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The 100 seasons 1 and 2: A (that is some darn good TV; GOT meets teen dystopian novel) -- nm - Beaker May 29, 16:49 2
- at this point, who is your favorite 3 characters? -- nm - Jovian May 29, 16:56
- I loooooved the return of Radioactive to show them coming full circle. -- nm* - David May 29, 16:51
Now playing: A Silver Sphere Production. Phantasm: Ravager No roman numerals on this title card - JD May 29, 16:46
"A recession is when your neighbor loses his job. A depression is when you lose yours. A recovery is when Donald Trump loses his." -- (link) - TWuG May 29, 16:45
Oooh,looks like I hurt someone's feelings. -- (pic) - John B May 29, 16:41 [Attachment]
Some insanely pro-Xbox person on Twitter just said that Minecraft Dungeons is the GOTY. -- nm - Shaun May 29, 16:40 3
- I mean, he's an insanely pro-Xbox person, so grain of salt. -- nm - Mop May 29, 17:00
- It’s only March though. -- nm - Qale May 29, 16:59
- It's not Animal Crossing, so that can't be right. -- nm - Dark Callisto May 29, 16:42
Also, "Death by Explosion" is the third leading cause of death in Harlan County. -- nm - Reagen May 29, 16:36 10
- #1 is Raylan Givens -- nm - David May 29, 16:41 3
  - #6 is apple pie -- nm - prayformojo May 29, 16:52
  - or Boyd crowder...? -- nm - Beaker May 29, 16:41 1
    - Nah, Boyd tries to have other people do it. -- nm - David May 29, 16:42
- Of course. -- nm - Dark Callisto May 29, 16:40 1
  - I also get a kick out of Loretta "OK Boomer"ing everyone before that was a thing. -- nm - Reagen May 29, 16:50
- The Hurt Locker -- nm - budice May 29, 16:40
- Fire in the hole. -- nm - Beryllium May 29, 16:39 2
  - (Actually, the real #1 killer is heart disease, followed by cancer and diabetes) -- nm - Beryllium May 29, 16:45 1
    - The tv show numbers for drug related deaths are probably underreported compared to real figures. -- nm - Max May 29, 16:46
Question I had to ask whilst watching this: "What kind of racist gibberish is this?" ... it talks about training primitives to be civilized. -- (link) - Beryllium May 29, 16:35 [youtube] 1
- I mean, maybe it turns it around into a learning opportunity about respecting cultures, but I highly doubt it from the stereotypical whooping. -- nm - Beryllium May 29, 16:40
Dayton Moore is good people. -- (link) - David May 29, 16:34
This is just a feeling, but it seems like Team Biden is ramping up their social media push. - Volnelk May 29, 16:32
I can’t stand & watch this happen to a great 21st Century Sanctuary City. A total lack of leadership. Either the very weak President of the time, -- (link*) - Gul Dukat May 29, 16:26
Trump's Twitter freakout is like a message board war from the early days of the internet -- (link) - Reagen May 29, 16:24 11
- My Tiny Life, 1993/1999 -- (link) - Max May 29, 16:53
- Havens just got an email! -- nm - David May 29, 16:42
- Twitter should hire DMac to moderate -- nm - Dano May 29, 16:37 3
  - *bans Shades...just because* -- nm - Beaker May 29, 16:44
  - Suddenly quoting Shakespeare is a banning offense. -- nm - Reagen May 29, 16:38 1
    - "not properly sourced" -- nm - budice May 29, 16:39
- "...in the early 2000s, I spent a lot of time on online message boards." Are we behind the times? - Cuzzin Todd May 29, 16:32 4
  - We're a "splinter board!" -- nm - Dark Callisto May 29, 16:41 3
    - We're not a splinter board! We're the winners! That place died last month! -- nm - David May 29, 16:45 2
      - *plants flag in a pool of orange blood* -- nm - Dark Callisto May 29, 16:49 1
        
