The quality of new posters
May 2nd 2012, 10:38 am
#46
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Re: The quality of new posters
I'd like to think that most of us do just that, but we still have a lack of tolerance for total idiocy. And in my particular case no tolerance whatsoever for an idiot who thought it was acceptable to hurl abuse at me purely because I'd corrected his geographical errors. To be fair, I started this thread to have a moan about that as it pissed me off.
If you have found this forum, then you can surely find some other really basic information? This site has tons of info, so just reading a few threads before posting helps. Even entering Dubai/UAE/etc into google turns up heaps of useful info and then you can ask about specifics. And usually get good, honest answers.
If you have found this forum, then you can surely find some other really basic information? This site has tons of info, so just reading a few threads before posting helps. Even entering Dubai/UAE/etc into google turns up heaps of useful info and then you can ask about specifics. And usually get good, honest answers.
This is true - I once asked Meow if she wanted to have sex with me - and she gave me a good honest answer..........
May 2nd 2012, 10:39 am
#47
Go on.. Pull my finger..
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Re: The quality of new posters
I think you paint two pictures when there are probably more.
The latter is what you say you are, fine.
The former is;
1. have been around for 12 - 18 months
2.came out when the place was falling apart in the vain hope that the streets were still paved with gold
3.studio apartment in Disco Gardens and 5 year old Pajero is still way better than the shit existence they left behind in the UK...
4. making on we love it in Dubai and wouldn't dream of living anywhere else,
I think those four points that make the 'former' in your opinion are pretty brash.
1. I came here a year ago
2. The place has been falling apart since 2008. I never assumed there were streets of gold.
3. The apartment and car I have are not as you describe but certainly not a villa on the palm and 3 ferraris. My existence in the UK was not shit, my job was, on relflection, a bit better than the one I do here. I just earn a lot more here comparatively.
4. I don't want to live in Dubai forever, I want to move on like you to Asia in the future, but not yet.
People aren't easily cast into the two groups you describe, yes I tick a couple of the boxes (can't change when I moved here or that I have a 1bed apt and an Explorer) but not everyone comes here running away from a shit life in the UK thinking Dubai is the be all, end all and place for them for life.
But hey, that's my opinion and not me being an argumentative tosser (like normal). Just think it's not particularly fair to generalise to that extent.
The latter is what you say you are, fine.
The former is;
1. have been around for 12 - 18 months
2.came out when the place was falling apart in the vain hope that the streets were still paved with gold
3.studio apartment in Disco Gardens and 5 year old Pajero is still way better than the shit existence they left behind in the UK...
4. making on we love it in Dubai and wouldn't dream of living anywhere else,
I think those four points that make the 'former' in your opinion are pretty brash.
1. I came here a year ago
2. The place has been falling apart since 2008. I never assumed there were streets of gold.
3. The apartment and car I have are not as you describe but certainly not a villa on the palm and 3 ferraris. My existence in the UK was not shit, my job was, on relflection, a bit better than the one I do here. I just earn a lot more here comparatively.
4. I don't want to live in Dubai forever, I want to move on like you to Asia in the future, but not yet.
People aren't easily cast into the two groups you describe, yes I tick a couple of the boxes (can't change when I moved here or that I have a 1bed apt and an Explorer) but not everyone comes here running away from a shit life in the UK thinking Dubai is the be all, end all and place for them for life.
But hey, that's my opinion and not me being an argumentative tosser (like normal). Just think it's not particularly fair to generalise to that extent.
I didn't write the first part of the post with anyone in mind, but as I remembered the last time this subject was broached, I did remember it was you who took umbrage at the generalisations I had made and took them as a personal attack...
I am glad to see that you didn't let me down this time......
May 2nd 2012, 10:51 am
#48
Token Scandinavian Bloke
Joined: Jun 2009
Location: Dubai
Posts: 2,820
Re: The quality of new posters
It's funny, Scamp...
I didn't write the first part of the post with anyone in mind, but as I remembered the last time this subject was broached, I did remember it was you who took umbrage at the generalisations I had made and took them as a personal attack...
I am glad to see that you didn't let me down this time......
I didn't write the first part of the post with anyone in mind, but as I remembered the last time this subject was broached, I did remember it was you who took umbrage at the generalisations I had made and took them as a personal attack...
I am glad to see that you didn't let me down this time......
May 2nd 2012, 11:01 am
#49
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Re: The quality of new posters
and just to play devils advocate, presumably people that moved out here in the olden days were moving here for exactly the same reasons people move here now, better opportunities, better lifestyle, fed up with the shit they have at home or wherever it is you've come from. I don't think anyone moves here thinking I want to be a smug twat and they just want to come to a city that is a good move for the time being. How many people that have been here long term started by saying just three years, just another two, and another two and actually i quite like it now maybe a bit longer...
