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You've committed one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is "don't tag an account on twitter unless you're certain of the handle" -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 22, 12:02 2
- He can't even taste the difference between toilet paper and paper towels. Maybe he has covid. -- nm - Max Dec 22, 12:06
- heh -- (link) - decline Dec 22, 12:05
Brexit Sneak Preview -- (link) - co-lalalala-lalala-in 🔔 Dec 22, 11:46 7
- *vindicated* -- nm - the dude who paved all those lanes Dec 22, 12:02
- I don't understand most of those words/names. - JaxSean Dec 22, 12:01 4
  - Asshole doomed a nation in order to reopen an airport; it's reopen, alright. As a parking lot. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 12:03 2
    - For all the goods that are now banned from entering the country. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 12:03 1
      - Ah. Did it start today or something? -- nm - JaxSean Dec 22, 12:07
  - Yup. I’m guessing this is currently due to the COVID border freight shutdown, but will become commonplace with customs checks due to brexit. -- nm - znufrii Dec 22, 12:02
- Holy shit. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 11:58
i made spam golden fried rice last night. if you have not made that before, holy crap, it's amazing. - co-lalalala-lalala-in 🔔 Dec 22, 11:37 5
- Sounds yummy. Would probably work just as good with diced pork roll, I’d think. -- nm - znufrii Dec 22, 11:59
- Two nights ago, I made spaghetti sauce. Well ... - Beryllium Dec 22, 11:57
- I made clam & white wine sauce couscous, also recommended. -- nm - Max Dec 22, 11:38 2
  - oh that sounds fantastic. used canned clams? -- nm - co-lalalala-lalala-in 🔔 Dec 22, 11:44 1
    - In this case I first made linguine with clams, and saved the broth to make the couscous later, but I've seen some recipe vids saying canned is fine. -- nm - Max Dec 22, 12:07
2 huge chunks of the giant iceberg threatening South Georgia Island have broken off the main part. One is 86 sq miles the other is 253 sq miles -- (link) - decline Dec 22, 11:33
So yeah, I’m just typing up stuff but I’m at a nursing home with a few pharmacists administering vaccines for residents and staff. - Tim Dec 22, 11:32 8
- just give him a dose of saline -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 22, 13:00
- yay! -- nm - mud Dec 22, 12:03
- Get that needle! -- nm - Andie Dec 22, 12:02
- I am so damn proud of you! -- nm - David Dec 22, 12:02
- Which one is it? -- nm - loosilu Dec 22, 11:46 2
  - Pfizer. -- nm - Tim Dec 22, 11:50
  - Nursing home? - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 22, 11:46
- Nice! Good work and I hope you get the vaccine. F that higher up skipping the line! -- nm - Krusty - Diamond Dog Dec 22, 11:33
My Fitbit has stopped incrementing flights of stairs gained but is still tracking them and dumping them into exercises. So according to it - Reagen Dec 22, 11:28 1
- Get ready for your 3pm stall. -- nm - Max Dec 22, 11:29
My wife just suggested gas station barbecue for dinner tonight. If I don’t survive the night I need you to avenge me. -- nm - spamlet Dec 22, 11:26 9
- Haha, gas station foods are the new food truck of 202.oh nevr mind...we have a couple gs bbq, tacos, sandwich etc -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 22, 15:05
- We have one of those here, and I've always wanted to try it. Kim wouldn't let me, and they turned heel during the pandemic. So, she was totally right. - David Dec 22, 12:00
- but that's where the absolute best BBQ can be found. i'll take gas station tortas any day as well. -- nm - co-lalalala-lalala-in 🔔 Dec 22, 11:31
- Do you have to guess what you did, or will she tell you at some point? -- nm - Reagen Dec 22, 11:30 2
  - ooh, she found the ironing board among spam's hidden presents. -- nm - Max Dec 22, 11:30 1
    - That's really more of an anniversary gift, spam. -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 22, 11:32
- And then after that maybe we can cruise the NJ Turnpike rest stop.s -- nm - Max Dec 22, 11:29
- I hear the unleaded's a little milder. -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 22, 11:28
- side order of sushi out of some dude's trunk? -- nm - Beaker Dec 22, 11:28
ST Poll: Do you have any funny gift-opening traditions? In my family, if Santa brought you underwear, you had to hold it up so everyone could see. - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 22, 11:25 3
