Arirang is complete and utter ****. I used to work in the Arirang building and even being subjected to 20 seconds of Arirang TV in the elevator was torturous. I always hoped to bump into some hot Korean celebrity there but never did :(
I was on holiday in Italy with my dad and he called me over to tell me he'd found this 'fantastic Korean channel', thing is he said that about 'Russia Today' and 'CC TV' too. Basically, my dad is an idiot.
It's difficult to figure out what Arirang's deal is. Personally, I think it's just another one of those goofy attempts to attract tourists or positive attention to the country. It's right up there with those hilarious 비빔밥 and 막걸리 ads they put in the NY times to try and attract tourists or the "I Seoul You", "It's Daejon" fiasco. If Arirang wants to market Korea, that's cool, but it's a bit disjointed when everything about the presentation and image screams 'serious news channel', then the focus on K-pop, close-ups of white girls crying over Korean celebrities and related content. Rather make it an MTV style format, the majority of English speakers watching it are Koreaboos anyway.
a bunch of 12-year old girls (and younger) gyrating and semi-twerking to the choreography of raunchy k-pop videos.
My CT is preparing the students for 'talent show', they're performing a dance, the same one as last year.I find it bewildering that, to my knowledge, no parent, teacher or student has raised concerns over the utterly uncomfortable and inappropriate spectacle of a bunch of 12-year old girls (and younger) gyrating and semi-twerking to the choreography of raunchy k-pop videos. They're all cool with pretty much anyone coming off the street, into the school hall, and filming these children.
That's the problem when you make soft porn the most famous aspect of your national culture.
Quote from: oglop on October 15, 2019, 05:17:49 pmronnie omelettes is kind of annoyingthere. now let the next 10-page argument commenceMore of a bellend to be honest. I suppose we could have ten pages of other insults which I'll probably not argue with. Seriously, I'd give you two or three days tops with that punishment before you go mental or before you hurry out and buy some ridiculously overpriced hiking clothes from the plethora of hiking shops around your house. Also buy the brand new Hyundai car on credit, which is really similar in design to the other brand new Hyundai you bought last year. But you then have bragging rights in the garage, and you let the others know that by parking in the most obstructive way. At school, every day you pull out one of those white feather dusters out of the boot and lightly dust your car like the principals do here, when they really should be doing some important work, like running the school. Then you spend your limited 5 vacation days going on a whistle-stop Hanatour to Rome, Berlin, Budapest, London, Paris, Barcelona and Split, spending all of 3 hours in each city taking photos in front of the local sights before buying some overpriced chocolates that were actually made in Korea. You come back saying how refreshed you feel and show everyone the photos that show what a great time you had and how you're really worldly-wise. Then someone gives you a mug of Yorkshire Tea and ginger nut and then you wake out of your Korean stupor.
ronnie omelettes is kind of annoyingthere. now let the next 10-page argument commence
Quote from: Ronnie Omelettes on October 15, 2019, 05:36:34 pmQuote from: oglop on October 15, 2019, 05:17:49 pmronnie omelettes is kind of annoyingthere. now let the next 10-page argument commenceMore of a bellend to be honest. I suppose we could have ten pages of other insults which I'll probably not argue with. Seriously, I'd give you two or three days tops with that punishment before you go mental or before you hurry out and buy some ridiculously overpriced hiking clothes from the plethora of hiking shops around your house. Also buy the brand new Hyundai car on credit, which is really similar in design to the other brand new Hyundai you bought last year. But you then have bragging rights in the garage, and you let the others know that by parking in the most obstructive way. At school, every day you pull out one of those white feather dusters out of the boot and lightly dust your car like the principals do here, when they really should be doing some important work, like running the school. Then you spend your limited 5 vacation days going on a whistle-stop Hanatour to Rome, Berlin, Budapest, London, Paris, Barcelona and Split, spending all of 3 hours in each city taking photos in front of the local sights before buying some overpriced chocolates that were actually made in Korea. You come back saying how refreshed you feel and show everyone the photos that show what a great time you had and how you're really worldly-wise. Then someone gives you a mug of Yorkshire Tea and ginger nut and then you wake out of your Korean stupor. ronnie, is this you?https://www.reddit.com/r/ContagiousLaughter/comments/dit8jm/its_an_emu/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
* It's a girl kpop group dancing at a boys high school.
Quote from: Aristocrat on October 17, 2019, 01:57:26 pmMy CT is preparing the students for 'talent show', they're performing a dance, the same one as last year.I find it bewildering that, to my knowledge, no parent, teacher or student has raised concerns over the utterly uncomfortable and inappropriate spectacle of a bunch of 12-year old girls (and younger) gyrating and semi-twerking to the choreography of raunchy k-pop videos. They're all cool with pretty much anyone coming off the street, into the school hall, and filming these children.You mean something inappropriate like this?https://youtu.be/gJghnwR6AWA* It's a girl kpop group dancing at a boys high school.
