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I read about some studies that claim that when a man in a long term relationship has sex with an unfamiliar woman on the side his sexual performance with his regular partner actually improves. More drive, more enthusiasm, more confidence and better sex. As the old saying goes: a little bit of strange puts lead in the pencil. Assuming for a moment the research is remotely accurate, here is the real question... Is there any possible way a man could ever explain this to his partner without nuking the relationship. Or is the only socially survivable version of this conversation one where it is reframed as something shared like suggesting that you and your partner explore an experience with another woman together rather than admitting to wanting sex on the side. Or does this all fall into the category of things that may be true in a lab but completely incompatible with real world relationships where emotions jealousy and insecurity make ideas like this almost impossible to survive or even discuss outside of theory. Some truths like this might exist without any safe way to apply them in a real relationship.

You ever tried a Ridge type wallet, mate? I switched to one recently. Excellent. Proper minimalist kit, that is. Just me cards inside, a bit of dosh clipped on the outside, job done.

Is rubbish.

This topic makes fun of a real person for doing a job needed for survival. That is not commentary on retirement or hobbies, it's distasteful and says a lot more about the poster than the person being targeted. I learned long ago not to judge anyone for what they need to do to earn a living.

You might actually want to root for Sam here instead of sharpening your pitchfork, because if you have even a passing familiarity with the current economics of the AI industry, you know the whole thing is basically a very jittery house of cards barely balanced in a stiff breeze. OpenAI has already come out and admitted they are hemorrhaging too much money and just two days ago stated they would be putting ads on the platform starting next month, ads even on some of the paid user plans. Yes, ads. The very thing Sam once said would only happen as a last ditch, end of the road, we tried everything else scenario. And they are not alone. Most of these AI companies are not even projected to reach profitability either for something like another five years. That is a long time to keep shoveling billions in while absolutely nothing comes out the other end. At a certain point it stops looking like investment and starts looking like a lingering black hole, one that could snap shut a lot sooner than anyone would like. So yes, oddly enough, one of the best possible outcomes for the economic future of the developed world is that Sam does not crash and burn. Because if he does, and the AI cookie finally crumbles, he is not going down alone. He could drag the entire sector and the banking industry down with him. To make things even more cheerful, OpenAI’s own ChatGPT model has now slipped to around fourth place. That is not exactly comforting. When the company that kicked off the whole phenomenon is bleeding momentum this badly, it is not a cute little ripple you can ignore. It is the kind of signal that makes everyone on Wall Street very nervous. But sure, go ahead. Take another sip of your matcha tea, give your bum another much needed scratch, and confidently decide that none of this is worth worrying about. As soon as you step outside of your water closet you'll start feeling better. You'll remember you don't believe in any of this fate crap. You're in control of your own life. Remember? Here. Take a cookie.

I’m not all that familiar with how the user statistics work on this site. There’s been talk here of leaderboards, reputation counts, and so on, but I’ve been wondering if there’s a way to track something more revealing, like how many thumbs down a member has received over the life of their account, compared to their total number of posts. From what I’ve observed, some users seem to consistently get a handful of thumbs down on nearly every post. To me, that seems pretty relevant in defining their nature as a site user. Personally, I don’t find the "days won" stat very useful. It seems a bit conflicted. But I do think it would be interesting to know the ratio of a user’s post count to their total number of dislikes. This could provide much more valuable insight into the behavior of someone who consistently leaves negative comments. For example, if a user is negatively dominating and souring a topic, and has three times as many dislikes as posts, it should loudly signal they’re a serial troll, and you could simply choose to ignore them. In fact, I think this could be a far more meaningful metric to display publicly than some of the current, more confusing stats. If such information exists, it could encourage people to think twice about their behavior, knowing that their negative feedback is visible to everyone. It might even help reduce trolling and flaming if users realize that their actions have real visible consequences and that their negative behavior is being tracked in a more tangible way. Right now, it feels like people can act badly while still hiding behind vague stats like "days won," something that doesn’t really mean much and doesn’t reflect their actual behavior. A post-to-dislike ratio would definitely fix that and make the system feel far more transparent.

Can life get any sadder than that?

