/baw/ - General Discussion

Oh yeah, subjects aren't in place on the new boards yet. That will come with the layout change.

In addition, I'm 29 now, ~yay~

i hate this

Yo where is One Piece?

BITCHES AND WHORES

But enough about 4chan, how the holy hell is everyone? :3

>>391745
We've trimmed some of the boards due to extreme lack of posting. They might return in time with complaining, but for now it's just a smaller group.

Whining dog

Okay if it's already found us here doesn't that generally mean someone is sending it? The CP bots I mean.

If I understand this isn't final yet, so probably not much need to worry about the cramped feeling or the lack of thread titles, also Machine style ftw

>>391755
So someone's actually coming here, every day, to spam 2-3 posts to advertise some creepy cp site of their own free will?
That's...more sad than anything.

If it is a person, would be somewhere to report them to? They're using proxies (and going through even more effort to do that), but I don't expect someone who's doing this manually to be able to hide particularly well.

I don't know how to use any of this and it is all very different from what I am accustomed to when it comes to image boards.

This layout is still a work in progress, right?

Why is the layout all fucked up?

>>391745
The One Piece board is complete shit and almost dead, all it gets is a couple of posts of chapter discussion and then double that in shitposting each time a new chapter comes out but is dead the rest of the time.

Its good that its gone.

For those asking: yes, this layout is a WIP and anonex is (actually) working on making the layout more like the old boards.

>>391759
The One Piece board is yours, but you'll have to find it first. I left all the good discussion in one thread.

Just have general threads on /jam/ for One Piece the exact same as Bleach or Naruto. Problem solved
One /jam/ General thread could easily contain week's worth of posting on the old /op/ board.

Yeah, /op/ was pretty much dead on the old board. What activity was left could easily be left in a One Piece general. Same thing with /a/ and /mspa/ really. The pokemon board is right on the border, especially with the Hoenn remakes, but it can probably be handled with a general as well.

I notice spam is still happening

So what, +four is going through all this nonsense and causing hassle and its not actually going to do anything to prevent the spam?
Whats the point of the shuffle if that is the case?

>>391778
I'm pretty sure the new boards were just because Anonex has had new boards planned for like 3 years.
And just had the surprise bonus feature of slowing the spam.

>>391778

We have new janitors in place to help curb the spam. (I’ve already nailed one spam post.)

>>391778
The new boards won't stop the spam, but:
1) The mod panel is as fast as posting, whereas on the old board it could take minutes for a single post to be deleted/banned.
2) Janitors
3) Cloudflare has the ability to block IPs on a blacklist it already has, which (theoretically) greatly lowers the number of proxies/zombies the spammer will be able to use.

>straight Download button suddenly on all files
Thank You Based Secret

THERES A RADIO NOW

YOU GOT WHAT YOU ASKED FOR

I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY

I am bad at my job. Also, lost my wallet.
>>391788
Yes, very.

>>391788
I do not see where the radio is, am I supposed to reach it with something other than a browser?

>>391808

i only posted about it in >>391786

link is http://boards.plus4chan.org/rad.php
should i put it in the sticky or global announcement or something maybe

yes please

Conclusion: Albuquerque is a nice town, but I really don't want to live here. Desert life is not for me.

>decide to leave /baw/ forever because of the spam being too much for me
>check old /cog/ a few days later
>all new boards implemented
>more janitors
lol never mind then. Thanks secret/anonex/mods/new janitors/new mods.

PS I'm having a really hard time getting my shit together to move to a new city. Any tips from people who have done it before? Like what should I do first etc?

>>391871
Sell as much as you can. Not only will it give you money for the move, it will make packing far easier.

This includes any large furniture that you're not attached to and can replace (especially from a thrift store) once you arrive and set up.

>>391881
Everything I own can fit in a large travel bag.

>get bitten hard on the collarbone 3 days ago
>still sore enough that i wince when i accidentally graze it
I'm not entirely sure she didn't break it.
Gonna marry that girl.

shit

THIS IS THE GREATEST THING EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2014/05/14/voteman-denmark-european-elections-controversy.cnn.html

of course some people got butthurt over it but w/e

>>391917
Yeah, that's about the best thing ever.

Your fortune: You will meet a dark handsome stranger

>>391957
>WHY IS INTERACTING WITH OTHER HUMAN BEINGS SO HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD

It's not. If you want to go on a date, friggin' ask her out on a date.

Aaaaaaaaand she just asked if our going to a place together was "just friendly". I explained that I wanted to spend time with her, and joked that I understood how terrifying that could be. She seemed to take it in her stride, immediately changed the subject and when I went along with it told me she was going to bed (it seems to be her way of ending a conversation, which is fair enough given that it's almost 1 in the morning).

Damn it, I know she's new to this whole thing, but I don't want to soft-pedal so much that we're in this shitty awkward status quo that's just us tiptoeing around the fact that hey, maybe us making out in a few months time might not completely suck?

