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2 minutes ago, mauGR1 said:

Not sure you like reading books, but "Metamorphosis" by F. Kafka is a good read.

Warning: It's shockingly sad.

I love reading books, but other things keep getting in the way, like TVF. Not being God I can only do one thing at a time.

I collected hundreds of books in my life intending to read them when I retired. I've retired but my life has too much going on to do much reading. If I'm honest, I have too much going on as it's the only way I'm not feeling lonely. I watch a lot of DVDs when I'm not on TVF as they stop me thinking and thinking is the enemy. Reading allows me to think as well, which is probably why I don't make more of an effort.

If I can find that book I'll make the effort.

BTW I read the NHS has recognised loneliness as a very bad thing, leading to ill health and suicide, so have started to assist elderly people to do things like going to dancing classes. Excellent news if it's true. In NZ the public health won't even provide psychological counseling, then the government complains too many people are killing themselves.

IMO people kill themselves in Pattaya by jumping off high buildings because they are lonely, or can't stand the idea of going back to home country where they don't know anyone, but that's just my theory.

4 minutes ago, Peter Denis said:

Without the 'spark' the planets would not only be lifeless, they would disintegrate like any lifeless object does.

If atoms have consciousness, so do planets.  As above, so below.

I didn't mention that IMO the planets also have the spark- hence Gaia.

22 hours ago, Tippaporn said:

"He has said that the universe didn’t start in a huge explosion as most people now believe, but instead it is an infinitely old, constantly inflating entity in which time can run both forward and backward."

What a nifty theory. Of course he must be saying that when the suns all run out of fuel and die, they just time warp back to the beginning and start over.

What a load of ......................................

5 hours ago, VincentRJ said:

True. If you are a scientist in a specialized subject, doing academic or theoretical research, then that's your job. Contemplating what some people might consider to be 'imponderable' can produce useful results. That's progress.

 

However, the investigation must begin with at least an appearance of sound evidence, not an airy-fairy anecdote. ????

How can you be certain that in 10,000 years scientists will not be able to prove everything you dismiss as airy fairy? Could scientists in the middle ages prove the atom existed?

BTW, your airy fairy is only because you choose not to believe in it. Those that do know it isn't.

5 hours ago, ThaiBunny said:

I'm hoping they've got my 72 virgin youths lined up for me

That's only for martyrs. You need to die for religion first.

4 hours ago, mauGR1 said:

True, organised religion is often very far from the core, both Buddha and Jesus were not too happy with it.

But then, it's a personal thing, one can choose to uplift his spirit, as you say, without expecting the others to do the same.

The fact is, most folks are scared of loneliness, and they conform, more or less consciously, to various beliefs, just to feel part of something.

IMO loneliness is the thing most fear above all, even if they won't admit it. People will go to extraordinary lengths to "belong".

22 hours ago, VincentRJ said:

Do you think this applies only to the Homo Sapiens Sapiens species, or do you include all forms of life, including the myriads of bacteria, microbes, insects, and so on? The human body is a host for bacteria. Not all bacteria are harmful to health. Without the 'good' bacteria that pervades our body, we couldn't survive.

IMO the "spark" that allows an organism to live ( something scientists can't do ) is from God, and after the organism dies the spark returns to God. IMO the spark is what makes us "us". Without the spark, the planets may have evolved from the gas that was in the beginning, but would be lifeless, no vegetation, no organisms.

3 minutes ago, Chivas said:

Stay home period. Will not be booking next trip until this is under control. Not bothered about catching covid-19 as the chance of that virtually non existant but disruption from it is now immense.

Abort until vaccines are produced.

Don't hold your breath. Will take about a year to allow for testing after development, which is supposedly about 2 months away.

1 hour ago, spinner2020 said:

So just who is still pushing the female-first myth and what is the hidden agenda?

Women with an agenda.

44 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I also just read that article. Unfortunately the Guardian does not allow comments. I guess they know why...

 

Personally I think men and women should have the same chances to do what they want to do. If they want to study or be a nurse or a pilot then fine, let them learn that profession. And then of course the better performers should get the better jobs.

 

The problem is that some people still pretend women and men think and act equal. That is obviously not true - but in some places it seems to be already a crime just to mention that maybe men and women are not equal. They are different. That does not mean one or the other is better. Just different.

 

If women really want to be equal then I think we should first abandon those old fashion things like gender separated sports events. Especially for sports likes playing pool where physical strength does not matter men and women should all compete together. 

