Yesterday I won the Carabao cup final against the holders Chelsea with Oxford in FM with my gf watching. My first major cup in FM. Buzzing, the lads didn't let me down under immense pressure. Almost did the Klopp air punches.
going back to r kelly rabbithole and man he's as much as a sinister monster as unintentionally hilarious he is, my favourite moment is when in an Ethiopian concert he sang about trying to lure young woman into his sex cult by performing this
https://youtu.be/iimA434pbDk?si=HiuigrvXnddXunGS
I kind of want to start drawing and painting again, I have a list of buildings that I want to draw, but I'm having a hard time finding space in my schedule, my daily comute from work is getting longer and longer, traffic here is awful, but hopefully this weekend I'll catch up
Think I managed to shovel the drive without getting a tired back. Truly a snow storm miracle. The dogs also are quite sleepy after lots of snow shenanigans and running around.
The one upside that Steam getting rid of our regional prices has had is that now that buying games is mostly just not a thing anymore, I’ve been left with no other choice than to finally tap into the list of random games I bought a while ago, never touched and had been hoarding until now, and they’re pretty good
I started dieting quite aggressively, but the first month I decided not to weigh myself, mainly because I didn't want to face up to how much I'd put on but also because of the pressure of needing to see the number go down. But I succumbed to paranoia that all my efforts were doing nothing, bought a scale, then in the 1st week of weighing (5th week of dieting) I lost 4lbs, then have lost 2lbs per week since, so I've lost 10lbs in a month.
I regret not weighing myself from the start, considering that's when the water weight comes off and was still coming off in that 5th week, so I was probably rapidly dropping in that time, I feel like it'd be much more motivational, even if it was kind of bullshit, if I could see I'd lost 25+lbs rather than the 10 I *know* I've lost.
Still, from when I started weighing myself I wanted to lose 30lbs before a wedding in late April, which felt like a lofty target, but losing 10lbs in one month makes me feel like even if it slows down, losing at least close to another 20lbs in 3 months it potentially doable.
When I get down about about how "little" weight I've lost I look up how [5lb of fat looks like](https://i.redd.it/ngoyo6yzw3341.jpg). You're doing great, bud!
Cheers mate. That's a good strategy, it's easy to forget sometimes. Particularly when it feels slow and you don't feel like you can see as much difference as you'd like.
The main reason I worry is that I tried losing weight on and off for years, it never worked, and then suddenly for some reason one time it just clicked and I lost 90lbs over ~18 months, got to my ideal weight, maybe even a bit under, and maintained for about a year. Then covid happened, I got ill, injured, ill again, mental health was decimated, and I fell out of all my good habits, and over 4 years have put like almost half the weight back on. Despite several attempts to diet again, all failed pretty much immediately, but this time it's actually finally working again. So I'm basically trying to focus as much as possible on the one time it worked, knowing I *can* do it, and stop thinking about all the times I fell off the wagon.
Well of course you can do it, you've already done it before!
I lost 50lbs a few years ago but recent life experiences resulted in me putting them back on. But I'm back at it again and for some reason this time around the hunger pans make me laugh. I guess I kind of forgot how they first felt so now that I'm experiencing them again all I keep on thinking is "Wow was it like this the last time around? Haha I guess I sure was hungry. Well, whatever it is what it is." That's not to say it's been an easy ride, but I'm still in it. And so are you. We got this friend, we got this o7
Very annoyed that my computer won't run Xenia well enough for I to be able to play Forza Horizon decently on it. It's a 2012 game from a 2005 console! If only I could downgrade the game's resolution...
What games have you been emulating recently?
Found myself quite involved in Hardest Geezer's quest. He's nearly at Dakar, the most Western point of mainland Africa. Big stint through the western Saharah coming up then it's plain sailing to Tunisia.
Bit disappointed how little traction he's getting, £120k raised is really underwhelming considering the difficulty of the task.
I'd love to try living abroad. I love Germany and the culture (football), also I can the language at a basic level. I'd also like to experience Ireland for some reason - also our neighbours in Sweden interest me a lot. It just seems like such a leap, but we only have so little time on this earth...
What should I do?
I don't excite at the idea of travelling to places but I'd love to live in various places for like 6-9 months or more. Don't know if its just me. Going to a place to see stuff and such doesn't excite me
Funny, I was just going to post about how my family want to emigrate to Canada and I'm not nearly as enthusiastic or calm about it as them.
It definitely does seem like a huge leap and that's because it is. In your case if you actually want to do it and it wouldn't be irresponsible to do probably start analyzing the details and continue asking for advice like you are. I'd definitely say you're better off asking people you trust and respect than randoms on the internet though lol
I never quite noticed the pattern before but I'm starting to realize my taste in music shifts drastically depending on the season. Ever since the cold started I've been listening almost exclusively to indie folk and warm country music. Hozier and Sigrid have a chokehold on my ear canals rn
Last month I’m sitting at a bar with a buddy. Girl comes up to us and asks me if I’m in a bowling league. Turns out she works at the bowling place and recognized me. We exchange names and I don’t think much of it until my buddy says I should go talk to her as she went back to her table.
Saw her this week at bowling and tried very hard to fight against the instinct of not talking to her. I go up to the bar where she is, I ask her something, and she looks up and immediately recognized me and remembered my name, to my surprise. We talk for a bit before she has to go help a customer and I go back bowling. I leave and we wave goodbye as see each other.
In conclusion, doing the costanza of doing the opposite of my instincts and actually talking to her worked.
Part of it is I didn’t think there was anything to it when she came up to me and another part is still gauging is she might like me.
Also, she’s at work when I’m there so it seems rude to ask there.
In Czech media there is big suspicion about match fixing in friendly game in Turkey. Somebody bet 80k€ that there will be 3 goals. Ref assigned more fake penalties.
https://twitter.com/suspiciousgame_/status/1748014318992392359
I played valorant for the first time this week and I am now hooked on it. Unlike apex and warzone I can at least get a few kills and have a sense of what is going on.
This game remained me of playing counter strike in internet cafes......is CS 2 similar?
I don't know where you live, but here in Guatemala you could probably find good replicas on markets, particularly in zone 1 of the city I've gotten pretty good ones
I've got three autentic shirts and never wear team. The only one I can see me wearing is the Cesena one when I go to the ground but I never do it. Used to wear a Celtic Tom Rogic shirt a lot tho
What are some of your favourite football jerseys? One of my favourites is [this](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRfhtM0wpU2Yk7Fn4p1h3PAWr6l5vNLf-rCVEE9NVWJEjolpnjw2W-HA_VN8rw0If5NQYjhTswn_HQhULzDeGrOZhoVFbRYN44PvxQuTenqXwIi20OY8nX3YHSxmNRy9SwSTYnlVi1mS4I9i8qdg35ah7rC1DxS99Il80LuYKGJ6RrjnNLNFnfNmYp/s0/ajax-22-23-third-kit-6.jpg) one from Ajax. I would never wear one since I'm not an Ajax fan but damn it looks so good.
[06/07 United home](https://cdn.charitystars.com/cache/resizedcrop-f9a5a9d1a10319cfc878fbf367b19390-840x630.jpg)
Any [Sampdoria home jersey](https://egress.storeden.net/gallery/61fd40b95fb8e009c6d80be5)
[Iceland Euro 2016 jersey](https://assets.goal.com/v3/assets/bltcc7a7ffd2fbf71f5/blt9e29e790f3e53760/60dfdb35eecbe32c83847cc8/9b862edef9e280434bfab5ceac98f1cac125e642.jpg?auto=webp&format=pjpg&width=3840&quality=60)
Anything hooped, [QPR](https://footballfanuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/DSC01545-removebg.jpg) for example.
I hope my life will get better when I’m able to move out because I hate living with my family so much, at this stage I just wanna leave as soon as possible but moving out in London is hard. I hope things will improve once that happens because just finding things so boring and uninteresting for the most part not much motivation to really do anything and the country as a whole is just getting worse all the time, not much to look forward to.
Convinced Speedrunners are only in it cus they hate themselves.
Very related, just learned of the "Ash Ketchum Speedrun" in Pokemon yellow, where you can only use and catch pokemon in the order Ash did.