>>391959
You basically only have two decent options here.

1. Put your friendship first and do what you can to help her through the rough patch
2. Tell her that you feel bad for her, but your feelings for her make it too difficult for you to help in this matter.

Whatever you do, don't attempt to surreptitiously sabotage their relationship.

>>391963
I'm too much of an asshole to do anything surreptitiously and this other chick drives me nuts. If Option 2 stops working for the last year I've been trying to use it I'm gonna snap and tell her to just dump her and date me already. They both know it too. I'm not sure if she wants me to say that or if I'm just that arrogant.

Your fortune: Outlook good

Finally getting around to deleting the old pictures of your ex is kind of a weird feeling.

Your fortune: Godly Luck

>>391966
Although tbf realizing I still had a couple dozen pictures of my ex saved was also very strange.

>>391967
also get rekt secret, i am the luckiest forever

Your fortune: You will meet a dark handsome stranger

>>391968
; ;

There is a saying: people deserve their government. With every year, the american youth grows more and more politically uneducated. I wonder how much time is needed until we have a dictatorship.

>>391979
"The American youth" CAN'T FUCKING VOTE. If you mean the sub-25 group, consider the system they were raised in, then ask yourself who set that system up (hint: those that the prior generation put into power.) While I don't disagree that "the American youth" needs more political education, the amount they need is no greater than the American geriatric.

Sorry, I'm just get tired of the "Youth of today are corrupt/worthless/lazy" meme that has been going on for OVER 2000 YEARS. It's nothing more than the "current" generation trying to pass the blame for their own actions to the next generation; it probably also helps their conscience when those in the current generation realize how badly they fucked the next generation (and beyond.) "Well, it wasn't me that voted for the corrupt senator that spearheaded the bill to allow oil companies to just dump their oil wherever! It was those darn kids! They certainly can't blame me when they have to deal with those spills after I'm dead..."

Furthermore, some things--no matter how long someone talks about them or examples they can provide--cannot be taught but must be experienced before a person can truly know them. Political campaigns and their lies are one of those things, I think. Humanity cannot achieve great peace and equality until we are able to implant experience (or, more likely, have a machine that gives everyone a wide set of experiences, where years can be experienced in hours) so that true understanding of why certain things are bad stop being lost every two generations, then re-discovered the next.

Also, on the topic of people and politics, I'm always amused by the polls that give Congress a 9% approval rate. If you were to ask people if they approve of their own representative, it would be far higher. In fact, here's an article about it: http://www.gallup.com/poll/162362/americans-down-congress-own-representative.aspx It's a year old, and the number is 46% for their own representative, but that's still a huge jump over the then-approval-rate of 16% for Congress overall. A second group were first asked if they actually knew their rep's party/name, and if they did then were asked about approval. In this case, the approval rate jumped to 62%. Cause it's never my guy's fault, it's always the other guy's; there's no way I possibly voted for the wrong person...

tl;dr: Despite a 9% approval rate of Congress in general, America will go to the polls this fall an re-elect more than 70% of the House. And so we all deserve the government we elect.

I've stumbled upon the ability to commission from someone I think is a good artist (not heavy on details, smooth lines), and I know the content I want to have cum inflation w/ ahego, I just can't decide who should be in it. I don't have an OC, so it would be from an existing property. My current waifu is Elizabeth from Bioshock Infinite, but there's plenty of porn of her already so I want to get someone with less stuff out there. There's no limit on what character I choose by the artist, and my personal preference is someone who is outgoing, assertive, and/or courageous (essentially, someone who would take the lead in and love some rough sex), with a moderate rack at worst. Short hair is a bonus.

Anime, cartoons, comics, video games, all open. Any ideas?

>>392002
Ew that is so gross. Surely you've had other waifus? Someone obscure?

GODDAMN IT FIREFOX 29 IS STILL THE UGLIEST LUMP OF SHIT EVER AND I'VE BEEN FUCKING WITH IT FOR DAYS

>>392024

OH GOD IT'S STARING RIGHT AT MY SOUL

._.

Goku vs Superman. Epic Rap Ba…
Should have been longer, but still fun.

Pirate Browser is a gift from the GODS.

I have passed all my law school classes. Cumulative GPA: 3.0

Next step: Pass the Bar

I'd like to thank you all for support, helping me a slightly less shitty person, and endless hours of amusement.

>>392053

<Evangelion> Congratulations! </Evangelion>

>>392053
Good job! Just be sure not to become one of those asshole lawyers who power trips, networks enough to get into Congress, then with barely any experience becomes President and rules the world.

...Actually, ya know, I'm okay with that.

So I'm learning to pick locks, because I figure it's probably a useful skill to have.
This really isn't very hard.
>>392053
fuckin get it gurl

>>392053
That's great Tora. I'm sure you'll do just fine on the bar. Keep going!

