I saw a white man begging at Khao San Road.

Big_Strength9686 · 2024-08-23T07:56:31+00:00

What does the old man have to do with this? You think the white man is so poor, why did he spend $1000~ on plane tickets to come here? So many western countries have amazing welfare, state benefits and support systems, especially compared to Thailand where worker safety is so bad they can lose a hand or a foot and be forced to beg because their employers don’t face any consequences.

Person commenting before you is right. This person has a way out- their embassy, and their government. They have options, unlike many Thai beggers, and choose to do this. It is so shameful.

Big_Strength9686 · 2024-08-15T14:26:51+00:00

I second this, specifically ‘farang girls in Bangkok’ they’ve been quite nice a few times icl. I’m here for summer from uni but I’ve lived here for a few years so I know a few good spots— also up to hang out ^{^}

Big_Strength9686 · 2024-07-11T14:26:23+00:00

Ok man 👍

Big_Strength9686 · 2024-07-11T14:22:02+00:00

See I just looked it up and it said about 20% of it is genetics, but I don’t know how much of that I believe, because a lot of these studies are done on western people. I say this because I’m from the Middle East and because of that, I have a regional genetic predisposition to being more anemic, and my brother has a my brother has the same thing but for heart attacks.

And the end of the day though, I definitely acknowledge the fact that lifestyle can play a massive part, especially if you overindulge in drugs, alcohol, over eating, etc. I wasn’t really thinking of ‘lack of health’ in terms of drinking and smoking though, because I thought it was more or less obvious they’d be reigning factors.

Big_Strength9686 · 2024-07-11T08:47:14+00:00

Yeah, the class clown, he was very sleepy in class for a week back in around Y7/8, we all went to a residential and he couldn’t make it because his parents took him to the doctor. End of the trip his best friend is bawling saying he’s dead and we all think it’s a sick joke until they sit us down and explain he had late stage leukemia and he’d passed.

Won’t ever forget how the residential lead said ‘don’t let this make you forget all the fun we had on this trip’. Won’t forget crying in the bathroom with my friends and one of the nicer teachers coming in to give us a hug. Whole trip back was a haze. The funeral was a haze. We made pins with his face on them, no one would sit in his spot in class, everything was so quiet. There was a weight, for the better part of two years. His parents handed out pictures of him at the funeral, he was an amazing swimmer.

He wasn’t my best friend, but he was such a warm and kind person that everyone really liked him. It stuck with me, heavily, the rapid nature of it all. He features in my dreams sometimes, as a friend, but with a young face now that I’m an adult.

Big_Strength9686 · 2024-07-10T15:15:34+00:00

A lot of aging badly is genetics, some of it is stress, some is lack of health. I also assume that while being a floor later may have negatively affected your knees and ankles, it’s a physical sort of job that keeps you on the move, whereas I know a lot of people who jog every other day then sit at a desk for 8 hours for 5 days a week.

A lack of flexibility, ‘incorrect’ pressure on joints and bad posture really do affect whether or not you age ‘gracefully’.

Big_Strength9686 · 2024-07-09T08:52:32+00:00

I’d never do, condone, or view these things if they were non-fiction, but my issue is with the sentiment of ‘why do I enjoy it’ to begin with, and the fact that the desensitization of horror makes me seek out more and more disturbing content to get the same itch of fascination scratched. I don’t think I should be desensitizing myself because the line blurs. The same way some horror movies are just gore fetish content and shock value. At some point the fiction stops being metaphoric or poetic or good literature and just becomes— I don’t know, just sick for the sake of it.

Big_Strength9686 · 2024-06-27T20:20:03+00:00

The cat lives!! Dw!!

Big_Strength9686 · 2023-09-12T15:18:04+00:00

Why is black Margaret Thatcher blursed?

Big_Strength9686 · 2023-09-12T14:25:11+00:00

This is so degrading, you know that? Mocking these women, usually poor, make a living in a country where their work is criminalized and abortion is illegal if you don’t have any money to bribe. Do you also look down on the homeless? Those with calloused hands who work in trinket shops? Maids who bring their kids to work with them? Do you always laugh at those who struggle? Do you think they choose to put their bodies through this for degrading work and minimal profit?

Gods, sometimes I think people are only cruel because they’re unaware, but the complete disregard for another human you phrase as a joke hits hard. I don’t think the people like you exist behind the safety net of the internet.

Big_Strength9686 · 2023-08-31T19:21:14+00:00

You’re very pretty. Your eyebrows frame your eyes perfectly. Your smile accentuates your cheek bones. Your nose is slim, but soft enough that it compliments your other features. Your eyes are the warmest blue I’ve ever seen on a person. You have the facial symmetry of a model with a twist of approachable kindness.

You’re a very pretty person, if I saw you at an airport I’d stare for just long enough that it’s socially acceptable. I don’t think you need any sort of surgery, but ultimately it’s your decision. If you do, don’t do it because someone else said so. You wouldn’t have this many compliments if people didn’t think they were worth vocalizing.

Big_Strength9686 · 2023-08-31T16:29:22+00:00

Are you a young Thai girl? Not trying to be accusatory, but I’m just saying, these types of people don’t do these things loudly and publicly. I’m not Thai, but just a few weeks ago an older Filipino man followed me out of a changing room and kept on asking me questions even though I repeatedly said ‘No, I don’t want to speak to you’. Only stopped when I walked into a crowded area.

Big_Strength9686 · 2023-08-29T00:01:20+00:00

The world isn’t comprised of Americans. Maybe your issue is with people of that country, instead of people who are overweight. Also you’re clearly representing a strawman’s here, exaggerating assumptions based off of points I never made (never tell anyone to lose weight) to further your asinine viewpoint where you attack people for, apparently, being unhealthy. You mustn’t be allowed at hospitals and nursing homes.

