When in your life did you feel the most broken?
Brody shit I’m just drunk rn Go go waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda you’ll Go waltzing Matilda with me.
Brody shit I’m just drunk rn Go go waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda you’ll Go waltzing Matilda with me.
No genre restrictions, so a tell-all memoir is as valid a response as a high-fantasy tome. Maybe you want to dive in deep on an anthropological topic, or maybe you want to pen a full book of contemporary political commentary. Any and all options are on the table, with the only caveat being that you'd have to write enough to fill a book, so it would have to be an area of knowledge or passion for you--likely both.
Also, for those here that have already written books, feel free to talk about those if you like, or one you hope to write in the future.
For those that haven't, don't feel constrained by real-world concerns/inhibitions. Pretend you have the time and resources to adequately devote to the book to fully see your vision through.
Make sure you give us:
You know, something that, by all accounts, really shouldn't bother you that much but for some reason does. Like when the toilet paper roll is hanging the wrong way. Or when somebody doesn't use multiples of 5 on the timer for the microwave.
Also, feel free to think past IRL stuff and into online stuff and media. Maybe there's something authors do that rubs you the wrong way, or you're weirdly bothered by a particular TV trope.
Maybe it was an unexpected new piece of information you learned. Maybe someone you've known for a long time did something very out of character for them. Maybe you came across a giant spider right above your head in your basement while you were doing laundry and it caused you to spill the hamper and hit your head on a pipe.
Whatever the surprise--good or bad, big or small, meaningful or throwaway--I'm curious to hear about it.
Hanging alone? Spending time with friends? Loved ones? Going out dancing? Drinks? Sitting down with a good book? Playing games online with friends? Going hiking? Cooking? Gardening?
Also, how often do you get to spend your Friday nights in the manner you most enjoy?
Maybe it's a delicate topic people always dance around. Maybe it's a sensitive topic people just avoid. Maybe it's something that's been brewing but you never really seem to have an outlet for it. Maybe it's something niche enough that you don't ever really see anything else about it around.
Whatever it is, what is it you want to talk about but never seem to be able to?
Aside from this wonderful website, what are things that have enough value to you that you're willing to pay for them not just once, but repeatedly over time?
Need to vent, brag or just talk about your day? Thought this would be a nice space for this.....
It can be something personal and individual, a grand universal truth, or anything in-between.
I’m in the process of moving house. We’ve been visiting the new house over the weekend, but we haven’t moved any furniture in yet.
During our errands, my housemate said “let’s go home”, and it took me a moment to realise that he was referring to the new house. He was being slightly facetious, but it made me think. That new house obviously isn’t “home” yet, but when will it be “home”?
I realised there are two answers for me: a functional one and a psychological one.
The functional answer for me is “home is where the bed is”. The day after I’ve moved my bed into the new house and have slept there overnight is the day I’ll refer to it as my home (as in “let’s go home”).
The psychological answer is that it will feel like my home when I’m comfortable walking through the house in the middle of the night in bare feet – when I know the place well enough to walk around in the dark without anything to protect me from danger. I have to have lived in a place for a while for it to feel like home.
So… what makes a place “home” for you? When you move into a new house or apartment or condo or tent or treehouse, what makes it feel like “home”? What’s that moment when you know that this house is now a home?
It's already started a little, but over the next day or so, the internet will be filled with jokes, pranks, fake "announcements" from companies, fun interactive activities, games, and so on. A lot of these can be quite clever and interesting so I think posting about them in general is fine, but in the interest of preventing them from completely taking over Tildes, let's try to keep as many of them restricted to this thread as possible. Ideally, a separate top-level comment for each individual item would be good.
If something particularly discussion-worthy comes up (like an ARG or activity that a lot of people want to talk about), a separate thread is reasonable, but please make sure it has the "april fools day" tag. That way, if anyone wants to avoid seeing the April Fools' Day threads, they can use the topic tag filters and filter that tag out.
I'm going to use the "official" styling for this topic (that's usually only for ~tildes.official topics) to make it stand out more to try to encourage people to notice it. My availability tomorrow will probably be limited, so if you notice people making individual topics for April Fools' Day things that don't really warrant their own topic, please (nicely) encourage them to delete and post in here instead.
Inspired by this very fun twitter thread and the very fun metafilter comment thread that came from it, I want to hear people's responses here as well:
What is your weirdest eating/drinking habit you had as a kid?
