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Is there a way to enjoy Seoul if you are not a massive Koreaboo, have chronic Yellowfever or enjoy getting pissdrunk in foreigner clubs?

Seriously the worst city I have ever been to, devoid of anything interesting apart from that one temple complex which will keep you entertained for two hours walking around there.
And every twenty steps in the city you have this foul sewer stench out of nowhere.
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u borin not the worl' borin
U brin yosef errywher u go
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>>57856053
Wise old korean words
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>>57856016
Cross the DMZ mate. NorKs would probably release you in a month but at least you will make it to headlines all over the world and become famous
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>>57856053
Choke on kimchi you fuck
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>>57856178
ah can be yo fren whi' yo are heah
where are u
where are from
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>>57856133
I'd rather chill with that Warmbier guy in a NK prison than spending another night in Seoul.
Hell, I'd rather be in India now.
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>>57856016

Don't gook girls jump your cock if you're white at foreign bars?
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>>57856288
Where are you in Seoul
NYC would be shit if you spend all days in the Bronx
Bet you've never been to hongdae or myeongdong or jongno (other than palaces)
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>>57856338
>hongdae
overrated, what is there to do other than le bars and ~alt student lyf atmosphere ~
>myeongdong
Skincare shops and Starbucks
>jongno
Good for a walk, that's it

Seoul is shit, face it
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Gook girls are easy. At least they were 2 years ago.

I had one come back to my hotel after 20 minutes at starbucks, and I'm fat and ugly.

I bet the bars in hongdae and itaewon are still easy enough
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and I want to sucker punch every Korean fuck with those circular glasses
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>>57856488
You probably have very low standards as well
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>>57856473
all the places you had to discover
shame fur D spray

Please leave Korea immediately.

Thank you,
Korea
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>>57856564
More like
t. English teacher scum with yellow fever
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and don't worry, leaving this shithole for good today just trying to get the remaining hours to pass by
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>>57856473
rave clubs
after hour clubs

Also itaewon clubs
Gay bars in Jongno

Myeongdong can be fun if you have girl friends

Eating food at outdoor stalls in traditional markets

Talking with friends as you walk down cheonggye stream

Visiting bookstores and see books written in foreign languages

All sorts of restaurants you could go

Hiking up namsam

Look around Seoul from namsam tower observatory
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north korea best korea
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>>57856644

are you the one gay Korean fuccboi that posts here?
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>>57856644
>see books written in foreign language
Omg I can't possibly think of anything more exciting, need to find a book store right now!!! Can't believe that books in ogre languages even exist
And the street food here is overrated af
Stick tteokbokki up your loose faggot asshole
Namsan might be nice if it weren't so smoggy here to actual see a mile down when you're on top
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>>57856626
And give two days and you will start bitching about your next destination as well

What is it, Japan? Taiwan?
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>>57856016
>not going to a PC bang and immerse yourself in the life-changing experience of <10 ping
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>>57856706
I'm going back to Taiwan which is superior to Korea in any facet imaginable
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>>57856704
>ruling out all other activities and going on about bitching the most boring activity out of all of them

I feel sorry for your next destination.
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>>57856734
>OP was Taiwanese
It's all okay
Now we understand
all is well
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>>57856288
Warmbier was a political prisoner. If you cross the border, you'll just be an illegal immigrant and would be deported soon with minimal detention. Plus, India is not a bad place: there is a reason why it receives almost as many tourists as SK and Japan combined.
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>>57856737
>raves
>parties
See my first post, if that's what Seoul is good for then sorry for you
But I see your point, being intoxicated might be the only way to find some joy here

>walking around with friends is fun!
Oh really, what does that change about Seoul being a complete shit
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>>57856784
i didnt know shit on the streets was a turist attraction
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>>57856644
>posting on 4chan while traveling
>friends

ahahahaha
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>>57856806
>he travels in groups
What are you, 19 and fresh out of school?
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>>57856178
he would enjoy that though...
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>>57856804
Don't even need India for that
Seoul smells the part as well
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>>57856016
agreed. Korea is a worse version of Japan and china for most people
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>>57856016
Was there in 2003-2004.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukhansan_National_Park

Climb the mountain and look at all the dragonflies at the peak. Watch out for the old hikers (they are faster).

