For a better tomorrow.

  • hans_glib10
    • Oooh, Nice. I like!

      Balls need a bit more labour tho, lol ;)
      Nairn
  • Nairn3
    • Damnit - has that functionality stopped working?!?!?!?!Nairn
    • lolBluejam
    • Still works. Like that kids vibePhanLo
  • Ramanisky25
  • hans_glib8
  • hans_glib5
  • Gardener6
  • palimpsest11

    Getting in shape?

    The 11 best crystals for weight loss

    1. Blue apatite
    Blue apatite? More like blue appetite, #amiright? This true blue stone is considered a hunger suppressant, so it might help curb your cravings.

    2. Peridot
    Peridot is a type of olivine that’s known for its grand green color. Folks claim it helps them stay motivated while on a weight loss journey.

    Some people also believe it may reduce anxiety or fear, detox the body, increase strength, and enhance liver or gallbladder function.

    3. Sodalite
    This stone is thought to enhance your metabolism. It may also help you make better-for-you food choices and stave off cravings.

    4. White quartz
    Clear white quartz is thought to be a protective stone that can clear negative energy. That makes it a great choice to carry in your purse or pocket. Some folks even place one under their pillow.

    5. Carnelian
    Carnelian is a radiant red-orange stone that looks gorg as a pendant. Some peeps use it to reduce hunger and food cravings. Others claim it can help detox your bod and boost your overall health.

    6. Amethyst
    Amethyst has a lot of spiritual street cred. Believers think it can balance your hormones while enhancing metabolic function. It may also keep you motivated while helping you make nutritious food choices.

    7. Iolite
    Iolite stans say this stone can turn you into the Energizer Bunny. In addition to increasing vitality levels, peeps also say it helps release accumulated fatty deposits.

    8. Diaspore
    Diaspore gives off a calm energy that makes it great for everyday use. Some folks think this crystal can help prevent water retention and assist with weight loss. It’s also thought to reduce age-related memory loss and promote lucid dreaming.

    9. Epidote
    Mineral enthusiasts use epidote to overcome feelings of rejection. That means it might help you let go of emotional and physical weight. It could also help you pay attention to what you eat and why you eat it.

    10. Picasso marble
    This stone’s vibe is all about strength. It’s believed to increase self-control, which could reduce your risk of choosing foods that aren’t in line with your goals. It also might help regulate your metabolism and keep you calm.

    11. Gaspeite
    Here’s another one that’s thought to stimulate your metabolism. It may help unclog bad feelings and motivate you to move forward. Some people think this is helpful if you’re prone to emotional eating.

    • Now we’re talking! To this point, it’s essential to adjust the dosage of crystals according to one’s astrological horoscope.monospaced
    • For maximum efficiency.palimpsest
    • How do I the most of the crystal energies? Be in same room as them, eat them, hold them in my anus?thumb_screws
    • "carry in your purse or pocket. Some folks even place one under their pillow."palimpsest
    • How do you cook these?Sandder
    • Grind them in a food processor and sprinkle on freedom friesnb
    • Sleeping with them under the pillow sounds dangerous. Could overdose on the power of lolite if I hit snooze to many timesthumb_screws
    • These crystals are so effective you may accidentally lose too much weight.nb
    • White quartz hmmsted
    • @nb Only if you boiled your freedom fries in the urine of your foes. If you miss a step, it will not work.garbage
    • wait? what are we talking about?autoflavour
    • what the fuckcrazyprick
    • So you lose weight but your dental bill escalates b/c broken teeth?prophetone
    • @autoflavour https://i.imgur.com/…sted
    • Noooo way, esotericism in QBN? What's next? Homeopathy? Astrology?oey_oey
    • Been using Iolite in my bidet for a few months now and the results are astonishingnb
    • don't forget Cummingtonite
      https://i.imgur.com/…
      pango
    • 8 hours in and I'm not getting results. I think I fucked up the lolite to gaspeite ratio.thumb_screws
    • Pretty hard to chew and digest in my opinion.ApeRobot
    • @ApeRobot turn it into powder and consume nasally
      https://i.pinimg.com…
      sted
    • thanks for the tip, will do.ApeRobot
    • Amethyst definitely helps, not the stone though, it's name is a good hint (check the etymology)rzu-rzu
    • My sober friends swear by Amethyst Suppositories™.garbage
    • its* name, damn itrzu-rzu
  • Gardener4
  • PhanLo1

