[Reckless Driving: Foreigners’ Beachside SUV Stunt Sparks Safety Concerns [Video]]

28 minutes ago, Excogitator said:

To anyone not seeing the problem here. Imagine if somebody rented or borrowed your car, and they proceeded to do exactly this, getting salty sand mixed with seawater into every nook and cranny of your vehicle.. Also the legality of joyriding on a beach in Thailand is in question, with people getting fined for it in the past. Additionally, for anyone born with any compassion at all for animals, turtles lay their eggs on beaches, and it is the habitat of marine life and several types of birds. Finally, it just shows bad judgement, and a lack of consideration for other beachgoers...

 

Then fine them. What people are questioning in the current media outrage cycle of "look a foreigner is doing something wrong". When you get millions visiting, some are gonna be idiots, there are laws in place to deal with them.  

[Reckless Driving: Foreigners’ Beachside SUV Stunt Sparks Safety Concerns [Video]]

3 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Just more foreigners coming to Thailand and behaving bad according to Thai ways, rules, culture and laws. When is it going to stop? We do not need more Neanderthal gene pool members arriving.

 

Won't someone think of the children!!!!! 

[Belgian tourist brutally attacked in Hua Hin, friend seeks justice]

14 hours ago, PJ71 said:

That old chestnut.

 

has anyone put the other AseanNow chestnut yet, "Another quality tourist"? 

 

They should do an official AseanNow bingo card

[Foreign tourist drowns trying to retrieve water gun from Bangkok canal]

On 4/15/2024 at 5:20 PM, Korat Kiwi said:

Wait until more info comes to hand. 

 

Are the canal sides steep/angled/easy to get out of? 

 

Could the person swim? 

 

Alcohol involved? 

 

Too many unknowns

 

Put together a crack team of AseanNow detectives, and get back to us all on your findings 🙂 

[162 people killed, 1,279 injured in road accidents in past four days]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

In the past four days, 3,890 people have been put on probation, about 96% of them were found guilty of drunk driving.

 

If you get caught drunk driving, you should be banned from driving, heavily fined or jailed. None of this probation bs, there needs to be serious fines and jail time. Time they got serious about it, but yeah, I know TIT

[BREAKING NEWS! Iran potentially triggers World War 3]

They really do love the sensationalist headlines on this forum, gets the boomers all frothed up

[Page turners: Survey reveals shift in Thai reading habits]

2 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Nah, they're just looking at the pictures. Most Thai books are comic books.

 

Comic books don't have text in them, and wait till you find out how popular comic books are in the west 

[Page turners: Survey reveals shift in Thai reading habits]

I like that we have some research that shows that Thai read, cos you know, they are normal people. but the old boomers on here know better, cos their feel feels tell them different. 

[Another "quality" tourist]

OP is shocked that out of millions of tourists that visit, some of them can be a$$holes

[Foreigner's Shocking Behavior On Soi 4 Sparks Outrage in Bangkok [videos]]

Outrage bait 

[Bangkok Port relocation set to combat pollution and congestion]

9 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

Would be a perfect place to build riverside condos with lovely views. Anyone wonder why some want the port relocated? Don't Sansiri build houses and condos? Who's connected to Sansiri?

 

 

Yay, more condos! Just what we need. How about a large recreational area for everyone to enjoy, and not just more <deleted>e for rich people. 

[Thailand walks aisle to marriage equality: What it means for same-sex couples]

20 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Because I do not agree with gay marriage , does not make me homophobic. Civil partnerships should be respected as much as marriage in the 'emergencies' you describe. I see marriage as it is in the bible, man and woman, etc - though I am not a religious person or religiously brainwashed - it is my view. Both marriage and civil partnerships should be equal in the eyes of the law, society and people.  I have no issues with people being gay or being together. If any of my sons or grandchildren were gay they would always get my full support.  The problem is that people  tarnish all people as homophobic as they do not agree with gay marriage - that is the problem in society

 

gp back to bed, grandad, no one cares what the bible says, especially in a Buddhist country. 