        Can't we go one day without planting a flag in someone's blood? -- nm - David May 29, 16:53
COVID positive person was out at several Lake of the Ozarks bars last weekend. Developed symptoms Sunday so yeah they were contagious. -- (link) - spamlet May 29, 15:54 3
- That was the video showing packed crowds in the pool, correct? -- nm - loosilu May 29, 16:13 1
  - Yup -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) May 29, 16:14
- who could of known!!?? -- nm - Beaker May 29, 16:00
The 100 season 2 major spoilers - Beaker May 29, 15:42 5
- season 2 finale spoilers - Beaker May 29, 16:35
- I'm behind or I'd pipe in -- nm - Pippy - blisters in the sun May 29, 15:47 3
  - and don't get me wrong; we all love the show -- nm - Beaker May 29, 15:51 2
    - Im in the current season, can I tell you all who is still alive and kicking? - Jovian May 29, 15:53 1
      - I know some from doing the TV PSA and seeing previews :) -- nm - Beaker May 29, 15:59
The Flynn-Kisylak transcripts are out there now. -- (link) - Reagen May 29, 15:33 1
- and I am pretty sure they do exactly the opposite of what this regime expected them to do. - Jovian May 29, 15:44
The last couple hours it's still quiet, but work's picking up again and I figured out it's because people are having procedures again. -- nm - Tim May 29, 15:32
So if The Longest Yard was 15 years ago, that is about how long I’ve known Colin in person. Wild. -- nm - Qale May 29, 15:25
Friday night feel-good poll: What is good or happy or cute or funny in your world this week? - Andie May 29, 15:25 21
- My delightful maniac turned 4 today. -- nm - znufrii May 29, 16:51
- nuthin -- nm - mud May 29, 16:45
- I assumed I'd have to "return" an audio library book since I already renewed it once, but I was able to renew it. - con_carne May 29, 16:04
- I sent my niece the musician a small Theremin. She & her husband love it. -- nm - Peglegpete May 29, 16:00 1
  - Oooh, that's really neat. -- nm - Dark Callisto May 29, 16:03
- Weather cooled off, mid70s hi, low 60s -- nm - budice May 29, 15:59
- Google Home bleeping David when he tried to send a message that said... - Dark Callisto May 29, 15:55 2
  - Guess what that made me say when it happened! -- nm - David May 29, 16:36
  - hee! -- nm - Tim May 29, 15:56
- We booked a cabin in Michigan for a couple of weeks from now to get away for a few days. -- nm - spamlet May 29, 15:52
- My neighbors are going on vacation tomorrow. This means we may have at least a few days without listening to their barking dogs for hours on end. -- nm - kelly May 29, 15:52 3
  - Also - I’m watching a live stream of Dropkick Murphys at Fenway Park. Waiting for the special guest - kelly May 29, 16:09 1
    - How did I know? -- nm - loosilu May 29, 16:17
  - good time to burn down their house -- nm - Beaker May 29, 15:52
- Texts From Mittens -- (link) - JD May 29, 15:33
- I managed not pull a case out of the jaws of a civil procedure defeat through "an act of measured brilliance" according to the heat litigator ... - ReluctantCynic May 29, 15:28
- My blood tests all came back in a normal or good range. -- nm - Meg May 29, 15:28
- My mom's street is teeming with brown rabbits this year. And no one cares. They are like squirrels here now. -- nm - Andie May 29, 15:28
- CinemaSins has been making me laugh. -- (link) - Max May 29, 15:27 [youtube]
- Xbox was zapped by lightning, but I still have my Nintendo Switch. - Qale May 29, 15:26
