dude stfuDilbert_X wrote:
The bodies aren't even cold and you're already thinking about how it will affect your party lifestyle.uziq wrote:
going to take some flowers tomorrow morning and think about GTFO’ing this district in november.. this is an historic event and i don’t think this area will recover from it for years.
Wow.
guy is way out of line.
i told ahead, in advance, that halloween parties here are out of control and silly. it’s the biggest party of the year and is chaotic.
then i watch people die in real time.
and he decides to play the ‘omg you took a plane to asia to party’ line. this is my fucking HOME. my community. i’ve walked the exact streets where people were dying every single day.
just such a little man. needs a slap upside the head. pathetic loser.
i told ahead, in advance, that halloween parties here are out of control and silly. it’s the biggest party of the year and is chaotic.
then i watch people die in real time.
and he decides to play the ‘omg you took a plane to asia to party’ line. this is my fucking HOME. my community. i’ve walked the exact streets where people were dying every single day.
just such a little man. needs a slap upside the head. pathetic loser.
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So what did that mean exactly? Sounds like a ski-bum following the weather TBHGTFO’ing this district in november....i don’t think this area will recover
Fuck Israel
Wow, dilbert. Care to retract any of that? You said it yourself, the bodies weren't even cold yet. But here you are trying to make something of it. Zeek gave his answer anyway. Who, with every freedom to leave, wants to stick around ground zero of an historic tragedy?
yes, i've rented this apartment for 6 months now, my rent agreement is due for a renewal/renegotiation ... and considering i just witnessed a once in a decade tragedy literally on my fucking doorstep, i think i will pack my things and leave.Dilbert_X wrote:
So what did that mean exactly? Sounds like a ski-bum following the weather TBHGTFO’ing this district in november....i don’t think this area will recover
should i feel guilty about that?
just rescind your comments. you're wrong. persisting in argument all the time is not a laudable character trait, dilbert. you are a piece of human shit.
and fuck you if my language wasn't apropos or fine-tuned enough for you. i was posting on my phone at 5.30am after watching hell unfold for six hours. i spent 4 frantic hours on the phone to everyone i know here, trying to ascertain their whereabouts. trains were closed. taxis were unavailable. emergency buses had to be arranged. it was a clusterfuck.Dilbert_X wrote:
So what did that mean exactly? Sounds like a ski-bum following the weather TBHGTFO’ing this district in november....i don’t think this area will recover
i was half-drunken (no i didn't keep drinking once the events started to unfold) and in sheer shock. i watched people die from a rooftop! "following the weather", oh my god. is this the same guy who has spent the last 4 decades of his life continuously talking about how his depression before university and his family legal troubles have shadowed his entire life? talk about a shallow drip of a personality.
sorry if my phrasing seemed flippant or not considerate enough for your exacting moral standards. is being witness to a mass death event not deserving of any consideration or patience from you? there is honestly something gone-off in your personality. you're a sour little bastard.
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So uh, where to next?
Maybe take this discussion to the mass death thread.
Follow up to this...I took the Chinese girl to the mall today. I was feeling bad about some of the stuff the baby fever lady said to me. Really told me off. I ended up buying the Chinese girl a $300 rose gold Bengal and charm from Pandora.SuperJail Warden wrote:
I don't know. I think she was right about all of the things she said. I do think her "I can see through your act" thing was a bit meh. I could have kept the act up and gotten away with it. I didn't say that to her. I just apologized and agreed with what she said. It must have been a weird argument for her. She said something red flag while she was telling me off "I have been engaged before." (!)uziq wrote:
well she was perhaps close to the mark with your slightly oleaginous and ingratiating way with women. maybe you do manipulate them thus. the ‘nice guy’ act.
but is this the same girl who was asking you to shoot up her ovaries? who is raging at you on the phone following a family bereavement? she is way out of line. borderline insane. not worth the hassle. that’s a ‘No’ from me bro. your sins are small change in comparison to the capital-c Crazy she’s exhibiting.
