Author Topic: Random talk thread: It just keeps happening (Read 3374299 times)

bluemax · « **Reply #34320 on:** January 15, 2020, 10:38:27 PM »

If you want mountains and are moving east of Colorado then you clearly don't want mountains.

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I am bound by blood to shit on all East Coast "mountains".

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Kara · « **Reply #34321 on:** January 15, 2020, 10:48:45 PM »

Quote from: shosta on January 15, 2020, 10:05:04 PM

Quote from: Kara on January 15, 2020, 09:49:53 PM
Perhaps I'm just a neoliberal subject but I find it refreshing to have a city wholly subservient to capital that doesn't pretend that it has a culture.
Quote from: Esch on January 15, 2020, 09:56:11 PM
JDPON when?
This is only tangentially relevant but I always found it pretty funny that the LV chapter of DSA had a logo that referenced the gaming industry
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This is super dumb when you consider that Las Vegas has comparatively high union membership in spite of anti-union legislation at the state level.

Himu · « **Reply #34322 on:** January 15, 2020, 10:53:25 PM »

Quote from: bluemax on January 15, 2020, 10:38:27 PM

If you want mountains and are moving east of Colorado then you clearly don't want mountains.

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Himu · « **Reply #34323 on:** January 16, 2020, 12:19:40 AM »

TVC might be on to something here with PA.

Philly is very appealing.

Kara · « **Reply #34324 on:** January 16, 2020, 12:32:06 AM »

I helped fund a communist reading room or something in Philly. I'll put in a good word for you, C.

TVC15 · « **Reply #34325 on:** January 16, 2020, 12:36:18 AM »

Also Ben Franklin was p awesome and maybe overtly into weird sex shit which makes him the coolest founding father by default

Himu · « **Reply #34326 on:** January 16, 2020, 12:42:39 AM »

Snow, artistic state, historical city, two hours from NYC, four seasons, in a nice area where I can access multiple cities easily (Midwest, NE, Canada), low housing.

The list now is:

1. Philly
2. Chicago
3. Baltimore

TVC15 · « **Reply #34327 on:** January 16, 2020, 12:48:38 AM »

If in Philly, we can also do a podcast where I guide you to locations where I did horrible things and you can pray for God to finally have mercy on me. Dental implant prices!

Himu · « **Reply #34328 on:** January 16, 2020, 12:51:53 AM »

Quote from: riotous on January 16, 2020, 12:46:58 AM

Mountains the size of the hill I grew up on though...

I know

but the rest seems good.

Kara · « **Reply #34329 on:** January 16, 2020, 01:01:27 AM »

I understand what cultural appropriation means now.

https://twitter.com/thomasbreakfas1/status/1217199652262629376

Himu · « **Reply #34330 on:** January 16, 2020, 03:46:52 AM »

Riotus:

No real mountains but still have elevated areas and remnants from Appalachia for hiking so it's not real loss.

Akala · « **Reply #34331 on:** January 16, 2020, 08:14:05 AM »

Quote from: Stro on January 16, 2020, 08:08:22 AM

I stayed in Vegas for one night on a road trip and I never want to return.

Spooky city.

where did you stay?

TVC15 · « **Reply #34332 on:** January 16, 2020, 11:15:21 AM »

Designer-prostitutes of The Bore: how do I get a job making these ads? This is simultaneously awful and brilliant. It’s like Magritte with bonus chromosomes. I must try to become a part of this.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #34333 on:** January 16, 2020, 11:18:02 AM »

I like the one that's just boiled banana slices in a pot.

Himu · « **Reply #34334 on:** January 16, 2020, 11:34:48 AM »

Why do you guys hate Vegas?

I haven't been as an adult but loved it as a kid. So did my parents. Vegas had massive pools and AMAZING arcades and as a kid you had free reign to walk around a massive fucking hotel.

Akala · « **Reply #34335 on:** January 16, 2020, 11:55:29 AM »

most places in the US are terrible, Vegas is just up-front about it.

we usually stay a week or so but we're degenerates.

Kara · « **Reply #34336 on:** January 16, 2020, 12:21:28 PM »

Quote from: Cindi Mayweather on January 16, 2020, 11:34:48 AM

Why do you guys hate Vegas?

I haven't been as an adult but loved it as a kid. So did my parents. Vegas had massive pools and AMAZING arcades and as a kid you had free reign to walk around a massive fucking hotel.

At the first Bore Con we walked to go see a penis show that happened to be next door to a strip club just off the strip. For a nontrivial portion of the journey a taxi driver (that had some racket going with the strip club) harassed us to hop in incessantly even though we politely declined his ride. Right up until we were walking towards the penis show he wouldn't let up, then he got mad and drove away when he realized where we were going.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #34337 on:** January 16, 2020, 12:52:46 PM »

Imagine going to BoreCon and having to walk somewhere else for a penis show.

james · « **Reply #34338 on:** January 16, 2020, 12:59:26 PM »

Did Cindi just suggest that California, home to a dozen of the top ranked ski resorts n the planet, does not have snow?

