Sir Dude

You shouldn't read this forum too much, or other social media outlets either really, as it's flooded with downright nasty CCP and Russian bots spewing propaganda to try to control the narrative, and there is little "truth" being told, just subjective hearsay.... they even pay people to do it. Much better to get off the internet and sit in your garden and have a couple of cold ones.

Yeah, and whilst you are at it, please stop teachers in their 40-50s wearing these outfits too.... as it is really dodgy and looks ridiculous. Okay, hot female teachers get a pass... haha.

Going completely cashless for a society is actually really stupid. You need to have options and there should be multiple ways to pay for things depending on the thing you want to buy, as some ways are more appropriate than others. On top of that, you are giving away far too much power to the banks and government, plus giving these types every bit of tiny information about your life... a huge invasion of privacy imo. Also, freedom is about choice, and anything that takes away choice from you makes you less free. So many are blindly marching into a China style dystopia with credit scores just because they are too busy staring into their phones, whilst being hoodwinked with the idea "It's for your security and convenience..". Personally, I use cash as much as I can... as it is irritating when some duffus at the cashier takes 10 minutes to figure out how to use their phone to pay for something... and I don't want an electronic trail that I bought 5 beers, some milk, and chocolate on a Friday afternoon. No way! As an aside, what will you do if there's no elecricity or the internet goes down? How will you pay for something? Just wait for the next perfect solar storm or another "Carrington Event"... cash should be kept as a backup way to pay for things if it all goes south, unless of course you have silver and gold sovereigns at home, as that would work too.

Ask Carlsberg, Pepsi, and King Mining how this turns out. I'll be surprised if Nestle get what they want.

Moscow Majorie is just such a facepalm... can't believe someone let her be in control of anything at all.

The word "Farang" has negative connotations, even if many Thais don't think so or realise it... would it be alright if I said to a Thai in, say, Khon Kaen "Hello Isaan"? Haha. However the phrase "Farange Khi nok" is not just bad, it's outright offensive, as it means "foreigner bird sh*t". There are lost of ideas of where the word "farang" came from, from Thais hearing from Persians long ago with their word for Frankish people, to it refers to someone who is just of white race, to ideas about all sorts.

One of the most sensible and righteous court judgements for decades... trouble is, Starmer and his far-left government are alreadly planning to undermine it. Funny how 99.9% of the public agree with the court, but the lefty and green politicians are struggling to even make a statement, even the PM is silent. Just shows what contempt they hold everyone in other than their little tiny echo chamber. They should all be forced to resign for contempt of court and of what the public wants. They are going to have an awful day at the May 1 local elections... can't wait.

Another person attack... how about you address the content hero? Show us what you know? Or is it nothing? So many wise guys on here that post with not much to say. Dare you to post something credable and constructive instead of your usual BS.

Oh no, I know plenty about that totalitarian communist sanctuary, and don't need to justify myself to you. Again, please post relevent and meaningful discussion on post content, rather than just personal insults, which is against the forum rules.

Clearly your comprehension levels are compromised... but I would expect nothing less though from a CCP apologist. As usual with you lot, it's attack the poster, not the content. Please come up with an argument that is credible to what was posted rather than just insulting the other poster... if not, then that is the height of failure.

If you think that the CCP bot farms are not targeting ASEAN Now with properganda, then you are deluded. They are targeting everywhere and every online outlet from Youtube to this forum to anywhere they can try to bend opinion... paying people to do it too. How deluded some people are.

Nice cherry picking of one sentence and the one-child policy only ended like in 2010, but Chinese people aren't interested in the CCP's U-turn... damage has already been done. Looks like the pro-CCP bots on here won't like the truth in that post and will deny everything... hope they are getting paid enough.

Time for the silly nutjobs to stand down... keep on bombing these morons until they do.

And, of course, we all supposed to just believe this and move on... nothing to see here (lift carpet and sweep). How convenient!

Something many forget is that the US has a better demographic situation than China has, and it is all of China's own making with the one-child policy etc. As people age, there are fewer younger Chinese to replace those working late into their 50/60s and beyond (some say the Chinese pension system will collapse in about 10 years). Not to mention that the CCP's reputation is taking a battering due to their tofu-dreg construction projects failing/collapsing at the slightest thing. Many younger Chinese people are starting to "Tang Ping" which translates to "Lie flat" because they think they have no future, and that working will not make their lives better... plus you have approx 12 million well-educated new grads each year entering the job market, which makes it overly competitive, and many are giving up as they were lied to be the CCP about their futures due to how hard it is now to find a job. China has fallen off a cliff since Xi took power... and he might not last that much longer. Secondly, China is far too reliant on exports and much of the rest of the world is getting fed-up with the CCP's dumping practices that destroys local industries because they can't compete with the state-subsidizes Chinese firms. Thirdly, another reason why there is population decline in China, is the same as it is for all totalitarian dictatorships and communist societies, people think it is morally wrong to bring children into such societies only to have a life of oppression, slavery, and drudgery, plus it is simply too expensive to do now with little state support... not just China, but many in the West think that far-lefty liberalism will not serve any children they have well either, and also too expensive. People need to believe there is a good future to invest and spend, once they don't believe that anymore, then people start saving. All a self-made problem by these incompetent governments all round the world... what goes around comes around, and people will react after a while.