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Wynter wrote:I had an issue with customs when I ordered my samurai sword. I got it unscratched, but the packaging with is severe need of first aid. :shakehead:

O, and they sent it in parts.

Wow, Wynter that's cool. Do you know how to use it, or is it just a show piece?

Anime Dad wrote:You have a samurai sword?

*must be more careful what I say to Wyn-chan*

Yeah, she mentioned it eons ago... Yet I still give her a hard time. :sweat:

Home at last... Gotta work out today to rid myself of anxiety: I saw a DHL van on the road and I was dying to sideswipe it into Neverneverland. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:Home at last... Gotta work out today to rid myself of anxiety: I saw a DHL van on the road and I was dying to sideswipe it into Neverneverland. :beaten:

How are you able to work out when you're anxious, or stressed? What gets you motivated in this state? Nothing seems to work for me!

uhno wrote:How are you able to work out when you're anxious, or stressed? What gets you motivated in this state? Nothing seems to work for me!

The stress/anxiety is the motivation... Either that or go postal. :sweat:

Jaa ne.... :victory:

Anime Dad wrote:You have a samurai sword?

*must be more careful what I say to Wyn-chan*

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bmwracer wrote:
Yeah, she mentioned it eons ago... Yet I still give her a hard time. :sweat:

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@uhno: It's sharp, so I can't use it. It's usually the dull ones you train with.

Nice... my son has something similar, but it's not a full-size one.

Anime Dad wrote:Nice... my son has something similar, but it's not a full-size one.

Kitana?

iI think you mean katana... but no, his is a scale model, I think.

Anime Dad wrote:iI think you mean katana... but no, his is a scale model, I think.

Ohhhhh soka.

Ok, I need to vent....

I really do not understand the fandom in Korea and some parts of Asia, especially the whole concept of anti-fans and extreme netizens. I can understand if you do not like a celebrity but to make death threats and cause physical harm to that person is definitely crossing some major boundaries. And some extreme netizens also need to chill. Just because you are a fan of a certain celebrity, doesn't mean you own them and can bash others because of jealousy.

Today, June 5th, Lee Eun Ji took her own life. She was 17 years old. Lee Eun Ji appeared on Star King for losing a lot of weight in only 3 months. After this appearance, she started getting based by crazy psycho Super Junior fans. Kang-in, who's a frequent judge on the show, took a picture with her during the recording. After this picture was posted, she started receiving death threats and bashing from Suju fans. Her phone was sent dozens of negative text messages and kids from her school would talk about her behind her back. Poor girl. Most likely she was already dealing with issues of her own, especially with her own self-esteem and what not, and then she had to endure that.

Reading this piece of news really got me upset. I just don't understand how people can be that cruel and harsh. This poor girl was tormented over a picture with one of her favorite celebrities. Fandom like this really needs to be stopped or controlled. I will be honest, fans like that have no lives at all. Obsession to the point of wishing someone ill will is not good.

It's the same thing with anti-fans. I'm pretty sure you DBSK fans have heard of what happened to Yunho a few months ago. It's one thing to dislike a celebrity, it's totally another thing when you actually want to physically harm them. It's scary to think that constant bashing can actually lead to some people contemplating suicide. Malicious words do actually hurt and can leave emotional scars, especially on sensitive people.

I really hope this issue is addressed in Korean media because it's getting out of hand. There have already been 4 deaths by suicide realted to the Korean entertainment industry in this year alone. It's just so sad.

MissMonika wrote:Ok, I need to vent....

I really do not understand the fandom in Korea and some parts of Asia, especially the whole concept of anti-fans and extreme netizens. I can understand if you do not like a celebrity but to make death threats and cause physical harm to that person is definitely crossing some major boundaries. And some extreme netizens also need to chill. Just because you are a fan of a certain celebrity, doesn't mean you own them and can bash others because of jealousy.

Today, June 5th, Lee Eun Ji took her own life. She was 17 years old. Lee Eun Ji appeared on Star King for losing a lot of weight in only 3 months. After this appearance, she started getting based by crazy psycho Super Junior fans. Kang-in, who's a frequent judge on the show, took a picture with her during the recording. After this picture was posted, she started receiving death threats and bashing from Suju fans. Her phone was sent dozens of negative text messages and kids from her school would talk about her behind her back. Poor girl. Most likely she was already dealing with issues of her own, especially with her own self-esteem and what not, and then she had to endure that.

Reading this piece of news really got me upset. I just don't understand how people can be that cruel and harsh. This poor girl was tormented over a picture with one of her favorite celebrities. Fandom like this really needs to be stopped or controlled. I will be honest, fans like that have no lives at all. Obsession to the point of wishing someone ill will is not good.

It's the same thing with anti-fans. I'm pretty sure you DBSK fans have heard of what happened to Yunho a few months ago. It's one thing to dislike a celebrity, it's totally another thing when you actually want to physically harm them. It's scary to think that constant bashing can actually lead to some people contemplating suicide. Malicious words do actually hurt and can leave emotional scars, especially on sensitive people.

I really hope this issue is addressed in Korean media because it's getting out of hand. There have already been 4 deaths by suicide realted to the Korean entertainment industry in this year alone. It's just so sad.

Ever heard of this experiment by sociologists (anthropoligiest?) ? They put rats in a confined space and observe their behaviour. As more rats are introduced into the experiment the level of agitation of the rat population increased, to the point where they start attacking each other, even though there was amply supply of basic necessities - food, water, air.

Are we really superior to rats?

MissMonika wrote:Ok, I need to vent....

