OneMoreFarang

Out of interest: What music did you like when you were young? And did your parents and other older people like that music at that time. Or did they tell you something like: Put the volume down on that garbage... ?

It seems many people don't know this. It is easy on many smartphones to take a picture of a document, even from an angle, and it can look like a good scan. Here is a video which explains this (I just watched the first few minutes). This function might have different names depending on the phone. But it is often integrated - even in cheap phones.

Maybe it's better to talk to another electrician. Unfortunately in Thailand are many bad electricians. And, even worse, many useless inspectors who let those bad electricians get away with horrible work.

Some, or maybe even many of Joe Rogan's videos are pretty good. He listens and he knows when to ask which questions. And then there are some people who take his videos and other famous peoples' videos and add lots of pictures and text and then they try to sell those videos from other people as their own creations. Sad.

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I just looked it up. I think I didn't hear that song in the last 30 years or so. But I still like it.

So you see crimes happening and you don't do anything about it and you don't think people should use common sense and you think somehow the crimes will go away. Interesting.

Someone didn't read the fine print...

I am not sure sure about that. When I was a teenager everybody loved big speakers and big ghetto blasters. Now it seems more people use headphones and/or little Bluetooth speakers.

Maybe that would help. ????

Yeah, great idea. And while you working on that how about no drugs and no murders or just no crimes at all anymore? What a wonderful idea.

Call it whatever you like. I think it's a lot better if a girl is smart and uses common sense. It seems for you it's good enough that she says after the event: Don't blame me. I didn't do anything wrong.

Yes, in theory you are right. And do you see the problem? You can try as hard as you want and we can all try as hard as we want but there will always be bad guys. And even if all bad guys would go to jail after doing something bad then still bad things would happen. So coming back to that imagined daughter (or any other young female who needs guidance): I would tell them to be careful and to avoid risk. It's impossible to avoid all risk all the time. But at least it is possible to avoid some big risks. And going with a guy who they barely know into a private room is certainly a big risk. And what would be the result of that? Would there be no rapes anymore? No. But who would be raped? The girls with pink tinted lenses who hope that the world is perfect? Or the girls who know there are bad guys and who avoid big risks? All that doesn't make a rapist more or less guilty. A rapist is guilty. But if a girl can avoid a big risk then it is smart to avoid it. It's called common sense.

Would you mind answering my question:

Yes, you are right, no is no and if the guy ignores her no then that is rape. So when that happens the woman can rightfully say: he raped me. But, wouldn't it have been a lot better for her if she would have thought before meeting that guy if that is a smart idea? Are you really thinking the woman in that example is not partly responsible for bringing herself in a risky situation? If you would have a daughter and she would tell you: Now I will see this guy at his home who I just met online. Would you let her go and wish her a good time? Or would you tell her to think twice or maybe outright tell her: Don't do that!

Thanks for your answer and good that we agree on some things. I never said it is acceptable that a woman gets raped when she visits a guy. Of course people should only have sex (anywhere, anytime) when both want that. But I think everybody should think about possible risks whatever they do. If a woman is not sure about a guy but for whatever reason she still has to meet him then she should do it in a public place, i.e. in a hotel lobby. Or she can ask a friend or colleague to join her. And if she suggest that and the guy doesn't like that they meet in a public place or together with another person then the alarm bells should go on. When I understand your writing correct then you think similar to: She should be able to go wherever she wants. And if a guy wants to have sex with her, i.e. in a private room, then she should tell him she doesn't want sex and all will be fine. Really? We are not living in a perfect world. Some people are bad. And some people think they can get away with certain behavior especially if they are alone. Do I think that is good or fair? No! But it doesn't matter if you or I think that is fair. It matters that sometimes bad things happen. And bad things happen more likely to people who are not careful. IMHO it is just common sense to look at possible risks and avoid those risks. Maybe a direct question to you: A girl chats with a guy on a dating app. They agree to meet in a hotel. And then bad things happen. Where do you think the situation got wrong? In the moment when the guy didn't listen to her NO inside the room? Or was there any mistake (long) before that happened?

@robblok There was a time when women slapped a guy when he misbehaved. That seems to be out of fashion now. I never raped a woman and I have no interest in doing that. And, as mentioned above, I think that any man who raped a woman should go to jail. And I also think that any woman who accused a guy of rape which never happened should go to jail. Lots of feminists pretend they want equality. But what many of them want is that everybody should believe everything women say and everybody should think men are guilty if any women accuses them. I am not one of those guys who thinks women always tell the truth. Many lie.

