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rank your QTs! like so: - mud Mar 4, 17:43 8
- PF, OUATIH, DP, DU, HE, KB, RD, IB, JB. -- nm - con_carne Mar 4, 18:04
- Best QT is "Off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush..." - Marlowe Mar 4, 18:02
- Inglourious Basterds, then I'd have to ponder. -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 4, 17:59
- Loved Pulp Fiction. Jackie Brown & KB we alright. Didn't like Reservoir Dogs. VIOLENTLY HATED Inglorious Basterds. - Cuzzin Todd Mar 4, 17:53
- Pulp, Dogs, Once, Brown, Bill, Bastards, Django, Eight, Death. -- nm - Spawn Mar 4, 17:50
- Jackie Brown -- nm - . Mar 4, 17:48
- It's Jackie Brown and then everything else. -- nm - David Mar 4, 17:45
- True Romance. poll over. -- nm - Beaker Mar 4, 17:44
following tomorrow, more than a third of our departmental positions are going to be vacant. and we're on a hiring/vacancy filling freeze for who knows how long -- (edited) - prayformojo Mar 4, 17:29
Coming 2 America spoilers - David Mar 4, 17:26
'Nomadland' Heading Straight to Disney+ in U.K. -- (link*) - Beaker Mar 4, 17:16
Houston became first city to record all known variants of the virus -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 4, 16:56 9
- And 4 we've never even seen before! -- nm - Mop Mar 4, 17:56
- We have what you call 'big-city complex' in that we're only the 4th largest city in the US if you include SO MUCH of the surrounding areas. - IAmQale Mar 4, 17:15
- Good thing Texas is being careful. -- nm - Spawn Mar 4, 17:13
- And some they havent discovered -- nm - budice Mar 4, 17:12
- Show 'em their prize Johnny! -- nm - Beaker Mar 4, 17:04 2
  - Voltron Virus! -- nm - Reagen Mar 4, 17:12 1
    - heh -- nm - prayformojo Mar 4, 17:27
- Gotta catch em all! -- nm - Ender Mar 4, 17:00
- Bingo! -- nm - Dano Mar 4, 16:57
I've been working at this place for ~3 years, and I've been out of the office or working from home for all 5 of the random drug screening days. - mafic Mar 4, 16:56 3
- Someone at the office thinks you're a druggie and is trying to protect you. -- nm - David Mar 4, 16:59 2
  - Lol! Yeah -- nm - Pippy Mar 4, 17:11
  - They can't predict my work from home days! - mafic Mar 4, 17:04
Bon Appetit with the WandaVision spoilers? - Mop Mar 4, 16:55 [youtube]
The Sinden light gun is everything you want it to be. -- (link) - Mop Mar 4, 16:52 [youtube] 1
- Well, no, because I wanted this to be a gun that could cure COVID with light blasts. -- nm - Max Mar 4, 17:02
I like HP printers for their functionality but the people that design their install process need to be shot in the fucking head. -- nm - Reagen Mar 4, 16:49 1
- Are you sure you don't want to sign up for Instant Ink? Are you really sure? Come on, you know you want to. -- nm - Dano Mar 4, 17:00
"youSONofABITCH" -- nm - Reagen Mar 4, 16:48
"Capitol riot suspect pictured at Pelosi’s desk screams ‘it’s not fair’ in courtroom tantrum" -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 4, 16:46 4
- Oh, poor dear. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 4, 16:52
- ... how many years ago would she have been up against a firing squad? It's. Fucking. Fair. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 16:48 2
  - Or he. I was thinking of a different protestor/rioter. -- nm* - Beryllium Mar 4, 17:09
  - we can always go medieval. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 4, 17:07
Space Hurricane! -- (link) - Dano Mar 4, 16:33 3
- My sixth favorite Scorpions album. -- nm - Reagen Mar 4, 16:52
- bitchin' -- nm - prayformojo Mar 4, 16:43
- Space Unicorn! -- (link) - znufrii Mar 4, 16:34 [youtube]
Amazon has Coming 2 America live on Prime Video -- nm - budice Mar 4, 16:25 1
- "Look, we know you're watching Disney all day tomorrow..." -- nm - David Mar 4, 16:29
The Challenge's use of 80s music this season has busted me up. -- nm - David Mar 4, 16:23 3
- We are only halfway finished with this episode but man, I love this show. Love it. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 4, 16:46 2
  - That was some heel turn! -- nm - David Mar 4, 16:57 1
    - Yeah he could’ve handled that better. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 4, 19:06
Gunfight outside a Beverly Hills restaurant during the lunch hour. This report is from earlier and doesn't quite agree with a later interview. - Meg Mar 4, 16:16 2
- How do you miss someone right there wrestling your arm? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 4, 17:40
- The guy whose watch was stolen says it's worth $500K. -- nm - Meg Mar 4, 17:09
Heh -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 4, 16:00
I'd like to cook more fish, and I'd like to expand beyond salmon... Anyone have good recipes for other types of fish? -- nm - Ender Mar 4, 15:51 9
- Tuna Niscoise is a favourite of mine (hold the anchovies though) - LMS Mar 4, 16:08
- Jambalaya -- nm - budice Mar 4, 16:04
- Fish is pretty interchangeable, I find, but trout amandine -- (link) - Roger More Mar 4, 15:57 5
  - Skate grenobloise -- (link) - Roger More Mar 4, 15:57 4
    - Grilled fish, like in Greece -- (link) - Roger More Mar 4, 15:59 3
      - Morrocan ways of cookingfish, with a chermoulla are good -- (link) - Roger More Mar 4, 16:00 2
        
