Is Thaivisa Forum Really A Bastion For Red-necked Foreigners?

Texpat · May 2, 2009

Once a redneck always a redneck. College degrees does not change anything. Actually hanging around in US military camps too much will get you infected at some point

Well said MJo, them degrees doesn't not change nothing.

Edited May 2, 2009 by Texpat

caf · May 3, 2009

The journalist Andrew Drummond had an interesting thing to say about this forum.
Do you agree?

Of course there were the usual 'Hang the (offensive n word)' type comments on Thaivisa.com, Thailand's bastion forum for red-necked foreigners , but some pretty good people stepped forward.

http://www.andrew-drummond.com/2009/04/29/...-11-the-sequel/

The results of your poll show how seriously people take you. most have probably not read the piece in full context.

jfchandler · May 3, 2009

I know I'm an American red-neck for sure....

Red-neck, and face, and legs, and arms, etc etc...

Fell asleep on the beach in Phuket last week, and came away with a nasty burn....

Guess I fit in "real good" here in Thailand!

Dave the Dude · May 3, 2009

Yeah but, no but have you seen Little Britain America

CANNED LAUGHTER. The killer of all good comedy shows

njpski · May 3, 2009

Redneckedness transcends national barriers, it is a right wing, gun loving, petrol head attitude.

It seems to attract misogynist racists who believe in pseudo-science, conspiracy theories and chauvinism.

Their clothes sense (flannel shirts), their choice of beverages and the vehicles they drive are amusing to people of taste.

They do not own dictionaries so much of what I have just said will go straight over their heads.

My take from the Drummond article is that "when in Rome, do as the Romans do" - no country is fond of smart alec "advisers"

bino · May 3, 2009

For those of you who don't know what a redneck is, let Mr. Jeff Foxworthy help you.

You mught be a redneck if:

