/frengen/

I'm surprised that there isn't already one of these, here! Lainons frequently post about the strife and pain of loneliness, so why don't we try to remedy that? This is /frengen/, a thread intended to encourage meetups and friendships amongst lainons! post your: >age, gender, location >Favorite Book >Favorite Movie >Favorite Song >Favorite Game >Favorite Hobby > what you're looking for >what you aren't looking for >contact info Consider adding your name onto tagmap, as well! Tagmap is a website where you add your name and an approximate location, along with a few tags, and the website will give you a list of other lainons and people with similar tags who live near you. Try it out: https://tagmap.io/tag/lainon QOTT: What introduced you to lainchan? Why do you visit the site?

i am looking for power, i want to unlock 100% of my brain before dying

>>83317 if you love reading, compsci, nature, anime, and rhythm games, let's be friends. no larpers like how people pretend to read le classics and hike, and no immature bpdemons/schizos.

so is this the information farming thread?

>>83329 >age, gender, location I guess so

>>83317 I'm 18 years old, currently living on Buenos Aires I love to do music in my free time as well as, mostly, lurk in here. My favorite song is Klink, by Death Grips and i'm basically looking for creative people that want to share ideas with other persons (mainly music wise but anything counts, really) I'd rather see if anyone gets interested in me before actually putting a way to contact me privately, so please, respond to this comment with some of your own traits and then i'll send my contact info. >QOTT: What introduced you to lainchan? Why do you visit the site? I was introduced to lainchan by basically lurking around in 4chan. People used to mention this site from time to time. As 4chan got progressively more and more repetitive for me, i decided to give this website a try and i really liked it. I use it because i think it's a very good blend between a good, somewhat active community, and also, a relaxed one that doesn't overwhelms one self with the same 3 topics being thrown around again and again.

>>83317 I'll bite: >age, gender, location Early 20's, M, Buenos Aires. >Favorite Game Go >Favorite Hobby Reading, nightwalks. > what you're looking for friends, conversations about far right political theory, philosophy, history, technology or whatever floats your boat. >contact info demiurgeh8r@tutamail.com >QOTT: What introduced you to lainchan? Why do you visit the site? I've been lurking chans for years and I like the steampunk spin on it. I visit IB's for nostalgia. >>83333 checked, send me an email if interested in talking.

dont we already have a meetup thread anyway, Ill bite 32/m/bucuresti >fav book where the wild things are >fav movie tough question but going to say interstellar >fav song NUMA NUMA/dragostea din tei Im looking for sexy singles found lainchan from the overchan

>>83318 This, I intend to gather all knowledge I can about technomancy, create a technogollum and die in peace knowing I have created a monster beyond human comprehension that will eventually wipe out humanity whole.

>I'm surprised that there isn't already one of these, here! I guess not on this board, but there's a similar thread over at >>>/r/32068 Won't be adding much, but >Fav book House of Leaves >Movie Arashi no Yoru ni >Hobby Acting on whatever my obsession i have atm >QOTT I don't remember. I must have heard this place in passing during I time where I needed a site to skim through in my daily routine during college. Lainchan ain't that bad. Good enough for me to stick around for years now.

>>83317 >age, gender, location Late 30s, male, Buenos Aires >Favorite Book The Malloreon/Belgariad by David Eddings >Favorite Movie V for Vendetta >Favorite Song Right now, Theatre of Tragedy - Black as the Devil Painteth >Favorite Game Super Metroid >Favorite Hobby Technology >what you're looking for A real-time online community (Discord, Telegram) similar to Lainchan, I'm too autistic to talk 1 to 1 >What introduced you to lainchan? I can't remember. I've been visiting on an off for about 10 years. >Why do you visit the site? I'm a weeaboo and a tech enthusiast. I really like here.

20s, M, EU The Amulet of Samarkand Brat 1 She Past Away - Durdu Dünya Dishonored 1 Internet Strength People kinro@firemail.cc

Holy lain, there's already three people of my city here. Vamo arriba buenos aires carajo. Would be very glad to talk on discord, maybe play some L4D2 or sth. Also, i know it's against the principle of privacy but it's redundant information so don't mind putting it here. >age, gender, location 20s, M, Bs As >Favorite Book Norwegian Wood >Favorite Movie Stalker >Favorite Song Anything by 5uu's or thinking plague >Favorite Game Fallout new vegas >Favorite Hobby Music (also my profession). I play the double bass in jazz combos, did orchestra, and have worked on a lot of metal and prog rock (have my own album too if anyone's interested) > what you're looking for People to play some games or make music, more the latter one. Been having a great interest in jungle and dnb lately but am a technological caveman >what you aren't looking for Deranged political extremists (lot of that on bs as) >contact info Dael5338 on discord (don't use it much but tell me if you sent me an invite and will contact)

>About me Tech worker + doing my master's in computer science part-time. I've got autism and ADHD. Agender+asexual. Kind of boring but do my best to respond to people when I am online. >Favorite things I enjoy reading misc. non-fiction, including religious studies. Current favorite film is Fantastic Planet. I don't have a favorite song but favorite artists include Beach House, Ichiko Aoba, and Shizuka. Games - I have been messing around with GregTech: New Horizons. I also spent some time learning the card game KeyForge and would like to play more (but I am not very good). Primary hobby is tea. I am especially interested in a type of Chinese tea called puer, but also drink other kinds of tea. I also like collecting teaware, although my collection isn't very extensive. I enjoy it as a hobby because it doesn't really take a lot of time out of my day. I keep a tea set at work and home and drink tea throughout the day as my primary caffeine source. I still have a lot to learn, I am by no means a tea expert. I don't have a lot of time for hobbies right now, so I focus on improving aspects of my life that are already there. For example I have started a small record collection primarily consisting of some of my favorite albums. Not super into it but it's something. I've also got a librebooted ThinkPad X220 that I'd like to think up some projects for, but nothing concrete there yet. >What you're looking for Chill people to text chat with on Discord. I am not interested in voice or video chat. I am however up for maybe watching something together or playing a game together if we get along well and I have the time. >What you aren't looking for Horny, politics, voice/video >QOTT: What introduced you to lainchan? Why do you visit the site? I've been here off and on since the early days. An old friend of mine introduced me to the site. I visit because I enjoy the slower pace and sometimes there are interesting threads. >Contact info Discord: lainon Desperately trying to get this through the spam filter.

>>83409 >tea >masters talking to you would be interesting but not many people here do Discord :/

>>83410 Understandable, I only use it because I'd have no social contact otherwise. It's not my preference either.

>>83339 Another guy from Bucharest... Nice

>>83423 >matrix not p2p >xmpp have to sign in, centralized >tox abandoned, dead in the water and feature incomplete >simpleX who? it all just sux, man.

>>83424 >Also im just kinda lazy to set up my email since I have other stuff to do atm You're too busy to set up... an e-mail account? Cockmail's registration should be open again if you want to make something quick. >>83425 >not p2p neither is Dicksword. A lot of protocols aren't, but that doesn't mean they are useless >have to sign in, centralized You have to sign into a lot of these things. Also, it isn't centralized that's an out and out lie. >abandoned, dead in the water and feature incomplete that doesn't mean you can't use it. Having multiple forms of communication plays into the redundancy role of technology that all lainons will be familiar with >who? The newest thing. It doesn't really work for me but I thought I could mention it anyways. I don't know what perfect software you use to chat, but as everyone knows nothing can be everything.

>>83426 no not really but when i set it up that time i used to receive letters but just can't send them :< I guess I should just try again or make a thread on /tech/ for that

>>83415 I don't know how you got to lainchan without knowing about matrix, xmpp, tox, simpleX or even plain-ass email and IRC. This is why gatekeeping is important lest we get soykafflooded by normalfsgs like >>83411

>>83428 nice misfire

>>83428 I am well aware that all of those exist. You are missing my point entirely. No one fuarrrking uses them. They use Discord. My friends aren't going to switch platforms just because I suddenly schiz out about privacy.

>>83430 >No one fuarrrking uses them. Be the change, coward >My friends aren't going to switch platforms They sound like soykafty, lazy, dumb friends You don't belong here.

>>83431 >They sound like soykafty, lazy, dumb friends You sound more autistic than I am. Judging human beings on the basis of their choice of messaging service is borderline psychopathic. >You don't belong here. And yet, I am here. And I'm going to continue posting.

>>83433 >Do you know where you are? I know that judging someone's inherent worth as a human on the basis of their technical competence is silly and out-of-touch. It doesn't make you interesting or superior, isn't a demonstration of your own skills, and isn't a replacement for a personality. It just makes you an obscure asshole. >Lainchan went to soykaf years ago anyways Feel free to move along to an even more isolated and angry corner of the Internet. No one is forcing you to post here.

>>83419 sorry ik spreek alleen nederlands ik begrijp het niet?

>>83435 >I know that judging someone's inherent worth It's very easy to see how lazy someone is by seeing how much simple work they will or wont do; people who make more effort are usually more worthwhile friends in the long run. The rest of your post is worthless so I wont bother responding to it

>>83317 The fundamental problem with this approach is that there are no girls on the internet. A secondary problem with this approach is that lainchain is one of the few places left on the internet where people are aware of the concept of doxing. A tertiary problem with this approach is that putting two sick people in the same room does not tend to make either of them less sick.

>>83317 >24, M, 716 >LOTR or Blood Meridian >A Boy & His Dog >Epitaph by King Crimson >Changes all the time but lately Hotline Miami >Right now? 3D, but I also like D&D for a more social one >Irl meetups whereever within reason. >misanthropic edgebabies >contact info will post if I get askers from the region.

>age, gender, location 18, male, somewhere in north america. >Favorite Book Haven't been able to finish it yet, but so far Blindsight. >Favorite Movie Don't really have any, just not a watcher >Favorite Song Don't have any, hard to pick >Favorite Game Whatever I can run on a work laptop. >Favorite Hobby Writing or reading whatever I can find online > what you're looking for Someone to try to be friends with, and maybe find others. >what you aren't looking for Getting ditched in a week >contact info ThePersonYouKnow#9759 QOTT: What introduced you to lainchan? Why do you visit the site? Some comment section on a video mentioned this place, and then went searching, been lurking for a few months only

Friend recommended I post here so dont crucify me lol Also its too hard to pick favorites when u have multiple... >asl 24 / M kinda twinkish looking / EU (Wanna move to USA) >about me Im pretty curious, openminded and honest, if u dont share those traits please skip me as we probably wont get along. Mostly into nerdy stuff and nature. I can be pretty random, blunt and I believe I have ADHD. >looking for Trans or cis gf from USA. (Pls no bpd lol) BIG PLUS if ur masochistic or sadomasochistic. Feel free to hmu even if u have weird/degenerate needs/desires (sexual or not) as Im quite flexible so I dont rly mind those kinds of things. >not looking for Online only. >contact Discord: aurelian4

>age, gender, location See >>>/r/42089 >Favorite Book Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 >Favorite Movie Office Space >Favorite Song That's a bastard of a question >Favorite Game Day of Defeat >Favorite Hobby Working on my car, exercising, going for drives to fun places >what you're looking for >what you aren't looking for >contact info See "age, gender, location" >QOTT I was introduced here after a rewatch of SEL several years back and wondered what websites were dedicated to Lain. I still come out of habit and to find decent, longwinded conversation. Newfegs invaded pretty hard around 2018 but you can sometimes find the old attitudes in the less populated corners of the website.

