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Stupid tasty cookies in the office - oblique Nov 11, 13:51
Mom update - eag Nov 11, 13:48 4
- Best wishes! -- nm - David Nov 11, 13:53
- Positive thoughts your way! -- nm - zunkskunk+ Nov 11, 13:52
- best wishes sir. -- nm - Remlik Nov 11, 13:51
- Health thoughts going your mom's way! -- nm - Krusty Nov 11, 13:49
Trump is 0-13 on election lawsuits so far. Biden currently has received the highest percentage of votes for a challenger (50.8%) since FDR in 1932. -- nm - znufrii Nov 11, 13:41 9
- Electoral College: Thirty-three states plus the District of Columbia have laws against faithless electors -- nm* - budice Nov 11, 13:52 3
  - Not to mention SCOTUS in July rulled against faithless electors -- nm* - eag Nov 11, 13:54 1
    - Not quite. They ruled state laws against faithless electors are fine. W/O a faithless elector law, it's unclear what SCOTUS thinks. -- nm - 🦃 TWuG 🚀 Nov 11, 14:01
  - Twelfth Amendment requires the House of Representatives to go into session immediately to vote for a president if no candidate gets to 270 -- nm - budice Nov 11, 13:52
- You don't count the Philly case that got observers moved up to 6 feet? -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 11, 13:42 2
  - Thats like a sacrifice bunt -- nm - eag Nov 11, 13:44
  - I’m guessing they’re only counting any since it was called. -- nm - znufrii Nov 11, 13:44
- We're doomed! -- nm - Jovian SI Nov 11, 13:42 1
  - wait for it -- nm - Jovian Nov 11, 13:54
Calling on ST! Each year we do a cake at Christmas with my family photo shopped into a movie/tv show. I want a pandemic/disaster related one this -- (edited) - Andie Nov 11, 13:29 20
- Here are a few. Outbreak and Carriers could work -- (link) - 🦃 TWuG 🚀 Nov 11, 13:54 2
  - Not enough people. We need places to put 6 faces. And it IS a cake - it should be a bit fun to reveal. -- nm* - Andie Nov 11, 14:01
  - Here's an upcoming Canadian film called Corona that might work, too -- (link) - 🦃 TWuG 🚀 Nov 11, 13:57
- monty python plague skit in Holy grail? -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 11, 13:52
- I'd try to combine a couple of Hamilton photos. The four guys and the three sisters make seven. Hope these links work. - mara Nov 11, 13:39 2
  - Or a photo with one lead and the chorus. -- (link) - mara Nov 11, 13:46 1
    - i think i will put a note in my calendar for next year for this. This year i want something way more 'disaster-y', more 2020. 😒 -- nm - Andie Nov 11, 13:48
- if you want classic horror films, Dracula -- (pic) - Peglegpete Nov 11, 13:38 [Attachment]
- Arrested Development. Alien. Walking Dead. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 11, 13:33 [Image]
- Shaun of the Dead? -- (link) - prayformojo Nov 11, 13:32 [Image] 1
  - maybe - we could put our own title on it. -- nm - Andie Nov 11, 13:32
- Maybe? -- (link) - Reagen Nov 11, 13:31 [Image] 5
  - That was going to be my suggestion but wasn't sure if the poster was as recognizable as she wanted. - Krusty Nov 11, 13:37 2
    - i mean, my 6 year old nephew won't know it, but, it works for what i want (and the title sort of clears up any confusion.) :) -- nm - Andie Nov 11, 13:39 1
      - Nice. Hopefully the cake looks great as usual! -- nm - Krusty Nov 11, 13:50
  - Well, that might be the winner. -- nm - Andie Nov 11, 13:32 1
    - Yeah, i will refrain from replying. -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 11, 13:32
- Monster's Inc 2319 -- nm - oblique Nov 11, 13:31 2
  - yes, but what i need is the image. :) -- nm - Andie Nov 11, 13:31 1
    - Well, it's basically this but might be hard to integrate the faces -- (link) - oblique Nov 11, 13:33 [Image]
David, this concept of “private cinemas” (this is just one random link I found on Google) in China is the only future left for movie theaters. - Mop Nov 11, 13:16 35
- This is the single best reason to watch a movie in theaters. But not everything is this. -- (link) - Mop Nov 11, 13:43 [youtube] 2
  - I know it’s a meme, but it legit gets me every time. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 11, 14:05
  - I miss these moments with others so much -- nm - Krusty Nov 11, 13:46
- Ill say this, if there is a second shutdown, then I think theaters are as dead as Dillinger. - Jovian Nov 11, 13:29
- the multiplex cinemas built in casinos can be made into luxury hotel suites -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 11, 13:27
- You think people aren't going to want to go back to the movie theater? I definitely want the large screen, great sound, concessions and people around -- (edited) - Krusty Nov 11, 13:26 28
  - I have to admit that it was fun to see Jurassic Park with all of that, less the people around part - JD Nov 11, 13:31 7
    - I'm jealous of you and everyone else that's been in a theater recently. - Krusty Nov 11, 13:48 6
      - we went to a drive-in once this summer (Tenet). it felt amazing. -- nm - Andie Nov 11, 13:50 5
        
