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- sarahfailin0
I am in a dungeon.
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Holy shit is Google down?
- jagara9
An American tourist in Copenhagen wanted to see The Little Mermaid, and asked me for directions. He then asked me if there is a restaurant inside the little mermaid. I said no, not to my knowledge.- Somewhat disappointing in person.i_monk
- Been disappointed as well when we went with my class (9th grade).SimonFFM
- Everything in Copenhagen is disappointing.utopian
- @utopian Besides the obviously massively overrated mermaid, have you actually been to Copenhagen?jagara
- It's not disappointing.********
- I was. It is. wasted 7 days, got bored AF.
sorry but that's the truth. The only palace where i felt this crap was in Amsterdam when we went for a 24h party andsted - got there 8 hours earlier while not having any sleep on a 16h train trip.sted
- *placested
- i'm sorry again, that's the hard truth compared to Budapest.
or Melbourne, or Prague, or Warsaw, or Lyon, or Berlin, or...sted - Copenhagen is lovely! I was only talking about the little mermaid which did disappoint me, too.SimonFFM
- I broke a toe in a bar the night before I flew to Copenhagen from Berlin, somewhat put a damper on my 3 day walk-oriented visit but I'd go back.i_monk
- Lyon, lol, that's miserable.********
- Are you narrating us your youth trips? the Australian who comes to the old continent to booze and binge?********
- Went to SubKult festival in Copenhagen in 96, there for a couple weeks had fun. Saw the mermaid. I remember thinking this place is too nice, not a bad thingPhanLo
- @i_was i wasn't born here :)sted
- sted3
heh, I like this girl.
she talks a lot about her work/profession but in a way that I really enjoy.I love people who can summarize their previously complex sounding thoughts in just a few words when they see its necessary. Not just because they seem to pay attention to the other, but because i believe it shows multiple levels of understanding of the context.
- trooperbill2
omfg on holiday with the in laws weve been here for around 12 hours and theyve done nothing but complain non stop.
the cooker doesnt work we need to buy new frying pans
the extractor doesnt work
the house is too hot
the floorboards too creaky
the beds too soft
no wheatabix
its too quiet
dogs barking
bathroom door doesnt lock
...and this is just from what i can remembergonna be a fun 7 days
- just fix the bathroom door and it will be fine.sted
- I'm running to the store, anyone need anything?
Returns 6 days later.bezoar - Dose them all with LSDsarahfailin
- "Let's rent a big vacation house together" sounds great...until you actually do it. I'll take the small cabin for two, thanks.section_014
- fuck'em (not litterally)jagara
- bainbridge3
What would you choose?:
Very nice apartment in random but nice location. Not too inconvenient but nothing cool to walk to.
OR
Small and boring but fine apartment in amazing location. Everything is close but apartment is lacking in size and character.
- A house in a nice neighborhood, not far from an amazing location and things to walk to. With a yard and without shared wallsmonospaced
- https://media2.giphy…pango
- Depends on your social life. Late 30's option A, bellow that go with option B = amazing locationgrafician
- Van life, and remaining money into bitcoin.shapesalad
- ^So...The Beach Bum?
