Airalee

15 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

Thailand has 2 leaders in food delivery operations; Lineman and Shopee.  Both of them deliver more than restaurant food. My local Lotus and 7-11  can have Lineman drivers in the checkout with various items picked up for delivery.   Food Panda Thailand  had losses in every year of its  operations. It was not sustainable and should have closed down years ago.

Foodpanda is far more than just restaurant food.  
 

I could choose from multiple Lotus, Big C, Tops, Gourmet Market etc.   Stand alone florists, butchers, fruit markets, pharmacies…

Foodpanda definitely did incur losses.  Impossible not to with the deals offered.  All my grocery shopping for years was done using 20-30% off coupons (plus free delivery) and the prices are the same as in the market, including the in store discount/sale price.  “happyfresh” delivery service was the same but they went out of business much faster.
 

It was similar with many restaurants too.  Cheaper to get food delivered than go to the restaurant…and living on Sukhumvit…it would still arrive hot.  Special deals also just for foodpanda that could also use discount codes on top of too.

I’m thankful that foodpanda was willing to incur those losses.  It was good while it lasted.  I didn’t ever think it would last this long.

2 minutes ago, Red Phoenix said:

our Covid/vax/pandemic posts find themselves in the company of mystery threads genre 'Aliens Abducted My Stepmother'.  

All by design

21 minutes ago, pacovl46 said:

Ok, let me spell it out like to a three year old then: the word farang DOES NOT have a negative connotation, while the N-word noat definitely does. Comparing the two is just silly! 

Still a lazy excuse.

19 minutes ago, Tug said:

Sure the constant attacks beatings murders maming shunning health care discrimination,the list goes on and on it isn’t rite.but those things do happen.

More domestic violence and killings between LGBT couples than Straight.

Previous research indicates that the killing method used in homicides may reflect the motivation of the offender and qualities of the victim-offender relationship. The effect of gender and sexual orientation of intimate partner homicide offenders (N = 51,007) was examined with respect to the brutality of killing methods. Guided by previous research and theory, it was hypothesized that homicide brutality will vary with the offender's sexual orientation and gender, such that the percentage of killings coded as brutal will be higher for (a) gay and lesbian relative to heterosexual relations, (b) men relative to women, (c) gay relative to heterosexual men, and (d) lesbian relative to heterosexual women. The rates of intimate partner homicide were also hypothesized to vary with the gender of the partners, such that (a) homicide rates will be higher in gay relative to heterosexual and lesbian couples and (b) homicide rates will be lowest in lesbian couples. The results support all but one prediction derived from the two hypotheses. We predicted that men would kill their partners more brutally than would women, but the results indicate that the opposite is true.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18396584/

Abusive relationships are characterized by consecutive acts of degradation, physical and verbal abuse, intimidation, and excessive control. While abusers will attempt to normalize such behaviors to maintain power in the relationship, these acts are and should always be recognized as domestic violence. What many do not recognize is that aggressive behavioral patterns and violence are even more common in non-heterosexual couples and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the Williams Institute of Law:

https://dcvlp.org/domestic-violence-peaks-more-than-ever-for-the-lgbtqia-community/
 

5 minutes ago, HK MacPhooey said:

Can you explain some of the problems this ‘minority of people have’ that the rest of the population don’t also have?

Higher incomes than straight people.

Maybe a gay tax would be appropriate in the name of equality.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/gay-people-make-more-money-than-their-straight-peers/#:~:text=Specifically%2C the average annual earnings,to %2457%2C032 for straight men.

33 minutes ago, Nickcage49 said:

There aren't any direct flights from the states to Thailand anyway. But maybe this is why they stopped. I remember THAI stopped LAX-BKK direct flights during the pandemic. Before that I think they had direct flights.

 

This article could use a bit more context.

Last flight into the US was October 2015

Should we mention that there have been positive studies done for “horse dewormer” in cancer treatment?

Nah.

What did the replaced factory workers do?  Learn to code?

48 minutes ago, rattlesnake said:

 

I definitely agree. This rejection seems to occur only in the context of Covid/vaccination refutation, which, in a way, is tacit admission that this is a taboo issue.

 

I don't recall there being the same stringent requirement for other societal issues (e.g. nobody says one needs to be a firearms expert to formulate an opinion on gun control…).

How about the recent thread about “conspiracy theorists” and “what we need to do with them”?

Before Covid, nobody cared about what anybody thought about moon landings, flat earth theories, etc.

They only care about the jabs.

BTW….have you noticed the absence of a few of the more prolific posters as of late?

