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Don't live stream on TikTok with your phone while driving would be a good start.

The problem with the article isn't that tourists are charged more; it's that people living and working in Thailand and paying taxes have to pay up to 900% more. Try charging a Thai living in a Western country who is paying income tax and who has the local equivalent of Social Security 900% more to enter a park - all hell would break loose, and you'd never hear the end of how racist and discriminatory it was.

Whilst the French lady was alive, everyone was happy with the status quo - all taking money from her. Now that she is dead, the ultra-rich and local politicians are circling like vultures.

How about warning parents to teach their kids good morals, common sense, and discipline.

It's a disgrace and should be named and shamed at every possible opportunity. Disgusting practice that can completely ruin a family day out.

Bad idea if they are anything like my wife it will be sex once a month, no cooking and getting up at mid day, then spending the rest of it on their phones. They should offer a free trial period to show whats on offer.

The Defamation laws in the country are such an obstruction to progression.... 1) Name this restaurant so people can protect their children (and themselves) 2) Name this restaurant and any others with similar 'dangerous standards' so the restaurants primary obsession becomes safety and wellbeing of customers over profits. In such circumstances the defamation laws in Thailand serve only at the detriment of the customer.

I'm new here from America and and almost 70 years old divorced and lonely.. I met this beautiful young girl outside of a bar very early morning in Pattaya and she seemed really afraid. I really felt sorry for her and she told me her story of such a hard life on the farm, and so after paying the bar owner 5000 baht to get her out of that horrible place, we visited her parents in Udon Thani. We knew were soul mates immediately so after they said they had some land. They said it would only cost 200,000usd to build a small home. Is this a normal price here for a small home here. Thanks i am so in love. I know many people here have similar wonderful experiences.

She was 36, old enough to have some common sense.

Sickening... Pigs at the trough...

Who to trust when you can't trust the Thai lawyers? I feel sorry for Tim; she did nothing wrong.

I can only imagine your pain and suffering.....

It means "just coming into existence". I use it from time to time, along with other long words like wheelbarrow and marmalade. In fact I am considering purchasing a wheelbarrow, to use in my nascent project to grow oranges in my garden, to make marmalade!

I thought he had a court order to stay out of politics?

How about adjusting the cost of wines to bring the price of a bottle of wine in line with other countries.

A death in UAE sparks a terror alert in Thailand - - a bit of of stretch, wouldn't you think?

And you took a picture of his license plate on the phone you did not have with you?? 🤔

Always look on the bright side of life: She didn't also have a sick buffalo...😉

So Matt Gaetz is gone, but don't worry folks! Trump is still proposing a cabinet full of sexual miscreants and criminals. Pete Hegseth, the Fox news anchor who is completely unqualified to run the defense department, was also accused of drugging and abducting a woman who woke up in his hotel room and immediately called the police. He paid her off. Cool! Robert Kennedy Jr, a conspiracy theorist with no actual medical training who has already managed to cause deaths in Africa with his anti-vax nonsense, is accused of groping his former live-in nanny when she was 23. Lawsuit is pending. Cool! Trump even managed to find the rarest of creatures in Linda McMahon: a female accused of sexual misconduct, specifically, that she ignored the sexual abuse of ring boys (much like Jim Jordan turned his head away from sexual abuse). And her husband is a real cool guy, currently under investigation for sex trafficking, where he has been accused of raping, drugging, and taking a dump on a woman's chest and making her lay around in it for 90 minutes. What does this have to do with his wife? The WWE recently found 12 million had been spent in hush money payments to women, and there is no way Linda McMahon didn't know her husband is a vile piece of human garbage. Also, she has zero credentials in education of any kind. And while Elon Musk will not be in the cabinet, he will be in the administration. Elon apparently showed his penis to an employee who didn't ask to see it, asked for an erotic massage, then paid her $250k as a settlement for his harassment. Also, note he sleeps with employees, and fired 8 women who complained about rampant sexual harassment at his company. This is all on brand for Trump, who has been accused by 26 different women and has actually been found civilly liable for both battery and the act of rape. Bill Clinton is the only president in modern history credibly accused of sex crimes. Across the political spectrum, of Nixon, Carter, Reagan, both Bushes, and Obama, not one accusation. Trump has been accused of rape a number of times, by his own ex wife, and for years before he entered politics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct_allegations So here you are ladies! Trump said he was going to protect you, whether you like it or not, has decided to protect those who hurt women and children instead. Now it's very easy to predict that a number of MAGAs will soon be here to gaslight people with common sense, talking about criminal convictions as if they care about that- they actively dismiss Trump's actual felony convictions that resulted from a full jury trial, his numerous civil trial losses, even for rape. Trump actually told us he was a rapist (they just let you do it, grab 'em by the p**sy), surrounds himself with rapists like Epstein, and now he is picking a cabinet of them. MAGA.