I'll start: I liked to fix myself a bowl of unsweetened whipped cream with a ridiculous amount of nutmeg sprinkled on top, or a bowl of plain yogurt with broken open pills of acidophilus or other probiotic powder scattered over the top of it. This is a texture I still enjoy, a soft cream covered in a dry, unsweetened powder.
Lots of new people coming in today, and there will be lots in the next couple of days... the last Introductions post was months ago, we're overdue for another one. Drop in, say hi, tell us whatever you like about yourself, even if it's just how your day is going. On Tildes, ~talk is the casual space, so don't feel pressured to be clever or anything. :P
Past introduction threads for everyone to catch up: -1- . -2- . -3- . -4- . -5-
Also in case anyone missed it, there's an intro to tildes post to help bring you up to speed on this place.
As the title says! I recently got a fretless bass and it's super hard to intonate correctly since I'm used to the frets doing it for me. It's such a weird sound but it isn't bad. I'm learning a few songs on it already and it's funny to me that even if I switch to my fretted bass, that I still try to maintain proper intonation
Wasn't sure where to post this.
I needed a break, I am a reddit Mod and was hoping to become super active here as well. But, it was taking a bigger impact on my mental health than I knew.
I stopped posting here, on reddit and instagram (really the only platforms I use) and it really helped with my stress levels and even sleep patterns. I read waaaay more books and felt far more focused then I have been in years.
I dont know if there are any CGP Grey fans here but I am a big fan of his and was inspired by his choice to do the same.
http://www.cgpgrey.com/blog/cyclops
Coming back into things I am thinking I will limit myself and try and work on pacing my internet usage.
Anyway, kind of a random post, but I wanted to share it with someone and I thought our community here would apreciate it (Reddit probably wouldn't).
emotionally abusive ex-girlfriend tried to reach out.
blocked her number.
started looking for therapists.
i started following through FreeCodeCamp (more tech talk (MERN) at the bottom - i gots questions)
i started flossing two weeks ago.
i've been consistent this past week with learning japanese
and right now i got one of my comfy outfits on, chilling at the house, and i just made a french press with some beans from a roaster i used to always buy from back when i lived downtown.
i'm feelin' alright today. it's gonna be a few more months until i get where i want, but for now, i'm good.
how bout you - how you doin?
(if you stuck around for the tech stuff - here's that)
what's a good book to follow up EloquentJS? i'm reading through that now, and i really want to get a good feel for the language itself. i know how to get something built, but i don't know how my tools work - and that's an issue for me.
on a similar note - what are the best books on React? i've got a 2017 copy of Fullstack React, but someone told me that's outdated by this point, and i can't exactly afford the 2018 copy right now. anything else i should keep an eye out/save up for?
and lastly, best reading on CSS3? i know (again) a good enough amount of Bootstrap to be able to get something up and running, but i want to get better at vanillaCSS, css animations, and making sure that my site is responsive and supported across across all browsers.
So I was at a concert this evening and when it was over and people were leaving the concert hall, I went up to a guy and said that I thought the tattoo he had on his neck of the band's logo was really cool and showed dedication. He simply nodded and said thanks, and then his mother (or girlfriend, I have no idea) poked my shoulder and showed me an identical one. It was in sort of between her breasts, but also underneath them. So she had to pull down her top and show a not insignificant amount of cleavage to show it to me. All I could say was "wow, very nice" with a stupid smile on my face. She just laughed and walked away, and it made my night!
Was a pretty good concert too by the way. Behemoth are an amazing band! :)
Fill in the blanks. No parameters from me: I'm leaving the prompt open-ended because I'm curious to see where people go with it.
Also, to prevent low-effort/single sentence posts in response, please explain why your suggestion is a suitable replacement.
I'm rather curious - for me, about a fiver. It's all I need to be able to smash an egg at someone - legally. It'd probably be pretty fun - probably not 'life changing', though.
~£40 is probably the least for something more 'life changing'. I could buy a Pi, storage, and a charger. Then I can set up a pi-hole, and never have to worry about ads. It'd also make browsing on my weak laptop that liittle bit better.
I know this is a relatively stereotypical new years post, but I'm interested in seeing what everyone here on Tildes wants to do to improve themselves for this coming year. Personally, I want to devote more time into language learning, which would include spending more time watching foreign TV, studying vocab, etc.
