No.2423
>>2417>>2418the urges of talking to her and coming across as a fucking retard?
No.2440
Currently annoyed at the consistent illiteracy of mangadex commenters.
No.2468
>>2466What if I choose neither?
No.2469
>>2468-1000 /kind/ points for letting forced comfy win.
No.2471
>>2466what's the dumbest fucking flame war we can think of
I did miss out on the sushi drama though
No.2474
>>2464Which places did you use? I did the same 2 years ago and had the same result.
No.2483
>>2474I think I visited nearly every English-language imageboard at one point, but mostly smug and zzz/digi/. I remember using the meta and café threads a lot in 2019, but the kohi threads don't have the same charm. I've been wanting to get into /a/ and /jp/ boards since the only consistently active alt-chans have that kind of culture, but I don't really get it even though I consume a lot of Japanese media and it feels like 2024 is way too late to start trying anyway.
Really I just want a good random board. /kind/ is ideal when it's more active. Sushi is usually okay, but the "forced comfy" thing can get annoying when it stifles otherwise harmless discussion.
No.2486
>>2484What do you mean by that?
No.2490
>>2483>2024 is way too late to start tryingYeah, man. This feels too applicable to a lot of things...
No.2497
It seems like every altchan either dies or winds up like 4chan because the majority of users end up originating from that site. The same nihilism, the same racist pseudo-politics, ragebait, and low quality memes inevitably take over and if you ban that stuff it leads to fake niceness and dishonesty. How to stop this from happening?
No.2501
>>2497Wapchan hasn’t suffered that same fate, it’s something the community has wonderfully made sure to avoid. Many of those people post that stuff specifically to get a rise out of people, basically trolling because they want to spread their negativity and narrative on how everything is terrible. They’ll always be sour people like that but they only represent a very load vocal minority, then there’s people like my self that just ignores them and wants to discuss hobbies and other interests!
No.2505
>>2501It really makes me wonder why the internet turned out like that in the end. Its as if cynicism and nihilism have been romanticized and now everybody plays into it and tries to be as big an asshole as humanly possible. When I look through old usenet archives, you get the sense the net of the late 80s and early 90s was a quieter and less cancerous time to be online. There was the whole idea of network etiquette which is totally lost nowadays. Its shocking how high the post quality of many of these small newsgroups were, minus the spam problem.
No.2547
>>2501seems cool. what are your hobbies?
>>2497>>2505i think too much time on the internet makes people sad and angry. maybe they need to go outside more?
No.2558
>>2554I just go back after the episode to capture particularly memorable frames. I'll usually get one or two out of an entire anime that appeal to my particular interests.
>only do it for certain seriesLimiting yourself in some way to make the process more efficient makes sense to me.
No.2559
>>2554I just take screenshots during watching, and yes that sometimes means rewinding a bit and having thousands of unsorted screenshots in the folder. But I don't mind because when I am looking for a particular one I can just flip through them and look at all the pretty pictures and remember all the fun I had watching the show and forget what I was looking for in the first place.
It's rare but if there's something that I want to make a webm or gif from, I just pause the video and write down the timestamp on one of the scrap papers on my desk. Then I can just seek right there after finishing the episode to make the webm/gif.
No.2580
>>2558>>2559Thanks friends.
>But I don't mind because when I am looking for a particular one I can just flip through them and look at all the pretty pictures and remember all the fun I had watching the show and forget what I was looking for in the first place.I like this approach a lot. I guess I've been too preoccupied with creating the perfect folder with only the exact screenshots I want. I was going through my unsorted D-Frag folder to find an image for this post and it was a lot of fun reliving the show.
No.2597
>2594good! this week's been stressful...
>>2595how do you like your pizza?
No.2599
>>2595Is this what they mean by deep dish pizza?
>>2598Haven't read it, but many people swear by the easypeasy method:
https://easypeasymethod.org/It's an adaptation of Allen Carr's "Easyway" method for quitting smoking for pornography addiction. I read an Easyway book ("Smart Phone, Dumb Phone" by Dicey/Carr) that was instrumental in helping me overcome my computer addiction, so it does work.
