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I eagerly await her performance at the Will Hunting Classic: woman eats 2 gallons of ice cream in 6 minutes.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 14, 12:07
I just realized I'd forgotten to order eclipse sunglasses. They're all now a million dollars or backordered on amazon. -- nm - Max Aug 14, 11:59 3
- Fred Meyer still has a bunch too (as of yesterday). -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 14, 12:05
- Call your public library, science museums, planetariums. -- nm - mara Aug 14, 12:01 1
  - Too bad Max lives in DC, a well-known museum and library desert -- nm - con_carne Aug 14, 12:08
Welp. One of my exes from like 8 years ago just posted an anti-vax video on FB. Bullet dodged. -- nm - con_carne Aug 14, 11:49 2
- Is she single? -- nm - Mop Aug 14, 11:53 1
  - something something psycho ex-boyfriend she probably still has restraining orders against -- nm - con_carne Aug 14, 11:58
A teen checked into an Internet-addiction camp in China. He was dead two days later. -- (link) - Next Season on Black Mirrot Aug 14, 11:43 7
- RIP foodchem -- nm - Roger More Aug 14, 11:53
- Hey there mayhem. Nice to finally see a new user here on ST. -- nm - con_carne Aug 14, 11:45 4
  - maybe a C-lister at best. -- nm - Reagen Aug 14, 11:50 3
    - C-list is the best list. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 14, 11:56
    - Dammit! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 14, 11:54
    - Not necessarily. He obviously likes those clever insurance commercials so much he decided to name himself after them. So he can't be all that bad. -- nm - con_carne Aug 14, 11:51
- well, that did cure his addiction -- nm - decline Aug 14, 11:45
RUMOR: Flair is in a medically induced coma... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 14, 11:35 3
- His PGA Championship opening promo was a fun mash-up. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 14, 11:55 1
  - fun -- (link) - Remlik Aug 14, 12:04 [youtube]
- :( -- nm - budice Aug 14, 11:36
Remember when you were kicking yourself in March for not buying bitcoin before? - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Twelfth Astronaut Aug 14, 11:32 13
- STIS: What are the computing requirements to generate $ off farming these? - Strongbad Aug 14, 11:36 7
  - It is pretty much not worth it -- (link*) - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Twelfth Astronaut Aug 14, 11:40
  - At this point you need special mining rigs. The biggest expense is the electricity. To be profitable, you need to be someplace where it's very cheap -- nm - decline Aug 14, 11:39 5
    - (the rigs are ASICS based computers that only perform that one task) -- nm - decline Aug 14, 11:42 4
      - Not as bad as I thought but still requires $1600 up front -- (link) - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Twelfth Astronaut Aug 14, 11:45 3
        
        they $5K plus on amazon. -- nm - Remlik Aug 14, 11:53 1
        
        I'm sure there's always a catch -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Twelfth Astronaut Aug 14, 11:55
        
