JensenZ

That: "taste buds are probably dead" really got you riled up. It was a bit of hyperbole. Let's go with "desensitized", and I hold by my original assessment that you are addicted to chili. It's not what I read about chili, but common knowledge. It's not a failure of any type, so no need to take it personally. My wife has a bit of an addiction to spicy food too, and recently a doctor told her to lay off spicy food as her stomach was not looking too good on an X-ray. Of course, you can't taste a chicken and mushroom pie, for the reason I already gave. Mushrooms have quite a bit of flavour to people without tastebud impairment. PS. I gave up my day job long ago. What do you do during the day?

You're addicted to chillies, which doesn't have much to do with flavour. In fact, your taste buds are probably dead as you cannot appreciate mild flavours. https://thechilliproject.com.au/addicted-to-chilli-theres-a-reason-for-that/#:~:text=The brain also releases dopamine,hooked on chilli so easily.

No, but at restaurants that have a large Thai clientele - a good sign you're eating genuine Thai food. Are there restaurants in Pattaya or other areas of Thailand that refuse to serve foreigners? Actually, seeing as you seem to be interested, I mainly eat Thai curries at home. My favourite are S&P frozen products, which I think are made in Thailand and mainly cater to Thai people. I find this the most hygienic way to eat my favourite curries and the most consistent in flavour (as opposed to restaurants that have their good and bad days). Also, they are produced by experienced Thai chefs as they wouldn't be distributing millions of meals throughout Thailand to Thai people using lousy recipes. It's also very convenient to have my favourite Thai curries at my fingertips anytime I have the urge to indulge. They tend to be better than what I find in restaurants too.

My tastebuds must be working well. I don't eat much Thai food, but the Thai food dishes I do enjoy the most are Panang, Massaman, and Green Curry chicken in no particular order.

23 people have died from bungee jumps in 20 years, globally. That's 1.15 per year on average. None in Thailand. Considering this guy survived, it's probably safer here any anywhere else.

You're the definition of a sanctimonious, self-righteous person. I think I'd prefer to be around the Russians than judgemental people like you who feel they are superior.

There'll be no more "national mobilizations". Putin is not stupid. Any further recruitments will be stealthy so as not to create panic and another mass exodus.

Of course, it's ok to make assumptions. My take on this is that the boyfriend was in the apartment. There was some drama going on and this was just a story the boyfriend and the sister concocted for the police.

I'm of the same opinion. The departed is not going anywhere to experience peace or suffering. He's just gone, so RIP is meaningless.

You're making a big effort to defend the Americanism "I could care less". There is no need. We all concede that most Americans use "I could care less". Why they use it doesn't matter.

That's just word salad. It's quite logical, and reasonable, that in a world where 100s of millions use English as a second language, that we should be as literal as possible in our word choices. This is an international forum, and a lot of people would not understand what you mean by "could care less". This is not about who is right and wrong, but basic rules of comunication, where the goal is to get your point across. For example, would you tell an immigrant to "go jump in the lake" or "go away". We have choices in English - a lot of choices. If you were on an American-only forum, use "could care less" and all your buddies can agree with you. I would hazzard a guess that non-Americans outnumber Americans on this forum by a significant degree.

Do you think only the UK speaks British English? "couldn't care less" is not archaic, but currently used by a huge population around the world. British English: 128 million in India, 108 million in Pakistan and 79 million in Nigeria... also Australia, NZ and South Africa (at least another 40 million) and other British ex-colonies. You can probably subtract about 30 million of the US population that wouldn't have a clue about "could care less" as they can't speak enough English to care. I would also suggest that a lot of Americans still use the British phrase, and Canadians too. The Philippines, which has a lot of American English speakers probably couldn't care less about this phrase. Maybe some could care, but I've never heard it used there. Then, a simple Google search reveals: "couldn't care less" = 13,7 million hits "could care less" = 7.07 million hits A Microsoft Bing search reveals: "couldn't care less" = 25.5 million hits "could care less" = 2.36 million hits "archaic"? Absolutely not!

Perhaps you should take the advice of Grammar Girl at 5:35 in the video. The grammar girl uses "I couldn't care less" so as not to annoy people, something you could care less about LOL.

Well done finally admitting you're trolling.

You've failed to understand that "couldn't care less" is not, and has never been an idiom. It's a factual statement that a person has run out of care or apathy.

You taught me one thing here. I've seen "could care less" a lot and always considered it to be either a writing error or the writer meant to say he has more care to give. I had no idea Americans accepted this error as the correct way to state that the writer has no more care to give. Now that you know the rest of the English-speaking world uses "couldn't care less" to indicate they are at their limit of available care, and we're on an International forum, you could do the gracious thing and use the term correctly to avoid such discussions in the future.

6. I could care less "I couldn't care less" is what you would say to express maximum apathy toward a situation. Basically you're saying, "It's impossible for me to care less about this because I have no more care to give. I've run out of care." Using the incorrect "I could care less" indicates that "I still have care left to give--would you like some?" Well explained, and humorous at the same time. "would you like some more" LOL

The problem is someone can open the envelope, get the card details, and then seal it up again. This has happened to me once, on a debit card. They purchased a big haul at Kiehls.

Posted on YouTube 4 years ago. He's mainly talking about falsified documents being presented to Immigration.

This is nonsense. The law is not the law in any country. That's why people spend a fortune on lawyers and court cases - to try to figure it out. It's hardly ever black and white anywhere, and in Thailand, the law is grey at best... and then you have to find an honest lawyer to help you out - good luck with that.

It's strange that a person who doesn't use agents is so active in this thread - you're the top poster here with 25 posts so far. You're the immigration cheer squad.

Do you really feel like a victim because you don't use agents?

Considering your original reply was just "could care less", I suspect you actually intended to have an argument about this. Why not be a little less American-centric on an International forum as all of the rest of the English-speaking world uses "couldn't care less" and I think you knew that.

That might sometimes be the case, but mostly it's about communication. They would rather take the easy way out and communicate with the Thai partner.

That was the point I was trying to convey. People who are pretending to be more than they are.