Dazey Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 View from the new office 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted November 26, 2021 Author Share Posted November 26, 2021 44 minutes ago, Dazey said: View from the new office Lots of noise, I reckon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted January 4, 2022 Author Share Posted January 4, 2022 The sun has turned. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 On 9/2/2021 at 9:00 PM, Graeme said: Jotunheimen is such a cool place name... giant country. Sounds like a lady part. 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 3 hours ago, Dazey said: Sounds like a lady part. 😂 Mind out the gutter, you . We're talking about an area of great natural beauty: (You can't ask for better riposte set-up than that). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Graeme said: Mind out the gutter, you . We're talking about an area of great natural beauty: So was I! 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 18 minutes ago, Dazey said: So was I! 😂 Yaaasssssss! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratam Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 5 hours ago, SoulMonster said: Beautiful! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted January 22, 2022 Author Share Posted January 22, 2022 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Nova Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 10 hours ago, SoulMonster said: Where is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickS77 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Ace Nova said: Where is that? Dubai Marina 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 3 hours ago, Ace Nova said: Where is that? Dubai Marina, yes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 8 hours ago, SoulMonster said: Dubai Marina, yes. Dubai is somewhere that I can appreciate but never want to visit. It's very modern and glitzy on the surface but I wouldn't trust myself not to get drunk and end up in jail for the next 30 years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 3 hours ago, Dazey said: Dubai is somewhere that I can appreciate but never want to visit. It's very modern and glitzy on the surface but I wouldn't trust myself not to get drunk and end up in jail for the next 30 years. Family vacation, so no partying for me. Dubai has become less conservative though. Tourists can even buy alcohol at liquor stores. I was enjoying a Corona at the balcony earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 1 hour ago, SoulMonster said: Family vacation, so no partying for me. Dubai has become less conservative though. Tourists can even buy alcohol at liquor stores. I was enjoying a Corona at the balcony earlier. It’s not buying it that concerns me. It’s jumping in the hotel fountain naked at 3 am AFTER buying it that I’m worried about. 😂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Dazey said: It’s not buying it that concerns me. It’s jumping in the hotel fountain naked at 3 am AFTER buying it that I’m worried about. 😂 Yes, that would likely still be frowned upon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratam Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 I think in Dubai is most danger if you're journalist..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontdamnmeuyi2015 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 On 11/14/2019 at 3:46 AM, Len Cnut said: I hope yous all piled in and kicked the fuckin' shit out of him. WTF? This guy should be arrested for that and yeah, hope the hostess cracked him one. I still don't understand why some men still do shit like this and expect to get away with it. No fucking way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Dubai shouldn't exist, it's the vanity project of a few oligarchs with more ill-deserved money than sense. It's a nonsensical waste of resources to try and create/maintain a metropolis of that size in that sort of environment, and it's built off the backs of labourers who toil in horrendous conditions to keep other, more fortunate people in conditions of obscene luxury. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lio Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Graeme said: Dubai shouldn't exist, it's the vanity project of a few oligarchs with more ill-deserved money than sense. It's a nonsensical waste of resources to try and create/maintain a metropolis of that size in that sort of environment, and it's built off the backs of labourers who toil in horrendous conditions to keep other, more fortunate people in conditions of obscene luxury. Yes, that's exactly how I feel. I find the whole Dubai decadence thing utterly depressing. Almost makes me root for the downfall of capitalism. The fact that they harbour drug criminals doesn't make it any better. I always have a feeling that everyone in Dubai is a rich asshole (and most likely criminal on some level) who feels so much better about themselves than all the rest and is above the law. And now I found out Soulmonster is taking his family there. Maybe it shouldn't surprise me, as a Norwegian he's somewhat of an oil-sheik as well of course 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratam Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 I'm be wrong or isn't the Dubai Prince kill an journalist with his own hands? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickS77 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 10 hours ago, Lio said: Yes, that's exactly how I feel. I find the whole Dubai decadence thing utterly depressing. Almost makes me root for the downfall of capitalism. The fact that they harbour drug criminals doesn't make it any better. I always have a feeling that everyone in Dubai is a rich asshole (and most likely criminal on some level) who feels so much better about themselves than all the rest and is above the law. And now I found out Soulmonster is taking his family there. Maybe it shouldn't surprise me, as a Norwegian he's somewhat of an oil-sheik as well of course 12 hours ago, Graeme said: Dubai shouldn't exist, it's the vanity project of a few oligarchs with more ill-deserved money than sense. It's a nonsensical waste of resources to try and create/maintain a metropolis of that size in that sort of environment, and it's built off the backs of labourers who toil in horrendous conditions to keep other, more fortunate people in conditions of obscene luxury. Yes. Decadence and unnesssary spending is disgusting, but whatever. Dubai is an amazing and impressive place. Same goes for Abu Dhabi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted January 25, 2022 Author Share Posted January 25, 2022 Definitely issues with Dubai. It is an authoritarian regime with little accept for criticism. No free speech, no free press. And there's been cases of exploiting foreign workers. As for environmental damage, yeah, that can hardly be avoided when a city grows from 300k to 3m over a few decades. As for the amount of energy required to maintain it in a desert region, yeah, surely, but they have those resources. They make a lot of weird choices with their wealth, but it seems to work. All this being said, it is a very awesome place. A very multicultural hub in the middle east. You don't see much of the obscenely rich Emirati, mostly middle and lower class people from all over the world who have come here to work in tourism, media, tech, business, industry. And droves of tourists from all over. I have traveled a fair bit and Dubai must be the most ethnically mixed place I've been. And it is immaculately clean and so safe. For family vacation it is absolutely splendid. You can avoid it on principle but that won't fix issues with authoritarian, Arab regimes. I believe tourism is the key to change and throughout the times I have visited Dubai over the last 30 years, the place has become less conservative and better. Maybe it's unconnected but I can't believe it hurts. The picture above was taken just now from the balcony over Jumeirah Beach. I never tire from that view. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 3 hours ago, SoulMonster said: Definitely issues with Dubai. It is an authoritarian regime with little accept for criticism. No free speech, no free press. And there's been cases of exploiting foreign workers. As for environmental damage, yeah, that can hardly be avoided when a city grows from 300k to 3m over a few decades. As for the amount of energy required to maintain it in a desert region, yeah, surely, but they have those resources. They make a lot of weird choices with their wealth, but it seems to work. All this being said, it is a very awesome place. A very multicultural hub in the middle east. You don't see much of the obscenely rich Emirati, mostly middle and lower class people from all over the world who have come here to work in tourism, media, tech, business, industry. And droves of tourists from all over. I have traveled a fair bit and Dubai must be the most ethnically mixed place I've been. And it is immaculately clean and so safe. For family vacation it is absolutely splendid. You can avoid it on principle but that won't fix issues with authoritarian, Arab regimes. Who said anything about principle? I'm talking fear, plain and simple. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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