Why has the written content in the Pub Forum improved so dramatically and markedly, since the virus first struck?

[GammaGlobulin]

These days, reading what is written on this forum, one cannot but think that something is not the same.

It is not just that we all necessarily feel greater empathy for our fellow posters.

More than this, it seems apparent that the content has shifted upward to a higher moral ground.

No doubt, you have felt this, too.

You realize that the majority of those who post here, now, are not the same as those who posted here three years ago. Nobody is taking cheap shots at one another, as they once gleefully tried to do, so sadly.

In my opinion, this is a very good thing.

Why?

For one, during these times, joking around just for joking’s sake is no longer amusing, knowing that so many are hurting.  Just check it out.  Frivolously joking around is no longer fun.

For two, one might guess that the sillier posters have either left Thailand, or have died from Covid.

In point of fact, I had, several weeks ago, noticed a more humane way most posters post, and a much more enlightened and learned way they post, as well.

It seems to me that the posters here are now fuller of wisdom than had been the case three years ago.

We can only assume that the posters on this forum are guys and girls who are older, and who have more life experience, and who are more interesting.

I am sure that this is true.  I know it.  Because, as any old guy will tell you, the most boring thing you might do is to engage in “conversation” with someone half your age, even if you might be divorced and free in Thailand.

The KEY point of this post is to just remark on the fact that this forum is now continually reaching an ever higher moral plane.

Once again, somebody might mistakenly believe that I am being facetious or tongue in cheek.

However, this is not the case, because…..IF you cannot see for yourselves that the content here is not far better than it was before the virus struck us, then maybe you are not paying attention.

In other words, the chaff has been winnowed out.

Left here now is better than it was before, even though there may be fewer of us.

If you think about it, then you will know I speak in all sincerity, from the heart.

And, you will acknowledge that I only write what you have all been thinking.

Thank you.

You know I am right, right?

[worgeordie]

Well Sir ,I am sure it's because you are posting so regularly ????

regards worgeordie

[Kwasaki]

I've said it before but I have to say again I really do miss Brexit.

[GammaGlobulin]

13 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Well Sir ,I am sure it's because you are posting so regularly ????

regards worgeordie

No, Sir.  My pitiful irregular posts, aside, there is a true sea change here.  Good to see.

[CharlieH]

And all that from a member of just 2 weeks ? Amazing ????

[GammaGlobulin]

4 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

And all that from a member of just 2 weeks ? Amazing ????

Just like De La Démocratie en Amérique, you might need a writer like Alexis de Tocqueville to laud this forum, and set you straight by peering from the outside in.

 

It is very heartening, I believe, to see this forum so very uplifted in recent many months.

If you do not see it, then why?

 

The forum has changed in subtle ways, and for the better, I think.

The forum has become more mainstream, and it also seems to be more serious, which I feel must appeal to the readers you wish most to attract.

 

Certainly, you cannot deny that the forum has changed for the better, I think.

[impulse]

Simple, really. 

 

The Pub is where they banished all the super rude interactions that started out in World News.  Since they got rid of World News, there's nothing to banish to the Pub.

 

And, I would add...  Unlike Clinton, Bush, Obama, and then Trump, nobody's allowed to say Biden is the worst president ever.

 

[GammaGlobulin]

9 minutes ago, impulse said:

Simple, really. 

 

The Pub is where they banished all the super rude interactions that started out in World News.  Since they got rid of World News, there's nothing to banish to the Pub.

 

And, I would add...  Unlike Clinton, Bush, Obama, and then Trump, nobody's allowed to say Biden is the worst president ever.

 

Have you ever travelled to Scotland?

Isn't Edinburg marvelous?

Where would we be without guys from Scotland, here?

Probably, the only good humor, and good writing, originates from either Ireland or Scotland.

This is my opinion, for what it might be worth.

Take care.

 

[OneMoreFarang]

3 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

The KEY point of this post is to just remark on the fact that this forum is now continually reaching an ever higher moral plane.

Really?

Did the farang pub ever have a "moral plane"? 

Does anybody here look for a "moral plane"? 

And what would you do with that plane if you would find it?

Personally I would just smash it because there is no point in having such a thing in this forum.

[OneMoreFarang]

I always liked that this forum is about the important things in life.

[GammaGlobulin]

7 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Really?

Did the farang pub ever have a "moral plane"? 

Does anybody here look for a "moral plane"? 

And what would you do with that plane if you would find it?

Personally I would just smash it because there is no point in having such a thing in this forum.

You talk tough.

But, down deep, everyone knows you are a kind hearted fellow.

You would not hurt a pussycat.

