>Oh the irony is strong in this one, because video games (and Gaming in general) is a really big deal in South Korea (the e-sport scene is HUGE!). And as you probably already know, “Starcraft” is something of a national sport in South Korea as well (there are even TV-channels that broadcast “Starcraft” matches daily). So I got quite surprised when I heard that the government has launched an anti-video game campaign to stop people from playing games in South Korea.
>"Only Losers Play Video Game" according to the videos
Source: http://thegg.net/opinion-editorial/the-south-korean-government-has-declared-war-on-video-games/
>>337222823
>Only Losers Play Video Games
This is true for the most part.
>>337222823
About time
SOUTH KOREA BEST KOREA
esports was never mainstream in korea
they look down upon at gamers way more than in the west, only ~3 teams even get good salaries
and they all live together in some apartment sharing rooms with bunk beds
that's because people play so much they don't work enough and drop out education early dragging any attempt at social progress down the shitter.
It doesn't help that people regularly die from over playing so pro game can't play the "#notallgamer" cards.
to be honest, the west might follow soon with internet browsing at work. Shit is costing billions to company.
>>337222823
Its time to nuke them kim
>>337222823
>Winners Do Drugs
Best Korea indeed.
who cares. most of them play only mobile crap anymore.
>>337223104
The Airforce had a starcraft team.
Hardly "not mainstream"
>popping the esports bubble
Oh yes please. These faggots need to get a real job, along with the youtuber generation.
>>337223014
>/v/ the post
>>337223136
People also regularly die from choking on food I guess we should ban food too.
Yeah yeah food analogies but still, the fact that people are idiots and die because they forgot to take a break shouldn't be enough grounds for a complete government ban.
You can get skin cancer from being in the sun too long. We should ban sunlight.
>>337223014
>>337223252
Should be made into a banner of some form
>>337223246
Sometime I wish I had a job
>>337222823
That's basically the truth though. How many industry leaders do you know regularly break out a Sega Genesis to get their Echo the Dolphin on?
>>337223014
people who play on mobile phones count as people who play video games and they consist of people who have careers
>>337223381
i don't
What is there even to do in SK besides working and playing video games?
>>337223246
>real job
Anything that makes you money can be considered a job though.
But I suppose you're one of the people who believe you aren't supposed to enjoy your work.
This is coming from a guy who works recieving in a fucking department store if I could play video games to make money I would.
>>337223368
People dies from getting drunk yet alcohol is still available
People dies from radiation yet they still make their nuclear tests like nothing
>>337223246
but then Europe growth of esports will continue
>>337223104
this, holy shit so much this. This this this this.
>>337223136
and this.
The issue isn't that they're waging war on video games, they're waging war on pcbangs which are internet cafes that charge only about 1000 won an hour ($1/hr about) and are open 24 hours a day and offer air conditioning, relatively cheap food brought DIRECTLY TO YOU, access to just about any game you can ever want to play, cheaper licenses and extra benefits at a PCbang. When I was in seoul after a layover and payment fuckup which resulted in me losing my ticket, I pretty much lived in a PCbang for the better part of 3 months, and I wasn't even the only person, there were tons of teenagers I saw there 12+ hours a day. Most of them were playing lineage 2 or maplestory or DnF.
They're probably just gonna add huge taxes on pcbangs and make them a less attractive option for spending your free time, or more expensive to the point where you need to have a full time job to be able to enjoy a few hours, like it is in america (every fucking internet cafe here is a minimum $10 an hour, absolutely fucking appalling).
>>337222823
Starcraft hasn't been popular in South Korea for several years now. It's all about League of Legends and shitty Korean F2P games. It's also not a "national sport" at all. Most people (especially older ones) look down on it and it's not as big as people think. Koreaboos put that shit way out of proportion.
>starcraft 2
>popular
>>337223467
Working out. That's it.
>>337222823
>>"Only Losers Play Video Game" according to the videos
South Korea Best Korea
>>337223482
>Implying that wasn't my entire point
>>337223381
I wish I still had a purpose in life.
>>337222823
SKs once again proving how pathetic they are.
>>337223539
How do they afford to operate with such cheap prices?
>>337223375
This is the official picture or whatever it just needs the text and he 4chan logo.
Someone do that and send it to Moot2
>>337223381
Don't, they're all shit. Even if you do something you enjoy you'll grow to hate it.
>>337223540
>especially older ones
>The same people who look down on porn, tattoos and younger people in general
Older people are just dumb most of the time, especially Korean ones.
>>337222823
>Normies so mad that people enjoy doing what they do
>They have to insult them openly just so they can feel better about themselves
Nothing changed
>>337223381
You shouldn't.
>>337223598
I just fixed the food analogies bullshit, fucktard.
>>337223669
Because nobody ever fucking leaves
>>337223735
Ah.
Well thanks then.
My apologies.
>>337223669
a mix of >>337223746
and game publishers paying the companies for ad rights. In some of the bigger pcbangs in seoul I walked in and saw DnF and maplestory cutouts EVERYWHERE, there were cards for cash, QR code to scan to log in to nexon with pcbang benefits, and tons of other shit.
oh and unlike in the western world there's no 8 year olds being pawned off there so the hardware usually lasts more than a week at a time.
