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apple surges 10% to pass saudi aramco as the most valuable traded company -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 31, 14:15
We're starting a rewatch of SHIELD with the kiddos. The women of this show have *not* aged. -- (edited) - Reagen Jul 31, 14:05 4
- Aren't they a little young for a violent show about a dirty cop? -- nm - Dano Jul 31, 14:07 3
  - gotta justify the lifesize cardboard cutout of of Walton Goggins somehow. -- nm - Reagen Jul 31, 14:10 2
    - but it's the one from Sons of Anarchy. -- nm - Remlik Jul 31, 14:49
    - dammit! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 31, 14:11
Hmm! -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 31, 13:43
Rumour confirmed: Halo: Infinite multiplayer is free to play, and tops out at 120fps on XSX. -- (link) - Shaun Jul 31, 13:42
Bad news for the food chain -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 31, 13:34
someone tell me something I dont know -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 31, 13:22 31
- Child deaths are waaaay down during the pandemic. -- (link) - Reagen Jul 31, 14:14 3
  - Daughter noted they were seeing far fewer injuries (from outdoor activities) early on in the lockdown. Her hospital doesn't handle virus cases. -- nm - Meg Jul 31, 14:21
  - That's good! *goes and starts reading reply comments* Good god. *closes twitter* -- nm - JaxSean Jul 31, 14:16 1
    - "they're living just so they can vote illegally against the donald" -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 31, 14:17
- I've completed Level 5 of the Fender Play Rock path, bought a new (nice) guitar, and received my Spark bluetooth amp today. It's pretty cool. - JaxSean Jul 31, 14:13 1
  - The amp looks cool. How do you like it so far? What guitar did you get? -- nm - pmb Jul 31, 14:18
- I think we're about to refinance our mortgage - Strongbad Jul 31, 14:04
- Emperor Jovian ruled Rome from 363- 364 AD -- nm - Jovian Jul 31, 14:01
- The Southern Royal Albatross is one of the two largest Albatross. -- nm - . Jul 31, 13:52 4
  - Albatrii -- nm - con_carne Jul 31, 13:53 3
    - Albatrodes? Nah -- nm - Beryllium Jul 31, 13:54 2
      - Alba do, or Alba do not. There is no Alba try. -- nm* - con_carne Jul 31, 14:01 1
        
        Albies -- nm - . Jul 31, 14:27
- Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer from TrueBlood are married in real life and she identifies as bi-sexual. - Epiphany -Court Jester Imposter Jul 31, 13:51 1
  - I didn't know the Poppy and Charlie part - JD Jul 31, 13:54
- There has been five mass extinctions, the Permian was the worst of them. -- nm - Jovian Jul 31, 13:44 1
  - “F*ck. Now everything’s dead.” -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Jul 31, 13:49
- Longest human turd ever recorded was 26 feet long -- nm - the ice Jul 31, 13:43 3
  - No way Bono is that tall. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 31, 13:46
  - Someone needed a hobby -- nm - Beryllium Jul 31, 13:44 1
    - and a magazine. -- nm - Diva Jul 31, 16:16
- A group of pandas is called an embarrassment. -- nm - the ice Jul 31, 13:40
- The Japanese characters used to write the word for the US (beikoku) can be read literally as "rice country." -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 31, 13:35
- Oxford University is 400 years older than the Aztecs -- nm - con_carne Jul 31, 13:35
- THe natural red food dye carmine is made of ground up scale insects. -- nm - loosilu Jul 31, 13:28 5
  - "Phoenicians" is Greek for "purple people," since they made dye (it was from snails) -- nm - con_carne Jul 31, 13:44 2
    - Hmm. Who were the purple people eaters, I wonder? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 31, 13:46 1
      - The Persians and later the Romans -- nm - con_carne Jul 31, 13:47
  - Cochineal is the bug name. these bugs are native to only the Americas, and was also the primary dye color for clothing, and stuff like Navajo blankets -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 31, 13:38
