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Good morning! ST Poll. If you missed these over the weekend, there are four options inside. You must pick one option to give up from life forever -- (link) - ty97 Feb 13, 06:51 21
- I'm with Krusty on this one - give up the Welch's Fruit Snacks. - JenBro Feb 13, 07:10
- fruit snacks -- nm - Beaker Feb 13, 07:05
- gummi bears? they are all about equal to me -- nm - Epiphany Feb 13, 07:01
- i could easily give up any of those. but picking one, i'd pick, Sour Patch Kids. -- nm - Andie Feb 13, 07:01
- Keep jelly beans, kill any of the others. -- nm - Spawndroid Feb 13, 06:59
- Fruit snacks. -- nm - Krusty, baseball fanatic Feb 13, 06:58
- Sour Patch Kids. No question. -- nm - kelly Feb 13, 06:56
- I will sacrifice greatly. I give them all up forever -- nm - Bacon Feb 13, 06:56
- I wouldn't eat any of those. -- nm - decline Feb 13, 06:55
- Easily all.. The impact for me would be negligible.. (NM) - Marlowe Feb 13, 06:55
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  - Sugar is the best food group and all of those are tasty. -- nm - Krusty, baseball fanatic Feb 13, 06:59 2
    - I don't think I've eaten any of those in years, though I've had them all before - ty97 Feb 13, 07:00 1
      - I've been on a big sour patch kick lately. -- nm* - Krusty, baseball fanatic Feb 13, 07:03
- I could give up either gummy bears or jelly belly's. They're both fine but I'd much rather have the fruit snacks and the sour patch are different - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 13, 06:53
- highly allergic to the welch's fruit snacks, so that. -- nm - Diva Feb 13, 06:53 2
  - Me: "Oh look, it's Nick Jonas, the guy that sings with my friend" Wife: "Oh yeah" Me: "Her next thing is going to be singing in south africa" Wife: - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 13, 06:55 1
    - don't we all? -- nm - Epiphany Feb 13, 07:01
- Jelly Bellys -- nm - znufrii Feb 13, 06:53
- Obviously, sour patch kids. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 13, 06:52 1
  - I ate a huge bag of them the other day. Soooo good. -- nm - Krusty, baseball fanatic Feb 13, 06:59
21 billion dollars for the wall? -- nm - Spawndroid Feb 13, 06:45 2
- just wait, once Trump starts negotiatin' the number will drop bigly -- nm - decline Feb 13, 06:48
- what a bargain! -- nm - Andie Feb 13, 06:46
Apple playing catch-up again. The next iphone might have wireless charging -- (link) - decline Feb 13, 06:41
Didn't watch the Grammy's (I'm old), don't know who Joy Villa is (I'm old) but she wore a Trump dress and I think it's gorgeous (despite the Trump) -- (link) - ty97 Feb 13, 06:39 [Image] 2
- well, she succeeded in her goal of getting press. -- nm - Andie Feb 13, 06:40 1
  - yup, definitely. But I still like it! -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 06:41
John Wick 2: B+, Marathoned the first 6 episodes of Stranger Things: A -- nm - MDH Feb 13, 06:38
Jordan Peele's new movie with strong early reviews (16/0). -- (link) - Teddy Baron Feb 13, 06:37 1
- is the main lead the guy from Black Mirror? -- nm - Epiphany Feb 13, 07:02
Last night's Politico article on Hillary makes we want to scream (and not in a happy way) -- (edited) - MDH Feb 13, 06:35
There has been a deluge of "Trump supporters still like Trump" articles. - ty97 Feb 13, 06:24 2
- i'm not sure if it's any different from the deluge of Former Trump Supporters No Longer Support Trump articles. -- nm - Andie Feb 13, 06:27 1
  - Fair, though I seem to see less of those - ty97 Feb 13, 06:29
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  - You want to shoot Jesus Christ with extreme prejudice? - Bacon Feb 13, 06:59 1
    - He keeps sending photos of deformed children with, can she get an amen -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 13, 10:29
