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how do you guys watch the Masked Singer? Jesus I've watched 1 minute and feel dumber already -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 17:56
So my neighbor has decided that this is a great time to do a big renovation project right outside my bedroom window. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 22, 17:28 3
- Building a bigger platform for the peepin'. -- nm - Open Baron Apr 22, 17:31
- burn down their house -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 17:31
- sorry, they needed to make more room for the beer. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 22, 17:29
‘Leverage’ Reboot Starring Noah Wyle Ordered By IMDb TV; Original Series’ Team, 4 Cast Members Set To Return -- (link) - Remlik Apr 22, 17:25 6
- lolwut -- nm - Beryllium Apr 22, 17:29 5
  - Nope, let me rephrase: HELL YES. - Beryllium Apr 22, 17:32 4
    - indeed -- nm - crash davis Apr 22, 18:04
    - or even use the word sequel -- nm - Remlik Apr 22, 17:45
    - agreed on both counts. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 22, 17:42
    - I'm right there with you. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 22, 17:41
Masked Singer tonight: Frog, Kitty, Rhino, and Banana perform. Who goes home? - Open Baron Apr 22, 17:00
AP finds that 65 publicly traded companies got 365M in small business stimulus funds -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 22, 16:52 7
- big companies franchise, subcontract to local partnerships, who contract to 3rd parties to staff, so even though they wear MEGA shirts, its small biz -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 22, 18:27 1
  - local case, Amazon Prime van crashes into family car, there's 3 layers of subcontract/3rd party vendor and independent gig driver.... -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 22, 18:28
- Misused math annoys me. Loan amounts were calculated on employee salaries, not company value. - Max Apr 22, 17:08 4
  - I think the biggest gripe people have it that you aren't small if you are publicly traded -- nm - ty97 Apr 22, 17:25 3
    - Maybe Jack could weigh in but if a publicly traded company applied for the loan and certified they were eligible when they were not, they'd be - Max Apr 22, 17:37 2
      - Not claiming they were ineligible, but why were they eligible? -- nm - ty97 Apr 22, 17:39 1
        
        It's possible that franchise owners misinterpreted the guidance and just applied based on size without confirming ownership rules. -- (edited) - Max Apr 22, 17:58
On the possibility of an effective coronavirus vaccine -- (link) - znufrii, silly old man Apr 22, 16:48
MI, PA, FL: Biden +8, +8, +4 -- nm - Reagen Apr 22, 16:47 3
- That will change when the old people start dying because of the Coronavirus bounce in FL. I can't - Under the Influence Apr 22, 17:18
- +17 among boomers in MI -- nm - ty97 Apr 22, 16:51 1
  - 19! That's amazing. -- nm - Reagen Apr 22, 16:58
Boiled Peanuts: Have you ever tried them? Do you like them? - crash davis Apr 22, 16:29 16
- next, stale tortilla chips..no really its a delicacy besides we have a warehouse full so trust me -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 22, 18:30
- Nope but I'd give them a try. -- nm - Krusty Apr 22, 17:52
- Yes. They were okay. -- nm - Dano Apr 22, 17:50
- Yes. Absolutely. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 22, 17:42
- Only in Hawaii and I remember liking them but it has been years if not decades since I've had any -- nm - JD Apr 22, 17:01
- I have. Meh. I don't like soggy as a rule. -- nm - Doctor Melancholy Apr 22, 16:54
- I wouldn’t get them from a can. They were put there by a man downtown. But side-of-road ain’t bad. -- nm - Qale Apr 22, 16:53
- Gross. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 22, 16:51
- When my state's lockdown order came, the canned vegetable row was cleaned out, but boiled peanuts were still there. So I thought "I'll try these" - crash davis Apr 22, 16:47 1
  - Soy sauce and green onions might help. -- nm - . Apr 22, 17:14
- I've never heard of them before so they're clearly not a thing. -- nm - Mop Apr 22, 16:46
- I agree with this -- (link) - spamlet Apr 22, 16:41 [Image]
- Yes, and no. They're a crime against nature. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 22, 16:38
- Yes. God, no. Why would you do that to a perfectly good peanut? -- nm - TWuG Apr 22, 16:33
- I have, they were kind of soggy. -- nm - . Apr 22, 16:32
- yes. no. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 22, 16:30
Is jnine around? -- nm - Spawn Apr 22, 16:24
LIBERATE not Georgia? Huh? -- (link) - ty97 Apr 22, 16:19 17
- It's just a stupid grudge. He's doing this to support his boy Collins against Loeffler. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 22, 16:25 2
  - I was just about to post that you should be happy with me - crash davis Apr 22, 16:26 1
    - +20 SB Points -- nm - Strongbad Apr 22, 16:51
- tell the truth, you ignore my posts because they don't have a pretty bird by them -- nm - crash davis Apr 22, 16:23 13
  - I quickly scanned the board. Too quickly I guess? -- nm - ty97 Apr 22, 16:33 12
    - I'm going to ask Bery to give me a bird by all my posts. A blue peregrine falcon -- nm - crash davis Apr 22, 16:34 11
      - Eurasian blue tit -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Apr 22, 16:42 3
        
