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Hey, good news from 2020! I don't have to do Open Enrollment this year! - Mopsy Sep 17, 13:13
Well, no one's gonna top this in the crazy math forecasting sweepstakes. -- (link) - Reagen Sep 17, 13:08 5
- This woman is in a FB group I’m in ...I’m surprised she’s making this type of post. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 17, 13:27
- Clearly the conversation being had is at a level well beyond my understanding. -- nm - Mopsy Sep 17, 13:12 3
  - "anything over 80% chance is rounded to 100%. Also, each state is an independent coin flip. Therefore, Biden wins with 99.5% certainty" -- nm - Reagen Sep 17, 13:15 1
    - I like the cut of her jib! -- nm - Mopsy Sep 17, 13:44
  - me too -- nm - mud Sep 17, 13:13
"Science has proven that you feel better when you smile...." -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 17, 13:03 1
- That's why I- oh, that's the instagram. -- nm - Max Sep 17, 13:11
"It was awful. It was terrifying." -- (link) - mud Sep 17, 13:03 1
- THIS. IS. FINE. 😬 -- nm - Mopsy Sep 17, 13:09
Here's one of the things that will drive me mad, assuming Happy Premise #1 comes to pass - Reagen Sep 17, 12:54 6
- I would prefer the Dem beat a strong legit competitor, but this will be the least relevant post-election period to dwell on that. - Max Sep 17, 13:20
- Wait... what? I guess the only legitimate opponent to Trump is someone as crazy as Trump? -- nm - Mopsy Sep 17, 13:14
- not Dana Bash -- nm - mud Sep 17, 13:00 2
  - It's possible I'm misreading a few people, but I thought I recalled some enabling comments from her in the past. -- nm - Reagen Sep 17, 13:04 1
    - SHe's really taken them to task a few times on the morning show. -- nm - loosilu Sep 17, 13:12
- hmmm -- nm - prayformojo Sep 17, 12:55
overshare - just got a text - one of my friend's husbands was assaulted just now - he's "ok" - but this is just crazy. - JenBro Sep 17, 12:42 4
- hopefully the guy has a rather long, very crappy vacation for about six months to a year -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 17, 15:01
- Holy crap. -- nm - loosilu Sep 17, 12:47
- wow, that is insane. definitely the last thing friend's husband needed! -- nm - prayformojo Sep 17, 12:44
- We are a shithole country. -- nm - Spawn Sep 17, 12:43
COVID diagnosed in one of the evacuees at one of the local evacuation centers. So... that's happening. -- nm - Mopsy Sep 17, 12:40
Now I have (had) a flu shot. Ho ho ho -- nm - prayformojo Sep 17, 12:33 3
- Last I heard, work would start issuing them at beginning of Oct, but I'm sure a huge portion of us will just get on at Walgreen's or something. - Sam SeaBaron Sep 17, 12:52
- I believe this is exactly what I said after we got ours earlier this week! - Judge Bane Sep 17, 12:35
- My flu shot this week brother! -- nm - Spawn Sep 17, 12:34
On this day in 1996 Tool released Ænima (that sounds dirty) -- (link) - mud Sep 17, 12:13 10
- I am told I should love Tool, but I can't seem to understand it. -- nm - loosilu Sep 17, 12:37 3
  - I came at them after a steady diet of NYHC (when metal discovered the bass). It's rock:prog rock::metal:Tool -- nm - con_carne Sep 17, 13:04
  - Some bands you either get or you don't, no amount of trying will change it. Tool is one of those. -- nm - Spawn Sep 17, 12:40 1
    - I might still, admittedly have not devoted too much time. Phish, I will never understand. I tried and I just can't. - loosilu Sep 17, 12:41
- 1991 Guns and Roses release Use Your Illusion 1 and 2. -- nm - Remlik Sep 17, 12:16 2
  - I got those at midnight first day. -- nm - Judge Bane Sep 17, 12:36 1
    - Hell yeah we did. And I saw the second show of the tour. -- nm - Spawn Sep 17, 12:38
- Child abuse! -- nm - 45 Sep 17, 12:14 2
  - ? ! -- nm - mud Sep 17, 13:03 1
    - History is bad, mkay? -- nm - 45 Sep 17, 13:06
"twisted web of lies" -- (link) - mud Sep 17, 12:06 21
- he speak good -- (link) - Jovian Sep 17, 12:28 8
  - can't stand the way he stands at a podium -- nm - prayformojo Sep 17, 12:30 7
    - I am okay that a monster has difficulty standing upright. -- nm - Spawn Sep 17, 12:41
    - Can't stand the way he stands. -- (pic) - Judge Bane Sep 17, 12:39 [Attachment] 5
      - It's the lifts. -- nm - loosilu Sep 17, 12:40 4
        
        Plus trying to hide the gut. -- nm - spamlet Sep 17, 13:02 2
        
        the cartoons where they draw him as buff are insane. He has an actual spare tire. -- nm - Reagen Sep 17, 13:06 1
        
