spidermike007

Trump despises people of color, and uses coded language to insult them. He is one of the world's most miserable people and the polar opposite of a good leader. Vitriol and hatred are deplorable qualities. NY hates Trump, for a dozen good reasons. He can't stand being hated, as he is a juvenile and is highly insecure. Ttump should just resign. The world would be so grateful for that.

This is likely one of the lamest topics that I ever see on this forum, and it comes from guys who have a tremendous degree of internal strife and unhappiness. The problem that we face in this life is that no matter where we go we take ourselves with us, so if we are not able to figure out a way to find fulfillment and contentment within ourselves, no matter where we go that misery follows us. Thai people can be very intuitive, and perhaps they're simply real reacting to all the heavy-heartedness that you're carrying around. My contention is that if we are not making a conscious effort to better ourselves, to be pleasant, funny, and filled with joy and good will, the opposite happens as a result of the indignities of the aging process. Thailand is an absolutely wonderful place for many of us, a lot of us enjoy great lives here and are constantly surrounded by delightful people who are light-hearted, fun to be around, pleasant, helpful, have a great sense of humor and beat the pants off of the vast majority of folks back where I came from. To call Thai people sullen and miserable makes me think you are either living in Pattaya, Phuket or Samui, or you are just getting back the misery you are putting out there. I don't say this often, because I think in general we have a right to complain about some things, but if you don't like it here maybe it makes sense to try someplace else, rather than just moan, groan, and play the victim and snowflake. Man up. Stop the pathetic weakness and whining already.

A safety push in Thailand is one of the most oxymoronic statements one can hear. It is a great aspiration, but one lacking volition and sincerity. The authorities here only concern themselves with safety after much egg on the face from publicized deaths. Unfortunately these efforts are not coming from the right place, they're not coming from the heart, or the desire to do the right thing for the people, they are coming from a sense of lost pride and humiliation. The opposite of what you hope for in a public official.

Pita is exactly what this country needs right now and that's why he's not being allowed to run things. The people want him, but the oligarchs and morally bankrupt don't. The recent events are worthy of a mass funeral. Thailand might have been the tiger of SE Asia a decade or so ago, having been the 22nd largest economy in the world, but those days are long gone. So, I would say it would be safe to refer to Thailand as an up and coming country, post Covid. I would not be surprised to see Thailand in 75th place in terms of GDP, 20 years from now. There is absolutely no doubt the nation is moving backwards, on at least a dozen levels. And unless a dynamic leader like Thanathorn or Pita comes along, as is allowed to lead, the great tiger will continue to devolve into a whiny little street cat.

Expect millions of additional tourists once they see the spectacular and pristine landscapes here. The rivers are as pure as the Scottish Highlands and the beaches rival the greatest beaches to be found in the South Pacific.

Dissent and disagreement with the government is to be discouraged at all costs, especially when you have an illegitimate government posing as a democracy.

If they were to recriminalize ganja it would represent an enormous betrayal on the part of the Thai government. Billions upon billions have been invested in cannabis shops and operations mostly by relatively youthful Thais, giving them some sort of promise toward the future. This would not only be a betrayal of the dtrust that they put in the government, but a massive step backwards for Thailand. Alcohol and tobacco are infinitely more harmful than ganja and the fake Puritans are making a big deal about nothing.

I am in complete agreement, the restaurant prices in America right now are downright scary, and like you say you have to take into account nearly 30% for tax and tip. Same applies for delivery I can order a great two or three course meal here for 200 or 300 baht, back there three dishes with the $18 in delivery fees and taxes, about $80. Though the government and some rather gullible people believe that inflation has gone down back there, I still insist that it's near 20%. Every time I go back there, every 6 months every single one of my staples has gone up 10 to 15%, and inflation is still raging. Prices are getting completely out of control. I'm very thankful to be here, though there's some inflation it's still quite reasonable .

Let us hope this parasite does not walk away free, there's no question that he terrorized a lot of women, whether or not they were willing participants to begin with is somewhat irrelevant, to the fact that they were eventually abused to a significant degree. He would have opened himself up to some pretty wicked questioning from the prosecutors, and what could he have said really? "Well it just started off as fun and games and I guess I got a little bit carried away. I suppose I'm a pretty nasty person and my tendencies came out and I ended up being quite cruel to a lot of women. Maybe I'm just too wealthy and I'm used to getting away with whatever I want to do, whenever I want to do it, and to whomever I want to do it. I just feel bad that that whole warehouse full of baby oil is going to go to waste. I don't really care about the women or the impact I might have had on their lives ".

I'm sure taxes are a factor, but I also think it's just the low quality of life that is driving people out. More than likely the same applies to America which has been declining for a very, very long time.

One can only imagine what Rutte said behind the scenes to his team. Damn, that guy is a real circus clown, I thought he might be more intelligent than he actually was, I am astonished the American people would have elected him and I'm very very afraid of the future with him in a position of leadership. And did you pick up on that smell, was it sulfur or what was that?

