PingRoundTheWorld

What an idiot. With every day that passes he's proving more and more just how out of touch with reality he actually is. Just another billionaire populist playing Robin Hood steal from "the rich" (middle class) and give to "the poor" AKA vote buying. Upper-income country in 4 years is a total joke: Higher income means higher prices, and higher prices means less tourism. Who's going to fund those higher wages and taxes? it's gonna grow on trees? Tourists aren't going to come if Thailand prices itself out of the competition - it's already the most expensive destination in the region. It's tolerable now, but at higher prices many will just prefer to holiday in cheaper destinations. And let's not even dive into his delusional plan of taxing overseas income. The end result of his economic plans will be extreme unemployment, stagflation, and a significant decrease in quality of life for everyone. Luckily- none of this is going to happen as he's day-dreaming. Knee-jerk reversal in 3..2..1..

A drunk (smoker) tourist at 4AM. What could go wrong...

I think this is something a lot of people who don't suffer from overweight fail to understand - those of us who do need to be reminded that this is unhealthy and we should do something about it. The alternative is pretending like there is no problem and keep maintaining an unhealthy lifestyle until serious problems (diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, etc...) reveal themselves down the road - when it's already too late. I was way overdue on diet and excercise myself, but recent comments from people close to me did motivate me to start again. Out of curiosity I took a peek at the passenger's TikTok. I'm honestly not sure if it's a lady or a ladyboy, but she is most definitely morbidly obese, and doesn't seem to be bothered by this at all (on the contrary - it seems to be the theme of her TikTok). While this may gain her some followers, it will also shorten her lifespan. I doubt this encounter will make her realize she needs change - it seems like she's just using it as a chance to victimize herself, go viral, and gain followers - and surely plenty of "netizens" (people with no life) will encourage her to ignore his harsh words (and ignore the problem...). susu.

Or you take a break from Thailand for 180 days every few years and transfer a large amount that year, and repeat every few years. When there is a will, there is a way.

VAT and sales taxes are doing exactly the opposite of reducing inequality. They disproportionally affect low wage earners a lot more than high earners. If inequality is the issue they could start by actually enforcing taxation of the elites. But this isn't about the elites or inequality - it's about votes and handing out 10k to every Thai citizen. Robin hood except they're not going to be able to steal from the rich - it's the middle class (including foreigners) who they're going after. Handing out 10k to every citizen is not going to address inequality - it's just going to encourage inflation and do little else. What they fail to consider/realize is that unlike Thais, expats have a choice - I already get robbed for nearly half my income by my own government - if it comes down to it and they try to force the issues on tax residents then the solution is ugly but simple - stop being a tax resident. Thailand will lose the majority of it's expats, and particularly all of it's high earning expats. Good luck with the economy! P.S. I don't think this will actually happen - they can't be that stupid - but then again... maybe they can.

Like any other country, most Thai women prefer Thai men for love. Obvious reasons - familiar, shared culture, language, etc. There are some (many) who prefer falang or Asian men for love, there are also others who prefer Arab, black, and even those who prefer Indians. It really depends on the girl, her past experiences with men (good or bad), and what kind of interests she has (k-pop and k-drama vs American TV for example). Physically speaking a girl who likes tall/big is more likely to date falang than Asian, and a girl who hurts if your equipment is too large will prefer Asians... And then we go to the category of women who are interested in money, not love. They're going to pick whoever is most available to them and willing to spend the most. For example a fat girl would aim for Arab or Indian because statistically more of them prefer curves over skinny - minimizing her chances of wasting time and maximizing earning potential. A skinny girl wouldn't bother with them and go for Asian or falang. If you had to specifically compare the two I think when it comes down to it it's more about the money and who's willing to pay the most (hint: usually the Asians pay more or at least put on a good show of being big spenders). Last but not least- what was the saying? Koreans are 555 or something like that? 5 minutes, 5 inches, 5000... That's what the Insanity girls used to say when the club was still around. One night as I was walking on soi 11 heard a girl loudly announcing "you give me 5000!" to the Korean taking her home.

All of the allegations (that I've seen) range from questionable to ridiculous. Ex girlfriends who claim he sexually assaulted them - but what makes that one incident different than the dozens or hundreds of times you've had sex? not the act itself - it was probably the same as many times before - just the context of them having a fight before or after it. They're literally picking the one time they had sex in a non ideal situation and blowing it up like it was some kind of assault - despite the fact that they continued the relationship with him after that "assault" - which a couple of them did, and another two did not continue because he dumped them. Women scorned can and do get crazy.

