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"Registered : 11/8/2001 (6574.0 days ago)"

in those years, i TF'ed, roasted a TURDboy, overdid it with making drunk threads, did my best to help a lot of the people on this site realize that they're dumb and their opinions are dumb, got terminated and rose from the ashes, and never once paid for premie.

I'm not as into it now, because its all just EMCE talking to himself via BigMan157's account.

Free thread, post embarrassing pics of wolf webbers here or something

11/8/2019 10:03:02 AM

It's mid-afternoon here, or so the ship's computer would have me believe. The terminal says 15:22. My wall shows a pasture where cattle graze under a sun that doesn't shine as hot as I remember, but I haven't stood under it since I was 10.

I'd normally be asleep now. The company has me on a nootropic that's great for my focus but plays hell with my sleep schedule. There's this clanking in the hab module that keeps waking me. I spent a few hours yesterday troubleshooting, but it doesn't start until a couple hours after life support kicks over to bedtime mode.

Anyone ever heard of that? It's the damnedest thing, because my bedtime config doesn't involve any mechanical changes, so I don't know what the hell would even be clanking. I'd post the config, but the company's data security policy prohibits it. It's pretty standard, though. Only unusual thing is the nootropic I mentioned, but it's < 10 cc of solution misted over a minute, so I don't think it's part of the problem.

11/8/2019 11:09:23 AM

Found the clanking

11/8/2019 1:35:41 PM

I've written multiple books as well as blog posts and white papers for fortune 50 companies, but please, tell me how I can improve my message board content. Tell me how I might breathe life back into this bygone forum with my eloquence. Please guys, I have a match tonight.

11/8/2019 1:55:57 PM

11/8/2019 1:56:20 PM

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"Tell me how I might breathe life back into this bygone forum with my eloquence. Please guys, I have a match tonight."

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"post embarrassing pics of wolf webbers here or something"

[Edited on November 8, 2019 at 2:00 PM. Reason : space]

11/8/2019 2:00:01 PM

bttt

11/12/2019 9:00:34 AM

Took down most of the hab's interior paneling last night. I hoped that'd make it easier to locate the source of the clanking, but no dice. Without the panels, there's too much echo in the hab to pinpoint the sound. It's also fucking cold now 'cause the panels double as insulation, so I'm just out here radiating heat until I can reinstall them. I don't even wanna think about RADIATION radiation. The ship's got a counter, but of course it's on the outside...and calibrated with the expectation that I'm not ripping the inside apart.

I gotta say that the nootropic is pretty great. I can hardly feel the lack of sleep. But I'm not stupid--I know I need to sleep. Just can't with all the noise!

Wish I could just disable the mist. I'm 60% sure the noise is related at this point, but that's just my gut. Any general sleep tips? I don't have a lot of options for stopping my ears or anything like that, but maybe some kind of meditation?

[Edited on November 12, 2019 at 10:07 AM. Reason : clarified radiation]

11/12/2019 10:07:10 AM

Do you have access to apps? there are apps for mindfulness and meditation.

also there are apps for stores where you can buy noise cancelling headphones. with those, an mp3 player, and a copy of bon jovi's greatest hits, you should have a recipe for a much needed slumber.

11/12/2019 11:18:10 AM

I can't load any programs that aren't signed by the company. They don't even let me run JavaScript. That's half the reason I post here: It isn't required on anything but, like, the message board dropdown.

I'm too far out to get deliveries, so headphones are out of the question. There is a pretty generous jukebox program on the computer, though, so I can definitely put on some music.

There's a dark patch coming up, and the relay takes a while anyway, so until I can check messages again, I'm gonna put the panels back up. Might try sleeping in cargo. Not technically supposed to, and it's not comfortable, but fuck it. I'll wait for the dose then slip back there. I can evacuate the gangway so less noise travels back there from the hab.

11/12/2019 3:39:40 PM

i just evacuated my gangway, and i am not sad to see those hot wings go.

11/12/2019 5:54:30 PM

Oh, Jesus, hot wings. I miss hot wings. I miss pretty much every food, including the ones that give me the shits. The rations out here are all freeze-dried junk that will stop you right up. Shitting in a bag sucks, but trying to shit in a bag and not being able to shit is worse.

Probably too much information. Sorry. I don't do a lot of socializing lately.

I only spent about three hours in cargo. It was uncomfortable as hell, but I still fell asleep pretty quick. But sure enough, that goddamn clanking sound started up again two hours into my sleep cycle. I thought it was coming from somewhere in the hab, but I guess not. Outside? That, or it's following me. I'm not far enough gone to believe that yet. It's only two months into a three-month tour for me, and while it's the longest I've personally done, I know plenty of folks who've gone deep for longer and stayed sane.

Did inventory for an hour or so just to make sure nothing walked away. Got a ton of little parcels on board, shit like labs-on-chips and micromedia. It's kinda cool to go over it all. The nootropic has me reading faster than ever, so I might crack the documentation on some of this stuff and try to learn a little. Got fuck-all else to do with my time anymore.

Got any kitten pics? The company's got an animal gallery for my personal wall, but they only do wildlife and some livestock. Nothing you might risk forming a personal attachment to. It's an HR thing.

11/13/2019 6:36:39 AM

...uploading "encrypted_kitten_animated_gifs_folder.zip"...

I've just sent a carefully curated sampling of some of the best kitten gifs I possess. It's sad to think of all the blood I spilled just to get these...it's why I share them freely now. Never again will my pruning shears cut anything but boxwoods.

[Edited on November 13, 2019 at 9:06 AM. Reason : flow]

11/13/2019 9:05:55 AM