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- doggydoggdog-6
My eccentric coworker unfollowed me on Instagram.
She's a bit bipolar and I talked her through her dark quarantine times but then she started texting me a lot and I was hesistant to interact and be seen talking to her. She got mad at me for not being friendly enough.
- oh shit! that bad? you got unfollowed?! make sure you lock your doors and windows.pango
- let the stalking begin...renderedred
- 'I was hesistant to interact and be seen talking to her'
Are you a 16yo girl in high school?face_melter - Lol, what a story Mark.NBQ00
- This story doesn't make you look good.i_monk
- https://en.m.wikiped…nb
- bainbridge0
A friend has been unemployed and struggling financially with a few small freelance gigs since March.
Yet he refuses to get a day job and is holding out for his dream job and complains to me about how mediocre the companies he's applied to positions with through indeed are.
He's frustrated and getting a high-paying job is worth the wait, but I think he'd be happier if he just got a job at the cafe down the street that he likes so much.
- invite your friend to join QBNKrassy
- yup invite him here, we'll take care of him ;)renderedred
- fisheye7
This is what I do in my rare spare moments ...
- SimonFFM16
Today, I made Christmas cookies. They are huge and I already ate a few.
- haha, that's awesomemonospaced
- You didn't choose the playboy life, the playboy life chose you.palimpsest
- Haha, I don‘t take things seriously. It’s all just fun.SimonFFM
- yupGuyFawkes
- I did it all for the nookie...Come on
The nookie...Come on...So you can take that cookie...And Stick it up your,
yeah!utopian - wow you are very smarti_was
- Gardener27
A brand new book about the music scene in my old hometown Milton Keynes has just been published. There are lots of great stories about the bands and gigs and DJ's that have played a part in it's musical history - much bigger than you might imagine.
I'm chuffed to bits to see I have been given a whole page!
- not available in all good bookshops, yet
https://py.pl/ObvQgGardener - top stuffhans_glib
- "..and flush with success". Oh!Nairn
- congratsKrassy
- nice, congrats!oey_oey
- noice!fadein11
- cheers guys, the book may get me a few more listeners - no bad thing!Gardener
- Cool!! +1 manOBBTKN
- really? not even the Eno/U2 stuff?futurefood
- +1garbage
- Brilliant. I will now stop referring to Sydney as Milton Keynes on Sea.MrT
- Thats awesome, congrats!instrmntl
- Amazing, and the show has been going since 1991 wowyuekit
- +1 congrats!Continuity
- Well earnedjagara
- not available in all good bookshops, yet
- i_monk0
When did "Giving Tuesday" become a thing?
- since "Thanks Monday"GuyFawkes
- because people feel the need to repent for buying garbage en masse friday to monday?ben_
- it's cyber-sex mondaymonospaced
- It’s Friday I’m in loveGnash
- Continuity0
White vinegar vapour.
Don't breathe that.
- those white vinegar vapour big shots can't tell me what to breathe!grafician
- Related top tip: never descale a kettle by filling it with white vinegar and then - you fucking idiot, nairn - turning it on to boil.
Awful stench.Nairn - equally only make vindaloo outdoors, unless you want that vinegary tang in the walls for weekshans_glib
- @Nairn ... well, err, guess what happened for me to post this warning ...
Sigh. Punches for.Continuity - hahaha, I know your pain very well.
That said, vinegar is the single best addition to any cleaning cupboard.Nairn
- OBBTKN2
Ok, I'm getting really tired, bored, with our, lockdown, limited to near-our-house, friends or social circle.
My wife's friends, the women, never come to take beers with us, and I always end with my wife and a widower, a separated, a divorced and two gay men who do not come out of the closet.
I am a good host and I love to party, but... It's too much testosterone in a room, LOL!!
- Bennn0
I want to buy an inkjet printer, there's a shortage it seems... lots of them are back order. Probably cuz Covid, i guess.
