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My record is 1-4 against scorpions in Animal Crossing. I did far better against tarantulas. -- nm - Qale Jul 16, 20:45
R, Bleached does seem to have that staccato guitar thing going a lot of the time, straight out of the 80s. I've been trying to analogue them and can't - rollo Jul 16, 20:44
You'd think a number of industries in the U.S. would be pushing for everyone to wear a mask so we could just friggin' be done with this! - Mop Jul 16, 20:06 3
- No one wants to take the first step and lose business to a competitor that hasn't shut down. It's another of the immoralities of capitalism. -- nm - TWuG Jul 16, 20:45 1
  - Many are already shut down given laws -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 16, 20:48
- Exactly. There is a local brewery that posted a "we were going to open but you screwed us over" post. There is no economy while the virus is rampant, - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 16, 20:24
M7.3 quake off of Papua New Guinea -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 16, 20:02 1
- Wow, that was the wrong tweet. Lol. Anyway... -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 16, 20:29
Jack Black says: Wear a mask! -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 16, 19:58 2
- Needs more Skadoosh! -- nm - Colin SI Jul 16, 20:43
- That's... ah... I mean, I'm sure that works for someone. But I didn't need to see that. -- nm - Mop Jul 16, 20:06
I hadn't realized Montreal's flag had been updated in 2017 to include a First Nations component. Was a cool flag. Is now even cooler. -- (link) - Mop Jul 16, 19:53 1
- Of all the Canadian provincial flags (many of which are quite good), the Newfoundland and Labrador one is best. -- (link) - Mop Jul 16, 19:54
If you have Amazon Prime, you HAVE to watch Drive In Movie Ads. -- nm - David Jul 16, 19:45 3
- If that's a show, it doesn't show up on my prime. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 19:59 1
  - nor mine. looks like a US only thing. -- nm - mafic Jul 16, 20:03
- otherwise Jeff Bezos will poison one of your shipments. -- nm - mafic Jul 16, 19:46
Beatles drummer Pete Best with a fun tweet -- (link) - Remlik Jul 16, 19:38
Apparently morning suits were required by attorneys arguing before the Supreme Court until Obama eliminated this tradition. - Mop Jul 16, 19:17 1
- Supreme court justices in Canada basically wear Santa suits with a different hat. - mafic Jul 16, 19:30
I’m watching a furniture restoration video and I heard a door creak open then creak closed. Sounded like it was coming from upstairs. - Mop Jul 16, 18:55 4
- See, a *smart* serial killer would know how to gaslight you. -- nm - mafic Jul 16, 18:59 3
  - The Gaslayer -- nm - Max Jul 16, 20:48
  - Geez, I was just thinking "ghost"! Now I'm worried again! -- nm - Mop Jul 16, 19:13 1
    - relax. we have cameras all over your house monitoring for any trouble. -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 16, 19:17
You know, Texas would totally be knocking it out of the park if it weren’t for those pesky Floridians. I do believe 134 deaths is a new state record. -- nm - Qale Jul 16, 18:45 1
- no, while the state does have 2 execution chambers, i think the most they ever death penaltied in a day was six -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 16, 22:22
Please help me. I’ve been seriously looking at jigsaw puzzles. -- nm - Mop Jul 16, 18:44 3
- 500 is baby stuff, do at least 1000, 2000 will probably hit the limit of your table. -- nm - loosilu Jul 16, 18:48
- Happy to help you buy some. -- nm - loosilu Jul 16, 18:47
- I went to crossword puzzles instead. (The thanks a lot Isabelle nt.) -- nm* - Qale Jul 16, 18:46
NFL players can opt-out if they do so by Aug 1 -- (link*) - Flavorize Jul 16, 18:38
My first elementary school was the Washington Warriors. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jul 16, 18:37
From the Verge in June (and next week’s podcast show notes), there’s 8 different set top TV platforms on this chart I’m looking at. Can you name them? - Mop Jul 16, 18:33 11
- The Rest: #3 Xbox (10%), #7 Playstation (5%), #8 Samsung (1%) -- (link) - Mop Jul 16, 19:39
- Mibox, Shield -- nm - Shaun Jul 16, 18:50 2
  - No Android TV on the list. Closest Google gets is Chromecast at #6 (6%) - Mop Jul 16, 18:52 1
    - Home Box Office! Cinemax! Showtime! That's how to name a TV service. Not after an operating system -- nm - con_carne Jul 16, 18:58
- Roku. FireTV. AppleTV. TiVo. Xfinity. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 18:38 6
  - #1 (44%), #2 (19%), #4 (8%), “Other”, “Other”. (#3 surprised me) -- nm* - Mop Jul 16, 18:41 2
    - Plex? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 18:43 1
      - Other -- nm - Mop Jul 16, 18:43
  - Disney+ -- nm - Flavorize Jul 16, 18:40 2
    - The boxes, not the services. -- nm - Mop Jul 16, 18:41 1
      - Poop—you’re right -- nm - Flavorize Jul 16, 18:44
Zoom in on the press secretary’s tabs in her briefing binder. -- (link) - Volnelk Jul 16, 18:31 21
- Goya -- nm - Tim Jul 16, 18:58 1
  - "1) Turn at an angle to the press. 2) Raise the Goya with your right hand and support with your left. 3) Smile. 4) State Trump's long Goya history." - Goya tab Jul 16, 19:40
- Does she really take the time to flip to a page whenever a reporter questions her on a subject? -- nm - Max Jul 16, 18:54 4
  - I'm not sure any press secretary could memorise the key messages on the 50 topics of the day and then neuralyse their brain to memorise the key - Roger More Jul 16, 19:23
  - every time I've watched. She's quick, does it while the Q is coming -- nm - mud Jul 16, 18:57
  - You don’t expect her to actually be well informed, do you? -- nm - Mop Jul 16, 18:56 1
    - (I don't think the idea of the binder is all that terrible) -- nm - Reagen Jul 16, 19:07
- Unreal that Mueller is spelled wrong. I mean, what the hell? -- nm - Volnelk Jul 16, 18:50
- I assume “Hogan” is clever quips from “Hogan’s Heroes”. -- nm - Mop Jul 16, 18:34 12
  - Larry Hogan, Governor of Md who unleashed hell on Trump today -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 16, 19:04 4
    - The way I've reading it, Hogan's been a Trump toadie but decided to bail out today. I guess he saw the writing on the wall. -- nm - Mop Jul 16, 19:36 2
      - You couldn’t be more wrong. He wanted nothing to do with dipshit since 2016. As Governors Association lead, he - Will Hunting Jul 16, 19:45 1
        
