No.22029 KONTRA
>The Today thread is on autosage and not on the top spot anymore?
>BETTER MAKE A NEW ONE BEFORE ANYONE ELSE DOES!!!!!
No.22031 KONTRA
>>22029Yes, why not? Even if it's on autosage and still on the top stop, it's still worth to make a new thread.
No.22032
Someone needs to come up with a new and creative thread for once or /int/ will soon be just a bunch of old today threads.
[spoiler]inb4 it is exactly that already[/spoiker]
No.22034 KONTRA
>>22032Why do we need this sort of innovation? Is this some kind of EcKinsey speak to reorganize the whole enterprise and make everything worse for the employees?
No.22037 KONTRA
This is /int/. Only the exceptionally boring germans come here, and the foreigners are just too diminuitive in number to pick up the slack. Plus, I think they have already made threads for everything they're interested in.
No.22040
I bought a pair of expensive Japanese pants and socks. It made me much more happy than I could ever have expected. Coming back from the store I took a nap in my new pants and socks and each time I would wake up, I would think about my new pants and socks and happily go back to sleep.
The last time I remember being this happy after spending something for myself was with the Nintendo Switch 8 years ago.
No.22041
>>22040I only always get feelings of guilt when buying clothes, because even bottom tier shit is very expensive.
That said, what kind of pants and shoes are they? Are they indoor shoes? What's special about them? Is it hypebeast style shit?
No.22042
>>22041>5 disposable pesticide-ladden slavery-produced T-Shirts for 40€ at C&A>it's so expensiveYou know that you can easily pay 50€ for one T-shirt, right?
No.22043 KONTRA
>>22042>>5 disposable pesticide-ladden slavery-produced T-Shirts for 40€ at C&A>it's so expensiveYeah, paying for literal, actual shit IS expensive.
And the 50€ shirt will not survive much longer than the 8€ one because it's from the same child worker factory.
No.22045
>>22043So you can get a T-Shirt for 8€ that is identical to a T-Shirt priced at 50€, and you still complain that it's too expensive? Maybe stop being poor af.
No.22046 KONTRA
>>22045Way to miss the point, you illiterate retard.
No wonder you pay 50 for a tshirt that can also be had for 8 and is actually worth about 0.8 Euros.
No.22047
I bought a pair of black Japanese jeans on sale for 80€. Fit seemed very nice when I tried them on in the store, but at home I realized they're a bit tight in the waist area when sitting. They should stretch out slightly but judging by my belt loops I also put on a bit of weight over the holidays so I'll take it as extra motivation to lose 1-2kg.
I think I might spend some time lurking Vinted, apparently there's some good deals on vintage European designer clothes to be had buying from Italian sellers.
No.22048
>>22046>my pointYou don't make a point, you whine and complain and want cheaper t-shirts.
>ackhually it's worth .8€Then import 1000 T-Shirts for .8€/pc from China and sell them for 4€/pc, you'd still be making an immense profit, right?
No.22051
>>22048Are you only here to stir shit up or do you actually have to contribute anything beyond douchebaggery?
No.22053
>>22034>Why do we need this sort of innovation?>creating a quality thread on an imageboard to talk about a topic so there is more than 3 posts a month would be too much innovationU w0t, m8?
>>22036Ernst is a collective. Deal with it. Besides I'd open a thread if I had an interesting idea worthy of a whole thread. Currently I don't.
No.22055
>>22032If you post in thematic thread at least once in 6 months, it won't drown.
>>22053> Besides I'd open a thread if I had an interesting idea worthy of a whole thread. Currently I don't.This imageboard is too unpopulated for threads about "ideas". They'll get 5-10 replies and then will drown. Discussions should be grouped into major topics, such as "gym/sports/fitness", "literature" and so on. What are you interested in in your life? What are your hobbies?
I think we can create a thread about women and dating, this is a distinct topic, which can be redirected from overblown today thread to its own thread.
No.22056
>>22055Very hot take: Most Ernsts are a bunch of social media addicted phone victims and thus can only consume and possibly react, but not act upon themselves.
I just skimmed through the catalog and there are a bunch of threads that should have attracted more activity given the userbase here, but for some reason didn't.
I might or might not bump a bunch of them later.
No.22063 KONTRA
Good quality fashion for a reasonable price is cheap thrifted designer. The way something is woven, the material chosen for a t-shirt or whatever kind of clothing is usually better and it also looks better. Once you delve a little deeper you can sometimes see what is cheap from Zara and what is not. Zara dress pants have a shine to them from the plastics for example.
Of course even some designers use plastics but even there qualitative differences exist.
>>22047>apparently there's some good deals on vintage European designer clothes to be had buying from Italian sellersInteresting. I think buying designer from Japan is also very cool and cheap in many cases.
Also check sellhelp gmbh, search the better, pricier scandinvian brands: their basics can usually be bought for little money there.
>>22056Bigger online communities are a better opportunity to discuss things. EC is like a sort of bar to me. Hence the today thread being the best thread usually.
No.22064 KONTRA
>>22040What did you buy exactly? There is a second hand designer for Japanese clothing here and I want to check it out even though most things might be a bit to extra for me
even thrifted these are usually to expensive for my taste: and I already spend larger part of my income since I work fulltime No.22072
>>22041>>22064I received a gift card for a good urban 35yo left-leaning upper-income educated class small clothing store. Came to spend it during sales.
The pants are from %nanamica%, a japanese clothing and design company and the socks are from %rototo%. It doesn't feel like any clothes I ever had to the touch (the pants are woven half-coton half-wool), and it gives me a good silhouette.
No.22074
>>22072So it's some kind of linen? Certainly sounds nice, and they make you look like someone who lives with a bratty stepmother and -sister who will molest behind your dad's back.
No.22075 KONTRA
>>22074>So it's some kind of linen?No, it’s denser and is more or less wind and water resistant, it may be gabardine.
>they make you look like someone who lives with a bratty stepmother and -sister who will molest behind your dad's back.I style them better than the guy on the pic I sent I’d have you know!
No.22076
>>22075>gabardineNever heard of it. But looking it up, it sounds like something I would like.
No.22081
>>22040It is impossible to overstate just how much I love proper fitting socks. Everyone deserves comfortable feet.
No.22097
I have been going to bed after 1 for the past two days and right now I actually feel it.
I could *really* take a nap, but I have to work. I also wanted to go for a run tonight, but I think instead of the projected 7km I might only do half or so if I don't wake up.
No.22119
A friend of mine is apparently in constant acute physical pain because of how unhappy he is, to the point he used to think he may suffer of poisoning. I’m as unhappy as the next guy but that’s a really impressive level of emotional pain, I didn’t even know one could suffer this much. He doesn’t really have a reason to be this sad, it’s a mental illness.
No.22122 KONTRA
Woke up late. Spent the morning watching Chinese TV and then I had lunch, groomed myself a bit and then went to college to deliver my presentation.
Big triumph. Mopped the floor with everyone, lecturers couldn't find a single thing wrong with my delivery or conclusions.
Total, flawless victory. Especially great considering the amount of work I put in was miniscule I feel like. (Will bite me in the ass next semester, but right now, I enjoy the nectar of victory.)
After the workshop I talked with classmates for like two hours to the point where the bookstore closed so I couldn't actually pick up the book I ordered. But I don't really mind I guess.
At home I had dinner and watched some anime with friends.
No.22139
Used my brain so hard today that I actually felt it tire down, and then I had a one and a half hour conversation with my boss about a new project. Good thing I took notes. Bad thing I can't take notes of everything. My working memory is constantly short of overflowing and I think that is what is causing that feel of a spiral spring getting tightened in my head.
There are moments when I have this voice in the back of my head "get a manual labor job, thinking is too hard", but it will never be an alternative. Or at least, not now. I drank more beer than water today and I have a slight headache. I'll wait for the next time I have to pee and then I'll go to bed.
No.22140 KONTRA
Slept very little and very badly. Woke up twice. After breakfast I went to the city and picked up the book I couldn't.
The girl working at the bookstore recognised me and didn't even ask for my name.
I read some and had lunch and then spent some time gaming.
Had a coffee.
No.22141
They had a catered lunch for everybody at work today. I didn't know why we were called up, just that there was a meeting of some sort. Entered the room. Saw people sitting down at tables. Eating. Talking. I am neither a socializer nor an enthusiastic eater. Got the hell out of there and went back to work.
>>22139>My working memory is constantly short of overflowingFeel known. Too many small details to juggle while keeping track of deadlines, answering calls, and directing my minions. Manual labor was more physically demanding, but I miss the days of zero stress.
No.22142
>>22141> Manual labor was more physically demanding, but I miss the days of zero stress.Each office job should have one day of manual labor each week. Would help to reduce stress, and save money for the gym. Sitting in a chair for five days isn't very fulfilling.
No.22145
>>22142No one wants to work with the dumb, slow idiotic weaklings who learned nothing and can do nothing but talking bullshit.
No.22148
>>22145capitalism is nothing without an office where everything is planned and directed so that proles have it good.
No.22149
Finally got back into exercising again. My right leg hurts but I had to do it.
Wasted a large amount of time trying to make a pdf file smaller but I succeeded. It looks like shit now but it doesn't take the e-reader 15 seconds to flip a fucking page.
Tomorrow will be even better I think.
