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Here you will find obscure interesting stories you will not usually find anywhere else. They are either written by the Travelers of Agora Road or cited sources from others across the web.
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As of late, I find myself more and more anxious about the future. High housing costs, tuition, massive debt crisis, soaring inflation, you name it and it's getting worse. I doubt I'll be able to...
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I opened this thread because i want to share my reflection on web design today, The reason, for corporate memphis. Created by the design agent BUCK for the facebook redesign in 2017, Corporate...
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Scene aesthetic, webcore, Windows XP/Vista/7, etc. I know they say nostalgia works in periods of 20 years, so we're coming up on a massive revival of this aesthetic, but people who were BORN...
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This is just a thread for specific Agora Road members who we liked that has since disappeared from the forum due to inactivity whether it be life reasons or personal reasons. There are many Agora...
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I'm sure that many of us at some point took to writing in a journal, a diary, or in scattered text files on our laptops at some point in our teenage years. It's nearly been five years since I...
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I made a DnD character sheet for @MarchToTheSea the other night and i thought it was a fun and funny thing to do. Mine is a bit of a joke, andI honestly played white wolf more than DnD back in...
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Phone posting This will be a self-blog thread to document my hobo adventure I sold most of my worldly possessions and am now taking the eastern continental trail to North Carolina. I've...
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there's a website that you can draw on with people, so far I've been drawing with cognac and soma!!! Unfortunately I don't have any premium features so the whiteboard will get deleted in 14 days...
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( https://forum.agoraroad.com/index.php?threads/diary.3162/ ) (example) I think this can be seen as a classic case of wanting to put everything out into something new. Obviously OP put alot of...
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Talk about things you or people you know have done that are based. I'm not asking for the low-hanging-fruit of "I voted for XYZ", "I didn't get the vaccine", or "hippity hoppity, women are...
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Recently I stumbled upon an artist named Gao Hang, when I first saw these pieces I thought 'Wow, those are some really cool Digital Art.' But to my behold, I found out not only was it not digital...
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I've wanted to learn how to use the command line forever, but it remains a black box to me. Linux, Windows, Git; I just learn the magic commands, but I have no mental model of how it actually...
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Can be anything, from random trivia to specific game tips to life advice to how something is made/done to your weird magick occult schizo stuff or anything in-between and outside, I'm sure the...
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I love Imperial Stouts. My absolute favorite. Then all of the other stouts. Started out as a general lager guy. In addition I have no shame in admitting that I love Malt Liquor. how about you guys?
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I never had a playstation, so I'm not getting into emulation to get a feel of the games. I've played Shadow of the Colossus, Katamari Damacy and Silent Hill 2 (until it got too dark and I couldn't...
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How many of you keep a dream journal? I've been trying to keep one, but every other day I totally forgot what I dreamt. Moreover, most of my entries are pretty vague, so any advice would be...
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I'm making this thread in a somewhat desperate attempt that maybe one of you guys have been able to overcome insomnia but also just as a way to commiserate with other people with it on just how...
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I started reading on the various ways ISP's and big tech companies track and/or sell our data. I already knew it happened, but this time I got really freaked out and made myself take some mini...
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I just wanted to make thread to dump my favorite cursed images from eastern europe (i have a shitton)
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Let the wheezing commence. (And it's about time we have a proper shitposting thread too)
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One of the most consistent forms of internet media in the last fifteen or so years is the so-called "YouTube Poop," videos comprising of heavily (often crudely) edited sequences from movies...
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People are complaining more and more about how social media platforms are run. They complain about moderation, about TOS, about censorship and all that. And yet, the solution is out there and it's...
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Drawpile is an application where artists can come together and draw stuff. It's basically multiplayer mspaint Some basic rules for the time being; No NSFW or graphic content. I like for the...
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for example, here are phrases that i see myself in (might be biased and bs, but HEY, HAVE FUN!) Some_porcupine: all of them...
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With teh Googs about to delete old Youtube accounts, I thought I'd ask you guys for fun stuff to archive before the merciless hand of Silicon Valley nukes them! I've found such gems on Youtube...
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Recently the demands of my job have cooled off which has freed up my time a bit. Enough time to finally allow me to return (some of) my focus back onto my own personal projects, and also...
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We have a commie vibes thread so it's only fair we have a capitalist one too.
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(This list applies for any weapon produced after 1991 or is still commonly used by any army of the world) AK-74M (3,4 kg) (5.45x39) Galil ACE (5,56 × 45 mm-ACE 21-23) Glock 20 (10 mm) Type...
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After a decade plus of Linux desktop use I'm taking the plunge into macOS. I've got a nicely specced Mac Studio coming this week and wondering what essential applications, workflows, tools, tips...
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I have always wanted to know how to draw, especially comics, since I was younger. But even after years trying my drawings look horrible. Anybody has any tips on how to actually learn?
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Turns out some people had their vision restored by a vision implant recently. It's not super amazing, but it does work. Unfortunately, the company that promised them updates to their eye implants...
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So I've been meaning to learn Japanese properly, took some classes, got jlpt5 (which people in the know will know means jack shit) and its been a slow process full of procrastination. I was...
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Once you finally get a degree out of college or you finally move out of your parents house and live on your own. And then you get out and work at a big corporation. You hear the old saying "Today...
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This thread briefly touched on some of the issues nerd culture, which triggered a lot of thoughts in my brain. I never really understood fandoms, despite seeming to fit into the prime demographic...
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Let's talk about the ways which we'd want to change the education system, because the education system will always suck and there'll always be something to complain about. Remember that some of...
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Are watches still considered viable? In what situation would anyone want a watch when they already have a phone. A phone does everything a watch does without cluttering your wrist. Some watches...
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I know this is random but I am just inquiring on how far y'all think social media will go? In my opinion I feel it will always be here... however some apps may get "played out" or get old over...
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Sup agora users Today I'm talking about surfing. Recently I came across siteslike.org and it's far better than similarweb which just suggests >redditcostanzayeahrightsmirk, mashable, and quora for every site, and...
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I don't know if it's a common thing but I notice that oftentimes, I go to the same places in my dreams. I'm pretty good at remembering my dreams, I have a little notebook by my bedside just in...
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"Let the insanity commence/begin!"
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Hey all! I looked on AgoraRoad and I don't see any threads open about Work. As Work often robs us of about 1/3 of our lives for most of us, requires another 1/3 of our lives inebriated in alcohol...
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Hello. As I'm sure many of you are aware communities like this are heavily associated with Autism Spectrum disorder. I'm starting this thread for research purposes and hope that it does not turn...
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I've been working on a personal project for a while now where I try to map out what the internet would look like if it existed in a physical space. The space itself has its own rules and is its...
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Welcome to the agora road mlp thread. Talk about who is best pony and other mlp stuff
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