pomchop

It's a great pile of BS to brainwash billions of people with if only they will do as they are told...pick a religion and it's pretty common from a gang of virgins to everlasting life to be promised. Now put some $$ in that collection plate and shut the F up.

I am so tired of people who want to show me all sorts of pics and videos on their phones ; even when I try to be polite and look at one or two then try and change subject and look away they go on and on and on. HINT: I do not care or want to see all your girlfriends or kids or grandkids or pics of your cat or cars etc.

a 5 second google search of which causes more problems worldwide alcholol or pot will give you all the links that i can't post with cut and paste...links give u all kinds of studies stats etc... Alcohol: Higher risk of overdose: Alcohol overdose can lead to coma and death, while marijuana overdose is extremely rare. More deaths: Alcohol is linked to 88,000 deaths per year in the U.S. More chronic health problems: Alcohol is a major factor in liver disease, heart disease, and certain cancers. Higher risk of accidents: Drunk driving and alcohol-related falls contribute to many accidents. More social harm: Alcohol use is linked to more violence, family issues, and job problems. Marijuana: Lower risk of overdose: A marijuana overdose is extremely unlikely and not fatal. Fewer chronic health problems: While marijuana use can negatively impact the lungs and heart, these risks are generally less severe than those associated with alcohol. Less social harm: While marijuana use can impair judgment and coordination, it's less likely to lead to the same level of violence, accidents, or other social problems as alcohol.

like mr red bull who has snubbed his rich little nose at every court and official in Thailand for decades.....a national disgrace at any pretense of equal justice....kill a cop? no problem if daddy is rich enough. Sadly not all that different in many other countries .....

you are correct that there are always exceptions but i will stand by the fact that alcohol has always caused way more problems than ganja worldwide.

so is alcohol so is aspirin so are millions of other pills plants etc that have been used for centuries all over the world....given a choice of picking whether to eliminate alcohol or pot there is zero comparison as to which drug causes more problems worldwide...not even close....get drunk get belligerent get into fights and worse....smoke pot, eat cookies and listen to pink floyd.

And of course nothing like this ever ever happens in any western countries? Except every day.

If I remember correctly the govt pays for the uniforms up til about 9th grade then they have to buy their own or get hand me downs...at least that is how it was ten years or so ago up north.

Try some deodorant?

Of course you are expected to pay for a hot young gal....but if you are making a few hundred k usd a year and are lot older than it could be a great deal...On the other hand if 30 k is a good chunk of your income then run away quickly. It's all relative. I always get a kick out of so many guys who go out of their way to brag and bs and tell gals how much they make etc etc and then are surprised when gal thinks well in that case lets make it 50 k a month or 100 k or whatever. Not so different in Thailand or USA or most anywhere. Young gals generally realize that eventually they will no longer be hot young things so make it while they can as in a decade or so she will be replaced by younger hotter gals. You are buying her prime years and that will cost you but it may well be a bargain depending on your income , age, status, looks etc.

Proposed ,demand, and no outright ban are the important words ....somehow I suspect that not much will change....maybe few more rolexs or london villas for a few of the upper crust. Proposed changes will demand licenses for cannabis cultivation, sales, and other related businesses, addressing past regulatory gaps. The draft, recently publicised under Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra's administration, proposes licensing mandates, albeit without an outright ban on recreational use due to political pressure from Bhumjaithai.

Lot of maybes and lot of arm chair detectives automatically blame a Thai. Just "MAYBE" he got on the wrong side of fellow Indians or Russian mafia types or who knows what he "maybe" was up to. Maybe is a mighty big word to toss around. Maybe better to wait for more information before passing verdicts? Maybe and maybe not mean the same thing.

How about KISS...keep it simple stupid 1. First 60 days visa free for most nations 2. Extensions are $1 usd per day up to one year payable in advance online or at immigration. 3. Any problems like arrests/convictions/overstays visa is canceled ,offender deported, $ forfeited. Quick appeals to legal panel permitted but no dragging it out forever. 4. Depending on severity of crime etc blacklist for one year to life. Cleans up a lot of the current mess and also perhaps sends a message that crimes/violence /overstays will not be tolerated. Not perfect but neither is having more and more complicated schemes that require jumping through hoop after hoop, paying agents, visa runs, etc. Of course it would also put a lot of the immigration folks and agents out of jobs which might mean fewer rolex watches or villas in france for those who want it more complicated not less.

