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KIMMEL ANGRY! -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 20:41
The new Humble Bundle has Shadow of Mordor if you pay more than $7. -- (link) - Mop Sep 20, 20:40
Last Friday in Destiny 2 I shot a Roomba. But I got no points or money for it. - crash davis Sep 20, 20:38
I should adapt this into a cyberpunk short story. I could have a certain STer as a technical consultant. :) -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 20, 20:22
The Good Place spoils and speculation - TWuG Sep 20, 20:15
a warning to all my Canadian friends, stay legal -- (link) - crash davis Sep 20, 20:09 2
- I mean, if you label the bags 'hoarded' deep down you're hoping to be caught. -- nm - mafic Sep 20, 20:15 1
  - definite guilty conscience at work, it must be that national politeness :) -- nm - crash davis Sep 20, 20:18
BB19 spoils - Ender Sep 20, 20:04 4
- It could have been better if the right man won...these contestants need to stop voting with hate and vote for game -- nm - J Sep 20, 20:50 2
  - Hate's part of the game. *spoils* - Ender Sep 20, 21:04 1
    - Exactly. I am surprised he got that many votes. - GregW Sep 20, 21:27
- SPOILS - Jovian Sep 20, 20:38
today I found out that toys r us has $5 billion of long-term debt. that's impressive. -- nm - mafic Sep 20, 19:52 2
- Blame private equity. Bastards basically pumped and dumped the company -- nm* - decline Sep 20, 19:54 1
  - That is the modus operandi of PE -- nm - Beryllium Sep 20, 20:10
art history type people - how would you describe these WPA style posters? -- (link) - crash davis Sep 20, 19:08 31
- My initial thought was Maxfield Parish -- (link) - Covington Sep 21, 01:50
- here is another website which has more info on the origins of the posters & gives a bio of Dorothy Waugh who painted a lot of the National Park series -- (link) - peglegpete Sep 20, 19:51 16
  - I appreciate the links, but I'd love to call it a school or a movement or style and you'd know instantly what I'm talking about - its not quite deco -- nm* - crash davis Sep 20, 20:00 15
    - that's nice. BUT the experts years ago already named them THE WPA National Park Series and the WPA Travel series -- nm - peglegpete Sep 20, 20:12 11
      - yes, but I saw someone working in this style this weekend and the WPA is long gone -- nm - crash davis Sep 20, 20:13 10
        
        It's WPA, Mid-Century modern, Moderne, Art Deco, and even Arts and Crafts related. - . Sep 20, 20:30
        
        heh, I've seen other similar work described as WPA-style - it might just fall under graphic art. -- nm - i.b. Sep 20, 20:23 4
        
        If I didn't immediately get several definitive answers here, I feel like I haven't asked a dumb question. :) -- nm - crash davis Sep 20, 20:31 3
        
        I think WPA is the closest you'll get, because I think it's never been formally named. - . Sep 20, 20:40 2
        
        I appreciate the help. And its a pity if its never been formally named. -- nm - crash davis Sep 20, 20:45 1
        
        Lets call it...Neo Retro -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 21:16
        
        poster painting is the closest I can think of. I have seen silent movie posters from 100 years ago painted in the same style -- nm - peglegpete Sep 20, 20:21 2
        
        here is a book of them by Batiste Madalena painted in the early 1920's -- (link) - peglegpete Sep 20, 20:25 1
        
        Those are cool. The Greta Garbo Mysterious Lady one feels French to me. -- nm - crash davis Sep 20, 20:27
        
        that style wasn't unique to the WPA either. -- nm - mafic Sep 20, 20:18
    - I'd just say vintage. These are mass-market images designed to be appealing to customers, they're not supposed to reflect a particular art movement -- nm - Roger More Sep 20, 20:04 2
      - If it doesn't have a name, I would like to give it a name. It is a definite style and I saw a person working in it this weekend. -- nm - crash davis Sep 20, 20:08 1
        
