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Fist 666

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  1. @Walid Jumblat ? I'm not sure what he left here under as he left after I did.
  2. Goddamnit. Dog diarrhea.
  3. Color: who doesn't make a black t? Who doesn't make a cherry red, jungle green, icy grape, seafoam green, etc shirt? As a vintage paint nerd it bugs the fuck out of me that a culture based around color put out just black t's. its not just 12, it's nearly every single paint company, Graff brand, etc with very little exception. Black will of course always sell, it's a staple for a reason, but I'm an advocate for doing something louder, at least on occasion. Heavyweight only. If I pay premium price for a really soft t that falls apart after a dozen wears because it's so thin I'll avoid that brand in the future. Imo simple and subtle design is better, but you've clearly invested in tech that can push the limits of what I expect from t graphics, and I don't think you've made anything I ever didn't think was dope and balanced, so I'd say trust your gut. Packaging doesn't even register as a concern for me. I've appreciated opening my 12oz shirts and seeing the effort and thought that went into it, but I also see it as material waste bound for the landfill. It does set your brand apart from the competitors, for whatever that's worth.
  4. Wifi almost everywhere. Homebuying threads on graffiti forums Bluetooth in cars. A general belief that this nation is on the verge of collapse.
  5. Different viewpoints aren't inherently valuable. A lot of old school, formerly active members fully quit this forum (I left for two years and only came back because another mod asked me to) because what made this place great for the first 20 years went to shit when two fucking morons were given mod/admin powers and felt free and very right in their different opinions in every thread they posted. One of the hardest battles 12oz will face, imo, in bringing those folks back will be demonstrating/proving that this isn't a 4chan/Q/whatever-conspiracy-of-the-month haven. Crossfire had always been a madhouse, those fuckwits turned it into a portajohn that overflowed into the rest of 12.
  6. I've broken down a lot of fish in a previous career (maybe literal tons?), but this has insight and ideas way beyond anything I ever saw or thought of. It really makes me want to get a charter next time I visit FL. @LUGR and whoever else fishes, this is so rad.
  7. I was born in Pakistan and lived there til I was six. My mother also grew up a missionary kid, surrounded by other MKs, so world cuisine was always around growing up. I'll type up a recipe for what I do, there are so many variations in protein and veg and flavoring options. I haven't had a bad one yet.
  8. My neighbor in middle school had huge purple nipples, it was jarring to see, even adults would do a double-WTF-take when we'd go to the pool. We definitely let him know that he needed to be self conscious about them.
  9. Those nipples belong on an overweight mother of five. Strange.
  10. Made this a couple weekends back. Terrible photos, suck it. Maqlooba is an Arab dish I was raised on, there are several variations, it's similar to Russian Plov or a Biryani. Basically beef, onions, cauliflower, rice, salt and a shitload of black pepper. Bedouin people make this in the morning, wrap it in a blanket, move wherever they're headed, unwrap it and bam, dinner. I use towels to wrap it. Qulubuh means to flip, maqlooba is a thing that's been flipped--so after unwrapping you flip it over and lift the pot off for a tower of rice, veg, and super tender meat. Serve with yogurt and pine nuts, and more black pepper. There is some amusing irony in the last picture flipping.
  11. Ownership IS investment... whether it's the most profitable is certainly questionable, but buying land/property is certainly safe. I'm just trying to build savings to buy more property to flip. I assume I posted in this thread before, so this may be a repeat post, but I feel blessed (a very loaded word for me) to have what I have, I have earned a lot, and lucked out, too. I've done my best to build a life I don't need to take a vacation from, and my home in the mountains with just one visible neighbor (when the leaves are off) provides me that in many ways. Living urban will never work for me again, I left Denver (Thornton specifically) in 2017. The cost of living will never be worth all the other trade offs that rural living provides. If anyone is still on that $21/hr kick: get a trade, get a license in that trade, find a state with reciprocity to your license, find the up-and-coming city there, and buy acreage 30 minutes from that downtown. (Look at retirement magazines and see where is being advertised to the elderly to move to when Florida sinks). Rates will eventually drop, and if you're licensed and employable when they drop then you can make the power moves. If you're too -whatever- to buckle down with a trade and like Mercer says "trying to skip steps 2 and 3" you probably won't get past step 1, ever.
  12. Getting yelled at by DAO in 2024 seems like a strange badge of honor.
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