Just now, Rockyroad said:

Dogs are better than most farangs in Thailand!

You certainly prove that point with your particular behaviour on here!

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4 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

i suspect you don't mix enough with foreigners, only Thai with limited English which is why you qre endlessly having arguments on here and numerous profile names

What I find interesting about this post, is that five people placed positive comments on statements that are not only untrue, but that don't appear to have any correlation with reality.

That I don't mix with foreigners. Obviously untrue, as my girl is not Thai. That I only mix with Thais who have limited English. Again, obviously untrue. In addition to that, all of the Thai people I count as friends speak English at least in conversational form. Even the ex bar girl whom I know is able to discuss human psychology in English. Other Thai friends and acquaintances are successful business owners and high ranking police and military men.

What I think is really meant, is that I do not mix enough with a certain low class of foreigner. That is true.

I don't go out drinking and I don't frequent knocking shops nor even spend time in those areas in general.

So I don't meet that kind of foreigner. I meet them solely on forums and get to read about their lives that way. Coupled with real life observations, you can build up a picture of their lives. Somewhat like a human zoo. Anyone with even a passing interest in anthropology might understand my interest.

That's the reality. I don't mix with that kind of person in my own country, so why would I consort with them anywhere else?

What it tells me, is that those people don't care about the substance, but that they just want to express their resentment. But why the resentment? If they are happy with their lives and choices, they might express happiness.

But deep down, they are not. They seem to thrive on hate. Often other foreigners.

You can even guess which ones might have a drinking problem.

For my part, I am simply observing and learning about my environment. It's all interesting 😊 I don't take it personally. I just say what I see. It's not win or lose for me, but the simple sharing of information.

Just now, scottiejohn said:

You certainly prove that point with your particular behaviour on here!

I think we are all proving something or the other. You too, of course. That's okay. It would only be a waste of time if you aren't using the experience to improve.

Just now, IsmeUno said:

What I find interesting about this post, is that five people placed positive comments on statements that are not only untrue, but that don't appear to have any correlation with reality.

That I don't mix with foreigners. Obviously untrue, as my girl is not Thai. That I only mix with Thais who have limited English. Again, obviously untrue. In addition to that, all of the Thai people I count as friends speak English at least in conversational form. Even the ex bar girl whom I know is able to discuss human psychology in English. Other Thai friends and acquaintances are successful business owners and high ranking police and military men.

What I think is really meant, is that I do not mix enough with a certain low class of foreigner. That is true.

I don't go out drinking and I don't frequent knocking shops nor even spend time in those areas in general.

So I don't meet that kind of foreigner. I meet them solely on forums and get to read about their lives that way. Coupled with real life observations, you can build up a picture of their lives. Somewhat like a human zoo. Anyone with even a passing interest in anthropology might understand my interest.

That's the reality. I don't mix with that kind of person in my own country, so why would I consort with them anywhere else?

What it tells me, is that those people don't care about the substance, but that they just want to express their resentment. But why the resentment? If they are happy with their lives and choices, they might express happiness.

But deep down, they are not. They seem to thrive on hate. Often other foreigners.

You can even guess which ones might have a drinking problem.

For my part, I am simply observing and learning about my environment. It's all interesting 😊 I don't take it personally. I just say what I see. It's not win or lose for me, but the simple sharing of information.

Forum attracts non Thai speakers. Hookers and beer. That's their life.

Just now, Rockyroad said:

Forum attracts non Thai speakers. Hookers and beer. That's their life.

Your here, aren't you?

On 4/19/2026 at 9:51 AM, Lacessit said:

"The whole world's mad, except thee and me, And I am not too sure about thee". ( Attributed to Robert Owen, a Welsh Utopian Socialist )

There are many schools named Robert Owen inteuk

They tended to be rough joints they fostered criminals and dossers

You guys might find magic mushrooms helpful.

From the Guardian

A single dose of psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, can induce anatomical changes in the brain, according to research among people who took the psychedelic compound for the first time.

