Is there even such a thing as 'privacy' anymore, I think we may need a new word for what we have now..

yes and the premise of identity- the one they give you in the matrix or the one you cook up here in zion -is at the root of it.

this. your given name is pretty much a slave/serf name in most cultures. if you want to change it you need permission from the master of the day.

it really is up to the individual to care about privacy and do the work that's required

good insight.

"systems of surveillance, coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission" V for Vendetta

I'm an ex professional webmaster, during the late 90's.
privacy, I have judged, does not exist on this worldwide internet thing. vpn's - give me a break. using brave and that's about it

in my opinion, that there is any sort of privacy anywhere on the colourful web is mere fantasy

That quote from Edward Snowden is perfect... it always shuts any “nothing to hide” snobs up instantly!

One Love
-SMONKEY

I often wonder if the people who have "nothing to hide" would be happy having cameras in all rooms of their houses so that Government-appointed snoops could watch them to CONFIRM that they've "nothing to hide"? If they're not OK with that then surely that suggests that they MUST have something to hide after all 😉. Cheers!

been out the web arena for ages right, went to peru met a girl stayed years.

peer to peer ok vpn works. but i, personally, don't care what porn site is active or give one about your location etc. The infrastructure of the everything cares about that sort of data and, well mate, my first job was in web security, freshboutta dragon court, Holborn, london. as more of a digital designer bit of flash at the time. to the infrastructure vpn - lit like tree

Doctor Doc is what your're asking for, answers to any medical questions. More specifically there is Cancer is My Bitch for cancer issues and Well provides anonymous medical tests for many conditions.

Sure I can help. by pointing out that only a masochistic fool asks for medical advice online.

I offer limited dentistry on the diagnosis side.

PM me if you’re still wanting help, not a doctor but have extensive knowledge.

yes.

Yeah every fireman I know has a job or 2 on the side

'Parabiosis' - also known as vampire facials in Hollywood. Yes that's right, Kim Kardashian has aborted fetus blood rubbed on her face. This is common practice. Loreal also a whole range of more expensive products with this in it. Also 'Blood boys' are a profession. This is a rabbit hole you don't want to go down as usually the source of this blood is disturbing.

A vampire facial is carried out using a person's own plasma that's separated in a centrifuge from their extracted blood

yes very creepy when money is traded for life itself but it seems an ethical market is possible as healthy people have a surplus and all the means for extraction and testing are really well established.

Andrenachrome?

You don’t need much. Just a tiny taste.

What is epigenetic treatment consist of?

Also did you know that you can slow down your biological aging by eating right, exercising right and your mindset plus environment by up to 3 times

FB had something to say about the normalization of corruption that describes our time:

“When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.”

Santa Claus Goes Straight To The Ghetto

james brown has a version ;)

#1 goes to the Reverend

Doggy Dogg Christmas

Asda 3 for a quid

green honey

New from portugal: greenhoney

Green Honey

Nero

We are based in the EU and are shipping all over 🇪🇺🇬🇧

i couldn't find you and i think i found the reason: you dont specify what country you are shipping from and "multiple countries" seems to put you ate bottom of the items wall.

We ship all over EU with great success

Hootan, shipping from Spain

greedy cunts they are, when people need help they still want billions more for themselves

gotta love how they spend it though

masks were a lot more fun back then

it's really hard to imagine what satisfaction they can receive from more money

Apparently Jordan is quite chill. Haven’t been but have seen a documentary following a guy (Levison Wood) travelling around Arabia and definitely Jordan is more relaxed than some surrounding countries. Also Petra is in Jordan which looks amazing

Istanbul is one of the friendliest big cities on earth.

Agreed, I went to Istanbul during Ramadan a few years ago and it was fantastic. Highly recommend that city, just a beautiful place and the food is amazing!

Cheers. BB

My Auntie and her “friend” went to Turkey during Ramadan and she said it was nightmare. Agreed that it was a beautiful place and the food was beyond superb.

Egyptians are hard to beat however you slice it.

I dunno, they didn't do too well in the Suez war... And I'm pretty sure the ottomans beat them a couple times too.

