How did /g/ change you life?

i'm paranoid and depressed now. depressed because i can't "unlearn" the things i've come to know by lurking this place and the internet for years

i would rather be sad and aware than ignorant and satiated though

>>57396099
I bought a Dyson and forget to charge it all the time

that's about the extent of what you guys have done to me

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>>57396099
what things exactly?

>>57396117
Ignorance is a bliss

>>57396130
Did you buy Dyson sphere, anon? holy shit, that's amazing.

>>57396142
>Ignorance is a bliss
And fapping.

>>57396099
>im skeptical of every link posted anywhere.
>i hate arch with a passion
>self learned java and javascript
>didint fall for them memes
>never trust /g/entlemen's opinion on tech

>>57396131
everything we do is logged and recorded, sent to a massive data farm, where it will sit indefinitely regardless of whether you are a threat or not.

if you should ever become a person of interest in the future, they will use their algorithms to find out everything about you.
we are seen as products to companies.

the worst? nobody knows - they're all too busy surfing twitter and watching tv

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>>57396099

Better question is how have I changed /g/

>>57396099
I got a job and stopped being miserable about not ever having a gf. Still don't have one and never will, but I don't care, I put all my energy into work.

>>57396158
you cant change a hivemind of pure shit and cancer.

>>57396144
some dude on here said "get a Dyson it looks neat and I get compliments" and I, not being one to argue with results, got the electric car of vacuums and it doesn't pick up shit bit its mounted on my wall and looks nest as hell

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>>57396159
>look everyone! I dont care! Look!

>>57396176
What's your point?

>>57396178
my point is that you still care otherwise you wouldn't mention this

>>57396189
Because that's what OP is asking, dumbass?

>>57396189
this

>>57396178
>>57396159
don't lie to yourself man, its okay. you think we don't know that feel either?

just gotta learn to ignore it.
i can usually go a 4 or 5 days before the feels hit again, and you realize you're alone

PS - you're alone anon
but so am i
and a lot of other people on this board

>>57396243
But I've already learned to ignore it, that's how I managed to pull myself together and get a job.

>>57396153
People know, some idiots don't believe it because it has been more than 14 days since the Snowden leaks and most people think Snowden is the same guy as Assange who leaks anti-hillary stuff so they don't trust him.

I bought myself a Seiko watch. Fell for the meme and I love it.

>>57396159
A lot of women finds it fascinating to have someone who work. And you will get a gf eventually, women start realising that they do not have the value they used to have at about 25. Anything older than that and they will gladly ride your dick for attention and sweet words.

>>57396301
Nah, I don't talk to women at all, if by some miracle a woman actually starts moving in on me, I'd have to eventually turn her down, because otherwise everything up until now will have made no sense.

>>57396099
I installed TempleOS and regularly talk to god.

>>57396175
i got a ghibli t1,

ugly as fuck but it sucks up shit from 3 different dogs no worries.

I stopped using Linux because of how retarded the community is.

>>57396131
Who dis be? Sauce?

I started loosing friends because I started calling things a meme

I can get answers to sometimes tricky questions stupidly quick by triggering online autists.

>I wonder if [device] has [feature]?
>Make thread
>"[Device] doesn't even [feature] lmao [company] on suicidewatch"
>Get reply "you are fucking retarded [link to proof of feature] now kys"
>Make a complimentary shitpost as reply and close the tab

I now have 2000 € debt because I had to get new /g/ recommended pc.

>>57397068
Hey i do this too when i have a doubt about something, sometimes i don't even make a thread i just insult someone regarding some topic to get some info from his mad autistic reply.

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>>57397076
>he actually buys his computer parts

>>57396998
>loosing
You actually started losing friends because they realized that you're retarded.

>>57396099
I dropped out of HS, got really into Linux thanks to /g/, then got a job doing that.

It's ok.

/g/ made me go out and get a job in a non IT field and i'm so much happier knowing I will not descend to neckbeard or sysadmin levels.

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>>57396099
Learned I could get smarter, better, faster, more powerful.

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>>57397120
How'd you land that sweet gig?

>>57397300
Nepotism. Grew that into a small MSP which I run.

>>57397116
>he doesn't loose his friends
prude

>>57396117
This

I have also become more socially inept.

>>57397363
>I have also become more socially inept.

This x100

>>57396099
I switched to ganoo+linoox.

>>57396099
Installed Loonix and learned many other useful things

Even though this board is fucking garbage and annoying, it can actually be really useful

>>57396099
I got triggered with botnet programs/apps people are using.

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1] I sold my iPhone 6 and got a Note 4
2] Built my first custom desktop (i3 4330 + R9 280)
3] Tried several linux distros but ended up going back to windows 7
4] did not downgrade to windows 10
5] encoded all my FLACS to 192 Opus, saved like 40GB in the process
6] am now learning HTML and PHP web development

bought MBP 2016

I am very focused on every single line of code of mine, like /g/ would look at it and mock me for being lazy if they see it. Can say it has improved my code quality.

