I did another test with the previous image as well, mainly changing the atmosphere but also trying something different with my brush emulation filters.

One of the things that's always bothered me a bit is that when I run a filter over an image, there's some parts that I like, and others that I don't. In this image I tried cutting it up into bits and running different filters for each segment, and then putting them all back together again.

It's an early test, but I think if I refine it, it'll allow for much more flexability.

Managed to busy myself today instead of being a miserable pile, so that's cool at least.

Well, here's my thoughts.

Take a business like a grocery store for instance. Add unlimited time to its existence but the owners change because retirement. What is the probability that as time goes on, a corrupt or incopotant owner will eventually take the wheel and drive the business into the ground? The greater the length time, the higher the probability, until it hits one hundred percent.

So this law applies to our hypothetical island. As time goes on, what's the probability that somebody would pick permanent existence at the cost of misery for the others on the island? Same answer as the first. It rises.

However, I have another thought. What's the probability that an individual would pick permanent existence, and go out into the world and do nothing with their infinite time? The probability is high.

Knowing all this, I'd be the first person to pick permanent existence, for several reasons even though hypothetically I'd recoil at the idea of knowing that I condemned 90 or so people to a time of pain until I was ready to hit the off switch.

I could do a lot with infinite time. And I'd do my damndest to put that time to use because other people are paying for it. I'd work my way into all the shitty ass systems we've built as human beings and correct them. Change everything about our systems slowly for the sake of more or less making a better future for human beings outside the island.

When I was sure that I'd done everything I could to progress our world to something better, I'd choose to hit the off switch, having done my work, or find some way to help those back on the island, either by making them die with me or simply freeing them from the torment situation.

The way I see it, even if it's morally rephensible, it isn't about morals, it's a question of raw math. One way or another there will be somebody(more than one) willing to condemn those on the island to suffering. Those people's fates are set in stone then. They will never not avoid the torture option. So the real question is, would I let one of those reprehensible people make the choice and not use their time wisely? Or would I cut them off before they could ever make it, because I at least know I'd devote my existence to something helpful beyond the island?

Managed to scrape myself together and finish some work as a late birthday present for a friendo.

finally picked up nier automata, excited to try it soon

Yo, I dunno if it's your cup of tea, and it's probably jarring to get into, but if you haven't played Witcher III, you should Verb. Been making my way through it slowly and it just keeps blowing me away for a lot reasons. If you like pondering morals, the game has heaping truckloads of them, plus a shit-ton of great characters and other stuff.

First Souls. One of my favorite moments was finally surviving the trip down the tree vines that led into ash lake, and the second was seeing the kiln of the first flame for the first time. There was a big sense of wonder there for me.

Souls II. The black sheep of the series for sure, but I like that they tried some new things anyway. Power stancing was awesome and added a lot of variety to builds, and the youtube content that came out highlighting ridiculous builds was golden.

Souls III. PvP was mainly where it was at for me. I loved the arena in the DLC and used to be pretty solid at it. I had a build I saw almost nobody use, and it was great because it always seemed to surprise meta players by holding its own against some of the more ridiculous wombo combos that came with the DLC weapons.

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tbh I think cunt is the term for female.genitals that I find the least gross sounding.

probably my fault

My SO's favorite insult was calling something a cunt. Between her vocab and  what I remember of yous, I think I probably associate it with an insult or funny term than anything sexual or clinical.

Since when did you get an SO

Ah. Long time ago. Met her when I was fourteen. She's been dead for nine years now.

Quote from: E on September 09, 2021, 11:33:36 PM

Hey, this just begs the question.

What's objectively worse?

Cum or Jizz?

I haven't heard it used in a long time, but I feel like jizz takes the crown, if only because it sounds like the slang stoners would use.

"jizz" isn't great, but it has a couple things going for it

it features two of my favorite sounds when used for "silly" words in the language (a voiced palatal approximant "J" and voiced alveolar fricative "Z"), and brings to mind words like "jolt" and "sizzle," which are words that definitely match the feelings associated with having an orgasm

unlike most sexual slang terms, there's a certain biting humor to the word that brings light to the clumsy, unflattering, and animalistic nature of the male orgasm (for a perfect example of this, throw yourself back to "Jizz in My Pants" by The Lonely Island)—and that, i can somewhat get behind, but it's still not a word that i would ever find myself using

Quote from: Mmmmm Napalm on September 10, 2021, 05:13:58 AM

I hate the word pussy. Say vagina.