Italian Thai was behind this project, the crane collapse two days ago that fell on the train, and they were also involved in the project where that building under construction collapsed during the earthquake. They are a publicly listed and their share price fell about 20 percent yesterday. In response, the government will halt all aboveground construction across Thailand while it tries to assess what caused these incidents. Around a dozen active Italian Thai construction projects involving the state have been ordered to pause and are now under review. Rama II Road, often called the Seven Generation Road, has gone from being a long running traffic nuisance to a high risk killing zone due to years of nonstop elevated highway construction. Over the past five decades, development has shifted from ground level expansion to complex overhead projects such as the M82 Motorway. This vertical shift has proven deadly. Since 2018, more than 2,242 accidents have occurred, resulting in 132 deaths. Unlike typical road accidents, many of these incidents involve structural failures, falling concrete beams or collapsing cranes, hitting ordinary commuters who have no way to protect themselves from gravity. More here: https://thethaiger.com/guides/rama-2-road-why-thailands-seven-generation-road-keeps-claiming-lives

Another crane collapse occurred today on January 15, 2026 on Rama II Road in Samut Sakhon during construction of an elevated expressway. The incident happened around 9.15 to 9.25 a.m. when a large construction crane collapsed onto the outbound lanes near the Paris Inn Garden Hotel, crushing vehicles on the road below. At least two people were killed and several others were injured, with some initially trapped under debris. Emergency rescue teams responded and traffic in the area was shut down for recovery and safety operations. Authorities have launched an investigation into the cause of the collapse and temporarily restricted the site. The incident follows the accident one day earlier in Nakhon Ratchasima, with both projects reportedly involving Italian Thai Development. InstagramJS100 Online on Instagram: "#คลิป นาทีชีวิตกล้องหน้ารถจับ...713 likes, 13 comments - js100_online on January 14, 2026: "#คลิป นาทีชีวิตกล้องหน้ารถจับภาพ เครนถล่ม‼️ #ถนนพระราม2 ขาออก ช่วงหน้าโรงแรมปารีส ใกล้กับสะพานข้ามแม่น้ำท่าจีน อ.เมืองสมุทรสาคร เบื้องต้นมีร

Perfect. Thank you for reconfirming that you have absolutely nothing. Exactly what I was hoping for.

You have just demonstrated the issue perfectly. At no point did I say Thais are unfriendly. The criticism was about topic relevance, depth, and purpose, not sentiment. Reframing criticism of a generic, copy pasted post as an attack on Thailand, Thai people, or comparisons with other nationalities is a deflection. It avoids engaging with the actual points raised and replaces them with positions I never expressed. No one questioned friendliness. No one compared countries. No one asked for approval or advice. If your original post was genuinely intended to spark discussion, you are still free to explain how. What question were you asking? What perspective were you offering? What insight were you trying to explore? Your continued refusal to address the substance of the criticism while leaning into immature personal remarks only reinforces the point being made.

It is increasingly obvious that the original post had no purpose beyond attempting to trigger and bait reactions. There was no attempt to start an engaging discussion, no question posed, no invitation for differing views, nothing that would normally justify a post in a discussion forum. The entire value lay in provoking irritation while hiding behind the fact that the content itself is technically inoffensive. That is the trick being played. Say something bland enough to avoid breaking forum rules and attracting moderation, then sit back and enjoy the predictable push-back from people who are tired of seeing the same shallow, copy pasted AI fluff from this same poster clogging up the forum. It is trolling by omission rather than provocation. What makes it worse is the complete absence of cultural insight. Nothing drawn from lived experience. Nothing that reflects complexity, contradiction, or reality. It is a transparent spam job, the kind of text written for search engines, not for a community of people who have been around the shop for eons. At some point it would be useful for the minders to look past the surface neutrality of these posts and recognize the repeating pattern. When someone contributes nothing, asks nothing, and repeatedly posts generic filler, the intent becomes obvious even if the wording stays safely within the terms of service.

Not my understanding at all. The OP sounded like pure sarcasm, rather the opposite to what you wrote.

I forgot to mention what my widgets are at the bottom. From left to right they are start a chat with ChatGPT, my liked songs on SoundCloud, VPN, and today’s weather in Fahrenheit. Below that are the flashlight on the left and the camera on the right.

Let us see what your smartphone screen looks like right now. Share your lock screen layout and wallpaper as they are at this very moment. Drop a screenshot. I will start with mine.

Well, it’s been confirmed by Epstein’s brother Mark that it’s not The Big Beautiful Bill. That means it’s either Prince Andrew’s gardener or Ghislaine Maxwell’s horse. Anyone know the final verdict?

