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Creativity / Re: ■ The Photography Megathread ■
« on: March 18, 2013, 04:57:49 PM »
Re-edit of an old pic for submission to a photo contest.
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Off Topic / Re: How can I make $500?
« on: March 17, 2013, 10:33:07 PM »What if he can't drive?
I started working when I was 14. It was agricultural work in the summer, the blazing sun, working the fields. $6.5/ho. Didn't bitch, did my job, made money.
Life. There's no shortcuts, no trick to it. You work hard and you get ahead in life. That's the trick to it.
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Off Topic / Re: How can I make $500?
« on: March 17, 2013, 10:27:25 PM »
Work. I'm a delivery driver, I made almost $300 this weekend in tips. I also worked from 5-5am starting on Friday and 10pm-5:30am Saturday.
So, I guess in summary, work you lazy prick. Be good at something.
So, I guess in summary, work you lazy prick. Be good at something.
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Off Topic / Re: I am in a relationship now
« on: March 13, 2013, 11:04:10 PM »
Socrates was said to be the wisest man ever because he was able to realize, internalize and proclaim with full authority "People say I am wise. I am not wise".
I can understand completely the disposition the feel like you've got the whole world figured out at 16. I felt the exact same way. I almost feel that way now, and probably would if I didn't have the ability to step back, look to the past and say "in five years I'm going to think myself now a fool".
It's not an absolute, but you have to realize that time will prove yourself wrong on this one.
I can understand completely the disposition the feel like you've got the whole world figured out at 16. I felt the exact same way. I almost feel that way now, and probably would if I didn't have the ability to step back, look to the past and say "in five years I'm going to think myself now a fool".
It's not an absolute, but you have to realize that time will prove yourself wrong on this one.
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Off Topic / Re: I am in a relationship now
« on: March 13, 2013, 10:57:40 PM »
I didn't say that I have the answer to what a real relationship is, and I think it's the kind of thing where you can only speak with authority on the topic when you know you've been in one. I'm convinced that teenagers aren't able to feel that, though, because I've gone through exactly (well, not exactly, I'm not a furry or gay) what these two children are going through now.
My whole middle school and highschool years I thought I could go through the motions of what I saw in other relationships and I would stumble upon the underlying emotion. I thought that I could say "I care for you, girl, so much." and then feel it, rather than feeling it first and then arriving at the place of the visible signs of a successful relationship.
I think a serious part of growing up is realizing that, the only way you can ever gain wisdom is through personal experience. This is the root of ideas such as "some mistakes you have to make yourself." So, I'm not saying that I'm a relationship guru and can speak with authority on what does and doesn't make a successful relationship. I HAVE however made it all the way through adolescence, highschool, and middle school, I know what it's like to be fueled by hormones and confusion over the emotional aspect, and I know how easy it is to say all the words without actually feeling them. I don't think anyone so young can really feel those words.
See, this is what I'm saying! This describes the interaction and the relationship I have with so many people I know and really care for, men and women, people my age and older. Just because I say to my friend "Wow, you know what, you are an amazing friend, and I really care about you." Even if they say the exact same thing back to me, that certainly doesn't mean we'd make a good couple. Hell, even "making a good couple" doesn't entail a relationship.
Again, I'm not advocating for a very specific parameter and even if I were I don't know what it'd be. I'm just saying, to truly make a loving relationship you need emotions I don't think teenagers are capable of feeling (and I'm not saying I am!)
My whole middle school and highschool years I thought I could go through the motions of what I saw in other relationships and I would stumble upon the underlying emotion. I thought that I could say "I care for you, girl, so much." and then feel it, rather than feeling it first and then arriving at the place of the visible signs of a successful relationship.
I think a serious part of growing up is realizing that, the only way you can ever gain wisdom is through personal experience. This is the root of ideas such as "some mistakes you have to make yourself." So, I'm not saying that I'm a relationship guru and can speak with authority on what does and doesn't make a successful relationship. I HAVE however made it all the way through adolescence, highschool, and middle school, I know what it's like to be fueled by hormones and confusion over the emotional aspect, and I know how easy it is to say all the words without actually feeling them. I don't think anyone so young can really feel those words.
Trust me, this isn't one of those faulty attention-wanting relationships. TD and i have known each other for a pretty decently long time and we talk pretty much every day.
See, this is what I'm saying! This describes the interaction and the relationship I have with so many people I know and really care for, men and women, people my age and older. Just because I say to my friend "Wow, you know what, you are an amazing friend, and I really care about you." Even if they say the exact same thing back to me, that certainly doesn't mean we'd make a good couple. Hell, even "making a good couple" doesn't entail a relationship.
