DM07 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Really stunning, what goes as "offensive" here! Nazi- uniforms and Hitler-chicken :A-okay! Putting the fragile Thai- soul in grave danger with a prank: horrible offense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 47 minutes ago, davidst01 said: He's just an immature idiot making a lot of money from his youtube site and no doubt this is ALL a good publicity stunt for his online presence. He is laughing all the way to the bank Funny enough, whenever i see this guy I do think what a banker...something like that anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 never seen a nation so self obsessed and delicate............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
473geo Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 21 minutes ago, rkidlad said: Agreed - it is not my place to get offended on behalf of the Thai people over another you tube 10 minute wonder Meanwhile back in the real world looks like there could be a drop of rain .......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebyrd Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 28 minutes ago, bsdthai said: Dumb thing to say.... Really eloquent - why dumb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diddygq Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 3 hours ago, 2008bangkok said: Where is the original video He took it down off his YouTube channel ' MyMateNate ' . I did watch the video to see what all the fuss was about. He basically went around asking questions in English to students and teachers. He basically exposed the lack of knowledge which means loss of face, particularly to the teachers who are Thai English teachers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinsdale Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 I truly hope I never meet him. Mind you seeing someone with their head so far up their arse would be kind of funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooHaa Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 8 minutes ago, 473geo said: Agreed - it is not my place to get offended on behalf of the Thai people over another you tube 10 minute wonder Meanwhile back in the real world looks like there could be a drop of rain .......... Another youtube 10 minute wonder. it would seem that you have no idea how lucrative a few million hits on an established youtube channel can be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaidream Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 The first thing anyone should learn about Thais- never, ever make them lose face. He did the unthinkable. His apology will be accepted but the Thais don't ever forget. He may speak Thai but he obviously knows little about the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
473geo Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 1 minute ago, HooHaa said: Another youtube 10 minute wonder. it would seem that you have no idea how lucrative a few million hits on an established youtube channel can be. So he is making a few dollars on You tube - hardly original, and certainly does nothing to make him more noteworthy in my world, perhaps if he used the funds to open a free education centre for English, he may inch into a level of recognition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hohososo Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 So his youtube videos are generating income? I wonder what the 4 Thai employees he by law is required to have, do all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Allen Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Whinging, entitled Thais wanting absolution for their stupidity. Very typical and quite sad. Butthurt meets nativism and spawns a bastard child named Somchai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitman Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 3 hours ago, waldroj said: "...The video caused an uproar in the Thai realm of social networks, as netizens condemned Bartling for intentionally “humiliating” Thai people to make the point that their English-language education seriously needs improvement..." So did their choice of "annotated" clothing before black became the preferred color !!! Last week i saw a shirt for sale in the mall with the text "Do me!" 5555. Today i passed a barber who had a billboard outside with a farang lady on it and the text "Witch her". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free123 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 what a bloody weirdo...worry about if thais spk english or not bothers me as much as if a bike felt over in china...no other problems in life ...ding dong mak mak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlwilliamsjr18 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Here's a fact....He is not sorry, not one bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Allen Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Just now, jlwilliamsjr18 said: Here's a fact....He is not sorry, not one bit. Nor SHOULD he be. A person's stupidity and mindless nativism should be worn like chains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnniey Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 1 hour ago, Crash999 said: And his Thai isn't as great as people are making it out to be. He sounds like he is reading from a script and there's a jump cut every sentence or two. Plus those exaggerated ror ruas may get a wow from someone who thinks foreigners can't roll their r's but it sounds like he's trying way too hard. 1 hour ago, atyclb said: the thing is your "ror rua" transliterated should be "rau" because after the single consonant there is only a single vowel thus the "r" does does repeat as in "ror" correct me if i am wrong the guy in koen kaen that complained about the muffler ticket has better command of thai even with the local accent. Ah, the old Thai Visa men getting upset as a foreigner learns the language. How dare these youngsters show up the codgers who aren't allowed to learn Who said his Thai was great Crash 999? His Thai sounds fine to me. atyclb, the guy in Khon Kaen said way too little to judge his Thai fluency. IMHO, he could have learned that in a year, living in Khon Kaen. Nate's Thai is much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bantex Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Just more free publicity for online site and more than likely a larger audience waiting to see what he does next...... No doubt more revenue generated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atyclb Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 10 