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"people in your profession" -- (link) - mud Mar 25, 15:23 4
- I see you guys are taking your daily hits. I’m not sure crack addicts are this dependent -- nm - JackDawson Mar 25, 15:39 1
  - lol please disregard my post about his presser from last night. - Jovian Mar 25, 15:41
- "big beautiful wall" -- nm - mud Mar 25, 15:26
- Stop trying to appeal to his better nature. He doesn't have one! -- nm - Reagen Mar 25, 15:26
Sure I tend to overshare, but reporting that I'll be going to Costco tomorrow seems to be relevant news. -- nm - Mop Mar 25, 15:12 1
- Godspeed and get there early. -- nm - zunkskunk with the bad take Mar 25, 15:35
Deadspin somehow got much much worse. - Will Hunting Mar 25, 15:11
from the backboards, we have a ST Standing Arguments list? - call me ishmael Mar 25, 15:08 11
- And some odd tv thing, that, hopefully, advancing tech has retired. -- nm - . Mar 25, 15:57 1
  - Depends what you watch. Remember Bill Gates' quote: "16-bit graphics will be more detailed than any gamer will ever need." -- nm - VMan Mar 25, 15:59
- Oh great, here come those bloody Vikings. -- nm - VMan in drag Mar 25, 15:39
- caveman v astronaut -- nm - crash davis Mar 25, 15:31 2
  - We've put that one to bed. - Will Hunting Mar 25, 15:35 1
    - There is no second. There's only Astronauts and then lesser beings. -- nm - David Mar 25, 15:41
- I did not look but I assume I must be there. -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 15:27 1
  - Oh. Maybe that was feuds. If there is a feuds list I'm sure I am in it. -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 15:30
- No, as I have already won most of them. -- nm - Spawn Mar 25, 15:19 2
  - No you haven't. -- nm - Mop Mar 25, 15:23
  - "It is known." -- nm - mud Mar 25, 15:22
Here we go again. -- nm - Spawn Mar 25, 14:55 5
- On our own? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 25, 15:01
- ~Though I keep searchin' for an answer I never seem to find what I'm lookin' for~ -- nm - crash davis Mar 25, 15:00 1
  - ~I've looked under chairs / I've looked under tables / I've tried to find the answer / to 50 million fables ~ - loosilu Mar 25, 15:02
- “We might take it from the top and then cut away after the first lie, and return when the lies stop.” -- (link) - mud Mar 25, 14:56 1
  - They're learnding! -- nm - Reagen Mar 25, 14:58
Idiot in Chief is on. BRB. -- nm - VMan Mar 25, 14:55
This is not the graph you wanna see. This is Houston-area cases. -- (pic) - Qale Mar 25, 14:50 [Attachment] 8
- Take a breath. This is a small number thus far. It looks steep, probably because of more testing. - loosilu Mar 25, 14:58 3
  - I wished every time you said that we were fucked, we were actually getting fornicated with. Just saying. -- nm - Qale Mar 25, 15:03 2
    - But SOCIAL DISTANCE. Do a stream. Wow, I wish I didn't use that phrase. -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 15:14
    - I'm only one man and it needs a rest! -- nm - Ron Jeremy Mar 25, 15:08
- But what if we replace the "Known Cases" label with "DOW %", then it looks pretty good. -- nm - Max Mar 25, 14:52
- Are there a lot of people in Houston? -- nm - Reagen Mar 25, 14:51 2
  - Nah. It's only the 4th largest city in the country. Who roots for #4? -- nm - Qale Mar 25, 15:03
  - Enough to make those numbers insignificant! -- nm - crazy TX Lt. Governor Mar 25, 15:01
State by state summary from a client as of March 25 - Max Mar 25, 14:44 1
- This patchwork approach is, by miles, the worst in the world. We are currently on a trajectory worse than Italy. The national leader abdicated all responsbility. -- (edited) - loosilu Mar 25, 14:51
Here is the one frivolous thing I might spend some relief money on - crash davis Mar 25, 14:43 5
- Materials are the issue. -- nm - Spawn Mar 25, 14:56 1
  - I've watched enough unconventional challenges on Project Runway! - crash davis Mar 25, 14:59
- That ruins the frivolous aspect. -- nm - VMan Mar 25, 14:44 2
  - Thinking of me as Calvin Klein should bring you frivolity -- nm - crash davis Mar 25, 14:47 1
    - It is a very nice thought/gesture on your part. You can go with "Nothing physically distances me from my Crashes". -- nm - VMan Mar 25, 14:52
Just ordered dinner - for likely two or three nights from the local Outback. Curbside at 5:40 pm. I'd forgotten tonight was Walkabout Wednesday :) -- nm - Meg Mar 25, 14:36
setting aside that there may not be an NFL season (sattmnban), who thinks Mariota could beat out Carr as a starter? -- nm - crash davis Mar 25, 14:31 4
- Meh. Mariota could but that’s be more an indictment of Carr than an endorsement of Marcus - Will Hunting Mar 25, 14:32 3
  - yeah, losing to a guy who lost out to Tannenhill is an indictment of your own abilities -- nm - crash davis Mar 25, 14:34 2
    - To be fair, Tannehill played lights out. -- nm - Shaun Mar 25, 14:47 1
      - true, it seemed to be the best he has ever done -- nm - crash davis Mar 25, 14:50
Wee! 15 cm of snow tomorrow. (this probably saves lives) -- nm* - Reagen Mar 25, 14:28
Oklahoma had a 50% increase today, so fun times starting there. -- nm - Reagen Mar 25, 14:27
Irony? company staff cheering that a client has saved our income concerns for the next quarter during the COVID crisis. - Max Mar 25, 14:23 9
- Our corp president: "What a relief" Me: "But our building landlord is not offering abatement on our lease obligation." President: "SOBs" -- nm - Max Mar 25, 14:34
- You're going to the special kind of Hell. -- nm - David Mar 25, 14:27 6
  - But I'm gonna look cool doing it. -- nm - Max Mar 25, 14:32 5
    - I wonder if there is a good looking Hell and an ugmo Hell -- nm - crash davis Mar 25, 14:35 4
      - yes, but everyone gets sent to the opposite one -- nm - Beryllium Mar 25, 14:37 3
        
