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Idea: Rename ICE to Immunological Containment and Enforcement and have them round up all the antimaskers and put them into camps. - Beryllium Nov 27, 08:10
Not only do the election markets still have Trump at a 13% chance of winning, this represents a recent *increase* in his chances - Reagen Nov 27, 08:07 3
- Interesting arbitrage opportunity, the only downside risk is the end of our country as we know it -- nm - rollo Nov 27, 08:25
- Arizona stays above the recount fray by not allowing them unless the difference is really small. (200-2000 votes) -- nm* - budice Nov 27, 08:13
- At this point, I'd be buying up all that 10% gain for 50 days max wait. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 27, 08:09
We never made it past the charcuterie board yesterday. We have a full untouched Thanksgiving dinner in the fridge. we just didn't get hungry. -- nm - Diva🎅🏾 Nov 27, 08:06 3
- I have probably 8 lbs of pork still in the fridge :) -- (edited) - decline Nov 27, 08:11
- Did you have enough wine? -- nm - spamlet Nov 27, 08:11 1
  - Note: We all know now this is a trick question -- nm - rollo Nov 27, 08:26
Anyone ordering today's Pop In A Box exclusive? -- (link) - Shaun Nov 27, 08:00 1
- not I -- nm - Beaker Nov 27, 08:19
Friends of Lone Fir Cemetery (a group that Mom and I have been volunteering with for about a decade) made the national news. - ReluctantCornucopia Nov 27, 07:49
Guess who got the Little Tikes Presidential Playset as an early Christmas/going away gift? -- (link) - TWuG Nov 27, 07:38
Iran's leading nuclear weapons scientist was assassinated. - pmb Nov 27, 07:32
Current musical favorite: The Spinners - TWuG Nov 27, 07:25 [youtube] 1
- It is amazing that some beats, chord combinatinations, and harmonies are always guaranteed smile creators. -- nm - crash davis Nov 27, 08:12
Jeebus. More than 1.2 million people work for Amazon, up 50% in a year. They’re hiring 2,800 people a DAY. -- (link) - decline Nov 27, 07:12 4
- My neighbor across the street started working for them as an HR rep (from home) two months ago - Mr. Havens Nov 27, 07:50
- It's a good start -- nm - Walmart Nov 27, 07:22
- Back in the old days we call them serfs. -- nm - Qale Nov 27, 07:14
- Amazon's workforce is roughly equivalent in size to the entire adult population of Idaho -- nm - decline Nov 27, 07:13
Rogers wants to replace Rogers Centre with a new stadium for the Blue Jays along with residential and office buildings, stores and public - Krusty Nov 27, 07:04 5
- I'll stop calling it the Skydome when I am dead and buried -- nm - Beaker Nov 27, 07:08 4
  - you'll probably stop calling it anything once you're dead and buried -- nm - decline Nov 27, 08:13 1
    - maybe he's a mink with coronavirus? -- nm - Reagen Nov 27, 08:13
  - I was thinking about this last night. When it ceased to be skydome, I ceased to be interested in baseball. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 27, 08:05
  - This. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 27, 07:42
Speaking of cards, did we all see that story about a 1st Edition Charizard selling for hundreds of thousands? I mentioned it to my wife last night.... -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Nov 27, 07:03 15
- Gotta get it graded to pull anything close to that. -- nm - Tim Nov 27, 07:58 1
  - Oh definitely. The plan is to take it to a local shop when the COVID in stroe restrictions lift. If they confirm that there might be something here,.. - Name Withheld By Request Nov 27, 08:09
- whoa. -- nm - Diva🎅🏾 Nov 27, 07:29
- So, you're selling it, right? -- nm - loosilu Nov 27, 07:07 11
  - In a heartbeat. She doesn't believe that it can be that valuable, but looking at it, I think the grade should be pretty high. - Name Withheld By Request Nov 27, 07:15 1
    - sell it!!!!!! -- nm - Andie Nov 27, 07:27
  - this. This. THIS! -- nm - Beaker Nov 27, 07:08 8
    - Definitely this. There is no great reason why Pokemon cards are experiencing such a surge in value. -- nm - Qale Nov 27, 07:09 7
      - Collectibles in general are through the roof. 1990 baseball boxes that shouldn’t be worth spit are going for 3-4x what they were last year. - Will Hunting Nov 27, 07:25 6
        
        there's too much dead capital money floating around there looking for something to buy. - Reagen Nov 27, 07:47 2
        
