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Ah, Thailand, attracting the upper echelon of world travelers. Hey, that's why he has the weed. Cause, you know, weed cures all ailments. Just a stroll to the local pot shop. They have the cure for what ails ya.

What in particular are you referring too? Blocked from where? This is a very general question. Google provides a great many services. If you want in depth information read Google Terms of Use Documentation. Here's a summary below. Now if you choose to believe "conspiracies" and are the kind of person that mistrusts organizations, Government, Doctors, Science and the like than I have nothing for you. I have no "inside" information. But what I will tell you is that I know quite a few people who work for Google and it would be pretty difficult to cover up some kind of covert information "filtering" as too many employees are invovled in serving up content from the great many platforms that Google runs and supports. Here's a breakdown of how Google addresses content filtering and moderation: 1. Content Policies and Guidelines: Prohibited and Restricted Content: Google has detailed policies outlining content that is not allowed. These often fall under categories such as: Inappropriate Content: This includes sexually explicit content, child sexual abuse imagery, graphic violence, hate speech, harassment, self-harm promotion, and shocking content. Illegal Content: Content promoting illegal activities, products, or services (e.g., illegal drugs, human trafficking). Deceptive Content & Behavior: Misinformation, impersonation, fake engagement, and content designed to mislead users (e.g., scams, fraudulent information). Dangerous Content: Content that could directly facilitate serious and immediate harm to people or animals. Copyright and Intellectual Property Violations. Product-Specific Policies: While general policies exist, specific Google products (like YouTube, Google Search, Google Ads, and Google Maps) have their own nuanced content policies tailored to their unique functions and user experiences. For instance, YouTube has Community Guidelines, and Google Search has "Spam Policies for Google Web Search."

Technically speaking "the internet" does not contain anything. It is simply a data network. It does not contain anything. It simply transmits it. Where all content comes from are millions of servers mostly in huge data center run theses days by the major players such as Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, Twitter and the like. Being in the business since 1997 one learns it is the content held on millions of web servers, huge databases, email systems, data warehouse storage etc which is "served up" to consumers. This AN forum is actually a pretty simple piece of software backed by a database. I've put up many such bulletin boards in my day.

Your family and friends are doing well in western developed nations which is wonderful but this poor soul is trying to make a career in Thailand? I've known a few guys who work for western companies that have offices in Bangkok and they do fine. These guys are executive level white collar professionals who were sent to Bangkok to do business in Thailand, but this fellow was a truck driver? How in the hell is he gonna get a career in Thailand? Not driving lowries.

This guy is betting on long term influencer revenue to support his family in Thailand? Doomed to failure unless very lucky. Even if he winds up getting some initial traction this kind of side hustle job is fleeting and is akin to trying to be a rock star. Only a scant few of the millions that try make any real money. Ask school kids these days what they want their career to be: United States: A 2023 report by Morning Consult found that 57% of Gen Z in the US would be an influencer if given the opportunity. This number has remained relatively consistent since a 2019 report.

If you've been living in Pattaya and visit the beach there or at Jomtien, it would rare if you didn't run into at least a few homeless foreigners. I've lived in Pattaya on and off for about 7 years. I can think of 2 Brits and 1 Norwegian who over-stayed and lived on the beach with local homeless. One guy was kind of infamous and very friendly and managed to mooch off local expats for beer and food and lived outside on the beach for at least a year. I tried to help him out with cheap lodging but he wasn't having it. I don't know what became of him except that another one of the many expats who try to become authors was going to write a book about his exploits "homeless in Pattaya"

Best to be prepared for a rude awakening at some point then. Loyalty in marriage, especially for the types of gals that most expats wind up with is a rare IMHO.

Thinking what was true love?

This is a non issue if you are not bedding down with a rescue case from the local beer bar. Some of us are smart enough to look for GF's in other ways. 7-11 girls are my favorite. For those of you who have "taken the girl out of the bar" I'll tell you this. I had a regular "buddy" who was not a girl friend but just a low mileage younger gal who I really got on with, had fun with and I really enjoyed. We were friends with benefits etc and I took care of her and she took care of me, about twice or three times a month. She found herself an American guy who fell head over heels for her. She told me on one of our dates it'd probably be the last time we'd see each other because he proposed marriage and paid out a big dowry along with a condo in Pattaya. Last time? No, it wasn't. Even while she was married, she would sneak out and have fun with me. It eventually ended a couple months after the marriage because she was a pretty good soul and started feeling guilty about it, (as well as afraid of getting caught and losing the big pay day) but the point is she didn't immediately stop, even after being recently married. This is not an isolated incident. I had another "buddy" who was being heavily sponsored by a Swedish guy. We saw each other, sometimes when he was in town, and quite a few times when he was away. She would take his calls while we were hanging out in bed together.. Take it for what it's worth. My conculsion - Most Pattaya bar girls are opportunists. They have someone on the side just in case. In fact if any of you really knows Thai culture, this is built into it. The concept of keeping lots of friends just in case one might need a favor etc. I think they rarely burn bridges, especially with well to do people. If you are geting down with Pattaya bar girls or freelancers than they are gonna be high mileage no matter what and will more than likely NOT be faithful. Buyer beware, get yourself checked for STD's regularly, perhaps get into taking HIV Prep

I for one loathe all this pot shop culture and paraphernalia and weed tourists. Go to Amsterdam. Along with the "usual" sex tourist Thailand is getting more and more scumbags trying to export weed on "vacation" excursions to the country. There have been quite a few news stories about Weed shops being robbed and scumbag foriegners caught leaving Thailand with kilos of weed. I'm glad they are reversing the laws. I hope we'll go back to not having to smell pot smoke every other minute on my walks along the beach. Maybe stop the weed tourists from coming too.

Well, you're posting I survive lyrics and finding them "deep" or profound. IMHO it's a very cheezy, way too over played and over rated disco song. Basically that song is the 70's disco version of a typical blues lyric theme. She/He left me and I'm sad and blue etc etc etc Your just asking for ridicule IMHO Anyways, most POP for quite a long time is, by no means, anything profound. Especially todays McMusic.

Just some friendly advice, you might want to stop posting for awhile. Perhaps someone had you thinking you this kind of thing is clever? Perhaps your bar girl fiance' laughs at all your jokes even though she speaks very little English?

The US border isn't really any more or less secure than it was 3, 7, 10 or 15 years ago. But, FUX news and the rest of the BS right-wing social media will have you believe that. Stock market is in a bubble, you'll be eating your words a few months from now. Bubble will burst and another finacial crisis may be on the horizon. Winning is NOT the goal of good government. But, this simplistic view has a lot of slow thinking people believe that DT is working for them. This couldn't be any further from the truth. He's working for himself and the rich .. period.

It's my hope the OP could understand the depth of your response. Spot on in my view. An educated populous is not easily swayed and has the knowledge to see propaganda for what it is and use critical thinking to reason the true from the false and the manipulative rhetoric from the genuine. Some have "bought in" to the propaganda to such an extent that they believe what the social media algoritymns keep throwing their way. They come to the conclusion that these extremist right-wing MAGA views and spins on reality are the only right ones. They believe the outrageous hyperbole and what are obvious blatant falsehoods to the educated.

I'm just a guy that actually cares for people. Not just for some. I'm not in fear. I'm not interested in isolationist and protectionist policies born from false fear that go to support the rich and Donald Trumps sycophantic suck ups.