        I miss Space Agents of SHIELD. -- nm - Max Apr 22, 16:50
        
        I can't respond to this without a double entendre -- nm - crash davis Apr 22, 16:45 1
        
        If you know what I mean -- nm - con_carne Apr 22, 16:50
      - Mountain bluebird -- nm - ty97 Apr 22, 16:37
      - How about a blue Sam the Eagle. -- nm - Max Apr 22, 16:36
      - the malteser falcon - Beryllium Apr 22, 16:35 4
        
        I'm going to guess its from a show that you recommended to me and I never got around to watching. -- nm - crash davis Apr 22, 16:37 3
        
        No, it's a malted chocolate ball. Good for sucking on. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 22, 16:48 2
        
        oh, Canadian Whoppers! -- nm - crash davis Apr 22, 16:51 1
        
        Yes. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 22, 16:59
Spain cancels the running of the bulls, german cancels octoberfest, Georgia OPENS massage parlors -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 22, 16:15 4
- It’s a good thing they cancelled the Running of the Bulls. Someone might die. - Qale Apr 22, 16:56
- Brian Kemp is hoping for a happy ending. -- nm - crash davis Apr 22, 16:17 1
  - I wonder if boyd crowder's brothel is open for those six dollar blow jobs -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 22, 16:44
- the drunken bulls need their happy endings -- nm - Beryllium Apr 22, 16:16
Social distance your cats -- (link) - decline Apr 22, 16:08 6
- How can they say those are the first two pets. A tiger has already been diagnosed! -- nm - Joe Exotic Apr 22, 16:13 5
  - 7 big cats at the Bronx zoo are now positive :( -- nm - decline Apr 22, 16:15 4
    - if you run a zoo, you'd better gird your lions! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 22, 16:22 2
      - JD can show you the appropriate corner to sit in -- nm - crash davis Apr 22, 16:24 1
        
