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Very likely that this was started with/by locals. They're just trying to blame foreigners.

Seems to be an effort to highlight the presence of foreigners here... Getting ready to blame foreigners for any Songkran related covid spikes?

Anyone up for crowd-funding some writing lessons for Mr Bridge?

The Thais have been in isolation?!! Where does this guy live?

Absolutely, and I know it can be pretty hard to know if a girl is lying about the situation and using the guy solely for their money and have no feelings of emotional or physical attraction to the older foreign man. However, that wasn't actually the original question. It seems like we got a little bogged down in terms of if a girl can find a man older than her attractive, rather than what happens as both age, which was the original question. I wouldn't have asked the question if I didn't think there was a likelihood of this thing happening. The premise would basically be a twenty something might find a forty something attractive, with their being a twenty year age-gap, and the question would be what would that be like over the years. I'm afraid I cannot remember if you answered this directly, so, what do you think? Not about the if, but the what? 20-40, 30-50, 40-60, 50-70? Assuming there is physical attraction to begin with, which is perfectly possible where the man is healthy and takes care of himself, can that maintain until the end? Will she leave when he gets to 60 or 70? Will she start cheating when he gets to 50?

I saw a little brown girl with a button nose today, smoking a cigarette outside the 7/11, who I think is way better looking than most of the girls I can see in the photos above. It is was it is. ????‍♂️

How did she feel when she went back to Thailand? Did she feel like she couldn't relate to her old friends? Was she happy? Was Thailand suddenly boring to her Did she feel out of place, uncomfortable, etc.?

Well, there is apparently some research that suggests that men and women "pair bond" differently and women are less able to go from man to man without some sort of detrimental effect. Then there's also the idea that maybe men have this method of reproduction where having sex with as many women as possible leads to a higher chance of reproductive success, while women can only have one baby at a time, so perhaps they don't have this feature. There is a claim that a woman might have sex with multiple men and the shape of the penis is actually a design to scoop out the semen of other men, but I'm not sure if I buy that. I think the most important thing is that a couple are compatible and share similar values. Also, I think that in Thailand the attitude to love, sex, relationships and bodies is vastly different, so I'm not sure what holds true for Western people, generally, would be the same in the East.

Not exactly, or rather it isn't really so important what each individual IO thinks. If their bosses instructed them to be more lenient, they would be. So there is some logic to the idea of Thailand being more lenient visa wise, to allow more tourists.

What's funny is the fact that not only is Thailand super corrupt and therefore people aren't really abusing anything, but in this example the IO accepted a bribe. I dare say people will try and twist it into making the IO some kind of victim, but we know how things are. I often wonder how these people can bear to live in Thailand if they have such a problem with corruption.

Many people enter on tourist visa who are not on holiday, with full knowledge of immigration.

Are you saying you lived in Thailand for 10 years but know not a word of Thai?

This guy's a professional journalist?

Indeed. Thailand still hasn't really got everyone caught up with the first round of vaccinations, let alone boosters or second boosters.

Do you have any evidence that it was purely measures that Thailand put in place that led to the difference in these figures? It's quite a jump to assume "less numbers = better measures". I believe there were many more factors involved than simply the measures each country put in place. If you compare the climate and how people live in both countries, you will see that one is a lot more geared for a reduction in the spread of the virus than the other. The age of the population is also a factor. If Thai people don't make it to the same age as British people, there are obviously more people in the vulnerable age group. Same would need to be checked for comorbidities; obesity, diabetes, etc.. It might be worth checking the rate of spread of the original virus in each countries and the spread of the delta variant. Is it comparable, or is there evidence to suggest that people in Thailand (or SEA more generally) had some immunity to the original strain due to another virus that made the rounds previously?

Is it an absolute requirement to have a "vaccine passport" or can you just present the "vaccine certificate"?

Wow. Is anyone else suddenly feeling extremely vulnerability in terms of attacks against Thailand by sea?

That could be Thailand right now. People happy, having fun and getting some money coming in. ????

I think it's more likely an "if I can't have her, no one will" situation. Especially burning some other guy's bike.

Vietnam a couple of days ago, apparently:

Did he say the quiet part out loud?

Can you explain how this manifests itself? As far as I know, Thai women make an absolute fortune for themselves and their families from foreign men, while being very much in control of the situation. Are you just making it up because you dislike foreigners by any chance?

No Western feminist activist is asking for more female bricklayers and male nurses. They want more female well paid CEOs. Women aren't the only victims, but I wouldn't mind betting that when men are the victims it's their own fault and they are the subject of mockery.

I think that because covid came from China, they have a very strong desire to save face by showing that they are the best at handling covid and they can achieve zero covid while others cannot.

It's interesting, because you would be lynched if you made the suggestion that women need to have their sexuality controlled near most progressives or feminists (who mostly say it's actually beneficial for women to have sex with as many men as possible). Yet it really seems like women who are sexually conservative (probably due to their upbringing) end up having no problems settling down and being happy. While the ones who have followed the advice to do whatever they want, party it up, then find a nice guy when they hit 30, often have a catalogue of issues when they try to do so. As some say, sex and the city has a lot to answer for...