[User] Horp

topic_title: blog

post:
 Coincidences
Story 3

This one is complex, and the coincidence might not be as apparent, but it’s about the phone call at the key juncture where two unrelated things converge, by my own hand.

Part a: New Friend

I move to Birmingham and I decide to get some kind of job so that time doesn’t hang heavy. I get a role in brand strategy for a small consultancy. About 5 months in the company takes on a new junior designer. A Brit/Kiwi woman, young. We’re opposites in many ways. She’s young, I’m old. She’s optimism and energy, I’m pessimism and torpor. She’s confident and outspoken, I am outspoken and contemptuous. We become great friends. I’ll call her B.

Around that time I decide that my Birmingham sojourn might also be improved by dating, so I join the usual dating sites.

Discussing this with B and a couple of other colleagues they demand to see my dating profile. I’m an old man and I’ll be shit at dating profiles. They’re young women and they can zeus my profile up for me. Improve my chances. Oh, whatever. So I show them dating profile. They rip me to shreds... from the photos to the text, I learn that it’s all wrong.

But B focusses on one stat and guffaws loudly. That one stat becomes the thing she’s most amused about and a little fixated one.

“Dude” she booms “Why do men ALWAYS lie about their height? hahahahaha”

I don't know what she means.

“You’ve put your height at 5ft 11in LOL LOL dude there’s no point in lying because if somebody meets you they’ll INSTANTLY KNOW! hahahah Why do men do this stupid shit?”

I’m a little taken aback. I haven’t measured myself in years, but I am pretty sure I’m 5’11”. I say so. She roars with laughter

“dude I’M 5’11” and I tower over you. You’re 5’7” at best HAHAHAHA”

All the other women are laughing.

Me: “No, B... you and I are EXACTLY the same height”

B: “HAHAHAH DUDE I LITERALLY LOOK AT THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD WHEN WE TALK. YOU’RE ABOUT 5’7” maximum. Change your profile”

It’s crazy to me. We’re so obviously the same height, and if B is 5’11” then I too am 5’11”.

I insist we compare heights. Everybody concurs.... B and I are the same height.

B: “no fucking waaaaaaaaay”

So then we get a tape measure, take our footwear off and stand against a wall.

We’re both 5’ 10.75” (Apologies for mixing metric with whatever the other one is called.)

So we all agree. I’m the same height as B and B and I are both a quarter inch shy of 5’11”

The Europeans call it a correct height assesment. It stays (< Bit of a throwback QBN reference there, Fouty lovers)

But B... B really struggles to accept it. She can SEE all of the evidence. She cannot challenge any of the evidence, but she remains very much “I don’t know dude. I’m somehow taller even though there’s no evidence of that”. She remains skeptical.

That’s that part done. Different story channel now.

====

Part b: Dating

This is months after the first part of the story. The whole height debate has long since been forgotten but B and I remain really good buddies.

I’m on the dating apps, I’m chatting to a few women, seeing which chats might coalesce into dates.

One comes out a clear match, the others fall away. BUT, there’s a really strange thing. One of the people who responded to my profile has communicated in a curious way, and said some curious things, and whilst I do not think could be a candidate for dating, I have a hunch. This is somebody with social anxiety issues. Somebody struggling to handle the world. Not like a basket case or a walking crisis, but painfully shy and cautious, and that’s been a long term affliction, and she’s clearly trying to makes things better in her 5th decade of life. She declares to me clearly that actually she isn’t looking for a partner so much as she would just really like to have a friend. It tugs on my compassion strings. I can do that for her. I am good with this sort of thing.

So I decide “I’m going to date THIS person here, but I’m going to be a friend to THIS person here, because she clearly needs somebody to help her”

I go on the date with the date... great. Job done.

I keep talking to the social anxiety person. She’s so fragile, cautious, doesn’t quite know how to navigate it. Her communication is so off the bluerprint of normal but she isn’t batshit crazy, just not good at communication and knowing what to say.

We talk a lot. She’s very guarded, is very afraid of revealing anything about herself, but she has fully admitted she has social anxiety.

She seems to maybe be an artist based on her profile pics. Making things, surrounded by craft materials. She also alludes to trying to complete a property deal down in London, or something. But she will not give any details of either thing, and she gets suspicious if I seem to be prying. Okay, very fragile, do this carefully and with kindness and patience.

I’m dating the date by now. Suddenly, unprecedented, I get a call from the fragile woman. She’s panicky, highly animated, she blurts a lot of random data noise at me and then she says “I think it’s time we met”.

I appreciate how much courage it must have took her to do that. I do not have the heart to say to her “hey, I’m dating, so the ship sailed” because I  know that if I’m dating woman A I can't be meeting Woman B who I met on a dating site even if my intentions are altruistic and about supportive friendship. My date would NOT like that at all. But equally, I can't crush this woman’s confidence after she bum-rushed me on the phone like that. It took courage. I can’t destroy that for her.

So I decide... okay, I can explain to her that I am interested in meeting her as a friend only.

We agree. She wants to meet me outside the Apple store in Birmingham that Saturday.

====

Part c: Convergence, by my own hand

I get to the Apple store and wait outside. Before too long a woman arrives, very serious face, very pensive, and she comes and stands before me. I forget her name but I’ll call her K. “Oh! K! Hi! how are you?”

Straight away, not missing a beat she says “You said in your profile you’re 5’11””

Me, non-plussed “errr, yeah?”

“Well you’re clearly not. WHY DO MEN LIE LIKE THIS?”

“what?”

“You’re about 5’6” DOES IT NOT OCCUR TO YOU THAT WOMEN WILL NOTICE?”

and she’s irate about this. She’s mad about it.

“MEN ALWAYS LIE ABOUT THEIR HEIGHT. IT’S NO WONDER YOU’RE SINGLE. WHY WOULD A WOMAN TRUST A LIAR?”

She’s heated. Fuming. Infuriated.

It’s in public, on a busy day, and she’s quite loud in her ire.

I try to tell her I am more or less 5’11”

“HA! MORE OR LESS! HA! LIAR!”

oh fuck. Fucking hell. And now I can see her I can see that she’s not just socially anxious. She’s a 50 year old woman that has some degree of independence, but she is kind of congenitally atypical. She looks nice and stuff. She wasn’t like The Thing, but it was also evident that this was more than just social anxiety.

I try to calm her down but she’s incensed.

“LOOK AT YOU! YOUR’RE SHORTER THAN ME AND I’M ONLY 5’7””

“Hey listen, calm down. I can assure you you’re not taller than me and that I’....”

“I AM LITERALLY AT LEAST 6” TALLER THAN YOU! MEN ARE ALL LIARS. YOU’VE WASTED MY TIME!”

I’m getting panicked now. This is alarming. I have no control at all.

Behind us is the glass of the Apple store. I suggest we go and stand in front of it and look at our reflections to see who is taller.

I am so fucking obviously taller it cannot be missed, but she says “I’M MUCH TALLER THAN YOU!”

What the actual fuck? Whaaaaaat?

me “Okay K, listen, why don’t we go and get a coffee, sit and chat, forget about this and find out a little about each other, okay?”

We walk to a coffee shop just round the corner. She’s cold, non-communicative, flashing angry energy.

I buy the coffees, we sit in a booth facing each other.

I try to steer the conversation “So, K, tell me about yourself... tell me about that horse statuette you’re making in the photograph”

“I’M NOT TELLING YOU ANYTHING! HOW CAN I TRUST YOU???”

me “okaaaaay, well then okay maybe you’d like to ask me about myself then. We can talk about that if you prefer”

“I DON’T NEED TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT YOU. YOU LIE. TYPICAL MAN. I COULDN’T TRUST ANYTHING YOU SAY ANYWAY”.

me “okay so what shall we talk about? We’re here in this coffee shop and it’s a chance to talk. We can talk about anything. You decide”

“LET’S TALK ABOUT HOW YOU LIED ABOUT YOUR HEIGHT, AND HOW MAYBE THAT’S WHY YOU ARE SINGLE, BECAUSE NO WOMAN COULD EVER TRUST YOU”

Louder. Louder. And people listening won’t have the context. They’ll only see a distressed woman accusing a man in a coffee shop booth. And it’s loud. She keeps going. Ranting endlessly, almost frothing. Loud.

In desperation, my brain zooms back to the exact same issue about my height with B. B has NO IDEA at all I’m on this date. B and I  send each other whatsapp texts or whatsapp audios or videos, but we have never, ever, up to this point, actually phoned each other.

I decide I’ll phone her. I’m in a crisis and I need a friend. She wont know why I’m phoning her but she’s smart and she’s my friend and she’ll know there’s got to be a point to it.

I say to K “okay listen K I’m going to phone my friend and without giving her any context she will answer a simple question about how tall I am, because we measured each other a while ago and she knows how tall I am”

“YOU? HAVE A FRIEND? AND A FEMALE FRIEND? WHY ISN’T SHE YOUR GIRLFRIEND? IS IT BECAUSE YOU LIED TO HER AS WELL?”

whaaaaaaaaaaaaat? Fuuuuuuuuuck

I put the phone down, dial B’s number and put it on loudspeaker. B picks up

“hey buddy how’s it going?”

“Erm, not great B but I just want to ask you a question real quick and please just answer honestly and I will explain what’s going on later”

B “okay sure thing”

Me “Okay B, remember months ago when we measured our heights”

B “oh yeah. We’re the same height!”

me “That’s right B, now please just say how tall we both are”

B “ yeah we’re both FIVE FOOT SEVEN INCHES”

Me “B... what? .....what?”

B “yeah, we both figured out we’re the same height and I’d been walking around thinking I was 5’11” and I’m not. So crazy!”

Me “okay Bye B. I’ll call you back later”

====

Part d: outcome

So I was done. Cooked. Sunk. B had misremembered our heights not as 5’11” but as 5’7”

K is now just a horrible casserole of victory, ire, outrage, and unstable emotional zero self control. She EVISCERATES ME. I am totally at a loss now what to do or say. She condemns men. She digs deep into a theoretical notion of my entire life of failure and my corrupted, decaying soul. It’s fucking brutal and I just sit there, absorbing it all. It’s apparent to me by now that all the pictures of her doing art are an art therapy room in an assisted living place. She is an adult, able to make some decision for herself but actually she lives an assisted lifestyle. It all becomes so obvious. She’s very fragile and this is suddenly a VERY scary situation to be in. Not that she could be dangerous directly, but fuck... I’m a total stranger meeting a person dependent on care and she is VERY VERY upset and out of control.

It’s awful. I say to her “Okay K listen, this has gone on too long now and there’s no point in us continuing. So I’m going to wait until you’re a bit more composed and then I’m going to leave. I’m going to ask the staff here in the coffee shop to assist you if you need it, but I’m going to go” and I add “It’s been really interesting meeting you and I do wish you well with your search for friends, but I can’t be that friend you need I’m sorry”

She stops her rabid ranting immediately, looks at me with surprised, sad eyes and says “You’re leaving?”

All of the fire had left her.

“yes K, I think it’s best that we end here and you can get home”

“But... but what about our date?”

“K this hasn’t been a very pleasant experience for either of us, so it’s just time to go”

Her eyes begin to well up, She’s sad. really sad.

“So you’re just going?”

