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More Serious About Coffee
I used to go to a bamboo coffee shop in Wat Yan she had many moka pots going at the same time -
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Thailand Holds Off on 30-Day Visa-Free Change Decision
I see the pathetic and hopeless Thai bureaucratic state is at it again. The constant flip flop by the clowns in the banana republic. They don't seem to understand that people are tired of putting up with their nonsense and many will move on from Thailand. -
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Fox News Poll Finds Donald Trump Approval Underwater on Economy
In the latest Fox News polling, which was carried out from March 14 to 17, a majority of registered voters said they disapprove of Trump's handling of the economy thus far: 56 percent of respondents disapproved while 43 percent approved—meaning the president's approval on the issue is underwater by a double-digit 13 point margin. Notably, that's a sharp reversal from the trend during Trump's first term in office, when his approval on handling the economy was consistently above water in Fox News polls. Even in December 2020 right before he left office, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Trump's approval on the economy stood at 52 percent, with 48 percent disapproving. https://www.newsweek.com/fox-news-poll-finds-donald-trump-approval-underwater-economy-2048063 -
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Favourite cafes
it's obvious, if the coffee doesn't taste good vs other shops i.e. beans not good, milk not good, then it's most likely because they don't know what good coffee is like -
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Are Thai teens more mature than West
Which makes them not necessarily more mature. But indeed, the infantilization of youngsters in the west has created many weird circumstances, where people are old enough to vote, drive or become a soldier, but have the emotional maturity and social ability of 12 year olds. I am not sure what is better. Having a stunted childhood as many Thai youth have who need to look after themselves early (especdially those from poor backgrounds), or the padded extended childhood the west now often offers... the brain matures at 25 and we all live longer, so maybe, in balance, we would have the luxury of not rushing to become adults. -
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Does the inequality ever make you uncomfortable?
How a (believing) Thai would look at it: you are living out your Kamma. You might believe in the delusion that being rich(er) makes you luckier or happier. But the truth is, that it prevents you from seeing the true nature of things, as it makes it all the more difficult for you to let go from earthly things. For a rich person it might be especially difficult to be magnaminous or giving. But, as long as you are willing to give, are polite, merititious and respect your elders, you are not in a bad place... yet. How I handle it? I try to self-reflect and try to pair my comparable financial richness with appropriate volitional and positive actions -- as you already do, too. But it does not weigh on my conscience.
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