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- palimpsest9
The luxury of not owning a car.
- and having a chauffeur.sted
- and having to relying on Uberutopian
- and relying on friendutopian
- and masturbating in your homebezoar
- Neither, I feel for you.palimpsest
- LOL, bezoar.
What do you mean by the luxury of masturbating in *your* home?palimpsest - I like where this is going!Continuity
- Hop on, get off.
https://i.haasie.com…palimpsest - I blame socialism!palimpsest
- but owning two cars...neverscared
- Typical procedure of Moroccans in my country, don't own or pay for a shit and live off the taxes of the rest of the workers...OBBTKN
- Napalm!OBBTKN
- ..must be a midwest thingbezoar
- Memory updated.palimpsest
- The luxury of not owning an umbrella.
I effing hate carrying anything in my hands._niko - This and the DJ Shadow image share a suspiciously common palette.mort_
- AI is eating-out the internet.mort_
- it's also the same dude, he's just relaxing and listening to his sweet finds_niko
- the things u own end up owning you.
tyler durdenneverscared - There is no sporkmort_
- LolYakuZoku
- palimpsest2
The luxury of not having any friends to rely on.
#socialism
- Lol at the lights and shadowsOBBTKN
- Happiness knows no bounds.palimpsest
- Of no nagging wife. Of no chair legs. You'll be happy and own nothing.NBQ00
- I'll be happy AND own nothing.palimpsest
- Knob Gobbler Delightutopian
- Sure thing, Uber Gobbler.palimpsest
- palimpsest2
Matter dissolves, class struggle ends, only the collective remains.
From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.- Sketch > Scan > Illustrator > Photoshop > Midjourney > Photoshoppalimpsest
- > dreary shitehans_glib
- Communism has failed on every single attempts.jagara
- *attemptjagara
- lol centrist Danes, like Swedes, are thick as shit.face_melter
- Possible dissenters will be put in gulags, but they will only be temporary, as will the dictatorship. In time, the masses will join the revolution.jagara
- Travel bans, extreme government surveillance of the population is also temporary. Now go heavily Photoshop this image of our glorious leader.jagara
- The classless workers paradise waits. Have patience, comrade. It'll stop sucking soon.jagara
- Hasta la victoria siempre!renderedred
- PonyBoy0
Just saw a trailer for the Minecraft movie starring Jack Black...
Full confession: I have never in my life even watched a clip of the game let alone played it (not kidding... I know it's game about 'blocks' ...that's about it).
Do I make time for this game / movie given how ridiculously popular the game is? I'm not a gamer at all these days... hung that up when I stopped building my own PCs about 15-ish years ago (I do miss playing Battlefield (2) of which the latest iteration looks RAD... makes me want to build a PC again).
- Ofc notgrafician
- if yo]u have kids you will get sucked into minecraft... then roblox, then fortnite...jonny_quest_lives
- minecraft is probably the best of all of them as it has the best mods and servers it's fun for booth adults and kidsjonny_quest_lives
- It's just digital lego.i_monk
- Nairn5
^
Minecraft is a fantastic game, and I can't wait 'til my kid's old enough so we can play it together. I haven't played it in years though, because a) I just don't play many computer games any more, and b) when I DID play, it was a masssssive time suck. Like, I'd lose entire days and nights to it.It's a world that you literally build around yourself and it can be very compelling... if you're into that sort of thing.
It's not a game for everyone, so I'd suggest watching some gameplay videos to see if it appeals*.
What I''d absolutely not suggest watching though, is the movie with Jack Black in it.
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* or have a scan of a thread a certain-someone started about the game many years ago. The first video linked sort of gives a good indication of whats' on offer: https://www.qbn.com/topics/64278…
- i mist have put in hundreds of hours with my daughter on Minecraft, I would continue playing/building after she went to sleepYakuZoku
- Same here Nairn. I would find myself playing into the morning when I didn’t have kids, but now it’s a distant memory gaming :)monospaced
- But now my son just turned 7 and I think it’s time to show him and let him build. Such a great peaceful amazing game.monospaced
- I used to play with my son, it was so fun. I was into the building but my son was all about pvp, but we made it work, he was my body guard destroying mobsslappy
- lol @ the Jack Black comment...
