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13 hours ago, a-447 said:
It's a free country so the police should be able to march if they want to.
It's ironic that a group of people who have been discriminated against over the years now see fit to discriminate against the police.
The Police are free to organise and march in their own parade. They have no right to insist on marching in someone elses event. That's literally the opposite of freedom.
The organisers of Pride are free to choose which organisations are or are not invited to join in their event.
Given the police were the front line in persecuting gay men in many "free countries", that this persecution is still well within living memory, that even since legalization their institutional homophobia has resulted in crimes not being properly investigated, its easy to see why there is a complicated relationship between the police and the LGBTQ+ community.
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That's good. I always stuggle to find a 7/11 when I'm in Thailand.
/joke
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14 hours ago, vinapu said:
another example of idiocy sweeping the world. No wonder that Trumps, Orbans, Le Pens and the likes find receptive auditoriums.
Museums world over are filled with items which millions, perhaps billions may consider sacred. Are we supposed to close Louvre because some modern day Greek will claim that Nike is representation of goddess his ancestors considered sacred ? What about all those museums of religious art every self respecting city in Latin America claims to have ?.
I think its just bad law making. They were focused on fixing the wrongs and didn't give enough thought to unintended outcomes. It's not surprising that organisations prefer to err on the side of caution when it comes to legal requirements, especially when it may cost them money.
The Trumps, Orbans, LePens will always find receptive auditoriums because they know how to exploit peoples prejudices and fears. There will always be something that they will dress up as being an overwhelming threat to their audience.
In this case, how many people *actually* care that the Museum has removed these pieces from display? The objects are still safely stored, and I would imagine are still accessible to historians who request access. The display spaces will be used to show a different exhibition.
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AI voice vocalising a script written by anonymous person/persons.
Not interested in that opinion.
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Just now, macaroni21 said:
As @omega says, there are still several flying the rainbow flag and these stands have more gay clients and straight. But it's true that they're not exclusively gay. They never were but where in the old days there would be perhaps one woman in ten clients, now there are probably three.
I didn't realise it was gay friendly rather than gay exclusive. When I was there, and it was only for a few hours each on a couple of days, there were only gay men there. Only women were the massage/pedicure ladies.
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17 hours ago, Travellerdave said:
Is there still a recognised gay section ?
Yes.
I was there over Christmas. There is a couple of sections of beach loungers/chairs/Umbrellas with Rainbow flags flying. Just walk along towards the Rabbit Resort, and you should see them
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1 hour ago, unicorn said:
The fact that it wasn't mentioned doesn't mean it didn't happen. I suspect someone complained. The article states she was pulled aside, rather than speaking to her in front of the passengers. If she chose to blab about it afterward, that was her choice.
And I suspect, given whats in the article, that no-one complained, and simply one or more of the Cabin crew took issue.
If it was a customer complaint, the cabin crew probabaly would have not have called it "offensive attire". They probabaly would also have asked her in her seat to cover up, instead of summoning her to the front of the plane.
But lets ignore the double standards. A guy can walk around in a tight t shirt with his pecs (or man boobs) and nipples clearly visible through the fabric and no-one wants us to think of the poor children.
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1 hour ago, unicorn said:
Obviously a line has to be drawn somewhere. Should people be allowed aboard wearing anything they please? Only a swimsuit? Topless? A KKK robe? That Kiwi was obviously trying to get a reaction--and she got one. Boo-hoo. Airlines rarely have to take such action, but some people simply take the extra effort to dress in ways designed to provoke negative reactions--and then complain when they get a negative reaction. Why should parents be forced to let their children admire her breasts?
There is a picture of what she was wearing in the article from what she had taken in the airport. It doesn't look particularly revealing. It doesn't look like her boobs were on show for "children to admire". At best it looks like her nipples might have been showing through the fabric because she wasn't wearing a bra. It's weird that men with well defined pecs, or well defined man-boobs, can wander around with their breasts and nipples on full show through their t-shirts, but if a woman does it... "oh please won't someone think of the children!".
There is no mention that other customers had an issue with her. Just the flight crew. Who rather than being discrete and asking her politely to put something on, decided to publicly shame her.
