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"Are you hiring your next workers’ compensation claim?" Ok, gotta admit that's a new one in the business spam I receive -- nm - JD Jan 14, 08:32
National Mall will be closed for the inaugaration -- (link) - ty97 Jan 14, 08:25 9
- Oh good - can't wait to hear about how Trump's crowd was so much bigger than Biden's. -- nm - Johnny Lawrence Jan 14, 08:29
- "Metro to close 13 stations for a week amid threats of inauguration violence" - prayformojo Jan 14, 08:29 2
  - Closing Union seems kinda wrong since that's where the regional trains come in. How can people connect?! -- nm - ty97 Jan 14, 08:30 1
    - It's so close to the Capitol. I get it. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 09:46
- I don't know why they don't just do it inside. -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 14, 08:26 4
  - tradition I presume -- nm - ty97 Jan 14, 08:29 2
    - and don't want to seem like they are cowering to the mob -- nm - ty97 Jan 14, 08:29 1
      - Probably more this even though they should. -- nm - spamlet Jan 14, 08:31
  - Crowds! -- nm - 45 Jan 14, 08:28
Today in corrections -- (link) - ty97 Jan 14, 08:23 3
- No one wants to be Ted Lieu making that call. -- nm - Mop Jan 14, 08:27
- That's an exceptional correction -- nm - prayformojo Jan 14, 08:24
- They sound very similar -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 08:23
I don't think being AEW's Dolph Ziggler is a place Matt Sydal really wants to be in. -- nm - Qale Jan 14, 08:20
Got phone and TV alerts about lockdown rules going into effect today ... -- (pic) - zork Jan 14, 08:06 [Attachment] 2
- Expect a lot of "Hello 9-1-1. How can I---" "HELP! I'M TRAPPED IN MY HOUSE WITH MY CHILDREN!" -- nm - Mop Jan 14, 08:26 1
  - "It is the law" -- nm - zork Jan 14, 08:28
I have consulted with my parents. Who wants to know the names of all those kids in those get-togethers I mentioned on B2. You do! - Hibernating Baron Jan 14, 07:58 27
- Delbert kinda got the short end of the stick -- nm - ty97 Jan 14, 08:17
- HA! Edit: Delbert? -- nm* - Andie Jan 14, 08:14 2
  - It was a not uncommon rural name. - spamlet Jan 14, 08:28
  - I knew a Delbert growing up. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 08:20
- What? No 'Wyatt'? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 14, 08:04 1
  - Wyatt does not start with D! -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 14, 08:05
- I was in meetings, but ethel is one of those older names that the hipsters haven't found yet. esther, yes. ethel no. also - amanda jeans Jan 14, 08:02 20
  - I hear that Geraldine and Smedley are making comebacks -- nm - zork Jan 14, 08:19 2
    - Bort is big. - Cuzzin Todd Jan 14, 08:20 1
      - *nods* -- nm - zork Jan 14, 08:21
  - joyce too. it's a name of time. -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 14, 08:03 16
    - For a time, Emma was the most *impossibly* old fashioned name. Now it's the Jennifer. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 08:16 15
      - *grr* -- nm - spamlet Jan 14, 08:29 2
        
        You were like bleeding edge for that! -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 08:30 1
        
        Goddamn Friends baby! -- nm - spamlet Jan 14, 08:32
      - so many jennifers -- nm - ty97 Jan 14, 08:18 11
        
        27 of them, in fact. -- (link) - znufrii Jan 14, 08:21 [youtube]
        
        But like *none* now. I can't remember the last time I saw that name on a class list. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 08:19 9
        
        I dated three Jennifers and three Angelas. -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 08:22 4
        
        My first two girlfriends were Jennifers. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 14, 08:28 3
        
        heh. Only dated two Amys. -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 08:29
        
        And look how that turned out. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 08:29 1
        
        *golf clap* -- nm - zork Jan 14, 08:31
        
        I remember that Jennifer and Jessica were 2 of Will’s name suggestions had Nathan been a girl. - kelly Jan 14, 08:21 3
        
        Common in Australia when I was a kid was Beryl. Don't know if I've ever seen it here? -- nm - Meg Jan 14, 08:30 2
        
        Heh. I dated a Beryl. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 08:34
        
        Not since the 20s - zork Jan 14, 08:32
Apparently, a FB friend saw on their cat food bag that pregnant or lactating cats are called queens -- nm - zork Jan 14, 07:56 6
- I get all my news from cat food bags. -- nm - Mop Jan 14, 08:10 3
  - I mean, who doesn't? -- nm - zork Jan 14, 08:10 2
    - Dogs. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 14, 08:12 1
      - Know your enemy. Know.your.enemy. -- nm - zork Jan 14, 08:15
- Meeyaaaws -- nm - JaxSean Jan 14, 08:03
- Yaas qween? -- nm - Qale Jan 14, 08:00
LIR: baseball cards/art. The cards are mass produced; "high" art is not and supposedly has meaning and takes more talent (again supposedly). It's ... - zork Jan 14, 07:54 11
- They are fewer high graded Mantle cards in the world than Rembrandts. - spamlet Jan 14, 08:31
- It definitely gets into a small value judgement but baseball cards are rarely "art" in and of themselves - Reagen Jan 14, 08:00 1
  - But ... holograms! - zork Jan 14, 08:01
- Art collecting at that level has stopped being about the art and it's now about bragging and conspicuous consumption. Ditto multi-million dollar mass - TWuG Jan 14, 07:58 7
  - Bragging has always been a big part of it, even in the commission of the pieces in the first place. -- nm - zork Jan 14, 08:02 4
    - If I ever end up with $5m that I *don't know what to spend on*, you have permission to pummel me if I spend it on conspicuous consumption crap like - Reagen Jan 14, 08:10 3
      - Water, vision, cleft palettes, environment, animals, etc. - zork Jan 14, 08:15 2
        
