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In case you needed more evidence about Dr. Oz being a complete piece of shit. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 16, 09:44 7
- This is the Lancet article he references. It's actually quite interesting. - B-A-ron Apr 16, 09:57
- Officer, I'm a doctor. My BAC of 2% is something I can live with. -- nm - Dr. Oz Apr 16, 09:47 1
  - "Ossifer, I'm a Doctor, and I'll have you know it goes ABC." -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 09:48
- Delicious even! -- nm - Qale Apr 16, 09:47
- So, he's okay with 2-3% of children dying? Bold stance. -- nm - David Apr 16, 09:47
- ONLY 2 or 3%? i guess he's a "doctor" not a "mathematician" -- nm - colin Apr 16, 09:46
- it's practically a modest proposal! -- nm - mud Apr 16, 09:46
I'm not sure if Iowa's governor understood the question. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 16, 09:39 1
- let them consult their cake! -- nm - colin Apr 16, 09:46
Astronomy news (this would be awesome):NASA funds proposal to build a telescope on the far side of the moon -- (link) - decline Apr 16, 09:35 1
- I like it! -- nm - mud Apr 16, 09:38
Huh. It's snowing. -- nm - Dano Apr 16, 09:35 2
- Yesterday it was 50F here and we had snow falling. -- nm - Spawn Apr 16, 09:36
- The Hellscape's weather simulator has started to malfunction. -- nm - David Apr 16, 09:36
Shopping for face masks on Etsy. What do you guys think about elastic vs ties? -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 09:31 12
- They make these things called ear savers for elastic facemasks if you find one you like. -- (link) - Mop Apr 16, 09:42 1
  - nice! -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 09:46
- So, based on the answers, I think I need a couple of each. Thanks everyone! -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 09:42
- Ties if wearing a long time. Elastic for convenience. -- nm - spamlet Apr 16, 09:40
- Mine's a tie. It's stretchy though, so I don't have to untie it to take it off. I can just slip it over my head. -- nm - Shaun Apr 16, 09:38 2
  - we're using t-shirt strips sewn, seam turned inside. they're pretty nice, very comfortable. -- nm - colin Apr 16, 09:39 1
    - Nice. Mine's also pretty comfortable, overall. -- nm - Shaun Apr 16, 09:41
- ties. it'll hold up better to washing. -- nm - colin Apr 16, 09:38
- elastic on the ears is breaking down the ears of people. Get the ties. -- nm - Remlik Apr 16, 09:37
- I prefer elastic but around the back of the head vs around ears. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 16, 09:34
- I like my elastic one more than the one I have to tie. It's easier to take on and off when I need a breather. - Krusty Apr 16, 09:33
- Make sure you don't order ones from the Ukraine! -- nm - decline Apr 16, 09:32
Everyone should check out BBC Weather presenter Owain Wyn Evans working from home -- (link) - LMS Apr 16, 09:22 2
- brilliant I love it -- nm - Pippy-8 ball city Apr 16, 09:29
- sweet -- nm - mud Apr 16, 09:28
This surely won't start any arguments -- (link) - ty97 Apr 16, 09:21 18
- strawberry fields forever -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 16, 14:48
- In My Life. I'm looking at the framed lyrics on my bedroom wall. -- nm - jnine Apr 16, 13:57
- Hmm, not sure. I've Just Seen a Face and Eleanor Rigby are my favorites Best, though? Here Comes the Sun, maybe. A Day in the Life? -- nm - kelly Apr 16, 09:48
- Hey Jude, and yes it's overplayed and I don't care. -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 09:41
