What are you r9k's "resident expert" on?
The comprehensive history of blink-182?
Vietnamese literature?
Woodworking?
Basketball?
Sly Cooper 2?
Moe anime?
Any topic that you could confidently say you know more than the average person about.
Post your expertise and ask eachother questions. Who knows, you might learn something.
I know more about drugs than most people here. That's not to say there aren't other people who know more, I'm just up there. Most people here probably wouldn't be able to tell you what MT-45 or W-18 are.
I probably know a lot more about theatre and stage violence.
>>26997775
I wanna fuck bubby the whale
>>26997775
im the resident expert on not having any interests whatsoever.
ask me anything
>>26997811
How do I grow and maintain psilocybin, Drugbro?
I think films but /tv/ might call me a pleb
Chess
on nothing at all
>>26997900
Look up the PF Tek for basic information, then spend a while on Shroomery seeing how people actually do it. I could run you through all the steps here, but doing that will help you more than I could.
Essentially, you need to pressure cook a substrate in glass jars to sterilize it, inject spores from a syringe, let them colonize, then birth the cakes into a chamber which you can keep at a certain temperature and humidity, and that's all there really is too it.
>>26997775
I know lots of things about video games.
>>26997909
aaaaagh why does soggy bread trigger me so much
holy fuck it just makes me feel so weird and nauseous
i think i was molested
I'm /r9k/'s resident boipussy expert
>>26997957
Leave, Gavin
Suicide methods and spiders, if only because nobody cares enough to read up on either
>>26997975
...Mclnness? Does he hate soggy bread?
>>26997938
My laptop is really shitty
I like games such as Undertale, Civilization, Darkest Dungeon or anything with a good story or a fun online experience.
Please recommend me something.
>>26997811
know anything about MK801?
captcha 420
>>26997977
There's a lot of competition in the first category.
the history, psychology, evolution of runescape pvp clans
I'd like my 6 figure consulting career now please
I know more about art and animation than the average person and probably 3d modeling too.
Though i know i have gaps and limitations to my knowledge as well.
Pretty sure I know more math than average robot.
>>26997938
What system(s)?
>>26997992
Not him, but check out Frog Fractions
programming
definitely much more than average, probably a fair bit more than most robots
i might be stuck halfway down the dunning-krueger curve though
>>26998002
I'll admit that's one I couldn't remember off the top of my head, but I remembered reading about it in the past once I saw it's other name is dizocilpine. I've never been that much of a disassociative guy.
>>26998003
For some reason it seems to drop out pretty fast desu
>>26997891
What do you do for fun?
>>26998035
Pretty much every system except PC. I don't know anything about indie games so I don't really have much to say to >>26997992, sorry. Have you tried out older strategy games like HoMM3, or shit like Underrail?
>the works of Tao Lin (kill me)
>the practice of self-trepanation
>Ellen Page and her films
>the jokes of Mitch Hedberg
>Lucretius' swerve
>being a fat, pathetic loser
>>26997775
I'd bet that I'm the resident expert on pic related.
Possibly benthic macroinvertebrates,
>>26997775
I know why bane wears the mask
>>26998053
Is it hard for a beginner to get started or is there a big learning curve?
>>26998053
I do a lot of programming too. What sort of things do you make?
>>26998057
yes, they tested it on some army guys in the 70s, i dont know, on 420chan somebody claimed to have actually gotten in off the internet, not the darknet, clear.
it kind of interests me. i've tried dxm and enjoyed it, but the unpleasant physical side effects kind of suck and make it almost not worth it. something to do only a handful of times a year. MXE is not in production anymore, never got to try that. never tried ketamine
>>26998093
Well why does he?
>>26998073
there is no fun anymore
i study and shitpost most of the time. i also have normalfag friends so they invite me to parties so i can just get drunk really quickly and pray to dear god i can wake up to study and shitpost the next day.
>inb4 normie
i'm broken inside so that label wont make me any happier
>>26998083
Tell us some fun facts about Ellen
>>26997811
Got some ayahuasca?
>>26997775
Social manipulation.
>>26998096
depends
it's possible for anyone to learn, but some people are more naturally inclined to it
but once you understand the basic concepts, they transfer pretty easily across languages and platforms
it's less about learning one particular language and more about learning the process, the techniques, and the patterns
>>26998119
on my own time, mostly stupid crap for shits and giggles, that doesn't get finished
i make a lot of utilities for myself to use
i do a lot of simple single page webapps, some ruby/nodejs backend services, and android apps
i've also played with rails, django, wpf applications, c#, lots of java stuff, some c++ embedded stuff, and lots of other junk
>>26997775
I'd like to claim to be the resident expert on warcraft but that's probably not the case.
I am an expert programmer and can solve any of your problems
(only in the game maker language GML)
>>26998165
That's cool. Nowadays I mostly just program video games but in the past I've done full stack web dev, iOS app development, and miscellaneous other stuff in a billion different languages. Fuck web and app dev, never again.
