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Could be interesting. The money lender might have been OK to be there as it was in the shop and he was asking for money owed to him. He doesn't sound like an intruder. If the guy started a fight over the money, then shot the guy because he lost, self-defence may be hard to prove.

Are you sure he was "taking out a money lender" and not simply killing the guy who beat him in a fight? I have no doubt that money, and the demanding of it, played into the fracas, but I'm pretty sure that the getting the shotgun and shooting the guy was simply linked to losing a fight.

Somchai reaches down, gets his phone, opens facetime, switches off the camera and mutes the microphone, then goes back to playing games.

Uniforms have nothing but a positive effect (hair cuts debateable). Unless you feel that "building a consumer identity" is something that is more important for school students than learning...

Nah, kids have been hanging out the whole time. There might be a few per class whose parents kept them in, but I'm sure they will be "socialised in" by the other students. It happens fairly naturally. The real issue is "how to get kids that have effectively just had a year long school holiday back in the right frame of mind to study properly in a classroom?". Also, most schools were open for the first year of the pandemic. They just missed a couple of months. Online learning was in year two.

Probably a month of teaching kids discipline and how to behave in the classroom again would be more helpful. Many students have seen the last school year as a long holiday. Study online was very ineffective.

"Consequences? I don't like those. This makes me mad!" fight, fight fight "Losing a fight? I like that even less than consequences. Now I'm even more mad!" shoot, shoot, shoot "Aaah. That's better. Murder and off to jail for me. It was definitely worth it over a few thousand Baht." And so it goes...

If I'm reading it right, he isn't coming from a non-B. He's going from a, presumably bonafide, ED visa, then onto agent quired Volunteer visa, then (possibly agent obtained) medical visas and covid extensions. All seems quite unlikely with agent obtained extensions, but would love to hear an update if successful in Thailand or a neighbouring country.

Funnily enough, in the US and the UK, class systems are pretty ingrained. Neither country has much social mobility. At least in Thailand rich and poor alike can be corrupt. In the West, only the wealthy elite can afford to be corrupt.

I'm not so sure. Outside of appearance and culture, Thai schools are actually pretty lax, behaviour-wise, with few consequences seen for rule breaking. Much like the police and courts. I think that the strict uniform, religion and respect aspects of the curriculum might be the only things keeping the students from anarchy. Be careful what you wish for, because you certainly won't be getting the critical and independent thinking to replace what there is now anytime soon.

He looks to be awake, so presumably, yes.

Free-thinking? Or just obeying a different group?

It also isn't a wet floor, as it is outside.

It's a cultural thing. ????‍♂️

The clues in the word. Electro-cute, similar to exe-cute. It means death. It literally comes from the word execute, but to kill specifically with electricity.

Came here to say the same thing. What next? Murdered to death? Drowned to death? Unfortunately, "electrocution" (death by electricity) has been perverted into any severe electric shock. Which, of course, is ridiculous.

Welcome back tourists! Please remember to wear a mask at all times and prepare yourself to be robbed blind, both figuratively and literally... Was this in the advert?

No doubt, after all that we've been through, people desperately want to forget about covid when they take their first proper holiday in more than two years (as much as they can anyway). "It's totally back to normal there now." Is what people want to hear, not "The process to get in is still very convoluted and tedious, and when you are there you will have to wear a mask at all times while you will be closely monitored wherever you go".

It's a delicate balance. On the one hand, they want to make it clear that Thailand is open to tourists and want people to visit and spend money as they did before the pandemic. On the other hand, they want to make it clear to Thais that foreigners are dangerous, all have covid and are the reason covid came to Thailand. Tricky.

Also, the instructor. He should never had even allowed the student to get into a position where they are loading the gun or pointing it at him. And the range managers for allowing a live bullet to be just sitting on the floor.

Pyramid schemes always come to an end when no one else will invest. It sucks if you're the last person to buy and you take the biggest loss, but that's how these things work.

Great news! We really need to continue to see Thais not really caring if Thais wear masks but losing their <deleted> when a foreigner doesn't. And we still get the chance to be reminded that we are dirty foreigners who all have covid when Thais do their mask checks when they see us. I guess the new motto is "Keep them scared; keep them compliant!".

The thing is, and I know this isn't really a complete solution, but if you're not concerned about wearing a mask for protection, you can wear a <deleted>ty reusable fabric mask and you'll probably be able to breathe OK.

Can you print everything out and go in person?

Yes, some men in Thailand are raised to be lazy, entitled psychopaths, while the girls are raised to be happy to basically be in an abusive relationship and have to work to support her family, including potentially a lazy brother that just sits around drinking all day. Is it your kid? Edit: I see it isn't your kid. This is one of the many reasons that it is a bad idea to marry a woman with children. They likely will not respect you, but you end up paying for them, then the woman is prioritising them ahead of you. Can you spend time with him? Outside of the house? It might not be too late.