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He's only got five months left to use the nukes and guarantee his place in history. - distracted musings Jun 19, 13:42
Rick Astley covers Everlong. -- (link) - zunk takes things literally Jun 19, 13:41 [youtube] 2
- WAIT A MINUTE!!! - zunk takes things literally Jun 19, 13:42 [youtube] 1
  - I was at this one. -- (link) - jnine Jun 19, 14:00 [youtube]
Repost: My Friday Tunes playlist. (Hurt, I'm Afraid of Americans, Hurricane, Tweeter and the Monkey Man, Calm like a Bomb, etc) -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 19, 13:36 [spotify] 3
- Thanks. Has that "sounds better turned up" quality too -- nm - con_carne Jun 19, 13:45
- Dammit, all this time I've been forgetting an important one. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 19, 13:43 1
  - Just added one that I am utterly facepalming at having forgotten: Tracy Chapman - Talkin' Bout a Revolution -- nm - Beryllium Jun 19, 13:46
("I wonder if I could buy facemasks *with* hair, like a Sam Elliott mustache or ZZ Top beard.") -- nm - distracted musings Jun 19, 13:35
JenBro the view (from roof not my unit) -- (pic) - JackDawson Jun 19, 13:30 [Attachment] 12
- THAT IS AWESOME!!! (thanks for sharing it) -- nm - JenBro Jun 20, 07:48
- is that a social distancing marker? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 19, 13:50
- what a great view -- nm - prayformojo Jun 19, 13:43
- Nice!! Anywhere but NY I'd come for your housewarming 😉 -- nm - Meg Jun 19, 13:42 2
  - NY is probably safer than Kansas right now -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 19, 13:50 1
    - Hell of a lot safer than Florida. -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 13:51
- nice! -- nm - Andie Jun 19, 13:42
- Nice! HK? -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 13:32 4
  - HK is for young gays (and somehow ty97 was allowed there too) -- nm - JackDawson Jun 19, 13:34 1
    - It’s only because of his Cuban son, Nestor. -- nm - Qale Jun 19, 14:08
  - Chelsea -- nm - JackDawson Jun 19, 13:34 1
    - But you're young. -- nm* - loosilu Jun 19, 13:48
Face masks required in Florida Keys until June 2021 -- (link) - budice Jun 19, 13:20 1
- Wooooow. -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 13:21
All but one of the remaining yellow counties in PA will be moving to green status next Friday. - znufrii Jun 19, 12:33 14
- Which means that after next week I will no longer have an excuse to avoid getting a haircut. -- nm* - znufrii Jun 19, 12:47 13
  - I'm getting a haircut in a week unless something changes. -- nm - pmb Jun 19, 13:15 1
    - I think everyone here is informed enough to make that choice for themselves. -- nm* - loosilu Jun 19, 13:16
  - i mean, you definitely DO have a reason. (TBH, haircuts, with masks, don't seem too scary to me.) -- nm* - Andie Jun 19, 13:14 7
    - Reasons, sure. But my excuse was that they were closed. :) -- nm - znufrii Jun 19, 13:19 6
      - I'm not sure if I admire those of you that held out this long or *shrug* there's a solution to that ;-) -- (edited) - JD Jun 19, 13:24 4
        
        I'm expecting an intervention any day now. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Jun 19, 13:44
        
        I already had long hair. It's not a big deal for me. -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 13:26 2
        
        i mean, i need a trim badly, but it's been basically, shower, comb, air dry a bit, ponytail for MONTHS. -- nm - Andie Jun 19, 13:42 1
        
        I got one a week or so back, but not at my regular place and I hate it :/ - Meg Jun 19, 13:45
      - Your health is a far better excuse, though. -- nm - Spawn Jun 19, 13:21
  - I'm not ready to get a haircut yet. -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 13:13 1
    - If I had a vaccine, I would be there tomorrow. As is, I see this as a sign to grow my hair back out. - Spawn Jun 19, 13:15
  - Uhm, I totally disagree with that. -- nm - Spawn Jun 19, 12:54
Regal Theaters also follow suit on requiring masks -- (link) - budice Jun 19, 12:28 39
- Since this was primarily a community started around movie aficionados: is anyone planning/wanting to go to the movies on July 10? - JaxSean Jun 19, 12:31 38
  - Depends. Mostly how comfortable I'd feel (if it was today, no) and what's playing? -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jun 19, 13:10 11
    - Really, my answer is no. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jun 19, 13:11 10
      - The winning lotto numbers for the next five years is what is playing. -- nm - Spawn Jun 19, 13:14 9
        
