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- drgs5
Internet is rotting my brain, does it show?
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- Nairn6
I just fucked up.
I thought I'd leave work early today so I could have a gander around the locality before I go and pick up my daughter and noticed a new burrito place had opened up. I fucking love burritos. Went in to get a flyer/menu and see what it's like. Friendly, family-run sorta place - they offer me samples which I turn down because "no, no, no - I'm not hungry", but I promise I'll be back, which I expect they don't believe.
I leave, walk across the street and immediately turn around again, go back in, order a burrito because actually I've only eaten a shitty egg sandwich all day.
They've just opened up this last Saturday, so are keen to make a good impression. The burrito they made was fucking massive and over-stuffed and I very stupidly ate every last morsel on the way home.
I'm now off to pick my daughter up, then come back and start making dinner and I in no way whatsoever have any interest in food at all - no cooking, no eating. Fucking d'oh.
- if daughter liked spicy food, the solution would be obvious, but the selfish little fuck turns her nose up at even the suggestion of chili. the cunt.Nairn
- To the orphanage with her.Continuity
- Omelette and yogourt. Tell her to beat the eggs and make them in the pan, while you puke in the bathroom?OBBTKN
- Quick and easy!OBBTKN
- fantastic story********
- I just don't get burrito's.. that thin bread and medley of ingredients, a simple 4 ingredient Jambon Beurre is #1 in my world.shapesalad
- What are the 4 ingredients in a jambon beurre?palimpsest
- Comparing a gay Jambon Beurre to a burrito is straight up stupid********
- Burritos are the perfect food. Fact.scarabin
- How can someone not “get” a burrito. They’re perfect.monospaced
- the shitty egg sandwich started the fuck up..;)neverscared
- Damn, this story did not deliver********
- lol.. that story did not end who I was anticipating. there was a distinct lack of Explosive diarrhoea and public humiliationautoflavour
- also Burritos are perfection .. I dispute your claims Shapesaladautoflavour
- I once made the mistake of ordering a burrito from a place run by a Sri-lankan dude. I had been building up my heat game for moths so I cockily told him to make_niko
- ...it as hot as he possibly could. He literally chuckled. worst mistake of my life. I don't know what ancestral volcano he pulled the sauce out of but it must.._niko
- ...have been a billion on the scoville scale. He literally stared at me the whole time with a giant smile on his moustachioed face while I took bite after tortu_niko
- ...torturous bite, trying my best to be much man but whimpering like a little girl while sweat and tears streamed down my face. Don't even ask about the..._niko
- ...tsar bomba "exit interview"_niko
- one night drunk at a Mexican restaurant I went with DEATH SAUCE and ASS REAPER.. which in hindsight should have been the give away..autoflavour
- in my drunken bravado I slathered it all over.. needless to say I couldn't finish my food, nor use a bathroom for a few days without searing painautoflavour
- https://cdn.shopify.…autoflavour
- it really should have been apparentautoflavour
- I lolled around, sweating, with a fat stomach 'til I went to bed last night. Thing was HUGE. Partner cooked fish for dinner. All worked out ok in the end, nb.Nairn
- El Loco Burrito? I just saw that place opened up. Aside from being huge, was it any good?BaskerviIle
- it was ok-good. Not the best, far from the worst. They do two types of chicken and I think I got the wrong one. Another punter waxed lyrical about his.Nairn
- Definitely worth a shot as it's very cheap - too cheap I think. Or, they make smaller portions. Will try pork next time. Just not two hours before dinner...Nairn
- Thanks, will check it out...the key thing is its proximity!BaskerviIle
- Oh yeah, so glad there're burritos nearby. There's some taco place opening down on green lanes too sometime soon-ishNairn
- Baskerville - they do two types of meat. The ones based on their 'bbq' sauce aren't great.gonfor fajita. This should be obvious.Nairn
- I'm going to be blunt with them about this. Just saying as I've just bought 2 to taste test. BBQ pork is.. not good. Very texmex and sweet.Nairn
- It's a really odd choice of direction, especially for somewhere as pretenti... discerning as Crouch End. lolNairn
- Just ate one at St Mary's church, listening to delicate mournful sevillanas guitar and singing in the graveyardNairn
- sted2
Arriving at a party 100% exhausted just want to get some drinks and spin the sheilas for an hour or two. I had to call my friend because I wasn't on the list:
- There is a password for you.
