No positive Thailand stories on here and expat mental health

[KhunLA]

1 minute ago, robblok said:

I actually dont have anyone on ignore. Nobody really gets to me. Its all just online so what. 

They don't get to me, I'd just prefer not reading what someone is telling what I was not thinking about or saying.  Or ignorant people who want to argue what they have no knowledge of.

 

Happy to agree to disagree, or be corrected, but argue for the sake of ... nah.  Ignore list speeds things along while reading, if half the replies are hidden.  At my age, time is valuable ... ????

[robblok]

15 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

They don't get to me, I'd just prefer not reading what someone is telling what I was not thinking about or saying.  Or ignorant people who want to argue what they have no knowledge of.

 

Happy to agree to disagree, or be corrected, but argue for the sake of ... nah.  Ignore list speeds things along while reading, if half the replies are hidden.  At my age, time is valuable ... ????

Ah just like to read what others have to say sometimes its good to see an other point of view. But yes there are some people who are always the total opposite  of me. So it does cost some time.

 

However been less on Thaivisa as there is not much nice topics recently. Nothing really interesting.

[jerrymahoney]

35 minutes ago, robblok said:

I actually dont have anyone on ignore. Nobody really gets to me. Its all just online so what. 

I find posts from some that some others from my POV (point-of-view) might put on ignore have the highest entertainment value. An iconoclast could hardly ask for more.

[thaibeachlovers]

On 4/10/2022 at 12:30 PM, OneMoreFarang said:

I am sure the problem with most of those people is they can move to anywhere and they will still complain. They will find something, anything, to complain. Because that is their "character".

Maybe at least some of them realize (maybe conscious, maybe not) that moving to another place won't change their situation. And some of them will have enough people who listen to them and they can complain together. I guess this is kind of their version of happiness. ???? 

In Saudi I had a friend that used to visit me frequently for a lengthy "hate Saudi" session that we enjoyed immensely. We were both there for the money, period.

[thaibeachlovers]

On 4/10/2022 at 1:41 PM, KhunLA said:

They don't get to me, I'd just prefer not reading what someone is telling what I was not thinking about or saying.  Or ignorant people who want to argue what they have no knowledge of.

 

Happy to agree to disagree, or be corrected, but argue for the sake of ... nah.  Ignore list speeds things along while reading, if half the replies are hidden.  At my age, time is valuable ... ????

LOL. If I put everyone on ignore that attacks me I could read a thread in about 5 minutes.

Anyway, one needs to see what the opposition is thinking to understand them.

[jerrymahoney]

I get a kick when someone writes: There you go now on my ignore list.

 

WOW. Cancel Culture. What power! Maybe the ignore recipient is crushed.

[KhunLA]

Maybe people simply care not to waste any time reading drivel from uneducated folks.  Or trolls that simply like to argue for the sake of.  People can write whatever pleases them, it's a free world, almost, just as I prefer not to read it.

 

Just exercising my right to choose.  Really does make the forum a more pleasant read.

Edited April 12, 2022 by KhunLA

[Sparktrader]

9 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

LOL. If I put everyone on ignore that attacks me I could read a thread in about 5 minutes.

Anyway, one needs to see what the opposition is thinking to understand them.

Difference of opinion is fine. Just words.

[RamenRaven]

Self-selection.

 

The positive happy-going guys too busy getting out there, enjoying Thailand and having a blast. Hence, no time to obsessively post on forums.

 

But the grumpy guys have nowhere else to go but to become keyboard warriors, because it's not cool to be a grumpy sour-faced guy in the Land of Smiles, where looking angry is impolite and looked down upon.

 

Life ain't perfect. The glass is always either half full or half empty depending on how you look at things.

 

Just enjoy what you have and you will be happy wherever you are.

 

Just my 2 cents.

[StreetCowboy]

On 4/10/2022 at 9:58 AM, robblok said:

Ah just like to read what others have to say sometimes its good to see an other point of view. But yes there are some people who are always the total opposite  of me. So it does cost some time.

 

However been less on Thaivisa as there is not much nice topics recently. Nothing really interesting.

That’s because you’re not pulling your weight on the Weights forum.  You’re always going to run into the obstreperous, argumentative and ignorantly opinionated in the Pub.  You would not be here if you did not want to strike up a conversation with us!

[robblok]

9 hours ago, StreetCowboy said:

That’s because you’re not pulling your weight on the Weights forum.  You’re always going to run into the obstreperous, argumentative and ignorantly opinionated in the Pub.  You would not be here if you did not want to strike up a conversation with us!

Sorry i think it would not be a good idea for someone who almost never drinks.  So i have been avoiding the pub. 

[StreetCowboy]

11 hours ago, robblok said:

Sorry i think it would not be a good idea for someone who almost never drinks.  So i have been avoiding the pub. 

I enjoy your posts in the fitness and weights forum, but it’s mostly a different crowd in the Pub.  Luckily, I wear a helmet, and so far I have been able to enjoy both chats.

[chalawaan]

Why do you think the Keystone cops seize truckloads of drugs every week?

Demand to blot out reality with harder substances than booze is through the roof. Er, what was this thread about again? ????

Edited April 17, 2022 by chalawaan

[jwest10]

On 4/5/2022 at 7:08 AM, Will27 said:

I have a few friends on the pension and thought the maximum you could get with supplements was $987 per fortnight.

About 50 000 Baht.

 

LOL that much

[Nickelbeer]

What if there's nothing positive to report?   (There isn't). Should  we start making up stories to make Thailand look good?

[KhunLA]

9 minutes ago, Nickelbeer said:

What if there's nothing positive to report?   (There isn't). Should  we start making up stories to make Thailand look good?

We could title them the 'TAT' series .... 