You think "loading the dishwasher" means getting your wife drunk.
You ever cut your grass and found a car.
You own a home that is mobile and 5 cars that aren't.
You think the stock market has a fence around it.
Your stereo speakers used to belong to the Drive-in Theater.
Your boat has not left the drive-way in 15 years.
You own a homemade fur coat.
Chiggers are included on your list of top 5 hygiene concerns.
You burn your yard rather than mow it.
Your wife has ever said, "Come move this transmission so I can take a bath."
You read the Auto Trader with a highlight pen.
The Salvation Army declines your mattress.
You've ever raked leaves in your kitchen.
Birds are attracted to your beard.
Your wife's job requires her to wear an orange vest.
You were shooting pool when any of your kids were born.
You have the local taxidermist's number on speed dial.
You've ever hit a deer with your car...deliberately.
Your school fight song was "Dueling Banjos".
You think a chain saw is a musical instrument.
You've ever given rat traps as gifts.
You clean your fingernails with a stick.
Your coffee table used to be a cable spool.
You keep a can of RAID on the kitchen table.
Your wife can climb a tree faster than your cat.
Your mother has "ammo" on her Christmas list.
Every socket in your house breaks a fire code.
You've totaled every car you've ever owned.
There are more than five McDonald's bags in your car.
The Home Shopping operator recognizes your voice.
There has ever been crime-scene tape on your bathroom door.
You've ever been kicked out of the zoo for heckling the monkeys.
The taillight covers of your car are made of red tape.
You think a subdivision is part of a math problem.
You've ever bathed with flea and tick soap.
You think "taking out the trash" means taking your in-laws to a movie.
You have every episode of Hee-Haw on tape.
You've ever been involved in a custody fight over a hunting dog.
Your considered an expert on wormbeds.
Your kids take a siphon hose to "Show and Tell."
The dog catcher calls for a backup unit when visiting your house.
You've ever bought a used cap.
Your CB antenna is a danger to low-flying planes.
You pick your teeth from a catalog.
You've ever financed a tattoo.
You've ever stolen toilet paper.
You think a hot tub is a stolen bathroom fixture.
People hear your car a long time before they see it.
The gas pedal on your car is shaped like a bare foot.
You prefer car keys to Q-tips.
You take a fishing pole into Sea World.
You think a turtleneck is key ingredient for soup.
You've ever stood in line to have your picture taken with a freak of nature.
You think the French Riviera is foreign car.
You go to a stock car race and don't need a program.
You've ever filled your deer tag on the golf course.
you have ever used lard in bed.
you own more than 3 shirts with cut off sleeves.
you have ever spray-painted your girlfriends name on an overpass.
your lifetime goal is to own a fireworks stand.
someone asks to see your ID and you show them your belt buckle.
The primary color of your car is bondo.
directions to your house include "Turn off the paved road."
your dog and your wallet are both on a chain.
you owe the taxidermist more than your annual income.
you ever lost a tooth opening a beer bottle.
Jack Daniels makes you list of most admired people.
your wife's hairdo has ever been ruined by a ceiling fan.
you see no need to stop at a rest stop 'cause you have an empty milk jug.
you consider the fifth grade you senior year.
you have a rag for a gas cap.
the dog can't watch you eat without gagging.
you have a hefty bag where the window of your car should be.
you have ever bar-b-qued Spam on the grill.
your brother-in-law is also your uncle.
Redman Chewing Tobacco sends you a Christmas card.
you bought a VCR because wrestling comes on while you're at work.
your dad walks you to school because you're in the same grade.
you view the next family reunion as a chance to meet girls.
your wife has a beer belly and you find it attractive.
your front porch collapses and kills more than five dogs.
the main course at potluck dinners is roadkill.
you mow the front yard and find a car.
your other truck is made by John Deere.
you think suspenders are a type of shirt.
going to the bathroom at night involves shoes and a flashlight.
you keep a spit cup on the ironing board.
you ever got too drunk to fish.
More than one living relative is named after a southern civil war general.
Your front porch collapses and more than six dogs are killed.
You've ever used lard in bed.
Your home has more miles on it than your car.
You think that potted meat on a saltine is an hors d'ouerve.
There is a stuffed posum anywhere in your house.
You consider a six-pack and a bug-zapper high-quality entertainment.
Fewer than half of your cars run.
Your mother doesn't remove the Marlboro from her lips before telling the State Trooper to kiss her ass.
You honestly think that women are turned on by animal noises and seductive tongue gestures.
You stand under the misteletoe at christmas and wait for Granny and cousin Bobby-Sue Ellen to walk by.
Your family tree doesn't have any branches.
Your hairdo has ever been ruined by a ceiling fan.
Your mother has been involved in a fistfight at a high school sports event.
The best way to keep things cold is to leave'em in the shade.
The neighbors started a petition over your Christmas lights.
Your brother-in-law is your uncle.
You have refused to watch the Academy Awards since "Smokey and the Bandit" was snubbed for best picture.
Your only condiment on the dining room table is the economy size bottle of ketchup.
The rear tires on your car are at least twice as wide as the front ones.
You consider "Outdoor Life" deep reading.
You prominently display a gift you bought at Graceland.
You use the term `over yonder' more than once a month.
The diploma hanging in your den contains the words "Trucking Institute".
Your mother keeps a spit cup on the ironing board.
You've ever worn a tube top to a wedding.
Your favorite christmas present, was a painting on black velvet.
You think that Dom Perignon is a mafia leader.
The most commonly heard phrase at your family reunion is "What the hel_l are you looking at, <deleted>?"
You think that beef jerky and Moon Pies are two of the major food groups.
You think that Campho-Phenique is a miracle drug.
The first words out of your mouth every time you see friends are "Howdy!" "HEY!" or "How Y'all Doin?"
You have more than two brothers named Bubba or Junior.
Your father encourages you to quit school because Larry has an opening on the lube rack.
You think a Volvo is part of a woman's anatomy.
You think that the styrofoam cooler is the greatest invention of all time.
You had to remove a toothpick for wedding pictures.
You've ever used a weedeater indoors.
You consider a family reunion a good place to pick up girls.
You have to go outside to get something out of the 'fridge.
Your richest relative invites you over to his new home to help him remove the wheels and skirt.
Your idea of a 7 course meal is a bucket of KFC and a sixpack.
You go to a tupperware party for a haircut.
You have spray painted your girlfriend's name on an overpass.
Your Junior/Senior Prom had a Daycare.
Your kids are going hungry tonight because you just had to have those Yosemite Sam mudflaps.
You owe the taxidermist more than your annual income.
You have lost at least one tooth opening a beer bottle.
Jack Daniels makes your list of "most admired people".
You won't stop at a rest area if you have an empty beer can in the car.
You have a Hefty bag on the passenger side window of your car.
You have a very special baseball cap, just for formal occassions.
You have to scratch your sisters name out of the message: "for a good time call . .", because you feel guilty about putting it there...
You are still holding on to Confederate money because you think the South will rise again.
You consider pork and beans to be a gourmet food. You have to go down to the creek to take a bath.
You participate in the "who can spit tobacco the farthest contest".
You roll you hair with soup cans and wash it once a year.
You consider a three piece suit to be: a pair of overalls, a plaid flannel shirt and thermal underwear.
