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The President of Tanzania may have died of COVID (unclear on details) - ty97 Mar 17, 13:47 1
- There was some wondering about him since he apparently disappeared a week or two ago -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 17, 14:07
But the Deadspin/Barstool thing does make me wonder what Chris Kluwe is up to these days. -- nm - David Mar 17, 13:42 1
- He tweeted about coaching high school football the other day. And I'll bet he's going to release another tabletop game soon. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 17, 14:01
So here’s how my profession is going today -- (link) - spamlet Mar 17, 13:32 [Image] 6
- The extension of deadlines last year was horrible to morale for everyone in the field. -- nm - MDH Mar 17, 13:50 1
  - I assume the changes in the covid act forced the IRS’s hand. -- (edited) - spamlet Mar 17, 13:51
- sorry dude -- nm - Pippy Mar 17, 13:37
- L5 - JaxSean Mar 17, 13:34 2
  - It doesn’t really matter to me but people in practice are... unhappy. - spamlet Mar 17, 13:38 1
    - Yup, the delay for them means I get to procrastinate longer. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 17, 13:39
So after I beat Cyberpunk 2077 and became a Night City Legend, I have started on Civ 6... - Jovian Mar 17, 13:24 3
- Playing Control on Xbox and I'm loving the Alan Wake tie-ins -- nm - Remlik Mar 17, 13:39
- I’m glad you got through the hyped as buggy cyberpunk. I tried again to get into Witcher 3 and just can’t for some reason. - Qale Mar 17, 13:31 1
  - That's too bad. When I think of my time in Toussaint (DLC), it feels like I've been there for real -- nm - Guigue Mar 17, 13:36
Justin Long turns heel - or face? - I don't know! The "I'm a Mac" guy is doing ads for Intel now. -- (link) - Mop Mar 17, 13:22 3
- I'm surprised Intel is taking on Apple, when AMD is the one really kicking their ass - Guigue Mar 17, 13:39 1
  - Your IM is why they are doing it. Microsoft and Google are considering abandoning Intel too because they suck so hard. -- nm - spamlet Mar 17, 13:48
- He ran a fake school with Lewis Black as the dean. He is a heel! -- nm - Qale Mar 17, 13:35
Agree with Reagen, Deadspin started as a bit off kilter (the Leitch era), became a really scuzzy tabloid (Daulerio) but then later evolved - Tim Mar 17, 13:21 3
- It took them at least five years to evolve. Before that, they were the scum of the internet. Gawker got what it deserved. - David Mar 17, 13:40
- Yeah, I had no idea Deadspin was every considered a bad word. -- nm - Mop Mar 17, 13:24
- (And Barstool is just openly a bunch of shitheads.) -- nm - Tim Mar 17, 13:22
One year, $2 million for Marlon Mack, who heads back to Indianapolis to finish what he started after last year's Achilles tear. -- nm - Remlik Mar 17, 13:19 1
- This salary represents the first demonstration of what the market will be like for most players. -- nm - David Mar 17, 13:20
Miami has traded Meyers Leonard for Trevor Ariza. -- nm - David Mar 17, 13:14 1
- Over the past 12 months, Ariza has technically been a part of Detroit, Houston, Portland, Oklahoma City, and now Miami. - David Mar 17, 13:17
WWE: WM capacity will be capped at 25,000 -- nm - Remlik Mar 17, 13:06 1
- Coronavirus likes this. AEW only had 1300 at Revolution I believe. -- nm - Qale Mar 17, 13:36
I just broke up with a credit card. see you later, better balance. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 17, 13:04 2
- Nooo! You need more credit to help your score! -- nm - Baron on the Cairn Mar 17, 13:24
- also, I hate when I log onto a credit card's website and they don't say "your statement closes on 3/18/2021." get with the times, wells fargo. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 17, 13:05
Good news: I got my first shot, yesterday! B-day today & already had the pancake portion—moving on to movies+ Junior Mints. BBQ and 🥃 to come -- (edited) - Flavorize Mar 17, 12:55 12
- cheers ! -- nm - mud Mar 17, 13:56
- happy birthday -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 17, 13:55
- Yay!!! Happy Birthday. Junior Mints are under rated -- nm - Pippy Mar 17, 13:30
- Happy birthday! Have you tried audio transcribing? I know a lot of writers who prefer it, but I'm old school. -- nm - David Mar 17, 13:18 4
  - I was kidding about that part, but have thought about it—I nervous edit already, so this would probably drive me crazy to fix all the audio - Flavorize Mar 17, 13:21 3
    - Yeah, with my redneck accent, it struggles figuring out what I'm saying. -- nm - David Mar 17, 13:36 2
      - Disney Disney I love Disney. Disney is awesome and Disney is amazing and I love Disney! - Transcriber App Mar 17, 13:38 1
        
