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We can't be sure if it's related to Weinstein, but 2 giants of the media industry in Quebec have fallen due to sexual misconduct accusations... -- nm - Guigue Oct 19, 11:59 2
- JfL and...? -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 12:11 1
  - Eric Salvail, big talk show host, he's basically everywhere, all the time, wether you like it or not... - Guigue Oct 19, 12:14
So an annual music festival announced today that they were not coming back in 2018. I tweeted "Sorry hipsters" sincerely and brought the wraith of... - Name Withheld by Request Oct 19, 11:58 31
- Im pretty sure they aren't real hipsters, since they're on twitter. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 19, 12:17
- Is it a rule on Twitter that you must be a dick at all times? -- nm - Qale Oct 19, 12:11 3
  - Yes, recent update to the ToS. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 12:16
  - The guy loudest in calling me an uncultured suburbanite sang a background vocal on the last The Decemberists album because he was visiting Seattle... - Name Withheld by Request Oct 19, 12:14 1
    - Oh the irony - it hurts! it hurts! -- nm - Epiphany Oct 19, 12:15
- i knew rock was dead, but pairing wine with music acts is just corpse kicking....nm - x Oct 19, 11:59 13
  - I have a knee jerk reaction every time I hear " Rock is Dead" - Epiphany Oct 19, 12:05 12
    - heh, rock is the new classical! good to see you too. i'm ok. sort of. well, except my life is kind of a wreck....nm - x Oct 19, 12:11 3
      - Foo Fighters is gonna be one the biggest albums of the year, just sayin' - Reagen Oct 19, 12:18
      - good luck with that - sometimes you got to hit *reset* on several things all at once - Epiphany Oct 19, 12:14 1
        
        i like the way you think....nm - x Oct 19, 12:16
    - Your knee in the jerk’s face, you mean? -- nm - znufrii Oct 19, 12:11 7
      - I lament about today's rock options but then I realize I am just lazy and I have to go look for it - its out there. Good stuff. - Epiphany Oct 19, 12:16 6
        
        Good stuff this year in rock: Cold War Kids, Death From Above, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Portugal the Man, Royal Blood, The War on Drugs - Reagen Oct 19, 12:20 2
        
        (con't): Welshly Arms, QOTSA, Manchester Orchestra, All Them Witches -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 12:24 1
        
        you are both a gentleman and a scholar -- nm - Epiphany Oct 19, 12:44
        
        The closest I came to a modern rock evangelism was trumpeting The Japanroids for six months or so after their second-to-last album. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Oct 19, 12:17 2
        
        I've lamented the lack of new rock music too, but when I saw Cage the Elephant at Lolla this summer my faith was restored. - pmb Oct 19, 12:20 1
        
        They exist in a weird place for me where I feel like I should want to like them, but something rubs me entirely wrong about them. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 12:25
- Tone on the Internet is difficult, and I could easily see how some might read that as sarcasm -- nm - ty97 Oct 19, 11:59 3
  - yah; and I'd think the vast majority of use of "hipsters" isn't meant to be sincere in a nice way, so.. -- nm - b. Oct 19, 12:03 2
    - Effin' hipsters. -- nm - sycor Oct 19, 12:12 1
      - beard oil futures going through the roof -- nm - CQ Oct 19, 12:13
- wine pairings is pretentious, but I'd entirely down for those headliners. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 11:58 7
  - This unoaked chardonnay pairs perfectly with the jives and jamboree handouts! -- nm - Roger More Oct 19, 12:16
  - I sort of want to have Beck's musical babies -- nm - Epiphany Oct 19, 12:06 4
    - Did you watch him on Austin City Limits a couple of weeks ago? -- nm - David Oct 19, 12:13 1
      - I did not but I will look for that. -- nm - Epiphany Oct 19, 12:45
    - Scientology babies for you! -- nm - CQ Oct 19, 12:11 1
      - ewww gross -- nm - Epiphany Oct 19, 12:46
  - Oh hell, I am too. It's the complete lack of self-awareness from a couple of the guys ripping me that I'm finding hilarious. - Name Withheld by Request Oct 19, 12:03
Since it's parents week, here's one more from early in my visit. - ty97 Oct 19, 11:54 13
- What? You mean you haven’t been able to put away $40,000 or so every year of your working life? -- nm - znufrii Oct 19, 12:06
- (IIRC, your dad ended up voting for Trump?) -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 12:01 4
  - Neither parent voted for Trump. Neither parent voted for Hillary. - ty97 Oct 19, 12:04 3
    - My mom originally said "I like Trump" the day after the election, but she's since said she didn't vote. - David Oct 19, 12:07 2
      - I impressed and impressed and impressed on my parents how important the election was, what it meant, etc - ty97 Oct 19, 12:08 1
        
