Meanwhile in Korea

[Mendalla]

Apparently, our censor-bot is asleep at the switch. Anyhow, this conversation has kind of drifted away from Korea so perhaps we can continue it elsewhere.

EDIT: I was wrong. Censor-bot isn't sleeping, censor-bot is stupid. Apparently we have have to program both the singular and plural, else it only sees the one we program.

 

[ChemGal]

Apparently, our censor-bot is asleep at the switch. Anyhow, this conversation has kind of drifted away from Korea so perhaps we can continue it elsewhere.

EDIT: I was wrong. Censor-bot isn't sleeping, censor-bot is stupid. Apparently we have have to program both the singular and plural, else it only sees the one we program.

haha I keep forgetting we have it!

 

[Mendalla]

haha I keep forgetting we have it!

Sigh, it wasn't the censor-bot being stupid. It was the sysadmin. Forgot to put a wildcard on the end of motherf***er so it would handle variants.

 

[chansen]

Good catch. People could have been injured.

 

[chansen]

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Overlooking Seosan.

Overlooking it from where? MS Paint?

 

[Jae]

Overlooking it from where? MS Paint?

From the parking lot of the apartment building next to mine.

 

[chansen]

With an Instagram filter that makes everything look like a second grade construction paper art project.

I mean, seriously Jae. A clear picture of a car mat would be more illustrative of life in Korea than anything you've posted with your s**tty camera filters.

 

[Jae]

With an Instagram filter that makes everything look like a second grade construction paper art project.

I mean, seriously Jae. A clear picture of a car mat would be more illustrative of life in Korea than anything you've posted with your s**tty camera filters.

No Instagram filters. Pixlr.

 

[BetteTheRed]

I suppose we could all pretend we've seen Korea.

 

[chansen]

No Instagram filters. Pixlr.

Whatever. It's like the you of camera filters.

 

[Jae]

Whatever. It's like the you of camera filters.

Yes! Because it totally rocks!

Here's the original shot plus Pixlr frame...

 

[Jae]

I suppose we could all pretend we've seen Korea.

So not the same as actually being here.

 

[BetteTheRed]

So not the same as actually being here.

Agreed, but the more 'actual' the picture, maybe the more 'lifelike' the second hand experience.

 

[Jae]

Entrance to Lotteworld, Seoul.

 

[Mrs.Anteater]

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Entrance to Lotteworld, Seoul.

What does “Lotte” mean Jae?

 

[Jae]

Secret Grotto, Lotteworld.

 

[Jae]

What does “Lotte” mean Jae?

From Wikipedia... "The source of the company's name is neither Korean nor Japanese, but German. Shigemitsu was impressed with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774) and named his newly founded company Lotte after the character Charlotte[3][4] in the novel ("Charlotte" is also the name of a new brand of deluxe movie theatres run by Lotte). Lotte's current marketing slogan in Japan is "The sweetheart of your mouth, Lotte" (お口の恋人,ロッテ Okuchi no koibito, Rotte)."

 

[Luce NDs]

Like the biblical lot ... underground bunching ... Greek hellenistic sinkhole ... out of that a whistling aura ... bat's getting on ...

 

[Jae]

Skating Adventure, Lotteworld.

 

[Mrs.Anteater]

From Wikipedia... "The source of the company's name is neither Korean nor Japanese, but German. Shigemitsu was impressed with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774) and named his newly founded company Lotte after the character Charlotte[3][4] in the novel ("Charlotte" is also the name of a new brand of deluxe movie theatres run by Lotte). Lotte's current marketing slogan in Japan is "The sweetheart of your mouth, Lotte" (お口の恋人,ロッテ Okuchi no koibito, Rotte)."

That’s surprising. I did find it “ sounded German”, but would not have thought that there was any connection. I suppose the Goetheinstitutes have more influence around the world than I imagined.
I am also surprised that it looks not very crowded on your pictures.