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"Let them fight." -- (link) - mud Nov 19, 17:56 4
- "I'm gonna make millions yelling at Biden and you're fucking it up." -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 18:00 2
  - :-] -- nm - mud Nov 19, 18:05
  - (he's also not stupid and doesn't want to live in a dictatorship anymore than the next person) - Reagen Nov 19, 18:04
- lol -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 17:58
Pandumbic perspective -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 19, 17:37 1
- Only first class was allowed to get to the lifeboats -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 19, 18:35
Stop everything! Itty Bitty is on offense! -- nm - David Nov 19, 17:36 2
- because it sounds like a not nice term for a not nice old woman? -- nm - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 19, 17:42 1
  - You're a not nice name for a not nice old woman! - David Nov 19, 17:52
PoGo'ers - Here's Level 42 requirements -- (pic) - ty97 Nov 19, 17:34 [Attachment] 9
- oh brother. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 17:38
- Easy peasy. - JaxSean Nov 19, 17:37 4 1
  - Yes, to your IM -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 17:52 3
    - how do you control evolutions a second time? I thought wyou could only control once? -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 19, 18:29
    - annoying. -- nm - mafic Nov 19, 17:57
    - Kinda dumb -- nm - JaxSean Nov 19, 17:56
- That'd be a cool name for a band. - Green Bean Cuzzinrole Nov 19, 17:36
- Death cult! -- nm - David Nov 19, 17:35 1
  - It brings (some of us) joy. Let us have joy. -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 17:54
Accurate. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 19, 17:31 7
- Except he won't sell anything that smells like his vagina -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 19, 17:37
- Men kinda like GP. Do women actually that idiot? -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Nov 19, 17:34 5
  - Just because I like her as pepper potts doesn't mean I like her as a person. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 17:39 3
    - Yeah but there is no form of Joe Rogan that should be liked. -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Nov 19, 17:56 1
      - "Avoid handling Joe Rogan if you are pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant." -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 18:02
    - Even Blythe Danner be like "she crazy" -- nm - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 19, 17:46
  - no on both counts. -- nm - mafic Nov 19, 17:35
Posted? -- (link) - amanda jeans Nov 19, 17:28 2
- I knew he was gonna do that. Like every appearance he's wiping himself down with some dirty rag. -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 17:30
- jeez, if you have to do that at least do it in the opposite order. -- nm - mafic Nov 19, 17:30
For now apparent reason, Focus is doing Lost in Translation Trivia Night. -- (link) - David, Horny New Guy Nov 19, 17:26
this is cool. website that lets you do event timers.. can help if any of you are doing remote events or remote church coordination. -- (link) - colin 🤏 Nov 19, 17:08 1
I love how, every week, I get worried that we won't have enough material for Streaming Into the Void, then Wonder Woman 1984 goes streaming. -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 17:06 11
- There's been some Oscar movement, too, but I guess it'll have to wait until next week. -- nm - David, Horny New Guy Nov 19, 17:23 1
  - I'm actually out this week, so probably a good thing -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 17:27
- Maybe you can take some time to talk about Spuul, Kweli TV, Mubi, or Ovid. -- nm - Qale Nov 19, 17:12 8
  - or Crunchyroll! -- nm - Remlik Nov 19, 17:50
  - Talk to your doctor about what Ovid can do for you. -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 17:19 5
    - Do not watch Ovid if you are allergic to Ovid. -- nm - Qale Nov 19, 17:24 4
      - "Like jeebus do we have to tell you everything?" -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 17:31 3
        
        The really funny part to me is that Canada gets these commercials too. *sense of obnoxious superiority restored* - con_carne Nov 19, 17:33 2
        
        only from watching American TV! -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 17:33 1
        
