3 hours ago, Tourist2 said:

Not saying I'm the toughest but, at a certain point, If I have to whack someone, I will.

Looks like we have a real comedian here. 007 quality, dude! 😂

20 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I agree,

Best to use a gun!

best thing to have. it makes you avoid trouble.

31 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

Looks like we have a real comedian here. 007 quality, dude! 😂

One for you

https://x.com/thekarizman_/status/2065108115104698440

16 minutes ago, Tourist2 said:

One for you

https://x.com/thekarizman_/status/2065108115104698440

Exactly what I'm teaching my daughter here, as she was picked on by local children, being different.

4 hours ago, Tourist2 said:

Not saying I'm the toughest but, at a certain point, If I have to whack someone, I will.
Sometimes violence is justified for the greater good.
Only creepy gammas who need a punch would argue otherwise.
https://x.com/Parodyjeffx/status/2066941884098888158

Most people are capable of violence if pushed far enough or forced into it by conflict and war. Not everyone should be.

Being capable of violence does not make you alpha. Having control and not abusing your skills does.

1 hour ago, Tourist2 said:

One for you

https://x.com/thekarizman_/status/2065108115104698440

I assume that is what you look at all days, and therefore got your weird view on life.

We simply have to get skillful at resisting nonsense these days, whether it be on TV, movies or online. People are fascinated by violence and mayhem and it's fairly easy to just say no to this garbage. It does the polar opposite of nourishing the soul.

5 hours ago, Tourist2 said:

Said every weak gamma male ever.

Boomers forget the violence their fathers and grandfathers had to do to secure their cushy futures and provide easy times.
Easy times created weak men - hippy f****** w****** in their lazy boys

Not tonight hunny I've got a headache.

Boomer. Awesome.

5 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

We simply have to get skillful at resisting nonsense these days, whether it be on TV, movies or online. People are fascinated by violence and mayhem and it's fairly easy to just say no to this garbage. It does the polar opposite of nourishing the soul.

When I grew up it was rockers and punk, then hooligans, then hard men in gyms, bikers, now online alpha males and toxic male Stoicism.

Different label. Same insecurity.

Violent movies and later video games plays a role, and then give them alcohol you have a dangerous mix. Top it with mental health you have the ultimate.

You cannot deny that Pattaya and parts of Thailand attract some frustrated and angry men from all over the world. Men who have failed, and arrive with expectations, ego, loneliness, and resentment.

Just out of curiosity, for those who prefer to avoid violence, including myself, how do you feel after you swallow your pride and walk away from potential violence. I know how I feel. Imagine someone trying to bully you into a fight, and your brain and all your peaceful talk will not calm the situation. You try to remove yourself from the situation, but the bully pushes you, calls you names, humiliates you in public or in front of your girlfriend, throws his drink on you, laughs in your face, and gives you a goodbye kick in the ass as you walk away with your tail between your legs. How do you feel when you get home and look at yourself in the mirror? How long does that feeling last? Deep inside, would you feel like you had made the right choice?

7 minutes ago, ColeBOzbourne said:

Just out of curiosity, for those who prefer to avoid violence, including myself, how do you feel after you swallow your pride and walk away from potential violence. I know how I feel. Imagine someone trying to bully you into a fight, and your brain and all your peaceful talk will not calm the situation. You try to remove yourself from the situation, but the bully pushes you, calls you names, humiliates you in public or in front of your girlfriend, throws his drink on you, laughs in your face, and gives you a goodbye kick in the ass as you walk away with your tail between your legs. How do you feel when you get home and look at yourself in the mirror? How long does that feeling last? Deep inside, would you feel like you had made the right choice?

I’m an old man who walks around with a cane and nobody wants to mess with a nimble old man who packs a heavy tamarind clobbering stick.

Is Violence Really Still Necessary?..... Well, you may ask.... it's inbred

21 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

Corporal punishment is considered a form of excessive punishment, violence and abuse.

The challenge corporal punishment has in schools is nto the punishment BUT the lack of understanding how and why to use it.

Growing up, I was subjected to standing on a crack in front of the principal's office, detention. rubber ball flying towards me, cleaning the classroom, staying in class during recess and standing outside the classroom or in the cloakroom.

However, the only times I got corporal punishment were when fighting outside or daydreaming. In the case of daydreaming, it was the ruler across the hand; 1 time, fighting was 5, with the strap in each hand. At no time did teachers wind up or put everything into it. It was more to get my attention.

As to today's violence, look at the games the kids play, the tv and movies they watch or the music they listen to. They learn at a young age that if you want something, you get a knife or gun and take it. You don't like someone, or they are picking on you, the same thing.

Want proof? Look at the P3 student going after the teacher with a knife.

