Previously: http://4-ch.net/dqn/kareha.pl/1326391378
I hope nobody minds that I cleaned up the title a little bit.
THERE IS ONE REPLY LEFT IN THE PREVIOUS THREAD
CODE RED TANGO VIXEN
RELEASE EMERGENCY MITTENS !!
Why do the threads close at 999? Would it not be much cooler for it to end at 1000?
I'm very sorry, >>3-sama. It won't happen again. Unless you're making a joke about me dropping the [Brains] tag, in which case never mind.
Well, that went unreasonably well.
program Consciousness;
begin
WriteLn('I am a computer program.');
end.
Wikipedia is a shrine maiden. Who'd've guessed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipe-tan_Miko.png
When we reach [Part ⑨], will we hear from Cirno?
http://tohno-chan.com/
Oh jesus
I am incredibly bad at recognising my own emotions.
>>15
This. My brain is very "meta" and I constantly try to outguess myself. It's very silly.
>>15,16
I long ago analyzed my emotions to the point where I can control them and feel very vexed at the slightest disturbance.
Tea time. http://i.imgur.com/xVp2P.jpg
>>18
What kind of tea is that? I can't make out the characters on the tin, apart from what I presume is 中国.
>>18
Are you raising a family of Eevees? I hope you are doing this!
If cooked spaghetti were to begin pouring out of my pockets, would it be more appropriate to post about it here or in /food/ ?
If Omegle has taught me anything about foreign culture, it's that Indians really respect a person who knows about mathematics and engineering. And to them, apparently, I am "Mr. Perfect" because I am also proficient in several instruments and can solve a Rubik's Cube in less than a minute.
>>28
You should marry a beautiful Indian woman with a doctorate degree and a rich family. They usually post personal ads in Indian newspapers.
Having just an extra 30 minutes in the morning makes a big difference.
Damn. Still not sleepy even after sex. I need to be up in five hours.
what do if Like a Girl on IR?
>>32
I cannot understand this post at all. "Like" is capitalised yet "what" is not, and the only IR I know of is infra-red. I suppose it's supposed to say "What should I do if I like a girl on IR?" or something like that.
what do if Like a Girl on Iridium?
what do if Like a Girl on International Relations?
what do if Like a Girl on Illinois Railway?
what do if Like a Girl on Ingersoll Rand?
what do if Like a Girl on Islamic Relief?
what do if Like a Girl on Insulin Resistance?
what do if Like a Girl on Interventional Radiology?
what do if Like a Girl on Institutional Research?
what do if Like a Girl on Impulse Response?
what do if Like a Girl on Information Retrieval?
what do if Like a Girl on Interest Rate?
what do if Like a Girl on Integrated Resort?
what do if Like a Girl on Infrared Radiation?
Did Shii invent Moe-tan?
I would love to see a playthrough of "Facade" by a professional marriage counselor.
Perfect music to twitch to by candlelight.
彼女がとってもとってもたくさん大好き~
しかし。。。彼女は日本にある。。。
I am sad :<
>>38
And for your crimes against the Japanese language, you should feel bad. Are you a necrophiliac, or is your beloved an inaqnimate object? If not, ある should be replaced by いる. Also, たくさん is only used with discretely quantifiable things. I am not aware of any such scale for infatuation. Lastly, if your first line was meant to form a complete sentence, it's missing a だ after 大好き.
>>39
No, I'm not a necrophiliac. And thank you for the corrections.
>>38,41
そうですか？でも、俺の嚊はこの次元でいないぞ。
ええ、待って；彼女は幽霊ですから、「ある」であるべきですか？
私はネクロフィリアクですか？
(Apologies for inevitable mistakes. Corrections are welcome.)
I wish textboards were more popular. Even outside of the Wapanese crowd.
play internet on easy mode
Thanks for posting my info on /jp/, our newest member of /dqn/!
