Mr Dome

He better pray the worker makes a speedy & complete recovery. Make him pay and then blacklist him.

I don't happen to frequent Walking Street or Pattaya, that's correct. Kathoeys have existed in Thailand for decades. To make it sound like it's part of a new "woke agenda" by linking that Fox Entertainment link is a bit much. As a visitor or even as a long-term resident the deck is stacked against us in that we won't change the culture, you can become a target. I'd just avoid going where the perpetrators tend to hang out & otherwise don't keep your wallet in the expected places.

I bet. Kind of cruel to do this but it fits with my image of Malaysia & how it's run. Lots of videos on YT now praising it as a retirement destination. Are they all SuperRich or haven't they gotten around to reading the details yet?

Signed "Not the crazy old neighbor at all, oh no" ????

I will say this, compared to the revised "Malaysia my 2nd Home" rules, the millions you'd need to retire in Singapore, the restrictions Vietnam still hasn't lifted post-Covid or the obstacles Indonesia puts up, retiring in Thailand looks indeed pretty good. It's all about what you compare it with ????.

No, actually I don't think the same would happen in Europe or in *any* other Asian country. People would frown at the crazy guy but resorting to violence for insults isn't the norm in every country yet, thank Buddha. In the US, it would depend on where & the circumstances & the reactions range from a frown to a bullet in the head. Curiously though, you did leave out all those places where they don't take to national insults kindly. ????????‍♂️ Since both accounts differ so wildly, it's hard to say what really happened here. It's doesn't sound though that SE Asia is the right place for "the man in black".

Is he volunteering?

The rule is, if you're so fat/your belly is so big that it buries the front part of your swimwear and it looks like you're naked, then no ????

In anyway, should Thaksin actually return or a Shinawatra puppet get in, the marijuana legalization will most certainly end.

Sorry about that term. I change it to "the insurance company is claiming that no helmet was worn."

So, all this because the auto door opener didn't work? ???? Dude doesn't appear drunk but what do I know. I want a tearful apology video with wai now just before he gets deported & blacklisted ????

No, it doesn't. The helmet wearing is in dispute, that's all. You'd be saying your keyboard warrior self would know for sure that he hadn't worn one and that's ridiculous.

Do you guys even bother to read the posts or do you have a comment already prepared for each tragedy? He did have insurance but there's a clause in it preventing the pay out for *repatriation* if the insured can be found to be partially at fault. He may have worn one or he may not but none of us will answer that question with 100% confidence, so not going to go there.

I lived in Thailand during his rule and remembering how anti-foreigner he was and how he divided the country, that's a very weird statement from a farang. Does Thailand really need the vote buying & his own brand of corruption back that he was so good at? I doubt it.

Wasn't expecting him to be in cuffs. My mind will add them anyway because he sure deserves them ????

Click the link and you will find out ????

That lines up with my thinking, that they let it slip to someone that they were on overstay.

How would any stranger know your visa status? ???? Would also like to know the reason for overstaying in each case.

A not so subtle hint to raise the quality of your contributions or you'll be replaced by ChatGPT ????

????? Were you even under the slightest impression I was praising life in the GDR? You'd be quite wrong. Also, since they didn't get shot at for going starkers at the FKK beaches, your comment is rather unrelated & gratuitous. The "Scheissbefehl" (misspelling fully intended) at the border is also common knowledge, isn't it?

I see the Russians are fans of Monty Python too, especially the knight getting cut down to a torso ????

As a former Berlin resident of 11 years I can confirm. Former East Germany used to be the perhaps most relaxed place in the world when it comes to going starkers.

I kind of want to admire his "not a care in the world attitude" but it probably was just dementia.

Fact: Many Christians have been killed in bus crashes over the decades. Instead of instrumentalizing this tragedy for your anti-Muslim agenda, it seems to me that there may actually not be a god that directs these accidents (or anything else in anyone's life) and plays favors. Life is cause & effect. It's even in the bible ("You reap what you sow"). Even our smallest actions count.

That projected Thai cool-ness is only a thin facade in some that can get dissolved by alcohol fast and then it may escalate fast to attempted murder. How can you target the innocent?