tech-chat-2

[shell void]

[merry stirrup]

Too* smh bro

isnt this guy a writer

[wraith steeple]

LTT Staff TC2 sighting

[cosmic gazelle]

it’s just Elijah

he’s here enough that it doesn’t feel as special yknow

[brisk jolt]

im now convinced my ltt order got lost lmao :/

[wheat void]

Nerd working the post office saw the return to got a free screwdriver

[brisk jolt]

last updated 23 feb

[wheat void]

Holy. Yeah its already gone

No internal investigation going to find that

[brisk jolt]

whys the option to contact the carrier only forwarding me to x

-_-

[topaz veldt]

Nice dude congrats

[fringe vigil]

bro

[pure garnet]

hell yea

[merry stirrup]

next tbell order is on me bro dont worry

[arctic bronze]

https://tenor.com/view/oka-sheldon-cooper-oka-moment-sheldon-computer-gif-16899486735081974629

[arctic bronze]

WHERE IS MINE

[frank zealot]

Gotta say, concussions suck. I've had too many cuz I'm too tall for the default world.

[fringe fossil]

Elijah sighting

[arctic bronze]

how tall

[frank zealot]

6' 7" (2.01M)

[arctic bronze]

yeah thats quite tall lol

im 6'1 and some things is too short for me, id hate to be 6'7

[frank zealot]

Up to about 6'4" is a good "tall"

After that shit gets worse

[arctic bronze]

na, id say 5'11 is the perfect height for doing stuff, tall enough to do most things but not too short to miss out

[shell void]

6'2 is perfection

[frank zealot]

I hate having to buy tall everything clothing

[late glade]

does anyone here know how to fix fps settings on nvidia control panel not working?

i have it set to 144 fps globally and i made sure the programs i want use the global setting but some of my games still go above 144

[topaz veldt]

lol @low sorrel people are weird/dumb

I am just farming wasps/hornets and this dude tries to rat me

I beat him, and hes like "oh dude you lost to a kettle"

bro you're the one dead

[wraith steeple]

Damn.... Was having an FC til the solo section. Oh well, we'll get 'em next time

[hoary hatch]

Chat I'm sick and bored, what should I buy

[trim agate]

A wiitar and a raphnet

[wraith steeple]

I use a CRKD x Les Paul after my Wii Les Paul's 18 years of service

[wraith steeple]

Honestly, I would get the retrocultmods adaptor for the wii GH controller (this is coming from a Raphnet owner)

[plush smelt]

Why is it that when I move my mouse the game feels weird and stops being smooth?

[devout ridge]

don't cross post

[fringe vigil]

W game

[trim agate]

I haven’t been following closely for about 5 years now, im a raphnet owner and I haven’t had issues on PC connecting to my WoR and WT guitar, I’ve heard really good things about retrocult though like faster latency and connecting to consoles and such

[remote plume]

plex of jellyfin?

[devout ridge]

depends

[remote plume]

free wireless streaming

[devout ridge]

they both do that

[remote plume]

ok

[indigo walrus]

Plex is separate from Jellyfin. It is not derrived from or "of Jellyfin" though.

[remote plume]

is it better then plex

^Jelly fin

[shell void]

@steel stream @edgy laurel why must LG disallow us lowly americans from purchasing the 48” G-series? most cruel indeed

[edgy laurel]

and what is this heatsink malarky! All that room behind, stick a fat heatsink on there and let er eat!

we demand full brightness 48"s

[shell void]

if only LG was benevolent

[topaz veldt]

We have genetically better formed eyes

[merry stirrup]

is your mouse 8khz

[plush smelt]

I got logitech g502

not sure if it has 8khz

[merry stirrup]

dont think so

thats the only reason ive ever had any issues similar to yours, so probably not it

[cosmic gazelle]

why the hell does DRM content playing on my second monitor make my PC artifact like I’m running a failing overclock

[frank zealot]

Opinions vary. Check youtube for comparison

[low sorrel]

@brisk jolt @edgy laurel STOP THE COUNT

FP1 in the first race of the season is always a great predictor of race results trust

[brisk jolt]

CHARLES
Charles charles leclerc
charles charles lerclerc

[edgy laurel]

did something happen

[brisk jolt]

charles now that he doesnt have to drive a tractor goes hard

https://tenor.com/view/mf-ghost-ferrari-488-gtb-toyota-86-gif-11812736584241230212

[low sorrel]

Oh nothing of value Ferrari is just 1-2 in FP1 of the first race of the season which totally means so much

[edgy laurel]

wait, racing started again?

[brisk jolt]

alonso getting out of his car and showing everyone his full sprint on foot:

[low sorrel]

Tmw is quali Saturday is race day

[edgy laurel]

oh

race on Saturday? huh

[low sorrel]

Timezones

Sunday local time in Australia

[edgy laurel]

so what you're saying is the one true king lewis hamilton might have a shot again

[low sorrel]

Yep

Our Lord and Savior the only F1 driver to be officially knighted lewis Hamilton

[brisk jolt]

lance stroll will be taking the hose and spraying water over the roads

[low sorrel]

The water pressure from the hose might actually be faster then the Aston

@edgy laurel so what happens if Aston doesn't meet the 107% rule in quali and doesn't get 107% in any other session

Strolls fastest lap was 29 seconds off the pace and Alonso didn't even run

[edgy laurel]

are you asking me? I don't even know what that rule is

i've completely fallen off following F1 apparently

[brisk jolt]

to participate they need to be within 107% of the fastest lap time

[edgy laurel]

I didn't even know there was a race this weekend

[brisk jolt]

something like that

all my f1 info is literally from social media i dont even watch it

[edgy laurel]

my brain can't even comprehend what that means lol

[brisk jolt]

lets say the fastest lap time set is 100 seconds, to participate in the race they need to be within 107% of that time, which here as an example would be 107 seconds

[edgy laurel]

ok ok

[brisk jolt]

But Aston Martin installed every feature except a fast car

Alonso’s got the entire 007 loadout

[pure garnet]

all i know about f1 is f1 the movie fr

[brisk jolt]

and apparently the car is so shit alonso could only endure 25 laps due to some issue that im not sure of

stroll only could manage 15

I think it was vibrations or smth from the wheel

[low sorrel]

engine

[edgy laurel]

oh shit, Cadillac and Audi out there looks so weird but I love it

[brisk jolt]

nico rosberg method is the way

[low sorrel]

if i got a wdc against hamlition im instantly retiring just like nico

[brisk jolt]

@low sorrel i already got the f1 2026 intro edit with the student and exam shit and george’s was “threatens to blow up the school” 💀

[brisk jolt]

i love how max is aurafarming as always

if that redbull blows up we know damn well he’s gonna pull a raikonen and go to the nurburging asap

[south shuttle]

ads ruined sport for me, especially since so much gambling is everywhere…

the whole stadiums are ads, the ads are on the cars even on the drivers

[edgy laurel]

comes down to what you want to see

i'm not seeing or thinking about any of that

there for the drama

[pure garnet]

people look at the sponsor liveries?

