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Whoa. Facebook mobile app update, and "Most Recent" is at the top when you go to options! -- nm - JaxSean Apr 13, 06:52 3
- I use FB on my mobile browser so I can avoid their terrible app which people say is also a battery drain. - Krusty Apr 13, 07:01 1
  - well, plus that whole mining your texts and phone logs thing they app does is pretty bad -- nm - decline Apr 13, 07:04
- Yeah, that only took literally years to get right. -- nm - TWuG Apr 13, 06:55
What was the 1st movie with an " end credit"? I don't mean the bloopers running through the end credits but a true " scene" after initial credits -- nm - Epiphany Apr 13, 06:49 4
- Airplane - Amoxy Apr 13, 08:32
- The Muppet Movie given as the first modern example. -- nm - Reagen Apr 13, 06:52
- Ferris Bueller? -- nm - Beast of Baron Apr 13, 06:52 1
  - Well before that. The Muppet Movie is one of the first modern usages. -- (link) - TWuG Apr 13, 06:55
Dear Kijiji people: When your item doesn't sell the first dozen times you list it at the same price, take a fucking hint. - Shaun Apr 13, 06:38 1
- dumbasses -- nm - decline Apr 13, 06:39
"Don't mix bleach and ammonia." "That's true." "What? Don't drink bleach when you have pneumonia?" -- nm - Classroom Transcripts Apr 13, 06:31 8
- because i actually don't know the answer - what DOES happen if you mix them? toxic fumes? - Andie Apr 13, 06:34 6
  - Technically you make a chemical weapon. -- nm - mafic Apr 13, 06:58 1
    - Or a water treatment! It's a fine line. -- nm - Reagen Apr 13, 07:00
  - Releases chlorine gas, iirc. -- nm - znufrii Apr 13, 06:36 2
    - well, chloramine -- nm - decline Apr 13, 06:38 1
      - It tastes great if you mix it with a Tide Pod. -- nm - Shaun Apr 13, 06:44
  - Yes. In small quantities probably not a big deal but not enjoyable. -- nm - Reagen Apr 13, 06:35
- well both are really sound advice -- nm - decline Apr 13, 06:32
It is phenomenally misguided. The cinematic equivalent of playing Black Eyed Peas at a funeral. " -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 13, 06:16 1
- Didn't I see Jack Dawson gave it a 'thumbs-up' ? -- nm - decline Apr 13, 06:18
So...given this latest story...does that mean Melania gets to f**k the doorman? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 13, 06:16 9
- We all know she doesn't live at the White House right? -- nm - MDH Apr 13, 06:25
- What's happening now? -- nm - amandroid Apr 13, 06:23 5
  - Dino the Doorman got $30k to keep quiet about Trump's love child with his maid -- nm - decline Apr 13, 06:27 3
    - no!!!! -- nm - amanda Apr 13, 06:35
    - This one feels sketchier. -- nm - Reagen Apr 13, 06:32 1
      - seriously -- nm - Arnie Apr 13, 06:34
  - National Enquirer paid for then buried a story that Trump has a love child iirc -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 06:26
- Yes - yes it does. -- nm - Judge Pippy peering over her glasses Apr 13, 06:21
- Dino the Doorman -- nm - decline Apr 13, 06:17
"the EPA declined to comment on Pruitt's trash habits and condo-guest conduct" -- (link) - decline Apr 13, 06:16
Colbert -- (link) - decline Apr 13, 06:05
Beware the Ides of April! -- nm - Beast of Baron Apr 13, 06:03
Incredibles 2 trailer -- (link) - eag Apr 13, 05:50 [youtube] 2
- *spoilers* - Strongbad Apr 13, 06:34
- Awesome. -- nm - Shaun Apr 13, 06:06
Don't know how I feel about this one: Bruce (middle name) Wayne [Last Name] - Reagen Apr 13, 05:50 5
- I hope Spawn paid his doorman enough to keep this love child a secret. -- nm - Roger More Apr 13, 06:12
- Friends of ours, the West family, named their dog Adam. -- nm - volnelk Apr 13, 05:56 1
  - See, that's funny. Plus it's a dog so whatever. -- nm - Reagen Apr 13, 06:06
- is his first name Batman? -- nm - decline Apr 13, 05:53 1
  - More importantly is the mom named Martha -- nm - eag Apr 13, 05:55
Spider-Man PS4's second pre-order suit is Iron Spidey. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 13, 05:36 [Image]
SITWAP: Jessica Chastain confirmed, Bill Hader and James McAvoy in talks for IT 2. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 13, 05:28 3
- Still holding out hope for Seth Green. -- nm - Beast of Baron Apr 13, 05:51
- I approve of this potential casting. -- nm - LMS Apr 13, 05:42
- watching it Saturday with the oldest (she is psyched for us to watch it; she loves that Finn Wolfhart kid) -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 05:38
Hilarious. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 13, 05:25 15
- Out of everything that's happened since the election, the turn on the FBI is probably what astounds me the most. - volnelk Apr 13, 05:31 14
  - He has proven he can turn the base at his will. The base has no spine, and I hate to say it, but they just want to be lead along. - MDH Apr 13, 06:06 2
    - ~Where you lead - I will follow - Anywhere that you tell me to~ -- nm - Strongbad Apr 13, 06:46
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  - 1 point - Strongbad Apr 13, 05:34 10
    - I agree to a point, but he multiplied it tenfold, imo. - volnelk Apr 13, 05:37 9
      - God, I *wish* some of the people on my FB feed would question some of the stuff they post. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 13, 06:23 1
        
