How to help those not adapting to Thailand ?

[KhnomKhnom]

Thaivisa is overloaded with rants from Westerner foreigners complaining about some Thailand law, Thai cultural practice, or Thai personality factors. These Ranters seem not to have been forced to settle in Thailand and yet demand this FOREIGN SOVEREIGN NATION be just like their favorite aspect of the place they moved out from. (Note, the non-ranters just want or provide plain info with no complaints and thaivisa is ideal for their messages, of course.) And, yes, I know this is a rant about Ranters.

Ranters, think about these facts:

-Thailand has gotten along, alone, for centuries without your input and firmly feels it can continue for more centuries without your ideas.

-Thai people firmly feel they are right, and nothing you say will change that, even if Thai are too polite to say that to your face.

-Thailand understands the dangers of adopting Western ideas and ways and thus has laws and rules to limit local practice of those ideas by

(a. limiting incoming ideas and competition via work permitting.

(b. not making rampant open resettlement here by tight immigration rules.

(c. watching foreigners here, enough of whom have proved to have undesirable qualities to justify watching--such as alcoholism/addictions, running from the law elsewhere, conducting illegal biz here, or are part of international criminal gangs. (think Periodic Reporting).

(d. in Thailand, your Westernized ideas about personal behavior, political rights, and how nice you should be treated are just WRONG here.

(e. your spending money in Thailand represents a tiny part of the economy and Thailand feels it knows it can do without all you may bring in and spend; i.e., you are just not at all economically important here.

(f. change is not automatically a good thing.

(g. Buddhism is not a silly superstition and does not need any of your adjustments to it.

(h. Thai women are not cute little brown servants.

There are more for this list. However, Ranters, try harder to Get Real about the facts of living here and just relax. I wish more thaivisa writers could offer help to Ranters who lack any other mode to let off steam but need help in adapting, much help.

How to adapt and live happily in Thailand......

-when angry, punch a pillow in private, or learn better anger control.

-love your partner, wife, etc. for themselves, not as you wish them to be.

-always have a Thai citizen "front" for you for everything from ordering food to dealing with Thai government.

-never expect a Thai to follow your orders to the letter and do not give more than one request at a time.

-kindly laugh WITH a Thai asking for too much money, like tuk tuks, and compliment him on his sound capitalist ways.

-at least read about Buddhism so you can see it is a rational life philosophy with many good aspects and not superstitions.

-realize you live in Thailand primarily TO RELAX... this is your central life goal here and main reason to reside here.

Add your favorite..........................

[Costas2008]

(h. Thai women are not cute little brown servants.

OP, you destroyed my whole world here......how could I ever?????.....Very silly of me........

Thank you for helping me adapt to Thailand

[marko kok prong]

Let's see what happens with this one,goodluck op.

[Jip99]

(h. Thai women are not cute little brown servants.

OP, you destroyed my whole world here......how could I ever?????.....Very silly of me........

Thank you for helping me adapt to Thailand

If he is right about h) then I am off to Cambodia.......................

To be fair, I think the OP has out-ranted the ranters...

.... which, of course, makes him a ranter.

Or a Thai apologist.

[konying]

Daily dosage of Jim or Jack or Johnny should fix all problems and make adapting much easier

[marko kok prong]

At least the op refrained from the classic 'pack yer bags' expression.

[Songhua]

(h. Thai women are not cute little brown servants.

OP, you destroyed my whole world here......how could I ever?????.....Very silly of me........

Thank you for helping me adapt to Thailand

Don't despair. You've adapted when she does everything for you (e.g. orders your food).

[kannot]

What on Earth makes you think these so called "non adaptors" need help???????

[DLock]

This is at least the 3rd post you've posted this same rant on.

...I have now punched a pillow in private 3 times as a result.

Please stop. I get it.

[ttthailand]

So keep your mouth shut and bend over and take it like a man or go home ...... Is this what you are trying to say ?

[Jingthing]

Here's another one, Pattaya style.

Just act like it's Miami Beach with a worse beach and better Thai food. Works for me.

