OK /b/, it's time. Time I left /b/ forever.
The place has finally deteriorated to the point where I no longer recognise it or want to be here, so today, when this thread dies, I will leave /b/ forever (and I know - /b/ was never good, but still.....)
So, to celebrate, a last thread. 60-yo Britfag Engineer here. Married, no kids. Ask me anything
Yes, I've done these before, and some turned out to be quite good. I'll answer all questions honestly, except if it may lead to doxxing. I may ignore trolls.
No claims of wisdom or special insights - I've just been on the planet longer than nearly all of you.
So, /b/, let's have a last chat. Or not, as the case may be. Ball's in your court, /b/.
Ask away
>>707443779
stopped reading after the first line
see you tomorrow
>>707443779
i remember one of your threads
>>707443848
Nope. Today, when this 404's, I'm gone.
>>707443876
Welcome back; and welcome to the finale
>>707443779
>I left /b/ forever.
that would only be possible if hiro did a hiro and close 4chan.
see you tomorrow fag
>>707443887
what will you do for oc amateur porn. you know that's part of the appeal
>>707443779
See you tomorrow.
>>707443931
see
>>707443887
I'm serious. I left for over a year before, and now the level has dropped to when I'll not be back. Just my personal opinion.
You don't get to be a 60 yo engineer, still employed and employable, without being able to keep your word
See you tomorrow, sounds like jsmith
>>707443971
The internet is full of OC porn. I don't fap to /b/ anyway, as I prefer video to static images
Really? Nobody wants to ask anything? World events? What do I think about Trump? What do I think about the Note 7 and Samsung's future? Brexit? Whether I fap to loli? (I don't)
>>707444308
I have a question, im getting a new android soon. What should i get for someyhing with powerfull hq audio and a solid battery which wont blow on me
>>707444308
oh my god nobody gives a shit! go crawl in hole and die.
I left /b for a year after making one of these threads. This was the first thread I have seen since then.
>>707444454
I don't have a smartphone - never felt the need. I use a flip Nokia - does everything I need.
>>707444488
So you take the time and trouble to come into the thread and post, to tell me you don't care. Oh...OK. And you think I'm bothered?
>>707444618
Inception much?
>>707443779
>60-yo
Wow, it was about time, grandpa.
>>707444651
how sad are you if you have to prove to me how much you are not bothered? you are a good example of a wasted life.
In all honesty b isnt much of a board, personnaly i prefer/diy/ more. Op what is your favorite board?
>>707444820
How sad are you to post twice to prove how much you don't care.
This is starting to have a "Worm Ouroboros" feel to it, don't you think. You're welcome to leave at any time
>>707444726
You're probably right, hence the thread. Mind you, you'd be surprised how many others close to my age lurk here.
Not all of /b/ is made up of teenagers (which is what I imaging you are)
>>707444952
I'll be honest, I've not really explored all of the Chins, so I'm not familiar with them all.
But, as a shooter, I'd have to say /k/
>>707443779
What's your favorite star wars movie?
>>707445006
*imangine
sorry. I know a typo renders my opinion invalid
>>707445084
The first one. You have to understand the context - I saw it when it first came out; before then my favourite space sci-fi had been Kubrick's 2001. But then I saw Star Wars and the special effects just blew me away. That opening sequence with the enormous starship chasing the small one; the fact that all the equipment looked aged and used, the bar scene. Awesome.
it looks mundane now, but in its day.......
wats a blowie like n u eva fkd a dude?
???
>>707445101
fuck me. Try again for a third time.
*Imagine.
Finally. Imagine
Believe it or not, for an engineer my typing sucks. Two-finger hunt-and-peck and rely on spellcheck to sort out the carnage.
>>707445232
I have no idea what you said, so I'll assume you have nothing to say.
Thanks for trying, though
>>707445220
(cont)
I just checked - it was released in '77 - I'd just left college. Nearly 40 years old.
>>707444308
Loli is for pedo no jobs
But here's a question
Why leave now? 4chan has been the same the past 4 years
>>707445593
He didnt say he'd leave 4chan, only b
What's a britfag engineer?
>>707445593
I'd disagree - I personally think it's getting worse.
As I said in a thread a day or so ago, I used to have to continually F5 just to keep up with what was going on in the interesting threads, now I have to continually F5 on the front page (or catalogue) just to find something worthy of five minutes attention.
I just decided it was time.
and protip - in the UK loli is illegal and will lead to signing the sex offenders' register if caught.