>>83317 34M. In September, I am moving to Brno, Czechia for work. > what you're looking for *I would like to play some tabletop RPG. I am open to trying to GM (but I have little experience from this side of the screen). I think it would be cool to try something cyberpunky, instead of (more common) fantasy (but this is negotiable). *Playing board games would be quite nice, too. *I also have bass guitar I can't play on. So, feel free to hit me up if you want to found punk band or something. >Favorite Book Notes from Underground, by Dostoevsky. >Favorite Movie I don't watch movies/series much. Conan the Barbarian, I guess. >Favorite Song I like metal, punk, EBM,... Generally, fast and dark. >Favorite Game Probably Factorio. But I also like RPGs and 4X strategies. >what you aren't looking for Schizos unable to hide their powerlevel. Schizos able to hide their powerlevel are welcome, though. >QOTT: What introduced you to lainchan? I am ashamed to admit I came from 4chan, technology board. >Why do you visit the site? It's right degree of weird - neither deranged, nor boring. Inspiring! People here are mostly civil. The site as a whole seems to not have any significant bias. (Except for being privacy freaks, which I approve of.) >contact info See picture. ...yeah, I guess I am basically larper, except I don't actually play larp (anymore).

>age, gender 28/M >Favorite Book Watership Down - Favorite rabbit Bigwig >Favorite Game No favorite but I enjoy sandbox games where i can build a world and watch it. >Favorite Hobby I like to explore the internet, try out various FOSS software and play around with computer hardware. I am not a social person so I do not have internet friends, this year I am trying to change that. > what you're looking for The internet is a lonely place, I am looking for people to chat with the intention to learn about them and be introduced to new software, places and people. >contact info Matrix - @orry:4d2.org I check this often but I have not found many places to join. Discord - palefacedgoblin I very rarely check this so expect a response to take awhile QOTT: What introduced you to lainchan? Why do you visit the site? I found this through a webring, I think it was Cozynet. The threads here are thoughtout and enjoyable to read.

All you mfs are from buenos aires, have a meetup at this point lmao

Waa going to fill out this form but it just made me realize how boring I am

I've become scared of people though >>84602 Why is there so many? lol

>age, gender, location 30, male, NE USA >Favorite Book The Bible or The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion or a million other books, I fuarrrking love books >Favorite Movie Iceman Cometh (the 1960 film version of the play) >Favorite Song Impossible to say, too many good ones >Favorite Game The esoteric game of L-I-F-E >Favorite Hobby Hating the Anti-Christ >what you're looking for The Beginning and the Ending of All Things >what you aren't looking for Anime >contact info See pic related

>>83409 >beach house >shizuka fuarrrk yeah dude

I'm French, learning Russian, looking for a virtual Soviet pen pal I have a wide variety of hobbies and interests Add me @montherlant:matrix.org

>>87070 >scrying into vodka runes That's a good thing do to lainon.

>age, gender, location 18, m, it >Favorite Book(s) "gravity's rainbow" by pynchon because even though i hated reading 90% of it, it is still the most memorable novel i've read by far "thinking fast and slow" by kahneman because i loved the creative and insightful methodology of their psychological research "white nights" by dostoevsky because it just struck the right chords >Favorite Movie cat soup, whiplash >Favorite Song ytmp3free.cc_6yra-youtubemp3free.org by <unknown> from the album "Download" >Favorite Game tic tac toe >Favorite Hobby akinetic mutism >what you're looking for insight >what you aren't looking for nothing >contact info i dont actually want to meet anyone, i just sometimes use these threads as a way to remind myself that i am somewhat, on some level, real

>age, gender, location 20, F, USA >Favorite Book Pale Fire >Favorite Movie Help Me Eros >Favorite Song mm it changes a lot but I've been listening to a lot of emo stuff lately >Favorite Game none >Favorite Hobby recently gardening, going on nature walks > what you're looking for not sure >what you aren't looking for also not sure >contact info please attach yours with a link to your post/some info about you

>>86900 yet you somehow managed to be even more boring instead of just posting the form. This actually makes you interesting again, I'm curious about what you'd have posted originally.

>age, gender, location ageless, wizard,west >Favorite Book lord of the rings >Favorite Movie madoka magica >Favorite Song sauron suite >Favorite Game dark souls 2 >Favorite Hobby worship the darklord, maths > what you're looking for math and genetic interested people >what you aren't looking for npcs >contact info no need

> age, gender, location 20, female, oahu > favorite Book hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, the unabridged journals of sylvia plath, currently attempting to speedrun Ecce Homo by mister nietzsche > favorite Movie pulp fiction, lost in translation > favorite Song everything louder than everything else - meat loaf die another day - dance gavin dance palm of my hands - john summit > favorite Hobby brewing soykaf, reading esoteric wikipedia articles/books and retaining nothing, ragelifting, urban exploration, creative works > what you're looking for someone/a community that extends beyond brainrotted small talk, a community where each conversation is sprinkled with breadcrumbs of useful knowledge, something philosophically oriented, some internet space where I can spazz out in my fullest potential and unleash my weaponized autism > contact info discord: macuid

>>87086 Care to extrapolate? T. second quoted poster

>>87126 it's when people post meaningless things and for no reason... you get what I mean also your use of fancy terms like that one

>>87130 >fancy terms like poster what the fuarrrk are you on you loonatic

>>87125 Can we have hot, sweaty sex?

>age, gender, location Old man, Los Angeles >Favorite Book Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman >Favorite Movie Naked Lunch >Favorite Song Because...Golden Slumbers medley >Favorite Game The Long Dark >Favorite Hobby Writing music and playing guitar > what you're looking for A good lyricist/singer >what you aren't looking for Unpleasant people >contact info This thread will have to do Nice to see people making attempts to be social.

>asl 30, F, SF >Favorite Book the wind's 12 quarters >favorite movie nausicaa in the valley of the wind >favorite song before the world was big, by girlpool >favorite game lord of the rings online >favorite hobby talking to NEETs on lainchan, of course >what you're looking for new friends >what you aren't looking for unsolicited sexual advance >contact info serena.vdw@grrlz.net

>>87133 >Nice to see people making attempts to be social. This whole thread is an utter joke and everyone knows it. People are posting soykaf as if it's a dating app and no one really ends up having "meaningful" frenships. I have tried that and hung up with people online, and texting especially daily and not being able to be vulnerable and reciprocate emotions is THE thing barely anyone can do.

>>87140 Imageboards aren't good places to meet people since the anonymity means you're just getting some rando. Forums are doable and ive even known people who married someone they met on a forum.

>>83317 >Favorite Book >Favorite Movie >Favorite Song >Favorite Game >Favorite Hobby > what you're looking for >what you aren't looking for I don't even have a clue. Maybe about games.

>>87156 I mean the odds of actually not only getting along but also being highly compatible as close friends or lovers is very low if you haven't made personal contact to know each other first which acts as a filter. Not saying you have no chance just you in most cases either wont get along or will just be very shallow in relationship, not that deeper connections arent also possible just at that point you're better off just going to any physical location and talking to people since at least you can observe their behavior beforehand.

>>87158 Do these threads work? fuarrrk if I know, I'm too scared to try. But it's interesting learning about people here >highly compatible as close friends or lovers Don't sweat it so much. You'd hate me I'd hate you, whatever, we just want company

>>83317 >age, gender, location 31. Male. Colombia (Bogotá) >Favorite Book Between Uprooted and 1984. >Favorite Movie The Whale or Angel's Egg >Favorite Song Liberi Fatali >Favorite Game Silent Hill 2 or Final Fantasy 9 >Favorite Hobby Gotta be expressing my feelings through digital art > what you're looking for Cool like minded people to talk to and discover new stuff >what you aren't looking for A relationship or sex >contact info veil_null on x i guess

>>87168 dont worry I already hate you more than you can realize

>>83317 >ASL 18F united states >fav book does the watamote manga count as a book? >fav movie i don't like movies >fav song i hate everything about you by 3 days grace >fav game cruelty squad >favorite hobby working on cars >what you're looking for idrk >what you aren't looking for men >contact info 1ko_1 on dicksword >QOTT someone on discord reccomended this place to me and im mostly here because lainons are a lot less volatile and annoying than 4chan users

>>87267 what are your interests ?

Saw this in the news and figured some people here might want to take a look at it. "A four-day science-backed guide to forging better friendships that will improve your life" https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250103-a-four-day-guide-to-forging-better-friendships-to-improve-your-life

>>87284 OH MY GOD THERE CANT BE MOROCCANS HERE ~Chi mghribi w7dakhor

>literally not even one single person in Italy

>age, gender, location I won't give these but I might like to lose them >Favorite Book Underground: Tales of Hacking, Madness and Obsession on the Electronic Frontier by Suelette Dreyfus and Julian Assange I think this might have been a lainchan rec? Also I read a lot of royalroad and archiveofourown. >Favorite Movie I don't watch a lot of movies, so this would take a lot of thought to try to answer >Favorite Song If I try to name a song that I really like it'll just be some pop song you already know ...if I allow catchy songs to count So here are some songs that are not catchy that I really like, ordered by uncatchiness descending Massive Attack - Psyche House of Dust - King 810 Gezebelle Gaburgably - Pagan I feel like I'm forgetting something but that's how it is with this type of question. Maybe some Infected Mushroom song? They're actually pretty catchy. Death grips probably deserves a spot somewhere now that I think about it. >Favorite Game I haven't dared use games in a while, but I have really enjoyed tower defense and the watermelon merging game. I hate that point where you understand the entirety of a video game to the point it lacks fascination but you can still immerse yourself in the gameplay loop. >Favorite Hobby I guess I read a bunch of books which is like half a hobby. I want to figure out music and just experiment. I write a bunch, like fiction except I like writing outlines of ideas more than I like actually writing. Trying to motivate myself to start working hard so I can put my ambitious stockpile of benevolently manic plans into action. >what you're looking for Serendipity- so anything. I have recently been trying to find men I respect. (To clarify ambiguously, I am not a heterosexual female) >what you aren't looking for I guess I don't want to discuss politics or sexuality. At the same time I feel obligated to say that this is a very convenient for me because I imagine mine are offensive to other people and sometimes myself. >contact info I don't feel like going to the effort of private comms until I have a guaranteed person to talk to that I anticipate talking to long term. If we risk spamming up the board/thread we could try moving to an unpopulated IRC or splinter chan. >>87285 Ever read Rival Caesars by "Desmond Dilg"? Same author as Might makes Right (probably, with pseudonyms and all) but it's a fictional history account of 2 egoist co-conspirators during the American revolution who swear an oath of mutual aid. I started reading it but haven't gotten very far. I was hoping for an interesting take on brotherhood. (maybe it is in there) >>87133 >Naked Lunch Do you know if the book is any good? The idea that he couldn't help but write it (experiments in automatic writing gone wrong...) is so crazy that it makes me want to read it. >>87140 Tragic truke

>>83317 Bruh what about >>87075

>>87300 i have been saying this over and over.In order for that to happen you have to a common goal and be passionate about it.

>>87303 Gamers and some hobbyists also have common goals that are passionate about it. What happens when one of them gets bored of it? Real frenships are virtuous ones and they're slightly different from pleasure frenships. I sorta do have one already, even when my bud's taking a break, but it doesn't matter.

>>87307 >What happens when one of them gets bored of it? thats why it needs to be a passionate one. >I sorta do have one already, even when my bud's taking a break, but it doesn't matter. >Real frenships are virtuous ones and they're slightly different from pleasure frenships. humanity is diverging into several branches, thats prob why things like that are getting hard to get same kinda? i am on aderall and dmt doing darklord biding

>>87308 >thats why it needs to be a passionate one. What? No. Passions are just like catalysts, they won't determine a good or bad frenship. Intimacy and values matter much more since passions are usually already fleeting in a few years and everyone also has a wide range of interests. >i am on aderall and dmt doing darklord biding I just dreamed of Asuka yesterday; sometimes stuff like that and visual novels can help me with loneliness.

