1 minute ago, Effective altruism said:

You’re not getting it. High-fructose corn syrup in processed foods is making people obese in the USA.

Sugar in all forms, being empty calories, is how most get overweight. That can come in food or drink, with drinking calories a main contributor. Exercise helps but doesn't replace calorie , especially empty carbs, restriction.

1 minute ago, Rockyroad said:

They fool dumb men who think with their dick. You can tell a lot about a person simply by looking at what they spend money on. This goes both ways. A woman call work out a man quickly too by watching his spending habits. What you spend money on directly reflects your priorities in life.

Every man besides the users , is a possible victim to a covert narcissist female. Attraction to them, along with their love bombing behavior, has decent men fall for them, until their true nature comes out, which takes time as they're very good actors. Men who use couldn't care less about a covert trying to ply their behavior, as they'll just use the women and leave anyway, being narcs themselves.

2 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Every man besides the users , is a possible victim to a covert narcissist female, attraction to them, along with their love bombing behavior, having men fall for them, until their true nature comes out, which takes time as they're very good actors. Men who use couldn't care less about a covert trying to ply their behavior, as they'll just use the women and leave anyway, being narcs themselves.

Forget about theories on narcs. Just look at what a person spends money on. That will tell you a lot. I knew this Thai village women married to a farang. He whinged she wasted money gambling yet he married her. I knew her for 1 day and could see she was dumb with money. She used to get $2,000 from work and gamble it away in days. Hide money from him. Dumb farang thinking with his dick marries dumb gambler. She was not even good looking. This is why the money test works well. It shows up the habits of a person.

2 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

Forget about theories on narcs. Just look at what a person spends money on. That will tell you a lot. I knew this Thai village women married to a farang. He whinged she wasted money gambling yet he married her. I knew her for 1 day and could see she was dumb with money. She used to get $2,000 from work and gamble it away in days. Hide money from him. Dumb farang thinking with his dick marries dumb gambler. She was not even good looking. This is why the money test works well. It shows up the habits of a person.

Everyone has a tendency to be greedy when they get money they've never had before, which is how many poor people act when it arrives. Women in general spend much of the money trying to look good, to keep up with their friends. The few people you knew are meaningless to how most of the poor population acts when money comes their way.

A gambler can be spotted pretty soon, as it controls much of their lives.

You also can't see what others see in prospective partners, nor have any idea why they choose others. Attraction isn't a choice, and gets most people into trouble. The ones I mentioned, narcissistic males, don't care because their only intentions in life are to use as many as they can and move on.

It isn't dumb for a man to want an attractive woman. Finding one that isn't there to use, hurt or manipulate is the problem, as a decent woman is the hardest thing a decent man can find, and the same goes for the women, as most worldwide will never find true love that has them secure in all ways.

1 minute ago, fredwiggy said:

Everyone has a tendency to be greedy when they get money they've never had before, which is how many poor people act when it arrives. Women in general spend much of the money trying to look good, to keep up with their friends. The few people you knew are meaningless to how most of the poor population acts when money comes their way.

A gambler can be spotted pretty soon, as it controls much of their lives.

You also can't see what others see in prospective partners, nor have any idea why they choose others. Attraction isn't a choice, and gets most people into trouble. The ones I mentioned, narcissistic males, don't care because their only intentions in life are to use as many as they can and move on.

It isn't dumb for a man to want an attractive woman. Finding one that isn't there to use, hurt or manipulate is the problem, as a decent woman is the hardest thing a decent man can find, and the same goes for the women, as most worldwide will never find true love that has them secure in all ways.

You are caught up in theories. Not all women buy expensive clothes or items. A smart woman knows labels are all bs. A lot of Thais buy 2nd hand clothes or market clothes with imperfectations.

6 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

You also can't see what others see in prospective partners, nor have any idea why they choose others.

Most people are ugly with little money. Their choice in partners is limited. 70yo ugly men in Thailand date women they can get. They don't have the looks or money to date well. They aren't appealling to smart good looking women.

2 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

You are caught up in theories. Not all women buy expensive clothes or items. A smart woman knows labels are all bs. A lot of Thais buy 2nd hand clothes or market clothes with imperfectations.

