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- oey_oey1
Hijo, check the "What are you listening thread", have some sounds for you ;-)
- HijoDMaite1
Got my DNA results back. You guys know where to buy some quality Yarmulkes?
- I knew you had some Portuguese in you...LOL!oey_oey
- And obviously Jewishoey_oey
- 6% Basque... Ha! I knew it ;)OBBTKN
- ^ Wanted to write next that you two can party together. Invite him over. Good food, wine a nd pictures guaranteed from both of you.oey_oey
- I feel special now that I am 6% Basque. Do I get to learn the secret language?HijoDMaite
- I knew that you were a Nigerian Scammer.utopian
- Lol!HijoDMaite
- DNA test back from where? The labs are based in China. You took part in China's DNA Data harvesting program.shapesalad
- China are collecting DNA on the worlds population so they can more accurate develop a bioweapon that leaves them ok, but us not.shapesalad
- All these DNA testing kits, find out your heritage etc... the kits get shipped on mass to chain or use equipment that send the data back to china.shapesalad
- Bio weapon made of my DNA? Y’all are fucking toast!HijoDMaite
- Start learning it Hijo, It's a little easier than Japanese ;)OBBTKN
- https://qbn.com/repl…pablo28
- Boring salad at it again lolpango
- Your surname is Armstrong? That's a Southern Scottish/Borders / Northern English name, which isn't represented in your apparent genetic make up here?Nairn
- Someone's been lying to you - you might want to sit down with Maite and have a chat ;)Nairn
- hydro742
Not sure where I originally got these, someone here will probably know, but here are a bunch of volumes (PDF's) I had on my computer. They are quite epic!
Dropbox link:
https://bit.ly/3DRhAA9- I used to get that rag in college, 93-97
brings back memoriesBonSeff - nice - thanks. Can smell the old paperwhatthefunk
- I used to get that rag in college, 93-97
- Continuity3
WTF?!
- I didn't say Behance, Brett Bash, or any other of the massive number of banned-on-QBN words. Did I?Continuity
- HOW HAVE OFFENDED YOU, QBN GODSContinuity
- +IContinuity
- The word halfway because of "fwa"
Dont post letters which are forbiddendrgs - Mother of god. Seriously? Ugh.Continuity
- Br&tt Ba$hutopian
- well, totally missed that.. why can't we post fwa?autoflavour
- FWA - Awardssted
- shoebox dudeArchitectofFate
- shapesalad5
Fu*k. Lost my job today... due to macro economics.
- Which sector is most stable for designers? Where you can work till 65? Collecting a nice pension.shapesalad
- I've been applying for gigs mostly on LinkedIn. Average applicant count around 100-200 for a single job.
*sigh*ideaist - Sorry to hear brother.ideaist
- Ah, shit. Sorry to hear that, shape.Continuity
- Sorry shape, stay positive. Get strength back and move on!OBBTKN
- hugs from orlando my friend!hydro74
- it's dire out here. Lay offs last week. Clients going dark. This industry doesn't thrive as well in the hard times.wagshaft
- Thanks. Might have to just do my own thing, try to build out my own mini studio.shapesalad
- fucks sake that's grimhans_glib
- Now’s your chance to figure out how to make chatGPT and midjourney eat your former employers lunch.monNom
- Damn sorry to hearYakuZoku
- Sucks man. Sorry.HijoDMaite
- sorry to hear. rough year aheadNBQ00
- Sorry to hear.. good luck in finding new gigdee-dubs
- That's rough man. All the bestCalderone2000
- It's been 4 years of instability, redundancy in lockdowns, getting jobs that weren't suitable, finally getting a job I love... then boom, gone.shapesalad
- I've never had a job last longer than 2 years. In my entire career. And not due to my personality or performance. Fuck this.shapesalad
- that's not bad actually, keeps things interesting
imagine spending 15 years in the same jobgrafician - are we talking about the actual job (profession) or place (company)? if the latter then yes why not change it up every few years.NBQ00
- 65... before I'm done its gonna be 82ArchitectofFate
- the pipe-guy made the only correct move hereArchitectofFate
- You got this. I know it does not seem like it now, but you do. Make them next steps huge!dibec
- What's your expertise? Hourly rate?canoe
- You seem like you know what you're talking about, shape. I'm sure something will come up. Hope so. Best of luck.Fax_Benson
- Thanks guys. Expertise motion, but a little tired of it, just worn down by the instability of it all, always re-starting...shapesalad
- ...re-starting = not able to progress as much I want and this job becomes a 24/7 thing where I can't enjoy life.shapesalad
- just go back the way you came. maybe you'll find it by retracing your stepsimbecile
- ^yup!
sorry to hear, shapemaquito - Upvote doesn't feel right. Sorry to hear shape. Hoping this turns into a good, new chapterstoplying
- dibec7
I was waiting
for something extraordinary to happen
but as the years wasted on nothing ever did
unless I caused it.- Charles Bukowski
- NBQ000
20K+ dead in Turkey from the earthquake, Jesus. Are we desynthesized by numbers?
