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So, enforce stricter regulations, but no word on what the stricter regulations will be. Great reporting Pattaya Mail

Note* - for clarity, this is a repost of an article from NotTheNation that was originally posted in 2011 - it is not intended to be current news or to mislead the perceptually diminished amongst us. ----------- 23 Dec 2011 BANGKOK – As the year draws to a close, Thailand’s professional soothsayers and astrologers have issued their annual predictions. Their unanimous verdict is that 2012 will be a great year for their industry, concurrent with it being a poor year for human intelligence, rational thought, and deductive reasoning. “2012 is the year we’ve all been waiting for,” said fortune teller Varin Buaviratlert. “With the continued hype around the mispenterpretation of the Mayan calender predicting the end of the world, people are genuinely terrified of fabricated dangers like no other time in recent history.” According to Varin, the year 2012 also figures prominently in a number of pseudo-scientific belief systems such as numerology, New Age cosmology, and the last season of “The X-Files” where it was chosen as the year of the alien invasion. “You’d think a TV show that ended a decade ago wouldn’t still freak people out,” he said, “but you’d be wrong.” Additionally, the continuing challenges in the world economy and national politics will also make it a very good year for the unscientific prediction industry, said Army fortune teller Lieutenant General Pattrasilp Sudsa-ngaun. “Thais really want predictions about the government and Thaksin because they’re in denial of reality,” he explained. “All I have to do is announce that I had a dream that Yingluck would be overthrown and within an hour I get 30,000 web hits and a thousand links from yellow-mad groups on Facebook. It’s the world’s easiest job.” The recent flood disasters and threat of terrorism add up to a “perfect storm of public hunger for bullshit,” said fortune teller Paweena Vasanaruengsuk. “The flooding made people feel unsafe in their own homes. Terrorism makes them feel unsafe away from their homes. And people like me thrive on exploiting people’s insecurities,” she said. “People want certainty and a sense of control over their lives in these uncertain times. Of course, no one can actually provide that. But just having a false sense of it is worth money. Lots of money.” Overriding all the other concerns for 2012 is the greatest anxiety of all for the Thai people, according to predictor Phanuwat Phanwichartkul. “As a nation and a people we’re all concerned for the health of His Majesty,” Phanuwat explained. “But since we’re not allowed to discuss the thing that we fear the most, we displace those fears into other anxieties. Thais are all feeling an itch that they can’t scratch. So we scratch it. For a fee.” Astrology Academy director Kornharis Buasuang noted that the human reaction to fear was to seek out familiar comforts, such as family or an assuring authority figure. “Studies have shown that fewer than 5% of humans think rationally when they are scared,” he explained. “And with economic recession, global crises, a crumbling environment, political failures at every level, rumors about our beloved monarch, superstitions about aliens and ancient calenders, all of it amplified by the hysterical, anti-scientific bullhorn of the Internet, 2012 might see human society devolve into complete mental regression.” “Which is good for us, of couse,” he added. https://web.archive.org/web/20120126203717/http://notthenation.com/2011/12/fortune-tellers-predict-record-breaking-stupidity-profits-in-2012/

Thailand is set to enforce stricter regulations for opening new bank accounts following the closure of over 300,000 mule accounts since November. The initiative, spearheaded by the anti-online scam center AOC 1441 in collaboration with the Bank of Thailand, the Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO), and the Securities and Exchange Commission, combats the misuse of banking services for fraudulent activities. Minister of Digital Economy and Society Prasert Jantararuangtong reported that these regulations, set to be implemented by June 1, require all banks to rigorously apply the “Customer Due Diligence (CDD)” approach, mandating thorough scrutiny of potential account holders and the purposes for which they intend to use their accounts. AMLO Deputy Secretary-General Pol Maj Gen Eakkarak Limsunggas shared insights into the scale of the problem, estimating that the total number of mule accounts could be as many as one million currently. These accounts are often linked to influential community figures who coerce or pay vulnerable individuals to use their identities to open accounts involved in scams. The police have also discovered instances where over 50 bank accounts were registered under a single individual’s name. https://www.pattayamail.com/thailandnews/thailand-set-to-enforce-stricter-regulations-for-opening-new-bank-accounts-459864

