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friendos, we may get four inches of snow this hour. it's crazy like pineapple. -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 1, 11:28 2
- so much snow -- nm - ty97 Feb 1, 11:28 1
  - yeah -- nm - Tony Montana Feb 1, 11:30
About dem Popeyes Tendies -- (pic) - budice Feb 1, 11:12 [Attachment] 5
- Perspective makes them look the size of fried turkey legs. -- nm - Max Feb 1, 11:23 4
  - I find them thin and over cooked -- nm - Pippy Feb 1, 11:26 2
    - over or under -- nm - budice Feb 1, 11:27 1
      - I'll take the over. -- nm - Spawn Feb 1, 11:33
  - Octo-chicken. -- nm - Spawn Feb 1, 11:25
Dems forcing a vote to remove Greene from committees, second vote to remove her from Congress -- (link) - TWuG Feb 1, 11:09 3
- Next: Hawley. -- nm - Spawn Feb 1, 11:12
- Do any of those votes include $2000 checks for people? If not, MOVE ON AND GET IT DONE -- nm - ty97 Feb 1, 11:11
- nice! -- nm - mud Feb 1, 11:10
About the potential $1400 checks -- (link) - ty97 Feb 1, 11:07 1
- "Oh, actually, it's going to be $14.00, we put the decimal spot in the wrong place." -- nm - Beryllium Feb 1, 11:08
CNN: "Some arrested in Capitol siege didn't vote in 2020" ya don't say -- nm - Beryllium Feb 1, 11:05 1
- Jentucky Fried Chicken -- nm - Spawn Feb 1, 11:09
SITWAP: If you had to guess what percentage of the US population has received "at least one dose" of the vaccine, what would yo guess? PIRR. -- nm - MDH Feb 1, 11:03 6
- 7.59% -- nm - Spawn Feb 1, 11:21
- 7.5% -- (edited) - znufrii Feb 1, 11:20
- I have to get to a call, but the answer....7.6% have received at least 1 dose. 1.7% fully vaccinated. -- nm - MDH Feb 1, 11:13
- 6.9% -- nm - spamlet Feb 1, 11:09
- 5.8% -- nm - ty97 Feb 1, 11:05
- 3.125% -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 11:04
Will the pizza pusha be able to survive once pot legalization hits? -- (link) - spamlet Feb 1, 11:02
The GME discussion about volume and how it relates to price movement is really quite interesting. If it really is this "short ladder attack" that - oblique Feb 1, 11:00 1
- that's how we got here to begin with.. short sell to someone, short sell those shares again, all that selling drives down price and you're sitting - colin Feb 1, 11:01
RIP Dustin Diamond -- nm - ty97 Feb 1, 10:58 11
- :( -- nm - Pippy Feb 1, 11:09
- damn. he had a rough life. -- nm - colin Feb 1, 11:04 1
  - seriously, all very sad -- nm - ty97 Feb 1, 11:05
- ahh man -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 11:03
- whoa. -- nm - Andie Feb 1, 11:02
- That was fast. Damn. -- nm - sycor Feb 1, 11:01
- wow -- nm - prayformojo Feb 1, 10:58 4
  - Stage 4 lung cancer -- nm - ty97 Feb 1, 11:00 3
    - he found out *last month.* -- nm - Andie Feb 1, 11:05 2
      - I think I missed the news. Stage 4 cancer at 44, just awful -- nm - ty97 Feb 1, 11:13 1
        
        Apparently he was diagnosed 3 weeks ago. Horrible. -- nm - Andie Feb 1, 11:17
HBO Max announces animated series L'il Omar and the Wire Gang. - Mop Feb 1, 10:57
LIRR shutting down -- (link) - ty97 Feb 1, 10:54 6
- Also it the L-I-R-R, not 'the lurr' and I will fight you about the this -- nm - ty97 Feb 1, 11:01 1
  - i prefer the leer, like it's lecherous old train. -- nm - colin Feb 1, 11:02
- It's for the best. It only ever worked about 50% of the time, anyway. -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 10:56
- Lost In Roll... ? -- nm - Spawn Feb 1, 10:55
- did you stock up on milk and bread? -- nm - decline Feb 1, 10:55
- Metro North shutting down -- (link) - ty97 Feb 1, 10:55
LQQK at these sweet tupperware condiment pumps. I just got a set that includes mayonnaise. -- (link) - colin Feb 1, 10:47 3
- Vintage! -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 10:52 2
