/baw/ - General Discussion

All the Kickstarter hate is starting to annoy me. Someone is getting money for doing a thing and people get mad. Why? Do they think everything should be free? Or are they jealous of someone getting paid at all?

>>398317
people are just being contrarian and shitting on things because they can

it' s 4chan. just ignore shitposting.

>>398318
8chan.

>>398320
You just answered your own question.

>>398317
It's just like any other artist getting paid. You know the whole "b-but they're my personal slaves, so it should all be free!" thing you hate?

The worst thing the internet has done to our sociey is make everyone think anyone gives a fuck about their opinion.

>>398324
Not sure if this was meant to be ironic or not.

>>398323
Pretty much, self-entitlement. Believing the world owes you everything for free.

My theory is that it's more than that--I think a lot of people on 4chan at one point dreamed of working in some sort of creative field, like making comics or cartoons or some shit like that. They encountered a little resistance at some point like the realization that they would actually have to work on it or network or sell shit, and developed a complex about it to convince themselves that, really, the reason they couldn't do the job they wanted was because the gatekeepers wouldn't give them a chance.

I think people see Kickstarter success and see that you no longer have an excuse for not putting your creative work out there. If you don't try, it's because you're too apathetic, too lazy, or too scared to. It's no longer somebody else's fault that you fail. And that's terrifying for nerds because nerds have this big complex built up about how the reason the world doesn't give them unlimited free blowjobs is because no one would give them a chance.

>>398328
Yep! That's pretty much it. Good job on summing that up.
Shit takes work. Can't just dream up robo-armed fetish-mash-up anime girls one time and say you're officially on your way to being an industry big timer.

Cleaning things with hands, like tears, fresh stains, and dirt, is very easy and very comfortable. But that leaves your hands covered with the very things you wanted to get rid of, which means you have to wash them.

Why is this world so complicated?

>>398340
That's why I have a small bottle of hand sanitizer in my car.

Sorry to put this here but I need a place.

Hate everything about myself and yet I don't understand why people don't like me.
I fucking hate being around people but I hate being alone.
I hate being a failure.

I've started punching myself again. If I'm alone and I'm angry I'll hit myself in the face or stomach until I don't feel as mad. I might get more destructive soon.

I'm never going to ask for help.

So much of my angst comes from the fact that I've never had any sort of success with women, it's almost hilarious how cookie-cutter pathetic I am. I'm not surprised at all that I ended up being that brand of loser.

>>398344
I will choose to not believe you. Even if you are legit, you deserve to be laughed at. I have some real self-worth issues, but at least I have a SLIVER of self-respect.

>>398344
>I'm never going to ask for help.

Why not?

What do you do when you're OK after something bad happened but the people around you who matter to you aren't, and part of it is because there are some very shitty people who are also close who pretend to care and after they unsuccessfully try to make you feel bad, they then use the situation to turn people who are less in-the-know, but who are closer to the shitty people than they are to you, against the good people as part of some fucked up personal grudge?

>>398350
If you're not too anxious to do it, the proper thing to do is to tell people that while you appreciate their concern, they need to either respect your boundaries or they need to leave you alone. Even with friends and loved ones, you have the right to set and enforce boundaries.

>>398351
It's not quite that simple. One side of my family is trying to sabotage the other and cut them off from us because they're a bunch of jealous cunts upset we're closer to the relatives who actually gave a shit about me and my siblings. Since it's like ten time as many old-fashioned and well, "patriarchal" foreign folks with deep ties to the local ethnic community and everyone six degrees of it vs a much smaller group of modernized people, we silly little 20+ year old "children" are not allowed to have much say even though it's our opinions that matter the most.

>>398353
I understand why that would be difficult on you. Family stuff is tough, and there's always a feeling of obligation to stick together even when you're being wronged.

That being said, even if it's a whole branch of the family or even the community and even if they are authority figures over you, you get to choose who is part of your life and who isn't. If they don't respect your boundaries or your decisions, it doesn't matter what their relationship to you is, or how much authority they have with you, or even whether it would cause a "breach in the family." You do not have to allow them to be part of your life unless you choose to, and no rational person in the world would ever judge you harshly for cutting someone out of your life who doesn't respect your boundaries--even if the people you're cutting out of your life are family.

And I know it's always going to be more complicated than that, and maybe you don't want to go that far yet--that's fine, you don't have to. But maybe it'll give you some inner comfort/satisfaction just to know that you could. That even if you don't cut them off, it is by your choice that you don't and not because they have any power over you. It might cause you some problems and some stress, but you are the ultimate arbiter of your life, and their continued involvement in your life is only with your permission. You are the one with the power here. You are the gatekeeper for your own life.

