6 hours ago, Yagoda said:

If we withdraw, the EU is done because a few countries are smart and will cut their own deals.

LOL What you describe, Yagoda, is just one of your recurring wet dreams. The dollar devaluation, on the other end, is solid reality.

Get over it...

10 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Really? Please explain what narcissistic tendencies I have exhibited.

I am always interested in the thought processes of amateur psychologists.

You are not self-aware. Perhaps you should reflect on yourself from time to time.

Narcissistic tendencies involve a spectrum of traits—often summarized as vanity, selfishness, and a sense of superiority—that, when mild, are common, but when severe, indicate Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). Key characteristics include a fragile self-esteem, excessive need for admiration, entitlement, lack of empathy, and exploitative behavior to maintain a grandiose self-image. 

6 hours ago, Jingthing said:

For better or worse, you see a random American and the first thing that comes to your mind is Trump.

No its the first thing that comes to your mind.

8 hours ago, Jingthing said:

My self as an older "gentleman" who is older, has white skin, and presents cisgender, I have come to the conclusion that superficially I am (fairly) assumed to likely be pro Trump. Which is an assumption that is quite nauseating

8 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Americans are not the only nationality dealing with these kinds of issues.

All nationalities must deal with this issue. Stereotypes are very common and we all fall victim to them sooner or later. Try to only hang out with intelligent people. It's the best antidote to racism.

49 minutes ago, AndreasHG said:

All nationalities must deal with this issue. Stereotypes are very common and we all fall victim to them sooner or later. Try to only hang out with intelligent people. It's the best antidote to racism.

I'm not buying equivalency across all nationalities. Sorry.

Certain nations are much niore widespread triggering in a negative way.

True its not only Americans and Russians though.

11 hours ago, Effective altruism said:

You are not self-aware. Perhaps you should reflect on yourself from time to time.

Narcissistic tendencies involve a spectrum of traits—often summarized as vanity, selfishness, and a sense of superiority—that, when mild, are common, but when severe, indicate Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). Key characteristics include a fragile self-esteem, excessive need for admiration, entitlement, lack of empathy, and exploitative behavior to maintain a grandiose self-image. 

Anyone can copy and paste information from an AI bot.

Is it narcissistic to be unable to suffer fools gladly?

Troll someone else, there's a good chap.

2 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Anyone can copy and paste information from an AI bot.

Is it narcissistic to be unable to suffer fools gladly?

Troll someone else, there's a good chap.

Narcs think others are fools when it is them.

12 hours ago, Jingthing said:

I'm not buying equivalency across all nationalities. Sorry.

Certain nations are much niore widespread triggering in a negative way.

True its not only Americans and Russians though.

Well if my friends and I were sitting down and you walked over and said "Hi, Im Jingthing and my pronouns are...", most of us would say hi and leave regardless of your nationality

1 hour ago, Yagoda said:

Well if my friends and I were sitting down and you walked over and said "Hi, Im Jingthing and my pronouns are...", most of us would say hi and leave regardless of your nationality

Sorry but I find that really hard to believe.

You have friends?

On 1/30/2026 at 9:21 PM, Lacessit said:

Anyone can copy and paste information from an AI bot.

Is it narcissistic to be unable to suffer fools gladly?

Troll someone else, there's a good chap.

The truth resonated deeply, and you must take the time to reflect on your shortcomings.

1 hour ago, Effective altruism said:

The truth resonated deeply, and you must take the time to reflect on your shortcomings.

You are confusing me with someone who gives credence to your daft opinions.

"That which is asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence" ( Hitchin's razor )

Run along now.

On 1/7/2026 at 8:02 AM, Chomper Higgot said:

J6 attack

Lol

That "attack" has been found to be a FBI/CIA, Democratic party conspiracy. Schiff may alo g with others may go to jail for it. Notice how quiet he and Pelosi have been since the election landslide? Try and keep up

At least we have established you're not American, yet ceaselessly blabber on about it's politics which you understand nothing about.

On 1/30/2026 at 3:13 PM, Jingthing said:

I hear you.

Feelings about political matters can be complex.

However, you made my point.

For better or worse, you see a random American and the first thing that comes to your mind is Trump.

But of course the majority of Americans do NOT support Trump.

So do you welcome Americans who do not support Trump to give you that information or not? Even with a subtle coded comment.

I think it's fair for non-Americans to ASSUME that most any random American is either pro Trump or MIGHT likely be pro Trump unless there is something about them that cancels that. Such as being black for example.

My self as an older "gentleman" who is older, has white skin, and presents cisgender, I have come to the conclusion that superficially I am (fairly) assumed to likely be pro Trump. Which is an assumption that is quite nauseating.

Americans are not the only nationality dealing with these kinds of issues. Russians abroad come to mind. I think it's fair to assume most any random Russian is either pro Z Putin fascist or not opposing him or his genocidal war UNLESS they tell me differently or present some kind of code which cancels that assumption. For example younger Russian men presenting in some kind of non-conformist way.

Whenever idiots from other countries prattle on about Trump and American politics (which even Canadians know nothing about). I ask them...

How much control do you have over the politics in your country? Oh, none? Me too...

Same as Americans unfortunately. Our politics is unfortunately largely controlled by AIPAC and ADL and large corporate donors.

It is with irony I look at sick, feeble Europe driving a stake in it's own heart all the while denouncing Trump. You people are idiots.

I'm no Trump fan, but we forget that Harris was the alternative and the corruption that has been uncovered thus far has been earth shaking

On 1/31/2026 at 11:55 AM, johnnybangkok said:

Sorry but I find that really hard to believe.

You have friends?

Yep, normal hetero Americans, not ones with hair in a colour that does not exist in nature, who spend their days screaming about being victims and shouting about Trump on the Internet.

They're asking --

What the flippin' heck is going on over there?!?

On 1/7/2026 at 7:11 AM, Jingthing said:

in the era of Trump 2.0.

Trump is the most famous person in the world.

Trump is the most powerful person in the world.

Trump love him or hate him has made massive changes to America's role in the world.

Everyone you meet is going to know about Trump and have an opinion about him.

In my view, that puts Americans of different kinds in a rather awkward social position while abroad.

So the intention of this topic is to discuss suggested etiquette when Americans meet a new person abroad (in this case mostly Thailand).

It's meant for both Americans and non-Americans and also pro and anti-Trump people.

Based on polling (refer to Pew Research) the vast majority of people globally are anti-Trump (except for a very few nations) and now Trump with historically low approval ratings doesn't enjoy majority support among Americans either. So you might be able to make some general assumptions about how most people are going to think, but you won't know in advance. Also as we're in Thailand, Thais generally do not usually appreciate foreigners discussing Thai politics with them and they are generally not looking well upon foreigners trashing their own governments to them.

So in a sense the etiquette guidelines may be very different based on the nationality that an American encounters.

Examples of these differences:

American meets a Thai (discussed above)

American meets a Brit

American meets a Hollander

American meets a Russian

American meets an Iranian

etc.

So of course this is very situational.

But even so, it's something that I'm sure most Americans abroad are thinking about and dealing with these days. I'm especially curious about what non-Americans think Americans should say about it to them upon meeting, if anything at all.

Do you have a secret man crush with Trump? Most of your posts are anti Trump but I'm thinking you like him being your Daddy 🤣

2 minutes ago, howlee101 said:

Do you have a secret man crush with Trump? Most of your posts are anti Trump but I'm thinking you like him being your Daddy 🤣

Do you realize how stupid your post is?

11 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Do you realize how stupid your post is?

Do you realize how stupid your response is? Your responses to any and all things Trump is so predictable. If Trump would endorsed gay marriages, you would get a divorce.

20 minutes ago, howlee101 said:

Do you realize how stupid your response is? Your responses to any and all things Trump is so predictable. If Trump would endorsed gay marriages, you would get a divorce.

Doubling down on the inanity. Talk about predictable.

13 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Doubling down on the inanity. Talk about predictable.

Ah...I touch a nerve 🤣🤣....so much so that you, yet again, can spell. Exactly what is "inanity".

Trump is still your daddy.

1 hour ago, howlee101 said:

Ah...I touch a nerve 🤣🤣....so much so that you, yet again, can spell. Exactly what is "inanity".

Trump is still your daddy.

You debate like a toddler.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inanity

During the presidency of Bush Jr I used to tell people that I was Canadian and I came out of Regina. I think I'm going to start doing that again because the vast majority of people react when I say I'm American, by asking me why on earth did you vote for this guy the second time around when you realized how much of a fool and a failure and a jerk he was during his first term?

I respond by saying I did not vote for him the first time and I certainly did not vote for him the second time. Often times I will introduce myself by saying hello my name is Mike, and I despise my president.

I also have a couple of different versions of this t-shirt and I wear it as often as possible, and people walk up to me and congratulate me on the shirt and the fact that I am not a devotee of the Goombah.

On 2/5/2026 at 9:31 AM, Nurf said:

Whenever idiots from other countries prattle on about Trump and American politics (which even Canadians know nothing about). I ask them...

How much control do you have over the politics in your country? Oh, none? Me too...

Same as Americans unfortunately. Our politics is unfortunately largely controlled by AIPAC and ADL and large corporate donors.

It is with irony I look at sick, feeble Europe driving a stake in it's own heart all the while denouncing Trump. You people are idiots.

I'm no Trump fan, but we forget that Harris was the alternative and the corruption that has been uncovered thus far has been earth shaking

I do agree that the corruption we've seen in his first year has been earth-shaking and absolutely unprecedented.