- In addition to normal gifts we do a present-stealing game with a whole bunch of $3-$5 ish items. And it always includes the Christmas Chicken. A -- (edited) - Andie Dec 22, 11:53
- Santa brought *underwear*!?! - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 22, 11:45 1
  - He knows what you really need. -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 22, 12:11
70 West Point cadets cheated on a math exam. some booted, many others on probation until they graduate. -- (link) - Peglegpete Dec 22, 10:55 4
- You have to wonder the extent to which have the commander in chief that we have influences this type of decision for these cadets. -- nm - pmb Dec 22, 11:55 1
  - no wonder -- nm - mud Dec 22, 11:56
- math is hard -- nm - decline Dec 22, 11:04
- USMA don't mess. -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 22, 10:59
Gamecocks not playing Gasparilla Bowl. Coaching Staff in Quarantine -- (link*) - budice Dec 22, 10:40 8
- How did they get an invite with a 2-8 record? -- nm - spamlet Dec 22, 11:44 1
  - The SEC filled spots that others would have turned down out of shame. - Will Hunting Dec 22, 11:54
- Good. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 22, 11:00
- Coaches don't play games. Get on the field, slackers. -- nm - Max Dec 22, 10:54 1
  - right? hit the gym and grow a pair. -- nm - co-lalalala-lalala-in 🔔 Dec 22, 11:22
- This is the worst thing to happen in the proud history of the Gasparilla Bowl. -- nm - Reagen Dec 22, 10:46
- Ill say this again cancel all the bowls except the 3 that matter -- nm - eag Dec 22, 10:43
- Came down with bad case of Shamecroids. -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 22, 10:42
Soul 97% (99 reviews), WW84 79% (133 reviews), News of the World 86% (77 reviews), The Midnight Sky 55% (120 reviews), Pinocchio 89% (36 reviews) -- nm - Beaker Dec 22, 10:38 3
- Also don’t forget if you have Apple+ there is Wolfwalkers. Might be a touch slow and scary for the youngest, though. -- nm - Qale Dec 22, 11:01
- I'm looking forward to Soul, but I'm curious to see how it's differentiated from Inside Out. Seems reeeeeeally similar. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 22, 10:53 1
  - I'm looking forward to The Midnight Sky, but I'm curious how closely it follows the song. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 22, 10:58
The Queen’s Gambit Funkos -- (link) - Beaker Dec 22, 10:32 15
- is there anything they won't POP? -- nm - co-lalalala-lalala-in 🔔 Dec 22, 11:10 8
  - Coming in 2021: Famous Serial Killer Funko Pops! -- nm - decline Dec 22, 11:16 5
    - Your Weird Old Neighbors Who Won't Let You Walk Away From Conversation Funko Pops! -- nm - co-lalalala-lalala-in 🔔 Dec 22, 11:18 4
      - Third Reich Funkos are probably off the table. Probably. -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 22, 11:20 3
        
        Big sellers for White Supremacist Christmas. -- nm - jnine Dec 22, 11:57
        
        Yeah, I had to convert my Charlie Chaplin to a Hitler. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 22, 11:46
        
        oh i think they go for it on the 100th anniversary of the founding in 2033. you don't leave money on the table. -- nm - co-lalalala-lalala-in 🔔 Dec 22, 11:21
  - POP, POP! -- nm - Magnitude Dec 22, 11:14 1
    - Is there a Magnitude Funko Pop? -- nm - Mop Dec 22, 11:30
- 1. Buy a basic chess set. 2. Sell the pieces individually as Queen's Gambit Funkos for a huge markup. 3. Profit. -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 22, 10:34 5
  - Playing chess with funkos would be funny -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 10:36 4
    - Venomized Quinn to Queen's Rook Five, Check. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 10:38
    - But who could possibly have enough Funkos to do it? -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 22, 10:37 1
      - Hell, you could make good sets from say, Harry Potter Advent Calendar and Marvel Super Heroes Advent Calendar. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 22, 10:59
    - Funko Chess Set -- nm - budice Dec 22, 10:37
Here's your crazy/creepy Japanese shit for the day. -- (link) - Mop Dec 22, 10:27
Latest Mr. Beast stunt is growing fast. - Mop Dec 22, 10:26 12
- the stunt was advertising for the chain, yeah? the burgers aren't free. - co-lalalala-lalala-in 🔔 Dec 22, 11:03 2
