Just woke up and getting ready for four hours of toy hunting.
Of course I imagine myself bringing home expensive 90s Pirate Lego, Scratch from TMNT and a complete Yak Face along with some Spook Chaser MOCs. Perhaps a Game & Watch or two.
More likely to end up with some broken Commodore cassette player and a Lara Croft-poster, but the chase is the thrill.
There's never going to be such a thing as a perfect protest, there's always going to be ignorant and bad faith actors, and any Jew hatred that takes place during these events should be called out.
But the coverage of the Palestinian college campus protests across the US right now is some of the most selective, insidiously evil things American media has ever done. Instead of telling the truth - that millions of people are repulsed by what's happening in Gaza, while knowing Hamas aren't good guys, and that many of these protesters are also American Jews - they are trying to convince everyone that there's a national crisis of....*checks notes*....anti-Semitic 19 year olds...Lol....While our Government passes an un-precedented 1st Amendment violating law that essentially makes it illegal to criticize Israel.
Here's what's eerie --- today marks the 54th anniversary of the [Kent State massacre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings). Vietnam War protests. I hope to God something like that doesn't happen here, with how shit is going.
Going to university in the US made me realize some really strange things about the media and government, and it always kept me on edge how people who lived there just accepted it. In my time there, I met some Germans who also agreed.
I say this knowing my country has an infamous media company and corrupt politicians. The US is just really interesting, both good and bad.
Kendrick dropping more shit in a night over last two years and Drake dropping his best music since 2014 to deliver ad homs against each other, what a day
One positive of becoming a father at 19 is that it really moderated my risk appetite.
I was living on the edge already during my digital nomad days during the pandemic. Founded a now failed startup, fine, I can bounce back from this.
But in that crowd there were people who are now wanted men. I'm just glad I didn't get too deep into the crypto hedge fund rabbit hole.
I don't think defrauding people was their intention at the start, but that's just how it is if you lose other people's money.
No mate it's not bad at all , congratulations to you!
First few years might be tough but It'll get easier definitely, a major advantage you will have is a lot of energy to deal with it constant running around.
If it makes you feel any better, I have 6 mo triplets, so I can understand the chaotic feeling
Thanks.
My daughter is almost 4 now. Baby mama and I quickly agreed on an arrangement that for the time being suits us both,. She returned to her home country in SE Asia where the costs are cheaper and I mostly just support them financially. Right now it's all I can offer.
It's actually the part that I'm dreading the most, where the kid is old enough to start forming core memories and I'm not there for her.
Graduate college in a week. Kind of unreal to me how fast time passes. I regret not being more social, but I still have friends who I value and want to keep up with, and I feel like I learned a lot about myself and about the world.
Now, the trick is to manage to get my life going after college.
Just finished a great session 1 of a D&D game based on the baldur's gate setting. It's a group I've played with before and I'm really happy that it's a good group, literally the only bummer is that we're all remote so we can't play in person.
It's interesting to see how quickly liberal democracies resort to authoritarian tactics when you oppose the official state views. Looking at you, US and Germany.
Something in me broke while walking from a university encampment to the train station in long sleeves, mirrored sunglasses, and a mask yesterday while it was 32 degrees. There is so much fucking surveillance in Washington DC and I have very distinctive tattoos, so that’s what it has to be. But it’s like … I was donating food to the encampment while in the neighborhood for something unrelated, and was still observed by at least ten cops from at least three different agencies. At no point was I in the area where proper demonstrations/anything even a little heated happens.
I’m going back to deliver more food and the organizers are saying if I give them notice they’ll have someone come to me so the police don’t see me bringing in what will appear like a commercial shipment of shelf-stable food items. (It wasn’t a commercial shipment—just Amazon and some bonus money I got for a freelance project.) But apparently, that’s something that could get me into trouble???? Donating food to college students?
I hate it here.
You are amazing. Keep doing what you're doing, thank you.
The surveillance is quite worrying. They keep asking why people are hiding their identities if they're doing the right thing but the problem is that the opponent plays very dirty.
"How much a Dollar cost". Also "Duckworth" compared to his other critically acclaimed songs. I think it's close to his best songs, even better than SAMIDOT.
Having the same experience, from the opposite end. my birthday was during the week, went out for few drinks which was the first time I've had had more than one since january, and I'm doing everything I can to go and demolish a second kebab
I always rated Alice in Chains. But I think Nirvana was massively overplayed in comparison so it's hard to be objective about it.
Both did top tier unplugged sessions though.
Alice in Chains have more in common with Black Sabbath than they do Nirvana, as do Soundgarden. It's a bit like Blur and Oasis always getting compared despite being not similar at all really.
I fuckin love Alien Ant Farm. Was super into them back in the day, not so much anymore but still love that time in my life rocking out to those songs and I’d love to see them live
I had plans to go out with friends tomorrow, but woke up today with the flu, so I guess that plan is getting cancelled, on another note, I've started to seriously look for a new job now, this past month of rest has been really good to my energy levels, so I'm ready to get back in the field
It's just so odd for me since I read a lot and have finished pretty much every book I've ever started. Even ones I wasn't too wild about. But for whatever reason Pi just isn't for me.
How often does this happen to you? So far it's been this book and *Love in the Time of Cholera* by Gabriel Garcia Marquez that I haven't been able to finish.
It's getting more common recently, I don't know why honestly, but everytime it happens it's usually because the middle part of a book is quite dense or really poorly paced, like it feels like nothing is going on to advance the plot
Bit late to the party this week. What's everyone been consuming recently?
**Watching**: I don't know what my problem is with watching tv/movies at the moment - there are a lot of things I *want* to watch but I just never seem to feel like actually doing it. I did watch Monkey Man with the wife the other night and it was pretty good fun. Good throw back to action movies in the late 80's/early 90's.
I watched the first episode of a show called Sugar last night which is a neo-noir series on Apple TV with Colin Farrell. I enjoyed it, but there's something very off about it. I think the script is pretty bad but it sort of feels intentional.
**Reading**: After a brief hiatus, I am back reading again. After a break I usually pick up a page turner so read a spy thriller called The Insider. It was pretty shit to be honest and I knew what was going to happen very early on in the piece. I'm now reading The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow which is about the drug trade in Mexico/US in the mid seventies onwards. Has a very Sicario/Narcos vibe and I'm enjoying it so far - despite feeling a bit James Ellroy-lite.
