What is the Thai national character?

[kingofthemountain]

1 hour ago, AlfHuy said:

Germans are known for their Big Mouth.

I am not german but imo they are the best in the world for classical music

(Beethoven, Bach, Wagner, Strauss, Brahms...)

and for the military music

 

[bkk6060]

1 hour ago, colinneil said:

British Dutch, German, American, what does it matter?

Me, i hate everybody, no matter what nationality they are.

You maybe are being sarcastic, but there is a lot of truth in sarcasim.

Your comment is actually true I believe for the majority of the people in the world.

They just do not want to openly admit it.

 

Edited July 10, 2020 by bkk6060

[CNXexpat]

3 hours ago, bodga said:

Germans, well they all eat bratwurst

Beside the fact that I am German and don´t like Bratwurst so much, is eating Bratwurst (or garlic as the French do how you wrote) really a kind of a character? 

[Yinn]

1 hour ago, robblok said:

I don't have Brits on my brain just balanced out an post and added some self critique.. something you don't seem to have. Such a shame.

I notice one year play TVF already that a lot of Brits like criticizing a lot. The most.

But very sensitive if recieve it. The most. IMO 

 

I believe they not see themself. 

TVF Thais criticism everyday. No problem for Transam, but if something about UK, is very sensitive. 

 

This OP is stupid, thai people south, north, Deep South, central, Issan north and south, all have different culture, music, dance, language, food etc.

Even in a region, the people different. North Issan (Laos) different South Issan (Khmer), Ranong culture different than Satun culture.

 

Somebody say is for another thai bashing thread. I think so. 

 

ps I not know German famous for dreaming.

i know..

1)Famous for Hitler.

2)And in tourist area is famous for stingy. 

 

And Dutch people famous for be very tall. Similar to Netherlands people. And Holland people.

 

Every country have good and bad and wonderful people.

 

 

[Orton Rd]

Good card players ????

[CorpusChristie]

4 minutes ago, Yinn said:

 

 

Every country have good and bad and wonderful people.

 

 

Which category are you in ?

[checkered flag]

2 minutes ago, Yinn said:

I notice one year play TVF already that a lot of Brits like criticizing a lot. The most.

But very sensitive if recieve it. The most. IMO 

 

I believe they not see themself. 

TVF Thais criticism everyday. No problem for Transam, but if something about UK, is very sensitive. 

 

This OP is stupid, thai people south, north, Deep South, central, Issan north and south, all have different culture, music, dance, language, food etc.

Even in a region, the people different. North Issan (Laos) different South Issan (Khmer), Ranong culture different than Satun culture.

 

Somebody say is for another thai bashing thread. I think so. 

 

ps I not know German famous for dreaming.

i know..

1)Famous for Hitler.

2)And in tourist area is famous for stingy. 

 

And Dutch people famous for be very tall. Similar to Netherlands people. And Holland people.

 

Every country have good and bad and wonderful people.

 

 

Well said. Bashing others without self reflection seems very shallow. There are a lot of really good people in every culture but they don't seem well represented here.

Maybe its an age thing but I refuse to join the grumpy old men so prevalent here. Find something good to say or be quiet. No one is forcing you to stay.

[robblok]

4 minutes ago, Yinn said:

I notice one year play TVF already that a lot of Brits like criticizing a lot. The most.

But very sensitive if recieve it. The most. IMO 

 

I believe they not see themself. 

TVF Thais criticism everyday. No problem for Transam, but if something about UK, is very sensitive. 

 

This OP is stupid, thai people south, north, Deep South, central, Issan north and south, all have different culture, music, dance, language, food etc.

Even in a region, the people different. North Issan (Laos) different South Issan (Khmer), Ranong culture different than Satun culture.

 

Somebody say is for another thai bashing thread. I think so. 

 

ps I not know German famous for dreaming.

i know..

1)Famous for Hitler.

2)And in tourist area is famous for stingy. 

 

And Dutch people famous for be very tall. Similar to Netherlands people. And Holland people.

 

Every country have good and bad and wonderful people.

 

 

Im a fake Dutch only 180cm. 

 

Also people say the Dutch are stingy (hence going Dutch) They also say the Scots are stingy. Ect ect.

