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- Nairn2
I made some stock from some chicken bits last night, had it on for a couple of hours, but the strainer went into the washing machine, so I topped up a bit of water and thought I'd just wait for the washer to end.
Went into the living room, and, very stupidly - dozed off. Was awoken an hour and a half later by two smoke alarms going spastic, and upon running to the kitchen was met with fucking horrific amount of smoke billowing out - acrid, plasticky, disgusting-smelling smoke.
Opened every door and window and spent the next hour sheepishly trying to sort this immense fuck up out.
Weirdly, my partner wasn't entirely pissed at me, which was .. unusual, in the extreme.
I came back home after dropping the kid off at school this morning (who slept through it all, blissfully unaware of how much of a fucking moron her father is) and spent awhile trying to de-pong the kitchen. It's much bette rthan it was, but fuck, thatstench is going to be lingering as a constant reminder of my stupidity for a few weeks.
How the fuck can someone burn stock?!
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Last time I made stock fro a roast chicken carcass, I had to throw it out as the chicken was very citrussy whihc did not at all well translate to nice-tasting stock. I think fate's trying to tell me not to bother.
- Spelling mistakes are intended as proof of human composition.Nairn
- oh i've burnt stock, stew, boiled bain maries dry, memorabily once fusing a plastic tub containing a christmas pud into the pud.hans_glib
- i've lost count of the number of pans i've ruined. the hare stock was the worst, that stink lingered for two weeks.hans_glib
- also boiling beetroot. i ended up carbonising the lot. i couldn't see the end of the kitchen the smoke was so thick. wifie's reaction: "AGAIN!!?!?!?".hans_glib
- Well that makes me feel a lot better!
My father still brings up the time I put a boiled in the bag rice into cook in the pan, entirely forgetting the water...Nairn - He'd injured himself and was immobile, so I was cooking for him for a few weeks as a dumb-ass 15 year old.Nairn
- I gotta say - cremated hare stock does indeed sound like it wouoidl reek a bitNairn
- bainbridge4
I went right to Chat GPT today to generate ideas for a project without thinking for myself.
- I had to go to ChatGPT to ask what your post was about********
- ChatGPT just told me that YakoZoku is a surfer that loves cats.utopian
- you thought for yourself going to chat gpt.. thats plenty enough thinking for startersneverscared
- It’s weird eh? I find myself forgetting how to do things the old school way of pen and paper ideation or at least it feels like I’m missing out on something_niko
- Resist!mort_
- It's a tool, not a toy.
ACTUAL Intelligence > ARTIFICIAL Intelligence bro!!!
; )ideaist - Use it or lose it.monNom
- What would PhanLo think? Stay true to the art folksIanbolton
- Nice one Ianmort_
- So far I’ve had limited luck actually saving time with gpt or really getting creative work out that’s remotely interestingmonospaced
- Same with Claude. Good for ideation though.mort_
- Fucking boycott Open AI already!mort_
- +1********
- I had to go to ChatGPT to ask what your post was about
- garbage3
Also totally forgot, but I know there's some cross-contamination.
Anybody else getting spam mails from Y@yhooray?
- Nah. This was one website to which I never signed up. They can't spam an address they don't have! Have some of *that*, fuckers!Continuity
- I got 1 last week********
- I thought it was dead, still didn't check********
- @cont lol, you weren't missing much.
@moldy didn't check either. There was maybe 3 good users there, and then just an endless march of cunts.garbage - Got onepango
- Me too, two in the last two months. Didn't remember signing up there...Longcopylover
- yepprophetone
- Yep.. went and still Konik and few others arguing over .. no clue, doesn't even make sense.hydro74
- ^ This is both hilarious and unsurprising.garbage
- Gardener3
win/fail of the day : I found an original UK top opening mono with all the inserts & inners at the boot this morning. The lady had all of The Beatles original mono pressings albums for £15 a pop, but I chose this one over the others, which tbh I already have. So it had a few tape marks on the edges at the front so I took some isopropanol and a cloth and cleaned them off sweet, however in my wiping frenzy I rubbed it's unique printed number clean off!
I have to say I never thought it would actually rub off so easy as I thought it was printed deep into the sleeve, but no. The pic below is of my old copy for comparison but I am not cheeky enough to try and pass off the rubbed sleeve as a low number, or am I? mwahahahahaha, etc.
