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 No.151072[Reply]

Is /qa/ spiritual? I'm a bit spiritual in my own way. I like to create my own rituals and I read lots of books on eastern spirituality, mainly buddhism and daoism. I have my own little shrine on a wall shelf. It's just a big Buddha statue, two framed pictures of my grandparents and a couple objects to represent them. I offer them water and flowers and I sometimes meditate while facing them. Although I don't consider myself a buddhist, I try to incorporate some elements of buddhism into my life: generosity, detachment, meditation... Same thing with daoism. I study the Dao and try to live with the flow. What about you guys?
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 No.151787

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>>151756
>Sounds like perennialism. Have you looked into that?
Yeah, a little. I was curious about the Traditionalist school for a bit, interested in reading Guenon or Spermaraswamy, but I came to the view that my time would just be spent better immersing myself in a tradition rather than thinking too much about such a meta-position on religion. Also, while I wouldn't charge perennialists or Traditionalists with this too much, I do think a large part of the appeal of perennialism is that it allows one to kind of avoid being properly critical about religious/spiritual belief (a la new age mumbo jumbo). It's very easy to just go "it's all kinda true" rather than properly think through particular beliefs and come to some criteria for discerning which may be closest to the truth (or at least worth putting one's faith in).

 No.151799

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I have a religious background and I think it influences my thoughts a lot more than I know, I have faith but I don't practice it often and I'm very superstitious and believe in weird things that probably make me sound strange. I would like to go to church but I feel like an outsider because of how much the internet has warped me. I think I'm scared or don't want to abandon the sins that make me who I am either.

 No.151801

>>151756
>Thoughts on Al-Ghazali? Or the Ash'ari school in general.
im not versed enough in islamic ideas to have nuanced thoughts about specifics. Ive learned mainly some jewish thinking and when ive encountered the broad strokes of islamic ideas about god, or islamic criticisms against christianity, they seem to match up. This and textual criticism were big thing to open my eyes to the nature of 4th century and on christianity. Not that some of the big deals before that like gnosticism i approve of, i see any shift from a monotheistic religion into having other entities that are responsible for things as a degredation.

 No.151804

Spirituality is all of the bad of religion without any of the good. Eastern philosophy is interesting, as is their mythology, but I would never call myself "spiritual".

 No.151815

>>151783
I have enjoyed what I've read of Lovecraft, but I had not read The Silver Key until just now, on your recommendation. I found it to be well worth the time, a (for Lovecraft at least) delightful tale of whimsy and the value of such. On finishing it I noticed that you actually meant to cite its sequel, Through the Gates of the Silver Key, but I'm glad of your error because it caused me to gain the context I might have missed. As for the relation to my own thinking in that idea of Everything, the concept is nearly identical. What difference there is is so minutely subtle that despite trying for half an hour I cannot articulate it in a way that's both concise and sounds like a difference at all.
It's likely that we were either inspired by the same source in a way either normal or Jungian, or that I was inspired by this story indirectly. I have met others who have remarkably similar ideas to my own, though it sometimes takes a while to realize the similarity since when two people individually have an idea they will surely call it something different. If I meet another someday I'll be sure to ask about this story.




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 No.4165[Reply][Last50 Posts]

Post interesting or unusual stuff concerning imageboards, textboards or related stuff here. This thread is for a more centralized place of limited discussion, but please feel free to make new threads if you want something more thoroughly discussed.
Imageboard Happening Archives

This thread is cyclical with old replies removed as new posts are made.
Last Archived: April 25th, 2025
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>>151772
They're just trying to earn cheap points by lumping themselves in with DLsite and the like. Too bad all the people who would jump at the mention of (((activists))) already hates the mod team for siding with them and their agenda constantly over the years.

 No.151789

>>151724
They should halve the salary of the entire moderation team involved in this incident.

 No.151792

>>151789
How do you halve zero dollars? Eat half of their hot pockets?

 No.151809

>>151772
Shouldn't assume, the team loves to add 40 mods and then tell you nothing about them or their policies and then laugh at users for blaming one or two known quantities.

