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- NBQ001
Is graf destroying QBN with his goat black magick powers?
- QBN destroys itself.palimpsest
- QBN never existed in the first place. It's all imaginedIanbolton
- Well, when you take away the first cornerstone...canoe
- Continuity5
Fuck me.
- 34°C Humidity: 60%
where I'm at, not too bad, it gets worst here.moldero - This is *indoor* temperature in my flat right now.
Outside is still Stupid°C.Continuity - oh shitmoldero
- Cumulative cooking heatFax_Benson
- Today will be 37ºC madridGabriel
- We've had temperatures above 40º for several days now in the Basque Country, and it's terrible.OBBTKN
- We're completely unprepared for this, and the temperatures won't drop until Sunday!OBBTKN
- putting this in perspective... the children will remember this as one of their coolest summers in their life..neverscared
- 34°C Humidity: 60%
- Continuity3
Once this has ice in it, this is going to be a lovely way to cool down a bit.
- What's the veredict?palimpsest
- Good. You just reminded me that it's been a long time since I made myself an gelato affogato ;)OBBTKN
- The verdict is: if it weren't for the staggering amounts of caffeine Vietnamese coffee apparently has, I'd have had five.Continuity
- I read an article comparing it to V60 which would be my base and indeed, it ain't no joke. I like how simple it looks, might be too much for a daily driver?palimpsest
- Meaning no condensed milk.palimpsest
- I think that — more than anything — it's a question of concentration. Your standard Cà phê sữa đá is generally brewed with 20 grams of coffee to 45 g of water.Continuity
- At that concentration, you're best bet is to treat it like an Italian espresso, which isn't something I'd knock back 4 or 5 in a row of.Continuity
- Also, it's Robusta, not Arabica, which has a naturally more powerful flavour. so, at that concentration, it'll knock your socks off. That said:Continuity
- I tried making a standard cup of coffee in my coffee press with this stuff at my normal proportions, which has way more water to coffee.Continuity
- I had the shakes for a good hour and a half afterwards.Continuity
- *your best bet, ffs.Continuity
- Ooooh, I see what you were getting at with the V60 comparison. Yeah, basically, this is a gravity filter, just with holes in the tin, rather than a paper filterContinuity
- On its own, it's caveman-simple to use, even daily.Continuity
- Cool. I take my Aeropress, cold water over the grounds and leave it to drip through in my fridge. Takes a while, but the end result is great on a hot day.skinny_puppy
- i_monk6
I'm finally working on the rebranding project I was hired to do over six years ago.
- Oh man... I feel ya. I went in-house to manage and implement a rebrand project 2 years ago. 2 ceo’s and 4 cmo’s later still treadin water.thumb_screws
- Gosh!OBBTKN
- what takes you guys so long?robthelad
- Other priorities and strategic decisions came along. Nobody involved in hiring me is even there anymore.i_monk
- just use AI and you'll be done in minutes. problem solved.capn_ron
- PonyBoy16
Paul Simon was an absolute joy to see... the dear man is 84, arthritic, and struggles to strum and sing his lovely songs, but he’s backed by a wonderful group of musicians who support him every step of the way... his unending desire to share with the audience what he created over the past 60+ years was quite clear (along with unforgettable moments with his lovely wife, Edie Brickell)... that show will stick with me forever... I never thought I’d tear up at a concert like that. ❤️
- your vagina is leakingrobthelad
- ^ username checks outmort_
- ^^ fucking edgelords are coming out of the woodwork these days.Continuity
- ^palimpsest
- >Krassy
- What a treatFax_Benson
- Jesus hates you.monospaced
- Paul Simon is one of the best who ever lived. Can’t believe you would insult someone like a cunty child for liking him.monospaced
- Didn’t know Edie Brickell was his wife. Now I shall google that lol. Nothing like a live performance to touch the soul. Cheers.sea_sea
- Is Paul Simon the guy who had the puppets? the green bird in a nappy?robthelad
- Paul Simon is near perfect for what he does... congrats on seeing him LIVE!canoe
- One Trick Pony is a great album!jagara
- NBQ00-8
Does anyone understand this?
- Nutter19
Got laid off yesterday along with about 15 other people from our office. The 4 other offices will also have layoffs.
I do have about 8 months of full pay, so quite the runway to find out what I will do next.
Also fuck the AI bubble and the consequences it has on all of us.
