music edition
>>76534884
>tfw homosexual
Tony Blair was the greatest political mind of the 20th and 21st centuries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CecApec1L7c
I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
imagine a world where going to the shop doesn't involved the risk of getting shot
>>76534904
agree wholeheartedly
>>76534893
No bueno
should I try grindr?
>>76534938
bit gay init?
Dreadlocks on a white female can make a 10/10 drop to a 1/10
ALALALUABALAALALUHUBUBU
>>76534946
She was already a 1/10
also
>implying white women can be 10/10
i hate my canadian redneck accent
wish i just had a neutral midwestern one
>>76534942
i really want some dick...
imagine living in a place where quoting one of your countries best leaders could get you thrown in jail lmfao
>>76534976
OOh ya, yu betch'ya
Are you the anon that said he was going to listen to Kate Bush after I said she was the 80's Grimes?
>>76534978
definitely proper gay
I warned this general, but did they listen? No.
>>76534988
the uk is a bizarre and alien place. i really dont understand their faggy culture at all and we speak the same language.
>>76534909
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_oQXFWambc
lamo
>>76535034
shocking
>>76535018
>>76534988
what is so important to you about being able to be a massive dickhead to people?
why do you think you should be allowed to?
if you aren't going out of your way to offend people then nothing will happen to you - and we have the freedom to not be harassed in the street unlike you lads
>>76535034
nothing wrong with a little corruption.
whats that one archive with every book available for download?
I found a book I want to dig into
God tier
>mild southern accent
>Midwestern (only on girls)
good tier
>New York accent
>Pacific Northwest accent
sufferable tier
>thick southern
>Midwestern (guys and ugly girls)
annoying tier
>Californian
>Jersey
>>76534997
OP here, I think Grimes is absolutely trash but I love Kate Bush
>>76534988
looking into the case a bit:
man saying racist things in public
pedestrian offended, calls police
police ask man to move
man refuses to move
gets arrested
makes sense to me lads, whats wrong here?
shant reply to someone so beneath me
brits are queers
>we have the freedom to not be harassed in the street
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXpkOwJkTcQ
>>76535085
b-ok.org
>Why yes, I do listen to Radiohead.
>>76535103
please use a proper news source mate, this newspaper has terrible standards
>>76535112
criminal offence sweety
of course doing this would be protected legally in your country
>>76535114
thanks
>>76535099
It's all the same.
Americans have no culture.
>"B-but every state is like it's own country"
kys
tr*mp going to bomb assad again
fucking hate this retarded orange faggot
Who could have seen this coming? What a surprise isnt it.
>>76535099
i like the californian accent on a woman way more than new york accent on anyone.
imagine actually living in such a pathetic nanny state that you have zero freedoms to defend yourself and yet surprisingly have one of the highest violent crime rates in the west
>>76535159
>may have
I may have fucked your mom.
>>76535149
>>76535174
>be american
>get shot
hahaha ahahaha ohohoh hehe aha
i wanta NASTY LITTLE JEWISH princess
>>76535174
>zero freedoms to defend yourself
self defence is a valid defence for most assault, gbh, abh and murder cases lad. Luckily neither are likely to have guns
>>76535101
wow
Need you to calm down
>>76535157
literally his best foreign policy decision so far
watching you lads cuck around and hand the middle east to russia and iran has been frankly pathetic
>>76535099
New England and Southern accents are fucking trash and you know it. Only good ones are West Coast.
>>76535157
you know its a false flag when they start talking about chemical weapons before it happens
not surprising since Israel has been bombing SAA positions near the Golan Heights, but god forbid they bomb the ISIS pocket on their border
Can't will myself to drink more whiskey
very strong
>lame county
*vomits*
stop and consider for a minute that this actually happened in a (((first))) world nation and that criticizing it today could still get you thrown in jail if you were unfortunate enough to be born in the impoverished third world shithole like britain LMFAO
>>76535258
FOY
thoughts?
>>76535218
strong british genetics
>>76535245
think you underestimate the power of your intelligence services lad
>>76535258
how are you so triggered mate? I'm sorry there are easily stated facts demonstrating how terrible your country is, but you just need to accept it sweety.
