NorthernRyland

I stopped reading Wikipedia for anything political after I caught them editorializing too many times.

remind what this guy did again to get exiled?

Those families must have been really nasty to contest a will and cause the owner to lose their property. Even so it's such an obvious and dumb tactic it's hard to believe a Thai court wouldn't toss that out.

That had to go to supreme court? That should be normal operating procedure in marriage according to Thai law, unless foreigners are treated in a special category...

People always say this but is there any evidence of it being true? Not only is it marital property but you were supposed to be given the right to sell. Simply allowing a family member to say "no" and running out the clock seems ridiculous, even for Thai standards.

In all seriousness this is true. Some large percent of Thai population has increased their food costs by 30% (+ inflation!) and shifted the money to a few large companies. Maybe it's worth it for them but this is a prime example of how the rich get richer and poor get poorer.

Losers! Fatty morons! Vile peasants!

America? I think we're more burdened than the average Thai in many important ways. It's hard for me to know but that's how it appears to me at least.

On paper we have free speech but you will absolutely face backlash and lose your job, friends etc.. if you make racist or any other illiberal comments. Case in point I'm in the US now and I was language policed by some family for using the r-word (retard) and the phrase "these people". If I did this enough and at a job I'm 100% certain I would get fired eventually. Yeah it's bleak right now in the "home of free". Much more freedom to be found in Thailand.

It's funny because we call it a "prejudice" while in reality the people who are the most racist are the people who interact with other races most. It should be called a "postjudice" if we were being honest. For example the only Thai people who I met who have been hostile towards have been the Thai's the interact with farangs on a daily basis and no I don't blame them at all.

That's their charm in my opinion. Simple people with a local worldview are very refreshing compared to where I come.

I think the Thai's are actually the norm in the world and it's Europeans/whites who have in the recent decades been brainwashed out of believing ethnicity is real and matters. Living in Thailand taught me it not only is real but it's extremely important to your identity.

This is my entire point. Only if you enjoy it because you can learn math much easier as an adult when you have an actual need for it. Very few kids will enjoy math though so they should be excused. Personally I would have thrived if they let me explore my passions, or even getting work ethic when I was 15 would have been much more valuable to me than learning math I forgot anyways.

I'm not saying math is not desirable to learn, just saying that not everyone should be learning advanced math and especially not at a young age before you have an actual need for it. If you get this wrong you're wasting your kids youth, your money and making them miserable, all for literally nothing.

My ex-girlfriend had a scar on her lip from a motorbike accident when she was a teenager. After the accident she went to the hospital and the doctor scolded her for driving recklessly, apparently he was sick and tired of patching of stupid kids driving like maniacs. GF attributes the scar to the doctor trying to teach her a lesson... Not saying that's what happened here but I wonder if the doctors in these mega tourists destinations like Koh Samui are fed up seeing farangs all smashed up from drunk driving and doing other reckless things.

Spicy food and sweaty balls. What's not to love?

Unless you enjoy it, learning math as a kid is retarded. I wasted days in math classes in high school and forgot everything in the following weeks. About as useful as licking the pavement. For example some years ago I actually needed to use trigonometry for my work and I was able to learn what I needed in an hour by reading this web page meant for kids. https://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/trigonometry.html

I used to smile at Thai's often but I stopped after I realized it makes many of them uncomfortable. Once I started to pay more attention I realized Thai's simply don't greet and interact with each other much in public (my experience in CM/north only) and so it feels kine of invasive. One exception is with cycling where I always acknowledge other cyclists as a matter of habit and very rarely will a Thai not return a smile or a wave. In fact I feel like the rare non-Thai cyclist ignores me most of the time, so there's that. Compare that to Colorado where people make conversation with staff and cashiers all the time. In Thailand very rarely do I see other Thai's making small talk with anyone in public unless they're trying to sell you something.

There's a lot of Russians in a bad place right now. Maybe smile and try to be nice would be the right thing to do?

It doesn't need to be there all year but right now you can get about 5% on US T bills and then your money is locked in. Not only is there a risk of loss from bank failures but an opportunity cost to make a profit. Total crap deal.

How many would leave if they doubled it again to 1.6 million baht? They should start a poll here and see what people say. How may people have $46,000 USD cash in the bank anyways and if you have the money in other assets are you willing/able to sell and leave it rotting in a Thai bank?

I'm back in the states now and I've already been reprimanded for using the naughty "r word" aka "retarded". It's always something with these people, oops, I was reprimanded for saying that also, "these people". Puritan pukes.

I'm in Colorado now. Everyone smiles and greets each other in public. Much more friendly than the people in Chiang Mai where I live. Not that Thai people are not friendly but they're withdrawn in public compared to Americans.

I think Mae Hong Song is really charming. Stop one night at the mountain Om Goi along the way for some nice weather and vistas.

There's so system in place to tax foreign income earned by random foreign nationals. If Thailand wants to tax your income they'll need to implement some sort of formal visa and make people apply. Until then it's no ones business where your money comes from. At most they'll ask to see bank statements when applying for certain visas and if they ask too may questions tell them you make interest on investments.