I would certainly hope that by now everyone would know better than to play without protection. Whether it is a specific virus that concerns you, or deadly life-threatening diseases in general, going ‘bareback’ is not only risky but can quickly turn a moment of pleasure into a life filled with pain. Human nature being what it is, even though they know better, too many are willing to throw caution to the wind, forgetting or ignoring how dangerous it is out there.
Of course if those who are infected would do the honorable thing and warn those with whom they come in contact, or if only temporarily infected quarantine themselves rather than spread the nasty little bug they’re carrying, it would alleviate some of the worry and concern. But then some people are just assholes. They are in it for themselves with no concern about the well-being of others. Which brings me to the point of this post, a timely one with an added benefit.
My New Year resolution for 2013 is to stop reading the Gay Thailand forum. Even better, one of my other resolutions for 2013 is to bestow more Turtle Ass Awards to the deserving this year. I just didn’t think someone would provide such an early excuse for me to do so.
Gay Thailand recently picked up a nasty piece of malware – the Exploit virus – which regular posters on his forum quickly alerted the site’s owner about. His reply was that his site was perfectly safe and it was just a minor glitch from some recent site maintenance work they’d done. Scarlett O’ Hara is not your best choice of characters to emulate when as a message board owner you are faced with an infectious site. Stupidity is one thing, ignorance another.
But then holding up Rhett Butler as your ideal and saying, “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn,” is even worse. When you’ve become infectious, telling your membership or anyone else unlucky enough to have dropped by your site that there is no problem is just plain wrong. Fixing the problem and owning up to it, or pulling your site until you do, is the right move. Allowing your site to spread a virus in favor of collecting the few pennies your links to porn sites brings you is a despicable act.
That happened on Gay Thailand several days ago. I don’t surf without protection so I didn’t pick up what is a computer-destroying virus. But my condom of choice alerted me to the danger and my computer proudly patted itself on its back for having prevented the virus from taking hold. I read the warnings posted by members, and the bullshit answer posted by the owner/moderator. All while my anti-malware software pinged its little ass off. Which only served to prove the owner/moderator was stupid, ignorant, or a greedy little bastard who didn’t care if his site was passing on a doomsday bug to anyone who had the misfortune of visiting there. Or all of the above.
Perhaps it would be more reasonable for me to wait a bit and then log back in to see if the problem has been fixed. But I believe in safe surfing and see no good reason why I should expose my hard drive to an attack. Especially when that site’s owner’s attitude demonstrates his complete lack of concern for those who use his site. Since it has happened once, it probably will happen again. And maybe next time it will be a bug new enough that the software I use for protection will not keep my computer safe. Deleting the Gay Thailand message board bookmark from my computer is easier than dealing with what could be a disastrous surfing experience.
Sure now I’ll have to look into getting a script for Ambien rather than rely on Fountainhall’s long-winded and boring posts to put me to sleep. And no longer will I enjoy the comedic stylings of ThaiUnworthy, whose one-liners are never funny but when he is being himself and posting from his little black heart dude is ROFL funny. And I’ll miss out on the important scoops like where in Pattaya you can find the best canned beans for breakfast – or whatever in the hell it was Michael was whining about not being able to have for an early breakfast. Gay Thailand’s forum is the last bastion of a bunch of old white guys using the Khun honorific toward each other to show not only how sanctimonious but how ridiculous ‘in the know’ frequent visitors and Thailand expats can be, so I’ll miss that too. But then there are plenty of other forums to visit and plenty of other posers to laugh at with.
The last time I posted a review of the forums, I noted that while it wasn’t an active board Gay Thailand did have threads of interest to visitors of Thailand. That has been a thing off the past lately unless your interests run towards the minutia of the daily goings-on of Sunee Plaza. So giving up on that forum is not much of a sacrifice. The small handful of regular posters there like to congratulate themselves on being ‘good guys’ and for not participating in the slightly more bloody exchanges you’ll find on SGT. And if you don’t believe them, just try posting a contrarian opinion. But then the ‘respectable’ people have never been good at dealing with the less sanctimonious message board posters. Guttersnipe Das, a blogger/essayist whom I adore, hit it on the head – as he so often does – when it comes to the good guys on Gay Thailand:
“One thing that always strikes me is the abiding uselessness of respectable people. So-called respectable people. They are so good – you’d think that they’d be good for something. But no.
Evidently it takes very nearly all their energy, just to pretend nothing untoward is going on.”
