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Sometimes, I worry that ST won't solve all the pressing political and ethical issues of the day. -- nm - Imperator Aug 11, 08:07 1
- I just wanna know how the hell am I gonna find a Hopscotch Pilgrim? -- nm - groiny Aug 11, 08:08
So, if all the toys are going to be thrown together will the clothes as well? -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 07:55 2
- Never mind answered below. Move along. -- nm* - sycor Aug 11, 08:01
- I doubt it. Body shape alone dictates that men and women will need clothes tailored (ha!) to address that. -- nm - TWuG Aug 11, 07:57
The Following is finally being show on a channel I can access. Do I bother watching? - LMS Aug 11, 07:55 3
- No. All the horrible things you are foreshadowed actually happen. -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 08:42
- Season 1 had some of the dumbest characters I've seen in a modern drama. - Will Hunting Aug 11, 08:06
- I don't advise it. Everyone is an idiot. -- nm - Diva Aug 11, 07:55
Speaking of Ferguson, I'm sure this is helping matters there. -- (link) - pmb Aug 11, 07:49 5
- Yeah, that'll solve everything. ermehgerd -- nm - Jim Aug 11, 07:56
- Listening to Gunsmoke this weekend I wondered which year was the lowest in U.S. gun ownership. - Max Aug 11, 07:52 3
  - Per capita ownership is fairly high in the US, but households with a gun is pretty low at 32%. -- (link) - TWuG Aug 11, 07:56 2
    - bah, that's in prose. My eyes need a historical graph! -- nm - Max Aug 11, 07:58 1
      - Or better yet, an infographic! I can only digest data with pleasing visuals. -- nm - Baron Bing Bong Aug 11, 08:02
sorry to ruin everyone's day but the universe is dying -- (link) - jangles Aug 11, 07:48 2
- Not my fault. -- nm - Max Aug 11, 07:49 1
  - so *you* say -- nm - jangles Aug 11, 07:51
Amanda, if the cat friend in Pittsburgh doesn't pan out -- (link) - decline Aug 11, 07:46 2
- cat friend update, speaking of: no update! but i did buy a super cute cat carrier just in case. -- (link) - fabulous squad Aug 11, 07:56 1
  - baby steps :) -- nm - decline Aug 11, 08:08
Highlights of the Arrow guy on Raw last night. -- (link) - Tim Aug 11, 07:44
I was thinking of using this service for making statues of my awesome costumes -- (link) - StalkingRoo Aug 11, 07:42
two of my favourite toys as a kid were (a) my brothers Hot Wheels track thing and (b) his Stretch Armstrong. :) -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 07:31
BREAKING -- (link) - ML Aug 11, 07:27 4
- What the media DOESN'T tell you is that in the past year he's replaced his golf towel, 2/3rds of his golf balls and every one of his tees. -- nm* - Ender Aug 11, 07:31
- I make it every time! -- nm - Kim Jong Un Aug 11, 07:29
- *drops ball in hole* -- nm - drone Aug 11, 07:28 1
  - After bouncing it off the head of four bystanders... -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 07:43
Also, re that Target thing- as if kids don't know what toys they want to play with. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 07:24 60
- It will probably surprise no one to learn that I had no Barbies as a kid. The only "dolls" I had were Batman and Wonder Woman. nm - ralph wiggum Aug 11, 08:10
- oh no, not sure if boy toy, girl toy or dog toy. -- (link) - Tim Aug 11, 07:50 1
  - At the infant level it can be a tossup at times. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 07:52
- If not "guided" by parents saying "no, Jimmy, this is the girl's aisle", sure. The boy/girl split was always about - TWuG Aug 11, 07:33
- What bugs me is ordering a Happy Meal and being asked if its for a boy or a girl. - kelly Aug 11, 07:30 43
  - xactly -- nm - prayformojo Aug 11, 07:36
  - so, you tell them your daughter is a boy. problem solved. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 11, 07:33 39
    - I tell them what toy I want. That's it. -- nm - kelly Aug 11, 07:34 38
      - Good for you. - Imperator Aug 11, 07:53
      - yup, it is a simple solution. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 11, 07:36 36
        
