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My wifey lost her job
I’ve never quite grasped the fuss myself. I know plenty of guys married to Thai-Chinese women, including those from wealthy families, and it’s really a non-issue. Yet somehow, there’s always someone eager to inject a dose of reverse snobbery into the mix. It’s baffling, really, back home, men marry women from all sorts of backgrounds without anyone batting an eyelid. But in Thailand? Suddenly, “white-skinned” Chinese-Thai women becomes unattainable in some people’s minds, and anyone claiming otherwise must be a liar. Then, of course, comes the reverse snobbery, neatly shoehorned into the narrative: remarks about “pasty white skin,” accusations of being snobby hi-so, or the tired trope of not being “real Thais.” It’s as if they can’t help but project their own insecurities onto others. I don’t think it’s jealousy, per se, more likely a cocktail of misplaced stigma and self-inflicted inferiority complexes. Whatever it is, it’s an odd little quirk of expat life that seems to persist no matter how ridiculous it becomes - Marry an Isaan farm girl and you are both salt of the earth, Marry a Chinese-Thai girl from Bangkok and you are either liar and / or she is a characterless snob (or something similar). -
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Three Sentenced to Death for Murder and Dismemberment of German Businessman in Pattaya
"Police revealed that Mack was murdered, dismembered...leading to an intense investigation... with forensic teams working diligently to piece together" -
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Who lives on 20k a month ?
The OP is pulling our leg. He works at a Sydney hospital, his title is Senior Floor Mop Person. He earns around $70, $80 an hour, 11% superannuation on top. He owns property in Sydney (average house prices $1M), has a stack of cash in his superannuation fund. The guy is loaded, probably over frugal, just looking for a plan once he hangs up the mop. Anyway, I'm not complaining, his topics are always good for a laugh. -
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Best Bread in Chiang Mai (3 Winners; 1 Loser; 1 Wild Card)
French bakery Chouquette has decent bread. -
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What's a just OK not great not horrible holiday tip amount for condo doorman, etc.
That is a plausible answer to the question "Why do some people decline to tip?" My question was why do non-tippers feel compelled to jump in to every discussion of tipping. Seems like some conflict there. -
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Do you flaunt your wealth in Thailand?
When building of my house finished one of neighbors asks why exterior looks poor?!!! my gf said what important is inside that is very nice. Never try to show more than what people need to see and keep it simple. -
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Thaksin Outlines Vision for Transforming Thailand's Northeast
Thailand needs grassroots education improvement; you cannot build a house by starting with the roof - even in Thailand. It is an absolute disgrace to see the complete utter absence of common sense, logic thinking while the teachers, some of them seriously unqualified, are being treated as semi-divines. But as the saying goes, not my circus, not my monkeys (no pun intended)! -
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Thai F-16 Fighters Intercept Myanmar Jet in Airspace Breach
Shoot them down next time - will put the whole genocide by the tadmadaw onto the world map; everything else is Thai-style pussy footing around the uniformed brethren in the West - a disgrace for Thailand indeed 😞
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