Forum Rats and Keyboard Warriors: What’s Really Going On Here?

[SoCal1990]

If you’re spending more than half your waking hours lurking, refreshing, and posting on this site, what does that actually say about you?

 

Maybe it’s boredom. Maybe it’s just too much free time. Or maybe it’s something deeper, like a quiet addiction to the forum world where arguing with strangers and chasing validation in the form of likes, dislikes, and dopamine-drip replies becomes the daily ritual.

 

There are a few common breeds of heavy posters I've noticed. Some treat the forum like a personal diary, narrating every tedious detail of their day. Others seem to think they’ve been knighted as moral overseers of Thailand, issuing sweeping declarations on immigration, banking, language, food or how to “do it right.” Then there are the moaners, the whingers, the local experts, the self-appointed cultural interpreters, and of course the contrarians who will argue against gravity just to get a rise.

 

Different styles, same pattern: too much time on their hands and a need to feel heard. For many, the forum seems to have become a digital pub, a place to hold court, vent, swap tall tales, or just feel slightly less invisible in the long blur of retirement or midlife drift.

 

It’s easy to laugh at it, but it also points to something real. Maybe, for all the sunshine and cheap beer, quite a few guys out here are still looking for purpose, routine, or connection, even if it’s in yet another circular thread about female relationships or your latest shopping trip to Makro.

 

So is it a harmless time-waster, or does it point to something deeper? Either way, if you find yourself posting more than living, it might be time to log off and walk outside. There’s still a real Thailand out there, beyond the reply button.

[Stuck in Thailand]

Ha made me laugh, and will no doubt touch a few nerves.

 

The reality is some are far too into a rut now to get out of it, pretty much just waiting to die. So much for living the dream lol.

[Jim Blue]

My excuse.....

I can only drink so much Leo !

[SoCal1990]

2 minutes ago, Jim Blue said:

My excuse.....

I can only drink so much Leo !

Once you've had enough Leo, why not move over to Chang and keep the party going?

[grumpyoldman]

5 minutes ago, Stuck in Thailand said:

Ha made me laugh, and will no doubt touch a few nerves.

 

The reality is some are far too into a rut now to get out of it, pretty much just waiting to die. So much for living the dream lol.

Stuck in Thailand? "Pretty much waiting to die"

 

Huh? What? The old saying is we all make the beds we sleep in. If the above sentence is you, you (not you personally SIT) are only to blame.

 

I spend about 30 minutes a week on this forum as I have been traveling to Thailand since the early 90's, lived there for over a decade, so it's it's informative for me as to whats happening.

 

Keyboard warriors do abound, the MAGA crew on political soapbox sticking up for their guy seem to be spending a lot of time there.............one guy in Isaan huge keyboard warrior, but you know, he lives in Isaan, enough said there.

[SoCal1990]

10 minutes ago, grumpyoldman said:

Stuck in Thailand? "Pretty much waiting to die"

 

Huh? What? The old saying is we all make the beds we sleep in. If the above sentence is you, you (not you personally SIT) are only to blame.

 

I spend about 30 minutes a week on this forum as I have been traveling to Thailand since the early 90's, lived there for over a decade, so it's it's informative for me as to whats happening.

 

Keyboard warriors do abound, the MAGA crew on political soapbox sticking up for their guy seem to be spending a lot of time there.............one guy in Isaan huge keyboard warrior, but you know, he lives in Isaan, enough said there.

Well put. Particularly about the politically obsessed and those bored to tears in Isaan. 

[Stuck in Thailand]

I 'live' in Isaan now, also spent years 'living' in Bangkok and Pattaya, but at the end of the day it's all pretty much the same deal, and if I go on a trip to BKK or 'Patts' now I'm pleased to get out and back up here if I'm honest. But guess what, this has all been discussed thousands of times. The whole country is a bore fest and when I do eventually leave I won't be looking back for a single second at people like the OP still here with <deleted> all to do all day.

[Negita43]

Forum Rats

or Forum Star

[SMIAI]

There are definitely rats about the place. Especially one who fancies himself as a DJ  🤮

[HappyExpat57]

4 hours ago, SMIAI said:

There are definitely rats about the place. Especially one who fancies himself as a DJ  🤮

C'mon now, GG's harmless.

[ThreeCardMonte]

4 hours ago, SMIAI said:

There are definitely rats about the place. Especially one who fancies himself as a DJ  🤮

Mr Highpants 

[suspectdevice]

The poor wee democratic wokies have got to complain about something 🤪

[Yagoda]

6 hours ago, SoCal1990 said:

There are a few common breeds of heavy posters I've noticed. Some treat the forum like a personal diary, narrating every tedious detail of their day. Others seem to think they’ve been knighted as moral overseers of Thailand, issuing sweeping declarations on immigration, banking, language, food or how to “do it right.” Then there are the moaners, the whingers, the local experts, the self-appointed cultural interpreters, and of course the contrarians who will argue against gravity just to get a rise.

Where do you fit in?