- It almost like everyone needed one for work or something... :)ETM
- Yeah.. I want one to make prints of my pictures. I'll have to wait I guess. I checked everywhere possible, all models are back order everywhere.Bennn
- Combination of everyone working from home, few owning printers for a while and supply chain slowdownnb
- There are so many products that are hard to buy!nb
- What about laser printers?ben_
- inkjet better for photo.pango
- those inks costs like a bitch tho.pango
- I recently bought a cheapo laser for day to day prints - I'm never buying an inkjet again. If I want photos printed, I'll take them to a shop.Nairn
- ^ same. 100%Gnash
- Dont get an Epson 15000. I fucking hate mine.instrmntl
- Same Nairn. I got a $80 Brother black laser. Wouldn’t go ink again.monospaced
- :D Sounds like it's probably the exact same one I got, mono!Nairn
- Even if I still did design for print and needed to iterate quick and print tests I'd probably just stump up for a colour laser.Nairn
- I've had two half-decent colour inkjets over my years and both of them ended up driving me insane at some dark late hour. Not worth the bother, or expense.Nairn
- color laser is awful and pointless unless you get the high end, and nobody has that kind of moneymonospaced
- Our office has $10k color laser printers, and they're awful. Like you said, just go get it printed somewhere if it's that important.monospaced
- For quick comps though? I always needed to print and cut stuff out so I could see it in hand. I can't work just on-screen. Still do, in my own lasering way.Nairn
- *still can't, I meanNairn
- Love printing at homenb
- I love printing at home too. B&W is fine.monospaced
- I have a colour laser printer, HP. Less that Around $300 when I got on sale. It’s great to have a bit of colourGnash
- Obviously not for proofing colour, but good for decksGnash
- third party ink is much cheaper, like 5 time cheaper. I dont know if they're any good for inkjet color printing, but i buy them for my b&w Brother laser and itBennn
- works perfectly.Bennn
- also laptops and monitor are hard to get these days cause of home office rushapi
- renderedred6
decided i'm getting a raspberry pi 400 kit. it's play time!
- Pro tip: uninstall wolfram alpha/mathematica before you apt-get upgrade.monNom
- I'm about to a do a build as well. What are you planning on doing with it?garbage
- thanks @mon, @garbage just a second machine for writing and mail...renderedred
- Ha, same. I want a mobile, distraction-free typewriter / place to dump my photos. I'm going to do a pelican case build. Familiar with the cyberdeck community?garbage
- cyberdeck is cool! i know of it but not familiar.renderedred
- but honestly all i want is that zx spectrum feeling back ;)renderedred
- https://back7.co/hom…garbage
- This guy makes a bunch of sexy builds, and provides STL files for all of his work.garbage
- OBBTKN1
2 hours of sleep tonight, now I'm dead and got a table full of deadlines...
Caffeine it no longer works. Hope I can get a nap after lunch, ouch!!
- i_monk1
Our new TV has me going down the rabbit hole of router- and DNS-level ad blocking.
- My tv it's an old Phillips tft, bright and crisp as first day, hope it does another pair of years more, ummm... 32 inchesOBBTKN
- Will ask you then, what the H is this ad blocking thing, good luck!OBBTKN
- Can't you just turn all the smart shit off and plugin a [net TV stick of your choice]?
I've read a lot of whinging about Smart TVs phoning home latelyNairn - Apparently many TVs these days show adverts in the menus.
Really not sure who asked for that, outside of companies marketing departments...Nairn - I think if I just point the tv to AdGuard DNS it should block ads in the menu and apps like YouTube. Will try later.i_monk
- Thats what you get for buying a TVnb
- you can do that with raspberry pi. Also you can get yourself eero with "secure"zaq
- Just get a damn streaming box and forget about the smart features of your tv forever.monospaced
- PiHolescarabin
- PiHole comes up a lot.i_monk
- I really wanna set one up but apparently it’s not compatible with VPNs, which i use a lotscarabin
- I don’t know enough to make them work togetherscarabin
- Just download everything, fuck being nickel-and-dimed for 'exclusives'.face_melter
- drgs-1
I clicked on an ad today (hosted by Google AdChoices), because it actually showed something that interested me. The link does not work...
- 1) It's rare to find ad of interest
2) It's common that their links don't work
3) Fuck Google
4) Long live the Porcelain Goddessutopian - You didn't say 'discuss', so I'm not gonnaSteveJobs
- clicked on few google ads over the years due to genuine interest, NOT ONE had the link working...grafician
- I've never clicked an ad. I have seen ads and then gone to google it, but only a few times.i_monk
- ^if you google now a brand, google gives you first ads by competitors lolgrafician
- ^this is like KFC taking an outdoor ad right in front of a McDonalds locationgrafician
- more like burger king schilling for mcdonald's... which it's doingimbecile
- 1) It's rare to find ad of interest
- imbecile4
1. Regarding a digital painting I had done for someone's daughter...
From the daughter: "wow, that's pretty cool actually, thanks!"
Considering it was a gift for a ~20 y/o, I consider that high praise.2. Found a new position I'm interested in, then learned an old coworker works there, so I've been getting the inside scoop from her.