        Absolutely. You have to really be on your game to navigate these kinds of ‘investments.’ -- nm - Qale Nov 27, 07:49
        
        Just let me get rid of my 2009 Mike Trout #ed to 200 first. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 27, 07:49
        
        Sports cards blew up over the last year or so. I wasn't seeing any talk about them and then all of a sudden guys that were collecting sneakers -- (edited) - Krusty Nov 27, 07:28 2
        
        All the dead time at home and millennials with money and nowhere to spend...it was either home renovation or collecting. - Will Hunting Nov 27, 07:30 1
        
        True but I was seeing it start before all this. Phil Hughes had started a YouTube channel where he opens cards and I was seeing it last winter. - Krusty Nov 27, 07:34
Bombshell: B-/C+; Charlize's transformation notwithstanding, thoroughly meh; it curiously pulled its punches, and I really didn't get the reason for - prayformojo Nov 27, 06:41 1
- That’s basically what I thought as well but I also saw it as the back half of a double feature with Uncut Gems so that may have influenced it. - spamlet Nov 27, 07:33
Cuties - There's enough there to wind up the cons, but this was a serious thoughtful movie with a brave message about affiliation - rollo Nov 27, 06:32
Is $15 for 12 cards expensive? I have no idea what cards should cost. -- nm* - Krusty Nov 27, 06:10 13
- No. In fact, let’s make ‘em more expensive! -- nm - Papa Hasbro Nov 27, 07:10
- it ranges wildly. -- nm - Andie Nov 27, 06:19 2
  - Nice ones can be spendy. Also, so many are boxes of just 8 or 12 too which is annoying. -- nm - Krusty Nov 27, 06:21 1
    - I do cards every year, i always buy a few boxes after christmas for the next year because of this. but i will definitely have to top up this year. -- nm - Andie Nov 27, 06:35
- they can be shockingly expensive. -- nm - Reagen Nov 27, 06:15 2
  - Artists gotta eat! -- nm - loosilu Nov 27, 07:09
  - That's what I'm finding out. Thanks! -- nm* - Krusty Nov 27, 06:19
- Jets cards, yes. Chiefs cards, no. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 27, 06:13 5
  - Make jokes and end up with a NY Yankees card -- nm* - Krusty Nov 27, 06:22 4
    - Also worth more than Jets -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 27, 06:38 3
      - I gave you fair warning -- nm - Krusty Nov 27, 06:49 2
        
        Oh noes....I need a Judge. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 27, 07:20 1
        
        I was going to go with a full stadium shot but I can get you one of him. ;-) -- nm - Krusty Nov 27, 07:31
Spider-Man pic. -- (pic) - Shaun Nov 27, 05:56 [Attachment] 7
- Nice! What suit is that? - Krusty Nov 27, 06:24 6
  - It's Peter. It's the new Advanced Armoured suit that they released for the Remaster. It's awesome. -- nm - Shaun Nov 27, 06:26 5
    - Cool. I'm so looking forward to playing this -- nm - Krusty Nov 27, 06:32 4
      - Make it happen! Whenever you can, of course. Console hunting is rough right now. -- nm - Shaun Nov 27, 06:37 3
        
        I'm not even trying until next year. I'm good waiting until the chaos dies down and there's a steady supply -- nm - Krusty Nov 27, 06:50 2
        
