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June oil futures down 30% to $14. -- (link) - Open Baron Apr 21, 06:28
More Animal Crossing stuff for you guys. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 21, 06:23 1
- I don’t know about that Redd character. He seems sus. -- nm - Qale Apr 21, 06:27
FF7R is also huge. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 21, 06:17
MLB, all 30 teams and the ticketing companies are being sued for not providing refunds for tickets. -- (link) - Krusty Apr 21, 06:15 9
- The Royals front office is trash. How am I still in AA right now with these numbers, 3 games before the All-Star Break!?!?!?! -- (pic) -- (link*) - Shaun Apr 21, 06:19 [Attachment] 8
  - That foot speed is a problem. -- nm - Reagen Apr 21, 06:26 4
    - Hey I have some triples! But yeah, the archetype player I chose has base speed of like 25 or something, so he's...not quick. -- nm* - Shaun Apr 21, 06:33 2
      - Cheeseburgers don't count, big boy. -- nm - Open Baron Apr 21, 06:34 1
        
        Burn. -- nm - Shaun Apr 21, 06:43
    - I blame the pant legs he obviously keeps tripping over. -- nm - Open Baron Apr 21, 06:30
  - Jebus! You should skip AAA and be in the show already. -- nm - Krusty Apr 21, 06:20 2
    - I got moved to RF too. It's a bit more challenging than 1B :) -- nm - Shaun Apr 21, 06:22 1
      - You're a regular Lonnie Smith out there! -- nm - Open Baron Apr 21, 06:25
it's cold in here so a kitty is on my lap. I can't turn on the space heater without disturbing her. continue to freeze, right? -- nm - amanda Apr 21, 06:15 2
- Maybe that's her way of telling you to turn on the space heater so she can lie in front of it. -- nm - Open Baron Apr 21, 06:29
- Yup. Leg goes numb? Suffer. Need to pee? Suffer. :-) It's a good suffering, usually. -- nm - Krusty Apr 21, 06:16
If the COVID19 tests have a 30% false negative failure rate on those with the virus, then how is testing everyone going to allow us to open up again? -- (link*) - Inigo Apr 21, 06:15 3
- Because it’s all about mitigation of the spread, not its cessation. - znufrii Apr 21, 06:27 1
  - 30% seems rather large and more than I've heard about with other tests -- nm - Krusty Apr 21, 06:34
- That's a big number -- nm - Krusty Apr 21, 06:19
March was *huge* for video game related sales. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 21, 06:14 3
- Game Pass has been my go to for new games though I've mostly played Witcher 3 and Ori over the last few weeks -- nm - Krusty Apr 21, 06:33
- not surprising. Death Stranding is ok but I feel they have a flaw in their game design - decline Apr 21, 06:28
- As a number nerd, I hate that NPD doesn't give specific numbers for hardware anymore. I have a feeling April's numbers will be even better than March. -- nm - Inigo Apr 21, 06:18
PSA: BBC here in the states has been running the entirety of BSG here, started yesterday. Strongbad's favorite 2 episodes are this afternoon. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 21, 05:58 1
- I've probably told this story before, but I never watched the series until I played the board game. - Open Baron Apr 21, 06:18
I know I'm a week late on this but the lack of a finale for Ink Master and how they ended it was complete crap. - Krusty Apr 21, 05:57
PSA: Beastie Boys live documentary on Apple TV+ drops Friday -- (link) - oblique Apr 21, 05:42 4
- Has anyone seen a free trial for Apple+? -- nm - Krusty Apr 21, 05:50 1
  - Ignore, it looks like they have a 7 day trial on their site. I'll use that. -- nm - Krusty Apr 21, 05:51
- Seen them promoting it in several places lately. Mike D is beginning to look like a golden girl. -- (link*) - Volnelk Apr 21, 05:48 [youtube] 1
  - Yeah, he hasn't looked his best in a few years. I think it all started when he lost a bunch of weight and his skin never tightened up. - Krusty Apr 21, 05:53
Happy birthday, Pippy! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 21, 04:51 23
- Happy Birthday 🎈🎂🎉🎁🎊! -- nm - Flavorize—father of Kraken Apr 21, 06:40
- Happy Birthday!! -- nm - pmb Apr 21, 06:36
