Sunday, February 27, 2011

Creepiness in Asian Internet Cafes

Seeing how the hotels in SE Asia haven't provided us with the free Internet/wifi we became used to in Japan/Korea, we've been spending more time in Internet cafes. Mostly they're pretty boring with tourists typing Facebook updates and sending email to loved ones. But once 11pm hits, the tourists head home and the Asian females roll in. Mostly they Skype with old, bald white dudes.

The girl sitting next to me last night kept opening links sent to her by the grey long-haired white dude(who was also an excellent specimen of male pattern baldness). The clips she kept opening featured non-nude Asian chicks dancing in bikinis. Looking up and seeing everyone else in the cafe being young Asian females Skyping with dudes encouraged me to finish typing my emails faster.

Then in Cambodia, the cafe was set up differently than any other I've been to. It had all the chairs against the walls facing in so no one could look over your shoulder at your screen. And every screen had locally-produced wicker blinders on each side so you the person next to you couldn't see your screen. They also had 50-cent beer cans there, so that made it totally non-creepy and highly enjoyable.

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