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"I suspected you might be organising a surprise party for my birthday this year." 😃 "The boss wants to see me. I suspect I'm going to get a pay-rise." 😃 "1. have an idea or impression of the existence, presence, or truth of (something) without certain proof." I think the negativity you're sensing doesn't come from the actual words.

I wonder who has killed more gay Palestinians, the Palestinians or the Israelis... 🤔

There is no war in Gaza. There is only Israeli armed forces committing genocide against Palestinians. Most people want it to stop, even many Jews.

Plenty of people (possibly most) have an issue with what Israel is doing in Gaza. There is no need to hate Jews to feel this way.

What?!! Why? "Did you hear about that foreigner being arrested for domestic violence and having a load of illegal guns? I reckon all foreigners beat their wives and have a cache of illegal weapons!" This is crazy.

Tell him that you had suspected for a while and you never had a problem with it, it doesn't change who he is or that he is your brother, and you love him exactly as he is.

While the idea is sound, the problem is that a lot of people don't spend their money, but rather save it. It's like "trickle-down economics", the idea is that the more money business people have, the more they will spend on employing people (hence we should give them tax-breaks). The problem is that when business people make more money, rather than growing their business and passing that money onto their employees, they hoard it.

Neither Clintons have any credibility, and their criticism of Trump is likely to get him more followers.

What's to debate? Thai people don't like to follow rules or laws. The police don't enforce laws. Maybe something will change very gradually over a very long time, but we're talking 10s of years. If nobody really wants change and it's just a few "netizens" saying how bad it is when they see it online, so nothing will change.

Google "Conspicuous consumption".

Why would locals be banned if they are innocent and it's the foreigners who are the ones making all the trouble?

This is probably the rub. Most men are likely sitting there inwardly drooling over the exposed legs and midriffs, but they all lie and say that they don't think like that at all and anyone who does is a pervert. I view as something as basic as acknowledging that we have certain reactions to certain things, so we hide some of them because we like to inhabit (or think we inhabit) a higher intellectual plane where we think more about people's character than their bodies. Something like that anyway. Don't quote me on it. 😬 Could we block out all the animal stuff but retain nudity and pooping in public and still be the same as a species? I think it might be tricky. I assume people didn't care as much in the past, but people also went to public executions for entertainment. 🤷‍♂️

because they're definitely faking it when they're with other people, or they just act differently when alone?

Nobody imagined covid was going to happen. They probably don't think a second one will happen. Countries that might allow one probably don't want to sign any accord saying that they have to do xyz. It would probably be better to think about how to prevent something similar. Some sort of register for medical experiments, similar to nuclear treaties.

I think it might have broken loose, cloned itself a number of times, and found a home within the AN community... 🤔

I disagree. People still notice bare legs, even though they are fairly common. Also, midriffs are generally hidden, but they don't make as much of a stir as breasts when exposed, even though they can be very attractive. I disagree. Nudity isn't solely related to sex. There is nudity outside of sex organs and secondary sex characteristics. Humans make an effort to be higher than animals, that's why we choose to cover our bodies and do many acts (even non-sexual ones) in private.

Rule number 1: Money = love in Thailand Rule number 4: Thai people still seem out of touch when it comes to how much PDA is seen in public Rule number 5: A lot of degeneracy still in Thailand

isn't it all about vote-buying? They want people to believe that there's a financial crisis so that they push through the digital wallet scheme and force interest rates down so that people don't pay as much on loans. Something like that. It's straight out of the playbook.

Good for him. A massively outdated practice. And they're not even at war. It would be ok (discipline, social skills, etc.) if it weren't for what they actually end up being forced to do during their service.

People love to project their own inadequacies onto others.

They don't know what they're saying. It's just a phrase they've heard that they think means "more free money, please.

Men see women's breasts and buttocks under clothes all day every day, but they still pay close attention to them whenever they see them, even going as far as to seek them out. 🤷‍♂️

Until older women see men start paying attention to younger women with nicer breasts... 💣

So you never find yourself noticing a nice arse or pair of legs when walking down the street? Because it's such a common sight? The rate at which men stop and even turn to oggle parts of women, which they see every day, suggests this isnt true.

It's tricky to argue, since there is the fact that nudity is "natural" and people don't think that it does any harm. I assume that there are natural things that people don't want to see, things like going to the toilet or doing anything sexual, so it's sort of on a spectrum of things that people think should be private, and that can be a little subjective. One person might say why not go fully nude if you want, another might say that the bottom half nude is too much, yet another might say that the top half is too much also. Personally, I think that boobs are very much sexual things. (And you can argue that people sexualise them, but I think most guys can attest that there is very much a sexual urge experienced when seeing nice boobs.) I don't think a topless man is quite the same as a topless women, but you could make the argument that they are somewhat of an erogenous zone for either gender. I think they would cause a distraction. There would be an issue with minors, once they started to develop. I think men (especially young men) would probably go a bit crazy. Women would be judged even more on their appearance than they are already. People make this "they're not sexual" angle, but I don't find that convincing. To me, say have a sexual element, therefore they should remain covered. It's simply a case of decency and sensibleness. Even without the sexul nature, they are "nudity". Which can make people feel uncomfortable and be inappropriate in many situations. We're not "animals". We strive to be civilised and have moved on from many animalistic characteristics. Not caring about certain things being displayed in public is one of those things.