#general_chat

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rain mango
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so jjk isnt newgen

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its just tiktok ruined its rep

hollow grove
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what does newgen even mean

rain mango
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newgen is anything after 2020

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usually has a specific style

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blocky destruction

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less detailed art

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like

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old anime had lots of shading

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new anime is mostly digital

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with no shading

rain mango
rain mango
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painted stuff doesnt really exist in new anime at all

graceful smelt
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Weeaboos

rain mango
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im closer to an otaku..

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ive seen too much to be just a weeb

oak gazelle
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they probably don't know the difference

hollow grove
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i certainly dont

rain mango
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i can actually understand alot of japanese and speak some just because ive spent 18 years hearing japanese

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i was listening to Japanese as a baby

oak gazelle
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weeb: non Japanese person obsessed with aspects of Japanese culture. otaku is more neutral more overarching and Japanese term for nerd that got adopted by people who like trashing people with those interests

rain mango
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im not as obsessed with japanese culture to fit weeb

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but i also dont fit otaku exactly either

oak gazelle
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I'm more an american hikikomori or shut in

rain mango
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i dont go around acting japanese or anything

barren raven
rain mango
rain mango
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a good example

oak gazelle
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but more like an otaku in that I was really hesitant to get into anime because of how unhinged weeb fandom was, as a new potential fan it was offputting

rain mango
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season 1 of jjk

oak gazelle
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its where bedrotting culture came from

barren raven
rain mango
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season 2

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the shading

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is entirely different

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less detailed

barren raven
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That's ass in comparison

rain mango
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season 2

oak gazelle
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smiling friends got cancelled man

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fuck

rain mango
barren raven
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Wait, really? Why, when?

rain mango
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season 1

oak gazelle
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writers got burnout

neon bramble
oak gazelle
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didn't want to give us another halfassed half season so it's done

barren raven
rain mango
neon bramble
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I am in my old anime arc

barren raven
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Huh

oak gazelle
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they're open to coming back if they get rested and reinvigorated. go get some vacations in dudes

rain mango
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this

barren raven
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I never thought that would happen

rain mango
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yeah they did it to avoid it getting unfunny

oak gazelle
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honestly they just need to go on hiatus but if the burnout is that severe I get it

rain mango
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they dont wanna be the next family guy

oak gazelle
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just disappointing as a fan but as a creative I get it

barren raven
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I thought that they would go the Rick and Morty route

rain mango
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they dont want to

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they want to avoid oversaturation

oak gazelle
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I figure the heart is there so when they've had a couple years of rest and creative recovery time they'll come back

rain mango
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smiling friends wont be their last creation

barren raven
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Anyway, getting back to anime, there's this one anime film that I really want to watch because of its stunning visuals
I always forget the title but it's about a vampire hunter of some kind

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Actually, two films

oak gazelle
rain mango
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vampire hunter D?

barren raven
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Redline and that one I just mentioned

rain mango
hollow grove
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i think the most anime thing i engage with is reading yuri manga

rain mango
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a classic is vampire hunter d

barren raven
rain mango
oak gazelle
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the most anime thing I engage with is anime

barren raven
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That's the spice

rain mango
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anime means animation

barren raven
rain mango
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manga is manga

hollow grove
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close enough

oak gazelle
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Outlaw Star, Cowboy Bebop, Paranoia Agent, Love Hina, Konosuba, and Dandadan all come to mind

rain mango
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i actually dislike dandadans storytelling

strange spruce
rain mango
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i enjoyed it in the first season

strange spruce
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dats a classic,,,

rain mango
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liked season 2 enough

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but realized dandadan is just

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very strange

oak gazelle
rain mango
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thats why people watch it

neon bramble
oak gazelle
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fun though

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like seeing FLCL for the first time

rain mango
barren raven
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I be a Vampire hunter d the way I'm hunting for d to suck, like a vampire
#micdrop

rain mango
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alot better

oak gazelle
rain mango
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flcl is the original artsy one

barren raven
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I do not do that I just wanted to say that

oak gazelle
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when you have like 350 shows and over 7k movies to choose from you get sidetracked a lot

rain mango
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flcl was made by southpark animators avatar the last airbender animators

hot grove
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Merry 4am tired

rain mango
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and some from trigger i think.

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or was it gai?

oak gazelle
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I just steer away from neverending animes, I think they're sloppy and minimum effort cash grabs

lyric galleon
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me when uh

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rain mango
oak gazelle
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got turned off on those with like Inuyasha

harsh vault
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@lyric galleon want to geoguess

rain mango
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wit studios one piece will be alot better

lyric galleon
rain mango
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and yashahime isnt canon

lyric galleon
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got an hour before i work

oak gazelle
harsh vault
lyric galleon
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im already eepy

rain mango
oak gazelle
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overshooting

hot grove
last spoke
oak gazelle
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but yeah i like 80s anime just not as much as what it inspired

rain mango
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fist of the north star

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ranma 1/2

neon bramble
rain mango
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space invader lum

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gundam

oak gazelle
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also wasn't introduced to manga until high school, and the exposure I had to anime started around then since we didn't get cable tv until then

hot grove
oak gazelle
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so early 2000s anime was my jam

rain mango
oak gazelle
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yup

rain mango
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toonami and mtv

oak gazelle
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fun but I was in the work force so those hours were usually spent on shift

rain mango
oak gazelle
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adult swim for the win

barren raven
rain mango
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its getting a remake

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not needed

lyric galleon
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how are you clapping like that

barren raven
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Yikes

hot grove
rain mango
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fist of the north star sadly is way past its popularity…..