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>>57397838
dumbass

>>57397962
Explain this to me like I'm 5.

>>57397979
Hardware accelerated decoding

>>57396117
>>57397363
Is it a cringe thread?

>>57397979
You will have dogshit battery life and constantly be bullied by those who have kabylake processors on their windows laptops.

>>57397266
With a simple trick?

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>>57396099

i thought i was autistic linux audiophile user

then i met you guys all using thinkpads and arch

fuck thanks creeps i feel like a normie now

tldr: /g/ makes me feel normal

I have jungle fever thanks to /g/.

>>57396131
>its a guy

Because a headphone enthusiast then a gearfaggotry audiophile. It got worse.

>>57399777
>Because
I mean *became. Fuck I need sleep. Too much researching if I need $999 Focal Elear.

I bought a ThinkPad and switched to GNU/Linux from windows 8.1. I like this laptop better than my old one and linux is nice.

>>57396131
Someone please tell me her name.

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On the up side, I now have a x220 and a redmi note 3. No ragrets there

At the same time I'm not sure if studying CS is even worth it anymore

>>57399844
>her

Became a woman thanks to /g/

>>57398132
FUCK OFF NORMALFAGGOT

>>57396099
Inspired to buy bookshelf speakers.

Love them.

>>57396099
bought a thinkpad
it was a piece of crap
also getoo sucks ass

it made me realize there are no technically competent people on web forums

>>57396099
I went from a master degree in philosophy to IT tech. Now I have a job and I can put food in my plate which is nice.

Thank you fuckers.

>bought a Thinkpad
>started using Linux as my main OS
>became more paranoid

>>57396099
went from moderately suspicious of the (((corporations))) and (((big (((brothers)))))) to multiple installations of various distros on thumbdrives and sd cards everywhere. vpn on every device, pi-hole, encrypted drives and filders. only one computer still has windows on it

>I bought a Sansa Clip+, it broke
>I bought a Sansa Clip Zip, it broke
>I bought a pair of Superlux HD668Bs, they broke
>I bought a pair of PortaPros, they got stolen
>I bought another pair of PortaPros, I've had to replace the plug because it broke after two years
>I bought a mechanical keyboard for €1, best thing ever
>I bought a ThinkPad T61, the fan broke and started rattling
Most of these recommendations come from /g/ though, not neo/g/.

>>57396099
I was hetero once. Now I want to suck dicks

>ditches my HP shit and have been using Thinkpads and MacBooks only
>Only buy phones unlocked
>Buy next to nothing at best buy
>Distrust for all social media therefore don't use any
>Awareness of privacy breaches from companies and government
>No longer console peasant
>Built my own PC

Honestly, /g/ has just made me alot more frugal and savvy as a consumer WHEN i consume. I almost never buy shit anymore thanks to this website. Now I just travel more.

Thanks, /g/, it's been good.

>>57398404
>>57400024
Stop that.

>>57396099
wtf is he doing

>>57401247
This

>>57401352
Trying to get the cord out, but it keeps retracting. Or maybe he's trying to start it like a lawnmower.

>>57401542
>Or maybe he's trying to start it like a lawnmower.
kiek

>>57400168
this

although it wasn't very successful

>>57401829
post pic

It made me become a radical fanboy

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>>57396099
I used to use Arch and like to tinker with computers, cars, electronics and shit. Now I'm watching a lot more TV.

>>57396130
bagless vacuums are the spawn of satan

I'll never buy one of these pieces of crap again

if you vacuum spiders you have to pull the fuckers out again, nasty shit

I used thy o hack for fun, now just spending money for random computer parts and write codes for no reason.

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>>57396099
/g/ turned me into a trap, got me into gnu/linux, made me loose interest in video games, and upgraded my desk

>>57401077
>I bought a mechanical keyboard for €1
Can you elaborate?

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>>57402207
Sure.

i bought a mech keyboard for 2 euros when i was in austria. unused.

Aliexpress.

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It made me hate trapfaggots whereas i was apathetic about them before /g/.

>>57396099
It's good for wasting a few minutes here and there and getting mad over the retarded comments

>>57404089
kek

i post this from a t420 with arch/i3

>>57404264
god bless you anon

>>57404295
i didnt even mention the 5 packages of 98c chink shit that I await. but you too, anon, you too.

>>57396163
That's /b/ you're referring to

I wouldn't say /g/ is pure shit and cancer. Not at all. Every board will have those anons. But I really like /g/.

>>57396099
It ruined my social skills.