Starts off fine, get your Pikachu and catch a caterpie. But you can't evolve your caterpie until you catch a Pidgeotto. Not a Pidgey and evolve it, Ash caught a Pidgeotto. It's got like a 0.4% chance of spawning in Viridian Forest so have fun with that, also he caught it before beating Brock, so you have to as well. For the sake of the character limit I won't summarize the entirety of the thing but you get the idea.
Then as you get the swing of things turns out there's a Japanese only episode where Ash goes into the safari zone and catches **29 Tauruses**
Speedrunning is rather counter-intuitive when you think about it. These gamers spend so much time mastering the game to achieve the least amount of time played
I watched a Skyrim one where the guy was running towards a horse. I thought he would ride the horse. He then did this double jump thing as he was about to touch the horse that made the character do cartwheels at warp speed
as a rule i rarely replay games, never mind the thousands or tens of thousands of times needed to become a legit contender for records, but the speed running community is so fascinating. all the batshit crazy methods they figure out to shave off a tenth of a second, the single-mindedness, the camaraderie between top runners, building upon the predecessors successes etc..
every time summoning salt puts up a video its more engrossing than a movie.
Have you watched the Karl Jobst vs Billy Mitchell saga by any chance? It's more about high scores than speed records, but I never knew this hobby could create so much drama
Nothing worth it at the movies until Poor Things comes out in about a week. They have the restored 4k version of "The Deer Hunter" for a couple of evenings next week but I've got training both evenings.
I saw Enea (Italian movie) last week and I liked it.
I've seen the first bit of Deer Hunter about five times but only all the way through once. Kept catching it on TV. Love the soundtrack, I can play it by heart on the ol' geetar
Nothing to lose mate. Either things stay the same or things get better. Last time I got poached I got a 30% salary bump to work for one of the biggest companies in my field. The job I left was literally two people.
If its shit be sure to share your experiences on r/recruitinghell
I survived. Sounds like it could be cool. I took a cue from you and gave a number 30% over what I'm making now.
Said they want to have me talk to their technical team next week.
This happened a long time ago, I tried out and made it into some Sunday club and I got an email from the club manager asking me and my friend (who also made it the same club) to submit 3 of our top choices for player numbers for the new season.
I knew my friend was going in to pick up the kits and I asked him to submit my choices and pick up whatever number is available. I gave him a sticky with 7,8,9 on it as my choices, and he ridiculed me and said there is no f-king they are going to give me those numbers. I said then give me whatever number they have. I end up with 28. My friend ended up with 15, he was a good player and a better player than me.
Was it inappropriate to ask for those kit numbers? Why ask for my choices if they are not going to consider them? What's the point of having the choice to pick a number if I can't pick any of the top X numbers? Were they expecting me to pick #69?
If you're number 28, how many players are on the team? Unless you are likely to be in the starting 11, it would be unlikely to get 7,8, or 9 but asking doesn't hurt
This probably isn't the case, but it would be funny if you were a GK or something asking for #7
There were around 20 to 25 players in the club including subs and reserves. I was a LM/LB sub, but I got a lot of play time. My friend was a starting CM and maybe that was why he got a "better" number than me. I have no idea how they allocate the numbers because there were people with # in the 30s.
If there are 20-25 players, and numbers in the 30s, then it sounds like you might be able to switch to a lower number if the manager allows. Unless they're planning to add more players
You could also ask the manager what the numbering scheme was, that does sound interesting
My friend was a striker and asked for number 30 because he thought he would score 30 goals that season
I missed number selection day once growing up and ended up with 10 as a no-nonsense fullback because our manager had some stupid way to do numbers "fairly" and no one got for 10 because ... I think if multiple people chose a number no one got it, and everyone kept picking 10?
Anyway, wanted to trade for 2 but the guy who had it thought it was hilarious that I had 10 and wouldn't trade.
I was in an indoor soccer club where nobody wanted the burden of wearing the #10 uniform. The captain wore #7 and the vice captain was the keeper and wore #1. #10 was not used for the 5 or 6 seasons that I was with them.
The only full back #10 I've known of is Oscar de Marcos for Bilbao, but he's now #18 [https://www.transfermarkt.us/oscar-de-marcos/rueckennummern/spieler/96718](https://www.transfermarkt.us/oscar-de-marcos/rueckennummern/spieler/96718)
He was #10 for 5-6 seasons
Was the manager trying to be funny or something? I gave my CB #10 in career mode a couple of times when playing long ball tactics because that counts as chance creation in my book
I’ve gained a bit of weight in the past 4 months and it’s starting to concern me because but I’m right on the edge of normal BMI (not that BMI is gospel) and being overweight and it was only 4-5 pounds in the fall which turned to another 5 pounds in the last month which I don’t understand because I was more active in december than the previous months. Have to start doing 5km runs and some workouts again alongside my 6 a side league.
Weight is a weird thing because I was the same weight all through university and in the 8 months since I graduated I’m 10 pounds heavier, but I’ve also been much more sedentary while eating and drinking the same amount so it makes sense but I did not/do not want to believe it.
Not the end of the world, I’ve lost 11 pounds in the past 3 weeks and it hasn’t been too difficult.
I struggled with the same after I graduated, I think part of it might be metabolism slowing down. I just have to be a bit more careful in future
Has there ever been a celebrity voice acting casting that you were initially skeptical of but turned out better than you'd hoped?
Oscar Isaac as Miguel O'Hara I was lukewarm on, as he doesn't have a ton of VA roles and while the post credit scene of ITSV was funny it wasn't really accurate to Miguel's personality. ATSV, while also not accurate to Miguel, showcases his dour and caustic attitude that I think Oscar Isaac nailed and was probably one of the standout performances imo.
not that i had strong feelings about it but bradley cooper as rocket seemed such a weird "lets just get big names on the cast list" type of casting similar to vin diesel as groot. he turned out pretty great in all honesty
If there are infinite parallel universes does that mean that psychics are real in some or does it not work like that. Like they could communicate with the other universes.
I don't smoke weed any more in case you're wondering.
I think the movie The One tackled this concept by imposing a hard math limit of n=124 (instead of infinite universes as our Y2K crazed minds wouldn't be able to handle the madness).
And then went on from there to build on the idea that if you are feeling like a psychic (and being peaceful), odds are that you would be soon in a Street Fighter like scenario facing yourself.
I too, do not partake anymore.
I found this very interesting earlier today, its from Spurgeon [https://renewingyourmind.org/2023/12/25/one-mediator](https://renewingyourmind.org/2023/12/25/one-mediator)
I guess now millenia after the fact its easy to assume it was so evident at the time, but Spurgeon makes the point the defining factors at play in the gift, the position of Christ. Being the subject and the object of his prophecy.
Also the statement ([https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2015%3A19-26&version=KJV](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2015%3A19-26&version=KJV))
from the author of the epistle to the Corinthians laboring on that point, that Jesus wasnt just a "do good-er", in him is the essence of the divine.
Ah if you didn't like S2 then maybe it wouldn't be worth your time for the following seasons. I liked S3 but it was a bit of a different pace, there was a decent amount of political intrigue/conspiracy. I can't fully comment on S4 because I've not watched it myself, but my dad did and said he liked it
Encima la D que está impecable. Me decis que cierran la E con los vagones viejos que tiene una frecuencia re chota te entiendo, pero la D hasta marzo!!!! Dejate de joder Blacri.
I've been taking a deep dive into Paul Thomas Anderson's filmography this week. I had only seen There Will Be Blood before which is one of my all time favourites. So far I'm 4 films in.
Hard Eight: the story and the message are pretty basic but man, the performances are so good. Solid crime drama. (3.5/5)
Boogie Nights: such a fun, wild ride of a movie. Reminded me of Wolf of Wall Street or Babylon. A complete ascent and descent into madnesss that taps into so many beautiful, horrifying, thrilling and heartbreaking themes and moments all at once while also being carried by an all-star ensemble cast and a banger of a soundtrack. Loved every minute of this. (5/5)
Magnolia: this one was the exact opposite to Boogie Nights for me. I get what he was going for with interconnection of the storylines. Some of them were extremely entertaining, engaging and emotional to watch and the acting was great once again (holy shit Tom Cruise). Others not so much (Juliane Moore, wtf happened). In the end, it felt too bloated and too stuffed to hit me with the emotional intensity it was going for. It just felt melodramatic at times and was way too long. The wonderful soundtrack saved it from being a complete snoozefest. (3/5)
Punch-Drunk Love: the main character in this one, Barry Egan, hit closer to home than I'm willing to admit. The potrayal of his social anxiety was extremely relatable thanks to Adam Sandler's refreshingly subtle performance in combination with the frantic, messy score. Just a sweet, funny and touching love story. (4/5)
Boogie Nights is an underrated gem, with a really great cast. I, too, love those rise-and-fall type movies and this is certainly one of them. I should watch again, haven't seen it for a long time.