- I watched Wine Country with one of my oldest friends. Some great one liners and Tina Fey never disappoints -- nm - Pippy - blisters in the sun May 29, 15:25
Curfew for Minneapolis -- (link) - Beryllium May 29, 15:13 1
- "Clouds of pepper spray will be spread via drone through the entire city." -- nm - Mop May 29, 15:16
Universal are rebooting The Wolfman with Ryan Gosling. -- nm* - LMS May 29, 15:09 2
- how naked will he be? asking for a friend - Pippy - blisters in the sun May 29, 15:25
- So...Dark Universe, take 5? -- nm - Will Hunting May 29, 15:11
Norwegian couple find a Viking Burriel under the floorboards of their house -- (link) - Peglegpete May 29, 15:02 1
- Sounds like stories I've heard from southern Colorado when people start digging foundations for new buildings. -- nm - Meg May 29, 15:27
St. Paul PD claims it was not one of their officers smashing the windows in viral protest video -- (link) - znufrii May 29, 14:59 1
- Of course they do. - Spawn May 29, 15:07
Hi Bery, I need to hire you to redesign a website. It's not my website, but it needs help. -- (link) - ty97 May 29, 14:50 6
- For $4 per tiny square of pizza you’d think they could get real web development. -- nm - spamlet May 29, 16:01 1
  - That’s not pizza—that’s bread with toppings -- nm - Flavorize May 29, 16:04
- I'm sorry, I cannot improve on perfection. -- nm - Beryllium May 29, 15:08
- I think that's Mr. X's site. -- nm - David May 29, 14:54
- Nothing an EMP on the host couldn't solve -- nm - Reagen May 29, 14:54 1
  - It will be nice working with proper villains again! -- nm - Qale May 29, 14:56
“How can it already be June on Monday?” and “How is only June on Monday?” somehow both feel like valid sentiments at the same time. -- nm - Dano May 29, 14:50 2
- March 93rd -- nm - Spawn May 29, 15:00 1
  - *checks calendar* Accurate. -- nm - loosilu May 29, 15:02
“No physical findings that support a diagnosis of traumatic asphyxia or strangulation”...combination of force & health problems contributed to death. -- (link) - Remlik May 29, 14:43 17
- I haven't watched the vid in full but I thought I heard it showed he was alive when being kneeled on but motionless on the stretcher. - Max May 29, 15:13 1
  - Apparently, the charging statement says Chauvin kept his knee on FLoyd's neck for 2m45s AFTER he became unresponsive. -- nm - loosilu May 29, 15:19
- A further point on this -- (link) - Beryllium May 29, 15:11
- The family is getting an independent second autopsy. -- nm - loosilu May 29, 15:03
- (Though if force IS a factor then the jury can and should be instructed that for 3rd degree murder that plus reckless disregard for human life suffice -- nm - JackDawson May 29, 14:59 2
  - Right. I mean it could be true that he wasn't strangled but still be equally criminal (I'm not sure what 3rd degree murder requires). There is - pmb May 29, 15:44
  - On the news, a talking head said the criteria for murder one and two in MN are very strict. -- nm - loosilu May 29, 15:05
- Man the people in Minneapolis really want Minneapolis to burn to ground -- nm - Jovian May 29, 14:58
- That’s preposterous -- nm - JackDawson May 29, 14:56 6
  - Not necessarily. Could be loss of blood flow to the brain as opposed to asphyxiation. -- nm - loosilu May 29, 15:04 5
    - Wouldn't there be hemorrhaging of the eyes with that? -- nm - Beryllium May 29, 15:10 4
      - Signs of asphyxiation are hemorrhaging (can never spell) and pink teeth due to bleeding inside the tooth. Sign of strangulation is fractured hyoid. -- (edited) - loosilu May 29, 15:15 2
        