I remember when I read about Pompeii ages ago how like 16K people died back then from the volcano and how horrendous it sounded that so many people died at once from a natural event.- do you mean desensitized?
if you did mean desynthesized please take this conversation to the "making beats" threadPonyBoy - What does DeSantisizing?hydro74
- I kind of wish I was. The footage is harrowing. Probably worse in Syria, away from the film crews and rescue teams.Fax_Benson
- Sorry autocorrection typoNBQ00
- Prompt?utopian
- https://www.independ…shapesalad
- ^ Assad’s forces were bombing of areas hit by earthquake. For fuck sake...shapesalad
- I have a friend in Istanbul, he's lovely, he's a video editor - he's looking for work... if anyone has a lead, post it and I'll send it to him.shapesalad
- do you mean desensitized?
- PonyBoy4
My wife is over in Vermont at the moment (she works there). She just went to buy groceries and when she got to the checkout they let her know that each paper bag costs money (pocket change - $0.10 / each - plastic bags were banned Jan 1, 2020 in Vermont)... she's in such a mood that she busted out in laughter and dropped a big "what the fuck... are you serious?!" on the poor kid working the checkout followed by something like "...thanks - I'll just drive over the river where they have bags..." and left all the groceries sitting there.
*snort... tonight's going to be a 'fun' dinner...
- welcome to uk.shapesalad
- PonyBoy, are you the one who had a series of white trash fights with your brother, or am I thinking of some other QBNer? I missed thosedrgs
- Thanks, Biden!palimpsest
- LOL drgs... I haven't a clue what you're talking about... I wish it was me tho.PonyBoy
- Welcome to Canada. Or Vancouver at leastpango
- We're using reusable shopping bags for years here, you're beasts!!
It's time for you to embrace the ecological paradise ;)OBBTKN - Reminds me of when we changed to no longer giving out free plastic bags at stores. A woman looked to be in a rush in front of me...palimpsest
- grabbed a handful of bags for only 2 small products. When the cashier rang up the bags she looked confused, she was from another country.palimpsest
- When she finally realized she had to pay for the bags she put them back and only got one.
Money talks.palimpsest - Ya I was using free shopping bags for trash bin lining. Sucks now I have to pay for the over priced bags :/pango
- Keep resuable bags in your vehicle. It quickly becomes habit to grab em when you go shoppingstoplying
- OBBTKN1
My wife will finish her work season at the company shortly, and she doesn't return to work until August.
I still manage a good portfolio of orders, but the job market now it's, to say the least, "rare."
The eldest daughter is still studying and the youngest is most likely going to study at the Uni in another city.
I hope the forces are with us, because this year (and those what come) are going to be, how to say... interesting?
- This show could be called "Family life issues with Kevin" hahaha... Have a nice weekend guys <3OBBTKN
- Well, turn it into a youtube channel and profit.shapesalad
- HijoDMaite15
Forgive me if this isn't cool to post here. I'm actually starting a YouTube Channel where I will be making POV Street Photography videos. You can kind of see the format I will be using in these two first videos I made. I'm very new to it so I hope they get better as I do more. If you're into street photography, film photography, or want to see what the streets of San Diego beach cities are like I would appreciate a Comment, Like, or Subscribe! I would also welcome any critique good or bad from experts or nonexperts. :)
- Nice one! Will watch. :-)PhanLo
- Thanks Phan!!HijoDMaite
- Will check it tomorrow HijoOBBTKN
- Started watching. Looks amazing, great concept. Good luck with the channel!microkorg
- Nice, will def check it out.Ramanisky2
- Sweet! SubbedYakuZoku
- The photo shoot with the guy in vid 2 was interesting. You seem good with making people feel at ease. Have you thought about doing interviews, ala Humans of NY.pusherbot
- Also would be cool to hear you think out loud while you’re taking the photos. What caught your attention, what you’re trying to frame, details you notice, etc.pusherbot
- I had the landscapes and other non-portrait photos in mind with the thinking-out-loud idea.pusherbot
- Great advice pusher thank you.. I may consider turning the music down and narrating live a little bit more.HijoDMaite
- I definitely feel that it’s easy for me to talk to strangers. I wish I had recorded all my portraits of strangers shoots over the years.HijoDMaite
- Great idea. And a nice laid back areazardoz
- spelling he failed.utopian
- lovely photosutopian
- Lol shit Utop! That’s embarrassing!!HijoDMaite
- nice Hijo! just subscribed. I will give a watch tomorrow.capn_ron
- scarabin1
A sawed-off shotgun is also a sod-off shotgun.
