Quote from: jddavis7 on September 27, 2017, 12:39:23 pmQuote from: StillInKorea on September 27, 2017, 12:36:36 pmQuote from: jddavis7 on September 27, 2017, 12:34:06 pmQuote from: StillInKorea on September 27, 2017, 12:25:00 pmQuote from: jddavis7 on September 27, 2017, 11:35:06 amQuote from: StillInKorea on September 27, 2017, 11:29:11 amQuote from: jddavis7 on September 27, 2017, 11:26:23 amQuote from: StillInKorea on September 27, 2017, 11:19:41 amQuote from: sevenpm on September 27, 2017, 10:27:46 amI used to like playing games with my students because it took up so much time, but these kids are such sore losers I don't enjoy it anymore.If they lose, they become so demanding like it's their right to win. They scream for another round or to get a prize anyway. They whine like they're dying. My CT is nice enough to usually award the top 5 spots in a game, staggering the prizes (1st place gets 3 stickers - 5th place gets 1 sticker) and they still have the nerve to complain and demand more stickers. I know they are just kids, but I hate to watch them getting away with this behavior. There will be another game next class and another after that. This is the only time in life they will ever be awarded for 5th place, but they are so ungrateful. They need to be taught to say thank you and try again next time. Again, I know they are children but I just don't like seeing this behavior unchecked. It's so entitled. They're training to become Korea's SJW generation.Pls take your agenda elsewhere. They're freakin' children.Children being taught the same negative behaviours that led to America's 20-somethings becoming the disaster they are.Pls take your agenda elsewhere. They're children. Stop trying to make some kind of statement.I'm not blaming the poor innocent children. I'm blaming the adults who are teaching them weak values. Sevenpm talked about how entitled her students are, which reminded me of America's SJWs. They have similar attitudes and I'm worried that Korean kids will turn out that way too.Pls take your agenda elsewhere. You are not worried about the kids at all. You are just trying to push your anti-SJW agenda. Grow up.I'm worried for everyone.You worried that everyone won't believe exactly what you believe and make life comfortable for you. Get over yourself. Stop asking like you're the only voice of logic or reason.Eh, my life is comfortable enough if I stay away from young western people. I have a nice apartment, nice car, easy job. It could be worse.
Quote from: StillInKorea on September 27, 2017, 12:36:36 pmQuote from: jddavis7 on September 27, 2017, 12:34:06 pmQuote from: StillInKorea on September 27, 2017, 12:25:00 pmQuote from: jddavis7 on September 27, 2017, 11:35:06 amQuote from: StillInKorea on September 27, 2017, 11:29:11 amQuote from: jddavis7 on September 27, 2017, 11:26:23 amQuote from: StillInKorea on September 27, 2017, 11:19:41 amQuote from: sevenpm on September 27, 2017, 10:27:46 amI used to like playing games with my students because it took up so much time, but these kids are such sore losers I don't enjoy it anymore.If they lose, they become so demanding like it's their right to win. They scream for another round or to get a prize anyway. They whine like they're dying. My CT is nice enough to usually award the top 5 spots in a game, staggering the prizes (1st place gets 3 stickers - 5th place gets 1 sticker) and they still have the nerve to complain and demand more stickers. I know they are just kids, but I hate to watch them getting away with this behavior. There will be another game next class and another after that. This is the only time in life they will ever be awarded for 5th place, but they are so ungrateful. They need to be taught to say thank you and try again next time. Again, I know they are children but I just don't like seeing this behavior unchecked. It's so entitled. They're training to become Korea's SJW generation.Pls take your agenda elsewhere. They're freakin' children.Children being taught the same negative behaviours that led to America's 20-somethings becoming the disaster they are.Pls take your agenda elsewhere. They're children. Stop trying to make some kind of statement.I'm not blaming the poor innocent children. I'm blaming the adults who are teaching them weak values. Sevenpm talked about how entitled her students are, which reminded me of America's SJWs. They have similar attitudes and I'm worried that Korean kids will turn out that way too.Pls take your agenda elsewhere. You are not worried about the kids at all. You are just trying to push your anti-SJW agenda. Grow up.I'm worried for everyone.You worried that everyone won't believe exactly what you believe and make life comfortable for you. Get over yourself. Stop asking like you're the only voice of logic or reason.
