Friendship thread.
>First name
>country
>hobbies/interests
Reply to to someone you like!
>>28753144
>Pete
>Canada
I like to involve myself in politics, create maps, play battlefield and work as a mail delivery guy.
I also secretly plan and stockpile to wreck havoc when shit hits the fan.
>>28753144
>name
Daniel
>country
Burger, NorCal specifically
>hobbies
/out/, /diy/, TV, social drinks, campfires, trying to get into disc golf
>tfw don't know how to socialize with hobbies
>ywn be a normie
>>28753144
this is what i've been looking for mang.
>anon (if somone from here well talk for real)
>Zuerich Switzerland
>Photography, chilln, bonfires, long talks, walking, nightwalks and much more
sorry for shit english
>>28753279
>>28753313
Sounds like you two would do well
>Anonymous
>Germany
>Playing gsg and listening to racist podcasts
>>28753144
>first name
gilbert
>country
us
>hobbies/interest
music, hiking, working out, playing bass, programming, kung fu/kaiju films
I dont know what i want to do for school, i thought vet, computer science and music journalism sounds pretty cool
>>28753144
>Raf
>Aus
>Anime, manga, programming, breakdancing, dota2, j-music(jazz, pop, rock)
>Ben
>Texas
>Music Production, Vidya, Photography, Working out, reading horror novels and writing poetry
>>28753144
>Name
Bryan
>Country
United States, Maryland
>hobbies
/fa/, /co/, /tv/, /a/, /sp/, /ic/, /ck/
Trying tI get a bit more /fit/ as well so tips are appreciated
Daniel
US North Carolina
Powerlifting, anime, guns
>Anton
>Bulgaria
>i like to jerk off
>>28753512
You've used that reaction pic on r9k before haven't you anon. I've seen it before.
What're your stats m8 and what's your favorite animus
>>28753538
https://desustorage.org/r9k/search/image/dNhCROIVQyKJZVE2y72T-g/
>David
>Oregon
>The Japanese language, weeb shit and long-distance hiking
>Northeast US
>writing, reading (fantasy, horror, sci-fi), baking, d&d (if I have any friends to play with at the time), walking (mostly at night)
>>28753144
>anon
>clapistan
>/sci/,/fit/,/mu/,/out/,/lit/,/vr/,/v/,/sp/
i was supposed to shower and read this textbook a long time ago but instead i'm here
>>28753538
Maybe i have and my lifts are 2/3/4/3 I know my deadlift is pathetic I just can't improve it and I guess Rosario vampire. You live in NC?
>>28753144
>name
Tomasz (a slav variant for Thomas)
>country
Czech Republic (born in Poland)
>hobbies
Music and everything related to it. I also play bass and DJ.
>>28753700
How is CR? I heard the downtown in Prague is cheap as fuck and I kind of wanna at least visit sometime
>>28753587
>wasn't posted that entire friday
impressive
>>28753646
2plate ohp? mirin anon. nah I live in the northeast, i don't compete but i enjoy powerlifting routines. I'm sitting at like 30lbs below 2/3/4/5 for each of them, that's weird that your deadlift is disproportionate. whats your routine?
>Jake
>U.S.
>Classical and rock music, films, some anime, Counterstrike
be my friend
pls
>>28753746
I like living here. It's a really nice city, and yeah, probably not expensive by western standarts.
Really worth seeing, has some sort of charm to itself.
>>28753144
>Name
Rui
>country
Portugal
>hobbies/interests
I love fishing, watch series, swimming
>>28753755
My routine is way to long to type out lol I'm in the gym 3 hours a day 6 days a week. But I pretty much just do 5x5 for my compounds and tons of isolations. My deadlift hasn't gone up a pound in years though no matter what i try
>Fer
>beaner
>drawing, design, economics, music
>>28753144
>First name
Daniel
>country
Boogerland,TN
>hobbies/interests
martial arts, primitive skills, music, dance, theatre, all the other arts, animu
>Jamie
>Scotland
>Games
>Emma
>Scotland, live in Canada right now, and it looks like I'll be moving to the US for the near future at least.
>outdoors, self-sufficiency and diy, listening to/playing music (play a few different instruments), reading (mostly non-fiction, classical lit and geography/anthropology type stuff), languages (natively fluent at 2, "good" at 4, learning more..), cooking/baking
Then I'm interested in a lot of misc stuff that doesn't soak up enough of my time for me to consider it hobbies even in cases I know a lot about it, like movies, TV, fitness. Pretty introverted and don't know more than a couple people, used to visit 4chan way more, so whatever, worst that happens is nothing.also, to avoid any hurt feelings, I'm unfortunately only into other girls and yeah, I hate 'lgbt' culture stuff since I'm not a dyke. Sorry...
>>28753219
I think I can relate to a lot of that. What kind of stockpile? If guns are a part of it, how do you manage with how awful the gun laws here are?and you didn't vote for Trudeau, did you?
>>28753279
What are some of your favourite drinks? I never really drank more than wine but sort of started recently, not tried much but I like vodka especially certain mixes, and tequila.
>>28753313
Zuerich would be a nice place to walk or hike. I imagine you have a lot to talk about. Bad English is OK, Swiss German is really cool to make up for it.
>>28753369What racist podcasts?
>>28753474
Do you read a lot of poetry too? I love poetry. You like any horror movies or anything, what sort of games do you like?
>>28753624
All of those sound like a lot of fun, it'd be hard to pick something to start and ask about. Wanna talk?
>>28753700
Dobry wieczor, what sort of music do you like? My violin teacher is Polish.
>>28753144
What series do you like?
>>28755033
TN near WV where I'm going, know any primitive stuff specific to Appalachia? Theatre is cool.
>>28755066
What kind?
>>28755116
meant for the part to OP to be for >>28753863
>>28755116
How about you fuck off, this is a friendship thread, go whore yourself on /soc/.