Again, I'm not advocating for a very specific parameter and even if I were I don't know what it'd be. I'm just saying, to truly make a loving relationship you need emotions I don't think teenagers are capable of feeling (and I'm not saying I am!)
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Off Topic / Re: I am in a relationship now
« on: March 13, 2013, 10:43:06 PM »
Like, I don't loving get it. That's the most fundamental thing behind it. You kids make plays at "love" mistaking it for affection or perhaps quite simply just friendship. You have no clue what a relationship is, truly, you can't just say that you're in it and then call everyone who speaks against it a bigot, conservative, narrow minded, etc. I don't know what you're trying to prove, I don't know what deep seated emotional problem you're playing at.
Also, I'd like to point out that this isn't a matter of being gay, or involving furry ridiculousness, or the fact that you're so young, or the fact that you apparently live worlds apart (I'm going off of PA/Netherlands).
Any one of those things by itself (besides the first and last) can discredit a real relationship, but the fact that you've mashed them all together makes it even more absurd and even more infuriating. I could see a male and a female couple, 14 years old, holding hands, saying they're in a relationship and I'd say "nope, sorry, try again when, oh I dunno, you don't have to rely on your parents to drive you places. Maybe that's a good step 1."
Also, I'd like to point out that this isn't a matter of being gay, or involving furry ridiculousness, or the fact that you're so young, or the fact that you apparently live worlds apart (I'm going off of PA/Netherlands).
Any one of those things by itself (besides the first and last) can discredit a real relationship, but the fact that you've mashed them all together makes it even more absurd and even more infuriating. I could see a male and a female couple, 14 years old, holding hands, saying they're in a relationship and I'd say "nope, sorry, try again when, oh I dunno, you don't have to rely on your parents to drive you places. Maybe that's a good step 1."
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Off Topic / Re: I am in a relationship now
« on: March 13, 2013, 10:32:33 PM »
God kids these days.
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Off Topic / Re: What would you do with ten billion dollars?
« on: March 11, 2013, 05:14:34 PM »You mean $166,666,666.Yes it appears I do. I forgot how many zeroes are in a billion.
Goddammit that's a lot of money.
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Off Topic / Re: What would you do with ten billion dollars?
« on: March 11, 2013, 03:27:51 PM »it's 10 billion dollars, not 100 billionGrow better standards. It's enough money to pay yourself $166,666/year for sixty years.
it's not enough money to buy everything for ever until you die
including the best security team ever ofc
That said, I would invest half of it, give away half of what's left (parents, friends, charities), use the remaining money to pay myself 41 grand/year for the rest of my probable life and continue to work in some manner.
Though it's interesting, because some of my business would likely be entrepreneurial in nature, I wonder what it would be like to operate a business with the mentality that you cannot fail, knowing that you're making 40 grand/year regardless and at least several million dollars a year off of investments.
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Creativity / Re: ■ The Photography Megathread ■
« on: March 11, 2013, 12:08:27 PM »
Due to recent upgrade, I'm selling a bunch of my old camera stuff.
Price is $700 for the lot or $600 for the camera and $150 for the 35 1.8 if you want to split them up. Message me if you're interested/want more details!
Price is $700 for the lot or $600 for the camera and $150 for the 35 1.8 if you want to split them up. Message me if you're interested/want more details!
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Off Topic / Re: so I like a girl
« on: March 11, 2013, 11:51:27 AM »
pro tip from someone who's broken it far too many times: learn how to be friends with women (or in your case, girls) before you try to be intimate (physically or emotionally) with them.
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Creativity / Re: ■ The Photography Megathread ■
« on: March 10, 2013, 05:09:18 AM »Unless you are talking about manual zoomWhat
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Creativity / Re: ■ The Photography Megathread ■
« on: March 09, 2013, 04:56:45 AM »
It's good that you got it for free; manual focusing lenses are a pain in the ass. I have no problem and even sometimes enjoy the challenge and technical skill in using them on brown townog cameras, it's just that as far as DSLRs are concerned, I expect speed, precision, and perfection. Manual is simply incapable of delivering all those things.
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Creativity / Re: ■ The Photography Megathread ■
« on: March 04, 2013, 04:07:43 PM »
Too much vignette and poor light on subject. Other than that, solid comp and good photo.
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Creativity / Re: ■ The Photography Megathread ■
« on: February 28, 2013, 09:16:25 PM »
psh only f/10.
Fun fact, in order for that lens to be f/2.8, the aperture opening would need to be 84cm in diameter. In order for it to be f/1.8, it would need to be 1.3 meters.
Fun fact, in order for that lens to be f/2.8, the aperture opening would need to be 84cm in diameter. In order for it to be f/1.8, it would need to be 1.3 meters.