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It would but my understanding is that few people bother filling up their profiles and even fewer bother reading them. And among those who do read, some choose to ignore what's written and try their luck anyway. Moreover, we are working under the HUGE assumption that people are writing the truth about themselves and using their own, current, unaltered pics. As you said, it's all just a game and not to be taken too seriously.

555 You're precious. I think Patanawet was referring to you, weren't you, Patanawet and quoted PeterRS2 by mistake?

You sound like an American high schooler in a pissing contest with a misplaced and misguided competitiveness. Most people aren't in a popularity contest, least of all in an anonymous chat forum for some empty kicks or feel the need to talk themselves up in some kind of fantasy existence. We're too busy with the vicissitudes of daily life, dealing with setbacks and celebrating achievements with our real friends and family. Look back at what the rejected party said in context: "...he wasn't interested in foreigners". It was the rejected party's interpretation of things, exchanged in an app with apparently a young Taiwanese. We don't know exactly what was said. My understanding is that one is lucky to receive a reply at all or not blocked outright in the world of online hook-ups if the other party isn't interested. Secondly, your polite rejections may be well and good when declining an invitation to tea with someone of your generation and of your cultural and linguistic background, but we are talking about a totally different context here. The object of interest is a young Taiwanese chatting on a gay hook-up app who may not be familiar with the subtleties and connotations of the English language and conversational etiquette of someone of your generation. Instead of thinking like an older, insular American, try putting yourself in someone else's shoes; in this case, someone much younger and from a different cultural and linguistic background to yours. By the way, "I have a boyfriend already" would be a strange comeback on a hook up app and a real slap in the face. 😅 And who knows, maybe the young man in question had had bad experiences with foreigners, especially annoying ones who can't take no for an answer or let things go (no one from this forum, I'm sure🙄) and felt that the direct approach was best. Bear in mind that a lot of older westerners use their "farangness" or "whiteness" as a selling point when hitting on Asians - "do you like farang?" - as if personality, looks and compatibility don't matter - and in which case a simple "I'm not into foreigners" would be a reasonable response.

I guess whether one thinks it's polite or not depends on how well one handles rejection and granted many people handle it poorly. I think using a broad shorthand like "I don't date foreigners" provides the rejected party with the opportunity to save face, allowing him to attribute the rejection to cultural incompatibility (or he can fill in the blanks himself) instead of some physical or social shortcoming on his part. Imagine if the Asian guy had said, "Sorry, I don't date fat, old, long-winded, white bores with a poor sense of style and terrible shoes. Snap!" 😱Now that would have been impolite indeed.

It may just be a quick and polite way of giving someone they're not interested in the brush off, without having to think too much for an excuse. And they may already have plenty of options within their own circles, so not being interested in foreigners isn't necessarily limiting.

Most nightlife venues will be closed today, Wednesday 29 July 2026, and tomorrow, Thursday 30 July 2026, for Asarnha Bucha and Khao Phansa respectively, two major Buddhist holidays. Public holidays started yesterday, being His Majesty the King's birthday and an extra holiday has been declared for Friday, 31 July 2026. So it's practically a week long holiday in Thailand. Please join me in wishing His Majesty a happy birthay. ทรงพระเจริญ! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Oh look, Olddaddy, it's even got a toilet bowl built in - very convenient and no need to worry about the Depends anymore!

Wow, all very exciting. 🙄 Sounds like church was a big part of your life growing up. Now tell us: did you ever toy with the priesthood?

Wellington is the capital of New Zealand. 🙄 Clearly the headmistress hasn't been doing a good job and needs to spam you with more copy-and-paste articles.

Church and then the sauna after; your knees must be worn out. 😏

Yes, shame on you, floridarob for interrupting a keen student like Olddaddy. Headmistress PeterRS will soon come along to give you a good whipping. 😠

Yes. Just ease yourself into the pool very slowly; don't jump in as the splash from the water displacement might annoy the other customers.

This made me laugh out loud. 🤣 I had this image of customers being strapped to a rack or put in a sling with the masseurs standing in line and having a go at them one by one. Olddaddy would approve. 😅

When "later this year" and how long are you going to be in Bangkok? Things may change within a short period of time and expectations and experiences with a certain masseur and/or venue may vary with different clients. It's a good idea to have a general itinerary but you may end up disappointed if you're hoping to get everything just right.

Having met him a few times, I'd say he's very outgoing and motivated and not someone who'd be contented sa-leeping all day. He wasn't at all inhibited strutting and shaking his stuff in his tiny red Aussiebum undies that evening. Hence I was surprised to see him describe himself as shy and introverted above and I feel meeting and getting to know someone in person is best.

His mainland China friend is very handsome. Looks to be in his 30s.

Oh my, he must've peed in his knickers given your self-proclaimed VVIP status. 🙄

The one he didn't ask? "What do you think of global warming?"

You mean this one? It was used in the recent Jomtien Pride publicity blitz (I'm surprised @bkkmfj2648 didn't catch it; he must be slowing down). Frankly I find the bushman meets fairy godmother look a bit passe...but then, so is Olddaddy. 😏

Zaffran is a Malay name. Are you perhaps from M, S, I or B?

I see your path to Enlightenment will be a long one.

And all heavily filtered too. It's amazing what these filters can do for eg alter face and body shapes, noses, hair styles and thickness, even during events broadcast live. Tik-tok is notorious for this.

You mean whether the customer would like to engage in a short Buddhist prayer to finish things off like an invocation of the Metta, chanting of the Oh Padme Hum mantra or the seven-limb prayer? It's pretty much par for the course and too bad Zaffran didn't take advantage of the opportunity for a more spiritual engagement.

Now, now, times are hard and some people may be needing a side hustle. 555 🤣😂😅 Oops, I hope immigration isn't reading this! 😱😅

I hope he doesn't drink from his colostomy bag thinking it's Mont Clair!