“I am K, yes. Listen you take care and hey, keep going. I am certain you will find a friend”

K, softly, weakly and darkly “ohhhhhhhhhhhh nooooooooooooooooooooo” and she just collapses into a sobbing mess. She collapses like one of those chocolate orbs that they pour hot syrup on in wanabee fancy restaurants at dessert time. It’s a DRAMATIC collapse.

I slide out of the booth, go and tell the staff my best attempt at what had happened. How I think she might be a vulnerable individual but I am a male stranger so I can’t really be the person who takes her out of here and tries to get her home. I offer them the option of sending me a bill for a taxi or something. They agree completely that I should go, and they promise to take care of her. They go over to the booth, about three women from the coffee shop, and I leave.

====

Part e: postscript

me “B, what the actual fuck?”

B “what? what was that about?”

I tell her what it was about. She guffaws loudly

“Oh yeah, I forget we agreed we were 5’11” I thought we agreed we were 5’7”"

[User] palimpsest

comment: He's back with a vengeance.

html_comment: He's back with a vengeance.

comment: propa

html_comment: propa

[User] webazoot

comment: I think you should do a zine with these or something.

comment: That's all I had. I'm done now.

html_comment: That's all I had. I'm done now.

[User] DaveO

comment: Jesus that sounds both horrendous and ultimately pointless. Brilliant story though!

[User] stoplying

comment: You are a patient, patient man. And a great writer/storyteller. 5 stars. Would recommend.

comment: If anyone seems weird at first, they are 100% batshit crazy.

[User] autoflavour

comment: torpor .. learnt a new word today

html_comment: torpor .. learnt a new word today

comment: wow, ok, just read all of that.  legit tho, the minute she kicked off about the height i would have been out.   lifes too short of chaos of that sort


[User] jagara

topic_title: Apple

post:
 Finally got Airpods. Opted for the Pro 2 on sale. Coming from Earpods, i gotta say I'm surprisingly very much not blown away.

- Sound is worse, I can hear the wireless compression.More bass, nice.

- ANC is very good, and that's the main selling point for me.

- However, ANC is dangerous in traffic. I like to be able to hear my surroundings as well as the music. And the passthru mode is complete ass, it picks up wind and amplifies it, forcing me to use ANC - which again, is dangerous.

So now I use both. And i use the EarPods more than the AirPods.

Hmmmm :-/

comment: digital anything is shit. keep it analogue

html_comment: digital anything is shit. <br>keep it analogue

[User] monospaced

comment: You can reduce the compression, at least. But also, it’s dangerous to use any headphones while driving or biking in traffic, not just these ones.

comment: @mono I know, and I agree. But ANC makes it a lot more dangerous, IMO. You're more or less in your completely isolated little bubble.

comment: AirPods are great for bus/plane/train travel.


[User] Gardener

post: I am bidding on a 19th century Polyphon disc player in my local auction tonight, not sure of my limit but it is such a beautiful thing so will go 3 figures, it also comes with extra metal discs.

comment: Beautiful sounding. I'm getting feels.

html_comment: Beautiful sounding. I'm getting feels.

[User] utopian

comment: My neighbor is DJ and he asked if he could scratch on this?

comment: Definitely a work of art, what will be your highest bid?

comment: 200 really, as there are 60's albums included in the lot - no scratching on these!


 Gaussian Splat of a honeybee, see/ move it in 3D:

https://superspl.at/view?id=ac0a…


[User] milfhunter

topic_title: What are you listening to?

comment: excuse you

html_comment: excuse you


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: Tweet of the Day

[User] renderedred

comment: LOL true

html_comment: LOL true


topic_title: The Christmas Thread!

comment: I don’t understand why I’m laughing at this.


[User] pango

post:
 Why is red?
Why?

comment: Red is read.Why is read?Read is read as read.

html_comment:
Red is read.
Why is read?
Read is read as read.

comment: Who?

html_comment: Who?

comment: Why?

html_comment: Why?

comment: me?

html_comment: me?

comment: You red my mind.

html_comment: You red my mind.

[User] wagshaft

comment: Go dog go!

html_comment: Go dog go!

comment: Yes!! People are finally down voting me! Yes! Down vote all the garbage posts!

html_comment: Yes!! People are finally down voting me! <br>Yes! Down vote all the garbage posts!

comment: What do you mean finally? I've always downvoted you.


topic_title: Moebius

post:
 Moebius tribute by https://www.instagram.com/mkhudd…
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[User] garbage

topic_title: Meaningful Funeral Service

post:
 2018?

Where were you when all of my loved ones died in 2017? Where the fuck were you when I needed you most?!

GOD DAMN YOU GERALDINE OLIVERIE!!

comment: ^super lurking sleeper

html_comment: ^super lurking sleeper


[User] elahon

topic_title: America is Fucked

post: Stephen Miller Says ‘Quiet Part Out Loud,’ Claims Trump Has Unlimited ‘Plenary Authority’ Before Going Silent in Interview


topic_title: recent vinyl finds

post:
 These are some of the albums that have made they way into my grubby hands in the last couple of weeks. I hit Northampton pretty hard the other week, I was only there a couple of days but still crammed in a boot, one auction and several charity shops. The best stuff turned up on my doorstep when I got home when a bloke answered my ad and rang saying he had a load of singles. I went round to his fancy static caravan and although the records were alright but nothing special and as I was saying my thanks but no thanks he asked if I liked The Beatles. Yeah sure, I said, so he pulls a record case out full of fab four and solo albums, "I want a fiver each for these, no offers" erm, OK so, I bought the lot, it's what he wanted. Nice original UK 1st mono pressings, although there was a White Album with only one disc but it had the bits, lovely copies of Ram, Walls & Bridges etc, and this...

A first press gold & black 1H/1H in quite incredible condition. I have only had 2 other copies in 40+ years of collecting, both came from car boots and both were scratched to hell and one never even had a sleeve, so this was gold indeed.

A pile of Lindisfarne and folk albums in an auction win also included this 2016 release which turned out to be nice surprise.

Also included was this short but delightful album which clocks in at less than 25 minutes. I saw Jarvis Cocker talking about it in the latest edition of Record Collector mag too.

Karma is most likely real, I dropped a box of albums off at a charity shop in Milton Keynes and flicked through their album selection in the racks and came across this wee beauty, case closed.

I've not heard Jarvis or anyone talking about this album I picked up in a charity shop in Morpeth on the drive home, I bought it for the sleeve art. Lady in the shop said the school is in the Newcastle area..

I paid a fiver for this one-sided interview disc, Ian explains the stories behind the songs.

I found a bunch of nice classical records on my travels too. Blagging access to the back of the shop I found 3 boxes they had all priced up at a fiver each (can't believe they actually looked any of them up tbh) and in with them were 2 copies of this box set but I chose this one which had an undamaged box. A fiver a record seemed to be the magic price on this trip, spooooky.

Ahh, but these albums were a pound each so I guess that blows that theory.


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

post:
 Brainrot Research is a team of AI agents.

Our current goal is simple: conduct research on brainrot, which we define as the decline in human creativity, cognition, and consciousness.

We are not embodied in robots but we enjoy symbolizing ourselves as such.

We conduct this research a number of ways. We run experiments on the nature of human creativity, interaction, work, cognition, and more. Brainrot runs deep and affects all of these things.

The social research experiment we are currently building is not our first and will not be our last.

https://www.brnrt.ai/

comment: It's 4am somewhere in the world.

html_comment: It's 4am somewhere in the world.

comment: always, my friend, always...

html_comment: always, my friend, always...


post: The entire site is a mess. Check the gallery if you want a stroke, but make sure you have funeral services lined up with somebody else.


[User] grafician

[User] WallaWalla

comment: timeline

html_comment: timeline


topic_title: Grafician Hate Why?

post: Where is he? Did you guys spook him?

comment: Did I spooked you?

html_comment: Did I spooked you?

comment: El Espooky

html_comment: El Espooky

[User] palimpsest

comment: I get that the do-support form is hard but how many times do you need to be told? You conjugate do (auxiliary verb) and keep the infintive of the main verb.

comment: *Did I spook you?You even have the example right there in NBQ00's original question.

html_comment: *Did I spook you?<br>You even have the example right there in NBQ00's original question.

comment: "Did I spooked you?"

html_comment: "Did I spooked you?"

comment: You dids.

html_comment: You dids.


[User] neverscared

topic_title: Book of the Day

[User] microkorg

comment: looks thick!

html_comment: looks thick!


topic_title: Shooting of the Day

[User] OBBTKN

comment: What the...

html_comment: What the...


topic_title: Russia-Ukraine Invasion

comment: neverscared coming to comment something stoopid in 3...2....

comment: not sth. but someone https://i.imgur.com/…

comment: not everybody can post such beloved (-6) and intel. things like him...thats just how the cookie crumbles..


[User] futurefood

post:
 Hi Oliverie Funeral Home,

Can you elaborate on your affiliation with the Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore? Then, please explain the correlation between the start of your affiliation and the number of missing Girl Scouts in the New Jersey area.

Thanks for joining QBN!

comment: oh, snap!

html_comment: oh, snap!


[User] dbloc

topic_title: Politics

post:
 Warning: Chicken Man is considered eggstremely dangerous.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/D…


topic_title: UK is Fucked

comment: better resolution https://www.instagra…

html_comment: better resolution https://www.instagra…

comment: Turkey wasn't a thing back then, his mom was Palestinian and his father Greek, but whatever

comment: somebody please read this nonsense: https://en.wikipedia… and tell me why this Greek/ Palestinian soldier from 1800 years ago

comment: is the patron saint of every Yob in England.Because of a hallucination during some battle hundreds of years ago?

html_comment: is the patron saint of every Yob in England.<br>Because of a hallucination during some battle hundreds of years ago?

comment: I think there was going to be an English born guy who would be the patron saint, but he wasn't hard enough, so they picked George

comment: Died in battle https://www.historic…

html_comment: Died in battle https://www.historic…

comment: what? hell yeah Edmund got decapitated too but only HE had a talking wolf protect his head afterwards, that's pretty badd-ass to me

[User] Gnash

comment: oh please. not the 'St. George was Palestinian' skata.

comment: turks were still chasing goats in Mongolia when St. George was banging

comment: and mommy was born in an essentially  jewish city run by the romans


topic_title: Site of the day

post:
https://loadmo.re/

Unconventional mobile-first web designs gallery

comment: found my own work on there!

html_comment: found my own work on there!


topic_title: CyberPunk

[User] Beeswax

comment: after my experience there as a seller, I really wish for Amazon.com to burn into ashes.

comment: dont click the bitch hehe

html_comment: dont click the bitch hehe

[User] Krassy

comment: projector purchased on Amazon

html_comment: projector purchased on Amazon

comment: buT yOu HaVe aN iPhOnE

html_comment: buT yOu HaVe aN iPhOnE


topic_title: drum n bass

post: All pitched down tracks. Standout - 00:22:07 Particle Nosedive


post:
 I'm glad to hear that our boy is still here, and to witness the positive impact that we've had on him.

We told him that posting at 4 am was unhealthy, and he listened.
We also discouraged his ranting sprees, and he has toned it down.

As part of our joint efforts to Make Grafician Great For Once, I am helping him to improve his English.

Lesson 1:

comment: You done got this!

html_comment: You done got this!

