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MLB teams ranked by total average attendance in 2019 ... - Beryllium Jul 29, 13:10 1
- That's much more than I expected for the Angels and less for the Red Sox. -- nm* - Krusty Jul 29, 13:18
The first college football player (projected 1st round pick) has opted out of playing this season. Will train for the draft instead -- (link) - decline Jul 29, 13:07
My boss sometimes references fee-for-service Medicare claims which she abbreviates FFS. I double take every time. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 29, 12:59 1
- I deal with FFS all the time at work. -- nm - Dano Jul 29, 13:03
This is genius -- (link) - decline Jul 29, 12:54
Marilyn Manson and the Spiders From Mars -- nm - con_carne Jul 29, 12:50
yikes: Marion (Indianapolis) County football, soccer, volleyball competition shut down through Oct. 1. - Remlik Jul 29, 12:40 5
- They're probably just waiting to see about winter sports - JD Jul 29, 12:43 4
  - Plus, this is Indiana. -- nm - Spawn Jul 29, 12:49 2
    - Well, they are letting golf, tennis and cross-country proceed -- nm - JD Jul 29, 12:56 1
      - Those are all outdoors. -- nm - loosilu Jul 29, 13:33
  - Every Sport, But With Zorb Balls -- nm - Reagen Jul 29, 12:48
y'all are still goin' with her, huh? - Reagen Jul 29, 12:28 26
- I actually don't regret that I'm missing this. -- nm - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 29, 13:12
- Your IM is me as well. There's no sense in engaging these people. -- nm - MDH Jul 29, 13:09
- I guess you need FB to understand what is going on here? -- nm - Jovian Jul 29, 12:56 2
  - One of Pippy's people who is connected to her on FB. -- nm - loosilu Jul 29, 12:58
  - I am not sure that even that would help. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 12:57
- Guys, even *I* gave up. -- nm* - loosilu Jul 29, 12:47 1
  - *snork* - oblique Jul 29, 12:55
- The 99% survival is my favorite thing to have people throw at me. I crush them with math from the top rope. -- nm - oblique Jul 29, 12:45
- I started to read through them yesterday and gave up. I really try to 99% of the time not read comments anymore on FB. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 29, 12:44 3
  - Yeah, I was reading it earlier and then decided I didn't need to let her occupy space in my brain. -- nm - Judge Bane Jul 29, 12:48 2
    - (Not to discourage the rest of you from the conversation, though!) - Judge Bane Jul 29, 12:49 1
      - Heh. I don't have the energy for it anymore. - JaxSean Jul 29, 12:51
- Is there a link to this? -- nm - David Jul 29, 12:42 5
  - here -- (link*) - Andie Jul 29, 12:44 4
    - Clicks. Sees ‘view 109 previous replies’. Exits. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 29, 13:07
    - Well, we at least got her to back off the 99% shit :) -- nm - oblique Jul 29, 12:44 2
      - i love quoting people back to the themselves when they have said contradictory things. -- nm - Andie Jul 29, 12:45 1
        
        She doesn't understand you, so she backs up and starts again. -- nm - loosilu Jul 29, 12:56
- we know. i am just trying to make her untangle her own word vomit. -- nm - Andie Jul 29, 12:29 7
  - (the arguments are NEVER to convince the person you are arguing with.) -- nm - Andie Jul 29, 12:30 6
    - someone said when you argue with a lunatic, to others you both sound nuts. -- nm - mud Jul 29, 12:37 5
      - oh, true. -- nm - Andie Jul 29, 12:39 4
        
        Also, the thing about smart people is they sound like crazy people to stupid People. -- nm - Spawn Jul 29, 12:51 3
        
        The one thing I have taken away from her diatribe is that Jim is a Judge Mental person. -- nm - loosilu Jul 29, 12:53 2
        
        Why isn't there a comic called Judge Mental? (is there?) -- nm - Andie Jul 29, 12:54 1
        
        Or a drag name? -- nm* - loosilu Jul 29, 12:59
D+ has picked up Black Beauty, currently $11 at HSX... -- nm - Beaker Jul 29, 12:18
Netflix situation comedies will be having a crossover -- (link) - Remlik Jul 29, 12:17 [youtube] 1
- that moment you find out that Netflix has comedy shows. -- nm - Spawn Jul 29, 12:32
Nick Markakis has changed his mind after originally opting out of the 2020 season and is rejoining the Braves. -- nm - the ice Jul 29, 12:10 6
- Uhhh...that’s allowed? And he’s doing it knowing they play the Marlins? - Will Hunting Jul 29, 12:24 2
  - Everyone has it, so why not get paid? -- nm - that girl on pippy's fb page Jul 29, 12:28 1
    - *snort!* -- nm - Diva Jul 29, 12:34
- Thats bullshit. I thought if you opted out, you're out. -- nm - Jovian Jul 29, 12:19
- I thought players weren't allowed to opt back in. -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 12:17
- This is like boarding the Titanic, but after it hits the iceberg. -- nm - Reagen Jul 29, 12:11
As always, Congress people talking to CEOs from tech companies turns into tech support questions. -- nm - colin Jul 29, 12:09 7
- has Bezos even been asked any questions yet? - decline Jul 29, 12:12 6
  - they're on Google right now. last guy was complaining that his campaign emails sometimes go to people's spam folder. -- nm - colin Jul 29, 12:14 5
    - Gym Jordan is saying that Google trying to encourage Latinx people to get out to vote in 2016 was anti-Trump. wowa. -- nm - colin Jul 29, 12:18 4
      - there it is... he's having a meltdown during someone else's time. -- nm - colin Jul 29, 12:20 3
        
