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.
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???Originally Posted by asiagayboy
what's the problem? Running out of money already?
1. Farang trash infesting the place.
2. Pollution
3. The exploitation of people, places, animals and things
4. Corruption
5. Thai nationalism.
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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".
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?
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Last night I went to the flicks, and had to stand as usual for you know who's anthem and I just though to myself thank god I'll not have to do this for much longer. And to finish of the anthem nicely, the stupid farang sitting in front of me did a really low bow after. What an ares!
Well said John I couldn't agree more....
Thailand will never move into the 21st Century until they get rid of their lese majesty laws. Notice that Nepal has just woken up!
John, do you think if you hadn't settled specifically in Pattaya . . . and you hadn't chosen to start up (or buy?) your own business in Pattaya/Thailand, that you might possibly be feeling rather less disillusioned than you seem to be.
And perhaps ~ in combination with those two things ~ if you might have had also somewhat of a different natural personality than you do . . . would that have possibly made a difference to your (seemingly) less-than-victorious End Game in Thailand?
Perhaps it's mainly a certain 'type' of personality who can live and be happy in Thailand, with all of it's unforeseen cultural shockings at every turn.
Perhaps the population of farangs who choose to live in Thailand ~ and end up doing so with not too many problems ~ bring something "extra" to the table: in terms of their general 'outlook' on things ... perhaps a willingness to be delightfully amused by the uncontrollable ... or perhaps a natural tendency to not give a damn whether they "control" anything in the first place?
Don't know the answers to any of these questions. Just speculating on whether the foreigners who end up living successfully in Thailand have some kind of personality 'common thread' which makes their End Game different than yours?
Cheers ...
Just another reason why I love living in Thailand
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!
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