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i'm on a call and these people keep referring to people as power users - uppers and bottoms. I'm about to pass out from laughing. (i'm on mute obvs.) -- nm - Diva Sep 11, 10:45
Here's the scene from Big Brother season 2 where the contestants were told about 9/11. -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 11, 10:41
I am ashamed at myself for having to use IMDB to identify what show that actress was previously on, who joined SOA last night. - Jovian Sep 11, 10:33 1
- As you should be! - Stephen Sep 11, 10:48
ST Music Poll... Again!: This time, what is an established artist that put out new music in 2013 that compares well to what they did before? - con_carne Sep 11, 10:33 12 1
- Arcade Fire's new single makes me optimistic for the album to be another gem. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 11, 11:05
- Miley Cyrus. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 11, 10:43 1
  - I'm sure many have said this, but I love the song Wrecking Ball and blame Richardson for most of the video. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 11, 11:05
- Neko Case -- nm - JD Sep 11, 10:40
- Eminem. (No, it's not out yet.) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 10:39 1
  - I noticed the song is like #4 on Hot 100 -- nm - con_carne Sep 11, 10:47
- Ylvis -- nm - prayformojo Sep 11, 10:39
- Justin Timberlake -- nm - Strongbad Sep 11, 10:39 4
  - Kanye -- nm - Strongbad Sep 11, 10:41 2
    - I find him interesting as f*ck, even though I'm not big on the genre... - con_carne Sep 11, 10:44 1
      - How are your guys doing? - Strongbad Sep 11, 10:49
  - Pink (her duet with the guy from fun) -- nm - Strongbad Sep 11, 10:39
How do we feel about the multiple disc versions of Star Trek Into Darkness? And the fact that the commentary is only available via iTunes? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 11, 10:32 1
- Second newsgroup to the right, and straight on until the video is downloaded ... -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 10:33
New C.G.P. Grey video! Sadly, it's the rather bland "What is reddit?" -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 11, 10:31 [youtube]
now THIS is a decent and respectful way for a brand to handle 9/11 commentary ... -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 11, 10:29 2
- *retweets, considers that my "simple act of kindness" for the day* -- nm - con_carne Sep 11, 10:37
- word. -- nm - Jim Sep 11, 10:31
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- reminds me, I need to find a good cider for homebrew... - znufrii Sep 11, 10:23 1
  - what was that brewery I loved with the autumn ale that was apple flavored? I wonder if I can get that here. -- nm - amanda hk Sep 11, 10:44
- I prefer my Dickins Cider. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 11, 10:22 1
  - heh -- nm - oblique Sep 11, 10:23
- *seethes* -- nm - Meg si Sep 11, 10:21
Richard Dawkins defends "mild pedophilia", says it does not cause lasting harm. -- (link) - loosilu Sep 11, 10:14 19
- Is this kinda like 'mild rape'? - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Sep 11, 10:46
- that's not really what's he's saying. -- nm - znufrii Sep 11, 10:17 15
  - not even close -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Sep 11, 10:28
  - Sure, but the "it happened to me and I turned out OK" argument is flawed. - Roger More Sep 11, 10:23 13
    - this. -- nm - loosilu Sep 11, 10:44
    - I am very conscious that you can’t condemn people of an earlier era by the standards of ours -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Sep 11, 10:29 10
      - But neither can you say that people from an earlier era get a free pass because what they did then was considered normal. -- nm - Roger More Sep 11, 10:37 9
        
        that depends on the timescale too the longer ago the easier it is to get a free pass - DaneDukeNuuk Sep 11, 10:40 8
        
        It was only "normal" because the emperors made it normal. There are lots of Roman stories that told about how killing other family members was wrong. - Roger More Sep 11, 10:48 5
        
        is anyone arguing it was not wrong? - DaneDukeNuuk Sep 11, 10:52 4
        
        It's not exempt from them, but neither is it determined only by those things. -- nm - Roger More Sep 11, 10:59 3
        
        if morality is not except from time how does it change? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Sep 11, 11:02 2
        
