connda

Moronic stupidity.

The last I heard, you were in Kobe undergoing treatment of alcoholism. Did you check yourself out in order to come back to Thailand, go on a bender, and bad-mouth Thai customs and holidays? Guess so. Or you were never in Kobe in the first place.

Stupid is as stupid does. Enjoy your vacation in federal prison.

Given that fact that the US is projecting it's intent to start a war with China because it is unable to economical compete with China, I'm in constant amazement that the US and Western expats here go out of their way to disparage and insult China, it's citizens, and its leader every opportunity they have while ignoring the fact that Thailand is a stone throw away from the Chinese border, and this entire region is dominated by that super-power. Instead of learning about China, its history, culture, people, and the stellar rise of their economy and commending its fantastical progress over the last 80 years - you demean everything about China and throw maximum shade at the country. Really - what the hell are idiots doing in South East Asia? Are you THAT clueless? That's rhetorical.

Congratulations: You've officially have earned your certificate in CHINA HATING 101. When the US provoked war with China finally arrives, hand your certificate to the nearest US Chinook helicopter pilot flying Western expats off of the roofs of Bangkok high-rises and receive a 10% discount on your Black Rock Express evacuation flight out of the country.

Wanna know why this is a word salad without even a dash of dressing? I was out on HW 11 yesterday, and the typical influx of crazed Bangkok drivers are on the road. It's 90kph posted, 80 in places. Typical BKK driver is going 120+, tail-gating other BKK drivers doing 120kph when the car behind them wants to go 140kph or 160kph so they weave all over the road looking for a hole to pass though, and if aggressive enough, just takes to the shoulders to pass. Yeah - peachy. So wanna know why this is 🐂💩 For the same reason it always is: Thailand doesn't have even one patrol car on the road looking for highly aggressive drivers who are responsible for the road accident, and pulling people over and issuing tickets and testing for alcohol. Doesn't happen here - never will. They may have a radar gun set up somewhere, but that is just a revenue generator - it accomplishes nothing. So dear Thailand: take the word salad as add a topping of blood and gore, and there you have it: A typical Thai holiday on Thai Roads, dead bodies, carnage, and all.

The next thing we're going to hear is that he's converted to Islam.

My guess is that you couldn't handle life wherever you use to live. You probably were in the piss most of the time there too. So you sought a change in SE Asian. So instead of indulging in the culture, you involved yourself in the decadence that is easy enough to find here because this isn't an over-the-top-Christian-based-moralistic society where everyone suffers from angst and guilt like they do in the West. You brought your Western values with you and tried to carve out a spot in Thai culture that would meet your Western desires. What did you find? You found Thailand viewed through the Western bubble which enveloped you - so now you blame your problems on Thailand. Did you immerse into the culture including Buddhism? Let me answer that for you: "No!' So now you're "In Recovery" and "receiving excellent care from a brilliant team of doctors" who, knowing your past posts, are probably out of the price range of the rest of us peasants and low-lifes. bob/Don/whatever_you're_calling_yourself_now: You have problems. And whether you are in Kobe, or Bangkok, or New York, or London, or Dubai - you'll still have problems - it's not about your surroundings, they aren't the problem - the problem is inside you, and ever right now - you're not facing it and dealing with it. Start with "Humility" in your recovery. Until you find that, you're spinning your wheels, spraying mud everywhere, and going nowhere. I'd wish you luck, but you have yet to hit bottom. Until you do, it's a game to you. Get over yourself.

Yep - and they assume that everyone else are alcoholics like themselves and all those other people are in denial and need to be in recovery because they themselves have now found their God of Recovery, and of course, everyone else must as well. Underneath an alcoholic in a 12 step program is someone who religiously beliefs that all his/her friends and acquaintances are alcoholics in denial. Then they get self-righteous. What they can't fathom is that a lot of people can take it or leave it and alcohol consumption doesn't rule their lives. It makes them overbearing as they constantly talk about their "addiction" when others just want to crack a beer open and socialize. I've lost acquaintances who were full blown alcoholics "in recovery for years" and they can be a real PITA to have around in social circles where normal people who don't drink all of the time decide of have a gathering with beer, wine, and other beverages. It's best if these people hang in their own circle of friends. They are like an evangelist who has "found God" and now believes that you need to "find God" too - or else! So OP. Just quit. Stay with your friends who are in recovery, and don't come back. You'll be happier. So will we.

