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Sometime later today or tomorrow #1-5 in cases is going to be USA, Brazil, Russia, UK, India - Reagen Jun 9, 08:19 1
- No one can touch us in deaths, though! -- nm - loosilu Jun 9, 08:22
I won the internet the other day. My very conservative aunt (not that one, the other one) posted a photo of basically Jesus on the cross with - oblique Jun 9, 08:13 [Attachment] 5
- I love that one. Also, nicely done. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 9, 08:25
- that is good internet -- nm - Beaker Jun 9, 08:17
- *golf clap* -- nm - Spawn Jun 9, 08:17
- nice -- nm - John Murphy Jun 9, 08:14
- Nice. -- nm - loosilu Jun 9, 08:14
I have a SN question. I do not want to be spoiled, per se but I would like a general answer please. - Spawn Jun 9, 08:08 3
- eesh tough question - Beaker says it best -- nm* - Epiphany - banana monkey Queen Jun 9, 08:31
- hard to say what is a spoil or not so will say this - Beaker Jun 9, 08:16 1
  - Good enough. Thanks. -- nm - Spawn Jun 9, 08:17
I still want to see more red state data, but it sure does look like there's a "rising tide all boats" effect with polling - Reagen Jun 9, 08:07 1
- I love this except I would love it more if the date were October 31 and Nov 1. But, keep it coming please -- nm - JackDawson Jun 9, 08:22
ouch. Honda's production network facing problems today after its servers were hit with a cyber attack. -- (link) - tRuMaN Jun 9, 07:59 2
- The plants now appear to be making... T-1000s. -- nm - Spawn Jun 9, 08:00 1
  - :-] -- nm - mud Jun 9, 08:21
Defund the police is like abolish ice. Slogans that warm the cockles of woke liberals, but that do not support the policy positions of the overwhelmi - JackDawson Jun 9, 07:51 7
- While energized fear on the Right, it also taps into the Left -- nm - budice Jun 9, 08:07
- Well said. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jun 9, 08:01 1
  - If you're into miniscule, inconsequential problems maybe. Because at what point does this complaint turn into "you go tell that angry crowd they can't -- (edited) - con_carne Jun 9, 08:05
- A substantial proportion of liberals mean it literally, and another substantial proportion are trying to explain why it doesn’t mean what it says. -- nm - mafic Jun 9, 07:58 2
  - which is how you know a slogan is a bad one to start -- nm - JackDawson Jun 9, 08:00 1
    - Well, not to the ones who came up with it. -- nm - mafic Jun 9, 08:04
- Ideal worlds are fun to talk about. - Spawn Jun 9, 07:57
we need a new food debate for this Tuesday. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 9, 07:49 32
- How do you like your eggs for breakfast? -- (edited) - budice Jun 9, 07:52 20
  - all different ways -- nm - decline Jun 9, 08:17
  - Scrambled, fried, or poached, depending on mood. I'm proud that I can poach a good egg. -- nm - loosilu Jun 9, 08:08
  - Poached, with other eggs on top. Second order eggs! -- nm - mafic Jun 9, 08:05
  - lots of different ways. -- nm - Diva Jun 9, 08:05
  - Let's all agree that quiche is evil. -- nm - ty97 Jun 9, 08:03 11
    - Never had it -- nm - Krusty Jun 9, 08:07 2
      - *how*? -- nm - Andie Jun 9, 08:17 1
        
        *shrug* I go with what I know I like when I eat out for breakfast and I don't know quiche. -- nm - Krusty Jun 9, 08:23
    - it's just baked egg in pastry. WTF is wrong with that? - Reagen Jun 9, 08:04 6
      - "baked eggs" -- nm - ty97 Jun 9, 08:12 4
        