The first third of the telling off, (it wasn't an argument. I may manipulate girls and love bomb them but I don't hit them, yell at them or degrade. Low bar to clear I know but I am not a monster. I am good at conversation and knowledgeable about stuff.) She was trying to convince me to keep up talking to her and stuff for the first third of the conversation until I dropped a "I hope you find the person you are looking for but it isn't me." Then she gasped and turned kind of vicious and belittling to me.
Before all of this I told her my long-term plans and became somewhat belittling to them. She mentioned a bunch of times something that reenforced my "this isn't what I want right now." I mentioned that I wasn't ready for all of that she said "I know you started your career late but I am successful and accomplished at 30 and I am ready blah blah blah". I think the first time she said that was when I apologized for "gassing her up." She snapped at me about how she didn't need me to feel good about herself because she is the blah blah all of the above. I was a bit worried about the fact that we come from two such widely different social classes. I cringe at that thought of dealing with her family and being the broke black guy teacher who knocked the rich white lady banker up as soon as he met her. Her entire family would cringe at her dating down so much. I guess that is something I would just need to get over but the fact that she held her success over my head for a moment and belittled my long-term plans was a "true colors" situation. There would be a other time in our lives together when she would drop her success like a bomb on me while also making sure I look nice for the "House Hunters" episode she probably imagined us doing.
The last 10 minutes of the whole thing I was bored. After she hanged up on me I went to browsing Reddit and looking at memes.
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A minute after she hanged up on me she sent a text saying "Delete my number from your phone because you aren't worth my time." I think she wanted more attention because she could have just clicked the block number feature on her phone and never have to worry about messages from me ever again. She is still Facebook friends with me and didn't block me on messenger. She didn't block me on the dating app either. I can still see our conversation and her profile. As much as she is angry at me, I can also believe she would take the "love bomb attention" again if I grovelled. She said at one point "I knew you were on a date last night and I am okay with that." She said I was somewhat feminine and asked if I was a a closeted gay or bisexual (???) I laughed at that one considering I am on a mission to bust out as many girls as I can. She then said she is "Okay with dating a bisexual guy because she has before." (?!) She also was happy to let me know she dated a string of (more) successful men and had friends in the white house and Congress blah blah.
Okay, darling. Where are those successful men now? Why are you yelling at me on a 1 AM Saturday morning instead of swiping on Facebook Dating?
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The whole thing makes me appreciate the Chinese girl more. I came home and looked at jewelry for her. I want to get her something nice for being so mentally stable.
She looked at me and asked a few times "what did you do? 😂 👀"
Charm bracelets are weird. The individual charms often seem overpriced, clunky, and (even from the same maker) mismatched to each other. They seem like kind of a personal choice too.
I don't really know what I'd make of it if someone randomly bought me jewelry on a casual (it was, wasn't it?) date. Certainly be unexpected. At a mall, the odor of Little Caesar's wafting from the food court, person exits jewelry store with a bag, "here." Er, ok.
It's good that some jewelers are steering towards lab-grown diamonds (I think Pandora among these). You'd have to be some kind of special boomer brain to want a conflict diamond.
I don't really know what I'd make of it if someone randomly bought me jewelry on a casual (it was, wasn't it?) date. Certainly be unexpected. At a mall, the odor of Little Caesar's wafting from the food court, person exits jewelry store with a bag, "here." Er, ok.
It's good that some jewelers are steering towards lab-grown diamonds (I think Pandora among these). You'd have to be some kind of special boomer brain to want a conflict diamond.
i’m going to fly to dilbert on my honeymoon and beat him with my removed sandal.Larssen wrote:
So uh, where to next?
The charm itself was a Disney Dumbo one. $70 for maybe pennies of silver.
The bracelet is this one.
https://us.pandora.net/en/jewelry/pando … 87132.html
The model is Azn
Since we live an hour apart the Chinese girl and I only hang out on the weekends. The last few times we hanged out it was just us having sex and then going out to eat. This time, on my own I said 'let's go out and do something instead of just screwing'. She said she was thinking the same thing too so she came over picked me up and drove to Staten Island mall. I was already planning to buy her something so that she has something nice for all of the time she spent with me. So when I saw the Pandora place I encouraged her to look. One of the vulture Gen Z floor people came over and helped us. I think the helper realized I was going to buy her the thing before she did.
