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ty97: is there some reason I wouldn't get coins from Pokemon in gyms? - oblique Jul 19, 05:43 12
- 50 coins max per day - ty97 Jul 19, 05:47 10
  - grrr. oh well - oblique Jul 19, 05:51 9
    - Go Instinct!! Seriously though, I'm surprised there were enough members on the team to take over 8 gyms. Heh. -- nm - Qale Jul 19, 05:52 8
      - We have a surprisingly even swing of gyms nearby. They flip around between the teams pretty regularly. - oblique Jul 19, 05:56 4
        
        The gym game here is so different than Manhattan - ty97 Jul 19, 06:00 3
        
        That seems so opposite of what I would expect. Feels like with the higher population density those things would flip constantly -- nm - oblique Jul 19, 06:01 2
        
        I may have been unclear. Here in Florida I can hold gyms. - ty97 Jul 19, 06:03 1
        
        Ah. It's still early here. Reading comprehension is low :) -- nm - oblique Jul 19, 06:04
      - They are few, but they are - ty97 Jul 19, 05:55 2
        
        I tried to be nice. Only taking gyms in my immediate area if they were higher level than me or had just turned them. But not anymore. -- nm - Qale Jul 19, 06:01
        
        💛💛💛 -- nm - oblique Jul 19, 05:57
- max per day. -- nm - amanda Jul 19, 05:45
I need a haircut. I look like a sloppy, bearded Eric Forman and that's just not good. -- nm - Qale Jul 19, 05:36 4
- dirty hippie -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 05:46 1
  - At least I got the hottest girlfriend. -- nm - Qale Jul 19, 05:51
- Me too--Last time I had my hair this long, I went into Panera, without a hat, and they gave me a bunch of free food (just assuming I was homeless) -- nm* - Flavorize Jul 19, 05:41 1
  - Geesh -- nm - Epiphany Jul 19, 06:01
Massive Steam Pipe Explosion In Flatiron District -- (link) - ty97 Jul 19, 05:06 3
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  - did you turn around and go check it out ? -- nm - decline Jul 19, 05:44
- Euphemism? -- nm - Budice Jul 19, 05:13
Van Gogh Starry Night house mural in Florida can stay -- (link) - Covington Jul 19, 05:00
For NWBR: CNN ranks the 2020 democratic presidential candidates. -- (link*) - Inigo Jul 19, 04:47 14
- Are you taking your SuperFeud spot this year? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 19, 06:11
- Unexpected: The rankings are done by sexiness. -- nm - Baron Starr Jul 19, 05:54
- Another datapoint, offshores prediction markets - Strongbad Jul 19, 05:01 8
  - who's the Left's version of Trump? Bernie seems a little too sane... (populist who can speak to the masses) -- nm* - Beaker Jul 19, 05:40 3
    - I don’t think the Left has a Russian sleeper agent in a position to run for President. -- nm - znufrii Jul 19, 06:06
    - Kamala has been very active on social media, especially calling him out on his mistakes--Might take someone, like that, to beat him at his own game -- nm - Flavorize Jul 19, 05:46
    - I refuse to believe the D's will nominate a white male against Trump. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 19, 05:42
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    - Stacey Evans (D) was a great Governor candidate here in Georgia - Strongbad Jul 19, 05:49 2
      - Gillibrand and Klobuchar both look like highly electable candidates at first blush. And if we were fantasy casting, Michelle Obama wins. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 19, 06:07 1
        