- fuck.. sorry to hear man.dee-dubs
- Sorry to hear. What was the reason, not AI or did it have an effect on your positions?NBQ00
- a different company needed to cut costs due to over-investment in AI, that affected us and trickled downNutter
- Sorry <3PonyBoy
- 8 months of full pay and you don't have to work?bainbridge
- Sorry man. Where are you at and what are your specialties? I have seen an uptick in hiring so things aren't so bleakBonSeff
- Damn it! sorry to hear that. The 8 month pay is really nice though. It has to relieve just a little stress for now.capn_ron
- Shit man, sorry to hear thatGuyFawkes
- Sorry, You'll find another nut.canoe
- Fully enjoy the summer, you'll be back at it soon enough, new opportunities will arisespl33nidoru
- <OBBTKN
- Sorry to hear but happens to the best. Try to make the most of your looooong summer.Longcopylover
- Thanks all. Bainbridge the reason for its Danish laws and I've been there for so long and afterwards union would continue my regular pay check for a few monthsNutter
- Same happened to me a few months back. I feel for yah.ayport
- Well that blows ass, you'll be just fine Nutter. As one door slams closed, a another door opens...keep your head high.utopian
- So sorrry to hear. Been there, but 20 months later and I’m feeling like it was maybe a good thing. Take time, and 8 months is insanely good.monospaced
- Open up a high yield savings account, plop the severance in there, and start budgeting. Network like a mofo.monospaced
- I know nothing about your org, but one round of layoffs usually means more are coming.monospaced
- yeah, the other offices were hit too yesterday
https://www.polygon.…Nutter - Oh, that is Microsoft/ Xbox. They're currently axing a lot of people and studios they bought upNBQ00
- Sorry to hear this, Nutter. Hoping for greener pastures for youstoplying
- happened to me about 1.5 years ago...
did NOT see it coming lol...
had a similar severance/runway situation...exador1 - as luck would have it, one of the PM's i worked with had gotten poached by the local big Utility company he'd been PMing at and brought me over with him...exador1
- been contracting here ever since.. and last week was offered full-time... which at 54 i thought would never happen... so I'm about as grateful as it gets...exador1
- I’ve been contracting at Edward Jones for 18 months almost. I’m building a team but it’s long overdue to make me perm.monospaced
- Congrats, ex!!!PonyBoy
- spl33nidoru1
Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if us QBNers had joined forces and launched a worldwide creative studio.
- Writing this following Nutter's post above, this usually comes to my mind when I read similar experiences as I always think of us as a talented bunchspl33nidoru
- it would have turned into Lord of the Flies eventually. But there would have been some great times!capn_ron
- Sounds about right!spl33nidoru
- Like the KDU?Nairn
- Three words: Multiple. Murder. Suicides.i_monk
- I've had similar thoughts from time to time...
there's certainly enough talent..exador1 - but also a TON of overlap lol.. too many cooks in the kitchen type thing..exador1
- Continuity0
Last evening, I made home made chicken nuggets from scratch. They were fucking great.
As I was deep-frying in batches, I apparently touched my inner arm at the bicep/elbow with the edge of the spider, which had just been in the hot oil, moving chicken nuggets around.
When it happened, it was a bit red over a wide area, and didn't particularly hurt. Just stung a bit. So, I took my own advice to Nairn and applied zinc oxide ointment to the area liberally, and went on with my evening. I applied more before bed, remarking that the area was still red and stinging a bit, but wasn't bad at all.
Today it still doesn't hurt, or even sting anymore.
But, apparently, I fucking branded myself with that spider.
- https://i.haasie.com…
it's all because of the chicken nuggetspango - He fucking deserved it, too!
(I did not)Continuity - free tattoo ;)OBBTKN
- Branding...
This better not awaken anything in me.palimpsest - I think it's too late.Continuity
- https://i.haasie.com…
- Nairn4
This is the doozie I did to myself a couple of weeks back - I was cooking potatoes in a couple of inches of boiling oil and whilst holding the pan dropped some in, which splashed oil onto my wrist, but as I was hlding the pan I couldn't react very quickly. Fuck, it hurt. Still not quite healed, and this was two weeks ago now...
- Oh, dear. That's ... spectacular!Continuity
- Yeah, my daughter was disgusted/ fascinated by it - she'd never seen a blister before. Made using a mouse a bugger for a few days after... .Nairn
- Haha ... she was totally poking it, wasn't she?Continuity
- haha, yeah, she very much wanted to pop it, the little bugger.Nairn
- Oh shit - I thought that was a gummy on your wrist - not a BLISTER! YIKESstoplying
- I tell thee, it didn't taste like no gummi sweetNairn
- And you know this how, exactly ... ?Continuity
- pop it! do it! you coward!pango
- Jeez, was just about to post that looks like Haribo before seeing the comments.Fax_Benson
- disappointingly weak orange?Fax_Benson
- Theeeeeere we go.