[south shuttle]

well it works on other people that’s why they put ads there

[pure garnet]

like i know max has redbull but isn't that his team

i couldn't tell you if it had a burger king sticker on the car or not

[edgy laurel]

I love all the product placement where they're drinking redbulls. you just know its water in all those

[pure garnet]

i hate how redbull tastes

[south shuttle]

sport is nice but if ads are to upkeep it and not fun i’m not sure if i would participate

[pure garnet]

i like monster the most but not the original battery acid variant

[edgy laurel]

regular monster tastes like shampoo smells, to me

[pure garnet]

ultra vice guava or the juice line is usually my go to

[south shuttle]

i’m already addicted on the largest drug ever - sugar so i don’t need to tempt more addictions such as on caffeine or nicotine

[cosmic gazelle]

hey tech chat can you explain why washing machines suck ass

[south shuttle]

moving parts, moving parts wear

they need maintenance

[spiral quarry]

mainboard died on mines couple months back

Fixed now with a new one, but the company that came out to replace it ordered a second on accident so I have a spare at no cost

[south shuttle]

there is just so much that can break on a washing machine

[spiral quarry]

Huh now I think about it the washer and dryer are the only new appliances in my parents hose

[south shuttle]

i’m not even sure which model of washing machine i would buy

[spiral quarry]

Both of our fridges are surpassing ~15 years

[south shuttle]

i 100% want reliability

and yk they’re not psus…

[spiral quarry]

The old samsung fridge dials broke so the freezer and non freezer are set to the lowest

[south shuttle]

i have some vintage samsung microwave that still works and i use it

only thing that broke is the lightbulb?

[spiral quarry]

LG one smaller but working like nothing is wrong with it minus the broken water filter/ice maker I removed for more space.

[south shuttle]

the knob is little loose/play but that’s it lol

[spiral quarry]

noice I have a feeling both fridges will outlive this house if I end up snatching them in the future moving.

[cosmic gazelle]

no, i’m referring to the fact that my washing machine won’t wash anything thicker than a tissue without saying it’s off balance

[south shuttle]

that is a yes not a no

[spiral quarry]

Oh yea I snagged one of those industrial microwaves when they were closing one of offices at my moms work👀 .

About to toss it, but I was like not on my watch.

[south shuttle]

the rocking caused parts to get loose, which is typical for washing machines… the safety mechanisms then tend to throttle how much it can wash

so it doesn’t explode

if you have this problem after just few months or upon receiving them i recommend issuing a warranty claim

or don’t buy a bad model of a washing machine next time

good washing machines certainly exist, pretty sure there are improvements each decade but you gotta watch out on what you buy now compared to two decades ago when there wasn’t this huge market of cheap shit mega production

[cosmic gazelle]

i feel like i remember it always being this way

but either way it’s my dads not mine and he isn’t buying a new one

[south shuttle]

washing machined used to be simple and long lasting on average… manufacturers started competing in price and features which didn’t leave a lot of room for margins of safety and quality parts, developing those higher quality drums

you actually need to look for washing machine reviews… and it’s not as simple as reviewing a tv or a psu for the reviewers

firstly, washing machine need well, a psu.
second, yeah let’s say a million other things like ensuring liquids don’t leak, pumps work and are proven to last longer, parts are sturdy so rocking doesn’t get them loose easily, sensors work as intended over time, etc, etc, etc.
there are just trillion things

idk even of any reviewer that does this thorough testing (i assume quite few exist)

[cosmic gazelle]

yeah i guess I will need to do a deep dive when I eventually buy a washer

[south shuttle]

and it has to probably be reviewers* because a single person cannot easily manage the decades worth of expertise that it requires

[cosmic gazelle]

my dryer, on the other hand, has remained flawless for decades

gas one, horribly inefficient

[south shuttle]

less failure prone parts

[cosmic gazelle]

I believe it

[south shuttle]

anyways just like with way too many thing i feel like durability/longevity is neglected by consumers as a demand

you can’t only blame the manufacturers, the consumers are the ones buying

“35%” discount is cool not really, but once that machinery or device breaks just after warranty you’ll have to buy a new one or repair it, at that point the discount might not be worth it

[cosmic gazelle]

i disagree when the "durable" option is usually 2x the price and functionally a piece of shit

[south shuttle]

i learned that i cannot even trust a power strip in this day of age

[vestal granite]

american chinese food in NYC is probably about 40% better than american chinese food in the southern US i would say

[cosmic gazelle]

like, no offense to toyota owners, but the last gen tundra is a perfect example of this- worse than the f150 in basically every conceivable way, more expensive, but the king of durability

[south shuttle]

because they manage to fit them with some extremely dodgy switches that rely on some springs that belong in a $0.5 pen and the soldering job is so bad it comes off by inspecting the wires

[vestal granite]

the chinese chinese food is about 200% better but thats because southern US has like 2 chinese chinese food places so it automatically loses

[cosmic gazelle]

like am i willing to deal with a more durable washing machine and sacrifice my clothes literally being washed worse

probably not

[south shuttle]

you gotta always look for the appropriate model if you want the best

[vestal granite]

i have noticed the cantonese chinese restaurants and the fujianese chinese restaurants have different menu numbers which is interesting because i thought the menus were all the same numbers for the sake of consistency

[cosmic gazelle]

i'm not saying there's no options i'm just saying it's a trend

that the "durable" option usually has no features and sucks at doing what it does

and just will continue to run until the heat death of the universe

[vestal granite]

laundry 10 times out of 10 is a skill issue if your clothes aint clean

better machine might reduce risk of skill issue

but if u are a high skill launderer you can do it with a bad machine

[cosmic gazelle]

difference lies in when you're a large hairy sweaty man who actually needs his clothes to be deeply cleaned

[vestal granite]

have you ever cleaned a septic tank using a rented pressure washer and a rented home depot shop vac

[cosmic gazelle]

that is an extremely specific question

[south shuttle]

you need to be careful with what you buy… buy a proven/reliable technology feature of a washing machine, not just “this is durable bc i manufacturer claim it” and “this is the best bang for buck washing machine because i reviewer only tested how fast it washes and the ui”

[vestal granite]

side note, be careful how you use rented shop vacs you never know what someone else used it for

[cosmic gazelle]

why not just buy one they're not that expensive

[vestal granite]

why not just pay for someone to clean out the septic tank at that point

[cosmic gazelle]

because you get a shop vac once you're done

[vestal granite]

a shop vac i then have to deep clean

[cosmic gazelle]

every shop vac i've ever used you can just hose down and be done

[vestal granite]

some things... some things never get out chipsdotmp4.

the memory lingers

[low sorrel]

Cantonese food vs Fujian food is kinda like southern vs northern food

[south shuttle]

i’d personally prefer a washing machine that cleans poorly for a decade than one that cleans good at first and then rolls off after few years until it’s unusable and need a repair or replacing

[low sorrel]

Actually nah canto and fujianese food are alot closer

[vestal granite]

its very similar at these restaurants

the general tsos is little bit different like ones spicier and i forget which (but neither are actually spicy btw)

[low sorrel]

because it's all bastardized chinese food

[cosmic gazelle]

i haven't been paying attention but theres this ridiculous restaurant near me that makes sweet and pungent chicken that is like 100g of sugar per serving and it's so lovely

[low sorrel]

NGL I do not know what general Tsos is and at this point I'm too afraid to ask

[vestal granite]

they say oh yeah its spicy the general tsos and im like yeah okay bud im gonna get the fuckin spicy general tsos it has 4 chili peppers on the menu FOUR chili peppers on the menu, jerry. you cant WRITE this shit jerry. you cant put FOUR chili peppers on the menu when its clearly a 1-2 chili pepper MAX

[south shuttle]

i’d love chinese food rn if my local restaurants/fast foods didn’t add in 99999 kilotons of glutamate

[low sorrel]

What the problem with mag

[cosmic gazelle]

this is quite awful

[low sorrel]

Why you hate flavorrr

[south shuttle]

what is too much is too much

they don’t need to put the whole vile into the pasta in order for me to enjoy it

it’s like salt

[low sorrel]

What kinda of pasta are you eating at a chinese restaurant

What in the fuck

[cosmic gazelle]

like, chow mein?

