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Hedgehogs are on the offensive. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 4, 14:46
I have a teacher-to-student version of the "to the pain" monologue from TPB that I am *aching* to give to one particular student - Reagen Jun 4, 14:18
Cracking up. I have a monthly mail-out that goes on the 5th. Was thinking yesterday was the 6th and did not get it done. Busting ass to get it done - Spawn Jun 4, 13:51
States Race to Poach Georgia Film and TV Projects Amid Hollywood Boycott Calls -- (link) - Remlik Jun 4, 13:48
What has two thumbs and zero remaining student loan debt? 👍 This Guy 👍 -- nm - Ender Jun 4, 13:44 19
- :desert: -- nm - peglegpete Jun 5, 14:55
- Woo-hoo! -- nm - Diva Jun 4, 15:33
- ha, guess what, in 2020 when the dems sweep the land, they will forgive outstanding student loans -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 4, 15:21
- Time to go back to school! -- nm - Strongbad Jun 4, 14:51
- excellent -- nm - peglegpete Jun 4, 14:33
- Nice -- nm - budice Jun 4, 14:33
- WTG! -- nm - Amoxy Jun 4, 14:24
- very nice! -- nm - Remlik Jun 4, 13:55
- Congrats! Woo hoo!!! -- nm - Krusty Jun 4, 13:53
- Congrats! -- nm - Epiphany Jun 4, 13:52
- woohoo! Party time! -- nm - sycor Jun 4, 13:51
- Well done -- nm - JD Jun 4, 13:49
- yay! -- nm - ty97 Jun 4, 13:49
- Congrats! Now you can stop worrying that you'll ever have your brain repossessed! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 4, 13:47
- nice! -- nm - znufrii Jun 4, 13:46
- niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice -- nm - Andie Jun 4, 13:46
- Congrats! Have fun in Vegas! -- nm - David Jun 4, 13:45 2
  - Paying off this second loan frees up $19.53 in my monthly budget! -- nm - Ender Jun 4, 13:47 1
    - Have fun at the Jiffy Mart! -- nm - David Jun 4, 13:54
KD out, Looney out, Klay Thompson questionable for game three. -- nm - David Jun 4, 13:38 11
- Looks like Chara will be out of Game 5 of the Final Series that actually matters. nm - Hercules Mulligan Jun 4, 13:53 5
  - What's his three point percentage? -- nm - David Jun 4, 14:19 4
    - Don't know about that, but he's been averaging around 21 minuted a game and is a +12 in the playoffs thus far. -- nm - Hercules Mulligan Jun 4, 14:29
    - (also his skates are *murder* on the floor) -- nm - Reagen Jun 4, 14:20 1
      - ... -- (pic) - David Jun 4, 14:32 [Attachment]
    - He's 6'9" so probably pretty bad. -- nm - Reagen Jun 4, 14:19
- If it gets worse, they will ask Rick Barry to come out of retirement -- nm - Amoxy Jun 4, 13:40 3
  - Jimmy Traina: "The entire Warriors team is hurt and they're still 5.5 point favorites Wednesday." -- nm - David Jun 4, 13:42 2
    - Cousins is back. Klay likely play. - budice Jun 4, 13:55 1
      - I dunno. There's a new Nike shirt that shows his next destination is SF. -- nm - David Jun 4, 14:08
- Obama? -- nm - Spawn Jun 4, 13:39
Marlowe, I don't think anyone is knocking her strategy, just -- (edited) - Reagen Jun 4, 12:56 5
- OK. I didn't see the comments, obviously, so I just, well, assumed. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 4, 14:40
- If she did that, I get the feeling that the happiest man in the room would have been James - Will Hunting Jun 4, 13:24 3
  - I agree on both counts, but I wouldn't try a strategy like that unless the category were something bizarre like Early Hungarian Cabinetry. -- nm - Brightbaron Jun 4, 13:28 2
    - Right, that category was 100% her wheelhouse too. - Will Hunting Jun 4, 14:01 1
      - For sure it's probably not worth $21k to me. -- nm - Reagen Jun 4, 14:16
The series finale of iZombie airs August 1 at 8 p.m., according to TV Line. -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 12:47 1
- Once they burn through the $12 they were given to shoot it. -- nm - Reagen Jun 4, 13:10
And now for a week of trying to do everything with my left hand. -- (edited) - Super Daddy Princess Jun 4, 12:46 25
- Confession: I mouse with my left hand at work and my right hand at home. - Brightbaron Jun 4, 13:31 7
  - same - psilotum Jun 4, 14:16
  - Confession: I mouse with my right hand at work and my right foot at home. -- nm - Spawn Jun 4, 13:33 5
    - You just turned on a whole host of internet weirdos. -- nm - Brightbaron Jun 4, 13:34 4
      - *Men's* feet? Hmm. I knew women's feet are kinda hot but never thought of men's feet as such. - Spawn Jun 4, 13:39 3
        
