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- PonyBoy1
Bash
- Hmmm... meant for test thread... apologiesPonyBoy
- Cargo?monospaced
- Brettfaxion
- https://brettbash.co…utopian
- 3advancedYakuZoku
- Gardener1
Old house for sale near us that has just been totally renovated, it's probably quite nice if you have half a million spare but the video, dear oh dear
- 500k? Bargain.. that'd be £20m near me.shapesalad
- It's really a bargain. You get 55sqm in Frankfurt for this price.SimonFFM
- lovely and yep a bargainfadein11
- that vile picture windows absolutely trashes the place. might as well be a bungalow ffshans_glib
- Thatd be 3 mil herescarabin
- just kidding, I have no ideascarabin
- depends on the neighbourhood. it's easily 2-4 mil here.pango
- Nairn0
Last week, my partner had a bad fall and sprained her ankle. Thankfully it wasn't a fracture as we first suspected - given how swollen, bruised and painful it was - otherwise her entire current contract would be fucked, as it's mostly on location and she needs to be pretty mobile in about two weeks time. Given it's a pretty fucking important contract for her, it would Not Have Been Good.
About an hour ago, fucking hero Nairn here went from a gentle amble down the street, talking to a mum from ze nursery as we walked home, to a mighty sprint to prevent her scootering daughter getting hit by a van that was fucking-moronically reversing into a driveway, but instead of the expected exhibition heroic virtue, I managed two steps before some sly ghost cunt cattle-prodded my left muscle calf and then suddenly I couldn't use that muscle to walk with. Excellent. A pulled muscle. I've never had a pulled muscle, but as soon as this fucking thing hit I knew what it was.
So, after a 45 minute walk home that should take 15, I am now hobbling around the house with a ski sock filled with small bags of frozen peas, trying not to express any moments of Severe Fucking Ouch when I inadvertently use the afflicted muscle, because my partner really doesn't need to be thinking about the added problems. She's already feeling pretty guilty.
So now both of us are a bit incapacitated and we have careers to Do, a child to look after and - oh, fucking yes - my BiL and his partner coming to stay this weekend.
I don't often like London, but I particularly don't like London when I realise I have no family nearby who could help pick up the slack. FML.
Aaanyway, the weather's nice.
- oops, long, sorry. Just me me me, ignoreNairn
- is it schadenfreude to upvote? If so, I will downvote.hotroddy
- Eat a banana. Drink lots of fluids. Heat is probably better for encouraging blood flow and softening a spasming muscle.monNom
- but is the scootering daughter okay?imbecile
- Dr. Internet says heat should only be applied after three days. Banana's an interesting idea though - I like your thinking!Nairn
- ha, imbecile - she is. Self-absorbed as I was in my moment of pain I'm not sure how that reconciled itself. Her mother was incredibly apologetic though..Nairn
- ..which I thought funny through the mist of my incredibly British sense of embarrassment.Nairn
- Shall I pop around?shapesalad
- Woah Nairn!! Good luck with your visitors and a fast cure for both... I know how hard is working solo while taking care of kids and a injured wife... Ánimo!!OBBTKN
- with luck you won't have pulled it. i did a similar thing playing badminton and had to cycle home one legged.hans_glib
- went to a physio, it turned out to be a strain thank fuck. which she then nuked with acupuncture.hans_glib
- the tesla robot can´t come out soon enough to slack it up...neverscared
- autoflavour30
I survived 45 years today.
