Viral Video of Foreigner Urinating Off the Back of a TukTuk in Phuket Enrages Thai Social Media Users

[ChrisKC]

  On 1/9/2024 at 12:26 AM, bigt3116 said:

That is a songthaew not a tuk-tuk, poor reporting.

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This photo shows it isn't a songthaew either!

 

  On 1/9/2024 at 12:26 AM, bigt3116 said:

That is a songthaew not a tuk-tuk, poor reporting.

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[Jackbenimble]

words fail me, really. How does someone like this successfully operate in the real world? 

[wensiensheng]

Any word from TAT on how the quality/family tourist initiative is going and whether opening bars till 4am has had the intended effect in terms of attracting those two tourist groups?

[Jonathan Swift]

  On 1/9/2024 at 12:26 AM, bigt3116 said:

That is a songthaew not a tuk-tuk, poor reporting.

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I've heard them called both, depending on location

[StayinThailand2much]

Be arrested; why? Because it was a foreigner, or because of the Tuk Tuk? I see Thai men, esp. taxi drivers urinating at the curb, etc., frequently. No-one demanding to arrest them...

[StayinThailand2much]

Guess, all the good news: "record tourist numbers", "record economic growth", "increase in tax revenue", etc., were out already, so it was time to report about something disgusting, preferably 'outlandish'...

[Jackbenimble]

  On 1/9/2024 at 6:04 AM, IamNoone88 said:

The dumbing down of the Western world is almost complete.

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Quite. I think that famous drawing of the evolution of man from ape to modern day homo sapien is now well and truly in reverse. 

[Jiggo]

Filming a guy taking a pee, a little voyeuristic I think.

[Nick Carter icp]

  On 1/9/2024 at 6:57 AM, Jiggo said:

Filming a guy taking a pee, a little voyeuristic I think.

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 Filmed to show bad behaviour, rather than filmed for enjoyment 

[DudleySquat]

  On 1/8/2024 at 10:41 PM, HighPriority said:

Sometimes I’m filled with pride to be farang… 😢

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I am not a farang. When I hear that word, I always ask the speaker in Thai where it is. 

 

Farang is like schmuck. Why call yourself something derogatory? 

[ozimoron]

  On 1/9/2024 at 7:00 AM, DudleySquat said:

 

I am not a farang. When I hear that word, I always ask the speaker in Thai where it is. 

 

Farang is like schmuck. Why call yourself something derogatory? 

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Francais -> farangset -> farang. Not derogatory.

[dick turpin]

Think it's called multi-tasking.

[DudleySquat]

  On 1/9/2024 at 7:01 AM, ozimoron said:

 

Francais -> farangset -> farang. Not derogatory.

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How surprising that you would get it wrong. 

 

Mang Farang = potato - white. 

 

I don't care where it was derived.  It is now used to describe white people.

[petedk]

  On 1/9/2024 at 4:11 AM, sungod said:

Dont think a day goes by when I dont see a taxi driver having a slash on the side of the road.....oh the outrage!

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Really???

 

I thought they peed in bottles and then threw the bottles away.

[charmonman]

  On 1/8/2024 at 11:35 PM, VincentRJ said:

Sometime you just gotta pee. What's the alternative? Let your pee drible down your legs and trousers? This can be a major problem for older men with an enlarged prostate.

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Yeah. Better to pee on yourself than other people.

[ozimoron]

  On 1/9/2024 at 7:04 AM, DudleySquat said:

 

How surprising that you would get it wrong. 

 

Mang Farang = potato - white. 

 

I don't care where it was derived.  It is now used to describe white people.

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Care to provide the etymology? Rice is also white. Why aren't we called rice?

 

The exact derivation isn’t clear with some experts stating that it is a contraction of the Thai word ‘farangset‘ (French) as the French were present in Siam and Indochina in the 17th Century. Others believe it pre-dates this and derives from ‘faringsi‘ (Persian) when Persian traders were prominent in the region.

