NorthernRyland

Anyone who's ever employed Thai's will tell you that you must watch them like a hawk or corners will be cut. It's not everyone down to the last man but it's a strong majority I would say.

I was in a bus to Mae Sai that broke down going up a hill and we had to all evacuate and change buses. What I find so strange is how Thai's will do little to no communication. The bus stalled and the driver parked and opened the doors. Didn't say a single word. People just figured out it was broken and started to walk off. Eventually I got off too but I had no idea why or what was going to happen (couldn't speak yet Thai back then).

I don't like these laws either. It puts the drivers on edge and gives people walking the idea you should just walk out into street at any moment and you'll be safe 100% guaranteed but it's The Law the drivers must stop for you. Of course in the real world mistakes happen and now you're standing in the middle of the road and get hit and killed. Sure they broke the law but does it matter at this point? It even annoys me when I'm walking that cars slow down when I get to the edge of the road because they're paranoid I may walk across without notice. It was better to have a button you can press so the drivers are aware in advance. Safer and less hassle for everyone involved.

My experience. People are pretty miserable. You will hear nothing but honking everywhere you go. If it was anything near Thailand in quality it would be stealing their tourists but instead they have a dismissal 5% return rate for tourists and for good reason.

that's what we call winning.

Drop everything and go find the cheaper places to live then adjust your expectations. Most of the country is poor and lively cheaply so you need to study what they're doing and take their lead.

Thai people simply seem to care about their country and want to keep it in their bests interests. Not even just women but people in general in the west seem to be happy to completely replace the entire populations of the countries and don't seem to see anything wrong with this. Thai women to be fair have a really nasty sense of entitlement and it even goes so far as to have a dowry paid for the privilege of marrying them.

That's exactly right. Women on average have this idea of cosmic fairness and they're willing to use government to redistribute wealth to make the world more fair in their eyes. Not much thought given to how the wealth was created in the first place and what happens when you mess with the natural order of things. These are the exact same issues men complain about in their relationships. The women wants to me spend my money she didn't earn but now it's on a national level and the tax base is implicated. Again somehow this is lost on those exact same men when considering if women should be voting or running for office. I don't know what we do about this but it's clear people are not being honest about the real issues.

that's a major policy of women too. Import the 3rd world and give them free <deleted> from the native tax payer. How much of this is just feminist liberal women though? Thai women can vote and hold office but I don't see them having this suicidal tendency to destroy their countries like in the West.

What I don't understand is men will complain all day about their woman being irrational and speaking nonsense, then when you ask them if women should be allowed to be hold office or vote they get all upset and how dare you even ask the question. Woman can hold office now but now we need to accept the consequences. Women are polled in many countries and their basic policy is always free <deleted> for me, more rules, more regulations, less freedom and more safety. Sound familiar to anyone?

No this is Samoeng.

they noted this fact. Very strange. Indians must be the antithesis of Thais. Aggressive and right up in your face at first sight. Thai's must be really be struggling with the massive influx of these people.

Ditto. cycling 1000%. No amount of money you can spend to have so much enjoyment. Got up into some fog in the mountains the other week when the rains were raging. WhatsApp Video 2024-09-24 at 21.21.53.mp4

8 mil baht for 130sqm pool villa. Concrete shell with lots of glass. Developer is making a killing.

tragic people. what a pity.

you mean like general trash, plastics food waste etc...? I live in a pretty backwards area still I never see a person burning garbage except on the most rare circumstances. Yard waste though? oh yeah. It looks like a WWII bombing campaign in the valley some evenings.

you don't have to tell me. It's a total disaster and no I don't see them fixing this in any of our lifetimes. My only point is Chiang Mai is worse than the entire region because of normal city pollution. Other places like Chiang Dao and Phrao have worse smoke in the burning season but when that clears it's clean, unless a person is burning near you (which they probably area lol).

seriously? where, which village? very unusual.

Isn't the entirety of tourism a protected occupation? I know of foreigners who operate public real estate businesses also. Very surprised that's legal even.

India is a global embarrassment. This is where these people are coming from. Not surprised at all some of them have problems behaving.

why would they do this? It would hurt sales for sure and hopefully the companies would fight back. I like COD options and do not wish to lose them.

What are you trying to say? Can't tell if you're mocking me or not.

Stereotypical nonsense? If it was true then the average Thai woman would be the same as the average American woman or another other woman. Clearly this isn't true right? There's a culture which these women grew up in and it's not the same culture as America. You can agree on that right? Therefore it's reasonable to ask if something is typical or not for Thai women.

Chiang Mai is always polluted except directly after a rain. probably a million cars and motorbikes spewing pollution. However even in Samoeng with very few cars it's 80 now with clear skies and just had a little rain even. Not sure the numbers are so high. If you love and die by those numbers I would leave all of Asia and never return. pm2.5 is always. Even in rural areas the people burn daily and in huge quantities in the evening.