 

I would say the more nationalistic someone is the less he or she has done himself. If you need to get pride from your country or countrymen then you probably did not do much yourself. Otherwise you don't need to borrow accomplishments. My opinion of course. 

[Yinn]

1 minute ago, CorpusChristie said:

Which category are you in ?

Wonderful.

Genius

[Yinn]

1 minute ago, robblok said:

Im a fake Dutch only 180cm. 

 

Also people say the Dutch are stingy (hence going Dutch) They also say the Scots are stingy. Ect ect.

 

I would say the more nationalistic someone is the less he or she has done himself. If you need to get pride from your country or countrymen then you probably did not do much yourself. Otherwise you don't need to borrow accomplishments. My opinion of course. 

180cm 

=Dutch dwarf

 

Yinn

POTY Champion

 

ps most people from most country are ok/good.

[from the home of CC]

3 hours ago, smutcakes said:

I don't really think you are interested. You just want a Thai bashing thread, thats what your after.

 

Back to the topic,  i could not give a toss about what their perceived national character is. i judge anyone i meet on their own merit, same as i do when i meet a person of any nationality.

yeah, this incessant need to 'pigeon hole' people to feel superior over - ironical the folks from countries that seem to favor this activity are the ones that are going down the toilet presently lol..

[robblok]

Just now, Yinn said:

180cm 

=Dutch dwarf

 

Yinn

POTY Champion

 

ps most people from most country are ok/good.

Your actually right.. compared to most of my countrymen im quite short. 

[Logosone]

9 minutes ago, Yinn said:

thai people south, north, Deep South, central, Issan north and south, all have different culture, music, dance, language, food etc.

Even in a region, the people different. North Issan (Laos) different South Issan (Khmer), Ranong culture different than Satun culture.

 

Somebody say is for another thai bashing thread. I think so. 

No need to be oversensitive, nobody's bashing Thais. It's interesting to see the overprotective Farangs have a fit though.

 

Maybe that is actually a valid point. Like in the Philippines, in Indonesia, the Thais are not formed into a cohesive people yet. That is why it is so hard to pinpoint their national character. There just isn't one yet.

 

It could be.  Having said that, across all classes of Thais there are values that are held and shared by all, so presumably also by people from different regions.

[kingofthemountain]

14 minutes ago, Yinn said:

Wonderful.

Genius

hi Yinn ????

[hanuman2543]

3 hours ago, Pilotman said:

Germans thinkers and dreamers?  Dream on matey.  

What about Goethe, Einstein and Robert Koch, only to name a few?

[Pilotman]

4 minutes ago, hanuman2543 said:

What about Goethe, Einstein and Robert Koch, only to name a few?

Hardly dreamers. If anything they were the original realists and very practical theoretical scientists. You don't achieve a whole lot by just 'dreaming'. Germans are in my view, the quintessential down to earth realists and practical innovators, but like all generalisations about race, it may be wildly wrong in other people's  opinion.  

[jvs]

1 hour ago, Yinn said:

And Dutch people famous for be very tall. Similar to Netherlands people. And Holland people.

Hi Yinn,i am Dutch but my father was from the Netherlands and my mother came from
Holland.

Quite a coincidence but true.I am 194cm and that is about average in Dutchland,but my brothers are taller and their kids close to two meters!Even the girls are very tall!

[checkered flag]

20 minutes ago, jvs said:

Hi Yinn,i am Dutch but my father was from the Netherlands and my mother came from
Holland.

Quite a coincidence but true.I am 194cm and that is about average in Dutchland,but my brothers are taller and their kids close to two meters!Even the girls are very tall!

My son who is half Thai is 2 meters tall. Although he grew up in the US dinner was mostly Thai and rice. 

[pineapple01]

3 hours ago, Bob A Kneale said:

Really?  Are you German?  

I thought they were known for Following Orders from Nutcases.

[richard_smith237]

4 hours ago, Pilotman said:

Germans thinkers and dreamers?  Dream on matey.  

Well, he was clearly dreaming, so he’s half right !!!!!! 

[tomazbodner]

What's a national character?

 

Somchai.... Definitely Somchai.

[Kwasaki]

3 hours ago, Logosone said:

So there are values that are held across the board by all classes of Thais.

Maybe if that's what you access it as but I don't, in Thailand it's dominated by the rich Thai men in control as I see it, just as it does in the whole world. 

