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Worf -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 04:53
Netflix's Game Over, Man: The profusion of penis is so overwhelming it should have gotten fourth billing on the movie’s poster -- (link) - Beaker Apr 3, 04:25
TV PSA: Charmed, Smackdown, Gold Rush, MacGyver, RuPaul, Shark Tank, Blacklist, Dynasty, Hawaii 5-O, Blue Bloods, Bill Maher, Vagrant Queen, -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 03:54 2
- Tales From The Loop (Amazon), Harley Quinn (DC U), Star Wars Clone Wars (D+), Ducktales (D XD), Future Man (HULU), Home Before Dark (Apple), other stu - Beaker Apr 3, 03:56 1
  - Onward (D+) -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 04:33
It's a minor point in all of this and I'm not necessarily looking for definitive answer but since so many of us are in the WFH crowd now - Reagen Apr 3, 03:45 2
- My company is paying for an upgrade to my phone data package as I use my phone to tether wifi to my computer but that's only £10 a month. -- nm - LMS Apr 3, 04:54
- Canada - Your home office must be exclusively for working; You must use that space to complete more than 50% of your work - Beaker Apr 3, 03:50
One week after claiming to invoke the Defense Production Act, Trump still hasn't ordered any ventilators produced -- (link) - Reagen Apr 3, 03:11 2
- When is his cult going to figure out that he's lying? - loosilu Apr 3, 03:26 1
  - When they are dead. Not before. Which is madness, but here we are. -- nm - Andie Apr 3, 03:59
Dispatch from my area, someone asked Do you or anyone you know have this virus, what happened, what was the outcome, here's some edited replies, yikes - zeitgeist Apr 3, 01:58 1
- note; officially there's only 500 cases in my county and a dozen or so deaths, I guess some of these are from king/seattle area, but still -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 3, 01:59
Parent company to Gordon Biersch, Rock Bottom fires 18,000 employees -- (link) - budice Apr 3, 00:41 2
- Crap. They have quite a few restaurants here -- nm - JaxSean Apr 3, 01:41
- one might say they've hit...Rock Bottom? -- nm - mafic Apr 3, 01:17
Hot dog, whiskey, and Cheeto fried rice -- nm - crash davis Apr 2, 23:34 1
- vegemite-and-cheese-flavoured crackers -- nm - mafic Apr 3, 00:17
"we don't want anyone to worry about the cost of getting a test nor the cost of getting treatment" Pense...so...we..are..so..screwed -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 23:09
Trump really broke? Palmer report says his clubs closed a week and already he's missing payments.... -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 2, 22:20 5
- hmmm wonder if he'll start asking for his paycheck now? -- nm - JenBro Apr 3, 04:55
- I'm surprised he ever made any payments, ever, to begin with. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 22:46
- I would deem that the idea that he is a superb businessman would be an acceptable casualty of the pandemic -- nm - crash davis Apr 2, 22:35
- relax. Donny Jr. & Eric are in charge of the company :))) -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 2, 22:22 1
  - He's got 500b he can skim off of -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 23:10
Report: Seahawks agree to terms with Benson Mayowa (Idaho guy) -- (link) - crash davis Apr 2, 22:13
Boeing to offer employees a voluntary buy out, expects to cut production, esp wide bodies -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 2, 22:06
Crash just saw a commercial for The Bachelor and said "this looks so fucking horrible I'm afraid we're going to have to watch it". - Trisha Apr 2, 22:04 3
- small correction, I thought deep underneath Victoria was the bat fecal matter one...and yeah, I want to hate watch this new show too -- nm - crash davis Apr 2, 22:05 2
  - Argh. (Gun to head) - Trisha Apr 2, 22:09 1
    - I'd say that all counts as making positive life choices. -- nm - mafic Apr 3, 01:17
A stunning animation of US job losses. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Apr 2, 21:59 1
- jeebus, that is a good yet staggering animation -- nm - crash davis Apr 2, 22:03
I wonder how things will be by Christmas. I think I'd like to do this.......... - Meg Apr 2, 21:55
Mexico brewer will stop making Corona after they are declared non-essential -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 2, 21:45
