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The click-bait vote registration trick worked, FYI -- (link) - Reagen Oct 18, 14:52 1
- "Another 20-year-old said that she would have forgotten about voting, if not for her attempt to learn more about the Davidson-Grande breakup." - crash davis Oct 18, 15:31
zeitgeist add me to the list. Money sent -- nm - sycor Oct 18, 14:40 2
- Just sent mine as well, thanks -- nm - J Oct 18, 14:57 1
  - got both of you...pmb did you send yours? - zeitgeist Oct 18, 15:46
WWE/Saudi Arabia: if they pull out of the show the WWE could lose $16 Million if not more.... -- (link*) - Remlik Oct 18, 14:20 3
- "I mean I'm anti-murder but not $16 million anti..." -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 14:34 1
  - This is how Meg got started... -- nm - David Lost a Bet to Spawn at Some Point Oct 18, 14:41
- You don't say... -- nm - David Lost a Bet to Spawn at Some Point Oct 18, 14:32
Here is an example of two headlines on the same story giving totally different impressions - crash davis Oct 18, 14:08 3
- Could be both? -- nm - psilotum Oct 18, 14:10 2
  - I agree its both. I just find the impressions greatly varied -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 14:14 1
    - yes -- nm - psilotum Oct 18, 14:17
Trump Intervened In FBI HQ Project To Protect His Hotel, Democrats Allege - crash davis Oct 18, 13:59
Pop in a Box has a Venompool exclusive funko if interested -- (link) - eag Oct 18, 13:56 2
- that be ugly -- nm - groiny Oct 18, 13:57 1
  - I like it better than most of those venomized ones -- nm - eag Oct 18, 14:02
Frank E. Petersen, First Black General in Marines, Dies at 83 -- (link) - Remlik Oct 18, 13:55
Two things: If any of you ever meet Jennifer Aniston and don't get her to give me a call, I will be very cross. - JaxSean Oct 18, 13:42 5
- crap, I guess I better not tell you about what happened last year -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 13:56 2
  - http://s3.amazonaws.com/pix.iemoji.com/images /emoji/apple/ios-11/256/middle-finger-light-s kin-tone.png -- nm -- (edited) - JaxSean Oct 18, 14:12 1
    - I appreciate your response :) -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 14:15
- "I have your biggest fan on the phone..." -- nm - budice Oct 18, 13:44 1
  - She is my biggest fan, she just doesn't know it yet. - JaxSean Oct 18, 13:55
In other words, Eliza be thicc -- nm - budice Oct 18, 13:42
I went and saw First Man on an old school IMAX screen and liked the limited use of IMAX for the moon scenes. I liked the movie as well spoilers - JD Oct 18, 13:34 8
- That's a good last point. It would be interesting to list Oscar winning directors and then their project immediately after winning. -- nm - Roger More Oct 18, 13:44 5
  - OK, I did back to 1990. There are actually only a handful of projects I'd classify as unworthy - Roger More Oct 18, 14:01 4
    - you kinda have to figure in that often the next project was already scheduled/production when they get Oscar status and their personal choice is later -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 14:27
    - If I were a bigger fan, Eastwoof would be a great dog name -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 14:17 2
      - You're not? That surprises me -- nm - prayformojo Oct 18, 14:34 1
        
