thaibeachlovers

I don't know where you hang out in LOS, but while the Thais are as racist as any society I've ever lived in, they are not as bad as you make out, IMO. Perhaps you live in a big city to get such a negative idea- rural Thais are nothing like that in my experience.

Given that the husband would be paying, it's likely he is rich, which means that his "wife" would probably be attractive. When I was training as a nurse I had to work in maternity, and truthfully, I was amazed that some of the women had actually managed to get some guy to do it to get them pregnant.

I like your style. You tell it as it is.

Perhaps I will. I might even be rich, in which case my personality won't matter when it comes to attracting women.

LOL. I didn't have to become an expat to become estranged and socially alienated. Wherever one lives, society doesn't like those that are "different". Just by not joining in the after work swill I was out of the "cool guys club".

Not in any shopping center I ever went to in Thailand. You must live somewhere I never went.

Actually, the posters that I haven't put on ignore are nowhere as near negative as some of the people that I have to deal with on a daily basis. I can't deal with them, so I basically hide away and do things I can do inside. If I want to get away for a while, I'll go out into the country where there are no people at all- bliss. When I have to shop, I use the few places that I know have pleasant staff, and there are a few out there, but that's because I live in a rural town and not in a toxic city. Every time I have to go into the city I feel like a part of my soul is being cut out of me. I don't understand how anyone can like living in such a toxic environment.

AN make it really easy to avoid the usual negative suspects. My AN experience improved immensely after I put about 20 of the posters that liked to attack me personally, rather than address the topic, on ignore. The ones that are left are quite enough negativity for me to tolerate. That also goes for those posters that complain about my negativity- just put me on ignore- problem solved.

Agree. I already spend far too much time on a forum and if I watched or read every linked article I'd never be away from the computer. Some of us actually try to have lives apart from AN.

I could substitute CNN for Fox, as that was what I saw whenever I watched it.

If that's true, it is only more evidence that Trump shouldn't be the next POTUS, and needs to step aside so a Republican can win the big chair next year.

I don't watch RT. The only tv source I watch is Al Jazeera, which IMO is the least biased news source available. I think I can recognise propaganda, wherever I see it.

I'm not going to comment on the unfortunate situation the lad found himself in, but staff shortages seem to be a serious problem for prisons, not just in that one, but given the situation of PC ( and possibly wages/ conditions ) these days I'm not surprised. Who would want to put themselves in harms way when the rules mean that one can't do the job safely? It's not just a prison thing either. Other essential occupations are finding it difficult to attract staff because the "rules" are making it too difficult to do the job. Eg, men are understandably reluctant to go into teaching, it's hard to get any western people into nursing, hard guys don't want to be policemen anymore, etc. As long as the PC rules make it unattractive, I can't see the situation changing.

I once did some research about trans boys and came across a U Tube from one talking about "her" transition. One of the bits that was interesting was that "she" kept going on dates with guys ( before she got the big chop ) that wanted to have sex with her because "she" had a penis, and "she" was understandably annoyed about it. Also, "she" wasn't that happy having had her male genitals chopped off, as apparently it's not as simple living with the false vagina as "she" had thought it would be.

If you want to see the effect of female hormones on a male, go see a ladyboy gogo show- the ones that have breasts that are not silicone boosted will give you some idea of what happens visibly.

I've actually used a unisex toilet and I'd rather not have ( I had no choice then ), but regardless, women like to do other things in bathrooms other than sitting on a toilet, and they probably wouldn't want to do their makeup in front of pervy guys. IMO the third public toilet is the way to go.

I do get what "transgender" is and it's not really as big a deal as some like to make it out to be in today's western world, though only in certain areas eg while I might get away with wearing a dress in public in a big city, in the rural town I live in it might get my face re arranged. Sooooo, if I had a desire to wear a dress in public I'd go live in a big city. Problem solved. Society is made up of individuals, all with different opinions on everything, so while the "law" may dictate that we have to accept men wearing dresses everywhere, in reality it's never going to be accepted everywhere; at least in my lifetime. Trans people shouldn't be in such a rush, as they got from complete non acceptance in my youth, to acceptance in certain areas. Be patient and in the future trans may become acceptable everywhere.

Somewhat irrelevant as guns have a specific protection in the constitution, while medically altering children who are too young to make such decisions is not constitutionally protected.

I'd like to see them lose the veto, which allows a certain country to cover for a different country that is in violation of many UN resolutions.

IMO the UN ceased to be an effective peacekeeping force many years ago, and has been reduced to wringing it's hands and begging warring nations to play nicely. Far as I'm concerned they can keep the bits that actually work ( like the agencies that deal with refugees and heritage etc ) and shut the rest down.

It's only "not illegal" if you are doing it in your own home. If you were to cook a meal for them in a restaurant you owned, it would be illegal. I got that from a farang I knew that did own a restaurant- he couldn't even cook his own breakfast in his own restaurant.

It's completely different painting one's own house, to painting someone else's house. The problem isn't that he is fixing friend's computers, but that if he "annoys" some Thai, perhaps a Thai that has a business fixing computers, he can get reported and it will be used to get him in trouble. In Thailand even volunteering, officially, needs a work permit, but for the most part a farang will not be in trouble, unless he "annoys" the wrong people.

LOL. The latest in a long list of failed attempts to take the Donald down. IMO they must be really, really scared that he will win in 24.

The second war? Did I miss a war a while back? Do tell us when the first one was, please.

Well, I for one and extremely happy to have the US on our side "down south", as they are a zillion % better to be associated with than China, and they are our only hope to stop China taking us over.