topic_title: Romania calling

post:
 Moody’s cut the outlook on Romania’s Baa3 score, the lowest investment-grade level, to negative from stable, the credit assessor said in a statement Friday, while affirming the rating. The move comes after S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings took similar decisions in January and December, respectively.

The outlook change “reflects the risk that in the absence of the adoption of additional fiscal consolidation measures, Romania’s fiscal strength will significantly weaken in coming years,” Moody’s said.

comment: Besides polarising society, the election turmoil has increased economic uncertainty in the EU's most indebted country, which has grappled with high inflation ...

[User] grafician

comment: Comparing the US to Romania hahahahDelulu monospaced much?

html_comment:
Comparing the US to Romania hahahah

Delulu monospaced much?

comment: monospaced you are at kindergarden level understanding of economics, politics, tech and a dozen other topics, stick to what you know...oh wait, nothing else?

comment: Moody changing Romania's outlook every election, while Moody downgraded US first time since 1917 you losers :))

comment: Your American pride taking hits must hurt a lot ha?But keep comparing and trying to cope, you live in a country run by a clown, not us

html_comment:
Your American pride taking hits must hurt a lot ha?

But keep comparing and trying to cope, you live in a country run by a clown, not us

comment: I’m not comparing them. This is just copy pasted from an article.

comment: But you did compare here, not me.

html_comment: But you did compare here, not me.

comment: Yes we got downgraded once in over a century, to a level so high it’s still considered perfect. Losers?

comment: Good luck on not voting in a clown today as a president, along with your loser credit status. My understanding of these economics is perfectly fine

comment: And please try not to be so obviously bitter about this and go full drama bitch okay? Hold it together little puppy. Please.

[User] palimpsest

comment: *mic drop

html_comment: *mic drop

comment: palimpsest mic drop?! :))) bro aren't you from like Peru? Stfu about US and EU politics :)) you live in the EU, say thank you

comment: monospaced don't worry bro we can get back to A+ credit status in a year or so, meanwhile you're humiliated after a century of "golden" status :))))))

comment: Meanwhile NOBODY asked you to be the golden status, in bonds and in currency, you assumed that role yourselves and failing at it now So, yeah, losers

comment: New rule: Only talk about your own country.So you can shut the fuck up about the US already.

html_comment: New rule: Only talk about your own country.<br>So you can shut the fuck up about the US already.


[User] monospaced

post:
 “Hello to all of our MAGA friends,” Simion said Thursday on the “War Room” podcast hosted by Steve Bannon, a former Trump adviser and long-time cheerleader of international populists. “If all goes well,” Simion said, he would put Georgescu “back in the leadership of Romania.”

George Simion, a nationalist who appears well placed to win the presidential election in Romania on Sunday, has promised to “Make Romania Great Again” and described himself as a “candidate on the MAGA ticket” of President Trump.

[User] cherub

comment: Thread name should be changed to 'Romania Failing'

[User] neverscared

comment: thanks america

html_comment: thanks america

comment: one domino falls has fallen in 2024 across the atlantic .. the next right here in the god old europe..

[User] Hayoth

comment: The communists, fascists, and Nazi unite to cry, so brainwashed they beg for experimental vaccines and the imprisonment of all humans

[User] Continuity

comment: lolwatMake sense Hayoth, please, for everyone's benefit.

html_comment:
lolwat

Make sense Hayoth, please, for everyone's benefit.

comment: And y'all give keewee shit.

html_comment: And y'all give keewee shit.

[User] utopian

comment: There's our very Forrest Gump

html_comment: There's our very Forrest Gump

comment: Romanian election exit polls: Centrist Bucharest mayor Nicușor Dan on track to win

comment: Fingers crossed.

html_comment: Fingers crossed.

[User] garbage

comment: Romanian MAGA is so Kmart. #SAD

html_comment: Romanian MAGA is so Kmart. #SAD

comment: Simion lost by 1M votes, your post shows your ignorance about world politics :)) Meanwhile you're stuck with Trump for 4 more years. Losers!

comment: This isn’t ignorance. It’s actual articles posted over the weekend.

comment: 1M votes out of 95M population.

html_comment: 1M votes out of 95M population.


[User] Beeswax

topic_title: QBN dreams

post:
 Today I was having a dream, where I'm talking with someone about this DJ who plays funky breaks.
Then I wake up and this name or title is echoing in my mind very clearly

"Chinese Rabbi"

What the heck?


[User] sted

topic_title: capitalism

post:
 - We had power failure
- How is that? Its on cam that the entire ship was glowing.
- It was mechanical failure

comment: woops, wrong thread

html_comment: woops, wrong thread


topic_title: America is Fucked

comment: Oh wow, a boat accident. Our country is FUCKED! For real this time.

comment: double real...

html_comment: double real...

[User] fooler

comment: Sinko De Mayo

html_comment: Sinko De Mayo


topic_title: blog

post:
 Are tattoos still cool?

They seem tacky to me now.

comment: afraid of what women will think of your C18 ink?

comment: I am doing an app for tattoo studios The market is booming

html_comment: I am doing an app for tattoo studios <br>The market is booming

comment: Ah then it must be cool :)

html_comment: Ah then it must be cool :)


[User] Nutter

post:
 At least 27 are dead in Missouri in Kentucky after severe weather alerts were delayed overnight because of DOGE cuts.

https://www.mesoscalenews.com/p/…

comment: Oh no, a deadly disaster! How can the nation ever recover. SO FUCKED!

comment: good question...how do u recover from deaths that could have been easily avoided when the standard was already there once to avoid it...

comment: the trajectory certainly points towards ...SO FUCKED... thats undenieable..

comment: To be fair, we’re talking about minutes of warning here, not days.

comment: but as the article points out: thats what can mean the difference. It also was pointed out previously this could potentially be the result.

comment: critical minutes... i doubt u need less people to measure out tinier timeframes of things happening and informing..

comment: I’m not defending the shitshow of our administration and this embarrassing oversight. It just doesn’t mean America is fucked. Calm down.

[User] bogue

comment: America is fucked because of its deep throated support of the ideology of dismantling government.

comment: It's also fucked when 30 dead is worth the savings.

comment: no one said u are defending it.... looks more like ur upset on an allegation no one claimed...

comment: if u think u come off as defending ... u highly likely shouldnt make that joke in the first place...

comment: 'embarrassing oversight'. mono again with his casual attitude to civilian death. what's next - saying they deserved it because they voted for Trump?

comment: It is a terrible oversight and an embarrassment for the administration. Nobody deserves this.

comment: I didn’t make any joke. Just saying this doesn’t mean the nation is fucked. There was warning btw

comment: To answer your question, quite simply, they put in someone to cover the night shift and save those precious seconds. That’s how we recover. Can we do it?

comment: monospaced trying to defend DOGE that got people killed Amazing :)


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: Elon Musk

comment: nope  . first lie its not the most popular party... second lie comes next...

comment: AfD has actual Neo Nazis in the party. Elon banking on his base being dumb.


topic_title: Donald Trump

post:
 L O L
-

[User] bainbridge

comment: He knows the word "fervently"?

html_comment: He knows the word "fervently"?

comment: not a talented guy

html_comment: not a talented guy

comment: Calling Bruce Springsteen radical left is funny.

comment: Trump used Bruce Springsteen's songs at rally's until there were told to stop using them...


post:
 Grok Pivots From ‘White Genocide’ to Being ‘Skeptical’ About the Holocaust

Grok has started to dabble in Holocaust denial, saying that it is “skeptical” of the consensus among historians that six million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust and that “numbers can be manipulated.” It has also said that there is notable “academic debate” about whether that many Jews died as a result of the Nazi genocide — but that is not true. Whether these alarming comments were the result of the same internal programming change is unclear.

https://www.rollingstone.com/cul…


topic_title: religion

comment: Wake up!

html_comment: Wake up!


[User] pango

comment: Sign me up.

html_comment: Sign me up.

[User] futurefood

comment: All hail fupa cat

html_comment: All hail fupa cat

[User] Akagiyama

comment: I for one welcome our new feline overlords.

[User] bezoar

comment: might as well

html_comment: might as well

[User] dbloc

comment: Ameow

html_comment: Ameow

[User] prophetone

comment: Meowtheism

html_comment: Meowtheism

[User] dee-dubs

comment: MCGA

html_comment: MCGA


[User] cherub

topic_title: Signs your getting old?

post: maquito said moshpit and I felt old.  Like my rib started hurting just thinking about it.


topic_title: Where The Fun ISN'T

comment: Spicy bum

html_comment: Spicy bum


[User] Milan

post:
 French election meddling in Romania:

This is what Western "democracy" and "freedom of speech" looks like today. EU already banned Călin Georgescu from running, after he won the first round, because of "Russian interference via TikTok", which was debunked.

You may only vote for EU's pre-approved puppets who will work against your country's interests.

[User] neverscared

comment: already debunked ...lol

html_comment: already debunked ...lol

[User] tank

comment: Putin glazer

html_comment: Putin glazer

comment: RT lol

html_comment: RT lol

[User] grafician

comment: When Simion the pro RU candidate goes on French TV and accuses Macron of being a dictator...

[User] zaq

comment: привет ватник

html_comment: привет ватник

comment: No Milan you muppet, you had Pro EU and Pro RU candidates, and the Pro EU won by 1M votes! Maybe it's time you leave this forum :)

[User] palimpsest

comment: We need pablo28's take on this.Non-Romanians need not apply.

html_comment: We need pablo28's take on this.<br>Non-Romanians need not apply.


post:
 Blue dye dots instead of actual blueberries in ‘blueberry bagels’
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMSLkaHJa/…


[User] utopian

topic_title: Apple

post:
 Judge Finds Apple Violated Antitrust Ruling

"Apple willfully choose not to comply with this Court's Injunction. It did so with the express intent to create new anti competitive barriers which would, by design and in effect, maintain a valued revenue stream; a revenue stream previously found to be anti competitive. Than it thought this Court would tolerate such insubordination was a gross miscalculation. As always, the coverup made it worse. For this Court, there is no second bite at the apple."

U.S. District Judge
Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers


[User] monospaced

post: That was close.

comment: 54.11% to 45.89%  sounds pretty not close

comment: monospaced = clown

html_comment: monospaced = clown

comment: 1 million is 1% out of 95 million.

html_comment: 1 million is 1% out of 95 million.

comment: 95 million fingers or toes ?

html_comment: 95 million fingers or toes ?


topic_title: Joe Biden of the day

post:
Joe Biden diagnosed with ‘aggressive form’ of prostate cancer, his office says
Former US president is reviewing treatment options with family as cancer has spread to the bone

https://www.theguardian.com/us-n…

comment: sad news, what a life this man had...

html_comment: sad news, what a life this man had...


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: Meme of the day

[User] AQUTE

comment: Yes they did

html_comment: Yes they did

comment: ^this

html_comment: ^this


post:
 ^ no, Nicusor Dan the Pro EU candidate won by 1M votes!

You know exactly nothing about politics :))

*mic drop bitch!

comment: nothing? lol

html_comment: nothing? lol

comment: Yeah apparently you thought that guy nationalist radical Simion would win and he is our choice as a country? Again, you elected Trump! Twice!Dumbass!

html_comment:
Yeah apparently you thought that guy nationalist radical Simion would win and he is our choice as a country?
Again, you elected Trump! Twice!
Dumbass!

comment: No I didn’t, but many news outlets said he had a good chance.

comment: I didn’t elect Trump, you fucking condescending moron.