Your fortune: Average Luck

This is going to be a stressful weekend

I just want it to be Saturday night already

>>392079
You can't really win an argument unless there's some sort of collateral or other participants involved to validate one side or another.

My parents signed up for food stamps and since I don't have a job yet (literally just graduated) I have to work for them. Today was supposed to be the first day. I was supposed to start at 8. I went to the place I was supposed to go and no one was there. So that's great. I wasted gas driving there and then gas driving home. This sure is a good system, glad the communication is so strong.

Fuuuuuuuck. Recap: My folks bought a home 10 miles north to move into from Iowa, but then my dad got a job 20 miles south that includes a home. Initial plan was for me to live there until they could move in, but that's out now that he got the other job.

So they talked and would like me to rent the home at $300/mo (half what I currently pay), then get a roommate who would pay more (probably >$600) to cover the remainder of the monthly cost. Their main concern is having someone they know live there, rather than have it just be a rental property (though I think they could easily rent it out for short (~6 month) stints for 1.5x average rent) and I'm the only one they know in the area without a firm housing situation. In exchange for the cheap rent I would also play landlord, handling maintenance. While cutting my rent in half sounds nice, it will still be an extra $100/mo in gas, and then there are utilities. I haven't had to personally pay a utility bill in about 8 years, but the last time I did they totaled multiple-hundred a month. Even if I split utilities with said roommate (who I would have to first find), I might be in the same situation cost-wise. And then I'm further away from the cat shelter (the only thing I EVER do outside of work,) can't walk to work, and now have to take care of the home/property (at my current place I do jack squat in that regard.)

I would get a hell of a lot more space to myself, including a spot in the garage, but fuck this all sounds like a lot of work that might even cost me more money than I pay now. I'm still depressed as hell so any effort sounds wasted, then there are those benefits I'd be losing, plus I'm going on a trip next week and have stuff still to do for that and don't have time or interest to really think about this right now.

I think I'll predicate this on the possibility of getting a cat. If I can have a cat, I'll take the extra cost. My dad is horrifically allergic to cats and dogs now, but I don't know that he would visit often (if at all.) My mom's work is closer to there than the new jobhome, so in acclimate weather she'd crash there but doesn't have allergies, so that's fine. (She also wants a pet, but my dad can't handle it, so she might take mine as a surrogate.) They were talking about pulling up the carpet to make sure to get rid of the dog dander from the prior owner, but that likely won't happen now, and if it does in the future they can do it then (they want to use the home as a place to retire to, which is why they didn't back out of the deal.) All other things being the same, I think having a cat would make me a much happier person.

>>392082
You can still win if you manage to change the other person's opinion, but this so rare as to be mythical.

>>392096
Furthermore, average home rent for that area is $1100; I don't know my parents will be paying for their mortgage, but it's likely about the same, meaning I'd have to find someone who would pay $800/mo, at the least, to share it with me, and I don't know if that's realistic.

I work at a theme park and it was grad night for a nearby high school so I had a shift from 11pm to 6am. Just got off. I had made plans with a friend to get really lifted later today. I still plan on doing this, but now I will also add consumption of alcohol to te list. I'm meeting him at 5pm. I do not intend to sleep during the interim.

Today is gonna be wild.

i accidentally the L word this morning
like legitimately an accident
[spoiler]but i meant it, and so did she[/spoiler]

>>392097
After further consideration I accepted the offer. While the money is a wash, I realized that I would no longer be near a moderately-used rail line or local airport, decreasing noise during the night, and my room wouldn't get super hot during the summer. Balancing everything else, what I gain is worth far more than I lose.

Also, they agreed to me getting a cat. <3 Unfortunately, I'm way over budget this month thanks to a friend's wedding, so I won't be able to adopt until the fall, probably.

Can't rage, busy puking out my insides. I know you can get food allergies but I didn't think it'd be this sudden. Not to rule out bad preparation but urk

>>392124
Honestly I think those comments are hilarious.

Some loser was pissed off about being a loser and shot up his school. Happens all the time. The only reason MRA is getting brought up is because it's sort of a hot topic, it has as much to do with this as it does any other shooting.

I just hope this doesn't actually become some fucking gender wars issue, because I could see that angle actually developing into a big debate and I'm real sick of all that bs.

>>392114
I was legitimately confused about this because I actually thought you meant the L word as in lesbian, and I was pretty sure you were a dude so I had no idea what the context for this was.

This is probably a sign that I should watch less porn.

I'm not going to watch less porn.

>>392133
>Not having available arm-candy or honor or praises or a plucky group of Saved By The Bell besties doesn't make you an abnormal freak.

True, but having zero friends and being a kissless virgin at 22 might.

Your fortune: Very Bad Luck

>>392136
Nah. The only things that make this guy an abnormal freak are his attitude and the way he decided to react.