        (We do have some drug ads but way less. Like, there's a funny bunch of Viagra ones) -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 17:34
  - I refuse to accept that any of those are real, in spite of having heard many many Mubi ads. -- nm - mafic Nov 19, 17:17
I got today's Final Jeopardy largely because of Looney Tunes cartoons - prayformojo Nov 19, 17:00 4
- Well, yeah. Me too. I thought of other possible answers but that was my basis for settling on the correct one. -- nm - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 19, 17:15
- spoilers -- (link) - prayformojo Nov 19, 17:01 [youtube]
- Everything I know about classical music, I learned from Bugs Bunny. -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 17:01 1
  - Excuse me? When popular entertainment includes worthwhile content, that's supposed to encourage children to visit their local library to find out more -- nm - con_carne Nov 19, 17:28
Supernatural! -- nm - Beaker Nov 19, 17:00 1
- is it finally done? -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 17:38
not sure who else is reddit users, but i've noticed even my local city sub has become so alt-right reactionary - there's a constant backlash -- (edited) - colin 🤏 Nov 19, 16:54 9
- I just scroll down the front page. It's like Facebook but nobody i know -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 19, 17:35
- St. Louis is the exact opposite. -- nm - spamlet Nov 19, 17:30
- I have well over a hundred or so people blocked on Reddit. Also: Apollo is the best Reddit app on iOS easy. -- nm* - Qale Nov 19, 17:08 3
  - i have a massive list, i also use scripts to identify heavy users of a number of problematic subs so i can immediately ignore them. -- nm - colin 🤏 Nov 19, 17:09 2
    - The hard ones are the ones that have long time accounts, positive karma rates, and contribute well enough you just can’t pull the lever on them. - Qale Nov 19, 17:13 1
      - Why do we even have that lever? -- nm* - znufrii Nov 19, 17:41
- My local is pretty lefty, but, Canada. -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 16:58 2
  - Same but not Canada. I also don't subscribe to any political subreddits. -- nm* - Krusty Nov 19, 17:11
  - yeaaaah. that probably helps. anything US-centric is pretty rough right now. -- nm - colin 🤏 Nov 19, 17:07
I had an idea last night that made me feel stupid for not having it a decade ago. More than a decade, actually. - Beryllium Nov 19, 16:53 7
- Eh, I have to make a payment anyway, might as well pay it all at once instead of having to do the math. -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 17:42
- I took cranks advice and have my bills paid a month ahead, -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 19, 17:31
- A decade or so ago I did this. All utilities, insurance, HOA payments and CCs. It is great. My CCs push to my mobile so I monitor there. -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Nov 19, 17:08
- I have it set to make the minimum monthly payment automatically but that's only in case I forget to pay it. Normally I pay it off in full every month. -- nm - Green Bean Cuzzinrole Nov 19, 16:57
- i rarely do automated payments on credit cards so i have a chance to review charges. do you not do that? -- nm - colin 🤏 Nov 19, 16:54 2
  - I use tiller to review transactions daily. Can't recommend it enough. -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 19, 17:23
  - I examine my transactions for suspicious activity or mistakes, if that's what you mean. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 16:56
Info for ST Pokemon friends: - ralph wiggum Nov 19, 16:35 21
- Yeah, not for me. Best wishes for y'all. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 17:41
- Thanks for being our guinea pigs BTW -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 17:22
- Also, I realized not that long ago that Niantic never rolled out the new daily free coin system to the rest of the world. You didn't miss much. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 19, 16:58 2
  - I'd have liked that. I get -- nm - JaxSean Nov 19, 17:57
  - I was always happy when that wasn't there. -- nm - mafic Nov 19, 17:15
- *laughs in level 38* -- nm - Qale Nov 19, 16:52 6
  - XP bonuses through year end to help people make Level 40 by year end -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 16:53 5
    - I had a major breakthrough with my quests when I finally beat the trio of Rocket leaders. It led me to a narrow win over Giovanni which completed... - Qale Nov 19, 17:05 4
      - Are you not far enough south for heracross? -- nm - spamlet Nov 19, 17:41 2
        
