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Hiya ST. I see I was thought of again on b2. That's sweet of y'all. I've had power for over 24 hour in a row, so I think I'm good there. - IAmQale Feb 19, 11:22 10
- yay! -- nm - JaxSean Feb 19, 11:49
- That’s great news. -- nm - spamlet Feb 19, 11:25
- YOU"VE GOT THE POWER! *booming cartoon voice* -- nm - crash davis Feb 19, 11:24 4
  - For a while it was getting, getting, getting kind of hectic. -- nm - IAmQale Feb 19, 11:28 3
    - 10 points for the song reference, less 1 point for not posting as Q+Q Music Factory. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 19, 11:31 2
      - But then, I'd be wrong as that's Snap! -- nm* - IAmQale Feb 19, 11:32 1
        
        Aw dammit, you're right. Me am moron. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 19, 11:33
- great news! -- nm - decline Feb 19, 11:23 1
  - It is! I'll be happy to see the coverage of AOC and my own Representative Garcia at food bank distributions. I've heard they are also... -- (edited) - IAmQale Feb 19, 11:27
- yeah! -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 11:23
Kate McKinnon out as Elizabeth Holmes, in as Carol Baskin -- (link) - Reagen Feb 19, 11:20 1
- Is this the same project as the Jennifer Lawrence Elizabeth Holmes movie, or a different one? -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 19, 11:30
ignore this, making a post to myself - crash davis Feb 19, 11:20 5
- I clicked anyway and I'm glad I did. Proud of you. However... - IAmQale Feb 19, 11:24 2
  - there is a convenience store a block and a half away, I don't think I can get rid of it w/o a felony charge - crash davis Feb 19, 11:26 1
    - Funny story. I told my closest gas station guy to not sell me any. He laughed but said okay. It never came up, but we joked about it long after. -- nm - IAmQale Feb 19, 11:32
- I clicked anyway and I'm glad I did. Proud of you. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 19, 11:21 1
  - to qualify for some wellness reward money at work, I may have to turn in a journal, so I need some little notes to refer to :) -- nm - crash davis Feb 19, 11:23
Well that's fun information to get about a student - Reagen Feb 19, 11:18 9
- I also got this "wrong email" today - Reagen Feb 19, 11:31
- Someone here went to community College with Topanga -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 19, 11:28
- I don't know what onlyfans is and I'm not sure I want to -- nm - crash davis Feb 19, 11:22 5
  - cameo, but naked. -- nm - Reagen Feb 19, 11:25 4
    - isn't that illegal for under 18s? -- nm - crash davis Feb 19, 11:28 2
      - It's complicated. Naked isn't inherently illegal. Naked and doing stuffs or the focus is on the stuffs is illegal. But you really don't want to... - IAmQale Feb 19, 11:30
      - one presumes. -- nm - Reagen Feb 19, 11:29
    - They take great pains to point out you don’t have to be naked. - spamlet Feb 19, 11:26
- ugh -- nm - prayformojo Feb 19, 11:18
Supergirl cast for the new Flash movie.... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 19, 11:16 1
- Here is director Andy Muschietti telling Sasha Calle that she will be the first ever Latina Supergirl for the DCEU and THE FLASH film -- (link) - Remlik Feb 19, 11:23
