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- Nairn10
I just found a cheque for over £900...! From 2003.
Fuck's sake.
- cash it.oey_oey
- No, don't calculate how rich you would be if you would have invested that in bitcoin back in the days.Longcopylover
- I will... IF you had found it 6 years later, bought BTC at the initial selling price after free... current value: £593,236,740.56imbecile
- while double checking my math, the value rose to: £593,992,484.50imbecile
- Not once have I received or cashed a cheque, stop living in 1920sdrgs
- They were all the rage in the 90s.********
- Gnash lost a bitcoin under his sofa.fadein11
- stoplying11
Last night was the final game of our indoor soccer season where I'm the coach. The kids are not particularly good, and they sign up so that they have something to do in the winter months to stay active. Our game was to be decided on penalties since it ended in a 3-3 tie.
There's one kid on the team who I'll call "D" who was a sweet kid, showed up to almost every game, but was a pretty uncoordinated little guy. I'd often see him dancing around in the corner while the game was going on and have to remind him to come back to earth. He hadn't scored a goal all season, although he got close a few times.
So I line up the boys for the kicks and "D" looks REALLY nervous. I mean shaking, quivering lip, feeling-the-pressure nervous. I lean over and tell him to do his best, kick it hard, and tell me that he can do this. He quietly says, "I can do this". I fist bump him and step away and watch D send the ball past the goalkeeper and into the net for our winning goal in the shootout. Our whole team screams his name - along with me. Hugs and high fives, and D starts crying a little and goes over to his Dad.Man, it was a beautiful thing to watch.
- And so the next Ronaldo was borngrafician
- If I were D.. I'd have missed the goal. And that would be it. No cheers, just hatred.shapesalad
- I got a little misty reading this********
- Rudy? great story, those are the moments parents live for. D'll remember that forever._niko
- thanks for the tears, dick!! *sniff
(go D!!!)PonyBoy
- grafician-4
@Nairn's cheque situation just reminded me a client still owes me 900 euros since December...
Thanks!
- OBBTKN23
Never told this history here...
When I was 15 or 16 years old, I participated in a comic contest, the maximum number of pages was 4, I took an opera of about 36 pages that I had just finished drawing.
Well, the thing is, I won. There were complaints from other participants, but the jury excused itself by saying that it was a work that far surpassed the rest in quality, and not just in quantity. Everyone shut up.
A year later, I submitted another comic, this time 4 pages, and I won again.
So for about 4 years, until I started an internship as an illustrator and graphic designer in a printing company and lost interest, and "I didn't have time for this kind of thing anymore".
Thus began my career in the world of communication, skipping the rules and with a monstrous ego.
But I still remember that with relative pride and a smile.
I was a shy Martian in a strange world, skinny and weak, always sick... and this award gave me reasons to believe in myself, I was finally good at something.
Without a doubt, it is one of the best things that has ever happened to me, and without a doubt, if it weren't for that, I wouldn't still be drawing and dreaming at almost fifty years of age.
Thanks to a crazy jury.
- :Dmonospaced
- Chuck Norris Approved!utopian
- <3PonyBoy
- ...And plenty of talent, it sounds like!scarabin
- Funny, have a similar story. I was a errible student but won some comic prizes, moved to art school and never looked back because I was finally good at somethintank02
- Yup, early successes = increased confidence. Kids needs these.jagara
- absolutely love this story.
i have a feeling a LOT of us have similar ones. i know i do.exador1 - Rad! Interesting how steps in life unfold, yet as beholders we are rarely aware of them.dibec
- Nice!stoplying
- And now we need scans!garbage
- Your mum was on the Jury, right?autoflavour
- jagara3
Tiling my bathroom. That shit has a leaning curve, especially if your stupid crooked uneven derpy apartment is from 1932.
Practice somewhere first. Otherwise, you have to redo a whole fucking wall.
- drgs0
Who dares to post their results
https://bannnedb.github.io/Hate-…
- 190 questions?
FUCK RIGHT OFF!hans_glib - 40% Pedophilic?!
Okay.Hayzilla - https://imgur.com/a/…kingsteven
- think it would be reasonably hard to get under 30% paedophilic tbh (without committing pedo-genocide)kingsteven
- There are other philias like hebephilia and ephebophilia, different from pedophilia, but you cannot explain them without sounding like a pedophiledrgs
- Say, by American standards, which are not interesting to me, Sweden and Japan are pedophile countriesdrgs
- 41% whateist
55.7% dontcareist
108.3% stupidhumanliststed - 100.5% culture warfadein11
- Poorly worded questions and a waste of time._niko
- 190 questions?