No.22156
>>22155>bachelor thesis projectlmao it's fucking nothing. No need to be bummed about it. In a few years when you look back at it you will think "what the FUCK did I write there" anyway.
No.22158
On the EC I enjoy the regular board layout with threads in antichronological order based on bump status.
On the 4chongs I prefer catalog view.
That is because EC is so slow that, provided you haven't started lurking yesterday, you will know basically all the current threads just browsing the first two pages.
On the dedicated cambodian shitpost forum you actually need the catalog because everything is moving so fast - even after introducing that retarded 15min post timer - that it's almost impossible to just stumble upon a good thread.
No.22160 KONTRA
>>22156While in retrospect my BA and MA don't really come close to what I admire in academic work remember both very well and the topics and concepts are still prominent in my mind and can bei unpacked in different situations where they knowledge comes in handy.
>>22155What is excitment for you? I assume you need to see more people
No.22161 KONTRA
Better day today. Then again I did wake up tired and went back to sleep until after noon.
Had breakfast at one. Very nice stuff. Cheese, bread, some spices.
Did some administrative work. I wrote my performance report for college. I did well enough I guess even though I cannot write anything extracurricular into the thing this semester.
I wanted to digitally sign it so that it's proper but the government website no longer does digital signatures. I need to get a "digital citizenship" phone app for that and you need to activate that at a government office so I was left with no way of signing the paper, for I have no access to a printer.
Matters not, because they never actually asked for my signature before it was just my own personal autism.
Very close to finishing Persona 3. Hell of a game.
Well, technically I still have the story expansion but I'm almost done with the basegame. I'm very happy I decided to get it ultimately.
>>22155Personally I always had a really good time with translation criticism sessions.
Probably because I did slamdunk most of them.
But honestly, there's always another day. Another presentation, another conference, another seminar. So don't worry about it.
No.22162 KONTRA
Btw my BA was nothing new or anything but what I hear about what others wrote theirs like mine probably looked like the second coming of Christ in comparison to the person judging it.
Obviously it's not the height of research and feels meaningless but I think I put it together well enough to say that at a BA level I did an outstanding job.
No.22163
>>22162>mine probably looked like the second coming of Christ in comparison to the person judging it.>at a BA level I did an outstanding job.Now what was it, did you do an outstanding job or did everyone else just suck so much that it just appeared like it?
But I know what you mean, even before the coof I had students (bio-german students) that couldn't write a straight sentence. It's actually puzzling how these beasts manage to get into university.
No.22164
Just started reading Das Kalkwerk. About two thirds into the first paragraph that is just one runaway sentence I stopped.
Will it get better or is the entire book like that?
No.22165 KONTRA
>>22164The entire book is like that and it's peak.
No.22166
>>22142>Sitting in a chair for five days isn't very fulfillingI don't know that I could go back to a full-time sitting down job. Working on my feet has its downside, but I don't feel trapped like I did in a cubicle.
>>22158Same.
No.22167 KONTRA
>>22164Forms matches content in this one
yes No.22182 KONTRA
Showerhead broke again but it got fixed luckily because we had a spare one.
Had to do some chores and then I spent a lot of the day trying to write, making moderate progress.
No.22204
If I could go back in time and change everything I think I would’ve tried to be a doctor
No.22206
>>22204Which kind of doctor?
No.22210
>>22204You mean a medical doctor? What prevents you? I thought you're even younger than Hungary?
No.22243 KONTRA
Went out and grabbed lunch with a friend. After that we went and had a few drinks too and I think I got almost totally shitfaced. Spent a good few hours talking.
Main reason we met up was so I could borrow a book from him.
This year he's holding classes and he asked if I'd come and attend one that might be of interest to me but I told him I kinda don't wanna break up classroom discipline.
At one point in remarked that I'm in a constant ironic-unironic superposition on everything and when I say the darnest things it's straight up impossible to decide if this is my actual opinion, a reference to something or if I just said it ironically as a joke.
I immediately quipped back "Good."
Good day overall I guess.
>>22209I feel like Chud is already a "reclaimed" term for a lot of people.
No.22246 KONTRA
>>22243>I feel like Chud is already a "reclaimed" term for a lot of people.Why would it not be. They consider themselves as much on the right side of history as any other culture war retard.
At least "chud" is a word that seems somehow artificial because most people don't know about the film (and if they know, it doesn't really make sense to use in the context, but whatever).
But as we have it in Germany, the "left" has called everyone disagreeing with them a nazi for quite some time. That is much more dangerous because it essentially diminishes and relativizes the nazi crimes. And when people stop caring about being called nazis, you have lost. But it's entirely a homemade problem, which is why I have no sympathy for the "left". And seeing how they are now constantly attacking (as in physically attacking) another party for a perceived adoption of "nazi" ideas, I am constantly oscillating between smirking at the irony of using violence against political opponents being socially accepted again and worry about how that is only playing into the hands of those attacked because they can now point fingers and, in the case of getting into power in any capacity, having a bunch of precedences justifying why they are now using violence against the opposition. And you know what? It will be fully deserved.
No.22253 KONTRA
Woke up late. Went for a run and had a good breakfast. My mother asked me if I want to go out for dinner for my birthday to some local chain place and I told her I'd rather go to that Italian restaurant we went to last time so we went there instead.
Amazing food. Yet again I got kinda drunk from one shot and my parents remarked that I'm a total lightweight.
Got home, we had some cake and then I spent time with friends online and played some video games.
Reading a book by Nichiren.
No.22257
>>22256>those jeans that felt too tight when sittingWeird, considering how you seem to have no testicles.
:-DDDDDDDDD No.22265
I had sex
call me T-Rex
spitting in these threads
like hawk tuah on my max
with special fx
burning these tracks
try'n out lifehacks
drinking some Beck's yo
No.22274
Temperatures have hovered around the freezing point this week, moving above just long enough to mix rain with snow before dropping well below in the over-night hours. Result? Instead of just snow, every unsalted surface is now covered in ice.
>>22258Poker After Dark was a comfy show.
Follow your dreams, ernst.
No.22276
>>22258From what I heard, "professional" poker players had a golden time after the release of Casino Royal.
Suddenly everybody wanted to be a James Bond Texas Holdem pro, throwing money around without actually giving the game a second thought, reading a book or learning the chances.
Knew a literal village idiot from playing airsoft back then, he always bought the newest and most shiniest gear and played like shit because he was carrying just too much stuff into battle.
But that idiot earned thousands upon thousands of Euros because he actually learned how to play Texas Holdem and draw an endless stream of money online from Bond wannabes.
If you want to try the same thing now, you may find yourself surrounded by hardened pros rather quickly.
Not that I'd call your dream unreasonable, but the learning curve to success may be a metric fuckton steeper then back then.
No.22277
>>22276Man I remember watching Casino Royale in the cinema. Had a halb-chub the whole time because of Eva Green and frankly have been a bit in love with her ever since.
But I digress. Right next to me there was some dude of the kind of you described. Fully committed to the poker fad, exactly the kind of metrosexual guy reading Men's Health and GQ, who, during the poker game with Le Chiffre tried to explain to his gf what moves they were making, and at the scene where the Aston Martin flips he actually commented "I will never forgive them for this".
I never really liked Texas Hold 'Em, but that was all everyone wanted to play. I'd rather have five card stud or something like that. I still have some nice, comfy memories of winter evenings spent with poker and alcohol and a bunch of friends listening to Rat Pack.
No.22278 KONTRA
>>22277I thought the Poker fad was around 2002 and casino Royal was about 5 years late to the game.
In any case, the guy sitting next to you had a girlfriend while you were ogling the female lead and nearly soiled your underwear, so there's that.
No.22282
I remember buying a poker set in the 2000s while being a teenager. Don't know why I did it exactly, though.
No.22283
>>22280I got my first docsis modem in 2002, and that was comically, ridiculously late to still be using dial-up. Of course, casino Royal might have brought poker to the culturally unaware boomer, but I played my first irl poker games during late summer 2003.
> mimimi you triggeredAnd you built an elaborate fantasies about the magazines a guy you saw in a cinema twenty years ago consumed, just so you can feel superior to him. Reality check: on the one hand, you nearly nutted in your panties because the visuals of a pg-13 movie had put you in an extraordinary state of excitement. On the other hand, he was there with some gf he might not even remember. He certainly doesn't remember you (probably didn't even notice you back then). Yet, he lives in your head rent-free. I can only roll my eyes.
No.22284 KONTRA
>>22283>and that was comically, ridiculously late to still be using dial-up. No it wasn't, you spoiled prick. Not everywhere is whatever urban hellhole you hail from.
The rest of your post is pretty ironic because you clearly felt triggered enough to not just make such a needlessly mean post just to feel superior but also fantasize some details about myself in an even more butthurt post just to feel superior, while claiming I can't properly assess people. And even if he didn't read Men's Health and GQ, the rest strongly indicates he did. Furthermore, a halb-chub is far away from creaming one's pants. For someone obviously so americanized as you (what with your pg-13 shit that doesn't even exist in Germany) you seem not very acquainted with colloquialisms.
Really wondering what went wrong with your upbringing that you became such an unwarrantedly smug, condescending farthuffer.
Yes I am butthurt, and it's because you are such a colossal knobhead and you don't even notice. Or maybe you do and have fun being offensively douchey. Does it help with the ladies? I bet you are very successful with the ladies, since it seems to be the most important thing to you.