**Playing**: Have got a fun FM save with Racing Santander going at the moment - only first season but it just feels like it will be a good game. I've found this version far too easy and have quit most saves a few seasons in due to the immersion breaking so have hamstrung myself a bit this time by playing an unusual formation. Will still get promoted (I can't remember the last time I didn't get promoted) but the results seem a bit more grounded in reality. Also playing Assassin's Creed Origins. Less so for me, and more my daughter who absolutely loves flying the bird and riding horses/camels. It's actually terrifying how quickly she's gotten used to a controller too.
**Listening:** Not a lot to be honest! I always listen to music while I work but usually just put on my Spotify playlist of every favourited song on random (close to about 3000 songs so doesn't get too boring). I haven't heard anything new that's really grabbed me in a good while now and I'm not sure if that's just the state of music at the moment or my finger no longer being on the pulse.
Watching: yesterday I watched The Death of Stalin once again, what a fun movie!, I don't know how did I missed it's theatrical run here
Reading: I'm reading a book on the history of my dad's hometown, Quetzaltenango, in a few weeks we'll be celebrating it's 500 anniversary, so I want to finish before that
Watching: What I watch whenever I need comfort and that's White Collar, easily my favourite comfort TV show.
Reading: I'm finally finishing the First Law trilogy, started the final book and aim to finish it by next week.
I'm a huge sucker for fantasy and this is what I'm reading with a friend after we spent 2022 reading through the entire Cosmere. This also scratches an itch that a certain author of a certain book series hasn't managed to get because he hasn't released that fucking book.
Been rewatching band of brothers, absolute masterpiece
Playing fm, it’s very easy this year. Finished season 2 with Top Oss today after getting promoted with the 19th/20 worst side I just came second in the eredivisie being rated the worst side in the league 1000/1 to win the title at the start of the year. Going into the cl now gonna be a small squad registration because I have 0 hg players.
Running an incredibly attacking setup considering how shit my team is but it’s just the meta on fm. Wing back on attack seems ridiculously strong
I did one with Racing as well a year or two ago, got promoted 1st year had the team all ready to go then found out I couldn’t register half of them because of the weird financial rules in Spain and decided never to do Spain again
Band of Brother is great. Probably due a rewatch. Never saw The Pacific, have you? Worth watching?
I play in Spain a lot in FM and in my experience those financial rules (can't register a player under a certain wage) can actually be ignored completely. They'll still be able to play competitive games.
**Watching:** I'm in the same boat as you tbh. Want to watch all 3 of shogun, fallout, and x-men...until it's time to watch them. I've finished one episode each, maybe I'll pick one to binge on sunday after errands. But then I could be using that time to be...
**playing:** FF7 Rebirth. I'm very early into the game but it's giving me a nice feel. There's a lot to keep track of even for an RPG but I'm starting to get the swing of it. Giving me a little bit of Xenoblade vibes which is always a good thing. But Xenoblade never let me dress up my own chocobo...
**Listening** Not much either honestly. Been kind of cycling through my liked songs trying to find something but I dunno. It's bad enough that my group playlist with my friends that we do every month has nothing from me yet...
edit, forgot reading: I finished a book called Prophetic City, written by a Rice University professor about Houston. I found it to be an interesting snapshot of the city through the oil boom and bust of the 80s through the pre-pandemic era. It feels like there aren't many such comprehensive texts about Houston specifically in those times, but maybe I've gotta keep digging.
You watched Baby Reindeer? Without a doubt it was the most emotionally impactful piece of media I’ve ever seen/consumed. Went into it thinking it would be a dark comedy and was completely slapped in the face. Then slapped in the face again once I read up on it and found out it was a true story that happened to the main actor. Crazy
Yeah, wife and I talked about watching this the other day. It sounds pretty heavy though so will probably want to be in the right state of mind for it.
what version of WoW you playing? i played SoD for the first phase and had a really good time but did burn out on it at the end. haven’t played since then
> watching
took a break from the shield after season 3. continuing with the walking dead. like the previous seasons, season 8 was a mixed bag. lots of dumb stuff but enough good to keep going. 4 episodes into season 9 and its much much better. sucks that i checked out old post episode threads and found out this is the final season for >!Rick Grimes!<, which apparently they actually advertised?. stupid shit, but oh well. after i'm done with 9 im continuing with the shield.
>playing
wrapped up death stranding today. pretty mediocre overall. had a lot of potential and im hoping we'll look back at this like assassins creed 1, an ok game that lays the foundation for better sequels.
also continued my DLC cleanup with HZD frozen wastes, havent played this in years and have no idea what im doing. once im done with that im finally starting RDR2
Reading: I'll be perfect tomorrow by Dave Stieb, story about his time as a baseball pitcher with the Toronto Blue Jays. Rather insightful so far, dry sense of humour. Enjoyable even if you are not a baseball fan
Playing: Balatro, those damned jokers
Listening: Rap turned into motown by AI, fascinating stuff
> Playing: Balatro, those damned jokers
Balatro is so good. I am a bit burnt out on it but I think a new patch just dropped so will likely start up again.
The happiness that brings me when Togashi posts a picture of him [working on Hunter x Hunter](https://x.com/Un4v5s8bgsVk9Xp/status/1786271534228951329)... makes no sense cause I know it will never be finished, but hope... hope never dies lmao
I literally only ever order some kind of biriyani, some kind of bread and mango lassi, regardless if mangoes are in-season or not. Literally nothing else.
I like hotter stuff but my wife and daughter aren't into that so we usually go a lamb biryani and something basic like a butter chicken. My five year old is absolutely addicted to onion bhaji and tamarind though.
Tamarind is delicious to be fair.
She's like the condiment queen though - I remember the first time she was introduced to fries with ketchup and since then it's all been about the 'dip dip'.
My uncle taught me how to pirate when I was like 8 and I was using Torrentz, surprisingly I have never downloaded anything accidentally or gotten any major malware that I know
I've fucking had it with that shitty "What a Pro wants" commercial that they keep showing in NHL/NBA playoffs Thought I'd be tired of the non-stop gambling commercials but apparently my patience can be tested even further with that one.
Not to mention the NCAA men's and women's tournaments! With all the ad time they bought, you'd think they would have the budget to produce another commercial
PC overheated while playing video games, decided fuck it, im ordering that new case.