>>337223368
>b.b.but look there they die too
deflecting like a litral child only make the point stronger. It's easy to not die from gaming because unlike food or cancer, it's not an accident, it's a suicide caused by being fucking retarded.
But SC is dead.
Blizz killed BW and it was never as huge as some people want to believe and SC2 is such a gigantic fucking turd that Koreans don't care about it at all.
>>337222823
>Only Losers Play Video Game
that's right everyone, you are all losers.
Time to not be losers and train to join a K-POP group you lazy shitlords.
Korean Gov be crazy.
>>337224054
I have a job and pay for my own shit and play videogames.
What does that make me?
>>337224054
I've watched some documentary and it said that almost 60% of girls by the age of 20 have already had a plastic surgery. What the hell is up with their obsession of looking like K-pop stars?
>>337222823
south korea has being going down the toilet for some time,
I remember when they gave mike morhaime (blizzard ceo) the key of the mayor because of helping to restore the south korean economy
what a shit government/culture
o and pornography is banned by kpop isn't
>>337224201
Koreans are fuck ugly in real life so they get plastic surgery to fix them.
>>337224175
>Only Losers Play Video Game
You're still a loser in the Korean government's eyes.
>>337222823
Is Samsung behind this?
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/02/country-world-worst-drink-problem-160202120308308.html
Sounds like they have a problem with moderation and addiction rather than video games.
But you your thing, Korea. You make your ad campaign.
>>337223246
but they made and make more than you ever will
>>337224289
SAW IT COMING
>>337224298
alcohol is an adult problem
games is a kid problem
A reformed alcoholic can be salvaged. a kid that dropped out school at 12 to play lineage... not so much.
>all these koreanboo dickriders coming out of th e woodworks, defending their atrocious government
this is fucking hilarious
>>337222823
>>337222823
Sounds like a great way to make the suicide rate skyrocket even more by making young people feel like shit!
>>337224237
>o and pornography is banned by kpop isn't
That's a big reason why kpop is popular. Since they can't jack off to porn, this is closest thing they get. It's the same for shitty F2P games with barely clothed, perfect looking woman (stuff like Tera).
>>337223014
Loser here i only do it to kill time
>>337222823
Makes sense. Gaming is somewhat of an obsession over there. In the USA people die by getting shot, In SK people die by playing videogames.
>>337224404
>a kid that dropped out school in south korea
>something new
all the proof I need that none of you shits know how brutal school life is in south korea, but go on keep riding their dick pretending you know jackshit about their culture & culture
you koreanboos wouldn't know irony when it fucked you in the ass
>>337224201
someone post that jaw shave jar
almost makes me puke every time
>>337224201
The whole argurment is stupid. They are just trying to switch some obsession with another.
People play to many games, We don't like it change it.
Now they should all be K-POP slaves and work a holics becuse that is what is best for South Korea!
If they are so negitive towards video games they should be negitive to the K0POP obsession.
Youth in South Korea is braindead. They all think they are going to be big dick Starcraft players or K-POP super stars.
>>337224506
>In SK people die by playing videogames.
And asphyxiation due to electric fan blades.
>>337224494
>Since they can't jack off to porn
You're fucking retarded. Just because porn is """""banned""""" doesn't mean no one looks at it. Even idols have talked about it openly.
>>337224506
>Only Losers Shoot Gun
>>337224592
>jaw shave jar
....What.
Someone post. I'm morbidly curious to see this.
>>337224620
If you fanned someone while they were sleeping, could you get charged for attempted murder in Korea?
>>337223539
>The issue isn't that they're waging war on video games, they're waging war on pcbangs which are internet cafes that charge only about 1000 won an hour ($1/hr about) and are open 24 hours a day and offer air conditioning, relatively cheap food brought DIRECTLY TO YOU, access to just about any game you can ever want to play, cheaper licenses and extra benefits at a PCbang. When I was in seoul after a layover and payment fuckup which resulted in me losing my ticket, I pretty much lived in a PCbang for the better part of 3 months, and I wasn't even the only person, there were tons of teenagers I saw there 12+ hours a day. Most of them were playing lineage 2 or maplestory or DnF.
this sounds comfy as fuck
I would live in one of them if it meant I could leave my parent's house forever
>>337223539
So that's like 180ish dollars a month if you decide to live their?
damn
>>337224818
They kick you out after 20 hours, but it's not that hard to go out and hang out on the street for 4 hours, try to find someplace to take a shower (because they'll kick you out if you smell, too.)
I wouldn't recommend it as a permanent living arrangement, but in a pinch it was alright until I could find a hotel and got some money wired over to me.
>>337224201
i heard korean companies give a lot of shit about their faces when hiring them. but regardless of it i suppose thats just a thing. they get a surgery as a graduation gift and their parents approve it without question.
>>337224686
>>337224592
Seconding this and wondering what the fuck you're even talking about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izAxA7lXXJ8
I'm not sure if I'm supposed to cringe or laugh.
