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Roota

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In Topic: Lady Gaga Fans Gush, Critics Blast Fake-Watch Tweet: Bangkok

2012-05-25 13:40:50

DP25, on 2012-05-25 11:48:04, said:

The posters here seem more upset about the idea of Thais being upset about this. This is a manufactured story. Write a story based on a few tweets that says Thais are outraged when 99% don't care at all . . .

Exactly. The problem is that too many people here like to swallow this kind of story at face value so they can get all righteously indignant. A quick look at Twitter or pantip.com very quickly reveals that the silly criticisms of this Gaga person are a very small minority. But then I suspect that the farangs who get most worked up by this kind of story are generally the ones who don't read Thai and have no interest in doing so.

In Topic: Lady Gaga Fans Gush, Critics Blast Fake-Watch Tweet: Bangkok

2012-05-25 13:35:08

DP25, on 2012-05-25 11:48:04, said:

In Topic: Lady Gaga Fans Gush, Critics Blast Fake-Watch Tweet: Bangkok

2012-05-25 10:54:51

laurentbkk, on 2012-05-25 07:44:03, said:

Thais for sure have NO sense of humor.

Nonsense. Most Thais have a very healthy sense of humor. It just tends to have certain blind spots. (And judging by some of the silly outrage I see posted on these forums sometimes, they're not the only ones.)

And yes, as someone suggested, check out Twitter in Thai. Plenty of Thais are having a laugh over this as well.

In Topic: Coffee Connoisseurs - What Are You Drinking And Where?

2012-04-08 17:49:41

I used to use Dean & Deluca but eventually decided that their prices and attitude were a bit too hi-so for a humble fellow like me. Last I checked they were using beans from Coffee Works, if you want a similar taste at home.

My favorites among locally available beans are Segafredo Extra Strong, Boncafe Cafe Crema and Cafe Angelo, and the occasional Starbucks (their Christmas blend is always good but unfortunately only available around, uh, Christmas). Now if we could only get Illy espresso beans a bit fresher, there'd be no need to look further . . . .

In Topic: What Is The Point Of Learning Thai Other Than Having Fun ?

2012-03-25 13:11:51

I've got an even simpler answer: in many years of meeting a whole lot of expats here, most of the happiest ones have had in common a good command of Thai. There are other factors too of course, like having close Thai friends and achieving some kind of role within the society around you -- work, or study, or hobbies or whatever -- but it all begins with the language.