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The current status of my White People Problems (I know you're all interested): - Mop Jun 12, 09:27 2
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, threading to burn down the NHL isn't allowed ... - Beryllium Jun 12, 09:33
- Are there letters there? All I see is a blank screen. -- nm - loosilu Jun 12, 09:32
Things I'mm learning. Horror film franchises have an amazing number of entries - JD Jun 12, 09:26 9
- The big names, I get. But yeah, as Qale said... -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 09:29 1
  - The Cube franchise somehow made its trilogy work rather well. -- nm - Qale Jun 12, 09:31
- When Friday the 13th got to 4 it was like "ha ha, this is ridiculous". - Reagen Jun 12, 09:29 2
  - Jason X is one my favorite movies cause it just takes the idea of well, we seemingly did everything, so now what..and not just runs with it - JD Jun 12, 09:39
  - and I remember grandad telling me after seeing Hitman: Agent 3 that the concept was wearing pretty thin -- nm - prayformojo Jun 12, 09:31
- Nobody knows what to do with Season of the Witch -- nm - prayformojo Jun 12, 09:28 1
  - That was a major part of hoping to nominate Halloween. -- nm - JD Jun 12, 09:34
- There are three Ginger Snaps movies for no real reason. -- nm - Qale Jun 12, 09:27 1
  - Katharine Isabelle is the reason. -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 09:30
rewatching Clone High. JFK and Cleo would definitely have been Trump voters, naturally. But i suspect Gandhi would have been one, also -- nm - prayformojo Jun 12, 09:19 2
- G-spot for sure ... he was pure chaos -- nm - rollo Jun 12, 09:28 1
  - Having Principal Scudworth as SecEd would be such an improvement over what we have now. Soooo many times less malevolent -- nm - prayformojo Jun 12, 09:32
What the fuck? -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 12, 09:18 4
- WHAT WHAT WHAT?! -- nm - Mop Jun 12, 09:30
- its actually a suspected suicide right now from what I read earlier. -- nm* - tRuMaN Jun 12, 09:22 1
  - Yes, and that's entirely a possibility. But they'd have to be damn sure of it, from a trusted forensic source. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 12, 09:27
- oh god -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 09:20
Walgreens says I am eligible for a test here but the closest available testing center is in Miami. - ty97 Jun 12, 09:16 4
- Is this from the locators I posted the other day? They list the requirements for each site. There's at least one walk-up site. -- nm - loosilu Jun 12, 10:19
- Are you feeling any symptoms or are you just being cautious after your recent flight? -- nm - Mop Jun 12, 09:32
- So you have to take a test to see if you can take a test? - Qale Jun 12, 09:24
- Road trip!!! -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 09:18
Star Wars: Squadrons coming this fall? -- (link) - Shaun Jun 12, 09:12 2
- A Star Wars space combat simulator? YES PLEASE! -- nm - Mop Jun 12, 09:28
- This makes me miss old school X-Wing vs TIE Fighter. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 12, 09:19
From last October, Cheddar has a rather extensive video breaking down, day to day, the events of the Sony Pictures hack, and how it happened. -- (link) - Mop Jun 12, 09:03 [youtube]
Alberta government encourages tire burning to make up for lost carbon emissions during pandemic -- (link) - Beaker Jun 12, 08:59 5
- LOL! -- nm - Mop Jun 12, 09:03
- umm, ok. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 12, 09:00 3
  - (satire site) -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 09:00 2
    - Canadian Satire™️ -- nm - Beryllium Jun 12, 09:20
    - sure sure, keep telling yourself that. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 12, 09:00
June 12, 1967: Supreme Court - Bans on interracial marriage ruled unconstitutional thanks to a Virginia couple -- (link*) - budice Jun 12, 08:48
NJ/PA/NY -- (link) - ty97 Jun 12, 08:45
. -- (link) - ty97 Jun 12, 08:41 3
- Yeah, I've seen a few ways of looking at that - Reagen Jun 12, 08:48
- I guess all my 3 cars lasted more than the Confederacy. - Marlowe Jun 12, 08:44 1
  - My Silver Lightning will be 11 this November, Big Red - the Cherokee - lasted 9 years. My cars are family 😉 -- nm - Meg Jun 12, 08:54
Canada to introduce mandatory temperature screening for all air travellers (to be deployed in phases) -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 12, 08:32 11
- ...anally? -- nm - Mop Jun 12, 08:51 1
  - no, just recatally. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 12, 09:13
- "This isn't for COVID, we're looking for vampires." -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 08:41 8
  - Wouldn't a series of large mirrors be more effective? -- nm - Roger More Jun 12, 08:48 7
    - this also applies to zombies, fish monsters, the fae etc -- nm - Beaker Jun 12, 08:50 6
      - One add that I have liked from Supernatural is the eyes shine on video thing. -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 08:51 5
        
