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I've spent most of my 2022 reading. I've already completed 1 book and I'm 75% through the other. Its raining and I have nothing to do, so at least I'm getting into that goal of 75 books this year. Edit: oh poo poo the first chat thread regular already been ban hammered. RIP Timby. Skwirl posted:This is why I didn't get the Bill Gates sexual harassment thing, if you want some strange, you're Bill Gates, you can get women who don't work for you. He did, through his buddy Epstein. BlindSite fucked around with this message at 00:17 on Jan 2, 2022 |
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Jan 2, 2022 00:15
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General Dog posted:Finally saw Matrix 2,3, and 4 yesterday and today. They’re all pretty bad. Original Matrix is still pretty good though. Yeah the 2nd one really suffered from having to set up the trilogy's final movie, over done CGI and not really knowing what to do with the character once he became 'the one' 4 was just bad from start to finish but the action at the end was kind of decent. The 3rd one had some good set pieces from what I remember but I'd rather not watch it again to remind myself it sucks and be happy with my memories of it.
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Jan 2, 2022 02:00
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General Dog posted:The Zion seige in 3 is endless, features a bunch of characters you don’t care about, and is just generally overcrowded visual puke. Yeah I kind of forget how long the zion seige went for now you mention it. I remember it being a thing with the walkers and the dual chain guns on the arms etc but that's about it.
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Jan 2, 2022 02:21
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Alaois posted:the final sentence in the last book of the series before the epilogue is harry wondering if his slave will bring him a sandwich No but they like it!
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Jan 3, 2022 03:19
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Joey Freshwater posted:I thought about it and realized I haven’t gone a month without having a drink since before college maybe. I’m 38 now. Then I thought about it some more and realized can’t remember the last time I went a week without a drink. I just pretty consistently have a drink or two. It’s rare that I drink enough to get more than a good buzz or outright drunk. I guess that probably classifies me as an alcoholic and I’m wondering what this’ll do to me. I decided I'm not going to have a drink til I turn 34 in March. It's part money saving because I don't have a job but mostly just for health and mental health. I'm not a problem drinker but I kind of get into that trap of 2-3 beers at the "end of the week" on Friday, anywhere between 2 and 10 on saturday if I'm socialising and 3-4 on a Sunday evening and I realised it was probably consuming too many calories, costing a bunch of money I could spend on other things and if I'm being honest - affecting the decisions I make when inebriated to a negative degree. I went a a full month at 3 different times last year. It gets easier as you go. I liked to mark the end of the week by buying myself something like a diet soft drink or a kombucha or something instead of booze. I also set a goal of going for at least a 30 minute walk every afternoon and reading 75 books this year. My diet and exercise regime when I can afford the gym is already pretty dialled in but cutting booze can't hurt. EDIT: Congrats D-Link that's cool af.
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Jan 3, 2022 03:55
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To be totally honest - I kind of sat down and thought about all the poo poo I put into my body or my brain to make myself feel good - social media, video games, porn, trash tv, trash books, drugs, booze, lovely food and kind of ran down the list of the good and bad aspects of these and while I would personally be really happy to switch to weed and cut out everything else, I kind of feel like replacing booze with weed isn't really fixing my problem in the first place which is feeling the need to make myself feel good or better or some days, not miserable and try to find why I feel like I want or need these things over stuff that I do that's constructive and also makes me feel good. I used to like to write short stories and longer form ones, I used to sketch, I used to hike a lot more, I enjoy learning a new skill - its why I took up rifle shooting. I gotta think if I get to a Friday night and feel like eating a pizza, drinking half of, or a full six pack of strong IPAs and using that to relieve stress - that's probably not going to be better long term than if I changed into running clothes, took a light jog, made a healthy meal and read a good book so I could get up early and go to the range or go for a hike or get back into BJJ. Rather than losing a chunk of my saturday feeling a little down, a little down at myself for eating trash and boozin after lifting like a psycho for 5 days etc and also having those feelings of "gently caress it - I broke my diet anyway, might as well buy something for dinner instead of cooking and finish off that 6 pack / case whatever". Please don't take this as me pissing in your face over weed. I had a friend of mine I used to date who's a psychiatrist advise me to take a proper inventory of my habits and work on myself a little bit while I hunted for jobs so I don't get to the point where I snap and resign and I kind of realised my habits aren't as good as I thought they were just because I read before bed and lift weights every day. There's quite a bit more I could substitute and improve if I want to be happier overall. I still want to be able to have a day every now and then where i have a few micro brews and a pizza and watch spiderman or share a nice bottle of wine at dinner, toast someone's success, a birthday or something but starting off with 3 months of no booze, trying to walk for 30mins as a signal that it's time to let go of the day and if I'm bored with nothing to do crack a book instead of finding a "new show" might help me form some better habits and a better foundation.
