VetGrown as people RUNNING away screaming like that.
Not gonna go on a rant but have to say... I spent half a year there and despite all of them speaking flawless English, even the street kids, filipinos are dumber then any people I ever met. They have netflix and smartphones and grasp language, but dumber then a thai ricefarmer that doesn't understand doors.
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VetVetVetVetThis counts for both Thailand and Philippines, the older women seem more traditional that way, the 40+ women. While any 20 something is more like a psychotic internet feminists. Getting internet was really bad for that country.
Man the stories I have from that place. Its a shame MZ wasn't up when I went.
Miss the good food and mall though.
VetI can certainly attest to some flips being quite dumb.. but it's a matter of perspective.. since youre used to the thais who are probably quite smart, the flips have that spanish history ...and well, we can clearly see in the rest of the world where the spanish have inserted their seed, not a single one of those countries is known as being the center of intellectual achievement - or cultural greatness - or anything good really.. except food...having said all that - there's a whole continent full of people as dumb or dumber than even the flips.. many of them have snuck into the US.. even after 40 years in America, cant speak more than a broken phrase of english
VetDidn't see this. You're right that its a perspective thing. My perspective is that Thais are dumb as fuck, and I'm constantly annoyed at them for being dumb as fuck. I have to speak in child English to them, if I'm lucky. So when I go to the 'pines and hear them speak in a perfect accent (the Americans owned them for 100 years after the Spanish), it takes me aback when I realize they are even dumber, and dirtier then the Thai. Its shocking really.
There are smart Thais and Filipinos, but they are like the 1% richest ones that could afford proper school, and they are about as smart as an average American tourist.
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