Andre0720

And which of the LGBTQ++++ is your preference...

Full integration into the local culture....

Agree, his inaptness is definitely underestimated....

You must be a recent visitor in Thailand. So please seek help ASAP so you can get to understand posts about the culture in Thailand.

Of course there are ads on Internet sites. I accept them as part of the territory. It is just that the ads in AseanNow, they seem to highjack the site, sometimes rendering impossible to posted subjects, as these ads get superimposed over the text. Sometimes I have to 'go back', or close the site and re-open it, so I can get access to subjects. Ads, they are a necessary evil on Internet, but on AseanNow, they are a nuisance because of how they take prevent users to navigate on the site....

Not so. These emoticons, sad and confused, can in no way be interpreted as an opinion. There in no added value contained n those emoticons. The users of these 2 emoticons know that, and use them just as a game. So I say that these emoticons are stupid, and so would the users be. When I do not fully understand a poster, I might ask for some clarification, in order to gain more understanding. The idiots will never ask to get their confusion to be clarified, b e c a u s e do do not post these emoticons for that purpose. And that is why I see these emoticons as useless. Just like having keys on a keyboard that do nothing. Someone somewhere will suggest that it is stupid to kkep these keys, and perhapŝ, perhaps should be eliminated... And sadly, yes sadly , some members will post a 'confused' emoticon on this...

Yo ezzra-tic, You obviously got riled up using a narrative that does not describe my words, intentions, or frame of mind. So you bring all sorts of BS that was not in my narrative, only in yours. An "innocent Thank you", where do you get that from. I never wrote that. So if you are not happy about me airing my thoughts, you can go, can go, oh dear, I just cannot find a polite way to air my thoughts about you in this instance. My apologies for my shortcomings here.... Happy New Year....

Because as you rightly indicate, they are 'stupid'. Because there is a hope for additional information with the use of these emoticons. Support, and the absence of any emoticon, simply means that there the information provided did not seem to be helpful to other members. And we all know that the 'stupid' ones are used by people who actually just want to pollute the site, as they are never mean to provide any useful feedback. Notifications are used to indicate feedback on posts, and the pollution is mingled into these notifications. And these emoticons are allowed to be used again and again. Get rid of them....

You seem to express your opinions, in kind of an hysterical way, while wanting to suppress other's opinions on this site. Covid, Gays, fascists, hangout for homosexuals, hehe. Wow. As if AseanNow is the major influence in this world on these subjects. Take what you feel is helpful, and disregard the rest. Like those stupid emoticons hehe. Readers have the right to read opinions, and make their own opinion from it, and al other sources. Some of the things you say, I agree with, particularly the 'ads', which are just pollution on the site, the way it takes over the screens. But then a genocide in Gaza, you must be very ill informed... And Trump, as if anyone could be worse than Biden.

On second thought, these two emoticons could be useful after all. They could be used to identify the idiots who uses them, and slowly but surely, ban them from this site. Someone uses one, one Mod should be tasked to remove the idiot from the site. And then the site would be used typically by people with an IQ of more than 100. It is not their fault that they are not smart, but they should be made to show that they are idiots amongst themselves. Let's make AseanNow great again.... (smile)

Well, as a start, they are the ones who permit idiots to post 'sad' or 'confused' emoticons, that means absolutely nothing, that contributes nothing to the site. These idiots should be banned from AseanNow, and these stupid emoticons, removed from the site. When, oh when will this happen???

Seems strange to me that you come across as someone who just loves to complain and moan about Aseannow posters, posters who after all, are simply d e s c r i b i n g what the see, or saw, or lived, or experienced in this country. For eventually the benefit of readers, to add to contents on this site.

Really. I was just thinking of how much moaning you can express on your posts.... Oh well, you could always follow your own advice...

I remember someone posting a video of such a traffic light having been installed at a zebra crossing in Bangkok. Did not even slow down the traffic...

"The People’s Safety Foundation has made an appeal to the government". This "Foundation" should me made aware that the 'Thai people' are very happy with the way things are here. And that they will fight against any attempts for changes. And the Thai people will win. Compulsory wearing of helmets: 'No'. Speed limits: 'No'. Stopping at red lights: 'No' Stop illegally using a phone while driving: 'No' Stop illegally crossing over double lines on the roads' 'No" Respecting double lines on the roads: 'No'. Stop illegally passing cars on the roads: 'No' Stop driving against traffic: 'No'. The main problem is that people here do not have fear on the roads. None. So what would be the reason for any changes. Passengers on motorbikes, are totally oblivious to the way the drivers go at high speed zigzagging between vehicles. They show absolutely no fear, eyes looking straight down on their mobiles, trying to get the latest gossip on their favorite site... But then, I suppose that this Foundation has to emit some kind of narrative, to justify its existence...

If you combine the selfishness pervasive in this culture, with its irresponsibility, it all becomes clear

In Thailand, some types of thefts are are frowned on...

And just to think that all these words that we hear ad nauseam, the Ka and Kap, are meant as deep and profound signs of respect. What if these words would simply disappear, well, could not get worse....

Beware the limits of emotional control of people in some countries. Some.....

Well, actually, it is that they do not want these Arab Palestinians to bring their problems with them in the neighboring countries. Palestinians are just a basket of problems.... And now even London is getting a taste of it... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_jJIoL-Gd0

Perhaps you are referring to: 'Khohm chat'. Very clearly.

And all the time i thought that this kind of behavior was limited to the Arab world and vision of the Koran...

No. Tchat or chat. No U in there... How To Speak Thai You'll know you're well on the way to getting it right if you start being told that you poot tai chat (speak Thai clearly) rather than simply geng (well). And also: speak clearly พูดอย่างชัดเจน Phūd xỳāng chạdcen

It is clearly pronounced 'chat'.

The problem that I encounter when I speak Thai to Thai people, is that they automatically shift to speaking as if I am a local Thai person. Then I must remind them that I am a foreigner, and that I must hear all the words they say, in order to understand. Very difficult to make them understand that. That I need to at least hear the words that I do not know, in order to check out their meaning. They have been taught to speak as fast as they can, with words mingled together, thus simply creating sounds. I was surprised to listen to a politician, making a speech online. Spoke slowly, clearly. Educated person. It took me 3 years to know what Thai people were saying, when quickly making noise from their mouth. Uneducated people. Gin cow liang. I checked that word in translators, modified the writing, nothing gave me a result. One day as I was getting a haircut, the lady cutting my hair said to someone in the shop: Gin cow rue yang. I knew the word 'rue', and the word 'yang'. But 'liang'. Wow, two words, two. But nobody here pronounces 2 words.