No.22290
>>22288>>22289You both are Germans
No.22299 KONTRA
Had an okay lunch. Finished reading the Nichiren book. I probably spent most of the day just chatting about random stuff (as in, bothering everyone with random shit I read or find interesting) and also listening to music.
My mood is bad and I feel weak again.
Classes start next week.
No.22300 KONTRA
Having to study highschool subjects so I can teach them to other people is more taxing than studying for university stuff. Maintaining a good work ethic despite being on some very extended holidays. It's scary how fast one forgets 汉字. More importantly than anything else, I'm in a committed relationship that brings me immense joy. Maybe I was supposed to marry a Polish woman from the start.
No.22310
>>22300>More importantly than anything else, I'm in a committed relationship that brings me immense joy. Good for you. Live long and prosper.
No.22317
>>22300Congratulations!
Don't hesitate to share your wisdom and experience in The Womanology thread.
No.22318
>>22313I can't believe that was the same team that beat us. There has been an arms race in our Conerfence as teams draft and build to match Kansas City's offence. Philadelphia simply shut them down with a competent defence. Who knew that was an option?
Despite my having more dollars staked to a KC victory, I must confess there was still some joy to be had in seeing them fall.
No.22326
I am bored, but I don't want to go to bed yet.
Be more interesting, Ernst.
No.22329
Lil’bro is now Zizekian. I’m learning a lot about Jaques Lacan lately
No.22331 KONTRA
I woke up three times during the night.
After waking up for the final time I had some breakfast, got ready and headed out. Went to the city hall and ordered a new passport so I can go to China. That went surprisingly fast. It took like 20 minutes including the waiting.
Then I bought a new bus pass and also picked up a letter addressed to me at the post office.
Went home and had lunch and then I went out to class. Hit the library before class. There was a pile of books up for "adoption". There was a random Chinese socialist-realist novel and a two volume Japanese textbook, but I took neither. The Jap textbook was sort of tempting but I decided against it because I already own Japanese textbooks. (It also didn't have any kanji or hiragana and used a nonstandard transcription system too so it just seemed like a massive hassle.)
The librarian had book for me she didn't put out into the pile, which was an anthology of classical Chinese poetry in German. I was very happy with it. It's a nice book.
I also borrowed a book on Chinese doctors. (Strangely enough this was also German. I only borrowed it because it was out in the open among the freshly registered stuff and watching the Apothecary Diaries with friends made me curious.)
Had class. Went fine I guess. Then at home I talked with friends online.
My neck's been killing me but I guess now that I have walked a lot around town, it's better, strangely enough. Gonna have a run tomorrow.
No.22332
Today I learned that ANOTHER employee of my former employer left the office.
Now his smol 15 man office lost 3 people after I left and he prolly still doesn't understand the message that he just pays like utter shit compared to the responsibility one has to carry.
He rather pays this shitty social media company for marketing, but seeing the engagement happening there it seems to mostly fluster his own ego.
In April the next employee will leave into retirement.
Just low-key gleefull, because when I left we got into a quarrel, as he wanted to keep me employed for another month so he can safe literally maybe 100 Euros for those few hours of accumulated overtime.
No.22333
>>22332lol did you work for a swabian or something?
No.22335
I'm about to drop out my useless college degree and dedicate all my time free time to improve my piano technique and have a dead end job so I can afford food and rent.
Nothing else matters.
No.22336 KONTRA
>>22335Graduate, make deadening Job for more money and learn the piano Just as well?
No.22339
is the good american still posting here
No.22340
>>22339Now that's a flag I haven't seen for a while.
>is the good american still posting hereIf "good" was meant unironically, then the answer is yes.
No.22341 KONTRA
My neck was still fucked up but I went for a run anyway. It was incredibly mid but it seems to have helped a lot. Same for just walking more in the city.
Had one meeting today to decide the class schedule. After class I talked some with the German lecturer. I got a free book. It's an anthology of Japanese poetry in German. Fun stuff. There was also a copy of Frithiof's Saga. (I assumed it was the Swedish paraphrasing of it.) I didn't/couldn't take that, but the lecturer was very happy I shared what I knew about it.
We stepped out for a cigarette and when he took out a second one I asked for one too because why the fuck not honestly. I don't think I will ever learn how to properly smoke. It makes me feel nothing, it's just nice to have it in your hand to have an effective pause as you take a whiff of it.
Anyway, I feel a bit better about the past few months because I recounted all the things I've read about and learned and it seems like a lot I guess.
Felt pretty good on the way home.
>>22339Hi Brick!
No.22342
The new kitten kept falling from his cat tree. To prevent injury, and at my sister's request, I built and attached a small wood railing to the top level. Nothing elaborate. Two 1"x1"x18" boards separated by four makeshift balusters cut from the same 1"x1" wood. Held in place with three corner braces because
Home Depot did not have L brackets in stock. I expect it will hold.
Had a problem with the screws. They kept breaking. Used ten total, not including the brace assembly, and five snapped at the neck.
Everbilt brand. Do not recommend. Had to finish the project with some loose screws from my loose screw pile. Should have read the reviews first, but who expects screws to break?
Also, it snowed again. The streak continues.
>>22335Are both schooling and piano not possible?
>>22339I'm the only regular American.
t.Occasional radio-streamer and erstwhile cartoon poster who currently reads comic books and works too many hours
No.22347 KONTRA
>>22341>it's just nice to have it in your hand to have an effective pause as you take a whiff of it. That's one of the secrets of smoking, though. It just taste and smells bad in the end but it suits conversations and gives you something to do.
t. noch immer Gelegenheitsraucher
No.22348 KONTRA
Had a small breakfast (small in the sense that I have been eating way too much mozzarella these past few weeks, like way more enjoyable than the bread and salami part of the meal so I just cut down on the toast and eat more cheese, but the meal is still pretty small regardless.)
As I was trying to get stuff out the fridge my father told me to "Not buy anything today" and I was like "why?" and he just said "because it's don't-buy-things-day" and I left it at that because I wasn't feeling up for it, but I later checked it out because my curiosity got the better of me and apparently, I was so fucking mad, some random retarded proles decided to copy some literal BALKAN initiative to "not buy things for a day" to "punish the stores" for "having high prices".
We could tie Marx's remains to a generator and power all of Europe.
I was genuinely insanely fucking mad stupid people exist.
Also that these people see themselves primarily as consumers and not workers.
Went to class. I was half an hour early so I had my student ID validated. (For one because I need it for the bus passes and I spent the last few months traveling with an expired ID, and second because my sister needs proof for some stipend that I'm an uni-student and this is the easiest way.)
Class went fine. Except for how I had to use a keyboard I'm not used to at all so I felt kinda like a caveman. It's not even the excuse that "Durr I use a Mac durr" because I used windows often enough it's just that none of the three keyboards or mice are shaped like that so it's really not lending itself to my reflexes.
I got home, talked a bit with friends and had an st. John's wort infusion. Going to bed early tonight. I'm grabbing tomorrow by the throat.
>>22347People are surprised honestly.
"What kind of a humanities student are you? No smokes and no drinking? Come on!"
It just fits my stupid aesthetic. Doesn't fit my wallet, nose or hypochondria.
No.22350
>>22336>>22342I need work more than the useless humanities degree that I'm currently doing, also, I can't find a job that I could work and keep going to college.
I hate the college, hate the professors, classmate... I hate that place.
I think I would be happier with my dead end job and playing piano during all my free time.
No.22351
>>22348> BALKANSo? Hungary is Balkan. Everyone in Europe knows it, everyone in the Balkans knows it, only Hungarians are in denial.
> Marx is spinning in his graveI don't think so. The world revolution will come soon enough, it's a historical necessity, like the second coming of Christ. Marx is aware of this, so he can rest calm.
No.22352
>>22349>>22346Rugby is like football, but with an egg and less diving.
Handegg is like a tabletop game with real people.
t. watched both
No.22353
>>22333So it seems, so it seems.
In actuality he was somewhat of a pseudo-aristocratic, Wiesn-attending Bavariaboo tho.
>>22342Why not just pad the bottom of the tree with fleece blankets?
I'm somewhat of a cat enjoyer myself and go through at least 1 or 2 of them a year, as I use them as protective layer over my bed while I'm out of house, so that any potential puke gets caught on it.
But after every vacation they are just so full of hair that I rather discard it and get a fresh one for 20 Euros from Amazon... Too much grind for my dryer to cope with.
No.22354
>>22348Kek, in 2010 there was a movement to stop use VK (Russian Facebook) for a day to punish them for an unpopular update.
It's still a source for jokes.
>>22351Maybe you're baiting, but I never heard of Hungary as Balkans.
Balkans are former Yugoslavia + Bulgaria + Albania. And maybe Greece.
No.22361 KONTRA
Woke up very early. Lazed around a bit. Had breakfast and then went out early. Spent some time at the library. Took a book back and borrowed another book on Chinese medicine.
Spent some time making miserable progress on one of my translation projects. One of the PhD students was there. He teaches the MA classical Chinese classes. We talked for a bit. Asked me what this class this project was for and I told him this thing's literally just one of my own personal manias. I think a lot of people at university think everything needs to be for a class.
I usually take the other road. I make sure the things I like can be used in class.