>>392136
Reading his manifesto, he was super asocial. Tons of people tried to be friendly with him, but he was too embarrassed to deal with his own awkwardness and either avoided them or pushed them away. He even had a permavirgin friend that was super understanding, but he wrote him off as 'weak' for not getting as mad at the idea of other people having sex as he was.

The thing is, there are tons of people at his age in his position. The only thing that made him unique was his reaction to it. Most just live their lives, some get really sad, a few go on places like /r9k/ to vent.

He became angry at everyone around him and went around throwing drinks in people's faces and picking fights at parties.

Well, I finally went out with that cute girl from my rpg club. I hesitate to use the word "date", simply because I hesitated to use that word to her. We went to the local museum; a very pleasant way to spend an afternoon, even if we hardly spoke to each other when going round the galleries (I've really underestimated how introverted she is) but I made her laugh a few times. We had a nice chat afterwards over drinks... mostly about video games.

Now, here comes the difficult part; how do I actually ask her out? To be more specific, how do I phrase it? Remember, she's never gone on a date before, so she has no clue how this shit is supposed to work, or what hints to pick up on. I know I should take it cool, but I don't want to keep tiptoeing around this.

Self destructive behavior is just the hardest thing to shake.

I think one day I'm going to kill myself.

>>392142
No anon, think of all the things on the internet that need to be irrationally hated.

>>392142

>Self destructive behavior is just the hardest thing to shake.

I know that feel, bro.

Your fortune: Bad Luck

>>392160
>mfw the other guy asked her out, so she's great

Maybe you should have asked her out for realsies? It's not rocket science or anything else that requires lots of thought. Ask her out, make it clear that it's a date, and that's it. If the woman says yes, well fine, go on the date. If she says no, move on with your life.

I helped get a fake artist on Hentai Foundry shut down, and for some reason this make me feel pretty good. Oh well, I don't feel good often, so I'll take it.

Windows 8 is officially so bad they can't give it away.

LITERALLY

Staying a night at my uncle's as a good midpoint, and holy shit I am never watching a movie with him again. HE DOES NOT SHUT UP.

Well

my parents are finally going to get a divorce and find a new place for one of em.

...
This was a long time coming but I always thought (or at least hoped) I'd be able to move out before they did.
It still seems far off for me to do so. Sigh.

>>392195
Someone post the Evangelion congratulations image again, this guy deserves it.

Your fortune: You will meet a dark handsome stranger

>>392195
Tell us more, anon.

UX designers are a blight on the planet.

>>392178
Does that mean I can look for a computer that doesn't shill for Windows 8 now?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/readingrainbow/bring-reading-rainbow-back-for-every-child-everywh

FUND IT

FUNDED?

FUND IT HARDER!!!

Tiki that's not to bring the show back. It's to pay for a for profit orginization that's selling a reading app.

Your fortune: Average Luck

It's selling an app now, the Kickstarter is for making a web program that you don't need a tablet for, and also putting it in schools. It's also nearly triple funded less than three days in, though, so I wouldn't worry much about it.

>>392224
>>392225
...So?

FUND HARDER

>>392227
or you could fund libraries instead of a money making venture.

>>392232
Talk to a doctor about it. Nothing we say can help if it's chemical.

Was a groomsman at my best friend's wedding, everything seemed to go very well. I'm happy for him.

But the entire event, especially the single slow dance I did--because they wanted the bridal party to do it--with a cute and apparently intelligent bridesmaid, is probably going throw me into a heavy bout of depression over the next few days. Physical human contact makes me incredibly uncomfortable, and the cute and the female just made it far worse. :|

Thankfully I'll be driving most of the next two days so it will have time to get most of it out of my system.

Your fortune: ｷﾀ━━━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━━━ !!!!

Just started my first retail position in almost two years.

A customer was trying to lecture me about company things that I had no control over. Aw yeah, I'm back.

For the first time in a long time, every member of my team is in the good graces of our employers and I think we have a really good opportunity to gel even further. Here's to hoping nobody fucks it up.

It really is surprising how much it's positively affected my life though. I'm far less miserable and anxious about everything. It's still been a pretty good first step in un-fucking myself.

So. I finally managed to sort all of my reaction images into a mostly-organized system. Almost eight thousand images, almost a thousand folders. Two gigs, go me.

Dad moved out on Sunday, as well. Won't be back until July. Mom hasn't said a word about it, aside from some serious boozing Sunday night, and a phone call saying "fuckin' asshole" a lot last night.

This...is gonna be a fun month.

Your fortune: You will meet a dark handsome stranger

My imaginary friend just called me downstairs for a pep talk. Says he's figuring shit out and that we'll play it by ear when we get back to Omaha.

>>392299

There's probably some truth sprinkled in there but most of it sounds like bullshit.

Your fortune: You will meet a dark handsome stranger

i might be getting kicked out?
whoops.

Got a job. Starts the 23rd.

Have to move. Will be alone in the city for at least two weeks, maybe more.

Scared as hell.