[User] canoe

comment: He's too stupid to understand that when you don't vote for Trump that you didn't elect him. Too stupid to understand that nobody on QBN likes MAGA.


comment: congrats

html_comment: congrats

comment: Nobody had any doubts. Now we go to work...EU still has elections in Poland and next year in Hungary

html_comment:
Nobody had any doubts.

Now we go to work...
EU still has elections in Poland and next year in Hungary

comment: @zaq thanks, we have this kind of "thriller" elections every decade, for us is common, not like the US electing the orange clown and not knowing how to act now

comment: < This guy Nicusor Dan, he is second term Bucharest's mayor, a decent guy, good family, the best example of a what a President can be

comment: Here is his CV https://en.wikipedia…

html_comment:
Here is his CV

https://en.wikipedia…

comment: So monospaced, palimpsest, canoe, Milan, next time you post bullshit, maybe learn some politics and how things work in EU bitches!

comment: Show me on the doll where I posted buillshit about EU.

comment: "Consider this post the last one I will mention you [palimpsest] on this forum or elsewhere."— graficianOn the doll: https://www.qbn.com/…

html_comment:
"Consider this post the last one I will mention you [palimpsest] on this forum or elsewhere."
— grafician

On the doll: https://www.qbn.com/…

comment: Word is bond.Unless you's a lil' bitch.

html_comment: Word is bond.<br>Unless you's a lil' bitch.

comment: Nothing posted was bullshit though. Just need articles from the week leading up lol.

comment: Out of rage in response of me posting in the America is fucked thread and making fun of you? :)) Move along you two, stop engaging

comment: Ronnie Fucking Pickering.

html_comment: Ronnie Fucking Pickering.

comment: So I guess you're not keeping my dick out your mouth, grafician?

comment: You posted a Moody’s rating so I did the same. You post news bits so did I. Only you added the drama, bitching and bitterness. Unending drama.


topic_title: Love Death & Robots Netflix

post: Pretty tepid season.

comment: Weakest so far

html_comment: Weakest so far


post:
 "UK overtakes China as second-biggest holder of US Treasurys with $780 billion"

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/…

comment: Awwwwww the US becoming again a UK colony...

comment: Awwwwww you're retarded...

html_comment: Awwwwww you're retarded...

comment: ...if you think that.

html_comment: ...if you think that.


[User] cruddlebub

topic_title: making beats

post: WANT


[User] fooler

topic_title: Bike of the day

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Is he blind?

html_comment: Is he blind?

[User] Longcopylover

comment: 82 years old. Probably a tired neck and thus not holding his head up.


[User] monNom

topic_title: Scary Cool Tech Thread

comment: Robot solves rubik's cube in 0.1s

html_comment: Robot solves rubik's cube in 0.1s


topic_title: The Useful Thread

post:
 A reminder.
When posting YouTube shorts on QBN
Change: "/shorts/"
to: "/watch?v="

Example:
:youtube.com/shorts/id1
:youtube.com/watch?v=id1


topic_title: Headline of the day

post:
Ohio police find raccoon holding meth pipe during traffic stop

When an officer took the pipe away, the raccoon pulled out another.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-…

[User] pango

comment: LOL

html_comment: LOL


post: This season had two goo ones but lazy for the most part.

[User] Gabriel

comment: agree

html_comment: agree


topic_title: Where The Fun IS

comment: Ahahaha man that’s too funny. Somebody’s going to make the sequel to cocaine bear lol

comment: good cop

html_comment: good cop

[User] sarahfailin

comment: ^kinda, but that older lady might have been living in that van, and she's probably wondering where she's going to sleep


[User] renderedred

topic_title: Politics

post: Depending on the optics, methods, propaganda, and a few more things, all states are fascist states.

[User] neverscared

comment: so its a matter of degree ? using - all- is  probably generalizing too much and highly likely fascist too

comment: If we ignore the meaning of words, all words are meaningless

comment: There’s no getting around having some rules we can all mostly agree on.


topic_title: Woke

post:
 The Godfather of the Woke Right

A 2011 book by Pat Buchanan shows the deep roots of today’s right-wing illiberalism.

Of the innumerable insults directed at Donald Trump and his supporters, the one that seems to get under their skin the most is “woke right.” The epithet describes the Trump movement’s tendency to counter left-wing illiberalism with a mirror-image replica. “The woke right,

https://www.theatlantic.com/poli…


topic_title: Dis or Dat?

post:
 Shithole countries edition.
One week all expenses paid, which would you choose?

Romania

Peru

comment: Romania having the clear advantage since I think most people here have already been to Peru rather than Romania.

[User] grafician

comment: Awwww triggered much? This your country? https://edition.cnn.…

comment: How fucking hard of hearing are you?https://www.qbn.com/…Yes, Peru is my country.I identify as Peruvian.

html_comment:
How fucking hard of hearing are you?
https://www.qbn.com/…
Yes, Peru is my country.
I identify as Peruvian.

comment: Then go fix your country and stop trying to create drama out of nothing

comment: Peru es clave, why would you wanna fix it?It's glorious as it is.

html_comment: Peru es clave, why would you wanna fix it?<br>It's glorious as it is.

[User] Akagiyama

comment: I was recently introduced to aji panca pepper. Holy shit what a great flavor it gave the chicken I cooked!!

comment: You have to try the "Pollo a la brasa" marinade. There are several versions out there. Main ingredients are: panca, garlic, soysauce, cumin, vinegar/beer, herbs


topic_title: Romania calling

[User] palimpsest

comment: Another fine Romanian example on QBN.

html_comment: Another fine Romanian example on QBN.

comment: This is nothing, move along Even with heavy rassan bot activity on Tiktok and Facebook trying to swing votes - the elections were fair this time

comment: The guy sent the message Milan posted ONLY to people in Romania in Romanian language - practically directly trying to swing the votes HIMSELF :))

comment: He sent the message exactly in the day of voting too!Nobody bothered with this, we laughed at his desperation to help Simion :))

html_comment:
He sent the message exactly in the day of voting too!

Nobody bothered with this, we laughed at his desperation to help Simion :))

comment: And I laugh at your desperation to be against us :))

comment: I laugh at your desperation for Romania to be relevant only in light of Donald Trump. It's going to take a lot more than our shitty president to put u on themap

comment: You mean the idiot Pro RU candidate who wanted the attention of Trump, just like Trump wants the attention of Putin? :))) Nobody likes trump around here

comment: I mean, who honestly would want to be governed by a clown?!

comment: and YET the US managed that TWICE :)))))


[User] elahon

topic_title: It's Monday!

comment: clumsy fuck

html_comment: clumsy fuck


comment: Figma plugin for working with grids

html_comment: Figma plugin for working with grids


topic_title: Grafician Hate Why?

post: “I wonder if the sad I’d be without you would be less than the sad I get from being with you.”

comment: Awwww palimpsest discovered memes :)))

html_comment: Awwww palimpsest discovered memes :)))


topic_title: canada

post: Happy May 2-4


post: Is Romania the new global superpower or something?

comment: In the words of Shrek: Romania is life, Romania is love.

comment: It's not Balkan.

html_comment: It's not Balkan.

comment: comparing it with russia and maga usa ... it would be a relief if it would be...

comment: Imagine that!Carrots every day, all day.

html_comment: Imagine that!<br>Carrots every day, all day.

comment: probably less students  getting snatched of the street in romania than in the US .. never mind the supreme court orders...

comment: when the constitutional crisis will kick in full on in summer as bannon claims.... we will finally know...

comment: eating pets and dogs or carrots... whats its gonna be ?

comment: Historically strategically important. The bessarabian gap is a pinch-point for over-land movement. Used by nazi aligned Romania during op. barbarosa.

comment: The danube river gives direct access all the way into germany, and controls exports out of the whole area.

comment: The Mihail Kogalniceanu NATO base is the largest in Europe. A change in alignment in Romania would divide NATO in half, with Greece and Turkey cut off.

comment: You can bet both Russia and Europe have a ton of spies working double-time to gain advantage in Romania.

comment: yes

html_comment: yes

comment: No not really, but they can try and will try again in the future.

comment: Yes

html_comment: Yes

comment: Not really? Ha! Not even close to "not really" smartie.

comment: smartie Pootin literally helped Trump get elected, stfu about Romania, we can stand our own, obviously YOU CAN'T CUNTS! :))


topic_title: Punches For:

[User] CyBrainX

comment: Is there anyone in this entire thread more punchable than him? (aside from the treason bag that spawned him under a dumpster)

comment: Grafician is a top contender for punches for... can't stand how he uses the political threads to spread his hatred and insecurity.

comment: I don't fight with losers like you canoe, I shown everybody you're a nobody several times, you keep getting more cooked by the day :))

comment: You mention insecurity yet feel the need to compare the US to Romania or other countries HOW MUCH MORE INSECURE CAN YOU GET??! :)))))

comment: If I'm cooked then what does it mean when your posts for the last decade have double digit downvotes?

comment: And yes, of course, the golden rule, only grafician gets to talk shit about other countries. Got it. You're not a hypocrite at all.


topic_title: Browser game of the day

post:
http://www.graphicresearch.de/fo…

People complained that it is too hard, so I added a hint button. It might help a little.

comment: I have added videos about each player / incident - only available once you found a pair. Also you can download a pdf now.


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: Conspiracy of the day

post:
 Loads of graff guys in their 50's sharing this comedy
-

comment: lol this guy rocks

html_comment: lol this guy rocks

comment: This guy calling it dumb makes me think there might actually be something to this.

[User] utopian

comment: This is right up HayoMook's alley.

html_comment: This is right up HayoMook's alley.

[User] garbage

comment: tip top

html_comment: tip top


topic_title: Video Games...

post:
Bungie Accused of Plagiarizing Yet Again: ‘Marathon’ Seemingly Lifts Assets From an Artist’s Original Work Without Their Knowledge

After ‘Marathon’s recent closed alpha test, an outside artist has spotted seemingly identical examples of her original artwork.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/…

[User] prophetone

comment: str8 jackin her beats, they literally plastered her logo as an element on the assets, how dumb and/or brazen can they be

comment: I thought Vice had folded

html_comment: I thought Vice had folded

comment: it bungied back into existence

html_comment: it bungied back into existence

[User] sted

comment: they fucked up they said sorry imminently, why are people trying to destroy this game


topic_title: Poster of the Day

post:
https://antireal.info/

(from the Bungie/Marathon plagiarism story)

comment: nice stuff and he is getting compensated,end of story.

html_comment: nice stuff and he is getting compensated,<br>end of story.

comment: these yt rants about this whole situation is just too much


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

post:
 AI educating next generation in specialized schools
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMSNetN7x/…

comment: https://www.instagra…-> running the show, and she is super nice

html_comment:
https://www.instagra…
-> running the show, and she is super nice

comment: kids are using it on their own organically, they get 1 on 1 tutoring with it, it really helped my kids. these"specialized" schools seem like a money grab

comment: it isn't just raw-learning aid, it builds a profile from your kid and finds the entry points where it can help understand certain topics

comment: This is happening in high schools in Canada now too


topic_title: Trailer Of The Day

post: Has anyone seen this? Any Good?

comment: It's a hard watch. Brilliant but depressing.


