save the frogs

why? she was getting more tips?

yes that's right. trump is 15 moves ahead and anyone who tries to understand whats going on by clinging to every news article is a sucka. you dont know what theyre doing or why they're doing it. the entire article headline sounds like a joke to me ... pissed off and angry.

Restaurants hate me because I rarely order drinks. And drinks are probably their biggest profit margins and no effort required. I hydrate at home. And just order the food there.

Street vendors are not even allowed where I come from. It's to protect restaurants for sure. Bu then again, there isn't as much disparity and lower class people who can't afford restaurants. I don't go to restaurants very often. Now people think they should be able to afford eating out every day. I only eat out once in a while and I don't lose sleep over the prices. The food stalls are mostly a waste of money. Or maybe OK for an ocassional indulgence. A 50 baht pad thai doesn't do it for me. There's probably less than 10 grams of protein in there. I can't survive on that and would rather grab stuff from the supermarket. I popped into a bar. One bar girl said she used to work as a cook in restaurant in Bangkok, but it closed down after Covid. So she ended up in the bar to survive. Everybody's Got a Story.

Good topic, I have also thought about this topic. Presumably AI will work only in the best interests of people and will not be corrupted to be profit-driven as is the case currently with the medical system. Then it's quite possible that the future of medicine will look very different, where corruption will be stamped out. Also, you can query AI and it will have access to all the latest science, whereas your local doctor may not be up to date with everything. Also, regarding surgeries, even the best surgeons might make mistakes and only be perfect 99 per cent of the time. But a robotic surgeon might be better than the best surgeons in the world and available in every corner of the world. Medicine will get interesting with AI.

Ha ... the more educated less evil doppelganger twin of Harrisfan?

harrisfan conspicuously took his first day off the forum since covid?

It's not always easy to discern if something is good or bad. Here, feel free to debate with the Finnish president on this one. Finnish President Thinks It's a "Good Thing" that Trump is Making Europe More Self-Reliant

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A farang started talking to me at the supermarket. I wasn't going to be rude and not talk to him. So we chatted for 15 minutes. He was telling me his whole life story, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Some people have had interesting experiences. But then he wanted me to go out for drinks with a bunch of his buddies, which is when I bowed out. I don't like to mingle with half the expat population close to where I'm living. People start to know too much about you, interfere in your life, jealousy, backstabbing, wasting time and money drinking in bars. and then it's hard to extricate yourself. When you make a bunch of "friends" in the real world, you have to constantly watch your back because you can't really trust people. Online, it's anonymous and it suits me better. Online communication doesn't have all these problems, and I am constantly on blogs, so I keep an extra tab open on AN. That's one reason I'm on here so much. Harrisfan doesn't bother me that much. Keep in mind he was orphaned, so maybe have some sympathy for him. But happy and fulfilled are strong words.

ungodly hour, slippery character ... ha ha ... nice job chatGPT. you sound like a real journalist

yes, exactly.

thanks for reminding me. i need to get a rabies shot. these stray dogs seems docile, but you never know when one might be in a bad mood. yes, but you also moved to thailand? the sunshine, warm weather and vitamin D is half the battle, if not 80 per cent the problem. most people in cold countries might be better off with 5000 IUs of Vitamin D in the winter than the flu shot.

I'm too cool for skool

No, I cannot be sure. It's possible I guess. But they did not take care of their health at all. And realistically, they should have died much sooner if not for the concoction of pharmaceuticals they were on for many years. I'm trying to avoid all of that, but it's hard work. You gotta skip the donuts.

Personally, I don't plan to ever take a flu shot. But my parents took it for years and years and years. It wasn't the flu shots that killed them. It was good ol' fashioned chronic illnesses.

The flu shot may not prevent the flu, but neither is it killing people.

I did encounter an american many years ago, long before trump came along, who expressed fantasies of taking over canada. maybe it's only a small minority, but there are people who enjoy flexing their military might for no reason. i'm with john and yoko

It's not that much food, especially if you're only doing 2 meals a day. You still need ample protein to maintain health.

supply and demand. oversupply due to more chickens f***ing due to planetary alignments making them hornier.

maybe has nothing to do with Trump

There's some interesting stuff in this video that explains what Trump is doing. The tariffs are a tactic to bring countries to the negotiating table, according to this analyst.

here's a tourist rip off for you. 600 Baht for 2 drinks (non alcoholic, juice and smoothie), fries, and spring rolls. but ... in a prime location AND a live band! I was trying to impress a girl and didn't even bother looking at the prices ... but once you're in there, you look stupid if you complain about the prices. thank God she didn't order a full meal. would have set me back 2000 baht easily! moral of the story: never try to impress a girl AND everyone gets ripped off sooner or later

This is a bit scary. Is the US descending into authoritarianism? Immigration handcuffs this woman, but they're not dressed as police and the guy filming asks why they're hiding their faces. US immigration authorities late Tuesday detained a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University near Boston who had voiced support for Palestinians during Israel’s war in Gaza and have revoked her visa, according to her attorney and the university. Rumeysa Ozturk’s supporters say her detention is the first known immigration arrest of a Boston-area student engaged in such activism to be carried out by President Donald Trump’s administration, which has detained or sought to detain several foreign-born students who are legally in the US and have been involved in pro-Palestinian protests. The actions have been condemned as an assault on free speech, while the Trump administration says that some protests can undermine foreign policy.