DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Is there a way that one of y'all can float a question to the K-netizens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kami_removed Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 yes all k netizens have an interconnected system in which they send messages to each other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 yes all k netizens have an interconnected system in which they send messages to each other I thought you were on hiatus... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kami_removed Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 I thought you were on hiatus... i came back for a forum game and got killed first day for the 6th time in a row Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h0neanias 13,516 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 It's not often that I agree with Kami, but yeah, that was strange question, sorry. Who are they, after all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myth 6,602 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 yes all k netizens have an interconnected system in which they send messages to each other You'd be surprised how common human centipedes are in Korea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hess 3,578 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 i came back for a forum game and got killed first day for the 6th time in a row Bastards. Change your username or something. Or make a new account to play games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 It's not often that I agree with Kami, but yeah, that was strange question, sorry. Who are they, after all? It's actually not that strange of a concept. I mean if Korean netizens wanted to know what we thought of something they could come here or AKP or Soompi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kami_removed Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Bastards. Change your username or something. Or make a new account to play games. i will one day but shh its a secret Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h0neanias 13,516 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 It's actually not that strange of a concept. I mean if Korean netizens wanted to know what we thought of something they could come here or AKP or Soompi. And Seoulbeats and Omona and Tumblr -- and each of those places would give you a different picture. But if you're right, I guess you'll have to find a Korean version of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 And Seoulbeats and Omona and Tumblr -- and each of those places would give you a different picture. But if you're right, I guess you'll have to find a Korean version of those. That's why I was asking one of the Koreans here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h0neanias 13,516 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 That's why I was asking one of the Koreans here. It's just that you'll get a response from K-AKP or K-Soompi or K-Tumblr etc., not K-netizens. But that might be something too, true. Picture's a picture, even if it's limited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 It's just that you'll get a response from K-AKP or K-Soompi or K-Tumblr etc., not K-netizens. But that might be something too, true. Picture's a picture, even if it's limited. Wouldn't K-AKP, K-Soompi, or K-Tumblr be K-netizens? Are we not netizens ourselves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumi 222 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 It's just that you'll get a response from K-AKP or K-Soompi or K-Tumblr etc., not K-netizens. But that might be something too, true. Picture's a picture, even if it's limited. what the fuck is K-Tumblr? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h0neanias 13,516 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Wouldn't K-AKP, K-Soompi, or K-Tumblr be K-netizens? Are we not netizens ourselves? Yeah, we are. But we are... hm, topical. Divided. Tribal. And here's the conundrum. If they are topical as well, you'll get a response from that place -- which is fine, as long as you know it's just that place (or maybe not, but you'd have to dig around). If they are not, what's the place to be reaching to? What we get are comments from Naver etc. It's like... how would I reach to netizens at Guardian.co.uk or Yahoo or whatever? Yeah, maybe they have forums, too, but is it the same kind of people? But that's why you're asking, I guess. Sorry, it just looks like a shot in the dark. Though carry on, now I wonder myself. what the fuck is K-Tumblr? Its hypothetical Korean equivalent. "K-Tumblr" is not really the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogre Shrek 8,980 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 15 posts on, I can't be the only one wondering: WHAT'S THE FRICKING QUESTION? Just wondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 Yeah, we are. But we are... hm, topical. Divided. Tribal. And here's the conundrum. If they are topical as well, you'll get a response from that place -- which is fine, as long as you know it's just that place (or maybe not, but you'd have to dig around). If they are not, what's the place to be reaching to? What we get are comments from Naver etc. It's like... how would I reach to netizens at Guardian.co.uk or Yahoo or whatever? Yeah, maybe they have forums, too, but is it the same kind of people? But that's why you're asking, I guess. Sorry, it just looks like a shot in the dark. Though carry on, now I wonder myself. I response from any of these would be fine. 15 posts on, I can't be the only one wondering: WHAT'S THE FRICKING QUESTION? Just wondering. The question I want asked? What do the sons of Samsung, LG, Hyundai, and etc. do in regards to military service? Do they get special privileges? If so, why are they not demonized for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegra 491 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Well, I am an occasional