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- Continuity3
Speaking of mentioning QBN in job interviews (from robotinc's post) ... isn't it a QBNer who created the Feeld dating app?
Reason I ask is that there's a job listed on the website (yes, I'm a user), and it sounds really interesting. Maybe I'll drop a LOLcube reference in my covering note.
- title the covering note "FUCK YOU CANDY!"microkorg
- What are the chances that QBNer sees your resume?i_monk
- Probably slim.
Still, it'd be worth it if he did, it's a great CV.Continuity - just hide it casually in between other stuff "i was there when LOLcube was invented" and see if they read your cv for real. ;)renderedred
- ^ I did something similar, in the end:
https://i.imgur.com/…
:DContinuity - nice! @contrenderedred
- Nairn0
I cleaned out a metric shit ton of temp files, redundant registry entries, shortcuts, yadda yadda earlier - clawed back many Gigas from my SSD bootdrive (fuck you in particular, Adobe) and now my machine feels like it's running slower.
Why?
GFY.
- Spotlight may be re-indexing the drive. That can take a whileGnash
- Je suis pcNairn
- De-frag the drive?Continuity
- Is that even still a thing, de-fragging? I haven't used a Windows machine in almost 20 years!Continuity
- I don't think you need to defrag SSDs, I think that sort of thing's handled by the disk controller directly. Not sure why I think that - best check!Nairn
- Of course - defragging SSDs uses up their write cycles, so is not a wonderful idea.Nairn
- Ah.
Well.
That's all I've got for you, then. :\Continuity - You shouldn't have played in your registry, you can't possibly know that you had redundant entries without knowing every detail of every software on your pc.zarkonite
- and if you used a third party utility to tell you that, there's your problem =) Did you use the built-in free up space tool?zarkonite
- it's back to normal now. I know, roughly, what I'm doing. Sometimes.Nairn
- https://windirstat.n… FTWNairn
- hehe I use windir as well, but the registry thing is really complicated. Even if you have duplicates, they may be needed because of how the API calls are made.zarkonite
- I use like a half dozen programs on this computer, none of which I fucked with. Old computer. Lots of legacy cruft. Now gone.Nairn
- Sounds like a clean install would have been possible if all you have to do is re-install 6 programs.zarkonite
- Yes, yes and yes. For various dull reasons, I've not got a worthy stand-in for it, and as it's a machine controller I can't afford the downtime.Nairn
- It's always good to have a single point of failure in business, I find.Nairn
- The purpose of cache is to speed things updrgs
- backup, format, install********
- OBBTKN4
<rant>
2 AM, woken up with something like a 10 l Diesel truck engine sound on my head, with a sore throat and memories of a nightmare with my wife involved on it.
After an atypical calm start of week... Received a pair of mail bombs that have turned all the planning upside down, again.
Tired of this work-sleep-work thing.
I do 1 hour walkings with wife, everyday, but only around the town (we're on perimeter lockdown), rains all day, then, no bike.
I miss the sea, I miss to be alone in somewhere NEW.
I miss my friends, our bbq thursday parties, our artsy chitty chats...
But above all... I'm BORED of our "bubble pack of friends".
</rant>
Ok, back to sleep. Good night, locos!! :)
- pedromendez1
Looking for a little advice around being offered shares as part of a job offer, if anyone has experience.
Im in the final round of talks with two tech companies about new roles, both pretty exciting. :)
Role 1 - Higher salary, good bonus, healthcare, dental, pension, no shares.
Role 2 - Lower salary, no benefits, 2500 company shares.
The company offering shares have been though 2 rounds of funding and are planning on going to IPO next year. I really know nothing about all this shares / IPO stuff - its totally new to me. Is there a big opportunity to make some cash here with the shares? Sounds like a bit of a gamble but might be worth it. Any advice from anyone that has been offered shares as part of a sign on package?