        you mean typing "BFF" isn't an accurate test to see if my FB feed has been hacked????? -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 06:24
      - For what it's worth, - Strongbad Apr 13, 05:43 6
        
        Being distrustful is not the same as calling things fake news, and claiming that facts are lies. - Inigo Apr 13, 06:47 2
        
        Fox News was called Faux News well before Trump. The GOP has been cultivating the conditions that created the Trump presidency for decades. It was a - TWuG Apr 13, 06:52
        
        This. The "facts are lies and lies are facts" narrative is this administration. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 13, 06:48
        
        The Conservative base has been distrustful of any mainstream media that wasn't racist to Obama. That's the answer. -- nm - MDH Apr 13, 06:04 2
        
        They were distrustful back in the 90s though. More so now because of the feedback loop between them and conservative media, but it pre-dates Obama -- nm - Roger More Apr 13, 06:14 1
        
        This. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 13, 06:35
Liverpool-Roma and Bayern-Real Madrid in the Champions League semifinals. -- nm - volnelk Apr 13, 04:54
One million bees are threatening an entire neighborhood in far east El Paso, Texas -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 13, 03:57 3
- SyFy on line 2! -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 04:39 1
  - Seinfeld on 3! -- nm - Rollo Apr 13, 05:40
- Dammit Oprah! -- nm - Reagen Apr 13, 04:20
CBS: 22% of Milennials haven't heard of the Holocaust, and 41% believe less than 2M Jews were killed. -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 13, 03:54 38
- When you were a teenager, did you know off hand how many people died in WW1? -- nm - Andie Apr 13, 06:06 8
  - Most millennials aren't teenagers, though, are they? -- nm - mara Apr 13, 07:02 1
    - Almost none are. -- nm - Reagen Apr 13, 07:08
  - Doubtful. I constantly complained about our US History classes, it seemed like we spent barely any time post-Reconstruction and the 20th century -- nm - Strongbad Apr 13, 06:37 1
    - Teachers would generally love to go deeper/cover more topics but we don't set curriculum. -- nm - Reagen Apr 13, 06:56
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  - I still don't know that - Reagen Apr 13, 06:08 2
    - Add in the Spanish Influenza to whatever number. Its spread is directly tied to soldie -- nm - TWuG Apr 13, 06:48 1
      - -soldie +conditions created by the war. - TWuG Apr 13, 06:49
- Remember when young people found out that the Titanic was a real life thing on the 100th anniversary? - Shaun Apr 13, 05:43
- I'd like to see the polling questions that were asked but that's a little troubling either way. -- nm - Krusty Apr 13, 05:18
- Do we blame the parents or do we blame the education system? -- nm - Walt_Disney Apr 13, 04:57 25
  - I don't think it's a matter of blame - it's something that happened far away before their parents or even grandparents were born. Time passes. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 13, 05:28
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    - I read a fascinating quote attributed to Trevor Noah in regards to the reason Hilter is considered in the West to be the epitome of evil -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 13, 05:21 20
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        What's the treaty of Versailles? -- nm - decline Apr 13, 06:16 3
        
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        he's so pretty -- nm - decline Apr 13, 06:26
        
        He...knew Versailles was in France. So he's got that going for him, which is nice. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 13, 06:25
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        He’s not arguing for ranking them, but instead against seeing it as some sort of singular occurrence. - znufrii Apr 13, 06:30
        
        There's also some who survived to remember it - Reagen Apr 13, 06:17 1
        
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      - Plus it was centralized and industrialized. - Roger More Apr 13, 06:10 4
        
        don't forget pop culture. Band of Brothers did an episode around the Holocaust, Schindlers List, etc -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 06:14
        
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        Oh, I’m disagreeing with Trevor Noah, not you. Lots of people today wouldn’t be aware of, say, the Rwandan genocide, let alone the Circassian -- nm - Roger More Apr 13, 06:18 1
        
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      - Xkcd from Wednesday was fascinating - Reagen Apr 13, 05:27 5
        