  - It's advertising for something, yes. He's given away millions, but it's often subsidized through some 3rd party looking to market themselves. -- nm - Mop Dec 22, 11:09 1
    - gotcha. it's smart, no doubt. -- nm - co-lalalala-lalala-in 🔔 Dec 22, 11:10
- He did one the other day where he gave people $1 million but they have to spend it in a minute. I'm dying to watch but haven't had a chance yet. -- nm - David Dec 22, 10:40 8
  - call a jeweler and buy 1M in diamonds -- nm - decline Dec 22, 11:00 2
    - *opens Robin Hood app, loses it all in 30 seconds* -- nm - Mop Dec 22, 11:08
    - Hold please. -- nm - Jeweler Dec 22, 11:01
  - *goes to eBay BuyItNow* - Will Hunting Dec 22, 10:46
  - Hmm, that wouldn't be enough time for me to finalize a sale with Fountaine-Pajot ... -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 10:46 3
    - Right. That's the thing. You can't do the paperwork on a house in one minute. -- nm - David Dec 22, 10:55 2
      - So I'd have to buy something I could flip. Like ten $100,000 Mac Pros. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 10:59 1
        
        This is where you need an account with one of those gold selling firms. -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 22, 11:01
Worthwhile Canadian Music Initiative: The 2000s - 2001 - Reagen Dec 22, 10:20 [spotify] 1
- (Is there a band missing from this year? Hmm, what could it be? Alas, we'll never know) -- nm - Reagen Dec 22, 10:24
The White Sox are expected to sign Yoelki Cesepedes. Cuban kid who is listed as #1 international free agent -- (link*) - spamlet Dec 22, 10:17
Help Quentin Tarantino reach 100k likes on his response to Joni Ernst. -- (link) - loosilu Dec 22, 10:16 7
- Quentin Quarantino - znufrii Dec 22, 10:19 2
  - That... eliminates my interest. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 22, 11:01
  - My mistake. He's worth following anyway. -- nm* - loosilu Dec 22, 10:21
- This link may be better. -- (link) - loosilu Dec 22, 10:18 3
  - Maybe just copy/paste what Quentin wrote? -- nm - Mop Dec 22, 10:21 2
    - Can't, on my phone. -- nm - loosilu Dec 22, 10:25 1
      - This is like Kramer doing Moviefone. "Maybe just tell me the snark you want to see." -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 22, 10:39
Alex Padilla is California's next senator -- (link) - ty97 Dec 22, 10:09 1
- *checks his watch* You've got two years, kid. Better start running for re-election. -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 22, 10:12
LIR: We need people in the office as we have people working in our offices that need IT support. A fair amount of that is in person/hands on -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 22, 10:07 1
- Our IT team has had a rotating schedule where one person has a week in the office. -- nm - spamlet Dec 22, 10:08
Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed Alex Padilla to succeed VPE Kamala Harris. -- nm - decline Dec 22, 10:04
Conor McGregor-Dustin Poirier UFC 257 bout to be on Fight Island Jan. 23 -- nm - Beaker Dec 22, 10:02
Lord McFluffin Lemoncookie of Cantyre -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 22, 10:02 7
- Lord Cody Breakfast Burrito of Costco -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 22, 15:09
- Lady Tallulah Crackers of Sobeys. -- nm - Andie Dec 22, 12:04
- Lady Sophie Popcorn of Ingles -- nm - kelly Dec 22, 11:53
- Lord Nonexistent Almonds of Harris Teeter -- nm - 🦌sleighformojo🛷 Dec 22, 10:19 1
  - That's a cruel name for a pet. -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 22, 10:37
- Lord PoBo Chex Mix of Amazon - znufrii Dec 22, 10:08
- Lord Patches Chicken of Schnucks. -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 22, 10:04
"It's like seeing a unicorn for the first time" - cop gets cuffed after lashing out at a guy in handcuffs. -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 22, 10:00 1
- That’s how it goes. Also, the tank moving the original detainee...no hesitation. - Will Hunting Dec 22, 10:45
Viacom market cap is $21 billion. Disney market cap is $17 billion. WTF? -- nm - Mop Dec 22, 09:57 12
- Reading compression is hard when you're drunk at 9AM! DISCA is "Discovery", of course, not "Disney". -- nm - Mop Dec 22, 10:17 2
  - snort. But understandable. There's a FORD ticker but it's not for F, it's Forward Industries, Inc. -- nm - Max Dec 22, 10:20 1