Thought it was Putin on vacation for a second

31 and snatching chains? A complete, abject failure in life. Deported, hopefully sooner than later.

You are crazy to pay sindsod for a woman who has 2 kids already. Sinsod is given to first timers. Not to women with kids already. She should be lucky she will have a man who will even support her Thai kids. She is milking you for the money. Get out of it quickly. It will only get worse and your 100,000 will be long gone. https://marrythailand.com/thailand-dowry./ should the bride be a divorcee or a "Mia Maiy" - a spoiled/ruined wife, normally no dowry is paid. If she has a child or children from a former marriage or relationship no dowry is paid either.

Who are you trying to fool?

It ends when the money in your wallet ends... stop being a mug, man up and to tell her to pay for them herself!

Feel sorry for his children.

A bit late for that, I think. 😁

Nothing new here, been going on for decades, many guys come to Thailand for a holiday for a few weeks and rent a gal from a bar to stay with them for the duration and travel with them to other destinations around Thailand or even neighboring countries. They prefer to be with one gal for the entire time rather than chopping and changing. Also many such arrangements are now organized privately via Thai Friendly and similar apps.

Video screenshot In a bizarre turn of events in Phuket, a well-loved destination among British holidaymakers, a Russian tourist found himself in a peculiar standoff with local authorities while clad in nothing but his underwear. The incident, which unfolded on a seemingly tranquil shopping street, has since captured significant attention online. The tumultuous episode was captured in a video that's quickly gone viral on X, formerly known as Twitter, amassing over 200,000 views. The footage begins with Thai police escorting the forthright tourist, who's accompanied by a woman and children. The serene backdrop sharply contrasts the chaotic scene that ensues. Without warning, the tourist, who appears agitated, lashes out at officers, transforming the street into a flurry of activity. His family watches in distraught silence, broken only by the cries of one of the children. The situation escalates as the man, muscular and barefoot, begins confronting officers with a mix of shadow boxing and bewildering theatrics. Despite efforts by the officers to subdue him, including one policeman's attempt to mount his back, the tourist forcefully resists capture. What's perhaps most unexpected is when, mid-fracas, he charges towards a lone officer, prompting the policeman to make a tactical retreat. The spectacle ends abruptly as the tourist's companion rushes towards the unfolding melee. Speculation and humour have since erupted on social media regarding the video's authenticity, with one user quipping it resembled an '80s action film scene'. Local police have yet to release an official statement regarding the circumstances leading up to the incident or its aftermath. However, such events, while rare, underscore the unpredictable nature of policing tourist hotspots like Phuket—a city known for blending relaxation and vibrant night-life. Video screenshot As discussions swirl online, with comments ranging from amusement to concern, this unusual altercation highlights the sometimes-unexpected challenges faced by law enforcement in popular tourist destinations. Moreover, it serves as a reminder of the importance of respecting local laws and customs, even on holiday. While the specifics of the incident remain unclear, it's a vivid illustration of the colourful, occasionally chaotic interactions possible in bustling international hubs. For now, viewers remain curious and entertained, awaiting further details on this peculiar fracas, reported Daily Mail Online. -- 2024-12-12

How much sin sod for 28 yo single mom of 2 Bangkok suburb (Rangsit)? She has 2 daughters and agreed to give me a kid. She is requesting 100k baht. I am a 22 yo college graduate from a top western university.

I feel like im the only one boycotting it. I never enter parks or buy things that are a different price for me. Gotta stand for something

Not the first and certainly not the last

Well I got to throw the BS flag on this. There are not "millions of people dead from these '100% safe and effective' shots and billions harmed by them.". That is malarky. Kind of ends the entire precept of this thread.

I'm not at all shocked. What does shock me is all the billionaires marrying second hand wives. Jeff Bezos with all his money finds himself a 50yo woman .......... why? On the other hand, Leonardo DiCaprio gets it right by trading in his used 25yos for new 18yos every few years.

The police must remain ever vigilant, there is a chance that the morality of the nation could be contaminated by events such as these, and we would not want moral degradation to take place in the land of absolute purity and piety.

Well it is, they know it, and they don't care. It's not like they have a racially diverse population, its a closed society, foreigners are just ATM's to them.

Time to cull them, enough is enough.

Ask her for extra large condoms and check the reaction. The chemistry might ignite.😜

Many posters just immediately assumed he was from an African country. How wrong they were. It doesn't surprise me he is British. They are very soft on crime in my home country and criminals are very entitled constantly playing the victim card knowing that they will likely not be charged. If they are charged and convicted, the penalties are very light. Hopefully the Thais will deport him in due course. I can't understand why he was not held in custody.