        I’m not sure if it was the third movie or the fourth he directed with Sondra Locke being sexually assaulted that stopped me from being a fan -- nm - Roger More Oct 18, 14:44
- I had a horrible moment about an hour in when I realized how much closer the events of the movie were to my birth than present day is. -- nm - Ender Oct 18, 13:41 1
  - Heh. Growing up there was a part of me that wished I'd been born a decade later. - JD Oct 18, 13:56
The last couple nights I've been working on an implementation of DecideMyLunch using Glitch. It's been fun. - Beryllium Oct 18, 13:28
Renter: "We are trying to get cable hooked up at the house. Is there a crawlspace?" Me: "Yes" R: "Where?" M: "Under the house." R: "Oh!!!" -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 13:21 2
- "in the house down the street." -- nm - JaxSean Oct 18, 13:23
- stupid renters - probably think chocolate cows exist and the stars are holes in the sky -- nm - decline Oct 18, 13:23
Picky eaters, drink round: Wine? Beer? Cola? Root Beer? Lemon-Lime Soda? Lemonade? Cranberry Juice? Orange Juice? -- nm - Mop Oct 18, 13:16 29
- Pass, pass, sure but not anymore for health reasons, love root beer but not anymore for health reasons, sure but..., pass on lemonade, no, no. -- nm - Krusty Oct 18, 14:54
- Pass on 'white' liquor (vodka and gin) Bad experiences with both. -- nm - Meg Oct 18, 14:03
- a hard pass on Cranberry Juice -- nm - groiny Oct 18, 13:53
- All taste fine, but I really only drink water. -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 18, 13:51
- Yes. How about grapefruit juice? -- nm - JD Oct 18, 13:37 4
  - in small doses, it is fine. - groiny Oct 18, 13:56 1
    - Well...I primarily drink it as part of a greyhound -- nm - JD Oct 18, 14:00
  - NEVER. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 13:39 1
    - word -- nm - JaxSean Oct 18, 13:43
- loves that fresh squeezed OJ, we have a serious machine, can only do it every other day as its high carb/sugar...awesome screwdrivers -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 13:33 1
  - wine/a whole cellar, beer, lost my taste for it, not big of soda, lemon/cran/oj yes Brown liquor (gug gug gug) -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 14:38
- Ok, sure, absolutely, sure, ok, if I must, no, sure. -- nm - pmb Oct 18, 13:30
- Yes. -- nm - Shaun Oct 18, 13:25
- I'm good with all. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 18, 13:24
- I've been on a big lemonade kick lately - I don't drink soda of any kind -- nm - decline Oct 18, 13:23 3
  - Never really liked lemonade but stopped by a little kid's lemonade stand once... - Mop Oct 18, 13:25 2
    - once? -- nm - Andie Oct 18, 13:25 1
      - "Mmm, tangy!" -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 14:06
- Never, Never, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Sometimes, Yes. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 13:22 3
  - Answer is the same if we're talking about mixing them all together. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 13:22 2
    - That sounds like a yes or no question. -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 13:23 1
      - I mean in the will-it-blend sense. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 13:24
- Orange Juice and Cranberry Juice taste great mixed together -- nm - amoxy Oct 18, 13:17 2
  - with some soda water. yum. -- nm - Andie Oct 18, 13:26
  - But that is like saying a two slices of bread make a great sandwich. -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 13:19
- a little, hell no, of course, hell no, okay, occasionally, no, yes -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 13:17 1
  - I think Spawn may just be another one of my multiple personalities. -- nm - Mop Oct 18, 13:25
- Any are fine. The last four are generally mixers. -- nm - ty97 Oct 18, 13:17 1
  - ~makes drinky-drinky motion ~ -- nm - decline Oct 18, 13:21
I just figured out why we keep losing the megamillions. - Spawn Oct 18, 13:05 6
- Can you imagine the cardboard box he could buy? -- nm - pmb Oct 18, 13:31 1
  - haven't got yours yet ...the list so far - zeitgeist Oct 18, 13:36
- What about Bacon? ;) -- nm - Meg Oct 18, 13:08 3
  - he said he was buying tix and will post them himself -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 13:09 2
    - Hmmm. That *might* be enough to keep his luck away from ours. -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 13:10 1
      - I am the lucky dude that is going to get us paid! -- nm - Bacon Oct 18, 14:52
Speaking of Pierre Trudeau (B2), today would have been his 99th birthday. -- nm - Andie Oct 18, 13:05 3
- His marriage to Maggie doesn't pass the political sniff test in 2018. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Oct 18, 13:26 2
  - I....don't know what this means... -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 13:34 1
    - What would today's Canadians think of their PM aged 50+ romancing and then marrying a 23 year old while in office? -- nm* - Roger More Oct 18, 14:39
Italian archeologists: Mount Vesuvius may have erupted on a different date than we had previously thought -- (link) - peglegpete Oct 18, 13:04
Mega Millions jackpot grows to $970 million (I expect it'll top a billion before tomorrow night) -- nm - decline Oct 18, 12:58 1
- up 102M since their initial estimate Tuesday night -- nm - peglegpete Oct 18, 14:06
I guess I need to make a Halloween banner. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 18, 12:53
I liked Hotel Transylvania 3. Get upset about that! -- nm - David Lost a Bet to Spawn at Some Point Oct 18, 12:48 7
- Amy and Logan seem to have. They are on Fall break this week and it was included in their festivities. -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 12:55
- I keep hearing these movies are sweet and entertaining. -- nm - Diva Oct 18, 12:51 2
  - They are pretty solid. -- nm - Shaun Oct 18, 13:24
  - I've seen the first two, and I actually think they are pretty cute. -- nm - MDH Oct 18, 12:51
- least surprising post, ever. -- nm - decline Oct 18, 12:49
- some of us have questioned your sanity in recent years. -- nm* - groiny Oct 18, 12:49 1
  - He is unashamed of his love for Adam Sandler. -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 12:57