Quote from: jddavis7 on September 27, 2017, 12:34:06 pmQuote from: StillInKorea on September 27, 2017, 12:25:00 pmQuote from: jddavis7 on September 27, 2017, 11:35:06 amQuote from: StillInKorea on September 27, 2017, 11:29:11 amQuote from: jddavis7 on September 27, 2017, 11:26:23 amQuote from: StillInKorea on September 27, 2017, 11:19:41 amQuote from: sevenpm on September 27, 2017, 10:27:46 amI used to like playing games with my students because it took up so much time, but these kids are such sore losers I don't enjoy it anymore.If they lose, they become so demanding like it's their right to win. They scream for another round or to get a prize anyway. They whine like they're dying. My CT is nice enough to usually award the top 5 spots in a game, staggering the prizes (1st place gets 3 stickers - 5th place gets 1 sticker) and they still have the nerve to complain and demand more stickers. I know they are just kids, but I hate to watch them getting away with this behavior. There will be another game next class and another after that. This is the only time in life they will ever be awarded for 5th place, but they are so ungrateful. They need to be taught to say thank you and try again next time. Again, I know they are children but I just don't like seeing this behavior unchecked. It's so entitled. They're training to become Korea's SJW generation.Pls take your agenda elsewhere. They're freakin' children.Children being taught the same negative behaviours that led to America's 20-somethings becoming the disaster they are.Pls take your agenda elsewhere. They're children. Stop trying to make some kind of statement.I'm not blaming the poor innocent children. I'm blaming the adults who are teaching them weak values. Sevenpm talked about how entitled her students are, which reminded me of America's SJWs. They have similar attitudes and I'm worried that Korean kids will turn out that way too.Pls take your agenda elsewhere. You are not worried about the kids at all. You are just trying to push your anti-SJW agenda. Grow up.I'm worried for everyone.
Quote from: StillInKorea on September 27, 2017, 12:25:00 pmQuote from: jddavis7 on September 27, 2017, 11:35:06 amQuote from: StillInKorea on September 27, 2017, 11:29:11 amQuote from: jddavis7 on September 27, 2017, 11:26:23 amQuote from: StillInKorea on September 27, 2017, 11:19:41 amQuote from: sevenpm on September 27, 2017, 10:27:46 amI used to like playing games with my students because it took up so much time, but these kids are such sore losers I don't enjoy it anymore.If they lose, they become so demanding like it's their right to win. They scream for another round or to get a prize anyway. They whine like they're dying. My CT is nice enough to usually award the top 5 spots in a game, staggering the prizes (1st place gets 3 stickers - 5th place gets 1 sticker) and they still have the nerve to complain and demand more stickers. I know they are just kids, but I hate to watch them getting away with this behavior. There will be another game next class and another after that. This is the only time in life they will ever be awarded for 5th place, but they are so ungrateful. They need to be taught to say thank you and try again next time. Again, I know they are children but I just don't like seeing this behavior unchecked. It's so entitled. They're training to become Korea's SJW generation.Pls take your agenda elsewhere. They're freakin' children.Children being taught the same negative behaviours that led to America's 20-somethings becoming the disaster they are.Pls take your agenda elsewhere. They're children. Stop trying to make some kind of statement.I'm not blaming the poor innocent children. I'm blaming the adults who are teaching them weak values. Sevenpm talked about how entitled her students are, which reminded me of America's SJWs. They have similar attitudes and I'm worried that Korean kids will turn out that way too.Pls take your agenda elsewhere. You are not worried about the kids at all. You are just trying to push your anti-SJW agenda. Grow up.
Quote from: jddavis7 on September 27, 2017, 11:35:06 amQuote from: StillInKorea on September 27, 2017, 11:29:11 amQuote from: jddavis7 on September 27, 2017, 11:26:23 amQuote from: StillInKorea on September 27, 2017, 11:19:41 amQuote from: sevenpm on September 27, 2017, 10:27:46 amI used to like playing games with my students because it took up so much time, but these kids are such sore losers I don't enjoy it anymore.If they lose, they become so demanding like it's their right to win. They scream for another round or to get a prize anyway. They whine like they're dying. My CT is nice enough to usually award the top 5 spots in a game, staggering the prizes (1st place gets 3 stickers - 5th place gets 1 sticker) and they still have the nerve to complain and demand more stickers. I know they are just kids, but I hate to watch them getting away with this behavior. There will be another game next class and another after that. This is the only time in life they will ever be awarded for 5th place, but they are so ungrateful. They need to be taught to say thank you and try again next time. Again, I know they are children but I just don't like seeing this behavior unchecked. It's so entitled. They're training to become Korea's SJW generation.Pls take your agenda elsewhere. They're freakin' children.Children being taught the same negative behaviours that led to America's 20-somethings becoming the disaster they are.Pls take your agenda elsewhere. They're children. Stop trying to make some kind of statement.I'm not blaming the poor innocent children. I'm blaming the adults who are teaching them weak values. Sevenpm talked about how entitled her students are, which reminded me of America's SJWs. They have similar attitudes and I'm worried that Korean kids will turn out that way too.
Quote from: StillInKorea on September 27, 2017, 11:29:11 amQuote from: jddavis7 on September 27, 2017, 11:26:23 amQuote from: StillInKorea on September 27, 2017, 11:19:41 amQuote from: sevenpm on September 27, 2017, 10:27:46 amI used to like playing games with my students because it took up so much time, but these kids are such sore losers I don't enjoy it anymore.If they lose, they become so demanding like it's their right to win. They scream for another round or to get a prize anyway. They whine like they're dying. My CT is nice enough to usually award the top 5 spots in a game, staggering the prizes (1st place gets 3 stickers - 5th place gets 1 sticker) and they still have the nerve to complain and demand more stickers. I know they are just kids, but I hate to watch them getting away with this behavior. There will be another game next class and another after that. This is the only time in life they will ever be awarded for 5th place, but they are so ungrateful. They need to be taught to say thank you and try again next time. Again, I know they are children but I just don't like seeing this behavior unchecked. It's so entitled. They're training to become Korea's SJW generation.Pls take your agenda elsewhere. They're freakin' children.Children being taught the same negative behaviours that led to America's 20-somethings becoming the disaster they are.Pls take your agenda elsewhere. They're children. Stop trying to make some kind of statement.