>>87309 dunno, you need passion is a good way to gain strength with which you can gain power and protect the frenship.Especially in this world , there a lot of things that can break bonds.

>>87309 >I just dreamed of Asuka yesterday; sometimes stuff like that and visual novels can help me with loneliness. Have you seen Ritual (2000)? It's written and directed by the same dude who made Evangelion. I thought it was a lot more wholesome than what Shinji and Asuka go through in Eva. >>87140 >People are posting soykaf as if it's a dating app and no one really ends up having "meaningful" frenships Yeah, that's not an inaccurate assessment... How would you make a thread like this better? You have an amorphous collective of anon tourists and regulars who are all lonely. How do you maximize the chance that any pair of them who would otherwise make good friends find one another?

>>87323 no, I don't "mean" that

>>87321 I am watching. Good anime thank you.

>>87327 I guess I should've mentioned that it's a live action (still very pretty though). If you do end up watching it please report back, I'd like to know what you think

>>87321 >Have you seen Ritual (2000)? No I just heard of it now (and I'm not >>87327). It looked a bit interesting buuuut, meh. Maybe it's just me judging the movie by how it looks (though I liked the "live action" idea and I've just seen some clips. I liked War and Peace and how Pierre (picrel) relates to me in a way, but it is kinda more idealistic than Shiki-Jitsu which is more "real". I still liked Asuka because she's so relatable to me and my struggles, you MIGHT say >>I can save h-ACK!!! ...BUT it's more about her saying the stuff I exactly say to myself, e.g. "Nobody cares about me. Nobody stays with me! So, I don't want to depend on anybody. But I hate it at the same time; it's a pain! I don't wanna be alone! I don't wanna be alone! I DON'T WANNA BE ALONE!!!" >How would you make a thread like this better? You have an amorphous collective of anon tourists and regulars who are all lonely. How do you maximize the chance that any pair of them who would otherwise make good friends find one another? I'm that same lain! I guess that most of them just like seeking cookie-cutter interactions on IRCs and Discord servers, or spend the whole day on shallow conversations which I REALLY REALLY hate. Ugh, I honestly believe that it's only "good" when two people agree that they'd spend an hour a day specifically for hanging out, or more ideally just rely on emails on a weekly basis or something.

>>87330 I don't understand people anymore, what the fuarrrk is a xenogender? how is your "gender" connected to something? and how is connected to a "thing"? I am so lost

>>87331 The human condition, amirite? It would be nice if people would stop antagonizing them just cause they feel gender in a different way. >>87329 >>but it is kinda more idealistic than Shiki-Jitsu which is more "real" Why is that a bad thing? It's refreshing how real and subdued it feels, at least emotionally. Captures the nuance of what it's actually like to learn to be close to somebody, warts and all. Besides, it's a nice contrast with the bonkers visuals. >>I honestly believe that it's only "good" when two people agree that they'd spend an hour a day How do you get to that point to begin with? It's not easy, hah. >>Nobody stays with me! So, I don't want to depend on anybody. I don't wanna be alone! If you want to be close to someone you have to share a part of yourself, and that necessitates being vulnerable. That was Asuka's character flaw, imo. Sounds stupid, but for a long time I kept my hobbies a secret, because they were such a big part of me that it was too "sacred" to give it away to anyone else. That sucked, though; it was really lonely. Even if being vulnerable is scary and dangerous, it means that on very rare occasion, you meet someone who cares about you for who you actually are. Goes both ways, you both have to be vulnerable, and you both have to care. I'm not sure if sharing movies I like on an imageboard is much better, but hey progress is progress

>>87331 I looked it up and it's basically those who don't care about their what their gender is but they sometimes lean to be a boy/girl/"thing" (nonbinary). For me I don't care about all that gender stuff and I'm called as a he. >>87332 >Why is that a bad thing? Shiki-Jitsu tells you how things are, War and Peace tells you how things "could" be. >How do you get to that point to begin with? It's not easy, hah. Alright, no hour a day. That was just from my experience when I spoke to an old friend at midnight or early morning. But we did vent to each other and listened. I have spoken about "an email in a week" which I favor, but you probably didn't read it. That's completely different from compulsively texting all-day. >If you want to be close to someone you have to share a part of yourself, and that necessitates being vulnerable. That was Asuka's character flaw, imo. I can do that with almost anyone and I'm open for it, because I believe that we all share pretty much the same flaws. I'm also weirdly more empathetic (or at least that's how I believe I am), I remember randomly sending to people I've good times with some GIFs of anime girls hugging, or reacting with a heart on text messages whenever someone accomplished something little or got anything. >Sounds stupid, but for a long time I kept my hobbies a secret, because they were such a big part of me that it was too "sacred" to give it away to anyone else. (see gif) That's a thing we all learn eventually. None of us is really "special". Everyone has his own sets of hobbies, larpers as well have their own and pretend to be "productive", but it's really all the same. I might as well just post my own thing here, maybe tomorrow ig heh...

>>87332 >Why is that a bad thing? It's refreshing how real and subdued it feels, at least emotionally. Captures the nuance of what it's actually like to learn to be close to somebody, warts and all. Besides, it's a nice contrast with the bonkers visuals. Alright fuarrrk it's better than I thought lmaoooo (watching it rn a little)

>>87333 >>Shiki-Jitsu tells you how things are, War and Peace tells you how things "could" be. I'd say both are interesting things to examine, but media like Ritual is a lot rarer than the more melodramatic Tolstoy or Dostoyevski-esque stuff, which had big influence on directors like Scorsese (he mentioned it in an interview iirc). >>87335 heh told ya so, ya grump >>I have spoken about "an email in a week" which I favor, but you probably didn't read it. That's completely different from compulsively texting all-day. I did read it, but you misunderstood my point. To get to the stage of non-smalltalk, you first have to actually meet the person, get to know them, see if you fit together, etc (otherwise you're probably just speaking "at" them, not "to" them). Which was the original question I was posing: "How do you maximize the chance that any pair of them who would otherwise make good friends find one another?". Besides, sometimes I'm exhausted and shallow chatter is comforting. Though as you said there are people who avoid any deep conversation (which I can't fathom), but hey to each their own. >>I remember randomly sending to people I've good times with some GIFs of anime girls hugging, or reacting with a heart on text messages Thats genuinely sweet, and I wish more people be similarly kind to each other >>I might as well just post my own thing here Would be interesting to see if anyone responds, otherwise I guess you're stuck with me and whoever else is lurking here

>>87336 obviously lmao, you don't just hop in and vent all your stuff instantly, until you get to know each other first, so you can say that at first stages, little emails everyday or so would work, that are kinda like replies to posts but longer. >shallow chatter is comforting. It very barely can be. Over a year ago I tried joining the Lainchan IRC and it was kinda addictive but it really fried my little brain and regretted it; it was like scrolling on some twitter meme feed. >Thats genuinely sweet, and I wish more people be similarly kind to each other ty :3 >Would be interesting to see if anyone responds, otherwise I guess you're stuck with me and whoever else is lurking here >>83317 >age, gender, location 19 >Favorite Book Many actually; mostly just self-help books (The Happiness Trap, Early Retirement Extreme) and some "manga guides" (e.g. The Manga Guide to Electricity/Physiology), or others (Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars, A Whack on The Side of The Head, Genesis). >Favorite Movie V for Vendetta, War and Peace (1966), The Shawshank Redemption, Coraline (kinda) (also, "I love Ongezellig!") >Favorite Song I don't listen much but I weirdly listen to ridiculous things which I may associate with unrelated stuff, like Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, Ecce Homo Qui Est Faba, A Cruel Angel's Thesis (I associate it with the book of Genesis), Mario Paint's Creative Exercise, O Descobridor Dos Sete Mares, etc. >Favorite Game Yume Nikki, Katawa Shoujo, NGE Girlfriend of Steel, and DDLC a little (but I don't play any of them anymore, and I liked Mario Kart and arcade games as a kid). >Favorite Hobby Lurking, learning "hidden" history, productivity and psychology, simple Linux tinkering, and making videos (or sometimes, soykafposts I keep for myself). >what you're looking for intimacy >what you aren't looking for Non-males, homosexuals, shallow people, anyone who spends the day on Discord/IRC chatrooms with many others. >contact info stankymarmar21 [at] protonmail [dot] com No Discord/XMPP/SimpleX for your face. Literally send anything and I'll bring up a conversation out of it.

>>87338 There is a lainchan IRC? Damn, never knew that. Also Ongezellig W

>>87328 I just finished watching it and the tl;dr of how I think about it is: cute, real, relatable and nostalgic. I don't know how I can put the words but that also made me almost cry a little bit. >>87336 >Would be interesting to see if anyone responds, otherwise I guess you're stuck with me and whoever else is lurking here Tough luck, no one responded to this moment. >neurosuggesting everyone's a coward lel

>>87338 >>87348 >Yume Nikki Nice. I've been wanting to make something similar to YNO but in 3D (sorta like a multiplayer LSD Dream Emulator, or those Minecraft server lobbies you'd just run around and do minigames in), not that I'm any good at netcode or gamedev >I think about it is: cute, real, relatable and nostalgic heck yeah >I tried joining the Lainchan IRC and it was kinda addictive Damn, surprising. It was always devoid of activity, beyond a few regulars fuarrrking around with the bot. Appleman was nice, from what I can tell the guy's been effectively maintaining this site solo. I hope he's doing well >obviously lmao, you don't just hop in and vent all your stuff instantly Hop in what? You have to start somewhere, that's my point. The post I was replying to complained about the "dating app"-ness of the thread, so maybe there's a better way to structure things, or better questions to ask, right? >Tough luck, no one responded Yeah I'd be surprised if it's worked for anyone. Trying this on a niche imageboard is a long shot to begin with, soykaf like ASL just makes it shallower. Maybe if more people participated in /inter/lit/music/vis/ instead of throwing their preferences into the void and fuarrrking off lol

>>87356 >I've been wanting to make something similar to YNO but in 3D Before even thinking about making the game you need to imagine how it'd look like. I assume it should be something very unique and personal that comes after a few years of work in stuff. Dan Salvato, the maker of DDLC, was a professional Super Smash Bros gamer and known for his modding in Project M there, and had a love-hate relationship with anime, so he came up with that horror game. Studio Massa was into animation almost a decade ago and got into South African and Dutch history. I don't know if these things are survivorship bias, but they made things that are just deeply personal. >heck yeah waaa I wish I knew what happens next when the girl was about to visit her mother xd >Damn, surprising. Appleman was barely there, and mostly there are some few people chatting 24/7; trust me the IRC has become completely different from Lainchan itself. A whole different world... >Hop in what? Yeah, it's not hard at all. You just comment on something or ask someone why he's doing this or that, and then you start a convo. I guess everyone should read How to Make Friends and Influence People as it helped me not to run out of what to say (unless the other person was so shallow or dull that he won't say anything), at least for me. >Yeah I'd be surprised if it's worked for anyone. (did hurt a little bit seeing the inbox empty, but anyway) I believe most people are afraid of being judged or appear weak, that's why we got tons of LARPers everywhere, for example, or ones who are too afraid to give their contact info. Also, I believe people here just put in generic or acceptable/ambiguous hobbies (e.g. "reading", "gaming") rather than just saying what they really love to do (I forgot to add on my original post, I love Caramelldansen and pre-2015 internet nostalgia), it's like there is some other kind of social conditioning happening here that makes people think not to appear """cringe""", ASL does feel pointless and it's just to be ignored anyway. >Maybe if more people participated in /inter/lit/music/vis/ instead of throwing their preferences into the void and fuarrrking off lol Nah, even if this is an actual forum with name users it won't work that way. I mean, I've set some "boundaries" for "what I'm not looking for" (I should've included LARPers as well) and whoops I might have made people afraid I'll reject them or whatever, ugh....