There is a sheet hanging in your closet and a gun rack hanging in your truck.
You think the Mountain Men in deliverance were just "Misunderstood".
You've ever made change in the offering plate.
If the fifth grade is referred to as "your senior year,"
You consider a good tan to be the back of of your neck and the left arm below the shirt sleeve...
You own at least 20 baseball hats.
You know of at least six different ways to bend the bill of a baseball hat.
You can change the oil in your truck without ducking your head.
When you run out of gas, you put gin in the gas tank!
Your biggest ambition in live is to "git thet big'ole coon. The one what hangs 'round over yonder, back'ah bubba's barn..."
Three quarters of the clothes you own have LOGOS on them.
When you leave your house, you are followed by federal agents of the Beurau of Alcohol Tobbaco and Firearms, and the only thing you worry about is if you can loose them or not.
You bought a VCR so you could tape wrestling while you are at work.
Your dad walks you to school because you are both in the same grade.
Your wife has a beer belly and you find it attractive.
Your house doesn't have curtains, but your truck does.
You have started a petition to change the National Anthem to "Georgia on My Mind".
You call your boss "Buddy", on a regular basis.You consider your license plate personalized because your dad made it in prison.
You have been fired from a construction job because of your appearance.
You need one more hole punched in your card to get a freebie at the House of Tattoos.
You need an estimate from your barber before you get a haircut.
After making love you ask your date to roll down the window.
The biggest fashion risk you take is which plaid you'll wear to the 4-H Fair.
You have flowers planted in a bathromm appliance in your front yard.
Someone in your family says "Cum'n heer an' lookit this afore I flush it."
Your wife weighs more then your refrigerator
If going to the bathroom in the middle of the night involves putting on shoes (if you have them) a jacket and grabbing a flashlight.
When you see a sign that says "Say No To Crack," it reminds you to pull your jeans up.
You go christmas shopping for your mom, sister, and girlfriend, and you only need to buy one gift
You are still holding on to Confederate money because you think the South will rise again.
There is a sheet hanging in your closet and a gun rack hanging in your truck.
You have 5 cars that are immobile and house that is!
You gene pool doesn't have a "deep end"
"Honey? Are the lights out? Is the door locked? Is the parking
brake set?" is what you hear right before you and your wife/girl
make love.
Your `huntin dawg' cost more than the truck you drive him around in.
You'd rather catch bass than get some (if you can't guess...)
You have a Hefty bag for a Car/Truck convertable top.
Your belt buckle weighs more than three pounds.
You think that safe sex is a padded headboard on the waterbed.
You have an Elvis Jell-o mold.
You own more cowboy boots than sneakers.
You've been to a funeral and there were more pick-ups than cars.
You have a picture of Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, or Elvis over your fireplace.
You just bought an 8-track player to put in your car.
There are four or more cars up on blocks in the front yard.
The theme song at your high school prom was `Friends in Low Places'
It's Easier to spray weed killer on your lawn than mow it.
You think that John Deere Green, Ford Blue, and Primer Gray are the three of the primary colors.
You've ever climbed a water tower with a bucket of paint to defend your sister's honor.
You idea of talking during sex is "Ain't no cars coming, baby!"
Your vehicle has a two-tone paint job--primer red and primer gray.
The tobacco chewers in your family aren't just men.
Yer mom calls ya over t'help, cause she has a flat tire...on her house
The ASPCA raids yer kitchen
Ya have to check in the bottom yer shoe for change so ya can get grandma a new plug of tobacco
Foreplay consists of slipping off her saddle
Ya can't get married to yer sweetheart cause there is a law against it.
Ya celebrate groundhog day (cause ya believe in it!!)
You've been on TV more than 5 times describing the sound of a tornado.
You fish in your above-ground pool, especially if you catch something!
Helping your cousin, Billy-Bob, move into his new place consists of the wheels off his doublewide
Your beer can collection is considered a tourist attraction in your home town.
You know you're a redneck if you wake up with both a black eye and a hickey.
Getting a package from your post office requires a full tank of gas in the truck.
"Buck Naked Line Dancing" isn't a videotape, it's "Ladies Night" at the local bar.
Your wife wants to stop at the gas station to see if they've got the new Darrell Waltrip Budweiser wall clock.
You dated your daddy's current wife in high school.
You're moved to tears everytime you hear Dolly Parton singing "I Will Always Love You".
You've ever parked a Camero in a tree.
Exxon and Conoco have offered you royalties for your hair.
Your dad is also your favorite uncle.
The most serious loss from the earthquake was your Conway Twitty record collection (you insurance man is one too if he pays you for it).
You actually made a pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight with Alan Jackson.
You have spent more on your pickup truck than on your education.
You can tell your age by the number of rings in the bathtub.
Your mom gives you tips on how to sneak booze into sporting events.
The blue book value of your truck goes up and down depending on how much gas it has in it.
Your classes at school were cancelled because the path to the restroom was flooded.
On your job application under "SEX" you put "As often as possible".
During your senior year you and your mother had homeroom together.
You're a lite beer drinker, because you start drinking when it gets light.
On your first date you had to ask your Dad to borrow the keys to the tractor.
Your parakeet knows the phrase "Open up, Police!".
You saved lots of money on your honeymoon by going deerhunting.
In tough situations you ask yourself, "What would Curly do?".
Taking your wife on a cruise means circling the Dairy Queen.
You think the last words to the Star Spangled Banner are "Gentlemen, start your engines." or "Play Ball..."
Your child's first words are "Attention K-Mart shoppers!".
Your wife's best pair of shoes are steel-toed Red Wings.
You have a color coordinating rope that ties down your car hood.
You bring your dog to work with you.
You replace a flat tire on your truck with a tire from your house.
You've ever put a six-pack in a casket right before they closed it
Your family's No. 1 enemy is revenuers.
Your belt buckle doubles as a serving platter.
You use lava soap more than three times a day.
You wear cowboy boots with Bermuda shorts.
You have a hook in your shower to hang your hat on.
You buy your wife tube socks at the flea market.
You consider orange peels left on the coffee table as potpourri.
You grow flowers in an old commode in your front yard.
You can't take a bath because beer is iced down in your tub.
Your kitchen doubles as a bait store.
You've ever picked up a woman in a convenience store.
You throw a beer can out the truck window and your wife shoots it.
You've ever fed your date french fries in a Denny's.
Going to the laundromat means cleaning out the back of the truck.
Your family reunion features a chewing tobacco spit-off.
Your front porch collapses and more than six dogs are killed.
You think that potted meat on a saltine is an hors d'ouerve.
You stand under the mistletoe at christmas and wait for Granny and cousin Sue-Ellen to walk by.
The diploma hanging in your den contains the words "Trucking Institute".
Your favorite Christmas present, was a painting on black velvet.
You had to remove a toothpick for wedding pictures.
You've ever used a weedeater indoors.
You look upon a family reunion as a chance to meet `Ms. Right'
You have to go outside to get something out of the 'fridge.
You have a very special baseball cap, just for formal occassions.
You come home from the garbage dump with more than you went with.