        An equally simple solution - McDonalds can ask "would you like the Batman or the Barbie doll?" -- nm - Roger More Aug 11, 07:38 35
        
        Exactly. -- nm - kelly Aug 11, 07:44
        
        for sure. But Toys R Us has, for as long as I remember, segregated the toys in their stores. - groiny Aug 11, 07:40 32
        
        because times change groiny. Little girls love boy stuff and want to play with it and not get made fun of. -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 08:15
        
        because it's a division that is totally unnecessary. when we were kids, there were 'toy stores', we picked what we wanted. it wasn't coded by gender - Andie Aug 11, 07:41 30
        
        We are about the same age and I never remember a toy store that was NOT divided by gender. -- nm - TWuG Aug 11, 07:45 3
        
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        Yes. Bikes, for instance, don't have a boys section in a separate area from a girls section - TWuG Aug 11, 07:51
        
        right, the aisles have photos of the branded toys (monster high, barbie, etc....) - groiny Aug 11, 07:48
        
        Every toy store I was in as a kid had sections for boys toys and girls toys. -- nm* - Inigo Aug 11, 07:44 21
        
        did they say "boys" and "girls"? -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 07:45 20
        
        I don't think toy stores have ever been that blatant. But "the pink aisle" or aisles were where you'd find all the "not appropriate for boys who wish - TWuG Aug 11, 07:49 4
        
        And Target still will be. It simply won't say "boys" or "girls" on the aisles. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 07:50 3
        
        It doesn't say "boys" and "girls" now. I think this change *is* more about eliminating the "pink" aisles and "blue" aisles and - TWuG Aug 11, 07:54 2
        
        it does say it though - see link -- (link) - Andie Aug 11, 07:56 1
        
        Weird. I wonder if that is universally used in Targets, because I do not recall seeing that in my Target - TWuG Aug 11, 08:00
        
        Thinking about the last time I went into a TRU, I don't remember any labels on the aisles at all. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 07:46
        
        I thought you were arguing against the division of toys, not the label. IMO, the label is silly, the division is just common sense. -- nm - Inigo Aug 11, 07:46 13
        
        i am just saying, when i was a kid, and i was in the Star Wars aisle, it was about Star Wars, not about 'boys'. - Andie Aug 11, 07:47 12
        
        does Target actually say "boys" and "girls" by toys? - groiny Aug 11, 07:49 11
        
        The link ty posted earlier had a picture of a sign saying "building sets" and "girls' building sets" -- (link) - Roger More Aug 11, 07:51 1
        
        yeah, I can't see the image, it is blocked for me. - groiny Aug 11, 07:53
        
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        we don't have Target, i don't know. But i don't know why all Lego can't be together, or all Figurative Human Things (aka dolls) can't be together. - Andie Aug 11, 07:50 7
        
        I just like being able to run into the store looking for a present, and being able to decide which 3 aisles I need to look in. - groiny Aug 11, 07:57 6
        
        I think the point is that that desire to find the "right" aisle is driven by gender biases that need to be ended. -- nm - TWuG Aug 11, 08:01 3
        
        I think it's driven by the fact that the overwhelming majority of kids who buy toys in the boys aisle are boys. - Inigo Aug 11, 08:07 2
        
        It's a feedback loop. Who knows how the gender split would look if society didn't encourage it from the earliest ages. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 08:09
        
        yes, this. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 11, 08:08
        
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        It probably won't even. "My kid like Star Wars - oh here is a giant aisle full of Star Wars toys" -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 08:08
        
        I swear, when I was 7, I was in a "boy aisle" with all the star wars toys and guns - groiny Aug 11, 07:43 3
        
        And you still don't have to- it simply won't be labeled as such. - Reagen Aug 11, 07:45
        
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        This is correct. -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 07:43
        