woot!- HBD!! Have a blast!OBBTKN
- HBD Bitch!utopian
- HBD!Krassy
- HBD. Buy yerself some music gear!MrT
- HBD!Continuity
- Congrats!Chimp
- Happy Bday!!ArmandoEstrada
- Happy birthday auto!mort_
- that's gotta be worth a new module, just sayinghans_glib
- Happy Birthday!SimonFFM
- congrats. you out lived so many musicians.pango
- Get yourself a new Eurorack module, and fuck the haters. Salud, dude ;)jagara
- says a lot about my life that I get more love from QBN than I do from my actual friends.. love yoozautoflavour
- Best of luck forward man, HBD!grafician
- hbd, but the day is not overdrgs
- Happy Birthdaycanoe
- it's time to push those damn buttons all day long yeah! congrats!oey_oey
- HBD!YakuZoku
- you're oldPonyBoy
- HB (Birthday is one word, why you need the D?)shapesalad
- ^
https://i.imgur.com/…pango - ^ This. HBBD auto! (second B is belated)garbage
- HBD! Live long and prosper and party hard for the last time (recovering gets harder after 45) :-)uan
- GONGRAZZTZmilfhunter
- that's not to say my friends don't love meautoflavour
- Wolfboy0
@Autoflavour Are you in Australia? If so, what date was your birthday? I'm trying to work out the time difference.
Because I finally got through my 43rd year yesterday (15th).
Are you part of the 15th gang? Along with me, Courtney Cox, Ice Cube, Doogie Howser, Mo Salah and of course Winnie the Pooh himself, Xi Jingping.
- We're gonna have to make the font bigger here, that tiny 'save / cancel' text is too small for the ageing population of QBNshapesalad
- My browser is already set at 140%Wolfboy
- Nah , 16th June.. Tupac babyautoflavour
- Happy birthday tho Gemini friendautoflavour
- And MC REN from NWAautoflavour
- But yes, australiaautoflavour
- shapesalad-4
All delivery guys.
All maintenance men.
All Uber drivers.
All boys aged 13 - 21.Have one thing in common... they all reek of Axe deodorant
- Open the door for 10 seconds to an amazon delivery guy - now the whole house stinks of their synthetic artifical AXE stink.shapesalad
- Does no one care about the source of the scent - the chemicals used to make synthetic fragrances? How it clings and lingers - absorbed into the body each day.shapesalad
- It’s the Axe effect.jagara
- I’m considerably more attractive when I smell of Axe mate. Have you not seen the adverts?Ianbolton
- Continuity5
Yesterday, I kicked off my life as a full-time freelancer for the first time in almost 20 years.
Wow.
Since yesterday, I've been hustling on LinkedIn, sending messages to interesting agency contacts I've been collecting over the years from all over the place.
No replies yet, but come on ... it's early days.
Gotta say, though, it's a much, much different hustle from run-of-the-mill job hunting. More uncertain? Yeah, probably. More exciting? Fuck, yes.
- You ok then? couple years ago it sounded rough going for you.shapesalad
- Diversify - get some side hustles going, so you aren't 100% relying on freelance for income.shapesalad
- Thanks for asking, shape! I'm way better than a couple of years ago. Focussing on my mental health (+ therapy) means I'm in a different place now.Continuity
- Am I worried, now that I'm not working FT on the agency side? Yeah, of course. But I think I've got way better coping mechanisms now than 2 years ago.Continuity
- Check out Dr. Paul Conti's book on trauma - seems useful. https://www.youtube.…shapesalad
- Glad you are doing better!shapesalad
- Wait. why weren't you 'full-time freelancing' when you were unemployed a year or so back?Nairn
- Because of the way my local residence permit was jigged. I've got the all-clear now. ;)Continuity
- ah yes, that rings a bell - I think I asked you as much at the time, haha!Nairn
- Virgil voice: "Welcome to 1040 Hell, do you need a guide?"garbage
- what field of design do you specialize in?hotroddy
- Advertising. Concepts/ideas, film/photoshoot supervision. ATL and social.Continuity
- ... / BBQ / SodomyNairn
- Uh-oh. Busted!Continuity
- best of luck!hotroddy
- Why?
