Re: More reflections on Boyztown's future
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Originally Posted by
Manforallseasons
Boyztown like Soi Twilight is all but gone as is Sunee and Chiang Mai....only Jomtien Complex thrieves with farangs 60+ and fem boys with the exception of 3 bars with Cambodian boys....this too shall change as immigration is only offering the Cambodians at this moment 2 week visas.
I agree with most of what you wrote above except about "The Fems". When I visit Jomtien I always stay at The Venue so my steps down from That Place and out into the Complex takes about 3 seconds ... and I hang out in That Place each night I spend there. I see no more of "The Fems" within the Complex than any other grouping of gay bars in Thailand.
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Originally Posted by
latintopxxx
sglad has a brain
Yes but who's brain does it belong to?
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Originally Posted by
francois
While on the subject of spelling errors, you do mean, pretentious? :devilsh:
You are right, Francois! I should not have criticized Sglad's use of "vis a vis", obviously I can't spell, and I was wrong.
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Originally Posted by
francois
While on the subject of spelling errors, you do mean, pretentious? :devilsh:
Any thoughts on people using an expression in French, in conversation that is otherwise in English?
Do French people do this? Do two French men drop English words into a sentence, while conversing in French?
Do French people talk at all, you know, about stuff, about life, small talk in general, or do they just open their mouth enough to point out, and correct each other's grammar and spelling errors? You are the only French person I know, so I'm curious.
I imagine it may be quite time consuming if a non native French speaker attempts to have dialogue in French, with a French man. Imagine the mountain of spelling errors! You'd need a full time assistant.
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The UK TV station Channel 4 broadcasts lots of series in non-English languages in its Walter Presents strand. Most of them are sub-titled rather than dubbed, so you hear the original language being spoken. It is noticeable that most of the foreign languages featured do incorporate a surprising number of individual English words or even whole phrases. It seems especially true of the Nordic languages - Swedish and Danish in particular seem to have incorporated quite a bit in the way of English slang expressions into their everyday speech.
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Of all the gay encounters I've had over the years, around 50% took place without a word spoken, and in probably over 75% of encounters I never got to tell the other guy my name - and vice versa.
Spontaneous stuff - cut to the chase - just have sex..
For my generation this doesn't feel like unusual behaviour, which makes me wonder whether a) The smartphone generation is creating a radically new outlook towards gay sex or b) This is just a temporary fad.
Will the next generation of bar users mosey into a bar and get that sudden impulse to suck the dick of the third boy from the left, caring nothing about his name or background, and trusting the bar to make sure he's old enough? Or will they want to see people on their phones, and rattle off loads of text messages before arranging where to meet, only to find that the cute innocent looking photos the boy sent him were taken five years before..?
Smartphones have turned all sorts of social survey data upside down since they first became mainstream in 2012, and not always in a good way - depression and self-harm amongst younger people have both gone through the roof.
So will the big brother technology just get more and more intense - or will the next generation of young people celebrate being 'off-grid' and revel in having real encounters with real people?
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Originally Posted by
Old git
... will the next generation of young people celebrate being 'off-grid' and revel in having real encounters with real people?
No they'll just sit wanking on their phones as they do now!
:D
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sad but true...damn steve jobs killed the cottaging/dogging scene...
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although it doesnt explain the demise of the gay club...seems like the modern shirt lifter prefers to mingle with the breeders ...
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Originally Posted by
Old git
Of all the gay encounters I've had over the years, around 50% took place without a word spoken,
Interesting...I didn't know the tradition of making out in cinemas started during the era of silent films.
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Originally Posted by
francois
delete
Oh no! What is this "deleted" thingy, mon cheri!?
You are letting me down, Francois, just as I was beginning to hold you in highest esteem, even higher than Google Chrome, and it's built in Auto Correct feature (I am lazy, and often have it turned Off, as you have noticed, and pointed out to me and others, as you correct the many typos that slip through).
In even higher esteem, than Windows Word, and it's built in spell check! That's highest praise possible, Francois!
