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Working as a Designer in Korea(medium.com)

over 7 years ago from Dani Sanchez, Senior UX and Product Designer

  • Art VandelayArt Vandelay, over 7 years ago

    Sounds like rather than bitching you should write your own piece on this? Might be more productive.

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    • Angel Seong, over 7 years ago (edited over 7 years ago )

      Since when did someone have to write articles to express their opinions on this site? The author, as someone else pointed out, put his pen to paper with his nose already wrinkled in disdain at his notion of a culture that he barely has a grasp of.

      So I am merely expressing my own disdain at his disdain and pointing out the fact that his words are glib and shallow, in a thread where there were nothing but positive comments previously. I don't see how that is so unproductive.

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      • Art VandelayArt Vandelay, over 7 years ago

        of course, another heavy handed and one-dimensional review of asian culture with no hint of nuance

        not to mention that he clearly does not actually know what "chaebol" really means—if he did, he'd actually use the word correctly.

        And lastly, one that I'll include for "inspiration"

        "The best way to complain is to make things"

        Hence the reason I told you to quite bitching and write your own version, filled with your opinions

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      • Dani SanchezDani Sanchez, over 7 years ago

        Since when is there anything wrong with approaching the writing of an article with disdain? I did intentionally approach the post with disdain. Insofar as you are free to chose the tone of your expression, I chose mine to be precisely that.

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        • Art VandelayArt Vandelay, over 7 years ago

          Disdain and criticizing someone for doing something you haven't (write an article based on their/your experiences) are different.

          To not like something is fine, to criticize in a way that could feel insulting, well, is insulting.

          Here's a nice little book to help you with that: http://www.discussingdesign.com/

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    • Dani SanchezDani Sanchez, over 7 years ago

      Thanks, Art. That's a rather blunt way to put it, but it's true.

      It's always easier to complain and comments like this is what those of us who write expose to.

      Plus, I don't know what Angel is talking about. Unless he is smarter than Google, which I highly doubt. And, it is one dimensional because it is based on MY experience in the country, that was clear in the introduction, dear reader.

      https://www.google.nl/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=chaebol

      암튼, 댓글 고마워요.

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      • Art VandelayArt Vandelay, over 7 years ago (edited over 7 years ago )

        To be totally fair to Angel, Google (maybe Google translator) is sometimes wrong as sentiment and cultural relevancy around words can change.

        An example - in the US the term "fuck boy" now means (I think) a dude that has a lot of sex. Where as where I grew up, it was an insulting term meant to start a fight with someone else.

        Angel is totally allowed and inclined to have his/her own opinions, and definitely doesn't need my approval for them. However, it just irked me to see something that felt so destructive in writing. And unfortunately, tone and intention are hard to translate from spoken word to writing.

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