[User] autoflavour

post:
Ahead of the game

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp6Q…


[User] OBBTKN

topic_title: Pic of the Day

comment: fonts you don't want 2025

html_comment: fonts you don't want 2025


topic_title: Intelligent Dance Music

post: Cylob high water mark imho .. although not very IDM

[User] canoe

comment: Played this a few times out, people love it that never heard it


post:
 Is Romania a global superpower?

Of human trafficking, yes.

comment: and america of illegal deporting ? ..  not much difference...except that is state driven...

comment: Awwww canoe woke up today more stupid then last week

comment: THE US DEPORTING CHILDREN you muppet! Keep trying to tell yourself you're on the right side of history

comment: Right side of history? I am, it's a fact, Romania has had trafficking issues in the past. Turn off the state TV son, it's optional now.

comment: Again you show you have no clue :)) Actually people got dupped into voting with Calin Georgescu and Simion because they were scrolling on Tiktok propaganda!

comment: TV in Romania is well reglemented, with very strict rules about elections, but people abroad just scroll tiktok and that was FULL of Russian propaganda bots!

comment: We had several debates were Simion didn't show! We have national memes with an "empty chair" talking to an invisible Simion :)))

comment: so canoe you just throw bullshit at every turn, at least ask and I can always give you facts, no problemaBUT ASK FIRST!

html_comment:
so canoe you just throw bullshit at every turn, at least ask and I can always give you facts, no problema

BUT ASK FIRST!


[User] inteliboy

comment: Yes!

html_comment: Yes!

[User] yuekit

comment: Epic

html_comment: Epic


comment: Good stuff! Schematic was the label?

html_comment: Good stuff! Schematic was the label?


topic_title: Vid of the Day

[User] Ianbolton

comment: nice.

html_comment: nice.

[User] kingsteven

comment: nice.

[User] rzu-rzu

comment: ^nice

html_comment: ^nice

[User] stoplying

comment: The jacket IS pretty dope tbf

html_comment: The jacket IS pretty dope tbf

comment: shared sentiment

html_comment: shared sentiment

comment: the jacket is cool. not nice, not dope, just cool. you slugs.


post:
 Grafician, I saw that you posted on America is Fucked about America's credit rating. Bro, you're from a country with a borderline junk credit rating, and you're laughing at the U.S. for dropping one notch from perfect? That’s like a guy living in a cockroach motel mocking a penthouse owner for having a cracked window.

Sure it's not good news for us to be downgraded, and our president is an idiot, but that doesn't mean Romania has changed from being the MySpace of countries, does it?

[User] grafician

comment: Keep telling you idiots you have no clue about politics and how the world works and you keep posting bullshit :)) Go back to making Amazon banners and stfu

comment: Says the guy who lost the argument and has nothing intellectual left to contribute... good luck on your Baa3 - credit rating since you care so much!

comment: Lost what? :)) There was no argument, we will be very fine the next 4-5 years, then everybody keep you idiots you won't be :))

comment: But I love how you compare countries like socks, maybe compare the US to Russia next, you're become them soon enough

comment: You insecure muppets trying to compare the US credit ratings to Romania's?! Buhahahahaha what a tool you are!

comment: You idiots elected Trump twice, there is no arguments after that with you! YOU LOST and you are losers until you get back to some type of democratic rule

comment: Because right now you are in the Kingdom of Trump

comment: And you sound like his bullhorn!

html_comment: And you sound like his bullhorn!

comment: It's always the same. You bitch about America, then play the don't compare card when your post communist authoritarian butt gets hurt...

comment: We are far from communism and authoritarian rules - maybe reflect a bit and see what's up, you guys might learn a thing or two


topic_title: America is Fucked

post:
‘Nobody likes you anymore’ — bold words from someone whose posts get downvoted into oblivion every single time.

You talk like you speak for the world, but can’t even get above -8 on your own threads on an industry forum with your "peers" standing by.

And the cherry on top? Telling others to ‘stop comparing’ while you shit post day after day, week after week.

Honestly, America is in decline that's true, but what does that make a guy clinging to Baa3 and 12 downvotes? Is that considered an upward swing for you and your country?

comment: America's in decline? How can you possibly make that observation?

comment: Because I lived in the United States during the first 4 years of Trump and I'm still here now.

[User] curiouscat

comment: Arguing with randos on the interwebz. LOLZ. Do yourself and everyone else a favor and step away from the keyboard.


[User] BusterBoy

topic_title: Donald Trump

post:
 Take a read of this ducken geniusness...

When you look at what's happening with Russia and Ukraine, the drone is killing tremendous numbers of people. You hide behind a tree and the drone comes down and it circles you with fire. You don't have a chance. The tree comes down also, by the way. It's so intense. I mean, you see these trees being knocked down like they're being sawed down by a top-of-the-line timberman, like Like, you know who? Sean Duffy. Do you know that Sean Duffy, the head of the Transportation Department, who's working right now on the airports and getting a system because Biden didn't do a thing for four years and Pete Buttigieg was the head and he goes bicycling to work. He takes a bicycle to work. Can you believe he's running the biggest air system in the world and he takes a bicycle to work? And they say he's going to run for president. I don't see it.

Who knows, right? But I don't see it. But when I look at what they've done, it's so horrible what they've done. And the work they did do, they wasted billions of dollars in trying to hook up air systems to copper, and they tried to hook up copper to glass, and the glass doesn't work with the copper. And they had 30,000 different contractors doing 30,000 jobs. And when they put it all together, they spent billions of dollars It didn't even come close to working. And we're going to be giving out a brand new system. It's very important. We'll have the best system. And we think we know who that system is. But we have a lot of bidding. But we want one check. We want a unified system. We don't want to have 5,000 contractors in all different places, some digging ditches and some not doing ditches because they want to go by satellite. Satellite seems to be the way to go. So we're going to be giving that out pretty soon.

But what people don't know about Sean, because I mentioned lumberjacks, that Sean, but Sean Duffy was the world champion for five years, climbing trees and up and now world champion. So that's what you call a serious lumberjack.

comment: Can't even spell fucken properly...cunt.

comment: How he can't "feel" his ramblings is all about being surrounded by yaysayers your whole life.

comment: i love how you managed to break that into paragraphs.

comment: Is he saying Sean Duffy could outsmart a drone? As always, I don't know what he means. Can't believe Pete cycles to work. Loser!! I cycle to work

comment: very relatable. i hate it when I mix up fibreoptics with fiberglass and cant remember the word fibre so I just say glass.

comment: lol

html_comment: lol

comment: They elected this clown TWICE :))

html_comment: They elected this clown TWICE :))

comment: And got a circus TWICE :))

html_comment: And got a circus TWICE :))

comment: @canoe at least the man is consistent

html_comment: @canoe at least the man is consistent

[User] monospaced

comment: This too shall pass.

html_comment: This too shall pass.


[User] palimpsest

topic_title: Positive energy zones

[User] neverscared

comment: vegan

html_comment: vegan

[User] ApeRobot

comment: ^lol

html_comment: ^<br>lol

comment: or red meat.... who is the cancer driver ...

comment: and who is not... lets ask science...

html_comment: and who is not... lets ask science...

[User] ideaist

comment: Know thyself.

html_comment: Know thyself.

comment: v.apt ;)

html_comment: v.apt ;)

comment: out here ruining my forest bathe

html_comment: out here ruining my forest bathe

[User] utopian


topic_title: War

post:
 UN warns 14,000 babies could die in Gaza in next 48 hours without aid –

https://www.theguardian.com/worl…

comment: Since when Israel gives a shit about what the UN says.That is part of the plan, pure and simple eradication, and forget that Palestine once existed.

html_comment: Since when Israel gives a shit about what the UN says.<br>That is part of the plan, pure and simple eradication, and forget that Palestine once existed.


[User] PhanLo

comment: L O L

html_comment: L O L


comment: Looks fun!

html_comment: Looks fun!


[User] elahon

topic_title: Jokes in poor taste...

post:
 We just found out my grandfather is addicted to Viagra.

No one's taking it harder than me.

[User] robthelad

comment: this one... made me wince. Great joke.

html_comment: this one... made me wince. Great joke.

comment: lol


post: “Has anyone noticed that, since I said 'I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,' she's no longer 'HOT?' ”

comment: why do you hate her Donald and does she need to be hot? Such a creepy, weird fucker.


[User] Gardener

topic_title: QBN Mugs 2025

post: As the Vinyl King of Carnoustie* it seemed only proper to finally commission a Royal family portrait to hang in the village hall. The Queen has however expressed her disappointment at her crown being absent but personally I think she still looks rather lovely. * Other kings may be in the local area but I assure you none of them have a first UK mis-pressing mono copy of the first Velvet Underground album.


[User] canoe

topic_title: Romania calling

post:
 Much like their credit score, the lowest a country can have before falling off the map, Romania has a Tier 2 Watch List status for human trafficking, which is the lowest you can have before turning into a haven like Cambodia.

At grafician, you say I woke up stupid today, yet you're Romanian and don't have a clue that Romania has had trafficking issues? Please tell me how... myself, wikipedia and every news outlet I saw are all stupid?

And before you answer let me give you an example of a nonanswer that you've been running for a month now - "go back to making shitty amazon banners, you're a shitty designer, you know nothing about politics, you can't talk about anythig anymore because Donald Trump is your president, you're stupid."

I think it's funny that while the truth is sitting in broad daylight for everyone to see, you try to make people believe it's not there. ("canoe woke up stupid")

That's called gaslighting and it's a hallmark of Donald Trump, the guy you supposedly hate for acting the way he does. Wake the fuck up Gaffe your malaise is no crusade of what is warm and fuzzy in this world!

comment: u are stoopid to bring it up... everybody knows it... just like its stoopid to say america has more death sentences than iraq and yemen...

comment: point is if wanna play the shitting on others game because of their dark  parts its an asymptotic never ending game....but it seems u enjoy quite a lot too...


[User] CyBrainX

topic_title: What are you listening to?

post: Chuck D still has it and is firing on all cylinders.

[User] renderedred


comment: Skynet

html_comment: Skynet


post: Looks like Romania has taken over QBN

[User] Ianbolton

comment: Where are you from NBQ?

html_comment: Where are you from NBQ?

comment: you must be happy, your boy Tommy is out of clink soon, gonna go up town p*ki bashing?

comment: I don't care about Tommy. Nor do I associate with the alt-right. I can dislike Nazis, the alt-right AND Islam at the same time :)

[User] pango

comment: why the self hate?

html_comment: why the self hate?


topic_title: QBN Suggestion Box

post: Put graf and canoe on a time-out, JFC.

comment: I come here to post about work or something funny and always get distracted. Won't let it happen again.

[User] Nairn

comment: It's hard to tell which one's worse at this stage.

[User] grafician

comment: Fair, will chill

html_comment: Fair, will chill

comment: +1 = −2

comment: +1 = −2 / 3 = -0.667

comment: woooosh

html_comment: woooosh


[User] Longcopylover

topic_title: Signs your getting old?

post:
 Youtube Shorts.
I just don't like them and don't click them. Because they are mostly shaky rubbish clips.

I don't get it why YT wants me to watch them even on my laptop.

comment: because shitty algorithmns

html_comment: because shitty algorithmns

comment: "brain rot"?My kids eat 'em up!

html_comment:
"brain rot"?

