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- Nairn0
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I have a CD - 'Diesels through the decades' - which I tickled me as such things do whe you're in your early twenties, so bought it. I used to take it to friends' houses when we used to play video games and smoke all day, and I'd quietly stick it on their hifi or whatever and just leave it playing 'til someone went like "what the fuck IS that noise?!".Oh, what a japer am I.
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I also found a plastic bag of really horrid porn mags in a shitty pub in Newcastle whiilst high on acid - one of which I'd take and just leave under settee cushions or whatever, at friend's houses, at friend's houses, for later discovery.
The larks.
- "Did I fucking stutter, monospaced?!"
Yes, yes I did.Nairn - huh?monospaced
- I stuttered. I made a reference to one of the only comments that's made me LOL here recently (scarabin), you turned up and didn't get the connection.Nairn
- Hahaha all ‘round :)Gnash
- LOL
To be fair, you have to have a very smooth brain to understand the reference.palimpsest - Now now, the only person allowed to use that insult here is face_melter...Nairn
- I see.monospaced
- You sound like a charming gentleman.shapesalad
- Just stumbled over a plastic bag of porn magsdrgs
- From you, given sarcastically, I take that as a huge compliment.Nairn
- @drgs - second one in my life. First was when I was about 8. Older kids were in Awe and The Cool One let me shoot his blank-firing gun as a reward (no innuendo)Nairn
- lol nairnfadein11
- I *might* still have one somewhere - an issue of 'Leg Sex'. Friends and I turned it into a game, so it got swapped in ever-more curious hideyholes.Nairn
- I memba keeping it for posterity (honest!). Might have thrown it out last move, when I moved in with 'er indoors and finally becoming vaguely adult.Nairn
- so she let you come inside?renderedred
- it's cold in London.
I'd die quick on the streets.Nairn
- "Did I fucking stutter, monospaced?!"
- mantrakid1
I tried doing a search to see if this was mentioned anywhere but I couldn't find it. Man would it ever be helpful to pin threads to appear at the top of the list.
Or even if not pinning, just like highlighting them so when you scan through the list you can see them easily. Hmm.. I wonder if I could do some custom CSS or something to do that...... . . . .
- And then you could've pinned this!
;)
https://www.qbn.com/…Nairn - LOL thanks :)mantrakid
- And then you could've pinned this!
- 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
- StoicLevels-5
I like Camus.
Kierkegaard was a slut.
- coolpango
- Kierkegaard actually believed that the only true love was self-sacrificial, which is why he forbade himself to be with the love of his life.garbage
- He chickened out because he thought he would eventually bore of the sex.StoicLevels
- I had never heard of Camus. The other philosophers of course, but not Camus.cherub
- Camus ftwGnash
- i love this kind of casual philosopher bashingdkoblesky
- mort_2
Navigating screen time with kids during lockdown is really tricky. Reading some other kid's perspectives in this article is interesting and a little reassuring that it's ok, especially if you hear laughing and chats coming from their bedrooms.
- dkoblesky-1
recommendations for modestly priced camera for my desktop computer?
I need to start having zoom meetings from it
- Look at Logitech, get what your budget paysOBBTKN
- Logitech +1monospaced
- thanksdkoblesky
- C922sted
- bogue2
stoplying inspired me share more skating related content. We're in a pretty heavy lockdown here in Ontario Canada, and it's -22 outside. So this just made sense. First rink I've ever built. Kids are happy, I'm happy, everyone's happy. This took some serious effort to put together, and some additional serious effort to maintain. Well worth said serious effort.
- bogue21
whoops.. here's the photo.
- That's the view from our living room. Ohhhhhh Canada!bogue
- nice :)sted
- This is cool!SimonFFM
- HOSER!!!ideaist
- That is killer!stoplying
- wow!!!!oey_oey
- love itdbloc
- Have you documented the process of building that?zaq
- My next-door neighbors here in the Chicago burbs have one too, and my daughter learned how to ice skate just this past weekend! :)mg33
- wow, please send us the night view, i can see led lights on top of the dancefloor!api
- jealous!!cherub
- Kewl!utopian
- Dude, nice work!scarabin
- very cool!!Krassy
- Want of the daynocomply
- OOOH next time put LEDs under the ice!Projectile
- @projectile... I've seen a couple of amazing YouTube videos of people doing that. Definitely a consideration for next year.bogue
- what is the best age for kids to start ice skate? i was today with my wife and it was fun. i think i have to replay before i am ready to go with the kids.api
- api, the earlier the better. And start with hockey skates, not figure skates. Make sure they're warm and get em some knee or elbow pads and have at itstoplying
- yup.. I'd echo that. I think my parents had me on a pair of skates at age 3. We did the same with our daughter. If it doesn't make them happy than back offbogue
- mennn i wishmilfhunter
- Nairn2
My accent must be stronger than I think - for some reason I've had two Scots people over the last couple of days ask me whereabouts in Scotland I'm from - to which I've apologised and said that not only was I not born there, I've never technically lived there either, which was met with furrowed, slightly disbelieving brows.