HE DID IT AGAIN
I can't.... take it
>>76535273
What makes Clackamas county bad.
shant reply
>>76535293
You live there
>>76535279
>think you underestimate the power of your intelligence services lad
t. 2003
>>76535282
kys
>>76535303
I live in Multnomah count
>>76535273
I too like Klamath
>>76535300
>he keeps a brit bully folder because he knows how easily bantered his country is
oh sweety xx
just found out portland is in oregon wtf. thought it was in washington
>>76535215
sorry I didn't mean to say it so harshly, I just don't like grimes
wow another day spent on the internet
>>76535319
It is
There can be more than one city of the same name
>>76535310
Lying is bad Clacky
door just opened for no reason
if it was a mouse i'm gonna throw a fit
>>76535308
that was a political decision to stretch intelligence to justify a war
your intelligence services knew there in all likeliness weren't wmds
t. did a big old thesis on this
fixd
Does anyone like Björk, Sky Ferreira or fka twigs?
>>76535345
>no key
loser
>>76535319
There's also a Portland in Maine
>>76535342
>t. did a big old thesis on this
WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THE "t." MEME
>t. newfag
>>76535342
yeah and I can't imagine why the US government would ever do that again or want to justify disposing another Baath regime
>>76535342
>Doing a thesis on a foreign nation's foreign policy
>>76535363
That's a lie.
>>76535370
It has something to do with Finland, as do all good memes.
OFFICIAL /CUM/ POWER RANKINGS 3.0
/CUM/ SLEEPOVER THEMED
0- me, sinaloa, caraposter
WOULD LET SLEEP IN YOUR BED WHILE YOU SLEEP ON THE COUCH GAP
1-henrico, virginia
2-oyster gay
3- ravioly county
WOULD MAKE BREAKFAST FOR THEM IN THE MORNING GAP
4- huntsville alabama
5- whatcom county canada
6- lane county oregon
AIR MATTRESS GAP
7 clack my ass
8-cucks county
9-denmark
SLEEP ON THE BACKYARD WHEN IS 100 DEGREES OUTSIDE GAP
9000-canadians
9001- cara is bald poster
SLEEP ON THE BACKYARD WHEN IS 100 DEGREES OUTSIDE AND IS DENGUE SEASON GAP
90000001- my wife left me sinaloa poster
SLEEP ON THE BACKYARD WHEN IS 100 DEGREES OUTSIDE, IS DENGUE SEASON AND IS NEW YEARS EVE SO THERE IS CELEBRATORY GUNFIRE GAP
9000000000000001- the fucking idiot who reported my thread
>>76535379
N-nani?
>>76535370
think it's like "regards" in finland
>>76535371
assad isn't baathist in any meaningful way beyond being a corrupt dictatorship
>>76535373
it was our foreign policy as well, we gave you that dossier that you rode to war on. We knew it was shit as well
>>76535397
where am I
>>76535397
>2-oyster gay
me_irl
>start making good posts
>everyone becomes jealous of you
Quite embarrassing.
>>76535408
No one cares about you.
>>76535408
on 3.1
so apparently an i9 core is coming out and the previous versions are getting upped to "X" versions
>>76535406
he's Baathist enough for my purposes
>>76535440
yeah i suppose he did basically start a war with his own people, not quite invading somewhere else so he's not saddam tier yet
everyone gassed for odyssey? legit might get a switch just to play
>tfw no Milo Moiré gf
I started making good posts on Thanksgiving day. Since then I have become the best poster in /cum/.
>>76535472
>tits
horrible taste
>>76535472
seen her getting fingered in public
v hot desu
>>76535469
looks like itll be GOTY
need video game recommendations
>>76535500
get a life
>>76535469
Looks like shit """lad""" horrible textures and IQ
also is the same Mario form SUPER MARIO 3D WORLD i saw enough footage and played 3dworld a lot so i know.
>>76535406
>it was our foreign policy as well
Yeah nah
If the French could pout about it so could you, instead Blair leashed himself to Bush like a good mutt
>>76535436
Marketing!
Letters!
Excitement!