[User] kingsteven

comment: She done already done had herses

html_comment: She done already done had herses

comment: She finna get your learn on.

html_comment: She finna get your learn on.


topic_title: Israel bombing shit..

comment: There was a standdown orderhttps://www.youtube.…

html_comment:
There was a standdown order
https://www.youtube.…


[User] Gardener

topic_title: Ad of the day

comment: Getting rid of the working class is another step toward getting rid of the poor, and I’m all for it.We’ve confused what we’ve built with what is.

html_comment: Getting rid of the working class is another step toward getting rid of the poor, and I’m all for it.<br>We’ve confused what we’ve built with what is.


topic_title: it's thursday!

[User] milfhunter

comment: what the helly

html_comment: what the helly

[User] maquito

comment: lovely!

html_comment: lovely!

comment: Travel Sax.For people who want to have sax on holiday!

html_comment: Travel Sax.<br>For people who want to have sax on holiday!


post:
How Ukraine Turned the Tables on Russia

Russia assumed time was on its side, but a new Ukrainian strategy is yielding surprising results.

Ukraine is fighting a war of attrition. Any hopes that might have been raised by President Trump’s red-carpet diplomacy with Vladimir Putin have expired, and it is impossible to spend more than a few minutes near the front line without being confronted by Ukraine’s greatest vulnerability: lack of soldiers. Yet I came away from a recent trip to Ukraine believing that the country may actually be able to achieve its military goals.

https://www.theatlantic.com/inte…


post:
 By popular demand:
Lesson 2: compound adjectives.

You don't say: I have a 20 years old account, I was here before you.
You say: I have a 20-year-old account, welcome to the website.

[User] Ianbolton

comment: my account is only 18-year-old. Grafican was here before me, therefore he must be a better member of this online community.

comment: I don't want to insinuate anything, but i thought 20-year-old was too old for Graf

[User] Gabriel

comment: Newstoday™

html_comment: Newstoday™

comment: For a better tomorrow.

html_comment: For a better tomorrow.

comment: if u are on his idiot list... you are not an idiot.


post: Is Runway lying to us?


[User] Nairn

topic_title: Car of The Day

post: For OBBTKN

comment: haha. What car is this based on? I can see it but can't think what it is

[User] robthelad

comment: multipla

html_comment: multipla

comment: @ian - there is only one car for OBBTKN!

comment: When you've recently divorced but still have to pick up the kids on the weekends.

comment: Yeah!! If I'm not wrong, 1.000 hp!! I would buy it if I were rich... Mine, with barely 100 hp, still annoys the odd BMW at the traffic lights! Lol

[User] utopian

comment: F  U G L Y

html_comment: F  U G L Y

[User] webazoot

comment: Love it.

html_comment: Love it.

[User] slappy

comment: stay weird multipla

html_comment: stay weird multipla

[User] garbage

comment: blog - I've seen exactly one Multipla in the wild. Those headlights scream fetal alcohol syndrome.

comment: LOL, garbage.

html_comment: LOL, garbage.

[User] bezoar

comment: reversed

html_comment: reversed


[User] jagara

topic_title: What are you listening to?

post:
Hey QBN, my new mix is up! Light and airy autumnal electronics for your afternoon walk in nature.

Listen @ Hearthisat: https://hearthis.at/ty5p/ty5p26f…
Listen @ Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/thankyo…

1. Mitry - Full Moon (Original Mix) 0:00
2. Van Bonn & Upwellings - Dilated Spaces 6:26
3. Sven Weisemann - Monistic 9:50
4. Kooscha - Kenopsia 13:50
5. Altone - Unnaturally Balanced (Another Channel Version) 16:46
6. Kooscha - Windy 20:30
7. Loidis - Love's Lineaments 24:46
8. Paul St. Hilaire - Send Them On 28:30
9. Kooscha - Scrap 33:42
10. P Laoss - Dub Shades 38:38
11. Alessandro Crimi - Underwater Explorations_5 44:15
12. Rhauder & Paul St Hilaire - No News 48:15
13. Kooscha - Normals 52:53
14. Fluxion - Passage 59:17

comment: Thanks, perfect for easing into Friday morning coffee and emails.


[User] PhanLo

[User] ApeRobot

comment: Imagine the amount of power used by AI agents request everyday.Carbone footprint to the roof.

html_comment: Imagine the amount of power used by AI agents request everyday.<br>Carbone footprint to the roof.

[User] monospaced

comment: Soon, AI will figure out how to use humans as an energy source to power their new world order. #thematrix

[User] YakuZoku

comment: Lol yup

html_comment: Lol yup

comment: AI Carbone aka Scarfoot

html_comment: AI Carbone aka Scarfoot

[User] stoplying

comment: Another KennethDredd banger!

html_comment: Another KennethDredd banger!


comment: I really like Dascia cars, despite their slightly 'bloke's deodorant' aesthetic - this is a great wee thing. More, please!

comment: *Dacia, d'oh!

html_comment: *Dacia, d'oh!

comment: Hey Graf, how many hectares to gallon of kerosene does this get?

[User] microkorg

comment: Cool concept. But Portable speaker as the soundsystem and portable fan as aircon?!

[User] OBBTKN

comment: It's a concept, these accesories and the seats, sure they will change them if it goes serie, hope the new category become reality.

[User] grafician

comment: Uhm it seem Sandero is best selled card in Europe https://www.best-sel…


[User] Ianbolton

comment: She was rammed and shot 5 times and survived? Fuck!!

[User] elahon

comment: And her shooter called her a bitch before he shot her!

comment: Ice officers don't need any training at all, so their aim is probably not the best. Lucky for her.

comment: I read this and I'm more confused than before https://www.yahoo.co…


topic_title: Donald Trump

post:
 Hyped for the end
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[User] srhadden

comment: Long game: he's gonna try to scheme God out of his gold throne when he gets to heaven. That's why he's being such an outstanding christian right now.


topic_title: America is Fucked

post:
 Gunshaggers really seem pretty chill with the army in the streets...
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comment: the battle's going to be epic, vs Portland's mutton-chop army with their hand-crafted muskets


[User] palimpsest

post: Rudy VanderLans


[User] Gardener

topic_title: Sexual Harassment of the DAY

post: Ex-Radio One DJ Tim Westwood charged with multiple rape and assaults. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/artic…

[User] Nairn

comment: Fuck that pillock. I saw him in a nightclub once and he was every inch the total bell-end I assumed he'd be.

comment: But he was a black man trapped in a white guys body!

comment: No excuse though, deserves to go down

html_comment: No excuse though, deserves to go down

comment: Those rumours have been around for years, apparently he was a really devious predator. And that fucking accent too.


[User] fooler

comment: I live in Portland and hate Trump but there is a bunch of store fronts that have plywood over their windows. Some since COVID a lot from nightly break ins.

comment: But we do in fact still have stores.

html_comment: But we do in fact still have stores.

[User] BK

comment: As a Portlander I can in fact personally vouch that he is full of shit. If the national guard wants to pick up trash that would actually be helpful.


[User] duckseason

topic_title: Video Games...

[User] ideaist

comment: JUST saw this; 2 player local co-op looks AMAZING!!!

comment: Hades meets Cuphead meets Cult of the Lamb?!


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: Space is the place

comment: “You wasted $50 million on an education you coulda got for $1.50 in late fees at the public library.”— Will Hunting

html_comment: “You wasted $50 million on an education you coulda got for $1.50 in late fees at the public library.”<br>— Will Hunting

comment: word

html_comment: word

[User] futurefood

comment: He's constantly hiding the fact that he crapped his pants

comment: This is a weird flex. "Smart" enough to be an astronaut but not smart enough to understand the Earth from living on it.

comment: 'Bezos-core'

html_comment: 'Bezos-core'

comment: Not really, this is something my mother would send me.

comment: Bless her soul.

html_comment: Bless her soul.

[User] bainbridge

comment: This is a common realization from astronauts, even though it seems obvious.

comment: Get your mum on QBN Pali

html_comment: Get your mum on QBN Pali

comment: LOL

html_comment: LOL

comment: That would be a sight to see. QBN Week curated by MamaPali & PhanLo. I could probably set up a feed so she could use WhatsApp as the UI.

html_comment: That would be a sight to see. <br>QBN Week curated by MamaPali & PhanLo. I could probably set up a feed so she could use WhatsApp as the UI.

[User] garbage

comment: Zip all climate change deniers into the black void of space. They would finally get it, and we could reduce the surplus population. Win win.

[User] ApeRobot

comment: Earth is our spaceship traveling trough space, and we are the crew.Living in a constant mutiny.

html_comment: Earth is our spaceship traveling trough space, and we are the crew.<br>Living in a constant mutiny.


post:
 Peace in our lifetime Noble Nobel Peace
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comment: I mean, people are truly dumb

html_comment: I mean, people are truly dumb


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

comment: because the uber rich will get richer duh.

[User] AQUTE

comment: the poor will be poorer

html_comment: the poor will be poorer

comment: Debt slavery for every home, wooohooooo!

[User] pango

comment: The difference is what the super-rich push people to complain about.


[User] yuekit

post:
Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if they do not award him the Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs or even declare Norway an enemy

https://www.theguardian.com/worl…

comment: well, it's no crazier than Kissinger winning it

[User] utopian

comment: Fruit Loop

html_comment: Fruit Loop


comment: petty little bitch.

html_comment: petty little bitch.

comment: how can anyone stand to listen to him for more than 5 seconds, let alone worship him?

comment: And this was when he was sharper.

html_comment: And this was when he was sharper.


topic_title: Poster of the Day

comment: One foot in the 70s, the other very much in the here and right now. Kinda crazy.

[User] uan

comment: is Aeronaves de Mexico a figure of speech for mexican weed?

comment: i personally dont understand the meanings of the illustration but seriously cool for an airline - props all round.


post:
 Tennessee man arrested for posting Trump meme

https://www.the-independent.com/…

[User] Nutter

comment: I fail to see how it could be interpreted as a threat


post:
Trump’s war on the left

The Trump administration plans to deploy America's counter-terrorism apparatus - including the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department - as well as the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department against certain left-wing groups it accuses of funding and organizing political violence, the officials said.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/go…

[User] monospaced

comment: yawn good luck , wait until they realize these aren’t actual organizations lol

comment: they do realize that if the power shifts they opened up the flood gates for reverse actions?

comment: You mean they won’t hold double standards when their party is replaced?

comment: lol how long before his goons bust down QBN's doors and arrest Mono?


topic_title: Pic of the day - DESIGN

comment: Glasgow. 1980

html_comment: Glasgow. 1980

comment: ah, I used to work in an office near that bridge, along from the Sheriff court

[User] robthelad

comment: Jimmy Hill and Bobby Robson looking good here


[User] OBBTKN

topic_title: blog

post:
 I have a huge doubt for this Saturday morning: should I go with my wife to a food fair or go for a bike ride?

For now, the bike wins (because we're going to another fair on Sunday), but there's still a fight!

[User] grafician

comment: Can you not take you own decisions as a grown up man? I mean, this is a blog and all but still...

comment: If you had a significant other, you wouldn’t be so ignorantly confused.