- duckseason0
Pali the muse
- stoplying3
Had a crazy storm here over the weekend with intense winds. Trees down all over town, including one of my neighbors onto my roof. The tree landed and stayed on our roof, making a small hole from one of the branches. Neighbor is a total wild card, definitely either battling with addiction or recovery or both. So my wife and I knock on his door - because he never looks out the back of his house even - and told him what happened. We ask if he can check his homeowners insurance policy to pay for the tree removal. He immediately offers to help, apologizes for not taking care of the trees sooner (we'd talked about it in the past), and asks to come see the damage. He demands that we get three estimates from tree services, etc. But we want the tree off our house asap. A tree guy comes to give a quote later that day, and when he gives his price of $1200, my. neighbor loses his shit. WHAT? YOU'RE A THIEF! THAT JOB ONLY TAKES 20 MINUTES!
We were shocked at how aggressive he got so quickly, and the tree guy threw up his hands and said "go get someone else".
30 mins later a text from neighbor apologizing saying he works construction and knows what things cost, blah blah. But he asks if I can bargain with tree guy to get a lower price - but neighbor wants to "supervise" the job. Oh brother. I call tree guy, get him down to $1000, neighbor agrees to pay, they bring the crane, remove the tree, slide it into the woodchipper, and all is good. Neighbor paid, and brought over some roof patching kit for us to use until we get it properly fixed - hey, that's really nice.
It was a nice reminder to always be civil towards your neighbors, but damn...it was a wild ride with him!
- PonyBoy8
Watching folks age and losing love for life and the things they were once very passionate about (to the point they couldn't shut up about it) is heartbreaking... :(
Talk my fucking ear off again... please. <3
- I see this in myself. I spent decades music-obsessed and now...? I barely listen to it.
Need to fix this, massively. If only because I can't have my kid...Nairn - ...grow up in a house without song.
I don't know what happened.
But it did. And I hate it.Nairn - Same with fiction. Used to work in a bookshop, haven't read a novel in years. Just writing that is painful.Fax_Benson
- Although I do have music on 24/7, which might be the problem.Fax_Benson
- We're old, tired and fed up... But, tomorrow, tomorrow will be better ;)OBBTKN
- nairn can't convince me he's not mid tampopo broth montage :)kingsteven
- that's one of the sign for depression.pango
- I see this in myself. I spent decades music-obsessed and now...? I barely listen to it.
- ArchitectofFate6
the fact that we have more posts in "toilet of the day" than "vid of the day-design" hurts my delicate feelings
- kingsteven4
in the existential attic lay twenty pairs of slim jeans from four forgotten caches: 28/32, 29/32, 30/32, 31/32 uugh
- Well, at least you're not shrinking. You're quite thin? I've been pretty much constantly 32" waist .. well, since I stopped getting taller, and I'm a waif.Nairn
- I'm 30/32 and constantly get called lanky. 31/32 ain't so bad.garbage
- yeah i'm 6' and would have been under 11st to fit in those 28's - over 10 years ago, still wear 31/32' but not slim jeans! lolkingsteven
- All of my jeans are 30/34 (or 31/34, depending on the brand), and have been since I was a teenager. :\Continuity
- 30/34? Everybody run, Conty is Slendermangarbage
- Haha. Mines like 31, 32, 33, 34. Getting old is crazy.monospaced
- lol @ garbage ...that's something I haven't heard about in years! Those were simpler times.Continuity
- i_monk0
Let's see if QBN is still shit.
- what did you conclude?Ianbolton
- A couple of posts are still *very* shit.palimpsest
- It's not diarrhea.
But, rather, a good, healthy firm shit that comes with having proper nutrition.Continuity - We are recovering.monospaced
- On remission but still have hemorrhoids.palimpsest
- A few dingleberriesbezoar
- Ianbolton21
I've spent the last year or so struggling so much with addiction and today I just feel bored and finally seem happy with that feeling. Like, I'm happy to sit and do nothing. At peace with myself.
- Cheer up Ian! <3OBBTKN
- just sitting and being happy with yourself is a challenge in our modern times!Chimp
- Keep up the good work - I'm rooting for you!stoplying
- Husband is coming up on 1200 days sober. Still dealing with it, but dealing with it.i_monk
- Good luck Ian, steady as you goGardener
- Currently doing a detox as well. Boredom is the WORST lol. I'm looking forward to being happy with boredom. Hang in there Ianny.garbage
- when I am in a crisis the idea of boredom feels like a luxury, and i remember that every time I'm feeling bored or dejected. Well done for recognizing it.DaveO
- Health is wealth; been their brother!!!
