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So I am in Siem Reap. What are fun things to do in terms of night life?ReindeerF posted:https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/1646832/election-war-room-polices-social-media Yeah I tried posting the question in the political forum but I couldn't find it. It seems to have... disappeared. 
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Apr 14, 2019 08:12
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FortMan posted:There's a Line chat? I'm still in it from years ago. I should say hello to people again
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Are there any native Thai goons around here? I’m sure the more political minded ones will feel the stakes are bigger and rant more
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Apr 14, 2019 09:18
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caberham posted:Are there any native Thai goons around here? I’m sure the more political minded ones will feel the stakes are bigger and rant more punk rebel ecks posted:Yeah I tried posting the question in the political forum but I couldn't find it. It seems to have... disappeared. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3886259 FortMan posted:There's a Line chat? DM me if you desperately want to stay up with what a handful of former SEA expats now living elsewhere are up to. The latest post was Ringo (now in Europe) responding to another goon telling us that he's now in New Zealand. Before that, GDPR chat by former SEA expats now living in Europe, Taiwan and the US. Before that Mexican food chat with former SEA expats living in Europe, Taiwan and the US. Etc. Etc. ReindeerF fucked around with this message at 10:39 on Apr 14, 2019 |
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Apr 14, 2019 10:34
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Ringo is in newzealand? Too bad I was just there
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Apr 14, 2019 11:04
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I wanna go to bkk, who is there?
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Apr 14, 2019 11:04
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So do kids always supersoaker pedestrians and drivers or is that a Khmer New Year thing?
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Apr 14, 2019 11:46
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Jesus loving Christ
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Apr 14, 2019 11:57
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Hey guys I saw chinese people celebrating their own new year during February. It’s only a chinese thing am I right????
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Apr 14, 2019 11:58
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caberham posted:Jesus loving Christ Where? caberham posted:Hey guys I saw chinese people celebrating their own new year during February. It’s only a chinese thing am I right???? You read the tone of my post wrong.
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Apr 14, 2019 11:58
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GET THE gently caress OUT OF ASIA.
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Apr 14, 2019 11:59
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caberham posted:Are there any native Thai goons around here? I’m sure the more political minded ones will feel the stakes are bigger and rant more <= This one right here. Although, I don't usually speak politics with strangers (something to fix?). punk rebel ecks posted:So do kids always supersoaker pedestrians and drivers or is that a Khmer New Year thing? Very common here in Thailand, I guess they do that there too. (Also in Southern Yunnan, Zhuang Community in Guanxi, etc.)
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Apr 14, 2019 12:01
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punk rebel ecks posted:So do kids always supersoaker pedestrians and drivers or is that a Khmer New Year thing? Yeah the new year is celebrated by soaking each other. It’s common around the neighborhood from what I know (Thailand/Cam/Lao/Southern China, maybe Myanmar?
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FortMan posted:Very common here in Thailand, I guess they do that there too. (Also in Southern Yunnan, Zhuang Community in Guanxi, etc.) Thanks. I think it's really cool. I like how everyone is so chill with it. Pirate Radar posted:Yeah the new year is celebrated by soaking each other. It’s common around the neighborhood from what I know (Thailand/Cam/Lao/Southern China, maybe Myanmar? That's awesome. punk rebel ecks fucked around with this message at 12:13 on Apr 14, 2019 |
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Apr 14, 2019 12:03
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Just stick around for several years and you will turn into one of the rest of us with our Post-Traumatic Songkran Disorder.
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Apr 14, 2019 12:15
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I thought you guys were taking fun of me, but you weren't. I looked it up and water fights for new year is a thing in Asia. This has to happen in the United States.
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Apr 14, 2019 12:36
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The Thai version is called Songkran and it's pretty well-known, a lot of westerners travel to Thailand specifically for it. Like going to Brazil for Carnival, or to Pamplona for the running of the bulls. I doubt it'll take off back in the states though, any sort of organised event would be bankrupted from the public liability insurance requirements almost immediately 
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Apr 14, 2019 12:41
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caberham posted:I wanna go to bkk, who is there? I'm in Bangkok still.
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Apr 14, 2019 12:49
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I am in Bangkok, but in about 3 days I'm headed out on a month-long business trip. You won't have to lose your phone this time!
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punk rebel ecks posted:So I am in Siem Reap. What are fun things to do in terms of night life? Eat and drink. A posh newish cocktail place called Menaka opened up there a little while back. Go see and then leave Pub Street, then go eat drunk food and keep drinking at Chae Ngek.