        That's Kim. -- nm - David Mar 17, 13:40
- Happy birthday! -- nm - jnine Mar 17, 13:16
- happy birthday! -- nm - decline Mar 17, 13:10
- Nice! Happy birthday!!! Woo hoo!!! -- nm - Krusty Mar 17, 13:06
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - pmb Mar 17, 12:59
Sweet! -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 17, 12:49 1
- I heard it feels pretty kewl. -- nm - Max Mar 17, 12:51
No more Greek alphabet for hurricanes. They'll start over with a supplemental list of new names when they hit Z -- (link) - decline Mar 17, 12:39 2
- Cyrillic is feeling neglected. -- nm - Baron on the Cairn Mar 17, 13:16
- Hurricane David, Jr. -- nm - Spawn Mar 17, 13:10
My mother has finally decided to pay someone to mow her lawn, and weed and mulch her flower beds. - Spawn Mar 17, 12:28 9
- It's a hard thing to do when you've spent your whole life saving for the future. I'm working to understand that this *is* the future. -- nm* - Meg Mar 17, 13:42
- :-] -- nm - mud Mar 17, 12:29
- Yay! I like the logic you used. -- nm - Pippy Mar 17, 12:29 6
  - I don't understand why older people refuse to even spend the barest amount to make their lives better - Pippy Mar 17, 12:30 5
    - Sure, older people. Only them. *looks around warily* - Beryllium Mar 17, 12:43
    - Letting go of responsibilities due to age is tough. I added, "This way you can focus your time more on what you plant in your flower beds." which - Spawn Mar 17, 12:37
    - Grandparents lived through tough times, also, when they did those jobs they got paid dollar an hour, now it's $$$ -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 17, 12:36
    - I constantly see stuff like this from my father and always respond "You can't take it with you" -- nm - decline Mar 17, 12:33 1
      - decline. I hear ya, feel ya, and I'm working through that - Pippy Mar 17, 13:32
I cant believe a GA sheriff seems more concerned about the white man who murdered 8 people, then he does the victims -- nm - Jovian Mar 17, 12:21 17
- What did I miss? - David Mar 17, 12:36 8
  - LINK -- (link) - Jovian Mar 17, 12:50 1
    - "look at what they made him do" i'm surprised he didn't say -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 17, 13:29
  - See B2: [paraphrased] Sex addict just having a really bad day -- nm - Flavorize Mar 17, 12:40 4
    - I saw an interesting explanation - this is the strategy you'd use to get a confession out of the guy, pretend you understand and you're on his side - Reagen Mar 17, 12:59 1
      - Which might fly better if we didn't see daily evidence of police officers holding membership in racist groups. - TWuG Mar 17, 13:23
    - They rubbed him the wrong way. -- nm - GA Sheriff Mar 17, 12:42 1
      - Boooo. Boooooooo! Boo this man. -- nm - Qale Mar 17, 13:40
  - He said the shooter was having a bad day. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 12:38
- Did they buy him a burger King whopper on the way to booking? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 17, 12:30 1
  - No, of course not! - Marlowe Mar 17, 12:32
- He just had a bit of a bad day, Jovian, c'mon... Don't be insensitive.. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 17, 12:28
- Is his name Buford T. Justice? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 12:22
- I can. - znufrii Mar 17, 12:22 3
  - That was Jovian's shocked font. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 17, 12:24
  - "He had a very tough day" -- nm - Jovian Mar 17, 12:24
  - ::hands you a battery:: -- nm - Spawn Mar 17, 12:23
I can't believe Sabine Schmitz died. She was fantastic. (edited for spelling) -- nm* - loosilu Mar 17, 12:18
I can't believe I didn't remember the Kickspit Underground Rock Festival until yesterday, given the Mr Potatohead news. - Beryllium Mar 17, 12:06
so much bad news already on this board. You all are going to let David be Best Poster for this board? -- nm - ty97 Mar 17, 11:57 2
- Well I didn't vote for 'im! -- nm - Old Woman Mar 17, 12:15
- Definitive "Pat" Rankings for St Pats Day -- (link) - stim-mie Mar 17, 11:58
NFTs are exponentially dumber than I thought. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 17, 11:55 17
- They are the platonic ideal of the greater fool theory. -- nm - Reagen Mar 17, 12:24
- Why do people think this is a good idea? - znufrii Mar 17, 12:06 14
  - More money than sense and FOMO. -- nm - TWuG Mar 17, 12:18
  - 90% of investment wealth is just digital entries in a bank, a stock portfolio, an insurance company, btc wallet -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 17, 12:11 9
    - That’s an incredibly naive comparison, at the very least. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 17, 12:15 8
      - Regulated yes, but the point is, everything is digital entries, wealthy who don't have work for wages relationship its even more so. -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 17, 12:24 6
        