I really do not understand the fandom in Korea and some parts of Asia, especially the whole concept of anti-fans and extreme netizens. I can understand if you do not like a celebrity but to make death threats and cause physical harm to that person is definitely crossing some major boundaries. And some extreme netizens also need to chill. Just because you are a fan of a certain celebrity, doesn't mean you own them and can bash others because of jealousy.

Today, June 5th, Lee Eun Ji took her own life. She was 17 years old. Lee Eun Ji appeared on Star King for losing a lot of weight in only 3 months. After this appearance, she started getting based by crazy psycho Super Junior fans. Kang-in, who's a frequent judge on the show, took a picture with her during the recording. After this picture was posted, she started receiving death threats and bashing from Suju fans. Her phone was sent dozens of negative text messages and kids from her school would talk about her behind her back. Poor girl. Most likely she was already dealing with issues of her own, especially with her own self-esteem and what not, and then she had to endure that.

Reading this piece of news really got me upset. I just don't understand how people can be that cruel and harsh. This poor girl was tormented over a picture with one of her favorite celebrities. Fandom like this really needs to be stopped or controlled. I will be honest, fans like that have no lives at all. Obsession to the point of wishing someone ill will is not good.

It's the same thing with anti-fans. I'm pretty sure you DBSK fans have heard of what happened to Yunho a few months ago. It's one thing to dislike a celebrity, it's totally another thing when you actually want to physically harm them. It's scary to think that constant bashing can actually lead to some people contemplating suicide. Malicious words do actually hurt and can leave emotional scars, especially on sensitive people.

I really hope this issue is addressed in Korean media because it's getting out of hand. There have already been 4 deaths by suicide realted to the Korean entertainment industry in this year alone. It's just so sad.

What you cut to the core, this all stems from bullying. People don't realize just how severe bulling is and how harmful an effect it is on the victims. I mean, in today's schools, it's all about net-bullyinging now. You'd be surprised at how many people fall victim to net-bullying.

I'm in complete agreement with you that Korea needs to express and explore the this issue. It's a very sad thing that it takes a suicide or two before people actually realize what is happening to youth today. :shakehead:

Re: bullying, this stems from my own personal experience.[/list:u] When I was in elementary school, I was the skinniest kid in class, and while I didn't get straight A's, I got pretty good grades. Couple those two, and you might as well have "Bully Magnet" tatooed on your forehead.[/list:u] In 2nd grade, there was this kid named Greg that was always pushing me around. In fact, to this day, I have a built in prejudice against anybody named Greg. Anyway, one day, I guess I just got tired of it, and when he started pushing me around, I stood up to him, gritting my teeth, my hands balled up in little fists. When Greg saw that, he just started laughing. I don't know why, but when he did that, I just came unglued, reared back and hit him as hard as could right on the end of his nose.[/list:u] When I did that, his nose started bleeding, and when I saw the blood, I freaked out thinking, "Oh shit, I've killed him!" Greg freaked out too, when he felt the blood he started crying. [/list:u] There were a bunch of kids watching all this, and when the teacher doing playground supervison came over and saw it, she asked, "Who did this?" and NO ONE SAID A WORD. [/list:u] I think at that point Greg kind of realized, "Hmmm, I don't have too many friends here." and started being nice to everyone after that. [/list:u] To this day, I'll only let somebody push so far. When they cross that line (and it's a different line depending on the situation) then it's time to push back.

My son has been bullied most of his school career too. He's not small or skinny, but he's a soft kid at heart and is very sensitive. A few years ago, one of his main tormentors pushed him too far and my son smashed him. This kid is very physically mature for his age (he looks like an 18 y.o.) and I think he was very surprised at what happened.
Fortunately they have grown up a bit since then and while they are not best mates, they do get on better now. Could have somrthing to do with my son being 6ft tall and around 90kg - and very broad-shouldered ;)

A few years ago he did something similar to a girl (yes, a girl) who had been torturing him verbally since kindergarten - he finally got pushed too far and popped her one. I'm totally against violence, especially against women, and we punished him for it, but I couldn't help feeling that she deserved it. We're the ones who have to try and console our son through the bullying he received..

i wasn't bullied exactly at school but i did get name calling regularly as i was half japanese in an english school. one kid who made it clear he didn't like me was at the time massive and i was scared of him.

i saw this kid recently in a pub and he's not changed much at all. it looks as though he's still the same size he was at school whereas i've filled out and i'm more than a match for him physically now.

i was so tempted to go over and remind him who i was but i concluded that after 18 years he won't remember me.

In the yonder days I had a much shorter fuse. In fact I once threw someone out of a second floor window into a rose bush when he hassled me - as a result I got detention but wasn't bothered much during my days in boarding school thereafter.

wew. i don't know if this has anythin to do with it, but hey, i'm still in highschool. and bullying and stuff don't happen here. we don't get to choose what we study (except for Japanese/German), and we have to stick with the class we're in. so this class is the identity. the worst the relationship you have with your classmates, the more you feel ashamed, it means your not sociable, coz you're gonna stick with em doing the sam things for a year.

and i wanna ask you guys, since i always see this on TV. the cool and uncool seperation. does that really happen in real life? like the cheerleader and football players as cool and stuff.

Well, it's a looong time since i've been in school... but I don't think it's changed any from what my kids tell me. There will always be the cool and the uncool, the jocks and nerds, the weird and the "normal" kids.

thtl wrote:In the yonder days I had a much shorter fuse. In fact I once threw someone out of a second floor window into a rose bush when he hassled me - as a result I got detention but wasn't bothered much during my days in boarding school thereafter.

Whoa. :sweat: