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Quite a bit after it left London, then? 🤔

Again, that's all pretty irrelevant, as there are people who use/carry guns for self-defence. You saying that you (or some other people) do not, does not change that.

This is likely to clash with Thai culture pretty significantly.

There's no way your Thai wife would have done that to her professor. She probably threw it in the bin herself and lied to you.

The way the West is heading, there seems to be something to be said for an education system that focusses strongly on unity, cultural identity, and citizenship.

Win what? My point was that guns are useful for self-defense. Your having never needed one doesn't affect that at all.

You can get vaporisers also (not vapes).

Whilst countless others have, making your point irrelevant.

I often wonder about this myself. When it comes to other things that people want banned, cigarettes and guns seem a lot more urgent. It's weird, because alcohol causes more harm than guns, yet serves no actual purpose, while guns are useful for self-defence. Equally, cigarettes are often the target of negative press, while alcohol, which also has a lot of negative health effects, pretty much gets ignored. I think the problem is that alcohol is simply too popular for the cons to outweigh the pros. That is, the harm caused by alcohol doesn't bother people as much as not being able to drink it would.

Some Thais don't like to acknowledge the Khmer influence (origins?) on their culture.

I don't think there is a solution. There doesn't seem to be much in the way of a deterrent or consequences to living that lifestyle in Thailand. It seems like the best thing is to find out prior to getting too serious what the girl's family is like.

Teaching English in Thailand makes no meaningful contribution? I think that's a little harsh. Teachers (even dirty foreign ones) can have a really positive impact on the lives of Thai children.

While I can't pretend to be able to read Ralf's mind, the question seemed very much like a rhetorical one, with the implied meaning of "That's ridiculous. You should have been able to learn some Thai in the amount of time you have been here. There's something amiss if you have not.".

Fairly standard for SEA. No real concept of customer service. Many times I have seen the staff serve up the fries, then wait patiently for the rest of the food to be ready. Of course, the fries are cold by the time the rest of the food is ready. I suppose it's just how they are. Not really encouraged to think for themselves. Yes. It's cultural not to complain about anyone or do anything to upset them. If you make someone feel bad due to their wrong behaviour, it's very likely that they will consider it your fault for pointing it out.

Win win then. People just like to try and find a negative because they don't like the idea of someone else being happy. He's probably getting more than his ego stroked.

You're obsessed with Biden being on drugs. Do you want him to be on drugs or something?

This is the thing, Trump just gets up on the stage and rambles on about whatever he saw on TV last night. Those who hate him would like it to be that he's senile or lying, but really it's just how he talks. I remember once he said something about seeing a terrorist attack "last night". He meant that he saw it on the news, but people were trying to make out that he was lying about there being a terrorist attack. They're just too keen to get something on him to engage their brains.

Actually, it stands for deranged. That's what makes you daydream about Donald Trump wearing a diaper... 😬

Biden's memory is bad. Trump is the same as he has ever been.

Probably fake. 🙄

I guess the fewer financial links made public between father and son the better. Otherwise it could lead to more attention in areas they don't want. This is especially important due to the election.

If Trump is bad for doing that once, what does that make Biden for doing it every time he speaks? 🤔

Nah. It's just his oratory style. You're lying because you don't like him and have a case of TDS. (Just go through this thread and look at all the crazy things you've said because this involves Trump.)

But he's been doing that since day 1.

So you're in the "Trump is so bad and evil, and his opponents are so good and pure, that it's OK to lie to stop him" camp?