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Well, this is a new one. Got an unsolicited package in the mail from an IT firm but the box contains an iPad with a video on it and a contact card - oblique Mar 10, 13:43 2
- You are now a part of The Game. -- nm - Reagen Mar 10, 13:44
- maybe the idea is to make you feel guilty about the tablet and throw some business their way? -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 13:44
"Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse owner gives paid sick leave to hourly employees amid coronavirus, setting industry standard" -- nm - David Mar 10, 13:38 1
- "Olive Garden forced to close stores after Employees all take paid sick leave." -- nm - budice Mar 10, 13:40
Ohio Gov - no fans for NCAA tourney games -- (link*) - Reagen Mar 10, 13:37 2
- This is ridiculous -- nm - Krusty Mar 10, 13:40
- Aren't parents in the demo we'd want to stay away from potential infection arenas? -- nm - Max Mar 10, 13:39
Markets: DOW +4.89%, NASDAQ +4.95%, S&P500 +4.94%. Kilbo's portfolio: Today's gain: $3.03 - oblique Mar 10, 13:30 2
- I have you beat! Day's gain $27.06 (3.69%) - JaxSean Mar 10, 14:02
- buy PINK2 -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 13:32
I'm sure it's a matter of days before we get "prank" videos on youtube of people being coughed or sneezed on. -- nm - colin Mar 10, 13:25 2
- What could possibly go wrong? -- nm - Kim Jong-nam Mar 10, 13:26 1
  - Impressive playing of a deep album cut. -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 13:29
DC Politicians instead of shaking hands are encourage to use the Star Trek sign -- (link*) - eag Mar 10, 13:20 6
- "Providing more evidence that he's not used to interaction with living beings, Bloomberg reached out and scissored-mated hands with the Senator's." -- nm - Max Mar 10, 13:43
- They know waving is a thing, right? -- nm - Ender Mar 10, 13:35
- But what if I don't want the politicians to live long and prosper? -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 13:26 1
  - Then use the finger in the middle maybe -- nm - eag Mar 10, 13:30
- *plays lizard, wins* -- nm - Bardi Gras Mar 10, 13:21 1
  - My virus beats your lizard. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 10, 13:30
Hey folks, I just killed a LOT of Coronavirus! Let’s party! -- nm - David Mar 10, 13:17 5
- "Hey everybody! We're all gonna get laid!" -- nm - Al Czervik Mar 10, 13:26
- You would have got them all if I hadn't accidentally shot you in the ear. -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 13:19 2
  - I like that you never played Destiny, which explicitly prevents ear-shooting. -- (edited) - David Mar 10, 13:21 1
    - I played Destiny 2 a little bit. I did like the feature that I didn't have to be careful when aiming in Truman's direction. -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 13:23
- brain cells aren't coronavirus! -- nm - colin Mar 10, 13:18
Borderlands 3 is half off on Steam. I think I'll wait until launch to see how it goes, but $30 is a decent price. -- nm - colin Mar 10, 13:17
Ohio has moved 75 polling locations for next week's election to get them out of nursing homes. - Ender Mar 10, 13:15
Ultra Music Festival Will Not Issue Refunds to 2020 Ticket Holders, Offers 'Benefit' Package Instead -- (link) - Remlik Mar 10, 13:15 5
- Wonder will happen ticket / refund wise if Coachella can't reschedule - JD Mar 10, 13:21
- Free passes to the next Fyre Festival. -- nm - Bardi Gras Mar 10, 13:19
- You know, recent events have forced me to question the scruples of music festival producers... -- nm - David Mar 10, 13:18 2
  - Well if they were as low as you're hinting, I think they would have just blithely carried on -- nm - JD Mar 10, 13:22 1
    - Don't defend Big Festy, JD. -- nm - David Mar 10, 13:38
re: virus. All of our employees were just told that international travel is strongly discouraged, and that if you choose to travel - Strongbad Mar 10, 12:41 4
- Sounds illegal. -- nm - Qale Mar 10, 14:02 1
  - That's what I thought too. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 10, 15:16
- Walmart deploys new emergency leave policy after Kentucky associate tests positive for coronavirus -- (link) - crash davis Mar 10, 13:01
- Our international work travel has been cancelled (which is strange since not all countries are affected as much as we are). If the concern is airports - JackDawson Mar 10, 13:01
Trump pitched 0% payroll tax rate for the rest of this year, White House officials say. -- (link*) - budice Mar 10, 12:37 27
- On the plus side, if my employer doesn’t have to pay their share of payroll taxes they can stop pretending it’s part of my compensation.... -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 10, 13:20
- "Who's FICA? Why's he getting all my money?" -- nm - Bardi Gras Mar 10, 13:18
- He can't even pretend to care about people, only business owners and shareholders. -- nm* - colin Mar 10, 13:10
- He's totally gonna bankrupt the U.S. by the end of the year. -- nm - Inigo Mar 10, 12:53 2
  - What good is a used up country and how could it be worth ruling? I quit! -- nm - IPOTUS Mar 10, 12:56
  - Since he lost money in both professional football and more notably the casino industry. If anyone can do it, I think he can. -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 12:55
- Stupid -- nm - JackDawson Mar 10, 12:53
- Can't we just print more money? -- nm - Mop Mar 10, 12:53 2
  - Modern Monetary Theory suggests that essentially we can. -- nm - pmb Mar 10, 13:12
  - Someone's gonna tell him about the trillion dollar coin idea. -- nm - Reagen Mar 10, 13:07
- For every person that doesn't catch coronavirus, they get an extra $100 back on their taxes. - Reagen Mar 10, 12:42 6
  - And you have to go into work to earn it -- nm - budice Mar 10, 12:47 4
    - The Cubicle - a new reality show -- nm - Max Mar 10, 12:51 3
      - The Office -- nm - budice Mar 10, 12:52 2
        
