29 minutes ago, Tropicalevo said:

Sad but true.

Unfortunately, all of this AI garbage and dumb photos encourages clicks and comments.

Clicks mean money and I have just contributed.

True and I've done the same here. I guess this is the new 'professionalism' in delivering NEWS online on this site. It doesn't have to be this way and I'm sure most of us would appreciate human content albeit with spelling and grammatical errors. The article itself is an interesting one and doesn't appear AI generated but being that the source of any article now is not given it's probablly a direct lift with an AI searched image added.   

This has to be the most stupid image linked to an article ever on this site and lately this takes some doing.

1 hour ago, 0ffshore360 said:

If it was his express wish to be buried in Wales then why not have travel insurance that provides repatriation of his corpse?

As to cause of  death it amazes me that so many consider an age bracket as some sort of measure of invulnerability from cardiac issues or sudden onset of pulmonary infection involving a type of pneumonia ?

 

Yes. Can be many reasons. All speculation.

6 minutes ago, steven100 said:

ok,  we'll have to wait for more detail later .....    

Yes, we will. Thing is we still might not know but I guess it doesn't matter if we know or not I just hope the family gets a satisfactory reason. 

2 hours ago, steven100 said:

 

yes,  but it doesn't say in Bangkok, Phuket or where ....  it also mentions he wasn't ill or sick at all and there was nothing wrong with him,  many questions unanswered .....   

So what. Why do you need to know right now? Maybe these are the only details released. What's wrong with you? Do you not know the process of how these types of deaths work? Accept for now he's died. What are the circumstances? Maybe, just maybe we'll have to wait.

8 hours ago, webfact said:

The rigorous selection process ensures a diverse and influential cohort.

One wonders if bank accounts have anything to do with this "rigorous selection".

38 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

By all means farm it, sell it to the pharmaceutical industry for processing and deliver it to the hospitals for doctors to prescribe it. Get rid of all the shops that sell it to whoever wants it, and make it illegal as a recreational drug for sale/personal use.

Easy solution.

Better to have cigs and alcohol legal because they cause less harm? I'm not advocating for the criminalisation of either cigs or booze because that's just as rediculous and won't happen but this century old idea that dope should be classified as a narcotic is just that. A century old. Actually I think it was 1936 or there abouts. Dope of course will still be available but a person becomes a criminal again for smoking it and the real criminals go back to making a fortune. Yep! good idea. Go and get drunk and smoke ciggies is ok but have a spliff and your a criminal. Rediculous. It should be decriminalised with caveats. No smoking areas. Yes. Same as cigs. Sale to minors illigal with stiff penalties. Purchased from licenced outlets. Define the amount a person can have for personal use. Define the amount a person can grow for personal use. Farming/plantations regulated and licensed. These are some examples of how it can be done. Basically decriminalized rather than legalised. Sadly baffoons run the show here.

Ahhh!!!! The land bridge. What a stupid idea that will never happen.

Funny how many films have been banned by the Thai censors though because they don't "promote the charm of Thai culture". It's not only those who stand up against Section 112 who are denied their freedom of speech. Many movie makers here are denied their right to artistic license. TIT. You must conform.

Three replies above so far from two posters to the OP and they're just puerile. For once there's a postive story. I say well done.

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

James Marsh, a food safety expert and executive director of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP), warned that rice stored for 10 years will have lost all its nutrients. He also cautioned that the rice might be chemically contaminated based on preservation methods used while stored.

Well I reckon this is an "expert" I'll believe. Of course we've seen a lot of "expert opinions" in the last few years that support profits for companies with all other "expert opinions" being wrong (aka conspiracies) so I guess James Marsh's expert opinion will be disregarded by the Thai government after all they have their own "experts."

Typical May weather. Hot, humid, somedays cooler and the occasional storm. 

3 minutes ago, TroubleandGrumpy said:

True - and I am sure the PM will want the job for many years and not risk it in an election.  But politics is not a game that can be planned out ahead with any certainty.

Actually I'm suggesting, just as as a poosibility, that their might not be an election for quite some time because PTP will get the boot with another coup. 

14 minutes ago, digbeth said:

stop logging in to read, and worse comments, the more we complain the more they can claim, 'Since introduction of AI articles, our users engagement shot through the roof and the community is as vibrant as ever"

Allow me to rewrite this for you TheThaigerChatGPT/AN style.

"Since the wonderful introduction of a variety of artificial intelligence applications we at TheThaigerChatGPT/AN have seen a bourgeong engagement of interfacing with our highly informative site to lofty heights never seen before."

1 hour ago, Classic Ray said:

I hope they bring in their defence the practice in other countries that have abolished lese-majeste laws which used to apply to heads of state like monarchs and presidents.

 

It is still possible to have a functioning  monarchy without these laws, as offences like treason will still be applicable in serious threats.

 

Only a few countries like Thailand, Cambodia, and some Middle Eastern countries still have them in force.

 

I quote the example of the United Kingdom where the late Queen was revered by the majority of the population and there has been an outpouring of support for the current King and his daughter in law after their recent medical diagnoses.

Even former colonies like Australia and New Zealand refuse to become republics, seeing the advantage of an independent barrier to their politicians’ excesses.

Plenty of republicans in Aus mate I'll tell you that. Charles ain't my King but I could call him a dithering idiot (not the case IMO) publically without fear of prosecution. The same cannot be said here.  

6 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

Recall that of the 250 Senate seats, only 200 will be subjected to deselection. The remaining fifty are likely reserved for old guard, ie., NCPO junta leadership and consultants. That's 20% already against any new opposition.

Agree. The 50 that remain will be Pratut's Junta appointments. Then the selection critera of being over 40 disqualifies many of those on the progressive side. Then you have occupations which is skewed to professionals only and then you have the corruption in that wealth can buy your selection. So, yes, the selected not elected Senate will will be full of the old guard with many of the dinasaurs currently in the Senate remaining. This whole selection not election is a complete farce open to corruption and manipulation and is in no way representative of a democtratic process.