>>76535481
i got a boner
>>76535504
not about that life, guy
>>76535452
he didn't start the war
we know that the CIA had been working on regime change in Syria since 2006 thanks to wikileaks and the first shot was fired by an "unknown sniper" at an even that was paid for by the CIA
Assad also fired the leaders that used excess force and the order never came from him but Western funded rebels had already begun attacking Syria
All he did was defend himself and the vast majority of his people, 70% of Syrians support him
can't stop listening to pop music
Thoughts on Katy Perry?
Today is my second anniversary on /cum/.
Where is my present?
Flirting with a qt Taiwanese girl at work. It's slowly happening senpaitachi.
@76535540
@76535547
>>76535547
wish she would show her boobs already
>>76535540
What songs?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttV3ZAmvSRI
how do you even fuck up this hard. why would you admit to lying to people when you are a producer of one of the biggest news sources in the west
CNN is finished
>>76535560
Be honest, are you one of the metalfags?
>>76535519
meh, not even a bad analysis but we were more important in the intelligence gathering stage than you guys because you literally have no idea what you're doing in the middle east (and it was even worse back then). This explains why it got so fucked afterwards, because you all took charge of the rebuild with 0 knowledge of how iraq worked before you arrived
I'm glad we got involved, getting rid of saddam was the right choice at the time but yeah, it was based on the idea that our relationship with you was more important than being nice to muzzies
>>76535547
This poor girl is going insane. The Hollywood zog machine will do that to you
>>76535567
lots of rhiana and stuff from the 80s
then I ran in to the newest gta song playlist full of pop played in the radio
might just buy the game because of it
I am quite possibly the worst poster in cum
Once a guy mass replied to 15 posts with "stop shitposting" and no joke 12 of those posts were mine
SHOUT
SHOUT
LET IT ALL OUT
THESE ARE THE THINGS I CAN DO WITHOUT
COME ON
IM TALKING TO YOU
SO COME ON
Feeling an urge to blow my brains out but I don't own a gun.
>2 years on /cum/
>no present
haha
I'm going home tmrw!
>>76535603
You big baby.
why do some of you post memes from other boards?
no one gives a shit
>>76535527
*10 rubles have been deposited into your account*
>>76535595
>lots of rhiana and stuff from the 80s
Nice :3. You like 80's Madonna? Did you like ANTI?
>>76535603
*lends you a gun*
Just return it when you're all finished
>>76535606
present?
what do you want?
where do you live?
comfy
somebody talk to me
please
i need afriend
>>76535628
I've binged a few of Madonna's stuff, I don't know about ANTI but I'll check it out
>>76535635
Don't talk to me, you weirdo.
>>76535636
>he listened to /v/
what am i suppose to do with all this dick and these fat stinky donkey nuts
>>76535645
see, that's why you haven't gotten jack shit these past two years
>>76535637
Everyone hates you.
>>76535636
Nerd.
>>76535649
>he doesnt pirate to demo a game before buying
>>76535568
>CNN Producer John Bonifield admits CNN is Very Fake News
can't get my head around this way of typing
it's like you're all literally 12
I hate donuts desu. Don't know why they're so popular.
>>76535606
Drawing a toad for you right now
>>76535637
I am here
No more fear
>>76535663
Opinion on churros?
>>76535664
you read it anyways
stop being sad anon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkxIVbpDLG0&index=4&list=PLvNp0Boas723CiuhA_qJDad2r1XmAZaBw
>>76535673
Love them, specially if they have filling. And you?
fuck ALL of you
>>76535688
never had
KISS ME
PEOPLE LOVE ME
Sorry for making a mean post, I deleted it
Everything's best the first time isn't it?
Beating off was best the first time, downhill ever since, eventually your dick quits working
Drinking was best the first time, can't tell you how many times I've gotten smashed chasing that happy and loopy feeling from my teenage years and I couldn't find it before passing out
Supposedly love is best the first time but how the fuck would I know about that
The point of life is to take the endorphins you got and fry the shit out of em
I've never smoked weed before. And the first time I smoke it will be the best time. So I should make a big deal of it. Knowing that smoking weed will be as great as the first time I drank or rubbed my dick. A big party to celebrate a big day
I think I don't have a gf because I'm so good looking. It's probably just difficult for women to approach me because I'm stunningly beautiful.
