What's something good that happened today?

[Philistine]

Had a meeting with some crazy people and it didn't go as bad as it could have :p

[Gatordash]

My kids went to bed 30 min early.

[jerry1]

I got joining letter of my dream job.

[Shourty]

My son put an offer on a house in the Omaha area today.
Praying God gives him favor with the sellers.

[strongNpretty]

It's not 113 degrees in the Pac N.W today.

[Shourty]

Home made burgers today for lunch. If you are like me, and I know I am, that's a good thing. Burgers are probably the food of choice for Rangers.

[nostalgiaquest]

Took my first real steps since breaking my foot six weeks ago. Still got crutches for support, but got the go ahead from the doc that the bones are healed and it's time to start the rehab process.

Still got a ways to go before i'm back on the ol' skateboard again, but all goes well and i'll be ready for ski season this year.

[Philistine]

First day of kids' swimming lessons went well

[unsunghero]

Went yaking in the ocean…well a bay, so it felt kinda like just another lake :/

[Baler]

Went yaking in the ocean…well a bay, so it felt kinda like just another lake :/

9/10 good times, always fun to go kayaking in unknown waters :)
The key is to get bold and pay for that extra hour to explore outside the bay.

I hope you have a great time on vacation tonight sir!

[unsunghero]

9/10 good times, always fun to go kayaking in unknown waters :)
The key is to get bold and pay for that extra hour to explore outside the bay.

I hope you have a great time on vacation tonight sir!

Ty! I wanted to go further, but my fam rented one of those SolarCat boats, the ones that putz around at 2mph, so slow I could row my yak with my hands and stay ahead of it. I could put my face in the water and blow bubbles to move my yak and stay ahead of it. Well anyway, it broke down despite the fact the sun was shining at full noon on its solar panels. So I waited with them to be rescued by the staff coming out on a boat. They got their ride free tho

I went from being in a dinosaur phase as a kid to being in a shark phase. I studied them and learned enough about them to be afraid of them and then had recurring shark nightmares for like a decade lol. So if any shark is near me in a yak, I’m going to let out my defense mechanism of ink like octopus do, and shit myself

[RandyGolden]

It seems like I will have a vacation this summer. I'm so happy about it! I heard this an hour ago from my boss

[Philistine]

Two year old tolerated 7 full innings of a baseball game. Was excited to make it past 1st inning; never imagined we'd get to inning 8!!

[starkind]

I woke up and my mom paid off her house and was really happy about it.

[Shourty]

I woke up and my mom paid off her house and was really happy about it.

That's better than leveling up on the last item of your epic gear.

[doeda]

I forgot my S/O's birthday by telling her a day early, but the gifts arrive tomorrow...so its like I planned it, almost perfectly.

[starkind]

That's better than leveling up on the last item of your epic gear.

ya it's great, also i did get a bunch of quests done in shadowlands and got some pvp in :D

[Baler]

Got off work and hit the forums running. :)

[Philistine]

First weekend away with the missus and no kids since our son was born...almost 6 years ago!!

[nostalgiaquest]

Visited the town of Baarle in the Netherlands/Belgium. In the south of netherlands there's a weird "island" where the inside is officially Belgium for some reason, yet it's completely surrounded by the Netherlands. And the border is drawn as if by a drunk guy. You can walk through 5 border crossings in a stretch of about 500 meters. Here's a house that straddles the border. I guess when you live there you have to choose which country you want to be a part of. Europe is funny.

https://i.imgur.com/fjqVFqg.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/j4WNViz.jpg

[Gustoo]

That's cool.

Yesterday I sold a car, and got a text and immediately bought another car (not planned) so all of the car worries I just sold away I bought right back so thats cool gotta stay neutral i guess.

[Philistine]

I got invited to apply for a cool job:)

[imperiouskitten]

i made some real boo coo this week

[Philistine]

Got the whole family together for the first time in 18+ months!

[Shourty]

I haven't play EQ in a week. Going cold turkey. Now, I have to admit, I like turkey cold or hot. But this kind of cold turkey isn't fun. It is necessary to quit tho. Life is better this way.

[Bardp1999]

Starting my vacation at the Lake of the Ozarks. Our place is beautiful and the weather great so far

[Philistine]

Got back from a week with the family and we all still get along :)

[Shourty]

Purchased two 4" x 10' pvc pipes and wall brackets for a hydroponic experiment. I like it when I get a new project.

[imperiouskitten]

i made some real boo coo this week

this was a lie tbh. i SPENT boo coo to make more and i am projecting successful large returns so that i don't have an anxiety meltdown.

I am having a good day. I am wearing these sailor moon style poofy shorts with lots of leg showing and i look really cute. Actually they look like the shorts the main girl character in Dragon Ball wears. Very leggy, legs and butt are my strong suit. The hottest nurse at my doctor's office looked me up and down without any restraint, just checked me out from head to toe from 3 feet distance after she got the door for me. I'd say she made it intentionally a very clear signal. I can tell she's a freak, tight cut bangs like an asian girl like mine, raven hair and she's tall slender hot with that kind of studious shyness that can come off as no-nonsense intimidation, but a squishy interior liek me. Definitely one of those cases where we both pegged each other as a psychonaut ethical slut type instantly.

Would date just to enjoy the sensation of power that would come from public socializing with her as a duo, she has hella tall girl gravitas, but I know that like me she'd require a lot of energy to put down lol. She'd mope. I'd have to call in Juris for that and I decided I feel slightly threatened. >_>

But, the flirting is nice! I finally stopped being sick this week after almost a year, too, from a med side effect. It turned out that my stomach problems caused me to lose a lot of weight, offset in appearance by bloating I had for a loong time. So now I am back to washboard abs overnight, feeling proud of remarkable slenderness. A fine summer day and week :)

[unsunghero]

Glad I noticed this hitchhiker before I tried to grab with my hand the flag I hang off my kayak when towing it. A bite from her would have cancelled my trip as my muscles went rigid and I struggled to breathe

[starkind]

woooo good laord

black widow bites take a minute tho

[hobart]

Glad I noticed this hitchhiker before I tried to grab with my hand the flag I hang off my kayak when towing it. A bite from her would have cancelled my trip as my muscles went rigid and I struggled to breathe

Holy shit. The outdoors just got real. Glad you made your saving throw.

[Philistine]

In my rush to get out the door to go camping with my 5 year old I accidentally grabbed my hammock bag instead of my tent bag (they're NOT easy to mix up /sigh).

My normally very cautious 5 year old is now asleep under the stars like a champ :)

[nostalgiaquest]

Went for a walk through blooming heather near Arnhem.

https://i.imgur.com/LEtrvDH.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/2I3oP6f.jpg

Probably walked about 12k in total, which is not bad considering 3 months ago I broke my foot in two places.

[Nirgon]

Blessed with another chance to save Green from what befell Red

[unsunghero]

Went for a walk through blooming heather near Arnhem.

https://i.imgur.com/LEtrvDH.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/2I3oP6f.jpg

Probably walked about 12k in total, which is not bad considering 3 months ago I broke my foot in two places.

That’s purdy

[Castle2.0]

Crypto is up and will keep going up whenever it goes down.

[Philistine]

Took both the 5 year old and 2 year old fishing...and we caught a small catfish :)

[nostalgiaquest]

Landed in Santorini to start two weeks of island hopping around the Cyclades. Santorini, Milos, Mykonos, Delos, and Amorgos here I come! Will try and post photos if I can remember my Imgur password on my phone.

[nostalgiaquest]

Got a free upgrade on our hotel in Oia. Now have a personal hot tub overlooking the sea. Not too shabby!

[Philistine]

Went "glamping" with the wife and kids. The kids had a good time, which I'll take as a win!

[the penitent thief]

The coffee turned out really good this morning.

[nostalgiaquest]

Gotta love a nice sunset

https://i.imgur.com/qe4yG72.jpg

[pink grapefruit]

This maybe counts as yesterday but I was up at midnight to get ready for work and I’m tired so dgaf. But I put together my stationary bike! It was a lot easier than piecing together my real bike lol.

[Philistine]

I got almost 9 hours of sleep last night. I don't remember the last time I slept that much, but I feel amazing!!

[Jibartik]

Gotta love a nice sunset

https://i.imgur.com/qe4yG72.jpg

Do you live in the commonlands?

[Ooloo]

I found this video which absolutely blows my mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zJ9FnQXmJI

[Mblake1981]

This morning I remembered that 3:2 aspect ratio monitors are on the way in.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/3-2-aspect-ratio-screens-best-for-productivity

And let's remember, 16:9 wasn't how it always was. We had 4:3 displays for a long time, which mirrored CRT desktop monitors.

https://i.imgur.com/e0bWnw6.jpg

Edit: 3:2 is an improvement over 16:9 but I still prefer the taller 4:3/5:4 for computers.

This is 5:4 - 1280X1024
https://i.imgur.com/bv6r3ju.jpg

[Philistine]

I got offered a new job!

[Mesocyclone]

My buddy's lights weren't on like usual when i drove by his house this morning on way to store for a redbull. Figured he just took a day off, but a BAD feeling came over me that something was wrong. He's always an early riser like me. When he didn't answer the door at 8am i became worried sick. My other buddy/neighbor tried to call him at work but he didn't answer, but buddy said he never answers him at work though. Finally was able to get my phone reactivated just before 9am using the internet. Immediately called my buddy and he answered he was at work :D

And I'm working on trying to begin to start to forgive the Illuminati.

