Why do farangs come to Thailand if they dislike Thais and "Thainess?"

[Moo 2]

I love Thais, I married one. On the other hand I believe In Thailand there is a strong "smell"

of discrimination and racism towards Farangs. It becomes obvious while going through Immigration

at Airports. I can read the look on their face "get out of my country you rich farangs".

Also in Thailand I have not heard of an anti-discrimination Board, which makes it easier to hate us.

But my motto is "If you don't like the heat get out of the kitchen".

[CMNightRider]

I have always liked Thai's and have enjoyed living in Thailand, until Thai Immigration went on their most recent campaign to rid Thailand of westerners.  

 

I have always disliked the lack of qualified law enforcement and Thailand's dangerous roads but there is so much to like about Thailand beyond that. ????

[Don Chance]

Maybe they are not experiencing the 'equality' they had expected back in the west?

 

[DrTuner]

44 minutes ago, Don Chance said:

Scary, very scary. Unfortunately the future unless things change.

[bkk6060]

1 hour ago, DrTuner said:

Scary, very scary. Unfortunately the future unless things change.

Yes.

And it will take a gigantic change in weak western male attitudes to do so.

But, unfortunately I do not see that happening.

Also, I am seeing way too much of it here. Females totally controlling males lives.

So, you are paying her what for what??

Very sad indeed...

 

[unamazedloso]

Treat farangs like second class pcs of sht and they become shty. Cause and effect.... Im happy and never complain in my own country and love going home for short holidays. Im stuck here because i was a stupid idiot that invested too much. I'll be as grumpy as i dam well please and make it known.

No emoticon with a middle finger... dam it.....

[orang37]

On 3/14/2019 at 12:31 PM, Moo 2 said:

I believe In Thailand there is a strong "smell" of discrimination and racism towards Farangs. It becomes obvious while going through Immigration at Airports. I can read the look on their face "get out of my country you rich farangs".

 

Is it because of a keen nose, or because of your psychic powers, you can see so deeply into busy people in a high-stress public-facing (culturally atypical) job and read their internal state ?

 

~o:37;

[Odysseus123]

7 minutes ago, orang37 said:

 

Is it because of a keen nose, or because of your psychic powers, you can see so deeply into busy people in a high-stress public-facing (culturally atypical) job and read their internal state ?

 

~o:37;

Splendid stuff-but can you say it backwards?

 

It makes the letters to The Times appear folksy and disinhibited.

Edited March 15, 2019 by Odysseus123

[watcharacters]

On 5/2/2018 at 5:24 PM, sanemax said:

I do disagree , its generally participated in by the lower classes of society , both workers and customers .

  Its a small lower element of Thai society , although if you live among that kind of lifestyle, you may consider it to be normal

 

Sounds to me as if you're lodging an insult.

 

"Its a small lower element of Thai society , although if you live among that kind of lifestyle, you may consider it to be normal"

 

 

[Rimmer]

Off topic and a reply have been removed

[hansnl]

On 4/19/2018 at 1:34 PM, GinBoy2 said:

I think the OP's original statement is rather broad.

Many people after many years here can get a little jaded after the shine wears off.

There are many things that many like here. I guess women figure high up there, but weather food, and I was going to say inexpensiveness of the place, but the last one I'm sceptical of as time has gone by.

But after a while, after that initial bright shiny light has faded it's easy to get increasingly frustrated by the place. I could almost write a lot of webfact's stories on here, since they are the same stories every year, just with the date changed

From taxi scams to traffic insanity. Another year another crackdown, reform the system, eliminate corruption, guarantee you it'll be the same next year. Then there are the coups. I went through 3, I could almost puke listening to the same BS every single time

You'll get some on here, either the newbies or those so invested they can't escape, that are the classic apologists, even if there was raw sewage in the streets they would retort with 'well why don't you go back from where you came'. That gets old too after after a few years of hearing it over and over.

We went back to the US last year, after I just got too frustrated with it all. Now I have the best of both worlds, 6 months in Thailand and 6 months in the US.

The return to Thailand after 6 months away allows me to have that initial ability to suspend disbelief again that I had the first time here, then by the time the shine has worn off it's back to the US before it get too bad....and let the cycle repeat

Then there are the coups.

Please entertain us decribing all the trouble that came to you because of the coups?

[hansnl]

15 minutes ago, watcharacters said:

 

Sounds to me as if you're lodging an insult.

 

"Its a small lower element of Thai society , although if you live among that kind of lifestyle, you may consider it to be normal"

 

 

Or is it a small higher end of society?

[Odysseus123]

2 hours ago, unamazedloso said:

Treat farangs like second class pcs of sht and they become shty. Cause and effect.... Im happy and never complain in my own country and love going home for short holidays. Im stuck here because i was a stupid idiot that invested too much. I'll be as grumpy as i dam well please and make it known.

