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There's a street in my county called Choicecut Court. Weird. -- nm - mara Jun 29, 09:26 3
- edgy -- nm - budice Jun 29, 09:34
- Does it go by a farm? -- nm - spamlet Jun 29, 09:32 1
  - Heh, no. -- nm - mara Jun 29, 09:37
Who at Buzzfeed did this and why? -- (link) - ty97 Jun 29, 09:24 3
- Who knows why buzzfeed does anything it does. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Jun 29, 09:28 2
  - yeah but THAT. -- nm - ty97 Jun 29, 09:28 1
    - I would like to know how long it took them to do that. -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 09:29
Another thing we need to get straight with English speakers: if someone else is taking your photo, that is not a selfie. -- nm* - Reagen Jun 29, 09:20 7
- I've yet to hear that -- nm - mud Jun 29, 09:39 1
  - nmbl -- (link) - mara Jun 29, 09:41
- If Hillary adds this to her platform, I might consider her. -- nm - ÜMLaut Jun 29, 09:38
- Relatedly, if you want to jokingly call an animal photo a selfie, it has to look like it actually might have been one. -- (link) - mara Jun 29, 09:27 [Image] 1
  - *approved* -- nm - ty97 Jun 29, 09:28
- "I want peace on Earth and goodwill toward men." "We are the United States government; we don't do that sort of thing!" -- nm - great moments in unrealizable requests Jun 29, 09:24
- YES. (such a pet peeve!) -- nm - ty97 Jun 29, 09:21
ST Poll: Assuming it was nearby and easy to go to, would you attend / consider attending a Trump rally event - ty97 Jun 29, 09:17 19
- yes. so I could heckle and get thrown out. -- nm - Jovian Jun 29, 09:24 1
  - (and hopefully not, you know, die) -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 09:29
- nope -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 09:22
- Hell no -- nm - Krusty Jun 29, 09:21
- There aren't enough hours in the week for me to accomplish my other inane priorities already. -- nm - Max Jun 29, 09:21 2
  - [snort] -- nm - mud Jun 29, 09:30 1
    - or in fewer words: "Ain't nobody got time for that." -- nm - Max Jun 29, 09:36
- no. (i would be curious, yes, but i wouldn't want to swell their numbers in any way.) -- nm - Andie Jun 29, 09:19 4
  - I'm going ML on this. My attendance won't matter. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 29, 09:25 2
    - moreso here, since all crowd estimates are just that -- nm - ÜMLaut Jun 29, 09:37
    - "my vote won't matter" - Andie Jun 29, 09:32
  - I hadn't thought about this aspect -- nm - ty97 Jun 29, 09:20
- Never. -- nm - mara Jun 29, 09:19
- sure, it's history -- nm - ÜMLaut Jun 29, 09:19
- Morbid curiosity, perhaps. I'm too old to be out there protesting. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Jun 29, 09:18
- purely out of curiosity - yes. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 29, 09:18 2
  - I used to think that, but there is just too much violence and negativity now. -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 09:27
  - I have a hard enough time making it through a trip to Wal Mart most of the time. -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 09:24
- Absolutely not. -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 09:17
An interesting analysis of the Q poll : It's all in how the questions are asked -- (link) - decline Jun 29, 09:15 2
- I posted that right before going to a meeting and never checked the thread. It should have stayed that way. - spamlet Jun 29, 09:23 1
  - Hi, have we met, are you new here? - ST Jun 29, 09:30
Yay job reclassification! My job stays the same, but I get a 3.99% raise. - sycor Jun 29, 09:13 8
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Jun 29, 09:22
- "ok, so a 4% raise for him then?" "nonononono, that's too much--3.99% and no more!" -- nm - ÜMLaut Jun 29, 09:18 3
  - Yeah I don't know how the figured out the percentage. It does seem kind of silly. -- nm - sycor Jun 29, 09:23 2
    - Probably rounded to an even dollar amount. -- nm - spamlet Jun 29, 09:24
    - "The accounting department rounds down to the nearest whole percent" -- nm - oblique Jun 29, 09:24
- Woohoo! Drinks on sycor! -- nm - spamlet Jun 29, 09:16
- nice! -- nm - ty97 Jun 29, 09:13 1
  - Plus if the house and senate pass the budget the way it looks right now, I also get a 1.5% raise on top of the other one. - sycor Jun 29, 09:15
52% of Hispanic say they've experienced discrimination or have been treated unfairly -- (link) - ty97 Jun 29, 09:09
Not that anyone watches or cares anymore, but essica Williams is leaving The Daily Show -- (link) - ty97 Jun 29, 09:08 1
- Kids gonna be kids. -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 09:09
hey spammy, Prime members also get [edit: up to] 50% off those phones you mentioned on B2 -- (link*) - ÜMLaut Jun 29, 09:03 1
- I got the first list from a marketing email from them. I also found out BLU makes a bunch of cheap dumbphones. -- (link) - spamlet Jun 29, 09:11
Two Transgender Women Make History With Congressional Primary Wins -- (link) - ty97 Jun 29, 09:03 2
- Also a big victory for people named "Misty". -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 09:07 1
  - I have almost tweeted the author of the article a few times to comment on the use of '2' vs 'Two' in the headline. - ty97 Jun 29, 09:18
This made me laugh: "Homeschooled Kids Waiting to be Raptured Still Don't Have To Learn Anything, Texas Supreme Court Rules" - Not the Onion -- (link*) - MDH Jun 29, 09:02
about 1000 people out there now. -- nm - Diva Jun 29, 09:01 6
- throw stuff at 'em -- nm - decline Jun 29, 09:03 4
  - oof - there was just a fight! Cops broke it up. -- nm - Diva Jun 29, 09:05 3
    - I really want there to be a rally around here. I need to see this for myself -- nm - decline Jun 29, 09:06 1
      - This isn't even a rally, I don't think, it's just a fundraiser -- nm - ty97 Jun 29, 09:15
    - *sigh* -- nm - Darwin Jun 29, 09:06
- Are there Paper mâché puppets? It's not a good protest until the puppets come out. -- nm - ÜMLaut Jun 29, 09:02
Manziel living the good life in Cabo. -- (link) - budice Jun 29, 08:57 1
- it's amazing to me that Josh Gordon is allowing Manziel to ruin Gordon's career - ÜMLaut Jun 29, 09:00
ST Poll -- What non-politician would you like to see as president? -- nm - znufrii, dad. Jun 29, 08:50 33
- Samuel L Jackson -- nm - mud Jun 29, 09:33 1
  - Considering his films have made more $ than anyone else, he could out Trump, Trump! -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 09:34
- President ML or David -- nm - Jovian Jun 29, 09:25
- None. I want someone with experience running the country. -- nm - spamlet Jun 29, 09:12 2
  - Answer like you have no choice. It is going to happen so you need to steer it. -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 09:17 1
    - Then me. I have a few problems with the American people and they're going to hear about it. -- nm - spamlet Jun 29, 09:25
- John Stewart. -- nm - pmb Jun 29, 09:07 4
  - Jon Oliver! -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 09:08 3
    - Jon Snow! -- nm - budice Jun 29, 09:10 2
      - But he knows nothing! -- nm - TWuG Jun 29, 09:14 1
        