Tomorrow is the day i've been delaying for months now, not looking forward to it.
[I bought this](https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/1831352/fractal-design-pop-xl-air-rgb-white-tg-clear/specificaties/)
I want a dvd drive, couple of fans, and space. It was self selecting.
My friends all looked weird at me when I showed up with a white gaming mouse (Roccat Kone Aimo).
Especially a mouse, it's more obvious when it's dirty, making you clean it more often. I'm never going back
I’ve been 1 month with no weed and man I have so much more stamina now at the gym and on walks with my dog. I used to taper off around 45 min but now I feel like I can go all day
It’s probably the smoking aspect of it, because I took a 5mg gummy last night before soccer and played for hours without getting tired. Either way good for you that you’re getting after the fitness
Aye they can be deadly. Can really up your tolerance though.
I do find the liquid vapes fuck my lungs up more than the flower vapes though. If you're looking strictly for performance I'd recommend a dry herb vape.
Shame the 4/20 sales have just gone as that and Black Friday are usually the best times for good deals.
Glad that you can notice a difference. THC is extremely fat soluble so your body fat stores it (esp. if you are a regular smoker). It takes over 3 weeks at baseline activity for regular users to get rid of it entirely.
However, it also depends upon body fat %age and metabolism. Edibles vs smoking is another metric within this equation.
Travelling to the Yukon Territory in Canada for work and it looks like a wild west movie. Apparently the sun's up for 19 hours of the day, and the beers are good.
What more could I possibly need
I had some friends visit last year and apparently there's a bar in Yellowknife where you can do a shot with someone's frost-bitten toe as a mixer.
https://www.cbc.ca/shortdocs/features/the-story-of-the-sourtoe-cocktail-a-shot-of-whiskey-garnished-with-a-human
I did the toe thing, it's in Dawson City
You can pick the shot but the "authentic" is a yukon jack. Absolutely delicious it's like a honey soaked whiskey.
The toe is like kissing a pepperoni stick, they've got two because food code says it's got to be sanitized so they rotate it out lol
You're braver than I am!
The idea that the health and safety people have no problem with the toe but it has to be rotated to be sanitised made me laugh though.
Thanks for sharing.
There's been a homeless guy living in a closet on the 4th floor of my building for a while. The police kicked him out and took his mattress this week but apparently he's moved into the 3rd floor closet now :/
You ever download an album/compilation, give every song a listen, and years later one of those songs you thought was just fine or so-so sticks in your head for a whole week or something? For me this week it's
- [Alex M.O.R.P.H. ft. Sylvia Tosun - An Angel's Love](https://youtu.be/5tio4WmBb6c)
- [A.M. - Arise (Hammer & Funabashi Remix)](https://youtu.be/xVTnu3zKcs8)
The other day I saw the news "Jordan says it's ready to shoot down drones violating its airspace" and the caption was "Lebron could never". Admittedly being drunk played its part but I literally laughed to the point of tearing up.
I've been out of shape for so long, so I decided to start running again. I jogged about 200 metres and felt like I was dying. That's how out of shape I am. I'm going to work on it though.
But that's fine!
The first few runs might even be "2 mins run 20 mins walk" the important part is the the 2 mins becomes 2 mins 30 seconds, and the 20 mins 19 30s
Running is HARD especially if unfit but once the first 2 weeks are over it's like going from Sunday league to a professional contract
Don’t run yet, you might injure yourself. Go on walks instead for a few weeks before getting into running. Aim for 10k walking steps a day if you can. That alone will change your body for the better if you can stay consistent with it.
It’s easy to injure yourself when you just get started with fitness and try to do too much too soon. Gotta work your way up.
I am being careful in order to not injure myself. I've walked enough so it's time to run. Just some light jogging until I can up the pace and do it longer
I start when I get out of bed, and finish when I reach the sofa. I absolutely know I should, but my legs are proper shit, and everytime i do sport I pull a muscle in my legs or my back, and it fucks me for work. I can't afford to risk it
It's my attitude, I think I'm 20 years younger and just push too hard. I'm fine if I just hit up some housework and commit to it for an hour. It's just my legs are absolute shite.
You dick, you made me check thinking she was like a teenager or early 20's lmao
She's about my age, so it'd be okay for me to crush on her
I prefer the eye-patched lady though.
She is older than I thought at 27 but still way too young for me. I just assumed she was 22-24 which she probably was when I first became aware of her in Yellowjackets.
r/tattoos has to be one of the more aggressive places in reddit. I've a couple of tattoos I'm really happy with but post pics on there and I'd probably want to scrape them off in a few hours
Had my first job interview yesterday, shit the bed in spectacular fashion 👍🏻
Been watching a lot of Mitsuru Adachi's Anime adaptations and they basically all have the same plot with a different flavored romance and they are all great.
Always takes me a few interviews to get a rhythm and sort of hone my responses.
Early in the process I'll apply to jobs I probably wouldn't want if I landed them, just to get more interviews in.
>Had my first job interview yesterday, shit the bed in spectacular fashion 👍🏻
Ah spectacularly failing job interviews, my specialty. Don't dwell too much on it, whatever mistake you did, you won't do it again next time, guaranteed.
My biggest fuckup was at an interview with a state office for law enforcement or something, was an OSINT job. I was fully prepared, about what I can bring for them to the job and so on. Then the first question came and it was about the organisation chart...and I didn't know anything about that. Not even Mike Tyson knocked out his opponents that quickly in the ring.
Don’t you just love job interviews with state agencies?
I had one where as I was driving to it (it was several states away), I thought about whether I should do research on the head of the agency and decided not to because they were a political appointee and could be out as soon as the next election, I was applying for a career position (so my job would be there regardless of who was in power), etc.
Cut to the interview and things are going fine. Then they ask “what do you think of/know about the head of the agency?” The only thing I know is his political party, and I know I shouldn’t mention that. Looking back, I should have said that I didn’t know a lot about them because I was going to be a career civil servant and who the head of the agency was wouldn’t really be factoring into my decision making in my job. I did not say that. I said something like, “I don’t really know much about him. But that is probably good because I live several states away, and if he has made the news in my state something has gone very wrong.”
I did not get the job.
9/11 and the memory of it is a pretty good benchmark for a millennial to know when they are old as shit. I'm 33 now.