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genuinely

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its the most basic fighter shonen out there

oak gazelle
rain mango
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aqua teen hunger force

oak gazelle
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aqua unit patrol squad.... one

hot grove
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Don’t hurt yourself

oak gazelle
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aqua tv show show

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but yeah peak adult swim, alongside boondocks

rain mango
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anyone else play the super eerie nemo game on the ps2

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god the ps2 era of games is so nostalgic for me

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i grew up playing more ps2 then any other console

oak gazelle
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I just rewatched athf a couple of weeks ago so all the intros are still fresh in my mind, such good ongoing gags

barren raven
rain mango
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yes

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thats the entire show btw

barren raven
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Granted I may have dropped it as it was get-

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Oh

rain mango
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dont get ur hopes up….

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fist of the north star is the original shonen fighter

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ranma 1/2 has better fights

barren raven
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I was about to say I may have dropped it as it was getting good, as I stopped watching after he confronted those army guys

rain mango
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if u want fights

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ranma dragon ball and north star

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the big 3 of the 80s

barren raven
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I don't know what Ranma is I'm afraid

rain mango
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ranma is by rumiko

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its her only martial arts anime

barren raven
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No bells are ringing

rain mango
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it inspired alot of dragon ball stuff

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rumiko and toriyama worked together

hot grove
rain mango
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ranma 80s is better then mappas version

oak gazelle
rain mango
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the filler is actually the best part if it

hot grove
rain mango
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mappa is animating the remake but redesigned everybody removed nudity and blood

barren raven
oak gazelle
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“Open your eyes, Meatwad! I'm gonna horrify you into a coma!”

hot grove
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And forget not the many appearances of MF DOOM

oak gazelle
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lives rent free in my head

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and danzig

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andrew w k

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it was a lot of fun

rain mango
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the plot is all martial arts

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it has more fighting then dragon ball did at the time

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it also has ki

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ki blasts and beams

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and flying

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before dragon ball did

barren raven
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Ehh

rain mango
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ranma inspired dragon balls power system

barren raven
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I may stick to Fist of the North star

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Finish that and call it a day

oak gazelle
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I prefer my anime cyberpunky and space explorey

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otherwise I'm good with og pokemon and digimon shows

rain mango
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ranma is more down to earth then dragon ball

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it takes place with highschoolers

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it is very comedy based tho

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with some slice of life

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and its the first harem anime ever made

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and its a romance anime

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its the inspiration behind alot of major anime genres

oak gazelle
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been rewatching adultswim classics, just finished Frisky Dingo a few days back. going to rewatch Metalocalypse next

rain mango
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my favorite very old anime is dororo

hot grove
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Sheebs

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rain mango
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the creator of astro boy made it

oak gazelle
rain mango
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astro boy needs a remake

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pluto was great

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but only adapted one short arc

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dororos remake was peak fiction

oak gazelle
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wtf mega man had an anime?

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gonna have to watch that

rain mango
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dororo is in my top 10

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its so great

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and its a story from the 40s?

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i think

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or was it 60s

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the series is the same story wise

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its just different art

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and they even use some of the original art style in the gag moments

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probably the deepest samurai anime in existence

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very gory

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and sad

oak gazelle
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Samurai Champloo is another title on my to rewatch list

hot grove
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Me when I build walls and just keep building walls

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rain mango
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wall

hot grove
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But you run out of room, so you keep building walls

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tall glen
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where the cute girls at

hollow grove
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hm

hot grove
tall glen
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implying I want artificial sugar

hollow grove
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unrealistic body standards smh

barren raven
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My amusement faded when the monster can was revealed

hot grove
barren raven
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I'll go on record as the #1 monster hater

hot grove
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Celsius on top drunk

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Also, rhododendron

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That is all

lyric galleon
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beautiful

blissful osprey
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does anyone know how to fix this my game keeps saying smth went werong after its done loading me into the game and then tells me smth in console.txt or sum like that

hollow grove
blissful osprey
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unexpected error it says

oak gazelle
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never change, new vegas

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oak gazelle
rain mango
young kelp
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chat, do not drink with an empty stomach

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bad idea

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I feel dizzy already

fast lava
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Neat idea for Zomboid

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"Alcoholic drinks more potent when hungry"

stiff salmon
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Honey covered steak for today in school lunchm

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God is good. God is good.

fast lava
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He goes to a rich school

stiff salmon
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Absolutely not, public school

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SWEDEN ON TOP

oblique stream
barren raven
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I found a mention of an architect that designed a building I took a liking in, so I tried to look her up and the woke left has hyperfixated on the fact that she was a woman in a male dominated field, ergo, all of the results show articles about her being a trail blazer, but I can't find anything on the buildings that she actually designed
Bother bored

young kelp
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let alone 3

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It hit me instantly

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then again I did gulp it down

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it was like 250ml?