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The Land of the Free (to do as you're told)
What a joke. Delta Employees are not the fashion police, nor are they morality police. Utterly wrong.
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7 hours ago, unicorn said:
No, he does not look underage. He does use Botox, so he doesn't have wrinkles, but he definitely doesn't look under 18. He's 6' 4" (1.93 m) tall. In the 3 years we've been together, we've traveled extensively, probably in close to 100 hotels, and never previously been questioneed.
Absolutely inappropriate then. Yeah, I'd be making complaints.
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6 hours ago, unicorn said:
I'm very used to people mistaking my fiance for my son. But we checked into a hotel yesterday, and she asked how old he was (he's 30) because she was concerned I might be trafficking in minors! Have any of you been subjected to such humiliation? 😤
If your fiance genuinely looks like he might be underage to someone who has just met him, then I would suggest that you take the sour with the sweet. In all other ways you've got the best of both worlds, and it is important that those who would traffick children are stopped.
If your fiance in no way looks like he might be underage, then I would share with your indignation and insult, and make an appropriate complaint about how their policy has been misused to humilate you.
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I think parenting also needs to consist of educating their children about the 'adult' world, at levels appropriate to the age and physical development. Too many have this idea that their kids should be kept innocent and ignorant until they're actually adults.
The case above might have been prevented if the poor kid had felt able to get support from his parents instead of judgement and punishment.
Parents must do better to create that level of trust and confidence.
That said, the absolute sick scum that did this... just no words can express the rage.
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1 hour ago, Marc in Calif said:
I do the same, especially with the calls from India.
If a guy tells me his name is Donald, I say this: "Well, that doesn't sound right. Can I call you Raj Kumar instead? It's much more appropriate."
If someone tells me that my Windows system has a serious issue, I play along as they give me instructions. After about 10 minutes of saying "I can't find a Windows key on my keyboard" or "Where is the Ctrl key?", I finally tell them that my computer is a Mac.
And if I keep them on the line for 15 minutes, I end with "Why is your mom's vagina so large? My friends and I have been in there at the same time." This prompts cursing and apoplectic insults that I parry like a standup comedian with a heckler.
Eventually, I've wasted a lot of their precious scam calling time. I'm retired, so I have all day for them. 😁
Not all heroes wear capes.
The longer you keep the scammers talking to you, the less time they have to scam some poor gullible confused innocent soul of their life savings.
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I'm a little on the fence with surrogacy.
Like sex work, it can represent financial indepdendence for women (and men, but lets focus on women for now). But it can also be extremely exploitative, and turn women into slaves used for their bodies.
I think surrogacy laws should protect the surrogate mother as the priority, and provision whatever clauses are needed to protect such women from exploitation.
But I'd urge any couple seeking surrogacy to re-consider adoption instead. There are many children in this world who do not have parents, and we have many would be parents without children.
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I'd be tempted to say form over function, but I can't see that plastic tape around your ankles is more aesthetic than nice pair of socks. Maybe that's all she had?
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I remember seeing some article or other, that looked at the numbers of death occuring at each age over 60.
There is a spike in deaths after 65 that slowly flattens as the age approaches 80, where it plateuas for a bit before rising again after 95ish.
If I recall those numbers right.
A hypothesis is that after a life of working, and we suddenly just stop, we lose that purpose in life, get depressed and just kind of give up. The first illness after that comes along and just takes us.
I've still got a fair distance to go until I'm able to retire, but that sticks in my head. I have to make sure I have a purpose after I stop working.
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22 hours ago, joizy said:
Hey Mack!
I want to thank you for your extensive reporting.
I returned from HCMC last week. I've been sick with COVID since I got back, so it's taken me a while to post this report.
A little background - I turned 64 in November and I'm feeling my age. I used to have sex several times per day and when I traveled to Asia, I never had to pay, even as I got older. So at this point, I am a little resistant to paying for sex because for me, it's just not the same.
Now, to contradict what I just wrote, I have paid for sex in the past, and often enjoyed it, but it was not my ONLY way of getting laid. Now, it does seem to be my only option, and I'm just not too thrilled with the idea.
So, that, plus the fact that I got sick early on in my trip, traveled to Hanoi and Bangkok, and was just feeling overwhelmed with the heat and traffic, going to a gay spa for sex ended up not being high on my list of priorities.
