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We all know this is the moving thing Korea has produced e: I've never stabbed myself in the stomach in front of the Canadian Embassy to show that island belongs to the US. Plus it probably has more people on it vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv poly and open-minded fucked around with this message at 16:20 on Jul 1, 2013 |
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Dokdo is not just a Korean thing, American and Canada have their own Island disputes as well! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machias_Seal_Island
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Jul 1, 2013 16:15
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I don't know didn't you guys have an entire chapter about Machias Seal Island in your German books too
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Jul 1, 2013 16:23
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Gimhae goons eat bundaegi? I knew there was a reason I don't hang out with you, that poo poo is disgusting. Also, Dokdo is my favorite Japanese island.
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Jul 1, 2013 16:26
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caberham posted:Dokdo is not just a Korean thing, American and Canada have their own Island disputes as well! The American and Canadian border is kind of dumb at some points. This video does a great job of discussing it
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Jul 1, 2013 16:28
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I dunno man, 16,000 for meat buffet seems pretty steep to me. I'd never pay more than 9,900, honestly, unless it was super loving quality poo poo.
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Jul 1, 2013 17:49
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Cameron posted:I dunno man, 16,000 for meat buffet seems pretty steep to me. I'd never pay more than 9,900, honestly, unless it was super loving quality poo poo. If you're referencing that "all you can eat meat for 9k" restaurant in Sinchon holy hell that place is the definition of playing with fire.
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Jul 1, 2013 22:53
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I saw a poster for this yesterday and was pretty much "Yep, you got me. I will go and see this movie" Very much looking forward to the 'where does it say in the rules a giant gorilla CAN'T play baseball?! scene.
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Jul 1, 2013 23:37
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Would anyone happen to know of an office (probably in Seoul) for collecting pension upon leaving Korea where they speak English? The only reason I was able to get my pension check when I left Korea the first time (from teaching) was because my girlfriend at the time helped me. This time I need to be able to do it on my own. Or is it possible to file for it after leaving Korea online?
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Cameron posted:I dunno man, 16,000 for meat buffet seems pretty steep to me. I'd never pay more than 9,900, honestly, unless it was super loving quality poo poo. The expensive ones will usually have more beef.
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TreFitty posted:America is just a better place to be for pretty much everything Yeah got to love that healthcare system. Oh and the inexpensive and easily available public transport systems. Can't be forgetting how they got your back and keep records of all your communications just in case you ever need a record of it. Yeah, America's clearly far superior than this third world hellhole we all live in.
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Brimmy posted:Yeah got to love that healthcare system. Oh and the inexpensive and easily available public transport systems. Can't be forgetting how they got your back and keep records of all your communications just in case you ever need a record of it. Don't need health care if you don't get sick, don't need public trans cuz busses are for poors who can't afford cars, and they can read all they want, I ain't done nuffin wrong and if you haven't either you shouldn't be scared. I kid, I kid, those are all terrible terrible things. All made up for the fact I can get 24 hour burritos handcrafted by immigrants a no more than 4USD a peice. VVVVVV The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask / Tell > Tourism & Travel > Korea Megathread VI: Kimbap is like an asian burrito KirbyKhan fucked around with this message at 03:59 on Jul 2, 2013 |
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Jul 2, 2013 03:29
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KirbyKhan posted:Don't need health care if you don't get sick, don't need public trans cuz busses are for poors who can't afford cars, and they can read all they want, I ain't done nuffin wrong and if you haven't either you shouldn't be scared. I still personally prefer the personal freedoms we get here, especially when we can get 24 hour Kimbap, they're like asian burritos and even cheaper.
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Jul 2, 2013 03:33
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joedevola posted:I saw a poster for this yesterday and was pretty much "Yep, you got me. I will go and see this movie" Yeah, I'm taking the GF to this one if I have to give her a roofie first. Looking forward to constant racist undertones. Brimmy posted:I still personally prefer the personal freedoms we get here, especially when we can get 24 hour Kimbap, they're like asian burritos and even cheaper. Please don't troll me I have a vulnerable psyche. 