- Ok and whats the password?
- The Final Password Is V2
- So it's V2?
- No, The Final Password Is V2
- So it's password V2
- No, the password is The Final Password Is V2.
- Dammit.
- dasohr1
Some nutcase blew up the Georgia Guidestones.
- “If we’re allowed to,” Mr. Clamp added, “we’re going to rebuild them.” That's too badimbecile
- Dark ages coming to America...grafician
- KANDISSautoflavour
- Another conspiracy dickhead I know sees the destruction of those shire looking stones as some sort of sign.PhanLo
- you need better friendsimbecile
- i_monk1
It's the 90s again.
- 5 minutes remaining woo hoo!********
- Installing the git command line thingy for Visual Studio for that game dev course.i_monk
- Just set a timer for 541:05 and come back when it beeps********
- That's longer than I expected it would take to finish this course.i_monk
- Visual Studio on Mac?drgs
- are you sure you are dl the right thing? how much MBs? Or your connection just dropped and you took a screenshot at a bad moment :-)uan
- Yes Visual Studio on Maci_monk
- Connection was fine everywhere else. It was >500hrs for nearly an hour, then >400, then dropped to 8 for a while, eventually finished.i_monk
- 5 minutes remaining woo hoo!
- Gardener1
Found these pics of a festival I went to in July 2005 which turned out to be the last live show by a re-united Pink Floyd. Overall the day was a bit of a disappointment (to me) despite a stellar line-up, getting in took aaages and there was no alcohol on site, food over-priced and the queue for the loo was grim.
there were no touts despite the tickets only being available via a national lottery.
the queue has a massive argument and splits up
thankfully the Stereophonics set is obscured by a tree
my view of Elton's set is obscured by a massive troll
the queue for the loo was biblical
some folks were just happy to sit in the litter near the back
the crowd applaud the wrong way but Floyd's set was worth the waitfull line up : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li…
- drgs4
So are you having a great summer or is it as always
- Best i’ve had in a fewscarabin
- More to do with personal progress and projects than doing anything crazy fun thoughscarabin
- It is great as always********
- Bright and sunny here in la. Puts me in the best mood, but I get eaten by mosquitos.futurefood
- I’m like sugar to them.futurefood
- Going on vacation with wife, no kids, to Catalonia, this night. First time both alone in eons. That is, good!!OBBTKN
- And in August I do not plan to work, it's a gift to myself for the half century that I have been on this planet ;)OBBTKN
- Is aiightjagara
- ?? It's the middle of winter!sab
- shapesalad1
cool app:
https://toogoodtogo.com/en-usThey have uk version - just got £10+ worth of bakery goods for £3.
- bainbridge0
How bad is Drano, if you get it on your hands?
Internet says it will kill you and also harmless.- shots! shots! shots!imbecile
- https://stuffhappens…YakuZoku
- Drano is useless.monospaced
- Harmless or useless?pango
- Useless. Usually a snake type of tool is going to be infinitely more useful and less damaging to plumbing.monospaced
- Drano does nothing to fix a hair clog or honestly, most clogs that aren’t light scum. Things you learn as a homeowner.monospaced
- But how harmful is it to skin?pango
- Don’t worry about that. Most people aren’t fucking braindead and can manage to rinse off any that might make contact.monospaced
- you say that... but there's a group of people try to inject them self with bleach...pango
- They deserve whatever happens. I’m not stupid enough to know the answer.monospaced
- Beeswax0
Wife is in LA, I'm back in Turkey going on an open ended surf trip with a girl as "friends" , told my wife about it, she's ok, no expectations but there's mild flirtation going on.