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Apr 14, 2019 22:42
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Real talk, the best thing to happen to Thailand (and this is true for most SEA countries) is for holidays like Songkran to fade and Halloween to be celebrated more.
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Apr 14, 2019 22:57
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Uhhhhh no wtf? Even when I started to get a little bit old man grumpy sometimes during my 6th or 7th songkran when I just wanted to go to 7-11 quickly without getting drenched, I still never got bored of the madness and fun of it all.
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Apr 14, 2019 23:33
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Ally McBeal Wiki posted:Eat and drink. A posh newish cocktail place called Menaka opened up there a little while back. Go see and then leave Pub Street, then go eat drunk food and keep drinking at Chae Ngek. Awesome. Thanks. Shammypants posted:Real talk, the best thing to happen to Thailand (and this is true for most SEA countries) is for holidays like Songkran to fade and Halloween to be celebrated more.
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punk rebel ecks posted:Awesome. Thanks. Nothing says “not eww” like getting pisswater shot in your face and having a female friend groped by a pervert in a crowd. The local tradition and family parts of the holiday are fine but the gross poo poo and overdone foam parties can go away and if wouldn’t matter to anyone
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Edit - NVM.
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Apr 15, 2019 03:29
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Songkran expresses itself in many ways. Some of it is kids running around having what amounts to a citywide water gun fight, some of it is like Mardi Gras with all the excess and, sometimes, bad faith that that entails, and some of it is oh god, stay off the roads, everyone is drunk.
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Apr 15, 2019 03:41
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Regardless, “other countries should celebrate American holidays more, at the expense of their own traditions” is a pretty spicy take
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webmeister posted:Regardless, “other countries should celebrate American holidays more, at the expense of their own traditions” is a pretty spicy take I wouldn't mind America celebrating some other holidays too, that'd be dope
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Apr 15, 2019 04:26
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I spent two days throwing buckets of ice water at everyone in Chiang Mai partying with my Thai friend and her friends and now I'm just chilling at her family house with all her relatives and friends and no one speaks English and my friend is running errands but it's sabai.
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Songkran is definitely in full force in Chiang Mai, the air even cleared up a bit today and the mountains are popping again. I met someone from my home town too, with the same stupid pineapple wearing sunglasses tattoo that I have, crazy world. I'll do a photo dump when I get home. Pretty sure I'm going to check out Udon Thani after Chiang Mai. Someone I met from Bangkok is back there so I'll have another local to show me around.
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Also this is properly hot. Thank gently caress it's less humid than Phucket so I'm not just sweating buckets up and down the street. I'll do a write up when I get home but I can't recommend Phuket very much at all. I still had fun though. I know it's not fair to say I can't recommend a whole big place but Phuket is way to resort developed. I don't like that poo poo back home and I definitely don't like how much money it cost me. More than at home, might as well book a trip to Europe. numberoneposter fucked around with this message at 09:21 on Apr 15, 2019 |
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Apr 15, 2019 09:19
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It’s convenient that’s for sure There’s always krabi and other areas for you to check out
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Live and learn, and it's not like I had a bad time. I got to Panangn and Chang last time I went and I enjoyed both of those a lot more and I guess for me going a bit out of the way is definitely worth it. Any way happy Songkran I'm gonna get back to the party.
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My advice on Phuket for tourists is that, other than Phuket Town which is legit great, you can do pretty much everything you want to do from Ao Nang (Krabi) and it's about a million times more chill and friendly. So I would agree with cabe. Of course 90% of people just can't get past the mind numbing amount of promotion of Phuket and they go anyway. Amazingly, some even like it. I guess if you're from Siberia.. ReindeerF fucked around with this message at 09:42 on Apr 15, 2019 |
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Apr 15, 2019 09:39
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Yea so many Russians. I'll never say a bad thing about Chinese tourists ever again. Wow.
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Apr 15, 2019 15:36
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So what happened?
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Besides Russians being rude assholes? Edit: I'm going to stop generalizing and I'm drunk and I'm gonna stop posting for a bit.
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If I'm coming to Bangkok in October am I going to be rained on to all poo poo or will the weather start getting better? I've booked for a three day weekend and can only be in the city. Also I'm arriving at BKK at around midnight so should I just download Grab to get a car or try my luck with taxis? GoutPatrol fucked around with this message at 09:15 on Apr 18, 2019 |
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