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Just ordered a Wemo switch for my bedroom. - Covington May 4, 15:08
I think I should just give up and go work as a hermit somewhere. - ReluctantCynic May 4, 14:55 7
- I'm in - let's do it! -- nm - b. May 4, 15:06 3
  - Pixie thinks we can live in Andrew Jackson's hermitage. - ReluctantCynic May 4, 15:08 2
    - knowing him, he'd have us either in the tomb or the original building. nm but: -- (link) - b. May 4, 15:11 1
      - I dunno ... it's Tennessee. How bad could it get? --nm - ReluctantCynic May 4, 15:16
- Let me know if I can help -- nm - professor smartbrain May 4, 14:57 2
  - Find me a hermitage somewhere? -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 4, 14:58 1
    - You got it -- (link) - professor smartbrain May 4, 15:01
PMB's wife will never know what hit her tonight. -- nm - David May 4, 14:46 6
- right???? -- nm - Diva May 4, 14:57
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  - we learned something new about pmb and his happy place (or two) on the bottom of b2. -- nm - b. May 4, 14:49 3
    - But oh what a happy place -- nm - Will Hunting May 4, 15:18
    - Sssssshhhhhhh. -- nm - pmb May 4, 14:52
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Party at my place! Woop woop! - Krusty May 4, 14:40
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- Damn those radical feminists -- nm - professor smartbrain May 4, 14:43
- What is this about? -- nm - pmb May 4, 14:41 38
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    - (We should note that part of this is backlash on his comments about the sexism in the Juassic World trailer.) nm - Dignan May 4, 15:17 1
      - And yet no one comments about the stupidism in the Jurassic World trailer. -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 15:22
    - but Disney are the people who do not want her on merchandising :( -- nm - Peglegpete May 4, 14:50
    - Why is that? Honestly, I've seen the movie, but I don't know what the issue is. -- nm - pmb May 4, 14:47 32
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        Haha, that dude is all, "don't ask me *smirk*" nm - Dignan May 4, 15:12
      - There's two issues: Merchandising and the actual role in the film. I believe I heard the term "slut-shamed" last week about the role. -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 14:51 29
        
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        Abso-frickin'-lutely. - ReluctantCynic May 4, 15:07 1
        
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        I just said this exact thing last month. -- (link) - Dignan May 4, 15:05 [Backboard] 1
        
        In software, we have a term called 'premature optimization'. The BW stuff is 'premature self-righteousness'. - Beryllium May 4, 15:07
        
        That would require a metric ton of projection. -- nm - David May 4, 14:53 23
        
        Yeah. That would never have occurred to me, and I'm still sitting here trying to figure out how they get there. -- nm - pmb May 4, 15:07 21
        
        There is a *ton* of "scrutiny" right now regarding feminism in media. - Dignan May 4, 15:11 19
        
        And sometimes it's warranted. In this case, mostly only for the merchandising side of things. Quite frankly, the lack of BW merch is *weird*. -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 15:12 18
        
        That part I completely agree with (though Joss likely has very little say in that). As to the other part, I guess people will see what they want to - pmb May 4, 15:17 1
        
        If you want to distill it to a simple lesson: Choose Your Battles. nm - Dignan May 4, 15:18
        
        disney says they didn't think there would be a market for it, iirc? I wonder if it's them projecting the other-places negative connotation of that - b. May 4, 15:15 11
        
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        the toys are in the boys section of the toy aisles, and as I boy who played with Star Wars toys when I was young.... - groiny May 4, 15:18 9
        
        I think I'd feel better about this one if they had included her in more group things (t-shirts, etc.) and if they had fuller representation of - b. May 4, 15:22 1
        
        Gamora, Pepper, Jane, Black Widow, Lady Sif, Peggy Carter, Skye, May, Morse. - Beryllium May 4, 15:27
        
        You have to think that they'd do it if there was significant amounts of money to be made. nm - Dignan May 4, 15:20 5
        
        I agree with this, but I think they're missing the larger picture here. They are seeing little girls as only interested in the princesses. I think - pmb May 4, 15:23 1
        
        thank you. this is a better way of saying what I was getting at. -- nm - b. May 4, 15:26
        
        Yeah, and given Disney is as wise as they are about their princesses and Faeries lines...I give them a bit more leeway. -- nm - Will Hunting May 4, 15:21 2
        
        that's part of the criticism I just read about, though - like "girls have their princesses and fairies, that's enough for them." - b. May 4, 15:24 1
        
        I go the opposite: Disney in recent years has dominated with women and girls. - Will Hunting May 4, 15:48
        
        but then they would be so collectible -- nm - z on the go May 4, 15:19
        
        It's genuinely mystifying. nm - Dignan May 4, 15:13
        
        (The other half? Not very warranted at all, at least in my opinion.) -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 15:12 2
        
