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- spl33nidoru0
Do you ever want to buy books you already own ?
I have 2 copies of some art books that I love so I can use one extensively and keep another in perfect shape.But sometimes, especially when it comes to comic books, I can feel the need to buy some over and over again though I usually don't act on it. I do own several different editions of comics I adore, the issue is when I want to buy one I already own, just because it's $12 and why not.
Ii think it's of course admiration for the work but also a remnant of childhood fascination due to the "scarcity" we experienced in our youth. Some books were so hard to find that finally laying eyes on them would be a real thrill. Plus, we simply couldn't buy everything we wanted (not that we can today either!).
- No. I buy 1 second hand copy, that's it. The more worn the better :)jagara
- yeah absolutely, I'll see a comic book on a wall for like $20 and think ah man I wish I bought that back in the day or one day I'll be able to afford it...and_niko
- ...promptly go and purchase a latte and a smashed avocado toast for like $30 lol._niko
- I’m also trying to complete my uncanny xmen collection 100-300 and I’ll pop into random comic book stores and buy issues that I’m missing, problem is I go mostl_niko
- ...mostly from memory and I end up buying the same issue twice, some three times! lol_niko
- Ha that makes sense! I too sometimes want to buy a book when there's a sale, and realise just in time that I did buy it at the previous sale already!spl33nidoru
- The comics I've bought the most of are Akira (how can you resist a 1100 yen edition ?) and David Mazzucchelli's work for Daredevil and Batmanspl33nidoru
- Just can't get enough of those guys' drawingsspl33nidoru
- Gardener4
Now this is a VERY old plate, I know this for a few reasons. It used to hang in my house when I was growing up, I think that once again, it came into my dad's shop in the early 70's and mum liked it so put it on the kitchen wall. Mum used to go on about how it was an early Willow pattern plate as it had just ONE man on the bridge - most you see now will have 3 men, and although it has a couple of cracks it has always been like this, but is braced on the back and sides.
I did a bit of research and it turns out to be a pre-Willow pattern dating from the mid 1700's! and it was exported to UK from China where a story was built around the idea of the willow plate, the people on the bridge and other additives were given a twist by manufacturers like Spode and Wedgwood to create a story that became a phenomenon as it went on to become the worlds most famous and recognisable ceramic design. If anyone knows more about this story I'd be interested, for now it's now hanging in my kitchen.
- _niko6
Don’t know what the fuck’s going on here, I was driving yesterday and this guy on a bike weaving in and out of traffic cuts in front of my car at the last second as I’m about to make a right. He puts up his hand and says sorry.
Didn’t punch my hood, didn’t kick my headlights in, didn’t spit on my car.
Dublin is a bizarro world where people are polite, well mannered and courteous.
Crazy.
- Nairn3
Two things i've noticed today:
• Emergency calls (999 here in the UK) don't appear in your call history. I understand why, I just didn't realise. Annoying here, as I wanted the timestamp for when I did so last night, but I get it.
• I somehow fucked up and had my secondary SIM off - the one that has my unlimited data rate, so my data stopped on my main work SIM which isn't unlimited and I was like wtf?. Oh. D'oh. Changing the SIM to that which I typically use has entirely changed the contents of my Facebook feed. The last week or so has had ... a lot of stuff I'd rather not have had in my feed.
That's it. As you were.
- Facebook? "Signs your...";)OBBTKN
- I just use it to keep tabs on my hometown, but yeah. I've only used it for the last couple of year after thinking I'd closed my account back in 2012 or so :/Nairn
- facebook is like the hotel california, you can never leave. i quit fb decades ago and yet effing meta still spams me with updates about my "friends".hans_glib
- Why’d you call 999, Nairn?
Why do you have a Facebook account, Nairn?
Are you okay, Nairn?Ianbolton - hahaha!
re: FB, maybe not.
re: 999, I was being oh so noble and so very worthy. Not a personal thing.Nairn
- NBQ00-3
Just got my mind blown by using a 12s crossfade between songs in Spotify radios/ playlists.
It's so much more fun.
- canoe0
Was very excited to go into a discovery meeting with a lawyer who's looking to start her personal brand from scratch. Then I looked her up on Linkedin and found out that she was afflicted with tardive dystonia thanks to her prescriptions.
