Culture shock

[Poenaensis]

Chickenman: don't be stupid. Even if this story is as you think, it doesn't mean it doesn't happen. So something should still be done about it

[Greatchickenman]

Obviously it happens. I don't doubt it happens. But I was just saying that there's reasonable doubt as to if the author is authentic or not.

[Teenr0cker]

wow.....once again, you've managed to make a total dick of yourself GCM


Another check mark for today.

[Greatchickenman]

Once again, blind following defeats careful observation and analysis. Whatever, my position on this topic has been stated, attack me all you want for having a brain.

And believe me, most of the times I make a dick out of myself i'm trying to do it just to spark controversy and debate. Alot of the time I'm just trying to bring up a different side of an argument, however outspoken and insane it is. This time I don't feel i'm making a dick out of myself and I'm not attempting to spark controversy. Especially when my doubt is entirely justified.

And even still, I never said he was lying, I just said I had doubts to if he was telling the truth. You can't expect me not to be a skeptic. The whole world is full of people who attempt to trick you just for a laugh, or just to see if they can. There are so many times I've helped people only to be betrayed. All anyone cares about is money now, and people will go to great lengths to get it.

And instead of giving reasons to support the author, you call me a dick. That's mature, teen.

[Telephalsion]

I say this: The world is full of injustice, I'm pretty well set, but I'm still a miserably unlucky fucker, but that doesn't mean there aren't people worse off than me, sure I can devote my life to feeling sorry for them. But I'd rather clear my own problems up and atleast get a real life going before trying to help others. And even if it's fake what he said might be true, even if the caste system was made illegal it's still practiced.

[Greatchickenman]

I may not seem like it, but I'm a very moral person and will gladly help out anyone in need. However, attacking me does nothing at all to the injustices that occur even today. Join a non-profit organization and donate money or something. Instead of insulting a person online who'll you'll never know in real life why don't you go do a random act of kindness for someone who needs it?

[ReaperGal]

I learned english fast. But I was young and my mother was a major bitch when it came to the english lessons. English isn't an easy language to learn, but once you get the hang of it, it's pretty easy. It's all the exceptions that you have to figure out after the basics that's hard. Also, it seems he learned english through immersion. It may have been unfamiliar, but if you were to be picked up and put in germany you would probably learn the language in a month, and speak it fluently in two. If you were placed in an area of china where they speak mandarin, it might take you five to six months before you were fluent, just because they are so different.


This story struck very close to home for me. His being from india alone brings some powerfu emotions. I had learned about the caste system in india. I was too young to understand, though, and I was in a community of exiled and escaped tibetan buddhists who shunned the caste system. India was nothing but fond memories to me, and it's easy to forget that this stuff happens there. Then, when he talked about the supermarket, that was also huge. I remembered my first visit. At first, I was shocked. There was so, so much. And lots of meat. That's what put me off. My grandparents could never afford meat.

All in all, though, his story wasn't shocking to me. I'm considering him more of a fellow traveler, who's also paid his dues and can live a good life now.

[Poenaensis]

For the record: i have nothing against great chicken man etc. All I was saying is that it does happen. I don't blame GCM for being cynical, it usually comes with experience.

[Teenr0cker]

Yeah, well if you go down to Tijuana for some reason other than to get totally fucking wasted, you'll see my point in believing this guy's story totally is based off of how realistic that seems compared to when I went there to do some roofing.

[Archaius]

I'm glad I got bored and stumbled onto this topic. I think it's healthy for things to frequently remind me of just how spoiled rotten I am along with most of the people I know.. and to think, 30 minutes ago, I was feeling sorry for myself about something. I can't even remember what it was..

I actually have very serious doubts as to whether or not that person is authentic. But, regardless, his story is dead on to what so many people are going through, and I admire the post for getting people (myself included) thinking.

Things like this will make me stop and get a little disgusted with myself over some things. Materialism, for one. Being raised around commercials, material and money-obsessed people along with stereotypes makes it easy to conform to being a person who takes the good things for granted. This is why I've seriously been considering setting out and travelling to some tougher places.. just to try and completely relearn how I want to live my life.

End rant.

[Sling]

Yet another example of how shit this world is.
Even though I don't come anywhere close to this
guy, I know what it's like to have bugger all
money, respect and what it's like to have
to smell himan waste all day. Whether or not
the writer is authentic isn't important.
This is a very good of example of how
corrupt and twisted the world is.
Although, living in the west isn't much better,
as we live in a place where 5% of the population
control 95% of the countries wealth.