 No.151811

If you want to save money for developer man hours, fire Rapeape.




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 No.141927[Reply][Last50 Posts]

404!
4CHAN NOT FOUND!

Posts from start:
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https://archive.is/RE7EX
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https://archive.ph/rv5Jc
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 No.151808

A bit sad how immediately after 4ch came back up it was flooded with twitterfags and low quality ragebait posts. I guess it was naive to think the downtime would filter some of those people.

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>>151808
I'm more surprised by anyone except shitposters coming back.

 No.151812

>>151810
there are niche hobbies or subjects that are too dead to discuss anywhere else

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>>151808
Those are the posts that would get you banned from other imageboards and reddit and stuff. I imagine people were rushing in to get their fix of antagonism and ragebaiting that they couldn't get elsewhere. Ultimately that is 4chan's brand, after all. That is its value apart from speed.




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 No.151796[Reply]

What’s the current state of McDonald’s and other fast food? Realized I need to eat and nothing else is really open at midnight. I feel like if I go to McDonald’s even if I get a normal cheeseburger I’ll be sorely disappointed and regret my decision. Is that accurate?

 No.151797

The thing they call a "sausage" in america is some disgusting gritty thing. And that's what they use for the patty in mcdonalds burgers. I'd just take the opportunity to fast in your position and lose that /qa/ bellah!

 No.151806

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Fast food is getting more and more expensive so it's definitely much more of a treat than it used to be. McDonald's is alright, it's very consistent over the years. The fries are the best part and the chicken nuggets are decent, but that's about it for me. The burgers, well, they're not terrible but they're not great.
The prices, though, man, it's just ridiculous. If pic related was a McDonald's burg it would cost $50.

 No.151807

>>151806
You know I've actually never liked the McNugget. Not once, not ever. They've always tasted weirdly pastey to me and I prefer Wendy's chicken nuggets which have stayed surprisingly consistent throughout time.




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 No.151350[Reply]

You ARE gonna keep posting on kissu in the future, right anon???
you wouldn't abandon it for a certain faster website, right?????????
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 No.151795

>>151794
I just mean how many came to /jp/ specifically for elona/elin and nothing else.
As for Rabi Ribi I'd say its main strength is just the raw beatemup bullet hell gameplay. It has story and characters but, while I have no problem with moe, I would describe the characters as moeblobs and the story is a thing that happened I suppose.

 No.151798

I don't fit in here, but I might still lurk occasionally. Don't feel like going to back to 4chan after experiencing boards with non-hostile moderation, even if there are less people.

 No.151800

>>151798
People who don’t fit in usually make more interesting posts than they think they do. Don’t know how others feel, but I like seeing a variety of opinions and posters

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>>151798
Oi kora! Give me your lunch money loner kid!

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>>151798
Everyone starts to fit in after a while, it's just human nature. You'll see, this place will feel like home soon enough.




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 No.151444[Reply]

IT'S BACK UP!
ARE YOU READY TO GO CHECK IT OUT????
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>>151495
fuck thanks for reminding me to log into nikke

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>>151480
Me neither, I like this place better

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 No.67883[Reply][Last50 Posts]

I want to nakadashi *girl* has become a popular phrase on imageboards (mostly 4chan). But it's a mix of Japanese and English. If I was going to say "I want to cum inside Holo" fully in Japanese, how would I go about doing that? In the English sentence, nakadashi is a loan word and it is the action being done, but in Japanese I don't think 中出し is a verb. Can it be verbified by adding する to it? And then you conjugate it to say you "want" to do it. So the end result would be 私はホロで中出ししたい which would translate to I want to cum inside Holo. Am I correct?

Japanese is fun to learn.
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 No.151754

>>151566
>>151570
The thing with kanji is you can pick them up as you go. A lot of people get caught up in this idea that they must memorize all the kanji first because it's part of reading. They want to learn how to read before they learn how to speak. As a result they never learn how to speak. Listening is not that hard. Speaking is the really hard part of learning any language. Your tongue will ache for hours after practice sometimes after you start. At least it did for me in the early days due to a heavy non-standard English accent.

