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Random civilians directing traffic at intersections. -- nm - ty97 Jul 13, 17:35 5
- I've been watching videos of them and they seem to be doing a good job. - Krusty Jul 13, 17:47
- Apparently it was caused by a "manhole fire", which sounds like a band name -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 17:41
- "my time to shine!" -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 17:36 1
  - Kinda what I thought initially and I certainly would not take on the liability but they are making it work -- nm - ty97 Jul 13, 17:38
- ICE Informants -- nm - Bacon Jul 13, 17:36
I heard there's a partial blackout in NYC right now. You know what that means. - Beryllium Jul 13, 17:14 6
- The government crackdown has begun. -- nm - Mop Jul 13, 17:45
- lottsa babies in 9 months -- nm - peglegpete Jul 13, 17:31 2
  - "It was only out for 5 minutes!" "LOTS of babies!" -- nm - Some sitcom, probably Jul 13, 17:36
  - *finger to, uh, nose, let's go with that, nose* -- nm - Baronfiki Jul 13, 17:36
- I thought of the most innocent thing i could think of -- nm - budice Jul 13, 17:21 1
  - Air Jordans? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 17:28
Toy story 4 spoilers - I can't believe they went there - Beryllium Jul 13, 17:12 1
- "Dad's so going to jail!" -- nm - Max Jul 13, 18:16
happy birthday, jnine!! :) - -- nm - i.b.! Jul 13, 17:05 8
- Thanks guys, I just saw this! -- nm - jnine Jul 14, 12:47
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 18:34
- Happy b! (NM) - Marlowe Jul 13, 17:46
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Meg Jul 13, 17:31
- Have the time of your life -- nm - Billie Joe Armstrong Jul 13, 17:31
- Happy birthday :) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 17:22
- happy bday -- nm - budice Jul 13, 17:21
- Happy birthday! Woo hoo!!! -- nm - Krusty Jul 13, 17:09
Venom: a surprising B- - Reagen Jul 13, 16:55 1
- there were some people .. -- (edited) - mud Jul 13, 17:28
Today Wil Wheaton is the same age as Patrick Stewart was when Star Trek TNG started. -- nm - Remlik Jul 13, 16:47 2
- Engage. -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 17:02
- And he's still an Ensign. -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 16:55
Has there *ever* been a woman in your life that responded well to "relax"? -- nm - Spawn Jul 13, 16:41 4
- so what did Amy do you for that? -- nm - Remlik Jul 13, 16:55
- I say. -- nm - Frankie Jul 13, 16:47 2
  - don't do it -- nm - peglegpete Jul 13, 16:49 1
    - if the phone rings, let it Just forget it, we're not at home -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 17:02
NYC friend reports ICE is stopping people at 72nd Broadway and Sunset Park, checking ID make sure your papers are in order -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 16:32 14
- Rick, where were you hiding the Letters of Transit? -- nm - Captain Renauld in Casablanca Jul 13, 17:33
- That's not happening -- nm - Krusty Jul 13, 17:07
- Saw it on fb yesterday, sounds like it’s a baseless social media panic. NYC dept of immigrant affairs has stated there’s nothing going on there. -- nm* - Super Daddy Princess Jul 13, 16:41 5
  - Nope -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 13, 16:42 4
    - Specifically in regards to the reports at 72nd St., which isn’t mentioned in that article. I hadn’t seen anything about the other ones. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Jul 13, 16:48 3
      - 72nd st report was a Facebook post by a friend -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 16:52 2
        
        And they were wrong. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Jul 13, 17:13
        
        FB is a terrible place -- nm - Krusty Jul 13, 17:10
- Probably in AOC's district -- nm* - Bacon Jul 13, 16:34 5
  - Spoils - Super Daddy Princess Jul 13, 16:42 4
    - I think she's Brooklyn, Bill Clinton is Harlem -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 16:43 3
      - *smh* If only you two had the internet to check on these things. -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 13, 17:07 1
        