... sounds like a good family game - I don't have a kid but I could see my wife and I having funPonyBoy
- bainbridge-3
So the song of the super bowl and grammys, etc is song about Drake and underage women?
And people sing it for fun and Drake isn't in jail?
- technically it's about a dude in drake's crew who did do jail time for it...for Drake it's borderline stuff that Kendrick's trolling him about_niko
- But having said that what do I know, when you're that famous girls will do anything to get your attention even if they're underage._niko
- My running route takes me in front of Drake's mansion, and I've seen young, scantily clad girls just milling around outside of his property, one time, at the_niko
- foot of his street, there is a long steep hill that goes into a valley, maybe 500 meters, so I ran up it, totally spent and at the top I see two youngish girls_niko
- in tiny bikinis and high heels, right out of a 80's hair band video, standing there, maybe waiting for drake's limo, thought I was hallucinating from my run lol_niko
- Are you wondering how this song is not used as evidence that will put Drake behind bars?monospaced
- canoe0
Have you seen the Vibe.co YouTube ads?
So wrong on so many levels. How can a company that lives in the advertising space not get the basics right?
- What are these "YouTube ads" you speak of?Continuity
- yeah, i haven't seen an ad in ages, using brave...renderedred
- YouTube adz are for da poor peoplezYakuZoku
- sted44
https://www.qbn.com/reply/413923…
I would like to ask to ban this person from this place.
- I'm not here to listen to the threats of radicalized people and others mental illnesses. It really just got boring, so don't do anything, i'm going to f off.sted
- Ah just ignore it man. Have a nice cup of tea.mort_
- I think he's just breaking balls and is mostly trying to be funny but sometimes he's hard to read lol_niko
- ^ nah, the guy has his dick firmly up the ayatollahs ass. But his chirping is amusing afGnash
- He’s still cranky that the Jews have neutered IranGnash
- Milan the same account?grafician
- Oh no wait, they're different indeed :)))
Oh boygrafician - @niko seconding the "nah, he's serious." He's been on that EVIL AMERICAN IMPERIALIST speck in your eye for a minute, completely oblivious to the Russian-sized..garbage
- ..beam in his own eye. He'll do a 40 note rant that nobody ever reads, and conveniently all facts directed his way.garbage
- Big history of racism, but he's one of those saddos that has nowhere else to go.garbage
- *conveniently ignores, fucking morning over here.garbage
- Oh grow up.
This new tactic of unpersoning everyone we disagree with has got to stop.monNom - ^ +1Morning_star
- Post belligerent or vulgar things at your own risk.i_monk
- howd this go from -4 to +21 in a couple hours lolkingsteven
- election fraud...neverscared
- @monNom well said! +1renderedred
- everyone ? there is super high amount of disagreement without unpersoning... sounds a bit of a puny generalistion statement from monneverscared
- +31 now... Vox populi, vox dei?yuekit
- +1 i_monkContinuity
- lol mort_Nairn
- once again proving that liberals are fascists deep down, who want to suppress free speech, while supposedly fighting for democracy, human rights and free speechMilan
- I can't even take a few days off because you go ahead and have all the fun without me.palimpsest
- there's a pretty fine line between protecting sensitive ears from bad ideas, and removing the voice of the opposition. Normalize the 1st, allow for the 2nd.monNom
- better to let everyone speak, and you can choose who to listen to.monNom
- alone the statement that i disagree with mons statement and dont ask to get him banned like his -everyone- says. makes his statement obsolete and idiotic...neverscared
- 1st normalize radicalzed hate speech on your plattform... 2nd allow for the violent outburst in the real world that follows...neverscared