3. I may have been let go last month, but that didn't stop them from sending me one last check. Thanks previous employer.
- 4. Old boss just called to let me know he'd recommended me to another firm.
Not a bad Wednesday.imbecile
- 4. Old boss just called to let me know he'd recommended me to another firm.
- NBQ00-5
The universe is just too damn big.
- What an odd statement. In what sense?monospaced
- Which one?DRIFTMONKEY
- The Multiverse is more bigger.utopian
- utopian getting wiser closed in a tetraversested
- Universe is like your brain, only using up 0.0003% of it.ben_
- face_melter5
So what's this metal monolith thing an advertisement for? Some vapid tech startup, perfume, clogs?
- Cialisscarabin
- Hehe, good one scarabOBBTKN
- PlayStation 6NBQ00
- its been taken down nowmicrokorg
- It's John McCracken haunting us from the nether.palimpsest
- I hope it's the next Boards of Canada albumsumguay
- are you serious face? do you not get the reference?monospaced
- Please enligten me, mono-moon watcher. Take me on an information odyssey and tell me something wonderful.face_melter
- @mono don't be so sure it's related to 2001: A Space Odyssey...grafician
- @face, are you being an ass and name calling because it makes you feel better, or are you being intentionally oblivious to what everyone else sees?monospaced
- @graf, why not? Looks like it. Placed in spot that looks identical. What else could it be?monospaced
- palimpsest0
I left Bmore around 2003, have only lived in a city with snow once since and only during a year. Last time I saw snow was a freak snow day in southernish France in 2011. Today was a great day in Prague, we only got about about 2cm but it was enough amusement on the way to school.
It reminded me of the days when we went down a hill inside a heavy duty trashbag. We also loved to get padded up and take the bikes out and skid on the ice until we hit something.
It was like playing a video game, you had infinite lives!- cool story brofadein11
- Thanks!palimpsest
- Good omen to have those little brain hugs sparked by a new homeGnash
- You know what's up, G.palimpsest
- Lol at dv’s. Somehow this post has triggered the flakesGnash
- Come for the design, stay for the drama.palimpsest
- I think it's because this is robo, who lied about being a New Yorker for yearsmonospaced
- All I had to do was say the word drama and here he is. If you only knew, monospaced!palimpsest
- I'm happy with these thoughts, I'm happy to be who I am. I'll let y'all fret about who I am.palimpsest
- Things I appreciate: Sourdough, my father recovering from da Rona, my son enjoying nature.
These are things you shit on because of who you believe me to be.palimpsest - And I'm not just talking about you, monospaced.
Know your enemy!palimpsest - First of all, I didn't even downvote this, so it isn't my drama. I was responding to Gnash, who commented on the downvotes. It was just a guess, nothing more.monospaced
- I certainly have never shit on your sourdough, your father or your son. Don't even blame me for that, because I don't go that low.monospaced
- I genuinely want you to be who you are, and not fake anything. My original comment was about that. People don't trust what they perceive as a false persona.monospaced
- I trust you as much as you trust me.
Live your truth!palimpsest - I'm not your enemy. And I'm not a fake, if that's what you're implying.monospaced
- I meant robo is your enemy and you don't know him well. I als specifically said this wasn't just about you.
Live your truth!palimpsest - I was under the impression you were behind the robo account. You certainly gave the impression you were. Am I mistaken?monospaced
- You're never mistaken, monospaced.
Ever.
Vive tu verdad!
Vie ta verité!
Žít svůj pravdu!palimpsest - You've turned a winter memory into your mourning therapy for robo's departure.
You are a very stable genius.palimpsest - What?monospaced
- Robo really did a number on you, he left you fucked in the head. Look at how you're shitting on my post my making it about him. Get help.palimpsest
- You're the one that first said I was robo. I explained very calmly that I wasn't. But you couldn't bear the fact that he was gone.palimpsest
- It was sad to see you in that state and I left the room. But here you are, days later, knocking at my door again while I'm having drinks with friends.palimpsest
- You haven't drank a drop but are in a worse state than any of us. You're just making a ridicule of yourself. I ask you to stop, again, for your own sake.palimpsest
- The results are in, genius. You're the only one delusional enough to think that repeating a lie will make it true.
Your claim about me being robo is disputed.palimpsest - There will be no recount because none is needed. The facts are out there. Stop crying and make place for those of us who really want to make QBN better.palimpsest
- Cool Story Boboutopian
- Another one.
Hard to keep bobo off your mouth, innit?
