Zikomat
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57 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:
He admits to protecting himself.
Protecting himself from another human being (unarmed) running in his direction? Do you really think that human being deserved being shot to death?
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If I shot at close range all those who have ever ran in my direction, all those who ever wanted to fight me, all those who ever raised their hand at me - I would have been on the list of serial killers for a long time already. You don’t shot people to death at the slightest sign of danger. It is not normal!
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I just heard that the bars on the Soi Made in Thailand (in Pattaya) are currently being demolished.
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4 hours ago, RmcaIssan said:
Initial post ..perfect summary.
Music festival in Pattaya last week ..all bars closed ..well unless to watch football in a bar it will be food and a soft drink .. Pattaya it's is decimated.
These festivals are organised for the Bangkok people who never visit Pattaya bars and agogos anyway. Many more mass events planned for the Bangkok visitors to Pattaya this month (fireworks etc.).
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The current restrictions , as we can see, have nothing to do with Covid. In Bangkok and Phuket the entertainment venues are fully open but not Pattaya. At the same time, they keep organizing the mass gathering events for the Thai people here. The process of transforming Pattaya into the Thai middle class resort is on. Pattaya nightlife (the way we knew it until now) is a thing of the past.
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Pattaya is way too attractive for the newborn and ever increasing Thai middle class from Bangkok, a huge megapolis. Before Covid, the weekend and holiday influx of Bangkokers, together with the Chinese tour buses, made Pattaya traffic system seriously overloaded. And this tendency was on the rise from year to year. Bangkokers got more and more interest in Pattaya.
Looks like this is the time for the Thais to claim Pattaya back for themselves, although it was initially created and built for the foreigners and with their money. The Thai people got richer in the recent decade and they need more space for fun and leisure. Pattaya is the best candidate, situated just 90 minutes away from the capital. The Pattaya’s nightlife was never something of interest for the Bangkok visitors. Moreover, it was a source of the shame feelings and an embarrassment for this kind of public (quite hypocritical, as everything Thai). Probably, the current crisis is being used as the opportunity to transform the sex capital of the world into a slightly less boring version of Hua Hin with the main target groups of visitors being Thai middle class families and notorious organized hordes from China.
The most recent decision not to reopen Pattaya’s nightlife venues (while reopening it in Bangkok and Phuket) clearly hints on the governments intentions of transforming Pattaya into something new and different. The 50 year old history of Pattaya as we knew it has come to an end.
Anybody thinking of current crisis in Pattaya as an opportunity for investing in the future nightlife’s recovery may easily lose all their investments with this global change of the city’s positioning.
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33 minutes ago, gearbox said:
I don't know yet about what happens in other locations, but I came back to Thailand (Phuket) today. Went through Bangla road nearly 11pm and the place was bursting with life. Looks like the mongers (quite a few of them) are back. Can't imagine them drinking tea or water at this time of the day. No social distancing whatsoever, all same as the good old days.
So there seems to be a bit of discrepancy what the government is saying and what actually happens on the ground.
Phuket has no any restrictions. It seems like the generals are only determined to destroy Pattaya’s nightlife.
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58 minutes ago, NanaSomchai said:
Working As Intended. (tm)
Yes, it indeed looks like the generals have some special plans for Pattaya.
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A deadly blow to Pattaya
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2 hours ago, Jumbo1968 said:
???? UPDATES: Curfew remains only in six provinces in the dark red zone until at least the end of this month.
Pubs and bars now cannot open nationwide until 15th January. Originally the prime minister said they can open on 1st December.
#Thailand
This is definitely nothing to do with Covid !Pattaya is doomed
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“…while the number of foreign tourists is expected to slowly recover”.
Whoever talks about any (even slow) recovery in the tourism sector is definitely bluffing.
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With all their negatives (not too many, actually), don’t think I would like to stay in this country without its Isaan people. They are, probably, less educated but they are also childish, naive and fun-loving personalities who cannot properly plan their future. Which makes it impossible not to feel sympathy for them.
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1. Filthy ‘Rich’ global citizens
2. ‘Wealthy’ retirees (1 billion in assets and higher)
3. Multi-millionaires
4. Single-digit millionaires
5. All the rest - ‘undesirables’
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42 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:The visa issue as well TM39 and 90 day reports are like resolved by simply paying a agent to do them, so this is a man made problem optionally only. In terms of some here that comment on doing so for a secure future or for the vulnerable years, not sure how this would be better in Ecuador or Mexico to be honest.
Generally speaking no place on earth can offer sustainability, safety or security in 1-2-3 decades from now, western countries are going downhill faster by the year too. I'd agree with Zikomat that is hard to find a place comparable to Thailand unless you just wanna live cheap and stay at home all the time.
I've even tried Cambodia, Malaysia and Laos for a year, similar but not the same at all as it is here. Vietnam might come close by offering a very vibrant life but neither is anything close to Thailand. If there was such place many would go.
Let them go to Mexicos and other Maldives… we never came and stayed here because of the easiness of getting the Visa and we will never leave the place because of it (the Visa) becoming somehow harder to obtain…-
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You will come back, sooner or later. There is no other place on Earth like this. Learn to accept its negatives as a part of its uniqueness. Other places may be 100 times better on the paper, but in reality…. there is no other place like this one. Magic in the air.
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Hua Hin is a boring place which tries to be as Non-Thai as only possible. A receipt to (touristic) disaster…
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No, no, no… just it is not true!
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Amazing New Charters (from China)
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And I bet on another” bankruptcy-protected restructuring” somewhere in 2023.
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25 minutes ago, NanaSomchai said:
Nothing to add here. Another big failure.
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7 minutes ago, Walker88 said:The officials and workers in the hazmat suits, greeting people who have had a negative Covid test within the last 72 hours, then finish work, go to a packed market on the way home wearing only a mask, and joining a crowd of thousands who may or may not have ever been tested.
It seems.....oddly inconsistent.
Don’t you know Thai people can only get Covid from foreigners, never from one of their own?
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Leave in 2 months. But don't pay for the electricity and water that you will use during these 2 months. (Not applicable if there is a deposit involved).
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23 minutes ago, Kadilo said:Would you like him to explain it even easier for you?
I think you should read him again. Why does he claim that the spike will come from the Thais who serve foreigners? Specifically - foreigners! Why not from any other group of Thais?
What this doctor actually says - the foreigners are the source of infection, but the ones who will spread it and cause the spike in the “clean” population are the Thais who work with foreigners.
A typical Thai way of thinking: a-priori clean Thais VS a-priori dirty non-Thais.
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U.S. Topic -- Predictions for the Kyle Rittenhouse Trial?
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The real humanism, probably, starts at the moment you feel other person’s pain and suffering as much as your own. Without it - you are in a computer game shooting everybody at the slightest hint of danger.
Yes, this indeed was a gamble. Will this unarmed man kill me (probability = much much less than 100%) or should I shoot and kill him with the chances of killing 200% ? We all know what choice this bloody “kid” made. No wonder he was unable to simulate anything similar to the human kind of crying at the court.