- I disagreed with much of what p4 had to say, but never called for him to be banned. There is a difference betweenrobotinc
- ... disagreement and someone being a vile asshat.robotinc
- @milan I never weighed in on banning the little snowflake, just confirming that he is a both stupid and a racist.garbage
- Does he even post creative work? I just see him trolling, I've been trying to figure out which one of us he is lolYakuZoku
- you fucking navel-gazing spastics - who the fuck cares. oh no, someone says something fruity about Ukraine! it's all a Russian conspiracy!!1!face_melter
- I kept feeling outraged by NBQ's racist mindset, but Mort's right, just sit back, have a cup of teaIanbolton
- To think the idea of liberalism is fascist is bonkers. Liberal world views have brought us art, culture, tolerance and freedoms like never before.Ianbolton
- It embraces human altruistic behaviours where helping one and other is in our best interests. If you think being liberal is stupid, look at the MAGA crowdIanbolton
- depends...its not a crime to get someone kicked out... when u hang out with your mates and some wankers comes in talking shit, u can ask to get him kicked outneverscared
- ...pretty normal behaviour in any company , restaurant, home.... has nothing to do with free speech.. he can talk his shit just somehwere else...neverscared
- true, if you're in a public space everyone has a right to be there. They don't get kicked out, the general consensus thankfully makes them harder to hearIanbolton
- I'm happy to let cunts be cunts because they want the reaction. They want to live in the storm. They feed off it, and i'm all out of snacks for them.Ianbolton
- ooh ouch, shouldn't have logged into here today :-/Khurram
- @sted I am a radical, proudly so, but "Euro-Pig" was a bit extra i'll admit lol Sorry for offending your fragile sensitivies.Khurram
- Still, this is a moment to rejoice! I have been utterly vindicated on my "non mainstream" position which has been the source of a lot of tension around here.Khurram
- Not to mention, contrary to my expectations, the American hegemon seems to be dismantling its imperial strictures without burning the entire planet to the grounKhurram
- Thanks Drumpf!Khurram
- European Imperialism is still extant, though, including British imperialism. Late stage capitalism, you have nowhere else to go...Khurram
- Communism is the only future for all of humanity.Khurram
- gnash - yeah, I do want to wipe out Israel as a homeland for the world's Jews and replace it entirely with a Palestinia Arab state based on socialist principlesKhurram
- Every single grain of sand - from the gates of Heracles to the deserts of Nineweh!Khurram
- Oh shit, 20 notes. If you don't like it garbage, don't read. Not to mention, you can't be racist towards white people, you're not an oppressed minority, mmk?Khurram
- What else? Nothing else, probably take a break...Khurram
- Thanks again Drumpf! The war is over, Russia won!Khurram
- Moving on... anyone nice plans for the weekend?mort_
- Yup, going to be trying something new I saw on the ramen subreddit — smoked chashu. Well, pseudo-smoked, in my case, with liquid smoke. Yourself?Continuity
- Cutting the grass is on the list but it’s rain and hailstones today. I’ll see what the weekend brings.mort_
- Sounds tasty!mort_
- Aaaah cutting grass. This is one thing makes me happy I live in a flat.
Still. You have a garden, and I don't!Continuity - It should be sunny, will probably take a bike ride to Germany with the family.palimpsest
- wish i had grass but sadly only soil and weeds at the moment. The GF only likes wild flower gardens which only start to kick in with SpringIanbolton
- A bike ride with family in the sun sounds so nice. Bring on the sun.mort_
- Having an amazing bike infrastructure is one of the simple joys of living in Europe.
: )palimpsest - Mainland Europe maybe. Cycling here on the roads in Ireland is taking your life in your hands.mort_
- ^ https://youtu.be/-pr…rzu-rzu
- Ireland you say? Have I got the trip for you!