X
Oideaist - 1.5 years without a drop of alcohol. Longest steak since I was a teenager!fooler
- You got this.Longcopylover
- Input or substance?Nairn
- I suffer both.Nairn
- Sorry, I shouldnt've asked.Nairn
- Correction, 2000 days.i_monk
- Nairn, substance. Primarily weed and alcohol. And it's okay to ask. I need to be open about it, as hiding it has been my issueIanbolton
- Nothing to be ashamed of. I'm technically not an alcoholic, but anybody can develop an SUD. I don't have the gene where I can't stop, but..garbage
- ..I have insanely high tolerances. Several years back I was drinking a handle a day. I don't get hangovers, I never feel or seem drunk when I drink.garbage
- So when I quit, my body woke me up with a seizure and a hospital trip where I got full DTs and attacked the ER staff. (fun stuff, I know)garbage
- That was years ago, and since then I've been a responsible drinker with no issues.. until some close friends passed, and I realized I was drinking as a crutch..garbage
- ..the past couple months. Plan on being fully dry by the 3rd. Corny, but if you need a shoulder give me a shout. We got this.garbage
- I getcha Garb. That's mad how you ended up in hospital having a seizure. Is that the first time when you realised you had a problem?Ianbolton
- Mine started in Lockdown with coke. I isolated myself so much that i was using drink and drugs to be happy in my own company.Ianbolton
- And since then, being alone felt like i was sooooooo alone. And i needed to get out my head. I took antidepressants to ease some of the anxietyIanbolton
- But instead of doing that, it made me not care about anything. Existential dread kicked in and i ended up in hospital last November as i wanted to end it allIanbolton
- I don't have a problem with alcohol; I have a problem with me. I forget what the doctors told me, but I have some weird gene polymorphism that leads to..garbage
- ..easy processing. I'm still totally functional, don't really have cravings or anything. But the time I was really not paying attention..garbage
- (lost a friend, general malaise) and just thought I could taper down, got bored with the tapering process and quit cold turkey.garbage
- Collapsed on the floor, then went full DT to the point where I was in 4 point restraints. Fucking embarassing.garbage
- But honestly my bigger problem was just not caring. I can mentally quit any time, but I caught myself slipping in the past few months..garbage
- ..then quitting for a few years. Coke though.. had a brief fling with coke and immediately realized that might be a problem and quit.garbage
- (Last bit was supposed to be "dialing it back in the next week, then quitting for a few years.")garbage
- But offer still stands if you need to reach out, I'm an ear.garbage
- canoe0
One of my friends in the industry, a writer, has a yearly pool party. He used AI this year for his flyer. It could have been exciting if it was real, but since it wasn't, there was no emotion whatsoever.
Is this emotionless experience going to creep into the way people experience all design, like some kind of sea lamprey?
- i_monk3
Today I had to interject in a work AI training session that no, the assorted attendees should not be using Copilot to generate branded logos. My design team will be designing all logos, thank you, and according to our brand guidelines, which the LLM mostly ignored judging by the font it used. To say nothing of the garbage it generated in the demo.
- sigh. welcome to our new hell._niko
- eeesh, i have a senior member of staff who's taken the initiative to schedule posts of 'industry news' on our social channels between our actual postskingsteven
- posts themselves are fine - but he's generating AI images (with some free image generator), posts are bombing. just letting him go at it, they must learn.kingsteven
- Later this summer I have a meeting with sr admin about how AI slop doesn't comply with our accessibility commitments, so please fucking stop.i_monk
- They will figure it out eventually. Got more and more people able to identify AI as they see it more... just get it all logged.kingsteven
- OBBTKN7
I just got back from an MRI, what a mess, the most insane techno concert I've ever been to... LOL
PELA PELA PELA... BRRRRMMMMM, TAC TAC TAC TAC, DUM DUM DUM DUMMMM!
- it's great isn't it? like a test department track. i loved it.hans_glib
- New afx trackbezoar
- 15 minutes of joy ;)OBBTKN
- was it one of those with RGB lights in them?pango
- they put on britney spears on repeat for me back when i went for a shoulder thing...ArchitectofFate
- No lights, I couldn't see a damn thing, they put a Hannibal Lecter-style mask on me to keep my head stillOBBTKN
- Had dozens; totally techno!
