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• Conversation started today
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  12:50am

  Joey Arnold

  I'm still in the expat group. I really am Joey Arnold. I was using a different account that works as a puppet or pointer. I'm still in the group. I was not banned. If I was banned, I wouldn't have these photos here.
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  12:53am

  David Carroll

  So why not do a video stating that you are the same as Jo Arnold and you posted that sex in the park post to prove it?
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  12:56am

  Joey Arnold

  people are too blind for that
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  12:57am

  David Carroll

  No, they would believe you if you did a video. Simple as that.
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  12:57am

  Joey Arnold

  People block me from their groups
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  12:58am

  David Carroll

  Post the video on YouTube with the 100's of other videos. I'll post a link to it in the groups your banned from.
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  12:59am

  Joey Arnold

  will that get me unbanned?
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  12:59am

  David Carroll

  maybe. Just let me know if you do a video, and I'll post the link.
• Today
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  2:04pm

  David Carroll

  So Joey, did you post the sex in the park with children post?
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  3:09pm

  David Carroll

  Joey, what's your favorite movie? You should make more scripted videos. You are very creative...if this is the Original Oatmeal.
• Today
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  3:04am

  Joey Arnold

  I love Star Wars. I began writing/filming in 1995 when I was ten years old. I was banned from the ASOV (Another side of Vietnam) Facebook group after defending myself from mockery. . People were asking if I was a real teacher or if I was crazy. Some said that I could not teach because of how I look. They judge my book by my cover, as in my face & insufficient/premature evidence/conjecture. I try myself to tell people who I am. . I've been made fun of since I was 4 years old when my siblings called me an alien for my inability to talk well until I was about 15 years old. I was homeschooled & had hearing tubes until I was 10 years old. I went to four different colleges & studied psychology, sociology, & anthropology. I understand how people think. I read people. I think all of the time. I study people. I believe in people. I help people pursue their dreams, goals, destiny, in life. I am a career counselor & a motivational speaker. I also teach English, life skills, etc... . I'm Christian which means I'm against sex before marriage. I only believe in sex between one male husband & one female wife with each other & that is it for life & I am against homosexuality, abortion, communism, socialism, & I am very conservative & things like that. People who know me know that I am against sex with others, let alone sex with children. . I have many things to say. I plan to make more videos when I can. I am having trouble in my life right now but I will try to step it up, to man up, to get back into it, into the flow of things & to take things to the next level of Original Oatmeal Magic. . I know what I am doing & I do my best to make a difference in this world & I am not as crazy as people think. I am an actor & I know how to look retarded in order to make points & in order to raise social awareness towards certain things. This is all a long story & I will continue to pretend to be crazy in order to make things happen which can ultimate lead towards change. . Insanity is when you do the same things over and over again. I do things differently because I must. I would be insane not to. Doing things differently leads to innovation, not insanity. I may have or may have had diseases or problems like bipolar or ADD or other social like problems maybe. But we all got problems & we can overcome problems. . I believe that people do bad things to me. I believe that people lie about me for different reasons at different times. People say things without reviewing the evidence of what really happens in my life. People believe rumors about me more than in what I say about myself. People do not trust me. It is very sad. I hate my videos. I need to make better videos someday. I will try to figure out how to do things better. Joey Arnold, Original oatmeal, 2015-07-17 Fri 3 AM OI Q.1, TP.HCM, Vietnam JSA L4OJ WOLBI ABC OR USA
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  7/17, 3:13am

  David Carroll

  Star Wars is one of my favs too. Then Blade Runner, Aliens, Robocop, Typical SciFi stuff. But I like all genres of movies and books.

  Have any new videos in the works? I'm sure a lot of people would be interested in what you're doing. You are quite the celebrity on FB. lol

  You should do a video about all this controversy about you, maybe include this latest drama that's going on in expatshcmc.
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  3:16am

  Joey Arnold

  I might try to film something today in my room

  people seem to hate me
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  7/17, 3:17am

  David Carroll

  Cool, about confirming if "JO arnold" is really one and the same as you?

  nah, you have many fans. Me included. I like people that are different. It's probably why I made a big deal about confirming if "JO" was you, or a troll trying to make you look bad.