The people who develop brain programming will be so fucking rich and powerful. The idea has so much room for abuse but so much potential for good.

Imagine how many disorders could be corrected and how many world problems would go away (and begin) if we could have people manually reprogram each other's brains.

I am having some pretty serious hemorrhoids tbh

Oh yeah and I get to see a psychologist tomorrow to check my brain for brain problems.

>>398360
Oh, the things fools believe...

>>398370
Says Mr Psychology 101 over here.

But seriously, what about that makes me a fool?

>>398372
The belief that the mind can be taken apart and rearranged like Lego.

I know it may seem that Super Science can do it, but nothing actually can.

>>398376
Hey, you never know. I thought you were calling that anon a fool that the developers of such a technology would be rich. It'd probably be the implementers to profit from such a breakthrough. A brain technology I'd like to see would be brain taping or mind emulation.

>>398376
The same can be said of computer code too, though, in that smashing two programs together won't make some kind of hybrid like that episode of Reboot. Unless they're specifically made to do that, like Sonic & Knuckles.

>>398380
I'm sorry about your loss. Something similar happened to me very recently too.

>>398376
Depends on what your view of the human brain is.

I have the belief that a brain is just a natural, insanely complex computer. A brain is, when you get to a certain level, just a shitton of neurons, synapses, neurotransmitters and some other basic parts. If people had the knowledge, determination, technology and money then they could make millions of small adjustments to these parts, therefore altering the brain's function.

I know in practice it would be very complex and probably impractical due to time and cost, but that doesn't mean it can't be done. I'm not talking "plug in a cord and zap him in the face", I'm talking "let's edit this artwork pixel by pixel".

>>398379
>I thought you were calling that anon a fool that the developers of such a technology would be rich. It'd probably be the implementers to profit from such a breakthrough.
Good point.

In other news, people who invent cures to diseases and charge insane costs. I get why it happens, but it sucks ass.

>>398360
>The people who develop brain programming
That's called "culture." It was probably first invented a million years ago. It was definitely around since the beginning of recorded history.

>>398392
I mean intentional, precise reprogramming through physical alterations. I get the whole brain elasticity/society-culture thing. This interaction between us involves brain programming, but not in the way I meant.

I haven't gotten any matches on Tinder.

This is depressing. Like no one even finds me interesting enough to at least try to talk to me.

Why does it irritate me whenever someone uses an exclamation point on the internet?

>>398384
I'm here for you anon. It's hard. I've been grieving for the past month since I've known it was coming so I'm doing okay. It's a relief for me to see him not suffer.

>>398385
Do it. I'd appreciate it. That's one of my favorite wallpapers.

Looks like my spleen is not alright. That's pretty shitty.

The next big invention will be a computer monitor that reflects natural light instead of emanating it. I love my anti-glare monitor, but it is not as pleasant to look at as a page of a book.

>>398406
Same here. In my case I knew since the beginning of this year, but really I had a feeling it would've come down to this since last year. It's weird. All year long I was dreading the worst, but now that it's actually happened and the funeral was done and finished, I've suddenly stopped feeling so sad. I'm not sure if I should feel disturbed or relieved at my own lack of depression, but at least I'm in a better position to help everyone else.

Holy fuck, we got the radio back, my life is complete.

The very fact "Darwinism" is a word that exists is hilarious. Charles Darwin never wanted his findings turned into some kind of religion.

>>398416
I'm still pretty sure economy as survival-of-the-fittest scenario makes more sense if, rather than taking every career as the same ecological niche, employer/employee relations are seen as predator/prey. Predators/employers establish territory at water sources/workplaces so prey/employees need to face them daily to survive.


In other thoughts: I get that people usually see hiking trails as a destination in and of itself, but I'd like it if there were a coherent system of maps for trails and their crossings, much like road maps, so if one was interested they could look to see if a series of trails connects two points. There's lists and maps of trails, but the ones I see are all on finding nearby scenic areas, not actual trail-based navigation.

Everyone who considers him/herself a "music lover" needs to hear "To The End of The World" by Pat Metheny Group, at least once.

>>398416
Nor did the vegans.

After breaking 4 glasses in 2 weeks, I bought a stein to drink water out of. Best purchase I did in years.

>>398314
Facebook has made me realize the only reason you think you like people is because you know nothing about them. You just project what you think on them.

Fuck you, Martelotto.

I'm looking for that old video of the Japanese girl and the dog growing up together till the dog dies and it switches perspective of their life from the dogs point of view. Would anyone know what that's titled?

I don't have many friends, but I think it's better to have fewer friends than to be an attention whore, either online or IRL.

Coincidentallly I'm in one of those depression holes again, where I really wish I had an irl friend.