>>26998148
Have you tried any creative outlets?
Movie trivia.
Ever since I was 7 or 8 years old, I would do anything I could to read movie trivia or things about production of movies. Every time I watch a movie, I read the trivia after, not just on IMDB, but anywhere I can find the most trivia.
>>26998096
Not him but I am also a programmer. It's actually easy to get started. There are free online tutorials, compilers for all the most popular languages. Pascal and Java are good ones to start with. Also try learning some Logic and Calculus to help your abstract thinking. Project Euler is also a good site to get practice problems.
>>26998194
man i remember that shit, honestly my first 'real' programming language
then i turned 10 and my parents got me 'sam's teach yourself c++ in 30 days'
>>26998196
yeah my relationship with most app and web frameworks is love/hate
>>26998122
To stress that it doesn't matter who he is. What matters is his plan.
>>26998122
typing up the details would be extremely painful
>>26998212
Do you have any favorite go-to trivia facts?
Broscience and nutrition, probably about the same than your average /fit/izen but definitely more then the average person.
I doubt there's that many people who are as into trivia and know as much general knowledge as I do on /r9k/. I'm not exactly a genius when it comes to that stuff, but I probably know more than the average person. I guess it's not exactly a specialisation though.
>>26998165
Have you tried Python?
>>26998185
Do you still play? I dropped it 2 yrs ago... still missing bug evo and that ultra epic space map which is stuck at v 0.36 or sth...
Also age of ww2, despite loading for 5 min i think every game was at least 4 hours long
>>26997775
I have a few skills and a bit of knowledge in some things that I could beat most others in but I'm most probably not the best at anything.
I'm decent at image manipulation but I'm not expert
I'm alright at doxing people but there are much better
I guess the only thing I could really beat people in is knowledge of internet culture, maybe how to explore the internet, how to troll...
I want to die.
>>26998122
The mask is a thematic recurrence in Nolan's trilogy. It represents anonymity and a rawer form of humans that are typified by their seemingly simple yet deconstructed one-dimensional characteristics, like Batman (justice), Scarecrow (fear), Joker (insanity) and Bane (brute strength).
If you look at the literal reasoning within the film, Bane wears the mask to keep him supplied with painkillers to overcome the trauma of the injuries he suffered in the pit. Here again we find that he is driven by pain, which is alluded to in the dialogue in the scene.
>css bhop
>tf2 competitive
>working garde manger at nice restaurants
ama
>>26998194
Have you personally made any games? If so, how can I play them?
Soap carving and the AR-15 rifle platform
I'm confident that I know more about aircraft and aviation than 95% of r9k, possibly more.
>>26998242
i started learning python in 6th grade, i still use it from time to time but for most stuff i've moved on to ruby, i like it better
last thing i used python for was to do some rapid prototyping with opencv for a vision system at an internship
ultimately ended up translating it all into c++ for performance anyway, but it was a hell of a lot easier to prototype with it
>>26998120
I seriously can't understand any reason you would ever try it. Shitty high and physically dangerous. It's not something to do a handful of times a year, it's something you shouldn't be doing at all. If you want to try dissasociatives, find whatever new RC's are available on the clearnet, or just get ketamine/MXE(there's a bit left)/3-meo-PCP/etc. on the darknet.
>>26997775
>Japanese literature
>ukiyo-e
>tea
>>26998242
No, I moved on to world of warcraft for my fix because bnet became nothing but hacking and boring cheese play, and garena is all huehue.
For the rts fix I just play sc2 even though legacy of the void sucks even compared to heart of the swarm
welding, metalwork... and clinical depression
>>26997837
Are there any scenes you've seen that stand out as impressive, after knowing how it works?
>>26998283
>tf2 competitive
how 2 git gud pls
i also started a small balisong collection thanks to tf2, i know a bunch of dumb tricks
>>26998299
Any pictures of things you've carved from soap?
>>26998002
>>26998120
I've read some reports on.
Seems pretty similar to pure scopelamine (that's probably spelled wrong), everything seems to pin the experience in being uterly beyond miserable.
>>26998236
The color of the typewriter in The Shining changes several times, and the window in the manager's office simply cannot exist spatially within the hotel. There are many little things in the movie that would be seen as continuity errors, like when Jack is talking to Shelley, a chair in the background disappears when it cuts to Shelley and back to Jack. These are all most likely intentional because Stanley Kubrick was obsessive about getting the frame just right. He wanted to give your subconscious a feeling of unease through slight errors that you probably didn't notice.
In The Wrestler, Mickey Rourke actually cut open his own forehead to be authentic to real cutting in wrestling.
In Trainspotting, the shit in the "Worst Bathroom in Scotland" was actually chocolate.
