BangkokReady

A clue that he has the same motivations as all other politicians?!! Great, thanks! What now???

If we cannot trust his perception, how can we trust yours?

You poisoned them???

Tons of spare land and housing, too, apparently. That's why people say "Just get to England, they'll give you a free house and free money, then after a few years, you can bring your family over, and they'll get free money too!". Wonderful!

Nah. I don't have to go trawling through your other posts when you directly make a claim to me in reply.

It's Thailand. Everyone is kind and friendly, and it's very safe.

And add a quote from the police saying, "We will ensure that foreign people are protected from dangerous Thais". 🙄

Because I'm not the one making a claim. The onus is on the person making a claim to substantiate it.

How so?

"In Bangkok, the Buddhist New Year, also known as Songkran, is celebrated annually for three days, from April 13th to 15th. This festival is a major cultural event in Thailand, celebrated with traditional water fights, visits to temples, and other rituals." (From the AI blurb in Google.) It's a religious festival. How many people go to church on Christmas day in the West? Hardly anyone, but we still know that it is a religious festival.

Yes, Trump is going to save education from the left-wing authoritarian shift! God bless America!

He's just going after woke nonsense and corruption. There's little innovation coming from liberal professors who spout nonsense and start protests on campuses. The genuine innovators and inventors are going to be just fine. STEM is not the issue.

It's a religious festival. The Buddhist New Year. This is like asking why businesses close for Christmas and New Year in the West.

The Buddhist New Year is actually celebrated in several countries and in no way belongs to Thailand.

What does Nexusqassamy mean?

Nah, everyone has the same legal rights. That's basic. It protects the innocent and ensures fair treatment to all.

I think there is an element of pollution protection, but many Thais will put masks on before entering a building, having not worn one outside. You can still see them lifting up masks when they see foreigners also. There's definitely still an element of covid protection. It seems that covid (or airborne viruses in general) is kind of a permanent thing for some Thais. Possibly there's some snobbery/xenophobia around it also for a few people. "Us good clean Thais need to wear masks around these dirty foreigners." Things have definitely improved after covid, though. Thailand was a couple of years behind the rest of the world, but they've softened towards foreigners a fair amount. I don't know if it will ever go back to how it was before, though.

Different lenses make your face look a different shape. Can't seem to share photos anymore, but you can see a load of examples here: https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=ea28a01ba0d65b63&rlz=1C1FKPE_en-GBTH990TH990&sxsrf=AHTn8zppX9du2rOrGh1oM0HCt0LzVrjYjg:1744353548463&q=photo+of+face+using+different+lens+shapes&udm=2&fbs=ABzOT_CWdhQLP1FcmU5B0fn3xuWpA-dk4wpBWOGsoR7DG5zJBkzPWUS0OtApxR2914vrjk4cnNuy70DjYycFY2zPIcdFZx13QdiTBmjcNUG2ZuZAl0DBPunXgRLNBMtrfFPwjLQT5SgKbfV18hQiH2IvOXjXxjhXw1uGl3YGld0CRZo-7MTPtzSXgnrpiAjtRtuZI8abRNzywV5GC2hbRUM8EtAqOmx3Zw&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjSvPmsr8-MAxUGRmwGHSKLJT4QtKgLegQIFxAB&biw=1920&bih=911&dpr=1

No, it's not. A mirror cannot provide a 3D image as it is a 2D object providing a 2D reflection. Our brain interprets that as a 3D image. A mirror definitely provides a 3D image. What you see in a mirror is 3 dimensional. We are able to see the three dimensions (width, height and depth) when we look in a mirror. That's just how mirrors work.

It's quite interesting to consider how Thais would really feel about the above. I suspect that actually many would not want some of these, since rights typically come with responsibilities. (Or perhaps they might want them for others but not for themselves.) Improved education would mean no more no-fail, and a lot more hard work for some (and possibly others leaving school with no qualifications). Improved safety means a lot of fines or lost licences, with a huge learning curve. Reduction in corruption would mean the corruption that most people enjoy every day would have to go. Add the rest, and it would likely mean a lot higher taxes, higher prices, and less fun overall.

I think it's because you took it a little far with the "30 years mortgage", like that was something unusual that means their life is fake. Lots of people have very long mortgages, so it isn't really an indicator of anything. You're being quite rude about what other people are saying, so this prompts the expectation that the insights you share will be pretty high quality. Possibly have a think about how to engage with others in a slightly more open, objective and friendly way.

Also, the Japanese are expected to work ridiculously long hours.

You need to factor in whether being "free" actually makes people happy. Quite often, people in "less free" countries are happy due to not having to think too much and the method of control being direct/non-emotional. Countries where the method of control is more covert are often unhappy, as they need to be manipulated emotionally because they are "more free".

Not being bothered is a really underrated perk of Thailand. I don't know if it's a quirk of the competitive and individualistic nature of the West, but it does seem like messing with other people and having some sort of impact on their lives is very popular. It's like people either want to directly bother people, or they need them to validate their life in some way, just to make them feel good. Whilst you do get people in Thailand that care about their image and what people think of them, you rarely get the feeling that they want to inflict something on others as part of it.

Coke in Thailand is already weak enough. You need to take a trip to Laos just to get a sip of the good stuff!