save the frogs

Some toxicity is pointless and childish, but some is the result of differences of opinion, ego clashes. It's too idealistic to expect that all toxicity can be completely eliminated.

met a guy who studied at oxford. he said there was a lot of "mental disturbance" among the phds there, likely caused by being forced to read endless meaningless phd thesis papers.

just put him on ignore, man.

No ....... I got work to do. This place can quickly become a bottomless black hole sucking up all your time.

that I agree with. it's a dirty trick he often uses. but there are ways to get around it and outsmart him.

that's my national dish you're mocking, you SOB !!

No, it isn't (necessarily) trolling. I made the mistake of bringing a lunch to work once which contained bolognese sauce and grated parmesan cheese. When I reheated it, my manager took a whiff and thought a cat died. I will never make the mistake of reheating grated parmesan cheese in an office setting again. It does have an odor and/or taste that repulses a lot of people. And it goes back to my previous post. Most people have issues of intolerance of differing opinions that they need to sort out. Otherwise, everyone will just hate everyone if you expect people to agree with you all the time and be exactly like you and think exactly like you and act exactly like you. If you like parmesan, you don't care who else likes it or who else doesn't like it. You don't care. Who cares?

Sorry, can't help you man. I got no more time to respond. Sort it out for yourself. Good luck.

Yep, same here. Actually just replying in this thread has made me realize that it's too time-consuming. An hour can go by responding back and forth to a comment you made. And I have sh*t to do. So I'm taking a hiatus.

well, if someone is gay and someone comes on says "it's not normal", then maybe you can see why someone might be offended and hate the person who said it? realistically, as I mentioned, it's not possible to expect everyone to like you. the more opinions you express, the more likely someone will take issue with what you're saying and you will rub people the wrong way. so some people keep a low profile and don't express too many opinions.

that's the spirit, man. i thought you quit the forum because someone hurled one too many insults at your political candidate or your dietary choices. glad you stuck around.

no matter what anyone does, there will always be people who will find a reason not to like you. the more opinions you express, the more people will dislike you because it's impossible for a bunch of people to agree with everything you say. bignok or anyone else doesn't bother me at all. I don't care who is posting what. I just respond to whatever I see fit to respond to.

report on vancouver, canada. seems like drug abuse is out of control there.

Rodney Dangerfield: I looked up my family tree and found three dogs using it. My psychiatrist told me I was crazy and I said I want a second opinion. He said okay, you're ugly too. When I was born I was so ugly the doctor slapped my mother. This morning when I put on my underwear I could hear the fruit-of-the-loom guys laughing at me.

some people purposely "draw abuse" to themselves. I suppose you can try going the route of convincing the mods to adjust how they moderate. good luck. I ain't got the time nor the inclination.

that's one thing i love about bargirls. they been around and they got stories.

But here's the main point, in my opinion. Many people are control-freaks. You can't control what other people are doing. You only have control over how you respond to it. You can ignore people or you can go on their threads and challenge what they say.

Also, what about feeling safe as a foreign business owner in Philippines who is known to be generating a lot of income?

and yet, he might win the poster of the year award.

If your flight dates are very flexible, use the "Whole Month" feature on SkyScanner. It will give you the cheapest flight for the entire month and you can search months ahead also.

try going directly on the airline website ie airasia.com

that's pretty deep stuff.

maybe AN should have a rule to keep posts under 10,000 words. say what you want about bignok, but at least he's succinct.

Depends where you grew up. In my 'hood we would always say "was you".