>>28755116
Crusader kings 2, eu4 vicky 2 hoi3 just autism simulators, you?
>>28753806
Do you speak both Polish and Czech or what?
>First name
John
>country
Merika
>hobbies/interests
Vidya, animation (eastern + western), literature, typical shutin crap.
I have more out-there interests, a lot of which are related to historical craftsmanship (blacksmithing, primitive architecture, bushcraft, beekeeping) but I don't have the space/resources to do much of anything /out/doors and I hate bringing attention to the fact I'm a dilletante.
>>28755150
The 100, GoT, family guy, better call saul, Mr. Robot, South park.
Pretty much this.
>>28755116
Which languages you speak and where in the U.S. you moving to?
>first name
Zack
>country
USA
>hobbies/interests
Reading, writing, poetry, anything /x/ related (magick, mysticism, occult, UFO's, ect.), weed, anime on occasion, dark music (mostly witch house, EBM, dark trap), being alone in nature, meditation, staying out of jail, maintaining my meager social circle, role-playing, and watching weird videos.
>>28755275
>Name: Zack
>/x/ nerd
It's like meeting a living meme
Nick
Murica
Hiking, music (playing and listening), documentaries, drugs
>>28753144
>>28753144
>>First name
Levi
>>country
USA
>>hobbies/interests
Video games,guns,building things,Legos,Nihon,archery,language learning,painting,cooking, and aviation.
>>28755306
>legos
Post MOCs
James
US
I'm boring
>listing nonhobbies as hobbies
>music
>film
Not gonna make it.
>>28755321
I don't have any on this phone. Sorry dude. When I moved from Vegas to Texas I threw out my old Legos(around2000) and I regret since then. I only have 500 at the moment but I'll get more next check.
Also forgot to to mention I'm also into history and movies.
>>28755116
>TN near WV
So Knox area?
>primitive stuff specific to Appalachia
other than wildlife and plantlore, not really. Be prepared for rocky clay-rich soil if you're not already.
What are your instruments and languages?I can dress like a girl for u. I'd probably make a good trap if I shaved.
>Ryan
>USA
I like traveling, motorbikes, eating food from different cuisines, smoking cigarettes and hookah, and shitposting.
Alright so after this thread where do we continue the friendship? Email?
>>28755432
Considering contact info is considered "/soc/ bullshit" by mods, there's no good way to establish contact with people.
>>28755432
>>28755469
If you're lucky you can get by with it. I have.inb4 ban for saying that
>>28755209
>I hate bringing attention to the fact I'm a dilletante.
iktf
What do you mean by primitive architecture?
What's your favorite western animations?
>matt
>united states
>lolis 2d and 3d, weightlifting, retro shit
>>28755420
Pic related is the first page of my passport. This is my bike.
>tfw no autistic internet penpals who will write 1-3 page e-mails about their lives and other trivial bullshit
Tim
Australia
Surfing, /out/, dota and some other vidya, reading, wanting to get back into skating but every park is just swarming with scooter kids
>>28755469
>>28755504
In other words, this thread is completely pointless?
>>28755602
Not if you aren't a pussy. If you find someone you like on here give your email/skype/steam. At worst you'll get ban for 3 days. Big deal.
>>28755469
>not using secret codes
its not rpg. ups ill pet aby
not
rpg
.
ups
ill
pet
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>>28755525
>What do you mean by primitive architecture?
Construction of stone age to about middle-ages personal houses and shelters, as opposed to larger-scale historical architecture which I'm also interested in but more from an art than a construction standpoint.
Also, sandbag houses and other "environmentally friendly" methods of architecture (not that I give a shit about the environment, it'll outlive all of us)
As for favorite western animation, from an art standpoint probably The Thief and the Cobbler. I wish I could recall more to talk about but I haven't really been on an animation kick in a pretty good while. Any recommendations?
>>28755116
>What kind of stockpile?
I have a cellar filled with non-perishable food, munition, and some "other" stuff... (boom)
As for guns? I got the highest gun licence avaliable for civs, so I'm able to pack quiet a bit of heat, however my hands are tied for now. But when shit breaks loose I'm going guns blazing.
>and you didn't vote for Trudeau, did you?
Not in a million years mate, my vote was Harper for the past few elections.
For now I'm just chillin' in my comfy home, living off of the little money I make as a mail guy.
>>28755527
>retro shit
like what senpai
>>28755687
Music mostly but retro shit interests me a lot
https://youtu.be/DSFHzMqYMP0
I'm listening to this a lot lately
>>28755329
You're not going to find any friends with that attitude!
>>28755708
That's cool, it's not chiptune, but it's not totally synth pop or anything like that, I dunno what you'd call it. I like it though. Where'd the interest arise from?
>>28755747
Dunno
I fucking love synth shit too
I think the gateway artist was this guy
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLeatherNunn
who has more shit on soundcloud
>Daniel
>Venezuela
I like to draw, vidya, anime and cute things
I can talk about anything though
>Paul
>NoVA
>anime and higher-human experimentation
>>28753474
I live in Texas and think those things are awesome! City?
>Erik
>Canada
>recording music, listening to music (black metal, noise, ambient mostly), shitposting, communing with nature, and self loathing.
Went to shower and make some food, sorry for the delay, here now.
>>28755172
I've never visited /soc/ before but visited /r9k/ for a long time and still check in once in a while, I'm not trying to (attention) whore or whatever and sorry if you think that.
>>28755188
Sounds cool, I love CK2 and have EU4 but haven't played much yet from being distracted with the former. I'm mostly into strategy games these days, some RPGs too. What places do you normally play in CK2? I haven't been playing for long but started a bit before Conclave, shattered retreats and stuff sort of suck.
>>28755258
I love Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad, saw Mr. Robot and some GoT (prefer the books though, just personal preference). You go fishing much? I have a couple times but haven't done it much or very good at it. Swimming's great exercise.
