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Thought I'd log back in to add a comment.
While I'm here, I'm going to write some shite that nobody needs to read.
It's a weird world out there, for a million different reasons. But in one specific aspect it is quite worryingly weird. Work.
My dad became finally, properly terminally ill last April and we were told he really didn't have long to go. Like, days or *maaaybe* weeks.
I was just finishing a long fixed term contract (FTC), so I made the quite difficult decision to delay looking for my next FTC as my dad dying would probably take up about 3 months of time. My mum has been married to him since she was 16 (Now mid 80s) and he was the man of the house who controlled everything. So it felt like there would be lots to do to get my mum settled and set up for life on her own.
Curiously, I saw absolutely no FTC positions being advertised anyway, so back in May-July 2023, it seemed my break nicely coincided with an industry lull. I've had 3 month breaks many times in the past between contracts and I'm ok with that. It's a perk if you budget for it.
My dad, despite being to all intents and purposes a perished cadaver in a hospital bed at my parents home, just didn't die. He wasn't able to do anything, and remained asleep for a lot of the time. There was nothing left of him at all because he stopped eating and only sipped water of the occasional cup of watery soup. But he just kept living, which frustrated him immensely.
On the occasions where he was awake and able to speak, he would talk about how much he wanted to die and how infuriating it was that he was just still here every single day.
He lost all sense of time and reality and would have the weirdest conversations (instructions for us, mostly) in short spurts before drifting back into the fog.
Over many months I got called up to my parents place countless times because "This is the end now. He's fallen into a coma and he's got hours left". But I'd arrive and he'd open his eyes, greet me, and request some weird food item he'd never eaten before in his life. Over and over this happened. I've done thousands of miles.
The longer it went on, the more certain it was he'd go any minute, and there were zero opportunities being advertised anyway. So I just focussed on my parents, and started getting into the all the admin of death so we were ready once he finally passed.
LinkedIn started filling up with "Open to work" profile pics, and posts about there being no work. The narrative kicke doff that A.I. was destroying the creative industries already. Copywriters, translators and strategists were all out of work. Creatives were out of work. People were becoming desperate. But my mum and dad were my priority, so I stayed out of it.
My dad finally passed on February 15th. His funeral is next Tuesday.
With regards to work though, by October last year I needed to try and do something. I'd been offered 2 freelance consultancy pieces by old clients and that helped, but I was not seeing any long term opportunities to start pursuing. I applied to some full time jobs, but there weren't many, and I didn't hear back from most.
One of the consultancy pieces was for a major UK delivery company, and I did some immersion research as part of the consultancy work - understanding how their business works from the ground up. I had asked to be placed on payroll inside IR35 and taxed at source for the work, because I no longer have a LTD company and companies rarely work with sole trader freelancers these days.
So after that project finished I asked if I could return to the ground level and do some pre-Christmas delivery work whilst on payroll. A really weird request for a senior level consultant to ask about van driving work, but I explained my situation, and they needed people before Christmas, so I did three months of delivery driving from October to January.
Weak pay, hard work, but oddly very enjoyable. I really liked it. Good physical fitness, fresh air, working by yourself with no ambiguous problems to solve. There's just one way to do it right, and it's not hard to do that.
I figured it might just be time to quit my career and take a form of retirement that puts me in the basic jobs market as opposed to the high paid career market. It was dooable. We paid off our mortgage last year and earning much less becomes manageable without a mortgage commitment.
I got spooked though. Over those three months, talking to many of my colleagues in that delivery role, I learned that many had opted to do that work as a stop gap during industry lulls. These were highly skilled people from high paid career roles. Very senior, very specialist. Some of them were C-Suite level people from globally operating UK brands - household name brands.
But they said they found that the stop gap job went on for too long and after six months of being a delivery driver, nobody would take them seriously in their career anymore. Nobody wants to entrust the future of an organisation to a van driver. So they got ensnared, and stuck there. Some of them had been there for 20 years by this point. Their former careers a distant memory.
So I decided not to risk that just yet, and I pulled out after three months of working as a delivery driver. I can bury three months given the consultancy work connection, but six months... I'd be cast in stone.
In December, before I quit that work, I had applied to a bunch of full time roles that came up on LinkedIn. Not many of them were 100% suitable, but I could bend in to them with a bit of effort.
I got two responses out of maybe 30 CV/Resume slingshots.
One was for a stalwart UK design company seeking a strategist, the other was for a global PR firm.
Both started the process at the beginning of December with an initial videocall interview. Both said they wanted to progress to the next stage.
The next stage was in January and both were keen to progress to the final stage.
Design company arranged for me to meet the ECD and the head of client services (HCS) as the final stage before making a decision. They had whittled down to just me and one other candidate. Final two.
ECD just didn't take to me is my best guess, and the HCS seemed to want more of a project manager than a brand strategist.
Almost exactly 3 months to the day they told me they'd gone for the other candidate. Lots of puffery about how much they loved me and thought I was fantastic blah blah blah but the other candidate had assured them more of their capabilities around the basic project management stuff and the mechanics of campaign anatomy and process. I was, they felt, a "wonderful creative strategist" but their immediate needs were more prosaic.
As much as I really needed to land a job and be back at work, I really didn't mind being passed over. They were a bit like an eccentric aristocratic and slightly inbred family; cut off from society and operating along their own rules and behaviours cultivated over decades in isolation. I had already sensed it would be wonky and weird, and largely about navigating big eccentric personalities that didn't run on contemporary rails.
The global PR job took me all the way to meeting 5 senior people and then on to the CEO for a final meeting. That meeting happened the day after my dad died and I should have cancelled, but I chose instead to crack on given the short notice. I did advise them I had not been able to prepare due to my dad's death, but I felt disoriented and unfocussed. I felt like I may have come across as drunk or addled, but I made my decision to attend so that's on me.
The feedback was that the CEO thought I was really great, and that it was uncommon of her to speak so favourably of a candidate... however she also didn't feel the role I had applied for was quite right - I was way more senior and had skills that wouldn't often be called upon for that role (and she was right about that). So they said they wanted to talk to me about other possibilities in their vast global org, and they would set up a meeting to discuss other possibilities.
Since then, I got ghosted. Totally ghosted. It was a 'no' dressed up as a shmooze.
I'm now in the stage 1 running for three other jobs. The job market is picking up I think. However, the clock is ticking for me.
I'm 54, I've been away from the coal face of my sector for 8 months now. I have two/three meaty freelance projects to show for that time, but that's all. They were all upstream analysis and consultancy projects so I can't even use them as case studies because there is no outcome (yet) and nothing was finalised.
This might be the end of my career, after all. It feels like it all hangs on a very fine thread right now.
If I could, I'd go back to studying for a few years but I cannot decide what I would study, and I don't know how I'd support my family while I did that.
So I'm in a limbo state for the time being. I have no idea where this story goes next.
You don't need to read this. I'd skip it, if I were you.
- LOL 18 not 16Horp
- ^ My dad wasn't Elvis.Horp
- These side notes are unrepresentative of the post, which is a good read. Good luck with the search, Horp.Fax_Benson
- Thanks Fax. It's a bit of a brain dump waffle. Therapeutic typing. I appreciate you reading it xHorp
- Best of luck Horp. I once suggested a former colleague for a writing job, he got it and said he wasn't sure he'd ever get one in the industry again...Nutter
- last I checked on LinkedIn he had become a creative director of a ad agency. So sometimes its just one recommendation that gets the ball rolling.Nutter
- Good reading Horp. I share with you the "vertigo" that is felt right now in our sector. Good luck in your search ;)OBBTKN
- Cheers Nutter. I feel like this is a Mickey Rourke moment for me. A wilderness period where I learn gratitude and humility and whatever comes next I grab it ...Horp
- ... and give it my absolute all for whatever years remain of my career, then I can slip gracefully into service job world and waddle into retirement age.Horp
- Thanks OBBTKN. Yeah, it's sobering stuff seeing it all getting hollowed out with no sense of what replaces it. I mostly worry about my two kids working futuresHorp
- The gruesomely weird thing about my dad was he kind of embodied the jump scare with the emaciated man in the movie Se7en...Horp
- He actually looked very similar, and we'd all be in the room with him, silently, all wondering if he'd now gone and we were just looking at his corpse...Horp
- and then suddenly he'd open his eyes and say, in a panic-stricken way "Don't let the nurses steal my record player!" and we'd all be "OH FUCK" and then...Horp
- laughing hysterically at the fact that he JUST KEPT DOING THAT. He'd leap up and demand a baguette, or order me to protect his antique ink well at all costs...Horp
- or make me promise to donate his cricket bat to a museum.