- share options they offer you HAVE to buy in the end. take that into account. also i would advice against taking options, from my experience.renderedred
- There is a big opportunity to make a lot of money with an IPO ... BUT, there may be conditions on when you are allowed to cash out those shares (sell).monospaced
- If they offer shares, they probably have to offer some sort of prospectus on how they expect the business to perform in the future, after IPO.monospaced
- ^i had a few IPOs dangled in front of me before the companies went bust. be careful!renderedred
- Ok cool, good to know. It sounds like a bit of a risk, could be a big payout or big loss... cheers for the infopedromendez
- BE CAREFUL: https://www.forbes.c…********
- Make a calculated, honest estimate about what those 2500 shares will be worth when you leave and the likelihood that you will be able to sell them.********
- Then, add up what Role 1 is really paying you (incl benefits) and if it looks to be about the same ballpark, then the answer is to take Role 1.********
- No benefits plus shares is a big red flag. I would take the extra money and buy whatever shares in any company I want, rather than being locked in to my job.********
- WTF is "dental"?
Can't have an issue if you never go to the dentist. *taps brain*ideaist - Cheers nb, great points - being locked into a role for potentially worthless shares is a stupid move. Role 1 it is then, I think!pedromendez
- @pedromendez you will get options to buy those shares later.sted
- But, you never know!monospaced
- I would never take a gig that has no benefits personally. Whatever you decide, think of what's best in the long term.zarkonite
- I don't know if someone's already brought this up but it depends on the type of share you receive. It's worth the few bucks to chat with a lawyer on this withben_
- your agreement in hand. It can go either way and sometimes vesting can be a lot harder and more expensive than you expect.ben_
- I know two people who were at shopify before their IPO, both have the same amount of shares but different classes. One will never have to work again, the otherben_
- wasn't quite as lucky.ben_
- Shares are a perk to keep you employed. Their value is zeromonNom
- ...in today's dollars. Just a lottery ticket and a carrot to keep you around. Many companies that want to IPO fail to actually trade.monNom
- good friend of mine was at a company that had something similar... made about 700k when the company got bought out...exador1
- ...on the public markets. Lack of interest from banks, market conditions, etc. Many companies that DO ipo don't immediately trade higher. A lot trade lower.monNom
- an IPO is essentially an opportunity for the early insiders to cash out to someone else. As an employee, you are unlikely to be rewarded the same as a VC.monNom
- Better to take the higher salary and lump the difference into a basket of stocks you think might do well, IMO. A bird in the hand, as they say.monNom
- Unless the company is Facebook and you’re David Choe i’d say take the higher salaryscarabin
- Role 1, then buy shares in company from role 2 when they IPO.shapesalad
- And before that buy bitcoin, or use trality to trade for you.shapesalad
- Done it once. I split the difference and took the slightly higher $ & less shares. I didn't even last long enough to excersise my options which u do buy btw.shellie
- Thanks a lot for all the advice everyone, really helpful and appreciated. I've accepted Role 1. Woop!pedromendez
- zarkonite1
This is kind of fun: http://briefz.biz/
"Briefz spits out ideas for creative design projects. Want to start a design project, but don't have an idea yet? Tap the magic button and, voila, you've got a brief."
- Gardener7
just found an old issue of Q mag (R.I.P.) who published some of my shit gig pics
I'd written this on the back of the pic and the mag reproduced it on the front
I had a tummy bug this night too, urrrr
from a mile away (this was the show where she wore a bullet proof vest onstage due to death threats)- <3********
- Awesome :)Gnash
- And damn, those are pretty shit! ;)Gnash
- niceGuyFawkes
- First time i’ve seen someone actually write a ligature
+1scarabin - Event photography is fun. Feels good to be published huh?cherub
- The best thing about these pics is despite being so far away from the subject, you still used the flash. Excellent work.Wolfboy
- Great shit pics! ;)microkorg
- Accurately captures the experience of being at a concertyuekit
- aww thanks for the love for my rubbish pics - here's a bonus one I forgot to post
https://i.imgur.com/…Gardener
- <3
- autoflavour0
aaaaaand there goes our short holiday to Melbourne next week..
cant even plan 2 weeks in advance now days.that said, we were supposed to be down there now, which would have meant 3 days of lockdown followed by 5 days of quarantine on return, so .. swings and roundabouts I guess.
- I know exactly what you mean. I cannot make any plans either. And we thought, Australia was free again. Sorry to hear that.SimonFFM
- Nairn1
I just met Jewish client outside, as he needed to hand over more material. As we're chatting, some nutter walks up and looks at the two of us and asks "Have you heard about the Rothschilds?", to which I respond "Yeah, actually - I sorta know one." "Which one?" "Lionel Rothschild - he's a really nice guy" "Is he the one who's something to do with Zoos?" "I dunno, maybe?". After which, he pulls out a pamphlet magazine and offers it to us, my client taking one unquestioningly. As he goes to pass one to me he says "You know that Covid is man-made, right?" at which I look down at the pamphlet and see some section about JFK and the Zionists and I say "nah, thanks, man - i'm ok". Awkward pause, guy fucks off, clearly-Jewish client ends up taking an anti-zionist pamphlet home.