  - the ones i got look unused. i was looking for a stadium condiment pump to put booze in, but these seem cool and may work. -- nm - colin Feb 1, 10:57 1
    - you should check to see if the plastic used is able to resist alcohol 'solvents' stored in them -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 1, 11:39
dumbass insurrectionists who didn't even vote in the recent friggin election. -- (link) - Diva Feb 1, 10:46 5
- Why vote if the election is rigged? -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 10:51
- Why would they vote in a rigged election? -- nm - spamlet Feb 1, 10:49 2
  - more importantly, why vote when it's a guarantee your candidate wins. -- nm - colin Feb 1, 10:50 1
    - this is the better question. -- nm - Diva Feb 1, 12:28
- Jentucky Fried Chicken -- nm - budice Feb 1, 10:48
Streaming Into the Void, episode 28: Peacock and Paramount+ Step Up -- (link) - Mop Feb 1, 10:45 [spotify] 3
- I need to figure out why my Patreon feed is broken. Never got it to work with Overcast but it was working for a while with Apple. I'm just lazy - oblique Feb 1, 10:53
- This one is really good, folks. You'll like it. -- nm - David, Horny New Guy Feb 1, 10:50 1
  - I actually listened, this time! -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 10:51
In my current read, there's a section of ~70 pages which are upside down. Since this isn't House of Leaves, I'll assume a bookbinding error -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 1, 10:44 2
- Save it. I'm sure it will be worth millions someday -- nm - oblique Feb 1, 10:49 1
  - Just like that Cal Ripken card I have with his name misspelled! -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 1, 11:06
The $4.99 movies on iTunes this week are football based due to the "Big Game". Includes... - Mop Feb 1, 10:43
Paramount +: in talks to bring back Frasier.... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 1, 10:43 1
- Why? -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 10:43
Chemistry thread below reminded me of this guy’s blog -- (link*) - znufrii Feb 1, 10:42
For Prime subscribers, here are your free First Reads ebooks for February. Someone tell me if there's anything good here. -- (link) - Mop Feb 1, 10:36 8
- I getting After Alice Fell. Not sure what it means by "Historical Fiction," though. - JaxSean Feb 1, 11:05 1
  - Sounds better than period piece. -- nm - JD Feb 1, 11:08
- free? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 1, 10:57 4
  - Yes. You get to pick one to keep, for free. -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 11:00 3
    - but it says they cost $1.99 -- nm - Beryllium Feb 1, 11:02 2
      - May also be a U.S.-only thing. -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 11:28
      - You have to be a Amazon Prime member and logged in in order to see the free price -- nm - JD Feb 1, 11:07
- No idea if it is good but I chose The Psychopath -- nm - JD Feb 1, 10:39
Update -- (link) - ty97 Feb 1, 10:30 4
- We’ve been getting sleet/mix here all day so far. -- (edited) - znufrii Feb 1, 10:33 3
  - Still snowing here. We might mix in a little later this evening, but basically supposed to stay mostly snow -- nm - ty97 Feb 1, 10:36 2
    - It’s supposed to change back over here in the next hour or so. -- nm* - znufrii Feb 1, 10:37 1
      - I am a bit confused how our 10pm forecast calls for snow and a temp of 36, but who am I to question? -- nm - ty97 Feb 1, 10:38
Is Mel aware of this? -- (link) - ty97 Feb 1, 10:27 1
- They made one for the MTA subway map, but it cost $12 million dollars and fell apart. -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 10:29
Not an SNL skit: Watch auditions for The Office from Seth Rogan, Adam Scott, Eric Stonestreet, John Cho, Bob Odenkirk, Kathryn Hahn, Judah Friedlander -- (link) - Mop Feb 1, 10:23 [youtube]