there are TONS of jobs available rn
just posting something cool on Linkedin will get you offers :))grafician - I just did a snot-laugh at BBQ / Sodomygarbage
- scarabin9
I’ve noticed there’s a local bird that’s learned to perfectly imitate the “walk” chirp they play for blind people at street crossings. Curious how this will play out
- must be a mockingbirdhotroddy
- omg same here!monospaced
- Blind population is declining drastically!OBBTKN
- I had a mockingbird in my neighborhood that would imitate various car alarms at 2AM every nite.dasohr
- must be a bird of the dickhead speciesfuturefood
- Crows, jays, starlings and many other species also do mimicry. Car alarms, street sounds, the crossing sound you mentioned.garbage
- Ravens are basically parrots and will mimic human speech. Probably a mockingbird though. I had one that learned my neighbor's water sprinkler.garbage
- There are a ton of corvids here, maybe it’s one of themscarabin
- They're sneaky, wonderful fuckers. Are you still keeping chickens?garbage
- Yep!scarabin
- I'm guessing corvids then, because they will stalk a coop. Also start selling QBN branded eggs.garbage
- imbecile1
One of my cars turns 21 on Sunday. My triple black E46 being "born" on Juneteenth is one of my favorite coincidences. Celebrating with a bit of methanol now that she's "of age" and some pride cake, which is tradition. Sadly, I don't have one friend who approves of me putting this bumper sticker on it...
- Nairn2
I just found a pound coin in my pocket.
I'm wearing shorts. there's no way I'd not have noticed it prior.
I don't use cash much any more.
Where the fuck did it come from?!
- Bros Before Hoesutopian
- wutNairn
- what happens in vegas stays in vegasYakuZoku
- You found an antique store of value.shapesalad
- Time travel********
- Reverse pick-pocketing. It's the new trend.garbage
- your busenbuddy boris put it there...he brings it all back .. pounds, ounces..neverscared
- Pound town********
- “Pound coin”Chimp
- Speaking of reverse pick pocketing, there was a man in the Bronx, NYC putting plastic bags of his feces in women's pockets a while back.CyBrainX
- No wonder this forum is full of idiots - this kind of posts makes your IQ drop like the crypto market or the UK's GDPgrafician
- Door's thataway >Nairn
- NBQ00-2
Spent the day at the park/ lake. Then some woman in her early 30’s comes to lay down near by me. Not far is another guy. Nothing unusual. There’s quite a few people there so people are close to each other.
Later on after I come back from a swim I see the other guy has approached her and is talking to her. After they finished chatting he asks her for her number and she give’s it to him.
He then packs his stuff and leaves while saying bye and something like “see you soon”. Not even five minutes have passed and an older man in his 50’s. I’d say maybe around 55 or older joins the woman. I immediately thought it’s her dad...
Until they kiss on the mouth like lovers. She’s not super pretty but also not bad, she’s cute and has a really good youthful body. The older man lays down next to her and they share touches and kisses. It was so weird. I immediately thought he must be a rich dude and is some sort of sugar daddy to her. He’s almost shorter than her and I wouldn’t see any reason why she would find him attractive unless she has an old man fetish or well... is enjoying a good lifestyle that he can provide financially.
But her giving out her number to the younger guy before made me think that she must be cheating on the old man.
- a lot of variables don't you think? He might have been a work colleague or family relative. Who knows? But she's cheating is the first thing you think?Ianbolton
- No way work colleague or family relative. Did you even read? They kissed passionately for a while. They held hands when they went for a swim.NBQ00
- They kept kissing through the few hours I was there.NBQ00
- $ is one hell of a drug.shapesalad
- possibility is endless. could be open relationship.pango
- I was on about the first guy. Why do you give a shit man? Share something about your own lifeIanbolton
- It’s just a little story I encountered today, no need to take it super serious :)NBQ00
- I don't want to say it takes all kinds, but what you anticipate being not possible, totally can be. open relationships, hotwives, fwb .. ethical non monogamyautoflavour
- some young woman totally have it for older guys.. it sounds like bullshit, but it isn'tautoflavour
- HijoDMaite2
TJ airport, flight to Guadalajara delayed 3 hrs. 5 dollar bloody Marys and 3 dollar Bohemias. Imma get shitfaced.