- funny thing is, we've been racing against sundown on this job, but they fucked up the material quantities, so client was in a rush to get back before dark.Nairn
- it's lent an interesting frisson of excitement to my otherwise banal day.Nairn
- respect the shabbat @nairn :)renderedred
- PonyBoy18
I must say it brought a smile to my face when I came to QBN for the first time today And see the top two posts as “show some recent work“ followed by someone looking for a design crit... Feels like the old days. <3
- True yo!OBBTKN
- yup!utopian
- +1noRGB
- Agreedcassiellux
- The same thoughts here too! I miss critiquing work :)Chimp
- Was just thinking the same thingDaithi
- A nice break from our trump junkiesGuyFawkes
- *sings*
"NEWSTODAAAAY"Wolfboy - so, the banhammer works?ArchitectofFate
- I've been around for 18 years and I don't remember more design related posts back then.CyBrainX
- There used to be a request for crits quite often—along w/daily 'editor's choice' (curated / thought out links) that have ceased to exist... I miss those days.PonyBoy
- DaveO4
For Gardener up there with some top Glastonbury content takes me back to my own fun photo story–
I went to Glastonbury once (2006 i think) and took an SLR, snapping loads of stuff in the mud and all that. We ended up on Saturday night in the Bugged Out tent, watching Erol Alkan play. I took a load of pictures of him DJing and we were all smashing back plenty of party 'garnishes'.
I ended up quitting the job I had at the time and went to a new design agency, as they had some dance music clients and i was all into it. Anyway I get chatting to the owner / boss and he was saying that he was pals with Erol Alkan – and said he was with him at Glastonbury. I was like "yeah we were there too!" The next day (without co ordinating) we brought in our pictures of the night and sure enough, he was in my pictures behind the decks with Erol, and I was down the front with my mates and we all seemed to be looking very intently in some small bags. Can't imagine what we were looking for.
So yeah, first week on the job and my boss knows EACTLY what i got up to on weekends!
- i_monk2
Happy 12022021
- scarabin6
Watched a Dr Bronner doc on youtube this afternoon and realized i have everything to make soap on hand. Holy shit that stuff is easy, it’s just fat and basified water. Got some cakes setting up in molds, scented with oils from my perfuming days. Can’t wait to see how they turn out!
- Except it’s human fatGnash
- It’s okay, it’s just baby fat. They’re not real peoplescarabin
- Fight Club 2?grafician
- My homemade lavender soap is my favoriteimbecile
- Report back!GuyFawkes
- Perfuming days, scar?? Please tell us morefuturefood
- When i was a 19 i read this book https://en.wikipedia…) and became obsessed with making perfume and ritual incense... i spent almostscarabin
- ...every cent i made from my first couple jobs on supplies and rare materials- civet, ambergris, castoreum, wood aloes, sandalwood, myrrh, etc.scarabin
- I had an online shop and sold to my friends and had a table in my lodge. I eventually moved on but still have everything.scarabin
- Making perfume is a lot like cooking or design. Same process. Concept, research, comping, testing, refinement. I love it allscarabin
- Qbn messed up the link, but this is the book https://www.amazon.c…scarabin
- The novel was great, the movie was bulllllshit.ben_
- yeah, you'd never be able to portray Grenouille's relationship to scent on filmscarabin
- Fun fact: Nirvana’s “Scentless Apprentice” is about him https://youtu.be/Gyx…scarabin
- loved that book @scar, also read it when i was young.renderedred
- Agree, great book.sausages
- jagara2
https://www.dublab.com/ is the best music channel ever. That is all.
- NBQ00-9
Does anybody know what the procedure is to get teeth fixed like that? And costs?
It seems his entire old teeth got removed and replaced by perfect ones and it doesn’t look fake and over the top either. How is that done?