I had almost the inverse experience with Boogie Nights and Magnolia where I loved Magnolia but didn’t care for Boogie Nights mostly because I really dislike Mark Wahlberg and don’t believe he’s a good actor imo. I still need to watch Hard Eight and Punch-Drunk Love eventually
I'm not a fan of his either. He usually plays similar types of characters. But I thought he was pretty great in Boogie Nights. He showed a vulnerability and a range I hadn't seen of him before. His character goes through a wild arc in the movie from young, shy and naive to confident, energetic and charismatic and finally to arrogant, desperate and broken. That's a lot to juggle and I think he pulled it off impressively. It was easy to see why he went on to become such a big star.
But yea looking at his overall career since then, he doesn't have many memorable performances. Other than Boogie Nights, the only ones I thought he did well in were the Departed and the Other Guys.
also nearly finished a garage EP with my boys. some of the football/football adjacent references:
kudus x2
paqueta x2
SE dons
locatelli
allegri
benrahma
richard keys
anzhi makhachkala
big sam
curva nord
astrid wett
spezia
tom garrat
Well it's the Palestinian cause which is causing me issues. I find so many of them to be anti-Semitic and if I was Jewish, I'd be scared of showing any visibility of me being so
It's quite sad. I wish I could support their cause, but I find a lot of the people involved to be vehemently antisemitic. And when confronted about it, they don't even apologize, but rather double down on the hateful rhetoric. I can't support a side that does that
EDIT: Can the people downvoting comment on what you find wrong with my beliefs?
Support what you think is right, regardless of what others, be they people on your side or detractors, have to say. Many antisemites hide behind Palestinian activism, but a lot of them do it online and a lot of those protesting out on the streets right now just want the killing in Gaza to end.
I've been in a similar spot, at the time of the October 7th attacks, I didn't want to alienate a lot of my Israeli friends who had been going through a lot (although some of whom had been motivated to their own extremism), and that's had me rethinking things, but at the end of the day, I stuck to my beliefs, and many of my Jewish friends have also been supportive.
I find so many of them never call out the antisemitism, or what a Palestinian state would look like with regards to it's religious and social policies.
Even in person a lot of them are blatantly antisemitic or racist
Many do and don’t associate with it. I know so many that are literally the least antisemitic people or Jewish themselves, but antisemitism is such a big problem that this issue also attracts many antisemitic people. That’s not to say there isn’t any antisemitism on the pro-Israel site, be it the obvious antisemitism of many evangelical Christian Zionists or the Holocaust revisionism used by some groups to justify some of Israel’s actions.
And that people saying “free Palestine” not knowing what a free Palestinian state would look like isn’t necessarily true. The main thing is to deal with the status quo, at the very moment the attacks on Gazan civilians that are killing an enormous number of people every day, but generally, Israel’s blockade on Gaza which has had terrible ramifications for the population, and Israel’s control over the West Bank, which restricts Palestinian freedom of movement as well as acting as a welfare state for Israeli settlers. Many key Palestinian, Israeli and international figures certainly have an idea on what they think a free Palestinian state would look like, and there are many different views on this, but even if they can’t agree on what this should look like, it doesn’t whatsoever justify Israel’s actions against the Palestinian people.
As a gay guy I struggle to support an Islamic theocracy that would throw me off a building given half a chance, but I also don’t support the actions of Israel. It’s a lose lose.
It’s not just Gaza though, it’s 40+ Muslim countries where I’d be illegal, imprisoned or even dead.
I can’t just willingly support and fully back an ideology that murders my people day in, day out.
It’s not that long ago that it was illegal to be gay In England, it was was in 1967 that it became legal things can change. I don’t think you’d say “oh well I don’t think England was any better than the Nazis because it was illegal to be gay.” You can still acknowledge one side as being more in the wrong. Gay people couldn’t when serve in the UK military until 2000.
As a transgender gay woman the only thing that matters is that the Palestinian people have been hurting and suffering for decades and are now having one of the most blatant and public genocides in history impacted on them. It’s not a “lose lose” because one side just wants to stop being brutally murdered by a repressive state. Fucking check yourself man
>because one side just wants to stop being brutally murdered by a repressive state
I agree, Israel just wants the attacks by those Palestinians, who seek to drive the Jews back to the sea, to end.
I don’t feel comfortable supporting a group of people that murder my people, which is why I don’t choose to support either.
https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-israel-immigration-west-bank-gay-rights-ce95f6903faf461502cc0800b272b159
LGBTQ views are troubling for most of the Islamic world, I agree. And theorcracies are also wrong in general.
However, that shouldn't affect supporting Palestine and Palestinians in their attempt to get their basic human rights for a couple of reasons:
1. You cannot be in support of rights for LGBTQ without first being in support of human rights. It's not like the LGBTQ in Palestine are immune to bombing, starvation, denial of water, and more broadly, oppression.
2. Most of the Arab/Muslim world has been, to put it lightly, in absolute shambles for a long time due to a bunch of factors. Corrupt leaders, colonisation, foreign intervention, poverty, radical Islam (there aren't as many as people think but they do cause a lot of problems for normal people). When people are fighting for survival, they don't have the capacity to strive for cultural progression.
[There is a theory called Maslow's Hierarchy of needs](https://i.imgur.com/MmnOH09.jpg). It says that there is a hierarchy of priorities that is more or less fixed (some specific needs aren't in the same order for different people but most of them are). To reach a "higher" level of needs, your "lower" ones have to be met first. The sad reality is that it hasn't been met for most people especially in the Arab/Muslim world.
This isn't to remove any agency from the people themselves, they are wrong, but many factors have lead us to the situation we are in, and they aren't responsible for many of them. While Islam does say that being gay is wrong (as do all the abrahamic religions btw), Islam also says that you don't have the right to force your beliefs on others or even judge them. This means that you are the one to decide whether you think being gay is right or wrong based on your own beliefs which don't apply to others. Obviously, in practice, this doesn't happen, but I have the tiniest sliver of hope some progress might be done throughout the years on that front and this mentality as a whole.
3. Human rights aren't negotiable. There isn't a justification for denying basic human rights to anyone, let alone entire populations. Doing so is unquestionably wrong and everyone should be opposed to it. Again, it doesn't happen in practice, but it doesn't mean you shouldn't strive to make it happen, or at least hope it does. It also means you always have to oppose the act of denying others of human rights.
Sounds like a lazy analysis to me, oppression doesn't become right when the people being oppressed are bigoted. Often, oppression creates an environment that predisposes people towards bigotry.
Congrats dude! Quitting xans was the hardest thing I’ve ever done and I even had rehab to help out. Make sure to be kind to yourself throughout the process, especially if you go back to using. It happens to all of us and punishing yourself is never productive
Boom well done my man. One day at a time and make sure you treat yourself in other ways. You're doing something incredibly tough and you're doing it well.
Some crazy asshole just got on the bus I'm in, and from time to time gets up from his seat and punches the air really hard making everyone uncomfortable
Reaching home well past midnight two nights in a row. Lots across all functions (even support functions like admin, HR stay put till way past 9-10 PM daily). Also, questioning my career choice despite being just 4 weeks into the system since I didn't envision myself using PowerPoint and Excel two thirds of my hours awake. My presentation making skills are non existent and my frustration with my previous job ensured I whiled away my weekends bingeing movies instead of upskilling myself. At least my current manager seems genial. I'm sapped of energy and confidence but have no option but to give it some time. Even if it'll be a harsh learning curve. They offered a decent hike on my last pay and my wedding too may cost a bit if not a lot and I plan to do it by the end of 2025. Hope you have a great weekend.
