OneMoreFarang

Good question. My, gf, who lives with me since many years in Bangkok, told me that when I die, hopefully not too soon, she will go back to her family. And her family lives somewhere up country, so she will go away from Bangkok. I think the important part for many Thais is the question where their family lives. If their family lives in Buriram then they want to be there, if the family lives in Krabi, then there. And I guess if the family lives in Bangkok, then they want to be in Bangkok. For many farangs we have no "our side" family in Thailand. If we think we like Phuket or Bangkok, then the decision is about the location and not about family.

It seems many Thais buy everything as cheap as possible. And then they are somehow surprised if those things are defect, don't work the way they should work, are broken after a short while, etc. I am not sure if that is typical Thai or Asian or maybe just something that relative poor people do anywhere in this world. I.e. I buy tools which are often expensive. And I can use them for many years, and they are precise. Often it does not make sense to buy cheap and bad quality. But people do it again and again...

I think the internet and social media make lots of things and situations worse. One problem seems to be, that years ago if someone i.e. liked to piss on his feet while listening to Madonna this person would be alone, with nobody to talk to about the same fetich. But now, there will be somewhere on this planed 10 or 100 more people who like the same - whatever it is. So people who had to ask themselves years ago if maybe they should rethink what they are doing will find now likeminded people somewhere on the internet somewhere in this world. And then they become activists, loud activists and all that. Sometimes I watch Chris Williamson's podcast, and sometimes it's interesting. But at the same time often they talk about viral trends on the internet and how to react to these trends, etc. Often I have no idea that those viral trends exist. Nothing to think about and nothing to have headache about. IMHO it seems way too many people follow lots of stupid trends on the internet, and then they are confused why they are confused.

Relax. Let the Thais sort it out. Don't get involved. If you get involved, you will likely make it worse. So don't!

I think using an agent is often helpful. It saves a lot of time and hassle. I am legally in Thailand with business visa. If I go to immigration, I see my agent, and all is done in maybe 10min. I am willing to pay for that convenience. But obviously it's important to know who you can trust.

Does anybody pay that kind of money for a legal visa extension? I don't think so. So, immigration should give the guy a medal for helping them finding all the people who wanted to illegally continue to stay in Thailand.

He should be in jail since that January. But then, the USA and American people were always somehow different. I hope one day they will all wake up realize what they did. But I am not so sure that will happen anytime soon.

Was a really important to include this into this article about overstay. Is overstay from a heart-broken man worse than if he would be happily married? And if a women would be heart-broken, would this also be included in the way it is in this article? Most of us were heart-broken at some time in our life. It hurts. And other making fun of it doesn't make it better.

Some of those fake pictures are pretty good. Check out Elianeck.

Why would fake pictures kill a career? (I really don't know)

I think it's not so bad.

I read somewhere that now some people use this kind of software to create AI characters for OnlyFans and make a lot of money with that. And that obviously only works because there are enough suckers out there who pay for that.

In Thailand there is only one good reason for Christmas. And it has nothing to do with the music or Christmas trees.

My mom would likely look a lot better with AI body, especially because she is dead for some years.

Maybe the reason why they charge more for foreigners is because foreigners complain more. QED

Really? It's more likely that they will get free publicity and some more minutes in the limelight. That's what celebrities want, or not?

But be careful what happens behind closed doors.

I watched the video. After the initial attack, which possibly she couldn't avoid, she is fighting with the robber about her bag. At least I read too many news stories where this behavior goes terribly wrong. Maybe hospital, maybe worse. Whatever was in that bag can't be so important to risk your health and life - at least IMHO. A long time ago I spoke with an ex-drug addict. She told me that many drug addicts do those robberies to get enough money for their next shot. The addicts are desperate, and they don't act rational. They want their fix and don't care about anything else - including the life of other people.

Really? And then, where do they go? To Brazil? Or maybe the USA or UK? I would bet there are more knife crimes in those countries.

I guess she can always claim she lived in Afghanistan and the Taliban want to kill her or something like that. ;)

It's not necessary to bring any money. Just make sure you/she arrives in the appropriate way.

Will you bring a truck with a water gun or what is on your mind?

What would you do if you see a guy with a knife attacking somebody? Would you try to fight the guy with the knife? I am sure some people could do that. But how many of us are able to disarm a guy with a knife?

She risks her life to save her bag. Is that smart? IMHO the best resistance in such cases is no resistance.

Obviously, this shouldn't happen. But it does - all over the world. Now, how should the victim react? Hold on to her bag and defend it with her life? NO! Just give the thief that bag and live another day - hopefully with few or no injuries. People get killed in these attacks. Is your bag so important to risk that? Hopefully the police will arrest those robbers and charge them with attempted murder and lock them up for a long time.