  - Ah, didn't know it by that name. We know it as cochineal - found on prickly pear cactus. We demonstrate it in our outreach program. -- nm - Meg Jul 31, 13:38
- Australia's first police force was made up of their 12 most well behaved convicts. -- nm - Krusty Jul 31, 13:24
Michigan teen imprisoned for not doing homework while on probation is to be released immediately, per appeals court ruling -- (link) - TWuG Jul 31, 13:10 2
- I didn't realize this was an option. -- nm - Mop Jul 31, 13:13 1
  - Good news, you don't have to do your homework1 -- nm - loosilu Jul 31, 13:14
Epstein: Dersh is going to sue the Good Fight for their Epstein episode.... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 31, 13:07 3
- I love that they anticipated the lawsuit and wrote it into the episode. -- nm - Reagen Jul 31, 13:10
- Dersh is gonna die in prison. -- nm - TWuG Jul 31, 13:08 1
  - dersh going to flee to israel or madagascar -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 31, 13:18
Canadians, did you see the new prices for Cineplex? (They open here, today) $5 movies, and $2 Tuesdays. It's 1988 again! -- (edited) - Andie Jul 31, 13:07 4
- NGL, if Tenet was showing, I'd be going. -- nm - Reagen Jul 31, 13:10 1
  - Even some of the oldies tempt me a bit. Our case count is pretty low in Winnipeg. (1 case today.) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 31, 13:36
- What would be interesting is what it goes up to when Tenet shows up next month. I could see $20. I could see $10. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 31, 13:10
- okay - i looked. At the closest theatre to me: Bloodshot / Invisible Man / Harley Quinn / Bad Boys for Life / Sonic / Wonder Woman / My Spy / and -- (edited) - Andie Jul 31, 13:09
Remember that “10 largest objects in the solar system” question from yesterday? We tested N. -- (link) - kelly Jul 31, 12:52 15
- Wow! And you made him do it the hard way! -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 31, 13:37
- Great! Except he pronounced Uranus wrong. hehehehehehe -- nm - Dano Jul 31, 13:26
- Jesus Christ. That's a big kid for a 2-year-old. - Mop Jul 31, 13:14 3
  - Did you just compare a ST kid to the 10 largest objects in the solar system? -- nm - JD Jul 31, 13:15 2
    - 10 Largest ST Kids: GO! -- nm - Mop Jul 31, 13:16 1
      - One or more of Reagen's kids has to be on the list. -- nm* - Krusty Jul 31, 13:26
- Nice!! -- nm - loosilu Jul 31, 13:10
- fantastic! -- nm - Remlik Jul 31, 13:08
- holy smokes. he barely had to stop to think -- nm - prayformojo Jul 31, 12:57 1
  - He's been slacking with the "th" sound so we've been working on it a lot lately. I honestly think he was more distracted by trying to make sure - kelly Jul 31, 13:16
- 'wicked smaht' -- nm - decline Jul 31, 12:56
- Very nice!!! -- nm - Krusty Jul 31, 12:54
- This is so awesome. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 31, 12:53 2
  - (and honestly you could have just stopped the video after he got 10 and 9 correct) -- nm - Strongbad Jul 31, 12:56 1
    - Will asked him if he knew the 9th largest object and he got it without having to think about it. Answer was immediate. So we figured he knew the rest. -- nm - kelly Jul 31, 12:58
Trump plans to order Chinese company to sell TikTok's US operations -- (link*) - the ice Jul 31, 12:51 4
- Wait, TikTok is an american company? I (honestly) thought all along it was a Chinese company. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 31, 12:52 1
  - [Frye .gif] -- nm - JaxSean Jul 31, 13:03
- Do they get to keep Grindr? -- nm - Qale Jul 31, 12:52
- I wonder if Microsoft would consider buying it? -- nm - decline Jul 31, 12:52
Bad news for talls -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 31, 12:48 7
- I've actually heard that before. -- nm - loosilu Jul 31, 12:53
- Shouldn't the shorts get it more since the droplets fall and us talls are above the spray of some people? -- nm* - Krusty Jul 31, 12:53 4
