OneMoreFarang

I give up with you. I have to admit I don't know if he reported the stabbing. I was more concerned with his health than telling him he should not forget to report it to the police. If you think it's made up, fine, that is your problem. But maybe ask yourself, why should I make up such a story, in an anonymous forum? It just doesn't make any sense. I will add you now to my ignore list so that I don't need to see your "I don't believe you" mails anymore. It's a waste of time to read your post.

In a previous thread you explained to us that we are all born and die the same. So, what does it matter how much time we spend on the bed?

I noticed a similar flashing on my monitor when Windows tells me there is an update to be installed, and I ignore that for a day or two. Is there a connection? I don't know. But restarting the PC and installing the updates "fixed" the problem. For further analysis you can switch the monitor connections. Then look if the problem happens with the same monitor or with the same graphic card output.

"Traveling from Thailand to the UK on a cargo ship." Great idea. You should do that.

Some things are just not published in "the media". I.e. maybe 10 years ago my friend Tony walked in the middle of the night back from Soi Cowboy to his apartment in Soi 22. A drug addict stabbed him a couple of times to get money for drugs. Luckily a taxi driver saw this happening and he brough my friend to a hospital. He was there maybe for a week in the ICU, and he survived. Was this ever reported in the media? I don't think so. I visited Tony in the ICU, I know it happened. Another friend of Tony worked at that time at one of the leading English language newspapers in Thailand. And he didn't even try to publish this story. I don't know if the news media are self-censoring, or if they get some "advice" from above what they should not publish. Fact is, lots of things happen in real life, but you don't see anything in the media about it. Other examples are all those illegal casinos, corrupt cops, bars with naked girls and smoking customers, etc. How often do you see that in the media? And if it's not in the media does that mean it doesn't happen?

Who certifies such thing? Can that person be prosecuted for such decision making?

There are lots of white male idiots out there. I don't think I have to explain that smart people and idiots exist in all color shades and races, etc. I saw a short video about what he did so far in his life. They said he finished Yale Law School in two years, with summa cum laude. I am pretty sure that someone needs to be pretty smart to do that. He was in the marines, which helps him to understand war a lot better than people who play soldier in front of a TV. There were some more points that sounded good. That was just my first impression. Maybe he has bad political ideas, maybe good ideas. Until now I don't know. I am sure we all will learn a lot about him in the next days. And if in the next days or weeks I hear lots of bad things about him, then I am not shy to change my opinion about him. Like I said, it was my first impression. I mentioned male and white because in the western world, in politics and also in universities and some companies, HR tries to hire all those DEI people. They are hired not because they are smart or competent, they are hired because of DEI. And because of that, competent while men are hired last. So, it's nice to see that someone ignores those stupid DEI and LGBTQ+/- and whatever guidelines. I wish the DEMs would do the same.

I am not American and obviously I don't vote over there. I have to admit I heard about this guy the first time today. But on the first glance he seems like a good choice. I also like the fact that Trump did not chose a woman, or a black person, or anything like that just to make some voters happy. He selected what seems to be a competent person. And that person is male and white. That doesn't mean I don't like women or people of color or other minorities. They might be great; Obama is a good example. But doing what Biden did, I want a VP who is a black woman, is just crazy when the first priority should be to find someone competent. Why look in the 5% black women bracket if you can look at 100%.

"Tell one of them to 'get f$%ked'" Who does something like that? Where I come from and wherever I lived, that is not the kind of language normal people use with each other. I.e. if one of those taxi guys would try to charge too much, maybe I would tell him "that is too much", or maybe I would laugh, like, good joke, try again. Is there any place in the world where people use those words regularly like they say hello? It's like that in rap often used word motherf#$#. I don't think it's necessary to have a hair trigger if someone reacts very forceful at such allegations. I guess most people don't mean it literally. But that is the literal meaning, so don't be surprised.

I get your point and possibly you noticed the 😉 in my post. But I think we can agree that many Americans use those 4 letter words all the time. A couple of days ago there was an article about an (presumably) American guy in the BTS who told a woman that he considers using that f-word is plain English language. I disagree. I didn't learn it in school, and I know many British guys, mostly older, who never use those words.

I was told to avoid that area. Too many Brits. 😉

In my experience motorcycle taxi riders still won't fight anybody just because he wants to park in a "restricted area". Likely they would tell him not to do that. Or they would stand where the guy wants to park. If anybody insists to use "their" space, and/or tells the guys to f$# o@# or something like that, then there might be bad consequences. But not just because anybody attempted to park a bike. I parked often enough in areas with motorcycle bikes for a few minutes, after I asked them if that is ok. Sometimes they are ok with a few minutes parking, sometimes not. And if they say no, then that is a no for me. I don't argue about it with them.

Yes, he tries to stay relevant. But it seems to me he is losing most of the time.

Veritable proof? No, sorry, I can't offer any police reports and I am not one of those influencers who runs around with a camera. And best of all, I don't care if you believe me or not.

Do most _-taxi guys have a hair trigger? I don't think so. I use regular taxis and motorcycle taxis in Thailand since decades. Sometimes I disagree with them about their price (before or after the trip), sometimes I ask them to drive or ride slower, and I honked my horn from my own motorcycle often enough at them. How often was I attacked? Never. I also never used 4 letter words with them, especially that f word. Most civilized people in the world don't like to hear that word. Accept maybe Americans, but we can argue if they are part of the civilized world. 😉

He should behave and not assume he can do and say whatever he wants. That's a good start.

What should a small girl do if she is up against someone bigger? She asked the local guys if they can help her. Does that surprise you?

Boyztown

Maybe that shows us that nobody takes him serious anymore. He is an old man who talks a lot, but his time is over.

Check YouTube. For some devices this is relative easy, for others it is nearly impossible. Even if you don't want to (try) do it yourself. That should give you some knowledge how difficult it is. Make sure you lookup your exact model. There are huge differences between different Surface models.

Good that right wing social media users would never ever do such things. Personally, I think there is nothing to celebrate.

Speeding? At least in that video he rides slowly. And maybe, just maybe, he has a good reason to do that. An example would be to bring some urgently needed medicine or something like that.

And now? How many other load sharks operate in that area? Will they all be arrested? Or is this only elimination of the competition?