    - COKE is not Coca-Cola. Well, not really. -- nm - Reagen Dec 22, 10:25
- I have a bone to pick with my source. -- nm - Mop Dec 22, 10:13 2
  - Maybe internal Disney employees hold $17B of the total market cap? maybe their total cap declined by that much in the past few weeks? -- nm - Max Dec 22, 10:17
  - Based on the size of the error, I'd say it's a whole skeleton. -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 22, 10:14
- Disney’s market cap is $300b -- (link) - spamlet Dec 22, 10:08
- I don't think that DIS number is even close. -- nm - Max Dec 22, 10:06 1
  - It's 313B. -- nm - Reagen Dec 22, 10:08
- Well Mop, Market capitalization refers to the total dollar market value of a company's outstanding shares of stock. - decline Dec 22, 09:59 2
  - That still doesn’t seem right. -- nm - spamlet Dec 22, 10:07
  - ohhhhh, *market* capitalization. ok ok yeah yeah yeah, I'm with you now. -- nm - 🦌sleighformojo🛷 Dec 22, 10:02
mojo, it measures sunlight, moisture, and PH. -- nm - mara Dec 22, 09:57 2
- 👍👍👍 -- nm - 🦌sleighformojo🛷 Dec 22, 09:57 1
  - I guess a sunlight measurement isn't really testing the soil, but anyway. :-) -- nm - mara Dec 22, 09:58
I’m still waiting for a plush Among Us crewmate that I ordered before Thanksgiving. The website said 1-3 day shipping. Didn’t realize it’s coming from - kelly Dec 22, 09:55 11
- everything from China generally is 6 to 10 weeks under normal circumstances. this seems normal. -- nm - co-lalalala-lalala-in 🔔 Dec 22, 11:05 1
  - And covid has effed with it all. But yeah, sucks when you do not see the china part until you are too late. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 22, 11:08
- This does not look promising: -- (pic) - kelly Dec 22, 09:57 [Attachment] 8
  - It was stuck in customs for a few days and is probably somewhere in the USPS. Did you get separate tracking for the USPS piece? - spamlet Dec 22, 10:05 3
    - Nope. -- nm - kelly Dec 22, 10:13 2
      - You'll get it but so much is heavily delayed, especially things from China. Sadly, it might not get there in the next two days. - Krusty - Diamond Dog Dec 22, 10:47 1
        
        I ordered him a mini crewmate from Amazon so I have something similar to what he wanted. No biggie. -- nm - kelly Dec 22, 11:59
  - China is allowing virtually nothing out of the country. Sorry. -- nm* - MDH Dec 22, 10:00 2
    - Am I reading this wrong? I thought it arrived at port? -- nm - kelly Dec 22, 10:14 1
      - It did. It’s in the USPS system somewhere. That’s the “release for import” bit -- nm - spamlet Dec 22, 10:27
  - I ordered something for my wife that was also coming from China. Got a notice that it was delivered. That is....not true. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 22, 09:59
Charlie Woods: you can now get 825:1 odds he will win a major by the age of 25 -- (link) - Beaker Dec 22, 09:54 3
- Eh, I'd put a fiver down on that - Reagen Dec 22, 10:10 2
  - yup; kid looked real good this past weekend -- nm - Beaker Dec 22, 10:15
  - Right? My view of this is why not? -- nm - MDH Dec 22, 10:13
N gets a fair bit from Santa but I feel like it’s reasonable. It’s almost all little stuff (his bike last year being the exception). Any big gift is - kelly Dec 22, 09:54
Huh, so they're playing out a real-life "The Thing" scenario in Antarctica. Cool. Cool cool cool. -- nm - Mop Dec 22, 09:53
Bernie gets some ink -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 22, 09:50 1
- It's is, thats gud engrish...its no good life but its my life -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 22, 15:49
We’re #1? -- (link) - Yuletide Callisto 🎄🎄 Dec 22, 09:50
ydc, but BEPC is now trading at almost a 40% premium to BEP. This has been fascinating to watch. -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 22, 09:42
Just found a service that has classic books in audio RSS format that you can import to podcast apps. -- (link) - spamlet Dec 22, 09:39 1
IN Daily totals: 7420, 6912, 6983, 6255, 5606, 5702, 6059 ,6434, 5700, 4535, 4335, 5713, 5518, 6655, 8527, 8003, 7793, 6678, 5700, 5457, 5853, 6604, 7360, 7542, 6025, 5050, 4347, 6283, 6458, 6088, 7017, 6558, 3978, 3758 -- (edited) - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 22, 09:37 2
- nugh -- nm - mud Dec 22, 09:55
- And... hey kilbo, WTF? - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 22, 09:39

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