>>87359 >I assume it should be something very unique and personal Making maps and modding source engine was fun for a while but the unfathomable level of jank was starting to haunt my dreams. Beyond that I still don't really know what I want, guess that came across unintentionally hahah. That's really interesting about the DDLC creator, explains a lot about the game. >I might have made people afraid Lurkers probably found our ten quintillion IQ discussion intimidating >>87338 >>87344 >Ongezellig Just watched it and I'm ashamed to say that its cute and funny, fuarrrk

>>87364 >Lmao everybody have gone through this Yeah no I doubt everyone has gone through the horrors of valve project creator >I told you it takes years [...] Just explore and do the stuff you love Never said otherwise, but "easier said than done" is an understatement. It's a lot more fun messing around with computer graphics papers as a highschooler when you don't have to do similar soykaf during the day too >Take a look at this doc where Studio Massa (maker of Ongezellig) described some of his inspirations Man, Dutch is such an adorable language. I have no idea how anyone can get mad in that country with words like "korfball" bouncing around in their goofy little heads. All the history soykaf went over my head but respect to them for not selling out with soykafty merch or socials, I like it even more now >Wahaha~ perhaps they just don't like emails Your fatal mistake was not LARPing as an 18 year old Boyfriend-free girl™ who just reeeeeally wants an internet schizoid to hang out with uwu

>>87369 btw (translated from Dutch to English)

>>87378 felt the need to post this gem https://youtube.com/watch?v=bAPDTKPshMY

>age, gender, location 20, male, norway. (though i am ukrainian and here as an asylum seeker, it's worth mentioning that i don't hold any political grudges and unbiased) >Favorite Book faust, manga blame. (have a lot of plans to read more books but lack motivation and passion now, need to read literature for my studies now) >Favorite Movie pulp fiction, not really a movie guy (would love to explore this medium more) >Favorite Song oh theres a lot of them. my favorite genres are breakcore (true breakcore). black metal, especially prog, atmo, ambient. and also this russian band i am obsessed with called 4 bruno positions. >Favorite Game dark souls 1 and 3, pathologic classic, f&h termina, terraria, steins;gate, tboi (have a lot of plans to play more!) >Favorite Hobby collecting artbooks, vinyls, commissioning art with my OCs, learning about esotericism traditions (i have tabula samardigna and lemegeton on my table now!), want to dive deeper into philosphy and literature. active music listening, consuming every art medium. drawing, writing poetry, translating poetry, linguistics (i know 4 languages! if norwegian counts, i barely passed b2 threshhold and still can't talk to anyone.) also want to do sculptures and maybe, just maybe music someday. >what you're looking for someone who enables my passion. preferrably irl but i am pretty sure that is not possible. i wan't to stop the time and fill my mind with every knowledge possible. >what you aren't looking for dishonest people >contact info discord: ltrf. (with a dot) ;telegram: d3ka9

>>87130 You interpreted it that way, not everyone here does. Either way im making it clear I have no interest in really meeting up with anyone, that would be silly under my circumstances.

>age, gender, location 23, m, nigeria >Favorite Book the vegetarian by han kang >Favorite Movie memories of murder, following ( korean movie) >Favorite Song whole lotta red by playboi cartii >Favorite Game Duke nukem, pong, quake. >Favorite Hobby reading fiction, wikipedia scrolling, watching kdrama or cdrama , learning mandarin > what you're looking for friends >what you aren't looking for right wing peeps >contact info xmpp: peepeepoopoo@gnu.gr x64x2@mail.ru

>age, gender, location 20s, male, Brazil >Favorite Book I don't really have a favorite book, but I guess that the Elric of Melniboné saga hooked me up the most. >Favorite Movie Barry Lyndon. >Favorite Song "Setting Up Sunday" by Meg&Dia. Honestly, it's less about the song itself and more that I absolutely love Dia's voice and had the biggest crush on her when I was 12. >Favorite Game Crash Bandicoot 1. >Favorite Hobby I don't have any real hobbies. > what you're looking for Escaping from the hole I threw myself in. >what you aren't looking for Sinking deeper into the abyss. >contact info Nah. >What introduced you to lainchan? "Well, there are many IB's out there named somethingChan.org, so maybe there is a lainchan.org? Let's type it in the URL and see where it leads me."

>>88098 >nigeria nice try prince

>nice try prince im nuh larping

>>88142 have u read lunar park? its the only thing ive read by brett easton ellis but its imo very good

age: some kids in a trenchcoat (shh, i think they're buying the lie that i'm an adult, pls don't tell our boss.. O_O) gender: fluid? i just sorta do whatever i want. i guess i'm technically a woman or smth like that location: picrelated im practically illiterate i don't think i can choose any one favourite movie or music. i like so many different things. i like stuff i can learn from my favourite "game" is just, like, freeform roleplay i like to work on projects and learn i'm looking for chill people to work together on projects with, and to help each other learn things, and also just generally having fun i'm NOT looking for narrowminded people, jerks, . just to be clear: it's OK to be rough around the edges, so long as ur actually a decent person who'll treat me decently if you wanna get in touch, come find me in the flesh. i'm somewhere in picrelated. just try to recognize me, and figure out a good way to approach me. i don't bite (unless like, u want me to.. even then tho, idk if i would). worst case, you'll find someone else who happens to be similar to me

>>88307 Actually I want to be friends with you as I’m right around the area. wat do I do

Hello lainchan, I'm 28 years old. Trans Woman. I live in the San Francisco bay area. After my blood was drawn for a test last month, I began to feel very spacey and dissociated. Ordinarily, I just faint, but this time it felt a lot different. Better. And, I noticed I was acting different - as if I was drunk, I slurred my words as I spoke, and I seemed to care less. Not in a way that, there was something weighing on me, but rather more lighthearted. It was exciting. I noticed something else, too. There were thoughts I couldn't get out of my head.. as if something inside of me had been awakened. >about myself I like to read and write. Gothic literature, primarily. Mary Shelley is my favorite author. My favorite book of hers is her complete collected works, something I would desperately like a hard-bound copy of. I would keep it beside my hardbound of Poe. My favorite movies are horrors, especially vampire films, but I cannot pick one just one as my favorite. Unsurprisingly, the same goes for music - I like death rock, murder folk, industrial, witch house, psychedelic trance, electronic body music, and such. I'm not interested in playing games. I'm looking for a vampire. Nothing else appeals to me. I would like to go on a proper date with somebody experienced, refined, yet with a perhaps supernatural health about them. Somebody with pale skin, long teeth, and a taste, if things go well... for human blood. I would like to learn about a new, subtle world of ancient mystery, and masquerade. The world of a vampire. I'm interested in men and women, but only if you're a vampire. If you're a man, I might be a little less trusting initially, but you still have my interest. >not looking for Dates with non-vampires. While I am open to friendship with anybody, especially if you too have an appreciation for the dark, arcane and mysterious, literature, or alchemy. I know about the goth events happening around here, although I am currently injured and cannot attend shows for the time being, but hope to be able to in a month approximately. >Contact info I am a tall, blonde-haired goth with blue eyes and I frequently wear a maroon hooded jacket with faux fur lining the hood. Sometimes I dress in another fashion that leans more grunge, but I always try to incorporate eclecticism and paranormal interests into the way I dress. I would prefer to communicate in person only, but am also receptive to a phone call or letter - if you are a vampire, finding me should not be difficult. You probably know who I am already - I am merely extending my invitation.

>>88309 You seem pretty intriguing, I'd love to study you in a lab with a bottle of Absinthe by my side. I might also have a cue on who you are, funnily enough. >I like death rock, murder folk, industrial, witch house, psychedelic trance, electronic body music, and such. I'm surprised power electronics aren't there, that's by far my favorite in the whole noise genre.

>age, gender, location 18, female, usa >About i am currently coming out of a depressive slump. it lasted nearly a year and i lost nearly all of my hobbies and interests. :( for the past few days, ive been exploring various hobbies that i might be interested in.. some examples are programming (C), jewelry making, journaling (although this is mostly for my mental health), gaming, reading, watching movies, drawing. despite my depression, i still try to be a kind and fun person! i love hearing about other peoples interests and hobbies, so if you have something to infodump about... im your girl!! > what you're looking for anyone to indoctrinate me into their hobbies and interests!! or.. people to chat with :) >what you aren't looking for i dont have anything specific. im open to all kinds of people, i dont judge >contact info mostannoyinggirl on discord! this is a new account as i dont really use discord much in the first place

>age, gender, location no, mtf, no >Favorite Book Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino. I love the writing style - it feels like a non-horror Lovecraft. Or if Haibane Renmei was a novel. >Favorite Movie I don't really watch movies. Paprika I guess? >Favorite Song llevan polka >Favorite Game I've come back to Mario 64 the most. I respect Spelunky 2, and Cataclysm a lot, and should play them more. >Favorite Hobby Alignment research, bdsm, applying art analysis to "low art". I want drawing to become my main hobby, but I have a lot of self-worth issues around that. Expect practice sketches at most. > what you're looking for Ideally, a comfy friend group of people who have their own passions. My current friend groups are all very insular and interrelated. I'm up for trying 1-on-1 DMs though. Especially if you're engaged in my interests - or passionate enough about your own interests, that I'll engage with them. >what you aren't looking for Despite what some people guess from my hobbies - I don't strangers to erp with me. Finding kink artistically interesting, doesn't make me find repetitive sfx from strangers interesting. >contact info rika0 on discord. Feel free to use that to point me towards other platforms though. I have a matrix, signal, etc., just prefer not to list them so publicly, and am not as active on them.

>age, gender, location 20, Male, Brazil - Santa Catarina. >Favorite Book Nervura do Real - Marilena Chauí. Ethics - Spinoza. The Stranger - Albert Camus. >Favorite Movie Requiem for a Dream Bacurau Taxi Driver >Favorite Song Hacker - Death Grips Trem de Doido - Lô Borges Bachianas Brasileiras N4 - Heitor Villa Lobos Monólogo ao Pé do Ouvido - Chico Science Consume Mao - Ground Zero >Favorite Game TF2 Mother 3 Yume Nikki CS2 >Favorite Hobby Piano Programming Books > what you're looking for Looking for any human contact from here! >what you aren't looking for Bad people or Troll's >contact info sacredgeometry_777@proton.me

>>88322 >female >programming (C) yeahh somehow I am having a real difficult time believing that

>>88369 While I would find it weird if this was on twitter, she might've just gotten influenced by the huge amount of C sh1lls on whatever flavor of chan she uses. Not discrediting the tranny hypothesis but I'm just giving out my thoughts

>>88370 C is a good language, that's not it, it's just that you don't see actual wamen programming in low languages (or at all lmao) online often

>>88334 >Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino it is such a treat. i get that his whole schtick was to impose different rules to break into new forms of written work, but i must admit every time i try to read something else of his i feel disappointed its not as incredible a work as Invisible Cities ended up. what an amazing work. i have only read it in english, i can only wonder what the original must be like.

>>88372 don't get any weird ideas because of this, but i know other cis women who use C, some even on lainchan too. i mean, where else?

>>88372 >you don't see ""actual"" ""waman"" doing <x> online often It's all so tiresome.

I added myself on the tagmap, yo finns theres gotta be more than two of us lets make a meetup maybe at disobey, is disobey still a thing? It kinda went corporate last I heard. Come to neonya.party next weekend in Tampere! I'm yousei on IRC but I guess nobody here uses IRC hmm... y00see on discord too.