        rule 34. -- nm - znufrii Jun 4, 13:40 2
        
        But... but... women are hot and men are *gross*! -- nm - Spawn Jun 4, 13:40 1
        
        no exceptions. -- nm - znufrii Jun 4, 13:42
- I am not left-handed either. -- nm - Dread Pirate Roberts Jun 4, 12:58 2
  - My son is. My wife is. My sister is. My father is. - Spawn Jun 4, 13:01 1
    - you need to stop denying the inevitable and join us cool kids -- nm - decline Jun 4, 13:02
- a week from now I expect a review of what chores were easier or near impossible. -- nm - peglegpete Jun 4, 12:50
- carpal tunnel? or something else? in either case - heal well! -- nm - Andie Jun 4, 12:50 6
  - Cyst the size of a nickel that I’d had for 20 years -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Jun 4, 12:51 5
    - eesh. I'll stop worrying about my tiny one then. -- nm - Epiphany Jun 4, 13:01
    - What if it was the source of all your powers? -- nm - Spawn Jun 4, 12:52 3
      - I had powers? Shit. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Jun 4, 12:52 2
        
        well, they only manifest themselves in the 21st year -- nm - decline Jun 4, 12:54 1
        
        That explains it. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Jun 4, 12:55
- I hope it went well! - Epiphany Jun 4, 12:49 3
  - "fun exploratory surgery" - psilotum Jun 4, 14:14
  - hopefully he's still got his right hand -- nm - decline Jun 4, 12:51 1
    - They will reattach next week? -- nm - Spawn Jun 4, 12:51
- 1. Take a meeting. -- nm - Spawn Jun 4, 12:46 1
  - “Everything” -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Jun 4, 12:47
ST poll: Do you know someone even tangentially who drives for Uber/Lyft? yes you can know yourself. -- nm - Epiphany Jun 4, 12:39 25
- Yes -- nm - Diva Jun 4, 15:34
- Yeah, guy who used to cut my hair. -- nm - mafic Jun 4, 14:18
- No -- nm - Amoxy Jun 4, 13:41
- No -- nm - Harry Tuttle Jun 4, 13:23
- Nope. -- nm - kelly Jun 4, 13:07
- yes -- nm - Spawn Jun 4, 12:57
- Yes -- nm - Krusty Jun 4, 12:56
- Yep -- nm - JaxSean Jun 4, 12:51
- one of Dave's cousins in DC. (he's a limo driver full time, but he does Lyft stuff sometimes when he doesn't have an official gig.) -- nm* - Andie Jun 4, 12:49
- Yes -- nm - eag Jun 4, 12:47
- No, but the long time lead weather person at the Chicago ABC affiliate retired last year, moved to Naples, Florida and apparently drives Uber there. - pmb Jun 4, 12:45
- yes - neighbor & co worker -- nm - Epiphany Jun 4, 12:44
- It's against the law here, so I don't think so. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 4, 12:44 7
  - you should start a revolution! -- nm - decline Jun 4, 12:44 6
    - "Uber but for boats" -- nm - Beryllium Jun 4, 12:45 5
      - "Uber but for helicopters" -- nm - Spawn Jun 4, 12:46 4
        