This is why I wish I knew more about cars. My intercooler/turbo thing got moisture in it, froze and was causing accelleration/shifting problems. Fix - oblique Feb 19, 11:04
Invincible trailer - Amazon Prime -- (link) - Shaun Feb 19, 10:38 [youtube] 3
- Hell. Yeah. -- nm - Spawn Feb 19, 10:54 2
  - wait till the real story kicks in. parents are going to be pissed. -- nm - Remlik Feb 19, 11:18 1
    - Very glad it is where it is, as we have seen with The Boys. -- nm - Spawn Feb 19, 11:29
crap mobile web design, tried to sign up for a vax at a pharmacy, enter birthday, up pops calendar that STARTS with this month, scroll back back back - zeitgeist Feb 19, 10:37
Trailer for The Mosquito Coast Apple TV+ series -- (link) - LMS Feb 19, 10:27 [youtube]
My long overdue birthday present from my wife arrived today. -- (pic) - Shaun Feb 19, 10:14 [Attachment] 17
- this is really cool. -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 19, 11:17
- NICE! I finally watched Batman Hush last night (thank you, HBOMax). Followed the book very well.... until it didn't. - Spawn Feb 19, 10:46 1
  - Yeah basically. -- nm - Shaun Feb 19, 10:58
- Gimme your lunch money. -- nm - David Feb 19, 10:37
- Doesn't look particularly bullet-proof, but still nice, I guess. -- nm - VMan Feb 19, 10:22
- have you tested it against 9mm 45acp and .223 nato rounds -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 19, 10:22
- That looks cooler than it has any right to be. -- nm - IAmQale Feb 19, 10:20 1
  - I'm very pleased with the build quality. -- nm - Shaun Feb 19, 10:32
- Everytime you put it on you have to be "I must go! The city needs me!" -- nm - Reagen Feb 19, 10:19 1
  - Right at the door - "I am the night!" -- nm - VMan Feb 19, 10:20
- I like that. Also, you can turn your head. -- nm - Max Feb 19, 10:16 1
  - Makes backing out of the driveway easier! -- nm - Shaun Feb 19, 10:17
- nice -- nm - decline Feb 19, 10:16
- *confused* how is this not a Funko? -- nm - JaxSean Feb 19, 10:16 3
  - Fine! -- (pic) - Shaun Feb 19, 10:18 [Attachment] 2
    - I already saw that one!! :D - JaxSean Feb 19, 10:34 1
      - I have both Jin ones now. Truly blessed. :) -- nm - Shaun Feb 19, 10:38
Beef report: Went to AH location. Hard to park but moved fast. Ordering was about the fastest I've ever had. Got the beef and sausage combo + fries - oblique Feb 19, 10:13 26
- So it's an italian beef with...a sausage in it? -- nm - JaxSean Feb 19, 10:15 23
  - HELL YEA!!!!! -- nm - zunk xometimes Feb 19, 11:22
  - Because the regular beef doesn’t clog your arteries quite enough. -- nm - spamlet Feb 19, 10:17 2
    - This reminds me I need to pick up my cholesterol meds tonight -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 11:01 1
      - 😂 -- nm - spamlet Feb 19, 11:25
  - Oh. Yes. I like these. Extra meat. -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 10:17 18
    - I've never been to Johnny's. Not very near me, but it looks really good. I usually do Portillo's or Buona (both very good too). Even Al's is good. - pmb Feb 19, 10:50 1
      - I'm going to have to eat something lighter for dinner. Good thing I went to the gym yesterday and again tonight. -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 11:13
    - Oh man. I just watched this and now I'm super jealous. -- (link) - JaxSean Feb 19, 10:25 [youtube] 15
      - that video answered my cheese question -- nm - Pippy Feb 19, 10:41 13
        