Hmm, seems my regular thyroid med dosage is "...currently unavailable due to a total shortage from the manufacturer...of unknown duration" - Meg Oct 18, 12:43 2
- There's a shortage of IV bags and silicone too because of the hurricane in Puerto Rico. -- nm - jnine Oct 18, 12:48 1
  - Yup, another case of not paying much attention until it affects us personally :( -- nm - Meg Oct 18, 13:08
At the stoplight, pulled up behind a truck with personalized Montana plates "LEDZPLN". My mind immediately went to Ramble On. Thanks Reagen -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 12:41 4
- They're much more energy efficient than CFLZPLN. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 12:45 1
  - I wonder if you can get one that reads PbZPLN -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 12:51
- bottom 10 Zeppelin song. -- nm - groiny Oct 18, 12:42 1
  - yep, and because of the other day, its what came to mind -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 12:50
Way LIR: ty97, you need NPR for your news feed. News Now podcast yesterday: "the second country to legalize marijuana, after Bolivia,"... -- nm - con_carne Oct 18, 12:39
Roger, I have watched politicians give truthful and detailed explanations and have the journalists covering them A) not take it at face value; and - Name Withheld by Request Oct 18, 12:38 1
- Like I said, journalists can do better, but for change to be meaningful and effective, it will ultimately have to come from the political side. -- nm - Roger More Oct 18, 12:50
Valve games added as part of Xbox backwards compatibility -- (link) - oblique Oct 18, 12:35 2
- NICE! - JaxSean Oct 18, 13:08
- Half Life 2 was such a cool game. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 18, 12:43
If registering to vote is the civic equivalent of "eat your vegetables," what's that make jury duty? -- nm - con_carne Oct 18, 12:34 7
- doing the dishes -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 13:38
- I just hung up on Gov. Brown - calling to remind me to vote. -- nm - Meg Oct 18, 12:45 1
  - awww, Jerry -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 12:53
- Annual prostate exam. -- nm - pmb Oct 18, 12:43
- it's odd, I have been called for Jury Duty probably 10 times, not once have I ever been called. - groiny Oct 18, 12:40
- Brussel sprouts -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 12:36
- Remember to drink your ovaltine. -- nm - Inigo Oct 18, 12:36
Hey Diva, my daughter talked to that producer from NBC and now she's actually intrigued. - pmb Oct 18, 12:33 1
- that's very interesting. Keep us posted! -- nm - Diva Oct 18, 12:35
But in mel's defense, his mind was sort of racing. His aunt died yesterday and it is hitting his mom hard. -- nm - Diva Oct 18, 12:30 14
- My condolences to him and the whole family. :-( -- nm - Krusty Oct 18, 13:52
- Sorry to hear this :( -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 13:24
- please send our condolences - JaxSean Oct 18, 13:22
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- (((hugs))) -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 13:10
- my heart goes out to him -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 12:52
- So sorry to hear -- nm - amoxy Oct 18, 12:50
- my condolences - tell Mel we miss him -- nm - decline Oct 18, 12:33
- condolences. -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 12:33
- ah, sorry. (Mel, we miss you.) -- nm - Andie Oct 18, 12:32
- Sorry to hear that. Please give him my condolences. -- nm - pmb Oct 18, 12:32 1
  - WORD -- nm - groiny Oct 18, 12:34
- Ah, sorry to hear. And obviously, forgiven. - Spawn Oct 18, 12:31
- Oh, that's brutal. I'm so sorry. Please send along my condolences. -- nm - David Lost a Bet to Spawn at Some Point Oct 18, 12:31
I would have been subverbal. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 12:27 20
- You haven't practiced that? Just so you don't do that - JD Oct 18, 14:04 2
  - you could say you're doing her SAG Award stage thing. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 14:10 1
    - If I get to say more than a couple words, I'd like to think that I say something about Girl, Interrupted. That she got it made, how good she was - JD Oct 18, 14:17
- "I loved you in...that thing. Where you played...what's her name?" -- nm - David Lost a Bet to Spawn at Some Point Oct 18, 12:31 14
  - "the thing where you killed the cannibals was awesome" -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 12:37 4
    - "My friends went and saw a good movie. Not me, though! I saw your movie instead!" -- nm - David Lost a Bet to Spawn at Some Point Oct 18, 12:41 3
      - I don't know if you know how flattery works, but... -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 12:44 2
        
        What, you'd start the relationship off with a lie? -- nm - David Lost a Bet to Spawn at Some Point Oct 18, 12:47
        
        Your friends didn't help get her paid...you did. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 12:46
  - "I wanted to bang you since True Lies." - groiny Oct 18, 12:36 8
    - --Signed, The Stunt Coordinator on True Lies that sexually assaulted her. -- nm - Ender Oct 18, 13:30 1
      - well, now you just made it REALLY creepy! -- nm - groiny Oct 18, 13:57
    - she;s only 3 years younger than me, dummy -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 12:55 5
      - So, a 15 year old having sexual relations with a 12 year old is okay? -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 12:57 4
        
        WHY ARE YOU GUYS MAKING A FUN THING GROSS? -- nm - Diva Oct 18, 12:58 3
        
        You're familiar with groiny, no? -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 13:35
        
        Hey, I have only wanted to since she was 20, so don't look at me! -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 13:03
        
        Because I come to ST for the quality shitposts. -- nm - Roger More Oct 18, 13:01
- you have a thing for her, yes? (you could have kicked Squi's arse) -- nm - Diva Oct 18, 12:28 1
  - You might say that. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 12:30
effin' Squi. -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 12:25 1
- *snort!* -- nm - Diva Oct 18, 12:26

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