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Trump ending federal funding for testing. This is straight insane/criminal. - Volnelk Jun 25, 06:54 1
- In a few select states. Including Texas. -- nm - loosilu Jun 25, 06:56
Carnival has cancelled all cruise departures through September 30. -- (link) - loosilu Jun 25, 06:52
Bill de Blasio has solved racism! -- (link) - ty97 Jun 25, 06:47 3
- I know a 60 year old white MA lesbian who thinks she solved racism. I'll tell you all about it later. I know you can't wait. -- nm* - Diva Jun 25, 06:49
- They're painting one in every borough as well -- nm - Krusty without grass Jun 25, 06:48 1
  - Also, Fuck de Blasio! -- nm - Krusty without grass Jun 25, 06:48
posted before? A meteorologist looks at the movie Twister -- (link) - prayformojo Jun 25, 06:46
this is funny. -- (link) - amanda Jun 25, 06:44
oh, I should do my taxes -- nm - ty97 Jun 25, 06:40 2
- Oh yeah. -- nm - loosilu Jun 25, 06:53
- Oh right, I still need to do my local taxes. - znufrii Jun 25, 06:41
Ahahahahahhahhhaahahaha -- (link) - Will Hunting Jun 25, 06:37 4
- "and I'm available" slays me -- nm - Beaker Jun 25, 06:41
- good for him! never stop hustling for that next job. :) -- nm - Diva Jun 25, 06:41 1
  - He should play him as Shaggy. -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 06:54
- Heh heh. He's so good on Good Girls -- nm - oblique Jun 25, 06:39
This should be fun. Been having various good political discussions with my daughter lately. Last night as I'm heading to bed she declared one of my - oblique Jun 25, 06:08 16
- I wouldn't be so ready to engage people on a topic I know so little about -- nm - con_carne Jun 25, 07:06
- I think a lot of the Islam that gets aired in the west is of a Saudi bent, and that's very fringe. very powerful, but very fringe. - mafic Jun 25, 06:44 3
  - *nods* I was overly broad and sweeping. I can admit that. I also think that much like Christianity's treatment of homosexuality, there is no value - oblique Jun 25, 06:54 2
    - quick question - is it because they cover their face that you take issue? How do you feel about nun's habits? -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 06:59 1
      - To me it is representative of a repressive culture. That's a great question about nun's habits. I definitely don't have the same impression there - oblique Jun 25, 07:03
- All I know is I probably don’t know enough about it to have an educated opinion worth discussing. -- nm - znufrii Jun 25, 06:38
- I’m on board — Islam fundamentalism is a horrible thing -- nm - JackDawson Jun 25, 06:22 3
  - The other types are not to hot either. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 25, 06:27 2
    - Right, agreed, there's at least LESS bad in other parts -- nm - JackDawson Jun 25, 06:29 1
      - Yep. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 25, 06:30
- I don't know how to respond to this post but just observing some of what you've been sharing here and on social media - - Diva Jun 25, 06:19 1
  - Thanks - oblique Jun 25, 06:35
- there are a lot of islamic women who, when given a choice, want to wear masks. the issue isn't masks, the issue is choice. -- nm - amanda Jun 25, 06:19 3
  - There's an interesting philosophical debate to be had about "choice" in that context though, but I do agree choice is key -- nm - JackDawson Jun 25, 06:33
  - This -- nm - spamlet Jun 25, 06:30
  - This was my immediate thought about the issue that was being raised. -- nm - ty97 Jun 25, 06:29
ok - FB is evil. An old friend from college just told me he was in love with me while we were in school. - Diva Jun 25, 06:08 22
- Answer "I knew. If only h" then block him. -- nm - Mop Jun 25, 06:56
- Put a cinnamon roll on each ear and say "I know." -- nm - Bjarön Jun 25, 06:55
- on my signal.....unleash MEL! -- nm - prayformojo Jun 25, 06:10
- "I said 'I love you'. She said 'Thank you'" -- nm - oblique Jun 25, 06:09 18
  - what do I say to him?? - Diva Jun 25, 06:12 17
    - I had a friend say something similar when I got engaged. it was termed in the past, but I think it flowed through to the present. I don't think - mafic Jun 25, 06:30
    - This was an IM? Any context? -- nm - loosilu Jun 25, 06:25 9
      - yep. he's in a headspace right now where he wants to say things to people that he's been 'needing to say'. - Diva Jun 25, 06:30 8
        