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and it was just 6%

barren raven
vivid forum
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whats up spiffo

young kelp
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the floor

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we making a new rimworld run

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cause the last run died again lmao

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this time we going ant theme

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6 colonist, 3 specialist of different tasks

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and 3 100% combat purpose ants

barren raven
young kelp
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them ants gonna throw hands, heads, and mouths

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if they die

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they got acid blood

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enemies (and allies lol) that stay close for too long will end up severly affected by the gas

stiff salmon
barren raven
stiff salmon
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Oh no, I'm not mad or angry; it was funny. I was basically saying that in an ironic "touché" tone

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Ate 8 of them, so damn good. Definitely feel full

subtle shoal
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sweeden

kind hawk
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me when i dont have image perms

barren raven
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You well come

kind hawk
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kermit

barren raven
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Don't push it/

stone meadow
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this is why you should down 6 pints immediately

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you will certainly not throw up bile within the hour

loud pumice
twin bear
twin bear
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disgusting

oak gazelle
thin wedge
twin bear
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thats cool

oak gazelle
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just got my stealth suit and upgraded it to the second tier but I'm not messing with the highest tier til later

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lol hell yeah didn't see that

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the upside of doing the dlc with so many optimizations is that my fps stays consistently high no matter where I'm at in OWB

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like 165-180 fps

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nice and smooth

twin bear
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mine stutters alot because of ai overhauls that barely work

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😭

oak gazelle
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I get it

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mods are so hit or miss which is why I do as much research into mod hierarchy stability as I can

twin bear
oak gazelle
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that sounds fun!

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I plan on only adding one or two mods at a time after building out the list I'm using, just to make sure I don't completely screw up compatibility but I'll be looking into some options to add to the mix once I finish this play through. just trying to make sure I can get my ducks in a row for modding my brothers fallout games later

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I feel like a minimally optimized and modded intro to what fallout new vegas is in 2026 would just blow his mind

oak gazelle
stone meadow
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damn, the ambient sound feature on these earbuds is so good i thought i wasnt wearing them

oak gazelle
stone meadow
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i like earfun in general

toxic hawk
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I have whatever was cheapest st thr time.

oak gazelle
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nice

stone meadow
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i lose my earbuds a lot and they do cheap but good quality earbuds

oak gazelle
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I tend to wear over the ear headsets but that's just me

toxic hawk
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Phones not having a jack port is peak capitalism corruption.

stone meadow
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And one time when my pair that had one earbud stop charging properly after months of owning it, i wrote to support and they just sent a new pair no questions asked

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Things like this is what gets loyal customers

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so here i am like 12 pairs of earbuds later

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helps that theyre the cheapest company that i know of that still feels and sounds good

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i gotta stop losing earbuds though

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I lost like 3 in the last few months

oak gazelle
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always good when a company's customer support makes them stand out in a good way

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and I appreciate the product recommendation

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I quite like my SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 headset for the meantime but I could stand to try a pair of earbuds as its been a while

stone meadow
oak gazelle
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dopamine hits go brr

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but yeah earning lifetime customers is the real job of customer support

thin wedge
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why can we buy general here

stone meadow
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wired

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they fell apart on me though

thin wedge
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Probably a good thing

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with that new study on headphones being poisionous

stone meadow
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so i wasnt sure about buying a steelseries product again cause i feel like things shouldnt just fall apart from wear and tear

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like just regular usage

harsh vault
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hi frogski

stone meadow
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i have hyper x cloud 3s rn

thin wedge
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furski

stone meadow
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theyre pretty good

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hello

harsh vault
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would you believe me if i said i wont play tarkov anymore

thin wedge
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uhh the hyper x cloud is the most poisonous one

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lucky we'll all be dead by 2036

stone meadow
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yeah

oak gazelle
thin wedge
harsh vault
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are we talking about headsets

oak gazelle
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always

harsh vault
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mine was pretty expensive

oak gazelle
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I needed to replace my logitech headset and this one offered digital surround so I was intrigued to try them out and possibly return to microcenter but I never got around to it

thin wedge
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eh

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5.1 and 7.1 are ass

oak gazelle
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my big thing is having as good of mesh cushions as the headset itself so they can be taken off and washed regularly

thin wedge
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never like it its better for movies than gaming

oak gazelle
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it's just so rarely implemented right in games for sure

harsh vault
oak gazelle
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I like it for the games it works well in, as I've got hearing loss in my left ear

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having the extra level of directionality is fun

harsh vault
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i might get a spare headset if i can afford another one of these, but they are pricy

thin wedge
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i have mx5 but still using my cheap ass wired hyperx

harsh vault
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i forgot hyperx existed

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super popular in 2017

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i always wanted one back then

oak gazelle
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decent enough sets

thin wedge
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gaming headphones are a scam anywayd

harsh vault
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eh

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mine are perfect

thin wedge
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i only got it for the mic

harsh vault
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i didnt get scammed

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they do everything that needs to be done and more

oak gazelle
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I like a good pair of sennheiser studio buckets but I prefer headsets over headphones so that means 'gaming' tech is more accessible than the audiophile stuff I'd prefer

harsh vault
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im honestly happy with my headset to where i dont want to replace it

oak gazelle
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what did I do lol

harsh vault
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what do you mean

oak gazelle
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the text was randomly red

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idk

strange spruce
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happens when it fails to send

oak gazelle
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ah no worries

oak gazelle
# thin wedge gaming headphones are a scam anywayd

eh, to each their own. the windows software this set came with makes using it on windows a compelling option for the ease of use, and I think it's harder than people realize to make comfortable headsets too

thin wedge
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true

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i had a sennis but they clamp my head

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literally headache to wesar

oak gazelle
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its a toughie for me as my head frame is large as is so I try and go into stores and try sets on first

toxic hawk
harsh vault
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OH REALLY

toxic hawk
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Wanna come?

harsh vault
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IM GETTING ON

toxic hawk
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Bet.

oak gazelle
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but these are super comfortable and I can wear them for many hours on end

thin wedge
thin wedge
harsh vault
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have to boot my ol shitbox