Then go to the top of the old Seoul radio tower on the hill north of the city.
Go at dusk-nightime so you can see the darkness of the border and NK. Get binoculars.

Go to the poorer parts with the open air market. Try the sweet and sour squid.
Try the pig head.

Then go to the Dragon Moon inn and enjoy.... Oh wait you're not military lmao. They may have shut down the "massage shops".

Well hopefully that's enough.
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>>57856829
you're confusing korea with japan. they can sense your autism from a mile away and are very cliquey. koreans don't have much patience for asocial rejects with aspergers
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>>57856133
POO
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>>57856888
>tips from a welfare princess
I'd rather shoot myself in the foot than listen to you
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>>57856864
I'm sure this is an unbiased post
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>>57856903
How does that relate to anything I said
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>>57856784
>there's a reason India recieves almost as many tourist as two small countries combined

Muslim buildings?
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>>57856804
It is highly unlikely that tourists would see something like that since being a national I didn't see anything like that despite having lived here for more than 14 years of my life
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>>57856908
I was 12.
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>>57856947
spent living here*
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so anyway would recomend going to south korea?
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>>57856971
No
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>>57856926
if you walk around alone, especially at night around bars and stuff, it'll be hard for you to meet new people because you need a local friend to introduce you to new groups. if you're travelling by yourself, seoul can be a lonely place
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>>57856947
That's because you have a toilet.

http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21607837-fixing-dreadful-sanitation-india-requires-not-just-building-lavatories-also-changing
>Ending open defecation would bring immense benefits. Some 130m households lack toilets. More than 72% of rural people relieve themselves behind bushes, in fields or by roadsides. The share is barely shrinking. Of the 1 billion people in the world who have no toilet, India accounts for nearly 600m.
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>>57856971
well, it seemed like a nice place
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>>57856947
>being advertised an entire country by a 14 y/o
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>>57856971
If you're not butthurt taiwan, yeah. Seoul isn't the most exciting place in the world but SK has some nice shit to see
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>>57856947
so do you poo in the loo
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>>57856979
Taiwan hen hao ah
Danshi buyao wuru Hanguo
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2 more hours and I'm on the train to the airport
God bless
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>>57856932
To some extent. Ancient ruins, cultural diversity and nature to a greater one
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My friends who were stationed there enjoyed it
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>>57857087
Not hard to entertain people as dumb as military personnel
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>>57857061
he's the german who was too autistic to eat with other people in the lounge in japan and ended up eating noodles on the toilet in his room
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>>57857130

>dumb

Yeah some of them are. But they protect your country
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>>57857038
what about austria?
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>>57857143
They terrorists
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>>57857143
>Yeah some of them are. But they protect your country
Cute meme
>realize you people genuinely believe that
Oh..
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>>57857143
He is not Korean. He's OP and the sore Taiwanese who thinks Korea was boring when the only boring one was himself.
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>>57857173
nah OP is german, probably turkish or something
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>>57857173
Seoul is boring, I never talked about Korea as a whole.
The city is a complete shithole but you have some nice nature around.
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>>57857166
our entire economy hinges on tourism because our politics is absolutely retarded. Depending on whether you prefer nice old buildings and good vintage coffee houses/restaurants or the mountain/countryside, there might be something for you. Vienna and salzburg are pretty much the only cities I'd recommend. Maybe graz. The rest is garbage and should be forgotten for all eternity. There are some nice lakes though
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>>57857143
>protect
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>>57857196


He bums up Taiwan like crazy and doesn't have an argument for why Korea is bad aside from the fact he's a social retard who doesn't like food.