Given the 50-100% increase of the P-index in Bangkok, I think we're overdue for further weakness in the baht. The pendulum swings both ways.

Great news. Hopefully some of those girls will go back to freelancing in clubs and bars like they used to before Covid. Bangkok nightlife is severely lacking in the girl quality department lately. Of course some (many?) will just use other sites, but hopefully at least some go back to the clubs. And as far as these escort services go - extremely overpriced - a big portion of it going to the service and not to the girl - and of course they don't declare or pay taxes etc. No big loss there.

I'm not fan of Russell Brand - I've always thought he was a pompous *** - but that doesn't make him a sex offender. This trend of cancelling anyone who's sexually aggressive without any proof that they actually broke the law is appaling, not to mention has negative repercussions on the rest of society by increasing the likelihood of false rape allegations being file overall. If we look at the facts, all 4 of his accusers admit to having an ongoing consensual relationship with him at the time of the so-called "rape". In other words it's all exes he dumed. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. The 16 year old - the relationship was ongoing and consensual. Too young? age of consent is 16 in the UK. Not rape. No laws broken. The LA "businesswoman" - admitted to having a sexual relationship with him before the incident. She obviously got upset and jealous that he tried to initiate a threesome. I remember one time when an ex caught me making out with her friend (we were all in the same bed) - how did she respond? crying for a while, then when the friend fell asleep she proceeded to aggressively give me a bj and **** me without a condom. My money would be that this is exactly what happened here, except in this case he probably kicked her out afterwards which made her flip out. The employee - also admitted to having a sexual relationship before the incident. Probably got upset or jealous about something and he tried to initiate sex anyway, and got angry when she refused. Would've been an issue if he actually forced her to have sex - but he didn't and she left the house. Attempting to have sex with someone you're in a relationship with is not a crime. The ex-girlfriend - by definition not rape, nor is she claiming they had sex - just that he was mentally abusive. Again no law broken. Sexual assault in Soho - vague on the details there, probably just a made up story. As far as his other disgusting behavior - again, disgusting, not illegal. Cancel him if his audience thinks he's not worth listening to - not because the PC brigade got a target on his back.

I caught Covid before AND after getting vaccinated. Your anecdotal "evidence" is meaningless - as are your misguided belief governments are trying to poison the population with vaccinations.

Presumably if you're a citizen of a country with an anti double taxation agreement they wouldn't bother with you at all. Sounds like this whole thing is aimed at Thais evading taxes, not foreigners. But again it remains to be seen how this is actually applied.

The cost of insurance is, again, passed along to consumers in the form of higher prices. Part of the reason the US healthcare system is so outrageously expensive is mega settlements for malpractice. While it's understandable the court wants to reward people who've been wronged - awarding $100mil to someone is dispropoprtional. Surgeons have to pay $30-50k a year just for insurance and even then in some fields they are afraid to practice. I'm not saying don't compensate them if they were genuinely electrocuted and suffered injuries - but demanding compensation for hurt feelings "fear of getting into pools" is ridiculous. If there were no actual injuries then it couldn't have been that bad and they are exaggerating for a payday.

The actual difference in fuel consumption between someone who's 50kg or someone who's 100kg amounts to a few hundred baht at most for domestic flights in Thailand. Under 300 baht BKK to Phuket. Under 200 baht BKK to Samui. So before you guys go spewing your "I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY SAME RATES AS FATTY" might want to actually fact check yourself. As for the idea to weight passengers before flights - what the actual ****?!? Will never fly Bangkok Air if they continue to do this. Hopefully this "brilliant" plan fails miserably and other airlines don't follow. They have no business nor right to invade our privacy like that.

The hotel did offer to pay the hospital fees. Could they have offered a little more? sure. Should they pay a huge settlement for hurt feelings? NO! When you make a business pay a huge settlement who do you think pays it? it's other customers who have to pay higher prices later on.

Sure- they could tax all bank transfers (though that would be literal suicide for the economy), but then people will just bring in cash. Sure- they can tax currency exchange (yet another financial suicide), but then people will just use credit/debit cards to pay for everything. Sure- they can tax all card trans....no, no they can't. Easily? nah.

