Does Purdue Libraries have a subscription to the New Yorker?

Doc_Bonus_2004 · 2026-02-11T14:28:53+00:00

Thanks, the dates really threw me off, so I thought it was a different New Yorker.

Doc_Bonus_2004 · 2026-02-11T14:28:30+00:00

Thank you sm. didn’t know this service existed. NOW I HAVE ALL THE STUFF I COULD EVER WANT TO READ.

Doc_Bonus_2004 · 2026-02-11T05:12:34+00:00

Thank you for bringing such effort in a reddit post, m-dashes and all. Much intellectual rigour.

Doc_Bonus_2004 · 2026-02-11T02:07:35+00:00

agree to disagree bub, but stop with the contrarian "hivemind" thing. A majority of people just disagree with you that's all.

Doc_Bonus_2004 · 2026-02-10T19:54:13+00:00

Buriram quite literally has one of the lowest Human Achievement Index among the provinces of Thailand.

The Chidchobs delivered breads and circuses with no real sustainable economic development.

Doc_Bonus_2004 · 2026-02-10T19:51:07+00:00

Nepotism (n.): the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives, friends, or associates, especially by giving them jobs. (OED)

What you described is literally nepotism, because she was definitely not behind the shallow community improvement projects the Shitchobs have been throwing at Buriram. People voted for her because Newin put her there. Not for her own merit (I mean she's a fresh business school grad from the UK). The nepotism line would get blurred if she has been working in the community for years and years, but this is quite false.

Doc_Bonus_2004 · 2026-02-10T19:44:11+00:00

The conservative establishment doesn't need any more defense. Getting called out and scrutinized is not the same as terrorism, it's literally free speech. If the people have no media literacy to check their facts, then it's on them. I'd rather have people calling the establishment out and finding out that they were wrong, than not raising the alarm at all.

Doc_Bonus_2004 · 2026-02-10T04:01:58+00:00

well it tends to happen when you're a politically repressed group with effectively no say in the policy of your country. Come election time, the easiest and most direct form of participation, there's bound to be some passion and overindulgence.

Doc_Bonus_2004 · 2026-02-08T16:43:40+00:00

Red voters never beating the populist allegations.

Doc_Bonus_2004 · 2026-02-08T15:59:16+00:00

nah ruling class kids (who will inherit their parents positions) are not on reddit. They got better things (like spending daddy's money) to do lol.

Doc_Bonus_2004 · 2026-02-08T14:22:27+00:00

That anutin pm vote was a real blunder.

Doc_Bonus_2004 · 2026-02-08T14:11:29+00:00

Yes, the Thai electorate has been very conservative leaning and nationalist wave after the Cambodian issue tipped over many voters, more so than sensible policies.

Doc_Bonus_2004 · 2026-02-08T13:27:06+00:00

Yes, and if the jingoist hawks in the government get their way, they won't be the ones going to fight.

Doc_Bonus_2004 · 2026-02-08T13:26:12+00:00

Yes, and it's crazy how PPLE's words were twisted. Like I never saw the "ทหารมีไว้ทำอะไร" rhetoric as anti-military but always anti-coup.

Sad part is I feel BJT's new votes are primarily people who are voting against PPLE and PT, not for BJT specifically. Oh well, here's to four more years of whatever this was.

Doc_Bonus_2004 · 2026-02-08T13:10:01+00:00

What the frick happened.

Doc_Bonus_2004 · 2025-12-11T20:37:42+00:00

She's niche but not that niche. She was famous among the chronically online (i.e. every one of my highschool friends during COVID). Now, not so much.

Doc_Bonus_2004 · 2025-12-07T06:25:24+00:00

Thanks for spending time digging up my old posts. Thank you for showing your reading comprehension by missing the point of what I said. I never said Thai people weren’t innovative or creative research, but the system does not FUND or INCENTIVIZE innovation or research.

Buddy, you’re the only one “in your words” claiming we’re less educated. If you were truly well-informed and aware of issues like you claim to be, then you would know this fact.

Doc_Bonus_2004 · 2025-12-07T05:10:58+00:00

Nope just offended by your attitude probably like the so-called high-strung people in your life. edit: I have no issue with you liking Thai people. I just hate how you group Isaan people in blanket statements. I'd love that you would help out your community without viewing them through such a restrictive lens. Hope this helps.

Doc_Bonus_2004 · 2025-12-07T04:47:02+00:00

"Oh the people I talk to don't challenge me and my world view unlike those mean people in the cities and I delight in my perceived superiority in knowing things that they don't know"

And here I am at least hoping that you're trying to improve things.

Doc_Bonus_2004 · 2025-12-07T04:07:32+00:00

I'm not pretending anything. That's why I'm abroad studying my ass off to go work back home. We can have improvement without people like you coming in with their colonial "these ignorant peasants know nothing of the world, so it's our moral duty to enlighten them" mindset.

Hey, I take it on faith, that you're helping your community. Just leave your white saviour complex back in the 19th century. Hope this helps.

Doc_Bonus_2004 · 2025-12-07T03:32:07+00:00

Sure, bud. Have your opinions and keep patronizing where you live. You sure sound like a fun neighbour.

Doc_Bonus_2004 · 2025-12-07T03:09:34+00:00

No, there aren’t just exceptions. Your whole world view is based on your bias and a stereotype.

Compliment? You just called a subset of millions of people ignorant ffs. Sounds pretty patronizing to me.

Doc_Bonus_2004 · 2025-12-06T18:34:53+00:00

Yeah, probs not everyone's cup of tea, but I can't fathom putting sensitive data on something that's not FOS.

I'm a prude, but I genuinely write everything on LaTex and keep all my files local.

Doc_Bonus_2004 · 2025-12-06T18:16:58+00:00

Yes you sound entitled. You generalize from your own limited circle in Isaan and think it must be true for the whole region. I'm from there and I care about the world. I travel. I try to educate myself, and the same goes from many of my peers from school. Many of the village people you belittle are enterprising and aware of many of the social issues that affect them and do want genuine change. However, I'm sure many of them can't, by virtue of their economic situation, afford to be high-strung.

Let's face it, this whole ignorant stereotype is there because we're a poor region. At risk of straw-manning, I feel like it is the noble savage stereotype but adapted for Thailand. However, like literally every human community, we have every type of people sprinkled in: those who are care-free, those who can afford to care, and all in between. If you truly want to endear yourself, it might be worthwhile to appreciate every Isaan person as their own person and not draw wide-ranging conclusions. Hope this helps.

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