Strange Trade Offer ... Would You Trade?

I think the real question we should be asking is how did he get the military gear and should we be worried? You don’t just obtain NK military items from a gift shop. NK will torture you do death literally if you try to take a propaganda poster. I wouldn’t think NK would let part of their military uniform go legitametly…

Why would we be worried? Korea is not going to send an assassin on poor old Gary. They have bigger stuff to worry about now lol.

I’m saying the guy who owns the hat now may be shady, or obtained the hat through questionable means.

Maybe the seller is from South Korea? A lot of North Koreans escape to South Korea.

Second option would be drug/gun dealer. North Korea makes most of their income with crime to fund their regime. Yeah thats pretty shady hehe. :laughing:

Might be a prop/spare from The Interview?

As someone who has always been fascinated by North Korean memoirs (my favorite is The girl with seven names) this is truly one of those things that I don’t know how to answer. I mean, if if it is authentic, whoever crossed with it risked their life. Im not kidding, before that Otto Warmbier mess, visiting North Korea was a goal of mine, especially after watching that Vice documentary were they recorded a lot of stuff with their GoPros. Now, especially with what’s been happening over there, I have a higher chance of aquiring an Illustrator than visiting North Korea.

y tho?

I always wondered how/why Americans would get themselves into trouble over there. Why oh why go visit a place like that with the risks involved?

I’ve always enjoyed traveling and when it has to do with a country or culture that is significantly homogenous in composition it makes the experience more unique. Over the last 5 years, North Korea had opened up certain areas to travelers (obviously with restrictions and with their own officer/tour guide with you at all times). For example, pictures of statues couldn’t be cut (they had to fit in the frame), one day they made you bring flowers to the leaders, etc… You truly get to experience how disconnected they are from reality and how the juche ideology has shaped their country. It’s like the opening travel to Cuba now. You truly get to appreciate democracy and your county but also learn about the World and how damaging governments can be when they actually go wrong. I’m trying to stay away from politics but when you truly experience things like these and then you hear someone Call President Bush or President Our honorable president a communist or a socialist… you can truly know it’s an exaggeration and not the reality. Ultimately, it’s an experience to go places where others have not. Some people are into that others aren’t.

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This, especially the last two sentences. I might be wrong but as far as I’m aware of the Americans who got in trouble in North Korea had it coming. The punishment is/was inhuman but what else do you expect when you enter North Korea and act like douche there. The same applies to any other country you visit: Respect their culture.

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Think of it this way. Which item would you rather sit on trying to sell? I think the hat is the harder item to sell.

Pretty sure more people know about Korea than vintage pokemon cards.

If I was rich I would buy the hat.

More people know about Martin Luther King jr I have a dream speech, yet a draft of the speech only sold for $3,500.

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The hat gets you late.

Late where? To work? To school? To your wedding? You gotta be specific.

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laid :laughing:

English is hard bro.

I would only make the trade if I wanted to keep the hat as a neat trinket because the value is a big question mark (at least for me).

Although… it may be little dark, but if you want to bet on timeline where Our honorable president decides to wipe N. Korea off the map maybe you’d see a significant increase in value?

edit: Is there really a filter on this website that converts Tr.ump to “Our honorable president”? LOL

yes, yes there is.

Any current president has that as an auto filter to deter off topic political discussion. It was the same for the previous president as well.

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That is the funniest/greatest thing ever LOL

Can we get one for every time someone tries to claim BGS is better than PSA? :wink:

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I don’t want to meet any woman turned on by a North Korean hat in USA.

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