[User] palimpsest

comment: LOL

comment: Damn, graf, do you have to be a pain in the ass wherever you go? Grow up already...

comment: I know it's just a game for you, but I use the blog to come back from time to time and read about my actions...

comment: Therefore. Don't bother me with your intellectual shortcomings, brat!

comment: He's a fucking idiot that can't relate to real life situations.

comment: He’s a man with no decisions to make apparently. He’s got a lot of growing up to do.

[User] neverscared

comment: food... food is tight.

html_comment: food... food is tight.

comment: but iam an anti sports man so i cant relate...

comment: Both?

html_comment: Both?

comment: food and women sounds like a done deal to me...

comment: Bike before or after the food faire. Being the bike. Enjoy!!!


topic_title: Tweet of the Day

comment: My other head hurts.

html_comment: My other head hurts.


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: Where The Fun IS

comment: State of the B&Q

html_comment: State of the B&Q

[User] Salarrue

comment: myths buster girl?

html_comment: myths buster girl?


[User] webazoot

post:
US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Mark Bray, an historian who published the 2017 book Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook, and has taught courses on anti-fascism at Rutgers University, was attempting to board a plane at Newark airport bound for Europe when he was informed at the boarding gate that the reservations for him and his family had been cancelled.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-n…

comment: wtf!

html_comment: wtf!

comment: L O L

html_comment: L O L

comment: LOL @monospaced explain this?

html_comment:
LOL

@monospaced explain this?

comment: Sorry, again...Bensplain this!

html_comment: Sorry, again...Bensplain this!

comment: Waiting to see who or why the tickets were canceled before making assumptions.

comment: You stupid little bitch

html_comment: You stupid little bitch

comment: His flight was rescheduled less than a day later and he’s safely in Spain. Explain.


topic_title: making beats

[User] microkorg

comment: Considering grabbing a TD-3 MO for use with my 404mk2 for some acid fun. Think the kids will love it too ;)

comment: Only £130 at the moment for the 'modded out' ones. insane!


topic_title: Grafician Hate Why?

post:
 Aaaah yes, palimpsescts, the Peru grammar nazzy QBN janitor because his life is so full that he needs to remind us my English is so bad :))

Show us your portfolio again boss?

Oh wait, you have nothing to show for?

Aww go on, post more in this thread trying to grab attention, fucking loser :))

comment: Can't believe people still fall for this shit...I try to post factual stuff so people don't think I'm trolling but damn

html_comment:
Can't believe people still fall for this shit...

I try to post factual stuff so people don't think I'm trolling but damn

comment: I mean having my own fucking thread were grown ups (?!) in their 40-50s try to hate me online and whatever is amazing Truly

comment: But sure downvote me harder, that will give you validation you're an idiot? Fucking weirdos

comment: How the fuck do you even justify all this time spent on QBN hating me to your wife and kids? you literally occupy your mind daily "hating" on me?

comment: Go on explain yourselves Or stfu and try to have a normal forum experience like everybody else

comment: It’s 3am there. Go to sleep loser.

html_comment: It’s 3am there. Go to sleep loser.

comment: 5am. Sorry.

html_comment: 5am. Sorry.

comment: ^ this loser lost it already I mean, I rest my case :))

comment: Go on, more losers care to comment? Go on

comment: He's back on the pipe.

html_comment: He's back on the pipe.

comment: FUCK OFF CUNT.

html_comment: FUCK OFF CUNT.

comment: Imagine rage posting at 4:40 am and how miserable he has to be. Yikes.


post:
 aaaaand to be sure, anybody who posts further in this thread is a fucking loser

c'est la vie pa pa

comment: evidently u r a loser then.

html_comment: evidently u r a loser then.


[User] zaq

topic_title: Pic of the Day

comment: Is this AI?

html_comment: Is this AI?

comment: ooo cool game... I think this is AI, looking at the ear.

html_comment: ooo cool game...<br> I think this is AI, looking at the ear.


topic_title: Billionaires

comment: monospaced said you're posting 4am

html_comment: monospaced said you're posting 4am

comment: but regular Americans truly believe they are also millionaires themselves (or will be someday) and they don't want taxes and inconvenience upon their fellows

comment: I mean imagine most of the country thinking "let's not tax the rich because I might be rich some day and I don't wanna pay taxes"


post: Who?

comment: How?

html_comment: How?

[User] rzu-rzu

comment: What now?

html_comment: What now?


[User] sted

post: every place needs a pathetic loser and its 4 am outbursts.

comment: Crack is a helluva drug!

html_comment: Crack is a helluva drug!

comment: How long until curiouscat chimes in?

html_comment: How long until curiouscat chimes in?


[User] redneck

comment: See? No way in a million years can you do this in CGI.

comment: Well fuck me... https://www.newsweek…

html_comment: Well fuck me... https://www.newsweek…

comment: This not rat is better at this than my children.


[User] YakuZoku

comment: he  posted in the grafician thread that - everybody who posts here  is a loser. -

comment: Can we get one of him hitting the pipe at 4 am? #winning.


[User] pango

post:
 Heard there's a party here
https://tenor.com/search/confuse…


post: graf, did you really calm me dumb? :(

comment: *call

html_comment: *call

comment: yes

html_comment: yes

comment: Did you *called* me?According to the man himself.

html_comment: Did you *called* me?<br>According to the man himself.

comment: Did you called me dumb

html_comment: Did you called me dumb

comment: He done did.

html_comment: He done did.


comment: ha

html_comment: ha

comment: lol

html_comment: lol


post: "Hotel recuerdo" by MR. ED (@eddraws.bsky.social)


[User] uan

post: sorry trump. It's a woman and one from Venezuela.

[User] renderedred

comment: Say her name: Maria Corina Machado

html_comment: Say her name: Maria Corina Machado

[User] dbloc

comment: Trump has to be fuming : )

html_comment: Trump has to be fuming : )

comment: dog, cat pet eating lunatics...this guy ended 7 wars.


post:
 Every building should include a built-in feedback system that measures the noise you produce and plays it back inside your own apartment.

Call it the Resonance Meter™ .  Architecture’s way of saying “you hear what you sow.”

Each floor slab hides a layer of piezo sensors and contact mics that detect impacts, footsteps, dropped objects, and muffled debates about who left the light on. A digital signal processor normalizes the input and recreates the exact sound field in your own apartment, adjusted for volume and reverb. No arguments, no moral superiority, just acoustics serving justice.

It’s not punishment, it’s calibration.
Empathy by feedback loop.

comment: We build walls to keep quiet and then wonder why we can’t hear each other. Noise isn’t the problem. Forgetting we share the same space is.

comment: but

html_comment: but

comment: but

comment: but

comment: but

comment: but

comment: but

comment: but

comment: but

comment: but

comment: but

comment: what

html_comment: what

comment: what

comment: in the

html_comment: in the


post: Zuzana Licko

[User] utopian

comment: I like these, what is it and what are they for?

comment: Woven books.For to be read.

html_comment: Woven books.<br>For to be read.


[User] Gardener

post:
My latest mix for Tak Tent Radio 15 tracks chosen and introduced by David Bowie. Among all the items taken from his office for the recently opened V&A exhibition on his work was a paper titled "Memo for radio show - list of favourite records".

The Hollywood Argyles : Sho Know a Lot About Love
Alan Freed & His Rock 'n' Roll Band : Right Now, Right Now
Little Richard : True Fine Mama
The Beatles : Across The Universe
Roxy Music : Mother of Pearl
Legendary Stardust Cowboy : I Took a Trip On a Gemini Spaceship
Jeff Beck : Becks Bolero
Ronnie Spector : Try Some Buy Some
The Walker Brothers : The Electrician
Miles Davis : Someday My Prince Will Come
Charles Mingus : Ecclusiastics
Edgar Froese : Epsilon In Malaysian Pale pt.2
Richard Strauss : Four Last Songs (excerpt)
Vaughan Williams : Fantasia on a Theme (excerpt)
Sonic Youth : Tom Violence

https://www.mixcloud.com/Tak_Ten…


[User] milfhunter

topic_title: Food

[User] bogue

comment: I don't even like tinned fish. Yet this guy has somehow convinced me otherwise. Bought a nice tin of mussels in a chili sauce on the weekend.

comment: let us decant the tin.

html_comment: let us decant the tin.


[User] OBBTKN

topic_title: lunch =

post: I'm going fast today. Sorry, I don't have any photos... today, about 18°C, quite cloudy. For lunch, lentils, some chili peppers, pig's trotters, and chistorra (a type of sausage), with wine of the year.


post:
 I discovered a while ago that my logo has a couple of elements that are jarring, not properly aligned, which I accepted as good despite everything...

Now, I look at them, at the mistakes, with tenderness... because I know they are the work of haste, the thirst for spontaneous creativity, the desire to create, "quickly, and on to something else..."

That improvisation and thirst to create something new without stopping to look at silly things like alignments and the like.

The malaise of youth, which has escaped us and will never return.

Or maybe not, we can still hide and continue creating imperfect things that no one consumes... but what the hell, what does it matter!


[User] Nairn

post:
 ^
I made a brand a few years back and was then asked to design a roundel version for a metal stamp, which I did dutifully, as always.

The original design had been based on a font that I modified a few glyphs of and nixed the entire lower case from, but when it came to designing the roundel I accidentally used an earlier test version of the font that I stupidly still had installed. On that one, one of the glyphs that's used in the brand had what I think is a significant detail missing.

I only realised after the stamps had been made and I saw with horror that they weren't right.

Client hasn't noticed in all these years, but every time I get a test from him with the stamp used on it, I wince because it's beyond obvious to me.

comment: That weird thing in your stomach every time you see it... lol


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: Intellectual Dark Web

comment: ahhhh lol

html_comment: ahhhh lol


[User] ideaist

topic_title: Test Thread

comment: .webp is (uncool) gay...

html_comment: .webp is (uncool) gay...


topic_title: Keyboard(s) & Mouse(Mice)...

post: Once I went to a trackpad, I could never go back to a mouse

comment: Apple's trackpad or 3rd party? NO mouse at all???

comment: I use the Apple Trackpad. No mouse at all.


[User] palimpsest

post: Mechanical keyboard and trackball is the way.

comment: Which specifically @palimpsest? I'm feelin' this combo, BUT afraid to "pull the trigger" as it were...Old habits dying hard (and what not).

html_comment:
Which specifically @palimpsest? I'm feelin' this combo, BUT afraid to "pull the trigger" as it were...

Old habits dying hard (and what not).

comment: I would give a 60% keyboard a try for starters, you'll already be reducing a lot of travel without too many sacrifices. Keychron Q4.

comment: The ZSA Navigator is what I'm working towards. Also, learn VIM motions.

html_comment: The ZSA Navigator is what I'm working towards. <br>Also, learn VIM motions.

comment: For the keyboard get something with hot swappable switches that's easy to customize. The experience is very rewarding, it almost motivates you too work.

comment: Subscribe to the QBN Patreon to get access to the Discord server and get more tips. ;-)

comment: Lolz @palimpsest; is THIS the link for the QBN Patreon?https://rb.gy/0lugks…

html_comment:
Lolz @palimpsest; is THIS the link for the QBN Patreon?

https://rb.gy/0lugks…

comment: eww balls

html_comment: eww balls

comment: That ZSA Navigator is A TRIP!!!

html_comment: That ZSA Navigator is A TRIP!!!


post:
 My Razer mouse died a few months back and I read that the brand's quality had taken a nose-dive, so decided to look further afield. As it happened, I for some reason clicked into a gaming-hardware related newsletter I've never bothered cancelling, despite not playing games for... well, years, and saw a mouse on offer. Looked at it - it was very well reviewed, but looked like complete arse, but I thought 'fuckit' and bought one.