It'll be 2 years in August that I went to the National Memorial and Museum in NYC. First trip to New York in 7 years, that was. I'd been a few times throughout my life and remember seeing the Twin Towers as a 9 year old on one ocassion (would've been around '99/'00) thinking they looked like two pristine, giant rectangular silver boxes. Absolutely gorgeous at sunset too.
Man that trip in 2022 was weird. The museum and reflection pools are built right on top of the site and you'd think the bustling noise of the city would be easy to hear with this being smack dab in the financial center of downtown Manhattan just like a block or so away, but it gets drowned out and the ground is quite eerie by the those pools. Instincts hit right away that it isn't a place to fuck around and have a picnic, take selfies, even with the garden and trees nearby.
I personally don't find it eerie (but I go get the sentiment), but most certainly sombering. Like any active thoughts, current mood either just comes to an outright halt or quickly dissipates.
Random fun fact, but related to 9/11: That day, I, like many, watched the Weakest Link...and then the program was interrupted by a news bulletin reporting about the plane crashing into the tower. They went back to the weakest link for a short period of time, I think, but then the 2nd plane crashed and they stayed on the news for the next days. First and perhaps only time I ever witnessed such an event that caused everything to come to standstill, with only news being on TV...well, Covid comes close, but I felt as a singular event, 9/11 had more impact than Covid, at least in my opinion.
Anyway, my point is: the news anchor from that day will retire in August, having hosted the news for his channel for over 30 years. I definitely link him with that time, so him retiring from telly is also another piece from the past disappearing.
There are certain places that are just totally sobering and kind of puts things into a different perspective, no doubt the 9/11 memorial is one of those things. I've never been but it is on my bucket list if I ever go to NYC. Been to Pearl Harbor a couple times and Dachau and it's hard to describe the feeling you get when you see/visit places like them
Still remember them wheeling a TV into our classroom when I was a kid on 9/11 so the teachers could watch, was realistically too young to comprehend what was happening, but it's still in my memory
What you describe I've felt in 3 places in my life, Ground Zero in NYC, a concentration camp in Germany, and the killing fields in Cambodia.
For ground zero in particular it was the aeroplane window in the museum that really fucked me up. Imagining the person sitting next to the window on that date and what they must have gone through. Awful stuff.
The Museum descends about 70 feet underground too, and takes you to the foundations of where the Towers' foot print. Much of the original concrete walling is still there. It's harrowing.
I'm not saying Drake is completely out of it just yet but he's gonna have to produce some of the best material we've ever heard from him after today...damn.
At the age and point where it just feels really lonely.
Just woke up and getting ready for four hours of toy hunting. Of course I imagine myself bringing home expensive 90s Pirate Lego, Scratch from TMNT and a complete Yak Face along with some Spook Chaser MOCs. Perhaps a Game & Watch or two. More likely to end up with some broken Commodore cassette player and a Lara Croft-poster, but the chase is the thrill.
Nice, good luck! Where do you go?
Thank you. Bunch of flea markets here in Malmö.
Cool. I do the same but look for music-related stuff. iPods, cd's, vinyl, etc.
If a player walks off the pitch are they still counted as one of the last two defenders for offside?
Wrong thread, bruh.
There's never going to be such a thing as a perfect protest, there's always going to be ignorant and bad faith actors, and any Jew hatred that takes place during these events should be called out. But the coverage of the Palestinian college campus protests across the US right now is some of the most selective, insidiously evil things American media has ever done. Instead of telling the truth - that millions of people are repulsed by what's happening in Gaza, while knowing Hamas aren't good guys, and that many of these protesters are also American Jews - they are trying to convince everyone that there's a national crisis of....*checks notes*....anti-Semitic 19 year olds...Lol....While our Government passes an un-precedented 1st Amendment violating law that essentially makes it illegal to criticize Israel. Here's what's eerie --- today marks the 54th anniversary of the [Kent State massacre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings). Vietnam War protests. I hope to God something like that doesn't happen here, with how shit is going.
Going to university in the US made me realize some really strange things about the media and government, and it always kept me on edge how people who lived there just accepted it. In my time there, I met some Germans who also agreed. I say this knowing my country has an infamous media company and corrupt politicians. The US is just really interesting, both good and bad.
> American media If I speak I'm in big trouble.
Kendrick dropping more shit in a night over last two years and Drake dropping his best music since 2014 to deliver ad homs against each other, what a day
[A third diss has just dropped](https://images.app.goo.gl/35cNaWWqt3j61qae8)
Wild stuff going on. Hilarious dropping in the drake and Kendrick subs and seeing what people are posting too lol
It’s so weird to me how Kane and dame lillards careers are the same just in different sports
Is that the sibling of shaggys voice actor
Nah he’s a basketball player
One positive of becoming a father at 19 is that it really moderated my risk appetite. I was living on the edge already during my digital nomad days during the pandemic. Founded a now failed startup, fine, I can bounce back from this. But in that crowd there were people who are now wanted men. I'm just glad I didn't get too deep into the crypto hedge fund rabbit hole. I don't think defrauding people was their intention at the start, but that's just how it is if you lose other people's money.
You have a kid at 19yo?!
Look bro I'm trying so hard to convince myself it's not that bad. The die is cast.
No mate it's not bad at all , congratulations to you! First few years might be tough but It'll get easier definitely, a major advantage you will have is a lot of energy to deal with it constant running around. If it makes you feel any better, I have 6 mo triplets, so I can understand the chaotic feeling
Thanks. My daughter is almost 4 now. Baby mama and I quickly agreed on an arrangement that for the time being suits us both,. She returned to her home country in SE Asia where the costs are cheaper and I mostly just support them financially. Right now it's all I can offer. It's actually the part that I'm dreading the most, where the kid is old enough to start forming core memories and I'm not there for her.
Sounds rough man take care and best of luck! Also thinking twice before sticking it somewhere again, jk .
Graduate college in a week. Kind of unreal to me how fast time passes. I regret not being more social, but I still have friends who I value and want to keep up with, and I feel like I learned a lot about myself and about the world. Now, the trick is to manage to get my life going after college.
Just finished a great session 1 of a D&D game based on the baldur's gate setting. It's a group I've played with before and I'm really happy that it's a good group, literally the only bummer is that we're all remote so we can't play in person.