To me there seems to be a real attitude to anyone who hasn't been here forever, like walking into a country pub waving a flag saying I wasn't born in this village and the locals watching to see them falter then attacking like pack animals and burying them in the nearest ditch, obviously if you have moved here more recently then you must be a blithering idiot to come here since Dubai has crashed. We were here in the good old days so we must be a million times better than you young things and yes perhaps they do know more and some people move here with ludicrous ideas that they may actually make a better life for themselves here- is that really so wrong- isn't that the reason that everyone has moved here in the first place no matter when they came here? I moved here in 2009 and paid far less in rent then those here beforehand, the traffic is far less, business for me is good, recession back home, tax free living here- whats so wrong with that?
To me there seems to be a real attitude to anyone who hasn't been here forever, like walking into a country pub waving a flag saying I wasn't born in this village and the locals watching to see them falter then attacking like pack animals and burying them in the nearest ditch, obviously if you have moved here more recently then you must be a blithering idiot to come here since Dubai has crashed. We were here in the good old days so we must be a million times better than you young things and yes perhaps they do know more and some people move here with ludicrous ideas that they may actually make a better life for themselves here- is that really so wrong- isn't that the reason that everyone has moved here in the first place no matter when they came here? I moved here in 2009 and paid far less in rent then those here beforehand, the traffic is far less, business for me is good, recession back home, tax free living here- whats so wrong with that?
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May 2nd 2012, 11:04 am
#50
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Re: The quality of new posters
It's funny, Scamp...
I didn't write the first part of the post with anyone in mind, but as I remembered the last time this subject was broached, I did remember it was you who took umbrage at the generalisations I had made and took them as a personal attack...
I am glad to see that you didn't let me down this time......
I didn't write the first part of the post with anyone in mind, but as I remembered the last time this subject was broached, I did remember it was you who took umbrage at the generalisations I had made and took them as a personal attack...
I am glad to see that you didn't let me down this time......
I'm the 'kind' of person you are attempting to describe, but I don't believe that's a brush you can paint everyone with.
May 2nd 2012, 11:22 am
#51
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Posts: 4,017
Re: The quality of new posters
Arrive , make some money , improve your life then move on...The end !
That's all there is to it
That's all there is to it
May 2nd 2012, 12:01 pm
#52
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May 2nd 2012, 12:10 pm
#53
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Re: The quality of new posters
Put t'Hovis back in 't'bag, lad...
Its not a pop at you.
Its a pop at the ones that have been around for 12 - 18 months.
The ones who came out when the place was falling apart in the vain hope that the streets were still paved with gold, that the advice they received from the dearly departed ex-posters on the Bored was just the 'older generation' trying to keep it all for themselves and the ones who are still there, trying to persuade themsleves that their studio apartment in Disco Gardens and 5 year old Pajero is still way better than the shit existence they left behind in the UK...
Ok, so some people made a decision to live in Dubai.
The problem with that is, it is very hard to admit you ****ed up...
I, along with many other posters on here, was moved through work to Dubai and, for my part, onwards to Bangkok. Did I have a choice? To a degree, if you can count Baku, Alaska or Bangkok as a choice, most recently. The last choice was Port Harcourt, Cairo or Dubai... The defence rests...
Do we therefore necessarily hide behind our decisions in a cloud of self denial, making on we love it in Dubai and wouldn't dream of living anywhere else, or do we make the most of a situation, be fair to our fellow man, assist when required and await the day when you can pack your shit and move on to another intriguing part of the world....
I, I am glad to say, am of the latter.
Its not a pop at you.
Its a pop at the ones that have been around for 12 - 18 months.
The ones who came out when the place was falling apart in the vain hope that the streets were still paved with gold, that the advice they received from the dearly departed ex-posters on the Bored was just the 'older generation' trying to keep it all for themselves and the ones who are still there, trying to persuade themsleves that their studio apartment in Disco Gardens and 5 year old Pajero is still way better than the shit existence they left behind in the UK...
Ok, so some people made a decision to live in Dubai.
The problem with that is, it is very hard to admit you ****ed up...
I, along with many other posters on here, was moved through work to Dubai and, for my part, onwards to Bangkok. Did I have a choice? To a degree, if you can count Baku, Alaska or Bangkok as a choice, most recently. The last choice was Port Harcourt, Cairo or Dubai... The defence rests...
Do we therefore necessarily hide behind our decisions in a cloud of self denial, making on we love it in Dubai and wouldn't dream of living anywhere else, or do we make the most of a situation, be fair to our fellow man, assist when required and await the day when you can pack your shit and move on to another intriguing part of the world....
I, I am glad to say, am of the latter.
May 2nd 2012, 12:13 pm
#54
Hit 16's
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Re: The quality of new posters
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