  - From what I'm reading, aerosols go higher, but saliva droplets go lower. Aerosols persist longer. -- nm - loosilu Jul 31, 12:56 2
    - So it hits the tall people first? -- nm - Krusty Jul 31, 13:01 1
      - I don't know about first, but there is a higher viral load (according to the article). This is all conjecture. -- nm - loosilu Jul 31, 13:14
  - Working theory is that shorts fart more, and the heat causes the virus particles to rise. - Beryllium Jul 31, 12:56
- What if you're tall but slouch alot ? -- nm - decline Jul 31, 12:49
Super Mario Bros on 3 cellos ... and an egg shaker -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 31, 12:44 [youtube]
United States Court of Appeals overturns death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev -- (link) - the ice Jul 31, 12:41 2
- He's too cute to kill? they need him to play bob dylan in a bio pic? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 31, 13:22
- Whoa. -- nm - Spawn Jul 31, 12:43
US Marshall's selling seized Fyre Festival merch -- (link) - Remlik Jul 31, 12:41 10
- SOMEONE PLEASE TWEET THIS SO I CAN RETWEET IT! -- nm - Mop Jul 31, 13:12
- LOL. Look at the bids. - Spawn Jul 31, 12:44 2
  - So bad it's good? -- nm - loosilu Jul 31, 12:47
  - IM: Isn't that kind of the whole point of Fyre? -- nm - JD Jul 31, 12:45
- 165 bucks for a hat? -- nm - decline Jul 31, 12:43 5
  - That is a deal. Try $300. -- (link) - Spawn Jul 31, 12:44 4
    - It's like artifacts from the Titanic. -- nm - loosilu Jul 31, 12:52 3
      - I can't lie, i would love something because the whole thing was insane. but no, i won't spend that money for a shirt or something. -- nm - Andie Jul 31, 12:52 2
        
        a better shirt would be a vector image of one of those sad cheese sandwiches. -- nm - Reagen Jul 31, 13:06
        
        It would genuinely be cool to walk around with a Fyre shirt. But spending that amount is like getting ironically screwed twice. -- nm - loosilu Jul 31, 12:54
On this day in 1996, Kurt Angle took home an Olympic gold medal with a broken freakin’ neck -- nm - Remlik Jul 31, 12:37 2
- Yeah, that timing makes sense. July 27 was the bombing. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 31, 12:45
- It’s true. It’s damn true. -- nm - Qale Jul 31, 12:38
After many years of nagging, I finally got my best friend to watch Almost Famous and they were in love before the band reaches The Riot House. - Qale Jul 31, 12:37 2
- It sounds like you both need better friends! -- nm - Spawn Jul 31, 12:38 1
  - But I’m uncool. -- nm - Qale Jul 31, 12:39
heh -- (link) - Jovian Jul 31, 12:29 1
- i approve of all silliness. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 31, 12:31
want to be an NBA virtual fan? -- (link) - Remlik Jul 31, 12:28 1
- that's pretty fun, actually. -- nm - Andie Jul 31, 12:41
Good thing I've been procrastinating selling more of my AAPL stock -- (edited) - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 31, 12:24 6
- 100 shares purchased on 1/1/2000 is worth almost $1.2M today. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 31, 13:39
- I do not regret taking a portion of my 401k as a Coronavirus withdrawal. It has special rules including the... - Qale Jul 31, 12:34 4
  - Not sure what investment options you have in your 401(k), but you might be better off rolling it all into a IRA if you can -- nm - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 31, 12:38 1
    - Nearly 100% of the time I would have already. I am glad I did not yet. -- nm - Qale Jul 31, 12:39
  - That sounds like something kilbo would do and lose all his money in the market. What a fool. -- nm - oblique Jul 31, 12:36 1
    - Well I just wanted a liquidity pile to allow me to sleep at night during these my unemployment and the pandemic. -- nm - Qale Jul 31, 12:38
"Universal Orlando Resort laid off an undisclosed number of workers Friday, a day after its parent company revealed the stark financial picture" -- nm - David Jul 31, 12:23 2
- So how long until Universal Orlando announces they're re-closing? No, we're actually doing pretty well COVID-19 wise, we just can't afford to be open - JD Jul 31, 12:25 1