[south shuttle]

literally any (mostly just noodles)

ther is too much glutamate

[cosmic gazelle]

no such thing

[vestal granite]

so one thing you oughta know is here in the US (i have no idea hwo u dont know this already btw) we have "american chinese" food. most of this food consists of 3 core components:

1. rice or noodle
2. chicken or beef or shrimp.
3. vegetable.

general tsos is a chicken item, the items are differentiated by the sauce on the meat 99% of the time. so general tsos is basically just the flavor of the sauce on the chicken they pour over the chicken and cook it in it for a bit

this is what the chicken looks like, i think the right side is general tsos and the left side is sesame chicken

[south shuttle]

i also prefer unsalted eggs, they have distinct flavour themselves

i don’t need salt in everything

[vestal granite]

i need 0.2% salt in everything

by weight

[south shuttle]

there’s way too much salt in the pastries i eat like bread rolls and kaiserbread

so i don’t feel like eating additional salt i literally just don’t find it tasty in like mashed potatoes

[vestal granite]

this is my kind of chinese food right here (not my photo i dont have a messy car cause i dont have a car but if i did it would be messy)

[south shuttle]

if you know there are grades of potatoes do you have that as well?

A, B, C
A is for stuff like frying
B is universal and C is for mashed potatoes

yeah no i like A grade potatoes in everything and i hate C grade for mashed

if they’re good and properly mixed with little bit of butter and milk the salt is not needed

[low sorrel]

Never had it

I've actually never seen it on a menu

[cosmic gazelle]

@low sorrel that's what I was referring to here

[low sorrel]

So it's just bastardized sweet and sour chicken?

[low sorrel]

Ah

@brisk jolt free practice doesn't mean anything

[brisk jolt]

P4 and P5 is better than DNF and DNF

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/381193840159358976/1429172046046433390/IMG_7512.gif

[fervent scaffold]

Just finished making my pc look like every single one you see on social media 🔥🔥

Basic but im happy with the case swap

[low sorrel]

john genaric

[fervent scaffold]

Better than this tho

[turbid locust]

meanwhile my pc is just:

[pure garnet]

if they had a mesh non wood front i’d be more apt to get an a3

[turbid locust]

consider acquiring some taste

I think you can 3d print mesh front panels

[pure garnet]

you may be older than guilty

[turbid locust]

Every day I catch strays for no reason

[pure garnet]

i want a non shit meshify c

[turbid locust]

@pure garnet realistically you don’t even need the mesh front panel

like what is the front mesh doing for me here

[turbid locust]

@edgy laurel you’re being sneak dissed btw

[pure garnet]

😭

no bro wood panels are just unc

[turbid locust]

No they’re fucking not it looks good and matches my desk god damn it

20-something year old mfs when something isn’t black and/or white

[pure garnet]

dude i ran an unpainted desk for like 6 years

just raw plywood

[turbid locust]

that shit is not my fault gamer

[pure garnet]

ancient vega build but pre desk paint

i still have the same desk now it’s just painted black

[turbid locust]

I knew it

[pure garnet]

i think the vega56 is still the worst gpu i’ve ever owned

[turbid locust]

My 1650 Super was pretty rough

but like… 50 class card lol

it just… didn’t have enough vram for AAA games at 1080p that came out the same year it did

but again, 50 class card. The 1660 had 6GB.

[pure garnet]

that card triped ocp on my cx650 in valorant

[turbid locust]

fire

[pure garnet]

also blower so it was hot and loud

[turbid locust]

Were blowers just cheap to manufacture or what because why would they do that

I guess it made sense in the SLI/Crossfire days?

[low sorrel]

i want wood panels

[pure garnet]

it was just a reference design rebranded but yeah they’re cheaper

[turbid locust]

Because once SLI died, blowers basically died outside of OEM/Server stuff

[pure garnet]

nvidia founders went from like test bench to product worth buying with turing

[turbid locust]

Yeah

There were still blower 2080Ti’s but they were like Dell OEM cards

chat it’s time to try this anti anxiety medication so I can sleep

lobotomy hours

[arctic bronze]

my favorite

[turbid locust]

I do think it’s absolutely insane to think about how the “solution” to mental health problems back in the day was literally just inflicting brain damage

[odd sable]

Multi card and also limited airflow systems because blowers eject the air

[turbid locust]

read what I freakin’ wrote, nerd.

[odd sable]

Workstation it's also common, still

And not necessarily multiple GPUs either

SFF (not necessarily OEM) they can also still be a good choice, because of the ejecting air part

[low sorrel]

https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/1rm6mnm/in_november_newey_lawrence_stroll_and_andy_cowell/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

@brisk jolt @edgy laurel

how is every single thing i hear about this team even more cursed then before

[merry stirrup]

i hope this interview goes well bruh

[brisk jolt]

good luck brother floppa

[brittle pawn]

Hi. I have an android phone (pixel 8 pro) and am looking for a pair of wireless earbuds I can get for a reasonable price. My budget is ~150$ (better if under). I would like them to have a good enough battery life and ANC. Any recommendations? TY

[livid flame]

Yeah. Buy the $20 cheap pair and save yourself $130 and be happy

[void mesa]

windows 11 update bring seruisly problem and damage or bug the sytems

[barren heron]

Hey, what do you guys think of this? https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1rkjuo6/rayban_glasses_can_record_you_silently_and_nobody/

[devout ridge]

finally got F@H to work in a docker container

[young void]

Restart the download keks

Or just a bad download to begin with

[shell void]

PNY RTX 5070 for $600 at Walmart

[cosmic mica]

hows a 7600X + 9060XT 16 gigs
32gb ram w 2tb ssd
setup

[shell void]

also $335 5060Ti 8GB at Bestbuy

those are the two best value GPUs in stock right now

[leaden dawn]

Moondrop Space Travel 2 (anc sucks compared to $200 buds but they are good quality audio for cheap)

Idk what good enough battery means but you can leave them in the case for a few mins and get a couple hours

[leaden dawn]

Dont like that its $2 ngl

Like I'm not wearing the things, cmon

Guess its neat they precompile device identifiers so they "know" which devices are glasses

How they are doing it idk though

[brisk jolt]

i have never thought my opinion of a story could change in just a few chapters ngl

[young void]

Momo will slay you

[edgy laurel]

why are you pinging mods

[young void]

Nopes but whats up?

They are probs lurkin

[leaden dawn]

https://tenor.com/view/stare-ghost-death-gif-27106641

[frank zealot]

Odds are they won't reply unless there's a useful reason to do so.

ahhahahaha

[edgy laurel]

bahaha

[leaden dawn]

Yeah good luck (won't happen)

[frank zealot]

there is no application process to be a mod, don't expect anything

[leaden dawn]

F

[frank zealot]

BWAHAHAHAHAHA

get warshipped, scrubbed

yeah, warship cuz you fucked up

[leaden dawn]

You did indeed lol

[young void]

[leaden dawn]

Bro wants to be a mod > gets automodded immediately

[young void]

Im not even real, but a figment

[leaden dawn]

Now bros self promoting I cant

[frank zealot]

also: How TF did you apply to be a mod a year ago when you're white with the NEWBIE FLAG on your fuckin' account?