        "Hi Im Michael Corona" *gas mask* -- nm - Michael Scott on pandemic preparedness Mar 10, 12:53
        
        Illbert -- nm - Max Mar 10, 12:53
  - Just like the mystery box! -- nm - rollo Mar 10, 12:44
- Like no withholding and we'd have to make up the diff next April? Or the mother of all deficits? -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 12:39 9
  - No funding stream for social security and Medicare. Guess what the GOP is going to try and cut if it happens? -- nm - znufrii Mar 10, 12:41 8
    - If he wasn't an idiot he would tie it to guaranteed paid sick leave. Give businesses a break for this year because of COVID, but give workers - pmb Mar 10, 12:51 3
      - this would be a great time to throw more money at the market, so I would take 0% for a few months happily. -- nm - amanda Mar 10, 13:13
      - No way his enablers would get on board with that. -- nm - znufrii Mar 10, 13:01 1
        
        The US loves socialism when it's business losses. -- nm - Reagen Mar 10, 13:11
    - To clarify, they’re going to try and cut it regardless, but this would make it a hell of a lot easier. -- nm - znufrii Mar 10, 12:44
    - That would seem like a really bad idea for the party of old people. -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 12:43 2
      - He’s grasping at straws to make it look like he’s doing something. -- nm - znufrii Mar 10, 12:43 1
        