This is a sad day, an unfortunate surrender from someone usually so brave, someone who does not hesitate to write post after post, (single sentences posts, no less), in order to point out fellow SGT member's spelling errors. AND typos! A valuable service to all, something that requires vigilance, and patience!
It would be only too easy to go through fellow SGT member's post, discover a typo, and just move along. That's what a coward would do! Man of courage would take that typo, and MAKE A POST OUT OF IT! A hero in my book!
You know, Francois, I have heard people call French "surrender monkeys", and similar
disparaging expressions. It is really unfortunate, and nothing could be further from the truth! French may have surrendered to Germany during WWII, unlike rest of Europe, but one thing is for sure, and I can attest to it right here and now - the bravest typo warrior on internet, who I've ever come across, is a brave Frenchman!
While lesser boards, Thai Visa Forum, for example, have a policy of deleting posts that correct typos and spelling errors, posters who practice it are called "grammar nazis", they receive a warning for first offence, and suspension after the second offence, these boards consiser it spam, we at SGT recognizes the valuable service to this board.
Be proud, François! Don't take any of this surrender monkey crap, keep resisting!!
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My gut feeling is that we're going through a re-set. After which tech will be for servile peasants, and the role models will be 'off-grid'
- Just my 2c..
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Originally Posted by
DoubleDutch
Oh no! What is this "deleted" thingy, mon cheri!?
[full post quote shortened - ChristianPFC]
Be proud, François! Don't take any of this surrender monkey crap, keep resisting!!
Francois...you know it’s Bad Boy Billy with us again...you do don’t you! Best ignored!
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Originally Posted by
gerefan2
Francois...you know it’s Bad Boy Billy with us again...you do don’t you! Best ignored!
Fracois, you know it's the gerefan2 with us, again, you do, don't you! Best ignored!
Mon ami, I expect nothing less than a dedicated post, pointing out numerous grammar errors by gerefan2. A curious case of two (or is it three?) missing commas, a mystery! The fact that gerefan2 is your friend should not be grounds for granting him a pass.
Do not try, and add any thoughts and opinions of your own, that would be breaking character!
Three Dots, a trade mark of latintopxxx, should not be counted as grammar error, a plagiat, at most.
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Very good BAD BOY BILLY, having a pop at three of us in one post!
Saves a lot of your long winded posts.
We love you Billy, we always do when you reappear!
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Originally Posted by
gerefan2
Francois...you know it’s Bad Boy Billy with us again...you do don’t you! Best ignored!
I agree.
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Originally Posted by
gerefan2
Very good BAD BOY BILLY, having a pop at three of us in one post!
Saves a lot of your long winded posts.
We love you Billy, we always do when you reappear!
Since Francois, your Sunee friend, refuses to do his job, and correct errors in your posts, this job is now on my shoulders.
Here:
"Very good, BAD BOY BILLY, having a pop at three of us in one post!
Saves a lot of your long ,winded posts.
We love you, Billy, we always do, when you reappear!"
4 errors in 3 sentences, gerefan2!
Aren't you a native English speaker, gerefan2? What happened?
I'm not even gonna ask who is BAD BOY BILLY. I just assume there's something in a water at Sunee, you both hang out there, one is illiterate, the other a mad proof reader.
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DD wrote.
"something in a water at Sunee,"
I think you mean there's something in a waiter at Sunee. And it's usually a447. ROFL.
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If he's a hot, masculine hunk, then chances are he'll be in me!
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Originally Posted by
DoubleDutch
I'm not even gonna ask who is BAD BOY BILLY. .
Exactly, you know damn well who you are.
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Originally Posted by
gerefan2
Exactly, you know damn well who you are.
"Exactly, you know damn well who you are !"
An exclamatory sentence, or exclamation, is a more forceful version of a declarative sentence. In other words, an exclamatory sentence makes a statement (just like a declarative sentence), but it also conveys excitement or emotion. An exclamatory sentence ends with an exclamation mark (!).
https://www.englishgrammar.org/exclamatory-sentences/
I'm afraid you failed, again, gerefan2!
Gerefan2, understand, I am not trying to be an asshole, or difficult and unpleasant for no reason at all, I'm simply doing what your best friend, Francois, does to SGT almost every day.