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Georgia just officially went to Biden -- nm - eag Dec 14, 09:35 1
- I assume he got about 400 EVs for how many times he won Georgia? -- nm - ty97 Dec 14, 09:36
This is cute, and exactly the kind of content we need in this dark year of 2020. -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 14, 09:33 2
- Ha!!! His voice is so soft, I want to make a pillow out of it. -- nm* - Krusty Dec 14, 09:39
- Netflix premieres their documentary series on the Yorkshire Ripper this week. Happy 2020! -- nm - Mop Dec 14, 09:36
Got Christmas cards from Kelly, Will and Nathan as well as two halves of a card from Diva and Mel. - Krusty Dec 14, 09:20 7
- I did not sign up for the exchange and yet I got a card from Pennsylvania. It included a threat on my life if I don't sign up next year - ty97 Dec 14, 09:29 4
  - Death threats by mail are a federal offense. Burn her! -- nm - jnine Dec 14, 11:22
  - Haha! -- nm - Krusty Dec 14, 09:31 2
    - And I received the card in Florida, which is rather impressive -- nm - ty97 Dec 14, 09:34 1
      - Stay on her good side -- nm - Krusty Dec 14, 09:37
- your postman probably doesn't like Boston - decline Dec 14, 09:21 1
  - But he likes me. I give him water and snacks every day. -- nm - Krusty Dec 14, 09:26
That Joe Epstein guy really seems like a class act. -- (link*) - znufrii Dec 14, 09:08 11
- I get a Stephen Miller vibe from him. That isn't a good thing. -- nm - jnine Dec 14, 11:25
- He is now saying it’s a comedy piece. - David Dec 14, 09:36 1
  - Hilarious, I’m sure. -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 14, 09:37
- Look... we can't just destroy people... but we can give them the rope to hang themselves with. -- nm - WSJ Dec 14, 09:19 2
  - Great, now this song is going to be stuck in my head all day. -- (link) - znufrii Dec 14, 09:30 [youtube]
  - "...with which to hang themselves." -- nm - WSJ Copy Editor Dec 14, 09:19
- Someone is getting cancelled -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 14, 09:18 1
  - I have no idea who this person is outside of all this, but seems like no big loss. -- nm - znufrii Dec 14, 09:19
- Gross. -- nm - Yuletide Callisto 🎄🎄 Dec 14, 09:16
- Screenshot if you don’t want to go on fb -- (pic) - znufrii Dec 14, 09:16 [Attachment] 1
  - Thanks -- nm - Krusty Dec 14, 09:32
Tube Guy 2020 -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 14, 09:08 1
- We take you now to live footage of Red Guardian trying to get into the Avengers' Moscow Annex. -- nm - Mop Dec 14, 09:20
“Winter storm watches and advisories have been issued across the Northeast for what is shaping up to be the most significant winter storm in several years" -- nm* - decline Dec 14, 09:07 7
- Woo hoo!!! Give us all the snow! -- nm - Krusty Dec 14, 09:32
- we're looking like more rain than snow, dammit -- nm - 🦌sleighformojo🛷 Dec 14, 09:10
- Picked up a bag of salt at the hardware store yesterday. Need to get the shovel out of the garage. - znufrii Dec 14, 09:09
- so sad I'm gonna miss it -- nm - ty97 Dec 14, 09:08 3
  - no snowmen for you! -- nm - decline Dec 14, 09:09 2
    - spoiler - ty97 Dec 14, 09:13 1
      - you can go make some sand angels though if you want -- nm - decline Dec 14, 09:20
Last week Mastercard and Visa frozen their business with Pornhub. This week, as a result, pornhub deleted 10M+ videos off it's sites -- nm - decline Dec 14, 08:52 9
- I don't get how those things are related. -- nm - Tim Dec 14, 08:55 8
  - MC & Visa stopped because an investigation found unlawful content (included child sex trafficking). PH purged all un-verified accounts to try to - decline Dec 14, 08:58
  - Pornhub is in trouble for not policing their site properly/enough. Credit card companies don't want to be associated with shady businesses. -- nm - Mop Dec 14, 08:56 6
    - oh, so like pr0n videos stolen from other places and posted there. -- nm - Tim Dec 14, 08:58 5
      - The report was more illegal videos like underage / revenge porn. - Will Hunting Dec 14, 09:00 1
        