        Now I'm unhappy that this can't happen. - Epiphany Jul 19, 06:09
- "Chris Cillizza and Harry Enten's" - Reagen Jul 19, 04:51 1
  - Cillizza isn't bad with rankings -- he's awful at other content. - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Jul 19, 05:42
- Huh, Eric Holder. -- nm - Roger More Jul 19, 04:51
#Science! Bacon Is Bad For Your Mental Health, Say Researchers -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 19, 04:09 1
- those researchers are stupid -- nm - decline Jul 19, 05:44
TV PSA: Trial and Error, Doctor Who (lost episode), Cloak and Dagger, Take Two, Four, Big Brother, Match Game, Queen of the South, Snowfall, Gong Show -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 03:29 1
- GF's Guide to Divorce, Grand Hustle, Shooter, Alone, Detroiters, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 03:30
Ah, nothing like a midnight server outage at work ... oof. And there's literally nothing I can do to help. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 19, 00:21 1
- Yay, it's back online. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 19, 00:27
this article has a lot of good stuff. 'an increase in Facebook activity was associated with a future decrease in reported mental health.' -- (link) - mafic Jul 18, 23:24
Funny Remlik should mention Anna Chapman. I wonder if Maria Butina is connected to that same program. Here’s the Wikipedia article on it. -- (link) - Mop Jul 18, 23:24 1
- I doubt she was connected in the slightest. She is the exact opposite of covert. She even told her professor & class she was working for Russia. -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 23:49
test -- nm - testuser123 Jul 18, 23:02 3
- Okay, make that three bugs. -- nm - testuser123 Jul 18, 23:02 2
  - Great, seems to be fixed now. Phew. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 23:30
  - foodchem, is that you? -- nm - mafic Jul 18, 23:16
I should set an alarm. Walt's Pilgrimage will be at the museum at 8:00am. I'll need to be there in time to get opened up. -- nm - Meg Jul 18, 22:07
Trevor Noah ... nice. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 18, 21:56
one thing I'll never get used to here is the different emphasis on certain phrases. "sausage ROLL" will always sound weird to me. -- nm - mafic Jul 18, 21:52 4
- But a properly made one is sooo good. These Yanks don't know what they're missing :) -- nm - Meg Jul 18, 21:57 3
  - Is an Australian sausage roll the same as a UK sausage roll? -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 22:15 2
    - Australians would have you believe theirs are better, but yes. -- nm - mafic Jul 18, 22:21 1
      - Christmas morning - Sausage Rolls and individual Mince Pies. -- nm - Meg Jul 18, 22:27
London erects 25-foot shirtless Jeff Goldblum statue to commemorate 'Jurassic Park's 25th anniversary -- (link) - crash davis Jul 18, 21:50 1
- I hope to pop down and pay my respects today -- nm - LMS Jul 19, 03:47
The Family Of Colonel Sanders Defends His Honor From That "Weasel" Papa John - crash davis Jul 18, 21:43 1
- "..and that Papa John should keep the Colonel’s name out of his fucking mouth" - They did not hold back. -- nm - Epiphany Jul 19, 05:32
I... uhm... -- (link) - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Jul 18, 21:20 13
- WTAF? -- nm - Epiphany Jul 19, 05:33
- I love that every once in a while John Kelly decides "You know what? That's enough." -- nm - Mop Jul 18, 21:45 1
  - "quiet down now mr. president. I can wait all day." -- nm - mafic Jul 18, 21:46
- IT'S AN ANGEL HE IS TRULY CHOSEN TO LEAD BLESS US ALL. -- nm - mafic Jul 18, 21:45
- need your help, what was the name of the Cardassian who wanted to know how many lights Picard saw? -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 21:23 8
  - Chloe -- nm - ty97 Jul 18, 21:37 4
    - I'm sorry I know this, but you misspelled your joke -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 21:39 3
      - or is it EXTRA CLEVER? -- nm - mafic Jul 18, 21:49 2
        
        any negative answer I give you will seem like a put-down of ty, so we'll roll with extra clever -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 21:53 1
        