The Chinese lady was suspicious. "It is not my birthday or our anniversary. What did you do? Seriously what did you do. "
The bracelet is this one.
https://us.pandora.net/en/jewelry/pando … 87132.html
The model is Azn
Since we live an hour apart the Chinese girl and I only hang out on the weekends. The last few times we hanged out it was just us having sex and then going out to eat. This time, on my own I said 'let's go out and do something instead of just screwing'. She said she was thinking the same thing too so she came over picked me up and drove to Staten Island mall. I was already planning to buy her something so that she has something nice for all of the time she spent with me. So when I saw the Pandora place I encouraged her to look. One of the vulture Gen Z floor people came over and helped us. I think the helper realized I was going to buy her the thing before she did.
The Chinese lady was suspicious. "It is not my birthday or our anniversary. What did you do? Seriously what did you do. "
Cultural appropriation!uziq wrote:
i’m going to fly to dilbert on my honeymoon and beat him with my removed sandal.Larssen wrote:
So uh, where to next?
Why Dumbo?SuperJail Warden wrote:
The charm itself was a Disney Dumbo one. $70 for maybe pennies of silver.
The bracelet is this one.
https://us.pandora.net/en/jewelry/pando … 87132.html
That website freaks the heck out when I hover over different swatches. Is it just me? Zoom's 100%, so not that.
you are honestly unwell. impulse buying a $300 piece of tat because an insane woman sent you a few negative texts? to assuage your guilty conscience? this is not normal behaviour my guy. you should be spending that money on time alone on your journey to wellness.SuperJail Warden wrote:
Follow up to this...I took the Chinese girl to the mall today. I was feeling bad about some of the stuff the baby fever lady said to me. Really told me off. I ended up buying the Chinese girl a $300 rose gold Bengal and charm from Pandora.
She looked at me and asked a few times "what did you do? 😂 👀"
Pandora is overpriced mass-produced kitsch by the way. don’t do that again. ‘a fool and his money are easily parted’.
Spiderman jewelry is featured prominently on its new arrivals. Who is this stuff marketed to?
The girl made many good points. Some I have taken to heart. I am grateful to her.uziq wrote:
you are honestly unwell. impulse buying a $300 piece of tat because an insane woman sent you a few negative texts? to assuage your guilty conscience? this is not normal behaviour my guy. you should be spending that money on time alone on your journey to wellness.SuperJail Warden wrote:
Follow up to this...I took the Chinese girl to the mall today. I was feeling bad about some of the stuff the baby fever lady said to me. Really told me off. I ended up buying the Chinese girl a $300 rose gold Bengal and charm from Pandora.
She looked at me and asked a few times "what did you do? 😂 👀"
Pandora is overpriced mass-produced kitsch by the way. don’t do that again. ‘a fool and his money are easily parted’.
Since I have started seeing the Chinese girl I have gone on dates with or hooked up with half a dozen women. And the Chinese girl makes it easy. She doesn't go nuts if she doesn't get text for a few hours or if I make some bullshit excuse to get a weekend off. I already spoke to her before about how I don't want a relationship with her but enjoy spending time. When I was in NYC with a different girl, the Boston girl immediately realized it and blew up while the Chinese girl didn't even ask who I was with.
The least I could do is buy her some jewelry for being a good fall back plan.
Disney licenses a wild collection of jewelry.unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Spiderman jewelry is featured prominently on its new arrivals. Who is this stuff marketed to?
https://www.zales.com/mens-limited-edit … V-20498184
https://www.swarovski.com/en-US/s-disney/
If I was a hardcore comic book collector, I might purchase such a box as a kitsch capstone. Can't really picture myself wearing a Spiderman watch past 7yo, though.
Plans to offload my various other accumulations anyway. A small hand-me-down library of bathroom-frequented books that, due to, I don't feel comfortable touching, doesn't spark joy.
