Llamapotamus Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 On 8/8/2017 at 10:47 AM, Mayonnaise said: Oh fuck the government banned books promoting moderate forms of Islam last week and today a minister say that atheists should be hunted down. *misanthropy intensifies* So I'm guessing you're either moderate or an atheist? If so, good luck out there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaraphayx Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 On 8/8/2017 at 7:47 AM, Mayonnaise said: Oh fuck the government banned books promoting moderate forms of Islam last week and today a minister say that atheists should be hunted down. Religion of peace strikes again :sun: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Lee Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Well, last weekend I went to an anime con locals are comparing to Dash-con. It is a con that's been going on for nearly a decade, but had a change of management some time ago and perhaps they don't know what they're doing. The first indication something was up was that the con felt empty, not only on Friday but even Saturday. Normally the con had 250-500 people. I heard an estimate of about 100 people showed up. The second indication that something was wrong was the angry crowd of people at registration. After hovering around them I found out they were vendors that wanted refunds, because they were charged $300 to get in and promised 500-1000 people would show up, and less than 100 were there and they were not able to break even, or even turn a proft. I don't know if they got refunds but it sounded like they were able to get something back. Also, rumor has it that most of the staff quit on Friday, leaving a few staff members and volunteers, and some of the maids in the maid cafe (who were a different group) were doing panels. So, why did this con fail so hard? First off, it had moved from its old small hotel to a larger hotel, which happened to be the same hotel that booted out a popular convention earlier this year. The guy at registration told me he wanted to move to a bigger hotel to encourage more people to show up but might have jumped the gun or chosen too big of a hotel, not to mention local resentment of said hotel which probably caused a lot of people to boycott that hotel. The con organizers should not have told the vendors that 1000 people would show up when previous cons were 500 at most, and not charged $300 a booth. Second thing that happened was there was another anime event in the area which siphoned a lot of people away. Both events have been blaming each other on social media for being the same weekend, but I think neither knew of the other's existence and the con's always been the first week of Aug. I know for a fact the con staff went to the other event to lure people to the con with half-off or bogo badges, which is a big no-no. In any case, I enjoyed myself and there were quite a few panels that went off without a hitch. Bought some stuff in the dealer's stuff to help out the dealers. Rave was enjoyable. Both voice actor GOHs showed up and tried their best. Plus, people complaining about the con being $40 for a weekend, which I've been at sci-fi cons that had 100-200 people and paid $50+ for the weekend when there were ONLY 3 day badges. I hope the con can go back to being fun again like it's been in the past but I think it took too great of a hit with its reputation locally. I am sad about this. On 8/8/2017 at 10:47 AM, Mayonnaise said: Oh fuck the government banned books promoting moderate forms of Islam last week and today a minister say that atheists should be hunted down. I know there are moderate muslims out there and I wonder why more radical forms are taking control. I don't entirely think it's religion but rather populism and authoritarianism which have both become popular lately. "We're gonna strengthen our government stranglehold and crouch it in religious terms." If you look at even non-Muslim countries like Poland, Philippines, and the like, strong-fisted government seems to be popular nowadays, and fuck freedom. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wax Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 So what's the deal with Telegram? Is it like Whatsapp, iMessage etc. but the app of choice for most furs? Is there a Phoenixed Telegram group chat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDingo Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 2 minutes ago, Wax said: So what's the deal with Telegram? Is it like Whatsapp, iMessage etc. but the app of choice for most furs? Is there a Phoenixed Telegram group chat? I'd compare it to Discord/Skype more than anything else, but pretty much. There's nothing furry about it, but for some mysterious reason the only users I know are furries I'd guess it's because it has custom stickers and the FA-going types enjoy commissioning sticker images of their OCs and stuff 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wax Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 25 minutes ago, DrDingo said: I'd compare it to Discord/Skype more than anything else, but pretty much. There's nothing furry about it, but for some mysterious reason the only users I know are furries I'd guess it's because it has custom stickers and the FA-going types enjoy commissioning sticker images of their OCs and stuff The only people I know using it are furries, too. I've never made one though, considering the only 'other' furs I actually interact with are you guys 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor-933 Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 @Alexxx-Returns 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenrirDarkWolf Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 This is, indeed, a website where things occur. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jtrekkie Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 A little breathing, closing your eyes to gather your scattered thoughts, and opportunities pass you by. Care means nothing to the world. It makes no room for life's anxieties. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizy Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Fuckin hell I forgot this place existed 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbra.Exe Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 7 hours ago, Kaizy said: Fuckin hell I forgot this place existed Welcome back, Kaizy! Haven't seen you around in ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fennecbyte Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 8 hours ago, Kaizy said: Fuckin hell I forgot this place existed Welcome back! I missed your posts while you were gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelwell Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Screw coffee cups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jtrekkie Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 36 minutes ago, Feelwell said: Screw coffee cups. Problem? 