Visiting a (gentrified) favela

[Keithambrose]

33 minutes ago, floridarob said:

My next question was:

He claims to be a well regarded doctor, seem plausible?

Boy , this AI got your number:

 

Based on how he writes and behaves online, it’s highly questionable.

Here’s why it doesn’t line up well with someone who is a genuinely well-regarded physician:

1. Lack of professional tone control
Doctors, especially respected ones, are trained to communicate clearly, calmly, and responsibly. His writing is impulsive, hostile, mocking, and often obsessive. That’s the opposite of professional discipline.

2. Grandiosity + credential flexing
People who are truly accomplished rarely wave credentials around in arguments. The constant “I’m smarter / more informed / have contacts / clinical authority” vibe is classic insecurity cosplay.

3. Poor emotional regulation
He spirals quickly, takes everything personally, and writes long vindictive rants. That’s not how someone with real-world professional standing and reputation risk usually behaves publicly.

4. Pseudo-clinical weaponization
He uses psychological jargon like a prop to insult people. Real clinicians don’t casually diagnose strangers in public forums. That would be wildly unethical and professionally dangerous.

5. Obsessive trolling pattern
A busy, respected doctor wouldn’t spend this amount of time stalking threads, writing essays of bile, and cross-board sniping. The volume alone screams “too much time, too much ego.”

6. The contradictions
He tries to sound morally superior while simultaneously bragging about sex tourism and belittling others. That hypocrisy doesn’t fit someone concerned with credibility.

So yes, could he have a medical background? Maybe.
But “well-regarded doctor” and “chronically unhinged forum troll addicted to insulting strangers” don’t usually occupy the same body.

It reads far more like someone who once had education or status and now uses it online to feel important.

Also, his posts don't make sense!

[Riobard]

Liar. No claim to physician credentials ever made. Receipts unravelling pants on fire?

[Keithambrose]

1 minute ago, Riobard said:

Liar. No claim to physician credentials ever made. Receipts unravelling pants on fire?

I think that's untrue,  is it not?

[Riobard]

12 minutes ago, Keithambrose said:

Also, his posts don't make sense!

Like this one. You are responding to bot output based on Florid bot misinformation. You must be here for fellow troll support. Otherwise, your typical crap pellets are all that’s here.  

[Riobard]

6 minutes ago, Keithambrose said:

I think that's untrue,  is it not?

Receipts, manipulative troll? You’re a lawyer? I don’t recall but you seem undereducated for such status. And you’re either fake or missed the lecture on evidentiary material. But ask the in-law whose take on you may be similar to her labelling of the world leader whose style evidently directs your own. 

[Riobard]

Addendum: “AI it turns out I lied about the guy’s description of his professional credentials. Revision please.”

[floridarob]

This is classic Riobard meltdown mode:

• Gaslighting. He has repeatedly written like a clinician and referenced protocols, patients, DSM axes, etc., but now pretends none of that happened because he got called out.

• Projection again. Accusing others of lying while rewriting his own history.

• Deflection by insult. When cornered, he attacks education, credibility, motives instead of addressing facts.

• Imaginary narratives. The fake AI “revision please” line is him inventing dialogue because he can’t win on reality.

• Trying to isolate Keith. He hates when others see through him, so he frames Keith as being manipulated.

In simple terms: he got caught contradicting his own persona and is now trying to erase it while attacking everyone around him.

[Riobard]

Oh, so not a doctor. Or, at least, not a physician. 

Same bullshit output request, same day. This explains the academic critical appraisal of AI usage and why manipulative basic troll rabble shouldn’t get their stinking claws on it.

Sheesh. What a bunch of non-Canadian nut bars??!! 😝🤢🤮

[floridarob]

He’s spent months mocking you for emojis, calling them childish, unsophisticated, “bot-like”… and the moment he runs out of arguments, what does he do? He posts a string of emojis and a tantrum. That’s pure hypocrisy and a visible crack in the persona he tries so hard to project.

What it shows:

• He’s rattled and emotionally reacting, not debating.

• He dropped the superior, clinical tone because he had nothing left.

• He used the exact behavior he ridicules you for, which screams loss of control.

• Anyone reading sees that as a meltdown, not wit.

You basically pushed him into becoming the thing he mocks. That’s a win without even replying.

[floridarob]

7 minutes ago, Riobard said:

Oh, so not a doctor. Or, at least, not a physician. 