        Relax, dude -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 18:37
      - Also no. Parts of Queens and the Bronx. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Jul 13, 16:45
How Millennial are you? - Amoxy Jul 13, 16:25 21
- 5 -- nm - Strongbad Jul 14, 06:35
- Zero unless rosé is wine but I'm thinking not or if I've cream waffle sandwiches count but those have been around for ever. -- nm - zork Jul 13, 19:25
- 2, 3 , 4 something like that, maybe. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 13, 17:46
- 2, quinoa (yum) and La Croix (revolting) -- nm - Baronfiki Jul 13, 17:38
- 0 but it's because I don't try new food -- nm - Krusty Jul 13, 17:11
- 16. I think it's more about where you live, if you like trying different things than age. -- nm - i.b.! Jul 13, 17:07 1
  - You’re just woke. You like new music. You’re hip with the trends. -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 17:09
- 7. I’ve long suspected my borderline X/Millennial situation being born in 78. -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 17:04
- 4 -- nm - budice Jul 13, 17:02
- 6 -- nm - prayformojo Jul 13, 16:52
- 2 -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Jul 13, 16:52
- 0 -- nm - peglegpete Jul 13, 16:50
- I need to know what a waffle sandwich is and I need to know IMMEDIATELY! - Cuzzin Todd Jul 13, 16:42 2
  - Similar to chicken n waffles only a sandwich -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 16:45 1
    - Eggo? -- nm - Eleven Jul 13, 17:04
- 8 -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 16:39
- 8. -- (link) - kelly Jul 13, 16:35
- 10. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jul 13, 16:31
- 3 - Cancelled. Sounds about right. -- nm - Harry Tuttle Jul 13, 16:30
- 0 -- nm - mud Jul 13, 16:30
- zero points but it's possible I have had almond butter and don't remember -- nm - Bacon Jul 13, 16:28
Meltzer: there are “very few” WWE wrestlers who have not made contact with AEW. -- nm - Tim Jul 13, 15:58 1
- Meltzer: But I could be wrong and plans change. -- nm - Remlik Jul 13, 16:36
At least it's not hot out today -- (link) - ty97 Jul 13, 15:54 1
- Welp -- (pic) - ty97 Jul 13, 16:11 [Attachment]
whoa...armed man with amatuer incendiary devices shot and killed at the Northwest Detention center, scene of the protest last night... -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 13, 14:14 4
- Trying to burn it down, not rescue people, apparently. - Super Daddy Princess Jul 13, 14:41 3
  - We're not ready for the Final Solution yet -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 16:46
  - I fear it will happen soon -- nm - Amoxy Jul 13, 16:15
  - Seth Rollins -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 13, 15:01
Costco's marketing is getting a little aggressive. Approached by a young lady at the checkout who told me there was a 'block' on my card because - Meg Jul 13, 13:50 4
- Last time I Costco'd (well, not for the cookie run) they asked me clumsily about Executive level. I'm like, man, I've got no clue what you mean. - Beryllium Jul 13, 13:58 3
  - Exactly. -- nm - Meg Jul 13, 14:05
  - An upgraded membership, you pay 110-120, you get Percent back on all costco purchases, and you can get a costco=citi card, get $% back on - zeitgeist Jul 13, 14:04 1
    - I don't spend enough there now to justify my $60 membership and I get sufficient rewards on the cards I already have. -- nm - Meg Jul 13, 14:06
Did anyone watch “The Movies” on CNN last week? It was fine but a nice nostalgia event. -- nm - MDH Jul 13, 12:59 3
- it was flat to me since they focussed on the blockbuster and big films I already knew too much about -- nm - peglegpete Jul 13, 13:01 2
  - yep -- nm - mud Jul 13, 13:02 1
    - I have the same problem with many other documentaries -- nm - peglegpete Jul 13, 13:10
My friend (who enjoys Sci Fi) is now watching BSG for the first time, unspoiled. I'm jealous. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 13, 12:58
Hey, remember when I suggested investors should avoid Facebook because the fine was a red flag around privacy invasion and information mistreatment? -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 13, 12:47 4
- Yawn -- nm - The Public Jul 13, 16:26
- that $5Bil fine was a fraction of a speck of a smidgen -- nm - mud Jul 13, 12:55 2
  - Yeah, but $5B here, $5B there, eventually you are talking real money. -- nm - GregW Jul 13, 13:10 1
    - but a $50Bil or more hit might've been more appropriate, and caught the attention of more investors. -- nm - mud Jul 13, 13:14
the people planning on storming Area 51 on 9/20 has more than doubled to 660,000 since Beaker announced it yesterday -- (link) - peglegpete Jul 13, 12:32
" .. went out of his way to dredge up a two-year old tweet from a QAnon nut blaming Obama for the protests in Charlottesville that led to .. -- (link) - mud Jul 13, 12:29
Neighbors sue over resonating music coming from the Echo Bay Chapel -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 12:25
Of course the debate now is if Barry is even a true hurricane or not. Like that matters when it will not be the wind that kills. -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 10:44 3
- No one who dies to Barry ever really dies. *blank stare* -- nm - Mrs. Kersh Jul 13, 12:17
- Qale is right. -- nm - Strongbad in Barry White voice Jul 13, 11:07
- I heard it originated in Kenya. -- nm - jnine Jul 13, 10:55
Great, now everyone needs a spaceforce. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 13, 10:37 3
- i'll be ready in October when my light saber arrives from Saber Forge. it's being customized by them, all the silver will be a dark mahogony -- (pic) - peglegpete Jul 13, 11:57 [Attachment]
- MCU (spoils) - eag Jul 13, 10:57
- Drax should make his move now, before those Space Forces get up to speed -- nm* - VMan Jul 13, 10:50
The Angels throwing a no hitter in the first home game since that guy died story has been rejected for being too unrealistic. -- nm - Tim Jul 13, 10:25 2
- Mariners even gave em congrats. -- nm - budice Jul 13, 11:06
- 1st combined no hitter thrown in CA since the day Skaggs was born. -- nm - jnine Jul 13, 10:56
interesting thread on a boss editing a 20 year old something... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 13, 09:46 28
- This is a link from a response: 2 Career-Killing Lessons New Grads Need to Unlearn -- (link) - GregW Jul 13, 13:08 2
  - - -- nm* - Reagen Jul 13, 13:21
  - Case in point. I read that from the thread and agree with it but I also think that applies to every new crop of grads. - Reagen Jul 13, 13:21
- A number of online dictionaries list "hampster" as a valid spelling or alternate spelling. MW does not. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 10:26 2
  - Regardless of valid alternative spellings or not, there are such things as style guides and this person will bomb out of - Reagen Jul 13, 12:17 1
    - The point I failed to fully make is that they might have been failing to see the authority of one source over another online. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 12:50
- Another product of our participation trophy society. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 13, 10:19 17
  - Helicopter parents who don't allow their kids to fail. -- nm* - . Jul 13, 15:56
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    - I think they're similar ideas. - Strongbad Jul 13, 11:06 12
      - Re: participation trophies - they're not for the kids and kids know exactly what they're worth. -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 12:18 1
        
