RANTING/VENTING MEGATHREAD 3.0

Prehistoric times had more violent male tribal fighting. Now the world's safer and more peaceful. 

*We* know that, but nobody's clued in mother nature yet. Might want to CC her. 

Although -- hold that call! -- I seem to recall that we managed to murder about 90 million people in a single war a couple decades ago (and that of those casualties, a disproportionate number of them were men...)!

How are ESL teachers in Korea going to solve this crisis?

also for coding use [img w*dth=500]http://URL[/img] or [img he*ght=500]http://URL[/img]

replace numbers with desired size

Here's a helpful tip when trying to show somebody how to use bbc: use the function [nobbc][/nobbc] around whatever you're trying to show. For example:

[img width=500]http://URL[/img] or [img height=500]http://URL[/img]

 

[img width=500]http://URL[/img] or [img height=500]http://URL[/img]

 

Cheers, good to know. Will probably forget it and never find this post again though lol

its ok, all those lonely males have marvel movies and funko pops to make up for the lack of intimacy.

Life's better when you have partner with whom to watch Marvel movies and gift funko pops.

Cheers, good to know. Will probably forget it and never find this post again though lol

Tag this thread with a ridiculously obscure word, or a very unlikely phrase and you'll be able to find it again no problemo!
ie "I love the mods on this site!" or "I wish there were more political threads here." or "My coteachers are terrible!"

Nowadays males still get themselves killed more than females, but more gradually. In South Korea, there are more men than women up to the age of 60, but after that more women than men. Women smoke less and drink less.

I'm struggling to ballpark the number you are referring to when you use the term host. Like 3 or 4? or dozens? Please clarify and defend your choice of language.

Middle school have compulsory morning vacation classes next week

I love vacations that have compulsory classes! All the fun of not having to go to school, except you have to go to school! Whoooo!

”The average Seoul apartment price more than doubled during the five-year term of the previous Moon administration alone, with the number skyrocketing from 599 million won in May 2017 to 1.28 billion won five years later.”

https://m-en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20220719005400315
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What tha?! 1.28 billion won? That’s the average? I’m shocked! Is this true? Maybe bad newspaper reporting?

”The average Seoul apartment price more than doubled during the five-year term of the previous Moon administration alone, with the number skyrocketing from 599 million won in May 2017 to 1.28 billion won five years later.”

https://m-en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20220719005400315
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What tha?! 1.28 billion won? That’s the average? I’m shocked! Is this true? Maybe bad newspaper reporting?

Sounds about right. In our complex I see 3 beds advertised for 1.6 billion and it's not a particularly fashionable area - ranks 5th.

Nice,  but that price wouldn't quite get a modest three bedroom on the North Shore in Sydney. That said, it would get a shit load of luxury property in other capital cities.
I'd be interested in auction clearance rates? Any data?

”The average Seoul apartment price more than doubled during the five-year term of the previous Moon administration alone, with the number skyrocketing from 599 million won in May 2017 to 1.28 billion won five years later.”

https://m-en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20220719005400315
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What tha?! 1.28 billion won? That’s the average? I’m shocked! Is this true? Maybe bad newspaper reporting?

Or one could just take that sum and buy 7 of KoreaBoo's apartment.

Ranting today:

1. Please react negatively to my thoughts, if you think so; please don't pile on or pan on but instead say exactly your opinion on a specific idea; let's talk.

2. RANT? How about being instead impressed about the overnight temps of 22+ C (the corollary of ranting about summer heat?). I come from 45 C afternoons but 12 C overnights. Whaa.? ... yeah, unlike here, my province of the West Coast of Canada has EXTREME temps between night and day (except a some years' two-week heat wave). I LOVE walking around at 3am here, unlike back home. Thankfully i live in towns not cities (less crazy one hopes), and summers are no sweat (literally, no sweat) when you are out with or without your smartphone (i type from tge park often). Tonight I walked across town (20 minutes) and am now going to sleep. 8am. Whaa?. Relax. I woke up at 3am, did wordle, quordle octordle; am a/c'n' it to my first Friday class at 3pm (all the while more focused on my to be presented to my Korean bud Friday dinner: a Mexican taco Habanero dip and red-onion bean dip original nacho appetizer,... and pasta arriabata, for the main course - but went more-liked Emart-provided shells - then i'll personally re-fry the canned beans with fresh garlic, parsley and black pepper. Wrap it in tortillas, the leftovers en al. and downed with sauce and satisfaction. I hope this story plays out. It is the plan. I expect it. My Korean bud i hope doesn't break out soju or ask to add kimchi (i bring pickles to the Italian main, Mexican app, dish). This is supposed to be my night and I've told him it'll be all Mexican & Italian. (Dang, I have seen a lot of wine from France, Chile and California here, but Italian? I couldn't find any Italian wines in four supermarkets in this town.)

Please react negatively to my thoughts, if you think so; please don't pile on or pan on but instead say exactly your opinion on a specific idea; let's talk.

...and am now going to sleep. 8am. Whaa?. Relax. I woke up at 3am.

(I couldn't find any Italian wines in four supermarkets in this town.)

1. How about you respond to the direct and exact questions you were asked multiple times yesterday?
2. Please explain your sleep schedule. So far I have: 3am wake up. 3am-8am get wasted with the Korean bud you keep talking about (the hobo in the park) and post here at random. 8am go to sleep. 10:30am wake up again and resume your Vanitor duties.
3. Four supermarkets? I have it on good authority you regularly check 14 supermarkets for things such as pomegranates. Instead of you know, online shopping like the rest of us. Why did you give up after four?