In The Big Lebowski, Steve Buscemi fails to get a strike only in the scene preceding his death. After he fails to get a strike, he touches his arm and gets a confused look on his face. A numb or tingling arm usually precedes a heart attack.
>>26997919
What do you do for fun?
This is an unoriginal comment
Immunology
Rhythm games
Chan history(7,711,1,888,420,11 etc)
skincare
let me help you robots, i mean it
>>26998378
wanna add me on steam? I can tell you more there
>>26998083
How often do you find a chance to recite a Hedberg joke in everyday life?
>>26997775
>Sly Cooper 2
Don't fucking kid yourself man.
>>26998397
Is Cerave actually a pretty okay brand?
>>26998083
>the practice of self-trepanation
>ellen page
>Mitch Hedberg
That's bizarre, I know a lot about all those things too. In fact, I met Mitch Hedberg when I was a kid and he still lived in St. Paul. Our families are friendly. He was really funny, don't remember much more than that since I was just 5 or 6.
Buddhist philosophy
Firearm identification
Film cameras
>>26998398
i'll think about it
i play on eu servers though
i'd put myself at maybe halfway towards being a pubstar, but that could be generous
lots of games i end up top of the leaderboard or near it, but sometimes i just eat shit for hours
i don't really main any particular class but i play a lot of spy, scout, soldier, pyro, and engie
>>26998388
Just to add onto this, the only scientific use for this drug is simulating psychosis in animals. And not humans, because this one actually can cause Olney's Lesions for sure, which is something which never really got proved for other dissasociatives. There's no reason to try it unless you want to go very, very far out of your way to screw yourself over.
>>26998394
>Rhythm games
which ones senpai?
>>26998413
The point was that it could be about anything. Also, I'm positive that someone here is an encyclopedia for it
>>26998444
What's your favorite Buddhist sect, and why?
>>26998462
ah welI. okay.
>>26998444
When identifying firearms, what is the very first thing you look at every time?
>>26998447
http://steamcommunity.com/id/wasteyrself
I mean, to help you I have to know what your goal is. how good do you want to be?
>>26998429
cerave is actually one of my faves, and probably one of the best drugstore alternatives to more expensive products. ingredients are choice and formulas are elegantly simple and effective desu. i use the am moisturizer and eye cream daily
>>26998508
enough to consistently pubstomp i guess
i don't really care about the competitive """"scene""""
I am /r9k/'s leading expert on XCOM.
I am the expert on Yungimouto.
>>26997775
I honestly don't really know about anything in depth. I guess it comes from a lifetime of depression and ADD. Nothing interests me, and even if it did I wouldn't be able to focus on it long enough to really master the topic.
Silent Hill 2.
I have beaten the game and gotten every ending at least 2 or 3 times each. I love it so much, I know every enemy, I know the lore, I know the design influences, I know quotes straight from the designers about why the monsters look the way the do, I know the character and the voice actors. Not only that, but I've watched the Two Best Friends playthrough of the game maybe 8 or 9 times all the way through now. I can not only quote the game, but I can quote them. Often times I'll just leave it on so I can listen to it while I go to sleep, as it drowns out my own thoughts. It is a lot like a song that you've heard a million times- you don't really know all the words, but if you start saying a few, the rest just kinda comes out naturally. I also get really frustrated at the two parts in their playthrough where they really struggle with puzzles.
>Basketball?
Possibly.
I play NBA 2k more than any other game despite not being on a basketball team since i was a freshman in high school (2003). I also rarely watch any basketball games.
Is that autistic?
I feel like it probably is.
>>26998569
Can you quote the intro part for me? Where James is in the rest stop reading the letter
I used to be really into reptiles, amphibians, prehistory, and old civilizations, mainly the ethnic ones. But as time went on I stopped reading on that stuff and could tell you more about the lore and history of Pokemon.
Who /absolutelyuseless/ here?
>>26998561
What do you do for fun, or at least to pass the time?
>>26997775
I'm pretty good at Contra Shattered Soldier. I'm 100% positive that I can beat the speedrun WR of the game, but am too lazy to do it. I rarely even die in the game. Also know of some strats that I haven't seen done on any speedrun video. I only wish that I had someone as good as me to do a 2p speed run.
>>26998569
Do you play the game each Halloween. I play Silent Hill 3 every year. And it's my favorite game of all time.
>>26998579
If it makes you feel any better, I'm an expert on general facts about NBA basketball from 2003-2005. ONLY.
>>26998459
Lr2 and o2jam
>>26997775
Im one of the elect users of a the most scientific strength training methods ever devised.
I am an expert in strength development, speed development, and optimal nutrition.
>squat almost 3.5x bodyweight
>clean over 2x bodyweight
Also am well read into esotericism (freemasonry, rosicrucianism, hermetics, alchemy occultism etc.)
My meme magick is untouchable both physically and metaphysically, i am unphased by profane mundanities.
>>26998373
Yes, most of them.