        Or in a South Indian vein -- (link) - Roger More Mar 4, 16:03
        
        if you like heat, Jamaican escovitch fish -- (link) - Roger More Mar 4, 16:01
- Come out to the west coast, have some laughs, catch some fish - Beryllium Mar 4, 15:54
OK, I'm caught up on WandaVision - here's my big huge spoiler question - prayformojo Mar 4, 15:41 4
- Spoilers - David Mar 4, 16:19 1
  - (The actual answer is that we don't know.) -- nm - David Mar 4, 16:21
- Spoil spec - Flavorize Mar 4, 16:01
- spoil -- (edited) - Spawn Mar 4, 15:50
ST Poll: Who would’ve made a better Dr. Strange, in their acting 🎭 prime? -- (pic) - Flavorize Mar 4, 15:20 [Attachment] 2
- definately Vincent Price -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 4, 15:43 1
  - I prefer Peter Hooten to either of those. -- (pic) - Spawn Mar 4, 15:52 [Attachment]
Lord of the Kitteh -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 4, 15:03 6
- Hugo Weaving is not a particularly attractive man, but by elf standards he's practically deformed. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Mar 4, 16:41 4
  - Well he's at least 4000 years old, give him a break -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 16:45 3
    - V for Venerable. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Mar 4, 16:48
    - Actually closer to 6,500 -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 16:47 1
      - But after the first two thousand, does it really matter? -- nm - Spawn Mar 4, 17:16
- Gandalf the Pink, for the win -- nm - Flavorize Mar 4, 15:21
Streaming Hams. Has there been any other feedback on your coverage of the ratings segments? - Qale Mar 4, 14:56 9
- It’s simultaneously good discussion information and also completely useless and suspect. -- nm - Tim Mar 4, 15:16 6
  - Hah. Well it’s perfect then! - Qale Mar 4, 15:24 5
    - "Who is the best Animal Crossing Character?" -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 4, 15:53 4
      - CJ says Brophena -- nm - Remlik Mar 4, 17:48 1
        
        er...I may have mistyped. She really says Sydney is cool. She is always singing and dancing. -- nm - Remlik Mar 4, 17:56
      - Ozzie. -- nm - Qale Mar 4, 15:54 1
        
        Bold choice! -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 4, 16:29
- I appreciate the feedback, but most people seem to like it, we get to highlight Tim, and it's fun to do. - David Mar 4, 14:58 1
  - If it is working on the whole, that’s great then! -- nm* - Qale Mar 4, 15:00
New Zealand aftershocks are still in the 5.0-6.0 range. Northern group are well offshore which is good. -- (link) - Meg Mar 4, 14:53
A New York mystery..... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 4, 14:53
Honest Trailers | Coming to America -- (link) - Beaker Mar 4, 14:47 [youtube]
Chart of the day -- (link) - Reagen Mar 4, 14:38 1
- Well let's turn it into an Olympic sport! Also clearly why the minimum age to be President is 35. -- nm* - Max Mar 4, 16:13
Neanderthals respond to Joe Biden -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 4, 14:13
for women's history month, I have to select a woman who has inspired me. all of the women on our team have to do this. why not the men?? -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 4, 14:07 16
- How on earth could a woman inspire a man?!?! - Cuzzin Todd Mar 4, 14:55
- I’m assuming a man designed the program? -- nm - spamlet Mar 4, 14:52
- Jentucky Fried Chicken, seriously. -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 4, 14:32
- So choose someone infamous - Lorena Bobbitt, Lizzie Borden, Bonnie Parker. - Johnny Lawrence Mar 4, 14:21 2
  - that serial killer Charlize Theron won an oscar for playing. -- nm - mafic Mar 4, 16:53
  - wicked witch of the west -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 4, 14:44
- Because we'd just rank the women by hotness. For instance, the first woman to pop into my mind was the B in Apt 23. -- nm - Max Mar 4, 14:11
- and like, is martha stewart an okay answer? -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 4, 14:09 8
  - why not, she is the original influencer -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 4, 14:12 7
    - Women's history fail! Julia Child was an earlier influencer. -- nm - Max Mar 4, 14:14 6
      - Joan of Arc -- nm - Reagen Mar 4, 14:21 5
        