"vagina" is a horrible word—women to me are in the unfortunate position of having no words for their sexual organs that don't sound either excessively dirty or excessively clinical

"penis" is also fairly clinical, and i don't necessarily love how "dick" sounds, but at least it's a monosyllabic word—"vagina" possesses three of the grossest-sounding syllables in the language, and the fact that it ruins my favorite letter/sound in the process ("V") just sends me over the line

in polite conversation, i generally default to "privates," which has the added benefit of being gender neutral

and would you look at that? it has both a "P" and a "V" together, i literally just noticed that. that's quite nice

Go figure. I always thought vagina had an awful ring to it but couldn't place why. Too clinical's on the money.

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probably my least favorite english word

What's your favorite

when i first learned what it was, i loved it so much that i made it my username

Quote from: Coomer on September 09, 2021, 12:01:27 AM

Also describe in a bulleted list why the word "cum" is your least favorite word in the English lexicon

i actually don't know if it's my least favorite word, but it's way down there

• I'm usually opposed to disliking words for their meanings, because it's not the word's fault that we've defined it that way, but I take exception to this word because I really hate thinking about semen, and that's what the word makes me think of
• General dislike of any sexual slang words (I don't have as much of a problem with "semen" because it sounds more clinical, but it's still not great—it's a rare instance of a concept that I would prefer to talk about euphemistically, if at all)
• Homophones with "come," which opens the door for a lot of obnoxious and sophomoric puns
• Homonyms with the the Latin word "cum," making it impossible to think of common terms like "cum laude," or even everyday words like "cumbersome," "cumulative," or "cucumber," without also thinking of semen (I also feel bad for anyone whose last name is "Cummings")
• Phonetically, it sounds excessively blunt and vulgar, almost as gross and unpleasant as the substance it is defined as
• General bias against any 3-letter words, especially when two of them are my least favorite letters
• "C" is the most vestigial letter in the English alphabet, needed only for the "ch-" sound (which it needs the "H" for); every other C-related noise could be replaced with "K" or "S"
• "U" is the ugliest vowel; synesthetically, I've always associated it with a pale pink hue, like a pig, and I conceptually associate it with things like stupidity and filth (disclaimer: pigs are actually rather intelligent and clean animals, but due to childhood associations, I still unfairly tend to file pigs under "filthy" and "stupid")
• "M" is a letter I don't necessarily have beef with, but it's not doing the word any favors here, because it's a soft bilabial following a harsh voiceless velar plosive, almost like the word is proud and welcoming of its own vulgarity
• Posseses no redeeming qualities; for all the things I dislike about it, I'm unable to think of anything that I do like about it, which, in itself, is another thing to dislike about it

the biggest reasons would have to be its tendency to destroy words that are phonetically adjacent to it—if someone calls to me, and i say "i'm coming," i always wince internally and brace myself for some kind of stupid cum joke, which never happens, but when it does, i can't wait to cringe at them to let them know just how unfunny and disgusting they are

I would have to agree
Come is such a common word in English and I can't hear it anymore without thinking of cum

Probably have the internet to thank for that, I think. Maybe it's just me, but cum's one of those things that's filled vocabularies over the last decade or so.

Then you've got the wonderful offshoots like cummies , and everybody's favorite, I'm coming daddy! 

Moderna vax is getting recalled I heard due to having caused heart problems in young people. Pfizer vax is apparently getting fully approved by the FDA soon so I guess it has the least serious side effects.

Since there's a bit of a divide in my family over the vaccine shit I got roped into some research, since I don't trust what any of the corps are handing out, but wouldn't go so far as to say I'm clumped into the anti-vaxx crowds. Read through pfizers sixty page report on their control groups for testing.

A very key thing to note, and strangely enough, the placebo control group rolled more side effects than the actual vaccine itself. More complication, more deaths overall. Out of a roughly twenty eight thousand people control group, split in half, one for the vacc and one for placebo, there was six deaths. Two from the vacc in people who were over fifty, four in the placebo group.

It generally seems like the older you are, the more at risk you are of rolling adverse side effects. But the margin is almost identical to the statistical chances of being put down by covid. A range of around one percent, higher based off age over fifty five, if you're fat, diabetic, or have cardiovascular problems.

The study team noted three things at the end of the paper. They've zero evidence on safety for those who are pregnant, but cited two or three incidents where pregnant folk had "spontaneous abortions." They've inconclusive evidence as to the effectiveness on the other strains, and no thesis as to how long their vaccine provides protection from the original strain of covid. And four, like anything, they have zero conclusions as to possible long term effects.

Out of all the vaccs I read through, although pfizer was the primary interest since it's what they offer in canada, pfizer seems to have the most streamlined.

Before you go down that rabbit hole you should know that most VPN providers are more or less lying to you about their privacy masking abilities. It's not technically a lie, but it's deception in the fine print. VPNs are required to show some data and locations to ISPs. The shorthand is you're never really hidden no matter who you pick. If you wanted to be optimal about things, ideally you'd go with both a proxy and a vpn of your choosing in tandem with one another. But even that wouldn't mask you in full.

