Chittychangchang Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Most wear a ring or odd necklace on a special occasion. What's do you think about people draped in the stuff? My Thai wife thinks it's all about showing off in a bling/gypsy way. I do see proportionately more Thai's covered in gold than any other population in the world, Is it a fashion statement? Over to you. CCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rgs2001uk Posted October 14, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted October 14, 2013 Thai chavs, the poorer they are the more gold they wear. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 I do see proportionately more Thai's covered in gold than any other population in the world, Is it a fashion statement? Over to you. What's your opinion?......back to you. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chittychangchang Posted October 14, 2013 Author Share Posted October 14, 2013 I do see proportionately more Thai's covered in gold than any other population in the world, Is it a fashion statement? Over to you. What's your opinion?......back to you. I think it's a fashion statement as in a lot of Asia. CCC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ukrules Posted October 14, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted October 14, 2013 Anyone walking around with lots of metal draped around them looks like a complete idiot. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 I do see proportionately more Thai's covered in gold than any other population in the world, ... West Indian cricketers ... ? uptheos ... New Avatar ... cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post uptheos Posted October 14, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted October 14, 2013 Anyone walking around with lots of metal draped around them looks like a complete idiot. I agree, but if looking stupid is their want, so be it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post soi41 Posted October 14, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted October 14, 2013 Anyone walking around with lots of metal draped around them looks like a complete idiot. Not all!! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Anyone walking around with lots of metal draped around them looks like a complete idiot. Not all!!1315625852_photo_gallery.jpg She's not Thai. Indians carry gold a lot better than Thai's. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthepink Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Thai chavs, the poorer they are the more gold they wear. What he said. Go to the UK, take a look at the market stall holders with their industrial-sized gold curb chains - same thing. I haven't noticed more refined Thai people wearing tacky gold jewellery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkan Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 what about falangs wearing them? i think it looks good.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tingtongteesood Posted October 14, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted October 14, 2013 It's all about 'face'. 'Look at me, look how much gold I have, look how rich I am !' When you see someone covered in gold you are supposed to instantly respect them because they have more money than you do. Stupid I know but that's the way it is here... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthepink Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 It's all about 'face'. 'Look at me, look how much gold I have, look how rich I am !' When you see someone covered in gold you are supposed to instantly respect them because they have more money than you do. Stupid I know but that's the way it is here... It's the way it is if you mix with chavs or the mob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DiamondKing Posted October 14, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted October 14, 2013 (edited) Thai chavs, the poorer they are the more gold they wear. Haha at 20,000 for 1 baht of Gold at the moment your post kinda makes you look a little silly LOL so if they are wearing 100 baht of Gold just like the Chav farang in this thread they are poor LOL. I think there might be a little jelously there chappie The guy in the picture has 4 kilos of Gold in his collection and is a multi millionaire (you do the math, and anyone who can wear that kind of money aint broke neither are the thais that wear it, its a sign of wealth and face just like those driving Mercs etc even hi so thais wear lots of jewelry, only thing is they wear farang jewelry which is worth less than the 96% stuff that the low so's wear. the only people saying what you are saying is those that cant afford to wear it LOL In reality its a form of security for some of the villagers and that is where they keep the majority of their wealth (they wear it) it can instantly be cashed in and many in the provinces prefer it to banks. To think that everyone that wears gold is a chav is a bit ignorant I know many thais that are minted and wear lots of gold and i know some that only have what they are wearing. ITS THAI and most thais DONT LOOK DOWN on someone wearing lots of gold they look up to them Edited October 14, 2013 by DiamondKing 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skint Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Thai chavs, the poorer they are the more gold they wear. Haha at 20,000 for 1 baht of Gold at the moment your post kinda makes you look a little silly LOL so if they are wearing 100 baht of Gold just like the Chav farang in this thread they are poor LOL. I think there might be a little jelously there chappie The guy in the picture has 4 kilos of Gold in his collection and is a multi millionaire (you do the math, and anyone who can wear that kind of money aint broke neither are the thais that wear it, its a sign of wealth and face just like those driving Mercs etc even hi so thais wear lots of jewelry, only thing is they wear farang jewelry which is worth less than the 96% stuff that the low so's wear. the only people saying what you are saying is those that cant afford to wear it LOL In reality its a form of security for some of the villagers and that is where they keep the majority of their wealth (they wear it) it can instantly be cashed in and many in the provinces prefer it to banks. To think that everyone that wears gold is a chav is a bit ignorant I know many thais that are minted and wear lots of gold and i know some that only have what they are wearing. ITS THAI and most thais DONT LOOK DOWN on someone wearing lots of gold they look up to them Now come on the guy in the picture has a chain and bracelet bought from the Sunday market "2 for a pearl diver" his spinner has more real gold than him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forethat Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Thai chavs, the poorer they are the more gold they wear.well, when I see the time pieces worn by hi-so Thais I wonder if the chav behaviour hasn't climbed rather high... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Paangjang Posted October 14, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted October 14, 2013 Ever noticed how you get a real nice car with a red plate on it parked outside of a house with a tin roof?... Same point. "Im dirt poor but i'll save face in front of the neighbours by struggling to keep the payments up on a car i can't afford. I'll also wear gold in public that i have to pawn for months at a time just to pay the houshold bills." Funny how all the skanked out bar girls are covered in the stuff and yet their stll pimping themselves and their families drive a buffalo as a vehicle. