How do you think Thai people REALLY feel about Farangs?

[bob smith]

lemme add a little context.

 

We all know about the famous Thai smile

but many lifers here know that the smile is fake.

 

So underneath that famous smile, what do Thais really think about us?

Edited October 30, 2023 by bob smith

[EVENKEEL]

Extremely poor try. Even yinn could do better.

[bob smith]

1 minute ago, EVENKEEL said:

Extremely poor try. Even yinn could do better.

who the hell is yinn??

[retarius]

I think they think of us as ATMs

[2baht]

Just now, bob smith said:

who the hell is yinn??

   

      Yinn is a past legend of debatable gender!

[bob smith]

Just now, 2baht said:

   

      Yinn is a past legend of debatable gender!

ahh i see.

 

well im sorry that @EVENKEEL doesnt like my latest post.

hope you voted though! 😉 

[2baht]

I don't think Thai's care too much for us in general, they put up with us if there's something in it for them.

[HappyExpat57]

4 minutes ago, bob smith said:

who the hell is yinn??

 

If you don't know than you really aren't paying attention.

[zzaa09]

Does it matter......really? 

[HappyExpat57]

Have some fun?!? If this is your idea of fun, you need to either go back to drinking copious amounts of liquor or get back on the wagon.

[2baht]

Just now, zzaa09 said:

Does it matter......really? 

 

      Life and death!

[bob smith]

1 minute ago, zzaa09 said:

Does it matter......really? 

kind of yeah

[2baht]

Just now, HappyExpat57 said:

Have some fun?!? If this is your idea of fun, you need to either go back to drinking copious amounts of liquor or get back on the wagon.

 

      First "human" post of the day and you can it???

[scubascuba3]

I don't care what they think of us, not an option

[Stocky]

1 minute ago, scubascuba3 said:

I don't care what they think of us, not an option

"Most don't really care", is also not listed as an option

[Crossy]

4 minutes ago, Stocky said:

"Most don't really care", is also not listed as an option

 

@bob smith want the options adding?? I think mods can 🙂 

 

[bob smith]

3 minutes ago, Crossy said:

 

@bob smith want the options adding?? I think mods can 🙂 

 

edited 😉 

[Ralf001]

Had a constant stream of Thai's (friend's and work colleagues) at my bed side when I was in hospital for 3 months.

 

I have to tick the "they care" box ... but it is not an option.

[Crossy]

2 minutes ago, bob smith said:

edited 😉 

 

Snuck into the edit window 🙂 

[sirineou]

What's with all the "Us" stuff? 

They love me!! Not sure about you guys but I have my suspicions. 

[Dmaxdan]

I think you've only think back to the COVID days for your answer.

 

"Farangs are dirty and are the cause of the pandemic"

 

"No farangs should not be offered vaccines" 

 

Etc,etc,etc.

 

They showed their true colors....

[bob smith]

2 minutes ago, Dmaxdan said:

I think you've only think back to the COVID days for your answer.

 

"Farangs are dirty and are the cause of the pandemic"

 

"No farangs should not be offered vaccines" 

 

Etc,etc,etc.

 

They showed their true colors....

I have to agree strongly with this.

 

Does anybody else???

[FritsSikkink]

3 minutes ago, Dmaxdan said:

I think you've only think back to the COVID days for your answer.

 

"Farangs are dirty and are the cause of the pandemic"

 

"No farangs should not be offered vaccines" 

 

Etc,etc,etc.

 

They showed their true colors....

I got free vaccines, there is your answer.

[Crossy]

I never had an issue getting covid jabs (Bangkok), staff at Bang Sue "seemed" happy to see a farang and assisted getting everything sorted.

 

Took Madam for her annual flu jab, staff asked if I wanted one too (without prompting), so I'm now on the regular mailing list.

[Fat is a type of crazy]

32 minutes ago, bob smith said:

who the hell is yinn??

You would have liked Yinn. She was fun and entertaining. Many felt the same as she was the final Poster of the Year.

 

There are curmudgeon Thais who don't like farangs and curmudgeon farangs who don't like Thai's. Or think that Thai's don't like them. Or something. 

[Prubangboy]

They forget we ever existed whenever we leave the room.

[Walker88]

What do you think of foreigners in your country?

 

I suspect the answers would be similar.

 

Some like, some think they're good for business, some tolerate, some don't like, some think outsiders are bespoiling the culture, some think outsiders are dirty, etc.

 

Xenophobia is common the world over to some extent, as is tolerance, affection, curiosity, etc.

[still kicking]

3 minutes ago, Walker88 said:

What do you think of foreigners in your country?

 

I suspect the answers would be similar.

 

Some like, some think they're good for business, some tolerate, some don't like, some think outsiders are bespoiling the culture, some think outsiders are dirty, etc.

 

Xenophobia is common the world over to some extent, as is tolerance, affection, curiosity, etc.

You are wrong, where I live you cannot tell who a foreigner is at all we have migrants from all over the world and most of them are citizens now 

[Eleftheros]

5 minutes ago, Prubangboy said:

They forget we ever existed whenever we leave the room.

That is not "statistically significant" since the average attention span of any Thai about anything is about three-tenths of a second.

[4MyEgo]

26 minutes ago, bob smith said:

I have to agree strongly with this.

 

Does anybody else???

 

Perhaps if you feel this way, you should return to your home country as I am sure they will roll out the red carpet for you.

 

You sound quite a racist to start a post like this, that said, since coming here in 2005, then moving here a decade later, I have never had an issue with a Thai, and always manage to get a smile from them, I am not in the paranoid zone of is that smile real, nor do I care, it's about respect and being courteous, especially when you are in ones home country.

 

I could start a post about all the things that pee me off here, but I might as well include what pees me off at home. Regardless of race or where we are, a smile is just a gesture, a nod of the head, a lift of the head, it's a way of saying G'day, it's all good, who cares what the other person thinks of you or me, same can be said for the guy your having a drink with, we are not mind readers.

 

Maybe you should look down when you see a Thai, so as not to get a smile if you feel so insecure.