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Yes. People, regardless of race, gender or sexual orientation, like to drink a lot and often end up injuring themselves, peaking at "home time". I'm sure plenty of local Thais ended up in the hospital last night due to drunken injuries.

It's apparently quite common for people attempting suicide to back out due to the survival instinct. They go on to regret this, where they are determined to die, and do things like tying their hands or blindfolding themselves to try to beat the instinct. She also could have changed her mind after she jumped.

Very unfortunate, but not worth killing yourself over. I'm sure there must have been other options. I wonder if it was about loss of face.

A total waste of three lives and probably destroyed three families. And for what? These are educational establishments, not street gangs.

No one. It was a motorbike. You ride a motorbike.

If they're alone all the time anyway, why is the increasing number of old people a problem? This is sad. That's the one real advantage people have in these kinds of societies. A "free" house that stays in the family and live-in day-care and cleaning services. I guess the elite want everyone to follow the West and believe that each individual person must have their own home and car or else they're failures.

More than that, the nationality of citizens of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is literally British. There is no other name for that nationality. Also, GBR (Great Britain) is the country code for The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Or where criticising it simply isn't "Thai bashing" at all. I think they're just used to driving like someone would through a herd of sheep. They'll slow down, they might even stop if they have to, but they're trying to push through the herd, and it's the sheep's fault for being in the road anyway.

Thai bashing [taɪ ˈbæʃɪŋ] Noun phrase The act of saying something factual but negative about any element of Thailand or Thai people which the user of the phrase finds unpleasant to hear due to their self-esteem being attached to their perceived image of Thailand. Used primarily to deflect genuine criticism of Thailand or Thai culture, so the user does not have to face reality. "What do you mean the roads in Thailand are dangerous? That's just Thai bashing!" See also: cognitive dissonance, logical fallacy, thought terminating cliché

There are two hands. OP knows to whom the first hand belongs. It remains a mystery to them, however, to whom the second hand belongs.

I see three hands...

It's tricky. In most Western countries pedestrians pretty much always have right of way, and you aren't allowed to just drive into people. In Thailand, it's more that pedestrians never have right of way and are obligated to move out of the way of any vehicle, whether at a zebra crossing, a red light, or on a sidewalk. It takes a little time to adjust to this and people can get very angry at having their perceived right of way violated. Possibly something that should be explained on the flight over.

Nah. Lots of people who like most things about Thailand dislike Songkran. You don't need to be old, grumpy or hate your life to object to the many unpleasant things that happen during Songkran. Consensual partying or water fights are fine, it's the non-consensual water splashing, the drunk driving and the sexual assaults that people object to, and they are right to do so. You're lying because you don't like to hear the negatives being pointed out.

You would probably need a fundamental change in the fabric of Thai society. Thailand just isn't the kind of place where the people and the police are going to fix a problem that needs to be seriously addressed. Hence the state of the road, guns everywhere and domestic violence.

Russians relocate and buy property in Phuket. This increased demand causes the prices to rise. What part of that is "artificial"?

Should students reading textbooks really be included? Is it self-reported? "I spend ten hours a day reading textbooks for school/university" seems like it doesn't really reflect "Thai reading habits", since they have to read those books, and might not really be giving them a thorough read or spending the whole time reading. You could have five people, one of whom is a student, and four might do no reading at all, but it averages out at each reading for two hours a day. Including students skews the figures massively. I'd like to see the same stats but without a group whose job is basically to read textbooks all day.

@GoatWhich channel was this on? Could easily mention the channel or provide a screen shot. The only reason Facebook links aren't allowed is because not everyone can access the, IIRC. Otherwise, this is a factual claim without evidence, which I believe is against forum rules.

Doesn't look like it. I think that guy was lying anyway. He has mental problems, along with an axe to grind against the British, and a lot of other people.

Folsom Prison Blues is quite catchy. Not very romantic, though.

More lies from the deluded fantasist... 🙄

If you follow it, your posts will be a lot clearer. If you just make up your own meanings, then they will continue to be ambiguous and unclear. It's up to you. 🤷‍♂️

Unfortunately, very few people would likely support this. Police, public, pretty much everyone enjoys the lawlessness of Thailand.

And only 11% of offenders were even summoned. Presumably the rest had removed their licence plates to avoid being identified.

I believe it means something along the lines of "party time". Given some of the responses on here, calling for various punishments, including death, I think you need to make your sarcasm a little more clear. I recommend the "/s" to you for this purpose.

One of the more chilling elements of Thai culture. The belief that if you don't like your life, simply end it and you'll get a new one, giving life little value for some.