>>57401829
I was kidding though

>>57404797
I wasn't

>assembled a computer with a amd gpu
>tried linux
>ditched almost all closed source software
>got into private trackers
>debotnetted windows
>ditched google search
>ditched gmail
>ditched dropbox
>cleaned my desktop for desktop threads
>riced my OS
now to fall for the /programming/ meme

>>57397812
>Moved away from the security of iOS to the shitshow of Android.
>Moved from Linux to Windows, and not even the current version...
>php anything
>AMD anything

Sounds like you haven't learned very well.

>>57396099
I used to be depressed and jobless. Now I have a job as a software engineer and a cute girlfriend.

>>57404983

Thats does not exclude the depression.

>>57398188
The 4 funky tips. Godsends.

>>57398404
Please be.

>>57404963
and he deleted his flacs...

>>57396131
I wanna fuck it

>>57405297
If he was only saving 40 GB by converting them then he didn't have that many anyways

>>57404963
>>Moved away from the security of iOS to the shitshow of Android.
Are you fucking retarded?

https://www.hackread.com/ios-10-vulnerability-cracking-iphone-backups/

>>Moved from Linux to Windows, and not even the current version...
>windows 10
>good
wew

>>php anything
>>AMD anything
>your life anything

>Sounds like you haven't learned very well.
He sounds pretty /g/ to me. homosexual phones and the most recent botnet OS doesn't sounds very /g/ to me.

>>57405297
Do an ABX test between 192 opus and flac, post test results proving you can tell the difference between those 2. I'll be waiting.

>>57405482
40GB is a lot of fucking space senpai, especially since people are only using SSDs these days.

>>57405495
going to a festival to buy grapes then maybe going swimming; i'll test myself and make a lossless is best thread later

>>57405495
If you knew anything about security you'd know that Windows 10 and iOS are leaps and bounds more secure than Windows 7 and Android respectively.

I love how the link you provided agrees with me:
“Forcing an iPhone or iPad to produce an offline backup and analyzing resulting data is one of the very few acquisition options available for devices running iOS 10.”

>>57405542
>Windows 10 and iOS are leaps and bounds more secure than Windows 7 and Android respectively

okay I laughted

>>57404861
lmao

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>>57405542
>Windows 10 and iOS are leaps and bounds more secure than Windows 7 and Android respectively.
My side have left the galaxy

>>57405542
I actually laughed out loud on that one

I learned that /g/ has been BORING since falcon took away all the good build threads.

The endless pcpartpicker links to some of the funniest and most retarded builds, fanboy broscience, and aggressive arguments was the bee's knees. GPU threads are a fucking snore in comparison.

>>57405542
10/10 troll

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>>57405673
This

>>57405846
he must /b/ lost

>>57398404
I don't care, just tell me his fucking name REEEEEEEEEEEE

>>57397076
why would u put yourself in debt for a pc? how will u make a profit out of having a fast pc?

>>57405893
>making a profit out of FOSS

>>57405554
>>57405629
>>57405645
>>57405673
>>57405846
>>57405847
>>57405858
Sounds like none of you have an actual argument.

>>57405911
lol

>>57405911
dubs confirm

>>57405879
ugh nigga, you gay

>>57405629
Rofl

>>57396099

I've learn to become a dank memester that likes to shitpost on anonymous mongolian cave painting boards using a meme operating system wrote by a footskin eating fat fucking piece of shit.

>>57396152
>self learned java and javascript
As opposed to?

>>57400914
>Linux as my main OS
ree

>>57406312
>Linux isn't his main OS

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a lot of bait on /g/ tonight

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40 MiB of RMS

bought some chinese headphones

>>57406312
>>57406353

I used linux as my main OS until I built a vidya machine which sadly requires windows. I would ditch windows in a heartbeat if linux could into vidya. Hell I installed the first 8.xx ubuntu (8.04?) release jsut because I hated vista that muich. I dual booted just for dawn of war.

>>57406376
This is a terrible board. Every night is bait night.

>>57406399
Oh, you're serious. Linux is a kernel, not an OS.

>>57406423


Yeah but as we all know the best OS based upon the kernal is sabayon. Its basically gentoo without the autism (see also why /g/ hates manjaro - its arch wtihout the autism).

>>57406434
>without the autism

The whole point of Gentoo is to be autistic. You get to configure it however you want, which is the main reason to install it. If you don't want that """"autism"""" then just use Arch or manjaro if copying and pasting commands is too hard.

>>57396131
Please, I need more of this.
S A U C E P L S

>>57404264
>>57406399
>>57406434
>systemd

>>57406765

Systemd is what happens when redhat tries to mimic microsoft.

Got a eGPU while being a student abroad with a shitty 2010 laptop. Ever since life hasn't been so bad thanks to all the anons who gave me intel about their experiences

>>57396099
I bought a Thinkpad when my other laptop died, pretty sweet for $100.