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spray some WD-40

thin wedge
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surely it will last til the downfall of AI

harsh vault
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@toxic hawk im here

oak gazelle
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hyperx mx5

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or sony I'm getting some mixed search results

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ah I see

harsh vault
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sony is ood

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ood

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FUCK

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good

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my keys dont work when i boot up my pc

toxic hawk
oak gazelle
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yeah they've always been pretty reliable for quality for me maybe not as much on the comfort side

harsh vault
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ya

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call me

toxic hawk
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nah just get in happymealclub here

stone meadow
harsh vault
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oki doki

oak gazelle
stone meadow
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just a way to charge more

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who even uses speakers these days

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last time i used speakers the pc had windows xp

oak gazelle
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lol

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I do but my motherboard audio crapped out so I'm stuck using hdmi audio or headsets

stone meadow
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damn

oak gazelle
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works since my second monitor is a tv and I usually have movies or tvs on and when I want to focus in on a game then I switch to headset

thin wedge
toxic hawk
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I WILL find him

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thin wedge
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find sterlok indeed

stone meadow
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man always some bullshit in this city to make my 1 hour 20 min trip to and from work even longer

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bus got stuck in between two lanes so noone could pass since there are only two on this road

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for 20 mins

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traffics bad enough, i finished work 1 hour 25 mins ago and i still have 20 mins till im home

thin wedge
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public tranzit moment

stone meadow
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oh AND there is roadworks on this street???

thin wedge
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love sitting on the bus and its just stop at stop for like 20 minutes for no reason

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would still take public transport over car centric

stone meadow
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britain is lucky its sunny out for once otherwise id blow up

ivory grail
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At the doc to get blood taken out once again

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Two days in a row fuck you insurance

stone meadow
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just in a car instead of a bus

stone meadow
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forgot why it was so many different ones

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but i was crying by yhe end of it and my arms hurt

neon bramble
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traffic in a bus means I can take a nap

ivory grail
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It never really affected me I kinda enjoy it when I was a kid it was cool

stone meadow
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damn

ivory grail
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It just sucks that it gonna be two different bills but I get why insurance would refuse to test for hepatitis for no reason even if I was in contact with a pt blood

stone meadow
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you enjoy someone poking a needle into you

ivory grail
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Yeah i'm a freak like that

stone meadow
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imagine paying for something like that, cant be me

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god bless the nhs

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2 years for my adhd diagnosis that ended up lost in the mail at my old place but anything actually necessary costs nothing and is quick

ivory grail
hardy muralBOT
thin wedge
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this exps me

rose marsh
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Mrew :3

stone meadow
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i too am in this levelling system

hardy muralBOT
pure junco
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Rip Mr.beast

ivory grail
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Microscopic dick energy car

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oak gazelle
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The over compensator 3000

thin wedge
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why is this legal but god forbid a volvo diesel car

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fuck EPA and car manufacturers lobbist

stone meadow
thin wedge
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i want my 240 in diesel

ivory grail
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Saw the driver 100% also small dick energy he was giving

thin wedge
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must be a tech bro

ivory grail
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Wearing boots, denim jeans, and a mullet

stone meadow
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i saw a "regular" pickup truck from america here in the uk, not lifted

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shit took up 2 parking spots

ivory grail
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Boots are extremely clean not like a rancher

thin wedge
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Fatfuck car

stone meadow
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it was bigger than the work van next to it

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in terms of taking up physical space

thin wedge
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still same cargo space tho

stone meadow
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less even

thin wedge
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impratical bed indeed

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all the old toyota and ford went south

stone meadow
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the people driving them dont use the truck beds for work anyway

thin wedge
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only find em in mexico

ivory grail
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Fr that what piss me off like my mom and dad has a truck but 50% of the truck space has items that we use

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Alright I gotta clean my shit car to make it look slightly respectable to try attract some sad guy to buy it

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It like polishing shit

sacred schooner
thin wedge
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i know what i got

thin wedge
stone meadow
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yeah was gonna say

ivory grail
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You think i can sell this off as Christmas lights

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thin wedge
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that why ford has a euro spec

stone meadow
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i think the people who already own them here realise how not built for europe they are

thin wedge
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duh

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ford escort, fiesta, and work vans

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while we have POWERSTOKE

sacred schooner
thin wedge
stone meadow
sacred schooner
thin wedge
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whoch is still smaller than a 4runner

stone meadow
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while at it run back the miles

sacred schooner
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sedans are a dying breed here

stone meadow
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wrap the whole thing too

thin wedge
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what the euro equivalent of a nissan altima @stone meadow

arctic shore
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They're fucking ridiculous

stone meadow
arctic shore
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Actually insane shit

thin wedge
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vauxhall

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so true

stone meadow
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many drug dealers like to drive vauxhall astras

sacred schooner
arctic shore
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They should call them asylum trucks because no mentally stable person drives that shit

thin wedge
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Real

stone meadow
thin wedge
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90s trucks tho

thin wedge
arctic shore
sacred schooner
thin wedge
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Have you not seen a ram 3500

stone meadow
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people just wanna drive monster trucks in regular traffic

arctic shore
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I did see a hummer though

sacred schooner
#

not even joking

arctic shore
#

Those things were even more ridiculous

sacred schooner
#

current pickups have less bed space than the 90s ones

stone meadow
#

i read there is a real problem of how dangerous these massive cars are

#

everything being a crossover and all the pickups

hollow grove
#

hello car chat

stone meadow
#

so if you own a small hatchback youre actively in danger

hollow grove
#

mind if i bring up a time when american cars werent ridiculously large with no benefit