I live in South Korea. I've lived here for five years. It's painfully clear none of you fucktards know a thing about South Korea. You're all just repeating the same tired and outdated stereotypes that are as old as the Internet.
I'm not defending South Korea. It has its bad qualities, just like any country. But I am calling you all a bunch of circle jerking morons.
>>337225068
>they get a surgery as a graduation gift and their parents approve it without question.
Oh wow Korea is fucked up
>>337222823
Not surprising since video games drastically decrease workforce productivity and generate manbabies.
Source: I am a manbaby.
http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/321767-the-modern-korean-looks
This is a great article about why korean """""culture""""" and society are the most disgusting things in the world.
>>337223439
>people who play on mobile phones count as people who play video games
No they don't.
>>337225079
Can you actually elaborate?
I saw argument against both sides in this thread.
>>337225079
welcome to 4chan and the internet in general
>>337225068
You have no idea what you're talking about, and you're generalizing like it's going out of style.
>>337225106
You're just as dumb for blindly believing him.
Yes, please get the normies out of video games. Make video games great again.
have a few korean electronics but don't know much about korera. never been interested. have a respect for china since most things japanese were derived from it but korea just seems like a vapid imitation culture
>>337225106
Yeah, Korea has an Addiction problem, and the government is attempting a war with it without understanding the underlying problems, namely extreme societal pressure and overwork.
Here's something I found a long time ago, but it's just some blog post.
http://blogjob.com/oneangrygamer/2016/03/how-south-koreas-government-is-destroying-the-korean-gaming-industry/
>>337225079
shit about surgery is almost accurate. see ilbe or else naver. most of them will acknowledge it.
>>337223381
I'm still looking for a job for I want to buy myself a better PC.
And today finding one in my country is hard.
>>337225220
nah. id visited the korean internet for years.
>>337225079
So, do you play starcraft?
>>337225449
this. combine this with the asian shaming culture, and you just make everything worse.
>people get addicted because too much stress in life
>government starts to stress them more
>???
>people suddenly less addicted?
>>337225162
>sort of mob mentality exists in the Korean mind, where if you are different by even a little bit, you will be cast out. So Koreans do everything in their power to fit in, and look like everybody else. You dress the same, talk and act the same, and listen to the same music, and because everybody is so similar to each other, even the slightest differences are very noticeable.
Literally robots.
>>337223136
>internet browsing at work costing billions to company
Gonna have to call bullshit on that. CTO here, we value highly skilled software engineering with lots of thought behind every step of architectural design. This sort of abstract thinking rapidly burns out software devs and we absolutely need to regularly chill out for five or ten minutes or we simply cannot work outside of programming like procedural shitters. This includes ocassionally posting at /v/ like I am doing now.
This has to be evaluated strictly on a per-position basis.
>>337222823
>"Only Losers Play Video Game"
they're not exactly wrong.
>>337225192
Why bother? Nobody else supported their "arguments" with facts. I could say anything I want to, and whether you believe me or not depends on how badly you want to accept what I say is true. "I saw a documentary once!" "I read something in the news!" "I visited Korea over the summer!"
Some Koreans do get plastic surgery. Many don't. Some play video games. Many don't. Some eat dogs. Pretty sure my neighbors eat dogs, they have a new dog every month. Many don't.
Korean Internet really is super fast. Internet porn really is banned. I haven't visited xvideos in years. But everybody looks at porn in Korea anyway, and there are massage parlors everywhere in Seoul.
Korean food is pretty good. Koreans really do eat kimchi with every meal. Koreans drink a lot. I get drunk with the boss pretty often. Nobody cares, it's acceptable behavior.
Korean old people are fucking annoying. Korean girls are conservative as hell. Korean kids are addicted to their phones. But in general Korean people are really nice, and will have your back for you.
>>337225079
>I live in South Korea. I've lived here for five years.
This implies that you moved to SK.
Nobody moves to SK. It's a shithole, the only people who live in Korea are Koreans, you gook fuck.
People would be more open to your complaints if you didn't constantly lie like the cockroaches you are.
>>337225449
I didn't realize Korea had a game industry outside of making MMOs
>>337223014
Sadly accurate.
The key is having a balance
>>337225654
Video games only increase stress unless they're calming experiential games or story JRPG games.
Source: Playing video games gives me physical stress feedback symptoms.
>>337225861
What about e-spurdo?
>>337225861
The government taxes game makers extremely heavily, I'm guessing that's why so many Korean games are MMOs with heavy cash shop use. They gotta squeeze out that profit somehow.
>>337225849
nip spotted lol
>>337225068
>>337224201
Supposedly Koreans are super vain and care way too much about appearances.
If you don't get plastic surgery, you're unattractive, and openly looked down upon by everyone.
It's pretty fucked
>>337225849
The only people who live here are Koreans and poor Americans who made the brilliant choice to study a liberal art major in college and came to Korea to make a living. I'm the latter, you racist fuck.
And let me tell you, Korea may be a shit hole at times, but it's infinitely better than anything fucking America has to offer.