Class went fine. We got some more etiquette advice for working as an interpreter. I am yet again tormented by the knowledge that my knowledge of Chinese is insanely limited.
I had trouble with basic stuff but I shone through in one moment when the lecturer threw a curveball asking us in Chinese "Is Hungary a one-party state or a multi-party state?" and my neurons immediately started firing and I got it right.
Talked with some classmates after class and I feel like that even if people seem to enjoy my company the more I talk with them and the more they accidentally learn about me the less they probably like me.
But then again I have zero clue how much of the average conversation people remember.
(First I saw a drunkard that caught my eye and then an amusing looking dwarf and I recounted how I read about Qin Shihuangdi's court dwarf and how now some online friends keep linking me dwarf related shit like "look it's the dwarf Olympics".)
On the way home I saw a nice edition of Sherlock Holmes. Annotated, two volumes. It was 45 euros. I'm feeling really tempted even though I own an edition of the complete Sherlock. And it's painfully big so I couldn't read it in bed. I'm mostly curious about the notes. I should probably just download it.
At home my mother made hamburgers for dinner. Actual hamburgers with home made meat and stuff. It was very tasty. Lifted my spirits, really.
>>22354Honestly, literally nothing ended up happening.
Nobody gave a shit according to the press. (Anecdotal evidence of friends' also seems to support this evaluation.)
No.22362 KONTRA
>>22361>I make sure the things I like can be used in class. I made tried to find a connective path for my favorite topics/problems and questions into classes to I could write about These regardless of the classes I picked. Usually the classes were promising to lend themselves to it from the beginning.
No.22364
>>22353>Why not just pad the bottom of the tree with fleece blankets?The risk wasn't so much from the ground, but rather the multiple levels he could hit awkwardly on the way down. It's a large cat tree. Roughly six feet tall.
>go through at least 1 or 2 of them a year, as I use them as protective layer Up until this point in your sentence I thought you meant cats. Assumed you were throwing them at ninjas.
>>22360The
Bills are a hard team to love. After suffering through Tom Brady and the
Patriot's dynasty, instead of shining with one of the game's best young quarterbacks we find ourselves in Kansas City's shadow. One piece of good news: Josh Allen won this year's league MVP.
No.22365
>>22360Americans are like toddlers, the only way they have to deal with frustration is hissy-fits, public melt-downs and destroying their own belongings. I suspect their frontal lobes are severely underdeveloped. Maybe the condition is caused by early childhood exposure to certain chemicals in their food.
No.22367
Gonna have to write an essay on why reading is important. Humanities are real and are just a valid choice for higher education as any other field.
No.22372 KONTRA
First time in my life I made an effort on Valentine's Day. Not too big, though, I'm afraid of going into deep normie waters.
>>22367Publish it in the gay literature thread where the EC homo corner has been set up. I don't make the rules 🤷
No.22373
>>22367I don't see how reading more would contribute to my well-being. There are certainly things I should learn about and would benefit from understanding, and – who knows? – this very problem might even be one of them, but I'd probably just waste life time and mental energy, like brain power and limited attention span, if I tried to understand them by reading.
Reading is awesome, mkay
No.22374
Reading can be like opening a gate to the realization you just wasted an irretrievable part of your life reading.
No.22375 KONTRA
>>22372The white guy looks like straight from Le reddit. Why do such 'humans' even exist?
No.22376 KONTRA
>>22375>Mad about people enjoying themselves and having funClassic.
No.22377
>>22376I'm mad about his reddit-beard, the woke-glasses and the Mark-Foster-hat, how skinny he is and about his Soylent grin and the other soy faces he makes. You just know that he's a simp. Has he ever lifted anything? Doubtful.
Also, he's literally a clone. I swear to god, the lizard-people breed these mid-tier simps at some undisclosed location, by cloning. Just so they can have the perfect little consoomer / coomer.
No.22379
>>22377He has more confidence than you apparently, kek.
No.22380 KONTRA
>>22379Just Fyi, the pendulum is swinging back, in case you haven't noticed the news in the past few days. Progressive soy boys will be remembered in pathetic caricatures of the 2010s.
No.22381
>>22380Expect a soyboy rèsistance organized via reddit.
No.22382
>>22381>rèsistanceYou tried to be clever, but failed. God dammit Ernst, you failed against the schizo. I suggest seppuku.
No.22383 KONTRA
>>22382rösistås, résistance, who gives a fuck. I wouldn't even have noticed the mistake and I literally don't care.
t. schizo
No.22384 KONTRA
>>22382I'm not capable of speaking the french language, you get the gist though, Niklas Nitpicker.
No.22385
>>22384I don't speak French, either, I try to remember which funny hat goes with which sounds by thinking of André and Mère, which helps to sometimes get it right.
Hungarian seems worse, I still have no idea what the double acute on the o is supposed to do to it. In my mind, I always read it as ö. Hungarians have assured me that this is completely wrong, so I will never be able to pronounce Paul Erdøš. Just can't hear the difference. Like finns with pears and bears, I guess.
t. schizo
No.22387
>>22385ő is just an elongated ö.
Same goes for ú, which is the long u and ű, which is the long ü. (and ó which is the long form of o.)
(But not for á and é, which are actually different sounds than a and e.)
No.22391
>>22384Yeah maybe you shouldn't try using words you can't even spell properly. But then again, you reply to the schizo, so it's obvious you're an uneducated moron.
No.22392
>>22387Thank you for the educating me, it's appreciated!
No.22393
>>22391🤓
Niklas Nitpicker righting the wrongs on saturday evening.
No.22394
In ðe spirit of international friendšip and out of admiration for ðe Poliš people, I łill henceforth łrite every ł as ł and every š as š. I really do enjoy funny æccented european letters! It's just a šame ðat I can't fit ñ into Engliš, but ðere definitely is room for ð and þ!
The standard Latin alphabet lacks variety!
(Łill mods bän me for ðis?)
No.22396
I am hungry, but it's already half past 1. I can't even remember what my lunch tasted like.
No.22404
>>22396I can tell you what
my midnight meal tasted like:
Due to my high XP in cooking Eintöpfe, none of the individual ingredients were over- or undercooked, and the amount of liquid was just right. But I wasn't too happy with the taste: As expected, the sweetness of the sweet potato and gochujang and the mature kimchi's acidity didn't complement each other well. The other ingredients were cheap pasta, onion, canola oil and roasted sesame oil. Good enough for a meal made from leftovers without any fresh ingredients.
No.22405
>>22404I recently tested through the ultra-cheap 2€ per 800gr Amazon-branded Eintöpfe.
Let me tell you that chili and lentil are crap, as such if they offer it, goulash most likely as well, but the green peas one... now that is something which you can wholeheartedly feast on together with some black bread and cheese.
Macros aren't that bad either, considering the price and that it's canned goods.
No.22406
>>22405> eating Amazon branded preserved legumesSmart choice! You must have a sound background in traditional Chinese medicine! It is, of course, speculation, but I assume ðat ðis food is able to easily cure any deficiencies in mercury, antimony, tungsten, lindane, PCP or botulinum neurotoxin!
No.22408
>>22394Polish people have "ś" and other diacritics but usually they write "sz", "rz", "cz" and so on. Digraphs like in English.
It's Czech where afaic diacritics are used often and it's closer to "one sound - one letter".
No.22412
>>22411That's very few? If you raise $45.000 (which is near median), you owe 1% in taxes.
No.22413
>>22412It's what he has to pay in addition to his regular taxes.
No.22414
>>22412What
>>22413 said. The amount I now owe is in addition to my weekly paycheck deductions. Ideally, what they take should equal your total annual bill, but there are variances because of investment income and such which has not yet been taxed. It would have been more, but I am terrible at investing. See the Finance Thread.
No.22415
>>22414OK, for some reason I thought that in USA people receive full salary and then pay taxes manually.
No.22416
>>22415>receive full salary and then pay taxes manually.This is how it works for independant contractors- which includes Uber drivers, DoorDash, etc.- but for everybody else the goverment doesn't trust us. Your employer has to withhold taxes from each paycheck. In addition, if you expect to earn a lot of investment income in a given year, you are supposed to make quarterly payments rather than waiting to settle at year end. There is a tax penalty if you don't.
I did some quick math. My effetive income tax rate(Federal and State) is 12%, with Sales tax adding another 8%. If I owned property I would be taxed there, but as it is that figure is owed to the County by my landlord. I would estimate $10,000 annually. Obviously he charges suffient rent to cover this, so I pay that indirectly.
No.22418
>>22416>My effetive income tax rate(Federal and State) is 12%*weint deutsch*
No.22421
What I had cooked tastes better now than right after cooking.
>>22353>I'm somewhat of a cat enjoyer myself and go through at least 1 or 2 of them a year, as I use them as protective layer over my bed while I'm out of house, so that any potential puke gets caught on it.Ahaha, I misunderstood that in a funny way. Tee-hee.
>>22405Thanks, will keep in mind if I ever buy Amazon canned food for humans. What are macros?
No.22424
>>22421>What are macros?Macronutrients. A fancy way of saying "this has nutritional value".
No.22426 KONTRA
Can German Ernsts tell me how necessary a giro card will be in the future still? I know smaller stores with old hardware won't accept credit cards, right?
I wonder if I need my account with a traditional bank anymore.
