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The Parable of Late-Stage Capitalism -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 30, 12:50 1
- I love this. -- nm - Epiphany Jul 30, 12:55
My home town has a new "liquor licensed Axe Throwing League." I think that name really says it all. -- nm - Andie Jul 30, 12:47 1
- Yet they don't let taverns use real darts, just those plastic tip ones -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 30, 13:04
I upgraded my home router on Saturday to a UniFi Secure Gateway. I now have very fancy deep packet inspection graphs of my home internet usage. -- (edited) - oblique Jul 30, 12:34 4
- Never thought to look, but I just found similar stats for my Google Wifi. - Mop Jul 30, 12:54
- Your son is out of control. -- nm - Spawn Jul 30, 12:36 2
  - I think this weekend was some kind of big eSport tournament or something? -- (edited) - oblique Jul 30, 12:38 1
    - Or so you think. - Spawn Jul 30, 12:44
This is the most interesting thing I've read in a while: "How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game and Stole Millions" -- (link) - MDH Jul 30, 12:30
Sometimes the universe just... works. - Spawn Jul 30, 12:27 5
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Jul 30, 13:17
- sweet -- nm - mud Jul 30, 12:30
- Probably better than giving him your Hootie CD -- nm - oblique Jul 30, 12:29 1
  - Like I would give that away. - Spawn Jul 30, 12:31
- aww - that is nice. -- nm - Epiphany Jul 30, 12:27
Canada: 15 years ago Rush headlines Toronto's "Sarrsstock" -- (link) - Remlik Jul 30, 12:25 10
- Hey, remember SARS? Boy, I'm glad we solved the issue of global pandemics once and for all. -- nm - Mop Jul 30, 12:41 1
  - Next up: SARSbolzika. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 30, 12:54
- did Rush headline? I'm pretty sure the Rolling Stones did (we went.) I remember AC/DC played before the Stones, and i remember Justin Timberlake got - Andie Jul 30, 12:30 7
  - JT got hit with a water bottle. This was just on the verge of him breaking out. 6 months later, he would have been the headliner. -- nm - Mop Jul 30, 12:41 2
    - ... just checking, are you man-splaining to the only one of us who was there? - Andie Jul 30, 12:43 1
      - JT-splaining? Boo-splaining? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 30, 12:53
  - Stones apparently did. I'm just correcting the headline for history -- nm - Remlik Jul 30, 12:32 1
    - heh -- nm - Andie Jul 30, 12:32
  - (heh, i just read it, they mentioned the booing.) :) -- nm - Andie Jul 30, 12:30 1
    - As soon as you mentioned his name I remembered that - Reagen Jul 30, 12:37
The bad beat jackpot was hit at the new casino for the first time on the weekend. - Tim Jul 30, 12:17 1
- Sweet!! -- nm - Epiphany Jul 30, 12:27
car crashed into a storefront in NYC -- nm - Remlik Jul 30, 12:16
I hope this tweet blows up. It’s so good. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 30, 12:13 4
- Except -- (edited) - znufrii Jul 30, 12:47 1
  - Ah, I think I get it now. Did not get the slant it was taking. -- nm - Spawn Jul 30, 12:53
- Looks like a hooded man in the flames of the Hindenburg pic -- nm - Amoxy Jul 30, 12:17
- I am not sure I get it. -- nm - Spawn Jul 30, 12:15
The average age of the CBS board of directors is 73. Only two people under 60 (Shari Redstone and 46 year old Robert Klieger, Redstone's lawyer) -- (link) - Mop Jul 30, 11:42 1
- I can wait. -- nm - Shari Redstone Jul 30, 11:51
Some of you are going to be very jealous... -- (pic) - IrishStephen Jul 30, 11:34 [Attachment] 4
- heh insane -- nm - Epiphany Jul 30, 11:58
- Eff that movie. - Shaun Jul 30, 11:39
- quality -- nm - prayformojo Jul 30, 11:37
- So cute! -- nm - Spawn Jul 30, 11:36
2018-19 premier league kits -- (link) - znufrii Jul 30, 11:29 9
- Wolves got a solid kit and I like Pool’s away. -- nm - CQ Jul 30, 11:34 8
  - Huddersfield ain’t messing around with their third kit. Going full on with a “blind your opponent” strategy, there. -- nm - znufrii Jul 30, 11:37 5
    - Everton’s away kit should be entered into textbooks as a reason why you should never crowdsource design ideas. -- nm - znufrii Jul 30, 11:39 4
      - I like the Watford bumble bees too. I was on a travel team long ago with the same design. Constantly being laughed at by the other teams -- nm - CQ Jul 30, 11:42 3
        