>>398446
I know that feel bro/sis. I don't need need friends outside of my family, but it would be nice to have them. Or a boyfriend to give me companionship and share myself with.

>feeling pretty down
>gets worse quickly
>hate everything I've done in life
>contemplate suicide
>
>take a poop
>
>♫ EVERYTHING IS AWESOME ♫ WHEN YOU'RE LIVING OUT A DREAM ♫
I hate my body.

>>398457
Sounds like me every other two weeks before my period.

For a while I thought that one day there won't be any swear words left, since people like to overuse and misuse words, leading to words losing their meaning overtime.

But now I realized that won't ever happen, since we can only overuse a couple of words at any given time. We could never destroy the entire Swear Vocabulary, since that would require too much memory usage, and general public tends to be low on RAM.

>>398461
Also, the whole 'English is an evolving language thing'

The good thing about having friends from other nationalities is learning how to swear in their language.

>>398462
>'English is an evolving language thing'
Language itself is fluid, not just English.

>>398463
While true, my understanding is that English is more fluid than other languages. German, Spanish, Chinese, these are fluid like honey. English is more like fresh oil. Sentence structure is far less formalized in English, and the language itself picks up words readily from other languages. Perhaps American English moreso than British English, because of the larger variety of cultures in America.

>>398463
I agree, though it's worth noting that some languages have very strong discouraging factor on their evolution. French for example has an entire government body dedicated to deciding what is and is not proper French, that goes out of its way to eliminate colloquialisms taken from loan words--especially colloquialisms taken from English.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_prescription

>>398467
I absolutely love when people post links from Wikipedia to prove their points.

>>398469
http://grammar.about.com/od/basicsentencegrammar/f/descpresgrammar.htm
http://www.ling.upenn.edu/courses/ling001/prescription.html
http://www.pbs.org/speak/speech/correct/prescriptivism/
http://www.polysyllabic.com/?q=navigating/intro/prescriptive
Better or worse?

>>398469
I also appreciate when people post links from a heavily moderated encyclopedia that is constantly checked for errors. They tend to be pretty reliable.

>>398463
I didn't mean to exclude other languages, I just assumed the previous Anon meant English.

>>398469
Me too. Citation is important in an argument, and a source that is easy to read always helps.

A good wiki article has extensive sourcing, more than any paper I ever wrote in my undergrad years. Before casually waving away a wikipedia link, check the thing for sources first.

>>398474
The dinosaurs really helped make this fun factoid readable. (I'm serious)

>>398474
>>398475
Agreed, the Dinosaur Comics layout helped hold my otherwise spectacularly short attention span for long enough to learn one of the simultaneously most and least interesting things I have ever heard.

>>398477
That's a normal thing, Anon. It's just a father being dumbly cutesy.

>tablet devices for babbies are called "modern technology"
>professional cameras which make your photos look good and sharp are called "old school technology"

The left side of my body has gone from hurting for the last few days to going numb. I doubt this is a good thing.

>>398486

Yeah, I'd start worrying if I were you.

I feel like meditation could really help me. Usually I have no energy and do nothing, or I have moderate energy and can't focus. Any good websites/articles for how to do it? The main problem is getting my mind to a "blank" state, because my brain will never shut up.

>>398486
See a doctor.

>>398492
It has to do with chakras being blocked. Not even kidding. Find someone who knows about that stuff (avoid charlatans).

They clear up/open by themselves after you sorted out your emotional problems and lived a healthy, disciplined life for about a week. Think of what troubles you, and do something about it immediately. Also, make it your daily habit to do aerobics. Think happy thoughts.

>>398493
>Think of what troubles you, and do something about it immediately.
[...]
>massive financial debt
>forever alone
>no social life
>no friends
>no hobbies or interests
That's a pretty tall order.

>>398494
Go to meetup.com and join some clubs and you can make progress on all of those except for the financial debt one. For financial debt, make a budget. You're not going to SOLVE those problems quickly, but you can definitely work on them and get closer to achieving your goals pretty easily.

>>398497
Is meetup.com any good? My brother suggested to me as a way to break out of my lifelong hikkikomori lifestyle but I'm wary of anything that involves total strangers getting together.

>>398500
>total strangers getting together.
This is literally the best way to break out of cocoon-mode. Sink or swim brah, choose wisely.

>sitting in a classroom
>a few tables from me a college girl is talking to her neighbor
God she's dumb... she think she's people, but she ain't.

Welp, reddit is imploding at its admins.

Neutral TL;DR: admins ban some popular hate subreddits and not others. Users see this as against reddits ideals (free speech and shit). Consider an average day on 4chan under moot. Mass hatred against moderation.

(If you want to discuss, this thread is not the place. This is a good thread that doesn't deserve '>reddit' posts)

Um...are we not allowed to post JPEGs any more?

