5 things you love most about Thailand.

[Lacessit]

6 minutes ago, Nemises said:

You evidently didn’t read the post properly because I didn’t mention anything about Australia. 

So? I'm pointing out Thailand does internet better, another item to love.

[jak2002003]

12 hours ago, CartagenaWarlock said:

1. A 60-year man can get a model looking 19-year young girl for 2K-3K in local currency.
2. Can impregnate a model looking 19-year young girl easily by a 60-year old man.
3. A 60-year old man can easily feel the silk smooth skin of a model looking young girl in her birthday suit all night for a few hundred dollars. 
4. Walk into most bars and pick up a girl to do everything one can do in a brothel or for an additional 200 baht in a nearby room. 
5. Can watch old ugly men wandering from brothels (aka bars) to brothels (aka brothels) in songthaew and passing sexual innuendo to local girls that they won't dare to do in a London bus. 
    

At least you are honest, but this list makes you sound like a creepy perverted old sexual predator. 

[huangnon]

Living 5 minutes away from a lovely beach with body-temperature sea.

Cheap domestic flights to anywhere in Thailand (or SE Asia).

Affordable tuition for my son (music, Taekwondo, other sports).

Loads of great restaurants and food outlets.

Tons of eye-candy everywhere. ????

[BangkokReady]

8 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

Douglas Bader — 'Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.'

But does that mean that you would have to be a fool to obey the law, or that only wise men are qualified not to?

[Nemises]

1 minute ago, Lacessit said:

So? I'm pointing out Thailand does internet better, another item to love.

So, because the topic is about Thailand and I clearly pointed out that fast internet was available in some other countries, not just in Thailand. 

[BritManToo]

I like it being warm all the time, the UK was always wet and cold.

[BangkokReady]

2 minutes ago, jak2002003 said:

At least you are honest, but this list makes you sound like a creepy perverted old sexual predator. 

I get that some people have the "creepy" idea because they find it unpleasant to see an ugly/old man express sexual desire for a young woman, but where does the perverted or sexual predator bit come from?

[VocalNeal]

1 minute ago, BangkokReady said:

But does that mean that you would have to be a fool to obey the law, or that only wise men are qualified not to?

You are free to interpret it in anyway you wish.

 

It is a bit like the Chinese:- Only a fool would tell the truth.

[JimTripper]

15 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Here's mine:

 

1/ Renting a condo or a house for less than a quarter what it would cost me in Australia.

 

2/ The freedom to hop on a scooter and go shopping, or just for a cruise. Relaxed road laws, traffic fines won't break the bank.

 

3/ Having a girlfriend 23 years younger than me, who thinks the sun shines from my posterior.

 

4/ Enjoying all the permutations and combinations of the multiple cuisines available here, inexpensively.

 

5/ Knowing I won't be shoved into an aged care facility, and fed food that would make a dog puke.

 

Bonus - Seeing a specialist without BS referrals, and getting replacement medications at pharmacies without BS prescriptions.

All money related ????

[BangkokReady]

Just now, VocalNeal said:

You are free to interpret it in anyway you wish.

Why post something without a clear meaning?  What point were you making?

[Lacessit]

1 minute ago, jak2002003 said:

At least you are honest, but this list makes you sound like a creepy perverted old sexual predator. 

It depends on which culture you are in. Plenty of older Thai businessmen and people in power have mia nois and sideline girls.

Western culture frowns on big age gaps, driven by Western women.

[BangkokReady]

It's quite interesting that "5 things you love" is a lot less popular than "5 things you hate".

If anyone is curious, there's actually an evolutionary reason for this "negativity bias".

 

Quote

 

Where Negative Bias Comes From

Our tendency to pay more attention to bad things and overlook good things is likely a result of evolution. Earlier in human history, paying attention to bad, dangerous, and negative threats in the world was literally a matter of life and death. Those who were more attuned to danger and who paid more attention to the bad things around them were more likely to survive.

 

This meant they were also more likely to hand down the genes that made them more attentive to danger.

 

https://www.verywellmind.com/negative-bias-4589618

 

[VocalNeal]

Just now, BangkokReady said:

Why post something without a clear meaning?  What point were you making?

Not everything in life has to be explained or dumbed down.

 

What I love about Thailand is that it is predominantly Buddhist. No explanation of Buddhist philosophy is given, it is up to the individual to decide for themselves.

[JimTripper]

8 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I like it being warm all the time, the UK was always wet and cold.

It’s not really warm, it’s humid, sweaty and hot. ????????‍♂️
 

Warm would be like Tahiti or Hawaii.

Edited July 22, 2023 by JimTripper

[Lacessit]

4 minutes ago, JimTripper said:

All money related ????

Quite true, many for-profit aged care facilities in Australia are owned by Asians.

[mstevens]

1.  Friendly, cheerful, amenable local Thai people.

2.  Low cost of living allowing a higher standard of living than back home.

3.  The fact that in most of the country it never gets cold.

4.  The opportunity to meet a lady for a lifelong partnership who truly embraces her femininity.

5.  Outstanding food and the varied and increasingly sophisticated dining scene, not just Thai food but also international food.