        American Regionalism. -- nm - mafic Sep 20, 20:11
- Arizona Highways is using similar artwork on its 2017 covers. The first 10 on this page are this year's. -- (link) - Meg Sep 20, 19:20 2
  - I really like the Chiricahua Mountains one -- nm - crash davis Sep 20, 20:06 1
    - I think they describe them as being in the style of vintage travel posters but I've passed my magazines on to a friend so can't confirm. -- nm - Meg Sep 20, 20:13
- here is a website selling current copies and explains all about these and other WPA posters -- (link) - peglegpete Sep 20, 19:17 2
  - while this is the sort of thing I love -- (link) - crash davis Sep 20, 20:12 1
    - this might be fun to hang in the kitchen -- (link) - crash davis Sep 20, 20:12
- psychedelic realism. -- nm - mud Sep 20, 19:15
- travel posters or National Park posters. some of the railroads also had series of similar posters to show they go to the parks -- nm - peglegpete Sep 20, 19:15
- they look fairly '30s, so maybe inter-war/prewar? is that an art history period? -- nm - mafic Sep 20, 19:15 3
  - art deco, maybe. -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 19:25 2
    - I thought about that, but I don't think it quite fits. -- nm - mafic Sep 20, 19:32 1
      - More arts and crafts. American arts and crafts. But deco influenced. -- nm - . Sep 20, 20:42
- The only thing I know about art is that it's short for Arthur; that notwithstanding, those are kinda terrific -- (edited) - prayformojo Sep 20, 19:11
“I focus on the pain / the only thing that’s real” -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 20, 19:05
CNN. "Puerto Rico could be blacked out for months." Jesus. I can't imagine. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 20, 19:04 1
- I'm seeing reports of 4-6 months -- nm - decline Sep 20, 19:26
WWE: after Jindar Mahal's racist promo on SD...washington post is a doing a story on racism in promos in wrestling.... - Remlik Sep 20, 19:03
IsCallistoStillAwake.org -- nm - prayformojo Sep 20, 19:01 1
- Yes! Now bedtime. -- nm - Dark Callisto Sep 20, 20:13
RIP Bernie Casie. -- (link*) - Remlik Sep 20, 18:31
Vulture unloads with both barrels on HGTV, attacking both their social conservative sexism and their housing bubble provoking paradigm. -- (link) - Mop Sep 20, 18:30 4
- White People Flipping Houses! -- nm - Qale Sep 20, 21:07
- way to pick targets that matter, vulture. -- nm - mafic Sep 20, 18:37 2
  - Up next... Domino's Pizza! They've totally got it coming. -- nm - Mop Sep 20, 18:41 1
    - YEAH! -- nm - Crusty Sep 20, 18:58
Big Brother spoilers - peglegpete Sep 20, 18:24 1
- spoiler question - Beaker Sep 20, 18:30
so good -- nm - Beaker Sep 20, 18:21
I just found an incredible Game of Thrones shirt on ebay. sadly it is not in my size. -- (pic) - peglegpete Sep 20, 17:59 [Attachment] 3
- Narf. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 20, 18:11
- I've seen that before - someone linked to it on one of those t-shirt sites. -- nm - b. Sep 20, 18:01 1
  - I searched the web and a handful of places had it, but 8/1 seemed to be a cut off date and it is no longer availible anywhere -- nm - peglegpete Sep 20, 19:58
it's like I always said when I used to watch The Man Show, "I can't speak about their views on Juggies, but one day, one of these guys is gonna be a - prayformojo Sep 20, 17:54
I'm gonna say magnets. -- (link) - Reagen Sep 20, 17:50 6
- 🎶 It's a world of laughter. It's a world of tears. It's a world of hope. It's a world of fears. There's so much that we share that's it time -- nm - JD Sep 20, 19:50 1
  - stop that! -- nm - prayformojo Sep 21, 03:15
- they're all standing on Roombas. -- nm - mafic Sep 20, 18:11 1
  - Not a chance. One of them would suddently for no reason back up in the other direction. -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 18:16
- that's really disturbing -- nm - mud Sep 20, 17:59 1
  - The... stillness of their heads really adds to it. -- nm - Spawndroid Sep 20, 20:58
made my Survival Football pick, I feel dirty about it -- nm - crash davis Sep 20, 17:44
Now watching: The Good Place season 2 premiere. You can touch me if you want. -- nm - Beaker Sep 20, 17:28 1
- Unacceptable! I still have to slog though an hour and fifteen minutes of BB finale. -- nm - Jovian Sep 20, 17:46
Kingsman 2 54% (35/30), Friend Request 36% (8/14). Stronger 97% (38/1), Battle of the Sexes 83% (29/6), Lego Ninjago 68% (13/6) -- nm - Beaker Sep 20, 17:26 1
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I had to show a house today. The current tenant is a USAF sergeant who is deploying overseas. One prospective tenant wore a USMC hoody - crash davis Sep 20, 17:23 3
- hah! -- nm - mafic Sep 20, 19:45
- eep. did they laugh? -- nm - b. Sep 20, 17:44 1
  - made pained faces :) -- nm - crash davis Sep 20, 18:01
but what I really want to know is... - znufrii Sep 20, 17:07 5
- Are you gonna go my way? -- nm - Volnelk Sep 20, 18:07
- Some kind of hot tub time machine? -- nm - Qale Sep 20, 17:10 1
  - *stares into camera* -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 17:46
- They probably either fly or walk -- nm - decline Sep 20, 17:09 1
  - even worse... - znufrii Sep 20, 17:23
To answer the great unasked questions from about 90 minutes ago, no, I *don't* have enough gas in the mower to finish the lawn before it runs out, -- (edited) - prayformojo Sep 20, 17:00
This totally says “Drop the bear”, doesn’t it? -- (pic) - Beryllium Sep 20, 16:56 [Attachment] 1
- :-/ -- nm - Bear Lawyer Sep 20, 17:08
And all Good Place, all the time: Here's video Kristen Bell took of the cast from the set of last year's finale -- (link) - Reagen Sep 20, 16:54 4
- I ❤️ this. -- nm - Mop Sep 20, 18:39
- Ha! Awesome -- nm - JaxSean Sep 20, 17:19
- that was pretty cool -- nm - prayformojo Sep 20, 17:05
- that's really neat -- nm - mud Sep 20, 16:57
And LIR ('cause I'm taking Mom to the eye doctor). The theological argument I tried to provoke was .... (Spoilers) -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Sep 20, 16:46 9
- Spoilers for The Good Place season 1 - David Sep 20, 16:51 4
  - I love that aspect. - ReluctantCynic Sep 20, 17:08 3
    - Hmm, a What We Love and Why podcast would be fairly organic. -- nm - David Sep 20, 17:17 2
      - I would volunteer to organize and produce it if BOP would have me back as a Prophet. -- nm* - ReluctantCynic at Home Sep 20, 19:08 1
        
