If it is opposites day I will name him Metroit Duscle.Lucky Lucan wrote:Not if you had an extremely big head.AE86 wrote:^^This
And you wouldn't get thrown up against the windscreen of a Range Rover, you'd skim the top with your head and then hit the dash.
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+1 spot onChuangt2u wrote:That smile thing?
They do that to defuse a situation.
Shit happens, and it can happen more often than not, here. The Khmer smile, to me, shows well that part of their mindset that looks for a compromise, a meeting half-way, an agreement, a way to settle things between parties before problems become too big.
They do that because there really are no brakes on a situation once it's out of hand - things turn into red mist and body parts around here in the blink of an eye when folks get serious.
So they smile at the most insane shit, because, unlike us, they're aware of what can and will happen if things are taken seriously - and that smile is a coping mechanism amidst the chaos of life here.
As for the most of us westerners, we're still in the mindset of our home countries, where unless you're some kind of prison butcher, bikie hitman, or GI Joe, you're never likely to come across that level of violence. So we get threads like this that say "Why do they smile at such insane sh1t?"
Look to the recent thread about the axe attack to see what I mean. Most of us have never had to deal with inescapably being a part of that type of society.
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slavedog was the building manager. The original complaint is still standing, unedited - as is the recent thread which slavedog refuses to return to.GMJS-440 wrote:If this is what happened it is pretty sick. As i interpret that Slavedog listened to gossip from the idiot building manager and after that spread it among the students in an effort to hurt someone's career. And as such succeeded in hurting that persons career, family and livelihood.Chuangt2u wrote: Really, I haven't heard that one - but I'm familiar with the one about the guy who was attacked at work after people decided to spread gossip emanating from the building manager to the kids in that guy's classes. That bullshit gossip then followed him around (in the student population as well) for years - damaging his ability to earn a living for half a decade.
If you behave like that towards other people your day of reckoning is approaching much faster then you would like.
The post office episode was with the guy who spread it amongst the students - not slavedog.gibbon arms wrote:Sounds so benign when you put it that way.Chuangt2u wrote:I took the opportunity to point out to him what a wanker he is.
Wasn't there yet another public skirmish outside the PP Post Office?
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Wouldn't disagree.penisjokeforaname wrote:I'd argue Khmers aren't unique in smiling when they feel equal parts threatened, confused, guilty and annoyed at the reaction of someone they probably can't communicate more than 50 words with...LTO wrote:Gestures, even reflexive ones such as smiling, don't mean the same thing in every culture. It's a tourist mistake to imagine that they do.
I thought the smile thing was a common sense thing in Cambodia. It works, it helps, and it's cultural, right? I think you have to be very personal with some for that facade to be lifted and even then it may exist to avoid nastiness. As for the driver who was speeding, all I can say is you handled the situation wrongly if you didn't get what you wanted because Cambodians are extremely accommodating, this is true despite the language barrier if you know how to communicate decently with people. So, it's not a joke, it's not about being assertive and playing by your rules, but maybe it's about changing your attitude OP. Then again, what do I know, I don't live there.
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Wow very well said, I couldn't agree more.Chuangt2u wrote:That smile thing?
They do that to defuse a situation.
Shit happens, and it can happen more often than not, here. The Khmer smile, to me, shows well that part of their mindset that looks for a compromise, a meeting half-way, an agreement, a way to settle things between parties before problems become too big.
They do that because there really are no brakes on a situation once it's out of hand - things turn into red mist and body parts around here in the blink of an eye when folks get serious.
So they smile at the most insane shit, because, unlike us, they're aware of what can and will happen if things are taken seriously - and that smile is a coping mechanism amidst the chaos of life here.
As for the most of us westerners, we're still in the mindset of our home countries, where unless you're some kind of prison butcher, bikie hitman, or GI Joe, you're never likely to come across that level of violence. So we get threads like this that say "Why do they smile at such insane sh1t?"
Look to the recent thread about the axe attack to see what I mean. Most of us have never had to deal with inescapably being a part of that type of society.