- bippy harthday! -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 21, 06:35
- Happy bday -- nm - eag Apr 21, 06:29
- Happy Birthday Sweetheart! -- nm - Diva Apr 21, 06:27
- This guy wishes you the happiest of all possible birthdays! -- (pic) - Open Baron Apr 21, 06:20 [Attachment]
- Happy Birthday, my friend! -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 21, 06:18
- Happy birthday -- nm - decline Apr 21, 06:15
- Happy birthday! -- nm - JaxSean Apr 21, 06:13
- happy bday :) -- nm - budice Apr 21, 06:11
- Happy cake day! -- nm - spamlet Apr 21, 06:11
- Oh shit, here comes Crazy Nekkid Groiny. -- nm - Qale Apr 21, 06:08
- Happy Birthday!! -- nm - Walt_Disney Apr 21, 06:00
- Happy b, Pippy! (NM) - Marlowe Apr 21, 05:44
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Shaun Apr 21, 05:38
- Don Homer! -- nm* - Beaker Apr 21, 05:35
- Happy Birthday!!! -- nm - Dano Apr 21, 05:33
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - MDH Apr 21, 05:30
- Happy Birthday!!! -- nm - ty97 Apr 21, 05:26
- Happy birthday, Pippy! Woo hoo!!! - Krusty Apr 21, 05:26
- Yes, Happy Birthday! *wink* -- nm - oblique Apr 21, 05:25
- Hope you have a great day!! -- nm - Strongbad Apr 21, 05:24
- Happy Birthday!!! 🍰 -- nm - Andie Apr 21, 05:03
TV PSA: American Experience, Deadliest Catch, Seven Worlds One Planet, Chopped, Empire, Prince Tribute, Oak Island, One Day at a Time, For Life, -- nm - Beaker Apr 21, 04:12 1
- Accused Guilty or Innocent, Supermarket Stakeout, Secret of Skinwalker Ranch, Last OG, Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Middleditch & Schwartz (Netflix) - Beaker Apr 21, 04:14
Oktoberfest has been cancelled. -- nm* - . Apr 21, 03:18 1
- But what about Novemberfest? Or is that in question too? -- nm - Walt_Disney Apr 21, 06:01
Hmm, one family group is behind all these anti-quarantine protests..not the Koch's -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 21, 03:07 3
- ...people know one of the Kochs died a while back, right? -- nm - Reagen Apr 21, 04:45 2
  - Nah it’s like chanting Soros on the right. They’re metaphors more than people at this point. -- nm - spamlet Apr 21, 06:11
  - And Koch on wood about the other one, right? - Qale Apr 21, 05:20
south korea does't think Kim j Un at death's door -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 21, 02:05 1
- Poor Donny has to be beside each other with worry. Remember they're in love. -- nm - pmb Apr 21, 06:37
South Africa is testing Tuberculousis vax as c19 therapy, cause why not, they probably have some but running out of everything else -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 21, 01:59
Russia jumps over 5,000 confirmed cases to over 50,000 overall, only 700 deaths so far -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 21, 01:13
A useful article about dry skin from lots of hand washing -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 20, 23:38
Funny or sad? - David Apr 20, 22:45 2
- "They drink the sand because they don't know the difference" keeps coming back to mind. -- nm - Max Apr 20, 22:48 1
  - I swear to you that I've thought about that a LOT recently. - David Apr 20, 23:04
in an interesting oil quirk, there are fully people booking tankers, filling them with crude, and having them sit. -- nm - mafic Apr 20, 22:28 1
- The cost to rent a tanker went from 40K/day to 200K/day. -- nm - GregW Apr 20, 22:36
Hmm? Not as bad as I expected. I keep a monthly spreadsheet of grocery spending by category and was expecting wine and liquor spends to be waay up YTD - Meg Apr 20, 22:10 1
- My February to March 2020 losses were minimal. .5% net worth. But March to April is a brutal 10% -- nm - Qale Apr 21, 05:19
I'm reading an edibles recommendations article at the top of the LA Times Lifestyle section just in time for 4/20/20. Crazy world we're livin in. -- nm - con_carne Apr 20, 21:57
Nobody: Nintendo: So here’s another huge update to Super Mario Maker 2 and you can make your own world now. -- (link) - Qale Apr 20, 21:48
I think I pulled a muscle in my neck and it's giving me a headache. Hrmph. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 21:37