But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Mama always preferred the King James version.
Sure miss her and daddy.

[starkind]

forgiving doesn't mean acceptance or agreement or condoning - think of it like a loving kindness meditation - we can forgive and STILL be vigilit and still keep our distance from the illuminati, the illuminati are hurting people and aren't safe, we just don't have to bear them malice and hatred

anywayu it's a lot more about you healing yourself and not being a mirror to the ugly so you don't have to be like them and in that way we trancend sin some how some ways maybe, maybe it just frees us up and gives us more room for something that isn't the target of our forgiveness anymore so it doesn't burn a hole in our sole, maybe god

--- today i loaded the dishwasher and my mom made me coffee and warmed up some spinach meat pie and she is getting her car done at a family business

all the other ones are shut down

it is a lot like the apocolypse And we are persevering

[Mesocyclone]

Know me broken by my master
Teach thee on child, love hereafter

Into the flood again
Same old trip it was back then
So I made a big mistake
Try to see it once my way

Am I wrong?
Have I run too far to get home? Yeah
Have I gone?
Left you here alone
If I would, could you?

spinach meat pie

[starkind]

better to live with faith and hope and love and wisdom in our heart than die in misery devoid of God and his love and resignation to the horrors and sin we witnessed, we committed

[starkind]

spinach meat pie

:)

[Mesocyclone]

Layne, do we need heroin in Heaven? You and Phil Hoffman need heroin up there? I'm not doing too good down here without chemicals to fuck me up. I feel beat down in my soul.
Everyone dying on me was kinda a bummer. Bye Norm.

He said no.

Layne, are King and Hitler really buddies up there?

Yep.

Layne, are ya'll one with God up there?

Yep.

Jesus is so powerful that Hitler and King became best friends.

[nostalgiaquest]

Super manly backpack came in the mail for our dumb dumb cat. She doesn't even seem to hate it. Next is to see how she handles a bike ride!

https://i.imgur.com/A7FUTjV.png

[imperiouskitten]

omg are you traveling with a cat.........

some things are wasted on some...............ahem........... wait, do you travel around because you are with THE grumpy cat?

[nostalgiaquest]

Not traveling with the cat, lol. She’s way too prissy for that. This is just for walks and bike rides around town at home, possibly a drive out to the beach. We were popular as hell at the local market this afternoon. I mean who doesn’t love a kitty in a bubble?

[imperiouskitten]

phew :p its freakin adorable lol.

[GinnasP99]

I did around 75 olllies i think. My legs are sore AF

https://imgur.com/FHc6gKm.jpg

Here's my better looking quad. full physique before and after in like 3 months. trying to get my 6 pack back still.

[Shourty]

I've been retired 15 years this month. Life is good.

[unsunghero]

I did around 75 olllies i think. My legs are sore AF

https://imgur.com/FHc6gKm.jpg

Here's my better looking quad. full physique before and after in like 3 months. trying to get my 6 pack back still.

Nice man, get at it

Show that before and after whenever

[Philistine]

Got out for a short motorcycle ride for the first time in months! Gotta do it more!

[imperiouskitten]

Ru3O23zqqaE

oh its the big day...ohhhh new high technology in my blood

no more whining all my problems shall be fixt!

L3mAWmx_oSI

[nostalgiaquest]

Just landed in Barcelona for a quick work trip.

Started a new job right as covid hit that promised a fair amount of travel around EMEA but then went into lockdown, so this is my first trip finally!

Bring on the paella!

[unsunghero]

^
WTG! GL

I am gonna get shredded by mid-November for a Vegas trip. That’s the goal, Mike Thurston-level physique. Not playing as much p99 due to Nilbog and most players hating my class and planning to nerf it, so will have lots of time to work out

Shredded!

[GinnasP99]

Here we have it folks, today I weighed in at 160lbs before skating. So minus the shoes and the sweat weight, I'm probably like 158lbs in this photo.

https://imgur.com/IScnmqz.jpg

And here's where I came from more or less. My worst recorded weight was 245lbs, but I for sure could have been heavier, who knows. This picture was about 6 months into my weight loss, I was too ashamed to take a picture at my worst.

https://imgur.com/2BwwsSS.jpg

Sure, my stomach is loose skin city, but I feel like I'm just about lean enough to start building back and actually have a decent looking physique. Lemme know

I guess my ideal weight if I built up some muscle over the next few years would be like 180ish, 175? I'm 5'11

[unsunghero]

^
WTG! VERY noticeable weight loss. To the point where if you used a particular product or program you could probably actually sell the before and after pic rights to them to use in advertising

That’s one thing I was considering doing with my gym. LA fitness at one point had all these banners up of before and after pics of their members, and I thought damn, I shoulda came to them with mine and said “look you can use these in ads, say it was because of your gym, but don’t display them at the gym I go to for privacy reasons, and I’d like a free or reduced price membership”. But I never did

The thing with loose skin is it will tighten/shrink on its own naturally, just keep a clean diet with lots of water. No need for any fancy/risky stuff. All of my loose skin from being 260lbs went away over the years, even the lightning bolt stretch marks are so faint now you can barely even see them

For sure you can get to 175-180. It’s up to you how you do it, but I wouldn’t fall into the trap of “bulking”/“cutting”. That’s just extra stress on your mind and body. You can put on the extra muscle while still keeping a low bodyfat, the belief that one needs to “bulk” by over-eating and then re-cut the fat has been disproven

Amazing progress and keep at it. HMU if ya have any questions on supps, exercises and stuff

Edit: I can’t skate to save my life, props for figuring that out. All I wanted to do as a kid with a skateboard was to do an Ollie and I couldn’t ever even do 1 lol

[Tunabros]

Nice ginnas!

I'm actually starting to lose weight lately

currently 170 pounds

I'm hoping to lose about 20 ish pounds this year if possible :D

[Whale biologist]

I'm hoping to lose about 20 ish pounds this year if possible :D

Orchiectomy has good results from what I've seen. :)

Good luck!

[Tunabros]

Orchiectomy has good results from what I've seen. :)

Good luck!

?

[pink grapefruit]

Here we have it folks, today I weighed in at 160lbs before skating. So minus the shoes and the sweat weight, I'm probably like 158lbs in this photo.

https://imgur.com/IScnmqz.jpg

And here's where I came from more or less. My worst recorded weight was 245lbs, but I for sure could have been heavier, who knows. This picture was about 6 months into my weight loss, I was too ashamed to take a picture at my worst.

https://imgur.com/2BwwsSS.jpg

Sure, my stomach is loose skin city, but I feel like I'm just about lean enough to start building back and actually have a decent looking physique. Lemme know

I guess my ideal weight if I built up some muscle over the next few years would be like 180ish, 175? I'm 5'11

very cool, ginnas!

what was your weight loss method??

[Whale biologist]

?

Well you said you wanted to lose 20 lbs.

[Philistine]

The wife suggested we watch the Schumacher documentary on Netflix

[Tunabros]

Well you said you wanted to lose 20 lbs.

thanks for the compliment of big balls.....?

[imperiouskitten]

i was out of bed and jabbering happily in 15 minutes this morning!!!

i had this awful stomach problem that progressed to the point i was basically made bedridden. It lasted almost a freakin year this time, god. Stomach would not drain; imagine vomiting up 3 day old food and what 3 day old stomach contents frickin taste like and smell like going the wrong way every single morning.

Anyway today was my first good day since we found the cure on the cutting edge of proprietary chemistryz. :)

[Whale biologist]

thanks for the compliment of big balls.....?

https://i.imgur.com/7MYUEGq.jpg

[Bardp1999]

I was slow with work and got to play P99 for like 6 hours straight today (while getting paid)

[GinnasP99]

what was your weight loss method??

Number one, I completely changed the way I eat. No more fast food garbage, everything I eat is actual food that I prepare myself.

2. I skate every day that I can, typical session is around 2 hours (I'd guess 15ish miles pushed)

3. Weight lifting (this is more to tone up my body, lifting weights doesn't burn shit for calories)

4. Swimming / bike riding

Also, if you're looking to get super lean, be ready to experience hunger. That's normal. Fatties these days experience 20 seconds of hunger and lose it, I'm typically "hungry" like 4-6 hours out of the day.

Lastly, caloric deficit is REQUIRED to lose weight. 2 ways to achieve a deficit, burn more or eat less. If you are not losing weight, you are by definition NOT in a caloric deficit.

[pink grapefruit]

Number one, I completely changed the way I eat. No more fast food garbage, everything I eat is actual food that I prepare myself.

2. I skate every day that I can, typical session is around 2 hours (I'd guess 15ish miles pushed)

3. Weight lifting (this is more to tone up my body, lifting weights doesn't burn shit for calories)

4. Swimming / bike riding

Also, if you're looking to get super lean, be ready to experience hunger. That's normal. Fatties these days experience 20 seconds of hunger and lose it, I'm typically "hungry" like 4-6 hours out of the day.

Lastly, caloric deficit is REQUIRED to lose weight. 2 ways to achieve a deficit, burn more or eat less. If you are not losing weight, you are by definition NOT in a caloric deficit.