>>398512

Wait nevermind.

>>398509
>free's peach
lel

fuckboys don't like getting called out on their bs. aint that some shit.

>>398509
I don't really care either way, the ones that were banned mostly make sense but
>people giving a shit about Neogaf
lol

>>398518
>>people giving a shit about Neogaf
>lol
Yeah, I thought that too. Whatever.

>>398519
I have conflicting feelings about this. One one hand, it is correct. On another hand, it's goddamn stick figures; lazy as frick.

>>398527

It's XKCD. It's always been stick figures. That's part of the charm.

>>398529
Exactly. To summarize XKCD, "brilliant but lazy".

First Nimoy and Pratchett, now Christopher Lee.
;_;

If you love something, you should be ready to fight for it.

If you are not willing to fight, then you love nothing.

>>398536
Goddamnit, is this your own way of trolling or something?

God I hate my dad. And the worst thing is it's really petty and first-world babby problems of me, because honestly plenty would kill to have a father like him. He's not physically or sexually abusive or anything. He has a stable middle class job, pays the bills and puts food on the table, doesn't indulge in any expensive vices, and I'm fairly certain he isn't actually cheating or keeping a mistress (yet).

But he's constantly, constantly talking shit about my mom behind closed doors. Like he's always finding reasons to slag off on her, like calling her fat or a useless cripple, uncouth when it's the total opposite, mocking her side of the family just because they came from a poorer background, accusing her of being disrespectful because she saved him from getting swindled multiple times, a wasteful spendthrift when she's by far the more financially responsible one, and goes out of her way to avoid spending his money like some of my aunts and his friends' wives do, or selfish and lazy because she chose to be a stay-home mom and take care of us and maintain the house rather than work full time when money isn't even an issue, or even spreading blatantly false rumors about her, and so on. And he's been doing that for years. On top of that he's always so emotionally distant as a parent that I suspect he never even wanted to have a family, other than "that's just what respectable men are supposed to do" according to society (not white or Christian btw). It's not like he's gay or uninterested in women in general either.

I spilled the beans on some of it to her and naturally she's fucking furious now, but I'm worried that wasn't the wisest choice. Thankfully it hasn't led to any confrontations yet and he doesn't know that I've been spying on him or tattling, but I really don't want them to get a divorce, and I'm sure neither of them do either, considering there's still a huge social stigma for it here. If that happened, chances are me and my brothers would all go with mom. But they're still in school, I don't make enough money to take care of all of us, and my mom's health issues would make it even harder to go back to work at her age.

>>398537
This is a thread where people dump their excessive thoughts so their head don't explode. Don't see the posts as directed at you.

I wonder what lightning bugs think when they get to the Red Light District.

Sometimes I feel like cutting my dick off. Not because of any gender thing.
I just hate getting a boner and it feeling kinda hurt-y.

An artist I like just started doing NSFW stuff. They put it behind a hidden blog and I just feel like asking for the url.

The thing is, they're barely 17. And on the one hand, I would love to see the porn she's done... on the other, I feel actually disturbed at the prospect of directly encouraging a minor to be making pornography for a public of hairy, beer-gutted men like me. I've known her work since she was 15. And for a short while she started doing risque stuff, I forgot that and treated her and her work like an adult. But some recent stuff in my life regarding treating a minor like they have the judgement of someone older have proven thats a bad call on my part.
She's 17. I'm glad and supportive of anyone at that age discovering their own tastes and experimenting with how they view their sexuality. Up to a point I'd say thats something to be encouraged. But man.

Sigh.
Just venting, really.

>>398557
>girl in fandom I remember (from wikia chat and /co/) drawing porn at 14
Yep, that feel.

>>398556
Random boners are your dick exercising to keep in shape.

>>398556
Go see a doctor.

>>398557
Venting is what the SPEAK YOUR MIND threads are for. You shouldn't feel any guilt about this, she'll be 18 soon any way, and more practice on art is good. That is, if you can some how feign ignorance on the knowledge of her age and/or doing these requests through a proxy/anonymous/non-connected account.

>>398541
He still sounds like he's being an emotionally abusive asshole, and it's important that you tell your mother so that in case she ever feels guilty she'll know not to blame herself if he tries anything.

>artist is art-whoring hard because art is his main income
I am ok with this, I like the guy. Good for him.

Sometimes I wonder if I should have gone to art school.

>>398571
Art schools help you develop faster, but you can get skills any way you want.

The real skill that you need, is the ability to put yourself out there, to promote and present your stuff. When you became known and integrated yourself in the arght community, you're good.

>>398573
Also, artistic skill. That's Latin for 'practice'.

