BangkokReady

Why not just kill all the rich people and redistribute their wealth? Then put the people in charge?

Surely that should be "an era of hateful speech now from both ends of the political spectrum"?

How can she communicate with you but not with her employer?

If you have home driving licence with no IDP, do you need it to be "certified" by your embassy? That's what some websites seem to suggest.

No quite. He actually did something, not just pose for a selfie behind a desk.

They haven't even proved that they are "Thai bashers" and not simply "people saying something that they don't like about Thailand". That would be the first step. I think it's simply argument ad hominem.

Yes. It's taking place in Thailand. Issue the weapons, note down make, model and serial number. Then have a yearly audit. Any missing guns mean the officers who own them are fired.

The problem is that no one is ever held accountable. It's just the way things are throughout Thailand. Nothing will ever change until Thai culture has a massive shift.

What I found interesting, was that this user began by agreeing with the post he was replying to (about Thai men being genetic supermen with psychic abilities), and saying anyone who doesn't like Thai men must have mental issues, but then moved onto this mini tirade against everyone found living in a city. Presumably most foreigners in Thailand are living in cities. There's a real feeling of "don't make a broad generalisation about Thai men based on years of living in Thailand, the three Thai men I hang out with are all super smart and friendly". That or they seem to be focussing on well educated, upper middle class Thais with good English who holiday abroad, which is not really average. I wonder if these people actually understand how generalisations work.

Whatever floats your boat. I don't like him and have no desire to listen to him.

Take has a reputation for being a bit creepy. He's a kind of "dating guru", but he doesn't have mainstream appeal. I wouldn't listen to anything he says. You can be rich or tough and still be stupid and mean.

Would you say that this description applies generally to most Thai men, or only the ones you socialise with? Does this apply to say, teachers, taxi drivers, manual labourers, government officers, and so on? It's a typical mindset that you are more likely than not to find in any Thai man you meet? Whether in Bangkok or in the provinces? Is that it?

A good point. I think that Bob and Spark should have really defined what they mean by friendship when they began disagreeing. (Although I think Bob pretty much did when explaining what he wanted.) One person might consider a friend to be someone they know well and trust, meet up with regularly and do something, such as dining, alone together; while another might consider a friend to be someone they know by name, say hello to whenever they see them, and occasionally pass the time of day.

I'm not sure that both of these statements can be correct.

I think its just called "The Interview". Someone like James Franco and Seth Green win a chance to interview Kim Jon Un and try to kill him, I think.

I would assume they mean that a Thai woman is tainted after laying with a foreigner.

It isn't a bitter tone. I don't see any of the above in the comment of the user you quoted. "I haven't made friends here in 30 years", "I tend to give Thai men a wide birth". Neither of these sentences have a sense of angriness or unhappiness. They don't actually show much emotion at all. And my English is very good. (I know I didn't use the exact quote, but I'm going from what you wrote above.)

It sounds like Bob is doing that. Do you not acknowledge that anyone could have an experience different to that of your perception of your own?

What tone do you detect? Do you actually know what bitterness is?

And then interpret the tone and emotion. Possibly incorrectly. And there is no other conclusion to this (if true), other than you must be better than the OP and they must be deficient in some way? Without really knowing anything about the OP?

The thing is, if you discount women who are in relationships with foreign men or looking for such, are the women that interested in befriending foreigners either? Possibly Thai people simply aren't that interested in foreigners.

They don't sound particularly bitter. Simply matter of fact. And you interpret things based on what you have in your mind.

Do "good" Thai girls actually make an effort to prove they aren't prostitutes or gold-diggers? I can imagine a guy being OK with a girl being cautious. We are generally more easy going in relationships and used to having to put up with tests of our character when it comes to women sizing us up. But a girl being OK with a guy wanting proof that she's a "good" girl? Ignoring the obvious double standards, I'm not sure I can see a girl putting up with that.

Thailand is corrupt from top to bottom. It's a way of life and is casually accepted/expected. If you replaced all the police, you would still have a corrupt police force, just like any other sector, no need to succumb to anything. Corruption is a Thailand problem, not something unique to any particular area.

What missing 8,000 Baht?