Plans to offload my various other accumulations anyway. A small hand-me-down library of bathroom-frequented books that, due to, I don't feel comfortable touching, doesn't spark joy.
the chinese girl sounds relatively well balanced. not to generalise, but i’ve noticed this with emotionally mature asian women. they know the score. it’s like culturally they’re accustomed to putting up with a certain amount of leeway and latitude in their love life. the man will go away and do his own thing. no use getting vexed over it.
i can see where you’re coming from in appreciating their counsel and good advice. but you should also think about healthy boundaries and your own space. you don’t need to lavish gifts on relative newcomers to your life. you don’t, in fact, really owe them anything. the experiences and advice from a stranger are one of the odd felicities of the dating app era. take the good parts … but keep a bit of yourself apart from all that too.
i can see where you’re coming from in appreciating their counsel and good advice. but you should also think about healthy boundaries and your own space. you don’t need to lavish gifts on relative newcomers to your life. you don’t, in fact, really owe them anything. the experiences and advice from a stranger are one of the odd felicities of the dating app era. take the good parts … but keep a bit of yourself apart from all that too.
The girl in your pictures...what is up with that?
I showed the Chinese girl a picture of Uzique and explained his situation in South Korea since we were talking about the crush. She said "yeah. He looks like he gets busy. Definitely a guy you need to wear a condom for."
I don't know how Dilbert recovers from that.
I don't know how Dilbert recovers from that.
we see each other every 2/3 weekends maybe. a couple times a month.SuperJail Warden wrote:
The girl in your pictures...what is up with that?
my friend network here are mostly expats. they come and go in waves. with guys, the social life is essentially meal or kBBQ -> get super drunk. maybe a hike 1-2 times a month to leaven the general drinking culture.
i like hanging around with a few women on the regular to do wholesome things with. take a weekend trip to a new city. go to galleries and museums. i don’t do that very often with male friends here. when you live abroad, i’ve noticed that the friends you make are products of circumstance. i can’t exactly say i’d be best friends with any of these people if i met them back home, in my native context. do you know what i mean? so i have a few korean female friends that i enjoy quieter and more relaxed things with. something apart from the ‘expat abroad’ clichés that can be wearying.
most young koreans will try and pin you down in a relationship after 2-3 dates. putting a name on it is the norm here. as a result, koreans become ‘official’ and ‘break up’ super fast. like half a dozen times a year. i guess it’s some hangover prudishness about the idea of sleeping with people when you’re not an ‘item’, some sense of group pressure and shaming. as a result, i have to set up boundaries very carefully. the girl in my pictures is relatively chill. she spent a few years travelling america and europe so she’s better acculturated to the laissez-faire european way of doing things, shall we say. she also knows my visa has a finite length and i don’t have long-term plans here. that sort of thing would really complicate any relationship with a more traditional korean girl.
i think the condom comment is hilarious. because koreans, in my experience, are not sexually au fait with the idea of protection. girls don’t take the pill (before marriage they normally live at home under the parental eye) and guys don’t practice safe sex. westerners are pure in comparison. you better believe i use condoms. but otherwise, yea, i do well out here. korea has extremely unipolar views on beauty and what is desirable: there is one fixed ‘ideal’ and everyone aspires to that. hence the world-topping levels of plastic surgery and the world-renowned cosmetics/beauty brands. and part of that ‘ideal’ is a certain desirable face shape and features: in men, pointy and angular. in the UK i have a big nose, for instance. in korea my nose and jawline are the sought after ideal. it’s kind of funny. both girls and guys stop me in the street and tell me ‘you very handsome!’.
but the idea i need condoms, as if i’m some disease-afflicted ratchet, is just funny. koreans barely insist on protection, in this correspondent’s informed experience.
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we got coffee yesterday whilst i was trying to make sense of it all, actually. she was explaining to me the korean news coverage and the general reaction among her seoul-ite native friends (i wondered if they blamed the govt or had any strong feelings about what should happen next).
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