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Sarcasm refers to the use of words that mean the opposite of what you really want to say, especially in order to insult someone, or to show irritation, or just to be funny.

The driver probably said - "yeah sorry, meter broken. How about 50 baht?" Thank god for social media. Otherwise, these heinous crimes might go untold

These guys move through Airport security screening at lightning speed. Much appreciated

How many of us remember backpacking across Asia in our youth? I was young once stretching my tiny budget to explore as much of the world as I could. It changed me into a global thinker and inspired me to try to do good as an adult. This woman didn't steal anything and was probably really grateful for the kindness. It will be another 25 years before anyone can really judge if this woman was a loser - or a wandering saint

Seems to me that "their own cause" is simply being poor.

I somehow feel obligated to read every "news" story about changing marijuana regulation, but there is zero chance the government will be able to wrap its arms around marijuana use again. There is a need for some regulation of the cannabis industry, but we consumers will always have easy access to weed. Party on Garth

If they wanted privacy just tip the local police and turn Pratumnak Beach into a private location for a few hours

The online applications are processed by human beings, and two years ago was mid covid so not as many of us applied. I set a reminder and do it 13 days before the due date. It has always come back within a couple of days.

The "new" online system works well in my experience, and I've not heard many technical complaints. Takes less than 60 seconds. https://tm47.immigration.go.th/tm47/#/login

You need to freak out on the staff occasionally for no reason whatsoever. All the better if you wear the tin-foil hat and jabber in a made-up language. It's almost guaranteed that your lobby demons will avoid your gaze forever

You got that right. After years of parking 800k in a Thai bank with minimal interest, I switched to an agent who charges 12,500b/year for the service. That's only 1.6% on the same 800k. There are plenty of expats who will argue that someday the agent method won't work. So far a lot of us find an agent the better way to go.

You must be a lot of fun at parties

So your point is that she's not a Drama Queen?

Did you find any royalty from Southeast Asian countries on the List? I heard Jeff spent a lot of time in Germany

"Electrocution" means death from electrical shock. She's alive and just another Drama Queen creating clickbait

Tourists bring the majority of their money into Thailand via ATM withdrawals from their home countries. ATM withdrawals will always be untraceable in Thailand. I don't expect this tax to be much of a problem for most expats unless they wish to buy hard assets. We renters have little to worry about

Quite a while ago that location made their own wraps from fresh dough for each order. They were much better than the premade wraps. Does anyone know of a place that makes their own fresh tortilla wrappers?

I haven't seen a proper dream pipe in Thailand since the 80's. Please PM me if you know something I don't

Pattaya’s tourism tide: Aims to lure 27 million visitors The weed shop entrepreneurs seem to be the only people who believe the headlines

I agree, I too am sending a clear message to Immigration. I liter often, urinate in public, and rip off the cart vendors as often as possible

My father told the same cringe-worthy jokes for 25 years and expected an honorary rise out of us every time. So goes the double-pricing conversation

This is the second story about the Thai government pouring big money into new healthcare initiatives. Last week there was a story about free HiSo hospitals care for village folks. There must be some fat kickbacks being paid by the bedpan mafia

Two creative gentlemen supporting Thialand's move to a digital economy. I expected a puff piece praising the Ministry of Education for its digital entrepreneurship programs

Well, I'm not sure what 20 years has to do with the 800k yearly deposit for a visa, but your math is incorrect. The Thai baht has actually been a terrible investment over the last 20 years. The S&P index is up about 450% in the last 20 years. A dollar invested in the Thai Baht is only up about 10% over the same 20 years. There are good reasons that some folks like to hold the 800k in the bank - because it's a good forex investment isn't one of them.

Well, I could be hit by falling space debris too, but I choose not to worry about it. Have you ever heard of anyone who faced jail, deportation, fines, or blacklisting when their only misdeed was using an agent in this way? No, I haven't either