HandsomeTallFarang

I don't have a problem with dogs, sounds like you are projecting how ineffective you personally would be in a dangerous situation. Of course your solution is to do nothing and pray for the best -- you're powerless to do anything anyway. You might have a problem with dogs -- if you're an old, meek, little weakling. I'm young, tall, and strong and could literally crush the life out of a typical mangy soi dog. They're skinny. My hands could wrap around their midsection entirely. They don't bother me except for barking. They don't approach me. A pack of 8 getting an idea of harassing me can get a broken bottle to the throat the moment they get close to me with hostile intent. Not everyone is a crusty hippie baby boomer with a peace, love, and passiveness way of life, maaaannnnnn ????

Why should I have to do any of this crap if I feel like my safety is in jeopardy? Really, stay calm and pretend a pack of feral dogs getting ready to attack is no big deal? Do you hear yourselves? I'm bashing any dog that gets near me, period. Fist, brick, bottle, anything I can get a hold of. Mess around and find out. Couldn't care less about mad locals, oh the dog is reincarnated ancestors, you can't hurt dogs! What about those chickens and pigs you can't stop eating? You can hurt the animals that taste good, but leave the "pet" animals alone? Or does reincarnatiom only pick "cute" animals to reincarnate as? If you tried to explain their stunning hypocrisy to a typical Thai (literally) they would look at you like you're trying to explain quantum mechanics. F your dog, I'm not getting bit.

Love how their first instinct is "Lottery numbers" Not "historical preservation" or anything like that. Lottery numbers. Just greed, stupidity, and superstition. Perfectly describes the entire country to be frank.

If tourists are staying another 30 days, I'm sure the 1900 baht will more than be made up for. It just won't go straight into the pockets of the polic.... I mean "immigration"

You have it completely backwards, big boy. See, I don't need a scooter to move around, and if you do, to me that's more indictive of immaturity since you can't even do the most basic human thing right - not over eating like a pig, and getting exercise. That's way more immature - having zero self control like a toddler. Seems to me the 350lb slob who needs a scooter to get around is vastly more immature than the person criticizing them, but hey what do I know, I'm just an able bodied man with a healthy weight who doesn't need wheels to travel down a sidewalk ????????‍♂️

I know some free streaming sites with new release movies, even some good old “camera held up to cinema screen” releases, which are surprisingly watchable now, because phone cameras are pretty good. probably can’t link it here though, PM me if you want to know. You just have to deal with some popups so use ad blocker. Not even close. If you plan around seeing a movie with a paltry discount in mind, and ONLY go to a cinema if you can save what amounts to Pennies on the dollar, you are a loser sorry. Penny pinching cheap Charlie who doesn’t need to be here, go back to your home and get more savings.

This has to be one of the most unintentionally sad posts I’ve seen. Talk about Cheapest Charlie of all Cheap Charlies You only care to see a cinema if there’s like a $2 discount? Why not just go to the movie regardless of how much of a discount there is? Seems to me if you want to see a movie, paying an extra $1.70 wouldn’t be a deterrent for most people. is 200 baht instead of 120 baht going to break the bank? Honestly that is such a small amount of money it isn’t even worth planning a day around, nor asking on a forum when and where I can get that sweet $2.06 cents discount What a strange post

Or you could just lose weight? And I know that there is going to be a “I’m not overweight it’s for real mobility problems” No it’s not, because if you actually had those problems you would already have a scooter or wheelchair. You would have provided your own as without it, you can’t move around. Funny how the mobility problems only manifest when it’s outside and hot in a foreign country! Put down the beer and fish and chips and you wouldn’t need a “mobility scooter” to walk around which takes zero effort for the normal man…

Isn't Henry Cavill English? Probably more to do with being attractive or not. Lots of ethnic and foreign women think Brits and Europeans are the best farrangs.