36 minutes ago, Feelwell said: Screw coffee cups. Problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelwell Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Just now, Jtrekkie said: Problem? Problem? Such a problem you say it twice! There's just too many coffee cups in my house. Like, a shit ton that no one ever uses in this cabinet. I want to get rid of some of them. Y'know, the ones that have been sitting back there for years. Generic, boring coffee cups. Because when I put dishes away I can't put all the coffee cups that get used away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizy Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 4 hours ago, fennecbyte said: Welcome back! I missed your posts while you were gone. It's possible to miss my posts? Damn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llamapotamus Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 13 hours ago, Kaizy said: Fuckin hell I forgot this place existed Right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolflich Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 I want to get a surface pro now that the pens have tilt but the australian store is taking forever to get the pen, specifically, of all things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Lee Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 On 8/12/2017 at 3:49 PM, Wax said: So what's the deal with Telegram? Is it like Whatsapp, iMessage etc. but the app of choice for most furs? Is there a Phoenixed Telegram group chat? It's like discord, but with stickers and pictures of people's dicks. You think I'm exaggerating, too. Over half the furry chats I've been in on Telegram has just been a bunch of horny guys posting gay porn and comparing dick size. I ended up purging the worst offenders pretty quickly. With fire and nuclear bombardment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuujou Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 On 8/14/2017 at 6:02 PM, Kaizy said: It's possible to miss my posts? Damn Yes. :c 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenrirDarkWolf Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 22 hours ago, Crazy Lee said: It's like discord, but with stickers and pictures of people's dicks. You think I'm exaggerating, too. Over half the furry chats I've been in on Telegram has just been a bunch of horny guys posting gay porn and comparing dick size. I ended up purging the worst offenders pretty quickly. With fire and nuclear bombardment. I think I hit holy grain of furry chats then in which we share porn, talk music (most of the people in the group are surprisingly knowledgeable), occasionally talk politics, and just banter and have a good time. No dick pics or anything. No RL pictures at all in this chat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wax Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Any medically-inclined friends on here know what can be attributed to fatigue? My work always leaves me feeling drained as it is quite physical, but I'd feel fatigued after going into uni for a single lecture and being sat at a desk all day. My diet has gotten poor lately, which could be the cause, but I don't know for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuujou Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 He's got somethin' to say... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelwell Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Just another day on PF. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vae Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 5 minutes ago, Feelwell said: [image] Just another day on PF. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelwell Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 On 8/15/2017 at 8:38 PM, FenrirDarkWolf said: I think I hit holy grain of FUZZY chats How whole is this holy grain 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelwell Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 I will kill every god damned housefly in this house. I will slaughter them. If I can't find them, I will buy traps. I will go out of my way to find the most inhumane ways to kill these flies. Fuck you, flies. Your hours are numbered. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalletFace Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Welp. I'm at my university, and boy do I feel out of place among all the straight, super-christian, white girls in education. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 10 hours ago, MalletFace said: Welp. I'm at my university, and boy do I feel out of place among all the straight, super-christian, white girls in education. Make the girl sinners , i dunno how and than watch them drown in despair . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossa Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Haven't posted here or nosed about in a while but thought I'd nose in again...went through a pretty serious bout of depression, gets harder, every time. But thought maybe seeing some familiar faces would help, vs. hiding away. And so have posted here and there, to see what's going on... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalletFace Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 In just one week among future educators I've heard so many slurs and other hurtful things that I never really thought were so prevalent among future educators. "I done Jewed that up" "I'm not racist, but there's a difference between a n*****r and a n***a just like there's a difference between a white guy and a honky" "I just made myself look like a faggot" "What do you guys look for in a perfect roommate?" *across the room* "Not gay" I mean I guess I see why things like bullying and depression are so poorly handled in education; these fuckers help or are sympathetic to the shitheads. My principal was homophobic, transphobic, and racist in high school but I thought she was just the oddball. Do I really belong in education? How much good can I even do when the people the kids are supposed to go to are like this? How much good can I do if my coworkers might try to get me fired because I'm not like them? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor-933 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 I can't take Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil seriously, because the player character... ...looks like the coach from Beavis and Butthead. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenrirDarkWolf Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 22 hours ago, MalletFace said: In just one week among future educators I've heard so many slurs and other hurtful things that I never really thought were so prevalent among future educators. "I done Jewed that up" "I'm not racist, but there's a difference between a n*****r and a n***a just like there's a difference between a white guy and a honky" "I just made myself look like a faggot" "What do you guys look for in a perfect roommate?" *across the room* "Not gay" I mean I guess I see why things like bullying and depression are so poorly handled in education; these fuckers help or are sympathetic to the shitheads. My principal was homophobic, transphobic, and racist in high school but I thought she was just the oddball. Do I really belong in education? How much good can I even do when the people the kids are supposed to go to are like this? How much good can I do if my coworkers might try to get me fired because I'm not like them? Jesus Christ. I always thought the educators would be some of the more open and tolerant people, but perhaps not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalletFace Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 (edited) On 8/21/2017 at 6:24 PM, FenrirDarkWolf said: Jesus Christ. I always thought the educators would be some of the more open and tolerant people, but perhaps not. You would think. The worst part is that there are a few gay and Jewish future educators in the program I am in and a few future educators of color. And they only say these things in front of us if they don't know that one of these people is around them. So they are just trying to feign empathy and respect to benefit socially with minority groups and then turn right the fuck around and shit on them because it won't hurt them at all. This isn't abnormal at all around here, so I have no idea why I thought teachers would be different. On a more positive note, there are future educators here that are quite opposite. They are mostly of those minorities, but who needs allies when you have will? EDIT: I take back my happy moment: Edited August 23, 2017 by MalletFace white supremacists 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jtrekkie Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Today I performed the Heimlich maneuver on a dog. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaosmasterdelta Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 Had some school birthday cake again. also I saw that vae visited my profile. What did I do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llamapotamus Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 So I just found out that my relatives in southern Illinois who were directly on the path of totality for Monday's eclipse are within an hour of the 2024 eclipse's path of totality. Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
U-235 Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 On 8/18/2017 at 4:40 PM, Feelwell said: I will kill every god damned housefly in this house. I will slaughter them. If I can't find them, I will buy traps. I will go out of my way to find the most inhumane ways to kill these flies. Fuck you, flies. Your hours are numbered. Also Panera Bread gave me a 2nd free birthday pastry (cookie for me) because they forgot to count the first one. Yeah for getting older? (I don't know if I should be happy about it or not) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
U-235 Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 No clue why I just spent time watching this, the tim and eric show does that to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor-933 Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 such is life in the zone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuujou Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 You know, Discord really just stormed the castle and took the fuck over. They literally just came in out of nowhere and said "get off Skype and Teamspeak. we're better lol". And everyone did exactly that. NO ONE is using Skype and TeamSpeak these days. lmao good 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaosmasterdelta Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 i have 40 pages to read, at least 4 worksheets to do, an author bio and story to read, a current event to research, and flash cards to make and memorize for a test next Monday. All that is really going to cut into my game time tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jtrekkie Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 We need more fun here. I don't have any fun right now, but here's a friendly spider. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolflich Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 On 8/29/2017 at 5:46 AM, Tsuujou said: You know, Discord really just stormed the castle and took the fuck over. They literally just came in out of nowhere and said "get off Skype and Teamspeak. we're better lol". And everyone did exactly that. NO ONE is using Skype and TeamSpeak these days. lmao good I got the impression a lot of people were already waiting for a replacement to skype by the time discord showed up. I certainly was. It was starting to remind me of what msn messenger became before they gave up on it. Still use teamspeak for some games though. Discord makes a far better chat room but so far it's been kinda unreliable for audio in my experience. With TS we basically just install it and it works. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Doggo Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 On 8/28/2017 at 10:46 PM, Tsuujou said: You know, Discord really just stormed the castle and took the fuck over. They literally just came in out of nowhere and said "get off Skype and Teamspeak. we're better lol". And everyone did exactly that. NO ONE is using Skype and TeamSpeak these days. lmao good I get that Skype was shit because it was a massive RAM hog and slow to start even for fast PCs, but what was wrong with TeamSpeak? Apparently that was actually good for a long time, did it shit the bed recently or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuujou Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 1 hour ago, Dr. Doggo said: I get that Skype was shit because it was a massive RAM hog and slow to start even for fast PCs, but what was wrong with TeamSpeak? Apparently that was actually good for a long time, did it shit the bed recently or something? TeamSpeak was a dated clumsy interface that you had to pay to have just one server. Discord is a clean, intuitive modern interface that isn't a hassle to find and join friend servers and you can make/join tons of servers absolutely free. TeamSpeak also doesn't let you embed gifs and videos and shit which you can choose to allow Discord to do among a few other things that made TS super painful to use in my experience. But the main thing is that Discord is totally free if you don't want Nitro for a way smoother, updated, seamless service with more features. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fennecbyte Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 21 hours ago, Tsuujou said: TeamSpeak was a dated clumsy interface that you had to pay to have just one server. You could get a free license for a 15-user server, IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Doggo Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 21 hours ago, Tsuujou said: TeamSpeak was a dated clumsy interface that you had to pay to have just one server. Discord is a clean, intuitive modern interface that isn't a hassle to find and join friend servers and you can make/join tons of servers absolutely free. TeamSpeak also doesn't let you embed gifs and videos and shit which you can choose to allow Discord to do among a few other things that made TS super painful to use in my experience. But the main thing is that Discord is totally free if you don't want Nitro for a way smoother, updated, seamless service with more features. Discord is pretty cool yeah, its the only thing I use now that isn't Steam. I never used Teamspeak except for one time cos I was roped into it, but I remember it being hot shit several years ago 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuujou Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 On 8/29/2017 at 11:04 PM, Jtrekkie said: We need more fun here. I don't have any fun right now, but here's a friendly spider. What a good boy. I wish him well. c: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrishaCat Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Speaking of Discord, running a large server on it has made me realize that moderation isn't all its cracked up to be. Sure, you have personal control over how your own server is run, but at the same time, you've gotta deal with the different interests of different people on what they want the server to be, complaints, etc. Its frustrating because I want to make sure I make everyone happy while moderating, but I've come to realize that that's extremely hard to do. That almost always someone is going to be upset at something you do. And that sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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