The story of Brad The Impala

[whitemouse]

Our long time member, Brad The Impala has left us:


On reflection, this place isn’t fun anymore. I’ve been posting on the Gay Thailand message boards since they started, is that more than 30 years? I’ve been offended by a few people and I expect that I’ve offended a few too in that time. I’ve called it as I’ve seen it, and undoubtedly I’ve sometimes been wrong, sometimes gone over the top, apologies to the recipients. But by and large it’s been amusing, entertaining and often informative.

As someone who has visited and worked in Thailand for over forty years, I took pleasure in advising new members and reading about their experiences.

However visiting and writing on this forum is no longer fun. Currently it seems like there is a barrack room lawyer waiting round every corner with a subpoena to demand that posters explain why an opinion once expressed in a post years ago has been contradicted in a recent post. Or think that they are being clever to expose some minor factual inaccuracy in somebody’s story telling.

Posters are required to validate themselves on some altar of credibilty as if they were appearing in court instead of writing anonymous posts in an internet forum, while trying to make the posts entertaining for the benefit of others.

Individuals fashion themselves as latter day witchfinder generals in search of trolls, without caring how many innocents are burned or discouraged in the process. This seems to give them validation, but there have been, and always will be, composite and fictitious character constructions in the forums, some more credible than others.

From Rick with his flashlight to Hedda with the canary they have formed part of the tapestry of the forums and have often been informative and entertaining posters. When the time comes that the forums are more about interrogating these people, and creating an environment that discourages new posters from contributing and sharing their experiences, then it’s time to stop visiting.

I’m not moving somewhere else, I’ve been loyal to this forum, and it’s predecessor, liked their free wheeling style, and always shared what information and opinions I had here.

Time to take a break from people who are taking too seriously what should be entertainment, with a bit of information thrown in.

Brad The Impala has had enough! He says it's all so unfair!

[whitemouse]

And Whitemouse, a known asshole, simply HAD to ruin Brad The Impala's graceful exit:

Bradley, you created several fictional characters, you are cdnmatt, you are Surfcrest, you used to be Beachlover. These are your leading roles, no doubt you have many more, lesser characters.

Now that your bullshit stories caught up with you, it's no longer fun, it's understandable.

But I think the real reason is that you are bored with these characters, and it shows. You put almost no effort in developing your characters, no longer do you create long story arcs, fairly well written episodes in lives of your creations. You are getting old, and it's no fun for you, not as much as it used to be.

So instead of long, elaborate, very believable tales that you came up with from 2009 to 2012 or so, you go for the shock value. You 'went blind' (a term a blind person would never use btw, they'd phrase it as losing sight), then exposing yourself as overstayer without even as much as passport.
You know, of course, how ludicrous these latest tales are, but you are tired of your roles, so you put almost no effort in them.

And when you became a laughing stock you walk away.

But stop and think for a moment the damage you have caused to your own board! Non of us here have any credibility left, after you have poisoned the well so throughly!

I hope Sawadtee will attract new, real people, and become something more than your demented, sick playground.

So good bye, Bradley!

[whitemouse]

Fortunately Brad The Impala was rescued by white knight Moses, details here:

https://sawatdeenetwork.com/v4/showthread.php?18579-That-s-enough-for-now/page7

[cdnmatt]

Oh, for fuck sakes....

Mouse guy, can you please put the drugs down? Look at what you did to the forum during your latest binge. At least when I'm on a drinking binge I stay half normal.

Just... stop. You're just pissed that I didn't meet you when you asked me out of the blue one time years ago. Of course I didn't, just look at how you act. You're a crazy person.
Go play the guitar, or something. I recently stole Leo's, and it's awesome. Perfect for a blind person. :)

[catawampuscat]

The Bitch Board is back..

[scottish-guy]

..Go play the guitar...I recently stole Leo's, and it's awesome. Perfect for a blind person. :)

Pity Leo doesn't have a piano - you could become SGT's answer to Stevie Wonder.

[arsenal]

So it's now Commander Dude Matt, two dogs, a Bitcoin bulging computer, Leo from Laos AND his awesome blind person friendly (?) guitar looking to get night time passage across the Crocodile infested waters of the Mekong River. I suggest you get Leo from Laos to learn how to play The Skye Boat Song to ensure the correct ambience on the voyage.

[Manforallseasons]

The Bitch Board is back..


I didn't realize it was gone.

[scottish-guy]

I know hyperbole, embellishment and outright invention is almost compulsory within the homosexual lifestyle - but comparing this forum to the BitchBoard is taking things to a whole new level

[christianpfc]

You're just pissed that I didn't meet you when you asked me out of the blue one time years ago.
It was the other way round: you made a broad invitation for everyone who happens to pass through Khon Kaen to stop by to see you.

