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    Quote Originally Posted by Maanaam View Post
    farang husband and she can't speak English and he can't speak Thai.
    Actually worked out quite well for me -neither I nor my significant other knew each other's language (she didn't speak a word) well enough to have a "real" argument. Although she is an expert at the "silent treatment". Another plus is the more or less built-in excuse of "just doesn't understand the language", go's along with standard number two "just doesn't understand the culture".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maanaam View Post
    But seriously...why would you hire a pretty but dumb thing over a person who can do the job properly? It's a no-brainer (excuse the pun) to me.
    Because the Boss gets to try the goods. No other reason.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JPPR2 View Post
    IMO most of the foreigners here can only judge by what they see in bars. The pretty gals are found in factories and in the working class. I suspect in the next 5 or so years all that's gonna be in bars are tore up, worn out uneducated women.

    Times are a changing and fat or old foreigners are just that...fat or old. The Thai women nowadays have their own money, careers and jobs. They have no need to screw old foreigner men for money. If you are going to want to meet and date a pretty woman it's going to take some looks, a personality and of course a stable financial position.
    The central fact is that the scene has changed. Any girl with half an ounce of intelligence is not working in the bars. They are on line, and going to customers direct. Don't forget the farang scene has always been a small fraction of the total flesh trade. A girl can earn the same money through on line touting without needing to be in a bar for 8 or 10 hours every night getting groped by all and sundry.

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    until of course they disagree with your percieved intellectual capabilities

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maanaam View Post
    But seriously...why would you hire a pretty but dumb thing over a person who can do the job properly? It's a no-brainer (excuse the pun) to me.
    The central essence is that the hiring people look for someone who will not be a threat to them, and will happily settle into a subservient position. Hiring someone who can actually do the job - and may therefore be smarter than them - is against every grain in their body. So we end up staffed with drudges and drones. A number of times I heard that there was a great candidate who was passed over for someone more malleable and subservient.

    Now I sit on some hiring committees, so we can at least get some one who has a chance of doing the job.

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    Quote Originally Posted by baldrick View Post
    until of course they disagree with your percieved intellectual capabilities
    Nonsense. I relish intelligent debate. Defending my position is part of intelligent debate...unless it's arguing with people who simply don't understand the premise but think they do.
    Dunning-Kruger people, for example.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maanaam View Post
    Dunning-Kruger people, for example
    Could you be more specific. Anyone of our board members come to mind?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maanaam View Post
    I don't mind at all. Don't knock it 'till you've tried it is what I say to my friends that have never done a fatty and yet put them down.
    Besides, being a sapiosexual, the package doesn't really matter to me.

    conicidentally, just this morning my wife showed me a "thing" going around on Thai social media. It shows two woman, pic 1 and pic 2. Pic one is of a young Thai woman who only her mother would say is ok looking, and most would say is downright ugly. Pic 2 is of a very pretty Thai girl. Pic one is of a girl with a masters degree and several other qualifications, while girl 2 has nothing. The question; Who would you hire? The vast majority of replies chose pic 2 to be employed while my wife chose girl 1 as the common sense (and only) option.
    I suspect, and like to think, most intelligent Westerners would employ girl 1... but maybe not TD members
    the question is are u to marry or fuck said girl. for a relationship girl one.. for a sexual encounter, girl two. but not necessarily so.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seekingasylum View Post
    Butters is quite right in that work is now simply enacting corporate policy within a clear framework comprising a rigid protocol enforced by supervisors - initiative, intelligence, discretion and judgement are redundant among the drones. The introduction of AI into the equation has further refined the model in that, for example, investment banking is now largely a matter of watching screens as the algorithms do their job. Whether it be financial management, industrial manufacture or public sector management of legislative diktat, the majority are not required to manifest intelligence other than the wit to follow instructions. Obedience, loyalty, compliance and confidentiality are the new corporate watchwords and if you want to stray, we got confidentiality/ non- disclosure contracts to keep your mouth shut.
    aint that the truth, but aint it always been so. we called em jobsworths back in the day. hence i was always unemployable. and a pain in the arse to employers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maanaam View Post
    ^^So, do corporations not hire bosses, middle management and thinkers, policy makers etc? Do they have to be pretty also? Don't hire men if you're a male heterosexual employer?
    I want competant employees. People who will speak up and introduce new ideas even if they're the floor sweepers.
    I'm sure I'm not alone in that, at least amongst employers outside of Thailand.
    u need to get out more.. maybe ur idea fits a small comp but all large conglomerates are the same ,, all use the yankie zionist format.. its even become law in most , if not all western comps. certainly in world wide finance

