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Captain America Memes for you punny STers -- (link) - Flavorize—father of Kraken Apr 6, 14:14
The Florida COVID dashboard now has breakdowns by FL Zip Codes. Guess which zip code has the most case in Jax? - JaxSean Apr 6, 14:12 2
- that's only because middle class folks have access to docs and testing and po folk couldn't get expanded medicare -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 6, 14:17
- Du...Vall? -- nm - David Apr 6, 14:13
SGN episode 2 with Lin-Manuel is pretty much the greatest thing over. The pandemic can end now. -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 14:03
Could be a coinky-dink or SOP, but major producer of hydroxychloroquine once paid Michael Cohen hefty sum for access to Trump -- (link) - Diva Apr 6, 14:03 4
- its not even the most blatant money for political favors thing we've heard about, he freakn bragged he got off fraud investigation due to donation to -- nm - Florida's AG campaign Apr 6, 14:20
- I’ve been assuming all along he has a financial stake (he’s never been as purely just stupid as people make him out certainly not when it comes to $$ - JackDawson Apr 6, 14:10
- What? Novartis perhaps looks to make some money off this? You don't say! -- nm - Dark Calliso Apr 6, 14:09
- Purely coinky-dink I'm sure. No quid pro quo. None. Uh-huh. -- nm - . Apr 6, 14:07
BC's numbers for the past 2 days: +63 cases, +1 death -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 6, 14:01
nice vid: -- (link) - mud Apr 6, 13:48
Boris Johnson a month ago: Coronavirus will not stop me shaking hands -- (link) - Mop Apr 6, 13:40 1
- Narrator: "I'm not getting paid enough for all these Narrator takes." -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 13:40
Pastor who decried C-19 warnings as 'hysteria' dies of it after attending Mardi Gras. -- (link) - Diva Apr 6, 13:40 26
- A lot of people attended Mardi Gras. I'm less irked by this guy who was there playing music and preaching than I am about the Pastors who are -- (edited) - oblique Apr 6, 13:52
- Pastor Landon Spradlin of Virginia -- nm - con_carne Apr 6, 13:47
- Fare thee well -- nm - Jovian Apr 6, 13:46
- I hate these stories. They make me sad about stubborn ignorance. -- nm - David Apr 6, 13:43 20
  - yeah, I find these stories super sad. -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 13:44 19
    - I don't know if I can feel sad about this. For years we've been railing about the willfully or intentionally ignorant, or even the malicious ones. - Mop Apr 6, 13:47 18
      - Its akin to be sad for idiots being idiots in horror movies. -- nm - Jovian Apr 6, 13:58 2
        
        They aren't real people. -- nm - David Apr 6, 14:09 1
        
        Whhhattt? -- nm - spamlet Apr 6, 14:11
      - There's a difference between someone who spouts "it's a hoax" from a home studio while isolating themselves - ty97 Apr 6, 13:51 12
        
        I bet his listeners believed it. -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 13:55 4
        
        It was a FB post about the media being 'hysterical' - ty97 Apr 6, 13:57 3
        
        I think the Orange dummy holds a lot of accountability for his fake news bullshit in these cases. -- nm - Dark Calliso Apr 6, 14:09
        
        I blame the far right media who has been mocking it all along. -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 13:58 1
        
        I definitely hold the likes of Hannity accountable for what they did -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 13:59
        
        ahh this guy believed the virus was real, but that the media was overplaying the hysteria (which was a VERY common theme at the time) -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 13:55 1
        
        Exactly. The people who should pay for that aren't the ones who are sick.* - David Apr 6, 14:13
        
        Cry for the people who listened to him and get sick or die. -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 13:54 4
        
        This guy appears to have listened to the President and his conservative news media zealots and that may well be part of why he died -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 13:56 3
        
        What better way to prove the hoax than go to the biggest possible gathering. nm - Turd ferguson Apr 6, 13:57 2
        
        he never actually called it a hoax -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 13:57 1
        
