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On October 20 2011 07:11 Skilledblob wrote:
Emporio I guess you didnt get it. I was trying to say that it doesnt matter at all to me what ethnecy or what ever you wanna call it you are from cause it's nothing you had to lift a finger for. So I see no point in emphasising it.
what defines you as yourself is roughly your upbringing, your set of morals and your achievements. Knowing that your greatgrand parents are from japan should not be something which should have any major influence on you.
Which is all often shaped quite a bit by your culture. Your culture has a very large impact on the person you are. Obviously what defines you is how you have interacted and defined yourself within your own context, but saying that your upbringing and your morals is not grounded in some way in your culture is rather nonsensical.
Even aside from all this, people do have an interest in where they have come from. Adopted individuals very often do have a curiosity in their genetic ancestry and sometimes actively search for them. Everyone has a context, and the context is inescapable. The individual does not live in a vacuum. What defines the individual is not in some kind of nonexistent system of abstract self-defining but in the active participation of the individual in their context and how they allow the context to shape themselves and how they shape their context.
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Ignorance is bliss with these type of people.
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I wonder what a straight-up korean would think, like as in born from kr parents, educated in kr etc.
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On October 20 2011 02:22 koreasilver wrote:
She's broken away from these people because she found them intolerable, but apparently near the end of her relationship with these people the whole kpop wave began to crash and now people were trying to pretend they were Korean.
I will never ever understand these kind of people.
This is so true. I remember back in middle school when the Japanese culture was very popular because of anime, music artists, etc. It seems to have died down and now everyone is on the Korean wave. I mean, there was a Kpop club at my high school, which happened to be formed by a non-Korean. That is no problem since music is music after all, but the person is pretty much the type of person that we've have discussed in this thread. I wonder what the next wave will be?
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On October 20 2011 09:31 Rekrul wrote:
this blog made absolutely no sense to me, i think ur retarded
hahaha, sums this one up perfectly
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Sounds like you are going to have a very hard time getting laid in life...
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I'm curious, how do people judge this situation:
Poll: Who's more "sad"?Frodoguy (22) 96% the korean girl (1) 4% 23 total votes Your vote: Who's more "sad"? (Vote): Frodoguy
(Vote): the korean girl
Why do Korean names have to have meanings? There are no rules for girls names, and guys names are generational.
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No, I agree, it is sad. I'm a James Ruse alumni and I know/knew of many girls and guys who had this mentality. I'm not assuming that she isn't Korean already but I will say that there is a social insecurity amongst many of the James Ruse demographic. This type of thing is hard to describe or believe unless you have actually been immersed in that environment or culture. I can say this: there is a general tendency in James Ruse and possibly other adolescent Asians in Sydney that being Korean adds to your social value. Maybe she is a fake, maybe she isn't. What I don't understand from you is why you can't tell for yourself. Her speech, her values, her social circle, even her church etc all give decent clues as to her background. In any case, why are you asking TL.net? Why does it matter if she is Korean or not?
Edit: Okay, my bad, I just realised (by reading your second post) that she is Korean but she just didn't want to answer your nosy questions. You're a disgrace and embarassment for calling her out on that, even if she doesn't know the meaning of her name or her hometown. That is not a requirement of having Korean ethnicity. While many migrant people choose to educate their children about their culture and their family history, that should not be a requirement, even if you're a fanatical Korean Pride member. So what that she doesn't command the respect of the traditional Korean crew; not every Korean in Sydney has to flaunt their ethnicity by going to Strathfield everyday, speaking Korean loudly in the train even if someone next to you is one the phone (holy crap this happens so much), take the bus to Saesoon church every week and travel is groups of 10 or more in the city, speaking Korean to each other at maximum decibels. People can do different things if they want to, and she should be respected in being able to refrain from going onto the conveyor belt of stereotypes. That doesn't make her any less Korean or respectable than you.
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I hope you come back to this blog one day and just realize how silly you sounded...
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i've lived in korea for 8 years and talked to thousands of koreans and/or overheard conversations and only on very rare occasions have koreans talked about the meaning of their names (and usually only when its the same as a word)
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On October 20 2011 18:41 Ilikestarcraft wrote:
I hope you come back to this blog one day and just realize how silly you sounded...
Some day??? I want him back here now!
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@igotmyown i didn't do anything wrong. So why the hostility?
@tyce i didnt call her out, and are you a korean by any chance?
@rekrul well your white so you dont have a name with meaning so you would hardly hear about it
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On October 20 2011 22:12 Hawk wrote:Show nested quote +On October 20 2011 18:41 Ilikestarcraft wrote:
I hope you come back to this blog one day and just realize how silly you sounded... Some day??? I want him back here now!
^^ haha wish fulfilled.
Keep fighting the good fight for Korean purity, frodoguy! Rekrul obviously doesn't know shit about Korea, lol
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On October 20 2011 22:20 frodoguy wrote:
@igotmyown i didn't do anything wrong. So why the hostility?
@tyce i didnt call her out, and are you a korean by any chance?
@rekrul well your white so you dont have a name with meaning so you would hardly hear aboutit
LOL, oh boy...
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Actually, he (like most whiteys) does have a name with meaning!! I'm actually jealous how appropriate it is in this situation!
DAN (1)
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
OTHER SCRIPTS: דָּן (Ancient Hebrew)
PRONOUNCED: DAN (English) [key]
Meaning & History
Means "he judged" in Hebrew. Dan in the Old Testament was one of the twelve sons of Jacob and the founder of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
LOOOOOOOOOLLLLLL
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On October 20 2011 22:24 Hawk wrote:
Actually, he (like most whiteys) does have a name with meaning!! I'm actually jealous how appropriate it is in this situation!
DAN (1)
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
OTHER SCRIPTS: דָּן (Ancient Hebrew)
PRONOUNCED: DAN (English) [key]
Meaning & History
Means "he judged" in Hebrew. Dan in the Old Testament was one of the twelve sons of Jacob and the founder of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
LOOOOOOOOOLLLLLL
The meaning that i am talking about is the meaning that the parents of the korean child decide at or before birth.
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frodoguy this is the point in the thread where you take a bow from the thread and learn from your experience. If everyone is this opposed and laughing at you, there's something very wrong with your way of thinking. That's how things work.
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On October 21 2011 00:08 Snuggles wrote:
frodoguy this is the point in the thread where you take a bow from the thread and learn from your experience. If everyone is this opposed and laughing at you, there's something very wrong with your way of thinking. That's how things work.
Somehow I doubt this will happen, but it's good advice nonetheless.
Step back, read the responses, realize you're being an idiot. Grow as a person.
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On October 21 2011 00:08 Snuggles wrote:
frodoguy this is the point in the thread where you take a bow from the thread and learn from your experience. If everyone is this opposed and laughing at you, there's something very wrong with your way of thinking. That's how things work.
Exactly! When I was a complete newbie to TL (by certain standards I still am) I made an awful blog, it got rightfully trashed, but as opposed to Mr. Baggins here, I realized at a point "ok... there's no point... I'll just never reply here again, this is a battle I cannot win"
If I were to be frank, I would trust the ring with someone more capable.
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