After returning from Bangkok, where I had two paid encounters (one great, the other mediocre), I was ready to see what Saigon had to offer.]
Thanks to you Mack, I had a very comprehensive guide.
I chose Tarzan because it was the closest and got a good review.
I went there by Grab car. Riding on the back of motorbikes was fun, but I was in the mood for comfort. The car was very comfortable and the driver let me out right in front of Tarzan. I was directed upstairs.
Two young men greeted me and motioned to the sofa. One of them joined me with an ipad with photos of the guys. I started looking at them and immediately felt overwhelmed, so I asked who was good, and he selected one profile. The guy was cute with a nice body. I went with the recommendation and was directed downstairs. Thanks to Mack, I knew the routine, changed into the little shorts, took a shower, and my guy met me when I was done and brought me upstairs.
He brought me into the room and then left to shower. When he came back, I was lying on my back and he had me turn over.
The massage was decent. Good pressure and a combination of palming and actual massage. He played with my ass a little and I could feel his hard cock poking me in the back. It didn't feel big, but I was okay with that. One thing I'd noticed about him as we went up the stairs was that it looked like he had an amazing ass. I'm mostly bottom, but I really do appreciate a good ass.
After he turned me over, I began to play with him and touch his legs and try to grab his ass. It was rock hard. (his ass, that is) - this moved things along and eventually we started having sex. He was nicely muscles and completely smooth.
He went down on me and I let him go uninterrupted until I got on my knees and started to suck him. He laid on his back and let me suck and then the topic of tip came up. He wanted to know how much I would tip him if he came. I thought this was an odd request, because to be honest, I didn't really care if he came and I wasn't sure how it worked, but I thought if he didn't come, he could then have another client, so maybe I was being generous?
Long story short, he said he wanted 8,000 dong to cum. I was planning on giving him 5,000, which I think was double (or more) what the minimum tip was. I thought I was being generous. So when he said, 8.000, I rolled over onto my back, and just said, "that's ok". He helped me cum, but then he said, 6,000, and I agreed. I think he really wanted to cum. So I played with his nipples and ass while he jacked off and eventually came.
When it came time to write down the tip, I told him to write 7.000, figuring I'd just pay a million dong for the whole affair.
I got one last look at his beautiful ass before being led downstairs.
I think it was the next day that I started with COVID symptoms. Did I get it there? Did I have it before (and maybe spread it there)?
It was not a bad experience. I liked the spa and now that I've been once, I would go back again and try someone else.
Thanks again Mack for making it easier for me!
Covid usually takes a few days to incubate before symptoms appear. It's not likely you got it there. You may however have infected your man of the moment.
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30 minutes ago, davet said:
What do you think he was going to do?
Guy noted OP's email address triggered a password reset... google sends the authentication code to confirm identity... OP gives it to guy... OP loses access to his google account. Probably account would be sold to hackers.
Every other website/accounts that gmail is used for is now susceptible to being hacked.
Authentication codes are only for you to use on a website. Never give them to anyone.
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1 hour ago, Londoner said:
On my first visit to Phuket- circa 1997- I visited a Patong sauna in the gay area called- I think- Dolphin. It was mixed, something I didn't discover until I took my shower in the usual way. Initially, I was alone but then saw that other clients entering the room were wearing bathing costumes.
I made my excuses and left, as they say.
I hope you put on a vaguely German or Scandinavian accent, just to really sell the "its normal to be naked at the sauna" vibe
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10 minutes ago, babybear2 said:
amazing!
Judging by the photos, Chili is a much more wealthy, modern, clean country than majority of other south American countries
Chile.
And yes, it's a very sucessful and stable democracy. It's only very slightly behind most other "advanced" nations.
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Advice please
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Can't verify ThaiFriendly. Never used it.
Grindr is well used in BKK and Pattaya.
10k is way, way too high. Avoid these, clearly trying to rip you off.
If anyone asks, this isn't your first time in Bangkok
Some folk are very trusting and don't think of this: Keep your valuables in the room safe when you invite someone to join you at your hotel, don't leave your phone and wallet on the side when you go to shower with them in the room - especially so if they're from Grindr, TF.
Enjoy and have fun!