    Midjourney AI

    Pretty wild statement, I actually quite liked that guys images.
    AI is still really limited, but maybe I'm wrong and he'll build a new scifi universe for India.


    -

    • deepNBQ00
    • Imagine being a gatekeeper by learning software, studying and becoming an expert filmmaker. Think he has a strange take on it. He won't be able to make movies..PhanLo
    • ...on his own just by generating random concepts. As the Willy Wonka Experience proved.PhanLo
    • Damn I guess the gravy train of being a creative is over. Good thing I made millions off this industry before ai was invented lolololnb
    • hehe, yeah, all those hours of learning paid off. I'll just power up the yacht and live the life of a drifter now.PhanLo
    • joke's on you, story telling's also a gatekeeper thing that idiots had to learn over a lifetime of reading and living experiences. let AI do the work bro_niko
    • Imagine the wonders of a million new universes that will bloom, created by AI and told by AI while we sit back in our Vision Pros and jerk each other off_niko
    • haha :-)
      Party time
      PhanLo
  • hotroddy3

    canada

    How many of you Canadians think it would be a big deal to be referred to 'illegals' if all of a sudden there was a mass migration of canucks to the USA?

    • with Trudeau at the helm it could be reality.hotroddy
    • I dgafnb
    • What's in a name? That which we call a rose, By any other name would smell as sweet.nb
    • Who cares, Canadians don’t give a hoot aboot fairy tale pipe dreams... we have all the syrup, the poutine, the beer and the beavers we needprophetone
    • if a bunch of trump rednecks made their way up north they'd be considered illegals?hotroddy
    • ^ Yes. If they came here illegally.monNom
    • I don’t get your question. Canadians moving south or Americans moving north?_niko
    • Our attitude would be singing “ I am an illegal alien, a Canadian in New York” any chance we got_niko
    • Either. What would offend you most?hotroddy
    • Are you afraid of Ryan gosling and Ryan Reynolds? lol Canadians are indistinguishable from most yanks. Some of the US’s biggest stars are canucks_niko
    • Canaricans /Ameriadian?everyangle
    • Drake, weekend, beiber, the Ryans, half your hockey teams plus a handful of nba stars. Plus we’re all educated and sort of literate_niko
    • Oh and we speak a version of American that we call “English”_niko
    • the queens englishhotroddy
    • canadians have always had a place in american cinema. Many played roles in the
      'midwest'. AKA Candy in chicago. Akroid in chicago
      hotroddy
    • Cananda's relationship with 'the midwest' is what allowed the incredible canadian talent to become relatable to USAhotroddy
    • canadian comedians are the watered down british comedian. their wit just as quick as their british counter part but still relatable for americans. :/hotroddy
    • One thing that is a bummer about demonizing “illegals” is that immigrants (incl illegals) pay a high rate of taxes compared to services receivednb
    • I would find that to be annoying. Actually I currently find that to be annoyingnb
    • you pay your income taxes but don't receive the benefits?hotroddy
    • the list of jewish canadians actors is just as long.hotroddy
    • You get benefits like infrastructure but you don’t get benefits like unemployment insurance, Medicare, etc.nb
    • I personally know illegal immigrant families that have been paying taxes for 30+ years just in case the govt ever decides to offer them a path to citizenshipnb
    • They get none of the social safety net benefits and are at risk of deportation at any notice. But they keep on paying taxesnb
    • yes, you would want to prevent this at the border. otherwise what is the point of a borderhotroddy
    • The one benefit of USA is you see like 20-30 flavour options of those little icing covered Hostess pie things at the gas stationprophetone
    • Up north we have cherry and apple... see “getting in shape” threadprophetone
    • official term is irregular border crosser
      https://www.irb-cisr…
      pango
    • "with Trudeau at the helm it could be reality." but he's already at the helm??