Motherfucker they get so much snow you can ski on July 4th and Thanksgiving of the same year

BisMarckie · « **Reply #34339 on:** January 16, 2020, 01:04:12 PM »

Snow in the city is nice around christmas when most people don‘t need to work.
I can‘t remember the last time that happened though.

james · « **Reply #34340 on:** January 16, 2020, 01:05:46 PM »

Even fucking Los Angeles is near snow

TVC15 · « **Reply #34341 on:** January 16, 2020, 01:10:14 PM »

My week on the strip reminded me of Baudrillard and hyperreality and him going on about how we basically live in a giant advertisement and all that shit. I think I was experiencing some sort of weird depersonalization, like the effect of the big brash environment was making me shrink. I also ate like 300 bucks worth of cannabis red velvet cake pops that week.

Kara · « **Reply #34342 on:** January 16, 2020, 01:22:16 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on January 16, 2020, 12:52:46 PM

Imagine going to BoreCon and having to walk somewhere else for a penis show.

A troop was in the audience and his wife convinced him to participate in the final act. (It was solicited by the performers.)

You can't find that kind of anti-imperialist content just anywhere. Well maybe a giant dad section on a porn website, but ONLY there.

TVC15 · « **Reply #34343 on:** January 16, 2020, 01:55:12 PM »

Not wanting to shovel snow is the main reason I moved

bluemax · « **Reply #34344 on:** January 16, 2020, 10:53:04 PM »

Quote from: riotous on January 16, 2020, 12:25:14 AM

Phili is cheap because their population dwindled isn’t it?

Like it has a ton of unoccupied housing.

The Bay has a ton of unused housing and still has a homeless crisis.

Himu · « **Reply #34345 on:** January 17, 2020, 02:40:21 AM »

Quote from: james on January 16, 2020, 12:59:26 PM

Did Cindi just suggest that California, home to a dozen of the top ranked ski resorts n the planet, does not have snow?

Motherfucker they get so much snow you can ski on July 4th and Thanksgiving of the same year

Being near snow is not the same as getting a regular snowfall.

One major damper I have with my photography and living in Houston is variety. Houston lacks it visually. Oh I can find gems having four seasons in one place is beneficial. I notice photographers that are from say, LA, lack the visual variety of someone that lived in say, NYC or London. Having regular access to snowfall is a part of that. LA the same weather almost every day. Good for regular life, boring for a photographer.

Great. Sunny places all day every day all year long.

Mean while...

More seasons means more variables which means more options and visual stimuli to play with. If you don't have four seasons I'm not interested.

team filler · « **Reply #34346 on:** January 17, 2020, 02:59:05 AM »

nudemacusers · « **Reply #34347 on:** January 17, 2020, 03:05:32 AM »

Quote from: Akala on January 16, 2020, 11:55:29 AM

most places in the US are terrible, Vegas is just up-front about it.

we usually stay a week or so but we're degenerates.

Yeah vegas is great when you want to scratch that trash itch and people watch. I max out at like 4 days tho.

Himu · « **Reply #34348 on:** January 17, 2020, 03:10:41 AM »

Ive decided to go with Philly.

One of the most walkable cities in America?

In order for me to get interesting shots in Houston I have to drive my ass bare all over this damn city, sitting in my car. I hate it so much. To be able to establish a regular route I can do daily would be godsend. Being able to walk is a huge benefit. Since its so walkable that means there's lots of people walking. That means more shots and opportunity for shots. Houstonians never walk so the number of potential shots is small. There's four seasons, it's Philly so there's a lot of stories, it's near Baltimore and NYC and I can stay there for a weekend if I want. Low cost of living and I can buy a house there.

I love the benefit of being close to New York but not BEING in New York which is full of photographers. I'll have my own competition with a nice access to other areas. So much variety. Also being near New York has benefits especially if I end up having an internship or mentor.

TVC15 · « **Reply #34349 on:** January 17, 2020, 03:31:31 AM »

Let me know if you have any Philly questions and I can ask one of my old best friends that lives there. She generally likes to complain so she’ll give the real bitch-eatin-crackers dirt.

Himu · « **Reply #34350 on:** January 17, 2020, 01:47:38 PM »

Houston is nearly as violent as Philly.

skullstorm · « **Reply #34351 on:** January 17, 2020, 03:15:42 PM »

Philadelphia has some wacky mascots, it can't be all bad

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #34352 on:** January 17, 2020, 08:09:59 PM »

Watch out for those couple of guys who were up to no good.

VomKriege · « **Reply #34353 on:** January 17, 2020, 08:11:38 PM »

Quote from: Madrun Badrun on January 17, 2020, 08:09:59 PM

Watch out for those couple of guys who were up to no good.