[Puchaiyank]

Thai culture is known for its readily available and inexpensive personal services...????

[herfiehandbag]

5 hours ago, transam said:

Another Brit jibe, day in, day out, what is the matter with you....You been on the  puff again....?  ????

 

4 hours ago, robblok said:

Not puffing.. Trans guess you have no sense of humor. Brits are often called soap dodgers and Dutch stoners. So im not doing myself any favors either. Just adding to the Brit who made fun of all others except themselves. You really have thin skin Trans. 

 

So its ok for Brits (the guy i responded to is a Brit) put others down.. but then when someone else makes a small jibe at a Brit and his own nationality you start to cry.. strange.

 

 

 

 

4 hours ago, transam said:

Try to leave us Brits out of your stuff for just one day.

Do I run down the Dutch on a daily basis, or even ever, no......????

Transam makes a very good point. You do seem entirely unable, in any debate involving the UK, or more particularly England, and especially if you are arguing or commenting on the posts made by someone who is English, to resist indulging your somewhat stereotyped and often frankly offensive opinions on England and the English. I have for some time considered they you take a balanced approach to any topic involving the United Kingdom, England or the English. Balanced, as you appear to have a chip on both shoulders!

[Boomer6969]

3 hours ago, robblok said:

Also people say the Dutch are stingy (hence going Dutch) They also say the Scots are stingy. Ect ect.

Thought the Dutch were Scots that got thrown out of Scotland for being too stingy?

[Rookiescot]

14 minutes ago, herfiehandbag said:

 

 

Transam makes a very good point. You do seem entirely unable, in any debate involving the UK, or more particularly England, and especially if you are arguing or commenting on the posts made by someone who is English, to resist indulging your somewhat stereotyped and often frankly offensive opinions on England and the English. I have for some time considered they you take a balanced approach to any topic involving the United Kingdom, England or the English. Balanced, as you appear to have a chip on both shoulders!

I often wonder why British Nationalists seem so thin skinned. Surely the nation which brought us the worlds biggest empire and Dunkirk would be made of sterner stuff.

[baansgr]

I won't give my view as may get banned but other Asian nationalities I have talked to over the years regard Thais as liars and cheats with everything fake....now it's even more obvious as they keep saying to me they don't believe the Covid figures for Thailand...That's from Indo, Malay and Flippers

[pineapple01]

17 minutes ago, Rookiescot said:

I often wonder why British Nationalists seem so thin skinned. Surely the nation which brought us the worlds biggest empire and Dunkirk would be made of sterner stuff.

Europe's been watered down with Lefty Teacher, P.C Drips n aliens since the War

[Logosone]

4 hours ago, Pilotman said:

Hardly dreamers. If anything they were the original realists and very practical theoretical scientists. You don't achieve a whole lot by just 'dreaming'. Germans are in my view, the quintessential down to earth realists and practical innovators, but like all generalisations about race, it may be wildly wrong in other people's  opinion.  

The French author Madame de Staël described the Germans as the poetic and thinking people in her book De l’Allemagne, which was published in 1813 in England, after being censured in 1810 in France:

 

„Since the outstanding men of Germany are not assembled in one and the same city they almost do not meet each other and are only connected through their writings...the German authors busy themselves only with theories, learning, literary and philosophical discourse,  something which the powerful in this world do not fear".

 

Many others since took up the theme of Germans as the poets and thinkers. Of course a dream is a pre-requisite to action. That was something Madame de Stael did not realise.

 

Now, I am trying to encapsulate the Thai national character as precisely as Madame de Stael did with Germany. But how....how indeed....

Edited July 10, 2020 by Logosone

[kingofthemountain]

1 hour ago, Logosone said:

Now, I am trying to encapsulate the Thai national character as precisely as Madame de Stael did with Germany. But how....how indeed....

I am far from having the talent of Madame de Stael

in fact i have no talent at all lol

but with my observations of a lot of thais people in the last years

particularly in the rural areas, if I had to ''sum up'' the Thais it would be

they are optimistic, cheerful and carefree in nature, they are individualists but at the same time proud and confident in the resources of their country, and their spirituality gives them an astonishing resilience .

They are full of goodwill, however they find it difficult to keep the distance on long-term projects.