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  1. Vicissidude

    Seriously though, what's up with Indonesia's infatuation with Nazis?

    I'm aware the swastika isn't just a Nazi symbol. I've seen it in taxis as a dashboard ornament. I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about a coffee shop where the staff dresses as Nazi soldiers, and the T-shirt today said "ein volk, ein reich, ein fuhrer" in block letters and some small text...
  2. Vicissidude

    Seriously though, what's up with Indonesia's infatuation with Nazis?

    This isn't anything new to me. I've seen Nazi stickers on motorbikes, heard stupid jokes that glorify Hitler and the Holocaust, scolded students for giggling and drawing swastikas, and there was even that Nazi themed hipster cafe here in Bandung. Today I saw a dude on the motorbike next to me...
  3. Vicissidude

    Las Vegas Shooting

    Wow what a snowflake... You can disagree with me all you want. I don't care. Like I stated, my life has been greatly affected by gun violence, so my heart absolutely goes out to them, even if it wasn't perfectly clear to you, Oh Great Gatekeeper of the "Gun Thread." I didn't realize that...
  4. Vicissidude

    Las Vegas Shooting

    I'm sorry if I gave you the wrong impression, but my post wasn't meant as an argument against yours. Your lust for debate and playing devil's advocate is of no interest to me. So keep your condescending bait jabs to yourself. I just came to share my thoughts, and my heart goes out to the...
  5. Vicissidude

    BI Forbids Double Swiping of Cards

    Ok I see it now.. Haha.. Stupid online platforms cause confusion sometimes. I just asked a couple friends about the hypnotizing at ATM phenomenon and they confirmed that it's a frequent occurrence, and true. They're both educated, modern minded people. The beliefs here never cease to amaze me...
  6. Vicissidude

    Las Vegas Shooting

    Agreed. As an American, I support the unpopular yet truly common sense gun law that says you can't have a fucking gun. I have no qualm with voting yes on any initiative to make the acquistion of firearms more difficult. But I also don't believe such vanilla laws will make a significant dent in...
  7. Vicissidude

    BI Forbids Double Swiping of Cards

    I must have misunderstood, because I could have sworn you were equating my friends' and colleagues' reports of identity theft to the dude who was "hypnotized," dismissing them as unbelievable. Sorry if I read that wrong. Not sure what other point you may have been making with that comment. Of...
  8. Vicissidude

    BI Forbids Double Swiping of Cards

    True, the PIN is the probably the most sensitive of all that info. With it you can directly withdraw cash and complete almost any transaction at all. But not all transactions require a PIN, far from it. I don't use a PIN when I shop online, for example. Lol... Dude.. You really don't believe...
  9. Vicissidude

    Internet Connection Speed

    So I'm assuming the quick setting function wouldn't be available on my iPhone. Another reason to consider switching to an Android when this one meets the reaper.
  10. Vicissidude

    Internet Connection Speed

    Well that just makes too much damn sense.
  11. Vicissidude

    BI Forbids Double Swiping of Cards

    Dude what are you talking about? This country is famous for fraud and data theft. I've even had small online retailers in the US, who typically ship worldwide, tell me that they unfortunately no longer accept orders from Indonesia because of the numerous fraudulent orders they encountered. Like...
  12. Vicissidude

    Internet Connection Speed

    I'm pretty happy with my new Biznet connection so far. I opted for the *up to* 50 mbps connection vs 25 since it was only a little more. At first I was a bit concerned because on my phone I only get download speeds between 10 and 25mbps. But actually on my laptop I'm regularly getting well over...
  13. Vicissidude

    BI Forbids Double Swiping of Cards

    I can think of at least one place that I shop at regularly that does this. So if I don't want my card double swiped, but they have a stupid store policy and the cashier is just following said policy, what should I do? Just use cash? Can someone link to a similar article in Indonesian so I can...
  14. Vicissidude

    Police Chief Touts Killing Drug Dealers as Crime Solution.

    Karnavian stated that, “From practice in the field, we see that when we shoot at drug dealers, they go away.” Karnavian specifically cited Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs” as the source of his belief that capital punishment was an effective way to combat drug dealers. And...
  15. Vicissidude

    New kid on the forum :)

    Welcome to Bandung and the forum! I'm an English teacher who moved here 2 years ago, and I know of some teachers from countries other than the typical "English speaking" ones, like a Filipino who has a KITAS for teaching English and others from various countries who teach other subjects but the...
  16. Vicissidude

    The laziest nation on Earth?

    200 meters? Dude I do that too. I fit right in here lol!
  17. Vicissidude

    Indonesia's Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway launched.

    *shakes fist angrily*
  18. Vicissidude

    Indonesia's Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway launched.

    Agreed. But if you say that almost any Indonesian person I've ever met, they'll look at you like you're insane. Obviously, more babies is always good. They'll bring money home some day!
  19. Vicissidude

    Indonesia's Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway launched.

    Yeah, it'll be interesting to see how it affects our weekend traffic (those damn plat B!). My initial reaction is that it'll encourage Jakartans to leave their cars behind, because c'mon, no logical person would want to drive a car to and around Bandung on the weekend. But then again, so many...
  20. Vicissidude

    Gynecologist in Bandung?

    Same. But I've never gone there for anything related to sexual health, just for the usual "I feel shitty, please make it stop" kind of stuff. Anyway, I agree it's a good place to start, though it still feels like a gamble for the reasons that Atlantis describes (though the same applies pretty...

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