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No. 15930[Reply]

How do you feel about Omocat's designs and artwork? I like a lot of the stuff available in their store and have the glow in the dark sweater personally, other people think it's too weeb.
Reminder that they started a Kickstarter for a game they were making with free software. It raised $203,000 from 5,910 backers. Said game was meant to be released in May, but there's been no word on it. Not even an update. No backer rewards, either.
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No. 201003

>>190877
if you've been working with them, can't you prove it by posting a picture of something only someone in your position would have access to?

No. 201018

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>>193579
one of my favorite sweaters is from omocat. i dont know what happened, her stuff is just plain ugly now. like i dont understand how people could pay that much for some of her clothing items

No. 201200

Meeting Omo was so funny. She seemed super calm to the point it was like she had a flat affect, but as soon as she left all her friends started talking about how pushy she is.

No. 201254

>>201003
do you understand what lawsuits and NDA are

No. 202859

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Her new FALL LINE preview with guest artists is out, there's an artist that's one of my favourites so I'm gonna buy it.

Ironically, my first omocat purchase was from her halloween line last year, but I'm more interested in the guest artists than her actual work..


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No. 201847[Reply]

Anyone remember Marykate and Ashley Olsen? They use to be popular child actors that transitioned into very successful teen actors. They were doing fine in their 20s as well. I haven't heard from them in a very long time, now at 31 they look like weird crack whores, wtf happened?
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No. 202134

>>202039
>>202047
When I googled that shit, I stumbled upon a reddit thread full of people praising him for his "oh so genius and funny" nasty humor. Even when someone posted that story, everyone else was like "LMAO he's so crazy xD"

What the fuck is wrong with this world

No. 202677

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Just saw Vogue posted this picture, so I assume it's pretty recent. Ashley actually looks almost back to normal, just older than before. Mary-Kate still looks pretty bad, which I guess makes sense. From what I understand she was the one with the severe eating disorder.

No. 202681

>>201855
afaik one of them had multiple facial surgeries that really fucked up her appearance, i think cheek implants were one of them

No. 202682

>>202681
Really? I would guess Mary-Kate, I guess that's why she looks so sunken (that, and anorexia).

No. 202691

>>202677
Damn, one look a good ten year older than the other. It's crazy the amount of damages an ED and drugs can do to you.


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No. 172298[Reply]

What are some red flags you look out for when dating someone?
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No. 202674

>>202624
Sup conspiracychan, have you run out of tinfoil hats? Funny how no one can share experiences without being called a white or asian supremacist.

No. 202678

>>202624
Pretty sure it's not just /r/asianmasculinity that dislikes Asian fetishists. Are you the person who made their thread here? You seem to have a weird hateboner

No. 202781

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Like what other anons said, guys who think this kind of body is possible to obtain naturally. Hate to burst your bubble everyone, it's not other than through the means of plastic surgery.

No. 202803

>>202781
thats not even the same person

No. 202805

>>202781
"but but anonnnn girls can have perfect tits naturally why are you so in denial"


I swear it's like these guys never seen a skinny girl with naturally big boobs before, and they sure as hell aren't perky round barbie tits that are perfectly even and have small nipples


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No. 198220[Reply]

The good, the bad, tips, questions, advices.
I'll start: how do you move abroad on your own? A friend of mine is interested in this too, but she can't join me until next year and maybe even more, so I'll have to start alone. But it sounds kinda scary to move in another country completely on your own… Has anyone here found themselves in this situation?
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No. 202687

>>202668
I've thought that and he's looked into jobs/housing over here.

I think he's concerned about the political situation here as well as the cost of living, plus he doesn't have a college degree. He did A-levels and an apprenticeship, has certs, I'm biased, but he's a qualified guy for his field. I just don't know how that'll translate to the US job market with how bad it is.

He doesn't make a ton of $$$ but does live at home and as such has plenty of disposable income; however, he makes a lot of it selling stuff on eBay. He's got so much stuff that moving it to the US will be really difficult. At the same time we've both talked about not having to settle permanently in one country right now and can move later so…

No. 202713

>>202687
Well, he can always visit you for a few weeks, don't see why he'd have to move right away, it's not really a death sentence though is it

No. 202728

I've lived in Belgium, Netherlands, Poland as a foreigner.

Pros:
- Life is more interesting when you're moving around. One good way to get to 50 years old and wonder where all the time has gone is to slip into a routine in your hometown and do fuck all for your entire life.
- Everyone will be interested in you simply due to your nationality. You'll usually be considered more attractive too.
- Everything is different, and if you're interested in new languages, foods, etc… You'll have a fun time discovering new stuff.

