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Ugh. Hate midyear review time. - znufrii, not outraged Jun 28, 13:45 1
- What about end of year review time? -- nm - Roger More Jun 28, 13:46
Spent a few hours at Resorts World Catskills this morning. New casino under an hour away. -- nm - Tim Jun 28, 13:41 1
- ...and??...I swear its like you don't even know us!! Did you gamble? did you win? Was it slots? or cards? any hot waitresses? -- nm - Epiphany Jun 28, 13:43
Here's your bit of good news today. Video of Savannah Police cadets finding a missing 2-year-old child. -- (link) - Mop Jun 28, 13:38 [youtube]
The Universe Is Chock-Full Of Filthy 'Space Grease' - crash davis Jun 28, 13:35 1
- On long voyages, Space Forces will have to survive on hardtack and space grease. -- nm - Max Jun 28, 13:38
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- Three of the four South American teams are on one side of the bracket. -- nm - Roger More Jun 28, 13:42 2
  - RIGGED! -- nm - Mop Jun 28, 13:43 1
    - Well, if Argentina had bothered to win their group it would have been a different story. -- nm - Roger More Jun 28, 13:45
- I assume that has 100% to do with the fact that they're playing Brazil. -- nm - Mop Jun 28, 13:35 1
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Zork, there is an error on the WC sheet in my favor. You give Switzerland credit for a win over Costa Rica that they did not earn. - Babarón Jun 28, 13:33 2
- *mauls you* -- nm - Swiss fans Jun 28, 13:34
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If Trump used Nickelback as his primary reason for the tariffs on Canadian goods he'd gain a lot of support. -- nm - fb friend Jun 28, 13:27 1
- If I was in my early twenties, I'd have strong opinions on Nickelback. Now I'm like "eh, whatever" -- nm - crash davis Jun 28, 13:33
Poor Jaguar. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 28, 13:23
Jose Ramirez is on pace for a 10.6 WAR season; one of the best in decades. He won't sniff the MVP award - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Jun 28, 13:19 10
- I don't understand the new stats...JD Martinez is a legit triple crown threat on a first place team... - Johnny Lawrence Jun 28, 13:37 3
  - Martinez is a dumpster fire in the outfield and on the basepaths apparently. -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Jun 28, 13:38 2
    - "just hit homers, JD, so you do not fuck up on the bases" -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 13:39 1
      - Which would be fine; but Trout's hitting almost as many of them. Betts also has been Boston's best player all season, but he's been hurt. - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Jun 28, 13:44
- something called an "Eduardo Escobar" is on pace for 70+ doubles. - groiny Jun 28, 13:36
- we are not even to the halfway point, we will see if they both end up there. -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 13:35 4
  - We're halfway there. - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Jun 28, 13:39 3
    - a lot can happen in a month, let alone 3 -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 13:40 2
      - Right -- which is why I said on pace for... -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Jun 28, 13:44 1
        
        for sure, just know that at some point, there will be a month where he will struggle. - groiny Jun 28, 13:46
That ICE spokesperson who resigned in disgust in March was talking to CBS News when DHS agents showed up at his door. -- (link) - Mop Jun 28, 13:07 2
- gestapo? brown shirts?...well at least he didn't just disappear -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 28, 13:31 1
  - Only because there was a camera crew there at the time. -- nm - Mop Jun 28, 13:31
I saw Gentlemen Broncos over the weekend (from the writer/director of Napoleon Dynamite). WTF was that? -- nm - Mop Jun 28, 13:00 2
- You just don't understand good writing, Mopanous. :P -- nm - Babarón Jun 28, 13:08
- I think it might have been a movie -- nm - decline Jun 28, 13:05
from b2, poke.go - you don't have to have space to open gifts, but you do if you want an egg. the trick is keeping track of how many eggs you've - b. Jun 28, 12:57
The Long Read: How to get away with financial fraud -- (link) - znufrii, not outraged Jun 28, 12:53 2
- that's really long, can you summarize it ? -- nm - decline Jun 28, 12:57 1
  - Step 1: Lie, Step 2: ????, Step 3: Profit! -- nm - znufrii, not outraged Jun 28, 13:21
Sorry To Bother You - Red Band trailer -- (link) - Reagen Jun 28, 12:51 [youtube] 6
- I want to see it. Don't hate me, I want to see Mandy. - Epiphany Jun 28, 12:56 5
  - since I can't help but like Nic, you're a good person for keeping him employed. I doubt I'll see that film -- nm - crash davis Jun 28, 13:17
