Rants, Stupid Shit and Coronavirus in Thailand

[SubCmdr]

He we have another OG Vet, clogging up the Pattaya Reports with his male bovine excrement.

I thought it was more younger guys that did not buy into it. Kind of like older guys are the sugar daddies. Younger guys are not out trying to spend a bunch of money on a chick.

When a guy says: I goto a bar, but I don't want to buy Lady Drinks. It is because they have a head harder than the most valuable rocks on Earth.

It does not matter if you are young or old. If you don't want to buy Lady Drinks just read the post below:

I think I have a unique perspective on your post as I also read your post in both discords. The issue you are having in Pattaya is the same issue as most older guys have. They just don't buy into the lady drink model of doing business and we all get that. That is why Pattaya is still the perfect place. Why do I say that you ask? It's because there are options for everyone. Why try to fit the square peg into the round hole? Use Thai Friendly in Pattaya. No lady drinks end of story. Go to find girls on beach road. No lady drinks, end of story. Why do you insist to go into bars in Pattaya and then complain that you need to buy drinks. I just don't get it. Take yourself out of that situation and go to meet FLs. You say you are not an old guy but you have that old school mentality. Maybe there are two stages of old then LOL. Why do I say this? Because if you are not that old, head down to walking street into a few of the bars there like insomnia and candy shop. Find freelancers. No lady drinks, end of story.

He is kicking knowledge up in your eyeholes!

Period. Full Stop!

[ElMexicant]

First off I am not sure how I feel about being called an OG Vet. Am I less or am I much more? This is the REAL hierarchy of the mind and spirit on here.

1. Master Level OG Vet (Shot Caller / Keys to the Yard / he Who Not be Named / Knows Secrets).

2. OG Vet (1%ers of Vets that know their shit MOST of the time / Confucious, Buddha, Dalai Lama).

3. Vet (Know their shit "some" of the time).

4. Convict (Not their first time but NOT quite a Vet / Repeat old useless info like a parrot).

5. Newbie aka (Fish / Cherry Boys / Fresh Meat / Those who get money exchanged and a SIM at airport on arrival).

Now about that chicken from a Timmy Chans expert. You do get 1 star for caring for the health of others on here. I commend that. But I need to take 1/2 a star away because of what you wrote about fried chicken. We people of the brown colour know our fried chicken more than any other race. South Asians, not Asians, are the master race with high prevalence in the ACTN3 gene. That's the gene to have in order to be a top tier player.

Too bad Kamala didn't win to become the first Indian president of the USA. Kamala would have educated the people on this issue. And there is ZERO scientific research (randomized controlled double blind study) that DIRECTLY proves fried chicken is unhealthy for the heart. Next level thinking is we are energy in and energy out. Consume what you eat entirely or go into slight caloric deficit to maintain a lean weight. I can eat an entire can of Crisco or a tub of lard, but if I burn it off completely, then I am 100% sure there is nothing left to fuck or clog my heart. The fat (and its calories) are gone.

So what you are doing is repeating information you heard or seen on the internet or somewhere else without putting much thought to it. And you are assuming all of us on ISG are unhealthy inactive slobs just because your buddy at Boofies has varicose veins and jaundice of the skin. This is "convict mentality. " I need you state the entire truth. That is fried chicken is un healthy for the heart for those who over consume food, dont count calories, and are sedentary and dont take care of their bodies..

Now if you said KYC chicken has a bunch of sodium and that is bad for BP, I might get that. Because of the blood volume, water retention thing going on. But once again, if you are not sedentary and work out, your body will eliminate the water, sodium, when you are active, pee, and sweat mak mak. Food rich in potassium like bananas balance that shit out. That is why 'banana boi' exists. To remind us of stuff like that. And that's why sports drinks have sodium for those who live a very active lifestyle on ISG. Pattaya gyms are full of cheap sex mongers. So you see the catch with any food is with this whole lifestyle thing in regards to health right? I am happy to educate others anytime for those who care about making the world a better place.

P.S. : Anybody notice only the McDs in Asia has fried chicken? And if you regularly using that gel for banging like I do, then really no worries about blood pressure. Why? Viagra was a blood pressure med before it was a help with a boner one. And alcohol is an always be classified as a poison and group 1 carcinogen by those in the health, science, and the WHO rock band. Not even a debate, though 40 drinks may be up for one to see if that is excessive or not. Now I wonder what level am I playing on?

[EihTooms]

My response is the same with your long one " Apple Oranges ". You seem to want to pick what you want ".