        I'm partial to the Crossroads' demon eyes -- nm - Epiphany - not a demon Jun 12, 09:13 4
        
        Is she the one Jared P married? -- nm - loosilu Jun 12, 09:31 1
        
        engaged to one, broke it off and married Ruby -- nm - Epiphany- not a demon Jun 12, 09:38
        
        Well, yeah. Last night I watched the "truth" episode. spoil - Spawn Jun 12, 09:15 1
        
        LOL -- nm - Epiphany- not a demon Jun 12, 09:37
Danny Glover was 41 when he delivered the line “I’m too old for this shit.” -- nm - Beaker Jun 12, 08:27 7
- Just turned 40 and I agree. -- nm - spamlet Jun 12, 09:34
- And Mel Gibson was crazy, no matter what age. -- nm - Diva Jun 12, 08:57
- I'm 38 and the line rings true, so I'm not finding this as revelatory as some are. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 12, 08:30 4
  - Sooo many of us watched this as a child (!) on cable. So we would have been all "of course he feels that way. What is a hundred?" -- nm - con_carne Jun 12, 08:55 2
    - Oh, yes, me too - but now that I'm almost there, it does not surprise me. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 12, 09:19
    - Yup -- nm - Epiphany - not a demon Jun 12, 09:13
  - But how tired he was? I am ten years past that and still do not feel that (thank the Maker). -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 08:39
sigh. I turn on my xbox to use it to stream a podcast on youtube. and suddendly find like 120gb of - tRuMaN Jun 12, 08:26 6
- Play God of War instead. -- nm - Shaun Jun 12, 08:40
- Yeah, I was gonna stand in the Destiny tower and stare at the sky for whatever that was but remembered updates would happen, so didn't. -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 08:30 1
  - lol -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 12, 08:32
- You dont have it set to automaticly download updates? -- nm - eag Jun 12, 08:27 2
  - i do. i find it doesnt always work. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 12, 08:30 1
    - Yeah ive seen that too -- nm - eag Jun 12, 08:40
I think at least one STer would be interested in this -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 12, 08:21 1
- That one is not me, alas. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 12, 08:23
JD - I think it's only fair for you to choose a movie series for me to watch. (Up to 7 movies - I expect you to watch Wrong Turn 7 when it comes out) -- nm - Dano Jun 12, 08:21 3
- My insta-response thought was to have you watch the Heathers TV Series but that would inevitably mean that I'd have to watch it. I'm still not sure - JD Jun 12, 08:36 2
  - Air Bud or Land Before Time -- nm - rollo Jun 12, 09:20 1
    - There's way too many Land Before Time movies, Double the 7 movie limit at 14 -- (link) - JD Jun 12, 10:28 [Backboard]
Gaming is a big deal right now. -- (link) - Shaun Jun 12, 08:20
“Meditating for black lives. Breathing for those who can’t.” Crass? -- (link) - JackDawson Jun 12, 08:18 9
- Its like a furniture store having an MLK day sale on family dining tables -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 12, 10:59
- The slogan is, yes, IMO. -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 08:40
- That is so very white. And pointless. -- nm - ty97 Jun 12, 08:21 6
  - I say it is even a step beyond that. -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 08:40
  - This, mostly. -- nm - znufrii Jun 12, 08:23 4
    - Also it's just performative. And it's so VERY (white) Brooklyn -- nm - ty97 Jun 12, 08:34 3
      - I mean it’s possible that it helps someone actually be more mindful about these issues going forward, but yeah. -- nm - znufrii Jun 12, 08:39 2
        