No emoticon with a middle finger... dam it.....

I reckon that after about 10 years their brains are like Swiss cheese...the holes are holding it together.

 

What else would you expect from disempowered,culurally alienated elderly gentlemen controlled by a woman who can barely speak English-or any other European language for that matter.The rest appear to be rejects from the recruiting depot of the Legion Etrangere Francais...circa 1933.

Edited March 15, 2019 by Odysseus123

[BritManToo]

1 minute ago, Odysseus123 said:

What else would you expect from disempowered,culurally alienated elderly gentlemen controlled by a woman who can barely speak English-or any other European language for that matter.

As long as she's got nice tits, who cares?

[Odysseus123]

9 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

As long as she's got nice tits, who cares?

A man with a very strong dose of "le cafard" or,if you are British,"the doolally"

 

A retreat into soft core porn...at least it's better than Trump or Brexit,one supposes..

[BritManToo]

Just now, Odysseus123 said:

A retreat into soft core porn...at least it's better than Trump or Brexit,one supposes..

Didn't we all come here to live the reality version of 'soft porn', I certainly have.

[Odysseus123]

4 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Didn't we all come here to live the reality version of 'soft porn', I certainly have.

Take your choice."le cafard" or "the Doolally"..

 

Frank Richards in "Old Soldier Sahib" could certainly tell you all about the Doolally....

[transam]

3 hours ago, unamazedloso said:

Treat farangs like second class pcs of sht and they become shty. Cause and effect.... Im happy and never complain in my own country and love going home for short holidays. Im stuck here because i was a stupid idiot that invested too much. I'll be as grumpy as i dam well please and make it known.

No emoticon with a middle finger... dam it.....

Oh yes there is........????.........

[CharlieH]

Reported derogatory comment removed.

[mike787]

To get married to a hottie, Visa, and beer!

[orang37]

47 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Didn't we all come here to live the reality version of 'soft porn', I certainly have.

 

I'm not sure about you (or me), but, sometimes I suspect I came here to live out a b-movie re-make of "The Man Who Would be King,"  taking the part of Sean Connery????

 

However, as you can see, here, I ended up as the head in a polo game: (link : skip to 2:48) my starring role

 

~o:37;

[orang37]

1 hour ago, KhunFred said:

I come from Alabama, a state which proves that stupidity is not necessarily a life sentence.

 

You refer to the 340 black people lynched in Alabama between 1877 and 1981 ?

 

~o:37;

[orang37]

1 hour ago, Odysseus123 said:

The rest appear to be rejects from the recruiting depot of the Legion Etrangere Francais...circa 1933.

 

I thought they had to be physically fit to enlist.

 

`o:37;

[DrTuner]

2 hours ago, hansnl said:

Then there are the coups.

Please entertain us decribing all the trouble that came to you because of the coups?

Every single coup creates a time of uncertainty which causes one to multiply the effort to safeguard any possessions or personal safety. In other words, spend absolute minimum of time with Thais and money until the dust settles, more so then in between coups. Or you can just stick your head in the sand and see if any one strolls by and shoves a big one up your chimney.

Edited March 15, 2019 by DrTuner

[dcnx]

I’m here for the clean air. Nothing to complain about.

[Vacuum]

19 minutes ago, FredGallaher said:

The answer seems to be that they'd be unhappy anywhere (grumpy old men).

Perhaps they're more perceptive han "happy old men" ?

[Dante99]

On 3/15/2019 at 5:56 PM, DrTuner said:

Every single coup creates a time of uncertainty which causes one to multiply the effort to safeguard any possessions or personal safety. In other words, spend absolute minimum of time with Thais and money until the dust settles, more so then in between coups. Or you can just stick your head in the sand and see if any one strolls by and shoves a big one up your chimney.

Well yes if you like to worry about very low probability events.

 

Having lived thru a number of Thai coups and having experienced no adverse effects, I do not worry about them. 

 

 

[tabarin]

People always complain regardless but anyway, enough things i dislike about Thailand. I am just not sure where to go else yet.
I could reverse the question with why does everyone need to be overly excited and fake about being happy about Thainess & Thailand? 

Aside of that, enough people who live here purely for the weather, prices & entertainment. One does not have to like Thainess or anything at all while living a good life in for example Bangkok. Weird to make it a condition to like everything or support it.

Edited March 17, 2019 by tabarin

[ThaiBunny]

2 minutes ago, FredGallaher said:

I prefer to view my circumstances as a glass half full.... No time to cry in my beer.

Indeed - no point in diluting a good beer even if it does fill up the glass

[harriott456]

On 4/19/2018 at 12:23 PM, jak2002003 said:

Yes, agree.  These kind of people would be just as grumpy and complaining about other people, things, back in their country of birth.  

 

 

just in their home countries have little to zero chance of getting laid.!!