        Fuck, start a business even - Reagen Jan 14, 08:19 1
        
        Yep. Someone could make a living and be able to pay their rent. Risk? Collectibles, antiques, etc. don't always go up. -- nm - zork Jan 14, 08:21
  - Some good old fashioned money laundering as well -- nm - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 14, 07:59 1
    - Probably. Overlooked that aspect of it. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 08:06
Rivian testing their Amazon delivery van, complete with pedestrian warning noise which is gawdawful - TWuG Jan 14, 07:53 18
- I kinda like it in a sci-fi soundtrack way but it's trippiness will freak out anyone who is high -- nm - zork Jan 14, 08:26 2
  - It's like they tried to find a sound that's like they're beaming a package to your house - Reagen Jan 14, 08:29 1
    - I think you nailed it -- nm - zork Jan 14, 08:30
- Is that supposed to be a warning noise like when trucks are reversing? If so, there really should be a standard so people know when they hear the noise -- (edited) - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 14, 07:58 13
  - sorta yeah, its supposed to let pedestrians know that the vehicle is moving at low speeds. they need to find a better sound. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 14, 08:02 12
    - Yeah, that's not a good sound for that. Why not, I don't know, the sound of an engine??? -- nm* - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 14, 08:11 10
      - Janis from Friends's laugh. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 08:14 7
        
        It's the sound people expect to hear when crossing a street or being near moving vehicles. Why change it to something we don't recognize as a - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 14, 08:24 6
        
        I don't disagree but if we're gonna have fun with it make it something that people will instinctively jump away from - Reagen Jan 14, 08:28 4
        
        In that case Gilbert Gottfried yelling, "Watch out!" would be perfect. -- nm - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 14, 08:32 2
        
        Solid choice. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 08:34
        
        or his reading of 50 Shades - zork Jan 14, 08:33
        
        Saturn-V rocket -- nm - zork Jan 14, 08:29
        
        "Look how environmentally friendly we are!" -- nm - zork Jan 14, 08:28
      - or a kid just going "vrooom vroom vroom" or maybe just hire mel to do that for them? -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 14, 08:14 1
        
