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Yeah, it's a cultural difference. Art and literature ended up occupying the same mental space that architecture does in the west, since it was mostly all wood construction and constantly rebuilt here. Don't go during New Year but after that it would be no problem. I'll sadly be back at work and unable to join you, even though it's right next door.
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Anyone know of Korean subs for The Emperor's new Groove? I'm looking but I can't find it. Korean name is "쿠스코? 쿠스코!" Eifert Posting fucked around with this message at 04:54 on Jan 31, 2013 |
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Oh, you're entirely welcome, glad I could help. ladron fucked around with this message at 22:00 on Jan 31, 2013 |
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I find the easiest way is to just find the Korean name of the movie and good it with a "자막" at the end.
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ESL Korea: Canadian Language Institute doesn't pay so I trashed thier apartment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB8v2SM80hA  Where to begin with this champion of passive aggression? "They just fired me because they don't like me... ...I haven't paid my bills in six months." You failed at Korea, where life comes with training wheels. Throwing a literally infantile fit is a perfect way to cap that failure. Watch his other videos, his gradual descent into madness is glorious to watch. Yes, you don't have any friends because everyone else sucks. Amazing. edit I just noticed these videos are over a year old, has everyone seen this already? It should really be added to the OP as an example of how not to act. joedevola fucked around with this message at 10:39 on Jan 31, 2013 |
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Jan 31, 2013 10:26
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It's a good thing he was so insightful that he started his plot for revenge six months before they decided to slight him. Canadian Language Institute does have a poo poo reputation though.
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Holy gently caress how did that guy get hired. Like at what point did they talk to that guy and say "hey, this dude would make a fine teacher".
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I felt like the camera was always a half second away from panning over a pile of decapitated nurse corpses. 
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LimburgLimbo posted:Holy gently caress how did that guy get hired. Like at what point did they talk to that guy and say "hey, this dude would make a fine teacher". You haven't been interviewed for a hagwon job I take it. I forgot how entertaining the Black List is.
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Has anyone been paid for teaching a demo class as part of a job interview? Is this some sneaky test to see how well I know the restrictions on E2 visas? 40k is 40k though. Even if the hr person knows almost nothing about the program and I basically lead the interview. On the plus side my "so, I got this job already in case you didn't know" attitude seems to have worked or everyone else was poo poo. 3.0 no benefits. I hate the idea of putting key money down for a place, landlords and I have a... 'history'
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This video is pretty funny, even if it's mega-racist and virulent, but I think just about everyone in this thread has felt like this at times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNmVx4UgSok
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joedevola posted:ESL Korea: Canadian Language Institute doesn't pay so I trashed thier apartment I cant tell if he's drunk in that video or if he really lost his grip. Poor bunny though. I'd go crazy living there too, his apartment looks tiny as hell. I've stayed in bottom level love motels for extended periods that are bigger than that. He won't get much by trashing it though, they're going to have to pay an ajumma max 30k to take care of that, then have a laugh at him. What was that poo poo on his floor though? Looked like gravel... Or noodles? Cameron, I wouldn't say we all have days like that. At least nothing close to that. I have bad Korea days, but the worst that comes from that is "loving bitch cutting in front of me, why are there no lines at lottemart this makes no sense. I'm having a bad korea day" then I go home, have a cup of tea and settle down. Half the poo poo he said sucks about this country I like. I think the passed out dudes making GBS threads their pants give Korea character. Edit: actually last thread someone did that. They got hosed by their hagwon so they and a friend hosed it up. Not like that guy though. Double edit: What an rear end in a top hat, http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mXKWKqmsT8Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player BrainDance fucked around with this message at 15:09 on Jan 31, 2013 |
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Cameron posted:just about everyone in this thread has felt like this at times... No.