It was comedy horror, every day.Horp - "shhhhh, he's gone. He's finally gone"
(silence) (Respectful silence and reflection)
"I NEED A DIGITAL WATCH"Horp - Good read, Horp. Although we might not be going through the same specific things there is a shared feeling. We're with you!palimpsest
- ha ha Horp on those commentsNutter
- Sorry to read your plight, but I'm feeling this very same situation right now creeping up on me. I'm 47 and get a distinct feeling that by the time im 54....Ianbolton
- my mum won't be around much longer and my career is already stagnant and I'm thinking where the hell am I going. Like existential meltdown is coming.Ianbolton
- Make QBN your journal if you want?! I'd be interested in seeing how you find your way through Horp. Thanks for sharing buddy and sorry for your loss. xIanbolton
- Cheers Ian. Sorry you're going through it, but I personally take some solace from knowing that *everyone* (not *absolutely everyone, obvs) is going through it..Horp
- with regards to careers, and age, and especially the creative industries. I might pop back in at certain milestones to drop a log on the blog.Horp
- Studying? Are you high? Fuck that shit.crazyprick
- Dude, start writing. This post is really well written. Hope some new doors open for you soon, Horpstoplying
- I'll keep reading. Sorry about your Pa.garbage
- Yikes. What a ride.
Did you ever get in touch with that connection in introed you to at Hofstede?Continuity - Hey Continuity. We said hi. He and I. I wasn't really in a place to do anything more. I'm only just really gearing back up to normality and need now, in fact.Horp
- Crazyprick... hahaha
I'd love to just go and fuck around at university. Good times.Horp - You have a house and two wonderful kids. If you want to, you can just duck out from now on. You made it anyway. But do start writing :)Nairn
- ...or a podcast. They're all the rage, I hear.Nairn
- Sorry, I just read that back and it sounded a bit defeatist. It wasn't intended so.Nairn
- Family first.crazyprick
- ^OBBTKN
- People sometimes say to me "Start writing" but I'm no writer... what the fuck would I write about? Nobody is going to pay to read my mind-clearouts, and...Horp
- ... I've got nothin' else.Horp
- "If you want to, you can just duck out from now on" Honestly Nairn I would if I could find the right thing. Just enough money and easy and simple work. Elusive!Horp
- Less or more we are all a bit there. Probs we are one of the first generations aging socially online. Not sure yet if is better or worse.maikel
- Also not sure on that Maikel. In some ways it's reassuring to know it's not just you, but equally it's a gaping cavern of darkness right there in your hand.Horp
- Awesome read Horp! Yeh the industry seems a little funny at the mo, but in the last month it seems to have picked up a little or is that just me?Projectile
- Please remember, when you're old and on your death bed... it is your god given right to fuck with your kids. I NEED A 2032 MODEL APPLE WATCH!!Projectile
- Hahahaha, he definitely did that Projectile.Horp
- And yeah, in a way it seems to be picking up in as much as there are recruitment ads for (in my case) strategy. But, the interview process is about 3 months...Horp
- and honestly to me it feels like nobody knows what they want or if they can *actually* take somebody on...Horp
- I'm quite a marmite candidate. People are either going to feel I am right or know I am wrong, instantly. To me it's clear in the first meeting, but I get...Horp
- dragged through the entire process and at the end I get told "ehhhh, we're not sure. You offer some great stuff, but we don't know if it's the stuff we need...Horp
- right now. We need to have a meeting"... and then, ghosted. I actually know very quickly if it's not for me, but I have to keep shtum: I'll try anything RNHorp
- shellie18
I've been absent here lately because I've finally done it, I went back to the dark side and took an agency -ish type job as a Sr. Producer. It's still a freelance collective so the vibe is different but still so busy. So many big contracts -- it's definately more than full time. I've been clocking 70-80 hour weeks which my bank about appreciates. That's a nice change from tour manager, struggling artist life. I guess that was a nice burnout vacation.
But, I also have this scholorship (my 3rd in a row) to UCB (Upright Citizen's Brigade) and I can't imagine having the time to write at that level for my next class. I'm planning a week off for everyone between two huge contracts. So, maybe I'll take a week long improv intensive. I hate being on stage (I went to UCB to write sketch, not act) but I think it will help with my shyness in crowds when the focus is on me. It's a strange mix of excitement to do it and natrual fear. Now I just have to line up the time.
Hi guise!! What have you been up to?
- awesome!GuyFawkes
- hey shellie! nice work on the gig.capn_ron
- *bank account. holy moly ihate my phone spell check.shellie
- been waiting for the PSB to start tbhd_gitale
- I loved this post. That’s all.notype
- I have a hard time imagining you being shy in front of a crowd. You just need more practice. You'll be great!mandomafioso
- Congrats, Shellie. Be happydocpoz
- UpvotedBennn
- Shellz for Moderator!!GuyFawkes
- hey!sea_sea
- Welcome to the dark side.
Kidding. I'm still an in-house... :(pango - Weird... I actually read that as bank account... until you pointed it out. Don't work too hard!mort_
- Grats shelliecannonball1978
- What have we been up to? Just waiting for the PSB to start. We just keep hitting refresh on QBN all day. LOLKrassy
- Nice.DRIFTMONKEY
- Nice!!bezoar
- I can stalk you now.freedom
- congrats!SimonFFM
- Congrats shellie, take it easy!OBBTKN
- I hired a quiet from my UCB class that i loved as a project coordinator, training to be a jr producer. But she's Sunday so She'll be a full blown producershellie
- in no time. I'm so stoked to be able to hook up the homies and finance their dreams. She's going to be a hot TV writer someday and I hope she hires me back.shellie
- Ah whatever I'm not even going to try and correct these typos anymore. Y'all know I suck at cell phone typing at this point.shellie
- I marvel at anyone who claims to be working 70-80 hour weeks. LOL.studderine
- I haven't had a weekend since I started working. Add 10 hours sat and Sunday. That's 20 hours.shellie
- Emails at dawn for overseas client. Meetings until 9pm. For instance I just got up, I'll break to shower and drive to office. But I'm slumming until 9. At leastshellie
- 15 hrs just today of I stop for lunch. It adds up. Definately tired.shellie
- We are in start up mode though. Building something. I just hired a coordinator that can take a load off on Monday just getting her up to speed and thank god.shellie
- Sounds super stressing but you seem to be really excited.Maaku
- HijoDMaite23
You can hear/see my contribution at at the 4 minute mark so stick around
,PaddyEric Poline LAc- Dj
Tim Felten - keys
Abby Dearden - vox
Miles Tackett- cello
Matthew LaBarber- bass
Jake Najor - drums- < here it isHijoDMaite
- Good stuffscruffics
- Wow great job! Interesting to hear live version of a sample based track like this.yuekit
- Kick ass!eryx
- fuckin nicebezoar
- SHREDDIN'!!! Where are you!? Spirit quest!?ideaist
- ace! great idea!renderedred
- is this you?
https://i.imgur.com/…utopian - Yeesssssfyoucher1
- Not me! A friend Patrick Bailey on the guitar!HijoDMaite
- are you in the video? what did you do?utopian
- Utop, my post got chopped here is original https://www.qbn.com/…HijoDMaite
- This is amazing! Endtroducing is my favourite album of all time. What was the purpose of doing this? a lockdown project or just for fun? or do you do itmicrokorg
- for other bands/tracks too?microkorg
- so goodtimeless
- love this song. I saw Shadow when i was in high school and it blew my mindsarahfailin
- Really well done. Nice post!stoplying
- SimonFFM18
Yesterday, I felt really down. I was frustrated because working as a nude photographer basically means you spend a lot of money on models without there being a market anymore. So, I spend more money than I earn which is not a good business model.