Can’t think of anything to do with this homonym, so i’ll just leave it here.
- drgs0
A new playlist appeared in my Youtube favorites:
"Sounds from Shorts
Sounds you saved while watching Shorts."https://www.youtube.com/playlist…
Discuss
- Nairn2
I set up a Hotmail account for my daugher last night, to help organise an upcoming party. My Gosh, what an absolute clusterfuck the UI is - it's making me feel like I'm utterly clueless with computers. It really is a total mess. For sure, there are a lot of options, but jeez if they're all in front of you at once, all competing over dead zones of non-sensical whitespace.
- Seems obvious, but why didn’t you choose a different company? Or just use a prettier email client to access?monospaced
- Obvious in hindsight, perhaps I'd already sent out the invites with the address. GMail's a no-no (also - have yout tried setting up a child account there?!Nairn
- GMX didn't work (?!), yahoo et al were shite, so I figured MS might just be simple (and free). Now wishing I'd just set her up on omg.lol for $20 p/aNairn
- Mainly I just wanted something fairly generic and anonymous, that both my partner and I could easily check from wherever.Nairn
- fastmail?grafician
- I have a fastmail account for myself, but it's paid-for. I wanted something free.Nairn
- I’ve never paid for email before.monospaced
- Are you against Google? Gmail is great.jagara
- Yes, I'm against Google.Nairn
- @mono - I've self-hosted since the 90s, so paid for my email, then started with Fastmail about 4 years ago, when the hoops to jump through to ...Nairn
- ... ensure emails weren't junked in spam folders by Google and MS etc became too much to bother with.Nairn
- Both those will dump an email that is a response to one sent FROM a GMail/ MS account, even on a well-set up server. It's so stupid.Nairn
- I lost jobs because of that shit. My theory is they do it on purpose to force you to use their services... .Nairn
- So glad Nairn is tech savvy so proud!
fucl gmailgrafician - @Nairn yes most emails from non gmail addresses end up in Spam
People lose A LOT of business over this shitgrafician - Google made a good search. Everything else, they bought, ripped or was a failure. This has been a drive-by comment.MrT
- Beeswax6
I feel so much guilt.
I could go there in person to try to help. Even if I turn out to be useless there I could see and feel the pain in reality, not on TV.
I did help though.
But some part of me also wants to run away. I'm feeling this guilt for the 5th day straight, except for brief periods of intoxication.
I don't know what I can do more.
Whole country is feeling like this, I had seen this sentiment when it happened in Japan.
My wife said it feels like 9/11Earthquake in Turkey I'm talking about.
- Let the rescuers do their work, prob. you're not going to be helpfull... Try to help in another way, taking someone to yours until they can find a new home?OBBTKN
- I'm sorry for you and your country, take care :(OBBTKN
- It's impossible to imagine, it's agonizing. Take care - heart goes out to all!whatthefunk
- Best way to help - just be there for those around you. Ask a stranger if they are doing ok.shapesalad
- Everyone around the world can emphasize with the loss, pain and trauma of those affected. Life is incredibly unfair and cruel at times.shapesalad
- They’re saying to send money if you can, no food, no clothes, no supplies, just money so they can buy what they actually need for the search and rescue_niko
- after this all settles, the only thing you can do really is to help ensure this never happens again. put pressure on the authorities to make sure all buildings_niko
- ...are up to code. No short cuts, no shoddy builds, hold those responsible for this accountable. Easier said than done I’m sure._niko
- The corruption and the construction amnesties don’t help, apparently 50% of Turkeys 13 million buildings are at risk of collapse :(_niko
- elections in may or june niko. Things need to change here. we're fed up. maybe this is the catalyst for that.Beeswax
- All this makes me wonder how safe our supposed “quake-proof” buildings really are here in California.HijoDMaite
- It's all pretty awful but beautiful to see how all this tragedy can bring people together to help.IRNlun6
- Send help to those who'll know what to do: tents, blankets, sanitizer, etc.i_monk
- doggydoggdog0
Are you happy?