I'm caught up in reality. Theories have their place, as they can lead to truths. I've been here over 8 years, and know very well what locals buy, as I shop with them weekly. Most locals are looking for clothes for them and their children for daily use. Many buy clothes with advertisements and places on them they don't even understand. I've seen at least 5 that wore shirts with an El Paso Texas biker shop on it, and when I asked them, they said they didn't know where Texas was, as I said I was from there.

Women all like to look their best, and that includes clothes, makeup, perfume, sunglasses, purses and bags, shoes and others, and here they can buy second hand designer clothes cheap. It isn't about price as much as looking their best.

Back to what I said, when a poor person gets money, they'll spend it fast, buying things they couldn't before. That doesn't make them greedy. It's when they have enough money to get by, but must have the latest fads, mostly to impress others.

5 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

Most people are ugly with little money. Their choice in partners is limited. 70yo ugly men in Thailand date women they can get. They don't have the looks or money to date well. They aren't appealling to smart good looking women.

Most people are average looking, according to what's accepted as such. Most people's choices are limited. The more money you have, the better quality as far as looks you can obtain. Women still for the most part look at attraction first before they choose partners, in a normal situation. Tourist areas aren't a normal situation but a place where certain women go to find someone with more money than they can get otherwise.

70 year old men of all looks can obtain gorgeous women because those women want money before anything else, even if they prefer a good looking , younger man. It has nothing to do with how intelligent a woman is but what she wants most in life.

There are also very pretty women who look for average and even a little overweight men as they've had their share of good looking users and want someone that will be faithful and provide for them.

55 minutes ago, Effective altruism said:

You’re not getting it. High-fructose corn syrup in processed foods is making people obese in the USA.

It is probably one of the variables that contributes substantially but I would bet if you took corn syrup off the market Americans would be just as fat. They would just replace it with something similar or larger quantities of of other substances to get the same pleasure hit.

Americans issue, now many nations have caught up, is that they are looking for quick fixes and believe all the garbage online. Health is mostly tied to diet. Sure some exercise would definitely help and especially as age becomes a factor.

When you have screwed your metabolic system up over 5-50 years, the battle out the mess is intense and painful at the beginning of the journey. People are just not up to the battle if they even start. Go to a mall or an airport and look around. We aren't going to ever be healthy again. Medical advancements will patch all the holes and keep unhealthy individuals living longer than ever. I guess it is what it is...

They may make someone look like a living doll, but they can't hide gravity. Some 90kg chick riding you, might look 50kg, but boy will you feel the difference. 😁

3 hours ago, fredwiggy said:

I'm caught up in reality. Theories have their place, as they can lead to truths. I've been here over 8 years, and know very well what locals buy, as I shop with them weekly. Most locals are looking for clothes for them and their children for daily use. Many buy clothes with advertisements and places on them they don't even understand. I've seen at least 5 that wore shirts with an El Paso Texas biker shop on it, and when I asked them, they said they didn't know where Texas was, as I said I was from there.

Women all like to look their best, and that includes clothes, makeup, perfume, sunglasses, purses and bags, shoes and others, and here they can buy second hand designer clothes cheap. It isn't about price as much as looking their best.

Back to what I said, when a poor person gets money, they'll spend it fast, buying things they couldn't before. That doesn't make them greedy. It's when they have enough money to get by, but must have the latest fads, mostly to impress others.

Not all poor people spend fast. You make these sweeping comments that simply aren't true.

1 minute ago, Rockyroad said:

Not all poor people spend fast. You make these sweeping comments that simply aren't true.

When a poor person gets money, they buy what they need, or pay bills, get out of debt, etc. Most people in this world are just getting by. Those who have less hope to find extra cash and will do most anything to get it. Best to stop picking what people say apart and look at what it all means. That means reading the whole reply, and not skimming like some here do. Do you think when a poor person gets money and has bills and necessities for daily use they'll put the money in the bank or under their pillow?

