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>>2252
Return of the Jedi is almost as forgettable as Attack of the Clones.

>>1018
'max max: fury road' was awesome!! the action scenes were kickass! and i liked the really bright and detailed lighting! it made me feel like i was on a post-apocalyptic wasteland...

I watched Memories of Murder (2003) directed by Bong Joon Ho. A South Korean film about detectives hunting for a serial killer in a rural village. This film is very subtle and famous for its surprise ending. There's lots of clever visual story telling, interesting twists, and a fair amount of humor along the way. While your generic cop thriller slowly reveals a hidden truth via science and reason, this movie goes in entirely the opposite direction by turning the detective genre on its head.

Whereas classic detectives like Sherlock Holmes use reason to expose the truth, in Memories of Murder the detectives' rationality obscures reality. They misread clues, see patterns that don't exist, and resort to torture to brute force their theories when they fail to pan out. Rationality is exposed as arbitrary, violent, and incapable of grasping reality. In this sense, Memories of Murder is a piece of post-modern anti-detective cinema.

There's also a subtle layer of political commentary: the South Korean state is constantly carrying out civil defense drills and crushing protests in the name of national security, yet this almighty institution is incapable of protecting ordinary people from a simple murderer. Korean modernity is on trial here. Bureaucracy can't solve social problems, reason doesn't bring psychological comfort, and industrial development creates a level of anonymity and social breakdown that makes it possible for a killer to hide in a crowd.

Highly recommend this movie.

I usually hate Holocaust movies, but The Zone of Interest is really up there. The setup is fairly simple: its about the Hoess family who live in the shadow of Auschwitz where their father serves as the camp commandant. Its not like I can add much to what's already been said about it, the film is cinematically innovative and despite their being no real gore, no real action, or pornographic visuals of suffering that suffocate most Holocaust movies, its manages to be uncomfortable. The Hoess family are painfully ordinary and the immense suffering taking place just over the wall is pretty banal aspect of their lives, a topic of dinner table conversation or watercooler talk like any other job. There's some brief moments where it falls into the typical shoah porn genre tropes, but its brief and not really glaring enough to be annoying. The cinéma vérité style might turn off some people.

Evil Dead Burn (2026)
At first I found myself enjoying this film. The gore and brutality is initially satisfying and while not as schlocky as other entries in the series, it has its fair share of well placed humor. Sadly, the horror scenes quickly descend into shots of people aimlessly wrestling in different areas of the house. The most disturbing aspect of this movie is the plot, and I don't mean that in a good way. The theme here is domestic violence. The MC's spouse is depicted as an abuser, but this is retroactively established through convenient flashbacks and not depicted with much nuance. One character, the MC's mother in law, works hard to care for the family's dementia riddled grandmother in the midst of deadite attacks. This should make her sympathetic or at least warm us to a character that's quite bad tempered, instead the film works hard to portray her as a villain whose entire family deserves their grisly end because of one abusive son. Guilt by association is wheeled out to justify family annihilation. This vindictive and anti-social streak dulls the horror. Its hard to root for these characters when they are all depicted as shitty assholes who are gonna die anyway. I left the theater hating this movie.

I wrote a poem and wanted to share it, but figured nobody cares, so I didn't.

>>6737
I would read it.

To Botan and Ibuki

She steps into the water of an open air bath
And there's a sunset over the dark sea.
Almost a dream in which the purple sky
Is shared by these two setting suns.

Bright rays of gold fall on the surface like
A garden of white lilies, shaded by the changing light;
And under it, beneath the calming waves,
There's all the warmth of day
With all temptations of the morning
That's met in bed under a shared blanket.

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>>6745
That's pretty nice, thanks for sharing!

Would you like to play a literary role-playing game, /kind/? If you would, then write a piece of a modernist prose about a carburetor.

The grass is so lush… I've been laying down and kneading it a lot. It feels really nice… The fireflies will join me in the evening sometimes… I might just do that all summer.