If you don't know Mutual Funds are in fact part of the the so call market that your words seem to discussed.

My respond to the other poster NY although short was to indicate his short coming in the market might not be for him since it shows he might not have the stomach nor can he time the market like so many try.

You speak as my portfolio Mutual funds has nothing to do with the Dow, Naz, SP, which my Mutual funds are invested which I use as an example even in a so call Bear market as you claim one can't make money. My example one can and I have regardless of your comment " Apple and Oranges " which in fact both are part of the market!

You can look and research experts economist each night like Bloomberg opinions on Bear and Bull, recession or not it is just that is just that you can believe what you want so can I.

What you cited as a Bear market was considered nothing more than a " correction " by my advisor this consider the bottom of that correction as a buying opportunity and that is exactly what happen during COVID to many expert just as many consider it a Bear market. Whether Bear or Bulls there are high and lows in both one can make or lose money. Although I'm not invested in the Wil I am in the Vanguard Total Index.

You might consider " Apple and Oranges " but money is money there isn't a person including you would consider not accepting money whether it comes from a apple or orange.
Just have to agree to disagree as to what is consider the " market "

I hear this all the time " not a Trump hater " then next comment out of their mouth something he did that has no real bearing on the conversation.

Your Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund is a Mutual Fund. And an Index Fund. A very good one. I am invested in that same Fund. It is listed and charted as VTSAX (well, the Admiral Shares are listed that way). It tracks what was once known as The Wilshire 5000 Index, which I referred to previously, but is now known as the Dow Jones USA Total Stock Market Index.

As the name suggests, it is a Mutual Fund of stocks that contain virtually every stock in the total USA Stock Market. As I alluded to previously, that means everything in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500, Nasdaq etc is in that Mutual Fund, not just any one of them. And since it tracks a particular Index, it is also called an Index Fund.

But the fact is, whatever your advisor wanted to call what happened to that Fund, our Fund, and that Index of the Total USA Stock Market in 2018 and 2020, it declined to a close at or more than 20% below its previous All-Time high.

Bear Market Decline #1:

On August 29,2018 it closed at 73.31.

On December 24,2018 it closed at 58.19.

Which is roughly a 20.65% decline, by virtually any learned definition a Bear Market Decline. Notice I have been referring to it as a Bear Market "Decline".

Bear Market Decline #2:

On February 19,2020 it closed at 83.79.

On March 23,2020 it closed at 54.49.

Which is roughly a 35% decline, by virtually any learned definition a Bear Market Decline.

The term "Crash" and others in context of the Stock Market as well as the difference between a Sell-off, Correction and a Bear Market Decline can be found here:

A Stock Sell-Off Vocabulary Guide

https://www.investopedia.com/news/st...abulary-guide/#text=A%20 correction%20 is%20 a%2010,more%2 see%20 usually%20 occurring%20 within%20 days.

How Is a Crash Different from a Correction or Bear Market?
While all involve market declines, they differ in severity and duration:

A correction is a 10% decline from recent highs, often lasting days to weeks.

A bear market is a 20% decline, typically lasting months or even years.

A crash is a steep, sudden decline of 20% or more, usually occurring within days.

Again, note that I did not refer to those two 20% and greater declines in the Total USA Stock Market as reflected in our Mutual / Index Fund as a "Bear Market", but as a Bear Market Decline.

Which I submit is not only an accurate definition of that level of decline, certainly greater than a mere "correction", but the events also fit the definition of a "crash" fairly well.

Now, regardless of whether or not someone loves or hates Trump, those are the historical facts of what happened in "the stock market" twice in his previous presidential term.

And you can chalk it up to happening inexplicably out of nowhere, his economic policies and stewardship having nothing to do with it. But for me that stretches belief in repeated wild coincidences to a new level. I kinda sorta think that first one came quite naturally and logically as the result of what Mr. New York noticed potentially happening again; Trump's Trade War with China, his Tariffs and the outcome of both having driven major sectors of the USA Economy into Recession so deep that he had to issue emergency welfare checks to keep them afloat.

And I kinda sorta think that 2nd and bigger one came about because dead bodies were being stacked up in and outside of make-shift morgue, businesses and schools were closing, we were heading toward millions of jobs being wiped out and so on due to the spread of a deadly virus that, according to the president of the USA at the time, "could have been stopped easily" if only some responsible leadership in those Chinese labs had given us a heads up about those early emerging cases "two months sooner. " The same president of the USA who in 2019 and against all expert warnings not to do it, defunded and removed from those Chinese labs the leadership of the teams placed there precisely for that purpose.

