Female Impersonators + Thailands leading GWM Portal + Author of Letters to the Editor = Internet Drama

It's complicated but interesting to follow how the different tag teams, factions and i-egos of the Thai related internet world have currently a go at each other.
Check for yourself.

Andrew Drummond, an investigative freelancer on lady boy scams in Pattaya, got a problem with thaivisa, or better the thaivisa basement dwellers.

(Btw. that wasn’t the first time, A.D. complaining about thaivisa.com is a long and never-ending story. The history behind involved some expat resident in the north of Thailand, But this is not the topic now. The senile old hand in question, a ’78 Peace Corps veteran, is actually innocent clueless what this could be about and more or less an internet illiterate and DGAF.)

In the current issue, A. D. published a blog entry that comments on thaivisa are disgusting. Somebody else, open a new topic on thaivisa, focussed on that upbraid, but the backlink get deleted and the topic quickly closed.

Hey! That is the way how we handle the thing on thaivisa, just take a look at the impressive list of nearly 6000 over 9000 banned members. There is a lot of workload behind, an outsider cannot imagine.

I feel little bit sorry for A. D. most of his hokum, got recycled on thaivisa and is welcome as content. Even his loony letters to the editor at The Nation get repeated. Usually he writes exactly that, what the SEO mullets and the other trucker want to read at thaivisa. However, he does not understand how it works in our forum. Bitching about mods is a No No, rule number whatever. You have to suck men meat or running at least a fan blog, that how it goes.

Anyway kudos to him for providing entertainment.

Meanwhile the queers and DD-cup female impersonators at teakdoor having a field day. Lame attempts to mock a tough furry like endure or subboard Mod like me. Those are mostly the trolls from the thaivisa banned member list. Trying to sneak trough the backdoor so often, failed and want to make a drama out of it.


p.s. In an other forum i was the vitim of a sucessful troll attack. later more.

Mugging By Blind Date Pretender

A good friend of mine was recently held up at gunpoint at an apartment building on upper Sukhumvit when he went to meet someone who was a supposed date. The "date" had contacted him through a Gaydar profile. When my friend, who was a tourist, arrived and went to the "date"'s room, another man was waiting with him. They drew a gun, cuffed my friend, and went through his wallet, removing the cash and credit cards. Then they brought my friend out to the main road, gave him 100B and told him to get in a taxi quietly.

My friend contacted the Thai police immediately and filed a complaint, and went back with them to the apartment building but the room was empty and the manager had no idea about who the two men were or how to contact them. My friend was also less than impressed with the attitude of the police.

Of course, my friend was a little unwise in arranging a first meeting with a stranger in a private place, and in bringing any unnecessary valuables to that meeting. It only goes to show that there are reasons for taking precautions over the internet; thank goodness he wasn't hurt. Let this be a warning to the rest of us- be careful and use common sense out there.

"Steven"

Sadly, in Thailand, there are almost no relationships that do not have a financial component

Sadly, in Thailand, there are almost no relationships that do not have a financial component of SOME kind that is more actively realized than in "Western" countries. I've been told by straight guys (level ones with jobs and wives who've decided to live here, not barflies) that Thais love, but there's always a practical side to it- in an almost Victorian sense. That doesn't mean that there won't be guys who love you for you, but there will always be at least a little tiny bit of awareness that you have so much more money than they do, and in the Thai way of thinking this obliges you, patron-style. You could think of it as you being a father figure.

That said, there's a bit of difference between patronage and milking. An average salary in Bangkok is 4-6000 BAHT a month for a 10hr a day, 6 day a week job. You can judge the sincerity of requests for 25K a month by this, right?

Real Thais who work and have real jobs have little time or money to hang out in bars for any reason. If they do go, it's typically to all-Thai bars with small groups of friends who stand around a table dancing and drinking together- a hard social milieu for farang to break into, though it can happen. I recommend Dreaded Ned's website (do a google search) for detailed maps of gay Bangkok to locate bars of this sort.

so here's the deal: A real Thai with a real life is possible to find, but he will have little time to hang out with you and you'll need to bear the shared costs of any expensive nightlife. An idle Thai with plenty of free time for you and/or money is almost always dodgy in some way (where does the money come from? how does he have all this time to spend in bars?) or rich, which is often worse. You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Good luck!

"Steven"

Domesticity And Gay Life, Stay-At-Home

As time passes, I appreciate more and more the value of a comfortable home that I can relax in with a family- a gay partner and close friends, at least, if adoption doesn't become an option.

I find I am the type to stay home and enjoy it, when I've found a good long-term partner. Or even by myself, I don't feel the need to be out on the town every night that it is possible.

I know other friends who just can't seem to stay home at all- if they've got a free night with no other plans, they will wind up in a bar or disco somewhere.

I've known Thais and foreigners on both extremes of this spectrum