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Why should he care what others think, that is a problem for insecure people.

Yeah im sure that normal cigaret smoke or a cigar would smell more pleasant, aside from it lingering for hours instead of 10 mins.

This is good news, they postpone it already as they originally screamed June. Let the ping pong games begin.

It never killed anyone and that article is complete nonsense. The only thing that can be unhealthy is smoking it, which is a option and not necessary. To then start with alcohol, nuff said.

There never was true buddhism in mainstream Thailand, only few specific ones. It is black magic mainly, you are not supposed to ask for good luck in the first place. I mean buddha did not even care about temples, it is not relevant at all, it was only build for him by devotees who wanted him to have a nice place to stay when visiting. You can meditate anywhere, including in the toilet. I can count on one hand the amount of Thais I know, that actually do active and real meditation or study the theory into detail. It's already half a miracle if they even know where he was born. They likely will say India instead of Nepal, not knowing that what once was India is now Nepal.

Melatonin works great, it is just not recommended as a long-term solution, however usually when you break the current negative trend, it stays ok once you stop after a while. But I would recommend to just eat some edibles, weed, you will sleep like a rock. You will thank me when you wake up rested.

Hard to believe they claim nobody of the 4 people he came with, were willing to be his escort, makes zero sense. I think 1 out of 10 Thais randomly asked, would be willing to do so.

That's the question on my mind lately.

It won't be helpful that one can nowadays open overseas companies and hook up to Thai payments, including Promptpay, as well.

Yeah well that counts for whatever visa here

I understand and agree you (OP) entirely on this, I come across dozens of backpackers daily in Vietnam, on 90 days repeating endless, they travel even to Siem Reap, Laos etc but skip Thailand entirely. What a surprise again too, that there are mainly comments here from the ''so called experts'' that actually point in the direction that it is you to blame LOL. And the OP is right, it is the uncertainty and hassle that matters (aside from the new taxes but also prices nowadays VS countries like Vietnam). They just are fkwits, they even hassle me some times for questions, while the history clearly states non-o child, after I did one 30 day to have enough time to get my new passport, which was only the second in 3-4 years time.

This is fake news, why is it even allowed to be posted. Only thing that changes is the easy extensions or to stay endlessly, since covid. And the cabinet did not even approve that measure yet. Secondly, they can return a day later on a normal 30 day visa if desired.

Nonsense. The prime minister already said existing ones cant be cancelled without the cabinet approval. Aside from that this is only about the easy extensions since covid, they can simply return on a new 30 days of wanting too. Fake news, has zero to do with thailand as well.

How many are actual tourists instead of transit people? I know a lot who went to laos or cambodia to then fly back to bangkok before flying home. As always these numbers say nothing.. Thai news is almost like the matrix, it repeats same articles constantly.

I agree entirely, I did meet with other couples before to only learn they start debating who is getting the best benefits, or talking about private matters of the husbands. Stopped that entirely, since then all problems gone too. Actually foreigners individually no issue, just specifically thai woman with another foreigner. Most of these couples are miserable or jealous all the time anyway, pointless.

Yeah it could be anything, some spilled drinks whatever. The fact this makes the news is laughable.

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Ok so you are aware of anything? Clearly not, spare yourself saving face really. Anyone claiming to live(d) there denying what I said is either lying or ignorant. And yes, there is a few dozen of old goozers around who are clueless on the island, people even know them, while they not know “them”. This forum is like reading from the 90s

Thailand is done and Vietnam took over, when this changed, i let you guys know. 90% guys here are clueless, old, and came here in good times whilst they are now to old to go out, let alone know, about how Thailand is doing. Meanwhile in saigon: endless street food, girls, guys. gogo bars with techno, ape <deleted> hot girls, even farang gay dancers, apparently it is possible to have fun in Vietnam. Police comes: tables cleared, police 20 meter pass, move back tables. LETS PARTY. PS: thailand bitching my visa, welcome back to vietnam, here is your 90 days on arrival for 25$

Nothing new at all, this happens all the time, most never even makes the news, it stays on the island. Koh tao isn't as bad as phangan is, it is just that those famous murders made that island stand out more. People (can) do whatever they want on that island, would not be surprised if a few dozen boedies are hidden there.

A lot, most problems there are due to the party scene and DJ's + others earning on it.

Ever been on phangan? There is like dozens of DJs, seriously, and they have local agent visa deals. There is lot of fighting among foreigners on that island, i don't even consider it Thailand. As of 2 news murders recently, and other stuff going on there, wouldn't be surprised Bangkok comes down there sooner or later for a big clean up, I heard that happened before as well.

If you run AC at 23 celcius in 2 bedrooms, that can certainly add up in condo's. It is even worse if you somehow are right at the concrete walls where the suns shine on all day is what I believe is usually the cause. I had even studio rooms, with that reason giving me 2.5K bills on 30 square meters. Same time I had units that were in the middle and with only sun in the morning on the front balcony, where my bill would easily stay at 1-1.5K max, with 45 square meters. These higher and lower bills never had anything to do with faulty meters, stealing of electric or higher rates, I always received the direct electric bills, so I am pretty sure that is purely related to the AC usage in combination with either a lot of leaking of the cold air, or influence from concrete walls that are impossible to cool down. The last place I had this a few years ago, the walls would still be very warm at 3AM, while I was running AC since 2PM that day. I'm pretty sure if you would change the temperature to 26-27 celcius for a full month, you are going to see a decrease of 1.5-2K. Now I live in a normal house again, we use also 2 bedrooms AC every night, and our bill is barely 1.2-1.5K a month or 2-2.5K in hot season. Condo's suck.

SCB just partnered up to make it possible for Europeans and the like to easily pay with QR codes too, so guess that will be only more. Tipping can be done cash and digitally if it is really deserved, the always tipping in general because they need it is a wrong model, American made. Tipping is proven to be bad. Owners should simply pay their staff decently and price their food and drinks accordingly, simple as that. Just look at the nonsense happening in USA with that, like IDK a mandatory 10% for example, like what is the point even if it is mandatory, just charge it from the menu at once and pay the staff stable fixed wages. Is like the waiter needs to work just as many hours as always, but if their are less customers, not get paid a full wage, as of missing the tips. Is like you ask a waiter to also be a business owner, accepting risks, but never getting even a reward, as the tips effectively are just the missing minimum wage.

Lol, are you living in 2000 or something? You actually need to be you, to do a successful Face ID scan, even trying it on someone who sleeps won't work. It is actually one of the safest ways available at the moment, specially with Apple. It also generates complex long passwords for each different account you use online somewhere, while you not need to enter or remember those manually. The majority of people still uses 1-2 passwords for everything, stored in compromised databases all over the dark web.