Typical Taiwanese behavior if I'm honest senpai.
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>>57856990
>Thankfully, that appears now to be changing. The government, gung-ho for infrastructure, has just said it will build 5.2m toilets by September (2014), or one every second.
Says you article. Plus, this open defecation thing is limited to 3-4 States, rest of the country is China tier in terms of open defecation
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>>57857213
seems good enough
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>>57857241
he was traveling through taiwan before he came arrived in seoul, japan before that i believe
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>>57856016
go to Kunkuk univ.
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>>57857263
*before he arrived in seoul
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>>57857261
Definitely worth a visit if you've never been to a very old baroque styled central european city and we'll be happy to have you. We're fucking friendly as fuck to foreigners. Just bring enough money, we aren't cheap
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As we finally got some koreans here, I've got some questions:

I'm considering graduating in 연세 due to quite lax conditions for foreigners/friendly connections with my current university.

However some of the local korean exchange students warned me that graduation there would be worthless,
cause if wanted to stay after, korean companies would prefer westerners from western universities anyway.

Too much work for a stupid title.

Also relationships, would be only possible if i won't mind letting myself getting fetishized (obviously i'm 6'1 and white).

Of course those statements came from individuals, deeply frustrated by hell Yoseon,
so i hope i find somebody here, who's not totally biased and would give me some further clarification on these points.

Inb4: No yellow fever/한류 addict, i just want to explore the world while i can.
Staying in korea after graduation is not planned, it's just the quite possible possibility...
Why not Japan? Already too much weaboos in the exchange language programs...
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>>57857255
Mate it's still 600.000.000 people who shit on the streets.
Imagine all of central europe shitting on the roads. And there are still more people doing it in your country.
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>>57857316
Korea has one university with degrees that will make you employable after graduation.
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>>57857170
How is it a meme
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>>57857334
It's not the one you posted btw
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>>57857316
>if you don't mind being fetishized over
Why would you. The sex is extremely fucking next level
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>>57857339
>WE PROTECT OUR CAWNTRY
>2 planes crash in WTC
>pilots were ex soldiers
>nothing was protected

>WE PROTECT OUR CAWNTRY
>iraq was invaded
>civilians were butchered

>how is that a meme
Please america. It's like you're trying to be an idiot
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한국의 "문화"
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>>57857285
and what can you tell me about Linz?, i could apply for a scholarship to study there and im iterested
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>>57857334
>>57857355
Would you mind giving me a further explaining on this ?

>>57857357
Life doesn't resolve around sex man.
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>>57857391
>by the destruction of iraq the US allowed isis to advance like crazy
>isis swore holy war on all western countries ESPECIALLY america
>MUH COUNTRY WAS PROTECTED

All you did was letting your town get blown to bits, have a 5 year long hissy fit in a random arab country only to end up with another enemy.
How did you protect anything. How did you ever

>vietnam war
>first there was nothing
>then US invaded. And lost.
>country_protected.jpg

Name a single war you fought where your country was at risk.
>civil war
Doesnt count
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>>57857422
University of applied science Linz? If so, do it. Linz is a shithole but the university is great

>>57857427
Ofc not but it's fun for a while. Nothing bad about harmless fun
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>>57857316
no come to korea
foreigner not welcome
let korea be
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>>57857443
tl;dr

Next time try to actually mention Korea (you know, the topic of the discussion)

it will give your whines more credibility
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>>57857522
Are you guys as afraid of being cucked by white men as americans are of being cucked by black people?
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>>57857472
Maybe its a shit hole for you,being ecuadorian i have a pretty low standard for cities. If you are not afraid that someone will rob you at every corner, its good enough for me
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>>57856533
This
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>>57857625
Oh well then you're golden there. It's just a shithole because it's 200% industry
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>>57857640
Thanks
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>>57857594
i trollin'
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>>57856016
>all these people giving OP shit because Seoul is only good for clubbing
lel
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>>57857662
well thank you for the information sir
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>>57857757
You're welcome! Enjoy your stay in one of the safest countries that will never be invaded because it has no real significance
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>Is there a way to enjoy Seoul if you are not a massive Koreaboo, have chronic Yellowfever or enjoy getting pissdrunk in foreigner clubs?

let me translate from autistic faggot speak, to truth

>if youre not a massive koreaboo
I can't enjoy other cultures because I actually take stupid internet memes like "weeaboo" to heart and shame myself for liking these cultures
>chronic yellow fever
I'm a pussy who doesn't have the nuts to pick up beautiful girls so I demean people that do by calling them sick, even though I secretly wish I could
>enjoy gettin pissdrunk etc
I'm an autist who cant enjoy getting drunk at a club

stay beta, virgin, bitter, boring and every shitty aspect of yourself
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>>57857855
>Canadian trying to talk shit
lol
Also
>Korean culture
lol
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>>57857855
>better-america bringing the heat
What happened son you used to be so cute to everyone
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>>57857895
Tsundere
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>>57856016
Yeah Korea is shit and Koreans are joyless assholes.

