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- inteliboy4
Got home and there is a cat in my apartment.
And a missing cat picture in the hallway.
Texted them but no response.... Guess I have a cat now.- p.s. I hate cats.inteliboy
- bucket.
water.
done.hans_glib - lol at PS.Nairn
- Axe.
Paella.
Done.OBBTKN - hang a 'fresh cat meat' next to the missing cat picture?uan
- did you name the cat yet?Krassy
- Reminded me of this
http://www.27bslash6…Gnash - Just write on that missing cat ad "Found your cat. Keeping it."grafician
- lets call that cat "missing"sted
- name the cat CLINTKrassy
- Talk with Fabricio.stoplying
- Soon they'll answer you.i_was
- Cats are great animals when you don't start with the mindset of "i hate cats" ... It's all about respect. Like anything in life.Bennn
- QBN's spiritual leader & philosopher has spoken and has BennnsplainedKrassy
- I grew up with the mindset that i hate cats, but i have to live with them because my family. Fun but I preferred girls who had dogs. Until a few years ago whensted
- a Meine Coon type landed at me. This "lady" now has the size of a small dog, talks back, and dumps incredibly large shittrains into her litter.sted
- And basically owns a 110lbs pitbull.sted
- so much misinformation about cats. People thinks cats dont need attention and are independant, but its the opposite.Bennn
- anyways. Good luck with the cat. And just remember he's a living being who have feelings, cats need routine to feel safe.Bennn
- And never scream or slap a cat if he do something wrong, first it's stupid, and it's not how cats work.Bennn
- Just pet him, give him a least two places of his own where he can sleep in place he feel safe. And talk to him like you'd talk to a dog.Bennn
- Cats can be very lovely animals, like dogs, when you put the effort in it and leave the bias awayBennn
- ^ benn don't worry am not a pyscho. owner picked it up this morning. didn't sleep a wink. forgot how having pets can be demanding :/inteliboy
- it's a serious responsability yes, it's a living being, not an object. Many people forget that, thats why the shelters are always full of abandoned pets, sadlyBennn
- Nairn3
Because I've been working through all this Pandemic mess, I've become a bit blasé about how abnormal that is for a lot of people. So whereas clients invariably email with well-meaning and earnest-sounding enquiries as to the health of myself and my family, my responses increasingly gloss over there being anything extraordinary going on.
This probably comes across a bit rude, I've just realised.
Now I have to feign giving a shit, whereas before I genuinely did.
- sr_rosa2
I volunteer at a non-profit. They do an awful job at communication. I have gradually offered my help doing design for specific campaigns or events.
They planned doing a video for social media, where each volunteer records oneself reading a script to edit them together. It was a shitshow. It was a video to be released on a specific date celebrating an internacional day, and they wrote a script that touches a handful of topics, and is boring and generic. Instead of asking everyone to record the whole script to allow editing, they asked each one to record just a phrase. There was no indication on the tone of the message, so each one recorded what they wanted, including some props like funny hats or wigs. You get the idea. And most important, it has no clear purpose or goal. Thus I for once did not take part.
So I thought it could be a good moment to address the elephant in the room and offer my help to create a strategic plan to improve how the organisation communicates. Not even focusing around changing its logo, or a new website — which would be easily a major improvement —, or the kind of things we designers tend to obsess about; just a plan to help stablish goals and a plan to achieve them, specially online where there is no direction.
I have not seen the final video yet, but on internal groups they are thanking everyone, and saying it is going to be great and they are really happy with the result.
And I do not know anymore if it is just that ego driven voice in every designer head telling me how great things would be if I was in charge, or if they really need some help, but I feel like bringing it up would be just me being a killjoy.