Trending on twitter, BOYCOTT3M, seems the MAGAts who think SOCIALISM KILLS are now pissed that 3M capitolistically sold their masks overseas 2 hi bids -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 21:35 2
- how did 3M sell their masks? -- nm - crash davis Apr 2, 21:39 1
  - uh..I think they take American express -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 21:44
is there a new Picard tonight was the first season final last week? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 21:23 2
- Last week was it. -- nm - David Apr 2, 21:25 1
  - thanks -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 22:21
My Artistic Preferences Scale results - crash davis Apr 2, 21:13
From as close a China-expert as Canadian journalism has produced in the last twenty years. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Apr 2, 20:58 4
- What'd she say? -- nm - Mop Apr 2, 21:35 3
  - From this afternoon. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Apr 2, 22:00 [Backboard] 2
    - Ftr,i dont think China is or was completely open, but do we have *proof* of that yet? I really don't know if we do (yet). -- nm* - Andie Apr 3, 04:02 1
      - I think it's been an assumption from the start. That's why the US had an epidemiologist in China (who was removed from the post by guess who?) -- nm - loosilu Apr 3, 04:10
So what Asha is saying is we best vote for trump? -- nm - JackDawson Apr 2, 20:53 2
- I watched the Lawrence O'Donnell show a while ago and I've never seen anyone to after a politician the way he -- (edited) - Trisha Apr 2, 21:35 1
  - Jaw*drop...the masks he promised to NY was delivered to commercial brokers who sold to highest bidders and shipped to foreign buyers.... -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 22:15
From the same site as below: Depression Anxiety Stress Scales - JD Apr 2, 20:48 2
- Artistic Preferences Scale -- (link) - crash davis Apr 2, 21:00 1
  - Painterly/realistic/feminine -- nm - Trisha Apr 2, 21:26
Turns out coronavirus was just a ploy to give YouTube a do-over on their YouTube Rewind commercial. Here's their "#StayHome" PSA. -- (link) - Mop Apr 2, 20:43 [youtube]
LOL -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 2, 20:41
Laughing so hard as we read Beauty and the Beast Dragonton keeps pointing to Belle and says 'Mama that's you' -- (edited) - SyrDragon Apr 2, 20:08
Good thing we had that travel ban locked down. Turns out we.......didn’t. -- (link) - Volnelk Apr 2, 19:51 1
- rotflmfao! -- nm* - JackDawson si Apr 2, 20:00
WAP? Seemingly non data-mining “What TV character are you most like?” test. (Nmblink) -- (link*) - ralph wiggum Apr 2, 19:49 50
- Arthur Weasley? Which one is he again? -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 3, 06:24 1
  - The next four on my list are awesome: Hugo from Lost, Rom from DS9, Raj from BBT, and Wash from Firefly. -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 3, 06:29
- Sheldon Cooper -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 04:52
- Luna Lovegood. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 3, 04:43
- Tonks aka Don’t Call Me Nymphadora -- nm - Qale Apr 3, 04:34
- Bruce Banner. That's ... Yeah, probably. -- nm - Reagen Apr 3, 02:30 1
  - *backs away slowly* -- nm - loosilu Apr 3, 02:51
- Chandler Bing, Lady Edith Crawley, Ian Duncan. Cool! -- nm - loosilu Apr 3, 01:53
- Luna Lovegood -- nm - . Apr 3, 01:24
- Sokka? Never heard of the character so *shrug* - Krusty Apr 2, 22:10
- Donna from That 70’s Show... - J Apr 2, 20:45 1
  - She IS the most reasonable person on the show. -- nm - Qale Apr 3, 04:34
- Gandalf? Da fuq? -- nm - David Apr 2, 20:43 26
  - Hmm, least like is an interesting sub poll. - David Apr 2, 20:50 11
    - Marty Hart from True Detective and Hank from Breaking Bad. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 3, 04:47
    - I got the Commodore from Pirates of the Caribbean. -- nm - Qale Apr 3, 04:36
    - Hank Schrader (from Breaking Bad) and Mufasa. -- nm - loosilu Apr 3, 01:54
    - Moe Syslak, Theon, Gollum, Moaning Myrtle, all the Sobotkas. -- nm - mafic Apr 3, 00:16
    - Mr. William Collins, Derrial Brook, Angela Martin and Brandon Stark -- nm - Krusty Apr 2, 22:14
    - from the bottom going up: Pierce Hawthorne, Mr. Burns, Joffrey Baratheon, Delores Umbridge, Lord Voldemort. Ben Chang, Gollum - crash davis Apr 2, 20:55 5
      - Mine was Stannis Baratheon and Petunia Dursley. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 2, 20:59 4
        