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Jan 3, 2022 07:23
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Well What Now posted:CrossFit is the QAnon of the fitness world. A cia psyop?
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Jan 3, 2022 12:17
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General Dog posted:I think Two Towers is the only one where I prefer the extended cut to the theatrical. Not watching the extended cut is sacrilege.
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Jan 3, 2022 23:13
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Ugh Covid is up to thousands of cases a day here now - the govts decided to let it rip for - reasons now that everyone is 80% vaxed. The problem is my brothers fiance is pregnant, my parents have health issues and I get sinus problems / flare ups for no discernible reason. The tests that are supposed to be readily available are so low in stock everywhere they're being price gouged - like 60 dollars for a pack of 5. So Much so that some pharmacies are breaking down packs into singles and selling them for as much as 15 dollars a pop. I got some intel from a buddy of mine who works in supply chain stuff and he was telling me a lot of big companies assumed the govt was going to give them out for free or demand they were sold at a capped price - like all the other testing has been and cancelled large orders and only ordered small batches as there wasn't great profit in it. The govt has for whatever reason decided there would be no "interference" with pricing at the 11th hour - so basically you have people popping positive at a 20% test rate in the govt testing facilities. No tests available for purchase and the ones you can get are almost unaffordable because companies are jacking up the price. I've also got a few emails from jobs I've applied for stating they're suspending their hiring process "for the time being" given the evolving situation with Covid 19 or are conducting all future interviews via phone or online. This is kind of giving me the anxieties the last couple of days. I want to find a new job but this is making it much harder and I can't risk getting someone in my family sick and can't afford to burn cash on surety that I'm fine and able to visit when I want to.
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Jan 4, 2022 22:23
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Thaddius the Large posted:Regardless of job prospects and resources, being unemployed absolutely sucks and I hate it, you’ve got my sympathies. It’s not just that we’ve come to define our role in society and wellbeing by the work that we do, or even the uncertainty of the future and financial stability, but just personally speaking not having that purpose, that THING to do is super destructive to me, and when there’s a pandemic it’s pretty difficult to find another thing to involve yourself in. Thanks mate, yeah that listlessness is starting to hit me pretty badly. Trying to schedule my day and stick to it, this is my breakfast and forums time, when it ends its work out and exercise time then job hunting time etc. It was fine during the holidays because there was always someone to visit or talk to or look forward to but now everyone's getting back to work I'm kind of finding myself looking at the clock like... ok it's 10am and my house is pristine and I have applied for 10 jobs. wtf do I do now. I've had a super rigid structure to my weeks for years now from 5am wake up to home at 5pm and now that's not there it feels really odd.
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Jan 4, 2022 23:12
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Skwirl posted:We're all loving doomed I'm getting reports supply chain for grocery stores in some states here are at 40% capacity and that meat and veg will be harder to get in stores over the next month. So glad there's no public land hunting in my state.
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Jan 5, 2022 01:08
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I've tried for 2 days now to get a RAT and can't find one. Only minor symptoms like fatigue and sinus stuff but I'm still working out every day - I just need a nap after for a good hour. I just told my parents I'll see em in 10 days and I'm ordering groceries instead of going out.
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Jan 5, 2022 23:53
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I have full on body aches, feel like I got hit by a truck, sore throat etc. Apparently my suburb has one of the highest concentration of cases in the state. Pretty loving cool.
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Jan 6, 2022 23:55
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Ornery and Hornery posted:I’m sorry comrade Cheers mate. Everything is kind of not too bad except my elbow joints are so sore it hurts to straighten my arms. Really weird. Apparently all testing facilities in my area are closed today and I was told to call a pathology to try and make an appointment or find a rapid antigen test. No pathology has bookings available til Tuesday (its currently Friday morning). I called 4 local pharmacies, all out of stock. I'm going to get this chicken carcass I got out of the fridge and throw some bones in divination instead. gently caress me.
