PingRoundTheWorld

Professional nightlife enthusiast ???? Me...????????‍♀️????

What's the alternative? looking over your shoulder all the time to make sure a gang of drivers don't try to assault you? better to shake hands and let it be than risk revenge from scum like that.

That's a ridiculous conclusion. Maybe that's how hookers and their wannabe thug boyfriends view you, but it's not how normal Thais (yes- there are Thais with an education, they're not all hookers) view foreigners. Sure- I won't deny I've spent money on girls here, but I look and act nothing like this stereotype. This is NOT reality for normal people.

He didn't choose to leave - he was deported. He also didn't choose to not come back - he's on a blacklist for 5-10 years. What Thai prisons are like is irrelevant since the guy in the article did not spend any time in Thai prison. Going by the info in the linked article - he was arrested and spent a day in Patong police jail before being granted bail. He was free for 6+ months in Patong, then a couple of months ago, in May, he pleaded guilty on his court case and given no additional jail time - only deportation. He then had to return to Patong police jail where he waited a week to be transported to Bangkok Immigration Detention Center. He spent about 2 months in the IDC before the embassy were able to schedule his flight out. It's certainley not pleasant, and I'm sure the IDC feels like prison, but between that and "I almost died in Thai prison" there's quite a leap.

Yep. Reading about his past removes any sort of sympathy. He seems to have devolved into the worst kind of streamer - opportunist who would do anything to make some coin. Obviously the live stream was a poor attempt at getting views, but threatening suicide publicly like that is probably also a ploy to get views. Reminds me of some guy who spread a bunch of fake news about the Taiwanese mafia (huh?) threatening his life for making pickup videos in Taiwan. Everything for those views/attention...

It's not an easy job, and it's not that profitable - and on top of that they have to "buy" their spot and pay police. With inflation raising ingredient costs and probably also increased "rent" profit margins have been hit hard. There's only so much you can charge for street food and still sell. Not much incentive for younger people to set up shop when they have more lucrative options. Like being a massage therapist serving wholesome Arab princes in Dubai. ????

Instead of picking on poor street vendors trying to scratch a living out of the bottom of the barrel - why don't they arrest and deport the one population that makes the area scary at night - Africans? It would be incredibly easy to spot and catch the drug dealers, pimps, and prostitutes - if they wanted to.

Read that initially as "to ease travel from the world's largest outbreak".... which was about right, in 2020.

Literally the same to you. However miserable bubble that is, assuming all Thai women despise you for being foreign. What a miserable existenece. Good luck.

Exactly. Despite the clickbait and attempt at implying there's something wrong with traditional gender roles - the fact is 10 of them dropped out immediately just based on his looks and first impression. He is short, carries himself both arrogantly and insecure at the same time (which is awkward), had his hand in his pocket the whole time (sign of insecurity), and speaking Thai probably worked against him. He also comes off as immature, especially with those gaping holes in his ears - those might impress a teenager, but a mature woman wants a man, not a teenager. 10 more dropped also early on when the video of him came up simply because they didn't like what they saw of his personality. The remaining 10 gave him a chance but that was short lived too. I think if it was a successful Thai man saying the same things (although a Thai man would be more eloquent and not say it the same way) I doubt the result would be the same. We all know it is common here for successful men to have mia nois and such, so let's not pretend he's saying something outrageous and out of line with the actual reality in Thailand. This isn't America. Having said all of that - we can keyboard warrior roast the guy all we want - he had the balls to go on a TV show, which is more than most of us can say. No. The majority of Thai women would much rather date a Thai man than date you. Do not include the rest of us in your self-hating pity parade. What a terrible self-limiting attitude to have. I have no illusions about the limitations of foreigners in the Thai dating scene - just language and social access alone keep us away from most - but to declare yourself inferior is just nuts.

Is there? So far there is no government, no clear path to forming a government, and doubts about Pita's ability to serve as PM...

Overstay and fraud I get it - arrest is justified - but arresting people over failure to file TM30? that's a bit harsh. I hope they're only arresting the landlords and not the tenants as I doubt many Thai landlords actually file these things, and it's not the (legal) responsibility of the tenant. Anyway, all these crackdowns only serve to deter foreigners/tourists. Good luck with their "X million tourists this year" goal.

Another day, another idiot buying property for a Thai woman in her name. If it's in her name, it's a gift. It's not an investment, it's not yours, it will never be yours, and you will never see money back from it. Simple solution: don't buy her <deleted>. Now get back in your lane.