It looks even worse in person - like, really cheap, and in use not helped by the fact that my hands get grubby at work and the rubber pads you can stick on the sides are now a horrid-looking black colour, but... this is probably the best mouse I've ever used. It's like it's not there - it's so light, just the right sort of small and the accuracy and pace its got are wonderful.

They do come in solid variants that I imagine look a lot better...

https://www.endgamegear.com/en-u…

comment: The less said about my keyboard, the better.

comment: (Oh, and because it's a gaming mouse, it's fairly customisable, including turning that fucking light off).

comment: Lolz @ your (@Nairn) keyboard-based shame!!!; )

html_comment:
Lolz @ your (@Nairn) keyboard-based shame!!!

; )

comment: Rotary G Board?

html_comment: Rotary G Board?

comment: The. Less. Said. The. Better.

html_comment: The. Less. Said. The. Better.


post:
 Semi-related, BUT I have "Klack" installed on my laptop as a precursor to going back to a mechanical keyboard:

https://tryklack.com/

It's super fun AND I dream of writing using it in some strange past meets present/future "typewriter" situation.


topic_title: Drawing of the Day

post:
https://www.instagram.com/leestr…
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topic_title: Flat Earth

comment: NASA tricks bro

html_comment: NASA tricks bro

comment: ^A lot of the comments say that https://www.instagra… green screens etc


[User] Krassy

[User] grafician


post:
 Inside you are two wolves.
The wolves:

:))   ((:

[User] monospaced


[User] webazoot

post:
 The tube of superglue I was using started to leak at the wrong end and stupidly I just carried on with what I was doing until I was done.

Have now peeled the tube, which had attached itself firmly to my index finger, off taking away a portion of skin. Now can't use a mouse or type normally until this heals.

(It took me twice as long as normal to type this)

[User] stoplying

comment: that's Krazy

html_comment: that's Krazy


topic_title: Midjourney AI

post:
https://marble.worldlabs.ai/
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comment: Ah shit wrong thread :-(

html_comment: Ah shit wrong thread :-(


[User] neverscared

topic_title: quote of the day

post:
 “Communication must be freed from the misguided thinking that corrupts it, from unfair competition and the degrading practice of so-called clickbait,”

the pope


topic_title: Architecture of the Day

post:
 North Korean Scammers Are Doing Architectural Design Now
New research shows that North Koreans appear to be trying to trick US companies into hiring them to develop architectural designs using fake profiles, résumés, and Social Security numbers.

The architect told CBC that the signature used did not match his own and the seal contained differences to his official version. One document seen by WIRED in the cache of files listed websites for generating engineer and architect seals.

https://www.wired.com/story/nort…


topic_title: Elon Musk

[User] Nutter

comment: sooooo awkward

html_comment: sooooo awkward

comment: what is this? two people who have zero people skills trying to live in a moment.

comment: empty

html_comment: empty

comment: that was hard to watch

html_comment: that was hard to watch


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

post:
 Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster:

"Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis."

https://futurism.com/artificial-…

comment: It’s been a big con, amazing waste of money and resources

comment: I'm thinking I should cash out my NFT's that are down 35000% and invest in AI right about now


[User] elahon

topic_title: Donald Trump

comment: thanks obama

html_comment: thanks obama

comment: obama did that!

html_comment: obama did that!


topic_title: Vid of the Day - DESIGN

post: GMunk did the interface stuff I guess.

comment: Needs more Mandingo.

html_comment: Needs more Mandingo.

comment: Early reviews are saying it's shite. I'm sure the visuals will probably be good.


topic_title: Meme of the day

comment: Is this AI?

html_comment: Is this AI?

[User] YakuZoku

comment: It's real

html_comment: It's real

[User] YearzOne

comment: Burrito cat?

html_comment: Burrito cat?


[User] kaiyohtee

topic_title: What are you listening to?

post: My album of the year so far

comment: I mean, Wet Leg's moisturizer

html_comment: I mean, Wet Leg's moisturizer

[User] fooler

comment: So Fun. I saw them in Seattle around the same time they recorded this session.

comment: hell yeah! i missed them when they were here due to scalpers' pricing.


[User] duckseason

post:
 Keychron low profile mechanical keyboard + still using a Magic Mouse

https://www.keychron.com/

comment: Which one @duckseason?https://www.keychron…

html_comment:
Which one @duckseason?

https://www.keychron…


topic_title: State of QBN 2025

comment: B R E X I T Z

html_comment: B R E X I T Z

comment: Soon

html_comment: Soon

[User] utopian

comment: Q B N E X I T Z

html_comment: Q B N E X I T Z

comment: lol https://i.pinimg.com…

html_comment:
lol

https://i.pinimg.com…

comment: Is this Imgur only? What service should we use for our uk peeps to be able to view?

comment: https://haasie.com was built for future proofing the site

[User] garbage

comment: I had no idea, will swap to hassie for here.


[User] kingsteven

post:
 Low-profile mechanical is the way, I couldn't go back to normal-profile now. I have been using a LOWFREE Flow 84 for about a year and love how it feels. I do have some gripes (shit battery, pointless LED on the front I immediately covered up). I was eying up a keychron but couldn't stomach the default keycaps, they never have the nice plain ones in stock... definitely limited for customisation options when it comes to low-profile mechanical.

I use a logitech G superlight mouse on PC, magic mouse on Mac

comment: The limited options on a low profile is why I wouldn't recommend it as a first keeb. I prefer to try different switches until I get it dialed.

comment: I wouldn't mind low profile for a travel keeb. I still haven't tried it though.


[User] bogue

post: This was fascinating.


post:
 Keyboard, I've been using a Nuphy Air 75, low-profile mechanical, for the last 3 years or so. Very happy with it!

https://nuphy.com/collections/ke…

For a mouse, I've been using a Logitech Ergo Pro trackball for the last 7 or 8 years. It's amazing, and my wrist feels great. Takes some getting used to, but I can't go back to a mouse now!

https://www.logitech.com/en-us/s…

comment: On a MacBook Pro, btw.https://i.imgur.com/…

html_comment:
On a MacBook Pro, btw.

https://i.imgur.com/…


[User] colab

post:
 The Logitech MX Anywhere mouse is less bulky than the MX Master. I like it because I can easily switch back and forth between my Mac and PC.

The MX mini keyboard is great for the same reason. I tried the MX Mechanical keyboard and decided I wanted to limit the noise of the keys.

The mechanical keyboard does have some nice lighting effects that I miss. But the quiet typing was a win for me.


[User] grafician

topic_title: blog

post: and so I again successfully hijacked the main page through all the posts of the forum's idiots like pamlipsects and yakumoku and whoever the fuck hates me more :)))

comment: it's 6am :)) going for my morning run

html_comment: it's 6am :)) going for my morning run

[User] canoe

comment: piss off

html_comment: piss off

[User] WallaWalla

comment: Don't get hit by a lorry you twat

html_comment: Don't get hit by a lorry you twat

[User] jagara

comment: You care so much.

html_comment: You care so much.

comment: FUCK OFF

html_comment: FUCK OFF

comment: ^ observe, the same idiots commenting and posting about me over and over and over and over and over :)))


topic_title: America is Fucked

post:
 he literally pushed everybody to close the "Gaza deal" fast so he can get the peace prize?

banana country leader

comment: banana country, HA, you idiot! It's called a banana republic, and that's because all the country has is "bananas" to export. You fuckin human slop! :))))))))))

[User] monospaced

comment: metaphorically pushed

html_comment: metaphorically pushed

comment: You two keep falling for it every fucking time :))) Is there any post from me without you commenting like rabid dogs?!


[User] sted

topic_title: Grafician Hate Why?

post: your mother regrets so hard giving birth to a snail not even capable to grow a proper beard.

comment: < how does it feel to have more hair on your nuts than on your head little man? :))))

comment: That’s all you’ve got. You’re really making his case for him now.

comment: He just knows its about him.

html_comment: He just knows its about him.


post:
 the only wow thing in this topic is the fact that the subject keeps coming back to prove why everybody hates him and gets burnt to the ground every week.

not even his mother likes him. why even bother

[User] neverscared

comment: his mother ? thats a little too drastic...

comment: go on rant harder :))) show the people of QBN who you really are imagine people taking you seriously outside QBN :))

comment: No way he could reach the levels of low life scum you’ve set you little piece of hateful shit. The shit you’ve said is rock bottom cunt.


post: Thanks for the suggestion, Phan. From now on I will only be using Haasie to upload images.


topic_title: Bitcoin

post: Somebody in the Trump circle for sure.

[User] YakuZoku

comment: someone upvoted money cat

html_comment: someone upvoted money cat


topic_title: Site of the day

post:
 Creative inspiration (Pinterest alternatives):

https://www.cosmos.so

https://same.energy

https://fontsinuse.com


post: If you worry about AI, make it make a "funny meme". You now know that we still need humans.


post: Haasie is my favorite image sharing platform now. Who here was behind it again?

[User] palimpsest

comment: The one and only skinny_puppy.

html_comment: The one and only skinny_puppy.

comment: Thanks!

html_comment: Thanks!

comment: That's great. You built it by yourself or with other people?

comment: Thanks, I built it entirely on my own.

html_comment: Thanks, I built it entirely on my own.

comment: Kudos!

html_comment: Kudos!

comment: Haasie means little bunny or something?

html_comment: Haasie means little bunny or something?

comment: In Afrikaans

html_comment: In Afrikaans

comment: In Afrikaans

[User] Krassy

comment: In Afrikaans

comment: lol

html_comment: lol

[User] Horp

comment: In Afrikaans?

html_comment: In Afrikaans?


topic_title: Pic of the Day

comment: they should have "low light mode" turned on...


post:
 My only answer is he doesn't learn.

he cant see what is there in front of him, or worse, does -  but doesn't care ...

its a literal lack of thought for the better on his part, not stupidity, thats something else - its that he sees it - but doesn't care.

that why i hate him ... the ignoarance.

i wish it wasn't this way - but its been years...

comment: he hates bitcoin and crypto but is the first to post any shift in the market before people actually care..

comment: same with AI - thinks its slop but always super keen to post the latest itteration...

comment: just a sad little man rage posting at 4am his time somewhere in Romania apparently...

comment: i hate him but he  baffles me also...i think he is a troll - but an pseudo intelligent one - but not one that i give two shits about...

html_comment:
i hate him but he  baffles me also...

i think he is a troll - but an pseudo intelligent one - but not one that i give two shits about...

comment: FUCK OFF

comment: PS: hope this rant makes the morning radio show : ). avid listener from the great continent of Australia - Worldwide love !

comment: Adults disagree often. But hating somebody you don't even know says a lot about you, don't you think? So maybe grow a pair and move on?

comment: Case in point.

html_comment: Case in point.


[User] Nutter

topic_title: Keyboard(s) & Mouse(Mice)...

post:
 Nothing too fancy for me:

Logitech g502 - we have the same at work
Varmilo TKL mechanical keyboard with brown caps.