Malaysia & Indonesia definitely worth a mention! Very underrated as tourist destinations. Azerbaijan is a fairly secular Muslim nation, with a big drinking culture & nightclubs, same goes for Kosovo. Friend of mine visited both & had a great time. Apparently Kosovans love Brits. Morocco is very regional, but always friendly. I've never been but some of the best & most hospitable people I've encountered come from there - a colleague of mine gave me a big chunk of hash at work once because he was despairing at the shwag I was smoking (pre-LB days!).

Most ‘ordinary’ people are friendly and accommodating wherever you go, it’s the extremist hardline cultists in positions of power that are the cancer. Look at the U.K. for a hardline extremist cultist government!
Anyway, the Turkish are generally friendly.
There’s the Maldives and Tunisia which are also relatively safe.

"look at the UK for a hard-line extremist cultist government" I don't even know how to begin to comprehend this level of hilarious stupidity.

Look at the Afghan govt, sure, North Korea go right ahead... I'm not sure you understand what extremism actually is, or what the UK government actually does, I'll give you a hint though (you're a moron)

Also turkey being relatively friendly compared to the UK? I think you need to lay off the bud, bud.

However Tunisia is fantastic for a holiday, I can't fault that.

you had a point till you insulted the bigga

The fact you had to stoop to childish insults shows that actually you are the moron. :)
I’m pretty amused that you got so worked up about a bit of sarcasm, your medula oblongata kicked in before you had a chance to think!

Just given the genuine extremist governments out there, and the untold suffering extremism caused if it was a joke, it was in poor taste. The UK is a pretty progressive state and we should acknowledge that, it's not perfect by any means but it's safe, mostly fair and equality actually matters here.

Care to comment now seeing as interest rates are rising dramatically up due to kamikaze kwarteng and his sidekick?

I wouldn’t consider potentially putting families out of their homes and onto the streets because of some randian ideological monetary fantasy (tax cuts) to be any where near safe or fair.
Hindsight is a wonderful, wonderful thing my love….

You're right to call out a casual use of 'extremism' but, after watching our welfare state and essential services either systematically dismantled or sold off to profiteers, I'd have similar difficulties with your use of 'progressive'.

With like 220b given away on benefits to people abusing the system, 200b on our beloved NHS and that's just the tip, it's no wonder the government is cash strapped and trying to cut costs and sell off some stuff. Think having a classic car then having 5 kids without increasing your income (for args sake 70k a year), pretty soon the Ferrari will have to go will it not?

It's much, much more complicated than that of course but I don't particularly hate the government, and I can't think of another countries government I'd rather live under at the present time (mortgages in Holland are pretty sweet though)

I get tired of seeing anti government attitudes literally everywhere but mostly coming from people living off the state, I agree the welfare state situation is completely fucked up and should be wayyy stricter and harder to get and go with a healthy dose of stigma but I've literally heard people say "working is for ants" while drinking cheap cider paid for in JSA haha my faith in humanity dwindles but I have hope for our government!

I stand by progressive, very few places are anywhere near as free and fair and equal as humble old blighty. And yes, god save the Queen. 😂

My friend went to Iraq before lockdown and had a brilliant time. Iraqis are very friendly and tjough there are issues a well run tour will be worth it. Some of the architecture looks incredible.

I'd say pick a muzza country you like a go for it.

Being of Islamic faith I'd say most muslims actually really like modern American and European culture, it fits very well with our cultural structures.

As a non Muslim in an Islamic country, as a guest, you will be treated very well.

Only thing I would suggest is inglis88 mentioned Balsall Heath, cuzi is chatting bubbles. Sounds like a hater, it's just like any other urban area around the world, I should know. I just passed through it.

I travelled around SE Asia for a few months and I loved Lombok in Indonesia. We were stopping at a homestead that a Muslim family owned. They don't drink but were more than happy to get alcohol in for us travellers.

Indonesia in general I really enjoyed as well as Malaysia.

I'll vouch for Morocco. You've got to be streetwise of course, but a beautiful country with kind and generous people. You soon tune out the prayer calls.

I hear Baghdad is nice this time of year.

Saddam Hussein went out shopping one day. Upon his return he was greeted by Uday, who said “what’s in the bag dad?”