My favorite movie fights are from Fargo, Rashomon, and the World's End.
>>26998588
*deep inhale and exhale* Mary, could you really be in this town?
*walk outside* In my restless dreams, I see that town... Silent Hill. You promised you'd take me there again someday, but you never did. Well, I'm alone there now, in our 'special place' waiting for you...
*music* I got a letter, the name on the envelope said Mary, my wife's name... it's ridiculous, couldn't be true. That's what I keep telling myself. A dead person can't write a letter. Mary died of that damned disease three years ago. So why am I looking for her? our special place... what could she mean? This whole town was a our special place. Does she mean the park on the lake? We spent the whole day there. Just the two of us...
Could Mary really be there? Is she really alive, waiting for me?
I believe that's it.
NBA, general US sports, fitness, US politics. My interests are very normie tier
>>26998528
I mean, doing mge gets you really good dm which is important. also I would choose a definitive main. I main soldier, and I would suggest you do the same (ez class desu)
>>26998626
I actually play Silent Hill 3 around Halloween, and save Silent Hill 2 for just any rainy day in the Fall or Summer honestly. If there are couple of days in the summer where the forecast is rainy, I hook up my PS2 in preparation.
>>26998643
I used to know a lot about those seasons, too.
Before I became obsessed with nba 2k, I played nba live 03-05. The Sacramento Kings with Webber, Stojakovic, Bibby, Christie, and Divac were my favorite.
>>26997775
WW2 history and CAD (solidworks) .
>>26998668
>*deep inhale and exhale*
this guy is a real pro
SH2 really is a great game though, you've got good taste
>>26998677
2016 election predictions?
>>26998698
>cad
become a mechanical engineer
?????
profit
>>26998698
>solidworks
I will fucking kill myself if I ever have to use that piece of software ever again
how do you live with the pain
80s anime. Watch all of these anons.
Urusei Yatsura
Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Touch
Ranma 1/2
Hokuto no Ken
Space Adventure Cobra
Creamy Mami
Kimagure Orange Road
Super Dimension Fortress Macross
Mobile Suit Gundam
Saint Seiya
Dirty Pair
City Hunter
The Mysterious Cities of Gold
Maison Ikkoku
Gunbuster
Dragon Ball
Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl
Bubblegum Crisis
Votoms
Patlabor
>>26998702
Kek, thanks family friend.
It never ceases to amaze me. Even the things that aren't top notch like the voice acting, work in such a weird way.
Perfect.
>>26998691
I was a huge Pistons fan when Ben and Rasheed Wallace were there. Saw one of their games IRL too
>>26998681
>mge
>dm
you lost me already
i guess if i had to choose i'd main scout because my precision is garbage (i'm a shit sniper) but my twitch shots are generally decent
if i really wanted to go competitive i'd definitely main solly because >ez
but i'm in it for the fun too
it's just more fun when you win a lot, y'know?
>>26998730
honestly i haven't even used it and i hate it
some of myacquaintancesare mech-e's so i hear a lot about how shitty it is
i've used autocad and autocad inventor myself, but not much since i'm a cs, just for robotics club in high school
>>26997775
I'm a union organizer and activist with 25 years of experience. I've also run for public office, hosted two radio shows, have given hundreds of media interviews, and teach new activists how to become organizers. There's a Wikipedia article about me, with my main claim to fame being that I was once thrown out of prison for organizing the other inmates to fight for better conditions.
>>26998813
I'm in school right now for EE and they had all the engineers take a class using solidworks. It was miserable
>>26998842
damn that sucks
my stem-meme high school made us all take a cad course but i had a bit of experience with modeling software going into it so it was ez
>>26998762
Yeah that 2004 championship team was god-tier.
Also, the Dallas Mavericks with Nash and Nowitski, and Shaq and Kobe in their prime.
So many good teams in the early 00's.
>>26998021
>>26998053
These.
I often see people post here claiming they're smart yet can't into maths, though smart people aren't lazy, & you must be lazy to not into maths considering it's comparable to learning a foreign language as the knowledge builds upon itself, becoming more interesting at the comprehension of greater equations. Programming is not far different, I'd imagine anyone with avg intelligence & common sense could grasp both. Great autist robot hobbies/jobs when you already sit at the computer all day desu.
>>26998196
>I've done full stack web dev
Jack of all trades master of none? I've had some cross-discipline myself, but there's not a requirement for a tonne of different languages in which I'll become rusty once they're irrelevant to projects.
>>26998919
>Jack of all trades master of none?
Definitely. I didn't want to do full stack, only backend, but I got forced into it because I'm a beta robot who gets stepped on by normies a lot, I ended up doing all their work for them. So I wasn't actually any good at frontend.
>>26998919
Not everyone's intelligence is geared to math. For example, I was a child prodigy and taught myself to read and write from comic books at the age of two. My IQ was rated at four sigmas, which means it's higher than 99.997% of the population... but I'm shit at math. My natural skills run to language and pattern recognition rather than numbers, which involves entirely different areas of the brain.
