BangkokReady

Harry is very likely to have a better quality of life in Pattaya. That seems obvious.

My thoughts exactly. It was really surprising/disappointing to me to see how easily many Thai people came to believe that every foreigner has covid, and that they have some sort of special more dangerous variant. It really doesn't paint a very positive picture about them. One of the things that seemed striking about the earthquake, was that you were able to talk to Thai people about an important and worrying event without it feeling like there was any kind of "us and them" going on.

It only took Thailand two years more than the rest of the world, but thankfully it isn't as bad now as it was.

Are you sure? Even with the "feels like a cold" variant that seems to be currently going around?

By all accounts it's a lot milder, so this seems to be a good thing. Smother out the more harmful variants, then keep mutating until it all but disappears.

Wow. Imagine if they took it this seriously with Thai people. They'd have the roads safe within a week. Seems this guy is yet another victim of the "But I saw Thai people doing it, so I thought I could too" delusion.

The people in power want neither rents nor house prices to be controlled or to go down. They all want them to keep going up.

Are people free to build as many homes as they want?

Probably the director's wife's calendar business.

Or how much 5 million calendars would normally cost.

Why focus on one person if it is common to both sides? "Trump is so bad for doing the same thing that other politicians have done!" - This is hypocritical and illogical. It suggests you have a(nother) bias and only care about this issue when Trump does it. If two groups do something, but you only complain about one group doing it, it shows that you aren't being sincere in your outrage for the thing done, but just want something bad to say about the person you don't like.

So the left can't and the right can't? Then why only complain about Trump?

If the left can do it, why not the right?

Unfortunately, women are often drawn to men that treat them badly (especially wealthy ones). Even more so in Thailand. An abusive boyfriend, or "toxic boy", seems to be very attractive to a Thai girl. It sounds like the truth probably presented itself early on, but she didn't want to leave. Hopefully she can escape and see some justice.

Depends on nationality and social status.

Interesting to hear of a Thai making such a statement. "They can manage this, but we cannot."

Apparently Shin Bet killed Hamas' chief bomb maker using a bomb in a mobile phone in 1996. Perhaps the reporter's Googling skills are a little under developed.

And some of these kids have had it during their critical period. They've likely become hard wired to this and will have severe emotional problems for life.

Then he can renegotiate, or replace her. Surely that's the benefit of paying a woman a salary to be with you?

Well, you're paying her to be in a relationship with you, so that might give you a clue...

Yeah, but this time it's different. Before he was OK with the person in power, so it wasn't an issue. Now it's Trump who's in power (who he doesn't like), and it's suddenly an issue.

You must be pretty mad about the left and MSM keeping the BLM riots on the downlow, huh? I mean, not just erasing the violence and destruction (mostly peaceful), but pretending it was good (summer of love). That grinds your gears too, right?

Really? How?

First part, possibly, second part, no. Even if Thailand would still be like Laos and Cambodia if it wasn't for international tourism, that doesn't mean that the Thais owe foreign people anything, or that foreign people can say that their money helping Thailand gives them any claim to it. People who paid to visit Thailand paid to visit Thailand. That's it. Once the transaction is finished, Thailand has their money and the foreigner has their experience. No one owes anyone anything following that.

Health supplements are typically good for you. There are adverts for shops that sell vegetables, as there are for places that sell pizza. You will also see adverts for running equipment. I think you fundamentally misunderstand what an advert is. Of course there isn't going to be an advert for "running", but there isn't actually an advert for pizza, there's an advert for Dominoes Pizza. Adverts are designed to sell products. People advertise a wide range of products, some good, some bad. But most adverts aren't for ideas, because you cannot sell them.