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Looks like we’ll hit 4.5 million posts some time in the next day or three. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 10:48 6
- Did we pass 4,444,444 posts already? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 13, 12:44
- So 5 mil by next year? -- nm - eag Oct 13, 11:03 2
  - Maybe sooner if people started using the attachment feature for uber-cute stuff (puppies! babies! kittens!) -- nm* - Beryllium Oct 13, 11:07 1
    - (An in-line search for animated gifs was also suggested, I’ll keep that in mind) -- nm* - Beryllium Oct 13, 11:22
- and half of them are still by Loosi :)))))))) -- nm - peglegpete Oct 13, 11:02 1
  - Now we'll never get there -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 13, 12:45
Hmm, I started thinking of adding a feature to ST last night, but then realized I had a pressing open source issue to deal with. - Beryllium Oct 13, 09:52 4
- Tease. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 13, 09:57 3
  - Yeah, I guess :) it’s just a tiny feature that was requested many years ago but I was wary of implementing it. - Beryllium Oct 13, 10:41 2
    - Avatars? -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Oct 13, 11:38 1
      - No. But attachments did lay the groundwork for avatar support. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 11:39
Episode 4 of Hill House is outfreaking standing, but it had a scene that was so freaky that my entire left leg went numb -- nm - prayformojo Oct 13, 09:04
Brooklyn Trump supporter calls 911 on black Lyft driver for not turning on the radio -- (link) - Remlik Oct 13, 08:37 13
- Wow. He does have the patience of a saint. Also - kelly Oct 13, 16:02
- Harassing the caller isn't cool but how did he think that would work? -- nm - Reagen Oct 13, 09:01
- How is "Trump supporter" at all germane to that story (and I hesitate to even call it a story)? - Cuzzin Todd Oct 13, 09:00 6
  - Eh, the guy himself made it (in part) about himself being a Trump supporter. -- nm - ty97 Oct 13, 09:17 3
    - This, and it's just another example of what we discussed yesterday - znufrii Oct 13, 09:41
    - (that said, yes, the headline was written to draw in clicks) -- nm - ty97 Oct 13, 09:18 1
      - ^ this -- nm - Remlik Oct 13, 09:23
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  - Words are used to paint a picture, CT. -- nm - Spawn Oct 13, 09:04
- Unfingbelievable. That driver has the patience of a saint. - Covington Oct 13, 08:54 3
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    - Do you think there's an element of fear in it? - Reagen Oct 13, 10:31 1
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ST Excel Helpdesk: I have one column with about 1/3rd the cells having data. I have a column next to it with data only in another 1/3rd. - Name Withheld by Request Oct 13, 08:18 3
- Cut > Paste Special > Ignore blank cells - Super Daddy Princess Oct 13, 08:22 2
  - That worked. Thank you. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Oct 13, 08:24 1
    - Whoohoo! -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Oct 13, 08:27
gift idea! if you have people in your life who love cool (not funny) tshirts, this ebay seller is *great.* shipping is $$ and slow so order now -- (link) - amanda Oct 13, 07:21 1
- I will buy this for doug for christmas. -- (link) - amanda Oct 13, 07:22
Didn’t I just have The A/C on a couple days ago? -- nm - Dano Oct 13, 07:14 2
- We switched to heat last night. Couldn’t take it. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 13, 07:20 1
