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[stevieg4ever]

One minute its people bashing Americans. The next its Canadians. Invariably Koreans perenially take a bashing on this board.

The Stevemcgarrett thread encompasses the ill feeling on here but ive seen it elsewhere as well.

[eamo]

There's not really all the hatred you see here. It's just people having fun on the internet. 99% of the people who post here are nice people. Korea isn't full of rabid foreigners walking around foaming at the mouth and spewing hate.

[oneofthesarahs]

I've been wondering the same thing myself lately. I think maybe it's just the stress of living in a place where things are different combined with the ability to be anonymous online. There's a lot of posturing online because people can get away with it. Most of these people probably wouldn't say half of this sh*t in real life.

But for every jerk on this board, there are five posters with something genuinely helpful and interesting to say. Have fun with the cool people, ignore the idiots.

[stevieg4ever]

Well that is a pretty warped sense of fun if you ask me as it seems to descend into anarchy and personal insults pretty easily.

But i take your last point totally though. When i was there met with much more good than bad for sure. I feel Daves isnt really reflective of things in Korea, generally speaking. Maybe its the VTech incident that has brought it out in people.

[mnhnhyouh]

I think part of it is that there are a lot of young people with limited experience of being in other cultures that are posting here.

Being anonymous means they can take our all of their angst on these boards.

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[goodgood]

OP, I used to make posts just like yours. Looking at Dave's used to make me really angry-all I could see was the negativity. But like oneofthesarahs said, it's only a small portion that are super-negative.

I do think it is unfortunate that this is what 1st-timers look at when they are thinking about coming here. They get negative feelings about the place before they even get here. Theres a lot of good info and good people, but a lot of ridiculous a-holes too. And when you come here (assuming you aren't here yet from your loc.), you will get the chance to meet some of those losers.

And after a long time of looking at this board, you get to know who the jerks are, who the nice people are, whose posts to read, and whose to skip. It's fun!

[butlerian]

[freshking]

I can't help but read the trolls' posts. I think a lot of us are guilty of doing that, as the threads of troll OP's get a lot of hits. The trick in my opinion is not to respond to them or let them bait you. When angered by a troll, one only has to remember that these people are choosing a pretty pathetic form of entertainment, and are probably fairly pathetic sociopaths.

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[Paji eh Wong]

Yeah. I suspect there are some dedicated, emotionally retarded trolls out there who've been kicked off the board and like to stir things up for a little revenge. Some people get off on winding other people up.

Korea attracts a lot of damaged goods and the internet attracts a lot of damaged goods. That makes for a hell of a Venn diagram.

Do what I've done. Develope a strong selective reading filter and make like old whatshisface. McNamara. Don't respond to the question asked. Respond to the question you wish they asked.

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[TheBrain]

Please ignore the trolls. I think the original poster's question has been answered. Now let's move on.