        This shit is hard. My initial reaction is always "Oh, such and such is open now. Let's go!!!" Then I really think about it. I'm holding off. Like hair -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jun 19, 13:18 7
        
        Yeah, see above. A haircut at first *seems* like a good first step. But you are sitting there unable to wear a mask around others likewise with someone not distancing themselves from you, touching your hair. -- (edited) - Spawn Jun 19, 13:19 6
        
        I had a mask on with my haircut - Reagen Jun 19, 13:25 1
        
        8-) to your IM. I've seen pictures of cuts done right after the reopening in mask wearing places where the barber / hairdresser missed those areas. - JD Jun 19, 13:35
        
        why can't you wear a mask? These people did and it worked! -- (link) - Andie Jun 19, 13:22 3
        
        I expect to wear a mask while it's getting cut. For a lot of men's cuts it's really not in the way at all. - pmb Jun 19, 13:33 1
        
        ("What if, instead of head straps, the mask were held in by a bit, keeping the hair over the ears clear for cutting?") -- nm - distracted musings Jun 19, 13:36
        
        That's an amazing example. -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 13:23
        
        I could buy MOPP gear. -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 13:16
  - I may go to a DRIVE IN the first weekend in July, but i may not even be able to get tickets. -- nm - Andie Jun 19, 13:10 5
    - One of my kids is going tonight. The Wizard of Oz & Willy Wonka. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jun 19, 13:15 3
      - Why would they go see the two creepiest, most overrated movies in film history? -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 13:22 2
        
        because they CAN. :) -- nm - Andie Jun 19, 13:24 1
        
        Fair! -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 13:27
    - I will be at my mom's (she is having surgery) and this isn't too far away - -- (link) - Andie Jun 19, 13:12
  - Maybe in the weeks after, but I can often go in the afternoon on weekdays for movies that have been out for a while, and often for indie movies, - Guigue Jun 19, 13:04
  - If I was in that position, maybe for something niche and in a very off-rush show. - Marlowe Jun 19, 13:03
  - no -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 19, 13:02
  - As I've said before, I view this as all being the trial and error period. After a few weeks (probably 4 weeks or so) if there does not seem to be a - pmb Jun 19, 13:00
  - They could drop *Avengers 5* and I would not go. -- nm - Spawn Jun 19, 12:57 2
    - heh. They could drop Blade Runner 3 and I would not go! -- nm - mud Jun 19, 13:04 1
      - I will meet you half way: Dune. -- nm - Spawn Jun 19, 13:07
  - not anytime soon I think. not sure what movie I would want to see on screen right now -- (edited) - tRuMaN Jun 19, 12:48
  - I am planning on not going to a theatre or a sit-down restaurant until there's a vaccine. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 19, 12:42 2
    - To be fair, though, my yearly theatre visit average was already under ten. And rapidly approaching 4 or fewer. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 19, 12:43 1
      - Yeah, I'm to the point now of so rarely going at all. - JaxSean Jun 19, 12:47
  - Not on July 10--a few weeks after will depend on level of infection in the city and safety protocols required, assuming they're allowed to reopen -- nm - JackDawson Jun 19, 12:39 1
    - This -- nm - LMS Jun 19, 12:41
  - I've been to few movies over the years where it was just me and some other couple on the other side of a room for 150. I'd do that again. -- nm - Max Jun 19, 12:33 1
    - But since then, Times Square has been cleaned up a bit. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 19, 12:48
  - I wouldn't go for the rest of the calendar year -- nm - prayformojo Jun 19, 12:32
  - Hell no but they won't be open here then anyway -- nm* - Krusty Jun 19, 12:32
  - God, no. I wouldn't go see Matrix 4 in theaters right now. -- nm - David Jun 19, 12:32
  - Not a chance. -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 12:31 1
    - Hello, You and 800 other people were at AMC theater on July 10th and we have confirmed that a COVID positive individual was there... -- nm - Contact Tracer Jun 19, 13:06
10 years ago in theaters: Toy Story 3, Jonah Hex - Max Jun 19, 12:22 [youtube] 18
- 10 years minus 2 days ago I had to walk out of a Toy Story 3 show. - Marlowe Jun 19, 12:51
- 15 years ago: Batman Begins, The Perfect Man, (ltd): My Summer of Love, Heights, Me and You and Everyone We Know - Max Jun 19, 12:23 [youtube] 16
  - 20 years ago: Shaft, Titan A.E., Boys and Girls - Max Jun 19, 12:23 [youtube] 15
    - 25 years ago: Batman Forever, (ltd): Pocahontas, Il Postino - Max Jun 19, 12:23 [youtube] 14
      - 30 years ago: Dick Tracy, Gremlins 2 - Max Jun 19, 12:24 [youtube] 13
        
