RaysFan Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 This has happened to me many times, but today is just the latest case... I was at Chiang Mai city hall with my girlfriend today and there is literally like 100 dogs just walking around so I say "this is how you know Thailand is a third world country"... and she got super pissed... Told me to go back to America, completely overreacted.... Does this happen to you guys too? I mean, I said it in a jokingly manner, but I kind of wasnt. Thai people like to think they are super first world... They spend 6 months of income on an Iphone.... 6 months of income on a purse.... This makes them first world in their minds I think.... But Thailand is far far far FAR from first world, and I'm not sure they ever will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TheSpade Posted August 30, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2013 I have Thai friends who I wind up by saying things like this but they know I'm joking and don't take any serious offense to it. They will make fun of me and my country right back. If you really want to piss them off say something like Cambodia is better than Thailand or that they look Burmese. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ukrules Posted August 30, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2013 Thailand's not a third world country. These are third world countries, check it : http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/third_world.htm 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsxrnz Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Mine lambasts Thailand and it's many foibles far more than I ever do. She knows it's not 1st world and on many occasion she is more annoyed than me about some of the <deleted> that happens and things she sees. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaicbr Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Sure she would get mad. Thailand is a developing country NOT 3rd world. My GF appreciates that everything is not perfect here, but then she has visited other countries to see a comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsxrnz Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Thailand's not a third world country. These are third world countries, check it : http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/third_world.htm Pedantic - assume it's not 1st world and stick to the theme of the OP's question. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaysFan Posted August 30, 2013 Author Share Posted August 30, 2013 Other notes I was thinking about when I was making my post, but didnt mention to my GF, to back up my argument to her.... More than half the staff isnt trained. You have to bribe someone to make them do their jobs. The place is filthy. I mentioned filthy dogs walking around. The restrooms are infested with insects, and is filthy, and doesnt have paper towels, half the toilets are out of order. Ask 5 staff the same question, get 5 different answers. If they dont know the answer they default to "you have to fill this out in Bangkok" They are selling things like candles, candies inside the offices. They use fans. They use dot matrix printers. They use fax machines. You have to fill out the same paperwork for different offices. The grass in the middle is 18 inches high and filled with weeds. There isnt enough parking. The list literally keeps going. And this is CITY HALL. I mean, if your going to maintain 1 public place.... Shouldnt it be city hall? The place where all business takes place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevvy Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 i have no trouble , when i read this post i asked my wife and she replied ... i know it is .... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaysFan Posted August 30, 2013 Author Share Posted August 30, 2013 The only reason Thailand isnt on that list of third world countries is because of Tourism. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomjerry Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 This has happened to me many times, but today is just the latest case... I was at Chiang Mai city hall with my girlfriend today and there is literally like 100 dogs just walking around so I say "this is how you know Thailand is a third world country"... and she got super pissed... Told me to go back to America, completely overreacted.... Does this happen to you guys too? I mean, I said it in a jokingly manner, but I kind of wasnt. Thai people like to think they are super first world... They spend 6 months of income on an Iphone.... 6 months of income on a purse.... This makes them first world in their minds I think.... But Thailand is far far far FAR from first world, and I'm not sure they ever will be. I took my Thai wife to Oregon to see my rental houses.(I live in Canada) after seeing what these people lived like and the filth they lived in she said to me.. "I thought America was a number one country" I had no answerSent from my GT-I9100T using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaysFan Posted August 30, 2013 Author Share Posted August 30, 2013 I'm not knocking Thailand at all... I love Thailand, and I love MOST of its third worldness outside of paperwork and stupid processes to get anything legal taken care of. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songhua Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Mine lambasts Thailand and it's many foibles far more than I ever do. She knows it's not 1st world and on many occasion she is more annoyed than me about some of the <deleted> that happens and things she sees.Ditto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith101 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Mine lambasts Thailand and it's many foibles far more than I ever do. She knows it's not 1st world and on many occasion she is more annoyed than me about some of the <deleted> that happens and things she sees. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosha Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 The only reason Thailand isnt on that list of third world countries is because of Tourism. Or it's below 3rd world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post snake24 Posted August 30, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2013 thailand as a country in the region of south east asia isn't too bad. The best country would be singapore in terms of GDP and development. Thailand might be second or maybe malaysia i don't know. Thailand is better than cambodia, laos, vietnam and of course burma. Indonesia and the philippines are much worse than thailand. Go live in manila and you would wish you were in bangkok. Although papua new guinea isn't a part of south east asia proper they are very near since half the island is under indonesian rule and man that place if like hell on earth. You get murdered for wandering into the wrong areas. Therefore if you want to compare thailand in context with the region of south east asia it is actually considered right up there and malaysia and singapore used to be british colonies. Another thing i need to add is that thailand has a larger percentage of east asian/oriental type of ppl although smaller than singapore and malaysia and no those oriental thais aren't thai chinese but rather their ancestors were minorties that originated from china and one interesting observation that you can make from this is that countries with more of these oriental type of ppl are more successful than countries with the brown skinned austroloids in indonesia, philippines, malaysia who are in turn better than the negroid types from papua new guinea. Doesn't sound PC at all but it's true just observe vietnam and the philippines that used to be a spanish and american colony and they can speak english and all that but still fares much worse than a country that fought a superpower. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snake24 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Another more curious thing some of you guys should ask yourselves is why did you leave your nice 1st world country and then settle in a 3rd world country. Having the means to stretch your dollar seems rather ridiculous, tolerating filthy dogs, streets, non working facilities and pc technology and overall technology a few generations behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btwretail Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Of course, she gets mad if I talk bad about her country, which she loves. Next time you take your girlfriend to America, then show her a trailer-park - just to hear her comments... