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Agree. However, the proportion is probably 90 - 95%. Fairly easy to measure, it's the number of Thais who have not been outside Thailand.

You have obviously never heard of the nominal level of statistics, which can be just as valid as the ordinal, interval and ratio levels. I can explain it to you, I can't understand it for you.

The OP is in a different culture, where men are expected to foot the bill. Personally, I would be uncomfortable if it was a woman paying for me, due to the reversal of expectations. Thais are not ignorant in terms of their own milieu. They are ignorant of the wider world, due to an education system directed at maintaining the status quo. Just as well it does, because with better education maybe Thailand could become unaffordable for us.

They are a lot better looking than you, and have equipment you don't.

Faulty comparison on your part, explain how a flu vaccine, which is generally accepted in most countries, differs from a COVID vaccine. Both are dealing with multiple mutations, polio vaccine only has three to contend with. Tetanus is a bacterium. The definition of "sicker" is easy if based on symptoms and duration. COVID's are sore throat, runny nose, loss of smell and taste senses, lung congestion, memory loss and chronic fatigue. My GF had four, I had two. Ergo, she was sicker than me, on duration as well. Obviously you did not put much thought into that part of your post. The implication my GF is an idiot for wanting to get vaccinated after a bout of COVID is noted. IMO the idiots on social media are the ones resisting vaccination for all kinds of wacky reasons. I have zero sympathy for them as they head into an ICU, because they are hogging beds intended for other patients, on the basis of their beliefs.

You have been vaccinated for polio, tetanus, typhoid, flu and pneumonia? Vaccines work, whatever the idiot fringe has to say on social media. COVID vaccines are no different in terms of effectiveness. It is possible for an unvaccinated person to be less sick than a vaccinated one, it's called a statistical outlier. OTOH, myself and my GF are not.

Bar girl, looking for a farang to take care of her. I do.

Er - drivers usually sit on the right hand side of a vehicle in Thailand. You expect them to get out via the passenger seat?

When the previous government in Australia had a Prime Minister's Department which was staffed 90% by people with links to the fossil fuel industry, no surprise any data from scientists was swept under the rug.

The broader statistical data supports my personal anecdote, unless you are one of those people who rely on social media for your analysis. No surprise if you do.

In other words, Professor Lomborg ( qualifications in political science ) is in tune with your confirmation bias, so you prefer his cherry-picking of data as it feels more comfortable. I put him in the same class as scientists who worked in the tobacco industry, to make said product more addictive. I don't have any skin in this game, I'll be dead by the time the worst hits. Having said that, I do prefer facts and evidence to BS published by someone with no education in the hard sciences, and no experience at the coal face. An academic in an ivory tower. Most scientists are worried about the butterfly effect aka a tipping point, or Black Swan event. It could be triggered by albedo or clathrates, I'll bet Lomborg glosses over those inconveniences. What training in thermodynamics do you have?

I have found it is no use attempting to discuss global warming and climate change with anyone who has no understanding of the laws of thermodynamics. I agree, it is crazy to be saving the planet with electric cars when the electricity that propels them comes from power stations that are burning fossil fuel. Virtue signalling at its best. By 2050, conservative models of the Tibetan Plateau's glaciers and ice fields are predicting the flows of water to the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Mekong rivers will be halved. 1 billion people depend on those rivers. It will create unprecedented economic refugeeism, possibly made worse by the Chinese damming everything under their control. Scientists are on average 0.5% of most populations. Your post is a good example of how their message gets swamped on social media by sheer numbers. Also how most people instinctively reject information they don't want to hear.

I have no interest in Facebook and Twitter. IMO the former is for narcissists, the latter is for twits. Do I care? Not one jot or tittle. ASEAN and YouTube are the only social media I use. YouTube is useful when I am trying to find a demonstration of how to cook corned beef, or what exercises to perform with osteoarthritis. Having said that, there are many YouTube posters putting out blatant misinformation. I am gobsmacked by "influencers" such as MrBeast ( aka James Donaldson ) , who apparently has 168 million followers. He has accumulated about $500 million on the strength of posting videos where he is behaving like a moron on a survival challenge, and showing a great mouthful of teeth. It's a depressing comment on the mindset of the current generation of young people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MrBeast

The world is currently experiencing the hottest average temperature on record, so your post is in denial of reality.

1/ I have no photos of old girlfriends. They are fondly ensconced in my memory. I remember their faces and bodies in detail. 2/ Italy, for the food and rich history. Never been there. 3/ Cambodia. Nepal has the world's most dangerous airport, and I prefer not to experience altitude sickness.

This was some years ago, and may only have applied in Chiang Rai.

The reason may be they are evading predators. Quite a few male humans in Thailand have the same pattern of behavior.

Running Windows on 4GB of RAM? 555.

How would you know? That's like saying you never forget anything.

In my career, I did write many technical reports, and some papers for scientific journals. I enjoyed the bench work and field investigation, less so writing everything up. After I had finished the report, I always felt let down. The Latin phrase "Post coitum omne animalium triste est" applied. Perhaps that is true of any creative activity.

Move on to a free, Linux-based OS. I quit Microsoft after the abortion that was Windows Vista. I have never had a problem with any of the Linux systems I have used. I am bewildered by people who pay good money for an OS with so many bugs, greedy for memory, and under constant attack by hackers. IMO they are all masochists.

I have used a Hop Inn at Chiang Rai before I moved there. Amused by the towels, I had to pay a 500 baht security deposit beforehand. Which was refunded when I checked out the next day, after they were counted in the room by one of the maids. The towels were very new, large and looked expensive.

We never book. Just roll into town about 4 pm, my GF reads the accommodation signs. Aim is 500-700 baht/night. Aircon, big bed, clean, working plumbing are the criteria. We ask to inspect the room, she gives me the nod if it is up to scratch. Walk away if not. It usually only takes one or two inspections, I think the most we have needed is three. In low season, vacancies IME are never a problem. I have stayed in 200 - room hotels when there were only two vehicles in the car park. For breakfast, we usually head to the biggest hotels in town. They always have a buffet.

I am Australian, no problem on any of my devices. Perhaps it is a bug in the cookie or blocking functions. If the OP has Windows for his operating system, I have zero sympathy.

Four so far - Sinovac, AZ, Pfizer in Thailand, Pfizer bivalent in Australia. I had COVID after the first two, 3 days of a runny nose and sore throat, no after-effects. Except perhaps an decreased ability to suffer fools gladly. My unvaccinated Thai GF, 23 years younger than me, had all the symptoms and was quite sick for 11 - 12 days. She declined to be vaccinated, due to the negative posts on Thai social media. After her bout with COVID, she was off to the village clinic to get vaccinated.