https://www.abicycle…palimpsest - lol. Are you introducing me to Ireland?!mort_
- It’s true there are beautiful spots. Everyday cycling around traffic is dicey though.mort_
- Wanted to head to America you say? Have I got a trip for you! https://en.wikipedia…garbage
- See the Olympic Mt Range, the Seattle skyline, scenes from movies you might know, and the country's second most popular suicide bridge!garbage
- Are you introducing **me** to America?palimpsest
- LOL at the country's *second* most popular bridge.palimpsest
- In Baltimore we have the *tallest* eight-sided building.palimpsest
- How long does it take you and the family to cycle from Baltimore to Germany?mort_
- Yes.palimpsest
- love how this turns into chat about bike ridesIanbolton
- Distraction. It's how I got my kids to stop fighting when they were toddlers. Works here too :)mort_
- No joke on the suicide bridge, there was at least an attempt last weekend. If your aim is right you can land on either the Adobe or Google campuses.garbage
- Gardener2
I found an old carrier bag in a cupboard for one of the best second hand shops in Wolverton, Milton Keynes, (after my dad's shop in the 70's of course). I was always impressed that FISH Music stood for Find It Second Hand but then again I am easily impressed.
- YakuZoku0
this morning i was driving to the store and a little dog was running straight for me completely clueless that he was about to die, in my rear view i seen a car was tailgating me, so i knew if i slammed my breaks he would hit me. I said fuck it, no dumb little dog is dying today and slammed my breaks, dude rear-ended me and nearly totaled his car, my big ass truck is like 99.9% fine lol
- *brakesYakuZoku
- The dog's name: Albert Einstein.palimpsest
- lucky little bastard!YakuZoku
- Then I got to the job interview. Turns out the hiring manger was the dog. Hired me on the spot.********
- hahaYakuZoku
- kingsteven0
i never knew how brussel sprouts grew.
i sent the image to a friend and he said "did you never have a brussel sprout tree at christmas?"
no, i think i would have noticed that.- "did you never have a brussel sprout tree at christmas?" is a very weird question to ask.Continuity
- Brussel sprouts aren’t realGnash
- Haha! Around christmas time as sometimes supermarkets have sprout branches. It's funny watching everyone pick them up and show others in wonderment.microkorg
- Gardener16
Last night Elvis was in the building! To celebrate my in-laws 60th wedding anniversary my wife arranged for The King to perform an hour long set in our spare room. He was really good and was totally in the zone, after half an hour it turned into a dance party for all the guests but these pics were as he was just getting warmed up, it was great fun.
- stoplying1
Last night was the championship game of the 5th/6th grade indoor floor hockey league. The team I coach was in second place and we had three kids who have no previous hockey experience. We played the first place team who is made up seemingly a tight knit group of kids who all play on the same ice hockey team.
At the beginning of the season a draft is held with the intention of balancing each team with an equal number of experienced and inexperienced players. The kids wear numbers on their backs and run through some drills, and we coaches walk around the gym with clipboards "grading" the kids based on ability. It's truly a shitty feeling giving Connor a "C" for stick handling, but it's part of the process. Then the coaches go into a room, review each player, and then we have a draft. Like I said, my team had three kids who never played before, but they were all relatively athletic.
The first place team hadn't lost a game all season, and we went ahead early on with a 2-1 lead but just couldn't deal with their skill level. We ended up losing 6-2 and it is what it is. What feels crappy is how the coaches were able to get all of these kids on one team. I'm not sure how they did it, but they were miles ahead of all the other teams and it would've been so sweet to stick it to em last night, but it wasn't the case.
Floor hockey season is officially over, now we move on to spring travel soccer.
- maquito7
Two weeks ago: flu. Ibuprofen, cuppa tea, alright in 4 days. The cough lingered, two or three days of coughing up demons. Week 1 comes to an end. Unbearable headache. Ibuprofen. I think, “Nah, I can’t be sick again... with what?”
The next day: massive jaw pain. “Okay, time to see the doctor.”
Doctor: “You have ACUTE OTITIS.”
Five days on antibiotics, the pain persists. Tinnitus.
Bye.- Getting over my third cold of the season too. A lot of funky strains of viruses going round...stay strong!stoplying
- tks manmaquito
- feel better <3PonyBoy
- awe damnYakuZoku
- #prayingformaquitoideaist
- Lolmaquito
- Que te mejores! Usa paracetamol en vez de Ibuprofeno para los dolores de cabeza, y si puedes conseguir en UY, prueba el naproxeno, menos agresivo que el ibuOBBTKN
- El naproxeno me lo recomendó un amigo fisio... Tiene clientes médicos y los muy coquetos no querian engordar con el ibu (por los riñones...).OBBTKN
- Tio me mudé a Barna!!!maquito
- en la Madre Patria le dicen Brandy de Jerez a al medicina. ¡Salud!uan
- Arghhhhh! Se me pasó... Sorry. Más fácil entonces ;) Cuidate!OBBTKN
- Lol why is this on top of the homepage?maquito
- NBQ00-6
I can't believe how dumb and unprofessional the LAPD was during the OJ Simpson case.
