Marc in Calif

"depressive" "bitter" "angry" All of these are simply retorts from people who don't like what others say online. FYI, I'm having a great December full of light, sun, movies in actual movie theaters, concerts, and good food with good friends. Just like all my other months! And I'm picking up my new Google Pixel phone tomorrow on my (late) parents' anniversary. What could be better? The only ones who are "bitter" and "angry" are the old daddies who seek comfort and cheer only through sex tourism. Like you, perhaps?

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it! 🌲🌲🌲

Do you know exactly why I took offense? I've already explained it above. The "Merry Christmas" greeting was offered to me as a sarcastic joke and not as respectful or polite. Please DM me if you need more details.

Art works have been stolen, plundered, and looted for centuries from Cambodian sites. But this is one of the few where the provenance can be traced, leading to eventual repatriation. 👍

So you're admitting that you still haven't realized that you CAN delete all the words in your post? 🤡 I'm not at all surprised! 😘

And you're an idol worshipper. You know... it's what we call "pagan" in other parts of the world.

And a joyful overthinking to you too, my dear @reader ! 🥰

Yes, I know Vinapu and his kindness and cheerfulness. I always reacted to his comments with likes and thanks and laughter. That's why it surprised me recently when he joined other sarcastic posters to belittle certain people. I guess you didn't realize how Mr Vinapu wished me those holiday greetings. The "too" he added at the end left the perfect note of snark, for I hadn't mentioned anything about holidays or the season. Nobody else in this thread had mentioned it either.

Well, it looks like you still need to learn the difference between a "boaster and a "booster." But you're definitely both here on these forums. Celebrate it! 😇 FYI... I don't say "Merry Christmas" to anyone unless I know that they celebrate it. I know that I don't celebrate. What about you? Or do you always send sarcastic holiday greetings?

Yes, I do know. Thanks for taking the cowardly approach! 🐔 🙃 🐔 Unfortunately, one of those "parties" is no longer on these forums -- due in part to snarky comments such as yours. "Boosting" is such a lovely way to describe many of your own posts and comments. So what's wrong with "boosting"? 🥰

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Which posters are those?

It's also the standard right-wing Republican talking point -- originally spouted by Drumpf himself. 🙃 His buddy Vlad whispered it in his ear and the dummy started believing it. 🟥

https://www.hyatt.com/andaz/utpaz-hyatt-andaz-pattaya-jomtien-beach The top ❤️ is the Jomtien Complex. The bottom ❤️ is the new Andaz resort.

In the world of escorting, morboso can mean "into fetishes." It's best just to ask about specifics when you contact them.

I'm happy to let it go! 🥳

Your reading comprehension skills are not improving, my boy! 😘 The OP actually used the word "here"TWICE. The first one might refer to this particular board ("Someone here mentioned"), but the second clearly refers to in the Philippines ("dicks here r cut differently"). Last I heard, there's no circumcision of dicks on this board. And I think I'll continue commenting where I like. Don't you do that too? 😉

This is rich! You admit that you might have been wrong or lost track of posts. 🍷 And now you think you can limit discussion here to only those members you prefer? 🤣🤡🤣

I hope there aren't criminal syndicates of spa and go-go bar providers. 😮

Thanks for trying to backpedal now! This is an epic fail on your part for drawing this out so long without properly quoting. 🚳 You're now admitting that you do NOT know how to properly quote two different people in the same post. So your attempt at humor AND a put-down was as clear as mud -- then as well as now! 🤣

Tell the truth now -- with your suggestion for an additional t-shirt logo (with an asterisk!), you were actually quoting and replying to @vinapu , who wrote, "they should have t-shirts with such statement printed." And @vinapu was responding to MY own comment about what I do and don't do in Thailand. Peter had absolutely nothing to do with it. 🤣🤣🤣 See how confused you get when you don't read a thread carefully? 🥰

From the New York Times: ... Beginning in the 1970s, the Met greatly expanded its South and Southeast Asian galleries, and Mr. Latchford, a dealer and scholar of Khmer antiquities, was integral to that effort. Starting in 1983, he gave or sold the museum several artifacts directly, among them premiere examples of Khmer sculpture. Many of those were stolen, Cambodian officials asserted. They also said they believed he often sold many other stolen items to other donors and dealers before they ended up at the museum. Latchford was indicted in 2019 by federal prosecutors in New York, who accused him of trafficking in looted Cambodian relics and of falsifying documents. The indictment was dismissed after Latchford’s death the following year at 88....

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/7/russia-and-myanmar-start-first-maritime-exercises Myanmar and Russia have drawn closer since the February 2021 coup, which triggered a violent crisis that has killed nearly 4,200 civilians and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes. Moscow, itself isolated on the global stage since it launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, has become a major supplier of weapons and equipment to the Myanmar military. The first Myanmar-Russia Maritime Security Exercise (MARUMEX) involves ships and aircraft and is being held in seas 85 nautical miles (157 km) west of Myeik from November 7 to 9.

Yes, for you! You've now got your panties on backwards, upside down, and slightly soiled now. 😘 You didn't seem to understand the wording of my very clear post. So you added "Anymore" with an asterisk, which misrepresents what I said. And yeah, please don't deny that the * Anymore referred to me. It was pretty obvious in the context of the back-and-forth in the thread. Fourth-Grade English Lesson "Anymore" means "no longer," and that's pretty much the opposite of what I described in my post about my visits to Thailand. I know you still won't understand, but that's okay. You got it wrong.

Just as I thought. You added the word "anymore," which is a marker in English for a specific verb tense. And, as I've told you, it is NOT the tense that I used in the post that bothered you so much. 😘 This is not going well for you! 🤡