1 hour ago, KannikaP said:

Please use white text not black. Too difficult for us old nomads to read. Thanks

 

Oooh, changed from dark to light mode. Much better now. Sorry.

Sorry about the font. I made a mistake while typing so copied it out of AN, edited and copied back and that did something strange.

45 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

A digital nomad is either a dude with a remote job, or some poverty stricken backpacker that doesnt want to confess what a loser he is.

Think there are shades of grey.
 

Personally, I think I’ve done ok but I’ve never taken my laptop to a beach / cafe / restaurant to work, I’m not on instagram / YouTube and only self-promotion I do is at industry conferences.

 

Many nomads do appear to be grifting / delaying the inevitable return to “the real world” but Mark Wiens for example seems to have done very well out of food vlogging on Thailand.

 

Shades of grey. 

3 minutes ago, Chalky0w said:

Think there are shades of grey.
 

Personally, I think I’ve done ok but I’ve never taken my laptop to a beach / cafe / restaurant to work, I’m not on instagram / YouTube and only self-promotion I do is at industry conferences.

 

Many nomads do appear to be grifting / delaying the inevitable return to “the real world” but Mark Wiens for example seems to have done very well out of food vlogging on Thailand.

 

Shades of grey. 

You have a job then. One winner in a soup of losers and deosnt make the soup any more flavourful.

An entitled skint Gen XYZ that has an ology degree in some nonsensical subject that thinks that are the perfect form

17 hours ago, FriscoKid said:

A digital nomad is basically someone who travels the world, often grifting, while pretending to hold some sort of gainful employment. They sit in cafés, always purchasing the least expensive item on the menu, with a laptop open and free WiFi at the ready, occasionally typing something just so the barista doesn’t ask them to leave. Behind the scenes, they’re usually living off some form of passive income, cryptocurrency gains, or their parents’ credit card. They post photos on social media of themselves ‘working’ on the beach, even though sand and laptops famously don’t mix, and call it a career. In short, it’s like being unemployed, but with better scenery and a slightly smug looking Instagram feed, while desperately hoping other people admire them. However, it is strongly advised that you do not even consider this as a suitable vocation for yourself. Stick to what you know best. Mop till you drop!

Retired at 33 & been a digital nomad ever since. 20 years later and still doing it although the work is much less as more people doing it now.

 

I can work where ever I want, so a beach or countryside is always an option.

I have one of those foldable seats and chairs, so can carry it around with me on the bike. When I spot a beautiful place while driving along, I stop the bike, set up the seating and whisk out the notebook and begin to work.

 

It isn't a great deal of money each month. On average about 40,00 baht. It is a nice life to have if you can get it.

 

Getting hired is the difficult part. 🙂

1 hour ago, hughrection said:

It isn't a great deal of money each month. On average about 40,00 baht.

Hope it doesn't involve typing correctly!  555

20 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

I have put this is in the Community forum ,it may be the wrong forum and frankly my dear  I don't give a damn. ,was that Humphrey Bogart?

 

Now I'm very old and have no idea exactly what a digital nomad is ,but I'm thinking I would like to learn to be one so I have something to do all day if & when I retire it will be exciting 

 

I may not retire and be like some of my work colleagues who are in their 70's and millionaires in assets but keep working day after day to socialise and he just rather than sit all day in their homes alone if their partner has died etc 

 

But please can we get back to the core subjects of digital nomads !!!!

 

Quite frankly I'm scared to retire and be locked up all day and bored out of my mind in that horrid View Talay 2B in Pattaya like I was back in 2024 but that's another story 

 

But I could retire if I had something like being a digital nomad , would it be exciting?

 

I watch YouTube vids and I see them laying by a pool in Dubai or Bali with a laptop on their lap sipping a pina colada 

 

It looks exciting 

 

What is exactly a digital nomad, would they want me ?

 

 

 

 

No it was from the movie "Gone with the Wind" Clarke Gable

3 hours ago, baansgr said:

An entitled skint Gen XYZ that has an ology degree in some nonsensical subject that thinks that are the perfect form

An ology degree could be useful if only you could find out what the ology subject was.

36 minutes ago, Photoguy21 said:

An ology degree could be useful if only you could find out what the ology subject was.

Facebookology

On 4/19/2025 at 6:29 AM, FriscoKid said:

A digital nomad is basically someone who travels the world, often grifting, while pretending to hold some sort of gainful employment. They sit in cafés, always purchasing the least expensive item on the menu, with a laptop open and free WiFi at the ready, occasionally typing something just so the barista doesn’t ask them to leave. Behind the scenes, they’re usually living off some form of passive income, cryptocurrency gains, or their parents’ credit card. They post photos on social media of themselves ‘working’ on the beach, even though sand and laptops famously don’t mix, and call it a career. In short, it’s like being unemployed, but with better scenery and a slightly smug looking Instagram feed, while desperately hoping other people admire them. However, it is strongly advised that you do not even consider this as a suitable vocation for yourself. Stick to what you know best. Mop till you drop!