>>88408 >16 euros for a ticket >median wage is 3k >ffw to my soykafhole >median wage is 800 >tickets to concerts that have like 20 attendants cost 120 euros To be born in a non-corrupted country is just a wet dream

>>88322 sent you a fren request as a fellow programmer

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>>88308 >Actually I want to be friends with you as I’m right around the area. wat do I do come take a walk with me. we can meet up at some spot, and choose a waypoint to vaguely wander towards, following our noses. we can walk and talk and learn about the world immediately surrounding us. come find me, lain. keep your senses keen. listen to the wind, and you just might catch my scent

>age, gender, location 18/m/us >favorite books 1844 manuscripts, illuminations (benjamin), confessions of st. augustine, tristes tropiques, miscellaneous poetry soykaf >favorite movies anything by haneke, a taste of honey, theorem, made in hong kong, death by hanging, penda's fen (if it counts) >favorite bands belle and sebastian, car seat headrest, dear nora, stereolab, tall dwarfs >favorite game admittedly i don't play many, just minecraft i guess. >favorite hobbies/interests critical theory, old religious texts, browsing forums, watching movies, driving aimlessly, walking around city, etc... > what you're looking for a friend who likes to vc >what you aren't looking for someone who doesn't want to vc >additional information i promise i'm not as much of a pseud or pretentious as some of my interests might suggest. i lost contact with someone very dear to me recently, and don't really have anyone who i can talk to about the things i care about. i'm a bit awkward and stiff, info-dumping is the primary way i loosen up to people in conversation. i'd prefer someone who has similar taste in art and of a similar age, but i'd be happy to engage with anyone who wants to talk. i also apologize if i take a long time to respond to messages or randomly stop texting; i don't enjoy messaging at all, at least initially. >contact info disc: swagfagzcentral

>>88479 yup, i need to read it. on the sidenote murakami is so goddamn influential

>>88322 >>88475 please recognize that you are on Lainchan.org and provide something that isn't Discord. Why are you even admitting to using it in the first place? You should at least try to adhere to the website's culture instead of pretending

>>88506 >what even are walkies it's literally exactly what it says. since you need this basic thing explained: it's when you lift one foot up off the ground, move it forward, then put it back down, and then repeat this process with the other foot, and so on. >>88507 >>walkies >>pretend play >Lainon sounds like a pet fetishist. imagine having such a perverted brain that you just assume that going on walks and pretending things are different than they are, are somehow some kind of sexual pet play. you're literally sexualizing the act of walking. you're literally sexualizing the act of imagining/pretending. and you're somehow making it about pets?? just to be clear, nothing wrong with pet play, but gosh, the way your brain just assumed that going on walks and using your imagination are sexual pet play is concerning..

>>88508 no need to be such a dick, I simply asked what they were, geez

>>88508 Lul, "walkies" is a very uncommon phrase in my experience, and I've only ever heard used as something done TOO a dog. So, that + pretend play makes me think someone might be an Inukai-san enjoyer.

>>88510 i looked up inukai-san. it looks very fetishy. please explain to me how this is not fetishy because i can't tell if i should be turned on and ashamed or not.

>>88526 >>88525 I don't think Appleman deletes posts like that, does he? I tried adding that lainon a while back and they said hi, but that was about it. Fed or LARPer I don't care, but it would be nice if they could hold a conversation

>>88528 Feds with social anxiety huh?

>>88525 >>88526 rule 3: Always argue in good faith and avoid using personal attacks. rule 6: Do not whine and cry about 8chan, lainchan.jp, "quality", "invasions", "new users", mods, bans, or kalyx outside of /q/. rule 11: Read the rules again. At least 3 times. >>88528 he doesn't. but thread derails into flamewar will get deleted (i expect this post to also get deleted).

>>88525 Damn, that was my post, and I didn't delete it. Anyway, >>88322 >18, female >if you have something to infodump about... im your girl!! >people to chat with :) >this is a new account as i dont really use discord much in the first place Is there nothing fishy about any of this?

yoyo, there's gotta be some UK lainons lurkin' (specifically northern, although I'd be up for longer-distance meetz within reason)- haven't been round this place for some time... rusty2 on the IRC, or reply with your own contact desu

I can't see the map on the tagmap site lol, all I can see is the icons but the entire map is just a grey background :/

>>83317 >a/g/l 27/male/USA->New York state->returning to Midwest eventually >book Changes from time to time. Right now either "The Children of Húrin" by Tolkien or "Laurus" (Лавр) by Yevgeniy Vodolazkin. >movie Not sure, a lot I like but I know not what would be my single top favorite. For fun I'll name "National Treasure" or Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire. >game Mount & Blade: Warband or Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. >hobbies Reading, vidya, hiking/outdoorsmanship, TV/movies, theology, philosophy, political theory, esoterism/occultism >looking for friends/penpals, memes, good music and discussion, to learn, a wife eventually lol, niche community chats or forums for any of the above themes >not looking for [sexual] degeneracy >QOTT how find lainchan Years ago I was in an 8chan-board's discord and someone mentioned lainchan being cozy. I started lurking once or twice every few months and recently decided to lurk moar. Haven't finished SEL but enjoying it so far. >contact info strelets@keemail.me / I have other apps but not interested in listing them here. If we hit it off via email we can branch elsewhere. Gloybois begone

>>88799 >if it's meant to be, you will find me somehow ah shame, actually thought you were cool and wanted to dm you. in another life then!

>>88865 who are you talking about ?

>>88866 someone I talked to, which I know frequents this thread. he left after apologizing for not talking a lot, so I wanted to let him know he can still reach me if he wants to

>>88879 Add me too I’m scared of Michael Jackson I want to be part of the Jackson family niggah… abdamullah… ishallam

>>88900 i'll drop my disc/revolt/whatever once i can be arsed to make an alt

>>88900 oh, I'm talking about the lainon tag. https://tagmap.io/tag/lainon

>>88939 gotcha, a bit further north than that tho

>age, gender, location 23, m, Chile >Favorite Book I dont think I have one but I enjoy reading alot, mostly philosophy but also literature in general and some history. I'm currently reading Walter Benjamin's "Illuminations". For the past year I've been reading alot of Wittgenstein and Heidegger as well. I would like to talk to someone about books in general. >Favorite Movie Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky >Favorite Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQvc-Gkwhow >Favorite Game Either STALKER or Bloodborne, both are perfect > what you're looking for People to talk to and hopefully meet if theyre Chilean >what you aren't looking for spam >contact info .mersault on discord or @anprimo on tg

>>87286 We have become technologically insignificant for quite a while now. There are like 20 italians on 4chan, 10 on Diochan and not much else, not that I know about at least. Sia Lodato

>>89181 Hi. Personally i almost never say i'm italian when i'm around other websites, i don't know why but it feels really weird. It's like i have to put up a commedia or something everytime i chat to another italian online. I have a theory about why this happens but maybe there are many more than you think, just most of us are silently lurking and putting up a mask to conform to try and avoid the label italian as much as possible, besides the diochan and 4chan /filo/ users

>>89182 what label? The only thing your country is famous for is food (ignoring tourism aspects like venice)

>>89183 You're either disingenuous or ignorant. Italy as a nation, while weak and barely existing as a cohesive entity, was and still somewhat is important. After the war we were still producing great art, we still had innovators, we still mattered on an international scale. >>89182 Yeah, me too. A lot of it probably simply has to do with not being able to properly speak english (as you can read). But as I was implying, it wasn't always like this, and it's worsening by the day. I believe it has to do with our constant neurosis and learned, internalized shame mixed with growing tech illiteracy

>>89183 That kind of popular italian label is something only italian americans from NYC want for popularity. Funny how you interpreted it as I'm cool label, i actually meant a label of shame but it's something that probably only other italians like me can understand on the fly without explanation. >>89185 >Yeah, me too. A lot of it probably simply has to do with not being able to properly speak english (as you can read). But as I was implying, it wasn't always like this, and it's worsening by the day. I believe it has to do with our constant neurosis and learned, internalized shame mixed with growing tech illiteracy I'm part of the younger gen so i don't know how different it was before. Besides the tech illiteracy which is something that can be found everywhere anyways, i think it's definetely more about shame, but have you thought about why we feel shame about being part of this country? I thought about this hard. It's easy to say "well it's because everyone is an illiterate normal person besides me" but it doesn't convince me, there's definitely more about it. It's something that is never talked about, and coincidentally up above they have have a crazy need to affirm a national italian identity whatever party is in charge. like a proper neurosis. It's like they're scared of a terrible truth coming up and everything breaking up in pieces, like in the reinassance, where our creative spirit was at it's best with a general distrust of everything State related that fueled a development of the individual. Maybe an ancient historical sense makes us distrustful and sarcastic at the stupid attempts at importing the nationalism of other countries by politicians (one of the reason no one votes), where our true national spirit was more of a reciprocal respect and brothership, even in times of war, between the peoples of the small republics and principalities of the penisula with all their different cultures and customs where a single ancient history united us, and was never about uniting and conformity which is what maybe is ruining us on a spiritual and creative level. polite sage for off-topic, sorry for the big wall of text but i feel like there's never really a time or a place where i can talk about this besides my head.

>>89186 That's exactly my point. I only know cool soykaf nothing to be ashamed about being from italy. Thats why i was asking what are you even ashamed about?

>>89186 It is talked about, or was at least. It's been the main problem since the start. Fascist ideology at its peak was an attempt at starting over from fresh, realising that it was the only way to create something where the was nothing at all. Then it inevitably got corrupted, became what it became, and was never tried again, probably never will because I'm almost certain it was just an idealistic dream. don't know who or where we are now, but it can't be good. What you said, even if too simplistic (I get why, not accusing you), is all true though. What a sad state of affairs. Now I'll stop talking about esoteric italian problems and get back on topic, sorry OP. >>89188 Imagine jewish neurosis mixed with centuries of being conquered and neutered, again mixed with the Church, again mixed with thousands of local deities still present in peoples souls, again mixed with incredible ethnic (and linguistic) diversity, again mixed with being united under a nation that never existed and never will, with a final touch of becoming America's lap dog. It's retarded to be quite frank

>age, gender, location 18, F, eastern europe :3 >looking for casual chatting on any topic !! please keep in mind am extremely anxious >not looking for healing or being pitied over my mental issues. yea >contact info discord: puppylick

>age, gender, location 21, Male, New York City >Favorite Book Faust by Goethe, Sentimental Education by Flaubert, The Magic Mountain by Mann, The works of Deleuze, Evola, Guénon, and Lacan >Favorite Songs I like a wide range of music (Swans, Bladee, Title Fight, Whirr, Burzum, Bob Dylan, Death In June, Sonic Youth) >Favorite Game Dark Souls 3, Minecraft, Metal Gear Solid V, Resident Evil Series, Silent Hill 3 >Favorite Hobby Reading >What you're looking for Nothing in particular >What you aren't looking for not sure >contact info theburningofhm@yahoo.com >QOTT: What introduced you to lainchan? Why do you visit the site? I don't remember exactly how I stumbled across lainchan. I was a big fan with the anime as many of us here, so I must have come across it through some online meandering. I don't visit the site often, but I love going on the literature and music boards.