1 hour ago, ColeBOzbourne said:

Just out of curiosity, for those who prefer to avoid violence, including myself, how do you feel after you swallow your pride and walk away from potential violence. I know how I feel. Imagine someone trying to bully you into a fight, and your brain and all your peaceful talk will not calm the situation. You try to remove yourself from the situation, but the bully pushes you, calls you names, humiliates you in public or in front of your girlfriend, throws his drink on you, laughs in your face, and gives you a goodbye kick in the ass as you walk away with your tail between your legs. How do you feel when you get home and look at yourself in the mirror? How long does that feeling last? Deep inside, would you feel like you had made the right choice?

I've done this once and felt awful for days but that was in my early twenties and in the end I made the right choice. I was working in a restaurant kitchen with too many sharp metal corners and knifes around. The guy was same size as me and we both had athletic builds but he fought often with his mates around town and was skilled. I can handle myself pretty good but I would have had little chance. If it was in a park, it would have ended in violence and I would probably be the one hurting after.

Life isn't always fair, especially in the short term, and grasping that is important.

7 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Ok, so you are an old mate of everyone then, right? Really?! Grow out of your diapers.

Olmate is a common term especially Qld., when refering to another "3rd. person" in a conversation with others, eg, in the workplace. And that would even apply speaking unkindly about that person, so would be ideal in your case... Olmate Godfree🤣

23 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Whatever........it taught me right from wrong

A good horse learns to obey the shadow of the whip.

6 minutes ago, bunnydrops said:

A good horse learns to obey the shadow of the whip.

Are you a horse?

24 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Are you a horse?

No, but I was never indoctrinated into believing what was right and wrong with a whip.

2 minutes ago, bunnydrops said:

minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Are you a horse?

No,

Oh, I'm glad to hear that you are not a horse 🐴

Edited June 17Jun 17 by SAFETY FIRST

6 hours ago, Hummin said:

When I grew up it was rockers and punk, then hooligans, then hard men in gyms, bikers, now online alpha males and toxic male Stoicism.

Different label. Same insecurity.

Violent movies and later video games plays a role, and then give them alcohol you have a dangerous mix. Top it with mental health you have the ultimate.

You cannot deny that Pattaya and parts of Thailand attract some frustrated and angry men from all over the world. Men who have failed, and arrive with expectations, ego, loneliness, and resentment.

Along with predators who see the women as something to control and use, thinking a lax enforcement they hear about will allow them to do whatever they want and not get but a slap on the wrist, unlike back home where you might get decades in jail for forcing yourself on women, especially the underage ones some traffickers sell. It is good to see some officials here are trying to curtail this practice and punish those involved.

Per the OP, violence many times does beget violence.

Some can come from a childhood where parents hit their children, more than a swat on the butt, and come out learning a lesson, depending on what the punishment was for.

Others are hit, hard, with weapons, and end up with a likelihood of doing this to their own children.

Some understand it was wrong, and don't hit their kids, while others can go overboard into abuse.

I was hit but a few times as a child, and out of all 6 of my children, maybe hit them in total 5 times, ending after the second one because it bothered me more then it did them. They all turned out to be decent adults, who didn't hit but disciplined their children (one's who had them so far), and the kids are all doing fine, behaving and respectful.They never disrespected me besides the usual teen talking back. No whatevers.

Edited June 17Jun 17 by fredwiggy

2 hours ago, Olmate said:

Olmate Godfree

Who is Godfree?

4 hours ago, ColeBOzbourne said:

Just out of curiosity, for those who prefer to avoid violence, including myself, how do you feel after you swallow your pride and walk away from potential violence. I know how I feel. Imagine someone trying to bully you into a fight, and your brain and all your peaceful talk will not calm the situation. You try to remove yourself from the situation, but the bully pushes you, calls you names, humiliates you in public or in front of your girlfriend, throws his drink on you, laughs in your face, and gives you a goodbye kick in the ass as you walk away with your tail between your legs. How do you feel when you get home and look at yourself in the mirror? How long does that feeling last? Deep inside, would you feel like you had made the right choice?

Any normal bloke would be unable to look at themselves in the mirror , and their girlfriend would be planning to dump them, Men are supposed to act like men

7 hours ago, Hummin said:

When I grew up it was rockers and punk, then hooligans, then hard men in gyms, bikers, now online alpha males and toxic male Stoicism.

Different label. Same insecurity.

Violent movies and later video games plays a role, and then give them alcohol you have a dangerous mix. Top it with mental health you have the ultimate.

You cannot deny that Pattaya and parts of Thailand attract some frustrated and angry men from all over the world. Men who have failed, and arrive with expectations, ego, loneliness, and resentment.

The hippy / boomer generation and all that went with it (feminism, universal divorces, love of money over everything, legalising gays / gay marriage, unlimited 3rd world immigration et al.) has fkd up western countries and the people in them REALLY BADLY.
Over 50 years reasonable standards of behaviour have been completely removed - I guess that's what attracts many people to Asia: At least some enforcement of decency.

If you have kids and they may ever go to live in the west by all means teach them to fight as standards are still dropping. Better for them to be able to defend themselves but not need to rather than vice versa.

https://x.com/RealChrisLangan/status/2066985782363988014

On 6/16/2026 at 12:39 PM, bkk6060 said:

Corporal punishment is considered a form of excessive punishment, violence and abuse.