  - They're not closing again. The expenses of owning an unopened park are unimaginable. -- nm - David Jul 31, 12:29
Hey... Rasmussen has Trump with a net positive job approval -- nm - Dano Jul 31, 12:20 1
- THat must have cost his campaign a bundle. -- nm - loosilu Jul 31, 12:55
"They did many crusades, some of which almost didn't fail." -- nm - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 31, 12:17
Should Microsoft buy TikTok, it would go one of three ways... - Mop Jul 31, 12:15 12
- The problem with buying TikTok is the exact same problem Yahoo had with Tumblr. Naughty stuff. -- nm - Qale Jul 31, 12:36 5
  - What's the rule on TikTok re: bits? -- nm - Mop Jul 31, 13:16 1
    - The policy is "NO" so I'd say it's not the same situation as Yahoo/Tumblr. - Mop Jul 31, 13:25 [tiktok]
  - and you think that all Skype use is for podcasts and business meetings? ;-) -- nm - JD Jul 31, 12:43 2
    - No. I think “who uses Skype?” -- nm - Qale Jul 31, 12:49 1
      - and that's partially why I don't think it would be an issue for Microsoft. People either wouldn't care or wouldn't believe that Microsoft owns TikTok -- (edited) - JD Jul 31, 13:13
- isnt that like what some in Congress where complaining about with the tech giants the other day - tRuMaN Jul 31, 12:27
- There's a 1a where the backend moves to Azure which is very much in line with the current Microsoft - JD Jul 31, 12:21
- I still don't understand how TikTok is any different than Vine was. -- nm* - JaxSean Jul 31, 12:20 2
  - it's not any different and if/when bought it could be killed off too -- nm - decline Jul 31, 12:35
  - It isn't. And it still suffers from the biggest nail in Vine's coffin... a lack of revenue generating opportunities. - Mop Jul 31, 12:23
- if they try to make it more Microsoft-like the kids will drop it like yesterday's news -- nm - decline Jul 31, 12:18
sitwap: X-men 2...the cast almost quit due to Singer -- (link) - Remlik Jul 31, 12:14 4
- Shaquille O'Neal as Xavier! -- nm - Spawn Jul 31, 12:35
- It all goes back to DEN and Singer's ties to Marc Collins-Rector and Chad Shackley. -- nm - Mop Jul 31, 12:21 2
  - yup. -- nm - Remlik Jul 31, 12:22 1
    - Added stuff to the Wikipedia article. Like the attorney says in the article... - Mop Jul 31, 13:11
Bettman might still get booed when he presents the Cup this year -- (link) - Reagen Jul 31, 12:13
JD from B2: Remedy (Buffetlibre vs. Sidechains Remix) -- nm - MDH Jul 31, 12:13 1
- That version is amazing. Thanks for the offer but that one I do have 8-) -- nm - JD Jul 31, 12:23
Now playing: The Umbrella Academy, S2. There'd better damn well be more umbrellas this season -- nm - prayformojo Jul 31, 12:12 3
- that kid .. (spoilerish) - mud Jul 31, 12:40
- this will be my viewing tonight :) -- nm - decline Jul 31, 12:36
- pfm - you just made me happy! you win today! -- nm - Andie Jul 31, 12:18
Wayne's World! -- nm - loosilu Jul 31, 12:11 6
- I wasn't going to mention this one, but now... ;) -- (link) - con_carne Jul 31, 12:55 [youtube]
- It got very annoying, very quickly. - Krusty Jul 31, 12:24 4
  - The last time someone heard my last name and said "Oh, like the Dukes?" I said "The what?" They said "Like, the Dukes of Hazzard?" and was all "i -- (edited) - Andie Jul 31, 12:51 1
    - Haha! :-) I like that approach. I'll give it a try next time someone has the nerve to sing it. -- nm - Krusty Jul 31, 12:56
  - That one song with my name has quite a lot more persistence than WW. Eventually you have to make peace. - loosilu Jul 31, 12:44 1
    - Your song isn't a bad song. I definitely haven't heard it nearly as much as you or had it brought it up constantly but I get how it can get very - Krusty Jul 31, 12:58
The saddest Asuka tweet. -- (link) - David Jul 31, 12:10
now they're getting silly -- (link) - mud Jul 31, 12:10 1
- i approve of all silliness. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 31, 12:15

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