No need to overthink it, general advice for anything. I posted this for people to share tips they learned themselves in specific countries or cities, it could be as simple as a food recommendation or a specific campsite you thought was superior to others. Let the person reading it determine whether it fits into their budget or itinerary, should they choose to take the advice.

I’ll start with a couple across Thailand.

Seek out all the Khao soi in Chiang Mai Thailand.

Also, Avoid any elephant attraction that let’s you ride them there (“Elephant Nature Park” is one of the few ethical places to get up close to elephants there)

Smile and keep your cool. This one sounds dumb but saving face is more important in their culture, so even when you’re frustrated or having a bad day, curb the attitude…this might be more universal than we realize.

Don’t sleep on the night market (or “Sunday walking street”) in Chiang Mai - great food to be found there, souvenirs as well - I got some great hand carved teak wood art hanging on my walls and I watched the guy make it.

This one is company specific, but when in Phuket, check out John Gray sea canoe. They do boat trips into the bay and let you kayak around the hongs, some trip packages offer overnight camp stays on them where your group has the island to yourselves, it’s very unique, I’d highly recommend it - they also cook good food for you on the boat.

A less specific rec for Chiang Mai area, do a homestay experience… I did this one weekend with a couple others where we were driven up into the mountains- very rural areas and stayed with a Thai family. They cooked us some incredible food and showed us around the property, it was like a misty jungle mountain setting with coffee plants all over the place. Also, we had quite the language barrier with them but there was enough effort on both sides to really enjoy each other’s company, the hospitality was awesome.

Another one that kind of breaks my own rule on the location specific part, but, book a food tour early on in your trip - not to shill for a specific company, but I’ve always had good luck with “secret food tours” - the guides give a great walking tour loop around a city center with 5-7 stops so you learn the immediate area, a handful of great eateries to go back to for more/other dishes or treats they offer, and you learn a bit of the history of the city along the way. Also, talking with a tour guide early on for any other suggested spots they may have - must eats/sees, etc…

Another rule breaker, if you like trying all the local delicacies, take some time to research the best places to eat and drink and drop pins on your map app… Then, when you’re wandering the city and pull your map up for directions, you can make pit stops at the places you had interest in eating or checking out - makes planning things on the fly easier.

Oh yeah, and avoid travel in the north of Thailand after February for a few months, it’s burn season there for the farmers and air quality can really suck at times. The mountains form a bit of a half bowl around Chiang Mai and you can get stagnant air trapped there.

If you like basic racing games, mad skills mx 3 is pretty fun once you get the hang of it. Straight rhythm tracks, find the fastest line and set the fastest time to compete with everyone.

Looks cool! Reminds me of doing something similar a couple years ago with a strawberry cake. Mine was a pretty amateur attempt so it’s a bit sloppy, but goddamn it was delicious… The batter had macerated - then reduced fresh strawberries go into it, very strawberry forward flavor throughout

He was brought to the US to be Trumps personal sex slave trafficker. He got poached instead of imprisoned.

Motocross.

Love watching the pros and talking all about it. Recently got a coworker into it and it’s been fun explaining all the ins and outs of the sport and, as a past rider, trying to relate track conditions/difficulties to him

One of the weirdest metaphors I’ve seen in a while.

I’ve also yet to come across censorship favoring fascists here.

This sounds like it could’ve been a headline you see watching Black Mirror 6 years ago.

Looks like everyone already diagnosed for you, so I’ll recommend another solution. Cal-mag is a decent product that will help correct this.

He has been on reddit enough that I’m sure he saw the tide turning against him and his fragile ego can’t take it… Wouldn’t he surprised if he has thousands of bots on there flagging anything negative with his name in it, you aren’t the only person I’ve seen who was banned for negative Elon comments this past year

I feel like he played his role in Gladiator too well, and I didn’t like him for a while after that because he was such a good bad guy… But I’ve come around and really appreciate what he’s put out since, he’s a great actor.

Robert Duvall. Don’t know what it is about him, but I have a real distaste for any role he’s played.

Same reason Michael Jackson looked the way he did. Mental illness.

Funny part about mental illness is, comorbidities are the norm, so they likely have other “atypical” neurological traits, like sociopathy.

It really did shift pretty quickly there in the last few years. I got a permaban for saying it’d be great to be able to fly a drone around Russia from any remote spot in the world just to waste Russian soldier’s ammunition (referred to as morons) when they try to shoot it down.

Russian bot or bootlicker reported it for violence, I appealed the temp ban and they doubled down with a permaban. This was in the “combat footage” sub - the fucking irony. Called it quits after that. Feels odd not using it at all after 15ish years of it being one of the most heavily used apps on my phone (rip RiF)

In the US, they’ll likely get “51-50’d”. Sent to a medical facility for a max observation hold of 72 hours or less if a doctor clears them to leave.

I think it’s more about who you are sharing it with rather than that you are sharing it.

If I were single, I wouldn’t be calling up a friend or relative to tell them about my day, but it’s nice to share with the wife when the day was particularly difficult/good/fun/etc

The irony of them “defending” US citizenship like it’s some holy sacrament reserved for the elite, while, in the process and because of all their actions, the country is imploding into the filthiest fucking piece of shit on the planet that no one will want to touch with a ten foot pole anyways… Get me the fuck out of here.

Ha, the hammock stand is disassembled at the moment, usually goes out on the lawn. I wouldn’t dare hang my camping hammock up under these trees during spider season

Too many spiders this time of year for hanging in that corner, haha, they love it in there these later summer months. Otherwise it is a great hammock spot!