If they were to recriminalize ganja it would represent an enormous betrayal on the part of the Thai government. Billions upon billions have been invested in cannabis shops and operations mostly by relatively youthful Thais, giving them some sort of promise toward the future. This would not only a betrayal of that trust that they put in the government, but a massive step backwards for Thailand. Alcohol and tobacco are infinitely more harmful than ganja and the fake Puritans are making a big deal about nothing.

I am a pretty open minded guy, but that is just not my thing.

There you go again with your extreme levels of generalizations. I have despised Trump since the late seventies as I was in commercial real estate in New York City and knew exactly who and what he was. I've never voted for him, I've never liked him, and I don't even have a nanogram of respect for him, and yet according to you I voted for him twice? Why? Because I'm American. Yikes. Get a life, please.

I have a friend who I would normally refer to as straight but about a third of the time he would go with ladyboys, and one time I asked him about it and he said it's like being with the best lover that you've ever had except there's just another di** in the room. I didn't ask him to elaborate any further.

I think to conclude that a man who likes his anus played with is gay is a rather and ignorant statement.

Multiple assessments are stating that the almighty bunker bomb destroyed the entrance of the tunnel and didn't come anywhere near the vital equipment, many additional experts are saying that it's very likely that the enriched uranium was removed long in advance, after all why would they keep them in a facility that was being targeted? So is Trump may have started a Forever War, one which he promised he would not start during the campaign, for absolutely nothing in return.

You make a reasonable point, and I think that it's fair to expect that it works both ways.

Well you make a reasonable good point. I do believe that my country is impossibly smug and my government is ridiculous, however let me ask you one question, does that mean that every American is smug and ridiculous, or does that just mean that their government is out of control? When I level a criticism at Thailand it's typically as a criticism of their government not necessarily their people, in certain instances the criticism applies to the people in a general sort of way, but in many instances it doesn't.

There you go again with the absolute adherence to the official narrative. I think what you're basically saying is that if we don't have a PhD, we have to go along with everything that Big Pharma, the CDC, and the WHO tells us, we have no ability to question things, and we need to be obedient, all the time.

It's likely a rather complicated question, but if wanted to really dumb it down it would be a preference of hairy, smelly bodies, over beautiful skin and a gorgeous female form. Obviously I'm making light of the question, the answer is likely quite complex. Though I'm not judgmental and I'm quite open to people making sexual choices, I'm very grateful that I wake up in the morning look in the mirror and I'm happy with who I am, and what my preferences are.

Thailand is no longer attracting very many Western tourists for a dozen very good reasons. Right now it is predominantly Malaysian, Indian, Arab, Chinese, and Russian. One could argue that these are relatively low quality tourists, in terms of the amounts of money that they spend. Sure you have a few wealthy Russians and some wealthy Chinese, but most are lower to middle income and don't spend alot. Thailand suffers from an impossible level of smugness and arrogance, and a persistent belief that they are truly the center of the universe and the best thing in the world. They don't have a clue. Sometimes it feels like the fact that the nation was never colonized was a leading factor in this hubris and inability to see the world for what it is. The severe inability to adapt, improve, and reform, has hurt their prospects. It's all good. Far less tourism would make Thailand far more comfortable for the tourists who come, and for the expats, and would likely lead to better attitudes amongst people in tourism. They simply would need to be creative in figuring out ways to make up for the lost billions in revenue. This process will not be reversed until the authorities wake up and make some sacrifices such as lowering luxury taxes, lowering wine taxes, cleaning up the air, making the highways safer, allowing more private air travel, helicopter travel, high-speed trains and alternatives to the totally choked and extremely hazardous highways.

As is the case with 99% of the posts on this forum, they are simply opinions. I'm not trained as a medical doctor but that doesn't mean I don't have opinions and preferences. I know a lot of people get offended when you don't go along with the covid narrative, but certainly it's our imperative to express our opinion, sorry if opinions offends you. But that's on you, that's certainly not on me.

I've been there and though I did meet some friendly people, I found a lot of people to be like cold wet fish, very unemotional, very detached, not particularly pleasant to be around and certainly not possessing the level of lightheartedness and humor that Thais have. No thanks. I love it here.

The Ukrainian and Israeli wars were already a huge drag on the world economies and a cautionary tale that affected consumer confidence and tourism worldwide, and now we have the possibility of another war from the "no new wars president", one that could last 20 years and cost the US trillions of dollars. I believe it was a huge mistake for the US to drop those bombs, many analysts are saying that they destroyed the tunnel entrances and nothing more and that virtually all the enriched uranium has been moved well in advance. So it's quite possible they resulted in nothing but of a war leading to multiple terror events within the US over rje coming years. Iran is a far greater adversary than Iraq or Afghanistan, that should not be forgotten.