        I'm saying there's an in-between area. You can't condemn them by our standards, but neither can you give them a free pass. Neither way works. -- nm - Roger More Sep 11, 11:16 1
        
        i doubt anyone has argues that you should give them a free pass Dawkins did'nt for sure - DaneDukeNuuk Sep 11, 11:22
        
        this isn't Roman times we're taking about, this is in our lifetimes. -- nm - Reagen Sep 11, 10:47 1
        
        he did also not say "it happened to me and I turned out OK" so i guess from now on we're just discussing on your own premise and discarding the real c - DaneDukeNuuk Sep 11, 10:50
    - no disagreement there. -- nm - znufrii Sep 11, 10:25
- His "not helping!" file is getting awfully thick. -- nm - Reagen Sep 11, 10:16 1
  - Jerry Sandusky would love him -- nm - eag Sep 11, 10:19
NFL Survivor Week 2: Rolling with the Patriots. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 11, 10:11 1
- (but picking the Jets ATS. Geno Smith screams garbage 4th quarter TD to me) -- nm - Strongbad Sep 11, 10:12
While true of any vendor, my biggest reason to not switch my wife from the iPhone is the investment made in music, etc. on a particular platform - oblique Sep 11, 10:08 9
- I would miss a far nicer system of apps, particularly on tablets. especially games. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 11, 10:14
- Mostly, I'll miss Reeder and Downcast. Those are apps that I don't see a good replacement on Android. - spamlet Sep 11, 10:13
- Aren't most iTunes songs DRM-free now? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 10:09 5
  - They are but I use iTunes Match to have the music streamable on all the iPods, AppleTV, iPads, etc. - oblique Sep 11, 10:10 4
    - The Google Music app for iOS is terrible (and third party). If Goog made an iOS app, they'd get a ton of users. -- nm - spamlet Sep 11, 10:12 2
      - Amazon's isnt' bad (I use it on my work phone b/c I don't have it linked up to my home account) -- nm - oblique Sep 11, 10:17
      - this is true. -- nm - amanda hk Sep 11, 10:17
    - We must go DEEPER! -- nm - The Apple Hooks si Sep 11, 10:11
- All my music is on iTunes and Google Music (and Spotify). It was a non-starter for me. - spamlet Sep 11, 10:09
NFL: Houston Texans head coach Gary Kubiak said the team will continue to split carries between RBs Arian Foster and Ben Tate -- nm - Strongbad Sep 11, 10:07 5
- Tom Coughlin said David Wilson needs to demonstrate proper ball-carrying technique in practice this week if he wants to retain his starting job - Strongbad Sep 11, 10:14
- Detroit Lions head coach Jim Schwartz said he has no plans to limit RB Reggie Bush's (thumb, groin, hip) workload. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 11, 10:08
- Pittsburgh Steelers RB Isaac Redman will get the start at running back in the team’s Week 2 game -- nm - Strongbad Sep 11, 10:07 2
  - and recently re-signed RB Jonathan Dwyer is ahead of Felix Jones on the depth chart -- nm - Strongbad Sep 11, 10:09 1
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Effective tomorrow, *.ikariam.com becomes *.ikariam.gameforge.com. WTF?! -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 11, 10:05 1
- is that what that messages says? - Mel Profit Sep 11, 10:40
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- I think he will get his wish - eag Sep 11, 10:20
Just ordered the Nexus 4. I guess I'm an Android person now. - spamlet Sep 11, 10:02 7
- I love my NExus 4. -- nm - Shaun Sep 11, 10:39
- Damn straight! -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 11, 10:05
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  - Literally. - spamlet Sep 11, 10:08
- well done! -- nm - colin Sep 11, 10:03
- Congratulations on joining the good side. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 11, 10:03
- one of us.... -- nm - decline Sep 11, 10:03
California school district paying a company to track it's students on social media -- (link) - Remlik Sep 11, 10:01 2
- The NSA does it for free -- nm - eag Sep 11, 10:02 1
  - ~money for nothing and chicks for free~ -- nm - Strongbad Sep 11, 10:03
This is Janeway. -- (link) - David Sep 11, 09:56 [Image] 14
- Star Trek, no wonder I don't know who she is. :-) Watch. The. Show. - Krusty Sep 11, 10:00 10
  - she is practically unrecognizable. -- nm - Andie Sep 11, 10:04 1
    - Katherine Hepburn would be like "Who dat?" -- nm - con_carne Sep 11, 10:05
  - Forget it Krusty, it's Chinatown...I mean David -- nm - amoxy Sep 11, 10:02 7
    - If hating Janeway is wrong...you know what, there is no way that hating Janeway is wrong. -- nm - David Sep 11, 10:06 5
      - Hating Janeway, I can understand. I really don't get the people who hate Harry Kim. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 10:10 4
        
