save the frogs

I know the drill. There have been numerous threads about this over the years and several horror stories like this one. Not ideal to retire into old age in a country that excludes you from national health care. And are the public hospitals even up to decent standards compared to back home?

Back home, most people have health coverage so they dont deplete their life savings trying to stay alive. And here .... deplete your life savings and leave nothing to your wife and children if you have any? Make no effort whatsoever to stay alive?

He's totally emaciated.

So the BBC made it all up? Could be, I guess. And that photo is photoshopped then? AI generated?

Anyway, a guy just got his head kicked in. Do we really need to be discussing the price of hookers? Isn't that a bit crass? Let's show some respect for this horrible incident.

So what did he do? Cheated on her?

Yeah but I dont sense any hostility from them. If you keep your nose clean and stay out of trouble, they leave you alone. But yeah, the minute you step out of line, the gloves are off. Pattaya especially can be a dangerous place where you can get yourself killed. Because guys are getting involved with bar girls with shady friends and shady morals. And what happens when you stop giving them money?

Who knows man? You may be right, and I may be crazy. But ... even Mother Theresa was accused of having ulterior motives for doing her humanitarian work. Haha!

Trump wants to denuclearize all around and cut US military budget. He's not planning to disarm Iran so he can bomb them later.

I posted this in another thread which didn't get much traction. He wants to negotiate with Russia and China to denuclearize and cut military spending in half. Also, based on one geopolitical expert, he wants to ally with China and Russia to end the Playbook of "forever wars" that the war machine is currently engaged in for profit and control. He probably has a lot of powerful enemies trying to put spokes in his wheels. But if he succeeds, he will go down as one of the most important human beings to ever live, even more important than Jesus.

They are trying to reform. They are trying to develop an alliance with Trump. Maybe one reason they have been a failure for so many years is the West has made them into an enemy. The excuse given by the West was that they were "communists". And communists are bad people that need to be crushed. Man some of the Russian ladies roaming around here are beautiful, on a side note.

Not sure about the origins of Ukraine or just cause, but Putin doesn't want to negotiate with Zelensky because he believes Zelensky to be an illegitimate puppet of the West, which he is.

The West is responsible for the forever wars in the Middle East, for one thing. So don't forget to look in the mirror.

here we go again. this debate will go on for 42 pages ...

Lewd Lewie is back!

keep in mind harrisfan believes everyone is stalking him. not sure about the other guy. keep expressing your opinions. don't let the monkeys on your back knock you off your game.

Complete it ASAP guys. So AN members can have a friendly footie match. MAGA vs All others

Yep, spot on. And the occasional murder on Law & Crime Network features a couple who were documenting their lives on social media and pretending they had perfect lives and fooling thousands of followers. You don't see what's going on behind the camera.

yeah but nobody sees the decades of blood, sweat and tears that went into it.

How did they know he had so much bitcoin? 1 - He was bragging about it to people he thought were his friends and harmless 2 - It was ill-gained as part of a criminal gang in the first place, then the rest of the gang members turned on him ... And mostly criminals are keeping that much bitcoin anyway. Most normal people do not have so much bitcoin.

Social media is mostly an "illusion" creating fantasies. People taking photos of themselves in exotic locations. That's not real life. The women that are constantly traveling and posting pics of themselves on Instagram in exotic locations can barely keep a relationship alive, let alone raise a family properly. And all the other women are watching this thinking their lives are boring and they are missing out. Life is not meant to be a constant adventure and seeking endless thrills.

My family has driven me to near insanity. It's because people are mostly screwed up, and you can't get away from family. And they have nothing to lose by dumping their neurosis on you. But workplaces have a lot of neurosis as well, unless you're lucky to have a good job.

If you let yourself go on a perpetual downward spiral maybe, which often includes becoming a heroin addict. But most often can be managed without pharmaceutical intervention.

I see the thread about Trump's alleged "mental decline" is still going strong. Has this been mentioned on the forum at all? Trump's cozying up to Russia and China may have massive ramifications. If things go according to plan, a lot of money that is currently being spent on defense will spent on more productive things. And yet, apparently, his mental health is declining. https://www.axios.com/2025/02/13/trump-china-russia-military-spending Trump wants U.S., China and Russia to cut military spending in half