        "This is their new hoax" -- DJT -- nm - David Apr 6, 14:16
      - What makes this guy all that much different than any other Darwin Award winner? nm - Turd ferguson Apr 6, 13:49 1
        
        They're worse, because even if they believe their own B.S., they're going to harm other people. -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 13:50
- Did it never occur to these fools that they might end up being That Guy? -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 13:42
- Welcome to Karma-talk. -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 13:41
Sammy Hagar and the Circle cover "Won't Get Fooled Again" from lockdown -- (link) - mud Apr 6, 13:31 4
- That's fun! I thought the sound was good. - zunkskunk with the bad take Apr 6, 13:52
- I love this. Although I think one thing coronavirus is going to change is... - Mop Apr 6, 13:44 1
  - They all have them. Either Hagar is at a second home where he doesn't have a full set up, or he's using the bathroom because he likes the sound from - pmb Apr 6, 13:52
- I didn't know about the Circle. Talk about a supergroup. -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 13:37
This is a pretty good summary of trying to get groceries delivered in NYC right now -- (link) - ty97 Apr 6, 13:30 2
- We tried today, earliest slot was this Friday. So my daughter went to the store. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 6, 13:52 1
  - You could get a slot four days away? How quaint and lovely that must be. - ty97 Apr 6, 14:00
SBA computers crash. Sorry folks, loans closed -- (link) - oblique Apr 6, 13:28 2
- Also, Quibi has launch day outage -- (link) - oblique Apr 6, 13:29 1
  - It's not an outage, Meg. It's just that nobody's watching. -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 13:38
Al Kaline has died at 85. -- (link) - Will Hunting Apr 6, 13:26 1
- :-( -- nm - Krusty Apr 6, 13:46
LOL. "Our federal response to COVID 19 has been like watching the Ministry of Magic deal with Voldemort's return." -- nm - Strongbad Apr 6, 13:23 7
- Spot on -- nm - zork Apr 6, 13:45
- Nmbt -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 6, 13:39
- OMG, I need to share that. -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 13:37
- That's legitimately one of the best pop culture analogies I've ever seen. -- nm - David Apr 6, 13:30
- that's pretty terrific -- nm - prayformojo Apr 6, 13:29
- So apt. Only difference is that Voldemort also runs the Ministry. -- nm - Inigo Apr 6, 13:26
- Heh heh. -- nm - Dark Calliso Apr 6, 13:23
So ... since we'll be stuck inside all summer (presumably), we're going to have to wage a battle against pests, with no reprieve. Not fun. - Beryllium Apr 6, 13:21 3
- So ... since we'll be stuck inside all summer (presumably), we're going to have to wage a battle against pets, with no reprieve. Not fun. -- nm - WSS Apr 6, 13:22 2
  - Your pets are plotting against you. -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 13:29
  - Considering one of the pests is related to the pets, not far off. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 13:23
I'm extremely confident that if AMC collapses, somebody else will swoop in. But I cannot answer JD's question about how locations remain in business. - David Apr 6, 13:03 28
- I'd be kind of OK with a future like that. Less run of the mill multiplexes, more things like Alamo and Arclight - JD Apr 6, 13:16 1
  - It would definitely work for some of us, especially here. It'd be a terrible change for the movie industry as a whole, though. - David Apr 6, 13:18
- We mostly have AMCs around here so I'm really worried about them collapsing. I know that someone will buy them but who? - spamlet Apr 6, 13:07 12
  - The one part of A-List that I greatly enjoyed but never understood was IMAX, Dolby Cinema, etc counting the same as any other ticket. - Spawn Apr 6, 13:10 11
    - There's a word for it, gimmick. 99% of movie goers don't care about those tech things, let alone pay more for them. -- nm - con_carne Apr 6, 13:16 2
      - What I saw was people went to the showtimes that worked best for them. Price not a concern, even though Dolby C cost about 20% more than normal. -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 13:17 1
        
