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and throwing in calculus and its applications (see CP Ep Ch16 comments re EC’s educational requirements for barista-dom) and now statistical inference. CW – hats off you you, you are quite right about the non-shocking nature of the order of percentage African visitors represent. I had thought the only person I had to be wary of before indulging in statistical bluff was my son, who does stats for a living but certainly doesn’t read KDrama blogs.

Javabeans,
It’s all good

I don’t think it’s really about being interested in Korean culture but about enjoying the entertainment. Plus, there are some similarities between the Korean culture and many African cultures especially in familial relations. For example, the whole Oppa/Unni/Noona/Hyung thing. Well, while the younger generation generally finds it passe to call their elder siblings anything but their names, the practice is still very much alive with the older generations, referring to their elder siblings as either “Sister” or “Sister Toyin.” Well, by my generation, I refer to the younger city dwellers who like to think of themselves as somewhat westernized. Also, similar to the Ajumma/Ajusshi thing, you refer to older friends/acquaintances/family friends as Uncle/Aunty even though they aren’t blood relatives.

Also, I remember when I started watching daily dramas and they had elaborate traditional wedding scenes where the groom’s family would go over the bride’s family with gifts. Of course, in Africa, the details vary with the culture but in general, but we have something similar.

Even the importance of parental approval when one’s choosing a life partner isn’t something foreign.

One of the reasons Bollywood was widely watched in many countries in Africa was because it was “clean.” You could easily watch the movies with your entire family with no fear of stumbling onto a sex scene. The same ‘cleanliness’ generally exists in kdramas so it may explain why some Africans might enjoy them.

So even though the characters look different and speak a different language, there are many ways we can relate to them. Plus, who doesn’t like a good story? But of course, the more I watch kdramas, the more I’m interested in Korea as a whole.

But I can understand your amazement with foreigners enjoying your shows. Nollywood (Nigerian movie industry) blew up in the last ten years or so and not only is it replacing Hollywood in many ways throughout Africa, it’s also huge in the Caribbean (especially Jamaica). But if I were to hear it was huge in some other places, I’d be shocked especially as I have a love-hate relationship with it.

Gramps, since 1.5% of IP address are in Africa, maybe it’ll be shocking if 40% of her visitors were from the continent, no? But 0.05% shouldn’t be too shocking.

“The percentage of addresses located in Antarctica comes in with two zeros after the decimal point, so it may take a while yet for those lonely folk in desolate research stations to reveal that KDrama is really what keeps them going through that long winter night.”

LMAO

Right you are!

Let’s look at the world in terms of IP addresses currently allocated. No less than 55% of those are in the US and Canada alone. The whole of Asia, by far the most populous continent, has around 14% of all addresses, while Africa has just 1.5% or thereabouts. Hence the mild surprise, but considerable delight, at finding that even in this numerically very small proportion of all the potential visitors to this blog there are javabeans and KDrama fans. The percentage of addresses located in Antarctica comes in with two zeroes after the decimal point, so it may take a while yet for those lonely folk in desolate research stations to reveal that KDrama is really what keeps them going through that long winter night. But looked at another way, even though the number of IP addresses assigned to Antarctica is tiny, the population of the continent is so small that there are about 4 IP addresses per person. Such relative saturation levels aren’t achieved even in Silicon Valley. So give Antarctica a bit more time, and who knows? Since CB downloads over typical 512kb/s satellite links would mean a single episode would take a very long time to arrive, javabeans’ concise but content-rich recaps would be all the more valued.

The tables and maps behind this summary are at http://www.ipligence.com/worldmap/ Incidentally, outfits like this which, for a price, will tell you to within a specified distance exactly where your incoming clients are situated simply from their IP address, lie behind the way that advertisers whose popup adds are triggered by sites such a Megaupload are able to send out images of somewhat underdressed and desperate-looking young ladies allegedly living in your home town and eager to meet you right now at the flip of a credit card.