I am the leading expert on cunny
>>26997775
Ancient Greek philosophy and its descendents, probably, but nobody's going to ask.
>>26998083
>>Lucretius' swerve
Nice meme philosophy
I know pretty much everything about Fallout: New Vegas. It's my favourite game. In fact I've played it so many times and in so many different ways with different methods of progress that it stopped being necessarily 'fun' long ago and more became a sort of repetitive hobby that I just do for personal satisfaction rather than fun.
Every now and then I'll find something I didn't before and be legitimately amazed for a few days as I imprint it onto my brain. Those little details can be one line of dialogue or an ammunition container I hadn't found previously.
>>26998569
Do you like Silent Hills 1, 3 and afterward anywhere near as much? Do you love the series or just mostly 2?
looking like iram parveen bilal
living vicariously through fictionally projected self same images of yourself online
stream of consciousness
90s jazz
riot grrrl
US presidential trivia
japanese hip hop/jazz
internet archeology
who killed jenny
scn/student.com
>>26998980
BE dev is better IMO. FE engineers are like exterior decorators when 1/2 their work consists of graphical design.
>>26999024
I understand that there are "multiple" intelligences, & that most lacking in one field make up for it by intuition in another.
>>26997865
Idk about the actual sex but I bet the post coitus snuggles would be legendary
>>26999326
i enjoy backend work
i enjoy designing frontends, pulling requirements and ui flows and user stories together into an actual design satisfies me
but actually implementing frontends is literal hell
the drugs and Skins uk
>>26999326
aaand filtered
goodbye useless tripcunt
>>26997775
I'm pretty good at music composition and production - I can understand the specifics of a music genre and replicate it pretty quick.
I doubt that I'm this board's best composer though.
>>26997775
The complete works of Andrew Hussie
I take no pride in admitting this.
>>26999326
Yeah, that's why I couldn't stand FE. It feels way too much like doing this as opposed to anything of value.
Counter strike
As if
>>26999392
I just can't into front-end because I've no eye for graphical design.
>>26999420
Spotted a FE engr.
I'm am the resident Huey Lewis & The News expert
ask me anything
>>26999512
i'm actually decent at the design part of it
or at least, i know what looks good and what doesn't, how well that translates into actually making something that looks good is debatable
but like i said, i despise everything about actually making it work
even making android app layouts behave correctly is a fucking pain
Pretty much everything about A Song of Ice and Fire
I could match those autists who have blogs and podcasts. In fact I've listened to and read many of them.
Pretty much anything and everything about it. I've contributed to some of the wikis and shit. It's actually a bit sad. I go through phases with it though, sometimes it's an all-consuming passion and other times I let it take a back seat and don't read/watch anything for a while to let the juices recharge
When did Sports,Picture This,& Plan B come out
from least to greatest
>>26999735
whoops
this is for >>26999525
DotA 2
Chemistry
Lots of random facts about mark wahlberg
Decent knowledge about the Howard stern show
>tfw no one asked me questions or even answered my questions
Fuck, I can't think of anything really
>Video games
A lot of people know more than me
>Anime
Same as video games
>health and fitness
Same as anime
>Psychology
Same as fitness
Oh, I know! Getting rejected!
;__;
TF2
Pokemon
Dead Rising 1
Late Republic Rome, I think, I dunno maybe someone on here knows more than I do but that's my speciality
I've seen Waynes World 2 so many times I can pretty much say all of the lines along with the film
I know a fair bit about David Bowie as well, probably not as much as some others here though
on Brian Wilson
I know a lot about skateboarding from tricks, to companies, to products, to the general culture
I'll say the same thing like I did in the last thread
guitar, techniques, and music theory. been playing for like 20 years and play in bands in bars and stuff
>>26999758
'82,'83,'01
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>>26997775
Science fiction literature, 1950s-1990s.
The locations of countries. I practically have the whole map memorized. Even the really obscure unknown countries, like Kyrgyzstan, and Timor-Leste.
It sucks that there's really nothing useful you can do with this skill.
>>26999040
what are some good recent movies with young actresses?
>>26999631
I was really into reading asoiaf theories and opinions two years ago. the problem is once you read most of the popular theories, all you're left with is a bunch of really crazy theories written by people so obsessed with the story that they can't see how absolute ridiculous their ideas are
>>26998083
>Mitch Hedberg
My common fellow of Haitian extractment.
Jazz
Samurai Philosophy
Street Fighter/General Fightan
Used to be a living encyclopedia for FFXI.
Transformers, lore, toyline, and history as a brand/product
that's about it. I know some stuff about history and TV shows/anime but nothing on the level of transformers.
>>26997775
I'm willing to bet I know more about philosophy than anyone on here.
Of course my areas of expertise don't cover everything.
