Jonathan Swift

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The Chinese left and instead of replacing them with well behaved civilized people this is what we get. Badly behaved tourists are not discriminatory by country. American tourists in America can be atrocious. What's sad about it is it brings shame and a bad reputation to that country, meanwhile I have met the nicest and politest Indians in and around my building, they are perfect gentlemen/ladies and speak good English and are always up for a chat. One even taught me some things about my ipad that I didn't know. But my high rise is home to a lot who come here to work and go to school, so you don't get the misbehaving tourists. And people here are probably right about them thinking they can behave just like on a bus. If I had my druthers I would hope that the departing airlines from India would give a speech about behavior at the time they gave the speech about crashing and ditching. If I lived in India I would give it a try by approaching the airline execs with that proposal, it's a win/win for all. Happy holidays to everyone. PS, my nephew lived in India and Nepal, taught there for a few years, and he and many others say that, in spite of all the bad things you hear, it is a wonderful place to visit and the people are great. It looks like only the dregs of misbehaving ignorant ones come here as tourists, which reiterates my point about tourism tending to attract touraons (tourist morons>

We're ALL "content creators". When we pour beer into a pint mug, the content of the mug is beer, then it becomes the content of our stomach. In some cases the content comes back up, and the doctor can search those contents, or it then becomes the content of out bladder and then the content of the toilet, and off to the sewers. As to the content of our bowels, well that's pretty similar to these oniine tiktokkers' and youtubers' content.

Exactly right, oh wise one. Insight into human nature will save you from a lot of holes in the road. It's too bad they don't teach about scammers' tactics in schools, along with basic human nature and emotion.

Blame the victim? Really? No, because it's in human nature for a naturally trusting person who is not sour on life to have emotions get the better of them especially when dealing with a skilled con artist. Have you ever had your emotions get the better of you?

Good people with big hearts don't suspect that people can be this bad, and they have an overabundance of sympathy where there needs to be caution. It's not that they're stupid, which is possible, but incredibly naive about what a bad world of bad people are out there, and they are generally not suspicious of anyone especially if it's a love interest. The scammer know how to play these people like a violin.

I once turned the tables on a scammer and told her I was rich but dying of cancer. She started calling me in America every day and telling me she loved me and would come and take care of me. Then I pretended to die, pretended to be my lawyer and sent her a fake photoshop check which said things like First Fake National Bank of America and In Fraud We Trust, and along the bottom with the numbers it said "000000fakecheckfakecheckhahahahah00000". She ran around Bangkok trying to cash it (she was stupid) and when she was told it was just a copy and needed the original she believed it and contacted Attorney Greg and thats when I told her it was all a ruse to teach her a lesson not to scam any more. My intent was to have her arrested for cashing a fraudulent check but I guess the banks didn't want to make a fuzz for one of their won. At first she thought I was another scammer and was mad until I convinced her that I was all one and the same person and that I had done it to teach her a lesson. She may or may not have learned, but she said she repented and we chatted for a while afterward. She had even sent me her Thai ID so I could cut the "check" . The name was her married name and I asked about it, she said she was divorced and got upset and didn't want to talk about it. So she probably had an abusive husband and a horrible divorce and (maybe) left with no money and resorted to this as a result. MAYBE. She kept me posted on her job search and eventually got one at a hotel, so she said. Pretty odd story though, but that's how I roll. I know the language of scammers, I've heard them all. Happy holidays folks, and may you never be scammed.

Singapore would give them the death penalty, if memory serves (it doesn't always, at Easter I get to hide my own Easter eggs - bada boom!)

Absolutely right. One incident here and there means nothing in the big picture. Most of the commenters here come from violent crime ridden countries, mine the US included. I came here to get away from everything American

And you were there? Saw it? One incident doesn't mean anything. I'm sure plenty of Australians stab people, exponentially more than Thai people.

Not naive, I agree, and I've been here 11 years. Never felt unsafe

Spoken like a bigot. Filipinos are very nice people. How many do you know? I've known quite a few. One incident doesn't make for a pattern nor is it statistically significant.

Why don't you go back to secondary school and pick up where you left off? Maybe even get a diploma!

OK, we'll send them an email, and I'm sure they'll stop

One incident doesn't mean anything statistically. Plus, we have no idea as to your credibility

It won't happen. No white supremacists like yourself here. The battle cry of Neo Nazis: "you will not replace us". Please self deport, your poison is not welcome here.

Hahaha. I used to play that song in piano bars

I'm with you brother. I'll take Thai people over obnoxious entitled disrespectful tourists any day of the week

Happens in the US all the time. But they usually get prosecuted now in our world of phone video

Next, hopefully

How about don't preach or judge. You have no idea how this girl was raised. Parents do the best they can. This has nothing to do with upbringing. Once a child becomes an adult they choose their own path, and fall under a lot of influences and temptations outside of parent's reach. Shame on you for making such an insensitive comment.

The problem with therapy is that not all therapists are right for everyone. It can take a lot of shopping to find the right one, as this is a very personal type of treatment. I think I spent months to years searching each time I changed doctors, deteriorating in between. The one I have now is spot on, but she's in the US and I only see her now for 4 months out of the year. If you're happy enough with your booze and drugs and they don't handicap your life in any serious way then you have no worries and I'm happy for you. I'm reluctant to preach or give advice where it may not be welcome, but I would say keep an eye on your "medicine" to be sure it continues to remain harmless, as these things tend to slowly creep up on you. I did the booze self medication for decades until I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and found out that that was at the root of my alcoholism. I continued to drink until it led to jail for DUI, I also found AA to not be helpful, so I managed to just get sick of being drunk, sick of placing my life and health at risk, and now only drink a few beers once in a while. I'm now 68, very blessed in my life here in Thailand, and manage to navigate my ups and downs without substances other than what is prescribed. Each to his own. As a footnote, I don't think Thailand would be the best place to seek therapy, but that is just an opinion based on my impressions and nothing else. Best of luck and Happy Holidays to you.

Your comment may be sarcastic, but I don't think there is anyone who wouldn't benefit from therapy no matter what their condition. I have an actual mental illness, Bipolar II disorder, and have been in therapy for decades just to review and correct my path regularly. In the course of that I have also uncovered and addressed issues to do with my upbringing and other types of internal handicaps, which would never have been dealt with properly without therapy.

And your name is Oliver Twist no doubt. Whoever you are, true or false as your story may be, therapy will undoubtedly help. Try it.

here's a portable one for outside