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Just opened up my app - 8:30 am in Pattaya (location: Bang Lamung Chonburi) At least 5 NICE looking Twinks Edit: make that 10

you scared off three cute straight boys?

Well just open the app on your phone, set your search location to Pattaya TH, and see for yourself. But I wouldn't skip jumping on a motorcycle taxi to go to Sunee area and see Nigh Boys bar

The boy (named Win or Wim) got sick some years ago. This has nothing to do with the bar closing, I was just concerned about him

Developed eventually - news to me. Elaborate, or more likely speculate. Doubtful that present myth is cast in stone Who was the cute blonde boy with braces that passed out on stage from HIV. I pray he is doing ok.

https://sawatdeenetwork.com/v4/showthread.php?23505-First-time-in-Thailand-for-a-while-)/page3 They had a good Blue Kamikaze...

Glad I'm not in Thailand. Just read Winner Boys had closed last week. (Reported on Sawasdee forum) They were advertising the bar for sale for 50,000 baht. Wonder what the rent costs are? If I was there I might have done something unwise. $$$

https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/born-soviet-union-grindr-ceo-100800191.html Born in Soviet Union, Grindr CEO was told he had two career options: Learn English or how to shoot a gun Most young people are told the path to prosperity is to study hard, maybe go to college, and get a grad job. Not Grindr CEO George Arison. Born in the 1980s Soviet Union, his father told him he had only two shots at success—one of which was learning to be proficient with a firearm. “My dad would come to say good night and spend 30 minutes talking to me about the fact that, in his view, the Soviet Union would collapse by the time I was 15, and the only people who would succeed if the Soviet Union collapsed were people who either spoke English or knew how to shoot guns,” Arison exclusively tells Fortune. “And seeing that he did not expect me to know how to shoot guns or be good at it, my only alternative was to be really, really good at speaking English.” While other kids his age were raised on tightly controlled messaging, he says he was fortunate to have access to global news channels—and that’s how he perfected his English, opening him up to a world of possibilities when he eventually moved to the US as a teen. “I had a great grandfather who lived in the same apartment building that we lived in, across the hall, and he had been a very senior officer in the Soviet military during World War Two, so as a result, he had special privileges,” he explains, while adding that one of those privileges was access to a radio which would sometimes catch non Soviet radio frequencies. “So oftentimes, when something was happening, he would be able to listen to Voice of America… and so I could actually absorb some of this stuff in ways that most other kids could not.” Later, Arison’s grandad similarly had access to cable before others. “The two cable channels you got were CNN and C-SPAN, which I think is really ironic with government sanctioning… My parents would never let me watch TV, but they would let me watch this because it was great to practice English.” By the age of 12, Arison had memorized the full names of every member of Congress—and two years later, in 1992, the Soviet Union dissolved. But just before, he had successfully applied to a boarding school in Maine, U.S., thanks to an American exchange family. He used the only public fax machine in Tbilisi to smuggle his application across the border, setting him on a path few could imagine from a city still behind the Iron Curtain. Grindr CEO says Gen Z’s career expectations are ‘out of whack’ with reality Like many immigrant U.S. students, Arison’s free time was spent working multiple jobs. It’s the one thing that separated him from the majority of his classmates, he recalls. One of the jobs he held was working at the college campus’s cafe until the early hours of the morning. Oftentimes, he’d return to the dorm after finishing his shift at around 4 a.m. and still be up for class later, like everyone else. He also navigated the challenges of being a gay man in a new country, finding guidance from older gay men—mentors who helped him navigate both personal and professional growth. Arison made his first entrepreneurial mark by founding Taxi Magic, now called Curb. He sold it for an undisclosed amount, before taking the reins at Grindr—the LGBTQ+ dating app with 14 million monthly users, in October 2022—landing a $1 million-a-year salary, plus bonus and stock options. And he says his success, in part, is thanks to those early hardships he experienced—now, as a CEO, it’s something he looks out for in talent. “I think that life being difficult teaches you a lot of challenging things, and showing that you overcame those challenges is oftentimes very appealing to people like me,” Arison says. But in reality, he’s taken stock of the fact that many Gen Zers lack that grit. In his eyes, having access to the world’s information at their fingertips has created a generation of young people who think they’re experts, without having put the work in—and seeing twenty-something influencers with millions in the bank only adds to that delusion. “The expectations around ‘hey, I read this in Wikipedia, so I’m an expert in sales,’ is very different from anything I ever experienced,” he explains, while adding that their expectations for promotions and progression are “out of whack with reality.” “And then the second thing is, I think people want to get credit for how difficult their life might have been… But if you view it as, because my life was difficult, I deserve XYZ, you really hurt yourself.” Grindr CEO’s advice for Gen Z: Be patient and willing to put the work in Like the CEOs of Pret and Cisco, Arison stresses the importance of learning the ropes first, and mastering the unglamorous early roles before worrying about a promotion. And for those racing toward the corner office far too early, he offers a reality check: most companies have a single CEO and a long queue of people with decades of experience competing for that spot. The average age of a Fortune 500 CEO is around 57, not the early twenties. “Everything I really know is either because I learned it myself or I learned it from my mentors,” the CEO stresses. “I did not learn how to raise capital because I read about raising capital. I learned how to raise capital because I watched my mentor, and then I learned how to do that from him. It was a learning process.” “And I had no expectations that I would have my boss’ job at 27 years old,” Arison adds. “Only the truly exceptional ones will break out and become amazing—that’s an exception to the rule.” “So my advice would be: Be a lot more cognizant that learning a professional skill set is almost all about apprenticeship. You need to be very willing to put in the work that it takes. Find really good mentors—seek them out—and learn from them.” This story was originally featured on Fortune.com

Seeking *Advice* for a lousy *$100 * donation in USA? Wow- last of the big spenders...

quite the benevolent high rollers here. obviously a quality crowd

Mostly DJ Station from what I can recognize.

