Marc in Calif

My boy, it was YOU who first brought up San Francisco in comparison with Taipei on Tuesday of this week: Finally, you should know, there are plenty of vibrant gay bars, clubs, restaurants, sex clubs in San Francisco... I never mentioned San Francisco until you brought up it's "vibrant" gay nightlife, including "vibrant" sex clubs that don't exist today. So I corrected you there because YOU brought it up. You were just doing you, as usual! 😘

I've lived in San Francisco since the earthquake in October 1989. And I've never left. Before that, I visited regularly starting in 1982. Does that help?

The word "blame" isn't correct in this context. The correct word is "compare." We're totally free to do that. 😎 And if you don't know the answer to your question, I'll give you a clue: The Beer Bar is for discussion topics. There are no rules, regulations, or guidelines that limit those discussions in any way. That's why posts in a given topic can range freely. Members are free to "relate" certain themes, ideas, or even words as they wish. So your word "terrified" prompted certain members to associate that word as they desired. The fact that you don't like how they further used your word "terrified" makes absolutely no difference at all. Or are you trying to limit and regulate free discussion? That's how the media in Pooty Poot's Dictatorship also work! You're just following the Russian pattern. 😘

You might have forgotten, but it was YOU who first used the word "terrified" in MY thread titled Progressive success in November elections in the U.S. YOU introduced the word "terrified." So it was only natural that @PeterRS would use the same word to describe how Little Pooty Poot -- height: 170 cm or 5' 7" -- feels when traveling, flying, riding in cars and private trains and, in general, just living his Terrified Dictator life. 😀

You're very fortunate!

I wasn't chasing anyone away. I was simply observing a reality. We're all equal members on these forums. Everyone has the right to criticize, correct, and even mock the comments of others -- even if they're in positions of power on other sites. Yes, this involves words as well as emoji reactions. That's a major difference between Gay Guides and that other place, where no political discussions are allowed at all.

Yes, he's a High and Might Administrator over there. But he's a nobody here. 😎

Idioms "to be blue" = to be sad "to have blue balls" = to have sore testicles because of an erection that isn't followed by an orgasm I apologize for our American expressions. But they do make our language very colorful! 🥰

Look at the same serious, intent faces of the U.S. officials sitting to Blinken's left in a part of the video that you -- very conveniently -- left out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5LGdhVWNTY&ab_channel=TRTWorld That is the expression that serious, responsible people take at an extraordinarily critical meeting. Now here is a Russian general (at bottom right) who looks absolutely terrified of what Pooty Poot is ranting about in a Victory Day speech! 😊☠️ 😊

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!

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