Daily Words
Boasting Ignorance
【洪】ILHONG
2009. 8. 16. 18:11
Before talking about the main topic, here are the ground observations:
1) Koreans in the US (or any other country for that matter, and I am not talking of immigrants) always ask questions and advices to other fellow Koreans in the US, not really from Americans or other non-Koreans.
2) Koreans in the US (or any other country) believe what they know (or heard of) is an absolute truth, and spreads what they know.
3) Koreans in the US do not search for information. They simply ask around. They act as if they don't know Google.
4) For some reason, they trust information from stranger/s more than acquaintances.
Yep...
I've had friends visiting who asked questions whom I helped with what I know, and I also answer some questions and share information online to Koreans, but some of them are plain stupid, dumb, annoying and so proud of what they know (or don't know). Those acts annoyed me so much.
For example, people were recommending Sprint!!! Are you f-ing kidding me?
The only good thing of Sprint is that it's cheap.
And people were saying it's the best service provider... and the Koreans who read it never even question what they read.
I have no idea why they don't bother asking Americans or even just google things when they are not confident with their English. They say they are here to learn English, but they spend so much time reading and speaking Korean with other Korean students, their English probably would never improve anyway.
Once, I saw a question posted online: What time does the sun rise and set in San Francisco?
WTF, dude. You fucking idiot, just search "sunrise time san francisco" in google, you fucking get it in the first search result.
That fucking idiot had so many other fucking questions, I didn't bother to read any of his posts. It's just an example, but there are so many questions of this kind. I will talk again about Koreans asking favors to everyone else on another post, but yeah, these guys are hella dumb and it's just a sad thing I am exposed to mainly these lowly Koreans.
I know I am a black sheep among Koreans since I don't have one Korean friend around, and the only time I get to talk in Korean is when I call my parents. But it's because I never had to make any Korean friends coz I spoke English when I already came here. I just happened to be with the friends I have right now - which I am very glad of.
These days, I can tell that my Korean has gone way worse, and there are moments that Korean culture/custom once felt so natural feels awkward to me.
Well, this is not my point here.
I just find it ridiculous how those Koreans behave. Of course, it's not all Koreans here, even though most of those are students of some sort. If they are not sure or don't know, they should say so. Nobody asked them directly online, why bother giving wrong answers so proudly?!
And how can you trust some people you never met online more than you trust published information you can search on Google or somebody you know who lived in the US long? They can't acknowledge there is another world outside their limited social graph in the US.
Also, they are incredibly stubborn.
There is this Korean-owned BBQ place on Willow Road at Menlo Park.
Out of pity, my friends told them "do not make fusion dishes" because the business was not doing good.
But they insisted that Americans cannot appreciate real Korean-style BBQ.
We were like, WTF? Dude, you are in the fucking SF Bay Area. You will go out of business unless you make it more authentic. After 6 months, their Bulgogi still tastes like cheapass beef teriyaki you will see in a food court in Kansas. The dude underestimates the Americans he deals with, and the dude serious thinks he knows better than me and my friend who lived here for over 30 years since she was 4.
If he was doing business against non-Asians in somewhere like Kansas or even Texas, I might let him sell whatever Asianish food and call it Korean BBQ. But the dude was seriously complaining for no customers (which was easily observed) for the fusion food in San Francisco Bay Area. Doesn't he do at least some market research like why the hell Brothers is so popular despite their horrible service and all?
These Koreans seriously need to open up their minds more, and accept the truth that they don't know shit. I will try to help as much as I can, but these bitch-asses are having too much whining while giving too much (self-)love for the little of what they know.
Sigh... and given that they had all the talks about becoming a global citizen and crap, and like "learning English" crap makes me wanna puke. It's such a sad thing. I know there are some real students trying to study and are actually learning. But if I see Koreans, I will first judge according to the stereotypes of them I have.
In the Philippines, I avoided a lot of Koreans because they were very lowly - cheap, rude, boasting, dumb, immoral, etc, you name it. In the US, nothing is that different. It's a real interesting thing how different Korean Americans are - and I connect to them very well.