        "Uber but for sandwiches" -- nm - Beryllium Jun 4, 12:59 2
        
        "Uber but for dystopian visions" -- nm - ty97 Jun 4, 13:01 1
        
        "Uber but for sleeves." -- nm - Altered Carbon si Jun 4, 13:06
        
        they have that in Princeton - it'll take you to AC or NYC or Philly - decline Jun 4, 12:47
- 2 or 3 people -- nm - decline Jun 4, 12:43
- Yes, at lest they did at one time. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Jun 4, 12:42
- no -- nm - peglegpete Jun 4, 12:42
- A cousin did for a while, I think as a second job (or while he was looking for a job after he moved?) - ty97 Jun 4, 12:41
- Not that I'm aware of. -- nm - Ender Jun 4, 12:39
So do we all think Uber / Lyft are done after going public? - budice Jun 4, 11:53 28
- The selling points of Uber/Lyft were never the fare prices. It's the convenience of pulling out your phone pushing a button and getting a ride directly at your location. -- nm - Ender Jun 4, 12:18 24
  - And like, it *is* innovative. But maybe not 72B innovative? -- nm - Reagen Jun 4, 14:16
  - we love love loved it when we went to Orlando the last couple times. -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 12:43
  - The truth is that cab companies have that same functionality now, but now there are more Ubers on the road than cabs. I do think it's become - pmb Jun 4, 12:40
  - Yeah, I saw an ad for some ap where you can rent out your car on a daily basis and thought how dumb that is on a number of levels. - Spawn Jun 4, 12:24 6
    - If tesla can get self-driving to work (which they probably won't be able to do) then you could offset the cost of ownership by lending it to the pool. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 4, 12:29 5
      - Tesla would benefit hugely from succeeding at that. But as it pertains to Uber/Lyft … - Beryllium Jun 4, 12:31 4
        
        I think that is definitely their long term goal (and another large set of jobs gets automated out of existence). -- nm - pmb Jun 4, 12:41 2
        
        It reminds me of The Simpsons and the plan for a teachers strike - Reagen Jun 4, 12:47 1
        
        I always think of the movie Wall-E. Where all the humans are out on some spaceship, moving around in floating chairs getting fat and just watching tv -- nm - pmb Jun 4, 12:48
        
        I was driving on the highway last night and a piece of a tarp blew up from under the SUV in front of me, across the front of my car and away. - Spawn Jun 4, 12:36
  - The fare prices didn't hurt -- nm - ty97 Jun 4, 12:21 13
    - That said, cabs aren't readily available a lot of places. Sure, higher uber/lyft fares could make them less competitive in Manhattan than they are now - ty97 Jun 4, 12:22 12
      - Uber/Lyft have drastically changed things around where I live for this specific reason -- nm - decline Jun 4, 12:27 11
        
        Yeah, that's why I try to think outside of places like Manhattan. When visiting family in Florida, in the Hudson Valley, my brother in CT, Uber/Lyft - ty97 Jun 4, 12:39
        
        Without them I'd have to start by googling "Dayton Cab Company", which would give me the number for "Anton's Transportation". - Ender Jun 4, 12:34 8
        
        I expect cab companies will be getting aps any day now. -- nm - Spawn Jun 4, 12:37 7
        
        Arrow and Curb apps both do this. In Israel (and I think parts of Europe) their app is call Gett. -- nm - pmb Jun 4, 12:47 1
        
        Singapore had an app but seemed to only work for local phone numbers, could never get it to work. -- nm - ty97 Jun 4, 12:51
        