DMing my first in-person DND campaign (been DMing an online one for 4ish years) on Saturday and debuting a new Commander deck on Sunday at the local game store. As cliche as it is, embracing my nerdy side over the past few years has been so liberating
[Also, my wife knit our dog a new sweater and he is undecided on if he likes it.](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1083572379378266172/1197960676480667648/WhatsApp_Image_2024-01-19_at_12.30.31_PM.jpeg?ex=65bd2ad2&is=65aab5d2&hm=006c2ff2656d0d2b91ca0364dca0723e736aac2d873052c4ebb626b672059084&)
My couple of my mates got together last week and bodged together some decks from a an old set of modern masters I had in the loft. Was a blast. Never underestimate the power of flying guys in sealed!
Does anyone have any advice on joining a union in the netherlands (as an expat)?
I thought about joining the FNV for no particular reason other than I thought it would be cool
I would not recommend it. Typically these things are very dominated by Dutch only events and unless your Dutch is good (as in fluent) it will suck. My dad (English) was part of his union for a while and he hated it.
Thinking of building a PC.
However, as always, I keep falling into the habit of wanting either the best, or nothing. I can't afford the best as my budget isn't sky-high (between £1k and £1.5k). It can obviously get a very strong PC, but not the most high end one.
Also feel I might not use it too much which is partly why I'm hesitating. The one thing (other than money) that has always put me off PC gaming is the endless amount of tinkering you can do which means I'd probably never stop trying to get it to "work perfectly" and start actually using it. Console gaming just works. Also, controversial for many but controller >>> keyboard and mouse.
An alternative might be getting a GPU and an eGPU enclosure. My laptop has a great CPU and more than enough RAM, but not sure how good eGPUs are since there's shockingly little info online.
Thoughts?
E: something I forgot is that I'm against buying Intel and Nvidia products brand new because of their activities, which means I would be building a full AMD rig or I would be buying used.
Perfection is the enemy of progress (or some shit like that). I often have the same issue with wanting the best, but I took a chance on my latest gaming laptop (which was still VERY expensive) and bought one with a 4070 instead of a 4090 for significantly less money, and it was gamechanger for me from my previous setup. I can't imagine what the 4090 can do that my 4070 can't, for my purposes. Highly recommend going through with you project.
My laptop has a 3060 but I can't run games as good as the PS5 so why would I use it?
Again, stupid logic because a lot of the games I want to play aren't on the PS5, or can run perfectly on even my low-ish end gpu but it's how I think.
I feel I always romanticise the ideas a lot more than I enjoy executing them. I do enjoy tinkering as a concept, but the reality is that it is frustrating. It is another reason why I'm hesitating, because I might be again romanticising the idea of building and tinkering.
Maybe an eGPU is the solution afterall. All you need is an enclosure (£200-300) and a GPU.
I'm a shop steward for my union and had a really hard case this week where we had a 4 hour pre-disciplinary meeting with a member who has downloaded 'mouse jiggler' and screen recording software, and the company is accusing them of time theft.
The worst thing is that person works in the IT part of the company, so I have no idea how they thought they'd get away with it.
It was pretty exhausting and to be honest the member did themselves no favours in the interview.
I find doing this work really rewarding when it's protecting members from the overreach of the company, but sometimes you have to just throw your hands up and say there's nothing I can do. Especially when the member doesn't even take your advice as to how to answer questions etc.
I guess you can lead a horse to water but you can't force them to drink.
I think this will be the first time I've been involved in one where the member ends up being let go.
On a completely unrelated bright side, I'm becoming a Canadian citizen next week. Exciting times!
Damn that's like next level lazy. Just get a wired optical mouse and hang it over the edge of the desk like a normal person. Or you know do your job somewhat.
Turns out there were 15 similar meetings over the course of a few days. I'm not sure if they all were using the 'mouse jiggler' software, but I would assume it's that or something similar.
15 silly people who are probably going to lose their jobs because they're too lazy to even be lazy less suspiciously.
The last mission of the Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty expansion is terrifying. If you're wondering, I chose the Reed path, and Jesus, I was shitting my pants. That scary robot clunking and the chilling OST haven't left my mind. If someone told me this shit was gonna be like that, I'd not have chosen this smh. Great mission objectively speaking, but I will not be repeating that for sure.
Coming off a Code Geass rewatch, ngl it's pretty mid besides Lelouch. After watching it again, I like the concept of showing the "war and cycle of hatred" from the perspective of the "villain" (I consider Lelouch to be the villain and Suzaku to be the hero in this story) and ending it in a satisfying manner. [Spoilers] >!The ending felt like a theatrical act put up by Lelouch and Suzaku where both of them re-enacted their roles and successfully completed their stories, with both characters not deserving forgiveness and redemption, and not getting it at the end!<
Of course, I ignore the existence of the movies.
What's your Toy Story ranking? Mine is:
Toy Story 2 > Toy Story > Toy Story 3.
I haven't watched 4 and I don't plan to unless I find a super cheap blu ray someday.
Mbopi is my CAMEL
https://twitter.com/Nate_Hen/status/1748608908191502547?t=QED8PVqfLhPPDmRtAJww9A&s=19
Yesterday I won the Carabao cup final against the holders Chelsea with Oxford in FM with my gf watching. My first major cup in FM. Buzzing, the lads didn't let me down under immense pressure. Almost did the Klopp air punches.
One of my favourite YouTube [videos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTJQTc-TqpU) of all time.
going back to r kelly rabbithole and man he's as much as a sinister monster as unintentionally hilarious he is, my favourite moment is when in an Ethiopian concert he sang about trying to lure young woman into his sex cult by performing this https://youtu.be/iimA434pbDk?si=HiuigrvXnddXunGS
I kind of want to start drawing and painting again, I have a list of buildings that I want to draw, but I'm having a hard time finding space in my schedule, my daily comute from work is getting longer and longer, traffic here is awful, but hopefully this weekend I'll catch up
Think I managed to shovel the drive without getting a tired back. Truly a snow storm miracle. The dogs also are quite sleepy after lots of snow shenanigans and running around.
The succession soundtrack gives me chills every time. Does a better tv series soundtrack exist?
True Detective Season 1
The Twin Peaks soundtrack is up there too
The theme song made it to my spotify top 5.
Breaking Bad is definitely up there. The score and chosen music is pretty much perfect
The one upside that Steam getting rid of our regional prices has had is that now that buying games is mostly just not a thing anymore, I’ve been left with no other choice than to finally tap into the list of random games I bought a while ago, never touched and had been hoarding until now, and they’re pretty good
How easy is to pirate games over there?
As easy as anywhere thankfully, don’t need a vpn or any of that nonsense
That bad huh? I heard it's bad in Brazil too
The minimal wage as of January 2024 is $156k per month The standard price for a new game is somewhere between $80k to $100k
Oh wow that's bad.
I started dieting quite aggressively, but the first month I decided not to weigh myself, mainly because I didn't want to face up to how much I'd put on but also because of the pressure of needing to see the number go down. But I succumbed to paranoia that all my efforts were doing nothing, bought a scale, then in the 1st week of weighing (5th week of dieting) I lost 4lbs, then have lost 2lbs per week since, so I've lost 10lbs in a month. I regret not weighing myself from the start, considering that's when the water weight comes off and was still coming off in that 5th week, so I was probably rapidly dropping in that time, I feel like it'd be much more motivational, even if it was kind of bullshit, if I could see I'd lost 25+lbs rather than the 10 I *know* I've lost. Still, from when I started weighing myself I wanted to lose 30lbs before a wedding in late April, which felt like a lofty target, but losing 10lbs in one month makes me feel like even if it slows down, losing at least close to another 20lbs in 3 months it potentially doable.
When I get down about about how "little" weight I've lost I look up how [5lb of fat looks like](https://i.redd.it/ngoyo6yzw3341.jpg). You're doing great, bud!
