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8 minutes ago, Mike Lister said:

Can I just make an observation on what you wrote? It seems like two extremes to build a house here yet refuse to live here for more than 180 days per year, and, withdraw money from offshore accounts using an ATM! My advice to you is to wait and see what the RD has to say in the coming months because I don't believe the outcome will be nearly as bad as some people think. Thailand wants the money that foreigners bring into the country, more than it needs the 5% or 10% tax that it could earn from taxing transfers.

i'm abroad currently and don't anticipate returning that quickly. for this fiscal year i'm content to stay on the sidelines and see how it plays out. it just means doing some local slow travel when i return, which i am happy to do.

12 minutes ago, UKresonant said:

I think you would have to have a plausible amount coming in to live on , or already in, as a base to field the question and not be suspect of working in Thailand with no work permit (unless you work there anyway of course). Other than that it would seem to be very useful.

 I have an elite visa so no need to show income to Immigration

11 minutes ago, nauseus said:

Looks like you just jumped in without following the sub thread. So how can you claim to have made an argument with any semblance of intelligence? 

your post, that i responded to, is well sumarized as,

"Your wrong, the economy is bad, trust me bro" with the implication, given the topic of this thread, that this is biden's fault and life was better under trump.

You did not point to any data or statistics that leads you to that conclusion.

You didn't point to any policies by either party that might have influenced the outcomes.

you could have.

but  you went full "trust me bro"

I on the other hand pointed to a specific policy shift and a specific outcome to make an argument

which we can debate like gentlemen if you would like.

10 minutes ago, nauseus said:

If you can't see how ridiculous all that is then that's a good example of how blind people have become.

 

Tell you what, if the US economy is still as strong as you believe in 12 months, then I will accept your mealy-mouthed accusation and also concede defeat.  

With the capitalist class running the fed, seemingly determined to crush a labor uprising, by holding interest rates high, it is very likely we ll have a recession on the way. 

If you wanted to blame biden for that because of changes he has made at the National labor relations board which has contributed to the ability of unions organize, i would consider that fair.

but you haven't presented any argument even half as intelligent as that

Of course, I would ask, "Whose side are you on?"

the obsession about woke is pretty sad.

there has been a technological shift.

everyone in the world now has a publishing platform.

so if you behave in a way that some people find offensive they can now talk about said behavior and find a broad audience.

this genie is not going back in the bottle.

it is not your free speech that is now being constrained.

It is the speech of those who would critique that has been freed

get used to it

there really isn't a thing called woke

just spoke to a rep on the phone.

sounded like she was saying i could do my original upgrade at the old price.

didn't make a recording

let's hope for the best.

6 minutes ago, BritTim said:

I would be happier if this letter included the phrase "at the original prices". My fear all along has not been that an upgrade would be impossible, but that the price of an upgrade would be much higher.

I wouldnt call him an american youtuber.

a thai youtuber who is american might be accurate but don't know about the guy or care for that matter

16 hours ago, JimTripper said:

I can’t figure out why Thailand allowed grass. They were all aboard on the family friendly tourism and high earning expat visitor train then they allow it to become a stoner destination.

 

everyone knows higher class people don’t sit around getting stoned, with the exception of some rock stars.

 

 

I went to choate rosemary hall for highschool.

so did John f kennedy and ivanka trump.

I have personally gotten high with the heirs of SC johnson, walmart, dupont, anheiser busch, the pritskers, kuwaiti princes the list goes on and on.

higher class people indulge recreationally

if you think that it is confined to rockstars, who ironically i personally wouldn't consider higher class, you are just dead wrong.

2 hours ago, Walker88 said:

You smoke for the taste? Eat a brownie/cookie for that flavor?

 

I'm willing to bet 95% or more of those who use weed do so with the intent of getting high, not to enjoy 'hints of black currant and licorice'.

there you go passing judgement again.

what is wrong with smoking to get high?

why would i need any other reason?

It's my life not yours.

i don't need to justify my consumption with medical reasons.