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Read the post-Hellweek thread for Hellweek statistics, Q&A and upcoming updates

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No. 1705577[Reply]

Welcome to this special thread dedicated to exploring the many reasons to keep living, especially for those of us who are struggling to find them. If you've found something that keeps you going, that gives your life meaning, we'd love to hear about it. This is a space not just to ponder why we exist, but to discover and share the unique motivations that make life worth living for each of us.
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No. 1910843

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Seeing new things that people create

No. 1926761

My cat was already abandoned twice in the past and she would be sad

No. 1926800

I want to rehab a boomer home. Collect rainwater, restore native ecology rather than keep the lawn going, reinsulate it, find way to cut the power use (all the boomers I know seem to not give a single fuck about how hard they are eating their HVAC systems). Basically turn it into a place a normal person could live without that much money rather than making it a perpetual keeping up with the neighbors money sink.

No. 1926821

>>1752648
imagine if there was a fire

No. 1927809

>>1926821
kek nona



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No. 704153[Reply]

ITT we post about what we learned today. Whether it's an interesting scientific fact, an important life lesson, or whatever.
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No. 1916323

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Today I learned that you can get a condom stuck in you without noticing until he pulls out.
Me and my husband recently switched to condoms after years of trying for a baby then having a baby (we want another just not yet) and only use condoms when I'm nearing ovulation. We use lube when we do because it goes in easier. I was apparently making some pained faces because he kept stopping to ask if I was alright. I figured what I felt was him hitting my cervix and swapped to me on top but it might have been the slight burning sensation of a condom being stuck in there or when I came ontop his dick shrunk while the condom squeezed off. My husband had to reach in to take the condom out and it gave me fucking 'nam flashbacks to the doctors having to check my cervic during labor contractions.

No. 1916328

>>1916323
wheeeeze

No. 1916363

>>1916323
Take this disgusting shit to the TMI thread

No. 1926674

today i learned that goatse stands for "guy opening asshole to show everyone"

No. 1927014

>>1916323
gross, some things you can keep to yourself. No one wants to hear about you and your nigel's crusty sex life post-baby



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No. 1926435[Reply]

A thread idea I've had for a while, this is a thread for all anons who are over the age of 30 and struggle with different things than those anons who are younger in this website. Friendships, family life, going back to college, work and career, etc. Feel free to connect through here and discuss.
This is not a containment thread, it's simply a way to directly relate to one another perhaps a bit more. Anons closer in age to 30 (27, 28, 29) are also welcomed to join!(duplicate thread)
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No. 1926454

>>1926435
a good thread idea, I mean I'll be 30 in 3 years and that's something that does kinda mess with me.

No. 1926458

There's a thread on g

No. 1926462

>>1926435
This thread already exists >>>/g/332611

No. 1926586

I wouldn't mind using this thread instead of the /g/ one

No. 1926613

>Anons closer in age to 30 (27, 28, 29) are also welcomed to join!
Ugh why



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No. 611508[Reply]

Post dumb or fun quizzes.

Here's one to decide which /snow/ cow you are:

https://uquiz.com/QxDv7Q
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The masochist percentage concerns me greatly.

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>>1461315
My 0% masochism slay

No. 1926078

>>1925773
kek ♥ you nona

No. 1926096

>>1926078
hehe ♥ you too nonnie hope you’re having a good friday

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No. 837722[Reply]

Thread for anons recovering or fighting with long terms internet/smartphone/social media/video game addiction and the manifesting problems it causes (ADD, low self-esteem, lack of ability to commit to long terms processes, inability to learn new hobbies and skills, inability to tolerate silence ect). Feel free to also use this thread a support network. Brain training, healthy brain foods, building up gray matter and executive functions back up, unlearning destructive habits ect also covered. Avoiding digital junk information landscape in general (adblockers ect) can also be discussed. Any type of technology or media addiction can be covered, including things like netflix or youtube binging that wouldn't be normally considered addictive.

