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ST Roll Poll: Capture this picture -- (pic) - Flavorize Jan 27, 14:31 [Attachment] 6
- 73 in adverse conditions. Wait 'til he gets a load of us. -- nm - VMan Jan 27, 15:12
- Captured. -- (pic) - Mop Jan 27, 14:34 [Attachment]
- Crash driving NCM to his next "event" -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 27, 14:34
- Two wizards go to a golf course.. -- nm - Jovian Jan 27, 14:34
- Thou shall not play through! -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 27, 14:32
- new ad for Cheech and Chong - Stay Off the Grass -- nm - Max Jan 27, 14:32
Emmy voters: I humbly submit Go-Big Show as a nominee for the award of Dumbest Show On Television. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 27, 14:25 2
- Why do you hate Cody Rhodes??? -- nm - David Jan 27, 14:36
- The Big Show Show. -- nm - Mop Jan 27, 14:26
Add this one to the 2021 Explainer -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 27, 14:22
Whatever happened to Anthony Clark? - Mop Jan 27, 14:18 3
- Who? -- nm - spamlet Jan 27, 14:25
- I liked that show "Boston Common" he did with Heddy Buress -- nm - Remlik Jan 27, 14:24 1
  - Ooh! I used to watch that! -- nm - Mop Jan 27, 14:25
Speaking of investing - I'm at the point now where I get annoyed at spending $2 more than usual on lunch but I can also have a day in the market like - Reagen Jan 27, 14:15 3
- The $2 is gone for good - the market will recover. We hope :) I just won't look at my portfolio until it does. -- nm - Meg Jan 27, 14:22 1
  - Last year I was down 12% YTD at the end of March and back by that and more at the end of June. Up 20% on the year. -- nm - Meg Jan 27, 14:28
- Back when I physically deposited checks in the bank for work, I had one day with a deposit slip of $115k. - Max Jan 27, 14:19
Sheffield United-ManU spoiler - prayformojo Jan 27, 14:14 5
- other game thought - villa burnely (not spoils) - tRuMaN Jan 27, 14:28 2
  - Depends on what they do with it. But yeah. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 27, 14:35 1
    - also, dont get the chelsea lineup. - tRuMaN Jan 27, 14:46
- yup -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 27, 14:27
- Yup -- nm - Volnelk Jan 27, 14:14
Perfection, via Voyager and Swear Trek. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 27, 14:09
Adam Driver in law and order. Heh. I swear he has the same haircut as kylo ren. - Beryllium Jan 27, 14:07
Star Trek TNG: Lower Decks spoiler casting -- (link) - Remlik Jan 27, 14:07
Oh, that sucks. Cloris Leachman has died -- (link) - TWuG Jan 27, 14:06 6
- aw, Maw Maw. -- (link) - Max Jan 27, 14:27 [youtube]
- Legen-dary. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 27, 14:23
- she was pretty great. -- nm - Andie Jan 27, 14:17
- Been watching that new season of Mad About You and she showed up in a fun little part -- nm - Remlik Jan 27, 14:16
- RIP to a comedy great (and star of Oogieloves! ) -- nm - prayformojo Jan 27, 14:14
- :( -- nm - Pippy Jan 27, 14:10
Wait, I have to pay taxes on my lulz? -- (link) - spamlet Jan 27, 14:03 13
- Sadly, this thread is me somewhat. - JaxSean Jan 27, 14:30 1
  - yeah as I said below, I get why new investors may not understand this. You know what's better than capital gains tax though? - ty97 Jan 27, 14:33
- I feel that A) I should read this reddit and B) I should never click on this reddit again - ty97 Jan 27, 14:08 3
  - Not very. It's mainly 1) How do I hide my onlyfans income from my parents that do my taxes and 2) super complicated (or super dumb) tax theories - spamlet Jan 27, 14:22 2
    - So....what’s the answer? - Will Hunting Jan 27, 14:36
    - (PS: No IRS agents. You have to say if you're an IRS agent.) -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 14:31
- Heh "What if I sell only the principal value but leave profits in" -- nm - decline Jan 27, 14:07 1
  - That’s not how it works. That’s not how *any* of this works. -- nm - znufrii Jan 27, 14:08
- Although "oh no, I have to pay taxes on my unusually large profits" is one of those good problems to have. -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 14:06 2
  - Until they put it all into Bitcoin and lose it while not selling for a loss. - spamlet Jan 27, 14:18
  - Right? Like, you just got a huge amount of money. Money gets taxed. Welcome to how things work. -- nm - TWuG Jan 27, 14:08
- This thread hurts my brain. - ty97 Jan 27, 14:06
- “What if I just sell the principal and not the gains?” LOLOL -- nm - znufrii Jan 27, 14:05
Financial sector aghast the poors are gaming system designed to be gamed by the rich -- (link) - Beaker Jan 27, 13:59 1
- I'd argue its not 'the poors' (ugh that phrase) doing this, but yeah - ty97 Jan 27, 14:04
results are in. No one elected to the ST Hall of Fame this year. Pippy remains roughly 3 votes shy - prayformojo Jan 27, 13:58 3
- She shouldn't have tweeted all that stuff. -- nm - David Jan 27, 14:08 2
  - It was all those UAI responses -- nm - JD Jan 27, 14:13
  - I did it all for the TENDIES! -- nm - Pippy Jan 27, 14:11
SEC releases statement on "ongoing market volatility," -- (link) - budice Jan 27, 13:50 5
- Wait, why is this just a copy of Dawson's Oscar predictions? -- nm - ty97 Jan 27, 14:01 1
  - This all happened because they were out watching movies, literally eating popcorn! -- nm - Max Jan 27, 14:03
- Some of the comments, tho....eesh. -- nm - znufrii Jan 27, 13:58 1
  - There have been some good points raised about how the 'real investors' on Wall Street signal to each other, or say what they are going to do - ty97 Jan 27, 14:03
- "Now look! *No one* is to buy *any stocks* until I blow this whistle! Even - and I want to make this absolutely clear - even if they do say shor-" -- nm - SEC Jan 27, 13:54
My parents got stabbed in the arm today! -- nm - ty97 Jan 27, 13:45 2
- Yay!! -- nm - Pippy Jan 27, 13:46
- Oh no! I mean, yay! Mine finally stopped hurting today. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 27, 13:46
and that was so Everton that 🙄 -- nm - JD Jan 27, 13:44