>>43
In all honesty, I think the Wapanese crowd is cool. At least, some of 'em. Not the Kawaii Morning type, but Japanese learners like in this thread and people who are truly fascinated by Japan. However, that's all nonsense. I wish anonymous texboards would take off here as well. Imagine if 4-ch got as much traffic as 2ch. That'd be great. I don't understand why textboards and even internet anonymity aren't popular in the US. Maybe Americans are too individualistic?
only cure is let go! Jump!
> Imagine if 4-ch got as much traffic as 2ch. That'd be great. I don't understand why textboards and even internet anonymity aren't popular in the US. Maybe Americans are too individualistic?
Yeah, that's what I mean. The framework is all there. Hell, the websites are already there. I have no problem with ordinary people coming to 4-ch as long as they don't act like idiots. It happens already on the Personal boards.
My only reservation would be if 4-ch turned into 4chan, and the signal-to-noise ratio decreased as it became too "normal" and mainstream. Part of 4-ch's charm at the moment is that it's slow, but the posts are generally entertaining.
>>47
I feel the same. I like the regular fans of anime and manga and video games, and those interested in Asian or Japanese culture. And to be perfectly frank, such people are smarter than the average American. Or at least that is my experience.
One of the reasons you-know-what-imageboard went to crap is because of the difference in the mind set of Amercian 'net users and Japanese 'net users.
As you probably know the Japanese have a very very strong group, or herd, mindset. And for reasons unknown to me they also already have the idea of keeping separate their cyber-space life from their meat-space life. This is part of why Facebook -a site all about the individual/yourself and where you are forced to use your real legal name- is not cracking the Japanese market and why Twitter -a site about the trending topics/mass discussion and where you can make up any identity you want- is pretty popular.
When a Japanese person sees an Internet community of some sort, they think "How can I become a part of this? How can I add to this?" Which of course forms a better community no matter what!
But, when an American, or a westerner in general, sees some sort of Internet community they think "How can I make this about me? What can I take from this?" Sub-consciously or otherwise. In my honest opinon that the majority of my generations minds have been tainted with narcissism.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/mar/17/facebook-dark-side-study-aggressive-narcissism?INTCMP=SRCH
Of course here I am posting this with a tripcode. Guess I'm one of them. Even if the vast majority of the time I post anonymously. But then what makes me want to use a tripcode that 1% of the time I'm not posting anonymously?
I have seen grey!C.MxxuCiTo post a few times now. I generally forget names and tripcodes, but he has caught my attention.
Is he one of the people I am supposed to (or going to) hate? He seems okay so far.
>>50,54
You make some good points, and I agree with the gist of what you're saying. I, too, wish for an internet where people focus on the community rather than the individual. That's why I love places like DQN.
However, I think your idealization of the Japanese internet isn't quite true. (Keep in mind that the following is based on personal experience, not concrete data.) I've found the average Japanese internet user to be as guilty of individualism as their western counterparts. Japanese know of 2-ch, but most people I meet use it rarely, favoring more personal sites. Mixi, twitter and personal blogs are very popular, and Facebook is rapidly gaining ground as well.
And then I've found that even 2-ch itself is not really the magical heaven of quality that we sometimes to make it out to be. They have plenty of stupid posters, elitists and spammers, just like the western internet.
In short, I think the concept behind 2-ch is noble and wonderful, but nothing is perfect in practice. Wherever you go, you will have to do some sifting to get the quality. The most we can do is keep trying to make entertaining posts, and hope other users follow suit.
>>54
I think it had some success but it's an uphill battle. I still saw a ton of 2-ch character paraphernalia wherever I went in big cities in Japan, and I doubt they asked permission or donate the money to 2-ch's servers.
>Mixi, twitter and personal blogs are very popular, and Facebook is rapidly gaining ground as well.
>Facebook is rapidly gaining ground as well.
Aw crap.
>>56
>and I doubt they asked permission or donate the money to 2-ch's servers.
Oh! That's painfully obvious. And actually sounds like a good idea. Hunh.
Remember, kids. You can't spell "W W W" without "w."
>>47 Maybe Americans are too individualistic?