minutes ago, Johnniey said: Ah, the old Thai Visa men getting upset as a foreigner learns the language. How dare these youngsters show up the codgers who aren't allowed to learn Who said his Thai was great Crash 999? His Thai sounds fine to me. atyclb, the guy in Khon Kaen said way too little to judge his Thai fluency. IMHO, he could have learned that in a year, living in Khon Kaen. Nate's Thai is much better. part of learning is "listening" rather than concluding others do not want you to learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munchlet Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 He may have had a rather crass way of going about it did young Nate, but he has spotted a real issue here. Not just with English but the universally lousy nature of the education system here in Thailand. I can tell you that the finest universities in the land would takehigh flying Thai kids at the age of 16 from International schools becasue their knowledge was good enough to get in. And I am talking Thammasart and Chulalongkorn. Says it all really and also says why Thais are prepared to pay a fortune to get their children into international schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnniey Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 1 minute ago, munchlet said: He may have had a rather crass way of going about it did young Nate, but he has spotted a real issue here. Not just with English but the universally lousy nature of the education system here in Thailand. I can tell you that the finest universities in the land would takehigh flying Thai kids at the age of 16 from International schools becasue their knowledge was good enough to get in. And I am talking Thammasart and Chulalongkorn. Says it all really and also says why Thais are prepared to pay a fortune to get their children into international schools. Do you think random people in a foreign country should know what, "are you on your period" means said with an annoying yank accent? I could hardly understand him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emster23 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 He'll be in my thoughts and prayers However, I am an atheist and probably stage 1 Alzheimer's to boot. His wai is too low, but if he did one properly we couldn't look at his oh so cute and sincere face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 51 minutes ago, dinsdale said: I truly hope I never meet him. Mind you seeing someone with their head so far up their arse would be kind of funny. Who's laughing now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baerboxer Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 5 hours ago, kenk24 said: A very sincere sounding apology from a young man who has the courage to acknowledge a mistake... Nate, trust me, we all made mistakes when we were younger and I am sure others will forgive you too... Best of luck to you moving forward... Or there again a complete knob who thinks because he posts videos in the internet he's a "star". Got 5 mins of fame for being ridiculous then another 5 for making a sickly sweet apology. Yeah, win/win for this clown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgordo38 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 4 hours ago, kenk24 said: Hey, look, I was the first to jump on him for being culturally insensitive and totally unaware and rude when the clip first came out... thankfully, he seems to have genuinely understood that what he did was wrong - he apolgized... sure, he feels smart because his Thai is good and got a little full of himself... Once he goes a few rounds with this thing called "life" it will bring him down a peg or to. If he does not learn well then life will knock the snot out of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baerboxer Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 14 minutes ago, Johnniey said: Do you think random people in a foreign country should know what, "are you on your period" means said with an annoying yank accent? I could hardly understand him. If he tried that same antic in many other countries he would not get the same degree of politeness shown here. Go ask those silly things to strangers, with no greeting or chat before, in many countries and see how well it works out. Many of those Thai people he asked randomly looked very embarrassed for him and tried to be polite. Like he was a bit simple. Guess they were right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natway09 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Correct, the hands are way too low for an apologetic wai, & his Thai about as good as my bargirls English Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Allen Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 "Culturally insensitive"....code for "I refuse to overlook grinding stupidity even if it offends your culture." Thais cannot ingest criticism on even the most conservative scale. It is the reason they are frozen at the third world level when experience would indicate that they should be at the level of Singapore, at least. Numpty culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnniey Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 4 minutes ago, Chip Allen said: "Culturally insensitive"....code for "I refuse to overlook grinding stupidity even if it offends your culture." Thais cannot ingest criticism on even the most conservative scale. It is the reason they are frozen at the third world level when experience would indicate that they should be at the level of Singapore, at least. Numpty culture. LOL, an American makes a jackass(is that the right word?) of himself with his cultural insensitivity and people start criticizing the Thais Are you American by any chance, "Chip"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamukloy Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 13 minutes ago, Johnniey said: Do you think random people in a foreign country should know what, "are you on your period" means said with an annoying yank accent? I could hardly understand him. Exactly, You cant expect a Thai to understand some random d'head white guy spouting off on the street. It sometimes take a while to process the persons accent (Us,Brit,Aus) before they tackle what English was spoken. The period question is a nonsense to Thais, they never heard it before . Even if they did understand, what response can you accept for such a idiot question? Probably Thais to polite anyway but he should have got a good smack in the kisser for the answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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