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- grafician-6
Actively trying to get out from a social event invite tonight
Birthday party of a friend of a friend of a close friend
Help!
- Just say no™duckseason
- Easy - COVID to the rescueGnash
- Say you're suffering from explosive diarrhea, and done!OBBTKN
- Tell him that you're busy posting on QBN.utopian
- Go, say hi, smile, get a drink, after 5mins ask for the WC, go WC - come out of WC holding phone, pretend to be on a call. Take call outside. Leaveshapesalad
- Anyone asks... 'you got called away'.shapesalad
- Tell them the truth that you hate themYakuZoku
- I did went, it was actually pretty cool, even tho' I knew just a couple people
They had a DJ and all!
But no cake!grafician - Tell them they're too old to have birthday partiesdrgs
- Best excuse ever, especially if you never want to see them again, is to say you've sadly died. Donations accepted from you familyIanbolton
- ********-7
Have you worn a face mask anywhere lately?
I don't and no place around me requires them anymore, all of a sudden, but 40% of people around still wear them.
- I still wear my mask. Hides me sneering at other people.dasohr
- just when i go into stores, its a respect for others thingYakuZoku
- Yeah, a friend pointed out: “if the people working in the store are wearing masks, you should wear one. It’s polite.”********
- ^I like that.uan
- In stores or crowds i do. I’ve gotten quite comfortable with never getting sick anymorescarabin
- I can’t even remember the last coldscarabin
- +1 scarabinYakuZoku
- I’ve had four colds since restrictions have been lifted! Hahaha but also I have a toddler in daycare so it comes with the territory********
- Not since February and will never wear them again if I don't have to, fucking move on with your livesdrgs
- Masks make it harder to tell if someone is trans, right Omaha?monospaced
- what nb... says ... still mandatory in public transport and supermarkets in austria... mask stays! fuck anti-maskers and vaxxers flipping reckless losers.neverscared
- lol@mononeverscared
- yep, in shops, etc. also still using alcohol on hands, cos... grimy london.shapesalad
- I agree with the respect thing, if it's a boutique, but if it's corporate, it might be policy. Time to move on********
- I don’t really go to any big corporate stores. Mostly local shops. The big boys like Target deliver and I’d rather shit my pants than be in a Target********
- Nairn0
Not quite signs you're getting old...
Went to a local-ish sandwich place yesterday after work and in the nicely-underlit gloom I realised I really, really needed to start carrying cheapo reading glasses around with me, as I could barely read much of the menu.
Turns out some of the titles really were smudged, and it's mostly otherwise a scrawl. From their site. I can barely read this zoomed in...
- How cool. Ugh.monospaced
- Looks like a potential client to mescarabin
- nah, he's been doing this shit for years and it's his way, i guess. I'm just glad I'm not actually as blind as I led myself to believe last nightNairn
- I always wanted to trade a menu design for a free food pass like tibor kalman did as a ladscarabin
- Got allergies?...I've got allergies to this kind of mess.
Where did this guy learned calligraphy?OBBTKN - holy shit wtfdasohr
- On the plus side, good sandwiches.
Possibly the best wings i've ever had.Nairn - Pens are not his friendsIanbolton
- Be worth telling the guy his menu is illegible though?Ianbolton
- fuck .. .so that says Samosa ...monospaced
- can we get a picture of Max himself? My imagination is running wildCALLES
- should have called is Maxwich ShopCALLES
- dasohr0
When is Kerning Man?
- shapesalad0
I’m not a fan of meat pizza. Fungi all the way.
- https://render.finea…pango
- Blasphemyutopian
- Just mushrooms? Nothing else?jagara
- NBQ00-2
Any of you QBN influencers at Coachella?
- waiting for Kerning ManYakuZoku
- I'm still making my way up from Burning Man, the walk down from Route 80 is a long haul. I hope that I don't miss the opening act.utopian
- Nuthin but Cougarellas at Coachella********
- I sent my Jason Statham clone insteadsted
- I’m doing a 4-day cyberpunk event this year. Going crazy trying to get everything done in timescarabin
- Coachella is for people who hate musicscarabin
- perfect. i fucken hate music!pango
- You willl after a weekend at Coachella********
- A vast majority of music blows ass anyway.utopian
- sarahfailin0
just sent in my consent form to get a vasectomy! never married, never kids!
snippy snippy...