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Jul 2, 2013 04:12
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Brimmy posted:Yeah got to love that healthcare system. Oh and the inexpensive and easily available public transport systems. Can't be forgetting how they got your back and keep records of all your communications just in case you ever need a record of it. For me: -I can get health care in America and from anywhere and speak English doing it -I'm moving to a city which has public transportation which isn't altogether terrible and an apartment where pretty much everything you need to do, you can walk to on non-packed streets -My job options are far superior, meaning: --No Asian culture to deal with - trust me when I say you don't want this in a business environment. It will drive you mad --Less hours --More pay --More interesting work that I actually enjoy I also feel like if you're having fun in Korea, you're probably: -New-ish - I reached my boiling point at 4.5 years and 4 years was my first meltdown. Now I can't back down from it (at 5 years), no matter how hard I try to be positive -Don't interact with the culture enough for it to drive you insane -Don't care that all the media sucks and consume only international music/tv/movies -Don't care that there are a zillion people around you at all times -Don't care that it costs a lot more to have a middle class American lifestyle in Korea than it does in America -Maybe know Korean to make life a little better -Don't care that the culture values sameness and fitting in over independent thinking -Interacting mostly with foreigners - it's what kept me sane at time Before you jump down my throat, understand that all of the above are not BAD things at all. There are just a few buttons I have and Korea presses all of them and I've basically finally cracked. There's no one, big thing that is just intolerable here. It's more death by a million cuts for me. Anyway, I'll be out of the country and out of the thread for too long, so don't take this poo poo too seriously. I'll just slink away and you won't have to hear me complain again.
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Jul 2, 2013 04:44
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i love you, trefitty
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Yeah if you prefer Korea you must be new or don't interact with the culture enough, cause America is just objectively better otherwise.
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Jul 2, 2013 05:01
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Go home, yankee.
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Bugblatter posted:Yeah if you prefer Korea you must be new or don't interact with the culture enough, cause America is just objectively better otherwise.
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Whizbang posted:Go home, yankee.
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Bugblatter posted:Yeah if you prefer Korea you must be new or don't interact with the culture enough, cause America is just objectively better otherwise. Come on, that's not what he said.
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TreFitty posted:I also feel like if you're having fun in Korea, you're probably: Forgot "are not named TreFitty" on your list there.
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Jul 2, 2013 05:16
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GRR! IDONTLIKETHESAMETHINGSYOULIKEANDYOULIKETHINGSIDONTLIKE!
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TreFitty posted:GRR! IDONTLIKETHESAMETHINGSYOULIKEANDYOULIKETHINGSIDONTLIKE! 
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On the topic of healthcare, I crashed my bike the other day and had to take an ambulance. Ambulance ride, ER visit, a ton of x-rays, wound dressing and medicine. Grand total? 106,000 won. I literally laughed when I was handing them my card.
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cryptoclastic posted:On the topic of healthcare, I crashed my bike the other day and had to take an ambulance. Ambulance ride, ER visit, a ton of x-rays, wound dressing and medicine. Grand total? 106,000 won. I literally laughed when I was handing them my card.
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Jul 2, 2013 05:42
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Your mistake there was riding a bike in Korea.
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Jul 2, 2013 05:43
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Well. Treffity is still an idiot for extrapolating his beautiful unique snowflake background to everyone, but in this case he's not incorrect. I say this as a recovering software engineer and suffering Korean corporate drone, but software engineers (and those in related fields) would by any objective measure be happier in the Bay Area, Seattle and maybe Boston than anywhere in Korea. The work environment and standard of living are just better. For most other people, who would not have real healthcare provided by employers in whatever country they fled from and are insulated from the cultural bullshit by way of the TEFL bubble, Korea is a rather baller place.