 No.151757

>>151680
No gaijin will ever truly 'fit-in'. I don't mean that at all. What I mean is this; The fun part is being able to interact with actual people. Consuming media is fine. If you want to just learn enough to read manga or watch anime that's great. But if your goal is to learn the language so you can travel there or interact with Japanese tourists in your own country it's best just to jump in head first and start doing it. It isn't like it was decades ago. We have so many free voice chat options now and there are hoards of natives just chomping at the bit at the chance to practice English with you. In return they'll practice Japanese with you.

Actual people. Normal people will tell you (most of the time) if you're pronouncing or writing something incorrectly. As long as you can get through the initial politeness thing. Which I was already accustomed to due to coming from a similar culture (so-called 'honor culture').

The goal is to _make friends_. Either virtually through the internet or hopefully in person. Then you can do fun things together and share each other's culture. That's the pay off.

The initial user was asking about speaking. My opinion on this has always been the same; just do it. No matter how stupid you think you might sound. The only way to get any good at it is to practice it. Learning how to speak will greatly speed up the process of learning everything else. Because you can do things like point at a sign and ask your friend 'what does that kanji mean?' and learn whatever history they might happen to know about a local area by word-of-mouth instead of through a (usually biased) book or article.

Similarly, learning how to speak grants you access to many places you wouldn't be able to go into otherwise. You can venture outside of well traveled areas. Safe in the knowledge that you can speak well enough to ask locals for help even if their dialect is different. Since they can probably understand your broken gaijin version of the tokyo one.

 No.151764

>>151680
You are getting it backwards.
The people who talk about fitting in in Japan are learning the language for that reason. I would be one of them. What do you mean pick a different goal? Fitting in to the extent that a white born-westerner can is the entire point.

 No.151765

saw it

 No.151766

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>>151765
No screenshot = didn't happen




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 No.150496[Reply]

What websites should I use for windowshopping figurines?
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 No.151665

>>151636
Would you mind sharing some proxies that still allow the undervalueing of parcels and which also support Yahoo? I've already been through the ones listed on the buyfag wiki, but there was always a catch and the best undervalueing option, if I recall correctly, was no less than 70% of the actual value. I'm not a figurine guy, but I buy Famicom and PC-E stuff from time to time and nearly puked when I found out I now have to pay INSANE amounts of customs fees for off-market second-hand items.

 No.151674

>>151665
I love my country and always pay my taxes, I have no idea who lowers the value. I don't care about paying the usual 25% in my country.

 No.151679

>>151665
NAYRT
I recommend Japonica. They charge slightly more than competitors but have excellent customer service and will usually make your purchase within ~15 minutes during their opening hours. They also are happy to jump through whatever hoops you need to get something very difficult to purchase, albeit charging a fee for each one - for example I recall seeing a guy want a paper map from a small town that could only be purchased by phone order and they were able to do it for him. Their registrations are limited but they're open at the moment.

 No.151684

>>151674
Lucky!
>>151679
That one is new to me, thank you very much! I will give it a try next chance.

 No.151746

>>151665
When I buy from JapanRabbit you can adjust the slider. But they take a cut out of the shipping fees or something. I dunno if they're economic because they're the only ones who I trust to handle some pornographic material and light lolicon without making a fuss




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 No.138870[Reply][Last50 Posts]

mamoru blog
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>>149840
>stand up
>die
you need to crawl from now on

 No.150358

time for my weekly rewatch of sakura trick

 No.150593

my right arrow key is sticking

 No.150981

Didn't want to take out the raincoat for just some drizzle when I was out cycling the day before... ended up catching a cold (´・ω・`)

 No.151745

https://www.twitch.tv/claudeplayspokemon
claude playing pokemon is a good metaphor for AI itself. started off fun and people were being creative with making OC around it and such, even when it was being a little janky and retarded it was still a bit endearing for a while. but as time's gone on the complete lack of progress has been unbearable I think, especially without the 4chan thread to add to the novelty, claude will keep messing up and never fully complete the game, or if it does it will be far after anyone cares or if there's any human input

basically how I felt about text/image ai gen




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 No.146569[Reply]

About 3 years ago, I had a dream that 4chan went down.
I was posting on kissu and then it went back up.
It was a premonitory dream.