Please explain your sleep schedule. So far I have: 3am wake up. 3am-8am get wasted with the Korean bud you keep talking about (the hobo in the park) and post here at random. 8am go to sleep. 10:30am wake up again and resume your Vanitor duties.

Excuse me?

I go to bed at 10 or 11 often, wake up at 2 or 3 (live in a small apartment with two nightly active cats - what do you do when a cat licks your ear? I can't yell or hit them, so i pet them. I wake up. Rinse, and repeat.

I sometimes go to bed at 4 or 5 am, but don't teach until 3pm, prepare at 1:30 pm (commit myself to 90 minutes of prep daily, decided to do so in '02), often sleep all morning long. (I know what "desk warming" is, but have never experienced it.)

As for my Korean friend, for whom I am prepping a meal tonight (at his apartment, as Fridays his wife and little girl go to granny's), he usually cooks - he's talented - or we order out and do the alternate paying thing, but tonight... i am bringing it all. I have original-style nachos from Emart with Habanero salsa (nowhere found in this town - maybe he had it during his year in Australia), a bean spicy dip (i made: fresh garlic, red onions and shhhh, shhhh), pasta arrabiata (shell noodles nowhere in this town, so have gotten it from a city weeks ago), with Polish pickles. (I asked him to provide the beer - ideally Corona, but you know what brand Korean men go to, as their default). I am half-pissed that i'll be forgoing a Greek salad because i couldn't find feta cheese in Jinju (very easy to find 2002-2017), in those glass jars with olive oil and spices). Ugh. Emart. LotteMart. Undiscovered.

(I can't cook a Hungarian dish because he is a harsh critic of restaurants we have gone to and movies we have seen - 70%ish dissatisfied - and i couldn't not be hurt by his judging of it. It's like, when an immovable object meets an instoppable force; or, when a cherished family recipe meets a best friend.)

As for supermarkets, I have twice SCOURED the town for stuff (14 or so shops, indeed), but regularly? I frequent four.

Note: i just realized "scour" has five letters and two vowels and a frequently used s and r so i will use it on tomorrow's wordle. Every day one challenges oneself to new openings, otherwise it'd get as boring as my dad's ol' first four defensive chess moves. (if you play chess, hint: stopping initial knight and bishop attacks, and letting one's queen advance.)

Excuse me?

I go to bed at 10 or 11 often, wake up at 2 or 3 (live in a small apartment with two nightly active cats - what do you do when a cat licks your ear? I can't yell or hit them, so i pet them. I wake up. Rinse, and repeat.

I sometimes go to bed at 4 or 5 am, but don't teach until 3pm, prepare at 1:30 pm (commit myself to 90 minutes of prep daily, decided to do so in '02), often sleep all morning long. (I know what "desk warming" is, but have never experienced it.)

As for my Korean friend, for whom I am prepping a meal tonight (at his apartment, as Fridays his wife and little girl go to granny's), he usually cooks - he's talented - or we order out and do the alternate paying thing, but tonight... i am bringing it all. I have original-style nachos from Emart with Habanero salsa (nowhere found in this town - maybe he had it during his year in Australia), a bean spicy dip (i made: fresh garlic, red onions and shhhh, shhhh), pasta arrabiata (shell noodles nowhere in this town, so have gotten it from a city weeks ago), with Polish pickles. (I asked him to provide the beer - ideally Corona, but you know what brand Korean men go to, as their default). I am half-pissed that i'll be forgoing a Greek salad because i couldn't find feta cheese in Jinju (very easy to find 2002-2017), in those glass jars with olive oil and spices). Ugh. Emart. LotteMart. Undiscovered.

(I can't cook a Hungarian dish because he is a harsh critic of restaurants we have gone to and movies we have seen - 70%ish dissatisfied - and i couldn't not be hurt by his judging of it. It's like, when an immovable object meets an instoppable force; or, when a cherished family recipe meets a best friend.)

As for supermarkets, I have twice SCOURED the town for stuff (14 or so shops, indeed), but regularly? I frequent four.

Note: i just realized "scour" has five letters and two vowels and a frequently used s and r so i will use it on tomorrow's wordle. Every day one challenges oneself to new openings, otherwise it'd get as boring as my dad's ol' first four defensive chess moves. (if you play chess, hint: stopping initial knight and bishop attacks, and letting one's queen advance.)

Mods, please move this to the rambling thread.  Posts in this thread need to have a point. 

Perhaps a new thread should be started entitled 'Whinging about the Mods'. Most posts would appear to fall under this category of late.

1. How about you respond to the direct and exact questions you were asked multiple times yesterday?

He won't touch those questions.  It's like asking a grade three student why they threw their pencil case at Minji's head and expecting an answer.  Van does not abide by personal accountability.  And it seems the mods (even our trusted Kyndo) will circle the wagons when it comes down to it.  That's why Van pretended Kyndo's janitor of threads line was epic and caused him to spit out his tea due to its hilarity.  That's not what Kyndo was going for but he tried to cover up for Van, so favour returned.  Janitor of threads...oh my stars!

Keep ranting! This is the place.

I, though, am timing out.

The beach calls the next 12 days: i'll RANT about the heat, mosquitoes and... and... that's about it.

See you on the other side.

And it seems the mods (even our trusted Kyndo) will circle the wagons when it comes down to it.  That's not what Kyndo was going for but he tried to cover up for Van, so favour returned.

I'd do the same for you Augustiner!

Also, here's me circling the wagons: