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You're confusing him with gg.

You should know, as you're taking over the lead for most assumptions made on AN.

Evidence of what? Are you that much of a dolt that you can't understand you don't know anyone on earth at all unless you actually spend a lot of time with them? You keep missing the point that what you've said about why accidents happen most everyone already knows including myself. Are you that dense that you can't fathom what you've read about others also can? There are countless books and articles that have been written about driver safety, and people like myself and others from western countries have learned it as teenagers. Where are you from? I'm thinking maybe here, as you seem not to know about what's learned in western countries.

I can say exactly the same thing about you. Stop assuming what others know or don't know. It's a teenage approach and doesn't work with adults. I didn't mean attitudes won't change. It might happen but things are ingrained in cultures and they are hard to change. I have a lot more "grasp" of the topic than you'll ever know. I came from America, where the testing, classes and education on driving is much harder than it is here. That is something you don't understand. although you talk about doing this for over 20 years. I'm 68, so I've been learning about roads and drivers for over 51 years, by classes, tests and observation, something you dismiss although it's how data ans stats come about. What I "probably" don't know is again passing you by. Do you actually think I have to go to a conference to understand why accidents happen? Are you that dense that you can't see there is research available and people have learned throughout their lives about this? Problems that are ingrained are "fixable". It can happen, IF they want it to happen. These accidents have been going on for decades, with the same BS heard about fixing them coming from those in charge, yet nothing happens. of course changes can be made, IF they want them to be made. The poor here are looked at as lower than the rich, and the rich get priority in everything. Same everywhere but more so in a poor nation. IF the people push their leaders for change it can happen, but being suppressed and controlled makes things harder. It isn't a bizarre rant saying locals here look at women as inferior. It's the Buddhist culture itself that does this. I've been thinking all along, you're either a Thai yourself and feel the need to back locals up, which I can understand to a point, because backing others who are doing wrong is like following Hitler. or you're slowly climbing to the top of the brown noser list here on AN. Assuming someone obviously a lot more intelligent than you is stupid, IS stupid. People that assume are close minded, which means they are hesitant to change.

I'm a very huge film and music buff, and I have to say you're wrong about this. American and other western music has a huge influence on Thais, and they copy pop music all the time. You can see it in the music you hear here although much of it doesn't flow smoothly like western music and lyrics does. They copy everything westerners do, as it's new to them and they like it, seeing western music is the best music worldwide. The guitar players use western tabs to learn how to play and if you listen to Thai music, a lot of the leads and rhythm playing mirrors western style. As far as movies, Mono 29, channel 24, 18 and a couple of others always have western movies on, with some having them in English per the remote, with Thai subtitles. I've been watching them almost 7 years here and my ex and girlfriend has before I came here. The only problem they have is playing the same actor's movies all the time. What is true is how little they learn here about western history. It pales by comparison to the west and leaves them not knowing the basics of what happened in history. I've had my girlfriend over to watch movies (she speaks good English) and most of what we watched she knew very little about, such as Hitler and the war, Japan and the war, Kanchanaburi and it's role in the war, and many other things about history. They watch action movies here in theaters and at home, so they know a lot about them from that.

Before you reply, try making them make sense.

No, I know I understand, you think I don't, a very stupid assumption seeing you don't know me at all.

Assumption # 3,876 How do you know he doesn't know how it's done in other countries? For a person who used to gauge language levels you certainly spell many things wrong. Don't think for other people. Try thinking correctly for yourself and don\t assume what others know. You do this all the time and it gets annoying. In how many countries have you studied how they learn English? I taught here, and am a native English speaker and the testing here, as well as the teaching, is very poor in every school I visited, including where my daughter goes, which has almost no English taught. My daughter speaks better English than her teacher. It's very easy to read English yet not know what the words mean. The teachers pass out English work, meaning copying the sentences, and the children don't know what the words mean. I saw this also in my girlfriend's niece's work she brought home. She could read the words but didn't know what the words meant. Thailand is this far behind because those in charge don't care . And just so you understand, the man I helped out, and English school owner, was taught in America and hires English teachers from all over to teach at his school. I helped him FOC because he's a friend. He also says Thai schools are very poor in teaching English to their students, and he's been to hundreds all over Thailand, teaching, seminars and camps.

You've said many times we don't understand. What you keep missing is that we do understand. You assume what others know. This is a very ignorant statement you continuously make. You do not know what anyone on earth knows or doesn't know. That's called assuming. YOU are also a part of the general public. You assume others don't know what you do, although anyone alive can do the same research. How old are you anyway? No changes have happened because of the local attitudes. This again is what you miss, and obviously don't understand. If you left your house, wherever that may be, and get out and observe what's actually going on, then you might understand accidents happen for many reasons, and the driver is first at fault, no matter what.You can have better roads, more police enforcement, better training, harder tests and everything else but the cultural factor and attitudes will not change because things here are ingrained. Just how women here are looked at as inferior, some things may never change............. as·sump·tion /əˈsəm(p)SH(ə)n/ noun noun: assumption; plural noun: assumptions; noun: Assumption 1. a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof. "they made certain assumptions about the market"

They've been coming in daily all along. Biden wanted families to be together. Illegals were still being stopped every day, all day long. There's just so many people that are trying to get into countries, and it fluctuates. It's not a set amount that comes in daily, every day, year after year.

Why would you laugh about others lives if you aren't involved in them? Millions of Americans are happy where they are, and I will be also when I move back. Being under control here isn't pleasant, and some things are downright dangerous, especially for girls and women. If you don't live in the US, you have very little idea what living there is like. News doesn't show but a fraction of what goes on there, just as it does here. Many here seem to think everything is shown on the news stations daily, but again, it's just a fraction of what goes on. Just like reading this topic. This makes people think there's a huge drop in illegals coming in just because it's lower for the month so far. It will never stop. People like the US, and those that live in countries where there's poverty and strife, look to going there just to see if they can make money, knowing full well there's a huge chance they'll be sent back asap. They hear about friends and family who have gotten work there, so they give it a try. Some countries are very hard to survive in, especially if you have a family to support.

No, you need to keep it under control, as there are ways to get a legal work permit. Some like to circumvent that, just like here, but it has to be done legally. If the Americans that hire these illegals were fined harsher, it would help, and would cut down on the amount coming in. Then they would have to hire those there legally, or citizens.

There will always be illegals coming in to most countries, to escape poverty and for asylum. They will come because there will always be people that will hire them illegally, to save money. It might go down for a month but it always fluctuates. there isn't a set amount of people that are "supposed" to come in. It just happens. You catch them, deport them, and they come back when they get more money to pay the coyotes.

It's actually you that's looking the fool, and sadly, you'll never understand why. There are things in life that make a person a human. The way they treat others is the most important one. When you study psychology, as many do, you get to understand why people do what they do. It's from ingrained habits taught from childhood. An example would be a man who cheats on or abuse his wife or girlfriend. Usually he saw this in his own father while he was young. If he didn't have a father, that means his role model could have been peers who did the same things, which he thought was normal. People become dictators because they were either abused, neglected or both in childhood, and violence and control is all they know, so they use this inbred narcissism against everyone else they come across, as it's a way to vent their anger from their childhood onto others. A way of revenge, although it isn't used on the original perpetrator but innocents, which is wrong. But they don't know any better, because their mindset is of a toddler who needs to get their own way, to control, because all they know was control . Others become politicians, because power is the big controller. When they get their way, they strengthen that feeling of superiority, although they are actually little boys with a low self esteem. I don't judge others. They show what they really are by their actions. No one is any better than anyone else in this world, no matter how much they have, own or how much power they have. Some are just better persons than others, shown by their actions and ability to help others. Assuming never works. It only shows close mindedness. There's a huge difference between defending yourself or others, and putting people down just because it makes you feel better about yourself.

You, like others, assume you know the full story or anything about anyone on earth, without truly knowing them. That's a problem. Sarcasm is fine unless it's there to think you're somehow superior to others. Everyone can laugh at themselves at times, and along with others, but some use sarcasm to hurt others, and think they're better because someone makes a mistake, which all humans do. Using emojis also is a way of belittling in a subtle way. Joking around is necessary. Doing things to think you're superior to them isn't. When you reach perfection, then you can downgrade others, but if that ever happened, which it won't, a person with intelligence doesn't need to hurt others but to help with his superior knowledge. And don't tell me to lighten up, because I've heard this kind of sarcasm all my life, and it is usually only there to hurt. You've shown ignorance a number of times, yet I won't call you stupid, because only know you from here. A person can do some dumb things and still be smart. You can't tell unless you know them a long time.

