rose33

11 hours ago, geisha said:

Suvarnabhumi is the absolute worst tourist country airport where delays for entering, and departing are concerned !

i have met many Thai travelers who are absolutely disgusted by the welcome queue they  get when arriving after a 12 to 18 hour journey. 
 What I really don’t  understand is the departure queues.  I have lately been warned it can take hours, with passengers running to get to their far off gates.  For gods sake, a look at passport , stamp out, should take a minute and problem travelers set aside . And the baggage check, leaving ? Cant they open more counters, they don’t look at the screens anyway, I’ve watched them many times. 

I heard directly from a couple who were at Suvarnabhumi on a day it was taking FIVE HOURS to get thru Departures. 

13 hours ago, brianthainess said:

Apart from Nth Korea, is there any other country in the world, that hotels must report foreigners staying there to immigration? or even ones Family members staying with you on holiday? 

Another reason for us all to vote with our feet. 

13 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

too busy with handling VIPs I suppose..... Why can other countries, manage to have less problems at the immigration...Computersystems, enough staff, and less administration?? Everytime, facepicture here, fingerprints, double check passports, and boardingpasses for foreigners, as for Thai passports it is much easier to enter  

I've gone thru a VIP (biz class) booth recently (last week) and IO there was still super-rude to me. Now, I don't expect special treatment on account of being in that line -- I'm just saying, the IO rudeness happens to biz class people too. 

57 minutes ago, nigelforbes said:

His statements about the way Immigration officers at the airport behaved. I don't know about you but in over twenty years here I've never experienced anything like that, nor have I ever seen it of heard of it before yet he says he's experienced it several times...have you?

Experienced firsthand by markclover and rose33; also reported in the Thai press.

An appropriately humble response might be "I stand corrected".

https://www.dailynews.co.th/news/2153666/

When I lived in Australia, I usually felt I was surrounded by good men in my family and workplace. So, I had always assumed that 'misogyny' was fake, and an invention of the woke / feminist agendas.

Unfortunately, living in Thailand long-term and observing SOME OF the farang men here (observing & chatting with them in public, at private social events, and reading a lot of Stickman Bangkok etc), I've had to change my opinion and sadly acknowledge that woman-hating is alive and well today. 

Perhaps a good topic for a fresh post here would be something along the lines of:

"Does LOS attract farang misogynists, or does LOS convert (some) farang into misogynists?"

OF COURSE I don't intend to include ALL farang men. There are plenty of good guys living here too ????.

2 minutes ago, nigelforbes said:

His statements about the way Immigration officers at the airport behaved. I don't know about you but in over twenty years here I've never experienced anything like that, nor have I ever seen it of heard of it before yet he says he's experienced it several times...have you?

You're straight up calling him a liar, simply because his perceived experience is different to your perceived experience?

11 hours ago, vadid said:

And what about the shop owners who treat the sidewalk as if it's their property?  They cover it with boxes, bikes and crates, forcing pedestrians onto the road, or in parts, into the yawning chasms where the road used to be.

A lot of Thailand looks like a junkyard.

9 hours ago, shackleton said:

When I meet Thai people on my walking exercise they say Sawadee Kap 

With a smile I do the same ????

Same when I meet Thai people in general always greet me  with a smile ???? 

 

 

 

No one here is claiming it's difficult to get a surface smile out of a Thai. 

10 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I once had a friend that said he didn't like threesomes because it was too hard to satisfy both of them. Not a problem when guys are in it for themselves and <deleted> worrying about their satisfaction.

If anyone missed it that's why Thai bargirls are brilliant- it's all about the guy. They can get all the lovin' they want from their boyfriends, but their work is to satisfy the customer.

I heard western prostitutes were better. They try harder and take more time with it. 

I heard Thai bargirls just want to get it over with ASAP and back making more money? (Because they are poorer).

Are both of the above stereotypes, & in every case YMMV?

12 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

 

 

those men are working towards something bigger, broader & nobler than just arranging the orgasm schedule of their own penis.

 

Sadly I don't know of any such in these dark days of social media driven, IMO, insanity. I know there used to be such, but they were from a previous age.

Yeah, I hear you. I agree it is becoming very rare.

But is that a reason to join a race to the bottom?

(Pun intended ;-) ).

Who is nobler: the ancestors who build something great, or the descendants who have the grit & humility to rebuild it out of smouldering ruins?

6 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

 

Up in Buriram (near Phanom Rung) they actually have a road sign that reds "Rahansai"...................L's and R's are not their strong suit.

I also like the 'Rabyrinth' sign for the hedge maze at one of the big parks in Thailand's second city... 

(Although when I think how much I struggle with all of their tones and vowels, I don't want to be too critical if my Rs and Ls sound similar to their ears...)

3 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

it's a professional looking web site.

so it must be fact-checked, right?

thanks, i learned 2 new words today - ze and hir

• Ze has an appointment today. I will take hir to the exam room.

+1

I always side with a slick website, contemporary design and smart-sounding words, over the time-tested values that my ancestors were willing to fight and die for.

4 hours ago, johnnybangkok said:

What you personally think or what your morality dictates doesn't (and shouldn't) have any bearing on what is and should always be a medical matter.

One of the least-thoughtful comments I've ever read on a forum.

7 hours ago, NorthernRyland said:

obviously wrong since I saw first hand in my own life.

You can put it in a vagina after a bottom, but that don't make you straight.