- drgs0
Just read a discussion on twitter: feature movies are always in 24 fps because we have a learned association between fiction and 24 fps, while 60 and higher frame rates only work for reality tv/news and in general look like 90s camcorder
I've always thought that Collateral (2004) was high frame rate, turns out its also 24fps
Discuss
- Yeah it was long known that 24fps gives that cinematic look while 60fps makes it feel TV/ sport-event'ish. Avatar was supposed to be 60fps originally.NBQ00
- Us AV nerds have known this forever. That’s why you have to turn off motion smoothing on a tv immediately and never turn it on again.monospaced
- They call it the soap opera effect because it looks like cheap shit at a high frame rate.monospaced
- So, are movies stuck in 24 fps forever?drgs
- probably. it's the same thinking behind all these retro pixel games, much more evocative than all the oh-so-real-but-not-q... ps5 super rendered nonsensehans_glib
- the hobbit was 48fpspango
- we need gen z directors to change that.pango
- Yes and watch it on a smartphone vertically.NBQ00
- all future movies will be verticalpango
- with shitty soundhans_glib
- Movies are experimenting with high frame rates. Gemini man was 60+ I think. 3D requires 60 possibly.monospaced
- Im intrigued by the fact that this association is learned. When the last generation who grew up with late 80s-90s TV drama/reality TV dies, then we will be freedrgs
- to make hfr moviesdrgs
- Alternatively, start making reality tv/news in 24fps, then flip itdrgs
- Oooof Gemini man was shit. Did not help the 60 fps camp lol.pango
- Collateral looks different because it was early digital cinema. Another early one is 28 Days Later.********
- These days, tons of “films” are shot digital. only an excellent eye can see the difference. Partly because cameras have improved, DPs understand digital, etc********
- True 60fps is cool for sports, nature, adult films. Anything where you want to feel like you’re right there. Unlike a movie, which is a piece of art for viewing********
- weird, i was looking into this yesterday too. I was watching the new Top Gun and the jerky frame rate was pissing me off as we had seats near the frontIanbolton
- Football (sports) are definitley better at 60fps. Gemini Man was actually 120fps for 3D and the realism only shows how terrible an actor W.Smith isIanbolton
- 24 frames per second is what our natural vision feels closest to or what we dream in._niko
- There’s a different look between a high shutter speed (Saving Private Ryan) and high frame rate (The Hobbit in theatre)********
- ^Wow wow wow.... I need a second... Wouldn't there be blank frames inbetween?pango
- No they just show them for longer.monospaced
- so less blur i guesspango
- Am I correct to say that the blurriness which comes with 24fps is more forgiving -- for special effects, stunt doubles etc?drgs
- like this scene in Terminator 2 up-resed to 8k and increased frame rate now looks low budget https://www.youtube.…_niko
- vs the original which is much more cinematic https://www.youtube.…_niko
- ugggh high frame rate made it feel like all the frames are gliding... it distracting...pango
- It’s awful. But most people don’t turn it off and it’s turned on as default on pretty much all TVs. Just ask Tom cruise.monospaced
- oey_oey-2
Who the fuck is Ben Wexler?!
- ooooofautoflavour
- paging Monospaced.. call for you on the red courtesy phone located in the lobbyautoflavour
- https://c.tenor.com/…scarabin
- that's benfal's brotherpango
- is this bad?oey_oey
- Well, it's a bit unintentionally doxxy.Continuity
- https://www.law.colu…monospaced
- https://m.imdb.com/n…monospaced
- ^ yes the law guy and Forrest Gump I just don't get it. maybe it's not important.oey_oey
- Why did you ask?monospaced
- autoflavour5
well that was fucking entertaining..
went to watch top gun.. get tickets, dude at counter gives us wrong screening.. gives us 7:30pm instead of 8:50pm..
so we walk in; thinking it’s just started and we missed the trailers
Walk in just as they are doing a briefing for some mission, seems like its the beginning of the film..
