White People Stare At Books - Asians At Screens

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White People Stare At Books - Asians At Screens

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Interesting cultural phenomenon noted by Bangkok Coconuts: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2014/10/20/w ... lay-phones
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I kid you not, a young Khmer guy was reading Doctor Zhivago in Lucky Burgers the other day. It seemed really important to him that we notice.
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Go into any backpacker place - guesthouse, restaurant - in Cambodia and the chances are that 90% of the guests and 90% of the staff will be looking at stuff on their phones. Same, same.
StroppyChops wrote:I kid you not, a young Khmer guy was reading Doctor Zhivago in Lucky Burgers the other day. It seemed really important to him that we notice.
In English or in Russian ? (Don't suppose it matters really :geek: )
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Anyone gone back to reading a book after using a kindle for a while and tapped the page expecting it to turn over.
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Anchor Moy wrote:In English or in Russian ? (Don't suppose it matters really :geek: )
English - impressive. In the original would have been worthy of a photo.
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