        Same. -- nm - JD Apr 6, 13:18
    - It was for ease of use and to differentiate from Moviepass that had a lower price but addons for those types of tickets. - spamlet Apr 6, 13:13
    - Wait, we had different A List tiers. Did you not? -- nm - David Apr 6, 13:12 6
      - I thought the only tiers were 50 state vs non-metropolitan states? -- nm* - spamlet Apr 6, 13:14 4
        
        Correct. Geography based tiers. For example, California got thrown into the all US tier -- nm - JD Apr 6, 13:17
        
        I know that Regal had tiers, and AMC didn't work for us. I thought it was because of tiers, too. Maybe I'm blurring them. -- nm - David Apr 6, 13:15 2
        
        I can't remember what it was that gave us pause about AMC. - Orange Dummy Apr 6, 13:18 1
        
        Right. I remember we looked at it for like 45 minutes, and it just didn't work for us. - David Apr 6, 13:18
      - ? Seriously? I could go to any movie, any time. -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 13:13
- Can you expand/hypothesize on "concert-type pricing" and "experiential" and what that might look like? -- nm - Flavorize Apr 6, 13:06 11
  - I think we'll just start a BOP series on this, but the gist is those 270-degree theaters and 4Dx ones. -- (edited) - David Apr 6, 13:11 7
    - Thanks! -- nm - Flavorize Apr 6, 13:19
    - To your last point, there are definitely some people who will never go anywhere a crowd will be ever again. -- nm - Tim Apr 6, 13:15 5
      - that's me. I don't want to be on a plane or at a concert - Pippy- living on Fleek Apr 6, 13:27
      - This is one of those rare times that I'm thankful people have short memories. "Never" is probably 5-8 years, but it won't be soon. - David Apr 6, 13:17 3
        
        I think it's a much shorter timeline. When people are confident this virus is handled (few cases, vaccine, treatment), people will largely return to - pmb Apr 6, 13:24 2
        
        I think the fear of multiple phases looms large. -- nm - David Apr 6, 13:26 1
        
        I was already wary of movie theaters because people love their guns so much. -- nm - Dark Calliso Apr 6, 13:39
  - Service to your seat/craft cocktails/no cell phones fo real a la Alamo Drafthouse -- nm - con_carne Apr 6, 13:09
  - Films like the MCU will be put into theatres with much higher prices and smaller films will get shut out. - spamlet Apr 6, 13:09
  - Surge pricing. -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 13:08
- We have competing theaters a few miles apart, both show same movies, both seem as busy. If there's a slowdown I could see one owner closing one -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 6, 13:06
I wonder have the secret service enacted any new protocols for Trump. Surely they should? - Loyola Apr 6, 13:02 14
- “I just don’t want to wear [a mask] myself. They say ‘recommendation’, they recommend it. I’m feeling good.” - Orange Dummy Apr 6, 13:10 1
  - And I want to project confidence! - POTUS Apr 6, 13:23
- They are testing people that come into contact with him or Pence now. But the public stuff, yeah. -- nm - spamlet Apr 6, 13:06 6
  - Maybe they do that "almost instantaneous" test that he's been talking about? Or maybe they fake it...wave a wand over people and say "beep," then - Flavorize Apr 6, 13:11 5
    - I didn't read beyond the headline but I assume it's a quick test. -- nm - spamlet Apr 6, 13:15
    - I keep thinking about that story we saw that Trump was worried a reporter would intentionally catch it to give to him. -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 13:13 3
      - As if a reporter would dare compromise their objectivity. ("We need to hear from both sides of the positive/negative test results.") -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 13:22
      - And you know how that reporter would be remembered? nm - Turd ferguson Apr 6, 13:20 1
        