        See my message below. One runs out before the other, and they are switched to whatever they have left from before. -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 07:40
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    - The thing is, it makes sense. The cash register has two options. You can call them "blue" and "pink" if you like. - Spawn Aug 11, 07:39
- "Kids will like what I tell them to like!" -- nm - Roger More Aug 11, 07:29
- As someone out of touch with toys and what kids want...I'm a little irritated...I liked having the pink aisles... - Jim Aug 11, 07:28 10
  - Honestly, you'd probably have become their favorite uncle. -- nm - TWuG Aug 11, 07:34 1
    - Sadly no. I've failed as an uncle. They love all that girly shit. It's a bummer. -- nm - Jim Aug 11, 07:38
  - G loves superhero stuff, so that's kind of the point. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 07:31 6
    - (Plus the toys themselves will still be that peptobismol colour so it's not like you can miss that) -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 07:32 5
      - I dunno, I always appreciated it as a way to seperate the types of toys. - groiny Aug 11, 07:34 4
        
        because they've labeled the superhero toys as BOY toys. And little girls love super heroes as well. -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 08:12
        
        Except the "types" were never that easily split. Boys had GI Joe and girls had Barbie, but they are both dolls. - TWuG Aug 11, 07:38 2
        
        It's also not like they're going to be pilling the toys randomly in aisles either. There are stocking requirements. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 07:41 1
        
        Yep. I'll just be happy to see the Barbies next to the GI Joes. And all the LEGO in one aisle instead of the Friends line separated off. - TWuG Aug 11, 07:44
  - your nieces might have liked that! :) -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 07:30
The Go-Daddy commercial where she gets her 1st non-family customer is creepy - amoxy Aug 11, 07:24 3
- for some reason, this totally reminded me of the First Moon Party video . . . -- nm - call me Ishmael Aug 11, 07:46
- Yeah, the hipthrusting goes on waaaaaaay too long. -- nm - TWuG Aug 11, 07:29 1
  - "Please reduce it by 7 seconds.I am not a crackpot." -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 07:34
So, I don't get Fallout Shelter as a game. They cap your people at 200, and give you a large enough space for 400 - Will Hunting Aug 11, 07:23
Dawson, is this you? -- (link) - decline Aug 11, 07:23 1
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Chick-fil-A unveils NYC opening date -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 11, 07:22 9
- *sigh* I need to learn to live with this shit because this isn't going to stop. - Krusty Aug 11, 07:27 7
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    - And by that you obviously mean "awesome". -- nm - pmb Aug 11, 07:49
  - There there, Krusty. Here, have a waffle fry. -- nm - Baron Bing Bong Aug 11, 07:29 4
    - There is zero chance I'll ever eat their food. Zero. Fuck them. -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 07:29 3
      - This one is from Arby's. -- nm - Baron Bing Bong Aug 11, 07:34
      - Go to Boulder Chick-Fil-A! -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 07:32 1
        
        Yeah! -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 07:42
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Did you know...that in 1 year... - Jim Aug 11, 07:22 42
- And yet they've still pursuing those trespassing charges against journalists. -- nm - Roger More Aug 11, 07:28 10
  - That's St. Louis County. Not Ferguson. -- nm - Jim Aug 11, 07:42 9
    - But to people, it's still the same thing - police pursuing some meaningless charge to show they are the authority -- nm - Roger More Aug 11, 07:44 8
      - Which goes to my point...if y'all knew of the changes being made in Ferguson you could see the progress. And if it were mentioned that the charges - Jim Aug 11, 07:46 7
        
        I did not know that, but I am still incredulous at the poor optics. - Beryllium Aug 11, 07:49
        
        It doesn't really make a difference to me, because it's still all law enforcement. -- nm - Roger More Aug 11, 07:49 5
        
        So, the county of St. Louis charging these reporters essentially cancels out the progress being made in Ferguson? That's kind of sad. -- nm - Jim Aug 11, 07:59 4
        
        Of course it does - especially when you're looking at the issue from a broad macro perspective - how does policing in America work? What offences are - Roger More Aug 11, 08:12
        