        if you can get one -- nm - decline Aug 14, 11:49
- Until that system loses its shady cloud, I'll be satisfied to miss out on all the investment opportunity riches from it. -- nm - Max Aug 14, 11:35
- The crash will be spectacular - decline Aug 14, 11:34 3
  - the day I decide to buy some -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Twelfth Astronaut Aug 14, 11:35 2
    - I'd buy 1 for giggles but would not even know where to start or how to keep it safe -- nm - Epiphany Aug 14, 12:11 1
      - there are website that act like a brokerage house for them -- nm - decline Aug 14, 12:12
xkcd tells us what we all already know about the eclipse: We're fucked. -- (link) - Mop Aug 14, 11:30 1 1
- I keep imagining the people on the rooftops in Independence Day just before they get obliterated. -- nm - Max Aug 14, 11:33
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Tropical Storm Gert has formed in the Atlantic and is intensifying. It may become a hurricane, but will probably stay out to sea - decline Aug 14, 11:26
Daily Stormer will not have a home at Google Domains, either. -- (link) - Mop Aug 14, 11:25
Alan Arkin & Michael Douglas to star in Chuck Lorre comedy series on Netflix. -- (link) - Mop Aug 14, 11:21
FBI arrests a terrorist who planned to bomb a building in OKC with a van full of explosives. - TWuG Aug 14, 11:19 1
- ~everything old is new again...~ -- nm - znufrii Aug 14, 11:23
Amateur drone lands on the U.K.'s new aircraft carrier, no one even notices -- (link) - Max Aug 14, 11:19
Pippy, you're up next. Another white nationalist rally planned, this time in Texas -- (link) - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Twelfth Astronaut Aug 14, 11:15 10
- *giggling* at Texas A & M - oh hell, they won't need me - those college kids GOT THIS -- nm - Epiphany Aug 14, 12:16
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  - Wait are we trying to make Antifa a thing?! It's like the all other right wing nutjob things, irrelevant, but they hope to scare old white people -- nm - MDH Aug 14, 11:28 4
    - it is a thing. How serious of a thing remains to be seen. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 14, 12:17
    - Yes, evidently theatlantic.com is a bunch of right wing nutjobs catering to old white people. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 14, 11:58 2
      - The staples this journalist needed in his head after being attacked by them probably aren't a real thing, either. - IrishStephen Aug 14, 12:22 1
        