        Wait. Cleopatra - Reagen Mar 4, 14:21 4
        
        or the lyrics to "She's So High" -- nm - rollo Mar 4, 14:33 1
        
        ha -- nm - Reagen Mar 4, 14:33
        
        Eve. -- nm - TWuG Mar 4, 14:26 1
        
        Mary ... oooh, dang -- nm - rollo Mar 4, 14:30
Now you Americans have gone too far! -- (link) - Reagen Mar 4, 13:57 11
- one of my Australian friends pronounced it nana-EMO, and that's the only way I can think of it now. -- nm - mafic Mar 4, 16:57
- The NYT one looks better. -- nm - ty97 Mar 4, 14:09 6
  - That's a matter of opinion, and your opinion is dead wrong. -- nm - Roger More Mar 4, 14:13 3
    - Listen, it's the job of Americans to take inferior things you foreigners create and then perfect them. - ty97 Mar 4, 14:49 2
      - is the current thing you're perfecting "cultural decay"? -- nm - Reagen Mar 4, 14:50 1
        
        Yes? -- nm - Trump Mar 4, 16:04
  - ye gods no - Reagen Mar 4, 14:11 1
    - gonna agree on that. the ratio of the bottom two layers is important. -- nm - colin Mar 4, 14:15
- It's the NYT, the other side of the continent and frequently get regional cuisines wrong. -- nm - . Mar 4, 14:06
- aww, i want stamps with nanaimo bars on it! -- nm - colin Mar 4, 14:00
- *STAMP* -- nm - Made and Invented In The USA Mar 4, 13:59
Current earworm: Wonderboy - Reagen Mar 4, 13:54
TIL: There's CVT's with 'shift' points. WTH? - JD Mar 4, 13:42 6
- I thought only Toyotas did this out of “first” but I guess it’s spreading? -- nm - spamlet Mar 4, 13:47 5
  - Seems to me to be dumbest thing ever. EV's don't have simulated shifts do they? Seeing as they typically don't have traditional transmissions. -- nm - JD Mar 4, 13:55 4
    - The Porsche Taycan has a 2-speed transmission. -- nm - TWuG Mar 4, 14:27
    - They should add in a "brrrrRRRRR\rrrrrRRRRRRRRR\rrrrrrRRRRRRR" noise. -- nm - Reagen Mar 4, 14:04 2
      - Several EVs do this. The Mach-E is one, the Taycan us another. I don't get it. The silence in an EV is wonderful -- nm - TWuG Mar 4, 14:28
      - oh, like sport mode in a BMW where it just pipes engine noise over the speakers? -- nm - colin Mar 4, 14:04
New Yorkers To Cuomo: Don't Resign, But Don't Run Again, Quinnipiac University NY State Poll Finds -- (link) - ty97 Mar 4, 13:23 4
- Lib pages are saying two trump supporters are the leads on the republican side who will pardon donny of NY state charges if elected -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 4, 13:33 1
  - They won't be elected -- nm - Krusty Mar 4, 13:36
- " So, you want a realistic, down-to-earth show... that's completely off-the-wall and swarming with magic robots?" -- nm - prayformojo Mar 4, 13:27 1
  - And also you should win things by watching! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 4, 13:43
It was the Pooch Perfect final tonight, a poodle was made to look like Cher at the Oscars. -- nm - LMS Mar 4, 13:18 2
- Society was a mistake. -- nm - Reagen Mar 4, 13:26 1
  - Kill me. -- (link) - ponies si Mar 4, 13:51
"David, I need some Roku help." -- uh oh -- "My YouTube isn't pulling up." -- NOOOOOOOO!!! -- nm - My Mother Mar 4, 13:18 1
- Run! -- nm - rollo Mar 4, 13:19
I'll be caught up on WandaVision through Ep8 at approximately 7:05pm. Please repost all your speculative thoughts on the series to date at that time. - prayformojo Mar 4, 13:15 1
- Mine - Name Withheld By Request Mar 4, 14:07
Yikes, the 7.3 and 7.5 were foreshocks to an 8.1 -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 13:10 11
- I'm pretty sure this is Kaiju. -- nm - Reagen Mar 4, 13:17 5
  - now now, it could just be a supervolcano. -- nm - mafic Mar 4, 17:01 1
    - We'll see who's a failed fucking continent! -- nm - Zealandia Mar 4, 17:47
  - the Pacific Rim Black advertising by Netflix has gone too far! -- nm - Beaker Mar 4, 13:22 1
    - I say it hasn't gone too far enough! -- nm - My Mother Mar 4, 13:29
  - I mean, what else would it be? -- nm - mud Mar 4, 13:20
- jeez, they had just cancelled the tsunami warning from the previous ones -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 4, 13:14 1
  - this tweet has a graphic on location and a bit of description of what the earth is doing slipage wise -- (link*) - zeitgeist Mar 4, 13:18
- NZ gov't is saying 1-3 meters in some spots, rest are marine/beach warnings. not going to be horrible, but if you're there when it hits - colin Mar 4, 13:13 1
  - iirc the fukushima tsunami was 2 meters which their seawalls should have protected them...except the ground dropped six feet too -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 4, 13:15
- (At least colloquially, not necessarily tectonically) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 13:10

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