- a_aachen5
^
ok. OBBTKNs post inspired me to share my story:Back when I was also about 17 or 18 I also won a Comic/cartoon contest. It was a contest by a state bank so it was state wide and the price money was crazy high for a contest like this at that time. 10000, 5000 and 2500 German Marks for the first three prizes. It was huge and everyone who was into drawing, took part, even the big names. I was about to finish school and back then I wanted to become a graphic novelist / Comic book artist, so this was a great opportunity for me. I was so enthusiastic I made several comics. One of them I particularly liked, but my girlfriend at that time said, that the humor was too sarcastic. As I didn`t want to miss the chance, I submitted it nevertheless under the name of a friend (couldn’t take my girlfriends name – she also took part) and sent in another comic under my name, which I thought would please the jury more. I told the friend on a side note about my submission „ah by the way I submitted a comic in your name. If it wins you get a 10% share“ and he totally forgot about it.
After the final school exams were done, I went on Interrail the next month touring through France with some friends. When I called back home one day, my mom said I should immediately call back my friend, he has been desperately trying to reach me for the past days (this was the time before mobile phones). When I called him back, he was devastated: The bank had called him to tell him that he had won the first prize, they wanted to set a date for the award ceremony, the press had called to interview him on his ideas, his drawing techniques and where his humor came from, and a nation wide student magazine had even offered him to draw a monthly one pager! He was totally freaked out because he was an absolute non-creative saying he could not even hold a pencil straight and now he was the new cartoon shooting star.
He said no way he was going to the award ceremony so what we did was we told the that it was a collaborative work after all, and I helped him with the drawing. They bought it, so we could go to the ceremony and recieve the price money together. It was so hilarious being there with him. So many people constantly trying to talk to him he panickly trying to dodge the laserbeams, sending desperate looks to me hoping that I would jump in when they asked him questions about the coloring technique or his favorite inking tools and his artistic influences. The newspaper printed a feature story about him and his artistic path (which he hated).
The commission for the magazine didn’t work out obviously. He was quite upset with me and didn`t want anything to do with it any more, so there was no chance for me to persuade him to keep selling it as a collaborative work. After the money found its way on our accounts and he got his share of 10%, he cooled down. We are still good friends.- somwhow I picture you as Harry Potter and him as Ron Weasley, him freaking out, you two both on some big stage at Hogwarts...grafician
- stfumonospaced
- +1 Aachen.monospaced
- oey_oey-6
Will Smith's wrongs don't make Chris Rock right.
- CNN dixitoey_oey
- you're not wrong. but he came out as a bigger turd.pango
- Suddenly, after a century+ of jokes in poor taste told by comedians the world over, CR went too far by calling a bald woman GI Jane? Get the fuck outta here...imbecile
- Sometimes folk just get a smack in the mouth. Whether they deserve it or not matters very little.PhanLo
- @pango yes a bigger turd that slaps like a girloey_oey
- @imbecile go argue with graficianoey_oey
- shapesalad5
Wife left today. Seemed to have enjoyed her stay at my hotel, 2.5 years of marriage, all living costs paid for. Would have been fine with it had she not had these 'episodes' every few months and thrown all her inner turmoil into my face. Thankfully my mother witnessed one of these 'episodes', so I don't need to question my interpretation of events.
Now she's using my hotel as storage provider, left all her stuff boxed up. She didn't even clean the toilet last weekend... I'm left to clean the toilet. Make sure you don't marry someone with undiagnosed PTSD.
Thank god we didn't have a child...
- Congrats. Get a cat to pee on her boxesGnash
- ^ Or in her shoes.
Ask my dad about that.Continuity - put her shit out on the curb, or bring it back to wherever she livesmonospaced
- Rough post, emotional indeed. My suggestion is not do anything you will regret. Even understandable, justifiable actions could haunt you later. Good luck.imbecile
- Thanks - I am doing nothing and saying nothing, will speak to lawyer, and just be as calm and kind as I can be...shapesalad
- timely meme i thought worth sharing https://i.imgur.com/… to open windowsimbecile
- crypto safe?grafician
- what's the ptsd from? Sounds like you're handling it well.pinkfloyd
- Tough thing to go though from the sounds of it. Wish you well.mort_
- Been 6 months since i left my crazy alcoholic abusive girlfriend. Not been easy but now have much peace and begun a new relationship. life feels good again._me_
- wish you the same ultimate happiness_me_
- For god's sake, don't quit smoking now (if you smoke) ;)
Good luck and best wishesOBBTKN - pics?drgs
- PTSD was from sex abuse age 12 from elder brother + friend. Mother blamed her. Then photographer raped her at 21 when she was model.shapesalad
- Then she had a career at a prestigious fashion company, boss 'sort of' promoted her, to get her closer to him, took her on business trip, drugged and raped hershapesalad
- Elder sister died soon after that, from stress violent husband and undiagnosed heart condition. Cue guilt as she hadn't been aware of what her sister was goingshapesalad
- through. She sued her boss and settled, I met her at this time. She spent the money at a top university on a silly course hoping to change career.shapesalad
- Then covid happened.. we are married.. but she can't work, find work, unwilling to do anything - fear builds ups, self esteem ebbs away...shapesalad
- ...then as I'm closest person in her life, she turns on me, turns on my family, blames etc.. Just avoiding her responsibility and looking at her self.shapesalad
- Easier for her to play the victim and get unconditional help from authorities. All very sad.shapesalad
- that's a lot of red flagspinkfloyd
- She must be very prettydrgs
- Sorry to hear this. A new door will open soonstoplying
- Gardener4
I just went for a wander up the high street in Carnoustie (in the snow!?) and noticed this very cool sign on a pub wall I had not noticed before.