>>337223246
Korean esports are self sufficient. They are entertaining to watch, but their fall will not affect the global growth of esports in general, especially since there is a number of esports games that are mostly not affiliated with SK, like Dota 2, Hearthstone, CSGO
>south korean government
>only 3rd most popular vote in recent election
>democracy
>>337225978
The same tired "everyone who hates us must be Japanese!" shtick is beyond worn out at this point.
What's hilarious is how blatant you are.
>>337225805
No westerner would ever talk like this, you dumb gook. I get that you learned English from a textbook, but try a little harder with your pretense.
>>337226118
What if a country held an election where whoever got the most votes won?
>>337225986
my only exposure to Korean culture is Genius game show and it was kinda weird to see guys randomly come to the game with some crazy ass dyed hair
>>337224619
>Youth in South Korea is braindead.
This. That's the sad reality.
>>337225449
>newer Korean indie games have to go through fucking meticulous requirements and steps for certification in their country
>>337225968
>Korean MMOs have to go the way of the jew because of the heavy taxes being placed on their makers
>>337225805
How does this discredit my argument when your government is atrocious?
>Well yeah that country has problems too so what everybody does
is not an argument
>>337226065
>but it's infinitely better than anything fucking America has to offer.
Sinking yourself in delusion is not helpful or wise
>>337226221
>indie games have to go through fucking meticulous requirements and steps for certification in their country
lol wut
What happens if you just release a game. Put it on a website. That's it. What will they do to you?
>>337225072
>>337224686
This are all removed jaws.
>>337225949
>Video games only increase stress unless they're calming experiential games or story JRPG games.
depends on what game you find to be relaxing. for me, it's a good match of rated aoe2 hd or a bit of dark souls.
but nowadays, I mostly play to forget.
>>337226065
>porn banned
>no free speech
>can't own guns
>gaming on its way to being banned
>importing chinks because Koreans don't have enough sex
>everyone is a plastic facsimile of a human doing human things they learned from America with no rhyme or reason
I could go on for hours. It's an awful country and I'd feel very sorry for you if you weren't making this shit up. Post your fucking US passport, kid, and prove your last name isn't gook.
>>337223246
>implying there are real jobs available for the young
Between the shit economy, lost pensions resulting in old pros never retiring, and the ease of outsourcing there aren't many openings.
Why do you think 20-somethings are so disproportionately poor, disillusioned, moving back home, holding off on having kids, etc.
>>337226275
The one you quoted applies only to South Korea
>>337224571
>abloblobloo school is too hard I totally deserve to drop out
Don't spill that american mentality like it's a rule, loser
>>337226249
Can you convert the South Korean min. wage into US dollars? This will convince me whether SK is better or worse than the US
>>337226213
I watched a single episode of this, and it was the most boring fucking 40 minutes of my life.
>>337226136
Don't get full of yourself just because Obama visited Hiroshima, my Jap friend. I know you're bitter because your former colony is now outperforming you economically, but it's no good to be so bitter all the time.
>>337226332
I know. I mean what if you're in SK and you do that. Does the government break down your door and drag you off to jail or some shit? I know that doesn't happen in the US
>>337225040
This. Same shit works in Japan too. If you're travelling and need a place to crash, a pcbang or similar works wonders.
>>337226335
>someone posted an article about korean inferiority complex
>korean ITT is already calling people 'loser'
>on /v/
look, loser, I get it, your country is shit. we also get that america is shit. but seriously, only because one country is shit too doesn't make your excuse of a shithole better. don't you agree, chong?
>>337226342
>min wage
you got me there, but I rather live in baltimore than live in south korea, you can pay me a million bucks and I still wouldn't go there, only for tourism, got a couple of friends there too
>>337226335
thanks for proving my point
>>337226375
Kind of this. I thought Genius sounds pretty cool idea and I think Running Man can be funny but Genius just left me cold.
>>337226307
>mandatory over priced health care
>police state
>school shootings area normal occurrence
>obesity is the norm, not the exception
>prostitution is illegal
>radical Christianity is actually a demographic that matters in elections
>black people
I could go on for hours. It's an awful country and I'd feel very sorry for you if I wasn't making this shit up. Post your fucking US passport, kid, and prove you're actually proud to live in the "world's only first world country".
>>337226475
>If you're travelling and need a place to crash, a pcbang or similar works wonders.
where do you sleep? can you sleep there somehow?
>>337226785
have you ever been to a lan party? just sleep at your chair fag
>>337226298
Is that skin and bones? Why would they save this
>>337226705
I feel like you're forgetting many negative aspects that are even more negative than some of the things you named. Business oppression to keep people living hand to mouth through lobbying against labor unions or the like, businesses pay their employees under poverty wages so the government basically subsidizes their cheap labor with food stamps, etc.
>>337226705
>radical Christianity is actually a demographic that matters in elections
what are radical christians? do they crucify muslims?
>>337226785
In korea you can just bring a blanket. any worthwhile PCbang has individual cubicle type areas.
in japan pcbangs don't actually exist, and internet cafes are dying, love motels are extremely cheap though, I think they're like 10k yen a night.
>>337226820
jesus christ no wonder people who live there are so fucked up
you need to sleep tight or you start to behave and look like an ex addict
>>337226907
>not staying in capsule hotels
>>337226705
>>>mandatory over priced health care
Not a big deal with how low the tax rate is.