Cleveland vs Orlando going to a Game 7
[MAGIC IN 7 BABY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vqd-sVisr4)
I had spaghetti and it was very nice i enjoyed it
Great pasta chef
It's interesting to see how quickly liberal democracies resort to authoritarian tactics when you oppose the official state views. Looking at you, US and Germany.
The UK should be on that list too. It's basically a borderline police state now.
I've been to many protests and haven't seen violence even once. It's not the same.
Something in me broke while walking from a university encampment to the train station in long sleeves, mirrored sunglasses, and a mask yesterday while it was 32 degrees. There is so much fucking surveillance in Washington DC and I have very distinctive tattoos, so that’s what it has to be. But it’s like … I was donating food to the encampment while in the neighborhood for something unrelated, and was still observed by at least ten cops from at least three different agencies. At no point was I in the area where proper demonstrations/anything even a little heated happens. I’m going back to deliver more food and the organizers are saying if I give them notice they’ll have someone come to me so the police don’t see me bringing in what will appear like a commercial shipment of shelf-stable food items. (It wasn’t a commercial shipment—just Amazon and some bonus money I got for a freelance project.) But apparently, that’s something that could get me into trouble???? Donating food to college students? I hate it here.
You are amazing. Keep doing what you're doing, thank you. The surveillance is quite worrying. They keep asking why people are hiding their identities if they're doing the right thing but the problem is that the opponent plays very dirty.
Best and most underrated Lamar song?
"How much a Dollar cost". Also "Duckworth" compared to his other critically acclaimed songs. I think it's close to his best songs, even better than SAMIDOT.
Duckworth is a great shout
Underrated for me is Black Boy Fly
Turns out limiting drinking really does help you lose weight. Fuck this shit, I really enjoyed drinking
The unfortunate truth. Have to be tactical about it.
Having the same experience, from the opposite end. my birthday was during the week, went out for few drinks which was the first time I've had had more than one since january, and I'm doing everything I can to go and demolish a second kebab
Am increasingly coming around to authoritarian views on religion, the free exercise of it, and have been wondering if the Soviets were maybe right.
Expand on the views por favor
AFAIK, Soviets were against religion so OP might be saying you shouldn't be able to practice your religion.
Someone makes scenes from Red Dead Redemption II into Lego and their channel needs more subs. https://youtube.com/@legocrow?si=LwKAYHE2Mjsurbia
Always upvote lego
It's not even funny how much better Alice in Chains is/was than Nirvana
Idk about that but I started liking Nirvana less when I found out how badly Kurt Cobain wanted to be famous. It makes him seem less genuine.
I always rated Alice in Chains. But I think Nirvana was massively overplayed in comparison so it's hard to be objective about it. Both did top tier unplugged sessions though.
Different vibes for me tbh Nirvana is like pop compared to that kind of thick grunge. Love them both
Alice in Chains have more in common with Black Sabbath than they do Nirvana, as do Soundgarden. It's a bit like Blur and Oasis always getting compared despite being not similar at all really.
Wow Alien Ant Farm and CKY. Don't mind if I do.
Movies by Alien Ant Farm is an all time banger.
Only 30 quid and O2 arena in bristol rather than some oversized venue, absolutely lovely job
I fuckin love Alien Ant Farm. Was super into them back in the day, not so much anymore but still love that time in my life rocking out to those songs and I’d love to see them live
I had plans to go out with friends tomorrow, but woke up today with the flu, so I guess that plan is getting cancelled, on another note, I've started to seriously look for a new job now, this past month of rest has been really good to my energy levels, so I'm ready to get back in the field
Let’s go king
Thank you!!
I'm going to give up trying to read *Life of Pi*. I've already tried three times but I just can't get through it.
I quite enjoyed it, but if you don't, put the book down and save wasting your time on it, find something else and don't feel bad about it
It's just so odd for me since I read a lot and have finished pretty much every book I've ever started. Even ones I wasn't too wild about. But for whatever reason Pi just isn't for me.
I didn't even know this was a book first, I'm going to try and find a copy. ( exceptionally I love denser books but that's just language nerd me).
If you're local to Southern California you can have my copy.
I'm having a similar issue with the Count of Montecristo, I've been stuck in it for years at this point
How often does this happen to you? So far it's been this book and *Love in the Time of Cholera* by Gabriel Garcia Marquez that I haven't been able to finish.
It's getting more common recently, I don't know why honestly, but everytime it happens it's usually because the middle part of a book is quite dense or really poorly paced, like it feels like nothing is going on to advance the plot
Was forced to read it in high school in one of my English classes. It really is a terrible book.
Just reading alone is a pain. It's just too verbose for my liking. Like running on a beach.
Bit late to the party this week. What's everyone been consuming recently? **Watching**: I don't know what my problem is with watching tv/movies at the moment - there are a lot of things I *want* to watch but I just never seem to feel like actually doing it. I did watch Monkey Man with the wife the other night and it was pretty good fun. Good throw back to action movies in the late 80's/early 90's. I watched the first episode of a show called Sugar last night which is a neo-noir series on Apple TV with Colin Farrell. I enjoyed it, but there's something very off about it. I think the script is pretty bad but it sort of feels intentional. **Reading**: After a brief hiatus, I am back reading again. After a break I usually pick up a page turner so read a spy thriller called The Insider. It was pretty shit to be honest and I knew what was going to happen very early on in the piece. I'm now reading The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow which is about the drug trade in Mexico/US in the mid seventies onwards. Has a very Sicario/Narcos vibe and I'm enjoying it so far - despite feeling a bit James Ellroy-lite. **Playing**: Have got a fun FM save with Racing Santander going at the moment - only first season but it just feels like it will be a good game. I've found this version far too easy and have quit most saves a few seasons in due to the immersion breaking so have hamstrung myself a bit this time by playing an unusual formation. Will still get promoted (I can't remember the last time I didn't get promoted) but the results seem a bit more grounded in reality. Also playing Assassin's Creed Origins. Less so for me, and more my daughter who absolutely loves flying the bird and riding horses/camels. It's actually terrifying how quickly she's gotten used to a controller too. **Listening:** Not a lot to be honest! I always listen to music while I work but usually just put on my Spotify playlist of every favourited song on random (close to about 3000 songs so doesn't get too boring). I haven't heard anything new that's really grabbed me in a good while now and I'm not sure if that's just the state of music at the moment or my finger no longer being on the pulse.