>>707445695
But /b/ is the heart and soul of 4chan
>>707445723
An engineer from Great Britain, the inhabitants of the British Isles often known in Chinstalk as Britfags or Bongs
>>707445493
The empire strikes back is currently my favorite. I'm excited for episode 8 next year
>>707445813
Is the irony not lost on you that you post that with an image from tumblr?
>>707445866
OP here. I'll probably watch it, but I'll wait for it to hit Sky. It's become a money-making franchise now, imho
Back soon - I need some tea
I'll catch up with any posts when I return, so if you do post, be patient.
>>707443779
What do you plan to do when the need to browse 4chan will appear?
Why no kids? And ever regret not having them?
>>707444308
God damn, you really think pretty fucking highly of yourself, don't you old man?
>>707443887
Oh, silly old fag. The ride never ends.
It might slow down, but it never ends.
>>707446205
wow you're retarded dude
>>707446277
Why? Because some old codger keeps begging for attention and behaving as if he's some sort of guru? He's just a regular dude. Just because he's "experienced" and vowing to leave 4chan doesn't mean we should all stand in awe of him.
>>707444308
i mean if you are 60 you have life experience.
What are the 3 most important things you would give a 20 something as advice who is still in uni but will graduate soon.
>>707443779
Well you seem like a pretty cool old faggot. You should still visit from time to time instead of giving up the /b/ro life completely. Can always find some diamonds in the rough here.
![3627093-tumblr_mwhlifyyfk1spk5yeo1_1280[1].jpg](https://cdn.randomarchive.com/b/image/1476/186/1476186322035.jpg "3627093-tumblr mwhlifyyfk1spk5yeo1 1280[1]")
Right, back Catchup
>>707446111
I'm going to delete the link and I'll just resist and shrug it off. The draw is pretty low these days so the compulsion to return won't be that great. I can be pretty strong-willed, and putting my intentions out there (ITT) will help strengthen my resolve - no-one likes to be called out on their weak-willed faggotry
>>707446207
Disagree. This one has reached the end of the line. The terminus, if you will.
>>707446205
Not at all. Read my first post. Then you can fuck off, if you like
>>707446574
Aww how cute, somebody didnt get enough sleep did they?
>>707446671
Rereading the first post just reinforces my thoughts. But I'm gonna fuck off now so have a good day and enjoy your non-4chan life.
>>707446155
Never wanted them and nor did my wife.
I don't think I'm responsible enough to take responsibility for another human. Besides, there's more than enough people in the world and I've never had a problem in resisting peer or parental pressure and I don't really give a fuck what other people think. I had the snip in my 30's as I didn't want to keep fucking with my wife's hormones and I hate condoms.
People say "but who will look after you when you get old?" - as if that was a good reason for bringing children into the world and hoping that they don't either hate their parents or fuck off to another country
>>707443779
Too early here for me to think of a question, but take care man. Have a good time.
What's your opinion on Napoleon Bonaparte?
60yo on /b/ posting silver surfer pics. do you have autism?
>>707446574
I didn't ask for awe and I don't claim anything special. Just wanted a chat. if you don't want to chat or ask anything, then fine. Don't let me keep you
I also think you may have rage or inferiority issues....
>>707443779
Why are you still here?
>>707446671
You dont really leave the chan. For the chan is in all of us.
>>707446574
>keeps begging for attention
yes sure that's totally what he was doing
>behaving as if he's some sort of guru
you didn't read the OP did you?
>"No claims of wisdom or special insights - I've just been on the planet longer than nearly all of you."
>He's just a regular dude. it doesn't mean we should all stand in awe of him
That's exactly why this thread have been created if I understood correctly, to ask a regular old dude question, not worship him
Now please just end yourself
Hey OP, remember when that guy stole the skull from the catacombs in france, somehow flew it home to america, and fucked the eye socket?
Those were the days, eh?
>2016
>TRAP THREAD
>FURRY THREAD
>TRAPS
>FURRIES
was it worth it living that long?
>>707443779
Do you pick heads or tails
Let's help the man and kill the thread. Shitpost.
>>707447097
totally failed in life so the obvious solution is to play pretend in 4chan
>>707443779
Whats one of the most important things you've learned in life?
>>707447180
>Fucken newfag
>tryin hard to fit in
>relating to friends he never had
GET THE FUCK OFF MY BOARD FAGGOT
Mid 20's, long term relationship and I hold the same view about having kids.. sadly my partners opinion is otherwise. Feeling the pressure
A'ight, let' see oldfag. When is it too soon?