>>28755266
I grew up surrounded mostly with funny dialects of Scots language and English, some of my family only speaks the former and no one in the Americas (or many in the UK at times...) understands so I have to interpret sometimes. Then I learned Swedish to an intermediate level and from there Norwegian, from these four I understand a fair amount of German and most Danish too. I've started studying some French, German and Russian but I've not done very well keeping to it. Do you speak any second languages, where're you from? I'm moving to West Virginia.
>>28755407
Was low on post characters, so I meant more like TN is near WV. I'd be really interested in hearing about what you know about Appalachian wildlife and plantlore, the area I'm going to is naturally rural and that stuff really interests me but I don't know much about it yet. Have any stuff I should look at or read on it?
For languages, wrote above, and instruments primarily violin and voice, learned some guitar/mandolin stuff and some funny folk instruments.
>>28755682
That sounds great, I want to have a stockpile just like that, hope SHTF sooner than later either way. (cont)
>>28753474
I'm also a fan of the horror genre. I'd love to hear some recs.
>>28753624
Sounds like me except the baking. I like salty savoury foods too much.
As a bonus I'm also into j-pop/j-drama and occasionally manga (but not anime). Also from Canada.
Here's a throw away email for whoever wants to chat: [email protected]
>>28753144
Ishmael, Northeastern America
Listening to ambient and bleepy music, plotting my eventual retreat to innawoods, topology, weightlifting, fishing, and playing vidya games, mostly Dark Souls and games made before 6th gen.
>>28755682
Aren't licenses like that a pain to get? My brother looked into it for want of guns, it's sort of hilarious, like notifying police if you're going to a firing range and not being allowed to do much of anything with them. (Might be slightly different outside of BC.)
I voted for Harper too. Sounds comfy like you have the life.
>>28756087
Erik, you a Scandi/German immigrant? What black metal bands do you like?
>>28753144
>kameron <male>
>United States
>engineering stuff, analog electronics, arduino, some C programming, politics, math, philosophy
Also, inb4 fedora. I actually enjoy all of those things and am fairly decent at them
>>28756100
>Do you speak any second languages, where're you from? I'm moving to West Virginia.
Alabama here, speak French a passable amount though I'm very rusty. Took it for 5 years in middle and highschool, started as a filler class but I really grew to like it.
I'm jealous you're gonna be in the Appalachians proper, love the mountains when I'm visiting Tennessee, down here the best we get are aggressive hills.
>>28756100
Fishing is almost my only distraction, so in a week I go 4 days fishing.
You just have to be patient.
Well, going to sleep, it's 4:00am
>>28756163
I like some of this stuff. Are you an Electrical Engineer?
>>28753144
>_______
>US
>Singing when nobody can hear me, Hearthstone,Marijuana :(, Gamecube, Rogue-likes, Watching speedruns, Music (Chiptune, Folkpunk, Indie Pop, Lo-Fi, 90s Punk, Wonky Rock, some Alternative, some EDM, mild Jazz), Researching psychedelics that I'll never use, Reading about how drugs are developed, Walking around my neighborhood, Taking short walks in parks and on nature paths, Writing children's books that will never be published, Disc golf sometimes, Being a useless bitch
I don't really want to talk to anyone outside of this thread. This was more to organize my thoughts and realize how boring I am. I hope the rest of everyone's day is nice!
>>28756223
I like folk punk
>>28756222
Graduating next semester. I'm an "engineer" in qualification though I have zero experience. Not even an internship. I'm fucked.
>>28755654
So like residential vernacular architecture? cool. I've been trying to plan a cheap, energy efficient yet aesthetic tiny house for when I finally move out of my parents. I think its too humid here for earthships and such so it'll probably have to be conventional materials but with some sort of passive solar design.
I also want to learn more about making an effective floor-plan for efficient logistics on both a small and large scale but haven't been able to find much material on it.
>Any recommendations?
Not really, I'm still pretty new to western stuff. I watch more from a story standpoint, so my favs so far are BtAS and OtGW. Other than Thief & Cobbler, The Secret of Kells is the most aesthetic animated film I've seen.
>>28756163
What sort of analog electronics stuff do you do, have any favourite philosophers? Do you have much experience with C? I was thinking of trying to pick up some form of programming, still deciding whether to try or not. Looks really useful for certain things.
>>28756172
That's awesome, I wish I was that good with French. Part of why I started learning some, it's so useful and I love a lot of stuff to do with French culture/language. If you speak it passably, I bet you read it very well, speaking/listening is always way harder I find.
Hah, if it makes you feel any better, the Appalachians basically feel like aggressive hills when you're in them because it's so high up to begin with, I guess. They remind me a lot of the Highland's hills in Scotland, which they're connected to underwater, except Britain is very deforested unlike Appalachia. Tennessee and areas look really beautiful too in photos.
>>28756215
I'd ask more, too bad you're going. Hey, goodnight anon, sweet dreams.
>>28756223
Singing sucks at first with that part of it, I'm not past that either. What vocal range would you say you have? I'm contralto and it sometimes feels like everything is below/above my comfortable range.
Your interest in music, psychedelics, walking in nature all sound cool. So you don't use psychedelics but prefer to read about them? The way drugs work is really interesting and I think I can understand that.
I think you sound pretty interesting and are just being self-critical like most of us, but I hope you have a great day too anon.
>>28753144
>First name
Jack
>country
Ireland/USA
>hobbies/interests
when not depressed: music, film, literature, comic books, comedy, art, philosophy, technology, outdoors, drugs, food, retro games, role playing games, history, martial arts
Pic related are some of my favourites.
If you relate, hit me up on Skype @sadmadcap
>>28753474
512 Austin here, classically trained musician. Jacks that name btw
>>28755973
Austin, but I'm not the guy you're replying to
>>28756347
Potentially, yes. There is still time for you to apply to summer internships if you're interested in doing so. What have you been doing the past 3 summers?