        no see, KK-CC. it's clever, see? I don't know why you can't just appreciate ty. -- nm - mafic Jul 18, 23:20
  - Madred -- nm - Remlikindle 2.0 Jul 18, 21:25 2
    - Thanks! Trump is Gul Madred...................and by the way: THERE. ARE. THREE. LIGHTS. -- nm* - crash davis Jul 18, 21:27 1
      - So what you're saying is we need some Ferengi... -- nm - . Jul 18, 21:35
The FBI director turned down Putin's offer to help with the investigation. I should have done a recap. Today was crazeballs. -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 21:14
for crash: a much better article on all the diamonds. -- (link) - mafic Jul 18, 21:06 2
- I appreciate you linking me an article. But I don't think I will buy into anything that disputes the science demonstrated in The Core -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 21:09 1
  - ..or that mafic owes us all a handful of diamonds -- nm - Epiphany Jul 19, 05:33
Montenegro accuses Trump of not reading his State Department briefings - crash davis Jul 18, 21:02 1
- Yeah, of all the countries to pick on for his example - it's telling. -- nm - Reagen Jul 19, 03:54
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- Bery, I think you have a bot -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 21:03 2
  - ... and two bugs -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 21:11
  - no, see, that's the OFFICIAL lacoste site. it says so right in the link! -- nm - mafic Jul 18, 21:07
Draco Malfoy reminds me of Brian Mulroney... -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 21:00
I am at the lower end of intelligence. -- (link) - crash davis Jul 18, 20:48 3
- Trying to make himself look smarter by saying stupid stuff. -- nm - . Jul 18, 21:22
- hey, he has Rand Paul *and* David Duke on his side. that's the full spectrum of shithead! -- nm - mafic Jul 18, 20:57
- and I regret not seeing the boxing match -- nm - prayformojo Jul 18, 20:55
8 years ago: HOLY FUCK INCEPTION!!!eleven!!1!1one -- nm - Qale Jul 18, 20:36
So its pretty obvious if they ever did a movie on Russias election meddling and they wanted to cast an actress to play Mariia Butina - eag Jul 18, 20:15 11
- Okay, tougher one. Now that Philip Seymour Hoffman is RIP, cast Steve Bannon. -- nm* - crash davis Jul 18, 20:35 6
  - John Goodman -- nm - mud Jul 18, 21:01
  - Russell Crowe -- nm - Qale Jul 18, 20:46 2
    - Yeah, he can do dissipated. -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 20:49 1
      - or constipated. -- nm - mud Jul 18, 20:51
  - Rosie O'Donnell -- nm - . Jul 18, 20:38 1
    - too pretty for Bannon -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 20:41
- They'll offer it to Arrande Grande -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 20:33
- Yes, but instead they’ll cast ScarJo -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 20:25 2
  - she'll cameo as Anna Chapman -- nm - Remlik Jul 18, 21:16
  - I think ScarJo staked her claim to Ivanka already. -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 20:27
NFL - Falcons won't give Julio new contract -- (link) - budice Jul 18, 20:04
ST Poll: Better Democrat Slogans - Beryllium Jul 18, 19:55 30
- Put the Blue back in the Red, White and Blue -- nm - JaxSean Jul 19, 01:06
- 65 social security or FIGHT -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 20:42 6
  - It's mourning in America -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 20:45 5
    - It's the presidency, stupid -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 20:46 4
      - Keep Cool with Bernie -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 20:49 3
        
        Are you more sane today than you were 4 years ago? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 20:52 2
        
        If you don't hurry to vote democratic today, you'll be russian tomorrow -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 20:54 1
        