Scientists spotted apparent changes in the brain’s structure which were still apparent a month after healthy volunteers took the drug. If confirmed, they may help explain the therapeutic effects that psychedelics can have on anxiety, depression and addiction, researchers said.

Evidence for the changes came from specialised scans that measured the diffusion of water along nerve bundles in the brain. They suggested that some nerve tracts had become denser and more robust after the drug was taken. While the findings are preliminary, the scientists said the opposite was seen in ageing and dementia.

“It’s remarkable to see potential anatomical brain changes one month after a single dose of any drug,” said Prof Robin Carhart-Harris, a neurologist at the University of California, San Francisco, and senior author on the study. “We don’t yet know what these changes mean, but we do note that overall, people showed positive psychological changes in this study, including improved wellbeing and mental flexibility.”

Scientists have long sought to understand how psychedelics affect the brain and the work has gained fresh impetus in the wake of trials and studies that suggest the compounds could be used to treat a range of mental health disorders. The drugs are thought to help by boosting flexible thinking and allowing people to escape destructive cognitive ruts.

In the latest study, Carhart-Harris and colleagues at Imperial College London explored the “entropic brain effect”, in which neural activity becomes more varied on psychedelics; the impact of the drug on people’s wellbeing alongside any functional or anatomical changes in the brain.

To start, 28 healthy volunteers who had never taken a psychedelic were given 1mg of psilocybin, a small enough dose to be considered a placebo. The scientists then used electroencephalography (EEG) to measure their brain activity via electrodes on the scalp.

The volunteers completed a raft of tests over the next few weeks to measure their wellbeing, depth of psychological insight and the flexibility of their thinking. Meanwhile, functional MRI scans and a technique called diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) monitored their brains.

A month after the placebo, participants took a single 25mg dose of psilocybin, enough to elicit a powerful psychedelic experience. During the trip and for weeks after, the scientists ran the same tests and brain monitoring to see what happened.

Within an hour of taking the drug, EEG revealed a surge in brain entropy, suggesting the brain was processing a greater diversity of information. A month later, DTI scans revealed a drop in diffusion along nerve tracts running from the front to the middle of the brain. That could be caused by pruning of some nerve fibres, or the growth of nerves that are not yet covered with insulating sheaths, though more work is needed to confirm the finding.

Writing in Nature Communications, the researchers describe another key finding. Those who had the largest spike in brain entropy after psilocybin were most likely to report deeper psychological insight and better wellbeing a month later, underlining the link between flexible thinking and improved mental health. “It suggests a psychobiological therapeutic action for psilocybin,” said Carhart-Harris.

Prof Alex Kwan, a neuroscientist at Cornell University in New York, said studies in mice had shown that psychedelics can rewire connections between nerves, a form of “plasticity” that could underlie their therapeutic effects. The big question is whether the same occurs in humans. “This study comes closer than most to addressing that question, by giving evidence of lasting changes in brain structure after psychedelic use,” he said. But while the results were “exciting”, the study involved a small number of people and DTI provides an indirect and limited view of brain connections, he said.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/05/magic-mushrooms-psychedelic-changes-brain-anatomy-psilocybin?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&brid=YWdncwEqwdQpit5WSOIURChrrV_3

Just now, scubascuba3 said:

You guys might find magic mushrooms helpful.

From the Guardian

A single dose of psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, can induce anatomical changes in the brain, according to research among people who took the psychedelic compound for the first time.

Scientists spotted apparent changes in the brain’s structure which were still apparent a month after healthy volunteers took the drug. If confirmed, they may help explain the therapeutic effects that psychedelics can have on anxiety, depression and addiction, researchers said.

Evidence for the changes came from specialised scans that measured the diffusion of water along nerve bundles in the brain. They suggested that some nerve tracts had become denser and more robust after the drug was taken. While the findings are preliminary, the scientists said the opposite was seen in ageing and dementia.