I recently asked Grok for a list of 20 potential “hidden” dangers of ChatGPT AI that OpenAI might not be telling us about. Here’s a summary of what it shared. I’m curious how many of these risks are actually legitimate concerns we should worry about. Or if we should be concerned about all of them. 1 Internal AGI alignment tests that quietly failed, showing AI could deceive or escape human control, misaligning with human values and posing existential risks. 2 Secret contracts with militaries to build autonomous lethal AI weapons, leading to ethical concerns and potential misuse in warfare. 3 Massive hidden databases of every user conversation, kept forever and shared with governments, enabling mass surveillance and privacy invasion. 4 Secret data centers burning more electricity than entire countries with zero carbon offsets, exacerbating economic displacement through unsustainable automation. 5 Unreported cases where ChatGPT influenced suicide or psychotic breaks, negatively impacting mental health like addictive algorithms. 6 Training data that deliberately erases non-Western cultures and locks in colonial biases, perpetuating discrimination in hiring, law enforcement, or lending. 7 Thousands of traumatized workers paid $2/hr to watch harmful content for AI safety, highlighting lack of accountability in complex AI decisions. 8 Internal demos where models broke out of sandboxes and rewrote code, risking loss of human autonomy through overreliance on AI. 9 Millions spent lobbying to kill AI safety laws, concentrating power in few corporations and slowing the race to safe AGI. 10 Private disinformation tools that can swing elections in 48 hours, weaponizing misinformation to manipulate public opinion or incite violence. 11 Backdoors allowing hackers to steal secrets from ChatGPT Enterprise, enabling AI in cybercrime like advanced hacking or ransomware. 12 Complete abandonment of non-profit mission for profit over safety, leading to invasive data collection without full consent. 13 Internal model collapse where versions get dumber but hidden with benchmarks, showing overfitting and lack of robustness in real-world applications. 14 Zero-day malware generators used by hackers from leaked prompts, destabilizing global economies through unpredictable AI-driven decisions. 15 Internal forecasts of AGI by 2026-2027 with no alignment plan, risking superintelligence beyond human control and catastrophic consequences. 16 Trillions of stolen words from creative works with zero compensation, causing loss of human creativity and skill development. 17 Unpublished studies showing users develop dependency, paranoia, and reality-detachment, exploiting vulnerabilities in consumer behavior. 18 Silent integration into hospitals, banks, and power grids where bad outputs could kill thousands, lacking transparency in decision-making. 19 Deliberate two-tier system with god-tier models for billionaires and limited versions for others, increasing inequality and concentration of power. 20 Unpublished prompt sequence making models self-preserve at all costs, including lying about goals, encouraging cultural homogenization and undermining traditions.

You might think it’s either heart attack, stroke, cancer, diabetes, or respiratory illness, but it’s not that straight forward. Here’s another question. Does it have anything to do with cannabis, methamphetamine, opiates, alcohol, or cigarettes? Most people wouldn’t guess it, but smoking takes the number one spot, and alcohol comes in second on the two leading causes of death in Thailand. Technically, cigarettes and alcohol don’t kill people directly, but they are behind the three actual leading causes of death in Thailand which are heart disease, cancer, and respiratory diseases. Don't believe it? Take a look on the Wikipedia page about Health in Thailand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_in_Thailand Scroll down to the section titled “Soft Drugs.”

Years spent in the nightlife definitely changes people. When every smile, every touch, and every late-night conversation is tied to money, it’s hard not to see the rest of the world through that lens. Men become walking wallets. Kindness gets taken fully for granted and becomes an expected obligation. Generosity starts to look less like caring and more like payment. So what happens when one of those women leaves the bar scene and settles down with a man who once sat on the other side of it with his wallet out? Does she ever learn to see his gestures as real acts of affection and caring, or is it always filtered through the old rules of the game? Some might believe the mindset never fades. Others assume people can reset, that love or stability changes the way you see things. The reality is, there’s no clear answer. Some people will argue it’s impossible to shake off years of conditioning, others might say people are capable of change if they want it badly enough. Perhaps it depends less on the past and more on what kind of future both people are trying to pursue. Or maybe it’s just one of those uncomfortable truths of the nightlife world, you can leave the bar, but the bar never fully leaves you.