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Confession: I never understand Demogorgon references. - David Nov 10, 11:22 8
- Stranger Things. - Reagen Nov 10, 11:23
- You don't get the source? Or what they mean? It's from Stranger Things. -- nm* - volnelk Nov 10, 11:23 6
  - Way to spoil it, jerks! - David Nov 10, 11:24 5
    - I had no idea either. Not really planning on watching it. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 10, 11:26 2
      - It's on my bulging shortlist. -- nm - David Nov 10, 11:29
      - It's so good! -- nm* - sycor Nov 10, 11:27
    - It's not really a spoiler for the show. -- nm - volnelk Nov 10, 11:25 1
      - Yeah, it's basically just a "character" name. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 11:30
Unsurprisingly, change.org petition for EC to vote in Hillary -- (link) - oblique Nov 10, 11:21 1
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ST Quiz, CttP Rules apply! How many minutes did the broadcast media (NBC, CBS, ABC) devote to issues coverage in 2008, 2012, and 2016? -- nm - crash davis Nov 10, 11:19 4
- 0. -- nm - Beaker Nov 10, 11:28 1
  - ah, you're employing a Price is Right strategy -- nm - crash davis Nov 10, 11:30
- 1000, 800, 45 -- nm - Loyola Nov 10, 11:26 1
  - One of your numbers is not way off -- nm - crash davis Nov 10, 11:27
*laughing* Liz Warren is meeting with Trump. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 10, 11:18 3
- did anyone pat her down for poisoned blow darts? -- nm - Epiphany Nov 10, 11:18 2
  - She seems the spiked mace bludgeoning type. -- nm - Qale Nov 10, 11:19 1
    - Maybe ninja throwing stars... -- nm - Loyola Nov 10, 11:23
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- can I have a link to this? -- nm - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 10, 11:16 1
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- Are the numbers above for Individuas or dual income families? -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 10, 11:15
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  - Is this the part where the people that voted for Trump laugh at you because they'd love to be making 185k/yr for this to be a problem? :) -- nm - oblique Nov 10, 11:30
  - But then they'll have all that extra money to hire new people and money will, what's the phrase i'm looking for? Trickle down, to those below. -- nm - volnelk Nov 10, 11:20
  - but with the 35-45% tariffs on goods imported from China and Mexico, everything will definitely be cheaper. So it'll balance out, right? -- nm - decline Nov 10, 11:08 1
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FYI: Amazon has Titanfall 2 for $35. -- (link) - Ender Nov 10, 11:04 3
- Also, Target is selling the Skyrim redux for $29.99 on Black Friday. -- nm - David Nov 10, 11:14 1
  - *twitch -- nm - ML Galaxy Nov 10, 11:23
- nope -- nm - groiny Nov 10, 11:05
Bernie wants Rep Keith Ellison as DNC chair -- (link) - ty97 Nov 10, 11:03
re: millenials & their participation trophies. Isn't that really on their parents? The Boomers and X'ers? -- nm - crash davis Nov 10, 10:50 5
- Look, if you're going to bring personal responsibility into this.. -- nm - David Nov 10, 10:58
- It was the only way to stop the whining and crying. -- nm - jnine Nov 10, 10:52 3
  - We should have just told them to walk it off -- nm - crash davis Nov 10, 10:56 1
    - And rub some dirt on it! -- nm - IrishStephen Nov 10, 11:24
  - Good God, yes. At least if we're talking about two of my nieces. - ReluctantCynic Nov 10, 10:54
Arrival 96% (112/5) -- nm - Beaker Nov 10, 10:49
People are announcing for the 2018 California gubernatorial election now? Yikes -- nm - ty97 Nov 10, 10:49 7
- It's going to be Gavin. He and Kamala Harris made the deal when she agreed to run for the Senate instead. -- nm - jnine Nov 10, 11:08 5
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    - He's at the edge of me being uncomfortable with how liberal he is. And that whole affair with his Chief of Staff/best friend's wife doesn't help. -- nm - jnine Nov 10, 12:13
    - Stop me if you've heard this before...a San Francisco liberal with a ton of baggage*... - IrishStephen Nov 10, 11:23
    - Waaay too liberal for the nation at large. - Reagen Nov 10, 11:19
    - I watch him on Bill Maher all the time. I think he is, as far as a CA liberal will get -- nm - crash davis Nov 10, 11:14
- Hill? -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 10, 11:02
the cavs' j.r. smith apparently *did* wear a shirt to the white house....nm - x Nov 10, 10:49
"Buster the dog is Donald Trump, Bridget is Hillary Clinton and the trampoline is America. Thanks for rubbing it in, John Lewis." -- (link) - mara Nov 10, 10:44
ty97, you may find this trite because it is a cartoon, but a few plays of it last night put me in a much better place -- (link) - crash davis Nov 10, 10:37 [youtube]
I really like you people. - David Nov 10, 10:27 4
- Hmmm -- nm - ML Galaxy Nov 10, 11:29