Ideally this thread could be similar to the health and wellness threads, but for our brains and the type of information we consume.
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No. 1888185

>>1887838
nta but I'm doing the same thing! I have actually been writing down so many ideas this past year that I'm thinking of printing it into a booklet, or maybe getting a one-off bound book made for myself so I can pick it up and flip through. Like tailor-made inspiration that I can add to with new editions.
The ideas that I've found the most helpful and inspiring are the ones that make you look at life a bit differently + encourage more curiosity, creativity and playfulness. Like for example one of your suggestions was "be a tourist in your own town" which sounds really fun and simple. It's the kind of thing you'd never do unless you were free from distractions and bored enough to think up something outside of the box.
Doomscrolling can make the world feel so small and restrictive, like nothing is worth doing. Changing your perspective is a must.

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>>1888185
That's a great idea nonna! It will be so fun crafting this booklet and then flipping through it. And I agree with what you said about doomscrolling, especially when you're stuck in a rut and scrolling has become a habit almost. In such situations it's very hard to step away from the screen but in the end it's for our own good. I think your book would definitely help in such difficult moments!
Speaking of books, another idea I've had since forever is having my own physical recipe book. In one bookstore I saw picrel and have wanted to get one of these for months but my laziness and internet addiction always prevail… I should set a deadline for this as if is's an assignment kek.

No. 1899710

Fuck it, instead of trying to avoid the internet at that point I think it's better if I just use it better. I made my short list of series to watch and manga to read online so instead of just browsing lc and twitter I'll actually do more stuff I wanted to do when I didn't have enough free time for that.

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After much consideration I have decided to tale a short social media break where I’ll be trying to fill the gap not being online leaves with reading instead. I will likely fail but I will try my best to stick with it. My self esteem is at an all time low and I know being online contributes to it. I’m nott even talking about body image- I feel like everyone online is much cooler/unique than me and I always feel like a loser which is clearly unhealthy. Wish me luck nonnas

No. 1927173

>>1925573
Good luck Nonna!!!!



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No. 605663[Reply]

Are you anti social media, have minimal social media precense, or would like to be? Then this is the thread for you!

Are you anti social media? Why?
Do you hate social media?
Do you preffer anonymous websites and imageboards?
Do you protect your image and data online? How?
What are your go-to accounts and emails, do you have any hidden ones?
Does your job, career choice or field of study require social mefia and how do you manage that?

Discuss!
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No. 1912550

>>1912445
It ended pretty soon after it started tbh

No. 1923932

Now that the US has passed legislation to ban TikTok in the future, what are your thoughts?

No. 1924286

>>1912445
It almost felt like the old internet has returned for a moment.

No. 1925010

>>1923932
I hate the precedent it's set but I hope they ban Tiktok ASAP and demonetize any content heavily featuring children, like family vloggers. Kids are being exposed to torture, porn, and snuff videos on autoplay. They don't need to go looking for that shit, their parents put an ipad in front of their toddler's face with a Cocomelon playlist and someone will have edited the middle of the video to be graphic dog rape or whatever trannies are into these days. The constant shilling of plastic surgeons, whether it's for gendie uwu surgeries or regular plastic surgery, is fucking up kids' self-esteem and perception of beauty. Social media has destroyed kids' self-preservation instincts and respect for privacy, whether it's other people's or their own, so they can't tell the difference between filming Starbucks employees making drinks and filming themselves walking home after getting Starbucks. The pressure to share every facet of their existence online is destroying their mental health. Kids are being pressured into buying items that are completely inappropriate for their age, like retinol, because it's trending. Bullying is worse than ever now that kids can't even escape their bullies away from school.
Getting rid of Tiktok won't solve the problem, but it will absolutely slow down the rate at which this shit happens. Social media is a disease, but Tiktok is fucking smallpox. I can guarantee that whatever other shit site they all migrate to will be an improvement.

No. 1928485

>>1925010
Minors just need to be banned from the internet, period. The internet isn't the same thing it was 20 years ago. But lazy ass parents will fight to keep their "free" babysitter.



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No. 586506[Reply]

Describe your personal most disturbing interactions with strangers, online friends, anonymous users, chats, forums, cams, social media, imageboards or communities that you have experienced on the internet.

It can be anything from creepy but funny to outright terrifying.
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No. 1924772

>>1924766
It's not that there aren't any hypergenius or hyperretarded women, it's just that they are much rarer than hypergenius or hyperretarded men.

IIRC the studies not only showed that men have more variance, the mean IQ of women was slightly higher, 2 to 3 points.

No. 1924778

>>1924760
why are you parroting this old misogynistic wive’s tale? it’s not even true. moid detected?