        he was tons better than Wesley Crusher -- nm - Remlik Sep 11, 10:26 3
        
        This is what I'm saying. And also, he played the clarinet. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 10:28
        
        I hope you dont ever expect to have Will Wheaton at your store - eag Sep 11, 10:28 1
        
        (even Wil Wheaton doesn't like Wesley Crusher ... most of the time) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 10:28
    - Davidtown ... the most verbose place on earth. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 10:04
- And this is ... not Janeway. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 11, 09:59 [youtube] 2
  - And this is...not Janeway -- (link) - amoxy Sep 11, 10:01 [youtube]
  - Don't help, bery. Never help. -- nm - David Sep 11, 10:00
groiny, thanks for taking charge in that. I am planning on getting there that Thursday - amoxy Sep 11, 09:53 11
- I expect to be there, and to offer the traditional VofF road trip and picnic lunch on Friday. -- nm - Meg Sep 11, 10:23
- my plans will depend on school, that's the third week of summer session. -- nm - znufrii Sep 11, 09:59 5
  - *Third* week?... Just book your flight now. :-) -- nm - con_carne Sep 11, 10:01
  - fuck school, this is important! -- nm - groiny Sep 11, 10:00 3
    - oh I'll still go, but it would make the difference between a Thursday and a Friday arrival. -- nm - znufrii Sep 11, 10:01 2
      - pfft, one day of class! - groiny Sep 11, 10:03 1
        