Reminds me of a brandished axe over the head situation, way back and away, was my fault but I ended diffusing it, otherwise one of today's top PP foreign lawyer wouldn't be alive
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Sorry, there have been so many public verbal assaults, I get them mixed up.Chuangt2u wrote:The post office episode was with the guy who spread it amongst the students - not slavedog.gibbon arms wrote:Sounds so benign when you put it that way.Chuangt2u wrote:I took the opportunity to point out to him what a wanker he is.
Wasn't there yet another public skirmish outside the PP Post Office?
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OP, you seem to be well-educated but also very loquacious. Why engage in such useless discussion?
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A smile may have many different meanings even within the same culture.
Sometimes a smile has the same meaning across cultural and national boundaries, but other times it has different meaning.
It's not one sizes fits all. And some cultural differences we will never understand. I think we experience love, relationships and many other things differently even within subcultures in the same country.
Sometimes a smile has the same meaning across cultural and national boundaries, but other times it has different meaning.
It's not one sizes fits all. And some cultural differences we will never understand. I think we experience love, relationships and many other things differently even within subcultures in the same country.
When they start smiling I ramp it up and get really in there.(Just guys)Chuangt2u wrote:That smile thing?
They do that to defuse a situation.
Shit happens, and it can happen more often than not, here. The Khmer smile, to me, shows well that part of their mindset that looks for a compromise, a meeting half-way, an agreement, a way to settle things between parties before problems become too big.
They do that because there really are no brakes on a situation once it's out of hand - things turn into red mist and body parts around here in the blink of an eye when folks get serious.
So they smile at the most insane shit, because, unlike us, they're aware of what can and will happen if things are taken seriously - and that smile is a coping mechanism amidst the chaos of life here.
As for the most of us westerners, we're still in the mindset of our home countries, where unless you're some kind of prison butcher, bikie hitman, or GI Joe, you're never likely to come across that level of violence. So we get threads like this that say "Why do they smile at such insane sh1t?"
Look to the recent thread about the axe attack to see what I mean. Most of us have never had to deal with inescapably being a part of that type of society.
Then when I can tell they are about to burst and axe me I 180 and give them a genuine smile like I wasn't just being a total dick and say something really nice that would make them look like the dick if they said or did anything
Then they lose the smile real quick because they think I've made them out to look like a dick, because they're fuming and I'm cool as a cucumber
Mind you this only applies to people who can actually converse with me in English otherwise its not fair. Gone are the days of the red mist unless you're trying to score meth on the street and then you'll get what's coming to you.
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A misquote means you change the words. You might mean I have taken it out of context but that's not true. We're talking about smiles, not surprise or fear. Both reports you linked to said "smiles mean the same thing in all countries" eg. happiness.Mèo Đen wrote:Firstly don't distort the meaning of a script by quoting a few words, that's a miss quote!
Bullshit.Mèo Đen wrote:Inter generational marriage has been culturally acceptable here for a long time. Jerry lee Lewis married his 13 year old cousin and that was acceptable in the US in the '50's but not now, times and cultural values change. If its acceptable to the particular culture and to those involved, then what I think is irrelevant.
"Marriages between old men and young women are 'inappropriate', foreign ministry spokesman Koy Kuong said, and foreign men who wish to marry nationals must earn a high salary to ensure that 'Cambodian women can live a decent life'." - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-03-16/c ... ds/2653258
"A government spokesman said it did not look 'fitting' to see a young Cambodian woman with a much older foreign man." - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12802339
By the way, Jerry Lee Lewis ruined his career by marrying his young cousin even though he was only 9 years older than her, so you're wrong again.
"Lewis's rock and roll career faltered in the wake of his marriage to his 13-year-old cousin when he was 22.... he was blacklisted from radio and almost vanished from the music scene. " - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lee_Lewis
How can this even be legal here? From what I've read the age to marry in Cambodia is 18 for women and 20 for men. Can any legal eagles confirm?