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- Nairn0
One of my best friends from university had a teacher who at school was teaching... I dunno, something, whatever - it doesn't matter ...but he had one of the best pieces of advice I've ever heard, and have held onto as a tertiary or quaternary party to it.
Ask yourself, simply, whenever you encounter any mote of information from another human being or source, media or otherwise:
"Why is this bastard lying to me?".
Assume an offensive. Assume a narrative or a projection. Perhaps assume that they've not checked their sources and are perhaps simply regurgitating.. 'For Reasons'.
- lol at me after 25 years, I finally googled it–apparently it's a standard Journo trope: https://www.google.c…Nairn
- Downvote. Tried this with my first wifenb
- And did'nt work nb?OBBTKN
- nb - trick is to ask it mentally, internally, please undo your downvote :)Nairn
- why is this bastard not lying to me ...works good too,...neverscared
- I'm not sure it does.
heheNairn - can i undo that 'hehe', it makes me sound like more of a twat than usual, lol.
Can we delete that 'lol', it makes me sound like more of a twat than usual, hahaNairn - your are not lying ... again...neverscared
- Can you imagine how paranoid and persecuted this would make a person feel constantly?scarabin
- I tend to just keep certain kinds of info in a sort of “confirmation limbo” by default until proven one way or anotherscarabin
- 99% of information we consume has already been through several rounds of chinese whispers. Eg newspapers:shapesalad
- stuff happens somewhere > local reporters talk to some witnesses > files report to reuters > big news paper writer rewrites it > editor adjusts it > you read itshapesalad
- unless it happens live before you ears and eyes, you are relying on secondary sources of evidence.shapesalad
- then your mate reads it, and tells you it, with some additional 'chinese whisper' processing.shapesalad
- Right, which keeps things in limbo most of the time, which is fine.Assuming people are intentionally lying to you at all times about everything seems exhaustingscarabin
- Context is a handy concept, for you absolutists out there.Nairn
- drgs-11
I miss Cotd
- pango4
Are you recycling air when you smell your own fart?
- Only if you swallow it.DRIFTMONKEY
- Respiration is re-use? I dunno, I don't breathe food air.garbage
- OBBTKN1
We're up to 80% vaxed here, tomorrow the gov will lift all restrictions.
- Even for the unvaxxxed?Brabo_Brabo
- For everybody, yesOBBTKN
- Same here, since last week, around 84% full vaxeddmay
- Pintxos en la barra!!!Miesfan
- Txikitos de pie!!! ;)OBBTKN
- KissesCoronaVirus
- drgs2
Do you ever google for something on the internet, and then QBN comes up in results
- Never. What did you search for?palimpsest
- Only when “qbn” is a search termscarabin
- Nonb
- What's in your wallet?utopian
- BrazzersNonEntity
- NoOBBTKN
- Several combinations of the word "cunt" will bring you here. "Designer cunts" is a staple.DRIFTMONKEY
- :D:Dsted
- nah for real drgs, what is that keyword?sted
- i bet you googled "fit midget porn" againsted
- I found qbn by searching fffound account
invite on GoogleSalarrue - Every few years I check to see if Tiger Anus has released any music.i_monk
- I had to look up that reference ^ https://www.qbn.com/…scarabin
- I think it was something crypto relateddrgs
- I once searched for Vincent Cassell and found my QBN mug pic!faxion
- searching QBN with DuckDuckGo doesn't even bring QBN as the first choice. So undergroundIanbolton
- only when i google the secret thread on qbn... and it doesn't get me the threadArchitectofFate
- Ya someone took a photo of me on the Street. Tried to look up his name and qbn poped up.
"defug...."pango - Doogan?kaiyohtee
- grafician-23
So whois the cunt that still downvotes all my posts regardless
Show yourself
coward!
- fine, cowards* thengrafician
- LOL! I upvote you for your morals!oey_oey
- i downvoted. just want to be where the party's at. lolpango
- i just started working, but stopped for a dvsted
- same here, was in the middle of dinner and thought I should go ahead and pass along a dvwhatthefunk
- wat? wat?utopian
- I playGuyFawkes
- +1OBBTKN
- Sorry, I kid... -1OBBTKN
- +1garbage
- I always upvote you -- in spitedrgs
- He probably downvotes himself, for the drama.palimpsest
- i think every regular gets insta downvotes on here. constantly upvoting -1'skingsteven
- It’s a lot of people graf. You might want to look into why it’s happening since it CLEARLY BOTHERS YOUmonospaced
- This can all be traced back to 19/09/2020.palimpsest
- LOL yeah clearly we're having a laugh
But it looks like some are really taking it seriously enough
mono chill man damn, learn to read the room ffsake LOLgrafician - anyway I usually upvote everything, so if you post something remotely interesting and you get just an upvote, well that's probably me lolgrafician
- lol, what? I made an honest suggestion, because you were triggered to the point of posting this and calling strangers cunts. I am beyond chill.monospaced
- I'm trying to suggest you maybe look at WHY you get serial downvotes. There is a reason, and it isn't because of a single person either, as you implied.monospaced
- If anyone needs to read the room, it's you. You are earning downvotes, and still haven't changed your behavior.monospaced
- you're clearly bothered by my comments mono hahaaaahaha
and chill as it was sarcasm, as many clearly figure it out - sure, except you
you don't get itgrafician - My made up OCD didn't like the -19 so I kindly rounded off to -20. Piece out man!Ianbolton
- Rule 33. Talk about DV gets DV.pango
- How am I clearly bothered? I'm trying to help you recognize that you might have something to figure out here about your own behavior.monospaced
- It sucks that you have to deal with this, you made this post, and I want to help you.monospaced
- I hope he hasn't left (again) though as my silly meme will get the blame.