[leaden dawn]

Sounds like you need new friends

[edgy laurel]

When you are older you'll look back and realize why we think this is so funny

[frank zealot]

They ain't gonna make you a mod if your opsec is that shitty

[leaden dawn]

^

[frank zealot]

https://tenor.com/view/ok-yeah-gif-815126498296623781

[young void]

https://tenor.com/view/well-stan-twitter-gif-22057875

[leaden dawn]

I turned myself into a woman

[edgy laurel]

this is some real mod material right here

[leaden dawn]

I f**ked myself so hard bro like
(In the platonic way ofc)

[young void]

Umm

[leaden dawn]

😔

[frank zealot]

the most moddiest mod to have ever modded the moderation

[young void]

Soooo techh

Techy tech, that does tech stoofs

[leaden dawn]

What about them uh.. Fidget spinners

[young void]

They do be spinning

[leaden dawn]

Ball bearing go brrrrrr

[frank zealot]

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/california-introduces-age-verification-law

How about this: California wants to make every operating system record your DoB and then give it to software that asks for it

This includes linux and other open source ones

[leaden dawn]

Why is it showing steams banner

[frank zealot]

(no clue lol)

[balmy pumice]

No ID or face scan needed

[muted spire]

steamOS?

[leaden dawn]

And its still age indication.. ^ fair

[young void]

A wild barri appears

[frank zealot]

it includes linux, so, presumably yes

[young void]

And muted xD, his wrath was swift

[leaden dawn]

Are they gonna make me verify my age before i download Ralims IronOS?

[young void]

https://tenor.com/view/psyduck-psyduck-x-pokeball-gif-13690823743081819148

[leaden dawn]

Bro I won't even be able to use my soldering iron istg

[frank zealot]

you have until january to avoid it? So, 26H2 might be the last windows without it (if it happens)

Or you, y'know, lie during install lol

[muted spire]

how I imagine most of the alternate OS age verification will be

https://tenor.com/view/keep-out-or-enter-i'm-a-sign-not-a-cop-lisa-simpson-gif-3418436161882176385

[frank zealot]

pretty much.

Linux Distro: "You're 37, right?"

it's so weird, the majority of people using this linux distro are 37 years old, it doesn't make sense....

[leaden dawn]

The midlife crisis distro

[vestal granite]

i do think its kind of neat that maybe services will be able to use a windows hello-esque thing to age verify people instead of every service storing photos of my ID and face and allat

so if surveillance is what were gettin at least itll be big companies who have money to pay class action lawsuit fines

[leaden dawn]

Watch me "comply" either way

[frank zealot]

HAHAHAHA

Hey @boreal nebula the answer is "no"

I don't know what you want, but the answer is "no"

[young void]

[frank zealot]

he's still typing

dedicated lil bugger

But I will give out one minor tip:

You can ping as many times as you want in a DM that hasn't been accepted, and it still only counts as one ping in the discord bar.

the extras don't add to the count

god damnit, I want to post more screenshots, but that would help him accomplish his request

oh, this one doesn't help:

[leaden dawn]

Lmfao

"The bot"

[frank zealot]

oh, it was totally warship. That the mods control.

[brisk jolt]

https://tenor.com/view/xylibanned-trapped-in-jar-trapped-halp-gif-6991355193835834107

[young void]

https://tenor.com/view/psyduck-floaty-donut-pokemon-gif-17025889

Cool calm and in their zen

[frank zealot]

it's Psyduck, bro ain't got enough brain in that noggin to ponder an orb, let alone get un-zen

[young void]

XD

[fringe vigil]

[shell void]

256GB in ITX for the low price of five million dollars

[brisk jolt]

yeah its kinda why i wanted a z890i nova

[merry stirrup]

what da bell is a cq dimm

[frank zealot]

quad ranked cudimm

CUDIMM with moar RAM

(I didn't know either, so I had to look it up)

[merry stirrup]

oh ok

weird. it wasn’t super uncommon for d4 to support qr dimms at some point

idk if it’s just z390(maybe z370) or if it’s those and beyond

[frank zealot]

Has anyone use AppControl? https://www.appcontrol.com/

[merry stirrup]

advanced task manager seems redundant but maybe i’m just missing out

[frank zealot]

I wouldn't mind having a task-manager-like app that just remembers several days of utilization instead of the default task manager

Task MAnager's biggest flaw is that it doesn't track usage when it's not open.

[merry stirrup]

idk usually i’m not diagnosing slowdown in my computer for any longer than an hour or two, other than my computer being slower than i feel it should i kinda don’t care about usage

useful for tracking malware (crypto) that only use your pc during inactivity or something ig

[hoary hatch]

Perfect for our favorite chip, the core ultra 5 225F

[shell void]

nuh uh MY favorite chip is the Intel Core Ultra 3 205

[turbid locust]

[fringe vigil]

What it is ho what’s up

[turbid locust]

@topaz veldt I found some heat

[celest wigeon]

be nice jorj

[shell void]

the nappa navigator

[pure garnet]

jerry’s first car

[turbid locust]

💯

[shell void]

please no more mr RGIHD

please let polaris and pascal die

(i say as i still have a pascal pc in use daily)

[turbid locust]

In all fairness Polaris and Pascal are still perfectly competent for older AAA and newer indie at 1080p

[pure garnet]

so is an xbox 360

[turbid locust]

The 360 makes a great retro emulation machine once RGH’d

I played Pokemon FireRed on mine

[pure garnet]

ngl man if you only got rx 480 budget you should buy a series x off a single mother

and then just turn on dev mode for emulation

[steel stream]

real

[turbid locust]

I need to look into this more

[fringe vigil]

jiruuuuu

it’s a song

[pure garnet]

re2 only has fsr 1.0

yikes

[celest wigeon]

oh ok

carry on then

[fringe vigil]

Yhh

how you beennn

[celest wigeon]

alive

[fringe vigil]

Jiru come back

This chat is getting boring now

[celest wigeon]

:(

i try to pop in sometimes!!

im just busy maannn

[edgy laurel]

https://klipy.com/gifs/vaughnpena-1

[fringe vigil]

Come to gaming

[celest wigeon]

well

[edgy laurel]

[celest wigeon]

[frank zealot]

https://tenor.com/view/no-gif-13905698245271742251

[low sorrel]

Oh hey jirp

[celest wigeon]

oh hey tom

[low sorrel]

Bruh

[celest wigeon]

oh, mb

[fringe vigil]

What you busy with J

[celest wigeon]

jerry, youre clearly not bald

[celest wigeon]

ma wife

[fringe vigil]

yeah?

[celest wigeon]

& work & moving & car lol

[fringe vigil]

W

[celest wigeon]

wbyall

[topaz veldt]

That fitment is.... its like a rubbermaid container left in the sun

[turbid locust]

Some lady just flipped me off cause I beeped at her for stopping at a yield sign with no incoming traffic

like it’s not my fault you don’t know the difference between a triangle and an octagon bitch

[brisk jolt]

iq lower than room temp

[turbid locust]

It was a roundabout too so like you know that shit was like the quadratic equation to her

when the road is a circle and the sign is a triangle so I stop at the octagon

https://tenor.com/view/confused-math-what-wtf-peep-gif-6081931

[edgy laurel]

nothing grinds me gears me than people that don't know basic rules of the road

[celest wigeon]

piratespark

[arctic bronze]

ikr

[turbid locust]

under the speed limit in the passing lane makes me a full blown Tweaker ngl

[celest wigeon]

i agree!!! i hate going 15 in a school zone like cmon man the speed limit is 65

[edgy laurel]

well hey now

[arctic bronze]

uh, you gotta go slow when school is in session

[turbid locust]

On some real shit have you ever seen kids actually crossing the street at a school

[celest wigeon]

yes

[arctic bronze]

yes

[celest wigeon]

nuh uh

[turbid locust]

why am I doing 25mph 300ft away from where they’re dropped off

[arctic bronze]

safety

[turbid locust]

oh. well. school architect diff I guess

[celest wigeon]

safety scmafety

[edgy laurel]

even dumb shit when I stop at a stop sign and someone without a stop sign stops and waves me on. You have right of way, why are you stopped!?