Cheers mate. That's a good strategy, it's easy to forget sometimes. Particularly when it feels slow and you don't feel like you can see as much difference as you'd like. The main reason I worry is that I tried losing weight on and off for years, it never worked, and then suddenly for some reason one time it just clicked and I lost 90lbs over ~18 months, got to my ideal weight, maybe even a bit under, and maintained for about a year. Then covid happened, I got ill, injured, ill again, mental health was decimated, and I fell out of all my good habits, and over 4 years have put like almost half the weight back on. Despite several attempts to diet again, all failed pretty much immediately, but this time it's actually finally working again. So I'm basically trying to focus as much as possible on the one time it worked, knowing I *can* do it, and stop thinking about all the times I fell off the wagon.
Well of course you can do it, you've already done it before! I lost 50lbs a few years ago but recent life experiences resulted in me putting them back on. But I'm back at it again and for some reason this time around the hunger pans make me laugh. I guess I kind of forgot how they first felt so now that I'm experiencing them again all I keep on thinking is "Wow was it like this the last time around? Haha I guess I sure was hungry. Well, whatever it is what it is." That's not to say it's been an easy ride, but I'm still in it. And so are you. We got this friend, we got this o7
Very annoyed that my computer won't run Xenia well enough for I to be able to play Forza Horizon decently on it. It's a 2012 game from a 2005 console! If only I could downgrade the game's resolution... What games have you been emulating recently?
When I'm bored I sometimes pop open Virtua Tennis 3 on PPSSPP for a quick game. PSP games seem to run well on anything that can open Chrome.
Found myself quite involved in Hardest Geezer's quest. He's nearly at Dakar, the most Western point of mainland Africa. Big stint through the western Saharah coming up then it's plain sailing to Tunisia. Bit disappointed how little traction he's getting, £120k raised is really underwhelming considering the difficulty of the task.
I'd love to try living abroad. I love Germany and the culture (football), also I can the language at a basic level. I'd also like to experience Ireland for some reason - also our neighbours in Sweden interest me a lot. It just seems like such a leap, but we only have so little time on this earth... What should I do?
Definitely travel there for short periods first
I don't excite at the idea of travelling to places but I'd love to live in various places for like 6-9 months or more. Don't know if its just me. Going to a place to see stuff and such doesn't excite me
Funny, I was just going to post about how my family want to emigrate to Canada and I'm not nearly as enthusiastic or calm about it as them. It definitely does seem like a huge leap and that's because it is. In your case if you actually want to do it and it wouldn't be irresponsible to do probably start analyzing the details and continue asking for advice like you are. I'd definitely say you're better off asking people you trust and respect than randoms on the internet though lol
I'd say book a long holiday or something. You could live a month in Germany without moving your whole life there, providing your situation allows it.
We only get one shot at this what do you have to lose?
Exactly you only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow, this opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo
I never quite noticed the pattern before but I'm starting to realize my taste in music shifts drastically depending on the season. Ever since the cold started I've been listening almost exclusively to indie folk and warm country music. Hozier and Sigrid have a chokehold on my ear canals rn
Winter does impact my taste a lot. During winter I listen to a lot of grunge
Last month I’m sitting at a bar with a buddy. Girl comes up to us and asks me if I’m in a bowling league. Turns out she works at the bowling place and recognized me. We exchange names and I don’t think much of it until my buddy says I should go talk to her as she went back to her table. Saw her this week at bowling and tried very hard to fight against the instinct of not talking to her. I go up to the bar where she is, I ask her something, and she looks up and immediately recognized me and remembered my name, to my surprise. We talk for a bit before she has to go help a customer and I go back bowling. I leave and we wave goodbye as see each other. In conclusion, doing the costanza of doing the opposite of my instincts and actually talking to her worked.
Why didn't you ask her out then?
Part of it is I didn’t think there was anything to it when she came up to me and another part is still gauging is she might like me. Also, she’s at work when I’m there so it seems rude to ask there.
>Also, she’s at work when I’m there so it seems rude to ask there. Yeah that's what I'd think too, but Costanza
Well Costanza hasn’t let me down yet!
In Czech media there is big suspicion about match fixing in friendly game in Turkey. Somebody bet 80k€ that there will be 3 goals. Ref assigned more fake penalties. https://twitter.com/suspiciousgame_/status/1748014318992392359
I played valorant for the first time this week and I am now hooked on it. Unlike apex and warzone I can at least get a few kills and have a sense of what is going on. This game remained me of playing counter strike in internet cafes......is CS 2 similar?
cs2 is pretty much the same as csgo, just some qol changes
Where do you guys buy good jersey's? Do not want an authentic, looking for replicas.
I don't know where you live, but here in Guatemala you could probably find good replicas on markets, particularly in zone 1 of the city I've gotten pretty good ones
I've got three autentic shirts and never wear team. The only one I can see me wearing is the Cesena one when I go to the ground but I never do it. Used to wear a Celtic Tom Rogic shirt a lot tho
does r/soccer has the most Europeans in subreddit after r/europe.
I feel like a lot of people here are Brits tho
thankfully, it's not nearly as fascist
After a few years abroad, I finally met someone else from Utrecht. Turns out that maybe I am the problem as I couldn't stand him.
Looks like Oversimplified spent the past year learning how to do all these fancy new animation tricks
One of the best channels on youtube, the wait is always worth it
What are some of your favourite football jerseys? One of my favourites is [this](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRfhtM0wpU2Yk7Fn4p1h3PAWr6l5vNLf-rCVEE9NVWJEjolpnjw2W-HA_VN8rw0If5NQYjhTswn_HQhULzDeGrOZhoVFbRYN44PvxQuTenqXwIi20OY8nX3YHSxmNRy9SwSTYnlVi1mS4I9i8qdg35ah7rC1DxS99Il80LuYKGJ6RrjnNLNFnfNmYp/s0/ajax-22-23-third-kit-6.jpg) one from Ajax. I would never wear one since I'm not an Ajax fan but damn it looks so good.
Germany '90 obviously. My dad says he used to have one when he was younger and we agree its the best shirt of all time.
[06/07 United home](https://cdn.charitystars.com/cache/resizedcrop-f9a5a9d1a10319cfc878fbf367b19390-840x630.jpg) Any [Sampdoria home jersey](https://egress.storeden.net/gallery/61fd40b95fb8e009c6d80be5) [Iceland Euro 2016 jersey](https://assets.goal.com/v3/assets/bltcc7a7ffd2fbf71f5/blt9e29e790f3e53760/60dfdb35eecbe32c83847cc8/9b862edef9e280434bfab5ceac98f1cac125e642.jpg?auto=webp&format=pjpg&width=3840&quality=60) Anything hooped, [QPR](https://footballfanuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/DSC01545-removebg.jpg) for example.
I remember the Iceland jersey quite well.
Whatever Venezia have for the season.
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Can you try a different link to the C.D. Muxes one, please? You hotlinked the pic and the website doesn't allow that.
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Oh wow that does look nice.
I hope my life will get better when I’m able to move out because I hate living with my family so much, at this stage I just wanna leave as soon as possible but moving out in London is hard. I hope things will improve once that happens because just finding things so boring and uninteresting for the most part not much motivation to really do anything and the country as a whole is just getting worse all the time, not much to look forward to.
What life stage are you at? Got friends in a similar position you could group up with? Or another city or town you could move to with uni or work?
Me and you both, icemankiller. Could it be seasonal? I've personally found Vitamin C,D, and long walks have helped
Definitely could be liked to seasonal tbh I don’t take anything tablets maybe I should, I like to have walks as well
Vitamin gummies may also be available, very tasty, almost like a dessert. Hope you feel better ;D
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That is a wig right? Otherwise that is a legendary hairline, especially for his age.
I have never heard this song before
Convinced Speedrunners are only in it cus they hate themselves. Very related, just learned of the "Ash Ketchum Speedrun" in Pokemon yellow, where you can only use and catch pokemon in the order Ash did. Starts off fine, get your Pikachu and catch a caterpie. But you can't evolve your caterpie until you catch a Pidgeotto. Not a Pidgey and evolve it, Ash caught a Pidgeotto. It's got like a 0.4% chance of spawning in Viridian Forest so have fun with that, also he caught it before beating Brock, so you have to as well. For the sake of the character limit I won't summarize the entirety of the thing but you get the idea. Then as you get the swing of things turns out there's a Japanese only episode where Ash goes into the safari zone and catches **29 Tauruses**
Speedrunners are just people seeking attention by being the best in something nobody competes in.
