do you really need one?

All orifices, all the time...basically

I'm pretty sure there's an implied order. I wouldn't want to commit a faux pas

Yours

"Bar girls" are a type of prostitute. Not all prostitutes are bar girls.

Prostitute set theory is the best set theory. Russell's paradox is far more interestingly posed in such a context than in one involving hairdressers.

Are they though? A type of prostitute, I mean? How does one define "prostitute"?

Someone who will have sex with you for money... ?

There are prostitutes all over Thailand, obviously. Not all of them work in bars. A "bar girl" is a prostitute who works in a bar. These bars usually have a few girls hanging around outside, yelling shit like this at you in an attempt to get you to come inside. Inside of those bars are a bunch of other girls that are usually sitting around, playing on their phones. Johns come in, buy them a drink or two, and then take them back to their hotels. Or rooms upstairs.

This is a different setup from go-gos, like the kinds you see in Nana or Cowboy. In those bars, the girls "dance" on a stage and have a number assigned to them (usually pinned to their bikini, like a beach tag). You have a hostess grab one (or wait until they're done dancing, I guess) and then you begin pretty much the same process as above.

Then there are freelancers. Like any industry, there's a lot of variety. What I'm saying is "bar girl" describes a specific kind of prostitute.

I've spent a lot of time in the country, training in muay Thai. It was years before I stepped foot in a bar. I find the whole thing fascinating now.

Well, with all due regards to Riley Freeman, that definition could encapsulate most women. Even the simple act of going out to dinner on a date could be construed as a financial transaction for sex, and thus, under that definition, qualify your partner as a prostitute.

I don't know much about Thai bar girls, but from what I understand, they fall somewhere between dive-bar singles, traditional prostitutes, and a mail-order bride. Are Ukrainian brides prostitutes? Are drunk rave girls? Whether or not TBGs SHOULD qualify as prostitutes is therefore, I feel, an important question.

"Whether or not TBGs SHOULD qualify as prostitutes is therefore, I feel, an important question."

Does she have sex for money? Then yes, she is a prostitute.

Also, who the fuck is riley freeman?

Homer, I'd like to know your opinions on whether down is up, up is down, whether down would be up if up was down, whether freedom is slavery, whether ignorance is strength, whether your aunt would be your uncle if she had testicles, whether you'd rather be a colonel with an eagle on your shoulder or a private with a chicken on your knee, whether you'd rather be pissed off or pissed on, whether a woman who'd do that for money would be considered a prostitute or merely a freelance urinator, whether a bear shits in the woods, whether the pope is catholic, and whether you are actually fucking kidding me, yanking my chain, or pulling my hair. Please leave three increasingly agitated and verbose posts under this entry for each question. P.S.: You are not a crank. Or at least used not to be.

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I think the point, EH, is we've come to like you doing your thing, but not when you get lazy about it.

Think she could tour with ABBA?

I get that.

Why don't you just shut up and tell me where the shoe store is?

Let me tell you where you can stick your "another beer."

Well, that's why most people buy a monthly pass.

Stars for Ersatz!

The season pass gets you the first half of her pitch. After that, you need to keep getting the DLC packs.

Whatever happened to "Hey, sugar..."