For those interested in grisly, unexplained deaths, NatGeo has an article on the likely cause of the Dyatlov Pass mystery. -- (link) - Roger More Feb 1, 10:20 2
- I don’t buy it ... these were experienced hikers. If there was a small avalanche, there’s limited reason they - Will Hunting Feb 1, 10:48
- I read this last week. Fascinating theory although my bet is still on Yeti's -- nm - decline Feb 1, 10:26
CBO: US GDP expected to recover to pre-pandemic levels by the middle of this year, employment not until 2024. -- nm - znufrii Feb 1, 10:15
B2: Was it a density experiment? -- (link) - JD Feb 1, 10:02 [Backboard] 1
- Yes, you floated the things on top of each other. -- nm - Reagen Feb 1, 10:21
Not sure if anyone cares, but the cast (most of them) of Lucifer are doing individual Q&As on Stageit next week. -- nm - sycor Feb 1, 09:58
LRI oblique and Amanda: How did Goggle Photos screw you? And Amanda, I use crashplan to backup off site. It depends on what you need backed up though - sycor Feb 1, 09:55 11
- They yanked out unlimited storage -- (link) - oblique Feb 1, 09:56 6
  - For Amazon, if you use the desktop app, can you select which folders/subfolders it backs up? - sycor Feb 1, 10:04 4
    - pr0n can be excluded -- nm - budice Feb 1, 10:08
    - I'd have to check but pretty sure you can pick. I have my photos in weird places (RAW vs JPG vs iphone) and it is pulling them in -- nm - oblique Feb 1, 10:07
    - That IM approach to photo backup uh, I could see how that might be an issue for some folks -- nm - JD Feb 1, 10:06 1
      - yeah it would be weird if they did it that way, but like, there is no need to back up say my pictures of memes, research pictures of movie props I - sycor Feb 1, 10:08
  - Yeah I knew about that, wasn't sure if it was something else though. - sycor Feb 1, 10:01
- Amazon Prime stil offers unlimited Photo storage -- nm - budice Feb 1, 09:56 3
  - So does SmugMug and Flickr, for paying customers. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 1, 09:57 2
    - I think somewhere along the line I accidentally lost my grandfathered Flickr sub. I'm pretty sure I'm not paying for it anymore - oblique Feb 1, 09:58
    - Most folks already have Amazon Crime -- nm - budice Feb 1, 09:58
Pippy, re: b2 -- Thanks, it's such a relief for me to know that she is vaccinated. - Fuzzy Feb 1, 09:48 4
- I love to hear all the vaccine success stories. -- nm - Pippy Feb 1, 09:58
- I've been hearing this a lot lately. My dad gets his second dose next weekend. I'm supposed to go visit for his birthday. Hopefully he won't feel too - sycor Feb 1, 09:52 2
  - My wife was on her feet again by the second day and back to feeling normal by the 4th day. -- nm - Fuzzy Feb 1, 10:25 1
    - That's good to hear! -- nm - sycor Feb 1, 10:35
Hmm. Interesting. It isn't until the end of the year but my wife's lease is due in December. That will be our last SUV I think. Next: PHEV - oblique Feb 1, 09:46 9
- If you get a PHEV you could likely just use a 110v - spamlet Feb 1, 10:44
- The one I looked at a couple of years ago was the Kona. I ended up with a subaru, but it the kona was my second choice - tRuMaN Feb 1, 09:51 1
  - This is probably my aim for my wife's next car. She already likes the Kona. -- nm - spamlet Feb 1, 10:45
- USB-C charges your phone and your car -- nm - budice Feb 1, 09:49
- Kia Sorento hybrid is pretty impressive, if you're not finding what you want and still want an SUV. -- nm - colin Feb 1, 09:48 2
  - I'm thinking we're going to shy away from the SUV this time and go for something smaller -- nm - oblique Feb 1, 09:49 1
    - i get it. i like my little hatchback, wouldn't trade it for an SUV. -- nm - colin Feb 1, 09:56
- Toyota Highlander is the PHEV SUV I'd look at ... but I'm planning to go full electric next. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 1, 09:47 1