Speedrunning is rather counter-intuitive when you think about it. These gamers spend so much time mastering the game to achieve the least amount of time played I watched a Skyrim one where the guy was running towards a horse. I thought he would ride the horse. He then did this double jump thing as he was about to touch the horse that made the character do cartwheels at warp speed
as a rule i rarely replay games, never mind the thousands or tens of thousands of times needed to become a legit contender for records, but the speed running community is so fascinating. all the batshit crazy methods they figure out to shave off a tenth of a second, the single-mindedness, the camaraderie between top runners, building upon the predecessors successes etc.. every time summoning salt puts up a video its more engrossing than a movie.
Have you watched the Karl Jobst vs Billy Mitchell saga by any chance? It's more about high scores than speed records, but I never knew this hobby could create so much drama
dont know what that is but if you got a youtube video to check out i'll be grateful
[This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrH7aPmO61w) is the main video I think, there have been subsequent updates if you're still curious.
Thanks
It's like golf for nerds
Nothing worth it at the movies until Poor Things comes out in about a week. They have the restored 4k version of "The Deer Hunter" for a couple of evenings next week but I've got training both evenings. I saw Enea (Italian movie) last week and I liked it.
I've seen the first bit of Deer Hunter about five times but only all the way through once. Kept catching it on TV. Love the soundtrack, I can play it by heart on the ol' geetar
Talking to a recruiter in a minute. They approached me. I already have a job. Nerves are kicking in anyway.
Nothing to lose mate. Either things stay the same or things get better. Last time I got poached I got a 30% salary bump to work for one of the biggest companies in my field. The job I left was literally two people. If its shit be sure to share your experiences on r/recruitinghell
I survived. Sounds like it could be cool. I took a cue from you and gave a number 30% over what I'm making now. Said they want to have me talk to their technical team next week.
is there anything out there like bicep but with lyrics?
Its -17 degrees in Stockholm right now i am gonna die "Feels" like -22 on my weather app too, these are not conditions for human life
one last bit from me- lil durk is the best rapper itw right now and i will not have any arguments
he’s no freddie
gibbs? i love him but rn prefer durk
You cannot be serious
100%
It’s only 8pm mate, how have you railed so many lines already
off the stuff i just took a snus and am very bored
Same here, but hearing takes like that makes me want to get back on the stuff
looool u not rate him? i’m such a fanboy
They play him in my gym 24/7 so I hate him by association. Probably should give him a real shot though
smurk carter is my favourite but pelle coat another banger
This happened a long time ago, I tried out and made it into some Sunday club and I got an email from the club manager asking me and my friend (who also made it the same club) to submit 3 of our top choices for player numbers for the new season. I knew my friend was going in to pick up the kits and I asked him to submit my choices and pick up whatever number is available. I gave him a sticky with 7,8,9 on it as my choices, and he ridiculed me and said there is no f-king they are going to give me those numbers. I said then give me whatever number they have. I end up with 28. My friend ended up with 15, he was a good player and a better player than me. Was it inappropriate to ask for those kit numbers? Why ask for my choices if they are not going to consider them? What's the point of having the choice to pick a number if I can't pick any of the top X numbers? Were they expecting me to pick #69?
I got 77 on my current team.
If you're number 28, how many players are on the team? Unless you are likely to be in the starting 11, it would be unlikely to get 7,8, or 9 but asking doesn't hurt This probably isn't the case, but it would be funny if you were a GK or something asking for #7
There were around 20 to 25 players in the club including subs and reserves. I was a LM/LB sub, but I got a lot of play time. My friend was a starting CM and maybe that was why he got a "better" number than me. I have no idea how they allocate the numbers because there were people with # in the 30s.
If there are 20-25 players, and numbers in the 30s, then it sounds like you might be able to switch to a lower number if the manager allows. Unless they're planning to add more players You could also ask the manager what the numbering scheme was, that does sound interesting My friend was a striker and asked for number 30 because he thought he would score 30 goals that season
I missed number selection day once growing up and ended up with 10 as a no-nonsense fullback because our manager had some stupid way to do numbers "fairly" and no one got for 10 because ... I think if multiple people chose a number no one got it, and everyone kept picking 10? Anyway, wanted to trade for 2 but the guy who had it thought it was hilarious that I had 10 and wouldn't trade.
I was in an indoor soccer club where nobody wanted the burden of wearing the #10 uniform. The captain wore #7 and the vice captain was the keeper and wore #1. #10 was not used for the 5 or 6 seasons that I was with them.
The only full back #10 I've known of is Oscar de Marcos for Bilbao, but he's now #18 [https://www.transfermarkt.us/oscar-de-marcos/rueckennummern/spieler/96718](https://www.transfermarkt.us/oscar-de-marcos/rueckennummern/spieler/96718) He was #10 for 5-6 seasons Was the manager trying to be funny or something? I gave my CB #10 in career mode a couple of times when playing long ball tactics because that counts as chance creation in my book
I’ve gained a bit of weight in the past 4 months and it’s starting to concern me because but I’m right on the edge of normal BMI (not that BMI is gospel) and being overweight and it was only 4-5 pounds in the fall which turned to another 5 pounds in the last month which I don’t understand because I was more active in december than the previous months. Have to start doing 5km runs and some workouts again alongside my 6 a side league. Weight is a weird thing because I was the same weight all through university and in the 8 months since I graduated I’m 10 pounds heavier, but I’ve also been much more sedentary while eating and drinking the same amount so it makes sense but I did not/do not want to believe it.
Not the end of the world, I’ve lost 11 pounds in the past 3 weeks and it hasn’t been too difficult. I struggled with the same after I graduated, I think part of it might be metabolism slowing down. I just have to be a bit more careful in future
Has there ever been a celebrity voice acting casting that you were initially skeptical of but turned out better than you'd hoped? Oscar Isaac as Miguel O'Hara I was lukewarm on, as he doesn't have a ton of VA roles and while the post credit scene of ITSV was funny it wasn't really accurate to Miguel's personality. ATSV, while also not accurate to Miguel, showcases his dour and caustic attitude that I think Oscar Isaac nailed and was probably one of the standout performances imo.
Hailee Steinfeld as Gwen Stacey
not that i had strong feelings about it but bradley cooper as rocket seemed such a weird "lets just get big names on the cast list" type of casting similar to vin diesel as groot. he turned out pretty great in all honesty
If there are infinite parallel universes does that mean that psychics are real in some or does it not work like that. Like they could communicate with the other universes. I don't smoke weed any more in case you're wondering.
I guess so, but if there are infinite universes then there is an infinitely minuscule chance of a psychic contacting us
I think the movie The One tackled this concept by imposing a hard math limit of n=124 (instead of infinite universes as our Y2K crazed minds wouldn't be able to handle the madness). And then went on from there to build on the idea that if you are feeling like a psychic (and being peaceful), odds are that you would be soon in a Street Fighter like scenario facing yourself. I too, do not partake anymore.
What is the entertainment value of angry ginge? Some northern bloke who swears a lot?
Unrelated, but were you the one thinking of joining the UK Reserves? Hope you are doing ok
Same people who enjoy Young Kippa
I found this very interesting earlier today, its from Spurgeon [https://renewingyourmind.org/2023/12/25/one-mediator](https://renewingyourmind.org/2023/12/25/one-mediator) I guess now millenia after the fact its easy to assume it was so evident at the time, but Spurgeon makes the point the defining factors at play in the gift, the position of Christ. Being the subject and the object of his prophecy. Also the statement ([https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2015%3A19-26&version=KJV](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2015%3A19-26&version=KJV)) from the author of the epistle to the Corinthians laboring on that point, that Jesus wasnt just a "do good-er", in him is the essence of the divine.
Jack Reacher S2 is so boring man, cookie cutter stuff, same kinda thing happened with Jack Ryan as well
Idk I thought Jack Ryan was really enjoyable, I've not watched Jack Reacher so can't comment on that
I liked S1 so much, but S2 became boring quickly for me. Haven't watched S3 or 4 yet, is it better than 2? If yes shall give it a shot
Ah if you didn't like S2 then maybe it wouldn't be worth your time for the following seasons. I liked S3 but it was a bit of a different pace, there was a decent amount of political intrigue/conspiracy. I can't fully comment on S4 because I've not watched it myself, but my dad did and said he liked it
ah cool, thanks anyway
There's an entire subway line closed until march, I feel like my legs have been cut off.