Therefore I sometimes have these moments where I think "Why am I doing this?" and "What for?". And I cannot answer to myself other than that it's my passion and I need to do it.
And then, this morning, I wake up to an email with a commission for something very special. It's an art project and so it doesn't mean the budget is good, but I am so on fire. I began working on it right away.
My point is: Life's a circle. One time you're down, next time you'll be up. Sometimes it's hard to believe life goes like this but it should be a reminder for all of us creatives to keep the chin up even in difficult times.
- As one door opens, another closes.palimpsest
- ^ glass is half empty or half full?SimonFFM
- Don't ignore your intuition that there is no market anymore. Things change, you have to change with them. Find a new market niche that pays the bills.monNom
- You can't keep losing money and stay in business forever. And then how are you going to pursue your passion?monNom
- Incidentally, why do you think the market is gone? where did it go?monNom
- "why am i doing this"? Because you can make pictures of nude chicks? Sounds pretty easy to me.milfhunter
- lol simon, never get down. You're a tasteful pornographer living in Europe.garbage
- Try not to think too much - it really is the best approach. At least negative things, put them aside, recognise the thought, don't embrace them.shapesalad
- Would it be much of a shift to apply your talents to fashion photography or some similar lucrative market while still working on your passion in your own time?mort_
- (basically what monNom said)mort_
- Market is smaller due to influencers marketing w/ mobile phones, fewer magazines; fashion industry already has too many photogs and doesn't interest me.SimonFFM
- I won't give up. You know, tigers fight like no one...SimonFFM
- Diversify to Male Nudes and Trans?shapesalad
- Have you tried using models that you don't pay? I don't pay my models and built a good port.formed
- There isn't the consistency of youth that will shoot nude like yours, though, but still gorgeous women. Most of my work has moved to nudes/erotic now.formed
- I usually have something in the release about sharing any profits, but I don't typically try to sell them.formed
- I am getting more and more interest from OF women that want photo sets to sell...I need to ask for a cut of that, now that I think of it.formed
- Bros Before Hoes!utopian
- Tits are great, just enjoy lifebabydick_
- @formed the OF women could become a market for me; thanks for the idea!SimonFFM
- Do it for the bewbs man!pango
- Congrats! Create a system where you are constantly aware of the type of jobs you want. Visualize them and they will naturally come to you. No joke, try it.stewart
- The Secretpalimpsest
- "Visualize them and they will naturally come to you. No joke, try it." That's some commie gobbledygookbabydick_
- I think OF/influencers are probably hungry for good content. Off the top of my head: rent a big house in a beautiful locale, then get influencers to pay you...monNom
- to come and stay and have you generate a ton of HQ content for them. They can do their cell-phone thing, but they leave with a new network and evergreen contentmonNom
- I'm thinking along the lines of the Vice influencer house thing that was posted here recently. But do it for a week, and get them to pay for it.monNom
- sometimes you gotta turn the other cheek ... or just spread them and stick your tongue out! hahahaAQUTE
- I feel you Simon! This happens in my work too. But one kind email or good project lead can really turn things around.nocomply
- Keep it strong Simon... The road to glory, is a loooong walk. Enjoy the trip!!OBBTKN
- Lower what you pay the models to balance the supply chain.cannonball1978
- @babydick_ Meh. You don't see opportunities if you remain negative about your future.stewart
- Why is there no market anymore?drgs
- Probably because the sexual objectification of women is less socially acceptable now.mort_
- That’s not a judgment btw, just an observation.mort_
- To the contrary, I have many friends that feel empowered by OF and fully embrace making money by providing positive entertainment.formed
- It's a sex-positive world now. The younger generation doesn't have the stigma we old folk do.formed
- Sorry, what’s ‘OF’?mort_
- Oh Only Fans? Signs I'm getting old!mort_
- canoe3
When it's not even 8am, you visit QBN to post about a typeface and "Chick of the Day" is the first thread...
It's not inspiring at all. There is nothing intellectually stimulating about soft porn. And it feels dirty and exploitative, and I'm not a female.
If you're one of those guys that doesn't get that, then you're wired differently, and need to sort it out.
- Think about it. You go to a porn site... and there is a link to a new logo critique. It's like adding concrete to your shwarma, it just doesn't belong together.canoe
- dude, porn site with logo critique section.. take that to any VC and voila.. it prints moneyautoflavour
- "Let's keep the Pic of the Day thread clean and post all the NSFW stuff here." in a thread that is constantly at the top of the fucking list.kingsteven
- Just change it to NSFW of the day. I didn't chime in on the QBNX thing as that was retarded.kingsteven
- but defending 'CHICK' of the day, you'd really think some of the folks here only want it to discourage new users from their safe space.kingsteven
- certainly the bros who acted so defensively over PP's thread need to take a look at themselves, i dunno, maybe suck a dick or sthg.kingsteven
- Don't agree with a general NSFW thread. There is going to be beheadings and footballs shoved up people assholes in amongst the general glamour shots in COTD.Hayzilla
- well. "Bro, does my particular fetish give you a twinkle in your dick of the day" is too long. maybe 'Fetish of the day' would be more accurate.kingsteven
- It's almost like the people who use this site are from various timezones and post things at instances entirely different to you. Fucking crazy, yeah?face_melter
- meh face, not sure that's his point. besides chukkaphob seems like the kind of lad that knocks one out every 10 minutes.kingsteven
- when i'm not joining in, i like to watch people mass-debatePeterPancake
- canoe +1kona
- when it's not even 8am where you live, I might already be up working for 6 hours where I live...SimonFFM
- What makes you more "right" and why do these other guys need to sort it out? Maybe their wives don't put out and after another frustrating night...MondoMorphic
- ...seeing *some* naked woman is better than nothing at all. hahahaMondoMorphic
- There's enough porn on the internet, don't see the need for it on here. If you want to repost chick pics make a tumblr or something.shapesalad
- peter, while i have issues with the mysoginistic title. i wouldn't personally have a problem with anything you've posted in QBNX in Pic of the Day...kingsteven
- #metoo?monospaced
- It had a purpose but now we have NSFW and downvotes... I'd just reintegrate it all in to Pic of the Day and auto hide post images on 3 downvotes.kingsteven
- lolmonospaced
- how about a bindegal thread where he can post all his subhuman nonsense in?fadein11
- how about just don't click on it? if its presence is bothering you, ignore it, like a mature adultmonospaced
- have to agree mono, it really doesn't bother me that 3ish members (excuse the pun) only come here to post tits. clearly in the minority anyway.fadein11
- it's really not hurting anyone is it. unless we are trying to attract new members (oops) now in which case I do agree with Peter.fadein11
- let our large collection of female members vote on it perhaps?fadein11
- Stay woke...severian
- Opinions are like arseholes... F**k 'Emrobthelad
- honestly, i'm looking at the topics over there on the left and not one is design related, except for "FUCK ADOBE"scarabin
- This site stopped being design related like a decade ago.BonSeff
- Its now basically that site where people photoshop some dude's face on fucking everything.BonSeff
- yet you are still here.fadein11
- @robthelad i only share mine with close family members and medical professionalsPeterPancake
- COTD brings Kristopher $$$$. The swiss like it, it stays,severian
- i come here mainly for 2 things. one, to chat and post with you folks, see the joking around etc...exador1
- and for the occasional 'useful thread' post. which I've found to be pretty good over the years.exador1
- would love it if things were more design oriented, but I think that ship has sailed.exador1
- for real design related content and news, I go to other spots now..have for a long time.
