Comments by "MarcosElMalo2" (@MarcosElMalo2) on "We Went to Anti-Vax Burning Man" video.

  1.  @kellybe7030  😂
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  2.  @firstlast8258  Also Thomas Jefferson: Not for black people, though. What are you crazy?
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  3. Imagine paying to attend a timeshare presentation.
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  4. I’ve got a pretty good idea of what the locals think: they shrug their shoulders and say, “Ni modo.” Then they set themselves to earn money working for the gringos and catering to their lifestyles. Any environmental destruction pales in significance to the destruction already being done by Mexicans. The worst effects might be inflationary because gringos tend to over pay. If a bunch of gringos move into an area, property prices and rents go up. Its called gentrification. When rich Mexicans move into a poorer neighborhood and prices go up, its called gente-fication.
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  5.  @nunyobiznezd8496  I dont know if they’re “destroying the eco-system” or not. Probably not, or not to a degree that is significant. Mexicans seem to be pretty good at destroying their ecosystems without outside help. But that said, the Mexican developers are no more local than rich investment bankers from New York building vacation homes in Montana are locals. These guys are probably from Mexico City or some big city and they figured out an angle to sell overpriced lots to gullible new age gringos. Then they help arrange the construction of homes, and make a bundle by overcharging for that. They aren’t locals. They’re grifters, preying on fools with more dollars than sense, just like American grifters.
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  6. [moves hand hypnotically, wiggles fingers] But isn’t our time on earth just a time share when you come down to it? You need to open yourself to the limitless possibilities of an infinite universe where each of your lives is time you share with other infinite beings. I can help you open to these possibilities. We’ll start with opening your wallet chakra.
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  7.  @activatekruger446  Dunning, is that you?
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  8.  @castelodomar846  “Don’t you know who I was in a past life?”
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  9. ¡Bob Esponja! Now you’re talking!
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  10. Jajajaja, there’s plenty of weird irrational beliefs in Mexico already. A few gringos with their own weirdness aren’t going to hurt nobody. (And to a Mexican, a Canadian is pretty much a gringo.) Maybe you didn’t hear it, but when the pandemic started, the Mexican president AMLO suggested people could protect themselves with amulets. Magical Realism is alive and well at the highest echelons of government.
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  11.  @yes1958  The word you want isn’t Chicano, it’s pocho. A pocho is a Mexican-American that has become so assimilated that he has lost his cultural roots and doesn’t know how to speak español. Querétaro is the fastest growing city in the Western Hemisphere. León is turning into a sprawling metropolis. Lots of industry has been built in the last 20 years and continues to be built. Monterrey is equally impressive, especially in the automotive industry. (I’m more familiar with the Bajio, though. I’ve never really checked Monterrey out. Maybe next time I head up to Texas I’ll explore it a little.) Most gringos are ignorant of what’s going on in Mexico other than the tales of cartel violence. They don’t understand how varied Mexico is—it’s all one big lump to them, filled with scary people.
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  12.  @greggarsenault4457  I showed up at just before 7 and the line was already over a kilometer. No shade, and on the side of a dusty road. I got my second shot in a San Antonio CVS, no wait whatsoever.
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  13.  @qmulus1  Sealion much?
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  14.  @XenusMyHomeboy  Allow me to translate: También hay efectos de largo plazo, güey. And then a bunch of galimatías because her thoughts were racing faster than she could type.
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  15.  @SalvatoriusMyspace  Oye, loca! Te llamas Carencita, no?
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  16.  @ThePeacePlant  The type has been around a lot longer than the pandemic, with beliefs in weird conspiracies, distrust of government, new age spiritual beliefs, etc. and they’ve been retiring to Mexico for decades. The pandemic brought together weirdo lefties with weirdo righties. Even the ones that aren’t crazy conspiracy theorists tend to form their own communities rather than blend in. They have their own social and cultural activities, and try to recreate some American (or Canadian) vision of paradise: a bigger house than they could afford back where they are from, servants, being catered to because they have money. They’re baby boomers attending Mexican summer camp.
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  17.  @chloesmithwalker7565  A cult requires a charismatic leader. 😂 You’ll be hard pressed to find someone like that in these groups.
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  18.  @WillIngram08  They’re mostly harmless most of the time. For a small fee, I could teach you to approach them safely and then milk their wallet chakra.
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  19.  @PrincessHarmonyMoonlight  Bananas? Does that translate into Platanoso in Spanish? 😄 That’s a Spanglish joke. If you really wanted a similar word to “bananas” as in crazy, you might use “chiflado”
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  20.  @ceilconstante640  Yup. I’m personally sick of them, but they bring money to the local economy. Some are OK, but too many are like children. Carencitas. There were a lot of Canadians in the video. If you ever want to see a hilarious reaction, call a Canadian in Mexico a gringo.
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  21. Do you mean the developers? Yeah, they’re making a killing selling these tiny lots for 10x what they’re worth, and then the new owners overpay for the house construction. Catering to rich gringos is good business. The big difference here is that they’re tailoring the development to the new age weirdo crowd. There are other gated communities throughout Mexico tailored to the more uptight baby boomer yuppies.