 

You are a complete idiot. I own 2 companies and work from home. When I seen my boss driving his new 200k Ferrari to work and I'm bringing in 20k per month to help pay for it, I quit. Haven't worked for any one again. Freedom is everything and I don't even own a backpack, 55555. Call me a digital nomad or a business man..... I'm GOOD and I don't need a retirement pension to live here. Have a good day everyone. I will.

On 4/19/2025 at 5:28 PM, georgegeorgia said:

You just stick to your WINE WOMEN & SONG Grandpa ,

and leave the excitement of being a digital nomad to"forever young" guys such as myself 

There's a bird in your soup.

4 minutes ago, fanof3d said:

 

You are a complete idiot. I own 2 companies and work from home. When I seen my boss driving his new 200k Ferrari to work and I'm bringing in 20k per month to help pay for it, I quit. Haven't worked for any one again. Freedom is everything and I don't even own a backpack, 55555. Call me a digital nomad or a business man..... I'm GOOD and I don't need a retirement pension to live here. Have a good day everyone. I will.

 

 

What is the difference between an idiot and a complete idiot?

On 4/19/2025 at 5:10 PM, georgegeorgia said:

I have put this is in the Community forum ,it may be the wrong forum and frankly my dear  I don't give a damn. ,was that Humphrey Bogart?

 

Now I'm very old and have no idea exactly what a digital nomad is ,but I'm thinking I would like to learn to be one so I have something to do all day if & when I retire it will be exciting 

 

I may not retire and be like some of my work colleagues who are in their 70's and millionaires in assets but keep working day after day to socialise and he just rather than sit all day in their homes alone if their partner has died etc 

 

But please can we get back to the core subjects of digital nomads !!!!

 

Quite frankly I'm scared to retire and be locked up all day and bored out of my mind in that horrid View Talay 2B in Pattaya like I was back in 2024 but that's another story 

 

But I could retire if I had something like being a digital nomad , would it be exciting?

 

I watch YouTube vids and I see them laying by a pool in Dubai or Bali with a laptop on their lap sipping a pina colada 

 

It looks exciting 

 

What is exactly a digital nomad, would they want me ?

 

 

 

 

A digital nomad is a poor sucker trying to conquer his life by posting nonsense (exceptions possible)

5 minutes ago, Gobbler said:

 

 

What is the difference between an idiot and a complete idiot?

0.1%?

1 hour ago, Gobbler said:

Not a lot.

 

What is the difference between an idiot and a complete idiot?

 

1 hour ago, newbee2022 said:

A digital nomad is a poor sucker trying to conquer his life by posting nonsense (exceptions possible)

Do they have a backpack. I'm not even against them. SOME times, they document things in the country. Animals, the beautiful mountains, spicy food, corporate animals.....the sucker is who comes here with $100 and thinks they can live here.....that isn't a digital nomad....just an idiot as I stated before.

2 minutes ago, fanof3d said:

Do they have a backpack. I'm not even against them. SOME times, they document things in the country. Animals, the beautiful mountains, spicy food, corporate animals.....the sucker is who comes here with $100 and thinks they can live here.....that isn't a digital nomad....just an idiot as I stated before.

Ok then. Most I met fill my category unfortunately 

10 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:

Ok then. Most I met fill my category unfortunately 

 

kup.

It comes up all the time here but what is a Netizen?

A digital nomad is basically just someone who works online and moves around instead of staying in one place. You don’t have to be young or doing TikTok nonsense by a pool. Plenty of older people do it too, they just pick quieter spots and work on whatever skills they already have. The biggest hassle is paperwork, like keeping a US address or dealing with taxes. I switched my domicile through SavvyNomad so I had a stable base on paper while traveling. After that it was way less intimidating.

On 4/19/2025 at 8:28 AM, georgegeorgia said:

You just stick to your WINE WOMEN & SONG Grandpa ,

 

Someone contemplating retirement is calling someone else grandpa.
 

Too funny.

 

I know a bunch of them. A couple of them are in my apartment while I’m floating around in Antarctica.

 

It’s usually something under the broad umbrella of what used to be called computer programming. AI is breathing down there necks like it is everybody else.

 

My favorite is a 35-year-old guy who has a thing for older women. He’s pretty good looking and willing to be the boy toy and exchange for free rent and that horrible pork soup they seem to live on.

 

He is currently enjoying a sex respite in my third bedroom

On 4/20/2025 at 12:43 AM, Lacessit said:

I seriously doubt pushing a mop is a desired skill in the digital nomad world.

Maybe in the near future there will be AI enhanced floor mopping robots.

Georgie could supervise a whole fleet remotely from his Flybird condo and still have time to creep around peering into the rooms of his neighbours.

A really smart mopping robot would probably take one look at bamboo slats and uneven surfaces and give up immediately.

1 hour ago, emptypockets said:

Georgie could supervise a whole fleet remotely from his Flybird condo 

As a longtime fan of his, uh, life, narrative, he fears not automation, but the Phillipino fellow floor wipers who simply mop the floors without complaint.

 

soon, they will be his boss. I’m not alone in waiting for that hilarious block of text.