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[Galactus18]

So I was watching anime as any respectable man would do then I thought of castlevaniva for whatever reason now I can't get Dracula saying Baka and hiding behind his cloak outta my head I have dubbed him bakula

 

[heralding_bubble]

So I was watching anime as any respectable man would do then I thought of castlevaniva for whatever reason now I can't get Dracula saying Baka and hiding behind his cloak outta my head I have dubbed him bakula

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now that's a strong start for a first post

 

[Guardian Box]

Took my first loan yesterday. Couldn't make ends meet for the month, so I felt like I had little choice. Gonna need to be more frugal with my finances for the next year to pay it off, but hopefully I can manage it.

Being a debt slave is not the kind of cyberpunk future I imagined myself ending up as experiencing.

 

[Arc-on-Fire]

I hate the antichrist.

 

[Autocorruptor]

Took my first loan yesterday. Couldn't make ends meet for the month, so I felt like I had little choice. Gonna need to be more frugal with my finances for the next year to pay it off, but hopefully I can manage it.

Being a debt slave is not the kind of cyberpunk future I imagined myself ending up as experiencing.

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Good luck. I am luckily debt free (for now), but it sucks to have that hanging over your head. I hope you are able to pay it all off in time.

 

[Autocorruptor]

Rule 77: Relation to the original topic decreases with every single post.
Rule 78: Any topic can be turned into something completely unrelated.​

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I was looking at the rules of the internet, and these two rules struck truth.

 

[Arc-on-Fire]

How violent do you like your fics QQ? I say this because well...

6 ​And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

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2 ​For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.

3 ​Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.

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8 ​And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword.

9 ​I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

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8 ​And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

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27​My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
28 ​I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
29 ​I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
30 ​My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
31 ​My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.

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7 ​Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
8 ​O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
9 ​Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

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18 ​Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

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3 ​I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
4 ​For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
5 ​And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.
6 ​And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.

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11 ​Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.
12 ​And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
13 ​Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might.
14 ​The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

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23 ​And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.
24 ​And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.

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20 ​And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.
21 ​And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
22 ​And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.
23 ​Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.
24 ​When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.
25 ​And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.

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23 ​Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.
24 ​And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.
25 ​And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
26 ​Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
27 ​Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
28 ​And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.

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29 ​And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
30 ​And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
31 ​And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
32 ​And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.
33 ​And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.

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I am inspired to say the least. It's descriptive, beautiful, metal — and not to mention... utterly horrifying. I ever get around to writing, then my fight scenes are gonna violent. Bibically violent.

 

[Autocorruptor]

I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said—"Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Foot Fetish, Kink of Kinks;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away."

 

[Hatless Nuance]

I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said—"Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Foot Fetish, Kink of Kinks;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away."

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And yet, as that lone monument remains,
It shows the feet and ankles, and the shins.
Declaring foot fetishists do remain,
As all around decays into the sand.
Those trunkless legs, the monument, stand whole,
Denying that their form would need show more.
That shattered visage, frowning, wrinkled, cold,
But shows the dominated on the floor,
With passion in its ecstatic despair,
That they are not yet trod upon again.
Look on these Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
For ever, as humankind keeps their feet,
There shall remain those holders of the kink
To fetishize the soul within our soles.

 

[vyor]

How violent do you like your fics QQ? I say this because well...



























I am inspired to say the least. It's descriptive, beautiful, metal — and not to mention... utterly horrifying. I ever get around to writing, then my fight scenes are gonna violent. Bibically violent.

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There be reasons why I'm sad that most adaptations of biblical stories focus on Jesus and Moses.

 

[Ragnarok]

For the past few months I've been living out of my car. It was mostly a personal choice. Not something I was forced into. I quit my old job because it was miserable and couldn't find anything I really wanted to do, but of course without work you can't afford rent, so I moved out and into my car. I had already done a bit of part-time car camping and have been doing research for a while so it wasn't too hard of an adjustment. The trick was finding a quiet place to sleep that wouldn't get the neighbors to call the cops on you. Also since I had family in the area I could occasionally bum a shower and do my laundry, and they didn't mind.

That said, while it hasn't been a terrible experience, I found that the hashtag van life isn't for me. My car is just long enough for me to stretch out fully despite being tall, but it's still fairly cramped and you can't really spend an extended amount of time in it. Sure I live in a city and there's a lot open late but at the end of the day I just want a small place to myself. Plus I consider myself a gamer and you can't exactly hook up your PS4 in a small car. Maybe a proper camper van but I can't afford that. I have found a job that I actually enjoy and hopefully have a place to move in next month. It's nothing special, just a small room in a trailer park but a proper bed and desk to put my computer PS4 on with a kitchen and bathroom to share will be nice.

 

[vyor]

For the past few months I've been living out of my car. It was mostly a personal choice. Not something I was forced into. I quit my old job because it was miserable and couldn't find anything I really wanted to do, but of course without work you can't afford rent, so I moved out and into my car. I had already done a bit of part-time car camping and have been doing research for a while so it wasn't too hard of an adjustment. The trick was finding a quiet place to sleep that wouldn't get the neighbors to call the cops on you. Also since I had family in the area I could occasionally bum a shower and do my laundry, and they didn't mind.

That said, while it hasn't been a terrible experience, I found that the hashtag van life isn't for me. My car is just long enough for me to stretch out fully despite being tall, but it's still fairly cramped and you can't really spend an extended amount of time in it. Sure I live in a city and there's a lot open late but at the end of the day I just want a small place to myself. Plus I consider myself a gamer and you can't exactly hook up your PS4 in a small car. Maybe a proper camper van but I can't afford that. I have found a job that I actually enjoy and hopefully have a place to move in next month. It's nothing special, just a small room in a trailer park but a proper bed and desk to put my computer PS4 on with a kitchen and bathroom to share will be nice.