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thin wedge
#

The so call heavy duty work truck but its just a impractical mall crawler

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arctic shore
stone meadow
#

some guy in a massive lifted ram truck with truck balls absolutely crushes you and your family in your regular sized sedan

hollow grove
#

american cars have always been big but there was a time when they were big and actually cool instead of being compensation for not being able to stand up straight

arctic shore
#

Because America sucks and we have to put up with their shit forever

thin wedge
#

POCKETS REAL BIG

stone meadow
thin wedge
#

BELLY REAL BIG EVERYTHING REAL BIG

stone meadow
#

everythang real big

dire timber
#

BURGERS AT MCDONALDS SHRINKING

rain mango
#

just doing anything but my schoolwork atp

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neon bramble
hollow grove
#

ive been on a bit of a 1940s aesthetic crack binge recently

arctic shore
rain mango
#

i need to draw soyjaks

arctic shore
#

Just because excess or something

thin wedge
#

or la norie

rain mango
#

and joyjaks

stone meadow
hollow grove
#

i recently watched a 15 hour full playthrough of LA Noire

#

and ive been in a bit of a writing slump recently

stone meadow
#

I like most 2000s cars but the hummer looks silly to me now

thin wedge
stone meadow
#

i liked it when i was a kid but i was also a kid

thin wedge
#

🥀

hollow grove
#

so a playthrough plus a few classics like the blue dahlia have made me wanna pick my pen back up

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or swap my HP for a typewriter

thin wedge
#

get a toyota fj cruiser instead

neon bramble
#

brick

arctic shore
thin wedge
stone meadow
#

i like em

arctic shore
#

Well they ain't bad exactly

thin wedge
#

also rip vw beetle

stone meadow
#

i have massive 2000s cars nostalgia thanks to nfsmw 2005

arctic shore
#

But they're all bubbley and shit

thin wedge
#

that just how 2000s was

stone meadow
#

I still want a golf gti to wrap like sonnys golf

stone meadow
thin wedge
#

curves and bubbly

#

aero fugtir type shi

stone meadow
#

my least favourite is the late 2010s

arctic shore
#

Like as if the lead designer for every car company was some guy with an inflation fetish

thin wedge
#

maybe that why everything got so big

#

inflation propaganda

hollow grove
#

mid 2000s did produce some good looking cars tho

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sacred schooner
stone meadow
#

my most favourite is the 80s despite them being death traps compared to today

sacred schooner
#

I still want a sedan

thin wedge
#

jetta

stone meadow
#

too bad an e30 costs 40 fucking thousand pounds

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for a used one with 50k miles on it

thin wedge
#

your only option is to go germany

hollow grove
#

mid 2000s north american cars tho

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sacred schooner
#

my only option is to be a dirty cyclist

thin wedge
#

become the asshole audi driver

hollow grove
#

eugh

ivory grail
stone meadow
#

my dream car is the m3gtr from mw, or an e46 with a bodykit

thin wedge
stone meadow
#

I think the livery on it hasnt aged at all

ivory grail
#

Shapes and colors :)

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stone meadow
thin wedge
#

more like fallout 3

sacred schooner
thin wedge
stone meadow
#

nah fallout 4 with the pip boy light

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when youre indoors

thin wedge
#

oh i change the color

hollow grove
#

i think my old car (now sold) looks pretty good for the 2000s

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yes i drove a motorised green pea

thin wedge
#

didn't like the green light

stone meadow
sacred schooner
thin wedge
#

if i wanna play nv i play nv

rigid wraith
#

September 30th 1998, It's the day I'll never forget, the cop inside me died that day. And that night Racoon City was wiped out, thanks to the bioweapons created by umbrella. Somehow I made it out, but too many others... weren't so lucky. I was "asked" later to join a top-secret government program, not that I had a choice. the training, the punishing missions nearly killed me but at least they kept my mind off everything, if I could just forget what happened that night. The pain-even for a second. This time, it can be different. It has to.

arctic shore
#

@thin wedge drunk react me all you want but don't tell me this was designed by someone with traditional sexual preferrences

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sacred schooner
#

we've already one Leon around here, don't need a second

hollow grove
thin wedge
arctic shore
stone meadow
#

i show up to work hungover the zombies can just have me honestly

thin wedge
#

Subarus are more of the certain sexual chaser crowd anyways

#

still want a bug eye tho

hollow grove
#

im right in the market demographic for a 1st gen legacy wagon

thin wedge
#

but fuck gaskets

stone meadow
thin wedge
#

look more like a pimp my ride knockoff

hollow grove
thin wedge
#

the classic =_= subarus

arctic shore
thin wedge
#

best gen

stone meadow
#

im not gonna lie i do like the 2020s car designs, considering what came before

hollow grove
#

girlies like me are what saved Subaru of America

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sacred schooner
# hollow grove

recently got an ad for an all terrain SUV as if my city ass needed to leave a road

hollow grove
#

not long after i sold my Mazda 2 i was tempted to get a legacy outback like this one

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arctic shore
#

I want a 60's shitmobile

#

Give me a pontiac

hollow grove
#

if you want

arctic shore
hollow grove
#

yes

#

im not polish in the slightest but i like the polonez, even did a replica in automation