      so far we have more IRB from US than going to US.
      pango
    • Is this your worst fear, hotroddy, being labeled something YOU as a white Christian,feel is just a word for brown people you don’t like because you’re a racist?monospaced
    • What's in a name? That which we call a rose, By any other name would smell as sweet.hotroddy
    • pango that's because canadians respect borders.hotroddy
    • there are a few 'illegal' canadians out here in hollywood. They stick out like a sore thumb among the latinoshotroddy
    • Another racist troll campaign. How pathetic.CyBrainX
    • if there was a sudden influx of male fubar trump loving canadians I bet you'd have no quelms calling them illegals.hotroddy
    • cut the crap or put on your helmet and take a couple dabs of that hand sanitizer by your keyboard.hotroddy
    • No. It's not called illegal here because it is a legal process to claim asylum. Similar process exist in US too. But US politic prefers to dehumanize others.pango
    • hotroddy's new nightmare: https://broadcastdia…_niko
    • claim asylum the legal way at the port of entry. we know they aren't claiming asylum they are fleeing from destruction their socialist revolution they createdhotroddy
    • lol niko. and this
      https://resizing.fli…
      hotroddy
    • how do you know they're not claiming asylum? socialist revolution they created? who? someone at the border? do you have a name?pango
    • "with Trudeau at the helm it could be reality." but he's already at the helm??
      what do you mean?
      pango
    • hotroddy, I don’t call anyone illegals. That’s a term only right wing cucks like you throw around to show everyone how gofdamned racist you are.monospaced
    • i think hotknobby ran away again.pango
    • ya he does that when he can't answer.pango
    • from 'illegal aliens', 'illegal immigrants', to 'undocumented migrants'. I'm sure you don't consider yourself a pedophile but a minor-attracted person. :)hotroddy
    • pango, Trudeau has been a disaster for Canada. That's what happens when you put a drama teacher at the helmhotroddy
    • Sure sure. But what do you mean it could happened when he's at the helm? Cuz he's already at the helm but it hasn't happened yet?pango
    • You've been evading the same question. Probably going to disappear again.pango
    • You think this is a gotcha moment to save face for not knowing the size of lake ontario? I was being hyperbolic. But with Trudeau at the helm you never know.hotroddy
    • lol meh i still don't know the size of ontario lake. quite frankly i just care about it.
      so you were being overly dramatic? he's been at the helm for almost 10
      pango
    • yrs and what you said hasn't happened yet.
      when is it going to happen?
      so you fell into strawman fallacy?
      pango
    • He’s a minority govt, and he is extremely unpopular. Let’s agree that he’s a terrible prime minister.hotroddy
    • sure. but it has been 8 yrs. when is what you said going to happened?pango
    • I didn't say it was happening. it was a joke not to be taken literally. But Canada was better off 10 years ago than it is today.hotroddy
    • oh so you were bullshiting. cool.
      better on what metric?
      pango
  • microkorg7

    Dall-E, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion (etc) - who's playing, and with which?

    Created in https://emprops.ai version of StableDiffusion
    You can use variables in prompts and influence the outputs with banks of other images or javascript.
    These are some of my experiments working towards a final prompt.
    You can massively upscale too but it chews through credits when experimenting.

    • This is up there with the best generated imagery I have seen, very nice!slappy
    • Nice!prophetone
    • Thank you Slappy!
      It's taken a lot of tweaking and training and credits to get to this point. Trying to get the AI to keep it as minimal as possible.
      microkorg
    • But I think that AI thinks that we want things as cluttered and crammed full of detail. haha.microkorg
    • Sick!skinny_puppy
  • grafician5

    News of the day...