- This one. Jump to 3:30 when the shit hits the fan -- (link) - Beaker Apr 16, 09:39 [youtube]
- Kokomo -- nm - colin Apr 16, 09:38 2
  - This is the one that goes "Do the kokomotion", right? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 09:47
  - [gag] -- nm - mud Apr 16, 09:42
- Day Tripper. - Beryllium Apr 16, 09:35
- Did they have very many songs to choose from? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 16, 09:34 3
  - They're a one hit wonder. -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 09:37
  - ~200 and they all suck -- nm - dayved Apr 16, 09:37 1
    - I mean... -- nm - David Apr 16, 09:40
- Here Comes The Sun has 1.5x more plays than the next closest song on Spotify, so I'd guess that's up there. - JaxSean Apr 16, 09:29
- 'Tomorrow Never Knows' -- nm - mud Apr 16, 09:26
- A Day in the Life, Runners up: Get Back, and Blackbird -- nm - Spawn Apr 16, 09:24
- I mean... -- nm - David Apr 16, 09:23
- You're wrong! -- nm - Mop Apr 16, 09:21
In a surprise to no-one UK lockdown has been extended another 3 weeks at least. -- nm - LMS Apr 16, 09:12 4
- Yeah they just took the end date off ours today. “Try again next month” -- nm - spamlet Apr 16, 09:25
- Is Boris home yet? -- nm - ty97 Apr 16, 09:18 2
  - Yes, was sent home on Monday I think. -- nm - LMS Apr 16, 09:21 1
    - oh good! -- nm - ty97 Apr 16, 09:23
finally talked to my idiot parents, yanno, the ones who think taking a vacation flight right now is a good idea. - colin Apr 16, 09:06 4
- I had the same issue with my dad. Even though I just wanted to tell at him how stupid he was being, I just said what I needed to, along with just - jnine Apr 16, 14:01
- they are adults. I speak from experience, you have to find a way to let it go. You've done all you can. - Pippy-8 ball city Apr 16, 09:07 2
  - that was why i did it.. i can't hold something against them if i don't say anything. so i said my peace, i told them i was saying my peace, and that - colin Apr 16, 09:28
  - This -- nm - Marlowe Apr 16, 09:08
Xbox twitter tease. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 16, 09:02 4
- Save_Us.Y2J -- nm - Qale Apr 16, 09:32 1
  - BREAK THE WALLS DOWN!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Shaun Apr 16, 09:38
- I *think* this is the new x-pac of Age of Wonders: Planetfall, which was teased by the devs a few days ago and announced today. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 16, 09:06 1
  - Seems Cyberpunk related. -- nm - Shaun Apr 16, 09:29
~we're all alone now, except for the memories of what we had and what we knew~ -- nm - con_carne Apr 16, 08:58
Gritty: keeping boredom at bay -- (link) - decline Apr 16, 08:56 5
- I wonder who got to go home with the Gritty costume. -- nm - Mop Apr 16, 09:22 2
  - that's not a costume Mop! That's the real Gritty! -- nm - decline Apr 16, 09:23 1
    - You mean someone didn't skin a Gritty and turn it into a Gritty suit? -- nm - Mop Apr 16, 09:28
- I love the excited squeak. -- nm - Reagen Apr 16, 09:03
- ! -- nm - mud Apr 16, 09:01
Interesting bit of astronomy coming up -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 16, 08:51 1
- Puh-Puh-Puh-Pareidolia. -- nm - The Knack-turnal Apr 16, 08:58
this type of stuff just makes me laugh, UPS package tracking. - tRuMaN Apr 16, 08:44 6
- I think the masks I accidentally ordered from the Ukraine are still in the Ukraine. Not sure how reliable their postal service is, plus I can't read - decline Apr 16, 09:30
- Heh, funny, the same thing happened to me. - Marlowe Apr 16, 09:05
- Meanwhile, I have a CanadaPost parcel that has been in town since the 10th and it hasn't had an attempted delivery yet. - Shaun Apr 16, 08:46 2