poster on Korean articles but I haven't done that in a while so I guess I'm one of -those- K-netizens everyone hates! So well, I could hypothetically but it depends on whether I can be bothered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godigodi 287 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 I response from any of these would be fine. The question I want asked? What do the sons of Samsung, LG, Hyundai, and etc. do in regards to military service? Do they get special privileges? If so, why are they not demonized for it? maybe should you start by, do they do their military service to start with? and add politician's sons too and even some politicians and also some former presidents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 Well, I am an occasional poster on Korean articles but I haven't done that in a while so I guess I'm one of -those- K-netizens everyone hates! So well, I could hypothetically but it depends on whether I can be bothered. Do it for the forum! maybe should you start by, do they do their military service to start with? and add politician's sons too and even some politicians and also some former presidents. Yeah, all this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluetoile 355 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 I response from any of these would be fine. The question I want asked? What do the sons of Samsung, LG, Hyundai, and etc. do in regards to military service? Do they get special privileges? If so, why are they not demonized for it? I'm not Korean, but I was reading articles about the military draft in Korea today and remembered that I came across an article that mentioned family members of Samsung, etc. Confronting North Korea across the last Cold War frontier, South Korea strictly implements its mandatory conscription system, but statistics among the power elite have raised feelings that the rules are not always fair. According to a 2006 survey by a KBS-TV investigative team, the exemption rate soared invariably high for the wealthy: 73 percent among the members of the family owning the Samsung Group, 57 percent among the SK Group family and 50 percent in the Hanjin Group. The evasion rate is also high among top government officials and politicians. cr: http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/n_feature/2010/09/06/94/4901000000AEN20100906003800315F.HTML There's probably a lot of different ways many of them get out of serving and although most people probably don't know how exactly, they can probably guess it has something to do with money and the people they know due to their position in society. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 I'm not Korean, but I was reading articles about the military draft in Korea today and remembered that I came across an article that mentioned family members of Samsung, etc. cr: http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/n_feature/2010/09/06/94/4901000000AEN20100906003800315F.HTML There's probably a lot of different ways many of them get out of serving and although most people probably don't know how exactly, they can probably guess it has something to do with money and the people they know due to their position in society. The netizens are hypocrites then. They want to point out celebrities acting as if they got it good when they higher ups don't even have to do their service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogre Shrek 8,980 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 The netizens are hypocrites then. They want to point out celebrities acting as if they got it good when they higher ups don't even have to do their service. Where I'm from, we have conscription as well. It was well known that some of the enlistees had the initials "WH" stamped on their medical dockets. Discrete inquiries would usually reveal that these enlistees come from privileged backgrounds. In 2003, a Minister of State for Defence admitted that this classification for enlistees (known colloquially as "White Horses") existed prior to year 2000. What was hilarious was that the classification was said to have been put in place "to identify sons of influential persons persons [so as] to ensure that such enlistees were not given preferential treatment" I wouldn't be surprised if a similar system (albeit likely to be fare more sophisticated) exists in South Korea. Edit: re: the "netizens are hypocrites" bit: surely you didn't just realize this now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 Where I'm from, we have conscription as well. It was well known that some of the enlistees had the initials "WH" stamped on their medical dockets. Discrete inquiries would usually reveal that these enlistees come from privileged backgrounds. In 2003, a Minister of State for Defence admitted that this classification for enlistees (known colloquially as "White Horses") existed prior to year 2000. What was hilarious was that the classification was said to have been put in place "to identify sons of influential persons persons [so as] to ensure that such enlistees were not given preferential treatment" I wouldn't be surprised if a similar system (albeit likely to be fare more sophisticated) exists in South Korea. Edit: re: the "netizens are hypocrites" bit: surely you didn't just realize this now Where are you from? I always knew they were hypocrites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluetoile 355 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 The netizens are hypocrites then. They want to point out celebrities acting as if they got it good when they higher ups don't even have to do their service. I think it's easier to make celebrities scapegoats. They live off the support of their fans and the public and they're always in the media. If they do public service, try to dodge the draft, or whatever, it'll be posted on every news site because they're famous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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