    "Boeing whistleblower found dead in US"

    https://www.bbc.com/news/busines…

    • Safe to say won't ever step foot into a Boeing plane ever?grafician
    • Possibly shot 5 times in the back, and two times in the head. Just to make sure he went through it.Wordsworth
    • It’s worse. He was roller-skating near industrial sized windows and fell into a burrito laced with cyanidefuturefood
  • hans_glib5

    Dune (movie)

    on Morning_star's advice i went back for another look (it's cheap on mondays, see). having had my expectations dashed on the first showing i wasn't expecting a loth and i have to say it was much better as a result.

    there are still a couple of sections that need cutting out, and christopher walken still phones it in as emperor, but otherwise i enjoyed it much more than when i first saw it. fabulous visuals, fabulous sound and for some reason the plot stumbled along a lot better than on the first showing.

    so thank you Morning_star!

    • You're very welcome. A second viewing is definitely the key.Morning_star
    • Walken and Pugh were disappointing. An empire of excesses, they should have raised the bar in some way.i_monk
    • To hear that Pugh was disappointing hurts a bit. Normally, she's a first-rate scene stealer.Continuity
    • Definitely think walken is the weakest part of it. They needed some one with more menace/gravitas.thumb_screws
    • +1 Pugh and Walken didn't belong in this onegrafician
    • ^ why not try Sienna Miller and Russell Crowe?grafician
    • I think Pugh was good but Walken definitly didnt fit in there, his playing and caracter doesnt work.HAL9001
    • interview said Pugh will have more to do next movie. like how zendaya was barely in the first movie.pango
    • Reckon a Gary Oldman, Hugo Weaving or Jeremy Irons would of worked better. I thought Pugh was ok.thumb_screws
    • She was nondescript compared to Lady Fenring.i_monk
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  • stoplying7

    Getting in shape?

    I think the absolute most important thing if you're making any changes to your meals, exercise, life is that these new changes are something you can stick to. I've tried cutting out bread, but I love bread! Same with beer. BEER! It really clicked for me when I was in Atlanta on a week-long business trip a few years back and at every restaurant I went to, the calories were printed next to each item. 1,600 calories for a cheeseburger and fries? No way, that's a 9 mile run to burn it off and it's just not worth it.
    When I heard my kid say "Daddy's fat", it woke me up. I was soft and fat - 6'3" and hovering around 220lbs. This was May of 2020 right as the pandemic was sinking in. I had no core muscles and as a result was constantly dealing with back issues. I had a heart arrhythmia and as someone who had kids later in life, I wanted to be healthy and active for my boys. I wanted them to see their Dad exercising so it wasn't a foreign concept to them. So I said fuck this, and started exercising and running. I use dumb bells every morning - even if I don't exercise to failure, I still touch my weights every day. Then I laced up an old pair of Asics, stretched, and pushed myself. Once I got to a point where I could run and breathe with rhythm I didn't want to stop because I worked too hard to get there, and then it was okay to have 4 slices of pizza, or a monster cheeseburger once in a while because tomorrow was a run day and I would burn the calories. Four years later I still run 3.35 miles every other day, in snow, rain, on business trips and I've lost 40 pounds, can feel some solid core muscles in my abdomen and my boys look at my "muscles" now and say OOooooh. And now my 11 year old runs with me on weekends. I can eat what I want, but it feels better to eat healthy because i notice how much better I feel when I do. I made these changes that I could stick to, no keto, carbs, or fasting. Just loosely monitor caloric intake and then do something to burn calories and keep the metabolism going. Find something that you can stick to, and don't quit. There is some mental toughness needed. I hope this doesn't sound like I'm patting myself on the back, but I PROMISE you, if I can do it - anybody can do it.

    • This is why getting the right crystals is so importantnb
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  • Danish10

    Where The Fun IS

    Where The Fun WAS

  • Gardener7
  • hans_glib6

    Signs your getting old?

    i went to the "silver screen" showing of dune 2. they served cups of tea and biscuits before and after.

  • PhanLo4