RocketDog

Agree. Like most of the countries on the planet have for far too long. That has been slowly changing the last few years though thankfully.

True enough. No nutritional value in sewage.

Yes. I have experience with Chinese goods of many types. Shoddy, inferior, crap junk.

I guess not. I bought with blood in the street and made 21% gain in two days in technology stocks.

No. It was all a bad dream. A very bad dream. Can you imagine the havoc he would wreak if he were president again? He could sow destruction and chaos within weeks of being elected. Like stoke global tension or even crash the stock market! 🫤

Or not. I tried both ways but you can't polish a turd.

Another topic degenerating into bickering from a couple of members. Harrisfan is generally always one of the two. Moderators should just close a thread when it gets to this point

Sadly the beat reply I can give you is this: Pretty much all forms of social media have succumbed to decay into dumpster fires washing into a swirling sewar. Humans want to be heard and, against all evidence and feedback to the contrary, believe that they have something to contribute that the world must hear, comprehend, and agree with RIGHT NOW! Social media is the pitiful distillation of that common misapprehension and a painful reminder of humanity's likely fatal disability: near utter failure to communicate even the simplest concepts to each other. I've never indulged in any of it save this forum. I joined when I first came to the Kingdom and it was a source of cultural information that was valuable to me. It was called Thaivisa then. Now, it's clear that the only cultural insights I can gain on AN are related to some of the worst traits of human nature, particularly western cultures. I already know more than I want of those. I still post occasionally but generally don't read replies because I have no reason to believe anybody cares what I think and I don't want to take the bait of some malcontent looking for a 30 reply bicker-fest.

Clearly you have a weak grasp of geopolitical strategy. 'Large piles of ice' immediately adjacent to oceans that were previously filled with more ice become strategic naval control points. The islands the chinese created in the middle of the pacific ocean were previously large piles of coral. But now they are naval bases with landing strips, rockets, and guns. Get it now?

Interesting. I 'am told' the opposite. [Well, maybe not interesting at all since I just made that up. Did you too?]

It sounds a bit like you are whistling past the graveyard. If you are sure your stance is correct (for you) there is no need to point it out repetitively. Is there? BTW I agree with you and I keep scrupulous records of proof that I owe nothing and thus have not filed. If I determine that I owe taxes some year then I will file. I refuse to risk my wife and life in the Kingdom over a few hundred dollars tax. I live here and use the roads and infrastructure too. Every expat should make their own assessment themselves. Probably some of them do owe taxes, "fair" or not.

Oh crap! Does that mean FB will be scraping data and selling advertisements to people even after they are dead? A fate worse than death.

Very helpful. Comments like your are what makes AN a leading forum.

Remember that when they come for you

America lost.