I keep saying "everything is how it's supposed to be..."- Also we booked 1 room with 1 double bed. We'll either be very good friends or...Beeswax
- Don't do anything regrettableshapesalad
- Woman or girl? Not being semantic. I'm curious how old she is.pango
- 14shapesalad
- She's 39, yes a woman but doesnt feel like it. Really vivacious. She got wasted last nite that killed off my enthusiasm/bonerBeeswax
- abort! abort!pango
- obviously you didn't tell your wife everything. not gonna say much but i think abort is a good idea.pango
- Why did you put “friends” in quotation marks? That implies strongly you aren’t just friends.monospaced
- We were flirting and talking about our sexual preferences, as friends, per her labeling.Beeswax
- How do you know this person and get in this situation?bainbridge
- If you were committed to your wife, you wouldn't have gone on this trip, or at least approached it differently and brought another friend or another roombainbridge
- But congrats on the adulterybainbridge
- How do you know Mrs Beeswax isn't on QBN?spot13
- How do you know Mrs Beeswax isn’t doing the same???futurefood
- The last hurrah. But considering your wife, kinda gross and stupid.dasohr
- its only cheating if you're not honest with both party. you can still have all the freaky shit if everyone's on board.pango
- https://media2.giphy…pango
- Did you forget to login as Catpower?Krassy
- I feel like if I made an open ended trip I would have to do a lot more with my wife than just “tell her about it” lol. Wtf?monospaced
- what spectacular way to end a marriage :)
-jez kiddin... hope you know what you're doing... kinda think it's a bit mean spirited... if your wife was doing thisexador1 - i highly doubt you'd be this cavalier about it. i know i sure as shit wouldn't be.exador1
- can't tell if your flexing that you in an open relationship or you are just telling us all your about to cheat?autoflavour
- pics or it didn't happenautoflavour
- ^pango
- so .. did you get nasty?autoflavour
- https://c.tenor.com/…pango
- Continuity0
I appreciate earphone manufacturers selling replacement cushions for their products. Especially if said product was over 300 €, and you don't want to fork out for a new unit *just* because the cushions have got tatty over time.
But, fuck me, at least include a tool of some sort to help get the fucking things off, Bose. Damn near twisted a thumb nail off, trying to jimmy the old things off.
- And by 'earphone', I naturally mean 'headphone'.Continuity
- #rantoverdrgs
- bainbridge-4
Why Do Black Smokers Seem to Prefer Menthols?
- See: the game show skit from Chapelle’s Show for your answer********
- Why Do White People Vape?scarabin
- Have you met Omaha?monospaced
- Kool story broYakuZoku
- See here: https://youtu.be/oDc…jagara
- See: the game show skit from Chapelle’s Show for your answer
- doggydoggdog-2
Big hand tattoos are popular. Remember when people couldn't get jobs if they had "visible" tattoos?
- or ear ring holesfooler
- https://youtube.com/…pango
- Soon you won’t be able to get a job if you have no tattoos.NBQ00
- NBQ00-1
3 days into my holiday and I’m already bored.
But at least I met Marc Rebillet. Funny dude.
Discuss.
- monospaced12
Parental leave starts tomorrow. No work for over three months. Just me, the kids and the summer.
- You won't get shit from me for 3 monthsgrafician
- God bless certain parts of America********
- US and A number 1 sometimes!YakuZoku
- I’ve taken the last few months off on a spirit quest of sorts; guilt free (ish) time with my boys is bliss.
Enjoy it / sink it in brother!ideaist - Glad to hear ideaist. Peace.monospaced
- ...and QBN!
:)
enjoy!Krassy - Is this vacation time that parents get to cover the school holidays?microkorg
- that doesn’t exist micro :)monospaced
- paradiseneverscared
- Hope you survive!Chimp
- Right now, in Biden's America?Nairn
- reason to breedshapesalad
- Ianbolton2
Yesterday 17 of us from the office took part in a Dragon Boat race in York (UK). Although it was blistering heat and I drank way more of the river than I would have liked, we all had a great day. We came 25th out of 36 racers, but significantly beating our time last time. We're raising money for brain tumours, or whatever! ;-)
If anyone wants to donate, feel free https://yorkrotary.enthuse.com/p…
- How is York life?shapesalad
- I live in Leeds, but York life seemed nice enoughIanbolton
- Pics or gtfo.Nairn
- ^_me_
- Haha. Trying to find some. I've managed to never show any photos of me in the whole time I've been on QBN/Newstoday. Let's change that!Ianbolton
- Continuity0
At the gym this morning, I took my headphones off briefly, and was aurally assaulted by what passes for 'music' these days over the gym's speaker system.
Some dreadful, nasal autotune thing having to do with (repeated more times than I can count) someone apparently going out tonight. No further lyrics.