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Jan 7, 2022 00:33
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Im down to eggs, protein powder ham and some canned goods. Was planning on grocery shopping today. Can't get a delivery of groceries til Monday. I think I have some flour and yeast kicking around so I can make some flat bread or something. Might also just order like 50 bucks of Chinese food too.
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Jan 7, 2022 04:27
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Good fights are usually dependant on both guys having a gas tank. You gotta get blood and oxygen through that bulk. These dudes will be gassed inside 30 seconds and it'll be the sloppiest poo poo you've ever seen.
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Jan 7, 2022 07:55
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General Dog posted:I don’t think I’ve been to a screening in the past 2 years that had more than 6 people in the theater. Of course, that only amounts to about five movies. I saw spidermans the other day and the cinemas were almost empty and pretty well distanced. It might be how I got sick come to think of it. Spidermans was pretty good, so... worth it.
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Jan 7, 2022 23:38
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Skwirl posted:It should be legal to kill people who want to do poo poo like this. It's just "not only do I refuse to contribute anything to society, I want to monetize people having their worst day." Outside of literal blood sucking insects I can't think of a better definition of parasite. This is policy I can support.
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Jan 8, 2022 00:57
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T-Square posted:Man I just wanted to post about how I made a coworker’s day better and it made me feel good, I’ll gently caress off then I guess You did a good thing and should feel good about it mate. It's good poo poo.
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Jan 8, 2022 00:58
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You can definitely over use dash. The problem I've had in my recent efforts has simply been not getting the boons I need to make a decent build. something defensive for dash, and damage stacking on special and attack is my usual go to.
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Jan 8, 2022 01:22
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LeeMajors posted:I can’t get past the bone hydra. I also bleed health overdashing into lava Asphodel. The tight quarters on the hell barge really do a number too. If you can - spec for athena and get her deflection dodge right off the bat, I tend to ignore sword in lieu of gloves for any close, dodge heavy build. I just did a pretty easy run using the gloves, got the athena dodge first, next boon was Doom stack on attack from Ares and after that I just kept speccing for stuff that adds to the dodge or to the attack damage and you can pretty much just dash and punch all day every day. I think when I killed Hades I still had my death defiance in the pocket and 100 health on the board.
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Jan 8, 2022 02:56
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You can change your boon after you kill a boss too, so even if you need a death defiance to get past the minotaur and theseus or dad you can always spec for the god you want and then switch back to skelly's boon after you clear the hydra.
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Jan 8, 2022 04:46
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People can be weird about death - I think glibness to it is just a defense mechanism for not wanting to think about it. It's also ok to celebrate a good, long life and to lament the end of one cut short.
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Jan 8, 2022 22:44
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Its Rinaldo posted:It's really weird not having you with the av of shame and GD having it It was really weird the first day he had it because i opened a thread and thought I was going mad because I didn't remember posting something - then I realised it was GD posting.
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Jan 8, 2022 23:03
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Wait he was 65? Also holy poo poo
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Jan 10, 2022 01:39
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I popped a RAT late yesterday. I worked out pretty hard that morning. My covid experience was pretty mild. Sickish on Thursday, Minor fever that night. body aches and sore lymph the day after. Back lifting the day after that. Feel 100% today.
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Jan 10, 2022 04:52
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https://mobile.twitter.com/lapdhq/status/1480363436311670784?s=21 Footage is crazy
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Jan 10, 2022 06:08
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My sister is an ED nurse and has been showing symptoms today. The hospital she works at hasn't been able to provide masks that pass the "fit test" and she was told they're sorry but that's all they had available. Cool, cool cool cool.Skwirl posted:I'm not normally in favor of bullying children, but if I thought there was the smallest possibility that story was true, that kid deserved a swirly. Reminds me of all the bullshit twitter and reddit posts that came about after she kicked the bucket about "my five year old burst into tears on hearing the news".
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Jan 11, 2022 00:24
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shirts and skins posted:My favorite aspect by far. Flurry shot plus boosted special shot, along with Chaos +49% special, Aphrodite special boost, and Aphrodite legendary melted every boss very quickly Got the shits in my last few runs because I was trying to go for hammers to get good perks on the rail and ended up with this dogshit build where its half zeus and some doom and some aphrodite. Ended up just chasing keys and darkness for a few of them instead of trying to finish. I did fall rear end backwards into getting three of Hermes boons - the one that gives you 100% movement speed after dashing, damage based on movement speed and dash more times which combined with lightning on attack with the fists melted every boss and room in moments just chaining dashing and punching. I'm going to be chasing the high of that death dealing super build for a while I think.
