FruitPudding

How am I a troll?

Well, over a decade I've noticed most Thais I've interacted with considered my mixed race child as "farang noi" or "luek krueng" not actually Thai. They are bemused by this concept and don't accept it based on one western parent. That's their logic. Only the high class, well-educated folks seem to understand otherwise, or maybe they are just being polite.

It's also a nationality and if you have that nationality, you are Thai. Ethnicity is cultural characteristics/norms that we live by - and according to my sociology professor - ethnicity can actually change. Anyone ever been called Farang-Laos by a Thai person before? ???? ???? I've met Asians who left Asia in their 20s to go West and by the time they were 60 you'd never know they even came from Asia. Ethnically, they were clearly Westernized, virtually 100% And if you integrated in your teen years, you can be 100% ethically changed. I've seen this with Thai kids going West. There is also a very old Sikh Thai community who are ethnically more similar to people in India, despite being born and raised here. Culturally (ethically), they are as much Thai as a foreigner. And don't get me started on Isaan people whose ethnicity is more Laos than Thai and southern Thais whose ethnicity is closer to Malay.

I don't think Thai people will ever truly accept a farang that obtained citizenship as truly Thai. Most of them don't even accept leuk krung as truly Thai.

Thais can't have dual nationality?

Nope, I am avoiding the 3 greatest follies (at least tonight).

Is it weird I know you are American, just cos you called an electrical socket/outlet a "wallbox"? ???? You guys crack me up.

I thought the OP said a woman did the kissing. And what difference does it make anyway?

I'll take a wild guess: When a man kisses a woman without consent = sexual harassment When a woman kisses a man without consent = minor infraction This thread is quite confusing as some posters are saying "he" and others are saying "she." Like, can't we just go back to using traditional pronouns, guys?? Haha

Maew

You just described about every red light woman in Thailand. You kiss hookers. You should be very proud of yourself. And you even make an effort to impress them.

100 baht for what??

For me: yeah, money makes me happy.

But then nothing can actually make a person happy, fulfilled, or content, as everything is just external stimuli that we process consciously or subconsciously and then we have a positive, negative, or neutral reaction to the feeling that it gives us.

I'd say, "Hey Buddy. This ain't Hong Kong, ya know. You can't just act like you own the place."

Probably the gayest (in the happy sense of the world) lunch I've ever seen ????

I think the word you are searching for is "filthy" Ever been to China?? "Leaving a mess" is an understatement

Well, certainly some of those things on your list make sense. Nothing wrong with starting at 25 years then adding on more years for the destruction he caused to the victims family and so on. I mean murder sentences are handed out routinely with the judge taking into account a whole variety of unique factors of the crime anyway, right? Every case is different. Some more severely punished than others

Particularly out in the sticks.

Seriously, on what grounds could you possibly disagree with this?

The funniest thing is: he's getting that black vote now. Seriously, look at the latest polls.

Did you ever fill yer mate's shoes up with water and put them in the freezer? That was always a good one.

I think it was more to do with the violence part.

Reminds me of that time my old mate came marching down the street in the morning with a hangover and a come-down utterly furious that someone in our group had drawn all over his entire face with a black permanent marker (even colored in his front teeth black). I think he had a dick on his cheek too. I never saw him (or anyone) so angry. We couldn't breathe with laughter; just the sight of him marching down the street still brings tears (of laughter) to my eyes. Those were the days