        I was afraid that was why, but hoping it wasn't. -- nm - Tim Dec 14, 09:04
      - that and I think I read something about possible child porn. -- nm - sycor Dec 14, 08:59 2
        
        and this can also include someone who is say 15, thinks it would be cool to post something, and is able to because pornhub didn't do an identity check -- nm - co-lalalala-lalala-in 🔔 Dec 14, 09:04 1
        
        Well, that would still technically fall under child porn. - sycor Dec 14, 09:33
zeitgeist, how's your mom doing? Did the doctors say she was partying too much for your birthday? -- nm - Mop Dec 14, 08:52
My mom’s favorite baseball player is on Cameo. I may gift her that for her birthday. -- nm - kelly Dec 14, 08:50
Outside the Wire with Anthony Mackie coming to Netflix in January. -- (link) - Mop Dec 14, 08:46 [youtube]
The 2020 song -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 14, 08:45
In the latest Numberphile podcast, Brady speaks to a statistician who happens to give you some mind-blowing data on the vaccine. - Mop Dec 14, 08:42 [youtube]
eag/all: If you want to follow, WaPo is live tracking the Electoral Vote w/ status updates and links to the live video feed for all of the states. -- (link*) - MDH Dec 14, 08:41 17
- I will say, a somewhat interesting side effect of all this is that these kinds of posts are public and visible. Maybe I never paid attention before - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 14, 09:14
- sadly paywalled -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 14, 08:52 2
  - 56 Trump 36 Biden -- nm - decline Dec 14, 08:53 1
    - LANDSLIDE -- nm - ty97 Dec 14, 08:57
- I'm just curious if there any faithless electors (for either candidate). Beyond that, this is a formality -- nm - ty97 Dec 14, 08:44 11
  - The Trump crowd is genuinely thinking it's possible. -- nm - loosilu Dec 14, 08:49 4
    - Technically is *could* happen. But Jim Carrey had a better chance with Lauren Holly in Dumb & Dumber. - Cuzzin Fa-La-La-La-Todd Dec 14, 09:10
    - The outcome is not changing, but a faithless elector or two could happen I guess? -- nm - ty97 Dec 14, 08:57 2
      - There were *7* in 2016. - Tim Dec 14, 09:02 1
        