>>76535690
:c
>>76535689
kiss me
>>76535575
No I listen to almost exclusively electronic music
Metal is mostly hot garbage nowadays
>>76535577
>because you literally have no idea what you're doing in the middle east
Balancing act between "three" separate factions who all hate the living fuck out of each other is a lot harder than you think, doesn't help that Dubya and Cheney were impulsive faggots
The reconstruction of Iraq was something the Bush administration thought about AFTER deposing Saddam and breaking up the police/military so it really isn't surprising that they fucked it up
>I'm glad we got involved
Sadist
>it was based on the idea that our relationship with you was more important than being nice to muzzies
It was based on the idea that America just got kicked in the balls and if you didn't do something to show support for your ally you'd look like a tool
>>76535598
Will Scandroid ever make enough music to make another album or is he just content with shipping out mediocre singles?
>>76535603
Blessed be Allah, who wisely convinced your communist overlords to keep funs out of your hands you suicidal brat
How many black people did you talk to today?
>>76535709
t. lives in a trailer park with a homo
>>76535709
>I listen to almost exclusively electronic music
Any favorite artists?
>>76535718
None.
Last minority I talked to was a mexican in Food Lion on Saturday
>>76535718
I talk to black people 5 days of the week
>>76535718
The cashier at five guys and he kept on calling me "brotha"
>>76535709
>sadist
meh, the world is a better place without saddam hussein, he was a destabilising force in the region
lost me at the last point
we charged into afghanistan with you guns blazing
we didn't really owe you iraq, but we decided to go with you to win some good boy points
>>76535709
I have no idea who Scandroid is
>>76535705
On 4chan everyone is blue eyed, has blond hair, is over 6'2' and has an 8+ dick.
Personally, I think all your opinions matter to someone somewhere.
>>76535744
That's embarrassing.
I wouldn't even go outside if I looked like that.
>>76535741
Hope you took plenty of their free peanuts
>>76535671
5000 hours in paint
How many members of ISIS are spies for the CIA?
>>76535772
*blushes*
puerto ricans are the most powerful race in the world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKuivabiOns
>i need talk to some gringo, i mucho sad
>doesnt respond
hmmm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtk69zu_fp4
John Oliver does it again.
>>76535806
yeah well im obviously kidding
Metashitposting about your shitposts is so out of style
replying to people without quoting them is my favorite mem
shut up, you loser
>yeah well im obviously kidding
heard a gunshot
hold me lads
Found the house of the fag who insulted me on /cum/.
About to shoot him with a stolen gun that can't be tracked to me.
Yeah well if anything id talk somewhere else but you would probably just mock me.
Trump's an idiot but I love him desu
Cara has convinced me avatarfagging is less cancerous than namefagging
>unmasking a word you probably never heard before
>>76535721
t. spoiled boy who wastes his parent's affluence playing games with crypto-currencies and touring Europe
>>76535723
I have a few I frequent but I'm aware that artists grow tired of the sounds they make and move on, so I mostly peruse what songs they make that I can appreciate
>>76535743
The guy who made the song whose lyrics you were quoting
>>76535858
Everyone here is basically namefagging with flags.
Canadians,i think its time for your bedtime story now
>>76535865
Not I
Im glad you hold such a high opinion of me
All memes aside, Twiggy is a 10/10
>>76535065
>if you aren't going out of your way to offend people then nothing will happen to you
Thought suppression is pretty cancerous. If people need be able to air out their grievances lest it fester inside them.
>>76535624
I'm not sad I just want to shoot myself.
>>76535896
Why?
b-but you always call me a spic that hurts my feelings and is overly confusing
>>76535901
I figure he wants to build up a resistance to bullets for the next school shooting he attends.
>>76535862
Older than you and I've been working since I legally could in this state, the money is my own. Won't say it's unfortunate my ancestors had the foresight to settle in one of the wealthiest counties in the wealthiest nations though and make themselves a living, putting someone down for that is commie tier.
>>76535901
Because I don't want to be alive anymore even though I'm not sad.
>>76535918
Why don't you want to live anymore?
>>76535862
Tears For Fears made that song in 1985..
Its on this album
Literally just banter
>>76535924
Many different reasons.