        Well, its good to know that both you and David won't lock a kid in a cupboard under the stairs -- nm - crash davis Apr 2, 21:01 3
        
        *wiggles hand* nm - ralph wiggum Apr 2, 21:05 1
        
        :) I'd guessed the inside before I clicked. We've all been on this board a long time -- nm - crash davis Apr 2, 21:09
        
        Ha! -- nm - David Apr 2, 21:02
  - Look at Gandalf's key personality traits though (nmblink) - ralph wiggum Apr 2, 20:49 5
    - It is a remarkably detailed quiz. I did the sub poll and got Silicon Valley questions. -- nm - David Apr 2, 20:53 4
      - I got X-Files questions -- nm - Mop Apr 2, 21:27 1
        
        Walking Dead here -- nm - crash davis Apr 2, 21:28
      - So did I. It says that they will give you whatever you pick that needs the most data. - ralph wiggum Apr 2, 20:55 1
        
        I’m kinda bummed to admit I don’t really remember the guy who died in season one. - David Apr 2, 20:58
  - In order for me to see you, I have to look to the east -- nm - crash davis Apr 2, 20:46 3
    - Is this a nerd thing? It sounds like a nerd thing. -- nm - David Apr 2, 20:47 2
      - I think it sounds like a basic fuccccing movie knowledge thing, but I realize it isn't in the Oogieloves -- nm - crash davis Apr 2, 20:50 1
        