  - This is why no one uses listserv anymore :) -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 13, 06:52
  - you should reply all to the stop email with OK -- nm* - decline Feb 13, 06:49 2
    - Reply all with a "Mandatory e-mail etiquette training in the break room at 3pm" -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 06:50 1
      - LOL - love this -- nm - Epiphany Feb 13, 07:02
  - Anyone replying to all on that thread deserves to have email privileges revoked for 30 days - Strongbad Feb 13, 06:48
  - REPLY ALL events turn everyone into morons. I just don't get it. -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 06:48
- you should reply all with just the poop emoji -- nm - decline Feb 13, 06:28
- 2 and 3 -- nm - Andie Feb 13, 06:26
- 2 -- nm - Strongbad Feb 13, 06:24
- i think the proper response is to shoot all three with a single shot -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 13, 06:22
- 3 -- nm - znufrii Feb 13, 06:21
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Did ST know Chloe Bennet was born Chloe Wang and had a brief pop career in China? -- (link) - TWuG Feb 13, 06:12 [youtube] 2
- I'm waiting for the Chloe Wang/Robin Sparkles tour -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 13, 06:59
- And the English version: -- (link) - Ender Feb 13, 06:58 [youtube]
First full-blown conspiracy theory re: ICE crackdown that I've come across. -- (edited) - znufrii Feb 13, 06:11 4
- that is ridicilious -- nm - Epiphany Feb 13, 07:00 3
  - I actually called out the acquaintance who posted it on FB. - znufrii Feb 13, 07:02 2
    - !! -- nm - Epiphany Feb 13, 07:03
    - good! -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 07:02
Beaker! Scary weather. -- nm - Andie Feb 13, 06:09 4
- Link to Beak's weather: -- (link) - Andie Feb 13, 06:11 3
  - our deck has 2 feet of snow on it and our car is literally buried. Might be the biggest storm I have seen -- nm - Beaker Feb 13, 06:31 1
    - don't die, ok? -- nm - decline Feb 13, 06:37
  - Yeesh! He was saying it could get bad but that sounds terrible. Be safe, Beaker! -- nm - Krusty, baseball fanatic Feb 13, 06:19
"Cee-Lo showed up looking like an angry Ferrero Rochet" -- nm - Strongbad Feb 13, 06:06
Tribe on the Grammy's was great though Q-Tip shouldn't borrow pants from his wife. The Phife Dawg moment brought a tear to my eye. - Krusty, baseball fanatic Feb 13, 06:03
I'm not complaining, but what I learned last night is that musicians hate bras -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 13, 05:54
A wonderful day is upon us. Today is the day that pitchers and catchers report for spring training. :-) -- nm - Krusty, baseball fanatic Feb 13, 05:52 16
- Keep an eye on that Vaughn kid. He's a little wild, but he has a cannon for an arm. He might need glasses. -- nm - Teddy Baron Feb 13, 06:26
- And yet it's somehow a loooooong time until there is actual real baseball. -- nm - volnelk Feb 13, 05:56 1
  - It doesn't matter because now I get baseball talk and some weak games but games to watch. Yay! Also, it's early this year because of the WBC. -- nm - Krusty, baseball fanatic Feb 13, 06:04
- Updated odds to win the World Series - Strongbad Feb 13, 05:56 12
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    - Same experts that make fantasy rankings. We all know what they did last year doesn't guarantee a damn thing the next. -- nm - Krusty, baseball fanatic Feb 13, 06:05
    - In a society where experts are evaluated based on the accuracy of their predictions, I can understand the appeal of the "safe" pick. - Strongbad Feb 13, 06:04 9
      - Lol, experts evaluated on the accuracy of their predictions. Lol. -- nm - znufrii Feb 13, 06:18 4
        