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It happens anywhere the dog isn't properly trained with love and respect. here, after puppies and kittens grow into cats and dogs, they're largely forgotten and looked at as pests, by the same people who think they're cute when young. A pet is supposed to be for life, not until inconvenient.

If I pay in advance I ask them to leave the package at my door on the table. I'm in the country so there isn't much chance that someone will see the package and steal it. My fruit, yes, but not packages on the table. You said they left it on the fence so I'm thinking you have a wall with a gate and they can't get inside so in this case you're right, they shouldn't leave any packages. If there's a place they can leave them, such as a 55 gallon garbage can, in the back, that's a good idea, if they'll fit. One driver that comes here seems to always say he's called and when I look at the history on Flash's site, it said he called and I changed the receive date, which I didn't. When I see this, I call him back and he never answers. This is while I'm waiting at home for it to arrive. Laziness and not wanting to come to my house, which is usually at the end of their shifts. The other drivers all call, and usually answer when I ring them back. I'll email Flash and tell them I was home. When I'm home, some will ask for a signature but most won't. I'm the only foreigner in our village and they all know me,and trust when I get a package there won't be any problems. The same with Kerry, who I've never had a problem with. Always best to talk with them nice, because you don't want an attitude from a driver who's bringing you things. If you can arrange to have them leave the packages in a safe place, inform the company so their drivers will have notice. They can take a picture of the package at the place they left it for their own peace of mind.

Other excerpts from a link which shows both sides, the people at fault and the government that doesn't care.............."The public generally has not exerted pressure on politicians to take action. Public discourses about road safety have been depoliticised, often attributing blame to the victim or Thai culture rather than addressing government inaction. Moreover, punishing drivers for traffic violations is politically unpopular. The public often attributes accidents to the victims having “bad luck” (7) and so “easily accept what happens” (15). This notion largely stems from the widespread Buddhist notion of karma: “if something bad happens to a person it is because of his poor karma"....................Equally the public dislike restrictions on their being able to drive freely, such as reduced speed limits or any increased frequency and rate of fines. Drivers “still think it is okay to drive recklessly and not follow rules”.............The Transport Minister's decision to increase speed limits in 2021 was therefore met with widespread popular support (7). In contrast, when, in 2018, DLT proposed to increase the fines for drivers caught driving without a licence or with a suspended or expired licence, the proposal met widespread public backlash and, not wanting to lose popularity, the Prime Minister himself, Prayuth Chan-ocha, vetoed it (12, The Nation, 2018). Politicians have also pushed the police to hand out fewer fines, fearing that if the police did so, their popularity would wane and they would “lose votes” in the next election (3) since the public is “not happy about strong law enforcement” (15) Politicians “were afraid of people's complaints,” including over policies that would impinge on them yet improve road safety, so prefer not to burden the public by increasing fines (12)..............This puts the problems on both sides, with the people needing to push the government to do more, as it's them who are dying every day. Their attitudes need to change, which means they have to care more about themselves and others, to force those in power to do something. It's in their hands first.