>>707447461
Feel free to not give a fuck what your parents want you to do with your life.
>>707446584
I hate to do these "three most important" things as you can come over as pretentious. Also, life can't be boiled down to three decisions.
Having said that, here's the first few things that come to mind (so I may think of better ones later)
Try to avoid debt. Money (or lack of it) can destroy you. Never argue with your partner over money - my wife and I have had a joint account with "our" money in ever since college (that was all one point about money)
If you say you're going to do something, then do it. Honour your commitments. This is especially important in the world of work. If you have to work until midnight to do what you said you will do, that that's what you have to do.
Don't sweat the small stuff, it's probably not as important in the greater scheme of things as it seems now.
Take pleasure in small things - a sunset, a walk in the park; a meal with friends. You don't need to travel the world (but travel is good, it's just so is wherever you are as well), and you certainly don't need to look at life through a viewfinder or in selfies
Don't measure yourself by what others have or earn (or say they have and earn).. Don't worry too much about what others think of you.
>>707446985
I'm British. We beat him. He was a megalomaniac. A clever one, who I think did good things for France. But don't fuck with the British
(I'm no historian)
Also, his tomb in Paris struck me as ...odd. All that pink marble, in a building tucked away.
>>707447180
hey I remember that thread.
>>707447046
Nope, it's a joke. Old people surfing the 'net have condescendingly been called "silver surfers".
Besides, Marvel was always better than DC. Stan Lee is a god
Any tips for a 4th grader?
>>707447180
OP here. I do vaguely remember something like that. I was never sure if it was genuine
>>707447182
It's better than the alternative
I told you I was hardcore.
>>707447381
see
>>707447586
for a third-rate attempt.
Plus I wouldn't model yourself on me
>>707447461
OP. As an aside, IDs were useful in threads like this.
One of the key decisions in staying with my wife was the fact that she didn't want children either. Had she wanted them, I think it would have eventually killed our relationship. I think she feels the same
>>707448039
I mean shit, you've lived this long & most likely made pretty good money as an engineering fag. Not too bad of a model, ol' sport.
>>707447180
That was only a few years ago. Wasn'it?
>>707447489
No idea. But I said I was old; never claimed to be an oldfag
Plus I don't have that picture handy and can't be arsed to go find it
>>707443779
Why did you feel the need to broadcast your departure?
>>707447874
see
>>707447586
Plus study hard now - it's way fucking easier. I know your friends will want to go drinking or fucking or just messing about, but you can fuck your likfe up.
I had to get my degrees whilst working as I fucked around with wine, women and cars when I should have been studying A-levels.
Also - fourth grade? GTFO
What is the latest important lesson about life you learnt OP? When was it?
>>707448184
Perhaps. Life has been good to me, and I've had my share of good fortune, but I've never really settled into a career and I'm sure I could have advanced much further, if I could have been arsed
>>707448315
Good question. I just wanted to do one of these threads one last time, as a sort of "last hurrah". Also, as I said above, broadcasting my intentions (even on an anonymous board) will help my resolve. You guys might never know if I returned, but I'd know I failed in what I said. And I hate failing.
Hi OP,
What's the best /b/ moments that you witnessed?
And which board are you going to after /b/?
I agree though, the front page is hardly worth it nowadays.
>>707448415
That's difficult to answer, as many of life's truisms sneak up on you, and you look back and think "Oh, yes...that's important". At least that's my take.
It's not that I'm closer to death than most of you, as I've always been aware of my own mortality. Other than that, I'm struggling to answer you.
I'll get back to this point if I think of something before the 404
>>707448687
For me it would be /b/ outing the lady that put the cat in the wheeliebin in Coventry.
I'll stay on /k/, as Isaid
>>707448811
okay no problem m8 thanks
>>707443779
why not wait til milo buys the place and restores it to the bastion of win it used to be?
>>707449183
ur tots implyin friendo
>>707448458
Hmm, Well atleast it doesnt sound like you regret it that much, so thats a win. I feel as if most folks around your age might carry the untimely burden of regret. I would say as long as you are to live free of said burden, your in a better spot than various other unfortunate souls in the winter, or rather autumn, of thier life.
>>707449183
If milo or anyone buys the Chins from m00k it'll never restore /b/, and those who think it can be restored are deluding themselves.