Then its straight into all the fighter jet cheese ball Hyper military bit.. which for all its TEAM AMERICA bullshit is still pretty impressive to watch..
Few things don't make sense, but your brain is going, they will explain it..
Then, 1 hour after we sit down it ends..
we walked out unable to stop laughing as it was just so unbelievably terrible but also so perfect we missed all the cheesy love story stuff, and just caught the money shot..
ended up getting tickets refunded also..
moral of the story, only watch the last 1 hour of Top Gun and its actually just a movie about flying a jet.
its hilariousThe people in the cinema must of thought we were crazy coming in an hour late
- we just looked at the cinema number on the ticket, not the time.. so we just assumed it was the right oneautoflavour
- ha. There's still jet-based fun to be had early on, they don't labour the sappy love story thank F.MrT
- https://64.media.tum…grafician
- Who buys tickets at the counter? Weird.monospaced
- its a long story mono, but basically state gov gave out all these entertainment vouchers to support business, and as a result had to be in personautoflavour
- but yep, ewwww. real life interactions.. no buenoautoflavour
- hmmm.. can I be assed to see the beginning of a movie which was already so cheese.. it looks phenomenal .. but the dialogue is awfulautoflavour
- yeah it's not the cleverest but glad you saw at the cinema? Like Dune it won't be as good only streamed.MrT
- awesome!oey_oey
- To be fair, shouldn't this movie be called TEAM AMERICA Bullshit?CyBrainX
- that review the other day on POTD nailed it.. 133 min advertisement for Lockheed Martin celebrating death.. pretty muchautoflavour
- NBQ001
Speaking of Chris Cunningham... I wonder what happened to him. Or did he just retire after 2003 pretty much?
He only did the 2003 short Rubber Johnny and then one more short in 2010.
Of course his body of work is amazing. Wish he continued with the music videos and maybe even feature films. He would've been a perfect candidate for the latter.
- Oh sorry, he did one more music video in 2006 (Sheena is a parasite)NBQ00
- He worked on adapting Neuromancer for a few years but t never materialised. I always thought he should've made at least one feature.fadein11
- *it neverfadein11
- He did some Gucci perfume idents not so long ago. https://youtu.be/ykX…Morning_star
- He was attached to a few feature projects over the years, but the (perceived) lack of marketability of his vision was likely the issue.spl33nidoru
- 13 years ago, M_sNBQ00
- He might have been burnt out by the experience. I too hope he comes back to the medium, he was one of the best, certainly has a lot left in him for us to enjoy.spl33nidoru
- @NBQ00 holy shit, really. Man, i would have sworn it was only a couple of years. *disappears back into cave*Morning_star
- Is there still money in the music industry? Well I suppose for the big artists.Chimp
- he did some commercials... dior or other luxury brand was the latest afaik---neverscared
- the last interview which was too much for him i saw him speaking in public https://www.youtube.…neverscared
- hasn't slept for 3 days, damn. I read some rumors a few years ago that he may have had psychological issues.NBQ00
- thats a speculation from the channel or not that he hasn´t slept.... i think he is going full pynchon in production to keep the annyoing fans away...neverscared
- he did some live vjing with aphex a few years ago too...neverscared
- NBQ000
oey, why did you call Placebo "the most useless band ever"?
I find them one of the best out there. If you look at their discography they have so many great tracks.
Of course if the music is not your cup of tea that's another story.
- They just released a new album btwgrafician
- Few months ago, I know.NBQ00
- Love ‘emGnash
- I was just taking the shit, sorry NBQ00.
I'm not a fan and I just know a couple of songs. there's nothing more to it.oey_oey - 'taking the shit', I am going to use that one lol.
Each to their own, I just can't stand the lead singer's voice, good for you if you enjoy them tho!BuddhaHat - PYERR! MORNIIIN!jagara
- debut LP is pretty brilliantGardener
- lol jagNBQ00
