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Even the government subsidising petrol and consumer products?

We really need an eye rolling reaction button. ????

This all comes from the backlash to George Floyd by anarchist movements.

Exactly. They're trying to look at their phones. Leave them in peace.

I believe that is called the prison pocket...

Any alternatives? Maybe communism, where nobody has to worry about wages because there aren't any?

@macahoom The word electrocute was coined as a term to describe being killed by electricity by the state as punishment for a crime. It's based on the word execute which, in this context, means to put to death through capital punishment. Exe-cute - electro-cute Hence my suggestion that it is similar to "drowned to death" or "killed to death", since "electrocuted to death", by the unmeddled with definition, means "killed by electricity... to death".

Unfortunately, some users have some sort of personal issues whereby they cannot bear to hear anything negative said about Thailand or Thai people, even if it is a simple and honest observation. They will put it down to "Thai bashing" or "bitter old expats". I suspect they have some sort of ego attachment to Thailand whereby their ego is attached to a particular perception of Thailand. This means that in order for them to feel happy, they have to view, and need others to view, Thailand as somehow superior to other places. "Thailand is the best place in the world, Thai people are the kindest in the world, I love Thailand, I am part of Thailand, Thai people like me the most, therefore my status is elevated." Something like that. The result is that they cannot cope with anyone saying anything bad about Thailand and have to attack that person. Thailand obviously cannot be the problem for them, so it must be the person making the observations. Don't worry. Most well adjusted people understand that Thai people are people and can do good and bad things. It's also quite normal to discuss these kinds of things and try to understand them. It's just human nature. It's unlikely that people are going to post things like "I had a really great interaction with some Thai people today that made me really happy." It just isn't how we work as humans. When things go smoothly it can go unnoticed, but if things go badly we can dwell on it and wonder why. It's kind of a caveman thing. Which is more worthy of thought and discussion, the animal/food/tribe that could kill you, or the one that is not an issue at all?

They shouldn't be, but unfortunately the word has been watered down. It sounds like "drowned to death" or "killed to death" based on the real meaning of the word, but now anyone can be "electrocuted" and survive. ????

I wonder why they keep their necklaces in their pockets... ????

This is certainly one issue. The OP points out that they aren't "bar girls", as though that is the only group of people that could possibly be problematic. They can still be opportunistic users. He mentions them having kids and possibly seeing a foreigner as a last resort, which sounds quite likely. If they're just using a foreign guy for money, bar girl or not, it will show in the relationship. If "not a prostitute" is synonymous with "not a bad person", then you may not be exercising the best judgement. Anyone who says "I stay with you" as a explanation of what they bring to the relationship is basically an employee. Would someone be on this sub asking why their maid doesn't love them?

They would be slightly less bizarre if the post was actually asking for opinions on whether a man who has a relationship with a ladyboy is gay or not. The "I know no one asked, but I really need to very fiercely assert that men who sleep with ladyboys are gay!" comments really ask more questions than they answer.

Yes he is, literally 100%.

How could anyone possibly know what day they entered the country if it is not stamped in ink in your passport? /s

How does this answer the post?

Oh. It appears that you were. I got the comment you were replying to confused with "Think you missed the part where they removed that sign." from another user. The wording was similar to what you quoted. Sorry about that. ????

You appear not to understand what a "free and fair election" is.

He was never elected by fair election previously. What makes you so sure he would be elected if he was to face one?

Thaksin added to the damage and also benefited from the general damaged state.

I do. You do not. The OP made a post. The user you replied to responded to him about his post. You somehow mistook that for being addressed at you. ????‍♂️

What makes you think they are addressing you?

I thought it was normally girls from the North-East, who then headed South-West? Is it really girls in Chiang Mai that get knocked up and head to Pattaya?

Animals tear each other to pieces over territory, sex or food all the time. ????‍♂️

The thing is, the hypothetical was posed as: "If not some form of corporal punishment, how can you possibly address the issue in this classroom?". So there were only really two options: concede that corporal punishment is a possible answer or propose another solution to keeping order in this hypothetical classroom. It also appears that "just let the kids be naughty" wasn't an acceptable solution. By saying "leave", it suggests that someone doesn't have an answer for how to fix the classroom. So, the person who suggests "leave" is implying that there is no answer to the problem in term of non-corporal punishment. If there is no non-corporal punishment option, it leaves only the other option, the use of corporal punishment, which you avoid by leaving. Leaving also doesn't fix the problem of the disruptive classroom. That being said, I don't disagree with the idea that the best choice for the teacher is to leave, It simply doesn't quite answer the hypothetical sufficiently for me. The other option, which I outlined in another comment, is to simply admit that in order to enjoy teaching in Thailand (or at least encounter less stress) the teacher has to accept the kind of "fake teaching" that occurs in many schools and simply focus on the students that want to learn while still allowing students who have zero ability to pass the subject. Not a great choice for someone that takes teaching seriously and wants all of the students to listen, but one of the only realistic choices. Foreign teachers cannot change the system as the students are indoctrinated into it and they have no say. I feel like this also was not something that the OP was going to accept as part of their hypothetical either, however.

I most certainly do. You clearly do not. It is. I read the comment you were responding to. It wasn't "whataboutism" because it was directly relevant to what happened and was in no way any kind of deflection. It pointed out that Thai people do the exact same things but are not treated in the same way when they do so. The point was to highlight this discrimination, not to say "Thais do bad things too, they're just as bad". Hence it was not an example of "whataboutism". Please look up the definition of "whataboutism" to save yourself further embarrassment.