>>28755209
Historical craftsmanship is incredibly cool and all of that you listed. Woodworking really interests me because I plan on studying luthiery and maybe pursuing it as a career. What's your favourite primitive architectural style? I always found hillforts incredibly cool, croft housing type stuff, ancient shelters are so simple and elegant and look like they aren't nearly as difficult to build. I think I have a lot of photos of this kind of thing on my hard drive (not my own sadly, from looking on the net).
>eddie
>nova, usa
>craft, movies, writing, karaoke, cs 1.6, minecraft
>>28755875
hey paul, just finished gurren lagan, recommend anime?
>>28756250
Cool. Can you give me a band to listen to that I may or may not know? Or just your favorite or whatever.
>>28756482
Shitposting, jacking off, summer courses. I'm a very busy man, you see. I have a 3.3 which is pretty high for EE though. Hopefully it carries me through.
>>28756407
What instruments are you classically trained in? I studied violin and vocals classically which I studied for a long time and only just stopped because I'm moving and had to for now.
>>28756379
Good night for you too.
Sleep well.
>>28753144
Almost everything I do is math/science/engineering related. Video games don't even do it for me anymore. This is the only thing I really care about. I pride myself in being extremely hard working.
because of this I am extremely cynical towards normies and their priorities, especially women.Also I wouldn't talk to any of the anime or gaming kids ITT
>>28756358
Oh I completely forgot about Kells!
Been meaning to watch OtGW too, looks very Ghibli-esque.
As far as actual house design goes, aside from some basic energy/cost saving concepts I picked up from my Highschool 3D art teacher (who studied architecture at Harvard or something crazy like that), I don't really know much
>>28756520
Id say pat the bunny but you probably already know
>>28756379
>If you speak it passably, I bet you read it very well, speaking/listening is always way harder I find.
Definitely, reading is the easiest part, writing is easier than speaking, it's conversation and comprehension that really hurt to learn. To be fair though, it's a hundred times harder in English to a non-native speaker.
>>28756379
I have no idea what my range would be. heh. I'm guessing it's a bit higher than average, whatever that is. I have used psychedelics in the past. Currently I don't have the mental state to use them safely. There's a few tabs of LSD (sold to me as LSD, I have not tested them so it's probably 25-B/C/I or something) that have been sitting in my closet for 3 years now.
Yeah that's what I'm interested in studying. I want to develop products that can be used in the treatment of depression, PTSD, and the like. I'll ideally work with people that can lobby for their legalization in medical settings.
Stay friendly anon and keep singing too! It's definitely satisfying when you find a song that you can completely nail. It's worth digging for.
>>28756604
I think you should be okay then. I went to the engineering school's graduation this year and the ECE department had the least amount of students graduating with honors. I also have friends who didn't intern at all and they got (relatively) low paying offers with defense contractors.
I'm a CS major, and I enjoy C programming, but I'm not sure how to hold a conversation about it lol.
Aaron
USA
I like to procrastinate on working out, play 3DS a bit, and spend the majority of my time on the internet and worrying about my next job opportunity! I also play competitive Pokemon.
>>28753144
>Doug
>Puerto Rico
Writing, music, beach, reading, TV, video games(casual), playing music shows
>>28756506
Personally I love adobe and terrace villages (I'm sure there's a more correct name), that general style is what turned me onto the subject.
That being said, European-style shelters like in your pic are incredibly comfy just from an aesthetic standpoint - and the actual engineering behind them is incredible as well.
>>28756768
>competitive Pokemon
Bet you can't beat my mystery gift Mewtwo, IVfag
>>28756482
PS
Internships are dried up where I live. Oil took a shit and no one is hiring. In Houston, when oil hurts, everybody hurts. That's why I'll be wageslaving it this summer. Thankfully my parents are well off and well connected.
>>28756690
I do, but it's still a good choice.
I emailed the figurehead of this record label (record company?) once to say how much I appreciated the bands he sponsors and he actually sent me an assload of CDs.
https://wylscotrecords.bandcamp.com/
They're worth checking out at least if you're interested. You can click more releases on the sidebar for more albums.
Dollar $igns also has a pretty fun album on bandcamp.
>>28756799
I bet I could if it wasn't banned
Kate, Canada
Painting, reading, video games, webcomics, manga, anime, swimming, baking and listening to a ridiculous number of podcasts. Horror is my go to genre of choice so recs would be cool.
>>28756406
What are some of your favorite comics (referring to comedy)?
>Daniel
>Ohio
>Golf, Piano, Vidya, Anime, Jogging late at night.
>>28756827
I see. I suppose it's too late to apply out of state and to get reasonable housing.
>>28753144
>Zach
>England
>Philosophy, music and vidya.
>>28756859
In all seriousness, I remember when I got into that IV/EV shit. Holy fuck, was that time consuming. How long did it take for you to set up your A-team?
>>28756674
What sciences are you most interested in?
>>28756679
Replied to you with the croft house image but I guess you missed it. Do you have any favourite primitive housing styles? I read a paper on housing in pre-Roman Gaul and it was really interesting why they used different materials for different reasons and the amount of thought that went into it. I also adore stuff like turf roof housing.
>>28756712
Yeah, though to be fair at least English is pretty rule based for the most part, you can usually make out a sentence based on how it's structured. Plus unlike most languages there's not as many weird things that totally change meanings like gendered stuff to have to remember all of, except unusual cases like boats are feminine. Like in Scandinavian languages and a couple Scots dialects most everything has a gender and there's no rule to it, you just have to remember, English lacks stuff like that. French looks like it has similar things even if it's overall easier.
>>28756723
I think the highest male ranges are tenor and countertenor, so maybe one of those? Tenors are a lot more common than the latter though.
I hear stuff like LSD and shrooms can be used in treatment of depression, I've always had clinical depression and I'm better at coping with it now, but it sucks and nothing seems to make it go away. Best of luck if you can make something like that work, a lot of people could use it.
