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CinnaBuns
United States34 Posts
On March 19 2012 07:02 Fishgle wrote: Hmmm. I have a sort of long slender face, so it's definitely nowhere near 1:8 for me. Does that mean a cute korean girl will never love me? ;_; Clearly, the answer is to get a plain Korean girl and pay for her plastic surgery. | ||
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Tippany
United States765 Posts
On March 19 2012 06:32 rotinegg wrote: The anti-American bit is only for cultural and political reasons Could you go into the cultural reasons? And not to derail the topic, but does the average Korean with anti-American political sentiments understand how that incredibly quick rise in standard of living came about? Neither advocating nor condoning American policies, it just seems rather ironic. | ||
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NagAfightinG
United Kingdom270 Posts
On March 19 2012 05:42 rotinegg wrote:The general rule of thumb is having fair (somewhat white), even-toned skin with minimal oil is the best skin. Koreans don't like to tan as they discriminate against darker skinned folks, such as southeast Asians, Indians, Bangladeshis and Pakistanis for looking "poor" (=빈티난다). This is fucking disgusting, the fact you mention this so easily, is fucking disgusting, and i hope you realise that. | ||
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TheKefka
Croatia11752 Posts
On March 19 2012 07:25 rotinegg wrote: if you go out at night there will be a lot of guys around your height, but yea your head to body ratio will be amazing and you will see the guys explode with jealousy Any combination of the eye surgeries mentioned in the OP Oh right for some reason I missed it. | ||
Kipsate
Netherlands45349 Posts
Rotineegg u da man. | ||
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Ozarugold
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surfinbird1
Germany999 Posts
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rotinegg
United States1719 Posts
On March 19 2012 07:27 Tippany wrote: Could you go into the cultural reasons? And not to derail the topic, but does the average Korean with anti-American political sentiments understand how that incredibly quick rise in standard of living came about? Neither advocating nor condoning American policies, it just seems rather ironic. So we have a US military base close to our capital and US soldiers sometimes come out during breaks and rape teenagers, but go unpunished for their deeds under the protection of US laws. They've done some pretty nasty things like commit genocide in the past also, but those are small reasons. There was always this anti-American sentiment lurking since the US intervened in the Korean war and split our country in half. I personally disagree and am glad that the US did that, but a lot of old people believe we would be a unified country without foreign intervention. Honestly, though, as stupid as this may sound, the straw that broke the donkey's back came with Apollo Ohno's speed skating incident, where he may or may not have taken away a gold medal from a Korean speed skater 김동성. That's when I remember all the anti-US sentiments pouring out, and the next president 노무현 rode that anti-American wave well into office, and further enhanced it during his term with his North Korea-friendly policies and being an outspoken nationalist who boasted he never set foot in the US before his presidency. I remember this song that came out after the speed-skating incident called FUCKING USA and half of its lyrics were like YANKEE GO HOME FUCKING USA lol. I'm not an expert on this matter but we have alot of protests against US foreign policies, like the FDA trade agreement. Actually i found the song on youtube lol enjoy! It even has English lyrics as subtitles haha On March 19 2012 07:27 NagAfightinG wrote: This is fucking disgusting, the fact you mention this so easily, is fucking disgusting, and i hope you realise that. Yea I'm sorry man didn't mean to offend anyone just wanted to be honest about what goes on. Sorry that offended you. A lot of them folks come to Korea looking for better living conditions and work opportunities, yet they are discriminated against and cheated out of their salary because Koreans can be pretty ruthless when they know they have the upper hand, so they are usually living in poverty, and commoners think they are all poor. | ||
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Megaliskuu
United States5123 Posts
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ruXxar
Norway5669 Posts
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CinnaBuns
United States34 Posts
On March 19 2012 07:27 NagAfightinG wrote: This is fucking disgusting, the fact you mention this so easily, is fucking disgusting, and i hope you realise that. It's just a statement of fact. I don't think he's endorsing this viewpoint. It may be hard to grasp for someone who's accustomed to a mixed society like in the UK or US, but racism is quite common and rampant in Asian countries. It's quite common in largely homogeneous societies in general. | ||
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TheKefka
Croatia11752 Posts