>>police state
If you're delusional, maybe.
>>school shootings area normal occurrence
If you're a dumb retard, maybe.
>>obesity is the norm, not the exception
Sure, fat people suck. Liver cancer sucks too, enjoy that Kimchi buddy.
>>prostitution is illegal
Who gives a shit? In Korea, tattoos are illegal and you'll go to jail for life for a bit of weed.
>>radical Christianity is actually a demographic that matters in elections
At least the democratic system works here!
>>black people
They keep to the ghettos, just like you keep all your retarded cousins behind a big DMZ. Only, we feed the blacks, you just let millions suffer under a despot hoping America will come over one day and clean up your mess.
>>337225079
I happen to live in North Korea. I lived there for five years and it's painfully clear that you fucktard try to obscure things. I'm not defending North Korea because it has bad qualites but we can clearly see that South Korea is full of shit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dHqKZpi2jw
What's with all this "man up, work more, get married rhetoric?" Whats wrong with people just living their lives the way they want.
>>337225805
Not him, but I for one was geniunely curious. You could have cleared the air for us, but if you're going to be a bitter bitch-baby about it then whatever. Suit yourself
>>337226907
don't japan have those cheap cube motels? saw them once in a documentary, basically just a small box you can't even stand in (but lie down), a bed, electricity and some space for your things
Does korea have any cultural achievements whatsoever or is it just chinese confucianist autism combined with being an american slave state obsessed with working and horrible pointless mass culture
>>337227026
>Not a big deal with how low the tax rate is.
>Being forced to give 150 dollars a month to a scam service that does nothing for you and just collects the checks
>Not a big deal
>At least the democratic system works here!
>Choose between Trump and Hillary, no one else can win
No it doesn't.
>>337227021
>>337227093
Yeah they're good options too, but I'm 6'4 so they're just a bit too small for me, plus i'm a bit claustrophobic. I'll spring the extra 2-3k yen to be able to breathe and stretch.
Plus the porn is cool too.
>>337226306
>
depends on what game you find to be relaxing. for me, it's a good match of rated aoe2 hd or a bit of dark souls.
>but nowadays, I mostly play to forget.
BRUH. Throw in the occasional STALKER and you'd be my homie from Mexico
>>337227049
Because when people stop having sex, capitalism DIES. This is very, very not good for the top 1% who have spent all this time amassing wealth that could soon be meaningless, and politicians who desire power over others.
So either you criminalise the shit out of all the "bad" stuff without focusing on the root issue, which is "happy, smart people don't fuck that much", or you import brown people until your country is a ghetto, but you're still the king because you built a castle with a private army.
>>337227049
People living their lives how they want leads to societal collapse because people want to avoid pain and seek pleasure.
>>337227219
Why not just replace humans with robots? They seem to already be doing it. Just make robots that consume too.
>>337227282
Technology aint there quite yet.
>>337227049
if people are satisfied and content with their lives then capitalism stops working, obviously the top wealthy people don't want their underlings to stop buying shit or else they fall down from power.
>>337223539
>>337223104
ITT faggots who know nothing about korean e-sports scene
typical /v/ talking about something it knows nothing about
>>337227219
People do have sex. They just use birth control or safe sex methods. The solution you're looking for is to have the gubment in your bedroom and force you to "be open to conception" with every sex act.
>thegg.net
>OPINION EDITORIAL
Why would I go to this literally who website and give money to them for an opinion article...?
>>337225986
i once heard almost the same story as yours. they look down on the ones who dont get plastic surgery even in the us. seemingly not all generations but those who are college students care a lot about it.
>>337226701
Genius is by far the smartest game show there is, but i think it has more /tg/ slant with game theory and how games are designed
First episode (and first season overall) is kinda tame in comparison. It is also really hard to understand what's really going on and distinguish contestants when they're all wearing samey black suits and them being koreans doesn't help.
>>337223136
>that's because people play so much they don't work enough and drop out education early dragging any attempt at social progress down the shitter.
So what? South-Korea has literally the highest suicide rate in the world, and the reason for that is because the culture is so strict and collectivistic that individuals can't live the way they want to.
>>337227219
Not having sex helps the 1% you nigger. It's just making the wage gaps bigger unless you let the government step in.
>>337227390
pretty much this
>>337226307
Korean currently living in Korea for the year, was born and raised in 'murrika
>porn banned
Not even a problem if you know how to use a VPN or a 5 second Google search for "guis hurr durr how do i unblock thes". Hell, 4chan isn't even blocked on gooknet and you can get a load of porn from this site alone.
>no free speech
Pretty real.
>can't own guns
Non-issue.
>hurr but how will you defend yourself!!!
Look guns are cool and I want one too but you're retarded if you think they're in any manner actually practical to own nowadays.
>gaming on its way to being banned
Big problem. Admittedly this is the government being retarded. For some reason it's just weirdly obsessed with living up to a standard it doesn't need anymore.
After the last big war this country had, we needed to get back up on our feet through insanely hard work. The problem though is that the higher ups think way too linearly about this. It worked in that past time because it was the best option available, and most importantly, there was a need for it. We're far past it now though and we're just shooting ourselves in the foot.