So much evidence they didn't collect, missed and/ or neglected and it was right in their face staring and shouting at them.
- utopian-2
10,000-hour rule
- microkorg7
Got told my position is being made redundant earlier this week.
How's the job market looking out there?
Last 5 years as UX Team lead in Ad Tech.
Previously ~20 years Web/Digital/Brand at CD/SD levels.- From what I hear not good at our age.
Let us now if someting works out for you.
Godspeed!palimpsest - It’s rough out there. Been at it hard for a few weeks now and I can say it’s not like it used to be. So much more competition.monospaced
- And salaries are back down to where they were a decade ago.monospaced
- best of luck man!renderedred
- Yeah good luck and try to forget your age, just dive in.mort_
- your work history sounds almost identical to mine. I'm in the same position too ;)
applying to stuff over LinkedIn etc etc hasn't worked very well lol...exador1 - I've managed to score a position with a big Utility company in my area...a buddy of mine was brought on board as a PM for a ton of their IT/web projects, andexador1
- i asked him if he needed a designer...turns out he actually did lol...
so... my advice for you is to work your network as hard as possible..exador1 - someone, somewhere has a gig or a role for you...but you gotta ask...
the whole applying thing with your resume shit ...ugh...did that for a few monthsexador1 - got hardly any results from it... just endlessly reworking my resume thinking it's somehow my fault it's not getting traction...exador1
- Will be trying to work any networks. Already dived into linkedin to see whats going. Will be revising my CV and updating my folio over the next week. FUN!microkorg
- I’m transitioning from applying to jobs to almost pure networking and creative experimenting now. Fucking rough.monospaced
- The market is savage everywhere. North America. UK. Mainland Europe. Headhunter I'm connected recently told me so many senior people are looking for new jobs,Continuity
- ... some of them for 1.5 years or more. Hunker down, folks, it's going to be rough.Continuity
- design skills are not valued outside of studios. i've been out of studio work for 10 years now and haven't uttered 'UX', 'Digital' even though that's what i do.kingsteven
- i do my job + (as far as the people i work with are concerned) i do some magic which makes it look nice and work well...kingsteven
- people will value what you can do, and all your skills are transferrable but downplay specific design skills/ industry roles and demonstratekingsteven
- At our age, the advantage you have is knowing people (hopefully). Network, ask around, don’t forget to help others whenever you can********
- @microkorg - What changed leading to your redundency? IE. is it customers switched to a different ad-tech, or is it a broader change like chat replacing searchmonNom
- Its a merger where products/departments overlapped. Been payoffs across lots of different departments - product, finance, marketing, devs.microkorg
- From what I hear not good at our age.
- robotinc5
I feel you microkorg, my whole team was laid off two weeks ago. Fun times.
- I feel for you. What kind of work was your team doing, and how's the company going to do that work going forward? (if at all.)monNom
- So sorry man. It’s sick seeing the market suddenly flooded with talentmonospaced
- you too? man. sorry.renderedred
- Yeah, months now. I took a break for the holidays, and to get a computer and work on a portfolio. It’s been a process. Fuck.monospaced
- Now I realize you were responding to robot, not me. Good luck let me know how I can help.monospaced
- Going to be fun clobbing together a folio!
Not liking look of some comments saying a year plus looking and lots of seniors looking for work. eek!microkorg
- palimpsest0
Every tool you use in your everyday life was at some point cutting edge technology.
- Especially knives!********
- 10,000 hours of making pointless posts.utopian
- +1********
- to utopian********
- you haven't seen my fridgeFax_Benson
- Especially knives!