        I’m sure they mean well. -- nm* - znufrii Jun 12, 08:39 1
        
        Well meaning but ineffective seems to sum us up most of the time. -- nm* - spamlet Jun 12, 09:35
Depending on how the reviews are for it as player, I'll probably get a PS5 to serve as Blu-Ray 4K machine and streamer - JD Jun 12, 08:17 4
- Aside from the disc drive, I wonder if there will be other differences between the 2 units. Clearly, the digital one should be cheaper, but how much? -- nm - Shaun Jun 12, 08:19 3
  - Last of Us II -- (link) - decline Jun 12, 08:22 2
    - It's only 96 on metacritic. -- nm - Shaun Jun 12, 08:40
    - I dug the song commercial I saw last night. -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 08:38
There is one very telling line in the NWO post: "blacks don't understand what freedom means" - if true, what are they admitting? -- nm - Dano Jun 12, 08:15 1
- The end of John Oliver's show on the police featured a video of a woman taking down this exact sentiment with glorious righteous fury -- nm - rollo Jun 12, 09:18
AMPAS changes rules, BP back to fixed 10 nominees. - Marlowe Jun 12, 08:15 2
- Even in this COVID year? I guess our jokes may come true. -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 08:34
- so one movie gets left off the list? -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 08:33
Boston Mayor, declaring racism a public health emergency, announces a transfer $3M from the police overtime budget into the Public Health Commission. -- (link) - ty97 Jun 12, 08:05
That woman on B2 is so, so, something that it made realize that if I'm ever unfortunate to be in a such a situation I'm probably going to get myself - JD Jun 12, 07:57 1
- You have to be careful with talking back to that lovely lady in the heat, she could have a stroke or something. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 12, 08:00
The News Guild president calls for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette leadership Keith Burris and Karen Kane to resign -- (link) - ty97 Jun 12, 07:56
Today I will put gas in my car for the first time in 3 months. -- nm - pmb Jun 12, 07:53 3
- march april may june 2019: $234 in gas. march april may june 2020: $69 in gas. -- nm - amanda Jun 12, 08:01 2
  - heh. Had just been looking. My April & May gas total was exactly $305.00. And I do not pump even numbers when I gas up. -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 08:29
  - huh. huhhuhhuhhuh. -- nm - Beavis and Butthead Jun 12, 08:04
mafic, are you selling back your excess power? -- nm - amanda Jun 12, 07:49 3
- Yep. Don’t get a great price though. There used to be a massive subsidy on selling back as an incentive to install (like 40 cents/kWh). They flipped - mafic Jun 12, 08:06 2
  - Did you get the lion to protect the chicks yet? -- nm - decline Jun 12, 08:13 1
    - One of the cats spends a lot of time outside their room. Does that count? -- nm - mafic Jun 12, 08:15
LYC: I saw the word "mollify" used in a sentence this morning in a work email and had to look up the definition, thought it might be a typo. - Strongbad Jun 12, 07:42 1
- heh, I know that one. - Spawn Jun 12, 08:13
LYC: Bungie removed skills-based matchmaking from all Crucible modes, except for Competitive/Trials playlists. -- nm - Shaun Jun 12, 07:39 2
- So what, fresh meat matchmaking? -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 07:40 1
  - *throaty growl* Ahh, fresh meat. -- nm - The Butcher Jun 12, 07:42
I kind of had a come to Jesus moment overnight in my thinking that maybe I was deliberately taken out of the workforce just as COVID-19 hits hard here - Qale Jun 12, 07:38 3
- not sure if it's what you want to keep doing, but are there other supermarkets hiring? -- nm - Diva Jun 12, 07:42 2
  - I have applied to Aldi, SuperTarget, and the one I really wanted was Sprouts. -- nm - Qale Jun 12, 08:04 1
    - My in-laws love Sprouts in NM. I hope you get that one. -- nm - Krusty Jun 12, 08:13
GTA V came out 7 years ago and it's big news that it's going to be on the PS5? Get back to me when they're talking about GTA VI on all consoles. - Krusty Jun 12, 07:37 33
- I agree. When that was the first ‘reveal’, I laughed. -- nm - Qale Jun 12, 08:28
- Frankly, as far as I'm concerned, Rockstar games could all disappear tomorrow and I wouldn't even notice. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 12, 07:52 2
  - I've come to this conclusion also. For years I have been disappointed in just about every one I played. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 12, 08:02
  - Same for me. They just don't click with me and I'm ok with that. -- nm - Shaun Jun 12, 07:57
- its also still super popular -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 12, 07:46 3
  - Which is a little surprising but even with that being the case, it's still surprising that a 7 year old game that - Krusty Jun 12, 07:50 2
    - have you played it recently? its being constantly updated for free with new events, missions, etc. - tRuMaN Jun 12, 07:56 1
      - I haven't played it in years. I'm not knocking the game in any way. I know people love it and still play it but when you're releasing a - Krusty Jun 12, 08:05
- My 2 cents: If HZ2 is a launch day game, I'll buy PS5. If not, nothing I saw yesterday is worth it. - Strongbad Jun 12, 07:42 24
  - Spiderman looks great but that wasn't enough of a draw last time to get me to buy a PS4. Right now I'm going with Xbox again, if I get a new system. -- nm - Krusty Jun 12, 07:52 23
    - PS4 SpiderMan is a great game. PS5 SpiderMan is not by itself enough for me to purchase a PS5. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 12, 08:03 3
      - And confirmed. The Miles Morales game is stand alone. -- (link) - Shaun Jun 12, 09:03 2
        