Wisdom.

[Gustoo]

I found intermittent fasting to work pretty well.

Then the most basic tip I give everyone trying to lose weight is to make the simple switch to drinking water ONLY no excuse no leeway just the very simple aspect of no longer drinking anything that is not water. Later on you can move on to home made smoothies but start with the easy cut and dry water only rule.

For a lot of overweight people cutting out the poison drinks is like 10 zillion calories lost.

A lot of people like to focus on what they can add to their life to improve it like "if I just start eating some peas instead" like Ginnas mentioned mostly you can just cut a couple of basic things and make huge strides.

1. Water only no other drink
2. Next elite level - no dairy except butter to cook your scrambled eggs in (cuz they're gross cooked in oil)

The dairy one automatically cuts out a huge amount of toxic pastry type foods from your life while still allowing you bread for sandwhiches which should be cut out but this also helps you think about what is inside each of the food items you eat. You look at a muffin and you think "does that have butter" and you're like "yeah,, probably a fuck ton" and then you also think "and so much sugar and other garbage..."

Instead of just thinking of the flavor as good / bad

Nice work Ginnas.

[unsunghero]

Also, if you're looking to get super lean, be ready to experience hunger. That's normal. Fatties these days experience 20 seconds of hunger and lose it, I'm typically "hungry" like 4-6 hours out of the day.


Ohhh yeah. That empty feeling. That hollow ache at the center of you. Takes a lot of discipline to ignore that for hours on end

[Tunabros]

I was slow with work and got to play P99 for like 6 hours straight today (while getting paid)

nice

[Shourty]

Got my teeth less stained today. They called it "whitened" but, naa, less stained is better. I'm having an insert fitted next week and they need a new bench mark for the color. I have a brighter smile, except for the missing tooth.
Also got my hearing aids adjusted. That will help in communicating with the wife. Maybe.

[imperiouskitten]

I have begun experiencing unconfused hunger signals again, and when I eat food it tastes good and makes me feel better. I also no longer feel like someone inflated my belly button with a tire pump. My energy level is also through the roof; I am everytime amazed at how much strength is left in me after one of these long episodes.

Oh and lastly, the whole experience cut off a VERY difficult 15lbs and, ya, I'd do me. I haven't achieved this weight since 2007 (i was still a minor - ooooooooo).

Do your workouts yall. Or you'll be sorry later, when you can't. !!!

[Shourty]

Do your workouts yall. Or you'll be sorry later, when you can't. !!!

Oh yeah. I was going to a workout place for about 4 years before the wuflu shut everything down. It's open again and I can lift, press, curl almost as much as I was then.
Studly here.

[Tunabros]

I finally got my grades up

gf was very pleased and we went out to eat!

[imperiouskitten]

I finally got my grades up

gf was very pleased and we went out to eat!

Does your gf also hate "trannies" and equate them with criminals and drug users?

[Tunabros]

Does your gf also hate "trannies" and equate them with criminals and drug users?

I don't like annoying people

[nostalgiaquest]

Spanish coworker took me to the small town of El Papiol outside Barcelona where his family owns a restaurant. Ate and drank myself silly on amazing Spanish food and wine while getting the VIP treatment. Was refreshing to see a nice quiet town after spending the week in the big city.

Apparently today is the 4 year anniversary of Catalonia's referendum for independence, and i'm told it's going to get crazy with protests and partying. My hotel is smack dab in the middle of downtown so I should have a good view of the action. Will definitely be wearing my Barcelona football club shirt today!

[Philistine]

Had a close call with a car running a red while I was riding a motorcycle.

This is something good because it was only a close call.

[Bardp1999]

Had dinner and drinks with my mom and a bunch of friends - very nice evening.

COWBOYS at noon, have a watching party meeting at our local watering hole, should be fun

[starkind]

holy shit my brain is really liking this 360hz monitor refresh rate

https://i.imgur.com/Jt8iNdY.png

douthest thinkest it increaseth dopamining?

[imperiouskitten]

I don't like annoying people

You said you don't like trannies :o im asking about your gf and whether she agrees.

[starkind]

my keyboard software has setting to make typing cause randomized pew pew pew sounds rofl

[imperiouskitten]

share ur list, my gayming monitor is only 240hz and im allegedly a pro gaymer so im jealous

[starkind]

whats list, i'mma granny

[imperiouskitten]

poast l00ts
i think they call it cumsumption therapy

[Whale biologist]

She means post your parts list or "build" for the new battlestation

[starkind]

it's OEM

i'm not telling the public

need to know only

[Whale biologist]

it's OEM

i'm not telling the public

need to know only

Pre built? 😬

Yiiiiiikes

[starkind]

it's from alienware tho :p

[Mblake1981]

You got a fancy Dell, Sheldon

[nostalgiaquest]

Saw this rainbow today out the back window. Been raining like a bitch all day. Probably one of the brightest i've ever seen, and it only lasted about 5 minutes.

https://i.imgur.com/w1JD7NN.jpg

fuck yeah rainbows!

[starkind]

Saw this rainbow today out the back window. Been raining like a bitch all day. Probably one of the brightest i've ever seen, and it only lasted about 5 minutes.

https://i.imgur.com/w1JD7NN.jpg

fuck yeah rainbows!

that's a badass rainbow

[unsunghero]

Saw this rainbow today out the back window. Been raining like a bitch all day. Probably one of the brightest i've ever seen, and it only lasted about 5 minutes.

https://i.imgur.com/w1JD7NN.jpg

fuck yeah rainbows!

Lol nice pic

[Tunabros]

nothing good ever happens

just failed a physics exam

[Gatordash]

nothing good ever happens

just failed a physics exam

I always came out of physics exams thinking I failed it, which I did, but everyone else would too so when the curve came out I would end up with like an A-/B+

[Whale biologist]

Dance of Dragons?

Yep. Dance of Dragons. :)

[starkind]

i walked in a giant circle down my driveway and bacck, unloaded the dishwasher, fed my cats some chopped up shrimp they love chewing them it's so fun to watch them eat it, and i took over a settlement in nms and a giant spaceworm flew over it i haven't tracked it down sincce it orbits a really cool planet as a moon pretty neet

[GinnasP99]

You use a dishwasher instead of washing your dishes by hand in the sink ? Totally not judging you rn

[Cecily]

I got paperwork done on two patients with 2.5 hours to do it. Was due at 9 pm, I got it done and submitted at 8:59. Yay for dodging U grade (unacceptable) for professional behaviors.

[imperiouskitten]

well i stayed up for 72 hrs making myself vamit and pouring caustic fluids down my gullet while fasting in a desperate gambit to avoid teh knife.

then i slept for 24 hours and i woke up just now feeling like SHIT (but also like wayyy better). I am left with a new diagnosis which is that my stomach and esophagus seem to have some sort of bacterial issue, i wake up totally FULL of this undigestable mucus. Like so much mucus in your stomach and throat when u awaken, that you push the big red bulimia button if you want to save yourself another 8 hours of nauseous sickness. If I keep up on that maybe I'll finish off the last of teh symptoms, which seems to be a bacterial holdover from when my stomach was locked up as a fermentation tank on n off for the last 1.5 years.

Also crypto is going pretty dang good. Juris's mom (just so you know, she's a trophy wife who married into a banking family LOL. Like, a banking family with a wiki page from the robber baron era. just to provide the dox finally. :p) had a laugh when I said something about thinking about getting a job, so I'll say my retirement is pretty secure now at least :p

Nobody believes it when you're young, pretty, and claim to be sick as an 80 year old. But once you convince them by drenching the house in puke for weeks while simultaneously still making the family loads of money with ur maniacal worth ethic, u become something of a princess. They didnt respect me, until I built The Machine ;) ...which is way, way more profitable than any machine built by descendants with the patriarch's trusts. so yeah in the last week maybe I finally got recognized as a prodigy by the in-law family which is koo :) and I'm either about to be cured of my stomach thing, or bracing for heartbreak. According to family history these symptoms do precede a massive fusillade of metastatic cancers but I am trying to keep my head out of the gutter, as there are other possible etiologies. Good day vibes!!!

[starkind]

You use a dishwasher instead of washing your dishes by hand in the sink ? Totally not judging you rn

I actually prefer 2 wash by hand. It's not my rule. Took me years to get a proper drying rack. I always wash 2 or three by hand and get told to use the dishwasher. I say if you want let me wash em and you can put em in the dishwasher if you want.

I'm immaculate and I always do a better job than the machine. I don't care what anyone else thinks.

I enjoy handwashing dishes.

It's cathartic.

Watched this cool video today:
pxBQLFLei70

[starkind]

well i stayed up for 72 hrs making myself vamit and pouring caustic fluids down my gullet while fasting in a desperate gambit to avoid teh knife.

then i slept for 24 hours and i woke up just now feeling like SHIT (but also like wayyy better). I am left with a new diagnosis which is that my stomach and esophagus seem to have some sort of bacterial issue, i wake up totally FULL of this undigestable mucus. Like so much mucus in your stomach and throat when u awaken, that you push the big red bulimia button if you want to save yourself another 8 hours of nauseous sickness. If I keep up on that maybe I'll finish off the last of teh symptoms, which seems to be a bacterial holdover from when my stomach was locked up as a fermentation tank on n off for the last 1.5 years.