>>88508 lol are you Velv from Instagram

>age, gender, location Just hit 100 on January 14 >Favorite Book 太陽と鉄 >Favorite Movie 憂國 >Favorite Song Slow Agony of a dying organism by Atrax Morgue >Favorite Game 雙六 >Favorite Hobby Planning > what you're looking for People who share my interests >what you aren't looking for American infidels >contact info I'll see if this post gets some traction first

>age, gender, location 25m DC >Favorite Book gothic violence >Favorite Movie amadeus >Favorite Song only in dream by weezer >Favorite Game fnv >Favorite Hobby writing music > what you're looking for idk >what you aren't looking for annoying people >contact info lackthereof.xyz

>>88138 love the song. good vocal. and that movie too was one of my favs for years. lol same about the game. cs. where in eu nigga? wizard here. Ok judging from mail, you even do psys lol? 420chan bychance? ur probably too depressed for me tho re: metamorphosis

>>89308 my friend. that is yukio mishima, the japanese modernist writer

>>89339 Well, I was talking about you. But okay then, I didn't knew about this writer, seem interesting, and I assume you're really japanese after all.

>>89343 everyone knows yugio machina hes the crazy glitterboy wanna be coupster. Hes very popular these days I am American BTW

>age, gender, location late 20s, mtf/nothing, usa >Favorite Book story of the eye, street of crocodiles. i like le guin. more sci-fi/fantasy would be nice. its challenging to find books that speak to me. id like to read those trashy japanese YA books where cyber-psychic kids are blowing up penis monsters with their angst but i dont know how to find things like that and cannot read japanese so if you know of such things or perhaps could recommend me a fantasy book thats like if panzer dragoon was a book but the boy and the dragon get to kiss and maybe even fuarrrk please send me an email. mostly nonfiction now, im working through SICP and also a thousand plateaus (sorry) >Favorite Movie angels egg, dr. caligari (1989) >Favorite Song cranes - loved, autechre - yuop >Favorite Game stupid crap on famicom and ps1, second life, soul reaver. ive been playing the citadel >Favorite Hobby i like programming and making music and painting and 3d modeling and getting stupid ideas and learning the requisite skills to make the idea a reality. polymath/engineering. going outside is really cool too. being a chuuni glitterboy > what you're looking for (mis)adventure, shared interests and mutual support for projects, lurkers, DEATH >what you aren't looking for be real and true. never ever step in goo. sing your heart out. pee pee, poo poo >contact info i prefer matrix but i also have a discord. please mail me for either 00claimhsolais00@proton.me

>age, gender, location some, either, nowhere >Favorite Book Zhuangzi >Favorite Movie The mirror >Favorite Song Albuquerque >Favorite Game Go >Favorite Hobby Lisp > what you're looking for nothing >what you aren't looking for friends >contact info

>>89493 >>what you aren't looking for >friends then why are you even here?

>>89275 That’s a pretty bad and shallow impression of Mishima imo. Go read a book or something.

>age, gender, location 24, male, Poland, >Favorite Book Lem’s Solaris, Marcel Proust >Favorite Movie I don’t really watch movies, sometimes with people, however I am ronery >Favorite Song Idk, whatever them birds outside are signing >Favorite Game I like narrative games like Pathologic and Disco Elysium. Also Dark Souls series. >Favorite Hobby I don’t think I really have hobbies. Tried making music, dropped it. Now I found a very big and well visible wall of an abandoned stadium nearby. It’s full of graffiti so I want to paint it white and write “SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL IS GOING TO HAPPEN” on it, cause I liked the message of that video game. Already bought the paint. I guess I’m weird and do weird stuff like that, not sure it counts as a hobby. I like people, think they matter, think world is a fuarrrk and would like it to be a better place for everyone involved. > what you're looking for Someone interesting to talk to. A friend. >what you aren't looking for I think I won’t have any issues with anyone that wants to text me. I don’t like mean, selfish people, rapists, stuff like that - I think that’s very unoriginal, prolly goes without saying. >contact info morele on discord synaniemawdomu@proton.me >QOTT: What introduced you to lainchan? Why do you visit the site? I got here in 2016 from a Polish image board that no longer exists. There was a discussion about the declining quality of image boards and internet in general. This place was listed as one of the few good ones still left. I used to visit to learn something from all the smart people here, nowadays I go here rarely, mostly when I’m feeling lonely.

>age, gender, location 24, M, I move around alot >Favorite Book Authority >Favorite Movie Zardoz, Who Killed Captain Alex >Favorite Song Haiyu >Favorite Game Rimworld, Stardew Valley >Favorite Hobby Sewing > what you're looking for Pleasant conversation >contact info siphohlongo@proton.me

>age, gender, location 21M USA (not being specific obviously) >Favorite Book I haven’t consistently read in a long time but probably white fang by jack london, my dad read that to me when I was a kid. >Favorite Movie any action movies with a lot of violence, like john wick or similar >Favorite Song anything by narvent, all of the original minecraft soundtrack >Favorite Game minecraft. java and console legacy edition. bedrock edition go die in a fire, it’s an inferior copy. >Favorite Hobby nothing really I just waste by time on 4chan, it’s down now so I can’t. it’s a good time to rethink my choices > what you're looking for friends I guess, people I can learn and grow with rather than people who just play vidya all the time. maybe someone who wants to learn and tackle a programming language with me. >what you aren't looking for people who don’t want to grow and learn. >contact info deadbreadloaf on discord

>age, gender, location 28 Male Ontario >Favorite Book not applicable >Favorite Movie The Grinch (2000) >Favorite Song Animal Ghosts Teen Daze Tamaryn blackbird blackbird Radio Dept I, Aeronaut >Favorite Game Minecraft >Favorite Hobby Programming with Python Gym >what you're looking for Wingman to travel China with Roommate to save money A bro to laugh at stupid soykaf with References for government forms >what you aren't looking for Discussing feelings; crying; whining >contact info polycrush@proton.me

>>88085 >please kill yourself that isn't very nice

>age, gender, location 24/male/Hawaii >Favorite Book the gospel of John >Favorite Movie LoTR >Favorite Song The Angelic Process - Burning in the Undertow of God >Favorite Game Cyberpunk 2077 >Favorite Hobby playing guitar > what you're looking for casual hangouts, debates, discussions about random topics, anything that isn't actual spam or begging for money/attention really >what you aren't looking for hookups >contact info tqxev on discord

>age, gender, location 24, male, Netherlands >Favorite Book Shadow out of time by Lovecraft >Favorite Movie Alita: Battle Angel >Favorite Song Some Elliott smith song >Favorite Game Metro Exodus >Favorite Hobby Electrical Engineering > what you're looking for nothing >contact info Discord: djordy01

>>83317 >21,Male,Italy >Materialist prospective of history >Falling down >IDK, i don't really have any >Studying history and politics >anything really >Soyjaks >LMAO, this is an anon board

>>89493 if youre still out there, thank you for your very good post

>age, gender, location 31, male, Germany >Favorite Book there are some good ones >Favorite Movie The Fast and the Furious >Favorite Song Need for Speed Most Wanted (2005) soundtrack >Favorite Game Final Fantasy IX >Favorite Hobby Driving automobiles Hanging out with friends Watching anime occasionally Offline lifestyle (real life), like in the 90s > what you're looking for old school LSD, pure cocaine a wife >what you aren't looking for insider trade about favorite books, movies, songs, games >contact info lainchan, just write me here first

>>90513 do you have where to plant herbs?

Did this work for anyone? I want to read success stories before I waste my time.

>>90531 The chance of finding someone on lainchan who has similar values to me, lives in a location near me, is around my age range, won't dox or ghost me, and will meet me in real life for conversations or hobbies is so many hoops, I doubt almost anyone has had any success in these threads.

>age, gender, location >contact info Lol, is this fuarrrking real?

>age, gender, location 24, m, somewhere on the eastern frontier >favorite book neuromancer idk or cryptonomicon >favorite movie i'm not a cyborg and that's okay >favorite song metallica kill em >favorite game probably be my customized version of doom with lain as the npc >favorite hobby net crawling dumpster diving rock climbing basement shenanigans > what you're looking for anyone that really fsucks >what you aren't looking for rétards >contact info https://x64x2.neocities.org/

>age, gender, location 37 / male / North of Chile >Favorite Book LOTR, 1984, some Julio Verne's book >Favorite Movie Matrix, LOTR, Paprika, Akira, and other.. >Favorite Song A Forest from The Cure >Favorite Game Pokemon Gold, Silver and Crystal >Favorite Hobby Programming and do IT things, Astrophoto, see the stars in the desert > what you're looking for A female or male friend to talk about common topics, even if they are irreverent, and keep it relaxed and humble. >what you aren't looking for who doesn't have a banana republic mindset, who is someone who lacks humility, who is arrogant, who likes that unpleasant culture of reggaeton and trap music >contact info rat@chupacabra.cl

I committed perjury (a felony) for my friend, and yet said friend refuses to commit misdemeanor drug possession for me, despite the fact they smoke weed, which is also misdemeanor drug possession. Pisses me off. I still love my friend, but I no longer consider them a ride or die nigga. How could someone so chill not return my favor like this?

>>90643 I feel you. my personal friends are down to a lot of spontaneous friends stuff, many people don't have the luxury of such friends. But when it comes to a little heat, they still bitch out. I figured that only a total minority of people actually has the guts to commit crimes. Many people talk big, but when push comes to shove, they prefer to stay out of everything and live their good boy lives.

>>83317 Getting my MA in Computational Linguistics. I want to pivot more and more into AI. I really appreciate people who like to sperg about AI but feel free to message if you vibe with me, even if you know nothing about AI and heck even tech. >age, gender, location 20's M ME >Favorite Book Moby Dick >Favorite Movie Requiem for a Dream came to my mind first... recently watched Tokyo Sonata (Recommended by Dogen in his Japanese Phonetics Course), I enjoyed that too >Favorite Song Changes all the time... rn God Forgive Me by The Ghost in You and I'm Not a Vampire (Revamped)... I'm doing a challenge of sorts during which I dedicate each month to different genres. >Favorite Game I don't like most games and don't play much... for impact it's either Deus Ex modded for playability OR Kara no Shōjo, but for replayability Skyrim. >Favorite Hobby I have too much and i'm not good at most of them... writing them sounds vain, so I try to keep it to 10: language learning, calisthenics, singing and playing the guitar (kinda cheated with this one xd), poetry, drawing, playing and buying "weird" instruments like the kazoo or jew's harp, reading, electronics, coding challenges, studying random academic topics/fields Non-intellectual (kill me): early morning walks, collecting lectures (TMS or TGS courses) and textbooks >what you're looking for People who can handle different world views and philosophies, even those drastically different to their own >what you aren't looking for Too horny (sending unsolicited porn), constant negativity (I'm pretty blackpilled myself, but I don't like doomerism) >contact info enincendie on tg >QOTT There was this wiki of boards I was surfing I don't even know how long ago and I clicked as soon as I saw "lain," cause I fuarrrking love Lain.

>>90643 Most people are animals only looking for their own benefit in every interaction Machiavelli only described Maslows pyramid of needs before its due time. Happened to me multiple of times, you give someone a finger, expecting reciprocity and they fuarrrk you over because they don't benefit directly. Never put too much trust in your friends and learn to use your enemies - Law no 2.

>>90536 Not from lainchain, but I have met someone who is still my friend 5 years later and we live together. I met them off an image board friend finder thread. Its possible.

Hello , fellow lains. Age : 25 , Gender : M and Location : India Movie: As of now , 12 Angry Men and Se7en Song : My taste in music changes but I love Bollywood music in general and popular music in movies like Come and Get Your Love in GOG etc... Game : I love Total War Shogun 2 Fall of the Samurai , I have a crappy Linux laptop so I havent played a lot of games on it. What am I looking for : Nothing in particular , if our vibes match, then that would be nice , I could use a texting buddy probably outside of India , nothing against my fellow country , I just want different perpesctive. I like beautiful women and will share photos and videos of them including porn as well ( dw I only watch a few amateurs here and there ) What you ain't lookin for : blackpilled , far-right. Contact Info : @avganonymoususer on Telegram

>>90710 >indian >I like beautiful women and will share porn wow are you for real or are you a far right racist making fun

>>90714 You'd be surprised by how many stereotypes Indians fit in. Most indians at the gym I go to do unironically smell like curry.