I'm mostly an expert in various topics in history--Early Modern/Kant, as well as Ancient. But I am most likely better versed in the rest of the history of Western philosophy than anyone here.
I'm also quite knowledgable about logic (include philosophical logic, philosophy of logic, history of logic) and some topics in metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language and mind.
I know a bit about ethics, but most of the stuff I am familiar with is work in moral psychology, philosophy of action, practical reason etc.
Anyway, that's what I know.
>>27000462
what do you do for a livingobligatory 'would you like fries with that' joke
>>27000485
am a philosophy professor, perhaps unsurprisingly
Bionicle lore
>>26999054
you still around here?
>>26997775
Idk I guess jazz music
>>27000259
Only English and American, or other nationalities too? Any late Soviet sci-fi recs, if so? Aside from the obvious Strugatsky bros.
>>27000537
Who are your favorites anon?
I've got a soft spot for Piano trios, so Bill Evans is my dude.
Just recently discovered Oscar Peterson and have been digging him though. Highly recommend Oscar Peterson plays the Cole Porter Songbook.
>>27000517
makes sense
what fields do you think would benefit from the incorporation of additional philosophy study?
>>27000259
If I am a big fan of, say, Samuel Delaney's writing, what other sci-fi might I enjoy?
I'm pretty good with microbiology and Music theory.
>>27000367
>Samurai Philosophy
What do you mean by this?
And have you tried FFXIV?
>>27000576
do you mean what fields in academia, or the private sector, or what?
>>27000608
either one, the private sector i guess if you can't choose
>>27000260
You must be American if you think that is impressive :(
>>27000623
Philosophy is already one of the most interdisciplinary subjects there are. There's lots of collaborative work being done between philosophy and linguistics, law, mathematics, computer science, biology, some theoretical physics, political science, etc. Honestly I think that some of the humanities--particularly English and comparative literature, where a lot of poor work masquerades as 'philosophy', could use exposure to actual philosophy. Plus a lot of what historians of philosophy do can be collaborative with what people in classics, history, and history of science do. I do think philosophers could learn a lot from some of the social sciences, for instance anthropology, but they don't seem to interested in talking to them at the moment.
Outside of academia there are lots of philosophers in think tanks, policy, hospitals--every hospital has bioethics people. Really it is useful for any field that requires critical thinking (which is less vacuous then it sounds), but it isn't a very 'applied' subject, so I don't want to overstate how useful it is in the private sector.
I do think that far more people should study philosophy either in university/college or high school, because it is obvious we don't have a population that has been trained how to think very well and critically evaluate arguments etc.
>>27000589
>mythology, memory, language, sexuality, and perception.
CJ Cherryh, particularly her Wave Without a Shore.
One of her main themes is "alienness"; she likes to invert this by having the humans be the "aliens". Language is also important to her, particularly the idea that languages shapes thought (Chomsky?), and biology shapes language.
Also, as conventional choices, Sturgeon and Dick. Tiptree if you like being confused.
>>26997775
>expert
>you know more than the average person
m8
Kanye West
Generally would say I have a working knowledge (enough to make basic conversation about) of most stuff. The biggest skill is just getting new information and riffing off of it.Alienating those closest to me
>>26997775
Dark souls 1. I am a god at that game, its more of an obsession than a hobby.
I have become very familiar with my own anus these last few months. Only took some blood and a broken mirror to get this intimate.
>>27000737
>Generally would say I have a working knowledge (enough to make basic conversation about) of most stuff
It's always embarrassing when someone claims this.
You do not know about "most stuff".
>>27000717
i agree, my limited exposure pretty much only consists of an intro to logic class, which i was already somewhat familiar with anyway, having worked with formal boolean logic quite a bit
we do certainly need more of a general critical thinking framework, so many people can't see bad argument as such, and if they can it's usually just recognition of some well-known fallacy like strawman or ad-hominem, as opposed to actual failures of logic like denying the antecedent or affirming the consequent
>>27000762
Such is the blessing of the NEET lifestyle :^)
>>27000733
thanks for the advice! I think you are thinking of the sapir-whorf hypothesis, not chomsky
>>27000793
Are you willing to prove it? Try to answer the questions posed to other anons itt that didn't already get an answer.
>>27000813
Okay, fair enough.
>>27000604
I find the mindset of a Samurai very interesting. They were an elite warrior class when viewed from the outside perspective, were nothing but killing machines serving their respective lords. If you look at a Samurai from their perspective, they exist simply to continually better themselves and understand the world through the mastery of all things; not just the martial arts or swordsmanship.
Many Samurai would become artisans in various fields unrelated to combat simply because they knew how to become "better" than themselves from honing their swordsmanship. A famous example is Miyamoto Musashi who was not only undefeated in duels, but would also become a master of the tea ceremony, painting, and a somewhat accomplished writer.
