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- _niko25
Thank god for QBN and all the qunts on here.
jumped on twitter for the first time in ages, what an absolute shitshow. I'd imagine Facebook and instagram are even worse.
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- Depending on who you followgrafician
- anyone worth following is distilled and re-posted on here. that's what's great about this place._niko
- yes _niko indeedgrafician
- I come to QBN for the news, stay for the drama.palimpsest
- Incoming drama: I hope everyone who reads this has a great day.garbage
- so others who wouldn't read that shouldn't have a great day? you sure have a lot of time to waste garbage.Beeswax
- @pali I can start some drama real quick, on demand
But I quite like the current QBN moodgrafician - there's a general appreciation energy going on around for sure.Beeswax
- Appreciate you guyses ♥mort_
- Twitter is okay if you're just a readercrazyprick
- I use a 3rd-party Twitter client (Tweetbot) so I only see what I follow, in the order it's posted. Otherwise I'd probably bail.evilpeacock
- Instagram is a true shitshowutopian
- group hugd_gitale
- I mostly follow design related stuff on insta and it's not badBeeswax
- we are happy to serve youmilfhunter
- I follow all of them, they are just toolsdrgs
- after 22 odd years at this place, i can't imagine leaving now lol.... it's still a fun weird little community of aging designers that i love :)exador1
- imbecile25
There is a special needs employee at my local deli who handles seafood. His name is Buddy. He is an awesome person. Simply awesome. I call in orders all the time. I order salmon and always take his suggestion for the day regarding seasoning. He is always saying things like "this is heaven" "you'll absolutely love this" or when you're done ordering, the way he says "ah, that's gonna be sweet, anything else?" makes me think my boring repetitive order is actually pretty sweet and he would do anything else for me if I asked. He never recognizes me on the phone but he always recognizes me when I go to pick up my food. He's probably the best person I've met in the last 5 years. A tear comes to my eye just appreciating that guy.
- :)monospaced
- :)Gnash
- People with special needs children often say they're a blessing. Really puts eugenics and abortion into perspectiveHayoth
- ^ *rolls eyes.pango
- beautiful.shellie
- love this shitsureshot
- sounds like you need a dogdeathboy
- or a kiddeathboy
- world is full of bad news. thanks for your positive story!SimonFFM
- i wonder if people realize they are upvoting the positive servitudes? and what that truely means as a culturedeathboy
- ^ lolwot?Continuity
- deathboy‚ let me help you as you obviously are special yourself (but not like buddy... but in an asshole way). Buddy has a life and is loved—and loves—ujealous?PonyBoy
- post ruined by an attention whore, thanks for sharing imbecileernexbcn
- Happy days :)set
- Love this story! Tnx for sharing :)Krassy
- I'm waiting for a QBN twist to this story...
Like he was fired five years back for being improper with salami, but forces his way in to make sandwiches each dayfuturefood - post was emo attention seeking? what is the value you are upvoting? special? servitude? simpleton? that makes you feel good?deathboy
- to me its just BS emo hi five progressive bullshit that is self serving misdirection in recognizing a special person doing a "job." hell i love to anyone doingdeathboy
- there job well. but if i type that it doesnt get the same response. jeez pony i thought u of all ppl catch on to that pity shitdeathboy
- and i expected better from imbecile. maybe it did make u feel good, but please dont share that garbage. all u do is put me in a position to check itdeathboy
- and promotes the whole online self serving im a good person logical fallacy crap. ruins culturesdeathboy
- So what's the answer? Don't recognize the guy doing the job? Don't acknowledge that he makes you feel happy?Gucci
- Buddy probably loves his job, loves feeling included and valuable. Mostly, that's what ppl with intellectual disabilities want.Gucci
- recognize what it is that makes u feel good. understanding it. it really seems like simply retard + good feels = likes formuladeathboy
- today i saw a person happy at that job and it made me happy. i think the difference is obvious when phrased and what details are of focus for intentdeathboy
- i dont like to be the guy to call call bullshit, i actually hate attention and hope someone does it before me so i dont have to. but im calling it as it isdeathboy
- unless its a jealousy monologue of i felt happy seeing simple jack enjoy his job so easily while i struggle everyday at mine because im smarterdeathboy
- and i wish i could take in some ignorance is bliss and just like what i do. albeit giving up other things like getting laid and possibly not shitting oneself.deathboy
- if that was imbecile intent than ok. it wasnt clear, but also wasn't fair just looking at only the advantages of simpletons. and if that is what people supportedeathboy
- d so be it. fuck u guys are weirddeathboy
- ^ LOL, wow. Someone's got some pretty pronounced daddy issues.Continuity
- Thanks for sharing, great storymartinadolfsson
- death... the story I read wasn't a pity story but one that tells me if someone whose lot in life is far more fucked than mine is still this kind and loving a...PonyBoy
- ... person that perhaps a touch of self reflection on my part for my trivial complaints / worries and angsts in life might be in order.PonyBoy
- damn deathboy, people don't post for the likes ... this is also the BLOG threadmonospaced
- hmm well it read like i love their servitude to me pony. and loving an kind is expected from the "special" as a standard. they know no better. i hope it wasdeathboy
- a quality of work thing. and mono you are funny to say ppl dont post for likes. continuity where is your argument? The daddy seems to say more about u than medeathboy
- in the context.really what would be great if imbecile clarified what made him feel good. just guessing at poor communicationdeathboy
- I'm not being funny. This is the blog, where people post random things, like a diary. It made him happy to see a happy person! What's so confusing about that?monospaced
- This story made my daygrotesk_neue
- deathboy missed the point and went full steam at it haha. Feel better now buddy? That's what this is all about after allset
- well mono if that was the case why not phrase it that way? bc that is not the case. duh. set i dont think mi missed the point. i think too many ppl letting thedeathboy
- point go out of fear of being the "me." this case is too simple not to point out. clearly imbecile could state simply what he valued and was tryin to communicadeathboy
- te. i think we all know exactly what he was trying to communicate and are ignoring or more scary scenario is most dont know...deathboy
- fuck me maybe that is the truth im trying to ignore. ppl dont fuckin know the truth. im holding on to a false idea that id like to believe ppl to be smarter..deathboy
- smarter might not be the word though. more honest with themselves, more instinctive, more independent of thoughtdeathboy
- on that note set you are correct this is what it is aboutdeathboy
- sorry set a bit abstract. this communication is about understanding. not internal but external. to challenge beliefs and see who folds, see triggers, see whatdeathboy
- ppl can see. To challenge something and see how they respond with their views of the scenarios. do they try reason or insult, or deflectiondeathboy
- also about learnin about your own communication. perhaps if ill break it downdeathboy
- third sentence calls buddy awesome, while only giving evidence of being special, we can ignore his occupation and name.deathboy
- than, the boy says catch phrases which makes me feel better about my life (not explained) and i feel good knowing he will do anything for me.deathboy
- he has no cognizant skills to recognize me on the phone as others but recognizes me in person. best person ever for the values i highlighted.deathboy
- to recap values being ( serve me, make me feel good about my life) and this is what ppl upvote... unless i misunderstood something. but that would be on imbecildeathboy
- or are we gonna trump this and say we meant something completely else?deathboy
- i believe imbecile and others simply saw the responsive triggers but lacked full comprehension of the meaning of this instancedeathboy
- its not bad, its simple a mistake. it means nothing on your self identity. Not like haha you were wrong once u suck. why wont ppl admit when they are lostdeathboy
- Man shut the fuck up, it's better for everyone.set
- yeah, you missed the pointmonospaced
- was the point to ignore the truth of it and ride the positive waves? no thx. I live simply and truthfully even if it doesn't make things easier for anyonedeathboy
- considering there is no attempt at alternative explanation of meaning from breakdown Ill take it as simple denial. shrug and shake my head a littledeathboy