Cons:
- The major one is don't move far from home to try to escape yourself. I've known many people who have done something along those lines, and it never works.
- Even if everything is different, everything is still all the same. People are just people wherever you go and you'll still experience all the petty drama and bullshit you get back home. Maybe this one sounds obvious, but there are people with strange ideas of foreign countries and the people who live in them.
- Work is hard to find if you don't know the local language. Harder than you think, even for shitty factory jobs you still need the local language. And unless you have a specific interest in it, learning a language is a huge boring grind.

No. 202730

>>200595
Don't depend too much on other people. You don't magically pick up a language just because you live there. You do learn some new things easily such as the food labels at the supermarket, but on the whole, you're gonna be on your own.

General rule is to study every day for as long as you can. And when you're sick of it, keep studying anyway. One hour per day should be absolute minimum. Don't rely on a class to teach you. If you do go to a class, that should be used as a time to clarify what you've already learnt. Just keep doing it and doing it, and when you get to the point where you can start reading random sentences and understanding simple conversations, you're past the worst point.

No. 202773

>>202581
I was depressed before I moved abroad (was treating it) and I'm still depressed haha. But I feel a little less depressed because I'm working at a job that I enjoy and that has a supportive environmental and I've had some awesome experiences this last year. I also miss my friends and family, but I came with my SO and have made friends here so I don't feel lonely.


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No. 189885[Reply]

Inspired by thread >>>/ot/189595

What's your basic bitch fashion, farmer?

Itens you can't live without?
Ask for help to shape up your style, etc.
Do you follow any weeby fashion trends, or you like Western style clothing better?

We've had many recet threads asking for help to get a better personal style, but I think images would help a lot.

This is mine. I'm simple and always go for darker tones. Quite boring and I don't like to stand out, but I'm happy with it.
(Yes, I'm crazy for hand sanitizer. Yes, I know I shouldn't overuse it, but it's hard)
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No. 202612

>>202610
i just don't get when people where shirts of bands that they literally don't listen to at all. i don't want to crucify them for it like some gatekeeping people but i just completely don't get it. they don't listen to anyone that also has cool album art? do they even like music at all?

No. 202615

>>202612
I agree, I think it's annoying but I try and think of it as advertising for the band, haha. I guess it's just a shirt design to some people and they don't care if they look stupid for wearing something they know nothing about.

>Sees shirt "Oh cool, you like Joy Division?"
>What's that???"

No. 202626

>>202612
They do that because some popular chain stores (F21 for example) sell band tees and they like the design or whatever. Their thought process is essentially
>hmm, I need a new black shirt
>Iron Maiden? What's that? Looks cute I guess so that'll have to do, I can't bother looking for something else

No. 202627

>>202626
bother to look*

No. 202628

>>202626
lol me and my bf walked into our favorite vietnamese restaraunt to see the waitress with a black sabbath shirt. "omg do you like black sabbath?" "HUH?" point to her shirt she looks down shocked at her own shirt "oh hehe….noo…."
at least that one's a little different because shes esl so it's more like americans buying stuff with japanese text bc it looks cute.
>>202626
b-but…clothes cost money and there are online stores with search bars. fuck. why do i keep trying to justify people's dumb behavior in my head when they prove time and time again that they really are just that derpy


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No. 196413[Reply]

People are so alienated.

How do we make sure we don't build a society that celebrates violence anons?

I've just been on 4chan and just seen the most fucking disgusting images of snuff webms and gore. It never used to bother me and in fact I think when I was 18 I used to go there because it was stuff like that that made it 'edgy'. Now I just feel like seeing someone's face ripped off in a car crash changes you forever, it's so horrible.

The posters' attitudes actually manage to be more disturbing than the vile images themselves, there are always women hate threads, with posters reveling at literal decapitated pics of women and saying they deserve it. I think the images are more disturbing now because they are usually framed within a resentment towards minorities. I don't get where Anonymous went and the counter-culture became about turning into an actual fascist racist.

Ironically I'm writing a paper at the moment arguing for a freer and more democratised internet, but you question how we can ever progress as a society when the internet has created such psychopathic and desensitised cunts that fetishize its collapse.
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No. 202163

>>202146
>>202148
I say new in in around 2010 and growing rapidly, bestgore came out in 2008 and didn't get popular til 2010, but popular as in 1mil, not as popular as it is today

No. 202248

>>202010
It's "the shambles" in york (uk)

No. 202251

>>201905
Yeah this. Reminds me of that robot who shot up his school last year and made a post on r9k about it the night before.

