 SirJolt Ireland. July 10 2010 20:41. Posts 2203 | Profile Blog # |
So this is a topic we see come up an fair on TL, but there’s always far too much asked for one user to be able to answer every question with a satisfactory level of detail. I thought that I’d help lighten the load by offering my own experiences of life in Korea to the mix.
I’m doing this for the good of the community, and it probably won’t be as easy for me as for those other guys who are teaching or otherwise working in Korea. I’m writing this blog despite the fairly pronounced handicap of never having actually been to Korea. That won’t stop me doing all I can to answer your questions though.
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“But SirJolt, how can you answer our questions without having been there ever?” I hear you ask.
Easy, I’m going to write answers based on whatever I think the user asking them will want to hear, and combine it with my own natural small-country prejudices in an effort to form what I hope will be a sometimes-accurate collage of misinformation. To be honest, it’s not all that different from my day job.
If anyone has anything they wanted to know about living in Korea then just go for it and I’ll reply as soon as I get a chance.
Before I go, did you know the Korean flag itself was based on Starcraft? Two eternally struggling zerglings, locked in combat. It's almost tragic in its beauty.
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| Terranlisk Singapore. July 10 2010 20:44. Posts 1391 | Profile Blog # |
| Why is there a giant compass in the yellow sea? |
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| SirJolt Ireland. July 10 2010 20:45. Posts 2203 | Profile Blog # |
On July 10 2010 20:44 MyHeroNoob wrote:
Why is there a giant compass in the yellow sea?
I believe that compass was originally a massive Nexus monument, but due to issues of scale its construction had to be abandoned. So sad  |
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| Terranlisk Singapore. July 10 2010 20:51. Posts 1391 | Profile Blog # |
| What is the average korean's opinion about living in Ireland? |
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| SirJolt Ireland. July 10 2010 21:03. Posts 2203 | Profile Blog # |
On July 10 2010 20:51 MyHeroNoob wrote:
What is the average korean's opinion about living in Ireland?
I'll be honest, they're not mad for it. Sure, there are good things, but it's hard to ask for a Guinness in Korean. Instead they tend to focus on the fact that it's impossible to play StarCraft from most of the country because our broadband providers are rapacious vultures.
Invariably, they wither and die from BW withdrawal after a week or two of arrival Last edit: 2010-07-10 21:03:26 |
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| Baksteen Netherlands. July 10 2010 21:04. Posts 436 | Profile Blog # |
Haha at that flag!
How does the korean food taste? |
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| SirJolt Ireland. July 10 2010 21:04. Posts 2203 | Profile Blog # |
Korean food all tastes like kimchi! It's like all of the best feelings you've ever had were boiled down into one food that's available everywhere. It's amazing.
Also, there are noodles... but they give me a bad case of the vespenes (if you catch my drift).Last edit: 2010-07-10 21:09:26 |
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| VorcePA United States. July 10 2010 21:13. Posts 1099 | Profile Blog # | |
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| SirJolt Ireland. July 10 2010 21:13. Posts 2203 | Profile Blog # |
On July 10 2010 21:13 VorcePA wrote:
Why is China purple?
I believe it's a result of sexual frustration owing to their one-child policy, but I'm no scientist. |
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| Terranlisk Singapore. July 10 2010 21:15. Posts 1391 | Profile Blog # |
| What can you tell me about the scientists in korea? |
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| SirJolt Ireland. July 10 2010 21:27. Posts 2203 | Profile Blog # |
Korean science is a tricky thing. At the moment they're trying to figure out if kimchi can cure any diseases other than avian flu.
If it turns out that there's more kimchi can do, then it looks like they'll try to find a way to spontaneously generate it from urban centres, so that it gradually spreads out to cover the landscape. In the future, this kimchi-creep will ensure that Koreans are healthy wherever they go. |
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| moon` United States. July 10 2010 21:28. Posts 372 | Profile Blog # |
On July 10 2010 21:13 SirJolt wrote:I believe it's a result of sexual frustration owing to their one-child policy, but I'm no scientist.
Hm.
Do Koreans perceive Americans like many Europeans do (i.e. fat, stupid, ignorant, etc.)? |
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| SirJolt Ireland. July 10 2010 21:30. Posts 2203 | Profile Blog # |
As a European, this is a somewhat difficult to gauge, as I'm already viewing the matter from somewhere off-centre, so to speak.
Most of the Koreans I've met have been friendly and outgoing. I should also point out that I'm kind of fat, stupid and ignorant, and they haven't made a big deal out of it at all.
By induction, it seems reasonable to assume that, if they do stereotype Americans in this way, then they probably don't treat anyone badly because of it  Last edit: 2010-07-10 21:31:43 |
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| arb Noobville. July 10 2010 21:31. Posts 11095 | Profile Blog # |
| As a white man is it easy to get pussy in korea? |
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| SirJolt Ireland. July 10 2010 21:34. Posts 2203 | Profile Blog # |
On July 10 2010 21:31 arb wrote:
As a white man is it easy to get pussy in korea?
Like you wouldn't believe! I swear man, it's like there's some kind of freaky cross-species attraction going on. They're all over you the whole time you're there, rubbing up against you and doing that amazing little Korean purr they have going on.
If you wanted, you could have like, eight cats in Korea and all of them would love you just the same as long as you fed them. |
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| moon` United States. July 10 2010 21:37. Posts 372 | Profile Blog # |
^What type of cars do they drive in Korea? (brand)
Oh yeah, and are academic standards really high? Do they have prestigious universities that are nigh impossible to make it into?Last edit: 2010-07-10 21:37:48 |
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| SirJolt Ireland. July 10 2010 21:42. Posts 2203 | Profile Blog # |
On July 10 2010 21:37 moon` wrote:
^What type of cars do they drive in Korea? (brand)
Oh yeah, and are academic standards really high? Do they have prestigious universities that are nigh impossible to make it into?
Most of the people in Korea just ride bicycles everywhere. You might think it would be tiring, but whenever they get on their bikes they just take some stimpacks and they're away. It's something beautiful to behold, two hundred bikes at 60mph... of course, the accidents are hard on everyone, especially since the stims take off a few hitpoints to begin with
Academic standards aren't as high as you might think. As long as you've got an APM over 300 you can get a scholarship to a BW university and then you're okay. If your APM is too low, you pretty much need to be a genius though.
Life over there is hard. |
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| Atom Cannister Ireland. July 10 2010 22:02. Posts 333 | Profile Blog # |
I wonder if some of the posters will even read that you're just making everything up...
I hope someone posts before reading more than the title and then gets freaked out. |
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| Scarecrow Korea (South). July 10 2010 22:08. Posts 4590 | Profile Blog # |
Is there a correlation between average APM and kimchi consumption?
Does homosexuality exist in Korea? |
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