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5th inning stretch! -- nm - Krusty May 3, 09:04
ERC on Tenet's box office... - David May 3, 08:49 6
- relatedly, Cheerios has had a free movie admission promo running here for up to the end of June. I've thrown away soooo many movie tickets. -- nm - Reagen May 3, 09:03
- Netflix should offer to buy it. -- nm - Beaker May 3, 08:56 3
  - ERC or Tenet? - spamlet May 3, 09:03
  - minimum bid: $500M. -- nm - Reagen May 3, 09:03 1
    - I was just telling Kim that Netflix missed an opportunity here to grab some of these films. They had the cash surplus. -- nm - David May 3, 09:04
- I'm dying to see it. I aint going to a theater. Small screen later will have to do. :-[ -- nm - mud May 3, 08:52
People are making so much bread they had to bring an 11th century flour mill back into service -- (link) - Reagen May 3, 08:40 1
- ...and all too late.....did they realize.....the blood-chilling reason that 11th century flour mill was shut down in the first place -- nm - prayformojo May 3, 08:45
Quality Internet Video -- (link) - Qale May 3, 08:17 1
- That's awesome -- nm - JaxSean May 3, 10:44
Forza 6: The difference between the expert and pro difficulty seems to be quite large. - Krusty May 3, 08:09 17
- I need to play a bit to warm up again. -- nm - spamlet May 3, 09:05 1
  - I started playing again the other day and after a few races it comes back to you. -- nm - Krusty May 3, 09:08
- Today happens to be the 15th anniversary of the franchise launch -- (link) - Max May 3, 08:52 1
  - Cool. I'm surprised they're not doing something for the anniversary. -- nm - Krusty May 3, 08:58
- I also wonder if Max plays on the unbeatable difficulty. -- nm* - Krusty May 3, 08:10 12
  - FF7 hard mode is basically "every opponent is John Wick with a lightsaber." - David May 3, 08:51 7
    - Hahaha! I'm curious who they make the game for when it's that difficult -- nm - Krusty May 3, 08:57 6
      - YouTube influencers, who promptly do videos of "How to Easily Defeat This Boss..." - David May 3, 08:58 5
        
        Of course. I hate those people. - Krusty May 3, 09:06 4
        
        heh. The top players in the world find Unbeatable ridiculously easy. They can beat a flying lap from their own standing start. - Max May 3, 09:09 3
        
        That's insane -- nm - Krusty May 3, 09:25
        
        So, basically cheating. - Will Hunting May 3, 09:14 1
        
        No, it's that the A.I. still isn't developed enough to keep up. -- nm - Max May 3, 09:15
  - In FH4 I play on expert just to get the races done so I can get the reward cars. I forget which setting but either Pro or Unbeatable, - Max May 3, 08:49 3
    - Interesting. I haven't tried unbeatable yet and I'm not sure I'll get there for a while. I don't think manual would make enough of - Krusty May 3, 08:56 2
      - Manual does cut down shifting time. You should try it. I can rank around top 1000 worldwide with manual but would be top 500 if I used manual+clutch. - Max May 3, 09:07 1
        
        That's actually a bigger difference than I thought. As you mentioned, I'm still trying to get better at controlling the car so manual will - Krusty May 3, 09:24
Technically, they’re only murder hornets if they are convicted. -- nm - Volnelk May 3, 08:04 3
- Until then they are just Bee enforcers, hey nice little hive you gots here, bee a shame it anything should happen to it -- nm - zeitgeist May 3, 11:52
- If not, do they promise to dedicate the rest of their lives to find the real murderer? -- nm - Qale May 3, 08:10 1
  - I’d like you to read my new book “If I Did It”. -- nm - Acquitted Hornet May 3, 08:12
Biden missing out on the GIJoe tie-in - budice May 3, 07:14
Hello.... - secretslacker May 3, 07:02 19
- Hey hey! Nice to see you stop in. I hope you're doing well despite the lockdown. -- nm - Krusty May 3, 07:14 15
  - I'm getting by... it's a nice day and I think I might go up to the roof and enjoy some sun and air for a bit. -- nm - secretslacker May 3, 07:18 14
    - Nice! The park near me has been a bit too crowded so I'm trying to figure out where I can go for some outdoor time that isn't just walking around the - Krusty May 3, 07:32 13
      - From what I can tell, walking around the block (or blocks) in your area is it. - ty97 May 3, 07:33 12
        
