Barangs know your place here.

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khmerhamster
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Re: Barangs know your place here.

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GMJS-CEO wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 12:56 am
Phnom Poon wrote: ↑Mon Feb 01, 2021 11:05 pm we get it
you're better than everyone else
I didn't think "sexpat, addicts, losers, dregs" is "everyone else." In fact, I suspect a significant amount of long-term expats on this forum do not fit into those categories. Do you?
I think he has already unwittingly answered your question.
If the shoe fits and all that...​
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GMJS-CEO wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 12:56 am Do you?
lol, not exactly
but i'm not a sanctimonious jerk about it
nor do i fear for my reputation that these people exist
i suppose i might, if i were easily mistaken for a drooling fat bald old tattooed junkie towing a pretty young thing

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GMJS-CEO wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 12:56 am
Phnom Poon wrote: ↑Mon Feb 01, 2021 11:05 pm we get it
you're better than everyone else
I didn't think "sexpat, addicts, losers, dregs" is "everyone else." In fact, I suspect a significant amount of long-term expats on this forum do not fit into those categories. Do you?
"Losers"? Schoolyard term, imho, so gotta side with PP on this one.
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Sometimes in life other people seem to be rude to you or slight you.

Maybe there was a misunderstanding or someone else had reserved the duck. Maybe he got confused, or someone else offered him more, or he saw a regular customer he wanted to satisfy.

Maybe like he said, you were too drunk to know what as going on or maybe you didn't understand the local language or custom.

Sometimes you go to a busy bar and you're next to be served and the bartender passes you over and serves someone else.

Or you buy a woman a drink and then she quickly ditches you for another guy.

These things often are not related to skin color at all.

Sometimes you'll be the beneficiary and someone else may feel slighted.

It's just life. It doesn't mean Khmers mistreat foreigners.
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Welcome back explorer
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Phnom Poon wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 9:03 am
GMJS-CEO wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 12:56 am Do you?
lol, not exactly
but i'm not a sanctimonious jerk about it
nor do i fear for my reputation that these people exist
i suppose i might, if i were easily mistaken for a drooling fat bald old tattooed junkie towing a pretty young thing
There seems to be a presumption of innocence on the part of the Khmer girls who get 'befriended' by aging expats. I would suggest the expats are in fact the prey, not the predators. Image
" Tried being reasonable. Didn't like it" (Clint Eastwood)
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Great illustration, where is it from?
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John Bingham wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 5:12 pm Great illustration, where is it from?
I can't remember now, I have it on file. I found it relevant after I had been in country a couple of months and I was spending time in the riverside bars. Luckily I am now in Siem Reap, well away from the song of the sirens.
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Never had any bitterness after 10 years residence. Spoke workable Khmer and always loved the interaction. Living in Australia is much more fraught. Wish I was at home in Cambodia.
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lagrange wrote:Image
Looks similar to cautionary tales that missus watches all the time. Animated graphics.

Last story was about the dangers of tiger rape.

Sorry for derailing this thread.
Please continue on this fascinating topic.
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