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Who "falls" from condo balconies? C'mon! That sounds like a cowardly conclusion to an event that was not that at all?

I would agree but change just one word: "most" to "many".

Correction: a real man will do anything to protect his sister. I suspect the American was an <deleted> who drove her away then blamed her for wanting nothing more to do with him

I hope it saves them, but even that might not be enough

I'm with you up until "Asians lack of self-control". All cultures have members that lack self control and those that don't. You made an accurate statement about the American, verifiably true. All you need to say to explain their actions was that he was going after their sister with a weapon. That's enough to challenge anybody's self control, no?

They're doing it now and I support that

LOL This party has no power at all- not even a single seat- nor are they ever expected to have any power. This is like Trump destroying the White House for <deleted>s and giggles

Illegalize sex toys just two days before Christmas?? Oh the injustice! I can hear Santa's "ho, ho, ho" replaced with "no, no, no"! But seriously, enforcing national prohibitions based on shame is never a good look! Obscene? What does that even mean? Is "obscene" a feature of the toy or of the couple copulating on the beach, or ....wherever?

I can't wait to see salesmen wearing white gowns covered in blood, face masks, and stethoscopes around their necks.

ha ha.

The difference btwn Thai students who succeed learning English and those who don't is that those who do take their English home with them in some form

As a 30+ year teacher here i Thailand across four different schools, I know that many foreign teachers gum up the works for one of two reasons: 1) They don't come to Thailand primarily to teach but to enjoy the culture. In other words, they come here to exercise their entitlement to have the jobs merely because English was their first language 2) Which brings me to the 2nd: they don't genuinely know how to teach language. Indeed, most Thai schools merely require a Bachelors degree, which I've often seen again and again, wanna-be teacher try to forge. And even if legitimate, are often in subjects with no bearing on language instruction Then there's the school hierarchy, which I won't even get into here to avoid any possible blowback. Bottom line: there are causes and there are effects. These are always joined at the hip. The good news about causes and effects is that if you heed them, they allow you to solve problems.

It feels like a joke to claim Trump had anything to do with ceasefires anywhere. He lives to set fires. He doesn't put them out!

United is a single step away from Spirit airlines or Frontier! Avoid them!

I suspect the "professor" has a gf in Malaysia. 400 times? Oddly specific! ( wonder what he says he's a professor of Also Malaysia has a problem that will impede their ability to ever be a serious holiday choice. They subscribe to a religion that is unduly repressive and restrictive Islam has more rules than a reform school. Who wants that on a vacation? It's unlikely that this will change so their chamber of tourism remains quite hampered

Since this tariff insanity began, countries are on notice that the US is a shaky, unstable partner, so that trading with the US can only bring instability. Not unlike at the beginning of the Ukraine war, Euro countries were put on notice that buying Russian oil would end up being more trouble than it was worth so they started finding other sources. All in all and for different reasons both the US and Israel are ignoring the consequences of their irrational choices, sowing the seeds of future alienation on the world stage

I prefer them to smoking!

Time to find a doctor who will certify. I think such certs will be in high demand shortly

I live in Khon Kaen and occasionally over the years have taken busses to BKK. In time lapse photography, the progress made on the many trestles btwn Khorat and Bkk that will support the train system is quite astounding. Not sure you appreciate what must go into a project of this size and scope

Hold your horses! They're working on it! You have a trip planned?

Love your story. I've lived a few versions of it myself but she wants to transform an emotional connection to a financial one. If you do, you can't go back. I would do one of two things both involve watching her carefully as to how she moves forward from here. First is to give no money at this point. (Don't know how long you two have been talking already). 2nd is (if you can afford it), give her a much smaller amount like 5k or 10k but give it as a gift not as a deal or a quid pro quo and see how she reacts in the weeks that follow. She may actually be sweet or she may be working you.

Wait! You have a view on Covid? Please share! Sharing a coherent idea could earn you 50 big ones

Do you ever listen to yourself? If Covid does lower IQ, you are clearly its poster child! 50B offer still stands. Interesting that you are so exact about meaningless standards like B50 or 50B but so out of touch on real life. I hope you're about 7yo. Otherwise, I can see why life is so overwhelming for you