        Deep State! -- nm - POTUS Apr 6, 13:21
- they would and did and He just does what he wants any way. - Pippy- living on Fleek Apr 6, 13:06
- the Dear Leader is immune, he drinks hydrochloxipoopin® -- nm - mud Apr 6, 13:05 2
  - jinx -- nm - Pippy- living on Fleek Apr 6, 13:06 1
    - :-) -- nm - mud Apr 6, 13:13
- I don't think the Secret Service can do a lot to save him from himself. - David Apr 6, 13:05
Apropos of Boris Johnson don't forget Winston Churchill had and recovered from 2 strokes before he was advised time to retire -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 6, 13:00 1
- Without anybody being told about it while he was recovering -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 6, 13:00
For Mud! -- (link) - Remlik Apr 6, 12:48 [youtube] 9
- What a fantastic song! I've never heard that song before -- nm - Flavorize Apr 6, 13:13 3
  - better live version: -- (link) - mud Apr 6, 13:16 [youtube] 1
    - Pretty sweet! -- nm - Flavorize Apr 6, 13:38
  - From The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, one of their best albums. -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 13:15
- I realised from his post earlier about Marianne Faithfull that she's an artist that you hear her name much more often than her songs. -- nm - zork Apr 6, 12:53 2
  - She did manage a comeback after her drug fueled crash n burn -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 6, 13:08
  - who sez -- nm - mud Apr 6, 13:00
- I love that Peter comments. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 6, 12:52 1
  - I love the "No Gabriel, No Genesis" comments. -- nm - mud Apr 6, 12:58
Hey xbone people. Is there a way around MS requiring a form of payment to download the free 360 games with gold offering? - sycor Apr 6, 12:47 9
- What about that ebay guy from Romania, he'll do it for 7 bucks -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 6, 13:09
- How do you typically pay for Gold? Codes from physical/digital cards? -- nm - Shaun Apr 6, 13:02 1
  - Either that or with MS Rewards points. But you can't use those for 360 games even if it's a free with gold game. - sycor Apr 6, 13:10
- Have any Visa giftcards lying around? -- nm - spamlet Apr 6, 12:59 3
  - Nope. -- nm - sycor Apr 6, 13:09
  - Or I think you can set Paypal as the payment method -- nm - spamlet Apr 6, 13:00 1
    - I may have to do this. Or just not get the game. It's dumb that only 360 games require a card. XBONE games can use MS Rewards points. -- nm - sycor Apr 6, 13:11
- Can you give them fake CC info? If they never try to charge you, will they know? -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 6, 12:48 1
  - There are algorithms for making credit card numbers that pass some authenticity tests. -- nm - zork Apr 6, 12:51
IL +1006 cases, +33 deaths (12k, 307 totals) -- nm - oblique Apr 6, 12:45 1
- Increase rate down to single digits for the second day in a row so that's encouraging. -- nm - pmb Apr 6, 12:48
New Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain coming to Hulu -- (link) - eag Apr 6, 12:45 8
- This is terrific, but I'd like Tiny Toons, too. -- nm - David Apr 6, 12:57
- Narf! -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 6, 12:57
- There's baloney in our slacks! We're Animani- Totally insane-y... - JD Apr 6, 12:56
- Sweeeeeeeeeeet. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 6, 12:46 3
  - I think you mean Hellooooooooo nurse! -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 6, 12:46 2
    - I mean hey Brain! What are we going to do today? -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 6, 12:48 1
      - No, no, no, no....fingerprints -- nm - JD Apr 6, 13:00
- Don't make us keep Hulu! - Spawn Apr 6, 12:45
Okay. -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 12:45
Hmm. This seems like a complex and nuanced recipe. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 6, 12:44 1
- It scans on proper substitutions - . Apr 6, 12:58
Loosi is wrong -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 12:44 6
- I want to be. -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 12:45
- What's the opposite of an evergreen post? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 12:45 4
  - Acorny post -- nm - con_carne Apr 6, 12:59
  - Deciduous times. -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 6, 12:47
  - Scaramucci post? -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 12:45 1
    - Oh, good pull. Well done. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 12:48

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