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Is my 11-year-old son a sociopath? -- (link) - znufrii, dad. Jun 3, 11:10 7
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- One of the less publicized aspects of sociopathic behavior is that a lot of people demonstrate these actions. - David Jun 3, 11:13 1
  - I'm a high-functioning sociopath. -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 11:19
- no, because he's 11 -- nm - ÜMLaut Jun 3, 11:11 3
  - i don't think she's wrong to be worried about that though. -- nm - Andie Jun 3, 11:20 2
    - I'm speaking clinically. Sociopathy is clinically defined as antisocial personality disorder and you can't apply that to a kid. -- nm* - ÜMLaut Jun 3, 11:24
    - I agree. At 11 year's old - shit like stealing out of the purse and all that.... - Jim Jun 3, 11:22
hello all. tell me something I don't already know. -- nm - Truman Jun 3, 11:08 12
- When Francis Pettygrove and Asa Lovejoy had their famous coin flip to determine the eventual name of the City of Portland ... - ReluctantCynic Jun 3, 11:27
- Dammit, I've come across two things in the last month I intended to save for these questions and I keep forgetting what they were. -- nm - Max Jun 3, 11:16 3
  - aha! and: The U.S. is neither the biggest producer of nor biggest consumer (per capita) of cow milk in the world. -- nm* - Max Jun 3, 11:23
  - oh! Orchids are commercially grown in coconut husks without using soil. -- nm - Max Jun 3, 11:21 1
    - thank god you remembered -- nm - senor dentista Jun 3, 11:22
- "A man’s tie should always end at the center of his belt buckle." - David Jun 3, 11:15 3
  - Vests disagree. -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 11:22
  - "the classic length has the tip of your tie just grazing your belt buckle" -- (link) - senor dentista Jun 3, 11:20 1
    - I still agree with David. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 3, 11:27
- Swedish researchers believe fish are getting hooked on eating plastic the same way teenagers get hooked on fast food. -- (link) - Krusty Jun 3, 11:12
- The Air Force Museum opens its new 4th hanger next Wednesday, featuring JFK/LBJ's Air Force One and the only existing XB-70. -- nm - Ender Jun 3, 11:10 1
  - And the YF-12, sister bird to the SR-71. I'm very glad the Presidential and R&D stuff is finally part of the main facility. So much cool stuff. -- nm - TWuG Jun 3, 11:20
nubby news network: universe found to be expanding faster than expected, throwing off other previously-agreed calculations -- (link) - senor dentista Jun 3, 11:04
"Google Doesn't Want to Accidentally Make Skynet, So It's Creating an AI Off Switch" -- (link) - ÜMLaut Jun 3, 11:01 3
- code name: Tron -- nm - Max Jun 3, 11:14
- "Is there a God?" / "There is now" - prayformojo Jun 3, 11:13
- "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that" -- nm - HAL Jun 3, 11:06
A tv reviewer on Here and Now (NPR) describes watching Maya & Marty as being "Magically transported back to the Catskills." -- nm - Max Jun 3, 10:57 2
- Nobody puts Baby in a corner! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 3, 10:59 1
  - ysmm -- nm - znufrii, dad. Jun 3, 10:59
Oh Mama, can this really be the end? to be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues again. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 3, 10:54
prominent endorser of Donald Trump utterly surprised to learn the next day that he says racist things -- (link) - senor dentista Jun 3, 10:44 7
- That's kind of out of the blue... -- (link) - Cuzzin Todd Jun 3, 10:58 [youtube] 2
  - I had forgotten how much I disliked Adam Goldberg. -- nm - Max Jun 3, 11:03 1
    - unpossible - senor dentista Jun 3, 11:06
- “totally out of left field” and he “completely” degrees with Trump’s reasoning. - amoxy Jun 3, 10:50 3
  - and it's still less pathetic than Mitch McConnell's -- (link) - senor dentista Jun 3, 10:51 2
    - That's like saying Jeffrey Dahmer is a different kind of Human Being -- nm - amoxy Jun 3, 10:54 1
      - and it's only June . . . - senor dentista Jun 3, 10:54
probably-already-done-before poll: Do you own any wearable item that features the name and/or logo of your place of work? -- nm - prayformojo Jun 3, 10:41 14
- My last two jobs and two of my current volunteer jobs. -- nm - Meg Jun 3, 12:17