I want to use trade republic to invest in ETFs and also have an account for savings in one app/at one place and use an account at a neobank for daily expenses. Sounds good or should I for example have an account at a traditional German bank and use TR for ETFs while the neobank account is used for savings and CC needs abroad?
No.22427 KONTRA
>>22426Addendum: I have a traditional German bank account, a neobank account with CC and I donwloaded TR today and opened an account.
No.22428
>>22426You should probably ask this in the Finance thread.
No.22429
>>22340Hello
>>22341Hello
>>22342Do you have access to photoshop? any version
if not, which image manipulation software are you most comfortable with
No.22430 KONTRA
>>22428Yes, but on the other hand most Ernst read the Today thread anway
>>22429Hello.
What's the reason for the return and a rather long absence if you want to talk about that? I am curious as you can see.
No.22431
>>22429>which image manipulation software are you most comfortable withI use MediBang for everything.
No.22432 KONTRA
>>22429Welcome back!
Been seeing negativity in everything and everyone lately and I’ve been proven wrong each time. More hope than initially anticipated. It also means I’ve been giving shitty advices to some friends, I have to apologize to some.
No.22433
>>22430eh, i was posting rarely for a while even before I stopped, I think with like being properly employed for the first time and life steadily improving I didn't have much to complain about, which is 90% of what I did on EC. became less neurotic, and really, having strong opinions about everything is 100% unemployed behavior, these days I don't have many opinions at all, not enough time and energy to think them up
>>22431ah fuck it then, i was cleaning up old files from my hard drive and stumbled upon the photoshop file for the noisy rainbow banner thing I did for EC a while back, and remembered that you were wondering how I made it
well here it is
from top to bottom, 1st layer is in difference blend mode, second layer is in difference blend mode, third layer is normal
second layer is slowly rotated, which produces those funky rainbow patterns
not sure if medibang has animation capabilities, all you'd need is to rotate the second layer by like 5 degrees per frame and export the frame
oh and the banner itself wasn't a full rotation, I think it was two opposite quadrants on a circle where the text was most colorful
_
now that I have a decent job and disposable income, I should get back into painting
i keep saying this but i rarely painted even when unemployed, doing it while working a day job is going to take some discipline
No.22434
>>22433>eh, i was posting rarely for a while even before I stopped, I think with like being properly employed for the first time and life steadily improving I didn't have much to complain about, which is 90% of what I did on EC. became less neurotic, and really, having strong opinions about everything is 100% unemployed behavior, these days I don't have many opinions at all, not enough time and energy to think them upSounds good, glad your life improved. Did you change jobs?
I can understand, my time on EC significantly decreased with a fulltime job and improved life conditions as well. Some opinions did not went away, though. But there hardly is time to bicker.
No.22435
>>22434same place, got promoted
went from support monkey to sysadmin monkey
it's alright
i'm still probably underpaid compared to same position and skill set, but eh, i'm pretty comfortable and do less work now, fuck it
also my alcoholic father died like a year and a half ago and as bad as it sounds life got much better. we renovated the apartment and all that
No.22436
>>22433>not sure if medibang has animation capabilities, all you'd need is to rotate the second layer by like 5 degrees per frame and export the frameThere is a time lapse feature in Medibang but to make gifs I have always exported images and stitched them together with another app. I tried using it in this instance. Time lapse required each rotation to be saved as its own layer. This messed up the blend mode even when layers were invisible. Decided to simply use a screen recorder. Not a high quality one. Left a lot of noise. Still. Things were learned.
Glad things are going well for you. Art is difficult with full time work, but find some minutes or hours if you can. An old drawing instructor once said that most art majors were no longer making art in their 30's. That was one of the most important lessons I learned at university. Don't let art become something you
used to do.
No.22439
>>22436I think the way I did in photshop was that I rendered out an animation of the middle layer rotating on its own, then added the top and bottom layers separately
Then hide and unhide each of the rotated layers one by one, exporting a frame each time
Photoshop has trivial automation features for this, but you could do it manually, though it would be annoying
No.22440
>>22426>I wonder if I need my account with a traditional bank anymore.Do whatever suites you. But here's food for thought:
Due to regulatory reasons, banks must, can, and will lock your account when it receives a payment that is unusually high and/or of unclear origin, it's known as the know-your-customer-directive.
What is unusually high? Say your monthly income is 3800€. Now 12500€ comes in from your Baltic/London Depot-Bank. Bam, it's locked. (Or could very well be.) You sold your car, 15000€ come in from some guys account. Did you really sell a car? The bank doesn't know. Could this be in fact money you received for your services to the cartels or maybe money you are supposed to laundry for the cartel, and you sold them an old beater at a massively inflated price, to make it look legitimate? The bank doesn't know. The bank does known that they have to follow the know-your-customer-directive, or they might be inconvenienced. So they will rather inconvenience you.
To prevent this from happening / make it fixable when it happens, you ideally want at least two of the following three things:
1) a long-term relationship with a bank, so you can say: this money went through this very account I have with you, it's now coming back, look, here, the money goes out, here it comes back in with interest, and ideally: the bank running your checking account is identical to your depot-Bank.
2) pay for analog privilege, because the last thing you want to do when your account is locked, your fridge is empty and your mortgage is due is trying to reason with a chat bot.
3) an account that is still accessible in case you're primary account is locked, with enough money in it to cover your expenses until stuff can be fixed.
Oh, and still keep every.fucking.thing. forever. and a store an off-site copy, in case of a natural disaster. Best, run proper books, even if you are not required to do so as a private citizen. You are not required to follow the 'rules of proper accounting', but you are required to proof the origin of every single cent you own, and the most in-your-face-obvious way of doing this is following the 'rules of proper accounting'.
Please excuse my unprofessional translation of Grundsätze Ordnungsgemäßer Buchführung.
No.22441
>>22435>also my alcoholic father died like a year and a half ago and as bad as it sounds life got much betterFeel is known. Still, my condolences...
No.22443
>>22435>also my alcoholic father died like a year and a half ago and as bad as it sounds life got much betterMy condograts I'd say. I had actually speculated that you found a woman and thus posted less, because let's face it, a sysadmin position still gives you ample shitposting time.
No.22444
>>22435As little as I like you, I am glad that things got better for you.
No.22449 KONTRA
>>22440I know the KYC process. Lately I got transferred a sum that is above 10k on my traditional bank account. I transfered it to my CC account where I put savings atm. My traditional bank called me and asked if that money should really be transferred. Revolut did not ask where the money was from and TR did not either yesterday. Maybe because the bank account it came from was also in my name.
But yes, it's the biggest concern I have. Not being able to have access and having to deal with chatbots.
Anyway, I will buy ETFs via TR. Maybe a traditional broker would also be alright, I simply want to park money there, not interested in buying stocks and selling them like all these Ernsts in the finance thread. Just put money in a world ETF and be done with it.
No.22450
>>22449Glad that you take that into account.
I transferred ca 60k, I now have to proof the origin of the funds. You don't need a traditional bank, just a bank that hasn't totally crap customer service. (Avoid kreissparkassen like the plague, they are headed by political hires and employee complete idiots.)
No.22451
>>22450>I now have to proof the origin of the funds.What will you tell them to launder the drug money successfully?
do you have to explain it to a chatbot or some traditional banking house? No.22452 KONTRA
>>22450>just a bank that hasn't totally crap customer serviceI like Revolut, so far I did not have problems and I like having the "pocket" feature albeit I can imagine other banks have such a feature in their app as well.
Any traditional banks with good customer service and low account fees? From what I gathered these are antithetical .
No.22453 KONTRA
>>22452> From what I gathered these are antitheticalFrom what I've heard, that is mostly true. Local Volksbank is expensive, they need to pay the girls who man the counters. (Could as well be selling perfume, they are not great with the whole money and banking thing, that's for sure.)
Postbank is a complete train-wreck, and that is public knowledge. They don't just have bad customer service, in 2023, they somehow seem to have lost part of their customer records, and money went missing from accounts without any explanation.
Santander seems to be good for smaller business customers. At least they offer good rates on credit and they are willing to evaluate a customer's creditworthiness in greater detail than other banks. Would rate over local Volksbank, Deutsche Bank and HypoVereinsbank. I don't know how they are for retail customers, but I've heard good things.
Trade Republic is increasingly unpopular on the r/finanzen subreddit. People report immense trouble moving their depots to other brokers, especially ING.
DKB reportedly has a software problem where they initially withdraw a payment twice. They seemingly can't get it fixed, and it looks like they've implemented a stop-gap where they detect duplicate withdrawals and undo one of them. So for one payment, your record might show two withdrawals, one of which is then cancelled.
No.22455 KONTRA
Classes went fine. I skipped lunch entirely.
After the first one I wasted too much time talking so I had to run to get to the second one ASAP because it wasn't on the same campus.
I ended up running most of the way. This was way more strenuous than my usual runs, probably because of all the extra stuff I was carrying.
It was a Japanese history seminar at my college. The lecturer allowed us to pick the time period to study, because it's not an uni-mandated course. Most people couldn't make it today so there was only three of us. The two girls present apparently tried to guess if I'd pick "ancient" or "modern" and they were in a disagreement over it.
In the end I voted for "ancient", that is, medieval Japan because I'd love to hear more about that. I feel like I already waste way too much time on modern Japanese stuff.
It was a wonderful lecture honestly.
