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I think most people on this forum have seen plenty of police vaping as well, often right outside the police station...

I remember the name and the iconic gong, but was not familiar with the slang term...!

Condescending? The video is about a bunch of Americans who desperately need a huge design and printing job done, and can't find any company in the US with the ability to do it on time. They go to Thailand, where a Thai company is able to meet their needs by designing and manufacturing a million items in under a week. I guess the "netizens" were so busy trying to be offended that they missed that part. And didn't Thailand write the book on broad-brush comedic stereotypes of absolutely every national and ethnic group? Or am I thinking of another country that has wacky Isaan maids in every comedy, and where newspaper headlines refer to Korea as "the land of kimchi"?

Even by Thai standards, this has to be one of the most ridiculous excuses I've ever heard. "Winds blew dust" into the middle of a tunnel that's 5km long? And if somehow that utterly implausible scenario were true, won't the same thing keep happening again after every cleaning? 🙄

And also incentivizing breeding? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hanoi_Rat_Massacre

The amazing thing about science is that it works regardless of whether you believe in it. No matter where climate change is "on the list of voter priorities", it's still happening.

I personally have no opinion at all about their legality - I was just referring to what Thai officials have already said: "Pol Maj-Gen Panthana Nutchanart, the deputy commissioner of the Immigration Bureau, stated that the advertisement is not illegal since it does not offer Thai passports. He remarked that the sale of foreign passports is a common practice in several countries."

It's great to see that being unlikable and unpopular is no bar to high office 🙄

Prosecution on what legal basis, exactly? So far, every official has stated that the content of the billboard was not illegal - the only issues were that the Chinese person who arranged it didn't have a work permit, and the building owner didn't have the right license to put up advertising. And why is the Labor Ministry involved in policing foreigners obtaining passports - legally - from third countries?

There's an awful lot of detailed planning and posturing going on for a program that has yet to be funded or even approved.

Either this term was badly mistranslated, or the justice system here is even more bizarre than I thought it was. "Serving" his (truncated) sentence in a luxury hospital suite and at home may erase his obligation to the penal system, but it certainly doesn't erase the fact that he was found guilty by a court. This case has nothing whatsoever to do with US politics, and I don't even know who the "goose" and the "gander" are supposed to be in this scenario. A pardon in the US, however, does not in any way render the recipient "innocent": "There are substantial differences between legislative immunity and a pardon; the latter carries an imputation of guilt and acceptance of a confession of it" (US Supreme Court in Burdick v. United States) https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/236/79/

"Well, they may be impostors, and we didn't do anything wrong, but let's pay them just in case" - does this make sense to anyone...? 🤔

So which is it - this is officially confirmed to be starting in three days, or it's still awaiting approval? And if the cabinet hasn't approved it yet, presumably it hasn't been gazetted either...?

Spam on Line and Whatsapp makes sense, because the messages are free - they can send thousands of them at no cost. SMS spam in Thailand is more peculiar, because the messages cost money. I haven't received the "temple" message, but I did get the one below the other day and was wondering how the scam works:

Generally, yes. It's up to the airline - I've checked my bags through on Indian low cost carriers when transiting through India en route to another country. Transit through Bangkok is the same - some low cost carriers will transfer your bags to your connecting flight, and others say you have to do it yourself.

I don't think anyone would assume that ethnic Chinese from the Mainland would have the same spending habits as those from Singapore or Taiwan, which is why this is a peculiar survey. The article also states the following, though of course it could just be poor reporting: Not even the PRC government pretends that Singaporeans are "Chinese nationals"!

Yes, it could only be spotted by the eagle eyes of foreigners 👀

They are using a rather broad definition of "Chinese"...

Have you ever been to a prison here? Conversations between inmates and their visitors are routinely monitored. The fact that the inmate was "temporarily" being held in another facility wouldn't change that.

If universities can't sell degrees to unqualified students, how on earth will ministers and MPs get the qualifications that they need?? 😂

The company should certainly be punished, but why is this something that a cabinet minister has to deal with personally? These are driverless trains, and I've never seen "officers" on board, other than when they're going a few stops to another station. Was this just an employee who happened to be on the train, or actually someone assigned to be there?

You're talking about managing and controlling airspace, not defining it. Here is what was written in the article: "In an ambitious stride toward redefining Thailand's airspace, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has pledged to overhaul the nation’s airports" The PM is not, in fact, "redefining Thailand's airspace" in any way. "Redefining" what constitutes Thai airspace would be a matter for international discussion, but that isn't happening here - the PM is talking about improving airports and aviation oversight. The writer just chose an incorrect term to describe his goals.

I didn't have it with me - their question was a total surprise - and they were satisfied with my statement that I had used an Embassy letter for my extension. (Obviously such a statement wouldn't fly now, since the US Embassy no longer issues income letters, and they could see that I had an American passport.) In fact, since I had always used the Embassy letter method up until that point, I had never bothered to open a bank account, so my account was only a month old at the time I went in for the stamp transfer. I don't think I had even transferred the 800k at that point, so my account probably only had a few thousand baht in it!

The "loss" is a completely invented number. It seems to pretend that people would have bought the same stuff they purchased at duty free stores at regular stores instead (false), and would have paid an additional 100% in additional taxes on those purchases by buying outside (also false).

Thailand's airspace is defined by international law - I think the writer may wish to consult a dictionary to find a different word.