like https://www.designer…exador1 - these days, qbn/newstoday is mainly to see whats new with you folks, joke around, and see something funny etc...exador1
- as far as i can see now, qbn is just a hangout for us. which is ok. in a way, it always sort of was....exador1
- used to be a lot more design related chatter going on, but there was ALWAYS more of the other sort...just fucking around, chats, and jokes etc...exador1
- i recall quite clearly the stuff going on at Newstoday back in the day... it was the same, just with a larger cast of characters...transfa... vena, thatbitch,exador1
- dudes from 2advanced like Shane, pixelranger i think he was called, and tons of others...exador1
- But whenever there's a design related topic, many jump in to give feedback/help pretty fast. So what's the point?Maaku
- We have discussions about apps, logos, websites, code, fonts. If someone asks a question or wants feedback, we answer.Maaku
- if art history has taught us anything, it's that there is nothing more inspirational for artists than a beautiful female. it stays._niko
- the DesignerNews site has a great COTD thread ;)OP31
- People are getting more and more sensitive lately about everythingBennn
- https://i.imgflip.co…severian
- if only people didn't mind as much, seeing a ding-dong with their tittyPeterPancake
- solution is to post in threads you like and push cotd down. It was a simon original post in the cotd at 8am. and not some random I make teens horny pic.uan
- and simon can't post in 'show some recent work' ... actually it was a creative design / art post and you missed ituan
- lololol.
don't like it? don't stay? how many other places do you demand change from to appease you? fuck off with this entitlement shit.imbecile - you cant sensor threads. Dont like it dont click it. If it puts someone off from joining ... they probably wouldn't survive here long enough anyway!mugwart
- exactly. don't click the thread. i stay well clear of the nsfw thread, it's fucking awful - so i never go there. but, swiss or not, it stays.hans_glib
- Search for hubble telescope and take in a vast gander of how incredible everything is. IMHO its worse to censor a community than ban a thread of throught.mugwart
- what typeface were you going to share?OP31
- just spotted it! never mindOP31
- uan, it gets as many posts as pic of the day and generally heavily downvoted smut posted by a few users. it's just 'Chick' and the view of some user that itkingsteven
- has and will continue to be a tailored wank stash.kingsteven
- Simon's work is reason enough
to create a new, 'adult' thread. Deserves better than to sit up against the barrage of vanilla-porn in there, just my onion.PeterPancake - How about QBN in addition to the 'Jingle' on/off check box, has a 'NSFW content' check box, turned off removes COFD etc threads?shapesalad
- 99% of cotd is along the lines of simon's work, just celebrating female beauty. nsfw thread is another story though lol_niko
- it's a decent thread at times, just the name and the constant reminder 'it's wank time somewhere' as its bumped by folks clearly demonstrating how they got off.kingsteven
- Even if QBNX is a different thread, and welcome, which it is ... there was no reason to say COTD was somehow problematicmonospaced
- Honestly, you should have just made a new thread and not started this uber-PC tirade where you get all triggered over absolutely nothing ... grow a thicker skinmonospaced
- THanks.monospaced
- ^ yeah I'm in agreement.mugwart
- Freedom's post in cord thread is the worst tho.pango
- QBN is a free place, please shall we never start censoring it, except for deeply fucked up stuff. So much sensitivity everywhere! No one is forcing you to clickBennn
- I'm less enthusiastic, but i support doing away with that stuff altogether.futurefood
- ....just the other day i accidentally hit the official NSFW thread while a coworker passed by....fmlfuturefood
- if not planning to get rid of them, then maybe a color label for the NSFW stuff on the left side?futurefood
- At the very least, Nsfw threads and posts could be muted, and on by default for lurkers or potential new members. As a female, those threads reflect the sameshellie
- Lockerrom behavior I have to deal with every day and it sucks. I don't click on those threads. But if rather not see them at all if I could.shellie
- this way, everyone subs, and the ppl who want to beat off in the corner together can still do that uninterrupted.shellie
- *everyone winsshellie
- QBNers JO Crystals' lumens are over 9000!soundofreason
- Reckon all this debate is a sign of a healthy community as opposed to some heightened level of sensitivityPeterPancake
- FYI 'sensitivity', 'PC', 'triggered', 'snowflake' and 'whiny bitch' in a single post will win you the bullshit bingo ;)PeterPancake
- for 5 years no one cared, where did this nonsense come fromdrgs
- IDGAF whether it's there or not...and as long as we don't have gore and shit...illegal stuff and just vile crap, who cares? Don't click if you don't like it.BusterBoy
- And I don't mind seeing a boob at 8am,BusterBoy
- bullshit bingo? but I'm not even wrong about a single one of thosemonospaced
- @shellie, you're right, they kinda do! they also reflect that industry. I also don't click on it because I don't want to see it either. Not really an issue.monospaced
- from what I can tell, that thread is full of photos of models who do that for a living, but as a thread itself, it doesn't prey on anyonemonospaced
- I'm just saying it drives away a large portion of the working industry and wouldn't it be nice if we could opt in like we do with the QBN jingle?shellie
- I got one would like to see more women here. They have a lot to offer, and these days we makes up sometimes half of the office.shellie
- *I for one
I also wish I could edit posts up to a minute after I post so my spellcheck mistakes don't haunt me for eternity.shellie - My point was, most of the sexual, racist, or political stuff in my opinion are wholly unattractive. Can you stop running off all the chicks w/the creep squad?shellie
- This is 2018! Why are we still living like primitive cave people? (nothing against primitive cave people)SoulFly
- all this discussion cause someone wanted to post a typeface...fucking designers ruining my day with typefaces.oey
- I'm with shellie and i also wrote that a couple of years back. actually we had that NSFW button for a whileoey
- the only thing i got was downvotes.oey
- actually we could have a public voice design related and something called otheroey
- like on the top right : cover/feed/ntm/other
or something like that. i would enjoy qbn moreoey - i check Butt of the Day sometimes and every time I click I know what that means, where does it come from, what it represents, why I still click, etc...oey
- I honestly feel bad when i click, but sometimes after the click i feel good. thing is if i want i can do it somewhere else.oey
- for me when it come to someone like Simon, there's pretty of unfair comments and positions here.oey
- So maybe we could have on the top right:
cover/feed/ntm/other...oey - and i also come here for the community mostly nowadays but i started to come here for the design news mostlyoey
- I've fucking learned a lot witha lot of people here, awesome tips, always ready to help, nice links...WTF is simply awesome. i remember the first time i clickedoey
- this website/community is pretty loaded with talent, good discussions, funny psb's, and so on...sometimes i get tiredoey
- but i tend to focus on the great things. other people go without a word cause you know...oey
- they get fed up or disappointed with something they also help build in a certain direction like it or notoey
- for me it's clearly more awesome and positive than trashy or whatever and i have a nice selection of QBN bookmarks to consultoey
- i just open them to see if there's something new without even go to the homepage cause you know...set...hahahah...oey
- some stuff i wrote above i was being sarcastic but you get the idea.oey
- Sup Guises?
https://i.makeagif.c…utopian - When it's 8:53 pm and COTD is not even listed in the threads!emphor
- ^^ it'll be back, right as someone is passing your monitor, right up there, top left :-Dkingsteven
- i really can't understand how folks are so defensive of it when they admit they don't click on it... it's usually one of 3 users posting and 90% downvoted BS.kingsteven
- It's working!