        Do I get to sit with the rest of the Tucci Gang? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 22, 16:33
    - That sucks. -- nm - crash davis Apr 22, 16:16
Private Equity Firm using coronavirus as an excuse to back out of its agreement to buy Victoria's Secret - crash davis Apr 22, 16:08 2
- Wait, a hedge fund is evil? -- nm - decline Apr 22, 16:09 1
  - Not evil, but I might grant you amoral -- nm - crash davis Apr 22, 16:11
"I've never heard of him." -- (link) - mud Apr 22, 16:07 2
- and the next reporter instead of following up on that and pinning them down asks about a goddamn July 4th parade -- nm - Jovian Apr 22, 16:15 1
  - lame -- nm - mud Apr 22, 16:16
Is ST excited for Upload? I think I am. - Spawn Apr 22, 16:06 6
- Never heard of it -- nm - Krusty Apr 22, 17:53
- Michael Schur: "WTF, dude" -- nm - Reagen Apr 22, 16:26
- No, but only because it feels like they stole an idea I'd been kicking around for six years. Heh. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 22, 16:16
- nope. My reaction to the ad I saw was "hell no" -- nm - mud Apr 22, 16:08
- Never heard of it -- nm - decline Apr 22, 16:07 1
  - I'll put you down as a maybe. -- nm - Spawn Apr 22, 16:09
In really important news, the CBC is under siege by Anne With An E fans. - crash davis Apr 22, 15:47 5
- They should launch an animated version - it might run longer than The Simpsons. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 22, 17:39 1
  - [nods] -- nm - mud Apr 22, 17:41
- It just wasn't as good as the Sullivan Entertainment series from the 80's. -- nm - Mop Apr 22, 16:05 2
  - I watched it all with Trish last year. As it backed away from life in 19th century Canada to focus on more 'woke' stories, I lost interest. -- nm - crash davis Apr 22, 16:10 1
    - Oops, it might have been early 20th century Canada. I am not sure now. -- nm - crash davis Apr 22, 16:14
I'm not a reddit person, but this was linked in a FB group: "graphic visualization of Spotify artist's relation network according to their fan bases" -- (link) - JaxSean Apr 22, 15:39 2
- link to the source photo so you can read the names -- (link) - JaxSean Apr 22, 15:50 [Image]
- "artist's retaliation network" - what I read Apr 22, 15:47
holy smokes, Meryl Streep's character in Big Little Lies -- nm - prayformojo Apr 22, 15:35 1
- Florence Puuuuuuuugh!? -- nm - Dano Apr 22, 15:43
The Whiner In Cheese seems really whiny today. He must have gotten some bad polls in his Wheaties this morning. -- nm - crash davis Apr 22, 15:26 16
- HOWS THAT BUS FEEL, BRIAN KEMP? -- nm - crash davis Apr 22, 15:32 5
  - remember he didnt want Kemp to appoint that Loeffler to that Senate seat. -- nm - Jovian Apr 22, 15:44 4
    - He certainly crapped all over him, sending mixed reopen signals to the other Govs. -- nm - crash davis Apr 22, 15:45 3
      - its a zero sum game to him -- nm - Jovian Apr 22, 15:46 2
        
        He certainly wants things both ways today. He doesn't want any blame and all of the credit. Today is really sad, even by recent standards -- nm - crash davis Apr 22, 15:49 1
        
        yep. its a cascade. plummeting polling numbers. failure of Hyrdoclorawhateverthefuck and this new whistleblower -- nm - Jovian Apr 22, 15:54
- Trump: the "fake news" is unhappy that so many ventilators were made. -- nm - mud Apr 22, 15:29 4
  - "safety might happen at a level like safety has never happened before." -- nm - mud Apr 22, 15:48
  - he's gone to his written stuff/propaganda preamble/ campaign rally horseshit so it's time to pull away, CNN! -- nm - mud Apr 22, 15:31 2
    - its time to turn off the tv when he starts, when networks see ratings drop they will consider cutting him off, sigh I guess a few clicks won't matter -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 22, 16:07
    - jebus, does Biden demand equal time? -- nm - mud Apr 22, 15:52
- oh yea, this thing went off the rails right from jump. -- nm - Jovian Apr 22, 15:29 4
  - Yeah, he took the suspense out of 'when is he going to call CNN fake news?' by doing it at the top. I like a longer tease. -- nm - crash davis Apr 22, 15:30 3
    - oh thats standard boiler plate now. -- nm - Jovian Apr 22, 15:31 2
      - He does that at the start now? That is no fun -- nm - crash davis Apr 22, 15:33 1
        