  Posting about having public sex in a park near children, would definitely cause people to dislike you

  So, to make this simple: "JO Arnold" was YOU?
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  7/17, 3:27am

  David Carroll

  Btw, I've listened to you teach at the park a few times. I sat across the planter. I would of introduced myself, but you were busy with your class, and I was busy watching my nephews.

  I've also taught there, but more towards the end where they play with shuttlecocks.

  Are you teaching at a school right now? Plenty of opportunities in the countryside.
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  3:29am

  Joey Arnold

  Jo Arnold is me. I'm a freelance teacher. I work for myself. I teach students at cafes around the park. I choose to stay here for now

  I use sarcasm. I sometimes say the opposite of what I really believe in
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  7/17, 3:31am

  David Carroll

  ok, but most people didn't catch your sarcasm, thus the "hate".
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  3:31am

  Joey Arnold

  I test people in order to see if people are paying attention. I learn that people don't listen & don't care about my character, my heart, of what I really beleive

  I'm a teacher & everybody are in my class all of the time

  everybody's in my class
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  3:34am

  Joey Arnold

  I wrote something about sex but it has no meaning because people don't have sex at the park. It is like saying you are going to do something when pigs fly. I will have sex with kids when pigs fly. It is obviously not true nor relevant. People should be smart enough to know this already
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  7/17, 3:36am

  David Carroll

  Well, actually, people don't actually have sex at the park, but there are plenty of hookers soliciting customers there. I used to exercise there daily. And know quite a few of the regulards, that I have seen in your videos.

  And being different, people probably thought you were serious about sex at the park. LOL
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  3:37am

  Joey Arnold

  Sex in hotels, not parks

  If I said sex in hotels, that would have been different because people have sex in hotels but people don't have sex in hotels. I didn't say find a hooker at the park & go to a hotel.

  I mean, people don't have sex at parks, normally speaking

  But I'm not a hooker
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  7/17, 3:39am

  David Carroll

  some parks are notorious for public sex, but not in vietnam, that I'm aware of.

  Did you meet Todd Anderson at the park yet? He said he's going to meet you there.
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  3:41am

  Joey Arnold

  If you pretended to be a king, I would laugh. If I pretended to be a hooker, you should be smart enough to know that I'm not really a hooker, unless if you're trying to find an alternative to my claim at being some kind of teacher. People want to say that I am NOT a teacher & are willing to believe that I am ANYTHING BUT A TEACHER INCLUDING MAYBE LIKE A HOOKER OR SOMETHING, and that is very sad.
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  3:41am

  Joey Arnold

  I did not meet Todd Anderson.
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  7/17, 3:42am

  David Carroll

  I would completely agree with your above comment. But when it comes to people that are different (which isn't a bad thing), they tend to take what they say at face value.

  So, if YOU did say you were a HOOKER, they would actually take that literally. Or most would. lol
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  3:43am

  Joey Arnold

  My post about sex proves how desperate people are at refusing to believe that I'm a teacher & how quick they are to focus on my mistakes or anything that can destroy & kill me from a teaching career or reputation or anything good like that.... people are there to destroy me & I was just trying to bring out my haters to the light of day
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  7/17, 3:43am

  David Carroll

  sarcasm & speaking in hyperbole doesn't translate very well online.

  Well, mission accomplished. You found a new crew of haters.
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  3:45am

  Joey Arnold

  It is not fair. If I say I'm a hooker, then they can believe it. if I say I am a killer, then they could believe it & claim it as fact. BUT IF I SAY that I am teacher, then they will call that & it (me) spam or other bad things & stuff.....
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  7/17, 3:45am

  David Carroll

  But don't think that everybody is out to destroy you. Many wish you well, despite not completely understanding you.

  Yes, life is unfair.

  and that's an understatement.

  I think there's different levels of "teacher", or "hooker", and they can mean many things to many different people. To some, teaching at the park really isn't the same as teaching in a class at a university.