4chan will be up within 30 minutes of this post.
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 No.151530

>>146569
you were a week off

 No.151533

>>151530
Not even exactly a week. It was still 7 hours too late.

I am disappoint, work on your divination skills OP.

 No.151562

>>148763
>I love that site, it has no name but it's super comfy and everyone is always happy to see me.
cute

 No.151695

Someone with mod powers should change the time stamps ITT to make the premonition real.

 No.151701

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>>151695
How would mod powers even do that?




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 No.144910[Reply][Last50 Posts]

Hello /jp/kissu, I plan to host Sven Co-op on Sunday the 20th at around 8pm EST.
Sven Co-op is a free Half-Life multiplayer mod with a ton of custom maps. It's really chaotic and fun! Everyone is welcome to join, but please take it easy and don't be too obnoxious.
I'll have the necessary resources and instructions posted closer to when I host. If you have any questions, post em.
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>>151191
>I also don't want to bother people that don't want to be added...
If we weren't socially awkward hikkis we wouldn't be /jp/

 No.151645

>>151143
I don't mind that. I suck at small talk but anons are more than welcome to join me in games if I happen to be playing a game they like.

 No.151675

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Ok that's it, I'm going to try adding everyone during the next game.

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 No.151814

>>150897
Radeon ReLive to capture, avidemux to edit and encode videos. It very much feels like caveman technology at times and my settings probably result in bloated filesizes.




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 No.66481[Reply][Last50 Posts]

i've seen dedicated drawthreads and writethreads here, but never once saw a music creation thread. considering you can post sound files here i wonder why it happens, because i did see several posters here said they made music. is it because many consider the stuffs they make have no merit to be posted? or because many have some musician profiles that they want no connection to this place...?
anyway, post some musics you made!
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 No.151582

i'm just sayin, but they used to hate on me for my poor chord comping. now every chord in the progression has chromatic movement. look at me now, ma. no hands~!

 No.151588

>>150968
sometimes it's not even about what your arrangement is missing, but what it has too much of. less is more. five elements are my principals when it comes to arrangement: bass, percussion, harmony, melody, and twinkle. five is a simple number to rember; work smarter, not harder.

 No.151600

when you hit a creative block, don't stumble forwards and force yourself into progression. instead, let yourself explore and find out new possibilities without the pressure to create anything special. then, when you finally find inspiration, you will be recharged with new ideas to add to your tried and true methods.

 No.151605

never think anything you're doing is wrong. the best type of creativity spawns from intentional deviation from the norm.

 No.151612

>>146663
That's two guitars right. I get confused sometimes wondering if it's countermelody or not




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 No.129768[Reply][Last50 Posts]

General video games thread. What are you playing? What are you looking forward to?
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Just testing a custom made PAL RGB scart cable. Unfortunately my GB flashcart is not configured for Super Game boy booting right now, so I ended playing the first thing I could grab.

This weekend I have to catch up with studying, so I'm afraid everything is going to be casual crap.

 No.151454

>>150323
Heh, yeah it was skyrim...

 No.151462

Expedition 33, 100 Line Defense, and Dolls Nest all just came out and I am facing choice paralysis.

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>>151462
Whatever you do, be certain it is the right choice.

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>>151485
this is super author level




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 No.146767[Reply]

What is your relationship with IQ? Have you ever taken a test by a psychologist?
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>>151004
>>151007
Big fish little pond effect is definitely real. I'm not sure there's really anything you can do about it though, on a personal level.

 No.151010

I wish I was autistic whenever I see those super obsessive autists skilled at math or chemistry or physics or whatever

Having adhd is like the complete opposite. You aren't interested in most stuff, and you can't focus on something for too long until moving to something else.

