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I just got a text from a num,ber I don't know: +447398279009, saying "Good day, I am Trevor; I have a proposition for you, kindly reply to my private email for further details: [email protected]". After a quick search, I found that number is brit, which is odd since I'm nowhere near that country. What the bloody hell?
>>16618264
its a scam. they were popular messages like that back in email days, but now we all know about junk emails like that. we get 30 nigerian princes offering us millions if we give them our bank account info.
this is just the evolution of hte market. someone likes you think they got a text from someone they know (When in reality their phone number just fell into a strangers hands) so they look into it.
foreign numbers are likely safer for them to use, and they may in fact be foreign as well
Replied with "I have a proposition for you as well: fuck off."
>>16618264
it's an obvious scam.
What should I major in if I want to do 3D animation?
I've been googling the past few days and all that seems to come up is kind of niche programs at CSUs or for-profit art institutes.
Is it really worth it?
>>16618189
I think it would go with the graphic design career or at least you can start by there and then do a mayor
>>16618189
3D animation IS an art, so yeah. you gotta remember that every school is in fact for profit, art schools just get a bad name cuz its considered a useless skill that cant be taught.
but 3D animation isnt the same as just throwing a pencil down on paper. unlike regular animation it is an active industry that still has a majority of its workers in the US. its not just cartoons either, learning 3D animation is very much learning visual effects in general because thats what most of them are these days. so if you want to get into 3D animation I do recommend going to school for it.
but first and foremost, i recommend just looking at tutorials for a free or pirated software and trying that. see if you actually can get into it and enjoy it first. there are plenty of resources right here on 4chan at 3DCG. read the sticky, download blender, and start messing around. go from the ground up.
first, steal some 3D models online, and learn to rig and move em. then just make stupid little shorts doing that. you can even get like video game models easy and free (I use legend of zelda ones). once you master that, go back and learn how to actually model characters. then make a bunch of those. than learn how to do their clothes and hair and then backgrounds and shit.
you can learn a lot for free, and if ur dedicatd can skip school and just make ur own reel.
>>16618251
Right. My girlfriend also mentioned that there could possibly be opportunities with 3D printing coming into relevancy.
I'll definitely check out 3DCG's sticky, originally I'd skipped it because of the slow pace of the board. But I'll definitely revisit.
Being that you seem pro-school, as far as study, what would you recommend? Graphic design as well?
>>16618197
I like this because it sounds broad and perhaps a bit more real world applicable. But I also don't want it being too broad and the actual knowledge I desire only being a small portion of the program, y'know? But I have yet to look into it.
/adv/
24M Kissless virgin here,
Being in a relationship was never a big part of my life so far. Just focused on school and stuff. But as I turned 22, the thirst hit me like a truck. Tried and struck out for the past 2 years. I'm not fat, I am 5'6 though...
Approaching year 3 in a few weeks. Thinking I should I just hire an escort for a night or two to get this shit out of my system
Thoughts?
>>16618188
Socialise and be active like get into societies and shit. Everything else will make it's way if you go for it, friend and even maybe relationship but start by making friends and shit
Lost my vcard at 23. To a stalker type. (Friend rented a room at her house: friends w/ her brother). She wouldnt do much at first so I would come back every other month it seemed. Anyways I feel like garbage. Havent seen her since September.
Im 5'6 175 pounds. Grow some balls and a heart.
Ie; live your life
>>16618188
if you go out with the intent to get something specific you will often come back disappointed. all those ladies out there arent going 'oh i hope i find a bf tonight'. and as much as you will pretend you arent looking for a gf, you are.
they arent even looking to get laid. women go out and have whatever fun they want and actually socialize the way they are meant to (say, drinks and dancing) and if anything else happens its just gravy.
so do what they do. go out, have fun, and make your only goal to meet more people. dont go in flirting and hitting on them, they're used to that. its perfectly fine to go up to a woman, meet them, have a nice conversation, than say 'it was nice meeting you, maybe ill see you around'.
sometimes you will. often times you wont. its okay. cuz at the end of the day at the very least you are learning to treat people like people instead of means to an end.
So just recently I took this girl out on a first date. It was a lot of fun, great chem, great touch, kissed, etc. But I just realized she goes to a catholic highschool. (She's a senior, and I graduated another HS before the summer). She doesn't seem like she's a "devout catholic", because she drinks and smokes. But I'm not sure, and I plan to find out soon. I myself, am an atheist. I'm not a fedora tipping atheist that will try to shove my beliefs down anybody throats, but I generally believe that the world would be better off without religion. Can you guys give me advice on how to ask about her religious stance? Do you think this will create problems in the future? (if there even is a future lol)
>>16618138
>I'm not a fedora tipping atheist that will try to shove my beliefs down anybody throats
>but I generally believe that the world would be better off without religion
Pick one. Also if she's even remotely into her religion, this is going to cause huge problems down the line.