        Just basing that on what this article says. -- (link) - Mop Jul 16, 20:45
    - oh right, of course -- nm - mud Jul 16, 19:09
  - Hogan Gidley -- nm - mud Jul 16, 18:45 1
    - He wasn’t allowed in the “No Hoganzzzz” club. -- nm - Mop Jul 16, 18:46
  - Actually, they should all be labeled "LIES" nm - howie Jul 16, 18:40 1
    - I was going to say I was surprised the Lies section wasn’t bigger. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 16, 18:49
  - Like a musical greeting card, when she flips there "I Am A Real American" plays -- nm - Krusty Jul 16, 18:37
  - There in case someone uncovers the president’s long-standing shady business dealings with the Hulkster. -- nm - mafic Jul 16, 18:36 1
    - I know nothing! -- nm - Kayleigh Jul 16, 18:37
Argh!! When that Pence/America First commercial comes on I want to throw something at the TV. -- nm - Meg Jul 16, 18:29 4
- Isn’t “America First” the slogan for the American Nazi party in the ‘30s? -- nm* - Mop Jul 16, 18:35 3
  - yes. Is this the 1st time in the last 4 years you've seen them employ it? -- nm - mud Jul 16, 18:46 2
    - Probably not. Just a blur at this point. -- nm - Mop Jul 16, 18:50 1
      - indeed. -- nm - mud Jul 16, 18:51
My goal for this weekend is to blow some sweet saxophone notes into a pipeline. I just need to find a pipeline and learn how to play the sax -- (link) - prayformojo Jul 16, 18:25 [youtube] 2
- That’s some rockin’ 80s jazz sax right there. -- nm - Mop Jul 16, 18:43
- I'm pretty sure this is how The Edge records his guitar parts. -- nm - Reagen Jul 16, 18:40
Softball game tonight: we lost, but I went 2 for 3, with an infield single, so my hitting is slowly coming along. -- nm - Shaun Jul 16, 18:24 8
- nice. big thing with slo-pitch I find is adjust your footing to point your power where you want the ball to go -- nm - Beaker Jul 16, 18:28 4
  - I'm mostly suffering from not swinging a bat for like a decade. I know I have HR power, but the timing isn't there yet. -- nm - Shaun Jul 16, 18:32 3
    - If the O's would stop pinch-hitting for you, you could get those reps you need! -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 16, 18:37 1
      - Heh, I should get back to that and try another season. Lost in the WS to Philly the last season I played. -- nm - Shaun Jul 16, 18:50
    - my father was the best player i ever saw. he played in the old Triple A in Kentville (when that meant something) - Beaker Jul 16, 18:37
- Good night for you. ;-) You'll get them next time. - Krusty Jul 16, 18:28 2
  - I'll admit, it feels damned good to be back on the diamond. -- nm - Shaun Jul 16, 18:33 1
    - Enjoy it! - Krusty Jul 16, 18:41
When I was 5, sugar cereals were new and not demonized. OK. My favorites were CocoPops, AlphaBits, Fruit Loops, Frosted flakes. And the strawberry -- (edited) - loosilu Jul 16, 18:15 47
- Cookie Crisp -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 16, 18:58
- I remember every cereal coming out with a blueberry flavor and those were my favorites for a while. Blueberry Crunch and whatnot -- nm - con_carne Jul 16, 18:36 2
  - Booberry. -- nm - Judge Bane Jul 16, 18:38 1
    - These are the Sons Of Booberry. Blueberry Honeycomb, did that exist? If it was that flavor breakfast cereal, I tried it. -- nm - con_carne Jul 16, 18:42
- I was all about mining the marshmallows out of Lucky Charms. -- nm - mafic Jul 16, 18:34 5
  - My mom never let me have that. I guess it was too egregious -- nm - con_carne Jul 16, 18:37 4
    - My mom didn’t really like reading ingredients, so we could have anything once. She only ever drew the line at cookie crisp, I think. -- nm - mafic Jul 16, 19:02 3
      - My mom's first language was not English, it was a running joke that she tragically misread labels. She once bought us what she thought were cookies, - loosilu Jul 16, 19:05 2
        