- but sorry. i get no pleasure from shitting on parades. ill go back to my holedeathboy
- he isn't ignoring any truth, he's saying he appreciates a guy that adds positivity to his experiencemonospaced
- I don't know why you only see negativity here. Read his last two sentences if you want to see the point.monospaced
- mono... the last two sentences describe the emotion. not the cause... a racist might have the same two last sentences watching his retard son spit on a spicdeathboy
- but thank you. it helps me understand what you focus on. i assumed as much, but nice to see it. no one else even tried framing any of it as positivedeathboy
- not even the author. PR 101, no comment.deathboy
- really, you're attacking me?monospaced
- Deathboy is one of those stupid intellectuals. Lots of words and focus and reasoning but it's all utter time wasting toshset
- damnmonospaced
- huh i was thanking u mono? set check your oxy moron. but i will agree on the outcome is a waste of time. unless u think of it as practicedeathboy
- practice to not fall into a sort of group think. to challenge to test. as much as id like to be doing it for you, its really totally selfishdeathboy
- exercise. oxymoron is probably framed around the idea there is no value gained. but you are missing the bigger picture.deathboy
- but because its a waste of time, thats still no argument to say I am wrong in what I've saiddeathboy
- and for shits and giggles set you can look through history and see how human denial is incredible. germans who really believed in the socialist nazi party whodeathboy
- refuse to accept they supported something so terrible. they only wanted something good and went with the positive vibes.deathboy
- in the larger picture the blatant lack of comprehension and focus on emotion strikes me as spooky. so where in this instance its pointless im looking broaderdeathboy
- clearly mono was the only person who stated the "evidence" of it being good not just positive. Would u say that evidence holds up?deathboy
- i have this feeling set u agree with me but wont say it. might be only my impression of set as the cunt though. if u agree be the cunt again unless u forgot howdeathboy
- don't accuse me of group think ... this brought a smile to my face, because I got the point of it, and I commented firstmonospaced
- What in the utter living fuck are you even on about?set
- eh... its all shit set. i dont know how to say what im trying to say in the shorthand comments any better. need essay format. u get it. or u dont. fuck it.deathboy
- and mono i might not know the terms, but there is a simple associative pattern to the post. a pattern that is effective to herds. a pattern very similiardeathboy
- to trump speak. u got the feel good vibes of it but missed the message. and my group think ref was more a combo of people falling into that LCD trapdeathboy
- and as humans and animals are conditioned the like system help led others into the trap, a group think. we are all most in advertisin fields so we all understdeathboy
- and the nature and psychology of like systems. how the reward systems are very much to calculated slot machine programming. and from there its a snowball effectdeathboy
- and to question the original msg content from a "negative" perspective closes off minds... this place was better culturally before a like system... tangent i kndeathboy
- ow but at the same time its all connecteddeathboy
- Sorry deathboy. I can't agree with you. If I do, then it's becomes group think.pango
- Do you not realise you simply killed the mice, positive, happy vibe of this post? Sometimes you need to be intelligent enough to know when to stfuset
- yes set i realize it fully. that is the whole point. im calling out this "false positive" post to show it really isnt positive walked through the reason and alldeathboy
- i dont know how i can explain it any simpler... i get your point but you apparently cant get my point...can lead a horse but cant get them to drinkdeathboy
- u and mono focused on the intended "vibe" but not the meaning of it. ... sometimes i dont think some people are physically capable of thinking other waysdeathboy
- i cant dunk, why should i expect everyone to slam dunk mentally. its either my fault in explaining or yours in comprehending and i dont see a solutiondeathboy
- you dont try. says plenty. i think i can sleep easily knowing i did what i could here. the\ rest is up to the participantsdeathboy
- and pango u missed the point of associative patterns and group think was talking about. i get it u were trying to be funny... when it comes stuff like this imdeathboy
- plain business simply because i believe heavily in ppl needing to be able to detect bullshit in order to maintain individual freedom, even in something as simpldeathboy
- as this, and as simple it it is its even scaryier,. to think the same trump method could be used to sway this demodeathboy
- just call me stupid. leave feeling superior and all emo positive vibes it give, but humor me and really think about what im trying to say. not even to agree butdeathboy
- simply to understand. the way we fakely ask other cultures to understand but this time for real. clearly im not stupid, crazy, religious, so what am i tryingdeathboy
- to say you dont get. set was kind enough to say i was intellectual, deems some sense of intellect. there is no reason to shove my words aside. none even givendeathboy
- u ever read socrates death? this feels similiardeathboy
- Amazing that a feel-good post about being touched by the fact someone with disabilities is happy and kind has generated 94 fucking notes. Most of them idiotic.Continuity
- holy shit. the notes are still going on.pango
- Sorry, you actually not only missed the point of the original post, deathboy, you've gone on and on misinterpreting it with your negative view of the world.monospaced
- Please stop telling people they have no right to understand the post as it was intended, or that they're wrong in sharing the good feelings.monospaced
- You're not being intellectual. You're being rude and condescending.monospaced
- You seem to think that the only thing about a special needs person that anyone should consider is that they're disabled and that their person ends there. F thatmonospaced
- mono... i got the authors point. you dont get mine. u fail/succeed in not even trying to provide reason for your accusation to my intent.... take your lastdeathboy
- post and phrase it with something i said that give merit to your accusation. its hard to take any position you take seriously without substancedeathboy
- dont u know how reason works? debate, logic and what Id like to think of as common sense? or maybe u just familiar with logical falliciesdeathboy
- and hope you mostly deal with people who know no betterdeathboy
- YakuZoku36
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- imbecile29
Quite an interesting day today.
I was in the backyard pulling weeds, collecting strewn about landscaping stones, and organizing an also strewn about selection of firewood into a proper pile when I unearthed a healthy network of poison ivy vines. I went next door to ask if they minded if I cleaned up their side as well to prevent them coming back to my side through the privacy fence.
Holy vines, Batman!
Two hours and three 42 gallon contractor bags later, I had ripped up, clipped as many as I could, and raked up leaves that were covering more landscaping stones as well as more firewood. (I came to the conclusion that this was all a poorly executed idea to keep a digging dog confined to their yard by the previous owner.)
Here’s the interesting part, the woman I spoke with is from Nepal, her mother is visiting her from Nepal, and her daughter was born here. The daughter is non-verbal autistic who’s able to attend a nearby school, but suffers from seizures. She was enjoying the swing and trampoline as I worked and her mother and I struggled to communicate. Google translate worked for me to her, but the iPhone couldn’t decipher her accent with any reliability. We did have a few laughs though.
Here’s the best part. She offered me food. I would usually say no and stay to myself, but enjoying trying to communicate really made me appreciate the offer of food, a yummy language, as I was meeting my next door neighbor. As I was now cleaning a significant portion of their backyard, and had only drank a Red Bull earlier, the tea and bread offer was awesome. Since it’s hot out, I thought iced tea. Um, no. It was the richest most complex hot tea / coffee hybrid tasting thing I’ve ever tried, and I hate coffee. The bread was sweet and buttered, the two went together great.
A little later, I wanted more water and needed to get a new bag. I stayed inside for a while playing with my dog before going back out. She and her mother were out there with a bag and take like they were going to keep going. I laughed, showed them my bag and told them no. They laughed and left their rake out as they went back inside. I finished raking, pulling assorted weeds, and bagging whatever debris I could.