        Rambo bod. -- nm - 45 Sep 17, 13:07
        
        he had actual heels in the Kenosha photos. Couldn't believe those got out. -- nm - Reagen Sep 17, 12:55
- well then -- (link) - ty97 Sep 17, 12:14
- yeesh -- (link) - mud Sep 17, 12:09 6
  - QANON IS ON IT! -- nm - Mopsy Sep 17, 13:06
  - you can always tell the speeches Stephen Miller writes -- nm - decline Sep 17, 12:24 2
    - heh -- (link) - mud Sep 17, 12:28 1
      - At least Bane would make me laugh when he said it. - Spawn Sep 17, 12:46
  - Please God, let this election go the right way. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 17, 12:15 1
    - 47 days -- nm - mud Sep 17, 12:18
- "could you be more specific" -- nm - ty97 Sep 17, 12:08
- Wait, what? -- nm - Spawn Sep 17, 12:07 2
  - new education system for the new fascist american states Spawn. -- nm - Jovian Sep 17, 12:14
  - you've been brainwashed by communists, Spawn -- nm - mud Sep 17, 12:10
got $8M? A T-Rex is in an upcoming auction -- (link) - Peglegpete Sep 17, 12:05 1
- Nick Cage Alert -- nm - Beaker Sep 17, 12:50
ok so - without cheating, who has heard of the food technique called "velveting" (see link) -- (link) - JenBro Sep 17, 12:02 17
- I do this all the time. I just always called it spoiler? - Diva Sep 17, 12:20 6
  - I do it for oven fries. gives a good crispiness. -- nm - Reagen Sep 17, 13:00
  - Oh that's weird, I only recently started doing that. -- nm - loosilu Sep 17, 12:38 2
    - Really? What did you call it before? -- nm - Spawn Sep 17, 12:38 1
      - I never did it before. It popped up in one recipe. -- nm - loosilu Sep 17, 12:44
  - That's exactly what I was thinking... :) -- nm - Judge Bane Sep 17, 12:32
  - LOL -- nm - JenBro Sep 17, 12:21
- *raises hand* I do this all the time (although I use baking soda) -- nm* - decline Sep 17, 12:05 4
  - so how long have you known about it - how'd you hear about it? I am dumbfounded that I never heard of it before. -- (edited) - JenBro Sep 17, 12:08 3
    - hmm, probably 5-10 years (but I cook a lot). Ran across the technique on a blog someplace -- nm - decline Sep 17, 12:10 2
      - thanks! I don't cook as much as I used to - but watch a TON of cooking shows and read cook books and cooking magazines like they are novels ... - JenBro Sep 17, 12:16 1
        
        I went through a huge asian cuisine phase a bunch of years ago and spent lots of time searching for new recipes -- (edited) - decline Sep 17, 12:20
- Never, but I like it already -- nm - con_carne Sep 17, 12:04
- I bet it is what whopperjawed people do. -- nm - Spawn Sep 17, 12:03
- I have not. Clicking now. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 17, 12:03 2
  - I occasionally use corn starch in my stir fries, but haven't tried it at this level -- nm - Beryllium Sep 17, 12:08 1
    - finger to nose - for me it was for sauces - mixed in a little water to make a slurry ... this is next level -- nm - JenBro Sep 17, 12:09
Wray: antifa is an ideology, not an organization, -- (link) - mud Sep 17, 12:00 1
- "Get me another FBI director!" -- nm - Mopsy Sep 17, 12:32
The Amy Locane thing has apparently been going through the courts for quite some time. - ty97 Sep 17, 11:59 1
- Don't drink and drive. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 17, 12:01
NFL game tonight. Set your Pick 'ems and Survivor picks and FF teams -- nm* - Beaker Sep 17, 11:29 5
- Survivor picks. That's funny. Everyone knows that lasted one week. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 17, 11:44 2
  - I won. - Spawn Sep 17, 11:57 1
    - I played for about three hours. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 17, 12:05
- Nobody will survive. -- nm - Spawn Sep 17, 11:30 1
  - ... -- (link) - David Sep 17, 11:32 [youtube]
So I see the town of Almeda, OR is gone. -- (link) - Mopsy Sep 17, 11:26 2
- that seems worse than the Paradise fire -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 17, 11:26 1
  - the Paradise fire destroyed 18,804 structures -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 11:32
WANT! -- (pic) - JD Sep 17, 11:22 [Attachment] 1
- Eh, that's garbage. -- nm - Spawn Sep 17, 11:24
Cheer star Jerry Harris arrested on child pornography charge -- (link) - Beaker Sep 17, 11:09 7
- We just finished this last night. -- (edited) - spamlet Sep 17, 11:09 5
  - I was thinking that they had brighter futures for going through the program than they would have had without it -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 11:13 4
    - It’s a JC and most of the kids aren’t even bothering to finish. He at least was going on to university. - spamlet Sep 17, 11:17
    - It's a world in and of itself. Their opportunities are simply within that world, imo. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 17, 11:14 2
      - Going to community college was a big step for that girl from Wyoming. She is probably better off for doing it. -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 11:16 1
        