        Meanwhile Arsenal’s third kit is obviously a deliberate attempt to get their opponents to laugh themselves to death. -- nm* - znufrii Jul 30, 11:45 2
        
        Seems bizarre, given their rivals, that they would ever wear blue. - Volnelk Jul 30, 11:49 1
        
        Better than the mustard yellow they had been favoring for their away kits in recent years, but I do see your point. -- nm - znufrii Jul 30, 11:53
  - Oh man, I saw Liverpool’s away the other day and thought they were horrible. - Volnelk Jul 30, 11:37 1
    - 1 or 2 games max. -- nm - CQ Jul 30, 11:38
Related to mandy's post below....our budget this year has been completely whackadoodle (sp?) -- (pic) - prayformojo Jul 30, 11:27 [Attachment] 3
- Is outdoor precipitation linked to your water bill?? -- nm - Max Jul 30, 11:51 1
  - My Faberge egg-a-week habit has really caught up with me -- nm - prayformojo Jul 30, 11:54
- oopsie -- nm - decline Jul 30, 11:50
LYC: Zack Snyder has confirmed the identity of the Dead Robin from BvS. -- (link) - Shaun Jul 30, 11:27 4
- Zack Snyder-Effing up the DCEU even after he's fired. -- nm - Ender Jul 30, 11:32 1
  - EFF HIM!!! -- nm - Spawn Jul 30, 11:33
- Eff him! -- nm - Spawn Jul 30, 11:29 1
  - mmmm...He did in fact actually die in comics... - Remlik Jul 30, 11:43
like you care, but august will be my first normal month this year. no huge home improvements, no massive one off expenses. - amanda Jul 30, 11:21 6
- i am so in need of recovery. i have several flights booked (for both good fun reasons and obligatory reasons) and I can't catch up. -- nm - Andie Jul 30, 11:32 5
  - as you know well, all I want to do is funnel cash at my student loan. I have been largely unable to overpay for a few months. - amanda Jul 30, 11:50 4
    - also, (whiny) all of my spend has been for house stuff and obligations. I just want to go away for a f*cking weekend to somewhere I want to go - amanda Jul 30, 11:52 3
      - yes but get your paycheck straight! - Epiphany Jul 30, 12:00 2
        
        oh I know. they've been "trying." we just got a new payroll system so nothing is going quite right. -- nm - amanda Jul 30, 12:06 1
        