        Libtards Try Hard -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 22:22
- We’re not Putin up with it anymore! -- nm - pmb Jul 18, 20:36 2
  - I'm sure Putin On The Ritz will be in Springtime For Trump -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 20:40 1
    - His entrance music at the RNC -- nm - SyrDragon Jul 19, 05:08
- Alllllllrighty then. -- nm - Qale Jul 18, 20:36
- "I can't believe we lost to this guy." -- nm - mafic Jul 18, 20:28
- "Grab em by the pussy, inauguration size, Charlottesville, twitter lies, Moore, Pruitt, Ryan Zinke, kids in cages, Helsinki-We didn't start the fire" -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 20:21 1
  - We Didn’t Start The Reichstag Fire -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 20:24
- Fuck That Guy -- nm - Mop Jul 18, 20:15
- "We tweet less" -- nm - . Jul 18, 20:14 2
  - "A lot less" -- nm - . Jul 18, 21:09 1
    - " we are never tweeters" -- nm - Epiphany Jul 19, 05:37
- Presidential Election Popular Vote Winners, 2008-Present -- nm - prayformojo Jul 18, 20:11
- "Surveys show six out of ten voters can use their brains" -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 20:07
- "Yeah, we're politicians. But that guy is a dick" -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 20:04
- "From the people who brought you cage free eggs, Cage Free Kids" -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 20:03
- Had Enough Yet? -- nm - mud Jul 18, 20:01 1
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- Make America Great Again -- nm - Roger More Jul 18, 20:01
- "Our agricultural plan is easy to memorize: Pot" -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 19:59
- We dumped Hillary. PLEASE come back. -- nm* - peglegpete Jul 18, 19:59
- "We really mean 'why wouldn't it be Russia/'" -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 19:58
- Now with 50% less bullshit -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 19:57
Animatronic Show at SDCC does a deep pull from 80s Pizza Places -- (edited) - budice Jul 18, 19:53 3
- Video’s already gone. -- nm - Mop Jul 18, 19:53 2
  - Copy/paste link. its there -- nm - budice Jul 18, 20:01 1
    - WTF was that? -- nm - Mop Jul 18, 20:17
Luke Cage is like a dirty cop with no checks or accountability, patrolling the streets of Harlem. I don’t see why people like him so much. -- nm - Mop Jul 18, 19:49 9
- spoiler - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Jul 18, 20:08 3
  - I suppose my objection is that Luke Cage on Netflix plays up the “man of the people” bit so much. -- nm - Mop Jul 18, 20:14 2
    - That is direct from the book. -- nm - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Jul 18, 21:21
    - they've been under the thumb of corrupt politicians, police and gangs for too long! he's tearing down the system! - mafic Jul 18, 20:38
- you'll have to elaborate, because "no checks or accountability save their conscience" applies to most superheroes -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 19:51 4
  - That’s not wrong. But he struts down the street and people high-five him. - Mop Jul 18, 19:53 3
    - because he's *saving* them when the corrupt police do nothing! -- nm - mafic Jul 18, 20:27
    - The avocado toast eating populace of Metropolis erect monuments to Superman and he basically exists to damage every tall building in town. - crash davis Jul 18, 19:57 1
      - Damage Control. -- nm - Remlik Jul 18, 19:58
the actress who plays Alan Ruck's girlfriend on Succession looks like she's an Olsen -- nm - prayformojo Jul 18, 19:42
Marriott hotels eliminating plastic straws by 2019 -- nm - Remlik Jul 18, 19:42
The Democrats new slogan is Doug Ford’s Ontario election slogan. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Jul 18, 19:34 2
- [Hancock liked that] -- nm - Qale Jul 18, 19:53
- I'm pretty sure "No, it was my brother who did that" was also Jeb's slogan. -- nm* - crash davis Jul 18, 19:41
Maybe I should buy an island in French Polypnesia -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 19:31 3
- Will there be indigenous nudity? -- nm - Qale Jul 18, 19:54
- are they the first to go with global warming and ocean levels rising? -- nm - Arya Stark Jul 18, 19:33 1
  - Some of them, yes. I try to keep height in mind when considering fantasy islands. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 19:53
Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waiting for a train -- nm* - peglegpete Jul 18, 19:28 3
- Feeling nearly as faded as my jeans... -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 19:58 2
  - Janis dated Pigpen. She sat in with the Dead 2 times to sing Turn On Your Lovelight. -- (link*) - peglegpete Jul 18, 20:02 [youtube] 1
    - very nice -- nm - mud Jul 18, 20:20

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