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5 hours ago, SoCal1990 said:

I’ve noticed there are some older foreigners who choose to settle in rural villages of Thailand on low retirement incomes. They often rely solely on a fixed government or state pension, may have little or no savings, shop mostly at fresh markets to keep costs down, and live quite frugally, sometimes wearing older or inexpensive clothing that doesn't present them so well.
 

I’m curious how local Thai communities perceive these foreigners. Are they generally accepted as part of the community? Do locals look down on them for living so cheaply and trying to emulate a very inexpensive local lifestyle? Do they wish these foreigners would return to their home countries? Do they feel these foreigners should be spending more to help the local economy or contributing something financially to the community? Or are they mostly indifferent and unconcerned either way?

The foreigner who adopts an "enhanced" Thai lifestyle will live very happily and make few enemies.

15 minutes ago, bg53 said:

 

Compelled by what?

 Rain apparently. 

You'll have to speak to him or his therapist about how the "rain means I have to get my kit off and ride around with dildos" connection was first formed/established.

How did your compulsion to hide under a table with a pineapple when you hear the words "Sergeant Bilko" get established?

12 hours ago, CHdiver said:

Why is the Driver of the Pickup driving off ? The bycicle is crossing over into his lane without looking. Nothing he Pickup could do to prevent the accident. Clearly the idiot (once more) is the driver of the (oh so expensive Hiso) bycicle. Only reason would be drunk/drugs or no registration or licence (or expired). 

The bicycle seems to be unwisely positioned on the carriageway,

There is no evidence whatsoever in the video to indicate that the bicycle was in the process of "crossing over into his lane".

The evidence seems to indicate that the pickup driver utterly failed to read the traffic ahead of him and/or did not take appropiate action to avoid collision or, rather more worryingly, deliberately manouvered in order to hit the cyclist.

1 hour ago, dinsdale said:

The status quo hasn't changed. The establishment still hold ultimate power. The status quo was challenged last election and the people voted to change it. We all know what happened.

The "establishment" entered into an unholy alliance with PT in order to defeat FF.

If it turns against PT it wil force PT and PP into alliance and have the vast majority of the electorate against it.....the last elections showed what the people don't want.

If it turns against PT it will not finish with a coup.

Thailand has been sailing in uncharted waters since 2016......."here there be sea monsters".

7 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

Im talking a long walk. Might go eat some crispy pork or chicken.

10 hours ago, Mavideol said:

her and papa should go and let the ones that were elected by the people to run the country, enough of soap operas

It would be misguided to think, for one moment, that the people demonstrating (The Network of Students and People for Reform of Thailand) have the slightest desire whatsoever to see PP running the country.

16 hours ago, jacnl2000 said:

How to catch them? In a photo perhaps?

 

 

Her nickname’s a no-brainer nod to the grasshopper. 

 

Kwai Chang?

4 hours ago, BonnieandClyde said:

Not necessarily.

It more likely means that they have more confidence in their military than in the manifestly corrupt civilian governments that prevail here.

Tell us again how many widely supported military coups there have been since 1932.

 

While some coups have been vociferously supported by a minority of the population and the state subservient Thai media, very few, if any, have been widely supported.

The lack of opposition to the coups, due to fear of terrifying retribution by the military and the clique that favours it, also does not constitute wide support for them.

13 hours ago, DonniePeverley said:

With the vast number of Indian male visitors, comes with it new problems. It's really begin to bother me around Bangkok and Pattaya, how open and unashamed Indian men seem to be out solicitation of prostitutes. There is decorum, no attempt at being a little discreet, no soft tones. It's loud, in your face, no shame, and open. I have not seen this open level of disgusting solicitation anywhere else in the world. 

 

Regions of Thailand have always been this way, but the level of solicitation has increased ten fold over the past few years as Indian visitors have been let in visa free. 

 

Walking down Pattaya with my family (not even on Beach Road), around Jomtiem, walking around certain areas of Bangkok - you see alot of Indian men just openly soliciting. If families are around, children, smart people, they do not care. It's loud. 

 

They will often be in groups too, often haggling for a discount. You have a vulnerable Thai (or most likely now Burmese, Laos) lady having to take on 5 men as she needs the money. Her rationale will be 'i can take 5 men and take their 4000 baht, or wait for a couple of guys to give me 2000 baht'. Her logic will be to take indignity of going with 5 Indian men. Often, like a trading block, they will bargain with the large group to get a discount per man. The disgusting shame of being the 5th man in that group makes me want to vomit. 

 

This bartering, negotiations are loud, open, public and unashamed. No attempt at all to be discreet or have shame. No attempt to keep the sound down, or go stand in the corner. Nope, it's their loud in your face. Like a little child has walked into a toy shop and can't contain his excitement. It's as if the shame o'meter has left their soul when they reach Thailand. 

 

When our female work mates came to Pattaya, they could not wait to leave as Indian men simply viewed them as prostitutes. This can't be rite. You simply cannot go up to random women and assume they are prostitutes and begin to proposition them.

 

I walk around with my partner, my children, and often it's absolutely horrid to see.  I am by no means a prude. Every place in the world, be it the UK (Soho), Tokyo, Vegas, cities in Germany with legal red light districts, China all have their red light areas. It's a part of life. But i have not seen this open level of disgusting solicitation that we have seen in the past few years by Indian visitors. 

 

I love India by the way. I love the country. Many Sikh soldiers died fighting for the UK in world wars, but there is a certain amount of horrid visitors to Thailand. 

 

What do you all think? Can anything be done? 

 You can't do anything.

Nobody contributing to AN can do anything.

Nobody who could do anything is in the least bit interested in the opinions of anyone who contributes to AN.

On 5/31/2025 at 1:04 AM, blaze master said:

 

No cud just liked it. Do you say that someone who smokes cigs daily has cig use disorder. 

 

Quit for a number of reasons. Mostly personal which im not willing to share. One I will share is knowing it will limit me access to more women. I loved smoking weed. But I love pussy.

 

Also...it just wasn't doing anything for me anymore. Didn't feel any different after I smoked so I didnt see a point in going on with it. 

"No cud just liked it. Do you say that someone who smokes cigs daily has cig use disorder". 

DSM-5, The US handbook of problematic mental stuff, classes it as a "Disorder":

https://www.theravive.com/therapedia/tobacco-use-disorder-dsm--5-305.1-(z72.0)-(f17.200)

I consider my own cig smoking for 10 years (16-26) as an addiction.......and stupid

I consider any cig smoker I encounter to be an addict.......and stupid.

4 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I see this in the forums all the time .........

Posters looking down on guys living in Pattaya, elderly, guys living on a pension, living in a rented condo, supporting a woman and her family, men spending time in bars, or smoking weed/tobacco, etc.

 

Why not just enjoy your own life and stop looking for fault or judging other people?

Social media, which is where you are as you read this, is an equaliser..........the physically strong and aggressive have no advantage.

It's a wonderful place for people to call out the sort of people they disapprove of/dislike without getting punched in the face.

That's what it was made for.

🙂

Failed State.

It seems, in Thailand........."That's what friends are for"