- If you’re not getting a no needle / no scalpel procedure, I will find you and I will fight you.mg33
- That’s what I had, and at best the next day I needed an ibuprofen. I even worked out at the gym and lifted weights the next day.mg33
- Wasn't presented to me as an option! I'll ask...sarahfailin
- I just looked up the procedure and seems to be as they described mine to me!sarahfailin
- I thought you were a lady.shapesalad
- That's good. It's asinine that any doctors still do the needle and scalpel procedure.mg33
- my friend who was snipped is now divorced and bummed he doesn't have a choice, or good chances rather...canoe
- his disappointment comes with the fact that he may have wanted to have kids with someone he fell in love with, she faded out because of his blankscanoe
- NBQ00-2
Insomnia. Can't sleep. Discuss.
- mg331
Lexapro, where have you been all my anxiety-riddled, stressed-out adult life?
I’m in my third week and feeling amazing. Kinder. More patient. More tolerant of my kids. More playful with them. More actively engaged. Waking up without my mind racing. Waking up with energy and enthusiasm. Joyful. Optimistic. Creative. And on and on.
Apparently it doesn’t really take hold of you until after a month or two, and if that’s true, I’m gonna feel like I am an entirely new person when that phase hits.
- Super happy for you that's great :) I tried it and it just numbed me, I couldn't feel anything.BuddhaHat
- Same, I felt numb. But i suspect i wasn’t truly depressed, only sad and stressed my dad was dying which is natural.shellie
- But so glad its working for u. I suggest planning ahead for travel & trips. Bring ur insurance card just in case you lose your script. U don’t want to run out.shellie
- Sorry to hear about your father :-(canoe
- How does Lexapro affect your mental clarity? Any issues?YakuZoku
- I feel pretty good. More focused. Just far less easily agitated than I typically am.mg33
- NBQ003
I have a slight crush on Finland prime minister Sanna Marin. Discuss.
- unless you are more Wealthy + Handsome than this guy you stand no chance https://media.vogue.…shapesalad
- so don't waste your braincells on it.shapesalad
- too latested
- i too love a ninja
https://i.imgur.com/…pango - iWoodYakuZoku
- She's very pretty.jagara
- shapesalad2
What time you wake up on average?
I'm aiming for 6am.
Have been going to bed at 10pm ~ 10.30pm
So far it's been great.
Rather than having my working day time-off in the evening — when it's dark and you're tired.
Now my time off is during a lovely quiet sunrise— while my brain is sharp.
- signs you're getting oldgrafician
- Probably.shapesalad
- I’ve been doing similar for years, it’s fantastic. I do it 7 days per week and I haven’t used an alarm in years.********
- ^I do the same. wake up time varies through the year, around 5.30 atm.uan
- Do you have to get up that early to stop you wetting the bed? I've wanted to do this, but I can't seem to find a reason whyIanbolton
- 7:30 for work, 9:00-10:30 weekendsdrgs
- Who eats ass at 6am?palimpsest
- 5:30-6am weekdays, 6:30-7:30 on weekends if alone in bed. A bit later when with a girl.NBQ00
- I read this message at 4:53am. Since then I’ve bathed, eaten, and walked my dog. It’s not even 6:30 yetimbecile
- https://i.imgur.com/…drgs
- 6am-7am for work, until 18-19... 7am-8am weekendsOBBTKN
- That's what's fun about a nursing home.palimpsest
- I'm an early bird, too. Get up between 5 and 6am, go to bed early, too. No phone in bedroom ever.SimonFFM
- I'm an early bird too. I just never saw it as a flex.palimpsest
- Same same Simon. Young kids dictate this for me tho. My 5-5:30 is really my only alone timemisterhow
- Always varies. Was going to shoot a new lens this morning, so I woke up at 4. But it's fucking pouring and the bastard's not WR so I'm SOL.garbage
- 5:01 timestamp. Just going to work out, shower and go back to bed.garbage
- Like 10amscarabin
- 11pm - 7ammaquito
- I never fully wakeup.section_014
- I wake up whenever I feel like it.pinkfloyd
- 8am, start work at 9ish finish around 18:30ish. Keep in mind Spain is in the wrong time zone.Chimp
- depends. I used to be a night-owl, up working til 1-2am... but my wife absolutely hated that. At the start of the pandemic, i realized what i actually like isexador1
- 6am, start work at 6:15amformed
- peace and quiet when i work, so rather than late nights, i switched to waking up at 6am. was easier than i thought. get up, go for a walk, make a coffee, thenexador1
- usually start work around 7am or so...exador1
- Bed 1am to 3am
Wake 10am to 11amutopian - 12pm-6.30am .. work at 10.amneverscared
- 12 am - 6.30 amneverscared
- 7-7:30 during the week depending on my son. 9am on Saturdays when my wife gets up early with him.aliastime
- Kids dictate when I get up too. Wife and I take turns each day of who gets kids up and ready for the day and the other gets a lie-in for an xtra hour or so.microkorg
- Usually about 6-7 kids are up.