https://www.imdb.com…grafician - For families, the suburban boring life with an Applebee's or Cheesecake Factory every other mile is much more desirable.utopian
- BAkagiyama
- How old are you? If you are young you might want to be in the mix, if you are older you might like the nothingness.AQUTE
- B - always easier to upgrade your apartment than the neighborhood.see_bee
- B - a nice aparment still has other peeps behind every wall, I'd go for a more interesting location.MrT
- House in the country and visits to the city. Everyone conquers a city and moves on.misterhow
- 1maquito
- Wherever is the quietestGuyFawkes
- Depends how much time you spend at home. Living closer to nice stuff will mean you actually leave the house moreProjectile
- Bmilfhunter
- Amazing location is relative. While I assume yours is a city with lots of amenities, my amazing location would be in the mountains away from it all.section_014
- Suburban life isn't necessarily boring, and doesn't necessarily include Applebee's or Cheesecake Factory. I would never go to either of those.monospaced
- B. I had a studio in the West Village, NYC once. I was stupid and got married and left for a bigger apt. Got divorced 3 years later.CyBrainX
- drgs5
Downloaded this cycling app on my phone which gives me route suggestions in my area (not Strava). I chose a route of the easiest difficulty and went for a ride: 20km of strictly uphill climbing, I had to walk the last kilometers because of how steep and stony the road was -- the fuck is happening? Turns out the route starts on top of a hill and goes down. I did it in reverse (end point was closer to where I live). Fucking idiot
The worst was waiting for me at home: My accordion-playing neighbor is back, and he's trying to learn to play trumpet with his mouth. I'm not 100% sure what those sounds are, but I've been listening to it all evening
Discuss
- how do you know its with his mouth?GuyFawkes
- Your neighbor is successfully coping with life by enriching himself and you got a better than expected workout. Win!scarabin
- He took tango lessons last year, he's learning Spanish, plays accordion, imitates trumpet -- living his life to the fullest. My hate for him has a level of envydrgs
- invite your neighbor to join QBNKrassy
- That's funny!canoe
- https://youtu.be/JU7…Bluejam
- @drgs I opened a bottle of champagne when my piano playing (one song in 5 years but 10 times a day) neighbor finally moved out.SimonFFM
- SimonFFM27
I would just like to say that this community is wonderful. Before CoVid I came here less often. Now I am here way too often and post too much but I feel connected to you people without knowing any of you in person.
Anyways, I hope to be back working again from September (as I am finally fully vaxxed).
This will mean less posts by me, but I wanted to say thanks for being here for me during not so easy times. Honestly mean it.
- Top 10 QBNer [hugs because we can now]grafician
- this place has kept me sane and insane for 20+ years. all the best.fadein11
- and before someone questions my length of member(!)ship, I was banned once.fadein11
- and should've said, I've worked alone for 20 years. God I made this all about me didn't I... Anyway, all the best!fadein11
- Yeah.... when real life is harsh, here is always qbn.shapesalad
- Same same you lovely peopleMrT
- Great to have you Simon! I think you’re a wonderful artist and a cool guy. Stay around! :)maquito
- GROUP HUG!pango
- 15 yrs!. NOT BANNED YET!!!!pango
- Lol pangomaquito
- Good onya mate...you'll be back to shooting naked chicks before you know it! :)BusterBoy
- :Djagara
- jagara0
What is this mystery thread?
- where all the filthy stuff resides ;)fadein11
- Filth? But where do i press? WHERE DO I PRESS?jagara
- Oh, so it's the NSFW thread without a title? Or what happened to that thing?jagara
- right click, inspect element, href = "763977-life-after-f...shapesalad
- nothing you see on the web is a mystery when you 'inspect element'.shapesalad
- search "life after five qbn" and first hitgrafician
- also called QBN PROgrafician
- snitches get stitchesGuyFawkes
- NO JAGARAS CLUBi_monk
- if you don't know, you don't know.dbloc
- Mystery solved.jagara
- shapesalad0
Jobs, interviews, test projects:
I spent an entire Weekend + Friday night putting together a deck for a test project given to me after a great 2nd interview. I really wanted the job, so I gave it my best shot. Deadline was 9am Monday. It got to Sunday 1am and I decided I'd give it enough time. Submitted it.
...
...o
(^ that's tumble weed blowing past).
Nada. no response all week.
Finally I email on the friday am saying something like "just checking you got my project as not heard from you all week". During this time they relisted the job on linkedin, which was reassuring to see.
Lame email comes back later that friday with not so much a thank you for your time & effort, we felt it was good etc etc.... No, nothing just a 'we are going with another candidate'.
Is it just me or is that entirely shit of them?
I replied asking for some constructive feedback... nothing, ghosted.
Should I go all 'karen' on them across Linkedin?