Quote from: jddavis7 on September 27, 2017, 11:26:23 amQuote from: StillInKorea on September 27, 2017, 11:19:41 amQuote from: sevenpm on September 27, 2017, 10:27:46 amI used to like playing games with my students because it took up so much time, but these kids are such sore losers I don't enjoy it anymore.If they lose, they become so demanding like it's their right to win. They scream for another round or to get a prize anyway. They whine like they're dying. My CT is nice enough to usually award the top 5 spots in a game, staggering the prizes (1st place gets 3 stickers - 5th place gets 1 sticker) and they still have the nerve to complain and demand more stickers. I know they are just kids, but I hate to watch them getting away with this behavior. There will be another game next class and another after that. This is the only time in life they will ever be awarded for 5th place, but they are so ungrateful. They need to be taught to say thank you and try again next time. Again, I know they are children but I just don't like seeing this behavior unchecked. It's so entitled. They're training to become Korea's SJW generation.Pls take your agenda elsewhere. They're freakin' children.Children being taught the same negative behaviours that led to America's 20-somethings becoming the disaster they are.
Quote from: StillInKorea on September 27, 2017, 11:19:41 amQuote from: sevenpm on September 27, 2017, 10:27:46 amI used to like playing games with my students because it took up so much time, but these kids are such sore losers I don't enjoy it anymore.If they lose, they become so demanding like it's their right to win. They scream for another round or to get a prize anyway. They whine like they're dying. My CT is nice enough to usually award the top 5 spots in a game, staggering the prizes (1st place gets 3 stickers - 5th place gets 1 sticker) and they still have the nerve to complain and demand more stickers. I know they are just kids, but I hate to watch them getting away with this behavior. There will be another game next class and another after that. This is the only time in life they will ever be awarded for 5th place, but they are so ungrateful. They need to be taught to say thank you and try again next time. Again, I know they are children but I just don't like seeing this behavior unchecked. It's so entitled. They're training to become Korea's SJW generation.Pls take your agenda elsewhere. They're freakin' children.
Quote from: sevenpm on September 27, 2017, 10:27:46 amI used to like playing games with my students because it took up so much time, but these kids are such sore losers I don't enjoy it anymore.If they lose, they become so demanding like it's their right to win. They scream for another round or to get a prize anyway. They whine like they're dying. My CT is nice enough to usually award the top 5 spots in a game, staggering the prizes (1st place gets 3 stickers - 5th place gets 1 sticker) and they still have the nerve to complain and demand more stickers. I know they are just kids, but I hate to watch them getting away with this behavior. There will be another game next class and another after that. This is the only time in life they will ever be awarded for 5th place, but they are so ungrateful. They need to be taught to say thank you and try again next time. Again, I know they are children but I just don't like seeing this behavior unchecked. It's so entitled. They're training to become Korea's SJW generation.
I used to like playing games with my students because it took up so much time, but these kids are such sore losers I don't enjoy it anymore.If they lose, they become so demanding like it's their right to win. They scream for another round or to get a prize anyway. They whine like they're dying. My CT is nice enough to usually award the top 5 spots in a game, staggering the prizes (1st place gets 3 stickers - 5th place gets 1 sticker) and they still have the nerve to complain and demand more stickers. I know they are just kids, but I hate to watch them getting away with this behavior. There will be another game next class and another after that. This is the only time in life they will ever be awarded for 5th place, but they are so ungrateful. They need to be taught to say thank you and try again next time. Again, I know they are children but I just don't like seeing this behavior unchecked. It's so entitled.
Quote from: StillInKorea on September 27, 2017, 12:42:52 pmQuote from: Maclean on September 27, 2017, 12:28:30 pmwasn't informed that lunch was an hour early today. I walked into the lunchroom and everything had been cleared up? Nice.Hey, you got out of eating Korean food. Buy a lotto ticket.I only eat school lunch at my country school, where the 30 minute drive precludes going home for lunch. The new VP asked me if I liked bibimbap, which was our lunchtime 'treat', and seemed surprised when I unenthusiastically said "It's OK". I imagine she was expecting a wide-eyed "It's delicious!", but I've been here too long to pretend to be excited about a plate of rice and vegetables with one kind of sauce.Lol how many sauces do you want on one food? Do you need some ranch and ketchup?