        Ha! -- nm - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 14, 08:21
    - I vote for the "Alert, Alert" from Bosconian -- nm - JD Jan 14, 08:04
- Sounds like the organ opening of a U2 song. -- nm - Max Jan 14, 07:55
Krusty, easy way. You can’t begin looking for a new hire until you have an opening and the NFL approves your interview list - Will Hunting Jan 14, 07:50 4
- It's a challenge because no matter what, if a team wants a guy they are going to hire them and it makes a mockery of the other interviews anyway. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 14, 08:03 1
  - Fine, they should still have to go forward with the entire process. No contact prior to authorized list. - Will Hunting Jan 14, 08:23
- That sounds like an interesting idea. I don't think you can start with Jacksonville this year but get something stronger in place going forward. -- nm - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 14, 07:54
- Hey hey hey hey heyheyheyo. Let's not get crazy here. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 14, 07:52
Not sure this is ideal, but it's an interesting approach to expressing sympathy to Trumpists without sugar-coating what they're responsible for: -- (link) - mara Jan 14, 07:49 16
- That's good. It's still baffling to me how intelligent people get caught up in cults. - JaxSean Jan 14, 07:56 13
  - I think critical thinking can help, but it is a process of brainwashing. Breaking down belief systems by flooding it with confusing inconsistencies. - pmb Jan 14, 08:22
  - Because the most intellectually seductive thing to tell someone is that they are right. -- (edited) - znufrii Jan 14, 08:12 1
    - As usual Randall Graves nailed it. -- nm - Qale Jan 14, 08:22
  - I'm not sure about the "critical thinking" part. Plus, we essentially stopped teaching civics in public education 20 years ago (if not before). - ReluctantCynic Jan 14, 08:08 2
    - See, I get the "your whole life" echo chamber part. Belief systems have a foundation. - JaxSean Jan 14, 08:19 1
      - The way I look at it is that it's the downside of enhanced social connections the Internet, smart phones, and other technologies have provided. - ReluctantCynic Jan 14, 08:28
  - I would say it's not as much a failure in critical thinking as him knowing what they want to hear. - Max Jan 14, 07:58 3
    - this. It's all very much couched and wrapped in Racism so I don't see the innocence. -- nm - Diva Jan 14, 08:10 2
      - For some (certainly not all, and maybe not most), I think it has a way though of taking people's implicit biases and radicalizing them into aggressive - pmb Jan 14, 08:25
      - Totally couched and wrapped in Racism -- systemic, institutional, social, and individual. I think that's a fundamental part of the problem. - ReluctantCynic Jan 14, 08:16
  - maybe they're not very intelligent -- nm - mud Jan 14, 07:57 2
    - I think it's easy and dangerous to just assume they're all dumb. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 08:00 1
      - yeah, not what I was suggesting. -- nm - mud Jan 14, 08:15
- Lumping all Trump supporters as domestic terrorists is not a sympathetic message. They could cut that part out and make it a much warmer message - oblique Jan 14, 07:54 1
  - True, but it was specifically for Parler. -- nm - mara Jan 14, 07:58
Trying something ... - Beryllium Jan 14, 07:48 3
- Not seeing anything on beta -- nm - zork Jan 14, 08:08 1
  - Trying something creatively, not programmatically. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 08:12
- nice -- nm - JaxSean Jan 14, 08:04
This is random, but we rewatched Adjustment Bureau the other night and really dug it. Hot take, I think Blunt would've been a better Black Widow. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 14, 07:47 2
- I recall enjoying it somewhat but being frustrated at the lack of development of the sci-fi angles. - Hibernating Baron Jan 14, 07:56
- I remember it came out in a very awkward time where there were other adult head-scratchers, so it had a hard time standing out. I liked it. -- nm - Qale Jan 14, 07:52
happy new couch day everyone! (I thought this to be the only fitting way to celebrate pfm's birthday.) -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 14, 07:47 5
- A joyous day indeed! And it's pfm's birthday? - ReluctantCynic Jan 14, 08:19 1
  - Thanks, RC! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 14, 09:45
- !!! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 14, 07:56
- 👏👏 -- nm - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 14, 07:53
- *heavenly chorus* -- nm - cats Jan 14, 07:48
Interesting. Newly elected Representative (formerly NYC Council member) Richie Torres is co-chairing Yang's mayoral campaign. -- nm - ty97 Jan 14, 07:46
~Please, remain calm, the end has arrived. We cannot save you, enjoy the ride. This is the moment, you've been waiting for. - Qale Jan 14, 07:44 1
- fun. -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 07:46
Lady Gaga to Sing National Anthem for Biden-Harris Inauguration -- (link) - ty97 Jan 14, 07:42
We're Gen X, we trade in irony and cynicism. Late millennials and zoomers trade in sincerity, and it's difficult to adjust. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 07:39 8
- what prompted this? -- nm - mud Jan 14, 07:51 1
  - Sea Shanties! (What 2021's Wheel o' Nostalgia landed on) -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 07:53
- No, zoomers trade in absurdity. -- nm* - Qale Jan 14, 07:45
- And since irony is dead (or mostly so), we're left with cynicism. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 14, 07:43 2
  - Which is, ya know, kinda ironic -- nm - ty97 Jan 14, 07:44 1
    - It ... kind of is ... -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 14, 07:48
- I grew up with brothers and friends for whom bustin' balls trash talk was a sign of affection. - Max Jan 14, 07:43
- Yeah, that may be my biggest communication challenge there. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 14, 07:40
Jan. 14 Birthdays: Carole Cook (97), Jack Jones (83), Trevor Nunn & John Castle (81), Faye Dunaway (80), Holland Taylor (78), Nina Totenberg (77) - Max Jan 14, 07:37 7
- I didn't know any of the Jonas brothers were that old. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 14, 07:40 1
  - Thought he is their dad? -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 07:45
- thanks, Max. That's some decent company, even without Betty. -- nm - prayformojo Jan 14, 07:40 4
  - Famed serial abuser Dan Schneider! And Pitbull! -- nm - Roger More Jan 14, 07:45 2
    - (featuring Ludacris) -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 14, 07:54
    - "He put his testicles all over me." "Which one?" -- nm - Max Jan 14, 07:47
  - I wonder if Dave Grohl even knows he's only the second best drummer born on his birthday. -- nm - spamlet Jan 14, 07:43
Is it over yet? -- nm - ty97 Jan 14, 07:36 11
- One. Week. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 14, 07:38 10
  - Since you looked at me. -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 07:42 7
    - I'm angry. - ReluctantCynic Jan 14, 07:44 6
      - Have some Chinese chicken. - Cuzzin Todd Jan 14, 07:56 3
        
        As I make you stop and think ... - ReluctantCynic Jan 14, 08:11 2
        
        Hey, don't look at me. - Spawn Jan 14, 08:13 1
        
        And now I sit back and wait 'til you say you're sorry! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 14, 08:17
      - Blame VP-elect Harris -- (link) - ty97 Jan 14, 07:45 1
        
        yup! -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 07:47
  - We bought champagne for New Year's Eve but didn't stay up to drink it. We'll be drinking it during the inauguration. -- nm - mara Jan 14, 07:41
  - Less than 150 hours I believe. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 14, 07:39

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