        never had a frittata? -- nm - Reagen Jun 9, 08:14 3
        
        I have. I just don't like baked eggs. -- nm - ty97 Jun 9, 08:14 2
        
        Why do you hate cake, ty? -- nm - mafic Jun 9, 08:17
        
        I don't know how you tell the difference between scrambled eggs in a pan vs scrambled eggs in a pastry shell. -- nm - Reagen Jun 9, 08:16
      - "That's what charcuterie is? I've been avoiding this on menus for years." -- nm - Reagen Jun 9, 08:12
    - never. i make delicious a delicious quiche. -- nm - Diva Jun 9, 08:04
  - Scrambled but I'll make an omelet now and then. -- nm - Krusty Jun 9, 08:01
  - fried overhard. Scrambled are acceptable on occasion if done correctly -- nm - ty97 Jun 9, 07:59
  - There is no debate. - Spawn Jun 9, 07:58
  - scrambled, with sausage crumbles mixed in -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 9, 07:54
- we stopped buying pre-grated cheese. Now we buy a block and grate it ourselves -- nm - Beaker Jun 9, 07:51 5
  - Price is similar here, no need to buy block n shred here -- nm - budice Jun 9, 07:54 2
    - we find the bought pre-grated stuff doesn't melt as good -- nm - Beaker Jun 9, 08:17
    - I like to have the rind for using in tomato sauce. -- nm - Krusty Jun 9, 08:00
  - I have an armadillo cheese grater. It is awesome -- (link) - oblique Jun 9, 07:52 1
    - Amazon has it in stock. -- nm - loosilu Jun 9, 08:10
- Cheddar is a garbage cheese. Discuss. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 9, 07:50 1
  - Kid, your face is a garbage cheese. -- nm - loosilu Jun 9, 08:13
- my definition of 'need' must be different from yours. :) -- nm - Diva Jun 9, 07:50 2
  - I mean, what does a monkey really know about language... - tRuMaN Jun 9, 07:53 1
    - hey tru. -- nm - Diva Jun 9, 08:03
Putin destabilized America. Were we really all that stable to begin with though? -- nm - Qale Jun 9, 07:27 7
- Putin invented racism in America! -- nm - Mop Jun 9, 08:13
- Putin didn’t destabilise America. America did that all on its own. -- nm - mafic Jun 9, 07:54 4
  - Putin helped push it along, though. -- nm - Spawn Jun 9, 07:58 3
    - No he didn’t. Blaming this on Putin is deflecting. - mafic Jun 9, 08:03 2
      - I totally agree, but I also think he helped stir the pot. -- nm - Spawn Jun 9, 08:18 1
        
        To say it a different way, would it have happened without him? Most likely. Did he speed it up a bit? Yes. -- nm - Spawn Jun 9, 08:21
- Stable, yes. But bad things can be stable -- nm - TWuG Jun 9, 07:39
I'm now on the 'P's in my Lockdown CD Listening Party -- nm - LMS Jun 9, 07:20 22
- PiL -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 9, 13:26
- PJ Harvey? Or is she an H? -- nm - mafic Jun 9, 08:07
- My partial list P's. - zunk takes things literally Jun 9, 07:55
- Puddle of Mudd, Post Malone, Pentatonix, and Portgual the man are the other P names I could think of. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 9, 07:46
- my 'P's - mud Jun 9, 07:35 2
  - I read an article that said that Portishead doesn’t like it that people have sex to their album “Dummy.” - Qale Jun 9, 07:44
  - Ah, Portishead and Pink Floyd would have been good ones too. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 9, 07:36
- Prince, Power Station, and (reluctantly) Pussycat Dolls -- nm - VMan Jun 9, 07:32
- Tom Petty -- nm - VMan Jun 9, 07:28 5
  - Correct, I'm currently listening to the greatest hits. -- nm - LMS Jun 9, 07:35
  - Ooh, good answer *claps* -- nm* - Family Feud Jun 9, 07:29 3
    - Pack Up The Plantation - for bonus P's -- nm - VMan Jun 9, 07:30 2
      - *infighting begins, throws VMan out of the Family* -- nm - Family Feud Jun 9, 07:34 1
        