        I've always been jealous of people that have been to a drive-in and that was before all this. - Krusty Nov 11, 13:52 4
        
        We have one by us. Never go. Movies start way too late for me since they have to wait until it's way dark. -- nm - oblique Nov 11, 13:54 1
        
        You have to go once just for the experience -- nm - Krusty Nov 11, 13:55
        
        in terms of movie quality viewing, i mean, no, it's not ideal. but you also aren't going to be seeing some quiet art film there in the first place. -- nm - Andie Nov 11, 13:54 1
        
        It feels like such Americana and something I want to do in the near future -- nm - Krusty Nov 11, 13:57
  - There’s an underlying terror among the cinema industry that people are “falling out of the habit”. - Mop Nov 11, 13:29 11
    - As much as I hate to admit it, I think this is a very, very real concern. -- nm - MDH Nov 11, 13:56
    - I think they're wrong and that people will flock to theaters as soon as they feel they're safe to do so. - Krusty Nov 11, 13:35 4
      - I agree. People already are trying to get back to prior ways. Once it is truly safe there will be a huge rebound with restaurants, theaters etc -- nm* - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 11, 13:38 3
        
        I've been as cautious as anyone can be since this started. It was out of control here and I've been extra cautious. But I'm ready to get out and do - Krusty Nov 11, 13:43 2
        
        Yup. I think there is going to be a huge rebound, like the flood gates will open once it is safe. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 11, 13:52 1
        
        Agreed. I'm going to book flights as soon as I know when I can get the vaccine. If they say some time around June, I'll be booking flights for the - Krusty Nov 11, 13:54
    - yep this is very true as well. -- nm - Jovian Nov 11, 13:31 4
      - The pandemic has changed a lot of habits. Some of them are good for commerce. Others are accelerating the demise of old paradigms. - Mop Nov 11, 13:34 3
        
        As hard as people are resisting being shuttered again, I expect theaters will actually do *better* business if we get a good vaccine. -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 11, 13:35 2
        
        I would definitely want to go back to a theater once it is safe. You can't bet watch a great movie on the big screen with friends -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 11, 13:38 1
        
        And not just friends. Being around *people* again in that setting will be a *thrill*. Same for concerts. -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 11, 13:41
  - AMC lost $1B this quarter. They may not be there to go back to. -- nm - oblique Nov 11, 13:28 4
    - I'm not an expert in this but will no one want to be in the movie showing business if people are clamoring for them? - Krusty Nov 11, 13:30 3
      - Sure. I’ll go to a theater to see Wicked or Book of Mormon. And I’ll go to a theater to see the next Avengers movie. The next Knives Out? - Mop Nov 11, 13:36 2
        
        There are so many movies that are much better experience in a theater that is lost at home. Knives Out isn't a good example. Would you go see - Krusty Nov 11, 13:40 1
        
