Ah Pattaya, where self appointed experts go to continue their grand delusion.

[StandardIssue]

How many times have you ran into these self appointed experts on virtually every topic under the sun? To me it could be a daily occurrence in the many beer bars.

 

Sometimes I think to myself that the crack pots I run into have finally found a place where people understand just how important they think they are. Just look for the ever nodding Thai girlfriends!

It's a running joke amongst the more grounded and rational individuals I've met.

 

A constant source of free entertainment. Much of it on this board!

[TedG]

You must be glad to have that off your chest. 

[rattlesnake]

32 minutes ago, StandardIssue said:

Just look for the ever nodding Thai girlfriends!

 

Classic! The hand gestures to enliven conversations otherwise burdened by limited vocabulary (20 English words on the Thai side, 0.5 Thai word on the farang side) are also a sight to behold.

[ukrules]

What do you do if you run into an actual expert in their field?

 

Do you dismiss them immediately?

 

How would you know the difference

[Lucky Bones]

I have never run into a "self appointed expert" in East Pattaya.

Maybe your holiday plans need to change from central Pattaya.🙃🙃

[thaibeachlovers]

Sounds like the OP needs a change of scenery if Pattaya is too traumatic for him.

[scubascuba3]

Yes I've definitely noticed it, in fact i avoid eye contact as that's an invite for them to talk garbage, the classic is when they ask how long have you been here, they are desperately waiting to score points here, one crazy swede said 1978 arrived

[jacko45k]

3 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Yes I've definitely noticed it, in fact i avoid eye contact as that's an invite for them to talk garbage, the classic is when they ask how long have you been here, they are desperately waiting to score points here, one crazy swede said 1978 arrived

Standing in bars talking <deleted> is a standard pastime.....now we get them on Youtube too!

[StandardIssue]

2 hours ago, TedG said:

You must be glad to have that off your chest. 

 

Yea, it's been eating at me for years!!

 

Pattaya: A narcissists paradise! I've finally found a place where they recognize just how important I am! These girls really get me!

[StandardIssue]

2 hours ago, ukrules said:

What do you do if you run into an actual expert in their field?

 

Do you dismiss them immediately?

 

How would you know the difference

 

Rarely happens and I'd like to think I'm not easily fooled. Anyways with AI and Google search at your fingertips fact checking is a snap!

[redwood1]

I suggest for you to take up heavy drinking......Then the experts will not bother you so much...

[rough diamond]

45 minutes ago, redwood1 said:

I suggest for you to take up heavy drinking......Then the experts will not bother you so much...

He probably has already.

[JackSinclair]

People still go to beer bars?

[newnative]

  Luckily, I have better things to do with my time, and more enjoyable for me, than hanging out in beer bars--in Pattaya or anywhere else.  

[Cameroni]

6 hours ago, ukrules said:

What do you do if you run into an actual expert in their field?

 

Do you dismiss them immediately?

 

How would you know the difference

 

Exactly. The same problem with the honest bar girl that truly does love you, would you write her off just because she spent 4 years banging 488 guys`?

 

How to know the difference?

[Andyfez]

On 3/18/2025 at 3:30 AM, ukrules said:

What do you do if you run into an actual expert in their field?

 

Do you dismiss them immediately?

 

How would you know the difference

Ask for a certificate? Mind you in Pattaya can get copies!

[Kenny Boy]

On 3/18/2025 at 3:40 AM, Lucky Bones said:

I have never run into a "self appointed expert" in East Pattaya.

Maybe your holiday plans need to change from central Pattaya.🙃🙃

You make it sound like Beverley Hills dear.

Are you saying you get a better class of farang on The Darkside or is it where the ‘normal’ farang migrate to ? 

Same same but different I would say.

 

[jippytum]

On 3/18/2025 at 5:23 AM, scubascuba3 said:

Yes I've definitely noticed it, in fact i avoid eye contact as that's an invite for them to talk garbage, the classic is when they ask how long have you been here, they are desperately waiting to score points here, one crazy swede said 1978 arrived

Lots of expats some on this forum have been living in Thailand,  myself included long before 1978.

[Thingamabob]

Nothing special about 'experts' in bars in Pattaya. They exist in every bar I've ever been into, all over the world.

[Cameroni]

2 hours ago, Andyfez said:

Ask for a certificate? Mind you in Pattaya can get copies!

 

Exactly! You get the credentials!

[norsurin]

I have meet some foreigners that been living in Thailand for decades.Everyone been nice so far.

I ask if they learn to speak thai and some say yes.. speak well they say until i start speaking thai with them and after 1 minute i know the truth.It also happens that their wifes or gf tell them that their lying about their thai skills 

I meet a guy from Norway in surin some years ago..he said he could speak thai wery well..

I sat with him and his thai wife I started speak thai to him and everything i said or asked him in thai he said KAP.

I asked him in thai if he want me to knock out his teeths and even then he said KAP.His wife start laughing and told me he didn't understand anything i talking about.So we turned over to english speaking.

[scubascuba3]

2 hours ago, jippytum said:

Lots of expats some on this forum have been living in Thailand,  myself included long before 1978.

Maybe so but they definitely like talking about it

[thecyclist]

On 3/18/2025 at 3:40 AM, Lucky Bones said:

I have never run into a "self appointed expert" in East Pattaya.

Maybe your holiday plans need to change from central Pattaya.🙃🙃

That's because most of them are on Soi 6.

Obviously no experts on the dark side. 

[StandardIssue]

2 hours ago, thecyclist said:

That's because most of them are on Soi 6.

Obviously no experts on the dark side. 

The Gynecology experts especially .. LOL!!

[HappyExpat57]

Is that you Bob?

[StandardIssue]

On 3/19/2025 at 11:48 AM, HappyExpat57 said:

Is that you Bob?

 

Do some more posts and Bob's your Uncle!

[pomchop]

Any one who does visit beer bars has no doubt had someone sit beside him that after less than five minutes you are ready to slice your wrist to get away from him...either incredibly stupid, ignorant, arrogant, or maybe all of the above or in some cases you actually do run into a few guys who are very pleasant to sit and talk with and can even learn a few new things or at least share some stories.

 

The trick is to learn to get up and leave asap when u get the idiot types that sit next to you. Generally they will not get any more pleasant after having a few more beers.  I can chug a beer very quickly when i suddenly remember that  i have to be somewhere.  

 

Every ass sitting on every bar stool likely has a lot of stories...it is not required that you listen to them.

 

But there are some gems scattered through all the gravel that indeed are very interesting guys to have a chat with for an hour or two.

[BritManToo]

10 minutes ago, pomchop said:

Any one who does visit beer bars has no doubt had someone sit beside him that after less than five minutes you are ready to slice your wrist to get away from him...either incredibly stupid, ignorant, arrogant, or maybe all of the above or in some cases you actually do run into a few guys who are very pleasant to sit and talk with and can even learn a few new things or at least share some stories.

As long as they're buying the drinks and 'company', I have no problems sitting with them.

[pomchop]

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

As long as they're buying the drinks and 'company', I have no problems sitting with them.

I wish but usually what i get is all the BS and no free drinks.

[BritManToo]

1 hour ago, pomchop said:

I wish but usually what i get is all the BS and no free drinks.

Speak out dude, "if I listen to your bs, you need to buy my drinks". Just the same as buying lady drinks, so maybe they should buy my drinks at double price and I get a cut?