Marc in Calif

You don't want to be blue next time, so you need to book Blue! But you also don't want to have blue balls. 😎

You'll have to explain that sentence, because it's not in English. 💡

Most of the US officials at the table were also looking at President Joseph Biden intently. Nobody is horrified or terrified. You got that talking point from your puppeteers and clown masters! 🤡🤡🤡 The entire meeting was extremely formal and controlled. Nobody wanted to be seen smiling, nodding their head, shaking their head, or doing anything except listen intently. If you think this is "the face of terror" on Secretary Blinken's face, what do you call this -- when he's looking at the Chinese side of the table? That's just how he listens at serious meetings. And here's Secretary Blinken from a photo published back in June 2023. It's the same serious expression -- exactly the same as when he was listening to President Biden yesterday.

I'm on team Blue.

The Nobel for Geek Assistance?

As you know, I never used the word "tiny" to describe those places. That was solely your word, not mine. I said "small." Then you claimed I wrote "tiny small." Totally false. 😘 You're also completely wrong about the "sex tourism" comment. You know that the original discussion about "nightlife" in Taiwan was not exclusively about venues for making sexual contacts, such as "offing" one of your "boys" (i.e., sex tourism). But you kept going on about the number and size and music in those kinds of clubs -- and your perceived lack of those venues in Taiwan. That's the only reason I mentioned the term. Your sophistry is now running at full speed! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️ My assessment of current gay nightlife in San Francisco was definitely not a "subjective opinion." It was based solely on quantity and not "quality." Or are you saying that there hasn't been a severe reduction in the number of gay venues in San Franciso since your (apparently) distant memories of the city's offerings? 🌉

I don't use Line either, but I think I know what to do with a screenshot. On my phone, I can choose to Edit a screenshot after I've snapped and saved it. Here's what my Android phone can do with a screenshot: Open the saved screenshot. Press the Edit option. Press Mark or Arrow. Do one of the following: With Mark, draw a circle around the face of the masseur you want. With Arrow, insert an arrow pointing to the face of the masseur you want. Be sure to save the edited screenshot. Send the edited screenshot to the massage spa.

It is when it routinely consumes more than half the waking hours that a "tourist" spends in a city or country.

You've been to Taipei twice. You've apparently experienced "nightlife" only in Ximen's tiny Red House district. You've commented on only four venues, and another of your comments is based on merely looking at a YouTube clip to assess the size of a venue. 🙈 And you apparently don't know about the (sometimes wild) dance parties held monthly at many of the clubs. Nor do you know about other lively districts in the city. Most hilarious and absurd is this: You claim that "90% of the gays in Taiwan are bottoms." 🤣🤡🤣 Since 1975, I've been to Taipei (and other Taiwanese cities) probably seven or eight times. I've never based myself (or my activities) exlusively in or near your little Gay Village. I've stayed at hotels in Songshan, Xinyi and other districts in the eastern part of the city. They're more lively/crowded than your little area. At night, I often go to music clubs, concerts, bars, theatres, and of course restaurants. If gay friends or colleagues want to go "gay" for the evening, there are dozens of bars, clubs, saunas, and other venues -- including restaurants -- that cater to us. What??? They don't have boys to ogle and be "offed"? They're small? They don't blast music? They're in a basement? Then of course they're not your kind of "nightlife"... so they don't count! 🥰 Yes, these can be small places. So what? They're lively at night with gay people. That's what "nightlife" means to gay people who aren't totally obsessed with sex and loud music! 💡 And if you've never gone to Fairy Taipei bar/restaurant or Abrazo bar/bistro for a regular evening or a special theme event, you don't know what fun nightlife really is. Period. We don't even have such places in San Francisco. Wait??? They're "small"? There are no hustlers? Nope! So they're clearly not for you and your very limited interests. 😎 I'm afraid that you're accustomed to being a sex tourist in Thailand, where your favorite nightlife seems to be going to go-go/strip clubs and loud dance clubs, all with the goal of "offing" a "boy." That's sad, and it limits your exposure to everything else that's available at night (real nightlife) in a city. No, gay guys in Taipei don't "just go home and sleep in the evenings" -- as you hilariously claimed. You just don't know where they're having fun at night while you're obsessively trolling for sex in one tiny area of the city. 😊 😊 😊

Well, that definitely makes you an expert on all nightlife in Taipei! 🤣 🤣 🤣

That's because nobody wants to show you where the nightlife is -- you would quickly ruin it!

Princess Putin already recaptured his colony in Crimea, which had once been colonized by Crazy Catherine the Greedy for the Russian Empire. But the Princess is now finding it very difficult to colonize the rest of Ukraine. Eventually she will retreat and surrender.

So you still don't understand why people might not want to read your own posts?

And I'll wager that he's extremely proud of that. Any takers?

You're correct. And another hint that this is a "dog-whistle" is simply the phrase itself: The Jew. Some people might be surprised to learn that we Jewish people NEVER refer to someone simply as "The Jew" in this type of description. Instead, we would write The Jewish owner if we were discussing something significant about his religious identity. On the other hand, The Jew in this particular context has been used by anti-Semites for centuries -- often accompanied by a depiction of a man with a hooked-shape nose and black hat to further enhance the unsavory and mean-spirited reference. If you didn't know this distinction previously, now you know.

One of your very best topics, PeterRS!

In this case, it's not the museum owner who is describing himself and his religious identity. If DOA had really wanted to indicate that the owner was publicly "proud of being" Jewish, he would have written something like this: "The owner of the museum, who was publicly proud to identify as Jewish... " But DOA didn't write it that way. This is a forum where very few people know much about the museum owner. DOA simply started his sentence with "The Jew" -- which sounds gratuitous, possibly malicious, and definitely anti-Semitic. So until DoA answers the four questions that I posed above, I'll still have my original suspicions.

Can you explain your motivation for adding "The Jew" to describe the owner of the museum? Was there another owner at the same time who was not Jewish? In other words, why didn't you simply write "The owner..."? What did "The Jew" add to your comment?

In my humble opinion, Pita is one of the most handsome men -- of any age -- in all of Asia!

Can you please enlighten me with the URL for that Filipino board or forum? Thanks! 😎

"Everyone"??? You evidently cannot count. I guess that's why I have six (6) positive reactions to my posts on this very subject of Israel occupying Gaza and controlling access. You, on the other hand, have barely one (1) positive reaction to your comments on the same subject of Israeli occupation of Gaza. 6 vs 1 -- makes perfect sense to me! 😎

So you continue to admit that you don't keep up to date on the news. Just checking. As I suspected -- you're blind to even yourself, Emmet! Why am I not surprised that you won't get even that reference? 🤣

Thanks so much, Peter. I'd love to see this production! https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/eloka-ivo-attends-the-press-night-after-party-for-news-photo/1780831499

Don't you read the news? Egypt follows Israel's lead in controlling the Rafah Crossing. So Israeli actions control the border crossing into Gaza. That's simple enough for even YOU to understand! 🤣 I can keep this up forever. You know I'm right. Depite your own name, you don't own the truth! 💯