- no. which, in this town, is crazy. -- nm - all the boys love newton time, yo. Jun 3, 11:20
- Yes -- nm - JD Jun 3, 11:05
- Yes. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 3, 10:55
- i just got another t-shirt on Monday for our "Founder's Day" Lunch. it is under my desk. - Andie Jun 3, 10:49
- Not mine but my gf's law firm. -- nm - Krusty Jun 3, 10:49
- Several. Do I actually wear them? - Cuzzin Todd Jun 3, 10:49
- yes. we all got t-shirts when we volunteered to plant bulbs along the Greenway last fall. - Diva Jun 3, 10:49
- Yes -- nm - spamlet Jun 3, 10:45
- yes -- nm - decline Jun 3, 10:45
- yep -- nm - ÜMLaut Jun 3, 10:43
- yeah, they gave me a fleece at new-hire orientation and a puffy jacket last xmas -- nm - senor dentista Jun 3, 10:42
- not my current place of work, no. -- nm - groiny Jun 3, 10:42
- No. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Jun 3, 10:42
I'm going to admit this is kind of hot. Somebody took the 10key from a mechanical keyboard and made a calculator out of it. -- (link) - spamlet Jun 3, 10:40
AP: Muhammad Ali on life support... -- (link) - budice Jun 3, 10:34 4
- followup link -- (link) - budice Jun 3, 10:37
- :( not old enough to watch him fight but will always remember the torch lighting in 96. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 3, 10:36 2
  - As a kid, I remember staying up late to listen to the Frazier fights on the radio. -- nm - GregW Jun 3, 10:41 1
    - i remember the NBC Saturday morning cartoon, and the Sports Illustrated cover with Leon Spinks' toothless smile after he beat Ali -- (link) - senor dentista Jun 3, 10:53
friday hax chat q: can you solve your problems by running away from them? - senor dentista Jun 3, 10:31 4
- try being a lesbian -- nm - Beaker Jun 3, 10:57
- Talk to your husband, then talk to your boss - amoxy Jun 3, 10:52
- No. -- nm - Russell Wilson Jun 3, 10:38
- Only if you run diagonally and avoid eye contact -- nm - Strongbad Jun 3, 10:33
Beaker, I agree with Mandy. If you are just going to plug it into a bigger monitor, get a smaller unit. -- nm - Shaun Jun 3, 10:26 3
- so you're saying you and mandy like small units? -- nm - decline Jun 3, 10:34 2
  - Only when plugged into larger units. -- nm - GregW Jun 3, 10:38 1
    - No doubt. -- nm - Shaun Jun 3, 10:47
Gillian Anderson joins the Starz series American Gods - she'll play Media -- (link) - decline Jun 3, 10:25 1
- Good. maybe this means they wont drop another garbage season of X-Files on us. -- nm - Jovian Jun 3, 10:27
"Anthony Hopkins Joins Transformers 5" -- nm - five words you should never have to read Jun 3, 10:25 1
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"the Battlefield Earth of the 21st Century" -- (link) - senor dentista Jun 3, 10:16 5
- does this have a freshness rating yet? (blocked at work) -- nm - Jovian Jun 3, 10:23 3
  - 21% 7/27 -- nm - budice Jun 3, 10:26 2
    - truthfully, better than i would have expected. -- nm - Andie Jun 3, 10:27 1
      - it looks like Duncan Jones' first misstep and it's a doozy -- nm - ÜMLaut Jun 3, 10:37
- I agree, but without *any* star power. -- nm - budice Jun 3, 10:20
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM (hi RC) -- (link) - ÜMLaut Jun 3, 10:13 1
- And you thought the occupation of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge got the fringe types stirred up. - ReluctantCynic Jun 3, 10:23
Balls up: Are scrotal lifts the next trend in male grooming? -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 3, 10:11 2
- Buts Out, Nuts Out -- nm - budice Jun 3, 10:16
- When you have waaay too much money -- nm - amoxy Jun 3, 10:15
Student brings confederate flag to class, announces white privilege day -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 3, 10:07 25
- White History month celebrates the greatness of Donald Trump -- nm - budice Jun 3, 10:16
- cue the PC Police! -- nm - senor dentista Jun 3, 10:12
- He screwed up and should have consequences, but did the Police need to be called? -- nm - amoxy Jun 3, 10:11 19
  - It's not like anyone has ever used that symbology as an inspiration for violence. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Jun 3, 10:24 13
    - symbology? -- nm - groiny Jun 3, 10:32 12
      - Yes. - znufrii, dad. Jun 3, 10:34 11
        
