Bday Prang

It used to be humans but then they made a big deal about using AI either way its totally biased and one can only assume that is reflected in their stories and reporting style, basically people are being lied to, and silenced even when speaking the truth. this is happening everywhere all the time. It will not end well. Anybody with differing views is dismissed as "far right" I have even seen the BBC described as such ! What will they think when the real "far right" emerge as a natural reaction to this which is only a matter of time.

Whilst having sex?

Not quite sure how it got there , but I have a shortcut to MSN news on my task bar, I normally only use it to check the weather but occasionally one of the news items catches my eye and I may look a little deeper. Despite the claims of impartiality MSN. like all mainstream media, has an obvious left wing bias and as is to be expected many of its sensationalist headlines reflect this. Comments are invited on many of the stories but they are moderated these days by what can only be described as a woker than woke AI system. Its often very frustrating to try and make posts that comply with their rules on hate speech profanity, and offensiveness etc Earlier today I was reading an article about the Henley Regatta I tried to post that it was nice to see a rare example of a traditional english event of this nature but my comment was deemed as inappropriate , now matter how I worded it the censor would not let it pass So I conducted a small experiment, I made several scathing criticisms which included the words "Tory Scum" "White Privilege" "Racist White Bigots" "right wing views" etc etc and every one of those posts flew past the censors with no problem whatsoever, despite the fact that the article was a relatively benign one with no mention of that sort of behaviour at the regatta its self. The AI censor is quite sophisticated and seems to be uncannily able to detect any signs of "inflammatory , discriminatory or offensive" remarks so how on earth did my blatantly offensive and insulting remarks get past it ? Any Ideas anybody

It would probably be fine at the moment, It isn't time yet for the 1st and no doubt highly publicised drugs bust for minor possession, but the way things are looking it won't be long before some poor unfortunate gets hung out to dry for a few grams as an example. If the person in question happens to be a foreigner the consequences will more than likely be more severe as will the media hysterics There is 15 minutes of fame out there waiting for somebody that's for sure In the meantime why bother its not hard to find , wherever you are going

All very sinister

not just your opinions, mine too

Are you a retired teacher by any chance?

you let him drive at 14 years old?

Do you think it is normal of even beneficial to separate siblings?

So its your way or the highway eh? can't see this ending well, especially as he does not have to endure "your way" for much longer

Poorest excuse for not learning Thai that I have heard for a long time, Good job their mother taught them Thai , and now they share a common bond that you can never be a part of. they can also bad mouth you without you knowing, and don't for a second think that they don;t Anyway the kid in question sounds like a typical Thai kid, a mummys boy who will never be able to cut the apron strings that bind him to his mother, and very likely that he's playing the pair of you Speaking english might improve his chances of a job but its not guaranteed, a lot of jobs require some intelligence, of which language is not an indicator, plenty of retards in the uk and every one of them can speak english

I can't think of a good reason why teachers should be paid anymore than waitresses, especially if there pay was performance related, and don't forget the generous paid holidays. and pension I would never tip anybody who wears a uniform After all I did not ask them to take a badly paid job, it was their choice,

Carlsberg did completely disappear at one time but it seems to have returned in a few places I'd forgotten about Federbrau not a bad beer in my opinion

jesus! apparently some tip teachers, I am astonished. but each to their own. I will generally round up the bill in a restaurant and very occaisionally in a taxi, other than that its only really tradesmen, and then only when I'm satisfied that they tried their best

I can't understand why anybody uses the confused emoji, ever. It reminds me of those who vote "don't know" in opinion polls.The researchers should disregard them and simply move on until they find the next person with enough about them to express a yes or no opinion. Those who "don't know" obviously haven't a clue about the subject matter in hand anyway

I'm with you on that nothing special about Beer Lao in my opinion either, no different to any other mass produced beer, as far I am concerned, although admittedly I'm no connoisseur and don't really drink for the taste, I will admit however that even I find "Archer" and "cheers" almost undrinkable I definitely prefer chang to Leo, and whilst I have no real issues with Singha I haven't actually drunk it for years nobody I know drinks it either I remember the 6.4% chang in the brown bottles, some of which were embossed with the word Carlsberg just above the chang label. ( what happened to carlsberg it sort of disappeared) It was a bit touch and go, sometimes foul and sometimes not too bad but a headache was nearly always guaranteed for me. I much prefer the newer brew in the green bottles, which I think was around the time the alcohol content was reduced and would rather drink that, than the very very similar but overpriced Heineken Does anybody remember the brew called "black tiger" ( no relation to the modern day "Tiger" as far as I am aware, ) and not unlike the dark Beer Lao. it was around about 25 years ago at the same time as "Black cat" whiskey but has long since disappeared. A pity as I used to quite like it

More than just life's failures, it is also a way of attempting to mitigate the fatal stabbing of peoples parents, and an alleged case of self castration etc etc

25 + years ago Regency was around 400 bt a bottle It never seemed to get anymore expensive despite beer slowly increasing in price year after year no Idea what it costs these days I would imagine 500 bt + ? Regency for some reason, seems to enjoy some sort of special status as i regularly see adverts for it on TV in the late evening and whilst they may not actually mention the word "Brandy" it is patently obvious they are not promoting soda water

I fail to see how they can actually keep a straight face , whilst contemplating the re-banning of cannabis "for the good of the country and the welfare of youth" when at the same time planning the further promotion of alcohol including the 40% ABV "fire water" spirits Suddenly their concerns for road safety, the well being of the vulnerable, and the concerns for the effects on the culture, not to mention the fear of offending Buddhist sensitivities and the medical consequences seem to have disappeared, like a puff of smoke And as for the anti cannabis stalwarts on here expressing their delight at the possibility, I find the hypocrisy astonishing

I'm not sure how true it is. but I have heard several times that the importation of wine is ultimately controlled by just one or two well connected families, who have sufficient influence to manipulate the import duties , from which they are presumably able to benefit. Not that long ago, 5 years or so, there was a significant rise in the price of wine, a 5 litre box costing around 1000 baht morphed into a 3 litre box costing the same price.

Could not have put it any better myself, good post I often intend to indulge of an evening but don't get round to it, sometimes there are just not enough hours in a day. Hardly indicative of a physical addiction, in my not so humble opinion

Personally, I can painlessly transition from extended periods, often 6 months or more of daily use to similar periods of total abstinence, depending on my personal circumstances, without any ill effects whatsoever. and have been doing so for over 40 years. In my experience addiction has never been a "thing" and its only relatively recently that I first heard the word, "addiction" mentioned in connection to cannabis Purely psychological in my opinion, and It strikes me that many of the people claiming to be addicted are only doing so since somebody put the idea in their heads, (these upmarket and very expensive private addiction clinics have a lot to answer for in that respect) A self fulfilling prophecy , Its become almost fashionable, to follow celebrities into rehab, and somewhat indicative of a culture of "victimhood" and "counselling" which has been emerging generally for some time and has invaded many aspects of life. Making some people very rich in the process. Some people these days don't actually feel "offended" or "traumatised" until somebody else tells them they should

As always in Thailand its "who you know", and not "what you think you know" even nowadays. There is the occasional exception, but strangely I have always found the adage particularly relevant when dealing with any of people who wear beige uniforms

Neither of them sound like the sharpest pencils in the box, for 500,000 baht they could probably have avoided his initial incarceration and made everything disappear, a lot less if they had negotiated in the beginning I don't really care what happens to a Kazakhstan thief

I personally know somebody who got a driving licence thrown in when he bought a new toyota pick up a few years ago. The Toyota manager had a friend at the DLT