I'm guessing he's in a residential 12 step program.

The longer I live here, the less interested I am in being in any other condition other than dealing with reality. I've done enough alcohol and other chemical enhancement over my lifetime to have have experience one hell of a wide-range, depth, and breadth of realities. Now I meditate. I enjoyed the alternated realities, but you have to live in this one, so you might was well go into it's depth and figure out what's there by enhancing the perception naturally. But hey, if you want to be bombed out of your gourde, feel free. Been there, done that, it's gotten old.

Good to hear bob. Well, until you fall off the wagon.

Good - it's junk science.

You're thinking too much - stop it!

Really. I don't. But I was listening to some woman at my dentist would walked outside and down a flight of stairs to have a conversation on her phone, and I could hear it all. Just ridiculous. These people have no sense of their surroundings at all.

Oh for f*** sake! NOW! I'm going to pronounce it every chance I have. "OFFFFF - TTTTTTIN.

Yeah 7 bucks a can.

The is as leafy as a Kamala Harris Word Salad.

You mean the "hefty" 36% tariff in response to Thailand's even heftier 72% tariff. How about Zero - Zero Tariffs. Nah - gotta stiff the US while blaming it on the US.

Exactly! And all Israelis, especially brave IDF veterans, should be allowed to be tour guides. Not allowing them to do jobs that Thais can't do, like guiding Hebrew speaking Israelis, just just makes Thailand look like a hot-bed of antisemitism and anti-Israeli sentiment. These poor people just want to be able to make a honest living in Thailand and to provide a service that Thais can't provide. The laws must be changed to show acceptance for all Israeli expats wishing to live and work in Thailand by providing tour-guide services for young Israeli children and tourists who would otherwise not be able to enjoy Thailand due to cultural and language barriers.

Well that's antisemitic. He should be allowed to be a tour-guide if he want's to be a tour-guide. Bad Thais!

I've got an idea Thailand - drop your tariffs on US goods to 0. There - solved your problem.

I did an AI search looking for a list of damaged building. The search quoted AN's article and other than that, pretty much nada. "I searched official sources like the DPT’s website (dpt.go.th), news outlets such as The Nation Thailand and Bangkok Post, and posts on X for a detailed list in either Thai or English. The DPT site doesn’t seem to have released a public list as of today, April 8, 2025. News articles, including one from The Nation Thailand on April 1, 2025, mention specific closures—like four government buildings (e.g., Thosaminthrathirat Building at Rajavithi Hospital and Lerdsin Hospital)—but these don’t account for all 55. An X post from The Nation Thailand on April 6, 2025, references 52 state office buildings, including the Immigration Bureau and Revenue Department offices, but again, no full list is linked or detailed." - Grok 3

And that list of building is published where?

Look at me Look at me Look at me Look at me Look at me This seems to be the new look for AseanNow. You can go back in archive.org and view the original site where you could easily scroll though the various topics and happening all throughout Thailand with the topics all easily viewable on one page. Now? Now we have AseanNarcissistsNow where a handful of members clamor to be ShadowRanked and their inane posts promoted as being something important when it's basically collective sappy tosh. And then follows a bunch of "new members" whose posts sound just like old members who are collectively screaming: Look at me Look at me Look at me Look at me Look at me ala bob smith 👆THIS pretty much sums it up 👆 ThaiVisa/AseanNow has seen much, much better days. What I'd actually like to see promoted is that same, easy-to-view format we had 10 years ago instead of the new narcissist-centric format of today. Look at me gawd <gag>