        Bah! I've been kick out of better families than this one! You'll rue the day! -- nm - VMan Jun 9, 07:35
- Liz Phair -- nm - JaxSean Jun 9, 07:27
- Psychedelic Furs -- nm - Max Jun 9, 07:27
- P.M. Dawn -- nm - Krusty Jun 9, 07:25
- Public Enemy -- nm - Krusty Jun 9, 07:24
- Pixies. Pearl Jam. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 9, 07:23
- Paramore -- nm - Qale Jun 9, 07:23
- The police -- nm - Beaker Jun 9, 07:22
- Parliment? Prince? Public Enemy? :D -- nm - JaxSean Jun 9, 07:22
Have we talked about this because it just makes me so... -- (link) - Diva Jun 9, 07:09 9
- Okay I will admit I laughed a lot during this. See IM (spoils) - MDH Jun 9, 07:21 6
  - Actual - Witches! -- nm - Epiphany - banana monkey Queen Jun 9, 07:37 1
    - Elmo! -- nm - Diva Jun 9, 07:43
  - I love how hilarious it is at the same time being...other things. -- nm - Diva Jun 9, 07:23 3
    - Oh the serious note, yeah, agreed. - MDH Jun 9, 07:25 2
      - I'm okay. Thank you for asking. How are you doing? -- nm - Diva Jun 9, 07:26 1
        
        I'm doing alright. DC has been quite interesting the past week. - MDH Jun 9, 07:29
- The line between this being sincere and this being a pisstake on well-intentioned but clueless advocacy is just .. *holds piece of paper sideways* -- nm - Reagen Jun 9, 07:21 1
  - which is only one of the reasons it is Joy. -- nm - Diva Jun 9, 07:24
Good news! Apple is designing a new automatic car - Flavorize Jun 9, 07:08 3
- Ugh 😠😂😂😂😂😂 -- nm - Meg Jun 9, 08:21
- I applied to work in one of their stores this morning. -- nm - Qale Jun 9, 07:19 1
  - Good luck! That would be a pretty decent gig, I bet. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 9, 08:57
WHO clarifies that they estimate 16% of people are asymptomatic and can transmit the virus. -- (link) - ty97 Jun 9, 07:05 9
- "That it could be as high as 40%. They also regret saying transmission is “very rare.” -- (link) - ty97 Jun 9, 07:06 8
  - [insert incredulous blinking guy meme here] -- nm - JaxSean Jun 9, 07:21
  - 40% of 16% is about 6% of cases coming from asymptomatic people. That's at least uncommon. - TWuG Jun 9, 07:15 4
    - I read it as 16-40% but perhaps I was wrong. -- nm - ty97 Jun 9, 07:54
    - Practically the problem (in any event) was that it suggested you don't really need to worry about asymptomatic people. That's clearly an overstatement -- nm - pmb Jun 9, 07:19 2
      - Right. The damage is done. Their statement was misleading. -- nm - Andie Jun 9, 08:14
      - Barring explanation, it was stupid for them to say. It might matter if we we're testing everyone and isolating carriers -- nm - TWuG Jun 9, 07:20
  - Jeebus. They have no integrity. -- nm - Inigo Jun 9, 07:07
  - (Good morning David) -- nm - ty97 Jun 9, 07:06
I may have just found the most idiotic accounting policy from a client that I have ever seen. - tRuMaN Jun 9, 06:59 6
- It is that whole internets thing, tru. -- nm - Spawn Jun 9, 08:19
- seems legit -- nm - Epiphany -banana monkey Queen Jun 9, 07:10 1
  - "the money is in the banana stand." -- nm - JaxSean Jun 9, 07:14
- just like big corps stashing cash in off shore accounts, right ? -- nm - decline Jun 9, 07:05
- Schrödinger's Cash -- nm - Beaker Jun 9, 07:03 1
  - right. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 9, 07:14
So, the NPS is going to take down Donnie's pussy fence. -- nm - loosilu Jun 9, 06:58 1
- Now THERE'S a hashtag. #PussyFence Let's get that shit trending! -- nm - John Murphy Jun 9, 07:00
That bastard in Seattle was carrying a pocket piece with TWO high capacity clips end to end in the gun. He was there to kill people. That he didn't - TWuG Jun 9, 06:54
Because "Defund all of the roles the police shouldn't actually be responsible for but we ask them to take on anyway" is too long for a hashtag. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Jun 9, 06:36 35
- "Defund" is the starting bargaining position. What gets defunded, by how much, and where those funds get moved to is what needs - TWuG Jun 9, 07:18 6
  - It's not a starting position because you've already lost with that slogan -- nm - ty97 Jun 9, 07:55 2
    - Kinda amazing to me that you are calling us 'tone police' for pointing out (as we AGREE with you on the desired end!) that it's a flawed message -- nm - ty97 Jun 9, 07:56 1
      - Exactly - we aren't disagreeing with any part of this except your desired slogan. - John Murphy Jun 9, 08:00
  - To your last line, in a word...no. -- nm - John Murphy Jun 9, 07:41
  - It's also flushing out people like this -- (link) - Reagen Jun 9, 07:40
  - Classic bargaining with yourself liberalism -- (link) - Reagen Jun 9, 07:33 [Backboard]
- Reform and Defund have the same number of letters. - Will Hunting Jun 9, 07:11 11
  - Only one of them is a good chant. -- nm - mafic Jun 9, 08:12
  - Too ambiguous, as reform can and will be interpreted to mean any number of things - znufrii, silly old man Jun 9, 07:14 9
    - Whereas defund has a meaning at odds with the stated goal which is to reform policing. - Will Hunting Jun 9, 07:16 8
      - It's only at odds if you insist on the most absolute and obtusely literal interpretation of it. -- (edited) - znufrii, silly old man Jun 9, 07:19 7
        