Breaking News: Apple made a boatload of money in Q1. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 27, 13:42 1
- I don't look at my investment all that often, but that Apple stock I bought in 2012 and 2013? Yeah, I'm pleased with it. -- nm - ty97 Jan 27, 13:44
You know what i should do more often? Clean my computer screens. Found a bottle of screen cleaner today and thought "yeah, it has been a ... while." - Andie Jan 27, 13:40
On my vacation list -- (link) - znufrii Jan 27, 13:37 1
- Sold! looks amazing -- nm - Pippy Jan 27, 13:49
Gamestop Effect: AMC now in play -- (link) - Remlik Jan 27, 13:34 2
- I hear equity funds are shorting Tesla stock! -- nm - Definitely not Elon Musk Jan 27, 13:40
- "Blue Horseshoe hates AMC movies." -- nm - Max Jan 27, 13:38
Run Linux? Better update. 10 year old "sudo" bug allows root level escalation from normal users -- (link) - oblique Jan 27, 13:30 2
- sudo make me a sandwich -- nm - znufrii Jan 27, 14:00
- I'm constantly amused at work by people who think Linux is the end-all be-all then open a ticket for support. - Mop Jan 27, 13:59
recently I realized if you break therapist into 2 words, it gets weird.. the rapist -- nm* - Peglegpete Jan 27, 13:28 5
- I'll take "TheRapists" for 300, Alex. nm - Sean Connery Jan 27, 13:30 2
  - *nods* -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 27, 13:31
  - *nods* -- nm - oblique Jan 27, 13:30
- Could be worse, if you’re also an analyst -- (link) - znufrii Jan 27, 13:29 1
  - First thing that came to mind -- nm - Krusty Jan 27, 13:30
Speaking of stonks, anyone have a clue why NUAN is down 11% today? Can’t find any news. -- nm - znufrii Jan 27, 13:25 5
- NUAN of your bizness. -- nm - spamlet Jan 27, 13:27
- Head and shoulders pattern. - Hibernating Baron Jan 27, 13:27 3
  - Lol. If I ever need a good laugh, I just pull up some technical stock analysis. :) -- nm* - znufrii Jan 27, 13:27 2
    - "Technical Analysis Term or Tarot Card?" -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 13:28 1
      - An acquaintance of mine was convinced -- convinced! -- I could predict the market because I knew math and understood the charts. - Hibernating Baron Jan 27, 13:37
Seahawks release statement on Chad Wheeler who is "no longer on the team" -- (link) - budice Jan 27, 13:19
Heh. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 27, 13:16 5
- I keep my stocks in a climate controlled environment. I will deduct $$ for that expense -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 27, 13:24
- Stop taxing my tendies!! -- nm - Pippy Jan 27, 13:20 2
  - I love the etymology on "tendies." -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 27, 13:24 1
    - me too. It's the best. seems BBBY is taking a ride on this insane train too. - Pippy Jan 27, 13:25
- Regular income, b*tches. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 27, 13:19
Telsa miss. rut roh -- (link) - budice Jan 27, 13:14 8
- cha-cha, I got out at 11am. -- nm - Max Jan 27, 13:47
- Hmm, rev beat, earnings miss, interesting. -- nm - ty97 Jan 27, 13:45 1
  - They are spending money to increase capacity about as quickly as they can. Those huge revenues are letting them build out in Austin and Germany - TWuG Jan 27, 14:13
- at that stock price, what wouldn't have been a miss? -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 13:26
- Overdue anyway -- nm - spamlet Jan 27, 13:25
- Go on, short me motherfuckers. I know Redditors. -- nm - Elon Jan 27, 13:21
- Building out 2 new factories and adding a semi production line to the Nevada factory probably have a lot to do with it. -- nm - TWuG Jan 27, 13:21
- it's 'cause they heard that the RWD versions do terrible in the snow -- nm - decline Jan 27, 13:16
SITWAP Veterinarian as Surgeon General. In USDA it's common for veterinarians take jobs related to public health. - loosilu Jan 27, 12:59
James -- nm - JD Jan 27, 12:47 12
- Laid -- nm - rollo Jan 28, 10:49
- Kirk -- nm - Remlik Jan 27, 13:08
- Jesse -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 27, 13:05
- Bond -- nm - budice Jan 27, 13:02
- Gang. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 12:54
- Joyce -- nm - Pippy Jan 27, 12:52
- Big game. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 27, 12:49 1
  - So good -- (link) - JD Jan 27, 13:24
- Holden -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 12:48
- Laaaaaiiiiiddddd -- nm - spamlet Jan 27, 12:48 1
  - on top -- nm - Spawn Jan 27, 12:51
- and the Giant Peach -- nm - decline Jan 27, 12:47
We already have term limits. Stop re-hiring the assholes and useless bastards. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 27, 12:45 6
- It just sounds so easy, doesn't it? But I can tell you - Josh Hawley will continue to get elected in this backward ass state... - Johnny Lawrence` Jan 27, 13:32
- Yep. No reason an actually good, effective rep should have to leave because some voters blindly reelect useless tools. -- nm - TWuG Jan 27, 12:46 3
  - Everybody who re-elects a congressman to more than two terms thinks their rep is actually good. Hence, they all must be actually good. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 27, 12:57 2
    - We don’t challenge incumbents here until they drag the money down. - Will Hunting Jan 27, 13:04
    - I think it's mostly name recognition. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 13:01
- Lol. *gerrymanders and suppresses voters even harder* -- nm* - Assholes and useless bastards Jan 27, 12:46
Dentists can now 3D print porcelain crowns while you wait, no 3 weeks of temp, find out it doesn't fit. - zeitgeist Jan 27, 12:43 7
- I get my crowns created and fit same day. It’s very convenient. -- nm - kelly Jan 27, 13:28
- I got that a couple of years ago. Wait, no. I had the temporary crowns 3d printed. -- nm* - loosilu Jan 27, 12:54 5
  - nbmL callback to the other day - Pippy Jan 27, 12:58 4
    - I wouldn't dump on Alba, she seems to be really good at it. - loosilu Jan 27, 13:07 3
      - I agree totally - Simpson and Alba are not in the same vein as Paltrow to me - Pippy Jan 27, 13:22 2
        
