Aviatorhi

No particular care about what happens to the US specifically. But I would like the rest of the planet to finally wake up to realizing that they are the worst allies on the face of the planet, as they have always been, and treat them accordingly. They can enjoy their North Korea style dear leader cult alone, and just like NK no nukes for them either.

Too often people try to solve disputes themselves. When in doubt use legal means... All "disputes" I have had were always resolved with 20K-30K baht of legal posturing. Most people stare the costs of a court case and back down immediately - especially if teased with a "middle ground" carrot.

Clearly wealth isn't the only factor to one leading a happy life - BUT it's the key factor in why most westerners believe they enjoy a higher standard of living here (they do) - it's because they can afford it here when they can't afford it in the west. The topic was about "quality of life" anyway - not about individual cases of outside factors affecting happiness.

Having enough wealth to support your life to the standard you desire equals contentment - this is a closed loop condition... you might not want to buy designer clothes or party at the club every day, but if you have enough money to not need to worry about where the money will come from when you need it (and that includes "surprise expenses" and "impulse purchases") then you are in a position of privilege relative to the aforementioned dirt farmers you are basically always wondering how they are going to afford anything (especially when those "surprise expenses" come up). Most westerners do have that sort of "wealth" here, when they do not at "home".

Anywhere is nice if you're rich - and in Thailand, most (let's say 90%) of us are "rich"... or "rich enough". If you have a million baht in Thailand you'd need ten in the West - but your life would be the same. If you refuse to believe that, try explaining how great the quality of life in Thailand is to a dirt farmer living in a dirt floored house.

You're the one doing it so you tell me... Anyway, you think this is a "debate"? This alone proves the planet will be better off when you're dust.

You could've just said you can't tell the difference and get angry at yourself for being attracted to them.

That would be correct IF it was true, but it's not and you're a stain.

Orange stain is orange - cry about it cuck.

Thailand's are long overdue for an overhaul (gee, I wonder why economic development at the bottom of the economic chain is somewhat stagnant here; and the entire tax code needs an overhaul if they are to get off protective tariffs, and I DO pay my Thai taxes) - but I'm not a citizen here so I have no meaningful input on this besides discussing with my Thai friends. US tariffs are dumb (and, unfortunately, I am a citizen there because of anchor citizenship - so it has a direct tax effect on me - though my bigger concern is value of the US dollar and the general international order) - because the US has a developed industrial base and capitalism works on the basis of added value to an existing commodity, and the US doesn't have the manpower for an integrated and domestic vertical supply chain... unless you'd like a planned economy?

I think watching freedumb<deleted>ers burn will be hilarious.

I for one support Xi harvesting you freedumb<deleted>ers for adrenochrome. Your nation is a disease.

Ofcourse they're not... At least not today when Thailand has a developed industrial base.

The absolutely limitless amount of freedumb lovers who think that tariffs are "good" or that everything should be "made in freedumbland", is quite astoni-----, err, par for the course. But doesn't change their soap grade IQ.

Only rent and do not consider them to be anything more than a toy. They chose that life - use them accordingly.

They should - or should the minority of rural farmers be telling the majority packed masses what to do instead? Seriously though, just get a divorce... It'll be less painful. Or don't... And I can watch the civil war on Livestreams. It'll be a riot either way.

Awww... Look at you retreating to the true space of losers - "norms, rules, traditions"... Play to win of GFY because the fascists will exploit every single one of your "norms, rules, traditions" and then eradicate you entirely. This isn't a game - this is real life - and you're losing.

Please do. I wanna watch China overpower you clowns. BYD vs Tesla? Only the idiot would buy the Tesla. 🤣🤣🤣

And they told me I was stupid to only buy condos in the foreigner quota solely under my name. 🤣🤣🤣

You're not really grasping the difference between someone who came over a year ago and someone who's lived in Thailand "statelessly" for decades. I don't know why you're not grasping it, but you're not; try harder.

Bud, nobody cares what your kind thinks - the sooner you're off the earth the better. Now piss off snowflake.

Nice IQ you got there - if it was a temperature it would fit will into my beer cooler.

They have a state (citizenship) whereas these stateless people from disputed border regions do not. Try using more than the "me me me" part of your brain at least once in your life.

Look at that - a country doing something right instead of trying to start a mass deportation program.

Nobody asked for brains (ability to discuss geopolitics for instance) - but an opinion and/or ability to do more than blindly stare at a phone screen counts for something... As for the "uneducated" having "brains" or not... well, as we see from this forum, no matter what column they fit into - that doesn't stop them from spewing their opinions and thoughts all over the interwebs, at least for Farangs. In any case - I've found my little niche of women that entertain me, only problem is now when I sit down at a bar and hear some meat bag say "you want lady take care?"* I need to take a deep breath and count down from 10 so the bottle doesn't go flying. Easy fix though, don't go to bars and save money while having more fun. Anyway - after 50 years of industrial scale bar complexes - I think both businesses and customers have successfully sorted themselves and the reason everything has become so monotonous in terms of location, concept, and model. *Because what? I came here to watch paint dry? Dumb question.