Chou Anou

On 6/17/2017 at 2:28 PM, themerg said:

Thai women are WOMEN. American woman tries to compete with the man. Competition in Love is a bad thing. Thai woman is beautiful, sexy, charming, sweet, loving. Thai woman smells wonderful. There is NO FISH SMELL with a Thai woman. Thai woman tastes very good. Thai woman has beautiful skin. Thai woman tends to her man.

Do American women tend to cut off your <deleted> and feed it to the ducks when they catch you <deleted>-ing around?

1 hour ago, pgrahmm said:

Yeah - and NOW London's Mayor is incensed & calling it a terrorist act......

 

Not the ho hum - get use to it like he said after the recent jihadist attacks....

 

Upside down world....

Congratulations.  You're misquoting the mayor's response to the previous incident and taking it out of context just like Trump did.  A wonderful idol to aspire to be like.

Here is the actual statement by Khan after the attack, in which he asked people not to be alarmed BY THE INCREASED NUMBERS OF POLICE ON THE STREETS FOLLOWING THE ATTACK, insisting that London "will never be cowed."  He did not say that people should "get used to" terrorist attacks. So stop following your idol Trump and lying.
 

Ha!  I wouldn't be too sure about that "not hurting the passenger" idea, especially if the passenger is a farang.  Everyday Thais will often try to collect damages from a farang passenger in a taxi that's involved in an accident with their car (that's why, in case the taxi you're in ever has an accident, you throw a few hundred baht at the driver and get the hell out of there, FAST)...so why would the mafia hesitate at injuring a farang passenger in a taxi encroaching on their territory?

Anyway, Uber is not long for this world...they're taking a real publicity beating in the US right now for their unfair treatment of drivers, sexist comments by board members, and high incidence of drivers raping passengers.

Yet another thing for the US to be embarrassed about: the Clown in Chief has still not appointed an ambassador to Japan nor a Secretary of the Navy, which would make dealing with this situation a lot easier.  Neither has he issued any statement (concern for the missing seamen, etc.) about the incident yet.  No surprise there; the draft-dodging coward is repeatedly openly disdainful and disrespectful of our veterans and soldiers.  Plus he's too concerned right now with the investigations closing in on his crooked ass...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/17/uss-fitzgerald-collision-trump-criticised-for-leaving-key-posts-unfilled

It's simple explaining why the response rate has dropped: the Thai economy is doing better, a lot more decent-paying jobs are available now, so a lot of women are choosing ways to make money other than sex work.

Peter Christopherson of Coil lived in Thailand from 2005 until his death in 2010 (I'm not exactly sure if he died in Thailand or England, though).

Alternate title for this thread: "Throwing money down the toilet and flushing it" 

On 5/13/2017 at 0:43 PM, scoutman360 said:

I have a foreigner friend who drinks out of the tap in Bangkok every day. Never been sick. Up to you.

When I lived in a village in Ayuthaya for six months, we regularly drank water out of the tap when there wasn't enough rain water in the urn...never had a problem once.  You could conceivably get potable water out of the tap in Bangkok too, but it all depends on how close you are to the source.  The farther your water has to travel through pipes, the higher the possibility of damaged pipes and contamination.  Not worth the risk...I always drink bottled water in Bangkok.

Tell her you won't be able to giver her son money anymore, since you need it for your own girlfriend. After all, tell her, you want her to be "proud" of you too! 

On 5/21/2017 at 8:00 PM, wildewillie89 said:

They change on individual/family levels if you can provide basic scientific research they can comprehend - and then get that researched backed up by a Thai professional. And that can gradually move to community levels. 

 

 

Really?  Are you sure about that?  Doesn't sound like typical human behavior to me.  People tend to hang on to their irrational beliefs and superstitions despite all the scientific proof in the world.  How else do you explain all the <deleted> idiots in my country, the US, not believing in climate control, thinking vaccinations cause autism, etc., etc., ad nauseam, to the point of electing a crass, uninformed, and belligerent idiot who believes the same (and understands nothing about the way government works) to lead them?

Sorry, didn't mean to turn this into a political rant.  The on-topic point is: the Thais have no monopoly on stupid, and the stupid are not easily convinced to change their ways based on scientific fact.

And to bring the discussion back to people wasting money on products for their beauty/health that have absolutely no basis in science: what about all the farangs who buy and take "mega-vitamins", thinking they will give them anything more than expensive pee?  Or the many farangs who take Vitamin C pills, thinking it will somehow magically prevent them from getting a cold (or cure a cold they already have)?  Yeah, it won't hurt them, but it doesn't get more gullible or ignorant of science that that.

6 hours ago, johnnybgood said:

Good read. 

Is posting on a forum becoming  a perilous choice?

 

For women, for example, posting anything online has been perilous for quite some time... 

18 minutes ago, timkeen08 said:

Ignore? Is that a learned tendency or is there a real button? A button Please.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk
 

Haha, both!  But the button makes it easier.  Just hover over anyone's username, and you'll see the option pop up.  When you click on it, they give you the option what to ignore (posts, PMs, etc.).  Don't forget to save your changes.

53 minutes ago, grollies said:

Relax chap, the OP is a Thai-bashing troll. See his previous topics on Thai administrative politics and the Thai education system.

 

This is simply another of his topics to slag-off the Thai people.

Thanks, yes, I've figured that out...now have him on ignore. 

10 hours ago, Brunolem said:

Wow!!!

I can't answer to all these angry posts above, but they have at least one thing in common: they were most probably not written by Buddhists!

Equanimity, peaceful mind...can't see any of this in all that aggressivity.

A Buddhist generally doesn't get angry and starts calling names because he disagrees with a statement.