Quote from: Maclean on September 27, 2017, 12:28:30 pmwasn't informed that lunch was an hour early today. I walked into the lunchroom and everything had been cleared up? Nice.Hey, you got out of eating Korean food. Buy a lotto ticket.I only eat school lunch at my country school, where the 30 minute drive precludes going home for lunch. The new VP asked me if I liked bibimbap, which was our lunchtime 'treat', and seemed surprised when I unenthusiastically said "It's OK". I imagine she was expecting a wide-eyed "It's delicious!", but I've been here too long to pretend to be excited about a plate of rice and vegetables with one kind of sauce.
wasn't informed that lunch was an hour early today. I walked into the lunchroom and everything had been cleared up? Nice.
Quote from: StillInKorea on September 27, 2017, 12:52:13 pmQuote from: #basedcowboyshirt on September 27, 2017, 12:45:15 pmQuote from: StillInKorea on September 27, 2017, 12:42:52 pmQuote from: Maclean on September 27, 2017, 12:28:30 pmwasn't informed that lunch was an hour early today. I walked into the lunchroom and everything had been cleared up? Nice.Hey, you got out of eating Korean food. Buy a lotto ticket.I only eat school lunch at my country school, where the 30 minute drive precludes going home for lunch. The new VP asked me if I liked bibimbap, which was our lunchtime 'treat', and seemed surprised when I unenthusiastically said "It's OK". I imagine she was expecting a wide-eyed "It's delicious!", but I've been here too long to pretend to be excited about a plate of rice and vegetables with one kind of sauce.Lol how many sauces do you want on one food? Do you need some ranch and ketchup?No, I'm not looking for tacky American 'cooking'.Take a European pasta dish. You can expect stock, tomato paste, olive oil, various herbs, an acid such as lemon or balsamic, garlic and even a bit of butter. Bibimbap has gochujang. It's passable, but not anything to write a book about.Ew. Putting more than one type of sauce on a pasta dish would be a terrible idea. Also yeah, bibimbap is a food that literally originated as a way for people to clear out their leftovers. Like, it's not supposed to be thought of as some haute cuisine. The people that promote it as such are trying a little too hard.
Quote from: #basedcowboyshirt on September 27, 2017, 12:45:15 pmQuote from: StillInKorea on September 27, 2017, 12:42:52 pmQuote from: Maclean on September 27, 2017, 12:28:30 pmwasn't informed that lunch was an hour early today. I walked into the lunchroom and everything had been cleared up? Nice.Hey, you got out of eating Korean food. Buy a lotto ticket.I only eat school lunch at my country school, where the 30 minute drive precludes going home for lunch. The new VP asked me if I liked bibimbap, which was our lunchtime 'treat', and seemed surprised when I unenthusiastically said "It's OK". I imagine she was expecting a wide-eyed "It's delicious!", but I've been here too long to pretend to be excited about a plate of rice and vegetables with one kind of sauce.Lol how many sauces do you want on one food? Do you need some ranch and ketchup?No, I'm not looking for tacky American 'cooking'.Take a European pasta dish. You can expect stock, tomato paste, olive oil, various herbs, an acid such as lemon or balsamic, garlic and even a bit of butter. Bibimbap has gochujang. It's passable, but not anything to write a book about.
Quote from: StillInKorea on September 27, 2017, 01:27:51 pmQuote from: #basedcowboyshirt on September 27, 2017, 01:03:06 pmQuote from: StillInKorea on September 27, 2017, 12:52:13 pmQuote from: #basedcowboyshirt on September 27, 2017, 12:45:15 pmQuote from: StillInKorea on September 27, 2017, 12:42:52 pmQuote from: Maclean on September 27, 2017, 12:28:30 pmwasn't informed that lunch was an hour early today. I walked into the lunchroom and everything had been cleared up? Nice.Hey, you got out of eating Korean food. Buy a lotto ticket.I only eat school lunch at my country school, where the 30 minute drive precludes going home for lunch. The new VP asked me if I liked bibimbap, which was our lunchtime 'treat', and seemed surprised when I unenthusiastically said "It's OK". I imagine she was expecting a wide-eyed "It's delicious!", but I've been here too long to pretend to be excited about a plate of rice and vegetables with one kind of sauce.Lol how many sauces do you want on one food? Do you need some ranch and ketchup?No, I'm not looking for tacky American 'cooking'.Take a European pasta dish. You can expect stock, tomato paste, olive oil, various herbs, an acid such as lemon or balsamic, garlic and even a bit of butter. Bibimbap has gochujang. It's passable, but not anything to write a book about.Ew. Putting more than one type of sauce on a pasta dish would be a terrible idea. Also yeah, bibimbap is a food that literally originated as a way for people to clear out their leftovers. Like, it's not supposed to be thought of as some haute cuisine. The people that promote it as such are trying a little too hard.I think you missed my point about properly made pasta. You don't traditionally buy a pre-made sauce from the supermarket. You make a sauce using lots of different seasonings. Bibimbap's flavour is basically just fermented chilli. It's boring.I should have been more specific by saying 'seasoning' instead of 'sauce'.But pasta sauces from the supermarket also aren't as good as homemade ones. Kind of like gochujang. For gochujang, you don't traditionally buy a pre-made sauce from the supermarket. You make a sauce using lots of different ingredients. Unfortunately, a good gochujang is infinitely more difficult to make than a good pasta sauce, so a lot of the time, the supermarket is our only option.Bibimbap is a super basic food that doesn't really deserve to be put on any sort of pedestal beyond being a satisfying and simple meal.Gochujang, on the other hand, is one of the most difficult things to make in Korean food, and if you ever taste some made by someone who's been doing it for decades, you should be able to notice a much deeper flavour profile, as well as different notes depending on the ingredients, fermentation time, climate, etc.