[celest wigeon]

look both ways before you cross the street like my lifted 2025 ford f350 isnt that hard to see

[turbid locust]

this is the worst. Stop trying to be courteous and fucking drive.

[devout ridge]

being polite is a net negative for everyone involved like 80% of the time

[devout ridge]

like it legit just makes it slower for everyone

[edgy laurel]

yeah, exactly

try to be nice somewhere else

[devout ridge]

If you kept driving, we wouldn't have done this whole song and dance of who is actually gonna go

[turbid locust]

My favorite is when traffic is bad and someone tries to let someone out of an adjacent road while the other lane is still going

Literal infinite T bone glitch

[celest wigeon]

1000 points per

[edgy laurel]

the person who can see the traffic better be telling me if someone is coming

[turbid locust]

no they wave you into oncoming traffic

[devout ridge]

you ever have both lanes stop for you so you can turn left? it's fucking beautiful

[celest wigeon]

realistically this is when i always just make a right turn and figure it out

[turbid locust]

I still don’t trust it

I’m like “FUCKIN DRIVEEEE”

[devout ridge]

Sometimes it's the only way you can get out

that's how it is in my town that was designed when it was a small town, but now has exploded in population

[turbid locust]

I would rather wait 15 mins than get tboned

[celest wigeon]

you can always make a right

and another right
and another one

[devout ridge]

motherfucker that adds like 20 minutes to a 10 minute drive

(in the hyper specific case i'm talking about)

[celest wigeon]

unironically i sometimes wonder if people see me going around the block instead of turning left and think “this bich CRAY”

[edgy laurel]

i try to just avoid having to make a left across a busy street

[celest wigeon]

more driving!

i love driving!

[devout ridge]

I avoid it at all costs, but sometimes it's genuinely just the best thing to do

[devout ridge]

I GOT PLACES TO BE

[celest wigeon]

like the road!

[devout ridge]

If i show up 3 minutes late i have phone calls from like 6 people asking where tf i am (i'm not that important, they're just psychotic)

[celest wigeon]

thats a place!

[celest wigeon]

you should put them in your car and drive

then theyll see the truth

[devout ridge]

i have an at most 5 person car

[celest wigeon]

okay so first you should turn them all into clowns

[devout ridge]

and putting people in the trunk leads to some very concerned cops asking lots of questions

[celest wigeon]

pro tip: dont talk to cops

[pure garnet]

only if you get pulled over

[devout ridge]

pro tip: they don't give you the choice when there's people in your trunk

[devout ridge]

An impossible challenge with the kind of people i work with

[celest wigeon]

bruh i pulled out of my driveway the other day with my gf in the car and like…look my car is loud and i accel fast but he just was sitting right next to my driveway (across the street) and i didnt see him and he boowooped me and it scared tf out of my gf & i lmfao

weve started boowooping at each other tho every time anything sus is happening nearby

[devout ridge]

gf, but then "he" i'm confused

[celest wigeon]

or if we hear another fart car

[celest wigeon]

he being the cop

[devout ridge]

OH

i thought your gf was a man and was thoroughly confused

[celest wigeon]

who isnt a girl whos a boy whos a girl tbh

[devout ridge]

my brain hurts

[celest wigeon]

oh no!! :(

thats so sad are you okay

[devout ridge]

no

[celest wigeon]

oh

[devout ridge]

i love telling people "no" when they automatically ask if i'm having a good day

cause then their brain has to process that i didn't give the socially acceptable answer that they were expecting

[celest wigeon]

good for you broski

[low sorrel]

My brain defaults to sure when people ask that

I have no idea why

[celest wigeon]

@edgy laurel okay so this is a weird one

i have suspension work to do on my car - i havent ever done suspension stuff before
little bit of engine stuff, basic repairs for headlights, wiring, mirrors, yknow
can change a tire can do brakes n whatever but havent ever had to do
Control Arms + Tie Rods\Ends + Sway Links + Struts + Coils before

like $650 rn for parts, not including I dont own some of the tooling I alr know I need + Im not sure I can get the car high enough on my jack stands to do anything serious

But ignoring tooling things, actual question is: What do you think of maybe possibly looking for GOOD condition used suspension parts
all my pricing is from Rockauto for new kits but like
its a junker car, Ill have it another year max, but i need it to keep driving

[low sorrel]

Depends how much you save

[celest wigeon]

yea yea i know that

I have no idea how much Id save I havent looked at suspension stuff on any of the cars in yards near me yet

I cant imagine theyre much better than whats currently on my car

[devout ridge]

i work in customer service, i gotta entertain myself somehow

[celest wigeon]

real

[low sorrel]

Also iirc it's pretty hard to tell if a used part is in good shape or about to break

[celest wigeon]

Probably
But it'd be better than whats on the car uhhh

Control arms as an example one sec here

[pure garnet]

mint

[celest wigeon]

so this is the CA Driver side joint :D

[low sorrel]

That's fucked

[celest wigeon]

still drives!

But yknow probably a good idea to replace it at some point here

dont really wanna replace the whole car yet das spensive

full driver side front overview too

shit is fucccccked

[low sorrel]

If you think about it any repairs you do will go partially back to your resale value

[celest wigeon]

partially yea

Im not selling this car for a profit cuz there is some frame damage after the winter (Not terrible, but enough rust that most people would see it and fear)

its amazing what leaving a car outside for 1 winter does

[low sorrel]

Do landlord special and spray over the rust

[celest wigeon]

LMFAO

I mean...If I fix the front suspension so it drives completely smooth, spray over the rust

& then its technically a convertible but I got it cheap because theres a motor thats broken and ive just not replaced

MAYBE I could get a decent chunk of cash for it

[low sorrel]

Just hope they don't do a proper pre purchase inspection

[celest wigeon]

hear me out

I sell it on a random streetcorner

[low sorrel]

Sell it to me

[celest wigeon]

"Yea so ive got like 20 other people lookin at this right now so like"

[pure garnet]

usually the convertible is worth less

[celest wigeon]

"If you dont take it now just know i might not have it in a week"

[low sorrel]

Actually what car even is it

[celest wigeon]

bro just asked what car i drive

boutta paranoia tweak

[topaz veldt]

its a sebring

[celest wigeon]

ew god no

I have better taste than that :(

anyways I was going to buy a 92' vette with some money I saved

[low sorrel]

Brb gonna search the roads so the exact car jirp drives in the state I don't know so I can mug em

[celest wigeon]

& then I crashed the car I was driving

[low sorrel]

https://tenor.com/view/clapping-leonardo-dicaprio-leo-dicaprio-well-done-applause-gif-1867988353188143738

[pure garnet]

the 2007 dodge dart is very recognizable

[celest wigeon]

aint a dart

[steel stream]

shes on 7 mile

[low sorrel]

The 2009 Honda fit is very recognizable

actually I haven't seen that many Honda fits here

[celest wigeon]

So anyways I crashed my 97' sunfire which made me very sad

[steel stream]

rip

[low sorrel]

And then you got a beater?

[steel stream]

not the pontiac

[shell void]

@steel stream @edgy laurel soonTM

AKN i always forget that you have a LG G5

i would be finding excuses to use it

[steel stream]

vincent the goat

i will be using the G5 tonight

[celest wigeon]

yea

[pure garnet]

the xbox series s is the perfect pairing to the lg g5

[steel stream]

for 1080p SDR content

[celest wigeon]

beat malibu

[pure garnet]

i use dolby vision on my cheap 350 nit tcl just to flex on s90d owners

[celest wigeon]

But I also am probably moving in ~~1.5 years and I just...wont take the car with me

[steel stream]

as you should

[steel stream]

leaving Mi?