Talked with the others after class a bit and then came home.
The past few days have been kinda rough. I tried to fix my mood at a coffee exhibition where I had like 5 espressos in an hour and it all worked until a half-sentence threw me the fuck off and it was insane hyperdespair and I ended up having another mental break but this time my mother actually helped me and I've been feeling fine since than.
Started prepping for taking an HSK5 exam. Been reading Song Ci's handbook for examining dead bodies.
I think things will be fine. Whatever happens.
I'm feeling motivated. Up for the challenge.
>>22435>also my alcoholic father died like a year and a half ago and as bad as it sounds life got much better. we renovated the apartment and all thatSorry for the loss and glad that it ultimately lead not to the disintegration of the family but rather allowed you all to move forward.
No.22456
>>22451> What will you tell them Earnings of every year since 2017, together with supporting documents. I hope it will be enough.
No.22466
>>22453>I don't know how [Santander] are for retail customers, but I've heard good things.When asked to shut down an account and to confirm, they don't even reply.
No.22467
>>22466Unfortunately, this is by now completely usual among banks and telkos.
No.22468
All that talk about banking got me thinking. Santander is right next to Bilbao, home of another Spanish banking giant. Is the bizcayan Coast somehow the Switzerland of the Iberian peninsula? It seems so. Switzerland has Stadler Rail, they have CAF. Switzerland has UBS, they have Santander and Banco Bilbao. I think the Basque country alone could plausibly out-Jew Switzerland. They certainly seem to have higher jewyness per capita.
What is it with mountain dwellers and banking? The Scots live in mountains near a shore, and NatWest is one of the biggest banks in the world. It used to be bigger.
Mountain-dwellers -> big banking
Mountain-dwellwrs near shore -> bigger banking?
No.22470
>>22467Wow. Come to think of it, I can't even remember the last time I interacted with any company and everything went fine. It's always either them doing things to me against my will, or them failing to react when I tell them to do something. Or both in the worst case.
No.22473
>>22470Imagine what they do to dumb people. Dumb person calls to complain "my internet is broken!", they go out of the call with a new contract for a second mobile phone, a more expensive internet tarif, an IP-TV-contract, and an overpriced lease on a router. Not joking.
No.22474 KONTRA
I'm thinking I'm going to lie about what I actually believe and what research seems to be taking me because I have a professor that believes a series of goofy theories. I'll start with the truth, what my beloved professor taught me, and then try to find and carefully select for evidence than backs up this great truth. Social sciences are very scientific.
No.22475 KONTRA
>>22474This morning I'm still going to say that, yeah, every civilization first wrote down songs and ballads when they figured out writing before anything else. Why? Because it's true that it's easier to memorize melodies and songs as opposed to plain speech. One can easily see that songs and ballads would be selected for in a Darwinian sense and ensure greater longevity in an oral medium. Why does that mean that the first things civilizations write down are always songs? It just does. And now Im going to explain why the ahadith are actually songs, lest I risk causing narcissistic injury to someone who is judge, jury and executioner in regards to my academic sentencing (grades).
No.22477
>>22475Stop being such a negative Nancy. I am starting to think you are falseflagging in order to make humanities look bad.
No.22478 KONTRA
>>22477No falseflagging needed. Ihr sand Hanswurstln und Zipfelklatscher, alle miteinander.
No.22481
One day I will write a book
>>22475Don’t teachers in humanities like to be criticized? I know my bro got close to the maximal grade by criticizing and rejecting a theory religiously taught in class. At least that’s how he puts it.
It was something about tools being the continuation of a dialectical (Darwinian?) evolution of humans.
No.22484
>>22475If you chant them, even inventories, taxation and tribute lists and sales contracts are songs.
No.22485
*ominous phone book chanting in the distance*
No.22488 KONTRA
Okay day. Learned about using Computer Assisted Translation tools. Very fun stuff. Had a classical Chinese class where I kept overthinking basic bitch questions before realising that "oh yeah it's actually asking me the simple stuff".
Got tired a bit by the end and my mood soured but I did well during German class.
No.22489
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j5uIh4FpCkI gave a presentation on this event in school. I don't know which subject, though. Either English or something else. Anyway, certainly not as detailed as this video essay
does the word youtubementary exist yet? sort of. Far from it. I was interested back then, a very interesting story but I was just a teenager and not an intelligent one.
No.22492
There’s nothing less sexy than a German woman speaking English.
No.22495
>>22492Funny, I always hear people raving on about Katja Kassin's accent
No.22497
>>22487> MesopotamianDo we have any reason not to think that Gilgamesh was invented by Brits? No one heard of him in the Middle East until 19 century, when European archeologists arrived.
No.22498
>>22497Interesting point.
By developing that thought further, we can also assume that jews didn't exist until the 19th century, since their stories that supposedly date back to around 1000 BC have clearly been adaptations of sumerian tales.
No.22499
>>22498Anglos knew about Old Testament (Torah) and made up Sumerian lore in accordance to it.
No.22500 KONTRA
>>22497Galkovsky's strongest soldier
🫡
No.22503
>>22499Orrrr.... did anglos make up judaism to have a way of baiting germans into adopting an easy scapegoat, which they then could use to help "take back their land" and gaining a foothold in the middle east while simultaneously being able to destroy Germany through a war waged because of their treating of that scapegoat?
Think about it. Perfidous albion built the first concentration camps, btw.
No.22504
What's your SMV, Ernst?
No.22505 KONTRA
>>22504The one where I make posts with random acronyms and assume everybody knows what I am talking about.
Yes, I am a bit retarded.
No.22507
Magical mammaries
Beautiful breasts
Titillating tits
Magnificent melons
Bewitching boobies
Joyous jugs
Sublime secondary sex characteristics
Heavenly hooters
Comely chest
That's all english synonyms for breasts I can think of
In short, I love them. Love seeing them, touching them, tasting them, licking them, massaging them, rubbing my face on and between them, feeling them on my skin. It's good I'm not a girl, or I would do nothing but fondling myself.
No.22508
>>22505Which means you will be or are excluded from the most serious discussions there are atm, bro.
No.22509
>>22504Yours is incel or you wouldn't ask.
No.22511
>>22510I tried the test and the result was
undefined No.22512
>>22503No, I don't think that Judaism was invented by Anglos. Also it's me who is the tinfoil hat conspiracy theorist, so it's me who should use such sophism: "Oh, you believe in evolution? You must also believe that you grandma was a monkey!".
And you're a reasonable logical person. Don't break your role.
> baiting germans into adopting an easy scapegoatSometimes they do it, yes. Just look at official version of how George Soros acquired his wealth. And try to propose a simpler explanation.
No.22513
>>22512> "Oh, you believe in evolution? You must also believe that you grandma was a monkey!".That's just a misunderstanding of how evolution works, not a conspiracy theory.
No.22514
>>22513That's the same fallacy as you did: exaggerating and distorting someone's point.
No.22515
>>22514Wrong. There was no distortion and exaggeration, just extrapolation. Those are very different things.
A distortion would be the claim that all history before your birth is fabricated.
I mean, how can you prove the second world war even happened? Were you there?
No.22517
>>22516If I were neurotypical, would I be here?
Thought so.
Checkmate, atheists.
No.22520
>>22509Mine is laid back
because I am getting laid shitposter, so high value individual.
No.22521
>>22514These are rhetorical devices, though.
No.22523
>>22522Will their be one devoted to asses, though?
No.22526
i always roll my eyes when some kind of big name in the entertainment industry or art turns out to be a scumbag, and people are surprised, disappointed, ashamed that they ever "liked them", etc
like why did you "like them" in that capacity at all?
there is a sense of sacrality to art in our ideology, art is seen as some kinda pure, transcendent work and it's hard to believe that people involved in the manufacturing of it could be bad people, or at least they're given the benefit of the doubt compared to any other rich or powerful person
and why would you develop a sentimental fondness for a person whose job is essentially that of a manager at a film set, who yells at and coordinates people
I think this "cult of the artist" we've got going on is cringe.
and also people shouldn't act incredulous when somebody says they don't listen to music or watch films or whatever. absolutizing any kind of phenomenon as part of "human nature" is dumb. the idea of painting pictures on a canvas and then hanging them up is, historically and geographically, an incredibly niche, recent, and ultimately short lived phenomenon.
the way we experience music today as atomized individual listeners, also is
fuck art and artists, the soviet union was right to put them in their place and curtail their "freedom of expression", fuck em
No.22527
hm, I kind of had an outburst there at the end
i think my point is that undue social cachet is given to artists, art should be understood as primarily a social phenomenon, rather than a communion with the individual artist/s
No.22528
Your assessment would be much more plausible if people hadn't been painting stuff for ever since people existed. If it's stone or skin or canvas is irrelevant.
No.22531
>>22527> i think my point is that undue social cachet is given to artistsI think it was Gene Simmons of Kiss who said that he didn't understand why people would listen to artists for election recommendations, and he has a point. Why would they have a clue? Since successful artists are a minority, it makes no sense adopting their choices, because their life reality is different from that of most other people. The fact that election endorsements by artists (or sports stars, celebrities in general) have any effect at all does make democracy look bad.
No.22532 KONTRA
>>22526I think this entire issue stems from the fact that "creating good art" became a preconditon of having the politically "correct" opinions for large swathes of people, though I have seen liberals condemn art because of the artist more often than chuds, who tend to do the reverse and use their art to criticise a person. (But ultimately it comes down to the political, really.)
