Members Suckrates Posted July 9 Members Posted July 9 37 minutes ago, unicorn said: I get treated well because I respect the locals, most often even speaking the local language to some extent. You don't have the slightest idea of who I am. I try to dress and act inconspicuously. I never wear expensive designer clothes, and am often clad in "Amazon Basics" apparel. My only splurges are business class air travel. Generally, I am respected for my modest and kind behavior when I travel. Most importantly, I don't act like a know-it-all who really has no idea what he's talking about. Yes, I know dear....YOU are the ONLY person who knows what they are talking about, and you continue to remind us of it on a "loop"...... Quote
Members unicorn Posted July 9 Author Members Posted July 9 1 hour ago, Suckrates said: Yes, I know dear....YOU are the ONLY person who knows what they are talking about... First of all, I'm not gender-fluid or non-binary. My pronouns are he/him. Although if you wish, you may call me by the royal "we/they." Second of all, YOU are the one who pretended to know how I travel (and no, as a matter of fact, you didn't know what you're talking about, again). Facts matter, although you seem to believe imagination is just as important. Quote
Members Suckrates Posted July 9 Members Posted July 9 4 hours ago, unicorn said: First of all, I'm not gender-fluid or non-binary. My pronouns are he/him. Although if you wish, you may call me by the royal "we/they." Second of all, YOU are the one who pretended to know how I travel (and no, as a matter of fact, you didn't know what you're talking about, again). Facts matter, although you seem to believe imagination is just as important. First of all ? Are you REALLY intending to "lecture" me ? Reality tells me that I suspect YOU are the one living in a "fantasy" world, trying to project a person you aspire to be but arent ? It's difficult for me to picture you as a medical doctor, which you claim to be, an open-minded, empathetic, caring person that helps people, by the way you "present" yourself here as self absorbed , self indulgent and often delusional in your thinking and vision of things.. You wouldnt be the "referral" I would select from my medical options. I prefer sane doctors, you just get better results ! As for your fluidity, so sorry, I forgot that you are a BIG Queen, just like the rest of us..... I'll commit THAT to memory. t0oL1 and Mavica 1 1 Quote
Members Suckrates Posted July 9 Members Posted July 9 3 minutes ago, vinapu said: lets go back to that wedding reception You dirty boy..... Quote
vinapu Posted July 9 Posted July 9 29 minutes ago, Suckrates said: You dirty boy..... me dirty ? I just took a shower ! Mavica 1 Quote
Mavica Posted July 9 Posted July 9 5 hours ago, Suckrates said: It's difficult for me to picture you as a medical doctor, which you claim to be, an open-minded, empathetic, caring person that helps people, by the way you "present" yourself here as self absorbed , self indulgent and often delusional in your thinking and vision of things.. You wouldnt be the "referral" I would select from my medical options. I prefer sane doctors, you just get better results ! Doctor? Did someone call for the Doctor? Quote
Members unicorn Posted July 9 Author Members Posted July 9 8 hours ago, Suckrates said: ...Are you REALLY intending to "lecture" me ? ... 😄 Quote
Members Suckrates Posted July 9 Members Posted July 9 46 minutes ago, unicorn said: 😄 I bought the site members a gift to use when they read YOUR posts.... BjornAgain and unicorn 2 Quote
caeron Posted July 9 Posted July 9 On 7/8/2026 at 9:37 AM, unicorn said: This type of sentiment breeds stereotyping, hatred of groups, and genocide. It refuses to acknowledge that while we may have a certain nationality, we are not all the same as our leaders. Just because Hamas members engage in terrorism, doesn't mean all Palestinians are bad, much less that they all bear responsibility and/or should be exterminated. When I travel abroad, I don't want to be branded for Trump's actions, especially since I never voted for him, and despise almost everything for which he stands. Let's respect individuality. I don't hate all Russians just because I hate Putin, nor all Iranians just because I hate their leaders. I treat people as individuals. Except that we, the american people, voted for them. They act with our mandate. You can shrug off responsibility, but the rest of the world may not feel the same. I doubt you are shrugging off your american citizenship. And the palestinian people voted for Hamas once over the corrupt palestinian authority. They never got to vote again. I can't hold the russians responsible because they have no voice in their own government. We do not have the luxury of saying we had no voice, it's not our fault. vinapu and Ruthrieston 2 Quote
