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it;s only normal. no farang ever approached you? you must give off weird vibes. i did have another farang ask me if there's a good restaurant around, but he must have gotten a bad vibe from me because he suddenly effed off.

This guy explains why the US has been in decline the past few decades. But China has been rising. Has to do with securing supply chains. And why Musk / Tesla is reversing the trend in the US. And maybe Trump is also trying to reverse the trend.

Theres also some peer pressure. One foreign guy approached me in the supermarket while I was doing groceries. I didn't mind chatting with him for 15 minutes, but then he invited me to a bar with all his friends in the middle of the day. So I refused, but then you come across as anti-social and everyone hates you.

Yes, Youtube AI feeds your existing bias mostly.

wise decision on your part. live far away from the ladyboys, mans.

same place as Musk?

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Of course they were heavily intoxicated. And then one guy blurted out sth rude that people who aren't drunk would normally not say. And then the other guy's suppressed anger came to the surface, since that's what alcohol does to people.

damage to furniture I get, but utensils? rather petty considering someone is missing, no?

so you would have been one of those people cheering on the fight rather than trying to intervene?

Ah yes, right. Forgot. That's why the US defends Taiwan.

No, I'm not. I don't even know what he's doing. But I am open to theories like the one in OP. It's because someone started a thread about how Trumps is destroying the economy. But it might only be a temporary thing ... maybe. I don't know. I'm just throwing this theory out there for discussion.

That's why the concept of family was invented. You spend time with your spouse, your kids, and eventually your grand-children. Films and books are online and can be accessed from anywhere. But if people have no family, and have no interest in media/books, or sports, then the only other option is sitting in bars all day.

Yes, but on the street or in your home is two different things. Right, we have no idea what a warrant looks like or if they even need one. Let's suppose cops showed up to my door unexpected. I think I might want to actually call the local police station to verify if they're real police. Or just mention it to the guys at the door. If they're fake cops they might get scared and get lost. Not sure how I would handle it. But also, maybe some intuition is needed. If they're scammers, you might be able to get a vibe for it.

I dont know, but Nvidia makes chips in the US and somehow people are affording them.

3D - align countries against china and to the US ie isolate China

good point. wages are much higher ... but no shipping internationally cuts down costs a bit? but will people need to be trained to pay higher for goods in the name of "supporting their local economy?" not sure how that will work exactly, but good point.

With the high tariffs, they want to pressure companies to relocate back to the US. ie if you don't want to pay the tariffs, move your factory to the US

1 D is the tariffs

I wanted to counter-act a new Trump thread that just came out about how he is bankrupting the US. So just came across this guy's theory.

pattaya is designed to get you to drink 24/7 the place is like a casino and the dealer always wins. if you have a proclivity for drink, pattya will exarcerbate it. unless you have a good wife or gf. you will see some family guys with a thai wife and child in pattaya. or you need to work and/or have a hobby. interestingly, there is a pattaya bar owner who runs a youtube channel and he doesn't drink. he understands that it interferes with making money I guess and that he probably would die very young being in a bar all the time if he was a drinker. which many bar owners have died young. enough rambling from me.

what percentage of foreigners are alcoholics? can it even easily be defined? if you're retired and you dont need to work anymore and you're in a bar all day, is it considered alcoholism? did meet a thai girl who was dating a foreigner. she said she cut him loose because he had a drug problem.

I haven't watched this yet ... came into my feed. He's talking about the Mar-a-Lago accords, which seems to be where the tariffs are heading. Will try to watch it later and comment. If anyone else has a chance to watch it, pls let me know what you think.

sorry, off topic but ... philippines warning of invasion of taiwan?