100 times safer than walking around in London. Thais are peaceful and tolerant of foreigners.

I hope he is suitably punished with jail time... something he is unlikely to get back in the UK, unless the attacks could be linked to being racial!

They should have tasered him at the least. A Belarus idiot out of control. He would have been shot in many countries. Lucky Thais are so tolerant. May he enjoy the cockroaches in his cell.

It's possible he parked in someone's spot who phoned rent-a-mob. Only 4 - 6 assailants on one pensioner suggests Thais are getting braver.

keep up the good work. The truth hurts.

Meanwhile, 20,000 people die per year on Thai roads, and a million are injured per year. Priorities a little mixed up?

just to be clear I was at home last night watching porridge on UK Gold...

A loving home for every orphan is better than living in an orphanage especially a Catholic orphanage.

To start out, I am no fan of the President Elect. Let me politely and with feigned respect call him PE, for brevity’s sake, plus so that my ears and eyes do not hurt hearing or seeing his name, and my tongue does not catch fire by saying it. Yes, all are welcome to call my feeling by some fictitious syndrome, if that gives people orgasmic bliss (especially the Incels, as that’s the best they can get orgasmically, unless they opt for onanism or pay for a tryst). All are welcome to wallow in their own ignorance, like dinosaurs ignoring the coming asteroid. While I could probably top "War and Peace" in terms of how long a tome I could write on why I have nothing but contempt for the guy, I will keep it as simple as possible: it is his willful ignorance that disturbs me the most. Case in point: the guy has no clue what government does, nor does he care. I guess he’s also the Poster Child for the Dunning Kreuger Effect, because he thinks he knows everything he needs to know, plus how to make it better. We’ve all heard him say a hundred times, “Nobody knows more about [XXX] than I do”. I don’t know who this “Nobody” character is, but there must be billions of them, because even grade school kids know more than the PE about most everything. The best illustrative example of where willful ignorance can bite you on the arse was written in a book and article by author and former Wall Street bond trader Michael Lewis. Back when 47 was merely 45, and much less dangerous than today, 45 fired the transition team set up by Chris Christie to introduce 45 and his Administration to the government behemoth they would soon be running. 45 thought---and actually stated---I can figure out how to run the government in an hour and a half. Funny he thought he could do that to a multi-trillion dollar entity employing millions and running everything from highways to the military to power generation to transportation, but he could never figure out how to run a profitable casino, where people literally stand in line to give you their money. Coincidentally, I began writing this post just thinking about mistakes that might be made by aggressively shutting down agencies and firing people willy nilly, and the term ‘willful ignorance’ popped into my head. I then remembered articles written by Michael Lewis about PE Transition 1.0 in 2016 and searched them out. In the article to which I link at the end, there is this quote from Lewis: “Here is where [the PE’s] willful ignorance plays a role. If your ambition is to maximize short-term gains without regard to the long-term cost, you are better off not knowing those costs. If you want to preserve your personal immunity to the hard problems, it’s better never to really understand those problems. There is a downside to knowledge. It makes life messier. It makes it a bit more difficult for a person who wishes to shrink the world to a worldview.” (We subsequently saw this in action when 45 downplayed and mishandled Covid......from February 26, 2020, then 45 said: "And again, when you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero, that's a pretty good job we've done." That's like congratulating yourself now for winning the next Super Bowl or World Cup.) Lewis notes many seemingly necessary programs slashed in the 45 Administration, such as measures to enhance the electricity grid and protect it from cyber attack or national disaster, and cut all funding for research on climate change. Such things are when actions are driven not by knowledge or science, but merely by ideology or worldview. Lewis ends his Vanity Fair article with this: “Indeed, if you are seeking to preserve a certain worldview, it actually helps to gut science. [45’s] budget, like the social forces behind it, is powered by a perverse desire—to remain ignorant. [45] didn’t invent this desire. He is just its ultimate expression.” Let me rifle down to one example of just how willfully ignorant PE is and what effect it might have. 45 appointed Rick Perry, a guy I would guess has the IQ of a turnip, to run the Department of Energy in 2016. Recall that during the Republican primary of 2016, Perry had stated in a debate 3 government agencies he would close if he was elected President, although he couldn’t remember one he said should be closed, revealing himself to be the turnip he is. The one he could not remember in the debate was the Dept of Energy, an entity he was later appointed to run. Now the mandate of the DoE is huge…unbeknownst to both Perry and the PE. They are in charge of everything from the electric grid to the US’ nuclear stockpile, A rational person would think it might be a good idea to keep an entity in charge of the nation’s power grid and its then-7800 nukes, but since “Nobody knows