White Noise

From a reader:: 

I'm hearing that white guys are not showing up at the saunas in HK the way they used to.  Even with so many gay saunas in town they feel they are not welcome at such places anymore.  I’ve been reading your gay sauna reviews.  Can you shed any light on this?

FuelMix says:

1.  That might be true.  

2.  Very Rich Megacity is no longer a British colony and whites don’t - and can't - strut around with their noses in the air.  Times have changed.  Compared to Asians, they aren’t that rich and more whites are finding that expatriate perks like housing are not being offered.  In other words, they get to feel the hit of inflation like everyone else and that puts a dent on disposable income.  

3.  Faced with the choice of drinks or dicks, white boy will take booze first every time.  Hordes of whites can be found at the fag bars on weekends in Very Rich Megacity.  More so than in the gay saunas.

4.  There’s also a clique of self-proclaimed “high net worth” white fags who hold “by invitation only” PnP orgies at their apartments in SoHo, Mid-Levels and South Side.  If you’re desperate to join that fraternity, show up really, really late on Fridays and Saturday nites at the fag bars in SoHo and Sheung Wan.  Sooner or later, you’ll get initiated.  If you want to increase your chances of an invitation, offer to share the cost of a champagne breakfast in SoHo after the bars close.  Dick, crystal meth and a defibrillator are just a VISA card (and taxi ride) away.

5.  With the unrestrained entry of Mainland Chinese into Very Rich Megacity, local GAMs are angry and resentful at the perceived loss of the city’s unique identity.  The growth of gay saunas, then followed by some spectacular crashes and closures of those saunas, has, paradoxically, been met with an unspoken – but widely understood - backlash by local GAMs against those viewed as “not belonging”.  It’s a Turf And Towel War.  Whites happen to be one of the statistics as are tourists, foreign residents of VRM and Bananas.  (That’s why many Bananas try so hard to be white when they’re at the fag bars).  It's also why certain saunas appear to have a distinctly unfriendly vibe to whites.  Putting it another way, whites have chickened out. 

6.  Professional expatriate white fags in Very Rich Megacity also have an image problem.  Whether or not they’ve admitted to themselves that they’re gay, or whether or not they’re comfortably Out in their own country, when they’re here in VRM, they’re not sure of how far they can "Go Gay" without getting spotted for the wrong reasons.  It’s a small packed city.  The potential for the employer, co-workers, BF, wife or GF to find out exists. Word gets around real quick.  Better not to be seen at the saunas on Nude Nite - especially if alcohol is the preferred option (see Paragraph 3 above).

7.  There are whites claiming to be "str8 but curious”, “bi-curious”, “like cock now and then”, “will play when the GF is not around”, “gay for PLAY when it happens”.  These whites are frequently found in the government-run Swimming Pools or, the Locker Rooms and Showers of commercial Gyms in VRM with a known heavy gay clientele.  They pretend that they’re getting aroused without meaning to. It’s a con.  Everyone knows why they’re there.  They’re looking for cock.  They’ll happily suck and be sucked in the showers or the steam rooms.  And they’ll be back for more.

8.  As at March 2017, Central Escalator Sauna continues to be the default sanctuary for whites seeking asylum from the perceived hostility of other saunas, as well as bemused western tourists who can't believe how small the place is. Some whites may show up at Hutong and occasionally, Big Top or Action.  But you won't find them in My Way which is the place for hot GAMs, Asian tourists (we are aware that word about My Way is spreading in the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore) and resident foreigners.

9.  There is no shortage of visiting whites advertising on Craigslist offering hookups in their hotel rooms. We have no idea how successful those ads are, but multiple ads over a few days (with their stated age changing faster than you can blink) appear to be the norm.  Occasionally, some white will bleat that he's looking for company to try a gay sauna.  Again, no idea whether that request pans out.  But since it's Craigslist.....**sigh**

10.  Despite what we've said above, there will always be a die-hard contingent of potato queens. who have yet to raise their standards.

Originally published 28 August 2011
Amended and Republished 29 March 2017

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