        Sciere, be careful! You can't present facts here, that means you're defending Nazis and playing whataboutism. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 14, 12:48
- On September 11th? This is them asking for even more trouble. -- nm - MDH Aug 14, 11:19 2
  - Also, ty97, don't look at where it is. -- nm - MDH Aug 14, 11:19 1
    - I figured it would either be there or Austin. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 14, 11:57
"The consultants are making us do this" is probably not the most effective way to sell people on an organizational change initiative. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 14, 11:14
GoT thoughts for someone just reading along with you guys (spoils / spec) - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Aug 14, 11:08 1
- GRRM has said - Reagen Aug 14, 11:13
Bears claim Roberto Aguayo, then this.... -- (link) - budice Aug 14, 11:03 1
- on all news like this in the future, please begin the subject line with "Kicker update for David;" -- nm - crash davis Aug 14, 11:09
School starts tomorrow. God help me - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Twelfth Astronaut Aug 14, 10:59 2
- $20 and let them run wild at Dollar Tree -- nm - budice Aug 14, 11:02
- way too stressful. A vacation away for a couple of weeks is probably in order -- nm - decline Aug 14, 11:00
Odell Beckham Jr. doing OBJ stuff. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 14, 10:54 4
- Whoa -- nm - Epiphany Aug 14, 11:14
- Stick-Em -- nm - budice Aug 14, 11:13
- *pets my ODBJr* -- nm - Beaker Aug 14, 10:54 1
  - Stop being a dumb media person. Get rid of that damned 'D'. -- nm - Shaun Aug 14, 10:57
Halifax weatherman finds scorpion in bunch of bananas from Costco (this after some dude got bit by a brown recluse spider) -- (link) - Beaker Aug 14, 10:50 3
- Why was the weatherman in the produce section? -- nm - decline Aug 14, 10:52 2
  - Cause he heard that time flies? -- nm - Reagen Aug 14, 11:07
  - he just happens to be a weatherman, just bought them and took them home -- nm - Beaker Aug 14, 10:53
sitwap: stuntwoman killed on Deadpool 2 set -- (link) - Remlik Aug 14, 10:44 1
- Vancouver PD -- (link) - budice Aug 14, 10:45
Finally ... Trump condemns 'evil racism' in Charlottesville -- (link) - zork Aug 14, 10:44 1
- "Virtuous racism, by the other hand, is great!" (NM) - Drumpf Aug 14, 10:50
Nooooo!!!! Amazon are shutting down their DVD rental service Lovefilm! - LMS Aug 14, 10:42
Monday's earworm. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 14, 10:36 [youtube]
Nazis are a lot like cats. If they like you, it means you are feeding them -- nm - John Olivet Aug 14, 10:35
Don't Knock Twice: PSVR launch trailer. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 14, 10:32 [youtube] 2
- I haven't gotten a horror VR game yet. I'm kind of afraid to do so -- nm - decline Aug 14, 10:41 1
  - Yeah, I can barely do horror games on 2D. -- nm - Shaun Aug 14, 10:44
Who's got their hand shoved up trump's ass today? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 14, 10:24 2
- The reference to children actually makes me think Melania. -- nm - Max Aug 14, 10:25 1
  - I think she has no influence, Ivanka or even huckabee -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 14, 11:05
And in dispatches from Bizarro World: -- (link) - Reagen Aug 14, 10:24 1
- The sad thing is that he probably didn't. - David Aug 14, 10:50
WWE: Sami Zayn has raised $48K for a medical unit for Syria and will now match donations $ for $ up to $10k -- (link) - Remlik Aug 14, 10:23 2
- I love that Kevin Owens gave 5k. - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Aug 14, 10:25 1
  - I was watching some videos of The Elite. - David Aug 14, 10:50
34/61/-27 - Reagen Aug 14, 10:23 10
- 30 weeks until 2018 primaries begin. -- nm - Max Aug 14, 10:44 1
  - think we'll make it? its been 30 weeks so far and we're threating nuke war and have nazi street fighting in many cities -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 14, 11:08
- But that definitely included some of the early week activities. 34% of Americans are just terrible people. -- nm - MDH Aug 14, 10:39 2
  - even though they're wrong, I can deal with folks who think speaking off the cuff to North Korea is a fine idea - crash davis Aug 14, 10:44 1
    - "Soft glove treatment has failed! Tough talk will make Korea back down!" *threatens more* *doubles tough talk* *threatens more* -- nm - Max Aug 14, 10:46
- Which means the one day sample (more prone to error, but...) could have been as low as 29. -- nm - Reagen Aug 14, 10:31 4
  - Yup. I'm pretty sure he's either at 29 or 30. -- nm - David Aug 14, 10:46
  - We are a) at peace and b) in an economically strong economy and this guy is getting 1 out of 3 to like him. - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Aug 14, 10:44 2
    - If our economy tanks, he'll either get impeached (which probably happens anyway) or killed. - David Aug 14, 10:53
    - If the economy continues to grow, he will take credit. But if it tanks? - Amoxy Aug 14, 10:52
on other quality Sunday night TV - Russell looked pretty good for his one series -- nm - crash davis Aug 14, 10:16
Jordan Matthews suffered a chip fracture in his sternum during his first practice with the Buffalo Bills and is considered week-to-week -- nm* - Beaker Aug 14, 10:15 1
- "aren't we all" -- nm - budice Aug 14, 10:19
kilbo - here are my thoughts on raises - JaxSean Aug 14, 10:15 1
- yup. thanks -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Twelfth Astronaut Aug 14, 10:47
Daredevil, A, Jessica Jones A-, Daredevil 2 A, Luke Cage B- (I revised it down after thinking about it more), Iron Fist: I liked the first episode -- nm - Beaker Aug 14, 10:13
Today's stupid mistake: Not realizing that unflavoured gelatin is waaay more powerful than plain old jello - Reagen Aug 14, 10:12
This is amazing. Within the last week, the American President has done the following: - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Aug 14, 10:05 9
- mfer -- nm - Gary Hart Aug 14, 10:20 1
  - YEEAAAWWWWHHHH!!! -- nm - howard Dean Aug 14, 10:22
- All while being on "vacation"....Imgine if it was a busy work week. -- nm - Matrix_Mafia Aug 14, 10:12
- I'm still trying to wrap my mind around what the GOP uproar would have been had Hillary or Obama done what Trump has(n't). - TWuG Aug 14, 10:11 1
  - but emails! and pizza! -- nm - Beaker Aug 14, 10:12
- Like he said himself, he could shoot someone on 5th st and people wouldn't care. -- (link) - budice Aug 14, 10:10
- But has he condemned antifa? -- nm - David Aug 14, 10:09 1
  - I condemned anti-pasto same thing -- nm - Trump Aug 14, 10:11
- I know. It was a slow week. - pmb Aug 14, 10:08
Hitman's Bodyguard 50% (6/6); Logan Lucky 92% (23/2) -- nm - Beaker Aug 14, 10:05 3
- the red band trailer for Hitman's Bodyguard still makes me smile though -- (link) - Beaker Aug 14, 10:08 [youtube]
- Nice rating for Logan Lucky. But does any normal person even know what this is? -- nm - Shaun Aug 14, 10:08 1
  - "Logan? I already saw that." is the answer -- nm* - con_carne Aug 14, 11:37
Gen Con 50 is sold out. All tickets gone. 1st time Gen Con has ever sold out. Indianapolis Airport is now offering gaming spaces... - Remlik Aug 14, 10:00 4
- See what getting "rid" of Pence does!?! -- nm - Stolen from Twitter Aug 14, 10:50
- do you do a booth there? -- nm - crash davis Aug 14, 10:22
- Everything is batsh*t crazy this year at Cons - budice Aug 14, 10:20 1
  - these days fantasy worlds make a lot more sense than what is going on -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 14, 11:10
Gilly is the Roseanne Roseannadanna of Westeros. -- nm - Max Aug 14, 09:59 30
- I'm so tired of people making this comparison -- nm - prayformojo Aug 14, 10:03 1
  - I'm going to make it a hashtag that will sweep the internet, you'll see. -- nm - Max Aug 14, 10:16
- I was pretty much snickering during that scene... spoils.... - groiny Aug 14, 10:03 26
  - that was probably the most important scene of the night (spoil) - decline Aug 14, 10:31 25
    - Three things though (spoils) - Roger More Aug 14, 10:51 18
      - pff, she'll back down - Max Aug 14, 11:07
      - Spoilers - David Aug 14, 10:55 16
        