- They don't care. Don't waste your time.Hayoth
- But they do care. They just don’t know it yetGnash
- Been in this scenario before, don't do it, is not worth it, as they have no clue about communicationgrafician
- It sounds like a thankless task and a task you are likely not to get thanked for.webazoot
- When someone volunteers, it can never be about being thanked. It is a shame because we often work with organisations who are eager for producing ‘content’...sr_rosa
- ...and this organisation does not need that because they have a real message, a true mission, they just do not know how to get it across.sr_rosa
- Gnash is right... its your job do make them understand... u have to show how things look like when somebody pro in this field puts its knowledge intosted
- for how long is this going on?
things go slow in these places, and i think you're a bit early with the changes, they don't know u right?sted - I have been a volunteer there for more than four years, but communication is usually managed by the workers there, is not my — or anyone's — job.sr_rosa
- Meaning there is not a role dedicated to it, nor is it part of anyone's duties, so no one is responsible.sr_rosa
- shellie0
I think I'm going to try moving during all of this craziness, because even though I'm home every day, I realize I have one bedroom too many and my office is never used as an office. I really don't need it. I've tried but it's not where I work. I could easily save $1000 a month if I move. And, $1000 a month ads the fuck up.
The thought of moving at all though is so friggin uncomfortable and daunting my eyes cross just thinking about it. but I know I'll be glad I've done it when it's over.
- I'll also be able to buy new major pieces of furniture and update my spaces considering it's likely we'll all be at home a lot more for the next yr or so.shellie
- good time to buy. i'll be moving into a bigger place later this yearimbecile
- I’m moving in a few weeks. Closing on a house any day now!monospaced
- live tight & save. good luck.umbee54
- Living tight the last couple months has allowed us to save insane amounts.monospaced
- I've been tempted to move down the beach into a bigger house though thinking about having to change my internet and all that shit makes me stay where i'm @moldero
- nb0
I can't really appreciate what it was like to live before electricity was invented. Surprised that the skylight wasn't a more popular architectural feature back then.
- Where I live people used to get taxed on how many windows they had in their house back before electricity.PhanLo
- They probably compromised insulation majorly too, if not also quite expensive for the normal person. They were huge in public buildings though.monospaced
- Leaks, roof construction, glass is fragile.Gnash
- Exactly.monospaced
- Right but there was many generations living without electric light, you think we would, over time, solve for the skylight problems a bit earliernb
- For thousand of years all the work people did was outside. All they did inside was stay warm. Cook ‘some’ food, and protect themselves from attackGnash
- Once people started working inside during the day — a very recent development, btw — they did add tons of windowsGnash
- Old factories allowed lots of natural light, including skylights. Once there was a need, it was addressedGnash
- The Greeks used Very thin and highly polished stone tiles on the roofs of some buildings that allowed light to pass throughGnash
- ^ a type of translucent marbleGnash
- webazoot9
We've got a semi empty property next door and the garden is like this. Our Dog has been barking alot against the fence the last couple of days and today I spotted why.
https://i.imgur.com/jQhYTp4.mp4
There was a litter of them there about four years ago too. I mean I'm sure they're full of fleas and things, one of them killed a neighbours chicken last time and also scratched the paintwork on my car... but they are very cute.
- that's a cute little creature. i like when it looks up at the sun and seems to smile.capn_ron
- (I only mention the fleas as it was sat there scratching for about 3 minutes after this but that got trimmed for imgur's 1 minute limit.)webazoot
- Sweet :)Gnash
- https://youtu.be/3Yp…futurefood
- autoflavour3
So that mural video I posted recently was easily one of the best things I have ever produced.. so naturally I was keen to give it a push on instagram.. created a promotion for $100 over 5 days and it was rejected based on it being political or social issue.
Appealed and it was upheld.
So apparently recycling is too controversial..
Amusingly got the artist to then promote it and I give him the $100, and no issue at all .. currently promoted .
Fucking instagram
- lol thats weird. i got an ad pulled by facebook/insta and my ad acc banned. appealed and all was ok seemingly.microkorg
- Well the social issue could be that most graffiti is an eye sore and vandalism. While yours is art, it could be seen as making graffiti legit.shapesalad
- That said, instagram is full of graffiti shots and street art, so it doesn't make sense.shapesalad
- shitty facebook is shittyhans_glib
- facebook runs soo many shady ads its crazymoldero
- mg334
My wife tripped on a rug in our hallway early yesterday morning and went eye-first right into a door jam. Got a pretty good bruise on her eye. She was exhausted from working late the night before and was pretty much sleepwalking. She was carrying our son, too; luckily he landed on his feet.