Fucking awesome.
But we’re not done. Now that the detour on the other side of the fence is over, I go back to working on my own yard. An hour or so goes by and I hear them chatting in the back. It goes quiet and I keep working. A little later I hear a knocking that I think is them working again, then my dog starts barking a little bit. And look back and it’s her looking over the fence inviting me over.
I get over there and there is no one outside, but I see they have cut a lot of overgrowth off of their tree. I instinctively think I need to get another bag and help these two finish the job. As I go to walk back over, I hear “No no no!” and look up. Mom and grandma are walking out with plates.
They made me more food!
They brought me out 10 delicious! chicken dumplings with a spicy sauce accompanied by a bean dish with a different spice with onions and peas in it. It was so good!
Pretty sure they tried telling me not to bag up the stuff they cut, but I did anyway, to much gratitude. My roll off will be here tomorrow and there will be plenty of space for their four bags.
Great day. Great neighbors!
- This is awesome.garbage
- That is an insane amount of poison ivy. Holy crapGnash
- It was entirely too much poison ivy, but half of it was leaves collected at the fence shading the vines feeding the leaves on my side. Luckily I’m not allergic.imbecile
- Great post! Feeling good by helping people AND getting bonus food? Way to go!stoplying
- "I'm not allergic". I retract my previous compliment out of sheer jealousy.garbage
- I have never heard of poison ivy not affecting humans ! Lucky youGnash
- I've never had good neighbors. Good for you for helping them. Friendships all around and meals shared. Feels good man.cannonball1978
- That’s some heartwarming stuff right therescarabin
- lovely :)sted
- awwwNutter
- @gnash Some people are non-reactive, and I hate them because they won't let me in the club. If my dog even brushes by some on a hike, I'm getting painted with igarbage
- *itch.garbage
- I had no idea. Same, lots of poison ivy in park near me so can’t let dog off leashGnash
- If it has long fur, it will soak up the oils. Other fun poison ivy facts: Its worse if you live in a hot location.garbage
- The bastard oil in most plants is called "urushiol", and if you get a painting, your body will also spread it when you sweat.garbage
- That's what's found in ivy, spruce and sumac. They are nothing compared to hogweed, which essentially has a skin cancer attack.garbage
- If you get their oils on your skin, they make your body ultra-susceptible to UV rays, and the jury is out as to whether or not that is permanent.garbage
- Google them if you're curious, but not if you plan on eating anytime soon.garbage
- I think I'd rather live in ignorance :)Gnash
- sarahfailin25
1. open qbn
2. get distracted
3. close qbn to get some work done
4. immediately open qbn again- Just did this...ArmandoEstrada
- it's a way of lifeKrassy
- open qbn on mobile to see if it has something new insteaddrgs
- Yup, but still more productive than the same steps with Facebookspot13
- Sorobotron3k
- since 2002.sted
- Since the first day yes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯Bennn
- Lol everydaydesmo
- well, only for a third of my life...ArchitectofFate
- Every. Damned. Day.Continuity
- ♬ It's the ciiiiiircle of life ♬mekk
- how do you know?ApeRobot
- Qbn at it's worse:
Casual racism
Mysogynistic undertones
Superiority complexes and egos
Spam and trollsdocpoz - ^ So not much different than real life, then.Continuity
- Indeeddocpoz
- lifemilfhunter
- I've been on qbn almost half my lifeset
- still horrified at the revelation you are only 30, I used to call you a millennial as a joke.fadein11
- set5
I think fans are the some of the lamest humans alive. Fans. What is a fan? Someone who has no skill themselves so must pretend they have something in their lives by being a fan of someone else more talented and interesting than them.
Football fans are obviously the worst example. People that get upset and angry that a bunch of men that they've never met, lose at a game that kids play in the school playground.
There's a guy in the office who is a die hard rock and roll fan. I'm all for enjoying music but this guy thinks he's an authority on music simply because he's listened to lots of it and knows all about the musicians, the years that songs came out etc. It's fucking hilarious, All of that is nothing. He can't play an instrument or sing a single note in tune, haha. He has nothing but convinces himself he is some kind of rock authority.
lol.
Fucking fans.
- haha, I think about this oftenmonospaced
- He’s ready for jeopardyimbecile
- I kind of agree. 60yo football fans in full kit are a bit embarrassing. That said, obsessives and fanatics are often the people who keep their specialistFax_Benson
- subjects alive - the kind of people who set up museums and give tours and create archives. Interesting people. who aren't put off by lack of talent and cynicsFax_Benson
- It’s ok bro. Even if daddy never took you to a game. I’m sure he still loved you. :-(HijoDMaite
- Never been a sport fan but I can see why some people need it in their life. Just like some people need Jesus.microkorg
- I hear you. Herd mentality. Its okay to love something deeply but when you loose your own identity to it.mugwart
- Oh - I wonder who you're talking about.. :)RumperChunk
- You work with set, rumperchunk?detritus
- Mugwart is your biggest fan though :)fadein11
- hahaha - Set does rock! #setforpopemugwart
- He does indeedfadein11
- I think it's about a need to belong to something. Some people have more needs than other.Chimp
- I’m a set fan.Ramanisky2
- I am a fan of set.soundofreason
- People you never met? The soccer club of your hometown you grew up wearing their shirts, watching their matches live in the stadium.. this is no anon, set.mekk
- Maybe you did not experience the feeling of membership? Don't you have something you like that you just feel happy when they achieve something?mekk
- And people who collect stamps...fuck those guys amirite!yuekit
- We have reached peak QBN.face_melter
- ^ i think things have changed. A football fan told me when he was a kid it was about community, sticking with the lows and enjoying the highs.mugwart
- its involved into a cooperate mindset, of winning/ popularity. I grew up at the end of these old days and watched it changed. for me it was always shit!mugwart
- a form of male bonding/latent homosexualitydrgs
- im a fan of a good german biscuitkingsteven
- Hahaha rumperchunk. I forget there's one man here that knows what I talk of when I talk of 'the office'.set
- I think you make a good point fax. I guess there's a rather nebulous difference between a scholar and a fan.set
- Mekk, of course there is lots that I like and I have been a member of clubs and bands and enjoy and study all sorts, but I think that's different.set
- There's also beauty in following a local football team with your family and enjoying it, but I still think that's a completely different thing.set
- I also suffer from this :D your infatuation isn't exclusive that's all :)sted
- Are you saying the you're sick of being QBN poster boy?robotron3k
- I do over generalise which naturally puts people's backs up, I know.set
- Wow. Guys has an opinion and you flip out.Hayoth
- I love the guy it just triggered a rant. Knowing rock and roll and knowing about rock and roll are worlds apart.set
- Speaking in general though, having to deal with hoards of Brighton football fans at the weekendsset
- Am. Football fan here. It's a hobby. I love watching games, the suspense, the drama, all of it. It's great fun.mathinc
- And find rather amusing the mental image of a man absolutely mad about football that doesn't actually know what to do if you throw him a footballset
- agreedGuyFawkes
- Reminds me of some apple fan boipinkfloyd
- Oh, you're talking about soccer. I agree about American football fans, they are annoying as hell.Maaku
- If you play any sport it's hard not to appreciate what professionals do. Throw in the suspense and drama of it like mathinc said and sprinkle in some hometown_niko
- or national pride, plus a few betting dollars and you have a recipe for something spectacularly fun and engaging._niko
- Man, some of you have become cynical, old, judgemental, hypocritical cunts! lolETM
- I mean, you were all more cool when you were cynical, young, judgemental, hypocritical cunts!ETM
- Some of you are obviously mistaking simply enjoying something for being the type of fan I'm talking about. No one is saying you can't enjoy things, hahset
- I think the whole "fans = unintelligence" is a bit short-sighted, and painting in broad strokes is never a good look.garbage
- I used to play basketball so I love watching the game. Also a huge Hawks fan, but I will concede that a huge portion of our fanbase are an embarrassment.garbage
- Didn't expect front page
I don't even really agree anymore
I stand by it thoughset - Exhibit A: https://i.imgur.com/…garbage
- Very convenient that they put their own dipshittery on blast, makes them easy to avoid.garbage
- I once exited the Metro in Newcastle, high on acid, right when tens of thousands of Toon fans were leaving the stadium, swarming us. Absolute Hell.detritus
- fans like to blow air, man. fuck em.docpoz
- yes, this place makes you toxic, negative, cynical, argumentive, etc....just come here less and you'll be better offpinkfloyd
- I agree set, I don't get it. I'll occasionally watch sports but I wouldn't call myself a fan. Worse, if I'm wearing a cap some dude always says...kona
- "... hey man, how do you think so-and-so is going to be this year?" and I have to reply "I have no idea who you're talking about, I just love the logo."kona
- lol niceset
- what's worse? being a fan of a sports team or being a smug twat over something so simple as a logo? lol @ 'daddy never took you to a game' XDPonyBoy
- I like to think there's a distinction between a fan, and some die-hard fanboi weirdo. In my equation, being a fan is absolutely OK. I count myself a fan of ...Continuity
- ... lots of different things: Star Trek, Front Line Assembly, FC Bayern, Metallica, etc, but I don't have merch, scarves, t-shirts, caps, I don't follow ...Continuity
- ... anything religiously, or make it the end-all and be-all of my life. But when a new ST series or film comes out, I watch it. When a new FLA or Met album ...Continuity
- ... comes out, I listen to it (and sometimes dislike what I hear), I watch FCB's matches sometimes, especially the Champion's League. But none of these ...Continuity
- ... things *are* my life. I still consider myself a fan, though.Continuity
- @ Continuity... whaaat? You don't have a Metallica scarf? Dude...ETM
- I know, right?Continuity
- cracked up when i read Kona's post...