- Implants, they add a threaded metal receptor into the bone and screw in the metal base teeth_niko
- probably implants, he's got money now i guessrenderedred
- So the gum we see there on the left pic is actually fake and not his own gum?NBQ00
- Loads of Brits fly over to Turkey to get the gleaming permagrins. Not sure of the cost thoughPhanLo
- https://smileteamtur…PhanLo
- They can figure out how your teeth should be based on what’s there and a particular bite. They prototype and refine. It’s a process.monospaced
- My grandmother had this done.. it's called 'False Teeth'...shapesalad
- https://www.youtube.…shapesalad
- "loads for Brits"autoflavour
- Tooth pillsbezoar
- fun fact: those screw in teeth often need a bone-graft to reinforce the screw site. The bone they use comes from a cadaver.monNom
- in Canada it used to be ~2k. Maybe 3k now? per tooth.
You can also get dentures, or a partial denture that clips in between existing teeth.monNom - Dentures way cheaper. also AFAIK veneers (Turkey) are different from implants. veneer they bond to an existing tooth/root. Implant they go full bionic manmonNom
- Any dentist should be able to consult you on options for cosmetic fixes. They love that stuff. $$$.monNom
- Lol why you get so much dv wtf?GuyFawkes
- microkorg0
Anyone build a proper garden room / office?
Been watching YouTube videos of folk making timber framed garden rooms/offices either set on concrete or raised from ground on drilled piles. Doesn't look like anything too challenging as long as you have the time, the right tools and a thought-out design.
A large garden room (office, small half pipe and shed incorporated) would be around £30k but self build would be way less than a third of that.
- When I read this I thought a garden room was a garden inside a room but it's actually a room on a garden.
The more you know.palimpsest - Whoa want of the day. Start a thread for this!********
- A half-pipe?
What terrible thing did your neighbours do to you?Nairn - Add a box jump and a vertical wall.palimpsest
- Nairn, well the neighbours would be told it's for the kids ;) (2 & 4 lol).microkorg
- its all a pipe dream and it'd be crazy to build just for a ramp. but def looking at home office/shed/storage. whether DIY or bought.microkorg
- Which country do you live in? I have a nice option in Europe.SimonFFM
- @microkorg :) I had a half-pipe outside my warehouse bedroom window for about two years. Drove me fucking nuts.Nairn
- Sorry, 'there was a half-pipe..'. I don't skate.
Fucker wasn't mine!Nairn - Garden office with half pipe? Pics!!GuyFawkes
- I liked this solution and it looks very affordable: https://isladesign.d…SimonFFM
- FWIW, i self built a 24x14' "cabin" and $10k is about right. IG: nikriviera for pics. it's pretty easy (and fun)hardhat
- Hardhat that’s amazing!ben_
- When I read this I thought a garden room was a garden inside a room but it's actually a room on a garden.
- SimonFFM0
As I have no jobs, I will be painting the next days... our bathroom. I don‘t fancy such work but will be happy when I‘m done.
- Get yourself a paint sprayer.Nairn
- ^heeck no, not worth the cleanup & the over sprayGuyFawkes
- stick with a good ol lambs wool roller, no hipster bullshit like those bullshit foam rollersGuyFawkes
- I was kidding. They are fun though!Nairn
- don't listen to them. https://www.youtube.…imbecile
- Bought all stuff already. Thanks for the laughs, guys!SimonFFM
- @GuyFawkes let me open up a new world for you where thin plastic sheets covers the surfaces what aren't demanding paint, and an awesome invention guaranteessted
- precise edges: masking tapested
- +1 masking tape, works with painting art toografician
- Blue tape if youre not good at "cutting in" and you like more setup time, same with visqueenGuyFawkes
- Ive done this as a job for too damn longGuyFawkes
- Don’t use ‘masking tape’ it will bleed. Get specific painters tape like Frog Tape.calculator
- ahem, masking tape is painters tape ... for masking paintmonospaced
- painter's tape is low tack (less sticky) then masking, reg masking tape can peal off your 1st layer or patches of your primerGuyFawkes
- @SimonFFM don't get fooled by these armchair handymen, we call all of those masking tape, and visqueen is just a PE sheet :D how is it going?sted
- lolGuyFawkes
- love you dudes!GuyFawkes
- ben_24
@microkorg
I did one like this through the summer - admittedly had a bit of help from a friend who's a builder, but it's not too too hard. Coming next will be a deck and a storage shed that sits to the left of the cabin (will be the same style) and will kind of seclude an area where our patio furniture will go. I went wit the post holes mostly for cost, but also because we have a bit of slope in that part of our back yard to contend with, and the deck will be tiered down from there.
