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January 6, 2021 -- a day that will live in infamy
No , was Kenneth Williams in film Carry on Cleo. -
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Pastor Sparks Outrage with Fiery Sermon Advocating Violence Against Elon Musk
And your ripostes are getting more childish by the day. Grow up and deny Chomp’s gun lobby post. Thought not. -
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Road Safety in Thailand – a summary of Perceptions and Reality
It's useless to argue with a child like yourself. You do what teens do. They ignore what others say and only hear themselves. Every post I've said I understand what makes accidents happen, as has others, yet you keep coming back and saying we don't. Are you that dense that you don't understand other people also research things? That what you know others know? You couldn't find 37 typos in all of what I've said, because I rarely make them. What makes a road safety expert? Observations, and collecting data on those observations. Do you think he gets them from people telling him on a barstool? . If you think I act like all Thai drivers are born bad it's you that's ignorant. You still assume you know me, or anyone else here. You don't. You see a few words typed and automatically judge, just as you think I see 5 bad drivers and automatically judge all of Thailand. It's time for you to stop babbling on and read ALL of what a person writes before you reply. Real solutions come from having drivers obey the laws already there. Data and stats have been there all along. Laws have always been on the books. Roads are repaired although it could happen faster. Police write tickets but nowhere near the amount they should. The first thing that will make accidents reduce is attitude. To stop driving recklessly and care about others on the road, which is selfish behavior. Thailand has a drivers test, but it needs to be harder. Thailand has bad roads, but so do other countries. Thailand needs better law enforcement, but the attitude is they don't really care, because if they did, this would have reduced the amount of accidents and deaths that happen here. Thailand still is up near the top and there's that reason again. Your words............."And spare me the ‘I see more bad drivers here than back home’ routine. That’s confirmation bias 101—you expect bad driving, so you notice it more. Your anecdotal experience is not scientific proof"...............It isn't my expecting it to happen. It's happening every time I drive, and others, many others here, can attest to that. We aren't making things up. It isn't racist, a comment only a dolt would make. I've been driving longer than you ever will and more mileage, and in more countries and states. I've seen more incidents of bad driving because I'm on the road more than twice as much as the average driver, which means I observe more that's happening. I'm not near alone in these observations. If you left your house you might also see more yourself, although you probably would blame the road, the police, the infrastructure, the weather or data when a driver cuts you off without looking while driving a scooter with no helmet on, drunk, speeding and without a license. -
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BBC with a brutal takedown of Ukrainian hopes
As opposed to your National Socialist drivel. -
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In Case You Missed it, the Tattoo Fad is Over
Of course folks are free to adorn themselves with any and all the ink they want. Up to them. I also have a way I wish to make my body look, and undoubtedly many would take exception to it. I'm a 'natty' gym rat, and I enjoy having a six pack and definition, even though it's hidden from view under my garments. I guess getting tatted is less work and perhaps less painful than hours in the gym. Tatts are others' choices, fitness is mine. Folks are free to have an opinion about tatts or fitness. In fact, it is not possible to NOT have an opinion...whether about tatts or pink hair or Chang wifebeaters or the architecture of a new building. Even being totally indifferent is an opinion of sorts. Many state their opinion that they like tatts, while others---like me, as noted in my original post---think nobody looks better with a tatt and most bearing them look downright silly. I use the term "noisy", in the way I might use it to describe, say, Victorian interior design vs traditional Japanese interior design. That I think tatts look like crap means nothing to those who find them fetching. Those who might argue I should keep my opinion to myself fail to realize how ironic that is on a Forum, the purpose of which is to state opinions......about politics or circumcision or different beers or an expanded list of pronouns or whether it's wise to date a bargirl or if one should or shouldn't get vaxxed. Perhaps the site should provide a safe space and coloring books to those gentle snowflakes offended by an opinion to which they take exception. When something was a fringe practice for thousands of years, and then suddenly became mainstream, that screams FAD. When TV shows are made about it, with competitions leading to "voting off", similar to cooking shows or drag queen performances or seeking a job with a former Game Show host turned President, it screams FAD. When a celebrity known for his heavy use of ink decides to go through the pain of burning it all off, that suggests endgame. When tatt removal parlors begin to emerge in different parts of Bangkok, that, too, suggests endgame. When I get SPAM that offers me a chance to get rid of the tatts I don't have, that also suggests endgame. The tide seems to be changing. Cocktail party chat or beer bar chat might soon shift from showing off one's latest ink to regaling others with how much it hurt to burn the stuff off. Watch. I think it's coming. My Pete Davidson example is the canary in the coal mine. The truly trendy will try to be one of the First Removers. That is my opinion, too. I could well be wrong and might end up being the last holdout on the planet with unadorned skin, like a character in the movie "The Body Snatchers", yet to be assimilated by invading aliens. Won't I then be the freak! There is an oft tossed-around term to describe people who latch on to current trends and adopt something they never considered back before the fad: sheeple. Everybody knew tatts existed 20, 30, 50 years ago, but few chose to get them. Suddenly half the people decided they had to be a part of something they never previously considered. That is a fad, and the adopters could be reasonably called "sheeple". I don't like that term, and much prefer "lemmings", especially since just a lemmings suffer the consequences of their 'follow the crowd' behavior, studies showing ink can cause some to develop autoimmune diseases and those with colored ink can develop cancer says ink might have a negative cost. Those who joined the crowd, enjoy! Just be honest about your lack of individuality and your need to 'fit in'. We all choose the way we either wish to stand out or fit in. Even if I absolutely loved mullets or powdered wigs, I wouldn't wear either, so I admit to lacking total individuality. I saw tatts as a young kid, as my grand dad had an anchor on his arm he got on a port call during the war. Had I found such things appealing, I could have added one, too, but didn't. Tatts weren't yet a fad. Few others added them at that time either. Then the fad hit, and in my view, society is a lot less aesthetically pleasing because of it. Still, those who did or want to join the crowd are welcome to knock themselves silly.
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