PerfidiousAlbion

Going into a 50-50 tackles is just a normal part of playing football. I used that as an example to illustrate how unbearably soft many Asian men are. And lol, clearly more than 10% loads of videos online prove this. Bangkok is a miserable dump full of paranoid covid freaks and sexpats like you.

And who said I have instability, that's a strawman argument to try and assert some power over me. I don't live in Thailand and I am leaving BKK tomorrow so don't have to worry about these masked morons for much longer. My OP was clear - seeing masked faces everywhere demoralizes the atmosphere and makes a mockery of Thailand's Land of Smiles nonsense. Nothing to do with unresolved issues, masked faces are creepy, depersonalizing and dehumaninsing. You're an idiot though so no point wasting my breath explaining why I don't like to see masked faces everywhere. ROW moved on ages ago - if you actually bothered to move your wrinkly arse away from your Nana bar stool you would realize how miserable and brainwashed many Thais are in comparison to other countries. Even their neighbours in the North, Laos stopped muzzling ages ago.

Completely different. Red shirts were never used to impose medically dubious authoritarian measures on the masses, red skirts were never used to besmirch foreigners as 'dirty farangs' red shirts were never used to exclude people from society, red shirts don't make someone looks like a zombie. It's a false equivalence, and any moderately intelligent person would understand that. You're a complete moron.

The abnormal ones are those who still wake up every morning and put their masks on before they leave the house, even for simple trips to the shops. Don't even get me started on those clowns who drive bike with masks on and no helmets, or the many drivers who still drive alone with them on. I am the normal one calling out the abnormal.

Thank you - I knew this topic would polarize people, so I was expecting an onslaught of abuse and gaslighting for some. Many people trying to cling onto the idea that Thailand was full of masks before 2020, even though I and others have provided clear evidence this is not true. I am going to Ko Samet tomorrow, away from miserable Bangkok, hopefully this island is still as charming as I remember and has moved on from mask madness.

And what about the studies which show how masking impacts mental well-being and communication, particularly for children? All you mask zealots conveniently ignore this dimension of the debate, since many of you lack basic critical thinking skills or are just as brainwashed as many of the locals.

Honestly I don't give a <deleted> about efficacy. Even if you convinced me that they worked I still wouldn't wear one. Why? Because I am a normal human who shows his face in public, not some dog who spends their whole life behind a muzzle. Also, don't care if I catch a cold - that's life and always has been, you suck it up and get on with it. Only wimps and brainwashed losers wear muzzles still.

BTS footage from 2018 - not a mask in sight. Back when Thailand was charming, vibrant and full of heart-warming faces and smiles. Thailand today, in particular Bangkok looks like a dystopian B-corp movie. The education system and media propaganda here has a lot to answer for.

Lie and you won't be able to find me evidence of this because it is simply not true

This thread has never been about masks in relation to dust, it is about why Thais still poop their pants over covid and the impact this has on the environment

Yes, I will grant you that. This whole nonsense started in Asia, and only Asians who still give a toss about it. So many emasculated men and insecure women in this part of the world. There is a softness to people here that makes my skin crawl. I have played football with many Chinese and other East Asian men before, and nearly all of them are total cowards on the pitch, always backing out of 50-50 challenges. Some of them are very nice, yes, but they are total wimps.

The only "we" the mask clowns like him care about is validation from others. In this case, the "we" being local Thais who live in constant fear and have become irreversibly damaged by endless healthy anxiety. As mentioned in my OP - the atmosphere is not the same in Thailand these days, and that is largely due to the lingering stench of covid paranoia created by the mask zombies who simply cannot and will not let go. Visitors notice this vibe and either at the conscious or unconscious level decide this is not a vibe or atmosphere they wish to participate in, particularly when nearly all other countries in the world are totally back to normal and have been for a good few years now.