        Nobody ever leaves Prophets. It's Hotel California. -- nm - David, Your Supervisor Sep 20, 20:19
- I'm not sure how compatible TGP is with usual Christian theology though - Reagen Sep 20, 16:50 2
  - spoils - znufrii Sep 20, 17:21
  - Agreed. But ... (*Spoilers*) -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Sep 20, 17:03
- spoils - Beryllium Sep 20, 16:49
I just realized that we had a tie in Astronauts this week. That's almost an impossibility mathematically... -- (edited) - David Sep 20, 16:29 1
- We are just that special. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 20, 16:40
Useful advice around rosh hashanah and yom kippur -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 20, 16:20 7
- Someone needs some useful advice for using Twitter. 140 Characters, Bitches! -- nm - Qale Sep 20, 16:55
- er, there's a mistake right near the beginning. - b. Sep 20, 16:34 2
  - right? also, where she states that the central tenet of Judaism is "We got spirit, yes we do, we got spirit, how 'bout *you*!"? - prayformojo Sep 20, 17:22 1
    - well, there's the whole passover/elijah thing that may have led them astray. (heehee.) -- nm - b. Sep 20, 17:42
- Waiting for the punch line. -- nm - Mop Sep 20, 16:31
- She's a bit... judgey. -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 16:30 1
  - you're so ignorant about judaism. -- nm - mafic Sep 20, 19:00
Big Brother finale tonight, right? -- nm - Mop Sep 20, 16:15 9
- There's only one television show on tonight, and it airs at 10:01 PM EST. -- nm - David Sep 20, 16:20 8
  - EDT -- nm - Ender Sep 20, 18:57
  - WTF is it on at 10 pm for? I was considering exposing my children to the magic. They've seen the ads and want to see it. -- nm - Mop Sep 20, 16:29 1
    - 10 p.m. and an hour. They're killing me! - Callisto Buffalomeat Sep 20, 17:24
  - *twitch* -- nm - Krusty Sep 20, 16:24
  - Thursday Night Football post-game show. -- nm - Mop Sep 20, 16:22 3
    - You should look at the calendar again. -- nm - David Sep 20, 16:23 2
      - HOW IS IT STILL WEDNESDAY!!! Please make the week end! -- nm - Mop Sep 20, 16:28 1
        
