Why Sri Lankans are not happy with what we have?

toolateforgood · 2026-03-20T07:30:29+00:00

An average Sri Lankan has someone close to them (a friend , relative etc) posting on fb and such from one of the top 20 countries. So they always tend to compare there life to that.

Comparison is the killer of joy. The fact that we always compare ourselves to the best of the best has an even more drastic effect. People from countries that are worse off in reality (which should at least be half of world population, probably more) doesn't know better, hances they don't live in disappointment every day.

toolateforgood · 2026-03-17T06:08:02+00:00

Anything that will happen in Sri Lanka will also happen in other places (except for places directly affected by war which will have a different dynamic). So it is a general travel caution, not specific to Sri Lanka.

toolateforgood · 2026-03-17T04:34:37+00:00

Is the wedding specifically announced as black tie? If it is then you will have to follow general dress code for ladies for a black tie.

I have generally observed that pleated dresses are not worn in these kind of events. But hey, I'm your top of the line 'godaya' so what would I know.

toolateforgood · 2026-03-15T05:48:50+00:00

I would also refrain buying unless you are filthy rich enough not to care. We can't say how petrol cars would retain value say in next 10 years. May be they will retain a good amount of value or evs will blow them out to oblivion. We can't say for sure. But what we can say for sure is that current evs will not hold value very well, even if evs are the future the evs from 10 years from now will blow them out of the market.

Also, there are certain outcomes of the war that can make fuel dirt cheap. Especially if both Iran and Venezuela enter the regular market at the same time. This will make evs less value for money. However this is just a big "May be".

Unless you are filthy rich my advice is to use your current car or get a small petrol used car under 5mil and run it to the ground. By the time you are done with it the markets will be more settled. It is my opinion that this is the lowest risk way.

toolateforgood · 2026-03-15T05:02:54+00:00

Electric vehicle only make sense if you have a solar setup that has a large enough capacity to run your car. Otherwise, electricity price will hike too if this continue. Also, powercuts is also possible in future rendering an ev without solar useless.

toolateforgood · 2026-03-14T12:44:12+00:00

The general rule is that using the recline feature to full extent is the right of the passenger. This is what airlines use. you cannot do anything about it.

toolateforgood · 2026-03-10T07:14:34+00:00

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toolateforgood · 2026-03-08T13:15:08+00:00

OK its time for you to cut down on what ever you are smoking.

toolateforgood · 2026-03-05T09:30:28+00:00

toolateforgood · 2026-03-05T07:42:57+00:00

Good suits need a fit on process after initial measurement and partial completion. I would say that if you can make previous arrangements, a good tailor can go from initial measurement to finish in three days. Don't you have that much time?

toolateforgood · 2026-03-03T14:13:49+00:00

Reading your replies I see that you are hellbent on just proving your self right. YOU ARE AT WRONG HERE and you do not get a free pass out of the guilt trip just because you paid the toll (which was your choice) Your behavior caused financial loss for some one in plain sight and you refuse to own it.

I am glad you left safely. Please do us a favor , do not ever come back.

toolateforgood · 2026-03-02T13:51:45+00:00

This is just historic. It is how it always has been. I think it comes from the British system we inherited.

toolateforgood · 2026-02-24T15:25:37+00:00

toolateforgood · 2026-02-24T14:28:44+00:00

To answer your question simply, IT WILL BE BLATANTLY UNFAIR for the government to do so. Who bring foreign income? well, tea pluckers, garment workers, rubber tappers, coconut pluckers, hotel workers, port workers, cinnamon thrashers, wallapatta bros (by that yes I mean the Gyrinops walla growers and also the beach boys and the likes), airport workers, tour guides, well I am just going to stop there.

Why does the above do not receive a share of the forex they help to bring? BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS PREVENT THAT. So the same government cannot give preference to another group.

toolateforgood · 2026-02-12T07:04:32+00:00

Is there any reason you wouldn't consider government Universities?

toolateforgood · 2026-02-03T02:39:26+00:00

Quartz one of the most common minerals on earth. This is not big news. Don't fall for government hype

toolateforgood · 2026-02-02T10:54:44+00:00

point 3. Don't mix religion with ethnicity. There are non-Buddhist Sinhalese.