Lmao Spot on. Especially the last part, those owners' routinely tack-on things to the farrangs' bill when they're nice and drunk, and then gaslight them into thinking they ordered it or don't remember ordering it because they're drunk.

I am fairly certain that Indians have to be the most hated people in the world, specifically Indian males. There's countless memes about them harassing women, pooping in the streets, trying to haggle at corporate chain retailers, and more. I haven't met any Thai girl, or woman in the west, who thinks positively of Indian guys. India has a rich and cultural history and the food is fantastic. More people shouldn't hate them, but it seems like Nobody likes Indians. Pretty sure not even their own women like Indian guys, which must be why the arranged marriage thing still persists to this day. The women there can't get away from their men fast enough..

Executives. Not office workers.

Again, if these things you mentioned require "zero skills", why aren't you rich and famous then lol? According to you just go on TikTok and YouTube, absolutely no effort at all required to make money there. So why aren't you rich from those then? Oh right because you're just speaking more nonsense. So much seething lol "probably spent the last 4 years on Nana barstools" looks like I struck a nerve, projecting much? You're like 50 years old and making schoolyard hail-mary cheap shots (which are most certainly you just projecting) And then like an insecure weirdo, mention your personal life like some kind of credentials. Nobody asked and nobody cares. Getting your feelings involved from seeing words on a screen, Toddler behavior. Wouldn't expect less from a guy who's best option in life was to become a Sexpat in Thailand ????

That's your argument? "gO on TiKtOk iTs NevEr BeEn EaSiEr ????" so why aren't you a millionaire then? Too bad there is not a demand for crusty Gen X'ers to talk about things they have no idea about, otherwise you'd have that entire market cordoned off. Also, I see that you're still upset that you got demonstrably proven wrong about the hi-so office thing.???? Do you think only famous celebrities and rich politicians are hiso? So what then is an executive at CP earning 7 figure (USD, not baht)? Low society? Still So butthurt about being corrected about the hi-so thing, lol. Clown. ????

Should just lock the topic to be honest at this point ???? had like 2 pages of bickering between 2 users

Wrong. Who told you that, lol?

Brow beaten since birth I'm sure. Just to be clear, I have and do give money to beggars occasionally, like I would say most people do. I don't think there's many people who NEVER give money to a beggar. It just has to strike me with the right combination of factors including mood, if I even have cash on me (I use apple pay for almost everything if possible), and my assessment of the severity of their situation. In another post a couple months ago or so, I mentioned a guy with a little street side shop selling meager Muay Thai stuff, I have and do give to him often. I slipped him 100 baht and bought him a Leo big bottle for him, and he's extremely grateful for it. My post was more to do with the beggars targeting me specifically even in a crowd, and being accosted for money no less than three times in what couldn't have been more than five minutes. Plus, If you give to one beggar, the other beggars will probably see it and then feel entitled to some of your money too. Might even get abusive too, if you don't give some.

It's sukhumvit. There's bums everywhere, even near my upscale condo near Asoke. That's just Sukhumvit, man. Not me living in a shady area.

Settle down, children!

That's sweet of them. I'm willing to wager money that they (beggars) wouldn't do the same for you if the roles were reversed.

Yup. Would report you for stealing the Job from a Thai (beggar/scammer)

You're right, I should sit around feeling horrible for them and hate myself for not being born into poverty. I should just go give away all my money and possessions right now! It wasn't so much about the act of begging, just the sheer number of incidents of it happening rapid-fire. Move on past Bum #1, there's Bum #2 ready to pick up the slack. Getting accosted for money three different times in the span of less than 5 minutes is staggering. This isn't me disliking the less fortunate, it's me disliking how often it's happening specifically to me in what seems like inhuman frequency.

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And if I am, I will have the deceny and self respect to not target and feel entitled to money of those who had nothing to do with my situation.

That I can agree with, but again, it is mostly Baby Boomer politicians who feel entitled to ALL the money in the world. Having most of the money in the world wasn't enough, it has to be all of it.