Are Farang Really Stupid?

[h2o]

red bull

[Murtle_71]

I dont think thai are any smarter or dumber then the average falang. But they do have a different outlook on life.

[Starman]

Agree with "most" of what has been said.

Just one thing. What language are people using when talking to the locals? If one learns to speak Thai, as I have, there tends to be a totally different, more informative and brighter conversation.

Just one more thing. Let's be fair, there are (have been) some f*&king stupid farangs here.

[Nobby]

Jason, I fear that you may be assuming an ability/willingness to learn that is not there.

As said earlier, they have invented fcuk all and their best attribute is to copy something from elsewhere.

Thai's invented waste-bins made out of car tyres and walking ATM's

[Beer Leo]

Just one more thing. Let's be fair, there are (have been) some f*&king stupid farangs here.
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Plenty if you ask me. 

[John the Traveller]

"Oh Mate,JT,don't get me wrong,I ffing love Thailand,and the people in general,but some things get me,I believe it's up to us small band of expats,to show them different ways to think....the Thai's I have met that were educated o/s,are a world apart from the locals here.As they have seen the other side,so to speak,regards,JasonB"

Please don't misunderstand me Jason I love Thailand too. I particularly love Issan. However we have to be realists. TBWG and Co-Co have made very well put points. These two gentleman have more experience than I with Thailand. On my last trip in February my son accompanied me.  My advice to him was to enjoy the experience but to be aware that Thailand was not quite the place he thought. Unfortunately my warning proved too true. Whilst in Rayong my son witnessed a Farlang killed. A minor dispute ramped up and out came a knife. Other experiences have shown me that the Land of Smiles can quickly turn on a Farlang. We are indeed the foreigners here.
Regards,
JT 

[hermest]

Agree with "most" of what has been said.

Just one thing. What language are people using when talking to the locals? If one learns to speak Thai, as I have, there tends to be a totally different, more informative and brighter conversation.

Just one more thing. Let's be fair, there are (have been) some f*&king stupid farangs here.

Star man has got it right, and Thailand wouldn't be Thailand with western ideology
Surely the reason you are here is to get away from that...
Simply put like it or move on people the choice is yours

[Speros]

I see it nothing more than national pride in a lot of ways, good on them it's of no real harm to us, seen it in really failed countries such as PNG. No offence is really meant by it in the most.

[Nobby]

I see it nothing more than national pride in a lot of ways, good on them it's of no real harm to us, seen it in really failed countries such as PNG. No offence is really meant by it in the most.

Well said!

[davu]

well Thais are very patriotic, they love their mother land and then they vigorously and determinedly strew plastic rubbish all over it. If they don't burn it, of course. The UK wasn't much better when I lived there 40 years ago, so I won't criticise the Thais more than I would criticise any stupid behaviour I see anywhere.
Driving down the road during the time that rice was lying out to dry, over 8 Km I only saw one guy that seemed to have a rake suitable (and very simple) for the purpose, a big contrast to Europe where people actually think about how to make their tools just that little bit better every time they use them.
But sure, I hear stories EVERY DAY about what seem to me to be stupid Farangs, my wife saved a guy from being beaten up by the Thai husband of the girl he was courting, 30 years younger. This morning.