        *blinks twice* Did it work? Is it Friday? - David Sep 20, 16:40
I will make my millions someday writing about the inconsistencies in Scandal. - Tommo97 Sep 20, 16:04 1
- That's the best you could come up with? -- nm - znufrii Sep 20, 16:15
b. - peglegpete Sep 20, 16:04 1
- :) - - b. Sep 20, 16:28
Well now that Susan Rice has been exonerated, it looks like Samantha Powers is the new Foxnews 'unmasking' boogeyman. -- nm - Jovian Sep 20, 15:58
Can a thickened wall of the heart be reduced in size by treatment? - JD Sep 20, 15:54 5
- yay! (somehow totally missed this earlier.) -- nm -- (edited) - b. Sep 20, 20:06
- Woot!! -- nm - Pippy Sep 20, 19:59
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Sep 20, 16:23 1
  - ❤️👍 -- nm - JD Sep 20, 17:29
- Yes -- nm - groiny Sep 20, 15:59
As ultimately amazing seeing Nine Inch Nails, Pretty Lights, and Phantogram would be... $215+ is out of my price range. Day 4 Night 2017 Line up. -- (link) - Qale Sep 20, 15:52 6
- just for fun you should write the promoters a letter asking if they could make an exception and sell you a ticket for half price - peglegpete Sep 20, 16:03 5
  - I'm sure there will be temp jobs for the festival. Would I actually be willing to subject myself to the Fyre Festival types that go to these things... -- nm - Qale Sep 20, 16:18 3
    - Hey! Fyre was an extraordinary target audience. Not all festival goer are like that ;-) - JD Sep 20, 16:22 2
      - I'm certainly stereotyping. Considering I don't know most of that line up, I know I'm not the target audience. -- nm - Qale Sep 20, 16:30 1
        
        But at least you know part of the lineup...I'd swear that puts you one up on a bunch of the Weekend 1 attendees for Coachella -- nm - JD Sep 20, 16:37
  - *counter offers 312.50* -- nm - Promoters Sep 20, 16:08
K, from b2.. - b. Sep 20, 15:43 8
- b! - Qale Sep 20, 15:57 3
  - Q! - b. Sep 20, 16:17 2
    - b. - Qale Sep 20, 16:18 1
      - Q! - b. Sep 20, 16:43
- I know and I'm close to doing it. -- nm - Krusty Sep 20, 15:50
- Krusty, I'm curious if/how you buy things on the internet -- nm - Beryllium Sep 20, 15:48 2
  - Bank card. -- nm - Krusty Sep 20, 15:51 1
    - Suggestion: sign up for Credit Karma and follow their recommendations. -- nm - David Sep 20, 16:40
"The rule is: no shooting in the face, OK?" -- apparently McDonalds is giving out nerf weapons now -- nm - Beryllium Sep 20, 15:39 2
- Jesus, look at this mess. They couldn't just give away a little gun with a single dart? -- (link) - Mop Sep 20, 15:55 [youtube] 1
  - So far I've only seen the one at the 6:30 mark, but we might've got two -- nm - Beryllium Sep 20, 15:58
$338 Million Powerball winner charged with abusing a girl from when she was 11 to 14.... -- (link) - Remlik Sep 20, 15:29

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