Literally the worst place in Asia.

But at least you found out sooner than later.
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>>57857881
>taiwan being sad because korea isn't as much of a dump as taiwan is
It's getting silly, go to bed
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>>57857881
Protip: everyone defending Korea on this board is a Korean shitstain living abroad because living in Korea is torture.
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>>57857799
well if every austrian is as nice as you i will surely enjoy it
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>>57856016
Running Man episodes are lies?
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>>57857967
you are just pissed because every girl you meet has a penis
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Are there any interesting museums ? Good restaurants, maybe ?

Korean food is pretty good, and I don't know much about Korean culture and History but surely learning a bit about it must be interesting.
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한국은 답이 없는 나라다
당장 한국을 떠나라 허,,,,미,,,쉬,,,,,,이펄,,
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>>57858100
I'm not trying to be mean but there's a reason you live in a shithole like Venezuela instead of Korea.

That's how bad Korea is.
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So there is no reason going to Seoul if you don't care about normie hangouts such as clubs and bars? What cities are worth visiting then?
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>>57858675
I heard Moscow is a good place to visit.
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>>57856016
>actually going to Seoul
>not Busan
there's your problem
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>>57859134
Fight me
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>>57856016
>Is there a way to enjoy Seoul if you are not a massive Koreaboo, have chronic Yellowfever or enjoy getting pissdrunk in foreigner clubs?
If you enjoy games like League of Legends/Starcraft then I'm sure you could get some enjoyment out of it, but other than that you'd have to be one of the things you already said no to.

being a koreaboo and having yellowfever wouldn't even be a reason to go there because you won't get laid unless you fuck whores with actual AIDS.
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SK is boring very compared to Japan; Koreans dont have hobbies or outside interests. Not only that but have bother looooking at car colors? All of them the same
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>>57859361
This is actually true
Even if you see a lot of alternative looking people who would probably be interesting to strike up a conversation with in other parts of the world, Koreans only look the part because all they did was copy the style guide of some shitty naver blog. There's nothing remotely entertaining about life in Korea, all people there all dull as fuck.

I swear if crust was the next big thing you'd see them all walking around trying to felt their hair with actually dogshit.
Koreans are the biggest sheeple around.
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>>57859430
>they did was copy the style guide

It's not just that but Koreans have no interests or personal ideas. I do agree with the sheeple mentality worse than mainland china
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>go to a Korean temple or shrine
>"Oh hey it looks like the one I saw in Japan"
>mfw
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>>57859780
Actually they look different here
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>>57856644
>rave clubs
>after hour clubs
>
>Also itaewon clubs
>Gay bars in Jongno

kill yourself.
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>>57859361
I thought Koreans liked exercise, don't a lot of people run on the streets and stuff? That would be a hobby I guess...
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>>57857241
>You're a social retard if you don't like clubbing
kill yourself.
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Why do all Korean guys have the same haircut?
It's always some slightly modified variation of a bowl cut. It's not like this with other Asians.
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what is it like to be korean?

please respond
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>>57859993
>kpop stars have that haircut
>naver fashion blogs say to get this haircut
>their friends all have that haircut