        nice clip! -- nm - mud Jun 19, 12:37 1
        
        I'm getting a flood of flashbacks from that summer of Premiere magazine. -- nm - Max Jun 19, 12:39
        
        35 years ago: Prizzi's Honor, D.A.R.Y.L., Secret Admirer - Max Jun 19, 12:24 [youtube] 10
        
        I remember not being allowed to go see D.A.R.Y.L. - Reagen Jun 19, 12:52
        
        40 years ago: The Blues Brothers, Brubaker - Max Jun 19, 12:26 [youtube] 8
        
        45 years ago: Jaws, The Devil's Rain, Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough - Max Jun 19, 12:28 [youtube] 7
        
        *sigh* I'm old -- nm - Dano Jun 19, 12:46
        
        50 years ago: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, A Walk in the Spring Rain, The Hawaiians -- (link) - Max Jun 19, 12:31 [youtube] 5
        
        Screenplay by Roger Ebert. Anything ever come of him? -- nm - Bjarön Jun 19, 12:44
        
        Valley Of The Dolls (1979) -- (link) - mud Jun 19, 12:34 [youtube] 3
        
        I was vaguely aware that he was in Generation X but I'd never thought of him as singing in the 70s. -- nm - Max Jun 19, 12:36 2
        
        it was the only time that I liked him. He wasn't exactly the real deal solo. -- nm - mud Jun 19, 12:38 1
        
        You are both wrong! -- nm - Spawn Jun 19, 12:40
farewell Magic Bus -- (link) - Jovian Jun 19, 12:17 5
- Good riddance? Let's stop lionizing a guy who died because he didn't plan on Alaska being hard. -- nm - Reagen Jun 19, 12:19 4
  - Since it's Alaska, shouldn't we call it bearizing? -- nm - Bjarön Jun 19, 12:29
  - (you can't have it) -- nm - Spawn Jun 19, 12:22 2
    - I want it, I want it -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 12:28
    - oh no I can't have an old bus that smells like mildew and farts whatever shall I do -- nm - Reagen Jun 19, 12:23
Uhhhh -- (link) - Reagen Jun 19, 12:17
I'm reading an article on The Athletic about the owners of each MLB team and there was something in there about the Orioles lease at Camden - Krusty Jun 19, 12:13 7
- They won’t move. MLB will expand to 32 teams as a result of COVID. The owners will pocket 2 billion in quick revenue combined. - Will Hunting Jun 19, 12:54
- Well MLB seems dead set against the A's moving so perhaps they treat the Orioles the same -- nm - JD Jun 19, 12:14 5
  - I hope so because it would be so wrong for them to move. I hate what football has allowed to happen over the last decade. -- nm - Krusty Jun 19, 12:17 4
    - Having grown up there, I've got mixed feelings about it. I think they should be allowed to move. At minimum out of their current ancient stadium - JD Jun 19, 12:23 3
      - They can move to a new stadium after their lease expires in a year and I don't know how MLB can stop them but unless there's one being built - Krusty Jun 19, 12:31 2
        
        And I mean move to a new place in Baltimore, not a different city. -- nm - Krusty Jun 19, 12:32 1
        
