Everything posted by Jingthing
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What Movies or TV shows are you watching (2026)
Jury Duty Season 2.
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US Considering Asylum for British Jews
Yeah. Jew haters have always been with us.
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‘Withdraw from Donbas first’: US security guarantee ultimatum
Let me check. No. HELL NO!
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IOC Bans Transgender Women from Olympic Women's Events in 2028
Way overblown. It's for politics and if you were honest you would admit it. That said, it's been an EXTREMELY powerful POLITICAL issue for right wingers. So how many people? An estimated ONE HUNDRED people nationally! Not a thousand, not a ten thousand, not a hundred thousand. ONE hundred. In what totally INSANE version of reality is this any kind of major issue compared to cost of living, health care, war, education, and environment? Get a grip. How Many Transgender Athletes Play Women’s Sports? - Newsweek www.newsweek.com/how-many-transgender-athletes-play-womens-sports-1796006
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IOC Bans Transgender Women from Olympic Women's Events in 2028
This should have always been an issue for sporting authorities to decide up rather than a cynical political football of scapegoating of a hated minority group. Also to add, there is no contradiction at all in supporting civil rights for transgender people and also supporting clear and fair rules by sporting authorities in how to deal with the really TINY number of transgender athletes at high levels of competition that actually exist. Truly a mountain out of molehill.
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Do you approve or disapprove of Trump's handling of affairs
So sorry, I confused your name with another member's name. I will not name him.
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Who is the man who sold our world?
I don't believe you.
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Who is the man who sold our world?
You've never seen bigger corruption before.
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Buffet Dispute: Diner Refuses to Pay 259 Baht in Chiang Mai
Being made to pay in advance is fine as long as it's for ALL customers. There can be problems with buffets if you arrive late and/or they fail to refill the good stuff. But the normal reaction to any crap restaurant is just to not go back.
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Is the Philippines a marriage "thirst trap" for hetero foreign expats?
I've never yelled that even one time in my life. However, if you're meeting new people and you're exploring a possible friendship it's basically lying if you let it go too long without being honest about who you are. Lying isn't a good basis for a friendship, is it? Perhaps you who is clearly straight don't understand that. Heterosexuality is always presumed except in cases of very visible/obvious gay people who are the minority of gay people. There is on experience I had with this that was particularly poignant that fills me with regret. A very very close childhood friend , often hung out at his house and was close to his entire family as well. For some reason I felt it would ruin things to come out to him. I even went to strip clubs with him, he was that kind of randy dude. So he was the very last early friend that I finally came out to, when I was well into my 20's. He instantly cut off contact with me even though I apologized for lying to him for so long and tried to contact him later. I felt he was justified to reject me just based on me LYING to him for so many years so I couldn't really blame him. On the other hand as he never said, maybe it was because I was gay and I was right to not come out to him for so long. I'll never know. I think he was the kind of straight guy who assumed I was attracted to him as well, which I totally NEVER was. So times as a kid where there clothes being changed, maybe he imagined homophobically that I had been perving on him. But as said wasn't into him that way, so no perving. In the context of the Philippines, I know for a fact male expats are going to ask about anyone's story with Filipinas VERY EARLY upon meeting. It's just a fact of life there.
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Is the Philippines a marriage "thirst trap" for hetero foreign expats?
I don't know your experience in life but I recall meeting a neighbor in Jomtien who was at very first very friendly telling me about all of his adventures with Thai girls which was fine but to be real I had to tell him that isn't my scene, and for years after that he refused to even say hello to me. That was a very ugly feeling. I guess its time to mention the time I was moving to a new house in a new neighborhood to be greeted with graffiti on the wall saying F--S. Certainly no demand for that. It's not a matter of parades, rainbow flags, or nightlife but people not being bigots and not seeing gay people as fellow humans just because of being gay. It's of course fine, normal, and natural for people to like or not like you based on lots of personal factors, but to totally shut out people ONLY on the basis of their sexual orientation is really quite horrible. That is homophobia, and no, there is no demand for it. That's in your imagination.
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Is the Philippines a marriage "thirst trap" for hetero foreign expats?
As I'm particularly interested in Iloilo City which is regarded as a rather wealthy provincial conservative city of more reserved people it was promising to see this. www.facebook.com/OfficeOfTheLGBTAffairsIloiloCity/ But that says nothing about the expat culture. Known at the City Of Love but obviously not that kind of love it's not remotely a draw for gay expats. Gay expats I assume would overwhelmingly be drawn to Manila, (especially), Cebu City, and Puerto Gallera,
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Do you approve or disapprove of Trump's handling of affairs
I recall you were enthusiastically supporting him during the election. Were you trolling at the time?
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Are Ashkenazi Jews about to flee Israel, en masse?
No worries. AI will take care of us.
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Are Ashkenazi Jews about to flee Israel, en masse?
As Trump often says, we'll see what happens.
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Are Ashkenazi Jews about to flee Israel, en masse?
You're ignoring history, As soon as the state of Israel first existed, the entire Arab world went to war with Israel. Surprisingly, Israel won. Israel didn't want to be a militaristic state. They were forced to. No choice.
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Are Ashkenazi Jews about to flee Israel, en masse?
I'm not sure the USA as a United entity will exist in 30 years. Russia even more so. So what else is new?
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Are Ashkenazi Jews about to flee Israel, en masse?
I don't think the majority of those in power in Israel are super religious actually. Nationalist and Zionist, yes, of course.
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Are Ashkenazi Jews about to flee Israel, en masse?
It's a problem for those who want to end Israel, that's for sure.
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Are Ashkenazi Jews about to flee Israel, en masse?
The answer is no. Some as always of course. It's offensive to make this an Ashkenazi thing as well. Ashkenazi Jews are a minority in Israel and a huge portion by now are well mixed. The vast majority of Israeli Jews were born in Israel. If they get a passport, it's an Israeli passport. That is their home. They are not guests. Israel isn't going anywhere. Also they have nukes.
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Americans in Thailand- How are you using Medicare ?
You never know.
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Americans in Thailand- How are you using Medicare ?
I'm just paying the Part B. It doesn't change my life whether I pay it or not. I don't plan to repatriate and the more things change in the U.S. in a direction it's going, the less chance that I will. I don't even visit. But it is possible. If a time come where that money will make a real difference for me abroad, I'd probably drop it. Remember at older age it's less about investing for the future, but more above defensive moves to keep the status quo OK.
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US Considering Asylum for British Jews
Impossible to believe that you didn't get the obvious point. But if you didn't even more pathetic You have been aggressively posting that it's perfecting fine to conflate the actions of the Israeli government with every random Jew on the planet. So hatred of every Jew on the planet is perfectly rational according to you (and sadly so many others). So DUH as you believe that, why wouldn't you also believe what I posted in the other direction? Obviously, I think BOTH are equally and totally wrong. No need to reply. After your above flame post, I judge you a member not worthy of continued engagement. Sorry it took me this long to learn that. BYE.
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US Considering Asylum for British Jews
According to you it would be cool to hate and launch violent attacks on random Palestinians in Chile.
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US Considering Asylum for British Jews
Omg I call BS. You're promoting the hatred.