As I posted in another thread, the fact that /b/ is no longer an unknown and largely unvisited armpit of the internet inhabited by people who hated the rest of the internet, but is now visited and inhabited by wannabee bad-boy l33t leejuns from 9gag and reddit can never be reversed
>>707449317
I try not to do regret - it is ultimately destructive as you can't manage the past, only forget it and move on, using it as a lesson going forward.
>>707449544
(cont)
Looking forward, I'm not looking to becoming frail and infirm, and I would like to think that I either get something that kills me quickly while I'm still capable, but gives me time to set my affairs in order, or I take myself off to Dignitas.
I do wonder about which of my wife and I will die first - we've been together for over 40 years, so that'll leave a hole for one of us.
>>707449750
(cont)
OP here. Fuck, that was a buzzkill. Sorry about that.
>>707443779
Do you think we care?
>>707449813
Haha, its all good man. I'd probly be thinking the same way if i were you. Id probly have invested in a bunch of viagra tho, maybe tried to get on some commercials. Thats the only area i dont want to be infirm. Gotta be very firm for the ol' lady.
>>707444000
Mfw no one checked the double trips
>>707449973
No. Not one jot. But thanks for dropping by to let me know
>>707444000
Nice trips btw
>>707443779
See you tomorrow
>>707444000
Prime Ripley approves.
>>707450105
I didn't notice that. May be a blessing, avoiding all of those "checked" posts derailing the tread
>>707450175
Oh, fuck. Now you've done it. I can see me abandoning my own last thread.
>>707450090
Luckily I've never smoked, am pretty fit and healthy considering I don't train any more I'm glad and don't need Viagra.
Engineer this engineer that. What the fuck do you engineer that you're so embarrassed to tell us. Porcelain cocks? That you ram up your ass while viewing the loli? See you tomorrow old faggot
>>707450340
>Luckily I've never smoked, am pretty fit and healthy considering I don't train any more and I'm glad don't need Viagra.
fixed
>>707450367
>I didn't read the thread but I'm posting because I need some (You)s : The post
>>707450367
I'm not embarrassed - nobody has asked up until now. Go check the thread.
I'm a Mech Eng and work in the automotive industry, although I mainly manage departments and projects these days
>>707450493
>>707450529
Lol their answers are 'go check the thread.' YAH. I did previously and all I found was vague answers and some old faggot wallowing in his own ego pretending to leave 4chan trying to bestow neets with knowledge as if he's dying in real life. Kys promptly
>>707450340
Im not a smoker either. Maybe when im 60 ill remember this old /b/ro's last thread on /b/ right before im about to have a 3 some with my wife & her best friend after checking in on a one-way flight to boner town.
>>707450529
Can you type in your British accent please?
>>707450763
I'm sorry, I didn't realise that a retard had wandered in from a rate my dick thread. As I said in response to your post, I'm a Mech Eng in the auto industry.
>>707450881
I am - can't you tell? It's probably the impediment caused by my appalling teeth that is preventing you from seeing it.
>>707450897
Imagining a 60 yr old britbong typing this is hilarious. Good thread.
>>707443779
Fledgling engineer here, about to graduate with an electromechanical degree.
Anything you know now that would have helped you when you first started out?
Thanks Anon.
>>707450897
Yes. And you finally answered that once I prompted you to. Basically you work in a assembly line with cars. Fucking jackass. Don't try and spin this like I'm some kind of retard. You're a 60 year old on /b/
>>707451084
>not denying coming from a rate my dick thread
>>707451084
>Basically you work in a assembly line with cars. Fucking jackass.
Oh, OK. If you knew that then I'm surprised you asked. I just love destroying my own strawmen too - all that chaff - such fun
>Don't try and spin this like I'm some kind of retard
I don't need to - you're doing a great job on your own
>>707443779
cya tomorrow
>>707451256
I know I'm not one of those faggots I don't need to prove it to lurkers like yourself.
>>707451260
Since you're so engrossed in online arguments, please locate the strawman.
Also GG your idiotic farewell thread.
>>707451048
Experience is more important than more qualifications. I struggled to get a fist job, applied to many companies and was considering taking a further one-year course, when I finally landed a job offer in an industry I didn't want to work in that meant leaving my hole town and dragging my then girlfriend halfway down the country and having to leave her job.
But once I'd done that, about 18 months later I got offers from the companies who turned me down. When I joined one and asked why, I was told that I'd demonstrated that I could hold down a job, turn up on time and work in teams, etc.
>>707451484
>please locate the strawman
That I'm a line worker. You constructed it as a means of making an ad hominem point
>>707451484
Kys & stream it
>>707451484
>I know I'm not one of those faggots I don't need to prove it to lurkers like yourself.