There hasn't been a new post in the COTD since this blog post.
Who will be the brave soul?soundofreason - also, Butt of the Day... Boobs of the Day seem somewhat more excusable than 'CHICK of the day' - i get that it's not that sinister in reality.kingsteven
- what we have is a thread that most users don't visit, with a little ecosystem of greasy regulars unloading their vanilla porn stash. and folks triggered by thekingsteven
- idea of changing anything... who seem aware of difference between the healthy worship of the female form and sleazing over 'chicks'.kingsteven
- I think a good rule of thumb is that if the last 3 posts on any threads are yours it's time to take a break.
*cough chukkaphob *coughsoundofreason - haha, but i think the whole marychain thing got to the core of what the problem is with it. were folks that are smart enough to know its not a porn stash...kingsteven
- are effectively backing up the viewpoint of a few users that it's a place for hetro bonding over the sharing of photos of young beautiful women...kingsteven
- and the name kinda backs them up. we could have a var better healthier environment for sharing such things without the mysoginistic title.kingsteven
- i think the title's tongue in cheek, should we get rid of dude of the day as well?_niko
- as a design forum i'll say this, these girls don't roll out of bed looking like that, they work hard on their bodies, their hair, makeup, they have a team of_niko
- stylists, photographers, art directors etc, they are heavily "designed" no different or less inspirational than looking at art, cars, landscapes or any other_niko
- ...beautiful thing. I'll agree that the nsfw or nsfl threads serve no purpose in here but COTD definitely has merit and should stay._niko
- but having said that, if it means losing the few females we have on here then fuck that down with COTD! lol_niko
- if only i could opt-in for the things you all say that make me feel good and opt-out of the things that annoy me. lolololimbecile
- i think the title was maybe intended tongue and cheek, but it is 90% men in a small design community trying to bond by sharing exclusively MOR soft porn.kingsteven
- shapesalad2
What time you wake up on average?
I'm aiming for 6am.
Have been going to bed at 10pm ~ 10.30pm
So far it's been great.
Rather than having my working day time-off in the evening — when it's dark and you're tired.
Now my time off is during a lovely quiet sunrise— while my brain is sharp.
- signs you're getting oldgrafician
- Probably.shapesalad
- I’ve been doing similar for years, it’s fantastic. I do it 7 days per week and I haven’t used an alarm in years.nb
- ^I do the same. wake up time varies through the year, around 5.30 atm.uan
- Do you have to get up that early to stop you wetting the bed? I've wanted to do this, but I can't seem to find a reason whyIanbolton
- 7:30 for work, 9:00-10:30 weekendsdrgs
- Who eats ass at 6am?palimpsest
- 5:30-6am weekdays, 6:30-7:30 on weekends if alone in bed. A bit later when with a girl.NBQ00
- I read this message at 4:53am. Since then I’ve bathed, eaten, and walked my dog. It’s not even 6:30 yetimbecile
- https://i.imgur.com/…drgs
- 6am-7am for work, until 18-19... 7am-8am weekendsOBBTKN
- That's what's fun about a nursing home.palimpsest
- I'm an early bird, too. Get up between 5 and 6am, go to bed early, too. No phone in bedroom ever.SimonFFM
- I'm an early bird too. I just never saw it as a flex.palimpsest
- Same same Simon. Young kids dictate this for me tho. My 5-5:30 is really my only alone timemisterhow
- Always varies. Was going to shoot a new lens this morning, so I woke up at 4. But it's fucking pouring and the bastard's not WR so I'm SOL.garbage
- 5:01 timestamp. Just going to work out, shower and go back to bed.garbage
- Like 10amscarabin
- 11pm - 7ammaquito
- I never fully wakeup.section_014
- I wake up whenever I feel like it.pinkfloyd
- 8am, start work at 9ish finish around 18:30ish. Keep in mind Spain is in the wrong time zone.Chimp
- depends. I used to be a night-owl, up working til 1-2am... but my wife absolutely hated that. At the start of the pandemic, i realized what i actually like isexador1
- 6am, start work at 6:15amformed
- peace and quiet when i work, so rather than late nights, i switched to waking up at 6am. was easier than i thought. get up, go for a walk, make a coffee, thenexador1
- usually start work around 7am or so...exador1
- Bed 1am to 3am
Wake 10am to 11amutopian - 12pm-6.30am .. work at 10.amneverscared
- 12 am - 6.30 amneverscared
- 7-7:30 during the week depending on my son. 9am on Saturdays when my wife gets up early with him.aliastime
- Kids dictate when I get up too. Wife and I take turns each day of who gets kids up and ready for the day and the other gets a lie-in for an xtra hour or so.microkorg
- Usually about 6-7 kids are up.
If we didnt have kids we wouldn't be up that early. Definitely not early birds. I art/music late into the night.microkorg - My cat allows me to sleep in till 7am most of the time.bezoar
- 6:30am 7 days a week, I cant sleep in even if i tryYakuZoku
- 4:30 2-3 days max usually for some petting on zoom or skype, but 5-6ish average.
10am to 1pm on weekends.sted - I just can't do early wake (before 9am). I go to bed 2-3am, wake between 9-10am. No matter how hard it try my body can't wake up before 9.ArmandoEstrada
- I try to wake up art 05:00 for a year now but I mostly manage 05:30. I go to bed around 12:00. I lack sleep but I can't really fall earlier.oey_oey
- If the bedroom is cold and dark enough, I can sleep past 12drgs
- I couldn't sleep past 7 if you paid me.stoplying
- My 4 year old has us up at break of dawn. The infant has one of us up around then also. I don’t really slee anymore.monospaced
- Up at 6ish every day because two kelpies. Bed 10ish. Wouldn't have it any other way. No alarms unless travelling and who's done any of that recently.MrT
- 12am-7am Mon-Sat
12am-8am SunHayzilla
- scarabin20
I’m having a baby.
A baby-sized burrito. Big ol’ fugger with green sauce. Wish me luck
- Congrats!duckseason
- Thanks. As i sit here with it growing in my belly i can only wipe away my tears (and sour cream) and thank god for this miraclescarabin
- I miss a good burrito & I'm in MexicoGuyFawkes
- congratz, babyboom is comingmilfhunter
- She / Her / He / Him / HeHeutopian
- Say goodbye to a full night's sleepFax_Benson
- gonna have another one in the morning. with red saucesarahfailin
- get properly hydratedsted
- before you reach the perfect burrito immobilitysted
- Amazing.garbage
- Cherish the moments. They go by so fast.dbloc
- Grats! <3Akagiyama
- pics of the little guy!!GuyFawkes
- @dbloc They go *through so fast.garbage
- Name it Billyinstrmntl
- Remember to breathecannonball1978
- https://64.media.tum…pango
- Welcome to child ownership!
: )ideaist
- HijoDMaite19
Super stoked on the new greenhouse we got from our neighbor. They hadn't used it in over a year and decided to give it to us for free. Fortunately, we already had a foundation in place on the property from a previous owner. Got it with wood shelves and everything. Now, my main focus is figuring out how to properly install and secure it to the ground.
I plan to grow some rare succulents and try my hand at variegated philodendron cuttings. Some of these cuttings are being sold on Etsy for crazy prices, ranging from $5,000 to $8,000 EACH!
Does anyone on here have a greenhouse? Would love some tips! I'll keep you all updated on the progress! :-)
- Im very jelly, both fir the greenhouse, plus the space to house one.robotinc
- cool!YakuZoku
- Obsessive compulsive gardener (OCG) over here; can't wait to see what you do with it!
A bud just finished a vintage window greenhouse AND it's fantastic.
