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The Great Divide: A Lesson in the Art of Existence
There are two kinds of men in this world: those who consume with purpose and those who stuff their faces like desperate street urchins at a langar line, hoping for a taste of something greater than themselves. This is the eternal strugglethe sacred war between the enlightened and the hopelessly basic.
Take floss, for example. Not the pathetic string one uses to clear the debris of mediocrity from their decaying teeth, but chicken floss the woven fabric of civilization itself. If your raisin bread isn't buttered with peanut butter, strawberry preserves, and a dignified mound of floss, then frankly, you're existing in the shadow realm of taste. It's protein, it's texture, it's the culinary equivalent of divine intervention.
Floss is power. Floss is vision. Floss is a statement.
While some of you are out here bumbling around like lost rickshaw-wallahs, trying to over look compensate for your own mediocrity, the true connoisseurs are moving in silence, stacking floss like a Sadhu stacks blessings.
As Guru Nanak once said, Man jeete jag jeet conquer your mind, and you will conquer the world. But some of you can't even conquer the art of presentation. Stumbling through life in ill-fitting shirts, cologne applied with the subtlety of a Punjabi wedding procession, and an aura of desperation so strong it could be bottled and sold as a mosquito repellent.
And yet, some of you dare to walk these streets, thinking you are Rico Suave, when in reality, you are more Rico Soggy, drowning in your own delusions. The wind whispers your insignificance, the streets remember your failures, and the floss remains untouched by your unworthy hands.
A real man carries himself like a proper Sher Punjabi unbothered, unshaken, always three steps ahead. While the uninitiated are still fumbling with their cheap leather wallets, counting out loose change, the true greats have already paid, tipped, and walked away without a second glance.
And speaking of true greatness, let's talk OG Vet Movesthe kind of strategic genius that separates the enlightened from the oblivious. Some of you are still out here burning baht like clueless farangs, while the true masters operate on a higher plane of financial awareness.
Why pay 80 baht for a Coke when you can order tap water, pour it into an empty Coke bottle, and sip with confidence? That's an OG Vet Move.
Why waste baht on a tuk-tuk when you can attach yourself to a local food cart and let the wind carry you to your destination? That's an OG Vet Move.
Why spend money on hotel WiFi when you can lurk outside a Starbucks and steal their signal like a true cyber-nomad? That's an OG Vet Move.
Why pay for a massage when you can just fall down in public and let concerned bystanders rub your back for free? That's an OG Vet Move.
Why pay for an overpriced beer when you can refill an empty LEO bottle with tap water and hold it like a prop while you talk to girls? That's an OG Vet Move.
Why drop cash on a full meal when you can strategically walk past street vendors, engage in deep conversation, and take free sample bites until you're full? That's an OG Vet Move.
Why rent a room when the real veterans know the exact 24-hour McDonald's locations with soft booths and air conditioning? That's an OG Vet Move.
Why even buy toilet paper when 7-Eleven gives out napkins for free if you look just desperate enough? That's an OG Vet Move.
Why pay for a ride when you can hop into the back of a pickup truck, start yelling about "family emergency," and let the kindness of strangers take you where you need to go? That's an OG Vet Move.
Some of you still out here living like clueless backpackers, dropping baht on nonsense while calling yourselves veterans. Meanwhile, the real ones are out here stacking, saving, and spending only where it counts like a true Ludhiana businessman who just closed a deal and knows exactly where to reinvest.
As the old Indian saying goes, Jis the lathi, ohda pendathe one with the stick makes the rules. And right now? Some of you are holding nothing but empty promises and broken dreams.
But enough philosophy. My chicken floss is waiting.
In the words of Eminem
Im the shadow in the corner, watch me creep,
Lyrical puzzles while youre stuck in sleep.
Minds a maze, no map, just guess the way,
Spitting riddles, like Im drunk but got something to say.
Got the puzzle pieces, scattered in my mind,
Words like smoke, I leave em behind.
Eminem wrote this, dont ask why,
Catch me in the cryptic, where the answers die.
[B]Twat-from-the-DR[/B] has another fan boy!
[QUOTE=PhilipMarlow;2984981]I like good writing, and this is good writing. Insightful, witty and doesn't take itself too seriously. And it makes me think. For long posts other than field reports, that's a rarity on the Thailand forum. Good job again, Oakie.[/QUOTE]Actually, I found it to be just the opposite. Poorly written, obvious, stupid and simply more of the OP recycled folksy wisdom that hides his true feeling of superiority over others. It makes me think. Why does the [B]Twat-from-the-DR[/B] make such long poorly wittten posts in a portion of ISG county threads where he has never visited?
Anyone impress by anything [B]Twat-from-the-DR[/B] writes are idiots themselves and they know nothing about Thailand. That is the only way they could have anything good to say about him. Unless like [U]AllBitch[/U] they are having homosexual fantasies about him.
[B]When you see me bow![/B]
Thai Gold; You purchase it in Thailand.
[QUOTE=TConor;2985002]In the States there are too many better steak places.[/QUOTE]So you live in the Shithole country of the Dis United States of America! That is why you took umbrage to my statement while we were having a discussion about merits of purchasing [U]Thai Gold[/U]. You were coming at me from the perspective of privilege being beneficiary of the current Musk / Trump Co-Presidency movement to take the United States of America back to the days of the Three-Fifths Compromise.
I hope you are a citizen and you are white. Otherwise you are likely to get fired or deported!
AllBitch has not learned The Cmdr ain't no one 2 fuk wit!
[QUOTE=Allover;2984873]I happen to be heavily involved in investment real estate.[/QUOTE]You don't own any investment real estate in any country other than in the Dis United States of America. So, don't be trying to tell a person that is involved in investment real estate in multiple countries what you know about Thailand. [B]Because you dont know[/B].
[QUOTE=Allover;2984873]But I wouldn't waste my time buying a Pattaya condo to rent out.[/QUOTE]I wouldn't bother buying a GOLD ETFs. ETFs are for people too stupid to make their own investment decisions so they do as your homosexual partner the [B]Twat-from-the-DR[/B] says:
[QUOTE=Oakie;2984741]The only ones that consistently make money are the money managers, who charge fees for their "expertise" and "advice" whether the market rises or falls!
If they were really experts, they wouldn't have to sell their "expertise" to try to make a buck. They'd be busy using it to get rich![/QUOTE]If this is the case and I know you agree with him because you are always on your knees kissing his ring and (doing who knows what else while you a kneeling in front of him) then a ETF fits exactly what he is describing.
Everyone knows that Vanguard the only mutual fund company owned by the shareholders themselves. Consistently charging the lower fees in the industry for index mutual funds and active ones.
[QUOTE=Allover;2984873]Flying business class of course unless they upgrade me to First class.[/QUOTE]Can I fly business class? No I cannot. I cannot afford to. So, now you know all the talk about my flow and my stack was just that talk. But what I can do is this:
[QUOTE=SubCmdr;2984594]Here is what I do / did:
[U]11/09/2023[/U]: Buy at 32700.
[U]02/14/2025[/U]: Sell at 46750.
46750 - 32700 = 14,050/ Baht increase. Let's do a little trader math: [B]+42.97% in 15 months[/B]. Now making that kind of return is not for everyone. So, please continue to do what it is you do what is best for YOUR portfolio. I simply providing an example of what is actually possible with [U]Thai Gold[/U].[/QUOTE][B]Here endith the lesson for you![/B]