[bgrassboy]

I stopped reading after he used the words "gotten along", another mangler of the English language.

Really? Have you ever heard the phrase "ill gotten gains" ?

Could your disdain, actually be just a thinly disguised attempt to assert that "Americans just ain't got no respect " for how you perceive English should be written/spoken? "Gotten", is the past participle of get, so the op was correct in his syntax by stating "has gotten along" .

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gotten

[willyumiii]

There is only one universal law in the universe..

"Adapt or Die"

But even if you do adapt, you will die anyway.

[Jingthing]

There is only one universal law in the universe..

"Adapt or Die"

But even if you do adapt, you will die anyway.

Adaptation is overrated.

Ask a chameleon.

See what they say.

[krisb]

(h. Thai women are not cute little brown servants.

OP, you destroyed my whole world here......how could I ever?????.....Very silly of me........

Thank you for helping me adapt to Thailand

If he is right about h) then I am off to Cambodia.......................

To be fair, I think the OP has out-ranted the ranters...

.... which, of course, makes him a ranter.

Or a Thai apologist.

No don't go to Cambodia, I've heard the foods terrible!

[Squeegee]

"-always have a Thai citizen "front" for you for everything from ordering food to dealing with Thai government."

You forgot to mention to always have them change your nappy.

[Keesters]

At least the op refrained from the classic 'pack yer bags' expression.

Pretty sure I read it there somewhere 'between the lines'.

[Keesters]

(h. Thai women are not cute little brown servants.

OP, you destroyed my whole world here......how could I ever?????.....Very silly of me........

Thank you for helping me adapt to Thailand

If he is right about h) then I am off to Cambodia.......................

To be fair, I think the OP has out-ranted the ranters...

.... which, of course, makes him a ranter.

Or a Thai apologist.

No don't go to Cambodia, I've heard the foods terrible!

It was. Maybe still is. Thai food rocks.

[mrtoad]

The OP clearly has some insecurity about his reasons for being here

[IMA_FARANG]

Not worth replying to.

P.S. I am an American to.

[bkkjames]

thanks for that, tomorrow I will try to become more sheeplike.

[Thongkorn]

If you have to try and adapt, forget it, It should be a natural progression , not forced,

[Jingthing]

If you have to try and adapt, forget it, It should be a natural progression , not forced,

Like Alzheimers?

[SoiBiker]

-always have a Thai citizen "front" for you for everything from ordering food to dealing with Thai government.

Seriously?

Because I've been ordering food for myself this whole time, and it seems to have gone ok so far. What have I been doing wrong?

[GuestHouse]

If the Op was completely happy with his own life choices the opinions of others to the contrary would not bother him in the least.

[mrtoad]

-always have a Thai citizen "front" for you for everything from ordering food to dealing with Thai government.

Seriously?

Because I've been ordering food for myself this whole time, and it seems to have gone ok so far. What have I been doing wrong?

Maybe you could get a Thai to reserve your table

[Crazy chef 1]

Amen!!!

[AnotherOneAmerican]

Not worth replying to.

P.S. I am an American to.

P.P.S. I am an American too!

[Jip99]

-always have a Thai citizen "front" for you for everything from ordering food to dealing with Thai government.

Seriously?

Because I've been ordering food for myself this whole time, and it seems to have gone ok so far. What have I been doing wrong?

I may be wrong but I would imagine that you are also smart enough to wipe your own ar5e.....

[MobileContent]

-always have a Thai citizen "front" for you for everything from ordering food to dealing with Thai government.

If you are able to speak Thai you can do anything yourself.

-kindly laugh WITH a Thai asking for too much money, like tuk tuks, and compliment him on his sound capitalist ways.

No need to laugh, I just walk away and tell him in Thai I am not banock.

-at least read about Buddhism so you can see it is a rational life philosophy with many good aspects and not superstitions.

Thai Buddhism is full of superstitions otherwise the Amulet market would be dead.

To the OP stay on your Cloud 7 as long as it last.