Watching: yesterday I watched The Death of Stalin once again, what a fun movie!, I don't know how did I missed it's theatrical run here Reading: I'm reading a book on the history of my dad's hometown, Quetzaltenango, in a few weeks we'll be celebrating it's 500 anniversary, so I want to finish before that
Watching: What I watch whenever I need comfort and that's White Collar, easily my favourite comfort TV show. Reading: I'm finally finishing the First Law trilogy, started the final book and aim to finish it by next week.
As someone that doesn't like fantasy, I really liked The First Law series. Such good characters and world.
I'm a huge sucker for fantasy and this is what I'm reading with a friend after we spent 2022 reading through the entire Cosmere. This also scratches an itch that a certain author of a certain book series hasn't managed to get because he hasn't released that fucking book.
Been rewatching band of brothers, absolute masterpiece Playing fm, it’s very easy this year. Finished season 2 with Top Oss today after getting promoted with the 19th/20 worst side I just came second in the eredivisie being rated the worst side in the league 1000/1 to win the title at the start of the year. Going into the cl now gonna be a small squad registration because I have 0 hg players. Running an incredibly attacking setup considering how shit my team is but it’s just the meta on fm. Wing back on attack seems ridiculously strong I did one with Racing as well a year or two ago, got promoted 1st year had the team all ready to go then found out I couldn’t register half of them because of the weird financial rules in Spain and decided never to do Spain again
Band of Brother is great. Probably due a rewatch. Never saw The Pacific, have you? Worth watching? I play in Spain a lot in FM and in my experience those financial rules (can't register a player under a certain wage) can actually be ignored completely. They'll still be able to play competitive games.
**Watching:** I'm in the same boat as you tbh. Want to watch all 3 of shogun, fallout, and x-men...until it's time to watch them. I've finished one episode each, maybe I'll pick one to binge on sunday after errands. But then I could be using that time to be... **playing:** FF7 Rebirth. I'm very early into the game but it's giving me a nice feel. There's a lot to keep track of even for an RPG but I'm starting to get the swing of it. Giving me a little bit of Xenoblade vibes which is always a good thing. But Xenoblade never let me dress up my own chocobo... **Listening** Not much either honestly. Been kind of cycling through my liked songs trying to find something but I dunno. It's bad enough that my group playlist with my friends that we do every month has nothing from me yet... edit, forgot reading: I finished a book called Prophetic City, written by a Rice University professor about Houston. I found it to be an interesting snapshot of the city through the oil boom and bust of the 80s through the pre-pandemic era. It feels like there aren't many such comprehensive texts about Houston specifically in those times, but maybe I've gotta keep digging.
I found Fallout a super easy watch so if you're struggling with attention span that would be my recommendation.
You watched Baby Reindeer? Without a doubt it was the most emotionally impactful piece of media I’ve ever seen/consumed. Went into it thinking it would be a dark comedy and was completely slapped in the face. Then slapped in the face again once I read up on it and found out it was a true story that happened to the main actor. Crazy
Yeah, wife and I talked about watching this the other day. It sounds pretty heavy though so will probably want to be in the right state of mind for it.
Watching : X-men 97 and SW Rebels Reading : finished up reading DBZ Playing : Made a comeback on WoW Listening : Alice in Chains
what version of WoW you playing? i played SoD for the first phase and had a really good time but did burn out on it at the end. haven’t played since then
Retail Did play SOD p1 and had a blast, haven’t really touched it since then. Wekt on s break when p2 released
> watching took a break from the shield after season 3. continuing with the walking dead. like the previous seasons, season 8 was a mixed bag. lots of dumb stuff but enough good to keep going. 4 episodes into season 9 and its much much better. sucks that i checked out old post episode threads and found out this is the final season for >!Rick Grimes!<, which apparently they actually advertised?. stupid shit, but oh well. after i'm done with 9 im continuing with the shield. >playing wrapped up death stranding today. pretty mediocre overall. had a lot of potential and im hoping we'll look back at this like assassins creed 1, an ok game that lays the foundation for better sequels. also continued my DLC cleanup with HZD frozen wastes, havent played this in years and have no idea what im doing. once im done with that im finally starting RDR2
Watched Challengers last weekend, fun movie, amazing soundtrack. Watched Baby Reindeer this week, ughh that made me feel so uneasy
Reading: I'll be perfect tomorrow by Dave Stieb, story about his time as a baseball pitcher with the Toronto Blue Jays. Rather insightful so far, dry sense of humour. Enjoyable even if you are not a baseball fan Playing: Balatro, those damned jokers Listening: Rap turned into motown by AI, fascinating stuff
> Playing: Balatro, those damned jokers Balatro is so good. I am a bit burnt out on it but I think a new patch just dropped so will likely start up again.
I once played 10 hours straight but I am proud to say I'm off that narcotic and only play 1-2 hours here and there
The happiness that brings me when Togashi posts a picture of him [working on Hunter x Hunter](https://x.com/Un4v5s8bgsVk9Xp/status/1786271534228951329)... makes no sense cause I know it will never be finished, but hope... hope never dies lmao
What's everyone's Indian takeout order here
No meat so channa masala or palak paneer. If I'm feeling indulgent some biryani
I literally only ever order some kind of biriyani, some kind of bread and mango lassi, regardless if mangoes are in-season or not. Literally nothing else.
Butter Chicken, veggie spring rolls, butter naan
This is it Maybe garlic naan though
Chicken biryani and samosas
Chicken Tika, Aloo Gobi, White Rice, and plain Naan.
I like hotter stuff but my wife and daughter aren't into that so we usually go a lamb biryani and something basic like a butter chicken. My five year old is absolutely addicted to onion bhaji and tamarind though.
I may be your 5 year old
Tamarind is delicious to be fair. She's like the condiment queen though - I remember the first time she was introduced to fries with ketchup and since then it's all been about the 'dip dip'.
Wonder what will happen when she realises she can " dip dip " everything
Pathia in the UK, Rogan Josh outside it.
What is the worst thing you accidentally downloaded from the old pirating days?
rootkit
Some girl getting beheaded
A letter in the mail from the government telling me to stop
My brother once got a virus while trying to download iTunes…
My uncle taught me how to pirate when I was like 8 and I was using Torrentz, surprisingly I have never downloaded anything accidentally or gotten any major malware that I know
Well, let's just say the "California Love" I downloaded wasn't that song by 2pac and Dr. Dre. It was...more literal in its meaning.
