On a recent trip back from the UK I started chatting on the plane with a very pleasant English black girl about 25 years old who was on a one way journey to Bangkok to start a long term "digital life" in Thailand.I said to her , "that's the TikTok dream isn't it?" She laughed and replied , "very much so".I wouldn't be surprised if she made a go of it given that she was intelligent, young and personable.I presume she doesn't have a lot to lose if things don't work out, and can always return. I began however to ponder the various Thailand based British influencers who pop up on my social media timelines trying to persuade losers in the UK to find a new life in Thailand.They are in my view uniformly gruesome with their message that the UK is broken and that the best policy is to start a new life in Thailand.They claim that one can live on a state pension and a reasonable monthly income of Baht 65000 is often bandied around as being perfectly adequate.They never seem to talk much about the difficulties of health insurance or the need to keep money for an emergency.They often skate over the need to retain Baht 800,000 for some visa purposes.Everything is dragged down to the lowest common denominator.They profess love for Thailand but it is all deeply superficial.My particular dislike is a weaselly guy called George Newman who peppers his many but boring posts with "you know" and "mate", and sounds off tediously on the most mundane topics.Another sadder case is the younger tattooed guy who wanders aimlessly around the Hua Hin area with his wife/kids , often doing guides of the <deleted>ty estate houses these people are drawn to.Presumably they are making some money from their online activity, but I doubt whether it's that much.The horrifying aspect is that some vulnerable UK middle aged people take these characters seriously.Why do I bother and what's it got to do with me? I don't know and nothing at all are the answers to those two questions.

34 minutes ago, jayboy said:

On a recent trip back from the UK I started chatting on the plane with a very pleasant English black girl about 25 years old who was on a one way journey to Bangkok to start a long term "digital life" in Thailand.I said to her , "that's the TikTok dream isn't it?" She laughed and replied , "very much so".I wouldn't be surprised if she made a go of it given that she was intelligent, young and personable.I presume she doesn't have a lot to lose if things don't work out, and can always return. I began however to ponder the various Thailand based British influencers who pop up on my social media timelines trying to persuade losers in the UK to find a new life in Thailand.They are in my view uniformly gruesome with their message that the UK is broken and that the best policy is to start a new life in Thailand.They claim that one can live on a state pension and a reasonable monthly income of Baht 65000 is often bandied around as being perfectly adequate.They never seem to talk much about the difficulties of health insurance or the need to keep money for an emergency.They often skate over the need to retain Baht 800,000 for some visa purposes.Everything is dragged down to the lowest common denominator.They profess love for Thailand but it is all deeply superficial.My particular dislike is a weaselly guy called George Newman who peppers his many but boring posts with "you know" and "mate", and sounds off tediously on the most mundane topics.Another sadder case is the younger tattooed guy who wanders aimlessly around the Hua Hin area with his wife/kids , often doing guides of the <deleted>ty estate houses these people are drawn to.Presumably they are making some money from their online activity, but I doubt whether it's that much.The horrifying aspect is that some vulnerable UK middle aged people take these characters seriously.Why do I bother and what's it got to do with me? I don't know and nothing at all are the answers to those two questions.

Thailand based British influencers who pop up on my social media timelines trying to persuade losers in the UK to find a new life in Thailand.

 

>>>> They themselves are losers, so how could they guide other losers?

6 hours ago, ravip said:

Thailand based British influencers who pop up on my social media timelines trying to persuade losers in the UK to find a new life in Thailand.

 

>>>> They themselves are losers, so how could they guide other losers?

I'm not quite sure who the bigger losers are:  The so-called "influencers" or those who allow themselves to be influenced.

Both richly deserve to be totally ignored!

That's the trouble with some social media - it allows people without thought-out opinions to get one off the shelf!

9 hours ago, VBF said:

I'm not quite sure who the bigger losers are:  The so-called "influencers" or those who allow themselves to be influenced.

Agreed, or even those who choose to waste their time by listening to influencers at all. 

Most of these so called influencers and digital nomads are just posting unimportant videos with a lot of disinformation. There was even one guy saying that the long term expats and retirees are jealous because digital nomads like him can make money just with their phone and have a good life. A few months later he was begging for money to support his lifestyle to continue his good information videos.

 

There are however a few really good ones.