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  • milfhunter16

    blog

    Will become a dad in 3 days. Wish me luck.

    • congrats!dopepope
    • Woot!YakuZoku
    • The hunter becomes the prey.palimpsest
    • you better get some sleep now. good luck!uan
    • Username soon to check outnb
    • how many kids does she have?canoe
    • 3 days? Scheduled birth? May everything go well, take good care of the mother and sleep when she doesn't.OBBTKN
    • Username is a fraud :)utopian
    • @OBBTKN DNA paternity testing is 3 days.sted
    • just jokin :) congrats! @utopiansted
    • where the fun isn'tcherub
    • fuuuck I read I will become dead in 3 days and was a) worried for you and b) concerned at the cuntiness of qbners in the notes. But I see you said dad. RIP ;)_niko
    • LOL _niko:
      "congrats!"
      "Woot!"
      palimpsest
    • Congrats. Parenthood is a crazy and incredibly rewarding adventure. Nothing else you do in life will come close to the legacy you leave via your kid(s).mg33
    • Found that milf in the end.cruddlebub
    • Plot twist: dead dadcherub
    • mg has all the marketing brochuressted
  • nb4
    • Your State Farm agent?misterhow
    • The words “deny,” “defend” and “depose” were found on the shell casings discovered at the scene of the shooting, ABC News reported, citing police sources.nb
    • conspiracies started yet?renderedred
    • Jesus, he looks like a goblin too.Nairn
    • https://www.dailymai…renderedred
    • https://www.qbn.com/…PhanLo
    • To work in the health industry, the guy did not look goodOBBTKN
    • he just needed to make the $$$ not be healthy. and he did, in spades.hans_glib
    • Fuck them all._niko
    • goblin is rightkingsteven
    • I'm guessing those security islands all the billionnaires have been buying up will finally start getting some use, if this is the start of something.Nairn
    • Karma is a bitchdibec
    • rest in boiling piss, you fucking ghoul.face_melter
    • grey blob, Tim Walz, says '...a terrible loss for the business and healthcare community in Minnesota' yup. there you have it. a loss for the business communityface_melter
    • Thin lips, and eyes like two piss holes in the snow.Continuity
    • To be fair, the photographer who took this clearly had an agenda to make him look bad lulznb
    • looks pretty healthy compared to the future president of the us and a... a little bronzer here and there he looks fab....neverscared
    • I don't think some people get much rest on these paradise islands... watching the chef handle knives and machetes ;)OBBTKN
    • I think supercat said it best;
      https://youtu.be/HRn…
      _niko
    • If you would like to appeal the fatal gunshot, please call 1-800-555-1234 with case # 123456789P to initiate a peer to peer within 48 hours of the fatal gun shLeigh
    • https://futurism.com…Leigh
    • ^ +1PhanLo
    • UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson died doing what he loved - increasing shareholder value https://i.imgur.com/…PhanLo
    • My sis works for this co.stoplying
    • https://www.theguard…renderedred
    • OBBTKN "To work in the health industry, the guy did not look good"
      How does one "look" to work in insurance?
      mg33
    • https://i.imgur.com/…Nairn
    • my brother works for this company too. “a really nice guy” according to him. whatever that means.scruffics
    • looks like a pederast to mesarahfailin
    • Using AI to deny 90% of elderly claims https://litigationtr…monNom
    • Apparently they removed the photos of all senior management from their website.monNom
    • I was on a UnitedHealthcare plan during 2021 — they contested every single medical thing they supposedly covered.evilpeacock
    • These white collar criminals never go to jail.canoe
    • Free market healthcare gives this guy a job. The system is horrible. Nobody gains anythingIanbolton
  • canoe9

    blog

    Good morning my loves, come out and PAH LAY EEEE EE

    • Snowpiercer.palimpsest
    • Yipikayay!OBBTKN
    • This is how you do winter!grafician
    • You appear to have plenty of space to build up a kicker to fire up your 1974 Raider Double Eagle and easily send'er backflip style over that there road gapprophetone
    • that is some proper snowsted
    • sweetmilfhunter
    • ha - prophet
      with a cigar, no helmet
      canoe
    • i mean of course, with a can of Wildcatprophetone
  • utopian1
  • zaq3
    • Valerio Minato spent 6 years capturing the perfect moon, mountain, and basilica alignmentzaq
    • prompt?Krassy
  • PonyBoy3

    Earthquake Of The Day

    M 7.0 - 63 km WNW of Petrolia, CA

    Tsunami warning west coast USA...

    https://earthquake.usgs.gov/eart…

    • Surfs up!YakuZoku
    • Oh. Good?
      This is what we need right now.
      Nairn
    • @YakuZoku is correct; the coast giveth AND taketh.ideaist
    • tsunami cancelled (according to latest BBC report)Gardener
  • Nairn5
  • where_am_i2