Quote from: #basedcowboyshirt on September 27, 2017, 01:03:06 pmQuote from: StillInKorea on September 27, 2017, 12:52:13 pmQuote from: #basedcowboyshirt on September 27, 2017, 12:45:15 pmQuote from: StillInKorea on September 27, 2017, 12:42:52 pmQuote from: Maclean on September 27, 2017, 12:28:30 pmwasn't informed that lunch was an hour early today. I walked into the lunchroom and everything had been cleared up? Nice.Hey, you got out of eating Korean food. Buy a lotto ticket.I only eat school lunch at my country school, where the 30 minute drive precludes going home for lunch. The new VP asked me if I liked bibimbap, which was our lunchtime 'treat', and seemed surprised when I unenthusiastically said "It's OK". I imagine she was expecting a wide-eyed "It's delicious!", but I've been here too long to pretend to be excited about a plate of rice and vegetables with one kind of sauce.Lol how many sauces do you want on one food? Do you need some ranch and ketchup?No, I'm not looking for tacky American 'cooking'.Take a European pasta dish. You can expect stock, tomato paste, olive oil, various herbs, an acid such as lemon or balsamic, garlic and even a bit of butter. Bibimbap has gochujang. It's passable, but not anything to write a book about.Ew. Putting more than one type of sauce on a pasta dish would be a terrible idea. Also yeah, bibimbap is a food that literally originated as a way for people to clear out their leftovers. Like, it's not supposed to be thought of as some haute cuisine. The people that promote it as such are trying a little too hard.I think you missed my point about properly made pasta. You don't traditionally buy a pre-made sauce from the supermarket. You make a sauce using lots of different seasonings. Bibimbap's flavour is basically just fermented chilli. It's boring.I should have been more specific by saying 'seasoning' instead of 'sauce'.
StillInKorea is on here harping on about Millennials. Many millennials have come to Korea and have stayed a number of years due to poor opportunities after the financial crisis. StillInKorea is ostensibly, not a millennial but an older individual who probably came here many years ago. If that is correct, he came from an era where opportunities in the west were plentiful compared to what they are now.I think a couple of things can be deduced from this:. He left the western world back when it was much easier to find a well paying career and has stayed in Korea. There could be many reasons for this in his defence. Who are we to judge? But someone could hold the view that he was a sad, miserable and unpleasant person back in the West.. The fact he is apparently older and has come onto this thread to start throwing around his SJW "promotion" nonsense to younger people seemingly proves this. What Korea does to the burnouts..
But pasta sauces from the supermarket also aren't as good as homemade ones. Kind of like gochujang. For gochujang, you don't traditionally buy a pre-made sauce from the supermarket. You make a sauce using lots of different ingredients. Unfortunately, a good gochujang is infinitely more difficult to make than a good pasta sauce, so a lot of the time, the supermarket is our only option.Bibimbap is a super basic food that doesn't really deserve to be put on any sort of pedestal beyond being a satisfying and simple meal.Gochujang, on the other hand, is one of the most difficult things to make in Korean food, and if you ever taste some made by someone who's been doing it for decades, you should be able to notice a much deeper flavour profile, as well as different notes depending on the ingredients, fermentation time, climate, etc.
Quote from: #basedcowboyshirt on September 27, 2017, 01:38:40 pmBut pasta sauces from the supermarket also aren't as good as homemade ones. Kind of like gochujang. For gochujang, you don't traditionally buy a pre-made sauce from the supermarket. You make a sauce using lots of different ingredients. Unfortunately, a good gochujang is infinitely more difficult to make than a good pasta sauce, so a lot of the time, the supermarket is our only option.Bibimbap is a super basic food that doesn't really deserve to be put on any sort of pedestal beyond being a satisfying and simple meal.Gochujang, on the other hand, is one of the most difficult things to make in Korean food, and if you ever taste some made by someone who's been doing it for decades, you should be able to notice a much deeper flavour profile, as well as different notes depending on the ingredients, fermentation time, climate, etc.Understood. I have had some Korean dishes with a much better and deeper flavour than the standard fare, perhaps for the reason you suggested. I tend to cook at home and while I will cook western food from scratch, I just don't have the knowledge to make Korean food in the same way. Maybe I need to track down some of the better Korean restaurants.However, I wish people wouldn't constantly expect foreigners to sing the praises of everyday Korean food. The VP at the country school looked genuinely surprised and disappointed that I only gave the school lunch bibimbap an "OK".Quote from: SteveBruce on September 27, 2017, 02:33:57 pmStillInKorea is on here harping on about Millennials. Many millennials have come to Korea and have stayed a number of years due to poor opportunities after the financial crisis. StillInKorea is ostensibly, not a millennial but an older individual who probably came here many years ago. If that is correct, he came from an era where opportunities in the west were plentiful compared to what they are now.I think a couple of things can be deduced from this:. He left the western world back when it was much easier to find a well paying career and has stayed in Korea. There could be many reasons for this in his defence. Who are we to judge? But someone could hold the view that he was a sad, miserable and unpleasant person back in the West.. The fact he is apparently older and has come onto this thread to start throwing around his SJW "promotion" nonsense to younger people seemingly proves this. What Korea does to the burnouts..I am technically a millennial, but just old enough that I didn't grow up with the extreme political correctness that infected universities in the past few years. I've been in Korea for several years, but lived elsewhere before that, and I've formed my own opinion on things, increasingly not giving a damn about social courtesies and conventions. I am still polite to people and I try not to be an ***hole, but my view on the world is rather pessimistic and certainly not consistent with my peers.