What's so outlandish about the shit your friend's sending that your isp need not know about it?

One of the places I worked from in the past used Nord. Seemed decent enough, not that there's some magic meter that tells you how much of your data is being viewed, so who can say really.

I can add ya if you want. I won't be on all the time though, depends on if I'm staying at the place with my box.

You wanting anything specific in a co-op buddy? Laid back goof around or just murder everything like a snowplow mounted with a wood chipper?

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hmm ingloriouswho98 for some reason when i see your user name i associate you with pedophilia no offense. maybe lolis or something like that idk i dont remember. i definitely associate das boot with lolis. my memory of circa 2014 is not so great tho however. how are you doing my friend? 1998 is a cool year that is also my birth year. i infer that is also your birth year judging by your gamer tag. good job

Heart a little heavier
Eyes a little hollower
Principles a little more degraded

Graduated college and got a job
I'm still living at home until at least September however
I'm hoping to move out and go somewhere where no one knows me so I can just relax for a while and then we'll see where we can go from there

sick dude im boutta be a 6th year super duper senior this fall. get the fuck outta your home town. shit blows. when i graduate ive no clue where im gonna go. i like michigan but its all automotive jobs and i want no part in that. automotive jobs suck ass no way in hell you'll catch me waking up at 5 am to go work for the holier than thou automotive beauracracy. fuggum.

 what degree did you get

I got an engineering degree and waking up at 5 does suck
Source: Im doing it right now
Waking up at 5 to go work in a greenhouse in 97 degree heat
Not what I expected but it's temporary

How about you
What are you studying

computer engineering

seriously starting to consider streaming or something like that instead of what people might call a "real job" because i fucking hate working the vast majority of jobs out there. i am at my most depressed/stressed when i have a job. i dont give a shit about money really, but if i dont have money then my life has no value in the eyes of society, and i will subsequently die or at the very least suffer. so unfortunately i must work a job i will likely hate. doesnt matter what it is; i hate being subject to someone else's rules and schedules. i only enjoy life when i am doing things that i want to do and when i decide to do them.

i admire streamers because they have a lot more freedom in that regard. theyve made a career out of doing what they like to do. they set their own schedules, they have no boss, and they have no employees. if they get bored with one thing, they can stream something else.

the most productive i've ever been - believe or not - was when i was on government COVID benefits last summer. i had complete freedom to do whatever i wanted, whenever i wanted. i didnt have class and i wasnt working. i was fucking free. i juggled several different hobbies, many of which given time could have turned into real careers. i started learning how to make jewelry, mainly rings. i got super into photography which i spent a ton of time studying and practicing, and still do try to practice as much as i can. i also got into off-roading since there's a ton of wilderness where im at and a lotta cool shit to explore - landscapes, waterfalls, ruins from the copper mine days,  beaches, trails; i'd go driving every fucking day exploring and photographing the keewenaw (name of the region i live in). i also became obsessed with rock-hunting, and would often spend several hours scouring old mine piles for copper. super addicting hobby - its quite a rush when you find a big ol chunk of copper ore.

i was doing something every day. i kept busy with my passions, and for the first time since probably ever, i was actually happy with my life. i wasnt working or taking classes, and yet i was the most productive id ever been.

i dread the prospect of working a "real job" after college. i am always at my most depressed when i have a job. i always thought i was just lazy, but ive sinced realized that simply isnt true. i love to keep busy doing things i like to do. unfortunately, the things i like to do arent the easiest to make a living doing. plus, i like doing what i want when i want, which is the opposite of how "real jobs" work. even if i got a "real job" doing something i love, if its not on my own terms then i will likely begin to hate it. simply put, i dislike doing anything i am told i have to do by someone else. i hate being subject to someone else's schedule, nor do i want to hold subordinates accountable to a schedule of my own creation. boss or employee, either way im shackled and held back from freely living my life however i want.

in this world: money > human life, or any life for that matter

my value is judged by the size of my pockets, rather than the simple fact that i'm a human being.

but yeah uhhh im studying computer engineering lol

Ayy that sounds like my sorry ass at 12 when I was sitting in school asking myself why the fuck I wanted a job if I didn't care about money and feeling like I was trapped in a long hallway with no escape.

If you're considering streaming, I've got some un-asked for advice if you'd like. I met a couple of burnout streamers over the past few years and had some talks with them about it. There's a lot of pitfalls to avoid.

Forgot it was canada day some time ago. Vaugely remembered that it was the 4th up here since it's like half celibrated too. I think I worked.