        Yes, there are 500 possible characters but zero Oogieloves. Horrific oversight. -- nm - David Apr 2, 20:51
  - Next closest: Dumbledore, the Oracle, Josiah Bartlet, Luna Lovegood, Jadzia Dax -- (edited) - David Apr 2, 20:46 1
    - YSMM -- nm - crash davis Apr 2, 20:48
  - The Grey or the White? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 20:45 1
    - The don’t fucking mess with me. -- nm - David Apr 2, 20:46
- Jake Sisko 86% Glenn Rhee 86% Charlie Young 82% Jim Halpert 79% -- nm* - crash davis Apr 2, 20:42
- Julian Bashir -- nm - JD Apr 2, 20:41
- Highest match is Iroh from Avatar-The Last Airbender. - zunkskunk with the bad take Apr 2, 20:25 2
  - That's my second highest match, but I don't know the show. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 2, 20:28 1
    - It was good. Action and a lot of humor M. Night Shamalangadingdong tried a live action version and it was terrible (imo). -- nm - zunkskunk with the bad take Apr 2, 20:31
- I'm fucking Juliet from Lost. I hate it, but it's true. 90% match. I love that you can choose different shows, too. - Mop Apr 2, 20:12
- shit. Ian Duncan (Community) which I've never seen! -- nm - mud Apr 2, 20:08 1
  - John Oliver's character. He's kind of a straight man with a "keep me out of all your crazy" attitude. -- nm - Mop Apr 2, 20:14
- Deep link straight to the poll because I want everyone to do this poll! I love it! -- (link*) - Mop Apr 2, 20:06 1
  - Thanks, Mop. (Also note that you can click "Full match list" to get your % match for all their characters.) nm - ralph wiggum Apr 2, 20:18
- Jadzia Dax, apparently. I'll take it. -- nm - mafic Apr 2, 20:03
The internet is capable of bringing so many things to the forefront ... truly amazing. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 2, 19:41 3
- Fuuuuuuuck -- nm - Mop Apr 2, 21:28
- Huh, and I always thought this scene was unrealistic -- (link) - Roger More Apr 2, 20:03 [youtube] 1
  - its pretty much a trope that needs to die...dang forgot how cool that bond was, that came after thunderball which invented action thrillers -- nm - Reuter's daily updates Apr 2, 20:11
This is so wrong that it hurts. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 2, 19:28 7
- this is an obvious attempt to kill all people who think lemons are alkaline -- nm - crash davis Apr 2, 21:25
- "Anyone eating all that fruit will at least find a use for all that toilet paper they've been stockpiling" -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 20:14
- Just remember to stuff all this food into your lungs instead of your stomach. -- nm - Mop Apr 2, 19:56
- So I just need to inject myself with lemon juice? -- nm - decline Apr 2, 19:39 2
  - No, go with dandelion juice. The pH of 22.7 means it's healthy to the max. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 19:40 1
    - Dandelion Wine -- nm - Ray Bradbury Apr 2, 19:44
- can't argue with that -- nm - mud Apr 2, 19:38
Awkward. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 2, 19:14
My son recognized Hemant on Jeopardy from his YouTube channel. -- nm - Mop Apr 2, 19:13 2
- Also: On last night's Jeopardy, I learned a bunch from the "Countries in their native language" category. - Mop Apr 2, 19:21 1
  - technically Wien in German, and more like eastern kingdom. -- nm - mafic Apr 2, 19:28
Delivery Estimate: Apr 8, 2020 - Jun 2, 2020 -- nm - Spawn Apr 2, 19:09 1
- wozzah? -- nm - mud Apr 2, 19:29
Really weird dream last night. Amy and I were sitting at this table, but not our table. This girl we didn't even know walks right up to us and says - Spawn Apr 2, 18:58 5
- ancient mythology, according archival records pervious civilizations would be served concotions of foods and beverages by strangers in exchange for -- nm - a wave of a plastic 'card' Apr 2, 20:18
- the girl I don't even know usually says something way more sexy than that, in my dreams. -- nm - Bacon Apr 2, 19:36
- Did the sign say Applebees? -- nm - Remlik Apr 2, 19:13
- Eventually we'll have to do a nightly Tell to keep the story alive of what life was like before the 'pockyclypse. -- nm - Max Apr 2, 19:00 1
  - We'll still have the historical records, won't we? Won't we, Max??!? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 19:08
Man, Night On Earth on Netflix is *awesome.* -- nm - Shaun Apr 2, 18:55 2
- 1991 movie or nature doc? I've only seen the former, which is a big favorite. -- nm - Max Apr 2, 18:58 1
  - Nature doc. -- nm - Shaun Apr 2, 20:03
The Hospital Ship Comfort currently has three (3) patients -- (link) - Reagen Apr 2, 18:54 4
- I wonder what the full list of conditions that the ship can't accept -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 2, 22:01
- 60 feet apart at all times -- nm - Max Apr 2, 18:58
- It'll be really useful if there's a bus crash, subway crash, massive car pileup ........ oh. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 18:57 1
  - Someone could crash a train! -- nm - Reagen Apr 3, 03:46
SXSW going to Amazon Prime -- (link) - Reagen Apr 2, 18:51
Delivered to the front door ... -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 2, 18:39 [flickr] 6
- Inside the bag -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 2, 18:39 [flickr] 5
  - CANADIAN CANDY! -- nm - Mop Apr 2, 19:23
  - careful, looks like someone's trying to kill you. -- nm - mafic Apr 2, 18:43 1
    - not that you'd know anything about that. -- nm - Reagen Apr 2, 18:44
  - Was the person who delivered it short, with an orangish skin tone and singing a song? -- nm* - Flavorize—father of Kraken Apr 2, 18:43 1
    - It was a bit of a stealth delivery, actually. I suspect elves. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 18:48
Killer in the air, take a holiday, let your children play,If you give this cough a ride sweet memory will die.... -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 18:38
interesting (and again grim) data crunching: COVID probably killing a lot more people than official counts state. -- (link) - mafic Apr 2, 18:34 3
- It's what the hairsplitters are focusing on to minimize the danger "He didn't die *of* covid, he died *with* covid *of* something else" -- nm - TWuG Apr 2, 18:39 2
  - Yeah. The question is, as far as I am concerned, would this person die if he had not been COVID-19 infected? - Marlowe Apr 2, 18:45
  - "Oh, sure, like all the people who had AIDS but died of sarcomas and pneumonias" -- a twitter comment about this -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 18:40

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