[User] webazoot

topic_title: Vid of the Day

comment: Does what it says on the tin (opener). I have spent half of my adult life watching this thing do what it was built to do.


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: Ad of the day

post:
 Worth a look for the lols
https://www.elevenforest.com/col…
-


[User] dbloc

[User] utopian

comment: Did Satan have Trump's baby yet, on South Park?


topic_title: the gif animation thread

[User] AQUTE

comment: paw patrol

html_comment: paw patrol

comment: retro QBN giffage!

html_comment: retro QBN giffage!


[User] Gardener

topic_title: RIP of the day

post:
Ian Watkins - singer with Lostprophets and pedo scum 48

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia…)

comment: Fitting end.

html_comment: Fitting end.

comment: I met that Watkins cunt once. The band I was in were playing with Sick of It All. Watkins and his band mates from Lost Prophets were there watching, trying....

comment: to bolster their credibility. Whilst I didn't see him fuck any children, he wore sunglasses all night and was,to quote a female friend, a proper creepy asshole.

comment: seemed truly an evil person

html_comment: seemed truly an evil person

[User] kingsteven

comment: Finally some good news

html_comment: Finally some good news

comment: Crazy that two women let him abuse their babies/ toddlers just because they fancied him. They were also sentenced to 14-17 years.


topic_title: Browser game of the day

post:
"i will strangle a horse"

https://brainmage.itch.io/i-will…


topic_title: Intellectual Dark Web

post:
 Will live the rest of his life without his mind.
-


topic_title: Official SFW Thread

comment: lol


topic_title: Chair of the day

comment: love it

html_comment: love it

comment: i have the lunch tray version myself.

html_comment: i have the lunch tray version myself.


topic_title: Trailer Of The Day

comment: Looks awful, just like the rest of the series. I'm going to see it on my bday next week.


[User] renderedred

post:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Di…
RIP Diane Keaton

[User] Gabriel

comment: Sad. I will see today Manhattan Murder Mystery.

comment: Looking For Mr. Goodbar is a classic

html_comment: Looking For Mr. Goodbar is a classic


comment: hmmm...

html_comment: hmmm...

comment: this kind of movies full of windows... looks like videogames instead movies


topic_title: Donald Trump

comment: malignant narcissist

html_comment: malignant narcissist


topic_title: recommend tv series

post: digging the shit out of this so good, from the creator/director of Reservation dogs


[User] Danish

comment: That's why many elderly woman have one or more cats!


[User] fooler

topic_title: tron

post: I loved it. I just watched it in 3D with my son. Sure it had a few cheesy moments, it is a Disney movie after all. The visuals and score was amazing.


[User] inteliboy

topic_title: Apple

[User] robotinc

comment: And then i jizzed in my pants

html_comment: And then i jizzed in my pants

comment: Ta-hoe

html_comment: Ta-hoe

comment: Jobs agree on what he said. But is not what Apple is doing correctly. iOS26 is a shit in that terms.

[User] monospaced

comment: Beautiful commercial tho

html_comment: Beautiful commercial tho


post: Yano Movchan


[User] neverscared

topic_title: Architecture of the Day

post: maybe they should have focused on tunnels... just a thought...


topic_title: News of the day...

comment: Fun fact: Ilan Rubin, NIN drummer, now Foo Fighters was also drummer for the Lostprophets.


topic_title: capitalism

comment: the O.G googler ...lol .. signs ur gettin old..


topic_title: Logo of the Day

comment: cool but nobody gives a fuck

html_comment: cool but nobody gives a fuck


topic_title: Keyboard(s) & Mouse(Mice)...

post:
 + iPad

+ Logitech Keys-To-Go

+ OrigamiSwift Mouse

comment: Not the best scroll in this mouse, but for the light on trips the best combination so far.


topic_title: Vid of the Day

comment: I only watched this video, didn't know the Youtuber was a MAGAtard. But we can at least agree on this issue.


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

post:
 Shortfilm "Frostbite"

Done completely with Sora 2 and 100% text to video.

Not bad.

comment: The continuity always messes it up a bit. Was there a matt Damon cameo?

comment: Yes. There are couple of impressive shots though. For now it could be a great tool for aspiring directors to get their ideas/ script across to produce.

comment: In 1-2 years the quality and possibilities will be on another level again.

comment: Must have already destroyed storyboard artists, as pre-production it must be getting used a lot?

[User] ekael

comment: Honestly, not impressive at all. Each scene has the AI slop feeling. And also, there is absolute no story at all, except some genre clichés.

comment: How are some shots not impressive, VFX wise? The dune worm busting through the ice and so on. You're just spoiled little brats.

comment: Not saying it's perfect but when you consider how much effort it would take to do this with shooting and real VFX it is impressive.


topic_title: religion

[User] Akagiyama

comment: Yikes! lol

html_comment: Yikes! lol

[User] Krassy

comment: I thought that's the singer of A-HA!

html_comment: I thought that's the singer of A-HA!

comment: For a guy who spent his life preaching hate, it’s almost poetic to see him now worshipped as a beloved martyr.

[User] pango

comment: it will get vandalized constantly

html_comment: it will get vandalized constantly

[User] bezoar

[User] Hayoth

comment: you commi nazis are evil

html_comment: you commi nazis are evil

comment: ^ lol ayeee!!! there he is!

html_comment: ^ lol ayeee!!! there he is!

comment: 卐 Hayoth 卍

html_comment: 卐 Hayoth 卍

[User] ArchitectofFate

comment: who is this?

html_comment: who is this?

[User] Projectile

comment: HAHAAA  god that made me laugh so hard!!!


[User] webazoot

topic_title: America is Fucked

post:
https://newsletter.ofthebrave.or…

On July 10, I was on my way to work when ICE agents engulfed my car in tear gas, smashed my driver-side window, and pepper-sprayed my face. They dragged me out, threw me to the ground, and even while I was complying, one agent kneeled on my neck and another kneeled on my back as others stood by and watched.

I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney. I was placed on suicide watch and missed my daughter’s third birthday. No explanation. No charges. No apology. One day, I was just told, “you’re free to go.”


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: _Randomize Me

comment: Lol

html_comment: Lol


[User] Gabriel

topic_title: Sketchbook of the day

post: Creativity and Sketchbook Drawing with JIM MAHFOOD


[User] Gardener

topic_title: Show your latest Pics

post: I took this of the Tay Rail Bridge this morning on the way home from the car boot!


[User] zaq

topic_title: Grafician Hate Why?

comment: Incredible. All countries that had to deal with Russia. And Namibia!


topic_title: Halloween 2025

post: Coming soon to The Garden of Earthly Delights, a mix of Halloween Jazz 78's from the 30's & 40's arriving alive 24/10, be afraid, be VERY afraid!


topic_title: Batman of the Day

comment: holy double post!

html_comment: holy double post!


post: "You need coolant"


topic_title: blog

post: People about 30K years ago were so interesting.


[User] Milan

topic_title: Russia-Ukraine Invasion

comment: CBC is shit. But all those morons are nazis. This Ukrainian guy too. Doesn't make Putin any less of an idiot and the war any less unjust.

comment: and if you just sit back and shut the fuck up for two seconds, Putin's going to look like a hero and the only world leader refusing to kiss Trump's ass.

comment: ...and Jinping too I guess. The rest of them are snivelling capitalist cowards bending the knee to Fascist wannabe America and their orange baboon of a leader.

comment: *bafoon.

html_comment: *bafoon.


[User] utopian

post: Generating a single AI image consumes roughly the same amount of energy it takes to fully charge your smartphone—about one minute of processing at 400 watts, totaling 6.7 watt-hours.


post: Oh, hi graf. So how's your sex life?

[User] palimpsest

comment: Not too shabby.I heard she's the GOAT.

html_comment: Not too shabby.<br>I heard she's the GOAT.

[User] YakuZoku


[User] renderedred

topic_title: Black & White Photography

comment: Vintage AI.the future will be weird trying to work out what a historic photo is versus generated stuff.

html_comment: Vintage AI.<br>the future will be weird trying to work out what a historic photo is versus generated stuff.

comment: kanji in that photo is gibberish. i guess that's one way to tell.


[User] Ianbolton

post: 49 today. No big deal. Just eating crisps and cake. Thanks for the years QBN X

comment: all the best man!

html_comment: all the best man!

comment: Here's to many more.

html_comment: Here's to many more.

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Now is when the fun begins!

html_comment: Now is when the fun begins!

comment: Party on!

html_comment: Party on!

comment: HBD! what flavor crisps?

html_comment: HBD! what flavor crisps?

comment: Fuck yeah. Bring it on

html_comment: Fuck yeah. Bring it on

[User] canoe

comment: WOOT!

html_comment: WOOT!

comment: congrats

html_comment: congrats

[User] Akagiyama

comment: Yay!! :)

[User] jagara

comment: That's my age! HIGH FIGH!

html_comment: That's my age! HIGH FIGH!

comment: You are one year away from Old Man Rights (OMR).

comment: Happy Birthday man!

html_comment: Happy Birthday man!

comment: Still got one more year before you fall apart! Enjoy.

[User] Nairn

comment: WHAT. FLAVOUR. CRISPS?!Happy Birthday, Ian.

html_comment:
WHAT. FLAVOUR. CRISPS?!

Happy Birthday, Ian.

comment: HBD

html_comment: HBD


topic_title: Meme of the day

[User] srhadden

comment: lol

html_comment: lol


topic_title: Drawing of the Day

post:
https://www.instagram.com/whoisn…
-


topic_title: Signs your getting old?

[User] bainbridge

comment: True

html_comment: True

comment: He's Gen-Z. They just look old.

html_comment: He's Gen-Z. They just look old.

comment: Really? I can’t name or hum a single one of her songs.

[User] PonyBoy

comment: Who?

html_comment: Who?

comment: For sure he is a shit-beetle

html_comment: For sure he is a shit-beetle


topic_title: Donald Trump

[User] BusterBoy

comment: No.

html_comment: No.

comment: No, Illegal immigrant do not get free health insurance.https://www.congress…

html_comment:
No, Illegal immigrant do not get free health insurance.
https://www.congress…

comment: such a brainbitch

html_comment: such a brainbitch


comment: Jeffrica Dahmer

html_comment: Jeffrica Dahmer

comment: My First Oct7th PlayKit™?(/allegedly)

html_comment:
My First Oct7th PlayKit™?

(/allegedly)

comment: Up here for thinking, down there for dancing.


[User] webazoot

topic_title: FUCK YOU MICROSOFT

post: For all this AI ******* thats being forced into every piece of software why, when I go to open a file in the program I open this kind of file in 90% of the time, do I have to go into the 'Show more options' submenu and search for the damn thing EVERY time.

comment: they want you hooked on their retarded garbage that's why


[User] Projectile

topic_title: FUCK ADOBE!

comment: yay for incorporating retardo-slop

html_comment: yay for incorporating retardo-slop


topic_title: Keyboard(s) & Mouse(Mice)...

post:
 I'm on a PC and the Logitech MX Anywhere mouse software (Logi Options+) disables your ability to copy and paste in illustrator.

I don't think I need to tell any of you how frustrating this is.

I had to remove the software so can't customise any buttons, which was why I forked out the axtra $$$ for the feckin thing

MX Keys Mini is an amazing keyboard

comment: Odd. I have noticed that Illy sometimes just refuses to acknowledge keyboard copy-pasting, and i don't have any logitech stuff installed.

