So about 5 years ago I decided to completely abandon all the major social media sites and apps. I, like most people, was spending far too much time (wasting too much time) participating in them and a lot of what was going on was simply spiraling into arguments with strangers or even worse, people that I know and have known for a long time. These situations quickly became nasty and I saw the same people really going after others who I know for a fact they would not treat that way in person. Like Mike Tyson said "social media got ya'll way too comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it."
I decided to leave it all behind and while I am no longer seeing pictures of what my 112 cousins had to eat for lunch, I don't think I am really missing out on a great deal of what is happening in the world. My real friends would contact me directly. I now spend that time saved on doing almost anything else and my life is better because of it. I do however, still have downtime and I use that on an app called 9Gag, which is still filled with the same political propaganda that fills up the other ones, but for the most part the people don't actually know one another IRL that are doing he screaming.
I can find some pretty funny stuff in there or some things that really make me think every now and then and these are the ones that I felt compelled to save. Maybe you'll find them informative or amusing as well.
One thing that a lot of people really struggle with in the expat community over here and everywhere else I have ever lived in SE Asia, is that the expats get together and get drunk. That seems to be almost the only thing that they do. I am a borderline alcoholic in that when I do drink I am going to drink a TON and the only thing I seem to really be able to do to curb this is to just refrain from drinking at all. Is my life better due to the absence of drinking? I mean, I guess so. I don't have near as much fun but my head doesn't hurt in the morning and I get a lot more done in my life.
I don't know what science they are referring to and this isn't a meme, just a snapshot from an article but it made it to the top charts on 9Gag anyway because they love cats and dogs over there even though they seem, as a group, to hate almost anything else.
I believe this is true about dogs and whenever Nadi (my dog) doesn't seem to want someone around her I listen and am very suspicious of that person from that point forward. Dogs have powers we aren't capable of understanding and I truly believe that they can see into the essence of a person and determine if they are bad or not.
Shortly after I left Thailand to move to Vietnam, they made marijuana legal there. I have only been back to visit a single time but when I was there I noticed how people had become very particular about the kind of weed that they like. Here in Vietnam, marijuana is still technically illegal although it is very easy to get your hands on. The above meme is true about what kind of stuff people get and how they refer to it here.
Twitter is frowned upon by some in the community but not by me since I don't have Twitter nor do I plan on getting it. As someone who was born before the turn of a millennium I am starting to get insulted when people I meet are surprised that someone could possibly be born before 2000. It doesn't happen often because I don't hang with 25 year olds very often but I would imagine that is something that is going to become more prevalent as the years continue to tick by.
I send something like this to people that I know these days when they ask if I want to go get some drinks. I have a drinking problem that I have to be very careful to not let get the best of me though, as I detailed after the first meme.
The Americans that I know here are intimately familiar with Taco Bell but other nationalities, well there is a good chance they have never even had it. Before I go on a tangent about how much I love Taco Bell and miss it dearly, I want to point out that in the hundreds of times I have been to Taco Bell, I have never had an upset tummy because of it and don't understand why people associate it with such. Honestly, if you are merican have you had this happen to you or is it just fun to jump on the train?
Taco Bell has recently entered the Asian markets in both Korea and Thailand and unfortunately I don't think they are nearly as popular as the owners would have hoped. That's a shame because when it comes to fast food, Taco Bell is without question, my favorite.
This is long, but read it anyway.
As Nadi gets older I start to worry more and more about the fact that in all likelihood, in less than 5 years she is no longer going to be sitting next to me all the time. I get little previews of what this is going to be like when I take her to the doggy hair salon and she isn't with me for a few hours. I always think about that when the hair days are upon us and I am truly dreading when that time comes. I've been through this 3 times before in my life though and while I know it will be tough, it is completely worth it. I like to think that Nadi is actually quite happy being alive because of me as well. We are a team that unfortunately and tragically will be split up in a few years' time.
I may have posted this already but I don't care. This was when I took her to a pub during the NFL Playoffs where one team typically wears red uniforms. I don't really care much for sports but I do love a clean and fresh doggo and she was that day for sure. She was easily the most popular creature in the pub that morning.
That's all I got for now folks. IF you have any memes to share back they are always appreciated.