Also crypto is going pretty dang good. Juris's mom (just so you know, she's a trophy wife who married into a banking family LOL. Like, a banking family with a wiki page from the robber baron era. just to provide the dox finally. :p) had a laugh when I said something about thinking about getting a job, so I'll say my retirement is pretty secure now at least :p

Nobody believes it when you're young, pretty, and claim to be sick as an 80 year old. But once you convince them by drenching the house in puke for weeks while simultaneously still making the family loads of money with ur maniacal worth ethic, u become something of a princess. They didnt respect me, until I built The Machine ;) ...which is way, way more profitable than any machine built by descendants with the patriarch's trusts. so yeah in the last week maybe I finally got recognized as a prodigy by the in-law family which is koo :) and I'm either about to be cured of my stomach thing, or bracing for heartbreak. According to family history these symptoms do precede a massive fusillade of metastatic cancers but I am trying to keep my head out of the gutter, as there are other possible etiologies. Good day vibes!!!

This weird af sore throat and what feels like a blister, slash on the right, back side of my tongue seems to finally be improving.

The reason I point it out is synchronicity? I swear 2 God I don't want others to feel what I am.

I thought I was going to get septic n die at least 2 times last week, but nope. Doing ok.

[starkind]

I got paperwork done on two patients with 2.5 hours to do it. Was due at 9 pm, I got it done and submitted at 8:59. Yay for dodging U grade (unacceptable) for professional behaviors.

Keep doing it. You're getting hazed some. Nurses always are behind on charting. It's an industry problem ever since rules n puters. Fight 2 make it better if and where you can do something truly skillfully and effectively.

[Toxigen]

well i stayed up for 72 hrs making myself vamit and pouring caustic fluids down my gullet while fasting in a desperate gambit to avoid teh knife.

then i slept for 24 hours and i woke up just now feeling like SHIT (but also like wayyy better). I am left with a new diagnosis which is that my stomach and esophagus seem to have some sort of bacterial issue, i wake up totally FULL of this undigestable mucus. Like so much mucus in your stomach and throat when u awaken, that you push the big red bulimia button if you want to save yourself another 8 hours of nauseous sickness. If I keep up on that maybe I'll finish off the last of teh symptoms, which seems to be a bacterial holdover from when my stomach was locked up as a fermentation tank on n off for the last 1.5 years.

Also crypto is going pretty dang good. Juris's mom (just so you know, she's a trophy wife who married into a banking family LOL. Like, a banking family with a wiki page from the robber baron era. just to provide the dox finally. :p) had a laugh when I said something about thinking about getting a job, so I'll say my retirement is pretty secure now at least :p

Nobody believes it when you're young, pretty, and claim to be sick as an 80 year old. But once you convince them by drenching the house in puke for weeks while simultaneously still making the family loads of money with ur maniacal worth ethic, u become something of a princess. They didnt respect me, until I built The Machine ;) ...which is way, way more profitable than any machine built by descendants with the patriarch's trusts. so yeah in the last week maybe I finally got recognized as a prodigy by the in-law family which is koo :) and I'm either about to be cured of my stomach thing, or bracing for heartbreak. According to family history these symptoms do precede a massive fusillade of metastatic cancers but I am trying to keep my head out of the gutter, as there are other possible etiologies. Good day vibes!!!

wat

[unsunghero]

Keep doing it. You're getting hazed some. Nurses always are behind on charting. It's an industry problem ever since rules n puters. Fight 2 make it better if and where you can do something truly skillfully and effectively.

Probably depends on where you work

There are certain things I must have charted about the clients I see by the end of shift, even if that means staying 4+ hours over. Luckily for non-pool full time employees, some parts of the chart can be rolled to the next day. It used to be to the end of the week, but that got rolled back due liability concerns. If something happens to that client before the end of the week, that chart is frozen to prevent any changes while the incident is investigated. Therefore, it is a liability issue if a chart was frozen due to an IAD (incident, accident, death) while it was blank

Speaking of IAD’s, each one you witness or even hear about, gets a form that gets sent to the state. In fact the state or quality control continues to create and pile on new forms all the time. So you put some info in the medical chart, then repeat that same info in 2-3 different forms sometimes. Redundant as hell…

And of course your chart will be gone over by quality control and then later possibly randomly audited and gone over in supervision. So despite being over shift by potentially hours and in a rush to get home so your night isn’t ruined, don’t make any mistakes…

[Jibartik]

It's taken me the entire epidemic but I think I finally figured out why my coffee was bitter.

[Tunabros]

well i stayed up for 72 hrs making myself vamit and pouring caustic fluids down my gullet while fasting in a desperate gambit to avoid teh knife.

then i slept for 24 hours and i woke up just now feeling like SHIT (but also like wayyy better). I am left with a new diagnosis which is that my stomach and esophagus seem to have some sort of bacterial issue, i wake up totally FULL of this undigestable mucus. Like so much mucus in your stomach and throat when u awaken, that you push the big red bulimia button if you want to save yourself another 8 hours of nauseous sickness. If I keep up on that maybe I'll finish off the last of teh symptoms, which seems to be a bacterial holdover from when my stomach was locked up as a fermentation tank on n off for the last 1.5 years.

Also crypto is going pretty dang good. Juris's mom (just so you know, she's a trophy wife who married into a banking family LOL. Like, a banking family with a wiki page from the robber baron era. just to provide the dox finally. :p) had a laugh when I said something about thinking about getting a job, so I'll say my retirement is pretty secure now at least :p

Nobody believes it when you're young, pretty, and claim to be sick as an 80 year old. But once you convince them by drenching the house in puke for weeks while simultaneously still making the family loads of money with ur maniacal worth ethic, u become something of a princess. They didnt respect me, until I built The Machine ;) ...which is way, way more profitable than any machine built by descendants with the patriarch's trusts. so yeah in the last week maybe I finally got recognized as a prodigy by the in-law family which is koo :) and I'm either about to be cured of my stomach thing, or bracing for heartbreak. According to family history these symptoms do precede a massive fusillade of metastatic cancers but I am trying to keep my head out of the gutter, as there are other possible etiologies. Good day vibes!!!

can't tell if this is drugs, mental illness, or satire

maybe all of the above

[Cecily]

I actually prefer 2 wash by hand. It's not my rule. Took me years to get a proper drying rack. I always wash 2 or three by hand and get told to use the dishwasher. I say if you want let me wash em and you can put em in the dishwasher if you want.

I'm immaculate and I always do a better job than the machine. I don't care what anyone else thinks.

I enjoy handwashing dishes.

It's cathartic.

Watched this cool video today:
pxBQLFLei70
Loved that speech! And yeah, hand washing works better.

[Whale biologist]

Won a battle with android chrome over browser tabs.

Until next time, scurrilous knave. :)

[nostalgiaquest]

Went to a fancy Michelin star restaurant for dinner. Couldn't help but start laughing when the brought out the first appetizer.

https://i.imgur.com/rV5aBxe.jpg

An anchovy and black olive "taco". My inner Californian almost slapped the waiter for using the name taco in vein, but I restrained myself.

I get that fancy restaurants love these little portions, but this is just silly.

The rest of meal was great, but I'll always remember it for this little teeny tiny taco.

Edit: I fuckin' hate washing dishes by hand! Dishwasher 4 life!

[imperiouskitten]

can't tell if this is drugs, mental illness, or satire

maybe all of the above

Nicely done! Most of my posts are an intentional melting pot of those three elements. :)

There is another element, intense illness, which aggravates all of these. Cannibals are blind to it (you, patriam etc.) and would treat their loved ones with severity IRL if they ever expressed such symptoms, as they are loyal first and foremost to production capacity. But what if I told you I was supporting my family while being this sick and self-aware of my own neuroses? Oh and, while being hotter than your SO and smarter than your kids. Even gorilla logic understands at that point. :D

I overstated what I really did -- more like stay up 48 hrs than 72 -- but I do believe I successfully self-diagnosed my long term stomach issue and have treated it. This was the first morning in months where I didn't wake up with the choice of either puking up or trying to swallow a gallon of compressed spider webs. Which is the only way to describe what I just defeated under EXTREMELY POOR and counterproductive medical advice.

I hate my doctors. but I will be bragging to them soon. All the color is back in my face and I have that youthful glow, like I have definitely done something good. I was dying y'all.

Jelly sad-boys, feel free to make obvious how impossible it is for you to integrate this reality or behave with decency under any circumstances lmao :o I'm made of something stronger than you can even conceive of. You'd be dead in days in my shoes :) not outperforming your current boring self. But I guess that's some pretty "real", "cray-zee", "not normal" shit to bring to a forum board therefore I'm probably lying about my glorious life. Cringe. That's your ego getting bent into a pretzel by the emotional fender bender, FYI, if ur too stupid to process this. It's not a brag story; you are insecure. But do keep treating your sick and really rather reasonable friend like shit, dumbfuck gays.