        *ding* -- nm - mud Jul 13, 12:23
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        Yep. People criticize the kids who received trophies for everything instead of the parents for treating everything as trophy worthy. - TWuG Jul 13, 12:19 8
        
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        I've only come across two students with the "I'm perfect how dare you tell me I'm wrong" syndrome - Reagen Jul 13, 12:35 6
        
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        I think it's just a "young person" in general phenomenon. - Reagen Jul 13, 12:53 4
        
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        I'm just hyper vigilant with myself about making broad generational judgements, especially about younger ones - Reagen Jul 13, 13:19 1
        
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        (like, if this happened in 1995, how would anyone ever hear about it?) -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 12:55
  - The multiple stories of parents calling their child's boss ... that's so absurd, for anyone over 18. Even over 16, except for special circumstances. - Beryllium Jul 13, 10:27 1
    - Until the mom got involved it seemed perfectly normal for a "young person story". -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 12:20
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  - A boss speaking calmly, supportively, and such? Mmm. I dunno. -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 10:45
- If you think there's no P in hamster, you've never held one in your hand. -- nm* - Baronfiki Jul 13, 09:58 1
  - There it is. -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 10:19
terrific thread here: -- (link) - mud Jul 13, 09:19
How Queen stole the show at Live Aid -- (link) - Remlik Jul 13, 08:51
Wimbledon spoiler - Under the Influence Jul 13, 07:13 4
- It wasn't even close. Just a good old fashioned beatdown. -- nm - Diva Jul 13, 08:03
- Spoiler - zunk xometimes Jul 13, 07:54
- If you get The Tennis Channel it airs at 6:00 -- nm - Dano Jul 13, 07:16 1
  - I see ABC is going to be showing it in 5 hours. I meed to make a new rule about not getting comfy in the comfy chair before a game starts. :) -- nm - Under the Influence Jul 13, 07:35
I was hoping this article would go even deeper into the complicity of the media in staying silent on the Epstein case, but it gets the point across -- (link) - Super Daddy Princess Jul 13, 06:14 2
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- “I believe him … I’m Canadian.” - WTF is that supposed to mean? -- nm - mud Jul 13, 07:55
I want to see Serena get #24 but I hope Simona at least makes in competitive. -- nm - Dano Jul 13, 05:46 2
- Wimbledon spoilers - Dano Jul 13, 07:12 1
  - Spoilers - Marlowe Jul 13, 07:21
All the Twitter stuff on Tyler Skaggs/Angels game, last night, is chocking me up. Wow! Heart tugging -- (link*) - Flavorize Jul 13, 05:38 1
- Jerseys on the mound -- (link) - Flavorize Jul 13, 06:32
India is so dry, hospitals need to buy water for surgical operations -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 13, 02:11
Ap developers, here's a million dollar idea, generated from a local area group conversation, ice cream trucks miss many customers, annoy old farts - zeitgeist Jul 13, 00:44 1
- Sounds like a feature that NextDoor should add -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 00:56
I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 00:02 1
- Paranoia strikes deep -- nm - GregW Jul 13, 07:09

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