And then it dawned on me: when — and, more importantly, why? — did modern music stop being somehow dangerous, threatening, and/or subversive? What happened?
Elvis, The Beatles, and rock 'n' roll caused a moral panic in the 1950s and '60s. Psychedlic rock in the mid-'60s to early '70s had every parentl fearing their kid would be a countercultural junky. Punk was throwing two fingers up to the whole of society in the mid- to late '70s. Heavy metal put the fear of satan and 'bad' language in everyone (especially political Karens) in the late '70s and 1980s. The late 1980s and 1990s saw rap making lots and lots of old white men and Karens feel very, very threatened.
And then ... nothing. It all died. Absorbed into the broader culture, all of these things either ran out of steam, or became the things they hated.
Granted, there's always been pop music over the decades. Safe, non-threatening. But there's always been something else in music being a danger to something.
What's threatening a new moral panic in the 2020s? What's being subversive right now, today, in 2022, musically? Where's the musical tension, the sonic up-ending of a comfortable society?
I'm simply not seeing or hearing it. I just hear more samey, autotuney drivel, all of which is some variation on the theme of getting laid.
Am I missing something?
- Also, Gen-Xer yelling at clouds.
Whilst listening to chill house.Continuity - you are missing a lot...LOL!oey_oey
- Point me in the right direction, my guy!Continuity
- ofc a gym (or any public place) will play the lowest common denominator of muzak, to avoid scaring anyone away, and/or to ensure everyone is offended equallyhans_glib
- Heard that the latest Drake album was made in colaboration with Zara the fashion retailer...grafician
- But just listen to some Run the Jewels, Roots..Death Grips evengrafician
- Wet ass pussymonospaced
- Totally feel you, Continuity!SimonFFM
- I'm feeling this too. Not seeing anything earth-shattering or whatever on the music scene in the last while...exador1
- Old man complains about the cool music********
- “Kids these days!”
- every generation ever******** - Keep in mind that users of the gym probably aren’t in the mood for thinking-man’s music that 40 YOs enjoy********
- The point isn't gym music, my guys.i_monk
- ^ What i_monk said.Continuity
- Oh just look at the mushroom haircuts and stupid dancing on tiktok. It's all going to hell.NBQ00
- I oscillate between exactly these thoughts, and wondering if I'm just too old and out-of-touch to get it and it's all going over my head.nocomply
- There’s plenty of aggressive music, just listen to ‘music’ blasting out white mercs driven around London by dealers “fuck” “bitch” “n****r” heard between beatsshapesalad
- I must add the music these merc drivers play is also auto tuned, auto tuned agressive rap. Sounds almost Bollywoodshapesalad
- shape you never fail to deliver lolfadein11
- You don't listen to my show do you?Gardener
- @Continuity, I feel you but since I've read "Sex Revolts" I changed my mind about a lot of things regarding music.oey_oey
- I all seems washed up, absorbed, morphed, mixed and remixed, auto-pilot mode...but there are crazy new things.oey_oey
- Thing is never in history there was so much music of different styles being made. That doesn't mean that we won't see another musical revolution.oey_oey
- But i guess there's more smaller revolutions happening now then one big one happening as before when there wasn't so much offer and things got noticed more.oey_oey
- Sorry for my mistakes, I just woke up from taking my daughter to bed :-)oey_oey
- Music industry is dead, decentralization of everything, too many musicians who have nothing to say with their musicdrgs
- The students I teach in their early 20s don’t seem to want to rebel. They seem zombified.Chimp
- being woke is their version of rebelling. music is so ubiquitous now am not sure it's ever going to subvert culture or create moral panics as it used tointeliboy
- ^ That's the shame of it all. Music — once upon a time — had power. Real power. Power to influence a veritable sea change in society.Continuity
- if you cared that much about music you would make the effort to look for new stuff instead of expecting it to be spoon-fed to you like a fucking child.face_melter
- Nothing but abject misery and groaning from all you cunts.face_melter
- ^ Point missed, I guess.Continuity
- You have to seek out good music and the gym is the last fucking place to look. Always has been.mort_
- Also, Gen-Xer yelling at clouds.
- Gardener0
A promising first sight at a local charity shop proved to be too good to be true, not one for me, must be getting picky...
