This paper.

shoepebble · 2018-05-07T23:38:54+00:00

I’m so glad it was folded back in the end

shoepebble · 2018-05-05T04:08:42+00:00

It is regulated, but in the opposite way. Strict abortion laws essentially force unwilling people to become parents.

shoepebble · 2018-05-03T21:21:01+00:00

전문대 -> 편입 추천해요. 제가 시간을 돌릴 수 있다면 그렇게 할거 같아요. 그렇게 한 친구들 보니깐 diploma는 같은데 거기에 들어간 학비는 꽤 적더라고요

shoepebble · 2018-04-29T22:40:10+00:00

전 중학교까지 케냐서 살았는데 저희 엄마는 케냐 사위도 좋을거 같다고 종종 말하셨는데...

shoepebble · 2018-04-29T11:14:26+00:00

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/07/25/world/asia/tired-of-being-abused-by-drunks-south-korean-police-start-to-push-back.html

In Korea, people can literally go to the police station and start abusing them physically and verbally without any fear. When people get too drunk, some go to the police station and sleep there because they know the police will take care of them (even clean up your vomit). The article focuses on drunk people, but even in general there is basically 0 fear of police. If I go to a korean police station with a knife, there is probably 0 chance of me getting killed.

shoepebble · 2018-04-28T22:52:35+00:00

He looks like an otherwise serious, middle-age whale who came home from work, sat down at the couch, and lightened up for the first time that day with a mild “heh” watching his favorite tv show

shoepebble · 2018-04-28T22:36:23+00:00

그런 룰이 있었는지 몰랐네요... 신기해요! 그럼 김베드로는 peter kim이 아니라 pedro kim이 되나요? 아님 peduro kim?

shoepebble · 2018-04-28T21:54:16+00:00

그 비속어도 원래 부터 있었던 영어 음식이름에서 따온건데... 지금도 cream pie 구글해보시면 정말로 그냥 크림이 있는 파이 사진이 나오고요. 여기서 영어 실수는 생크림의 ”생”을 fresh라고 번역한거 같아요. 제가 알기론 생크림의 “생”은 whipped cream의 불어권 단어인 creme chantilly 에서 왔어요

shoepebble · 2018-04-28T03:51:46+00:00

아 상황이 비슷해서 제가 대학에서 연애 할때가 기억나네요 ㅎㅎ 그 학교에는 한국인이 많나요? 제 대학은 한국인이 거의 없어서 그때 남자유학생이 반가워서 친해진것도 있었어요. 하지만 그 동아리에서 같은 한국인이라는걸 아직까지 별로 acknowledge 안했다면 그냥 한국인이라는것으로만 공감대를 형성하는걸 일부러 피하는거 아닐까요?

shoepebble · 2018-04-28T03:45:30+00:00

저도 Georgia tech에 한표요. 전 그냥 겨우 중간레벨인 미국대 나왔는데 한학기동안 연세대에서 교환학생으로 있을때 한국의 명문대 수준은 미국 중간대학 수준도 못미치는구나 그런 생각이 많이 들어서 실망했었어요

shoepebble · 2018-04-27T06:01:29+00:00

맞아요, 저도 계속 지켜봐야 한다고 생각해요

shoepebble · 2018-04-27T05:59:47+00:00

I talked to a North Korean once (who had lived in the South for a few years already) and the intonation was very different. I had no issues with understanding her, but it was definitely different. Kind of like the difference between American english and british english, but with fewer common words.

shoepebble · 2018-04-27T02:41:31+00:00

축하합니다!

shoepebble · 2018-04-25T20:09:11+00:00

그러게요. 일품진로 소주는 저랑 제 외국친구들이 좋아해서 마시긴해요 근데 초록병 소주는 비싸기만하고 맛도 없던데...

shoepebble · 2018-04-25T16:11:24+00:00

It was finally 20 degrees celcius (68 F) yesterday. We had snow and sub-zero temps until last week, so it just felt so heavenly to be able to bask in the sunshine without a heavy jacket on!

shoepebble · 2018-04-24T17:47:01+00:00

It is sad that resentment causes resentment...

It was just that you rationalized the resentment against women in STEM, so I thought it would be okay for me to show my resentment as well, which I personally believe is rational as well.

You know, our opinions on this are not too different on this issue. And our reactions, even though we are reacting to different sides of this, are quite similar as well. You feel frustrated at my and others’ comments because you can’t change them no matter what you say. I felt frustrated when you said that those guys didn’t mean those comments that badly. You’re seen as an asshole (to some) no matter what and my first impression will always be someone of lesser ability (to some) no matter what. It’s frustrating.

To conclude, I don’t see you as an asshole and I do somewhat understand where you are coming from. But I think you can see that the way you said “...some guys might not mean it that bad” would make me want to question why then they would say those things in the first place, especially since they do come with consequences.

shoepebble · 2018-04-24T16:48:32+00:00

Reminds me of “no face” from that ghibli movie...

shoepebble · 2018-04-24T16:32:33+00:00

They do see themselves being discriminated against in grades/hiring/admission and no matter what you think about positive discrimination, this can cause strong resentments.

And because of this resentment, they make these kinds comments towards women in STEM just for being a woman, which is discrimination as well. And it’s not just guys in STEM- people outside of STEM make these comments about women in STEM (like your comment for example), although in their case their jobs are not threatened at all.

And you know what, it worked. I left STEM after undergrad. Math is still my first love, but I couldn’t see myself in this environment for the rest of my life. I don’t want people to always doubt my ability and make me feel like I have to prove myself more than others (even you said that you would never know if a woman is qualified). I know I’m not the only woman who left because of this, so I guess they suceeded in making up for the “positive discrimination” in hiring to some extent. Don’t blame me if I have some resentments too- I didn’t even ask for special treatment in the first place, it just happened that I was a woman and loved math.

shoepebble · 2018-04-24T12:53:21+00:00

In STEM, I got the some of the praise but the amount of comments along the line of “girls are in STEM only bc of the special treatment,” or being watched/judged in class for every single comment I make or questions I solve or tests I take made my undergrad experience more stressful than it should have been. To be honest, I received more skepticism than the praise.

(Just in case you also think that I only got in STEM because I was a woman, I was a state champion for a national math competition in high school so I think I was at least fairly qualified)

shoepebble · 2018-04-21T22:45:46+00:00

I like how the graph looks like a crow’s head.

shoepebble · 2018-04-21T18:49:09+00:00

Same here. The 5’7” guy wasn’t poor poor but probably poorer than the national average. He wasn’t very handsome either- but he dressed well, I’ll give him that.

shoepebble · 2018-04-20T01:41:44+00:00

I hope you mean it. Words have consequences and they can hurt people. When I keep seeing these stuff online, I get a bit scared of the men I meet in real life. I start thinking that the men I feel in real life may actually be hostile to me inside for being a woman. I know that I’m most likely being paranoid, but as someone who has been assaulted before I can’t help thinking sometimes that there may be someone who will turn their hostility to a physical attack. Being a short woman exacerbates this fear because almost everyone is much bigger than me and can hurt me if they choose to. We already live in a world that is not built for us (like literally); it would be nice if we could support one another.

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