  But i view you as a teacher. I've seen & listened to you teach. you had a bigger group of students that many of the other "normal" "teachers".

  it's not like you forced them to be students
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  3:48am

  Joey Arnold

  I wrote that I'm a teacher thousands of times for over the past three years since 2012. People call it spam. Yes, I spam, but I think my spam is good spam. But people call my spam scam. But then I write something about so called "Sex" in a park where you can't have sex, and then people start to say bad things & they disregard the thousands of spam comments I wrote in the past that says I am a teacher & not a hooker
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  7/17, 3:49am

  David Carroll

  Well, i think most of that dislike is a combo of how you say it, and how many times you say it.

  one thing that rubs people the wrong way is when you say "...I'm an American". As if that makes you better then an Enlish speaker from England.

  Then there's the sheer number of posts about you being a teacher.
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  3:50am

  Joey Arnold

  Many students at the park tell me to teach at centers. They want to learn for free but they want me to make money. If I taught at a center, then I may not even go to the park. I feel like they are contradicting themselves by saying they want me at the park but they also want me to go to an English Center
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  7/17, 3:51am

  David Carroll

  There's plenty of teachers that do both.
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  3:52am

  Joey Arnold

  Most Vietnamese think I'm not a teacher because I don't have a center. They don't tell me this but this is what some of them are telling me & that is what I see in their faces
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  7/17, 3:52am

  David Carroll

  You're really creative, i think you should focus on writing/producing educational material, books and video. Forget the classroom, that means you have to have a schedule.
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  3:52am

  Joey Arnold

  I'm trying to tell the Vietnamese that I'm an American because I know they care about that

  But I don't make money from my videos & other things & I don't usually get a lot of video views
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  7/17, 3:53am

  David Carroll

  But, you can.
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  3:53am

  Joey Arnold

  someday

  making videos is secondary to my cafe classes
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  7/17, 3:54am

  David Carroll

  if you focus hard enough, I believe anybody can do anything they want. They just have to keep trying, until they succeed.
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  3:54am

  Joey Arnold

  for now

  agreed
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  7/17, 3:54am

  David Carroll

  Have you thought of teaching online? I know a few e-teachers that work when they want to, and where they want to.
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  3:55am

  Joey Arnold

  I get scared when I see foreigners & Vietnamese & I try not to meet people because they may know me from these Facebook groups & may hate me or something

  Someday, I may teach online
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  7/17, 3:56am

  David Carroll

  yes, I've heard that. But to change that, you have to understand where they are coming from. Like i said, I think the "american" comment, and the sheer number of posts to be added rubs people the wrong way.
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  3:56am

  Joey Arnold

  I go to the park & I try to focus on people who come to me & I try not to look at the other people who walk by
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  7/17, 3:57am

  David Carroll

  I've walked by you dozens of times. I guess I am just another face in the crowd. LOL. Actually, a lot of expats from that group have seen me, but they don't know it.
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  3:57am

  Joey Arnold

  When I say that I am an American, it is just a fact, but it is not an insult on other countries

  I think I have seen you

  I see so many people but you look familiar

  I always see people look at me like they know me but many people stop for a minute but then they walk away
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  7/17, 3:59am

  David Carroll

  It's been awhile since I am now in CA, but last time I saw you was last March. I sat on the otherside of the planter eating my icecream. I though you sounded more "normal" then you come off online.
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  3:59am

  Joey Arnold

  but I don't know them
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  7/17, 3:59am

  David Carroll

  I'll say Xin Chao next time I see you
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  4:00am

  Joey Arnold

  thanks
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  7/17, 4:00am

  David Carroll

  I forgot what you were talking about, but it was some story about America.
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  4:00am

  Joey Arnold

  people get mad at me when I say i don't remember them
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  7/17, 4:00am

  David Carroll

  I wouldn't get mad. I could care less about what other people think.
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  4:00am

  Joey Arnold

  people always ask me about America

  I forget names
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  7/17, 4:00am

  David Carroll

  Yes, i know. I get that too.

  I forget a lot of things. Online drama is the least of my worries.
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  4:01am

  Joey Arnold

  So many common Vietnamese names
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  7/17, 4:01am

  David Carroll

  Yes, I would write names down in the notebook I would carry, just like most of the students have their notebook.
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  4:02am

  Joey Arnold

  I feel invisible in District 1 because I am like just another normal random foreigner