What a tragically feeble man you are. Mask-wearing in late 2025 has nothing to do with prioritizing the collective good over self-interest. We now have six years of real-world data clearly showing that mask use makes no meaningful difference to infection rates. Compliance was at its highest in 2020 and 2021, and the virus still tore through societies. Masks achieved nothing; instead, they became a proxy for morality - a way for people to feign a sense of moral superiority. In your case, they function as virtue-signalling devices, filling an empty void, because you seem to crave validation from others who participate in this same performative display. Social psychology research shows that moral decisions are heavily shaped by concerns about one’s reputation rather than by genuine convictions about what is good or pure. I am certain that if we analysed the full complexity of your moral character, we’d find plenty of behaviours that are selfish and individualistic. The fact that, in 2025, you’re still clinging to the idea that wearing a mask signals moral superiority is frankly pathetic - and one of the main reasons so many people have come to resent the “mask zombies.” Political leanings have little to do with any of this. I consider myself economically left-wing: I believe in common ownership of the means of production, equal rights for minorities, and I think Elon Musk is a complete clown. I am, however, also a humanist and a rationalist. I understand that living in a society of faceless, anonymised people is damaging to our spiritual and psychological well-being. The face is a crucial engine of human connection, and covering it only serves to atomise and isolate us.

Yep Thais are worse than Arab women

Wow! Stunning and brave - some of you expats are utter gimps

Ever heard of brainwashing and propoganada?

Yes the way the sun beams into those state-of-the sopping malls is intense. Same for supermarkets - it's common knowledge that supermarkets in Thailand are very prone to sunlight.

Oh no some random old sexpat who lives in HatYai can't wait for another random man on the internet to leave - oh no, how will I ever cope with this trauma

I have many good things to say about Thailand, but while much of the populace are still wearing muzzles it has no right to continue calling itself 'Land of Smiles' - it's like Saudi Arabia calling itself the 'Land of progressive feminism'

Lol if you bothered to read my OP I quite clearly stated that I don't live here - just visiting my dad who does live here. So the predictable nonsense of 'go home if you don't like it' is a moot point. Again, not repeating myself as to why I don't like seeing masks - the reasons why are clearly outlined in my OP - masks dehumanize people, create a miserable atmosphere and make a mockery of Thailand's 'Land of Smiles' gimmick - many valid reasons to not like seeing people wearing muzzles like some disobedient dog. It is perturbing that so many seem content living in a society that lives in constant fear of covid. 6 years of this nonsense now - longer than WW2. Of course though, anyone who travels outside of their Thailand bubble will know that ROW stopped muzzling around 3 years ago. Only Asians (who let's not forget started this nonsense) are the only ones weak enough to still care.

Not exaggerated at all. Look at this video - this is very typical of most streets in Bangkok and Thailand that are devoid of tourists, around 60%-70% all muzzled up. like slaves. It is ghastly and no sane individual would want to be surrounded by such paranaoid freaks.

You can make that argument for anything, it's meaningless. I can just respond by saying "why do you care that I care" - people care because it's creepy, insane and utterly devoid of all rationality. And unlike wrinkly and decrepit sexpats like you, I don't need to pay money to get laid.

I agree, and that's quite easy to do in Europe as the amount of mask idiots left is negligible.

Sigmund Freud you are not. You couldn't be more wrong. I actually used to enjoy coming to Thailand before half the populace became irreversibly brainwashed by irrational covid scaremongering. I abhor the presence of masks in any society, as mentioned, they create a miserable atmosphere - making society feel like one big mental asylum. It is just unfortunate that these hideous monstrosities are more prevalent in Thailand than nearly every other country on earth. For reasons none of us fully understand, a significant chunk of the Thai population seem incapable of living without a mask - many sit there all day in the boiling sun without ever taking it off. Anyone with even a modicum of humanity and common sense realizes how depressing and insane this brainless obsession with muzzles is. Many of you wrinkly old sexpats live in cuckoo land and have <deleted> for brains so don't know your arse from your elbow, so of course you empty-headed cockwombles see nothing wrong with it.

And look at how much mental illness exists in that society