Junkyarddog Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 As someone who has lived here for 29 years, I still have problems sometimes, especially with their driving. But all in all I think the OP's post is spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmptyHead Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 "at least read about Buddhism so you can see it is a rational life philosophy with many good aspects and not superstitions" Tell that to Thais, thank you And while you're at it, tell 'em McDonald's western and most of the other chains they love. And malls. And the clothes they wear. The capitalist ideas. The white skin and pointy noses. Democracy (mind you, i don't believe in democracy anyway, so you can keep it) "not making rampant open resettlement here by tight immigration rules" - gotta love they guys here who applaud them on their xenophobia "Thai women are not cute little brown servants" - nothing gets past you, does it? I shall enjoy watching you change your tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ResandePohm Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 -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..... "Wipe your own ar5s" in Thailand? They give you a bum gun for that purpose. No wiping involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ResandePohm Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Not worth replying to. P.S. I am an American to. P.P.S. I am an American too! Finally and American that can spell correctly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tonytigerbkk Posted January 26, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 26, 2015 Not worth replying to. P.S. I am an American to. P.P.S. I am an American too! Finally and American that can spell correctly Oh, the irony. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 OP. Nice rant! Most of us are farangs, and farangs tend to be opinionated. Unlike many cultures that repress their feeling until they blow a gasket -- we vent. Personally, I think it's a healthier option. Do I have positive opinions about Thailand? Yep!Do I have negative opinions about Thailand? Yep! But that doesn't mean I'm leaving.I always love the, "If you don't like it here, go back home.", crowd. It takes about 2 brain cells to come up with that type of childish retort. Or an IQ approximate to their age. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Here's another one, Pattaya style. Just act like it's Miami Beach with a worse beach and better Thai food. Works for me. Personally, I like a little whine with my Thai food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) -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? Me too. Considering I can read the menu in Thai and speak the language, it's been a heck of a long time since I needed a Thai Front to do my food ordering. Sang ruyang krap? Sang laew krap! I'm married to a Thai National, can speak Thai, read Thai, write Thai, I've been an ordained Buddhist monk. The apartment my wife and I rent in the city has no farang renters, and there is only one other farang in the 35 kilometer stretch of mountain valley where our home is located; And, I think Thai immigration policy totally sucks. Man, I don't wai stupidity when I see it; I call it as I see it. Please don't assume that farangs who vent (rant to you) have somehow not assimilated into Thai culture and society. That a slightly ignorant position to try to support, especially when you don't have all the facts. Edited January 26, 2015 by connda 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomYumpoochai Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 (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! Yup. 2 days there n i had the spreads for a week..... n the girls arnt really into trimming the garden.... i trim my garden with a hovvermower n i could have used it several times in phon phen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ResandePohm Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Not worth replying to. P.S. I am an American to. P.P.S. I am an American too! Finally and American that can spell correctly Oh, the irony. I hang my head in shame. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggt Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Thai people firmly feel they are right, and nothing you say will change that! You ARE always right in your own mind...closed to ideas...especially if they emanate from a foreigner...Buddha forbid... We foreigners do not ask you to change your way of doing business for us...we just ask that you treat us the same...and not rape us financially and berate us publically... Is that really asking too much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuananddon Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 From November to May it's the weather, beats the hell out of shoveling snow. Yes,it's the weather in northern Thailand and the food, love them noodles! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puukao Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 I've had it with these ranters on ranters!!!! Generalize my good friends of TV, NEVER!!!! The ones that know never know. First, I would imagine 90% of us are totally different on TV and in public, which the OP fails to understand. I could easily type, "I want that farang thrown in Thai jail for 100 years!!!" and then outside and wai my good neighbors. You say "punch a pillow" and I say "have fun on TV but keep it civil and not personal" (thank me later mods). So I will demand soccer be replaced with American football!!! and the Baht changed to the Euro!!!! lol..... trust me, twitter and facebook is not reality. So TV is not reality. This is a glorified chat room without real names, so not even really twitter. but this site gives great information and has lots of gems from invaluable members like myself...there should be a wat in my name!!!!! and sometimes we forget some threads are totally dissimilar than other threads......anyhow, the best way to solve any issues is to simply turn the computer off...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitawatWatawit Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 OP, is punching a pillow and biting a pillow the same thing? I need to know before I venture outside again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggt Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 The Airport is this way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jip99 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 (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! Yup. 2 days there n i had the spreads for a week..... n the girls arnt really into trimming the garden.... i trim my garden with a hovvermower n i could have used it several times in phon phen You must be going to the wrong places The food choices are fantastic (I am talking international food choices) and rarely have I had any bush issues..................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaunduhpostman Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 I quite enjoy people's rants and caterwauling. Maybe you just haven't developed a taste for it yet! Yeah people! Rant on, ranters! Some rap, some write, some rot and then there are those who rant: Chaga dang dong! Dang ping pong show! Gocka mocka! Goddamn kids! I'm gonna blue doggit all duh way back to Repunzlenilia and scream to duh congress! Ah chuggah chuggah! Love it. Bring the noise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit69 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) The thing that aggravates me so much is not that posters find things to complain about here, but that the complaints are (i) described solely in terms of the complainers' (or farang generally) personal comfort and (ii) that the complaints are either implicitly or explicitly suggesting that these things would never arise where they came from and/or are somehow uniquely Thai. Someone even suggested that the raison d'etre for the coup was so that someone would deal effectively with the beach chair concessionaires. Seriously, get over yourself and try to look objectively at the bigger picture. And many, many people seem to think police corruption, political ineptitude, trivial scams, unsmiling cashiers, bad driving, gangs, civil disobedience ,,, the list is almost literally unending ... do not exist in the countries that they were so eager to leave behind in order to come to Thailand. For many of them this is obviously the first time they find themselves in a minority and can only see everything in terms of the majority not catering to them, but back in Farang Land you can be certain they were equally vociferous in complaining about the minorities not adjusting to Farang culture and ways. There are none so blind ... Edited January 26, 2015 by Suradit69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJIC Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) This Post sounds like the usual Lecture/Rant from a born again Thai wannabe from Europe or the west! Who thinks because he has sub consciously accepted he is Thai, but laughingly thinks Thais have also accepted him as a brother, this illness is usually manifested from something similar to Stir Crazy as in what Jail Prisoners experience, but in this case is normally caused by spending too much time in the boring villages. Later there is a tendancy to issue warnings: that if you don’t agree to every detail of Thainess, like me then don't let the door slam you in the ass, on the way out! Edited January 26, 2015 by MAJIC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 The thing that aggravates me so much is not that posters find things to complain about here, but that the complaints are (i) described solely in terms of the complainers' (or farang generally) personal comfort and (ii) that the complaints are either implicitly or explicitly suggesting that these things would never arise where they came from and/or are somehow uniquely Thai. Someone even suggested that the raison d'etre for the coup was so that someone would deal effectively with the beach chair concessionaires. Seriously, get over yourself and try to look objectively at the bigger picture. And many, many people seem to think police corruption, political ineptitude, trivial scams, unsmiling cashiers, bad driving, gangs, civil disobedience ,,, the list is almost literally unending ... do not exist in the countries that they were so eager to leave behind in order to come to Thailand. For many of them this is obviously the first time they find themselves in a minority and can only see everything in terms of the majority not catering to them, but back in Farang Land you can be certain they were equally vociferous in complaining about the minorities not adjusting to Farang culture and ways. There are none so blind ... Ah yes the old " it happens everywhere" argument.................sadly you need to look at the "frequency" also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny S Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Thx for the Expat-bashing but keep in mind that the World is no longer as it was 100 y ago .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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