Quote Originally Posted by snotface View Post
Dear old Diec is definitely what might be called an acquired taste. He makes an occasional appearance here to disconcert complacent board members, much in the manner of Coleridge's ancient mariner, who used to accost unsuspecting wedding guests ('Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!') with his tale of woe. Diec is, shall we say, somewhat cynical by nature and especially where Thai young man/elderly farang relationships are concerned. In fact, he makes all other board cynics look like Mary Poppins. Reread his post and you might just detect his extremely rarefied brand of cynicism. Naturally, it never made him popular here, though I find a certain creepy charm in his posts, a corrective to the worst excesses of farang optimism and benevolence.
A highly developed sense of the ridiculous does not make a cynic. But it’s an acquired taste I know - it outrages many members here