  - They know what you did. -- nm - Spawn Apr 16, 08:46 1
    - Just bring me my Xbox!! GOSH! -- nm - Shaun Apr 16, 08:47
- An Easter gift for Logan did similar, but never came out of the bounce. Company is resending. -- nm - Spawn Apr 16, 08:45
Amazon affiliate cuts ... bleh -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 16, 08:43 3
- Sleep with a dog, you gonna get fleas. -- nm - Qale Apr 16, 09:48
- This is an opportunity for eBay. -- nm - Mop Apr 16, 09:20
- Bezos’s divorce wasn’t cheap Bery. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 16, 08:56
I continually have trouble wrapping my brain around this: 638,111 cases of coronavirus in the U.S. At least 30,844 people have died -- (link) - decline Apr 16, 08:43 2
- ncov2019 shows up to 33,332 deceased as of right now. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 16, 09:01
- Horrendous tragedy doesn’t start to describe it -- nm - JackDawson Apr 16, 08:47
Cuomo'clock. He just did a plug for Dragnet. -- nm - ty97 Apr 16, 08:36 3
- The movie or the show? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 08:41 2
  - Old school. He used a photo of Jack Webb. -- nm - ty97 Apr 16, 08:42 1
    - He is on the NY Council to Reopen. -- nm - Spawn Apr 16, 08:44
An interesting take that would of course fall on deaf conservative ears. -- (link) - Volnelk Apr 16, 08:31 1
- And your next COVID hot spot is . . . -- nm - pmb Apr 16, 08:42
Xbox One: Phantasy Star Online 2 is live and free to play. -- (link*) - Shaun Apr 16, 08:29
Just Cause 4 is free on the Epic Games store. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 16, 08:19 2
- Why? - Tim Apr 16, 08:31
- Cool. Thanks -- nm - oblique Apr 16, 08:27
NYC outdoor pools closed for summer 2020 due to coronavirus pandemic, beaches could be next -- (link) - ty97 Apr 16, 08:14 5
- I am in a multi-day discussion with our HOAs about their pools. One wants to go ahead and have it ready but keep the gate chained and padlocked so - Spawn Apr 16, 08:20 2
  - electrify the fence and you won't have any problems -- nm - decline Apr 16, 08:26 1
    - If only I could. - Spawn Apr 16, 08:28
- Mayor Vaughn again springs to the forefront of national consciosness -- nm - prayformojo Apr 16, 08:16
- Those beaches -- nm - budice Apr 16, 08:15
So, WWE saved 700k a month with all their firings yesterday. 700k. They just doubled their income from tv deals from 250mil to 470mil a year. - Will Hunting Apr 16, 08:05
FYI, not all my investments are bad :) I bought "JD" on 3/11 (competitor to Alibaba in China) under the assumption that China would recover from - oblique Apr 16, 08:00 10
- *sells all my JD stock* -- nm - Loyola Apr 16, 09:29
- My one new position in the last couple months was a bet on animal health. Everything else has just been adding shares of companies I already own. - B-A-ron Apr 16, 08:40 2
  - We all should have obviously bought TSLA a few days ago -- nm - oblique Apr 16, 08:55 1
    - damnit! - znufrii, stimulated Apr 16, 09:34
- Had I known JD was for sale, I might have snapped him up myself. -- nm - Qale Apr 16, 08:20 2
  - You can't afford him. -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 16, 08:40 1
    - Besides, JD is a Vampirate so Samara has dibs. -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 16, 08:45
- so your mojo only adversely effects US companies? -- nm - decline Apr 16, 08:10 1
  - Hmm. Has Bacon ever bet on football (European)? -- nm - Spawn Apr 16, 08:15
- stopped clock effect? - ty97 Apr 16, 08:04