[Smiles]

It was the other way round: you made a broad invitation for everyone who happens to pass through Khon Kaen to stop by to see you.
That's absolutely true. I remember the broad invitation post quite well, and read it again in one of Whitemouses ridiculous regurgitations of long-ago threads.

[whitemouse]

Oh, for fuck sakes....

Mouse guy, can you please put the drugs down? Look at what you did to the forum during your latest binge. At least when I'm on a drinking binge I stay half normal.

Just... stop.

Why so angry, Matt?

You are not Brad The Impala, so what are you worried about. Matt, you are a decent guy in your mid thirties with couple of cool dogs and a guitar, start acting like it!

Take it easy, no need to be so defencive!

[whitemouse]

That's absolutely true. I remember the broad invitation post quite well, and read it again in one of Whitemouses ridiculous regurgitations of long-ago threads.

To you they are ridiculous regurgitations, to me they are interesting threads. You don't have to read them.

[cdnmatt]

Oh, for fuck sakes... here we go again. Yes, I made the invitation. It was just after I broke up with Kim, so I was naturally quite lonely at the time.

No Christian, I don't want to meet you, because you're a predatory sociopath. How many times do I have to tell you I don't like you, before you get it through your skull? And no, I don't want to meet that mouse guy either, because he's quite obviously a physchopath (s). I have no idea who he is, I've never conversed with him in my life, and this is the second time he's went ballistic on me.

Besides, haven't any of your lives changed in the past 8 years? My life is changing so rapidly right now on a day-to-day basis, that I'm having a difficult time coping. Especially now that I'm blind, so pretty much everything scares the shit out of me now.

Done. I'm hungry, and have beef sitting in the fridge deforsted.

[Smiles]

To you they are ridiculous regurgitations, to me they are interesting threads. You don't have to read them.
Actually what I really meant is that you, yourself, are a seriously ridiculous regurgitator. (Cndmatt uses the word 'psychopath' but that's a tad too Mt. Fujiyama.)
Just to make it more personal.

[whitemouse]

Actually what I really meant is that you, yourself, are a seriously ridiculous regurgitator. (Cndmatt uses the word 'psychopath' but that's a tad too Mt. Fujiyama.)
Just to make it more personal.

lol it's ok, Smiles, you are under no obligation to like me.
I don't think I've ever addressed you here, not even once, because I have zero interest in you. Of course I see your posts, you are always angry. There is bitterness about you, I can almost feel tge burden you carry, all this anger must be tiring.
But I would never insult you for no reason at all.

Put me on ignore, and you will never see my posts again!

[marti]

Oh, for fuck sakes....

At least when I'm on a drinking binge I stay half normal.

You being normal is like Hitler being a Jew.

[joe552]

Now that made me chuckle, Marti - here, have a like - I'm in a giving sort of mood.

[arsenal]

Give some to Scottish the Joe. He's bouncing all over the place from thread to thread doing his 'jokes'.

[joe552]

I gave him a like on the thread where I voted for you as the new moderator. Has he offered me a drink in return? Has he fuck!

[scottish-guy]

As Moderator-in-Waiting I can't be seen to be handing out drinks Joe - such a prestigious role brings with it an obligation to conduct oneself with a degree of decorum.

Precisely why Arsenal is inherently unsuitable

:drink:

[whitemouse]

As Moderator-in-Waiting I can't be seen to be handing out drinks Joe - such a prestigious role brings with it an obligation to conduct oneself with a degree of decorum.




Precisly! Moderator has to be someone who doesn't have close ties to other members, no past, no biases.

Like ЧК, predecessor to KGB, Chekist had to be someone with “clean hands, a cool head, and a warm heart."

I can think of only one candidate for such awsome responsibility - Whitemouse.

[arsenal]

Scottish and Whitemouse. Delusional to the end. The new moderator must be able to step above the fray and not 'get involved'. My record on this is exemplary. Scottish ruled himself out and is now putting himself back in. Indecisiveness is not a trait for a strong but fair mod. Perhaps I might make one of you my deputy as soon as my appointment is confirmed.

[cdnmatt]

I think we should all vote for me to be moderator, and let shit really hit the fan!

It'd be kinda like how the US elected Trump, but in a SGT setting. Let's see how crazy shit can get. :)

(just kidding, obviously)

[sglad]

I've been posting on the Gay Thailand message boards since they started, is that more than 30 years?

Did the WWW even exist 30 years ago, let alone gay Thailand message boards?

[joe552]

Did the WWW even exist 30 years ago, let alone gay Thailand message boards?

I don't know - I'm far too young to know what happened 30 years ago (or is that Alzheimer's?)