Zis is the truth

Speaking of excessive amounts of gold.....wonder what ever happened to Tim Ward

Even if not going drinking, don’t wear all your gold on show, coz ya look like a prick

Gentlemen, ladies, in order to avoid posting an apology, perhaps I should be clear. The statement that one may have one's drink spiked, because one is wearing gold, is clear, but unintentional, in my original post. What I meant to convey, is that some get their drink spiked, regardless of being weighed down by gold. And that the theft of such gold, whilst related to one being comatose, likely from drink spiking, is primarily confirmation, of the comatose nature of one's drunk, or spiking. And to belabour the point, when going drinking, don't wear all yer gold.

Looks to me as if the man on the motorcycle stopped out of curiosity, then got aware of the necklace and took it.

People who spike others don’t allow their victim to leave Bar / Nightclub / Room etc and follow them down the street until drugs kick in. Poor excuse

1/. Put on your best expensive gold necklace and or bracelet. 2/. Go drinking in Pattaya/Bangkok/Thailand/SEA. 3/. When/if you wake up, if the gold is gone, yes, your drink was spiked. https://thepattayanews.com/2024/05/01/laotian-man-passed-out-on-pattaya-street-says-he-was-robbed-of-80000-baht-gold-necklace/ *note, the Lao man, may have just been an inexperienced drinker.

Gentlemen, boardmembers in fear of suffering a heart attack after entering a romantic relationship with a willing lady under the influence of stimulating pharmacy like for example Viagra might be interested to learn as follows: A heart attack is the result of a blockade of the coronary arteries, usually result of previous mistakes like smoking, high level of cholesterol, overweight and so on. In other words, result of a lengthy process. I remember a documentation on the German TV soon after introduction of Viagra where Pattaya barworker "Wee" confirmed that some of her customers according to her experience " Did not come" , meaning after swallowing a dose of Viagra they developed a hardon like never before but could not ejaculate, resulting in consecutive effort but leading into death. The famous " Sudden cardiac arrest ". In this respect I wish to adjust the findings of the honorable Samut Prakan police forces. So have no fear. As long as you do not overstretch your related potential, you should be on the safe side. I am an expert in this field because I survived a cardiac arrest in 2011 whilst executing my daily 100 push-ups, both feet on a chair. You get maximum 10 minutes til somebody comes round the corner with a defibrillator. They did.

That Facebook page is special 55555 https://pattayaone.news/thai-taxi-driver-dies-of-heart-attack-after-taking-viagra-at-orgy-in-samut-prakan/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR392Ii65shD_J5VkZe-O5cx_a7fnJhsk_VXzHP5zoDH-USv-SQVwwqOGtA_aem_AcQOW26DsPy7Vpx2TBCf8FLKDS7gGdQp7OA5Hcj2awKEt-mmGT5B2F-ZFyJWgBOiDCjdgF3Siyf3bK_FS19KQD8v

The “Isetan” sticker, as mentioned in the article gets me. “Isetan” is a Japanese Department store that pulled out of Central World / Thailand four years ago

Somebody has obviously be left out of the carve up.

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has instructed the police to take serious action against the ‘taxi mafia’ at the Ratchaprasong area. These taxi drivers reportedly do not use meters and extort tourists. The premier ordered the police and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration to look into the issue of ‘taxi sticker’ bribes, particularly taxis idling in front of the CentralWorld shopping mall. Following images shared on the “Taxi Driver Thailand” Facebook page showing taxis parked in a special lane in front of CentralWorld, it was noted that these taxis, identified by a sticker on the back window, are allegedly allowed by officials to pick up passengers without using meters, creating a negative image for tourism. etc etc etc https://www.pattayamail.com/thailandnews/pm-orders-crackdown-on-taxi-mafia-at-ratchaprasong-bangkok-459632