Oh give me a break- we're not getting anything for free. Collectively we're bringing in a LOT of money into the economy - which keeps Thais employed (and paying taxes). We pay sales tax on our purchases which adds up to more than most Thais pay in income tax. We directly or indirectly pay other taxes on real estate etc. If you really wanted to go down and dirty - we pay much more tax than an average Thai does. Trying to tax foreigners on global income is going to fail miserably - they can't collect what they don't know about, and if they try to they're going to see a wave of expats leave or at least stay out of Thailand for half of the year and spend elsewhere. It's a lose-lose situation for everyone.

Trully shocking that an American would want "compensation" for what was essentially a non-issue. No injuries, the doctor bs about being electrocuted for 5 seconds is nonsense (they would've died), and their "fear of pools" can shove itself right up....

Harassing someone's girlfriend repeatedly even after being told to leave her alone is going to get your ass kicked in any country. This has nothing to do with nationality, aside from the sad fact that some foreigners in Pattaya have zero respect and treat every female they see as a whore.

They're not. China's economy is on the verge of collapse with real estate and finance giants essentially bankrupt. Hopefully this doesn't affect the rest of the world (too much), but the "China #1" dream (nightmare?) is not going to happen anytime soon.

About time Thailand has a government that actually cares about tourism - unlike the previous government who only pretended to care while tightening immigration rules and making changes designed to limit rather than encourage. Now hopefully they also extend nightlife operating hours to something more reasonable than 2am, or better yet - let the venues and patrons decide how late they want to go. Which will be more than made up for by collecting additional taxes. Tourists pay hotel taxes, alcohol taxes, VAT, etc - so they longer they stay, the more the government makes - far more than the extension fee.

And they can all burn in hell. Sorry, but we should have zero tolerance for this sort of crap. The type of guy who'd draw a nazi symbol on someone's head is the type of guy who'll stab you. Literally here. Ignorance is not an excuse and they know perfectly well it's inappropriate - they just don't care.

Yes. It is very common for indoor cannabis growers to add additional aircon units to control growing temperature. That's exactly what they did - they stripped all the furniture out and probably sold some and discarded what they couldn't sell, then they installed/added racks to grow in, and added aircon unit(s) to control growing conditions. The roof was probably not leaking when the house was rented, but stripping everything out probably damaged it, that- or they intentionally did it for whatever reason (needed for growing?). Looked at the guy's FB page. Looks like a nice/normal guy. While the name might sound funny, being called Benz is very very common in Thailand and nothing weird about that. He did go to the police a few days ago. Hopefully police issued an exit ban for the Ukrainian criminal and will make him pay or go to jail, preferably both, and preferably a ban on re-entering Thailand. He is a criminal because he broke many laws including theft, working without a work permit, growing cannabis without a license, recklessly destroying property, etc. While I sympathize with Ukrainians about what they've been going through - it is no excuse to turn to crime and hurt innocent people - Thailand does not need such people. No country does. He should be sent back to Ukraine. And speaking of Ukrainians - landlords should be very careful renting to male Ukrainians - they fled Ukraine so they don't have to fight, so the chances of them being upstanding citizens are quite low IMO. I'd say the same thing about Russians in Thailand, but actually fleeing a war because you don't want to oppress another country is a lot better than fleeing a war defending your homeland. The end.

Blah blah blah. Who cares if it's "right" or not - the incoming government will be able to function, as opposed to the outgoing military government or a MFP-led government. It's not like PTP are a minority party - they literally only won a few less seats than MFP - totally legitimate for them to form a government if that government will be broader and more stable than what MFP could come up with. MFP's mistake was reaching for the stars while ignoring the moon and everything in between - they've taken the position of a spoiled child that insists on either winning or not playing at all. If they compromised on some of their more controversial policies like NOT pushing for lese majeste law reform (save that for later) they could've formed a government, but showing their political inexperience they were left out of the game completely - a matter of their own doing. Some might blame PTP for doing a U-turn and forming a coalition with the military, but realistically that's the only way they could've formed a government, and now they have plenty of leeway to execute policies - the military cannot block good policies because MFP would vote for them too if they align with their beliefs, and some policies MFP won't agree with will be supported by the military parties. Have their cake and eat it too. ???? Anyway, I'm excited to see Thailand get back on the path of a non-military government that actually executes for the people and not just the elite. We'll see.

Just a lot of hairdressers and shop staff who might need "taxi money" at the end of the night... Granted, talent is not a hard requirement - but it is appreciated. ????