- Are you back on painkillers again? - ReluctantCynic Nov 10, 10:55
- are you sure there isn't a baseball game on sowhere you could watch?....nm - x Nov 10, 10:31 1
  - I do have MLB.tv! I can re-live any game from the 2016 season! - David Nov 10, 10:40
ST Poll: do you like avocado? -- (link) - ty97 Nov 10, 10:26 23
- I'll eat it, but I don't particularly love it.. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 10, 11:29
- I like guac, and on occasion I do like avocado on things. But I don't seek it out. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 10, 11:18
- Not even a little bit. - kelly Nov 10, 11:15
- Devil's poison. -- nm - David Nov 10, 10:58 3
  - I thought that was cilantro? -- nm - IrishStephen Nov 10, 11:25
  - There really needs to be a Venn diagram that shows your opinions and pixie's -- nm - Roger More Nov 10, 11:12 1
    - I think that's just two parallel circles. -- nm - David Nov 10, 11:15
- Love avacado, but crash has a better idea. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 10, 10:56
- absolutely -- nm - Epiphany Nov 10, 10:53
- Nope. -- nm - Krusty Nov 10, 10:49 1
  - ditto -- nm - Beaker Nov 10, 10:52
- No. -- nm - jnine Nov 10, 10:43
- Lord, yes. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 10, 10:38 2
  - by itself, no, must be smashed into guac to be edible. -- nm - groiny Nov 10, 10:42 1
    - Either way for me! -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 10, 10:45
- "Iconic" huh? Not sure how much longer I care to be a writer if words don't actually mean their definitions anymore. -- nm - Qale Nov 10, 10:36 2
  - you literally can't even. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 10:40 1
    - It's hard to get to 50,000 words when language keeps wanting us to drop so many of them. -- nm* - Qale Nov 10, 10:41
- Pumpkin spice would work even better -- nm - crash davis Nov 10, 10:34 4
  - no no no no. Pumpkin Spice got all the old white women to vote Trump! -- nm - Remlik Nov 10, 10:41
  - Pumpkin spice season is over! It's cinnamon and peppermint or nothing now! -- nm - ty97 Nov 10, 10:36 2
    - pumpkin spice peaks at Turkey day and fades till xmas -- nm - z Nov 11, 02:08
    - My Walmart is still selling pumpkin spice Twinkies! -- nm - crash davis Nov 10, 10:38
This week has been sorta like watching a shark propelling a the body of Stellan Skarsgard into the safety glass window of the wet lab - prayformojo Nov 10, 10:25 1
- Everything comes back to Stellan Skarsgard with you. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 10:26
I get emails occasionally from someone at work which feel like being spittled on. They are absolutely frantic. - Mel Profit Nov 10, 10:25 5
- URGENT: I don't understand WHAT the problem is here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - ty97 Nov 10, 10:35
- is this R? -- nm - Diva Nov 10, 10:34 2
  - No. just another "Colleen" or "Maria." - Mel Profit Nov 10, 10:52 1
    - oh that's good. - Diva Nov 10, 10:58
- in your response end each sentence with increasing exclamation points!!! -- nm - decline Nov 10, 10:31
hyde, even better than your suggestion -- (link) - Reagen Nov 10, 10:17 2
- He's actually the perfect Secretary of Treasury for Donald Trump. -- nm - David Nov 10, 10:23
- oh, god no. i hope he's serious about not wanting the job....nm - x Nov 10, 10:21
Color Rush: Ravens All-Purple unis for tonights matchup vs CLE -- (link) - budice Nov 10, 10:07 4
- the purple dust gives a distinct advantage I think -- nm - Beaker Nov 10, 10:52
- Huh. I like those. -- nm - David Nov 10, 10:10 2
  - right? I was all prepared to snark, but... -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 10:10 1
    - Heh, that's exactly why I pulled up the link. -- nm - David Nov 10, 10:16
Is Jack around? I have follow up thoughts on yesterday's conversation... - Name Withheld by Request Nov 10, 10:01 17
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- Independent of all other aspects of this discussions, Boomer are THE worst generation. - David Nov 10, 10:10 15
  - At least boomers didn't all have to get a trophy just for participating. -- nm - jnine Nov 10, 10:46 2
    - Yes they do, it's called Social Security and Medicare. -- nm - Roger More Nov 10, 11:11
    - I think that's why they're so weak and bitter. - David Nov 10, 10:52
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    - I think this is just because it's what we "remember" from our own lives and those of our parents. There's a long history of personal attacks in - Roger More Nov 10, 10:34 1
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    - this is what makes the WikiLeaks thing so aggrivating - that's what Nixon was trying to *do* with Watergate. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 10:26
  - there's no others even in the running. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 10:11 7
    - c'mon guys, i can hear you....nm - x Nov 10, 10:12 6
      - Oh good. I was afraid I was being too subtle. - David Nov 10, 10:14 3
        