        the study of symbols? -- nm - groiny Jun 3, 10:35 10
        
        Or use of symbols, can also refer to symbols collectively -- (edited) - znufrii, dad. Jun 3, 10:36 8
        
        "So, what's the symbology there?" -- nm - groiny Jun 3, 10:45 7
        
        It sounds like you're trying to make a point here, but God only knows what it is - znufrii, dad. Jun 3, 10:55 6
        
        here -- (link) - groiny Jun 3, 11:00 [youtube] 4
        
        Seems like you could use to work on your Post-iology there, groin. :) -- nm - Jim Jun 3, 11:05
        
        *shrug* - znufrii, dad. Jun 3, 11:04 2
        
        *gasp* - groiny Jun 3, 11:06 1
        
        Man, I would love a VegaSTravaganza where znu and groiny have to bunk together, Odd Couple style. -- nm - Roger More Jun 3, 11:10
        
        *SMH* -- nm - groiny Jun 3, 10:58
        
        that freaking Robert Langdon again -- nm - ÜMLaut Jun 3, 10:35
  - That depends on how he reacted when told to sit down and shut up. -- nm - Ender Jun 3, 10:20 2
    - see, if teachers had guns, they could have just shot him and moved on. -- nm - groiny Jun 3, 10:22 1
      - Groiny does have a point -- nm - amoxy Jun 3, 10:26
  - Police could be an SRO in the building, not necessarily 911. -- nm - iSpam Jun 3, 10:16
  - No, but schools went to plaid a long time ago so it's not unexpected. -- nm - ÜMLaut Jun 3, 10:13
- School acted within bounds. If the kid were smarter, he would have done it on the public sidewalk leading into the school. - ÜMLaut Jun 3, 10:09 1
  - he would have got his ass kicked. -- nm - Beaker Jun 3, 10:59
- So, a day ending in "y"? -- nm - znufrii, dad. Jun 3, 10:08
The funny thing is that we had every intention of using our Infinity Gauntlet oven mitt, but we basically haven't cooked in 10 days. -- nm* - David Jun 3, 10:06
LIR: Beaker, is this the laptop you are talking about? It is only $1010 on the website. -- (link) - GregW Jun 3, 10:04 1
- (not in Canada :) ) -- nm - Beaker Jun 3, 10:11
NBC staffers refuse to travel to Brazil for Olympic coverage over Zika virus fears -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 3, 10:04 7
- "Thanks to our citizen journalists for bringing this Olympic footage via cell phone video." -- nm - Max Jun 3, 10:27 1
  - brought to you by Meldonium -- nm - senor dentista Jun 3, 10:28
- I'd be even more afraid of the 'Wave of deadly gun battles' in Rio -- (link) - decline Jun 3, 10:17 1
  - Sure if you hang out in favelas. They typically stay away from areas with a lot of foreigners. -- nm - iSpam Jun 3, 10:19
- NYT has an article up today saying it could be spread by oral sex and/or kissing. -- nm - ÜMLaut Jun 3, 10:06 2
  - why would you kiss a mosqito ? -- nm - decline Jun 3, 10:18 1
    - listen, it's not *my* kink -- nm - ÜMLaut Jun 3, 10:44
NBA: Adam Silver wants to end the practice of intentionally fouling poor FT shooters at the end of a game -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 3, 10:02 2
- Every time I see a picture of Adam Silver, I kind of expect him to pull back his skin to reveal the shiny metal endoskeleton underneath -- nm - prayformojo Jun 3, 10:05
- Maybe those three should spend a little more time in the gym practising. -- nm - amoxy Jun 3, 10:03