Oh yeah, did I mention I'm feeling really really good today? Somewhere instead of gratitude there is definitely an undirected rage lol. I'm gonna go shadowbox or something now that I physically can! Love you :)

[unsunghero]

Was jogging my usual route just now. It’s dark out, can’t see. I feel teeth snapping behind my trailing foot and a tug on it as they make contact with it and start pulling it back

Ok, first dog attack. Plan is the same for the black bears I have to be conscious about when I jog up north: just like black bears, dog attacks are predatory. Therefore the best defense is coming over the top with aggression and noise, to switch them out of prey drive by making them think this prey is more trouble than it’s worth. For bears it goes: if it’s black fight back, if it’s brown lie down (brown bear attacks most often defensive, lying down means you pose no threat), if it’s white say goodnight (you are fucked if attacked by polar bear)

Anyway, adrenaline pumping I spin around ready to re-locate this dog’s head to its ass with a kick, and realize it’s just a little guy. And as soon as I spin around, it stops trying to bite me and runs back to its owner. I wave at him and say “it’s all good!” and continue on

Luckily, not a vicious dog attack :)

[pink grapefruit]

You have to wash the dishes before they go in the dishwasher. Dishwashers sanitize; they don't really clean.

[unsunghero]

Oops as a footnote the “if it’s black fight back” never applies to a mother and her cub. You’re probably dead there anyway, but will be even more dead if you fight back

[Tunabros]

got a 94 on my bio exam =D

too bad i failed my stats quiz tho rip =(

[nostalgiaquest]

You have to wash the dishes before they go in the dishwasher. Dishwashers sanitize; they don't really clean.

You anti-washers are all the same! Spreading your MSM lies and propaganda to further your political evil political agendas! Set aside your bias and realize the ultimate truth - hand washing dishes sucks!

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/cleaning/a33322/stop-prerinsing-dishes/

[nostalgiaquest]

in my hiking career I've come across two bears at close range. One in Washington, one in Japan. Both times I can confirm I was less concerned about the color and more concerned about not pooping my pants.

Most people do the same thing - stop and stand there like a dumbfounded idiot for a few seconds, then slowly back away while whispering something stupid like "oook mr bear, thats a good bear, that's right stay right there mr good bear, please don't come over here mr bear, etc."

So far my method is 2 for 2!

[Duik]

A smartarse motherfucker who unclogs a nailgun at work by repeatedly holding safety and shooting multiple nails around the shed, shot himself in the finger today.
He says "I have a nail in my finger, I need the hospital"
Supervisors response "I do too"
Hilarious.

Nice bear story. Survived Covid (or vaxx), eaten by bear.

[unsunghero]

in my hiking career I've come across two bears at close range. One in Washington, one in Japan. Both times I can confirm I was less concerned about the color and more concerned about not pooping my pants.

Most people do the same thing - stop and stand there like a dumbfounded idiot for a few seconds, then slowly back away while whispering something stupid like "oook mr bear, thats a good bear, that's right stay right there mr good bear, please don't come over here mr bear, etc."

So far my method is 2 for 2!

Backing up whispering things like “please don’t kill me mr bear” is perfectly good as well

Just not running. Running will only trigger its prey drive and do you no good since it can outrun you easily

If the bear is looking at you as a meal, lying down just makes it think wow what an easier meal. The only thing you have going for you is there is a really good chance you are the first human this bear has ever thought about eating. This is how a loud yell, raising your arms, standing your ground, and if necessary, fighting back can do wonders. You can’t do shit to a bear in a fight, but the bear doesn’t know that

If the bear had already killed and ate a human and learned that we as a species can’t do shit to them, then that bear is known as a man-killer and you are 100% fucked without a gun or bear mace if it wants to make you a meal

[unsunghero]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F5rZeGU0E2s

[Mblake1981]

Backing up whispering things like “please don’t kill me mr bear” is perfectly good as well

lyOB7urQZFU

[Whale biologist]

lyOB7urQZFU

Holy shit that was terrifying :eek:

[Jibartik]

Holy shit that was terrifying :eek:

in a real mans state it wouldn't be, it'd be a new rug.

:D

[Duik]

Cougar stalks teen jogger. Jogger falls accidentally on his back, naked. Jogger rejoices and tells mates.

[Duik]

I only like younger women.

[Duik]

/performs a reverse cougar maneuver. This shit writes itself.

[Duik]

And i carry my gun everywhere.
/Points this is my rifle, this is my gun.
This one's for fightin', thus one's for rugs.

[nostalgiaquest]

Finished reading book 1 of the Stormlight Archive. So far so good.

Went and saw the new James Bond. So far so bad.

[nostalgiaquest]

Went for my first run in about 4 months since breaking my ankle. Only made it a couple kilometres before getting winded and my foot starting to hurt, but I'm happy none the less. Hopefully I can start ramping back up into a normal routine again.

Word of advice to all of you. Don't break your foot. It's totally not worth it.

[Duik]

Fake story. Broken ankle, then foot.
57yrs here, no broken bones (yet). Took your advice, before you even gave it.
Tempted to say i'm indestructible, but i don't like eating words.
Were you jogging when you broke your arm?

[nostalgiaquest]

Nope, Skateboarding. Tried to air out of a 6 foot bowl on my surfskate and had an awkward fall. Board made it's way under my foot when i was running down the transition and that was all she wrote. Snapped both sides of my right ankle. Apparently i'm not as good a skateboarder as I once was. No 2024 olympic gold me for me :(

https://i.imgur.com/VdSpjb1.jpg

But thanks for asking Dork!

[starkind]

Nope, Skateboarding. Tried to air out of a 6 foot bowl on my surfskate and had an awkward fall. Board made it's way under my foot when i was running down the transition and that was all she wrote. Snapped both sides of my right ankle. Apparently i'm not as good a skateboarder as I once was. No 2024 olympic gold me for me :(

https://i.imgur.com/VdSpjb1.jpg

But thanks for asking Dork!

Now ur ankle will glow in the dark.

Someone is getting paid 2 put in a new flooring 2day and good music coming from the room.

[unsunghero]

Went for my first run in about 4 months since breaking my ankle. Only made it a couple kilometres before getting winded and my foot starting to hurt, but I'm happy none the less. Hopefully I can start ramping back up into a normal routine again.

Word of advice to all of you. Don't break your foot. It's totally not worth it.

Nah, I bet that foot/ankle gonna be even stronger than before now with all that reinforcement!

Hopefully you can keep at the running

[Mblake1981]

Went and saw the new James Bond. So far so bad.

return to pulp (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F6qWGob5tE)

https://i.imgur.com/I0VDaje.jpg

[GinnasP99]

I met this kid on univ of Alabama campus yesterday. Introduced myself and then convinced him to take a 20 dollar bill from me and stick it into the wipers of a car that was stopped at a crosswalk. It was a pretty cool experience. Pretty sure we both got high off it.

[imperiouskitten]

Nope, Skateboarding. Tried to air out of a 6 foot bowl on my surfskate and had an awkward fall. Board made it's way under my foot when i was running down the transition and that was all she wrote. Snapped both sides of my right ankle. Apparently i'm not as good a skateboarder as I once was. No 2024 olympic gold me for me :(

https://i.imgur.com/VdSpjb1.jpg

But thanks for asking Dork!

Gnarly! I should post my arm gore photos lol

[unsunghero]

Was selected to represent my department in accepting an award for our agency at a business luncheon today

For the past few years I’ve also been the one to do most of our media interviews (think I’ve done about 4 so far). I get nervous being on camera like anyone else but I find the feeling exciting. I picture anxiety like lightning, racing down my body and energizing me, sharpening my thoughts :)

At least this time I’m getting paid to eat a free lunch on my off day. Can’t pass that up

Here goes nothin!

[starkind]

Congrats!

Sorry, emoji not posting!

https://i.imgur.com/7j9YZmP.jpeg

[nostalgiaquest]

Landed in Istanbul for a few week work trip. First time here so pretty stoked.

"Even old New York was once New Amsterdam"

[nostalgiaquest]

Taxi driver tried to scam me out of 50 Lira this morning (about 5 euro). Meter said 75, but when showed up to the destination it was all of a sudden 125. Also refused to give me a receipt. I've taken this route a few times now and it's always around 75-80 Lira.

He threatened to call the police, and when I said go ahead and call em, I've got nothing but time, he relented and took the appropriate faire.

Tricksy Turks. This would have never happened in Constantinople...

[Castle2.0]

Bitcoin hit all time high.

[Topgunben]

Imperiouskitten was banned. Best day of my life.

[Castle2.0]

Imperiouskitten was banned. Best day of my life.

Story?

[nostalgiaquest]

You realize she's still actively posting here on another account, right dumb dumb? You know, the same thing you do when you get banned....

[Chortles Snortles]

https://i.imgur.com/3Od9IqZ.jpg

[Tunabros]

"Staff bashing". Don't fret, it's only for a week. It is a hilarious story though.

The quote that drew the ban was in a thread title, quoted only for reference b/c it's hilarious: "Admins, you called me 'stupid' for saying you refuse to ban transphobes". Which is a historical event which can be searched up on the board history if you like. In the body of the post I quoted Blake's many hate speech meltdown posts, which were not deleted as I was suspended. So, a pretty keen demonstration of all the points I've been making here. :)

However I hadn't realized that they edited the rules so that hate speech is allowed, so long as it is not racist or "personally targeted". I think this change was done so that, (or at least the timing is coincidental with,) FatherSioux or topgunben (sorry I forget if they are two diff or the same) could be unbanned. One of those two I think said they phoned in a favor with a higher admin. So I am enjoying this new handle and the fact that we can hate faggots openly now on this glorious faggot-hating server.