i was at a home depot the other day, wearing a 'bucaneers' shirt..exador1 - guy behind the counter goes bananas.. yo man...over here, I'll help ya!...yo duuuude!!!! bucks!!!! yo man!....exador1
- so he's sooo excited, and he says 'nice to see a bucks fan bro'... and i'm ...what?exador1
- he's surprised, ..bucks...bucks?...b... know...your shirt????exador1
- sorry man.
we were on a family trip, and i saw some shirts, and tried this one on, and my daughter said she liked the pirate guy, so i bought it...exador1 - i liked the logo as well...so....yeah...
uh...so....it's sports team...eh?exador1 - lol@exador. My favorite logo of all time, the old Brewers glove... I'll wear a cap out and get some die-hard brewers fan in Chicago flip out the same way. hahakona
- "yeah. yeah, it's a sports team...."
ugh...poor guy...he looked SO let down at that point...exador1 - but i honestly laughed all the way to the car after... he was SO happy to see someone that was 'into' his team, etc...exador1
- and i honestly don't know a fucking thing about sports...exador1
- now...on the other hand...talk to me about Pink Floyd, or sci-fi, or mid-80's metal, or Terry Pratchett books, or stuff like that, ill talk your fucking ear offexador1
- all depends on what you're 'into' i suppose...exador1
- +1 for the brewers logo. don't care about the sportsball, but it's a dope mark! surprised they'd ever want to use the newer one(s)...jaylarson
- You can be a fan someone who excels at the very thing you yourself excel at or hope to one day. Can’t hate every fan.BrokenHD
- Fandom brings humans joy. Who are you to hate on fans anyway lol. I’m a fan of early mad magazine for example, what that make me?BrokenHD
- A cunt? Obviously I'm over generalising and talking about super fans... Obviously.set
- You know that rock n roll cliché where they turn the lights on the crowd? found ourselves playing with 90s indie bands recently and fuck me... this guy x 2000kingsteven
- it's real, too real. watching the interaction between fans and band members, fans listing off set lists to guys that require set lists.kingsteven
- every office has one, and they're all there... superfans are something else tho... was having a smoke with Peter Salisbury, who now drums for the Charlatans andkingsteven
- admittedly i'm a fan of because of his work with the verve. so a bit starstruck but chatting away and this lad walks over and starts chatting about tomorrowskingsteven
- show and all these technical details and i just assume he's crew. peter being the nicest dude ever turns to me 'yeah, WE were here', 'WE were there'...kingsteven
- bumped in to the same lad after the show outside and asked him something technical "oh, i'm not crew, just a fan"... mind blown.kingsteven
- I think it’s funny how fans are more loyal to a team and city than the actual players on the team, especially in US sports, where $ rules.monospaced
- *sometimesmonospaced
- Fan = idolatry / worship. Agree with you. I'm a fan of 1 thing though.notype
- misterhow12
I have called my computer ‘my machine’ for years. Laptop, desktop, doesn’t matter. My machine.
A. Where did I pick this up?
2. Does anyone else do this?My wife has given me grief about this for a while now. She said I sound like an old timer who has never seen a computer before.
- Terminator 3hotroddy
- I also do thissausages
- Machine, rig, porn chest... it’s all goodfuturefood
- You got it right.
Your laptop is a computing machine, and the "computer" is the person whose job they replaced.spl33nidoru - first time it felt weird when i saw a movie where kids call their motorbikes machine :)
you're doing fine, in my native language its called "computing-machine".sted - @spl33nidoru, funnyhotroddy
- Yes machine. It’s pretty normalmonospaced
- Yepthumb_screws
- Yup_niko
- spl33nidoru is spot on btw, they had human "computers" in WW2 at Bletchley Park before machines came alongsausages
- Yup. It's a machine. Just sounds good. Computer makes you sound dumb.
I remember laughing at my Nan for calling the TV remote the machineProjectile - is it weird that it’s what i call myself?scruffics
- If you want real grief with you wife, call her your 'machine'.SimonFFM
- machine code, innitzardoz
- I call it a machine, too, which is weird, actually. It's not a mechanical contraption, and there are no moving parts, except for the fan.Continuity
- @future Lolmilfhunter
- Depends on how early you got a "machine" the early hackers call it machine, also in books same, then the regulars got computers...grafician
- PIITB and let's see if she runs her mouf again.palimpsest
- i called it meta-machine because it can simulate all kind of medium..or cybernetic-machineneverscared
- yes. its on my machine.robthelad
- Ohh, as in how you refer to it in conversation? Aye, It's a 'machine'. What else would it be? Diverging opinions are incorrect.Nairn
- lol, what nonsense is this about hackers before regulars? My grandfather referred to his computer as his machine in the 1980smonospaced
- Oh, and so did all the regulars who early adopted before hacking was a thing. So...monospaced
- clearly you're too young and disconnected from the computer world to really know this from experiencemonospaced
- Are you guys in your early 70's?utopian
- My first machine was a TI-99/4A. I really wondered if I picked up the term from sci-fi books or just from doing the work. I'm just glad I'm not the only onemisterhow
- I call my "phone" my device.wordssssss
- wait, I also do... in spanish! it's my maquina :Pmaquito
- "my machine" - computer
"my device" - phone
"my vehicle" - carstoplying - hey monospaced, if you need to google what rtfm means then stfugrafician
- You got it from David Lee Roth. https://youtu.be/0zG…jagara
- e-pill34
im smokin a lot of weed now
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- Up vote up vote!!pango
- Approved™ContentAwarePhil
- i'm vaping a lot of oil right meowscarabin
- Tonight finally, haven't been able for like a week and a half.BabySnakes
- blazed kief—now I'm all allergic. :0|jaylarson
- I approev tihs mssaegeWeyland
- come on up to nyc, let's blazemonospaced
- It's been ages, need to go explore some of this new fancy stuff, now that it's legal and allformed
- Upvotegrotesk_neue
- bjladams20
we’ve been back in nz for a couple months now and settling in to the new house, kids in school, wife catching up with people after 15 years away. I really thought i’d miss the studio, etc. but finding that it was actually exhausting and am enjoying the freedom that comes with less. i’ve not gotten back into painting again either and think it might be a while yet. our local beach is a nude beach, so there are plenty of volunteers to model and i’ve taken a sketchbook a few times but mostly its nice to just take a beer and a book and chat with jess. overall, feeling more calm.