They would accomplish these things by doing one thing at the beginning of their journey: accepting death. If you can accept that you will die one day, you have nothing to fear and you may as well do your best in everything since you only get one chance.
One famous quote that always resonated with me was "To know ten thousand things, know one thing well." If you understood the importance of various movements during Katas or different sword strokes, you might be able to discern the importance of the differing strengths in brush strokes in a painting since the movement of a sword and the movement of a brush are both actions birthed of your own will shaped by your experiences and practices.
I probably sound like a massive weeb, but I think Samurais are the coolest fucking shit, man.
>>27000863Mount and blade gekokujo
>>26997775
Hummingbirds.
>>27000907
where is this i fucking love pierogis
>>27000889Neat. I'll have to check that out.
>>26997811
Research chems? Like designer shit
>>27000933
Saskatoon, saskatchewan
Cmon over. I got some homemade perogies in my freezer, too.
You can have the bag for five bucks.
Anyone having electrical issues in there house?
Want to change a two prong outlet or a three prong so you can plug something in?
I can explain simple stuff like that so its retard proof
expert of catfishing
>>27001086
Like with a fishing pole or on MTV?
>>26997775
Power armor
I kinda had to be when I founded my Enclave
>>27001115
T-51lb a best
Nothing really stands out to be honest. Maybe something like Australian Football due to a lack of competition
>>26997909
/tv/ has horrible taste in film. If you watch anything except massively popular films you're better than them.
Maplestory andDotA 2
>>27001106
mtv
i can prove im 'real' on snapchat, webcam etc even though im not
>>27000604
I've played FFXIV. I'm too spoiled by XI in it's golden days to enjoy XIV. The verticality of gear progression really puts me off, especially when they polarize the game by making 95% of the content facerolleable and the raids a simon says memory dance game that you have to go into with other poopsockers because normal people can't handle hitting buttons in the proper order AND moving and dealing with mechanics at the same time.
And if you do find a group who can do the top tier raids, all of that new gear you just got will be worthless a week into the new patch when they drop the new welfare gear for shitters.
It's just a different game for a different audience, imo. If I hadn't played XI back in the day, I would probably be okay with XIV.
It's an alright game for your first MMO if you've never played an MMO I guess, but I feel like MMOs as a genre are on their way out. I haven't really seen an MMO in recent history that does anything radically different other than the standard formula, with the exception of Eve. I think I'm a bit too late to truly enjoy Eve though.
>>27001324
So what's the biggest cat you fished? And are you catting me right now? If not please do.
I'm /r9k/s residentmediocresinger songwriter
>>26998539
Why is Gatecrasher such a bitch on Legend?
Probably rock and mineral identification
>>26997775
Im kinda good at norse mythology
>>27000863
>"To know ten thousand things, know one thing well."
And on the otherside anyone who would think to criticize you for the interest would be triggered because they find themselves thinking to be a jack of all trades yet master of none.
My older brother is big into bushido and all that. Never looked to hard into it.
>>27001466
Trick question. Who's your favorite Avenger?
>>27001533
Ghost Rider.
>>26997775
ubuntu on chromebooks, politics, history from the wwii era, internet cultural history (i know that sounds stupid but I literally memorize bits of the lurkmoar timeline of this place and shit, it all fascinates me)
and death note. I know a lot about death note.
>>26998481
It was soto zen, honestly because I found zen had the best teachers and documents in regards to explaining meditation. Therevada had been growing on me however, as I've developed a larger appreciation for their religion, whereas I priorly gravitated towards zen for its lack of religious ornamentation.
>>26998507
Usually the silhouette of the gun, it's the fastest way to get you on track obviously. From there I can examine the subtler intricacies to get a more precise idea of what firearm it is.
>>26997960
How do gay people have spontaneous sex?
>>27001911
not him but I bet the ratio of gays to straight people (at least publically identifying gays) is pretty imbalanced, so they're probably looking for anything they can get
>>27001911
Not that guy but I imagine some use a butt plug. Like if they're going to a club and plan to have sex.
There are definitely people that know more than me about fencing, but I figure I'm probably an expert on this board. I know the most about foil and sabre.
>>27001973
I'm intermediate level, studied at my national academy. It's a lot harder than it looks, honestly.
>>27001961
yeah speaking of that what can I use as a makeshift buttplug? Not gay but I'm really interested in this prostate orgasm thing and dont have access to ebay or a sex shop. To clarify, no i dont want a dick in my ass, i just want to loosen so that it isn't painful to try this shit.
>>26999260
I like 1, and love 3 almost as much. 4 is pretty good, after that it's all shit except for Shattered Memories.
>>27000530
holy fuck I pretty much had a PhD in bionicle when I was in hs, hid it from everyone including fellow spergs, except one friend I had, total chad who secretly collected them. Would go to his place and have a fucking blast
>>27001911
You don't put it in the butt, or just use a condom.
>>27002169
Makes sense. Thank you anon.