I'm used to English or foreign people asking, but not Scots. I've always thought I had quite a mongrel tongue.
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Oh, to admit that my Father sent me to elocution lessons when i was a kid, so as to get rid of my emerging Geordie accent, haha.
- what you went to a scots elecutionist? (or whatever these people are called?)
or did he just force you to read burns aloud?hans_glib - A Scottish She, and no - it was more learning to recite poems and shit like "my father's car is a jaguar".Nairn
- (this was in a school in The Borders, so it kind of makes sense. My dad isn't a pretentious twat - he just saw an opp. within the curriculum to stem Geordieism)Nairn
- I'd never understand a word you're saying then. my brain can't process scot accents. i need subtitles. lolsea_sea
- what you went to a scots elecutionist? (or whatever these people are called?)
- dkoblesky0
this made me laugh out loud
- She was one of the ppl behind this https://www.instagra…NBQ00
- But seems her other insta account with over 4M followers got deleted or banned.NBQ00
- https://www.instagra…grafician
- Everything for the likes and attention.NBQ00
- omahadesigns1
Did anyone buy Gamestop stock and make money?
- LolNBQ00
- Bennn did, almost.NBQ00
- Will.check my SISP... Hold onOBBTKN
- few$ last weeksted
- My brother and friend did. I stayed out of it.monospaced
- No. Bought some Doge but forgot to sell at the top LOL. Only a £50 loss.Hayzilla
- Yes, warrior trader made 900k last week.shapesalad
- @hayzilla - lol, you daft bugger :)Nairn
- ^ I'm an utter noob I know. I'll stick to my bricks and mortar low risk long-termers.Hayzilla
- Hayzilla1
I can not be fucked to do any work today. Like really. Bored to buggery with the projects I've got on.
- Same here, but must finish a project this week, one way or another...OBBTKN
- Totally burned out, but looking forward to a more relaxed next week... I hopeOBBTKN
- Good luck!!OBBTKN
- Same. I’ve had the worst cbf’s I’ve ever experienced the last few weeks.thumb_screws
- Don't wanna be that guy, but ... be grateful you have jobs, chaps.Continuity
- Call in sick. People seem to call in sick because "they feel poorly" "have a headache" or "stomach hurts".shapesalad
- sick used to mean I can't go to the office, but now nobody goes anymore, so they can still work :/monospaced
- calling in sick should be allowed still, just to step away, especially if you feel poorly or have a headache. you earned it :)monospaced
- That’s what makes it worse continuity. Given the current state of the world should feel lucky to have work. Thanks for the reality check.thumb_screws
- Of course i'm grateful for a job. Just as I am grateful that I have a brain but still doesn't mean I enjoy headaches. Anyway, I'm feeling more positive today.Hayzilla
- mg331
Advice needed:
If you had a product / business idea that felt really viable, but didn't have the ability to bring it to life on your own, how cautious would you be in sharing the idea with someone who might be able to help or offer guidance?
I've got something that's been kicking around for a while, reached out to some friends to see if anyone knew someone in that space, and got connected with someone that can help in a discussion.
Anything specific I can do aside from sending people an NDA to protect my idea? I'm not going to share it here; just trust me it's better than shoe boxes...
- Depends upon how 'moated' it is and how much I trust the people I'd share it with. I'd NOT rely on an NDA.Nairn
- so whats the idea?
;)GuyFawkes - Post it in the million-dollar ideas thread.nb
- It's nothing without execution, so you might as well drop the NDAsgrafician
- Having been on the other side of that, if you don't give enough info, nobody will take you seriously.monNom
- Figure out the thing(s) that make it difficult to copy and veil those behind "proprierary" process, technology, recipes, etc.monNom
- But you've got to be able to discuss the general business idea with people if you hope to make it work.monNom
- And if you don't have anything proprietary, you're in for a lot of competition anyway.monNom
- From my experience being around investor types. They won't sign an NDA just to take a meeting.monNom
- Facebook will copy your idea regardless anywaygrafician
- drgs6
My neighbor, after listening to opera for a few years, followed by a Latin phase, has now bought an accordion
- beats drumsGuyFawkes
- & brass instruments like Trumpets & tubasGuyFawkes
- do Tubas have mutes?GuyFawkes
- yes they do, thanks googleGuyFawkes
- your life's a riot man :)renderedred
- wait for the gongKrassy
- you should buy a triangle and hang on his door handleKrassy
- better than bagpipes I guess?monospaced
- Potential psychopathmaquito
- StoicLevels-15
This dude Scarabin, I feel sorry for him. He has his work and professional details posted and he's acting like a child on this site.