/g/ actually increased my "awareness" about autism spectrum disorder, took a self assessment test, it gives me a 35, which basically means I might be an aspie which actually explains a lot in my life.

>>57396956
>>57399844
>>57405311
>>57406683
>>57401339
>>57405267

>>57406098
>>57406098
>>57406098

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>>57396099
>How did /g/ change you life?
posting here

tried linux

>>57396956
>>57398404
>>57399844
>>57406683
It's Dove Cameron from Disney you pathetic shits

/g/ got me to like feet more. Thanks guys, I regret nothing.

I mined like 13 buttcoins back in the day.

That was kinda neat, sold at $500 though.

>>57407699

also I lost like 5 coins on the /g/ pool that took everything and ran.

RIP $2500

When I first started lurking, I was a retarded python/pygame faggot who used a Mac.
Now, the Mac is somewhere, I have a pc build running Ubuntu, and am posting on a chinktop with Arch/i3
Also picked up C++, Java, and Lua
You fa/g/s inspired me

>>57406258
learning a functional language

>>57397316
literally me

I joke about stallman.
That's about it, I was /g/ before /g/.

not much because i dont need anonymous opinions to validate myself
Anyways here if you want valid help its the wrong place.

>want to buy a pair of headphones
forget it , you started a fanboy war
>want to buy a gpu or cpu
forget it
>want to buy a laptop
forget it
>want to buy a phone
forget it

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>>57396099
Look at this bullshit

I'm wearing a F91W terrorist watch right now too. I haven't taken it off in days

You did this to me

>>57396099
I started pouring copious amounts of money into my desk, essentially redecorating it nonstop with overpriced things I did not and that didn't have any positive impact on my happiness whatsoever because I wouldn't miss these things if I hadn't bought them in the first place. I could have, however, spent the money on actual experiences and that would have made a positive and permanent impact on my life.

So all in all, it changed my life for the worst and was a tremendous loss of time I can never recoup in the end.

>>57409709
I did not need*

I watched Yuru Yuri because of "g-chan, daisuki~" threads

no regrets

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>>57396099
It took me a second to understand what he is trying to do.

Holy shit that makes me laugh but that's so sad.

I USED TO HAVE LEGS

>>57396099
I now
>neckbeard
>use gentoo and arch linux
>have learned meme languages like haskell and common lisp
also, im friendless and have depression

>>57410228
how much time to master arch?

>>57410254
>master
nope, i just copied 7 commands and it installed

>>57410293
kek

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>>57396175
You got the wrong one moron. Get a Dyson dc07. They are indestructible and suck everything, mine is going strong after 11 years and I've only had to clean the brush once

>>57407418
>It's a girl
Fuck. Thanks anyway, Anon.

>>57396099
It made me realize people who use linux as a desktop OS are nuts.

>>57405893
Things arent that bad. Im from europe so zero student loans and I make around 50k a year. I pay that 2k from next months salary.

>>57410389

> suck everything

Is it fleshlight compatible?

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>>57396099
Jumped on the Linux ship in 2012 and now I'm an L3 Sysadmin thanks to /g/

Also I hate technology and technology hates me back

>>57397116
I always mix losing with loosing
Sorry about that

>>57396099
>WTF i hate AMD now
>i week later
>WTF i hate NVIDIA now
other than that and occasional use of debian, not much

When I was underaged b& on /g/ I was sick of everyone making fun of ATI so I went to school for computer engineering. Now I work at AMD under the Radeon Technologies Group.

>>57396099
i now have a neckbeard

>>57409185
i'm so sorry anon

>>57406258
having some actual education

>>57406857
This.

>>57407289
Bitches be on that decapitation shit.

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/wdg/ turned me onto some self learning courses

Then I took CS50x

Then I took a free CS50x course at a local tech nonprofit, made some demo projects, and they found me a job

/g/ is basically the reason I'm a web dev now instead of a call center drone.

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>>57399888
Whats wrong with Computer Science?

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Turned me into a cynical ass who is easily angered by the imbecils who work at phone stores but don't even know what "a qualqom snapdragon" is.

>>57409185
>mouise on the left
just die dude

/g/ got me into Linux, now I'm making 80k a year at 22.

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/g/ teaches me what to purchase by telling me what not to purchase.

>>57396099
I now associate anyone who uses the term "normies' with insecurity and self-righteous separatism.

>>57396099
I feel as if I have friends now.

>>57396099
Not at all.

>>57399795
you don't
you're welcome

>>57398328
I use to be like this

Then after being on /g/ for a few years they slowly molded me into one of them. Now I'm just another thinkpad arch ricer.

One of us one of us one of us one of us one of us gooble gobble gooble gobble one of us one of us one of us

>>57396099
Is he trying to start that vacuum cleaner like a lawn mower?

>>57396099
made me install arch instead of noobuntu