>>76535936
Tears for Fears were playing on Long Island last week, I wish I was home to see them my friend wanted to go too
>>76535895
it's not thought suppression sweety, you can think what you want, you just can't force other people to listen to your shit
>>76535942
you are extremely rude sometimes but i can handle it.
I can't find the motivation to do anything I enjoy.
>>76535949
Well don't do it.
>im not sad
>i just wanna die
>>76535968
>>76535977
>I can't find the motivation to do anything I enjoy.
That's what you'd call depression.
>leave bedroom window open
>skunk decides to spray outside
Guess I won't be sleeping anytime soon
also where the fuck is san bernardido fucking CHI we were supposedly gonna play smash today
>>76535977
I'm not sad though. It's more like a numbness.
I would never call Cara ugly, but I have zero attraction to her
>>76535977
I'm not depressed, I think I just need to find something new.
>>76535963
When am I rude? I think my teasing goes too far maybe, like I probably offended South Dakota pretty badly just a second ago judging by his reaction. I remember my friends would also get really upset with me when I was younger with my joking, I think I have trouble seeing when is too far
>>76535991
Pretend it's weed.
Some people are just apathetic about everything and everyone, I don't think Long Beach is like that though. People who are like that don't even bother posting on 4chan
>>76535968
>don't enjoy being with friends anymore
>don't enjoy video games anymore
>don't enjoy movies or TV anymore
My only escape is the monotony of wageslaving.
>buy a ton of albums
>never touch half of them
>buy a ton of books
>never touch any of them
>buy a ton of video games
>never touch any of them
JUST
>>76536004
My friends have no limits so im used to it, if something annoys me is probably because of my mood.
And like ive said beore im kinda fed up of my friends right now so that kinda bantering attitude annoys me to a T right now.
Say hello to dad
and shake his poor hardworkin hand
and send a picture
of mother
if you can
>>76536048
I used to do the same with DVD's
>>76536048
>tfw do the same thing
It's like I don't allow myself to enjoy things.
>>76535916
>putting someone down for that
It was banter but okay
>>76536004
I'd be more likely to get mad at Cara than your snoopy lookin ass
Keep dreaming beanybaby
>>76536032
But wanting to shoot yourself is a bit extreme, right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnV6wM-vd9s
Literally the best war movie ever made
The zoo at my city is so fucking awful, all the animals look sad.
>kelvin timeline lite
Into the bin
>>76536084
>>76536052
One thing I remember as a child that I will never forget is that when people tease you or are mean to you it means they like you and want your attention. I remember hearing that in the first episode of pokemon
idk how can anyone find this shit funny
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw6RsUhw1Q8
>>76536132
I like it :(
i still need a friend though
>>76536114
This next shot will put me out
goodnight cruel world
see you tommorow
>kind of bothered by the fact that I don't really care about basically being disowned by my parents
>tried getting back with my ex girlfriend but realized yesterday why I broke up with her in the first place, have lost absolutely all desire to get another one
>started getting annoyed by my friends
>struggle to fall asleep
>no desire to eat anything
>>76536148
I am here amico
>>76536151
t. wasnt even born when the first episode of Pokemon aired
>>76536166
He was born in 1998?
I wonder what it feels like to be grill on the Internet?
>>76536166
>>76536181
99
>>76536204
I hope you're lying.
>>76536193
>being showered with attention with autistic betas
You don't even need to show your pussy on cam anymore, you just need to play LoL on Twitch while wearing a low-cut top.
More than a pet, you're my best friend
Too cool to forget, come back
'Cause we are family
And forgive me for making you wanna roam
And now my heart is beating like the saddest metronome
Somewhere I hope you're reading my latest three-word
poem: Gary come home
>>76536157
How old are you?
>>76536209
Why would I lie on the internet?
>>76536226
24 since last month.
>>76536244
You poor poor soul
had a few drinks buds, trying to forget that i cant be with the girl i love
want
no
NEED
a
friend
>tfw the girl you loved is literally incapable of loving
>>76536293
At least I don't know this feel.
>>76536293
2d girls aren't actually girls
Higher than a motherfucker, dreaming of you as my lover
>tfw the girl you loved never loved you and you never loved her either fuck you Kathy
tantos gringos
k más da
I find great pleasure that everytime my ex seex Cara she thinks of me and how much Cara is prettier than her.
Not 2D, just 2D heart.
