Blindfolded Foreigner Wants Money for Hugs in Vietnam

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Would you let this backpack hug you for cash?

YES
1
5%
NO
7
37%
MAYBE
2
11%
WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THIS?
3
16%
I'D PAY HIM TO NOT HUG ME
6
32%
 
Total votes: 19
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Re: Blindfolded Foreigner Wants Money for Hugs in Vietnam

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The last line in Vietnamese says give me money to allow me to continue my travels.
There is a custom/habit mainly in big cities of not wanting to look a stranger in the eye as something bad may happen. Possibly the reason for the blindfold.
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Re: Blindfolded Foreigner Wants Money for Hugs in Vietnam

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hiway5 wrote: Thu May 03, 2018 11:51 am The last line in Vietnamese says give me money to allow me to continue my travels.
He is not going to travel very far; he had no takers. Vietnamese are not exactly into hugging in public.
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Re: Blindfolded Foreigner Wants Money for Hugs in Vietnam

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that genius wrote: Thu May 03, 2018 10:48 am
xxxxxxx wrote: Thu May 03, 2018 12:54 am Since he's blindfolded, I'd change out his sign to one that reads : "I love big sweaty black men. Please come abuse me anally."
Define 'projection' for us please... :color
Well, projection is when you say you want something to happen to someone else, when actually ... oh.
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Re: Blindfolded Foreigner Wants Money for Hugs in Vietnam

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hanno wrote: Thu May 03, 2018 2:21 pm
hiway5 wrote: Thu May 03, 2018 11:51 am The last line in Vietnamese says give me money to allow me to continue my travels.
He is not going to travel very far; he had no takers. Vietnamese are not exactly into hugging in public.
That's right. Plus didn't write thank you or something similar. Good manners very important in Vietnam.
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Re: Blindfolded Foreigner Wants Money for Hugs in Vietnam

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that genius wrote: Thu May 03, 2018 10:48 am
xxxxxxx wrote: Thu May 03, 2018 12:54 am Since he's blindfolded, I'd change out his sign to one that reads : "I love big sweaty black men. Please come abuse me anally."
Define 'projection' for us please...
What I was going suggest is that someone use vladimir's own, personal, well-used sign that reads "I love big sweaty black men. Please come abuse me anally." and substitute that for the guy's hugs-for-money sign. But then I realized that you would NEVER give your sign up, as your entire social life depends upon it.
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