        the guy's got a faulty head!.....nm - x Nov 10, 10:16 2
        
        yonh. -- nm - Diva Nov 10, 10:21
        
        His head was fine when we had him! -- nm - David Nov 10, 10:18
      - Aren't you part of the Greatest Generation? -- nm - Remlik Nov 10, 10:13
      - I mean, ... -- nm - philip k mud Nov 10, 10:13
And leaving the bright side back to reality, this is Texas State University. - ty97 Nov 10, 10:00
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Will Trump settle the lawsuit against Trump University? -- nm - amoxy Nov 10, 09:56
I'm a little sick of being told to look on the bright side, but bright side: I have people that love me and care about me. - ty97 Nov 10, 09:55 24
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  - Nah ... the planet will survive. - ReluctantCynic Nov 10, 10:57
  - speaking of goodbye planet, i just read that the guy who will be heading up the epa transition team..... -- (edited) - x Nov 10, 10:07 2
    - and, a climage change denier. It's a terrifying appointment. -- nm* - Andie Nov 10, 10:11
    - I'm telling my friend who often does front line protesting at Standing Rock to get out before Jan -- nm - Epiphany Nov 10, 10:09
  - I can't go to a much worse place right now personally. -- nm - ty97 Nov 10, 10:01 17
    - at least you don't have cancer. -- nm - groiny Nov 10, 10:02 6
      - . -- nm* - ty97 Nov 10, 10:04 5
        
        Puppies, kittens, and rainbows. -- nm* - David Nov 10, 10:11 1
        
        This is a good point. I'm going to edit and remove. -- nm - ty97 Nov 10, 10:12
        
        don't put that out there. - Mel Profit Nov 10, 10:10
        
        Dude, as I said yesterday, I felt the same when Dilma won two years ago.. - Marlowe Nov 10, 10:10
        
        I think you should reconsider that thought. - groiny Nov 10, 10:07
    - Poughkeepsie? -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 10:01 9
      - worse: I'm going to Florida. -- nm - ty97 Nov 10, 10:02 8
        
        Go to Disney's Sci-Fi Dine-In. It'll make everything better. -- nm - David Nov 10, 10:14
        
        (the cousin I visit most often hear Poughkeepsie was a vocal Trump supporter, so not right now a place I'm going for solace) -- nm - ty97 Nov 10, 10:03 6
        
        I've never been, I just know it's kind of a punchline. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 10:05 5
        
        Last year my co-worker went to a wedding in the Champagne region of France the same weekend I went to a wedding to Poughkeepsie. - Diva Nov 10, 10:20 3
        
        I'm sure your friend was reconsidering her life too. I mean, she's the one who had to go and have it rubbed in her face. -- nm - Roger More Nov 10, 11:13 1
        
        how is attending a beautiful wedding in a beautiful place with your friends 'rubbing anything in'? -- nm - Diva Nov 10, 11:16
        
        ha! -- nm - ty97 Nov 10, 10:27
        
        I grew up one town south of Poughkeepsie (and worked in the mall in Poughkeepsie in high school) - ty97 Nov 10, 10:06
- You gave me this earworm. -- (link) - amoxy Nov 10, 09:58 [youtube]
Hyde, isn't Adidas a German company? Adi Dassler? -- nm - crash davis Nov 10, 09:51 4
- oh yeah, you're right. withdrawn!....nm - x Nov 10, 09:58 2
  - I didn't know until recently that Adidas/Puma is a Left Twix/Right Twix factory situation -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 09:59 1
    - the original brothers who started them split it up in the forties. they *hated* each other... - x Nov 10, 10:05
- yeah, I was just coming to B1 to say that I'm not sure that counts as "moving". -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 09:52
They are in the office live on NBC -- nm - Remlik Nov 10, 09:49 3
- sorry it just ended -- nm* - Remlik Nov 10, 09:50
- It's not live, the pool went in and then brought the video out. -- nm - Ender Nov 10, 09:50 1
  - right on -- nm - Remlik Nov 10, 09:51
to me..Trump looks out of his depth there in that photo. He doesn't know how to act. -- nm - Remlik Nov 10, 09:48
There's a hyphen in "President-Elect", right? Somebody should tell the Transition Team. -- (link) - Ender Nov 10, 09:48 1
- there's a link that will remain blue for me. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 09:50
that poor man. That Good Man. -- nm - philip k mud Nov 10, 09:46

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