I’d hope the regulars on Gay Thailand are as outraged that their glorious leader is more interested in the income his porn links generate than he is in protecting the safety of those who visit his site. But I’m doubtful that’ll happen. It’s only the outsiders they seem to get their panties in a wad over. When someone dares to offer an opinion that differs from theirs, they circle the wagons and let loose with the type of malicious outpourings that would earn sidelong glances at a Nazi Party convention. And then heartily pat each other on their backs for being such fine upstanding forum members. Or they rally around the flag to demand the owner/moderator ban the scum who dared an attempt at injecting a bit of reality into their little world.
Not long ago a not daily contributor started a thread asking why Gay Thailand seems to have such a problem in attracting new members. He offered several possible reasons, one of which was that the banter between regular posters may turn some people off. Of course the usual suspects chimed right in claiming they love the banter, but then since they are also the guilty ones that hardly addressed the issue, but did reinforce just how dense some people can be.
Gay Thailand’s problem in attracting new posters is that the regulars posting there are the kind of people most of us tend to avoid. They may be perfectly nice folk, but there is an intensity of self-importance at play that drives people away in droves. That atavistic instinct has served mankind well throughout history. Besides they are too busy trying to impress each other with the breadth of their knowledge of trivial matters to actually engage in banter. Except Thaiworthy who is so wrapped up in trying to find acceptance somewhere in the world that he routinely demonstrate why that is such an elusive quest for him.
The owner/moderator recently banned LMTU – which any right thinking forum moderator would do – but not because of anything LMTU did, but rather because of the responses generated from his regular membership to those posts. That ass-backwards approach to running a forum alone should qualify him for a Turtle Ass award. His ‘fuck ‘em they shouldn’t be surfing without protection’ approach to his site being toxic is just icing on the cake. And good enough for his board to win 2013’s first Turtle Ass Award.
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ChristianPFC said:
Starting several days ago, I get a malware warning (I use Avast Free Antivir) when I want to visit GayThailand, and I listened to the warning and did not enter their website. Thanks for your update, once they sorted it out I will check what I missed.
Bangkokbois said:
Now why is it that you use a free anti-virus program does not surprise me Chrsitian?
🙂
I use Malewarebyte’s software (there is a free version) because out of all that I’ve tried it is the least intrusive while surfing.
Mitch S. said:
Gaythailand (pre-virus) remains the dullest of the boards thanks to Fountainbore. Unworthy is a sad case. I seriously hope he gets professional help/meds.
Just how many different boards & posts are required to mainly cover Pattaya’s fem-to-butch ratio in gay clubs? Actually, your Beachlover nom de plume had the best line — something about the boards being all about Pattaya sexpats complaining about how their prostitutes failed to please them.
Gaybutt: 250 sycophants led by one big whack job.
SGT: now down to 723 members (& still many bots) from over 1,100 just a month ago.
You received a “hearty recommendation” on one board today: http://www.gaybuttonthai.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=605 I know Boo-Hoo deleted you from her Christmas card list after a few negative references to her crappy, sappy blog (“By the way, visit my blog [that fails to disclose that he gets off on diddling human beings over 50 years his junior].”)
Bangkokbois said:
Ah Smiles . . .bless him. I’m never sure when he makes those posts if he is sincere or just stirring up shit. Possibly both. That’s probably why I’ve come to appreciate him. But if he was a real fan he’d send in the picture of Suphot’s butt that I’ve been waiting for.
btw – Boo Hoo does not get off on diddling human beings over 50 years his junior; that would be un-saintly. He gets off on dreaming about diddling human beings over 50 years his junior.
Damn. There goes another one of my New Year resolutions!
ceejay said:
Thanks for explaining this. My software (McAfee) flagged it up as an attack site, so I was out of there. I did email admin from outside the Forum (it was the forum page the malware attacked from) but got no response, so I haven’t been back since. It’ll be a while before I do.
I posted there from time to time so I guess that makes me respectable – or at least shows that my attempts to mask my true nature with a veneer of respectability are paying off.
But you – shame on you!! Making a New Year’s resolution you plan on keeping. There’s more style in resolving to give up smoking and drinking and then seeing in the New Year with a bottle of champagne and a cigar.
Happy New Year to you, and Noom, and anyone else who reads this.
Bangkokbois said:
I’m a firm believer in making New Year’s resolutions ceejay, I do so every year and then see if I can break them all sooner than I did the year before. Though not visiting Gay Thailand looks like it is gonna win this year. There are a few members posting there I enjoy reading and I’ll miss checking out their posts, but then they post on the other boards too, so in the long run – no loss.
Happy New Year to you too – with your extended stay in Thailand you are certainly starting the year off right!
Hendrikbkk said:
My favorite poster is Uncle Albert at that bitchblog, really entertaining and so right!
The way he describes the various posters, on his hitlist is that awful prick Fountainhead with his stories about nothing, the bore from hell.
LMTU is a strange fellow, but once in a while entertaining and doesn’t take himself too serious.
Bangkokbois said:
Wasn’t Gay Thailand one of the forums where the owner refused to allow links to the bitchboard?
I love pople who have their priorities straight.
Tyler said:
You’re blog buddy says he has met you without you knowing it and can out you now. I always thought your comments about his blog were dead on if a little harsh now I think you have had him pegged this entire time.
http://www.gaybuttonthai.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=605#p51902
Bangkokbois said:
LOL
I knew Boo Hoo was a bit dense but I never thought he’d be stupid enough to publicly admit he’s been stalking me.
Unfortunately his stalking skills are only second to his talent at blogging. It took me less than a minute to figure out who that strange, furtive-acting, effeminate, old gay man was on the day he tracked me down. I was waiting for him to at least introduce himself, but integrity isn’t his strong suit so he just slunk away instead.
My neighbor that day happened to be a friend who occasionally reads my blog so I pointed him out to her thinking it was quite hilarious. She was instead deeply concerned and said I should file a police report. She kept saying, “But that’s not the actions of a normal human being! That’s stalking! That’s creepy! You don’t know what crazy people like that will do!”
As far as his threat to ‘out’ me, I’ve posted pix of myself on this blog, and since day #1 there has been a link never more than two clicks away from any page on my blog that takes anyone who cares to one of my business sites where you can get my name, address, phone number, and a list of where you can find me on any sunny day when I’m not travelling. So unless he’s been hiding outside my bedroom window too, I couldn’t tell ya what weird little plans have been festering in his twisted mind.
But at least he has a new hobby to keep himself busy with. I’d suggest he work on his honesty instead, but that remains such an illusive quality for him, that I’ll just wish him the best of luck instead.
David Z said:
I think your friend is right you should talk to the police. That is a sign of an unbalanced mind and of a person needing professional help to deal with his antisocial behaviors before he acts out further. He hunted you down and approached you in a public place with dishonorable intentions from what I gather and has made a not subtle public threat against you. We read about these types of things too often where they have a tragic ending. You should protect yourself.
Bangkokbois said:
Thanks for your concern DZ, but he couldn’t manage to man up enough to introduce himself so I don’t think I really have much to worry about. He’s more like a neutered Pomeranian yapping away who would like to make you think he’d bite you but is scared you’d put him down with one good kick.
But I will agree with you that he should be getting some professional help. Though something tells me he already has a mental health worker’s phone number on speed dial.
tim said:
the gaythailand board is working as it always was .. i.e. the glitch was nothing serious .. well im still here . so i assume its ok .. i think its great .. one of only 2 boards ive never been banned from ( probably cause they cant work out im taking the piss half the time ) uncle albert is funny but hes one of 3 or 4 of the same posters … cant be hard to work out who the others are as only about 5 post there ..
now over on sgt nirish is doing his normal ive paid for 4 fucks today…aint i great .. and a447 plus a few others seem to be having a wanking frenzy over the posts … same same twice a year … what a guy !!!!
Bangkokbois said:
Mmmm, I’m not sure I’d equate a virus known to kill off your hard drive with a ‘minor glitch”. Before anyone takes your comment as an all-clear, do you use anti-malware software Tim? And was it alerting you to a problem which it is not any more? I’ve no problem letting people know that the site may be safe again, but don’t want to be spreading the word if it is still actively trying to download a virus to visitors’ computers.
Good that you are having fun on the forum. Being considered respectable must be a bit of a change for you though, huh?
🙂
Does this mean I have to start calling you Khun Tim?
tim said:
you really should get back on this board .. beachy is now talking about how he just loves to throw $50.000 at randoms and wait for them to turn it into $100.000 and give it back to him .. the guys fucking mad!!
Bangkokbois said:
Beachball being active on that board is not a ringing endorsement!
tim said:
i use norton .. it seems to be fine …
call me kunt tim, most people i know do
Bangkokbois said:
Huh. I thought it was that kunt Tim – my bad sir!
tim said:
bty i have no ideas as to how computers work .. so id ignor my saying things are fine… cause i really dont have a clue ;(
Bangkokbois said:
allrightythen . . . think I’ll pass.