        You don't see people criticizing Skip Bayless for his stupid thoughts? -- nm - Strongbad Feb 13, 06:23 3
        
        Who? - znufrii Feb 13, 06:29 2
        
        Then why are you replying to this thread if you don't care? -- nm - Strongbad Feb 13, 06:29 1
        
        Its like politics, people get paid to have opinions, not to be right. - znufrii Feb 13, 06:38
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        I would rather be 1 of 50 people who unanimously chose something and be wrong, than the guy standing on an island by himself and be wrong -- nm - Strongbad Feb 13, 06:07 2
        
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        Note: I am offering a hypothetical reason. I am not a "baseball expert" and do not subscribe to any risk-adverse newsletters. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 13, 06:16
I found this far more interesting than I expected: A profile of the nationally syndicated radio DJ Delilah -- (link) - ty97 Feb 13, 05:19 1
- ~What's it like in New York City~ -- nm - Strongbad Feb 13, 05:34
Obama wanted to be the high-speed rail president. It might be Trump instead? -- (link) - Strongbad Feb 13, 04:41 11
- I'm holding out for hyperloop. -- nm - Teddy Baron Feb 13, 05:47 4
  - We'll have affordable flying cars before that. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 13, 05:50 3
    - Don't harsh my Futurama dream! -- nm - Teddy Baron Feb 13, 05:51 2
      - I think that's a legit concern for any infrastructure now. By the time it's implemented, it will be outdated. - volnelk Feb 13, 05:59 1
        