And, everybody knows that you have a good moral compass.

 

Just saying...... 

Edited August 7, 2021 by GammaGlobulin

[GammaGlobulin]

6 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I always liked that this forum is about the important things in life.

Most thankfully, you did not post any objectionable images.

 

When I look at the photos of the young women you have posted, what do I see?

 

I see young women in costumes.

 

Beneath these costumes, I see women who would prefer to be nurses and doctors, helping us with our challenges these days, due to Delta.

[talahtnut]

Shame the bars are closed and everyone is now sober and boring.

[OneMoreFarang]

27 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Most thankfully, you did not post any objectionable images.

 

When I look at the photos of the young women you have posted, what do I see?

 

I see young women in costumes.

 

Beneath these costumes, I see women who would prefer to be nurses and doctors, helping us with our challenges these days, due to Delta.

A nurse, kind of, just for you. ???? 

[GammaGlobulin]

5 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

A nurse, kind of, just for you. ???? 

She reminds me of the good times I had at the local hospital, getting jabbed for rabies.

As I mentioned in some previous post, I got jabbed 5 times, by the same nurse.

Respectfully.

[talahtnut]

21 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

A nurse, kind of, just for you. ???? 

Has she been Jabbed sort of?

[GammaGlobulin]

I really do not know why you guys are trying to turn this good conversation into the gutter.

 

Seems to me, everything began well.

 

Of course, it is a known known that some people might find nurses titillating.

 

Just think a bit, please.

 

If this nurse might be your mother, then how might you feel?

 

Everybody knows that Freud loved his mother, who was also his nurse.

 

I just mean that Freud spent too long suckling.

And this is why Freud got things mixed up.

And this is why we love nurses.

Same as Freud.

 

 

Edited August 7, 2021 by GammaGlobulin

[cobra]

I have a feeling you may be an AI bot that landed on this forum, 

your algorithms are surprising sophisticated  ???? 

[ourdon]

I love the way everybody can take a compliment with such grace and panache.  

 

 

Ahhhhhhhh Shy3te!  ????

[Somtamnication]

It improved because my goodself started writing.

[Sparktrader]

11 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Well Sir ,I am sure it's because you are posting so regularly ????

regards worgeordie

Gentlemen only

[frantick]

This site has devolved into an extension of the MSM. Quite sad actually.

[zzaa09]

15 hours ago, impulse said:

Simple, really. 

 

The Pub is where they banished all the super rude interactions that started out in World News.  Since they got rid of World News, there's nothing to banish to the Pub.

 

And, I would add...  Unlike Clinton, Bush, Obama, and then Trump, nobody's allowed to say Biden is the worst president ever.

 

Might've been the best policy decision that this forum has enacted. 

Removing the ever-disconnected World News section and the vigilant housekeeping that came with it. 

Over the last few months there is a notable and remarkable difference. 

[thaibeachlovers]

On 8/8/2021 at 3:55 AM, GammaGlobulin said:

More than this, it seems apparent that the content has shifted upward to a higher moral ground.

IMO it's got boring. I miss the banter about things that we can't really discuss in these woke times.

The threads that are even vaguely interesting quickly attract a large response. I guess we posters are just looking for anything worth replying to.

[poskat]

I put any improvement down to the bars being closed, so less posting from cranky drunk people with nothing better to do.

[zzaa09]

1 hour ago, poskat said:

I put any improvement down to the bars being closed, so less posting from cranky drunk people with nothing better to do.

What do you think the chances are that any cranky drunk actually post here from their favourite watering hole locale? 

[StreetCowboy]

On 8/8/2021 at 2:47 AM, GammaGlobulin said:

Have you ever travelled to Scotland?

Isn't Edinburg marvelous?

Where would we be without guys from Scotland, here?

Probably, the only good humor, and good writing, originates from either Ireland or Scotland.

This is my opinion, for what it might be worth.

Take care.

 

Flattery and idiocy are scarcely distinguishable.  Nor genius.  I have trouble distinguishing the lights on my way to bed after all these Tigers.

[StreetCowboy]

5 hours ago, zzaa09 said:

What do you think the chances are that any cranky drunk actually post here from their favourite watering hole locale? 

I discovered during the first lockdown that you can buy beer in supermarkets.

[Kinnock]

As someone who's been posting here for longer than the 3 year limit mentioned by the OP, I could take this personally.

 

 

[EVENKEEL]

I can't be the only one who thinks this forum is mortally wounded. I find it all to strange that most all the old time posters have vanished to be replaced with newbees so quickly. Since world news vanished it's been a downward spiral.