imagine having to explain to someone the idea behind living in a foreign country for a year (or two, as it happens).
because it's intrinsically an interesting thing to do? because it expand's one's horizons?
i wanted to be exposed to a totally alien culture, is the main reason. i've been a student of european culture, in one way or another, continuing to work now in the western-centric 'culture industry', for my entire life. i wanted to expose myself to a tradition and way of thinking that was totally outside that framework. i'm hypereducated in one sphere and totally ignorant about the other.
i always wanted to live abroad and have that adventure, but, events being as they were in my mid-20s, family life interceded. i had to circle the wagons for most of my 20s and spend most of my life within a few hour's journey and one fateful phonecall away from the family stead. so coming to korea/asia generally was part of doing something for myself, re-establishing some personal agency, ticking off one's ambitions and gaining new experience. i worked pretty hard at my career in my 20s tbh, accepting shit pay and a lot of grind, in order to get to this sort of place ... where i can freelance, make a perfectly good wage, and live anywhere in the world. i have a great work/life balance and an immense amount of freedom. why WOULDN'T someone use it in such a way?
if you think someone would really uproot their life and spend 2 years away from their loved ones and milieu for ... sex tourism ... i think that says more about you than anything else. the paucity of your imagination w/r/t the cultural aspect speaks volumes in-itself. i could get laid in bristol, dilbert, you sad sack. it really says a lot more about you than it does i when me having a totally regular private life for a young adult, dating and generally having a nice time, raises suspicion and just has to have some dark ulterior motive. it can't possibly just be ... young people leading ordinary, fulfilled social lives, can it? no, if i date a local it's because i'm a depraved sex tourist. lmao. you sound like an incel, honestly.
you've barely ever moved out of your parents' house so i'm not surprised that the prospect of moving to a completely alien country, alone, to challenge yourself and have a bit of an adventure is totally lost on you. sad!
korea's climate is great for most of the year, by the way. winters are tough. summers aren't any more challenging than life in AC-guzzling australia.
Last edited by uziq (2022-04-17 03:52:58)