"soulless gook" is not an exaggeration. the hivemind is probably the worst out of all the asian countries.
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Is this OP the same guy who wandered around Seoul for an entire week by himself, and was too timid to eat at a restaurant so he only ate stuff he bought at 7-11 the entire time? LOL
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>>57860006
studying, working, dying.
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>>57859993
pretty much only way i can differentiate them from japanese guys 2bh. bowlcut vs bon jovi hair
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>>57860006
study hard, watch afreeca streams of people eating food or playing video games, work like a drone for a souless company then die of really old age, watching videos of foreigners in their 20s/30s having fun and living life
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>>57860096
>Seoul for an entire week
lol
No
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>>57860250
How would you describe the lives of Chinese, Singaporeans, Japanese, etc?
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>>57860400
Dude post the pic of the fat tinder chick
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>>57860431
>Chinese
Slightly less shitty unless you're born poor/rural then it's probably worse.
>Singaporean
Exactly the same except with caning and being killed for littering.
>Japanese
Basically the same except less videogames and afreeca and more 2ch and anime.
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>>57860490
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>>57860549
DELET THIS SHIT
MOOODS
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>>57860549
tf is that red shit
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Fat and needy
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>>57860617
>gesendet

HOLY SHIT. are you the German anon who silently ate potato chips in the bathroom while in Japan.
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>>57860691
Still my statements remain true about Seoul
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>>57860771
I never said they weren't. Anyway have a safe trip back home
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>Whole thread ranting about korea

Is there even something remotely positive about this country ?
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>>57860617
>anime girl profile image on tinder
>using tinder in another country
kek on both accounts.
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>>57860857
I think she's fake, only has weird "professional " pictures
Is still fat and ugly tho
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>>57860006
well as an americanborn-korean, it is a bit weird. Korean fobs are obsessing over dramas and kpop. They have an entire order where they sit together and cheat on everything and any insult to one person is to all of them. They all got pissed at me when I basically told one kid in their group that "your majority of friends are korean so of course you don't understand how other people view forming a KSA" (they were trying to form some sort of korean club).

I hate my kind and actually hang out with a bunch of other kids that are first born americans.
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>>57860893
why would you use tinder if you were the guy who ate chips in the bathroom

why are germans so beta
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>>57860904
you sound like a cuck
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>>57860919
It's useful to find a free tour guide
I had someone drive me all around cities and stuff
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OP you should check out beijing next. Lots to see. Go with a Chinese speaking friend though
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>>57860904
>They have an entire order where they sit together and cheat on everything and any insult to one person is to all of them
This is the same with international Chinese.

I was so happy when I finally got those faggots exposed for cheating. I hope they got deported.
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>>57860850
<useums and the countryside shit are neat. They also have their own version of the holocaust museums with japs. There are graves of kings that some literally made a hole on and glass in the center of the grave so you can see the shit in the grave. Avoid Seoul and the DMZ, it is actually boring as fuck. Try dog meat and weird seafood in the countryside and go fishing. Lay in a patch of grass at night and just see the stars.

Friend was korean and I went to study abroad with him. It helps toi have a friend. Also dog meat is actually not that bad. Way softer than beef.
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>>57861060
Yes rural Korea is nice
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>>57860951
Like the opposite, couldn't stand their shit and called out a bunch of shit on them. I think 1 girl got a 0 on one of the 2 tests we had cause I told a professor in the middle of the test I felt like someone was looking at my shit.
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>>57861124
Nice
You're like that Argentinian snitching on mobsters
Only you fight the gookscum
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>>57861101
Yeah we did a bunch of hilarous shit there. We got chased by some random runaway Oxs and tried making shitty swords with an old smith we found there. Houses were interesting too. Btw wtf is with korea's obsession with gazebos?
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>>57861160
thank you? Can't tell if you are serious or not.
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A couple things you can do alone.

Check out the War museum in Seoul. It's free.

Check out the DMZ.

Go to the Han river and rent a bike and ride along the river.

Hike up Bukhansan.

Take the subway to Suwon, and hike along the Suwon Fortress.
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>>57861241
I am serious
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>>57861398
<3
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>>57856888
>sweet and sour squid
Damn, I want to taste how Asians cook their mollusks
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>>57861703
Usually involves alot of spicy pepper sauce in my experience.
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>>57861739
Fuck it I am going to get some fresh squid right now
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>>57859430
>>57859598
>>57859993
>>57860071
Wait, what? Is this true? I mean the sheeple thing. Can anyone provide more input? And no hobbies? They must be completely dead inside around 20 years of age
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>>57862855
>They must be completely dead inside around 20 years of age
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate
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>>57862900
Yeah, I knew about those rates, but seriously though, no hobbies, hivemind galore, birth-study-work-death? I mean, how do you ever find your purpose in a society like this?
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>>57862982
>but seriously though, no hobbies, hivemind galore, birth-study-work-death?
korea has one of the longest working hours in the world which is why most of the population is hopeless alcoholics that chug soju 6 nights a week
not to mention that, like said in this thread, there is a whole ONE university you can go to in korea that means anything.
>how do you ever find your purpose in a society like this?
their purpose is to work just like japs and germans and insects. why else do you think they kill themselves or move away from korea so much?
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>>57857241
>behavior