We’re both wondering how ridiculous or plausible this sounds lest anyone in our neighborhood or coworkers she’s video-chatting with think “oh, her husband hits her...” :(
- it doesn't matter how it happened, unless a woman saw her fall, people will think you hit your wife. no one will believe either of you.imbecile
- I know, and that's truly ridiculous.mg33
- indeedimbecile
- Just tell everyone you punched her in the face. No one will think you're a liar. Problem solved!!!!nb
- saw a coworker of mine on a video chat yesterday. he fell jogging last week, 30 yards from his house, and WRECKED his left eye.mg33
- above his eyebrow there's about a 2 inch gash, probably half an inch in height. Doc said plastic surgery is needed and he's definitely going to have a scar.mg33
- All I could think was "nobody ever thinks women hit men... he's in the clear, unlike me in our situation."mg33
- totally. gashed my head on the hood, working on her car one day. no one ever asked if she threw something at me.imbecile
- that's it you're a wife beater! LOLrenderedred
- Being envious of someone who may need surgery for ‘being in the clear’, seems like you care more about what others think about you than anyone's wellbeing.sr_rosa
- the discussion is the perception of others. no one wants to be in a setting where they feel they're being wrongly judged for incorrect speculation.imbecile
- he can hope for the health of his neighbor while simultaneously worry his neighbors may think something ill of himself or his family.imbecile
- No one can control the image others have of them.sr_rosa
- Look at the upside. Now that everyone believes you are already hitting her you can actually start hitting her.deadsperm
- Does everyone assume that? And if they do, how fucked up is it that domestic violence is common enough that that's the first thought?Fax_Benson
- Domestic violence is not that common. People believe it is because women are always complaining and posing as victims.deadsperm
- If they learned to shut their trap domestic violence would be even less common.deadsperm
- easy, ask her to punch you in both eyes, at least you can say you had a fight and she wondmay
- ˄ this.sted
- A kiss with a fist is better than none
https://youtu.be/SkS…Gnash - “Oh that? She fell and hit her eye on a door handle. Throw me another beer, toots!”monospaced
- So many old lowbrow jokes coming back... What's the difference between a woman and a computer? You can punch information into a computer.mg33
- ^ The darker punchline is "you only have to punch information into a computer once."mg33
- Why do I feel so much worser typing that out at 42yo than I did in my 20s?mg33
- Because now it hits home.deadsperm
- You're what we call a "COVID-beater" in these parts.utopian
- Just watch. Tomorrow your kid will break their arm riding their new bike. Then both of your loved ones will have visible injuries for all to see.monospaced
- Damn Mono, you're not too far off on that possibility... My daughter just learned to ride her bike without training wheels YESTERDAY.mg33
- I know, that's why I was saying it. I'm actually laughing because it could happen waaaaay too easily now :)monospaced
- @mono you're a witch :)renderedred
- https://m.youtube.co…drgs
- "tripped on a rug".BusterBoy
- _me_14
holy shit what a day... got pretty drunk last night [ a bloody wine box delivery that we forgot we joined ]
massive barney arguement with the missus - dont even know what it was even about... mad shit from her side - anyway
she storms out to her friends house and says do what you like ill see you tomorrow - so ive been drinking the rest of this box of wine all day...
mullered - but good.
get this - her druggie pal calls me - telling me shes been arrested for drinking in public xxxx
cant even make this shit up xxxxxxx
shes cool - her other mate is with her - she doesnt need me - and tobe honest i would nt be very good in a police station right nowso im gonna roll a joint and listen to andy weatherall x
that is all x
- Live. Laugh. Love.monospaced
- Get busy livin'.
