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big croc

VanishS — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 01:38:54 +0800

Not sure if CGI or real

[youtube]RXn1g0xtUMk[/youtube]

Bite lips

VanishS — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 23:27:07 +0800

As per topic title goes, how do you guys prevent ulcers from occurring in the first place when you bit your lips ?

you know, before there's a need to use salt water, bonjela and the like when the wound is already all whitish and it painful

Popular Malaysian Cosplayers circa 2018

VanishS — Sun, 08 Jul 2018 02:16:13 +0800

Eh, currently Malaysia got any popular cosplayers ? Not up to date with such stuff

[youtube]eKmcKywv0Os[/youtube]

Improving conversational skills

VanishS — Sat, 06 Feb 2016 01:53:16 +0800

Someone help me on this ? My speech patterns are limited and I usually end up vomiting some ridiculous storytelling that spans 10 paragraphs long that would be better suited for some novel.
By then everyone has left the room already even it sounds exciting to me. Its like a rush though.

Secondly ,when someone explains something at me I cant seem to be able to emotionally relate for some reason and ending up nodding the whole way. Worse, my mind instantly wanders back and forth.
Hard to explain though, its like your there absorbing all the information that can be recalled with absolute clarity yet I cannot find the right words to reply someone.

I am really trying to connect with people, I am surrounded with a lot of people yet feeling so distant from everyone all the time. There's no real friends.

Yes a man stands alone but it sure feels like hell not able to connect with people.

Not sure what I really want actually but if someone in /k can point me in a certain direction to improve what I need to achieve my goal ?

I mean a quicker way, I've been scouring the net for information yet I could use somemore. Something more effective. More efficient.

One of Mozart's best.

VanishS — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 21:14:40 +0800

[youtube]C78HBp-Youk[/youtube]

Translated lyrics

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10 reason why men dont liek fat women

VanishS — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 22:31:18 +0800

Make sense or are there more than 10 reasons than this ?

Lag

VanishS — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 18:37:37 +0800

Hi fellow warriors !

Just wondering if any msians have lag since the last patch where they changed the Diadem.
Been playing for about 4 months now

Not using any sort of tunneling software before, ping been always sitting around 300ms.

But the line's really bad now, like 3k ms and I cant get anything done. Then later it builds up
and takes about 6 secs to even fetch data from the MB board.

Can someone advice me on how to resolve this ?

I live in Tonberry

Your favourite fallout 4 diamond city radio song

VanishS — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:59:08 +0800

Without a doubt :

[YOUTUBE]OpQuNY3XFI0[/YOUTUBE]

Muv Luv Kickstarter ! 4 hours left !

VanishS — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 22:54:02 +0800

We want to bring the most highly acclaimed Visual Novel series to the west. Help bring this epic saga to life!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/muvluv...al-novel-series

Yes there's 18+ and an all ages version.

Oh yeah ! Last call !

I've backed already

Advice from a old man to a young man

VanishS — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 13:38:23 +0800

Copy post something from the internutz. You know where this is from

1. Don’t pick on the weak. It’s immoral. Don’t antagonize the strong without cause, its stupid.

2. Don’t hate women. It’s a waste of time.

3. Invest in yourself. Material things come to those that have self actualized.

4. Get in a fistfight, even if you are going to lose.

5. As a former Marine, take it from me. Don’t join the military, unless you want to risk getting your balls blown off to secure other people’s economic or political interests.

6. If something has a direct benefit to an individual or a class of people, and a theoretical, abstract, or amorphous benefit to everybody else, realize that the proponent’s intentions are to benefit the former, not the latter, no matter what bullshit they try to feed you.

7. Don’t be a Republican. They are self-dealing crooks with no sense of honor or patriotism to their fellow citizens. If you must be a Republican, don’t be a ‘conservative.’ They are whining, bitching, complaining, simple-minded self-righteous idiots who think they’re perpetual victims. Listen to talk radio for a while, you’ll see what I mean.

8. Don’t take proffered advice without a critical analysis. 90% of all advice is intended to benefit the proponent, not the recipient. Actually, the number is probably closer to 97%, but I don’t want to come off as cynical.

9. You’ll spend your entire life listening to people tell you how much you owe them. You don’t owe the vast majority of people shit.

10. Don’t undermine your fellow young men. Mentor the young men that come after you. Society recognizes that you have the potential to be the most power force in society. It scares them. Society does not find young men sympathetic. They are afraid of you, both individually and collectively. Law enforcement’s primary purpose is to suppress you.