Quote from: StillInKorea on September 27, 2017, 06:07:36 pmQuote from: #basedcowboyshirt on September 27, 2017, 01:38:40 pmBut pasta sauces from the supermarket also aren't as good as homemade ones. Kind of like gochujang. For gochujang, you don't traditionally buy a pre-made sauce from the supermarket. You make a sauce using lots of different ingredients. Unfortunately, a good gochujang is infinitely more difficult to make than a good pasta sauce, so a lot of the time, the supermarket is our only option.Bibimbap is a super basic food that doesn't really deserve to be put on any sort of pedestal beyond being a satisfying and simple meal.Gochujang, on the other hand, is one of the most difficult things to make in Korean food, and if you ever taste some made by someone who's been doing it for decades, you should be able to notice a much deeper flavour profile, as well as different notes depending on the ingredients, fermentation time, climate, etc.Understood. I have had some Korean dishes with a much better and deeper flavour than the standard fare, perhaps for the reason you suggested. I tend to cook at home and while I will cook western food from scratch, I just don't have the knowledge to make Korean food in the same way. Maybe I need to track down some of the better Korean restaurants.However, I wish people wouldn't constantly expect foreigners to sing the praises of everyday Korean food. The VP at the country school looked genuinely surprised and disappointed that I only gave the school lunch bibimbap an "OK".Quote from: SteveBruce on September 27, 2017, 02:33:57 pmStillInKorea is on here harping on about Millennials. Many millennials have come to Korea and have stayed a number of years due to poor opportunities after the financial crisis. StillInKorea is ostensibly, not a millennial but an older individual who probably came here many years ago. If that is correct, he came from an era where opportunities in the west were plentiful compared to what they are now.I think a couple of things can be deduced from this:. He left the western world back when it was much easier to find a well paying career and has stayed in Korea. There could be many reasons for this in his defence. Who are we to judge? But someone could hold the view that he was a sad, miserable and unpleasant person back in the West.. The fact he is apparently older and has come onto this thread to start throwing around his SJW "promotion" nonsense to younger people seemingly proves this. What Korea does to the burnouts..I am technically a millennial, but just old enough that I didn't grow up with the extreme political correctness that infected universities in the past few years. I've been in Korea for several years, but lived elsewhere before that, and I've formed my own opinion on things, increasingly not giving a damn about social courtesies and conventions. I am still polite to people and I try not to be an ***hole, but my view on the world is rather pessimistic and certainly not consistent with my peers.By form your own opinion, you mean you believe whatever the MRA tell you to, right?
Quote from: jddavis7 on September 27, 2017, 06:11:21 pmQuote from: StillInKorea on September 27, 2017, 06:07:36 pmQuote from: #basedcowboyshirt on September 27, 2017, 01:38:40 pmBut pasta sauces from the supermarket also aren't as good as homemade ones. Kind of like gochujang. For gochujang, you don't traditionally buy a pre-made sauce from the supermarket. You make a sauce using lots of different ingredients. Unfortunately, a good gochujang is infinitely more difficult to make than a good pasta sauce, so a lot of the time, the supermarket is our only option.Bibimbap is a super basic food that doesn't really deserve to be put on any sort of pedestal beyond being a satisfying and simple meal.Gochujang, on the other hand, is one of the most difficult things to make in Korean food, and if you ever taste some made by someone who's been doing it for decades, you should be able to notice a much deeper flavour profile, as well as different notes depending on the ingredients, fermentation time, climate, etc.Understood. I have had some Korean dishes with a much better and deeper flavour than the standard fare, perhaps for the reason you suggested. I tend to cook at home and while I will cook western food from scratch, I just don't have the knowledge to make Korean food in the same way. Maybe I need to track down some of the better Korean restaurants.However, I wish people wouldn't constantly expect foreigners to sing the praises of everyday Korean food. The VP at the country school looked genuinely surprised and disappointed that I only gave the school lunch bibimbap an "OK".Quote from: SteveBruce on September 27, 2017, 02:33:57 pmStillInKorea is on here harping on about Millennials. Many millennials have come to Korea and have stayed a number of years due to poor opportunities after the financial crisis. StillInKorea is ostensibly, not a millennial but an older individual who probably came here many years ago. If that is correct, he came from an era where opportunities in the west were plentiful compared to what they are now.I think a couple of things can be deduced from this:. He left the western world back when it was much easier to find a well paying career and has stayed in Korea. There could be many reasons for this in his defence. Who are we to judge? But someone could hold the view that he was a sad, miserable and unpleasant person back in the West.. The fact he is apparently older and has come onto this thread to start throwing around his SJW "promotion" nonsense to younger people seemingly proves this. What Korea does to the burnouts..I am technically a millennial, but just old enough that I didn't grow up with the extreme political correctness that infected universities in the past few years. I've been in Korea for several years, but lived elsewhere before that, and I've formed my own opinion on things, increasingly not giving a damn about social courtesies and conventions. I am still polite to people and I try not to be an ***hole, but my view on the world is rather pessimistic and certainly not consistent with my peers.By form your own opinion, you mean you believe whatever the MRA tell you to, right? Boring.