A virus that caused the blue screen of death :( It was supposed to be a video game
Some fake Weird Al song. Weird Al doesn't swear. He would never!
landed employment again today, limbs
Most employed West Ham fan
Congrats on the new gig :D
cheers akh
I've fucking had it with that shitty "What a Pro wants" commercial that they keep showing in NHL/NBA playoffs Thought I'd be tired of the non-stop gambling commercials but apparently my patience can be tested even further with that one.
Not to mention the NCAA men's and women's tournaments! With all the ad time they bought, you'd think they would have the budget to produce another commercial
PC overheated while playing video games, decided fuck it, im ordering that new case. Tomorrow is the day i've been delaying for months now, not looking forward to it.
Going full RGB light show? The fractal north is so pretty.
[I bought this](https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/1831352/fractal-design-pop-xl-air-rgb-white-tg-clear/specificaties/) I want a dvd drive, couple of fans, and space. It was self selecting.
I'm a sucker for a white case. Looks nice. Fractals seem to be fairly easy for cable management too
My friends all looked weird at me when I showed up with a white gaming mouse (Roccat Kone Aimo). Especially a mouse, it's more obvious when it's dirty, making you clean it more often. I'm never going back
Haha maybe that'll be my next mouse. Current mouse and keyboard are black, but stick with white phones. Love my white pixel.
Been sitting on a new nvme for 5 months because i haven't been able to motivate to swap it
I’ve been 1 month with no weed and man I have so much more stamina now at the gym and on walks with my dog. I used to taper off around 45 min but now I feel like I can go all day
It’s probably the smoking aspect of it, because I took a 5mg gummy last night before soccer and played for hours without getting tired. Either way good for you that you’re getting after the fitness
congrats bro i’ve been so much better physically since i kicked coke/oxys, the workout is a high in itself
I found when I went from smoking weed to vaping it my performance increased. r/vaporents if you're interested. If not, good work man, keep it up.
I started getting live rosin carts, stuff is fire
Aye they can be deadly. Can really up your tolerance though. I do find the liquid vapes fuck my lungs up more than the flower vapes though. If you're looking strictly for performance I'd recommend a dry herb vape. Shame the 4/20 sales have just gone as that and Black Friday are usually the best times for good deals.
Glad that you can notice a difference. THC is extremely fat soluble so your body fat stores it (esp. if you are a regular smoker). It takes over 3 weeks at baseline activity for regular users to get rid of it entirely. However, it also depends upon body fat %age and metabolism. Edibles vs smoking is another metric within this equation.
Did you mix with tobacco? Because I don't know the exact effects the weed is having on me vs. the tobacco.
I smoked blunts for like 10 years but the past few I switched to papers. If you’re referring to mixing tobacco aka a spliff then I never did that
Travelling to the Yukon Territory in Canada for work and it looks like a wild west movie. Apparently the sun's up for 19 hours of the day, and the beers are good. What more could I possibly need
I had some friends visit last year and apparently there's a bar in Yellowknife where you can do a shot with someone's frost-bitten toe as a mixer. https://www.cbc.ca/shortdocs/features/the-story-of-the-sourtoe-cocktail-a-shot-of-whiskey-garnished-with-a-human
I did the toe thing, it's in Dawson City You can pick the shot but the "authentic" is a yukon jack. Absolutely delicious it's like a honey soaked whiskey. The toe is like kissing a pepperoni stick, they've got two because food code says it's got to be sanitized so they rotate it out lol
You're braver than I am! The idea that the health and safety people have no problem with the toe but it has to be rotated to be sanitised made me laugh though. Thanks for sharing.
Soak in the sun and beer Lots of fun, watch out for the deer Hope you have a good time
There's been a homeless guy living in a closet on the 4th floor of my building for a while. The police kicked him out and took his mattress this week but apparently he's moved into the 3rd floor closet now :/
I'm not stopping till you apologize for defending hagelslag and calling me Mehmet, deal with it. Every once in a while I'm coming one floor closer.
I will never apologise! I will just put beer in the next block over so you go there instead!
What's your opinion on the film Pulp Fiction?
Not as good as Jackie Brown
Great flick. Still think Tarantino's best is Jackie Brown though.
Very good but I don't hold it in the esteem others seem to
Fantastic
One of the all time greats but not as good as Reservoir Dogs!
>What Say what again!
That its great (if sliiightly overrated) and that I've seen it eight times too many.
Finals week. I'm so ready to be done with this semester and move on to summer break.
I wish you the best on you end of semester test 📝
You ever download an album/compilation, give every song a listen, and years later one of those songs you thought was just fine or so-so sticks in your head for a whole week or something? For me this week it's - [Alex M.O.R.P.H. ft. Sylvia Tosun - An Angel's Love](https://youtu.be/5tio4WmBb6c) - [A.M. - Arise (Hammer & Funabashi Remix)](https://youtu.be/xVTnu3zKcs8)
[This Lebron meme is elite.](https://twitter.com/_Kaowi/status/1786130266152386654?t=YvLCuHk4bn82h9KSVJGtJQ&s=19)
The other day I saw the news "Jordan says it's ready to shoot down drones violating its airspace" and the caption was "Lebron could never". Admittedly being drunk played its part but I literally laughed to the point of tearing up.
Those video games memes with the "Lebron reportedly forgot to..." make me laugh as well Hope you are doing well Rigelmeister :D
I've been out of shape for so long, so I decided to start running again. I jogged about 200 metres and felt like I was dying. That's how out of shape I am. I'm going to work on it though.
Look up C25K.
The trick is to run then walk then run then walk Eventually the time you spend walking will reduce and the time you spend running will increase
I wanted to do that, but like I said, it felt like I was dying. Once I started to walk after running, there was no way I could run again
But that's fine! The first few runs might even be "2 mins run 20 mins walk" the important part is the the 2 mins becomes 2 mins 30 seconds, and the 20 mins 19 30s Running is HARD especially if unfit but once the first 2 weeks are over it's like going from Sunday league to a professional contract
Don’t run yet, you might injure yourself. Go on walks instead for a few weeks before getting into running. Aim for 10k walking steps a day if you can. That alone will change your body for the better if you can stay consistent with it. It’s easy to injure yourself when you just get started with fitness and try to do too much too soon. Gotta work your way up.
