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SirJolt
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
the Dagon Knight4004 Posts
July 10 2010 11:41 GMT
#1
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.

[image loading]

“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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Moderator@SirJolt
ZeKk
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Sweden320 Posts
July 10 2010 11:43 GMT
#2
lol, bored?
Terranlisk
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Singapore1404 Posts
July 10 2010 11:44 GMT
#3
Why is there a giant compass in the yellow sea?
aka myheronoob
SirJolt
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
the Dagon Knight4004 Posts
July 10 2010 11:45 GMT
#4
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
Moderator@SirJolt
Terranlisk
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Singapore1404 Posts
July 10 2010 11:51 GMT
#5
What is the average korean's opinion about living in Ireland?
aka myheronoob
SirJolt
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
the Dagon Knight4004 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-10 12:03:26
July 10 2010 12:03 GMT
#6
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
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Baksteen
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Netherlands438 Posts
July 10 2010 12:04 GMT
#7
Haha at that flag!

How does the korean food taste?
Derp Derp Derp
SirJolt
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
the Dagon Knight4004 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-10 12:09:26
July 10 2010 12:04 GMT
#8
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).
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VorcePA
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States1102 Posts
July 10 2010 12:13 GMT
#9
Why is China purple?
Shitposting
SirJolt
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
the Dagon Knight4004 Posts
July 10 2010 12:13 GMT
#10
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.
Moderator@SirJolt
Terranlisk
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Singapore1404 Posts
July 10 2010 12:15 GMT
#11
What can you tell me about the scientists in korea?
aka myheronoob
SirJolt
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
the Dagon Knight4004 Posts
July 10 2010 12:27 GMT
#12
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`
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States372 Posts
July 10 2010 12:28 GMT
#13
On July 10 2010 21:13 SirJolt wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.


Hm.

Do Koreans perceive Americans like many Europeans do (i.e. fat, stupid, ignorant, etc.)?
Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like pandabearguy.
SirJolt
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
the Dagon Knight4004 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-10 12:31:43
July 10 2010 12:30 GMT
#14
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
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arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17921 Posts
July 10 2010 12:31 GMT
#15
As a white man is it easy to get pussy in korea?
Artillery spawned from the forges of Hell
SirJolt
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
the Dagon Knight4004 Posts
July 10 2010 12:34 GMT
#16
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`
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States372 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-10 12:37:48
July 10 2010 12:37 GMT
#17
^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?
Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like pandabearguy.
SirJolt
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
the Dagon Knight4004 Posts
July 10 2010 12:42 GMT
#18
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
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Germany380 Posts
July 10 2010 13:02 GMT
#19
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.
...
Scarecrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Korea (South)9172 Posts
July 10 2010 13:08 GMT
#20
Is there a correlation between average APM and kimchi consumption?

Does homosexuality exist in Korea?
Yhamm is the god of predictions
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