No. 202605

>>202135
I found this kind of appalling.

IQ is a basic estimate of the ability to remember details and recognize patterns. The ability to identify and respond to problems is extremely important in society, and IQ relates pretty strongly with income, a rough proxy for one's ability to make oneself uniquely useful. IQ probably isn't perfect, but it's easily the best estimate of intelligence we have available, and it's pretty ignorant to dismiss it because it was developed in the last century.

Survival of the fittest really doesn't have much of anything to do with virility, fertility, or physical strength anymore- God made men, Sam Colt made them equal. Just about every man with functioning testicles can get a woman pregnant. Health is a more legitimate concern, but medical science does a great deal to obviate that as well. Obviously there are positive traits other than intelligence, but intelligence is still really important.

>>196413
The Internet and digital entertainment make it easier for people to isolate themselves and grow callous. It definitely seems to hit men harder than women, too.

I think there should be public health measures that baby people into maintaining friendships, at least if they're young. Developing relationships and healthy interactions with the opposite sex should also be encouraged so you don't wind up with as many red pill types.

No. 202620

>>196565
>which has genetic benefits

Bad science. There's no evidence of this so don't cling to it if you're in an interracial relationship.


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No. 34224[Reply]

Give/take requests regardless of mic quality.

Requests can be anything from lines out of a shitty fanfiction, to singing to whatever comes to mind.

Any takers?
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No. 199646

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>>34224
Just some guitar clips.
https://clyp.it/4i3dbxhd
https://clyp.it/azft44ez
https://clyp.it/z5odwymz

No. 200114

>>199646
You're very talented

No. 200506

>>199646
really cool. reminds me of melodic parts of metal songs especially black sabbath. ive been around so many people who think they can play guitar and theyre just awful at playing but this is really unique.

No. 200607

>>195270
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0FzcR0lL71h

hear that belt son? CLACK! i hope your 50s cartoon character soundin ass sees this

No. 202479

>>195270
>4 minutes of promising to say something
Good ban


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No. 201021[Reply]

what is your opinion of the trap, femboy, "boypussy" meme/ subculture?
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No. 201446

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>>201427
pretty much
it annoys the hell out of me when they find some rando girl, a lot of the time unnaturally pale, slim and covered in makeup like anzu, rose, katya, etc, and make a huge trap meme out of them, so much to the point where if anyone makes a comment about them some trap-chaser would "remind" you they're a trap and they will often get away with so much shit a normal woman can't get away with without being bashed (acne, razor bumps, wearing lots of makeup, crappy hair, anorexia, being flat,being basic etc etc) it's not that traps are physically more attractive than a woman, it's that they are so set on what they look like that they don't see them for what they are


another thing i want to bring up is that a lot of the people in the community are pedo as fuck, they will post pics of little girls, call them traps or talk about how they need to be made traps at a young age

No. 201464

>>201216
at this point I don't blame fakebois wanting to be traps, if you're a whore and want to get male attention it's an easy way to go without having people put you under a microscope and men wouldn't give a shit about flaws if it's on a uwu trap of course!

No. 201763

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reminds me of that episode of fairly odd parents when AJ and chester didn't have girlfriends so they just turned chester into a girl

No. 201994

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Ngl there are some who are pretty cute. I'm bi and have a big thing for small, thin, pretty men and I'm really into the few of these guys who can actually pull it off.

That said, I totally agree with >>201191. A lot of these guys are just straight up fetishists or misogynists. Recurring trend among ugly wannabe traps is that they're wierdass looking men who can't get a girlfriend while presenting as male, so they become a ~*kawaii anime trap*~ and settle for hooking up with other traps. It's basically a circle of men who convinced themselves they're better at being women than actual women, and are willing to go gay to prove it, lmao

No. 202461

I used to browse /r9k/ a few years back because I liked reading all the sad stories. After it went to shit around about 2014-2015, there were way more "trap" threads. A lot of these threads were pretty explicit about recruiting, saying it was much easier to be a woman, that if you took hormones you could be a cute girl and have female privilege, that guys didn't demand you have social skills and you would be able to find somebody to love you and support you financially. These threads blew up, and a lot of people started posting pictures of themselves and posting progress on HRT. Men who wanted to have sex with teenage trans girls encouraged teens to transition and attempted to get their contact information.