        Whoever thought the guy who raw dogged a porn star and stared at an eclipse would be brought low by science? -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 12:45
"I can't spare a square. I don't have a square to spare." -- nm - rollo Mar 10, 12:37
Covid19/Coronavirus Global Dashboard from JohnHopkins (rp) -- (link*) - budice Mar 10, 12:28 6
- Currently were 8th in the word kind of slagging there -- nm - eag Mar 10, 12:34 1
  - I believe in you. -- nm - Reagen Mar 10, 12:37
- I've been getting "not fully configured" errors since Monday -- nm - rollo Mar 10, 12:32 3
  - be sure youre running DOS 6.22 -- nm - budice Mar 10, 12:38
  - clear cache and cookies? -- nm - Reagen Mar 10, 12:32 1
    - I'm back up! Ever vigilant -- nm - rollo Mar 10, 12:46
Next Democratic Debate to Feature Hot Questions and Even Hotter Wings -- (link) - Mop Mar 10, 12:26 1
- Time for Larry David to go on Hot Ones. -- nm - Max Mar 10, 12:27
UK TV PSA. Celebrity Bake Off is back. -- nm - LMS Mar 10, 12:21
Whisper, an app for sharing secrets, left its user data exposed on the web because...of course -- (link) - oblique Mar 10, 12:19 1
- Literally one job. -- nm - Reagen Mar 10, 12:23
Lebron stopped being a dumbass, open to playing without fans now -- (link) - Beaker Mar 10, 12:16 4
- He was told he’d be paid the same so he’s okay now. -- nm - spamlet Mar 10, 12:25
- The Ottawa Senators are pioneers in this. -- nm - Reagen Mar 10, 12:23 1
  - Their efforts did not go unnoticed by the Chargers. -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 12:27
- Playing without fans? Jameis Winston was just trying to be a man ahead of the times. -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 12:18
LYC: Day 2 with trainer (yesterday): First half is basically learning the exercises. I almost did a double under(?) with the jump rope. Workout: - oblique Mar 10, 12:15 11
- Nice. When is the big fight? -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 12:51 1
  - This is my zone of terror -- nm - oblique Mar 10, 12:52
- Nice! Some day you should try out the water rower machines. I love them way more than treadmills or bike. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 10, 12:42 4
  - The trainer said next session (tomorrow) we will row -- nm - oblique Mar 10, 12:51 3
    - Work on doing 500m in 2 minutes. Then do 2 of them back to back. - Strongbad Mar 10, 12:59 2
      - Form -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 10, 13:07
      - Oh and REALLY concentrate on form. Hopefully your trainer can show you. Watch some videos. Super important. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 10, 13:00
- I admire you for this. I fricking hate hate hate burpies. -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 12:36
- they're going to move through motion exercises to get your balance right. then they'll kick you up into the harder stuff -- nm - Remlik Mar 10, 12:20 2
  - *whimper* - oblique Mar 10, 12:22 1
    - as you get older our balance gets worse and worse. You can walk fine and it's normal. But when you try to do balance - Remlik Mar 10, 12:28
Sorry, JD. - spamlet Mar 10, 12:08 6
- again? damn. -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 12:11 5
  - Are you thinking of SxSW? - spamlet Mar 10, 12:13 4
    - Think it was a strong rumor yesterday -- nm - JaxSean Mar 10, 12:15 3
      - I thought I saw that several festivals got pushed. -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 12:42
      - Still is at this point? No official announcement of the delay yet. October will work ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- nm - JD Mar 10, 12:21 1
        
        Oh is it. The push notification sounded like it was announced? -- nm - spamlet Mar 10, 12:26
I can't believe I live in a time when this article is necessary: "No, Joe Biden Didn’t Bury a Dog on Stage at a Campaign Rally" -- (link) - crash davis Mar 10, 12:07 3
- But he would have if it weren't for those meddling kids. -- nm - Max Mar 10, 12:29
- This feels like it was made for the same reason Nigerian scams are full of misspellings - Reagen Mar 10, 12:12 1
  - WELL WHY DO I NEVER SEE DOGS AROUND BIDEN THEN! He's dog Hitler -- nm - Beaker Mar 10, 12:13
Star Seahawks linebacker rejects NFL collective bargaining agreement: ‘You have guys suffering from 16 games, and you’re going to add more games?’ -- (edited) - crash davis Mar 10, 11:59 16
- I think they would agree if preseason got shortened, Thursday night games eliminated.. but that's never going to happen. -- nm - colin Mar 10, 13:12
- Have any of these guys given any thought to, ya know, not playing all 17 games? - Turd Ferguson Mar 10, 12:06 12
  - Last season I took all 16 games off. I don't recommend it. -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 12:08 11
    - More seriously, how do you think fans would react to players taking a personal day? -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 12:09 10
      - I highly encourage all players that I don't draft on my Fantasy team to take personal days. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 10, 12:43 1
        
        I'd get behind this if Bacon didn't draft Seahawks just to piss me off. -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 12:50
      - I'd assume they'd freak out if a player missed 6% of their work days just because -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 10, 12:21 3
        
        I think the freakout would be horrific if the backup got burned badly and the team lost -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 12:23 2
        
        I'm a DC fan. We're used to the starters getting burned and often times, wished they'd take days off. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 10, 12:43 1
        