        he is not -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 17:42 1
        
        far, far south Texas in the Rio Grande Valley I believe. - ty97 Nov 19, 17:43
      - Join the ST PoGo discord and get invited to a mega raid -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 17:22
- Thanks for sharing! Medals also have a platinum level now too, right? (higher level than gold?) - ty97 Nov 19, 16:48 1
  - Yes. Eg, getting all possible Pokemon for a region or getting 1000(!) large Magikarp. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 19, 16:52
- Is that 6,000,000 *MORE* XP or 6,000,000 *TOTAL* XP? -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 16:42 6
  - it means 26,000,000 total XP (IOW, 6 million in addition to the 20 million total it took you to get to level 40). - ty97 Nov 19, 16:46 4
    - Crap. I'm at 29million total. I hate being a scrub. I'm level 41. -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 16:51
    - Ah! I stand corrected. My screen is just showing 6,700,000/6,000,000. I didn't bother to check what it took to get to Level 40. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 19, 16:51 1
      - I had come across an infographic, which is based party off of data mines I think so it could be incorrect. But if it IS correct, level 50 requires - ty97 Nov 19, 16:54
    - You can see your total XP on your player profile screen. -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 16:49
  - Total. Looks like we've been continuing to earn XP even after hitting Level 40 (ie, I've already hit 6M, so I just need to complete the tasks). nm - ralph wiggum Nov 19, 16:45
New Mutants: B/B-, about a half grade better than I was expecting -- nm - prayformojo Nov 19, 16:26 3
- C+ from me--Needed more humor--Sorta reminded of a Twilight movie, in tone--Better than expected but didn't feel connected \ -- nm - flavorize Nov 19, 17:05
- I tell ya, these grades Im seeing for this are making me regret that I didnt see this when it ran for a bit at my Cinemark. -- nm - Jovian Nov 19, 16:34
- Same. I liked Anya a lot. -- nm - David Nov 19, 16:30
and its okay - Jovian Nov 19, 16:25 4
- Ready Player Two next week! -- nm - David Nov 19, 16:30 2
  - Straight-to-video... game! -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 16:59
  - ohhhhh did not know this -- nm - Jovian Nov 19, 16:52
- Heh. -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 16:27
AOC bringing the heat on Nikki -- (link) - Jovian Nov 19, 16:24 1
- nice -- nm - mud Nov 19, 16:26
Former national team keeper, with the unlikely name of George Forsyth, new favourite to be Peru's president -- (link*) - Reagen Nov 19, 16:23 7
- also if you want to talk coup, congress replaced the president with the guy who got 0.4% of the vote here. -- nm - mafic Nov 19, 16:38 1
  - uh. what. -- nm - colin 🤏 Nov 19, 17:10
- he's no Alberto Fujimori, or my favourite Chilean dictator: Bernardo o'Higgins. -- nm - mafic Nov 19, 16:30 2
  - Pedro Kuczynski! -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 17:43
  - FWIW, Fujimori's daughter has run for president twice. -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 17:00
- Wait, what happened to the guy who was likely to be selected president 2 or 3 days ago? -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 16:25 1
  - he's confirmed, and only interim until the election next year. -- nm - mafic Nov 19, 16:38
Boston Celtics' Gordon Hayward opts out, will be free agent -- nm - Beaker Nov 19, 16:22
Georgia's Olivia Pearson Arrested For Helping Black People Vote. Again. -- (link) - Mop Nov 19, 16:05 2
- In case you wanted to know: John Lewis was arrested 45 times in his lifetime. -- nm - Qale Nov 19, 16:20 1
  - Good trouble. -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 16:39
Loosi, what you want to know about the pies? -- nm - colin Nov 19, 16:03 1
- idk, anything? -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 17:39
Georgia is on track to certify the election for President-elect Joe Biden on Friday. -- (link) - budice Nov 19, 15:51 4
- AP confirms recount is complete -- (link) - budice Nov 19, 16:16
- But trump had to pay for the recount ha? That's good -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 19, 16:14 2
  - That was Wisconsin. -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 16:15 1
    - Yep GA is automatic -- nm - eag Nov 19, 16:18
What if the Swamp Thing and Mecha-Hitler stole the votes and took them to Wakanda to be changed? Why don't we wait until we know that didn't happen? -- (link*) - Reagen Nov 19, 15:47 4
- the worst people. -- nm - mud Nov 19, 16:21
- This is why Jet Jaguar was built. So he and the Pink Power Ranger can unite with Yveltal to battle them! -- nm - Qale Nov 19, 16:03 1
  - See Jovian, nothing to worry about! -- nm - rollo Nov 19, 16:20
- Big, if true. -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Nov 19, 16:02
They're not even trying to help. "Why is the federal government not taking questions?" -- (link) - decline Nov 19, 15:40 5
- Show of hands: Who here remembers ever hearing Mike Pence speak before this clip? -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 17:10
- Effing clown show. -- nm - Diva🦃🦃🦃 Nov 19, 15:48 1
  - "We will all get through this together*." - ♤Spawn♤ Nov 19, 16:04
- The correspondents need to grow a spine and bring some rotten vegetables to throw next time. -- nm - Max Nov 19, 15:46 1
  - clearly -- nm - mud Nov 19, 16:22
30 year old uses same tone telling toddler not to eat lego as she does telling parents not to go on cruise -- (link) - Beaker Nov 19, 15:36
A small study, but an important one. Switching to e-cig from regular cig reduces carcinogen exposure. - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 19, 15:35 11
- "A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one." -- nm - con_carne Nov 19, 16:19
- It worked for me and now I'm off everything -- nm - rollo Nov 19, 15:45 2
  - even licking toads? -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 15:50 1
    - this is Rollo, not Rudy -- nm - rollo Nov 19, 16:05
- You could be vaping metal. Do you really want metal in your lungs? -- nm - PSA Ads on YouTube Nov 19, 15:45 4
  - Well that's about as subtle and nuanced as a Truth ad. -- nm - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 19, 15:53 2
    - Well that’s probably because it is a Truth ad. Which is paid for by cigarette companies. Wooooo! -- nm - Qale Nov 19, 16:19 1
      - LOL, did I call it or what? -- nm - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 19, 17:16
  - will it make me like Wolverine? -- nm - mafic Nov 19, 15:47
- old news, all the vap funded studies base on the low voltage vaps but most folks go to the hivoltage ones which are worse in carcinogens and toxics -- nm - ⌚👻🦃🏈 Nov 19, 15:41
- And they've screwed all small vapor store owners, so now Big Tobacco will own all the vapor sales as well. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 19, 15:38
Big new restrictions in BC ... businesses that don't follow new mask rules could be closed by the province. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 15:34 1
- Because COVID -- nm - Max Nov 19, 15:34
M O O N -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Nov 19, 15:31 4
- that's...amore' -- nm - ⌚👻🦃🏈 Nov 19, 15:39
- That's spells "eschatology." -- nm - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 19, 15:35
- over my hammie -- nm - rollo Nov 19, 15:34
- *thrashes drums* -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 15:33

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