        if that is universal, then that doesn't work. the places merely switch sides....you are not in charge of the Bad Place, that is for sure -- nm - crash davis Mar 25, 14:40 1
        
        You're assuming that what you see when you go there is *real*. -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 14:42
        
        Ohhhhhh. -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 14:38
- OK SCDP -- nm - budice Mar 25, 14:25
Swiss hotel offers quarantine package, c19 test is $500 extra -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 25, 14:22 1
- cough drops on the pillow -- nm - Max Mar 25, 14:42
David, that priest(?) should probably learn from this: - Reagen Mar 25, 14:16 1
- I have cousins who are this gullible. It's terrifying. -- nm - David Mar 25, 14:27
Poll...what are your symptoms that is worrying you? - zeitgeist Mar 25, 14:16 21
- probably TMI IM ... - call me ishmael Mar 25, 15:06
- Brain cloud. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 25, 14:49
- I've had a persistent dry cough for over a month after a flu-like illness in early February. -- nm - TWuG Mar 25, 14:39
- none today -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 25, 14:36
- Like others I've had chronic allergy symptoms for months and likely wouldn't know the difference. -- nm - Meg Mar 25, 14:34
- I've had a sinus infection for probably 4-6 weeks. I hate taking antibiotics unless I absolutely have to and this is not terrible, but the symptoms - pmb Mar 25, 14:31
- I've been going to sleep at around 9.30pm because there's nothing else to do. -- nm - Loyola Mar 25, 14:30
- Still trucking with that mid-99 temp. (Currently 99.5) A bit of a random cough that’s really light. No malaise though. Not having trouble breathing. -- nm - Qale Mar 25, 14:26
- I've got your basic allergies. My nose runs pretty much 365 days/year. -- nm - Mop Mar 25, 14:26
- Elevated temp, cough and shortness of breath. -- nm - Andie Mar 25, 14:22
- None. Son has a dry cough that seems to be getting worse. Doctor tomorrow. -- nm - VMan Mar 25, 14:22
- I don't have any symptoms that worry me, but I did cough (once) in the shower this morning and then saw stars for 15-20 seconds. That was weird. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 25, 14:20 3
  - how much did you drink before the shower??? :)))))))) -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 25, 14:37
  - ~no more counting dollars, we'll be counting stars~ -- nm - crash davis Mar 25, 14:26
  - that means you're from Planet Xgrigv and unaware -- nm - mud Mar 25, 14:22
- Scratchy throat and some tightness in the chest, but I feel fine when I run so I assume it's just allergies. -- nm - Dano Mar 25, 14:17 2
  - I have the watery eyes too, and it freaked me out. Everything is a symptom. -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 14:19
  - same -- nm - mud Mar 25, 14:18
- Splitting headache. General wooziness. -- nm - Max Mar 25, 14:17
- The stomach thing, after I heard it was an early symptom. -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 14:16 1
  - I had that Saturday and used it to go home after 2 hours on Sunday. Currently though, that’s gone. -- nm* - Qale Mar 25, 14:28
Rabbi who rescued 56 Jewish families as part of the Czech resistance dies of c19 at 92 -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 25, 14:13 1
- Not kosher. -- nm - budice Mar 25, 14:15
Rep Katie Porter self-quarantine, 100 degree fever awaiting test results -- (link*) - budice Mar 25, 14:11 9
- Bah. I have been over 99 for 4 days. -- nm - Andie Mar 25, 14:12 8
  - and you use Celsius, I am very worried about you -- nm - crash davis Mar 25, 14:15 7
    - That would be quite something. Hovering between 36.9 and 37.3. But feel fine mostly. -- nm* - Andie Mar 25, 14:20 4
      - take care of yourself, you're one of my favorite Canadians; I like you more than Trudeau or Bill Shatner -- nm - crash davis Mar 25, 14:22 3
        