1) Koreans in the US (or any other country for that matter, and I am not talking of immigrants) always ask questions and advices to other fellow Koreans in the US, not really from Americans or other non-Koreans.
2) Koreans in the US (or any other country) believe what they know (or heard of) is an absolute truth, and spreads what they know.
3) Koreans in the US do not search for information. They simply ask around. They act as if they don't know Google.
4) For some reason, they trust information from stranger/s more than acquaintances.
Yep...
I've had friends visiting who asked questions whom I helped with what I know, and I also answer some questions and share information online to Koreans, but some of them are plain stupid, dumb, annoying and so proud of what they know (or don't know). Those acts annoyed me so much.
For example, people were recommending Sprint!!! Are you f-ing kidding me?
The only good thing of Sprint is that it's cheap.
And people were saying it's the best service provider... and the Koreans who read it never even question what they read.
I have no idea why they don't bother asking Americans or even just google things when they are not confident with their English. They say they are here to learn English, but they spend so much time reading and speaking Korean with other Korean students, their English probably would never improve anyway.
Once, I saw a question posted online: What time does the sun rise and set in San Francisco?
WTF, dude. You fucking idiot, just search "sunrise time san francisco" in google, you fucking get it in the first search result.
That fucking idiot had so many other fucking questions, I didn't bother to read any of his posts. It's just an example, but there are so many questions of this kind. I will talk again about Koreans asking favors to everyone else on another post, but yeah, these guys are hella dumb and it's just a sad thing I am exposed to mainly these lowly Koreans.
I know I am a black sheep among Koreans since I don't have one Korean friend around, and the only time I get to talk in Korean is when I call my parents. But it's because I never had to make any Korean friends coz I spoke English when I already came here. I just happened to be with the friends I have right now - which I am very glad of.
These days, I can tell that my Korean has gone way worse, and there are moments that Korean culture/custom once felt so natural feels awkward to me.
Well, this is not my point here.
I just find it ridiculous how those Koreans behave. Of course, it's not all Koreans here, even though most of those are students of some sort. If they are not sure or don't know, they should say so. Nobody asked them directly online, why bother giving wrong answers so proudly?!
And how can you trust some people you never met online more than you trust published information you can search on Google or somebody you know who lived in the US long? They can't acknowledge there is another world outside their limited social graph in the US.
Also, they are incredibly stubborn.
There is this Korean-owned BBQ place on Willow Road at Menlo Park.
Out of pity, my friends told them "do not make fusion dishes" because the business was not doing good.
But they insisted that Americans cannot appreciate real Korean-style BBQ.
We were like, WTF? Dude, you are in the fucking SF Bay Area. You will go out of business unless you make it more authentic. After 6 months, their Bulgogi still tastes like cheapass beef teriyaki you will see in a food court in Kansas. The dude underestimates the Americans he deals with, and the dude serious thinks he knows better than me and my friend who lived here for over 30 years since she was 4.
If he was doing business against non-Asians in somewhere like Kansas or even Texas, I might let him sell whatever Asianish food and call it Korean BBQ. But the dude was seriously complaining for no customers (which was easily observed) for the fusion food in San Francisco Bay Area. Doesn't he do at least some market research like why the hell Brothers is so popular despite their horrible service and all?
These Koreans seriously need to open up their minds more, and accept the truth that they don't know shit. I will try to help as much as I can, but these bitch-asses are having too much whining while giving too much (self-)love for the little of what they know.
Sigh... and given that they had all the talks about becoming a global citizen and crap, and like "learning English" crap makes me wanna puke. It's such a sad thing. I know there are some real students trying to study and are actually learning. But if I see Koreans, I will first judge according to the stereotypes of them I have.
In the Philippines, I avoided a lot of Koreans because they were very lowly - cheap, rude, boasting, dumb, immoral, etc, you name it. In the US, nothing is that different. It's a real interesting thing how different Korean Americans are - and I connect to them very well.