WWE: Howard Finkel has passed away, he'd been ill for a long time -- (link) - Remlik Apr 16, 07:56 [youtube] 2
- I liked him on that dumb Legend’s House. -- nm - Qale Apr 16, 08:21 1
  - I did as well. -- nm - Remlik Apr 16, 08:27
One Bright Thing: Need a little lift? Amid the bleakness, 18 Times writers shared moments that lightened their mood. -- (link) - ty97 Apr 16, 07:53
GOALS -- (link) - ty97 Apr 16, 07:52 2
- It's been done. -- nm - spamlet Apr 16, 07:53 1
  - Are you thinking of the Olive Garden incident? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 08:29
Paycheck Protection Program, which authorizes loans to small businesses to pay employees during the COVID-19 crisis, has run out of money and is froze -- (link) - ty97 Apr 16, 07:49
Survivor last night - wow. (spoils) - Turd Ferguson Apr 16, 07:46 4
- Spoiler - zunkskunk Apr 16, 07:48 2
  - The only place to find it is on Wikipedia, at least as far as I know. (spoils) - Turd Ferguson Apr 16, 07:51 1
    - OK, thanks! I had a correct guess on the first person. But was still kind of confused, and the 2nd person you mention helps that. -- nm - zunkskunk Apr 16, 08:03
- Did they... - znufrii Apr 16, 07:46
Hey guys, I think something is wrong with me. I usually have pizza Friday (which usually means leftovers for the weekend). - sycor Apr 16, 07:44 5
- Get a calzone or strombolli -- nm - JaxSean Apr 16, 08:57
- wait for it .. -- nm - mud Apr 16, 07:57
- Indian? - znufrii, stimulated Apr 16, 07:45 2
  - I didn’t really love Bombay Pizza. -- nm - Qale Apr 16, 08:23
  - I was considering the family bundle for bang bang shrimp tacos from Bonefish. Or maybe take out Hibachi. -- nm - sycor Apr 16, 07:51
I had the most wonderful dream! I got my hair cut. -- nm - Mop Apr 16, 07:32 4
- I got baked last night. I don't remember any dreams :) - oblique Apr 16, 07:45 1
  - Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Apr 16, 07:54
- I had a dream I was in a crowded restaurant and no one had masks on and I couldn't get away - decline Apr 16, 07:42
- I love seeing all the (now) longer-haired guys posting selfies. -- nm - Qale Apr 16, 07:34
Twitter is telling me it's National Horny Day. So there is that -- nm - Bacon Apr 16, 07:20 3
- Hump Day! --nm - Spawn Apr 16, 07:25 2
  - *fires the camel for being late* -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 16, 07:30 1
    - *walks across the stage* It’s Thuuuuuursday. -- nm - Weatherman Apr 16, 07:35
SBA PPP Loans are ok. But I could easily see a lot going out of business or severe downsizing after the PPP Loan money runs out. -- (edited) - budice Apr 16, 07:16 4
- Update: SBA reached limit on PPP loans. 1.6M applicants $339B doled out -- nm* - budice Apr 16, 07:19 3
  - Is this the fund that didn’t have oversight anymore due to Trumpian actions? -- nm - Qale Apr 16, 07:38 2
    - No. This was the loans to small businesses. -- nm - spamlet Apr 16, 07:54 1
      - Thanks! -- nm - Qale Apr 16, 08:21
Mamet was also married to Lindsay Crouse, so he has a type (of actress-wife). -- nm - Reagen Apr 16, 07:13 2
- you,re saying Crouse is a shite actress too? -- nm - mud Apr 16, 07:56 1
  - Her emotional range is ...not broad. -- nm - Reagen Apr 16, 08:02
Heh. Banksy: "My wife hates it when I work from home" -- (link) - decline Apr 16, 07:10 5
- That is great! -- nm - zunkskunk Apr 16, 07:18
- Ha! Very nice! -- nm - Krusty Apr 16, 07:12
- I hope that's coffee on the toilet... -- nm - JaxSean Apr 16, 07:11 2
  - Or else that rat has a severe bladder problem. -- nm - Reagen Apr 16, 08:03
  - Magic rat? -- nm - Spawn Apr 16, 07:37

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