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Originally posted by Jayoza Interesting ?

Someone had to say it. Seriously what is that!?

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Originally posted by illmaticnyc click on it and ye shall see. a lot of the fashion comes out of korea and trickles to other countries so i learned and heard in korea. a lot of trends go through there now before japan. its a love hate thing with the western world. some hated the fact that i was from the states and some were fascinated

Latex body paint. Now that's a true fan .

It's always interesting to hear some of the stereotypes people have about New York and NYers. I think most people try to correct stereotypes when they travel abroad. I've heard of some people just playing along though.

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Originally posted by Blake Someone had to say it. Seriously what is that!? Latex body paint. Now that's a true fan . It's always interesting to hear some of the stereotypes people have about New York and NYers. I think most people try to correct stereotypes when they travel abroad. I've heard of some people just playing along though.

Its Michael Jackson.

Hes lookin for international children.

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Originally posted by Blake I had heard about Japan being all about hysteria and fads. Didn't know it was like that in other Asian countries as well.

i feel like america is in the forefront of hysteria and fads.

Every time I've travelled in Europe I've been told by the people I've made friends with that I've greatly "corrected" or "improved" their view of Americans... and of course some of them had never met someone who lives in the US before, like one guy from Serbia and others from France.. it's very interesting, I wonder what they thought of me before we spoke...

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Originally posted by trancinchink i feel like america is in the forefront of hysteria and fads.

Care to elaborate? Do you mean that the US is more about fads and hysteria than everywhere else, or do you mean that the US has the greatest influence over fads and such in other countries?

I definately think we influence tons of cultural fads. I have ideas, but don't actually know whether or not we are the most sensationalist since I haven't travelled around myself.

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Originally posted by Miss Bliss Every time I've travelled in Europe I've been told by the people I've made friends with that I've greatly "corrected" or "improved" their view of Americans... and of course some of them had never met someone who lives in the US before, like one guy from Serbia and others from France.. it's very interesting, I wonder what they thought of me before we spoke...

Oh right, your 'Romp around Europa'
I remember someone from here who went to Egypt / Morocco / Kenya and experienced dialogues as follows:

"Oh you're from America so you love Bush right?"
"No."
"Oh but you still voted for him right?"
"No."
"Oh, so then you hate America too!? Great!"

I hear lots about blacks who travel abroad too. People in lots of places seem to expect American blacks to all know gang signs, cool slang, and be thugged and blinged out. Thanks commercial rap, thanks...

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Originally posted by Blake Care to elaborate? Do you mean that the US is more about fads and hysteria than everywhere else, or do you mean that the US has the greatest influence over fads and such in other countries? I definately think we influence tons of cultural fads. I have ideas, but don't actually know whether or not we are the most sensationalist since I haven't travelled around myself. Oh right, your 'Romp around Europa' I remember someone from here who went to Egypt / Morocco / Kenya and experienced dialogues as follows: "Oh you're from America so you love Bush right?" "No." "Oh but you still voted for him right?" "No." "Oh, so then you hate America too!? Great!" I hear lots about blacks who travel abroad too. People in lots of places seem to expect American blacks to all know gang signs, cool slang, and be thugged and blinged out. Thanks commercial rap, thanks...

tahts some what true. in korea they think all blacks are gangsters and they shoot each other. but they think like that in lots of areas in the states.
i think what the above statement meant is that the US is the one who influences a lot of trends and fads. i dont think its primarily a one way street. granted that the us gets a lot of influence from other countries.

i know girls in korea are weird about blowjobs. like if a girlg ives you a blowjob in korea its a BIG deal. shes either a
hooker
a big slut
or really really likes you.

haha. true fact. so ive heard from friends who live there.
and lots of people have unprotected sex there. lots of girls are on birth control

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Originally posted by illmaticnyc and lots of people have unprotected sex there. lots of girls are on birth control ___________________ can you dig it?

Funny reading your post then scrolling down to your sig.