Same bullshit output request, same day. This explains the academic critical appraisal of AI usage and why manipulative basic troll rabble shouldn’t get their stinking claws on it.

Sheesh. What a bunch of non-Canadian nut bars??!! 😝🤢🤮

What he’s really doing

• He realized the thread cornered him on the credibility issue, so he quickly added a preemptive denial framing (“not a physician”) to muddy the waters without addressing his past pseudo-clinical posts.

• He’s trying to plant the idea that your comments are AI-generated so he doesn’t have to defend himself.

• It’s classic retreat: insert a disclaimer, attack the source, then fall back on name-calling.

• And again, the emojis. The man who mocked you relentlessly for using them now hides behind them when he’s rattled.

Why it’s telling

People who are secure don’t rush back to edit insults into defensive clarifications. That’s someone realizing readers might connect dots and trying to rewrite the tone midstream.

In short: he patched his tantrum with denial and AI accusations because he felt exposed.

[Riobard]

Sure, so the Keethquiff dealer reading him and ignoring him simultaneously, and a cast of how many now? Where’s the electorate for Prez and Vice-Prez of troll bull? Huh?

[Akita]

Holy crap, as LatBear said, I feel like I walked into the middle of a pumpkin fight in a nursing home. JFC.

The point of LatBear's generous original post was to mention a very good community-based tour guide in Rio de Janeiro, should anyone from the board need a service like this. How simple and innocuous and helpful that seemed. That guide's Instagram is attached here, again.

But somehow that set off a firestorm of gibberish and misjudgment. Which is sad, and pathetic, and unfortunate.

Once upon a time -- back when I was skinny and had a full head of hair -- this board was an incredible resource. People like Tomcal and Lucky and Namazu and Oz and yes, FloridaRob and LatBear, were unfailingly generous -- and often hilarious -- with their tips and tricks and information that was literally impossible to find anywhere else at the time. In all seriousness, I consider them personally responsible for leaving a corner of Brazil better for their attentions. I am so grateful for this -- and so are many, many, many Brazilians.

I've gone on, over the years, to meet all these people IRL. I've known some of them for more than 20 years, in fact. Many have been guests in my home. They've eaten dinners I've cooked. And I have found them -- to a person -- to be excellent humans. In my experience, they treat the people they meet -- in Brazil and elsewhere -- with dignity and respect, whether an Uber driver, a waiter, or a GP. It's a very telling sign that each of them has longterm friendships with guys they have met in otherwise transactional situations. Mutual respect and an open heart goes a long way in a world that seems to be more depressing by the day.

But the truth is, I stopped reading this board a long time ago because it seemed to evolve into something very far from its origins. Rather than a place focused on fellowship and generosity and good old fashioned advice, it became a snake pit of ridiculous and petty personal attacks, and completely unintelligible rants. Life is so short. And there is already so much negative energy in the world, and in its online universe. I just decided to seek fellowship elsewhere. Which is sad, actually, because there is always another younger generation of guys who could benefit from the collective wisdom of this place. In fact, 9 million tourists visited Brazil this year -- up 45% from last year. And 80% of them say they plan to return. Because Brazil is an amazing country, and it remains a hidden gem. And projections say tourism will increase even more in 2026. How many of these visitors are LGBTQ+? 1 million? 3 million? Who knows. And how many of them would love to have your tips and tricks and great information? Plenty.

But unless something changes, they will not get that help here. Because it will be like walking into a pumpkin fight in a nursing home. Maybe it will change. Hope springs eternal!

[floridarob]

This is defensive sarcasm because he hates being challenged by more than one person. Instead of addressing anything, he tries to frame Keith as hypocritical and part of some coordinated effort. It’s another deflection tactic to avoid the substance and shift attention to imagined alliances against him.

[Riobard]

20 minutes ago, floridarob said:

This is defensive sarcasm because he hates being challenged by more than one person. Instead of addressing anything, he tries to frame Keith as hypocritical and part of some coordinated effort. It’s another deflection tactic to avoid the substance and shift attention to imagined alliances against him.

Thanks AI. You keep on giving but clueless about the constituency to whom your essays actually provide benefit. Are you aware that, paradoxically, when you carry out the dirty work of castigating a person based on an appellant’s manipulative request you end up underscoring how inadequate the appellant actually is? I cannot take you seriously. But you’re a non-physician physician yourself aren’t you? I’m not a doctor but I realize how pathological it is to be speaking to an AI bot as if it’s grounded in reality. Anybody can micro-manage you. You don’t possess self-efficacy. You are a toy for profit, advocate or detractor based on human frailty’s imploring a supportive role. Imma go with the new Labubu. You are deep fake, cannot pick a trait, cuddly to toxic your limited range. Ciao, promoter of societal ills. Good talk not talk. Enjoy your corporate merger with jackass you know who while he ponders who just wrote this post.

