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The last time I checked, Australia had some of the world's strictest immigration policies.

Judging by some of the responses I get from AI, it's got a fair way to go yet. Answers that are dead wrong, and seemingly unable to learn from fresh input. We already have robotics, from vehicle assembly to surgical robots. Remind me please - has Musk put a self-driving car on the market?

The real problem with depopulation is the fact countries in Africa have the highest birth rates in the world, without education systems worthy of the name. I was in South Africa in 1983. Every African north of there was heading to it, because it had higher wages and a stable government. It's now got 34% unemployment. I know oil will still be around for another 50 years. Electric cars can only fill 30% of demand add best, due to raw material constraints. The Age of Renewables IMO is more desirable than the Age of AI. Unless we want to cook ourselves, and see economic migration which will dwarf what is happening now. I know there are people out there that are smarter than me. When you post the sentence "Your not half as bright as you think your are. " I am damn sure you are not one of them.

Asians are top of the tree? I guess you have never looked at what Thai schools produce. I have yet to meet a Thai who is able to make change without a calculator.

Get real, who wants a happy ending from a male masseur?

My massage lady could probably remove wheel nuts without a spanner.

Birth rates are declining in many countries. The cost of raising a child is a significant factor. A second factor is education. IIRC there was a study in The Economist which showed the number of children a woman gave birth to was inversely proportional to her education level. I don't necessarily see depopulation as a bad thing. Earth's resources are finite, the concept economies can expand ad infinitum is simply not sustainable.

Flippant remarks only demonstrate how far out of touch you are. Ask the Soviet Army generals of World War II how they would have fared without women . 800,000 were integrated into their armies. Biological fact: Women cope with extremes of heat and cold better than men do.

Was she a diversity hire when she became California's Attorney General, a senator, and the Vice-President? Methinks you are clutching at straws.

I guess female co-pilots are there "just in case" too. Pilots have authority. Co-pilots are there to intervene if the pilot is incapacitated, or is making unsafe decisions. I don't think the proposition male pilots never make mistakes is going to fly, if you'll excuse the metaphor.

Harris doesn't scare me. Trump and Musk do. Tell me what you find scary about Harris. The fact she sliced and diced Trump in the presidential debate, perhaps?

A statistical sample of one proves your case? You should be careful choosing who to fly with. In the US, 5% of airline pilots are female. Air India is even more, 10%. Your misogyny is based on your experience with one Thai woman, it is hardly rational. What's scary is the nation with the world's most powerful military is either going to be led by a narcissistic sociopath, or a cabal of oligarchs.

Currently 3 degrees C, you must enjoy having a frozen ball sack.

You may be right, people will shell out money on the most ridiculous things. Including gold sneakers, bibles, and NFT cards.

In rural areas, kids are free labor. In the cities, they are an extra burden. With the ongoing mechanisation of agriculture, not hard to see where population is trending in the West, compared to Africa and South America.

How convenient, you forgot Taylor Swift. Sarah Palin? I'd rather stick my d!ck in a rat trap.

Er - yaba (methamphetamine) is a significant problem in northern and northeastern Thailand.

IMO the OP needs to cultivate a wombat mentality. Political and religious beliefs become irrelevant then.

It's a measure of the Thai addiction to sugar Thailand cannot grow enough of its own. Mitrpol, the country's biggest sugar producer, has bought a controlling interest in four Australian sugar mills.

Had to Google it. You seem to be quite familiar with the app. So you've never had your @rse chewed by one of your bosses for goofing off with the mop?

You just can't be polite when someone disagrees with you. You also respond to factual posts with nothing but abuse. It's called argument ad hominem. The tax thing is way overblown. based on my own situation. I won't be paying taxes here for at least ten years. IMO many other retirees will find their situation is similar. My experience with Thai government hospitals has been better than I could expect in Australia. If you don't like it here, go back to whatever country you came from. I for one won't miss you at all.

IIRC the 600K in deductions was posted on another thread, and included married to a Thai. Possibly it's over-optimistic. I am tax exempt for 250K. My living expenses per year average about 650K. I have been too conservative in my own calculations. My pre-2024 savings with the allowance will last ten years. Meantime, pension and investment income accumulate in an Australian bank.

OP, you seem to have missed the fact the Russian and Chinese demographics are collapsing. Russia because there are only 87 men to 100 women, China due to the one child policy. Population growth is occurring in countries with sizeable Roman Catholic and Muslim populations. Those religions are probably going to frown on OnlyFans as therapy. Maybe a better solution is burning down churches and mosques.