OR get busy dyin'.
: )ideaist - FLOL, Brilliant.
What day Quarantine are you guys in Oz on now?Nairn - twevltytwoty something_me_
- this is the 9th week i think_me_
- It’s April 98th todayGnash
- you do you bruvuhcannonball1978
- LOL this is great. Please post again tomorrow morning with a follow-upnb
- I learned some new wordsGnash
- That is a full day.webazoot
- before we go any further is this a box of different bottles of wine, or one of those plastic bags of cheap plonk in a box with a little tap on it?Fax_Benson
- LOL fax my thought toorenderedred
- lol these two :D hope you called her or something just to let know why the rescue isn't coming this time :)sted
- Continuity8
Organising my archives drive this afternoon, I came across some old projects of mine from the late 1990s/early 00s. Many of which featuring copy set in absurdly small all-caps Helvetica Condensed and pixel fonts, which — despite having my glasses on — I couldn't read to save my life.
What the fuck were we thinking?
- PICS OR GTO.
But yes, my stuff from that period is cringe-worthy. As much since, haha.Nairn - i know LOLrenderedred
- *GTFONairn
- Pixels were a lot bigger back then. And softer. Truth.monospaced
- Show some old work ’90s edition?MrT
- There used to be amazing pixel fonts. Had to be below 8px. Funny!SimonFFM
- @MrT... Nice idea!dee-dubs
- dem flash pixel fonts! yeah i still have a bunch somewheremoldero
- Pixie5 was my go to.colab
- Do not forget that back then pixel fonts was the only way to fit a menu with five items on a single horizontal row.sr_rosa
- PICS OR GTO.
- imbecile-1
broke one of these last night. super stoked. :/
- Nairn0
There's an Amazon Prime package in the hallway shared between our own and two others, on different floors.
It's been delivered to the entirely wrong address - I just checked the postcode, finally. It's been sat out there for about three weeks now. We had new flatmates upstairs and there;s a magazine subscription with four copies addressed to someone here lying out there, so I assumed someone was just entirely feckless.
So. It's Amazon Prime, three weeks at least now.
Do I just steal it?
- 'had new flatmates'?
No. New neighbours. wtf?Nairn - Partner says NO, because Karma. Personally, i'm believing a lot less in Karma, the older I get. Gut says No, of course.Nairn
- I've decided. I'm taking the box for 'safe-keeping'. Won't open it for... weeks? Months?Nairn
- It could be a dildo Nairn. Grab it!
Amazon probably already sent out a replacement to the original people.PhanLo - you could always contact amazon and have them come pick it up and get it to who it belongs...PonyBoy
- I could do that, yes. And that's where my conscious is leaning. But as much I'm also leaning towards doing nothing, and therefore taking it for myself.Nairn
- also, it's been here for at least three weeks.Nairn
- My partner decided.
It's now back out in the hallway.Nairn - Chances are almost guaranteed they have it sorted out with amazon and already have a full refund.monospaced
- 'zactly, is my thinking.
Go Dildo!Nairn - Never joke with karma nairn, evaOBBTKN
- Do you steal it, only if you're the kinda person that would have broken into their house to steal it. No. you personally deliver it, and sleep easy that night.shapesalad
- The real address is about 3km away.Nairn
- *conscience, not conscious.
dolt.Nairn - Send it to me. I’ll unbox it for qbn.imbecile
- What mono said. It’s likely been replace already and the poor delivery has probably been fired.Gnash
- I’d open it, if it’s something crazy expensive then make the effort to find them. It may just be face-masks which would mean the sky gods heard youGnash
- Perniciousi_was
- Call Amazon. They will ask you to dispose of it. Too expensive to pick it up and re-deliver.monNom
- One of the other flats took it today.
*humph.Nairn
- 'had new flatmates'?
- NBQ00-8
Jesus, why do women get extra “horny” (sorry wrong word) when you’re with another woman? Went on a new date today and half a dozen women were looking at me and trying to flirt with me.
