Baht to basics: Tourists’ wild rides on Phuket tuk tuks spark online uproar

[PingRoundTheWorld]

Ohh STFU "Netizens". If the vehicle was stopped in a traffic jam there is no significant danger. It's amazing how they love tourists' money but don't want everything that comes with it. Guess what- you can't have one without the other.

[wensiensheng]

I’m sure this is very enraging for Thai netizens. 5 teenagers on one motorbike without helmets however….no problem.

Edited 2 hours ago by wensiensheng

[loong]

8 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

I’m sure this is very enraging for Thai netizens. 5 teenagers on one motorbike without helmets however….no problem.

As well as all over Thailand, children hanging off of overcrowded baht buses going to school every day. Even sitting on the roof sometimes! 

Come on netizens, where is your outrage at putting young children's lives at risk?

[BangkokReady]

21 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Thai netizens and a local news Facebook page criticised foreign tourists for their inappropriate behaviour on baht buses and tuk tuks in Phuket, expressing concerns over the safety of both the tourists themselves and other motorists.

 

Far more morally tame than what you see at various nightlife spots, and no more dangerous than what you see on the roads all the time.

 

There needs to be some sort of information pamphlet on planes landing in Thailand, explaining how although the Thais can be wild, reckless and dangerous, you aren't allowed to acknowledge that in Thai culture, so you have to pretend to be safe and conservative outside of particular designated areas.

 

This can all be very confusing for foreigners, as they often aren't used to the kind of "dual culture" that Thailand has.

[Oliver Holzerfilled]

5 hours ago, Wuvu2 said:

No, the USA is more than half full too. Looks like 50.2 % to be exact 😉

Look closer the photo on the left.  Sexually deviant biological males with tattoos who think they are female and wear dresses are in the 49.8%.

[BritScot]

3 hours ago, Brave-Fart said:

I wonder where the parents of these young children are and why are the children not in kindy or school. The Thai authorities should not waste any time and just take all of these idiots straight to the airport.

No ifs and no buts and definitely no bribes , just send them back to their own country.

Why! For having fun, how dare they!!! They are young and they are enjoying life. Maybe you would be happy if all foreigners left Thailand? Thailands economy would crash! These normal youngsters have spent thousands on a holiday many would agree "a holiday of a lifetime" so enjoy.

[sambum]

"Revealing attire"? Can't see nuffin' and nothing "blurred out"! 😀

 

[BritScot]

2 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Getting up off your bum and actually doing something is far different than moaning, groaning and criticizing on social media. For me, that amounts to next to zero, in terms of courage. Being outraged is simply participating in victim culture, and weak PC nonsense, which is degrading society and preformed mostly by weaklings.

 

Everything sparks debate these days, everything seems to offend the snowflakes, everything seems to cause "netizen outrage".

 

Who cares, it means nothing, it is less than zero. Outrage is simply a manifestation of weak victim culture.

 

Well said!

[Elkski]

22 hours ago, ModdaPunk said:

Netizen (noun)

 

Netizen was originally a scientific term, coined by psychologist Rocco Sifredi from a Greek word meaning "chocolate starfish" and used to describe a person with a genetically determined mental age between 8 and 12 on the Binet scale.

 

It was also once applied to people with an IQ of 51-70 and was a step up from "imbecile" (IQ of 26-50) and two steps up from "idiot" (IQ of 0-25). The word "netizen", along with "retarded" and "feeble-minded" (among others), was once considered a valid descriptor in the psychological community, especially in the context of voluntary servitude.

 

6 hours ago, Wuvu2 said:

No, the USA is more than half full too. Looks like 50.2 % to be exact 😉

Interesting. 

[richard_smith237]

6 hours ago, itsari said:

With Thailand expected to receive over 40 million vistors this year I suggest the locals have to put up with some bad behaviour and think back to the covid era where economic ruin was all they had to look forward too.

 

There's a difference between bad behavior and high spirits... 

 

I dont think this crosses the line in an area like Patong.....    this is just people 'di<king about'...

 

 

But the real point here.. No one was really bothered, the some karen puts it in the media, which another source 'picks up' and then announces 'netizen outrage'.... 

 

And the term netizen, similar to 'citizen' gives the implication that the general population are upset by this behavior, when most just won't care. 

 

.... So, are we outraged at the fake claims of netizen outrage... ?

[richard_smith237]

4 hours ago, Brave-Fart said:

I wonder where the parents of these young children are and why are the children not in kindy or school. The Thai authorities should not waste any time and just take all of these idiots straight to the airport.

No ifs and no buts and definitely no bribes , just send them back to their own country.

 

Boomer Alert !!!....    was the handle 'Miserable-Fart' already taken or something ??

 

 

 

 

[richard_smith237]

2 hours ago, PingRoundTheWorld said:

Ohh STFU "Netizens". If the vehicle was stopped in a traffic jam there is no significant danger. It's amazing how they love tourists' money but don't want everything that comes with it. Guess what- you can't have one without the other.

 

No netizens were offended !!!....     thats just the media drumming up business !!!