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Phew!

It's a very common female Thai name: จอย

That meeting happened last year, after people left in droves following the insane censorship which happened during Covid. They seem to have managed to save the ship from sinking, by finally treating people as adults instead of children who are to be told what is good or bad.

So you're American? This certainly isn't the case in Europe.

As far as I am concerned, the former. That's what service and relational jobs are all about, if one isn't a "people person", IMO they should change jobs (as I did).

From my days working in the hospitality industry in Europe, I recall the standard among clients/customers was: Above-standard service: tip Normal service: no tip Below-standard service: complaint The systematic tip thing is an American specificity, as far as I know. The average Thai, when receiving a delivery costing 54 baht, will give 60 baht and wait to receive their 6 baht change, and nobody expects it to be any different. I don't think it should be an automatic thing to do, and doing it probably contributes to the cliché that farangs have money to waste.

Dr. McCullough: "I've never seen any drug or biological product that's that dangerous" "I'm greatly concerned that there is subclinical myocarditis ... that sets up people for the risk of sudden cardiac arrest months to years after the [COVID-19] shots." VID_20250601_021225_575.mp4

A bit early to draw conclusions, isn't it? Let's see what the pharmaceutical industry looks like by 2026 – I'm anticipating it will be on a clear downwards spiral.

A guy on this forum (I forget who) once told me he had an accident with an Index helmet, with contact to the head which would have definitely seriously injured or killed him if he hadn't been wearing it. He was unscathed, so yeah, they're definitely okay, I owned a couple myself in the past. ID is fine too, in the 1-2k baht range.

Incorrect in my experience, the vast majority of them wear helmets. This is a great initiative, the mere fact that it is even mentioned/considered is a step forward. It will take a while to come to fruition but as long there is a will, there will be results. Already much more Thais wear helmets now than when I moved here in 2009. And yes, of course sidecar riders should wear a helmet.

Good to know and indeed unusual.

I think this is definitely true for some people. Yet I believe quite a few are not fundamentally dishonest, but were led to hold dishonest positions because of their unwaivering faith in the Science dogma. Also take into account the moral dilemma of having often pushed this on people close to them, and of course they repeatedly took it themselves. How can one admit that these shots actually are dangerous when one has repeatedly gotten them? It would take tremendous strength to overcome the psychological barriers of denial. In a sense, it is a very interesting experiment on human psychology.

I drank from one of those in a Suvarnabhumi waiting area once a few years ago, I thought it tasted a bit strange, but still drank half the cup as I was thirsty. I caught a stomach bug which lasted a couple of days and was pretty unpleasant… so I'm never drinking from these things again, I'd much rather buy an overpriced bottle.

Persistent inflammation is a cause of cancer. We are gradually moving away from the notion that concerns about the Covid vaccines are confined to the realms of YouTube quackery. It is becoming increasingly difficult to dismiss said concerns as "misinformation-driven memes on social media" and the like. The difficulty for those who have supported these vaccines unequivocally from the start, and consistently belittled their critics as ill-informed, uneducated and of lesser intelligence, will be to have the humility to admit they were wrong. I appreciate just how challenging this is.

It does not mean it has been proven, but it is worth listening to and at least considering he might be onto something. Here you go: According to a peer-reviewed study published this month in Immunity, Inflammation and Disease, young adults who received a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine showed elevated spike protein production a year or more after vaccination, which is significantly longer than the spike protein is said and expected to remain in the body. Participants exhibited elevated levels of multiple proinflammatory cytokines – the proteins which help regulate the immune system – signifying a persistent immune response to the messenger RNA. Altered Circulating Cytokine Profile Among mRNA-Vaccinated Young Adults: A Year-Long Follow-Up Study https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/iid3.70194

And you're losing your eyesight, as you posted in the Health section. Should I send you studies on the effects of the Spike protein on the eyes?

Perhaps the most disgusting part of this whole charade is the gaslighting and lecturing from those not affected (yet). @impulse, did you try any of the Spike protein detox protocols?

They even coined a phrase for it, "moving at the speed of science".

I think it's imminent.

What's your take on this? According to a peer-reviewed study published this month in Immunity, Inflammation and Disease, young adults who received a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine showed elevated spike protein production a year or more after vaccination. Participants exhibited elevated levels of multiple proinflammatory cytokines – the proteins which help regulate the immune system – signifying a persistent immune response to the messenger RNA. Altered Circulating Cytokine Profile Among mRNA-Vaccinated Young Adults: A Year-Long Follow-Up Study https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/iid3.70194

If one of the top virologists in the world says the Spike protein is problematic, will you consider changing your stance, or at least listen? Dr. Redfield, ex-CDC Director, stopped inoculating the mRNA shots in his practice because he believes the Spike proteins they contain are “toxic to the body” and "the mRNA was persisting much longer than it should" in some patients. He confirmed it crosses the blood-brain barrier and that the jabs don't prevent infection and have side effects which were hidden by the authorities. https://rumble.com/v56ws2r-sen.-ron-johnson-with-cdc-former-cdc-director-dr.-robert-redfield.html

Perceived BS. I assume you are multi-jabbed, and therefore it is understandable and expected that defence mechanisms should kick in.

Yes, excellent. I loved this bit, as a long-standing critic of FDR's New Deal: Whereas Roosevelt’s inner team built the apparatus of modern liberal governance, Trump’s team is systematically dismantling it, agency by agency, doctrine by doctrine. Never before has a president enjoyed this level of alignment across every axis of executive power —national security, public health, foreign policy, education, and the courts— and used it not to entrench a legacy, but to eradicate his enemies’ institutional infrastructure. It’s not a return to pre-pandemic normal. It’s a forceful return to a constitutional baseline, wielded like a chainsaw carving right through the post-New Deal history books. And regarding this: “President Trump always wins.” I'm going to quote Badlands here (I don't 100% adhere to their stance, but I think it is the closest to what is actually happening): "President Trump has already won across the board, and what we are witnessing now is narrative deployment to explain the victory to the masses in comprehensible and acceptable terms." WWS!

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This is terrible, but it would be a mistake, in my experience (and I have lived in an Isaan village), to imply that this is the norm. It isn't, in fact Thais are more permissive than farangs with their kids in general.