Nevermind my wife's derelict bike I've been telling her to bring in for ages.
I've yet to put a small awning up over the door, with lighting I designed, and since these photos were taken, the door's been painted black.
All of the cladding is Yakisugi, including the roof - we designed floating roof so we didn't have to do shingles or corrugate.
We've put more art up in here since these pics... once it's final.FINAL I'll post some more.
I don't know what building regs are like in the UK but here you can build something like this without permit as long as it's under 108sqft and doesn't impede on a few other rules regarding property lines and occupancy ratios.
No half pipe, unfortunately.
- dude that's sick, I'm grabbing some beers and coming over!_niko
- Thanks, yeah it was a fun build. Come by anytime.ben_
- niceutopian
- It's amazing! How secure is the area where you live? Where I live (in Germany), this would be my biggest concern.SimonFFM
- Fine work. I see you're in TO and also enjoying our latest dump of white poo. Any plans for heating or cooling this space?Gucci
- Great space to have, would love to do the same. What is it clad in?PhanLo
- love it!brt44
- That’s cool. Did you use plans from somewhere?calculator
- Simon, it’s reasonably secure, but we live downtown in a city so there’s always a risk of anything.ben_
- Gucci, we’re in Hamilton, but mostly the same rules apply. It heats nicely with a small space heater and cools okay with a fan.ben_
- We have a rough in for a split unit though. Just waiting to see if we really want one.ben_
- Phan, no I designed it all. The only stuff that took some thinking was the roof and the angled front (which is hard to tell from these pics).ben_
- I took drafting in high school, and my friend is familiar with current code so it was a pretty easy design/build.ben_
- /\ sorry that was for calculator.
Phan, it’s Yakisugi or Shou Sugi Ban. Charred cedar, coated with oil.ben_ - Lovely! I didn't know 'Yakisugi' as a term and thought it was an American technique. A friend built a wodnerful solid table using it. Fucker to seal after tho!Nairn
- Nairn, yeah it’s messy but I ended up with a pretty good torch-cool-seal method. 2 coats all sides, then another once up.ben_
- Did your friend scrape the char off and finish that way?ben_
- That tower near means no secure********
- So nice! Beautiful jobcassiellux
- i_was, what do you mean?ben_
- Are you talking about theft? Squatting? You're assuming that building poses a threat of some sort?ben_
- Kudos - this is great!stoplying
- So sick!garbage
- Thanks peeps.ben_
- What do you mean by, floating roof?Gnash
- Boiled Linseed for the wood?Gnash
- @Gnash, yeah boiled linseed oil. much of it.ben_
- @gnash, there's a waterproof roof under the roof you see with about 4" of space between. Both the cedar roofing and the sub-roof feed into a hidden eaves thatben_
- runs water to a drain. The cedar roofing is super waterproof, but in the event it ever sprung a leak, the sub roof catches the water and deals with it.ben_
- A lot of people burn one side of the wood which isn't the way to do it. It's laborious but you have to do all edges and both sides to get the anti-rot benefits.ben_
- The BLO seals and protects as well, with any luck this siding should outlast our time in this house by 30 years.ben_
- Interesting. I imagine the gap between the roof membranes offers some heating/cooling benefitsGnash
- Dang dude, you made that?! You're hired. My backyard has been waiting for one of these for years now.nocomply
- @gnash, yeah it may... since there's technically two ridge vents there's some flow in there for sure. I've been checking for ice build up but so far nothing!ben_
- Nocomply - I'm not sure I could have done it on my own. The guidance from my friend and his help was crucial. I'm good to do the other one and the deck now tho.ben_
- I'm happy to help though. If you understand your building codes and permit sitch wherever you live it's a fairly easy thing to get going.ben_
- Ahh Hamilton. I should've recognized the building in the background. Worked near there for a bit. I'm in Burl.Gucci
- Bomb shelter is below?misterhow
- Bomb shelter is up at our cottage.ben_
- I’m sorry, these are called TINY HOMES. Get with the trendy drama.