        She’s maybe the one of the focus kids that it really helped. -- nm - spamlet Sep 17, 12:15
- aw, phucc, I liked him -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 11:09
ST Stolen From Twitter Poll: What adult purchase really shocked you once you saw the price tag? - Flavorize—Mr Unliiiiiiiiimited Sep 17, 11:09 27
- buds from our newly opened marijuana store - JenBro Sep 17, 12:20 1
  - Legalized = taxed and price hiked -- nm - Spawn Sep 17, 12:25
- Mattress -- nm - Krusty Sep 17, 12:00
- I think I've been spared a huge chunk of adulting by being a filthy renter. I think the largest purchases I've ever had have been car related and - JD Sep 17, 11:38 [Attachment]
- tbh ... boats. A new model of my dad's boat would be over a quarter million dollars. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 17, 11:28
- Tools -- nm - con_carne Sep 17, 11:28
- New cars -- nm - David Sep 17, 11:27
- Custom windows -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 17, 11:26
- Bourbon. I don't drink but I encourage Mrs. zunk to. I'm used to buying her a "big" bottle of rum for less than 20. When she needed bourbon a regular size (do they still call them fifths?) of decent starts at 30. -- nm* - zunkskunk+ Sep 17, 11:19 1
  - Yep--Expensive, but so satisfying. -- nm - flavorize Sep 17, 12:04
- Nothing, so far. I guess the rates you people pay in your areas for home remodels. -- nm* - Spawn Sep 17, 11:17 2
  - Kitchen remodel quotes are outrageous—Someone in the Twitter responses mentioned ladders... - Flavorize—Mr Unliiiiiiiiimited Sep 17, 11:24 1
    - up to the roof? oh man, that is just cruel -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 11:25
- A Dyson vacuum. -- nm - Mopsy Sep 17, 11:16 1
  - vacuum cleaners is my answer -- nm - Max Sep 17, 13:26
- Concrete. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 17, 11:14
- Decorative pillows. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 17, 11:14 1
  - Dr. Rick can help you there. -- (link) - Sam SeaBaron Sep 17, 11:18 [youtube]
- tree removal -- nm - decline Sep 17, 11:12 6
  - It's cheap to take a tree down. The expensive part is taking it down without destroying other things. -- nm* - Reagen Sep 17, 11:57
  - yep -- nm - prayformojo Sep 17, 11:54
  - even tree trimming. my friend just paid $5400 for just some dumb pruning. -- nm - amanda Sep 17, 11:48
  - yep. -- nm - Diva Sep 17, 11:23
  - that is shockingly priced, even out here where everything costs much less -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 11:18 1
    - except gas -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 11:21
- RealDoll -- nm - groany Sep 17, 11:11
- Curtains. -- nm - Sam SeaBaron Sep 17, 11:10
I've always been beach microclimate and laughed off air filtration as a form of voodoo. How wrong I was - con_carne Sep 17, 11:05 4
- Did you get to play any volleyball this summer? -- nm - Flavorize—Mr Unliiiiiiiiimited Sep 17, 11:09 1
  - That's a negative, but technology has helped me keep in touch with my pals -- nm - con_carne Sep 17, 11:11
- please take care of yourself until the air clears up, you too Meg -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 11:07 1
  - Thanks. There are good signs today and a major cooldown heading this way by Sunday -- nm - con_carne Sep 17, 11:10
The answer to who the GOP thinks would best simulate Kamala Harris is... - Reagen Sep 17, 10:55 15
- Tim Kaine, Kamaoa Harris, same thing. -- nm - . Sep 17, 11:37
- Jeebus. I figured Haley. -- nm - Spawn Sep 17, 11:15
- If anyone wanted to sell their soul for power, they could advance so rapidly in conservative politics. -- nm - David Sep 17, 11:05 5
  - a couple of my radio friends did and christ are they making bank -- nm - Remlik Sep 17, 11:28 2
    - Evil is remarkably well funded. -- nm - David Sep 17, 11:39 1
      - "Evil pays." - Spawn Sep 17, 12:47
  - "Huh. I thought it would hurt more." "Atrophy." -- nm - Reagen Sep 17, 11:20
  - I don't want power as much as I want lots and lots of money for shoddily written books and appearances on Fox -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 11:06
- Maybe he wants an excuse to dress like a woman? -- nm - jnine Sep 17, 11:00 1
  - and blackface would make for scandalous -- nm - budice Sep 17, 11:03
- "stimulate" - groiny Sep 17, 10:59 1
  - Just stay behind the podium, Mike. -- nm - Mopsy Sep 17, 11:00
- is he great at debating and will sharpen Pence? because this on the surface just seems ..... wrong -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 10:56 2
  - He played Kaine in 2016 and they don't want to put in effort I guess. -- (link) - spamlet Sep 17, 10:58 1
    - oh, he is Pence's buddy -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 11:00
Dennis Miller -- nm - Beaker Sep 17, 10:52 3
- Paul Ryan -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 10:53 2
  - This is actually very, very close. -- nm - spamlet Sep 17, 10:54 1
    - Tom Morello -- nm - con_carne Sep 17, 10:55
*clinch* -- nm - con_carne Sep 17, 10:50

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