1 minute ago, fredwiggy said:

When a poor person gets money, they buy what they need, or pay bills, get out of debt, etc. Most people in this world are just getting by. Those who have less hope to find extra cash and will do most anything to get it. Best to stop picking what people say apart and look at what it all means. That means reading the whole reply, and not skimming like some here do. Do you think when a poor person gets money and has bills and necessities for daily use they'll put the money in the bank or under their pillow?

Some will gamble it. Some will buy expensive food or clothes. You wasted 500,000 on cds. You could have given 90% to charity or invested it and only spent 10% on cds but you didn't. Everybody is different. You value cds. Gamblers value the thrill of gambling. Others spend it on seafood and luxury items. How you spend reflects your values.

4 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

Some will gamble it. Some will buy expensive food or clothes. You wasted 500,000 on cds. You could have given 90% to charity or invested it and only spent 10% on cds but you didn't. Everybody is different. You value cds. Gamblers value the thrill of gambling. Others spend it on seafood and luxury items. How you spend reflects your values.

I've bought or burned my CD's for decades, not bought all at once, of course. It wasn't a waste as I've been listening to them, along with turning my children and girlfriend onto good music all along. Music might be a waste to you, but not to the billions of others. Gambling is almost always a loss, even if some win, but even those who sometimes win spend more than they profit, so it is a waste of money for most. Again, this wasn't what I was saying

2 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

I've bought or burned my CD's for decades, not bought all at once, of course. It wasn't a waste as I've been listening to them, along with turning my children and girlfriend onto good music all along. Music might be a waste to you, but not to the billions of others. Gambling is almost always a loss, even if some win, but even those who sometimes win spend more than they profit, so it is a waste of money for most. Again, this wasn't what I was saying

But a gambler might only lose 500 a year. You spent 500,000. Most of which is gone forever. All those songs are on youtube. You own paper cover, plastic holder and meal disc. Most of them are worthless. But you value them.

2nd designer clothes less 90% of value. Expensive seafood gets eaten.

A frugal billionaire became a billionaire by saving and investing.

A woman who is poor and spends 50,000 baht a month from her husband is wasteful. If that husband then complains it is his fault. He married the idiot. She should be living on 20,000 and saving 30,000.

1 minute ago, Rockyroad said:

But a gambler might only lose 500 a year. You spent 500,000. Most of which is gone forever. All those songs are on youtube. You own paper cover, plastic holder and meal disc. Most of them are worthless. But you value them.

2nd designer clothes less 90% of value. Expensive seafood gets eaten.

A frugal billionaire became a billionaire by saving and investing.

A woman who is poor and spends 50,000 baht a month from her husband is wasteful. If that husband then complains it is his fault. He married the idiot. She should be living on 20,000 and saving 30,000.

Who said I spent 500K? And it's not gone as they're still with me. I only watch youtube before i go to sleep, some music and some podcasts. Nothing is worthless as it's all personal. One mans loss is another man's gain, one man's pleasure is another man's pain. Understand what that means? Many billionaires became that way by manipulation, hurting others, or inheriting , about 1/3 that way, along with real estate, which can also be hurting by over development. Some by technology and inventions. Not by saving. I fully understand what a user or greedy person is.

1 minute ago, fredwiggy said:

Who said I spent 500K? And it's not gone as they're still with me. I only watch youtube before i go to sleep, some music and some podcasts. Nothing is worthless as it's all personal. One mans loss is another man's gain, one man's pleasure is another man's pain. Understand what that means? Many billionaires became that way by manipulation, hurting others, or inheriting , about 1/3 that way, along with real estate, which can also be hurting by over development. Some by technology and inventions. Not by saving. I fully understand what a user or greedy person is.

You said your cds were 500,000 worth.

2 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

You said your cds were 500,000 worth.

Worth, not paid.

2 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Worth, not paid.

Real worth is 5,000.

1 minute ago, Rockyroad said:

Real worth is 5,000.

CD's are still sold and burned by millions. The average cost is $15 USD new. Burned is about $12 USD. Worth of anything is how much a particular person would pay.

1 minute ago, fredwiggy said:

CD's are still sold and burned by millions. The average cost is $15 USD new. Burned is about $12 USD. Worth of anything is how much a particular person would pay.

