Farangs famous to Thais that most expats have never heard of

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Farangs famous to Thais that most expats have never heard of

By Prae Sakaowan 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- While most expats struggle to understand Thai people, these foreigners know a thing or two about how to win Thai hearts.

 

Sometimes, all it takes is the combination of a cute farang face and “adorable” accent when speaking Thai to make locals swoon. Other times, it’s the ultimate knowledge of English, aka the “universal language,” that Thais seek out foreigners for. Either way, these expats have successfully endeared themselves to locals, boasting hundreds of thousands of followers on social media. Most of them even make money with their popularity by becoming spokespeople for Thai products.

 

Here is your crash course on the foreigners that Thais love on social media:

 

My Mate Nate

Followers: 600,0000

The foreigner who has the spotlight on him at the moment is My Mate Nate, an American missionary-turned-YouTuber.

 

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2016/11/29/farangs-famous-thais-most-expats-have-never-heard

 

-- © Copyright Coconuts Bangkok 2016-11-29

 

[DM07]

...and rightfully so!

 

 

[zydeco]

Work permits, please.

[Thaiwrath]

If you replaced the word 'farangs' in the headline with 'prats', it would make better sense.

[daveAustin]

Jealous, much? Would make more sense if you replaced your nik with the word 'prat'.

[WaffleIron]

34 minutes ago, zydeco said:

Work permits, please.

There's always that one guy, isn't there?

[Thaiwrath]

4 minutes ago, daveAustin said:

Jealous, much? Would make more sense if you replaced your nik with the word 'prat'.

 

Jealous of what ?

I prefer to keep my life private, never been an attention seeker.

Seems to me you are the jealous one and would crave the attention. 

[impulse]

Just now, Thaiwrath said:

Seems to me you are the jealous one and would crave the attention. 

 

Attention, schmattention.

 

Google up what a Youtuber with 600K followers can make for doing, well, what they enjoy anyway...  

 

Beats the crap out of honest work.  Or, what options those of my generation had available to us at that age.

[The man from udon]

Funny that....my mate Nate is very famous at the moment for asking a young lady if she has finished her period yet and making Thais look stupid.my wife pointed it out to me and they ain't too happy with him.being able to speak good Thai can sometimes back fire on oneself and slagging off the Thai education system won't do him any favours either.i suspect he will be on a flight home very soon and his Thai language won't be needed anymore.

[WaffleIron]

8 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

Attention, schmattention.

 

Google up what a Youtuber with 600K followers can make for doing, well, what they enjoy anyway...  

 

Beats the crap out of honest work.  Or, what options those of my generation had available to us at that age.

I don't understand... Based solely on what I read on Thaivisa all these years, social media is just a waste of time used by lazy Thais and people who make money online are all backpackers who earn $5/day.

[jaltsc]

Gee...With all those famous people, I'm astonished that Mighty Mouse didn't make that list. 

[impulse]

2 minutes ago, jaltsc said:

Gee...With all those famous people, I'm astonished that Mighty Mouse didn't make that list. 

 

They know their Minions pretty well...  I can never remember which is which.

[Sunak]

13 minutes ago, The man from udon said:

Funny that....my mate Nate is very famous at the moment for asking a young lady if she has finished her period yet and making Thais look stupid.

What a faceless cheap looser.

In another video he flushes a bag with hundreds of small coins on the desk at a 7/11 and finds it funny.

Kick him out ASAP.

 

[Sunak]

Farang BaanNok also made headlines recently (a thread from yesterday?).

He was fleeced of 1000 Baht by the cops for his bike exhaust being too loud 

 

[optad]

For all the criticism, the positive link is they learnt the language.

 

Easy to throw stones on this forum when you cannot speak the language. 

[Sunak]

Anyone has an idea what they like about this  Jessie Vard ?

I am still scratching my head clueless 

[tubby johnson]

15 minutes ago, Sunak said:

Anyone has an idea what they like about this  Jessie Vard ?

I still scratching my head clueless 

 

I've been scratching my nether regions itching to have a go at her. 

[DM07]

For all the criticism, the positive link is they learnt the language.
 
Easy to throw stones on this forum when you cannot speak the language. 

That seems about the only thing, they really achieved!
Bunch of thai'er than thai- bootlickers!
Thais turn to them, when they want to know, what farngs think of Thailand?
More like, they want to be confirmed in their view, that the whole world loves Thailand!


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[Roota]

26 minutes ago, The man from udon said:

being able to speak good Thai can sometimes back fire on oneself 

 

Only if you say stupid things. And Nate seems to have that covered.

[thai3]

Not much of a collection is it, far out numbered by falang ner do wells i'm afraid. Two of the most famous good faces missed off, Jonas and Christy

[Get Real]

Yep! That´s it. After all the comments here, I´ll guess a place in that group is out of the question.

[Zendo]

No words about the Pinto brothers : Antoine known as : Antuan Siangboxing "The Phenom"  and Victor "Leo".

 

But they are really famous here, maybe they don't show up because they are not "farang" anymore :/ ?

[dhream]

1 hour ago, The man from udon said:

Funny that....my mate Nate is very famous at the moment for asking a young lady if she has finished her period yet and making Thais look stupid.my wife pointed it out to me and they ain't too happy with him.being able to speak good Thai can sometimes back fire on oneself and slagging off the Thai education system won't do him any favours either.i suspect he will be on a flight home very soon and his Thai language won't be needed anymore.

He asked Thai men about their periods. While hes young and will make painful life mistakes, hes way ahead of most his age. Being an internet entrepreneur beats spraypainting walls eh?

[dhream]

1 hour ago, Sunak said:

Anyone has an idea what they like about this  Jessie Vard ?

I am still scratching my head clueless 

There's this thingy called 'Google' ...

[lvr181]

Yawn......................

[the donger]

Good for them. Hardly a real representation of western culture, most of them sound incredibly shallow, but I suppose that's the market over here. 

 

Does go to show how important learning Thai is. amazes me I have friends here for ten plus years who can barely count to ten. 

[i claudius]

The reason we have never heard of them is because we are "old" that is over 10 years of age , we like to live our lives , that is "real" lives , not on social media all day where we have hundreds of "friends" 99% of which we have never met and never will (the other day i read about some guy who killed himself because his"girlfriend" on social media had dumped him) the only reason i have ever heard of "my mate the wa---ker." is because i looked at on here , once was more than enough , i have real mates not stupid dickheads who ask girls about their periods .

[rkidlad]

2 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

If you replaced the word 'farangs' in the headline with 'prats', it would make better sense.

 

I think 'farang' is quite fitting. I use the word 'farang' as a derogatory term for posers or useless people. Kind of like 'white trash'. For friends and acquaintances, we never use the word.

[zydeco]

Are these people allowed to do work that Thais can do?  I thought not.  And I'm sure there are plenty of Thai women who can model in underwear.

[Moonmoon]

Good for these guys that have manage to get a foothold in Thai social media and be well liked. 

Just be sensitive to the Thai culture and Traditions cause what might work in the western world might not be that tolerated in Thai society.

Nate was a good example recently even if he meant well.

Just remember most Thai's or Asians cannot accept "loss of face"