Usually when I’m alone it’s not as obvious. You really notice the looks, smiles and stares that are much more intense when you have a girl with you.
- perhaps the novelty of actually having a date on your arm has enhanced your preexisting delusion?
:PPonyBoy - its that desire for what we can't havemoldero
- 'we' 'they'
great I'm a woman nowmoldero - was you're date funny looking??robotron3k
- No robo, a very cute Italian girlNBQ00
- robo stop recruiting for MGTOWmonospaced
- Sometimes women just feel less defensive when a man is not single. But I get that it can be misunderstood if you are thirsty.sr_rosa
- maybe its a certificate or quality check. "this guy is datable and not a loser"pango
- It's a competition and you're the prizeTurboslacker
- Because: guy alone = woman has to figure out if he's safe/sane/ok. Guy with woman = he's ok because she looks ok + she's not dead.shapesalad
- If a guy is wealthy, surrounded by happy friends, happy wife, cute happy kids = single woman want that, he's passed all the tests.shapesalad
- Sure they were.i_monk
- nono. they are totally thirsty over you. it's the only possible reason :Ppango
- It's a test, we women do that when we spot a first date occurring. Helps the date realize she's with a stray dog.BustySaintClaire
- Busty, please stop recruiting for your super sexy MGTOW club. It’s getting weird.monospaced
- Yes totally, can't understand your -4 score.i_was
- lol BustyNBQ00
- LOL busty, deeprenderedred
- perhaps the novelty of actually having a date on your arm has enhanced your preexisting delusion?
- Continuity0
Still thinking about those pixel fonts, tiny all-caps Helvetica Condensed, and my first few years as a designer in the late 90s/early 00s. Robert Lindström/Design Chapel was my design god. Worshipped the ground he walked on, and I wanted to be even just a fraction as talented as him.
Which I never was.
- Meh. Fuck you imgur mobile.Continuity
- https://i.imgur.com/…Continuity
- 90s Memoriesutopian
- Gnash12
Stumbled across my Moon Safari cd while organizing crap today. There’s not a bad song on that entire album. Can’t think of many albums like that
- one of the greatest albums ever!Krassy
- listened to whole album again recently, what a classic it is.fadein11
- So good_niko
- This album was also the only sound that put my colicky kid to sleep. I probably heard it 1000s of times. Never got tiredGnash
- Couldn't finish it, made to fourth song, thanks bye.i_was
- I used to like a lot this album, nowadays its sound is too much like a pot-pourrii_was
- SimonFFM9
Wonder how this year will continue for me. Very mixed feelings today. Happy and depressed at the same time. Don’t know how to make money, don’t know how to produce anything. Self-employed since forever. Not easy at the moment.
- What exactly changed, apart from the quarantine? Did you have commercial shootings that got cancelled?NBQ00
- Most of the time I work on my own projects and sell photos later. Cannot work right now. Plus client projects cancelled, e.g. calendar productions.SimonFFM
- I think you can find someThing to photograph ;)monospaced
- Gay porn, end station of photographydrgs
- hang in there man, it will get better, and i know it sounds corny, there's lots of ppl in the same situation.renderedred
- The other day you were happy and now this...i_was
- You’re very talented. You have a great work space and you’re highly respected and connected. I have faith you’ll find a way to work soon.monospaced
- Stay positive and strong Simon, things will get better soonOBBTKN
- This, too, shall pass.nb
- I notice my mood going from positive to hopeless to panicked to apathetic to anxious on a daily basis. Get some fresh air, remember that you'll feel better soonnb
- Learn the Stoic philosophy, take some cbd oilNBQ00
- I echo what monospaced wrote. Chin up, Simon! This is not forever. You'll bounce back. In the meantime maybe try shooting some other subject matter? Best wishesKrassy
- Relax and cheer up Simon, you are not alone! We all been there - go easy on yourself, take it day by day. Keep yourself busy without thinking ahead.helloeatbreathedrive
