Less-Refined Farang: Are Farang in Asia now less refined than before?

[georgegeorgia]

2 hours ago, jippytum said:

Thailand still has some nice people to visit.  Thankfully not too many moaners like the poster who probably resides in a tourist location but finds some tourists 

enjoying their holiday annoying

 

Oh theres no need to be condescending 

The OP is a veteran poster of over 25 years service to the community 

[renaissanc]

In my 40 years in Thailand, I have rarely interacted with foreigners here. Occasionally, I meet a foreigner at Immigration or Tesco Lotus, but that's all. Going by the online Forums there are many I would not like to meet because of their rudeness and lack of empathy towards people in distress. I did not use to encounter such behaviour in the 1980s and 1990s even on the Bangkok Post Forum, which has turned into a cesspit of undesirables. I live in a quiet village with 28 loving cats and I'm happy here.

[cjinchiangrai]

20 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Did you ever happen to meet any members of the Biddle family of Philadelphia during your school years?

 

 

He loved boxing.

His idea was to instill character in his progeny through engagement in the art of boxing.

Great book!

 

I read it decades ago, when I happened to find an old dusty copy in a used book store in Taipei.

Don't know what happened to that book.

I had the hardcover published  way back when....

 

 

This book was redone as a musical in "The Happiest Millionaire".

 

The OP is more snobbish nonsense from a prolific whiner.

[GammaGlobulin]

3 hours ago, cjinchiangrai said:

 

This book was redone as a musical in "The Happiest Millionaire".

 

The OP is more snobbish nonsense from a prolific whiner.

 

I will watch it...but....

Maybe not on YT.

 

Thank you.

 

[rickudon]

OP sounds like one character we used to have in Udon Thani. Used to bemoan that farangs dressed improperly when going out, especially when going to government offices. Said we should wear proper leather shoes, long socks, long trousers, button up shirt and a jacket! Hell i am retired, on permanent holiday and the temperature is often in the mid 30s centigrade. I wear for comfort. Sandals, shorts, proper short sleeved shirt. That's it.

 

Udon Thani does tend to have more 'blue collar' retirees than some other places, but there are interesting intellects to be found, if you look in the right places. Just need a few more Bridge players!

[Expat68]

11 hours ago, rickudon said:

OP sounds like one character we used to have in Udon Thani. Used to bemoan that farangs dressed improperly when going out, especially when going to government offices. Said we should wear proper leather shoes, long socks, long trousers, button up shirt and a jacket! Hell i am retired, on permanent holiday and the temperature is often in the mid 30s centigrade. I wear for comfort. Sandals, shorts, proper short sleeved shirt. That's it.

 

Udon Thani does tend to have more 'blue collar' retirees than some other places, but there are interesting intellects to be found, if you look in the right places. Just need a few more Bridge players!

Or Chess players?

[newnative]

The World's less refined.

[Expat68]

6 minutes ago, newnative said:

The World's less refined.

Agree. Will never go back to how it used to be

[black tabby12345]

Quantity turns into quality.

But in case of tourists' influx, often looks like the opposite applies.

More comes in, the greater numbers of riff raffs as well.

 

 

[fondue zoo]

Yes, I hear a lot more spoon against the china these days while the newcomers slurp their soup, disgusting.

 

 

[jwest10]

On 12/23/2024 at 11:03 AM, renaissanc said:

In my 40 years in Thailand, I have rarely interacted with foreigners here. Occasionally, I meet a foreigner at Immigration or Tesco Lotus, but that's all. Going by the online Forums there are many I would not like to meet because of their rudeness and lack of empathy towards people in distress. I did not use to encounter such behaviour in the 1980s and 1990s even on the Bangkok Post Forum, which has turned into a cesspit of undesirables. I live in a quiet village with 28 loving cats and I'm happy here.

28 cats!! WOW

[Nid_Noi]

7 hours ago, Expat68 said:

Agree. Will never go back to how it used to be

It’s called lack of self-esteem and respect for others. Just watch pictures or movies from the late 1800s or early 1900s. Blue collar workers leaving the factories or employees punching the clock wore white shirts, ties and hats. People would put their best suits and dresses to walk through the parks. Women wore long dresses never leaving their home without her hat.

[Nid_Noi]

 

This movie was done in 1896 by Lumière. He was colorized and sound was added  almost 60 years later.

But notice how adults and children were nicely dressed. And this is a local train in Provence (La Ciotat) where the weather is sunny and balmy.

People would dress to go to church or to the fair.

Even poor immigrants would dress to travel by boat even in steerage. They wanted to show their best to immigration officers when landing in New York.

 

https://www.statueofliberty.org/ellis-island/overview-history/

 

In the 1950s and 60s you would have never boarded a commercial aircraft in shorts, t-shirts and flip-flops. 
Nowadays, even in business class, some passengers are not much covered than going to the beach. I remember a trip from New York to Bangkok via Tokyo some 20 years ago. A group of American teenage girls (posh school students I suppose) boarded the flight with tiny hot pants and bras as tops. Some were fat (not to say obese) but wanted to match their friends’ attires. Flight attendants had to give them blankets to cover up so they did not freeze for the 24 hour trip.

They had to buy sweaters in Tokyo otherwise ANA would not have allowed the group to board the flight to Don Mueang.