If you were going to be born today?

[sidjameson]

You can only choose the country nothing else. What country would you choose and how far up the list would being born in Thailand be?

 

I'd choose Norway  ( sovereign wealth fund and good education system) 

 

Thailand would be around the 50th best country.

 

I love Thailand but wouldn't want to be born here.

[Harrisfan]

8 minutes ago, sidjameson said:

You can only choose the country nothing else. What country would you choose and how far up the list would being born in Thailand be?

 

I'd choose Norway  ( sovereign wealth fund and good education system) 

 

Thailand would be around the 50th best country.

 

I love Thailand but wouldn't want to be born here.

Mars in the Musk Dome

[still kicking]

5 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

Mars in the Musk Dome

Make sure you don't come back

[Pique Dard]

3 hours ago, sidjameson said:

I love Thailand but wouldn't want to be born here.

So you asked to be born, and be in Norway? I wish I could talk to your parents and ask them  how you made your request

[fredwiggy]

USA and Thailand not on the list.

[BritManToo]

America!

[Lacessit]

Any of the Scandinavian countries.

[Ralf001]

Birth Country - Switzerland.

Mother  - Norwegian.

Father - Australian.

Raised in - America.

 

I reckon thats bout the best combo.

[KhunLA]

Of the only 2 I've lived in, I'd choose USA over TH.  Growing up poor there, is definitely better than growing up poor in TH.

[dutch boy]

Netherlands but of course!

 

 

 

 

Thailand would be next to last somewhere near Somalia.

 

 

[Stocky]

11 hours ago, sidjameson said:

If you were going to be born today?

I'd probably strangle myself with the umbilical cord.

[Tropicalevo]

52 minutes ago, Stocky said:

I'd probably strangle myself with the umbilical cord.

 

If I was born today, knowing what I know now, yes - suicide at the earliest opportunity.

[Tropicalevo]

12 hours ago, sidjameson said:

I'd choose Norway  ( sovereign wealth fund and good education system) 

 

But a tad too close to Russia 

[RSD1]

It’s an interesting question, but one I don’t really have a definitive answer for. A lot depends on what you value most in life, and I can’t think of a single country that checks every box.

 

Ideally, you’d want to grow up in a place with a great climate, no extreme weather, beautiful nature, good food, low crime, a strong education system, no wars, no religious fanaticism, freedom of speech, a widely spoken native language, and a passport that makes global travel easy.

 

Very few countries, if any, meet all these criteria. But if I had to pick, Switzerland and Spain seem to check more boxes than most.

[BritManToo]

6 minutes ago, RSD1 said:

It’s an interesting question, but one I don’t really have a definitive answer for. A lot depends on what you value most in life, and I can’t think of a single country that checks every box.

 

Ideally, you’d want to grow up in a place with a great climate, no extreme weather, beautiful nature, good food, low crime, a strong education system, no wars, no religious fanaticism, freedom of speech, a widely spoken native language, and a passport that makes global travel easy.

 

Very few countries, if any, meet all these criteria. But if I had to pick, Switzerland and Spain seem to check more boxes than most.

San Francisco or the Florida Keys for me.

But I don't think there's really freedom of speech anywhere, just choices of different limitations.

[Harrisfan]

2 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

Birth Country - Switzerland.

Mother  - Norwegian.

Father - Australian.

Raised in - America.

 

I reckon thats bout the best combo.

You actually put thought into it. Croc Dundee dad, model mum. Coached in tennis by Federer. Live in the US and be coached by Agassi. 

[Ralf001]

3 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

You actually put thought into it. Croc Dundee dad, model mum. Coached in tennis by Federer. Live in the US and be coached by Agassi. 

 

I did... but in reality, I would not like to be born anywhere into this current world of woke <deleted>.

 

Need to go to the times when you <deleted> up as a child... ya old man kicked ya ass.

[Harrisfan]

1 minute ago, Ralf001 said:

 

I did... but in reality, I would not like to be born anywhere into this current world of woke <deleted>.

I'd love to be an elite f1 driver or tennis player.

[Ralf001]

Just now, Harrisfan said:

I'd vote to be an elite f1 driver or tennis player.

I'd learn to tie a noose before I could talk... and hang my self.

[xtrnuno41]

I would scream to my mother to take me back in the womb again.

[Lacessit]

2 hours ago, BritManToo said:

San Francisco or the Florida Keys for me.

But I don't think there's really freedom of speech anywhere, just choices of different limitations.

The Florida Keys are transient land. The next hurricane could demolish them.

 

Freedom of speech is no problem for people who keep their mouths shut.

[newbee2022]

15 hours ago, sidjameson said:

What country would you choose and how far up the list would being born in Thailand be?

Why not Thailand? Any country without Trump's influence

[Surasak]

2 hours ago, newbee2022 said:

Why not Thailand? Any country without Trump's influence

The man is very busy with putting the world to rights, give him a little more time and I am sure he will get here.

[Surasak]

I think I would apply to put it off for 20/30 years, things may improve by then? On the other hand....

[Ben Zioner]

Amazing that no one mentions New Zealand, or even Australia. 

 

Thailand would be on the very bottom of the list, obviously. Unless my parents were in the top 1% income level.. 

[klauskunkel]

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If you were going to be born today?

What country would you choose

1) If I was born today I would be less than a day old and seriously doubt to be able to make any choice of anything...

how would I have developed the facilities, experiences and articulation to do that?

2) If I was born today, I would have most probably been born in a country already, so my choice would have to have been made before birth, in utero. As such your parameters are paradoxical.

However, I would be interested in hearing your explanation.

[newbee2022]

2 hours ago, Surasak said:

The man is very busy with putting the world to rights, give him a little more time and I am sure he will get here.

'putting the world to rights"

 

More to the right ❗

[RayWright]

Would have said AUS, but it's so Woke down there, maybe after Albo looses in May, a different direction might improve things.

On that matter, then Singapore. 

Speaks English, crime and litter free, handy location to fly anywhere, good education, foods good, so is the National Beer.

[NoshowJones]

19 hours ago, Lacessit said:

The Florida Keys are transient land. The next hurricane could demolish them.

 

Freedom of speech is no problem for people who keep their mouths shut.

What sort of life has anyone got who keeps their mouth shut?

[Lacessit]

Just now, NoshowJones said:

What sort of life has anyone got who keeps their mouth shut?

Actions speak louder than words. Ben Hogan rarely said anything on the golf course, he let his golf do the talking for him.

 

Calvin Coolidge was known as Silent Cal. His presidency was noted for restoring confidence in government, after the scandals of the Harding administration.