yesterday beach trip to Te Aira Point, rock jumping and the kids caught an octopus:
and our new place:
and our local beaches:
- Looks perfect! Good move, enjoy and don't look back...OBBTKN
- Congrats and enjoy!Maaku
- sounds idyllic, you're gonna live longer now. :)sea_sea
- no too long thoughbjladams
- Awesomethumb_screws
- nice pad!prophetone
- this looks way better than Tennesseefooler
- Looks fantasticcannonball1978
- Congrats!!!utopian
- sonava.... that place doesn't look cold at all....pango
- Very good !d_gitale
- really nice place you got there.dorf
- wow, looks amazing!SimonFFM
- yeah!mekk
- Wow, you earn a very good living as an artist, congratulations.i_was
- How are the housing costs compared to TN?HijoDMaite
- Amazeballs!ridlerontheroof
- damn, you're living in paradise. how are you paying for all of it?pinkfloyd
- cheers all - art is only part of my income -i'm also a partner in a marketing firm with a handful of offices across the US and maybe one here soon.bjladams
- javier - housing in tn is stupidly inexpensive. i already miss the flavour of the mountains, rivers and lakes there - but the change is good toobjladams
- Great post amigo!stoplying
- Feel-Good post of the week!
:)Krassy
- Boz23
I went to the pretty big store and was buying groceries and some other stuff and I lost my phone somewhere in the store and I couldn't find it, so I politely asked some people passing by if they could dial my cell so I can hear it ringing. Not a single person would help. I am like wtf.
And I'm agitated for people being assholes and keep looking for my phone carrying all the shit I bought, pissed off, and suddenly this lady with heavy african accent with her husband and 2 kids approaches me and asks me "Is there something I can help you with?". Modest and nice couple, clearly religious as well.
And I tell her that I really appreciate it and that I can't find a phone and left it somewhere and I just need someone to dial it so I can find where it is. She says she saw how people reacted and can't understand why people wouldn't help and that it happened to her and kindly accepts and dials my number.
I find the phone and we chat for a minute, I tell her thanks for everything.
I went outside to my car, and since I was buying thanksgiving/holiday presents for some of my friends I couldn't help thinking how kind this lady was and saw me struggling and approached to help.
So I took the Ember smart warming mug I bought for someone and I thought she would like it I decided to give her a thanksgiving present as a thanks if they come out while I was still there.
As I was putting my stuff in the trunk, it turns out they were parked 2 cars away from me in the parking lot and were just coming out as well. So I took the nicely packaged ember mug and approached them and said thanks again and that I would love to give them a small token of thanks for helping me and gave her the present.
She was so surprised and her husband and kids were smiling and so happy and we chatted for a bit, I told them happy holidays and happy thanksgiving and we parted ways.
We all went home smiling, waving to each other and in the spirit of thanksgiving. :)
- ❤ +1PhanLo
- I was read the end, I began to think that as you gave the mug, you'd left your car unlocked and someone took it.. glad it was happy all around.shapesalad
- "as I read..."shapesalad
- https://i.imgur.com/…drgs
- feel-good story of the day :)chukkaphob
- *Insert eggplant emoji here*
...what? That means that you loved something, right?Gucci - Almost sounds like a scam to get people's numbers. I wonder if I would have helped or assumed the worst in you? I like helping people but exp can make us jaded.SteveJobs
- I also don't like being approached in public. It's never anything personal, but sometimes I just want to be left alone with my thoughts.SteveJobs
- do ppl not know about *67? Been around since the 80’snotype
- fantastic story, had my heart racing; thought someone was going to steal your car. The ending... so thoughtful.notype
- by the way, what the heck! How’d you lose your phone? Where was it?notype
- Nicely done. Cheers.formed
- stop losing your phone!!pango
- A lovely blog post for once! Thanks man, happy holidays.robthelad
- Was the phone in your pocket?Nairn
- @notype I put it on one of the shelves in one section of the store while I was trying something out and totally forgot where I left it after the fact.Boz
- buff russian dude asks me to call a random phone number at a wallmart in phoenix... hmmm.. I might have ran from you too, bozzy. :PPonyBoy
- Plot twist the woman you helped out is actually a Nigerian princess and you got a cut of her 40 million dollars that she smuggled out of the country. Way to go!_niko
- I think a more likely scenario is GOD put you in that situation to meet this women and teach you something about yourself.Hayoth
- Fucking yes Boz, good job! :)pedromendez
- You earnestly think that, Hayoth? If so, what is GOD trying to teach hundreds of millions of impoverished children? Tens of millions of displaced refugees?Nairn
- @ponyboy Kev, you know I am a big teddy bear under it all :)Boz
- Or does your choice of GOD™ only pertain to middle income white Americans? A deity with a curiously focused and not particularly worthwhile remit, if so.Nairn
- Yes yes... but let's be honest... given your recent physical transformation... you're not as 'cuddly' these days... but I'd still hug ya.
XDPonyBoy - I'm off social media but hit me up on cell if you still have it, would love to catch up. I saw you got married and all was very happy to see it :)Boz
- yep... going on year four :)
I'm texting your cell to verify I still have the right num... are you allowed beer on your superman diet? cuz... you're buying :PPonyBoy - Boz you're awesome.notype
- What's your number?pango
- If that happened up here in Flag people would have trampled each other to help out. Get out of Phx!mathinc
- i_monk23
← Employed, motherfuckers! Assuming the background and reference checks don't go sideways.
- YEAH MOTHER FUCKER!!!pango
- Woot! Woot! go gettem i_monk!capn_ron
- sweet. well done.Gnash
- Yessssss, well doneContinuity
- 'grats!Krassy
- Congrats!dmay
- Congrats! keep us uphelloeatbreathedrive
- wooooot!scruffics
- Get that nose to the grindstone, sonnyboy!hans_glib
- Yuss!PhanLo
- yeah! congrats!oey
- Note I won't feel so bad making a "get a jerrb" joke.pango
- *nowpango
- 574 days.i_monk
- congrats dudemugwart
- happy with the gig?Gnash
- god damn that's a long stint of unemployment monk! glad you're back in the game.sarahfailin
- The work doesn't sound interesting *at all* but they want to expand this into a team, and I'd be the AD in that case, which is a useful career move.i_monk
- got that jobbbbdocpoz
- best of luck!Gnash
- Yeah boiii!!!ideaist
- Woah, almost 2 years unemployed? Congrats yoOBBTKN
- Thanks all.i_monk
- Superbbbdocpoz
- capn_ron28
doc, are you okay man? Sometimes you go really far off the edge. You do offer good stuff here, but you do talk about peoples mom's alot. My mom says hi by the way.