        So, an improvement over most of Washington? -- nm - znufrii, dad. Jun 29, 09:19
- me. [nm] - Mel Profit Jun 29, 09:04 4
  - shouldn't you be working on your plan to crash the rally? -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 09:05 2
    - saner heads prevailed. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 29, 09:06 1
      - sanity is overrated -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 09:07
  - you've got my vote! -- nm - decline Jun 29, 09:04
- Amal Clooney, sorry George. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Jun 29, 09:01
- Jack Welch or John Bogle (but they're probably too old now) -- nm - decline Jun 29, 08:57
- Pee Wee Herman -- nm - LMS Jun 29, 08:55
- Kate Upton -- (link*) - budice Jun 29, 08:55
- Someone from the tech industry like Bill Gates. -- nm - Max Jun 29, 08:54 2
  - Zombie Steve Jobs -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 08:59
  - "Running Government like Windows 10" -- nm - gerald Jun 29, 08:56
- Ted Nugent. -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 08:54
- Tom Hanks. -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 08:52 1
  - I could actually support this. -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 08:57
- Hiddleswift -- nm - ÜMLaut Jun 29, 08:52
- none of them? -- nm - gerald Jun 29, 08:52
- Oprah -- nm - Andie Jun 29, 08:51 1
  - you get a gun and you get a gun and you get a gun -- nm - Beaker Jun 29, 08:52
- Gallagher - ty97 Jun 29, 08:51
- TomCatt -- nm - Beaker Jun 29, 08:51
- Zombie Fred Rogers. -- nm - mara Jun 29, 08:51
The latest in Office Decor: Chair Capes -- (link) - budice Jun 29, 08:50 2
- Heh, mine has had one for years. -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 08:51 1
  - dried boogers don't count as a cape -- nm - Beaker Jun 29, 08:54
~occasionally regrettable~ -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 08:49
So James Cameron, what did you think about Star Wars: TFA? -- (link) - budice Jun 29, 08:47 [youtube] 7
- How long have you been working on the Avatar sequel? Do you think all sequels should take that long? Hopefully it is inovativally imaginative, then. -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 09:33
- I was not expecting him to ask for more Jar Jar -- nm - Beaker Jun 29, 08:49 3
  - *snork* -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 08:51 2
    - Blue Jar Jar! -- nm - Beaker Jun 29, 08:53 1
      - although given how Cameron basically ripped off the plot from Ferngully in making Avatar, he's definitely the pot calling the kettle black -- nm - ÜMLaut Jun 29, 08:54
- I read an article about this earlier today. I'm glad he sees it for what it is. -- nm - ÜMLaut Jun 29, 08:48 1
  - Yeah, George's Jar Jar innovation is hard to match. -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 08:50
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- It's worse than that. I have the vaguest of connections to H but still, I feel the need to defend its honor. I mean - Yale Alumni bathe in the blood -- (edited) - Mel Profit Jun 29, 08:49 1
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Britain's FTSE 100 index recovers all losses from Brexit -- (link) - ÜMLaut Jun 29, 08:47 1
- Domestic focused FTSE250, notsomuch -- (link) - ty97 Jun 29, 08:48
STIS: Please recommend an IOS app that will provide an audio cue at repeated intervals - JD Jun 29, 08:47 2
- Like this? -- (link) - mara Jun 29, 08:50 1
  - Yes. Like that 8-) -- nm - JD Jun 29, 08:55
So groin - are you suggesting Hillary is the Jay Cutler of this election? :) -- nm - Jim Jun 29, 08:46 1
- there are some similar traits there. -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 08:54
[friend] and [friend] and [friend] like Donald J. Trump - ty97 Jun 29, 08:45 21
- if there's one cure for our country's divisiveness, it's definitely walling ourselves off from other viewpoints -- nm - ÜMLaut Jun 29, 08:49 17
  - Right. Know your enemy. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Jun 29, 08:55
  - There are other viewpoints, and there is blatant insanity. -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 08:52 8
    - Wait, I have to hear both sides first. - Jews in 1940s Germany Jun 29, 08:54 7
      - Hitler does makes some good points! -- nm - gerald Jun 29, 08:57
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        True, and I guess it's good (?) that these folks are 'up front' enough about where they stand to declare it via their like. - ty97 Jun 29, 09:00 1
        
