The Joshing Gnome

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Archive for the 'rational thought' Category

Metropolitician Gets It

• May 27, 2010 • 3 Comments

Posted in america, cultural transmission, education, internet, korea, laziness, Pseudo-Intellectualism, rational thought


What Is Aegyo And How Can We Kill It? Part Three

• April 28, 2010 • 1 Comment

Posted in economics, empathy, korea, rational thought


Putting The Lie To Civilization

• April 6, 2010 • 3 Comments

Posted in books, cultural transmission, desire, economics, korea, laziness, leisure studies, magical thinking, Pseudo-Intellectualism, Yonsei GSIS
Tags: celadon


Irony

• January 22, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in nonsense, rational thought


Pu’er Tea Bubble Bursts

• January 18, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in rational thought, Uncategorized


What Christmas Means to Me

• December 24, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in American culture, amorality, life, magical thinking


Missing the Point

• November 14, 2008 • 4 Comments

Posted in amorality, korea, magical thinking, nonsense, Pseudo-Intellectualism, rational thought


Love Dem Jews!

• September 13, 2008 • 4 Comments

Posted in Claiming value, korea, magical thinking, marketing, media, movies, music, nationalism, propaganda, racism


An Ironic Slice of Life

• August 12, 2008 • 3 Comments

Posted in education, efficiency, laziness, life, magical thinking, teaching english


Mirrors Make You Self Aware

• July 24, 2008 • 1 Comment

Posted in amorality, empathy, rational thought


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I am an American who lives in Bucheon, South Korea

I work in Seoul.

I am currently attending Yonsei Graduate School of International Studies.

You can email me at joemondello @ gmail . com

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    Bygone Joshing

    Ideas that done been joshed about:

    Korean child-rearing practices Living in an impolite society - Judd Apatow laziness - The Chortlin' Circuit - Incentivizing education in New York - Logical fallacies - Adding value - The popularization of the term 'Asperger's Syndrome' - Purging Korean of Japanese words - Eyelids - The Post-race frontier - Caring what others think - Dirtstaches - Overcorrection - The World's Biggest A-hole - Projecting stress on dogs - The Fat Comedy Style versus the Group Reinforcement Comedy Style - Bilateral pretend unironic enjoyment events - Unspeak and Korean produce

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    • The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen (txt file)
     

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