        Yeah, I'm not comfortable in the parks right now. I think there are some old, unused train tracks I can go explore. The only street closed here is -- (edited) - Krusty May 3, 07:37 5
        
        Apparently they've only closed 7 miles so far and plan to go to at least 40 and perhaps 100 -- nm - ty97 May 3, 07:38 4
        
        I know and it's a joke that it's taking them this long to do even this little bit. They need to close more streets asap. Not tomorrow, right now. - Krusty May 3, 08:02
        
        BTW, I applied for a job as a contact tracer cause... why not? :) -- nm - secretslacker May 3, 07:39 2
        
        Disaster Doxxer -- nm - Qale May 3, 07:44
        
        Good idea! We are going to need many tracers for sure -- nm - ty97 May 3, 07:41
        
        Unfortunately all those street closures are too far uptown. I haven't really been above Delancey since March 14. - secretslacker May 3, 07:35 5
        
        The issue with your area/all of downtown is the sidewalks are so narrow so it's nearly impossible to be socially distant. -- (edited) - Krusty May 3, 08:03 4
        
        Yup, totally... at least down here there isn't that much traffic either... but everyone is wearing a mask and I certainly am. -- nm - secretslacker May 3, 08:08 3
        
        They can certainly close streets near you right now. I figured you were being extra cautious and weren't venturing out too often or for too long. -- (edited) - Krusty May 3, 08:12 2
        
        Nah, even though I had an auto-immune disease, I'm pretty confident in my rebuilt immune system and six years is well beyond the real danger zone. - secretslacker May 3, 08:28 1
        
        Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty May 3, 08:58
- BTW, for those who still play the game and are interested in its future (whatever color it may be), there's a survey you should take part in. -- (link) - secretslacker May 3, 07:13 2
  - This is idle curiosity -- I haven't played for years -- but do people have any idea who Lobogotti is and what his qualifications are? Or is everyone - mara May 3, 07:22 1
    - I've actually been talking to Lobogotti offline and he seems legitimately interested in keeping something going. - secretslacker May 3, 07:26
Stillwater, Oklahoma’s mayor rescinds the mask requirements as employees are threatened with violence. -- (link) - Qale May 3, 06:54 1
- "I am not the kind of person who backs down from bullies,..." - Will Hunting May 3, 06:57
My favorite reaction to the Cowboys/Dalton signing -- (link) - Flavorize May 3, 06:43
Finishing up B99's season (big spoils) - Will Hunting May 3, 06:38 1
- This was such a great season. I had my concerns with how it started off but it got better and better and ended up strong. - Krusty May 3, 07:34
This model is shit. 74k dead in the US by August. We will be there by Friday. -- (edited) - Will Hunting May 3, 05:29 9
- It also hasn’t been updated since April 27th so... -- nm - Qale May 3, 06:42 2
  - They update weekly -- and that was 6 days ago --- but even then, there was no evidence that 74k was realistic. - Will Hunting May 3, 06:54 1
    - I said “also!” -- nm - Qale May 3, 06:55
- Like a *rosy* prediction is that the daily totals average 1k for May. That puts you just shy of 100k at that point. -- nm - Reagen May 3, 05:55 5
  - Or, put another way, 74000 by the end of August means the average deaths/day drops *today* to 54 per. -- nm - Reagen May 3, 06:06 4
    - It pretty obvious this "model" is just administration damage control. -- nm - Inigo May 3, 06:08 2
      - I get (sorta) why Trump and them would sell it, but why would U-Dub's group have such a shitty model? That's so bad, you should just fire the - Will Hunting May 3, 06:29 1
        