        Oooh. But what about Ryan Reynolds? I do understand if he wins. -- nm - Andie Mar 25, 14:22 2
        
        I don't think I like Ryan Reynolds more than Ryan Gosling, let alone you -- nm - crash davis Mar 25, 14:23 1
        
        :) -- nm - Andie Mar 25, 14:24
    - She's sous videing. -- nm - Reagen Mar 25, 14:15 1
      - okay, now I'm worried about her being enclosed in a plastic bag as well -- nm - crash davis Mar 25, 14:18
I don't like posting his tweets. But. -- (link) - loosilu Mar 25, 14:09 29
- Bozo has been echoing Drumpf. Except, of course, his re-election is in two years. Dude, shut up, it makes not sense. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 25, 15:26
- If you have to link to one of his tweets, follow this account instead: @unfollowtrump -- (link*) - JaxSean Mar 25, 14:18 1
  - I do that on twitter. -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 14:36
- This is exactly as predicted -- nm - JackDawson Mar 25, 14:18
- Don't forget all those lame-o doctors, Donnie. They want you to lose votes and have the market collapse, too. Assclown! -- nm - VMan Mar 25, 14:15 2
  - The dead Italians have it IN for him. -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 14:17 1
    - Italy only really functioned well when Benito was there. Man gets the trains running on time and well, look at the Dems reaction. They hate success. -- nm - Drumpf Mar 25, 14:20
- This is what a panicked and cornered animal would sound like if they talked. -- nm - Jovian Mar 25, 14:14
- Who convinced him that this is a good idea? -- nm - crash davis Mar 25, 14:10 20
  - Big business people who see profits declining. -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 25, 14:25
  - Do we know if anyone did? COuldn't it be pulled out of his massive ass? -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 14:11 18
    - Loosing, when would the 2nd wave hit, the one that collapses our medical system? So we can short dow futures, assuming we live long enough to collect -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 25, 14:18 14
      - I know you're joking, but the serious answer. If we do it his way, then look forward to like 18+ months of a patchwork of flareups. Endlessly going - loosilu Mar 25, 14:22 13
        
        I'd prefer a lockdown thru April because the country started on different dates and we need 3+ weeks of co-ordinated lock down for everyone -- nm* - Peglegpete Mar 25, 14:40 4
        
        Good luck. I am assuming one or two states will start, others will follow, then blam, and everyone starts from scratch again. -- nm - VMan Mar 25, 14:42
        
        So, we need 6-10 weeks of coordinated lockdown. I think I said here a couple of weeks ago, plan on 8 weeks. -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 14:41 2
        
        I raise a drink to your expertise. -- (pic) - Peglegpete Mar 25, 14:43 [Attachment] 1
        
        :) -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 14:46
        
        10 days out from Easter is going to be fascinating. -- nm - Reagen Mar 25, 14:23 7
        
        I think his cult might genuinely do Easter. That's terrifying. -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 14:38 5
        
        Oh, I think everyone already knows there will be a bunch that do. -- nm - VMan Mar 25, 14:40
        
        Just remember Black Friday comes before Easter. -- nm - Max Mar 25, 14:39 3
        
        and Passover -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 25, 14:42
        
        Oh wait, no, that's Good Friday. I'm sure everything will be fine. -- nm - Max Mar 25, 14:40 1
        