- LOL!oey
- mummonospaced
- We can start calling him Yuridoc or somethingMaaku
- lmaopockets
- what'd i miss?shellie
- Tourette syndrome?pablo28
- literally nothing / every other post in this thread for the last 2 months.Fax_Benson
- lmao @ faxpockets
- Hahaaaah. This is Sparta.docpoz
- ^LOLoey
- This is the longest yuri omg 1979 zissou lasted after his usual trolley rants, carry on.LMFAO
- The cock sucking continues!docpoz
- I'm just gonna sit back and enjoy having all these losers congratulate me!docpoz
- lol faxfadein11
- Capn Ron's cool tho. Jkdocpoz
- I haven't even seen any of itset
- docpoz, i am cool. my mom told me so. I don't care what you say.capn_ron
- Your mom thinks ur cooldocpoz
- YakuZoku14
I just found out I'm losing my job in March.
In March I turn 50. Fuck...
What are the cool kids using to find permanent jobs these days?
- Self Employment.BabySnakes
- sorry to hear that manHAL9001
- Fuck, that blows ass!
Sorry to hear Mono.utopian - mono?
oh, sorry to hear. Was it because of AI?NBQ00 - LinkedIn is working pretty well for me. I'm 48.ApeRobot
- Utop is wrong, he was known as molderoOBBTKN
- Very sorry man :(, hope you have luck in job hunting, best!OBBTKN
- happy birthday!
what a bummer,, sorry to hear, but i'm sure there's plenty of other opportunities out there. network.hans_glib - Start a foodtruckmilfhunter
- :-( Sorry to hear. Wish you the best luck finding something that suits you.oey_oey
- but shit news! Stay positive!milfhunter
- If you're in design agency / freelancing world I'd suggest getting out. Get a job with a tech company. Better work/life balance.microkorg
- and feels like more respect for your 'worth' and experience.microkorg
- Sorry to hear that bro.Ramanisky2
- Cunts! Good luck, homeboy.Nairn
- Positives: you have a few months of warning, you’re experienced, etc.
Negatives: Ageism (I'm dealing with it at 40!), competitive market, etc.ideaist - that's shitty, moldy... been there (am there) <3PonyBoy
- thanks fellasYakuZoku
- Indeed. Creative recruiter? Sorry to hear man, that sucksstoplying
- Sterkte. That's tough.skinny_puppy
- Sorry to hear. Chin up. You got the experience the youngsters don't. You'll land something suitable for you. Good luck!Krassy
- I know there's more important things, but get Moldy's name right. Good luck going forward.garbage
- Sorry to hear that. I worry about losing my job all the time. My company had layoffs in November after warning us in January. I was a basket case. Best of luck.CyBrainX
- Ugh. Sorry to hear about this, moldy. Sending you good vibes to help you get out of this quickly.Continuity
- Thanks guys
I love you all!YakuZoku - Keep us posted moldyRamanisky2
- will do! :)YakuZoku
- Uggh, that sucks! Best of luck dude. And echo what everyone else has already said here!lvl_13
- Moderator27
Drake:
You need to get a hold of yourself. You're veering into legitimate spam/troll territory with these copy/pasted posts with no context, presented as truth or something original you. It took all of 10 seconds to find the origin of the FitBit post below. This isn't amusing or interesting to anyone here. You might be pumping your fist at getting a rise out of people, but you are all alone in doing so.
Consider yourself warned that if you continue to do this, your account will be closed. You are not nearly as entertaining or important to this site as you think you are.
- Wait, I didn't know there were rules? Plus, I see some awfully nasty things coming out of the mouths of "regulars." Is there a handbook? No offense.drake-von-drake
- Can you please define importance? Who is "important" to this website exactly?drake-von-drake
- Pathetic troll, are you still making up stories for attention?Drumpf
- Drumpf, drumpf, drumpf... I see you pop up again, each time I post, meaning you are either monospaz, utopian, etc. etc. it's very clear to see.drake-von-drake
- I'm not anyone else.monospaced
- Get a hold of yourself.monospaced
- at least you answered to monospaz, there's hope for your conditiondrake-von-drake
- When are you going to post your "I'm leaving QBN" tantrum thread? We all know it's coming.monospaced
- If drake's posts don't interest anybody here why has he been in the front page these last 48 hours?ORAZAL
- because bad notoriety is the same as good heremonospaced
- Yes. And I take full responsibility for contributing to the discussion on his posts and upvoting them. I was part of it, I'm not complaining.ORAZAL
- Most of us are nearing or over 40 with 10+ years of experience on this site. If there's any fooling around going on it's only us fooling ourselves.ORAZAL
- right... well I wouldn't ever create a fake account just to troll this community, that's just shittymonospaced
- I don't think you're being accused of that mono. Like you said, almost everybody here knows you well. You are part the original community.ORAZAL
- As a community it is our responsibility to give weight to things that matter to us.
Insert joke: And give yurimon back the place of prominence he deserves.ORAZAL - I thought drake-von-drake was a nice respite from the Trump hating. He has given equal prominence to Hillary in our beloved Elections Thread.ORAZAL
- I have tried hard to work with drake here, and even thought he was on-track to calming his tits. But then he pulled this shit in the last 48 hours.monospaced
- His days are numbered - relax everyone. Ignore and he will fade away. Continue to respond and it will continue.fadein11
- Having said that I am glad the mod spoke up - this place is becoming as depressing as Facebook lately. I'd rather be arguing about EpVII than who's house burntfadein11
- down.fadein11
- Hey, I just want to see his exit thread before he's banned, okay? We're so long overdue for a QBN meltdown it's not even funnymonospaced
- I know your indignation is real but I thought most of us knew everything he's been posting has been copied from somewhere else. He hasn't even tried to hide it.ORAZAL
- I think we need these meltdowns from time to time. It brings the community back together.ORAZAL
- Although in this case the meltdown is coming from us, not him.ORAZAL
- we'll seemonospaced
- can we just... you know... hit the delete button?pango
- he still around? or banned?yurimon
- the endsureshot
- Drake on the top again.
Started from the bottom...ORAZAL - the ironiesureshot
- somehow think drake is related to orazal, isleptwithguy, and the crazy dude from think normal site.yurimon
- https://media.giphy.…monospaced
- lol @ equating front page with anything uniquely positivemonospaced
- ^ trump has changed the rules of the game.yurimon
- http://static.fjcdn.…monospaced
- Hey Moderator. Would it be better if I just left instead?monospaced
- @set
I thought so too at first but I've seen him in action several times. Moderator is the real deal.ORAZAL - @yurimon
I've already admited to being drake-von-drake & iswst. I don't who the think normal guy is. Sleep tight.ORAZAL - another day and still shit on the frontpage :(sted
- Started from the bottom now you're here.Maaku
- On QBN the party never stops.ORAZAL
- there is always a lower level.sted
- "Not sure that's a real moderator there guise" - set
Proof is presented by the comment now being here, and not above.Moderator - gitum!moldero
- hitting the ignore button...pango
- wheres the igor button?yurimon
- hunchback igor button?
THERE'S NO SUCH A THING!pango - here is igor:
https://pbs.twimg.co…sted - here is an igor button:
https://horrorbutton…PonyBoy - Where's ben! BENN!! make that into a button! i'll buy it!pango
- Fucking drake-von-fraudRamanisky2
- Ramdick expressing his hate. I knew liberals were capable of it. You've proven yourself capable.drake-von-drake
- drake-von-jazxRamanisky2
- ha! I too have suspicions that von-drake is jazXPonyBoy
- I've heard the name, but not exactly familiar with the term.drake-von-drake
- Hehedrake-von-drake
- Ramdick. Wow. So fucking stupid all of this.monospaced
- I'll cool my jets now. I had fun while it lasted. I couldn't help myselfdrake-von-drake
- Fucking hell, is the whole of QBN going into meltdown? You can actually smell the crazy around here ...Continuity
- KABOOOOOOOOOOM!drake-von-drake
- bogue21
whoops.. here's the photo.