- Yesmonospaced
- Sometimes. I don't think constant consistent happiness is very common(?)jagara
- I have life sorted from every angle but sometimes feel like the act of living has tied a bunch of accumulated trauma and bullshit around my neckscarabin
- I think there really is a kind of innocence that gets lost and we develop this sort of rindscarabin
- as we get olderscarabin
- depends on how often you askgrafician
- Yes, no, yes, no, yes, no... It depends a lot on the day you ask me, but to a large extent, yes!OBBTKN
- jagara0
Weed novice from Europe here. We cut our weed with tobacco. Usually we toast the tobacco to get rid of the nicotine. So a joint is usually a blend of weed and tobacco.
Apparently, Americans don't do this. So, if you don't cut/blend the weed with tobacco, how do you "throttle" the effect? Like, do you smoke a joint with 100% skunky insano-cush in it? Aren't you getting way too fucking high from a single puff?
- i thought only teenagers heated tobacco .. for ..whatever reason? Afaik, Americans don't tend to use tobaccy in joints as much as we do.Nairn
- I also found that tobacco 'toasting' pointless at best, stupid at worst and somewhere along the line, slightly nauseating. Horrid smell.Nairn
- *I always found...Nairn
- Short answer: yes
Long answer: yessssscarabin - This is why i use mids if i’m rolling. Can’t roll or get a draw on the sticky stuff anywayscarabin
- Mids?jagara
- I sort what i grow into levels of potency. The very best goes into pipes or is gifted to friends, i extract resin from the worst, and the mid stuff gets rolledscarabin
- Reduce the size of your hits w/a one-hitter (saves a ton of money on weed over time too): https://bit.ly/3xkV6…
I prefer the ceramic cigPonyBoy - @ponyboy Good advice. I'm hyper-sensitive.jagara
- @ponyboy Bought one, thanks :)jagara
- NIce!PonyBoy
- stoplying1
I'm taking my boys to the largest indoor water park in north america today followed by a trip to Mr Beast Burger for dinner. This place looks absolutely bonkers!
- Wow. I would have LOVED that as a kid.
I suspect these days it'd just drive me up the wall. Good luck, Dad!Nairn - As an introverted kid, that would have been my idea of hell. Would have preferred to be out in the countryside with just my parents and a friend.shapesalad
- Wow. I would have LOVED that as a kid.
- Nairn1
Trying to come up with small-ish things I can cut out of perspex to add to a kid's birthday goodie bag. I've just spent the last forty minutes modifying a bunch of available spirograph designs and whilst I've had some fun drawing with them, I'm now wondering whether they're at all suitable for a 4 year old.
I did buy a small kid's spirograph for some kid's borthday a few weeks back, which is why I thought this'd be a good idea - but that was big and clunky and brightly-coloured plastic.
I think, unfortunately, this wee one might be a bit complex for a 4 year old to use, as cool as it fucking is. Maybe I'm wrong.
Any thoughts about what sort of thing I could make for a bunch of midget children? I *had* hoped this'd work well, as i could personalise them for each kid, etc.
ho hum. This is how I spend my saturday evenings now, apparently.
.
I have literally hundreds of ~150mm rectangled pieces of clear perspex plastic I'm trying to use up. This *could've* been perfect, grr.
- I say 'borthday' because I was born a Geordie.Nairn
- Maybe a flatpack zoo where the legs fit into slots on the bodies? You could do trees and stuff with it.
Or a tinkertoy style set with shapes and connectorsscarabin - Or an edgelit nightlight? https://litb-cgis.ri…scarabin
- ha, i made a modified perspex thing for my brother-in-law who got one of those edge-lit things for christmas :)Nairn
- Problem wit that is, I'd need to buy the light bit, and I'm going the DIY route here as the budget for this party's gone through the fucking roof already...Nairn
- Stencil sets could be funscarabin
- I like the animal flat-pack idea - that's got... legs.