>>392317
On the plus side, you got a job and have to move as opposed to have to look for a job and have to move.

>>392318
That is a plus, local job market is evaporating here. Looking elsewhere seeing if I can get hooked into a writing gig that I can then flip into animation down the road while I write books and maybe do a comic.

>Ordering three things from different places to be used in conjuction
>Two of the three will be here next week
>The last one, the one that is most necessary to use any of this, won't be here until the end of the month

Fucking....

>>392318
That's true. I was going to move to the city anyway since there's honestly a lot more job opportunities there than where I'm living now. I originally had a move date of around August, when the apartment I'm looking at is ready to move in to.

Now I have to stay in an extended stay hotel until I can get an apartment (like the one I applied for opens up or I find something better). I think that's what's making it so scary. If I had an apartment it would feel a little more normal.

Also I'm from a rural area so cities aren't the most natural thing in the world to me yet. Not like I'll be downtown but it's still really different.

If you're stuck on something to write about for a school assignment, go interdisciplinary. You won't know what you're talking about, but neither will the Professor!

Your fortune: （　´_ゝ`）ﾌｰﾝ

update: not getting kicked out

also waking up next to the person you love is basically the best ever

They aren't really my thing, but why are almost all porn gifs really slow?

In the middle of moving right after getting back from a wedding I didn't really enjoy (only went because it was my only friend's, and he asked me to be a groomsman). Lots of projects at work, all are well behind. Emotions are kind of all over the fucking place.

But the weekend of July 4th I should have a cat. Hopefully that will make everything worth it.

Your fortune: Outlook good

Denver Airport is big.

Bowel cramps and period cramps at the same time are the worst sort of hell

>>392364
Wow I was about to say I had centralized pain above my bellybutton, cramping like fuck every night when I go to bed. What is going on here?

Went away the next day, but it's back tonight. Anyone think they know what it is before I go see a doctor?

My parents have moved to the area, south of me. I actually don't care for this because, when we were separated by entire states, it was easy to excuse my absence at Christmas and what-not due to lack of travel funds. Now I don't have that excuse, so either 1) I'll have to go, or 2) I'll have to just flat out explain that I don't want to see them. My parents are good and kind people, but I have no interest in being around people simply for the sake of being around them--even my own family--and we have nothing in common. I'm an atheist, introverted nerd and they are religious, social outdoorspersons. At best I'm bored, at worst I have nothing to hold my attention and my mind will wander to dark places, leading to an episode of spiraling depression.

I'm moving a bit further north at the same time, but it's moving into my folk's future retirement home, so they have excuses to just pop in despite the distance. :|

>>392367
It might be an ulcer.

Your fortune: Excellent Luck

I am the most consistently discombobulated person I know. Send help.

If you can't so much as show any kind of warmth and comfort when I'm depressed, instead of telling me "You'll get through it" why the fuck am I with you?

Should I be worried if a ton of processes start up whenever I open up gmail? By a ton I mean 3-5.

today I learned how important aftercare is

and that blindfolds make everything hotter for everyone involved

New place has no internet.
Or hot water.
Sigh.

Hotel: booked.

Brain: scared.

Body: almost ready.

>>392384
You on chrome?

Ask /g/ in a 'questions' thread; most of them aren't jerks.

So I just tried the fasting thing and after only two days I was vomiting and restless.

I'm just posting this here because I don't really have anywhere else to post it.

If you feel like joining the French Foreign Legion you need to show up to the recruitment centers ready to go. Once you pass the gates you won't be able to contact anybody for at least 4 months.

You can present yourselves at Lille, Nantes or Strasbourg, where they will make you fill out papers then they will send you to Paris where you will spend about a week before being sent to Aubagne. Or you can go to Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Perpignan or Toulouse, to fill out papers and be sent directly to Aubagne.

You can also show up at Paris or Aubagne directly. There they will take your stuff. Your identification, your bank cards, your pictures, anything related to who you are and may interest them in background checks and such. You get all of this back later on.

They will also confiscate certain things that you won't get back like sharp objects, food, drinks or condoms.

The papers you fill in will ask for who to contact in case of emergency, but your stuff will have already been confiscated, so remember an address and a number. Be honest about problems with the law if there's a record, because they will find out anyway. Medical on the other hand, if you had something 10 years ago but it doesn't bother you today and there are no visible scars, don't even mention it.

You will spend about a week with the same sweater and sweat pants in the winter or a t-shirt and shorts in the summer. You will pass a medical test, some IQ-like tests (number patterns, shape patterns and 3D), a first interview to put all that information you put on paper in the computer, a second about your motivation to join and of course a physical.

The physical consists of:
- pull-ups, which you do as soon as you get to the recruitment center. Your arms need to be straight each time you go down or they won't count (people seem to have a hard time understanding that part) and your chin needs to go above the bar each time you go up.
- luc leger (beep test)
- rope climb
- sit ups
There are supposed to be minimums, but they seem to vary on the person's mood when he's testing you.