- That's shitty behaviour for sure.PhanLo
- that's fucking rude. Sounds like they might not have been the most supportive people to work with / for.Fax_Benson
- That is actually a popular topic on Linkedin. I would be political about it but post and tag them. If done correctly it may help you.Hayoth
- colin_s0
anybody have good resources or recs for remote computer work?
i'm trying to make a transition to living fully mobile (looking to make a little on-road studio out of an old sprinter van).
i've not had the best luck with finding work in design so i'm looking for more data entry, or really whatever is out there, but i honestly have no clue where to start. i don't need much to live (no kids, no relationships, no debts until i buy this van), so i don't ned to hav high paying work, just reliable work. shit i've been doing production banners lately but that dried up.
anyway, recs are welcome.
- Look for customer service work. There was a former selfridges photographer chick doing van life that did such work.shapesalad
- Here channel was called tinie planet. She quit van life as too hard under covid. But seems she still does such work.shapesalad
- You would be answering customer service questions. If you’re good with computers that would be a good angle.shapesalad
- Don’t forget to do stock photography on the side as you travel. Or a print on demand store.shapesalad
- Don’t forget to do stock photography on the side as you travel. Or a print on demand store.shapesalad
- Look into transcriptions too. TV, legal, etc etc. Just need to listen and type. We lived in Aus paradise (= no job opps) for a bit and everyone was doing it.MrT
- mg332
My wife and I watched a 60 minutes episode last night about the problem with Xanax in America, and when they were speaking with this one guy, they described him as “the 29 year old, whose golf shirt does not reveal any tattoos...”
Watch the video: https://imgur.com/a/Ih8tzX9
I am completely baffled as to why they would say that. Not once in the rest of the episode did they ever talk to this guy about tattoos, or his clothing or anything like that. it’s honestly one of the most bizarre things I have seen on TV and as long as I can remember, and I honestly want to contact someone at 60 minutes to ask what they meant by that.
It’s so weird.
- Weird. Maybe there was more context in a longer cut but it was edited out?********
- That is what my wife and I keep thinking, but it still seems so strange of a thing to include.mg33
- must be be contagious, the Theranos segment in the ozzie edition had some weird editing too.sted
- This is how doctors in America make their money to buy spare homes...they subscribe drugs! The kick-backs that they receive from Big Pharma is amazing!utopian
- https://www.propubli…utopian
- It’s a way to create a paradox profile. Clean cut, conformist, middle class, no a rebel..etc etc. Somone you wouldn’t associate with drugshotroddy
- wearing a golf shirt and not a wife beater, etchotroddy
- Ah! That makes sense. Perhaps the producer originally wrote “has no tattoos” and then a fact checker asked how they can be sure.********
- Usually you might say “has no visible tattoos” but even that isn’t accurate, exactly********
- It's also pandering to the moral panic for older folks. 60 Minutes main demo is in the 40s or 50s IIRC, and people who would correlate drugs with tattoos.garbage
- OddGuyFawkes
- Lol. And I figured it meant he was totally covered in tattoos but they don’t show.monospaced
- See??? It’s an incredible riddle.mg33
- hmm I took away the opposite - that they were painting him as a bad boy presenting himself as squeaky cleanProjectile
- Weird. Maybe there was more context in a longer cut but it was edited out?
- utopian0
@mg33
Doctors Prescribe More of a Drug If They Receive Money from a Pharma Company Tied to It.
Pharmaceutical companies have paid doctors billions of dollars for consulting, promotional talks, meals and more. A new ProPublica analysis finds doctors who received payments linked to specific drugs prescribed more of those drugs.
