#eyk crew

[captainc0oter]

I wonder what the EYK Crew would think of my idea for a k-pop boy group? B.A.L.L.S.A.C. — 'Boys Always Looking Luciously Sexy And Cute'.

[a-single-truant-muse]

I GOT A SPOT FOR THE EAT YOUR KIMCHI ORANGE FAN MEET UP IN SOCAL AYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

[eatyourkimchi-love]

[crazybeccaboop]

EYK!!

I don't religiously watch eyk videos but i try to watch them when i can. As someone who writes (when life doesn't get in the way) fanfics i both understand and don't understand the hate. You can tell someone you don't want ur fanfic used without the rudeness or the cursing. Everyone is entitled to an opinion just because u don't have the same opinion as the members of eyk does not mean you get to be rude about. I'm all for freedom of speech, whats the point of having a voice if your not going to use it, but remember that eyk is a group of 4 people who work hard. You don't have to like them and if you don't then don't watch them. But you can not like them and voice your opinion without the level of rudeness i've been reading.

[unpopular-eyk-opinions]

I’m going to stick to a subject that I’m familiar with first-hand: their mispronunciation of names, and their lack of will to try and properly learn them. This is a lot longer than what I expected to write, so I apologize for that.

To sum things up, it’s incredibly disrespectful, no matter what. It’s alright if you mispronounce something once or twice, on accident or because you simply don’t no better. If you’ve been corrected on it, have been asked to pronounce it a certain way, etc. by the person who’s name you are saying, you really ought to say it that way.

To relate this to first-hand experience: my name is a bit funny, a result of having parents from two different countries. They had decided to give me a name from the country we are not living in, and as a consequence, many people mispronounce it. My friends and I correct them, they apologize and do their best to pronounce it correctly on the occasion that my name is said. No one who isn’t familiar with me and hasn’t gotten an ‘ok’ from me purposely mispronounces it makes no attempt at correcting it. Why? Because that would be rude and disrespectful. It’s only alright to do that sort of thing in a respectful and knowing way, if you’re certain that the person in question will not be offended by it.

It is also disrespectful to native-language speakers to mispronounce everything with no intention of correcting it, or apologizing for it (see KMM: Nu’est’s Hello and find the 6th paragraph-type thing on Aron’s name). It’s understandable if it’s not your native language that you will not be able to pronounce things correctly due to an accent and such, but it’s important to make the effort of pronouncing it correctly. Why? Respect.

Why is it so disrespectful to not make an effort in correctly pronouncing names? When you put aside trying to properly say or do something, it devalues the person, language, etc. in question. Anything without a name is often considered a person, an object, or anything. It’s considered to not exist until given a name. Is that person not respectable enough to be called by the name they were given? Is that language not respectable enough to be learned properly?

This also connects to not having the will to properly learn names, and maybe even the language. Brushing aside a name, just because there are too many others to learn, is rude. As with mispronouncing names, it devalues the person. In Canada, where I live, one of the selling points that colleges give around here to make you go to them instead of a university is that “you’re not just a number.” They use the idea of respect and recognition to get people to come to them. It is important to at least put in the effort to learn names– you can’t learn them all, for sure, and that’s understandable. But effort makes all the difference in this world, with multiple things. Gifts in which people have put thought and effort into getting for someone mean a lot more than gifts in which people haven’t. You’re more likely to be hired for a job if you put effort into your work, compared to if you slack off and do the bare minimum. 

Making videos, interviewing people, etc. is their job. They use it to pay their bills, to buy themselves food, etc. They use it to make money. It is important to put effort into their job, and putting effort into learning names and pronouncing it properly is included. On certain occasions, they claim to be professionals, but the lack of effort they put into certain aspects of their job is the contrary of that. It’s unprofessional.

[unpopular-eyk-opinions]

I don’t know any “non-professional” YouTuber who owns a studio, has held multiple fanmeetings in multiple countries, gets their flights paid for, gets fanmail, has a fanbase, has a store marketing BRANDED MERCHANDISE, has attended several formal/non-formal industry events and interviewed several distinguished, recognizable artists, and has been interviewed/featured in various magazine, internet and newspaper articles as well as appeared on television NUMEROUS TIMES.

I hope they never say that they aren’t professionals ever again.

[unpopular-eyk-opinions]

The Truth About Visas

I was reading up about visas for South Korea and noticed this tidbit for Coporate Visas aka Simon and Martina’s visa bought through donations.

However, there was also concern that some foreigners were taking advantage of the visa and using it to reside permanently in Korea without actually creating any business. Once the visa has been issued the government doesn’t keep track of the investment.

This is how they get away living in Korea without doing actual work.

[unpopular-eyk-opinions]

Diss Track My opinions are best summarized on this 2 part diss track I made as part of the first half of my mixtape. As a foreigner who can actually speak Korean and trying to make a livelihood in later with rapping, I could go on for days on what's godawful with EYK.  (skip to 0:56 for the EYK diss part)