Hope everyone has a happy holiday!
Hey guys,
The whole idea of this website reminds me a lot of the forums I used to spend hours on as a kid, when those websites were just a place for people to talk about stuff and that was it, and that made me wonder, what was YOUR experience of that same era ?
Can't wait to hear your stories :)
I'm shamelessly stealing this from a reddit thread, but omitting the "Christmas" part to avoid excluding people who don't celebrate Christmas.
Another country, another city, another street, another building, another room, another chair... temporarily or permanently; where would you like to be ATM?
Every couple of days or once per week in those moments where you automatically think of and attempt to plan for the future, how far ahead are you thinking, and what about?
Who would you share it with? The world, your friends, no one? Would you create an elaborate puzzle and only tell the winners?
Where do you live and how do you feel about it? What are the best and worst parts?
Hello everybody! As the Americans here are probably aware, this week is our holiday for Thanksgiving. One of the traditional parts of the holiday (at least as I've always practiced it) is everybody writing a list of the things they're thankful for in their life and over the past year. Especially since this is our first Thanksgiving together since Tildes was founded, I was wondering if you'd like to contribute such a list. :)
When running up the stairs in my house, I run as if I'm a four-legged monkey.
For those who've not heard of it, the scp wiki is a community-based collaborative writing effort based around "anomalous" objects/beings and the efforts of the SCP Foundation to contain them and protect the general public. Users can submit and vote on articles about SCPs, written in the style of research/containment notes. Some popular entries are SCP-173, SCP-87 and SCP-682, alongside a few more abstract and lighter entries.
Anyone want to share some SCP entries they've enjoyed reading? SCP-3515 is the most recent I've read and I'd definitely recommend it.
We've all got our interests and things we spend a lot of time thinking about, but often they require either an external or internal catalyst to spark a comment or a post in and of itself.
What would you like to talk about? What interests or preoccupies you? What do you think is neat, or terrible?
I just got done with taking a nap in a laundry basket, which obviously served as a precursor to this post. A bit of weirdness every once in a while spices life up, don't you think?
Any plans?
Reading, watching, playing, tinkering. Do you still go out or do you stay home? Do you brew a hot drink or make a sandwhich for yourself?
I'm nearsighted and I have a -1.25 rx. I don't need to wear them all the time, but I love it when everything is well defined.
thought it would be interesting to hear some of your guys' habits in day to day life.
feel free to answer only one of the questions if you feel uncomfortable or anything :)
these are mine:
the good habit is definitely walking for 20 minutes every day.
and the bad one is not sleeping enough.
This can be anything, I'll accept "relaxing in front of the TV with a drink" as an answer.
Personally I've grown fond of Wednesdays, because that's when I sometimes get me a sandwich from my favorite place, and Sundays because that's when I often go to play board-games with some old friends.
Do you have something you look forward to in your week? Or maybe some advice for people who are looking for something to look forward to?
Today I stumbled upon a pdf of Peter Arnell's redesign of the Pepsi logo, touted by a person on twitter as "the height of human bullshit". And it reminded me of the time I worked at a small start-up company, where these kinds of overblown but substantially empty ideas were common currency.
So I'm wondering: do any of you have any funny or interesting stories of encounters with these kinds of things.
hey everyone! found this interesting post on /r/6perks, and i wanted to share it here and see what ideas get shared.
You wake up in a chemist's lab. In front of you is a table with 10 different-coloured pills. You may only choose 3. A warning label notifies you that taking more than 3 will cause instant combustion.
Which do you choose, and why?
🔵 Future Pill 🔵
You can see 10 years into the future or any time sooner, whenever you want. You can see any part of the world.
🔴 Xray Pill 🔴
You gain the ability to see through anything as far as you can normally see. Works at any layer.
🔸 Fly Pill 🔸
You can fly. You start at a slow speed and require time to speed up to a maximum of 100mph (161kph). You are not immune to low oxygen or harsh temperatures.
🌿 Drug Pill 🌿
You gain the ability to automatically be affected by any drug that exists as much as you want, no bad side effects.
❤ Sex Appeal Pill ❤
Anyone you want is instantly attracted to you, you are cured of and immune to STD's. Anyone who you "do" also becomes immune, and son on. Cure the world?
💠 Disease Immune Pill 💠
Gives you the ability to become immune to all harmful diseases.
