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Wow, that's dumb. Part of US Soccer's argument for paying the men more than the women is that the men face more hostile crowds when playing Away. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 10, 15:49 2
- the only argument I'd accept for paying one more than the other would be world ranking (so pay the women more, I guess). -- nm - mafic Mar 10, 18:32
- Not as bad as arguing they don’t have the same job. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 10, 15:57
Trump's handlers clearly decided that ignoring the "have you been tested?" question doesn't play well, as he spent 10 minutes answering it today. -- nm - Mop Mar 10, 15:48 2
- Meanwhile they still lie, there is absolutely no WAY he hasnt been tested for it. -- nm - Jovian Mar 10, 15:51 1
  - He feels *FINE* Jovian! Why should he be tested? Also, all the people who feel fine on the cruise ship are free to go. -- nm - Mop Mar 10, 15:57
Alex Jones arrested on DWI charges. -- (link) - Mop Mar 10, 15:45 4
- meh -- nm - budice Mar 10, 15:57 1
  - nm -- nm* - budice Mar 10, 15:59
- I really think there's only one valid response to this. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 10, 15:50 [yarn]
- I didn't know Driving While Idiotic was a crime. -- nm - Bacon Mar 10, 15:48
I can't be entirely sure, but I think I'm starting to see some diet bet shape changes. Less rounded. - Beryllium Mar 10, 15:43
Super Important Atlanta Coronavirus News -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 10, 15:41 1
- Joke twitter account, but that's the joke. -- nm - Mop Mar 10, 15:42
In the last few days here, people working at cash registers are wearing gloves. A lot of people are opening doors with anything other than their hands - Loyola Mar 10, 15:38 1
- It occurred to me today that opening doors with something other than your hands is potentially less safe than using your hands. - Beryllium Mar 10, 15:40
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan's charity wants to 'quadruple' the Bay Area's COVID-19 testing capacity in under a week -- (link) - budice Mar 10, 15:31 5
- If I was Superman, Zuck would be the first to get Volcano dropped. -- nm - Jovian Mar 10, 15:45 1
  - but too be fair, that wouldnt be my Superhero name - Jovian Mar 10, 15:52
- Now if everyone will just submit their name, dob, and ssn through this app, we'll get you tested in a jif. -- nm - Max Mar 10, 15:37 1
  - GIF! -- nm - Mop Mar 10, 15:41
- From 1... to 4 test kits! -- nm - Mop Mar 10, 15:32
On hold with Expedia: 45 minutes. - Mop Mar 10, 15:30
Need a new car name. It’s a Tornado Red Jetta. Go! -- nm - spamlet Mar 10, 15:25 10
- Double Barrel Red -- nm - Jovian Mar 10, 15:59
- Jetty McJetta Face -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 15:39
- Red Baron -- nm - Max Mar 10, 15:38
- Cherry Bomb -- nm - JD Mar 10, 15:36
- Red Kryptonite -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 10, 15:33
- Arya Stark: Lots of people name their cars. Sandor Clegane: Lots of c*nts. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 10, 15:30
- Red Hot Chili Pepper -- nm - Mop Mar 10, 15:29 1
  - Oh! Oh! "Kiedis"! -- nm - Mop Mar 10, 15:31
- Target -- nm - budice Mar 10, 15:28
- Red jet you say? Aeroflot! -- nm - Bardi Gras Mar 10, 15:26
Google Tells All North America Staff To Work From Home -- (link) - budice Mar 10, 15:23 7
- The Internet isn't gonna manage the load. No fucking way. Google, Apple, *tons* of universities... - Mop Mar 10, 15:28 6
  - The moment an intercontinental cable goes down, the whole situation falls apart. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 10, 15:30 5
    - Bery's underwater drone, save us! You're our only hope! -- nm - Mop Mar 10, 15:30 4
      - If the cable is less than 50 feet deep and the solution is to lightly bump into something, sure, it might help :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 10, 15:32 3
        