Quote from: yirj17 on September 25, 2017, 08:27:08 pmQuote from: Mister Tim on September 25, 2017, 07:44:43 pm...Sorry, everyone else. Music/gear is one of a handful of topics that can get me rambling at the drop of a hat. Please ramble further. Especially about bass... I'm keen on picking one up when I migrate back home. If you've got any tips for a beginner, I'm all ears. I play violin but I'm tired of playing melody, haha. Right now I'm researching inexpensive bass options for an amateur.Well now there's a potential can of worms...Understand right off the bat that "inexpensive" might mean something completely different to me than it does to you . When I see a $300 bass, I think "that's dirt cheap," but people who don't play might think "$300?!? It'd better be made of diamonds!"Then again, you play the violin, and symphonic acoustic instruments tend to be several orders more expensive than electric instruments, so maybe my gear is chump change to you, haha.
Quote from: Mister Tim on September 25, 2017, 07:44:43 pm...Sorry, everyone else. Music/gear is one of a handful of topics that can get me rambling at the drop of a hat. Please ramble further. Especially about bass... I'm keen on picking one up when I migrate back home. If you've got any tips for a beginner, I'm all ears. I play violin but I'm tired of playing melody, haha. Right now I'm researching inexpensive bass options for an amateur.
...Sorry, everyone else. Music/gear is one of a handful of topics that can get me rambling at the drop of a hat.
Jazz basses also have fairly slim necks compared to some other models, so that might be nice for you.
You'd need an amp, too, of course, but honestly you don't need much of an amp for just noodling around at home and learning the instrument. Just a little thing with an 8" speaker and in the 15-25 watt range would more than suffice. Luckily there are plenty of options to go around from a number of well-known brands to choose from, like...
Quote from: SteveBruce on September 27, 2017, 02:33:57 pmStillInKorea is on here harping on about Millennials. Many millennials have come to Korea and have stayed a number of years due to poor opportunities after the financial crisis. StillInKorea is ostensibly, not a millennial but an older individual who probably came here many years ago. If that is correct, he came from an era where opportunities in the west were plentiful compared to what they are now.I think a couple of things can be deduced from this:. He left the western world back when it was much easier to find a well paying career and has stayed in Korea. There could be many reasons for this in his defence. Who are we to judge? But someone could hold the view that he was a sad, miserable and unpleasant person back in the West.. The fact he is apparently older and has come onto this thread to start throwing around his SJW "promotion" nonsense to younger people seemingly proves this. What Korea does to the burnouts..It’s quite ironic that you’re paying out on StillInKorea, yet you’re one of the saddest gits on here.Stop getting personal with people, or, better still, find something else to do with your life than acting as some kind of man of wisdom on a forum. It’s sad.