>>90719 That's a you problem fren.If you don't like the smell of curry , leave the gym. Instead of helping out a person who might be unaware of these stuff , you participated a circle jerk of your racist bias.

>>90720 Please dont lie, you are clearly making fun of india and of indians. You should be ashamed of yourself for your cartoonish racist caricature.

>>90736 I am not lying.I ask again sincerely , what is the issue?

>>90754 >are you a far right racist when you see this its save to assume you are dealing with a western indoctrinated person. They label good/bad as left/right which is how you can spot them easily. You committed a thought crime by associating indian (foreigner) with porn (bad) and "foreigner bad" is a taboo for them. "political correctness" is essentially like a state religion in west they conform to.

>>90736 who the gives you the authority to impose non racism you bitch

>>90760 I am the indian dude , I don't see how I am wrong here? Maybe I shouldn't objectify , I can give you that? But as a heterosexual cis-man , I like pretty woman. Is expressing that fact wrong?

>>90765 don't feed the zoo animals lain

>>90766 presumably another indian?

>>90760 You're making light of a rather serious thing. What this troll is doing isnt merely foreigner+badthing, he's directly playing up the porn brained indian caricature, which is a real and common stereotype of indians. In his pretty small personal biography he sticks in the fact that hes going to send you porn because he 'likes beautiful women'. Does anyone else in this thread mention this kind of thing ? Liking beautiful women is common enough but drawing attention to it and his porn habit in this way makes no sense whatsoever except as a troll. Seriously. No one introduces themself saying 'hi I like movies and some video games and also pornography'. Its so ridiculous that people here would even take it at face value. I don't like complaining overmuch about this type of thing but by not calling him out for his bs we let that stereotype grow.

>>90779 Alright dude. Whatever you wanna say , I am Indian idk what I need to do to prove that. But thanks , advice taken

>age, gender, location 21, M, Germany >Favorite Books Fiction: Heaven (Mieko Kawakami), Chevengur (Platonov), Buddenbrooks (Mann), Normal People (Sally), Absalom, Absalom! (Faulkner) Non-Fiction: Spe Salvi (Benedict XVI), Book of John, Capitalism and Civilisation (Braudel), Capital (Marx), Persistence of Old Regime (Mayer), The Old Social Classes and New Revolutionary Movements of Iraq (Batatu) >Favorite Movies End of Evangelion, Kite, All About Lily Chou Chou, The Lobster, Her, Zero Day >Favorite Bands Muslimgauze, The Garden, Kino, My Dead Girlfriend, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Alex G, Sweet Trip >Favorite Game Yume Nikki >Favorite Hobby Old websites/internet, coding my neocities website, forums, photography, music, movies, anime, literature, history, writing, theology, enneagram, true crime, looking at art, visual novels > what you're looking for Interesting people, penpals >what you aren't looking for Normal people >contact info suberussian@gmail.com (Not Russian, from my failed attempt at learning it)

>age, gender, location 20f, uk >Favorite Book Kalpa Imperial, The Chronology of Water, Vita Nostra, Ficciones >Favorite Movie maurice (1984) or ferris bueller's day off >Favorite Song currently Cherry Stars Collide by Swallow. i am #1 imogen heap fan tho >Favorite Game skyrim >Favorite Hobby playing guitar, walking around >other interests volcanology, looking at rocks, hiking, christian aesthetics, oldweb & personal sites >what you're looking for international friends that share similar interests >what you aren't looking for moids who want to get laid/an e-girlfriend >contact info tuertlr on discord <3 >QOTT: What introduced you to lainchan? Why do you visit the site? i enjoy non algorithmic and nerdy/loser sites

>>90821 my email address if you dont use discord: 2tuertlr@gmail.com

> Age, Gender, Location 20M UK > Favorite Books Mostly physics-oriented stuff. > Favorite Movies I don’t really watch modern movies. > Favorite Bands None specifically. I’m more into folk, classical, piano, and surreal older music—mostly pre-1960. > Favorite Games There are lots, hard to pick just one. > Favorite Hobbies Studying physics and researching. Learning and learning languages — Japanese, Polish, Russian. > What you’re looking for IRL friends worldwide or people to chat with online — voice calls, gaming, studying, whatever. > What you’re not looking for The opposite of the above. >contact info (discord) darthy4092

I also Like Chalk Boards and Chalk. Chalk is fun. Yeah

have been a lurker for some time and though i generally really like this site its disappointing how many moids there are on here that dont believe a cis woman can enjoy coding in C or some soykaf, grow up lmao?

>>90833 I think I had this conversation a while back as well, anyways, it's not that we don't believe it, it's that we don't see it often, and if it does happen, it is usually a person claiming to be something they are not. If you see it happen often enough, you'll think that the next time it happens again, it must be the same.

>>90825 Proton has revealed information to law enforcement. It really doesn't matter if you use proton vs. gmail and the former gives you a false sense of security too.

>>90834 moids stop being narcissistic challenge

>>90839 lainons reading the actual contents of a post and not replying ad hominem challenge.

>>90834 ayrt, i think people like you just view women (whether cis or trans) as a monolith instead of individuals with varying thoughts and preferences. the fact that a woman on here can mention she likes C programming and get a horde of moids telling her that she must not be fr makes it unwelcoming enough to women that i see why not many post on this thread. dont be obtuse about this >If you see it happen often enough, you'll think that the next time it happens again, it must be the same also you quite literally said it yourself here as if women arent like, different people lmao

This discourse really bothers me. On one hand, I don't see why gender is particularly relevant to /friendgen/; people should be defined by their interests/personalities and not physical traits. Also yes, it's the internet, you should be taking everything with a grain of salt regardless. That being said the fact that people only start losing their soykaf when someone posts an "F" and not an "M" makes it pretty clear what the desirable norm is in the eyes of some of the posters here. If you think women are that rare in our circle then you should be trying to make it a more welcoming place; not ostracize them by posting low tier bad faith garbage. >>90863 >>90834 >it is usually a person claiming to be something they are not This just sounds like you're generalizing/fear mongering to affirm your worldview. When has people LARPing as a different gender even been an issue here? Why the fuarrrk does it even matter? This latest "controversial" post was nowhere close to romance bait and there's barely any difference in its style or substance with the rest. I have to agree with >>>90833 and >>90851. How about we grow up and try and make friends instead of flinging soykaf at other lainons? Great, thanks

>>90866 Nope. It is well known fact that females are soulless and admitting them into any community is begging for it to be ruined. Since they are incapable of appreciating anything they will just start their usual chad accumulation routine and wreck your community. Gatekeeping women is the only morally correct decision both in internet and in real life.

>>90867 never let a female change you, they come for a reason dont you think?

>>90866 physical traits define who you are, they define your personality and your interests and your capabilities. Actual women are quite rare in our space. Not entirely nonexistent, but quite rare, so very often when someone says they're a girl (btw) its a stupid attention grab by someone who's just a glitterboy. Not always, but quite often. If you're actually a girl please just try to pretend to be one of the guys, its less annoying.

>>90869 i've considered that given how fuarrrking retarded men are on here

>>90867 We have been here since the beginning. You cannot altogether get rid of women in your online spaces, no matter how hard you try. I hope the stress from that fact makes you bald faster. ^_^ ♡ ☆

>>90872 who cares about some chadless foid, just focus on grind.

>>90869 >our space you're doing it again this space is not nor ever was yours. lainchan was made by someone who hated the rise of r9k and incel males on 4chan there have always been female staff anonymous does not belong to you

>>90871 not gonna get bald over a woman though, got plenty other reasons. still, that's beside the point. women are a disaster, feminism - a mistake. it's understandable that would favor lainchan with your presence but i though it'd be beneficial if you knew that your presence is never going to be welcome on the ship

>>90874 >anonymous does not belong to you Of course not, and this is the problem: the fact women are willing to constantly break anonymity anywhere online, just to try punctuating that they're women and gather attention, is one of the many reasons imageboards even exist in the first place, and also why we're all here, this thread is no different. You all always bring normal persondom anywhere you step in, you all got nothing of good to offer, nothing other than wanting to gather attention from some internet strangers to boost your ego, while showing no care for anything and destroying discussions online with how irrational you are (and no one can even remotely disagree since that would "coward" or "toxic", we shall lower ourselves more and more to accommodate the ladies, it's never enough). Listen up, go back to your Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, or any other normal person social media site that you came from, where you can expose yourself 24/7 and gain all the proper caddle attention you all want, while some multi-corporation profits out of your ignorant mob behavior, sure these people will welcome your completely pointless presence and hysteria way more than some niche imageboard about computing and esotericism. None of you even try to correctly write your posts with proper english, you don't belong here.

>>90876 >>90878 This thread specifically asks for age, sex, and location and you're mad at women for "breaking anonymity" yet not at men for doing the same thing. The retardation here is absurd

>>90876 >the fact women are willing to constantly break anonymity anywhere online, just to try punctuating that they're women and gather attention, is one of the many reasons imageboards even exist in the first place, and also why we're all here, this thread is no different. as another lain helpfully put it you are projecting an archetype. this "fact" is not only evidently wrong from this thread, its also deeply untrue when you consider that one of the originators of anonymous culture, girlvinyl, was a woman. as for the imageboard format it was ported to english in 2003 by moot who has spoken extensively about how people like you are the cancer that ruined everything. just check on 4chan itself: https://4chan.org/4channews.php?all#oldnews >Sorry, but no. 4chan is open to everyone, and I WANT people outside of ADTRW to use it. The quote "a comprehensive english based resource for the collection and distribution of yaoi and dickgirlz" (previous title), is simply one of comical value, a kind of inside joke. Why did I choose this seemingly horrid sentence as a quote? I had no clue it would offend anybody... sorry guys, but sarcasm is prevalent on the internet as well as real life! later on he states: >In January 2011, I fuarrrked up. Frustrated with /r9k/ and /new/, I removed them from the site. It took this exchange (continued here) months later with the founder of Encyclopedia Dramatica for me to realize how wrong I was. Shortly after, I re-added them and apologized to the community. Since you are obviously new, for your information that founder was girlvinyl. So, not only are you deeply confused about the history of imageboards, but your community would not even exist if a woman didn't tell moot to bring back your home boards in the first place.

>>90881 He is not projecting an archetype, that's not what the word projection means. > moot who has spoken extensively about how people like you are the cancer that ruined everything It's a good thing then that none of moot's words are considered seriously by anyone who's familiar with him because he has consistently been more controlling than an average BB forum moderator. Writing a bad port of 2chan, administrating it like an idiot directly causing communities to be fragmented even more than they originally were, then handing over the website to hiro who's even more incompetent relieves him of ever being considered an authority on what imageboards should be like. > home boards And ironically you continue the trend of assigning archetypes by assuming that having a particular opinion means that you must originate from a particular board. /r9k/ and /new/ and their offspring have always been the worst subsets of imageboard culture and part of the reason people use altchans is to avoid /r9k/-culture. moot being a wannabe dictator who booted boards off on a whim doesn't make girlvinyl an angel for convincing him to bring those boards back.

>>90881 >t how people like you are the cancer that ruined everything. translation: submit to foids.

