Anyone knows when will be the exact time that GL will be open again?

[peeboy75]

Everyone hopes to be that one and only alpha male, trouble is it only really works in the animal kingdom

[TheIdesOfMarch]

Originally Posted by sammyboyfor

I wonder why so many people here are so rude to each other. Really strange.

Because the mods and owner of this forum, aka you and whoever else is modding here, don't make it a point of banning users who are infamous and egregious in making the forum a toxic environment for everyone else. Users like 123hu have killed entire threads with their constant spam of radioactive waste comments and flaming posts, and what is done about them? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

And then you wonder why people here just go quiet and stop contributing. What's the point when you get trolls in here and you don't even bother to ban them? I don't care if they come back with a new account. They want to play and waste time just waste it right back and ban each of them as they pop up like Whack A Mole.

People here are rude because they are allowed to be rude without suffering consequences. The answer to your question is staring right in your face Sam.

[fuckingbaby]

Originally Posted by TheIdesOfMarch

Because the mods and owner of this forum, aka you and whoever else is modding here, don't make it a point of banning users who are infamous and egregious in making the forum a toxic environment for everyone else. Users like 123hu have killed entire threads with their constant spam of radioactive waste comments and flaming posts, and what is done about them? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

And then you wonder why people here just go quiet and stop contributing. What's the point when you get trolls in here and you don't even bother to ban them? I don't care if they come back with a new account. They want to play and waste time just waste it right back and ban each of them as they pop up like Whack A Mole.

People here are rude because they are allowed to be rude without suffering consequences. The answer to your question is staring right in your face Sam.

Especially his HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Jesus I had to block his posts just to get back some sense of normalcy.

[mikenade]

Originally Posted by sammyboyfor

I wonder why so many people here are so rude to each other. Really strange.

It will all start from 1 shit stirrer. I know 1 when I see 1. Just base his very first post in this thread, he is always rude. Please just get rid on him. It like seeing a cock roach but don't want to kill it.

[shiroinu]

Originally Posted by fuckingbaby

Especially his HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Jesus I had to block his posts just to get back some sense of normalcy.

Fucking agreed. Everytime I see a raging post about something stupid he always involved.

Block also people still quote reply him. Wish there was a way to fully block someone.

[sammyboyfor]

If I started banning I'd be no better than the PAP. Where do I stop? I have probably had at least 10,000 demands over the last 20 years for requests to ban members. If I obliged every request very soon there would be nobody left.

This forum was founded on the concept of everyone being allowed to voice their opinions in whatever manner they choose.

It takes at least two parties to start a flame war. I have been abused many times over the years. Not once have I responded. I just put the abuser on my ignore list and when they don't get a response they stop the abuse because they know I won't take the bait.

Everyone can do the same. Just click on the ignore button.

My remark about how rude people are to each other is simply an observation. I guess in Singapore it is no different in real life based on what I've seen on youtube, stomp etc. The whole nation seems to hate each other.

The biggest surprise of all was when I started seeing videos of people becoming agents and enforcers for the very government they are constantly complaining about.

Originally Posted by TheIdesOfMarch

Because the mods and owner of this forum, aka you and whoever else is modding here, don't make it a point of banning users who are infamous and egregious in making the forum a toxic environment for everyone else. Users like 123hu have killed entire threads with their constant spam of radioactive waste comments and flaming posts, and what is done about them? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

And then you wonder why people here just go quiet and stop contributing. What's the point when you get trolls in here and you don't even bother to ban them? I don't care if they come back with a new account. They want to play and waste time just waste it right back and ban each of them as they pop up like Whack A Mole.

People here are rude because they are allowed to be rude without suffering consequences. The answer to your question is staring right in your face Sam.

[sammyboyfor]

Originally Posted by shiroinu

Fucking agreed. Everytime I see a raging post about something stupid he always involved.

Block also people still quote reply him. Wish there was a way to fully block someone.

You have to blame those that reply and feed the troll with more oxygen. If nobody replied he'd be gone for good in no time at all.

[shiroinu]

Originally Posted by sammyboyfor

You have to blame those that reply and feed the troll with more oxygen. If nobody replied he'd be gone for good in no time at all.

Boss, I agree. People should learn to put people they don't like on ignore lists. Makes it so much better to browse the forum.

Feed the troll, and he only grows.

I hope this thread can go back to discussing and updating any new developments on when GL can open.

[Dignified69]

Originally Posted by SunZhi

Most stocks have left.
By the time hse can open, there is no stock left.
Now air ticket too expensive.. no WL willing to come
Maybe now good time to setup hse with local stock?