Retail cds sell for $1 to $6. Wholesale value is 0 to $3. Most of them are worthless.

1 minute ago, Rockyroad said:

Retail cds sell for $1 to $6. Wholesale value is 0 to $3. Most of them are worthless.

You might want to go to a music store or look at Amazon or Ebay. Worth again is personal.

1 minute ago, fredwiggy said:

You might want to go to a music store or look at Amazon or Ebay. Worth again is personal.

Burning cds and selling them is also illegal. If you didn't buy them there are worthless.

1 minute ago, Rockyroad said:

Burning cds and selling them is also illegal. If you didn't buy them there are worthless.

Burning CD's is totally legal.One of many sites....https://music.apple.com/us/album/heartbreaks-last-goodbyes/1800005006....... Again worth is personal, so stop assuming. I don't sell them. Here, I made it easy for you..........https://www.amazon.com/s?k=robert+jon+and+the+wreck&i=music-intl-ship&crid=1F6Z5A5HV2GEG&currency=USD&sprefix=robert+jon+and+the+wrec%2Cmusic-intl-ship%2C381&ref=nb_sb_noss_2.

1 minute ago, fredwiggy said:

Burning CD's is totally legal.One of many sites....https://music.apple.com/us/album/heartbreaks-last-goodbyes/1800005006....... Again worth is personal, so stop assuming. I don't sell them. Here, I made it easy for you..........https://www.amazon.com/s?k=robert+jon+and+the+wreck&i=music-intl-ship&crid=1F6Z5A5HV2GEG&currency=USD&sprefix=robert+jon+and+the+wrec%2Cmusic-intl-ship%2C381&ref=nb_sb_noss_2.

Burning is legal. Selling them is a breach of copyright and illegal. They are worthless.

1 minute ago, Rockyroad said:

Burning is legal. Selling them is a breach of copyright and illegal. They are worthless.

Did you just see where I said i don't sell them? They are part of a collection, which means collect and not sell.

That you don't know music or your Buddhist belief has you thinking music is worthless doesn't fly, as music is one of the most important entertainments the world has, and helps people out every day. as music is written by other people, the lyrics, and many can relate to those lyrics.

"Sing the blues to make the blues go away".

1 minute ago, fredwiggy said:

Did you just see where I said i don't sell them? They are part of a collection, which means collect and not sell.

That you don't know music or your Buddhist belief has you thinking music is worthless doesn't fly, as music is one of the most important entertainments the world has, and helps people out every day. as music is written by other people, the lyrics, and many can relate to those lyrics.

"Sing the blues to make the blues go away".

If you don't sell them they are worthless. The store bought ones can be sold but it would take years to sell 10,000 of them. Just because 1 might sell for $20 doesn't mean they all will.

Jeez, you folks really know how to ruin a fun post! And all the second-grade infights! Sheesh!

When I was a kid, I sent for a pair of those see-through-clothes x-ray glasses. Pity they didn't work. My hot 5th-grade teacher drove a sky blue convertible Impala.

I agree that Thai women have a longer shelflife for external beauty. Most girls I've seen in US malls lose it after 16.

The ideal has always been that wholesome, corn-fed girl--likely a comparison to heifers.

If the wife wears them, I hope they'll make my dick look bigger!

3 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

If you don't sell them they are worthless. The store bought ones can be sold but it would take years to sell 10,000 of them. Just because 1 might sell for $20 doesn't mean they all will.

3 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

Did I say I will sell them? Are you reading the words I'm writing or just every other 3? They have worth to me, and my daughter will have them when I pass, to listen to and not sell. Are your clothes worthless because you can't sell them? Or will you take them to a local market and get 200 baht for everything? Wouldn't you rather keep them so you don't get arrested doing what georgina does, running around without pants on?

1 minute ago, fredwiggy said:

Did I say I will sell them? Are you reading the words I'm writing or just every other 3? They have worth to me, and my daughter will have them when I pass, to listen to and not sell. Are your clothes worthless because you can't sell them? Or will you take them to a local market and get 200 baht for everything? Wouldn't you rather keep them so you don't get arrested doing what georgina does, running around without pants on?

I have clothes not worn in 10 years.