        that is all this jacket-less wearing fraud does is meltdown -- nm - Jovian Jul 29, 12:22 2
        
        him & Collins: their style is to talk very fast and very long and pack as many lies as you can into each sentence. I can't follow sometimes. -- nm - mud Jul 29, 12:25 1
        
        it's the ben shapiro method... -- nm - colin Jul 29, 12:29
Jake Sherman is pounding the Gohmert COVID story on twitter. Apparently Gohmert brought all his staff into a room to tell them he had it... - Beaker Jul 29, 12:07 14
- Before we start this difficult conversation, I'd like everybody to get in a huddle and do some deep breathing together. -- nm - Gohmert Jul 29, 12:36 1
  - Time for some team building, people!!! -- nm - Gomer-t Jul 29, 12:41
- ARE YOU F*CKING KIDDING ME? -- nm - Andie Jul 29, 12:28 3
  - You can't make this stuff up. -- nm - Spawn Jul 29, 12:31 2
    - that should legit be a crime. -- nm - Andie Jul 29, 12:35 1
      - There's a bunch of angry staffers of various congresspeople telling on their bosses anonymously - Reagen Jul 29, 12:37
- Imagine how awful this man has to be to work for?? -- nm - Jovian Jul 29, 12:26
- He's also one of those Congressmen who sleeps in his office - wonder where/how he plans to quarantine ? -- nm - decline Jul 29, 12:08
- I wonder if that could be defined as a workplace assault. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 12:08
- He also blamed the mask for contracting it. -- nm - Jovian Jul 29, 12:07 4
  - maybe he was sharing one with someone else? -- nm - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 29, 12:50 1
    - A Goober, sharing? -- nm - loosilu Jul 29, 12:51
  - I thought you were kidding. It's like saying wearing the condom gave you syphilis. -- nm - Reagen Jul 29, 12:42
  - yep -- nm - mud Jul 29, 12:13
Young and black voter registrations surged in the days after protests began, according to Democratic firm -- (link) - con_carne Jul 29, 11:54
My current audiobook looks at Salem's Lot and thinks that's just a good start - JD Jul 29, 11:50 [Backboard]
Look at this honeydew we grew! -- (pic) - colin Jul 29, 11:50 [Attachment] 6
- yum -- nm - prayformojo Jul 29, 12:01
- very nice, we have zero luck with melons here. -- nm - Andie Jul 29, 11:52 2
  - probably due to all the snow -- nm - decline Jul 29, 11:55
  - we are getting one melon per vine.. it's not great. -- nm - colin Jul 29, 11:52
- a hand nearby, so you can see the real size of this monster. -- (pic) - colin Jul 29, 11:50 [Attachment] 1
  - Nice! Looks tasty and like a cantaloupe. -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 12:15
SITWAP: Federal occupation force pulling out of Portland. -- (link) - Mop Jul 29, 11:49 4
- soon to be deployed to Detroit, Cleveland and Milwaukee -- nm - Jovian Jul 29, 11:50 1
  - Have fun storming the castle! -- nm - Mop Jul 29, 11:51
- ACLU sues Portland Police. How dare they live stream protests? -- (link) - Mop Jul 29, 11:50 1
  - I...what? -- nm - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 29, 12:19
Trivia? there are 6 teams in the MLB that average fewer than 20K home game attendance (2019). Which ones are they? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 11:39 23
- Should I post the full list, or do another one for the top five? :) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 12:27 3
  - Top 5: Yankees, Dodgers, Cards, Red Sox and Cubs? -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 12:44 2
    - pretty good - you only missed one -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 13:08 1
      - Big cities with good teams. -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 13:18
- Braves -- nm - JaxSean Jul 29, 12:14
- Tigers? Indians? -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 12:13 1
  - It's the tigers, yeah. sixth-last at #25. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 12:24
- Blue Jays? -- nm - Beaker Jul 29, 12:11
- Mets -- nm - JaxSean Jul 29, 12:07 1
  - No. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 12:10
- Pirates -- nm - Beaker Jul 29, 11:59 1
  - fourth-last (#27) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 12:03
- Padres -- nm - Beaker Jul 29, 11:59 1
  - they're actually at #14 in attendance - smack in the middle -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 12:04
- (there are two teams left) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 11:57
- Orioles -- nm - Dano Jul 29, 11:47 1
  - third-last at #28 -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 11:57
- Is this Baron's format? -- nm - Spawn Jul 29, 11:43 1
  - I license it out for a small fee. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 29, 11:47
- KC Royals, Florida marlins, Oakland A's -- nm - Beaker Jul 29, 11:41 1
