[Contentless] Post your current thought [Thinking] [Personal] [Part ➅] (999)

1 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6788 11:23

Previously: http://4-ch.net/dqn/kareha.pl/1326391378

I hope nobody minds that I cleaned up the title a little bit.

37 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6791 11:31

Perfect music to twitch to by candlelight.

38 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6791 11:47

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 :<

39 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6791 12:58

>>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.

40 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6791 13:11

>>39
No, I'm not a necrophiliac. And thank you for the corrections.

41 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6791 13:46

>>38
俺も悲しく、なぜなら俺は日本にいるのに彼女は日本人なのに切なく日本にいない。

42 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6791 14:24

>>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.)

43 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6791 16:01

I wish textboards were more popular. Even outside of the Wapanese crowd.

44 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6791 17:08

>>43
Really? Why?

45 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6791 21:13

play internet on easy mode

46 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6791 21:50

Thanks for posting my info on /jp/, our newest member of /dqn/!

47 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6791 22:26

>>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?

48 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6791 22:37

only cure is let go! Jump!

49 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6791 23:04

>>47

> 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.

50 Name: grey!C.MxxuCiTo : 1993-09-6791 23:54

>>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?

51 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6792 00:00

Some people like to bake a honey coiled ham
Some people like to roast a leg of lamb
Some people have a complicated go-to man
WE'LL ALL BE MILKING GOATS IN THE EEEEEEEEEND!

52 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6792 00:58

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.

53 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6792 02:49

>>49
I understand your worry. Even if that happens, there will always be small citadels of quality posting and entertainment. I wonder if 2ch faces the same problem. But there's a definite upside to increased traffic.

>>50
I think you pretty much hit the nail on the head. I've always had a little disdain for Facebook, and reading that article justifies my feelings even more.

I'm afraid that sites like this will die out, but maybe there will be a golden age of western text boards soon.

> 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 never thought that trip users might use tripcodes sparingly. Huh.

>>52
He's okay. I don't know this for a fact, but I think there are only two trips posting on 4-ch right now.

54 Name: grey!C.MxxuCiTo : 1993-09-6792 04:41

>>53
By problem do you mean the increased traffic or retarded users?
Now I don't/can't read Japanese so I cannot say for *sure* but I do not think that 2ch faces the same problem. Or at least not nearly as much so. It comes back to the "How can I become a part of this? How can I add to this?" thing in place of "How can I make this about me? What can I take from this?".
2ch is *huge.* And because of that Japanese herd mindset new users see what's already there try to conform to it and become apart of the greater whole. Which is sadly, the inverse of what happens in most of the western Internet.

However, I know they did have a similar problem to us in years past with corporations attempting to monetize their AA characters and memes with t-shirts, plusies, stickers, toys, and lots of other stuff. I also know that 2ch started a campaign against it. I think they called it the "Save Our Monar" campaign. What I don't know is what level of success they had. But if it was anything like their past escapades then I'll guess it was favorable.



55 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6792 05:30

>>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.

56 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6792 09:59

>>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.

57 Name: grey!C.MxxuCiTo : 1993-09-6792 15:37

>>55

>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.

58 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6792 16:08

Remember, kids. You can't spell "W W W" without "w."

59 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6792 16:59

>>47 Maybe Americans are too individualistic?

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(　ﾟ∀ﾟ)彡　Individualism! Individualism!
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60 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6792 17:02

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.

61 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6792 18:00

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.

62 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6792 18:22

>>61

>wise and bitter

narcissistic and silly*

63 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6792 18:43

>>62
This lol

64 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6792 20:11

I hope she doesn't actually kill herself.

65 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6792 20:23

On a related note, does anybody have any tips for talking someone out of suicide?

66 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6792 20:35

>>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.

67 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6792 20:39

>>62
Joke's on you.

68 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6792 20:40

>>67
Nice.

69 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6792 20:58

>>64
I'm going to do it to upset the rest of you!

70 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6792 21:02

>>66
Thank you for your advice, it proved quite helpful. Mercifully, all has been resolved (for now at least).

>>69
Please don't joke about these things. It isn't nice.

71 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6792 21:12

I am going outside now.

72 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6792 21:19

You guys should post on /manga/ more!

73 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6792 21:29

large dong

74 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6792 22:19

>>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.

75 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6792 22:35

>>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.

76 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6792 22:35

>>74
Huh, you too?

77 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6792 23:28

/dqn/ is turning into /personal/...
ヾ( ﾟДﾟ)ﾉ RELEASE THE EMERGENCY MITTENS!

78 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6792 23:44

>>77
Ah hell, there's a gear stuck somewhere. Give me a minute...

79 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6792 23:45

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.

80 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6792 23:48

>>77
DQN was and is everything.

81 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6793 00:52

>>80
DQN was her?

82 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6793 02:19

>>81

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.

83 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6793 05:51

>>82
DQN is how much I love you right now.

84 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6793 10:10

>>80
DQN WAS PHONE.

85 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6793 10:22

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.

86 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6793 12:43

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.

87 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6793 14:13

I haven't seen anyone post "It carries out and is w" in a while.

88 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6793 15:55

God damn it, I bet I had the Zeppelin key with me the entire time.