This covid situation has people losing their shit. Cmon, Scarabin, man. You're acting like a crackhead.
- leave our dark prince alone!_niko
- i have to call him out for his own sake. i have no personal problem with himStoicLevels
- Scarabin is acting like Marjorie Taylor GreeneStoicLevels
- what does this have to do with his work and professional detail?pango
- Bobo will always live in our hearts.palimpsest
- Ok boboscarabin
- don't quit your dayjob, jokerboyStoicLevels
- < hahah he still can't see what time it is :Dsted
- really winning QBN hearts there aren't ya Stobo?capn_ron
- fuck off robo, go back to answering yourself in your posts.zarkonite
- this is clearly retarded and the qbn gangsters have spoken.StoicLevels
- qbn gangsters:
https://metro.co.uk/…StoicLevels - i quit. as you were.StoicLevels
- You quit just like that? That means I can go back to being their beloved Bobo.palimpsest
- Make sure to bring pizza when your backpango
- this clearly isn't good for my autism / ocd. it's just too stupid. good bye.StoicLevels
- Yes yes we get it. Just bring pizza when you're back.pango
- get your own pizza.StoicLevels
- @stoic, this is normal qbn behavior. up your stoic levels a bit.renderedred
- wrong. i really don't have to deal with it. sorry.StoicLevels
- If you let these retards get to you so easily you don't belong here. You have paper hands. I'll HOLD.palimpsest
- sure whatever. its wack, dude.StoicLevels
- i don't have to fucking work here. im not getting paid. so if i don't belong here I ain't staying!StoicLevels
- Don't go away mad, just go away
You ain't gotta go away mad, girl, just go away
Lord Quas ain't the one to play the hydrant gamepalimpsest - Join the QBN RIP Club
https://www.qbn.com/…palimpsest - you kept saying you're leaving...pango
- I’m getting paid to be here. I thought most people were.monospaced
- this is my side hustlebezoar
- fuck you bobo! (I'm enjoying this every time:)brt44
- Is Bobo having a conversion with himself again?utopian
- Yes, I am.palimpsest
- sarahfailin5
what's the deal with screenshotting a post instead of just linking to it? seems like a lot of work
- Because some of us dont have jobs or hobbies or anything else better to do and by "some of us" im reffering to StoicLevelsGuyFawkes
- some of us are in a pandemic and working from home and would like to communicate in a civil way with other designers. but thanks asshole. fucking clownStoicLevels
- Says "civil way", yet is always incoherent and belligerent. Which dork from beyond the grave are you?garbage
- always incoherent and beligerent? on what grounds?StoicLevels
- oh Boboutopian
- fuck you bobo one more time:)brt44
- screenshotting is the new in, funnier, gives a 4chan kind of feelingi_was
- These schizos are mindless. Bunch of q-a-tards.StoicLevels
- For the millionth time i am not bobo, mono or bindegal.StoicLevels
- Oh you're still talking? Yawn.garbage
- Mean.StoicLevels
- You're not exciting either.StoicLevels
- https://m.youtube.co…StoicLevels
- garbage3
(I had to do it)
- "seems like so much work"StoicLevels
- https://www.youtube.…StoicLevels
- Come to think of it, how do you find the link to post an out of context reply? I only see upvote, downvote, dogear, flag.cherub
- On the timestamp next to the username, above downvote.palimpsest
- ^oh there it is. Just like twitter. Click the timestamp.cherub
- fuck you bobo once againbrt44
- pango2
lol
- Beeswax17
Out of touch of conspiracy theory generation has become the mythology of modern times.
It makes the most ignorant to feel ahead of the society, they feel like they hold some precious knowledge that hasn't been gained by the masses especially by the learned, educated or "elite" as they love to think.
This inferiority complex is remedied by this feeling of privilege. They don't care about logic, explanation or proof.
The painful reality of their shared status is the only driving force.The only treatment for them is the access to affordable education.