>>398573
Thats the thing. I'm actually legitimately good at getting jobs. But I'm nowhere near as good as many many other colleagues, especially those working close to me who are far from being as able to live off their artwork as I am.

And I don't have time to focus on practicing or experimenting or trying to learn how to do new stuff... Because I'm too busy doing jobs. I try, though. And I AM improving.
I've heard every rant and tweet and bit of advice in terms of art school and how its not necessary to be a good artist and how you only should go if you feel like you need it.

And I still think.
I should have gone to art school.

>>398575
You could always audit life drawing classes at a local college. But as someone who majored in art at a university (not an art school, though), I can tell you that life drawing classes were pretty much the only useful classes I took vis a vis becoming a better visual artist. Most of the rest of the curriculum was teaching me to work in other mediums that, while fun, I don't really see myself working with again in the future.

>>398576
Also, the only difference between life drawing classes and getting someone to pose nude for you is the regularity and routine that forces you to keep doing it. The teachers don't really give all that much instruction, other than occasionally red lining your work to show you where you're going wrong.

I've become addicted to people giving me feedback and comments on shit I made. Like, I know popular people are happy to see their fans like their stuff, but unless you've been a social outcast most of your life like me, you have *no idea* what it's like to finally be appreciated. Shit this might be the one thing keeping me from killing myself.

What is the appeal of the 'uglification' fetish?

I think I am becoming jaded. The whole "Internet is totally crazy!" joke does not get to me anymore.

Out of the blue, I received a settlement check of $1,472.40 today.

DDDDDDDD:DDDDDDDDDDDD

Ok fuck, I had some pain in the back of my mouth and thought it was an ulcer, but when I looked with a flashlight it looked like something sharp was trying to stick through my gum. But that's impossible, I had my molars removed years ago.

http://woobox.com/vaa2yq/f91w3c

Rifftrax guys are having a caption contest if anyone is intrested.

The worst part of being banned from anywhere is not the feeling of being denied something, but the fact that you are almost never told what you did wrong to deserve it.

>>398613
Was it
>You will not post any of the following outside of /b/: Trolls, flames, racism, off-topic replies, uncalled for catchphrases, macro image replies, indecipherable text (example: "lol u tk him 2da bar|?"), anthropomorphic ("furry") or grotesque ("guro") images, post number GETs ("dubs"), or loli/shota pornography.

In other news, these new underwear are fucking amazing.

>>398613

Where are you banned from? Because the vast majority of websites I've been to explicitly tell you where you fucked up. Even 4chan does this now.

>>398615
I am talking about places OTHER than 4chan, where you are not shown what you posted or said.

Basically, proper policy should be "before you ban, you explain".

>>398626
I wasn't banned from anywhere, just reminiscing over one time I was blocked on DA.

Your fortune: Bad Luck

>arrived during +4.org/b/baw
>check archive's archive (/boards/baw)
>all these namefags I've never heard of before
Huh. This place had FEMALES?? Like, more than two??

In other news, I got a fortune cookie that didnt even try to tell a fortune. Is this bad?

>>398647
Its always really really bizarre when people use 'female' as anything other than an adjective.

Why do all these people have this kind of forced, artificial laugh? I can never tell if they are genuinely amused or trying to protect my feefees.

Like, my friends will call me out when I make shit jokes, and I like that. It's honesty.

Moving away from my initial point, I dislike when people lie about criticism to make people feel better. It's just like art. How can I better myself if you convince me I'm fine as I am now? I don't want to think I'm A+ for years and then realise I'm an underweight, skillless permavirgin without a future. I want to know where I am, and raise myself to the level you pretend I am at.

I know you are trying to be nice, but your compliments won't get me laid.

>>398658
Some people believe you must force a smile. Reasons vary, but they believe a smile has to be forced.

I personally believe those poor fucks lost the belief that a smile can come naturally. I think they are very unhappy inside.

>>398658
Its called being polite, cunt.

If I could have any superpower in the world, it would be mind control. Fuck invisibility, fuck super speed, fuck flight. If I could manipulate people, into thinking I was some sort of god, nothing else would matter to me.

>>398658
>Why do all these people have this kind of forced, artificial laugh? I can never tell if they are genuinely amused or trying to protect my feefees.
They could just be forcing that enthusiasm because they're used to doing that whenever they feel something even remotely like amusement at an appropriate time. Maybe they got told really lame jokes when they were little, and this established a low baseline of what humor is to them.

>Moving away from my initial point, I dislike when people lie about criticism to make people feel better. It's just like art.
Given that it's always possible to improve, this fact is often taken for granted, with praise given under the presumption that people receiving it understand that they can do better anyway. While occasionally useful, updates of personal status are often tedious, stressful, and far too specific. Most people can be expected to gain a level of self awareness that makes constant reminders unneeded when it comes to personal habits.

