BangkokReady

Are there any real monks in Thailand? Fags, booze, drugs, smartphones, none of this is compatible with Monkhood.

Thai people definitely have an issue around expressing emotions. They appear completely fearless when it comes to things like singing or dancing, but other things, that would seem everyday for us, terrify them. Also, there's the "relationships are more like a business agreement than about love and feelings" angle. They're probably griping about exes because they made them lose face or they are resentful, therefore no real shame in complaining.

Why do you need to change the circumstances so drastically? Surely "Would people donate as much if everything was the same except for the gender?" would be a more honest question?

Amazing.

What a great bunch of foreigners, doing something so incredibly kind and helpful for this needy Thai person. ????????

Uh-oh...

You like to ignore any reality where you are wrong? At least your consistent in your cognitive dissonance.

I'll echo what another user said, I think the most likely explanation is that they wanted to encourage others to donate. Possibly they want to feel like they are "part of something". I'm aware that there are no real selfless acts, as everything people do is motivated by "feeling good", but even if it was the case that the users posted their donations to show off, who really cares if it means a load of free money to a worthy cause? Do you think she would return the money if she found out that some foreigners on an online forum were "boasting" about their donations?

Was that observation correct? No. It was quite different from what was actually "said". It's interesting to think about why your observation was so far from the truth, isn't it?

I wonder why you perceive what people have done as them being full of themselves and their posts as being self-congratulatory. (Actually, I don't.) I realise you are very much of the mindset "Thai good - foreigner bad", but you could give it a rest where some foreign people are doing something nice for a Thai person in need. Even if we were to pretend that you are correct, and the users that posted saying that they donated money did so out of vanity and the desire to show off, a very deserving person has received some free money to help her change her life for the better. I see nothing but positives all round, but you choose to look for negatives.

He's literally just pointing out that some foreigners on this thread have been generous and he perceived that as being a good thing. You might want to think about why that upsets you and why you need to pretend that he's saying that "all the donations came from foreigners" so that you can find a reason to attack what he is saying.

Just to confirm, these plans were made by someone's call for Prayut to be caretaker PM? That sounds interesting. I thought only humans and some animals could make plans.

No scamming in Thailand? No overcharging in Thailand? No "you pay now if you want to leave" in Thailand? I'm very pleased that you have enjoyed your visits to Thailand and never witnessed these things first hand, but do you assume that the countless people that report such things are just lying about Thailand? What about when it's in a news story or on camera? A grand conspiracy? Crisis actors?

Perhaps you didn't understand the comment. What they meant was that normally it is foreigners being scammed and overcharged in Thailand, but now it's Thais being scammed and overcharged in South Korea.

"Give us democracy, give us more money, and pay to subsidise everything we buy!" I feel like they can't have all of those... Well, not until tourism gets back to what it was pre-covid.

Even the government subsidising petrol and consumer products?

We really need an eye rolling reaction button. ????

This all comes from the backlash to George Floyd by anarchist movements.

Exactly. They're trying to look at their phones. Leave them in peace.

I believe that is called the prison pocket...

Any alternatives? Maybe communism, where nobody has to worry about wages because there aren't any?

@macahoom The word electrocute was coined as a term to describe being killed by electricity by the state as punishment for a crime. It's based on the word execute which, in this context, means to put to death through capital punishment. Exe-cute - electro-cute Hence my suggestion that it is similar to "drowned to death" or "killed to death", since "electrocuted to death", by the unmeddled with definition, means "killed by electricity... to death".

Unfortunately, some users have some sort of personal issues whereby they cannot bear to hear anything negative said about Thailand or Thai people, even if it is a simple and honest observation. They will put it down to "Thai bashing" or "bitter old expats". I suspect they have some sort of ego attachment to Thailand whereby their ego is attached to a particular perception of Thailand. This means that in order for them to feel happy, they have to view, and need others to view, Thailand as somehow superior to other places. "Thailand is the best place in the world, Thai people are the kindest in the world, I love Thailand, I am part of Thailand, Thai people like me the most, therefore my status is elevated." Something like that. The result is that they cannot cope with anyone saying anything bad about Thailand and have to attack that person. Thailand obviously cannot be the problem for them, so it must be the person making the observations. Don't worry. Most well adjusted people understand that Thai people are people and can do good and bad things. It's also quite normal to discuss these kinds of things and try to understand them. It's just human nature. It's unlikely that people are going to post things like "I had a really great interaction with some Thai people today that made me really happy." It just isn't how we work as humans. When things go smoothly it can go unnoticed, but if things go badly we can dwell on it and wonder why. It's kind of a caveman thing. Which is more worthy of thought and discussion, the animal/food/tribe that could kill you, or the one that is not an issue at all?

They shouldn't be, but unfortunately the word has been watered down. It sounds like "drowned to death" or "killed to death" based on the real meaning of the word, but now anyone can be "electrocuted" and survive. ????

I wonder why they keep their necklaces in their pockets... ????