My kids eat 'em up!

comment: They're garbage. This is not a symptom of being old.


topic_title: drum n bass

post: Her name came across the radar this morning... reminded me of this one I had on vinyl... giving it a fresh listen since I couldn't get it off the turntable back in the late 90s when I had a little stack of DnB tracks.. bringing back heavy memories of Hamtramck...


post:
 Re: Cherub's mosh-pit post.
I saw Rival Schools in Manchester last Friday and there was a time I’d leave a gig with bleeding ears, broken limbs and missing items of clothing. Drenched head to toe in sweat and smeared with the grime of a hundred years of spilled drinks, dusty goths, grubby punks and a million cigarettes. And It was fucking glorious.
The soothing cool night air would calm our exuberance as we left the venue with new friends and old and those over-confident fuckers we’d just hoisted clear from certain mosh-pit death. And it was damn glorious.
We’d exchange phone numbers - old school style, you know, engraved with biro across our hands and we’d pray the ink lasted until we got home. We’d share a moist, flat joint someone had fished out of their sock and we’d devour huge bags of big, fat chips and garlic mayo like so many seagulls. We arrived as individuals but left as part of a fleeting tribe. We were always glorious.
As we entered the venue, you could feel the promise of that glory amongst the greying, shiny pates and claustrophobic volume of middle aged spread. An ocean of Patagonia, Arc’teryx and Fjällräven had replaced the 90s standards of Vans, Dickies and Carhartt (what goes around comes around) and on queue, an aural manifestation of my thoughts wafted into my lugs “Did you just spill your fucking Timothy Taylor’s on my ’teryx you cunt, cost me nearly £700”. Scraping together the change for a pack of ten B&H and the gauntlet run that was the night-bus was not on this crowd’s agenda. Neither was participating in the gig. It was sterile and safe and the glory had gone.


[User] OBBTKN

topic_title: Illustrators/Illustration

post: @punodraws

[User] Gabriel

comment: Grande Puño!

html_comment: Grande Puño!

comment: Y mucho!

html_comment: Y mucho!

comment: Just to be sure - Lynch right?

html_comment: Just to be sure - Lynch right?

[User] maquito

comment: Like!

html_comment: Like!


[User] Akagiyama

post:
 Was supposed to go to EDC last year with one of my best friends, but he got sick and passed away.

Went this year for his memory, and to finally cross it off my bucket list.

Day 1: Felt so old and out of place, but warmed up to it and had a good time. Really enjoyed Alok, Alesso and Dom Dolla as I parked myself at Kinetic Field. Didn't explore much.

Day 2: Still felt  "I'm too old for this!" but knew what to expect, and had an even better time. Explored WAY more.

Day 3: Took a friend/co-worker and took a 15mg rosin belt (5mg edibles are usually more than enough), had even more fun, saw more acts, but by day three my 51 year old fat ass was like "OK, I'm done".

Said to myself yesterday that it was great, but I won't go back, but today I signed up to get a notification when next years tickets go on sale. So, signs I'm getting old, but not dead yet? Anyway...

[User] bainbridge

comment: I never heard of EDC or any of these musicians

comment: This is real? Looks like a scene from Zoolander: https://www.youtube.…

comment: It's pretty surreal being in the middle of it. The drone lighting was pretty awesome.https://www.youtube.…

html_comment:
It's pretty surreal being in the middle of it. The drone lighting was pretty awesome.
https://www.youtube.…

[User] Krassy

comment: is that you at 33:30?

html_comment: is that you at 33:30?


topic_title: blog

post:
 I'm 53 today. No "big plans" maybe a few beers with friends, but I'll be home soon. I have a special dinner with my daughters and my wife, my treasures ;)

Take care of the people you love, guys and girls, love and peace!

comment: All the best!

html_comment: All the best!

comment: Thanks graf <3

html_comment: Thanks graf <3

comment: feliz cumple!

html_comment: feliz cumple!

comment: felix cumple! ;P

html_comment: felix cumple! ;P

[User] PonyBoy

comment: I'll be raising my glass to you later this evening, Felix <3 ...here's to another 53+ years :)

[User] stoplying

comment: Here's to more laps 'round the sun!

html_comment: Here's to more laps 'round the sun!

comment: HBOBBTKN

html_comment: HBOBBTKN

[User] utopian

comment: Congrats you old fuck :)

html_comment: Congrats you old fuck :)

comment: congrats dude :) I celebrated 53 earlier in the month in almost the exact same way :) dinner out with my wife and the kids :)

comment: Happy birthday!

html_comment: Happy birthday!

[User] milfhunter

comment: happy b day

html_comment: happy b day

[User] ideaist

comment: 1/2 way to 106 boy!!!XO

html_comment:
1/2 way to 106 boy!!!

XO

[User] bezoar

comment: old fogey

html_comment: old fogey

comment: wholesome ! HBD!

html_comment: wholesome ! HBD!

[User] Miesfan

comment: Felicidades Félix!!! Zorionak!

html_comment: Felicidades Félix!!! Zorionak!

comment: Congrats and no plans are the best plans.

comment: what's a special dinner?

html_comment: what's a special dinner?

comment: A dap and a hug! A congrats and a cheers too!

comment: Can we get to 53 upvotes people!?

html_comment: Can we get to 53 upvotes people!?

comment: Thanks all!.. We're not 53 active canoe :)

comment: Congrats. I'll be 50 this year :-)

html_comment: Congrats. I'll be 50 this year :-)


topic_title: Elon Musk

post: "#BREAKING Billionaire Elon Musk says will spend 'a lot less' on political campaigns in future"

[User] neverscared

comment: no more chrome chainsaws at the next rnc

[User] PhanLo

comment: Hopefully he dies before that happens

html_comment: Hopefully he dies before that happens

comment: #You'reGonnaNeedaBig...

html_comment: #You'reGonnaNeedaBig...

comment: That's a threat, not a promise.

html_comment: That's a threat, not a promise.

[User] Ianbolton

comment: maybe buying twitter and losing his fucking marbles was a bad move for him


topic_title: Climate Change

post:
 The world is on track for 2.5C-2.9C of global heating, which would almost certainly be beyond tipping points for the collapse of the Greenland and west Antarctic ice sheets. The melting of those ice sheets would lead to a “really dire” 12 metres of sea level rise.

Today, about 230 million people live within 1 metre above current sea level, and 1 billion live within 10 metres above sea level. Even just 20cm of sea level rise by 2050 would lead to global flood damages of at least $1tn a year for the world’s 136 largest coastal cities and huge impacts on people’s lives and livelihoods.

https://www.theguardian.com/envi…

comment: #redmeat

html_comment: #redmeat

[User] grafician

comment: Buy more yachts!

html_comment: Buy more yachts!

[User] rzu-rzu

comment: privatize water sources!

html_comment: privatize water sources!

comment: Buy beach front property in the Alps.

html_comment: Buy beach front property in the Alps.

comment: hodl spartans

html_comment: hodl spartans

comment: Learn to swim - TOOL

html_comment: Learn to swim - TOOL

comment: Sell all the property to Aqua Man

html_comment: Sell all the property to Aqua Man

comment: bioengineer gills already...

html_comment: bioengineer gills already...

comment: The hillbillys have it

html_comment: The hillbillys have it


topic_title: Pic of the Day

comment: houses you don't want 2025

html_comment: houses you don't want 2025

[User] microkorg

comment: place will be surrounded by dead birds that have thwacked into it.

comment: And any aggressive animal cracking the wall trying to fight itself. Dead birds and sheep and badgers knocked the fuck out next to them. lol


[User] sarahfailin

post: my mug of the year

[User] palimpsest

comment: Positive energy zones.:)

html_comment: Positive energy zones.<br>:)

comment: kick-ass blazer!

html_comment: kick-ass blazer!

[User] garbage

comment: for the trees

html_comment: for the trees

comment: "City of trees" is badass.

html_comment: "City of trees" is badass.

comment: Thanks y'all! Come to Sacramento's Mardi Gras sometime.


[User] Salarrue

post: Health issues in a family is a huge burden... Please hug your close ones and enjoy every moment you have with them, don't engage in petty ego discussions, life is so fucking short.

comment: Sending "Positive Energy Zones" to all that are in need of hugs.

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Word. Take care!

html_comment: Word. Take care!

[User] pango

comment: ez. don't get sick!

html_comment: ez. don't get sick!

[User] maquito

comment: Ánimo, estimado!

html_comment: Ánimo, estimado!

comment: Thanks, Gracias!

html_comment: Thanks, Gracias!


comment: Market is fucked all over the world...

html_comment: Market is fucked all over the world...


comment: Bohdan Butenko

html_comment: Bohdan Butenko


topic_title: Trailer Of The Day

comment: enjoyed this one

html_comment: enjoyed this one

comment: Ah it's Apple TV...

html_comment: Ah it's Apple TV...

comment: OK, fine

html_comment: OK, fine

comment: For some reason, Apple TV is the new HBO - a certain quality to expect from to the series...


[User] PonyBoy

topic_title: RIP of the day

comment: Rip :(

html_comment: Rip :(

[User] fooler

comment: NORM!

html_comment: NORM!

[User] CyBrainX

comment: Oh, that sucks.

html_comment: Oh, that sucks.

[User] Akagiyama

comment: Hopefully coach is welcoming him with a seat saved at the bar and an ice cold beer. :(

[User] utopian

comment: I still don't know his name.

html_comment: I still don't know his name.

comment: George Wendt

html_comment: George Wendt

[User] AQUTE

comment: Bill Ferrell

html_comment: Bill Ferrell

comment: What really blows my mind is that THIS was what an overweight guy looked like in the 80's; how far we've come, eh?!

comment: dude passed 32 years to the day of the finale episode of Cheers :(


[User] neverscared

[User] PhanLo

comment: Who would take anything that mad cunt says seriously? I know he isn't doing any of the work, but he lies all the time and his safety record is shite

[User] inteliboy

comment: hate the dude, twat of a man, but I'm wary of the constant negative narrative around Tesla... stinks of Apple haters in the early 2000's...

[User] Krassy

comment: he's become totally insufferable

html_comment: he's become totally insufferable

comment: Apple had good design, those recent Tesla taxi designs are shite. Like out a low budget scifi film as all his ideas are.

[User] Nutter

comment: other car companies are going back to dials and buttons instead of touch screens as those are proven to be dangerous when driving.


post: I love [a:rpia:r]

[User] grafician

comment: You should, top music coming from that label!

comment: I've been a fan for 10+ years

html_comment: I've been a fan for 10+ years


[User] yuekit

post:
Romanian hard-right leader George Simion announced Tuesday he will contest his defeat in last Sunday’s presidential election, alleging foreign inference.

https://www.politico.eu/article/…

comment: After peacefully conceding and congratulating Nicusor Dan as the new President on Sunday :))

comment: F

html_comment: F


post:
 ^ after Nicusor Dan won the elections fair and square he was congratulated by all the EU leaders

except the US never congratulated him, just sent a vague "we will cooperate with the new president" message through the US embassy in Bucharest meanwhile the US ambassador retired all of a sudden :))

The US wanted Simion as a puppet president, just like Pootin.

