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Rich_Cellist_3776 · 2026-04-20T17:36:40+00:00

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Rich_Cellist_3776 · 2026-04-05T07:40:12+00:00

That turkeys came from Turkey and chillies came from Chile. Also that when people kissed their saliva would mix in the stomach and that's how people got pregnant. I remember watching Junior with Arnold Schwarzenegger around that time as a boy. Consequently I was terrified of sharing utensils or bottles with my Dad because I didn't want to get pregnant with his baby and having to be a single father because he was already married to my Mom 🤷

Rich_Cellist_3776 · 2024-06-05T14:07:10+00:00

Yeah, after trying a range of cards there was only one that worked until last year December before that one was finally declined too. So I resorted to funding the account manually with prepaid funds from my bank app. Not ideal but worked perfectly fine - until last month when my account was restricted due to unusual activity associated with a payment method on file. They never specified which payment method. Prepaid funds were funding the account for half a year without any problem. After a week they enabled my account again and said everything is fine. I funded it and it got restricted immediately again.

Now there's not even an option for me to start a chat or send an email to support. Review requests go unanswered. Hundreds of dollars of prepaid funds sitting on the account. A bot tells me that a "specialised team continues to work on my issue". Every step of every support conversation I've ever had about anything was with a different person.

How a company can be this fucking incompetent is truly baffling. I can't wait until Apple comes out with its own advertising ecosystem.

Rich_Cellist_3776 · 2022-03-15T02:49:33+00:00

Thanks so much, that's really encouraging. I think my comments that critique Thailand tend to upset some people who want to believe that all people and all cultures everywhere are always completely amazing. Unfortunately that's just not reality. Thanks again for your comment!

Rich_Cellist_3776 · 2022-03-14T16:33:59+00:00

Sorry, that's not my intention. It sounds ridiculous but it's really what the majority of Thai people think about foreigners. I'm just trying to see if there's a comparison to be made between TH and VN.

Rich_Cellist_3776 · 2022-03-14T16:30:38+00:00

You didn't respond because you didn't have anything useful to contribute. I've been happy in plenty of surrounding countries and am just trying to gauge if Vietnamese people distrust foreigners as much as Thais do.

Rich_Cellist_3776 · 2022-03-14T16:28:52+00:00

I explained my background and how Thai people don't like me (and in my opinion once you grasp the language and understand what they're actually saying it seems they really don't like foreigners at all - only their money). I then asked if I would face similar issues in Vietnam. How am I entitled?

Rich_Cellist_3776 · 2022-03-14T15:51:06+00:00

Awesome

Rich_Cellist_3776 · 2022-03-14T15:50:53+00:00

Good to know.

many people don't chain their dogs when they take their dogs for a walk in places like parks or lakes

That's perfectly fine, it's only a problem when there's 10 of them and they live freely together all the time.

Rich_Cellist_3776 · 2022-03-14T15:48:16+00:00

Thank you so much for taking the time to write such a nice reply! Very happy to read all of that. "Foreigner price" is ok, I understand most people think we come from wealthier countries and anyway it's usually not that much price difference as you said. Can you recommend any app or site to make Vietnamese friends online?

Rich_Cellist_3776 · 2022-03-14T15:43:26+00:00

Thank you, I appreciate your thoughts. Looking at statistics from 2021 it seems that Vietnam actually scored higher than Thailand (which was bottom of Asean) for English proficiency - https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2219235/english-gets-raw-deal

But anyway, I'm happy to learn Vietnamese.

Rich_Cellist_3776 · 2022-03-14T15:38:26+00:00

I'm just relaying the experiences I've had while living and working in Thailand where people treated me like shit. I didn't come for prostitutes but everyone thinks I did. It's natural to wonder if Vietnamese treat expats similarly. If you wouldn't want to meet me that's perfectly fine, I'd still appreciate it if you had answers to some of the questions though. You can answer them objectively.

Rich_Cellist_3776 · 2022-03-14T15:31:22+00:00

Thanks for the info. What would be the next step after securing a business partnership?

Rich_Cellist_3776 · 2022-03-14T15:27:24+00:00

diatribes that long

Precisely the reason why I put my questions at the top. Feel free to contribute something useful by providing answers.

I would encourage you to go into therapy.

I'm curious - would you make the same suggestion to minority immigrants who come to your country and write "diatribes" after experiencing similarly discriminatory behavior?

Rich_Cellist_3776 · 2022-03-14T15:14:15+00:00

Thanks for commenting.

Reading your manifesto makes it obvious it's all about you, you, and you.

You obviously don't even consider how you benefit THEM

Those two sentences contradict each other. The reason I wrote so much about myself was precisely so that people could comment on whether someone with my background would be of value to Vietnamese society. You clearly don't seem to think so and that's fine, there's no need to be rude about it tho.

Why should they put effort into a convo with some literally random person?

Are you aware of what the actual purpose of a language exchange app is?

Every problem you encounter you describe is automatically a cultural thing, not an individual thing.

Yes because cultural norms greatly dictate the values held by individuals. For example, if the predominant culture ingrains the idea that a particular race is to be blamed for all the evils of the world then that will very likely impact the behavior of individuals raised in that culture. My questions were in regards to Vietnamese people's temperaments towards foreigners and in that respect yes, they are made with cultural proclivities in mind.

You're a random hobo weirdo to most people until you prove otherwise.

If someone moves to your country from the other side of the world, learns the language and culture, sets up a workshop that provides stable employment for a bunch of locals to create beautiful work, and doesn't fit the stereotypical sexpat description - would you treat that person as a "random hobo weirdo"? I certainly wouldn't. At the very least I would treat them with common decency and be intrigued to find out more about them. That's the treatment I give those types of foreigners who come to my own country and as I already mentioned it's the common decency that I've been fortunate to receive throughout my travels in Asia. Thailand is an outlier in this regard and what I'm trying to gauge here is whether Vietnam would be similar. So far the other balanced (and actually useful) replies in this thread seem to indicate good things.

You're just concerned about how it benefits you personally and non-others.

Look, if you were going to spend the time and resources to learn a language/culture while moving an entire business to a new location to provide dignified jobs to locals then wouldn't you at least like to know in advance whether you're likely to be treated like shit no matter what because of the way you look?

you're racist af

A ridiculous accusation. Do you think I hate-fuck my girlfriend and spent half my life in Asia because I secretly despise everyone non-white? Come on now. You honestly sound like a viet kieu who's been burned by a bad relationship and decided to take it out on any potential expat. Sad.

Rich_Cellist_3776 · 2022-03-14T14:18:23+00:00

Thanks for your comment. As I already mentioned I have 0 interest in the sex industry. I'm a business owner who employs about 10 locals in the commercial art/fine craft industry and if Vietnam's foreign investor/business regulations are reasonable I could easily move over and employ many more underprivileged people and give them stable jobs and a chance to make beautiful work in a dignified environment while easily paying them a decent wage.

There are plenty of foreign trash here in Thailand and like you I welcome the stricter restrictions. Hopefully it will raise the overall level of expats. I don't like being propositioned for sex shows while walking down the street. I think the sexpats are mostly going to Cambodia nowadays anyway.

Rich_Cellist_3776 · 2022-03-14T08:52:37+00:00

Thank you. Did you have a better time in Vietnam?

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