He talks too much for his own good. Surely acquired new enemies since the election. The more he talks, the less chance he'll make it to PM. I like MFP but stop talking before you've even formed an actual government. Time will judge what you do - not what you say - assuming they even make it to government.

Good life rule anywhere, not just Thailand. Though things tend to go from 0 to 100 a lot quicker here than they do in other places. As for the guy - he's an idiot for dating a girl/hooker who's dangerously violent, and he's even more of an idiot for fleeing the scene - this could've been his opportunity to leave that relationship relatively unharmed with police escorting him. Next time he wants to leave she'll get even more violent or otherwise try to get him in trouble (fake police complaints etc). Abusive partners come in both sexes.

WTF? Does MFP have no idea who their constituents are? I have no love for cannabis but a great percentage of MFP voters do. Ban it in public, allow it in private, and move on!

Being a drug runner is not just a "bad decision" - it's a potentially life-ending decision either by prison/death sentence, or in this case another form of death sentence. I don't care how dumb a kid is - there is no excuse to get involved in something like this - especially if he comes from a relatively stable household and didn't come from the gutters.

Agreed. It makes no sense. Maybe the guy wanted a piece of the girlfriend and they tried to resist? or maybe she was already sleeping with him and the kid found out and confronted him? It's extremely weird that the gf would ride with him (without trying to run away or ask for help) after she witnesses him murder her bf. Unless she was in on it or sleeping with him already.

Aside from the weed and tattoos, sounds good actually. ???? I dread the day when my wife's husband and/or my (married) brother visit Thailand. I mean, it'll be like watching a kid in Disneyland who knows he's not allowed to be seen enjoying the rides...

Lost her revenue stream, so she demands compensation. Sad that this is what her daughter's life is worth to her, but understandable. What's not understandable is the amount she demands. The daugher wouldn't have brought in 179 mil in the remainder of her career - the shelf life of idols is very limited. And that's before discounting the fact that the mother would get only a fraction of the revenue. If she already received 10 mil in compensation then that's more than enough. She's shown contracts for 10 mil - which means that after taxes and the daughter's own expenses the mother would get what out of that? 1-2 mil? so she's suing for 90 years in advance? ????

Illegal gun ownership is already punishable by up to 10 years in jail - but it's rarely enforced. They could start by simply enforcing current law.

If he's not mature enough to plan a vacation - he's not mature enough to travel. Pattaya in a dorm and meeting girls (I assume you're thinking of freebies) on beach road? Which he will then take to his dorm? ???????????? The proper way to do Pattaya is go by taxi, stay in a cheap hotel close to the action (~600 baht a night is possible), do a gogo tour paying too much for drinks and lady drinks, pay more at a nightclub, end the night with a cutie who's name and face you'll immediately forget after she leaves with 1-2 crispy bills. Not a "budget holiday" destination...

But bystanders do get injured, property gets damaged, and worst of all some of those gangs go on to harass and attack complete strangers. There's been a string of incidents of teen gangs attacking strangers in Pattaya lately. If they carry guns and other deadly weapons they need to be rounded up and locked up. Age is not an excuse for being a violent thug. This isn't "teens wil be teens" - more like teens will be future murderers.

I live in the Soi 11 area - yet managed to remain dry this year. Just took a taxi to whereever I wanted to go, and avoided Nana/Cowboy and other such areas. If someone chooses to walk in such areas they do so at their own soak risk. As for this guy - he had a water gun in his hand and was spraying passerbys. He knew exactly what was going on and there's zero room for excuses.

IMHO the main reason why Bangkok has never rebounded in terms of tourism is the wet blanket 2am closing times. That changed the whole nightlife experience that used to be here in the past, and hurts tourism significantly. Bangkok is not getting repeat tourism as a result. I know many guys who used to come several times a year but now they won't return because it's boring for them. Phuket fares a little better because they close later - but Phuket is it's own **** show and having to deal with hordes of annoying drunk tourists and shisha smoke everywhere is a terrible experience. Pattaya is trying to commit tourism-harakiri lately by raiding establishments and conducting drug tests on innocent people - ruining their night in the process. The end result is simple - less tourists. I was supposed to go to Pattaya today - cancelled my trip. Chiang Mai is air pollution central - 'nuff said. Add to that price increases across the board, increase in taxi and other scams, viral bad news like kidnappings and raids, and the list goes on. The last year+ was fueled by young people who were desperate to travel, but now that they've scratched that itch already, world economy and inflation woes, and higher airfare prices - many will not return as often. This was completely predictable. At least the good news is that once tourist numbers are down, prices and attitudes will get back down to earth too.