• I added an agora current events board to contain discussions of political and current events to that category. This was due to a increase support for a separate board for political talk.

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  1. manpaint

    I have a peticular problem

    So I have a very unique problem. I have way too much free time. Although I recently managed to get employed, I am now "on call" due to general lack of work. I now have entire days were I have nothing to do. I think most people agree that boredom in general is a good thing, but I think I simply...
  2. Jade

    Nihon University Professor caught falsifying academic work

    Thomas Lockley, a professor at Nihon University, has been caught colluding with Nihon University staff to promote a number of unsourced books he wrote containing falsified stories of various historical figures. Lockley edited wikipedia and Encyclopedia Brittanica articles for nearly a decade...
  3. Vitnira

    Europeans in America in 6000 BC - Historical Revisionism

    A few months ago I visited a museum that contained an exhibit about the Windover Archeological site findings. There was such dramatic historical revisionism I felt compelled to write this. If I create a website, this will be my first post. I finally feel like I have something truly meaningful to...
  4. Punp

    Tales from Gamedev: How marketers aim to be "just one of you"

    I've been in the back of a few board rooms - both real and virtual - and I've learned that advertising is exploitative and sociopathic (duh). Here are some examples, mostly from gamedev. The average phone/browser has a unique ad id which tracks users between sites (like insta/youtube) and...
  5. Ixion_SEROV

    Re-Exploring Western Media

    Some time ago, I met with some friends I used to convene with for media sharing and viewing. For the longest time, this group's focus has been on anime and manga with the occasional video game sprinkled in, but there has always been a startling lack of exclusively western televised media. The...
  6. Emmy Fitz

    Corporate Memphis - Aesthetic Highlight #20

    In "celebration" of reaching the 20th installment of my Aesthetic Highlight series, let's take an introspective look at the 2020's most defining one thus far. The infamous: Corporate Memphis (Late 2010s-present day) Corporate Memphis is an aesthetic birthed by big tech companies during the...
  7. WKYK

    Bullshit Jobs

    Bullshit Jobs are jobs that are meaningless or contribute very little to society. I learned about the idea of bullshit jobs from a post somewhere on the road a while ago, but essentially the idea comes from a book by David Graeber of the same name. On Wikipedia it summarizes the categories of BS...
  8. gathermore

    Let the Financial Reckoning Begin

    Credit Suisse is getting blown up. These are Credit Default Swaps for the Bank, soared ~300 bps above 2008 levels.
  9. elia925-6

    Corporate Memphis - Noodlearm Digital Diversity

    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 Memphis has the ability to adopt in different shapes of screens without ruining the quality by resizing...
  10. llillilll

    Corporations are the reason why we have a alt-right alt-left war.

    I would like you to check first 3 pics i attached. This is Google's way of saying they hate white men secretly, you probably never saw this before but most nazis/racist whites saw it. If one of them said google hates white men they would be right from just this image except the ceos and most...