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Has anyone actually listened to Ministry’s “Everyday is Halloween” on any day *other* than Halloween? -- nm - Qale May 26, 07:25
AC out at the house this weekend. Guy coming to look at it today. *sigh* -- nm - oblique May 26, 07:19 2
- Always happens when a tax refund or stimulus check arrives -- nm - budice May 26, 07:27
- you sure are having a run of bad luck -- nm - decline May 26, 07:25
The Ickabog is live. -- (link*) - Shaun May 26, 07:17
Small businesses leave $150 billion in PPP funds untapped -- (link) - znufrii, silly old man May 26, 07:13 1
- I know some people who got them and haven't spent them because of the % that has to be spent on employees. They're hoping they change the requirement -- (edited) - jnine May 26, 07:17
Moving Out on Xbox Game Pass is a rather fun and light game. You're a mover and you need to empty out apartments and houses as fast as possible. - Krusty May 26, 07:11 3
- Billy Joel soundtrack? -- nm - Reagen May 26, 07:13 2
  - Also, fuck you for giving me this ear worm now. It wasn't in my head the entire time I played the game but one mention here and it's stuck. - Krusty May 26, 07:23
  - I'm happy to say, no. -- nm - Krusty May 26, 07:17
It's go time for the Chunky Dunk drawing! -- (link) - Krusty May 26, 07:00 1
- How about this storage rack? -- (link) - loosilu May 26, 07:21
Anyone checking out Minecraft Dungeons today? -- nm - Shaun May 26, 06:58 3
- I think I get it as part of the game pass. I'll probably make sure to claim it. I did start playing Oxygen Not Required. Holy crap is that addictive -- nm - oblique May 26, 07:20 2
  - As someone who just recently got an Xbox, Game Pass is pretty awesome. For a relatively small fee, I instantly have access to over a hundred games. -- nm - Shaun May 26, 07:26 1
    - And they're putting some rather big titles on their these days. A lot of the games I play right now I got from Game Pass. - Krusty May 26, 07:28
____ has written to Jack Dorsey asking him to delete tweets by President Trump spreading a debunked conspiracy theory about his late wife’s death .. -- (link) - mud May 26, 06:42 7
- This is the sort of shit that tanked his approval ratings early in 2017. In a perverse sense, it's good news. -- nm - Reagen May 26, 07:10 3
  - Seth Rich 2.0? -- nm - mud May 26, 07:12 2
    - I forget exactly what it was, which tells you something. -- nm - Reagen May 26, 07:13 1
      - It's Joe Scarborough's former staffer. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 07:55
- POLITICO: the company has been reluctant to remove them out of free speech and censorship concerns. -- (link) - mud May 26, 07:08
- Twitter response -- (link) - mud May 26, 07:04 1
  - Just delete his fucking tweets. - Will Hunting May 26, 07:29
So the kid get interviewed by one of the big radio stations over the weekend about the SpaceX launch (one of the astronauts is from her HS) - spamlet May 26, 06:38 12
- That's so cool. I wanted to be an astronomer until I saw how much math was involved. -- nm - jnine May 26, 07:20
- Sweet!! -- nm - kelly May 26, 07:17
- Fantastic! -- nm - znufrii, silly old man May 26, 06:54
- that's awesome -- nm - decline May 26, 06:52
- that's terrific. she must be thrilled -- nm - prayformojo May 26, 06:49
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty May 26, 06:47
- fantastic! How was she chosen? -- nm - loosilu May 26, 06:43 3
  - She wants to be an astronaut and is going to Space Camp for the 4th time this summer. They contacted the district and someone there suggested her. -- nm - spamlet May 26, 06:49 2
    - Very cool! -- nm - Krusty May 26, 06:53
    - Nice. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 06:51
- Sweet! Hoping for your sake it's not the early morning show. 4 am start is just wrong. -- nm - Open Baron May 26, 06:43
- So cool! -- nm - Andie May 26, 06:39
"You've tried almond milk and soy milk, but are you ready for the hottest new craze: beef milk - prayformojo May 26, 06:24
Its Training Day people. I CAN NOT tell you how EXCITED I am for this. Did I tell you I was excited? - Walt_Disney May 26, 06:08 2
- SAP is a lot like an onion. It has many layers and makes you want to cry -- nm - Beaker May 26, 06:19
- Does King Kong have anything on you? -- nm - Open Baron May 26, 06:09
"Spoiler! It's not a real table." - Shaun May 26, 06:04 1
- It's blowing me away how many celebrity voices I recognize on the show. I thought Dr. Psycho was Spongebob but it turned out to be more surprising. - Open Baron May 26, 06:09
Sneakers help! At 10am this morning I could use help trying to buy these sneakers. Info inside... - Krusty May 26, 05:59 28
- welp, that sucked -- nm - JaxSean May 26, 07:11 4
  - Couldn't enter? -- nm - Krusty May 26, 07:12 3
    - I was on a work call but when I tried I got stuck reloading, then it was sold out -- nm - JaxSean May 26, 07:19 2
      - (mainly blaming work) -- nm - JaxSean May 26, 07:21
      - Ah, thanks for giving it a try. I've learned to not get upset about missing out on sneakers. I've also learned to avoid social media when I do miss - Krusty May 26, 07:21
- They are either really slow sending the SMS code, or this is a US only draw. -- nm - Shaun May 26, 07:05 3
  - US only, I think. Sorry. Canada gets so screwed with sneaker releases. I have some Canadian sneaker friends that have to spoof their location - Krusty May 26, 07:07 2
    - Fair enough. I tried! -- nm - Shaun May 26, 07:11 1
      - Much appreciated! :-) -- nm - Krusty May 26, 07:13
- I assume the bots are already hitting the page. I can't even sign up. -- nm - spamlet May 26, 06:57 7
  - Keep refreshing and it should let you enter. Bots can't do much with Nike these days. It's usually Nike's fault when there's an issue. -- (edited) - Krusty May 26, 07:03 6
    - I'm entered. Good thing I entered in your size because I really like them. -- nm - jnine May 26, 07:15 1
      - Heh. :-) Nike SB makes the most interesting and different sneakers of any brand. Google Nike SB and look at the images and you'll see some insane - Krusty May 26, 07:20
    - I'm entered. -- nm - spamlet May 26, 07:11 3
      - *fingers crossed* -- nm - Krusty May 26, 07:12 2
        