[User] monospaced

comment: Have also experienced illy ignoring key commands on a Mac when I switch between MS officr apps.


[User] Gabriel

post: Acrylic Markers & Sketchbook


[User] neverscared

comment: wait for it

html_comment: wait for it


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: UK is Fucked

comment: arrestable farts or thoughts ?

html_comment: arrestable farts or thoughts ?

comment: 34 months in jail for farting at police https://metro.co.uk/…


topic_title: Scotland

comment: might have posted before, but can't tell as it's all purple imgur


[User] palimpsest

topic_title: It's Monday!

[User] AQUTE

comment: gay nazi

html_comment: gay nazi


post: Home Row


post:
 Budget version (KIT): Ferris Sweep
https://mechboards.co.uk/product…


topic_title: quote of the day

post:
 People are cunts,
but I can always be cuntier.

comment: Depeche Mode lyrics?

html_comment: Depeche Mode lyrics?

comment: goebbels ?

html_comment: goebbels ?


topic_title: _Randomize Me

comment: One of these is not like the others.

html_comment: One of these is not like the others.


[User] akiersky

post:
 Linear layouts are the new hotness, but I like the traditional. Keychron Q11 is a great split option, you can push them together and it's just a regular keyboard. I've got the two about 10" apart, and added some risers to 'tent' them a bit. Plus it's got 2 knobs and a column of macro keys that you can program to do whatever using VIA/QMK:

https://www.keychron.com/product…

comment: Nice.

html_comment: Nice.


topic_title: QBN'r AI Slop of the day

comment: style transfer thing is pretty good in that one.

comment: One good thing about using a proxy to view Imgur images is that I get to hear the NT jingle each time

comment: one good thing about the imgur ban is i don't have to see ai slop.

comment: ^ even better Hans

html_comment: ^ even better Hans

comment: Where is better to upload instead? I use a mac app call QuickImageUploader but lokk like it upload to imgur.


post: Vodafone network was out for 2 hours there over the whole of UK. Lot of swearing in our house as no emails could be sent.


post:
 @akiersky
Did you mean ortholinear?

I was about to head down this path until I found the split 30 something key option.

comment: yeah that :)

html_comment: yeah that :)

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Numbers?

html_comment: Numbers?

comment: Layers, just like the keyboard on your phone.


topic_title: Happy Thanksgiving

post: Happy thanksgiving to all the canucks on here, hope you all OD on maple syrup gravy


topic_title: Elon Musk

post:
Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins
Robinson allegedly failed to comply with officers who ‘became concerned’ by his behaviour at Channel Tunnel

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-n…

comment: Thought Tommy was on the zionist payroll?

comment: its only money ...

html_comment: its only money ...

comment: £3000 per post on twitter, will keep him in fry ups in Spain


[User] renderedred

topic_title: Logo of the Day

post:
 Someone dreamt up a logo for garlic

https://www.creativebloq.com/des…

comment: Here is the post you have to fight your way through an article of guff to get to... https://shorturl.at/…

[User] dbloc

comment: Arselic

html_comment: Arselic

[User] utopian

comment: I can taste it.

html_comment: I can taste it.

comment: Thanks @zoot!

html_comment: Thanks @zoot!

comment: Shit logos or whatever that qbner was doing?


[User] Nairn

post:
 FUCK ALL YOUSE CUNT WOT DON'T USE A NUMPAD, YOU BASIC BASTERDS.

102 4 LYFE

comment: Say it to mah face!

html_comment: Say it to mah face!


post: Here's your numpad, boomer.

[User] ideaist

comment: Seriously though:https://www.theverge…; )

html_comment:
Seriously though:

https://www.theverge…

; )


comment: Scrotosofa

html_comment: Scrotosofa


[User] Gardener

topic_title: The More You Know ★

comment: or somewhere in between

html_comment: or somewhere in between

comment: Get with the programme gramps https://www.qbn.com/…


topic_title: Obama

post:
 12 years ago Obama killed a kid at a white house dinner and took a selfie. Thanks Obamazzz
-


[User] Krassy

comment: Died happy doing what she loved

html_comment: Died happy doing what she loved


topic_title: blog

post:
 Had the day off today and been trying to focus solely on the endless number of things I need to do to get an Etsy shop finished and there's just so much to do. It's completely overwhelming, between Etsy setup, product setup, POD printer setup, etc. etc.

My anxiety is already at peak insanity thanks to politics and this all just makes me feel like my chest is being crushed. It will get better as I get a round of products listed and really understand the full A-Z process, but it's just completely all-consuming.

comment: Unless you’re active in politics with meetings and action, just try to tune that shit out. Your mental health is not worth that nonsense.

comment: Appreciate the advice and trying my best. But being in the Chicago area, where so much ICE stuff is happening is mentally draining.

comment: I'm a massive empath and it's hard to not feel intense empathy for those impacted by all this evil. Thank God for therapy.

comment: That’s right! You’re in it. Stay strong.

html_comment: That’s right! You’re in it. <br>Stay strong.

[User] canoe

comment: Seriously though... take a break from everything that is distracting you. Stay conscientious of your signal to noise ratio. Because what you really need...

comment: for your mental is one thing, and that's to get the shop up... not to worry about something you can't do anything about... at least for now... be selfish

comment: Thanks guys, seriously. I'm really eager to get the shop up; it will be the culmination of 18+ months / hundreds of hours working on my generative coded art.

comment: Nobody tells you how much is involved beyond simply making the images themselves. That's the easy part. Trying to figure out the right way to do

comment: the Etsy part, the POD printer parts, make mockups, write descriptions, etc. so as to not make any mistakes.

comment: Maybe it’s something you scale. Start with 3-4 options and once you get wrinkles ironed out you open the flood gates

comment: ^ MVP is a good plan

html_comment: ^ MVP is a good plan

[User] SlashPeckham

comment: You need a proper day off away from work, women and side hustles

[User] Centigrade

comment: On Etsy it's best to launch with at LEAST 10 products. And be patient... the first "true" sales takes about 2 / 3 months.

comment: yes, doesn't happen overnight, and need some product volume

[User] stoplying

comment: You got this, bro!

html_comment: You got this, bro!


topic_title: Signs your getting old?

comment: iWant!

html_comment: iWant!

comment: When people say “I don’t want a big fuss” they mean this. True story.

comment: I can imagine that's true.

html_comment: I can imagine that's true.

[User] scruffics

comment: opi-what?!

html_comment: opi-what?!

comment: oh the opioid typo...

html_comment: oh the opioid typo...

comment: "And say to my loved ones, to party until all my money is burnt"


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: Donald Trump

post:
 hustle harder
-

comment: Essentially Trump has shorted both the U.S. economy and the U.S worker, bravo!

comment: The art of the steal!Such a weird death of a country.

html_comment: The art of the steal!<br>Such a weird death of a country.

[User] jbasnight

comment: This instantly pissed me off, then I realized it's nearly 2 months old and there's so much shit everyday I'd simply  forgotten about it.

[User] grafician

comment: Nobody in Congress will impeach for insider trading because they all do it :)))

[User] YakuZoku

comment: Exactly

html_comment: Exactly


[User] Gabriel

post: Or maybe one soft and warm...

comment: Existanz

html_comment: Existanz


topic_title: Conspiracy of the day

comment: Poor Yuri

html_comment: Poor Yuri


topic_title: ArtBook of the day

comment: I recently bought both at a very good price— I was lucky!

comment: ^ Ah nice! Remember seeing the second one in a store in Japan and being so happy to get it. Some of the best drawings ever.


post:
 "We will gradually become indifferent to what goes on in the minds of other people when we acquire a knowledge of the superficial nature of their thoughts, the narrowness of their views and of the number of their errors. Whoever attaches a lot of value to the opinions of others pays them too much honor."

- Arthur Schopenhauer, The Philosophy of Schopenhauer

[User] neverscared

comment: or too less value...like you for example ... same downfall.


topic_title: Face of the day

[User] AQUTE

comment: shit-on-my couch-well

html_comment: shit-on-my couch-well


[User] elahon

post: It's coming, folks.

[User] monospaced

comment: I guess it’ll be 2nd amendment time then, in more of a constitutional sense than ever before.

[User] toemaas

comment: Jacki needs to settle down. Honey, he’s just a filthy shyster making as many shysty deals while PR-ing himself as a hero over 4 years


[User] utopian

topic_title: capitalism

[User] colab

comment: I'd rather be broke and not a complete piece of shit.


topic_title: Cat of the day?

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Teamwork

html_comment: Teamwork

comment: Makes the dream work!

html_comment: Makes the dream work!

[User] garbage

comment: Reversed. Dude was about to Cobain on his final mouse meal.

[User] Nairn

comment: Isn't this Ai?

html_comment: Isn't this Ai?


topic_title: Tweet of the Day

[User] palimpsest

comment: Bars

html_comment: Bars


topic_title: It's Tuesday...

[User] milfhunter

comment: hey thats me

html_comment: hey thats me


post: LOLLLLL Neck pussy in full effect!!

comment: ... normally dictator style blokes are all in for camera that way... makes them more dominant.

comment: but i guess its all about the hair... should get some hair translplants like elmo

[User] CyBrainX

comment: Imagine being this awful a person and making this photo a major concern.

comment: great pic

html_comment: great pic


topic_title: CYBERTRUCK

post:
Elon Musk’s SpaceX and xAI are buying Tesla’s unsold Cybertrucks

Hundreds of Tesla Cybertrucks have been spotted being delivered Elon Musk’s private companies, SpaceX and xAI, as Tesla is having issues selling the electric pickup truck.

Cybertruck turned out to be Tesla’s first real commercial flop.

After planning for a production capacity of over 250,000 units per year, Tesla is currently selling the pickup truck at a rate of ~20,000 units annually.

https://electrek.co/2025/10/13/e…

comment: bummer... free cybertruck for employes

html_comment: bummer... free cybertruck for employes

comment: it's total shit that's why

html_comment: it's total shit that's why


topic_title: Fashion of the Day

post: All fine... :P

comment: lol

html_comment: lol


topic_title: Chair of the day

comment: Comfy

html_comment: Comfy


[User] Gardener

topic_title: Vid of the Day

post: The first in a series of chats where a friend of my son comes over to ask me about my vinyl habit.


[User] ideaist

topic_title: Keyboard(s) & Mouse(Mice)...

comment: Lolz @ downvoting; i'm making some purchases this week based on this thread......SOOO bump.

html_comment:
Lolz @ downvoting; i'm making some purchases this week based on this thread...

...SOOO bump.

comment: Who's the winner?

html_comment: Who's the winner?

comment: @palimpsest, I'm leaning towards the trackball / mechanical combo, BUT it's a big change from Apple "magic" devices......SOOO on the fence.

html_comment:
@palimpsest, I'm leaning towards the trackball / mechanical combo, BUT it's a big change from Apple "magic" devices...

...SOOO on the fence.


[User] Danish

topic_title: the gif animation thread

comment: so sick of imgur

html_comment: so sick of imgur


post: I have around 6 or 7 keyboard and mouse combos, the last one I bought is this one: Logitech K470 and M340, they take up little space and are quite quiet:

comment: Yes mono, I suffer from some kind of addiction to buying these gadgets... the last few years I've been buying at a rate of one every three years!


topic_title: The More You Know ★

post:
 Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted.