Less ironically, the good news is that I seem to have supporters nowadays! I have always had some envy for nostalgiaquest's travels & photos and of course it feels very good to see that there must be some understanding of the situation in him, as it is with virtually every male on this board who isn't a gibbering Foxnews monkey. My assumption is that his gf/wife is attractive and he is secure with that, so he doesn't have to feel threatened and ridiculed by my very existence.
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I came to the thread to post on topic, though!!! Didn't expect to see the ole obsession in here. But y'all have picked a great time to obsess.

I finally found the antidote today!!! It was in my medicine chest already, I just needed a higher dose.

To recap: my stomach has been paralyzed, not draining, so I couldn't take food or water or medication by mouth at all. Literally a deadly situation. Fermenting food in my stomach began to grow moss and every morning I woke up with my mouth and throat soaked in goo, bacterial matrix of the flora feasting on food that was intended for me but stuck in limbo. And as you might expect of a starving person, sleep took over my life. Which did not help. This has carried on in slow escalation for maybe 4 months.

Medical system failed me comprehensively and would have allowed me to die or come in on a gurney had I not resorted to extreme measures to self-diagnose and self-treat. But whatever, that's why I went to school. So, after pumping my own stomach I finally understood that it was not "constipation" but some sort of stomach paralysis. Now I have found the drug and the dose which releases my stomach contents unto my intestines, and I can live again like a hu-mon. The struggle isn't over but I am no longer dying.

I weighed myself today and I lost 25lbs, yes I lost 25lbs since any photo you have seen of me, down to 132lbs at six feet which is supermodel level physique. Waist to hip ratio is INSANE right now. So that's pretty F'n sick.

Also crypto keeps going up. I was blessed with pleasant financial news throughout this ordeal, thankfully.

Anyway, I've survived another ludicrous fucking incident. Can I be comfortable and have fun for a little while now please Jesus? I kinda deserve whatever but JD especially deserves a break. Thx & Jah bless

shut up retard

just no one cares or read that

[Philistine]

Had a low key Friday at work for the first time in several weeks :)

[Topgunben]

You realize HE'S still actively posting here on another account, right dumb dumb? You know, the same thing you do when you get banned....

FTFY

[Knowledge]

Those Laundrie parents tried to hide and protect that evil murderer from justice.

Then they hear the news he killed himself.

That is good to me. "Even the evil ones shall love their own"
They tried to keep him hidden after they knew he killed Gabby.

He's hidden now for sure! Right, motherfuckers!

Motherfucker barely 20 years old already murdering girls.

[starkind]

I was able to pee in a toilet.

[Knowledge]

We're gonna die.

[starkind]

Go outside and stretch, got a comfy chair in the shade? Close your eyes and focus on all the sounds or watch the trees gently sway.

[Jibartik]

Those Laundrie parents tried to hide and protect that evil murderer from justice.

Then they hear the news he killed himself.

That is good to me. "Even the evil ones shall love their own"
They tried to keep him hidden after they knew he killed Gabby.

He's hidden now for sure! Right, motherfuckers!

Motherfucker barely 20 years old already murdering girls.

Ever since I saw the move Bully like 20 years ago, everytime someone dies from florida I am like, well, that movie Bully was super accurate about florida youth.

Checks out every time.

4hxbVQlrsLU

[nostalgiaquest]

Added another country to my list today, that makes four!


… I’ve now been pooped on by a bird in four countries! Three continents!

[Jibartik]

the universe is crazy ive never been pooped on by a bird and this guy has been 4 times how does that make sense!

wait do you do a lot of bird activities? or are these at like cafes?

[starkind]

I used the toilet again. 2 for 2

[starkind]

the universe is crazy ive never been pooped on by a bird and this guy has been 4 times how does that make sense!

wait do you do a lot of bird activities? or are these at like cafes?

They like to poop on certain ppl more than others.

Protip: don't stare, look angrily, or follow them with your gaze they'll get the wrong idea, even if you're just admiring their flight.

They also know who is rich and owns fancy cars. It's possible eating a lot of chicken will cause you to have a predatory scent that sets them off. Also blonde and red hair.

[nostalgiaquest]

I'm into bird stuff....

But seriously. I spend a lot of time near oceans, and sea birds are shit machines.

This time I was just walking down a crowded street in Istanbul. A few blocks off the water. Other times were on navy bases (they're infested with seagulls), a beach in Japan, and on a boat in Thailand. So yeah, water.

[starkind]

Who lives near the ocean? Fancy ppl. Drunken sailors, and pirates. Which r u?

[nostalgiaquest]

A fancy drunk pirate? I don't if i could live in a place that doesn't have access to the ocean. Spent childhood in California with frequent trips to Pismo and Morrow Bay, then moved to the Seattle area for a while, then lived near the beach in Japan for a few years, and now in the Netherlands. Looking at buying a small boat soon to putt around the canals.

In other good news, I bought this Turkish rug to hang on the wall and make my zoom background more interesting. Nothing super crazy, these things get fuuucking expensive. But i really like the color. Probably cuz it reminds of the ocean lol.

https://i.imgur.com/4tCj2U2.jpg

I felt like i was smuggling drugs bringing it back to my hotel. Look at how they wrapped this shit up. Gave me the duffle bag and everything.

https://i.imgur.com/d6H0j99.jpg

[Jibartik]

This time I was just walking down a crowded street in Istanbul.

oh cool say hi to satan for me.

[nostalgiaquest]

Is Satan in Istanbul? I thought he was in hell banging Sadam Hussein.

Alls I know is I stumbled across a burrito place here that has the best California burrito i've had in 10 years of being an expat. And that's coming from someone who grew up in California.

mmmmmmmmm

[Jibartik]

yeah the caliphate is coming back

[nostalgiaquest]

Crap. I hope they still allow burritos.

I've had nothing but good experiences here so far. Today, after I bought my rug, i mentioned that I was hungry and asked for a restaurant recommendation. They insisted that I come back to their house a block over where I ate a home cooked meal with the whole family. Here's the view from their roof -

https://i.imgur.com/Vs8X6fG.jpg

don't let politics ruin your view of a people.

[Jibartik]

Crap. I hope they still allow burritos.

I've had nothing but good experiences here so far. Today, after I bought my rug, i mentioned that I was hungry and asked for a restaurant recommendation. They insisted that I come back to their house a block over where I ate a home cooked meal with the whole family. Here's the view from their roof -

https://i.imgur.com/Vs8X6fG.jpg

don't let politics ruin your view of a people.

Istanbul is the most beautiful city on earth.

But satan is there doing bad things.

That family will be subjugated I hate to say it but give them a big hug.

[unsunghero]

A fancy drunk pirate? I don't if i could live in a place that doesn't have access to the ocean. Spent childhood in California with frequent trips to Pismo and Morrow Bay, then moved to the Seattle area for a while, then lived near the beach in Japan for a few years, and now in the Netherlands. Looking at buying a small boat soon to putt around the canals.

In other good news, I bought this Turkish rug to hang on the wall and make my zoom background more interesting. Nothing super crazy, these things get fuuucking expensive. But i really like the color. Probably cuz it reminds of the ocean lol.

https://i.imgur.com/4tCj2U2.jpg

I felt like i was smuggling drugs bringing it back to my hotel. Look at how they wrapped this shit up. Gave me the duffle bag and everything.

https://i.imgur.com/d6H0j99.jpg

That rug is cool looking

I like patterns like that

[starkind]

gorgeous!

[Jibartik]

Satan likes pretty things :)

[Jibartik]

https://i.imgur.com/4tCj2U2.jpg



saw this thought of you(r rug)

https://i.imgur.com/U3wHauj.png

[unsunghero]

^

Ya I draw/doodle patterns like that at work during downtime sometimes. My brain just finds symmetrical patterns comforting or something. None as nice as that rug’s tho

[unsunghero]

Puppy sittin this little guy today. Have to keep him alive for another 4 hours. High maintenance, requires constant attention or cries. Reminds me of my high school gf

His name is pretty cool, Maximus Decimus Meridius, Max for short, and no I didn’t pick it

[Philistine]

I was assigned a presentation at work with very little notice. Just gave it and it wasn't a disaster, which I'll take as a win.

[unsunghero]

Moved a lot of meth this week, made some fat stacks of cash

[unsunghero]

^
Jk got my totaled 2011 frontier repaired and sold it. Repairs cost about $4k but in this market even with 150,000+ miles it sold for 8.2 so pocketed 4.2k

Time to do some hookers and coke!

^
Jk again I can pay off one credit card and put a huge dent in the other. My new truck payment interest is only 3.5% but credit card interest is like 18% so credit card debt seems the best possible use

[Gustoo]

Great job. Car market is pretty insane like the rest of the markets that can't help but reflect inflation.

[unsunghero]

Great job. Car market is pretty insane like the rest of the markets that can't help but reflect inflation.