"Beginning next month, Delta Air Lines will be the first U.S. carrier to offer its entire in-flight entertainment options to all customers free." -- nm - ÜMLaut Jun 3, 10:00 2
- That's how you wind up watching The Fifth Wave. -- nm - David Jun 3, 10:03 1
  - don't you threaten me -- nm - ÜMLaut Jun 3, 10:08
Here comes the reckoning: "According to the NWS, the county will likely receive ½ inch to ¾ inch of rain in a 1 hour period and 2 to 3 inches in 6 hrs - prayformojo Jun 3, 09:55 1
- Earworm -- (link) - amoxy Jun 3, 10:02 [youtube]
"I'm sorry, but you've run out of ligaments to move to your elbow." -- nm - spamlet Jun 3, 09:51 1
- Sports radio here in ATL still blame Fredi for killing Venters (over-use) -- nm - Strongbad Jun 3, 09:54
Guess the state: "Man nicknamed Pork Chop tries to bury boss with front-end loader, cops say" -- (link) - ÜMLaut Jun 3, 09:50 2
- Florida -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 3, 09:58 1
  - of course -- nm - ÜMLaut Jun 3, 09:59
Something named Theo James is reportedly the next Bond. (edit: but the reports are from non-major publications, so grain of salt) -- nm* - ÜMLaut Jun 3, 09:47 22
- The Portly Gazelle is the only place reporting it - every other site is pulling it from them. And they've had it up for 5 days now. - Jim Jun 3, 10:30 1
  - @MLColdTakes are cold -- nm - senor dentista Jun 3, 10:31
- his publicist probably leaked it so people would talk about him. -- nm - Diva Jun 3, 10:10
- I strongly doubt it. He's got another Divergent film and an Underworld film on the horizon. - David Jun 3, 09:53 8
  - Two things to consider - the Broccolis will pick who they want, and the distribution rights are up for renewal - Roger More Jun 3, 10:03 7
    - Still a better choice than the last scrub. -- nm - David Jun 3, 10:07 6
      - The box office disagrees with you, and that's what matters here. (My takeaway from the current choices is that they're going to have a less physical - Roger More Jun 3, 10:17 5
        
        Actually, is James is the choice, he can handle the physical stuff...he does plenty of it in the Divergent flicks. nm - Jim Jun 3, 10:31 1
        
        He's lean, not beefy. I mean, Roger Moore can throw a punch but no one bought a ticket to see him fist-fight -- nm - Roger More Jun 3, 10:41
        
        The last guy specifically violated TLC's No Scrubs policy. -- nm - David Jun 3, 10:19 2
        
        I didn't see Craig hanging out the side of his best friend's ride, hollering at girls. -- nm - Roger More Jun 3, 10:26 1
        
        His next film - AKA: Buster. -- nm - Diva Jun 3, 10:42
- He's so bland -- nm - LMS Jun 3, 09:53 1
  - Lord yes - Epiphany Jun 3, 10:02
- Divergent series, and that short-lived TV show about the NYC cop who rises to become Commissioner -- nm - Roger More Jun 3, 09:52 1
  - (Golden Boy) -- nm - Roger More Jun 3, 09:54
- He looks like he's barely old enough to drink. -- nm - TWuG Jun 3, 09:50 5
  - "Juice box, shaken, not stirred." - ReluctantCynic Jun 3, 10:01 4
    - My friend's toddler has the same name, this might get confusing. -- nm - LMS Jun 3, 10:04
    - Snort -- nm - Epiphany Jun 3, 10:02 2
      - And rather than playing baccarat (or poker), he'll be playing Go Fish. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 3, 10:56 1
        
        The Big Wheel chase will be epic! -- nm - TWuG Jun 3, 11:08

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