maianhvk wrote:From what people always tell me, Vietnamese are friendly. Actually they're overfriendly sometimes.
Tenebrarum wrote:maianhvk wrote:From what people always tell me, Vietnamese are friendly. Actually they're overfriendly sometimes.
From my POV, people in Vietnam are no more friendlier than folks in other countries. They seem to lack manners that you would expect from modern city people, in fact. Not to mention that, living under an oppressive regime has caused them to treat each other with cowardice and cruelty and without shame. Anyone who has been to Mainland China would understand what I'm talking about.
Tenebrarum wrote:From my POV, people in Vietnam are no more friendlier than folks in other countries. They seem to lack manners that you would expect from modern city people, in fact. Not to mention that, living under an oppressive regime has caused them to treat each other with cowardice and cruelty and without shame. Anyone who has been to Mainland China would understand what I'm talking about.
korn wrote:Have you ever lived in another country for a very long time already? Not weeks or month but like 10 years or so? I think, you'll then realize, in every country there'll be a**holes to be found.
Yet it would be still interesting to know about what seemingly common behaviors you think have recognized among your own citizens that you'd label them so negatively.
BTW: How do polite and educated Vietnamese people look like? Well/ fancy dressed? Honestly saying I fear those the most.
korn wrote:Yet it would be still interesting to know what seemingly common behaviors you think have recognized among your own citizens that you'd label them so negatively.
BTW: How do polite and educated Vietnamese people look like? Well/ fancy dressed? Honestly saying I fear those the most.
BTW: How do polite and educated Vietnamese people look like? Well/ fancy dressed?
korn wrote:Have you ever lived in another country for a very long time already? Not weeks or months but like 10 years or so? I think, you'll then realize, in every country there'll be a**holes to be found.
korn wrote:Yet it would be still interesting to know what seemingly common behaviors you think have recognized among your own citizens that you'd label them so negatively.
Especially in Vietnam, where being educated doesn't mean having a sense of decency.korn wrote:BTW: How do polite and educated Vietnamese people look like? Well/ fancy dressed? Honestly saying I fear those the most.
Tenebrarum wrote:- To litter and spit on the street?
- To throw a dead rat onto the street, so vehicles can run over the carcass and spill the innards?
- To rush into an elevator before the people inside have a chance to get out?
- To gather around a bloody motorbike accident and gawk, blocking traffic, all the while doing absolutely nothing?
- To think of people who dare to speak up against unreasonable authority as foolish and "having too much time in their hands"?
- To revere wealth and power, and to suck up to people possessing those two things, to do their bidding regardless of right or wrong?
Tenebrarum wrote:korn wrote:Have you ever lived in another country for a very long time already? Not weeks or months but like 10 years or so? I think, you'll then realize, in every country there'll be a**holes to be found.
Of course there are assholes everywhere, and every country has its own problems, but the pitfalls of your culture wouldn't become apparent to you unless you've had an opportunity to get out of it, live somewhere else for a while, then come back inside. Living in a prosperous, democratic country provided me with a new, clearer perspective on what's wrong with Vietnam. I'm not saying mine is the only valid one - It's just that I've been to both worlds, and I can see the differences.
Tenebrarum wrote:korn wrote:Yet it would be still interesting to know what seemingly common behaviors you think have recognized among your own citizens that you'd label them so negatively.
Tell me, do people in Germany think it's acceptable:
- To litter and spit on the street?
Tenebrarum wrote:- To throw a dead rat onto the street, so vehicles can run over the carcass and spill the innards?
Tenebrarum wrote:- To rush into an elevator before the people inside have a chance to get out?
Tenebrarum wrote:- To gather around a bloody motorbike accident and gawk, blocking traffic, all the while doing absolutely nothing?
Tenebrarum wrote:- To think of people who dare to speak up against unreasonable authority as foolish and "having too much time in their hands"?
Tenebrarum wrote:- To revere wealth and power, and to suck up to people possessing those two things, to do their bidding regardless of right or wrong?
abcdefg wrote:I feel like Vietnam is a small, poor, barely culture-rooted country, and going outside, Vietnamese are like small creatures who are either rude, annoying or just plain ignorable .
zerogravital wrote:abcdefg wrote:I feel like Vietnam is a small, poor, barely culture-rooted country, and going outside, Vietnamese are like small creatures who are either rude, annoying or just plain ignorable .
You are so unfortunate to originate from such a country. I feel sympathetic to your unhappiness.
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korn wrote:zerogravital wrote: Aren't you Vietnamese yourself? Would a Vietnamese say to another Vietnamese "such a country" when it's also his own? I'm sorry, but that's a tad weird in my book, don't you think? :/..... or I am missing the irony in your text.
zerogravital wrote:Oh, I like this, the phrase “Vietnamese creatures”, a very innovative phrase coined by a female Vietnamese former human.
Tenebrarum wrote: He's the kind of person who lacks the ability to see validity in others' viewpoints. These people - making up, like, over 90% of Vietnam's young population
Tenebrarum wrote:I'll see how ruder he can get when someone writes something he doesn't like.zerogravital wrote:Oh, I like this, the phrase “Vietnamese creatures”, a very innovative phrase coined by a female Vietnamese former human.
Tenebrarum wrote:Be very careful there. You're close to being reported. We don't tolerate ad hominem attacks here.
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