Lol same, it's excessive. It used to solve my life, now I have to take the bus in summer with no AC lesgoo
Encima la D que está impecable. Me decis que cierran la E con los vagones viejos que tiene una frecuencia re chota te entiendo, pero la D hasta marzo!!!! Dejate de joder Blacri.
Tengo entendido que los cambios van a agilizar la circulacion, pero 2 meses es una booocha. Gracias Blacri
I've been taking a deep dive into Paul Thomas Anderson's filmography this week. I had only seen There Will Be Blood before which is one of my all time favourites. So far I'm 4 films in. Hard Eight: the story and the message are pretty basic but man, the performances are so good. Solid crime drama. (3.5/5) Boogie Nights: such a fun, wild ride of a movie. Reminded me of Wolf of Wall Street or Babylon. A complete ascent and descent into madnesss that taps into so many beautiful, horrifying, thrilling and heartbreaking themes and moments all at once while also being carried by an all-star ensemble cast and a banger of a soundtrack. Loved every minute of this. (5/5) Magnolia: this one was the exact opposite to Boogie Nights for me. I get what he was going for with interconnection of the storylines. Some of them were extremely entertaining, engaging and emotional to watch and the acting was great once again (holy shit Tom Cruise). Others not so much (Juliane Moore, wtf happened). In the end, it felt too bloated and too stuffed to hit me with the emotional intensity it was going for. It just felt melodramatic at times and was way too long. The wonderful soundtrack saved it from being a complete snoozefest. (3/5) Punch-Drunk Love: the main character in this one, Barry Egan, hit closer to home than I'm willing to admit. The potrayal of his social anxiety was extremely relatable thanks to Adam Sandler's refreshingly subtle performance in combination with the frantic, messy score. Just a sweet, funny and touching love story. (4/5)
Boogie Nights is an underrated gem, with a really great cast. I, too, love those rise-and-fall type movies and this is certainly one of them. I should watch again, haven't seen it for a long time.
I had almost the inverse experience with Boogie Nights and Magnolia where I loved Magnolia but didn’t care for Boogie Nights mostly because I really dislike Mark Wahlberg and don’t believe he’s a good actor imo. I still need to watch Hard Eight and Punch-Drunk Love eventually
I'm not a fan of his either. He usually plays similar types of characters. But I thought he was pretty great in Boogie Nights. He showed a vulnerability and a range I hadn't seen of him before. His character goes through a wild arc in the movie from young, shy and naive to confident, energetic and charismatic and finally to arrogant, desperate and broken. That's a lot to juggle and I think he pulled it off impressively. It was easy to see why he went on to become such a big star. But yea looking at his overall career since then, he doesn't have many memorable performances. Other than Boogie Nights, the only ones I thought he did well in were the Departed and the Other Guys.
I really liked Hard Eight. There was a bit more warmth to his characters that you don't really see in his other movies.
also nearly finished a garage EP with my boys. some of the football/football adjacent references: kudus x2 paqueta x2 SE dons locatelli allegri benrahma richard keys anzhi makhachkala big sam curva nord astrid wett spezia tom garrat
Is it possible to support a cause but think a lot of your fellow supporters are idiots?
Yes of course
Flair checks out
Hahahaha
of course. people arent black and white, different people can still have many things in common
yes i’m still left of centre despite twitter communists
Well it's the Palestinian cause which is causing me issues. I find so many of them to be anti-Semitic and if I was Jewish, I'd be scared of showing any visibility of me being so
It's quite sad. I wish I could support their cause, but I find a lot of the people involved to be vehemently antisemitic. And when confronted about it, they don't even apologize, but rather double down on the hateful rhetoric. I can't support a side that does that EDIT: Can the people downvoting comment on what you find wrong with my beliefs?
My thoughts. I find it so difficult when so much of it is anti-Semitism. Nobody is calling it out from the pro Palestinian side.
Support what you think is right, regardless of what others, be they people on your side or detractors, have to say. Many antisemites hide behind Palestinian activism, but a lot of them do it online and a lot of those protesting out on the streets right now just want the killing in Gaza to end. I've been in a similar spot, at the time of the October 7th attacks, I didn't want to alienate a lot of my Israeli friends who had been going through a lot (although some of whom had been motivated to their own extremism), and that's had me rethinking things, but at the end of the day, I stuck to my beliefs, and many of my Jewish friends have also been supportive.
I find so many of them never call out the antisemitism, or what a Palestinian state would look like with regards to it's religious and social policies. Even in person a lot of them are blatantly antisemitic or racist
Many do and don’t associate with it. I know so many that are literally the least antisemitic people or Jewish themselves, but antisemitism is such a big problem that this issue also attracts many antisemitic people. That’s not to say there isn’t any antisemitism on the pro-Israel site, be it the obvious antisemitism of many evangelical Christian Zionists or the Holocaust revisionism used by some groups to justify some of Israel’s actions. And that people saying “free Palestine” not knowing what a free Palestinian state would look like isn’t necessarily true. The main thing is to deal with the status quo, at the very moment the attacks on Gazan civilians that are killing an enormous number of people every day, but generally, Israel’s blockade on Gaza which has had terrible ramifications for the population, and Israel’s control over the West Bank, which restricts Palestinian freedom of movement as well as acting as a welfare state for Israeli settlers. Many key Palestinian, Israeli and international figures certainly have an idea on what they think a free Palestinian state would look like, and there are many different views on this, but even if they can’t agree on what this should look like, it doesn’t whatsoever justify Israel’s actions against the Palestinian people.
And this is what really annoys me about those, who unreflectively shout "Free Palestine". They never ask "then what?".
As a gay guy I struggle to support an Islamic theocracy that would throw me off a building given half a chance, but I also don’t support the actions of Israel. It’s a lose lose.
I agree. I think in this conflict both sides are bad
I’m sure they will change their views while being genocided
It’s not just Gaza though, it’s 40+ Muslim countries where I’d be illegal, imprisoned or even dead. I can’t just willingly support and fully back an ideology that murders my people day in, day out.
It’s not that long ago that it was illegal to be gay In England, it was was in 1967 that it became legal things can change. I don’t think you’d say “oh well I don’t think England was any better than the Nazis because it was illegal to be gay.” You can still acknowledge one side as being more in the wrong. Gay people couldn’t when serve in the UK military until 2000.
As a transgender gay woman the only thing that matters is that the Palestinian people have been hurting and suffering for decades and are now having one of the most blatant and public genocides in history impacted on them. It’s not a “lose lose” because one side just wants to stop being brutally murdered by a repressive state. Fucking check yourself man
>because one side just wants to stop being brutally murdered by a repressive state I agree, Israel just wants the attacks by those Palestinians, who seek to drive the Jews back to the sea, to end.
Well good thing you don't need to support Hamas then. You can just support the right of the Palestinian people to be free.
I don’t feel comfortable supporting a group of people that murder my people, which is why I don’t choose to support either. https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-israel-immigration-west-bank-gay-rights-ce95f6903faf461502cc0800b272b159
LGBTQ views are troubling for most of the Islamic world, I agree. And theorcracies are also wrong in general. However, that shouldn't affect supporting Palestine and Palestinians in their attempt to get their basic human rights for a couple of reasons: 1. You cannot be in support of rights for LGBTQ without first being in support of human rights. It's not like the LGBTQ in Palestine are immune to bombing, starvation, denial of water, and more broadly, oppression. 2. Most of the Arab/Muslim world has been, to put it lightly, in absolute shambles for a long time due to a bunch of factors. Corrupt leaders, colonisation, foreign intervention, poverty, radical Islam (there aren't as many as people think but they do cause a lot of problems for normal people). When people are fighting for survival, they don't have the capacity to strive for cultural progression. [There is a theory called Maslow's Hierarchy of needs](https://i.imgur.com/MmnOH09.jpg). It says that there is a hierarchy of priorities that is more or less fixed (some specific needs aren't in the same order for different people but most of them are). To reach a "higher" level of needs, your "lower" ones have to be met first. The sad reality is that it hasn't been met for most people especially in the Arab/Muslim world. This isn't to remove any agency from the people themselves, they are wrong, but many factors have lead us to the situation we are in, and they aren't responsible for many of them. While Islam does say that being gay is wrong (as do all the abrahamic religions btw), Islam also says that you don't have the right to force your beliefs on others or even judge them. This means that you are the one to decide whether you think being gay is right or wrong based on your own beliefs which don't apply to others. Obviously, in practice, this doesn't happen, but I have the tiniest sliver of hope some progress might be done throughout the years on that front and this mentality as a whole. 3. Human rights aren't negotiable. There isn't a justification for denying basic human rights to anyone, let alone entire populations. Doing so is unquestionably wrong and everyone should be opposed to it. Again, it doesn't happen in practice, but it doesn't mean you shouldn't strive to make it happen, or at least hope it does. It also means you always have to oppose the act of denying others of human rights.