Quote from: Kayos on September 26, 2017, 08:09:57 amQuote from: yirj17 on September 25, 2017, 02:55:33 pmQuote from: Kayos on September 25, 2017, 02:46:43 pmSo, not lot ago, I met this Korean girl I started liking, was going to ask her out, but she told me she fell for this other guy she met (online - never has met him in person). Gave her some advice, and she progressed with that guy. She started to tell me, in graphic detail, about all her intimate details dealings with this guy.I told her politely, that I don't want to interact with her anymore, and explained why (liked her, I didn't want to hear about this other guy, and she'd always change the topic to her situation with him); She wasn't happy about it, but accepted it. However, she started contacting me again about it >.<She's not being bad enough to warrant getting blocked, but I don't exactly want to hear about that stuff either. :\#foreveraloneBruh, block her now. She's a user who enjoys getting the attention from you without reciprocating in kind. Gross. I took your advice, she eventually got the phones of her parents and tried to call me; She got the other guy to try message me; After I declined, they proceeded to make new Facebook accounts and kept trying to message me on there too. >.< To combat this, I just shut my laptop, and jammed on the ps4 though, as it was getting annoying. :pWe had only known each other for like 1.5 - 2 weeks, so I don't understand why the stalker behaviour was needed. >.<So glad she doesn't know where I live, it could have really gotten scarypoppins. Also, I'm still a bit sick from yesterday, so I decided to not go on the school trip >.< Even though I don't like baseball, I was looking forward to the school trip. >.<YIIIIKES.I can't understand people who engage in stalker behavior. If someone doesn't want to talk to you, nothing is going to change by going full crazy on them. In fact it'll only make things worse.Not to make this about Korea in general, because stalkers happen anywhere... but it sure does seem to happen a lot here. I once had to threaten a guy with police action. We met only one time. During our first meeting he suggested we meet again for dinner sometime in the future and I said "okay" even though I didn't mean it. Afterwards, I told him on Kakao I wasn't interested in hanging out again and he started telling me I OWED him one dinner. I told him I don't owe him anything and stopped responding. He then started to offer money to meet and eventually for other things. He literally begged, like "please let me ****************** I will pay you, you don't have to do anything I will do everything" and other weird things I won't type out here. It was so gross and pathetic, and also really scary as I kept blocking him and he kept making new Kakao accounts. I'm SO glad he didn't know where I lived, and during our first meeting he seemed really interested in finding out where my room was. This went on for a couple of weeks. He'd text me from a new account like every other day. I deleted all my Kakao pictures, and stupid me I had given him my phone number to add me on Kakao so I had to block him there as well. Finally I told him I'd go to the police if he didn't stop and he hasn't texted me since.
Quote from: yirj17 on September 25, 2017, 02:55:33 pmQuote from: Kayos on September 25, 2017, 02:46:43 pmSo, not lot ago, I met this Korean girl I started liking, was going to ask her out, but she told me she fell for this other guy she met (online - never has met him in person). Gave her some advice, and she progressed with that guy. She started to tell me, in graphic detail, about all her intimate details dealings with this guy.I told her politely, that I don't want to interact with her anymore, and explained why (liked her, I didn't want to hear about this other guy, and she'd always change the topic to her situation with him); She wasn't happy about it, but accepted it. However, she started contacting me again about it >.<She's not being bad enough to warrant getting blocked, but I don't exactly want to hear about that stuff either. :\#foreveraloneBruh, block her now. She's a user who enjoys getting the attention from you without reciprocating in kind. Gross. I took your advice, she eventually got the phones of her parents and tried to call me; She got the other guy to try message me; After I declined, they proceeded to make new Facebook accounts and kept trying to message me on there too. >.< To combat this, I just shut my laptop, and jammed on the ps4 though, as it was getting annoying. :pWe had only known each other for like 1.5 - 2 weeks, so I don't understand why the stalker behaviour was needed. >.<So glad she doesn't know where I live, it could have really gotten scarypoppins. Also, I'm still a bit sick from yesterday, so I decided to not go on the school trip >.< Even though I don't like baseball, I was looking forward to the school trip. >.<
Quote from: Kayos on September 25, 2017, 02:46:43 pmSo, not lot ago, I met this Korean girl I started liking, was going to ask her out, but she told me she fell for this other guy she met (online - never has met him in person). Gave her some advice, and she progressed with that guy. She started to tell me, in graphic detail, about all her intimate details dealings with this guy.I told her politely, that I don't want to interact with her anymore, and explained why (liked her, I didn't want to hear about this other guy, and she'd always change the topic to her situation with him); She wasn't happy about it, but accepted it. However, she started contacting me again about it >.<She's not being bad enough to warrant getting blocked, but I don't exactly want to hear about that stuff either. :\#foreveraloneBruh, block her now. She's a user who enjoys getting the attention from you without reciprocating in kind. Gross.
So, not lot ago, I met this Korean girl I started liking, was going to ask her out, but she told me she fell for this other guy she met (online - never has met him in person). Gave her some advice, and she progressed with that guy. She started to tell me, in graphic detail, about all her intimate details dealings with this guy.I told her politely, that I don't want to interact with her anymore, and explained why (liked her, I didn't want to hear about this other guy, and she'd always change the topic to her situation with him); She wasn't happy about it, but accepted it. However, she started contacting me again about it >.<She's not being bad enough to warrant getting blocked, but I don't exactly want to hear about that stuff either. :\#foreveralone
When I was looking up beginner basses, one that popped up was Ibanez. Don't suppose you'd know anything/have any personal experience with this brand? Aesthetic appeal is of course one of the minor factors in choosing an instrument but I can't help but feel shallowly attracted to this bass.
I hate it when its only 10am and i am already really hungry and lunch is still a long time away. I have no snacks and can only fill up on a coffee mix untill lunch. Will have to stock up on some supplies for hungry times. What do you snack on in between meals? I would like to find some reasonably priced cashew nuts or other healthy nuts rather than 2+1 chocolate bars that i always tend to buy at CU.