11. As a young man, you’re on your own. Society divides and conquers. Unlike women who have advocates looking out for them (NOW, Women’s Study Departments, government, non-profit organizations, political advocacy groups) almost no one is looking out for you.

12. Young men provide the genius and muscle by which our society thrives. Look at the Silicone Valley. By in large, it was not old men or women that created the revolution we live. Realize that society steals your contributions, secures it with our intellectual property laws, and then takes credit and the rewards where none is due.

13. Know that few people have your best interests at heart. Your mother does. Your father probably does (if he stuck around). Your siblings are on your side. Everybody else worries about themselves.

14. Don’t be afraid to tell people to ‘F*ck off’ when need be. It is an important skill to acquire. As they say, speak your piece, even if your voice shakes.

15. Acquire empathy, good interpersonal skills, and confidence. Learn to read body language and non-verbal communication. Don’t just concentrate on your vocational or technical skills, or you’ll find your wife fucking somebody else.

16. Keep fit.

17. Don’t speak ill of your wife/girlfriend. Back her up against the world, even if she’s wrong. She should know that you have her back. When she needs your help, give it. She should know that you’ll take her part.

18. Don’t cheat on your wife/girlfriend. If you must cheat, don’t humiliate her. Don’t risk having your transgressions come back to her or her friends. Don’t do it where you live. Don’t do it with people in your social circle. Don’t shit in your own back yard.

19. If your girlfriend doesn’t make you feel good about yourself and bring joy to your life, fire her. That’s what girlfriends are for.

20. Don’t bother with ’emotional affairs.’ They are just a vehicle for women to flirt and have someone make them feel good about themselves. That’s the part of a relationship they want. For you it is a lot of work and investment in time. If they are having an emotional affair with you, they’re probably fucking someone else.

21. Becoming a woman’s friend and confidant is not going to get you into an intimate relationship. If you haven’t gotten the girl within a reasonably short period of time, chances are you won’t ever get her. She’ll end up confiding to you about the sexual adventures she’s having with someone else.

22. Have and nurture friendships with women.

23. Realize that love is a numbers game. Guys fall in love easily. You’re going to see some girl and feel like you’ll die if you don’t get her. If she rejects you, move on to the next one. It’s her loss.

24. Don’t be an internet troll. Got out and live life. There is not a cadre of beautiful women advertising on Craigslist to have NSA sex with you. Beautiful women don’t need to advertise. The websites that advertise with attractive women’s photos and claims of loneliness are baloney. All they want is your money and your personal information so that they can market to you. The posts on Craigslist by young ‘women’ seeking NSA sex, and asking for a picture are just a bunch of gay troll pic collectors. This is especially true if the post uses common gay lexicon like ‘hole’ as in ‘fuck my hole’ or seeks ‘masculine’ men, or uses the word cock (except in the context of ‘Don’t send a cock shot.’) There are women on Craigslist. They are easily recognizable by their 2-5 paragraph postings. Most are in their 30’s or older.

25. When you become a man in full, know that people will get in your way. People who are attracted to you will somehow manage to step in your path. Gay guys will give you ‘the look.’ Old people will somehow stumble in front of you at the worst time. Don’t get frustrated. Just step aside and go about your business. Know that these are passive aggressive methods to get you to acknowledge their existence.

26. Don’t gay bash. Don’t mentally or physically abuse people because of who they are, or how they present themselves. It’s none of your business to try to intimidate people into conformity.

27. If your gay, admit it to yourself, your parents, your friends and society at large. Be prepared to get harassed. See rule 14. If someone threatens you or assaults you, call the cops. Have them arrested. You have no obligation to self sacrifice because of who you are. As a gay person, you’ll have more social freedom than straight men. Use it to protect yourself. Be prepared to get out of Dodge if your orientation makes your life unbearable. Move to San Francisco, New York, Atlanta, or New Orleans. You’ll find a welcoming community there.

28. Don’t be a poser. Avoid being one of those dudes who puts a surfboard on top of their car, but never surfs, or a dude with a powder coated fixed gear bike and a messenger bag, but was never a messenger. Live the life. Earn your bona fides.

29. Don’t believe the crap about the patriarchy. More women are accepted and attend college. More degrees are awarded to women than men. Women outlive men. More men commit suicide. Men are twice as likely to be victims of violence, including murder. If you consider sexual assaults in prisons, twice as many men are raped as women (society thinks prison rape is funny). The streets are littered with homeless men, sprinkled with a few homeless women. Statically, women are happier than men. The myth that girls are being cheated by are educational system is belied by the fact that schools are bastions of femininity, mostly run by and taught by women. Girls outperform boys in school. It is the boys in school getting fucked over, and prescribed ritalin for being boys. Real wages for men are falling, while real wages for women are rising. Just because someone says something enough times, doesn’t make it true. You have nothing to feel guilty about.