You'll be given stuff when you go to the training part of Aubagne but before that, you'll need:
Socks (3 should be enough, you can wash them in the sink)
Underwear (3 should be enough, you can wash them in the sink)
Running shoes
Cheap plastic flip flops, they're to wear in the showers, in case someone has some foot infection
Razor, mandatory shaving every morning
Watch
Towel
Soap
Glasses if you need them

T-shirts can be useful, they'll give you a few clothes that you'll keep all week. t-shirt and shorts in the summer, sweater and sweat pants in the winter.

I might add more later, but I have to go right now.

>>392367
Sounds like when my friend had a hernia.

>>392299
Yeesh, what a mess. Never found anything on that site funny or worth watching for more than a minute or two.

Let NostalgiaChick sleep around as much as she wants, though.

http://shutdown4chan.tumblr.com/

Oh 4chan. You can’t fool me.

>>392406
/pol/ is out of control. moot knows it too but now there's nothing that can be done. The community is too well established and will just migrate to /int/ again if he ever shuts it down.

I'm sure it started as a joke, but like all jokes on the internet someone crazy took it seriously and suddenly there was a community of people taking it seriously. Those who were in on the joke just reinforced it to the people who took it seriously.

What's more confusing is that some of their ideas contrast so much that legitimately taking them seriously has to be almost impossible but some people manage to do it.

FUCK BILL GATES FOR PROMOTING COMMON CORE

That is all.

Some one tried to get into my email account 2 days ago. Some jerk from Indiana.
Fuck Indiana now. That state is dead to me!

Your fortune: Godly Luck

Man, how do you hang out with dudes who just want girlfriends? I don't have one either, but I'm not exactly stressing about it. Maybe because I'm making other things happen in my life.

Just seems like I'm running into desperate dudes everywhere, which is kind of bad, because the last thing I want to hear is drunk late night whining about being alone. Damn, just have some fun, you fucks. The irony here is that some people would probably find the relationships they so desperately seek if they just toned down the thirst a bit.

I dunno, I'm just ranting. I've gotten over my own women problems and just want to build some buddy relationships, but I don't really want to do that with these people. And I don't know how to explain to them that being alone is not the end of the world. Especially when you're in your early to mid twenties. And also that being all sad sack-y isn't exactly turning you into a lady killer.

Also LIVE +4, LIVE! WHERE ARE YOU PEOPLE.

>>392417
You can't just tell them outright, or is that impolite where you are? Or are they the sort to keep obsessing over it even after?

>>392408
Congrats! Thought of any names yet?

Your fortune: Good Luck

>>392418
A few examples of what's going on:

One guy had a rough break up (much of which was his own fault, but I won't go into details) and I still have the feeling he didn't learn from the experience.

The other is a coworker who thinks that the women we work with are nice to me because I'm good looking (which is actually a complement, in regards to the good looks thing--I don't get that often).

So yeah, in some ways it's like I'm on the internet. I might tell the first guy off at some point, but I'm still trying to thing about what to do with the at work issue.

>>392419
she can name it whatever the fuck she wants. i dont want anything to do with it

I just want to drive home and hug my mom and my dad and my cat

I seriously can't deal with this, I feel so alone and scared.

Your fortune: Very Bad Luck

>>392432
What's going on?

>>392434
Moving?

>>392434
>>392435
Yeah. It's my first time out on my own and I'm taking it hard. Like, really hard. I was actually having a hard time eating because I feel physically sick. I didn't realize homesickness could actually be a physical thing.

Talked to my cousin and she's letting me stay with her for a while. Her husband went through the exact same thing when he moved out the first time. He ended up moving home. I think he was the one who said I should stay with them because of that but anyway

Talked to my boyfriend who I'm going to be living with soon. He told me "Anon, would you rather live with your family for the rest of your life or live with me for the rest of your life?"

I know he didn't actually mean the "the rest of your life" part with regards to him... but he's right. I can't live at home forever, I need to try living on my own.

>>392439
Mental afflictions can often take on physical symptoms and homesickness is probably the "illness" most people experience, a combination of anxiety, some confusion, and longing. Many universities/colleges deal with this by having an "Orientation" week, which is usually a flurry of activity that is only marginally related to the student's education: the vast majority is for distracting them and working through the homesickness.

And that's the best way to deal with it, really. The feeling will subside as you become comfortable/confident in your new surroundings, but that amount of time can vary by person and little can move it along faster. The best thing to do is just throw yourself into activities; unpacking and setting up your new place should be first priority, but you can only do that for so long, so you want to look for clubs or sports or volunteer opportunities or even a part-time job that will keep your mind off of it.

http://stephentstone.tumblr.com/post/89864363468/my-life-as-an-incel

Yay I wrote a long thing~

(No bump because duh.)

I just drove for 5 hours straight on the way to North Carolina.
I don't have a license, and I've never driven for more than a couple minutes at once before.
That was fun.