khaowong1 · May 3, 2009

There may or may not be rednecks here, but either way Andrew Drummond is a w#$@*r.

I agree, who is Andrew Drummond to call us rednecks... the w#$@*r...

khaowong1 · May 3, 2009

There are very few rednecks here. A redneck by definition would not live in a country with brown skinned inhabitants.

you would have a valid point here, if it wasn't for the brown skinned, slim, sexy inhabitants... if the rednecks I know back in the U.S. could see them, whew, this country would be filled with rednecks... gun laws be damned...

samran · May 5, 2009

There are very few rednecks here. A redneck by definition would not live in a country with brown skinned inhabitants.

depends if they come here with a superiority complex or not. Many do. Plenty of spouting off at the locals on TV.

gbt71fa · May 5, 2009

For those of you who don't know what a redneck is, let Mr. Jeff Foxworthy help you.

You mught be a redneck if:

How many do you have to qaulify for in order to be a redneck......I might be in trouble.

gbt71fa · May 5, 2009

Redneckedness transcends national barriers, it is a right wing, gun loving, petrol head attitude.
It seems to attract misogynist racists who believe in pseudo-science, conspiracy theories and chauvinism.

Their clothes sense (flannel shirts), their choice of beverages and the vehicles they drive are amusing to people of taste.

They do not own dictionaries so much of what I have just said will go straight over their heads.

My take from the Drummond article is that "when in Rome, do as the Romans do" - no country is fond of smart alec "advisers"

Right-wing? Uhm, have you checked out the Unionists, bub? Advisors.

caf · May 5, 2009

Jingthing seems to have disappeared. I hope he's not dreamimg up another badly-thought out poll. Amusing thread but not of poll quality.

Burrows could not have been easy to deal with. I understand the frustration at the airport, but to then hire a motorbike without checking the petrol and potentially getting into more hot water with overstay. He's a danger to himself.

