exactly, but then the point that they are able to retire stands. I taught in China for a few years, it was fun in my 20's but i didn't do it for the sport of it haha. Hard work!
Traffic is just so bad, live near the bts somewhere and grab for anything beyond that. There are also great services available for further trips like huahin etc.
Though with a surname like yours you may prefer a car 😅
i don't make a habit of eating live creatures but of you think about it, fish eat live shrimp. And i think it would probably be a less painful death than being scooped up in a net and thrown into a crate to slowly suffocate on my way to a fish market to be eaten dead.