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      - Then I think you should post directly to these friends to express your viewpoint on their beliefs. - ÜMLaut Jun 29, 08:56 2
        
        like killfiling people you disagree with -- nm - gerald Jun 29, 08:57
        
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  - I may disagree with his racism and misogyny but...where was I going with this again? -- nm - Beaker Jun 29, 08:50
  - It was meant in jest, as I don't think I've ever defriended based on politics - ty97 Jun 29, 08:50 4
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      - that works real well for me! -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 08:57 1
        
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  - hear the race-baiting fascists out, guys -- nm - gerald Jun 29, 08:50
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  - The type of purge is under advisement. -- nm - ty97 Jun 29, 08:48
- lol -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 08:46
Is there any doubt that GoT spoils - ÜMLaut Jun 29, 08:43 2
- or not! -- (link) - Max Jun 29, 09:01 [Backboard] 1
  - See, I think there'd be a mutual admiration society thing. - ÜMLaut Jun 29, 09:02
This illustrates the danger of authoritarian leadership, I think. -- (link) - znufrii, dad. Jun 29, 08:41
Word. -- nm - Jim Jun 29, 08:39 2
- I know. I know. -- nm - unbreakable mandy jones Jun 29, 08:42 1
  - In that case - can I get a witness? -- nm - Jim Jun 29, 08:45

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