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiamondKing Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Thai chavs, the poorer they are the more gold they wear. Haha at 20,000 for 1 baht of Gold at the moment your post kinda makes you look a little silly LOL so if they are wearing 100 baht of Gold just like the Chav farang in this thread they are poor LOL. I think there might be a little jelously there chappie The guy in the picture has 4 kilos of Gold in his collection and is a multi millionaire (you do the math, and anyone who can wear that kind of money aint broke neither are the thais that wear it, its a sign of wealth and face just like those driving Mercs etc even hi so thais wear lots of jewelry, only thing is they wear farang jewelry which is worth less than the 96% stuff that the low so's wear. the only people saying what you are saying is those that cant afford to wear it LOL In reality its a form of security for some of the villagers and that is where they keep the majority of their wealth (they wear it) it can instantly be cashed in and many in the provinces prefer it to banks. To think that everyone that wears gold is a chav is a bit ignorant I know many thais that are minted and wear lots of gold and i know some that only have what they are wearing. ITS THAI and most thais DONT LOOK DOWN on someone wearing lots of gold they look up to them Now come on the guy in the picture has a chain and bracelet bought from the Sunday market "2 for a pearl diver" his spinner has more real gold than him LOL just goes to show you dont know who the guy is very well known in Pattaya and has several chains that weigh a total of 4 kilos, now I dont care either way but at least know what you are talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 All a little naff. Closely followed by blue rinsed Chinese pooyai women wearing huge brooches covered in dozens of minute diamond chips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chittychangchang Posted October 14, 2013 Author Share Posted October 14, 2013 what about falangs wearing them? i think it looks good.. You gotta laugh at this pic! Definition of Chav! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irlguy1 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 (edited) Thai chavs, the poorer they are the more gold they wear. The guy in the picture has 4 kilos of Gold in his collection and is a multi millionaire (you do the math, You realise that the guy in the picture is a criminal right ? Edited October 14, 2013 by irlguy1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skint Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Thai chavs, the poorer they are the more gold they wear.Haha at 20,000 for 1 baht of Gold at the moment your post kinda makes you look a little silly LOL so if they are wearing 100 baht of Gold just like the Chav farang in this thread they are poor LOL. I think there might be a little jelously there chappieThe guy in the picture has 4 kilos of Gold in his collection and is a multi millionaire (you do the math, and anyone who can wear that kind of money aint broke neither are the thais that wear it, its a sign of wealth and face just like those driving Mercs etc even hi so thais wear lots of jewelry, only thing is they wear farang jewelry which is worth less than the 96% stuff that the low so's wear. the only people saying what you are saying is those that cant afford to wear it LOL In reality its a form of security for some of the villagers and that is where they keep the majority of their wealth (they wear it) it can instantly be cashed in and many in the provinces prefer it to banks. To think that everyone that wears gold is a chav is a bit ignorant I know many thais that are minted and wear lots of gold and i know some that only have what they are wearing. ITS THAI and most thais DONT LOOK DOWN on someone wearing lots of gold they look up to them Now come on the guy in the picture has a chain and bracelet bought from the Sunday market "2 for a pearl diver" his spinner has more real gold than him LOL just goes to show you dont know who the guy is very well known in Pattaya and has several chains that weigh a total of 4 kilos, now I dont care either way but at least know what you are talking about. Settle I was on a wind up, his pic has nothing to do with the OP, to be fair if it was me I'd not be best pleased my pic was posted unless of course you or the guy who posted it is him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Mouse Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 I'd rather wear gold around my neck than in my teeth. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Since we are talking about Thai's wearing gold. The necklaces can be dangerous. Sister of the Thai gf, quiet street where most people know your neighbours. Boy on a bike did a ride by, saw the chain, did a U-Turn can back and did a snatch. Chain broke, but he got a fistfull of it ... 3/4s of it in fact. She's a street-wise girl (not in that way) and still she got robbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mca Posted October 14, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted October 14, 2013 The correlation between wearing lots of gold and being wealthy just proves the old adage money doesn't buy class. In my experience the real money ( both here and back home) don't flash what they've got. They don't need to. Everybody knows how minted they are. Last year at a function I was introduced to a bloke who's currently on the Forbes list of richest Thais. Quiet, unassuming, polite, dollar billionaire. I clocked he had a nice discrete Patek Philppe on his wrist, He didn't roll up like the bastard son of Jimmy Saville and Snoop Dogg or a Thai amulet trader/car tent owner. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisinth Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 (edited) It is of course a status symbol here as in anywhere else in the world, used mostly by people from a previous poor background enforcing their rise of position by visual means. Real in-your-face show of wealth, or perceived wealth. You can almost relate it to the earlier rappers coming out of the ghettos in the States and the invention of bling.......... Edited October 15, 2013 by chrisinth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre0720 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 what about falangs wearing them? i think it looks good.. Certainly looks better than the tattoos.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bocceball1 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 (edited) Different Cultures.....different styles Edited October 15, 2013 by bocceball1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakling Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 (edited) Wife's family buys gold as a short term way to save money. When they get money at harvest time they will buy some gold with the idea that it will be sold at some future point (like next planting time). They don't like having cash in the bank because they worry the bank could seize it against other debts. They also don't like keeping cash at home as they are scared of thieves and once the cash is converted to gold they can more readily put off the village spungers who always come by to "borrow" money when they think they are flush. They don't flash it though as they are also worried about the gold being stolen. Since it is so easy to redeem gold in Asia I figure it isn't such a bad approach. Edited October 15, 2013 by Dakling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post robblok Posted October 15, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted October 15, 2013 Sounds more like the foreigners are afraid they have to provide their GF's with gold so they act like they don't like it. I really have no opinion about it its up to them. I wear a gold necklace too, normal European gold that I got when I was 16 for a graduation. Its strong, and it has sentimental value for me. I almost never take it off. If someone want to wear it let them be. Rather see someone wearing gold then sporting a big gut and singlets. Talk about class. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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