the country is exactly that, a minority, and that only their incessant complaining has made it look like the majority of the users on the board really wanted Korea to fail. A small group of people galavanting about and trying to look bigger than they are is exactly what Korean netizens are, so it's a safe bet to say that were any of them to have been born here in Korea they would be the ones spending their days in the PC Bang fishing for isolated examples, posting them on their anti-ES Daum cafes and trying to tie them into their already-fixed beliefs that Japan/the US/Switzerland/Chinese/foreigners are evil and out to corrupt their women and who knows what else.
And yes, I miss skanked-out K-chix pix already. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. Let's try to get the K-league a bit more competitive and maybe we can have regional battles over who has the sexiest 응원복, girls from Suwon or Busan or wherever else. |
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flotsam
Joined: 28 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:43 am Post subject: |
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| mithridates wrote: |
| Suwon or Busan or wherever else. |
Only Busan, Mith.
Really, come on.
But I am liking the numbers as well. In fact, I call for a drop of anonymity. I for one am sad, I love the hype, hate the trite(but it's hardly harmful in any event.), and I like to keep sporting events and nationalism in perspective. It sucks here, it sucks there: gosh dang it--it sucks everywhere(and lurks everywhere as well...).
Dae-Han-(with a bit of dissent and good cheer[and hoping for more Eung-Weon-Bok])-Min-Guk! |
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SeoulFinn
Joined: 27 Feb 2006
Location: 1h from Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:55 am Post subject: |
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I'm a bit sad because I think that the Korean team could've done a lot better than they did. To be honest with you, I expected to see them advance at least one more step further. But the Korean team's performance on the field was really bad... and they got exactly what they deserved.
Better luck next time! |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm more pro-Korea since I've been gone than when I was in Korea itself. I'm thinking it's because I don't have to see the ugly side of it all. |
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doggyji
Joined: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Toronto - Hamilton - Vineland - St. Catherines
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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| mithridates wrote: |
| A small group of people galavanting about and trying to look bigger than they are is exactly what Korean netizens are, so it's a safe bet to say that were any of them to have been born here in Korea they would be the ones spending their days in the PC Bang fishing for isolated examples, posting them on their anti-ES Daum cafes and trying to tie them into their already-fixed beliefs that Japan/the US/Switzerland/Chinese/foreigners are evil and out to corrupt their women and who knows what else. |
This data is from a Naver news article a few months ago.
They found that 3.4% of the total number of users make 50% of the total number of replies on major internet portal news sites.
포털 0.06% '악플러', 댓글 25% 양산. |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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Sad: definitely sad. I always enjoyed watching them play, since the 2002 cup.
Only against England would I not have been cheering for them - and even then I would have been hoping for a great show. |
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