So if you want to know how to improve, ask for that specifically so people know to say that rather than a general opinion of how easy you are to put up with. How are they to even know what your priorities are, and thus what standards to set for you unless you tell them? People would need to know a lot about your life to know the direction it's headed as long as you don't show some obvious sign of self-destructiveness.

>>398661
>Its called being polite
Nah. Outside of international politics, corporate management, and poorly reared children it isn't anyway.

>>398664
What if you could have any superpower, but the same power will also be given to your closest living relatives?

My complete and total last chance at happiness has rejected me. I've made my decision. I truly feel like it's time for me to end my life.

>>398666
Mind chronicling it out for us? Plans, notes, object usage?

>>398666
What happened, anon?

>>398666
Hmm. We can talk about this. Whatever it is, you can probably recover from it and this is just the depression talking.

>>398668
How the fuck can a girl stay close friends with a guy for years, and stay single, without feeling any sort of attraction for him? Like, anything? Not even a stray thought like "Maybe we should try dating, once." Because I guarantee you, there is no way in hell a guy can do that. (Unless you are, physically, unattractive) I'm not one of those MRAs who whine about how the girl is selfish and that I deserve what I wanted, but the friend zone is a real thing that exists and it's a living hell for me.

>>398670
There is more to you than her.

>>398672
It's not just her. This has happened to me so many times, it's stripped layers of my sanity away each time. I can't do this anymore. I am literally living a life of torture.

>placing your life's value in other people
>1356+659

>>398670
>How the fuck can a girl stay close friends with a guy for years, and stay single, without feeling any sort of attraction for him?
So you can't fathom feelings you yourself can't feel. Anon, that's a matter that goes way back.

>>398677
Yes, Anon. Clearly, I'm autistic. Wow, where'd you earn your MD?

If I'm attractive, and you're attractive, and we're both interested in the same shit, and we click enough to be close friends, of course I'm going to want more eventually. Ask anyone in that situation. But the friend zone concept seems completely lost on the opposite gender.

>>398670
>Unless you are, physically, unattractive
Uh, yeah, exactly. She's not attracted to you. This is not rocket science.

>>398680
[b]>She's not attracted to you.[b]

>>398679
For a suicidal person, you sure do get indignant at slights to your mental condition.

>>398670
>people must act according to the script I believe in, otherwise something is wrong with them

>>398673
>it's other people's fault that my life sucks even though any power those people have over me exists only in my head

>>398679
>I'm so mad that other people don't work the way I believe they are supposed to work, BICTHES AND WHORES, BRO

you say you are not an idiot/asshole, but you are

>I truly feel like it's time for me to end my life.

do it sooner than later, before you decide to take it out on whoever you believe is responsible for your faults

Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person on /baw/ who isn't depressed. That's depressing.

>>398685
I'm also not depressed, but feel little reason to talk about my own life most of the time.

>>398684
Lol I literally didn't say or imply any of those things. You need inspection more than I do.

>>398689

Ditto that. About the only time I want to talk about my life is when I'm being a navelgazing lazy-ass or when I actually feel depressed.

>>398685
I'm not depressed, either! Pretty much what Sage said!

>>398690
Die in a ditch, asshole!

>>398695
Read the rule or get the fuck out mate.

>>398696
Well it was HIS idea!

What's he building in there?!
//youtube.com/watch?v=E-iENCZKFzk

>>398695
>>398699
It weirds me the fuck out when people on the internet use exclamation marks unironically.

>>398690
>if you disagree with me you're mentally ill

top /pol/

>>398715
That response is an old Internet tradition, not x-clusive to /pol/ at all.

>>398730
old internet tradition is dead
there is only politics now

>>398689
>>398690
>>398695
As someone who *is* depressed and on anti-depressants for it, let me just note that "not feeling like talking" could sometimes be a more telling sign than crying or anything. In a lot of ways depression is less about feeling sad and a lot more about feeling like it's not worth the trouble to do anything. Of course sometimes you just don't want to do (PARTICULAR THING), and that's fine and not necessarily a sign of depression. Not feeling like doing ANYTHING is much more likely to be depression even if you don't actively find yourself weeping or thinking of ending your life.

>>398711
I do it all the time. I picked it up from a friend. What's so weird about it?

>>398737
Not him, but on imageboards it's usually a bit out of place. Everything is impersonal and empty until the actual content of the message concerns you, and as a generalisation, exclamation is rare. Also, exclaiming more than once in a row in a forum or imageboard often suggests a person is 12 years old or mentally immature (or attention seeking, which is looked down on in anonymous communities).
I do it all the time on stuff like facebook and more social websites, but not here.