Not This Indignity

Aah my bad, I did not see this post in its entirety.
Raising in me, the righteous indignation of you know hu.
The suggestion of local stock
In these houses
Arouses
in me the flaming shards from hades

May our dot of a nation
Never be in a situation
Where the fair and gentle of our soil
In this playground do toil

For it will mean
The devastation
Of the perspiration
Of our pioneer generation

Oppose this to the last drop I will
And the angry ghosts of ancestors
Will rise to haunt you
If this start of war do you propose

[sammyboyfor]

Originally Posted by shiroinu

Boss, I agree. People should learn to put people they don't like on ignore lists. Makes it so much better to browse the forum.

Feed the troll, and he only grows.

I hope this thread can go back to discussing and updating any new developments on when GL can open.

It was not my intention to derail the thread. Apologies for that.

The only reason why I made my remarks was because I too want to know when prostitution services will be allowed to open.

With the lockdown across so much of Asia almost all the advertisers here have disappeared or are taking a break and income for the forum is down to almost nothing so opening up Geylang would mean there is light at the end of the tunnel. Right now the bottom line is bleeding red ink.

I came to this thread to find out what is happening and was dumbfounded to find that even the subject of "when is geylang opening" can end up with arguments.

In the past the arguments were all about pussies which I can understand. People get very attached to their favorite vaginas so emotions can run high.

But to find that something as straightforward as an opening date can become a bone of contention is truly astounding.

[max_priest]

Originally Posted by sammyboyfor

I wonder why so many people here are so rude to each other. Really strange.

When the healthy pursuit of self-interest and self-realization turns into self-absorption, other people can lose their intrinsic value in our eyes and become mere means to the fulfillment of our needs and desires ....... 😎

Rudeness is a weak man’s imitation of strength,
MaXx

[ahha2011]

[Sent by Gov.sg – 19 Jun]

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*For diners* 🍴
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- Sit at unmarked seats/tables
- Keep tables clean, return trays & cutlery
- Properly dispose of used tissues & wipes
- Use serving spoons 🥄 , do not share utensils

*For F&B owners*
✅
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❌
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- No public entertainment (eg. TV screening)
- Close common play areas

"Close common play areas" - self explanatory, no ?

[TheIdesOfMarch]

If ignoring trolls could kill them off for good, they'd be dead and gone already.

We've had years of "ignore the trolls" exercised to various degrees by forum members in here. The fact the King of the Trolls still remains speaks to the total failure of such an approach when it comes to Internet discourse. It's not just here. It's everywhere online where people interact and talk. You ignore them in one thread or place? They just shift elsewhere and rinse and repeat. End up nobody wants to talk, nobody wants to post, and all content just dies a slow death because who wants to be constantly harassed by direct name quoting and uncouth language that they'd never dare to utter in real life from a troll they blocked?

I open up a thread and some pages can literally be half occupied with ignored posts. That's how bad and persistent said troll is. We can't respond. And our non response doesn't dissuade him from stopping. You as the boss of the forum don't want to exercise some form of control over behaviour here. Who wins in the end?

Stop making some bullshit argument about freedom on the Internet and us taking care of ignoring trolls at our own expense and effort. You are no different from FACEBOOK in pleading that you just host content here and can't/won't moderate what others post, because you're just a host and not a publisher.

[sammyboyfor]

Originally Posted by TheIdesOfMarch

If ignoring trolls could kill them off for good, they'd be dead and gone already.

We've had years of "ignore the trolls" exercised to various degrees by forum members in here. The fact the King of the Trolls still remains speaks to the total failure of such an approach when it comes to Internet discourse. It's not just here. It's everywhere online where people interact and talk. You ignore them in one thread or place? They just shift elsewhere and rinse and repeat. End up nobody wants to talk, nobody wants to post, and all content just dies a slow death because who wants to be constantly harassed by direct name quoting and uncouth language that they'd never dare to utter in real life from a troll they blocked?

I open up a thread and some pages can literally be half occupied with ignored posts. That's how bad and persistent said troll is. We can't respond. And our non response doesn't dissuade him from stopping. You as the boss of the forum don't want to exercise some form of control over behaviour here. Who wins in the end?

Stop making some bullshit argument about freedom on the Internet and us taking care of ignoring trolls at our own expense and effort. You are no different from FACEBOOK in pleading that you just host content here and can't/won't moderate what others post, because you're just a host and not a publisher.

I've had no problems with trolls. I post regularly on other platforms and have been bombarded with all sorts of threats and ridicule.

As long as you don't use your real identity there is no way anyone can abuse you. Take your nick as an example I don't have a clue who you are so there is no way I could sully your name even if I wanted to because I don't know what your name is.

I guess everyone reacts differently.

[sammyboyfor]

So when is Geylang opening?