    Show some recent work

    not really work but didnt know where to put it. Opened up zbrush yesterday and started messing around, kinda forgot it ships with c4d now. And saw someone using their cintiq so thought Id give it a shot. Loved how it feels like sketching but with clay. Man I wish I had this when I was a kid. Had been looking at some old spawn comics so took inspiration from that. Love the roughness, like a bronze cast statue. Never liked the smooth models I've seen. Anyway if yo have a tablet or a screen tablet it is super fun to play with!

    https://imgur.com/iifmHBt

    • Keep at it. It gets addicting.dopepope
    • dude! I was just about to write that I saw you crushing it years back and how you just progressed like crazy!where_am_i
    • darksted
    • Ha, thanks. Been using Zbrush since 2009. But Professionally since about 2014. Damn, time flies.dopepope
    • @dope i really struggle with the navigation, hopefully gets easier. Compared to c4d and houdini its like counter intuitivewhere_am_i
    • It does, just requires a TON of daily practice. But once you get a groove, u can do custom UI pallets, and makes things way easier.dopepope
    • Great work! I've been meaning to get into ZBrush. I've used C4D sculpting with a Wacom and love it. ZBrush is way better than C4D's native sculpting.CyBrainX
    • cheers, @dope would you mind if I mailed you?where_am_i
  • elahon3
    • open season on cunts._niko
    • Yes indeed, and he's not going to be the last. I'll have my popcorn ready.elahon
    • The sooner people realize that the enemy isn’t each other ie bud light drinking trans folk vs hillbilly Jim but the poor masses vs the 1% is the real struggle_niko
    • The sooner we’ll realize we’re being played as fools and the sooner we’ll have a just fair and prosperous society for all._niko
    • @niko the optimistrenderedred
    • SUCK ON MY WORDS FOR A WHILE,
      CHOKE ON THE TRUTH OF A MILLION DEAD
      face_melter
    • @niko the realist. we are in so much denial. they do us wrong left and right. scalp demcanoe
    • Soon! New gun purchase restrictions on those that have had health insurance denials.BabySnakes
  • hans_glib11
  • palimpsest4
  • grafician3

    Artificial Intelligence

    https://deepmind.google/discover…

    "Genie 2: A large-scale foundation world model"

    "Today we introduce Genie 2, a foundation world model capable of generating an endless variety of action-controllable, playable 3D environments for training and evaluating embodied agents. Based on a single prompt image, it can be played by a human or AI agent using keyboard and mouse inputs."

    • Gaming industry dedgrafician
    • Duz it memba wot it did tho?Nairn
    • They says uno minuto, then kapoot, early stage techografician
    • i used to underestimate my plumber too then i tried my hand at it... turns out my plumber was really good and just made it look easy.jonny_quest_lives
    • Fascinatingmonospaced
    • World Building AI Modeling will take over within a year.utopian
    • Cray-zieprophetone
    • cool if all you want to make is generic-ass, dull and repetetive third-person walkathons devoid of any creativity.face_melter
    • also, ha ha, let's celebrate the boiling down of a creative industry and people losing their jobs to more miserable AI slop because execs chase profit.face_melter
    • https://i.imgur.com/…utopian
    • wowmilfhunter
    • Grow with the flowneverscared
    • our jerbspalimpsest
    • I do not want to hate on AI generate stuff's because it's new tech etc.....but i fucking hate the direction it's taking.ApeRobot
    • I was working on a game for most of this year, there were so many tests and feedback changes to get it to work better.
      Not sure AI will get that.
      PhanLo
    • Real value is in Super Mario Trademark but oknb
    • lol didn't Google Stadia also kill the games industry?MrT
  • mort_17

    Show some recent work

    Volume 3 of my Broken Rhythms series is up now for all you bass and breaks heads.

    https://soundcloud.com/mort70/br…

  • YakuZoku64

    Billionaires

    Upvote money trash panda for a .05% chance to be a billionaire in 27 days

    • come on raccoon ! I mean pandasrhadden
    • coon-asscanoe
    • Carnaaa ya stripey bastard!sab
    • The Odds Is Too Damn Highutopian
    • can we 40?utopian
    • lol trash pandastoplying
    • There are still 50 people here?yuekit
    • I get that they're in actuality a bit of a pain in the arse to you namericans, but i fucking love raccoons. I really wish we had them here in blighty.Nairn
    • If I became a billionnaire I'd buy a mid-sized Scottish Island and let loose viable colonies of Racoons and Honey Badgers and just see what happens.Nairn
    • I'm member 53. Cool.stewart
    • If I become a billionaire, I'm getting everyone a pizza. What do you want on yours?Akagiyama
    • can we get 60?utopian
    • While paddling in the middle of the everglades, kinda lost, we found our chickee, the next morning there was a raccoon begging. I've never felt so bad...canoe
    • The everglades are the LEAST hospitable place in the world - notice how you NEVER see a survival show in the Everglades. "Poor little bugger".canoe
    • Snake food!YakuZoku
  • cherub0

    Wordpress Discussion

    QBN, can I see your WP cheat sheet? Please?

