Five Things I Hate About Thailand
After living here for many years, here are 5 of the things I hate most about Thailand, in no particular order:
1. Sleazy Pattaya
2. Smelly Tuktuks
3. Excessive Xenophobia
4. Internet Censorship
5. Filthy Streetstalls
There's more, but I'll leave it at this. Is there something I like? The easy availability of cute boys, but even that attraction is fading.
Re: Five Things I Hate About Thailand
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Originally Posted by asiagayboy
After living here for many years, here are 5 of the things I hate most about Thailand, in no particular order:......
Is there something I like? The easy availability of cute boys, but even that attraction is fading.
Given that list and your only seemingly likeable thing fading, it's a wonder you haven't moved on to pastures new or returned home by now???
Re: Five Things I Hate About Thailand
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Originally Posted by asiagayboy
After living here for many years, here are 5 of the things I hate most about Thailand, in no particular order:
1. Sleazy Pattaya
2. Smelly Tuktuks
3. Excessive Xenophobia
4. Internet Censorship
5. Filthy Streetstalls
There's more, but I'll leave it at this. Is there something I like? The easy availability of cute boys, but even that attraction is fading.
what's the problem? Running out of money already?
Re: Five Things I Hate About Thailand
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Originally Posted by Strontium-40
There's a quote this week on Stickman's site about Thai "xenophobia/racism", as follows:
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Wonder what others think about that?
As for the others on your list:
Filthy street stalls -- some of the finest Thai food anywhere comes from them.
Unfortunately I think it's a case of 'all of the above' - racist, classist, and xenophobic.
Most Thais have very little knowledge of the countries around them, yet just assume they are inferior.
As for food stalls, Thais do tend to avoid the many that they will tell you are "too dirty".
Re: Five Things I Hate About Thailand
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Originally Posted by asiagayboy
... here are 5 of the things I hate most about Thailand, in no particular order:
........
4. Internet Censorship
Interesting, but the one site i find that is blocked at the moment is the one you advertise in your signature.
Why bother to put it there if you don't let people in?
Re: Five Things I Hate About Thailand
Re: Five Things I Hate About Thailand
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Originally Posted by asiagayboy
After living here for many years, here are 5 of the things I hate most about Thailand, in no particular order:
1. Sleazy Pattaya
2. Smelly Tuktuks
3. Excessive Xenophobia
4. Internet Censorship
5. Filthy Streetstalls
There's more, but I'll leave it at this. Is there something I like? The easy availability of cute boys, but even that attraction is fading.
1. As someone else said, don't go there. More especially, don't live there.
2. Smelly tuk-tuks? Aren't we reaching a bit hard here? I ride tuktuks frequently, and find that Life Goes On. :-)
3. Excessive xenophobia. What? Have you tried Japan? Iran? Korea?
4. Internet censorship. Again, reaching a bit hard. Who needs bleeping porno when they live in Thailand? And, more than that, there is Amateur Porno going on all over the country.
5. Filthy streetstalls. Well, I don't run into them very often in Chiang Mai.
How about (6)? Gay farang men who move here for the sex, and then discover that they have nothing else to do with their free time. So they form shuffleboard clubs and bitch about the Thai. How exciting!