If we didnt have kids we wouldn't be up that early. Definitely not early birds. I art/music late into the night.microkorg - My cat allows me to sleep in till 7am most of the time.bezoar
- 6:30am 7 days a week, I cant sleep in even if i tryYakuZoku
- 4:30 2-3 days max usually for some petting on zoom or skype, but 5-6ish average.
10am to 1pm on weekends.sted - I just can't do early wake (before 9am). I go to bed 2-3am, wake between 9-10am. No matter how hard it try my body can't wake up before 9.ArmandoEstrada
- I try to wake up art 05:00 for a year now but I mostly manage 05:30. I go to bed around 12:00. I lack sleep but I can't really fall earlier.oey_oey
- If the bedroom is cold and dark enough, I can sleep past 12drgs
- I couldn't sleep past 7 if you paid me.stoplying
- My 4 year old has us up at break of dawn. The infant has one of us up around then also. I don’t really slee anymore.monospaced
- Up at 6ish every day because two kelpies. Bed 10ish. Wouldn't have it any other way. No alarms unless travelling and who's done any of that recently.MrT
- 12am-7am Mon-Sat
12am-8am SunHayzilla
- Continuity4
Between the pandemic and now war in Ukraine, the cost of living in Germany is getting to be untenable.
7.3% inflation, and that's driving everything up; food (5€ for a 1-litre bottle of canola oil — *if* you can even find some in the shops — when before it was 80 cents, for example), heating, fuel. It's only a matter of time before everything goes up astranomically. To say nothing of already shocking rents in Munich (920€ per month for my 28 m2 one-room flat, and that's considered cheap on this market).
And, of course, salaries aren't going up.
I'm really having difficulty seeing how — or even if — this situation would improve, short-, medium-, or long-term.
I'm seriously thinking of trying to find work and relocate to somewhere where COL and inflation aren't so elevated. France, Spain, Portugal, Greece.
At least I'd also have the benefit of seaside life, even if I'm rat poor.