No.2600
>>2599Two questions, if I may.
> Easyway book ("Smart Phone, Dumb Phone" by Dicey/Carr)Do you have a link for that book too?
> me overcome my computer addictionOut of curiosity, what are you doing now with all of your free time?
No.2604
>>2602At this point I'm not necessarily nofap entirely, the feeling of wanting to become a sexless monk is just an extreme feeling after going too far. It leaves you feeling disgusted with sex and the guilt comes from a lack of moderation and devolving to looking at embarrassing stuff, and obviously the feeling goes away over time. I just don't want it to be something that controls my life.
>>2599Thanks man, I've tried reading this several times, might have to make a genuine commitment to finish it.
No.2605
>>2600Hopefully you can post pdfs here.
It's kind of cheesy, repetitive, and clearly written by an actual boomer with different priorities and experiences than the average imageboard user, but it's really more of a deprogramming guide than a normal book and very useful, at least for me, in terms of big picture stuff, though a lot of the individual advice may not be relevant.
>Out of curiosity, what are you doing now with all of your free time?Reading and daydreaming essentially. Would like to pick up some more hobbies but I've been overwhelmed with course work these past few semesters.
No.2612
>>2605I feel like normal people underestimate the hold the internet and porn have on hardened users of them.
No.2616
>>2612They underestimate the hold hardened users have on themselves.
No.2641
my hard on sure has a hold on me
No.2642
I know we should make new threads but I can never think of what to post
No.2644
>>2612yeah, the internet's pretty addictive!
>>2642>>2643just make them already!
No.2649
>>2642Yeah, I want to know the secret of making a good thread. All the threads I've made for /kind/ have been basic discussion topics or I just copied the concept from another board. Some day I want to make an original, memorable thread.
>>2643Post them!
No.2660
How do I overcome feelings of not fitting in? Both IRL and online I can't find a place where I just fit in. You move from place to place looking for something only to be disappointed by what you find. Everywhere is a noisy cesspool or an empty walled garden.
The internet is overwhelming and most of it is empty. Discussions seem meaningless and pointless with the same cast of stock posters. There's no joy in it anymore. Its all so boring. While more interesting places are usually dead or run by older people who hate new users and react badly to any account recently created. There's a real lack of quality posts and humor is exhausting and repetitive. There's no fun in it anymore. But I think this might be because of overexposure to mass produced repetitive things and this is actively making me anti-social and burning me out.
So how do I combat the consumption induced boredom and stress? I would like to live a more thoughtful, mindful, and intentional life instead of consuming stuff for the sake of stuff and find other things to do and discipline my mind better.
No.2662
Friday has come once again, /kind/! I hope everyone has a nice weekend!
>>2660Sounds like you need a break, to be honest. I take breaks from imageboards/internet pretty often to keep things fresh. I mostly read or daydream, but really any contemplative hobby is a good antidote to internet exhaustion.
I don't know about not fitting in. I used to worry about that when I was younger, but it never happened for me so I just try to enjoy myself wherever I am. Some people are just born outsiders, or maybe the entire feeling is just the result of being in your head too much.
No.2664
>>2658rember to take care of yourself!
>>2660hiking's pretty good!
No.2702
My mom died this year to cancer after suffering for months.
She was the most important person in my life and the best mom I could imagine.
Ever since she died my life felt meaningless.
I kind of exist, but I have no direction in life, I just do what society expects from me.
I'm starting a new job tomorrow, but I can't be excited for it, cuz I have no goals, no dreams, not even things I want to buy now that I'll earn a reasonable amount of money.
I'm tearing up while typing this, I would've sudokued already but I knew mom wouldn't want this to happen.
I don't have any close family left, no one cares about me, I feel so fucking lonely.
You know, it's not just that my mom is gone, parents get older and death is inevitable.
It's the way she died, that a good person like her had to die this early and go through all that shit, I spare you the horrible traumatizing details.
And that same shit could happen to me or my future wife, if I will ever have one.
It scares me.