It's gotten to such a point literally nobody here knows basic psychology and it's causing a pretty bad cycle. The government wants to ban vidya because it's run by old retards that can't use search engines or apparently have competent liabilities to tell them how to tackle the core of the problem instead of pointing to some boogeyman in hopes things will work out.
But you know if they ban vidya I can't bring myself to personally care. Unless before I move back to the U.S., they need to confiscate my games and whatever on the plane. Hell's gonna break loose if that happens.
>importing chinks because Koreans don't have enough sex
Isn't that Japan's issue. I'm almost entirely sure Koreans not having sex isn't a problem for us. Romance and ideal-family-life is kinda advertised everywhere around here.
>plastic surgery
Unfortunate, no?
>>337227550
>Not having sex helps the 1%
Until the society collapses. Then they are (maybe) fucked, depending on how good their armored redoubts are
>>337227431
Having sex (for the purpose it was intended), then.
That isn't the solution. There are plenty of solutions, and most of them wind up with an undercaste of half-people who exist only to do meaningless jobs to support an uppercaste of "evolved" humans. Best you can hope for is for soma to taste nice.
>>337227468
>literally who website
Those Swekek site operators published a negative article about David Jaffe.
>>337227641
>That isn't the solution.
It forces higher populations, because at least in murrika people want to have sex. Maybe not in Japan.
>>337223539
Soooo
The free market has something evolving into something pretty popular with literally no proven backdraws while being a good thing for the consumer(people are happier) and making the economy stronger and the best thing to do would be to regulate this so people are less happy and the economy gets weaker?
>>337227390
>>337227219
This meme is really annoying. People suddenly think that if people stopped having sex (sure is working for China and India, right? It's not like there are more people alive in the world than at any other point in history, right?) that money would suddenly be worthless.
If you have $100bn, you're not suddenly going to lose it all in a year cause people aren't fucking. People will continue to fuck and there isn't anything you can do to stop it.
>oh no people aren't having sex
>my one weakness!
>all these billions are now worthless
>I fall from power :(
>>337227607
>I'm almost entirely sure Koreans not having sex isn't a problem for us.
Then you're braindead.
>Romance and ideal-family-life is kinda advertised everywhere around here.
Did you ever wonder WHY it was advertised and promoted so heavily? Because there isn't enough of it, genius.
>>337227607
Hi I'm a lil confused by this comment
>Korean currently living in Korea for the year, was born and raised in 'murrika
Correct me if i'm wrong but if you only just moved to Korea (and only intend to do for the year? at that) how are you Korean? I mean sure you have a Korean ethnic background but for all intents and purposes you are American no? Do you at least have dual passport.
>go to /v/
>it's actually /int/
>>337227787
>I mean sure you have a Korean ethnic background but for all intents and purposes you are American no?
No one identifies as American except white people
>>337227628
If society collapses we're all fucked, but I can guarantee you the 1% will stay comfy on the top of a shattered society or moved to another country.
You anarchism is retarded and just an excuse to be a lazy piece of shit.
>>337227628
This is some crazy wish fulfilment shit. You think you have it figured out, but you don't.
>society collapses
How, exactly?
You know what? Fuck it. I can't be assed to argue with fucking retards who think they have it figured out. Same kind of fucks who think powerful wealthy families all band together to control history when history has taught us that rivals fight each other, not help each other.
>>337227860
I have a friend from luxembourg who was adopted as an infant from South Korea and she would never consider herself Korean. To be honest she has so little interest in Korean culture that I almost consider it unhealthy.
>>337227864
Um, if society collapses, that's every country collapsing. You can't just "move to another country." Also not all 1%ers are prepared for a collapse. Only the crazed, evil ones are.
>>337227741
If people don't fuck, you wind up with an aging population that requires government support with nobody paying into the government to support them.
So, one of two things happens. The government prints more money, and your millions in the bank become worthless, or the government collapses and people riot on the streets as everything grinds to a halt, with warlords cropping up and murdering anyone in their way.
People not fucking is the single greatest threat to capitalism.
>>337227830
KHAN'D
>>337226886
How do you not understand what a radical christian is? Are you one yourself and thus unaware of the traits because you believe them to be the norm?
>>337227887
>Because when people stop having sex, capitalism DIES
Are you the guy who said that? Because if capitalism dies, society collapses.
>>337227943
Korean detected. Nobody outside of Korea gives a single fuck about Korea.
>>337227757
Isn't "The people don't want to have kids" a problem with highly developed society in general?
I remember a post about that Calhoun mouse utopia experiment and "The Beautiful People"
>>337227757
>Because there isn't enough of it, genius.
Well then I don't know what to say other than the fact the idea just likely bodes well with this country more than most others. It's not so heavily advertised you see it on every corner but it has its precedence, like say, kimchi. But we sure as hell aren't getting any issues from a vegetable.
Everywhere I go here, everyone past middle school seems to pretty much be in a relationship. Cities are swarming with couples everyday and so are even quite the number of suburban areas.