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tirinal posted:I say this as a recovering software engineer and suffering Korean corporate drone, but software engineers (and those in related fields) would by any objective measure be happier in the Bay Area, Seattle and maybe Boston than anywhere in Korea. The work environment and standard of living are just better.
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Maybe it was in the last thread but TreFitty wrote at length about how utterly, incomparably bangin' his life back in America was, so like... no poo poo its not as good here. Go back home, dude, jesus. Anyway, has anyone seen the Nexus 10 out in the wild? From what it looks like online it might be import-only but if I can try to haggle at Yongsan or whatever I'd rather that.
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Onion Knight posted:Maybe it was in the last thread but TreFitty wrote at length about how utterly, incomparably bangin' his life back in America was, so like... no poo poo its not as good here. Go back home, dude, jesus. 1)I don't think I did that because my life was not amazing back home....however, it was pretty drat good, I admit, before I came over 2)I just found out this thing existed from your post - looks pretty awesome I plan to move to an Android tablet when my iPad is dead or whenever I find an amazing deal that makes my iPad look like garbage. I bought a little mount for my iPad when I was in Seattle a few weeks ago and I can sit on my bed with a bluetooth keyboard and it's like using a computer for an ultra lazy person and oh my god it's awesome (ipad hanging over me, good keyboard when needed)
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Speaking of corporate culture, the new website my law firm has been working on, for about a month with at least 500 man-hours devoted to it between meetings, design, and writing and god knows how much money paid for coding? It was just rolled back because it turns out it's only compatible with Internet Explorer 9/10 and not 8. Whole project scrapped. Managing partner knew about it in advance, of course, but I guess didn't digest the gestalt of the incompatibility, as it were, until she tried to load the site. Also, this is only the international version of the site and wouldn't have been seen by anyone in Korea.
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tirinal posted:Speaking of corporate culture, the new website my law firm has been working on, for about a month with at least 500 man-hours devoted to it between meetings, design, and writing and god knows how much money paid for coding?  Sounds like an amazing firm with deep pockets. I get lovely budgets and have to make do with whatever word press we can get. Crappy multi-lingual support and I just have to do learn things on the job 
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tirinal posted:Speaking of corporate culture, the new website my law firm has been working on, for about a month with at least 500 man-hours devoted to it between meetings, design, and writing and god knows how much money paid for coding? Please tell me you saved it somewhere so they can rethink things?
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What. No. I'm too crotchety to play the martyr well. If I have a backup, there's a chance they'll make me work on it again.
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tirinal posted:What. No. I'm too crotchety to play the martyr well. You sure? I am friends with reasonably tech savvy people in at least 30 countries. I could send a facebook message so easily. If you can show that people in Ghana and Georgia use current IE or Firefox/Chrome it might be seen as you going out of your way to help the company.* It'd be no trouble on my part, and literally no effort for you. *Or it could be seen as you making your superiors lose face. Lol, Asia. 
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You really think I didn't have that discussion no less than 3 times?
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Cameron posted:Your mistake there was riding a bike in Korea. Riding here is actually safer than America for the most part. Cars tend to give you more room and nobody is hostile towards bikers. As long as you stick to the road and not the bike paths you're usually good. My problem was a bug in my eye at 45mph.
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tirinal posted:You really think I didn't have that discussion no less than 3 times? Did you provide filthy foreigner testimonials?
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Nobody cares. With apologies to Edward Abbey, there is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is Korea. About bikes, riding is absolutely safer than stateside if you know what you're doing. If you don't, you are proper hosed. America can carry you for a year or ten without incident just by virtue of probability, but Korean roads will waste no time in violently and painfully disabusing you of any presumptions toward hubris. On the plus side, nobody can buy a 600RRRRRRR^3 with 2 meter extended swingarms and then ride it with an Icon back protector, shorts and flipflops as their first bike but instead have to get 125cc cruisers, so on average they're probably still better off when the moment of truth comes. tirinal fucked around with this message at 08:55 on Jul 2, 2013 |
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