Projection much? Or overcompensation? You choose. I do detect some insecurity there though. Do you find yourself eyeing your team-mates in the locker-room (see, I can do strawmwen too)
>>707451506
How do you think that situation and the industry compare to corporate developer positions today?
>>707451694
>corporate developer positions
can you be a little clearer?
>>707451589
Wrong. You took it as ad hominem because you feel degraded by the phrase "line worker" which I never mentioned.
>>707451596
After you.
>>707444666
Fucking checked
>>707451692
Nah I'm not into dicks like you are, sorry. You also can't spell faggot.
>>707451506
I was the asker - thank you very much Anon, you helped me a great deal.
>>707451731
Software engineering in a corporate environment. It may not matter to your answer but it's the kind of place that isn't sure if it actually values its IT assets.
>>707443779
I have like 50 filters and it's still cancerous and degenerate. I don't blame you, have a good life.
>>707451787
You said (at least I think it was you from the way you responded) in this post
>>707451084
>>Basically you work in a assembly line with cars.
Someone who works on an assembly line is a "line worker", at least in British English. These days they are sometimes referred to as "associates" or even "technicians"
You're becoming tiresome now.
How many times did you try to leave? and why this should be diferent? 60 yo?
Goddamn you faggots are annoying. The OP is cool guy who's offering to share experience and all you wanna do is fuck with him.
>>707451929
I'm not really qualified to talk about corporate software engineering, but I do know that coding is becoming a commodity, with many companies "off-shoring" their back-office functions, often to places like India.
I always thought I'd want to go into computing if I had my time over, as the little I've done I've enjoyed and my mind seems to work that way (although that could be the difference between a hobbyist writing macros and a career). I'm not so sure now, although with the internet of things and software controlling even mundane products, there's always going to be the need for good coders.
>>707451982
Such strong words for people who wank off robots all day
Did you do drugs when you were young? Still do?
>>707451994
Semi-seriously once before, for about a year. Now I'm serious, as the place no longer seems worth it. As I said here >>707445778
>>707443848
/thread
>>707452274
I only tried hash once in college and it didn't do much for me (but I'm told it often doesn't first time). Also most of my college friends were using resin in tobacco cigarettes and I don't smoke tobacco - I did try a cigar once and it took a week for my taste buds and saliva glands to recover - never again.
My reality-altering substance of choice has always been alcohol, although I don't like feeling out-of-control and I can't handle hangovers any more, so I'm a light social and pleasure drinker
>>707443779
What do you wish you could re-do again exactly? What would you say us younger folk should do?
Does gravity effect balls same way it effects boobs?
>>707452532
I don't do regret and if I'd have redone something than my life would have turned out different, and may have been worse. Also, see these posts
>>707447586
>>707451506
Will I ever get dubs?
>>707452190
Yeah, a significant % of the team is offshore.
Is it widespread in mech engineering to suffer from habitual under allocation of people and time?
>>707452540
No. Balls actually have a suspensory ligament and muscle and can be lowered or raised to help with threat protection or to regulate temperature. Breasts have no such system, so if the tissues or ligaments stretch, the droop is permanent.
I have read that the testicular suspension system stops working at about 80 and your balls drop, but I can't say I go around looking at octogenarians' crotches
>>707452662
Eventually. The odds are with you if you post often enough, but it's not guaranteed
>>707443779
What's the main problem you're having with /b/? The word filter works quite well for me and I just ignore the pointless threads. Or do you feel that thet community here has changed too much?
Also, what's your favourite event that /b/ has been involved in over the years?
>>707452703
These days yes, often in the search for "efficiencies". Often teams are overloaded and near to the point of failure before additional resources are allocated, because it's easier to demonstrate that something is failing than predict it will, particularly if management isn't listening (it's one of the ironies that people often develop amnesia of how it actually is as they get promoted).
The under-resourcing is worse if your company has had management consultants in to offer improvements
>>707452703
>>707452190
Let me add there are tons of resources out there to help with starting coders, and as usual 75% of them are shit. Still, it's fun.
>>707452328
and I'm sad to see you go. It's essence of engineering to be straightforward, blunt, and without fanfare with a thread like this. "If you see value here, have at it."
>>707452919
I've never really set up filters, so I'm exposed to the full faggotry.
For the rest of your answer, see >>707448892
What kind of music do you listen to, if any?
>>707453165
I read through the whole thread before posting, must have missed that comment for some reason.
