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Bangkok wins title

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Just now, emptypockets said:

When will you go?

Must be a challenge thinking up new usernames susanlea/ big nok/ spark trader. Amongst others.

Do you enjoy trolling?

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  • This topic is another blatant example of your problem. You clipped a paragraph from an article and dropped the link. No commentary, no insight, nothing to spark a real conversation, just empty noise.

  • Nobody likes you for good reason. 

  • Never been to Thailand

1 minute ago, Harrisfan said:

Do you enjoy trolling?

Yes I quite enjoy fishing and angling. You?

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Just now, emptypockets said:

Yes I quite enjoy fishing and angling. You?

Where do you fish?

Why don't you comment on your own op. Tell us about Bangkok being so great that you thought you would post about it.

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1 minute ago, Harrisfan said:

Where do you fish?

In water usually.

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Just now, emptypockets said:

In water usually.

In Thailand?

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Just now, emptypockets said:

In a lot of places. Why, do you want some tips?

Lures or bait?

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3 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

Lures or bait?

Lures usually. How is this relevant to your thread about Bangkok being a great city.

If you're trying to play some weird intellectual troll chess game, you will lose. Give up now!

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Just now, emptypockets said:

Lures usually. How is this relevant to your thread about Bangkok being a great city.

If you're trying to play some weird intellectual troll chess game, you will lose. Give up now!

Sorry for being friendly

1 minute ago, Harrisfan said:

Sorry for being friendly

You don't do friendly, at least from the post I have seen. Normally nasty name calling one liners.

Anyway, you do you.

I'm off for dinner.

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Just now, emptypockets said:

You don't do friendly, at least from the post I have seen. Normally nasty name calling one liners.

You want me to be nasty? 

Just now, Harrisfan said:

You want me to be nasty? 

I really don't care. Do your best if you get off on it.

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Just now, emptypockets said:

I really don't care. Do your best if you get off on it.

This forum is weird.

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Just now, Harrisfan said:

This forum is weird.

Nothing wrong with the forum.

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2 minutes ago, emptypockets said:

Nothing wrong with the forum.

Only the posters.

1 hour ago, Alpha84 said:


Look at this topic. Going nowhere, just like nearly all your others. Just you negatively attacking.

Sorry Harris, I did not realise that in the Pub Section you can start any number of mindless posts per day/hour.

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38 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

Only the posters.

Totally correct Harris, yourself, the two GGs, and anyone who used to be Bob are making AN into a comedy with your one-line insults, the GGs starting stupid threads.

14 hours ago, blaze master said:

Beat city to probably get respiratory diseases.

 

How bad is the air quality really ?? 

 

40 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

 

How bad is the air quality really ?? 

 

 

Bad enough that for about 4 months a year you shouldnt be out in it if you care anything of your ling term health. 

4 hours ago, Alpha84 said:

You add nothing to the forum.

Well, only according to your standards and you are not the arbiter of who adds what to the forum.

4 hours ago, Alpha84 said:


Look at this topic. Going nowhere, just like nearly all your others. Just you negatively attacking.

The irony of you criticising him for negative attacks!

https://fastovski.com/why-we-couldnt-love-bangkok-inequality/

 

We realized this is far from the truth. All those luxuries are enjoyed by less than 10% of Bangkok’s population: the elite — rich Thais and foreigners. Similarly, all those nice places cover only around 10% of Bangkok’s surface area.

The reality of Bangkok is quite different. The majority of the city is dirty and polluted. This is where most working-class Thais live.

The shiny developed Bangkok is not real, it’s just a playground for the rich. I don’t see how it could be sustainable. None of these luxuries would exist if not for the underpaid workforce.

As I’m living here and enjoying these luxuries, I can’t shake the feeling of guilt.

When I pay for a nice dinner, I’m very aware it costs more than the waiter earns in their entire day of work.

https://fastovski.com/why-we-couldnt-love-bangkok-inequality/

 

After living for a month in Bangkok, I can’t shake the feeling of guilt and privilege. Foreigners can enjoy this country much more than locals can. I don’t know how people ignore this and continue calling Bangkok one of the world’s best cities.

