All Men Are Liars on Language
All Men Are Liars
Life through Google's eyes
Sam de Brito Google has prototyped an anonymous profile of its users ... yes, that's you.
All Men Are Liars
On resisting arrest
Sam de Brito Whether you're in the right or wrong, when the cops want to cuff you it's best to let them do their job.
Untranslatable
Sam de Brito There's a term in Vietnamese "di nhau" which basically translates as "meeting friends to have a cheap beer at a streetside stall, eat small plates of food and shoot the breeze" but, aside from that...
The "yeah, but" speech
Sam de Brito Gotta say I'm surprised that what may become the most memorable, if not the defining, speech of Julia Gillard's tenure as Prime Minister is still being met with the words "yeah, but" by many men (and...
Picture this
Sam de Brito One of the cultural hypocrisies that always surprises me is the timeworn caricature of Asian tourists ceaselessly taking pictures of everything and everybody ...
Cabbie love
Sam de Brito In Turkish, if you want to say "no problem" or "you're welcome", you roll out the all purpose phrase Bir sey degil ...
Gaslighting
Sam de Brito Recently I read a blog post titled "A Message To Women From A Man: You Are Not 'Crazy'" which seems to be an attempt by the writer to frame the habit of men using phrases like "you're so emotional"...
Push it
Sam de Brito A while back, a certain women's magazine called to ask me if I'd write a small opinion piece about whether new mothers ought to buy their male partners "push presents" for being their rock during...
Respect
Sam de Brito Next to a well-regarded and successful doctor, guess what is the most universally respected profession in the country of Vietnam? No, not a model, football player, newsreader or Celebrity Apprentice...
Peter Roebuck's sad legacy
Sam de Brito I feel sorry for gay blokes - not in a pitying, condescending way, and certainly not every gay man. There are plenty of gays who annoy me - particularly the vicious, snippy, Carson Kressley wannabes...
Epiphany
Sam de Brito Have you ever realised something ludicrously simple and obvious that has a profound affect on your life, work or relationships and while you happily adopt it, you can't help wondering why you didn't...
Is your accent holding you back?
Sam de Brito As pathetic as it sounds, when I hear people in public roles - particularly union officials - talking on TV and if they have an American or a British accent, I think, "what are you doing here? Go...