If I added exclamation to all of your comment, it just looks wrong to me. It's like you've had too much sugar.
>I do it all the time! I picked it up from a friend! What's so weird about it?!

>>398739
I had to stop myself from doing that.

...But yeah you're right. I do it on social media where youre kind of expected to show actual energy for what youre saying, especially considering I use my profiles for professional purposes. Can't really be apathetic about that. Guess I got used to it!

>>398740
I understand if it's to look professional and all that, but I don't understand using it for: Youtube comments, message board posts, Skype messages, etc. The first thing that pops into my head when I see it is "This person is older than 40 and doesn't know much about this strange interweb thing". I mean, nobody I know does it.

It's kinda like saying "haha" instead of "lol". It seems pretentious.

Goddamn, I fucking hate "good" weather.

>>398741
I (poster >>398739) am fine with it on Skype but that's because of the people I hang with (like, he's in the drama club of course he will exclaim) but occasionally it gets annoying. YouTube is filled with young people who just transcribe parts the video in the comments one at a time, so I don't bother with them unless I care about the video creator.
>The first thing that pops into my head when I see it is "This person is older than 40 and doesn't know much about this strange interweb thing"
I get the absolute opposite effect ("This person is too young for this website, how did they even get here?")

But yeah, nothing wrong with it in personal interaction IMO but on more public sites it should be used only on occasion. Or the internet police will get you.

>>398742
Any particular reason?

>>398744
I don't like high temperatures and I don't like the sidewalks and shops being flooded with people. Give me a good rainy day. Or at least an overcast chilly one.

sup motherfuckers

>implying anyone still here knows who you are except like five people
I don't even know you. Who are you?

>>398751
He's the guy who beefed the pullout and accidentally became a daddy.
Sup Hydra.

>>398754
Oh alright.

Hey Hydra.

>>398670
>>398679
As much as I prefer the idea of dating someone I know to asking out complete strangers who might be completely at odds with my life outside of romantic interest, I think it's important not to hang up on expectations of one person. They don't need to date you*, for whatever reason, even if they actually do find you highly attractive. Maybe she even thinks you're actually too similar or something. Concern with predicting what other people ought to think is just easily overdone when it comes to social activity n general and doesn't tend to help outside of "Don't do things you ought to know are annoying." The more sensible action here seems to be getting a wider circle of friends, maybe even helping each other look for other people.

*Which i admit you acknowledge, since you explain that your frustrations weren't meant to convey an insistence that she change her mind.

>>398750
How was your break?

RIP Doug Winger.

;_;7

//youtube.com/watch?v=VIHhwwy4JD4

>>398764
Who?

>>398768
Furry artist, if you've ever so much as scrolled past a Furry Friday thread you've seen his art.
Died from COPD.
Wasn't really a fan of his art, but it's always sad to see good people go. R.I.P.

>>398764
Oh shit, he died?

I don't really know him well but a lot of people were really sad about it.

>>398768

https://www.flayrah.com/6130/doug-winger-loses-battle-copd

>>398775
Great job supporting the industry!

>>398775
What'd you pay for? Amateur models posting photosets? Artist offering porn commissions? Indie authors self-publishing adult comics?

A brazzers subscription?

Bluh. Looked up someone from my past and I feel disgusted with myself as a result.

>>398781
In what way? Ashamed for looking or ashamed at what you found?

>>398783

The former.

>>398784
Oh. Really? I personally wouldn't feel disgusted about that.

>>398785

I do anyway, though. I’d get into why, but it’s a…bit of a sore spot for me, for a number of reasons.

There should be some sort of mandatory program that teaches young children that their parents are not perfect, and most likely flawed as fuck. Whenever there are family problems due to parents acting like assholes, stupid children blame themselves, because of the near instinctual belief in your own parents' infallibility. I know I did.

everything hurts

Man, I haven't been here in a year. I just keep forgetting this place. I remember back when the split first happened and it was fucking amazing. I still miss when the porn boards were joined I wonder what I missed.

>>398815

I don't see any changes.

>>398815
What changed? The last layout change I remember was in, like, March.

Your fortune: You will meet a dark handsome stranger

>>398819
I added a banner. That's about it.

Oh, and Anonex retired shortly after moot (full details on homepage)

>>398819
>>398820
The look of the video player changed, at least for my version of Firefocks. They also switched to HTML5 and ditched Flash.

>>398825

Ah. YouTube's been rolling that change out slow over the past few months, I've heard.

>>398825
It's been that way since April. At least for me.