30. Remember, 97% of all advice is worthless. Take what you can use, and trash the rest.

Obligatory white man advice with white women drillz for economic stimulation

Pillars of Eternity at 50% off

VanishS — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 21:05:04 +0800

Yeah. I am slowpoke. Finally the wait is over

http://nerdrockfromthesun.com/game-news/pi...ekend-on-steam/

Where to buy the yummy-est ping pei

VanishS — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 21:49:04 +0800

Just asking for recommendation for the yummy-est ping pei mooncakes.

And average price for a box of 4 ?

USB flash drive has 2 gb of data

VanishS — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 15:28:26 +0800

Like the topic, I've tried to reveal everything including all hidden files but there is no indication there's a huge 2 gb of data in any of the revealed files and foldes.

Why cant I see those files despite revealing hidden flies ? Its a kingstom flash drive.

USB flash drive has 2 gb of data

VanishS — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 15:26:18 +0800

Speaking of water

VanishS — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 23:24:28 +0800

House pipes are old and rusty and it aint doing good for the elderly in the house especially they bath hot water. Rusty and chlorinated...Bad combination

You'll be surprised how effective you are in absorbing all those bad stuff in the water when its inhaled through steam and absorbed through the skin.

Can someone recommend a proper shower filter that can filter part of the rust and absorb the chlorine ? Preferably heat tolerant as well. If not any other alternatives ?

Whole house filter is not an option. Replacing the damn pipes is not an option.

You think your job is hard ?

VanishS — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 22:41:29 +0800

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/03/z..._n_1475873.html

Zoo Keeper Licks Monkey's Butt To Help It Poop In China

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You've kissed butt at work, but this zoo keeper took the metaphorical act to a whole new (and literal) level.

Chinese zookeeper Zhang Bangsheng, 50, reportedly did the unthinkable when a leaf monkey in his care couldn't pass a peanut: he licked its butt for "over an hour" to encourage it to defecate, China Smack reported, citing the Wuhan Evening.

Bangsheng claims the monkey was too small for medication to help it pass the peanut, so licking was the only way to help it -- after washing its bottom with warm water, Orange News reported.

Some news outlets are questioning the authenticity of the story -- and why Bangsheng used his mouth rather than the more traditional method: a warm cloth.

Hoax? Take the poll below!

According to the video by China's HLJ News, the monkey was the first of its kind to be born in the country in 10 years.

Bored

VanishS — Sun, 16 Aug 2015 22:12:58 +0800

Are /k ever bored with people who eavesdrop on what you say/do and then regurgitate that information in about 2-3 weeks later in a pathetic attempt to converse with you ? Its about as plastic as k-pop.

Wtf pic below, open at your own risk

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Study show oreos more addictive than

VanishS — Sun, 16 Aug 2015 01:17:11 +0800

True ?

Research Shows Cocaine And Heroin Are Less Addictive Than Oreos

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacobsullum/20...ive-than-oreos/

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“Research Shows Oreos Are Just As Addictive As Drugs,” says the headline above a recent Connecticut College press release. “…in Lab Rats,” it adds, and I’ll get to that part later. But first note that the study’s findings could just as truthfully be summarized this way: “Drugs Are No More Addictive Than Oreos.” The specific drugs included in the study were cocaine and morphine, which is what heroin becomes immediately after injection. So the headline also could have been: “Research Shows That Heroin and Cocaine Are No More Addictive Than Oreos.” Putting it that way would have raised some interesting questions about the purportedly irresistible power of these drugs, which supposedly justifies using force to stop people from consuming them. But the researchers are not interested in casting doubt on the empirical basis for the War on Drugs; instead they are trying to build an empirical basis for the War on Fat:

“Our research supports the theory that high-fat/high-sugar foods stimulate the brain in the same way that drugs do,” [neuroscientist Joseph] Schroeder said. “It may explain why some people can’t resist these foods despite the fact that they know they are bad for them.”…

“My research interests stemmed from a curiosity for studying human behavior and our motivations when it comes to food,” said [neuroscience major] Jamie Honohan. “We chose Oreos not only because they are America’s favorite cookie, and highly palatable to rats, but also because products containing high amounts of fat and sugar are heavily marketed in communities with lower socioeconomic statuses.”…

“Even though we associate significant health hazards in taking drugs like cocaine and morphine, high-fat/ high-sugar foods may present even more of a danger because of their accessibility and affordability,” she said.