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Jan 11, 2022 00:58
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Its Rinaldo posted:Yo we getting silver eyeliner back i got a bet with some people in my guild about that Be the change you wish to see in the world.
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Jan 11, 2022 04:55
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Amy Pole Her posted:Mini feeds and Twitter, basically allowing folks to just react and freak out over headlines and share their outrage…. All while not even reading the actual source. That’s what has killed society. Yeah not the biggest fan. I listened to three hours of podcast about Epstein today and it's pretty insane just how much has not been reported in the press at large.
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Jan 11, 2022 07:04
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Skwirl posted:Who you listening too? I just started listening to ALAB and they have an episode about his connections with Deutschbank. The first part of a 2 parter is on Martyrmade the 2nd part is only going to be on the dude's substack because he was worried about it being taken down. Still it was only 5 dollars to sub for a month and the 2nd part is definitely going to be worth it. Provided a lot of background on the people who kind of got Epstein into the game of money laundering for governments and arms dealers etc and really does cement just how insane a story it is. Also Ghilane Maxwell's father could probably use a massive deep dive in his own right. BlindSite fucked around with this message at 23:01 on Jan 11, 2022 |
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Jan 11, 2022 22:53
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Skwirl posted:Oh yeah, he was definitely Mossad, and set this guy up for them. I'll check out the one you mentioned today when I'm done with forumsing and job hunting, it'll be interesting to see what overlaps. I haven't read much about this guy but I'll get into that rabbit hole as well. Cheers.
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Jan 11, 2022 23:44
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Did anyone play that ww2 dog fighting game about 10 years ago where you could steal enemy planes by landing at their airfield and then they'd end up in your hanger for other missions. It went right through the european campaign, to the pacific and then back to end with being able to fly a gloster meteor and me 292 etc. Now that I think about it even had missions where you were on a carrier fighting over the ocean and a lancaster bomber?
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Jan 12, 2022 05:00
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I'm so tired of selection criteria, I don't want to tell you about a time I was a good team player
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Jan 12, 2022 23:13
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Ornery and Hornery posted:I think you’re a great team player and I look forward to hearing about your success in landing a new, better job in the near future. Cheers mate Joey Freshwater posted:“Im being a good team player by answering these dumbass questions” Yeah - having done a bunch of interviews and hiring in the past I know that like 90% of it comes down to the interview and the feeling I got from the person over just about everything else. I wanted to make sure they hit the bare minimum standard of competence based on their resume but it all came down to how I felt in the room. Being on the hiring side should make the application process easier, it tends to just make it more frustrating because I'm spending time trying to stand out just a little on the poo poo that doesn't matter to get through to the stuff that does. I know that I can crush just about any interview and have 0 anxiety about that part of the process - its getting to it that drives me nuts. I think Covid spreading like wildfire isn't helping right now, the main site i'm using sends an alert when companies view your application and I'm currently sitting at 2 from 47.
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Jan 13, 2022 00:09
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I like John Cena and I even sat through that movie vacation friends hung over as poo poo because he was pretty funny in it. I will watch and enjoy this show.
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Jan 13, 2022 22:13
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Skwirl posted:Andrew is a sacrificial lamb the royal family is serving up so Brits will ignore all the horrible poo poo everyone else has done. I don't think anyone other than Andrew is definitely a pedophile (though I wouldn't rule it out) but almost all of them have done horrible poo poo on a comparable scale. The royal families powerful public relations arm shut down stories about him for years and he then ignored their advice and the advice of his private PR person and did the disastrous interview. He gave them no choice but to strip him of his titles.
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General Dog posted:I assume the flashbacks, where he’s stripped of his armor and goes through one humbling experience after the other, is supposed to bridge the gap between who he is in the movies and who he is when he’s reintroduced in The Mandalorian. The show just isn’t very compelling so far, though. Yeah that kind of "prodigal son" story telling where the protagonist starts out as whatever - goes through changes only to realise at the end he needs to get back to his roots kind of deal is kind of dime a dozen in a lot of properties and it's not like the Mandalorian broke the mould in terms of story telling either. I wouldn't be surprised if their whole arc for him this season is him becoming kind of weak and ineffective because he learned lessons only for him to devolve back into a lone gun ruthless bounty hunter by the end tbh.
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