        1 of 8. - znufrii Sep 11, 10:05
- that was my thought as well. - groiny Sep 11, 09:54 3
  - Speaking of lists of emails.... -- nm - spamlet Sep 11, 09:54 2
    - ygm -- nm - groiny Sep 11, 10:06
    - d'oh, sorry, slipped my mind. -- nm - groiny Sep 11, 09:56
ST Jimbopoll: What rule in any sport is one that you admit you just don't understand? - oblique Sep 11, 09:51 42
- I still don't understand what a down is, and why it resets to first down. -- nm - Roger More Sep 11, 10:28 2
  - I was this way for many years. - Beryllium Sep 11, 10:32
  - It took my wife about 3 full games to 'get' the downs concept when she was just learning. -- nm - Shaun Sep 11, 10:31
- and the offsides rule in soccer is simple enough - znufrii Sep 11, 10:08
- I still do not know why some movement on the line in football is not a false start. -- nm - GregW Sep 11, 10:06
- Other than sports I don't follow, I'm pretty sure I get all the rules. - Krusty Sep 11, 10:02
- Most of them. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 11, 10:02
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- Cricket is 100% indecipherable to me. - Will Hunting Sep 11, 10:00 7
  - Then you're a bit of a thickie. Now if you'd mentioned any one of the indecipherable rules of cricket - Roger More Sep 11, 10:33 1
    - The scoring. - Will Hunting Sep 11, 10:52
  - I think it's an elaborate practical joke on Americans. -- nm - loosilu Sep 11, 10:12 1
    - I've had thoughts similar to this. "they're joking, right?" -- nm - amanda hk Sep 11, 10:17
  - I watched it while in Australia and figured out 90% of it. - spamlet Sep 11, 10:10
  - It's simple: Raj Rajhan edged a Humble snorter to the slips where Suarav Ganguly dived to his right to pick up a low snatch - prayformojo Sep 11, 10:06
  - I'm all down for tea time.. other than that though.. -- nm - colin Sep 11, 10:01
- Why Harvard even bothers showing up to play Yale in football --nm - prayformojo Sep 11, 09:59
- Illegal snap in the NFL. -- nm - Inigo Sep 11, 09:57
- The NCAA -- nm - David Sep 11, 09:55 3
  - poll winner. (have they comment on the SI stuff nubby posted on FB?) -- nm - amanda hk Sep 11, 09:57 2
    - Their reactions are interspersed throughout the columns. Thus far, they are saying "we doubt it". -- nm - David Sep 11, 10:01 1
      - I look forward to their investigation ending sometime around 2017. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 11, 10:02
- Not really a rule, but a play. I must have learned and then forgotten many times what "pick and roll" is -- nm - con_carne Sep 11, 09:54 5
  - Here... -- (link) - Krusty Sep 11, 10:06
  - *picks nose, rolls it up, sticks it under chair* -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 09:55
  - In basketball -- nm - con_carne Sep 11, 09:55 2
    - the "pick and roll" in competitive sex wrestling is very different.. -- nm - colin Sep 11, 09:55 1
      - "That was a nice pick and roll." "Again? Didn't they just pass the ball and then shoot?" -- nm - con_carne Sep 11, 10:04
- not really a rule, but how to score Holds in baseball -- nm - znufrii Sep 11, 09:53 4
  - Basically it's like getting a save but not in the ninth inning. You need to pitch for an inning in w/a lead of three runs or less, come in with the - Krusty Sep 11, 10:11 2
    - And of course, you need to be a rellief pitched. A starter can't get a hold. -- nm - Krusty Sep 11, 10:13 1
      - Wow, relief pitcher. *smh* -- nm - Krusty Sep 11, 10:18
  - and I'm still trying to get a hold on rugby - znufrii Sep 11, 09:55
- illegal formation. i never catch it, has to be pointed out to me. -- nm - colin Sep 11, 09:52 3
  - usually this has to do with the number of men on the line of scrimmage. It's why guys in the slot are usually a yard or 2 off the line. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 11, 10:00 2
    - i guess i'm just not neurotic enough to be counting players on the line every time a play goes off. -- nm - colin Sep 11, 10:03 1
      - The related penalty (illegal motion) is a lot easier to spot - Strongbad Sep 11, 10:04
- Offside for me also, but in Hockey. I don't get the Blue and the red lines -- nm - amoxy Sep 11, 09:52 3
  - No offensive player can enter the offensive zone (between the blue line and the goal) until the puck does. - spamlet Sep 11, 09:57 1
    - The centre red line is used to determine is icing is applicable. -- nm - Shaun Sep 11, 10:38
  - back in the olden day before HD, nobody could see the puck on TV screens. The blue and red lines were there so announcers could tell viewers - colin Sep 11, 09:54
- I understand everything except Cricket. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 11, 09:52
It feels like it's Thursday -- nm - prayformojo Sep 11, 09:49 1
- Thursday doesn't have a feel -- nm - oblique Sep 11, 09:50
"The Canadian version of Breaking Bad is kind of lame. It ends after he gets cancer and his treatment is totally paid for by the government" -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 09:48 7
- Damn. I wanna tweet this. Is this original? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 11, 09:50 3
  - Larry Apocalypse -- (link) - Beaker Sep 11, 09:54
  - You can't be this desparate to make your American followers hate you -- nm - con_carne Sep 11, 09:53
  - No. -- (link) - Dr.Vermim Sep 11, 09:52
- "Breaking Impolite" -- nm - con_carne Sep 11, 09:49 2
  - The east coast version would be "Breaking Sudbury". -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 09:59
  - "I'm so sorry to disturb you, but I AM THE ONE WHO KNOCKS..quietly." -- nm - Inigo Sep 11, 09:55

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