Trans activism has sort of worried me ever since. It doesn't bother me when people attempt to erase gender norms altogether, but telling people that gender identity is congenitally determined, immutable, and will cause intense dysphoria if you don't transition when you're young scares me. It seemed like some trans people were at least partially interested in feminization fetishism and social benefits, and it seemed like that sort of thing was plenty capable of spreading. Considering transgender suicide rates, it seems like transitioning "going viral" could set off a suicide epidemic. Also, I feel intense loathing for the people trying to convince isolated young men to transition for sexual gratification.

At this point, I'm unsure if it was a good idea to make trans identities a front in the culture war before scholarly consensus emerged on their nature and origin.


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No. 202212[Reply]

Anyone suffered through hair loss before? I lost alot of hair during my mid to late teens as a result of bad dye jobs, ED, thyroid disease and surgery. Not all of my hair has come back yet but I'm still hopeful. Does anyone have tips on hair regrowth??

No. 202231

>>202212
I start to lose hair around my temples every time im stressed, and ive noticed nutrition plays a huge part of now fast it regrows/if it grows back at all. Make sure that youre eating healthy and getting all your vitamins and it should grow back.

No. 202237

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i lost and am losing a ton of hair because of the medication i take. if its genetic or hormonal there's honestly not anything you can do (unless you buy into rogaine hype which i don't personally). if it's nutrition related, start taking a multivitamin. if it's damage related, stop doing the thing that's damaging. that's about it. sorry if i sound salty af, its just something that frustrates me because its been a problem for so long and has so few solutions.

right now i manage by keeping my hair in a short bob to hide the lack of density, but i'm thinking about investing in some extensions when i have the money.

No. 202340

Thyroid issues made me lose a lot of hair.
Because my hair is dark and my scalp pale you could really see the thinning hairline
I now use Toppik fibers to ''fill in'' that area
there are a lot of videos about it on youtube
it's not a regrowing solution but a temporary hiding it solution and it has no negative effect on actual regrowing hair (like some other products) it's just a bunch of sheep fibers.


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No. 202205[Reply]

Thread for everything singing related- particularly advice & tips on how to improve. What makes a good singer good? What to avoid when singing? How to self-train your voice?
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No. 202220

fuck if I can help. I've always just been flat. Horribly, horribly flat. Nothing ever sounds good when I sing.

No. 202229

>>202205
I haven't taken proper singing classes since I was 16 and in my high school's choir, but most of what I remember from then + videos I've watched since is:

>sit/stand up straight (roll your shoulders and move/massage your face to release tension first)
>breathe into your whole body (shoulders shouldn't rise, rather your stomach, sides, and even back should expand)
>open mouth wide enough for two fingers to fit vertically between your teeth
>soft palate (soft part of the roof of your mouth, toward the back) should lift when you sing (and your soft palate lifts when you yawn so you can do that to find it)
>the more you exercise your voice, the stronger it will become

I can't remember much else because I haven't sung seriously in years. The part about exercising your voice is pretty important though – I remember my freshman year of high school my voice was pretty strong by the end of the year. Then I didn't sing at all during the summer and tried to sing with the same intensity as before when I resumed school in the fall – my throat was SO sore after that because the muscles had weakened.

No. 202246

What actually makes a good singer is an interesting question. >>202229 is all reasonable advice, but you can follow it perfectly and still sound boring. I've heard plenty of singers with perfect technique who I just don't want to listen to. On the other hand, there are lots of very 'bad' singers who do sound like something you want to hear. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLq7Aqd_H7g for example, Leonard Cohen is an awful singer technically speaking, however if you listen to one of the many covers of his songs by technically good singers, the songs just sound boring and you go back to listening to his original version. Other examples include Bob Dylan, Arcade Fire, Jimi Hendrix etc etc…

So it's hard to say what makes a good singer good. The best I can come up with is to only train your voice in order to, for example, not damage it in any way with bad technique, and otherwise focus on sounding interesting rather than 'good'.

No. 202249

I'm not good at singing at all but my mom sings jazz and soul in a couple of bands and she's a really great singer.
What I mostly learned from her is that (younger) girls who want to sing either stay in their comfort zone too much when it comes to reaching notes, or they overdo it trying to impress people and trying to imitate the fancy singing styles of professional girls they hear in songs.
It's probably best to take lessons before making those mistakes or learning it the wrong way. You can damage your voice by singing a lot with the wrong technique.

No. 202252

>>202246
Very good point, I'm >>202229 and my voice is really boring. Which is fine because I usually sang in groups but it's not the only type of "good" singing. I love The Violent Femmes and Car Seat Headrest and their leads are technically awful singers, but it works for their music.


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