- That's the view from our living room. Ohhhhhh Canada!bogue
- nice :)sted
- This is cool!SimonFFM
- HOSER!!!ideaist
- That is killer!stoplying
- wow!!!!oey_oey
- love itdbloc
- Have you documented the process of building that?zaq
- My next-door neighbors here in the Chicago burbs have one too, and my daughter learned how to ice skate just this past weekend! :)mg33
- wow, please send us the night view, i can see led lights on top of the dancefloor!api
- jealous!!cherub
- Kewl!utopian
- Dude, nice work!scarabin
- very cool!!Krassy
- Want of the daynocomply
- OOOH next time put LEDs under the ice!Projectile
- @projectile... I've seen a couple of amazing YouTube videos of people doing that. Definitely a consideration for next year.bogue
- what is the best age for kids to start ice skate? i was today with my wife and it was fun. i think i have to replay before i am ready to go with the kids.api
- api, the earlier the better. And start with hockey skates, not figure skates. Make sure they're warm and get em some knee or elbow pads and have at itstoplying
- yup.. I'd echo that. I think my parents had me on a pair of skates at age 3. We did the same with our daughter. If it doesn't make them happy than back offbogue
- mennn i wishmilfhunter
- desmo18
Welp -- was just let go from my work today due to 'budgetary reorganization' and not due to any quality of work (at least that's what they tell me).
I know this shit is all part of the game but feeling super bummed out. Hope y'all doing well!
- oh damn :(YakuZoku
- Ah fuck.Continuity
- Time for a drink!palimpsest
- Sorry to hear. New things ahead.mort_
- "Budgetary reorganization" is some new corp speak. Sorry to hear, keep your chin up.garbage
- Sorry to hear. But. One door closes, many others open. Chin up!Krassy
- Well that blowsstoplying
- Sorry to hear it bud. How long you work there?Ianbolton
- All the bestSimonFFM
- That sucks, sorry to hear. Time to enjoy putting together an awesome folio. Share it here and we can all spread the word.BaskerviIle
- Their loss, fuck 'em.bezoar
- Welcome to 2022, the bubble of everything is about to burst, you will have 7 career changes and 56 jobs across your resume... get used to the new normal.shapesalad
- Onward and upward you’ll land something better_niko
- Sry manpango
- Sorry to hear that. You’ll find something great!instrmntl
- You in Toronto? Take a day to chill but then collect yourself and move fast. Apply for everything. Put 8 hrs a day into finding a job.nb
- There are still plenty of companies hiring but you want to get in somewhere before the market gets flooded with candidates in the 2nd half of the yearnb
- @Krassy This is the way!api
- Thanks y'alldesmo
- too bad. At least now you can do whatever you where dreaming of doing.milfhunter
- i_monk25
Bf is 1000 days sober.
- YEAH BOOOIII!!!
*applause*ideaist - how about you?fooler
- That’s great. CongratsGnash
- Let's Celebrate! What'll you have?futurefood
- Nice!!!Akagiyama
- https://media0.giphy…utopian
- Nice!ephix
- fantastic, that's a huge achievement!BuddhaHat
- I went to a brewery with a friend, haha.i_monk
- Lets drink on that!milfhunter
- Congrats, thats great for the both of you! :)Nutter
- YEAH BOOOIII!!!
- scarabin20
Work from home whenever i feel like it
Never have to deal with people or idiot coworkers
Food, weed, and whiskey delivered on-demand
Home theater with high-speed internetHow the fuck are people complaining about quarantine? I can’t remember life being this easy
- Have kids and then report back.monospaced
- Extroverts requiring self worth validation are the only ones really complaining. Those with kids that used to commute are not complaining.shapesalad
- After drugs, video games and pets, who has time for kids?scarabin
- One Big reason I would never work in an office that wasn’t mine would be idiot coworkersChimp
- This is why you are one of my favorite people!capn_ron
- What mono said!!mort_
- Oh man my last office was four trump supporters. Nothin’ but ben shapiro podcasts and impotent lib-owning all goddamn dayscarabin
- You've described my personal work environment for nearly 15 years (minus a few years of the 'on demand' stuff)—what is this quarantine you speak of? :)PonyBoy
- agree with mono. I have twin 8 month y/old babies and a 3 year old. This house is hectic all day long. I miss going into work.dbloc
- Fuck offices, Covid 4EVA!moldero
- @scarabin, exactly. When you have kids, the time for drugs, video games and pets, weed and whiskey is severely limited. :(monospaced
- And yet, I'm smoking weed and sipping a whiskey right now getting ready for my one hour of adult time before I pass out :)monospaced
- I lost most of my clients and they aren't coming back, being locked in with my gf of 5 years has destroyed our relationship, my dog is dying, etc.garbage
- I've seen my best friend once this year. Once. So yeah, quarantine fucking sucks.garbage
- And listen to your own music without anyone asking you to turn it down or change it!Sellies
- Smoking weed, drinking whiskey and playing video games was fun when I was 30, but it's a pretty empty existence. Having kids is great, but not for everyone.CuriousGeorge
- kids for sure, but also, my office is my studio, and the more I have to "work from home" the less I feel like spending free time there. also I get so distractedautoflavour
- honestly, smoking weed, drinking whisky and playing video games sounds fucking awesome. sadly I tend to feel like I should be doing something else if I haveautoflavour
- the time to do that.. I lament not enough free time in the studio to make music.. so committing to a game is like a big fuck you to studio time..autoflavour
- My internet is better at home, but I actually do like my co-workers. Also, my wife and I are going sort of insane being around twin 6 year olds doing online atbulletfactory
- a French immersion school. The office and in-person school sounds soooo nice. We all love each other, but I know they’re tired of seeing my dumbass mug.bulletfactory
- ...and noticeably all our fuses are a bit shorter. Regrettably not a good look on anyone. Less booze, more weed.bulletfactory
- Bunch of whiners.utopian
- The only thing missing for me is a social life.ApeRobot
- nah utopian, it's winers.bulletfactory
- I'm with you! But I don't have kids so I get the frustration on that end.mapleT
- 4 of us in a 900 sq foot home gets tough. But we do alright. Food, beer, exercise, stepping on legos, and still having a job. Life is ... good.stoplying
- that's crazy, stop ... we grew out of our 850sqft unit and it was just 3 of usmonospaced
- My wife doesn't work, so it's a sensible, affordable home in a great little lake neighborhood. Not house-poor, and wife is happy with it - totally worth it!stoplying
- I'm speaking purely about available space to move around, man :)monospaced
- fadein1122
Okay, I rarely post anything personal on here anymore. Probably my own fault for being such a bell-end in the past. But hey ho, I'm not one to dwell on the past.
Anyway, I set myself a new challenge this year. Something I have had inside me since childhood / early teens.
I grew up loving film more than anything (even more than art which came close second). Film was massive in my house growing up. I watched 100’s of films. My dad sold furniture most of his life and did a deal on a sofa with the local video shop owner - unlimited rentals for us. I was like a sponge. There were little restrictions on what I could watch either. Roeg's Don't Look Now as a youngish child has stuck with me my entire life, what were my parents thinking ha? But I am grateful, it's a masterpiece as were a lot of the other films I watched growing up.
