BangkokReady

I don't think they have a problem with it.

Sorry, how does this relate to what I actually wrote? I didn't mention children, nor sex, paid or otherwise.

Are they trying to claim credit for parents having to buy things for their children ready for the new school year?

Well, it was pretty awful in the West...

A lot of people are unable to comprehend that non-Western cultures are wildly different to our own.

As I said, this is Thailand. It's not rare to find minors living alone for all kinds of reasons. It's totally likely that for there to be a 16 year old living away from their parents and working full time.

I think they mean in Thailand.

I think she looks OK.

They're still Thai in Thailand. Women in Western countries can experience the same thing. Most Thais can find work enough to support themselves. Unemployment is very low in Thailand. As for "mentally challenged". They cannot work due to being mentally disabled, so they have to marry an older foreigner? That sounds a little weird. What on Earth does race have to do with anything? Women who marry pop/movie stars are from countries where race is isn't a factor in how likely it is that they will be able to live independently. Non-White women in Western countries aren't forced to marry older men to survive. You've kind of gone a little off the rails here. I think perhaps you've tried too hard to find a way to disagree with what I wrote, and you've stopped thinking logically.

The figures don't magically make more people dead. 🙄

So much "Thainess" in this story.

At least it's reassuring that AI isn't going to be taking over any time soon. I feel sorry for all the professors having to read through stacks of essays written in this style.

An interesting question. If I might counter with another: do the Thai women who marry older foreingers really "need" them? Would they be homeless and hungry without their older foreign partners? Or would they just be getting by, much like most other people in their socio-economic class? According to those critical of age gap relationships, the couples have nothing in common and the younger partner could not possibly find the men attractive, so, if they don't "need" them, why are afluent women with OAP celebrities in the first place? Perhaps it's really the same in both cases, they don't technically "need" the man, but they can make their lives better with their money and their social status.

How does that make the situation different?

Ignoring the obvious "very young girls" silliness, how are they any different to Al Pacino or Mick Jagger?

But not everyone has the opportunity, or the nerve (perhaps that's why they're so angry about it).

I support the correct use of language and not trying to make something sound like something it is not.

But not everyone under 18 is a child.

You might want to tell your AI to tone down the drama a little bit.

They're not though.

Pretty obvious that they're preparing for someone to return.

The article certainly makes it sound like we're weeks away from national lock-downs, which I don't believe to be the case. It doesn't sound realistic at all. Why would it suddenly get worse now? Students are only going back to school this week. It think they're just scaremongering opportunistically due to the panic over kids going back to school.

If covid is that dangerous, everyone with it should be isolating until they test negative.

I think he's asking if he would have committed a crime. I'm not sure if you've explained that he has committed a crime in buying them a drink.

It's OK for you to have an opinion on it, of course, but to say that someone dating a 16 year old is dating a child is being dishonest. I assume you don't like the idea of an adult dating a 16 year old, which is fine, but that is then causing you to want that person to be labelled as someone who is in a relationship with "a child", because you know it sounds worse than "dating a teenager", even though the latter is accurate.