BangkokReady

I think that part of your comment could be true anywhere, until you live somewhere then you find out the true reality of where you are living. I don't disagree, but Thailand does seem have a reputation for being home to the kindest most welcoming and smiley people in the world. And if you mention any of the realities of life in Thailand, you will often get a Thai apologist jumping down your throat calling you a racist "Thai basher" and claiming that all Thai people are perfect and if a Thai was bad to a foreigner then it must have been the foreigner's fault and they deserved it. You can see why people might have the attitude that BB has.

This is also combined with a complete lack of consequences. There's a chance some of these people have never been told "no" or had any of their bad behaviour corrected by anyone in their lives, so they're really like wild beasts when their temper erupts. Even the dad admits that she has behavioural problems and is disobedient. Chances are neither him nor anyone else has ever told her no in any serious way. A lot of the "face-saving" culture in Thailand revolves around not doing anything to ever make someone mad at you, which includes adults disciplining children. How can you properly discipline a child, without risking making them annoyed with you???

Whilst I can sympathise and agree that it's best to try to avoid getting young people into the legal system where they have made one or two mistakes and are willing to correct them, if this is a regular thing then it might be the best thing for everyone to either get her some help or some motivation to stop. I saw a similar thing on a Facebook page that seemed to be dedicated to some sort of psychotic teenage girl who would fight with various people (smaller than her, of course). At least there it was more hair pulling and slapping, but still completely unacceptable to have these kind of unprovoked and normally unfair attacks. If they want to act like gangsters, let them have a taste of what really awaits gangsters when they are older.

He gave them money, so they liked him. ????‍♂️

It is and it isn't. When you're within a culture, you cannot help but be affected by its cultural norms. Even with other Thais this attitude would be prevalent, add in the fact that it is a foreigner, and the sense of entitlement and "It's your fault because if you didn't come here it wouldn't have happened" comes into play. We become socialised into it. We have no choice to "accept" the treatment a lot of the time. It then becomes the behaviour that we expect. And, of course, we know we have little back-up or recourse should we be wronged.

Bought a septic tank. Did not receive the extension part that was meant to be there. Went back to the store. they checked something on the till, which seemed to confirm they had bought the tank (or the extension part went through the till). They would not give him the extension part as they claimed it only comes with the tank. He asked to buy the part, but they still claimed that the part only came with the tank. It sounds like they could not understand that the tank had not come with the promised extension part. I think VocalNeal has the right idea. Take the tank back and ask for a refund due to missing part, to see if this prompts them to provide the part. I fear, though, that this would end with the shop assistant saying they cannot refund because he has not brought back the extension part.

It says that he agreed to "support her" and the whole thing lasted more than a year, so it sounds like he agreed to effectively pay her a wage. Whether he simply did that out of the kindness of his heart or if he was getting something out of it is another question.

Having to be carried away. Acting like a petulant toddler to the very end.

What happens to the "ugly" girl? Just walk away from her as soon as the hot girl starts giving you attention?

A lot of Red Shirts must feel totally sold out by Thaksin. I feel sorry for them.

Wow. An average 50,000 baht per month for 16 months! A strange situation for sure.

Sure, "guests" should generally be well behaved towards their hosts, but "guests" (whether at someone's home or in a hotel) also typically get preferential treatment due to their status. You would probably expect a guest at your home to be more polite and considerate than a member of your family, sure, but you would also be a lot nicer to your guest. The Thai apologist version of "guest" appears to only include the responsibilities of a guest, but not the privilege. It translates to something along the lines of "You are foreign, therefore you should give more and expect less. And if you don't like it, go home.". Quite bizarre (and a tad racist). It's also important to remember that foreigners either pay to be in Thailand or work there. (So the guest analogy doesn't really work at all.)

And you come across as someone who has personal issues that cause you to misinterpret completely civil and balanced comments in order to allow you lash out at other foreign people, painting them as evil attackers of good honest Thais, and yourself as the savior of the Thais - one or the special and few "good farangs". Why would they not be? No. I don't have the same biases that you have. Hence I can point out the good and bad in a situation, unlike you.

Objectivity and balanced arguments are "glass half empty" for you? Or you just like to see things negatively because you're angry about something?

While it is good that Thai people are celebrating and encouraging creativity, it is a little worrying that this is considered "immense artistic brilliance " or "artistic genius". It's quite likely that he is recreating images that he has seen online somewhere, as they all closely resemble emojis or Line stickers.

I think it's pretty negative in terms of laziness and lack of exercise. People seem to be getting food delivered from the 7/11 that's literally 30 seconds walk away. They do deliver normal food as well, but definitely a problem.

Another risk is the little electric bikes that people choose to whizz about on on the pavements. No sound at all and then whoosh and they're right in front of you. Highly incompatible with Thai driving habits!

Sadly very true. It's like a switch has been flipped in many of their brains and they now feel naked without a mask. I'm still getting the odd "Oh <deleted> a foreigner, better put the mask up" and "I'm not getting on the elevator with a foreigner" reactions, even this long after the pandemic has basically ended.

I'm not sure about "happy". But if there were limited options for "finishing", sticking one on at the end might be OK. I suppose you'd have to give things a try to see what works for you. I've never seen the appeal of the man pulling himself out and basically doing the same thing he does when he's alone. I don't think I could commit to a hypothetical. At least not without some more concrete variables.

I suppose if the girl doesn't like to/cannot use any chemical form of contraception and the guy prefers to climax inside of her. ????‍♂️

In an advanced level of cognitive decline...

Oh dear. I have stuff to do, so I'll have to cut this interesting debate short now. I think what we have basically got to, based on the implied meaning of your "deflection questions", is that you do indeed think that someone is "sad" if they use a condom in a normal long-term relationship. Up to you, but, of course, that's a little strange, because your judgement of someone who "relies" on bargirls for sex is that they are "sad", but that "sadness" is only as sad as a man who is in a long-term relationship and still relies on condoms for contraception, which is not really that "sad" at all. A little odd, overall, but you are entitled to your opinion, of course. I suspect that when I asked you "Why is someone who replies on bargirls for sex sad?", you kind of panicked and said something that you didn't mean, which is why you didn't really want to explain your reasoning, but that doesn't really matter now. Have a nice day.

Your pointless deflecting ones. The ones you asked to try to avoid answering my very simple question.

No lies told. Questions answered. You're deflecting and trolling.

You are deflecting and refusing to answer questions. Not me.