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Do you believe cdnmatt's stories?
This poll was in the air:
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newalaan2
Are you sure it's as low as 50% disbelievers? I thought I was in, the about 10% of believers...
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Smiles
No poll has been done on that topic ...
both from:
https://sawatdeenetwork.com/v4/showt...-cheaper/page2
(I wanted public and anonymous vote in the same poll, but that's not possible, so I opted for anonymous vote to get everyone's vote. If you want to share your vote, do so in replies to this poll. My vote is No.)
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No,but at one time he seemed real.
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That's exactly where my conflict lies, francois - I believed his earlier stories about life with Kim, but I find it harder to believe the latest posts.
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joe552
..., but I find it harder to believe the latest posts.
Which makes his earlier posts suspect.
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Indeed, a447. I like to think of myself as a trusting kind of guy, but Matt certainly doesn't make it easy.
I wonder has he voted yet?
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i am a non believer but I don't really care that I think it's all fiction. It's still fun to read.
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It's fun to read as long as what he writes doesn't have any impact on real people living real lives. Then it becomes a problem.
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Ok, let's change this a bit. Name one specific example of my life that you don't believe. No generalizations allowed, I want a specific example.
And you can't use being blind. I understand how that could be seen as a lie, and regardless, it's off limits. Even if you think I'm lieing about going blind, keep your mouth shut about it, because it's beyond rude and disrespectful otherwise.
Everything else is fair game though. Go for it. One specific example that you think I'm lieing about, or you believe is unrealistic.
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Time for the beer and popcorn, boys
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Good lord!
I see that "Yes" has two votes.
Matt, you're only allowed to vote once!
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I voted "undecided" and remain to be convinced one way or the other.
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I don't necessarily "believe" Dracula, but I find it it entertaining.
I take much the same approach to 75% of the stuff posted on this board, and not specifically Matt's contributions.
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Still waiting for a specific example...
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If I may speak for others Matt - I think the main scepticism focuses around the acquired blindness, and the bitcoin saga.
Not that I have any view on the veracity of either - as I say, I just take things as they cum
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Going blind is, in itself, not unbelievable.
However, matt's "It's only a flesh wound" attitude, and his decision to ask for advice on a chat forum are.
That's what turned matt into a storyteller.
If you tell one lie, the veracity of everything else you've posted is brought into question.
Matt has realised that he is no longer credible; hence his recent "January 5, February 5, March 5 " ( hahaha) post where he was laughing, not so subtly, at the one of the few members he said he was willing to meet. It's now just a game.
His posts are mildly interesting on a slow day.
If only they were clever.
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a447
Going blind is, in itself, not unbelievable.
However, matt's "It's only a flesh wound" attitude, and his decision to ask for advice on a chat forum are.
That's what turned matt into a storyteller.
If you tell one lie, the veracity of everything else you've posted is brought into question.
Matt has realised that he is no longer credible; hence his recent "January 5, February 5, March 5 " ( hahaha) post where he was laughing, not so subtly, at the one of the few members he said he was willing to meet. It's now just a game.
His posts are mildly interesting on a slow day.
If only they were clever.
Go fuck yourself, a447. You've proven yourself to be one of the lowest peices of scum I've ever encountered in my life. Not that you care any, but I will never forget what you did, nor will I ever forgive it.
heh, a "flesh wound", eh? Everyone actually got the same, including my own family -- a happy, worry free version of me. Want to know why I did that? When you go blind, you have no choice but to be internally stronger than you've ever been before. Pity and sympathy don't help, and if anything are detrimintal.
Trust me, I went through the expected turmoil, and still have bad days once in a while. The only one who actually experienced the turmoil I went through is Leo. Everyone else got a happy, worry free version of me. There was no point in soliciting sympathy, because that's not going to bring my eyesight back, nor would it have helped me learn how to navigate the world in the dark.
Once again, you can go fuck yourself. Again, I will never forgive you for following me around the board, and trolling me like you did just after I went blind. I don't care anymore, but back then I sure did. That was simply uncalled for, ans speaks volumes about your character.
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scottish-guy
If I may speak for others Matt - I think the main scepticism focuses around the acquired blindness, and the bitcoin saga.
Not that I have any view on the veracity of either - as I say, I just take things as they cum
Again, let's leave the blind thing off the table. I know I engaged a447 on it, and shouldn't have, but still, I'm not going to sit here and defend that I went blind, because that's bullshit. And I'm not uploading the results of my MRI, so you'll just have to take my word for it.
What's so unbelievable about the bitcoin thing? I've been a software developer my entire life. If I stayed a general purpose developer, I'd be lucky to land $30/hour contracts. However, since I specialize in the bitcoin protocol, I can pickup $100/hour contracts without much problem., so of course I went the bitcoin route.
Please note, by no means does that mean I'm some "bitcoin millionaire", becuase nothing could be further from the truth. All it means is that I know the bitcoin protocol inside and out. Nothing more, nothing less. All the information you need to learn the protocol is freely and publicly available on the internet.