Top of the front page with you and your horror blister!Continuity - Blisteringly hot news. Upvoted.mort_
- I want to lick it.palimpsest
- squuueeeeze itbezoar
- wouldcanoe
- Oooooofffprophetone
- Just tie a 10 foot strand of dental floss around it on one end and on the other end tie around a door knob, slam door, problem solved?prophetone
- https://i.imgur.com/…utopian
- draw a smiley on it ?neverscared
- Holy shit, that's a textbook second degree burn. Absolutely leave it alone, the fluid in between where your skin was separated.garbage
- It's a natural reaction, and your body will reabsorb the liquid as it heals. Could take a couple weeks. Warm soaks, protective bandaging, air outs.garbage
- < IANAD, but I did made educational medicine modules for CME for quite a while. You tend to remember the burn trauma edits.garbage
- POP IT!pango
- I two nights after this was taken I awoke to find myself bursting it. Not sure what dream I had, but apparently my subconscious thought it was time.Nairn
- Had plasters over the wound for a week after. I felt that I looked like I was hiding an attempt to slit my wrists.
Fun!Nairn - lol. What does the dermis underneath the blister look like?garbage
- peperoni?pango
- Is it a heart? or Jesus? or Jesus' sack?Krassy
- autoflavour1
so my instagram algo has basically become a smut pedaler .. and its so random.. like its normally just street art and synths, but then every couple of weeks, it switches up.. and then its every few posts its some thirst trap video where either the woman flashes her naked crotch at you for a moment, or its some weird setup where its a relatively benign video, but if you notice they have positioned the blanket/jacket/dress in a way where its a down the barrel shot, flaps and all.
at first i was just reporting them, and honestly more than half the time the reports came back rejected as not going against community guidelines, even though there was nothing subtle about the actual content.. so i just kind of gave up.
but then i guess because i have then send it to a friend of mine its tuned the algo to the point where when its instagram horny time, i literally cant look at my phone at work.
im all for flesh and for nubile females, and all power to them for subverting the algorithm, but it feels like at this point because i have reported it a bunch its somehow tuned the algo to feed me more of it.. which is strange as it would suggest the algorithm knows exactly what it is..
- tits blocker
https://i.haasie.com…pango - meta are utter shite - every single "suggestrd for you" seems to be some sort of tit /crotch shot, and i've never once followed up any.hans_glib
- still they keep pushing this crap at me. absolutely disgraceful company. i'd very much like to set fire to fuckaberg, and watch him burn.hans_glib
- https://www.instagra…autoflavour
- And this is tameautoflavour
- https://www.instagra…autoflavour
- I thought I'd become a horn dog, but it's just the algorobthelad
- i notice the later i say up scrolling at night the algo tries to serve up some smut... one minute it's jackass best and final peppered with halland chant clipsjonny_quest_lives
- then the egirls/onlyfans adjacent clip gets in therejonny_quest_lives
- and i will click it cuz i am only a man after all then the damage is done and i have to find a bunch of cute border collie clips to undo the smut delugejonny_quest_lives
- https://www.instagra…autoflavour
- https://www.instagra…autoflavour
- tits blocker
- palimpsest3
- Turn your wounds into wisdom.
Oprah Winfreyneverscared - flol pali!Continuity
- Wrist testiclesGabriel
- Turn your wounds into wisdom.
- dee-dubs8
- Winner!Continuity
- closing QBN for the daymxhxr
- hahahahahaNairn
- Winner, winner sausage dinner.
*applause*ideaist - flol ... why do I want this framed and hanging on my wall?Continuity
- XDGabriel
- Best!palimpsest
- Somebody injure their right arm already!Fax_Benson
- lol the funny thing is I did injure my right arm with that.Continuity
- LOLmort_
- heheutopian
- https://i.haasie.com…mort_
- Excellentskinny_puppy
- utopian8
- lick itpango
- This is getting out of hand.palimpsest
- Oh look, another one popped up!Continuity
- ewwww!Nairn
- lolstoplying
- a melted gummy bear?CyBrainX
- Good job, btw Utopian.
I saw pali's first, but think this one's winner winner gummiblister dinner.
*nomsNairn - "This is getting out of hand."
*slap!