  - Me, too. One of my cats insisted on sleeping under the comforter. -- nm - Covington Oct 13, 07:55
I'm having this debate on FB regarding police's use of physical force in the shape of punching a woman hard in the face repeatedly, as if her head was - Facto Oct 13, 06:25 2
- I bet they’d change their tune quickly if they were the ones being punched. - Super Daddy Princess Oct 13, 07:14 1
  - ..or if it was their own daughter,or their wife/girlfriend? Fundamental Attribution Error (FAE) applies then, I'm sure... -- nm - Facto Oct 13, 07:45
Holland is elsewhere... -- (link) - Facto Oct 13, 05:57 4
- Putting aside the lack of due process (I assume the Netherlands has something like that) I don’t even understand how they can claim that they won’t be - pmb Oct 13, 09:27 2
  - Ps. I am fairly consistent on saying The Netherlands, not Holland, but this is Rotterdam jurisdiction only, and that's in the region of South-Holland - Facto Oct 13, 10:07 [Image]
  - The Dutch are like a separate race of human beings - I have collected a bunch of links to articles analysing their weird mentality -- nm - Facto Oct 13, 10:05
- What a horrible idea. -- nm - Krusty Oct 13, 08:23
Here is your horrific video evidence of why it might be a good idea to evacuate from a hurricane. -- (link) - Qale Oct 13, 05:52
Damien Chazelle is pretty good at this directing thing. - Will Hunting Oct 13, 05:27
PS+ people, check your emails. I just had one that gave me 3 months ($32.97) credit for Netflix. -- nm - Shaun Oct 13, 04:31
TV PSA: SNL (Seth Meyers and Paul Simon), College Football, MLB, HNIC, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Oct 13, 04:17
‘Lethal Weapon’ gets additional 2 episode order with Damon Wayans (brings season to 15 from 13) -- nm - Beaker Oct 13, 04:11
We left the resort at 4 AM. I didn't sleep. 😳 -- nm - Mop Oct 13, 02:35
First Man reference: Apollo Mission Archive photos on Flickr -- (link) - budice Oct 13, 01:09 [flickr]
Oink. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 12, 23:46
$654M is the first estimated jackpot for MegaMillions Tuesday on their website -- nm - peglegpete Oct 12, 22:17
Hmm, Social Security COLA for 2019 is 2.8% partly offset by an increase in Medicare part B. - Meg Oct 12, 21:49 1
- Mmmmm coca-cola. -- nm - Qale Oct 13, 05:38
I am drinking bud lit tomigt -- nm - Amoxy Oct 12, 21:34
Four errors, two passed ball, and a homer allowed to a pitcher. I feel like there is room for improvement there. -- nm - Spawn Apparently Won a Bet Oct 12, 21:18
Worth watching: Super Mario with a live orchestra. -- (link) - mafic Oct 12, 21:04
Ugly 3rd Strike call to Justin Turner -- (link*) - budice Oct 12, 20:32
Mega#s: 04 24 46 61 70 - 07 mega ball. -- nm - budice Oct 12, 20:21 12
- Damn I wanted to quit -- nm - Amoxy Oct 12, 21:21
- Hmm, I forgot to pick up a lotto max ticket - but I did win a free mini pastry from mcdonalds today. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 20:56
- No MegaMillions winners in California tonight. -- (link) - budice Oct 12, 20:35 1
  - or anywhere else. -- nm - peglegpete Oct 12, 22:19
- There's talk of nobody winning it: $700M Tuesday -- nm - budice Oct 12, 20:23 7
  - Wow...I'm gonna need some more cash -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 12, 20:31 5
    - Bacon will give it to us. he should have told us in advance he knew there would be no winner. we wasted $$ because he didn't tell us :((( -- nm - peglegpete Oct 12, 20:39 4
      - You didn't waste your money, your money made the pot bigger -- nm - Bacon Oct 12, 20:46 3
        