Anyway to answer a few questions, I do indeed speak enough Thai to ask around me "phraputatjao chuu aray?" which is a terrible phonetic translation of "what is the name of the Buddha?", a question that is regularly met with a blank stare.

Regarding other issues, I use English with monks that do understand this language...thus we are on an equal footing, since I am not a native English speaker myself...yet we manage to understand each other, and regularly the monks will answer my queries about the noble truths, noble path and meditation with a "that's complicated, let's stick first to the chants".

I know about the distinctions between mahayana (Japanese zen or Tibetan buddhism, for example), and hinayana (Sri Lanka and South East Asia, for example)...even though such distinctions are dismissed by strict followers of the Buddha's teachings, such as those who pratice Vipassana meditation, a very pure form of Buddhism (actually available in one location in Thailand).

Contrary to what one of my friends above say, reading and practicing are very much related...in fact one could say that reading the Buddha's teachings is practicing...which by the way is what real monks spend most of the time doing, when they are not meditating.

Finally and despite the storm in a tea cup above, I keep on finding it strange that barely no one is practicing meditation in a Buddhist country, since meditation is the very core of Buddhism.

After all, the lord Buddha, Siddharta Gautama, spent 5 years meditating under a tree before reaching awakening and starting sharing his experience, and that's all he did after leaving his home and family.

Now, I am always more than happy to hear from others who have different experiences and can contradict my statements with facts, rather than with shouting...

Um, the only "non-Buddhist" posts I see here are yours.  You started this very thread by attacking and criticizing the beliefs, knowledge of Buddhism, and practice of Buddhism by Thais, the same people who are nice enough to let you live in their country and <deleted> their women.  Also, if you're so serious about debating the finer points of Buddhist doctrine, why aren't you posting in the Buddhism sub-forum?  I'll tell you why not: because those guys are, for the most part, extremely serious and knowledgeable, and you wouldn't last 1 minute in a conversation or debate with them.

Also, I think there are some 100 million Theravada Buddhists in various Southeast Asian countries who would strongly disagree with you that "meditation is the foundation of Buddhism."

Anyway, how DARE you come into someone's country and walk around trying to "test" their religious knowledge and then declare them lacking!

OP, methinks you think too much.  

I can only speak for myself, but the only reason I ever look at someone's profile is if they post something ridiculous in a thread I'm interested in that I feel the need to respond to...I visit their profile and look at their activity to see if they're really just a big troll, in which case I will usually not respond (the best way to deal with trolls is to ignore them, and if enough people do, they will just go troll elsewhere).  

I don't think I've ever looked at yours! 

I was, however, stalked and harassed once on Thai Visa.  The guy didn't like something I wrote in response to something he wrote, so he "followed" me (seriously...why would you ever follow someone on a trashy site like this?) and he started posting large jpegs of gay dance clubs in response to my various posts in several fora. I know--real fourth grade level stuff, huh?  I put him on "ignore," never read the several PMs he sent me, reported him to the moderators, and set my profile so nobody could follow me in the future.

The (by now obviously trolling) OP also appears to lack any knowledge as to the various distinctions between Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism.  Besides, you know, appointing himself as the moral authority for all Thais.

OP, it goes without saying that you speak fluent Thai, and are discussing all these topics related to Buddhism with Thais IN Thai language, right?  If not, why the <deleted> would you expect they would be able to discuss or express such things in English?  Many Thais know what the four noble truths and the eightfold path are.

9 hours ago, sarahjo said:

This is a common site everywhere in the world.

Indeed...this sort of behavior is hardly limited to Thailand these days!

100 baht sounds right (for tourist price, but that's what one is!) from the border checkpoint to Koh Kong city.  It's not that far, but too far to walk.

I'm sure there are quite clear [unspoken] guidelines for what constitutes an "appropriate insult."  I'd go into solely observation mode if I were you.

6 hours ago, HooHaa said:

video of a barely legal farm girl trying to look sexy. you dog you.

Barely legal?  18+?  Yeah, everyone can keep telling themselves that.  A former girlfriend of mine (I knew her in her mid-30s) told me how she used to dance in those shows...when she was 14-15.

15 hours ago, wildewillie89 said:

The assumption being that if you are French then you must be rich? 

Basis for discipline? Thai are famous for not being disciplined in the class room. Why? As the focus is on the haircut and uniforms rather than actual classroom discipline. Haircuts/uniforms do not translate into classroom discipline magically lol. They are two completely seperate things. 

No, the assumption being that, relative to Thais, if you're a farang and you have the money to buy a plane ticket to Thailand, then you're rich.  Which is a VERY accurate assumption.

On 5/26/2017 at 9:37 AM, thequietman said:

Please don't take this the wrong way but are you retarded?

Good one.  Similar to what I say to farangs when they do idiotic stuff like wear certain colored shirts on certain days or "wai" the spirit shrine inside Nana Plaza: "Did you wake up today and decide to get a lobotomy?"  Thais have an excuse for such behaviors, they grew up being brainwashed into them.  Farangs have no such excuse.

2 minutes ago, OJAS said:

While vaguely on topic, what exactly is the purpose of the "Member's total reputation" figure (the number next to the + sign under your username as stated in your posts), and how is this calculated?

The way I understand it, you get a "point" (or "plus") per "like" that you receive on your posts.  So the closer your ratio of total posts is to your total plusses, the more people apparently like what you have to say.

8 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

It sounds like a scam to me. 

Or perhaps a sting operation by immigration. 

Exactly...kind of like the classic police sting in Western countries, where they send people with outstanding warrants a letter saying that they've won something, and need to show up at "X" address on a certain day to claim it...