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Did an ADHD test years ago which included IQ. They said I fell in the superior range, but that means nothing for my braindead lifestyle.
Though during the verbal memory/attention section I got an actual retard score while everything else was at least average, like >>146804. Guess that explains why info goes in one ear and comes out the other.
>>151010
Shit sucks. The stims they hand out like candy are really a stopgap in my experience.

 No.151067

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>>146767
my general intelligence has been decreasing for a while now. when you profoundly change the way your brain processes information/the structure of it you lose chunks of memories. like self-induced brain damage, but not quite. it's not really fog brain or decrease because of physical condition either. instead it's a combination of not using it and recall pathways changing.
>tfw you become so smart you turn retarded

 No.151213

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>>146767
I had been an IQ test nut for a while, with all the purism towards the approaches to test IQ online. Some timed test that correlates with IRL tests the most, as per research done on it, gave me a 145 IQ score, but I had already known the typical patterns styles of pattern type questions, and I was lucky it had language questions, because linguistics and dictionary lurking are a bit of a hobby to me. In reality, mine fluctuates as 100+-45 IQ point midwittism. I think I'd do well even if I stood at 55 IQ; intelligence never was my selling point and is not what saves me when things go to hell. The more you deviate over the average, the harder you actually underperform under any pressure, it correlates with how much you're full of yourself. It's only a question of whether you are in charge of being the retard, or if it's the retardation being in charge of you.
My parents were disappointed in me when they threw university books at the middle schooler me and I didn't end up being a young genius understanding everything out of the overly complex dry reads, I had learning difficulties up until the middle of my second degree until I learned how to learn during an argument on some imageboard, I had to put in tremendous effort of inefficient struggle-learning to stay above average in grades, everyone who tried to teach me were offended and disappointed when I didn't get their explanations and I had to lie that I understood it, and my IQ was at 113 when I was a teen — way less than the girl's who had suggested I take a test, which contributed to that self-confidence had been an utterly unreliable thing for me.
I hate how IQ talks often are ugly hollow humblebrag talks or are neurotic tip-toeing around that, so have a chaotic blog post instead.
Also I want to hug everyone in this thread.

>>151067
I had been focused on my brain function in my lifestyle, and, while I can learn and understand things faster, I also tend to unlearn them faster and often find myself having to reinvent my understanding for the topics I abandon for a while. I'm a rat in a running wheel in a cage within a room that's slowly being flooded. Tap-tap-tap-tap-tap.




 No.145679[Reply]

I don't speak nihongo
anyone know what theyre singing about in this song? Or can anyone find the lyrics somewhere? I couldnt find them
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 No.150771

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>>150768
Only lyrics I can find is from this blurry picture on this site https://www.fromjapan.co.jp/japan/jp/auction/yahoo/input/c1136073963/

It just says Aセット. Doesn't seem to imply what set A is supposed to be. Probably intentional to keep it open to interpretation.

 No.150774

>>150771
The rosetta stone...

 No.151086

>>150771
Thanks, I was able to find this by searching for the lyrics in the image on Yahoo search.
Here:
https://www.followlyrics.com/lyrics/6360099/Lolly-s

[00:00.00] 作曲 : ひろて~
[00:01.00] 作词 : ひろて~
[00:03.13] 編曲 : ひろて~
[00:06.76]
[00:14.36] いらっしゃいまちぇ!
[00:16.89] おひとりたまでちゅか?
[00:19.68] ぼっちな しんしたま だいかんげい でちゅでちゅ!
[00:24.34] さあっおきゃくたま!ごしめいのろりっこが
[00:29.84] おせきへごあんないしまちゅ!
[00:33.30]
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>>151086
1:36 - 1:57 is missing from the lyrics sadly

 No.151179

>>151177
ロリーズ従業員心得!

其の一 お客たまには、笑顔で、明るく、あざとく接します!
其の二 ドジっ娘アピールするときは、怪我に気をつけ、安い食器を使います!
其の三 ロリーズの一員として、思いやりとロリ心を大切にします!




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