:)Nairn
- palimpsest10
- Did you just fist a family of gummy bears?utopian
- Oh snap!Continuity
- :spasticpalimpsest
- is that Thanos's hand?Ianbolton
- Oh my God, that's awful. I love it.Nairn
- new phobia unlocked :|dee-dubs
- gross AND delicious!stoplying
- flol jfc stoplyingContinuity
- AVENGERS: Polysporin Warsprophetone
- punch a wall! splatbezoar
- @bezy clearly a backhand scenarios, one fell swoop.garbage
- dogearOBBTKN
- stoplying6
Tuesday I fly to Japan to be with my family - who've been there for almost three weeks. It's weird/nice/lonely/pleasant/sad/f... to be away from them for so long but it reinforces the old cliche that absence does indeed make the heart grow fonder. I'll spend two weeks with them, and our big adventure will be a trip to Okinawa with some scuba diving thrown in. I truly miss my wife and boys. We facetime twice a day but the boys are distracted and the experience drifts between engaged and TOTALLY NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
Tonight I feast. Baked sweet potatoes (SEAN ASTIN GIF), and a skirt steak on the grill with an arugula, cucumber and bermuda onion salad. A splash of reposado tequila and a fantastic local IPA chaser to get the appetite going and I foresee an early bedtime.
Cheers, QBN - To Health!- I'd just like to take this opportunity to announce to you that I'm jealous you're going to Japan, and to conclude that thought with: GFY. <3Continuity
- I concur ^_me_
- Have a horrible trip.
<3palimpsest - ^ LOL!!Continuity
- PO TAY TOESgarbage
- Bon voyage!OBBTKN
- OBBTKN0
The new mattress that arrived yesterday needs a couple of days to regain its shape after being unpacked; since the delivery crew took the old one away, my wife and I are sleeping on the sofa tonight and tomorrow.
A practice I strongly advise against for anyone over 40!!
- spl33nidoru4
My mom hears less and less clearly and refuses to wear earring aids she was prescribed and got for $$$$, having decided she doesn't need them.
So instead, she gets mad at us for not speaking loud enough.
- I hear thatFax_Benson
- FIL looks at me like I'm deliberately speaking speaking too quietly. Got to the point where he just says 'sorry, what?' before I've even reached the end of theFax_Benson
- first word. Also gets startled, as he can't hear people moving round the house - so whistles when he's on the move, thinking we can't hear him either.Fax_Benson
- Hahaha!
Yeah my dad also caught the habit of saying "huh?" to ANYTHING said to him, so everything needs to be repeated.spl33nidoru - I got so tired of constantly repeating that I now just wait for him to replay in his head whatever was said, and for the info to get to his brain.spl33nidoru
- Both my in-laws are deaf as logs which makes it so my wife and I can talk shit a mere 2-3 meters from them and they don't hear a thing :)PonyBoy
- ^ flol! Pony, that's awful! Shame on you! <3Continuity
- Same boat, and I don't understand somebody who doesn't want to hear anymore out of.. device embarassment?garbage
- The best is when you come visit and they’re watching tv with the volume so loud the tv is vibrating and they can’t even hear you shouting over it.monospaced
- Yeah, it's a strange mix of pride and denialspl33nidoru
- i wear hearing aids and feel a bit lost without them. It's maddening my step dad won't wear his. Even though I installed an app on his phone to control themIanbolton
- Do we get to an age where we turn into belligerent fucks where the outside world is nothing but misery and pain?!Ianbolton
- you mean since we were 18 ?neverscared
- My mother is heading this way too, and my father long ago refused to use his hearing aidsi_monk
- Let this be a lesson to us all !spl33nidoru
- Yup, my mom too :/jagara
- PonyBoy6
day 2 of orange and smokey... thanks, canada!!!
- I can literally stare into the sun today... kinda cool actually
https://i.haasie.com…PonyBoy - ^ oh wowGuyFawkes
- <3OBBTKN
- That's beautiful!
荘厳Nairn - smells like a campfire outside.bogue
- Hey - how hi-res do you have this photo, please? If it's much higher, would you be amenable to sending me it? I'd like to try something...Nairn
- I believe this is the raw file, Nairn:
http://kbr.design/qb…PonyBoy - The orange light in the evening was really cool. Blue shadows.monospaced
- Northern Ontario is lit; LITERALLY!ideaist
- Got it, thanks PB.
xNairn - Fuckers. https://imgur.com/a/…monospaced
- Said it will be gone by Thursday for northern Mich.canoe
- When the US is burning, I'm pretty sure us "fuckers" are sending our water bombers your way to help, Mono.bogue
- Not gone by Thursday.canoe
- we've been choking on usa pollution for over a century. you guys can choke on the smoke and say thank you, while you're at itGnash
- I said 'thanks' in my initial blog post, dude :)
https://i.haasie.com…PonyBoy - Jesus bogie at least try not to be a fucking snowflake about it. It’s not personal. But your fires suck every time.monospaced
- -your fires- sounds personal .. .-the fires- not so muchneverscared
- https://www.instagra…prophetone
- Take a deep breathGnash
- ..and wheeze.Nairn
- I can literally stare into the sun today... kinda cool actually
