From 3GP to GDP – A Thinking Man’s Drinking Session

I have promised to make things simple. Here, I will just list down the topics my good mates and I covered in a short 1 hour lunch session, in order of their appearance in the conversation.

1.  World Cup 2010. Of course, we talked about Italy’s funny exit (I thought it was funny) and how New Zealand proved to the world that they’re more than just Kiwis and All-Blacks.

2.   In spirit of the current controversy surrounding Ascott’s gambling license, we decided to do our own social experiment *ehem ehem* on sports betting. So far, it has been proven that some are clearly luckier than the others (on a consistent basis, no less), while the rest (majority) are saddled with “enormous” debt.

3.  Which leads us, inexplicably, to Ariel Peterporn’s controversy. No further details necessary. Except that TM’s decision to ban most “interesting” sites is futile due to the simple fact we could use Google’s DNS (oh, you didn’t know?).

4.  One of them complained about the quality of 3GP videos, while another commented that almost all materials involving Malays are in 3GP, which lead to us talking about the weird places these folks fornicate. They all agree that when we have multiple videos of Malay couples having sex in open staircases, on motorbikes and in the jungle, there’s something seriously wrong.

5.  Based on this 3GP discussion, they wondered why Malays fornicate everywhere and with anyone.  And how come that anyone does not include them? I concluded that they’re much too intelligent to meet these girls from the videos. They regretted studying hard.

6.  At the current rate, Malays would procreate at a pace that would overwhelm all in Malaysia, and that may not be such a good thing. I mentioned about Lee Kuan Yew’s social engineering program in Singapore to control the QUALITY of babies.

7.  That led me to lament that Malaysia has not controlled its population growth in tandem with the economic theory for rapid progress. And how do we normally measure progress for a nation? Gross Domestic Product or GDP.

8.  What are the merits of measuring via GDP? What about the actual happiness of the people? Would high GDP growth be worth it if the people are sad and stressed-out (like Singaporeans!)?

Yes, we did cover a lot of things for such a short span of time. And that’s how we roll. I’ve been with group of guys who does nothing but talk about girls, and I’ve been with groups that talks only of politics. To them, Luna Maya’s probably a name of a Liberal Democratic party in Indonesia.

So girls, this is how a thinking man’s group session goes about. We’ll talk about the silly stuffs for sure (because we are Alpha male), but we do talk about serious stuff. Much more serious than girls talking endlessly about the plot to Twilight. 

It’s about a vampire and a werewolf chasing after a freak. And you need 6 hours of movie-time for that?