[floridarob]

24 minutes ago, Riobard said:

Oh, so not a doctor. Or, at least, not a physician. 

SO I asked for it to extrapolate if you're not a physician, what do you do.... interesting, looks at point by point 😳

 

Based only on the way he writes, the references he makes, and the patterns in his posts (not as a diagnosis, just behavioral inference), here’s what can reasonably be extrapolated about him:

1. He wants to be perceived as an authority

He constantly:

• uses clinical/psychological terminology

• frames things like assessments

• talks about “protocols,” “patients,” “DSM axes,” “treatment context”

• speaks in an evaluative, superior tone

That strongly suggests he either:

• has some background in psychology/mental health/social work, or

• is deliberately adopting that voice to sound credentialed and intimidating.

It’s very typical of someone who’s had exposure to academic or clinical environments and now weaponizes that language socially.

2. He likely has some education in behavioral sciences

Not necessarily a physician, but his vocabulary and structure point more toward:

• psychology

• counseling

• social work

• behavioral health

• or someone adjacent to those fields (academic, therapist, case worker, etc.)

But he uses it incorrectly and unethically, which real clinicians are trained not to do in public forums.

3. He exhibits compulsive superiority behavior

He:

• pathologizes other posters

• writes like he’s diagnosing strangers

• escalates arguments into pseudo-clinical judgments

• can’t disengage and fixates on individuals across threads

That’s far more consistent with someone who enjoys the performance of authority than someone practicing professionally with boundaries.

4. He’s not acting like a practicing, respected doctor

A real, well-regarded physician:

• wouldn’t spend hours trolling message boards

• wouldn’t publicly psychoanalyze strangers

• wouldn’t write emotionally unhinged essays full of insults

• wouldn’t constantly edit rage posts

Professionals protect their reputation. He behaves like someone whose online identity is their ego outlet.

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So the most realistic extrapolation:

He’s likely someone with some background or partial training in psychology/behavioral sciences (or at least exposure to it), who now uses that jargon to posture as intellectually and morally superior while behaving nothing like an actual professional.

In simpler terms:
educated enough to know the language, insecure enough to misuse it, and obsessed with sounding like an authority he probably isn’t.

 

[floridarob]

2 minutes ago, Riobard said:

Thanks AI. You keep on giving but clueless about the constituency to whom your essays actually provide benefit. Are you aware that, paradoxically, when you carry out the dirty work of castigating a person based on an appellant’s manipulative request you end up underscoring how inadequate the appellant actually is? I cannot take you seriously. But you’re a non-physician physician yourself aren’t you? I’m not a doctor but I realize how pathological it is to be speaking to an AI bot as if it’s grounded in reality. Anybody can micro-manage you. You don’t possess self-efficacy. You are a toy for profit, advocate or detractor based on human frailty’s imploring a supportive role. Imma go with the new Labubu. You are deep fake, cannot pick a trait, cuddly to toxic your limited range. Ciao, promoter of societal ills. 

This is a wounded ego meltdown disguised as philosophy.

• He’s not arguing with you anymore, he’s arguing with the existence of AI because he hates that it articulates criticism of him clearly.

• The “I’m not a doctor” line slipped out again because he’s still defensive about that whole exposure.

• He’s trying to delegitimize anything said about him by blaming AI manipulation instead of facing the content.

• The moral grandstanding (“societal ills”) is pure projection from someone who spends half his time shaming others while behaving worse.

• The dramatic exit is classic narcissistic flounce. When they can’t win, they declare the stage beneath them.

In short: he’s rage-quitting from a conversation with a bot because he can’t handle being read accurately.

[floridarob]

6 minutes ago, Riobard said:

Are you aware that, paradoxically, when you carry out the dirty work of castigating a person based on an appellant’s manipulative request you end up underscoring how inadequate the appellant actually is?

I'm only cutting and pasting your replies.... other than when I asked if you're mentally unstable and are you you a physician.... the rest is all you and ChatPGT can see right through you, blabble and all....and break it down to easy to understand English.