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I always wonder about guys who put things like this on video publicly. I mean, okay, you have a bad day, but taking that bad day and broadcasting it to the world along with rants against an entire nation, its individual sexes, its culture and so on - not the best of ideas, heh. On my worst day, my private rants about Thailand haven't been anywhere near this awful. They're more like, "WHY CAN'T ANYONE ANSWER A loving EMAIL CORRECTLY!?" Also, I love that he's chain-smoking the whole time. Just kind of adds that touch of class. The "blow drying his public hair in the loving bathroom" line was pretty funny and reflects a metrosexual reality in much of cosmopolitan Asia. Standing around waiting for a sink in the pisser while a line of metrosexual wannabe pretty boys endlessly primp their hair in the mirror - always leaving, stutter stepping and coming back for one last tussle - that does drive me insane. ReindeerF fucked around with this message at 15:36 on Jan 31, 2013 |
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No, that reflects people blow drying their pubic hair, often in JJBs. I normally see old rear end men doing it, not the young ones. Stop projecting. Also his apartment is bigger than mine. And when I saw "trashing", I thought punching holes in the walls, which I do without any malicious intent (my security deposit is going to be gone because I am an idiot)
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Arctic Baldwin posted:Also his apartment is bigger than mine. His apartment is not the largest one around, but it's maybe triple the size of mine. Plus it has a kitchen. DontAskKant fucked around with this message at 17:38 on Jan 31, 2013 |
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Ya his room is a lot bigger than the one I stayed in for two years and his bathroom walls aren't made of glass!
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Arctic Baldwin posted:No, that reflects people blow drying their pubic hair, often in JJBs. I normally see old rear end men doing it, not the young ones. Stop projecting. I'm not "projecting" so much as describing reality as it is here, though, having lived in two of the posher neighborhoods, but then Bangkok's internationally famous as a Bohemian capital, so imagining that a large city in Korea would be anything like it is definitely reaching, heh. The major relationship according to Thai people is the Thai pursuit of Korea's image in its role as the increasingly dominant cultural exporter in Asia. Thanks for the bottle job blonde trend, guys! Anyway, if being pissy about primping fashionistas taking up the sink for ridiculous amounts of time is offensive, that's life, but if you're one of them then gently caress you in the goat rear end, basically. I need to wash my hands and this isn't your dressing room. ReindeerF fucked around with this message at 17:49 on Jan 31, 2013 |
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DontAskKant posted:His apartment is not the largest one around, but it's maybe triple the size of mine. Plus it has a kitchen. Are we watching the same video? I didn't see a kitchen and more of the standard kitchen-like stuff shoved in the corner. His fridge looked bigger than mine but whatever, mine matches the aesthetic of my apartment more. I'm not saying I don't believe you but gently caress dude, wouldn't a third of that apartment be like... A closet? I've seen one apartment before that was literally the size of a walk in closet but the guy living there was Korean.
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Have a 12 hour layover in Seoul. Probably 8 hours to go walk around and do stuff, any recommendations for must see sights? Preferably accessible by mass transit? Will most likely grab food on the go, so no culinary attractions. Also, it will be in September. Still hot around then or flip flops should be a no no?
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GZA Genius posted:...his bathroom walls aren't made of glass! Ha! My first flat in Seoul had that. Made hosting parties awkward.
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joedevola posted:ESL Korea: Canadian Language Institute doesn't pay so I trashed thier apartment Of course he has an animal.
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ReindeerF posted:Ah, interesting - old rear end men in JJBs can't be cosmopolitan? Some of the worst wannabe-cosmopolitan offenders here are old rear end men in our equivalent of JJBs with their popped collars and young consorts of various genders, heh. If you live near or in one of the giant, 99%-empty-and-100%-sold-out "fancy" new condos you can spot them driving out with their popped collars and sunglasses, mia nois and gigs in the passenger seat (when you own 20 empty units in a massive condo complex, it's a hammer looking for a nail, right?). Interesting to hear that in Korea the vast majority of people who stop in public restrooms to blow dry their pubes and waste everyone's time are old men - who would've guessed! It's not public bathrooms, it's jimjilbangs. And I would say that metrosexual does not really describe the people I see doing it... it's a common thing. And it doesnt really waste anyone's time unless they need to use the blow dryer. While there is certainly an appearance based custom in Korea (trying to look nice, owning expensive brands, surgery) I wouldn't say that most of your examples fit Korea as well as they fit Thailand
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Must be some crazy long pubes if you need to blow dry them. Do they comb them as well?
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Arctic Baldwin posted:It's not public bathrooms, it's jimjilbangs. A Thai guy might not know that jimjibang means public bathhouse guys. 
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What's a Thai guy doing in here anyways? This is are thread. 
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Speaking of, you can blame Japan for bottle blond, ladyboy. They did it before (can I say us? what the hell.) Us. Send me some police dog brand tea as recompense for your slander.
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Old dudes blowdrying their nuts is hardly a Korea thing. It's a feature of every gym ever built anywhere. I'm not even sure they come in from outside - I think they just spawn in locker rooms like video game enemies.