        Well, I hope one day your team trades its starting owner. -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 12:56
      - I don't know...all the other sports do it. nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 10, 12:12 1
        
        It is necessary in a 162 game season. The NBA? What do you expect from a no contact sport. The NHL? Irrelevant until there is a Seattle franchise. - crash davis Mar 10, 12:14
      - NBA players seem to do it every 4th or 5th game now -- nm - Beaker Mar 10, 12:11 1
        
        They play 82 and fans aren't happy if a visiting team rests their stars -- nm - Krusty Mar 10, 12:12
- the rich will all vote no; while the guys lucky to get 2-4 years will likely all voted hell yes -- nm - Beaker Mar 10, 12:04 1
  - The guys lucky enough to get 2-4 years are still part of the 1%! -- nm - Uncle Bernie Mar 10, 12:06
Bringing the TRON ride to Magic Kingdom makes sense with a new show; without it, it seems like a million* dollar ride for a 40 year old property -- (edited) - Beaker Mar 10, 11:54 5
- From what I understand, this will be an exact duplicate of the immensely popular Tron coaster at Shanghai Disney. -- nm - Jovian Mar 10, 12:12 2
  - I'm not saying it won't be awesome; just seems weird to put millions into a ride with no new show/movie to benefit from it -- nm - Beaker Mar 10, 12:14 1
    - oh Im shocked on the news that they arent moving forward with the Disney+ series. - Jovian Mar 10, 12:20
- At this point, I question whether James Cameron is actually working on the Avatar sequels or just punking us. And yet... Avatar Flight of Passage! -- nm - Mop Mar 10, 12:00 1
  - it was ranked 1 or 2 out of all the Parks when we voted. I gave Rise of the resistance the nod, but the wife and kids were torn -- (edited) - Beaker Mar 10, 12:02
*rubs B2 in soap and alcohol* -- nm - Beaker Mar 10, 11:45 23
- *pickles liver in alcohol* -- nm - Mop Mar 10, 12:00
- I thought we were supposed to use cocaine and bleach? -- nm - amanda Mar 10, 11:52 4
  - I keep mixing up which one to snort -- nm - Beaker Mar 10, 11:52 3
    - Pretty sure you would only do that once. -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 12:43
    - *snort* -- nm - JackDawson Mar 10, 11:53 1
      - "aw man this mix is weak" -- nm - budice Mar 10, 12:01
- "CDC: Education system should ban Smell-my-finger game" -- nm - Beryllium Mar 10, 11:46 4
  - what about wet willies? -- nm - Beaker Mar 10, 11:51 3
    - CDC: Ears are not part of your face, wet willies are OK -- nm - Beryllium Mar 10, 12:02 2
      - but you have to put your finger in your mouth... -- nm - Beaker Mar 10, 12:12 1
        
        "CDC: We regret this oversight and the intern responsible has been dispatched to the front lines." -- nm - Beryllium Mar 10, 12:18
- After hearing some dude wig out about hand sanitizer yesterday, I'm tempted to make my own and sell it at the farmers market. -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 11:46 11
  - I was a goddamn hero at work yesterday. I revealed i had bought 24 extra individual bottles of Purell 3 weeks ago. -- nm - Andie Mar 10, 12:11 3
    - The Woman Who Would Be Queen -- nm - Max Mar 10, 12:26
    - When I become a top notch fashion designer, I shall make you a cape :) -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 12:12
    - there is your problem, crash. -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 12:12
  - what were his issues? scam? didn't work? tasted funny? -- nm - Beaker Mar 10, 11:51 1
    - No. It was "G-d Dam--t, why don't you have any? When is the next f--king shipment? What does it mean the warehouse is out?" etc etc etc -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 11:53
  - Astroglide. -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 11:48 2
    - I'm unsure of the market for Artisan Astroglide. -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 11:57 1
      - Make it smell like avocado toast. -- nm - Shaun Mar 10, 12:01
  - hell put that up on Amazon so Karen and Becky can buy it. -- nm - Remlik Mar 10, 11:47 1
    - Who is Becky? Unrelatedly, this morning I caught some TOS. I find it Alanis-ironic that the worst and best episodes air back to back. - crash davis Mar 10, 11:51

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