        Ah. - oblique Jun 25, 06:36 4
        
        oh my goodness, no. I'm going to just say something like, 'that's such a lovely thing to say. You were always so nice.' - Diva Jun 25, 06:38 3
        
        ...”ps: They would have written songs about us..., but alas...you kept your feelings quiet.” -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 25, 06:42 1
        
        heh-heh... -- nm - Diva Jun 25, 06:45
        
        I like that as a generic answer to compliments when I don't know how to respond. It distances the compliment from me a little, if that makes sense. - loosilu Jun 25, 06:39
        
        I wouldn't tell him that IM part, obviously. I think I would go with something like, Thank you, what a lovely thing to say. - loosilu Jun 25, 06:34 2
        
        then hold his arms while mel punches him -- nm - Beaker Jun 25, 06:36 1
        
        Ha!! -- nm - Diva Jun 25, 06:36
    - Dear Baby, welcome to Dumpsville. Population: you. -- nm - VMan Jun 25, 06:23
    - I love Lamp -- nm - Beaker Jun 25, 06:21 1
      - his name is Mel, or cake nipples if you MUST. -- nm - mafic Jun 25, 06:30
    - I mean. He isn't professing his love for you *now*? Right? I don't think it's bad to be like "Thanks. That's very sweet. I always valued our - oblique Jun 25, 06:16 1
      - no, no, no - nothing like that. Thing is, I had no idea of how he says he felt. This is news to me. Like, as of right now. -- nm - Diva Jun 25, 06:20
    - "who are you again?" -- nm - decline Jun 25, 06:15
uuummmmm -- (link) - ty97 Jun 25, 06:06 1
- (2016 vote from this group was T +2.5) -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 06:52
So when you go to a meeting and make a speech like this, are you hoping to convince people? Shame them? Just yell? -- (link) - mafic Jun 25, 06:03
TV PSA: Burden of Truth, Celebrity Watch Party, Council of Dads, Holey Moley, Treasure Island with Bear Grylls, Blindspot, Flip or Flop, Don't, -- nm - Beaker Jun 25, 05:39 2
- In the Dark, Labor of Love, Naked and Afraid, Restaurant Impossible, Revenge Prank, Broke, Real HW, To Tell the Truth, Bold Type, Misery Index, Alone, - Beaker Jun 25, 05:40 1
  - Adventure Time: Distant Lands—BMO (HBO Max), Doom Patrol (HBO Max), Search Party (HBO Max), The Twilight Zone (CBS All Access) -- nm - Beaker Jun 25, 05:42
Unemployment: 1.48M New, 19.5M continuing -- nm - budice Jun 25, 05:32
So, let's get a party going! -- nm - prayformojo Jun 25, 05:30 2
- *gets out his whig* -- nm - spamlet Jun 25, 05:34
- I can't believe you've done this. -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 05:31
I'm in need of a decline TLOU2 update. Come on man! -- nm - Shaun Jun 25, 05:18 6
- sorry, nothing to report. I may have time to play it tonight -- nm - decline Jun 25, 05:46 5
  - Not story spoiler, of course, but did you do this part? -- (link) - Shaun Jun 25, 05:50 [youtube] 4
    - What happens if you mangle the chords? -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 05:54 2
      - Eventually it unlocks a minigame. -- (link) - Shaun Jun 25, 06:27
      - it just sounds off and you need to redo it -- nm - decline Jun 25, 06:03
    - yes (comment) -- (edited) - decline Jun 25, 05:52
CDC: "don't kiss or snuggle backyard poultry" -- (link) - GregW Jun 25, 05:15 4
- we can still make sweet sweet love to them though right?...asking for a friend... -- nm - Beaker Jun 25, 05:37 3
  - Just not face to face -- nm - oblique Jun 25, 05:55 1
    - squawk!! means no, kilbo. -- nm - Chickie Jun 25, 06:07
  - I'm still sticking with goats, for now. -- nm - Zuck Jun 25, 05:39
Remember when Ted Cruz announced his running mate Carly Fiorina? That was weird. Anyway, she is voting for Biden -- (link) - ty97 Jun 25, 04:54
MLB is back— with this gem of a rule that I know is Krusty’s favorite - JackDawson Jun 25, 03:46 25
- Despite my understanding of why they're doing it, it's an abomination and teams should refuse to go along with it. That's not baseball and if they can't -- (edited) - Krusty without grass Jun 25, 06:01 12
  - I don't understand it actually. What is the point? Shortening the game? The players will have been together for 3 plus hours at that point - JackDawson Jun 25, 06:29 11
    - It’s also to minimize the wear and tear on pitchers. - Will Hunting Jun 25, 06:34 5
      - Yeah, the lack of minor leaguers ready to play is another issue. But they can expand the rosters to say 30. -- nm - Krusty without grass Jun 25, 06:35 4
        