- "i'm fucking pale blue"imbecile
- the pub is a bit rough tbhGardener
- I remember him saying that line on a special he did when I was a kid. Then that became the title of one of his sets. Then... Boondock Saints. Love B. Connollyimbecile
- Liked him up until the Ken Bigley fiasco.********
- weird you say you've turned your back on a comedian for an off color joke, but fail to grasp why others don't enjoy or appreciate what you have to say.imbecile
- who knows? maybe it's your desire to be more liked or even more hated, that fuels your diatribes.imbecile
- PonyBoy4
Anyone try these fancy new prescription eye drops that fix blurry near vision?
I hate eye drops... almost as much as I hate my glasses... very tempted.
(some QBNer: Have fun dropping 5G in your eyeball, asshole!)
- https://www.youtube.… Jump to 2:14 How does an eyedrop overcome that?imbecile
- dunno... that's why I'm asking if anyone's tried the stuffPonyBoy
- Mmm interesting I wonder how readily available it is, my doctor didn’t mention it before selling me progressives_niko
- Peaked my interest, my eyes went to shit back when i hit 40GuyFawkes
- https://en.wikipedia…Gnash
- wont reducing your pupil size make you see worse in poor light?microkorg
- GuyFawkes0
I'm thinking of crossing over from e-boarding to a onewheel cuz it looks fun in a mellow kinda way and maybe even safer in some ways, anyone here got a onewheel? Thoughts? Tips?
- Any version of a skateboard, that's not a skateboard, is lame. My $0.2.section_014
- ^ i do that tooGuyFawkes
- but i has the need, the need for speedGuyFawkes
- Agreed with section. My take is probably biased because these fucking wankers are all over my neighborhood. Skate or Don't.garbage
- onewheel is its own thing, it's nothing like a skateboard, the trail riding looks pretty funGuyFawkes
- I just tried to order one but it dont ship to MX fuckGuyFawkes
- Electric skateboards are pretty scary, hit a little stone and you're fuct! I had a Mellow Motor on a Deck I bought. Went crazy fast. Too fast for a skateboard!microkorg
- I looked at the OneWheel for a bit but then I ended up switching job and wouldn't need it for the commute. Far more sensible ride, wee stones and bumps...microkorg
- ..aint gonna send you flying arse over tit so a much more enjoyable ride. you don't have to watch out for stones.microkorg
- yeah a couple months back I hit some early morning dew and got a concussion on my eboard, that thing is fun and fast but im too old for these damn concussionsGuyFawkes
- when i got my 2nd e-board it was so damn fast that it made me go out and buy health insurance, that thing is nutsGuyFawkes
- got my eye on the onewheel for trails, it looks funGuyFawkes
- and that concussion was with a helmet onGuyFawkes
- scarabin9
Can i unsubscribe to will smith
- I never cared for him before. Now I am repulsed by his behavior. #cancelwill haha #vivalacomedyAQUTE
- Sorry to read that, please click Unsubscribe at the bottom of the Corey Feldman hole, and you won't be bothered again. Thanks!sted
- he's always sucked and continues to suck, but now sucks even extra more mega muchKrassy
- I blame his auntie and uncle in Bel
AirIanbolton - He’s always been rather entertaining and a pretty damn good actor. This doesn’t change any of that. Obviously. You all are taking it too personal. Fuck.monospaced
- almodovar was close next to it https://pbs.twimg.co…neverscared
- Yes please, the world is overdosing on him right now.garbage
- I don't see why anyone is caught up on this at all. Just ignore it and watch some good movies, will smith or not. He's an actor, this is pointless.monospaced
- Tom Cruise is a crazy fuck, but I still watch his movies. Louis CK is funny AF. Canceling what you watch because of who these morons are is so damn retarded.monospaced
- i can´t watch tom cruise anymore.. anytime i see that clowns face.the movie becomes boring and it loses all my attention.neverscared
- Because he’s a Scientologist?monospaced
- Will Smith canceled himself.utopian
- Krassy4
can any of you recommend other music in this style?
