Gsxrnz

He only managed to liberate 490 Baht.  Perhaps he's a coin collector?

1 minute ago, mikebell said:

I suspect it was Thais who came up with this.  I bought one with a '100% Cotton' label; it melted under a hot iron.

The age-old Thai dilemma.  Was it the shirt or the label that was fake?

Artificial meat, driverless cars, E-cigarettes, cyber sex, facebook friends, genderless non-binary self identification, a female James Bond - what's next, a female 007 with an actual cervix who identifies as a man? 

Somebody might think that the human race is struggling with reality, and the only ones who knew about it were the Wacowski brothers (of The Matrix fame), but then they became the transgender Wakowski sisters and burst my bubble.

But it's really been going all downhill since they invented the polyester shirt and instant coffee.  

That looks nearly as scary as being approached by a 6'2" ladyboy on Pattaya Beach Road at 3am.

Regarding information believed, who can reliably say that they are definitely not suffering from cognitive dissonance. Further, is claiming not to be cognitively dissonant the most obvious display of the condition itself or not?  I'll leave that for those who consider themselves cognitively non-dissonant to ponder in a cognitively dissonant manner, or not, as the case may be.

The mania and hysteria (using the classic and literal meaning of the words) surrounding Sars-cov-2 seems to have rendered observable reality largely irrelevant, and replaced that observable reality with what appears to be two indefensible ideological positions - that is, indefensible as viewed by those with the opposing ideology.

I find philosophy in its various forms more satisfying than any ideology as it forces one to dig deep into the pathology of an idea and those promoting or opposing the idea.  Philosophical conversation usually leads to a "truth", where as defending  an ideological position relies on having the loudest voice or the biggest mob behind you.

My personal philosophical position is that mankind is inherently evil, and any individual should be trusted about as much as I would trust a rabid mongrel until they prove themselves to my sole satisfaction not to be so. I'm not suggesting anybody should share my philosophy, in the same way that I should not be expected to adopt anybody's ideology or philosophical viewpoint without examining its pathology.

The list of people I would trust my life with consists of me alone. Anybody who claims to value my life more than me or wants to exert power over me because of their Ideology is blatantly evil.

For that reason alone, and irrespective of your thoughts or ideological position on Sars-cov-2 and information/misinformation surrounding it, both the tyranny and compassion currently being exerted in all its forms by individuals, journalists, scientists, politicians (and your neighbor) should be examined with the same skepticism you would afford a rabid mongrel.  

I'm now off to consider the question: Is tyranny imposed in the name of compassion a preferred option to simple evil tyranny?  Oedipus, Pavlov, Orwell, Rand, Socrates, Huxley, Bradbury, Locke et al immediately come to mind. 

Philosophically speaking, that's my afternoon shagged.

deleted

deleted.

Drumroll.........................and the're gonna call it DurianCoin.

This is a first world problem of immense magnitude.   

3 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

The bill has not come in yet.........

Agreed. 

But to quote Hunter S, Thompson, "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming Wow, what a Ride!"

I've also threatened my uncharitable offspring that I further intend to arrive at the grave having spent my last 200B on a packet of smokes and a Johnnie Walker (hold the ice), they will have to pay for the funeral, and that it is my fervent hope that three credit card bills arrive after my death, thoroughly maxed out and overdue.    ????

26 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

Next up entire police force arrests itself ????

They do arrest each other from time to time.  Usually it's a territorial dispute and some coppers open a gambling den outside their duly allotted franchise area and dilute the customer base of the legitimate franchisee. Quite rightly, the legitimate franchisee holders bust the interlopers.

The Mia Noi's get angry because the sugar daddies are transferred to desk duty in another area pending an "investigation".  Rumour has it that they can only return to operating their franchise duty after the official auditor has done an assessment of notional losses, attributed appropriate penalties on top of the losses, a bus ticket is purchased and soaked in water (for the smacking of the wrists) and fat brown envelopes are exchanged.

99B now for L&M.  I can afford the extra 8B or whatever. 

Meanwhile if I was back home I'd be paying about 700B for the same.  A saving of 600B per day is 219,000B per annum.  My first divorce cost me less than that.

I've considered smoking more but concluded it would interfere too much with my drinking.

Velcro (gloves).

15 minutes ago, zzaa09 said:

i wouldn't pay too much attention to this type of rhetorical journalism or what passes for news....brought to you by the usual sources.

 

Fortunately, there is an abundance of alternative sources available, if you know where to look. 

I actually thought this was a satirical article?