>>392462
Eh. I don't think I could be in an open relationship, but it doesn't seem that alien to me or anything. Some people don't feel the need to be the only one in their partner's life, nor the need for their partner to be the only one in theirs. In a way, I admire the ability to not feel even the tiniest bit possessive about the person you love....even though I don't think I would be able to feel that way myself.

Looks like fucking CenturyLink is charging me for the prior owner's DirectTV services to the tune of $250. Not paying a fucking dime.

>>392462


Some people have had so much sex over their lives that it's gotten downright banal. Therefore, it no longer elicits natural feelings of love and attachement toward the person they're having sex with, so it no longer matters who they are having sex with.

So apparently it takes roughly a third of a liter of tequila and a bottle of beer to finally get me satisfactorily drunk. I actually wish I was a full-blown lightweight. Booze is too expensive a habit for a broke-ass bitch, dammit.

Still not sure how to actually enter a thread...
Ok, so mid- to east-Canada's been flooding for the last two days. Been raining and storming on and off for the last...May? I guess.

Thankfully, the worst we've had here is the shower down here backing up. Just now it's emptied and I have to clean it again.

Neighbours across from us, though. Poor people. They've been bailing out for the last hour. Tried to help getting water away from the outside walls, and ended up giving them our shop vac and an extension cord to try and hold back the tide.

So how you folks doing?

>>392485
...maybe they did it ironically? I mean, if an artist were to do this, it would be hailed as every bit as brilliant a post modernist commentary on copyright law as 4'33" was considered to be a commentary on the "musicality of silence" or whatever it was Cage was going for.

>>392483

Why do people like being drunk?

I don't understand it in much the same way as that other doesn't understand open relationships. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that my body reacts to alcohol in much the same way it might react to other poisons: violently.

There's some people doing live music in the street in front of my apartment and they're so fucking bad, oh my God. I wish I was a cranky lady from some old ass comedy flick, so I could throw flower pots at them.

> Parents have taken a total of $5000 from me in the past 6 months
> I would of had enough money to live on my own if they didn't keep taking it.
How do I get out of this?

>>392509

Why are they taking it? If its for some legitimate reason like making you pay rent or a fair share of bills or something, they probably have the right. If they're literally TAKING IT for no reason, and you're over the age of majority at wherever you live, it's plain stealing, in which case you should lawyer up.

I'm never doing a long distance relationship ever again. Ever.

>>392511
Who cheated first?

>>392518
Out of fucking nowhere, for absolutely no reason, he removes me from all his contacts and blocks me.

Out of the blue for no reason, after everything.

So, what you're saying is...you're single?

Wanna give a long distance relationship a tr---oh right...

>>392510
I pay rent, but not usually that much. It turned out they needed to pay for car troubles and they'll pay me back, but it would have been nice if they told me first.
I'm certainly old enough to live on my own, but I don't make nearly enough with my current job.

Your fortune: Excellent Luck

>>392520
Orange is my favorite cat color.

>>392521
Weird.

Your fortune: ｷﾀ━━━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━━━ !!!!

>>392520
It is beautiful. Name?

>>392520
10/10 would cuddle with every day

Hurricanes can kiss my ass. :D

>>392534

GO BACK TO THE INDIES, YOU GREEN LANTERN WANNABE

http://www.cracked.com/article_21171_5-adventures-i-had-as-cam-girl-with-niche-in-sex-puppets.html

I've seen so many worse things on 4chan but for some reason someone having to resort to fucking a puppet on a webcam to make money just makes me feel miserable, especially the part where she talks about people in her chat asking her to do really degrading things. Asking someone to fuck a puppet isn't something you do because you're horny, you do it because you're bored and you want to laugh at them for your entertainment.

She could have said no so there's that but that runs the risk of losing viewers and money. It also doesn't help that she sounds insanely lonely and she keeps talking about how lonely she is. She writes about it to the point where the puppet seems like her only friend.

Just... I don't know. It makes me sad.

>>392537
I don't think I would want to make a camgirl do things to live up to my fetishes, but as someone with some weird kinks, let me just say that I can totally believe that there are people who want to see women fucking puppets purely because it's sexy to them.

>>392543
Oh no, I'm sure there is! I'm not discounting the fact there are people who enjoy that. But the likelihood of them being in her room before she started making it public she fucked puppets seems kind of slim. Not impossible, but slim. Her bringing up that she would be asked to fuck whatever anyone could see in the apartment sort of enforces the fact it was someone asking out of boredom.

Serious question time, you guys.

How do you tell a woman you work with that her asscrack sometimes shows when she bends over or crouches? I don't want her to think that I'm creeping on her, but at the same time, I think she might want to know that she's sometimes exposing herself to people in stores.

