In Thailand: Are You a Walking Billboard?

[scottiejohn]

2 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

hopefully your endless pathetic threads will abate, now

I hope so but doubt there is any chance of that happening!

Edited September 2, 2023 by scottiejohn

[ravip]

16 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Guys…

GUYS!

WHAT are you guys THINKING!

 

How much do they pay you guys to walk around Thailand like Human Billboards?

 

 

Any day of the week, just walk along the road, and you will see guys advertising almost anything and everything under the sun.

 

Why do YOU guys do this?

How much are they paying you?

 

I, for one, wouldn’t be CAUGHT DEAD with advertising on me, or on my clothing, or on my shoes. Well, sometimes I am forced to have a Nike logo on my athletic shoes. But I never wore brands on my Bostonians.

 

How much are these companies paying you???

 

Do you just do what everyone ELSE does?

Can’t you even think for yourselves, and tell these companies that your body and your personal space is…YOURS!

 

Here is what I mean. This guy here seems to be advertising the VW Bus. But does he get paid for doing so?:

 

 

I hope you guys can please add a few examples to prove my point.  It seems that EVERYBODY and his BROTHER are walking around Thailand advertising, for free, almost any kind of product or service, and publicizing all sorts of logos and brands, and they do it for FREE, with no thought or caring…

 

Like ZOMBIES!

Like the WALKING DEAD!

 

It’s like their brains have come to a complete halt.

They just wear whatever they are told to wear.

Where do they even FIND this apparel, ANYWAY???

 

So please help me out.

Help prove my point here.

 

Upload some examples here.

 

Thank you.

I appreciate it.

Gamma

 

 

Ooooooooops! Dont get carried away.

The entire world need not follow your preferences!

Do your thing and Live and let live!

[Ralf001]

18 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

I hope so but doubt there is any chance of that happening!

member of AN staff I reckon... posting constant nonsense to drive traffic.

[scottiejohn]

7 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

member of AN staff I reckon... posting constant nonsense to drive traffic.

Given the drivel that is spouted I suspect a Bot (or a human with a labotomy)

[Ralf001]

14 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

Given the drivel that is spouted I suspect a Bot (or a human with a labotomy)

hahahaha either or !!

[GammaGlobulin]

29 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

member of AN staff I reckon... posting constant nonsense to drive traffic.

My only concern are the recent posts from My Good Friend Bard which seem to increasingly be gumming up the works. 

 

 

[This Guy]

I wear plain coloured Tees and Plain shorts / trackies with no branding when training.
I have a pair of adidas runners and a pair of brooks trainers, simply because they offer the best support for my dodgy old feet.
But at the end of the day does it matter what anyone wears as long as they are relaxed and happy?

[Golden Triangle]

Better than being a walking talking idiot like yourself I suppose.  

[GammaGlobulin]

3 hours ago, This Guy said:

the end of the day

I, too, have been impressed with this monumental film that you allude to, and I never tire in the viewing.

 

There are, no doubt, many lessons to be learned.

 

You may call me an anachronism, if you will, however my view is that the extreme brand consciousness of today, as well as the chasing after prestige products that this engenders, causes most people to become anything BUT relaxed and happy. 

 

You say that your feet are old and tired, but are they old enough that you can recall a better time, a time before our world became a landscape of logos? Or, have you forgotten?

 

Do we really benefit from the further divisions to society that luxury brands depend upon to sell their goods?

 

Are you, at least, old enough to clearly recall the world when we were expected to dress for dinner?

How sweet it was!

 

I, for one, miss the days of Lord Darlington...

 

 

 

 

 

 

[scottiejohn]

41 minutes ago, Golden Triangle said:

Better than being a walking talking idiot like yourself I suppose.  

Being the idiot it is I am not sure that it is capable of walking and talking (or typing!) at the same time!

[GammaGlobulin]

6 hours ago, Xonax said:

The below shirt is advertised at around THB 90,000. I would ask to be paid the same amount a month to wear it.

So, as I say...

Just more useless advertising.

At least, it's genuine Gucci, as you can see from the styling.

 

If they paid me Bt.90,000.00 per month to wear it at night,

I would.

 

 

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

11 hours ago, Shop mak said:

I noticed that when you reply to others topic, you are a total different person.

You research or know and add proof links to your posts, that are really helpful and interesting

"These simple alms we do not find among the worldly. For their giving is of such a character, that the right hand gives but the left hand takes...yes, given in such a way that one takes ten times as much in place of what he gives...."

 

“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.” Job 1:21 NIV.

 

 

[bignok]

4 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

member of AN staff I reckon... posting constant nonsense to drive traffic.

Why respond then? You and Scott No Idea respond saying its a dumb topic.

 

Scroll on by then.

 

 

[Adumbration]

It is very seldom I wear a shirt.

[cowellandrew]

And then you get on your Honda click, 

Or jump into your Isuzu D-Max????????????