💰 Money Pill 💰
You don't become rich, nor have infinite money, but it's like you do. Every time you want to do or have something, your bank account/wallet has exactly as much money as you need.
💮 Wish Pill 💮
Gives you the ability to wish for one of two things: any existing object to be teleported in front of you, or for you to be teleported wherever you want. Can only be used once a week. You get a free return ticket if you teleported somewhere. You cannot wish for other pills.
♠️ Death Pill ♠️
Gives you the ability to have any person of your choice killed, with no risk of consequence. Can only be used once every 5 weeks.
🌟 Painproof Pill 🌟
You are tougher than Wolverine after drinking green tea or eating spinach. You can still get hurt but you have Olympian-like physique, the skills of the greatest martial artists in the world, you are twice as fast, and your wounds regenerate very quickly.
I freaking love Halloween. The costumes, the candy, the temperature, the pumpkins, and the whole aesthetic. I'm just testing the waters here to see how everyone else here feels about it and what ya'lls plans are.
EDIT: haha, while my title is technically correct I meant "best" holiday, not next
How's it going?
I feel like I don't ask enough people that question.
In the replies to this post, just put down whatever's on your mind. We can have a convo or I can just look at some words and think "Wow, so this is the life of another guy?"
Hello dear people,
This post was inspired by @wise's post "What are the sounds of your people"
But I'd like to hear you describe the scent, aroma, fragrance, or any kind of smell that you associate with yours. Maybe there's some overlap with ~food, but it's not just limited to foods and drinks. I think pretty much anything deep in our memories might be tied to the impressions of scents. Maybe it's the soil after night rain, the interior of a car, the book aroma of a library, or a pet, a person... let me know.
I'll be posting mine as a comment.
you head to the gas station to catch a 6-pack and maybe a bag of chips or some rillos. you pass the cashier a twenty, and they mention your change will get you a couple lottery tickets. you're in a good mood and we all hate coins, so you just tell 'em you're down and to choose random numbers.
a week later, you wake up and see the winning lottery numbers on the news.
hopeful curiosity turns into a flooring disbelief as you pause the tv and check the numbers four times over.
you scramble to find and unlock your phone, heading straight to google.
"winning lottery numbers"
"how to tell if you won the lottery"
"lottery number checker"
everything checks out.
"how to claim lottery winnings"
you go to claim your prize, and you can choose between $130,000,000 in post-tax cash now, or $210,000,000 spread equally over the next 30 years.
which do you choose? what do you do with it?
If the cookies never stop being produced, then it is logical to assume that, if unchecked, uneaten cookies will eventually choke the earth, leaving us uninhabitable. What is your plan, and how long do you think we'll last in this cookie apocalypse?
As for some general rules, the machine is impossible to break, and it can inexplicably produce cookies infinitely without having to refill on ingredients.
I'm going to be a little bit more broad on my response. It wasn't a matter of just a one-time thing or action, but a philosophy. I have a personal rule of mine to change something major about myself at least once a year, and that could range from a job or to taking up a new hobby.
Since taking up on this idea, this thought, I've felt better as I can see changes happening, and looking back from exactly a year ago to the date there's a lot to be impressed by. By following this new tradition I feel better as I can see constant improvement, and self-motivation to adapt, and evolve as a person.
What was the best change you ever made in your life?
Hi all!
I'm new to Tildes and thought it'd be a great idea to get to know the other Tildes users.
Just post something about yourself. Maybe where you're from, what you do for a living, a hobby you have, anything!
Sorry if this is a bit off-beat from the usual discussion here, but I really want to hear any jokes that y'all have, just for fun.
I've never broken a bone! I've probably had minor fractures before and played it off when stubbing my toe for example, but as far as I know, I've never broken a bone.
Tildes, tildites, tilidians? What is something you've never done?
I'm not sure how often this will be necessary, but figured I'd give it a try a few times a week for now. Share a story, ask a question, or start a conversation about (almost) anything you want.
Something that I believe others would find to be a negative trait or personality is a person with a sense of dark and morbid humour. I tend to use dark humour a lot more than I should and sometimes have to be pretty careful around who I say it. Having friends who can take in jest with the things I say without any repercussions is great, otherwise they wouldn't last that long as friends!
What do you consider a negative trait, quality, factor, and that you find attractive?