FruitPudding

Not that I know who any of these people are, but I'd guess there are more sane than Joey or Hunter Biden.

What's wrong with being a patriot and a capitalist? Would you rather live under a communist totalitarian government?? Capitalism is the only way to freedom and independence.

I think conservatives are on the side of sanity. The liberals have a screw loose these days.

He's the only one diplomatic enough to try to mend the problems with Russia Doesn't really compare to killing countless people in the Middle East though, does it? You didn't really give any actual reasons here. Lol ????

Care to be any more vague?

So, how did he come to contact this young man? I missed that part of the story

What an insult. Why brother? Banks these days give you nothing.

My vices: - Coffee -Bread n butter (yes, at this point, it's a vice) - Beer That's pretty much it.

I didn't write this, but as a Brit man too I agree with every word: Someone asked "Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?" Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England, wrote this magnificent response: "A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace - all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief. Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing - not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility - for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is - his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty. Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults - he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness. There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege. And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. Meaningless rambling. How many people did Trump kill? How many wars did his predecessors start? Think it got to double digits, just the few presidents before him. Trump is diplomatic and wanted shake hands with Russia, which is the mature thing to do. And he's peaceful, unlike other presidents. But he's a capable leader, unlike other presidents. Just admit it: he on the other side of your political views and you can't bring yourself to like anything about him. It's as simple as that. Sectarian rivals cheering their own team no matter what. Honestly, I must ask: why be a democrat? What benefits are there? Someone please name a few.

The medical companies benefiting, obviously. Hospitals and doctors, too. The political left getting those votes,too.

It's in the curriculum. They have to teach it. Funnily enough, I actually heard a recording where a student said they identified as a cat and another student laughed and said they wouldn't accept that. The teacher was then recorded calling that student disgraceful for not accepting whatever they identify as. Then they had an argument about male and female and the teacher would accept the students point of view, instead just shaming her. There's lots of these floating around now and the specific schools are mentioned too

You have to admit, getting children on board with this seems to be a huge part of the woke movement: it's mandatory in schools and students aren't allowed to share a different opinion. There are numerous recordings of kids disagreeing with their teacher and they get into trouble for it and some of the teachers have even been recorded saying that it's the school's policy that it is taught as fact and not open for discussion.

No. He's not a woman. It was a competition for women.

I think being single is the best thing ever. That said, it depends on the Thai woman. If you can find one with a bit of class, who has been raised well, and had decent education, then it might work out ok. But those kinds rarely go for us. The classy ones usually don't marrying lower classes or suffer a worse fate of excluding themselves from Thai society to become the farang's wife The kinds that go for us usually only have two options: village bloke or dumb farang. The cunning ones choose the dumb farang, so straight away it's doomed to fail.

All this pandering to the transformer community is just a phase that will soon pass. It's just being pushed by the powerful people who stand to benefit, very few people really care about it. I have nothing against the transformers but I think this dude just got the vote because his minority is the flavor of the month. Pandering and virtue signalling by the judges. I feel sorry for the runner up who should have won.

Were they coming to join the riots against the native Europeans, too?

In a care home.

I've not been affected by it due to living in Thailand, but I would not want to be in the West. What's going on in schools over there in the name of wokeness is just sick. Also, France (and other parts of Europe) is pretty much burning to the ground and this is largely due to woke do-gooders making the country vulnerable. The Left are also joining in with these riots, so they support it.

What was the definition??

Past tense of 'wake' That's the only definition I know. I've asked some woke people for their definition, but still waiting for an answer. I won't hold my breath.

What's the original "black culture" definition of woke?

Most woke people can't define it either. There's no mania on the anti-woke side. The plenty of manic folks on the woke end of the spectrum from what I see. And it's being supported and pushed by the left media

Can you give some examples of such common sense behaviors and attitudes? I think it's just gone radical.

We are talking about simply having a bank account here.

Nope. I came to Thailand long long before the woke movement.