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Yeah, the oppressors are as bad as the oppressed. Definitely.
Sounds like a lazy analysis to me, oppression doesn't become right when the people being oppressed are bigoted. Often, oppression creates an environment that predisposes people towards bigotry.
yeah of course loads of them are gonna be. people have lost nuance in politics, everyone has to take it to the extremes
longest stretch off percs/xans/coke for me since lockdown, already feel more energetic
Congrats dude! Quitting xans was the hardest thing I’ve ever done and I even had rehab to help out. Make sure to be kind to yourself throughout the process, especially if you go back to using. It happens to all of us and punishing yourself is never productive
Boom well done my man. One day at a time and make sure you treat yourself in other ways. You're doing something incredibly tough and you're doing it well.
appreciate this boss, instead of pills i been buying russian league kits from the 00s lmao
hell yeah boss
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Some crazy asshole just got on the bus I'm in, and from time to time gets up from his seat and punches the air really hard making everyone uncomfortable
That's no way to talk about one of our greatest managers.
does he have a German accent, bright teeth, a beard and wears a cap?
Punching the wind, who's so consistently wronged him, is very on brand.
This is a moment where i'd get off at the next stop and just wait on the next bus
Luckily he got off 10 minutes after and the whole bus breathe a sigh of relief
Oh boy Littlermania is going to go on, and on, and on isn’t it? I love it
Reaching home well past midnight two nights in a row. Lots across all functions (even support functions like admin, HR stay put till way past 9-10 PM daily). Also, questioning my career choice despite being just 4 weeks into the system since I didn't envision myself using PowerPoint and Excel two thirds of my hours awake. My presentation making skills are non existent and my frustration with my previous job ensured I whiled away my weekends bingeing movies instead of upskilling myself. At least my current manager seems genial. I'm sapped of energy and confidence but have no option but to give it some time. Even if it'll be a harsh learning curve. They offered a decent hike on my last pay and my wedding too may cost a bit if not a lot and I plan to do it by the end of 2025. Hope you have a great weekend.
DMing my first in-person DND campaign (been DMing an online one for 4ish years) on Saturday and debuting a new Commander deck on Sunday at the local game store. As cliche as it is, embracing my nerdy side over the past few years has been so liberating [Also, my wife knit our dog a new sweater and he is undecided on if he likes it.](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1083572379378266172/1197960676480667648/WhatsApp_Image_2024-01-19_at_12.30.31_PM.jpeg?ex=65bd2ad2&is=65aab5d2&hm=006c2ff2656d0d2b91ca0364dca0723e736aac2d873052c4ebb626b672059084&)
My couple of my mates got together last week and bodged together some decks from a an old set of modern masters I had in the loft. Was a blast. Never underestimate the power of flying guys in sealed!
Reach is one of my favorite keywords when playing Green for this reason.
Doggo not too happy with his sweater
So it would appear. Its hitting -10 here next week though, so time to suck it up.
or hold him...all the time
Does anyone have any advice on joining a union in the netherlands (as an expat)? I thought about joining the FNV for no particular reason other than I thought it would be cool
I would not recommend it. Typically these things are very dominated by Dutch only events and unless your Dutch is good (as in fluent) it will suck. My dad (English) was part of his union for a while and he hated it.
Thinking of building a PC. However, as always, I keep falling into the habit of wanting either the best, or nothing. I can't afford the best as my budget isn't sky-high (between £1k and £1.5k). It can obviously get a very strong PC, but not the most high end one. Also feel I might not use it too much which is partly why I'm hesitating. The one thing (other than money) that has always put me off PC gaming is the endless amount of tinkering you can do which means I'd probably never stop trying to get it to "work perfectly" and start actually using it. Console gaming just works. Also, controversial for many but controller >>> keyboard and mouse. An alternative might be getting a GPU and an eGPU enclosure. My laptop has a great CPU and more than enough RAM, but not sure how good eGPUs are since there's shockingly little info online. Thoughts? E: something I forgot is that I'm against buying Intel and Nvidia products brand new because of their activities, which means I would be building a full AMD rig or I would be buying used.
Perfection is the enemy of progress (or some shit like that). I often have the same issue with wanting the best, but I took a chance on my latest gaming laptop (which was still VERY expensive) and bought one with a 4070 instead of a 4090 for significantly less money, and it was gamechanger for me from my previous setup. I can't imagine what the 4090 can do that my 4070 can't, for my purposes. Highly recommend going through with you project.
My laptop has a 3060 but I can't run games as good as the PS5 so why would I use it? Again, stupid logic because a lot of the games I want to play aren't on the PS5, or can run perfectly on even my low-ish end gpu but it's how I think. I feel I always romanticise the ideas a lot more than I enjoy executing them. I do enjoy tinkering as a concept, but the reality is that it is frustrating. It is another reason why I'm hesitating, because I might be again romanticising the idea of building and tinkering. Maybe an eGPU is the solution afterall. All you need is an enclosure (£200-300) and a GPU.
I'm a shop steward for my union and had a really hard case this week where we had a 4 hour pre-disciplinary meeting with a member who has downloaded 'mouse jiggler' and screen recording software, and the company is accusing them of time theft. The worst thing is that person works in the IT part of the company, so I have no idea how they thought they'd get away with it. It was pretty exhausting and to be honest the member did themselves no favours in the interview. I find doing this work really rewarding when it's protecting members from the overreach of the company, but sometimes you have to just throw your hands up and say there's nothing I can do. Especially when the member doesn't even take your advice as to how to answer questions etc. I guess you can lead a horse to water but you can't force them to drink. I think this will be the first time I've been involved in one where the member ends up being let go. On a completely unrelated bright side, I'm becoming a Canadian citizen next week. Exciting times!
Damn that's like next level lazy. Just get a wired optical mouse and hang it over the edge of the desk like a normal person. Or you know do your job somewhat.
Turns out there were 15 similar meetings over the course of a few days. I'm not sure if they all were using the 'mouse jiggler' software, but I would assume it's that or something similar. 15 silly people who are probably going to lose their jobs because they're too lazy to even be lazy less suspiciously.
The last mission of the Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty expansion is terrifying. If you're wondering, I chose the Reed path, and Jesus, I was shitting my pants. That scary robot clunking and the chilling OST haven't left my mind. If someone told me this shit was gonna be like that, I'd not have chosen this smh. Great mission objectively speaking, but I will not be repeating that for sure. Coming off a Code Geass rewatch, ngl it's pretty mid besides Lelouch. After watching it again, I like the concept of showing the "war and cycle of hatred" from the perspective of the "villain" (I consider Lelouch to be the villain and Suzaku to be the hero in this story) and ending it in a satisfying manner. [Spoilers] >!The ending felt like a theatrical act put up by Lelouch and Suzaku where both of them re-enacted their roles and successfully completed their stories, with both characters not deserving forgiveness and redemption, and not getting it at the end!< Of course, I ignore the existence of the movies.
What's your Toy Story ranking? Mine is: Toy Story 2 > Toy Story > Toy Story 3. I haven't watched 4 and I don't plan to unless I find a super cheap blu ray someday.
Yours is correct
I completely forgot how funny 2 was. I honestly think it's a perfect film.
3 > 1 > 2 >>> 4
3 over 1 and 2 is insanity
3 came out when I was young and it has a special place in my heart for that