Picture: Siam Rath

 

Siam Rath reported that a video was pulling at the heartstrings of Thais on social media.

 

It had been viewed 5.7 million times on ball.af on TikTok.

 

It featured a dishevelled little girl aged about 8 going to a noodle stall.

 

There the child is told to wait after ordering a single bag of noodle soup.

 

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When asked who it is for she says that five people will eat the modest portion.

 

Thai social media responded with one voice - the need to get help to this poor family.

 

A subsequent post indicated that some extra food had been delivered to the family. 

 

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Poor little kid, probably not getting educated either.

This is shameful with government members being multi millionaires 

I hate to imagine how many times this is occurring here.

 

6 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said:

Poor little kid, probably not getting educated either.

This is shameful with government members being multi millionaires 

I hate to imagine how many times this is occurring here.

 

Not just here but worldwide

1 minute ago, JoePai said:

Not just here but worldwide

Agreed, however, this is a Thai forum.

 

As sad as it is, the clip does look rather rehearsed.

????

12 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said:

Poor little kid, probably not getting educated either.

This is shameful with government members being multi millionaires 

I hate to imagine how many times this is occurring here.

 

If any members of the government have seen this then they should hang their heads in shame. 

Just now, Dmaxdan said:

If any members of the government have seen this then they should hang their heads in shame. 

They have no shame

 

Just now, Dmaxdan said:

If any members of the government have seen this then they should hang their heads in shame. 

Fair sentiment, but reasons for such shame are plentiful and they just carry on. I made a similar comment wrt Pattaya's pavements. We get platitudes and sometimes reactive effort when issues get highlighted. 

They know no shame......

11 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Fair sentiment, but reasons for such shame are plentiful and they just carry on. I made a similar comment wrt Pattaya's pavements. We get platitudes and sometimes reactive effort when issues get highlighted. 

They know no shame......

They know no shame...

They no know shame....

 

Better the millions in their account than in someone else's, they think. You never know when they get kicked out.

29 minutes ago, CelticBhoy said:

As sad as it is, the clip does look rather rehearsed.

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It does indeed.  Especially filming before she even asks for the soup.  She also doesn't look particularly dishevelled to me, nor all that malnourished.

 

I have no doubt that there are many poor people struggling in Thailand right now, but this girls doesn't look like she is sharing one bag of noodle soup between five at each meal.

30 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

It does indeed.  Especially filming before she even asks for the soup. 

She's probably made the journey hundreds of times already.

11 minutes ago, Hamus Yaigh said:

She's probably made the journey hundreds of times already.

She doesn't look like someone who has eaten a fifth of a noodle meal for dinner hundreds of times.  Don't be so naïve.

Yes, the icon of truth and reality... Tik-Tok!

Fake, scripted video.

 

No noodle stall proprietor would ask somebody who orders 1 bag of noodle soup how many people are going to share it.

4 minutes ago, Misterwhisper said:

Fake, scripted video.

 

No noodle stall proprietor would ask somebody who orders 1 bag of noodle soup how many people are going to share it.

It's quite likely a staged video which was re-enacted after the original event. I would have done the same in the hope that it went viral on tiktok to draw attention to the poor girl's light. I don't think they created a fake video out of a vacuum.

2 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

It does indeed.  Especially filming before she even asks for the soup.  She also doesn't look particularly dishevelled to me, nor all that malnourished.

 

I have no doubt that there are many poor people struggling in Thailand right now, but this girls doesn't look like she is sharing one bag of noodle soup between five at each meal.

Shall we get the astute AseanNow forum police on the case? ????????

2 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

Poor little kid, probably not getting educated either.

This is shameful with government members being multi millionaires 

I hate to imagine how many times this is occurring here.

 

Happens all over the world everyday, unfortunately life is not fair.

12 minutes ago, PremiumLane said:

Shall we get the astute AseanNow forum police on the case? ????????

By the looks of it, the TVF Detective Force is already making inquiries...

 

This video is as staged as a girlie slap at the Oscars.

 

12 minutes ago, PJ71 said:

Happens all over the world everyday, unfortunately life is not fair.

However this is Thailand on a SE Asean forum, 

Shame in able to have shame one must know the definition!  Even before Covid nothing during Covid nothing after Covid it will still be nothing. The article says "need" they should demand!  Leaders here if they care even an ounce that would help but caring about others isn't in their greedy DNA, it is about meeeeeme! 

I do not trust TikTok as a reliable source of news and facts.

Actually, TikTok has to be seen as entertainment channel.

How is the camera rolling when these things happen, is somebody waiting in the shop ready!! and 6 million Tik tok views later.

6 minutes ago, Almer said:

How is the camera rolling when these things happen, is somebody waiting in the shop ready!! and 6 million Tik tok views later.

As previously posited previously in posts, perhaps this has occurred several times, so they were either ready and waiting, or asked the child to re-enact her arrival. Thais are very bound to re-enacting situations  

7 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said:

As previously posited previously in posts

I never read the posit previously!

5 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

If any members of the government have seen this then they should hang their heads in shame. 

They wouldn't know how to do such a demeaning thing.

5 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

Poor little kid, probably not getting educated either.

This is shameful with government members being multi millionaires 

I hate to imagine how many times this is occurring here.

 

I found that in 99.9% of the countries I have been to only the poor help the poor, such a shame.

5 hours ago, CelticBhoy said:

As sad as it is, the clip does look rather rehearsed.

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Can be, however it sadly reflects todays reality for many which was probably also the intention ... 

13 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

I found that in 99.9% of the countries I have been to only the poor help the poor, such a shame.

Yes, a real shame. The rich are takers and the poor are givers thats why it is how it is ...

5 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

It does indeed.  Especially filming before she even asks for the soup.  She also doesn't look particularly dishevelled to me, nor all that malnourished.

 

I have no doubt that there are many poor people struggling in Thailand right now, but this girls doesn't look like she is sharing one bag of noodle soup between five at each meal.

Maybe not, but she represents the millions of Thais who don’t get to eat their daily quota. Shame on the prime Minister, and every official who works for the Thai government.  No doubt their daughters and wives are queuing up in Central Embassy to buy the latest Gucci or Prada .