: )ideaist - that's hot!utopian
- It's time to start breeding larvae like in Blade Runner! No, seriously, good setup!OBBTKN
- Nice!scarabin
- Outsunny 6x8x7imbecile
- that is seriously awesome Hijo...exador1
- nice! looking forward to see it get filled!Squiddy
- What are the dimensions? And how long did it take you to assemble the beast?utopian
- Nice! You should also look into exotic cacti. This guy has a sweet greenhouse setup: https://www.youtube.…koma_
- utopian, pretty sure what I said earlier is correct. https://www.amazon.c…imbecile
- jealousmilfhunter
- Yea that’s the size 687. It was already built so all we had to do was throw it in the back of a pick-up truck. Super lite.HijoDMaite
- And we only had to travel five houses down the street lol. had my wife and her friend on the back of the truck 80s styleHijoDMaite
- https://www.leevalle…Gnash
- ^ Heat-Activated Window OpenerGnash
- Unless you’re always around to monitor how hot it gets in thereGnash
- Bolt dat mutha fucka down
to da ground biatch!utopian - Dig holes at each post and put a bit of concrete to secure it to the floorAQUTE
- +1canoe
- set23
- lolADP
- +1 in notes is still better to me than an up vote.!capn_ron
- that is so true, and I'd do it a little bit after I've posted so it isn't obivous I'm the one upvotingfeel
- upvotedKrassy
- upgoatedsted
- upbloatedContinuity
- brupvotedmonospaced
- or brownvotedmonospaced
- downvoted
dont get a big headkona - who is this anyway?sureshot
- The most interesting man in the world™monospaced
- the guy who never runs out of beer.sted
- The guy that doesn't always do shitset
- once upvoted to +1 you cannot downvote back to 0, only to -1drgs
- QBN-OCDprophetone
- this was at 21 upvotes. took my upvote back and downvoted, now at 19!HijoDMaite
- 17 ;)sted
- brevoted.renderedred
- upvote this stanky cuntutopian
- lol @ all hahahahasureshot
- wtf. I always upvote my posts. that's the first thing i do after I post. OF COURSE I agree with myself. Not upvoting would be lying.iCanHazQBN
- bezoar19
Started a new jobbie job as a Sculptor & Fabricator for a children's museum opening next fall.
https://www.rabbitholekc.org/- I know that love this stuff, congrats and well wishes with your new gig!utopian
- Sweet!YakuZoku
- Awesome!palimpsest
- Woohoo! Sounds fun!scarabin
- Congrats & cool!milfhunter
- This is rad! Free insight: tell the web guy to fix the "Dig Into the Process" section, the autoscroll doesn't stop and cancels plays.garbage
- congrats, looks like a really nice job :) have fun!sted
- Congrats! That sounds like a fun job.koma_
- FYI, in Scotland a 'jobbie' is the kids word for a shite.
https://www.urbandic…Nairn - Congrats either way tho :)Nairn
- lol nairnfadein11
- lolsted
- a total fabrication? Nice one~!stoplying
- Thanks fellas! I'll post some pics when I can.
@nairn I'm 30% Scottish, according to ancestry, so I'll keep that in mind now. HA!bezoar - @garbage thanks, I'll give them a heads upbezoar
- Sweet! Well done, bezoar :)Gnash
- Awesome!canoe
- Looks cool, have fun.Longcopylover
- PonyBoy22
Holy shit... I came out on top!
First thing this morning the new partner calls me into a quick private meeting and started it with: "We're going to make you whole..."
He then proceeded to add to my vacation time too... he realizes now that I worked while out of town and thinks I deserve at least one more week off before the year is out... lol... okay... done!
So... Next pay period I'm supposed to have a normal check along w/the 1/2 he snaked from last pay period and I have to take another week off in December (cuz it's gotta be by EOY... works for me). :)
Thanks for letting me vent, QBNers. <3
- Hi-5!monospaced
- Pony! Pony! Pony! Nice job.capn_ron
- awesome ;)sted
- sweet!mugwart
- Stay gold.monospaced
- get that all in writing and signed!shapesalad
- Id say congrats but you already earned it that pay. Lets say justice servedcannonball1978
- yes!oey
- i miss: they doubled my pay, uber free ride to work, zoo season ticket, the new iWach, 5% company-stake holder now. but rome was not build in a day, right?api
- life's good when it all works out, hit us up with the updates bud.helloeatbreathedrive
- Baaaam!scruffics
- Fuck yeah!davey_g
- Good! I did think you should've sat on your email and edited it a few hours later but clearly it did the trick. So he had no idea you were working on your vac.?Nairn
- He didn’t even remember he approved my time off let alone I was even GONE... dude texted ‘are you planning on showing up today’ while I was already on the...PonyBoy
- ...other side of the country. What’s really ironic is the night before I left he bumped into my wife and I shopping for fucking luggage for our tripPonyBoy
- As I responded to your previous post - it sounds very much like They fucked up, so I'm glad for you that they've attempted to redress the situation.Nairn
- Good for you Pony!utopian
- People are generally good, especially if you give them the chance to be.. even assholes.SteveJobs
- cannonball197813
My woman wants a break from our relationship. So do I. She wont get the help she needs. Cant push, cant be helped. At a loss.
- Also my dig is dying from kidney failure. Looking forward to dealing with crushing sorrow alone.cannonball1978
- :( I'm sorry cannonball that sucks on 2 counts. I'm always pleasantly surprised at the love on here, don't be afraid to reach out, there will be support.BuddhaHat
- Aw man. Sounds tough. You're never alone when you're on QBN though. Stay vocal mate xIanbolton
- sad to hear cannon.. You will get stronger out of this.milfhunter
- So sorry man :( Hope you can get in a better route soon... you deserve to be happyOBBTKN
- Fuck, that's rough. You know where to find us, cannon.Continuity
- She has kidney problems?drgs
- Anything you need let me know.HijoDMaite
- Invest in yourself.shapesalad
- Women are overrated as fuck, spend some quality time with your doggocrazyprick
- We got you!
Hijo's gonna hook you up with summadat sweet AI porn.palimpsest - Can't bounce back until you hit rock bottom.i_monk
- TBH, I've never really bounced back. Always just kind of thudded.Continuity
- I meant her. She won't get the help she needs until she's convinced she needs to, and that means hitting bottom.i_monk
- Every end is a new beginning.ApeRobot
- Agreed with staying vocal. We're a dumb, tiny little space, but we're a fucking community.garbage
- Maybe she has a reason for wanting to break? obviously this is one sided story and you said 'she needs help' which already sounds rude and belittling.hydro74
- Bros before hoes.palimpsest
- She can go tell her story to her people.
We already had the pockets incident.palimpsest - The only way to get out of a hole is to stop digging; @i_monk spoke to this.
BBBUUUTTT also bros > hoes; @palimpsest spoke to this.ideaist - ..."bro" in this case is yourself. Take care of yourself / health is wealth.
x
oideaist - Feels like a lot commentary without the full story.. reading between the lines, I’m sensing one thing is being chosen over another on her behalfautoflavour
- And you will never win against addiction..autoflavour
- BuddhaHat was right. As quick as some of us are to snipe at each other, we're generally even faster to lend a helping hand to a fellow QBNr... reach out to usexador1
- if you need us dude. After 20+ years of chatting with each other, at this point, we're kinda all here to help.exador1
- So sorry. I feel your pain. I might lose my girl and my job and my aunt died last week. She was almost 99. It's not dark yet but it's getting there.CyBrainX
- Keep in touch with those who will listen.CyBrainX
- Word, exador... All the best cannon!OBBTKN
- Sadly, if another won't respect your boundaries the next thing you HAVE to do is defend your own. Not easy, but if you don't how can u expect another to?whatthefunk
- Sorry to hear, shit sucks!whatthefunk
- painful, sorry cannon :(utopian
- @hydro74 I’m not sure where you’re getting that or why youd jump to that. People need help sometimes and wont get it (even when they agree they do).cannonball1978
- Thanks for the love. Just sitting here petting my buddy who is shaking from pain. Can only give a dog so much pain meds.cannonball1978
- Sorry to hear you are in a similar boat CybrainX. Whats keeping me from not crying myself to sleep is continuing to be a person in the world. And drawing.cannonball1978
- @cannon just saying, you pushed her under the bus with a rando 'she needs help' line. Love you (qbn fam 4 life) but. can't go you good she is fucked w/o contexthydro74
- We're not bringing our next guest.