Again, doesn't mean I'm rich, although if I was smart I would be right now. I remember back in the day I had about 250 BTC when they were about $30. Now the price is about $6500. Damn, sure missed that boat.
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Matt.you're sure expressing a lot of anger toward a447. Why? He's not saying anything a number of us haven't said before.
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joe552
Matt.you're sure expressing a lot of anger toward a447. Why? He's not saying anything a number of us haven't said before.
Oh, I think you rejoined the board after that episode. Yes, a447 is a low life piece of shit, and he can go die in a fire for all I care.
After I first went blind, it took me about a month and 25 people to finally manage to get back online with a working computer and screen reader. I came back here for some normality and English language. For months, a447 would follow me around, trolling me and pointing out every single spelling typo I made, as if it was somehow proof that I wasn't blind. All the while, I'm terrified, still somewhat in emotional shock, and trying to figure out this world in the dark. He was absolutely relentless, and just wouldn't let up, becuase he's a piece of shit who likes to bully others to make himself feel stronger.
Again, I will never forgive him for that. For the rest of my life, every time I think about the learning process of navigating this life in the dark, I'm going to remember what a447 did. As I've said before, words matter, so be careful with them.
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I've voted yes, but of course I could be wrong. Cannot remember any blatant lie or discrepancies by Matt. It's hard to believe that he didn't go home to see a real hospital after this blind thing, but there is the visa issue what could have prevented him doing so. Anyway, maybe he is willing to meet another member fo a beer, so we all could be sure about him and be happy about further updates from his life up there in KK. ChristianPFC is a decent guy to meet or maybe this NewAllaan.
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Matt, that was a powerful post. I still don't know if you're "real" or not, and let's face it, we'll probably never know, for sure, one way or the other.
But your post about a447 talks about a genuine hurt, that I find hard to disbelieve. You're right, I was away from the board for a long time. So I probably missed a lot of drama.
Right now, and for what it's worth, i believe what you say. I don''t think that level of anger can be manufactured.
Of course, I could be totally wrong, and a447 will be along at some point to show how wrong I am.
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I answered “I don’t know”. This is based on the feeling that one should not say that Matt is lying unless you have a fairly good idea. But I have to say I lean towards a no.
The funny thing is Matt is getting annoyed now at the fact that people don’t believe him or his stories. A lot of that could have been avoided if Matt had taken up the opportunity to meet some board members in person earlier on. But despite some discussions, particularly a lot with Christianpfc, it never came to pass.
At one stage Matt offered a free board people to people if they wanted to come to see him and Kim (the Leo of the day). But with Christian, and I think somebody else is well, these plans to meet always fell through. When it looked like Christian really was going to come and see him, suddenly Matt seemed to get nervous of Christian, that he was a bit of a weirdo and stalker, and declared that he didn't want to see him after all.
It was funny to see Matt trying to portray Christian as a dodgy and dangerous character – although Christian's style can be strange at times he has met loads of people off the Boards (including me) and no one ever has had a problem with him (that met him face to face anyway).
Matt even back then was having problems with people disbelieving him. I told him that therefore he should make a special effort to meet Christian or somebody who had was accepted within the “Boards community” as being genuine, and reports of Christian meeting him and seeing his actual situation would lend credence to him.
I cannot remember if this was in a PM or a posting on a discussion. But Matt dismissed me and said something along the lines s of “I don’t care if anybody believes me or not”. Whether this was from being arrogant and he really just couldn’t care less, or because his life was a bit of a made up story I didn't t know at the time, and still don't know now. What I do know is that Matt pretends he couldn’t care less if people believe him or not, but it’s obviously it’s something it does annoy him.
So that was either a miscalculation Matt’s part, or maybe it was something he had to do because he couldn’t let Christian know the truth.....
To be honest, I have to say Matt’s anger at the upset a447’s posts caused him seemed a little less heart-rending when, reflected at how Matt (presuming he is genuine) could have avoided a lot of the scepticism by not being an ornery old fuck earlier.
Anyway this current thread, Matt is trying to get us to nominate bits of the story there aren’t true. I’m not going to play that game as it will just get into an unwinnable row where we can argue back and forth about what parts of his life story are the most fantastical, which if he was a fantasist troll just making it all up, he would enjoy anyway.
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which if he was a fantasist troll just making it all up, he would enjoy anyway.
He's absolutely loving it, which is why he tells us in almost every single post that he is blind.
Even his over the top anger at me is manufactured and part of the game.
I'm just playing along, which gives him the opportunity to remain on centre stage.
He should be grateful!
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a447
He's absolutely loving it, which is why he tells us in almost every single post that he is blind.
Even his over the top anger at me is manufactured and part of the game.
I'm just playing along, which gives him the opportunity to remain on centre stage.
He should be grateful!
You just don't get it, do you? Even if you think I'm lieing about going blind, any rational human would keep their mouth shut about it. Not you though...
What happens if you're wrong (you are btw), and I am actually blind? Then what? I highly doubt you'd ever apologize, because you're just a horrible human being like that.