I think victim blaming is overrated. If I walk along with a gold chain and an expensive camera around my neck in Rio and I get robbed (and maybe killed) then almost everybody would agree that I was just stupid. I asked for it. But if a woman doesn't know a guy or she knows him only a little and then she visits him in a private room then some people just think she is a victim. Why didn't she think about possible bad consequences? I think now it seems to be fashion that some people think they should be able to do anything and pretend the world is perfect. Really? The world isn't perfect and bad things happen. Be prepared, and don't do stupid things!

I think that is only partly true. If 30 years ago an aspiring actress would have accused a manager that he kissed her against her will or maybe gave her a slap on her backside then I agree, most people, including me, would have seen that as part of the business. But if a woman was actually raped by a prominent person and she screamed and fought him, then I am pretty sure not many people would have accepted that. Most people agree that bad guys should go to jail. Personally I find the worst cases are when I read accusations from women about what a guy did and all that happened in a hotel room. Many of those women could have just opened the door and walk out. But they didn't. Why didn't they walk out? And many of those women then later visited the same guy again and they had a good idea of what might happen. But they still did it. And 20 years later they call it rape. Strange.

If there would be i.e. 10 guys who get away with rape and 3 would be innocent but their life would be ruined by accusations, do you think it would be fair enough that the innocent guys suffer? And about guys getting away with it because lack of evidence: In which cases does that happen? Does it happen if i.e. a woman visits a guy in his hotel room and later she says he raped her and he says she agreed to sex? In cases where a guy dragged a woman into a street and raped here there there is normally a lot of evidence. Personally I think too many people make (very) bad decisions and then they find out too late that there are consequences. I.e. if a woman arranges to see a guy for sex who she just "met" online is that a good idea? Obviously no guy should rape anybody in any situation. But IMHO we should agree that some women should have though a minute or two before they met some guys in private. And about you not ruining anybody's life with your comments in a forum. I agree that your comment alone makes almost no difference, same as my comments. But take a million comments of people who write something like "he is guilty, lynch him" or comments like "lets be fair and look at the evidence" then that makes a difference.

I wonder how many of those MeToo women who told their (version of the) story 10 or 20 years later ever though about how much pain they could have helped to prevent if they would have accused the bad guys earlier. Now we hear i.e. many people who say they knew that something bad was going on with Weinstein since a long long time. And what did they do? Did they warn people? Did they at least try to make sure he can never do it again? No! Most of them just watched and did nothing to prevent further harm. So much about MeToo.

He is prominent and that brings a couple of "complications". Let me say first that what I write here is independent of political party, gender, etc. I am sure there are enough people who would like to see the accused in jail - or at least away from politics. And obviously some people will love it when this drags down his political party. That part might already be motivation enough for some people to accuse him. And then there is possible compensation. Why not join the money train and get a million for not going (too much) public? MeToo showed us that if one person comes out with accusations then often others come out as well. How many of those prominent people who were accused were also prosecuted and convicted? And when I write prosecuted and convicted I have a real court in mind and not facebook and twitter and all that. Lots of men had their lives totally ruined by accusations. And once that life is ruined it is impossible to bring it back. Personally I think it's fair if the press publishes accusations. And if there is any evidence then please publish that as well. But if it is something like "he did this years ago and nobody saw it and I didn't mention it until now" then I think we should be careful to jump to conclusions. If he is guilty and if there is evidence and if the public makes sure the investigation continues then there will be a conclusion at some stage. Why not wait a little longer before ruining someone's life? And about why some men, including me, don't trust accusations from women: Over the years I knew a couple of guys who's life was made miserable by women. Just accusations about what they allegedly did to the women and/or children was enough for that. And when later the truth came out that the women were lying what happened? Not much. The guys lives were still ruined and there was little to no consequences for the women. Sad - and unfortunately it happens too often. Obviously some accusations are true and they guys should go to jail. Let a judge decide!

Looking at her speed she must have had her foot for some time on the gas and never changed it to the brake pedal. Was she drunk or just stupid?

And obviously that wouldn't have happened 40 years ago...

I also know a lot of good old music and not so much good new music. But that doesn't mean good new music doesn't exist anymore. I pay a lot less attention and it's not so important for me anymore. And there are fewer of those moments at those parties where a song stays in my mind connected to one girl. And then a few months later another girl. I think Ed Sheeran is a good example that talent still exists. Here are two versions of one of his song. I would call them basic and very basic. And it's still a good song.