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GuestHouse Posted August 30, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2013 (edited) I can't say I have ever come across Thai people being over sensitive about any criticism of Thaland. Most times I've had any discussions with Thais about such things I have found they themselves have a whole bunch of their own moans and groans, they are often pleased to discus Thailand's problems and keen to hear how things are done differently elsewhere. For real sensitivity to any negative views of Thailand look no further than Farangs here on TV, many of whom seem to think it their duty to trawl through threads seeking out the slightest negative comment about Thailand and (regardless of how true an observation the view is) set about the person expressing the view with the dull response of 'if you don't like it go home'. Edited August 30, 2013 by GuestHouse 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 To me its more the "mentality" of the third world 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benalibina Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 3rd world ??? There is only 1 world. Thailand ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post David48 Posted August 30, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2013 Maybe the OP is experiencing his Cultural Readjustment phase of living in Thailand. At the age of 28 and ex-military with strong computer skills, it must be difficult to find people with a similar skill level to communicate with. theblether ... he's up your way in Chiang Mai ... what about, when the Family disappears home ... take him under your wing and give him a good old fashioned blethering. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 You didn't go far enough, you should have pointed out that they eat dogs too. Anyway, most nationals I meet are sparky about defending their nation, if I had to point out to you that the US of A perpetrated a genocide in the Phillipines, murdering and raping their way across the nation resulting in 1.4 million deaths you would likely go mad wouldn't you? That's because the truth had better suit you or it hurts like hell. Just saying. The Philippines? Really? That was more than 100 years ago if my history channel memory is correct, and the Spanish killed and raped them for 500 years before us. America was there like 1 or 2 years only, and set them free. I would say America did FAR more good than bad there. By defending the USA you just proved his point, most people will stand up for their country even though there is evidence of wrongdoings. No need for us Scots. Our country's perfect, as any man can see. I try not to criticise other countries to the nationals concerned, for fear that their education is as limited as their homeland, and they cannot understand it's limitations. Some people take affront at criticism of themselves or their country, and it's probably better to maintain a smug silence rather than rubbing their noses in their shortcomings. SC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Another more curious thing some of you guys should ask yourselves is why did you leave your nice 1st world country and then settle in a 3rd world country. Having the means to stretch your dollar seems rather ridiculous, tolerating filthy dogs, streets, non working facilities and pc technology and overall technology a few generations behind. Maybe he fits in well here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaysFan Posted August 30, 2013 Author Share Posted August 30, 2013 Maybe the OP is experiencing his Cultural Readjustment phase of living in Thailand. At the age of 28 and ex-military with strong computer skills, it must be difficult to find people with a similar skill level to communicate with. theblether ... he's up your way in Chiang Mai ... what about, when the Family disappears home ... take him under your wing and give him a good old fashioned blethering. Its funny you mention this, the main reason I came here is to stop communicating with people! hahaha. Most of the time I love the fact that Thailand is one of the worst English speaking countries in the world.... Its funny they have the most tourists in the world but the worst English... How does this make sense!!!!! Its just 1 more way this is a third world country I guess. Just by learning English would give your average Thai a HUGE boost over another average Thai trying to make a living off of farangs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryfrompattaya Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 You didn't go far enough, you should have pointed out that they eat dogs too. Anyway, most nationals I meet are sparky about defending their nation, if I had to point out to you that the US of A perpetrated a genocide in the Phillipines, murdering and raping their way across the nation resulting in 1.4 million deaths you would likely go mad wouldn't you? That's because the truth had better suit you or it hurts like hell. Just saying. Why worry about the past when America is currently planning on killing loads of Syrians, etc. Anyway third world isn't about development, It's about not being part of NATO or the communist block. PS Please accept my personal apologies for voting for Obama, I thought he was different, but of course he wasn't. I am sorry I can not I as a Black America can say I voted for George not Obama 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i claudius Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 No she doesnt ,she has lived in the west for a long time and knows it for herself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainman34014 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 My Mrs listens to my moans and nods in agreement with most things i say......but then says 'I've lived in your country too and there are many things that i could have moaned about there but i didn't because it's disrespectful to complain all the time when you are a guest in someone else's country ' Shuts me up for a bit anyhow ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Maybe the OP is experiencing his Cultural Readjustment phase of living in Thailand. At the age of 28 and ex-military with strong computer skills, it must be difficult to find people with a similar skill level to communicate with. theblether ... he's up your way in Chiang Mai ... what about, when the Family disappears home ... take him under your wing and give him a good old fashioned blethering. Its funny you mention this, the main reason I came here is to stop communicating with people! hahaha. Most of the time I love the fact that Thailand is one of the worst English speaking countries in the world.... Its funny they have the most tourists in the world but the worst English... How does this make sense!!!!! Its just 1 more way this is a third world country I guess. Just by learning English would give your average Thai a HUGE boost over another average Thai trying to make a living off of farangs. It's a great place for those of us who are not fit for social company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaevid Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Everyone should know by now the thai,s just don't get out sense of humour . I just agree with my gf for a quiet life and I let her think she's getting her own way .. When in actually getting it all my way because I just do the double bluff on her . it's all about the money whatever anyone else tells u ?? It's who u know not what u know too .. The place has changed so much over the last ten years .. For the worse. I must be a glutton for punishment lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post theblether Posted August 30, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2013 Maybe the OP is experiencing his Cultural Readjustment phase of living in Thailand. At the age of 28 and ex-military with strong computer skills, it must be difficult to find people with a similar skill level to communicate with. theblether ... he's up your way in Chiang Mai ... what about, when the Family disappears home ... take him under your wing and give him a good old fashioned blethering. It will be my pleasure to meet Kenny whenever he is free. That goes for anyone else too. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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