        will someone win Tuesday, or will we only be making the pot bigger? -- nm - peglegpete Oct 12, 20:55 2
        
        There will be a winner tuesday -- nm - Bacon Oct 12, 20:56 1
        
        Note he does not specify which Tuesday. -- nm - mafic Oct 12, 21:05
  - I knew you weren't going to win so I saved my money for Tuesday's drawing -- nm - Bacon Oct 12, 20:26
"The crabby puppy is so cute, he makes me want to die" -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 20:12
President Trump says "Robert E. Lee was a great general" during Ohio rally, calling the Confederate leader "incredible." -- (link) - budice Oct 12, 19:53 10
- I thought he didn't like people who lose or get caught? -- nm - jnine Oct 12, 20:32
- Lee would have been a better general if he had taken control of the Union army when Lincoln asked him to, instead of fighting for the Confederates. -- nm - peglegpete Oct 12, 20:24
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  - Is it trolling at this point when all we do is really think he’s just a moron? -- nm - Qale Oct 13, 05:39
- "And this guy, Adolf, in Germany did unbelievable things. Very popular." -- nm - znufrii Oct 12, 20:06
- Does he know who he is? -- nm - . Oct 12, 20:04 3
  - You mean does he know where he is - eag Oct 12, 21:16 1
    - and Grant's home state -- nm - peglegpete Oct 12, 22:50
  - I was just informed Robert E. Lee didn't make those delicious pies, I was thinking of Sara Lee my bad -- nm - Bacon Oct 12, 20:28
- That settles it. He’s the ultimate human manifestation of Chaos Monkey. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 20:02
Weee, more rain on the way. about time -- (link) - budice Oct 12, 19:47 1
- Naturally - we always get rain or a heatwave for Barn Sale weekend :/ -- nm - Meg Oct 12, 19:50
Netflix just canceled Iron Fist after two seasons. There's a real chance it ends up on Disney's streaming service now. -- nm - Spawn Apparently Won a Bet Oct 12, 19:43 1
- Seems they would want the good stuff on their streaming service. -- nm - Mop Oct 13, 01:05
NFL-Bengals: Tyler Eifert's Ankle after surgery. -- (link) - budice Oct 12, 19:36 1
- Other angles -- (link) - budice Oct 12, 19:37
Stick to cars, Elon. -- (link) - Super Daddy Princess Oct 12, 19:25 3
- He should come out with his own Weed/Ambien concoction -- nm - Bacon Oct 12, 19:41 2
  - Mariteslambien? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 19:42 1
    - We Tambien -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 12, 20:29
Saw an Hyperbole and a Half reference on twitter and it made me hope Allie Brosh is alive and okay. - Tim Oct 12, 19:22
B2 - I’m sure they’re saving the “planet entirely populated by pale gingers” idea for a Guardians of the Galaxy movie -- nm - Roger More Oct 12, 19:18 4
- *perks up* -- nm - Strongbad Oct 13, 06:00
- That would be pretty derivative of GOTG2, which had the planet of extremely uptight Goldies. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 19:33 2
  - If it weren’t for yesterday’s discussion I’d make a joke like “Rocket steals their souls, only to realize later he had made off with an empty sack” -- nm - Roger More Oct 12, 19:44 1
    - what about a joke with Goldie being uptight because Kurt is out screwing women all around the universe? -- nm - peglegpete Oct 12, 19:58
Darth Hader 1.0 IP, 9 pitches/8 strikes, 2Ks -- nm* - budice Oct 12, 19:07 1
- It's still a little awkward when he strikes out the side. -- nm - Tim Oct 12, 19:11
ho-leeeeee heck that's good and freaky -- nm - prayformojo Oct 12, 19:07
Greek archeologists find a shitload of ancient shipwrecks -- (link) - peglegpete Oct 12, 18:51
Great, there was just broken cloud when I got home an hour ago. Now it's raining. We've left outside displays with just a tarp over them :/ -- nm - Meg Oct 12, 18:43 1
- I was out getting tix when it started -- nm - budice Oct 12, 18:51
3 episodes left of Preacher season 3...LOVED this season. Loved. The wife is kinda lost, but I love it. -- nm - Beaker Oct 12, 18:42 3
- You’re in for a treat. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 18:55 1
  - all right we'll do the bees -- nm - Beaker Oct 12, 19:06
- I can see maybe 2 more seasons. 1 could make do. but it is kinda dragging -- nm - Beaker Oct 12, 18:50