What you mentioned is true though. The stereotypes exist here too. I remember watching a Korean hip-hop music video a year or two ago. To this day I still wonder whether or not the "nigga" they were using was a Korean word or not. Some of my Korean friends say it is, some say it's not. In any case it's interesting to see how pop cultures around the world feed off of one another.

illmaticnyc - lol great pics from Korea. I think there was another fashion trend of having body parts painted on jeans to make it look like there's no fabric there, but the "window" is new to me.

Jane - I'm so jealous you went to the PI! I've wanted to visit my family and check out the scene there. What was the age range when you went clubbing? I've heard they start young... like 13ish but still go out in their 50's. Didn't know about the she-males though But yeah, one of the best things about the PI is most ppl speak English since they learn it in high school, and of course the exchange rate is a plus!

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Originally posted by Blake Funny reading your post then scrolling down to your sig. What you mentioned is true though. The stereotypes exist here too. I remember watching a Korean hip-hop music video a year or two ago. To this day I still wonder whether or not the "nigga" they were using was a Korean word or not. Some of my Korean friends say it is, some say it's not. In any case it's interesting to see how pop cultures around the world feed off of one another.

i dont get your rolleye icon. whats wrong with my sig.

does the "can you dig it" offend you? its more a private joke for me if anything.

as far as the comment nigga. if they were saying "nigga" in a song it wasnt meant as a korean word. its probably a whored out version of what is used in the states.

the word nigga has evolved and spanned across many diff meanings. although its an offensive word ill admit i use it with my friends. why? because its EVERYWHERE in EVERY son and its even broken its way into main stream culture...ie movies, SNL, news, etc.

koreans in korea have a FASCINATION with hip hop the culture and its music. i mean like i was sayin before they have clubs where people go to live that hip hop hype. its hard to describe...maybe i can find some video. i tried searching on youtube but the videos arent clear.

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Originally posted by barosoap illmaticnyc - lol great pics from Korea. I think there was another fashion trend of having body parts painted on jeans to make it look like there's no fabric there, but the "window" is new to me. Jane - I'm so jealous you went to the PI! I've wanted to visit my family and check out the scene there. What was the age range when you went clubbing? I've heard they start young... like 13ish but still go out in their 50's. Didn't know about the she-males though But yeah, one of the best things about the PI is most ppl speak English since they learn it in high school, and of course the exchange rate is a plus!

pics can be scandalous! korea is an interesting place.

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Originally posted by Blake To this day I still wonder whether or not the "nigga" they were using was a Korean word or not. Some of my Korean friends say it is, some say it's not. In any case it's interesting to see how pop cultures around the world feed off of one another.

If you hear someone Chinese saying "nigga" in regular conversation, it could also just be 'na ge, which kinda of works like "umm" or "err" in English. It's a filler for when someone's trying to get a thought out.

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Originally posted by illmaticnyc i dont get your rolleye icon. whats wrong with my sig. does the "can you dig it" offend you? its more a private joke for me if anything. as far as the comment nigga. if they were saying "nigga" in a song it wasnt meant as a korean word. its probably a whored out version of what is used in the states. the word nigga has evolved and spanned across many diff meanings. although its an offensive word ill admit i use it with my friends. why? because its EVERYWHERE in EVERY son and its even broken its way into main stream culture...ie movies, SNL, news, etc. koreans in korea have a FASCINATION with hip hop the culture and its music. i mean like i was sayin before they have clubs where people go to live that hip hop hype. its hard to describe...maybe i can find some video. i tried searching on youtube but the videos arent clear.

So true... Ozzies say it all the time amoungst friends... Thing is, there are rarely any aftricans at all in australia, and next to never any african americans. So theres tones of ozzies laying around drinking beer on the On the beach say, for shizzle my nizzle, of corse ill put another shrimp on the barbi.

In the middle of prime time tv like Australian Idol the host will sit there bouncing back american slang that you guys would probably censor out off tv all together.

There is not much worse then a white as a ghost ozzy trying to sound like snoop with an ozzy accent.

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