Thanks anon! Yeah, I know that feel. Keep at it yourself, it sounds like you have a lot of cool stuff you're working on. You seem like a sweet person.
>>28756746
I guess I like C by default. It's the only general purpose language they teach us EE guys aside from MATLAB. I also know a little freescale assembly. They used to teach FORTRAN a few years before I started. Kinda wish I'd have been there for that, but I really don't have the will to learn computer Latin if not for school. Yeah, C doesn't really lend itself to conversation.
>First name
jasmin
>country
usa
>hobbies/interests
music, fashion and photography, but i like to spend most of my time browsing shit like this
>>28756913
I play PS. Doesnt take too long to breed things with the new Gen 6 mechanics and horde training either. Most people inject their Pokemon into their games though. A-Team changes with the meta, pretty much, but consistently its a Medicham-Mega and Tornadus-T offense I like to use.
>>28756780
Oh sorry, looks like you did get back to me, just a bit later which is fine. I'm reading up on terrace villages now and they look really neat, I definitely like this style of housing. They look not too complicated despite how beautiful they are, that's what I love about simpler primitive housing styles, they can look so beautiful and cozy without being extremely complicated. Those are some really interesting hobbies you have, make sure to never lose them regardless of what anyone thinks.
i live in the US
i have everything you could want in life
still hate my life
>>28753144
>name
Philip
>Country
Usa
>Hobbies
Vidya. Mostly smash.
>>28756906
What sort of philosophy, music and vidya?
>tfw the dude I replied to didn't even reply back
Well fuck you too. :(
>>28756956
That's strange actually, most of the EE people here only learn C++ whereas C is reserved for CE/CS.
Have you worked on any interesting projects? What is your favourite class? Thus far my top class has been Operating Systems which is also in C.
>>28757081
Try not to take it too personally anon, not your fault, I've tried to reply and make conversation with a lot of people here and I think most haven't replied especially more than once. It's no big deal though, maybe they just got anxious or something, or if they weren't interested in talking then whatever, it's 4chan. Don't let it discourage you.
>>28756929
I find that people with a background in non-romance European languages have an easier time in English, whereas everyone else seems to find the language inpenetrable (including native speakers, but that's a different issue).
I guess that has to do with just how much of the old German style grammar got carried over by the lower class after the introduction of old French to the upper class. Thanks, Chaucer!
>K.
>USA - North Carolina
>Don't have much time for hobbies; work takes up most of my free time. Funeral Director. Do enjoy origami, music (who doesn't?), spend a lot of time on /r9k/, /biz/, /adv/, /an/.
>>28757135
How exactly did you end up as a funeral director?
>>28755563
i play dota on aus server too. wanna play
>>28757156
My "elevator story," or the truth?
Was depressed and suicidal for several years. Became interested in the macabre because of it. My fascination about my own death drew me to that profession - and my passion grew for it as I discovered a love of helping others.
Mostly though I tell people I did it on a whim, and they sort of accept that answer and move on.
>>28755873
hey, i like anime too. which genres?
>>28757229
That's kind of what I expected - most people I've met who have had an interest in that sort of work get it from "le quirky dead body doctor on television" and it makes me want to slap their shit.
That said, I'd hate to be in your position. I'd probably be bothered more by the living than the deceased, as edgy as that sounds.
>>28755116
LONDON
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>Ryan
>Straya
>outdoors(hiking, trail running), music (guitar,piano), Classic lit + Sci fi, film, travelling. Going to Europe in nov
>>28756867
hey which horror anime, manga have you read so far?
I'm searching for some too but they're hard to come by
>>28757311
Not him but read Junji Ito man, particularly Hellstar Remina
>>28757284
Nah, I'm not that way. I know the sort of stereotype you're talking about: black hair, tattoos, punk rock, skulls, edgy sort of person. Those sort of people end up back in the preparation room, doing embalming and whatnot.
I was mostly an awkward weaboo for a lot of that depressive phase. Wound up doing more on the service side of things, working directly with the families. I spend very little time in my current position doing anything with the bodies themselves; cosmetic touch-ups at most. The satisfying part of my job comes from working with the living; I love it.
>>28757133
Yeah, I think I can see that too actually, it makes sense. Like Germans, the Dutch and Frisians, Scandinavians speaking Germanic languages seem to do well with English, but I more often see romance language speakers like Italians and the French with not as good English. Maybe it's partially for why you said.
It's sort of annoying at times how hybridised English is of different European languages, the etymologies are all from totally different places. Part of me thinks we should make it more Germanic slowly through linguistic purism and make it easier to use and understand and make more sense, but that sounds really impractical and creates a lot of problems/challenges too.
In Scotland I think our use of English is a fair bit more Germanic because of more Germanic influences and less Romance influences. Scots in particular is very Germanic and mainly North Saxon (as opposed to South Saxon English) with influence from Norse. Check out this sort of dialect of it from this old man (little over a minute in), few in Scotland/the UK could understand this but I can hear and repeat it all, I think South Saxon-derived English would've sounded a lot more like this given less Latin/French type Romance influence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-2ARXaLz1M#t=1m
>>28757305
Those all sound absolutely awesome hobbies, not sure which part to ask about. Where're you going in Europe in November? Any favourite books, scifi, film?
>>28756100
Peterson's Field Guide to Medicinal Plants is my main resource. Also Eat the Weeds youtube channel has a lot of stuff endemic to the SE.
Of the top of my head:
>Edibles:
Sunroot, Arrowroot, Apios americana, Ground-cherry, Maypop, Mayapple, Fox grapes, American Lotus, Blackberries, Mulberries, Elderberries, Paw Paw, Ramps, Persimmon, Osage Orange? and possibly Currants.