Megamillions: Added J and I to slacker fb thread. Lost Numbers are covered -- nm* - budice Oct 12, 18:32
Now playing: First Man. -- nm - Spawn Oct 12, 18:28 2
- I still don’t understand why this isn’t a White House movie. - Beryllium Oct 12, 18:44
- :-] -- nm - mud Oct 12, 18:41
David. It was a box office bet. You were supposed to change you nick for a week but I was not feeling it. -- nm* - Spawn Oct 12, 18:12 1
- Which film? -- nm - Spawn Apparently Won a Bet Oct 12, 19:27
They’re going to have to break Disney up. It’s too big. It can set international policy. They’re going to have to break it up. - Beryllium Oct 12, 18:11 1
- http://s3.amazonaws.com/pix.iemoji.com/images /emoji/apple/ios-11/256/middle-finger-light-s kin-tone.png -- nm - SI for somebody Oct 12, 18:41
no season 3 for Iron Fist -- nm - Remlik Oct 12, 18:10 8
- Not so fast, my friend! -- nm - Spawn Apparently Won a Bet Oct 12, 19:53
- that's bullshit -- nm - Beaker Oct 12, 18:18 1
  - Spoilers for the end of S2 - Beryllium Oct 12, 18:42
- Now I don't have to watch season 2. -- nm - Spawn Oct 12, 18:14 3
  - it's sooooo good -- nm - Remlik Oct 12, 18:33 1
    - yup, much better than season 1. -- nm - Beaker Oct 12, 18:39
  - This, I was going to start it this weekend -- nm - J Oct 12, 18:20
- Oh, but I was so looking forward to that. -- nm - Gene Wilder Oct 12, 18:13
Reagen, they named an entire dog breed “chocolate”. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 18:09
Pitcher goes yard -- nm - prayformojo Oct 12, 18:04 1
- off Kershaw -- nm - Tim Oct 12, 18:05
Sweet mother of God, The TSA was right -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 12, 18:00 1
- Related (and possibly superior) -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 12, 18:01
Got it J. All good -- nm - budice Oct 12, 17:50 1
- Thanks! -- nm - J Oct 12, 18:19
Now playing: The Haunting of Hill House. See yall on the other side -- nm - prayformojo Oct 12, 17:45
I saw Homeless Chris Hemsworth today - Reagen Oct 12, 17:36
Destiny 2: Just won a Gambit match 2-0. Look at that garbage teammate we had. Talk about being carried. -- (pic) - Shaun Oct 12, 17:35 [Attachment] 13
- Related to Gambit, I reset my rank today. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 12, 19:18 1
  - I need 2k more to reset. I'm at 13k. -- nm - Spawn Apparently Won a Bet Oct 12, 19:58
- You know I am a psycho, I told you I'm a psycho, psycho, psycho, psycho, psycho, psycho... -- nm - Spawn Oct 12, 18:10
- Late joiner? -- nm - David Oct 12, 18:06 9
  - Nope. We had 4 for both rounds. -- nm - Shaun Oct 12, 18:20 8
    - In two minutes, someone can drop out and be replaced. That looks like a new player. -- nm - Spawn Apparently Won a Bet Oct 12, 19:27 6
      - The 0 motes thing is also a strategy. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 12, 19:37 5
        
        I do that sometimes, but it's still hard to get less than 10 motes that way. You have to stay *way* back. -- nm - Spawn Apparently Won a Bet Oct 12, 19:39 4
        
        It would be easier if scout rifles weren't so bad right now. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 12, 19:43 3
        
        Bygones with Headseeker and Targeting Adjuster is a perfect weapon. -- nm - Spawn Apparently Won a Bet Oct 12, 19:44 2
        
        I'm probably the one person who doesn't like headseeker. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 12, 19:49 1
        
        Did you see this list? -- (link) - Spawn Oct 13, 10:58 [Backboard]
    - You had to have lost someone along the way. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 12, 19:15
David , getting a bad hostname error trying to get to BOP on mobile -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 12, 17:31 1
- DNS and Domain Reg are fine. Website config not correct at the moment -- nm - budice Oct 12, 17:36
Senators ask WWE to pause relationship with the Saudi government... -- (link*) - Remlik Oct 12, 17:30 2
- I think they can still cancel it, or at least take it off the Network and stop promoting it and just leave it as a house show. -- (link) - Tim Oct 12, 17:53 1
  - move it to Dubai. Get the women on the card. place would go crazy -- nm - Remlik Oct 12, 18:34

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