        Trump's team seems incapable of thinking more than a week out at a time. - Reagen May 3, 06:31
    - "end of May" is a only slightly less ludicrous 226 per. -- nm - Reagen May 3, 06:06
JFC - this is how big "murder hornets" are. -- (link) - Reagen May 3, 05:14 [Image] 2
- I think that's fake. But only slightly. -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 08:51
- Well, we had a good run as humanity. - Will Hunting May 3, 06:24
TV PSA: Billions, Atlanta's Missing and Murdered The Lost Children, American Idol, Batwoman, Naked and Afraid, Outlander, Simpsons, Wall, Duncanville, -- nm - Beaker May 3, 04:21 5
- Looking forward to Billions -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) May 3, 08:25
- Bob's Burgers, Celebrity IOU, Good Witch, Killing Eve, Supergirl, Westworld, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, Family Guy, Good Girls, Baptiste, Rookie, -- nm - Beaker May 3, 04:22 3
  - Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, Insecure, Run, Rick & Morty, other stuff -- nm - Beaker May 3, 04:24 2
    - Oak island season finale in Canada too -- nm - Beaker May 3, 08:57
    - 3: Westworld (season finale), Killing Eve, Penny Dreadful: -- nm - mud May 3, 07:17
Russia reports 10,000 new cases just today.... -- (link) - zeitgeist May 3, 02:16
‘Murder Hornets’ in the U.S.: The Rush to Stop the Asian Giant Hornet - crash davis May 3, 01:29 2
- I’m going to need some stupid YouTubers to deliberately get stung before I believe this. -- nm - Qale May 3, 06:47
- Why bother? They don't kill that many people. -- nm - Dano May 3, 06:24
seattle times: 4 out of 5 restaurants will close -- (link) - zeitgeist May 3, 01:15 1
- Shorter link with one step -- (link) - . May 3, 04:38
cool take down of the whiny white gun club protesting stay home...this was the apocalypse they prepped for, nuke/rapture.... -- (link) - zeitgeist May 2, 22:11
France extends lock down 2 months, incoming travelers face two weeks quarantine. -- (link) - zeitgeist May 2, 22:09
*sigh* and now an email from a board member asking where they might find the guidelines I refer to in my email. Try the society's website!!! -- nm - Meg May 2, 21:19 6
- I tried googling but could only find p0rn, OJ simpson, and spiders -- nm - zeitgeist May 2, 22:13
- Ah! ... can you remind me of the society's website address? -- nm - Mop May 2, 21:28 4
  - e-mail response from member "I don't have the internet" -- nm - ty97 May 2, 21:44 1
    - Buwhaaa -- nm - Epiphany May 2, 21:48
  - Gave them the link :) It's not like we don't promote this information at every conference, outreach program, newsletter, and meeting :/ -- nm - Meg May 2, 21:41 1
    - reply Monday after 10 am. you're busy with weekend stuff. -- nm - Peglegpete May 2, 21:46
This is a really ambitious game I've had my eye on and bought when it was on sale this weekend. I will try to stream it tomorrow. -- (link) - Tim May 2, 20:55 1
- It's like...what if Papers Please were a FMV game I think? -- nm - Tim May 2, 21:02
The bunnies are back in town. -- (link) - Beryllium May 2, 20:40 [flickr] 1
- Lot's in my area. And out earlier than they are usually. -- nm - . May 2, 22:50
LOL -- (link) - Beryllium May 2, 20:22 3
- comedy is timing -- nm - Max May 2, 20:42
- total set up, wide open space with no coverage for the mouse. Probably waited until they had a hawk sighted on a telephone pole -- nm - rollo May 2, 20:27 1
  - rats and mice are highly territorial, moving one from your house to a park is a death sentence anyway -- nm - zeitgeist May 2, 22:06
I think Thor 2 gets a bad rap, because seriously fuck Asgard. -- nm - Qale May 2, 20:07 1
- Nah, it was a really bad movie. ;-) -- nm - Krusty May 3, 06:03
Cowboys sign QB Andy Dalton to a 1yr deal. -- nm - Strongbad May 2, 20:04
I easily made 25% more on my paycheck in March because of all the overtime. And it looks like April will be the same. I'm gonna bankrupt someone. -- nm - Mop May 2, 19:54
Little girl creates a catchy, viral song -- (link) - Flavorize May 2, 19:41 2
- "And then my son tried to respond with a similar inquiry song, and we had to take the guitar away." -- nm - this is why we can't have nice song things May 2, 19:50
- Which gets a pretty good remix -- (link) - Flavorize May 2, 19:42
Also it turns out "if you open it, they will come" doesn't really hold -- (link) - Reagen May 2, 19:20 4
- But I heard supply-side economics was a thing -- nm - Max May 2, 19:41
- cause the silent majority aren't a bunch of fucking idiots and the loud minority are fucking cowards -- nm - Beaker May 2, 19:23 2
  - Yup, I think majority still support closure. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) May 2, 20:15 1
