Here ya' go

See, what I like about Bangkok, besides “you can drink your fill of all the booze you bring yourself, for free” - is that they bring out a ‘special or specials’ of the day appetizers and they’re on the house. Or, they use to be. Anyway, I've seen this quite a few times and really appreciated it. We always end up ordering more of the special treat!

And you'd better make reservations...or you aren't eating there.

do they serve thai at THG?

;^p

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Originally posted by t.a. superette:
do they serve thai at THG?

;^p

The people on this board would trash it if it did! funny stuff.

Not if it was good and properly served.

But...if it were shoddily and indiferently done, you're probably right.*


*DISCLAIMER: I have never been to THG so I cannot claim to know what the dining experience is like. Also, I do not believe there is one person in this town that would like to see any restaurant fail. Perhaps just the opposite. My guess is that many criticisms are thinly veiled wishes for better service and food experiences.

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Originally posted by Clamato:
Not if it was good and properly served.

But...if it were shoddily and indiferently done, you're probably right.*


*DISCLAIMER: I have never been to THG so I cannot claim to know what the dining experience is like. Also, I do not believe there is one person in this town that would like to see any restaurant fail. Perhaps just the opposite. My guess is that many criticisms are thinly veiled wishes for better service and food experiences.

I think your disclaimer is well intentioned, but I don't think most people on this board really believe that. As a lurker on this for a while, it seems the majority of the posters on this and the other site revel in schadenfreude.

Thai talk aside, do you really feel that we revel in other's misfortune?

Really???

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My guess is that many criticisms are thinly veiled wishes for better service and food experiences.

And I think you would be spot on with that assessment.

Speaking for myself, I want choices when it comes to dining and shopping, so successful entrepreneurs are something I welcome to the GEBD. If I were running a business, I would be scouring the web for feedback like you find on this BB. IMO-Service is the one thing that can make or break a business. Nordstrom's is not cheap, but yet they do well because of the high level of service they provide. I would want to know if my staff are indifferent to the customer or if my food was not prepared correctly.

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Originally posted by Clamato:
Thai talk aside, do you really feel that we revel in other's misfortune?

Really???

I believe that you revel in other's misfortune. I really do.

Yours, yes. Others....no.

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Originally posted by theTroof:

schadenfreude...

Ahhhh, my husband's favorite expression/philosophy! (Mind you, I'm not quite as inclined to view things that way.)

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Originally posted by theTroof:
As a lurker on this for a while, it seems the majority of the posters on this and the other site revel in schadenfreude.

I seriously doubt this statement!

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Originally posted by Amy:

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Originally posted by theTroof:

schadenfreude...

Ahhhh, my husband's favorite expression/philosophy! (Mind you, I'm not quite as inclined to view things that way.)

Working in the ER gets you there.

From Wikipedia:

Usually, it is stated that Schadenfreude has no direct English equivalent. For example, Harper Collins German-English Dictionary translates schadenfreude as "malicious glee or gloating." However, an apparent English equivalent is epicaricacy, derived from the Greek word ἐπιχαιρεκακία, epichaerecacia....which gives its etymology as a compound of epi (upon), chara (joy), and kakon (evil).

A more common English equivalent than 'epicaricacy' might be the expression 'Roman holiday', which means pleasure derived from watching someone else's suffering, and is derived from the delight of Roman citizens' at the gladiatorial spectacles in the Colosseum.

Another phrase with a meaning similar to Schadenfreude is "morose delectation" ("delectatio morosa" in Latin), meaning "the habit of dwelling with enjoyment on evil thoughts".[2] The medieval church taught morose delectation is a sin.[3][4] French writer Pierre Klossowski (1905-2001) maintained that the appeal of sadism is morose delectation.[5][6]

So, Clam is really an epicurean who deals in epicaricacy?

Huh...?

Schadenfreude!!!

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My guess is that many criticisms are thinly veiled wishes for better service and food experiences.

DITTO

can you guys take this conversation back to the THG thread? this is thai talk only here.

;^p

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Originally posted by theTroof:
I think your disclaimer is well intentioned, but I don't think most people on this board really believe that. As a lurker on this for a while, it seems the majority of the posters on this and the other site revel in Schadenfreude .

schadenfreude? no way. picking nits? oh yes, my friend. it's the sport of choice on most BBs. that and, evidently, platform tennis.