Boris Johnson as Prime Minister thread

[Fatboxingfan]

it's true that white westerners when they come back to their country from the far East will have a reverse culture shock and will have a very hard time cutting the mustard in their home country after being spoiled and red carpeted for decades.

It's like they think they are Joe Louis the brown bomber and after a while they forget about how long they have been away but they keep telling themselves that they can always go back and score a knockout and the next thing they get a bit long in the tooth and a step slow and they go back to their home country and they stare down the barrel of a young Rocky Marciano who knocks them silly and reality hits them.

[El Kabong]

it's true that white westerners when they come back to their country from the far East will have a reverse culture shock and will have a very hard time cutting the mustard in their home country after being spoiled and red carpeted for decades.

It's like they think they are Joe Louis the brown bomber and after a while they forget about how long they have been away but they keep telling themselves that they can always go back and score a knockout and the next thing they get a bit long in the tooth and a step slow and they go back to their home country and they stare down the barrel of a young Rocky Marciano who knocks them silly and reality hits them.

Cutting the mustard eh? Nice use of an American idiom. Long in the tooth, another more English idiom.....wow look how cultured you are Monsieur

And hey whaddya know a Marciano fan as well....what no Dempsey-Carpentier analogy? I would have certainly thought Tiozzo would rate with a French boxing fan, but Marciano.....so impressive

[Fatboxingfan]

La moutarde a été inventée par nous Français

[Fatboxingfan]

Cet idiome anglais que j'ai pris sur un site Web

[El Kabong]

La moutarde a été inventée par nous Français

Of course, of course, I only mention it because I'm impressed by how cultured you are.

Cet idiome anglais que j'ai pris sur un site Web

Oh of course, such a small world with the internet isn't it.

[Fatboxingfan]

La moutarde a été inventée par nous Français

Of course, of course, I only mention it because I'm impressed by how cultured you are.

Cet idiome anglais que j'ai pris sur un site Web

Oh of course, such a small world with the internet isn't it.

Je suis très impressionné par la façon dont vous êtes si multilingue!

[TitoFan]

it's true that white westerners when they come back to their country from the far East will have a reverse culture shock and will have a very hard time cutting the mustard in their home country after being spoiled and red carpeted for decades.

It's like they think they are Joe Louis the brown bomber and after a while they forget about how long they have been away but they keep telling themselves that they can always go back and score a knockout and the next thing they get a bit long in the tooth and a step slow and they go back to their home country and they stare down the barrel of a young Rocky Marciano who knocks them silly and reality hits them.

Cutting the mustard eh? Nice use of an American idiom. Long in the tooth, another more English idiom.....wow look how cultured you are Monsieur

And hey whaddya know a Marciano fan as well....what no Dempsey-Carpentier analogy? I would have certainly thought Tiozzo would rate with a French boxing fan, but Marciano.....so impressive

Not sure what you're getting at, Lyle. But whatever. Fats' secret is safe with us.

[Gandalf]

it's true that white westerners when they come back to their country from the far East will have a reverse culture shock and will have a very hard time cutting the mustard in their home country after being spoiled and red carpeted for decades.

It's like they think they are Joe Louis the brown bomber and after a while they forget about how long they have been away but they keep telling themselves that they can always go back and score a knockout and the next thing they get a bit long in the tooth and a step slow and they go back to their home country and they stare down the barrel of a young Rocky Marciano who knocks them silly and reality hits them.

Speak for yourself. Your problem was that you refused to consider upgrading your skill set or plan a new career path when back home. If you had done things differently you wouldn't even be back home. Don't think the same issues happen to others who have done things differently.

I have friends who have transitioned into private teaching (small classes), speech therapy, public school teaching (eurgh), college teaching, even truck driving. Nobody has gone home and done nothing. Some have of course gone off on new adventures. You are talking about intelligent people, with great resumes, and an ability to find new ways.

[Fatboxingfan]

How you so easily throw around accusations like your problem was or your problem is. You need to get a little Grace you know a little bit more graceful with the way you communicate.

[Gandalf]

How you so easily throw around accusations like your problem was or your problem is. You need to get a little Grace you know a little bit more graceful with the way you communicate.

Oh, do I Mr Let's bomb all the illegal immigrants (whilst actually teaching immigrants). You make blanket statements all the time.

Go back and read your own post which was obviously aimed at me as you wouldn't refer to yourself as a White Westerner. You are telling me that I am spoiled even though I worked hard to achieve qualifications you refused to consider and then suggest that one couldn't cut it even though I know many people who have gone home and done just fine. All I say is that not everyone has followed your own path. You might have to do split shifts and use public transport, but many do not.

[Fatboxingfan]

Obviously aimed at you but did I name you by name? you come right out and say things like quote do you know what you did wrong this is what you did wrong unquote as if you know what the other person wanted to do. How dare you say things like this is what you did wrong. Who the hell are you to tell somebody what they did wrong with in their career path? Do you even know what they wanted to do or perhaps switch careers? You are an obnoxious sophomore and I'm starting to really agree with beanz on this

[Fatboxingfan]

why should I consider those qualifications if I want to move into a different field for example? Who are you to tell me that I should have taken a certain career path? you know you are spoiled over there you know you are a white face. Don't deny it unless you have drinking so much South Korean Kool-Aid that you really believe it now. you think you could make it back in the UK or in the US? You could never do so in a million years you are too far gone

[Fatboxingfan]

Beanz is right you have a complete empathy bypass. He is also right that you have no self-awareness. He is also right that you think you know the answer to everything at your age which is really rich. You also don't realize how you come across to others. you don't know the difference between a personal attack and somebody says something about bomb the immigrants? that's totally different than calling somebody personally out about their Asperger's or their autism or their OCD for example or telling them that what they personally should have done on their career path and where they went wrong. Who the hell are you to tell somebody so directly where they went wrong ?

[Gandalf]

why should I consider those qualifications if I want to move into a different field for example? Who are you to tell me that I should have taken a certain career path? you know you are spoiled over there you know you are a white face. Don't deny it unless you have drinking so much South Korean Kool-Aid that you really believe it now. you think you could make it back in the UK or in the US? You could never do so in a million years you are too far gone

I encouraged you to upgrade teaching credentials, Walrus has encouraged you to save, but we get accused of being white in terms of our thinking.

How is someone who invests massive time and money into their skillset spoiled? It is actually disciplined. The difference between me and you is that I don't make excuses for it all and accept that we have agency.

I wish you well, but you come across as bitter and frustrated lately. Your constant assertions that I couldn't make it are odd. I am much younger and believe in myself. The second part is something you seem uncertain of. After all you don't even seem to know why it is some are more likely than others to get interviews.

[Gandalf]

Obviously aimed at you but did I name you by name? you come right out and say things like quote do you know what you did wrong this is what you did wrong unquote as if you know what the other person wanted to do. How dare you say things like this is what you did wrong. Who the hell are you to tell somebody what they did wrong with in their career path? Do you even know what they wanted to do or perhaps switch careers? You are an obnoxious sophomore and I'm starting to really agree with beanz on this

I say it because these are discussions we have had. You called me spoiled and red carpeted when it is all hard work, baby. You don't get anywhere without hard work. And then you presume one even wants to go home and presume that one cannot cut the mustard? Pot Kettle Black.

You can agree with Beanz all you like and that is neither here nor there with me. You don't want to have these discussions, then maybe stop being a bitter man not even engaging with the content of the thread.