GOD was more exciting when the walls were made from black painted plywood- the early days...

A satirical website urging President Donald Trump's youngest son, Barron, to be drafted into the military appeared online in the wake of a deadly U.S.-Israel strike on Iran, quickly drawing attention for its pointed timing and over‑the‑top praise of the president’s family. The site, DraftBarronTrump.com, was created by Toby Morton, a comedy writer who previously worked on South Park and Mad TV, according to his personal website and Variety. Morton has described himself as a “creator of anti‑fascist websites” and is known for registering domain names that appear official but redirect to parody pages impersonating public figures or institutions. Morton has launched dozens of similar sites targeting politicians, religious leaders, and organizations, including parody pages aimed at the Trump‑Kennedy Center, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Andrew Cuomo, televangelist Joel Osteen, and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/03/03/draft-barron-trump-website-parody-us-strikes-iran/88958422007/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/kim-jong-un-level-insanity-110206256.html President Donald Trump says he plans to build a 100,000-seat stadium near the White House to host a UFC fight on his birthday. The president confirmed the MMA event last year, although his critics have branded the plan to build an arena for the event as “Kim Jong Un-level insanity.” “They are going to put up something that’s really amazing,” Trump told reporters. “It's really having to do with our great 250th birthday, where we’re having so many wonderful things. “UFC’s coming, as you know, in front of the White House, where they’re building, literally, a stadium. We’re gonna have over 100,000 people. This is gonna have a lot of…I won’t even say how many people because I think it can set a record for racing. It’s gonna be very, very important.” Trump made the announcement while holding a meeting in the Oval Office about his executive order to bring an IndyCar street race to the capital. However, Trump’s critics have slammed the plans to build the 100,000-seat arena. “Do the American people have a say? Who is paying for this?” one X user asked. “That is what America needs,” another user wrote on X. “Right now. No Epstein. No war. No dying service members. Let’s talk ballroom.” “This is Kim Jong Un-level insanity,” author John Pavlovitz wrote on X. During his second term, Trump demolished the East Wing in order to make way for a $400 million ballroom and paved over the White House’s rose garden. He has also teased plans to build a huge ceremonial arch for America’s 250th birthday. Much of the planning around his birthday UFC fight, which will be held on June 14, has been kept under wraps, though. “We’ve been so secretive about this,” UFC CEO Dana White told iFL TV. “I’ve got boards, which I’m sure you’ve seen, hanging in our War Room. This isn’t even on the boards. “We bring in a whiteboard, we write the fights down, and then erase them every time we have a matchmaking meeting,” he continued. “Usually, matchmaking meetings are every Tuesday. They’ve been every day for the past two weeks.” “I’ll announce the whole card this week,” White added. “The card is done.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/virginia-legislature-passes-bill-banning-211110172.html The Virginia legislature has passed a bill that prohibits the state’s public schools from teaching that the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol was a “peaceful protest” or that there was “extensive election fraud” in the 2020 presidential election. Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) is expected to sign the bill that was passed on party-line votes by Democratic majorities in the state House of Delegates and Senate and is believed to be the first of its kind in the U.S., according to a report by The Washington Post. The text of the bill, HB333, adds new language to the Virginia statutes that requires any local school board that imposes new restrictions on “[a]ny program of instruction on or relating to the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the United States Capitol” and “any accompanying curriculum or instructional materials, or any instruction provided by a teacher as a part of any program of instruction.” Any school that teaches about the events of Jan. 6, 2021 is required by HB333 to “[d]escribe the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the United States Capitol as an unprecedented, violent attack on United States democratic institutions, infrastructure, and representatives for the purpose of overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election.” The new statutory language also says that schools shall not “describe, portray, or present as credible a description or portrayal of the actions precipitating or involved in the events of the January 6, 2021, insurrection as peaceful protest” or “state, suggest, or present as credible a statement or suggestion that there was extensive election fraud that could have changed or actually changed the results of the 2020 presidential election.” The bill’s sponsor, Virginia Del. Dan Helmer, a Democrat representing Fairfax, characterized HB333 a response to a website launched by the White House on Jan. 6, 2026 that blamed Democrats and Capitol police for the violence, accused then-Vice President Mike Pence of “cowardice” and “sabotage,” and claimed no wrongdoing by President Donald Trump. “The White House webpage says January 6 was a peaceful protest, and people who instigated it were the police and National Guard,” said Helmer. “This is a preventative measure against a massive disinformation campaign on the part of the White House.” Republican legislators criticized HB333 as “state-sponsored mind control,” reported the Post, adding that the bill “raises complicated questions about how far government should go in dictating how historical events are portrayed, particularly in an era when even basic facts are increasingly treated as matters of partisan debate.” Helmer rejected claims by Republicans that this was an effort to ban speech and argued it was instead about “establishing guidelines.” “All this does is put guardrails on to ensure public education in Virginia can’t lie to our kids,” he told the Post. Last year, Oklahoma attempted to require its schools to teach debunked conspiracy theories about fraud in the 2020 election, but were stymied by the state’s supreme court.