        100% agree -- nm - Strongbad Feb 13, 06:02
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- I'll believe it when I see it. -- nm - znufrii Feb 13, 04:54
- Everybody wants to do infrastructure. Nobody wants to pay for infrastructure. The whole infra fight is going to be interesting. -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 04:43 3
  - It's embarrassing down here. - Strongbad Feb 13, 04:45 2
    - I think PPR works better when there's an inelastic revenue stream from people willing to pay (eg a highway specifically for heavy vehicles) than - Roger More Feb 13, 05:51
    - That's not how public-private partnerships work, you privatize the *profit*, the public still bears the risk. -- (edited) - znufrii Feb 13, 04:56
TV PSA: 24 Legacy, Antiques Roadshow, Kevin Can Wait, Shadowhunters, NBA, Supergirl, Bachelor, Raw, Man With A Plan, Martha & Snoop, Jane the Virgin, -- nm - Beaker Feb 13, 03:48 3
- Superior Doughnuts, Young Pope, Celebrity Apprentice, APB, 2 Broke Girls, Humans, Scorpion, Timeless, Bates Motel, Quantico, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Feb 13, 03:50 2
  - As someone who watches a lot of reality TV - Strongbad Feb 13, 05:31 1
    - I'll admit it, I used to LOVE the Apprentice when it first started. Celebrity version, not so much. - volnelk Feb 13, 05:36
The windstorm power outages are forcing the county schools to open two hours late today -- nm - prayformojo Feb 13, 03:17
wake up! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 13, 01:48 1
- time to nod off -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 13, 02:29
SNL question - Beryllium Feb 13, 00:08 2
- Yep. I actually like mistakes like that from time to time. Humanizes it a little bit. It's not like it takes me out of the moment or anything. - volnelk Feb 13, 04:40 1
  - That last one was bigly, though. -- nm - Spawn Feb 13, 07:53
Loria is selling the Marlins for $1.6 billion which is just another opportunity for the Montreal sports pages to remind us how evil he is. -- (link) - Mop Feb 12, 23:43 1
- The guys who ahould be owners don't want to be in the big leagues. - . Feb 13, 00:58
I actually have a continuity error in the Lego Batman Movie (spoilers) - Mop Feb 12, 23:25
Heh. A bunch of work I did 6 months ago for this open source project finally got merged in ... -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 12, 22:51
I've seen stories from across the country of Republicans being heckled at town halls, and dismissing the hecklers as paid or organized or outsiders -- (edited) - Mop Feb 12, 22:40 5
- If they are right, why aren't they trying to bankrupt the Democratic Party by holding MOAR TOWN HALLZ!!! -- nm* - znufrii Feb 13, 04:16
- Not entirely, some are also people unhappy with the promised repeal of the ACA and are being proactive. - . Feb 12, 22:56
- Did you just pass up an opportunity to use "wouldn't've"? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 12, 22:41 2
  - Huh. My sentence would have made more sense. -- nm - Mop Feb 12, 22:42 1
    - Heh. Also, yes, gaslighting. Or in this case, a sustained attempt to push a propagandized agenda by staying "on message" - Beryllium Feb 12, 22:43
Simpsons spoilers - Beryllium Feb 12, 22:03 2
- Solid episode. -- nm - Mop Feb 12, 22:35
- also - Beryllium Feb 12, 22:07
Hmm...of the 5 best new artist nominees I know 2, the rap artists, even seen one in concert. - . Feb 12, 21:19
You know, 'emergency " spill way sounds like it's supposed to be functional in an emergency, not the cause of it, just saying -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 12, 21:01 2
- As I understand it they cut back on the flow through the main spillway due to possible erosion, the 'emergency' spillway is actually just a low - Meg Feb 12, 21:12 1
  - They don't know the dam isn't going to fail. If you look at the pictures mop just posted on fb, it's very damaged. If all of the concrete gives way, -- (edited) - jnine Feb 12, 23:27
So, the Smackdown Wrestlemania main event is going to be at best the third best match on the brand. - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Feb 12, 20:45
Terence Malick thinks Loving was a little slow. -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 20:37
"One guy in the 'in memoriam' reel was alive when it started!" -- nm - Mop Feb 12, 20:35
We're getting Dano's crazy weather. She's starting to shake. She's starting to shimmy. -- nm - Max Feb 12, 20:35
Awesome. -- (link) - Spawn Feb 12, 20:24 3
- Did they apologize to Alec Baldwin? -- nm - Mop Feb 12, 20:28 1
  - Nah, they congratulated him. - Spawn Feb 12, 21:05
- Last week a Brazilian news channel thought this clip from Forza was actual Secret Service training video. -- (link) - Max Feb 12, 20:26
Teen Vogue strikes again. Joe Biden's daughter releases her own clothing line... actually made in the USA. -- (link*) - Mop Feb 12, 20:04
Cutting to James Corden's face during Bruno Mars' phallic guitar gestures why -- nm - con_carne Feb 12, 20:00
Ok, picture of my unusual hair on Facebook. -- nm - Mop Feb 12, 19:59 24
- At least you don't have a cock on your neck -- nm - CQ Feb 13, 04:53 1
  - Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty, baseball fanatic Feb 13, 06:30
- People from all my cliques have commented on my Facebook photo, including coworkers. I've been soundly ridiculed across the board. -- nm - Mop Feb 12, 22:36 4
  - just shave it all off and start over -- nm - decline Feb 13, 05:50
  - The nice thing about hair is that it grows back. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 12, 22:38 1
    - The fact that I have so much hair that I can do stupid stuff with it isn't lost to me. -- nm - Mop Feb 12, 22:41
  - your kids still have to show it to their friends tomorrow :)) -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 12, 22:37
- I'll probably be posting a haircut selfie in a few days too. So, keep that in mind. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 12, 20:50 2
  - Your last profile picture screams "badass biker... on weekends." I look forward to your next phase. -- nm - Mop Feb 12, 20:56 1
    - Oh, my "Bad Hombre" one? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 12, 21:14
- Bizarre Anglo-Saxon Animal Burriels -- (link) - Peglegpete Feb 12, 20:48 1
  - That's no pig! That's my mother! -- nm - Mop Feb 12, 20:55
- Yup, just need a plastic skull cap and a full length Chinese nuru jacket -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 12, 20:31
- no comment -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 20:26 1
  - yes no comment -- nm - Karl_S Feb 12, 21:21
- gah! Oh, I mean, I guess men could try the Natalie Dormer. -- nm - Max Feb 12, 20:24 2
  - Even Natalie Dormer can't pull off Natalie Dormer. -- nm - Mop Feb 12, 20:27 1
    - Well, now you're both not hot and dumb. -- nm - Max Feb 12, 20:28
- full hipster. now grow an ironic moustache. -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 20:18 1
  - I considered some chiseled stubble just last week but the amount of grooming that required was insane. -- nm - Mop Feb 12, 20:22
- Go back to the correct side part. You look Trent Reznor-y in an industrial sort of way. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 12, 20:14 1
  - As much as "You look Trent Reznor-y" is the highest of compliments, I don't see it. -- nm - Mop Feb 12, 20:20
- Good news. Looks okay, also...I've seen that on some younger guys. -- nm - Epiphany Feb 12, 20:03 1
  - No comment. -- nm - Mop Feb 12, 20:28
Baaapocalypse -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 12, 19:54

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