        the CDC Director was asked questions early, thats why. He then had to lumber up there and start in on the press. -- nm - Jovian Apr 22, 15:40
Missouri reopens May 4th. Every business can decide for themselves if they can open. - spamlet Apr 22, 15:23 3
- Per the latest numbers I saw, 18 counties have had zero cases. Another 16 counties only one case each. That's nearly a third of the them. - Open Baron Apr 22, 16:58
- Ridiculous. -- nm - pmb Apr 22, 15:29
- I wonder if some businesses will adopt a new hybrid model. A skeleton public facing operation with a lot of WFHers. - crash davis Apr 22, 15:25
71 new cases in BC, 3 new deaths. I think this is about double from yesterday, and possibly fallout from Easter long weekend travellers. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 22, 15:05
this seems big -- (link) - Jovian Apr 22, 14:56 4
- Are there any IGs left to undertake an investigation? -- nm - Professor Vodka Apr 22, 15:07 2
  - You're trusting Instagram to get to the bottom of this? - prayformojo Apr 22, 15:27 1
    - Fitness Model Detective is on the case -- nm - crash davis Apr 22, 15:28
- [nods] -- nm - mud Apr 22, 15:00
Ah, that AA baggage fee increase applies to trans-Atlantic flights (now $75 each way). Looks like the domestic $30 hasn't changed. -- nm - Meg Apr 22, 14:50 2
- bumped it to $35. $30 is only if you buy in advance. -- nm - colin Apr 22, 14:53 1
  - Oops, guess that didn't come up in my search :( and it only went to $30 just a while back. -- nm - Meg Apr 22, 14:59
Uhm ... hey, Pippy. (nmbPippy) - ReluctantCynic Apr 22, 14:40 1
- Buwhaaa I’ll go check! -- nm - Pippy The Scamp Apr 22, 15:19
Nanos Valaoritis, 1972 -- (link) - mud Apr 22, 14:35 1
- Valar morghulis. -- nm - The Keeper of Hypochondria Apr 22, 14:54
Gas: $1.09 -- nm - Spawn Apr 22, 14:32 4
- I just paid $2.41 for 89 octane. Spawn deceived me. -- nm* - Max Apr 22, 16:49
- Same here. I love the low prices on gas, but it is devastating oil producers all over Texas. -- nm - GregW Apr 22, 15:12
- I was happy with the $1.88 I paid until I saw this -- nm - crash davis Apr 22, 14:57
- I gotta get me some of that. -- nm - Max Apr 22, 14:35
Okay, wait just one goddamn minute here: Ansel Elgort posted noods on Instagram, and none of you chucklenuts bothered to tell me?!?!?!? -- (edited) - The Jester of Couch Apr 22, 14:28 10
- I’m not on Instagram. -- nm - Qale Apr 22, 17:08
- Does it help or hurt that I do not know the name? -- nm - Spawn Apr 22, 16:11
- I only saw that this morning and thought it may have been discussed already. *hands head in hag shame* -- nm - Diva Apr 22, 14:37
- I had to look him up. He's 2" taller than Anson Mount. -- nm - Max Apr 22, 14:36 1
  - Anson ... Ansel ... whatever works. -- nm - The Jester of Couch Apr 22, 14:39
- I have failed as a gay noods lookout. - Pippy- bedazzled beak Apr 22, 14:30 4
  - (spoilers) - The Jester of Couch Apr 22, 14:32 3
    - Is it this one? -- (pic) -- (link*) - JD Apr 22, 14:37 [Attachment] 2
      - Whoa -- nm - Pippy The Scamp Apr 22, 15:20
      - !!! - The Jester of Couch Apr 22, 14:37
SITWAP: Abigail Disney's response to the whole Disney exec bonus horseshit. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 22, 14:27 1
- Yeah, she's right. It's the madness of the American stock market. -- nm - Doctor Melancholy Apr 22, 14:29
tangled up in blue -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 22, 14:26 1
- by KT Tunstall: -- (link) - mud Apr 22, 14:39 [youtube]
Chipotle will pay a record $25 million in fines for serving tainted food that left 1,100 people sick -- (link) - Remlik Apr 22, 14:25 1
- Good thing they surpassed Q1 earnings expectations, then! -- nm - The Keeper of Hypochondria Apr 22, 14:32

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