This ain't Maury.palimpsest - No call for you to instruct me on sides or to police the word “help” or evaluate anything. Theres no sides. Im saying I'm having a hard time. Thats it.cannonball1978
- I’m not looking for sympathy “against” anyone. I love her immensely and wish things were working out better for us and it hurts that it isn’t.cannonball1978
- I think I finally got it.
This about suggesting that a woman would need help.
Gold!palimpsest - Hydro, you silly goose. Stick to what you're good at, which is doing the same vector shit over and over and over and over and over and over and over and overcrazyprick
- Women have smaller skeletal size and bone mass than males. Of course they need helpcrazyprick
- SimonFFM27
I would just like to say that this community is wonderful. Before CoVid I came here less often. Now I am here way too often and post too much but I feel connected to you people without knowing any of you in person.
Anyways, I hope to be back working again from September (as I am finally fully vaxxed).
This will mean less posts by me, but I wanted to say thanks for being here for me during not so easy times. Honestly mean it.
- Top 10 QBNer [hugs because we can now]grafician
- this place has kept me sane and insane for 20+ years. all the best.fadein11
- and before someone questions my length of member(!)ship, I was banned once.fadein11
- and should've said, I've worked alone for 20 years. God I made this all about me didn't I... Anyway, all the best!fadein11
- Yeah.... when real life is harsh, here is always qbn.shapesalad
- Same same you lovely peopleMrT
- Great to have you Simon! I think you’re a wonderful artist and a cool guy. Stay around! :)maquito
- GROUP HUG!pango
- 15 yrs!. NOT BANNED YET!!!!pango
- Lol pangomaquito
- Good onya mate...you'll be back to shooting naked chicks before you know it! :)BusterBoy
- :Djagara
- Nutter25
First new years alone. 2023 literally can't be worse than 2022, and hope I can slowly move forward from the personal anguish this year brought about.
Best of luck to everyone in the new year.
- Happy New Year, Nutter... best of luck to you <3PonyBoy
- thanks, you too PonyboyNutter
- You're never alone, qbn will always be trolling your life.
Happy new year, 2023 will be better.Longcopylover - Have a great new one mate!grafician
- Happy New Year :)Akagiyama
- HNY Nutter, all the very best <3Continuity
- All my love, such as it can be, for the next year and all those thereafter, Nutter. I hope you find a path that brings you light and love xxNairn
- HNY Nutter and you all <3OBBTKN
- What Nairn said! <3sea_sea
- shellie29
My face this Saturday for my improv final show. Will I nail a monologue? It's a toss up. Will I be funny? All signs point to bleh. Will I lose all words when I spot my friends and family in the audience? For sure. Three strikes and you're Dane Cook.
- Why you gotta shit on Dane? Such an LA comment hahahahadocpoz
- Your face would be a lot blacker tho. Just sayindocpoz
- Wat?pewdiepie
- wtf doc?LMFAO
- yeah cause Shellie is black, duhdocpoz
- you're a prick, doc. can someone handle him already?shellie
- uh, black is beautiful. yea handle me, gangsta Marco Rubiodocpoz
- https://media.tenor.…docpoz
- shellie was the troll all alongdocpoz
- WTF dude.sea_sea
- here comes the muscle.docpoz
- break a leg, shellz ;)PonyBoy
- any possibility one of your buddies can live stream for us here huh? best of luck, i mean thathelloeatbreathedrive
- I think you have some mental health problems Doc.PhanLo
- Good luck Shellie!PhanLo
- Phanlos mother has mental problemsdocpoz
- You must be quite unhappy man.PhanLo
- I'm happy when with your momdocpoz
- Good for you son, good for you.
You'll need to deal the with your unhappiness one way or the other.PhanLo - Creaming your moms face is blissdocpoz
- moldero14
wife: brings home a stray cat
me: WTF is this shit, we already have a cat and a pit bull, it's going to stress out all the animals including the new cat
wife: but, blah blah, poor cat, blah blah, so cute, blah blah, needs home, blah blah, yoga hippie shit.1 month passes, we all fall in love with the new cat, but original cat is still stressed out, pit bull "seems fine" with new cat.
me: 20 minutes ago repeating in my head "don't say I told you so, don't say I told you so" as im burying the cat by the beach while the wife is crying because our pit bull did pit bull stuff to the new cat.
- ripGnash
- damnmonospaced
- yoga hippie shit lolpango
- Holy shit your OG cat is a Boss!HijoDMaite
- um, "pit bull stuff?"whatthefunk
- Pfft... Oh my, someone planned that.robotron3k
- Face palmshellie
- who bought the pit bull?sandpipe
- Beach burial? Better than most get - hefty bag > communal garbage binfuturefood
- https://i.imgur.com/…utopian
- Your dog is a psychopathi_was
- better repeating it on qbn.com than your wife!hotroddy
- so your old cat convinced the dog to kill the new one. your cat is a psychosted
- shiet. yea I dunno about pit pulls. especially when it has the taste for blood like that.inteliboy
- Epic post that played out like a movie in my head !
P.S. RIP new catKrassy - You: *to wife while digging grave* You seeing this? Huh? You see whats happening here, don't you? Remember what I said?cannonball1978
- Pitbull stuff is better than butt stuff resulting in the cat's demise.
*cough* Sorry to hear about the little fella.Gucci - Can't blame the dog for doing dog stuff... You bring a random in it's space it's a goner! My little Shiba would do the samenecromation
- Have a picture of old cat and pit bull high fiving in the laundry...pit bull laughing like Mutley.BusterBoy
- I suggest the following title.
Yoga Hippy Shit vs Pit Bull StuffCyBrainX - oh hell nocanoe
- you married?!?!!?CALLES
- Gardener18
Blimey, it was 22 years ago today that I went to this all-nighter at a warehouse on the opposite side of the Thames to the Millennium Dome. I have good memory of sets by Boards of Canada (who have only ever played live once since this show) and Aphex Twin who I remember playing Take On Me by A-ha at 78rpm over blasting electronic noises to great effect. It was also one of those gigs when the only way to stay up all night dancing about was to drop a few e's which really kept me going as everyone was well into the party mood. I also recall seeing Bjork wandering about and it was indeed an Incredible Party!
- what a lineupfadein11
- graceful of you!OBBTKN
- How the fuck did I miss that?!