If quality education continues to be unattainable for them, they will continue to get stronger until they take over and live in a completely surreal world that they created and keep suffering.- True, but I know lots of well educated, and "smart" people that "live in a completely surreal world..." tooOBBTKN
- “Anti-intellectualis... has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means...renderedred
- that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
― Isaac Asimovrenderedred - Maybe they think they are not educated or successful enough. There has to be some inferiority.Beeswax
- They consider education a conspiracy too.monospaced
- Bennnsplaining will turn into a very profitable job in the futuregrafician
- fact checkers paid six-seven figures in a post-truth societygrafician
- @bees there is definitely an inferiority complex at work. and yes, they denounce education too. ignorance is bliss ;)renderedred
- @Bees, GPWM. However academia is showing signs of becoming an environment that prioritises feelings over facts. A groundswell of anti-Scientific Method...Morning_star
- @Bees, GPWM. However academia is showing signs of becoming an environment that prioritises feelings over facts. A groundswell of anti-Scientific Method...Morning_star
- it starts back in high-school, they start falling behind their peers, too much partying, slacking, playing hooky they lack the discipline to put in the work_niko
- ....sentiment is paramount in some departments and that ain't good.Morning_star
- they start resenting the nerds or the good students, they feel "I'm smarter than them" who needs school. So to make themeselves feel better throughout_niko
- Conspiracy theorists were a better class of people back when I counted myself among them. Honest, verifiable theories on the JFK assassination, etc.nuggler
- the rest of their lives, they cling on to this alternative view of the world this big secret that only they're privy to, it helps them feel 'smart'._niko
- As far as affordable education goes, it never benefits the politicians to have a well-educated populace. Look at the base of the republican party and look at_niko
- most dictatorships worldwide, and when they substitute education for religious indoctrination it's even worse._niko
- could it be people got bored of regular Hollywood gossip and had to spice it up with some more dramatic stuff...islandbridge
- Came to think of this article
https://time.com/568…islandbridge - I don't think it requires any complex explanation, conspiracy theories are just the default mode of human thought. Think about primitive humans runningyuekit
- around in the jungle. They had no idea what the fuck was going on and were constantly searching for patterns in order to survive.yuekit
- Kill a deer and then it rains, well clearly killing deers causes rain. One guy makes up a story about what the stars mean, it gets repeated and becomes ayuekit
- religion. I think it's just human nature to make unfounded leaps of logic and search for meaning in things where it doesn't exist.yuekit
- This tendency is clearly much stronger in some people than others but we're all suspectible to it to a degree, only kept in check by the "programming" of mediayuekit
- and the state. And now that we have the internet, the floodgates have been opened and people revert to their natural tendency to be superstitious morons.yuekit
- Humans are pattern-recognition engines not always helped by having an imagination.Nairn
- I don't agree that conspiracy theorists are necessarily ill-educated, ignorant or suffering an inferiority complex - some of them are just curious ..Nairn
- .. and not entirely trusting or convinced by the standard mass-consensus narrative. Some conspiracies exist.Nairn
- My best friend's smart as shit and spent a good couple of years going down JFK assassination rabbit holes. Fucker could do a phd in it.Nairn
- I'm not entirely stupid and spent a couple of years slightly over-focused on Rense.com and shit like that. Can't say it did my head much good, haha.Nairn
- @Nairn I think Consp. Theorists have their ranks among them. I also believe in certain UFO theories or think that there's more to JFK story.Beeswax
- But I'm not threatened by them or completely lose my mind and reflect that upon ever day of my life. This people are threatened, maybe they always wereBeeswax
- *feel threatened. That's where the inferiority kicks in. Also not only affordable education but we need a different system that's not based solelyBeeswax
- on competition. Like Niko wrote it starts very early on, when they see successfull ones getting rewarded. Also there are other factors like being anBeeswax
- immigrant, minority, feeling second class, poverty. But lack of good education is the common denominator.Beeswax
- Anyone I've ever known who was into conspiracy theories had a few things in common: they claimed to be very religious, and they didn't follow ...Continuity
- ... current events regularly from a handful of news sources. Also, they didn't vote in any sort of election, whether it was municipal, provincial, or national.Continuity
- One had a BFA in theatre arts, but the others had no post-sec education.
Make of all that what you will.Continuity - Oh, and none of them really got anywhere in life. An exceptional lack of ambition, and unrealised dreams that we never gone after.Continuity
- ok, got me on the last point, sheesh.
go for the jugular.Nairn - There have been a few studies that suggest it's a hard-wired tendency. "Illusory pattern perception"
https://onlinelibrar…yuekit - And that unexpected events or a lack of control over your life pushes your brain to make connections that don't exist.yuekit
- https://www.national…yuekit
- I think it all comes down to Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch changing the entire media landscape for the worse.inteliboy
- Your post is so meaningless you can't even define quality education. A typical libtard, focuses on emotion instead of factsHayoth
- hah. defining quality education is a different matter. this post is not about that. Would you like to give us some of your background? Lets see if it validatesBeeswax
- stfu hayoth he isn’t even an American you commie bitchmonospaced