Sorry, we don't elect clowns...

comment: Can't wait for Poland to elect the Warsaw mayor Rafal as new President, then next year in Hungary we can get rid of Orban We don't need autocrats and losers

comment: Orban briefly supported Simion which is anti-maghiar and got his backers in Hungary to go really mad :))

comment: Tusk of Poland and Macron were the first backers of Nicusor Dan last week before the elections, we will not forget that :)

comment: Sorry, but when I say some people around here have no clue about politics, I do really mean it, as EU politics are too complicated for US people :)

comment: And I don't mean that in a condecending way, as monospaced for one thought, I do really mean it as you need to know about at least some levels to discuss

comment: Levels as in who is President or Chancellor, who are the parties - yes plural - their histories and all the EU alliances previous

comment: Just in Romania we had a few times thriller elections like this year deciding if we are Pro EU or Pro Conservatives (aka Russia) and again in the future

comment: We feel really sorry for our brothers and sisters in Georgia not being able to get rid still of the old Russian shackles, but in time

comment: So when people around here trying to make fun of our politics thinking is easy :))) LOL ignorance is not bliss this time We knew Trump would win months before

comment: US politics are kindergarten level :)) But sure, you go on step into autocracy, we are experts in that shit we can guide you :)

comment: US now is at Hungary/Orban level, hard but still redeemable, but we dare you go into Erdogan and beyond...Arab and finally Pootin territory

comment: This is again not condecending talk, it's real, and you are stepping into dangerous territory and pulling us all with you - this is why we are mad :)

comment: Oh well, you probably won't get it until too late because that's history repeating and nobody learns that shit until it's too late :))

comment: jesus.. man .. spare us your life story...

[User] monospaced

comment: lol you sound so fucking up your own ass the way you put Romania on some pedestal above the world

[User] Continuity

comment: Hey now, mono. Easy there. Romania has the very latest in 2DP (donkey power) cart technology. That's a big deal.

comment: ya.... that's a tldr.

html_comment: ya.... that's a tldr.


topic_title: UK is Fucked

post:
 Three neo-Nazis have been found guilty of plotting a terrorist attack on a mosque in Leeds. Police discovered more than 200 weapons during raids in Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire, including machetes, crossbows and a nearly complete 3D-printed FGC-9 firearm.

The men were part of an extremist online group that shared racist ideology and discussed targeting Muslims. On 5 February, one of them led a group call where he said the plan was to “cruise around” looking for “human targets” near an Islamic education centre.

All three were found guilty at Sheffield Crown Court of preparing acts of terrorism and possessing information useful for terrorism.
-

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Wallpaper is master race levels

[User] Ianbolton

comment: Is NBQ from Sheffield?

html_comment: Is NBQ from Sheffield?

comment: He might have been in the group chat

html_comment: He might have been in the group chat

comment: Yeah, probably. I live in Leeds and knew nothing about this haha

comment: ^hehe

html_comment: ^hehe


topic_title: Illustration of the Day

comment: Can’t tell if anything is real any more, I’d like to think the artist meticulously created this by hand with all the fine detail in the background - but then yo

comment: ...you notice the gibberish text on the signs when you zoom in. Hope I’m wrong because this is really nice

comment: And maybe some inconsistencies in the shoes/laces as well

comment: Think it is AI, the style on the leaves is pretty cool tho

comment: You might be right, didn't even thought checking, I just liked the illo


topic_title: Donald Trump

comment: canada already vanished by rising sea levels..

[User] srhadden

comment: "...but its invisible?""Just add gold so he will approve it"

html_comment: "...but its invisible?"<br>"Just add gold so he will approve it"

[User] Longcopylover

comment: So when it rains... that makes it a golden shower?


topic_title: Guess Who...

comment: The cLash

html_comment: The cLash

comment: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

html_comment: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

comment: The Outsiders

html_comment: The Outsiders

comment: John, Paul, George and Timmy the dog.

html_comment: John, Paul, George and Timmy the dog.

[User] prophetone

comment: The Rutles

html_comment: The Rutles

comment: The Who

html_comment: The Who

[User] rzu-rzu

comment: The Prefab Four, plus the mysterious fifth Rutle

[User] OBBTKN

comment: The cheap summer band

html_comment: The cheap summer band

comment: All our dads when they were young and cool


[User] Nairn

comment: he sould have made the nazi salute while saying it...

[User] maquito

comment: That's a trump® move!https://streamflo.co…

html_comment:
That's a trump® move!
https://streamflo.co…


[User] neverscared

post: i watched 20min... its interresting...hes going full trumpo loco in rhetoric and style ... also drifing away like trump... talking about biden when asked a total different question as in a.i regulations..

comment: far out that gates should his mouth because of epstein...

comment: when he gets upset u realise he is lying like no other...

[User] sted

comment: who would have thought that  the wall street journal is an anti-capitalistic magazine... .. insightful times...

comment: it isn't capitalist enough eh

html_comment: it isn't capitalist enough eh

comment: left wing woke wall street vegan

html_comment: left wing woke wall street vegan

comment: His demeanor is nauseating. Such a smug, entitled child.

comment: So he just conveniently forgets that Trump was also friends with Epstein?

comment: sure, same way he now says companny is kool because stock is high while back some time he said tesla stock is overrated ...

comment: its a way of handling things that ends up in jan.6 sort of  events...... or cybetruck

comment: the thing with the ceo and the product is also puny.... if Satya Nadella or Cook make a fascist salute ... backlash would be bold too...

comment: "you are trapped in the npc dialogue tree of a traditional journalist, so its very hard to talk to, because its like someone trapped in a computer" - 28.50

comment: as soon as he gets a little push back. Fire him into the sun.

comment: flol 12:55--. Lays bare EVERYTHING this cunt's been playing for the past year


comment: Flip it?

html_comment: Flip it?


[User] canoe

topic_title: Work Blog

post:
 Starting a billboard project for a super car dealership. In all places... London.

I hope I can get them out of their mechanic mentality when it comes to execution.

comment: gonna blame graf if the project fails?

html_comment: gonna blame graf if the project fails?

comment: i'm going to pretend I didn't see that

html_comment: i'm going to pretend I didn't see that


topic_title: Painting of the day

post: Gustav Klimt. The Park. 1910

comment: +1. Love his work (not this) although I prefer Schiele.

comment: content-aware fill

html_comment: content-aware fill

comment: I can imagine him with his cat on his studio: "Leaf, leaf, leaf, another leaf... Fuck... Next paint is going to be a reflexion on solitude in the desert" lol.

[User] microkorg

comment: Stereogram lovers hate him

html_comment: Stereogram lovers hate him


post: more sentimental dnb


post: status green ? i though its status gold....

[User] PhanLo

comment: Folk will be trying to shoot it.

html_comment: Folk will be trying to shoot it.

comment: Alarm Force did it betterhttps://www.youtube.…

html_comment:
Alarm Force did it better
https://www.youtube.…

comment: and then whackseth is giving away the dome deactivation password on a  signal chat.... classic trump minion move...

[User] stoplying

comment: Golden Dome™ made in china

html_comment: Golden Dome™ made in china


post: So the DOGE money goes into a missile defense shield.

[User] nuggler

comment: What DOGE money? it was a grift all along and will be a net loss, not a savings

comment: ^ Source?

html_comment: ^ Source?

comment: ^^ https://www.qbn.com/…

html_comment: ^^ https://www.qbn.com/…

comment: ^^^ https://zombo.com/

html_comment: ^^^ https://zombo.com/

comment: It seems like a lot of rent-a-quote spokespeople speculating on things with an undecided outcome. A bunch of culty modern-day soothsayers.


topic_title: What are you listening to?

comment: I thought this was a Gardener post at first, but loving the classic Jim E. Brown


comment: looks like some ridiculous fun shot and acted really well

[User] ideaist

comment: Aronofsky meets classic Guy Ritchie, eh?

[User] Akagiyama

comment: A fun Aronofsky film??? Huh, didn't  expect that!


post: Been raining all morning...


[User] Gardener

post:
Harold Nono : Sketch For Faro
Faulter : Obstinacy
Blanc du Blanc : Taming Power Of The Small - Dance Of The Celestial Beings
Silent Era : Standing Stones
Poly Chain : Sunflower
Leafar Legov : Friendly Reminder
DjRUM : Waxcap
Light-Space Modulator : I Dreamed of a Lover
Kara-lis Coverdale : Eternity
Deradoorian : Purgatory of Consciousness
Death and Vanilla : Nightmares
Wahn : Abyssal Oaths
Geiger Von Müller : Origins #5 (Pelso remix)
Verloren Schatten : Stained Glass Before and After

https://www.mixcloud.com/Tak_Ten…

comment: What did you think of the new Djrum?

html_comment: What did you think of the new Djrum?

comment: Really connected to a few of them on there, and nice little drops in between.

comment: brilliant album the Djrum, I've listened to it a lot in the car driving around England this week

comment: Silent Era, Poly Chain, D&V, a bunch of great stuff. I'd play the Leafar, so fun. Please xcuse me I fell asleep on you. Awake now.


post: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back was released on May 21, 1980... 45 years ago

[User] CyBrainX

comment: I was in the theater for that. It also was my first day of employment. My first job was at Burger King.


[User] DaveO

post:
 Really getting back into dance music. Fucking love it.

I started going to Nowadays in Queens on Sunday mornings for the early sessions. I get up at 6am, in the club by 7am, a little smoke, a little weirdness for a few hours and back home.

I'm 43 and really am comfortable being the older guy in the club – more than i thought. Its funny how even after 30 years of going to raves, it still has the same appeal. Nowadays has a no phone policy which is amazing and actually makes the place feel timeless. The BPMs are faster than they used to be, and there are more trans folks around than there were in the north of England in the late 90s but on the whole, its comforting to know that people are still dancing in dark rooms to pounding dance music.

[User] pango

comment: 6am getting up to dance... Woah!!

html_comment: 6am getting up to dance... Woah!!

comment: https://nowadays.nyc… ?Sweet.You go girl / boy.

html_comment:
https://nowadays.nyc… ?

Sweet.

You go girl / boy.

comment: Respect.

html_comment: Respect.

comment: *high five*

html_comment: *high five*

[User] slappy

comment: My daughter has started going to raves (doofs now) and is really into EDM. The stuff they listen to is pretty dope, producers like Restricted and Schrotthagen.

comment: love this

html_comment: love this

[User] fattymcgrizzle

comment: This actually makes me want to try going to a club at 7am.

comment: Are you going sober? Or wake and bake and shake?

comment: That's great. There's been a big daytime rave / over 30s rave thing here in Ireland for the last couple of years.

comment: Back to the old skool with no phones in the air, just dancing and enjoying the music.

[User] moogchild

comment: The DJ HELL and Sandwell District morning sets at Nowadays a few months back were absolutely epic!

[User] bezoar

comment: daytime dancing? shit yeah! go git 'em

html_comment: daytime dancing? shit yeah! go git 'em

comment: I've got friends that go to day raves. Specifically targetted at the old skool crowd

comment: Old people day rave sounds awesome! Party before sunset, and still in bed by 9pm? Fuck yeah.

comment: Straight edge partying intrigues me...

html_comment: Straight edge partying intrigues me...

comment: that little smoke takes off the edge...or gives u the edge...

comment: as long as u stay in the groove both works...

comment: Wake and bake and then zero alcohol athletic beers! Enough to be 'in the spirit', not too much to feel it for days afterwards.

comment: I must stress that this is not a 'brunch rave' or 'sober clubbing' – its just a 24 hour venue where I go in the morning! Like Panorama or Berghain in essence

comment: true u have to stress.... day raves are not the edge...