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33262884
FUCKING. FINALLY.
/burgessshalenerd

>The study also helped to clear up another mystery - a strange blob found on the fossils that was once thought to be the creature's head.
>"What our study shows is that it has a different composition from the animal. And rather than representing part of its body, it actually represents decay fluid - the contents of its guts - squeezed out as the animal was buried and fossilised," said Dr Smith.
lol

>>398837
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_stain
It's even got its own wiki article.

A good way of improving the media taste of your very young siblings, is to watch preschool stuff with them, and point out all the stupid things in it.

>>398821
Still no player though. I miss that thing.

>>398853
Or they can watch whatever the fuck they want on Nickelodeon.

I hate people who try to shape children's views through their own neckbeardy lenses. If I got to watch the retardedness that was Power Rangers when I was 6, kids these days can watch whatever the fuck they want.

And on that note, your idea isn't going to matter. My older sister and parents thought Power Rangers and Pokemon were stupid (and let me know), but they didn't try to get in the way of me enjoying it.

>package from Amazon stolen for the second time in two weeks
>never had a problem until now

Motherfucker.

I hope you enjoy your 10 packages of 3/8" wooden blocks, you dick. And that cheap halter dress.

Fuck you dude. Seriously fuck this shit. It's not even important stuff--my most expensive package delivered in the past couple weeks wasn't stolen--but it's enough to be irritating, especially after having such a shit month. I was even home today!

:(

>>398857
I don't think I said anything about telling kids what to like. Pointing out really dumb things is fair criticism.

>>398853
I was going to say something like>>398857 but then I figured I had no idea what preschool stuff you meant, as it does vary in dumbness. Astro Blast, Cyberchase and Peg + Cat are the bomb right now, but then you have stuff made for babies that can't even talk yet that are just "This is a trumpet, this is an orange trumpet!."

>>398864
As a type of criticism it is, but while someone's trying to watch the show to enjoy watching it isn't a fair time. Just make sure to lay off it if they ask, or it just comes off like someone who talks loudly in the theatre because they think they're a great film critic. And also, they'll try to point out dumb things in what you like, which might be entirely different than what you think is dumb.

Sometimes I think cats use most of their intellect while asleep, to come up with the best sleeping positions possible. Mine is just insanely creative when snoozing on the couch.

>find a relatively unknown band that does some fucking SUMMER JAMS
>split between wanting to share the love everywhere or keeping my little secret, because it might become popular and not my little special thing anymore
Oh fuck, I am the hipster trash. It's me.

Great googly moogly the self hatred is powerful today, hoo boy

>>398892
but i thought you were awesome and married and super ripped, scrublord and everything was great with your life because you had lots of friends and were talented and had cheeks as smooth as a babies bottom and

>>398894
nice ownage, bro

God I hate white knights.

>>398899
Well most if not all knights have been caucasian.

I'm back from no internet place, and now I have to read a week worth of posts.

It's a good feeling.

>>398918
I bet it even makes this place seem almost nearly but not quite alive.

For anyone who uses reddit:
Mass shitfest in progress. We are talking about magnitudes higher than the FPH stuff. Heaps of popular and default subs have been set to private, reddit is falling apart at a staff level. Imagine if moot kicked out the mods who ran the boards moot never visited (eg. /co/) without any notice and you're getting the picture.
http://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/3bxduw/why_was_riama_along_with_a_number_of_other_large/ is a good overview.

And if you don't use reddit, that's cool too.

>>398920
You know it. I'm already caught up.

>>398923
I think reddit is run by a bunch of retards. Just something I've observed from afar every time news breaks.

I don't pay a lot of attention to the place, but every time a shitstorm over there happens, it seems like dumb bullshit. At least with 4chan (and no, I'm not trying to make a claim that it's better) had bullshit, it was something with the userbase and not so much the administration.

I'm starting to hate how my parents are emotionally abusive as fuck and yet I can't complain about it since they still support me.

>>398930
Consider it a motivation to become independent. It motivates me.

My parents are not emotionally abusive, and despite having long wanted independence I find myself hesitant to persistently confront them about it as I do not with to be an annoying spoiled child who asks for things all the time. I get more time with the house to myself now, but I need to either push the car thing more or get an online career going, maybe game dev or webcomics.

My sister came over from California for dress fitting and cake tasting, she's getting ready for her wedding. Very nice to see her. My time at the beach a couple weeks ago was fine, and my back yard produced plenty of berries this year along with continuing the supply of peppermint. Things are getting pretty interesting for me on boards and IRC, and I might soon be inspired to write some fiction more interesting than fan greentexts.

>>398927
>It's surprisingly well run when you think about it.

moot was a better admin than most. I dunno if he read my comment on the stream, but I let him know that in one of his going away threads. I told him that while I didn't see eye to eye with him on everything, he still ran a decent ship and did a better job than most leaders of large communities.