>Herbals:
Jewelweed (topical for poison ivy), Dog Fennel, Wild mint, Mimosa bark, and Tulip Poplar bark
>Poisons:
Hellebore, Devil's Snare, Bloodroot, Mayapple, Pokeweed, and Walnut husk (for fish)
I feel like I forgot something while typing but I'm sure you'll figure it out.
>Wildlife:
Appalachia is known for salamanders so look out for hellbenders, tigers and red efts. But probably not red wolves. They have been successfully reintroduced to NC and unsuccessfully to Smokey Mtn. Park tho. I've heard they brought elk back somewhere too.
Watch out for snakes btw.
When I get a new job I plan to do some survival camping in east TN.you wouldn't happen to be the wolf-girl from the zoophile thread would you?
What kind of folk instruments?
>>28757084
>>28757084
Teaching C++ instead of C is like bowling with guard rails if you don't at least introduce OOP within the semester. Favorite class was probably automatic controls I or electronics I. Just built a little solid state tesla coil from the "slayer exciter" template. My proudest achievement was probably an implementation of dijkstra's algorithmin my C class. Shit was tough, we were learning linked lists in one semester and we started at data types.
>>28756878
In terms of comedy, The Amazing Screw-On Head, Transmetropolitan, Preacher, Bottomless Belly Button, Eightball, King City are all pretty great comics and are very funny at times
>>28755116
>What are some of your favourite drinks?
I'm mostly a beer guy, Sierra Nevada has a lot of really cool stuff once you move past the Pale Ale generic mark. I like the Ovila stuff a lot, and just the generic Torpedo. This year's Beer Camp variety pack has a couple good brews too. Einstok is pretty good (my local stores just started carrying it) but it's pricey and a bit fag-y probably. Innis & Gunn is also a terrific brewery, some really good pale and red ales.
Vodka is sorority-girl shit, which I'm guessing describes you. Makes me sick to the stomach after more than one or two.
>>28756100
>funny dialects of Scots language
So your grandparents still only speak gaelic? That's cool. Thanks for preserving the language.
>>28757459
Thanks, I'll take a look at that book and youtube channel, really appreciate hearing back from you. I'm going to save all of what you wrote there and look into it all over time actually, that's really impressive. I remember reading about a couple plants, like how beneficial dandelions are and the healing properties of uh, arrowroot I think it was, which was used by Greek soldiers even, it coagulates blood and can be used like a free, wild bandaid. It really interests me but I don't know too much about it all.
Salamanders! I have a terrible photo somewhere of the time I went before (the reason I'm going to WV one of my few friends is starting a farm there and she invited me to join the project with her, I went and visited before). There was this cave and we went through a bit of it and I remember a salamander near the entrance climbing a bit up some rocks. I'll have to look up which it looked most like. Didn't see any snakes, saw lots of deer. That was in only two weeks, here I'll be gone all summer and have more time to maybe see wildlife and stuff.
That survival camping sounds interesting. I would love to do more serious hiking and camping than I've done, just almost no friends makes it hard and it's intimidating to do on my own. You sound interesting.
I'm not that girl, no. I actually haven't looked at 4chan for some time, but I used to browse regularly and figured I'd give it another shot.
My favourite folk instrument I play is maybe pic related, it's tuned like a guitar and a lot like Irish mandolin and bouzouki type stuff, which is how I play it. It has a distinct twangy, drone sound. Popular in Bulgaria, Macedonia and Greece. I play some other stuff like Saxon (Sutton hoo specifically) lyre too, historical music is fun.
>>28757382
>In Scotland I think our use of English is a fair bit more Germanic because of more Germanic influences and less Romance influences
This is correct, Seamus Heaney documents the use of english idioms in the scottish and irish dialects of england that stem from old proto-Germanic runes and language in the intro to his translation of Beowulf - in particular the use of the term "thole" in iirc Irish dialects, which finds its roots in the runeword of similar name and pronunciation which would go on to be the basis for the common english letter 'thorne' from which "the, thy, thine" and etc. were formed, before the distinction between thorne and Y were lost.
Basically, English dialects from regions and peoples less affected by the shift to French by the nobility following the battle of Hastings use words, terms and idioms more etymologically Germanic than the more Romantically developed modern English, even to this day.
Captcha on 4chan is even worse than I remember.
>>28757607
Thanks for the suggestions, no need to get giving insults though. That doesn't describe me whatsoever, no, I'm an shut in introvert loser and drink on my own at home. I like it with mixed drinks.
I think beers I'm least experienced with, I'll see if I can find some of those maybe since I have no idea what to look for in them. Appreciate it.
>>28757649
Oh no, and Gaelic is in a lot better condition than Scots. In Scotland there's English, Scots, Scottish Gaelic. It reflects the country historically: Gaels from Ireland bringing their language, England and the tribes that formed it bringing theirs, and a sort of mixed English/Norse hybrid language that arose from Germanic settlers which is Scots. English speakers can often understand it in writing and Scottish English speakers a lot of it in speech, like how similar Scandinavian languages are to each other, but it's of a separate origin and very different no matter what anyone says. Check the video I linked for an example. I think fewer speak it fully and fluently than Gaelic because the similarity makes English absorb it much more easily. I do know a little Gaelic though, but me and my family do not speak any at home.
>>28757865
Interesting. That makes sense.
On that sort of note I think a lot of runes and the like may actually be much older than stuff like the Futhark, you see almost the same letters in for example, the Lepontic alphabet, or further back the undeciphered Vinca script which gets called a "proto-writing" because it has no Rosetta stone.
Chris
Age 21
TexMex
Shitposting and playing vidya
>>28756379
>>28756929
not anyone you replied to, but noticed you talking about singing.
Do you know any good voice lesson videos or such? I've always liked singing privately but never took lessons so I want to make sure I'm somewhat competent before exposing other people to my cacophony.
>>28753623
>Oregon
>long-distance hiking
If I wasn't so anti-social we could be friends.