Gorgeous btw. Really terrific design.jtb26 - Cladding looks dope! Great work Ben.PhanLo
- only just seeing this today. man thats beautiful! love the style!!! great work!microkorg
- Ive got some builder friends so would definitely be getting them involved too ;)microkorg
- That looks amazing!Chimp
- Nairn0
Had a run-in with a junky this morning. I took a detour to get a bacon roll from Greggs and caught up with a junky junkying down the street, bottle of prescription tablets in hand, swagger swagger swagger, junky junky junky. He hoys the bottle of prescription tablets high up in the air and I think "aye, aye" and then, quite remarkably, catches them. Clever junky. He spies an old gadgie in front and junky darts towards him and I think "aye, aye, aye" and gadgie heads to Greggs, junky in tight behind and me following in formation, wondering what the junky's got in mind - I assume it's something to do with the old guy the way he's junkying up to him. Nope, turns out junky's just got his mad eye on some free doughnuts so grabs a pack from near the front entrance and about turns instantly, to make his escape. I'm in his way and I shout in his face, "oy you thieving junky cunt, put them back". Startled, he makes for his escape so I stay in his way and sort of square up to him and then wonder what the fuck I'm going to do next. For the briefest of picoseconds I consider head-butting him, but I guess some reptilian part of my brain still caught in the shadow of 80s AIDS hysteria vetoes the idea so we jostle a bit and then he sidles around me and runs off. I shout a series of obscenities after him, mostly consisting of 'cunt', 'useless' and 'parasite' and then fuckit, get on with getting my bacon roll.
I apologise to the people working in the shop who've not really got a clue what's just gone on. I tell them, but having seen other people nick stuff from Greggs, I know they're just going to shrug and get on with their day. The old gadgie turns to me after he's bought his tea and hands me a card. I look at it - "Jesus loves you", it says. "Naah, thanks" I say and hand it back, realising he thinks I'm the nutter here. He's probably not wrong. I get my roll and walk down, seeing if I can see the junky, but no - there's just the wailing of a siren and a police car speeding off the junction from where I'm to get my bus. I get on, irritated at the uselessness of my encounter and as the bus moves off, I see the target of the police car - my new junky friend. God knows what he'd done in the 2½ minutes since our encounter, but at least he'll get a slap on the wrists and a caution, or nothing at all, because who gives a fuck? Only me, the sad failed hero in my own dull tale.
- whups, sorry, longNairn
- It must be a miserable existence. Could you not have turned a blind eye?mort_
- 'cunt', 'useless', 'parasite' - I would rethink how justify speaking to another human like that.mort_
- *how you justifymort_
- Do you not have some pissing dick pics to post?Nairn
- Also, junkies aren't human.Nairn
- Good for you, Sometimes they need to be put in their place. But more times than not this ends up with a shiv to the neck :(_niko
- he's not useless or a parasite, a) he's sick b) he's poor and c) probably nobody gives a fuck about him, and finally d) you don't know how and why he got there,renderedred
- judging people is easy...renderedred
- other than that cool story and you're lucky you weren't stabbed.renderedred
- Nobody chooses to be an addict. More often than not, it's rooted in childhood trauma. Some compassion, maybe?mort_
- I only have so much compassion, that which I have I mete out to people who aren't junkies, so whatever. Never touch heroin kids, it's real fucking easy.Nairn
- I was reactively judging the thieving of a non-essential item, not the fact of his junkiness per se, which as evidenced by his junky swagger, was quite clearNairn
- I've seen too many otherwise smart and talented people fuck their lives up because of heroin - total fucking waste. They were smart enough not to start.Nairn
- Nice writing but dude you are a fucking cop********
- At least real cops actually sell their soul. You're giving yours away for free.********
- I don't think you did anything wrong. I don't think compassion extends to ignoring and allowing petty theft in your neighborhood.monospaced
- i'm more concerned about the fact you get your bacon roll from greggs. aren't there any decent greasy spoons around that part of town?hans_glib
- lol hans, asking the hard questions! No, not really. Two near me - one's run by a muslim guy, so the bacon's terrible, the other's mediocre and expensiveNairn
- Stupid thing was, I'd been up since 7 so should've just made one at home. Got some sliced pancetta in the fridge.
Could've saved a bit of drama.Nairn - Cunterman to the rescue!calculator
- We have different perspectives on addicts, Nairn. And that's fine. I think your perspective is more likely to entrench the problem. So be it.mort_
- This and the comments reads like an Irving Welsh rewrite of a scene from Falling Down.garbage
- I get that you sympathize with junkies and feel compassion, but would you really allow them to commit crime because of that?monospaced
- lol garbage.
