Has a Cambodian ever said something that stopped your in your tracks or made your jaw drop?
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Re: Has a Cambodian ever said something that stopped your in your tracks or made your jaw drop?
I can't say anything in particular, but a lot of it has to do with the superstition taught when young. Every culture has its Santa Clauses, but just aren't ever told he isn't real...I try not to laugh, but educate. IF they don't believe me, I provide proof, smartphones are great for that!
Re: Has a Cambodian ever said something that stopped your in your tracks or made your jaw drop?
I had a young student who was afraid to go to the bathroom by herself because she was afraid of the ghosts, I asked her who told her such rubbish about ghosts in the bathroom, she replied my Khmer teacher!!!!.
Re: Has a Cambodian ever said something that stopped your in your tracks or made your jaw drop?
A friend is in Battambang, I recommended to see the bat cave.
It's raining there & they asked if the bats will fly out if it's raining
I replied that they use ears to see & this is why they call it Bat a bang.
I'm totally stumped & curious to know if the bats will fly out in the rain
It's raining there & they asked if the bats will fly out if it's raining
I replied that they use ears to see & this is why they call it Bat a bang.
I'm totally stumped & curious to know if the bats will fly out in the rain
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Re: Has a Cambodian ever said something that stopped your in your tracks or made your jaw drop?
A fisherman in Indonesia once told me that you can tell if it's going to rain tonight/tomorrow morning by the bats, they won't come out just before it rains. I have no idea how true it is but I feel like people whose lives revolve around the weather probably know how to read the signs.Yobbo wrote: ↑Sun Jul 03, 2022 1:53 pm A friend is in Battambang, I recommended to see the bat cave.
It's raining there & they asked if the bats will fly out if it's raining
I replied that they use ears to see & this is why they call it Bat a bang.
I'm totally stumped & curious to know if the bats will fly out in the rain
Re: Has a Cambodian ever said something that stopped your in your tracks or made your jaw drop?
This thread reeks of privilege.
Mocking people because they don't have the same education as you is disgusting.
Did you actually explain why the balloon doesn't rise or did you just mock and act like a superior douche?
Mocking people because they don't have the same education as you is disgusting.
Did you actually explain why the balloon doesn't rise or did you just mock and act like a superior douche?
Once you've read the dictionary, every other book is just a remix.
Re: Has a Cambodian ever said something that stopped your in your tracks or made your jaw drop?
Has a Cambodian ever said something that stopped your in your tracks or made your jaw drop? Not that I can recall, but plenty of Foreigners in Cambodia certainly have.
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Re: Has a Cambodian ever said something that stopped your in your tracks or made your jaw drop?
Isn’t it somewhat alluded to in a few replies, even by accident.Random Dude wrote: ↑Sun Jul 03, 2022 2:21 pmA fisherman in Indonesia once told me that you can tell if it's going to rain tonight/tomorrow morning by the bats, they won't come out just before it rains. I have no idea how true it is but I feel like people whose lives revolve around the weather probably know how to read the signs.
What people are taught, and which goes unquestioned or unreasoned, will pretty much form their knowledge. We’ve just been having a conversation about this, over a pink gin or three.
If you gave a 5 year old a balloon inflated by mouth, and then gave them a balloon with helium, they’d likely notice the different behaviour. But if nobody gave an explanation other than ‘it’s magic*’ and persisted with that explanation for another 2 decade, can you really blame the grown up child for not understanding?
When an adult from a developed country rants on about flat earth, that’s a very different issue, I think.
One is a point of basic ignorance (in its real sense), while the other is somewhere between barking mad and dumb.
The person for whom the scientific difference between exhaled air and helium balloons has no practical daily use, is likely going to concentrate on other stuff that you and I are just as likely to dismiss or take for granted.
It’s jaw dropping that in the 21st century, witchcraft results in murders, bad education and poor education, while wealthy local privilege holds many people back.
Ps. I’m sure bats do operate in the rain, but have no data to back that up. I suspect they know better than we do, when it’s going to happen. I’ve got an app for that.
*for instance
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Re: Has a Cambodian ever said something that stopped your in your tracks or made your jaw drop?
Just for the record: Bats generally avoid heavy rain, though they will fly in light drizzle.
Rain and humidity can affect their radars is why they try to avoid rain.
Rain and humidity can affect their radars is why they try to avoid rain.
Re: Has a Cambodian ever said something that stopped your in your tracks or made your jaw drop?
We absorbed a lot of science and particularly physics in our formative years.
In school by osmosis.
In practice- by blowing shit up, working on cars and getting shit faced.
In school by osmosis.
In practice- by blowing shit up, working on cars and getting shit faced.
Re: Has a Cambodian ever said something that stopped your in your tracks or made your jaw drop?
"Here's your correct change".
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