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It's not specified but I'm pretty sure that not many Americans actually care about Thailand as an expat location, they would probably dream of something in central or South America.
Now British on the other hand... you can just vaguely point at any country that ever so happened to touch the British empire lol.
I would much rather deal with the typical American tourist than a British tourist. There's a difference between ignorance and arrogance.
He's talking about
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Thai green fish curry.
That is a valid reason to go to Thailand.
I thought he was talking about
But Thai authorities have a different view. They have filed a compliant, accusing the couple of breaching a section of the countryβs criminal code that relates to threatening the sovereignty of a state, and erosion of a stateβs independence, according to the Post. The charges carry the death penalty
Damn, they don't fuck around.
You don't become the country in South Asia that was never colonized by being chill when someone tries to impede on your sovereignty
You also get several years in prison if you ever happen to disrespect one of the members of the royal family, even if you didn't know that it was a member of the royal family.
Generally speaking, your Embassy will intervene and bail you out if you aren't a complete POS.
But it usually involves a long time in foreign custody and not terribly kind treatment.
His wifeβs a Thai citizenβ¦
That's a traitorous way to describe anti-human psychos. Almost makes them seem cool.
Don't break the law in foreign countries, no matter how unjust you find those laws. It's a bad idea.
I wonder what happened, though I can probably guess what did.
This is interesting and I get the appeal, but Iβm too afraid of pirates to just live without a nationβs protection.
Ah Gender Reassignment Surgery, good choice. Thailand is the leading country to get medical support for this from.
Meh, the wait lists are huge, and unless you're committed to the pure Thai method, a lot of it's benefits are found in the now standard hybrid method. You can get pretty good bottom surgery in the US and Europe these days.
You don't understand!! He wouldn't be a dirty immigrant, he would be an expat!!!
That reminds me of the (apparently real) complaint by a British couple vacationing in Spain, who were outraged that nobody had told them so many people would be speaking Spanish. π
Seen one old lady on TV saying she moved to Spain because the UK was overrun with foreigners.
Was not a comedy.
Presumably the argument is "if I'm not going to understand what anyone is saying, can I at least be somewhere with less rain please?"
I believe it.
I worked with an Englishman who has lived in the Netherlands for more than 20 years without learning Dutch.
We had a work trip to Madrid, and he went the weekend beforehand for a short vacation. I ran into him on Sunday night and asked him how it went. He said it was terrible, because he's a vegetarian and couldn't eat anything because nobody spoke English. He didn't know what to order or how to ask if something was vegetarian. He was outraged that nobody spoke English. In Madrid. The capital of Spain. π
Plenty of people speak English in Madrid. They were probably fucking with him because heβs British and was likely rude like the typical British tourist. If he just asked βHabla usted ingles?β Plenty of people would accommodate, especially hospitality staff.
That was the advice I got when I went to Europe.
Learn how to say four things "Hello", "Do you speak English?", "Sorry" and "Thank you" and most people will do their best to work with you.
Personally I'd just point to myself and say "No Hablo Espanol" my pronunciation is better than my spelling. Though I don't anyone would look at my pasty ass and assume I know any language outside of english and even then that's debatable.
I am never sure since I am American so know lots of Spanish from osmosis. But of course in any large European city there will be plenty of people who know enough English to help out. So yeah, he probably approached every interaction with stereotypical British arrogance and annoyed the people who would have been happy to help him otherwise. π
Anywhere else I'd understand the outrage. But Dutch isn't a real language.
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On behalf of the rest of the country that has more brain cells than a used tea bag, we'd like to issue an apology to Madrid, the Netherlands, and yourself for his ignorance.
There's some of us here who are trying their best to educate these people but it feels like trying to hold water in a sieve.
Or the British expats suddenly unable to stay in European countries after brexit and not accepting it was because of those who voted to leave the EU
OMG the ones that voted for Brexit despite having a retirement home in the EU and then got kicked out for not paying taxes were hilarious!
"What do you mean we need a visa? THIS IS NOT THE BREXIT I VOTED FOR!!!"
To be fair, absolutely noone knew what type of Brexit was being voted on. That minor detail was left out of any of the conversation.
Fair enough. Although then Boris Johnson won the election, so someone was happy with his shit show Brexit, no?
Or the German tourists in Italy who were sad that they just missed the ferry to Arrivare, but happy they can still take the one to Partenza.
OI PABLO. DOS SERVEYSAS POUR FAVORR.
It's not even that deep. "I'm voting right because I hate immigrants". And by "immigrant" they mean "not white".
The irony writes itselfβ¦ rules for others, exceptions for me π
They don't like integration, they like America. In their eyes immigrants will never be American regardless of how they act, they just think the American way of life is the only acceptable way of life, regardless of location.
Why move to Thailand if you like America though?
Sun, cheap prices, and crime!
Still seems kinda flimsy. Like if I ever move there itβs because I love Thai food, want to learn more about the culture, and I want to see some bettas in the wild!
The way of life they are imagining has never actually existed, and has nothing traditionally βAmericanβ about it. Back when that word wasn't an international slur.
Can't believe a colonial settler would say and think like this
I don't think it's a valid fallacy since there would be a whole different set of issues if to many millionaire immigrants came to America and not learn the "culture".