AND don't you dare move an inch (centimeter in Canada)!!!ideaist - I had an MRI a few issue only to find out I can't surf till after I get a surgery god damn it********
- My last MRI I admit I got a little claustrophobic and needed the little mirror to let me see out... wish every MRI machine was an open MRI.PonyBoy
- i fell asleep in it.pango
- They gave me headphones and asked what Spotify station I'd like. I asked for Radiohead and it played Nice Dream, then some Pink Floyd.fooler
- Its was pretty cool since I was still pretty high on pain pills.fooler
- first one i had there was a NHS poster detailing how much a single MRI scan costs in the waiting room. made me feel all fancy.. PELA PELA PELA... BRR TAC TAC TAkingsteven
- I had one a few years ago, head-first, and listening to it, the first thing I thought of is that Strong Bad techno animation.Continuity
- "The system ... is down ... the system ... is down ... the system ... is down ..."Continuity
- so... anyone had hip replacement experience?pango
- Is there something you'd like to share with the rest of the class, pango?Continuity
- I had another at the start of the year, and they found a cyst but did they remember to record the size (for surgery vs not)? No, no they did not.i_monk
- A favourite part of my brain surgery._me_
- Now I feel like a loser for having had one.palimpsest
- Gardener3
I'm home from a trip to two Monty Python & The Holy Grail locations. This is Doune Castle which was used for many scenes and also featured in Game Of Thrones (seen it) & Outlander (not seen it). It was a pretty sterile experience but the audio commentary by Terry Jones lifted the mood until I got to the gift shop, oh dear...
"it's only a model"
- Nine pounds a cow?? I'm in!OBBTKN
- i envy you!renderedred
- this is great, thanks!whatthefunk
- Gardener4
The best Holy Grail location I went to with a couple of friends was the Cave of Caerbannog, lair of the dreaded Killer Rabbit! It's actually an abandoned gold mine called Tomnadashan Mine and it's certainly not an easy place to find. No signs, no directions, we just drove up a single track road for 10 miles until gut instinct kick in, (one car parked on the verge by the side of a hill was a giveaway as there was no other traffic). It's quite a trek up to it with a glorious view over Loch Tay and when we got there which was only by chance, there are NO signs. The cave itself is really cool, big and accessible and there was no Killer Rabbit but there was a big pile of fluffy rabbit toys that folks had left which was sweet. It's well worth the visit but you'll need a full afternoon travel, climbing and wandering but it is completely free, don't forget your Holy Hand Grenade!
- Continuity30
Um ... could we have YakuZoku/moldy back, please? Thanks.
- Moldero is back :)OBBTKN
- YakuZoku is banned? For what?utopian
- Some non-person dipshit (coldarchon) called for his ban. Falsely accused of antisemitism.garbage
- Who the fuck is coldarchon? Grafican?utopian
- show some containment and stop that begging ..neverscared
- Focus out for YakuZoku.palimpsest
- Should we just vibe code our own version of the site at this point? Maybe then we could have Soundcloud embedsyuekit
- Well ...Continuity
- “Raise a lot of money for me, and I’ll give you good architecture. Raise even more money, and I’ll make the architecture disappear.”
- Yoshio Taniguchipalimpsest - "Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with."
- Alfred Pennyworthpalimpsest - What kind of fukery is going on here? moldy helped build this place. -.-sea_sea
- "He was here first."
:DContinuity - lol before a lot of dipshits for sure. xPsea_sea
- renderedred11
I don't visit almost daily as usual since the PhanLo thing. I am still finding it difficult to visit and still see his posts.
But, WTF is going on here? Why are people banned so much and so easily?
QBN was and still is (I hope) where people can speak their minds freely.
And ratting on people? C'mon!- Yeah. PhanLo's loss still hits fucking hard.Continuity
- what's up my man? love the food posts!renderedred
- Haha thanks, dude!
Oh, you know, not a whole lot. How are you holding these days?Continuity - *holding upContinuity
- they are probalby banned because the hate so easily i would say.. thats how the equation works in generalneverscared
- who's been banned? Graffy was because he was constantly being a cunt to everyone. He wanted it.Ianbolton
- @cont pretty, pretty, pretty good :) thanks.renderedred
- OBBTKN3
7am. 27°C Inside the house. Today it'll reach 40°C.
We're going to roast!
- Thanks, Obama.NBQ00
- Thanks to my chubby neighbor, his petrol motorcycles, and his new 2-ton MB SUV...OBBTKN
- You'll call me envious. My balls!
You haven't met that immature guy and his stupid toys yet ;)OBBTKN - *just moved in next door to OBBTKNPonyBoy
- ^Zing!OBBTKN
- It's 29 degrees in the studio right now and it's only 9 a.m. I love summer, but this isn't fun anymore.OBBTKN
- I survive thanks to a small USB fan I have next to my monitor.OBBTKN
- PonyBoy7
Wife just hit me with Paul Simon tix for this Saturday night at the Koussevitzky Music Shed!!!!
- Take care of that woman. She's a gem!OBBTKN
- The only living boy on QBN? Nice!stoplying
- lovelyneverscared
- Tell Cecilia I moved oncanoe