Farang do understand traffic here. You're assuming again. The same rules apply here that do in other countries. The only thing that is different is driving on the right side of the road, which Americans, continental European, Japanese, Africans and other countries. This is something a visitor has to adjust to but seems to do very easily. If you're a good driver, you adapt quickly. Yes, there are again, bad drivers that come here, tourists, that think they can do whatever they want, but they probably do it to some degree back home, albeit a smaller degree because back home they know they will get tickets for bad driving. Every country, again, has bad roads, weather and much the same laws on driving safety. Here they don't have ice or snow, so it's easier than up in northern areas. Thailand has had laws and much the same things you posted about for many decades, yet the accidents and deaths don't reduce. Again, this is because of the attitudes of the people here. Lack of law enforcement allows them to continue with less fines than in western countries, which can reduce accidents, but people who are ticketed still have their ingrained attitudes. By and large, westerners are much better drivers than locals here. Sorry you don't see that, but everyone else seems to, as per the replies on this and many, many other topics here. People aren't failing to recognize this, but you are. The main reason westerners get into accidents isn't about skill, training or speed. It's texting while driving, and that's something that needs to be dealt with harder. What you listed are reasons accidents happen here, and I agreed with them, but the cultural attitudes towards everything, including driving, is what gets them started out wrong................... Cultural factors play a part in the limited education and training, and the lack of test success. Some suggested that barriers exist to creating a road safety culture, that Thais seek to oppose any laws, particularly the enforcement of drunk driving laws, and “live to have fun” (sanuk) (6, 8). As a result of limited education and fear of being punished, there were “norms” of “reckless driving,” “not obeying the laws,” and driving at high speeds (22). Speed limit signs often “mean nothing,” with some cars driving between 50 and 80 km/h in school zones or through zebra pedestrian crossings (Karnjanatawe, 2021, n.p.). Ultimately some culpability must be attached to inadequate education, training and monitoring schemes...................The government favors the rich when it comes to drivers here, and it shows with who makes up the majority of victims. This also shows in other ways, with how they care for children being a main concern.

You actually said it to me recently, and to others in the past. And you, again, are another one here who assumes things about others, consistently, which is a very childish way of thinking. Many others go off topic here, daily, and it's not unusual because people have their own personal way of looking at things, which might not correspond with others. Also, I'm way more advanced in my thinking, especially where the psychological aspect is concerned, so it wasn't a cave I crawled out of but an easy chair reading books.

Wrong again, so you're consistent.......... Key points about observation as a data source: Direct observation: This involves actively watching and recording what happens in a given situation, like observing customer interactions in a store. .... Qualitative research: Observation is often used in qualitative research where researchers aim to understand the nuances and context of a phenomenon rather than just numerical data. ....... Participant observation: Researchers actively participate in the situation they are observing to gain deeper insights....... Non-participant observation: Researchers observe without actively interacting with the subjects.

True, but many people live in fear of death if they speak up. Taking a tyrant or psychopathic dictator out asap is the best route, as the longer he stays in power, the more backers he'll get. Trump can work with these loons and attain peace if he gives them something in return. Peace is worth whatever you can do, as it saves lives, and the only other recourse is assassination.

It's never necessary to go on any "diet" because all have their downsides. Having a healthy lifestyle is easy if you just eat a variety of food. If you need to lose weight fast, which isn't recommended anyway, you can use the keto because you will be starving your body from it's easily accessed source of energy, sugars. That will help you burn stored fat and is okay to use for a period. It is never smart to totally give up carbs because they ensure a healthy gastro system. Low carb, high protein, moderate to low fat is okay. The slower you lose weight, the more likely you are to keep it off, as you're adopting a new lifestyle and not relying on fast results that might have you return to old eating habits once you've lost the weight you want. If you don't need to lose weight and just want to eat healthy,more carbs in the way of fruits, grains, veggies and root vegetables like potatoes, sweet potatoes of a few varieties and the squash family are good choices. Just watch what you put on them. Too much butter, margarine or oils isn't healthy, as is too much salad dressings on your salads. Fatty fish is healthy, like salmon, sardines, trout, tuna or herring. Eggs are a good source or protein. Just eat more whites than yolks, especially if your cholesterol is high. Meat should be lean as possible if you want to lose weight and keep your heart healthy, as too much fat isn't good either. Nuts in small quantities are good, as is peanut butter, as long as you get the ones without added sugar and oil. Bread, whole grain, is okay in small amounts. I've eaten it daily, along with pasta, oatmeal, root vegetables, squashes, whole grain cereals, and a variety of rice for over 50 years and have stayed lean. Everything I've mentioned helps with brain health also.You never have to go radical while eating. Everyone can stray from their "diets", meaning a good healthy lifestyle, as long as it's only occasionally. Many will favor a certain diet, saying it's best, but no diet works forever if you want to stay healthy and lean. You can find many opinions on many diets online but eating healthy is a lot easier than trying to follow a diet that could hurt you in the long run.

Maybe he wanted the scenic route.