        Ha! -- nm - Krusty Mar 10, 15:42
        
        Jiggle the cable! -- nm - Mop Mar 10, 15:35 1
        
        An accurate representation... -- (pic) - Mop Mar 10, 15:36 [Attachment]
Ive noticed as people become more noticeably paranoid about what they touch how much I don’t like to and don’t usually touch things with my fingers - JackDawson Mar 10, 15:09 3
- I'm thinking of shaving my goatee as that causes the most touch me. Actually the thing to worry about is mouth nose and eyes, chin, ear even side of n -- nm - Should be fine Mar 10, 16:52
- Word. -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 15:41
- Tony Stark had it right all along -- nm - budice Mar 10, 15:14
The local fire department has a new EV for rapid responses. -- (link) - Mop Mar 10, 15:06
West Coast Time MLB Trivia: Kerry Wood struck out 20 guys at the age of 20. What other player struck out his age in a game? -- nm* - Krusty Mar 10, 15:01 5
- Satchel Paige. -- nm - Reagen Mar 10, 15:03 1
  - So like 46 in a 16 inning shutout? -- nm - Krusty Mar 10, 15:20
- Feller -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 10, 15:03 2
  - I was hoping you weren't around for this one. Lol -- (edited) - Krusty Mar 10, 15:04 1
    - When in doubt, Feller is the youthful answer. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 10, 15:09
30+ Fourteenth century Medieval Burriels found in a cave in Gambon -- (link) - Peglegpete Mar 10, 14:48
Swiss Gruyere wins the world cheese championship -- (link) - Peglegpete Mar 10, 14:45
Detailed Tests Show Space-Grown Lettuce Is as Safe And Nutritious as Earth Lettuce -- (link) - crash davis Mar 10, 14:43
Ohh Red Kryptonite, if we expose 45 to this, he becomes normal right? -- (link) - Jovian Mar 10, 14:43 2
- Online shopping for Kryptonite. I've never met Jovian, will someone who has please reassure me that his name isn't Lex and he has hair? -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 14:46 1
  - heh. nah, I was looking for cool ammonite specimens. But this quartz popped out at me. -- nm - Jovian Mar 10, 15:02
OK, here we go. This should be interesting. Notification from Air Canada re: a change in my travel plans. Let's see... -- nm - Mop Mar 10, 14:31 9
- Air Canada won't even put people on hold. The message says their system is overwhelmed. - Mop Mar 10, 15:08
- They've changed our return flight. We still arrive in Vancouver at 18:50, but then have to wait overnight to get to Portland. - Mop Mar 10, 14:36 7
  - I'll take the Amtrak from Vancouver before I wait 12 hours at the airport. -- nm - Mop Mar 10, 14:40 3
    - yeah! do it! -- nm - Beryllium Mar 10, 15:23 2
      - trains are safe from C19 because no one uses them, so you'd be fine -- nm - Beryllium Mar 10, 15:24 1
        