I point that out as a historical, factual reality, of course, and not as an expression of love, hate or indifference for Trump or any other politician.

[SubCmdr]

One of the biggest advantages of Thailand over the Dominican Republic for me is the extensive availability of Bourbon. Does not make any sense to me. The Dominican Republic is right next to the United States of America. Where the POTUS is making the country great for old, fat, ugly, poorly dressed Farangs like Allover, CaliGuy, WHWMF and Loveithere69. But there is a bigger selection of Bourbon here in Thailand than there is in the Dominican Republic. Yet, Thailand is a half a world away.

Explorer69 be trolling me also but I think he actually has good heart and cannot help himself because he has been fucked over by Bar Girls so much that he actually hates them.

Now we have OG Vet mother fucks talking about excessive alcohol use while simultaneously speaking about their love for KYC. Simply do not get that. Not heart healthy food. Buy chicken breast from the store and boil it. A little salt and pepper with some steamed vegetables if you are truly interested in health.

Me, I am going to give up drinking when girls give their emotions up!

[LittleBigMan]

You said "the market" before. Which is what my response was based on. Now you're giving us anecdotal stories about your particular portfolio. Even the Dow Jones Industrial Average is not the entire USA Stock Market. It is only 30 stocks. The S&P 500 Index is a bit more accurate as a measure of the market, which is why Wall Street generally refers to it as a measure of "the market", but, obviously that is only 500 different company stocks. Financial media refers to those because they are lazy and most viewers recognize those names. But the Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index would be more accurate as a measure of what the "total" market is doing than those two.

And whether you came out ahead in your particular portfolio or not is immaterial as to whether the broad USA Stock Market, including everything in the Dow, everything in the S&P 500, everything in the NASDAQ and so on, closed more than 20% below its previous all-time closing high in December 2108 and again in 2020, which it did and that is the definition of a Bear Market Decline.

Yes, if your portfolio was an index based on the stocks in the Dow or in the S&P 500 you would have come out ahead after the Obama, Trump and Biden admonistrations if you had remained in the market and not bailed out at the bottom of a Bear Market Decline, which is something many investors tend to do in the event of a Bear Market.

And, sorry if my now pointing out that there were no Bear Market Declines during the 8 Obama years and the 4 Biden years but there were two of them in the 4 previous Trump years gives you the impression I am a Trump hater. But whether someone loves or hates Trump does not change the data and historical facts.

My response is the same with your long one " Apple Oranges ". You seem to want to pick what you want ".

If you don't know Mutual Funds are in fact part of the the so call market that your words seem to discussed.

My respond to the other poster NY although short was to indicate his short coming in the market might not be for him since it shows he might not have the stomach nor can he time the market like so many try.

You speak as my portfolio Mutual funds has nothing to do with the Dow, Naz, SP, which my Mutual funds are invested which I use as an example even in a so call Bear market as you claim one can't make money. My example one can and I have regardless of your comment " Apple and Oranges " which in fact both are part of the market!

You can look and research experts economist each night like Bloomberg opinions on Bear and Bull, recession or not it is just that is just that you can believe what you want so can I.

What you cited as a Bear market was considered nothing more than a " correction " by my advisor this consider the bottom of that correction as a buying opportunity and that is exactly what happen during COVID to many expert just as many consider it a Bear market. Whether Bear or Bulls there are high and lows in both one can make or lose money. Although I'm not invested in the Wil I am in the Vanguard Total Index.

You might consider " Apple and Oranges " but money is money there isn't a person including you would consider not accepting money whether it comes from a apple or orange.
Just have to agree to disagree as to what is consider the " market "

I hear this all the time " not a Trump hater " then next comment out of their mouth something he did that has no real bearing on the conversation.

[SubCmdr]

Until someone provides me with empirical proof that POTUS has a causal relationship on stock market prices all talk of that remains exactly what it is: male bovine excrement.

For those who use indexes to measure the performance of their stock portfolio. My favorite money manager says: It makes no sense to measure your portfolio against stocks you do not own. Ever since I read that in one of their reports it has made complete sense to me.

Lastly: Bull make money; Bears make money; Pigs get slaughtered.

I get paid almost every trade, in short, I got it made

Now to trigger the usual suspects:

I built a flow; I got a stack; I gotta a Big Black Dick. Some Thai girls love it. Some Thai girls dont. But those who took it, got paid!

Ballin like Thailand Pro!

