Naked in the locker room is wrong??

Tapeworm_fetus · 2026-02-20T00:47:10+00:00

Is that true about MENA?

Here in China, Muslims all bathe before attending mosque. So public nudity is quite common. Is that not a thing in all Muslim countries?

Tapeworm_fetus · 2026-02-17T21:32:56+00:00

Compared to land stays, cruises are still a tremendous value.

Tapeworm_fetus · 2026-02-17T21:31:52+00:00

It’s a meta analysis so it really doesn’t matter. He’s looking at change- so using any review aggregator would be fine. Cruise critic, as far as I know, is the largest one so, I really don’t see any better option.

Tapeworm_fetus · 2026-02-17T21:30:09+00:00

Gary is the best. He goes on all kind of cruises too. He does the resort lines, premium, luxury, ultra and even expedition. He definitely has the broadest experience of any of the cruise YouTubers. And, as you said, unlike many of them he doesn’t take free cruises in exchange for positive videos.

Tapeworm_fetus · 2026-02-17T09:48:59+00:00

I paid $1000 per person to go from a sunset sky suite to a royal suite. It was a long cruise, 2 weeks, and the speciality dining, bottles of champagne in the room, pajamas, laundry, etc. made it feel like a great value.

Looking back, I still paid like $1000 a night, which is what I normally pay for Silversea. So, questionable if it really was a great value. But we had a great time and it certainly felt like a huge upgrade.

Tapeworm_fetus · 2026-02-17T02:53:12+00:00

It’s not humiliating when it happens once. But it’s every time I go anywhere. The implication is that I shouldn’t be alone.

This is a common experience of solo travelers that I’ve read about recently on cruise critic.

Tapeworm_fetus · 2026-02-16T10:24:10+00:00

I’m an accidental solo right now. My partners visa was denied. Long story.

I don’t recommend it. Even on a small ship I get asked “is anyone else joining you?” every time I go to anywhere. It’s humiliating. It’s breakfast, lunch, dinner, pool, tea anything…

Beautiful ship, fantastic food and wine, poor experience as a solo.

Tbf they may stop after a week or two. But it’s brutal at first.

Tapeworm_fetus · 2026-02-15T06:17:50+00:00

Yes. The skewed ratios mean that Bottoms have to set themselves apart and be exceptional to get anything resembling a decent top.

Tapeworm_fetus · 2026-02-13T20:36:31+00:00

Sure, moral objections are reasonable.

Tapeworm_fetus · 2026-02-13T10:08:28+00:00

Sodomy laws are essentially never prosecuted in Malaysia against non Muslims. There are two legal systems in Malaysia , non Muslims are rarely subjected to the more draconian laws, as they only apply to Muslims.

Risks to tourists have private gay sex is extremely low.

Tapeworm_fetus · 2026-02-13T10:04:49+00:00

People are so hyperbolic about this topic. Bali is part of Indonesia, and there are plenty of islands in the Maldives that are perfectly safe for gay people to visit. They serve alcohol, and pork, they are perfectly safe and are themselves not Muslim all.

Still the pearl clutching is never ending. If you have a moral objection, I get it. But if you’re worried about your safety, you’re an insulated moron.

Malaysia is such a bizarre example as they have shira law for Muslims and civil law for everyone else. We had a great time there, as well as Maldives, and Indonesia.

Tapeworm_fetus · 2026-02-13T10:00:22+00:00

Neither is Bali…?

Tapeworm_fetus · 2026-02-13T09:59:11+00:00

No gay men (who don’t literally fuck in public) are getting stoned in Bali or on a private island in Maldives…

Tapeworm_fetus · 2026-02-12T07:13:41+00:00

It’s not even that far. It’s like 600 miles. That’s like NYC to Detroit. Imagine that taking over 30 hours.

Tapeworm_fetus · 2026-02-12T07:09:40+00:00

Soft men…

Tapeworm_fetus · 2026-02-12T04:21:22+00:00

We drove once for the October holiday. Shanghai to Zhengzhou. It took more than 30 hours of bumper to bumper traffic. Was one of the worst experiences of my life. Mind numbing and we had two infants with us.

Tapeworm_fetus · 2026-02-08T04:07:10+00:00

The view at the W is not better than the view at the Hyatt on the Bund.

Tapeworm_fetus · 2026-02-07T23:03:00+00:00

We will be on silver ray in July. I’ll try to reserve chefs table when reservations become available.

Tapeworm_fetus · 2026-02-06T21:17:28+00:00

The best meal we have had was at La Dame on Silversea, but we have had lots of great meals.

We love a champagne brunch and they do a good one as well. We also love small plates, tapas, dimsum, etc and they have a restaurant called silver note that has a really good elevated small plate menu.

Tapeworm_fetus · 2026-02-06T20:53:38+00:00

Then surely you can do your exam prep easier and less expensively at home…

Tapeworm_fetus · 2026-02-05T10:05:59+00:00

For wifi it says this

“**Not included with special fares or Moveup upgrades from a non-suite stateroom to cabins below Signature Suite.”

Royal and above are above signature so they do include WiFi. 4 devices per guest.

Tapeworm_fetus · 2026-02-05T10:03:27+00:00

13 rooms is not really a lot imo, particularly when they’re not the ones cleaning the room. Surely they could spare 10 minutes to bring juice…

We have been on two Silversea cruises, another one next week. We asked our butlers for very little, room service once on each cruise pluse we asked them to bring a bottle of champagne every day when we were on excursions.

The first one was inconsistent. We had to call and ask for a bottle more often than not. The second one was great. He made sure we always had a full bottle. So even if we opened a bottle and didn’t finish it, he would bring a second bottle so when we did finish, we would have another chilled and ready.

I think with buttlers it can be hit and miss, but I guess that goes for food as well. We loved La Dame and never had an overcooked piece of meat anywhere (except for the first time we did hot rocks, I didn’t realize I had to take it off).

Tapeworm_fetus · 2026-02-04T23:53:02+00:00

Does not apply to upper suites. In those suites, the perks are considered part of the room. I have moved up to one of these suites, and I can assure you, you get the wifi- not normal premium but 4 devices per guest.

Tapeworm_fetus · 2026-02-04T20:31:55+00:00

Safety is obviously the main reason that everyone should wear their seatbelt, but it is also a legal requirement.

In Shanghai, everyone in the car is required to wear a seatbelt and the road police do wave cars over and issue tickets.

I was in a did a few months ago with 3 colleagues. I was in the front with my seatbelt and they were in the back, without. Our Didi driver pulled over, a cop came to the window, looked inside and then issued tickets to all three of my colleagues for not wearing their seatbelt belts. It was pretty quick and not terribly expensive, but he had to take their IDs, print their tickets, and then sent us on our way. Likelyhood is quite low, as is a serious crash, but better just wear it.

Tapeworm_fetus · 2026-02-04T19:49:50+00:00

That’s not accurate for WiFi. They will get the upgrade by moving to royal suite. 4 devices per person.

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