A truly great city is one that serves all its people, not just those who can afford it. Development isn’t about skyscrapers or malls — it’s about quality of life, and opportunity.

Maybe the real question isn’t whether Bangkok is developing, but who it’s developing for.

3 hours ago, save the frogs said:

https://fastovski.com/why-we-couldnt-love-bangkok-inequality/

 

After living for a month in Bangkok, I can’t shake the feeling of guilt and privilege. Foreigners can enjoy this country much more than locals can. I don’t know how people ignore this and continue calling Bangkok one of the world’s best cities.

A truly great city is one that serves all its people, not just those who can afford it. Development isn’t about skyscrapers or malls — it’s about quality of life, and opportunity.

Maybe the real question isn’t whether Bangkok is developing, but who it’s developing for.

Heard you the first time.

But aren't all capital/ major cities the same?

10 hours ago, Alpha84 said:

What’s the point of even posting new topics?

 

To push your pathetic, whine button?

 

Well done @Harrisfan, for getting another AN malcontent to show his red arse.

4 hours ago, save the frogs said:

https://fastovski.com/why-we-couldnt-love-bangkok-inequality/

 

After living for a month in Bangkok, I can’t shake the feeling of guilt and privilege. Foreigners can enjoy this country much more than locals can. I don’t know how people ignore this and continue calling Bangkok one of the world’s best cities.

A truly great city is one that serves all its people, not just those who can afford it. Development isn’t about skyscrapers or malls — it’s about quality of life, and opportunity.

Maybe the real question isn’t whether Bangkok is developing, but who it’s developing for.

 

Not sure about saving the frogs but I wish you'd save your hand-wringing over your irrelevant feelings of "guilt and privilege". It's embarrassing to watch.

10 hours ago, emptypockets said:

Nothing wrong with the forum.

Are you here for a two-minute argument, or the full five minutes?

6 hours ago, save the frogs said:

https://fastovski.com/why-we-couldnt-love-bangkok-inequality/

 

We realized this is far from the truth. All those luxuries are enjoyed by less than 10% of Bangkok’s population: the elite — rich Thais and foreigners. Similarly, all those nice places cover only around 10% of Bangkok’s surface area.

The reality of Bangkok is quite different. The majority of the city is dirty and polluted. This is where most working-class Thais live.

The shiny developed Bangkok is not real, it’s just a playground for the rich. I don’t see how it could be sustainable. None of these luxuries would exist if not for the underpaid workforce.

As I’m living here and enjoying these luxuries, I can’t shake the feeling of guilt.

When I pay for a nice dinner, I’m very aware it costs more than the waiter earns in their entire day of work.

That’s the way that some small part of the money gets back to the provinces; through the remittances of the construction workers and serving staff.  There’s not a lot that you can do to improve the lot of the poor, bar tipping generously whenever you walk past a construction site

8 hours ago, save the frogs said:

https://fastovski.com/why-we-couldnt-love-bangkok-inequality/

 

We realized this is far from the truth. All those luxuries are enjoyed by less than 10% of Bangkok’s population: the elite — rich Thais and foreigners. Similarly, all those nice places cover only around 10% of Bangkok’s surface area.

The reality of Bangkok is quite different. The majority of the city is dirty and polluted. This is where most working-class Thais live.

The shiny developed Bangkok is not real, it’s just a playground for the rich. I don’t see how it could be sustainable. None of these luxuries would exist if not for the underpaid workforce.

As I’m living here and enjoying these luxuries, I can’t shake the feeling of guilt.

When I pay for a nice dinner, I’m very aware it costs more than the waiter earns in their entire day of work.

 

This guy should like a fun dude at party.

 

After living for a month in Bangkok, I can’t shake the feeling of guilt and privilege. Foreigners can enjoy this country much more than locals can. I don’t know how people ignore this and continue calling Bangkok one of the world’s best cities.

 

This is true for most of SE Asia. 

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