Well, you should definitely try using the word filters, you probably wouldn't have made this thread in the first place if you were using them the correct way.
>>707443779
What do you think of Brexit?
>>707453413
I've pretty catholic tastes. If you pushed for a favourite, I'd have to say Floyd, but anything from Mozart to Cohen, via Mahler, including Sabbath, Madness, Yello and Jake Thackray.
Never got into trance though. Or boy bands; but then they're more about hormones than music
>>707444308
Just fucking die already old man
Bemp
>>707453668
Too early to tell. I was never happy the way the EU was moving to closer integration (island race, I suppose), and financially I still think the EU is a basket case waiting for a crisis, particularly Greece and Italy.
Ironically, if the EU put in place reforms it is contemplating in the light of Brexit and the rising anti-EU sentiment in its midst, they would have been in a position to offer the UK the concessions it would have needed to remain.
I think they believed Cameron and didn't take the threat seriously.
OP I love you plz don't go
>>707443848
Lol pretty much this. U cant leave shit OP you are a faggot
>>707453853
all in good time, little one. All in good time.
But good of you to drop by just to add that. And did it never occur to you that I put that post just to kick off the conversation?
>>707454150
You're wrong. This dies, I'm gone.
No way of ever proving it, obviously.
>>707454269
Do you have an opinion on the idea of singularity?
>>707443779
What would your answer be, OP?
>>707454269
>Tfw op is probably 15 aylmao
See you tomorrow fag
>>707454492
Are you talking about AI becoming self-aware? If so, then I don't think it will happen at least in terms of machines becoming self-aware and Skynet taking over.
I know that there are some people who think that, when machines start designing and programming machines they will be more advanced that we could create (you could argue that we're there already, as without supercomputers we couldn't do some of the things we take for granted), but you only have to look at the chaos some of the automated stock-trading systems can create and remember that, at the moment, machines are only good at what we design them to do.
Bit of a rambling response which is coherent in hindsight. However, the automation of what were semi skilled clerical jobs will mean big social changes.
>>707454536
That picture is fucking retarded
>>707454536
I'd say it was an irrelevant troll problem, like some of the mathematical ones, and not worthy of consideration
>>707454617
Your probability is incorrect, and you are welcome to pose questions that a 15-yo wouldn't know.
I wouldn't do the lottery this week, and won't see you again.
>>707447461
If you disagrre with your partner on whether or not you want children, then it won't be a healthy relationship for either of you. Seriously, don't throw away the rest of your life over some currently-strong emotions and obligations. Save both of you the trouble and move on, and brace for the backlash. I'm not OP, just have seen the damage this can cause when someone who doesn't want to be a parent lets themselves be pressured into it.
Move on, wait for someone who is on the same page as you on these important issues. Seriously, this is red-flag-level stuf.
>>707447046
Do you mean to sound this dense all the time?
>>707455307
This.
>>707443779
Do you think space is endless?
Are we trapped in an invisible cube and if theoretically we were to go far enough would we hit some sort of wall?
>>707454944
(cont)
In retrospect, it wasn't that coherent. Apologies, but I hope you got my gist
What do you look most forward to seeing become reality before you die? Also, enjoy your life after leaving this shit hole. I have enjoyed being a part of this last coup de gras of yours, OP. Take care.
>>707451084
...and?
>>707455538
The edge of space-time. I've often wondered about that, and I really should do some more reading. I certainly don't think we're in a cube and I don't think you'd hit a wall, but perhaps space-time is curved and if you went far enough you'd end up back where you started?
>>707455603
OP here. Ignore him, he's a simpleton. Hopefully he's gone. I
>>707443779
Engineer for what company OP? Yall hiring? I need a jov
>>707455557
Seemed coherent enough to me. Machine learning is an interesting front, but it's real easy to start thinking the black box between inputs and outputs is more than it is.
>>707455709
Space-time being directly correlated one another would you say that goes the same for time? Is time linear or is it a loop of some sort?
>>707455825
It's more complex than that, what if that black box between inputs and outputs is giving itself the inputs?
>>707455760
Fair. And I loke your idea on how automation of semi-skilled functions will induce lots of social change. I am just fairly pessimistic about governments and corporations being willing to step ahead of the curve and not have a giant period of unpaid unployment for large swathes of the population.
>>707455593
Tricky. Driverless cars will be an innovation in a industry I know, as it could reduce congestion and improve road safety enormously. But the downside would be driving would no longer be fun - and I grew up with driving as a rite of passage and huge fun.