Fuck off yank
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>>57856016
I think it is same to Tokyo.
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>>57863176
Tokyo actually has an interesting subculture and music scene.
Korean indie is hyped af and they're all posers.
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>>57863022
>why else do you think they kill themselves or move away from korea so much?
>insects
Makes sense now, when you put it into perspective. And what, because of hiveminding so much, they fail to see they are just small cogs in the giant machine and just compete among each other?

>korea has one of the longest working hours in the world which is why most of the population is hopeless alcoholics that chug soju 6 nights a week
not to mention that, like said in this thread, there is a whole ONE university you can go to in korea that means anything.

Well fuck me sideways. Never heard of this, I realized that they study and work like crazy, but to this extent? So, this means that the only good thing they got for ~65 years of backbreaking and mindless work is that they have good economy and technology and nothing more whatsoever?

To be honest, I developed interest in Korea a few months back, and watched a shitload of videos and no one ever mentions something like this (sheeple, companies treating workers like slaves, no hobbies, rampant materialism, etc). They MAYBE briefly mention it, but every fucking Youtuber that has a video on Korea appears afraid to say something bad, even if that is fact and obvious to most people that go to Korea. It's like they will be lynched if they do or something. Only on websites like this one, or maybe some other anonymous forums, can you get the good and the bad at the same time.
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>>57856016
2bh the city has never attracted me. it looks less fascinating than taipei and hongkong and somewhere in china and vietnam. the reason is just because it doesnt seem to have something special and unique.

it looks like the mediocre shit version of osaka or somewhere like that. also there are almost no traditional architectures and streets.
if i go to korea id rather go around the countryside even if its a kinda 3rd world looking place.
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>>57863269
>Only on websites like this one, or maybe some other anonymous forums, can you get the good and the bad at the same time.
if you were watching travelers that went to korea, they wouldn't know about this. if you were watching koreans describe why people should come to korean, they wouldn't talk about this. only actual koreans who wouldn't be committing social/professional/etc suicide by badmouthing korea would tell you the truth.

>And what, because of hiveminding so much, they fail to see they are just small cogs in the giant machine and just compete among each other?
no, they know they are insects, but korean culture kind of forces them to be complacent or submissive to it. much like jap culture stresses the necessity of functioning society rather than functioning people.

also it's not so much that they fail to see something and are competitive as a result of that as much as it is a result of the shit society they live in. it's compete or become a NEET/laborer in korea, basically. not so different to what happens in japan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simultaneous_recruiting_of_new_graduates) where you basically can't get a job that isn't convenience store level if you didn't get into one of these hiring events.
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>>57863452
>badmouthing korea
>truth

You hit the nail on the head. EVERY TIME I asked a Korean about the truth (except here and once on a language trade site), they always go like this:"So you want to hear about prostitutes? Plastic surgery? Suicide? Fuck off, dont come!"
>le sigh
I don't want them to ridicule or scorn their country, I just want to hear the truth, how thing REALLY are. Like, if I talked about Serbia and did not mention bad things, you would wonder about them, right? And for certain you would know that there are bad things, for sure.

>no, they know they are insects, but korean culture kind of forces them to be complacent or submissive to it
>as much as it is a result of the shit society they live in

The only natural question that follows is: Why don't they rebel? Why be complacent? I mean, there are, what, 50 mil Koreans and 120 mil Japanese people, they are certainly stronger than the chains that bind them. Are there opposition groups, public speakers or something to make people more aware and "proactive"? (God do I hate that word)
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>>57863960
>Why don't they rebel? Why be complacent?
Buddhism/Confucianism/nogunz probably. some people do get sick of it and rebel, but that's usually just killings that don't accomplish anything.

it's hard to express just how much the rigid societal structure and rules are beaten into these people. most of them probably don't want it to change.