... oh wait, that's not

[Sparktrader]

10 minutes ago, Nickelbeer said:

What if there's nothing positive to report?   (There isn't). Should  we start making up stories to make Thailand look good?

Sun rose

Warm outside

Nice food

Nice women

Beer

Music

You alive

 

Whats so bad? I miss Thailand

[Excel]

12 minutes ago, Nickelbeer said:

What if there's nothing positive to report?   (There isn't). Should  we start making up stories to make Thailand look good?

Why not the Thai government does it all the time

[Sparktrader]

In u live in Thailand you already won 50% of the battle. Make the other 50% up.

 

 

[aqua4]

On 4/3/2022 at 11:00 PM, Sticky Rice Balls said:

One has to be a little crazy to live here to begin with--myself included!

Typed while sitting outside the 711 drinking your Beer Chang .... ????

[TheScience]

To be fair covid, covid hysteria, politics post 2014 (2006), general economic malaise (2006). Tourist hordes pre covid. Visas, immigration hassles. Lots to legitimately moan about.

 

Any of it clearly better that I've simply overlooked?

 

Don't get me wrong, I'm all in but it's getting worse not better. Stop being Pollyanna's.

[CharlieH]

Flame post removed.

[Led Lolly Yellow Lolly]

On 4/3/2022 at 10:53 PM, whereyougo said:

Its very obviouse that long term posters are suffering mental health issues IMO due to the constant bad news stories without a break.

Be careful people

I like my mental health problems. I wouldn't be cranky old phukker me if I was right in the head. I've found my problems to be very useful, educational actually. For example, I learned how to make a soundproof room so people can't hear me scream.

[Led Lolly Yellow Lolly]

On 4/10/2022 at 7:30 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

I am sure the problem with most of those people is they can move to anywhere and they will still complain. They will find something, anything, to complain. Because that is their "character".

I don't think that's the whole story. Forgive me, I can't remember your nationality, but in the UK where I'm from, it's a part of the culture to go into some office of the civil service or some QUANGO and jab your finger repeatedly on the counter while making your complaint, and then taking a deep breath, and continuing with "AND ANOTHER THING!. . ."

 

Obviously, there is no outlet here for folk like this. Not having that outlet eats away at the soul of some people.

[Hummin]

2 minutes ago, Led Lolly Yellow Lolly said:

I don't think that's the whole story. Forgive me, I can't remember your nationality, but in the UK where I'm from, it's a part of the culture to go into some office of the civil service or some QUANGO and jab your finger repeatedly on the counter while making your complaint, and then taking a deep breath, and continuing with "AND ANOTHER THING!. . ."

 

Obviously, there is no outlet here for folk like this. Not having that outlet eats away at the soul of some people.

I got a Fawlty Tower picture in my head now! 

[Led Lolly Yellow Lolly]

1 hour ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

Im more of a sangsom guy

Considering it's affordable price, SangSom is actually a pretty nice rum. I only take it neat.

[spidermike007]

Most of us need someplace to vent. We could talk about the nice neighbor, or the hilarious taxi driver, but not particularly amusing. 

 

Nearly every time I see someone complaining, or observing a shortfall within Thailand, some guy, who has not taken the time to think things through, nor to devote any focus or effort to a reasonable reply, says something like "Perhaps Thailand is not for you", or maybe you should leave, or the top prize, "if you do not like it here, go back to your own country". Hard to even respond to such statements. Why? Because I have some issues with the place? Sorry to inform you, but the nature of a discerning mind, is to have issues. 

 

Though absolute contentment must be a beautiful state of mind, it is not something most of us are blessed with, in case you have not noticed. The fact that I complain, does not mean I do not love Thailand, nor most of it's people. I do. I love my life here. I have a very good life here. But, I do have some complaints, and there are some things I would love to see improved. 

 

And my "mental health issues" are no worse than the next guy. These are trying times, in case you have not noticed. 
 

Edited April 17, 2022 by spidermike007

[Led Lolly Yellow Lolly]

26 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

"Perhaps Thailand is not for you", or maybe you should leave, or the top prize, "if you do not like it here, go back to your own country". Hard to even respond to such statements.

I agree with you, and I almost said something similar in response to the poster above that said "Why are you in Thailand", I find these comments really irritating and lazy, but what's the point, they won't get it. I have very deep roots in Thailand and I'm here through the necessities resulting from that fact, so I'm here come what may. My wife and I sometimes discuss the possibility of retiring to New Zealand in the future, but this is where our lives are, and our children's lives. . . So, does that mean I have to like absolutely anything and everything here? Hell no. What an absurd notion.

 

 

 

 

Edited April 17, 2022 by Led Lolly Yellow Lolly

[thaibeachlovers]

6 hours ago, TheScience said:

To be fair covid, covid hysteria, politics post 2014 (2006), general economic malaise (2006). Tourist hordes pre covid. Visas, immigration hassles. Lots to legitimately moan about.

 

Any of it clearly better that I've simply overlooked?

 

Don't get me wrong, I'm all in but it's getting worse not better. Stop being Pollyanna's.

Why denigrate Pollyanna? What's wrong with wanting to be happy and looking for the good in life?

 

People that don't like Pollyanna must enjoy being miserable, IMO.

[OneMoreFarang]

9 hours ago, Led Lolly Yellow Lolly said:

I don't think that's the whole story. Forgive me, I can't remember your nationality, but in the UK where I'm from, it's a part of the culture to go into some office of the civil service or some QUANGO and jab your finger repeatedly on the counter while making your complaint, and then taking a deep breath, and continuing with "AND ANOTHER THING!. . ."

 

Obviously, there is no outlet here for folk like this. Not having that outlet eats away at the soul of some people.

Maybe that would help. ????