        There’s already a theater in town where I won’t go see a Star Wars movie because it sucks (the theater, not Star Wars). - Mop Nov 11, 13:46
  - Wait 'til you get a load of me! -- nm - COVID-20 Nov 11, 13:28
  - Same -- nm - Ender Nov 11, 13:27 1
    - I miss that smell when you walk in and everything that goes with seeing a movie in a theater. A smaller screen with weaker sound and few people - Krusty Nov 11, 13:28
- Bonus points for The King. -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 11, 13:25
I cried laughing at this. -- (link) - mara Nov 11, 13:12 3
- amanda - chubbers? -- nm - Max Nov 11, 13:33
- Huskies are just derp machines. -- nm - Reagen Nov 11, 13:32
- Hahaha! -- nm - Krusty Nov 11, 13:16
Michael Cohen predicts Trump won't return to the WH after Christmas at Marlago. - Spawn Nov 11, 13:07 25
- I guess he's discussed top secret info at MarALago before - has he signed pardons from there? - Max Nov 11, 13:29 1
  - Pretty sure he did a LOT of stuff from there already. -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 11, 13:33
- i don't think he makes it till Christmas. I bet he stays there after Thanksgiving. -- nm - Andie Nov 11, 13:16 8
  - The electoral college won't have voted yet, he'll still be contesting the election. -- nm - Ender Nov 11, 13:28 2
    - He won't wait that long he is still clinging to an Arizona miracle once he sees its not changing he will pretty much loose hope -- nm - eag Nov 11, 13:38
    - Yup. -- nm - David Nov 11, 13:34
  - I think the US president has more Thanksgiving-related "duties" than Christmas; it's such an American thing. (Will Trump pardon the turkeys?) -- nm - mara Nov 11, 13:19 4
    - "I was going to pardon them, but they voted for Biden" *pulls out axe* -- nm - 🦃 TWuG 🚀 Nov 11, 13:50
    - if i was betting, he won't do ANY OF IT. -- nm - Andie Nov 11, 13:20 1
      - He will be the moody teenager, at least. -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 11, 13:23
    - Turkey already congratulated Biden! -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 11, 13:20
- Fine.. By the other hand, I would love to see the SS pulling him out of the WH by his hair. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 11, 13:16 1
  - Where as I agree, it is better for his idiot followers that he leaves on his own (and quits early!). -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 11, 13:21
- Biden needs to stick to the book, but I wonder if transition team members could be essentially working full time in the WH from Jan. 2. -- nm - mara Nov 11, 13:14 2
  - Honestly, they don't need to be in the WH - especially now. It will all be virtual meetings anyway. They can just deal with each other, the military, - Andie Nov 11, 13:19
  - Agree with sticking by the book. Just dealing with a Disgrunted lame-duck former Pres. -- nm - budice Nov 11, 13:17
- I mean... maybe? It’s only speculation, but it’s from someone who knows Trump well. Although, Trump is so 2-dimensional that he’s easy to predict. -- nm - Mop Nov 11, 13:12 8
  - Well he did say what DJT was going to do in regards to not accepting the election results almost 20 months ago -- nm - Jovian Nov 11, 13:15 7
    - Trump won’t accept the results if he loses the election? Who could have predicted that? -- nm - Mop Nov 11, 13:17 6
      - I dont think anyone was predicting that 20 months ago. -- nm - Jovian Nov 11, 13:17 5
        
        It's literally the most obvious thing anyone could have predicted in this situation. -- nm - Reagen Nov 11, 13:29 3
        
        He said before elected in 2016 that he wouldn't accept results unless he won. -- nm - 🦃 TWuG 🚀 Nov 11, 13:52
        
        I agree. I don't follow politics much but no way Trump would accept a lost without crying and suing first -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 11, 13:35
        
        I dunno, man. Trump seems like a rational, level-headed man who accepts facts even when they’re contrary to his worldview. -- nm - Mop Nov 11, 13:31
        
        Pretty sure Dawson was. -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 11, 13:23
Would you do this? - David Nov 11, 12:49 18
- My instinct is to believe a ventilated room with that much cubic airspace and seating for a few dozen is as safe as outdoors. - Max Nov 11, 13:33
- Having seen that Japanese buffet sneezing video early in the summer, the thought of being in any indoor public space makes me oogie -- nm* - prayformojo Nov 11, 12:57 1
  - Fair. I thought about that a lot at Disney. - David Nov 11, 12:59
- *IN THEORY* The room is too large (audio is probably awful), the screen is too small, the furniture doesn’t look comfortable. -- nm - Mop Nov 11, 12:57
- I dunno. The open to the public indoors thing is step beyond the private screening movie I've done so far. - JD Nov 11, 12:57 3
  - They have a patio viewing area as well, but it's not a great place due to the foot traffic in the area. - David Nov 11, 12:58 2
    - I've been thinking more about this and in the context that you were at Disney World, it would come down to a reward / risk thing - JD Nov 11, 14:01
    - Tako Taco! That's kind of amazing -- nm - JD Nov 11, 13:24
- What fresh hell is that? -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 11, 12:55
- Nope. I'm not hanging out indoors with other people -- nm - Krusty Nov 11, 12:54 6
  - I had a meeting Saturday in a space about that big and I was nervous the entire time. Another a week from Saturday if the state does not go on lock - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 11, 12:57 5
    - 🤞 you can get out of it, it's cancelled or they lock things down -- nm - Krusty Nov 11, 13:10 4
      - The one we had, other than the board last year we had 6 owners show. This year we had 3x as many. I was sadly amazed. -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 11, 13:11 3
        