        You say half, I say 90/10. nm - Dignan May 4, 15:13 1
        
        I meant half in a more binary sense, I agree with your ratio. -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 15:21
        
        I went into the movie mulling it, and my thinking is (spoils) - Beryllium May 4, 15:10
        
        Yup. -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 15:02
  - "Twitter" -- nm - con_carne May 4, 14:42
This afternoon I had a job interview at FEMA. It went good I think. And I got the most thorough patdown I've had since the Coast Guard 2008. - loosi at home May 4, 14:39 14
- Thanks everyone for your good qishes. -- nm - loosi at home May 4, 15:07 1
  - wishes. -- nm - loosi at home May 4, 15:08
- good luck! :) - -- nm - b. May 4, 15:06
- You got this. -- nm - David May 4, 14:57
- Good luck! -- nm - spamlet May 4, 14:57
- Huzzah! -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 4, 14:43
- Nice! Best of luck! -- nm - Krusty May 4, 14:42
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  - then there was the parking garage. 1.25 hours, $20. -- nm - loosi at home May 4, 14:41
- Oddly, Coast Guard 2008 was not a job interview. -- nm - Will Hunting May 4, 14:40 4
  - No it wasn't. It was lunch. They have the best cafeteria in that part of DC. You just have to take your clothes off to get in. -- nm - loosi at home May 4, 14:41 3
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      - It's a really, really good cafeteria. -- nm - loosi at home May 4, 14:50 1
        
        or, I guess, WAS. They got a new HQ in 2013. Hope the caf went with them. -- nm - loosi at home May 4, 14:54
Right now I could star in the Mitchell and Webb sketch "Man Who Has a Cough and It's Just a Cough And He's OK". -- nm - Reagen May 4, 14:36 1
- Man I loved Peep Show -- nm - con_carne May 4, 14:37
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jeebus Max. Apparently FB needed to show me that as I got an alert. -- nm - Mel Profit May 4, 14:16 1
- The one easy trick to healthcare that doctors want you to know. -- nm - Max May 4, 14:24
please bring the funny. - Truman May 4, 14:09 27
- So sorry to hear this. - Covington May 4, 15:01
- Have no words but {{{HUGS}}} -- nm - Meg May 4, 14:50
- sorry man, that is shitty. nm -- nm - groiny May 4, 14:45
- That's the saddest thing I've read in ages. I'm so, so sorry. -- nm - David May 4, 14:45
- Good thoughts and my deepest condolences to you and your family. So sorry for your loss. :-( -- nm - Krusty May 4, 14:43
- Oh God, Tru. I'm so sorry. - ReluctantCynic May 4, 14:37
- Brutal. So sorry for your loss. -- nm - pmb May 4, 14:34
- Thats beyond words - eag May 4, 14:32
- so sorry. *hug* for funny, if you have access*, I watched the "spiderhunt" episode of "new girl" last night and highly recommend it. - b. May 4, 14:28 2
  - "it smells....." -- nm - groiny May 4, 14:45
  - the ep. is at fox.com, too. nm but: -- (link) - b. May 4, 14:35
- Very sorry for your loss. That's harsh. -- nm - loosi at home May 4, 14:28
- Marine Depot writes the best confirmation email -- (link) - con_carne May 4, 14:27 1
  - very enjoyable. :) - -- nm - b. May 4, 14:32
- So sorry...dogs...that's not a stick -- (link) - JD May 4, 14:26
- I'm very sorry for your loss. -- nm - TWuG May 4, 14:21
- Cookie Monster thinking deep thoughts -- (link) - con_carne May 4, 14:20
- aw man . . . suddenly my situation doesn't seem so serious. yeah, i got nothing funny to bring right now . . . - call me Ishmael May 4, 14:20
- Amy Schumer on Ellen -- (link) - con_carne May 4, 14:20 [youtube]
- (repost) Guy's laugh upstages comedy show he is watching -- (link) - con_carne May 4, 14:18 [youtube]
- that's brutal. I am sorry. Life is really not fair. -- nm - Mel Profit May 4, 14:17 3
  - and how about this for Funny? -- (link) - Mel Profit May 4, 14:23 [youtube] 2
    - sometimes in the morning when I am working out, I watch that hour long info-mercial for the timelife dvd set from this show - Truman May 4, 14:32 1
      - they really really hold up. - Mel Profit May 4, 14:37
- i am so sorry. -- nm - Andie May 4, 14:13
- I got nothing. Good vibes your way, though. -- nm - JaxSean May 4, 14:13
- **HUG** :((( -- nm - Peglegpete May 4, 14:10
round one of solving the mystery ailment down . . . just got thru at the doc's office a little while ago . . . - call me Ishmael May 4, 14:06 2
- "Gall stones" are my go-to diagnosis for unresolved belly pain. - TWuG May 4, 14:18 1
  - well, if out-patient surgery is the go-to option for all of this . . . - call me Ishmael May 4, 14:32
LIR I'm watching Secrets & Lies - I got last night's episode to watch -- nm - Epiphany May 4, 14:02
Hillary is doing the GOP a favor by testifying now - professor smartbrain May 4, 14:01 14
- they're just pissing her off now. -- nm - Mel Profit May 4, 14:20
- I think she (and her advisers) have a different tactic in mind. - ReluctantCynic May 4, 14:09 1
  - Exactly. -- nm - David May 4, 14:44
- Nah, going now neuters the GOP's ability to call her before Congress again without looking silly. - TWuG May 4, 14:04 10
  - Unless they have some new bombshell to drop on her (they don't) that would be spectacularly dumb - professor smartbrain May 4, 14:08 9
    - Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves. She's proven herslef plenty capable of finding new ways to have crises. - Will Hunting May 4, 14:12 8
      - A lot of GOP-ginned up smoke. Zero actual fire -- nm - professor smartbrain May 4, 14:17 7
        