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Good luck man.

 

[Drak4806]

What database got hacked that's causing all these accounts to be used to advertise crypto here on QQ?

 

[Arc-on-Fire]

What database got hacked that's causing all these accounts to be used to advertise crypto here on QQ?

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Accounts on QQ are being hijacked to advertise crypto nonsense? Well, I've been kinda wanting to talk about this for a while now but... does QQ have any threads dedicated to online privacy? I've only seen it discussed about in blurbs every once and a while.

 

[evildice]

Accounts on QQ are being hijacked to advertise crypto nonsense? Well, I've been kinda wanting to talk about this for a while now but... does QQ have any threads dedicated to online privacy? I've only seen it discussed about in blurbs every once and a while.

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Seems like a good thread topic.

 

[Arc-on-Fire]

Seems like a good thread topic.

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Yeah, I just searched and there's only like... three threads about it. I guess I can make a thread about it. Just wondering what kind of resources that I should share and save people the time. Should I go all in?

 

[vyor]

Yeah, I just searched and there's only like... three threads about it. I guess I can make a thread about it. Just wondering what kind of resources that I should share and save people the time. Should I go all in?

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I don't think it's allowed, but you'd have to ask a mod or admin to be sure.

 

[Guardian Box]

I never saw the appeal of ASMR videos until today, but I think I'm starting to get it

 

[Autocorruptor]

Just a thought, but CAPTCHA must be HELL for visually impaired people. If they can't see well, then they can't tell what each image means.

 

[Guardian Box]

Just a thought, but CAPTCHA must be HELL for visually impaired people. If they can't see well, then they can't tell what each image means.

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I know this may come off as a shock to you, but glasses exist.

 

[evildice]

Just a thought, but CAPTCHA must be HELL for visually impaired people. If they can't see well, then they can't tell what each image means.

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Spoiler

 

[Rivan9000]

I know this may come off as a shock to you, but glasses exist.

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Sometimes a person's eyes get so bad that glasses don't make much of a difference. One of my eyes is so bad that it's practically blind. No glasses or surgery can make it usable.

 

[justinkal]

Just a thought, but CAPTCHA must be HELL for visually impaired people. If they can't see well, then they can't tell what each image means.

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That's why most captcha systems also include an audio based option.

 

[Autocorruptor]

I know this may come off as a shock to you, but glasses exist.

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I know this. I wear glasses. My parents wear glasses. Half my coworkers wear glasses. However, some people have very, very bad vision to the point they are classified as legally blind.

That's why most captcha systems also include an audio based option.

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Huh, I didn't know that. Interesting!

 

[Guardian Box]

Sometimes a person's eyes get so bad that glasses don't make much of a difference. One of my eyes is so bad that it's practically blind. No glasses or surgery can make it usable.

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Shit dude, sorry to hear that.

Can you share what's the exact condition you have? One of my friends has something somewhat similar, where his optic nerves apparently cross in such a way that only one of them works properly. They other eye technically works fine on its own, but the nerve connection is fucking it all up. One of the main reasons he has been refused corrective eye surgery so far.

 

[Rivan9000]

Shit dude, sorry to hear that.

Can you share what's the exact condition you have? One of my friends has something somewhat similar, where his optic nerves apparently cross in such a way that only one of them works properly. They other eye technically works fine on its own, but the nerve connection is fucking it all up. One of the main reasons he has been refused corrective eye surgery so far.

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Sorry it took me awhile to respond.

I don't remember the exact condition, but I remember the doctors said that my eye was always weak. So much so that as a child I was only looking out of my good eye. I didn't even understand that I didn't have depth perception for quite a while. They tried to strengthen my eye by putting a patch on my good eye. The hope was that by using my bad eye exclusively it would be strengthened.

Didn't work and they tried for years. All I got for my trouble was a history of headaches.

After all is said and done the doctors tell me that surgery would be a waste of time.

Doesn't sound like I have the same condition as your friend.

 

[Autocorruptor]

I recently installed an extension on my web browsers, the nyan cat progress bar for youtube. It replaces the progress bar with a mini nyan cat, and it is very fun. That made me curious: are there any other fun extensions out there? Please give me your thoughts!

 

[evildice]

I recently installed an extension on my web browsers, the nyan cat progress bar for youtube. It replaces the progress bar with a mini nyan cat, and it is very fun. That made me curious: are there any other fun extensions out there? Please give me your thoughts!

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uBlock Origin and Cookie AutoDelete are probably not fun, but they're my favorites.

 

[Autocorruptor]

uBlock Origin and Cookie AutoDelete are probably not fun, but they're my favorites.

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I already got ublock, but I will look into cookie autodelete. It sounds potentially useful.

Anything else?

 

[Highlord]

Oo. Just, oof.

I may have done myself in today. Woke up early to help a friend move. She treated us all to steak and eggs after we got everything loaded up.

Five hours and a bunch of heavy lifting later, her husband comes in from the new patio, freshly grilled flat-irons wrapped in bacon all steaming alongside potatoes and onions with bourbon running like water.

Get home a few hours later, get washed up to head over to my sister's place for my mother's birthday. Sis has made dinner for us all...New York strips with bacon-and-cream-cheese loaded baked potatoes and toasted rye bread.

I think I can feel my heart slowing down.