Not sure if I can handle it. I mean how can one not cry at her unfortunate circumstance.... fuck.
"Tardive dystonia is a neurological movement disorder characterised by continuous or intermittent muscle contractions which cause abnormal, often painful, repetitive movements. It is a side effect of taking certain medication to treat other conditions.
There are several neurological movement disorders that result as side effects from medication. As a group, these are called tardive dyskinesias, and include facial tics and irregular, dance-like movements called choreas. Tardive dystonia is one type of tardive dyskinesia in which the involuntary movements tend to be slower and writhing."
- OBBTKN12
Honestly.
In this phase of crazy inflation and soaring prices—seeing just how nearly impossible it is to save (thank goodness I don't have any expensive vices)... it makes you want to just say "to hell with it" and spend every last cent *right now*.
It’s outrageous; I try to teach my wife and daughters a bit about financial planning for the future, but... the thing is, even *I* don't believe in it anymore.
</rant-of-the-day>
- financial planning is for those with tens of millions in the bank who can make 100k a day with slight moves in the market, moves that they are privy to._niko
- The rest of us may as well take that extra trip with the family or treat ourselves to whatever floats our (leaky) boat._niko
- We'll all be pet Labradors by the end of the year. YOLO!mort_
- I don't like dogs, I'm a cat guy ;)OBBTKN
- https://www.thescott… ^hans_glib
- The future is an illusion.ideaist
- Niko that’s insane. Financial planning is for everyone and if you aren’t doing it in some way you are probably fucking yiurself.monospaced
- bitcoinneverscared
- Same boat here. Wife and I have been diligent for years (still are) but decided to go on a blow out 3 week Lodon, Portugal, Rome trip in October.capn_ron
- This money does us no good once I'm cremated. Was trying to make sure we are safe if there is no SS in the future. We will keep saving but have fun too.capn_ron
- Money has so much importance after you’re dead. Wtf. You want to leave nothing? Wild.monospaced
- who am I leaving it for? I don't have kids or anyone younger in my family. Let me know what I should do with in while I'm ashes!capn_ron
- Mono, do we really want nepo babies? kids like Trump's? or even worse, Trustafarians? fuck that, show me a decent rich kid who was born into wealth._niko
- I'm only kidding or half kidding, but I do believe life is way too short and way too rare to not enjoy it. If given the choice to take whatever little money you_niko
- ...make and squirrel it away in hopes of not working when you're 70 vs spending it now on experiences and trips and outings with your kids and wife, just_niko
- ...spending as much time with them, hanging out with them and showing them the world, for me it's a no-brainer. My investment is in them, nurturing them_niko
- to be amazing, respectful, thoughtful and curious human beings, not handing them a bag of money one day and hoping for the best._niko
- now having said that I'm also going to give them a bag of money lol but maybe not as big as it could have been but who cares, they certainly don't._niko
- Passing assets onto kids is a good thing. It’s not nepotism or anything bad at all. What’s with you?monospaced
- It’s not about being rich. Again financial planning and legacy isn’t for just the ultra wealthy. Wake up, this is what most people do.monospaced
- It’s not about handing them a bag of money. You’d know this if you were so against even learning. It’s about setting up safeguards for generations.monospaced
- Educations. Estates. Etc. we all need it and acting like we don’t is either naive or so insanely self centered it’s almost ridiculous.monospaced
- Mono relax man, I was commenting and exaggerating on the initial post._niko
- But honest question, how much of he world has the ability or means to invest? How many live day to day or paycheck to paycheck?_niko
- Are they all selfish?_niko
- mg332
Got approved for a new roof on my house today!!! I've been so anxious to know if we'd get approved. Recently had some hail, and some leaks into the house. Hoping it's covering roof and gutters and I assume fixing the interior damage.
Outside of our house is a bit bland, beige bricks and siding, sort of a sandy color on the shingles, white gutters. We've been thinking about doing charcoal shingles so that we can get the brick and stone stained gray, and change the siding color as well. ChatGPT image mockups have been so helpful. Crazy to think that even two years ago you'd get lower quality results, and today, it's basically rendered these complex home mockup tools useless.
This is like an early Christmas.