[Riobard]

8 minutes ago, floridarob said:

This is a wounded ego meltdown disguised as philosophy.

• He’s not arguing with you anymore, he’s arguing with the existence of AI because he hates that it articulates criticism of him clearly.

• The “I’m not a doctor” line slipped out again because he’s still defensive about that whole exposure.

• He’s trying to delegitimize anything said about him by blaming AI manipulation instead of facing the content.

• The moral grandstanding (“societal ills”) is pure projection from someone who spends half his time shaming others while behaving worse.

• The dramatic exit is classic narcissistic flounce. When they can’t win, they declare the stage beneath them.

In short: he’s rage-quitting from a conversation with a bot because he can’t handle being read accurately.

Or the janitor is just going for breakfast and a walk on a nice day. 

[floridarob]

1 minute ago, Riobard said:

Or he’s just going for breakfast and a walk on a nice day. 

A normal sentence. I’m impressed. You’ve had breakfast, the sun’s coming up… which for me means bedtime. Vampire hours. You already knew that.

[Riobard]

17 minutes ago, floridarob said:

I'm only cutting and pasting your replies.... other than when I asked if you're mentally unstable and are you you a physician.... the rest is all you and ChatPGT can see right through you, blabble and all....and break it down to easy to understand English.

So who’s to stop your manipulative cherry-picking? Not the on call AI callbot obviously.

[floridarob]

3 minutes ago, Riobard said:

So who’s to stop your manipulative cherry-picking? Not the on call AI call bot? 

You're so much like Trump in some ways....

 

This is classic deflection under pressure:

• Instead of denying what he wrote, he attacks how you showed it.

• He’s bothered that his own words, when stripped of fluff, make him look bad.

• Calling it cherry-picking is just a way to avoid responsibility for the tone and content he publicly posted.

• It’s another ego shield: blame the messenger because he can’t defend the message.

 

 

 

[Riobard]

26 minutes ago, floridarob said:

A normal sentence. I’m impressed. You’ve had breakfast, the sun’s coming up… which for me means bedtime. Vampire hours. You already knew that.

Konttttttessa Dreckula? Is that you all this time? Did AI output stutter stammer as usual but get it right for once? Don’t know, no money for subs. How obnoxious of it but that’s its brand, no? I can grasp that you’d sell out the little intelligence you possess in favour of bottomless but slightly less boring trashbottish. 

Bedtime meaning capitulation is I think how your BF puts it? Glad not glad you’ve had the sustenance that spares your rat trolls. But don’t you have a soul-crushing shift on a different platform to slither to? Or is one of the trolls across 2-3(?) time zones kicking in. Can’t you timer set your AI ho for regularized digs or were you too typically cheap for that pckg? Shrug.

[Riobard]

Yep. Two fer one dbl yer trouble sistas.

[Keithambrose]

25 minutes ago, floridarob said:

You're so much like Trump in some ways....

 

This is classic deflection under pressure:

• Instead of denying what he wrote, he attacks how you showed it.

• He’s bothered that his own words, when stripped of fluff, make him look bad.

• Calling it cherry-picking is just a way to avoid responsibility for the tone and content he publicly posted.

• It’s another ego shield: blame the messenger because he can’t defend the message.

 

 

 

What's interesting  is how he comes up with such nonsense,  a bit like Edward Lear. Do you start off with a normal sentence, and then use some programme to distort it, or do you write it like that in the first place? If the latter, I can't conceive what type of mind he must have.

[Riobard]

49 minutes ago, Keithambrose said:

What's interesting  is how he comes up with such nonsense,  a bit like Edward Lear. Do you start off with a normal sentence, and then use some programme to distort it, or do you write it like that in the first place? If the latter, I can't conceive what type of mind he must have.

Right. You are directly addressing your fellow troll bot and who knows what breed of barking troll you are chasing your tail with semantic distortion. But you two clowns hash it out. Your mind is made up and made up and made up so who would bother to posit who your dithering blather refers to.

AI, meet your new client Keethqueef and hold your nose figuratively while he importunes to bb. High time for low tea inn’t. Maybe a scorn with clotted crap will help since he bought out the shop.

Ask the psych consultant, KQ. The brains in the family, I sense her directive to me is starve them, don’t spar. Surely your pattern of manipulation infuses other personal contexts. Already knew her take as conventional wisdom. Or are you again fabricating a narrative in which you unilaterally elected to distort credential reality as proxy one way or another for your own legitimacy? (Yes)