*considers booking a flight to Georgia for a haircut* -- nm - Mop Apr 20, 21:21
Gorsuch, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Thomas & Kavanagh vs Roberts, Alito, & Kagan??????????? -- (link) - crash davis Apr 20, 20:52 5
- I think it happens more often than we realize, just not normally on the high profile cases -- nm - ty97 Apr 20, 21:02 4
  - I noticed because they said Oregon was a prejudiced place. That is a paraphrase, but I get to lord it over Oregon for a day. -- nm - crash davis Apr 20, 21:04 3
    - To be fair to OR: "Idaho lawmaker under fire for comparing state coronavirus response to Nazi Germany" - crash davis Apr 20, 21:09 2
      - to be expected from ID since its like the neo Nazi 'argentina' -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 20, 21:16 1
        
        Those guy wanted to turn the Northwest into a white supremacist homeland. -- nm - . Apr 20, 21:37
So, the mad max dystopia is here, but it is not evenly distributed. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 20, 20:52 3
- California chartered a fedex delivery but disguised the manifest...hell I'm expecting national guard jets to fly escort soon -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 20, 21:51
- C'mon Russia needs them. -- nm* - . Apr 20, 21:35
- I mean, this REALLY puts the Klepto in Kleptocracy -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 20:52
So, it’s safe to open bowling alleys and salons but not safe enough to let anyone in the country? -- nm - Volnelk Apr 20, 20:41 4
- Who would go? -- nm - Andie Apr 21, 03:07
- Bowling alleys and salons is where we'll round up people to pick our vegetables. -- nm - crash davis Apr 20, 20:46 2
  - Pick veggies? you kidding me, I *just* got my nails done -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 20, 20:50 1
    - are you feeling good as hell? -- nm - crash davis Apr 20, 20:56
Did you all hit your heads on each other's heads? -- nm - Spawn Apr 20, 20:29 1
- would it help? -- nm - mud Apr 20, 20:46
Wow, Threadgill's in Austin is closing. -- (link) - ty97 Apr 20, 20:15 1
- :( -- nm - Pippy-‘ Apr 20, 22:28
Finished Silicon Valley. Now working on Veep. Still on episodes I’ve already seen as a refresher. -- nm - Dano Apr 20, 20:00 2
- Let me know if you notice any swearing -- nm - prayformojo Apr 20, 20:12 1
  - I’m watching the clean version. Episodes are 6 minutes long. - Dano Apr 20, 20:18
NK: Is there another Un? -- nm - TWuG Apr 20, 19:47 9
- CNN is reporting that he is in "grave danger" post surgery, meanwhile everyone checking their sources is coming up bone dry for confirmation. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 20:08 8
  - South Korea says nothing unusual. -- (link) - mafic Apr 20, 20:56
  - I kind of stepped on the joke by going for "another'n" and playing on his first name. Is there another Kim in line? -- nm - TWuG Apr 20, 20:28 4
    - Good question, his sister? I think he executed most of his uncles, don't know if he has kids -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 20, 20:33 2
      - he probably has kids, but nobody's really sure. best guess it the oldest is about 10. also an older brother who is apparently not political, - mafic Apr 20, 23:15
      - Washington examiner says his sister has risen in power is most likely even though she was demoted after talks with Donald broke down -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 20, 20:49
    - I dunno. Supposedly his sister is amassing power? I don't know if he has kids. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 20:32
  - Dun Dun Dun -- nm - Max Apr 20, 20:24
  - I would be very surprised if he didn't have the virus, people around him were dropping -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 20, 20:22
BioShock: Infinite reaction so far / spoilers. - JD Apr 20, 19:27 4
- So. Good. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 20, 19:32 3
  - Yes 🙂 At this point, I'm glad and kind of sad that they used the Bioshock name for the game. Glad cause I've no doubt that it helped get the game from - JD Apr 20, 19:41 2
    - Wait for it... -- nm - David Apr 20, 19:46 1
