11 hours ago, 1happykamper said:

What insanely fragile egos Thai people have 

You say this based on one news story? 

 

I recently went to Western countries and saw 2 separate incidents of road rage. Did I say 'what fragile egos Brits have'?

 

 

Edited July 31, 20232 yr by Neeranam

Gove someone a centimeter they will take a meter. or for the US, give some one an inch they will take a yard.

  That is still the world we live in.  Sadly.

Cheereo.

People sure are getting ultraviolent in Thailand. The new normal I guess.

14 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

Thais are not Buddhists in the real sense. Not even close.

The Cambodians speak nothing but look at the Thai way of Buddhism with bemusement.

 

The same applies to the constant wai-ing.

3 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

I was going to say the same thing.  Do something for free and people often don't appreciate it, feel entitled to it, and resent you if you stop.

The first time you give something to somebody you create appreciation.

The second time you give something to somebody you  create anticipation.

The third time you give something to somebody you create expectation.

The fourth time you give something to somebody you create entitlement

The fifth time you give something to somebody you create dependency.

By the sixth time if you don't give something then you have created resentment and hatred.

This is why you don't do anything nice or kind for locals. 

 

1. They think you are stupid for doing it.

2. When you stop, they despise you. 

3 hours ago, Neeranam said:

saw 2 separate incidents of road rage. Did I say 'what fragile egos Brits have'?

Maybe they were dentists on their way to an emergency. 

5 minutes ago, JeffersLos said:

Maybe they were dentists on their way to an emergency. 

Youve lost me. 

19 hours ago, 2baht said:

Attacked his neighbor for turning off the free wi-fi? Thai male wimp! What is wrong with some of these people??? This is not what Buddha taught!

As expected.

One of our brave and civilized neighbors shot and killed our cat last week.

Amazing.

Good neighbour, I must say.

On 7/31/2023 at 5:35 AM, rwill said:

When you give someone something for free they often feel it is a 'right' of thiers to have it now.

Had it happen to me in my Bangkok apartment building.  My then GF unwittingly gave our wifi password to a woman who we did not know well who lived down the hallway from us.  There is an unused lobby in front of my entryway and I began to notice her and her friends always hanging there, engaged in long phone calls.  One day they were there when I arrived home so as soon as I got inside, I powered-down the router.  "Hello? Hello? Hello-hello"...immediately clear they had lost their connections.  I changed the PW to a much more complex one and admonished my GF to never give it out.  Later the woman showed up at the door asking for the new PW...got to hand it to her for outright chutzpah.  She got really angry when we refused to give it to her..."You're rich man and we are poor..blah-blah"  She made a big mistake when she threatened my GF.  She had a lot of friends including the building manager and within a month, the lady was gone.

On 7/30/2023 at 7:54 PM, 1happykamper said:

What insanely fragile egos Thai people have 

What a joke these threads are. All the xenophobic expats go off on Thai males and make it seem like nothing like this ever happens anywhere else.

 

https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/2019/08/04/georgia-teen-gets-life-for-killing-sister-over-wi-fi-password/4541801007/

 

https://dailyhive.com/canada/canadian-calls-911-mom-turn-off-wifi

 

 

On 7/31/2023 at 6:07 PM, NoDisplayName said:

As expected.

One of our brave and civilized neighbors shot and killed our cat last week.

Amazing.

Is this neighbor still alive? If so why?

Edited August 3, 20232 yr by watchcat

3 hours ago, watchcat said:

Is this neighbor still alive? If so why?

Nothing can be proven.

There are a number of possible man-children that could be responsible.

I can't just pick someone at random upon which to administer justice.

I'm not Thai.

 

I have a cat, dead. 

One bullet hole.

Nobody's talking.