        Yes, the people who refused to vote for either candidate are just as frustrating to me. - David Oct 19, 12:11
- what would give him that impression? just cause the market is great? - Epiphany Oct 19, 11:57 2
  - I have no idea. I can't imagine he was anywhere close at my age. I'm certainly not. -- nm - ty97 Oct 19, 12:05
  - kids these days, with their savings and their frugalness... -- nm - Max Oct 19, 11:59
- He forgot about 2008, he's so 2000 and late -- nm - con_carne Oct 19, 11:56
- "Zimbabwean dollars? Sure" -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 11:56
- "Introducing the 401k Air Miles Points Card..." -- nm - Max Oct 19, 11:55 1
  - Max, this is the first smart thing you have every said. -- nm - ty97 Oct 19, 11:56
so...Geostorm is not doing Thursday night shows? oooh... -- nm - Diva Oct 19, 11:52 2
- so, was it bad even by disaster-movie standards? -- (edited) - Andie Oct 19, 11:54 1
  - It reminds me of the 1970's Irwin Allen disaster flicks. It's not too stupid to not enjoy. Especially with a beverage and a game partner. -- nm - Diva Oct 19, 11:59
Combined gifs -- (link*) - prayformojo Oct 19, 11:47
I was so excited to arrive at my parents' house this past Saturday because football! Then I remembered they cut the cord too :( - ty97 Oct 19, 11:44 5
- amazon prime lets you stream thursday night foodtball though. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 19, 12:09
- *books the 70th Birthday Party in the back room of Dennys* -- nm - *fuming ty97* Oct 19, 11:46 3
  - Also while here, I've discovered that, to my mother's exasperation, my father has a blacklist of places they can no longer go out to eat. - ty97 Oct 19, 11:48 2
    - ooh - what's that about? -- nm - Diva Oct 19, 11:50 1
      - My father is super picky. And rather frugal. - ty97 Oct 19, 11:52
Hayward had a clean break, no ligament damage, per reports. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 11:42 2
- Jeremy Lin: done for the season. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 11:46
- *phew* -- nm - Remlik Oct 19, 11:44
ATL/NE--This should be a huge game for ATL and their offense. If Julio Jones and the Falcons don't light this game up, that OC should be fired -- nm - Flavorize Oct 19, 11:42 4
- Maybe just bet them the first half to be safe. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Oct 19, 11:43 3
  - Was thinking more about Coleman/Julio combo for fantasy--The over/under is something like 56.5 --that's crazy. -- nm - Flavorize Oct 19, 11:48
  - *twitch* -- nm - Matt Ryan Oct 19, 11:44
  - dang... -- nm - Diva Oct 19, 11:44
wait. Where has Mel been? -- nm - prayformojo Oct 19, 11:36 7
- *slowly walks in backwards dragging a large, oak press podium with both hands* - Bear Lawyer Oct 19, 12:09 2
  - Yes, monkey news network here, are you nude? -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 19, 12:11 1
    - *mentally freezes for a moment and briefly looks down at himself to be sure* - Bear Lawyer Oct 19, 12:14
- He said something about needing to focus on work. Or that was Diva posting on his account as she Robert Dursted him. -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 11:37 1
  - *burps* -- nm - Diva Oct 19, 11:39
- fighting a war on Ikariam... -- nm - Beaker Oct 19, 11:37 1
  - herding ikacats. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 11:42
Musk's The Boring Company has started construction of something in Maryland -- (link) - TWuG, neck model Oct 19, 11:35
Note to self: Do you remember that flow chart you scribbled out to help you work through that bug you were fixing a couple weeks ago? - znufrii Oct 19, 11:34
I just realized something about The Good Place (and I'm probably the last person, anywhere, to catch this) [S1 spoiler] -- (edited) - prayformojo Oct 19, 11:33 9
- The villain on The Flash last night was Chidi’s friend with the boots. I couldn’t take him seriously. -- nm - David Oct 19, 11:45 5
  - yup -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 11:47 3
    - But Cisco and Gypsy are magic together. -- nm - David Oct 19, 11:49 2
      - word -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 11:55
      - Sorry I'm late for our date and all just *literally* trying to stop people from being murdered... -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 11:51
  - ha! -- nm - prayformojo Oct 19, 11:46
- well not the last person, that does make sense -- nm - Epiphany Oct 19, 11:37
- (spoilers) - ReluctantCynic (encolded) Oct 19, 11:36 1
  - I enjoy Eleanor *spoils* - Epiphany Oct 19, 11:40
I'm linking an article from NYT about a TX exotic game hunting ranch. I have no interest in that, but they also offer WWII tanks to drive and blow - crash davis Oct 19, 11:28 5
- I adding cause SM & Crazy Drunk Uncle went in July - you can drive a tank over a car and crush the car for $ 1k. Also - free,unlimited bar which means - Epiphany Oct 19, 11:35 1
  - I am so jealous. I'd love to crush a car -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 11:36
- and if you want to skip the article, here is the website for driving tanks and blowing sh!# up -- (link) - crash davis Oct 19, 11:30
- why would you want to blow a tank? -- nm - decline Oct 19, 11:29 1
  - I couldn't fit all of 'sh!#' in the subject and now I'm glad I couldn't. "Why would you want to blow sh!#?" -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 11:31
= -- nm* - Flavorize Oct 19, 11:25
From B3: I want to drive the weinermobile, for about 100 miles. - crash davis Oct 19, 11:23
100% 32/0 -- nm* - Beaker Oct 19, 11:18 7
- That's some crazy blood pressure. -- nm - Max Oct 19, 11:20 5
  - resting heart rate of 2. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 11:52 3
    - C. Montgomery Burns! - David Oct 19, 12:08 2
      - there were on that "Peter Thiel young person's blood transfusion" thing 25 years ahead of time! -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 12:10 1
        