TVC15 · « **Reply #34354 on:** January 17, 2020, 08:30:58 PM »

Quote from: Cindi Mayweather on January 17, 2020, 01:47:38 PM

Houston is nearly as violent as Philly.

It looks like Oakland is considerably more dangerous than Philly, so if you were ok here, Philly will seem like a gated planned community for retirees in comparison.

bluemax · « **Reply #34355 on:** January 17, 2020, 09:46:28 PM »

https://twitter.com/find_evil/status/1218240487166840832

Kara · « **Reply #34356 on:** January 18, 2020, 01:19:49 PM »

It just keeps happening.

team filler · « **Reply #34357 on:** January 18, 2020, 01:22:01 PM »

sealed indictment

Rufus · « **Reply #34358 on:** January 18, 2020, 01:33:26 PM »

I dreamed that I had lost my bag on a train and woke up pissed off about it.

TVC15 · « **Reply #34359 on:** January 18, 2020, 07:31:56 PM »

Okay, this made me laugh so much I stopped and made a video for you ungrateful assholes

toku · « **Reply #34360 on:** January 19, 2020, 12:17:12 AM »

Haven't slept in 3 days and had to move a fridge and stove today. Sleep still not taking.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #34361 on:** January 19, 2020, 12:21:19 AM »

Have you tried blessing up?

team filler · « **Reply #34362 on:** January 19, 2020, 12:28:53 AM »

toku · « **Reply #34363 on:** January 19, 2020, 12:36:18 AM »

TVC15 · « **Reply #34364 on:** January 19, 2020, 12:41:51 AM »

Quote from: toku on January 19, 2020, 12:17:12 AM

Haven't slept in 3 days and had to move a fridge and stove today. Sleep still not taking.

Sorry

I feel you.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #34365 on:** January 19, 2020, 09:27:33 AM »

Congrats on your pending theft

Himu · « **Reply #34366 on:** January 19, 2020, 12:30:21 PM »

i hope you can sleep toku man. Take a day off and sleep the day away. Get some weed that lets you sleep, some melatonin, and some sleep tea.

Mr Gilhaney · « **Reply #34367 on:** January 19, 2020, 06:41:41 PM »

Should certainly take the day off. Not sleeping is terrible.

I'm getting an ercp tomorrow, so know I will have trouble sleeping as well. Even if it's like my fourth or fifth now, I still get nervous every time. At least it's good practice on how to deep throat.

shosta · « **Reply #34368 on:** January 20, 2020, 12:29:28 AM »

You guys think we're going to get a Sealab 2021 special next year?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #34369 on:** January 20, 2020, 09:08:34 AM »

Maybe, but with Harry Goz long-since passed and Reed/Thompson comfortably in place at FX there really wouldn't be any point.

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #34370 on:** January 20, 2020, 11:33:02 AM »

Me: There, now with my birthday over, the depressing winter holidays have passed.

Valentine’s next month: 👀

nudemacusers · « **Reply #34371 on:** January 20, 2020, 12:49:42 PM »

Rota, Spain is much cooler than Stuttgart, Germany. And I’ve only been here like 30 minutes.

TVC15 · « **Reply #34372 on:** January 22, 2020, 12:04:06 PM »

I just had a dream that filled my head with heavy metal questions, like if the great pyramid was made out of carcasses, from how far away would you be able to smell it after a week?

toku · « **Reply #34373 on:** January 22, 2020, 08:42:48 PM »

Sleep thing kinda eased up a little but definitely feel like I'm in it emotionally rn. A lot of shit I gotta get done this year man. I'm fucking tired on top of a lot of things rn. I need a break. I need a lot of things. Feeling very unmoored. Just wanna disappear.

shosta · « **Reply #34374 on:** January 22, 2020, 08:44:45 PM »

I believe in you, toku. Make sure you take care of yourself.

toku · « **Reply #34375 on:** January 22, 2020, 08:53:38 PM »

I might do a tasty and just stop posting for awhile. Really focus on getting what I want. No more bless ups, sorry.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #34376 on:** January 22, 2020, 09:32:03 PM »

Well that will be a drain on bore positivity. Good luck, I guess.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #34377 on:** January 22, 2020, 11:13:58 PM »

Quote from: toku on January 22, 2020, 08:42:48 PM

Sleep thing kinda eased up a little but definitely feel like I'm in it emotionally rn. A lot of shit I gotta get done this year man. I'm fucking tired on top of a lot of things rn. I need a break. I need a lot of things. Feeling very unmoored. Just wanna disappear.

bless up

team filler · « **Reply #34378 on:** January 25, 2020, 04:19:34 AM »

likes do not necessarily mean endorsements

nudemacusers · « **Reply #34379 on:** January 25, 2020, 02:11:09 PM »

Quote from: toku on January 22, 2020, 08:53:38 PM

I might do a tasty and just stop posting for awhile. Really focus on getting what I want. No more bless ups, sorry.

lets take a post sabbatical bae. See you all in March.

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