  - oh, I'm definitely going to watch Mandy -- nm - decline Jun 28, 12:57 2
    - STMandystravangza! -- nm - prayformojo Jun 28, 12:59
    - ... Get a Roof. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Jun 28, 12:57
  - ... with a group of STers. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Jun 28, 12:57
I wonder if anything is going on in Annapolis? -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 12:46
Active shooter at Capital Gazette newspaper outside of Annapolis -- nm - prayformojo Jun 28, 12:46 2
- Chilling. There are casualties. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jun 28, 12:55 1
  - 1 shooter in custody -- nm - decline Jun 28, 13:26
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- And the "I mean, how much damage can one person do?" -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Jun 28, 12:44 4
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    - heh. wish my problem was liberal friends. I have 2. The rest are all full throttled Trump supporters. - Jovian Jun 28, 12:50 2
      - I couldn't do it. - Spawn: Blood Feud God Jun 28, 12:57
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SciFi folks, Harlan Ellison has passed away (he wrote tons of stuff - including the screen plays for I,Robot and Soldier) -- nm - decline Jun 28, 12:38 12
- Crap! He was old, sure, but it's hard when someone so influential to you passes. -- nm - Covington Jun 28, 14:01
- dammit. I have known Harlan since 1980. -- nm - peglegpete Jun 28, 12:46 1
  - my condolences -- nm - decline Jun 28, 12:47
- I had the honor of being yelled at by him -- nm - Remlik Jun 28, 12:41 6
  - if I knew you were into that, I could have yelled at you a few weeks back -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 12:46 2
    - oh please your chins wagging would have made me laugh to much -- nm - Remlik Jun 28, 13:06 1
      - yeah, ha ha, groin is fat, har har. - groiny Jun 28, 13:31
  - You and every other human he met in person. -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 12:45 1
    - true. -- nm - Remlik Jun 28, 13:07
  - heh -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Jun 28, 12:42
- I would have thought he was older than 84 -- nm - prayformojo Jun 28, 12:40
- Crap. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Jun 28, 12:39
Shooting reported at Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis -- (link) - Mop Jun 28, 12:38
Multiple people shot at the Capitol newspaper in Baltimore -- nm - Remlik Jun 28, 12:37
Big Brother spoiler from yesterdays premiere - peglegpete Jun 28, 12:31
"The Stuntronics robot features on-board accelerometer and gyroscope arrays supported by laser range finding." Robots with lasers... -- (link) - decline Jun 28, 12:29 1
- Call me when there are robot sharks with lasers. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 28, 12:30
So what XBox games are we playing lately? Fortnite? Destiny 2? - ReluctantCynic Jun 28, 11:58 40
- (not xbox) Fallout 4 -- nm - decline Jun 28, 12:47 2
  - you non xboxers are just terrible -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 12:47 1
    - indeed -- nm - crash davis Jun 28, 13:08
- Assassins Creed Origins -- nm - eag Jun 28, 12:42 2
  - I really need to jump back into that. - Jovian Jun 28, 12:48 1
    - I'm probably about a little over half way through the story -- nm - eag Jun 28, 13:00
- I was pondering going back to WW2 for a bit, since no one is Fortniting anymore. -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 12:40 3
  - i play. - Truman Jun 28, 12:41 2
    - played a few rounds of 8 teams of 12 yesterday and the teams were horrible. - groiny Jun 28, 12:44
    - how does that help me tru??? - groiny Jun 28, 12:42
- Spider-man Shattered Dimensions. - not sycor Jun 28, 12:30
- none. I don't have an xbox. -- nm - peglegpete Jun 28, 12:24
- Destiny 2, Tomb Raider Rise of the Tomb Raider, Witcher 3, Overwatch -- nm - Remlik Jun 28, 12:22 2
  - somebody is an overachiever -- nm - decline Jun 28, 12:25 1
    - Destiny 2 and Overwatch are my shooter games. I bought the other 2 on that MS E3 sale -- nm - Remlik Jun 28, 12:28
- Destiny 2 right now! - David Jun 28, 12:18 9
  - Who did you pledge? - Spawn: Blood Feud God Jun 28, 12:35 6
    - I did New Monarchy because I was right by them when I noticed I needed to pledge someone. - David Jun 28, 12:42 3
      - heh, I did that in round one. Then realized that I like/want *both* DO prizes. - Spawn: Blood Feud God Jun 28, 13:05
      - the best shader colors for sure -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 12:43 1
        
        not that it matters to you -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 12:43