Ty and yea, I guess due to the chip shortage, it’s almost like for the first time cars are an appreciating asset

I occasionally check the official Tacoma forums, and there are people who chose to trade in a recently bought vehicle, and got thousands more than what they paid a few years ago for it new

You hear about it and it’s like no, that should not happen. Cars have always depreciated from the minute they’re driven off the lot…

[Duik]

^

Jk again I can pay off one credit card and put a huge dent in the other. My new truck payment interest is only 3.5% but credit card interest is like 18% so credit card debt seems the best possible use

Lmao. 2 credit cards.

[unsunghero]

Lmao. 2 credit cards.

That’s nothing, I have friends who have like 6 maxed out..

Edit: for me one was $2k, and the other my bank automatically gave me, so I used and has like 3k now

But my credit score was like 770 when I applied for my truck loan, so banks def know I’m their bitch

Me to banks and investors:

[unsunghero]

Oh here’s a tip, for anyone who wants to stick it to the banks. There’s actually ways to exploit the sign up bonuses credit cards give by signing up and then never using or using small amount and right then paying it. There’s an entire popular Reddit subreddit dedicated to it. They’ve researched which ones have the best sign up bonuses and which you can just sign up get the bonus and quit. People have essentially legally ripped off the banks for thousands of free air fare or gift cards, etc

[Swish]

Got my second covid shot (technically yesterday)... mods please delete if it breaks the thread rules.

Feels great.

[Castle2.0]

LOL @ people who don't churn credit cards bc they are afraid.

I put in some elbow grease to find an RTX 3090 at MSRP $1500. I buy it on a card I just got and get $200 cash back. Pay off card, cancel it, wait 1 year to do it again. Only $1300 and have stacked more than that in Ethereum.

Check out NerdWallet. I mean, you are nerds after all.

[Duik]

200 bucks a year. Genius! Needa add Fastest "free" $200 to ya sig.

[GinnasP99]

Never know what you'll find at UPS.

https://imgur.com/DISCcIn.jpg

[nostalgiaquest]

Was eating dinner at a local pide joint (turkish pizza) by myself, when all of a sudden I look up and realize that I’m not alone at all!

Not much for conversation, but happy to share a piece of salami or two.

https://i.imgur.com/3oIPuBD.jpg

[unsunghero]

^

Lotta pussy today it seems

[Jibartik]

that is pretty awesome!

[Swish]

Was eating dinner at a local pide joint (turkish pizza) by myself, when all of a sudden I look up and realize that I’m not alone at all!

Not much for conversation, but happy to share a piece of salami or two.

https://i.imgur.com/3oIPuBD.jpg

This is great <3

[Castle2.0]

200 bucks a year. Genius! Needa add Fastest "free" $200 to ya sig.

You're not very good at extrapolation, are you?

There's $1300 worth of intro offers right now on credit cards you can apply for.

If you can't turn $1300 into $13,000 in the next 4 years, no worries.. just keep putting the top on the widget when it comes down the conveyor, three-quarter turns, then onto the next station at the factory. You'll do just fine, pal.

[unsunghero]

You're not very good at extrapolation, are you?

There's $1300 worth of intro offers right now on credit cards you can apply for.

If you can't turn $1300 into $13,000 in the next 4 years, no worries.. just keep putting the top on the widget when it comes down the conveyor, three-quarter turns, then onto the next station at the factory. You'll do just fine, pal.

The way I found out about it is I have this progressive/liberal co-worker who is always really frugal and successful with money, and I saw him filling out a credit card application on his phone

And so I said “I thought u said credit cards are a bad idea?” And then he explained that he discovered this “churning” thing (I guess is what it’s called), and now follows the Reddit subreddit about it. He explained how much free shit you can get. I was skeptical, but then he showed me how he already had like $600 worth of free air travel, and he mentioned that his last round trip he took to and from San Francisco (figures he’d go there…) for vacation was completely paid for by banks

He’s big on sticking it to banks because he hates banks and Uber rich corporations as much as any other Dem. Although he very much fits the term “champagne socialist”, meaning he has at least $100k in savings+crypto+stocks and never gives to charity, so he has his own form of greed. He also has a credit score of like 820ish, and always pays off any credit card he uses

So when I say “free shit” you can legally rip-off banks for, it may still require some sort of payment on the card, I’m not sure. It works well for people like him who can immediately pay off whatever payment he makes. He has told me many times he has $0 credit card debt always. I’d ask him more about it, but he’s not in today

[Duik]

You're not very good at extrapolation, are you?

There's $1300 worth of intro offers right now on credit cards you can apply for.

If you can't turn $1300 into $13,000 in the next 4 years, no worries.. just keep putting the top on the widget when it comes down the conveyor, three-quarter turns, then onto the next station at the factory. You'll do just fine, pal.

Hehe, Widgets.
Own home. Check.
New car (modest) on loan. Check.
Zero credit card debt. Check.
Modest needs and expectations. Check.
Enjoyable life. Check.
Laugh at plebs churning credit cards. Check.

[Tunabros]

I'm learning about extrapolations in stats right now

it's crazy stuff

[Elizondo]

The sun was shining and the sky was blue

[Trexller]

@ OP

Nothing, ever.

You're all just brainwashed into thinking that circumstances which, "dont entirely suck" are good things.

[nostalgiaquest]

🎶No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes🎶

Seriously dude, maybe it’s time for a break?

[Castle2.0]

Hehe, Widgets.
Own home. Check.
New car (modest) on loan. Check.
Zero credit card debt. Check.
Modest needs and expectations. Check.
Enjoyable life. Check.
Laugh at plebs churning credit cards. Check.

I churn all kinds of stuff. Just got free AAL stock for funding my WeBull account with $100. Almost $20 for sending over $100, waiting a few weeks and sending it back.

All profits go into crypto.

"take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves"

If you're not gaming the system, are you even gaming at all?

BTW, bragging you have no debt when inflation is through the roof and interest rates are incredibly low is pretty funny. Worse than bragging about a video game accomplishment.

I'll take $10,000 today at sometimes 0% to grab up assets that are inflating in price so I can pay back $8,000 (in today's dollars worth) with zero or near-zero interest and have a $16,000 asset from the deal.

[Jibartik]

+ when it's time to pay back those loans, we'll be in the throws of both a civil war and world war 3 so it will be totally forgiven and probably not even valid by the time those are over.

[Tunabros]

got an A on my exam today

feels good B)

[nostalgiaquest]

Wasn't sure whether this was best suited for this thread of the Dune one, but i went to the Istanbul spice market today. Taking back almost 2kg worth of spices. As you may very well know, he who controls the spice controls the Universe!

https://i.imgur.com/Rz11kj8.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/q6qqA4O.jpg

My last night here, so figured some hookah on the water overlooking Eminonu was in order.

https://i.imgur.com/Ppn4a8p.jpg

Been a good two weeks but i'm about ready to go. This place is crazy. Plus with all the amazing food, if I stayed much longer i'd prolly end up as fat as Lulz!

[Jibartik]

Istanbul is as close to living on a planet in the dune universe as you can get thx for the pics

[starkind]

Istanbul is as close to living on a planet in the dune universe as you can get thx for the pics

I want to build a naturally carved palace in Southern Utah.

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Unpacked some stuff. Got cats home. And I'm still breathing. Weather is beautiful. I posted some great posts lately. Cats are happy. Pajamas soft. Good memories of dune. Supernatural on TV and BG1 is fun. Rereading death gate cycle.

Think imma be here one more day at the very least. And the several bbq joints around smell wonderful coming in through the screen windows smells great.

[unsunghero]

I’m drunk Chucky, wanna play?

[starkind]

Nice costume unsunghero!

[unsunghero]

Nice costume unsunghero!

Ty

It was one of the last ones left at the spirit store when you wait till the day of the party to look for one

I hadn’t seen the movie(s) in forever so I had to look up quotes on the way to toss out…

[starkind]

Woke up.

Internet still intact.

P99 servers running.

[Nedion]

Strange feeling. My boss fired me for not getting vaccinated .. even though I've been working remotely for a long time .. I'm at home. I don't want anywhere .. It's still not the best, right?)) Opened duckdice (https://duckdice.io/forum/topics/966-highest-paying-bitcoin-games), made a couple of bets, won)). No, not much, but the fact itself was important. Use the time to try working for yourself or look for a new boss? What would you choose?

[starkind]

Gambling when down on your luck... not smart.

I made a cup of coffee it's not to bad for instant coffee. I feel like I'll make it through the day, always a bonus.

[Tunabros]

Strange feeling. My boss fired me for not getting vaccinated .. even though I've been working remotely for a long time .. I'm at home. I don't want anywhere .. It's still not the best, right?)) Opened duckdice (https://duckdice.io/forum/topics/966-highest-paying-bitcoin-games), made a couple of bets, won)). No, not much, but the fact itself was important. Use the time to try working for yourself or look for a new boss? What would you choose?

Not that hard to get vaccinated. Sounds like a you problem. Sorry you can't follow

simple instructions.

[starkind]

Another beautiful day today. Feels good man.

[unsunghero]

Strange feeling. My boss fired me for not getting vaccinated .. even though I've been working remotely for a long time .. I'm at home. I don't want anywhere .. It's still not the best, right?)) Opened duckdice (https://duckdice.io/forum/topics/966-highest-paying-bitcoin-games), made a couple of bets, won)). No, not much, but the fact itself was important. Use the time to try working for yourself or look for a new boss? What would you choose?