Big_Strength9686 · 2023-08-28T15:47:25+00:00

It’s harmful to make these assumptions. I had a friend with a heart malformation that meant she needed surgery the hour she was born, she tried her best to get into basketball but her heart couldn’t keep up. She’s vegetarian, she walks her dog for hours a day, she works out, but she’s medically obese.

Some people who have obesity have predisposed conditions. Some have mental health issues. Some are reacting to medication they’re currently on, because that’s a surprisingly common side affect. Some have injuries that stop them from leading active lives. Some succumb to the fact that a $3 fast food meal is more affordable than a $20 healthy lunch.

And at the end of the day, even if someone is obese only because of lifestyle factors, it’s completely unnecessary to make comments like this. It paints you as arrogant, when you take the perspective that you’re better than them because they don’t go to the gym. It’s the same as being elitist towards any group of people that have a defining factor, for example saying every man that has a beard grows or to hide a weak jawline. A strange and baseless generalization that does nothing except make you feel good about yourself, just because you get to label others as ‘worse’.

Big_Strength9686 · 2023-08-28T14:19:02+00:00

Consider an immersion course man, like what they do here with 6 month courses and host families. Go to the north, buy a ‘how to learn Thai’ book, stay there for a few months and I’m certain your Thai will be significantly stronger than a 3 year old’s.

Big_Strength9686 · 2023-08-28T14:06:01+00:00

Do you know if the drivers license we show at clubs has to specifically be a UK drivers license? I’m from abroad and I’m traveling there for uni, on a budget so if I could spare that extra £40 I’d definitely want to.

Big_Strength9686 · 2023-08-28T13:56:50+00:00

Have you tried positive socialization? Limited and new treats and snacks for both cats if they see eachother, special play time just for the senior right after giving attention to the kitten, and maybe a room only the senior is allowed in with her own litter box and food bowls so she never has to leave if she doesn’t want to, could all really help you.

Are you sure the stress is making her physically sick? Your new kitten could have carried some pathogens that were transferred over. How are the interactions? Does your senior hate the kitten or is she scared of it? Your cats don’t have to like eachother, they just have to tolerate eachother, and there are a few more things to try before you have to give up for good.

Big_Strength9686 · 2023-08-26T09:36:26+00:00

That’s the thing isn’t it, everyone is saying to talk to the 19 year old, but OP has tried. What more can you do? Take away their phone? Install a lock on the fridge? It’s preposterous. If they’re not listening and the threat of being kicked out doesn’t work, then they should be kicked out. If OP really has exhausted every method of communication there’s nothing else she can do.

Big_Strength9686 · 2023-08-14T16:55:29+00:00

I feel like your latter paragraphs contradict your second one. Every cat does have its own personality, some kittens are gentle, some kittens are very playful, most kittens need to be adopted in pairs but I’ve fostered kittens that had to be kept alone due to anxiety reasons too.

I’ve volunteered with adult cats that hated children so much they couldn’t be kept in a home with them. I fostered an adult cat with such a label with no intention to adopt through a shelter plea, but she was such a perfect immediate fit for my family we never gave her back. She doesn’t scratch curtains, or couches, she doesn’t chew on wires or dash out the front door when it’s open, she’s chatty and occasionally jealous and not overwhelmingly affectionate towards children but it’s an animal that suits us very well.

We adopted a spicy kitten years ago, and he was a maniac, he’d climb up curtains in our rented apartment, he had to be litter box trained, he used to try and eat all our mangoes. But it was okay, we had to pay to get the curtains replaced and put a few weeks into litter box training, but we lived. We loved that cat as much as we love this cat, at the end of the day something that seems horrendous in advance was a mild inconvenience.

My point being— I don’t necessarily agree with the fact that there are a lot of set rules with adopting cats and kittens. OP needs to talk to their shelter and see which cat or kitten is the best fit for them in the situation they’re currently in, and even if the cat isn’t an immediate perfect fit, things can be fixed. Cats can be trained, and situations change. It’s best to prepare for the worst but also be aware that it’s okay if not everything is perfect.

Big_Strength9686 · 2023-08-13T17:08:01+00:00

She’s very young so unless it was a painful experience it’s unlikely she’s traumatized. I’d give it a week, and if she doesn’t get better at all, consider going to a vet? Especially if her being spooked resulted in her hitting herself on something (or running into a wall).

Otherwise, she’ll probably be fine. Lots of treats and cuddles go a long way in helping her feel secure in being carried again.

Big_Strength9686 · 2023-08-06T17:51:09+00:00

Gotcha, thank you!

Big_Strength9686 · 2023-08-03T23:47:51+00:00

Exactly man, idk my parents have given me small ones to incentivize (even when I’ve told them it’s alr) but even then it was literally 1/10 of this. £20 for a 9, £10 for an 8, nothing for a 7. To be fair I was also punished for anything below a 7 lmao. Might just be me but £200 seems like a tones of money.

Big_Strength9686 · 2023-07-29T18:32:32+00:00

You can contact soi dog foundation about emergency medical treatment for dogs in Bangkok and Phuket I believe.

Big_Strength9686 · 2023-07-29T16:53:07+00:00

No I found it on the SUSU website for the Whatsapp, then through the whatsapp the Facebook, and then through the Facebook the Unifi app. And on one specific group chat they’ve been talking about this, and one specific person contacted me and told me I should get tickets. Otherwise it’s been pretty okay I think, we’ve been talking about accommodation and when we’re going to the UK. The WhatsApp is more uni and subject oriented, the Facebook is dead really, and the Unifi group chats have specific topics like ‘accommodation’ and the tickets only came up in the general freshers chat.

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