- WTF – I just posted something similar WITHOUT reading your post prior...SimonFFM
- I know! Weird, right?Continuity
- Absolutely feel the same.SimonFFM
- Paris is becoming increasingly expensive too, I'd only recommend moving here if you work in the fashion / luxury industry.spl33nidoru
- I was thinking more Nice, that area. But it's not like it's got a hopping ad agency scene there. Not even Marseille.Continuity
- Bordeauxpalimpsest
- Nice is neat, but not cheaper than Munich. Is it?SimonFFM
- As far as I know, it is, based on what another ex-GF of mine told me a few years ago. The problem is the lack of agencies.Continuity
- Yes, sounds difficult.SimonFFM
- Let me know if you need any tips on Spain.Chimp
- This is what 900€ can get you in Madrid: https://www.idealist…Chimp
- Taxes and freelancing are easier in Portugal.Chimp
- what with the whole 'work from home' vibe and relaxed attitude about being 'in the office' does it matter if Nice doesn't have many ad-agencies?exador1
- you could get a nice apt. there and still continue to work for agencies in the bigger cities.. they don't really care where you live, just that you get yourexador1
- work in on time.exador1
- I think it kind of does, insofar as I don't have a network to speak of outside Germany.Continuity
- https://ca.indeed.co…exador1
- Noice, thanks Chimp!Continuity
- inflation in greece is 8.9%... u can run but u can´t hide.neverscared
- the greece state is going to pay 33% of energy cost for every citizen i read on the infoscreen on tram today.neverscared
- 8.9% ... fucking hell ...Continuity
- Convert your cash to Bitcoin, move to El Salvador. Is there any point moving to another Euro country?shapesalad
- Braga, €750pm https://www.idealist…shapesalad
- Bordeaux is a dead-end if you work in ad, much smaller city than most expect (unless wine biz). Nice = great lifestyle, you could work with agencies in Monaco.spl33nidoru
- ^ but connect with Monaco agencies before moving there. There are agencies in Nice but smaller. You'd be doing a lot of tourism/lifestyle-re... jobs.spl33nidoru
- How does canola oil go from 80 cents to 5€?NBQ00
- @spl33nidoru: I had to laugh at your Paris comment a bit — I just spent the last year working for luxury brands (Montblanc, Longines, A. Lange & Söhne)Continuity
- Not sure I want to keep doing that.Continuity
- NBQ, because most of it comes from Ukraine.Continuity
- @Continuity, yeah that's what I do myself ! Not the most creative jobs, but that's where the money is, and sometimes you meet pleasant people.spl33nidoru
- And why would you need canola oil anyway? Buy olive oil or something like that :)NBQ00
- lol at Spainernexbcn
- It's the same everywhere man. It's all shit.Hayzilla
- SimonFFM6
As of today, I live in Frankfurt (Germany) for 25 years. The city is not as great as it used to be and I would like to move.
My problem is that I don't know where to. I have not found a nice place on earth yet where my type of work would be possible and I could afford living.
And I also don't know where to move within Germany.
- Fuck, Simon, we're both having a similar mindset.Continuity
- All I can tell you is: avoid Berlin. It's a shit sandwich.Continuity
- Yes, Berlin and Munich aren't on my list. I'd like to find a smaller town, such as Hilversum (NL) but in Germany. Haven't found anything ok yet.SimonFFM
- I'm not *too* familiar with smaller towns, except Passau, where my ex-GF is from. Admittedly, it's super-charming, though.Continuity
- You could always try somewhere like Barcelona. I would bet anything you'd make a killing in your line of work, there.Continuity
- How can I earn money in Barcelona? I would not know how, really.SimonFFM
- By doing what you do now? :\Continuity
- I work self-commissioned 90% of the time. I like BCN, but would rather move to Sitges then. Spain makes it difficult to move there, though (tax wise).SimonFFM
- Antwerp? Lots going on but has small-ish town feel.Fax_Benson
- Denmark?Fax_Benson
- Antwerp is a really cool place, actually.Continuity
- Move in with grafician, start a web series.palimpsest
- Tulum?Krassy
- Yep, taxes are harsh in Spain. But the beer is cheap. Lisbon perhaps?Chimp
- I enjoyed Leipzig but maybe it’s not small enough. Also I haven’t been to Germany in 6 years********
- only towns i'm familiar with in Germany are Gütersloh and Meinz. got cousins and aunts/uncles in both. Gütersloh is pretty quiet, but very nice, relaxed etc..exador1
- I thought Meinz was super nice as well... i suppose it depends on what you're looking for... If i was younger, i'd enjoy Meinz..nice medium size city etc...exador1
- but at my age (49) I think i'd be more comfortable in Gütersloh... small town, familiar, walkable, nice pubs etc...exador1
- Dont move to Tulum lol just visit.
I suggest discovering a small town and making that your home.cannonball1978 - @cannonball1978 why not Tulum?Krassy
- Lisbon.shapesalad
- https://www.youtube.…
https://www.youtube.…shapesalad - ^ not quite your work, but in the ballpark.shapesalad
- Ibiza?