I can already hear the cries of: "he was bullied out of here"fadein11 - people are so easily offended these days lolfadein11
- Just love how you two idiots talk like I'm not present LOL
This post was just a joke, sarcasm, whatever, who you even thought otherwise? !grafician - @pango love your comments man, I LOLed a lot thanks! :))grafician
- @Ianbolton sure, I would've done the same, LOL no worriesgrafician
- he's back!fadein11
- and time for you to...fade the fuck outgrafician
- see, it’s not though. You saying it doesn’t make it remotely true.monospaced
- Hayzilla0
So judging by that roll call there is less than 100 active users on here.
- 2021-10-06
124 replies / 48 topics / 48 userspalimpsest - yeah was counting on about 50 regulars, the rest are probably fake accounts lolgrafician
- Sounds about right Hayzilla. From time to time old timers show-up say hi...then they're gone for a few years.utopian
- I’ve been lurking since 2004Chimp
- 2021-10-06
- shapesalad7
I hate working.
I love working when the day is my own schedule, I have some trading ideas, I have some design business ideas to work on, I can take as long as I want on cooking lunch, go outside if it's sunny, etc. So productive. Feel 100% myself. No anxiety/confidence issues. No mixing with extroverts.
But work work... damn... it just feels like a black cloud over my head.
- Have you considered being richnb
- ^ note to selfgarbage
- yes.. unfortunately I come from a poor family. But instead of netflix i study charts on tradingview, and plan to become wealthy.shapesalad
- Outsource your work to cheaper designers in Eastern Europe, then go live in a cheap but nice country.Chimp
- Work as we know it as a scamscarabin
- Thanks to remote, I've changed my entire approach to the week. Instead of working on multiple things in a day...noRGB
- I've started slicing by full-days instead: Monday all work, Tuesday all house projects, etc etc.noRGB
- This method is working well for me. Feels like I am getting more done overall, and more focused one thing at a time.noRGB
- sounds goodshapesalad
- nb6
I get sooo many applicants for mid-level position which require experience where the candidate has been designer since summer 2021.
Seems like a lot of grads think they have a shot at a Manhattan agency even though they have no experience and learned everything in a 10-week bootcamp.
Lol
- yeah, now when I see general assembly on a resume I assume a portfolio full of just post it notes is forthcoming...whatthefunk
- Lots of typos todaynb
- Same here, I had students applying for positions that required 2 years experience. Fucking kids these days eh!Chimp
- melbourne: just finished the 10-week bootcamp, online.sted
- section_0143
I keep seeing signs on the front of businesses, random printed material, and even t-shirts (for a 5k or whatever) with the Facebook and Instagram logos on them. Why are they doing this?
It's just the logos. No link or QR code or whatever. Just...logos.
Did someone see it on a website (where you can actually click it) and tell the person designing their business sign to throw it on? Something like:
"Hey buddy, put all the social media logos on our sign. Just like it is on this website I saw."
"Sir, those logos are links to their social media pages. You can't click the sign on the side of your building"
"Do it anyways"
"..."
Then everyone else started copying it? Or am I missing something?
- I think it's just them saying 'we are on Facebook' so you would have to search the business name.
Always think the logos ruin the designPhanLo - You can buy the stickers quite cheap.
https://i.imgur.com/…
It's true horror that colour combo.PhanLo - It's amazing that Facebook and Twitter have their logos on soooooo many billboards and shit that have nothing to do with themnb
- They have fb pages so it makes sensemonospaced
- what @PhanLo & @monospaced said ^^Krassy
- I think it's just them saying 'we are on Facebook' so you would have to search the business name.
