OneMoreFarang

I think that is even worse than having your own children.

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That is a good question. I have some money for the time when I won't be able to work anymore. But for how long? Good question. I like my work with computers, so I don't really care about retirement. And then there is the question if I want to survive until I am 90 or have a good life until I am 70 or 75. I don't really have an answer.

Another reason not to have kids.

I have difficulties finding the fun part in such activity. If I want cheap then I wouldn't go in a bar.

If I have more then I spend more. If I don't have much money to spend then I don't spend it. I think there are lots of opportunities to spend money. The 50B street food or the 1500B buffet? Maybe add a bottle of wine? I can live cheap if I want to. Mostly I don't want to do that.

Isn't TikTok also hosting videos about lots of stupid challenges? It seems lots of people want a Darwin Award.

Why would you argue about such things with a mama-san? Tell her what kind of girl you want. That's the only thing she needs to know.

Two possible reasons come to my mind: If the shop has to pay for the devices which they have in stock, then they have some risk and that risk costs money. I guess that some people, maybe many, want to pay monthly rates. Maybe the advertised prices are based on that. And maybe if you tell them you pay cash you will get a good discount - maybe.

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I agree that we all pick who we believe. I saw interviews with Bjørn Lomborg and many other people. He is no climate specialist, and he doesn't claim to be one. He analyses data and he analyses how much money is spent for what with which results. I think a lot of what he talks about makes a lot of sense. Just one example of those climate radicals: Germany shut down all their nuclear power plants and now they use also coal power plants. Does that make any sense when protecting the climate is the big goal? No! And Germany is obviously not alone with such stupid decisions.

I remember one interview with Bjørn Lomborg when he tells a story about horse carriages in NYC about hundred years ago. It seems at that time they had so many horse carriages and so much manure on the streets that they thought about the problems for the future. How will this be with double the amount of horse carriages and double the amount of manure? And then more. The "answer" was of course the development of technology. Now they don't have a manure problem anymore. They have other problems. Personally, I am sure the world will change - with or without climate change. And many changes will be so big changes that nobody foresees them. Who saw "the internet" coming and the way it developed? Who expected smart phones with cameras and GPS and free video calls all over the world in everybody's pocket? There will be many changes with many consequences. Climate change might be part of that. But I would be surprised if it would be the biggest part.

Do you think more people will migrate because it is one degree warmer? Or because of wars, better opportunities in other countries, etc. I am sure I won't move out of Thailand back to Europe because it is warmer here.

I guess one needs to see a few of his videos before we get the taste. I saw by now maybe 20 or more of his 2-to-4-hour videos. Mostly I watched them up to the last minute and I liked them. He has a talent to talk to all kinds of people. I.e. I think Kanye West is crazy (best case), but I still watched Lex Friedman interviewing him.

That's the great thing about being stupid. They don't realize how stupid they are - at least I think so. See also: Dunning–Kruger effect - Wikipedia

I think one of the big problems is that politicians mostly don't understand complex science - like many of us. So scientist have to make a 10 page summary of their long study. And then probably a one page summary for the politicians. And that summary is obviously often like: Which part of my study do you want for your summary (for political reasons). It's complicate - far too complicate for 5min news.

Personally I think two motorcycles are enough, at least inside Bangkok. ????

“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” ― George Carlin

And some people don't only listen to those people who shout loudest. There are some good videos with Bjørn Lomborg out there with not just one simple solution to very complex problems. And he is obviously not the only one who doesn't see the catastrophe which other like to promote.

1. Good luck we split up and I moved to Thailand. 2. Munich, in summer, not the Oktoberfest, see picture 3. Cambodia. Nepal is too cold.

If we would have the hottest average temperature this year, and next years, and then then again, then I would start to worry. But that is not the case. I am sure climate change exists. But some people want to show it as a huge catastrophe. And with that they rectify lots of crazy activities. Sad!

That's a good point. But I wonder how many of those influencers think after a while that they are stars and now get rich. And then, maybe sooner or later, they crash, and nobody cares about them anymore. I guess that hurts. And IMHO at least some of them deserve that.

Actually, some of those rainbow activities also happen in the real world.

That is something I started before Covid, at that time mostly electronics from China. Later I also bought more and more on Lazada. Now for many small and relative cheap items, I buy online. It saves me the travel through town, and it is not necessary anymore to talk to sales people who know less about their products then I know. I would really miss online shopping if I couldn't use it anymore. Years ago, I was almost the only guy in our condominium building who received parcels. When the reception received a box there was a high chance that it was for me. Now there are daily probably hundreds of boxes for (it seems) everybody in the building.

Anybody who reads this forum is online. But some of us are a lot more online than others. I.e. I don't have Facebook, I seldom look at Twitter. But I watch a lot of YouTube videos, sometimes to learn something, sometimes for entertainment. I also look some parts of "shows" like Triggernometry, Lex Fridman, Joe Rogan, Bill Maher and others. Sometimes people talk about online trends, and how the world is so different from years ago because of this and that online. Interesting. But I have to admit I never noticed. Maybe because I am in Thailand and not "the west", or maybe because I mostly don't know what happens on Twitter, Facebook, etc. How about you? Do you know about all those things which go viral? Do you care? Does it enhance your life? Or are you mostly ignorant about trends and live a happy and, some people would say, ignorant life? Samples are online inspired "new" behavior of men and women. All those gender issues. The "climate catastrophe". Hollywood trends. Cancelled people.