- what do you mean "you were approved" to fix your own home?Nairn
- approved for insurance to cover the replacement cost.mg33
- Aha! Gotcha x
I thought it was some HMO wrangling bullshit.Nairn - Rad. Getting a new roof is peace of mind for decades.monospaced
- or until the next hailstormhans_glib
- Just got a 1/4 roof replacement over here and it’s glorious! Delayed as long as possible / happy new roof @mg33!!!ideaist
- PonyBoy3
Did we even have summer this year? :( ...was just walking my pup at around 10:30pm and I CAN ALREADY SEE MY BREATH. :/ :(
- Yea of course we had summer. It's just in February now.futurefood
- It's an el niño yeari_monk
- Dec, Jan and Feb is summer, so no it yet ;)sab
- One day it was 114F when I got to work at 5:30pm, and 109F when I left at 2:10am.
I definitely had a summer. :(Akagiyama - I miss that, Akagiyama... I'll take the desert heat (and a pair of shorts & flip flops) over this shit any day. :/PonyBoy
- I'll trade you!!Akagiyama
- Summer? Here, We're enduring the longest heatwave in history since May!OBBTKN
- NBQ001
Goodbye, take care and all the best.
(especially to neverscared)
- Ciao Kakaoneverscared
- want to start a bet when he's be back?
i'd say 2 months.pango - lol, what is it - finally off to Dover to fight in Tommy's Ninja Fuckwit Army? Or you're doing a stretch for sexual assault?face_melter
- @pango I'm guessing by Monday or Tuesday, if his history with this is anything to go by.Continuity
- too soon https://www.youtube.…neverscared
- OH NBQ, PLEASE DONT LEAVE: https://youtu.be/pSy…Ianbolton
- Let go, Ian. It's better this way.Continuity
- https://www.google.c…bezoar
- COME BACK NBQ!!! I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE. First Shapesalad, my first love, and now you. FUUUUUCCCCCKKK YOOUUUU!!Ianbolton
- Nairn19
- BREAKINGContinuity
- christ that got meta.Continuity
- Gold.palimpsest
- those retarded faces really got me wanting to see the videos!!pango
- ^ I've already mentioned this in the Punches For thread.CyBrainX
- neverscared14
- lol, what fresh boring hell did I miss?garbage
- @garby: some more of this:
https://www.qbn.com/…Continuity - he is migrating to.....? oh the irony... too many sharks on qbn.. or iam all the sharks....depends how u read that - especially-neverscared
- @conty flol woof.
@nevery He's clearly going to fulfill his life's dream: Scissor with a dolphin.
Beware the drown rape NBQ, we never knew ye.garbage - NRBQ*futurefood
- why would you make him leave Neverscared? It's so cruel. NBQ was trying to make QBN better by NOT posting politics or religion.Ianbolton
- dont make this about me..when .u r the puppetmaster in the whole thing.... u or the dolphin....neverscared
- definitely the dolphinspango
- still not sure what i missed.. except somethingautoflavour
- NBQ was assaulted by muslim dolphinspango
- lol pangoContinuity
- Haha. I think he was trying to shut down the muslim dolphin rape gangs and rid this place, once and for all, of religion and politics.Ianbolton
- burkini dolphins can u believe it... https://i.haasie.com…neverscared
- autoflavour0
i have to admit something and i feel utterly stupid saying..
i literally only just clocked the NBQ00 was QBN backwards..i always kind of mentally read it as newbiequee..
but then seeing that image above with the union jack, it hit me.
god i am unobservant
- mort_1
Seeing plenty of 2025 / 2026 Teslas in Dublin and I’m kind of dumbfounded. Do people have that short a memory about Musk or just manage to bury their head in the sand because they like the cars?