- Gnash2
Anyone bought, or sold, on discogs? Wondering if it’s worth the effort. I’m purging stuff and I have cases of CDs to get rid of. Lot’s of imports and special editions - most unopened
- I saw a box set selling for £800. I have a case of those sets in storageGnash
- if you click on the 'last sold' link it will give you a graph of the prices something has actually sold for. some of the prices in stores are daftkingsteven
- i've sold thousands of records on discogs and as many trips to the postoffice. i've had things in my store at 50% of any other seller and they don't go...kingsteven
- add to that the last few years has been disastrous for CD resale... most will struggle to sell for a worthwhile amount unless it's something very rarekingsteven
- Ah, yes. I was wondering about how reliably those prices are. Thanks for the insightGnash
- I sell on Discogs for maybe three years now. Sold 5 CD's gave all away last month. Like 30 albums. But no rarities or boxes or something worth real money.oey_oey
- I’d only be posting the rare stuff. Tons of promotional sets and imports. Just wasn’t sure if this site was the one to useGnash
- Yes. But eBay will get you significantly quicker sales, so you can ship them all in one go. Discogs will have you making multiple trips to post office.DRIFTMONKEY
- eBay also great for selling bundles of records that wouldn't be worth posting on their own (and diggers love a bundle)kingsteven
- Good to knowGnash
- PonyBoy0
someone emailed a team I'm working with the following:
"I've included a KB with samples of acceptable clickTag coding"
I'm building a bunch of banner ads... setting up a clickTag is simple enough but what the fuck is a 'KB'? (excuse my ignorance)
- maquito0
I ate some homemade chickpea hummus with so much garlic in it, I think I can almost see the shape of my breath.
- It’s got the shape of a morbid albino dragon.maquito
- Wives love itmaquito
- You can never have too much garlicscarabin
- Or hummusscarabin
- Garlic is noice, hummus is a nonoOBBTKN
- My youngest daugther is vegetarian and eats tons of hummus, but for me it's a big meh! And I love chickpeas...OBBTKN
- boil the garlic first next time, takes the sharpness out of it.
and fuck you hummus hatershans_glib
- dasohr1
where is that mariah carey picture?
- SimonFFM0
Is anyone of you working with Canva (https://www.canva.com/)?
A client of mine proudly shared his draft with me, using 'free stock footage' within his license and I am supposed to improve his design now using Canva.
I can't tell you how excited I am...
- I am not doing it.SimonFFM
- Some folk I know who run restaurants do all their design in Canva. Cause they're 'designers' now.PhanLo
- My kids use it for school poster assignments. I got tired of walking them through InDesign each timeGnash
- ^ thanks for explaining. The client was surprised I was not using this program and suggested to hook me up with a free monthly trial.SimonFFM
- this app is a hit with all those marketers that "don't wanna bother you" with the entire fucking new $100k ads campaign so they can ignore the brand guidelinesgrafician
- pfff, adobe suite's for dinosaurs, canva's for cavemen, tiki's tok apps is where it's at when it comes to design and video editing grandpa!_niko
- yosted
- It's actually more work for me to force Canva do do what I want than it is to fire up AI/PS/ID/etc.evilpeacock
- desmo-1
I didn't love Squid Games. Some great cinematography, but otherwise, it was meh.
- Netflix said it's their biggest hit
Guess the world is shit these days
Sadgrafician - I'm two episodes in and I'm going for three.stoplying
- This probably confirms my dead black heartdesmo
- just read Battle Royale.sted
- BREAKING NEWS: Netflix says people really love the Netflix show!!!nb
- It was really boring and predictable.zarkonite
- Yup, I read Battle Royale - and that is what probably ruined Squid Game for me.desmo
- lolsted
- Watched all of it. Had moments but agree predictable. Dude dying at the stroke of midnight was so cliché.sarahfailin
- I dug it, I like korean flixGuyFawkes
- I liked it. Predictable for sure...but I still liked it :)lvl_13
- @lvl_13 i guess u kno broyale?
i haven't decided to watch because i would constantly compare it to that...sted - my actual question is it that good that adds to the base story an interesting way, or its a story modernization?sted
- I downloaded a dubbed version and it was awful, will have a go for the subtitled version, but yeah, Battle Royale comes to mind...Gardener
- Netflix said it's their biggest hit
- grafician-7
How about a Nobel for design?
- Nobel is awarded to people "who have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind"drgs
- ^ Steve Jobs for the iPhone?
Somebody at Tesla for electric car?
Dozens more examples with immense impact on the development of humanity...grafician - Sure, the Nobel prize started a millennia ago, so we need to at least half a dozen more categories, including Design...don't you think?grafician
- add*grafician
- Smartphones are the single worst invention of our time
https://i0.wp.com/bo…drgs - WOW fuck me @drgs that's a unexpected chart :D i guess you can't please everybody :D +i would like to ask how access to porn affected that measurement? :)sted
- Maybe not porn, but people communicate through apps now, young people even avoid talking on the phone (voice)drgs
- https://www.youtube.…drgs
- sted2
I'm just a dawg with a jukebox looking for love.