>Are there opposition groups, public speakers or something to make people more aware and "proactive"?
Of course, but just like how Amnesty International gets butthurt that the vast majority of Japanese people support the death penalty, most of Korea and Japan probably support the current structures.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/press-releases/2016/03/japan-two-hanged-as-chilling-executions-continue/

for instance: japan praises itself and is praised for its "rehabilitation" prison system even though it's probably worse than an american prison if you're a westerner (and don't fall for the buttrape memes) because every fucking aspect of your life, including HOW TO SLEEP, is controlled by the wardens and punishments are arbitrary and completely up to the warden's discretion. they break people into tiny pieces so they can put them back together in a way that is beneficial to their society.

it's really like if those ants that capture other ants and force them to work in their colony had a rebellion by the captured ants. it wouldn't make a difference because no one would follow them.
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>>57860617
you're dutch?

are you just upset that there is no weed or canals in seoul?
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>>57863452
>where you basically can't get a job that isn't convenience store level if you didn't get into one of these hiring events.

this isnt the truth
i mean TOTAL BULLSHIT

im a drop out fag but still can get a job.
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>>57864350
>im a drop out fag but still can get a job.
yeah as a factory worker or some other awful job.

you'll never be anything more than manual labor unless your daddy has connections.
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>>57864239
>it's hard to express just how much the rigid societal structure and rules are beaten into these people. most of them probably don't want it to change.
This is a bit hard to swallow, for both logical and philosophical reasons. So many more questions...

>it's really like if those ants that capture other ants and force them to work in their colony had a rebellion by the captured ants. it wouldn't make a difference because no one would follow them.

It is kind of frightening to think about this, to be honest.

To sacrifice your very self to maintain a structure that will ultimately destroy you simply does not make sense to me.

But thanks for much needed eye-openers and insight. I will bother you no longer
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>>57864339
>Norwegian
>Can't tell the difference between Dutch and German.

Were you dropped on your head as a baby?
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>>57864520
>>To sacrifice your very self to maintain a structure that will ultimately destroy you simply does not make sense to me.
It's because you're white/western. "The needs of the many" is something that probably would not make sense to you.
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>>57864657
>"The needs of the many" is something that probably would not make sense to you.
It truly doesn't. I would never break my back "for the greater good" if that "greater good" would only yield suffering in the long run.
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>>57864747
kek
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I got accepted for a stay abroad at Yonsei recently, so next year I will be taking courses in Business Economics there during this semester.

The responses I got from Koreans have ranged from friendly to hilariously hostile.

One guy thought I came for the women and his response was "Don't go. The women don't like westerners. Our sewers are bad and it smells like shit everywhere. You will be bullied because we don't like westerners."

And another person said:

"You will make lots of friends! Especially if you go out and parttake in noreabang. Be sure to try kimchi and bibimbap and to visit *various districts of which I can't remember the name*."

I'm getting the feeling that the only reason certain people try and withhold foreign students from going to South Korea is because they are afraid of getting cucked.

Getting into Yonsei was easy, by the way.
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>>57864610
i had like 5 words to work with
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>>57865014
>getting into a worthless uni was easy
how suprising
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>>57865102
It's still an SKY uni.
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>>57865014
>>57857316

I kinda feel like, i'm seeing a scheme here, guys.
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Death to Corea
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>>57865102
The joke is they both speak english
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>>57856016
Gay thread. Go home chink
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>>57857391
Hello underage
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>>57856016
I´ve been around Korea and Seoul five times and always enjoyed myself. Then again, I´m not an autistic faggot expecting to be served everything on a tourist platter. Maybe Disneyland would be more to your liking. There´s bright colours, music and stuffed animals.

Btw, that sewer smell doesn´t exist, it´s just people trying to discredit SK posting about it in every thread.
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>mfw normies travel to other countries just to go in clubs which are fucking identical to clubs elsewhere in the world
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