This is a friend finder thread, wherein the OP has a category for sex/gender. Don't believe someone is whatever they say they are? SO DONT MESSAGE THEM THEN! Problem solved! Wow

>>90888 >This is a friend finder thread, wherein the OP has a category for sex/gender. https://adultfriendfinder.com

>>90884 >that's not what the word projection means lol >It's a good thing then that none of moot's words are considered seriously by anyone who's familiar with him you talk about moot and hiroyuki as if there was ever someone whos evidently good at running an imageboard, but there isn't. except kalyx of course, and naturally also appleman. > doesn't make girlvinyl an angel for convincing him to bring those boards back. of course not, none of these people are angels and none of us are either, that's the point that we don't have to be on anonymous imageboards. moot being 16 when he started 4chan should illustrate moreso than anything these people didn't intend to be seen as leaders that wound up being much larger and having more cultural impact than they were expecting, which people often miss the point of by being opportunistic orbiters or getting weirdly idealistic. 4chan was never intended as a free speech zone and in spite of being a resilient gay porn directory it was also never intended to be for men to freely express themselves of women's judgment. that being stated like you said mootchan while unsustainable was evidently preferable to the whole RapeApe / hiroyuki situation. > /r9k/ and /new/ and their offspring have always been the worst subsets of imageboard culture and part of the reason people use altchans is to avoid /r9k/-culture. I'm not actually sure what we're disagreeing on at this point as those are my feelings too. you give the impression of needing to contradict everything I say and then tell me back what I was saying I think you would understand my perspective better if you paused for a moment to listen.

>>90908 >you talk about moot and hiroyuki as if there was ever someone whos evidently good at running an imageboard There have been a handful of imageboards with mostly flawless administration, but in the spirit of being a gatekeeping kike, I'm not going to name them. >except kalyx of course, and naturally also appleman. And I don't think appleman is a good owner despite using his site regularly. The blackbox filters that he installed make the experience worse for almost all genuine users regardless of if the filters do prevent spam. I miss kalyx. > 4chan was never intended as a free speech zone Of course not, it was meant to be (reiterating my point) a bad 2ch clone but it was also a refuge for FYAG users because lowtax used to be the Mao of forums. So if we're debating teleology, being a "free speech zone" was actually one of the reasons why 4chan flourished because people fed up with SomethingAwful had somewhere to migrate to. >I'm not actually sure what we're disagreeing on at this point The disagreement lies in awarding "originators of anonymous culture" to people like moot and girlvinyl and also in the argument that views that are distrustful of «women» in spaces like these originate from boards like /r9k/ or /new/. I don't disagree that those two boards are cancer but using them to create strawmen by association to handwave away views that have existed since before 4cvck was born is disingenuous.

>>90942 i haven't personally seen much persisting with "woman btw" unless it came up in the context of the topic. The thread asks for a lot of info (sus!) including gender. So I don't think someone writing "23/F/states" is attention whoring. (and if someone deems it attention whoring, then why get all triggered and give attention? Wouldn't ignoring actually solve that problem? Instead thread gets derailed) Also this is /hum/. Topics that are gender-specific are bound to come up once in a while. There are plenty of other boards where it's almost impossible for such topics to arise. If someone on /sec/ said "2FA is increases security, woman btw" that would be attention-whoring. But it's sad that in threads like these there are specific individuals for whom their brains evaporate the moment someone mentions they are a woman. You get to hear the most deranged nonsense. And the trans part is largely irrelevant, because chill, you are not about to get married with that anon, so why care if they are MtF or F? I replied to you, because your reply was coherent and less misogynistic, and ignored the rest. it's that easy. You'd think that after 20 years of being on the internet people would know how to respond to attention-fishing. Unfortunately most of the demographic here seems to have the maturity of a fetus.

>>83333 personally like the takyon x Let there be light mashup by plufaduff, justoce and death grips are my favourties

>>90942 >>90943 lainchan has always tried to have more women on it than other tech places because the previous administration (kalyx) tried to make it friendlier to girls and was harsher with moderation towards stuff that was too boys-club-y. this influenced a few important decisions like the initial selection of boards and the pornography ban. appleman doesn't care about sexism (except when it violates the rules) or gender ratios, but the legacy remains and those older users aren't too far away -for instance, one of the deleted boards was even recreated on another website. its not uncommon when people outside the site talk about lainchan as "cyberpunk for girls", I've heard it like twice now. >In my estimation over 50% of people claiming to be women are trannies. this is a wild assumption and goes to show a problem with some of the attitudes being expressed. not a political or moral problem necessarily, simply a matter of being incorrect. For starters, the tech industry is about 20-30% female, and possibly about 40% for STEM more broadly[1][2][3][7]. all of FAGMAN hires above 33%.[4] which is not a majority but still much higher than 5% - even if we assume lainchan is unusually male dominated due to it being an imageboard and due to the presence of guys who harass us off the site, I can't see those numbers being lower than 10% - >2 standard deviations below the mean. for context, in a normal distribution all data >2 standard deviations outside the mean comprises only 10% of the data, 5% on each side. while it would normally demand a serious degree of certainty to claim that 95% of online tech spaces are less male-dominated than lainchan, my point is that even in such an extreme situation the site would be more female than your 5% estimate. As a side note, the "male spaces" issue is allegedly described primarily by young people across the industry and is stated to put off 30% total, though this could also include racial minorities.[5] Now, the trans part of the argument is where things get difficult as there is much less data on specifically trans women in the field. it is widely, anecdotally recognized that the proportion of trans women in tech is greater than other fields. however, a lack of data generally shows that the amount is not statistically significant - typically meaning that its a very low number, I don't remember what heuristics I used when i was a maths student but typically if your proportion is smaller than the variance then its insignificant. In the case of transsexuals, I think another factor comes into play that a high proportion of male-to-females present as male or "boy-mode" in their everyday or professional life and might not identify or be identified as trans women in industry surveys - a data source I found claimed that 40% of lgbtq people are not out, and 70% feel they experience discrimination[5]. this would be the opposite of how they identify online, however, and would contribute to the seemingly higher rate of trans on lainchan. that assumes a number of things however - that you actually work in STEM, go to the office, and that you're able to identify every or a significant majority of female-presenting trans person as such. Counter-intuitively, it would actually mean the image of women in the tech industry as trans was smaller than you think, because a significant proportion of those trans were identified as male. From my own experience, I've known of trans identified persons who "boy-mode" or "man-mode" at work but identify as trans or female online. So to make a long story short, you had a point when you said that trans persons might be more represented online, and lainchan in particular, but if it were true that trans persons did this online then it would mean that a much higher proportion than 10% were women-or-trans on the internet. my guess is that, contrary to what might be reflected on, say, instagram, there is a serious tendency of these individuals to lurk and not interact rather than to post, due to data ive seen about other sites like twitter or reddit. I want to throw in some other data I found because as u can probably guess by now I am autistic and have a maths education with nothing to do: in 2020, only 1% of programmers identified as trans according to stack overflow[6], women in computers has been in a decline since 1990[7], there is also this study with some more interesting data, like how cisgendered females are proportionally more interested in STEM than trans-masculine or nonbinary identified individuals, but that there are about 4 times as many male-to-female than female-to-male individuals in stem.[https://arxiv.org/pdf/2205.01553]. [1] https://royalsociety.org/-/media/policy/topics/diversity-in-science/Annual-diversity-data-report-2018.pdf?la=en-GB&hash=B049E38B95ECE42FC4B2B7A2A6079DD9 [2] https://www.theiet.org/media/press-releases/press-releases-2024/press-releases-2024-january-march/8-march-2024-over-one-million-women-now-in-stem-occupations-but-still-account-for-29-of-stem-workforce [3] https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2021/04/01/stem-jobs-see-uneven-progress-in-increasing-gender-racial-and-ethnic-diversity/ [4] https://www.womentech.net/en-us/women-in-tech-stats [5] https://www.stemwomen.com/lgbtq-plus-in-stem [6]https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2020#developer-profile-transgender [7]https://www.dol.gov/agencies/wb/data/occupations-stem

>>90954 >this is a wild assumption and goes to show a problem with some of the attitudes being expressed. fwiw its based mostly on irl meetings with lainchan and adjacent online community members, as well as a few cases from irc where I have a high degree of confidence. Obviously its possible that a higher proportion of lain associated women go to conferences and stuff, but these are not numbers I pulled entirely out of my ass. Talking about the tech industry is a red herring, with very weak relation to chan or lainchan demographics. >trans is not statistically significant, meaning its a low number. My estimates are once again based on experience and observation. Having been on the chan for years, on the IRC, and in quite a few lain adjacent IRL get togethers over the years, I think I have gained confidence about ~three trannies for every one probable woman I have met. These studies about the tech industry may be riddled with problems or may be perfectly accurate but lain is not the tech industry and so they are irrelevant. To be honest going to events like c3 and HOPE where contingents from lain were present, I think lainchan may be less female than many tech interested communities. No speculation why that is, its just what seems to be the case. Of course my data may be flawed. Perhaps most women on lain never mention it, and weakly imply male, so it never comes up. Perhaps they also do not go to events like c3 or HOPE at the same rates as the males. But it certainly seems like there are very few women and quite a startling number of trannies.

>>90954 genuinely one of the most useful things I've read all year form lainchan

>>90962 not that anon, just think you're full of soykaf >hr and other crap HR accounts for 2-3% of a corporation lol and about half of HR are still going to be men. >I went to a convention and saw trannies boo fuarrrking hoo, you're hypersensitive to "men in dresses" who are highly visible. all of the stuff you guys have been saying is based on loose associations for instance "lain and other communities", eve online has nothing to do with this place + chances are you think a lot of cis women are trans too not like it matters to you anyway >women are just in it for the money you can say the same thing about men and normal people, in fact my experience has far moreso that the ones in it for the money are men. women who want to get rich become anaesthesiologists and other medical professions. >most forums depend on the top three posters anyway this is true, some of the most prolific schizos on here are female.

>>90964 Not the guy you're replying too but you're way more full of sooooykaf than he is >HR accounts for 2-3% of a corporation When he said "other crap" I assumed he was referring to managerial roles which when combined with HR probably does account for atleast 25% of an average tech corpo. >my experience has far moreso that the ones in it for the money are men This might be true if your pool of "men" includes Indians and other assorted subcontinentals > women who want to get rich become anaesthesiologists and other medical professions. Men who want to get rich become anaesthesiologists, as well, that doesn't imply anything about if men in tech are in it because they love it or if they're in it for the money and neither does it say anything about women. Meanwhile his point about biologically-female participation in conferences is a measurable variable that can be used to make conclusions about who is "in it for the money" or due to genuine interest in the industry because most people don't go to conferences to sell a product. It might just be because the audiences of conferences have traditionally been male and have remained as such, but his point is still more relevant than "women who want to get rich become anaesthesiologists". Picmayberel.

What in the everloving fuarrrk are you people even arguing about

>>90974 terminally online and socially isolated, talking about gender roles and jobs! Oh wait was this thread is about friends?

>>90975 >socially isolated Gee whiz I wonder why As a certified "I don't give a rat's ass what race or gender you are" individual it would be great if these smelly troglodytes would fuarrrk off and let me find friends in peace

>>90964 You got upset and so your logic turned off in favor of being contrarian to get back at me. The argument was people doing work for money aren't going to waste their free time on it too since they have no interest in it beyond getting paid. In other words you cant use a job as a measure for people's willingness to waste time with the same field as a hobby. That's why i mentioned gaming statistics because nobody is getting paid playing games in their free time (streamer outliers don't impact stats) and the gender gap by game type is 99%/1% and not the dreamy 70%/30% other dude envisioned. Autism simulators are 99% men while lifesims/dressup games are women dominated which showcases genders are heavily divided by interest and you can extrapolate this division will exist not only in gaming but other topics too.

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