[User] garbage

comment: everything about this post is amazing, you've even rumbled some alts.

comment: Heard people still get mad out of it at day raves lol.


post:
 I've probably posted this before, but Musk's derision of legacy media is what I can't stand the most. I realize there are issues of valid concern with major media these days, whether it's cable news or newspapers / magazines, but I truly think it all boils down to Republicans anger over established media outlets actually getting things right most of the time, but it just happens to paint them in a bad light. Trump really got the ball rolling on this during his first campaign and presidency, but Musk has really taken it to the next level with his pro citizen journalism stance and how he enables it and empowers it on Twitter.

Even with its problems, "legacy media" will always, I think, operate with far more dignity, objectivity, fact-focus, due-diligence, and good intentions WHEN SIMPLY REPORTING NEWS. I emphasize that last part to acknowledge that reporting news is not, and has not, been the emphasis of cable news media in particular for years as we've seen them shift towards narrative construction and opinion / panel discussion based dissection of topics.

I was interested in and exposed to the news from a young age when I'd be at my grandparents house as a kid and they'd watch NBC Nightly News. At best, the only opinion / editorial time they'd have over the years was Tom Brokaw's "Fleecing of America" segment that skewed a bit outside the fact-focused norm. But I always liked that I could watch that, and even local news, and it be totally devoid of opinion. That was the 80s and 90s.

Elon's push for, and praise of, "citizen journalism" is aimed squarely at the portion of the population who has bought into Trump, and MAGA, and Elon's derision of mainstream news. Musk / X empowers absolute nobodies with zero journalistic background to shill whatever bias-affirming opinion they have as fact to those who don't trust legacy media anymore. It gives a platform to John Q Nobody in Kansas to totally make up, or to twist a thought into something purely conspiratorial or nonsensical just because they dream it up, and the rest of the crowd that's inclined to believe it will absolutely believe it. Nevermind that John Q Nobody isn't a journalist, has never learned how to properly research anything, has no credentials of any kind, didn't do any due-diligence on the topic, and is probably just regurgitating and amplifying someone else's dumb opinion. Then, X amplifies it, it bounces around their echo chamber, and the opinion(s) become fact by virtue of the frequency and volume of posts on it. It's still total BS, but it's all they're seeing, it's not being presented by major news media that they distrust, and it just goes on and on.

It's such a dangerous construct, and I don't know if we will ever recover from that. It really illustrates what our new "class battle" is, IMO, which is between one group who can think critically and rationally, discern fact from fiction, can seek information and retain new knowledge, and the other group who can't or won't do those things, and instead fall victim to everything that aligns with their bias and their feelz.

comment: For example:  "when a right-wing page on X called Western Decline alleged that... [LI co-founder funded Tesla protests."

[User] palimpsest

comment: The last straw.

html_comment: The last straw.

[User] monNom

comment: your description of JohnQNobody aligns pretty well with the quality of reportage coming from newsrooms these days. Last paragraph could describe either side.

comment: The projection of “journalists” as unimpeachable purveyors of honesty is silly. They are as fallible as anyone. their job relies on having the ‘right’ opinion.

comment: And the ‘right opinion’ is unlikely to misalign with the goals of the 5 or 6 giant corporations who control the vast majority of all media.

comment: It’s forever been a trope to take what you read in the papers with a grain of salt. Still good advice. All that’s changed is a democratization of speach.

[User] Continuity

comment: 'The projection of “journalists” as unimpeachable purveyors of honesty is silly.' <— it's not about the journalists, as such, it's about the institution ...

comment: ... the Fourth Estate. Without it — and the _professional_ journalists that constitute it — democracy no longer functions. Or even exists.

comment: @mg33: since the rise of the Fourth Estate, "narrative construction and opinion" has always been a part of it. It's nothing to speak of.

comment: It's nothing NEW to speak of, rather. And it can be traced as far back as the 18th century, with British papers of the day reporting and opinionating ...

comment: on the day-to-day business of the House of Commons. It's just that, as pointed out, now we have more outlets for stupid people to express opinions.

comment: @cont This. We talk about the Fourth Estate, but ignore that it is being railroaded by the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh Ad Infinitum Estate of Firehose Bullshit.


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: State of QBN 2025

comment: OUCH... also, haven't been posting... but miss you Phanlo!

comment: We renamed drawing of the day to drawing of the month..


[User] dbloc

topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

post:
 OpenAI Unites With Jony Ive in $6.5 Billion Deal to Create A.I. Devices
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/…


[User] BabySnakes

topic_title: eBay of the Day

comment: the seller messaged my buddy about an item, so seem the trying to bring attention. either way kind odd. thought id share.


topic_title: EDM

post: Bump for DaveO


[User] utopian

[User] Krassy

comment: had no idea they were THIS good live! wow!


comment: still probably the best hip hop song of all time. Never get sick of listening to it and remember exactly where I was the first time I heard it- shooting marbles


[User] autoflavour

topic_title: Romania calling

post: yo, Grafician, you know you can just make longer posts right? your 13 notes to yourself in your previous post were a tad excessive..


[User] bainbridge

comment: America can go lower!

html_comment: America can go lower!


comment: The Beatlwerk

html_comment: The Beatlwerk


[User] OBBTKN

topic_title: Illustrators/Illustration

post: Calum Alexander Watt


[User] neverscared

topic_title: World War 3

post:
 Finland ‘preparing for the worst’ as Russia expands military presence near border

https://www.theguardian.com/worl…

[User] CyBrainX

comment: That's some Cuban Missile Crisis level shit. I wonder which side the US will be on.


topic_title: War

post:
 Brian Eno Challenges Microsoft on Israel Partnership, Pledges Windows 95 Chime Fee to Gaza Victims

https://consequence.net/2025/05/…

[User] renderedred

comment: respect!

html_comment: respect!

comment: ^ Hope you're doing well, man...

html_comment: ^ Hope you're doing well, man...

[User] ApeRobot

comment: My only concern is who's gonna get the money, the people or Hamas?

[User] kingsteven

comment: because funding hamas is obviously a terrible idea https://en.wikipedia…


[User] Ianbolton

comment: adam and joe?

html_comment: adam and joe?

comment: ollie and stan

html_comment: ollie and stan

comment: Kruder & Dorfmeister

html_comment: Kruder & Dorfmeister

comment: Stay Puft & Rick Moranis

html_comment: Stay Puft & Rick Moranis

comment: Heston Blumenthal and Jesse Eisenberg

html_comment: Heston Blumenthal and Jesse Eisenberg

comment: Jonny Ive and Mike D of the Beastie Boys.

comment: Oh damn, I got this accidentally half right.

[User] Akagiyama

comment: Stanley Tucci and Tig Notaro

html_comment: Stanley Tucci and Tig Notaro

comment: Take your things and get out of here, CyBrain.

[User] cotton

comment: lol @ tig notaro

html_comment: lol @ tig notaro

[User] Gardener

comment: Tears For Fears

html_comment: Tears For Fears

[User] ideaist

comment: Smart & Smarter.

html_comment: Smart & Smarter.

comment: Elton John and David Furnish

html_comment: Elton John and David Furnish

[User] Nairn

comment: Palimpsest and Mono?

html_comment: Palimpsest and Mono?

comment: Acually, Palimpsest and Palimpsest.A bit palimpsestuous.

html_comment:
Acually, Palimpsest and Palimpsest.

A bit palimpsestuous.

comment: '...we saw you from across the bar and thought we'd invite you to an IDM festival we're going to next weekend.'

comment: "Elton John and David Furnish"-neverscared -LMAO

[User] monospaced

comment: Bert and Ernie

html_comment: Bert and Ernie

comment: Simon & Garfunkel

html_comment: Simon & Garfunkel

comment: sexpest and the Kiwi guy from UK Masterchef

[User] slappy

comment: Daft punk?

html_comment: Daft punk?

[User] SlashPeckham

comment: He-man and the Masturbators of the Universe


[User] canoe

topic_title: drum n bass

post: more soft memories


topic_title: the gif animation thread

comment: Vesak Lantern, Sri Lanka

html_comment: Vesak Lantern, Sri Lanka


topic_title: Trailer Of The Day

comment: Son of a Critch kid!

html_comment: Son of a Critch kid!


[User] Salarrue

topic_title: Intelligent Dance Music

comment: Probably one of the best IDM albums to date. 4 me, top 10, it was late in the life of the genre and sounded great. All of their stuff before the RIP is sublime


topic_title: Browser game of the day

post:
 you were offended by something that was said on QBN ?
Do not meltdown ! Take Revenge & Release all your anger with my latest (desktop) browsergame (beta) instead !
Throw lolcubes at your enemies and avoid Shellie's wrath !

https://graphicresearch.de/battl…

comment: lol so good ! too funny. I used pango and his hadoken powers but got soundly defeated by the First Lady boss :)

comment: good job best thing to happen to QBN in a while lol

[User] garbage

comment: wow

html_comment: wow

[User] misterhow

comment: Check plus!!

html_comment: Check plus!!

[User] Continuity

comment: Jesus. 1280. Shellie is tough!

html_comment: Jesus. 1280. Shellie is tough!

[User] BabySnakes

comment: Is Fouty a secret character?

html_comment: Is Fouty a secret character?

comment: Well, there goes the rest of the day!

html_comment: Well, there goes the rest of the day!

comment: nice!!

html_comment: nice!!

comment: Whoever wants in, post in the Mugs thread :)

[User] bezoar

comment: 17940, Pango all the way

html_comment: 17940, Pango all the way

comment: over 20k checking in. Feel free to include my dead dog.

[User] Krassy

comment: QBN delivers! Hahaha! Thanks d_gitale!

html_comment: QBN delivers! Hahaha! Thanks d_gitale!

[User] palimpsest

comment: This is what it's all about.Great job!

html_comment: This is what it's all about.<br>Great job!

[User] cherub

comment: couldn't shoot, but I had fun anyway!!! haha

comment: 2nd time it let me shoot.  I scored 200.

html_comment: 2nd time it let me shoot.  I scored 200.

[User] ArchitectofFate

comment: haha 5k, goood enough got maquito'ed

html_comment: haha 5k, goood enough got maquito'ed

[User] Longcopylover

comment: That's awesome an wholesome.

html_comment: That's awesome an wholesome.


[User] Gardener

topic_title: T-shirt of the day

post: A friend found a big bag of his old band tee's in his attic all of which have not seen daylight in over 40 years. He's a bit of a hoarder and plans on putting them up on the bay sometime but I'll give you first look here. I think the one with the rope/hands is an un-official one, he saw The Stranglers several times in the 70's, these are all original and medium size but they certainly don't fit him anymore but he's sitting on a few quid here. I have a couple of my own which I'll dig out sometime.

comment: #4 please

html_comment: #4 please

[User] sarahfailin

comment: ^ agree completely! "ape crazy" lmao

html_comment: ^ agree completely! "ape crazy" lmao

comment: The Cure - Faith ❤

html_comment: The Cure - Faith ❤


topic_title: News of the day...

post:
Stolen Jim Morrison graveside bust found by chance after 37 years

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/artic…


[User] stoplying

topic_title: The Useful Thread

post:
 My wife recently discovered a great app called Too Good to Go. It will basically show you local pizza places, bagel shops, Whole Foods, etc that are selling perishable food at drastically reduced prices. We've mostly scored deals on pizza slices and bagels, but it's been a great find. The shops will usually post their available deals an hour or so before they close shop, but if it works with your schedule, it's a great way to save some scratch.

