Do you see yourself the way others see you?

[farang000999]

There are a seemingly unlimited number of posts on Thai Visa lamenting that the vast majority of farang in Thailand are pathetic losers,etc. But it is clear that those making these comments do not put themselves in the same category.

So if you were to interview 20 Thai Visa users each one would probably tell you that the other 19 are losers... but they are not a loser... even though the other 19 would disagree with their assessment.

Just some food for thought.

[bkkjames]

I personally don't care what others think - I am above that.

[wolf5370]

"Do you see yourself the way others see you?"

No, I see myself backwards - but that may be because I have to use a mirror.

I don't know anyone well enough on TV to call them a loser - and I've been here (on TV) since 2003. I know several people on TV in the real world, but none are losers - well one is, but then most would agree with that assessment too if they knew him.

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[tw25rw]

Everyone sees me from their own unique point of view.

[JLCrab]

My favorite moments as to how other people see me on ThaiVisa come from Members who subsequently were Banned.

[kurnell]

Yes

[sustento]

[patayayaya]

I spend my days sniffing petrol trolling Thai visa how could I possible be deemed a loser.

[slipperylobster]

If they are all losers, then there must be at least one winner...or the meaning of loser becomes moot.

I therefore, must be the winner.

Sounds good in theory.

.......

You know there a newbee here is not a loser when he reads Thai Visa and figures out...

I cannot own property, SinSot is not something I want to pay, the police are not there to protect "you", Songkran is going to happen (so I will make plans around this), If my wife buys me a bus ticket through the mountainous regions then it would be wiser to get a divorce and cancel the life insurance.

All said with tongue in cheek..

[JLCrab]

I personally don't care what others think - I am above that.

So you care enough about what others think that you had to let them know that you don't care what they think.

[JournalistsAreLiars]

Aren't loosers all people who do not have a car as expensive as mine ?

[umbanda]

Who cares?

[chrisinth]

It astounds me that some people are arrogant enough that they think they know somebody from comments they post on an open forum based on anonymity and have the ability to classify them from their comments.

Truly amazing...................

[Nautilus05]

You mean I'm not one of the cool kids?

<deleted>! And I tried so hard too...

[David48]

I spend my days sniffing petrol trolling Thai visa how could I possible be deemed a loser.

May I just like these two quotes ... ;b++){var>

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[Ulysses G.]

I am a loser amongst many other losers, so I feel right at home.

[geriatrickid]

I am a loser amongst many other losers, so I feel right at home.

How can anyone who is kind to animals, and well read, be a loser?

[Neurath]

I see myself the way others see me when in 7/11. The cctv broadcasts the bald spot on the top of my head. Not something I usually see. Very unsightly.

[daoyai]

sometimes I am a loser, sometimes I win.... I am a part time fool also. .....same as YOU.

[Scarpolo]

There will NEVER be the occaision when someone sees you the way you see yourself, because

In astrolgical terms:

We have a sun sign

We have an ascendant sign,

we have a moon sign,

the interaction of these 3 dominate our lives, as does the remaining planets and their effects

We see ourselves as the sun signs that we are, while others see only our ascending signs, so we wonder why people do not understand our intent

they cannot see our intent because they see only the delivery and not the substance, because, they can not; tjhey are too wrapped up in their own multi facted ever changing psyche, and may not have time to massage you with who you really are.

[richard_smith237]

It astounds me that some people are arrogant enough that they think they know somebody from comments they post on an open forum based on anonymity and have the ability to classify them from their comments.

Truly amazing...................

There are people on this forum who make such daft, disagreeable or unbalanced statements that it can be readily interpreted that they are not people I wish to meet in person. I don't think they are losers, I have no idea with regards to how successful their life may be, how they measure their life or if they measure their life in terms of being a looser or not at all...

.... some posters make it very easy to pass judgement... Some make it easy to pass a positive judgement, some make it easy to pass negative judgement.

Its difficult to remain completely indifferent when reading some comments which are generally better ignored.... is it arrogant? I don't think so, its simply just another opinion.

[Borzandy]

I'm handsome man.....since I broke my mirror.

[klauskunkel]

Do you see yourself the way others see you?

No, no I see myself inverted in the mirror...

[dunque]

I think you would get a similar split of views if one interviewed 20 people about their driving skills.

[Dap]

I am a loser amongst many other losers, so I feel right at home.

How can anyone who is kind to animals, and well read, be a loser?

Especially when the animals are crocodiles and the reading material is Hustler Magazine So sorry, I'll get my hat ...

[Greg Nixon]

I know I must appear strange to many Thais. I am older but appear younger than a Thai my age. I am kang lang muk muk and have a 90 year old mother and 92 year old father. I often walk up to 8 km. I have traveled the world extensively. I buy strange items like a vacuum cleaner and paint. I spend a lot of my time fixing my house. I am very kind to children. Why would a foreigner chose a Thai woman when foreign women are so much whiter ? I take a big birthday cake to my Thai daughters school to share with the daughters class. I give big tips to all and sundry. I pay fair wages sometimes triple Thai wages. Oh I am very strange alright.

Some Thais like me. Some Thais distrust me. A few Thais think I am a strange and unpredictable alien and worthy of being taken advantage of. Many Thai women seem very interested in me.

[ggt]

I see myself as an elderly statesman...Thais see me as a walking ATM machine...I am actually...somewhere in between...

[msealey]

I think foreigners in Chiangmai are OK, I think it's just the ENTIRE expat community in Pattaya that should be shot.

[danmarnj]

Are you referring to the pathetic old men with much younger thai women around their arms? you know the ones, with the wide grins that even the undertaker would not be able to remove?

[Donnie Brasco]

Geez, I ways thought that with enough sarcasm, self-deprecation and a generous dollop of irony one could get away with 'most anything.

Picking up the check once in a while helps, as well.

PS Let's put a little more effort into tipping the Thais, shall we ;-?

They put on a damned fine show, don't they ?

"Sometimes, 'fuggedabowdit' just means fuggedabowdit. . . . "