save the frogs

I met a Philipino guy in his 70s ie from the Marcos era. He tried to overthrow the local mayor way back in the day and they hired hitmen to take him out, so he had to escape to farangland to stay alive. And he bragged about owning a gun. Just watched a video on Youtube by a farang living in Dumugete. He claims a lot of farangs are behaving badly there ie he showed a video of 2 farangs fighting in the street. I've exhausted my Philippines anecdotes.

It's not a good idea to formulate your opinions about the world based solely on dramatic current mainstream media events.

Ok, thanks for sharing that story. It can be cruelty or abuse and that's not a good thing. Personally, I think gentle persuasion is enough. Then the person should be left alone. Being a psychologist for prisoners sounds like a very challenging job!

pattaya is a hub of beer bellies, man.

it's not good to have too much complacency when living abroad that everyone with the same skin color or who is from the same country as you or who is a farang is your friend.

"Imagine there's no countries." - John Lennon, Imagine And Osho. Not that I agree with everything he says, but he's probably right here.

you exercise in your flip flops? never tried it. i think i might.

So he was a Storm Trooper in Star Wars before relocating to Thailand?

I nearly got attacked. There was a guy, I think he was Arab ... he was being agressive with a street worker on Beach road. I told him to leave her alone and then he directed his anger towards me. Don't get involved in other people's disputes unless you're ready to get into a fight or get yourself killed.

yeah, true. online communication is very different.

and yet you converse quite a bit with farangs on aseannow with your 9500 posts

no dress shoes is understandable. but no sneakers = you never exercise best of luck with the overweight issues, diabetes and all the rest of it while you're bar hopping in flip flops.

the world is duality. it's not categorically bleak and horrid. although i understand your frustrations.

same as all his threads. attention-seeking.

yikes.

a beer belly fat-shaming post!

not silly old men with beards. formless beams of light.

another cautionary tale of doing business in thailand. be sure to choose a business partner you've known for at least 15 minutes.

For exercise, try to walk or move around for 15-20 minutes or even 30 minutes after each meal. It's not always feasible and very few people actually do it, but that's highly effective because the insulin shoots up after eating and the mild exercise after meals will bring the insulin down.

fat-shaming is not that simple. I've seen many health coaches online. Many of them avoid fat-shaming, but some of them utilize fat-shaming as a tool to motivate their followers.

double post

some people are predicting AGI within 1 year. ie that means a computer way smarter than Noam Chomsky. and way way way smarter than YOU.

who cares what scuba thinks about fat people? keep your eyes on the prize. try to put effort into keeping your weight down for your own health.

no, it's impossible to be truly healthy with too much excess weight. for one thing, testosterone levels drop with excess weight. and it causes all sorts of problems. there's no way around it. you have to find a way to keep slim if you want to be healthy.