        Yeah you’ll be tossed from the joint if you ask for cheese. -- nm - spamlet Feb 19, 10:59 12
        
        What about mayo, like a student of mine just put on a hotdog in class? -- nm - Reagen Feb 19, 11:05 6
        
        Was he trying to kill an already dead hotdog? -- nm - Max Feb 19, 12:32
        
        There are so many things wrong with that sentence. -- nm - Spawn Feb 19, 11:07 3
        
        He got a stern and disapproving look. -- nm - Reagen Feb 19, 11:27 1
        
        "You're on dangerous ground here. You're causing a major disturbance on my time." -- nm - Spawn Feb 19, 11:31
        
        "If you're going to eat in here, at least do it right" -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 11:08
        
        HURK -- nm - JaxSean Feb 19, 11:06
        
        *whistles* - oblique Feb 19, 11:00 4
        
        Not even a "go to Portillos" crack? -- nm - spamlet Feb 19, 11:07 3
        
        Nope. Just said "No" and moved on - oblique Feb 19, 11:08 2
        
        You're on "the wall" now and won't be allowed back in next time. - JaxSean Feb 19, 11:09 1
        
        Good thing I wore a mask :) -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 11:10
      - The bread was very good comparatively. Light and cripsy -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 10:28
- Dipped is way to go but tough with car eating? -- nm - spamlet Feb 19, 10:15 1
  - I waited till I got back to the office but yeah. -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 10:17
An image taken from the sky crane showing the rover being lowered to Mars -- (link) - decline Feb 19, 10:10 7
- We can take pictures like one in the comments from thousands of miles away and see clearly. However, security cameras take images that look like NES - Will Hunting Feb 19, 10:24 3
  - They aren't sending cheapo cameras to Mars and your local 7/11 can't afford Mars quality cameras -- nm - TWuG Feb 19, 10:26 2
    - The cameras on Perseverance -- (link) - TWuG Feb 19, 10:29 1
      - TIL There were three Parachute Uplook Cameras which I'm guessing were pretty much single use devices and are no longer operating - JD Feb 19, 10:39
- 1st color pic from the rover in that thread also -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 10:22
- "Don't you guys drop me, I'm worth a billion dollars." -- nm - Any Given Stardate Feb 19, 10:13
- whoa -- nm - mud Feb 19, 10:10
GA trying to put prayer back in schools -- (link) - TWuG Feb 19, 09:59 14
- Like, before you take a test? -- nm - Spawn Feb 19, 11:07
- One of several dumb bills introduced by R's this year in my state legislature. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 19, 10:10 1
- are they allowing other faith prayers? - Pippy Feb 19, 10:01 11
  - You assume it’s a good faith bill. It is not. - spamlet Feb 19, 10:14 8
    - It isn’t, until it is. -- nm - znufrii Feb 19, 10:34 3
      - And *then* get upset about it. -- nm - spamlet Feb 19, 11:28 2
        
        Might be a bit late at that point. -- nm - TWuG Feb 19, 11:31 1
        
        Then I guess rage on at every dumb idea but I can think of a trillion better ways to spend time and energy. -- nm - spamlet Feb 19, 11:39
    - Other than some idiot on our payroll felt this is a valid idea. - Will Hunting Feb 19, 10:33
    - Even so, I imagine it sucks the air out of the room of what truly needs to be talked about. -- nm - con_carne Feb 19, 10:24 2
      - Nah. It gets introduced and goes nowhere outside of Twitter. -- nm - spamlet Feb 19, 11:47
      - ~let's give them something to talk about~ -- nm - Strongbad Feb 19, 11:25
  - It's no go anyway. Pretty strongly decided by the SC in the past (though who knows with this lot of religious zealots). -- nm - pmb Feb 19, 10:08
  - Ostensibly. -- nm - TWuG Feb 19, 10:08
ST song poll back at its usual programming: Day 12 A song from your preteen years -- nm - Pippy Feb 19, 09:53 27
- Paradise City -- nm - Strongbad Feb 19, 11:26
- I Don't Like Mondays by The Boomtown Rats -- nm - Spawn Feb 19, 11:04
- Down Under, by Men at Work. (It was the only song we had) -- nm - Roger More Feb 19, 10:32
- The Jam is Cold by C'Vello. (1992) -- (link) - IAmQale Feb 19, 10:24 [youtube]
- Whip-It (Devo) -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 10:19
- I want to hold your hand, beatles, first album I ever bought -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 19, 10:18 2
  - I think the first album I ever purchased was a cassette and was Whodini's Escape -- nm - JD Feb 19, 10:27 1
    - Cassette: Cheap Trick - Dream Police, CD: Front 242 - Headhunter & NIN Pretty Hate Machine -- nm - JaxSean Feb 19, 10:38
- Hot Child in the City - Nick Gilder -- nm - VMan Feb 19, 10:17
- Men at Work - Down Under or Flock of Seagulls - I Ran -- nm - Dano Feb 19, 10:13
- Magic - Olivia Newton John - JD Feb 19, 10:12 6
  - I try not to get snooty when people didn't/don't know One Night in Bankok was from a musical. -- nm - Max Feb 19, 10:14 5
    - That one I know / knew! -- nm - JD Feb 19, 10:25
    - "There's a lot of just... saying stuff in this song." -- nm - Car ride transcripts Feb 19, 10:18 3
      - It's not even the most expository song in the list - Max Feb 19, 10:30 [youtube]
      - It's also full of suggestive things I didn't understand as a yoot. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 19, 10:27 1
        
