Trash talk in Thimpu | Sepia Mutiny

From the trash talk in the comments of my last post about Bhutan, it’s clear some of its countrymen are indeed untouched by modernity. The Bhutanese dirty dozens are actually kinda sweet:

Once a european expert on “Yak” visited Bhutan. You know what the funniest part. He had never seen a yak in his life. You guys passing comment on Bhutan are exactly like that yak expert. [Link]

p>Yak insults. I say, yak insults. Boy, they really take the gloves off with yo mamma jokes in Bhutan.

Recently “Bhutan bashing” seems to have become livelihood for some peolpe. And some of these people are having a great life by just doing this… Bhutan bashing is a gold mine for them!!!. [Link]

I’m still waiting for my check, Nepal.

… when the Bhutanese are happy about everything, why are you all making a fuss of something which doesnot concern you. [Link]

The Bhutanese are not happy about everything. For one thing, some of them seem pretty pissed about my post. And this one is only going to drive down that Gross National Happiness, so better get crackin’!

Bhutan is a Third World Country… But we are also [a] highly educated lot. The fact that my english is better than yours proves the point. [Link]

Point proven.

2 thoughts on “Trash talk in Thimpu”

adorable 🙂

it is really amazing how loose talk in one’s own living room about topics that none of the participants know much about, can ‘become’ fact for them. Bhutan being one of the least known countries in the world suffers greatly in that regard. Granted it has also benefited in terms of being known as the ‘last shangrila’ etc, but it is also as easily written off as a third world country, which is autocratic and medieval etc. i think none of these give a clear picture on what bhutan really is. if you really want to feel the pulse of the bhutanese you should read more than just vague generalizations on fora like this and go to fora where the vast majority are bhutanese themselves. you may learn the unexpected. here are two active online fora that might be useful in that regard: http://www.kuenselonline.com/modules.php?name=Forums http://www.bhutantimes.com/modules/headlines1/

A N N A on December 1, 2005 at 7:11 am said:

adorable 🙂
thinley on June 17, 2006 at 9:33 pm said:

it is really amazing how loose talk in one’s own living room about topics that none of the participants know much about, can ‘become’ fact for them. Bhutan being one of the least known countries in the world suffers greatly in that regard. Granted it has also benefited in terms of being known as the ‘last shangrila’ etc, but it is also as easily written off as a third world country, which is autocratic and medieval etc. i think none of these give a clear picture on what bhutan really is. if you really want to feel the pulse of the bhutanese you should read more than just vague generalizations on fora like this and go to fora where the vast majority are bhutanese themselves. you may learn the unexpected. here are two active online fora that might be useful in that regard: http://www.kuenselonline.com/modules.php?name=Forums http://www.bhutantimes.com/modules/headlines1/