From my experience its fine. Most people are socialized into religeon but don't actually believe it. I was raised a christian and then one day went out and actually read/researched the bible and basically went, wow this is a bunch of bullshit. Most people just aren't that inquisitive and dont take the second step. My advice is just be courteus about her religeon don't bother with the red pill, but if she starts to seem overly jesus freaky run away. But other than that don't worry about it until you start getting serious, then maybe have a convo.
>>16618138
>so whats it like going ot a catholic school?
>do they do daily church services?
>how was that?
>my mother was pretty religious but it never really stuck.
people love to talk about their views on religion, so state yours, ask some basic questions and she'll open up about it. just keep asking more questions.
Okay guys there's this girl I know who comes to my town on the holidays, she lives relatively far away we keep in contact in between visits she out here now and she wants to hang out alone with me the problem is se has a boyfriend and I feel like I'd be immoral to hook up with her because she has a boyfriend all the same I really wanna hook up with her I have conflicting emotions on the situation basically what I'm asking is would it be wrong to hook up with someone who has a boyfriend?
>>16618101
consider the situation.
>Are you looking for a relationship with her?
Don't do it. She's a cheating whore.
>Are you looking for a pump and dump?
Do it, wear a condom and tell her bf how much of a whore she is so he can act properly.
100% of the cases you'd be better of finding someone else to focus you time and attention.
>>16618109
I don't wanna date her just hook up
So you're saying best case for me is to bang her and then tell her boyfriend?
Any guy has a positive experience? Basically, I kinda orbited around a girl 5 years older than my, somehow admitted my feelings in August and she said I was a 2nd degree friend. She says I'm smart and funny but she can't open herself on other plans with me. She also has a hard time getting over her past relationship.
I tried to re-initiate conversation with her in October but her responses were dry and didn't carried the conversation.
It has been 3 months since I spoke with her and the need for human interraction is killing me. I want to talk to her but at the same time, I know it won't change anything.
>>16618098
>is this a bad idea
>i know it wont change anything
>5 years
>dry
dude, go interact with someone else, there are like 5 billion other players in this game.
>>16618127
But is there a way to make her look my way again or is there only 1 chance with a woman? I want to know if other guys were in a situation similar to mine and how it ended up.
>>16618844
>But is there a way to make her look my way again
You never had a chance to begin with.
Do you think it's possible to live without friends? I just seem to hate other people. I keep finding myself either disgusted or disappointed or annoyed with everyone and I feel like trying to interact with people is doing me more harm than good.
And I'm not even a teenager anymore so I doubt this is just edge. Maybe I'm meant to live in isolation?
Without friends? Sure. But not complete isolation.
As you grow older you have less and less friends. That's how life goes.
Yes. Though it's helpful to keep acquintances and just interact minimally now and then (I love Facebook for this, you never really need to talk to anyone, just like a few pics/posts and comment happy birthday once a year).
This way if you ever need anything or run into them and want a favor, it's within easy reach.
Of course, you prune dead weight (broke or clingy friends with no worth or that are too taxing to even minimally interact with).
>>16618095
sure, why not? worse case scenario is you realize you are wrong and come back and try it again.
most people find the level of interaction they need and built their life to facilitate that. me i just need a friend to see once or twice a week and play either video or board games with. others prefer all alone.
but if you grow to resent people its not that you like to be alone, its that there is a deeper issue here. being alone should make you happy, not re enforce the bitter.
Recently upgraded an Asus N56VZ from Windows 7 to Windows 10.
After the upgrade the Fn-Keys have virtually stopped working. They do respond occasionally (most of the time they don't), but often with up to 1 minute of lag.
I have tried deleting and reinstalling various versions of the ATK Package multiple times (Win10 64bit, Win10 32bit, Win8 64bit...). Same thing for the ATK HotKey Drivers.
Secondly, I have also configured my Lock Screen to use a slideshow. On start up, when the lock screen first appears, the the slideshow feature seems to be disabled and only shows the first picture of the slideshow.
For both problems I have run out of ideas and have looked through all forum posts I could immediately find on the internet.
Thanks.
>Windows 10
>upgrade
Lmao
>Windows 10
>upgrade
>up
>grade
pfffttftftftfthhhhhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
>dumbass
>>16618093
bump...