    What are your go to Wordpress Plugins that tend to get installed on most of your sites during a fresh install of wordpress?

    "But it's site dependant..." OK, for example I am a cook and I use my site to showcase my cooking videos and cooking course (which they have to join to access).

    Apparently the top 3 are:
    ACF*
    Wordfence
    Yoast SEO

    For a beginner like me, it makes sense to put notes besides to say WHY u need the plugin or at least name the category. Wordfence - firewall
    Yoast SEO - SEO

    ACF* there are so many versions of this plugin I am baffled which one is the one I'm supposed to choose. And apparently the one everyone names, is either gone altogether or not free bcuz I can't find it. I want free, no signup if possible.

    Those came from reddit. I copied/pasted another list below. NO clue if it's reliable or not. That's why I asked to see your own WP plugin cheat sheet.

    QUOTE

    "Not a specific plugin, but maybe categories that would add a plugin:

    Security: a firewall (e.g. Wordfence, iThemes), or some smaller plugins to protect logins

    Cache: WP Rocket, LiteSpeed Cache

    SEO: Rank Math SEO, Yoast SEO, The SEO Framework

    Image Optimization: ShortPixel, Smush

    Link Shortener: Pretty Link, Redirection

    Ad Management: AdRotate, Ad Inserter

    Contact Form: Contact Form 7, WP Forms

    Backup: All-in-One WP Migration, Updraft Plus, Duplicator

    Spam Protection: Akismet Anti-Spam, Antispam Bee"

    source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Wordpre…

    • Sounds about right, I typically use most of those. Plus elemntor to build._niko
    • Beaver builder (more light weight pages than elementor)YakuZoku
    • Really does depend but I keep it to as few as possible. Dislike builders. I wouldn't use half of these on a small site that wasn't getting heavy traffic.webazoot
    • Thanks for the answers guys. Since I wasn't waaaaayyyy off I guess I *am* beginning to learn wordpress... whoa. A christmas miracle! :)cherub
    • off topic: where is sausages? he was helpful. it seems his qbn was deleted, and now there are ***** instead of his name. Anyone know why?cherub
    • bcs sausages is a banned word in the qbmllm.renderedred
    • probably since keir starmer said "release the sausages"cherub
  • Horp20

    blog

    Nairn's blog about a quarter of a century of QBN has given me a touch of the melancholy.

    We're (broadly, some of us) the only generation that knew and operated in a world before the www, before groups, before forums, before social media, before digital on demand. We've experienced the entire arc from zero to the peak and now down the other side.

    The amount of change in that time is phenomenal. I started off using whatever Yahoo Groups was before it became Yahoo Groups. I'd guess that was 1997.

    Now I think even the big powerful social media brands/platforms are slowly losing cultural relevance. They're still huge, still being used by very large numbers of people... but what they can do is limited by what they are and we all get tired of the media eventually. They aren't inherently exciting anymore. We know what we're going to get.

    There was a time when it was all so fascinating that I was in danger of losing purchase on real world obligations due to a constant burning desire to be exploring the vast possibility of online living and the new experiment in communication and discovery. All via dial-up for a very long time, and that added to the sense of adventure. The sound of jacking in to the alterverse and the fact it took time to get there. Transportative, if such a word exists.

    Now I genuinely struggle to find anything to hold my interest online. The thousands of weird, kooky, idiosyncratic websites, platforms, gatherings, experiments got funnelled into global brand platforms with nothing thrilling to offer. There is no internet anymore.

    I pick my phone up, flick on to Reddit, flick over to QBN daily, and flick onto a few news platforms, and that's it. I'm done.

    Even with QBN it now feels like it could be winding down. No fresh intake, just a dwindling circle of stalwarts who often don't even seem to enjoy each other's company.

    And me watching silently through a window, but with less enthusiasm with each passing day.

    ENTERTAIN ME, OR LOSE MY PATRONAGE FOREVER.