>Tfw never loved a girl
>Tfw whenever you became even remotely interested in a girl it was shut down and you were BTFO so fucking hard you never developed any real feelings for her
pretty good so far, tbch
>>76536025
How do I not become one of these people? I feel like I'm heading down this road.
Cara really isn't pretty...I think you just have an eyebrow fetish
>>76536329
>and how much Cara is prettier than her
Was your ex a dog?
intact willies
>>76536350
lmao I'm the last fucking person you should be asking I failed at preventing this from happening to others
>>76536351
My ex also had thick eyebrows.
>you ruined Cara for me...i used to admire her because she has thick eyebrows, i was so concious of my brows for long time
something something
great pleasure i find.
>>76536351
Wouldn't call her pretty but also wouldn't call her ugly. She's like a strong tasting cheese that some will find disgusting and some will find delicious.
>>76536371
not in this thread
>but also wouldn't call her ug-
>>76536375
That's mean of you. Men are naturally attracted thicker darker eyebrows though I think you should tell her that rather than thinking it's a workable detriment
>tfw the jurassic park theme is stuck in my head
>>76536409
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w-58hQ9dLk
>>76536409
You're such a nerd.
>>76536408
she can suck my dick only figuretivaly.
>>76536431
Where did she hurt you? Show me on this bitbean
I absolutely love Jurassic Park like you guys have no idea.
I am happy that there are more Mexican posters.
we need less clackamas posters
>>76536491
it's a parable for the real world
don't quite like it
>>76536505
fewer*
>>76536505
wow you're so clever
fuck off
>>76536505
No we don't. We need more posters from /cum/ countries and less Europeans.
>this is considered """thick""" in mexico
never been a libcuck but kinda starting to miss when obama was president 2bh
idk what this is
I don't know what any of my webms are
>>76536408
>it's 18 years
Please tell me it's a she and not a he.
>>76536532
>he thinks this is considered a thicc latina
oh you are like a baby
the only time feminism made me upset was when elizabeth banks called Spielberg on not doing enough for women, so dumb.
finna watch some good ol jav porn
>>76536542
Fedoras on life support
Mexicans are not thicc at all tbf, if you meet a mexican who is thicc chances are she is fat.
Mexicans are mostly petite and squared tbf.
>JAV
>good
>>76536543
I thought she was a woman...
>>76536563
have a mexican sister in law and she is indeed very petite and square
>>76536563
my gf is salvadorian. shes 5'1 95 pounds and has a hour glass figure
>>76536562
I shouldn't have posted this.
>my gf is salvadorian
>>76536578
Oh fuck she's Australian. British and Australian accents on women sounds like sonic aids. I wish all women looked like her though.
>>76536609
Didn't you date a Salvadorian?
*puts on some jazz*
>>76536601
I have found that if you love life, life will love you back. Always never give up.
>>76536618
hehe
i mean just think about it mexicans are white + indians, whites aren't thick neither are indians (Who relate most to asians, not blacks or abos as some of you think).
>>76536582
Chances she has black blood if she is thic, also salvadoreans are not mexicans.
The countries with thick women in latin america are:
Cuba, Colombia and Brasil all countries with a signicant black population.
>>76536625
horrible taste
I only listen to indie rock
>>76536623
>>76536617
british accents are better than canadian accents
it's a matter of exposure sweety, you just don't hear enough of it ;)
Salvadorans are little Mexicans
f
>my gf is half-mexican, half-comanche, and all big-booty
>>76536532
Nah, THIS is thicc
Yeah my gf was 8 percent black, she even had one of the pairs of genes for sickle cell anemia
It was cool though because we were able to pinpoint her african ancestry to Senegal
>it's still lurking here
>>76536662
They have more african blood
What are you listening to right now?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSBkoEWDTEk
the thicc meme has to die
>>76536687
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6026xPnrl7I
>>76536617
piss off yank lapdog
i'd insult your country if i knew literally anything about it beyond handsome weed man, but you're irrelevant so i don't
>>76536707
>>76536661
>The UK will eventually be reduced to just half an Island and a eighth of an Island when the Scotland leaves the union
>once great empire is reduced into a bleak and cloudy shithole
>the sun never shines on the British Empire