Sorry man, I was in the same boat, either get vaxxed by nov 1 or be put on unpaid leave, basically saying I’d be fired but could possibly come back after getting vaxxed

I didn’t need the vaxx, already beat covid easily last year. Got first shot a few weeks ago with no problems. A little worried about 2nd shot bc Moderna on men under 40 has had a rare heart complication in like 1/6000 people but it’s still rare enuf I’ll roll the dice

If you didn’t have very strong feelings/concerns about the vaxx you could go and get it and see about coming back to your old job. A lotta places are desperate for people, maybe your old one was

Otherwise I wouldn’t recommend working for self if that work is doing bets/gambling. Lotta places are hiring atm, if it were me I’d put out applications

[Tunabros]

if you can't follow simple instructions or be a man and take the shot,

your a pussy and deserve to be put off

not a huge fucking deal

hope this helps

also gambling kills

[robayon]

i am eating leftover pozole i made yesterday

[starkind]

it's been a long time since i was able to do things for myself without asking others to do them and today I

vacuumed my room some
emptied out the bathroom drawers to make them easier to clean for someone else
changed the battery on the vacuum
made my own salad
helped a person do some stuff
made my own salad (mostly!!)
ground my own pepper
communicated in a nice and assertive and kind way
did dishes and cleaned up after myself

I didn't do everything myself today, I did do some things at least it's a huge improvement and there's like 20 things someone else didn't have to do for me or that i didn't have to rely on someone else to do and that freaks me out because i can't stand being dependent on other people :(

oh ya and I washed my face and brushed my teeth

[Shourty]

As I was leaving the community center today, there was a pavilion with a table and five men sitting and standing there. On the table I saw some US flags and a sign reading something about firemen. When I pulled up and stopped near them, I rolled down the window. They all looked to see what I was going to ask/say. I said, "Make haste Brandon", and got five bark laughs and continued laughing. I made someone happy today.

[wesryy5]

Lately, a lot of good things have been happening in my life. For example, yesterday I won at https://oddsdigger.com/at/tennis. In fact, I have been playing for only a few months and there are already good results. It is because of the quarantine that often stay at home and began to rest better. I think that each of us should be more positive.

[starkind]

I get to grill lampchops 2 day :)

[starkind]

Those lambchops turned out pretty swell!

[Philistine]

After a couple of nights of not sleeping well I slept awesome last night and feel great!!

Saying that makes me feel SUPER old though, lol

[Toxigen]

i woke up and reminded myself that ill never be forced to take the jabs

[starkind]

i definately agree about the slippery slope thing

[GinnasP99]

lil bit of gains over here, i think

https://imgur.com/gs3qBsw.jpg

[unsunghero]

^
Nice vascularity! also a sign of fat loss


For something good today I had a really hot Hispanic co-worker fill in for my regular partner who is out for 10 days due to someone in his household having covid. The gal at first mentioned being impressed with my clinical skills, then seemed to get a little more flirty as the day went on and we continued to interact during downtime. One thing I’ve noticed as a possible sign of increasing interest from gals is their voice tends to get a bit higher pitched and more feminine as they talk. This one also mentioned being single and would do things like almost lean her head on my shoulder while laughing if I said something funny

She was significantly younger though, I normally try to stay within -10 +5 age ranges. I ended up not asking her out, partly because we were swapping stories about bad past co-workers and I mentioned one who had asked out his co-worker and then after being rejected threatened himself and the entire office. So I didn’t want to ask this one out after relating a story like that, just felt like bad timing lol

Ah well, may see her again and then we’ll see

[GinnasP99]

Dude, ask her out the very next time. I'm 36 and I'd adjust that -10 to like probably -14. She's laying her head on your shoulder, she likes you. Just be like, hey, want to have dinner w/ me sometime. Plz vet her though. cooking, washing dishes, other basic household chores, you get the idea.

Ohh also, remove the + entirely. You want a chick younger than you.

[Trexller]

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Nice vascularity! also a sign of fat loss


For something good today I had a really hot Hispanic co-worker fill in for my regular partner who is out for 10 days due to someone in his household having covid. The gal at first mentioned being impressed with my clinical skills, then seemed to get a little more flirty as the day went on and we continued to interact during downtime. One thing I’ve noticed as a possible sign of increasing interest from gals is their voice tends to get a bit higher pitched and more feminine as they talk. This one also mentioned being single and would do things like almost lean her head on my shoulder while laughing if I said something funny

She was significantly younger though, I normally try to stay within -10 +5 age ranges. I ended up not asking her out, partly because we were swapping stories about bad past co-workers and I mentioned one who had asked out his co-worker and then after being rejected threatened himself and the entire office. So I didn’t want to ask this one out after relating a story like that, just felt like bad timing lol

Ah well, may see her again and then we’ll see

yeah bro that gal is throwing herself at you. keep playing aloof for like 2 days then "notice" her and do your thing.

tread carefully my friend, as the ability "Feign Aloof" is easily interpreted as "Spell: Gate"

[unsunghero]

Dude, ask her out the very next time. I'm 36 and I'd adjust that -10 to like probably -14. She's laying her head on your shoulder, she likes you. Just be like, hey, want to have dinner w/ me sometime. Plz vet her though. cooking, washing dishes, other basic household chores, you get the idea.

Ohh also, remove the + entirely. You want a chick younger than you.

I’m 38, so I usually go down to late 20’s. I had a fwb who was a 40+ yr old Thai girl (she 43 now) so that’s why I do +5, but Asians are timeless. But even for a non-Asian, as long as the person is taking good care of themselves, eating clean, not smoking or drinking, or doing things that would otherwise “age” them further, I could totally be attracted to someone older, no problem

And she didn’t lay her head on the shoulder, we were sitting in a work vehicle side by side with a large center console between, it wouldn’t be physically possible. But she’d lean way over with her head like she was trying to. Someone I just met laying their head on my shoulder while on the clock at work would be extremely forward. I like to think I have some game but not THAT much…this gal was master’s level educated therapist, so she still going to act professional

Now in my off-work personal life I’ve had girls be much more forward, the most was a drunk gal at a bar walking up and kissing me on the lips quickly on her way out of a bar then apologizing. She was pretty cute so it was no big deal. Remember kids, it’s not sexual assault if the girl isn’t ugly :)

[GinnasP99]

One last thing before I go to bed. Hooking up w/ a chick at work is potentially a holy hand grenade ready to explode on your life. So uhh, yeah, look out for that.

[unsunghero]

One last thing before I go to bed. Hooking up w/ a chick at work is potentially a holy hand grenade ready to explode on your life. So uhh, yeah, look out for that.

^
THIS was a huge reservation for me, yes

[unsunghero]

Passed a fellow late night runner doing my route tonight. Gave him the water bottle salute, always get a wave back doing this. Us runners gotta stick together

All fellow joggers get the salute, walkers and cyclists get nothing unless they wave first then I’ll wave back to be polite. That’s my policy

[Trexller]

One last thing before I go to bed. Hooking up w/ a chick at work is potentially a holy hand grenade ready to explode on your life. So uhh, yeah, look out for that.

she's in working for someone who is out, then she goes when he gets back?

yeah, that's fair game.

[starkind]

ya dude i wouldn't no offense to the ppl who actually get harrased but between the wokeism and the drama when you guys inevetibly decide to get distance after finding out she has 15 cats idk.

[Trexller]

ya dude i wouldn't no offense to the ppl who actually get harrased but between the wokeism and the drama when you guys inevetibly decide to get distance after finding out she has 15 cats idk.

before you even ask someone out... you obtain this sort of life detail intelligence through tactful conversation... as a bonus, this subtle reconnoiter seems like a friendly interest, easing them into just spilling their life onto the table. text book tradecraft honeypot.

you gotta use this info to read the terrain

that chick in the 80s was right, love is a battlefield.

[nostalgiaquest]

Some friends are getting married here in the Netherlands, and some our homies from Japan came out for it. Got this lovely care package. Pac Man Sake and real wasabi, including some real fancy shit from Sapporo. FUck I miss real wasabi.

https://i.imgur.com/coSy6DT.jpg

[unsunghero]

Hell yeah wasabi and a bit of soy sauce mixed in, so bomb with sushi

[nostalgiaquest]

You’re in Arizona yeah? There’s a chance you’ve never even had real wasabi. The American shit is a mix of horseradish and green dye. It’s like methadone. It’ll get you by, but it ain’t nothing compared to the real shit.

[Jibartik]

First time I ate wasabi I thought it was avocado. That was rough.

The worst was first time I had green tea soda I thought it was green apple. Whoa momma.

[unsunghero]

Ya I prolly only had the American version then, damn

Never had green tea soda before

Just bought this yesterday because it’s supposed to be beyond superfood healthy for heart and circulation. All the info online is incredibly positive, and my dad’s heart doctor recommends it

People I know who take it warned me it tastes nasty but I really like it. It’s so fuckin tart, I want to drink it for taste like soda

[Jibartik]

people that buy that brand are conservative as fuck

only conservatives eat food that is packaged like motor oil in 1890

[unsunghero]

UFC 268 was a fuckin banger