Not sure if I were the taxi driver if would want my name as the one who reported it all and took pics to be blasted all over the press as these don't seem to be very nice people and may come looking for him. Mafia types?

ask for bigger bribes....perhaps a yatch along with few more jets and few billion down the Tland crypto black hole? All things are possible with big enough "gifts".

talk is cheap.... maybe he will require big pharm to give him a free jet and buy a billion or two of his cyber scam then all will be forgotten.

Once upon a time most bar fights were over girls.... for decades many guys came to thailand and found out that there was no need to get into a fight over a girl as there were always more gals right around the corner. You had to be the biggest idiot on the planet not to be able to get laid or "relief" in Thailand and that generally calms most any and all guys right down. Then something changed. Yes the gals raised the going rate but compared to their home countries getting relief was still a massive bargain and no matter what you looked like there was always a gal that would "take care" that. Now it seems that more guys come to thailand to see how drunk they can get and then go out of their way to pick fights or seek out some nationality they don't like to start some nonsense or maybe become a you tube idiot of the day star. Fortunately I am now home and asleep long before the sxxt hits the fan. Maybe nothing has changed and all this is just reported more now then it was prior to phone cameras etc. but even when i used to stay out much later i do not recall ever seeing any fights. Sadly it appears that more of the types of guys coming to thailand now are more interested in fighting than getting laid. Dumb is too kind of a word.

A good read is the book American Dirt....tells a story of how drug gangs tell young people either join our gang and work for us or we will kill your entire family which is no idle threat....story is about a family that flees and tries to make it all the way to usa to escape....not everyone who tries to cross borders is doing it because they want to but because they see no other choice then to try and escape the cartels enforcers.

You can't fix stupid and you can't stop you tube and click bait from promoting stupidity.

Driving drunk hit the guys bike then throw garbage at him yell abuse at him attack and assualt him and shove Thai gal away who tries to calm things down? Then decide to try and order cops around and insult big group of Thai people.and then want to get into a street fight while surrounded by thais... You can't fix stupid but maybe you can deport people that are that drunk and stupid and violent?

I accept that i will never be willing to put the effort in to be fluent in Thai . However I did at least learn a basic amount of thai decades ago and while i will not be able to watch tv or carry on any serious conversations at least i know enough to get along in everyday situations. Yes it did take an effort on my part as it does not just drop down from the sky. A decision that has brought me a lot of fun as thais seem to love to try and figure out what is falang trying to say and have a lof of good laughs...not at me but with me. It will never cease to amaze me how many falangs seem to spend decades here and can't count to ten or much of anything else which would maybe take a normal person a few days to learn. IMO their loss.

praise jesus buddah and the lucky charms it finally seems to have ended...music stopped at midnight after 15 hours or so of non stop blasting mostly rap music and all the water throwing seems to have stopped. first day great fun...second day ok....days 3-10 sucked

Today the 19th is so far the worst yet...not only all the water but the music has been playing along beach since about 10 am at ear splitting volumes...almost 6 pm and louder than ever. I will be very very happy when it finally ends. Good news is I already planned and began booking to get the hell out of pattaya next year for song kran as it is likely to only get worse. There is no excuse for it to last longer than a few days but obviously the mayor and the tourism authority think it is a great idea to turn what was once a simple relative gentle thai tradition into a total clusterfxxk of 10 or so days that is only getting more violent and dangerous every year.

pick a story from most any country or city in the world that starts out with somebody was killed or mauled by a dog and you will win a lot of $$ betting that it will be identified as a pit bull...bred to fight with a bite strength beyond comprhension..yes sure there are a few "sweet little things" and there will always be those who blame the owner but in the end they were not intended to be pets and should never be breed and sold or given to anyone....ever. Seems the only way some people learn this is when their kid gets mauled or killed by the sweet little thing and then they have to live with their stupid decision the rest of their lives.

I suspect anyone with a few working brain cells knows the "rigged election" is the one that has been blah blah blahed about by trump and the maga mob for years...remember that one where trump refused to accept the results and tried to foment a coup to illegally stay in power...remember when his followers were chanting hang mike pence? remember that one with 60 court cases and several recounts and investigations in state after state mostly all done by republicans that over and over found no evidence of any rigging? remember that one where trump orchestrated fake electors to try and over turn the election? remember that one where trump refused to concede, refused to meet with the real winner and has whined about it pretty much non stop for going on 5 years now? Oh but u must be talking about HRC who called trump the very night of the election and congratulated him and that was the end of that. Have a another glass of the cult kool aid and don't forget to harp on hunters laptop as well.