        Only old people. -- nm - Mop Mar 10, 15:29
  - Its just across the bridge. Walk. - crash davis Mar 10, 14:37 1
    - geography jokes for the win -- nm - Beryllium Mar 10, 15:23
  - Ouch. -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 14:37
What a shite time to be a worker in the entertainment industry. -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 14:25 12
- the BBC spokesman for Doctor Who addressing the fans Who didn't like the finale is the lowest of wanted entertainment jobs this month. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 10, 14:40
- Welcome to my world. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 10, 14:31 1
  - and I didn't even get a trip to Brazil! -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 14:36
- No one wants to slip a dollar into your g string anymore -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 10, 14:27 4
  - Yeah, I aged out of that business plan years ago. -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 14:28 3
    - An accurate representation... -- (pic) - Mop Mar 10, 15:34 [Attachment]
    - though, taking zeit a bit more seriously, strippers are definitely going to be hurt in this too -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 14:31 1
      - only when the fans realize tossing Suzie B's or Sacajawea is safer than paper -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 10, 14:42
- Really any service worker without PTO -- nm* - spamlet Mar 10, 14:27 3
  - Iber drivers are getting crushed. fewer rides, fewer airport runs... - zeitgeist Mar 10, 14:31
  - Fortunately, I know the White House will see the problem and decisively intervene. -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 14:29 1
    - Yes - in favour of the corporations, not individuals. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 10, 14:35
I see Call of Duty has joined the free to play massive online warzone world of Fortnite and PUBG, launching COD: Warzone today. -- (link) - Mop Mar 10, 14:23 1
- (what I'll *actually* be doing when the boss tells me I have to work from home) -- nm - Mop Mar 10, 14:31
Zac Brown Band has cancelled the remainder of his spring tour (about 15 shows). - JaxSean Mar 10, 14:21
MGM Resorts will close buffets in Las Vegas effective March 15 due to coronavirus concerns -- nm - budice Mar 10, 14:17 1
- Well, there goes that plan. -- nm - Harvard Freshman Mar 10, 14:24
March Madness gonna be weird without crowd noise. -- nm - budice Mar 10, 14:14 3
- It would be awful. I don't think I can watch sports without fans in attendance. -- nm - Krusty Mar 10, 14:17 2
  - That's cause you're spoiled in your choice of teams. Ask TB about their baseball team ;-) - JD Mar 10, 14:24 1
    - The lack of sound from the fans would be weird and would make watching the games very strange. I hope they don't go that route. -- nm - Krusty Mar 10, 14:32
In better news Michael Kopech pitched for the first time this spring. His first four pitches: 100, 101, 100, 101 - spamlet Mar 10, 14:11 3
- So much for consistency! -- nm - Mop Mar 10, 15:37
- tangent: A line from this past week's Grey's Anatomy was "Why do you talk about how the Mariners suck like everyone else?" -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 14:13 1
  - You should probably avoid r/baseball on Reddit then. - spamlet Mar 10, 15:26
Effing Landlords. I was somehow $2.86 short on my check this month which is rent and most utilities. They want it today. - Qale Mar 10, 14:10 16
- Why wouldn’t they take checks after the 4th? Won’t clear right away? -- nm - spamlet Mar 10, 14:22 1
  - The don’t go to the bank but once a month? IDK. That I can’t pay it online is already lame. I could be earning cash back. -- nm - Qale Mar 10, 14:23
- I'm out of touch (as usual) on something. Is Karen now code for something bad? -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 14:11 13
  - Karen and Becky demand to speak to your manager! -- nm - Remlik Mar 10, 14:45
  - Worse is that in my ghetto the cost of money orders are inflated because lol poor people. -- nm - Qale Mar 10, 14:19 3
    - oh, I should have also said that is an absolutely ridiculous policy on your landlords part and I'm sorry you went through that -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 14:21 2
      - I mean others are likely months behind and barely staving off eviction, but we want that three bucks now from you! -- nm - Qale Mar 10, 14:24 1
        