        Ugh -- nm - Epiphany Jul 30, 12:28
How is this even a game? -- (link) - Shaun Jul 30, 11:11 [youtube] 8
- That looks fun. -- nm - Krusty Jul 30, 11:28
- Bazooka sperm are the *worst*. -- nm - Spawn Jul 30, 11:27
- Stick man fighting is a classic. Didn’t I have a copy running for ST before? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 30, 11:21
- Hadn't seen it with guns before -- nm - Amoxy Jul 30, 11:16
- That looks like a lot of fun. -- nm - Mop Jul 30, 11:15 1
  - Few beers and a few friends for sure. -- nm - Shaun Jul 30, 11:20
- If you don't like that, definitely don't search Steam for Genital Jousting then... -- nm - oblique Jul 30, 11:11 1
  - heh. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 30, 11:13
Ted Cruz is no fan of the Facebook ban on Alex Jones. Ted Cruz needs a primer on the Constitution. -- (link) - Mop Jul 30, 11:10
Nick Offerman is YouTube gold. Can you recognize woods by smelling them? -- (link) - Mop Jul 30, 11:00 [youtube] 3
- Some, yes. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 30, 11:03 2
  - Cedar of course, pine obviously, the others, not so much for me -- nm - crash davis Jul 30, 11:05 1
    - That plus alder and maybe Douglas Fir -- nm - Beryllium Jul 30, 11:07
huh NASA’s current concept for a Mars Transit habitat is just 28 feet high, 28 feet wide, and 17 feet long - tRuMaN Jul 30, 10:59
Introducing, the MacCoin -- (link) - oblique Jul 30, 10:55 1
- *buys a bunch as a hedge against inflation* -- nm - crash davis Jul 30, 11:02
shockingly, rand paul still has no spine. backs Kavanaugh for Supreme Court. -- (link) - tRuMaN Jul 30, 10:52
Pippy: 100% dark chocolate sugar free chips are not tasty - oblique Jul 30, 10:41 25
- what fool thought they would be? -- nm - ty97 Jul 30, 11:08
- 100% dark chocolate sugar-free chips are from the Redundancy Department of Redundancy -- nm* - crash davis Jul 30, 10:50 1
  - *glares at you* -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 30, 10:53
- Bet it is really chalky and not much flavor -- nm - Amoxy Jul 30, 10:45 1
  - No, just super bitter -- nm - oblique Jul 30, 10:45
- good to know. I found Lily's at Sprouts ( cheaper Whole Foods). Cookies seem to be tough to make low carb/keto. I don't miss cookies. I meal prepped - Epiphany Jul 30, 10:45 18
  - speaking of bacon wrapped pork loin, this is amazing. -- (link) - amanda Jul 30, 11:03 6
    - Decent, but it's no Bacon Explosion. - Shaun Jul 30, 11:19 3
      - I'm trying not to DIE from Bacon, alright? -- nm - Epiphany Jul 30, 12:00 2
        
        turkey bacon! Costco style -- nm - Remlik Jul 30, 12:10 1
        
        Turkey Bacon can fuck right off! - Epiphany Jul 30, 13:10
    - OMG - that looks amazing -- nm - Epiphany Jul 30, 11:13
    - I am amused by how some places label their recipes. That one thinks "Low Carb" is less than 20% of calories from carbs. At 21g per serving, that's - oblique Jul 30, 11:07
  - They were totally easy. Basically as you'd expect but with Almond flour and sugar substitute (see link). My next big adventure is going to be trying Rutabaga "mashed -- (edited) - oblique Jul 30, 10:47 10
    - I like the cauliflower mashed potatoes -- nm - Remlik Jul 30, 10:51 1
      - I'm definitely trying that soon. First I have a cauliflower rice steam bag I got at the grocery and I'm going to eat that with some grilled chicken - oblique Jul 30, 10:53
    - also - find these if you miss chips -- (link) - Epiphany Jul 30, 10:50 [Image] 4
      - did you try the Flakers "chips" -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 30, 11:06 1
        
        I have not seen those but I will look for them. -- nm - Epiphany Jul 30, 11:07
      - Yeah. We're looking for those. I'm also going to try making these -- (link) - oblique Jul 30, 10:52 1
        
        Yeah!! those look amazing. -- nm - Epiphany Jul 30, 10:57
    - oooo - let me know about the rutabaga! I'm starting to miss potatos. I'm trying loaded cauliflower casserole this week & keto chicken fettucine. -- nm - Epiphany Jul 30, 10:49 2
      - My parents are taking me and my son out for dinner tonight before he goes off to college soon. Today is my no eat day - oblique Jul 30, 10:51 1
        