- Brightblack Morning Light (minus the melancholy and freakouts).Fax_Benson
- https://www.youtube.…Fax_Benson
- https://songslikex.c…imbecile
- @Fax_Benson thanks!Krassy
- @imbecile whoa! nice!Krassy
- Spacemen 3 of course :) maybe E.A.R?sab
- what an album LAGWAFIS!microkorg
- SimonFFM4
@a_aachen:
Something similar happened in my life 25 years ago. A friend of mine came over to my apt every week to practice dj-ing because I had 2 turntables and he couldn't play the music loud where he lived.
He was quite a good dj (and later had several radio shows). There was a DJ contest by Red Bull and he produced a demo tape at my place. As I wasn't good enough, he produced a second tape and send it in under my name.
I won a place in the DJ workshop with Carl Cox, but I told my friend, no way that I am going since he mixed this tape that won. So, I called Red Bull and asked if he can come instead of me, but they refused.
- pango8
kitty pole dancing.
- AQUTE1
Fuck KBBQ is good. It's been a good 10 or 15 years since I had it. I forgot how fun and how good it is! Yummy :-)
- Hayzilla1
Why the fuck can't I have 2 After Effects docs open at the same time in this world of supercomputing M1 computers etc!! I'm pretty new to AE but I hate it for that. Also the fact the app completely closes down when no files are open.
- Followup from M1 AE users would be appreciated because I have one in the cart, but have heard too many horror stories with AE.garbage
- Are you using Rosetta?garbage
- didn‘t check in years, but the solution was to import the 2nd file an keep it open in a comp...the other was starting a 2nd instance of AE.uan
- The multiple instance hack being the backbone of AE is total justification for less than legal applications of their product.garbage
- You can but not the official way. If you're on MacOS, open "Show Package Contents" on .app file. Then open "MacOS" folder and click on AE terminal icon.NBQ00
- ^ Then what? What does it do?Hayzilla
- just make a copy of AE (select Adobe After Effects CC 2019 and hit command-d for duplicate) and start it.uan
- A long running gripe for me as well!stoplying
- yes 2 versions of aetank02
- Continuity2
Ordered one of these gadgets this week, and it arrived today. Got to say I'm impressed! After 3 minutes of grinding each side, then a couple of minutes of honing each side, it did a good enough job on my knives that I was able to shave hair off my arm with all the ones I sharpened.
Defo recommend.
- Did you use a sharpening stone before?
If so, is it better?palimpsest - This is a sharpening stone set, pal. Just a unique setup that appears to help keep angle consistent. Looks promising, actually. My traditional set is a pain.monospaced
- This is going straight on my want list :) As a cook who uses chef's knives to prepare almost every meal of the day, every day, this would be oh so helpful.monospaced
- Having to guess and try to maintain the grinding angle on traditional whetstones is a pain in the fucking ass, ugh! This takes all the guesswork out.Continuity
- And the build quality is top drawer.Continuity
- Thanks for the info.palimpsest
- That looks great. I gave up looking for an easier solution than the whetstone. Thanks!mandomafioso
- I use the sorby pro edge system for my blades (I collect weapons)********
- "Choose your Variant" on the color selection. really?sarahfailin
- 140€?!?!? More expensive than all my knives combined lolpango
- Bobo do you have katanas on your wall?pango
- 15 degrees is a bit fragile. I prefer 25 for my arsenal. The smatchet is 30.********
- 15 is for delicate cutting. Not whacking things around.pango
- pango, do yourself a solid and get at least one high quality pro knife that costs more than $100. Please.monospaced
- A quality knife can take more and hold its edge. 15-20 deg is perfect for food prep.monospaced
- Lol I have used pro chef knife before and understand why it's good. But at the end of the day, if it does the job then it's fine.pango
- Ummmmmonospaced
- my next knife will be a good one i promise you. when my current one breaks.pango
- You don’t want a knife that barely does the job. And nobody would sharpen them if that was the case. A good sharp knife is amazing.monospaced
- My current one can cut tomatoes into really thin slices if that passes the test :)pango
- You're doing it wrong, pango.palimpsest
- And there’s me using my broken stone I got for £2 in China town. Never had a problem with it.shapesalad
- A Honda accord works just fine!!!!!pango
- see! I spent more than shape! my stone is 10 bucks!pango
- Did you use a sharpening stone before?