89 Name: grey!C.MxxuCiTo : 1993-09-6793 18:26

>>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.

90 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6793 19:43

>>89
Voyager 1.

91 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6794 00:05

Voyagers are so far away...

92 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6794 01:37

I am in so much pain right now hooooooly fuck my spine.

93 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6794 01:39

>>92
That sounds more like something you should be telling to a 911 call than to DQN...

94 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6794 02:31

>>92
Ice it within the first forty-eight hours and then you can apply heat. Don't lay down for too long (except for sleeping). Apply ten oz. Tanasinn

95 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6794 05:24

>>85
P. much exactly my reaction to blood. Anatomy class was... interesting, to say the least. (Actually, only because we viewed this classic, complete with projector and all.)

96 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6794 09:38

Almost all the posts on DQN happen when I'm asleep...

97 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6794 09:48

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.

98 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6794 09:53

I really want to make a shitty response after what >>97 just said

99 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6794 12:18

>>97
butts

100 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6794 15:57

No. Shut up. Shut the fuck up.

SHUT
THE FUCK
UP

I WILL FUCKING KILL YOU IF YOU SAY ONE MORE FUCKING WORD

WHAT THE FUCK IS WITH YOU

101 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6794 16:54

>>95
1) do google search for YouTube ID so as not to watch video
2) NOPE

102 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6794 18:50

>>94 Thank you.

103 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6795 01:03

I am not a billionaire.

104 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6795 02:12

If I was a billionaire, I'd feel exactly the same and be doing all the same stuff, just in a slightly bigger room.

105 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6795 02:36

> put DICK in GAYNUS

106 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6795 03:00

>>105
So that's how you deal with grues!

107 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6795 04:50

My head, oh lord, my head...

108 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6795 05:24

Egh, a spring broke in my mattress. Now it's poking me in the ass and tearing a hole in my pants.

109 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6795 07:27

>>106
PROTIP: To add insult to injury, wear a fluorescent condom for MASSIVE DAMAGE.

110 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6795 09:38

bing sucks.

111 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6795 10:58

maybe alcohol isn't such a good hobby after all.

112 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6795 14:08

>>106
The hard part is solving the puzzle that lets you get the Cheney statue in the first place.

113 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6795 16:30

Well, damn. No new mail. I guess I'm fresh out of excuses for not cleaning my room once again.

114 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6795 18:01

DQN, have you read your Remembering the Kanji today?

115 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6795 18:05

>>114
No. However, I read my Sherlock Holmes. Have you?

116 Name: grey!C.MxxuCiTo : 1993-09-6795 19:27

>>114
No. However I read my American Sign Language. Have you?

117 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6795 21:40

I don't think I can identify myself as human any more.

118 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6795 21:52

>>115
Maybe after Moby Dick. Speaking of, I've barely made a dent in it so far, but something about Ishmael's relationship with Quequeeg strikes me as weird. A different time, I guess.

>>116
No, but that might not be a bad idea. It might be rare, but I imagine it's worth it when you run into somebody who knows it.

>>117
Then you already have standards higher than most for identifying a human, unless you're just a trained monkey typist. In that case you got a little ahead of yourself... but really, what makes you say that?

119 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6795 22:11

I wonder how she will respond.

>>118
I like Moby Dick.

120 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6795 22:39

>>119
I like dick.

121 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6796 06:02

I have the annoying version of ADD where I remember everything I'd read before I was distracted, and thus experience no impediment to learning, yet nonetheless find it cumbersome to continue my studies.

122 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6796 07:36

I am no longer hungry.

123 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6796 08:30

Making my buzzed friend think up one-liners for the CSI thread is fun.

124 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6796 08:34

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mznsEcZlM2I

125 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6796 11:56

I hope >>128 says "27 GET!" or something like that.

126 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6796 12:34

>>125
21+22+23+24+25+26 GET <3

127 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6796 12:38

8-bit integer get!

128 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6796 13:45

(unsigned char) -1 GET.
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(　ﾟ∀ﾟ)彡　Undefined behaviour! Undefined behaviour!
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129 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6796 13:48

Sorry, I actually meant (unsigned char) -128.

130 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6796 19:23

Nausea~

131 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6796 21:26

I was just trying to remember what the number 131 reminded me of. Turns out it was Iodine-131.

132 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6796 22:57

That was DISGUSTING. I am glad my friend gave me a change of clothes.

133 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6796 23:01

I'm picturing >>132 getting a hot load of semen sprayed in his face right now.

134 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6797 00:16

>>133
Actually I was helping a friend clean a bunch poop off his cat. I only wish I was that gay.

135 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6797 06:53

For all that I disliked the Harry Potter fandom as a teenager, I'm glad the actual stories (and a good deal of fan-fiction for that matter) were genuinely entertaining works of literature. Growing up, it's distressing to see kids these days with their Twilights, Hunger Games, Homestucks and whatnot, who might never know the meaning of good fiction.

Also, what other fandom has created something as amazing as AVPM? That's right; none.

vc: lame

136 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6797 07:46

>>135
I think the works you mentioned have about equal narrative quality. You are probably looking through a nostalgia filter.

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