All credit to Drummond though 500 baht is small beer to what his lawyer would have got him into.

Ulysses G. · May 6, 2009

Question, is redneck a common term in the UK and Australasia? I always thought of it as an Americanism (as in Okie from Muskogee). Do you have special words that also mean redneck?

"Rednecks" are specific to USA.

Canada has them, but they might have become a State by now.

Ulysses G. · May 6, 2009

I find many of the so-called "liberals" here to have a bit of redneck in them or, at least they have the same, "I'm right and everyone else is wrong quality".

Edited May 6, 2009 by Ulysses G.

fiddlehead · May 6, 2009

Collecting guns, driving a beat up pickup, living in a trailer, displaying a Rebel civil war flag, knocking up a girl at 15, etc. would be an advanced case of American style redneckhood. Of course, rednecks are also associated with right wing politics, intolerance, beer drinking abuse, racism, low intelligence, and knee jerk hypernationalism.

I would also add to this list: Closed minded, Their way is the only way.

And there are a few like that on TV

njpski · May 7, 2009

Redneckedness transcends national barriers, it is a right wing, gun loving, petrol head attitude.
It seems to attract misogynist racists who believe in pseudo-science, conspiracy theories and chauvinism.

Their clothes sense (flannel shirts), their choice of beverages and the vehicles they drive are amusing to people of taste.

They do not own dictionaries so much of what I have just said will go straight over their heads.

My take from the Drummond article is that "when in Rome, do as the Romans do" - no country is fond of smart alec "advisers"

Right-wing? Uhm, have you checked out the Unionists, bub? Advisors.

The "Unionists" , "Advisors" - can you be more specific?

Unionists can be a trade unionist - typically left-wing but on reflection I think I see what you mean

thaihome · May 7, 2009

The actual quote from AD’s blog is :

Of course there were the usual ‘Hang the nigger’ type comments on Thaivisa.com, Thailand’s bastion forum for red-necked foreigners

A bit out of line as I don’t recall any comments based on his race, though there were lots of comments on his intelligence and lack of self control (particularly disturbing in a Martial Arts expert). So I voted “Andrew Drummond is a w#$@*r”

TH

Jingthing · May 7, 2009

A bit out of line as I don’t recall any comments based on his race

Yes, there were. There were MANY.

caf · May 11, 2009

Like him or loathe him. Agree or disagree. Drummond has achieved some notable successes too.

And to put it in perspective he has praised many of the Thaivisa membership ( see his blog) while also criticising the one-sided opinionated stances of the main "journalist" and others on Thailandqa, a site aimed more at the tourist than the expat and which is spoilt by being a little out of touch with the reality of thailand " out to lunch" I think he called it on his blog.

I dislike the flaming on this site but its strengths are its large membership from which you can get a variety of views. If one disagrees, fine no problem - either reply adding to the debate or just ignore.

I'd rather a site whose members hold strong views than one where your view must accord with the "clique" ; and a site where members post their views and not cut and paste jobs from the local press.

LadyHeather · May 11, 2009

I find many of the so-called "liberals" here to have a bit of redneck in them or, at least they have the same, "I'm right and everyone else is wrong quality".

Actually, this attitude is quite common regardless of political leanings, race, gender, sexual orientation or even location. I don't think expats living in Thailand are any worse for this attitude than anyone living at home. Most people already have their mind made up so that debating is really quite pointless. They don't listen to any opposing viewpoints, so its not really a debate. Its just an argument.

As for the redneck comment, well, yes there is a redneck factor here, astonishing given the number of men married to Thai women, but I wouldn't say its a majority of the posters. Rather a loud minority and the silent majority are generally quite normal people holding moderate views.

mahtin · May 12, 2009

Interesting concept for a forum: silent majority.

WeeGB · May 15, 2009

Yeah but, no but have you seen Little Britain America no so shut up because you didn't even never know how much alike we actually are so don't ask me cuz Shelly was sleeping with Somkid and I never even was at the 7-11

haha

now there is an idea

little thailand lol

They'd have to drop the "Sebastian" sketch though, wouldn't work with a different Prime Minister every week.

teatree · May 20, 2009

So where are all the PC thought police on this one?

On other topics people get called racist for criticising a person who happens to be black.

But here a racially specific, pejorative term seems totally acceptable.

I'm white, and not offended by the term 'redneck' at all, but I am offended by some people's mindless hypocrisy.

Texpat · May 20, 2009

If you're white, I'm sorry, but you're not allowed to be insulted.

Please retract your highly insulting statement.

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