[Scouse123]

OP seriously needs to take a chill pill especially if that is all he has on his mind.

 

The world revolves around advertising.

 

 

 

 

Edited September 2, 2023 by Scouse123

[Ralf001]

7 hours ago, bignok said:

Why respond then? You and Scott No Idea respond saying its a dumb topic.

 

Scroll on by then.

 

 

Hows about you jog on and not concern yourself with what I post.

[2baht]

On 9/2/2023 at 1:08 AM, GammaGlobulin said:

Still, the reason they are wearing what they are wearing escapes me.

It does'nt matter!!! ????

[RanongCat]

On 9/2/2023 at 1:35 AM, GammaGlobulin said:

Nobody pays me NOT to post.

You can be the first...

 

The answer deflects from the question . So you do get pay ?

[GammaGlobulin]

9 minutes ago, RanongCat said:

The answer deflects from the question . So you do get pay ?

That seems like a leading question. 

 

Or, is it rhetorical? 

 

 

[bignok]

2 hours ago, 2baht said:

It does'nt matter!!! ????

Nothing Else Matters

 

Metalica

[thailand49]

Don't be a hypocrite,  as long as one is part of society no one is exempt.  Advertising isn't just on clothing as long as you are a foreigner in Thailand you advertised without wearing it a ATM,  in time that is changing as we speak tomorrow we will be advertising a QR code. ????

Edited September 3, 2023 by thailand49

[KhunLA]

I refuse to buy any garment with name brand on it.  Foot wear hard to avoid, but that's as far as I'll allow.

 

Says the guy with the MG advert ... ????

Edited September 3, 2023 by KhunLA

[Purdey]

I suppose the last laugh’s on the brand owners as the clothing here is mainly knock offs, so the branding doesn’t help them.

[Datsun 1200]

In AA they prefer people don't wear clothes that advertise booze. Some are strict, 

Other than that, who cares? Just be aware that branding/propaganda works.

 

I advertise Ferrari occasionally for free, I have been meaning to ask them for a cut of the revenue 

I surely generate.

[herfiehandbag]

On 9/2/2023 at 2:26 AM, London Lowf said:

Yes, it's technically advertising but does anyone take a blind bit of notice?

 

During the daytime I wear dirt-cheap football shirts from the local market, just like Somchai wears. They're covered in branding (including Durex and Pornhub on a couple) but they're nice and bright to match my flambouyant personality, easy to wash, last for ever, and I think they're funny.

 

However, none of my evening shirts or shorts are branded.

Sometimes the problem is that the Thais do not understand the "slogans"! I am sure that the teenage girl ( and parents ) who regularly attends Mass here in the football shirt branded for PornHub would be mortified if she/they knew!

 

I have a Brunswick Green polo shirt with the old (lion on a wheel) British Railways motif on it - but it is not so much advertising as that I really like steam locomotives!

Edited September 3, 2023 by herfiehandbag

[GammaGlobulin]

1 hour ago, herfiehandbag said:

Sometimes the problem is that the Thais do not understand the "slogans"! I am sure that the teenage girl ( and parents ) who regularly attends Mass here in the football shirt branded for PornHub would be mortified if she/they knew!

 

I have a Brunswick Green polo shirt with the old (lion on a wheel) British Railways motif on it - but it is not so much advertising as that I really like steam locomotives!

Then you probably would have enjoyed the ones in India up until fairly recently. 

 

Mallard 

126 mph 

 

 

[BTB1977]

Doesn't take much to trigger you does it. Best to not give a F#$k and your day will be much better. I really don't notice what other people wear thank God. 

[GammaGlobulin]

9 minutes ago, BTB1977 said:

Doesn't take much to trigger you does it. Best to not give a F#$k and your day will be much better. I really don't notice what other people wear thank God. 

You really should refer to my most recent Topic concerning Steven Pinker and the use of language.

I am sure you will find it most entertaining.

 

 

[radiochaser]

On 9/3/2023 at 8:06 AM, herfiehandbag said:

Sometimes the problem is that the Thais do not understand the "slogans"! I am sure that the teenage girl ( and parents ) who regularly attends Mass here in the football shirt branded for PornHub would be mortified if she/they knew!

 

I have a Brunswick Green polo shirt with the old (lion on a wheel) British Railways motif on it - but it is not so much advertising as that I really like steam locomotives!

My wife is Thai, but reads, writes, and speaks English.    She told me about a time that she met her niece in the Chatuchak market.  I forget what the wife told me was on the niece's shirt, but it was a obscene saying relating to sex.   

Wife asked, do you know what that saying means?   Niece says no.  Wife translates saying into Thai.  Niece is mortified and promptly removes the shirt and clad only in a brassier and long pants, goes to the nearest clothing seller, and buys a new shirt, then throws the one with the obscene saying away.  

Apparently niece was less embarrassed walking around with just brassier on top than she was about the obscene English saying written on her shirt, once she understood what it mean!