        I mean maybe they could move to Brooklyn, I hear that place needs a real baseball team. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 19, 12:55
Not 100% confirmed yet by the PGA but rumors circulating that a PGA player playing at this week's tournament has tested COVID positive -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jun 19, 12:08 9
- Weird because they had pre-tourney testing in place and have been isolating reasonably well. - Will Hunting Jun 19, 12:11 6
  - Yeah, if they can't get golf right, they're not getting the rest done. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 19, 12:22
  - When did the tourney start? -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 12:12 4
    - They did a pre-test of the entrants prior to them even getting onsite. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 19, 12:55 1
      - So there's a period of time between testing and being isolated. There's your answer. -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 13:24
    - Thursday morning. Last week I heard they had something like 900-1000 tests all come back negative. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jun 19, 12:17 1
      - Could be some false negatives. -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 12:20
- Golf is supposed to be one of the most COVID-safe sports. -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 12:10 1
  - It was specifically designed thus, over 300 years ago! - mud Jun 19, 12:15
In major reversal, Navy has decided to fire carrier captain Crozier - Jovian Jun 19, 12:06 3
- yeah, saw that, blames him for sailors getting sick I believe. added link to story -- (link*) - tRuMaN Jun 19, 12:23
- Fuck them. -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 12:08
- dicKs -- nm - mud Jun 19, 12:07
Whoa. For 3 years I've run the division portal, and couldn't get the SharePoint admins to do anything. Today they sent me a team of techies - loosilu Jun 19, 12:00 11
- They don’t want to lay them off but have nothing else for them. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 19, 12:12 1
  - THey're all active duty. -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 12:13
- Pfft. There's no such thing as a SharePoint Admin still, is there? -- nm - JaxSean Jun 19, 12:07 1
  - I see you have never worked for a government agency. -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 12:08
- It's a trap. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jun 19, 12:03 2
  - I'm not convinced it's not. Since when does IT waltz up to you and offer help? -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 12:05 1
    - I russia, they come in and ask you to look out the window to see your future... -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 19, 14:10
- Sounds shady. - Mop Jun 19, 12:03 1
  - Actually, I was almost left out of the loop, except they included my deputy. (I'm a contractor and he's a civilian employee). He told them what's up. -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 12:04
- They will also fix your numbers! -- nm - POTUS Jun 19, 12:01
- nice! -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Jun 19, 12:01
why do the amazon delivery drivers not ring doorbells. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 19, 12:00 9
- ex Pizza Hut delivery guy here. Doorbells almost always do not work. Knock like the police. -- nm - Qale Jun 19, 12:14 1
  - This made me laugh. -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 12:15
- The delivery drivers to my place do ring the doorbell -- nm - JD Jun 19, 12:13
- Screw that. How many times have you visited someone's house, pushed the doorbell button, and then stood there not knowing if it works -- nm* - con_carne Jun 19, 12:08
- Introverts. -- nm - Mop Jun 19, 12:03
- Ring and run? -- nm - Spawn Jun 19, 12:01 3
  - its been raining off and on all day, and they just left a box without knocking or ringing the door bell - tRuMaN Jun 19, 12:01 2
    - Ugh. I get e-notifications pretty well from them. Like, within minutes. But yeah, that blows. I thought if it was exposed they were supposed to. Also, - Spawn Jun 19, 12:03 1
      - sometimes the notifications pop up for me, sometimes they dont. not sure why -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 19, 12:29
Local news columnist referred to the Trump rally as a "Joyous festival of narcissism, anger and disease". - pmb Jun 19, 11:59 3
- I am intrigued by his ideas and would like to subscribe to his column. -- nm - Spawn Jun 19, 12:03
- Throw some booze and Molly in there and you've got yourself a party! -- nm - Reagen Jun 19, 12:02
- Who doesn't love a good jofonad? -- nm - Bjarön Jun 19, 12:02
pitter patter - mud Jun 19, 11:54 5
- Hard no -- nm - JaxSean Jun 19, 12:01
- How's ya now? -- nm - Reagen Jun 19, 11:59 1
  - not so bad an' you -- nm - mud Jun 19, 12:03
- Trump's tiny feet? -- nm - Spawn Jun 19, 11:55
- wakey wakey - Qale Jun 19, 11:55

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