>>392546
Assuming you're male, your best bet is to see if there's a female you coworker you trust that would communicate it for you. If you tell her directly, no matter how seriously you're trying to be helpful, there's more than a good chance she'll take it wrong. Coming from a fellow female coworker (especially if she keeps your name out of it) it's more likely she'll take it as friendly help (assuming, of course, that she isn't doing that intentionally.)

The Hugbox Chronicles - Episode 5

Regarding people who have legitimate PTSD triggers and such, I get how the 4chan raid on Tumblr’s tagging system could have upset them and I feel bad for those people. 4chan pulled a dick move here in retaliation for a Tumblr ‘raid’ on 4chan, and that doesn’t deserve praise.

That said: all the Social Revenge Warriors and the people who use ‘triggers’ as an excuse to create hugboxes shoulda seen this coming, and they have only themselves to blame for it. (And this assumes that the initial 4chan ‘raid’ wasn’t an inside job intended to get the wasp hive riled up enough to attack Tumblr for shits and giggles.)

In war, there are no winners.

>>392554
Agreed. While 4chan is certainly not the good guy in this, the folks from tumblr were absolutely fucking naive. So filled were they with their Social Justice Warrior Spirit that they thought they could march upon 4chan and somehow plug the darkest public pit of the internet through sheer proclamation. This wasn't just poking the hornet's nest, this was walking into a Bear & Hornet Anger Management class, where everyone was day one, locking the door behind them, and saying that don't have the right to be angry because everyone is equal.

That they not only expected to win but didn't expect such a retaliation shows just how shit their understanding of the internet is, and likely the world at large.

I don't think you need a conspiracy theory about this being set up from the inside, as I completely expect the SJW tumblrs to have been so insular to their hugboxes that they thought they could prevail.

And you're wrong about war: There are thousands of corporations who win.

>>392556

>I don't think you need a conspiracy theory about this being set up from the inside

No, see, I think someone could’ve created the original Shut Down 4chan tumblr as a way to rile up the Social Revenge Warriors, knowing full well they'd take the bait and run with it from there. I say ‘could’ve’ because there’s still a chance it’s legit (and if it is…yikes). It just seems too naïve even for Tumblr to think they could possibly ‘invade’ 4chan or even get it shut down via ‘invasion’.

>>392558
>It just seems too naïve even for Tumblr to think they could possibly ‘invade’ 4chan or even get it shut down via ‘invasion’.
Twelve year olds have unrealistic expectations about their own importance and ability.

I am speaking of both /b/ and Tumblr when I make this statement.

>implying 4chan isn't just raiding itself right now and forever

Your fortune: Outlook good

I think I need someone. For like a half hour. But I don't have more than five minutes of words, and I can't take more than 5 minutes of words. It'll pass.

>>392558
Oh, there was an entire tumblr for Take Down 4chan? I thought it was a community thing. That does make conspiracy likely.

>>392565

Yeah, shutdown4chan.tumblr.com – that’s where the original #ShutDown4chan image came from. The hyperbole in that image (not to mention that it’s on a Tumblr named pretty much just to get attention from 4chan) makes me think the whole campaign started as a /b/tard’s attempt to have 4chan somehow attack Tumblr.

I had heard that they were trying to mess with the Homestuck fandom, and as a Homestuck fan I thought this sounded adorable and wanted to see what they had tried. I was disappointed. Either there was nothing on there at all or the trolls are indistinguishable from actual Homestuck fans. ...which is entirely possible, I'll admit.

Life is a fucking nightmare.

>>392581
Do you want to talk about it, anon?

Stop taking adhesives for yourselves Canada.

>>392604
What happened now Mindwipe?

>>392605

Deletion of blogs of artists I like.

Since it was bought by Yahoo! they've been trying to get rid of all the porn on it. The moment they changed it so that NSFW tumblrs wouldn't show up in search results, I knew they would eventually try to close down the rest and force other standards upon all users.

Hopefully the ones I follow (all porn) will know to jump ship sooner than later so I don't have to hunt them down when theirs gets turned off.

>>392611
So, would this be the time to make Tumbler clone website that allows porn?

Livejournal still works, though I dunno if they block NSFW stuff beyond making them show up as (this post might contain blah blah blah) in friend feeds. Even if they do, I guess you could fork it since it's GPL licensed. Do you mind that it's owned and operated in Russia now?

There's also Diaspora, though that's more of a Facebook clone.

If you want to throw together a new system for whatever reason, I'd be happy to toss around technical and design ideas.

>>392611
I've read a report on how between 10%~15% of the total of tumblr accounts have been closed last year. While the article was mostly about how the sjw people has repelled a lot of users, it can be assumed that plenty of those closed blogs where nsfw as well.
At this rate, tumblr will become a shell of it's former self. Or even worse, a myspace!

Yahoo!: Only making good decisions by default when it can't afford to do anything else because it used all its money on other bad decisions.

Your fortune: Average Luck

>>392648
Looks fun.

No, I'm not being a smartass. That really looks like fun.