I wonder if they had a “coincidence”

16 minutes ago, Jabberwocky said:

Imagine standing next to your friend at home while a foreigner is doing s.th. strange. Wouldn't you say: "Look at that foreigner", not knowing his nationality or name? Isn't it similar to saying "Look at the farang"?

Actually, I’d probably say something along the line of “check out that dude….I wonder where he’s from”

1 hour ago, pacovl46 said:

No, he is not right! The first caucasians Thais came in contact with were the French.

Nope.  Portugal has France beat by over a century.

Using the “history of the word Farang” is a lazy excuse.   If it was acceptable, the N word would be fair game.

32 minutes ago, StandardIssue said:

 

That being said, one has to live within the situation at hand. Thais are gonna talk about you and refer to you as a Farang. ( they do it right in front of you sometimes) If someone chooses to live in Thaland than, again, it's gonna take a lot of patience and tolerance along with making some effort to learn the culture and some of the language to have the best experience IMHO  I'm not fluent and cannot read or write but I do OK in simple conversation and have made an attempt to blend in and understand to operate within the culture. Generally speaking my experience has been pretty good. I've been able to live cheap in some nice places and enjoy life in Thailand.

Of course one has to “live with the situation at hand” and my 14 years here have been quite pleasant.  An uneducated bumpkin using the word Farang doesn’t bother me because I understand that the educational system here is just about as bad as it gets and with an average IQ 10 points lower than western countries, I feel that it’s ok to cut them some slack.   Perhaps Thais could learn to do the same….or not.  Up to them.

Personally, I don’t tell Thais that I speak Thai.  And when I call them out in Thai if they speak disrespectfully (assuming I am none the wiser), their loss of face is quite humorous.  

15 minutes ago, atpeace said:

Just perused the link.  Amazed you found that simple.  I do think that learning how to read and write might be a better option while at the same time learning how to speak. A couple friends have done this and had success.  

Learning to read was essential for me because it is not uncommon for Thais to mispronounce their own language to the point where I have to ask them to write it down for clarification.

3 minutes ago, StandardIssue said:

Perhaps I have offended. If so I apologize. In the other thread there were quite a few punters that seemed to be quite offended about being labeled "Farang". I maintain that if a person lives in a foreign country that it takes WORK to gain respect of it's citizens.. Expats are guests in Thailand but it seems many expats have bad experiences here because they are arrogant and think Thais should adjust to them when in reality they should WORK and TAKE ACTION to learn the culture, speak the language and show respect to their hosts. I have personally had a pretty good experience as an expat in Thailand. It takes tolerance and a lot of patience and understanding. Something quite a few punters on this board seem to lack. You want a good living experience in LOS? Take some time to learn the culture and language. Simple.

“Farang”, as I was taught by my educated Thai friends, is generally used by Thais with lower education levels.  Educated Thais (having a degree that isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on does not necessarily mean educated) will use the proper word for foreigner.

One shouldn’t need to learn every nuance about Thai culture and speak the language fluently to “gain respect”.

Farang is no different than “jek” or “kek”…..and those certainly aren’t terms of endearment.

In the USA, if an immigrant isn’t familiar with all our social mores and language, we don’t call them “chinks”, “slopes”, “gooks” or any other derogatory word until we deign them worthy of our respect.

3 minutes ago, StandardIssue said:

It's helpful to know your native language first, IMHO.

What I said is I can do business like rent an apartment from a Thai person who speaks very little English. In other words friend, I can speak that much Thai. I can also have a conversation with most Thais and get to know them, their work, family, friends, travel etc.

Most important. I know enough Thai to have them help me learn more. This I found to be very valuable.

In other words….

You can’t speak Thai, but you like to denigrate those who might (or might not be) at a lower level than yourself.

If you brag (as you did in the other thread) about knowing how to say “rent” and “apartment”….you don’t speak Thai.

21 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Here she is ........... blond on the left.

 

She has a certain look about her*

*apologies for the potential misgendering 

1 hour ago, WorriedNoodle said:

It's more of a common sense post, that most anti vaxxers somehow lost from birth? Maybe they should have got a common sense jab from their parents? Vaccines are rigorously tested, safe, and effective in preventing serious diseases that do exist and can harm newborns. Decades of research show vaccines protect infants from illnesses like measles, polio, and whooping cough, which can be deadly. The "toxic filth" claim ignores that vaccine ingredients are carefully studied, used in safe doses, and monitored for adverse effects. Denying the existence of these diseases contradicts well-documented medical evidence. Scientists have spent years confirming vaccines save millions of lives annually.

The lady doth protest too much methinks.

They should ban cameras in the bar.