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thin wedge
#

skyline do be overrated

hollow grove
#

plus a few alternate versions

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stone meadow
#

i will personally find them

#

and ban them from real life

hollow grove
#

ill be waiting

arctic shore
stone meadow
#

youre done

#

this server is barred for you

hollow grove
#

says who

thin wedge
#

okay tesla fanboy

stone meadow
#

says me watch this

#

this is my 2nd favourite thing to do since i became a mod

hollow grove
#

moderator brutality

neon bramble
#

is the pee role kil

thin wedge
#

i lick toilets role

hollow grove
stone meadow
#

i dont see a pee role but there is a big poo role

thin wedge
#

yes do steal zeel role

stone meadow
#

whrre is zeerol

#

havent seen in a while

thin wedge
#

zeel was here yesterday

#

but briefly

#

they alway abandon us one by one

#

first pancake then fartass and now zeel

#

when does @loud pumice leave

strange spruce
#

i miss fartass

short tinsel
#

woah

strange spruce
#

what?

fast lava
strange spruce
#

huuuuh

fast lava
#

I made Fartass into me

strange spruce
#

its like i can still hear him

fast lava
#

He's a Toadstars number, uh...

#

I forgot

loud pumice
last spoke
#

Like
A lot of Helldivers

stone meadow
#

i jumped back into helldivers when they released their collab with halo

#

just to get the odst outfit

thin wedge
stone meadow
#

havent played since tho

fast lava
#

Toadstarsifcation isn't supposed to leave traces of the original person

thin wedge
#

okay fam

stone meadow
thin wedge
#

typical mod moment

last spoke
#

Looks like he migrated from discord anyway

thin wedge
#

good

#

shit platform still going to shit

#

he probably gonna chase his sumo wrestling dreams now

barren raven
#

Hello chat

#

Tell me good news

thin wedge
#

wrestling, japan samsunghot

thin wedge
#

2036

fast lava
#

What

#

Does this mean we won't get to live to 2067?

last spoke
thin wedge
#

nope

fast lava
thin wedge
#

you can not experience cyberpunk 2077

fast lava
#

NOOO I WAS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO 2067!!!

thin wedge
#

gonna be deadge

strange spruce
#

so over

loud pumice
#

@karmic jetty wake up, this chat needs a hero

#

They miss u

barren raven
thin wedge
#

oshane need a hero uppy

stone meadow
#

i feel so bad

#

i bought a tshirt off of an instagram ad cause it looked cool since it had reflective stuff on it

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which looked good on the video

#

but irl it has to reflect into your eyes for you to see it, its visible on camera all the time

#

I posted a comment saying how it didnt reflect like in the video on their ad and they dmd me asking me to clarify

plush cobalt
#

Trusting advertisements? I thought better of you

stone meadow
#

No they were right

#

The ad was accurate

#

It was i who was wrong

plush cobalt
#

Misleading marketing...

stone meadow
#

Nah it does reflect like in the ad, it just needs to be viewed at angle that is reflected at

fast lava
#

I made her me

stone meadow
#

which thinking about it makes total sense

#

because its a reflection

#

so of course i wont see it if its at an angle

oak gazelle
#

ever just have one of those days you just have to laugh at things going wrong

stone meadow
#

more than id like

oak gazelle
#

my hair clippers I got less than two years ago just fell apart on me halfway through a beard trim and buzz cut

stone meadow
#

you got the spartan humiliation treatment

barren raven
#

I'm hungry

oak gazelle
#

I just placed a same day delivery on amazon before deciding to do the trim. an electric scrubber for the shower since I have a bad back, and a footrest/calf stretch plank. now I get to do on the fly buzzer research

stone meadow
#

my work cargos gave up the ghost yesterday

#

they were already patched up once but broke again

#

Gonna need to get a new pair and my old ones were a pretty expensive pair i got from work

#

snickers work cargos, like £100

oak gazelle
#

work gear is rarely cheap and quality

stone meadow
#

If i want the same ones i have to pay at least £80, but at least work will cover £50

#

my biggest issue is that the pocket layout is perfect for me rn

#

I have all my tools, pens, notepad, safety gear in all the right pockets

oak gazelle
#

Its honestly what I get for buying a budget option trimmer instead of just a basic corded industrial one

#

that does suck

stone meadow
#

pay cheap buy over and over again

oak gazelle
#

considering I haven't worked for five years it was all about stretching a buck

#

but the flip side of that is regardless of my financial situation a quality set of trimmers ought to last 3-5 years

stone meadow
#

Terry prachett talked about this, a poor man has to buy a cheap pair of boots which breaks often, vs someone who can pay for a quality pair that lasts years

oak gazelle
#

yep I still have the same work boots I bought in high school and aside from needing a shine they're still in great condition

stone meadow
#

tbh boots seem to suck these days

#

at least any work boots i buy

oak gazelle
#

they're definitely going to need to get worked on if I plan on keeping them longer though. soles dont last indefinitely no matter how high quality

stone meadow
#

My current pair has its soles super glued on

harsh vault
#

@toxic hawk you are the only person here that saw me kill a geared player with a badly damaged ij-70 that i had to chamber

stone meadow
#

true but mine only lasted a year

#

and they werent cheap

#

paid for by work again

toxic hawk
oak gazelle
#

yikes

stone meadow
#

£100 for them

toxic hawk
#

whenever

oak gazelle
#

I bought mine in... 2003

stone meadow
#

my current work will only cover £50

harsh vault
#

atleast you now know i wasnt bluffing about me knowing the game

stone meadow
#

so if i want a quality pair id have to pay out of pocket

oak gazelle
#

I saw static x in those boots, never going to get rid of them

stone meadow
#

over that £50

oak gazelle
#

boo

stone meadow
#

Problem is these boots are comfortable

oak gazelle
#

being comfortable at work is worth paying for it

stone meadow
#

So while they may not last over a year i like them for their fit and how easy it is to get them on take them off

