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Check your PMs.

Berlin gave me ischias-lumbago. Help!

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Check your PMs.

PMs checked.

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Btw (to all): recent bot attack, or are these forums much more active 20 years since I used to post here?

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Originally posted by nefardec PMs checked. � Btw (to all): recent bot attack, or are these forums much more active 20 years since I used to post here?

Yup thanks for catching that lol - I set it back to the most recent record.... had to dump out the 6GB sql backup from earlier this year to find out what it was


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I told my doctor I only have 5-10 beers a week. Some days I have more than five. I occasionally feel guilty. She also doesn�t know that those beers on average are 8-13%. If they don�t want you to have them, than why do they taste so good?

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Originally posted by planetaryplayer I told my doctor I only have 5-10 beers a week. Some days I have more than five. I occasionally feel guilty. She also doesn�t know that those beers on average are 8-13%. If they don�t want you to have them, than why do they taste so good?

Step up your game, playa!

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Originally posted by lonne Step up your game, playa!

Lonne, i'm hosting a record fair in Stockholm this weekend. Tell your vinyl junkie friends. Stadsg�rdshamnen 26. Sat 12:00 - late.

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Originally posted by lacksesepsotygh Lonne, i'm hosting a record fair in Stockholm this weekend. Tell your vinyl junkie friends. Stadsg�rdshamnen 26. Sat 12:00 - late.

Sure man! I'll let them know. Good luck by the way!

Is the meet up in the basement of a pizza place? And is Hillary clitin going to be there? If so I will have to contact the FBI

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Check your PMs.

Hey, I missed your transfer�went to spam and the 3-day expiration window passed by the time I noticed�

Any chance you may be able to re-upload? I�m sorry�I know it must be an inconvenience, but it is an important artifact from that time in my life, the absence of which I feel deeply.

Been quite a while since I posted here last, not sure how long.

Joined this forum when I was 19. Now I'm 40, damn.

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Originally posted by nefardec hello from the depths of time ps, since i was roundly (and perhaps, rightly) lambasted here for being an early adopter of pushing my personal identity politics onto the rest of the world, i thought [those of] you [who remain] should know i "detransitioned" around 2015/16, met someone, and now have a seven year old boy. and i'm sorry for forcing the chaos of my life at that time on everyone here.

Glad to hear you're doing well.

Just came back to say Trump won. You can cry about this to Lira now. Like I care. 😆

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Originally posted by Zharen You can cry about this to Lira now. Like I care. 😆

I apologise, but no tears were shed, nor hearts stirred. You slipped away, professing indifference, yet your messages linger, leaving me to wonder: if you felt nothing, why couldn't you offer the same in return?

If today truly marks your 41st birthday, as your profile seems to indicate, and you�ve spent these fleeting moments hurling strange words and careless jabs, then my wish for you is this: may you find a life richer in purpose and shed the weight of this bitterness. May you come to peace with yourself, embrace these coming four years you claim to relish, and discover a gentler path forward.

Because, truth be told, your absence left no void. I didn�t even trouble myself to edit or erase your recent remarks, for here�s the curious thing about insults: when they come from someone unvalued, they feel almost flattering. Those you name may even feel relief to be free of your regard, perhaps grateful not to share the directionless path you�ve chosen. So, in short, grow up or bugger right off.

Oh shit Lira is MEAN!

wow lira, that's probably the best post you're ever likely to make. especially knowing you as we do!

this also makes me lol:

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Originally posted by Lira If today truly marks your 41st birthday, as your profile seems to indicate...

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Originally posted by Zharen Cope harder you 60 year old loser 😆

poor old zharen. in his 40s, still living in ma's trailer.

The golden path has been revealed by Lira

Lira giving Don draper energy

Lol good call.

Didn't expect the message to resonate this much, heh

Anyway, it seems to have worked, so I hope he's in a better place now

In what's probably another contender for "least likely thing one would expect me to say", I'm so freaking proud I'm about to nail the Jesus look for Christmas. Sure, I've had long curly hair for years now, so nothing new on that front, but I've lost 12 kilos since April and I'm finally getting the heavenly abs that go with the traditional image of Christ. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the reps, I have kept the whey

When the Universe Freezes Over, May This Post Keep You Warm

As my posts have grown scarcer, the gaps between them stretching like the spaces between distant stars, I find myself wanting to leave behind something warm. Something positive. So that, when the heat death of the universe inevitably comes and all that remains is ice, frost, and fragments of TranceAddict posts, maybe these words will crack a smile on whoever stumbles upon them.

This one's for the neurodivergent who might be reading this: the ones who often feel like puzzle pieces in the wrong box, trying to fit where they�re told they don't belong.

Take my office mate, for example. Another Japanese language professor, though neither of us have any Asian background to speak of. We share a running joke that neither of us truly belonged to the �nerd groups�. Me, because I�d rather lose myself in a rave than in a Dungeons and Dragons campaign. Him? Because he'd out-nerd even the nerds. While others were content evolving Pikachu to... Circuit Breaker? (That's a thing, right?), he'd be there, passionately explaining the nuances of the original Japanese game. Even the students picked up on this, but no one dares say a word. They'd better not.