        We will see how it works out but (spoils) - Roger More Aug 14, 11:12 2
        
        Spoilers - David Aug 14, 12:04 1
        
        I could have done better on my phrasing. -- nm - Roger More Aug 14, 12:12
        
        The GoT writers don't play by all the traditional rules, so I could see them doing it. However, it would be great if - Max Aug 14, 11:10
        
        Right - decline Aug 14, 10:59
        
        Exactly. - Name Withheld by Request Aug 14, 10:58 10
        
        Spoilers - David Aug 14, 11:01 9
        
        I believe (or want to believe, I dunno which it is)... spoils - Name Withheld by Request Aug 14, 11:25 7
        
        um, general GoT spoil - decline Aug 14, 11:28 6
        
        right but they've associated that with villains. -- (edited) - Max Aug 14, 11:32 5
        
        Spoilers - David Aug 14, 12:06 1
        
        It was certainly popular among European royalty. -- nm - Ender Aug 14, 12:11
        
        good point -- (edited) - decline Aug 14, 11:35 2
        
        Ah.... spoils - Name Withheld by Request Aug 14, 11:49 1
        
        I stand by my original comment. -- nm - Decline SI Aug 14, 11:51
        
        The 1980s romantic dramedy outcome of this would be -- (edited) - Max Aug 14, 11:15
    - But - Max Aug 14, 10:48 3
      - There is zero way this doesn't get revealed. - Name Withheld by Request Aug 14, 10:56 1
        
        "We'll write it that way if we want. We don't care. We don't have to. We're the Westeros Phone Company." -- nm - Max Aug 14, 11:05
      - spoil - decline Aug 14, 10:51
    - Right. -- nm - David Aug 14, 10:42
    - yup. -- nm - Remlik Aug 14, 10:40
- or JAr-Jar Binks -- nm - budice Aug 14, 10:01

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