        same here -- nm - decline Nov 27, 07:00
        
        That's pretty much all you can do right now. -- nm - Shaun Nov 27, 06:51
it always amazes me how a team can have a beautiful TD pass like Dalton to Cooper and then completely shit the bed the rest of the game -- nm - Beaker Nov 27, 05:50 1
- I guess that is the difference between good and bad, the good can repeat it the bad might do once and then pzzt -- nm - Beaker Nov 27, 05:50
"How did you spend your quarantine... actually, *stamps APPROVED*" -- (link) - Reagen Nov 27, 05:48 4
- Tony Hawk approved. -- (link) - loosilu Nov 27, 07:14
- Bonus points for it ending at the start for better looping. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 27, 06:49
- Certainly beats the hell out of my “watch a bunch of Parks and Rec” -- nm - spamlet Nov 27, 05:52
- That’s great -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 27, 05:51
Here, have 16 minutes of Dolly Parton complimenting random YTers who cover her songs. -- (link) - Reagen Nov 27, 05:26 [youtube] 2
- That's so sweet. She is a treasure. -- nm* - loosilu Nov 27, 07:32
- I’ll take it! -- nm - Qale Nov 27, 07:14
Reminder - Little Drummer Boy challenge starts today. Everyone still in? -- nm - LMS Nov 27, 05:11 4
- Yes (thankfully) -- nm - ReluctantCornucopia Nov 27, 07:40
- yep, I'm in. -- nm - Diva🎅🏾 Nov 27, 07:07
- one of the best traditions -- nm - rollo Nov 27, 06:00
- Yup, I'm in! -- nm - Krusty Nov 27, 05:57
Popcorn Champs: The Grinch -- (link) - Beaker Nov 27, 04:17 2
- Yeah, this sums it up: "Howard’s Grinch film is an atrocity, a movie that simply should not be." -- nm - Green Bean Cuzzinrole Nov 27, 05:10 1
  - We have championed its terribleness from the very beginning! -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 27, 06:17
Are you happy with what you've done, people? There's going to be no more Fucking, Austria! -- (link) - Reagen Nov 27, 04:17 3 1
- (that last paragraph misses the mark - there's also a village nearby called Tittmoning) -- nm - Reagen Nov 27, 04:20 2
  - Dildo Newfoundland thinks these names are adorable -- nm - Beaker Nov 27, 04:53 1
    - You gotta admire Fucking for getting straight to the point. -- nm - Reagen Nov 27, 05:03
TV PSA: Smackdown, Jeff Dunham's Completely Unrehearsed Last-Minute Pandemic Holiday Special, Gold Rush, World's Funniest Animals, Great Performances, -- nm - Beaker Nov 27, 04:13 4
- Illumination Presents Minions Holiday Special, Martha Knows Best, Mandalorian (D+), Small Axe: Lovers Rock (Amazon), Black Beauty (D+), -- nm - Beaker Nov 27, 04:15 3
  - The Great British Baking Show (Netflix), Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker (Netflix), How To With John Wilson (HBO), Industry (HBO Max), -- nm - Beaker Nov 27, 04:16 2
    - Oh, I think GBBS is in finals. -- nm - loosilu Nov 27, 07:33
    - The Call (Netflix), other stuff -- nm - Beaker Nov 27, 04:16
Five years ago today I went to Florence on the bullet train from Rome, solo, ate at the tiny restaurant that's on the same block as Accademia. - loosilu Nov 26, 23:27 [Attachment] 9
- that's wonderful. -- nm - Diva🎅🏾 Nov 27, 07:08
- very cool drawing -- nm - Beaker Nov 27, 04:53
- Fantastic! -- nm - Mop Nov 27, 00:00 1
  - indeed... -- nm - ⌚👻🦃🏈 Nov 27, 01:07
- that's cool. I loved Florence. -- nm - mafic Nov 26, 23:48
- that's pretty awesome -- nm - JaxSean Nov 26, 23:33 3
  - thank you! setting foot in that city was the thrill of my life. I didn't know it until that day I got on the train. -- (edited) - loosilu Nov 26, 23:39 2
    - A friend of ours complains about what we can't do right now, but MrsJax counters with "think about all the cool things you *have* done." - JaxSean Nov 26, 23:50 1
      - she is so right. we have all done and gone and seen so many awesome things. - loosilu Nov 27, 00:04
MrsJax may be starting a new job soon, and needs to have her own laptop/computer. I'm pushing her towards a laptop, I'm thinking these are minimum - JaxSean Nov 26, 23:23 10
- An optical drive? -- nm - mara Nov 27, 06:31 1
  - I wasn't considering that, since they didn't seem to give her any minimums. - JaxSean Nov 27, 06:47
- I don't know what she does but an i7 might be overkill an i5 will probably do. - Karl_S Nov 27, 04:26 2
  - Yeah mines an i5 and it’s fine for spreadsheets and stuff. - spamlet Nov 27, 08:14
  - cool thanks -- nm - JaxSean Nov 27, 06:19
- I always recommend a dedicated graphics card, but most of the people I deal with do lots of weird 3D stuff. -- nm - mafic Nov 27, 00:03
- I can't speak to the cpu, but from my experience, SSD is a must, and 16GB RAM is a good minimum. Depends on tasks. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 26, 23:28 3
  - I'm basing the 16gb off my work laptop I have now. Seems to be good. - JaxSean Nov 26, 23:32 2
    - It really depends on what work you're doing. I got everyone here in the office 8GB just recently and we have no issues -- nm - decline Nov 27, 05:52 1
      - Interesting. I'm also seeing options for "512GB SSD Boot + 1TB HDD" so it has 2 drives? - JaxSean Nov 27, 06:51
This seems up ST's alley. The top video, black and white, has amazing choreography and nonsensical lyrics. The linked video has nonsense subtitles -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 26, 22:51 5
- Should be noted, those are not official lyrics in the subtitles, those are an Australian's interpretation. -- nm - Ender Nov 26, 23:36 1
  - That's a good point. If you're trying to sing along, the subtitles aren't good enough. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 26, 23:39
- I think I threw a hip socket just watching that. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 26, 23:01
- I knew right away that this was what you were going to link. I think it was discussed on ST once, long ago. -- nm - Mop Nov 26, 22:54 1
  - There's a whole different one in a similar genre, I think it spawned "trolololol" -- nm - Beryllium Nov 26, 23:05
I prefer to think of it as harmonizing with the lawnmower. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 26, 22:32 1
- Also on the topic of trump ... -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 26, 22:42
Loosi: Are you in the queue? It's down to 22 minutes for me -- nm - Krusty Nov 26, 21:46 22
- Somebody actually got something from a queue? *grumble* #PS5 -- nm - Ender Nov 27, 00:14
- lol, for jax, is it worth $200 for flats? I spent my whole life paying $40 max for flats. Yes, They are worth it. They are that much better. -- (edited) - loosilu Nov 26, 22:14 4
  - why are they that good? I shall explain -- (edited) - loosilu Nov 26, 22:22 3
    - Interesting. She only wears flip-flops all the time -- nm - JaxSean Nov 26, 22:37 2
      - totes get it! as I said not a shoe person. 1000% worth it. -- nm - loosilu Nov 26, 22:38 1
        