[Two British Nationals Arrested for Illegally Working at Nightclub in Krabi]

10 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Ops! Another schadenfreude guy! Sorry to say, but that will never happen. I beg your excuse if I sabotaged your day.

 

don't you spend all day getting outraged on here? 

[Female Filipino Tourist Attacked, Robbed, and Nearly Raped at Reservoir in Pattaya Area]

8 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Tall and dark skin, sounds awfully much like the Nigierians updated their game from romance to violence.

 

making guff up to get outraged about again

[Two British Nationals Arrested for Illegally Working at Nightclub in Krabi]

7 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Too many foreigners that think they can do what they want in a foreign country. Just deport the ones not following the rules.

 

Looking forward to the schadenfreude when the "deport" crowd like yourself get deported for some minor infraction 🙂 

[Pattaya restaurant owner criticised for beating her employees]

3 hours ago, CartagenaWarlock said:

But people love this society to travel thousands of miles, live like refugees (year-to-year contract), and marry women of this society for a decent life because their own society can't provide them with a decent life or women of their own culture. Maybe, if Thai society is not far behind, their lives will be doomed. 

 

Didn't know women were to be "provided" by society, last time I looked they were free to be with who they wanted 

[Pattaya Mayor Explains Why Tourists Cannot Park on Beach Rd’s Right Side, Eyes Parking Fee]

10 hours ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

Last thing I want in life is to be next to Joe  public in any country

 

good, you can f off somewhere else then 🙂 

[Pattaya Mayor Explains Why Tourists Cannot Park on Beach Rd’s Right Side, Eyes Parking Fee]

Pedestrianize the area and provide good public transportation.... I know, I know, dream on

[Russians in Thailand]

Old dudes on Aseannow must have some out-group to moan and whine about. 

 

Russian = like every other country in the world, some are <deleted>, some are not... 

[Thai Officials Announce "Innovative" Expat Health Measure]

54 minutes ago, verticalift said:

Simply supplement your immune system. Easy.

 

Nice, get vaccinated 🙂 

[Jail time to return for Cannabis players as PM describes the trade as a threat to Thailand]

1 hour ago, Andre0720 said:

I see recreational drugs, tobacco, now cannabis, as having young Thai men, some that are still kids, as main users.

They start early morning to come get their bottle of cannabis, hemp products, cigarette in the mouth, as these immature men need something like that to make them feel part of a crowds, and feel like men. And a lot of money is spent on these products. Just one seller close by here, bought a new Honda car, and a new motorbike as well.

 

Men that are already immature, not wanting to take responsibility for their actions, even responsibility for children that they father along.

Now the number of cannabis shops are on a course to surpass the number of 7-11 shops.

 

I do not see anything good coming out of that in Thailand.

 

Perhaps the government had good intentions at the onset of the liberalization of cannabis, and what they see makes them question their first decision...

 

Now that's copy pasta 

[Jail time to return for Cannabis players as PM describes the trade as a threat to Thailand]

A war on drugs? Cos that has always worked so well in the past 

[Pickpockets theft of Norwegian-Thai couple was karma, say cops]

On 3/27/2024 at 6:42 PM, brianthainess said:

Maybe 'coz blokes in frocks commit a theft like this one, more often and use the frock as a disguise tits n all.

 

Source? Trust me, bro!!

[Nan Eyes UNESCO Cultural World Heritage Nomination]

4 hours ago, BoganInParasite said:

Somewhat a pity that Nan's historical, cultural and scenic aspects have in recent years taken a back seat to the promotion of the number 3 curve on road #1081 south of Bo Kluea. It has become the number one tourist attraction in the province with the need for police to supervise parking and traffic so that everyone gets the new 'must have' pic standing on or next to the road with it receding into the distance with a vague 3 shape.

 

You mean it is something else that is of interest in the province? 

[Pickpockets theft of Norwegian-Thai couple was karma, say cops]

24 minutes ago, bbi1 said:

Ladyboys are the scum of the earth. Nobody except sickos think ladyboys are mentally normal.

 

sound like a bit of a snowflake