Be prepared for the constant megaphone blasting prayers. Try to get a room as high and soundproofed as possible;)

i actually enjoy the meditation breaks, especially the feeling that people all over the world are sharing the moment. as long as i'm in the right time zone ;)

Even at stupid o’clock in the morning when trying to sleep?;)

I have been to a few Muslim places and am now sick of it. Just like if I see another temple or church;)

Savile Town is friendly

Try Balsall Heath.

And it's marketed in very sophisticated ways through social media. This article explains how it works.

This makes a nice tldr:

well it's a fucking "sale event" now

Not just US

fear is a service and we all subscribe

And it's shipped all over the world.

I agree. There is individual fear, and collective fear. Individuals in America have stressful lives and poor parenting for the majority. Individual fears that hold people back include fear of death, fear of failure, fear of inadequacy (not being good enough). Mass fear includes fear of authority, fear of pandemics, fear of being taken over as a country. Fear can be dealt with by acknowledging and facing the fear with nonresistance. Still, fears are often not recognized because they are not on a conscious level. I do believe that meditation, psychedelic therapy, and transpersonal therapy can uncover subconscious fears and be released from their power.

True all to this but how do you think this is different from country to country.

State-sponsered fear is not unique to the US. Capitalism and communism both generate fear, but in the US, where capitalism has run amok, it is more subtle. US citizens tend to believe that they live in a democracy, yet there has been no progress in the 1 percenters sharing resources with the middle class and poor. Individuals have less rights to express their views because the powers at be that transcend political parties control the agenda of the media and the government. Through TV and other newspapers, citizens are programmed to live their lives in a controlled state of mind. The most pertinent of issues do not make the headlines. I could elaborate more, but just note that societal fear is a response to the denigration of individual rights, where the average citizen thinks that nothing they do or say will be acknowledged or change anything.

There is supposed to be a live action movie coming out at some point in the future. I thought there would be a third season but l guess l am wrong.

Excellent anime!

A.D. Police?

Absolute classic

Steins gate is class. Time travel sci fi. Bit of a slow burner but get past the first two episodes it’s quality on Netflix as well.

you sent me back

Haha yeah mate one of the intros I don’t skip

I second Steins;Gate, may start off slow but gets really good!

Steins;Gate is brilliant. Some unique characterisations and a great, but inevitably confusing, take on the time travel concept with a ton of real world references and conspiracies. Solid choice. However, I highly recommend this viewing order: Steins;Gate episodes 01-22 then episode 23β (alternate version of 23), Steins;Gate 0 episodes 01-23 (you can watch somewhere online or on Crunchyroll) then original Steins;Gate series episodes 23-24. Sounds confusing lol but honestly this is the best way to experience the story.

Splendid bigga, are you writing this from Akihabara or CERN?

7g of dried psilocybe cubensis in pure darkness

yes im on season 7

Don’t know if this is a mad suggestion or if literally everybody has seen it. But the Animatrix ?

9 (I think) half an hour animated films set within The Matrix universe. All are interesting and well animated, but a few are stellar.

There’s one created by Shinichiro Watanabe, of cowboy beebop and samurai champloo (my personal favourite).

If you haven’t seen it, buy the dvd and watch it; if you have seen it, back me up!

Peace

animatrix rocks

back that matrix up, it's awesome.

the back and forth between ghost in the shell and the matrix gets its best iteration right here.

Not so much science fiction but I really enjoyed Deathnote.

Terra formar, valvrave,gundam00

dig this thanks

Terraformars (テラフォーマー, Terafōmā) are evolved humanoid cockroaches who live on Mars. They possess physical traits and skills that greatly surpass those of normal humans. They also appear to be somewhat intelligent and have a natural hatred for humans; much like how humans hate cockroaches.

Kaiba does the job.

Finished kaiba the other night from this recommendation. Thought it was class, trippy as fuck.

I love the premise here with the mind-body interchange but its really hard for me to get past the drawing. It seems more like something out of Spain in the 1930s than Anime.

Rick n morty.

Agreed

Getting through Parasyte on Netflix. Enjoying it, worth a look in my opinion!

Was about to say this, superb Anime!!

Also, an oldie but a classic is "The guyver" bio booster armour!!!

Lmao the guyver!! My first anime, fucking loved it. Might have to give it a rewatch.