Yea I think that the way glourious revolution of 1688 went down was a bit disappointing, although in fairness the American and French revolutions are generally considered to be successful so really them liberals should probably be able to progress to stage 3 now: stage 3 being bargaining with the royalists.
The American moreso than the French. (Burke agrees with me.)
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This is bullshit. Iâm one of the smarterest people I know.
Ryan what? 
Watch him? I donât even have time to watch stuff I want to watch.
We need a definition of smart to talk on this more.
Why do you keep coming back then?
Gus will back me up on this but be aware that in terms of post volume, visitors, posters, lurkers, probably all activity metrics, the site has never been more dynamic. Google most any question about Taiwan (within reason) and Forumosa will turn up in the first page of search results. The âother siteâ is moribund (3 new posts a week?) and no disrespect to Anthony on that, it is what it is. Forumosa remains the port of first call for thousands of Taiwanese westerners and easterners seeking information on life on the island. Iâm aware that for newbies the âXenophobic 8â (or whatever weâve been termed) can be a bit off-putting but itâs the same in any long-running fora. Long-time posters develop a rapport and an internal dialogue with each other that can form a barrier of sorts to newbies but thereâs no real away around that. For a number of us whoâve been on the rock for many years and who work monotonous desk jobs/teaching gigs Forumosa provides a vital resource of another sort i.e. a place to on occasions vent our frustrations with our less than perfect lives. Obviously itâs my subjective opinion but I feel things are much more harmonious here than they have been in the past and its a credit to TG and the other mods if this is the case.
Just me five shekels worth. YMMV 
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To be honest, not being able to completely delete your data (I.e account) is strangely weird in this time and age. Not that I am planning to.
Is that possible now? Iâve just deactivated my facebook account and would love to delete my data. I didnât know any site allowed us dumb fucks to do it.
It sure waasâŚLOLâŚLOlâŚLOL
Someone deleting all of their activity could seriously mess up the archive. Tons of threads would suddenly make no sense at all; weâd lose the posts, presumably the quotes of them, and so on.
not everyone is in your shoes. i have no wife and no obligation to be here. my work is in no way connected to taiwan. i live here because i like it. pointing out the things you see as wrong doesnât make you some bitter guy who hates taiwanese people. i would rather have a balanced view than be like certain people with the blinders on that will probably have a meeting with reality one day when taiwan doesnât live up to their unrealistic expectations.
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Yup you can, have a Google :).
Discourse should at least allows you to delete your account without losing old posts.
This isnât really an issue with other forum software.
When you are young you know you are right and you feel everyone must know and accept that you are rightâŚ
When you get older you learn that you donât need others to know that you are rightâŚ
When you get even older you realize that maybe you could be wrongâŚ
Iâm so old i canât even remember what the question wasâŚ
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I got here in late August of 2002. I donât think I even knew about Oriented back then, but if I did visit it, my visit may have been at a time when it was shutting down and setting up Segue.
https://web.archive.org/web/19991012125428/http://oriented.org:80/
https://web.archive.org/web/20020923065826/http://oriented.org:80/
I think I first visited the board when it was Segue, but it was already shut down, I guess in anticipation of setting up Forumosa. Otherwise, I probably would have joined at that time.
https://web.archive.org/web/20020923120316/http://segue.com.tw:80/
https://web.archive.org/web/20030325044913/http://www.segue.com.tw:80/
https://web.archive.org/web/20030401192133/http://forumosa.com:80/3/
I guess the board will be twenty years old next year, if itâs considered the same board regardless of the name.
I first joined in January of 2004, using the name xp+10K, and posted from February of 2004 to October 2005.
Then I rejoined in March of 2007, using this name.
What do I want, a cookie?
No, I want bag of chocolate-covered doughnuts topped with pecan bits, and/or a bag of blueberry buttermilk doughnuts.
But I will accept a cookie. 
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nice song
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They canât move on. They really knew their stuff.
Where did they move on to?
Hartzell ran the legal forum. Almost all his posts had a significant impact on my life. Each new visa, driverâs license info, law change resulted in real actions and improvement. If it wasnât for him only special foreigners would be able to work freely.
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Are you stupid or what? didnât you read that he likes the airport?
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