- https://www.youtube.…helloeatbreathedrive
- We'll all be shoveling coal and carrying rocks in the sun in 2021drgs
- ^ lol, sci-fii_was
- Learn to trade crypto?shapesalad
- Hang in there mate.garbage
- Thank you guys! QBN is very supportive. I appreciate your help. Thank you!SimonFFM
- aren't you German? didn't mutti just announce a 50 billion euro creatives art stimulus package?autoflavour
- They talk a lot when the day is long (German saying). The money goes to theaters and companies who are struggling. Being a 1 man show, no one gives a shit,SimonFFM
- Do you have any advertising work in your book? Some of my agency mates told me that there's still some work to be done there, and they book photographers.Continuity
- Simon, if you're on LinkedIn, let's connect, and I'll put up a status update that you're open for new bookings, so that my network can see it.Continuity
- Thanks a lot, Continuity. I had to delete my linkedin (long story). I have a non-nude portfolio which is pw protected though. Please don't worry about me.SimonFFM
- I was only very sad yesterday. I am ok today and I never get bored. But thanks a lot for your help and offer!SimonFFM
- Alles klar, freut mich!Continuity
- OBBTKN3
Been drinking some wines with friends this morning, sunny day, made a paella, lunched with wife and daugthers in the garden...
Almost perfect, if it was'nt for this killing hungover!
Meh... Fuck it, going to do beers with friends again, tomorrow starts a bussy week
Stay safe weirdos!!
- nb0
Looking at that Space Force design, I couldn't help but think about the flags for other armed forces.
Marines Flag, dope AF!
Flag of the US Army, hell fuckin yeah!
Flag of the Navy.... wtfuck?Comments!
- The Marines: We are literally the anchor of the world.garbage
- The Army: Here are centuries worth of tools of war, foreign and domestic.garbage
- Navy: We gotta work an eagle in somehow.garbage
- Space Force: "Just rip off Star Trek, there's no way that idiot is going through with this idea."garbage
- Why does the army one have a cute little a-line dress with lace vi-neck?Gnash
- Don’t get me wrong, it’s quite cute. Just curious, is allGnash
- @gnash It's a cuirass, a type of ancient Roman body armor.garbage
- Yes, it’s very curious!Gnash
- Ha true, it looks cutesy sans gladiator.garbage
- Right?Gnash
- Those probably looked ok when they were analog but didn't translate to digital for shit.BK
- drgs0
I matched on Tinder with a local TV show host (a girl)
Discuss
- Report back when something interesting happensnb
- haha jknb
- (are you sure?)utopian
- sure that she's a tv host or a girl?drgs
- It’s funny that you even had to mention she’s a girl. Or are you usually dating guys and using Grindr?NBQ00
- Some people on QBN are convinced that I'm gaydrgs
- stop being so convincing thenPonyBoy
- fake newsKrassy
- Discuss what ?i_was
- Just keep those comments rollingdrgs
- depends if she's hot or not. Pics would assist.BusterBoy
- slipped and slidedapi
- https://www.google.c…
She lives in my neighborhooddrgs - A bit too “mom body after 2 kids” even though that’s not a bad thing, just not my type. But why does she have 180K followers on insta?NBQ00
- so you had a date with a television?autoflavour
- Breaking news!omahadesigns
- To post this makes you extremely gayi_was
- I hear wedding bells. I trust there'll be an invite in the post when the time comes, drgs!Nairn
- she likes cats, Benn aproved. Congrats!
https://www.youtube.…uan
- imbecile0
My neighbors gave me a privacy fence and a $20 amazon gift card. Wondering what I should get them in return.
- A local TV show hostGnash
- (a girl)Gnash
- not sure his wife would approve, though she seems coolimbecile
- Are they nudists?Nairn
- A planteryx
- a pieOBBTKN
- A webcam inside your privacy fence so they can keep an eye on you.nb
- And a $20 amazon gift card.nb
- not nudists when we've spoken, but this thing goes all the way around the front to the driveway. the guy wants his privacy.imbecile