I waited for them to fix major bugs before switching, which didn't seem to have happend
/adv/, I'm told that I should be trying to make some goals to move forward in my otherwise stagnant 23 year old life. However, I don't know if these are the goals one should have to start moving ahead as my parents put it.
>Learn Korean
Honestly for fun, and I've lost my fluency in French. Something to work on and I'll take classes if necessary.
>Get /fit/
The typical goal except now I've been diagnosed with a fatty liver. Probably from drinking too much. Getting up at 6 am is a bitch though.
>Make more videos for YT
Yes, I know, stupid. But my friends enjoy em, I like writing and making them. That's all I'm really doing it for.
>Save more, stop buying custom pr0n
To say how much I spent on porn is just...bad. I'll try to stop buying and stop fapping as much as well. I'm gunning to have at least 10k in the bank.
>Travel once in a while.
I have 25 days off next year, might as well use them for something interesting.
>Think of further education.
Eh..
Are these shitty goals?
What are your goals /adv/?
>>16618064
there really isnt such thing as shitty goals.
imo it sounds like you have your life together (enough so that you can afford to buy custom porn, also, details?)
DESU 90% of life is getting to the point where you make good money. after that, things like getting fit, enjoying hobbies, traveling, furhter education etc. all come with ease cuz you have the money and a consistent schedule (hopefully).
so yeah. sign up for a legitimate korean class at any local learning institution. dont try online shit, that doesnt work til you at least have a foundation.
every schools different but most will offer classes twice a week at least, that is about casual. so take those nights for learning. lets pretend they are tuesday and thursday.
you would go to the gym monday, wednesday, friday.
spend saturday and sunday working on youtube videos.
as for masturbation, filling up your schedule SHOULD give you less time for that in general, so thats good. but if you put up a sign that says 'no fapping til after (insert X time here)' it helps. thats what i do and i manage not tofap til about 9pm. by then there isnt anything left for me to do that i need my creative energy for (masturbation takes that out of me) and there is nt enough time to make it some huge session. at most i fap again right before bed for like 15 minutes. not enough to obsess over and run out of porn / purchase custom porn etc.
>>16618100
as for making all of this your normal schedule, DONT overload yourself by doing it all at once. for now, just look up korean classes, find ones you think are frequent enough to learn, but not every night of the week, and spend the first month just getting used to doing that.
then in month 2 (February) start going to the gym on those off days.
then march, start doing youtube videos on the weekend.
work your way up to being that busy.
How about doing something for your community? Volunteering or getting involved in an organisation?
Any Marines here? I've not even been in the Marine corps a year, and I'm already losing all my motivation. I'm not saying I want to get out early. But the prospect of being here for another three or so years seems very very shitty at the moment. I didn't really have a lot of people to talk to besides my shitty recruiters when I enlisted, and the Infantry is NOTHING like I thought it would be. How do you guys cope? I don't really have any friends that I can talk to about this shit, and all my civilian friends wouldn't even begin to understand what I was talking about.
>>16618020
cant really duck out tho, can ya? my recommendation look at what you want to do after the marines and just spend the next 3 years preparing yourself for that. people generally have to deal with 4 years of highschool than college, so this isnt much different. just another rest stop on the road of life. just get ripped, stay ripped, study something, spend any freetime you might have developing a hobby. you're on the internet now so i imagine you arent in buttfuckistan or anything.
>>16618020
Make the most out of it.
Set goals for yourself, and try to enjoy it, even if you have to enjoy it ironically.
You're stuck doing so you might as well put you're all in.
>been friends with the guy i was dating for a year.
>started getting closer and exclusive these past few months
>Recently becomes distant and blows up at me.
Ok so heres the situation. I dont have the best reputation. Before I met him I had slept with one of his good friends and the period where we werent exclusive but we're just "hanging out" i had slept with 2 more friends of his amd some other guy in his social circle. Yea i know its really bad...but even after all that he wanted to see me and be exclusive. As soon as i knew how serious he was about me i dropped everyone i was talking to and only focused on him and we were so happy for a while but then he starts acting distant and calls me annoying and reminds me of his friends i slept with and how people say we're a joke and remind him how they all had me. I played it cool and just said i didnt want drama and now i guess we're friends. He also recently invited me to go with him to his friends bday party. So i guess with this whole situation do u think we could be just friends or does it sound too fucked up to work?
Sure. See how it goes. That's kind of weird, though. You're not just a typical slut but somehow had sex with 4 people he's close to? How's that happen?