 

https://www.thaizer.com/farang-in-thailand/

[DudleySquat]

  On 1/9/2024 at 7:06 AM, ozimoron said:

Care to provide the etymology? Rice is also white. Why aren't we called rice?

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We are also not referred to as a left-handed smoke shifter for the same reason. 

 

 

[ozimoron]

  On 1/9/2024 at 7:10 AM, DudleySquat said:

We are also not referred to as a left-handed smoke shifter for the same reason.

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I provided etymology. It didn't mention potato. Might want to retract your personal attack or step up and provide some etymology

[DudleySquat]

  On 1/9/2024 at 1:16 AM, IvorBiggun2 said:

I've lost count of the times I've seen Thais urinating in public and that includes women. Last one was a mother and daughter(?) stall holder outside my local 7/11. They just squatted down and did it next to their stall.  

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Does she then stick her hands in the bean sprouts to put them in the soup? Tasty.

[DudleySquat]

  On 1/9/2024 at 7:12 AM, ozimoron said:

 

I provided etymology. It didn't mention potato. Might want to retract your personal attack or step up and provide some etymology

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Send me your address.  I'll send you some ear wax remover. 

[ozimoron]

  On 1/9/2024 at 7:13 AM, DudleySquat said:

Send me your address.  I'll send you some ear wax remover. 

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Not surprising that you got it wrong.

 

1313 Elm, St Duckburg.

[Brigante7]

  On 1/9/2024 at 12:26 AM, bigt3116 said:

That is a songthaew not a tuk-tuk, poor reporting.

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Piss poor reporting if you ask me.

 

 

 

Brigante7.

[charmonman]

  On 1/9/2024 at 7:04 AM, DudleySquat said:

 

How surprising that you would get it wrong. 

 

Mang Farang = potato - white. 

 

I don't care where it was derived.  It is now used to describe white people.

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It’s Man Farang because it is a specific type of potato primarily eaten in Europe originally. I’ve been here 36 years, have never considered the word to be necessarily derogatory and often use it myself when speaking Thai when referring to white foreigners or Westerners in general. What alternative word would you suggest?
 

As for the guy peeing off the back of a moving Tuktuk, I can think of a few derogatory words to call him, farang not being one of them.

[Bravefart]

  On 1/8/2024 at 11:35 PM, VincentRJ said:

Sometime you just gotta pee. What's the alternative? Let your pee drible down your legs and trousers? This can be a major problem for older men with an enlarged prostate.

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Go away and come back when you have reached maturity.

[Liverpool Lou]

The usual hypocritical paragons of virtue having never done anything daft or potentially offensive in their lives are out in force again!

[mancub]

Thai xenophobic netizens being more enraged than when a monk is "knocking one out" on a public bus or the BTS !

[Bravefart]

  On 1/9/2024 at 12:37 AM, save the frogs said:

everyone should urinate in a place they shouldn't be urinating at least once in their life. 

 

 

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Little prepubescent boy should refrain from making immature statements .

[StayinThailand2much]

  On 1/9/2024 at 7:12 AM, DudleySquat said:

 

Does she then stick her hands in the bean sprouts to put them in the soup? Tasty.

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That's just one reason why I don't buy there. Saved me from many bouts of vomiting and diarrhea...

[ChrisKC]

This is what I call a songthaew!

 

My Thai wife calls it a tuk tuk

 

The photo in the Article is also called a songthaew - Seems to depend on where you live.

 

 Might just as well call a spade a spade - or a shovel!

 

 

And the nerve to call them any of them "taxis" is laughable!

 

 

 

[ozimoron]

  On 1/9/2024 at 7:16 AM, charmonman said:

It’s Man Farang because it is a specific type of potato primarily eaten in Europe originally. I’ve been here 36 years, have never considered the word to be necessarily derogatory and often use it myself when speaking Thai when referring to white foreigners or Westerners in general. What alternative word would you suggest?
 

As for the guy peeing off the back of a moving Tuktuk, I can think of a few derogatory words to call him, farang not being one of them.

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Provide a link. I did.

 

I learned Thai at AUA 45 years ago.