  - fifth-last (#26), last (#30 - a gimme), Oakland is over 20K. But it's the last one over 20K. (#24) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 11:45
- Tampa Bay Rays? -- nm - Diva Jul 29, 11:40 1
  - Second-last (#29) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 11:44
IL: Youth sports recommendations. Baseball, tennis, golf can basically proceed. Basketball, soccer, volleyball with only no contact practices and - oblique Jul 29, 11:37 3
- Though tennis players are advised not to dance shirtless with each other at a crowded nightclub after practice. -- nm - Dano Jul 29, 11:48
- Our super smart governor signed an executive order allowing soccer/football etc. to resume yesterday. - Judge Bane Jul 29, 11:41
- Because we all know covid hates actual games, right? -- nm - Spawn Jul 29, 11:39
~Cleaning up is such a dirty business, and now you're like all the other bitches~ - Epiphany - Moving Up, Living Down Jul 29, 11:35
ACNH: Kismet has closed its gate. Better luck next time. -- nm - Qale Jul 29, 11:34 1
- Fate don't control me! -- nm - Spawn Jul 29, 11:35
My gosh, Meg, Mojo has quite the mane. Did you explain to him that's it summer and he's supposed to shed that? -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 29, 11:32 2
- Trust me, he's shed enough already for two more of him. Minion is the one with the real lions' mane and her's comes out in chunks :/ -- (pic) - Meg Jul 29, 11:38 [Attachment] 1
  - They are so pretty. -- nm - Judge Bane Jul 29, 12:39
Here. -- (link) - David Jul 29, 11:32 [youtube] 6
- I recommend to all this 21 min YT video on H-B -- (link) - con_carne Jul 29, 11:42 [youtube]
- There is something alarmingly wrong with their bodies. -- nm - Reagen Jul 29, 11:41 1
  - If you think that's bad.... -- (link) - Blue Punch Baron Jul 29, 11:44 [youtube]
- And here. -- (link) - David Jul 29, 11:33 [youtube] 2
  - According to the link detector, I last did this on March 7, 2017. -- nm - David Jul 29, 11:34 1
    - Wait, is that Finn Wittrock? -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 29, 11:35
I have a question about my recipe for strawberry sluts -- nm - con_carne Jul 29, 11:31
Mac OS 8 emulator hits PC -- (link) - oblique Jul 29, 11:31
*hits Michael Porter Jr. with the chair of truth* -- (link) - oblique Jul 29, 11:29 3
- when i broke out of china it was hitting upper classes first, those with money enough to travel, hit iran's ruling class hard...then it trickled down -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 29, 11:57
- waitaminnit. if it *is* being used for population control, that's a pretty big damn deal, and definitely not overblown. - prayformojo Jul 29, 11:31 1
  - It's a lot more comforting to some people that people are in charge, but evil, than that there is no one in charge. -- nm - Reagen Jul 29, 12:12
So, this will be fun. I'm sure Trump won't even consider trying to make this into an issue on the campaign trail. -- (link) - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 29, 11:25 14
- of course, the King will decide -- nm - Jovian Jul 29, 11:34
- You mean vaccine$? -- nm - 45 Jul 29, 11:27 3
  - :-D -- nm - mud Jul 29, 11:29 2
    - Tangent: I think the redneck got it right. I am going to start calling him "45". -- nm - Spawn Jul 29, 11:33 1
      - or "45*" -- nm - mud Jul 29, 11:41
- it'll be the rich people first, znu -- nm - decline Jul 29, 11:26 8
  - rich and white. -- nm - Beaker Jul 29, 11:27 7
    - I can just imagine the howls of "reverse discrimination" if minority groups get priority, having been disproportionately affected in the first place. -- nm - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 29, 11:31 6
      - Biased but I think children should be prioritized as well. -- nm - Spawn Jul 29, 11:34 5
        
        i mean, realistically it starts with health care workers. Then teachers. and then down. -- nm - Andie Jul 29, 11:53 4
        
        pretty much -- nm - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 29, 11:58
        
        Yeah, schools was what I had in mind, so that works. -- nm - Spawn Jul 29, 11:56 2
        
        remember the recent bad flu year when flu vax was hard to find, law firms seemed to be able to get them for staff -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 29, 12:00 1
        
        Yeah it was funny how that worked. -- nm - Spawn Jul 29, 12:06
The Great Marinade Tragedy of 2020. -- nm - loosilu Jul 29, 11:25 3
- it explains why the shark ate that lady -- nm - prayformojo Jul 29, 11:26
- but it's so exciting that so many ST'ers are cooking! -- nm - decline Jul 29, 11:26 1
  - In these euphemistic times... -- nm - con_carne Jul 29, 11:29

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