VincentRJ

The knickers belong to you. 🤣

I think you do not understand the basics of Buddhism. There's an interesting story in the Buddhist scriptures that describes the Buddha's response to insults. In the story, a man hurls insults at Buddha, and Buddha responds by asking, "If someone offers you a gift and you refuse it, to whom does the gift belong?" When the man answers, "To the one who offered it," Buddha explains that the same principle applies to anger and insults; if he chooses not to accept them, they remain with the person who offered them. I assume that someone who commits crime and corruption in the name of the Buddha, is equivalent to insulting the Buddha. Wouldn't you agree?

No, he wouldn't. The true goal of Buddhism is, no cringing, no anger, no craving, no attachment, and no suffering. The Buddha would probably just laugh at how his teachings have been distorted over the centuries.

The point I was making is that everyone's money that is used to buy the lottery tickets, goes into a pension fund, no matter how many people buy the lottery tickets. The number of tickets bought are capped at 3,000 baht per person each month, for obvious reasons. However, whilst the 15 million baht in prizes might be much smaller than the total amount spent on the lottery tickets, that 15 million has to be paid for by the government, including the costs of operating the lottery program and paying the vendors. A search on the internet reveals that the normal Thai lottery system pays 60% of the total sales revenue in prizes, and the remaining 40% is used to cover administrative costs and fund social programs. It would appear that this new lottery system will pay 100% of total sales revenue to fund social programs, that is, the pension fund. All administrative costs and prizes will be an additional cost to the government, or a government subsidy, presumably paid for by additional taxes, or additional government debt.

"Every Friday at 5pm, participants stand a chance to win one of five top prizes worth 1 million baht each, or be among the 10,000 lucky ones to secure a second prize of 1,000 baht." That totals 15 million baht in prizes. If participants who don't clinch a prize get their ticket's cost turned into savings, then who pays for the 15 million baht of prizes?

So many negative comments on this thread. Here's an alternative view of the circumstances. It's sometimes very difficult to be certain that someone is dead, whether a human or a dog. There are many stories of humans being declared dead, but who mysteriously come back to life, sometimes, fortunately, before they have been buried, but sometimes after they've been buried. The owner of this dog might have been aware of this history of humans coming back to life in a coffin, furiously scratching the coffin lid to try to escape. Perhaps he loved his dog so much that when he buried it, he decided to leave its head above the ground, just in case it was not really dead.

So many negative comments on this thread. Here's an alternative view of the circumstances. It's sometimes very difficult to be certain that someone is dead, whether a human or a dog. There are many stories of humans being declared dead, but who mysteriously come back to life, sometimes, fortunately, before they have been buried, but sometimes after they've been buried. The owner of this dog might have been aware of this history of humans coming back to life in a coffin, furiously scratching the coffin lid to try to escape. Perhaps he loved his dog so much that when he buried it, he decided to leave its head above the ground, just in case it was not really dead.

I guess the explanation is: Trump is a true Christian. Love thine enemy.

Don't you want to give her a big kiss?

There are many examples throughout history of people being pronounced dead, who have later bounced back to life. There are also examples of unearthed coffins, which have scratches under the lid, implying that the buried person came back to life and furiously tried to get out of the coffin. It's often referred to as the 'Lazarus syndrome'. Here's a description of the Lazarus syndrome, from wikipedia. "Lazarus syndrome (the Lazarus heart), also known as autoresuscitation after failed cardiopulmonary resuscitation, is the spontaneous return of a normal cardiac rhythm after failed attempts at resuscitation. It is also used to refer to the spontaneous return of cardiac activity after the patient has been pronounced dead. The phenomenon was first described in medical journals in 1982, and has been noted at least 38 times since then. It was named the "Lazarus Phenomenon" by Jack G. Bray in 1993, referring to Lazarus of Bethany who, according to the New Testament, was raised from the dead by Jesus."

The correct title of the article should be: "Temple Highlights Bangkok's Vulnerability to Land Subsidence"

From the article: "Bangkok's land subsides at about one to two centimetres annually, while sea levels rise by approximately 5.8 centimetres each year. These concerning trends indicate a potential for significant flooding in Bangkok and Samut Prakan by 2050." Land subsidence is often confused with sea-level rise, but this claim of '5.8 centimetres per year' of sea level rise, cannot be a result of climate change. 5.8 centimetres is 58 mm. A search on the internet reveals that the current rate of sea-level rise, globally, is around 3.6mm per year, which is 0.36 centimetres. If we add the claimed 1-2 centimetres of land subsidence (say 1.5 centimetres) to the claimed 5.8 centimetre sea-level rise, we get an apparent rise of 73mm per year. Subtract the global estimate of 3.6mm per year of sea-level rise and the result is 69.3mm per year due to land subsidence. This is not a problem that can be fixed by reducing CO2 emissions. 🤣

To get things in perspective, that's 400 Baht per day. 400 Baht is currently equivalent to approximately 19 Australian dollars. In Australia, the national minimum wage is now $24.95 per hour, as from 1 July 2025, which means that the daily minimum wage in Thailand is less than the hourly minimum wage in Australia. Assuming the average working day is around 8 hours, a Thai worker on the minimum wage, earns around 1/10th of an Australian worker who is on the minimum wage in Australia. Thailand has a long way to go.

From the article: "The residence, surrounded by overgrown vegetation, showed signs of long-term neglect." This implies that the residence has a garden. Why on earth would people not have the sense to grow their own fruit and vegetables if they are struggling to pay for food?

Hey! Worms are nutritious. Didn't you know? "Live, edible worms offer a surprising amount of nutrition. They are excellent sources of protein and fat, and some species also provide valuable vitamins and minerals. For example, live mealworms contain about 20% crude protein and 13% crude fat. Some species, like earthworms, are also high in calcium. "