        NYC Taxi already launched one -- nm - ty97 Jun 4, 12:39 4
        
        sfek... -- nm* - Ender Jun 4, 12:41 1
        
        oh I agree. Just confirming Spawn's point - ty97 Jun 4, 12:42
        
        Which I'm sure is great for New York, but most cities have 3 competing cab companies that nobody's heard of. -- nm - Ender Jun 4, 12:41 1
        
        Which is why if I own one I change my name to some play on Lift or Uber when I launch the ap and a bunch of advertsing. -- nm - Spawn Jun 4, 12:46
        
        I'd like to see the Freakonomics on the advent of Uber/Lift and drunk driving accidents/arrests (outside of major metro areas). - JaxSean Jun 4, 12:33
- 25 analysts started coverage of Uber today and none of them think the stock is a sell -- nm - decline Jun 4, 11:58 2
  - already dumped it? -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 12:10
  - How many were involved in the IPO? -- (edited) - Super Daddy Princess Jun 4, 12:05
I think this may have been his plan all along.... -- (link) - Beaker Jun 4, 11:50
Microsoft has partnered with Axe body spray to make Xbox body wash because we all know XBox users stink -- (link) - decline Jun 4, 11:39 2
- "I smell like Fortnite!" -- nm - budice Jun 4, 11:46
- "It smells like acid." "It IS acid." -- nm - Beryllium Jun 4, 11:42
Paul McCartney praises a Mi’kmaw teen’s rendition of Blackbird (done in her native language) -- (link) - Beaker Jun 4, 11:31 2
- that's beautiful. -- nm - mud Jun 4, 11:48
- he had a *great* show last night. -- nm - Remlik Jun 4, 11:35
Guess I won't be booking that cruise to Cuba I was looking at for next year. Trump imposed a ban on cruise ships docking in Cuba. -- (link) - Harry Tuttle Jun 4, 11:30 8
- So yeah, block travel to Cuba because they're "one of our historically most aggressive adversaries," but go stay in Trump Tower Moscow. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 4, 12:15 2
  - I don't think Cuba is even top 10. -- nm - Reagen Jun 4, 12:39 1
    - But there was a whole Crisis with it's name in it. It must be dangerous! -- nm - sycor Jun 4, 13:56
- most of the major cruise ship lines are NOT American companies -- nm - peglegpete Jun 4, 12:11 2
  - but don't they block ships that have docked in Cuba from also docking in the US? -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 12:24
  - Royal Caribbean Intl and Carnival Corp Plc are headquartered in Miami. - Harry Tuttle Jun 4, 12:23
- Not until there is a Trump Tower there? -- nm - Spawn Jun 4, 11:46
- Probably for the best as you would have possibly been attack by the sound waves -- nm - eag Jun 4, 11:34
"MoMoQB". I like that. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 4, 11:29 1
- *bows* (NM) - Marlowe Jun 4, 11:37
Wow -- (link) - ty97 Jun 4, 11:28 1
- Capitalism! -- nm - Epiphany Jun 4, 12:06
TV PSA: America's Got Talent, Black Ink Crew, Last OG, MasterChef Jr, Bold Type, Smackdown, Animal Kingdom, Deadliest Catch, Real HW, Texicanas, -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 11:27 3
- Blood & Treasure, Songland, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 11:28 2
  - TCM has the directors cut of Woodstock -- nm - peglegpete Jun 4, 12:12
  - Nada. I guess it's a night of catching up on shows on the DVR. -- nm - Krusty Jun 4, 11:50
Troll *this*! -- nm - Spawn Jun 4, 11:27 4
- Speaking of trolls, the Trollhunter series on Netflix is pretty solid. -- nm - Shaun Jun 4, 11:29 3
  - It's really good, yes. And there's a sequel series called 3Below which shares a few characters. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 4, 11:38
  - Not to be confused with the Norwegian movie Trollhunter, which is pretty great too. -- nm - Brightbaron Jun 4, 11:32 1
    - And a new Trolls Movie on the way. Thanks Ron Howard! -- (link) - budice Jun 4, 11:37

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