Too Good to Go

[User] ideaist

comment: Buddy was CTO of https://flashfood.co… for a long time; does the same at grocery stores.Good stuff.

html_comment:
Buddy was CTO of https://flashfood.co… for a long time; does the same at grocery stores.

Good stuff.

comment: https://www.toogoodt… for this btw.; )

html_comment:
https://www.toogoodt… for this btw.

; )


[User] neverscared

post:
 AI could account for nearly half of datacentre power usage ‘by end of year’
Analysis comes as energy agency predicts systems will need as much energy by end of decade as Japan uses today

https://www.theguardian.com/envi…


[User] OBBTKN

topic_title: Car of The Day

post: Just washed it. QBN Multipla :)

comment: hot legs!

html_comment: hot legs!

comment: Lol... Reflection. She's a curvy car ;)

html_comment: Lol... Reflection. She's a curvy car ;)


topic_title: Pic of the Day

comment: ‘It was so unreal’: Norwegian man wakes to cargo ship in his garden

comment: climate change thread?

html_comment: climate change thread?

[User] Ianbolton

comment: Where the fuck is my TEMU order... oh right.

[User] prophetone

comment: ‘Free Shipping’

html_comment: ‘Free Shipping’


topic_title: Donald Trump

comment: is Harvard public or private? can't private companies do whatever the fuck they want to?

[User] monospaced

comment: Private Ivy League

html_comment: Private Ivy League

comment: I believe the government has to grant permission to any entity that is essentially importing foreigners, for work or for school, etc.

comment: Like it’s a security thing maybe. It sounds fucking awful.

[User] bainbridge

comment: Just Harvard or other schools too?

html_comment: Just Harvard or other schools too?


[User] grafician

post:
https://www.subframe.com/

"Design, meet code. The UI design tool for the AI era."


topic_title: blog

post:
 I'm sharing with you a thought that's been bothering me for some time...

My dad thinks I'm rich.

Just like that.

And nothing could be further from the truth.

Oh my...

comment: lol this is funny, what does he do?

html_comment: lol this is funny, what does he do?

comment: My father? He is 80, he's retired...

html_comment: My father? He is 80, he's retired...

comment: I mean, what does he do to imply he thinks you’re rich?


topic_title: Video Games...

comment: that's freaking crazy. they don't spend billions on movies. games have gone "next level." They say GTA6 could make $1B on its first day out

comment: Considering it's such a huge industry and market and such a big brand it's understandable but still crazy budget and development duration.

comment: But it's not sustainable. Other games like Concord were shut down after nearly half a billion in $$ budget.


topic_title: Meme of the day

comment: i hear vhs has great audio

html_comment: i hear vhs has great audio


comment: Great film

html_comment: Great film


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

post:
 Claude 4 is out

"Today, we’re introducing the next generation of Claude models: Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4, setting new standards for coding, advanced reasoning, and AI agents.

Claude Opus 4 is the world’s best coding model, with sustained performance on complex, long-running tasks and agent workflows. Claude Sonnet 4 is a significant upgrade to Claude Sonnet 3.7, delivering superior coding and reasoning while responding more precisely to your instructions."

https://www.anthropic.com/news/c…


[User] PhanLo

comment: lol

html_comment: lol

comment: haha

html_comment: haha

[User] canoe

comment: ha

html_comment: ha


topic_title: Romania calling

[User] Milan

comment: hahaha, how fuckin braindead do you have to be to believe this bullshit?

[User] monNom

comment: Room for improvement. Clearly these elections would be even more orderly by fully following the North Korean model of single candidate ballots.

comment: So cute. Your voting population is like the size of NYC

comment: So cute, you voted over 70M people for Trump again and again < this is guy from the YOUR Election commision saying facts


[User] Krassy

topic_title: I want to go to there

comment: Owase city, Mie prefecture, JapanKumanokodo center

html_comment: Owase city, Mie prefecture, Japan<br>Kumanokodo center

comment: It rains

html_comment: It rains

[User] utopian

comment: alot

html_comment: alot

comment: Would join you there. Just sitting and staring into the rain. No talking. (And no touching.)

[User] Continuity

comment: I, too, want to go to there.

html_comment: I, too, want to go to there.

comment: That's a great photo

html_comment: That's a great photo

comment: Just seen this image and hearing thunder outside now :))

comment: I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion... All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain

[User] pango

comment: y'all want to go there. I just want to get inside...


topic_title: Architecture of the Day

comment: AI?

html_comment: AI?

comment: How does plumbing and electrical work?

html_comment: How does plumbing and electrical work?

comment: Exterior windows?

html_comment: Exterior windows?


topic_title: Pic of the day - DESIGN

comment: I seriously love making stuff like this but it’s so hard to find places to implement it beyond a motif


[User] sarahfailin

post: anyone ever play dungeon keeper? I freaking loved this game.

comment: I remember that game

html_comment: I remember that game


[User] BusterBoy

post: Golden Dome...isn't that what he was covered in when those 2 Russian hookers were standing over him? #peepeetape

[User] Akagiyama

comment: What's the difference between a chick pea and a garbanzo bean


comment: Wtf is this?! :))

html_comment: Wtf is this?! :))

comment: At this point I am certain you are being paid to post this crap


post: Imagine if Obama or Biden did ___________ instead of Trump

[User] neverscared

comment: all of it

html_comment: all of it

comment: so what does it mean? Democrats are pussies and just take it? Yeah. Imagine Obama received a fucking plane from Qatar.


topic_title: It's Friday!

[User] OBBTKN

comment: German techno, at best!

html_comment: German techno, at best!


post:
Trump’s evidence of South Africa ‘white genocide’ contains images from Democratic Republic of Congo

Other images displayed by Trump during meeting with South African president Cyril Ramaphosa were false or misleading

https://www.theguardian.com/worl…

comment: i for one am dumbfounded to read this.

html_comment: i for one am dumbfounded to read this.


[User] tank

topic_title: Elon Musk

post:
 Why Musk his MARS dreams are dumb
https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/po…

comment: Mars colonization goes hard if  you never finished High School... Even if Earth at it's worst is more hospitable than Mars.


[User] Nutter

topic_title: America is Fucked

post:
 Australian ex-cop jailed and deported during holiday to US to visit her army husband:

“They were asking me about ice and meth and whether I knew how much was being imported from New Zealand.”

She said she had “now idea how to answer the questions.

Upon arriving at the prison around 3.30pm, she was fingerprinted again, ordered to strip naked, squat and cough, and handed prison issued briefs and green outerwear.

“When they finished with the search there was a male officer standing outside who looked confused. He asked me why I was here to which I told him what had happened,” she said.

“He told me, ‘Wow. You should not be here right now, you have Trump to thank for that though.’”

https://www.news.com.au/travel/t…

[User] sted

comment: that's fucking retarded.

html_comment: that's fucking retarded.

[User] monospaced

comment: Ah yes. The sanctioned nation of New Zealand known for its terrorist cells and arms trafficking. Jesus Christ. What a shitshow


topic_title: Guess that QBN'r

comment: tom burdundy ... a crap wrong thread.

html_comment: tom burdundy ... a crap wrong thread.


topic_title: Where The Fun ISN'T

post: McDonald's in the 70s. Can you imagine being on acid or shrooms and walking into this?

[User] Ianbolton

comment: haha. Seems like those who designed it were smashing plenty of acid in. Does that bin walk to you for your rubbish? Fun!!


topic_title: Signs your getting old?

comment: i used to use these a lot....

html_comment: i used to use these a lot....

comment: TDK or Maxell mostly here but I remember the brightly coloured BASF tapes in my Dads collection.


[User] bainbridge

[User] Horp

comment: Andy Kaufman - Mighty Mouse

html_comment: Andy Kaufman - Mighty Mouse

comment: lol yeah totally.

html_comment: lol yeah totally.


topic_title: News of the day...

post: Punk band Private Function has released a special scratch-and-sniff edition of their new album that smells like Gwyneth Paltrow's privates.

comment: Sooooo Goopy!

html_comment: Sooooo Goopy!

comment: Gwyneth's vagina is punk?

html_comment: Gwyneth's vagina is punk?

comment: Oi!

html_comment: Oi!


topic_title: QBN stickers

post: @lemmy_k your stickers just landed, thank you!

comment: They took a long time. Glad they showed.


[User] CyBrainX

topic_title: What are you listening to?

post: First new Stereolab studio release in 15 years, released today. I had to word that carefully due to the million archival released in the last few years. I'm psyched to see them in Brooklyn in October.

[User] fooler

comment: Ha! I've been listening to this all morning and was here to post this. It's so familiar like nothing has really changed and I say that in the best possible way

html_comment: Ha! I've been listening to this all morning and was here to post this. <br>It's so familiar like nothing has really changed and I say that in the best possible way


topic_title: blog

post:
 May has been the driest ever recorded here. I took next week off, was planning on going to my humble summer place.

Its gonna rain all week.

comment: Yes, this year it has rained a lpt in very dry areas of Spain and they're talking of drought in northern Europe... the world upside down!

comment: thought you were talking about "time to hit up tinder" kind of dry.


[User] Miesfan

topic_title: RIP of the day

post: Chao maestro

[User] Gabriel

comment: sad

html_comment: sad

comment: Su mirada lo decía todo. A great loss.

html_comment: Su mirada lo decía todo. A great loss.

comment: Legend. His forest restoration project was an incredible feat.


[User] Gardener

topic_title: Meme of the day

comment: I'm going to hell...

html_comment: I'm going to hell...


[User] grafician

comment: Aaah yes, one of the oldies, still played at apartment parties :))

comment: polka lol

html_comment: polka lol

comment: Unfortunately, when it comes to bad taste and subculture, we are at the top.

comment: Maybe listen to some country music and mumble rap from the States? That's crap


topic_title: The More You Know ★

[User] theonlyengineerhere

comment: "Study"?  LOL..yeah, sure - anyone heard of infrared?

html_comment: "Study"?  LOL<br>..yeah, sure - anyone heard of infrared?

comment: "What is click-bait" for 500 Jack...Manomanoman.....

html_comment: "What is click-bait" for 500 Jack...<br>Manomanoman.....

comment: Ya know what? - I apologize. I'm glad you found the topic interesting and I'm out-of-line shitting on that. Sorry.

comment: Uhm...okay? Here's the actual studyhttps://phys.org/new…

html_comment:
Uhm...okay?

Here's the actual study

https://phys.org/new…


[User] PhanLo

post:
 Sacha Jenkins
Graffiti Writer, Publisher, Film Maker
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comment: Whoa

html_comment: Whoa


topic_title: ♥Things we do for Love♥

post: I just hand coded an email newsletter

comment: This is the spirit!! <3

html_comment: This is the spirit!! <3


topic_title: Guess Who...