oak gazelle
#

but the right deal makes it less painful

loud pumice
#

Zee is sleeping Bill

stone meadow
#

i have like 4 pairs of work boots at home in various states of disrepair

toxic hawk
harsh vault
#

o

stone meadow
#

These boots can be delegated to my airsoft boots once i get another pair

oak gazelle
#

yeah just invest in your comfiest pair regardless of condition, a good cobbler would get it taken care of

stone meadow
#

i just dont wanna spend money on work gear rn

#

i wish it wasnt at least both my cargos and my boots

#

gonna need to drop at least £100 for quality

oak gazelle
#

makes sense

#

gotta bite that bullet regardless though, that or suffer until you can replace them

stone meadow
#

true

#

the inconvenience of not having proper pockets for my stuff is getting to me

#

holster pockets are too convenient

#

it being february though i have the least money rn

oak gazelle
#

can always hope your replacements arent that much worse in terms of layout

stone meadow
#

well im trying to find the right model number

#

cause snickers has tons of models that are ever so slightly similar but not the same

#

and theres a bajillion of them

thin wedge
#

hundreds of broken harbor freight junk

stone meadow
#

i dont even know if theyll cover my cargos

#

i only asked them about my boots

#

and getting £50 boots sounds pretty bad

#

probably gonna come apart at the seams within the month and give me sores

oak gazelle
#

being up front with management is likely only going to help, when it rains it pours and any management worth their salt knows that

thin wedge
#

oh boots nah

#

dont cheap out on boots

#

trust

stone meadow
#

the guy who is the one to give me the ok for procurement is not

thin wedge
#

working a standing job and shoes make the difference

stone meadow
#

nobody likes him at the factory either

oak gazelle
#

if they aren't then at least they see the whole picture and its not you worrying about it anymore

novel fern
#

you can spend a lot of money on boots and still get a shitty pair tho

stone meadow
#

one time i was drilling something with a pillar drill and he came over, told me off for using the wrong settings, set his settings, which promptly caused me to melt the hole i was drilling resulting in me taking 10x as much time fixing it

oak gazelle
#

yeah I got lucky, my $60 boots from walmart I got in 2003 or so are still doing alright but I don't know I'd trust them to go hiking anymore simply due to how rubber soles age

#

yeah that sounds about right

stone meadow
#

planned obsolence and what not

oak gazelle
#

productions processes have only become less efficient and less consistent quality as inflation puts the screws on companies to increase profit margins

stone meadow
#

i have a different opinion on it, i think they can just get away with shittier quality now

#

since the average consumer has to buy another anyway

#

what brings more profits, an item you have to replace frequently or one good quality item that lasts years

#

its even worse for the tech industry

#

we went from phones you could replace anything on easily, to solid bricks you cannot repair yourself and even shops struggle

#

apple is the worst for this since they actively throttle your performance if you dare fix it

#

i miss the era of phones when you could drop your phone fell apart like lego and you could put it back together like lego

#

Now you cant access your battery without specialised tools

oak gazelle
#

for sure

#

as a tech enthusiast I never really have that problem as I work on all my tech

#

got my ifixit style kits and work bench

stone meadow
#

The repair is becoming more and more inconvenient is the issue, the parts that break and need replacing get harder to replace

oak gazelle
#

but I'm a tech nerd and IT specialist so it makes sense I'd have them anyway for work

stone meadow
#

Even worse when someone like apple actively penalises you for trying to fix it yourself

oak gazelle
#

yeah, it's a problem. especially so here where we're fighting for the right to repair

stone meadow
#

yeah right of repair is important

stiff geyser
#

Imagine buying Apple shit lmao

oak gazelle
#

lol

#

apple gets a lot of hate but idk how much of it is all that exclusive to them

stone meadow
#

Im glad there isnt an ecosystem here in europe and back in kyrgystan of apple products

#

here most people use whatsapp so imessage is irrelevant

oak gazelle
#

and my iphone 12 is running the latest iOS without any issue, in fact it is more responsive since the last update

stone meadow
#

So it doesnt matter what you have for a phone, no green/blue bubble stuff

stiff geyser
#

I never owned and iPhone 🗣️

stone meadow
#

they released their stand for £1k

#

a stand

#

no tech whatsoever

#

i think its still up for sale

oak gazelle
#

I set my iphone up once when I got a 4s, ever since then I wait until the phones about to disintegrate before replacing it and only going with used models since there's nothing in new phones that a basic slightly older iphone can't do just fine

stone meadow
#

yeah it is

#

lmao

#

£949 for a stand you got me fucked up

#

i can machine this for £10

oak gazelle
#

yeah, especially when you can get a 3d printer of your own and print a part that works just fine

stone meadow
#

I got a samsung myself but i shouldnt have, its as bad as apple atp

stiff geyser
stone meadow
#

only thing its got going for it is the fact it runs android

#

my next phone is gonna be a used oneplus or something

oak gazelle
#

I will say this, they know that the people who want and will pay for those products are good lifetime customers so its no skin off their nose to make these and let people complain about it

stone meadow
#

Is it not ridiculous?