[Pimpampoumpipo]

Just an anecdote: I asked ChatGPT to translate a text from French to English (the one I posted today about gogos in the Bangkok thread) which he refused on the grounds that: "The way AI is configured to filter certain content is often based on ethical and moral considerations, aimed at protecting users and avoiding promoting inappropriate speech or behavior". However, I didn't quote or insult anyone. Only the little two-bit moral of this AI censored me.

Deepseek translated the text in full for me.

[Explorer8939]

That is not the Korean guy that was in the news recently was it? He wanted his money back, but the police said he gave it freely. Had a foreigner done it to a Thai though, they would have said it was a big scam and prosecuted the person.

No, this guy is from England.

He gave her 10 million to marry because she had to divorce her Thai husband. Instead, she took the 10 million and ran back to her village to live with her husband.

You would be amazed how many bar girls are married.

[EihTooms]

I disagree with your stats interpretation I look at it very simple and how my portfolio has progressed! When Obama took over yes we had a crash or sort I believe it was somewhere around 7,000 the Dow lets use that when Trump took over it was around 18,000, when the pandemic it was close to 30,000 projected to go to 40,000, the pandemic pushed it back down to near 19,000 when Biden took office it had climb back to 30,000. I don't take sides as to who is President Dem or Rep, take whatever you want trade war, bear market, but even if you are in a bear market you can still make money depending on your investment.

Proof, In 2012, I had a number of Mutual Funds investment for different companies I started to re-balance my portfolio one in particular with Vanguard, I don't do individual stocks I don't have the stomach for it, for me Mutual funds long term balance is the way I roll, most of my advice research is done by myself but what I learn advised comes from two friends I grew up with married, a fund many retired with Charles Schwab and a CPA with one of the largest firms in the USA.

I decided to take my Vanguard account in 2012, took 50,000 USD, kept it in his current state IRA, since 2013, it has grown to close to 300,000 USD, I started to take my RMD 2024 I had to take the required RMD MINIMUM which based on the yearly ending amount RIGHT NOW AROUND 8. 000 USD, WHICH WHEN EXCHANGE RATE IS HIGH I BREAK TO THAILAND AND SAFE IT FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES!

Right now I have rebalance the portfolio last two years my yearly return is higher that what my RMD is required which is close to 11%.

So regardless of your point! If position properly you still can make money in a so call BEAR MARKET! Which in my own personal case your stats cited doesn't apply to me. Your remark also comes across as a Trump hater. Personally I don't care for him but have nothing against what he is doing with China, or any country as of now! There got to be some pain, he got elected like him succeed or fail that is my moto. But since 1990's when I really started to invest I would say combine all my Mutual fund Accounts since retiring at 55 years of age no medical no pension is well over a million USD, so figure how many President is that!

You said "the market" before. Which is what my response was based on. Now you're giving us anecdotal stories about your particular portfolio. Even the Dow Jones Industrial Average is not the entire USA Stock Market. It is only 30 stocks. The S&P 500 Index is a bit more accurate as a measure of the market, which is why Wall Street generally refers to it as a measure of "the market", but, obviously that is only 500 different company stocks. Financial media refers to those because they are lazy and most viewers recognize those names. But the Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index would be more accurate as a measure of what the "total" market is doing than those two.

And whether you came out ahead in your particular portfolio or not is immaterial as to whether the broad USA Stock Market, including everything in the Dow, everything in the S&P 500, everything in the NASDAQ and so on, closed more than 20% below its previous all-time closing high in December 2108 and again in 2020, which it did and that is the definition of a Bear Market Decline.

Yes, if your portfolio was an index based on the stocks in the Dow or in the S&P 500 you would have come out ahead after the Obama, Trump and Biden admonistrations if you had remained in the market and not bailed out at the bottom of a Bear Market Decline, which is something many investors tend to do in the event of a Bear Market.

And, sorry if my now pointing out that there were no Bear Market Declines during the 8 Obama years and the 4 Biden years but there were two of them in the 4 previous Trump years gives you the impression I am a Trump hater. But whether someone loves or hates Trump does not change the data and historical facts.

[LittleBigMan]

In December 2018 the broad USA Stock Market declined to a close greater than 20% below it's previous closing high. That is the definition of a Bear Market Decline.

Additionally, the USA Agriculture and Manufacturing Industries fell into a Recession so deep he had to issue emergency welfare checks just to keep them afloat.

This was all due to his failed Trade War with China and tariffs that accomplished nothing positive for the USA.