[low sorrel]

Anyways do I buy a 2008 Lexus LS600HL with the executive package and sub 30000 miles for like a little over 10K USD

[celest wigeon]

yes

[steel stream]

an 08 with sub 30K miles? damn

[celest wigeon]

yea leaving the state

[steel stream]

im glad to know people can make it out

[celest wigeon]

its not set in stone bu tits very likely

[steel stream]

dope

[pure garnet]

shit probably rolled over

[celest wigeon]

and whenever I move Ill probably just get like, a newer Elantra or Civic R

Take out an actual car loan & then save for some kind of project

[low sorrel]

Sorry sub 40K

[pure garnet]

why a hyundai

[low sorrel]

I mean it's a JDM import

[steel stream]

thats still good

[celest wigeon]

The newer elantras are p nice
Annoying to do too much work to from what ive heard but a few of my friends have em and theyre nice to drive

[low sorrel]

And it was an expensive ass car new

like expensive expensive

[celest wigeon]

Biggest advantage is hybrid if its a daily

[low sorrel]

Yeah yeah the Lexus I'm looking at is a hybrid

Just don't mind the 5L v8

[celest wigeon]

lmfao

[low sorrel]

It is a hybrid

[celest wigeon]

I want my hybrid to have a big v8

[steel stream]

an 08 hybrid

[pure garnet]

the oil pan is gonna be on the highway about 30 minutes after you pick it up

[celest wigeon]

If I run out of battery power I have to MOVE

[celest wigeon]

steel wire is your friend

[turbid locust]

@topaz veldt I noticed my Wells Fargo card’s limit was kinda low so I half joking hit the “request credit limit increase” button and submitted it.

They raised my limit by 142% instantly.

[low sorrel]

It has auto parking as well

[pure garnet]

have you considered just learning to park

[steel stream]

my 2014 is a "hybrid" shit is not a hybrid

[low sorrel]

Yes

But it's cool

[pure garnet]

for some reason i don’t think the guy amazed that cars crawl needs a 5l v8 as his first

[low sorrel]

It's a cool feature I will never use

[steel stream]

damn, you can finally buy 1420 worth of goods now?

[low sorrel]

It's fuel efficient

[turbid locust]

lol

[low sorrel]

It's got automatic emergency braking

[celest wigeon]

if you poke holes in the muffler you'll even get an auto 911 dialer

[turbid locust]

I think next time I buy a car I’m gonna put my down payment on a credit card and insta pay it off just to abuse cash back

[low sorrel]

I'm not poking a hole in the muffler of the Lexus equivalent of an s class

[pure garnet]

my first credit card had a $200 limit

[celest wigeon]

do it

[turbid locust]

Mine was $500

[low sorrel]

No

[celest wigeon]

i HAD the holes in my exhaust patched lmfao

[turbid locust]

now my lowest is 3K

[steel stream]

because it already is gonna come with one!

[celest wigeon]

I scraped my car going back into my driveway the other day & fucked up the rings I wrapped around the pipe tho

[pure garnet]

i had to do secured because i had literally 0 credit history so i just did the minimum

[steel stream]

my first CC was a 1K limit, im at a 3500 now

[celest wigeon]

havent had a good chance to put em back

[pure garnet]

once it graduated it went to 1800

highest is 2500 but i also only have 3 cards

[steel stream]

ive got just the one card

[turbid locust]

I have… 4? Now? I think?

Actually 5

[pure garnet]

c1 gave me 2k and then my apple card is 2500

[celest wigeon]

credit cards are evil and I have locked the 3 i have

I cannot be trusted with money debt

[cosmic gazelle]

mine was $500 i’m at $9900 now lol

[fervent chasm]

Credit cards aren’t evil, people are just stupid

[low sorrel]

Wait wait wait

I know what I need

[celest wigeon]

:(

[pure garnet]

i mean 30% apr is kinda evil but yeah

[celest wigeon]

im only a litle stupid !

[fervent chasm]

If you don’t have the money then don’t spend it, it’s that simple

[pure garnet]

you need discipline

[steel stream]

I got a CC through my schools credit union so it was pretty easy to get one

[celest wigeon]

no you dont understand I dont have the money YET

[low sorrel]

A kei car

[steel stream]

https://tenor.com/view/family-guy-peter-griffin-credit-card-debt-credit-card-debt-gif-27305263

[celest wigeon]

if I work overtime for 3 hours tho

[fervent chasm]

It’s only evil if you don’t pay off your card lol

[steel stream]

id pit maneuver this thing

[cosmic gazelle]

credit cards are a great way to save money on cash back if you just aren’t stupid and don’t buy shit you can’t afford

[celest wigeon]

this is a beautiful vehicle

[arctic bronze]

credit cards is really good when done right

[celest wigeon]

but everything I cant afford is so cool

[pure garnet]

if you’re using pay in 4 on a costco hot dog you need an intervention

[fervent chasm]

I got my first card the day I turned 18, I think my limit was $800, I’m at $2.8k now

[steel stream]

i went to costco today

[low sorrel]

Only 34000 km

[steel stream]

i financed the pizza

[pure garnet]

i got my dog on affirm bro

[low sorrel]

Which is great for an 09 right

[celest wigeon]

ur a real one

[fervent chasm]

This is a thing that actually happens btw

[celest wigeon]

🤷‍♀️

[fervent chasm]

People start buying small amounts of stuff on pay later apps, but eventually it adds up so much they can’t afford the payments

[steel stream]

also do not get the mint ice cream from costco, its not good

[low sorrel]

What does auction grade mean?

[pure garnet]

jerry gonna end up with a repainted crashed shitbox

[celest wigeon]

also jerry i think youll enjoy this

[arctic bronze]

I use my credit card for my floatplane subscription so I can build a little credit while I go through uni, iv had it for about 5 years now

[steel stream]

jerry buy my car

[fervent chasm]

25-29% of BNPL users have missed a payment entirely

[low sorrel]

Mint

[celest wigeon]

you can see the ring i put on it rusted through over the winter

[fervent chasm]

Late payments went from 34% to 41% since 2024

[celest wigeon]

jerry, buy MY car

only $10,000 for a bucket of michigan rust

[steel stream]

id sell him mine for like 4 grand

[celest wigeon]

yknow what we say, #WeKillCarsForYou!

[fervent chasm]

I don’t really use my credit card other than points, I churn bonuses

[arctic bronze]

yeah

[fervent chasm]

I open cards, get the bonus, close it, wait a year, open again for the bonus

Same with savings accounts

[low sorrel]

What car

[celest wigeon]

I am willing to bet that if I fixed some of ts wrong with it I could get $5k from a schmuck for my car

[steel stream]

2014 Nissan Pathfinder, about 150k miles

[fervent chasm]

I think I’ve made at least $2k on bonuses since I turned 18

[low sorrel]

Oh figured it out it refers to the Japanese auction they bought it from

https://aaajapan.com/information/auction-grade

[fervent chasm]

Triple A

[low sorrel]

I do not want a 12 year old Nissan with a CVT

[steel stream]

im fairly certain my transmission is slowly kicking it so id have to sell it asap

[steel stream]

coward

[celest wigeon]

rebuild it!

its super cheap I swear

its a good idea i swear

[steel stream]

why would i rebuild a nissan

[celest wigeon]

you wont hate yourself i swear

[fervent chasm]

I’ve been thinking about a full body repair on my Mazda

[celest wigeon]

you wont spend 16 hours of your life in a garage banging your head into a wall i swear

[fervent chasm]