        When will I know if I’ve won? -- nm - spamlet May 26, 07:22 1
        
        Sometimes they email you to say if you won or lost. More likely is you'll get an alert from your bank that there was a transaction. - Krusty May 26, 07:38
- Where do you put all of your shoes? -- nm - loosilu May 26, 06:51 5
  - I have stacks of boxes in my bedroom and in my living room. I'm lucky enough to have a 2bd apt. but we lack - Krusty May 26, 06:56 4
    - what about Ikea racks? -- nm - loosilu May 26, 06:57 3
      - I'm not sure they're deep enough. They have a wood shelving unit that looks nice but is $150. I'm going to try and find some used metal racks - Krusty May 26, 07:06 2
        
        They have metal storage racks that are very versatile. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 07:14 1
        
        I need to get some measurements of my boxes and see if they have something that will work. -- nm - Krusty May 26, 07:22
- Do we need the app? -- nm - spamlet May 26, 06:34 2
  - I don't think so. -- nm - Krusty May 26, 06:35 1
    - 👍🏻 -- nm - spamlet May 26, 06:39
- Do you have to enter through the app? -- nm - jnine May 26, 06:33 1
  - I think you can enter using the website instead of the app. -- nm - Krusty May 26, 06:35
"Nice Presidential Approval chart you've got there... it'd be a shame if someone... threw a whole bunch of noise into it! MUAHAHAHA" -- nm - YouGov May 26, 05:45 1
- Also, Trump continues to struggle winning over Utahns. -- (link) - Reagen May 26, 05:50
I have my defend your life budget meeting at 10 today. so if you could think nonviolent, green colored thoughts, I would be most appreciative. - amanda May 26, 05:23 15
- Cut 20% across the board. It'll be fine. Revenues are down, its understandable. -- nm* - budice May 26, 05:33 12
  - we cut 21%. they're asking for another 15%. we're suggesting they chill the f*ck out because this whole joint is running on IT right now. - amanda May 26, 05:38 11
    - Maybe if they have an "outage" they'll see how necessary it is. -- nm - jnine May 26, 06:34 1
      - Go on strike, see who runs Bartertown -- nm - budice May 26, 06:35
    - Seriously. Such is the curse of IT. Chronically undervalued. They never notice you unless something isn't working. -- nm - Open Baron May 26, 05:46 8
      - I keep telling our CIO that the reason they think they can cut is because IT is invisible to them. they don't see the value because they've never had - amanda May 26, 05:52 5
        