I know the guy had surgery out of medical problems with his chin but I could understand him now if he had just done it purely out of cosmetic reasons. | ||
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oBlade
United States5637 Posts
On March 19 2012 07:27 Tippany wrote: Could you go into the cultural reasons? And not to derail the topic, but does the average Korean with anti-American political sentiments understand how that incredibly quick rise in standard of living came about? Neither advocating nor condoning American policies, it just seems rather ironic. Well, to be fair the industrialization happened when the South was under authoritarian regimes (I hesitate to say because/in spite of being under authoritarian regimes because I don't think anyone knows, and I don't want to commit the fallacy of post hoc ergo propter hoc). Democracy in the ROK is pretty home-grown, although as a simple matter of security the country probably owes its existence to the UN intervention in the 50s. On March 19 2012 07:27 NagAfightinG wrote: This is fucking disgusting, the fact you mention this so easily, is fucking disgusting, and i hope you realise that. I don't think you need to be offended that rotinegg stated a simple fact that people in the world have prejudices. On March 19 2012 07:33 ruXxar wrote: I have curly hair. Could you give some examples of how they style curly hair in korea? (picture samples are bonus ^^) ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/2qKHi.jpg) | ||
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FloKi
1490 Posts
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dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
On March 19 2012 07:31 rotinegg wrote: Yea I'm sorry man didn't mean to offend anyone just wanted to be honest about what goes on. Sorry that offended you. A lot of them folks come to Korea looking for better living conditions and work opportunities, yet they are discriminated against and cheated out of their salary because Koreans can be pretty ruthless when they know they have the upper hand, so they are usually living in poverty, and commoners think they are all poor. Don't feel bad, you just told how it is and the guy went batshit crazy. Nice blog btw, really interesting seeing what the koreans see as good looking and how they try to achieve beautiness. Here in brazil if a guy uses make up he gets mocked to death. | ||
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CinnaBuns
United States34 Posts
On March 19 2012 07:30 surfinbird1 wrote: When I read this I was completely shocked how shallow Korean society is. I always had heard of stuff like plastic surgery on TL but this whole clothes and body proportions thing seemed insane to me. After thinking about it for a while though, I've come to the conclusion that it's only weird to me because I didn't grow up in such a society. If everyone around you is like this it's just normal. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I/we shouldn't be so quick to judge and at least consider cultural differences that are rooted in the history of a country. Anyways, great blog. Also thanks for all the translating you're doing. I agree to some extent, but I believe that many people are just born or predisposed to be more individualistic. Personally, I would hate to live in a society that has such strict expectations of its constituents. | ||
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hai2u
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Waterhaak
Netherlands525 Posts
For a society that pays so much attention to appearance, I have to say most high school students look pretty terrible from what I've seen. | ||
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rotinegg
United States1719 Posts
On March 19 2012 07:33 ruXxar wrote: I have curly hair. Could you give some examples of how they style curly hair in korea? (picture samples are bonus ^^) Is it like curly curly or sorta curly? If it's curly curly and you don't like it, you can't really do anything about it T_T sorry... get a straightening perm or straighten it with a straightener. If it's sorta curly, then you can go with the shorter varieties of the haircuts mentioned in the OP, like the soft mohican or regent cut. One thing that's good about sorta curly hair is you never have to worry about your sideburns and backhair sticking up with short hair, so you have the freedom to rock shorter hair without much hassle. Us straight hairs have to go to great lengths to prevent that from happening. | ||
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Suc
Australia1569 Posts
As a current student of Korean at university, this makes me somewhat disappointed in the culture and language that I'm studying (although this explains why pretty much all the other students in my class are the way they are), although I do realise that this is only a recent manifestation and it would be stupid to disregard all other history and culture for this. I hope that I can find something that will make me not so disappointed. Also, I read the other guy's blog about kpop, etc and I personally think that this blog proved his point rather showing how wrong he was. | ||
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