>>28753144
>Bryce
>USA
>Vidya, Music, Watching movies, 4chan, drawing, working on making a game, but I'm not very far into it, go to church, birdwatching, researching autistic things, figuring out how stuff works, building legos, eating.
>>28758079
What I've done is mostly classes, so sadly for videos I can't recommend too much. A teacher helps a lot though, they can provide advice and information to help you improve, and if at first you're afraid to be very loud for singing from how you sound, you have no reason to be at a music school in front of a teacher (or so I found not wanting to be so loud at home). It's also made harder because singing quietly is a lot harder than using your full voice and being loud.
What I learned in lessons the past year or so since I started was pitch recognition, which was practising singing to a piano and learning to make the notes instantly on hearing them and recognise them, and is very useful. So, now I can play a scale on guitar and sing it at the same time for example. Then there's a lot you have to learn to do with stuff like breathing, relaxation and using muscles you didn't know about. The hardest part even after learning stuff like this is just practising to make sure to always use good technique so you sound good, and not strain yourself or get lazy.
I recommend finding a teacher or private lessons if you can, if not, don't give up or be too hard on yourself no matter what you think you sound like or what anyone else says, and it's never too late to learn to sing. Everyone had to start somewhere. Part of learning music is being really bad at first, it takes a while to sound great and it can be hard to realise you will eventually when beginning. Good luck, anon!
>>28758096
It's a lonely hobby anyway.
I'll be on the PCT somewhere between I-5 and the Cascade Locks next month, though. Maybe someday, sometime, we'll meet and won't even know it.
>>28753144
> First name
Flo
> country
Germany
> hobbies / interests
eSports, video games, drinking, music, my cats,
>>28753802
hi how are you?
I'm >>28758222
>>28757335
ah yup, read most of his works. absolutely adore them. Any others?
>>28758020
>Check the video
Oh wow, never even heard of Scots. Weird how he seems to shift from normal English, change his tempo to be unintelligible and then continues in Germanic before switching back again. What does the written form look like?
Thanks all the same for preserving a dying language, I hate to see any knowledge get forgotten even tho I can't preserve it all myself.
>>28757550
Sorry for the late reply.
My first programming class ever was in high school and it was a C++ class. I can't remember what we did though.
I remember data structures and I wish I spent more time properly learning all of that stuff. We did it in Java, but I didn't realize how important the basics were until my later courses.
>>28758178
How long/# of lessons would it take to get a firm grasp of the techniques?
I like rurally and would probably have to travel to find a teacher, so going to lessons twice a week for several years wouldn't be very feasible.
Perhaps I could binge lessons on vacation or something.
>name
Spiros
>Country
Greece/socal
>hobbies
Well I enjoy history discussions and going to museums since im studying archaeology. I like to go hiking, but thats the only form of exercise I do. I write plays that will never be performed. Also shopping, I love to shop for clothes
>Quinn
>Toledo, Ohio
>Politics, Obscure video games
>>28758354
Well thank you, my pleasure, I grew up with it and it annoys me how little love it gets.
The writing varies greatly because there's no standards in it, dialects vary a bit too. In about the 17th-19th centuries there was some movement to spell more like English even if it's not pronounced anything like that, then everything before that and from today is often quite different. For example Robert Burns is a Scots language poet, but his poetry (for the most part) is easily read by a normal English speaker because of this movement of the time, unlike many poets in it before and after him, but probably little could be understood in speech by someone who doesn't know or understand any as we'd say or read it. The simplest to understand in speech and writing are naturally the southern most, the northern ones tend to be the most different.
That switching between English and Scots happens more than you'd think especially with it dying and former Scots areas becoming more English speaking and some words getting absorbed like slang into English. It's not prestige either so it's common to try to sound different to authorities, non-speakers and foreigners, etc. People try to curse it as being dialect of English which makes no sense, it has different origin and isn't all intelligible even if familiar, but what makes a language is really ambiguous (people used to say stuff like Polish and Serbian weren't languages).
You can find more info on it here, pic related from here is a written example akin to what that man spoke but that no one not learned or studied in it could probably understand in writing or speech.
http://www.scotslanguage.com/Scots_Dialects_uid117/The_Main_Dialects_of_Scots
>>28753144
>anon
>united states
>posting on 4chan
>>28758472
I suppose it depends on how much you practice and what you put into it, too. But even a few lessons could greatly improve your technique and give you a lot to get started I'd think. I'm sure there's a lot of great information online too, just learning on your own is difficult compared to classes.
>>28758514
What eras and parts of history most interest you? History, archaeology, hiking and plays are all super interesting. Not bad to keep well enough dressed, too.
>>28758595
What sort of obscure video games?
>>28758675
Mainly ancient cultures. Im focusing more on ancient greece. Im glad somebody thinks its interesting, most people think its super nerdy. Also fashion makes girls think im gay, so two strikes for me.
>>28753144
>First name
Steve
>country
Canada
>hobbies/interests
Guns
>>28753219
Ey guy what's your plan?
>>28755682
>highest gun license
I had me a giggle at the wording, but indeed bud. Me too, unless you got grandfathered some prohibs. I got pistols, AR-15s, anti-tank rifle, etc.
>>28755116
If you like self-sufficiency, ourdoors and stuff, we could gun and stuff
>Anon
>23 years old
>Ontario, Canada
>anime, books (philosophy, religion and history), computer games,
If you reply with your Steam ID I will add you.
>x
>21
Anyone want to play csgo? I haven't played since they implemented that bullshit rank 3 to play comp thing, and now I'm stuck in silver hell. Fuck Valve.
>>28757807
>used by Greek soldiers
I think that's yarrow, 'Achilles balm' I think is the story I heard. I've only found conflicting reports online of whether its native or not. Its not in Peterson's and I've never found any, but it is common in domestic gardens and can become invasive.