Thanks, Scarabin!Nairn - Ooh, fuck - yeah. a simple-ass stencil would work, wouldn't it? Huh, how stupidly obvious, for someone who makes x stencils per week for other people...!Nairn
- If i were a kid i’d want shurikens or “future swords” but that’s probably a no go for safety reasonsscarabin
- Gotta say, I'm having lots of fun doodling spirographs here. They were a toy I always wanted as a kid, along with Mr Frosty Ice maker thing, lolNairn
- Lol!scarabin
- Not loving another "rant" but your intentions are so pure
spirographs are so fucking must for any fucking chilhood wtf 4 yos are basically adults these daysgrafician - Don't know if it counts, but having access to spirographs early, influenced my choice of being a designer later on so yeah
go for itgrafician
- jagara1
If you're not someone who needs bandwidth to stream video or gaming, turn off 4G. For everyday activity, you don't need it.
5G is flaky, and your phone uses battery to search and connect to 5G towers, which have to be nearby, because 5G has low range.
I turned off 5G, and i feel 0% change.
- *turn off 5G, i mean.jagara
- Cant turn off the the 5G VaXx bat virus nano particles, unfortunately. #ticktockzardoz
- No 5G, no problem at allOBBTKN
- 6G is bettergrafician
- How do you turn off 5G? That not a thing is it?monospaced
- It is a mobile network type and gsm providers support legacy networks, some down to 3g. you can switch back at your phones network selection.sted
- @monospaced yes. I did this yesterday on both Iphone and my sisters Android.jagara
- My phone is on 4G only now.jagara
- Is 5g the same as the g5hz on my wifi gateway?
As opposed to 2.5ghz or whatever?scarabin - I asked how?monospaced
- How?monospaced
- Good, you turn it off good.sted
- @scarabin nah 5G is 28GHz to 39GHz, wifi works between 900Mhz and 6Ghz. bluetooth is what can f up wireless because its running on 2.4 GHz.sted
- what some call 5G WiFi isn't GSM communication its actually 5.x Ghz WiFi.sted
- You can disable 5G by taking out the 4G from it. It will be fine since the gravity is 1G on most parts of the planet.sted
- @monospaced: iphone: https://www.youtube.…jagara
- Ah. Thanks stedscarabin
- bainbridge1
Is this bad?
- If this is your mouth, no. If this is your vagina, yesscarabin
- ^ Fucking LOL!oey_oey
- you turned off the 5G?sted
- LOL scarYakuZoku
- LOL stedoey_oey
- I'm not loving it to be honestFax_Benson
- Looks like rotten stained teeth, infected gums and poor hygiene. Absolutely disgusting. Definitely bad x100.monospaced
- How do people let this happen? It’s not hard to take care of your teeth.monospaced
- gums are fucked, I don't know what you've seen so far Mono but rotten stained teeth looks far worse :) some tartar is what we see as an extra :) what happened?sted
- Going to see a dentist. Hopefully can be fixed.bainbridge
- You should be seeing a dentist every year at least anyway. I’ve never seen rotten teeth but this is what I imagine they look like.monospaced
- You’ll be fine.monospaced
- Looks like you have an abscess brewing below the centre right tooth. By the grey coloration I’d guess the root is dead. Probably root canal or extraction.monNom
- Don’t fuck around, you don’t want that infection spreading into your jaw. Very difficult to treat. Take up flossing.monNom
- The teeth look okay, the gums seem inflamed.jagara
- They look like smokers teeth, but that's just cosmetic. I know what I'm talking about. I am an out of work graphic designer.jagara
- Just go to your dentist and they will tell you to brush your teeth more and stop drinking soda. If you ask the internet you will have endocarditis and die.milfhunter
- Why would you out yourself like this?
This is the 2023 equivalent of porn maps.palimpsest - Don't think any of us are dentistpango
- Shut your TERF mouth, pango!palimpsest
- Who has to be a dentist to talk about neglected teeth? You don’t have to be a dermatologist to recommend using sunscreen.monospaced
- U don't have 2 be rich
2 be my girl
U don't have 2 be cool
2 rule my worldpalimpsest - You don't have to be alone to feel alonemilfhunter
- Not rotten but need some cleaning. Teeth grow more crooked over time. An option is braces. I had shitty teeth al my life although I clean them as the dentist satank02
- Bad genes i guess. Hipe my kids have my wife theeth. Perfect.tank02
- Nope. best advice is go see a dentist.pango
- You don't have 2 be a dentist,
2 provide dental advice
on QBNpedromendez - 2 legit 2 quitmonospaced