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And you're putting that limited amount of battery power to good use by posting here. Semper Fi.
The General Thread
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Eight hours. Still nothing. City saying it could be "days". Storm knocked out all of the backup systems supplying power to the water infrastructure, so now we're being ordered to ration water.
Imagine about 10 alarm clocks going off in the room next to you without any way to shut them off. Building's various security and fire suppression systems are beeping to let whoever runs them know that they aren't working. My unit shares a wall with the utility room housing said systems.
Dug my power bank out and was able to charge my phone up. Should last me a while because I have the mother of all chinkphones. Power bank is completely tapped out. Cell data is spotty from what I assume is heavy demand.
Got through 100 pages of Neuromancer. Sun is setting. Pray for me.
Imagine about 10 alarm clocks going off in the room next to you without any way to shut them off. Building's various security and fire suppression systems are beeping to let whoever runs them know that they aren't working. My unit shares a wall with the utility room housing said systems.
Dug my power bank out and was able to charge my phone up. Should last me a while because I have the mother of all chinkphones. Power bank is completely tapped out. Cell data is spotty from what I assume is heavy demand.
Got through 100 pages of Neuromancer. Sun is setting. Pray for me.
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If the government told people to not jump off a bridge, there would be a wave of contrarians racing to find their nearest entry into the afterlife.
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If we had Obama do that we'd have lost a lot of right wing idiots yelling "take THIS you Kenyan Muslim!" And if we then had Trump do the same thing we'd have left wing idiots screaming "take THIS you Orange Cheeto Hitler!"
Things would be pretty nice is what I'm saying.
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Yup Frankly I want Trump to federally mandate masks and SD just to see smug New Yorkers pull a 180.
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So don't know where to ask this but am interested in y'all's input. My wife and I are looking into buying a house. Should we wait for an impending collapse?
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No, because then you'll have to put the house back up, buy a sturdy house instead.
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I get it haaaah.
Really though, if we do go through some depression or collapse of some kind we're both pretty certain we'll keep our jobs. I was just trying to figure out when would be the best time to buy one if we go for it.
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Right now there's the COVID lockdowns and the riots that are likely affecting property values in certain places, but I doubt there's gonna be a nationwide housing price collapse, just a bit of a dip in the places most directly affected by this whole mess. The answer to your question also depends on if you're buying the house to live in for many years or if it's a short-term investment you're looking to sell in a couple of years for a bit of profit.
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I kinda wonder if the intention was to correct my behavior or in making fun of it would create more content in the form of a flounce.
As long as we're having fun, that's what matters
As long as we're having fun, that's what matters
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So, I thought I'd share a spooky story that happened recently. I wouldn't say it's supernatural, more so it's a strong reminder that you aren't necessarily safe even when you think you are.
It was about three weeks ago, and in our apartment. We live on the third story, with a balcony overlooking the street. I'd say we are a good 20+ feet off the ground, very inaccessible. There's two locked doors to get in, and we always lock the doors into the building from the hall, but we never locked the doors from the balconies (we have two, a back and a front one). After this 'incident' though, I now triple check the locks on all the doors
I was having drinks with my partner and a friend of ours from out of town, on this front balcony. I was slightly buzzed, not drunk, as I finished work a lot later than the other two, and had just gotten home. Things were good, up until we heard a voice from about 5 feet away, off the edge of the neighbors roof, asking 'Can I come in? Please let me in'. We all turned to the voice and saw a figure, hanging off the edge of said roof, They were wearing a hood, and, as strange as it sounds, I would describe as 'exceptionally ugly' having a face that was squashed in, with a flat nose and big black eyes with no pupils, pasty white and no apparent hair to speak of (though it might have been cut short).
We all froze, kind of weirded out by this strange homunculus who decided to try and raid our party. None of us heard him climbing up, and we later looked at the way he must of clambered in order to reach us (its doable in theory, but requires seriously dangerous vertical jumps of 4 ft and more, and perfect landings lest you tumble down a good distance and risk injuring yourself).
We told him no, and he clambered back down without a sound, managing to scale the precarious side of our apartment block in as little as 5 seconds (by the time we snapped out of our confusion lasting a few seconds and looked over the balcony, he was running out the driveway. It could not have been longer than five seconds).
It was one of the strangest experiences I've ever had with another human being. After that, i now make 100% sure the doors into our place are locked. Basically, always lock your doors, even if said door is a balcony door three stories off the ground. People can and will break into your house if they want to.
It was about three weeks ago, and in our apartment. We live on the third story, with a balcony overlooking the street. I'd say we are a good 20+ feet off the ground, very inaccessible. There's two locked doors to get in, and we always lock the doors into the building from the hall, but we never locked the doors from the balconies (we have two, a back and a front one). After this 'incident' though, I now triple check the locks on all the doors
I was having drinks with my partner and a friend of ours from out of town, on this front balcony. I was slightly buzzed, not drunk, as I finished work a lot later than the other two, and had just gotten home. Things were good, up until we heard a voice from about 5 feet away, off the edge of the neighbors roof, asking 'Can I come in? Please let me in'. We all turned to the voice and saw a figure, hanging off the edge of said roof, They were wearing a hood, and, as strange as it sounds, I would describe as 'exceptionally ugly' having a face that was squashed in, with a flat nose and big black eyes with no pupils, pasty white and no apparent hair to speak of (though it might have been cut short).
We all froze, kind of weirded out by this strange homunculus who decided to try and raid our party. None of us heard him climbing up, and we later looked at the way he must of clambered in order to reach us (its doable in theory, but requires seriously dangerous vertical jumps of 4 ft and more, and perfect landings lest you tumble down a good distance and risk injuring yourself).
We told him no, and he clambered back down without a sound, managing to scale the precarious side of our apartment block in as little as 5 seconds (by the time we snapped out of our confusion lasting a few seconds and looked over the balcony, he was running out the driveway. It could not have been longer than five seconds).
It was one of the strangest experiences I've ever had with another human being. After that, i now make 100% sure the doors into our place are locked. Basically, always lock your doors, even if said door is a balcony door three stories off the ground. People can and will break into your house if they want to.
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Hacking a 3DS to play ROMs off an SD card is the easiest thing ever, holy fuck.
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So Drake Bell turned out to be a pretty alright guy:
This aged well
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kiwifarms.net
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Any idea who is the KF user with a youtube channel similar to "Down the rabbit hole" ?
A couple months ago I found a two-part video documentary by her, detailing the chronology of.... something. Fuck me I completely forgot the topic, it may have been comicsgate, weeb wars, or anything really.
I only remember she was a girl, maybe Russian (or weird accent/name), and the videos were long and very well researched
A couple months ago I found a two-part video documentary by her, detailing the chronology of.... something. Fuck me I completely forgot the topic, it may have been comicsgate, weeb wars, or anything really.
I only remember she was a girl, maybe Russian (or weird accent/name), and the videos were long and very well researched
why can I no longer make threads? I thought this forum was about freedom of speech
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All those William Gibson books are comfy. It's clearlý fiction that people can really fancy up a squat and make functional things out of trash, as we see ChazChop was like a blanket fort instead of the innovation the people showed in "Virtual light".