Outside of work I stay inside until because it's like 43 degrees outside. I do like taking 3am trips to the store to buy cheap pre-made sandwiches, and it's only like 37 degrees at night so it's better for a walk. I really am developing a taste for roast beef and pastrami. Other than that, I am going to listen to albums that I like, and maybe try to finish the first season of Hidamari sketch, or re-watch season 1 of Gunslinger Girl.

I've been slacking for quite awihle. I need to do workout more.

I'm just working on my writing. Its mostly private stuff and not very good but it keeps me busy. I'm very lazy and feeling rather dejected these days.

So it's been almost a year since I made this thread and I have a few things to say about how I'm doing now. At the time of making the thread, I was in a serious state of panic. I was in such distress from all of the paranoia and absurdity that I had to stop everything I was doing and rush to my computer to ask if there was anyone who was experiencing the same thing as me. I had no contact with the outside world and all of the pent up urges to interact socially had reached a devastating tipping point. I still don't have any friends, but using the internet more often has made me feel a bit more like I'm actually alive and not just a ghostly spectator. I'm even thinking of getting professional help from a doctor as some of the replies to this thread have suggested. I don't know how much effort or sacrifice I will have to endure, but I am determined to find a way to live comfortably in my own flesh.

>>5100
your story reminds me of ecco the dolphin's… compared to the past you, did the laws of physics break for you, do you think?

Another year has passed. Where does the time go?

Hope you're doing better now anon.I know a lot of people in the thread said it's because of some condition or whatever, but often it can just be years of isolation or stress from bad people you don't even realise just bubbling over. Healing takes time and all

>>6558
GrapheneOS doesn't protect you from running binary blob inside your phone hardware. Therefore the idea of having GrapheneOS for privacy is obviously moot. You better of using replicant OS or, buy a pinephone if you have the money.

>>6559
As long as it’s reasonably secure, a binary blob is not that big a deal. No phone can be perfect because they all connect to cell towers anyway.

>>6560
Why prefer something that is reasonably secure rather than fully secure phone OS? Video related is how you use replicantOS phone together with free freedom wifi dongle. The choice is yours

Welp, I just got black screen of death on linux computer running on version 7.0 kernel. The computer literally stalled and I can't do anything about it.

Sorry no screen cap. I'm reverting back to a dacade old version of linux kernel then. I just can't trust anything that is new epecially when it comes to software at kernel level mechanism.

>>6631
You could try FreeBSD? It is very good I hear

>>6178
Why not create it out of metal? It's obviously makes it more cooler. Plus it'll be harder to destroy and would probably last a lot longer then a plastic one.

>>6201
Because I don't have a metal 3D printer, nor do the vast majority of consumers.
>Plus it'll be harder to destroy and would probably last a lot longer then a plastic one.
She has lasted for quite a while once I worked out the design kinks. The 3D print actually has a low infill, because I needed to reduce weight and keep her lightweight, which is also a disadvantage of metal. It's not like I'm sending her to war or to the wilderness.

I have updated her to v3.0.9. She has a new body now and new accessories.

The right hand and the gripper claw feel uncomfy. Maybe if I mask it with a glove and put a bit of stuffing inside to pad it out?

>>6649
Your site seems to be down.

>>6650
The site was down temporarily, but it's back up now
There's the humanoid hand on the left arm. The claw is meant to hold accessories, which adds plenty of uses. It's not that uncomfortable to hold, trust me.

>>6341
Do you live near any government-owned parks? They often need patrol/clerks, and depending on how rural your area is, you can go hours without interacting with another person. I worked at a provincial park one summer and spent about 10 minutes a day talking to people and the rest was just me listening to music if I was walking around the grounds or watching stuff if I was in my little booth to do write-up reports or whatever.

>>6360
You can change your address on a lot of online services without needing proof, like your cell phone. Make sure you get digital bills, and they'll issue you an e-bill with the new address. Use that.

>>6341
set up an s-corp so you can get paid more (c2c) and the recipient is obfuscated

I'm not sure how useful this may be since it's been months, but a part time dishwasher position may suit you. Sure, kitchens are busy spaces but you only have to answer to your coworkers, not the general public, and something like a receptionist or librarian would require you to actively use a Customer Service Voice, which is a skill you can build over time, but not intuitive like how one uses their hands to clean off dishes.