“It’s remarkable to see potential anatomical brain changes one month after a single dose of any drug,” said Prof Robin Carhart-Harris, a neurologist at the University of California, San Francisco, and senior author on the study. “We don’t yet know what these changes mean, but we do note that overall, people showed positive psychological changes in this study, including improved wellbeing and mental flexibility.”

Scientists have long sought to understand how psychedelics affect the brain and the work has gained fresh impetus in the wake of trials and studies that suggest the compounds could be used to treat a range of mental health disorders. The drugs are thought to help by boosting flexible thinking and allowing people to escape destructive cognitive ruts.

In the latest study, Carhart-Harris and colleagues at Imperial College London explored the “entropic brain effect”, in which neural activity becomes more varied on psychedelics; the impact of the drug on people’s wellbeing alongside any functional or anatomical changes in the brain.

To start, 28 healthy volunteers who had never taken a psychedelic were given 1mg of psilocybin, a small enough dose to be considered a placebo. The scientists then used electroencephalography (EEG) to measure their brain activity via electrodes on the scalp.

The volunteers completed a raft of tests over the next few weeks to measure their wellbeing, depth of psychological insight and the flexibility of their thinking. Meanwhile, functional MRI scans and a technique called diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) monitored their brains.

A month after the placebo, participants took a single 25mg dose of psilocybin, enough to elicit a powerful psychedelic experience. During the trip and for weeks after, the scientists ran the same tests and brain monitoring to see what happened.

Within an hour of taking the drug, EEG revealed a surge in brain entropy, suggesting the brain was processing a greater diversity of information. A month later, DTI scans revealed a drop in diffusion along nerve tracts running from the front to the middle of the brain. That could be caused by pruning of some nerve fibres, or the growth of nerves that are not yet covered with insulating sheaths, though more work is needed to confirm the finding.

Writing in Nature Communications, the researchers describe another key finding. Those who had the largest spike in brain entropy after psilocybin were most likely to report deeper psychological insight and better wellbeing a month later, underlining the link between flexible thinking and improved mental health. “It suggests a psychobiological therapeutic action for psilocybin,” said Carhart-Harris.

Prof Alex Kwan, a neuroscientist at Cornell University in New York, said studies in mice had shown that psychedelics can rewire connections between nerves, a form of “plasticity” that could underlie their therapeutic effects. The big question is whether the same occurs in humans. “This study comes closer than most to addressing that question, by giving evidence of lasting changes in brain structure after psychedelic use,” he said. But while the results were “exciting”, the study involved a small number of people and DTI provides an indirect and limited view of brain connections, he said.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/05/magic-mushrooms-psychedelic-changes-brain-anatomy-psilocybin?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&brid=YWdncwEqwdQpit5WSOIURChrrV_3

You guys? You are here, aren't you? Why the need for constant deflections? Mental health a taboo subject to you?

I told you that you have a weird perspective on things...

I posted this in another topic but I'll add it here as it's also a good place. Good listen while you're reading others topics.

This might help those who aren't totally there as far as recognizing just what he is. It's a decent explanation where it starts and who was originally responsible. Why they do what they do. The underlying reasons Just open another tab..........................https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdjGnpOb5DI&t=728s

Edited May 15May 15 by fredwiggy

1 hour ago, fredwiggy said:

I posted this in another topic but I'll add it here as it's also a good place. Good listen while you're reading others topics.

This might help those who aren't totally there as far as recognizing just what he is. It's a decent explanation where it starts and who was originally responsible. Why they do what they do. The underlying reasons Just open another tab..........................https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdjGnpOb5DI&t=728s

Nice to see you here again @fredwiggy

I haven't seen the video. What drew you to it?

Have you found yet another narcissist? 😊 There have been so many in your life. So unfortunate.

Would you like to discuss any aspects of mental illness? Such as proclaiming that you are a man of God, a Christian, but failing to adhere to even the most basic of tenets. Or your claim to be an empath, whilst behaving in exactly the opposite manner. Would you like to address that or would you prefer to try to deflect any discussion of such anomalies in your descriptions of yourself?

This is a discussion forum...are you capable of that?