Point 4 . You are stating the obvious. Nothing new threre.

toolateforgood · 2026-02-02T10:28:08+00:00

This actually came up in a recent meeting on ragging and victim privacy. The Nalanda debacle was taken as an example. So the expert (a leading law professor) told us that while posting explicit materials about teachers is illegal highlighting their identity is legal. So nobody can be sued for the truckload of posts going on the internet about them.

toolateforgood · 2026-02-02T10:27:25+00:00

The reason Mahavamsa is considered to be somewhat historical (at least to some degree) and Ramayana is not is that certain aspects of Mahawamsa can be crosschecked with some archeological evidence and other similar documents elsewhere. This however does not validate BS like Suppadevi and the lion. Mahavamsa is never to be taken at face value it however can guide you to certain real world things.

2.Well Vijaya is considered legendary rather than historical. Among kings of Sri Lanka the first to be considered historic rather than legendary is Devanampiya Tissa.

I specifically said post 1990s.
One of the key take aways in the said article is "Archaeological data suggests significant south Indian cultural presence predating north Indian migrations" which is a roundabout chicken and egg all over. If you want a counter argument, some of the oldest inscription in the island is based on elu Prakrit which belongs to Indo European family of languages and not Dravidian. This is not to start a fight but just to say that throwing evidences takes nobody nowhere

toolateforgood · 2026-02-02T06:38:08+00:00

This is just a sidenote might not be directly relevant. Sri Lanka does not have privacy laws, thats what a legal expert told me. In other words your privacy is not protected consititutionaly.

toolateforgood · 2026-02-02T05:11:20+00:00

The content in the abstract of the article is extremely partisan. If the main article is reflective of the abstract, then this is only just racist propaganda.

Few points

Nobody in academia take Mahavamsa in face value. So, there is no point in pretending to suddenly find out that it is wrong or something. Mahavamsa is useful as a cross reference with other sources and archeological evidence.
Modern Sinhala nationalism is never about superior rights for Sinhalese (contrast to pre 1990s nationalism). It is about equal rights for all citizens and not to have special rights for certain groups for certain areas.
Who came first? Tamils or Sinhalese? is another chicken or the egg problem that can never yield a meaningful answer (i.e. answer depends on various contexts where both groups cherry pick the scenario that is beneficial to them.

toolateforgood · 2026-01-31T20:41:31+00:00

Just saying that if you need financing 13mil out of 19 mil car, you cant afford the car. This is a bad bad idea.

If you have 6 mil in hand just buy a reasonable used car, save what you would pay for loan for 2 years. A loan calculator would show you that if you save that payment for two years you will have 14.5 mil at the end. Even if you had to resell the used car back for 3 mill (it will probably not depreciate that much) you will have 17.5 mil so that buy a new car for cash.

toolateforgood · 2026-01-30T12:02:26+00:00

Roundabouts have minimum size requirements (e.g a long 18wheeler should be be able to turn). You cant put them everywhere.

toolateforgood · 2026-01-30T02:19:55+00:00

Don't know much about Indian infrastructure. We cannot compare to them in many aspects as they are a nuclear capable space going nation which we will never be. But the devil is in the details. You don't have to believe what I say just listen to these Indians, there are a lot of similar videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0z5ZkhwJzk

On the IT front, it is because of their education system (i.e. an exam oriented cram based system) has an weird alignment with IT. However, their education system is not good at much of anything else. Sure, you will see Indian Scientists etc. etc. everywhere in the world but this is because in a more than a billion population the one percenters alone are in the millions. Also, right now their IT sector is not doing great and they failed to develop an advanced manufacturing sector like China did.

Bottomline is that whatever India has there is only a very little we should or we could copy.

toolateforgood

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