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  1. Judging from the stupidity of the comments this poster has posted, my guess would be fart brain.
  2. I would list the following factors which can frustrate efforts to form friendships with Thai males: 1. premature death due to alcohol, drug, tobacco use 2.automobile and motorcycle accidents 3. incarceration 4. occupationally related death and disability 5. migrant employment which necessitates extended absences from home 6. divorce (almost always one divorcing partner leaves the area, more often than not it's the man) 7. language barriers 8. work schedule not conducive to socializing Factors which can frustrate efforts to form friendships with other foreigners: 1. cultural differences between English speaking expats 2. divorce (99.9% of time the foreigner leaves the area when living upcountry) 3. premature death due to alcohol, drug, tobacco use 4. automobile and motorcycle accidents 5. snowbirds who visit Thailand at unpredictable intervals 6. language barriers (between native and non-native English speakers)
  3. Replicating the Western style friendship pattern you describe above should not be your goal, and few Thai males have that style of relationship with other Thai men. The easiest Thai males to befriend are in your same age range and older. The foundation of the friendship should be things you have a common interest in. For example, gardening, farming, diet, health management, exercise, sports, Thai food, vehicle repair, cars, (not likely but possibly) money and investing, etc. I would steer away from allowing drinking to become the common denominator. It has been my experience that once inebriated many Thais find conversing over any kind of language barrier to be too laborious. There can also be problems whenever anybody has had too much to drink. Thai males are less likely to be highly proficient in English, so obviously the better your Thai is the easier you will find it. Even if your Thai is very limited, you can befriend many Thais by offering to teach their children English. Contrary to the nonsense posted on this forum, most Thai men are affable, have good senses of humor, like to shoot the breeze, are thrilled to have a chance to converse with a foreigner who can speak Thai reasonably well, and are hard-working, and family oriented.
  4. That stings especially coming from our resident Thai language expert. [sarcasm alert]. I understood every word that was said in the newscast. You, on the other hand, once again, and I'm starting to believe forever more, leapt to the conclusion that the news report was "racist" solely because of the use of the word farang. As I have explained earlier on this thread and on numerous occasions in the past, "farang" is often used as a generic colloquial shorthand for "foreigner", and does not automatically have a racial connotation. Also, ThaiRath tends to lean towards tabloid sensational stories that appeal to a somewhat less sophisticated audience which would be more apt to use 'farang' as colloquial shorthand for "foreigner". But as the saying goes, 'You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink."
  5. If you watch the video again you will hear the female homeowner frantically yelling for the two men to stop the assault. Your ridiculous comment assumes that the assault occurred in front of a large group of people when it appears to have occurred along side a stretch of road. Cars can be heard driving by but to infer from that that everyone was apathetic about an assault on a police officer is silly.
  6. If the newscaster had used the word "Khon Tang Chat" would it have made a lick of difference? Yes, the guy who attacked the woman in the supermarket, the "kicking" incident involving David, and now this all involved Caucasians, but they were all also foreigners. There's little reason to believe that the use of the word "farang" wasn't colloquial shorthand for "foreigner" and attempts to stir up racial resentment by inferring a racial connotation to the word "farang" in this environment are disappointing. @BritManToo There were absolutely no racist undertones to the newscast. Yes, the newscasters expressed shock and dismay at footage showing two brawny foreigners disarming and putting a traffic cop in a head lock, but what the heck do you expect? Giggling, laughter, and high-fives?
  7. Well if the first loan and the bank loan were secured by the same property, someone's going to be left holding the bag, and both lenders would certainly be interested in whether the money really went up in flames or not.
  8. Forensics should be able to determine where the fire originated and if any accelerants were used to start/speed up the spread of the fire.
  9. Plenty of reason to be suspicious. Should be pretty easy to determine whether accelerants were involved. Article says mother and son borrowed the money from the bank, but who exactly incurred the debt is what I'd like to know. Isolated road, no witnesses, van is engulfed in flames while he's outside of vehicle. Would also be interested to know if van had physical damage coverage on it. Not saying it didn't happen the way the son reported it, but plenty of reason to be suspicious.
  10. That's exactly what I'm saying. If the owner shushes the dog when a Thai stranger visits the home, the dog will typically comply with the owner's command quicker and respect the Thai person's non-threat status in the absence of the owner quicker than it typically would for a foreigner, i.e., the foreigner will have to initially put up with more aggressive barking upon the initial encounter, and the dog will be slower to accept the foreigner as a non-threat whether in the owner's presence or not. That's assuming the dog is a barker. Of course, there are dogs who are totally laid back no matter who is in their territory. By the way, in an urban environment a dog's natural territorial instincts are overwhelmed due to congestion, pollution, and lack of opportunity to socialize/compete with other dogs, and if they're outside they have to be on a leash. Out in the countryside, it's a completely different story.
  11. You've never noticed that Thai dogs bark more at foreigners, and are slower to accept foreigners into their territory? It practically took a decade before the dogs stopped barking at me when I visited my neighbors down the road, and that's only because I started feeding them stock bones. Thai dogs can definitely bark more at foreigners. Not because they're "racist" but because they can detect their "non-Thainess." Body odor, height, weight, skin color, unfamiliar vocal sounds? I can't read dog minds, but that's definitely the case, just as, I might add, dogs can become agitated more than usual if a black person walks down a street in an all-white neighborhood.
  12. Those dogs absolutely terrify me. Especially when you consider how many Thai dogs become over-agitated when they spot a foreigner.
  13. You've basically implied that many of the people who have reacted unfavorably to your posts have PM'd you to confess that they are bitter and lonely or going through a tough time. Send us a screen shot of your inbox with the senders names blocked out to back up this claim, or retract this highly dubious claim. You don't seem to be aware that you have a reputation for posting maliciously dispiriting posts directed at Thailand's expat retirees. A good example is your most recent post which seemingly aimed to put readers on a guilt trip about having started a new life in Thailand and neglecting familial responsibilities back home. Given your posting history, I am frankly skeptical that many would see you as an inviting shoulder to cry on, but even if it were true, it's still pretty passive-aggressive to publicly claim that people are privately confessing to you they're bitter and lonely and apologizing to you for having made nasty comments on threads you've started, and for you to be making veiled threats to reveal who these people are. The vast majority of your "Debbie downer" posts fall wide of the mark for me, and only rarely hit a nerve, and as such, I can find the entertainment value in your posts, but I don't think you becoming an ASEANNOW crisis hot line counselor is in the cards.
  14. He was probably thinking, "Am I giving off some kind of vibe? Why do these homosexual serial killer types keep making passes at me?"
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