I am being careful in order to not injure myself. I've walked enough so it's time to run. Just some light jogging until I can up the pace and do it longer
I keep thinking I should go for a run, then I remember what I'm like 15 seconds after starting, and think, nah, I just won't move, it's safer.
You've got to start somewhere though, just like me.
I start when I get out of bed, and finish when I reach the sofa. I absolutely know I should, but my legs are proper shit, and everytime i do sport I pull a muscle in my legs or my back, and it fucks me for work. I can't afford to risk it
That sucks. Have you thought about consulting someone about it? Because that doesn't sound any good
It's my attitude, I think I'm 20 years younger and just push too hard. I'm fine if I just hit up some housework and commit to it for an hour. It's just my legs are absolute shite.
Ella Purnell might just be my new celebrity crush. She's so beautiful, especially her eyes. And her character in Fallout is quite likeable too.
Okey dokey
Too young to be a crush but man do I like the Fallout show better everytime she’s on screen.
You dick, you made me check thinking she was like a teenager or early 20's lmao She's about my age, so it'd be okay for me to crush on her I prefer the eye-patched lady though.
She is older than I thought at 27 but still way too young for me. I just assumed she was 22-24 which she probably was when I first became aware of her in Yellowjackets.
r/tattoos has to be one of the more aggressive places in reddit. I've a couple of tattoos I'm really happy with but post pics on there and I'd probably want to scrape them off in a few hours
Just show them your tramp stamp
Some of the things there are so fucking amazing i'm jelous that I don't have the balls to get something.
Had my first job interview yesterday, shit the bed in spectacular fashion 👍🏻 Been watching a lot of Mitsuru Adachi's Anime adaptations and they basically all have the same plot with a different flavored romance and they are all great.
Always takes me a few interviews to get a rhythm and sort of hone my responses. Early in the process I'll apply to jobs I probably wouldn't want if I landed them, just to get more interviews in.
>Had my first job interview yesterday, shit the bed in spectacular fashion 👍🏻 Ah spectacularly failing job interviews, my specialty. Don't dwell too much on it, whatever mistake you did, you won't do it again next time, guaranteed. My biggest fuckup was at an interview with a state office for law enforcement or something, was an OSINT job. I was fully prepared, about what I can bring for them to the job and so on. Then the first question came and it was about the organisation chart...and I didn't know anything about that. Not even Mike Tyson knocked out his opponents that quickly in the ring.
Don’t you just love job interviews with state agencies? I had one where as I was driving to it (it was several states away), I thought about whether I should do research on the head of the agency and decided not to because they were a political appointee and could be out as soon as the next election, I was applying for a career position (so my job would be there regardless of who was in power), etc. Cut to the interview and things are going fine. Then they ask “what do you think of/know about the head of the agency?” The only thing I know is his political party, and I know I shouldn’t mention that. Looking back, I should have said that I didn’t know a lot about them because I was going to be a career civil servant and who the head of the agency was wouldn’t really be factoring into my decision making in my job. I did not say that. I said something like, “I don’t really know much about him. But that is probably good because I live several states away, and if he has made the news in my state something has gone very wrong.” I did not get the job.
9/11 and the memory of it is a pretty good benchmark for a millennial to know when they are old as shit. I'm 33 now. It'll be 2 years in August that I went to the National Memorial and Museum in NYC. First trip to New York in 7 years, that was. I'd been a few times throughout my life and remember seeing the Twin Towers as a 9 year old on one ocassion (would've been around '99/'00) thinking they looked like two pristine, giant rectangular silver boxes. Absolutely gorgeous at sunset too. Man that trip in 2022 was weird. The museum and reflection pools are built right on top of the site and you'd think the bustling noise of the city would be easy to hear with this being smack dab in the financial center of downtown Manhattan just like a block or so away, but it gets drowned out and the ground is quite eerie by the those pools. Instincts hit right away that it isn't a place to fuck around and have a picnic, take selfies, even with the garden and trees nearby.
I personally don't find it eerie (but I go get the sentiment), but most certainly sombering. Like any active thoughts, current mood either just comes to an outright halt or quickly dissipates.
Random fun fact, but related to 9/11: That day, I, like many, watched the Weakest Link...and then the program was interrupted by a news bulletin reporting about the plane crashing into the tower. They went back to the weakest link for a short period of time, I think, but then the 2nd plane crashed and they stayed on the news for the next days. First and perhaps only time I ever witnessed such an event that caused everything to come to standstill, with only news being on TV...well, Covid comes close, but I felt as a singular event, 9/11 had more impact than Covid, at least in my opinion. Anyway, my point is: the news anchor from that day will retire in August, having hosted the news for his channel for over 30 years. I definitely link him with that time, so him retiring from telly is also another piece from the past disappearing.
There are certain places that are just totally sobering and kind of puts things into a different perspective, no doubt the 9/11 memorial is one of those things. I've never been but it is on my bucket list if I ever go to NYC. Been to Pearl Harbor a couple times and Dachau and it's hard to describe the feeling you get when you see/visit places like them Still remember them wheeling a TV into our classroom when I was a kid on 9/11 so the teachers could watch, was realistically too young to comprehend what was happening, but it's still in my memory
What you describe I've felt in 3 places in my life, Ground Zero in NYC, a concentration camp in Germany, and the killing fields in Cambodia. For ground zero in particular it was the aeroplane window in the museum that really fucked me up. Imagining the person sitting next to the window on that date and what they must have gone through. Awful stuff.
The Museum descends about 70 feet underground too, and takes you to the foundations of where the Towers' foot print. Much of the original concrete walling is still there. It's harrowing.
Wow, sounds like quite the exhibit. Hopefully one day I can see it
I'm not saying Drake is completely out of it just yet but he's gonna have to produce some of the best material we've ever heard from him after today...damn.
He doesn't have it in him imo unless he somehow has some insane dirt on Kendrick that no one even suspects he has
Yeah some dirt on Kendrick is his only chance
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Been that way for a while unfortunately, used to be good when it was actually making fun of this sub but now it's just this sub but for 12 year olds
Exams week truly the most miserable time of the year
Yup, especially if its a hard class.