[VocalNeal]

6 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

because they find it unpleasant to see an ugly/old man express sexual desire for a young woman,

Does this mean the older man may have sexual desire for a young woman, but he is unable to express them.????

[BangkokReady]

2 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

Not everything in life has to be explained or dumbed down.

OK.  So you weren't making a point, you were just posting an ambiguous quote without explanation in direct reply to someone else.

 

You're free to do that, of course, but it reduces your contribution to the discussion considerably.

 

"Your post was unclear, what do you mean?"

 

"I don't know."

 

"OK."  ????‍♂️

[BangkokReady]

2 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

Does this mean the older man may have sexual desire for a young woman, but he is unable to express them.????

That would depend on the man.  I'm sure most older men find much younger women attractive (e.g. a 60 year old guy who encounters an attractive 20 year old).  I can't see any reason why not.  They likely feel the need to pretend they don't though.

[Lacessit]

4 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

It's quite interesting that "5 things you love" is a lot less popular than "5 things you hate".

If anyone is curious, there's actually an evolutionary reason for this "negativity bias".

 

 

There is also the age factor, ASEAN seems to have more than its fair share of old and embittered posters.

I remember a line from one of Arthur C Clarke's novels, where he stated the old are often insanely jealous of the young.

[BangkokReady]

6 minutes ago, JimTripper said:

It’s not really warm, it’s humid, sweaty and hot. ????????‍♂️

Have you spent any time in the UK?  It's wet, grey and miserable for about 9 months a year.  It even seems to rain over Christmas now.

[VocalNeal]

I sense you looking for an argument rather than a discussion. Like all philosophical quotations, biblical parables et al it is up to the individual, if intelligent enough, to make up their own interpretation. I'll add you to my list.

 

 

[FritsSikkink]

Family

Weather

Healthcare

Cheaper houses.

Less tax.

[VocalNeal]

5 things you love most about Thailand. OK I'll bite.

 

* Sunshine and palm trees

* As a foreigner I am not restricted by the mores of local society.

* I only have 2.

[BangkokReady]

1 minute ago, VocalNeal said:

I sense you looking for an argument rather than a discussion. Like all philosophical quotations, biblical parables et al it is up to the individual, if intelligent enough, to make up their own interpretation. I'll add you to my list.

Not looking for any argument.  It's simply that you responded to someone's comment that people should obey the law with an ambiguous quote.  Obviously you meant that quote to make some sort of point, as you chose it as a reply, but the point is unclear.

 

As I pointed out, the quote could mean that you have to be stupid to obey the law, or only stupid people have to obey the law.  Which interpretation you wanted to use obviously changes the meaning of your response.

 

As I said, if you want your reply to remain ambiguous, that's fine, up to you, but it takes a lot of meaning away from your comment and limits its contribution to the discussion.

 

No one can really formulate a response to your comment if it is ambiguous.  ????‍♂️

[stoner]

27 minutes ago, Nemises said:

So, because the topic is about Thailand and I clearly pointed out that fast internet was available in some other countries, not just in Thailand. 

internet in thailand is far superior to canada. 

[Celsius]

All the things in the OP are available in the West, including women if you pay them to touch you like you do here.

 

If you come to Thailand for the reasons in the OP you truly failed in life. Including the condo and house rental where you can't swing a cat, where you get free cocroaches and snakes included in your rent and to get anything close to Western kitchen you would have to rent in Ritz Carlton residences or Shangri-La paying 200k a month.

 

Living a fake life in Thailand fooling your mates like you're livin' the dream where your next serious illness will be sponsored by gofundme to beg money from people, so you can go back to the country you hate so much to get free healthcare on other people's tax dime.

Edited July 22, 2023 by Celsius

[stoner]

24 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

It depends on which culture you are in. Plenty of older Thai businessmen and people in power have mia nois and sideline girls.

Western culture frowns on big age gaps, driven by Western women.

and the Judeo Christian value system that built a lot of the west. 

[Celsius]

6 minutes ago, stoner said:

internet in thailand is far superior to canada. 

What nonsense.

 

You mean cheaper.

 

My condo in Toronto and every condo is set up with 1Gbps internet. Most of brand new soon to be decrepit condos due to poor maitenance  in Bangkok are limited to 50Mbps.

[alien365]

1. Safety walking the streets (having lived in London 10 years prior, I have never felt safer than now).

2. The good nature of most Thai people (even the tough looking guys tend to be nice once approached as long as you're not challenging them).

3. Affordability (a meal for the equivalent of a pound, a hotel room for 20, general accommodation prices and Fuel tax is also very low in comparison to my home country). 

4. Lax enforcement of some laws (I feel the west overpolice things).

5. The nature (being a Yorkshire man this is important to me. I love the variety of landscapes, and the range of wildlife you see. And then there's the rain, I love sitting out, undercover of course, watching in awe of it's intensity.)