- America is morally bankrupt...the never ending lust for more and more has eroded America to its core. – "Greed is Good"...it's called capitalism Google it!utopian
- pango0
just learned how to pick lock my own bedroom door. it's surprisingly easy. did it under 1 min. noted that i've never pick lock anything before. O_O
- also the lock only has 3 pins. pretty much the easiest to pick.pango
- working on your new career?Beeswax
- learning random stuffs lolpango
- i mean those fucker make 100 bucks per call. and the actual work usually takes less than 5 mins.pango
- I taught myself ow to pick padlocks when I was 9 - used to help open tuckboxes at school. Been meaning to give it a go again - almost bought a padlock y'day!Nairn
- I had to learn this last year. My toddler has locked us out of bathrooms and our den several times. I now keep special paper clips near each door.monospaced
- But I’m not picking a lock as much as using the emergency unlock feature.monospaced
- Gardener4
an old tree that's been bothering (my wife) finally came down this morning
- Username really checks outgrafician
- https://i.imgur.com/…
gone rotten insideGardener - you're so strongKrassy
- that's not me, I paid the guy to cut it down and chop it upGardener
- RIP old tree.sted
- Didn't even cut it firstkalkal
- Hercules?misterhow
- Good stuff. Obviously he cut it first.monospaced
- yes he did, and trimmed all the branches which took me 3 trips to the recycle depotGardener
- A woman is always bothered by a tree in its life.********
- kinda sad. those branches are all green. Old maybe but definitely not dead.Beeswax
- bainbridge0
Put $30k into various stocks over the past 6 months, sold some that went up with a gain of $6k.
Still holding on to the rest with a negative $11k.
So invested $30k, essentially lost $5k but not realized.
- what stocks did you invest in?dorf
- Enron?utopian
- A bunch. Down mostly on Blackberry and SPCEbainbridge
- What the fuck? Blackberry!!?! SPCE? Are you getting stock advice from those Twitter Wall Street novice fucktards?monospaced
- To lose money the last months actually takes effort! You would have to go out of your way to find picks that didn’t perform well. Wow.monospaced
- Try to break even if you can and get out of those positions. Try more stable and tried true picks and strategies. Keep it simple.monospaced
- Palantir + Tesla + bitcoin + eth. For the winshapesalad
- Invest the rest in blockbuster nowGuyFawkes
- Bitcoin and eth aren’t stock.monospaced
- Stop picking stocks until you have a better feel for things and only invest in ETFs -
S&P 500 such as VUSA is a good startSlashPeckham - ive doubled my $ on apple options in the last 6 month. long plays....ArmandoEstrada
- Right. Pick some mutual funds or ETFs, and get the big tech players.monospaced
- SP500 already contains "the big tech players" and big pharma and even Adobe lol
Top performers now: eBay and AMDgrafician - Top performer: the Romanian plumber.********
- Cuckolds talking rocket science? hope not.********
- greedy performer with the second house = i_was he loves the co2.neverscared
- no shit graf, I literally agreed with him, you don’t need to mansplain the obvious again and againmonospaced
- you’re not a trader thoughmonospaced
- @shapesalad why Palantir ?Krassy
- @mono bro, telling someone to buy ETFs then "and get the big tech players." IS THE SAME THING
Less with your "advice" whenever stocks are involved around heregrafician - @mono and yes I'm also a trader, I'm up on GJ right now
You're amusing with your stock "advice" and your amazement about my many skills lolgrafician - PLTR is also a meme stock by now, it's down a lot, with nothing to rebound on rngrafician
- Yes it was the same thing. As in agreeing and helping to clarify. You don’t need to even say anything or explain.monospaced
- I thought you were a graphic designer professionally. Maybe even running an agency.monospaced
- Palantir isn’t a meme stock. It’s a very real business with the type of tech and relationships that are ripe for growth and success.monospaced
- Doesn’t mean I agree with everything they’re doing, but if you look at who they’re working with and in what capacity I see a strong future.monospaced
- I got it at IPO for $10. I’ve been riding the swings with regular trades. Bouncing between $21 and 27 for awhile. It’s fun.monospaced
- Invest in Michael Jordan rookies :)pinkfloyd
- Amzn only grows. I made so much money with that shitscarabin
- Exactly, scarabin.monospaced
- AMZN does not "only grows" they never recovered from the last earnings call. Pretty sure they will not recover this year, but idc anyway, not holding that shitgrafician
- I guarantee this time next year it will be higher. And the next year. And the year after thatscarabin
- Once again, that earnings call was a small blip in the big picture. If you’ve had Amazon for awhile it is almost irrelevant. And of course it will recover.monospaced
- A glance at the chart shows they basically only grow. It’s astronomical.monospaced