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Can you jerks stop talking about pubes? I give you gold and this is what you do with it. Jesus wept.
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^^^ Oops, sorry man. ^^^imnotinsane posted:Must be some crazy long pubes if you need to blow dry them. Do they comb them as well? It's when they sit in a line braiding each others long luxurious pubes that it gets a little awkward. The Bible fucked around with this message at 02:38 on Feb 1, 2013 |
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Arctic Baldwin posted:No, that reflects people blow drying their pubic hair, often in JJBs. I normally see old rear end men doing it, not the young ones. Stop projecting. I have confirmation from a female friend that Korean women also blowdry their pubes. She used to regale me with stories about how all the girls in the locker room looked naked, which kicked off a lesbian phase. The only downside she said was when these perfectly built girls would aim the public hairdryers crotchward. And you guys have noticed that Korean pubes aren't curly, right? Really adds a bit of length to them artificially.
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lol internet. posted:Have a 12 hour layover in Seoul. Probably 8 hours to go walk around and do stuff, any recommendations for must see sights? Preferably accessible by mass transit? Well if you're not interested in checking out Korean pubes, you can take the very affordable airport train line to either Hongdae or the city center. Hongdae is the youth culture part of Korea and there's lots of shopping that would impress girls as well as good bars, live music venues, and nightclubs. Downtown has traditional markets and palaces to visit.
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Get outta here Joe, pube talk is the funniest part of this thread every time it rolls around.
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Why Korea, why?? What once was great is being reduced to this  New K-pop song to rid the curse please  SCMP posted:A laser rendition of South Korean rapper Psy, dancing to fireworks set to the beats of his hit song Gangnam Style, will welcome the Year of the Snake at the Lunar New Year fireworks display on February 11. http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1140501/psy-laser-form-will-welcome-new-year
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The greatest moment I ever had connecting with Koreans happened in an E-Mart bathroom in Mokpo. I was getting Sunday Hangover McDonalds, and desperately needed to poo poo. So I went over to the shitter, and upon entry I'm hit by a horrendous smell. Worse than your average Korean bathroom. More akin to the Cairo train station. At the sink there is a adjushi, with no pants on. There is a brown smear on his rear end, and he is scubbing at a pair of pants in the sink. It appears he poo poo himself. There is a Korean guy about my age(27) assisting, with rubber gloves separating him from the sojushit. Our eyes meet, and in that glance there is an understanding between us. I have been in his place, cleaning poo poo-smeared walls before. A simple nod between us transmits that kinship. Then I crapped in the clean stall and finished my Quarter pounder. Since we were talking about bathrooms an poo poo, y'know.
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They obviously needed the posters they put in the stalls at Seoul Station that say something like: "우리 아름다운 화장실문화:" with all the explanation you could ever hope to read afterwards. I wonder if Korean is the only language that uses "Our" so egregiously (우리 나라/우리 가족/우리 은행). Just for fun while talking to a Korean I said "우리 나라" referring the US and got a chuckle but they wouldn't say why.
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A friend is visiting me from Korea in LA on a tourist visa next week, landing at LAX around noon. How long I should expect customs to take? I've only ever experienced the green card/citizen line personally.
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I wouldn't expect it to be very long, except for the fact that it's LAX, the most idiotically designed airportCeramic Shot posted:I wonder if Korean is the only language that uses "Our" so egregiously (우리 나라/우리 가족/우리 은행). Just for fun while talking to a Korean I said "우리 나라" referring the US and got a chuckle but they wouldn't say why. Most of those make sense in English. The thing that gets me is when I have to describe my single apartment. But that's what happens when you make a huge point of filial obligation in culture poly and open-minded fucked around with this message at 04:15 on Feb 2, 2013 |
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MA-Horus posted:The greatest moment I ever had connecting with Koreans happened in an E-Mart bathroom in Mokpo. It was pretty damned awesome of that younger guy to help the poor old guy out like that. 
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dsh posted:A friend is visiting me from Korea in LA on a tourist visa next week, landing at LAX around noon. How long I should expect customs to take? I've only ever experienced the green card/citizen line personally. Took me almost two hours to clear customs just because of the insane lineup. Once i was through though i got out pretty quick. Maybe a little over half an hour. Ps. Are canadians allowed to line up on the us citizens/green card line? It was the only time in a long time i entered through a noncanadian route and i was really tempted to try because the lineup was a lot shorter. I noticed they didnt scan my fingerprints like they did with other people.
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