  - If the "Honda e" was available in north america, I think I might be buying one today. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 1, 09:56
I believe the financial news outlets are relying on the fact that reddit is too creepy to actually check in on so they can claim whatever they want. -- nm - colin Feb 1, 09:42 4
- There's 2m subscribers. Literally anyone could claim anything. -- nm - Reagen Feb 1, 09:59 1
  - nearly 8 million now. -- nm - colin Feb 1, 10:02
- I’m sure whatever they are claiming is being posted there somewhere. -- nm - znufrii Feb 1, 09:47 1
  - yes, by obviously new accounts.. they're going down fast, but "technically" it's being posted. -- nm - colin Feb 1, 09:49
Weekend movies: The High Note: A-, A Promising Young Woman: A-, Bad Hair: B-, Project Power: B, Chick Fight: C, Da Five Bloods: A -- (edited) - David Feb 1, 09:41 10
- Was that the D+ Black Beauty? I was eyeing that -- nm - oblique Feb 1, 10:26 2
  - Yes. If you love horses, you might enjoy it. -- nm - David, Horny New Guy Feb 1, 10:32 1
    - Daughter does. Figured sometime if we're ever in the same room we may watch it :) -- nm - oblique Feb 1, 10:33
- do you watch 2 at the same time, or use that 1.5x speed feature? - mud Feb 1, 10:14 2
  - No, these were all solo at regular speed. -- nm - David, Horny New Guy Feb 1, 10:31 1
    - life is short, my friend. -- nm - mud Feb 1, 10:33
- I watched You Can't Kill David Arquette. - the wrong element, bad guy Feb 1, 10:13
- What did you think of the ending of Promising Young Woman? -- nm - Dano Feb 1, 09:56 1
  - I saw your post. (Huge end of movie Spoilers) - David Feb 1, 10:04
- Feels Good Man (B+.. some really good info), The Big Short (A.. still depressing, feels eerily familiar) -- nm - colin Feb 1, 09:43
Answers to the BA quiz inside - Fozzie Baron Feb 1, 09:41 2
- Sweet, got the top 5 -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 1, 09:48 1
  - Yes you did! Here's a coupon for free tendies. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 1, 09:56
Krusty, I saw they shut down the B, didn't realize all elevated was going offline now too. - ty97 Feb 1, 09:39 3
- Just heard on the radio. Good question, not sure what they do for that train. -- nm - Krusty Feb 1, 09:42 2
  - Starts at 2pm. The 1 will run to 191, but won't stop at 125. -- nm - ty97 Feb 1, 09:47 1
    - Better than ending it at 96th going uptown. -- nm - Krusty Feb 1, 09:49
Why -- (link) - ty97 Feb 1, 09:38 12
- Ah, SNL joked about it this weekend and I was unaware. -- nm - Spawn Feb 1, 11:22
- Next week's Deep Dive on Streaming Into the Void! -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 10:02
- It's only a matter of time for Cheers now. They're working backwards. -- nm - oblique Feb 1, 09:47
- didn't he get me too'd? -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 1, 09:41 1
  - Back in the 90s he was accused of sleeping with his kids' babysitter but nothing came from it. -- nm - Reagen Feb 1, 09:52
- I... hasn’t he done enough? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 1, 09:40 6
  - he's in deep gambling debt. -- nm - colin Feb 1, 09:40 5
    - It's expensive to have young wives -- nm - JD Feb 1, 09:46
    - or... nostalgia has great low effort for a high payoff. -- nm - colin Feb 1, 09:40 3
      - Peacock searching for relevance -- nm - budice Feb 1, 09:43 2
        
        turns out you can't just print money by putting all of your shows on your own streaming service. -- nm - colin Feb 1, 09:45 1
        
        *Pays borrowed money with other borrowed money* Exhibitors are doing fine! -- nm - AMC Theaters Feb 1, 10:58
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Feb 1, 09:38

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