        Another time, we were staying in a cabin in Vermont for summer vacation. She bought maple syrup. - loosilu Jul 16, 19:07 1
        
        my mom loves reading, but hates reading technical things or instructions, so she'd look at a box and go 'Alpha-Bits? sounds educational. sure.' - mafic Jul 16, 19:43
- Frankenberry was my favorite, see below. But I also loved Honey Smacks/Golden Crisp, Froot Loops, Fruity Pebbles and Cap'n Crunch -- nm - Krusty Jul 16, 18:23 10
  - Fruit Loops and Apple Jacks. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jul 16, 18:25 8
    - My mom never bought Apple Jacks, not sure why. They look tasty. -- nm - Krusty Jul 16, 18:26
    - Oh and absolutely Capn Crunch! -- nm - Dark Callisto Jul 16, 18:26 5
      - My sister! -- (link*) - Krusty Jul 16, 18:34 [Image]
      - Capn Crunch is my enemy because it sliced my gums and palate into ribbons, with blood. Alpha Bits was a slightly lesser offender. -- nm - loosilu Jul 16, 18:27 3
        
        Link! Capn Crunch most notorious as being sharp. -- (link) - loosilu Jul 16, 18:34 2
        
        I heard in a podcast that they changed the formula to get rid of trans fats or something like that and they're no longer as sharp as they used to be. - Krusty Jul 16, 18:45 1
        
        wow! it was a popular thing in my college cafeteria in the 80s. I wouldn't touch it because I was tired of my mouth torn to ribbons. Wasn't alone. -- nm* - loosilu Jul 16, 18:47
    - COMPLETELY forgot Apple Jacks, that was my sister's thing -- nm - loosilu Jul 16, 18:25
  - oh, I loved honey smacks. But there was a honeycomb. One of them had a "clubhouse" in the commercials. i think it was honeycomb. -- (edited) - loosilu Jul 16, 18:24
- I lived on Frosted Flakes. But also loved Sugar Corn Pops -- nm - Beaker Jul 16, 18:20 8
  - HNC are the One True Cereal but I would occasionally dabble with Shreddies (which went from ninja stars to soggy mush in about a nanosecond) - Reagen Jul 16, 18:36 5
    - More CanCon: We all got our own Laura Secord egg, I liked the yellow one better, my bro liked the blue one. -- nm - loosilu Jul 16, 18:44
    - CanCon: We visited my Grandmaman in Quebec, 3x year. She always had a package of Kellog cereals in little boxes, all Canadian. - loosilu Jul 16, 18:43 2
      - Special K is Rice Krispies for people afraid of tasting anything. - Reagen Jul 16, 18:45 1
        