>>16618013
>I'm a huge slut
>how can I redeem my past and wash out my slut reputation
You can't, better live up to it and keep being the filthy slut you are.
>>16618013
this is both hilarious and erotic.
that being said, it sounds like he nor his friends are really mature enough to handle this particular situation. so maybe its time to duck out and fuck a different group of guys.
Alright guys, this one's a doozy
Dating girl for 5 years, we were at uni together and I knew after uni she wanted to spend a year in Japan. In our final year she got a part-time job and ended up getting really invested, I barely saw her, so much so that she dropped out of uni. After that she went to live in Japan for a year and we had a long distance thing
Around this time last year she came back and we hung out. We actually had a really nice New Years together, but afterword she told me that she's enjoyed her time in Japan too much and she doesn't want to live in the UK right now.
I offered to move, but she said she'd prefer it if I lived my own life rather than just follow her.
1 year forward and she's back to see her family for Christmas. I hadn't spoken to her once the entire year till last month, which was my birthday, she sounded like she was upset and sick of Japan, but from what I can tell she's not planning to move back here either.
We're going out for a meal tomorrow, for old times sake I guess. I'm really nervous because it sounds like she's met lots of great people and moved on in her life. I've tried to date other people, but I always compare them to my old gf and I feel so unsatisfied. I just want her back in my life, it really would make me so happy...
Any and all comments welcome
Brush I say just smash one more time a leave her to the sushi dicks, no reason why you should have to have gone thru that while she's having fun
I live in Japan. I'll talk to her for you over coffee if you'd like.
>>16617992
>>16617992
I really wish I could
I know this is going to sound cliché as fuck, but I really feel like she's the one for me. When we talked last month, she said "she understands now that nobody will probably have as deep a connection with her as me"
And I really feel the same way, I just wish I could get her to stay in this country...
I'm lazy. It's not something I'm ashamed of, I embrace it. If I don't have to change out of my pajama's on the weekend, I won't.
But, with that being said, I'm usually in bed by midnight, and up before 8 in the morning.
I work 40 hours a week. But, here's the problem. I'm the boss. I'm unsupervised, I run the show, I have no interaction with the owners, or very minimal I should say.
But, sometimes, I just don't have the drive, I don't have the motivation. I'd much rather shitpost on 4chan than do some of the work I need to that involves leaving the chair.
Of course, there are some days I just get up and do it like I'm supposed to, but others I avoid it like the plague until the last minute and get what I can done right quick.
Is there a way to jumpstart myself in times like that, in times of true lack of motivation ability.
How do I work and get stuff done with no drive?
Are there legal pills I can seek? Do I have a condition other than being lazy?
>>16617977
just lazy. some recommendations
>set goals, make them publicly known
assuming you have subordinates, you can easily gather them on monday, lay down ground plans for the week, and therefore be forced to adhere to them with them checking in on how things are going. its funny cuz in a way, they become your boss.
if you dont like that, do you have a secretary / assistant? you can do this with them and only them so they can keep bugging you about it.
hard mode: contact the bosses and send over the highlights of the goals for the week / month. then try to reach those goals.
careful, this could backfire if you are lazy and then you just look like a fool.
How's it going.
So in August I was told that I would need two more classes to graduate with my associates degree, but I look at my progress this morning, weeks after I the last day of classes and it's showing 97%. Did my adviser fuck me over to where I have to take some stupid underwater basket weaving class just to get done with this stupid fucking degree????
A time before that, this woman adviser told me I needed to take college algebra when my degree showed that I just needed conceptual algebra to graduate. What should I do? I really don't think I should have to do one more stupid course even if I passed college algebra.
>>16617968
Bump. Schools are businesses.
Well you're all a lot of help.
Thanks /adv/, you're totally filled with wisdom and integrity.
>>16618161
You're welcome. I had some advice for you because I've been in a similar position, but you're a bit of an ass so I don't think I'll bother.
Anyone been on probation?
Will probation offices be closed on January 1st? Is it considered a holiday for them because it's a government holiday?
Trying to decide if I should drink, turn off my phone and detox by Monday, or if I should wait until Friday to do it anyways.
Just behave yourself.
>>16617950
No drinking on probation? I thought it would have just been harder drugs. Unless you're under the legal drinking age.
Any alcohol will be out of your system by the time you would go to the office anyway.
>>16618009
Nothing at all. I'm over 21.
Just curious if anyone with experience knows it they're in the office on the Friday after New Year's Eve. Seems like the perfect day to piss test for alcohol, but I imagine they have it off.
Just gonna put my PO on block for the day just in case. Fuck it.