I was living in London then :(Nairn - How did you know it was 78rpmdrgs
- as it was played REALLY fast! but it was possible to make out what it was -Take on meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeGardener
- went to something v similar a few yrs later in the Big Breakfast studios at Old Ford Lock where Aphex Twin played inside a purpose-built igloo.Fax_Benson
- I was probably in bed at 10pm that day.shapesalad
- i want to go there thread...neverscared
- wow you saw Boards of Canada live?inteliboy
- incredible.inteliboy
- BoC played All Tomorrows Parties festival 6 months later and since then nothing, they would break the net if they announced live show nowGardener
- ah yes, I recall seeing BoC in a tent at Phoenix Festival in '97 too, I remember that more for Bowie in his D&B phase though
https://i.imgur.com/…Gardener - Whoah, amazing!thumb_screws
- Plaid played live? I swear I’m the only person I know in the US who has even heard of them. I prefer to call them Andy Handley. :Dimbecile
- Heh, Plaid weren't much to look at live at the time. had good visuals in the mid 00s. Kinda crazy Prefuse 73 was doing Warp gigs that early. LP dropped 2003kingsteven
- I was prob in the same mental state as you this night, 5,500K miles away, at Club Giant in Hollywood. Then end up at house in West Hills poolside.HijoDMaite
- I had an Andrea Parker DJ kicks mix I likedHijoDMaite
- I've seen Plaid live twice, but was obviously 'a bit' wasted both times, because it was only years later I realised they're a duo. I thought it was just a dude.Nairn
- bogdan live must have been wildcotton
- i read it was 2 guys andy turner
& ed handley, always took a second look thinking ed hardy then made myself laugh with andy handley. the dumb things we rememberimbecile - had i never read it, i would have remained ignorant to the entire affair, couldn't tell you where I read it though. same magazine brought me plug and sporimbecile
- What a ridiculously amazing lineup! Some point you're going to have to admit you've met Banksy because you've at least met one of them.garbage
- ie the main one is implicated in this overwhelmingly jealousy-inducing flyer.garbage
- This is just the ticket, I've tried to keep all my stubs over the years but for all the raves & festivals I went to I only have memoriesGardener
- You hoard in good ways. But really, is one of the Banksy's in this group? Without outing them, of course.garbage
- Banksy used to personally reply to emailsinteliboy
- But which Banksy was it? It's not one dude. He's floated around some of these bands. Broken Social Scene as well.garbage
- Plaid playing in London at the print works on 5th nov, hoping to go so can see Andy s
Stott live (I’m well too old for this)dee-dubs
- Rendle11
Hello, I'm Ren.
Long time lurker of QBN. I found it when registration was closed, years and years ago now, and have lurked most days since. It's a cool place... lots of cunts with good humour, most of the time - I like it. I thought I'd finally sign up and get involved.
I'm an illustrator and graphic designer from the wonderful shit-pit that is London. Maybe I'll post some of my work in the recent work thread.... Nice thread by the way.
- Hi!fadein11
- hey! fill out the bio section on your profile or you will be banned after 24 hours.sted
- ... and make sure you pick a side.microkorg
- you cunt!sureshot
- just kidding of coursesureshot
- Get this fucking troll out of here.
amirite guyz?!?!?
:Dsofakingback - any relation to Wendell?Fax_Benson
- I remember wendellCalderone2000
- Mr Wendell?
I have that song in my head now.Rendle - "most of the time"monospaced
- Any relations to our very own very very special "Numbers Guy"?utopian
- RIP Wendell. Crazy that the tazer to the balls killed him like that. QBN Drinks are crazy nights!microkorg
- @mono, yes "most of the time" the humour here is good. Most of the time.Rendle
- I wasn't asking :)monospaced
- Well I'm tellingRendle
- :)Rendle
- Mono of the dayset
- Set is our QBN's very special little guy.utopian
- All I did was quote the guy because it was funny ... why is that an issue for you, set?monospaced
- Rendle, just say if you want to become an admin. It's quite time consuming but the pay is good.microkorg
- Utopian lacks brain cells and humour but he's harmless, bless him.set
- Green username means you could quite possibly be an actual extra-terrestrial visitor.monospaced
- Cheers!
https://m.youtube.co…futurefood - Finally someone who isn't yuri!maquito
- lol at everyone - much I try to hate/leave this place its still great at times.fadein11
- https://pbs.twimg.co…ernexbcn
- Green=Loves TrumpBeeswax
- If you upgrade your membership to Gold you'll get access to QBNpro.i_monk
- Haha. This place is every day comedyset
- No matter what anyone around here tells you about set...he is not autistic, he is just a cunt.utopian
- http://p.fod4.com/p/…scarabin
- https://media.giphy.…kona
- Set alt? hahasince1979
- Ummm?set
- Hey look!! We got a new cunt!!pango
- http://i.imgur.com/S…Continuity
- 'It's a cool place' <-- You're smoking something you ought not be smoking, son.Continuity
- I'm not falling for this one again.detritus
- In May it will be 15 years for me. Wow, I'm a cunt.CyBrainX
- cuntanoia an original qbn diseasested
- Welcome! New Cunt!pango
- Welcome! You can grow old with us.formed
- i wonder how many lurkers this place hasscarabin
- hi ren :)sea_sea
- freddddddddddd back?bklyndroobeki
- Hi Ren. I'm in Leeds. Glad to see you signed up. What's your favourite colour?Ianbolton
- Did you pick a side yet?microkorg
- stoplying24
Yesterday was so great. I brought my boys 6 & 8 down to the lake to go skating and "play hockey". We brought our sticks and a puck and we would meet some neighbors and just goof around. I played hockey as a kid and my kids are learning (and improving).
We got onto the ice and saw some other guys looking to start a game so if they were okay with my kids playing, then we'd all join. There were two 50+ year old Polish dudes, a young high school stud, and a few other guys who clearly still play in mens leagues so the level of skill was up.
We played for over two hours with me holding my own, even scoring a few goals, and my kids did great. The best part was I would pass to my kids and everyone would back off and let them skate up to the goal and shoot. I was really touched by that and it was a really memorable day.
I'm so unbelievably sore today that it's laughable. Groaning every time I get up from a chair but it was so worth it.- Lucky you, you and your sons will remember this day forever.OBBTKN
- That sounds like a bloody good day.slappy
- That is life well lived.shapesalad
- awesome!BaskerviIle
- I used to get to play with grown ups when I was a kid. And I always thought to myself "look how good I'm doing, I can totally hold my own"bogue
- It's now clear that grown ups were making some room for a little kid to feel good about themselves and be stoked about the game.bogue
- I bet those kids of yours won't forget yesterday anytime soon. I know I can still picture those sessions 30 years later.bogue
- Lovelymort_
- amazing, I jwas just saying how much I wanted to do this with my kids as well, the conditions are perfect this year,_niko
- Old time hockey. Like Eddie Shore.JackRyan
- That's an unbelievably great experience! Been in and out of beer league hockey for close to 15 years now, but here in Southern California I do roller hockey...nocomply
- Bringing the boys to open skate time at the outdoor roller hockey rink isn't quite the same.nocomply
- thanks for sharing the story! sounds like a great day on ice, specially for dad. parents deserve worry free days like these!api
- Cool Dad!utopian
- PonyBoy18
I got my new iPhone 13 pro max thing yesterday... didn't activate it until about 2am this morning right before taking my dog on our nightly walk (we go out for about 45 mins between 2 and 4am nearly every morning).
I obviously need to learn how to use these new features (and I realize that HDR is more than likely turned on - sorry for the oversaturated nonsense)... just fucking around tho — the night exposure settings let you create some cool shots that you couldn't take just an iteration or two down in phones.
- Grand!Nairn
- woah, lovely shotsfadein11
- Fog w light is so beautiful! What do they look like when you look at them full res in Ps?formed
- I've got a library of gorgeous sunrises (view from my office), but when I open in Ps you can tell it was on a phone.formed
- Lovely shots! Makes me want to move back to somewhere with fog.formed
- Very cool ... my iphone11 takes some decent nighttime pics but not as good as theseRamanisky2
- Nice!Gnash
- beautifully moody imagesdopepope
- Stunning_niko
- The covered bridge one is nice!fooler
- Lovely!sea_sea
- Super nice.
+ another for 2am walkies.MrT - thx all <3
formed, some of them open quite nicely in Ps... sharp / clean... but yeah — there's still some of that 'shot on a phone' blending / grain going onPonyBoy - So moody. Love them!Continuity
- Use Halide.app and shoot rawgrafician
- Did you bump into E.T.?faxion
- Awesome shots! Your dog was probably like "Why the fuck do we keep stopping???"elahon
- Fantastic shots! The new low light capabilities of the iPhones is crazy.Chimp