No. 1924780

>>1924772
Wonder if the ratio of “hyper genius” to hyper retarded men is balanced, or if this vanishingly small population is worth the amounts of crime and violence perpetuated by the rest.

>>1924778
I salute your bravery anon.

No. 1924847

>>1924780
It's not, and even if it was why do you think violence correlates with intelligence. The hypergeniuses of early 20th century made the atom bomb, and majority was horrible to their wives.

No. 1925759

>>1924847
where are these “studies” you are referring to then. the bell curve? lmao. it literally is an old wives tale. the earliest computer programmers were women as it was considered a menial job at the time; there have been countless genius-level female painters, philosophers, mathematicians, etc. the canon is merely stacked against them and ignores them. plenty were also suckered into becoming wives and contributed to the work of their husbands significantly; women worked on the manhattan project as well. there’s plenty of talented, eccentric women geniuses out there, unruly female intelligences that are constrained by our society to this day, they just aren’t celebrated because they don’t sex themselves up (massive waste of time) and they’re not easily digestible in a little feminine package. our society only lets female midwits pass through the filter of male gatekeeping, and so most of what you’ll see in terms of female public intellectual life is stereotypically feminine fluoride-stare theythem tiktokers muttering a million self-deprecating comments per second and hiding behind a baby voice to remind everyone she doesn’t actually take herself seriously because she’s a woman and it’s not her place. no one cares about the female geniuses out there to this day because they aren’t glamorous and being a woman = glamour to most. people’s brains have turned to mush by a mass pavlov effect through social media and influencer-based advertisement to associate women with lifestyles and consumption habits, as if being a woman was like being subscribed to a montly makeup subscription box. no, the bell curve-flavour bullshit about men’s intelligences isn’t true. it’s funny, almost every “genius” man i’ve met was usually a narcissistic sex addict cultivating themselves and putting on airs as a seduction technique, which is what they accuse us of.

also, violence doesn’t “correlate” to intelligence. wild claim.



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No. 1152627[Reply]

Hello, this thread is to post either articles or journalists that we find snowflakey and cringe. You can post milky findings and dumb funny shit. All areas of journalism welcome!
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No. 1902344

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>>1902091
the site sucks but it's kinda horrible for the rank and file employees. the retard execs who sunk the company get bonuses and you're out on your ass without severance

No. 1924463

Reposting this from the youtube thread since this thread is better for this actually I think:

Am I wrong in thinking these people interviewed are definitely not without a blame? The first woman lived in a house with a meth dealer and had bongs in a room with kids, of course they will take the kids away. There's loads of comments where people tell about how their kids got taken away "unjustifiably", like:

>I am a 39 year old male. About 7 years ago my daughter and I were homeless staying in a motel while waiting to get into a homeless shelter. While I was asleep, my daughter 3 at the time, was able to unlock the door (the hotel didn't have a higher deadbolt or chain lock) and she wandered outside into the parking lot where someone called the police. I was arrested and taken to jail. They took my blood and UA samples. It came back negative for any drugs or alcohol. They released me. but still took my child to social services and had her in a foster home. 6 months later after NO criminal charges, the court allowed her back with me. But then i had to do 1 year of daily visits from a social worker. makes no sense


You were homeless and your 3 year old got away in the middle of the night, of course she's taken away?? Sure the cops behaviour is too aggressive and most of them are moids with power fantasies but of course doing illegal substances, being in an unsafe environment or not taking care of your children will result in consequences with the CPS. I'm an eurofag though so maybe my perspective is skewed.

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>>1924463
Vice is telling us this woman "has never even tried meth" and her kids got taken away because of a few grams of weed and a couple bongs. Do they think the viewers are retarded or what? At least a few comments are calling them out if you sort from the newest

No. 1924471

>>1924463
wasn't Vice shutting down?

No. 1924473

>>1924471
Well clearly not fast enough. They might also have some content in their backlog they are posting.