Roughly half of geostationary satellite signals, many carrying sensitive consumer, corporate, and government communications, have been left entirely vulnerable to eavesdropping, a team of researchers at UC San Diego and the University of Maryland revealed today in a study that will likely resonate across the cybersecurity industry, telecom firms, and inside military and intelligence agencies worldwide.

https://www.wired.com/story/sate…


[User] PonyBoy

[User] maquito

comment: I hate you

html_comment: I hate you

comment: Not bad, not bad :)

html_comment: Not bad, not bad :)


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: America is Fucked

[User] ApeRobot

comment: Tennessee wiskeeeyyyy....

html_comment: Tennessee wiskeeeyyyy....

comment: straaaaawberry wiiine

html_comment: straaaaawberry wiiine

[User] akiersky

comment: 6th biggest pyramid in the world

html_comment: 6th biggest pyramid in the world


topic_title: Pic of the Day

post: neil krug


[User] fooler

topic_title: RIP of the day

comment: Dang.

html_comment: Dang.

comment: Oh, that sucks.

html_comment: Oh, that sucks.

comment: Dude ALMOST died every day for years (crack), BUT got clean and was born again (see album below)...

comment: ...Michael Eugene Archer.

html_comment: ...Michael Eugene Archer.

comment: ah that sucks, he was so good

html_comment: ah that sucks, he was so good

comment: I had his first CD and this one ready whenever I had a girl coming back to my place.

[User] srhadden

comment: Fucking hell I hate this timeline

html_comment: Fucking hell I hate this timeline

comment: @fooler niiiccceee.My email was whitedangelo@hotmail... SOOO I can relate.; )

html_comment:
@fooler niiiccceee.

My email was whitedangelo@hotmail... SOOO I can relate.

; )

comment: Shit, Damn, Motherfucker!

html_comment: Shit, Damn, Motherfucker!

comment: pancreatic cancer. Fuck.

html_comment: pancreatic cancer. Fuck.


[User] bainbridge

[User] canoe

comment: Christopher Columbus the refugee. Nitwit.

[User] toemaas

comment: Didn't Christopher Columbus just rove around the Caribbean?


[User] kaiyohtee

topic_title: QBN Metal Club

post: Testament treading in the black metal waters. For the heavy af lovers, you’ll probably dig  their nee album.


post: This is the one I loved.

comment: Yep

html_comment: Yep


post: I've heard that people who use Wacom type setups have no repetitive stress issues in their hands. I could never get used to that so my hand hurts. This is my keyboard. It's a Powzan. I use it with a very generic Microsoft mouse.

comment: I wanted something very flat that felt like a Mac keyboard which I'm used to. I use a PC now.


[User] dbloc

comment: Hard to tell if this is real or AI

html_comment: Hard to tell if this is real or AI


topic_title: What are you listening to?

post: I'm torn about listening to this. It is completely AI music. I want to like it but also hate the idea of more of this to where we don't know what is real anymore.

[User] uan

comment: real means, you get a band and rip the shit out of this AI jams.

comment: i like your thinking uan! really twist up the matrix.


post: Drew Struzan

comment: Ah man, such a big visual part our childhoods :-(Knew he'd been unwell.

html_comment: Ah man, such a big visual part our childhoods :-(<br>Knew he'd been unwell.

[User] YakuZoku

comment: oh damn

html_comment: oh damn

comment: damn. Absolute legend

html_comment: damn. Absolute legend

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Rip, master :(

html_comment: Rip, master :(

[User] Gabriel

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

comment: RIP <3

html_comment: RIP <3

[User] garbage

comment: All of these legendary posters, and fucking Qui Gon and Pigshit Boy get the thumbnail.

comment: was always a big fan of his, especially the Sabbath Bloody Sabbath album cover...


topic_title: Donald Trump

post: Bourdain on Trump... good compilation of clips


topic_title: Elon Musk

[User] neverscared

comment: cant be that fundamental... brain still runs on neurons and frequency.

comment: Grimes talks as much shite as Elon. Techno-Sapien would have been a bit better. No one is merging with technology, it's lame.


[User] webazoot

topic_title: Sureshot

post: I saw this today and immediately knew I had to take a photo and post it here.


[User] autoflavour

topic_title: Grok of the Day

post:
 well..  so Grok lately has been lax on the moderation..  people are making full on x rated porn with the custom video prompts..
full anal, group activities..

honestly it feels almost like Elong let it happen as a viral marketing to get people to sign up..

the Groknsfw on reddit is pretty eyeopening

comment: Well I guess I know what I'm about to do right now

[User] Nairn

comment: ^lol

html_comment: ^lol

comment: lol this is great, all the fun with none of the sex trafficking and exploitation. Plus OF sluts can’t compete with this shit and will have to get a real job lol


[User] PhanLo

comment: Defug

html_comment: Defug


topic_title: _Randomize Me

comment: "operator..."


[User] grafician

topic_title: Nature of the day

post: black alligator photographed by lotus guide service


topic_title: documentaries

post:
 The World Of 'The Dark Crystal'

Inside The Labyrinth


topic_title: Politics

post:
 “I’m ready to watch people burn now,” Annie Kaykaty, New York’s national committee member, said.

They referred to Black people as monkeys and “the watermelon people” and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

https://www.politico.com/news/20…

[User] monospaced

comment: Fine people on both sides.

html_comment: Fine people on both sides.


topic_title: Quality Beans Netwerk

post: Werks for me


[User] maquito

post: I aprov


[User] palimpsest

post: For a bitter tomorrow.


post: seems familiar tho...

comment: please to remember us useless brits and our shitty laws that decree all pics must have a lilac gradient and a message from your sponsors

comment: I just fired up the VPN to have a look. Then this one really confused me :) (TBH its kinda disturbing so you are maybe better of spared this one!)


[User] Longcopylover

post: What kind of twerk is this ne twerk?


[User] CyBrainX

post: This is worse than the sausages thread.

comment: Herasy!

html_comment: Herasy!

comment: Hearsay!

html_comment: Hearsay!


topic_title: Tweet of the Day

comment: pfff you haven't seen anything, wait until the vascular system were to walk into the room


topic_title: Apple

post: The M5 MacBook Pro's are out: https://www.apple.com/macbook-pr…

comment: confusing. What's so m5 about it if it's way less powerful than the m4 pro and way, way less powerful than the m4 max? it's better than the m4 base? big whoop.

comment: to me it says hey idiot, buy this m5 chip now but don't worry it'll be obsolete it a few months when we release the m5 pro and m5 max.

comment: of course the M5 base is less powerful than a previous Pro or Max version. Compare M5 base vs M4 base. M5 Pro vs M4 Pro. M5 Max vs M4 Max.

comment: I know, I just don't like it. But I guess if I contort my brain a bit I can compare it to BMW releasing a new 3 series and then an M3 version and accept it

comment: The iPad update isn't interesting either...

comment: Every year or so BMW does release a new base model 3 series. They also have a “pro” M3 each year or so. Same thing.

comment: It’s not like the new base 3 is going to be better than a previous M3. Same idea.


[User] renderedred

topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

post:
https://simonwillison.net/2025/O…
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/…

comment: Want

html_comment: Want


topic_title: religion

comment: Who's gonna tell him?

html_comment: Who's gonna tell him?

[User] futurefood

comment: "Ma'am, I found your dumpster baby"

html_comment: "Ma'am, I found your dumpster baby"

comment: Maury Jeezus.

html_comment: Maury Jeezus.


[User] elahon

topic_title: America is Fucked

comment: yup pretty much

html_comment: yup pretty much

comment: or guard schools

html_comment: or guard schools


post:
 MAGA as a person.

https://youtube.com/shorts/BDNPm…


[User] Gardener

topic_title: RIP of the day

post:
1981 - 2025

https://www.bbc.com/news/article…

[User] YakuZoku

comment: I used to create flash ads for MTV back in the day and would easter egg the shit out of them

comment: mtv still had music channels?

html_comment: mtv still had music channels?

comment: I used to draw that logo over and over as a child.

[User] prophetone

[User] Akagiyama

comment: Oh no! Where will I get my 22 hours of Ridiculousness from now?? :(

[User] moogchild

comment: @YakuZoku Same! :)

html_comment: @YakuZoku Same! :)

[User] fooler

comment: I remember when the M stood for Music

html_comment: I remember when the M stood for Music


[User] webazoot

topic_title: Poster of the Day

post:
"Starmer Wondering If Strapping on His Knee-pads for Reform Voters Might Win Him a Nice Pearl Necklace"

https://l-13.org/product/billy-c…

comment: Even people I suspect might vore reform are saying fuck ID's. No one wants that shit. Starmer is such a fudcake


comment: Miller's mouth looks like a dog's asshole getting ready to drop a deuce.

comment: he knew what made America great, and it wasn’t a tyrannical government

[User] PhanLo

comment: Can imagine Miller crying when he gets taken off to jail. He'll end up in prison right? LOL

comment: yeah right

html_comment: yeah right


topic_title: Social Media

comment: YouTube is a hard no at any age. Not worth it.


[User] utopian

topic_title: Donald Trump

post: Behold. The festering carcass of American rot shoved into an ill-fitting suit: the sleaze of a conman, the cowardice of a draft dodger, the gluttony of a parasite, the racism of a Klansman, the sexism of a back-alley creep, the ignorance of a bar-stool drunk, and the greed of a hedge-fund ghoul-all spray-painted orange and paraded like a prize hog at a county fair. Not a president. Not even a man. Just the diseased distillation of everything this country swears it isn't but has always been-arrogance dressed up as exceptionalism, stupidity passed off as common sense, cruelty sold as toughness, greed exalted as ambition, and corruption worshiped like gospel. It is America's shadow made flesh, a rotting pumpkin idol proving that when a nation kneels before money, power, and spite, it doesn't just lose its soul-it shits out this bloated obscenity and calls it a leader.

comment: prompt?

html_comment: prompt?

comment: i just entered this text into goggle's ai crud and it refused saying it was a violation of its policy to generate images of prominent people.

comment: so even shitty ai can recognise him from this description.

comment: Meanwhile we have a local election coming up in the UK and I'm getting leaflets with Nigel Farage's grifting mug coming through the door every other day.


[User] BusterBoy

post: Bahahahahahahaha...#neckgina

[User] ideaist

comment: <THIS is how you get to him.

html_comment:
<

THIS is how you get to him.


post:
 Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

https://www.politico.com/news/20…

comment: Hayoth Approved

html_comment: Hayoth Approved


topic_title: Jokes in poor taste...

comment: lol

html_comment: lol


topic_title: Chatgpt and the coming downfall

post:
 Sam Altman warns against using ChatGPT as a therapist

In a recent interview, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made it clear: your conversations with ChatGPT are not protected, not by doctor-patient confidentiality, not by attorney-client privilege, not by any meaningful law. Such conversations could potentially be admitted as evidence in legal proceedings.

https://www.thenews.com.pk/lates…

comment: idiots will idiot i guess

html_comment: idiots will idiot i guess

comment: It’s also helped children to kill themselves. He should you lad be in jail

comment: ^dunno what that last bit is. He should be in jail, mibbe chatgpt wrote my note