        the colors are ridiculously cute, they have a very generous return policy. -- nm - loosilu Nov 26, 22:43
- I GOT THEM -- nm - loosilu Nov 26, 22:11 2
  - Sweet! -- nm - Krusty Nov 26, 22:11 1
    - thank to ALL of you for working on it! -- nm - loosilu Nov 26, 22:12
- Are the ones you want called Tyrian "Don the People"? -- nm - GregW Nov 26, 22:10 2
  - YES! got them! thank you so much! -- nm - loosilu Nov 26, 22:17 1
    - They do look nice. -- nm - GregW Nov 26, 22:20
- https://tieks.com/air!! all good! -- nm - loosilu Nov 26, 22:10 1
  - coolio -- nm - JaxSean Nov 26, 22:10
- Did you get in for the shoes?? I'm close. Do you want me to buy them? - Krusty Nov 26, 22:02 1
  - no need! -- nm - loosilu Nov 26, 22:10
- yep, i'm down to 12 minutes -- nm - JaxSean Nov 26, 21:49 5
  - Loosi. you, changed. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 26, 21:51 3
    - Yeah, and I'm in. Loosi did you get in? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 26, 22:02 2
      - I wonder if she fell asleep waiting -- nm - Krusty Nov 26, 22:04 1
        
        could be :( Hopefully they're available tomorrow. My queue ended too. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 26, 22:05
  - Up to 27 for me -- nm - Krusty Nov 26, 21:50
I’m seeing a lot of deals for Xbox Gamepass for $20/3 months. But there’s also a deal for Xbox Live Gold for $49/12 months. - Mop Nov 26, 21:43 8
- It's not a 1:1 conversion. Three months of gold gets you one month of ultimate. -- nm - Krusty Nov 26, 21:56 2
  - I did not know they weren't 1:1. -- nm - Mop Nov 26, 22:56 1
    - I had read about it a few months ago but had to go check again because I knew it was an odd conversion. -- (edited) - Krusty Nov 27, 06:05
- $49 is less than $80, yes. - JaxSean Nov 26, 21:48 2
  - There's the "convert your entire subscription to Ultimate for $1" offer but that's a one-time deal. Krusty's right (kinda). -- (link) - Mop Nov 26, 22:53 1
    - I was reading that they're not converting at the rate in the FAQ anymore. People are seeing only one month for every three of gold. - Krusty Nov 27, 06:04
- LIR - Henderson to Arizona. -- (link) - Megberry Sauce 🦃🥧🏈 Nov 26, 21:45 1
  - figure 40+ minutes my house or 20 minutes from the side of Henderson nearest Arizona with light traffic -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 26, 21:50

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