    - you fuckers are going to force me into playing Destiny again, aren't you? -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 12:37 1
      - If you are smart. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Jun 28, 12:42
  - Must be nice to be retired. - ReluctantCynic Jun 28, 12:29 1
    - I would love to assist you in your day job. For some reason, you don't want your side to win! -- nm - David Jun 28, 12:42
- Fallout 4 for me thanks to the game pass. -- nm - Krusty Jun 28, 12:14 2
  - which game pass provides that? - Truman Jun 28, 12:16 1
    - The Xbox one. -- nm - Krusty Jun 28, 12:21
- i have human fall flat if anyone is ever interested in that silly co-op game. -- nm - Truman Jun 28, 12:13
- Fallout 4 waiting for 76. -- nm - Qale Jun 28, 12:09
- The Darkest Dungeon has literally taken over my xbox life. -- nm - Jovian Jun 28, 12:05 1
  - I got that for "free" during the Steam sale. Had just enough in my account for it. -- nm - David Jun 28, 12:48
- multiplayer wise its basically those two. -- nm - Truman Jun 28, 11:59 6
  - I played one game of Fortnite the other day and died in the storm. - JaxSean Jun 28, 12:03 5
    - you need to play and try the dual pistols. - groiny Jun 28, 12:19 3
      - If I get any time, I'm going to do the Destiny Campaign probably. - JaxSean Jun 28, 12:33 1
        
        bah -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 12:35
      - Yeah, those are awesome! - IrishStephen Jun 28, 12:32
    - silly jax. -- nm - Truman Jun 28, 12:13
- NHL 2015 , Minecraft , Rocket League -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Jun 28, 11:59
Is America Ready to Love Cottage Cheese Again? After languishing in yogurt’s shadow for decades, cottage cheese is back, sporting new flavors and - crash davis Jun 28, 11:57 27
- threadjack Y/N poll: Do you like cottage cheese? - prayformojo Jun 28, 11:59 25
  - Not even a little bit. Gross. -- nm - kelly Jun 28, 13:24
  - yes, but it has to be full fat, reduced fat is reduced flavor. And I'll top it with a spice -- nm - crash davis Jun 28, 13:08
  - Surprisingly, yes.\ - David Jun 28, 12:48 1
    - i'd have lost this bet -- nm - prayformojo Jun 28, 12:56
  - yes, but I only have it rarely these days. so.much.sodium. in the regular kind, and it's hard to find the lower varieties around here. - b. Jun 28, 12:48 1
    - also, for anyone who's ever in lancaster, pa - the fresh-made/whole-fat kind with apple butter was a revelation. -- nm - b. Jun 28, 12:49
  - Surprisingly, I do. Just a little salt and it's good to go. nm - Johnny Lawrence Jun 28, 12:40 1
    - you should try it with some gravy on it. - groiny Jun 28, 12:41
  - Yup -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 12:38
  - Yes, although lately I'm going more for fat-free Greek yogurt. -- nm - Meg Jun 28, 12:29
  - I do, but not plain. Mixed with other ingredients, though, I'm "yes" to "hell yes." - ReluctantCynic Jun 28, 12:29
  - Y but can't tell you the last time I ate it. -- nm - Epiphany Jun 28, 12:26
  - No -- nm - JD Jun 28, 12:17
  - Hell no. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 28, 12:15
  - yup -- nm - peglegpete Jun 28, 12:15
  - Blech! No. It's awful. -- nm - Krusty Jun 28, 12:13
  - no, I just don't get this fascination with tubs of goo, yogurt, kefir, cottage, sour cream...to this I will also add humus -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 28, 12:12
  - yes. i like it with cut up fruit in the summer (which is very 70s, i know.) -- nm - Andie Jun 28, 12:09 1
    - that's part of why I like it - reminds me of growing up back then -- nm* - prayformojo Jun 28, 12:10
  - N to the hell N. blech -- nm - JaxSean Jun 28, 12:04
  - Not really. I'll eat queso fresco though. -- nm - Roger More Jun 28, 12:04
  - With peaches, sure. -- nm - Max Jun 28, 12:03
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  - bleck -- nm - decline Jun 28, 12:02
  - Yes, I have it almost every day. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jun 28, 12:01
- gross -- nm - decline Jun 28, 11:59
Wrecking Ball. -- (link) - Shaun Jun 28, 11:55 [Image] 6
- Weird as hell to play. Super mobile. I can't figure out the piledriver thing yet. -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 12:22
- Hammond the hamster? Really? Looks like there's a Top Gear fan working for them. -- nm - Krusty Jun 28, 12:16
- I love that there's people that are going 'This is outrageous! We wanted Jetpack Cat!' -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 12:04
- - Miley Cyrus -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jun 28, 11:58
- Moves. -- (link) - Shaun Jun 28, 11:55 [Image] 1
  - - The New Pornographers -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jun 28, 11:58

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