        The Powell votes were trying to convince other faithless electors to jump from Trump -- nm* - spamlet Dec 14, 09:08
  - Yup -- nm - spamlet Dec 14, 08:48
  - the reason CNN et al is covering this is because the idiot in the Oval office until January 20 is a toddler. -- nm - mud Dec 14, 08:48 1
    - I don't blame them for covering it. -- nm - ty97 Dec 14, 08:55
  - Not yet. Nevada just voted all 6 to Biden as well. So that count may not be updated yet. -- nm - MDH Dec 14, 08:47
  - it's like election night all over again! -- nm - decline Dec 14, 08:47 1
    - *flashbacks to election week* *shudders* -- nm - ty97 Dec 14, 09:00
- Trump is leading now, so he must be the winner! -- nm - Trump-world Dec 14, 08:43
Bob Odenkirk says he trained for 2 years for "Nobody". -- (link) - Mop Dec 14, 08:39 [youtube] 1
- he must be tired -- nm - decline Dec 14, 08:41
That’s cool. Found out that one of my colleagues in Poland is going to be among the first there to get the vaccine. - znufrii Dec 14, 08:29
Last week, I was optimistic, confident, friendly, and disapproving. - David Dec 14, 08:21 1
- but that also sounds like everyone. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 14, 08:32
ST Poll: Weekend viewing/grades? -- (edited) - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 14, 08:20 19
- Caught up on S2 Ep1-6 of Mandalorian. B. However, Ep 5 was A++. (minor spoils) - JaxSean Dec 14, 09:39
- Mandalorian: A- Son and Benteke over anxious to start match: 😆 -- nm - JD Dec 14, 09:36
- Mandalorian A. First 10-15 minutes of Holy Grail, A+. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 09:09
- Queen's Gambit eps 1-5: A. -- nm - Cuzzin Fa-La-La-La-Todd Dec 14, 08:54
- The We Bare Bear Movies: B+ -- nm - Mop Dec 14, 08:47
- Happiest Season: C. -- nm - kelly Dec 14, 08:46 3
  - that might be generous. -- nm - Andie Dec 14, 09:07 1
    - I'm sad because it could have been two really good movies. - Mop Dec 14, 09:29
  - This is correct. -- nm - Mop Dec 14, 08:47
- Star Wars: EpisodeVII 4K! A+, LotR: Fellowship 4K! A+, The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (HBO doc) A -- nm - mud Dec 14, 08:44
- finished Tenet finally (B) -- nm - co-lalalala-lalala-in 🔔 Dec 14, 08:43 2
  - Or... did you just start it? -- nm - Mop Dec 14, 08:48 1
    - let me walk backwards downstairs and check -- nm - co-lalalala-lalala-in 🔔 Dec 14, 09:01
- Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker - B, Man Down S3: B+, A Charlie Brown Christmas - A+, The Muppet Christmas Carol - A+, Bad Santa - A, Trading - Krusty Dec 14, 08:39
- Peaky Blinders S1 - A+. Avengers: Ultron - A. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 14, 08:28
- Ava B-/C+; Newfoundlander UFC fight: A+ -- nm - Beaker Dec 14, 08:26
- Alice in Borderland: B+ (based on a Japanese Manga - rather grim though). 1st 3 eps of Criminal: United Kingdom: A+ -- nm - decline Dec 14, 08:22
- I watched the first princess switch movie while wrapping. it was as expected. -- nm* - amanda jeans Dec 14, 08:20
- Mallrats (first time), B- -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 14, 08:20
I feel attacked by Reagen’s mention of using poly sci degrees. - Will Hunting Dec 14, 08:17 1
- It's cool, you must use it daily in your job. -- nm - Reagen Dec 14, 08:36
More Cyberpunk goodness from Open Critic. -- (link) - Shaun Dec 14, 08:16 13
- Well, we understand the cause for the delays now. They should have called it No Man's Land 2. -- nm - David Dec 14, 08:24 12
  - It seems to me that gamers got what they asked for. Release the game. But it's not done. Release the game. It's not done. Release the game. Fine - JD Dec 14, 08:34 6
    - Pretty much. It's clearly not done but people were done waiting. It's also their own fault for building the hype up when they knew it wasn't ready. - Krusty Dec 14, 08:41 4
      - The first part i agree with too much hype but honestly I think you have a bunch of whiners right now - eag Dec 14, 08:50 3
        
        It's way beyond the issues every other open-world game has. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 14, 08:53 2
        
        The fact they they only let reviewers post reviews for PC copies using pre-baked video footage is a massive red flag. - Shaun Dec 14, 08:55 1
        