    • You have to wonder who will post the final post here before it's abandoned to an indifferent silence or it's taken offline by a disinterested caretaker.Horp
    • It wont be me. I never post here anymore.Horp
    • It's me, isn't it.Horp
    • i feel this tho.. for real, there was a moment when the internet was full of wonder and pushing the envelope. now its just cookie cutter content and formautoflavour
    • there must be something somewhere interesting happeningautoflavour
    • Good post. I feel this.nocomply
    • ↑ Agreed.BuddhaHat
    • '97 i was in 7th grade pirate'ing photoshop 4.0 from my computer science teacher to make quake skins :DArchitectofFate
    • And I agree, adventure is a word taught, but seldom experienced in 2025ArchitectofFate
    • I share each of your words.OBBTKN
    • i doubt it ... i would rather say theres a lot more idiosyncratic art the pushes the envelope online now... the next generation is not a let down to me...neverscared
    • i would rather say aesthetics are flying quite well and the older generation might have problems to keep up...neverscared
    • Horp. I feel this. But, come over to Discord, we've got something for you.Continuity
    • when the wireless age kicked in it was fantastic compared to before...neverscared
    • This is the last forum I follow and your post made me abit sad..its so truetony77
    • It’s settled then, we make a pact like the flying hellfish from the Simpsons. Last man standing gets the lol cube._niko
    • your post is sad but true - but I'm hooked on QBN!stoplying
    • feed or leave.sted
    • I think we're all in the same boat (as usual). I've decided that this is my mystical era. I've embraced the 'old man' status myself. Ride the wave. Let go.misterhow
    • "I genuinely struggle to find anything to hold my interest online" < the entire post is about why qbn isn't that place anymore.sted
    • and i hope you might be able to have conversations, and perhaps even arguments, with people you don't particularly like.sted
    • QBN has special dogmatic intensity that has allowed it to last. Good or bad most of the conversations have effort put into them. Laziness is not tolerated.slappy
    • Your post is an example of why I still come here, probably the best thing I will read today, thanks.slappy
    • MAKE QBN GREAT AGAINautoflavour
    • fucking oath. or as us aussies say. 'ken oath.ephix
  • Gardener3

    80's-90's MEMORIES

    nb's post inspired me to dig out this audio monstrosity from 1984

    • clearly remember being in school as a 6 year old learning and singing the "two all beef patties, special sauce" song with Ronald Mcdonald in some kind of twiste_niko
    • ...twisted pep rally in tha auditorium. Just madness._niko
    • Predates the weirdest McSong: Mac Tonight.garbage
  • OBBTKN2

    blog

    Regarding my addiction to citrus fruits (especially tangerines) during the winter, I just discovered that you can overdose on vitamin C!

    • i think you just pee out the extra vit c your body doesn't needhans_glib
    • https://www.npr.org/…palimpsest
    • I'm eating tangerines because I love them, not because I'm looking for super vitamins. That, and because it's better than smoking for a 50-year-old like me ;)OBBTKN
    • Yes, that's what addiction looks like.palimpsest
    • LOL @paliOBBTKN
    • I am Team Clementinesgrafician
    • winter is my favourite fruit time. I plow through bags of mandarins and at least one pomegranate dailyGnash
    • mmm, the color of pomegranatesGnash
    • Yes!OBBTKN
    • Is it like anti-scurvy? Do you grow extra teeth?skinny_puppy
    • I had to look it up on Google... I had no idea what scurvy was until now. I eat citrus because I love them ¯\_(ツ)_/¯OBBTKN
    • Want to have a laugh?
      I enrolled my eldest in Spanish classes at the Instituto Cervantes years back.
      palimpsest
    • They were studing the Magellan expedition and he came back with homework on "Escorbuto".palimpsest
    • Since his explanation wasn't clear I thought Escorbuto was either a ship or an island. I had trouble finding it on a map.palimpsest
    • There is a belief that the Basques made long sea voyages with their cellars full of cider to avoid the "Escorbuto" (scurvy)...OBBTKN
    • It wasn't true, because cider doesn't have vitamin C. But surely the long month-long trip was more pleasant, LOLOBBTKN
    • Imagine sailing across the Atlantic with the means of the 16th century... I would also take cider.OBBTKN
    • The Basque approach: I might have scurvy but I don't care!palimpsest
  • PhanLo4
    • For a better tomorrow, in so many wordsnb
    • All your basei_monk
    • More of thiscanoe
  • utopian0
    • Where do these helmets find time to post this shit on Linkedin?utopian
    • Rob Dance | 2nd Tech Entrepreneur | 2x CEO & Founder | Author | Keynote Speaker | Follow for daily posts about Mindset, Personal Growth, and Leadershiputopian
    • → Why are your teeth so white?Nairn
    • Rob, do you want to dance with me? Prick?OBBTKN
    • "I don't care" like no excuse for missing work? or get your work done and do whatever with your time?akiersky
    • yeh, its just a corny motivational gagkingsteven
    • @akiersky.... exactly.... iam sick of dudes who cant even write down what they want .....neverscared
    • Can you teach me the Watusi?stoplying
    • lol@face
      lol@hand
      lol@legs
      lol@CEO
      sted
    • I hope he can hold on tight to that douchebag factory CEO level shit, the world needs these examples.sted
    • “Can I have a late lunch?” Looooooollnb
    • if it means he is fine with people doing all those things without asking him for permission then cool, otherwise what a dumb assNutter