        I get my kicks above the waistline, Sunshine. -- nm - TWuG Feb 19, 10:30
- Yub Nub - The Ewok Battle Song - JaxSean Feb 19, 10:09
- Juice Newton - Queen of Hearts - Max Feb 19, 10:08
- It's Still Rock n Roll to Mee, Billy Joel -- nm - prayformojo Feb 19, 10:00
- Parents just don’t understand -- (link) - znufrii Feb 19, 10:00 [youtube]
- Tom Sawyer, Love is a Battlefield, Foolin' -- nm - Jovian Feb 19, 09:59
- Wild Boys - Duran Duran. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 19, 09:59
- Tra la la, tra la la, la...One banana, two banana, three banana, four -- nm - decline Feb 19, 09:57
- All Night Long -- nm - con_carne Feb 19, 09:57
- The Tide is High - Blondie -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 19, 09:57
- Photograph by Def Leppard -- nm - Pippy Feb 19, 09:57
this is kinda hypnotizing -- (link) - Jovian Feb 19, 09:44 5
- Sorcery! -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 19, 10:57
- Breakin' 2: Electric Hoop-dee-doo -- nm - Max Feb 19, 10:10
- that's pretty cool -- nm - prayformojo Feb 19, 10:02
- i am in awe. i have never, ever, been able to hula hoop at all. -- nm - Andie Feb 19, 10:01
- that is neat -- nm - Pippy Feb 19, 09:54
*clap*clap*clap*clap* - znufrii Feb 19, 09:40 1
- Woot! Woot!! -- nm - Pippy Feb 19, 09:49
"For Lent, we're giving up slices and only getting Chicago Deep Dish." -- nm - Reagen Feb 19, 09:31 6
- Also, Coolio's Lenten fast is to cook only one meat dish per week. That we have a 2lb beef roast marinating on the kitchen counter is a coincidence. -- nm - Roger More Feb 19, 09:50 2
  - I should do a brisket soon. -- nm - Reagen Feb 19, 10:13 1
    - I had brisket in my pho yesterday. so. danang. good. -- nm - Diva Feb 19, 10:20
- Relevant -- (link) - Roger More Feb 19, 09:44 1
  - *John Mayer voice* -- nm - Reagen Feb 19, 09:48
- It really is about sacrifice. -- nm - Spawn Feb 19, 09:34
LIR: spamlet. Is it really cash only? This might be a snag - oblique Feb 19, 09:26 4
- The AH location was. Not sure about Elmwood Park over by der. -- nm - zunk xometimes Feb 19, 09:45
- I honestly don’t remember -- nm - spamlet Feb 19, 09:41
- Alright. I'm going for it. Beef report in 30 -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 09:30 1
  - I thought you were further west than you are for some reason. - spamlet Feb 19, 09:47
Is there a tactful way to let a supervisor know that your family planning decisions are none of their f*cking business? -- nm - znufrii Feb 19, 09:26 15
- have you tried "kiss my grits"? -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 19, 10:14
- 'that's a very private and personal question. I'm not going to respond.' -- nm - Diva Feb 19, 09:55 5
  - It wasn’t a question even, she just decided to let her opinion be known, again. -- nm* - znufrii Feb 19, 10:01 4
    - uggggghhhh. -- nm - Diva Feb 19, 10:21
    - unbelievably rude. I would be tempted to respond with "thanks, we have it under control." which is more polite than she deserves. -- nm - Andie Feb 19, 10:03 2
      - I just went with “I’m not going to comment on that.” -- nm - znufrii Feb 19, 10:04 1
        
        "The fucking is going well, thanks. Oh, was that too personal?" -- nm - Reagen Feb 19, 10:14
- " We plan on hatching at least seven ducklings and possibly purchasing an Alpaca. " - Pippy Feb 19, 09:50
- "None of your business! Who raised you?" -- nm - Roger More Feb 19, 09:45
- yes, report the supervisor to HR for harassment. -- nm - colin Feb 19, 09:28 5
  - “Well, that escalated quickly.” -- nm - znufrii Feb 19, 09:31 4
    - that's literally an example in just about any HR training on workplace harassment. -- nm - colin Feb 19, 09:42 3
      - I wouldn’t classify it as harassment, necessarily. -- (edited) - znufrii Feb 19, 10:15
      - It's certainly a legit thing to take to HR, but you also have to consider the impacts (to you) of doing so -- (edited) - ty97 Feb 19, 09:42 1
        
        agreed. and HR will tell you the first step is to say something to that person. once you've done that and it continues, HR will take action because - colin Feb 19, 09:45
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 09:25

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