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Why are retirees so grumpy?
I can't imagine anyone in uni (if applicable, hope it is) says, "I'll go to Thailand where I can't speak the language, girls will only want my money, the heat will beat me down, and i'll cough because of the smoke as immigration bangs on my door while I eat my 20 baht noodle soup!!!" This has been a great decade escape before retirement. Probably one more year and then back home. I can't tell you how many farangs have asked me for money, favors, confessed crimes, drank at noon, etc......that's fine but it's not for me forever. girls are fine, but not to marry. deep conversation impossible place is beautiful, and a decade is long enough to enjoy. easy, easy, easy, easy life. that's what i wanted, but not forever. cheapest place in the world as far as food and housing (except for the weekly farang food). yes, things are getting more expensive now but it's relative. you must be social, make real friends, connections, be rooted in a community. that's not really possible here, i saw that during COVID. that's fine, never called this place home. but I think overall everyone (Thais) have been wonderful. slight regret. 10 years was too long. 7-8 was right. everyone should do it, but if you have the financial means i'd rather be cold with a support group when i get well into my retirement. to each their own. some love it, some deal with it, some hate it. i'll rank this place 87/100. grumpy is, IMO, about regret and we must own it ourself. Has a little to do with Thailand, but more about a cumulation of bad decisions. When I was 28, I bet I knew this lifestyle would happen to me. 10 years of a real job back in America or 10 years of escape in Thailand. The grass isn't greener, just different. I'd probably be slightly grumpy back home as well. Only slightly. "so grumpy" really means you are lost, no hope, defeatist. Yes, you see that here and back home. very sad. could happen to anyone. -
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Crime Brawl Erupts Between Two Indian Restaurants in Bangkok Over Customer Dispute
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"We all are going to die!"
Transcript of Ernst apology from DesMoines Register: "Hello everyone. I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely apologize for a statement that I made yesterday at my town hall," she began, before describing the incident. "I made an incorrect assumption that everyone in the auditorium understood that yes, we are all going to perish from this Earth," she said. "So I apologize. And I’m really, really glad that I did not have to bring up the subject of the tooth fairy as well. "But for those that would like to see eternal and everlasting life, I encourage you to embrace my lord and savior, Jesus Christ," she added. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/31/iowa-sen-joni-ernst-posts-sarcastic-apology-after-viral-medicaid-comments-we-all-are-going-to-die/83967492007/ -
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So Long And Thanks For All The Fish - Ukraine bombs Russian Nuclear Bombers
Do the Russias have any agency? Russia invades Ukraine then acts then acts like the victim. You need to watch this video. -
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So Long And Thanks For All The Fish - Ukraine bombs Russian Nuclear Bombers
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