[User] Krassy

comment: Theo Von & Ozzy

html_comment: Theo Von & Ozzy

comment: Chevy Chase & Mike D

html_comment: Chevy Chase & Mike D

comment: grafician & mono

html_comment: grafician & mono

[User] AQUTE

comment: Ken & Barbie

html_comment: Ken & Barbie

[User] prophetone

comment: he must work out

html_comment: he must work out

comment: &Walsh

html_comment: &Walsh

comment: Terry Richardson & ellen

html_comment: Terry Richardson & ellen

[User] Akagiyama

comment: Tonight at 9pm on BBC One:"Teefers & Mouth Breather"

html_comment: Tonight at 9pm on BBC One:<br>"Teefers & Mouth Breather"


topic_title: Site of the day

post:
https://radiocast.co/

Listen to radio stations around the world...

[User] Salarrue

comment: Nice, I wonder if with the new Google auto translation we can listen real time other countries radios


topic_title: Donald Trump

post:
Trump administration trying to dismiss MS-13 leader’s charges to deport him

https://www.theguardian.com/us-n…


comment: So is "whatever the fuck I want" now? So soon...

[User] monospaced

comment: Who is he talking to even?

html_comment: Who is he talking to even?

comment: "The White House, said Javers, did not interpret the president’s post as a formal statement of policy."

comment: But yeah, is he writing these himself or?

[User] dbloc

comment: Veruca Trumphttps://media.tenor.…

html_comment:
Veruca Trump
https://media.tenor.…

[User] elahon

comment: THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!!!!!

comment: On one hand it’s like he’s yelling at the EU, but in the same sense he’s obviously talking to his idiotic voting base

comment: And somehow it seems he’s talking to a. 3rd party for their attention. Fucking weird.


post:
 I never understood the appeal of "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
.... and I like Peter Saville's "Unknown Pleasures" artwork a lot better than any of Joy Division's music (yet I am a huge fan of the music of New Order)

Unpopular opinion?

[User] pango

comment: just not your cup of tea.I like Joy Division a lot but still would rank New Order higher.

html_comment: just not your cup of tea.<br>I like Joy Division a lot but still would rank New Order higher.

comment: yeah, that's it - not for my sensibilities

comment: it was literally a different time of mood. i wouldnt worry too much about it and enjoy what you like.

comment: Different, unique, haunting voice, heavy, ultimately tragic. Just something beautifully depressing about it.

comment: It’s like a really good pungent blue cheese, you might love it but also 100% understand why other people despise it lol

comment: @_niko yeah, thanks for the perspective. I'm not worried about it or hating on it...I do enjoy what I like

comment: I just find it a bit overhyped ;-)

html_comment: I just find it a bit overhyped ;-)

[User] stoplying

comment: The appeal is the drum beat. And the synth line. And the bass line. And the melody. But hey, New Order are cool too.

comment: ^ stop lying, dude

html_comment: ^ stop lying, dude


[User] zaq

[User] utopian

comment: The Monkees

html_comment: The Monkees


comment: Jony Ive

html_comment: Jony Ive


[User] bainbridge

post:
 He knows we have to pay the Tariffs right?
Europe and Asia don't pay them for us

comment: I don't think he does.

html_comment: I don't think he does.

comment: He also seems to think entire supply chains and manufacturing bases can been setup overnight.

[User] neverscared

comment: 2 dolls 5 pencils.. 400mio luxury jet

html_comment: 2 dolls 5 pencils.. 400mio luxury jet

[User] srhadden

comment: just daily pummeling with chaos until nobody knows what's true anymore

comment: nobody is the lowest number...

html_comment: nobody is the lowest number...


topic_title: Boiler room sets

post:
 New set from Ben UFO

1. Mim Suleiman - Fumbo
2. Or:la - Chants (Pearson Sound edit)
3. Olof Dreijer feat. Diva Cruz - Acuyuye
4. Zaltsman - Nothing To Say
5. Breaka - Squashy Track
6. Deekapz - Ritmado Mágico no Sumarézinho
7. O'Flynn - Srekye
8. Binary Digit - Ale By The Sea
9. DJ Life - Aberration
10. Benny Ill, Kode9, The Culprit - Fat Larry's Skank
11. ODF - In The Place
12. Josi Devil - Make It Better
13. Bushbaby - Groundsman
14. KiNK - Kazan (Zed Bias remix)
15. Mance - Atmos101
16. Skream and KODO - Shinogi
17. WOST - Miniteca Salvaje (Pangaea Remix)
18. Danny Goliger - Weightless
19. DJ ZNOBIA - Assim ja nu ta da
20. syntrovert - Acertijo (Peder Mannerfelt Remix)
21. Monty - Tennis (Tsepo remix)
22. Povoa - Mete
23. Trustee - Tarantula
24. Natoxie - BMW (Ruairi Rollins Edit)


[User] Continuity

topic_title: terry richardson

post:
 Ah, bless. Look who's back.
Disgusting.

https://www.theguardian.com/arta…


topic_title: Drone of the day

post:
 World's First Successful Lightning Triggering and Guiding Using a Drone
Protecting cities and infrastructure with a lightning drone—toward a society free from lightning damage

https://group.ntt/en/newsrelease…

[User] PhanLo

comment: I thought at first it was firing lightning at people. Soon it'll come.

[User] sted

comment: Its just some fiction or this only works in a lab. I have some serious doubts. @PhanLo https://mma.prnewswi…

comment: fucking Jews! first hurricanes now they control lightning!!!!!


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

post:
 I feel sorry for so many VFX artists who are gonna lose their jobs not only due to over saturation of the market by too many VFX artists but now AI tools like Google Veo3/ Flow and Runway taking their jobs.

Now a single, well experienced VFX artist/ supervisor could do the job of a dozen or more VFX artists.

comment: as long as the depth of field is f2.8 you're good... 5.6 to f8 things start getting dicey...

comment: which is a good segway into how Ai is basically flattening taste/culture... if everything looks like a sizzle real because it's what the tool does best

comment: Bravehart for instance had 1500 extras.. expensive yes but as the  DP was not going to film it at f2.8 because it was a once in a lifetime opportunity.

comment: good book on the "flattening of culture": https://www.kylechay…

comment: i see the same happening with visuals... the taste is flattening


topic_title: Elon Musk

post:
Expert calls Musk’s ‘Doge’ involvement ‘one of the greatest brand destructions’

https://www.theguardian.com/tech…

comment: “Three-quarters of Republicans would never consider buying an EV. So he’s cozied up to the people who aren’t interested in EVs.”

comment: fun fact: there were times when most of the money in tesla was saudi oil money. musk made that happen (thats his only real skill, kissing ass for $)

comment: u win some u lose some... or u just lose...

[User] Krassy

comment: concerning

html_comment: concerning

comment: Americans seeing their first Chinese EV: https://s.hdnux.com/…

comment: I think he'll survive. It's just a game for power.

comment: losing power

html_comment: losing power

comment: it was obvious from the start, it always happen when u do too much ass shaking  to ymca at mar-a-lago


comment: this is so great, thanks for this.

html_comment: this is so great, thanks for this.

[User] grafician

comment: Ah you posted before!

html_comment: Ah you posted before!


topic_title: Romania calling

post:
 You guys really need to back off! They're balkan!
https://www.instagram.com/reel/D…

comment: ?!Zizek he is Slovenian :))

html_comment:
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Zizek he is Slovenian :))

comment: yes and he said he's very close to balkan and shouldn't be messed with.

comment: Makes no sense, he is not close to balkan, but okay :))

comment: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ i dunno. my geography in that area is terrible. I'll let you decide where balkan starts and ends lol

html_comment: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ i dunno. my geography in that area is terrible. <br>I'll let you decide where balkan starts and ends lol


post: When did Firefox add Sponsored Shortcuts to homepages?

comment: Just use https://librewolf.ne…

html_comment: Just use https://librewolf.ne…


topic_title: The World is Fucked

post: Out of 186 countries, only Guyana produces enough food to self-sufficiently feed all its citizens without foreign imports.

comment: Thats the country Venezuela wants to "unite" with.

comment: this doesn't make sense, how can all countries export to each other if they can't meet the needs of their own citizens?

comment: also Guyana is pretty poor and sparsely populated, if this means that they can get by with local fruits vegetables, fish etc and don't need to import caviar

comment: from the Caspian Sea or wagu beef from Australia or other non-essential luxury food stuff then that's fine, but all countries could probably do the same if they

comment: just eat what they can grow, hunt and harvest.

comment: canada grows tons of corn and wheat probably 10000x more than it can use itself, so we can just eat bread and popcorn all day or trade it for some nice bananas

comment: because we trade for bananas doesn't make us not self-sufficient...do... it?


topic_title: TESLA

[User] prophetone

comment: Buying a Tesla, esp in Canada, right now seems to be exactly that: making a statement, picking a side

comment: Pretty wild that a car has become such a divisive political symbol, which the Tesla board is prob not super happy about

comment: 90% drop is sales? https://c.tenor.com/…

comment: ya despite people buying tesla as a political statement, sales still dropped 90%

comment: I think the 10% are simply oblivious to the current happenings and/or an age group who doesn’t care, not considering retaliation against their car

comment: Gramps buys cybertruck b/c cool, to get to golf, is totally shocked when one day returns to parking lot to find it’s got an end-to-end burner

comment: I saw a Tesla the other day with the logos removed, there's actually a lot of them in my city. My sister has one too.

comment: play stupid games...

html_comment: play stupid games...

comment: play that nu yeezi sound and make that salute while u rolling... fits the cars vibe..

comment: also since vandalizing tesla has been deemed a terrorist act, essentially makes them uninsurable. because damage from terrorism is not covered.

comment: Droppppppppp...

html_comment: Droppppppppp...


post:
https://www.thewayofcode.com/

"The Timeless Art of Vibe Coding - Based on Lao Tzu - Adapted by Rick Rubin"

comment: Hobby Coder, Click Coder, Low Coder, Vibe Coder all the same script kiddies bs.

comment: It's quite the project - all the artworks are editable in Claude


[User] Gardener

topic_title: What are you listening to?

comment: back in the Premier League today, maybe they will release a new song on CD.


comment: The chinny legend is back!

html_comment: The chinny legend is back!

comment: super focus cuckoo modus... the branding desaster bro is back..

comment: Deep Focus Doofus

html_comment: Deep Focus Doofus

comment: concerning

comment: cheap mofos doofus

html_comment: cheap mofos doofus

comment: Still won't buy a Tesla (anymore), you ruined it Elmo.


comment: Stay Puft

html_comment: Stay Puft


topic_title: America is Fucked

post:
 Trump is killing the goose that laid America’s golden eggs.

There’s no doubt that bloated government bureaucracies need pruning—like an overgrown forest choking off light and life beneath. Universities, too, have often lost their way, nurturing ideological extremes and tolerating open defiance of civil norms. Harvard and other elite institutions have enabled left-wing extremism, including support for Hamas and a disturbing rise in antisemitism. Free speech has suffered, and accountability has waned. These institutions must be held to U.S. laws and ethical standards.

But President Trump’s response—slashing research funding and targeting international students—isn’t pruning. It’s setting fire to the entire forest. And in the process, he’s threatening the very roots of America’s scientific leadership, economic prosperity, and global influence.

https://fortune.com/article/trum…

comment: You guys are stepping on your own dicks, to Russia and China's long-term gains.


topic_title: Politics

post:
 L O L
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comment: Also from 40 mins in https://www.youtube.…

comment: guy's the skidmark of the Kennedy family - the absolute dregs of that incestuous and stunted genepool.


topic_title: Billionaires

comment: dont try to understand it ... feel it

html_comment: dont try to understand it ... feel it