        Yep, I was going to post that. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 12, 09:11 1
        
        Day 1 buy for me. Hopefully it's a launch title. -- nm - Shaun Jun 12, 09:20
    - Honestly, I don't understand this train of thought, considering I know you really tend to prefer single player games. - Shaun Jun 12, 08:02 15
      - I’m only maybe halfway through the reveal and as usual, the indie-looking games are super appealing to me. They’ll largely be mult-platform though. -- nm - Qale Jun 12, 08:33 1
        
        Most of the games shown, aside from the PS Studios ones are timed exclusives. -- nm - Shaun Jun 12, 09:03
      - I would love to have both but that's a lot of coin. I'm open to going to PS but most of my ST friends are on Xbox. - Krusty Jun 12, 08:11 8
        
        2 RROD's turned me away from XBox forever. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 12, 08:57
        
        i am torn about what to get really. yeah everyone here was a lot of xbox focus, but the amount of group gaming has died considerably to the point - tRuMaN Jun 12, 08:16 3
        
        True but as I said below I'm hoping that changes in the future. I'm going to keep an eye on the games, the prices and what STers are leaning towards. - Krusty Jun 12, 08:26 2
        
        i mean, minecraft dungeons is free with game pass... -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 12, 08:58 1
        
        I just received Borderlands 3 so I'll be playing that this weekend with a few breaks to build my city is Skylines or to try No Man's Sky. - Krusty Jun 12, 09:26
        
        Based on all the gaming talk here over the past few years or so, it's rare that y'all play together at all. -- nm* - Shaun Jun 12, 08:13 2
        
        Both you and Truman are right and I might just be holding out hope that changes. *shrug* - Krusty Jun 12, 08:22 1
        
        true, and no real rush to it either. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 12, 08:24
      - Yeah. HZD is probably my favourite game of the last 10 years, maybe longer. Can’t think of anything that beats it offhand. -- nm - mafic Jun 12, 08:09 3
        
        I'm playing it right now and loving it. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 12, 08:23 1
        
        Nice! -- nm - Shaun Jun 12, 09:02
        
        I've watched the HFW trailer a few more times. Man, it is gorgeous. -- nm - Shaun Jun 12, 08:21
    - Also, Spider-Man is being called today an expansion. - Marlowe Jun 12, 07:55 2
      - Here's what I think this is, based on some tweets from gaming people who typically know their stuff. - Shaun Jun 12, 08:04 1
        
        That makes sense.. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 12, 08:31
Zoey's just proves that David Bochco was on to something with Cop Rock. -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 07:37 2
- I honestly wonder if it gets a third season. I don’t think any of the characters are interesting enough to carry the show after S1. -- nm - spamlet Jun 12, 07:56
- I . . . didn't hate Cop Rock. It was goofy, but I thought it was original and interesting. -- nm - pmb Jun 12, 07:54
Krusty, I had several people (including my dad) lecture me that states have the burden of responding to emergencies. - loosilu Jun 12, 07:34 2
- Local emergencies are often best handled by local agencies but this wasn't a local issue but a national pandemic that needed strong - Krusty Jun 12, 07:41 1
  - Yes, that's the default, and federal agencies step in when local and state agencies are overwhelmed. A pandemic starts at the national level. - loosilu Jun 12, 07:43
It's oh so quiet. -- nm - Bjarön Jun 12, 07:31
B1! -- nm - Shaun Jun 12, 07:30 5
- I'm on it! -- nm - rollo Jun 12, 09:13
- This post won't age well -- nm - ty97 Jun 12, 07:31 3
  - ~Gotta go back in time~ -- nm - Strongbad Jun 12, 07:43
  - Maybe it's from the future. -- nm - loosilu Jun 12, 07:35
  - #B2IsOverParty -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 07:32

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