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        I'd say peaceful protests and violent protests exist in the same category... - Will Hunting Aug 11, 08:10 1
        
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- I didn't and I'm surprised with the 1 year anniversary its not the lead in to the stories I'm hearing on CNN and such -- nm - Pippy in the Windy City Aug 11, 07:25 29
  - Exactly. That's the kind of stuff that really irks all of us locals. To see the news feed you'd think absolutely nothing had changed in the area - Jim Aug 11, 07:27 27
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      - It might be easier if this case was one that ended up being a gray area, or easily rallied around. - Will Hunting Aug 11, 07:35 25
        
        Brown is the face of the movement more because he brought light to the systematic abuses than because of the circumstances of his own death. I had - pmb Aug 11, 07:48 8
        
        Any event of this magnitude has distractions. Managing those distractions is exactly how sides win the battles/war. - Will Hunting Aug 11, 07:56 4
        
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        Goalposts move....the goal isn't to kick the ball through them, it's to move the ball down the field. - Will Hunting Aug 11, 08:01 1
        
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        People will say that, but those people are on the wrong side of this. And I think that matters. -- nm - Jim Aug 11, 08:00
        
        Of course not, but he's still the reference point. -- nm - pmb Aug 11, 07:53 1
        
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        I think it's because it's a grey area that there has been continued outrage. - Roger More Aug 11, 07:42
        
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        When murders by cops don't move the needle for change, being hassled by bad cops probably isn't. - Will Hunting Aug 11, 07:46 10
        
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        Your last line...I agree - Will Hunting Aug 11, 08:00 4
        
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        I'm not saying that the cops shouldn't be held to account for their transgressions by higher authorities - Will Hunting Aug 11, 08:09 1
        
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        Exactly. Continuing to rally around Mike Brown and to erect plaques and shit in his honor...does nothing but force the oppressors to dig their heels - Jim Aug 11, 08:03
        
        I should just let you do my posting for me. This, exactly. I'm waiting for them to start rallying around the 18 year old kid the cops shot the other - Jim Aug 11, 07:49 3
        
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        I posted something over the weekend and was instantly insulted. And if you'll recall, the Ferguson shit last year and the way people talked to me was - Jim Aug 11, 07:55 1
        
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        there is certainly a contingent of protestors who don't give a rats ass about the protest. - groiny Aug 11, 07:38 1
        
        The worst part is that most of these people are not from Ferguson. Or even St. Louis in a lot of cases. -- nm - Jim Aug 11, 07:41
        
        your last paragraph is spot on. -- nm - fabulous squad Aug 11, 07:37
  - Well, steps to change don't play well with the media until they're ready for their own "Redemption" story. - Will Hunting Aug 11, 07:26
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(Nobody tell Krusty that I've been to multiple Home Depots in Manhattan) -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 07:22 9
- I know and now we get Lowe's too. Soon it'll be chains everywhere and we'll look like every other boring city around this country. It's sickening. -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 07:25 5
  - Move to Vermont. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 11, 07:56
  - I don't get the big deal. everywhere has local vs nonlocal places to shop. why should new york not? - fabulous squad Aug 11, 07:32 3
    - Cities (at least the urban cores of cities) tend to have less of the big box and more local than other places in my experience - ty97 Aug 11, 07:35 2
      - Right. I like the mom and pop shops and seeing them pushed out for generic big box stores sucks. -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 07:44
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- I have trouble conceiving of a big box hardware store in Manhattan, much less multiple ones. -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 07:23 2
  - The big box stores tend to be vertical multi-stories (and/or subterranean) -- (edited) - ty97 Aug 11, 07:27
  - They're not anywhere as large as the stores elsewhere. In the boroughs you get those massive stores with big parking lots. - Krusty Aug 11, 07:26
No one raindrop thinks he's responsible for the flood. - Reagen Aug 11, 07:21
*BB live feed spoilers* - Strongbad Aug 11, 07:18

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