And it was well before he defunded and removed the Pandemic Prevention team leaders from those Chinese labs in 2019 contrary to all expert warnings for him not to do something so dangerous and stupid. His 2nd Bear Market Crash in 2020 was much deeper than the one in 2018 as a result of that decision.

I disagree with your stats interpretation I look at it very simple and how my portfolio has progressed! When Obama took over yes we had a crash or sort I believe it was somewhere around 7,000 the Dow lets use that when Trump took over it was around 18,000, when the pandemic it was close to 30,000 projected to go to 40,000, the pandemic pushed it back down to near 19,000 when Biden took office it had climb back to 30,000. I don't take sides as to who is President Dem or Rep, take whatever you want trade war, bear market, but even if you are in a bear market you can still make money depending on your investment.

Proof, In 2012, I had a number of Mutual Funds investment for different companies I started to re-balance my portfolio one in particular with Vanguard, I don't do individual stocks I don't have the stomach for it, for me Mutual funds long term balance is the way I roll, most of my advice research is done by myself but what I learn advised comes from two friends I grew up with married, a fund many retired with Charles Schwab and a CPA with one of the largest firms in the USA.

I decided to take my Vanguard account in 2012, took 50,000 USD, kept it in his current state IRA, since 2013, it has grown to close to 300,000 USD, I started to take my RMD 2024 I had to take the required RMD MINIMUM which based on the yearly ending amount RIGHT NOW AROUND 8. 000 USD, WHICH WHEN EXCHANGE RATE IS HIGH I BREAK TO THAILAND AND SAFE IT FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES!

Right now I have rebalance the portfolio last two years my yearly return is higher that what my RMD is required which is close to 11%.

So regardless of your point! If position properly you still can make money in a so call BEAR MARKET! Which in my own personal case your stats cited doesn't apply to me. Your remark also comes across as a Trump hater. Personally I don't care for him but have nothing against what he is doing with China, or any country as of now! There got to be some pain, he got elected like him succeed or fail that is my moto. But since 1990's when I really started to invest I would say combine all my Mutual fund Accounts since retiring at 55 years of age no medical no pension is well over a million USD, so figure how many President is that!

[Mr Enternational]

It gets worse.

The guy gave her 10 million baht to marry him. She took the money and went back to her village to live with her Thai husband.

That is not the Korean guy that was in the news recently was it? He wanted his money back, but the police said he gave it freely. Had a foreigner done it to a Thai though, they would have said it was a big scam and prosecuted the person.

[SubCmdr]

Well but now it's too late, I'm in Bangkok now I'll come back to Pattaya during the second half of March.

Such a shame. I am certain that I missed a whole lot of nothing. Say Hi your new buddy Oakie while you are in the Dominican Republic. Enjoy your trip!

Be good, while I'm gone.

Being good is my state of being as I am: At peace with myself and all others. Trust me, I won't miss you.

P. S, If you insist on continuing to beg for my attention you could at least file a report about having sex with girls in Thailand. That is the only thing I am interested in reading from you. Especially because I know that you will never meet me because you are just a (Compound Profanity Redacted) keyboard warrior.

ROTFLMO!

[ElMexicant]

Am I the only one who has a doctor note saying that I have allergy to chicken meat besides the breast? I use this to make sure I don't ever get a wing, thigh, or drumstick at KFC or McDs in Thailand. When you order fried chicken, they not let you choose. And that's when my doctor note comes in to play. I need to get max protein for my baht. Chicken breast is like 25 g or more. The other pieces are same price, smaller, skimpy and less protein. This is an Alpha maneuver for this 1300 kilocalorie and 55 grams protein meal. 1/2 my daily intake to get 100+ grams. I always ask for no salt fries to make sure they are hot and fresh. Then ask for packet of salt for my chicken (wink wink). Coke Zero of course. LOL. Like the Dalai Lama once said, "Easy peasey. ".

[Pimpampoumpipo]

I don't own a cocktail bar. So I don't know actually where you were.

Post the picture from when you were there. This is the internet. Otherwise it didn't happen.

Pretty Simple!

Well but now it's too late, I'm in Bangkok now and then I'm going to Paris for a few weeks. Then I'm going to the Philippines and I'll come back to Pattaya during the second half of March.

Be good, don't pick your nose and don't do anything stupid while I'm gone.

[Explorer8939]

Now that's a sentence that definitely belongs in the "Stupid Shit" section.

It gets worse.

The guy gave her 10 million baht to marry him. She took the money and went back to her village to live with her Thai husband.