        "Here is a Big Mac. That is worth way more than $2.86" -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 14:26
  - (thank you everyone) Even though I'm powerless to change it, I'll go on record as "I don't like it" -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 14:19
  - It’s okay boomer for gen-x. -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 10, 14:14 3
    - "OK, boomer." "Whatever, Karen." "Go eat your toast!" -- nm - Beryllium Mar 10, 14:15 1
      - *stares* -- nm - Smudge the Cat Mar 10, 14:18
    - +1 -- nm - budice Mar 10, 14:15
  - explanation in link! -- (link) - colin Mar 10, 14:13
  - Karen is a customer service legend for asking for managers -- nm - budice Mar 10, 14:13
  - Karen is the overprivileged white lady stereotype, I think. Always asking to speak to the manager. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 10, 14:13
Does anyone else feel that this coming Friday the 13th is more ominous than usual? -- nm - Mop Mar 10, 14:04 2
- Its a surgical mask shortage Mop. Not hockey masks. -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 14:06
- Thanks for the reminder. Happy thoughts. -- nm - budice Mar 10, 14:06
Waiting for some company to be the first to ban employees from using mass transit. -- nm - Max Mar 10, 14:04 3
- good luck enforcing it -- nm - budice Mar 10, 14:04 2
  - I don't think Microsoft is really enforcing their stay-home instruction, just telling employees to do so. -- nm - Max Mar 10, 14:07
  - hahaha you aint kidding! -- nm - Italian citizens Mar 10, 14:07
LAtimes has suspended all work-related air travel and is banning newsroom visitors. All employees who've been on a plane in the last two weeks WFH -- (link*) - budice Mar 10, 14:01 1
- "Look for lots of news about Pasadena and the valley in our National section" -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 14:06
Harvard wants students to move out in 5 days -- (link) - oblique Mar 10, 13:53 6
- funny, no word of Harvard returning people's money in that case... and this has to be a financial burden on a few students -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 13:57 4
  - From what I saw of the Amherst announcement, there was a process where students could appeal to stay on campus. You have to think that it is exactly - oblique Mar 10, 13:58 3
    - "If you try to evict me, I will cough on you." -- nm - appeals process Mar 10, 14:01 1
      - *cue Ed Norton confronting his boss in Fight Club* -- nm - budice Mar 10, 14:02
    - And I guess the food service and custodial staffs just got boned as well. -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 14:00
- Whoa. OK, but to move out, they come in contact with one another -- nm - budice Mar 10, 13:55
My work just announced NYC, Westchester, Vancouver, Seattle as optional work from home locations. Bergen NJ is required work from home. - Dark Callisto Mar 10, 13:49 5
- NJ just had their first confirmed Coronavirus death apparently. -- nm - Jovian Mar 10, 14:00
- We were just informed that one of our team had contact with someone who had contact with someone who had contact with a confirmed case -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 10, 13:55
- Are you set up to work from home, just in case? -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 13:50 2
  - Oh yeah. I do pretty regularly. -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 10, 14:13
  - Mine's great. Nice Citrix(VDI-ish) portal all setup that has my work laptop profile near perfectly replicated. Some setup work there, but easy, light -- (edited) - budice Mar 10, 13:54
Microsoft orchestrates the takedown of one of the largest spam and malware botnets -- (link) - oblique Mar 10, 13:48
Worried that your D&D campaign isn't woke enough? "Revolutionize your next Dungeons & Dragons game with this anticapitalist / anarchist campaign guide - crash davis Mar 10, 13:47 2
- But the whole point of D&D is to become the high level character with 57 magic items and more money than the gods! -- nm - Bardi Gras Mar 10, 15:21
- oh i like this. -- nm - colin Mar 10, 14:11
LIR: Can I get paid sick leave from Olive Garden as a customer? - oblique Mar 10, 13:45 8
- They're basically an all you can eat buffet with servers, so they should just reformat like a Brew Thru. - Max Mar 10, 13:46 7
  - That's the first time I've ever heard of Brew Thru but now I want. -- nm - JD Mar 10, 13:48 6
    - huh, I thought it was a nationwide chain. Maybe there's a similar business with a different name. -- nm - Max Mar 10, 13:50
    - I've never heard of Brew Thru either. -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 13:49 4
      - Here's a short video on Brew Thru - Max Mar 10, 13:51 [youtube] 3
        
        I just know I'd get stuck behind someone who insisted on reading every menu entry. Or perhaps I would be that guy who read every menu entry. -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 13:54 2
        
        I'd be the idiot who would have a keg loaded into the back of my car and then wouldn't be able to lift it out of there when I got home -- nm - JD Mar 10, 14:25 1
        
        Party has been moved to the garage! -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 14:27
Beginning Thursday McDonalds will have a Little Mac (1 patty) and a Double Big Mac (4 patties) -- (link) - oblique Mar 10, 13:44 5
- I thought we had a 2 Patty system? -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 14:36 1
  - I reluctantly must award this points. -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 14:39
- I feel like they've done this before -- nm - Beryllium Mar 10, 14:11
- Cue customers demanding a 3 patty Big Mac -- nm - rollo Mar 10, 13:55
- I had McDs and JITB fancy burgers last week. Both overrated. -- nm - budice Mar 10, 13:52

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