        yeah, social gatherings are the worst - especially at restaurants. - Epiphany Jul 30, 10:59
- Duh - Spawn Jul 30, 10:42
Tom Cruise Forces James Corden to Skydive -- (link) - Mop Jul 30, 10:40 [youtube] 1
- OMG Tom looks great. I need to sign up for Scientology. -- nm - Mop Jul 30, 10:41
Yes, groiny, the NFL has players that do bad things, no doubt. - ty97 Jul 30, 10:39 3
- it is different, because these people are public figures, and they represent the league on a wide stage. - groiny Jul 30, 10:59 2
  - Because the NFL has fubar'ed every case with the bad actors -- - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Jul 30, 11:02 1
    - This year is going to be a gong show too. -- nm - Shaun Jul 30, 11:06
Tag your false soda prophet self. I’m .. Dr Thunder. -- (link*) - Beryllium Jul 30, 10:37 8
- Dr. Wow, cousin of Doctor Who. -- nm - Spawn Jul 30, 11:39 1
  - Dr Who’s On First -- nm - Beryllium Jul 30, 12:02
- The Dr. -- nm - Amoxy Jul 30, 10:47
- I’ve definitely had dr. shasta and dr. skipper in my life. -- nm* - znufrii Jul 30, 10:46
- I like this post. Good job Bery! -- nm - crash davis Jul 30, 10:41 1
  - And I'll be Dr. Shasta -- nm - crash davis Jul 30, 10:45
- WHAT. THE. F*CK?! -- nm - Mop Jul 30, 10:39
- LOL Dr. Perky -- nm - Epiphany Jul 30, 10:38
A lost Thelonious Monk live album has been found in a trash bin, and is set for release -- (link) - Remlik Jul 30, 10:36 2
- sweet -- nm - prayformojo Jul 30, 10:56
- This is awesome -- nm - psilotum Jul 30, 10:54
Hundreds of hikers trapped on Indonesian volcano after earthquake -- (link) - crash davis Jul 30, 10:36 6
- My brother's best friend is there (but not in the trapped area, just outside it.) he and his wife are volunteering in some little first aid tent right now. -- nm* - Andie Jul 30, 10:49 2
  - That is cool of them -- nm - crash davis Jul 30, 10:52 1
    - They are cool people, he's in Indonesia teaching yoga for a few months. -- nm - Andie Jul 30, 10:55
- Sorry. We only care if it's a teenaged soccer team. -- nm - Mop Jul 30, 10:38
- I don't think they have anything to worry about. Earthquakes are in no way related to volcanic activity. -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Jul 30, 10:37 1
  - good point! -- nm - crash davis Jul 30, 10:39
A play with a (ed: mostly) white cast singing slave songs? What could possibly be wrong with that? -- (link*) - znufrii Jul 30, 10:36 1
- I sense that Leo told Tarantino, I'm not taking this part unless you guarantee me an Oscar - Epiphany Jul 30, 10:37
mafic: Legendary geologist and kangaroo wrangler. -- nm - Mop Jul 30, 10:32 5
- and suspected rando poisoner -- nm - crash davis Jul 30, 10:34 4
  - That’s an unfounded conspiracy started by the Roos. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 30, 10:35 3
    - There are lots of backpackers that go missing in Australia, and I don't think its the Roos -- nm - crash davis Jul 30, 10:37 2
      - Russell Crowe has been eating them -- (link) - Epiphany Jul 30, 10:41 1
        
        It looks like he is set to star in the John Goodman biopic -- nm - crash davis Jul 30, 10:42
CTTP: How long did it take hackers to break into a voting machine at Defcon -- nm - oblique Jul 30, 10:32 8
- 3.1250 seconds -- nm - Spawn Jul 30, 11:30
- 31.25 mins -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 30, 11:05
- 2 hours -- nm - JaxSean Jul 30, 10:43
- 8 minutes -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Jul 30, 10:33
- depending on the machine, anywhere from eight minutes to half an hour -- nm - crash davis Jul 30, 10:33 2
  - The password on one of the machines is literally “abcde”. And when I say “one”, I mean one *brand*. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 30, 10:34 1
    - And I think I read that the password couldn't be changed. -- nm - mara Jul 30, 10:36
- You have to account for the time it takes to type the command: 30 seconds. -- nm - Mop Jul 30, 10:33
There are a bunch of news stories on a new report about how to grow crops on Mars. I'm pretty sure Matt Damon already figured this out -- nm - crash davis Jul 30, 10:31 2
- Well, now that they found water, there are new factors to include. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 30, 10:33 1
  - Salt water -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 30, 13:02

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