And then there are those antiquated rules like in emergencies women and children should be rescued first. Why? And why should men go to war and fight with weapons and women not?

 

Somehow it seems many women pretend they want to be treated like equals but in reality they wants special rights and quotas just for women. What a stupid idea!

I was a nurse and there is a difference between men and women- women stab their enemies verbally, while men use fists. Otherwise, not much difference at all- some good, some bad. I was never treated differently, but I got paid less than I should have been because nurses get less pay than they should- the reason is because they won't go out on strike as readily as men.

I agree that gender based sports should go.

Military women do go into harms way almost as much as men now because there are no front lines any more.

35 minutes ago, from the home of CC said:

looking around how messed up this world is should speak volumes on how lousy men are at doing their jobs..

Behind most men there is a woman, and most boys are raised by a woman. Western school teachers are almost entirely female as few men willing to risk being accused of something bad.

Just now, Sujo said:

Its not going to waste if its used to get rid of trump.

Let us know how it went in November.

7 hours ago, kamahele said:

His work on guns was to reduce murder and suicide in NYC and his attempt to reduce the use of supersized colas was to reduce obesity and diabetes in NYC which as well as being a killer of citizens is a huge cost to the city.

You think gang bangers use legal weapons?

7 hours ago, Kelsall said:

Bloomberg is something like 60 times richer than Trump yet was unable to buy the presidency.

 

I guess the presidency can't be bought.

or at least the candidate has to have more than money. Charisma would be a good start. Ads only get one so far.

7 hours ago, blazes said:

First,  Americans vote for a demented corrupt politician, who can't remember what political job he is campaigning for,

then Europeans sit there listening to a scrawny teenager telling them to f off.

 

Is there no end to the insanity that is currently possessing the  world?

No

On 3/1/2020 at 8:31 AM, geriatrickid said:

Yes, there are  intelligent  Thais. As i wrote, they usually, have the same perceptions  of "foreigners" in their country, as those foreigners have of  foreigners back in their  home countries.  This means that they will associate with those in their own social  class. It is  quite unlikely that a Thai; physician, or successful entrepreneur, or owner of a large real estate portfolio, or university professor, or accomplished entertainer, or hiso etc. will take up with an elderly farang retired from his job as a lorry driver, or warehouse worker, or store manager or office clerk or oil worker, etc. living on a modest income.

 

Successful mentally stable people tend to  stay within their own demographics. I have no desire to  marry a 70 year old uneducated retired woman living on her government pension

Why then would you expect a Thai woman (or man) to seek out some old fart with limited financial means? Not much of a future there. this is the reality of life. To argue otherwise is to deny the reality.

If one didn't particularly like farangs, but could tolerate them and wanted to make a bundle, get a house, car etc, marrying an elderly farang not too long for the world would seem like a logical thing to do.

17 hours ago, mauGR1 said:

I think i understand, sometimes i feel the same, but you are putting limits to God's power.

I don't think of God as just a creator, but as a present, living force which is everywhere in the same time.

The simple fact that human seed is still producing humans, and oak seeds are still producing oaks, is the living proof that God has not gone away.

Of course God can do anything the creator wants to. I just don't see why God would be bothered with us. We are an insignificant species in a universe with an uncountable number of lifeforms, and will soon ( in a cosmic sense ) be gone. IMO, if the creator has any interest at all ( to ascribe human emotions to God ) it would be to see how this version of a life form turned out. So far not doing well- keep killing each other and destroying our environment as fast as possible. The planet was, IMO, a gift to us from the creator, and we have been very bad occupants.

4 hours ago, heybruce said:

First, stop pretending the DNC is a public charity obligated to support all candidates who claims to be a Democrat equally.  The DNC is a political organization that works to elect candidates that support the DNC's political policies, with extra support for Democrat candidates who can help get other Democrats elected.

Regardless, the DNC lost the last election by promoting someone unacceptable outside the coasts. Obama won because he was charismatic. Biden is just HRC version 2 and he's not charismatic. IMO if Biden or Warren are the pick it's Trump till 2025. Bernie, IMO would have won last time.

However, keep beating the Biden drum by all means. The debates will be even more "interesting" than the last time.

Frankly, it astounds me that the Dems can't come up with anyone better than two old men that have been in politics so long with little to show for it. Did charisma leave the room when Obama left office?

On 2/29/2020 at 6:07 PM, Vacuum said:

how much?

A fine is too easy. If it was Singapore he'd be caned, but as LOS doesn't cane, time in a Thai jail might make another vandal think again.