Another could be the harnessing of solar power via huge solar farms in the deserts - there's more than enough power for us falling on the earth.
>>707455934
I think time is linear - but that probably just exposes my limited thinking. Time is relative, though and experienced differently by a sloth compared to a fly
>>707443779
Why should anyone care?
>>707456019
By describing it you've opened the black box up a little.
>>707456044
One thing I've often thought about mankind is we can come up with innovations, but we can't understand the implications and down-sides of those innovations before it's too late. This means we can't ask the question "We can, but should we?"
There is a theory that no advanced civilizations will ever colonise space, as such advanced civilizations are ultimately condemned to destroy themselves and their planets by the unintended consequences of their own innovations
>>707456155
OP here. No one should. Nothing of value will be lost.
>>707455819
Sorry, I missed your post.
I won't say which company as that might lead to doxxing. And I don't think you're serious about that job.
OK, so that looks like it may be it. Like all threads, the serious posters have left and all that's left is to wrap up here as it natuarrly dies.
I will keep an eye on it for the little red dot, as I've a number of tabs open I'm flitting between and I will come back if anyone posts, but I think as it's on its way to oblivion now.
I'll look back wih fondness on consequences never beeing the same, on the introduction of IDs ("OP claiming ID here"), on the pre-Captcha days when every other thread was a spambot, on the lady putting the cat in the wheeliebin (and being rightly outed, significantly assisted by /b/)
So it's goodbye. I'm sure the pictures I posted of my wife will circulate for a while (there's even one anon that claims in "Pictures you shouldn't post......" threads who claims that she's his - always amuses me). But you won't see any more of my threads with the Silver Surfer as a theme. Thanks for the laughs, the amazement at the occasional ingenuity of /b/ and the odd hard-on
Goodbye /b/, and godspeed (if you believe in a deity, that is).
>>707456869
I feel like this deserves one of those old-b / feels thread farewells, but nothing fits.
Thanks for the odd insight, and I hope it's ever upward for you.
Here's a few:
What do YOU THINK is the purpose of life?
What is your opinion of women?
Have you ever climbed inside the bedsheets, actually INSIDE the duvet cover while it's around the duvet?
What is your favorite food?
What is your favorite desert?
What 5 things do you like the most about life in general?
What 5 things do you dislike/hate about life?
What is your favorite part of a woman?
Do you ever wish you could live longer?
If you could choose the circumstances of your birth, what would they be like? Who would you be?
Who do you think you are? (I'm not asking for your name or your memories, just what you believe your consciousness is)
Of all the things you've done in life, which are you most proud and ashamed of?
What is the most embarrassing thing you've ever done?
On a scale of 1 to 10 where 1 is dumb as shit and 10 is genius, how intelligent do you THINK you are?
What is your opinion on human history?
If you were one man in charge of the whole world, how would you run it? What would you change?
Do you think about "leaving a mark" in any way?
What is the most depressing thing you've ever heard/experienced?
How true or false do you think the phrase "It doesn't matter what you do as long as you're happy" is?
What is your opinion of a vegetarian/vegan diet?
What is the most evil/cruel/selfish thing you've ever done?
Do you ever contemplate why you exist?
What do you like/love the most about yourself?
If you could make everybody do something every day/all the time, what would it be?
Anyone else is free to answer these too.
bump
>>707457046
OP here. I'll play
>What do YOU THINK is the purpose of life?
There is no purpose. It just is
>What is your opinion of women?
I love mine. Like all humans, there's good and bad. They're people too, but different from men (vive la difference!)
>Have you ever climbed inside the bedsheets, actually INSIDE the duvet cover while it's around the duvet?
No
>What is your favorite food?
A good stew - probably venison
>What is your favorite desert?
Mojave. Just love the name
>What 5 things do you like the most about life in general?
Being alive
Having fun
Sex
Learning new things
Being healthy
>What 5 things do you dislike/hate about life?
Growing old
Having to work for a living
Inequality
Being told what to do by people who think they can
People taking advantage
>>707444308
Trump or Hillary?
>>707457524
(Cont)
>What is your favorite part of a woman?
Aesthetically breast - about B-cup. Practically, pussy
>Do you ever wish you could live longer?
Yes, but I'd not have to age. 42 was a good age
>If you could choose the circumstances of your birth, what would they be like? Who would you be?
Someone with wealth and privileges
>Who do you think you are? (I'm not asking for your name or your memories, just what you believe your consciousness is)
I am who I am
>Of all the things you've done in life, which are you most proud and ashamed of?