        Anytime you need to explain a slogan, ad executives get boners. FFS, man. - Will Hunting Jun 9, 07:21 6
        
        And we've decided that "take away funds" means "take away ALL funds"....why? -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Jun 9, 07:22 5
        
        Too ambiguous, as “take away some money” can and will be interpreted to mean any number of things - Will Hunting Jun 9, 07:26 3
        
        Which is why no one is suggesting that budgets simply be cut indiscriminately. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Jun 9, 07:30 2
        
        So, we are back to you agreeing that this is a complex issue with limited use for mislabeled hashtags. Good. Now go reform the police - Will Hunting Jun 9, 07:36 1
        
        *rearranges deck chairs* - Titanic deck crew Jun 9, 07:46
        
        It's really simple - if you have to explain it over and over and over - it's a weak slogan. Period. If the other side can rally around YOUR slogan - John Murphy Jun 9, 07:26
- I keep imagining Jim marching in the streets for his right to better slogans - con_carne Jun 9, 07:04
- And yet "Transform" isn't. And neither is "Reform". But sure, dig in on "Defund" and see how that works out. -- nm - John Murphy Jun 9, 06:58 5
  - I guess it's better than "disband" which was floated a couple of days ago. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jun 9, 07:06 4
    - Camden, NJ did exactly that and they seem to like the outcome. It won't work everywhere but some place might want to look into it. -- nm - Krusty Jun 9, 07:20 3
      - Not perfect, but from what I've read about it a significant improvement from what it was. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Jun 9, 07:23
      - I do think it will be tried in some cities and I'm interested to see what comes of it. I'll look into Camden. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jun 9, 07:23 1
        
        They were in a very bad place at the time and things have improved a bit. It's still a work in progress -- nm - Krusty Jun 9, 07:27
- You keep saying this without addressing how you are going to lose the argument with a bad slogan -- nm - ty97 Jun 9, 06:56 7
  - Exactly. -- nm - pmb Jun 9, 07:23
  - Don't get mad at people who agree with you for telling you that your messaging is poor -- nm - ty97 Jun 9, 06:56 5
    - Welcome to my life -- nm - JackDawson Jun 9, 07:45
    - who's getting mad? -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Jun 9, 06:57 3
      - Considering your repeated posts about hashtags, the topic sure irks you -- nm - ty97 Jun 9, 06:59 2
        
        My what? - znufrii, silly old man Jun 9, 07:05
        
        #oldmanznu -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 9, 07:00
- *nods* -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 9, 06:44

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