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Posting in [Chat] Reveal your poor knowledge of the mainstream internet culture and mislead others into believing you [Thinking] [Personal] serious and polite discussion thread.
Hello, this is Espeon. I just watched S2E01 of Futurama again. I think I should post with my tripcode less often, like I did when I was young and foolish. Nowadays, all this fuss over individualism makes me look insensitive and slightly impolite.
You'll be able to recognize my wise and bitter posts anyway.
I hope she doesn't actually kill herself.
On a related note, does anybody have any tips for talking someone out of suicide?
>>65
If you have a means of heading to their home, I would recommend giving them immediate company. Otherwise you might successfully imbue them with the perspective of how insignificant their problems might be compared to worldly issues at hand. If they are feeling particularly isolated and alone, reassure them that you care for them and would be devastated to see them go - for example: If they say "nobody cares about me", the proper response is "I care about you". Sometimes, if you have experienced their sort of trauma, you can empathise with them and thus create a feeling of shared misfortune. This serves to lighten their burden significantly.
I know a lot of very depressed people.
I am going outside now.
You guys should post on /manga/ more!
large dong
>>66
Here's some insight from someone who's suicidal at the moment (I'm getting help, no worries), the advice about noting the person's insignificance would have an opposite effect, because it's the meaningless of life that's currently troubling me. Be sure to know about the person's troubles before giving them advice.
>>74
I suspected as much, to be honest. Good to know you're getting help as well. It'd be a great shame to lose a fellow dokyun.
/dqn/ is turning into /personal/...
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>>77
Ah hell, there's a gear stuck somewhere. Give me a minute...
This photo helped me a lot: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Pale_Blue_Dot.png
I believe that understanding of the insignificance of everything and the nothingness of death are two major milestones in personal philosophy. Don't let religious nonsense about afterlife, reincarnation, etc get you there.
The first one reveals how ridiculous are people, lets you poke fun at them and improves the mood in general. The latter one gives you an ability to judge whenever the life sucks big enough to be done with it.
DQN is the color of her hair. DQN is a refreshing breeze and the rustling of leaves. DQN is a sweet smile from an old lady. DQN is a fansub group taking up the series you want to watch. DQN is your VC being relevant and making you smile. DQN is drinking a warm cup of hot chocolate with mittens on, watching the snow fall outside.
And when you finally find DQN, you'll be at rest.
I think that I experienced a panic attack in class today. We watched a video about crystal meth when it happened. For some reason, I've always just felt funny when the topic of drugs comes up. Anyway, what happened was they were showing some houses of meth addicts, interviews with their kids, that kind of thing. I start feeling weird. A bit dizzy, a bit sick to my stomach. I start to sweat and feel hot. My pulse begins to slow down, and I get dizzy. My vision fades out to white and I wonder if I'm dying. My world feels like it's came to a stop, and I just get hotter and hotter as I worry that people are staring at me. (My head is down on my desk at this point.) I'm not sure how long the whole experience lasted, but it couldn't have been more than five minutes, and it was very, very, awful.
I wish that somewhere out there in this wide world there was a hot girl with a fetish for a boy that likes drunkenly eating a baguette erotically in bed while half-heartedly watching youtube videos.
God damn it, I bet I had the Zeppelin key with me the entire time.
>>82
That's beautiful.
>>85
I'm sorry. I've been in the car when my mom had a panic attack. I've never had one myself so I can't say I know what it's like, but I know its hard on people. It think can be proud of yourself for getting through it.
>>79
That photo is from the Cassini space probe, right? I'm not sure.
Voyagers are so far away...
>>92
That sounds more like something you should be telling to a 911 call than to DQN...
Almost all the posts on DQN happen when I'm asleep...
Anthropology and ancient history are such enlightening topics to pursue after one has dwelled intellectually upon modern conceptions of life, death and the nature of the universe. Feeling a sense of empathy with tribes and civilisations of millennia past I am struck not only with the inevitability of our humanity, but an anticipation for the possible accomplishments we have yet to achieve.
