I lived in Korea for 5 years. Here's what happened when I came home to Nebraska
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Re: I lived in Korea for 5 years. Here's what happened when I came home to Nebraska
#2I'd just like to protest the posting of articles with clickbait headlines.
Re: I lived in Korea for 5 years. Here's what happened when I came home to Nebraska
#3I'd just like to protest the posting of articles with clickbait headlines.
...and not mentioning N or S Korea. I hoped for some interesting insights into the North.
Re: I lived in Korea for 5 years. Here's what happened when I came home to Nebraska
#4tl;dr
The author was away from home for so long that his new territory felt more like home.
Confused and overwhelmed at mixed feelings regarding his return, he felt homesick for the alien culture that he came to enjoy so much, while he was travelling abroad.
He was thus disappointed by the inversion of feelings he was originally expecting. He is not happy about returning to America.
Re: I lived in Korea for 5 years. Here's what happened when I came home to Nebraska
#5tl;dr The author was away from home for so long that his new territory felt more like home. Confused and overwhelmed at mixed feelings regarding his return, he felt homesick for the alien culture that he came to enjoy so much, while he was travelling abroad. He was thus disappointed by the inversion of feelings he was originally expecting. He is not happy about returning to America.
This tl;dr doesn't imho really point to the core of the OC. And he did not travel - he lived there for five years.
But yeah misrepresenting seems to be working good here.
Re: I lived in Korea for 5 years. Here's what happened when I came home to Nebraska
#6This is an almost text-book example of reverse culture shock, where after living abroad you take on enough of the cultural norms, that home seems almost alien to you.
Re: I lived in Korea for 5 years. Here's what happened when I came home to Nebraska
#7Re: I lived in Korea for 5 years. Here's what happened when I came home to Nebraska
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
...and not mentioning N or S Korea. I hoped for some interesting insights into the North.
I think it's fair to say that if you don't specify a Korea, you mean South Korea. That's the colloquial assumption.
For tech and product, sure - there's no alternative. For travel and geography I don't think I remember a case of it not being specific. Maybe that;s a UK habit.
Re: I lived in Korea for 5 years. Here's what happened when I came home to Nebraska
#9I'd just like to protest the posting of articles with clickbait headlines.
You're probably right, I should have changed the headline here (I didn't write the story), but I found it so interesting and worth sharing that I totally not thought about it.
Also the link to "reverse culture shock" in the story added a reason for me to share it here (doesn't always have to be about tech, I personally enjoy non-tech stories on HN a lot, because my whole life is tech already :) )