In a sense this is kinda close to the USSR's approach it is not enough that you are "not against us" and write silly little books about good people, you need to be "with us" and need to "fight for peace" and sit in boring CPSU local meetings for 30 years to be showered with success. (As V. Voinovich put it anyway.)
The author is undead. His views matter, but when his views and interpretations of his own work become an issue (disagreeing with "media literate" interpretations), they can be explained away as "he himself not understanding his work" (see how Tim Cain was booed for saying Fallout wasn't about capitalism) or just completely throwing out any association with "the media" he created.
No.22533
It's disgusting how pseudo-profound all of you are.
No.22534
>>22532the missing thing here is understanding art as a social phenomenon, rather than a direct line from artist, or piece of art, to viewer.
both the opinions of the artist and trained "media understanders" are irrelevant, it's how society as a whole understands the art, which is why all western pop culture is functionally fascist regardless of intent or content
>>22528whether it's stone, skin or canvas is quite relevant
in fact, it might be the most relevant thing
No.22535
>>22533Welcome to EC, newfriend. Please enjoy your stay.
No.22536
>>22534>in fact, it might be the most relevant thingFirst of all, I am not a artist. If it's ass, mouth or vagina is irrelevant.
The most relevant thing is that I fucked your mother.
No.22538 KONTRA
>>22535This is just brick, right?
No.22543
>>22536it's relevant in the sense that it changes the mode in which people engage with the art
people relate differently to art when it's painted on a cave wall that is also your home that is also your family's home, which is the same thing as your "tribe", which is also the entirety of "society"
vs art that is hung up in a museum in the urban center, or decorating a church, or in someone's private collection
No.22544
>>22543Elaborate on that.
No.22547
Sea fruit, fruti die Mare, Meeresfrüchte.
Do other languages also hint at living beings from under water as fruits?
Why fruits? Because of the similar consistency? Slipperiness?
No.22549
>>22547>Sea fruit, fruti die Mare, Meeresfrüchte.There's really not much I don't eat, but Sea Fruit is very high on my shitlist. And yes, the name makes no sense. Imagine calling a wild boar "forest fruit".
No.22550
>>22548I wasn't aware that strawberries, bananas and apples are harvested in the San Andreas Fault.
No.22552
>>22547Seestachelbeere for a kind of jellyfish, I think.
Other than fruit, odd words for sea animals include "sea vaginas" (
Seescheiden) for Ascidiacea, and I think I've seen what would literally translate to "penis fish" (
peniszhál?) being used for a similar animal but can't confirm because the search engine bombards me with penis pictures, anyway that spelling is not on Wikipedia so it's probably wrong or just something somebody made up because they didn't know the proper name.
And "water meat" for "fish".
>>22550I don't understand what any of you are talking about, but the San Andreas Fault is mostly devoid of
Meeresfrüchte. I'd expect some harvesting of strawberries, apples and avocados instead.
No.22553
>>22549> wild boarMore like snails and bigger bugs, like cockchafers and their larvae. Of course, it is still common to eat snails in France and South Western Germany.
No.22554
>Germans in charge of talking about anything that isn't intellectual farthuffing
Always funny, but what exactly is it about /int/ that attracts you people?
No.22555 KONTRA
>>22553Champignons filled with snails. We could call this a fruits-of-the-forrest-plate.
The picture would be perfect if they had a few stag beetles and a few fried large, maybe. Unfortunately not even the French would eat that. I imagine the taste to be rather disgusting to anyone but a literal pig. Probably rather bitter and earthy.
No.22558 KONTRA
>>22557lol. I get why Americans rack up so much credit card debt. In the USA, paying your debt is optional.
In Germany, they would just come to your home and take your valuables to auction them off, or collect the money directly from your account, we call this "kontopfändung".
No.22559
>>22558To seize assets or garnish your wages, creditors must first go to court and win. Winning is easy, but still costs them money. If a lawyer is more expensive than the debt- nothing happens. If they think you don't have the money to pay
even if they win in court- nothing happens. There will be a negative mark on your credit report, but this has very little impact on daily life. Especially as the original debt ages. Fun fact:: After three years, creditors can't even go to court to force repayment. That time period varies by State, but beyond it collection agencies have zero legal recourse beyond sending letters.
My debt was from a medical bill which I couldn't afford at the time. I can easily pay it now, but have no reason to do so.
Creditors: You accepted our terms and agreed to repay this debt.
Me: Uh-huh. Yeah. I know. The thing is, I'm just not going to is all.
No.22560
>>22559There must be a catch here.
This sounds way too pro-regular-people for the US of A.
No.22561
>>22553Snails are tasty, they taste like mushrooms.
>>22560People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
No.22562
>>22560US of A is secretly a crypto-communist state.
>>22561Mushrooms are tasty, too, they taste like snails.
No.22563
>>22559Sounds pretty lenient.
No.22564 KONTRA
I think the weekend was pretty okay. I went to the library. Read and worked on vocabulary. Read a few studies and a Song Dynasty criminal casebook.
I'm probably more on top of my studies than I have ever been.
Fixed my book list. I had a bunch of old photos of lists and notes so I expanded my excel and now instead of late 2017 it goes back to late 2016. Added like 40 books to it. Very satisfying honestly.
No.22565
I organized a birthday party somewhere in the last few weeks. First time I have one in my adult life, my friends are kinda different from one another. Everything went fine, I got a lot of gifts I didn’t ask for and among them 2 clown’s horns that made a hell of a noise.
Now I’m getting bigger older.
No.22567
>>22560Paying small consumer debt is basically optional, provided you don't care about your credit score. Most people do care, though.
>>22563It's all written in Da Rules.
>>22565Happy Bithday, ernst.
No.22573
It is 48° outside. Well above freezing in Euro Units. The Earth is healing.
>>22572Ban the Bomb. Burn the Bra.
No.22574
I say: Blondes not Bombs, Brunettes not fighter jets
No.22575
Management made some bad decisions, which affected me in such a fashion that I stopped caring.
If shit goes down, shit will go down, and not by any of my fault. Therefore, I won't try extra hard and work extra hours just to get shit done, because I am alone in the dark anyway.
Kill all CEOs, smash all stock markets.
No.22576 KONTRA
I watched some Chinese TV and then went to university. I went by a fat woman on the escalator and she threatened to beat the shit out of me because my bag tore his lidl paperbag a bit. I didn't really give a shit so I just got on the metro. She didn't bother to come after me to keep shouting at me or anything.
At the library I handed back a book and borrowed a volume of the dynastic histories. Apparently we have all of them. I got to shuffle around in the storage room to find the volume I need which is always cool, even if I kinda hate having to climb a ladder.
Class went fine. Got home and then I just wasted the rest of the day. Well, I wrote some research notes anyhow.
The weather was very fine. Didn't even need a hat.
No.22577 KONTRA
>>22566Strange comics. I really like the first one
>>22567>Happy Bithday, ernst.Thank you!
No.22581 KONTRA
>>22578She's probably miserable plus I actually probably did tear into her shitty lidl paperbag a bit. (I just honestly don't care.)
No.22582
>>22575I was disappointed by management's decisions recently but then coped by thinking:
As long as they pay me well, I'm doing my part properly. That's just my professional honor. If they fuck up their part, it's not my fault and my responsibility, I did everything depending on me.
>>22574> I say: Blondes not Bombs, Brunettes not fighter jetsVery problematic far-right slogan, which objectifies women and downplays global fight for liberal democracy and LGBTQIAP+ rights.
Reported to authorities.
>>22565Where were you celebrating? At your home or restaurant or bunker or something else? What were you doing? Maybe this year I'll organize a party too.
No.22583
>>22582So much optimism in that post. Ridiculous.
>As long as they pay me well, I'm doing my part properly.Lol. They have no idea what I do and heal praise on me when I produce bullshit, and the other way round. They have no way of telling the difference between a jack job and something decent. Whether they keep paying me or stop paying me has 0 connection with what I actually achieve.
> That's just my professional honor.They ask me to do things that are so monumentally retarded that I don't have any of that left.
>If they fuck up their part, it's not my fault and my responsibility, At least that much is true.
No.22584
>>22583Please identify yourself properly before making such a post. You're not
>>22575.
That said, I am not paid well, or at least not enough for being able to cope in such a way. There are other factors that, for now, bind me to this place, but when I see the iceberg approaching, I'm gone.
No.22587
>>22582I celebrated at home, around 16-17 people came along. I really poorly organized everything so there were no activities per se. We ate pizza and a cake, drank a lot. My home was divided between two rooms one for people who drank and the other for people who didn’t drink so much.
No.22589
>>22587>I really poorly organized everything so there were no activities per se.Well, I can tell you first hand that not everyone enjoys organized activities at parties. Most of the times I find those annoying and disruptive to my conversation, and im my opinion it's something that is enjoyed only by extroverts. As long as those activities are optional: All good, but people tend to try and force everyone into participating. There have been occasions where I seriously wanted to punch people, so that they finally stop pestering me with their oh so funny group activity. The irony that they label me boring or socially awkward (which is true) while showing zero social awareness themselves when trying to force me into something I obviously don't want to do, is usually completely lost on them.