more about nukes than I do” (Yes, PE said that.), maybe rational people are not up to speed and should bow to PE’s 'encyclopedic knowledge'. Now for a little history….back during WWII and the Manhattan Project, a facility was set up in Hanford, Washington to produce weapons grade plutonium, which was used in the bomb dropped on Nagasaki. The facility subsequently produced plutonium for upwards of 70,000 other nukes, most of which have been dismantled because of the various START treaties. That production generated a lot of dangerous radioactive and toxic chemical waste, some 56,000,000 gallons. It’s all still there, and there is a program costing $3 billion per year, both to keep it safe and clean it up. If this waste…which like the Hanford facility itself is on the banks of the Columbia River…made it into the wider environment, millions of people would get sick or die. If it made its way into the Pacific Ocean, forgetaboutit. Really dangerous, so it’s critical that the waste be monitored and cleaned up. Guess which government agency is in charge of the Hanford waste? Yes, the very same Department of Energy PE’s Secretary Rick Perry wanted to close, with the approval of 45 himself. Just the Hanford program is 10% of the DoE’s yearly budget. Also note that Perry fell somewhat short of the credentials Obama’s SecEnergy---Ernest Moniz---brought to the table. Moniz has a Masters and PhD in theoretical physics from Stanford, and served as head of the Dept of Physics at MIT. He beats the turnip by a peck and a bushel. Moniz likely understood the risk much better than Perry or the PE. Are even cult members beginning to see the danger of willful ignorance? That is just one part of one department in a sprawling government. How many other time bombs like Hanford exist in other departments and agencies? Now we have the Elon and Vivek Show called DOGE, which is going to streamline government. Anybody think they will take the time to learn about Hanford waste-type issues hidden in other departments and agencies? Anybody? (Aside: Tesla released a beta version of its self-driving cars, but did not exactly get everything right. Musk said something on the order of “Well, you have to expect a few dishes to get broken along the way”. If your child gets killed because a Tesla ran a red light while the driver was munching Doritos in the back seat, I’m not sure that isn’t worse than a few broken dishes.) Another part of PE’s plan is to make 50,000 Federal jobs political appointments, so that people can be fired at anytime for any reason. Anybody think each of those political appointments will be expert in things like handling 56,000,000 gallons of dangerous nuclear waste? Anybody? Or will they just be Friends of PE, such as major contributors or Fox Talking Heads or people who have said nice things about PE or bought a membership to Mar-a-Lago? I have no doubt there is waste in government, and if a thoughtful and informed approach is taken, $billions could be saved. Unfortunately, “thoughtful and informed” and PE do not go together. An analogy can be taken from the first Ghostbusters movie, when the EPA guy ordered the Ghostbuster’s containment system to have its power shut down. All hell broke loose. Let’s hope life doesn’t imitate art. The pressure is going to be there to do big things quickly. For the PE, everything is about the show, so he’ll want to produce one with great ratings early on, such as his plan for mass deportations and massive tariffs. Does anybody think a truly thorough analysis of all critical government departments and agencies will be carried out before people and monies such as those that keep the northwest safe from Hanford are slashed? Anybody? With PE, his Dunning-Kreuger Effect Administration, Project 2025, etc., the odds are extremely high that there will be Hanfords that escape the cursory scrutiny of the bulls in the china shop, who will be PE’s team. We’re all going to pay a price for that, but as yet we don’t even know what that price might be. In Admin 2.0, there are no guardrails, but there is a certainty the PE knows everything. Dangerous. Now go back to the willful ignorance that is the hallmark of everything PE and his cult. Addendum: Michael Lewis wrote about the 2016 transition for Vanity Fair. It is written in Lewis’ usual entertaining style, and can be accessed here: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/07/department-of-energy-risks-michael-lewis

Bartering has been a part of civilization since the dawn of time. The idea of a cashless society could be one of the greatest threats to freedom in human history. - the government can see your financial records - in 2083 the world will merge into a one government system. a global currency is part of this plan. - your money will be frozen or reduced at will by the ruling party. bought a pizza instead of that aspirin? you'll pay for that. - got lucky on the horses? no you didn't. - popped around to Sue's house at number 32? explain why the visit cost 1,000 bhat. - seizing money from citizens first and asking questions later via civil forfeiture. by seizing a citizen’s or a firm’s money, the victim/defendant has almost no choice but to settle. - imagine a future in which soon, a government staff member could suspect an individual of some misconduct, or perhaps deem that person’s politics or speech unacceptable. it would take just a few keystrokes to order all financial institutions to decline any withdrawal or payment from that individual. How about you? Do you still use cash or do prefer the cashless society?

"The only way to import drugs successfully is the suppository method." With 53.6 Kgs?