But both of what we're saying can really go either way. The best thing to do here would just skip to the end and get a citation, which I'm too lazy to do. I'm just speakin outta experience was all.
>>337224404
>every person that needs a liver is going to get one
>especially all those poor alcoholics
also
>you can't educate yourself ever again if you fail school
>you can't get a job if you drop out of school
you should try some real life
>>337227946
Are you 12?
>>337223381
>28 years old
>never had a job
>2 years until wizardhood
>powerless to see my friends
>most of my year is spent underground
Starting is hard anons.
>>337228020
? I am an interest in pretty much every country. Not to mention that Korea is one of the biggest cultural exporters to the west.
>>337228031
Yeah, it's a problem all over the world. Which is why the entire west is trying to fight it with migrants. You think we're importing islam in wholesale out of the goodness of our hearts?
>>337227219
>or you import brown people until your country is a ghetto
it all makes sense now, how could I have been so blindor mabye they let them in because they are war refugees, you dumb pol nigger?
>>337228054
Are you not aware that we live in an integrated global economy and if any first world country has an economic collapse, ALL other first world countries have one too?
>>337227026
>>>school shootings area normal occurrence
>If you're a dumb retard, maybe.
What? How does one individuals intelligence affect the fact that people are commonly shooting places up?
dank video game discussions going on here
>>337228104
one of the biggest in SEA I meant to say*
>>337228041
>we sure as hell aren't getting any issues from a vegetable.
Aside from all the liver disease, you mean. Eating an insane amount of salt daily isn't good for you, gook.
>>337228120
CNN finally went clickbait.
>>337227787
It's an american thing
>I'm Scottish!
>really? Where are you from in Scotland?
>Nowhere, but my great grandmother was Scotish
>I'm Italian!
>cool, do you know any Italian?
>No, but my ancestors moved to America from Italy 4 generations ago
>I'm Zimbabwean!
>wow, do you like Zimbabwean food?
>I don't know any, but my ancestors were bought to America as slaves
Here's a clue americans: being blood related to a foreign national does not make you that nationality
>>337228175
Korea is not SEA country.
>>337228171
>>337228120
Adorable, you actually drank the koolaid. We've been begging for migrants for years, the war is just a pretext to import even more.
>>337228160
School shootings are very rare when you consider the number of schools. Spree killings alone account for less than 1% of gun related deaths in America, they're literally not even worth talking about unless you're a dumb retard who cares more about muh feelins than facts.
>>337227787
Scored myself a sick job for six months. Decided to extend it for another six because I could.
Government paid. So as much crap as one could talk about them at least I can be happy they provide this for me.Screw what they said about hard work, didn't even officially work a day of my life before this. Got here through connections and I'm great at my occupation.
If you're confused on the legal matter of the whole thing, it's not that difficult. Despite having American nationality, that doesn't stop you from living here. I know someone from I think South Africa who moved here and has been living here for the last 5 years or so. It just requires a lot of annoying documentation and processes, but it's certainly able to get done.
>>337228183
No kidding? I never said it was.
>>337222823
They're probably doing it to cause reactionary responses, yknow reverse psychology. "big bad gubment takes muh toys away ima play muh toys harder."
I'd be quite shocked if they're truly trying to shut down a huge source of income to their country.
>>337228104
>Not to mention that Korea is one of the biggest cultural exporters to the west.
I'm sure nigeria is one of the biggest cultural exporters to the west in subsaharan africa but that doesn't mean much
>>337228145
Yeah because the great recession had a huge impact of China and if America or Europe were to fall China would be fucked with all the ez resources it has in Africa. They've already prepared for losses in exporting and they won't need much from importing if something happens.
>>337228395
I think you misunderstood. I was confused why you called yourself Korean if you're American.
>>337228506
Ethnicity and nationality are not the same.
>>337228214
>finally
It's been talking heads jerking themselves off for ducking years at this point. I can't remember the last time I could just turn on CNN for 15 minutes and actually get the fucking news.
>>337224237
fuck off trollpicker
>>337223014
If you take the average it is absolutely true, out of all game with 2 or more contestants more than half lose; rounded up that means that 1 out of 1 gamers are losers.
>>337228550
That's because there is no news going on that the rulers care to share with the murikan public.
>>337228320
There is no koolaid in the world that you could give me to drink that would make me believe your bullshit when you see thousands of niggers crossing the wide sea in a rubber raft.
>>337228490
China would be fucked because they'd have a huge drop off in people buying their pennies on the dollar shit. The "great recession" was nowhere near an economic collapse. Economic collapse is you go to the ATM and no money comes out.
>>337226612
LIES SOUTH GOREA STRONG!
APOLOGIZE FOR MAKING NORTH GOREA!
>>337227860
>No one is believed to believed to be American except white people
>>337228684
or when you lose your job and you get no money
hedgefudge babby detected
I wonder how many of you have actually visited and researched Korea without almost all your knowledge based off of /int/ race wars.
>>337222823
>France finally recognize Esport and now support it
>Worst Korea does the exact opposite
The world is changing.