        I love that Silicon Valley did an episode about it. -- nm - David Oct 19, 12:13
  - Chris Hemsworth does get some folks all hot and bothered. -- nm - Baronnosaurus Rex Oct 19, 11:51
- Beaker is testing through the roof!!! -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 11:18
ST Poll: Last time at an ATM? - Spawndroid Oct 19, 11:12 48
- today. i pay for most everything in cash...nm - x Oct 19, 11:57
- last wednesday. I go ~every 2 months. I use my ccs for almost everything, but I like to pay with cash at small businesses + for various tips. -- nm - b. Oct 19, 11:56
- last week (tip money for bar). before that? many, many months. more than six for sure. -- nm - amanda jones state university Oct 19, 11:54
- yesterday -- nm - groiny Oct 19, 11:54
- I'm shocked at the size of cheques you're allowed to deposit by phone now. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 11:52
- To make a deposit, a couple weeks ago. To make a withdrawal? Its been a while -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 11:35 4
  - Same. I have two clients that still pay by check. -- nm - David Oct 19, 11:44 3
    - Your bank doesn't have the check imaging tech in their app? - spamlet Oct 19, 11:48 2
      - Not for business accounts. - David Oct 19, 11:50 1
        
        Ah, didn't think about that part. - spamlet Oct 19, 11:51
- Last Wednesday and it denied me - heh - Epiphany Oct 19, 11:26 3
  - FEED ME A STRAY CAT -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 11:28 2
    - that escalated quickly. -- nm - Epiphany Oct 19, 11:28 1
      - That is still my favorite part of American Psycho. He is actually happy with the cat until that. - Spawn Oct 19, 11:30
- 9/15 -- nm - znufrii Oct 19, 11:23
- About six months ago, while traveling. -- nm - ReluctantCynic (encolded) Oct 19, 11:21
- 1980 something -- nm - peglegpete Oct 19, 11:21
- almost never. I am pretty much cashless. Maybe a month ago for some reason? -- nm - Andie Oct 19, 11:17 18
  - There are enough cash-only place in NY that I need to keep a bit of cash on hand -- nm - ty97 Oct 19, 11:27
  - Some of us don't win everything we need, Andie. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 11:18 16
    - it's just easier to tap my card for everything than it is to deal with cash and change. so much faster. -- nm* - Andie Oct 19, 11:18 15
      - Canada, Japan, many European countries: all over this. The US: HUH? -- nm - ty97 Oct 19, 11:29
      - "PIN?! What is this, the Dark Ages?" -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 11:28
      - I still go to a bunch of places that don't accept CC or have a minimum purchase to use them. I've always got cash -- nm - decline Oct 19, 11:20 11
        
