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Muffin
Joined: 01 Mar 2006
Location: Turkey
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 Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:22 am Post subject: Why is Dave's addictive? |
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Like many posters here I guess I first used Daves to find a job, research schools (I used several sites for this) and get a bit of info on life in SK.
Now I find myself reading Dave's and posting on a regular basis. In SK there was some sense in this as I got home late evening from my job (too late to go out) and looked at Dave's in between TV, MSN chats etc. I also suffered from insomnia so would spend a lot of the night in front of the computer screen.
After leaving Korea I was without a PC for a couple of months and forgot the ole ESL cafe. Now I work in my office and during quiet times (quite alot as my partner does all the work  ) I read Daves daily.
If anyone asked me to explain the appeal of reading the same old topics and the predictable rants of the same old posters I really would be stuck for words.
As many people seem to post on Dave's daily you must be in the same situation. Just why does it suck us in??? |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:28 am Post subject: |
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| Because everybody wants the approval of their peers. |
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mikowee
Joined: 03 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:33 am Post subject: |
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| I average 11 hours a day at my school. Around 3.5 of those hours are spent teaching, 2-3 hours sleeping, 0.5 hours eating and the rest spent on random time wasting activities (which includes Dave's). Inexplicably, I still feel tired after coming home. |
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amberflannery
Joined: 25 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:48 am Post subject: |
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because there is crap on tv after school and before bed. i have nothing better to do. 
tommorow though... free drinks at the loft  no Daves for me. |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 5:15 am Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
| Because everybody wants the approval of their peers. |
Because everyone wants to get slammed by numerous people for posting a question or their opinion. |
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twg
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Getting some fresh air...
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 6:09 am Post subject: |
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| Because we're all desperate for anything in English that doesn't involve getting drunk with people we don't honestly like, or watching Starship Troopers for the thousandth time? |
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oneofthesarahs
Joined: 05 Nov 2006
Location: Sacheon City
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 6:10 am Post subject: |
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| I have insomnia. That's my excuse. |
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amberflannery
Joined: 25 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 6:19 am Post subject: |
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is starship troopers on? all i'm getting these days is the scorpion king and the mummy, could use a change of pace  |
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twg
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Getting some fresh air...
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 6:24 am Post subject: |
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| amberflannery wrote: |
| is starship troopers on? all i'm getting these days is the scorpion king and the mummy, could use a change of pace |
Are you saying it's NOT on?!
WHEN DID I LEAVE KOREA!? |
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amberflannery
Joined: 25 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 6:26 am Post subject: |
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i've only been here a month but i havent seen it on yet.  |
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Ecumenist
Joined: 04 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:00 am Post subject: Re: Why is Dave's addictive? |
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| Muffin wrote: |
| Just why does it suck us in??? |
You're projecting. |
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Zoobot
Joined: 25 Aug 2006
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:19 am Post subject: |
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| Dave's is fun, but it was funner when I was in Korea. I don't find it that addictive. I think if I complained a lot with just enough belligerance to hide the fact that I was complaining, it would be more addictive. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:40 am Post subject: |
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A lot of people make the mistake of thinking Dave's is somehow unique.
Trust me, Muffin, people were certainly addicted to message boards long before Dave's came about. I know I have been. I've been a message board geek since around 1992, before people even knew what email was. |
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merkurix
Joined: 21 Dec 2006
Location: Not far from the deep end.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:45 am Post subject: |
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| It's so much fun to see how wildly varied intelligence as well as mood is demonstrated here. |
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Muffin
Joined: 01 Mar 2006
Location: Turkey
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:39 am Post subject: |
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Qinella wrote:
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A lot of people make the mistake of thinking Dave's is somehow unique.
Trust me, Muffin, people were certainly addicted to message boards long before Dave's came about. I know I have been. I've been a message board geek since around 1992, before people even knew what email was.
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I am aware that Dave's is not unique, it's just that I personally didn't find the other boards I looked at so appealing. But if you want to extend, you could try and explain the appeal of message boards in general.
Is it because we like to feel our opinions are heard? Perhaps with Dave's it is the dichotomy that exists: the kindness and the spite, the humour and the pathos etc. People find conflict entertaining perhaps that is what lures us back.... |
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