        Any excuse to get out of the house, maybe? - Krusty Nov 11, 13:15 2
        
        Maybe. I was very happy that 100% wore masks, and properly, at that. -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 11, 13:22 1
        
        Well at least they're not idiots. I'm glad to hear that. -- nm - Krusty Nov 11, 13:27
- Considering the uptick in cases. Likely not now. But a good idea for using a banquet hall/space -- nm - budice Nov 11, 12:53
- No, my living room isn't big enough -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 12:51
This YouTube channel is fascinating. Reads historical excerpts from journals. In this case, a travel diary of a Soviet in 1936 America. -- (link) - Mop Nov 11, 12:46 [youtube]
Out of PA's 24 largest counties, only 1 had a net swing to Trump - Philadelphia - Reagen Nov 11, 12:45
ST Poll: Are you an "I love you" family? Is it different with you and your kids (if applicable) vs. what you grew up with? -- nm - oblique Nov 11, 12:40 11
- Definitely not my family growing up, and still not with my brother, but my mom and I are now. -- nm - mara Nov 11, 12:58
- We weren't when I was growing up but I say it to my mom every time I talk with her or see her. -- nm* - Krusty Nov 11, 12:54
- Very much with Princes Disney but I do not remember my parents saying it at all to me. I still have trouble saying to my parents. -- nm - Walt_Disney Nov 11, 12:51 2
  - This is where I am. It definitely feels weird saying it to my parents/sibling but we say it all the time in our house. -- nm - oblique Nov 11, 12:55 1
    - I could not tell you why the change either. I wonder if its just a generational or societal thing. -- nm - Walt_Disney Nov 11, 13:16
- I think everyone knows my answer. I think I've told at least four STers I love them over the past week. - David Nov 11, 12:51
- Yes 99.9% now. 100% not the way I grew up - Pippy-wall to wall Raccoons Nov 11, 12:51
- Yes. Grew up with it, though growing up it was words that were only somewhat backed up by actions. -- nm - TWuG Nov 11, 12:50
- David and I are, yes. :) We weren't much like that when I was young, but we all say it now. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 11, 12:46
- I have no problems with "I love you" but I still believe in "Walk it off" medicine -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 12:42
- Yes. More than I grew up with. - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 11, 12:42
Certifications have begun. -- (link) - mara Nov 11, 12:34
She fell into QAnon and went viral for destroying a Target mask display. Now she’s rebuilding her life. - crash davis Nov 11, 12:30 6
- I don’t know if I’m supposed to feel pity for her, or anger that she got a platform. -- nm - Mop Nov 11, 12:44
- I don't know why people decide to send death threats to these kind of people. Like, what could that possibly help? -- nm - Reagen Nov 11, 12:42 4
  - I wonder if she really did get death threats. -- nm - Mop Nov 11, 12:45 1
    - Her hair dresser' husband got death threats...yeah there are people who must do that all day long -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 11, 12:59
  - That is the part of the article that bothered me the most. I don't understand it either. -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 12:43
  - She knows what she d.... oh, good point. -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 11, 12:42
So I've been avoiding calling my parents since the election. I've had a hard enough time with their unwavering support of Trump... - Green Bean Cuzzinrole Nov 11, 12:28
Ingenious Bed Frame Has a Place for Cats to Play While Their Humans Rest -- (link) - budice Nov 11, 12:28 12
- "Honey, wake up. I heard a noise." "That's just the cats trying to kill each other under the mattress." -- nm - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 11, 12:39 2
  - This actually happened to me this morning. - David Nov 11, 12:55 1
    - Not enough clearance for the tiny noose? -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 11, 12:58
- A cage? -- nm - Mop Nov 11, 12:37
- that is great -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 12:31 3
  - or to quote -- nm* - 🐯🦁🐱🐺😹😸😺 😾😿🙀😽😼� Nov 11, 12:36
  - or to quote : 👍🐱‍👤😻😼😽🙀😿😾😺� ��😹🐺🐱🦁🐯 -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 12:34
  - or 🐱‍👤👍😻😼😽🙀😿😾😺� ��😹🐺🐱🦁🐯 -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 12:33
- until the cats decide it's a good place to take their most recent murder victim and then you wake to the smell of -- (edited) - decline Nov 11, 12:30 3
  - Or a hairball. -- nm - Megberry Sauce 🦃🥧🏈 Nov 11, 13:33
  - Correction: half of their most recent murder victim. - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 11, 12:44
  - Was about to post, "Yeah... no." -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 11, 12:33
Transfer -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 11, 12:26 1
- From the Latin for "carry across" -- nm - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 11, 12:28

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