I once owned dfens.co.uk :)
It was all so sudden, it's not like I thought about it much at the time.Nairn - mort_ I have a lot of sympathy for addicts - I am one. I don't, however, have much sympathy for heroin users. Makes me a less than great person, but fuckit.Nairn
- Not sure how I'd react mono. I am sure I wouldn't shout 'cunt', 'useless', 'parasite'. But that's me being judgemental so I guess I'm a hypocrite.mort_
- they're generally problematic fucking nutters - most of the bullshit low level crime around here is due to them, and its increased over the recent yearsNairn
- and i'm saying this from a direct perspective and experience, not just some "oh i read about it in the papers" shit.Nairn
- Ya, I get you. And that's how we have different perspectives. I'm not exposed to that very regularly.mort_
- I get what you're saying. There are bigger societal/sociologica... issues that cause this type of behavior, not the other way around. Imonospaced
- https://youtu.be/ys6…mort_
- Nairn, I'd be curious how you respond to the words of Gabor Mate in that vid.mort_
- Watching now. Don't disagree. Don't see how it justifies nicking shitty doughnuts.Nairn
- When you say 'judge' what you actually mean is 'generalise an average from experience'. Yes, I judge. Yes, they're junkies. No, i don't give a shit.Nairn
- Just like everyone, reading this honestly. None, to very few of you actually do anything to help these people. Someone Else's Problem.Nairn
- Do I think there should be more social support for them? Of course. Do I think they want to be cunts? Probably not. Do I have time for this shit? no.Nairn
- Does 'why they are junkies' come into it at all?mort_
- sure. also - why are a lot of people fucked? and what are their copoing mechanisms and failures? why are actually most people slightly fucked?Nairn
- "Do I have time for this shit? no." — zing!mort_
- i see three tribes of junkies in my day to day life. there was a fourth, about 80m away from where I sit now. but the Leader died two years ago.Nairn
- "what are their coping mechanisms?" heroin, shopping, religion, alcohol, spirituality, weed, work, abusing others, etc.mort_
- Years ago I woke up to a junkie trying to climb in my window (vancouver). Addiction makes people do some wild shit.ben_
- lol 'abusing others' - touché.Nairn
- @mort thanks for that vidrenderedred
- Well done detritus, you are a good human being.********
- Nope, I'm not detritus. I have no idea why he/she verified me. But I was here in in the 2000s and forgot my login so had to create a new account.mort_
- i'm detritus, or rather - was for a while.Nairn
- ..as a username.
I am detritus now, and always will be otherwise.Nairn - Kind of a gross monologue but at least you were honest with it. You are the human condition.********
- It was intended to be self-deprecating and slightly pathetic, but 'gross'? I'm not sure I've got much truck with your mid-90s vernacular in this contextNairn
- Keep it up though, as stoics must.Nairn
- yeah, just kinda gross, I guess. Sorry my description wasn't to your liking.********
- cheers. Rolling that boulder up the hill daily.********
- as must we all.Nairn
- Fine writingGnash
- Opioids are a bitchscarabin
- And you never know, he could have gotten hooked after a legit back injury... i try not to judgescarabin
- Another classic Nairn blog post. Good for you.stoplying
- Haha, I totally get your vibes Nairn. But then I get what Mort's on about too. Thankfully I live in a posh jewish part of Leeds with an addiction and....Ianbolton
- would rather not see any heroin addicts in my life. But they exist and usually don't make it easy on themselves by robbing shit and generally being bellendsIanbolton
- renderedred2
getting ready for an incoming storm front. could be snowing in the next few days in jerusalem.
- ********-1
To anyone having a computer that runs MS Windows; you can't name a file con
- KE?sted
- ?
https://imgz.org/iCZ…Nairn - That's strange it's normally impossible, https://tinyurl.com/…********
- https://i.imgur.com/…sted
- sht wrong url:
https://i.imgur.com/…sted - this fucker i don't believe it: https://i.imgur.com/…sted
- hah, same file on a win10 system: https://i.imgur.com/…
(prev is w7)sted - It's not the extension but the file name, anyway you also can do this : con.txt, I can't on my pc (Windows 10 pro 64bit), CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM1 are other********
- words.********
- This fucker i don't believe it ??? lol********
- https://www.helpndoc…sted