NorthernRyland

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.

They were probably sexually harassing him. Sorry to hear he got his ass beat.

Be careful this statement will be deemed hate speech within 10 years.

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.

I knew a Thai man who slept in his mothers bed even in his 20's. Does anyone know how common this is? In general they seem to be very attached their mothers, which I personally find a little disturbing to be honest. I wonder what that does to the male ego....

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.

rice?

the fact a bunch of nobodies on the internet know more about proper construction than Thai builders speaks for itself.

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

Probably a poor foundation, could be a nightmare to repair. Poor guy.

and that's why Western countries have problems with ethnic unrest and violence. The white man may still learn one day.

Please tell us more about the specific mutilated body parts and their exact GPS location. Thank you.

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

Probably the car was going at an unsafe speed given the residential nature of the road and the kids had bad judgment and rushed across the road instead of stopping to observe how fast the car was actually going. Typical behavior you see every day. Nothing will be learned and it will be forgotten by tomorrow. Next story.

Obviously there would be more gruesome dismemberments. They need to increase the amount tourists show in the bank to 800,000 baht. Good guys in, bad guys out.

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.

Can't they just make some loophole like when they slaughter pigs?

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.