        I honestly don't understand how GOOP is successful. Who buys that shit at that price? -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 13:24 1
        
        the wife of Howard Stern - socialites? no real world women. -- nm - Pippy Jan 27, 13:30
This season of The Expanse has been amazing - Jovian Jan 27, 12:35
I'm now curious about the role of veterinary medical detachments in the Viet Nam war. -- nm - crash davis Jan 27, 12:30 2
- Probably related to this -- (link) - Reagen Jan 27, 12:40 1
  - One of my favorite YouTubers and podcasters is from Australia. His day served in Vietnam as a dog handler. -- (link) - Mop Jan 27, 13:01
Why do people keep trying to farm essential services out to any idiot with an elevator pitch? -- (link) - Reagen Jan 27, 12:29 13
- Have you tried high school kids? -- nm - Mop Jan 27, 12:57 1
  - I deal with them daily and wouldn't trust them with anything more complicated than a bag of popcorn. -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 14:04
- Lowest bid rules. -- nm - spamlet Jan 27, 12:41
- "pocketed doses". - Spawn Jan 27, 12:31 9
  - eBay Buy It Now -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 12:33 1
    - gah -- (link) - Spawn Jan 27, 12:35
  - maybe he had some ice cubes in his pocket -- nm - decline Jan 27, 12:31 6
    - Or something like that shaving cream can Nedry had in Jurassic Park. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 27, 12:33
    - Is that a frozen penis in your pocket or are you just here to vaccinate me? -- nm - Spawn Jan 27, 12:33 4
      - "Yes." -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 27, 12:34 3
        
        Prepare for... unthawing. -- nm - Spawn Jan 27, 12:39 2
        
        If you unthaw something wouldn't that just be freezing it? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 27, 12:49 1
        
        Don't judge my kink. -- nm - Spawn Jan 27, 12:52
Here's a Rainforest Cafe with Star Wars Outpost theming -- (link) - budice Jan 27, 12:26 2
- Here's how the tables should be spaced for social distancing. -- (link) - Max Jan 27, 12:35 [youtube]
- Needs more Ewoks. -- nm - Spawn Jan 27, 12:34

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