Not prepared to answer - could lead to doxx
>What is the most embarrassing thing you've ever done?
List too long
>On a scale of 1 to 10 where 1 is dumb as shit and 10 is genius, how intelligent do you THINK you are?
I'm smarter than the average bear. Mensa says I'm >99%. But IQ doesn't mean mutch
>What is your opinion on human history?
It happened
>If you were one man in charge of the whole world, how would you run it? What would you change?
Stop wars. Start working for the greater good. Redistribute, because fuck you, I'm emperor
>Do you think about "leaving a mark" in any way?
No
>What is the most depressing thing you've ever heard/experienced?
xxx died
>How true or false do you think the phrase "It doesn't matter what you do as long as you're happy" is?
Idealistically true; practically false.
>What is your opinion of a vegetarian/vegan diet?
Not what we evolved to eat; faddish
>What is the most evil/cruel/selfish thing you've ever done?
Kill things for fun
>Do you ever contemplate why you exist?
Yes
>What do you like/love the most about yourself?
Hands
>If you could make everybody do something every day/all the time, what would it be?
Not my call
Happy now?
>>707457639
Hilary. I've watched the two debates on UK TV and I'm staggered at the low quality - a second-rate British politician would shred either.
Having said that, Trump came across as an orange buffoon with spun-sugar hair who could not stay on topic or put together a coherent sentence. America deserves better than him.
>>707457046
here is my question in response to that :
what is, in your experience, the best question to ask somebody you just met and want to know more about ?
>>707443779
Trump or devil?
>>707458254
OP here
Wow, tough call. I'd have to go Trump, though, because of the two he's the only one that's real - unfortunately
>>707457937
Such lame answers
>>707458076
Wow a brit shill. Eat me old man
>>707458228
Me? Something simple like "So what do you like to do in your spare time" or "What are you interested in?"
>>707458392
It's the end of the thread
I'm starting to get tired.
I'm sick of fucking shopfronts
I never said it'd be good.
>>707458408
Just giving an opinion. If you can't see it, then that's you (and the world's) problem
>>707457937
you seem pretty awesome OP, i'm sad to see you go.
btw a frenchfag would say "vive les différences" rather than "vive la différence" i think.
when or how did you know you loved the woman you're with ? i feel like i'll never get attached to anybody, which makes me sad
>>707444308
Why would we care what a British guy thinks of American politics your opinion on the matter is worthless
>>707459368
True, you shouldn't My opinion was unsolicited, but it was mine own.
However, sometimes it's a good idea to listen to the opinions of friends - they may see things differently from you
>>707444308
I don't think that many people care. Sorry.
>>707459063
Thanks, and you're probably right about the French. Grade C O level and not really spoke it since.
Love is an interesting word - I think it was finding someone who would actually put up with me, particularly someone as awesome as she is.
There's someone for everyone - don't try too hard and just go meet people. Also, women are people, don't listen to the knuck-dragging "Alphas"
>>707459633
A few have. The rest, including you, don't that's OK.
I had no expectations and I'm not super-invested
Take care old man, may the rest of your life not be full of fags.
bye anon, see you in da hell
"People don't just leave social media. They post a long message explaining why they're leaving social media" -South Park
You're a faggot OP, no one cares
>>707460409
>"People don't just leave social media. They post a long message explaining why they're leaving social media" -South Park
I'd hardly class this as "social media". Besides, I don't have a Farcebook page and I don't Twit
>You're a faggot OP, no one cares
Been said before, even ITT. I'm sure it'll be said again. Imagine my concern
bye /b/.......bye
Pic because tits are always good
>>707461273
Fare well.
Why don't u have any kids? The purpose of life is kinda just to pass on your genes to the next generation yunno
>>707462284
>The purpose of life is kinda just to pass on your genes to the next generation yunno
So, in your opinion, the purpose of life is to create more life, even though there are already more people than the planet can sustain? If that's the point of life then it's pretty pointless and, having a higher intelligence than the animals who know no better and are ruled by their instincts, we owe it to ourselves to think about it, rather than just do it because that's what we always do.
Anyway,; never wanted any.
No one will miss you, faggot.
See you next week.
>>707462723
>No one will miss you, faggot.
Absolutely correct
>See you next week.
absolutely incorrect. I'm serious. I'm gone.
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Even if anyone posts again, I won't I'm out. Gone from this thread and gone from /b/.
if anyone frequents /k/ I may see you there, as a Brit shooter with rifles and shotguns
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