        Now look who's drinking the Kool Aid ... - ReluctantCynic May 4, 14:28 4
        
        I think point 2 is overblown. All of the candidates are going to get money from super pacs with completely anonymous donors (foreign and domestic). - pmb May 4, 14:33 3
        
        I don't think the point is overblown, but I think you've illustrated the larger problem. - ReluctantCynic May 4, 14:42 2
        
        I agree with you about the larger problem. My point is that as long as that exists, (a) she's not vulnerable on that point because she can so easily - pmb May 4, 14:46 1
        
        Ah, gotcha. Now I understand. :-) And I agree. -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 4, 14:49
        
        And the smart people might know that. The average voter doesn't. Remember, we came within an historically great economy - Will Hunting May 4, 14:27 1
        
        And I have faith that the GOP congress will give her and Bill plenty of opportunities to remind voters of that fact - professor smartbrain May 4, 14:42
Re: Upton/Daddario. Upton's instagram has a picture of the two of them with William H Macy. So I guess they are the two primary actresses. Well cast. -- nm - Volnelk May 4, 14:00 3
- Does Mr. Macy have a shit-eating green? - TWuG May 4, 14:02 2
  - "grin". -- nm - TWuG May 4, 14:25 1
    - Still working on that post editing feature. Sorry. -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 14:50
TWuG In regards to b2 and the MCU and Infinity stones (spoils) - eag May 4, 13:54 17
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  - That's my fear, too. When it was just heroes and bad guys, I think it's accessible. But adding cosmic alien dudes with weird motives and it becomes - TWuG May 4, 14:20 2
    - Galactus was a total mess in FF-2. -- nm - David May 4, 14:57
    - I think thats the idea - eag May 4, 14:31
  - spoils - Peglegpete May 4, 14:14
- spoils - amoxy May 4, 13:59 8
  - No. He had...... - Volnelk May 4, 14:01 7
    - spoils (though I haven't seen) - Roger More May 4, 14:05 6
      - (spoils) - eag May 4, 14:07 5
        
        left & right -- nm - Peglegpete May 4, 14:15 4
        
        Yep -- nm - eag May 4, 14:16 3
        
        gloves come in pairs :) -- nm - Peglegpete May 4, 14:28 2
        
        Except in Baseball -- nm - eag May 4, 14:32 1
        
        batting gloves are pairs -- nm - Peglegpete May 4, 14:36
- I forgot about the Tesseract or conflated it with the Loki's scepter. -- nm - TWuG May 4, 13:58
- Also (possible future spoils) - eag May 4, 13:55
- I need to watch T:DW -- nm - oblique May 4, 13:55
cheetahs wouldn't be a RB, they are awesome safety, look at how great they run down gazelle like receivers -- nm - z on the go May 4, 13:49
If the yard is that small just get a manual like the ones Jerry runs Tom over with in the cartoons -- nm - professor smartbrain May 4, 13:43 5
- That's exactly what I have, actually. - znufrii May 4, 13:56
- you can get one cheap off Craigslist cause, while it may seem like a good idea...it really sucks - z on the go May 4, 13:46 2
  - most people here use them - yards are so small, it makes no sense to store something bigger. -- nm - Andie May 4, 13:47 1
    - Plus if your pet ever needs to fight another pet, they're set -- nm - professor smartbrain May 4, 13:49
- and, they come in red -- (link) - Andie May 4, 13:45
"Worst road trip since the Donner Party" - spamlet May 4, 13:41 4
- And they led their podcast with the Lolligag scene from Bull Durham. - spamlet May 4, 14:23
- but, how was the food -- nm - z on the go May 4, 13:43
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  - I got nothing. -- nm - spamlet May 4, 13:51
Splash Heroes: Nothing but milk -- (link) - oblique May 4, 13:36

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