        I was sitting here trying to figure out if there was a special meaning to that. -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 14:44
        
        The day March unemployment numbers come out will be amusing -- nm - JackDawson Mar 25, 14:25
    - he always looks for the dumbest m-------cker in the room and gets his opinion before he makes up his mind -- nm - crash davis Mar 25, 14:16 1
      - Wahhh! I can't play golf! I can't have weekly Nuremberg rallies! This isn't faiiiiiiiiir! -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 14:18
    - probly -- nm - mud Mar 25, 14:15
B2: I did mean month -- nm - TWuG Mar 25, 14:06 3
- a delay like that is infuriating, it dilutes the effect of the bill -- nm - crash davis Mar 25, 14:10 2
  - It makes it useless to the poorest people. They can get people debt cards in a more timely manner than 4 months -- nm - Krusty Mar 25, 14:13 1
    - Hold my beer. -- nm - Government Mar 25, 14:16
Old and lame: social distancing. New and hot: physical distancing. -- nm - Shaun Mar 25, 14:06 5
- The CDC's telling me one thing but Olivia Newton-John's telling me something more compelling. -- (link) - Max Mar 25, 14:07 [youtube] 4
  - the Tubes agree with the CDC -- (link) - Peglegpete Mar 25, 14:12 [youtube] 3
    - So do the Police. -- (link) - loosilu Mar 25, 14:13 [youtube] 2
      - But my life is incomplete and I'm so blue. 'Cause I can't get next to you. I can't get next to you, babe. -- nm - temptations Mar 25, 15:45
      - ha! I posted Canary In a Coal Mine this week -- nm - mud Mar 25, 14:25
Now comes the time of the day where I'm off the clock, but the Captains are going to frantically ask me to post something in the next two hours. -- (edited) - loosilu Mar 25, 14:04 7
- So what you’re saying is you are the captain now? -- nm* - Qale Mar 25, 14:11 1
  - I guess I'm First Mate? -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 14:12
- Is aloe drinkable? Cause my everclear is blended with aloe and a few drops of essential oil -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 25, 14:08 4
  - Everclear! is this the 80s in college? -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 14:10 2
    - That was one of the recipes for DIY hand sanitizer going around a few weeks ago. -- nm - kelly Mar 25, 14:12 1
      - I never heard that! sounds like it would work. -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 14:13
  - aloe comes from cactus. so does tequila. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 25, 14:09
Amazon's customer call centers are facing temporary shutdowns due to COVID-19, causing hours of wait times and a rise in complaints -- (link) - budice Mar 25, 13:59 1
- Waaa! I can’t get my extra set of dumbbells delivered!!! My “how to be a fit girl at home” book isn’t here! -- nm - JackDawson Mar 25, 14:02
Today I had to restart one of the medicines I'd stopped taken. It's totally knocked me for a loop. Totally loopy all day. For example: - prayformojo Mar 25, 13:59 7
- George Barris is the car guy. Chuck Barris isn't. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 25, 14:07
- the title is misleading, Damon plays a Camaro and Bale plays a Charger....its really Chevy vs Dodge -- nm - crash davis Mar 25, 14:01 1
  - I want to see that movie as a prequel now. -- nm - Max Mar 25, 14:02
- It's a trick. They're actually the v brothers. -- nm - David Mar 25, 14:00 1
  - I thought I recognized them from Ecks vs Sever - prayformojo Mar 25, 14:04
- Nevermind the movie cars, do you have any heavy equipment available for you to operate? -- nm - Max Mar 25, 14:00 1
  - not.....anymore -- nm - prayformojo Mar 25, 14:00
spamlet, no, I am not mocking- just interested in character class choice and the like matter. I am the one to mock -- nm - crash davis Mar 25, 13:56 3
- We don’t really know what we’re doing. - spamlet Mar 25, 14:00 2
  - that is the race of your characters and that is fine. What class (fighter, wizard, sorcerer, druid, cleric, thief, etc) did you want to play? - crash davis Mar 25, 14:03 1
    - let me amend that: "there are no wrong choices, other than playing an overtly evil character" -- nm - crash davis Mar 25, 14:09
Asterix & Obelix co-creator dead at 92. -- (link) - Peglegpete Mar 25, 13:55
California testing stats update -- (link) - ty97 Mar 25, 13:55

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