        One of the things I had heard that the actual building of the game hadn't been that long that it was mostly concept for most of the time -- nm - eag Dec 14, 08:59
    - yup -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 14, 08:38
  - Did you mean No Man's Sky? -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 14, 08:26 4
    - Whatever it was. - David Dec 14, 08:26 3
      - So we can’t quite call it that just yet then. -- nm - Qale Dec 14, 09:22
      - NMS was mostly just stripped down. Cyberpunk is a dumpster fire. -- nm - Shaun Dec 14, 08:30
      - Game Awards Ongoing Game of the Year! -- nm - decline Dec 14, 08:27
and for a different opinion I think that the Zook looks are functional - JD Dec 14, 08:07 2
- No legroom is a dealbreaker. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 14, 08:08 1
  - 10 years from now in a some city: - decline Dec 14, 08:23
CNN has live EV count as there tallied so far its 22-7 Trump 4 states already on the board -- nm - eag Dec 14, 08:07 10
- That's it, he's won. Stop counting! -- nm - Cuzzin Fa-La-La-La-Todd Dec 14, 08:15
- nm -- nm* - spamlet Dec 14, 08:10
- Can you say that is a different way? What are the Trump 4 states on board? -- nm* - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 14, 08:09 6
  - 4 states on on the board. 22 - 7 Trump. - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 14, 08:11 4
    - Now: 35 Trump, 7 Biden -- nm - decline Dec 14, 08:36 2
      - 50 Trump, 27 Biden - Biden's catching up! -- nm - decline Dec 14, 08:38
      - 41 to 27 Trump -- nm - eag Dec 14, 08:38
    - Ah. I thought he meant onboard with Trump coup attempt. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 14, 08:17
  - "draob eht no ydaerla setats 4 pmurT 7-22 sti raf os deillat ereht sa tnuoc VE evil sah NNC" -- nm - decline Dec 14, 08:10
- Stop the count! (NM) - Drumpf Dec 14, 08:08
North Dakota: Population: 762,062, COVID cases: 87,590, Deaths: 939. New Brunswick: Population 781,476, COVID cases: 555, Deaths: 8. -- nm - Beaker Dec 14, 07:57 1
- Gotta step it up, Beaksy. -- nm - Mop Dec 14, 08:06
This guy makes a good point -- (link) - Roger More Dec 14, 07:55 12
- Nope. Still a Christmas movie. -- (edited) - Krusty Dec 14, 07:57 11
  - It can be both. People can see allegories where they find them. Though they should do a Hannukah edit with CGI. -- nm - Roger More Dec 14, 08:06
  - Wrong - Will Hunting Dec 14, 08:03 7
    - Nope. Still a Christmas movie. -- nm - Krusty Dec 14, 08:31
    - For a second, I thought you were leading to Robin Hood. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 14, 08:07 1
      - Willis’ accent is better than Costner’s. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 14, 08:13
    - :-) -- nm - mud Dec 14, 08:04 3
      - I loved that meme. Brought a smile. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 14, 08:07 2
        
        Question ... - Beryllium Dec 14, 08:20 1
        
        No, yippiekayyay motherfuckerus was not mentioned in the text. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 14, 08:29
  - oy -- nm - mud Dec 14, 08:00
  - *ding* -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 14, 08:00
In a landmark change to existing policy, the UK will allow sexually active gay and bisexual men to donate blood, -- (link) - decline Dec 14, 07:52 10
- I can't count the number of times I've had to tell people I can't donate, and then have to awkwardly explain it. -- nm - MDH Dec 14, 08:01 6
  - Re: below, I’m out so I’m okay telling people I’m gay. It just gets awkward when they this is a rule. -- nm - MDH Dec 14, 08:38 1
    - Oh I know I'm just trying to compound awkwardness. -- nm - Reagen Dec 14, 09:20
  - YOu know what, the easiest one of all is "I gave four weeks ago." -- nm - loosilu Dec 14, 08:31
  - The travel excuse doesn't work this year, but you can say you have low iron. I've been rejected for that many times. -- nm - loosilu Dec 14, 08:29
  - "I exclusively eat British beef. No, the other way you're thinking." -- nm - Reagen Dec 14, 08:14
  - Tell them your husband has a tattoo on his Prince Alberted penis. -- nm - Qale Dec 14, 08:07
- Good. Now we need to make this change as well. -- nm - Krusty Dec 14, 07:53
- Like... while... -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 14, 07:52 1
  - the person drawing it has to have really good reflexes -- nm - Beaker Dec 14, 07:53
Remember when Oil went negative in April? Here's a Bloomberg article on how some folks earned $660 million from it. -- (link) - David Dec 14, 07:49 3
- I could have ended up with a garage full of oil AND a ton of money! -- nm - Mop Dec 14, 08:07
- That’s awesome. “Sorry receptions breaking up on my yacht.” -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 14, 08:02
- Black backgrounds with white text should be banned from the internet. My rods and my cones are all screwed up now! -- nm - Krusty Dec 14, 07:55
PS5 and Xbox X will be available online at Best Buy tomorrow morning at 9 am est. Until 9:00:04, I'm assuming. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 14, 07:47 4
- Hmm. They are actually available (well, PS5 is) at my local Amazon. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 14, 08:04 2
  - DO IT!! -- nm - Shaun Dec 14, 08:13 1
    - I am tempted. Trying to unload by old-gen consoles. But it's 2x as expensive as in the US. That hurts my good sense. - Marlowe Dec 14, 08:16
- and then show up on EBay at 9:00:06 for a thousand bucks -- nm - decline Dec 14, 07:52

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