        It starts at 30 and declines to 26 by year end iirc. - Will Hunting Jun 25, 06:38 3
        
        Why do they want it to decline? I feel like they should leave at 30 for the whole "season" -- (edited) - Krusty without grass Jun 25, 06:40 2
        
        Because major leaguers get 550k a year...and minor leaguers don’t. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 25, 06:43 1
        
        Cheap fucking pricks -- nm - Krusty without grass Jun 25, 06:48
    - Yes, they're reasoning is to shorten the game and it's not a virus safety thing. They thinking is that they'll have to play a lot of games in - Krusty without grass Jun 25, 06:34 4
      - After decades of watching Orioles fail to score with men on 2nd and 3rd, no outs...let’s not get crazy here. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 25, 06:35 3
        
        You were watching the Orioles though... - Krusty without grass Jun 25, 06:37
        
        I was just going to say...sounds like he's never watched a Yankees game before -- nm - JackDawson Jun 25, 06:36 1
        
        All jokes aside, it's an easy run to score. It may not happen 80% of the time but I think it scores 40% which is still high. - Krusty without grass Jun 25, 06:39
- It'll be odd, but I doubt this one sticks around past pandemic. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 25, 04:28 8
  - What the hell does it even have to do with a pandemic? Avoid long games? Use ties -- nm - JackDawson Jun 25, 06:22 1
    - They want to minimize the time spent in close proximity to people and also reduce wear and tear on players, especially pitchers. - Will Hunting Jun 25, 06:31
  - It’s been used in the minors the past couple of seasons. - spamlet Jun 25, 05:25 5
    - You play to win the game. If it takes 146 innings that's how long it takes -- nm - Krusty without grass Jun 25, 06:02 3
      - I agree but they’re clearly going to move away from that because of specialization of the bullpens. -- nm - spamlet Jun 25, 06:22 1
        
        When you say move away what are the option besides this awful rule and ties? Baseball is wonderful for so many reasons but one is that there's - Krusty without grass Jun 25, 06:31
      - Not if it goes past my bedtime. -- nm - B Selig Jun 25, 06:03
    - just like the overtime and shootout in the NHL. in 15 years you'll be down to 5 minutes of 3-on-3 extra innings, then a home run derby. it all fits! -- nm - mafic Jun 25, 05:38
- Just like my beer league! Relatable! -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 03:56 2
  - I like that MLB gives the option of chugging a beer or a line of coke at the end of every inning,,,some people just don't like beer -- nm - Beaker Jun 25, 04:02 1
    - Finally! My time has come! -- nm - Steve Howe Jun 25, 04:25
I got correspondence from a place called Batman House Farm today. -- nm - LMS Jun 25, 03:21 10
- there's a Batman lane in Melbourne. - mafic Jun 25, 03:23 9
  - Named after the founder, John Batman -- (link) - Reagen Jun 25, 03:36 4
    - wow, he was a terrible person. -- nm - mafic Jun 25, 04:26
    - that's a terrible secret identity. I bet he got hassled by Gotham cops all the time. -- nm - mafic Jun 25, 03:42 2
      - "Batman felled by syphilis" was one of the grimmer story lines in the comics - Reagen Jun 25, 03:55 1
        