And a big chunk of my youth was spent making films on a camcorder. Editing them with the camera and one VHS player. They weren't very good but I loved it and had the bug.
I always hoped I would be either an artist or a filmmaker. The former seemed more achievable back then.
I went to art school, then studied fine art at university, loved it, but there was always that nagging filmmaker inside me so I ended up doing a lot of video work on my degree. Quite odd video installations. I also loved painting but always felt it was a little pointless as 'the means of production' were changing so fast (digital media was really taking off at this time) so I started using video as a 'painterly' medium. I created long videos of abstract morphing forms. Basically digital paintings that slowly changed over hours. Barely noticeable unless you sat there for a long time. I was happy with those.
I got my degree but then fell into graphic/web design because I had spent most of my Fine Art degree using the new digital tools available. I never felt comfortable as a designer, I still don't. I was never trained in graphic design. But it has been my main source of income for the last 20+ years. Career wise, I'm a jack of all trades, master of none if I am honest.
I have always carried on with my art on the side, some years more productive than others. I did a solo show many years back which went well. But I kind of chickened out of that dream as I always liked having money, never a lot but enough to get by. Chasing the art dream would have meant a lot of sacrifices, I think I still regret that decision now.
Anyway, the reason I am posting. I set myself a task this year - to finally complete a film script. I have tried many times and failed many times. None of my ideas really hooked me to the point where I could sit day after day and complete them. The last couple of years I had an idea that did stick. I spent at least a year building it inside my head. It grew and grew. Characters came to life. The plot became real. I thought to myself I need to do this now. I'm in my 40's, time isn't on my side. Especially to change direction with 2 children to support. But I thought I would give it a go and glad I did.
I'm happy to say I am 75% through the project. I am really pleased with it so far. It kind of spilled out of me. I'm sure working on these things becomes easier in your 40's. Way more life experience. Pretentiousness is low. Your inner voice is clearer. Screenwriting suits me as well, it's v.functional writing. It's about telling a story in a concise way.
So the point of this post? I just think your 40's are a great time to achieve lifelong goals if you can make the time (i.e. many late nights). A few years ago I decided to achieve some music goals also (something I have also done pretty much my whole life). That went well but I know deep down there are many others better who have probably devoted more of their lives to it and are more deserving.
I haven't completed the project yet but I know I will. And will anything come of it? I hope so, it's definitely a product of the times (in an unexpected way) but I will also be happy if it doesn't. Just doing/completing something I have always wanted to try will be enough.
It would take balls of steel to share it on here when complete, not sure I could but who knows.
Sorry for the length of this post but I thought I would share my thoughts as I would love to hear any other members' experiences of screenwriting if you have any? Or of achieving major goals in your 40's.
Thanks.
p.s. What thread to put this in? midlife crisis or blog... either really but blog will do :)
- tl/dr - chase your dreams, it's never too late.fadein11
- hey if you ever want someone to read it or bounce off, yell out.inteliboy
- nice one, that would be cool.fadein11
- "not one to dwell on the past" then writes a ridic long post on my past, I'm still and likely will always be a bell-end :)fadein11
- Stay hungry. Your soul is in tact.DRIFTMONKEY
- Good luck with this, I can relate to how you got there, and I'm doing my own explorations of what I can do post-advertising.Continuity
- You are not starting from scratch,you are connecting the dots backwards, something you have been preparing all your life https://youtu.be/D1R…drgs
- Like, 40-what?Khurram
- 45fadein11
- That's reassuring. Nice one. Thanks for this.Khurram
- @drgs, yep exactlyfadein11
- Wow awesome. Love storytelling, made my first stop motion film at 7, made films off and on since then. You're not late in life your on time.robotron3k
- I've got a script I've been sitting on for 4 years, still needs work but complete. I'm intrigued your script is "a product of the times" I would also love to rerobotron3k
- Read if you'd like more eyes on it. A friend gave me footage of a doc they want salvaged. It's a project about a cotton-picking Vietnam war hero, I may dorobotron3k
- If we can get things in order. I would say working in film as an adult is the ultimate playtime ever invented. Keep on!robotron3k
- I read your recent post on your interest in filmmaking. if only off site communication was easier :)fadein11
- re: "product of the times" - of course everything is but I think this story tells Britains (or Englands) current situation in an interesting way.fadein11
- And nope it's not an autopilot liberal narrative. That's exactly what I didn't want to do. One of the main characters is the exact opposite of that.fadein11
- I'd be lying if I said this place hasn't been an important influence.fadein11
- I am making it sound like a political story, it's not really but it is the backdrop. Anyway... thanks for the comments. Took me hours to decide whether tofadein11
- post or not...fadein11
- great post, fade. Get it done.Fax_Benson
- Cheers fax, you know I love you :)fadein11
- been waiting all my life for someone to have the balls to capture and portray the beauty and complexity of thursday night cottaging behind the lidl, staffordPeterPancake
- thank u, fadein :)PeterPancake
- Great post fadein...and Fuck Adobe!utopian
- Awesome post, really hope you share here when complete. Hugely inspired / moved by your story!mantrakid
- Deadly man - sounds really exciting - well donepedromendez
- Super cool! Hope to see it when you're finished.bezoar
- Tell us when it hits the screen. I'll pay to watch, I promise.Longcopylover
- Firstly, congrats on finding the spare time to do this between the day job and being a father to two kids! ;)microkorg
- It involved a lot of late nights. And I would be finished by now if I had enough time! Really busy with day job right now so it's on hold for time being.fadein11
- Thanks for all the positive comments.fadein11
- Best advice i’ve received From getting into that is just think of a script as 3-5 pages at a time. Easier that way.antimotion
- Also, I highly recommend spike lee and Mira Nair’s masterclass. Lee’s is really down to earth brass tacks and hers is more sophisticated, but so inspirational!antimotion
- Yep - totally agree on treating it as small chunks. It's pretty daunting at the start. Mapping it out for a long time helped as well. Thanks for the tips. Willfadein11
- check out those talks also.fadein11
- I like QBN for posts like this one! I encourage you Fadein to continue.Bennn
- Haven't watched those Masterclasses but did have a sub for a year on that site. Some great classes! Worth it esp if u can get a deal!microkorg
- mugwart27
At work and some one asks about my QBN sticker on my laptop.
Have trouble describing other a place where people to go to abuse and be abused with a strange sense of humour.
Go to site to explain and there is Jesus with his testicles hanging out...love you guys
- lolpockets
- hahaha! that means the sticker is working its' magic.capn_ron
- lol!PonyBoy
- LOLGuyFawkes
- that reminds me to use my last sticker for my new laptopGuyFawkes
- I usually describe it as being like a reddit for angry graphic designersset
- fucking A @cap been trying to take a photo at work as promised but work's stricked this moment ...mugwart
- http://www.nottingha…mugwart
- Lol testicle Jesus shouldn't be there..pango
- ^ set def ftwGnash
- LOLRamanisky2
- LOLMaaku
- hahafadein11
- "It's a design forum I visit daily... just ignore the Chick, Boobs, Butt and NSFW threads"elahon
- ^ they are the best bits! Do love the fear of clicking on the NSFL thread but thats cause modern horrors cant compare to our perversions!mugwart
- classic QBN!renderedred
- you are cracking me up mug. more sticker stories please.capn_ron
- None that much to say. That said if we win the oscar's this year I'll be requesting a quality Set portrait to be photoed with!mugwart
- <3set
- Or just get you to come to London for the shoot ;-)mugwart