retarius

I know who you are referring to. He or she seems to be a wannabe psychologist or philosopher....but the ideas are stale nonsense.

I have to say that this has been the absolute best debate I have ever participated in on ASEAN, and thanks to the mods who let its get on with it. Personally I enjoy disagreement and usually play a devil's advocate role in debates. "Agreeing to disagree" is the greatest thing. But has anyone changed their views here today, I think probably not. Often we are concerned about how right we are, and I think it would serve us all to question ourselves and our views. How do we know what we know? Do we in fact know what we know?

I never check it. But I did check my AMEX yesterday, the foreign currency fee is about 10%....I was floored. F^$3 them, I'm not paying those sort of charges. End of story.

You haven't addressed violent crime by blacks. It is a staggering 3 fold higher than violent crime by whites

You sound like YOU think that western nations are morally superior to others. Isn't that racism???? Yes of course it is, measuring others by your own standards. Who says your standards are moral or ethical? Certainly, not me.

Nothing like facts to deal with is there. 12.5 % of the population commit 33% of violent crimes. Yeah let's have these bros in the boardroom or better yet, how about President of Harvard.

Yeah I'm sick of these folk setting themselves up to judge others. "Judge not, lest you be judges and found wanting". The arrogant woke types will be judged soon and found wanting brains.

Brilliantly funny. All great comedy has an element of truth.

Give it a couple of days and if it is not paid in, then start the process for having it restored. The sooner you start the process the sooner it is restored. But 24 hours, I wouldn't be worried at all if I were you, it is probably just a short delay because of Xmas and NY holidays.

And the attacks on Ricky Gervais. I love Chapelle and Gervis's work, and their total blanking of the woke brigade.

Brilliant stuff.

I beg to differ. The activist make a living out off this.....no issues about wokeness to act up against, no payouts. They won't let this religion die. What else would they do?

Risible.

No notice of any kind, and I checked the spam folder. My payment is paid into a Thai bank and the first I leaned was when I went in to draw out some money in April, then learned nothing had been paid in. I receive emails to report my earned income each money which I never do because I have no earned income. They mentioned that that was not the issue, but didn't say exactly what the issue was. I have to say they were prompt with restoring the payments in July but the back payments took a little longer.

As a SCOTUS judge once said, 'what is free speech without the right to offend?' You have been offensive on these pages to me implying I am a racist when you don't even know me. You were then cowardly and mealy mouthed when I called you on it and aske you directly. I am not offended by this cowardly behaviour because I have normal skin depth and am not a snowflake, quivering at any hinted offence. As they said when I was a child "sticks and stones my break my bones, but words will never hurt me." So my advice to you is to grow up and act like an adult man or woman or whatever gender you are.

You do not know what the Fed will do, you are just guessing. I am sick of people claiming to know things they have no way of knowing.

They froze my SS payments last year from January until June. In April I had the misfortune of dealing with them to have it reinstated. I had to submit a form, and mail it to them by EMS because the local post office had a fire. Two months later in June I got a reply by email and had the mistake rectified. At no point could I speak to a person and never received any explanation for why not was frozen in the first place, despite having requested to know several times. Fortunately my financial position is such that I don't rely on SS and it just accumulates in BKK bank, but what if I relied on SS to eat or pay rent or get a visa? Those poor people would be frantic wouldn't they at having to put up with truly deplorably slow service.

Excellent post, thank you. Personally I have no problem acknowledging I am anti-woke.

My answer to woke is to tell them too grow a thicker skin. "People", in the words of the prophet, "are too damned sensitive" (Eminem).

BS. Answer my question and stop obfuscating .

You are correct, and I stand corrected. Ozimoron is a perfect example.

Quite nice looking though....I would like to have my gnarly teeth fixed by her.

Honestly given the state of the electricity supply (above ground), and the state of electrical systems inside homes installed by incompetent 'electricians', I am shocked (sic) that electrocution is not the number one cause of death in Thailand. I paid for mu house t n]be earthed.....it is not, if you open up any socket there is a green wire about one foot long, going nowhere. The 'electrician' saves some money and time I suppose.

It is almost impossible to contact a live person in Manila. I think you can call between 9am and 11 am on two days a week, but of course the lines are permanently busy. The service from Manila, like so many 'new technology improvements' has brought a catastrophic decline in service to save a few pennies. Payments are always late in January.

Are you saying I'm racist? Well it's your opinion I suppose. But your statement reflects your level of thinking. You seem to think that everyone, except racists, agree with you. Meaning, that if someone doesn't agree with you, then the y are a racist. And I have to cry BS at that notion .