When I got my tenure-track position nine years ago, he�d try � time and again � to strike up small talk, desperately searching for common ground between us. The trouble is, he�s about as good at reading social cues as I am at playing Skyrim Souls (which, for the record, I have yet to even see). He�d light up about Star Wars, Star Trek, Star Stars... and I read up just enough to keep up, cracking jokes about Naruto Genesis Evangelion.

At first, he thought my ignorance stemmed from a lack of exposure. To fix this, he gave me a special edition Batman comic. Problem was, I couldn't get past the whole �goth billionaire vigilante dispensing his own justice� thing. How does no one figure out who he is? Does Gotham have no Jeff Bezoses to cross-reference? What the hell!?

Then, in 2019, he lent me the original Dune DVD. �It�s a classic,� he said. I didn�t own a DVD player. �No problem,� he replied. �Your parents will have one.� He wasn't wrong, but after five minutes of awkward CGI and plotlines as dry as Arrakis itself, I noped out. The DVD sat untouched through the pandemic, a relic of pre-spice chaos, until I eventually returned it, having memorised just enough Wikipedia summaries to sound like I�d watched it.

And then, after realising my wife hadn�t watched it either, he lent it to her. She froze, holding it like it might summon a sandworm if opened. That's his cue-reading ability in action.

But here's the twist: one day, I posted a picture of my studio setup online. He commented on my MIDI controllers. Assuming he was mimicking my years of polite interest in his passions, I thought nothing of it. Weeks later, he turned up having bought not just one, but three controllers�a Keystep, a Beatstep, and a mystery device covered in faders. However, he'd realized too late he had no music theory knowledge. Andrew Huang videos baffled him. My attempts to teach him chords went nowhere.

And yet, it was endearing. It took him everything to dive into something so foreign to him, just to bridge the gap between us. He figured, �I like retro games; maybe I can make chiptune music.� It didn�t matter that he never became the next chiptune Mozart. What mattered was the effort�the reaching across, the trying. Props to him.

So if you�re neurodivergent and worried about fitting in, don�t. People like my colleague remind me that connection isn't about perfect alignment; it�s about showing up, quirks and all, and trying. And that? That�s how we find our way to each other.

I wanted to get it off my chest and throw it out there. Hopefully, this post finds you, or a neurodivergent friend of yours, well

Re: When the Universe Freezes Over, May This Post Keep You Warm

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Originally posted by Lira As my posts have grown scarcer, the gaps between them stretching like the spaces between distant stars, I find myself wanting to leave behind something warm. Something positive. So that, when the heat death of the universe inevitably comes and all that remains is ice, frost, and fragments of TranceAddict posts, maybe these words will crack a smile on whoever stumbles upon them. .... So if you�re neurodivergent and worried about fitting in, don�t. People like my colleague remind me that connection isn't about perfect alignment; it�s about showing up, quirks and all, and trying. And that? That�s how we find our way to each other. I wanted to get it off my chest and throw it out there. Hopefully, this post finds you, or a neurodivergent friend of yours, well

This was great! (and deserves its own thread imo)

Haven't been here in ages. Good to see some old names around. Hope you're all doing well

During my career I've learned there's a limit to the autism a software team can have. We let a "neurodivergent" go about a year ago. I'm probably some sort of an aspie myself with my misophonia and aversion to certain artificial lights and stuff, but this guy was too much even for me. I'd say roughly 70% of my workmates are on some sort of a spectrum, but we can still collectively tell when someone is too "divergent". Must be some sort of a collective evolutionary trait. I don't know what the correct term is, but he took things way too literally, and because he was so shy and didn't share anything about his private life, his quirks didn't win us over the way they might have if he would've shared more. I feel bad for him, but what can you do? He had a state-subsidized assistant with him at his job interview and everything, so I know he won't fall through the safety net here. It's sad to see someone get the boot for being a slightly exaggerated version of a pretty average person in this field, but it just didn't work.

There was also this problem with him that he didn't read the name plates at our desks. You came to work a bit late and noticed he was sitting at your desk that had a paper with your name printed on it. Oh and one time he thought he had his headphones in, and we could hear he listens to anime while working. He himself didn't notice the sound was coming from his laptop's speakers instead of his headphones, so someone had to tell him. I myself had the Moomin soundtrack playing in my headphones at that time, so I didn't judge.

Re: Re: When the Universe Freezes Over, May This Post Keep You Warm

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Originally posted by Swamper This was great! (and deserves its own thread imo)

Obrigado, I'm glad you liked it!

And, yeah, I had actually been thinking about making a thread about him for over a year now, and I probably spent six or seven months tweaking this post until it felt right. But I worried a whole thread might draw too much attention to him, or that it might come across as too self-congratulatory (like, "look how great he was to me!"). Worse yet, I didn�t want to seem undeserving of his kindness as if it were a competition � he bought me a special edition comic book and even got into MIDI controllers for my sake, while I was just skimming Wikipedia to keep up with his interests.

In the end, posting it here in the random thread felt like a good middle ground: a way to share an upbeat message without overdoing it.

I�ve hit peak efficiency. I managed to brush my teeth, piss, and apply shampoo all at once while in the shower. I can only dream of what I could do with an extra arm.

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