BangkokReady

If someone titles their post "Who needs foreign tourists?" and within the body of the text says "With crowds like this, who needs foreign tourists?", there can only really be two meanings. One, genuine "Thailand doesn't need foreign tourists" and one sarcastic "Thailand needs foreign tourists, people who say they don't are wrong". Judging by the post beneath the title, which, to me and many others, appears to be reporting a large numbers of domestic tourists, it would appear that the OP's use of the phrase "Who needs foreign tourists?" implies that foreign tourists are not needed because of the level of domestic tourism. I think most people would agree that this is wrong and that Thailand does indeed "need" foreign tourists. OP does go on to say "OK, I know, the hotels and restaurants and bars (if they ever reopen) need them", which still moves him closer to acknowledging the real situation, but doesn't fully capture the number of industries or individuals that have been impacted by the lack of tourism. I'm sure OP either didn't fully consider, or wasn't aware of, the full impact of the lack of tourism. I'm also sure they weren't being deliberately provocative. But it remains that there is a pretty strong case for them being wrong about this, which makes correcting them quite reasonable.

Interesting.

Are they complying?

Then either post it on that day or correct the day with [square brackets] to show modification of the original text. E.g "which is forecast to make landfall in northern Vietnam [today]/[Sunday] or Monday".

Surely claimed to be in his possession? Man accused of killing someone not wanting to speak to the press is suspicious?

How do you know he wasn't perfectly capable but got her to do it because she enjoyed feeling needed?

Visit Thailand, spend a lot of money, like overpriced hotels, overpriced food, dual priced activities, allow themselves to be scammed and exploited, don't make a fuss, leave.

Thais are more about passive income.

Well, we've no way of knowing that she hasn't played away multiple times, syphoned off a portion of his income and fooled him into raising several children that come from other men.. She could equally have zero feelings for him and only ever been in the relationship for money and support. Still being together after a long period of time does not preclude someone being played.

Somebody commented on here once before that most of this is just a show for the Thais. Even if it only effects us foreigners, visas, 90 days, TM30, tourists, whatever, it's just to send a certain message to the Thai populace about how foreigners are being kept in line, etc. This really made sense to me, when you consider how much of Thai culture and society is based on show and pretense.

Are they even protestors? They sound like local thugs who just want to get in on the mayhem, destroy things and hurt people.

I wonder if the Swiss could claim self defense if the Thai believed he was acting to reclaim his stolen money.

How would the ex, who was in Chiang Rai, know that he had the money in his pocket? Ridiculous.

I think you're wildly underestimating both the effects of covid on those "not at exceptional risk" and the benefits of mass vaccination.

Even if they're saying that a vaccine is dangerous and "genocide" with no evidence?

Sure, but you need to ask some other questions: Can everyone take the vaccine and benefit from the protection? No Is it possible for some people who have been vaccinated to still get seriously ill or die? Yes Which leads to the following question: Does the vaccine reduce or slow spread protecting everyone? Yes - So it is in the interest of everyone that as many people get the vaccine as possible. Unfortunately, your logic is faulty.

That doesn't sound particularly stressful.

I don't really think this is the right way to look at it. It's not like they've given any sort of guarantee. The obvious subtext/implied caveat to anything covid is "we would like this to be the case but anything can happen and things can and will change quickly and frequently". I've always taken anything said about something happening in the future relating to covid to be unconfirmed and subject to change. It's just a plan until it happens.

I doubt the stress is actually related to studying online, more the type of work that the Thai teachers set as a result. They probably just send some work and say "do X and send it to me by X time", which is a higher work load than they are used to. The answer to online study should really have been a reduction in homework and far more interactive lessons. I suspect the opposite is what happened.

I'm in no way a "climate change denier", but I'm expecting some pretty strong evidence to come from this whole covid thing. There should be some sort of "due to the reduced CO2 emissions during covid, we can see that the Earth's warming was halted/reduced to X over the two year period" type info coming out.

So kill the owner? Nah, just get rid of the dangerous dog. No rehabilitation is going to happen in Thailand. Either they kill it or it keeps on attacking children.

Can you explain how?

Methamphetamine. While alcohol is a drug, it tends not to be referred to as such, much like caffeine and nicotine. Probably something to do with the lesser potency and more casual consumption.

Do they not now belong to whomever owns the property?

How can people take this drug so casually? All you seem to hear about it is people raping, killing, and mutilating themselves. (Thanks oxford comma.)