I NEVER use this word: only to the woke! My 50-year old kids remember every spanking they got and for what. Our Thai daughter was smacked, rightly, by an primary teacher.

21 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Sounds like you don't have children yourself and are judging the next generation through a narrow lens - seeing a few kids out and about, then projecting that onto millions of them.

Most of my friends have children ranging from about 6 to 20 yrs old. Different personalities? Of course.

A few minor discipline wobbles from time to time - sometimes. But not one of them is the "jellyfish" caricature you're describing. Parents set boundaries when necessary, which is usually all that's required.

The old fantasy that previous generations were held together by canings, beatings and kicks up the backside is largely nonsense romanticised by people looking back through rose-tinted spectacles.

As for this "Jellyfish Generation"...

Watch some of them on a rugby or football pitch getting absolutely flattened and getting straight back up and you might change your mind.

Watch them break a finger catching a cricket ball, tape it up and carry on and you might change your mind.

Watch them spend an hour or two every evening on homework after a full day at school and you might change your mind.

Watch them navigate technology, information and subjects at ages when many of us were still trying to work out how to programme the video recorder and you might change your mind.

Watch them sit through a twelve-hour flight without so much as a blink and you might change your mind.

Watch them sit in a restaurant, engaging well with their parents and trying different foods they've never experienced before and you might change your mind.

Watch most kids with healthy balance and through unhinged optics and you might change your mind.

The problem with labels like "Jellyfish Generation" is that they're usually built on a tiny sample size and a lot of nostalgia.

Every generation remembers its own strengths and conveniently forgets its weaknesses.

Many of the youngsters I see today are better educated, more informed, more socially aware and, frankly, more adaptable than we were at the same age. They'll make mistakes, just as we did. The difference is that their mistakes are now recorded, shared and dissected on social media within minutes, whereas ours disappeared into the ether.

And that's the irony. Calling them the "Jellyfish Generation" says far more about the generation doing the judging than the generation being judged. It isn't that we were better. We were different. We also had less competition, less scrutiny, fewer academic pressures and far fewer permanent consequences for youthful mistakes.

Every older generation eventually convinces itself that it was tougher than the one that follows. History suggests that's usually vanity rather than fact.

Well, we certainly had better music, eh!

29 minutes ago, Tourist2 said:

The hippy / boomer generation and all that went with it (feminism, universal divorces, love of money over everything, legalising gays / gay marriage, unlimited 3rd world immigration et al.) has fkd up western countries and the people in them REALLY BADLY.
Over 50 years reasonable standards of behaviour have been completely removed - I guess that's what attracts many people to Asia: At least some enforcement of decency.

If you have kids and they may ever go to live in the west by all means teach them to fight as standards are still dropping. Better for them to be able to defend themselves but not need to rather than vice versa.

https://x.com/RealChrisLangan/status/2066985782363988014

Always taught, and still do to all my children, not to let anyone take advantage of them. My one daughter, who at 17 had a couple of jerkoff boyfriends who hit her, with her not telling me as she knew I would have wasted them, started to fight back the pricks, and she eventually found a good man to marry.

7 minutes ago, unblocktheplanet said:

I NEVER use this word: only to the woke! My 50-year old kids remember every spanking they got and for what. Our Thai daughter was smacked, rightly, by an primary teacher.

My daughter told me one of her teachers, who always had a stick in her hand, that she hit her on the back with it. I went to the supervisor and told her if she does it again she would be permanently removed from teaching anywhere. I saw her sitting, hitting children who would get a question answered wrong, with the stick. The same week is when I went to her supervisor and stopped the practice. No one abuses my children and gets away with it. It's against the law even here to hit children.

if they are losing their minds or are hitting, they need to be subdued of course, but adults have no business hitting children at schools.

7 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Always taught, and still do to all my children, not to let anyone take advantage of them. My one daughter, who at 17 had a couple of jerkoff boyfriends who hit her, with her not telling me as she knew I would have wasted them, started to fight back the pricks, and she eventually found a good man to marry.

Yeah, I rescued my little sister from such a guy in university.

No violence required. Carrying a baseball bat and asking if he preferred wood or aluminum.

8 hours ago, blaze master said:

Not tonight hunny I've got a headache.

Boomer. Awesome.

This hippie does not allow headaches, fatigue or periods into the house.

6 hours ago, ColeBOzbourne said:

Just out of curiosity, for those who prefer to avoid violence, including myself, how do you feel after you swallow your pride and walk away from potential violence. I know how I feel. Imagine someone trying to bully you into a fight, and your brain and all your peaceful talk will not calm the situation. You try to remove yourself from the situation, but the bully pushes you, calls you names, humiliates you in public or in front of your girlfriend, throws his drink on you, laughs in your face, and gives you a goodbye kick in the ass as you walk away with your tail between your legs. How do you feel when you get home and look at yourself in the mirror? How long does that feeling last? Deep inside, would you feel like you had made the right choice?

I feel like I'm at least better than he is.