1. He looks like a Chinese taxi driver

2. Thinks he is handsome and sexy man who deserves young, sexy and skinny girls
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IMHO, it's not about communication, it's about being idealistic. Women are not these precious, rare coins or artifacts from some ancient civilizations.The wrote:He does not know how to communicate with women....Which is par for the course around these forums anyway....
I was just thinking it must be a china joke or something.Ghost wrote:It's funny because it's funny. Don't over-think it.newlifeinphilippines wrote:I dont get the taxi joke.
It goes back 2-3 years. A few of us were posting on a thread about Taiwan. When Winston expressed frustration about being ignored by young Taiwanese women and some of us replied by saying that it might be because he looks like a middle aged Chiayi taxi driver.newlifeinphilippines wrote:I dont get the taxi joke.
Rock wrote:It goes back 2-3 years. A few of us were posting on a thread about Taiwan. When Winston expressed frustration about being ignored by young Taiwanese women and some of us replied by saying that it might be because he looks like a middle aged Chiayi taxi driver.newlifeinphilippines wrote:I dont get the taxi joke.
When Winston read that, he went ballistic! A lot of Chinese and Taiwanese people see taxi driving as a profession for under educated blue collar simpleton types. But Winston's self perception contrasts that image sharply - intellectual, world's most free thinking asian, big picture guy, European existentialist even, man about the world, etc.
He went on a posting rampage and that attracted lots attention (people love drama lol). Repatriate responded harshly and some months later, even posted a bunch of Chinese taxi drivers and compared each to Winston highlighting the similarities.
Perhaps you can read the recent thread about bringing Repat back. In it, Winston wrote a post asking why so many here bully him and I gave a response which I think he mostly agrees with. I think the humor for some was simply getting a rise out of Winston. If it's just shopped images of hot women throwing themselves at him (ala JamesBond posts) he can laugh at that. But if you say he looks the opposite of how he sees himself, that seemed to really strike a vein before lol.