        Special K was aimed at anorexic women. Diet cereal. -- nm - loosilu Jul 16, 18:55
    - (Oatmeal Crisp is great for a "grown up" cereal) -- nm - Reagen Jul 16, 18:41
  - how shameless were they? SUGAR corn pops. -- nm - loosilu Jul 16, 18:22 1
    - why else would anyone eat them??!! -- nm - Beaker Jul 16, 18:29
- Frankenberry -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Jul 16, 18:17 16
  - Yessssss. All the monster cereals, but Frankenberry was the best. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jul 16, 18:22 10
    - what were the other monsters? -- nm - loosilu Jul 16, 18:22 9
      - Booberry and Count Chocula. There was also one called Fruit Brute but I've never had the pleasure to taste it -- nm - Krusty Jul 16, 18:24 8
        
        Count Chocula was a staple, Booberry was not my thing. Cannot remember Fruit Brute. -- nm - loosilu Jul 16, 18:26 7
        
        I think it got cut in the 70s or early 80s. I've never seen it on a shelf but know it exists and was part of the monster cereals. -- nm - Krusty Jul 16, 18:29 6
        
        sometime when I was 6 r 7, my mom learend, sugar cereals bad. lol. No complaints, honestly. We switched to Raisin Bran, Cheerios, Cornflakes, etc. -- nm - loosilu Jul 16, 18:32 2
        
        I just stopped eating breakfast at home when I got to HS and grabbed a bagel on the way to school. I haven't gone back since but have bought a random -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 16, 18:39 1
        
        I've always eaten breakfast at home for life. Cannot function without protein breakfast. When i did Eurail in southern europe I almost went nuts. - loosilu Jul 16, 18:53
        
        Apparently they brought it back in 2013 but I missed it. There was also another one called Fruity Yummy Mummy which I never heard of. -- (link) - Krusty Jul 16, 18:30
        
        Like many people, I only know about Fruit Brute because of Tarantino. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 16, 18:30 1
        
        That's where I first learned about it as well. -- nm - Krusty Jul 16, 18:31
  - Best. Cereal. Ever. -- nm - Krusty Jul 16, 18:20 3
    - right???? those little pink styrofoam crunchies. -- nm - loosilu Jul 16, 18:21 2
      - oh, I guess they were called "marshmallows" -- nm - loosilu Jul 16, 18:21 1
        
        I bought them last Halloween when they were in the stores and there wasn't enough marshmallows in the boxes. -- nm - Krusty Jul 16, 18:25
  - THAT'S IT!!! The ones I didn't like so much. Cap'n Crunch, the one with the leprachaun, Honeycomb -- nm - loosilu Jul 16, 18:18
That Muppets doing Hamilton with Beaker as Eliza on Satisfied.....!!!!!! -- nm - ty97 Jul 16, 18:13
US +73,311. New record -- nm - prayformojo Jul 16, 18:06
And Peggy. -- nm - Tim Jul 16, 17:58 6
- I'm sure some here can answer this. -- (link) - Tim Jul 16, 18:06 4
  - Never saw him, but someone I knew in college was Hamilton in the Chicago production. -- (edited) - znufrii, silly old man Jul 16, 18:20
  - One that I have seen mentioned a lot is Emmy Raver-Lampman as Angelica - ty97 Jul 16, 18:18
  - Someone here said they loved Wayne Brady in the role of Burr -- nm - Krusty Jul 16, 18:13
  - I saw this question posed on twitter recently (perhaps by a blue check) and there were many responses - ty97 Jul 16, 18:09
- Daddy said to be home by sundown. -- nm - David Jul 16, 18:06
Starting some shit: Why do people like Corn Pops? They have the texture of styrofoam, aren't sweet enough to make up for it (HNC are sweeter) and have - Reagen Jul 16, 17:57 8
- -20 SB Points -- nm - Strongbad Jul 16, 19:47
- Yeah, I liked them as a kid but not so much now. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jul 16, 18:24
- Because of Poppy the porcupine of course -- nm - con_carne Jul 16, 18:14 1
  - Hi, I’m Poppy! -- nm - Qale Jul 16, 19:15
- I don't think I've ever had them. -- nm - Krusty Jul 16, 18:14 1
  - Soggy yellow hollow spheres. -- nm - loosilu Jul 16, 18:19
- When I was 5, we freely ate sugar cereals. THat was def one of my least favorite. -- nm - loosilu Jul 16, 18:13
- No work tomorrow, bud? -- nm - spamlet Jul 16, 18:03
TGIF! -- nm - Beaker Jul 16, 17:55

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