Members unicorn Posted July 9 Author Members Posted July 9 1 hour ago, caeron said: Except that we, the american people, voted for them.... You may speak for yourself. Trump is a smooth talker who's scammed countless people. He said a lot of BS that many people wanted to believe, and too many bought the snake oil. Now he's scammed billions of dollars at the expense of his gullible fans. I was not one of them, and refuse to be pigeon-holed with them on account of my nationality. I, for one, can put aside prejudices, and judge people as individuals, rather than compartmentalizing them according to their passports. Quote
PeterRS2 Posted July 10 Posted July 10 On 7/4/2026 at 5:21 AM, unicorn said: My husband calls it obnoxious. I call it self-aggrandizing mutual masturbation. Apparently this wedding is going to cost somewhere in the US $15 to $ . . . When one thinks of all the starving children in South Sudan, Haiti, and Venezuela, such a lavish wedding expenditure seems a bit obscene. Yes, coinciding with their wedding, they will be donating $25 million Frankly I do not see that the wedding has anything to do with us. This couple is spending their own money. The fact that they are worth over $1 billion is neither here nor there. They are not responsible for what happens anywhere else unless they voted for the awful Trump - and the $25 million donation must count for something. I may consider such a wedding gross and more than somewhat ridiculous. But it is not my wedding! At least they did not close off a chunk of a major tourist city for 3 days like Jeff Bezos in Venice. All he donated was €2 million to the city. Much more worthy of discussion are all Trump's lies about the Iran War, the new White House ballroom, the abysmal State Fair, his making a billion or so on crypto dealings, and so on. vinapu and Ruthrieston 2 Quote
caeron Posted July 10 Posted July 10 If only we got to decide what other people think of us.... vinapu 1 Quote
Members unicorn Posted July 11 Author Members Posted July 11 22 hours ago, PeterRS2 said: ... This couple is spending their own money. ...I may consider such a wedding gross and more than somewhat ridiculous. But it is not my wedding! At least they did not close off a chunk of a major tourist city for 3 days ... I agree. I don't know about what happened with Bezo's wedding, but T&T did block off some major vehicle arteries in midtown Manhattan for at least one day. In addition to their celebrity, the fact that they inconvenienced hundreds of thousands (millions?) of people on a major holiday (the USA's 250th birthday) certainly invites comment. I asked the friend who drove us to the airport this evening "What do you think of Taylor Swift's wedding" on the way down to the airport. His answer "Disgusting! They're completely out of touch!" (I hadn't yet voiced my opinion). Of course, no one is suggesting that they can't spend their money the way they want to, obviously. Their marriage was very in-your-face, however, and invited comment. I'm not sure I'd quite call their marriage "disgusting," but I do believe it was in very poor taste. Quote
PeterRS2 Posted July 11 Posted July 11 1 hour ago, unicorn said: I don't know about what happened with Bezo's wedding, but T&T did block off some major vehicle arteries in midtown Manhattan for at least one day. I hardly think blocking off a small part of some streets in Manhattan for a day equates to anything like the damage to tourism in Venice for three entire days. It reminds me that in 2015 I flew into Newark and took the train to the city. My taxi crawled for almost 40 minutes getting from the station to the nearby Warwick Hotel close to Carnegie Hall ! Why? Road closures due to a Gay Pride Parade! Ruthrieston 1 Quote
Members unicorn Posted July 11 Author Members Posted July 11 https://spectator.com/article/the-vulgarity-of-the-swift-kelce-wedding/?edition=us "...Those who, like me, have always been fans of both her and her music had hopes that her wedding to Kelce would not become the usual hideous exercise in celebrity tackiness. Boy, was I wrong. While the Swift-Kelces, as they may now refer to themselves, have every right to celebrate the happiest day of their lives in whatever style they see fit, the mega-ceremony that was held in New York’s Madison Square Garden last weekend was the last word in empty glitz and excess... There were so many things about the Swift-Kelce wedding that were in poor taste that it’s hard to know where to begin. The cringeworthy moment where screens lit up outside MSG declaring “JUST&T MARRIED!” Spare us. The presence of once-popular, now-declined comedian Lena Dunham, who raised eyebrows by making a speech that declared that Kelce’s celebrated football career was nothing more than “straight gays enacting gay porn.” ..." Quote
PeterRS2 Posted July 11 Posted July 11 8 minutes ago, unicorn said: There were so many things about the Swift-Kelce wedding that were in poor taste that it’s hard to know where to begin. elebrated football career was nothing more than “straight gays enacting gay porn.” ..." Why double down on such a ridiculous event and one that hardly anyone outside the married couple's own fans cared about - unlike the Bezos wedding in Venice which had half of Italy in uproar? Quote