>>27002083
Cool, I'm ranked B sabre.
>>26997775
Animal Crossing, OCD, bipolar disorder, necrophilia/paraphilias in general, exposure therapy. In that order.
Possibly comic books, I used to work at a comic shop and have been reading them for decades but I still feel like my knowledge is extremely lacking for anything outside the US.
All things nautical from sailing to fishing
>>27002419
Nearly forgot to mention BDSM, I've got an insane amount of experience and knowledge about all sorts of kinks, fetishes and play.
I know quite a bit about mental illness
>>27002413
Oh, you do sabre? I do foil, always preferred it. Fun fact, the man who made the foil had 3 fingers. It was the only sword he could firmly hold.
Spanish literature.
I also know a ton of little factoids of most fields in academia, I was in quiz bowl from 7th grade all the way up till senior year in college.
>>26998053
What's the best programming language to start off with? I've heard Python, but I'm not really sure. Any textbooks or learning material you might recommend?
dogs, cats, non-human mammals in general
>>27002525
Do you suffer from any mental illness yourself? Take any medications? What's your knowledge on treatment for OCD?
>>27002589
python is a fairly good choice
i personally like ruby a lot, and it includes a bit more functional programming concepts
>>27002695
Ruby is fucking hitler
how do you even use that language man
>>27002705
I work in IT and only know how to use block-based programs in windows, but in ubuntu I can do basically anything.
History, especially wars, and tanks, I'm pretty autistic about those topics.
>>27002705
>accessors
>extensive standard library
>non-shit standard http library
>accessors
>blocks
>modules
how do you use any other language
>>27002589
Python is easy but teaches you a lot of bad syntax habits that are a pain to get out of once you jump to literally any other language.
I'd go with Java, especially if you're willing to set up an IDE.
>>27002752
World War II?
>>26997775
dunno about the other dinguses here but I have perfect pitch
and thus know a bit about music theory
i studied it too but dropped it for physics
Evangelion, but I'm studying japanese pop culture in general so
>>27002809
>tfw I'm trying to learn how to play the violin but I have absolutely no knack for music
is it possible to acquire a better ear? I envy the shit out of you
>>27002687
>Do you suffer from any mental illness yourself? Take any medications?
I've been diagnosed with anxiety disorder and depression and I've taken zoloft and fluoxetine in the past (something i regret).
>What's your knowledge on treatment for OCD?
Well, generally anxiety medication is prescribed and CBT and exposure therapy is also frequently used in the treatment of OCD
>>26997775
I was going to say the D-K effect, but I might actually have a shot at being a decent castle engineer.inb4 I get btfo by a real expert
>>26998154
Ooh, look at the edgelord, thinks learning basic metasocial and metapsychological concepts makes masturr manipul8r
>>27002850
>fluoxetine
>regret
I started on that recently, why do you regret it senpai?
>>27002894
not that guy but I've been on it before and the side effects are HORRIBLE. unless you're one of the very few people that actually responds positively to the medication with few side effects, taper off of it with your doctor's supervision ASAP.
>>26998814
Run for President. Please.
>>27002932
Was having some side effects at first but now I'm feeling pretty good about it.
>>27002803
I fucking love WWII. I probably spent more time than I ever should reading about it. So many great battles, especially on the eastern front. The battle of Kursk in particular is fucking epic.
Mechanical keyboards. Ask me anything.
>>27002962
is there any point in an ultra-pleb that operates windows 7 and only uses their computer for 4chan, anime, tv shows and emulators to get a mechanical keyboard? if so, what is the most basic, entry-level one you would recommend that's worthwhile?
>>27002959
I know, right? It's an amazing piece of history. So much happened and it's so interesting to look at the domino effect that spanned over so many years.
>>27002894
antidepressants make you into a zombie. sure, it feels good the first few days you're on it, but they it just goes downhill and you will feel nothing, want nothing, do nothing. it's also believed to have permanent damage on your brain and you will regret taking them long after you've quit. as for me, i feel like i lost a lot of my personality and interests after i started taking antidepressants emotions and enthusiasm is just dulled. there are other ways to treat depression/anxiety such as CBT, change of lifestyle and many other "meme" non-pharmaceutical ways.
>>27002962
cheapest one with blues
>>27002843
>>27002843
People have always, always, always told me that perfect pitch is a born with talent.
It's a load of shit. I developed it as a kid (so perhaps it'll take even longer if you're past that, kids learning shit quickly and all) by working at it. Took a long fucking time to get to where I'm at now and it actually takes effort to maintain (just listening to music, really)
You can teach yourself. But don't expect perfection.
The way I did it was transcribing pieces. When I was a kid, I used to fuck around on Game Maker and I wanted to use all these cool soundtracks but it didn't support MP3, so I'd sit there and transcribe them into Anvil Studio to make MIDI files.
Shame that I lost my best ones.