        Though suffocation wouldn't need a fracture. -- nm - Max May 29, 15:18 1
        
        Right, but I'm saying, they didn't find signs of asphyxiation. I'm sure there aer more than the ones I mentioned. -- nm* - loosilu May 29, 15:19
      - Petechial hemhorraging is a sign of asphyxiation. -- nm - loosilu May 29, 15:13
- the fix is already in -- nm - Jovian May 29, 14:53
- . -- (link) - ty97 May 29, 14:47
LA restaurants can reopen. County officials won't require inspections before reopening so restaurants are on"honor system" to adhere safety protocols -- (link) - budice May 29, 14:36
I wonder what Minnesota's COVID-19 numbers are going to look like in 1-2 weeks. - Beryllium May 29, 14:25 2
- Did Michigan's spike from their already high-ish levels? -- nm - Diva May 29, 14:55
- how did it go in St Louis? -- nm - zeitgeist May 29, 14:33
The architecture of Scott Lang's apartment in Ant-Man is confusing - Reagen May 29, 14:24 2
- I miss college. -- nm - Spawn May 29, 15:08
- Long Island, am I right? -- nm - Beryllium May 29, 14:38
Amazon is taking pre-orders for the Switch Lite. The gray one available for June 10 delivery. The yellow one on 6/15. -- (link) - GregW May 29, 14:14 5
- Everybody I know that bought a Lite wished they went ahead and bought a full Switch -- nm* - budice May 29, 14:28 3
  - The lite was a good option for a few of my older friends who only had a 3DS before. -- nm - Qale May 29, 15:07
  - Except for my coworkers who have one of each. -- nm - psilotum May 29, 14:43
  - yeah. CJ is happy with the lite...but she wants the full. -- nm - Remlik May 29, 14:37
- Those price gouging amounts are awful. Especially for the coral one. -- nm - Qale May 29, 14:23
UK to offer visas and path to citizenship to over 3m Hong Kong residents -- (link) - zeitgeist May 29, 13:52 7
- This going to go over well. - . May 29, 14:13 6
  - "But I thought we were full?" one twitter user has asked. -- nm - Beryllium May 29, 14:22 5
    - Apparently that have "British National (Overseas)" status. WTF is that? -- (link) - Mop May 29, 14:42 4
      - Holdover from when it belonged to Britain, I'd guess. -- nm - Beryllium May 29, 14:45 3
        
        I know nothing about this but I'm going to ask anyway. Are they trying to sell or entice the rich people of Hong Kong to come to the UK? -- nm - Pippy - blisters in the sun May 29, 14:56 2
        
        London property investment firms did sell a lot to people from HK. Big shortage of skilled workers here too. -- nm - LMS May 29, 15:06
        
        The rich and the skilled, yes. -- nm - Roger More May 29, 15:05
The National Basketball Association is tracking toward a July 31 return, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium.“ -- nm - David May 29, 13:35
Oh it's not June yet but HERE COME THE C.M.E.s! -- nm - Beryllium May 29, 13:26
Indeed -- (link) - Reagen May 29, 13:23 6
- It is amazing to me the way everything they ascribe to the other side is always the thing they are doing. Always. -- nm - pmb May 29, 13:26 2
  - textbook fascism -- nm - Jovian May 29, 13:39 1
    - Historically speaking I think it’s improved fascism -- nm - JackDawson May 29, 15:04
- Right, he’s the textbook cowardly bully. -- nm - David May 29, 13:25 2
  - yep. Always stand up to them. Always. -- nm - Diva May 29, 14:21
  - And it's weirdly why Biden is well suited to go against him. -- nm - Reagen May 29, 13:26
Don't go outside, especially not around crowds of people, but...Happy Manhattanhenge! -- nm - ty97 May 29, 13:21 2
- I was just at the park where you get the best view but I was there just to relax in the grass a bit. -- (edited) - Krusty May 29, 13:33 1
  - Yeah I won't even be trying. -- nm - ty97 May 29, 13:43
Now playing: Space Force. Fred Willard's final screen appearance. He looks really frail. -- nm - prayformojo May 29, 13:18
SitC2 means I have a reason to post this great Mark Kermode rant. -- (link) - spamlet May 29, 13:17 [youtube] 1
- He only speaks the truth. -- nm - Reagen May 29, 13:25
This must be the place -- nm - zeitgeist May 29, 13:13
2018 - fire the pandemic response team...2020 PANDEMIC! So what does this admin do? Cuts ties to the WHO -- nm - decline May 29, 13:12 4
- I thoughg he already did that. -- nm - . May 29, 14:15 2
  - He previously stopped funding them (we were half? their budget?) now he's pulling US out, no sharing of info, no placed scientists etc -- nm - zeitgeist May 29, 14:30 1
    - I'm hoping that scientists will behave like the Chinese space program was portrayed in The Martian and use back channels to continue to jointly to work -- (edited) - JD May 29, 14:37
- its a *world* pandemic, obviously we must break off from it -- nm - zeitgeist May 29, 13:14
*BOOM* -- nm - znufrii, silly old man May 29, 13:12

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