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    Do any of you tell your design coworkers about this place?

    • Hell no, this is my escape, I don't want them hereYakuZoku
    • nope nope and nope. This is our thing, everyone else can fuck off._niko
    • I tell people about a design forum, but never tell them the site addressPhanLo
    • its our dirty little secret.utopian
    • No, they are youthful and unjaded.slappy
    • don't do it
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    • Same as PhanLo, they know there's a site I frequent, I never ever mention the name.BuddhaHat
    • Just say I visit a cranky design blog from time to time ; )antimotion
    • Yes, but I keep it vague.bezoar
    • Yes, like fight club they’re aware I frequent, but I never show them the soap.MrT
    • I told a coworker to check this place out once. He said he visited, but everyone was really mean to him... I can see that. But I wouldn’t change a thing.monNom
    • Vague if ever even mentionedVandal7
    • I've tried to explain, and sometimes my girlfriend comes round and I have QBN on the projector, and she just rolls her eyes!Ianbolton
    • Oh, fuck no.Continuity
    • A couple of weeks ago an older colleague of my was watching over my shoulder and started laughing and told me he used to visit QBN years ago and was surprised.milfhunter
    • haha Ian! My wife used to hear the jingle and say, not that fucking site again!PhanLo
    • once because someone posted a coworkers work on here... he came on to answer someone's query about the font and got called a cuntkingsteven
    • Nopedmay
    • lol kingstevenNairn
    • This is the way.palimpsest
    • I always hesitated when COTD was around. But I still keep it to myself, hahaelahon
    • Who would be interested in the sites you visit?jagara
    • I think you kinda had start skulking 10ish years ago – introducing people to qbn without contextArchitectofFate
    • Never tell anyone your Gräfenberg.dibec
    • I have done. I sometimes tell the design interns and new kids about it. I tell them to look for the 'helpful thread' etc.. there's SO much amazing stuff in it.exador1
    • I tell everyone at work about all my daily browsing activities. They love it
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    • I often talk to people about my addictions. QBN being one of them. It's great and I'm glad it's so niche nobody bothers to check it out.Ianbolton
    • Hahaha PhanLo "not that fucking site again" I've heard that so many times over the yearsIanbolton
    • This is the hidden dive bar of pretentious cunts that shall never be named and/or mentioned outside of its 4 walls.ideaist
    • I wouldn’t subject them to itscarabin
    • QBN really is a speakeasy of sorts isn't it?BuddhaHat

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