>>337227607
your damage control is really pointless. a ban against porno is a big problem there. they cant even officially/openly make their doujins and any kind of ecchi manga/games because of a strict law.
dont downplay it as weebshit. its obvious that despite the fact they have a better skill and feel to get into it than at least the west, they lose a chance to develop their own style of those and make its DIY culture.
>>337228760
One person losing his or her job is not an economic collapse, since s/he still does not have to deal with armed maniacs in the streets looting.
>>337223014
First fucking post.
>government
Big fucking surprise.
Governments are always fucking its people by the butt everywhere. Be it in Europe/NA or third world countries. Nothing new here.
>>337228938
But they can also prevent businesses from fucking their people in the butt too.
>>337228320
Who cares about school shootings compared to not school shootings? That's almost an apple to oranges comparison. Wouldn't our number of schools shootings VS the number of school shootings in other countries be a better tool to compare when discussing the issue?
>>337228861
>visiting worst korea
What they mean to say is
>real men should want to give their lives for Samsung.
>playing games takes away from time you could spend working for Samsung.
games i guess
>>337222823
What the fuck is wrong with chinks?
All those people all working so hard just to live under shitty ass dictatorships all across asia
>>337228869
wtf ? i thought france was against videogames and esport
>>337223475
Only the rich are entitled to a job they enjoy.
Generally, the rest of society has not earned it.
>>337228228
I had to learn that the hard way.
>Grandma is Japanese
>Teaches me to love my heritage
>Grow up to discover this just makes me a weeaboo since I'm mostly white because even though I have some Japanese blood I'll never actually be Japanese.
>>337229156
Never get tired of bantz between Korea and Japan.
>>337228654
What a shock, some countries don't want their people to leave, or don't want to serve as roads for other countries? Fucking mindblowing, man.
I guess the millions moving through camps and arranged routes couldn't possibly hope to sway you, because you've seen a few images on the news of niggers without paperwork trying to illegally enter countries, which they've been doing constantly, war or no war.
>>337228878
>damage control
>majority of the post is agreeing with/criticizing the bad state of the country
Not even reading the rest of your post.
>>337228120
"refugees" xD
>>337223246
At least e-sports players are talented in their field and devoted a significant amount of time to getting skilled at it unlike Youtube faggots.
I'm not saying e-sports are an actual sport like /v/ surprisingly gets butthurt about but come on.
>>337223439
Fuck off, that's like saying your mom who played solitaire ten years ago was a gamer.
Koreans do need to stop playing video games.
It takes away from their burgeoning k-pop and k-drama industries.
>>337229041
I'm saying they're a complete non-issue. Thousands of kids die every year in car accidents, I guess that means we should ban cars?
>>337229245
its good to love your heritage, just don't go around telling everybody you're Japanese.
>>337222823
still better than the american media campaign that says "only sexist play video games"
>>337228120
> they are war refugees
Yeah, all 5 of the thousands of migrants that try open sea rafting as a sport.
>>337223014
Accurate
>>337227607
>Isn't that Japan's issue. I'm almost entirely sure Koreans not having sex isn't a problem for us. Romance and ideal-family-life is kinda advertised everywhere around here.
That is true, but mostly in rural towns. Young Korean girls don't want to live in the countryside or having to deal with the husband's mother, who usually lives in the same house. So lately farmers are importing wives from south Asia.
>>337229557
Learn something new everyday then I guess.
>>337227732
>Economy with unemployment benefits that allow losers to spend all day in PCbangs without either starving or going to work
>Free market
Nah.
>>337223368
that's why sunscreen exists
>>337229465
No, we should address the issue in an intelligent way in the hopes of making life better instead of throwing our arms up and shouting "WELL I guess bad things happen let's not even try to stop it! Hey you, why are you trying to come up with a solution to a problem!? KNOCK IT OFF!"
>>337226202
Pure democracies promote mob rule and individualist voting.
>>337229712
So we should ban niggers?
Ok
>mfw the captcha is literally my car
>>337223136
>internet browsing at work. Shit is costing billions to company.
>Implying desk jockies are actually doing anything to benefit the real world economy.
>>337223014
>this
games, people who make them, people who play them, people who review them, are bottom-barrel scum
>>337223246
>everyone needs to sit in an office and be miserable all day like me!
>>337229474
I've already learned this lesson. It was when I was a child and trying to explain to all the Japanese people that I was one of them that it caused me sorrow.
>>337229750
No shit, democracy is mob rule under a more marketable label.
>>337229773
how that dumb chink made any equivalent from people goofing off at work to chinks killing themselves playing video games is beyond me
>>337229156
>bigger and better companies than korea and is better than korea in every way
This always makes me laugh
>>337229772
>pretending white people aren't the most likely to run around and shoot the place up because their illusion of superiority and importance was shattered
Whew lad, good bait. You had me going there for a while. I hope you enjoy the rest of your day, I'm out.
OPINION: THE THREAD.
>>337229968
Go look up spree crime statistics, most of them are gang-related. You don't hear about it on the news, of course, because nobody cares.
>>337229968
>>pretending white people aren't the most likely to run around and shoot the place up
le gun crime statistics face
>>337230005
Worst girl: The image
Hahaha if video games are for losers I guess everything that's fun is for losers!