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  22.  @pattygould8240  This is true. So long as they are willing to pay for goods and services, they’re a net benefit. Personally, I think they’re fools being taken for a ride. Half of them won’t last more than a few years when their reality doesn’t measure up to their fantasy. This is quite common with the expats that retire to Mexico.
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  23.  @cockus123  You’re right. He should have said “locura”. We need to stop connecting the moon to insanity. Its not fair to the moon.
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  24.  @MrAlen6e  Nah, the developers will take care of all that and overcharge them for everything, from the permits to hiring a maestro and workers to build the house.
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  25. Flat earth summer camp! 😂😂 I’m ☠️.
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  26.  @gregducati999  lol, no, you’re not more “free in general” in Mexico. You’re more able to be free of consequences if you have money. Its the same in the U.S., its just that the dollar goes farther in Mexico—middle class boomers are wealthy by Mexican standards. These new age boomers are buying freedom from consequences that they couldn’t afford in the U.S. or Canada.
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  27.  @yessica5231  No preocupes, Yess. We can give them to Costa Rica at the next Christmas Party.
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  28.  @jasonhenza  You might call them “permanent tourists”. They’re generally not interested in assimilating or acculturating. Many will never learn to speak Spanish. They want to create their collective version of an American good life in Mexico. There are many gringo communities throughout Mexico (counting Canadians as gringos). Not all of them are these weirdo antivaxxer types. Gringos have been retiring to Mexico in large numbers for decades—30 or 40 years.
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  29.  @Deadops420  lol, you’re actually pushing Spanish-Catholic colonial propaganda here and now? You are ignorant and gullible and you need to check ALL of your facts.
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  30.  @awesomesauce804  David, I’m not a weakling. I can bend a spoon with my mind. I concentrate on holding the spoon firmly in my hands and then I use my mind to rotate my hands in opposite directions. This works on most spoons. For the stubborn ones I use my mind to put the spoon in a vice and then concentrate on picking up a hammer. It took me years to learn these secrets, but I’ve gotten so good I could probably teach you how in an afternoon.
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  31. Nothing so dramatic. These communes fall apart and then the richest/most obnoxious person (who probably engineered the disintegration) buys the other members out for 10¢ on the $.
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  32. Yup. “Digital Nomads” and/or retirees.
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  33.  @robertmoray988  As stupid and privileged as they might be, they spend money. They need goods and services. They pay above the prevailing wage. As far as them being superstitious fools believing all sorts of spiritual mumbo jumbo—that’s not all that different from many people in Mexico. Personally I have little to no use for these clowns but I don’t think they’re harming Mexico.
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  34.  @pinlight97  You nailed it. There is actually a big overlap between new age yuppies and prosperity gospel Christians down here among the gringos. I don’t know that I’ve seen any charismatic leaders really take hold—there’s too many grifters among them, competing for attention and dollars. One of the funniest bits about the libertarian/anarchist angle is their belief that Mexico is more free. Its more free if you have more money. Money brings privilege and impunity (just like anywhere else). The difference is that unremarkable wealth in the U.S. buys a lot more privilege and impunity in Mexico. Still, I don’t think most of them have “exercising their 2A rights while in Mexico” levels of wealth. 😂
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  35. Who is Juan Galt? 😂
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  36.  @SevenHunnid  I see you’re a fellow hijo de Los Angeles. I’m not a potential customer, but good luck on your biz, bruh. I grew up around the Aves and Division if you know it. Just wanted to give you a shout out from Mexico. Le vaya bien.
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  37.  @ALotOfCancer  Who is Juan Galt?
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  38.  @xtscarfacem8255  lol, no.
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  39. They’re sending children in adult bodies.
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  40.  @jonathanaguilar8611  Wacky rich gabachos have been retiring to Mexico for decades. These are the hippies that became rich yuppies. Their new age beliefs are obnoxious but mostly harmless. There are a lot from the Midwest and Canada—they call themselves snow birds because they migrate from cold places. The really amusing part in this video is the grifters selling $2,000 lots for $20,000. The suckers that buy the lots spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to build a house that might otherwise cost $25,000 to $50,000. Or are we talking “Tiny Houses”? You can build a “Tiny House” for under $5,000. A bunch of cabrones, but they do bring their money and spend it.
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  41. I’m wondering if I will see anyone I know. I’m retired in SMA, GTO.
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  42. Sure they would. The more money you have, the more freedom you have. These people are buying the freedom from social responsibility that they cannot afford at home. What will be funny is when they discover the limits of their “freedom budget”.
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  43.  @shawnmurray9964  Pandilleras? In Mexico? 😲 OK, There’s a possibility of that if they do stupid things like walk home drunk late at night. Less chance they’ll have a run in with the Feds or State Police if they’re not doing anything illegal.
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  44.  @TheHarvestchef  You’re not lying, but you’re exaggerating un poco. Just a little bit. Still, Mexico has a way of smacking you in the face. I think half these people will give up and move back before five years has passed.
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  45.  @houseofbonnets  How can you not see it?
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  46.  @skyethebard  They need goods and services, which Mexicans will be happy to provide. Mexicans are used to carencitas as long as they have money to spend.
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  47.  @lamarlamarlamar  ivermectin costs pennies. Think of the expensive funeral you’ll be able to afford saving all that money! 😉
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