more - Trump's Truth Social Russian finance According to The Guardian, in December 2021, two loans totaling $8 million (~$8.87 million in 2023) were paid to Trump Media from obscure Putin-connected entities as the company was "on the brink of collapse". $2 million was paid by Paxum Bank, part-owned by Anton Postolnikov, a relation of Aleksandr Smirnov, a former Russian government official who now runs the Russian maritime company Rosmorport. $6 million was paid by an ostensibly separate entity, ES Family Trust, whose director was the director of Paxum Bank at the same time. As of March 2023, prosecutors in the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York were investigating the Russian ties.[50][51] The Washington Post reported that Trump Media paid a $240,000 finder's fee as part of the arrangement, allegedly to a party associated with Digital World.[52] The federal probe into investors of DWAC, according to The Washington Post, discovered that a wealthy investor in the company was allegedly connected to attempts to allegedly move assets from Russia, Ukraine, and China into the Caribbean, and other intermediaries such as Hong Kong, United Kingdom and Belize. According to a government transcript, an informant referenced the process as "the full Singapore with a double dip, as we call it, with having the U.K. thrown in there, just to give it that added cleanliness and polishing off."[53] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_Social

Not sure I agree with that. If the act itself is only for the givers recognition without any real concern for the beneficiary the end result loses the definition of charity. Charity is the act of giving with any expectations of something in return.

Gentlemen, all kind o charity-like activities only exist due to immediately being brought to public attention. In the end only the result matters though.

No, my comment “I Hope he has….etc” was genuine concern meaning that since he is now in Pattaya News and his visa would have been issued by Pattaya Immigration office, that he has Digital Nomads Visa. These are the types of things immigration look out for, it doesn’t matter if he only makes 500 Baht a year they will be in him. This Article is specific YouTube, but it does mention other bloggers and influencers. Trust me, a neighbour of mine got busted for running a monetized travel / food blog a few months back, so it does happen

Fair enough - I read the above as such - to me it was implied. It came across that way to me. Regarding the TikTok numbers - I simply looked at his video numbers the same as anybody can. I did not see a video above 1 million views. Around 750k was the top - not my figures at all - the figures are there to see plain and simple. Agree there are plenty of attention whores out there, but this guy is hardly making a living off it. My $1 per hour estimate I think is accurate. The way I see it his "content" is simply trying to raise money for more helmets - not to make a living off. Personally I would rather see someone do something like this if they are genuine, than someone not do it at all... if that makes sense.

Yet from the article with some of his TikTok videos receiving more than one million views So, what do we believe, your figures or the article? What I stated was, that if he was doing this out of the goodness of his heart, he would just do it and that would be the end. But no, he has to film it and post online saying “Look at me, look how kind hearted I am” attention whore And where did I say “I wanted him deported?” all I stated was I hope he has the correct visa, stop trying to put words into my mouth

Anyone else flabbergasted? They are usually so squeaky clean!

Yeah fuck that guy for making a few dollars whilst doing a good deed or two. You tell him mate. For ref - he has less followers on YT and Facebook than I do, and I make 0 dollars on those platforms. Regarding those TikTok numbers - $40 per million clicks you say? One video has 750k views, a few have 20-50k, most have 2k or around there, or under. Whilst I have no idea how TikTok pays out, that $50 or whatever it works out to be would work out to less than a dollar per hour going by how much content he has put out there - never mind the cost of whatever he uses to create it (granted - could be a mobile phone that he would own anyway). He also has a website that sells "digital art" - it looks pretty good, well, different anyway. Most of his art pieces on that site don't have a lot of "views" (under 20) but sell for $150 from memory. No way of telling how many of them he has sold. But yeah - greedy bugger.. fuck him for having a go hey - hope he gets deported and nobody gets free helmets anymore... sigh

Agree discord is hardly regulated at all other than by the person/people who own the specific server. I use it a bit for gaming and some of the shit that is out there on discord is just sick.