Just now, rose33 said:

People do worry about it PRECISELY because they believe that it does have broader effects on the whole society. If it didn't affect broader society, people might be a little grossed out (cock in the poop hole!) but otherwise wouldn't care at qll.

 

Have you ever considered that some of the stories we are constantly fed in the west.... Might be <deleted>?

 

<deleted> word was 'BS' written out in full. 

3 hours ago, LaosLover said:

I just don't get the obsession.

 

I virtually never think about gay people unless The Village People are playing on the radio. 

 

Full disclosure: The Indian Guy used to be my neighbor. Even then, I just thought of him as The Indian Guy.

 

If it were The Leatherman? Possibly a different outcome for me. The Construction Worker? Call that one a draw.

 

Trans-wise, the equilivent would be Caitlin Jenner (or whoever). I would defend his/her (whatever) right to be that way, but I would go out of my way to not ever think about him/her with his/her clothes off.

 

People here who worry constantly about what these people are doing or might do are a mystery to me. You would have to actively seek them out to have any involvement with them at all.

 

The Indian Guy? A little stand offish, to be honest. Tho during 9/11, he did know a guy to call up to buy pot from.

 

Unless it's a ladyboy reach around scenario, as has been delightfully explored here a few times, I think it's deranged to give trans people even a passing thought, let alone worrying about if they're going to ruin society.

 

 

People do worry about it PRECISELY because they believe that it does have broader effects on the whole society. If it didn't affect broader society, people might be a little grossed out (cock in the poop hole!) but otherwise wouldn't care at qll.

Have you ever considered that some of the stories we are constantly fed in the west.... Might be <deleted>?

1 hour ago, johnnybangkok said:

Agreed. They aren't mature enough to make life-changing decisions. They certainly aren't mature enough to take criminal responsibility and of course they shouldn't drink or smoke. But when it comes to mental health issues, there are experts to decide what is best for the child and to recommend the appropriate action.

 

As I have said to you already, no child is making these decisions unilaterally; the legal guardians are involved and there are qualified experts who work out the appropriate treatment, which in some extreme cases is puberty blockers.

 

One more time; it's a medical issue.

I am glad that I don't need to think about moral issues for myself, nor do I need take on the burden of pondering the moral direction of the society I live in, because there are mental health experts and qualified medical experts who can do all of the thinking and deciding for me. 

I am going to ignore all of the accumulated wisdom of humanity, like art, literature, philosophy and moral writings.

(Anyone up for a book burning/deleting/censoring event?)

Thank you. You have freed up so much time and energy that I can now spend on Instagram and in the Metaverse. I feel liberated & guiltless. Pass the gimp suit. Lube me up. I am free.

1 hour ago, scottiejohn said:

Is there anything that is not blamed on, so called, climate change?

Right wing extremists cause climate change, not vice versa. ????

34 minutes ago, hotandsticky said:

I am going for Ratree Sawat.

 

 

"Goodnight"

 

 

My favourite massage place is called 'Ratree Massage'. Now I know what it means ;-)

The final part sounds similar to the 'sawat' is sawatdee ka/krup. 

Elsewhere, I heard that 'sawatdee' means 'i am giving a little piece of happiness to you'. Can this be confirmed?

Thanks all ????

9 hours ago, simon43 said:

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I used to have a friend in his early 20's that was gay and once he entered his 30s is turned out he was straight now! 

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So slipping the pink oboe up his jacksie was just an accident then? ????

When he did hit his 30s, I wonder how interested the straight women were in his STD-infected penis...

Guys who go gay/bi in their 20s never consider that, purely for health reasons, straight women might want NOTHING to do with them in future. 

3 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Against the white people now ???? How ignorant isn't that? What we as white people experience in Thailand is zero compared to others, if you are not thin skinned and easy offended. 

 

Yes we are white and different, and many have no respect at all about Thai or their culture, so what to expect? Respect ? Respect you have to earn! 

 

Racism, never experienced against me, but nationalism and protectionism I have experienced as married paying for land and houses, and visiting their parks, as well living here and have to report every 90 days if stying longer than 90 days and have retirement visa ot marriage visa. 

 

White people experiences is based on their actions, not because of race. 

7 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Against the white people now ???? How ignorant isn't that? What we as white people experience in Thailand is zero compared to others, if you are not thin skinned and easy offended. 

 

Yes we are white and different, and many have no respect at all about Thai or their culture, so what to expect? Respect ? Respect you have to earn! 

 

Racism, never experienced against me, but nationalism and protectionism I have experienced as married paying for land and houses, and visiting their parks, as well living here and have to report every 90 days if stying longer than 90 days and have retirement visa ot marriage visa. 

 

White people experiences is based on their actions, not because of race. 

" How ignorant isn't that? "

Ah... straight to the pool room ????.

Agree with you, it's going downhill... Fast.

On 3/13/2023 at 11:47 AM, 2009 said:

I get the impression you haven't lived here and are basically a long term tourist visitor, right?

 

Cos if you had lived here long term, you'd know Thais are as racist and bigoted as they come: they particularly distain blacks, Indians, Middle Easterns, Laotians, Cambodians, Muslims (even their own), and to a lesser extent whites -- but we are still just farang and never equal to them in their minds.

 

Even mixed race Thai children are viewed as not equal to thoroughbred Thais.

 

The only foreigners they actually respect are Japanese, Korean, and Chinese.

 

And Thailand is a lot more conservative that republicans in America. Also, as someone has already pointed out the woke people in the West are displaying fascist traits and are ironically worse than the MAGA crowd.

The racism against white people here is a big reason that I decided to leave.