ICU Kid

2 hours ago, Hummin said:

When you see the response to posts like this, you know the bottom line of the forum and its clients

Tell me you're stuck with an old boiler without telling me you're stuck with an old boiler. 

I think the respondents were responding honestly, with the benefit of anonymity.  

Somehow people who play dress up and pretend to be other people for a living (Pacino DeNiro etc) get a pass for hooking up with young girls whilst Bob the ex-builder from Bolton gets looked down upon by snooty types who likely bow & scrape around their perceived betters. 

People need to take a look at themselves instead of projecting and judging imho.

15 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

It is about men comfortable being men, and women comfortable being women. A very alien concept in the West, and in other very weak, emasculated nations like OZ, and NZ. It has nothing to do with the new age stuff you are totally hung up on.

Bit off topic but related: Cultural Marxism has been getting a foothold in the west and is behind feminism, Extinction Rebellion, BLM, Global Warming Change, LGTB&Q+ and all the other posh elitist astroturfed nonsense movements.  Elitist marxists worked out that the reason Marxism didn't take hold outside the poorest peasants in Russia was because of social norms, society & families. 

Therefore, the solution is to destroy society.  If they can do that they can push through communist marxism like they did in China, Cambodia and the soviet union.

This guy was the brains behind it (better on 1.5x speed): speed): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdsSIWh_VkQ&t=616s 

On 5/31/2023 at 2:30 PM, Neeranam said:

Pacino doesn't hang out in brothels in a sex tourist town, that's sad.

That's fame for you: a gilded cage!

On 5/31/2023 at 1:51 PM, JimTripper said:

You need to overcome the feeling of people staring and gossiping.

It's character building

2 hours ago, Spock said:

My recent experience with covid was harsh and was nothing like a cold. 

What were the main differences between a cold and your covid?

Did you have a 49 baht test to confirm it was colvid?

Also, did you have a vaccination before catching it?

Thanks in advance.

On 5/11/2023 at 11:11 AM, BangkokReady said:

In my experience, Brits are wound fairly tightly.  It's a very classist and hierarchical culture.  It's also, I feel, centred around humiliation and looking down on people.  A lot of bullying and teasing going on that lasts well into adulthood.  As in, actual adults worry about being teased or what people will think of them in various ways.  There's also a lot of what I guess could be classified as toxic masculinity (I mean real toxic masculinity, like around drinking, fighting and f*cking).  Guys are very excited to get as drunk as possible and then act like someone out of a London gangster movie.

I'm a Brit and I believe your analysis is 100% spot on: "centred around humiliation and looking down on people".   Your statement is scarily true.

In case anyone's interested, I recently saw this video from a Brit teacher who taught at one of the 'top' girls schools in the UK on what he noticed - even as a Brit I was enlightened by it:

2 minutes ago, Spock said:

Be thankful you don't live in Australia where you would pay 180 baht for the test.

Well if no one can tell the difference between a cold and the covid without a 49 baht (or 180 baht) test I'll probably just stick with calling it a cold and be done with it.

But IF you can get paid time off it's definitely worth getting a test though (imho).

6 hours ago, Goat said:

Somes it up perfectly. A big reason why there is so much negativity towards Thai people on this forum.

They marry a hooker and then blame "thailand and Thais" when it goes south.

They dont make any normal Thai friends and claim they dont want to because Thais are stupid.

 

The attitude reminds me of when you get a fat girl in the west who constantly slags of skinny hot girls.

It stems from insecurity and jealously.

I just wanted to say it's good of you to take time out from your love life to educate us retired old duffers on what's what and how to live - some of us definitely need it!

So thanks and keep it up - You are appreciated.

18 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

why ?  would that be cheaper than 49 baht? would it confirm infection too  ?  why even bother if you have not been out?

Because everyone in china wore masks and still got it, my theory is that covid can get in through cracks in the doors and windows - maybe even through the aircon!

Therefore it probably makes sense to find out if you've got a normal cold or the covid - no one wants to die after all.

Having said that,  I'm not thrilled about having to pay 49 baht to find out if it's a cold or the covid 

19 hours ago, DavisH said:

The nasal swab appears to work better than the saliva test, also. A couple of co-workers were infected last week - the saliva tests were showing negtive, but positive after a nasal swab a little while afterwards. 

Do they still get paid time off for it? 

Also, are the saliva tests and the the nasal one's both 49 baht a pop?

4 hours ago, MrJ2U said:

If you are just a single guy in Pattaya with no cares you'll probably just think you've got a really bad hangover mixed with a touch of food poisoning. 

If only I was!  but you're probably right - a cold can feel a bit like a hangover.

But with the food poisoning symptoms bit, did covid give you the squits as well? 

6 hours ago, MrJ2U said:

Having COVID is much worse than the sniffles.

So, if it's much worse than the sniffles do we really still need the 49 baht test ?

I guess there's a point where the cold ends and the covid begins

36 minutes ago, Celsius said:

you seem to be too quick to proclaim that "normal" girls are boring. That you probably married someine old and ugly....and my favorite "yours is different". In fact it is the mongers who are always the most hypocfitical and most judgemental.

It's a generalisation.  Not saying ALL 'good girls' are boring - some are interesting but from what I've seen they don't want much to do with foreigners as there is Thailand is a very conservative country and there is STILL a stigma around dating foreigners in Thailand - same as there is with a white woman dating outside her race in many white countries.

To be clear, I don't make the rules and often don't agree with them but it is what it is.

Exceptions prove the rule

PS. Note also that we males also have to deal with a similar stigma since western women & society discourages  tax paying males from holidaying alone or moving to places like Thailand hence the nudge nudge wink wink BS (intended to keep us in place there).

PPS. If you're happy that's all that matters.  

1 minute ago, Celsius said:

 

Quite a few women in Canada marry foreigners....probably even more than boring locals.

 

Another fail.

TBF Canada is an immigrant country like the US - sorry didn't know u were from there but don't blame u for leaving

1 minute ago, Celsius said:

 

I see this nonsense time and time again from mongers and it is usually something one figures out by their 16th birday.

 

If the girl is boring she is not into you.

 

Bargirls are into you for obvious reasons.

 

Good luck with your dating life.

 

 

Good luck with yer boring wife - Very few 'normal' women in your home country would marry a foreigner - same applies here.  

15 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

With my job I go to many offices, and I "meet" many girls and women (and also some guys). I never had the feeling that I would be so much happier with one of those office girls. Many are ok, but kind of boring. I am sure I would miss the fun factor. 

 

I see this too and find many, if not most, 'good girls' here extremely boring..  It's either boink, bowling or cinema - very little in common.   I guess 'bad girls' are more westernised and therefore more relateable.  

Just now, swerve said:

You can tell the difference with a positive antigen test (49 baht).  

Oh OK Thanks.  How often do you have to take them?

I guess it would add up if you have to take them all the time and don't have a boss to pay for them.  Is there any other way to tell the difference?