- I'd like to think I can disconnect the art from the artists. But Musk isn't an artist and his cars are not art. SO i have no idea what i'm on aboutIanbolton
- I also have no idea what i'm going on about but Mort, you seem to be under the impression that people practice what they preach. Apparently, integrity...Morning_star
- ...honesty, truth and a principled approach is a thing of the past.Morning_star
- I guess I’m as guilty using Spotify and WhatsApp whose CEOs are also cunts. Whaddayagonnado?mort_
- I know. Don't get me started on using Gill Sans.Morning_star
- https://www.reuters.…neverscared
- Gil Sans - hahahaha. I find the contradictions of moral superiority i have with my GF insane. Like "you're not using X are you?"Ianbolton
- (i got rid of my account ages ago) while she's sat there using facebook, threads and instagram and telling me Bluesky is the only fair social media place to beIanbolton
- x ? only on the toilet...neverscared
- How do we fight against these corporate elites when they get ample support whether we participate or not?Ianbolton
- The OnLy wAy iS a CoMMunItY oWned MeaNs Of ProdUcTioN. RiGhT BrOtHEr.Morning_star
- We here wot live on the internet give much more of a shit about this sort of thing than the greater washed masses of broadcast-era consumers..Nairn
- Also - aren't a lot of them bought by taxi drivers? That's an immigrant-heavy demographic, even more divorced from the implications of the muskysphereNairn
- Good points Nairn yeah. Deffo tech bros driving them as well.mort_
- spotifiy ceo supports Afd ?neverscared
- we're all tech bros on QBN yeah? Just not ruchIanbolton
- PonyBoy3
My little graduating high school class of 73 students lost it's first to death today... into God's arms, Ed. <3
- Loads from my school gone.zardoz
- you graduated in 1973?autoflavour
- oh wait, your school class of ONLY 73 students..autoflavour
- lol... I didn’t even exist in ‘73, brother. ❤️PonyBoy
- yeah i was going to say, how old ARE you..
feel it tho.. a close friend of mine growing up would have had his 50th last week.. did not make itautoflavour - sorry to hear that Pony..
amazed that it's only been one...exador1 - the sheer amount of folks from my primary school that have passed on (either while IN school, or since) is off the fucking charts..exador1
- you'd honestly think I grew up in a Stephen King novel...exador1
- utopian2
Just spent $59.50 to fill up on regular gas, thanks Obama!
- pffff, europeans: "hold my Guiness"_niko
- Used to cost me $100, now it's $160. Easy, you just gotta work harder.pseud
- I'm trying to avoid using my car as much as possible (it consumes 7L per 100km), but my wife's car is in the shop, so she's using mine...OBBTKN
- On top of that—and the fact that my daughters study or work out of town—this whole business is really pissing me off!OBBTKN
- I feel really sorry for my friend with his VW Golf TDIutopian
- I drive a diesel truck and live rural. I barely leave the house nowsausages
- I have the luxury of bike lanes and public transportation.palimpsest
- superintel makes us rich ...no problemneverscared
- Just make sure to plant your car in the Spring so it's in full bloom come Fall.palimpsest
- Lol @paliOBBTKN
- $40 for almost half a tank of 87 here. Diesel was $7.69 yesterday. AT LEAST WE'RE WINNING THAT DISTRACTION WAR RIGHT?garbage
- exactly right... its a small price to pay for making america greatest again... u crying bitches...neverscared
- Hold my Fondue: a liter 95 (that's the cheapest we can get) is 2.14 CHF here, that makes about 9.60 USD per gallon. Thanks Donald and Bibi.Longcopylover
- my last fill-up a couple days ago and I still had 1/4 tank was $193.77GuyFawkes
- thats cheap to memilfhunter
- Chicken. A piece of broccoli. Something else.monospaced
- Wait we have to pay to make America great? That sounds like some super faggy socialist shit to me.monospaced
- The best thing we did 5 years ago, when replacing my wife's car, was to get a second hand Nissan Leaf. We charge it at home, so it costs around € 1.75 /100kmdmay
- mort_1
Firefox tabs are now pills. It's pretty nasty.
- hahaha, the very first thing i did this morning was google how to change that back: about:config -
browser.nova.enabled = falseNairn - Heh thanks, me too!mort_
- Now, if I could just find the fucker that's *occasionally* hijacking the very much used Alt+D shortcut to access the window bar over the last few versions...Nairn
- ...I'd be a happier Nairn. Always seems to kick-in when I've got umpteeen useful tabs open and just borks my interaction.
It's driving me nuts.Nairn
- hahaha, the very first thing i did this morning was google how to change that back: about:config -
- neverscared1
welcome back ...brits are a coming back to eu ... huzzah
- What?OBBTKN
- Back from where?monospaced
- did you really miss the weather?AQUTE
- fucking Costanzas https://i.haasie.com…_niko
- https://www.theguard…neverscared
- its all one big heat weave from here on...neverscared