According to Schroeder, “some people can’t resist these foods.” It would be more accurate to say that some people don’t resist these foods, perhaps because they do not have exactly the same values, tastes, and preferences as Schroeder and Honohan. Instead of considering that possibility, Schroeder simply assumes that people who eat things “they know…are bad for them” cannot help themselves. His explanation for this unproven premise is that “high-fat/high-sugar foods stimulate the brain in the same way that drugs do.” But if the neurological effects of Oreos make them impossible to resist, how is it that most people manage to resist them, consuming them in moderation or not at all?

And who are the “some people” who can’t manage that feat? Honohan’s remarks cast light on that question. She is worried about people “with lower socioeconomic statuses.” They are the ones who are expected to behave like the rats in the study, which is why it may be necessary for the government to make the foods they like less accessible and less affordable, presumably through regulation and taxation. Schroeder and Honohan refrain from recommending such policies within the confines of the press release, but it is not hard to see where they are going with this.

So what exactly did the rats do? They favored the side of a maze where they were given Oreos to the same extent that they favored that side of the maze when they were given an injection of cocaine or morphine there. Furthermore, when the researchers “used immunohistochemistry to measure the expression of a protein called c-Fos, a marker of neuronal activation, in the nucleus accumbens, or the brain’s ‘pleasure center,’” they found that “the Oreos activated significantly more neurons than cocaine or morphine.” Given the latter finding, perhaps we should credit Connecticut College’s publicity department with restraint for not announcing that Oreos are in fact more addictive than cocaine or heroin. Or to put it another way: Cocaine and heroin are less addictive than Oreos. Which makes you wonder why people go to prison for selling the drugs but not for selling the cookies, especially since Oreos and similar foods “may present even more of a danger.”
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The idea that people can take or leave cocaine or heroin in the same way they can take or leave Oreos seems inconsistent with research that supposedly shows how powerfully reinforcing these substances are. Studies published between 1969 and 1985, for instance, found that rats and rhesus monkeys “will prefer cocaine to food” and “will self-administer cocaine until death or near-death,” as Stanton Peele and Richard DeGrandpre note in a 1998 Addiction Research article. But the animals in these studies were isolated from other animals, deprived of interesting stimuli, and prevented from engaging in normal behavior while tethered to catheters providing “an unlimited, direct flow of high concentrations of cocaine at all times at little or no cost” (in terms of effort). Research conducted in more naturalistic settings finds that monkeys and rats are much more apt to consume cocaine and morphine in moderation.

Laboratory animals’ tendency to consume drugs to excess when they are bored and lonely has pretty clear parallels in human behavior. But unlike rats and monkeys, humans are capable of reason and foresight (even if they do not always exercise those faculties) as well as emotions such as guilt and regret. They also have considerable control over their own environments. If the reinforcing power of drugs is not the only factor in addiction among rats and monkeys, it surely is not a complete explanation for why some people get hooked on these substances while most do not.

Likewise with Oreos. It would be easy to mock Schroeder and Honohan’s discovery that cookies are addictive, especially since they started out knowing that Oreos are “highly palatable to rats” and then concluded, based on the maze experiment and biochemical analysis, that Oreos are highly palatable to rats. But the study inadvertently highlights an important truth: Anything that provides pleasure (or relieves stress) can be the focus of an addiction, the strength of which depends not on the inherent power of the stimulus but on the individual’s relationship with it, which in turn depends on various factors, including his personality, circumstances, values, tastes, and preferences. As Peele and other critics of neurological reductionism have been pointing out for many years, the reality of addiction lies not in patterns of brain activity but in the lived experience of the addict. Locating addiction in the unmediated effect that certain stimuli have on “the brain’s pleasure center” cuts the addict out of the picture. His desires and choices do not matter, because he is under the control of irresistible impulses caused by exposure to stimuli too powerful for him to deal with on his own. And this is where the fallacious moral justification for forcible intervention, whether aimed at drug abuse or obesity, comes from: He cannot help himself, so we must help him, whether he likes it or not.

Browser and printer configuration

VanishS — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 12:00:11 +0800

I have to the printer settings for firefox from "Landscape" to "Portrait" everytime I print which is a brutal waste of time. How can I set the default to portrait without reset
after shutting down my PC ?

Furthermore this also affects not only the browser config but also the printer config itself, I tried setting up profiles but it fails to save everytime too. I am using a canon printer.

Whats going on ?

USD MYR 3.99

VanishS — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 20:29:58 +0800