        On the one hand, people seem to enjoy going cashless. On the other, the cashless mentality screws over small businesses and mom and pop shops the most -- (edited) - con_carne Oct 19, 11:37
        
        I cannot remember the last time I went somewhere that did not take a credit card. Costco does not take Discover. One of the reasons I am not renewing. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 11:26
        
        Same, and I don't like the idea of credit card companies taking a cut from small business, so I try to use cash. -- nm - Max Oct 19, 11:22 2
        
        yup, I also always tip in cash -- nm - decline Oct 19, 11:27 1
        
        Yeah, the only reason I carry cash is for tips. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 11:31
        
        i don't use a credit card, i use my debit card. but we just tap those for under $200 and everywhere takes it. -- nm - Andie Oct 19, 11:22 5
        
        cc and debit are both treated as cc around here. For instance, the diner I went to for lunch today has a $10 min for card use. -- nm - decline Oct 19, 11:25 4
        
        ick. i mean, people here use debit for, like, a coffee. -- nm - Andie Oct 19, 11:27
        
        that's very interesting - now what did you have for lunch? (something good, I hope.) -- nm - Diva Oct 19, 11:26 2
        
        ginormous chicken salad club on whole wheat w/ bacon, lettuce and tomato -- nm - decline Oct 19, 11:27 1
        
        hmm... -- nm - Diva Oct 19, 11:28
      - Yeah, I use my Discover card for everything. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 11:20
- Couple of weeks ago. Will go in a couple of weeks depending on how much ringgit I have from last time. -- nm - spamlet Oct 19, 11:17
- 30 minutes ago. at least once a week. -- nm - Beaker Oct 19, 11:16
- this morning. got paid for a wedding gig via check. had to deposit. -- nm - Diva Oct 19, 11:14 6
  - I love that we can now call you The Wedding Singer -- nm - Epiphany Oct 19, 11:28 2
    - ~...I live in my sister's basement...~ -- nm - Diva, crying Oct 19, 11:29 1
      - *snort* -- nm - Epiphany Oct 19, 11:40
  - I use my phone for that. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 11:16 2
    - ok, good. -- nm - Diva Oct 19, 11:23 1
      - I highly recommend it. Seriously. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 11:29
- yesterday -- nm - Max Oct 19, 11:14
- an hour ago -- nm - decline Oct 19, 11:13
- last week! (once a month for 2 bills) -- nm - mud Oct 19, 11:13
That transgender playmate thing almost seems like a challenge -- nm - con_carne Oct 19, 11:10 1
- "Jefferson Davis school renamed for Transgender Playmate" -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 11:16
If you’re wondering, three patches in a tire is the most you can do before you have to replace it. - David Oct 19, 11:04 3
- good to know -- nm - Epiphany Oct 19, 11:29
- I learned yesterday that the spoked-wheel chariot first appeared in a place not Rome or Greece or Egypt. -- (link) - Max Oct 19, 11:16
- I get Road Hazard coverage. It somehow magically stops them from happening because if one does, the tire is replaced for free. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 11:16
Morgan Freeman to Play Colin Powell in New Indie Biopic ‘Powell’ - ty97 Oct 19, 10:59 4
- John Amos would have been cooler. -- nm - Max Oct 19, 11:08 2
  - I just got the *best* idea for who can play Obama -- nm - con_carne Oct 19, 11:45 1
    - Tori Amos? -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 11:47
- Chadwick Boseman about to cut a bitch -- nm - con_carne Oct 19, 11:01

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