Fret not, time heals everything.palimpsest - I didn't downvote it either lol, I rarely downvotefadein11
- "Good omen to have those little brain hugs sparked by a new home" lolzfadein11
- Another one.
I'm tired of your Real Housewives drama on QBN. You are not fighting the good fight, you're just shitting all over the place.palimpsest - Be the change you wish to see or just shut your trap.
Como decía la abuela: Mucho ayuda quien no estorba.palimpsest - I guy drops a lovely little story about a moment in his day, and the cunts come out to poop on it, fuck you faden, you niggling little twatGnash
- Yeah. Except Nairn asked if you were and you said yes. I’m okay if I’m wrong, but that did happen. You did not deny it btw, another lie.monospaced
- But out of curiosity. What was your other username here and why did you start a new one?monospaced
- Yes, monoscaped you are not wrong once again:
16 days ago: https://www.qbn.com/…
13 days ago:
https://www.qbn.com/…palimpsest - You were right then, you are right now.
If you want to be wrong though all you have to do is read.palimpsest - Bobo is gone, baby.
Find yourself another man.palimpsest - lol gnash, head trapped so far up own arse you never laugh.fadein11
- arrogant little insecurity boy.fadein11
- Back to your masturbating, muppetGnash
- cheer up you boring fuckfadein11
- Pretending you have a sense of humour? Lol. You sanctimonious wormGnash
- Your brand of bullshit is worse than any of the ‘insidious’ crap you moan on about this place. Disingenuous, unoriginal, and lame.Gnash
- You’re like a zit. But not quite painful enough to pop - just niggling little annoyanceGnash
- LOL!
And there's the silver lining.palimpsest - ugh, boy who calls people snowflakes claims originality... such a tedious arrogant fuckfadein11
- you ooze insecurity, blatantly obvious my 'cool story bro' comment was a joke you funless miserable prick.fadein11
- Cool story, broGnash
- literally the most annoying person I've never met.fadein11
- “Literally”Gnash
- 100% correct usage as factual but carry on if it helps your fragile little ego.fadein11
- happy to call a truce on our BS tbh, it's ridiculous. Sorry if I have annoyed you in the past but I'm not half the wanker you seem to think I amfadein11
- There's no need for a truce. Next time you don't act like bitches on a innocuous post then I'll treat you with the respect you will have deserved.palimpsest
- As a person of color since birth and an immigrant since childhood. I am used to being seen as the other.palimpsest
- I know what's it's like to be seen as an intrusion in a community. I'm fine with all that. It's not with me you have to be at peace with, it's with yourselves.palimpsest
- The race card has been dealt.palimpsest
- haha race? you are back with a vengeance aren't you.fadein11
- Each bump just reminds me that we're talking about snow. That's what we're talking about here. We're talking about snow, how silly is that?palimpsest
- Not QBN; not the posts that I go out there and die for and post every post like it's my last, not QBN, we're talking about snow.palimpsest
- What are we talking about? Snow? We're talking about snow, man!palimpsest
- And the thing is the dick riders are the ones that consider themselves part of the QBN progressive brigade. So funny, man.
We're talking about snow.palimpsest - I'm not asking you to know me as I know and love each and every one of you here. I'm just asking you to shut your whinny bitch trap when we talking about snow.palimpsest
- What are we talking about here?palimpsest
- erm ok. sorry for saying 'cool story bro' lolfadein11
- nice to have you back thoughfadein11
- We're talking about snow.palimpsest
- nb2
Good old Windows Vista. People give it a bad press, but I'm never upgrading - why would I? It just feels like a good old pair of jeans.
- Thanks, Johnson.jagara
- I remember installing it after it got decent. I never experienced what the bad press was about...jagara
- erm... security? Windows 7 isn't even supported any more, never mind VistaNairn
- I had to sort my Dad's computer out on a holiday home when he had an early version of Vista installed and I wholly understand what all the hate was for.Nairn
- Nairn0
The jacket I wore to walk into work through the rain this morning is not actually waterproof.
I've just had to put on a cold, damp horrid thing to pop down to the post office in. ffs.
- it's dark, wet and cold
and you're in the post office queue
waiting in a damp jacket
the glamour, the glamourhans_glib - Vital detail missing:
"..in Haringey."
Actually, Seven Sisters. Even worse.Nairn - I hear british food sucks too, is that why you guys are always salty?pinkfloyd
- Ughft, really? I'm not even going to bother responding with an insult.Nairn
- I was being serious, that's what my british friend told me. shrugspinkfloyd
- it's dark, wet and cold