    - Like 80% -- nm - Will Hunting May 2, 20:17
First game of non-computer Risk in forever. 3 hours and we called it a 3 player draw (I knocked out the 4th) - Beaker May 2, 19:18 2
- Sounds like three losers to me. -- nm - Qale May 2, 19:38 1
  - I may of been drinking... -- nm - Beaker May 2, 20:09
Becky Lynch apparently has landed a role in an upcoming Marvel movie. - Will Hunting May 2, 19:13 2
- - -- nm* - Flavorize May 2, 19:57
- cena and the rock are helping her. Where did you see that news? -- nm - Remlik May 2, 19:21
Judge rejected Huntington Beach's request to keep beaches open. HB beachfront this afternoon -- (link) - budice May 2, 19:13
Looks like I missed it, but they had celebs playing Jackbox games on Friday night. -- (link) - Mop May 2, 19:12 1
- Yup, I posted about it, but while it was on. It was hilarious and fun. -- nm - JaxSean May 2, 19:29
I'm following up The Farewell with Roger Corman's Forbidden World, which looks to have been made for approximately $53,420.17 -- nm - prayformojo May 2, 19:11 1
- That might be on the high side for Corman. -- nm* - . May 2, 22:51
What is Kawasaki disease? The rare child syndrome might have link to Covid-19 -- (link) - ty97 May 2, 18:57 7
- Back when I was renting, the landlord had a grandkid with it -- nm - Beryllium May 2, 19:14
- Travolta's kid died from it. -- nm - loosilu May 2, 19:02 5
  - He died from Sudden Unexplained Death from Epilepsy. Nm - ralph wiggum May 3, 03:06
  - I was hospitalized with it when I was (3?) -- nm - ty97 May 2, 19:03 3
    - wow!!! I had no idea!no surprise they didn't know. That's a huge wow -- nm - loosilu May 2, 19:50 1
      - Yeah, it was first described in 1967, so I had it just over 10 years later - ty97 May 2, 20:12
    - It was NOT well known then, doctors in Rockland could not figure out what was wrong with me - ty97 May 2, 19:04
Heh. -- (link) - Beryllium May 2, 18:55 5
- If they don’t use it for employees they have to pay it back. It’s not forgiveable otherwise. -- nm - spamlet May 2, 19:19 2
  - when they received the loan, the employees they had were management and they were kept on so..... -- nm - zeitgeist May 2, 20:49 1
    - You have to compare headcount to last year at this time, not when the funds were received. -- nm - spamlet May 3, 06:30
- I'm shocked! -- nm - Mop May 2, 19:09
- "Upon Wiseman's admission he was immediately stripped of his law license. "Because he was there." said the Louisiana Bar Association." -- nm - in a slightly more perfect world May 2, 19:05
I should spent more time reviewing scholarship applications but I guess I'll just distribute them to the board and see what happens. - Meg May 2, 18:50 3
- This is from a letter of recommendation for a student who's not yet submitted an application. - Meg May 2, 20:07 2
  - Strange... -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) May 2, 20:20 1
    - Ah, the use of gender -neutral pronouns may be the student's choice. Found them on Facebook. Also discovered they're friends with - Meg May 2, 20:53
One of the MANY differences is that, COVID is leaving people with severe permanent damage. -- nm - loosilu May 2, 18:47 3
- what is truly frightening is the possibility that the ones who didn't feel a thing discover life shortening damage in later years -- nm - zeitgeist May 2, 22:17
- And allowing us to see how some people are already severily damaged to start with, such as Drumpf and Bozonaro. (NM) - Marlowe May 2, 18:53 1
  - a fucking men. -- nm - loosilu May 2, 19:01
Help me find a desk. - Mop May 2, 18:47 6
- I think I just need a folding table that doesn't look like I'm camping. -- (link) - Mop May 2, 19:06 5
  - half a dozen cinderblocks and a 3' x 4' board 1/2" thick from Lowes. maybe a little fabric on the board so the kids don't get splinters -- nm - Peglegpete May 2, 19:09 4
    - a door on top of two file drawers -- nm - zeitgeist May 2, 20:07 3
      - guess what the USPS has not delivered to me. thankfully not winners yet. -- nm* - Peglegpete May 2, 20:25 2
        
        mailed out tuesday -- nm - zeitgeist May 2, 20:50 1
        
        I know. the first ones from you showed up overnight. -- nm - Peglegpete May 2, 21:38
Eesh, the last 10 minutes of The Farewell got me (tiny spoils) - prayformojo May 2, 18:45 3
- Ending spoilers - David May 2, 18:49 2
  - incredible, right? and it would have been in my top 5 -- nm - prayformojo May 2, 18:51 1
    - More spoiler - . May 2, 22:44
Max, I'll give you another one. I have goiter. -- nm - loosilu May 2, 18:44 1
- What's next, Leprosy? -- nm - Max May 2, 18:50

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