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Makes sense. All foreigners have covid and Thais generally don't. ????‍♂️

Is it really cheap compared to what the Thais are paid?

What does the rate have to do with the subject being taught?

Teaching, or other positions also?

Probably not restricted to one group.

Didn't the tiger place have a load of dead tiger cubs and tiger body parts frozen? I don't think they were that much better off in the tiger sanctuary. Death may have been the more favourable option. Best not to associate yourself with any animal tourism in Thailand, unless you are very sure that the animals are not being abused and are being cared for properly.

There's definitely a theme of men's urges being put high above the welfare of women and girls. It permeates all aspects of the culture.

Said the man dressed in military style uniform. That'll bring out the service mind, guaranteed! No playing on phones, no bribes, be nice to tourists... sounds mai sanook.

It seems that the authorities classify anywhere that people congregate in large numbers high-risk. Being outdoors doesn't seem to come into it. I've had Thais walking along with their masks down, outside, with me with my mask on, walking metres away from me, quickly pull their mask up when they see me. It seems that it's a commonly held belief that being outdoors makes no difference (along with all foreigners having covid). An unfortunate reflection on the attitude towards covid in Thailand.

So are there actual table and chairs next to the shrine? If so, what are they for?

Basically the very corrupt communists had an unlimited supply of brainwashed uneducated peasants to march off to their deaths in such numbers that the Americans got fed up and left. They were happy to waste millions of young lives in order to get their hands on the economy of the South. That wasn't tenacious and invading and occupying the South was worse for the people of the South. Nothing to boast about in the Communist invasion and occupation of South Vietnam. Certainly not something to desire to happen in any other country.

Uh-oh! Were you twirling a waxed moustache as you typed this? "Oh I love them alright. In fact... [twirls moustache] you could say... [picks up bone saw] I love them... [revs bones saw] TO PIECES!! MWAHAHAHAHA!!! [bzzzzzzZZZZZZ]"

Simple. The gun man berated the knife man; knife man gave him some back; gun man belted him with the gun; knife guy backed down and apologised; things calmed down and gun man put his gun away and relaxed; time passed and everyone relaxed, except for knife man. Knife man was stewing on the altercation for several minutes before getting a knife from the kitchen, calmly approaching gun man and stabbing him three time; no chance for gun man to even reach for his gun.

Terrible headline. It makes it sound like the person who was stabbed was the one who was also pistol whipped. Lose the "by" and will read correctly. "Thai worker stabbed to death after pistol whipping colleague"

I think if it's an argument and he was angry, then it isn't "in cold blood".

Pretty sure the opposite it true. Thailand is desperate for tourist money to come back.

General people.

Are you saying that someone can never ever under any circumstances make someone have sex with them if they don't really want it, even temporally? No one can seduce someone with words or touch to make them do something that they would otherwise not do? It might still be technically non-consensual, perhaps still rape, but I think it can happen. Why do you think people say "never go to a guy's hotel room unless you plan to have sex with him"?

Haven't at least a couple of foreigners been killed by jealous Thai exes? I wonder if you misunderstood their comment?

I'm not saying that doesn't apply to some more conservative or old-fashioned people, but I think that info is a little out of date. Also it ignores Thai women's complicity in these attitudes. If you seek something out, you can hardly complain when you get that thing. "Double standards", or ideas about gender roles, are rarely one-directional.

He sure does:

According to the google translation of the source article, the boy "seduced" her and made her meet him at "a resort" three times. Girls/women often aren't held responsible for sex. They are typically passive and it is the man who initiates and does most of the "grunt" work, so women are viewed sometimes as having sex done to them. Unless they choose to be promiscuous, then they are strong and independent and their past doesn't matter. Tricky one to figure out.

I guess murdering someone and going to prison is less of a loss of face than having his girl choose someone else over him. Personally, carrying out a violent and cowardly attack, brutally murdering someone, leaving many lives ruined in the process, would be the worse of the two things to have to live with. I wonder if he will feel differently about it in the future once he realises his consequences have actions.

You would think so. People say it is barbaric, but this crime is pretty barbaric. ????‍♂️

I would assume that anyone who speaks like that, in terms of asking how much money you have and how much you are willing to give them, are basically freeloaders who see foreigners as people who are there to be exploited. Of course, individuals are free to choose this type of woman if they want, but not really my personal choice. I have no money anyway. If they don't care about you and are trying to get your money away from you, they aren't really good people. All women are concerned about how much money men have, but at least if they don't want you to waste money and want it to be spent on your kids and your home, it's a little more tolerable.