Oh, and as for the 5th of the month? Yeah, that wasn't meant as 555. That's simply because rent is due on the 6th.
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I reiterate that as long as your stories involve only characters then it's bearable but once you start attacks on real people doing real jobs and employing real people who need real jobs then the adults will have to step in.
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Well, I have two contractors on the pay roll now, and am just now once again responsible for training another development team. Does that count? :)
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New characters? Scribble away.
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Ronan, you make a number good points.
Matt, I'll be in Thailand in January. I'm prepared to spend a couple of days in KK, (always like to get out of the Pattaya bubble). How about a meet? Take an hour out of your day and we'll have a beer or 3? What say you?
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Yep, happy to meet you Joe. Sorry, but not willing to meet Christian. He just creeps me out, and I don't want anything to do with him. You on the tother hand seem like a normal guy, who like the rest of us, is just trying to make the best out of this crazy thing called life.
I know of an excellent restaurant that serves probably someo of the best Italian food you've ever had. Owned by an older Italian guy, and his food shows that he's had a good amount of experience in kitchens in Italy. Happy to buy you dinner some night, if wanted, especially if you'll drop a note on the board to shut everyone up once and for all.
Again though, just make sure to schedule in advance. I need to ensure Leo is here, and not in Laos, as I need him as a guide to get around town. Going by myself is just a bad idea.
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Well Matt, I'm happy to take you up on your offer. Just for the record, I have to say christian might not be my first choice of drinking buddies, but I think he's a genuine guy.
That Italian restaurant sounds right up my street.
I suggest we do the rest of this by PM, which I'm about to send.
How does one (or even 2) get from Pattaya to KK? Bus? Really looking forward to that.
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Yeah, I think Christian is a genuine guy too. That's why I don't want to have anything to do with him. Just look at hi posts and blog to see why.
Yep, but from Pattaya to KK is about 6 hours, and VIP seats I think are around 300 baht or so. Can't remember, it's been a while. If you need some hotel recommendations, just let me know. I know of an excellent hotel for 600/night, and it's an all around excellent hotel with really nice rooms, walking distance to everything.
Sorry, but you're not coming to my house. I don't like strangers knowing where I live. Happy to meet you in town though.
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Well Stanley met Livingstone so I suppose anything is possible.
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Matt and I are in touch via PM, so I won't post any more on this subject. Since my old friend from Si Saket hasn't responded in over a week, I think the trip to Bangkok to see his parents is a non-runner. So I'll have a couple of days free.
Matt and I are in touch via PM here, or email.
But what happens if he finds out I'm not the drunken Irish guy he's expecting?
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I know you well enough from your posts to know you don't pose a threat to either, myself or Leo. Good enough for me.
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Ah Matt, that's where you've fallen into my trap. I pose as the drunken Irishman, but in reality, I'm a stalker, and you'll never hear the end of me.
That's a joke, by the way, in case any of you were wondering.
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joe552
... I have to say christian might not be my first choice of drinking buddies...
Let me assure you that Christian is an excellent drinking buddy, and the best plan is to buy a bottle of spirits and mixers.
He'll drink only the mixers, leaving you to drink all the spirits.
Can't think of a better result!
:p
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cdnmatt
You just don't get it, do you? Even if you think I'm lieing about going blind, any rational human would keep their mouth shut about it. Not you though...
And any rational human being would stop banging on about it, thread after thread, post after post, day after day. Not you though....
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cdnmatt
What happens if you're wrong (you are btw), and I am actually blind? Then what? I highly doubt you'd ever apologize, because you're just a horrible human being like that.
If I am wrong, I'll join the queue to apologise profusely to you. I certainly would have no problem whatsoever doing that.
In fact, I'll make sure I'm at the front of the queue. I want to be the first.
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Oh, and as for the 5th of the month? Yeah, that wasn't meant as 555. That's simply because rent is due on the 6th.
Of course it is! Silly old me!
And how many days has it taken for you to come up with that excuse?
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joe, I can't wait until you meet matt and report he is what he claims to be.
If you do meet him and verify his existence then I will buy you a dinner when you are in Pattaya. That is a safe bet.
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My 50% unbelieving is holding up closer than I thought: 47.8% right now. At the time I put my number down as poetic licence. Guess not :bo:
Not really sure how to vote. I believe he lives in Khon Kaen. I believe he has dogs. I am 70% believing he has a boyfriend in tow ... but 30% believe that is bullshit. I believe he is a bitcoiner on some level. I absolutely believe he is a self-absorbed neurotic.
I do not believe he has gone blind. I doubt very much he will be moving to Laos. I do not believe he cooks dinner every night in the dark. I do not believe he has a sense of irony, nor a sense of humour. I do not believe he stays at home in the dark trying to figure out how to make the world's population love each other instead of hating each other. I do not believe he will open his door to NewAlaan as he hidden his whereabouts by stealth on at least 2 or 3 member's of Sawatdee ... that pattern will not change.
I guess I'm an "Other".