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Is the rate different from that in other equivalent countries? IMO depression is far more widespread than officially acknowledged. Where I live psychological services are a rarity for many/ most of the less well off as it has been an underfunded branch of health for many years, and the cops are left to try and pick up the pieces. I assume the same applies in LOS. Private counseling is of course far too expensive for most of us unfortunate peasants.

Long time ago a very attractive female radio dj met me when I had my shirt off, and was so impressed by my hairiness that on her next broadcast announced a song dedicated to the hairiest man in ...........! Unfortunately I never met her again to try my luck. These days most of my head hair seems to have migrated to elsewhere on my body.

Sounds like more wokeness at work.

Did you miss "In an emergency petition in a Florida court, Ms Harrell's lawyer argued that jail staff have endangered the child through "a lack of reasonable and necessary prenatal care". ? Where is that saying about being held for "no reason"?

I didn't see a breakdown of that by gender. That would be significant. IMO women are more likely to be bisexual than men, and in the case of men, as is evident in Thailand, some men that do not consider themselves to be homosexual or bi sexual will have a walk on the wild side

So many labels; no wonder us ordinary blokes that don't spend our entire time wanting to be different are confused. IMO if it were not for having it thrust into our faces at every opportunity, most of us "ordinary blokes" wouldn't even think about it. I certainly don't have conversation about it with my friends- it's of no interest normally. BTW, if the creature in the last photo is in anyway typical of the LG etc community, it's no wonder we don't want to think about it any more than we have to. BTW, wasn't homosexuality normal when the Greeks were in charge of the western world?

Yes indeed- Maslow. Thanks for that. When talking about humans we, IMO, need to separate the biological transport mechanism- the body- from the mind of a human. The body is an animal, and is governed by genes. To use sex as an example, a sexually attractive woman will bring about a genetic reaction in a man, just as a bitch in heat will bring about a genetic reaction in a dog. The difference between man and dog is that man can over rule the genetic imperative and decide not to mount the woman, while the dog has no choice and either mounts or is prevented. That, IMO is what makes humans superior to animals- while we still have genetic imperatives from our animal body, our God given mind is in control ( in most, but not all humans ).

I have no doubt about it.

What on earth are you on about? Did you forget that we only started having this debate because I said we men will never understand women? Women are IMO a different species, mentally, from men. Like the author said, Men are from Mars, women from Venus. I make no claim to understand them, based on my experience of working with so many.

Had I asked my thousand female co workers that question, they would either have been offended, or have laughed in my face for asking a stupid question, but I worked with intelligent independent women that made their own money and were not dependent on a man for their self worth. If they actually thought about it, IMO they would have said they wanted to equal with a man, neither the boss, not the underling. Yes, there are women out there that depend on having a man around to validate their existence, and those that play the submissive game, but they were not the sort that I worked with. Having said that, I once did a course that had women ( not nurses ) and men on it, and at the end of course party I was astounded to see the women all using their sexuality to garner kudos from the men on the course. Thankfully, having worked with thousands of women, I am immune to such wiles.

I don't need to. I worked with over a thousand women that I knew well enough to have a conversation with, and probably a few thousand more that I didn't have conversations with over decades. How many women did you have conversations with that were more than small talk?

If whataboutism is at play here so is off topic. The topic isn't the history of Putin's rule, it's about Ukrainian fever in LOS.

PS the loss of "sanuk", that left the building about the same time as the smile.

The changes over the many decades I visited/ lived in LOS would have to include the loss of the smile, much fatter women, the destruction of every nice beach I visited, Thaksin and the yellow/ red conflict, more difficult visa regulations and the end of back to back indefinite visa exempt visits.

My wife was a "Buddhist", but IMO her understanding was more about superstition than the Buddha's teaching.

I agree that in situations where a sheep can be an individual they have "personalities", apparently even a pig can make a great house pet. However, one should remember that it's in response to getting fed, rather than "intelligence" as we have. In the psychological pyramid ( I forget the name of it ) getting fed, shelter and reproducing are at the top, using instruments, writing books and inventing religion, philosophy or scientific theories come lower down.

I think he was being polite to call it merely "salty". I would classify it as rude.

I only know as much about Hungary as what I see on tv news, but seems to me they have very real problems with the EU's willingness to take in every undocumented immigrant that manages to reach the EU's southern shores. I don't condemn them for that reluctance.

Hmmmmm. If we were to add up all the wars under Putin and all the wars by America during the same time period, which would be the most?

and the point you are making is? If they cared ( and why should they? ) they might not support the west. They might make more money from Russian tourists than American tourists.

What on earth are you about? Poland, Germany, and I believe Finland, are in NATO. Putin isn't going to go there, unless he wants WW3.

Welcome to my point of view. I have been saying that since before the invasion started. It's not the west's concern, IMO. America and allies invade Iraq based on lies and that is OK, but when Russia invades a non NATO member state, it's all about the big bad man and how we have to make arms manufacturers really really rich in response, while seeing loads of dead Ukrainians and untold destruction in Ukraine as "collateral damage". Far as I'm concerned, any posters on here that support the war are welcome to do something more about it than from behind a keyboard and go join the fight. The Ukrainians will welcome them.

From the OP I think her point is that she doesn't get proper pre natal care. I wonder if there are any other prisoners in the same situation, and the case could easily be resolved by providing "proper" pre natal care. If it can be proven that the pre natal care is insufficient then she has a case, IMO.

Only a hypocrite would deny his wife if he was doing that himself.

5555 They are entitled to 50 % of anything acquired during the marriage. However, they may choose to not go to family court and just get a quicky divorce at the amphur office.