The rust has eaten her away

[steel stream]

i don't have a garage atm so rebuild is off the table

[topaz veldt]

Yep BUT... it will fuck your credit up now

Just be aware your FICO will drop for a bit as a result

[celest wigeon]

find a friend

[fervent chasm]

It will go up after though, total spending limit is one of the score factors

[topaz veldt]

Yes but new/larger lines of credit is worse than "better debt:equity"

[celest wigeon]

I dont have a garage either I just steal my friends when I got shi to do

[low sorrel]

Won't it go back down afterwards

I mean back up

[fervent chasm]

I’ve never had an increase decrease score

[topaz veldt]

You've probably never looked

[fervent chasm]

I check pretty often even though it barely moves lol

[topaz veldt]

Anytime you have more available credit than prior, it makes you less attractive to give even more credit to

[low sorrel]

Hear me out

Instead of buying a Corvette

You LS swap your beater

[celest wigeon]

holy fuck

[fervent chasm]

I’ve definitely had larger drops with new cards, but that’s because my average time held dropped a lot

[celest wigeon]

you are so right

i LS swap it and bring it out of state with me

where it fails cali emissions

and then i lose the car :(

[arctic bronze]

just dont go to cali lmao

cali laws suck big ass

[celest wigeon]

not an option *

[low sorrel]

Just don't register it in Cali

[fervent chasm]

Like, my score dropped 50 points because one of my cards I’m almost maxed out, if I increase a limit it would help out

[low sorrel]

Easy work

[celest wigeon]

waiitttt ur so righttttt

i gotta ask you abt stuff more jerry ur so based

[arctic bronze]

cali laws suck ass, ill never go there lmao

[topaz veldt]

yes, but requesting an increase doesn't fix it. They see it as a customer requested credit increase, it tells them you can't afford what you want to put on it today, its a hit

[celest wigeon]

good for you theres a 97% chance I end up in cali

[fervent chasm]

So maybe it’s because I’ve always requested with little usage

[celest wigeon]

theres 2% thats MA and 1% thats stay in MI but they unlikely

[arctic bronze]

why

[low sorrel]

What's the 3%

[topaz veldt]

This is where it's at 🙂

[fervent chasm]

Who’s that with

It looks like Chase colors

[topaz veldt]

amex centurion

[arctic bronze]

who would want to live in cali

[celest wigeon]

Ma wifes uni

[fervent chasm]

Lol

[low sorrel]

Oof

[celest wigeon]

and I mean Cali isnt THAT bad

[topaz veldt]

womp womp

[arctic bronze]

na, its pretty bad

[low sorrel]

Move to BC

[arctic bronze]

pretty place but I couldnt stand to live there

[celest wigeon]

mildly restrictive sure but I could live with it 🤷‍♀️

[arctic bronze]

id rather live in Detroit

[low sorrel]

We've got permanent daylight savings timeee

[fervent chasm]

That’s equifax

[celest wigeon]

i love detroit

[arctic bronze]

mild is the wrong word lmao

[low sorrel]

Can I steal your identity?

[fervent chasm]

My trans union score is worse

[steel stream]

Detroit is goated

[topaz veldt]

you can try but like

[celest wigeon]

pic i took on woodward the other day

I made my wife walk with me from downtown all the way to new center

[steel stream]

wayne state smh

[low sorrel]

Is the bank gonna question the 17 year old Asian kid trying to withdraw all your money?

[topaz veldt]

they might ask a few questions lol

[steel stream]

you are just a long lost heir to the 5nail family fortune

[topaz veldt]

they have given up

[celest wigeon]

maybe to you but cali looks like heaven sometimes :)

[celest wigeon]

we were at shields pizza for dinner and walking back to downtown

[arctic bronze]

hell na, the only thing it has goin for it is the looks, its regulation and stuff is ass

[topaz veldt]

Nice

I am basically obligated to put everything on this card

[celest wigeon]

well Im gay & cali sounds nice

[arctic bronze]

i dont see what being gay has to do with it

[topaz veldt]

California... yeesh

[cosmic gazelle]

you’re good until you get to the area between south san diego and menifee

[fervent chasm]

Going from 5 to 39% of my total limit is what dropped my score 51 points

[cosmic gazelle]

then watch your back

[topaz veldt]

There's a good part of california?

[arctic bronze]

yeah, cali is doodoo

[arctic bronze]

no lmao, it looks pretty but thats about it

[cosmic gazelle]

i live in cali and it’s great but expensive as hell

[celest wigeon]

i love making choices to have strangers online tell me im insane

i know im crazy silly, thats how i got here

[topaz veldt]

Its either brown landscape or silicone

[celest wigeon]

I have a lot of friends in cali too
most of them are socal but they dont hate it most of the time

[topaz veldt]

I used to have to travel to work in SF, Napa valley

[cosmic gazelle]

cali is great because you’re never further than 20 minutes away from a nice hike or campground

[topaz veldt]

I am over it for certain

[cosmic gazelle]

good if you’re outdoorsy

[topaz veldt]

or a landslide or wild fire

[celest wigeon]

in any case as I already said earlier its for my wifes uni

im not willing to do long distance so ill be going with.

[topaz veldt]

And then when your house burns down they won't let you rebuild it. And then if you rented the burned down houses there's less of them so the rent goes up.

[topaz veldt]

When your state has a city with a "poop map" you've gotta reconsider life

[cosmic gazelle]

that’s why you don’t ever go to norcal silly

[topaz veldt]

thats socal friend

[cosmic gazelle]

not if you stay out of LA

[topaz veldt]

SF had put together a GIS-based "shit on the ground" map

[fervent chasm]

My friend in SoCal says he hates living there

[steel stream]

i like the horse

[fervent chasm]

But it’s where his job is

That’s the one I sent like 10 E7440s to

[cosmic gazelle]

if you live in LA or southern downtown san diego then yeah it’s a shithole

[topaz veldt]

All the people I work with out of San Mateo, Palo, Mountview all complain about it lol

[steel stream]

one of the funniest things ever

[celest wigeon]

people anywhere complain about where they are

this is called “we like to complain because we are fleshbags”

[topaz veldt]

no like, enough to be making 1500 mile relocations with 4 kids in tow

[fervent chasm]

That’s true but it’s probably disproportional in Cali in general

[cosmic gazelle]

this area is quite nice

[topaz veldt]

Carl Is Bad

is all I see every time

[fervent chasm]

https://unitedc.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/UVL_2025-Movers-Study-Map_958x936.png

[arctic bronze]

https://tenor.com/view/llamas-with-hats-carl-gif-11198275

[topaz veldt]

yeah its real

[cosmic gazelle]

who the hell is moving to fentville usa

[topaz veldt]

Bro

[fervent chasm]

Which one is fentville

[steel stream]

@ mod doxxing

[topaz veldt]

jeez I can't figure out why you'd leave

[cosmic gazelle]

bruh

[celest wigeon]

now you know why im goin

[fervent chasm]

You can’t doxx yourself?