        Tell the CIO that he has any of his requests have to be added to the IT Work Plan each January and there are no resources for more. - Walt_Disney May 26, 06:19
        
        Wait til Outlook and Calendar-ing stop working...whoa boy -- nm - budice May 26, 05:55 3
        
        I think the plan is to tell them that we need to move to google for productivity if they want to cut more. -- nm - amanda May 26, 06:02 2
        
        "We are hereby disabling the inclusion of any attachments to email, thereby saving the company 90% in monthly bandwith usage fees. - Open Baron May 26, 06:05 1
        
        You can only reply to one person instead of reply all. Send 50 individual emails/invitations instead. -- nm - jnine May 26, 07:22
      - And when everything is working, they wonder what they pay you for. - Shaun May 26, 05:52 1
        
        exactly this. -- nm - amanda May 26, 05:52
- So many positive sprinkle-covered thoughts coming your way. -- nm - Open Baron May 26, 05:29
- give 'em hell, kid -- nm - prayformojo May 26, 05:29
This seems like an odd time to do this. "Warner Music Group Launches IPO" -- (link) - JaxSean May 26, 05:15
JK Rowling with some news -- (link*) - budice May 26, 05:09 2
- Also. -- (link) - Shaun May 26, 05:52 1
  - OK, this is good news! (NM) - Marlowe May 26, 06:44
Don't be alarmed that Stevie Nicks is trending on Twitter. It's her birthday. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 04:53
So I got up at 5:30 to be ready for a 6:30 meeting (surgeons... what are you gonna do?) only to find it had been canceled. -- nm - Open Baron May 26, 04:09 2
- When did they cancel it? -- nm - JaxSean May 26, 04:35 1
  - There was a notice sent out after 8 last night. -- nm - Open Baron May 26, 04:38
We’re all children of the 80s. We all know Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas starred as Crocket and Tubbs on Miami Vice. But... - Mop May 25, 23:53 10
- Scarecrow and Mrs King? -- nm - LMS May 26, 06:50
- Duchess and Chet Manley -- nm - Beaker May 26, 05:57
- Oh,honey -- (edited) - Spawn May 26, 05:39 [Backboard]
- Austin Millbarge and Emmitt Fitz-Hume -- nm - Volnelk, Caveman and Survivor # Picking Champion. May 26, 05:38
- Sonny "Burnett" comes to mind. I think Tubbs used a different name episode 1 but not sure. -- nm - zunkskunk May 26, 05:24
- Duchess? -- nm - VMan May 26, 05:24 2
  - I loved that dog. -- nm - Open Baron May 26, 05:29
  - and Lance Vance? -- nm - VMan May 26, 05:28
- Nick Soapdish and Tits McGee. -- nm - Open Baron May 26, 04:15 1
  - Alternate guess: Phil Spiderman. -- nm - Open Baron May 26, 04:21
There was an American version of Taskmaster on Comedy Central in 2018 hosted by Reggie Watts -- (link) - Mop May 25, 23:50 1
- I was warned to avoid it as it's not nearly as good as the English version. I love the English show! -- nm - Krusty May 26, 06:09
GOT S5E1 and E2 were slow. Ploddingly slow. -- nm - JaxSean May 25, 23:29 7
- I'm sure you've answered this, but is this your first run through the series? -- nm - Open Baron May 26, 04:11 2
  - Yes. I'd made it through season 1 and some/all/forget of season 2 before. I got the HBO Max deal so I'm running through them all now. -- nm* - JaxSean May 26, 04:29 1
    - What fun! Please keep us posted or... you know, Rains of Castamere. -- nm - Open Baron May 26, 04:37
- Was this the season with Hound and Needle walking around planning to kill people? Because I enjoyed that. -- nm - Max May 26, 03:57 2
  - That was Season 4, which has been my favorite by far because of those two. (major spoils) - JaxSean May 26, 04:32 [Backboard]
  - It's when they realized they had to stretch things out because they were going to run out of book material. -- nm - Open Baron May 26, 04:16