>historical music is fun
definitely. I play around a little with my cheap plastic tin whistle and am trying to learn guitar and maybe get something like pic related for camping. Then I want to learn some type of small harp/lyre, concertina, bagpipes and maybe the hammer dulcimer and pan pipes. Then I'll probably learn a half-dozen Asian instruments so I can be a special snowflake weeaboo.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKVWj3tybbXEhMA-v7CyHBSM7qCq9Vriy
>>28758753
Ancient Greece is huge era with a lot to learn, I think the ancient world tends to be my favourite part of history too, the Greco-Roman world is of course the best recorded part of it in Europe. What's it like studying archaeology, how are you liking it? I realise that for all my love for history and archaeological findings, I have no idea what actually goes into the profession itself, it's hard to imagine studying it even though I read archaelogical stuff all the time.
I think most people are just sort of boring normies and find anything like that nerdy or what have you, but I know I sure don't think men into stuff like that are nerdy or gay and nor would most other more traditional girls I've spoken to.
>>28758946
>>28758946
>>28758946
Yeah, yarrow is the term, I remember arrowroot was another term for yarrow though, I think, or so I read, but I couldn't recall it.
Wait you play historical music and trad folk stuff like that too? You want to learn lyre, concertina, bagpipes, hammer dulcimer and pan pipes? Oh fuck. You better have contact information, I have no one to go full autist with this stuff with. I could teach you whatever I know about lyre and I have a mountain dulcimer I haven't found time for, plus some Jorvik panpipes that made me realise wind instruments are not at all my forte, and I'm familiar with and love all those others except Asian instruments I don't know too well.
>that folk dance playlist
Oh my god
>>28759159
Well its not as glamorous as you would think it is. Its a lot of learning about soil and really delicate techniques. Although at the end of the day when you find some little piece of an ancient culture that nobody has touched in 2000 years it makes up for all the boring lessons.
Well it might just be the girls in southern california.
>>28758514
>I write plays that will never be performed
What kind of plays?
I've been toying with the idea of to someday starting an amateur theatre group, but would probably just do adaptations of books, tv and movies since I'm really nitpicky about modern plays but I'm not creative enough to write my own.
>>28757382
France,holland,switz,Germany,Czech, Belgium, all of the uk, all of Scandinavia.
Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy, 1984, Time Machine, Dickens, Camus, hbu?
>>28759219
Pls respond, plantlore anon.
>>28758261
Hey, nice reoccuring digits. Do you play league of legends?
I suck, but I might get back into it over the summer.
>>28759374
Well they are all over the place, lots of different themes and periods. Mostly comedies. Ive written a few about ancient greeks and one that I recently finished was about the second coming of christ...in the form of an angsty teenager. Its a coming of age story about dealing with an insane amount of expectations and having no idea how to actually live up to your parents wishes, although for the main character its more about trying to bring upon a new age of religion than good grades.
I loved acting in highschool and had agents want to represent me but I never went into it professionally. Where are you from?
>>28753144
>Charles
>United States
>none
>>28759219larktasersat google mail is my throwaway orRiggyon steam (the one with the smug animu gril)
I'll probably be a very poor corespondent for a bit since all my interests are either on hold or slowed to a crawl while I look for a job, so most of my rambling itt is just idle daydreams atm. I'm hopeful about getting a job soon tho, then I should have much more free time to actually do fun things and chat more.
>>28759609
Hey, that's perfectly okay. I think I added you on Steam, had to look through the Riggys a bit.
>>28759523
I'm in the US. That sounds like a fun story that also has a good message.
Tbh my actual experience with theatre is quite limited. I was encouraged to pursue acting by my teachers when we did little skits from greek mythology and christmas plays and also encouraged in my speech classes. But I've never really seen an original play that I've actually liked (out of about six). They all just seemed like mediocre actors reading scripts from boring sitcoms. So I never took it very seriously.
Meanwhile in lit class I read stuff like Brutus and Antony's speeches in Julius Caesar and old oratory addresses and thought "wow, this is powerful stuff." Then I watched films and tv with engaging plots, emotional drama and actors with conviction and think "wow, if only stage actors could do stuff like this. heck the special effects would be easy enough to adapt to the stage."
But I definitely need to spend more time at the theater before passing my final judgement. I imagine Greece would have a very good acting scene what with having such a long history with it.
>>28759742
I assume you're the knightly squirrel?
>>28760103
Yeah, the silly official Mount&Blade avatar.
Dawson
USA
Video games, politics, music (albeit I legitimately have non normie tastes and everything I listen to is usually guaranteed to have <1 mil views on YouTube)
Also just having conversations is something I enjoy, albeit only with people over the internet. I also like talking about gay stuff, but that's only with other gays, if I'm talking to a straight person I don't bring it up.
Anyone interested in a conversation (tomorrow though since I'm going to bed) my kik is Wololo_wizard
>>28760022
You sir have a brain I would love to pick apart. Yeah stage acting and acting on television are two very different beasts and take a lot out of the actor.
>>mfw all of these beta names. not a single chad. now i see, now i understand.
>>28760540
Can someone give me some name related advice, if you have a non-English name that people outside your country have a trouble pronouncing because it has letters that are pronounced differently, would you introduce yourself like that and always explain it to people every single time, or just introduce yourself with the English variant?
>First name
Joe
>country
Bongland
>hobbies/interests
Shitposting, anime, vidya but those are starting to wear thin, JoJo is pretty fun though. I've also decided to make youtube videos, because I like making things and seeing people enjoy them, I don't have a mic so it's just scripts.
>pablo
>peru
>videogames, anime n' shit
I just want somebody to go out with
>>28753144
>Peter
>Germony
> Learning languages FR, SP, just started on russian
> going camping twice a year, but kind of a shut in most of the time
> atm preparing to travel so I can fail at talking to native speakers
> teaching myself to play the guitar
> swimming, started lifting and running
> reading (mostly rereading easy stuff in different languages)