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No. 1712524[Reply]

Off-topic random shit thread but the only rule is DO NOT TALK ABOUT MOIDS. Doesn't matter if it's men you hate, men you love, men you are attracted to, men you aren't attracted to, men you personally know, men you don't personally know, men that literally just exist, husbandos, yaoi, bara, het ships, nonexistent men, hypothetical men, men's opinions, none of these things are allowed ITT. No pictures of moids (including animated moids) allowed either. This also includes trannies since they are men. If an anon mentions males ITT do not respond, just report.
>But why?
It's exhausting and annoying to see anons talking about nothing but moids over and over.
>Isn't this thread redundant?
If only.
>But what about-
Real life animals are fine but otherwise just follow the Rule of thumb: if you have to ask then it most likely belongs elsewhere so don't even bother.
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No. 1918394

>>1918337
Same, they're so cozy and comforting.

No. 1920135

>>1918337
i love the idea of it, but i end up kicking them off after like an hour. I need my bed space to spread out

No. 1924240

>>1918337
I have a heavier feathered pillow that I like to hug. I wished I had a plushie that weighted and felt like this pillow.

No. 1924261

I got a syrian hamster, she is called quesadilla. She enjoys peanuts and scrambled egg. She is my bezzi friend

No. 1924380

>>1924261
tell her I love her



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No. 475318[Reply]

Post about your journals and journal inspirations here!

Some icebreakers:
- What made you start?
- What kind of notebook do you write in?
- Where do you get your journals?
- How often do you write and do you have a preference with what you write with (favorite pens)?
- Do you decorate your journals? If so, with what and how?
- Any favorite stores/companies to get all your journals and journaling goodies from?
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No. 1920589

>>1920493
I think it might be better to avoid journaling if you tend to overanalyze (especially if you're into psychoanalysis and stuff) or overdramatize, and distract yourself with a long walk, cleaning, a hobby or anything else that you like. You can come back to certain thoughts or situations later, with a clearer head. If you go too deep into certain stuff but you also tend to be kind of disconnected from your emotions it might only sidetrack you and waste your time.

No. 1920812

>>1920511
A lot of my manifesto rants tend to revolve around the homophobia and misogyny I experience, it's something I've tried and failed to resolve in therapy. At this point in my life (I'm 33) I don't think it's worth doing any more digging. Not in a defeatist kinda way, but I just think that I need to move on with my life and accept that society is what it is. If I'm journaling about something else like my physical and mental health, my marriage, family and just general day-to-day stress then it does help me to get it out of my system. I just end up sounding like Dworkin on meth if I experience any bigotry that day and I fixate on whatever set me off.

>>1920589
Yeah, I'm terrible for overanalysing. Maybe it's my autism, but I'm like a dog with a bone sometimes, I just will not drop it. Today I just did my motherhood journal as the whole point of that is capturing the most beautiful moments in my life, so I feel very positive after doing that. I think I'm gonna try meditating longer in place of my rambling journal for a week or so and see if I feel any different. If I do return to it then maybe I need to establish a list of topics to avoid, I know that's kinda antithetical to journaling, but it's for my own sanity. Thanks to both of you for your input, nonas!

No. 1923949

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how do you nonnies write in blank books? I tried once and it looked atrocious, my paragraphs and sentences kept slanting.

And also, does anyone have notebook recommendations? Preferably:
>8mm spaced rule
>not much text/quirks on each page
>cream/warm paper
>A5 size
>decent amount of pages
>little to no pen bleed
>no ring notebooks (glue binded is fine)
I've been looking around but any option I find never hits all of these. They always don't have enough pages or have terrible pen bleed. Picrel is what I've looked at so far and I'm nitpicky

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>>1923949
how do you nonnies write in blank books?
I've kept diaries for about 10 years now and I've only bought unlined/blank books twice. I liked the idea of them because I used them more freely than just for words; I would clip art I found interesting and paste it into them, or draw in them, or write in strange ways, etc.. I think they're good if you want a diary that isn't so dependent on words alone. I found the freedom a bit too exhilarating though and didn't buy another one after I had filled the second.
>Notebook recommendations
I usually use moleskines for my diaries, but on special occasions I'll treat myself to nicer notebooks from Paperblanks https://www.paperblanks.com/en/catalog/all-journals/ like picrel. On the website for these, you can choose a bunch of different covers and customize the notebook to your liking. The paper is quite nice too and doesn't bleed much, but I don't use a particularly runny pen.

No. 1923981

>>1920493
if you wander while journaling, maybe try limiting yourself to like 5 bullet points a day or a few entries a week.



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