- Needed more dong. -- nm - Mop May 26, 00:04
"I only brought two goons. I thought this was gonna be a two-goon job. That's on me." -- nm - David May 25, 23:24
wild horses fight on outer banks beach as tourists watch...video is wild -- (link) - zeitgeist May 25, 22:44 3
- Aw, feck, we missed it! -- nm - U2 May 26, 04:46
- "Charlie's mane is so tangled, even the beachcombers have stopped showing up. Hey Charlie, is that a clump of seaweed on your neck? Yep, oh sh-." -- nm - a minute earlier May 25, 23:31 1
  - I love when I know I'm right before I even mouseover the username. -- nm - amanda May 26, 05:20
So, Norman Xiong (one of the best college golfers in last few years) is playing in the Outlaw Tour (think Single A compared to MLB), tomorrow - Flavorize May 25, 22:36
H9N2. Oh boy. -- (link) - Beryllium May 25, 22:31
Is Uncut Gems the last of 2019 films to hit dvd or are we still waiting on others? -- nm - Max May 25, 22:24 1
- It just hit Netflix. It's been out on DVD since March 10th. I don't think we have anything in the queue at this point. -- nm - David May 25, 22:47
Peaked at 6.3M viewers, the previous record was 4.9M. for the 1st round of the 2010 Masters on ESPN — Woods’ first tournament after a tabloid scandal. -- (link) - GregW May 25, 22:02 2
- imagine if it was on channel people could watch -- nm - Beaker May 26, 04:17
- it was literally the only game in town -- nm - zeitgeist May 25, 22:45
It is leaving Game Pass at the end of the month. But now was not the time to finally play Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. -- nm* - Qale May 25, 21:58
Man, that scammy wedding photographer is really grateful to a certain woman in Central Park tonight. -- nm - Mop May 25, 21:57 1
- Well, we'll see what tomorrow holds for that guy. -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 22:04
ST Poll: Start, Bench, Cut: Tacos, Donuts, and Pizza -- nm - Flavorize May 25, 21:39 12
- Start: Pizza (duh) Bench: Tacos Cut: Donuts. -- nm - Shaun May 26, 06:00
- fish do not belong in tacos, bacon does not belong on donuts, and clams do not belong on pizza. -- nm - Max May 26, 04:40 3
  - Worst take on this board. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 05:04
  - So very WRONG. Some of my favorite tacos are fish/shrimp based. Bacon on a maple glazed donut is amazing. - JaxSean May 26, 04:43
  - I lurve fish tacos to the point of it being hard for me to bypass them when they're on the menu. -- nm - Open Baron May 26, 04:42
- Is this some sport version of FMK? I'd say Start: Pizza, Bench: Tacos, Cut: Donuts. - JaxSean May 26, 04:33
- you can eat pizza for breakfast, you can't (well *shouldn't*) eat donuts for dinner -- nm - zeitgeist May 25, 23:09
- I can’t it’s too hard - Epiphany May 25, 21:52 1
  - word -- nm - Spawn May 25, 23:02
- Start: Pizza, Bench: Donuts, Cut: Tacos -- nm - Krusty May 25, 21:41 2
  - I hate to lose tacos, but I must concur. -- nm - Open Baron May 26, 04:41
  - this -- nm - Beaker May 26, 04:17
Heh, for the underwater video I took yesterday, I managed to catch some footage of a diver -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 21:35 5
- Not up close, unfortunately, but I can clearly see them swim across the screen -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 21:36 4
  - Did you see him anywhere but in the footage? Boat nearby? -- nm - Flavorize May 25, 21:37 1
    - I think I talked to him a few minutes later when he got out of the water :) -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 21:39
  - Doesn't work too well as a screenshot -- (pic) - Beryllium May 25, 21:37 [Attachment] 1
    - Pretty sure that's a mermaid - Flavorize May 25, 21:39

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