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Nearly 34,000 Vehicles Sold at 43rd Bangkok Motor Show
OneMoreFarang replied to webfact's topic in Thailand Motor Discussion
Which obviously makes a lot of sense. After all, you bring your car to the office and not your house. ???? -
Nearly 34,000 Vehicles Sold at 43rd Bangkok Motor Show
OneMoreFarang replied to webfact's topic in Thailand Motor Discussion
Is this good news? Would 100,000 orders or a million orders be better? Don't we have enough cars on the streets already? Imagine news like: This year only 3,456 people bought new cars because they had to replace their old cars. But 100,000 people bough 1 year tickets for the MRTA or something like this. Wouldn't that kind of news be a lot better? -
Social Studies teacher exposed in "sex for grades" scandal in NE
OneMoreFarang replied to webfact's topic in Isaan News
That brings up the question: How many people knew what was going on, maybe for years? And how many people accepted it or didn't want to get involved and whatever. It seems nobody is surprised when just another case like this is made public. In how many schools does that happen? And what happens if any accusations like that come up in schools? Do the schools investigate? And if they find something, what do they do: Tell the teacher not to do it again and we forget about this little misunderstanding? Or maybe tell the parents of the molested children to better shut up or else? I suspect (without any hard evidence) that a lot like this is going on. And a lot of people know about it, including the schools and including the parents. And most of them let it happen. -
Does your view also apply to the American presidents who decided to invade other peoples' countries? And does it apply to all those soldiers who invaded i.e. Afghanistan and Iraq and who killed people? And does it apply to all those people who voted for Bush and others? I think if we are realistic then we have to accept that life is complicated. Imagine if a Russian in Thailand (or anywhere else in this world) would go on social media and say what an as$#$# Putin is. He should be hanged and all that. And then, what will happen? Will this Russian person ever be able to return to his homeland? And how about his parents and other family members? Will Putin and his supporters say: That is a single guy in Thailand, we will leave his parents and family alone. Really? I don't like what Putin is doing. And I don't like when people support him. But I try to see reality. And reality is that soldiers all over the world have to follow orders. Or else. And people want to eat and they want to live in a warm home. Should they demonstrate on the streets and then freeze to death at home? It's complicated. One of my favorite quotes is: There are easy solutions for all complex problems. And most of the time they are wrong.
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I recently saw a video with psychologists and the question (in general) came up: What do you want? Many people answer they want a lot of money. Then the psychologist in the video explained that that is basically no answer. It says something like: I don't know what I want. First I want money and if I have money then I can take my time and think about what I want and how I will spend that money. It would be good if more people would think further than "I want a lot of money". Because if they would think further then maybe they think that they want a house and a quiet life with a decent husband (just an example). But if they don't think far enough and maybe they have or can have a decent guy and a quiet life then many still dream about having lots of money. What can I do that this guy gives me lots of money. For what?
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Obviously it is interesting to read all kind of comments here. But I think we should keep in mind our limited understanding of females in general, Thais in general, and then female Thais. How many of us know why women do what they do? And how many know how Thai people think and react. And how many know how Thai females, maybe 20 years younger or more, think? I remember a guy wrote (I think in this forum) about an office girl he was attracted to and it seems she was attracted to him. Later, when they were already a couple, he asked her why she chose him. And she said something like: "You always looked clean. I liked that." That was obviously not what he expected. And how many of us would even think that could be a remote possibility? I guess very few of us would think about that. After being with my gf together since forever I have a good idea what she wants and what she will do. But do I understand why she does it or want it? No. And I doubt she thought much about why. She just does it. Instinct or something like that.
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If he has 270k per month then it is unlikely that he could live comfortable on 70k. I know an ex banker with a huge pension who lives in Thailand. I remember when he said something like: I can't imagine how anybody in Thailand can live with less than 100k per month. I am sure he really though like that. I mentioned to him that there are even people who live on less than 10k per month in Thailand. And he had this "you must be joking" look on his face.
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I think it is more the perceived hotness and fun. It seems to be important for Thai men that the other people think he has this hot girl who is so much fun. Is she really fun? Or is she just headache if they are alone? I think for many farangs it is about what they want. Personally I like dusky and petite. And I don't care if any of my friends or other people who I know think she is hot or beautiful. She is what I want. That's all I care about.
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I understand the question but does anybody of us really has a realistic idea about that? When I was 20 anybody who was 25 was old and 30 very old and 40 year old parents were unbelievable old. Now I have friends who are over 60 and I know they are not exactly young anymore. But I wouldn't call them old men. I think our perception changes so much over the years that something that it is nearly impossible to anticipate how we will feel in 20 years or even further in the future. And at least I would never choose a gf/wife thinking about what might be in 20 years. We will find out. And likely it will be very different from what we could have predicted. Just think about free (video) phone calls all over the world and any kind of information from anywhere in real-time. Who would have imagined that 20 years ago? And who would have imagined years of Covid? What will happen in 10 or 20 years? We don't know!
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Here is a part of one of those interviews - if anybody wants to know what we are talking about. Many of his interviews are longer than an hour, some a lot longer. This is just a short part of one of those long interviews. And please keep in mind: He studied this for decades. He knows what he is talking about.
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I understand your point. On the other hand in the last couple of months I watched many hours of his videos. He is a very smart guy with a huge knowledge. I definitely learned a lot from him. And I am sure that anybody who doesn't learn from him doesn't want to learn or is ignorant. That doesn't mean that everything he or any other person says is always the truth. When I and probably you listen that doesn't mean we have to believe everything or agree with everything. But even then he gives us something to think about.