Imagine Ernst running around at parties, slightly drunk, hitting on chicks who repeatedly tell me "no, gtfo", then I continue to pester them until they chew me out in public, and afterwards I act like I was insulted for no reason
>Uh what's wrong with her, I thing she's frigid lol, what a cunt No.22590 KONTRA
>>22589I get it. Though I wouldn’t make the sexual harassment comparison, I feel that sexual pressure is something more tyrannical.
During the party the opposite happened. Someone whom I know is introverted and socially awkward insisted upon doing a party game to learn to know everyone. To which I refuse because everyone was talking together and learning to know each other already.
No.22602 KONTRA
Had an amazing run today. I think I broke through the ceiling again and I can continue pumping my numbers even higher.
Wasted a lot of time listening to music again.
Didn't really do much honestly. But I'm still feeling tired.
But I guess that just means it's finally time to get my sleep cycle in order.
No.22605
the air of respectability around buddhism is quite annoying
it is construed as one of the few or only "true religions", because it's seen as making philosophical, rather than empirical claims
well first of all that's not true, but also, to me the "trueness" of a belief is determined on what kind of behavior it results in
and so far buddhism has no better of a track record than any other religion when it comes to justifying horrific violence, enabling reactionary thought, validating the power of the ruling classes, pacifying the downtrodden, or soothing the guilts and anxieties of the comfortable
UNLIKE THE IMMORTAL SCIENCE OF MARXISM-LENINISM
No.22606
>>22605The dominant religions are not appealing to modern audiences, even Buddhism is just a form of resignation from modern day challenges. While the whole concept of religion will never be not hilarious, at least it should focus on the big topics of the future. We need a religion of genetic engineering, cybernetics, space expansion and galactic domination. This will appeal to the now notoriously atheist tech bros, and maybe Elon Musk will be their Mohammed, or Christ, or whatever. Imagine what a powerful message that would be: "Become an immortal supercyborg and conquer the galaxy". Beats the faggy spiritual peace, forgiveness and even 72 virgins by a mile.
No.22607
>>22606Oh yes, such religion already exists. I even know some followers. It's about building neurogod (AGI) and achieving Heaven (technosingularity) with his help.
Some tenets and precepts of this religion:
1) Biohacking. You should take a cocktail of SSRIs, amphetamines and other meds in order to improve your productivity of building God.
2) Having family, doing sports, enjoying art are for ineffective losers. They won't be taken to singularity. It's meaningless anyway, since after singularity people will live forever.
3) Render to Caesar what is Caesar's. Professional unions and other political organizations are distractions too. Just do whatever scrum manager and diversity manager ask you to do.
If you think of it, it's an ideal religion for a tech busyness owner.
No.22608 KONTRA
>>22518Another modern religion, though it's closer to Aum Shinrikyo than to Buddhism.
No.22609
>>22607I AM A TECHNOSINGULARIAN, ALL HAIL THE NEUROGOD!
Fancy, I like it.
No.22610 KONTRA
I heard from my brother that some big tech companies are trying to build an ultra-powerful artificial intelligence in the desert with the help of Trump’s administration. They’re trying to build a mechanical god in the desert, die Glocke sounds like pisshit compared to that!
That said, the whole idea of modern religion adapted to contemporary times and made up to solve a crisis in capitalism, sounds like absolute fascism to me. I won’t take any of that no thank u
No.22611
>>22610>I won’t take any of that no thank uBURN HIM AT THE STAKE... uh, no, I meant: BURN HIS GENOME BACKUP FILES!
No.22613
>>22610Sounds like a Manhattan Project 2.0. But will it work? And will there be new Rosenberg to leak the technology to Chinese and Europeans?
probably, a Rust developer in programming socks No.22616
Googled the vaguely remembered saying about "the most important thing is to give things proper names" or something. Found a funny propaganda piece in Wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rectification_of_names> Backed by strong public demands, Taiwan during Democratic Progressive Party administrations puts effort into reviewing the names of state-owned enterprises and government entities to preserve their unique identity from Chinese influence.[24] For those who still practice the traditional Confucian approach to ethics and social morality, the rectification of names has an impact in the way society is structured. According to Xuezhi Guo, "Rectification of names also implies the promotion and development of an elaborately differentiated system of status based on social obligations".Cool.
No.22618 KONTRA
Each time I think I found the real stuff I end up being terribly wrong, not understanding anything and parading like a fool.
>>22612Lmao
No.22620
I only recently learned that "albeit" is pronounced "all-be-it" instead of "all-beet" and that "misshapen" is pronounced "mis-shapen" instead of "miss-happen".
The second one made me feel real dumb because it's way more logical that something is mis-shapen than a "misshappened shape" or whatever my brain made up.
This feels like when I was a kid and read and spoke "Halbedelstein" as "Halbedel-Stein".
No.22621 KONTRA
Woke up very early compared to the usual. Had breakfast, wasted some time online. Wrote some notes and thoughts. Had lunch and then went to the library. I read a bit there and went to class.
In class I learned more about the translation software and started figuring out I can manage it with keyboard only which is a good sign of things to come.
Also had to help classmates with it a bit.
Afterwards I fumbled some classical Chinese translations. Had some downtime after class so I went and bought a box of cheap tea because I can’t fucking stand drinking whatever it is we have at home, I need earl grey.
Had a fun German class. Lecturer recommended I write a book someday. Which is quite flattering. Honestly I doubt I have a book in me even if some people say everyone has a book in them. (I honestly wish they would keep it inside them sometimes.)
>>22616This shit will define the 21st century just you see
No.22624
Second day of combing through apps and permissions of my new phone, seemingly the job to remove/reduce bloat is about to finished.
Next up is installing the usual suspects of games, from Unciv to emulators. Otherwise gayming on mobile is still rather shite, wish Steam would just let me access my library and play Linux compatible games from there or whatever, can't be that hard now can it? t. has no clue about porting difficulties
No.22625 KONTRA
>>22620>Albeit I always thought hat was pronounced "I'll bite"
Shaken to the core 2bh
>>22624>can't be that hard now can it?Don't exactly know about Android, even with it's ties to Linux, but iOS has been getting some token "proper gaming" love because of how desktop Mac and the phones and tablets now share the same architecture.
I guess in Android and Linux's case it's mostly down to the fact that Linux still runs mostly on x86 processors on the desktop, while phones use ARM, so it's not just the software but the hardware too.
(But I honestly don't want to oversell it because the last "big thing" I heard coming out was the Resident Evil 4 Remake and the performance was abysmal on normal phones, okay on top of the line, but even then, it was cooking the CPU without you buying a cooler to clip to your phone, which is a thing.)
I've been thinking about actually just buying a clippable controller to emulate old handheld stuff like the PSP but it seems a bit frivolous and I don't think I'd actually use it that much honestly. I have an older one but it doesn't fit my current phone.
It seems like that most "mobile gamers" just got used to using the touch controls. You have "controllers" that clip to the phone without addingbuttons. They give you the shape of a controller while allowing you to place your finger on your touch controls like on a normal controller. It sounds insane but it's real. It's happening.
No.22626
>>22624My old phone is six years old and I am looking for a new one. I found that is not TOO expensive, but I already dread having to set up everything again.
No.22627
>>22624The only thing you need is ScummVM to emulate pretty much every good Point and Click game (which are perfect for phones) and a Sudoku app.
t. Mobile gaming pro
No.22630
>>22625Yeah, seen that there are a lot of Steam releases on Android now as well, together with the usual suspects of Pantyhose Impact or Fortnite.
Still, maybe it's just my age but I rather play Ace Combat 3 then whatever crap is available on the Playstore or boot up the original FFVII then pay 10 bucks for an Android port.
Controllers aren't that bad though, for games that require precise input like the aforementioned Ace Combat I have one of those folding controllers that you can open in the middle and squeeze your phone inside to give it a nice handheld feel.
Slower RPGs are fine however with the on screen controls, but zoomies playing Fortnite or Rocket League with them are beyond my comprehension.
Another issue I have with gayming on mobile, it's all so multiplayer focused.
>>22626Solely bought a new phone due to my online banking app terrorizing me with the threat of shutting down permanently on Android 11 on my old, unsupported phone from May onward.
It was now reaching 6 years as well and still mostly in top condition, hardly any lost battery life due to thorough debloat without having a thousand apps constantly running in the background.
Shoutouts to Android Safety Systemcore recently, fuck that crap.
>>22627Found Lemuroid today, which promises to deliver me from my former 5 emulators as a single jack of all trades solution.
ScummVM is more focused on adventure games, right? I rather enjoy watching overly elaborate Grimm Beard reviews about those then playing them myself :3
No.22631
>mobile gaming
>not just having chess, hnefatafl and minesweeper
Plebs, all of you
No.22632
>>22631Joke's on you, I played norse chess irl before.
Still had to search the name though.
Reminds me, I need to get Connect 4 to up my game against bar girls.
No.22636
When you hear Pachelbel's Canon in D, does it make you happy or irritated?
No.22638 KONTRA
Classes went well enough. Skipped lunch. Felt a bit down in the evening. Nothing much happened. It was raining all day.
>>22631Handheld gaming was made for Americans who have 2 hour long car rides every day as a kid.
I have commutes that don't last long enough to play a game.
It makes no sense to me with my current lifestyle.
No.22639
>>22638Games can be saved, friend.