Donating plasma was suggested and I agree! But I would not recommend it if you can't afford hearty meals, getting plasma out of your body may drain you in ways you don't expect.

>>6341
I started wageslaving as a baker at a grocery store, wouldn't recommend
the good part is 90 percent of the time I'm by myself working alone, customers rarely ask questions, the hours and schedule is consistent, the bad part is a bitch manager that I'm forced to interact with, and a lot of work on some days putting products on shelves
I'm currently looking into switching to working retail where I don't have to bust my ass cleaning and working in the freezer and dragging containers on wheels around, all for min wage and mediocre free lunch, hopefully sooner than later

>>6341
>>6658
Working in retail store selling musical instrument can be very comfy. The place is always very quiet and cozy.

Other than that, try digital camera retail store. That place can be a very comfy work in.

I just startled my cat for running really fast torwards it. That spooked him a little because he was in the way of my path and taking a nap while I was heading to the kitchen. Poor kitteh didn't see me coming.

>>6240
Pwease be careful with your cat, okay? Like, really really careful.

>>6243
I am sorry. Gomenasai!

>>6217
Most people act out mean due to insecurities brought up either due to emotional problems or due to the conditions of their circumstance. The former is what you have to look out for. The best advice you can get is to not engage with negative people if you're feeling bad yourself, it's not likely to make you feel any better, and you're not likely to make them feel better either.

>>6217
I can relate. Although I wouldn't go as far as calling myself an angel or the world around me hell, but there is definitely too much malice, cruelty, and straight up brutalization lately. In fact, I don't even remember when I last heard a /kind/ word outside of /kind/ or anime. It's either grey rocking or hostility from the start. All the time. I've never even met those people before for them to have a reason to hate me like that. And then also there are relatives who are supposed to love unconditionally, but they behave that same way too. It's like someone flipped a switch in their head a few years ago.

>>361
I FUCKING LOVE Minecraft, it's the greatest autism simulator ever, I came back after a few months and it's still the same, comfy game I've been playing for like the last decade

>>6596
Very much fair, sorry. My thought train was that I know a few /kind/ users who don't check anything but /kind/ and I wanted to invite them specifically. So where else should I tell them?

>>361
I'm addicted to hundred line … it's like Kodaka saw all my posts across the internet and said "I would like to make a game targeted at this weirdo specifically"

>>6598
I guess that could've been true when /kind/ first came here. Now I see people from /kind/ making requests for site changes and complaining about /kind/ on /wap/. People in /kind/'s stream chat reference things that have happened on /wap/ and other boards here, so I don't think /kind/ is as isolated as some might think.
>where else
/wap/.

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey. I love collecting and fusing all the demons so I can read their lore and see all the cool designs. It makes me want to replay Nocturne. The Insaniax mod has been out for a while now, so I might try that.

>>6612
We've had these things before but they didn't cause the same issue. Its how almost all devices are now capable of streaming multiple types of content over the internet which offers us instantaneous access to everything, everywhere, all at one. These services have an interest in milking your attention, and so the content is designed for that purpose and has become more and more attention grabbing. So we see music and games becoming purposely more addictive than they were in the past, not because they are so fun that you want to keep on playing, but because they are designed to give quick dopamine hits and mine your attention, gacha titles, in browser notifications, simpler song structures are all good examples.

Do something painful until you're able to reorient your sense of pleasure. Try thinking about a subject and learn how to enjoy the process of learning. Count the grains of sand called daily habits and see what you would benefit from repeating endlessly. To me it only feels like a problem when I can no longer see a path ahead. There's no need to generalize a solution or even contemplate what the problem may be for others, that only dilutes what the actual problem as you experience it.

>>6609
i have been using an mp3 player filled up with pirated music to keep me stimulated while going on bike rides and long walks this year, its been a great method of sorta detoxing and also getting exercise outdoors, which makes me feel less guilty abt fucking around on the puter when i want to. switching to linux for my daily driver OS has also changed the feel of my personal computing experience to be much less corporate and more personal feeling. getting off social media and disabling/blocking all short form content is probably the easiest thing anyone can do tbh