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only if the person doing the punching is poor and the person being punched is wealthy

This seems like sensible policy to me!

This is an indictment of both your imagination and the low quality of Thai people you apparently prefer to associate with. The Thais I know are all very respectful and not going to squirt someone that obviously doesn't want it. Maybe if you stretch your imagination to include Thais that don't fit your biases it will make your life better.

Actually, Western thinking is "let me come here and take advantage of low prices from the exploitative labor market, then turn around and complain that their society doesn't put more effort into fair social practices while insulting every native Thai along the way." Thai thinking is "let me get what I can from these invaders from the Empire, as long as they are raping my country."

I just asked for a link, no need to be rude.

Removing corruption from politics is an endless project and somehow nobody ever accomplishes it. This is another place where I have to remind folks that Thailand is not unique in its corruption. The problem is that the vast majority of those with the real power to correct it are neck-deep in it, in every country I know of at the moment.

Not a link

Link?

I'm confused by this relating of events. How could Jarae's loud speaking be misinterpreted as anger towards them if he did not engage with anyone? Something is fishy here... of course. There are always multiple angles here. When something seems this odd, that generally means there is something missing from the story... not saying he at all deserved this horrible treatment, but there is more to this story I think.

This is a glorious theory! I love it.

I'm also curious how road deaths compare to pollution-related deaths in Thailand. Distraction?

Maybe the researchers and I have a different understanding of what "most" means.

Yes, of course, it was the complaining tourist that hurt tourism, not the incident itself. TIT!

These monkeys are super aggressive, I can attest to that. Something I did set off one of them and he got very aggressive and chased me off. Only reason I didn't fight him was I didn't want to be the guy caught in a video fighting a monkey. ???? But they are very aggressive and I advise people to stay away from them.

Interesting, thanks. I'm still trying to figure out the place for me, so appreciate you sharing your ideas.

Interesting, OK, yeah, I didn't leave the USA because I couldn't afford it, I left because it'a an authoritarian cesspool of ignorance. ???? So LV and San Antonio sound dreadful to me. Manila vs. Bangkok: I don't know why anyone might prefer Manila, with its horrible traffic and pollution. Oh, wait... LOL. ????

Yeah, well, I'll bet more than half of the country are opposed to the widespread bribing of police officers. I wonder which one does more harm to society?

If the government cares about these people, how about trying to eliminate this practice of polluting the whole continent with smoke and dust? Why would someone choose to go to this clinic? If I had trouble breathing, I'd go to a proper hospital

Oh yeah, where would you go? I make $80k in my pension and I don't qualify because I can't prove to the Thai government that my pension is real. But I love the culture and people here.

I would expect this is mostly corporate employees who spend money like it's nothing, or wealthy people that just are looking for a bit more convenience at any cost. No normal person is going to do this and I assume that's by design.

So just bribe the people scrutinizing, duh!

Unlike all those virtuous Western women that are famously well above any sort of gold digging or treachery, good point. </sarcasm>

What possible faux pas could be made around the importance of music in Thai culture? Being too quiet? Not liking driving backbeats? Failure to dance like nobody's watching?

Yes, in the USA we went through the Fat Ass Revolution in the 1970s and 80s I think. So we are way ahead of Thailand here.

It's a calorie surplus, whether from sugar, fats ,or even protein. The quality of your diet can change the ability to process calories somewhat, but the bottom line is that for purposes of gaining weight, it's all about calories in minus calories out. Exercise, nutrition, etc, are all ways of modifying these two quantities.