#

Charging 949 from your loyal customers

oak gazelle
#

if you're already affording apple products of course you're going to pay through the nose for your accessories

stone meadow
#

but why

oak gazelle
#

they want exclusivity

stone meadow
#

why is it ok just because they can afford it

oak gazelle
#

its not rocket science

stone meadow
#

So they can rip off their customers?

stiff geyser
#

I have a Moto G24 Power and it works frfr

oak gazelle
#

and when you pay for products at that pricepoint you get really good customer service

stone meadow
#

For a stand????

oak gazelle
#

nope its a different value proposition

stone meadow
#

What possible customer service would be worth for a 1k stand

stiff geyser
stone meadow
#

They could send me 20 replacement stands at that pricepoint and its not worth it

oak gazelle
#

I'm not saying you should buy the stand, I know I'd just opt for a non apple monitor anyway but for photo specialists and video production workers its just par for the course

stone meadow
#

bro what

#

photo specialists?

#

1k for a stand?

oak gazelle
#

are you not familiar with tech nerds?

stone meadow
#

Im familliar

oak gazelle
#

ok

#

so they like exclusive high tech

stone meadow
#

In what world is a 1k piece of metal ever justifiable

#

Yeah, that doesnt mean that charging 1k makes sense

#

People pay more for less

#

This is apple wrinigng money out of the customers

thin wedge
#

but saar its pro

oak gazelle
#

mock them but the fact that they don't have to put any thought into what to buy is one part of it, in my opinion they should be normal price but apples not losing out on sales because of their pricing

thin wedge
#

that means its top of the line slop

stone meadow
#

They dont think so charge them?

#

People buy million dollar products for fun

#

doesnt mean its right

thin wedge
#

gotta play the apple's mouse that has the charger under the mouse

oak gazelle
#

okay I'm just curious why are you so worked up on this

stone meadow
#

it means people have more money than sense

oak gazelle
#

people bought pet rock too

#

people are weird lol

stone meadow
stone meadow
oak gazelle
stone meadow
#

People can spend their money on what they want, doesnt mean apple isnt screwing people over to make a profit

oak gazelle
#

I mean if you want to get down to it the evil in apple isn't their stand its in how they exploit manufacturers and their workers

stone meadow
oak gazelle
#

you're good

stone meadow
oak gazelle
#

lol

stone meadow
#

Unfortunately in this world you have to participate in the system

#

I dont blame people for that

#

I do judge them for overpaying for basics though

oak gazelle
#

yeah, and that is how I accept that stupid priced products exist for stupid people with lots of money

#

I've never been rich and I buy used tech a lot so I let others eat msrp

stone meadow
#

yewh and im criticizing apple for it

oak gazelle
stone meadow
#

thats why im pressing the point, apple sucks due to its business practices

oak gazelle
#

I've always been a pc person anyway but when I lived in austin next to their apple campus they were hiring and I wound up working for them a few years. they really were already deflating at that point trying to see a future without jobs and it's only gotten worse since then

stone meadow
#

I like pcs but probably not enough to work in that sphere

#

I build my own

oak gazelle
#

but I also know that razer, dell, hp, falcon northwest, corsair, any number of pc oems and builders also have niche, ultra expensive tech too

stone meadow
#

They all suck too lol

#

Dell especially is awful these days

oak gazelle
#

yep, my laptop is a used hp probook, my desktop was a floor model cyberpower special at best buy that I upgraded here and there

stone meadow
#

They bought alienware and enshittified it

oak gazelle
#

I'd probably go framework if I could but we'll see

#

I like tech that's designed with longevity and eventual reuse in mind

stone meadow
#

Any company getting big enough and becoming beholden to shareholders inevitably becomes terrible

#

Crucial announced they will stop selling to consumers

#

Nvidia wont sell the next generation of gpus and is coming back to 30 series production

oak gazelle
#

its why I like doing tech consulting, keeps projects manageable for me and keeps customers from getting ripped off by shareholder interests they would encounter asking product specialists on hp or dells websites for recommendations

stone meadow
#

AMD is already completely out of the top performance gpu market

oak gazelle
#

hopefully the bubble pops soon

stone meadow
#

wont pop until it becomes critical and then when it pops it will POP

oak gazelle
#

"please let it pop today"

stone meadow
oak gazelle
#

which is why I switched to hp probooks

#

similar quality intentionality without the extra price tag that thinkpads carry

#

marginally better deal at least makes it a compelling choice for me

stone meadow
#

i had a dell laptop for work, an x15, and it sucked balls

stone meadow
oak gazelle
#

yeaaaaaah they've sucked since 'dude you're getting a dell'

stone meadow
oak gazelle
oak gazelle
hot grove
#

@vague thicket you meet some real specimens trading client side 🥀

harsh vault
oak gazelle
#

they've become trendy which is understandable

oak gazelle
harsh vault
#

you unlocked a wanting to forget memory

oak gazelle
#

lol

harsh vault
#

i might still have jt

#

hang on

hot grove
#

Burritos pfp has been the same since the dawn of time

oak gazelle
#

at the dawn of time I'd already changed my AIM s/n about a half dozen times lol

harsh vault
#

okay i dont thank god

oak gazelle
#

gotta clear off the counter island in my apartment kitchen after I make some breakfast so I have somewhere to work on my server later. little by little my apartment is getting more tidy and clean

#

going high impact. kitchen, bathroom, computer area

#

I think my last AIM pfp was kuzco from the emperor's new groove as a llama, pointing and laughing off to the side of the image

stone meadow
#

Until its all piled up in a depression pit thats too hard to handle cause there is so much

oak gazelle
#

yeah mines been a depression pit for several years now and I've only just recently found a system that helps me break through the mental barriers and make it emotionally and physically efficient and manageable for me