        Explains why he needed to wear a mask to hide his eroded nose. -- nm* - LMS Jun 25, 03:59
  - Yep, there's a Kingsman Street near me but I never see Taron Egerton hanging around. -- nm* - LMS Jun 25, 03:34 3
    - maybe you're just not going enough. -- nm - mafic Jun 25, 03:41 2
      - It's not in the most pleasant part of town but I go past it on the bus a lot. -- nm - LMS Jun 25, 03:54 1
        
        that just makes it the perfect place for a secret hideout. -- nm - mafic Jun 25, 04:02
Waiter gives advice for dining out safely during COVID. -- (link) - loosilu Jun 25, 03:03 3
- I hoped that would be it. -- nm - Mop Jun 25, 06:54
- Spoils - Dark Callisto Jun 25, 03:36 1
  - The replies are pretty good too. -- nm - loosilu Jun 25, 04:34
Whoever came up with "the cause of suffering is desire" definitely had a five year old. -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 02:36 2
- I don't think you understand. she *really* wants it. whatever it is. -- nm - mafic Jun 25, 04:00
- Buddha? -- nm - loosilu Jun 25, 03:02
I need to go to sleep thought: If golfers are deciding not to participate, what are other US pro athletes on the verge of playing again thinking? - JD Jun 25, 00:00 4
- Tennis is still doable. The wrong guy did it. -- nm - . Jun 25, 00:04 3
  - Ok but how much of a pause does what happened place on the sport? I guess he might have done overall good given his outspokenness and what happened.. -- nm - JD Jun 25, 00:16
  - also on the tennis front, there's a reasonable chance COVID ends Djoko's career, and that it's what he'll be remembered for, which is kind of nuts. -- nm - mafic Jun 25, 00:08
  - agree. -- nm - mafic Jun 25, 00:05
Vice has literally made a federal case out of whether Conan the dog is male or female. -- (link) - Mop Jun 24, 22:18
Hmmmmmm. $4900 cash (canadian) for a 25' sailboat, with moorage at the marina that I'd want to park it at anyway. -- (link*) - Beryllium Jun 24, 21:59 1
- does it come with the guard dog? -- nm - decline Jun 25, 05:51
When's the next Perry Mason? I need a hit of that Indiana Constantine vibe. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 21:56 3
- I have it dvred. It was good I take it then? -- nm - Jovian Jun 24, 22:37 1
  - I thought it was quite good. A few folks have expressed being less enthused, waiting for more episodes before judging. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 22:39
- Sunday. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 22:08
Huh?? Found a local restaurant that has poutine on the menu. Oggi's Pizza - just up the road from me, next door to Outback. -- (link) - Meg Jun 24, 21:46
far UVC light radiation has been shown to kill corona continuously can could be useful in restaurant/club public spaces -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 24, 21:02 2
- 2nd half of the article discusses blood clotting and how the virus hitches a ride in blood platelets. -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 24, 21:06 1
  - I guess that's one of my biggest risks, already being on blood-thinners. I don't think that was known when I was declared high risk - - Meg Jun 24, 21:55
Apparently Quebec is going to stop doing daily updates and move to a weekly briefing. Which seems ... dangerous and denialist. - Beryllium Jun 24, 20:30
Crash Davis News: Max Brooks' Bigfoot Book 'Devolution' Picked Up by Legendary -- (link) - Remlik Jun 24, 20:30 1
- Link -- (link) - mud Jun 24, 20:39 [Backboard]
WWE: Renee Young (Jon Moxley's wife) tests positive for Covid. -- nm - Remlik Jun 24, 20:26 7
- You're terrible. Be less terrible. -- nm - David Jun 24, 20:40
- This is why David makes fun of you all the time. -- nm - Tim Jun 24, 20:28 5
  - Well it’s not the ONLY reason why - Epiphany Wearing a wig Jun 24, 21:00 1
    - 🤫 -- nm - JD Jun 24, 23:43
  - why? it's NOT ON THIS BOARD! -- nm - Remlik Jun 24, 20:29 2
    - It was on the board that existed when you typed the post. -- nm - ty97 Jun 24, 20:32 1
      - Maybe he's just a slow typist and it took him over 3 minutes :) -- nm - Meg Jun 24, 21:49

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