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        The US briefly had an orange tabby cat as president. -- nm - Reagen Apr 13, 06:21 3
        
        heh -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 06:23
        
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        I thought that was an enthusiastic blue monster. -- nm - Reagen Apr 13, 06:59
  - All of the above. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 13, 05:09
  - Yes. -- nm - znufrii Apr 13, 05:02
- PFM needs to expand his 10 Things a Week thingy he does...(I still think it would make a good book series) -- nm* - Beaker Apr 13, 04:36
The Fight Over 'Uber for Planes' Is Coming to Congress -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 13, 03:50
Ha! One of my trivia questions tonight involved identifying a Whitesnake song. My teammates thought I was practicing witchcraft. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 13, 03:49 3
- I used to work with a guy named David Coverdale, so naturally when I ran the workplace trivia night, one question was “who here has the same name as - Roger More Apr 13, 05:38
- After trivia, did you demonstrate by writhing on the top of a Jaguar? -- nm - pfm - head shaved tomorrow! Apr 13, 05:24 1
  - I tried to explain Tawny Kitaen to them and they just looked at me blankly. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 13, 05:59
'Put the mic down, bro' LOLOL -- nm - CovingtonCat Apr 13, 03:41
TV PSA: NHL Playoffs, MacGyver, Gold Rush, Once Upon A Time, MasterChef Jr, Taken, Jane the Virgin, Hawaii 5-O, SHIELD, Bering Sea Gold, Blue Bloods, -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 03:17 2
- Bill Maher, Graham Norton, Lost in Space (Netflix), Wyatt Cenac (HBO), other stuff -- nm* - Beaker Apr 13, 03:18 1
  - NPR says Lost in Space is pretty good -- (link*) - decline Apr 13, 06:03
This is a metaphor for something -- (link) - Reagen Apr 13, 03:07
Herbie is now CEO of Volkswagon -- (link) - peglegpete Apr 13, 00:31
David Schwimmer named the head of the London Stock Exchange -- (link) - peglegpete Apr 13, 00:30 3
- I take thee Rachel....Emily...Emily -- nm - Ross Apr 13, 04:55
- PIVOT! -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 03:12
- Sandwich futures are looking good. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 13, 00:42
old growth (well, probably not ... but still. foresty.) -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 13, 00:12 [SmugMug] 2
- ocean view -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 13, 00:12 [SmugMug] 1
  - mountain view -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 13, 00:16 [SmugMug]
Here's what $$800k will get you in the Silicon Valley, a burned out house. -- (link) - jnine Apr 12, 23:30 4
- Dammit Jin Yang! -- nm - Reagen Apr 13, 05:52
- this is weirdly normalised for me. basically: *shrug* "yep, land value." -- nm - mafic Apr 13, 00:08 2
  - This. When I just got homeowner's insurance, the replacement value of the house isn't high. It's the land. -- nm - MDH Apr 13, 06:08 1
    - homeowner - decline Apr 13, 06:12
Need to get my photos uploaded to flickr but in the meanwhile...... - Meg Apr 12, 22:29 [Attachment] 2
- Test(ignore) -- nm* - Meg Apr 13, 13:57
- I should try and go there sometime. I don’t often get to see new terrain styles. - Beryllium Apr 13, 00:24
You know who should guest star on the next season of Mr Robot? -- (edited) - Beryllium Apr 12, 22:18 1
- Dick Gautier is dead :((( -- nm - peglegpete Apr 12, 22:22
msnbc: trump doorman paid $30k for tip/rumor that Donny had affair/child, Nat Enq paid but buried it, another Michael cohen connection -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 12, 21:57 1
- link to different source -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 12, 21:59
That one time, when U.S. special forces killed "a couple of hundred" Russian mercenaries. -- (link) - Mop Apr 12, 21:56
So, tonight I was able to play Pai Gow for 90 minutes with the exact same set of chips the whole time.. - Marlowe Apr 12, 21:46 2
- Nice! -- nm - JenBro Apr 13, 09:23
- chocolate chips? -- nm - peglegpete Apr 12, 21:51
Crash, you can’t know me for 20 years and not know that Sao Paulo is bigger than Rio!! (NM) -- nm - Marlowe Apr 12, 21:43 1
- beg your pardon, I had the Olympics on the brain -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 23:08
Hmm, I don't know if I'm emotionally capable of watching Hap and Leonard or Legion tonight. Even Bosch might be a stretch. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 21:26 4
- try this -- (link) - peglegpete Apr 12, 21:32 [youtube] 3
  - I don't think I've ever actually been there during the day. We go at night at christmas because of the lights. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 21:36 2
    - I've never been there -- nm - peglegpete Apr 12, 21:39 1
      - I was there in the late spring - the flower beds were mostly between seasons :( -- nm - Meg Apr 12, 21:46
Predators spoilers - David Apr 12, 21:11
"I'm not happy, Bob. NOT happy. Ask me why." -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 20:42 1
- "They're penetrating the bureaucracy!" -- nm - TWuG Apr 12, 21:00
Adelitas Way is satisfying. -- (pic) - Qale Apr 12, 20:14 [Attachment] 2
- Nice! -- nm - JaxSean Apr 12, 21:30 1
  - A huge benefit to rock being currently "dead" is shows are more accessible than ever. -- nm - Qale Apr 12, 21:45

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