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maanaam View Post
    I relish intelligent debate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seekingasylum View Post
    Butters is quite right in that work is now simply enacting corporate policy within a clear framework comprising a rigid protocol enforced by supervisors - initiative, intelligence, discretion and judgement are redundant among the drones. The introduction of AI into the equation has further refined the model in that, for example, investment banking is now largely a matter of watching screens as the algorithms do their job. Whether it be financial management, industrial manufacture or public sector management of legislative diktat, the majority are not required to manifest intelligence other than the wit to follow instructions. Obedience, loyalty, compliance and confidentiality are the new corporate watchwords and if you want to stray, we got confidentiality/ non- disclosure contracts to keep your mouth shut.
    like a bad SFX movie,

    Comply or die == compliance at the heart of business

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maanaam View Post
    ^^So, do corporations not hire bosses, middle management and thinkers, policy makers etc? Do they have to be pretty also? Don't hire men if you're a male heterosexual employer?
    I want competant employees. People who will speak up and introduce new ideas even if they're the floor sweepers.
    I'm sure I'm not alone in that, at least amongst employers outside of Thailand.
    that works fine for a micro business or an early startup, but once you reach 100 or more employees, dummies are easier to hire and faster to put online with your corporate policies if you want to grow fast

    you really are naive, are you stuck in the 50s?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luigi View Post
    Says the guy who can not debate at all, and if he disagrees, will simply post a meme or smiley. Pathetic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dragonfly View Post
    that works fine for a micro business or an early startup, but once you reach 100 or more employees, dummies are easier to hire and faster to put online with your corporate policies if you want to grow fast

    you really are naive, are you stuck in the 50s?
    The question was "who would you employ", so if your company has 100 or more employees, then ok.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maanaam View Post
    Says the guy who can not debate at all, and if he disagrees, will simply post a meme or smiley. Pathetic.
    I stuck up for Luigi last week. Someone said that he wasn't fit to live with pigs. I said he was.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Manny The Dumbo View Post
    Says the guy who can not debate at all, and if he disagrees, will simply post a meme or smiley. Pathetic.
    Intelligent, eh.

    Surely you realize that you've been ripped apart on here, to an absolute laughable degree, everyday for the last 2 years or so.... er, right?

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    Who needs a live-in woman for intelligent debate? That's what TD is for.

















    Nearly forgot the smilie.

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    Whats the point in having a woman who can speak her mind when you've stuffed a pair of socks in her gob.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luigi View Post
    ripped apart on here, to an absolute laughable degree, everyday for the last 2 years or so.... er, right?
    Trumpian, as always.



    Quote Originally Posted by Neverna View Post
    Nearly forgot the smilie.
    Oh, yeah....

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    We are fortunate to be living through a golden age right now. Feast for many, famine for few. The Age of Obesity.

    When it all comes crashing down, well...

    More slender women will just be a silver lining I suppose.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Agent_Smith View Post
    Feast for many, famine for few. The Age of Obesity.
    Cheap fatty foods with sugar laden soft drinks, and alcohol, can't forget the alcohol. All available, cheap, plentiful, available just about anywhere.

    Solving the world's hunger problem was naught but a ploy by the medico's to drum up more business.

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    [QUOTE=Neverna;3851045]Who needs a live-in woman for intelligent debate? That's what TD is for.



















    nice one nev. 555

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    Quote Originally Posted by SKkin View Post
    Shit!
    Are you havin trouble copy & pasting images also?

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