[cosmic gazelle]

oregon silly

idk he just freaked me out so i deleted it

i’m 5’11 220 none of you can do anything to me if you come find me anyways

[fervent chasm]

Oh wow the biggest reason for moving for that one I sent above was to be closer to family

2nd was company transfer/new job not surprised

[topaz veldt]

you sure

[fervent chasm]

Big man

Ronnie Coleman but white

[celest wigeon]

fight fight fight

[topaz veldt]

pick thing up put thing down

[fervent chasm]

https://tenor.com/view/light-weight-gif-11282174801750373593

[cosmic gazelle]

i have a picture that would convince you otherwise snail but idk if i’ll get muted for sending it

[fervent chasm]

Send it

[topaz veldt]

please dont send me noods

[celest wigeon]

lmfao

[cosmic gazelle]

it’s just my leg

[celest wigeon]

they flirting with you 5nail cmon take itttt

[fervent chasm]

Bro I used to have crazy legs, I hit legs everyday in high school

[topaz veldt]

I foolishly got my kids loft beds, so every night i get to do overhead lifts of like 60 lbs

[cosmic gazelle]

do you guys think i can just spoiler it and delete it right away

[fervent chasm]

I stopped working out, you shouldn’t do that

[topaz veldt]

I have, because I am old

I still skate and play mens hockey though

[fervent chasm]

The mods don’t check here often anyway

This is basically off topic chat

[steel stream]

you should come join my mens IM broomball league

[fervent chasm]

God damn trunks for legs

[topaz veldt]

you got some fur on those things dude

[fervent chasm]

Hey there’s nothing wrong with that keeps you warm

[topaz veldt]

I was blessed by still having a full head of hair and the body of a sphynx cat

[fervent chasm]

I used to love the leg press

[cosmic gazelle]

i have to shave my legs about once a year to be able to properly get knee sleeves on

[fervent chasm]

I think my max was 7 plates, I had a video

[cosmic gazelle]

i don’t have any back hair so i’m okay with that

[topaz veldt]

I used to leg press a lot

[fervent chasm]

Now it’s lost with time because I kept it on my school Google Drive

[cosmic gazelle]

i have deadlifted 285kg

[topaz veldt]

it definitely impacted my basketball game though

[fervent chasm]

Yah 630lbs sounds about right for my max

[topaz veldt]

I was probably doing like 10 rep sets of 600 lbs when I was a junior

[celest wigeon]

i would pay money to see 5nail get his ass kicked

[cosmic gazelle]

on deadlift? yeesh

[celest wigeon]

especially by some rando from discord

[fervent chasm]

No

[cosmic gazelle]

nice

[fervent chasm]

Leg press lol

[topaz veldt]

there's two things you need to know - I grew up in kensington, I am armed, and I am large

[cosmic gazelle]

my max bench ever was 162.5kg i think

[topaz veldt]

that's three things

[fervent chasm]

I didn’t dead lift at all

I only did leg press and cardio

[cosmic gazelle]

i can do about 150 rn i think

[celest wigeon]

only two of which I need to know, I know

[floral spear]

I'm bored I'm gonna do something

[fervent chasm]

Why’s there 2 of the same image

[steel stream]

4th thing, you have a big heart!

[fervent chasm]

5th thing, ram hoarder

[celest wigeon]

hes like the grinch

[topaz veldt]

lol - ironically i did have heart problems, but have outgrown it

ugh I had to get echocardiograms every like 6 mo until I was about 28

[celest wigeon]

anyways this is why id pay money to see you get your ass kicked

[fervent chasm]

Did working out help?

[celest wigeon]

imagine the other guy if you lose 5nail

[topaz veldt]

nah it was physiological

[fervent chasm]

I had stress issues when I was in middle school, I’d lose feeling of parts of my body

It stopped after I started going to high school

[topaz veldt]

2 jobs ago we were near an ice rink and a coworker and I would go to open hockey on lunch. college kids would come home for the holiday break. My coworker was like 5'7" - 5'8", fast on skates, but like 150 lbs wet. We were playing contact and he was like "I am in!" He wanted to be checked. I hit him so fucking hard, legally, that I swear his fucking shoulders touched. He never wanted to play contact again lol.

[shell void]

pull-up to pennsylvania and try yourself you yellowbellied wimp

[celest wigeon]

i know what this is like it hurts

[fervent chasm]

You should try tackle football with friends

[celest wigeon]

i would lose so bad LMFAO

[shell void]

[topaz veldt]

I have - hockey is more insane, personally. Its so much faster.

[fervent chasm]

Oh I don’t doubt, I just find the pile ons fun in football

[topaz veldt]

I have a colleague from Ireland - he's 6'8" 340 lbs and he plays rugbee...

[fervent chasm]

Ouch

[celest wigeon]

I really only do workouts for my Midriff & my legs, I dont touch Upper body like ever
And even still im 140lbs 5'9" like 5nail would probably just straight up kill me

[fervent chasm]

God dayum 6 8

I’m 6 foot 230 I thought I was pretty big lol

[frank zealot]

any sport where locomotion requires knife-shoes is way more interesting

[topaz veldt]

yeah it'd be elevated charges for sure

[fervent chasm]

Is he healthy?

[topaz veldt]

He's... no he's irish and 6'8" he's not healthy but he will destroy your life swiftly

[celest wigeon]

he & alcohol have a lot in common

[topaz veldt]

got the little dude goin - he's fast af

[fervent chasm]

Yah I don’t think I’d find myself between him and a wall or the ground

[topaz veldt]

they have these leagues over there that sound like hobby level to us, but they're basically minor-league/semi-pro its insane

[fervent chasm]

Is that just plastic or we don’t see the metal on the skates?

I don’t know that much about hockey

[topaz veldt]

hockey skates have a large housing around the blade

[fervent chasm]

So different from like figure skaters

I think that’s what I was imagining

[topaz veldt]

very different

figure skates have a toe pick but also except for the front like 1/5 of the blade, they are flat

[fervent chasm]

I think the only skating I’ve done is roller blading, which aren’t even skates, at least by name

[topaz veldt]

ice hockey blades now are hybrid so they have a varying curve through them

[fervent chasm]

https://tenor.com/view/world-star-hey-girl-hey-there-when-you-see-your-crush-feeling-yourself-gif-4570392

[leaden dawn]

Finger choppers

[fervent chasm]

Aw man have you seen that video with the dude getting his neck cut? I think it was a pro game

[topaz veldt]

yes, horrible

[steel stream]

woof

[fervent chasm]

I think that’s why I’ve been scared to play, I saw it as a kid

[topaz veldt]

its extremely rare

the blade itself is not especially sharp

if you looked down the short side of a blade is cupped, like it has 2 edges

like sure its sharp but its not knife-edged

[fervent chasm]

Ah

Then it was probably just the force right?

[topaz veldt]

yeah

I mean it will cut you if you try but its not like people are wearing filet knives on their feet

[fervent chasm]

Why is it cupped?

[celest wigeon]

what if they DID tho

[topaz veldt]

inside and outside edge

[celest wigeon]

filet skating, new sport

[fervent chasm]

Does it help with movements?

[topaz veldt]

if it had a single edge it'd be very fragile and not work well

[celest wigeon]

Its a lot like figure skating but you have to filet a fish

[topaz veldt]

yea there's a ton of science around it - you can change the radius of the grind

it actually has to do with your body weight also

[frank zealot]

less contact area moves faster
also, cutting edge for better grip

[topaz veldt]

I use a 3/4" grind

[fervent chasm]

I just realized your pfp is thermal paste on a cpu

[topaz veldt]

if you are light or just CRAZY agile, you go rightward

[fervent chasm]

I thought it was just a sad face

[fervent chasm]

So bigger better for speed, smaller better for movement?

[turbid locust]

mines been all over the place recently as it is

[topaz veldt]

its how much it bites in mechanically or not

[turbid locust]

like it will randomly drop or jump 20 points a month

[fervent chasm]

More bite means you can change direction easier right? Like you won’t slip or something

[topaz veldt]

Well yes but if you are not good at it, it means your body will continue in a direction but the skates bite in another

so its a balance of weight/speed/agility

if you are like 5'11" 130 lbs you are going to need a 5/8 - 1/2" to be any good on skates

but at like 220 - 230 lb 6' 3/4" behaves similarly