But seriously, probably Portugalgrafician - What about Hamburg? Is it any good?hotroddy
- Thanks for your ideas! Portugal is nice, but my Portugese is very basic. Would have to convince my wife, too. Maybe Austria. I will keep on looking.SimonFFM
- Really thanks for the suggestions! I also need an international airport. Only benefit of Frankfurt...SimonFFM
- How about a small town in the vicinity of Portland Oregon? Mild temps, cheap food/energy, int'l airport. most exotic dancers of any US city. Nice scenery.monNom
- Lisbon. Most young people or middle age speak english. In the creative world surely.oey_oey
- I'm gonna move to Leipzig in August. 3 years after loosely planned. Berlin was an option that ended in 2014. Leipzig is not very multi-ethnic but has other plusoey_oey
- In The Netherlands: Why Hilversum, of all places? Check Maastricht.stewart
- Braga.shapesalad
- I only spent a small time in Sitges, but it was lovely. If you could make $$ work, it would be a good choice.BuddhaHat
- Berlin, Berlin, Wir fahren nach Berlinautoflavour
- I like Denmark, but I would instantly be a poor guy. I cannot afford Scandinavia.SimonFFM
- @stewart Hilversum was only a metaphor for a small city not far from a big one and overall a chill place. I will check Maastricht, thanks!SimonFFM
- My wife said no to Lisbon.SimonFFM
- Did she offer any counter-suggestions?Continuity
- ^hills, many hillspablo28
- Not sure how it is in Germany but i would not try the Netherlands if you are planning to buy a house. The housing market is a shitshowmilfhunter
- vienna sounds like an optioncock-a-doodle-doo
- A friend of mine moved from Amsterdam to Hilversum.oey_oey
- If I was single now and had to move or decided to move outside Germany and stay in central Europe I would probably choose Antwerp.oey_oey
- Barcelona is crazy. As in crazy good. Don't know about working market.oey_oey
- Gardener2
I have a stall here in Northampton on Saturday - I have LOADS of fresh (cheap) vinyl so get there early before the dealers clear me out!
- what - travel all the way to some car park in northampton to buy your cast-offs?
;)hans_glib - yes mate, I have had a big clear out, 7"s a quid LP's a fiver, all stuff I just need shot ofGardener
- and it's in a pub garden with DJ's playing jazz, funk & soul, what's not to love?Gardener
- If it wasn't a five hour drive, I'd be well up for this. Hope it's a good one though :-)Ianbolton
- what - travel all the way to some car park in northampton to buy your cast-offs?
- PonyBoy3
There's this idiot at my apt. complex that can't help but point out how folks break rules while doing it themselves. The dipshit has a 'Welcome' mat that takes up half the hallway—often tripping people. It's 'illegal' to have this sort of mat according to the property owner's guidelines (NO doormats in interior hallways, asshole!!). Anyway... today as we returned from our walk (my pup had a very hardy yet not-so-solid turd on said walk) she spotted the idiot's doormat and b-lined her way to it. From edge to edge she dragged her ass leaving the 'O' to appear a bit bolder than normal... good dog. <3
I'm going back to clean it up of course (no I'm not)... but ffs... GOOD DOG. <3
- mg330
I have a wall clock next to my desk that has had a dead battery for at least a week. I haven't changed the battery and the time was stuck.
I just heard a noise and looked up, and the damn thing is back working again, second hand spinning for the first time in a week.
There must be a demon here.
- https://electronics.….imbecile
- The live!! ;)OBBTKN
- "They" live.
Sorry, still no coffeeOBBTKN
- sausages4
We're getting a new pup in about 4 weeks for the kids. New chocolate lab to fill the void left by Gravy, name is likely to be Susej because it sounds like sausage but is Jesus spelt backwards. Is this offensive?
- https://youtu.be/ajs…hans_glib
- Natas********
- I mean it’s natas offensive as some other names********
- Lol hanssausages
- Careful now, 'Backwards Jesus' (as he will be forever known) will have a gift for turning wine into water.mort_
- I like it. Are you happy to yell that loud in the park, when the pup’s run off? Is the short version Sus?MrT