      - Hell, I haven’t played the games and *I’m* waiting to see what he thinks. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 20, 23:48
Okay, I'm not totally up on the Teddy v Babyface thing, but this does seem like a brutal burn. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 20, 19:23 2
- Darn, the preview doesn't show it. One sec. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 19:24 1
  - Here it is without the twitter hassle -- (pic) - Beryllium Apr 20, 19:24 [Attachment]
Trump is suspending immigration -- (link) - ty97 Apr 20, 19:21 28
- Another take -- (link) - ty97 Apr 20, 20:09 2
  - right, that was going to be my next question - znufrii, stimulated Apr 20, 20:15 1
    - If we had anything under control, tests, contact tracking, then we could require 14 days quarantine, like china does, for everyone arriving -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 20, 20:18
- Ok Boomer. -- nm - Qale Apr 20, 20:05
- Several good points in one tweet -- (link) - ty97 Apr 20, 19:58
- I read a month ago he might do this. it won't do much but piss people off. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 20, 19:54 2
  - that's the goal for sure. - Jovian Apr 20, 19:56 1
    - I think people are wise to his routine now - the reaction seems to be -- "How you gonna walk this one back?" -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 20:01
- you guys have 4x the confirmed cases of anyone in the world. We're closing off our borders to *you*. -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 19:53 3
  - Right? No one on this side of the imaginary line wants it opened. -- nm - Andie Apr 21, 03:10
  - March 14th -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 20, 19:59 [Backboard] 1
    - Maybe we shouldn't be allowed on this website. It's crazy, but you can't be too safe. -- nm - con_carne Apr 20, 22:05
- trying to re-consolidate his base - Jovian Apr 20, 19:44 7
  - No treble. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 21, 05:10
  - When his base (part of it) is unemployed, this will matter less to some of them. -- nm - ty97 Apr 20, 19:45 5
    - They'll blame anyone and everyone but Trump. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 20, 20:14 1
      - The hardcore base certainly will. They are not the ones we need to care about winning -- nm - ty97 Apr 20, 20:23
    - nah, they will be thrilled their job is not going to an immigrant. -- (edited) - Jovian Apr 20, 19:46 2
      - For some probably, but the personal economy will outrank that for others -- nm - ty97 Apr 20, 20:07
      - A dust bowl without the dust -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 19:47
- Yeah, this sounds like the decision of a nation ready to re-open for business. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 20, 19:40 1
  - He just extended the border closing til May 19 I think? Also very consistent with being ready to go! -- nm - JackDawson Apr 20, 19:48
- as with his China and Europe travel 'bans' we will have to see what this actually amounts to in reality -- nm - ty97 Apr 20, 19:26 4
  - Checking off a now-meaningless campaign promise while the world changes underfoot. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 19:33 3
    - *waits for him to start claiming that immigrants are coming here to take advantage of our great healthcare system to treat their Covid* -- nm - znufrii, stimulated Apr 20, 19:37 2
      - Hah. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 20, 19:46
      - Another good question -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 20, 19:44
- Fucckkk -- nm - Pippy Janky Jenkins Apr 20, 19:26
You should probably stop sending it to her. -- nm - spamlet Apr 20, 19:00 3
- This would have been less awkward under znu’s post. - spamlet Apr 20, 19:02 2
  - And less funny. -- nm - . Apr 20, 21:38
  - 🍑 -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 19:10
And my mother-in-law has just been informed of the true meaning of the eggplant emoji. -- nm - znufrii Apr 20, 18:58

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