        Like I said, incredibly naive. -- nm - znufrii Mar 17, 12:34
        
        Our paper money depends on the faith and trust in the federal reserve system. People living in cyber world have faith in digital entries -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 17, 12:28 4
        
        That said, conservative money is rushing into real estate, look at how many properties are bought site unseen, by online brokers -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 17, 12:33 1
        
        That's still smarter than NFTs. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 12:39
        
        Woefully misplaced trust, if so. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 12:31 1
        
        And to be clear, I'm not saying that stuff will be stolen. I am saying that the landscape shifts so much ... - Beryllium Mar 17, 12:32
      - It's like buying a piece of paper with an address on it, but you have to go talk to Ted the drunken street performer to ... - Beryllium Mar 17, 12:20
  - there's a sucker born every minute, znu -- nm - decline Mar 17, 12:10
  - rockets, moon, tendies, diamonds, hands, shrugs -- nm - ty97 Mar 17, 12:07 1
    - “I want to short every piece of paper he’s touched.” -- nm - znufrii Mar 17, 12:11
- It's always DNS -- nm - oblique Mar 17, 11:58
Shawn Bradley was hit by a car while riding his bike in Utah and is now paralyzed. :-( -- (link) - Krusty Mar 17, 11:51 10
- oh man that's sad. -- nm - Remlik Mar 17, 12:30
- BYU needs to make a run for him. -- nm - Spawn Mar 17, 12:10
- saw that. just terrible -- nm - decline Mar 17, 12:05
- :( -- nm - stim-mie Mar 17, 12:00
- terrible -- nm - ty97 Mar 17, 11:57
- (not the point but seeing someone 7'7" riding a bike has to be amazing) -- nm - Reagen Mar 17, 11:53 2
  - It was probably a penny-farthing -- nm - Roger More Mar 17, 11:56
  - Right? I have to assume like most things he needed to get it built for his size. There's no seat post that goes high enough for him. -- nm - Krusty Mar 17, 11:55
- How horrible. -- nm - David Mar 17, 11:52 1
  - Seemed like a very kind man. I feel awful for him and his family. -- nm - Krusty Mar 17, 11:56
?????? -- (pic) - ty97 Mar 17, 11:43 [Attachment] 2
- Full story though. (We only have the letter-writer’s POV but the answer is clearly “don’t give it to him”) -- (link) - Roger More Mar 17, 12:01 1
  - Eeesh. -- nm - znufrii Mar 17, 12:04
Chapek hedged on Black Widow possibly still being Hybrid Release (Theater & D+) -- (link) - stim-mie Mar 17, 11:39 5
- It should be 3 weeks after my second shot, so I am going to the theater. - Spawn Mar 17, 12:13
- Exhibitors think it will be. - David Mar 17, 11:41 3
  - How’s they piss him off? -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 17, 12:15 1
    - Some chains refused to exhibit Raya as a punishment for Mulan. -- nm - David Mar 17, 12:36
  - I think unless they want to push it back a few months, it makes sense to do it. -- nm - pmb Mar 17, 11:49
So...this is happening down the street. I can't imagine the insurance nightmare this is going to be. (Part 1) -- (link) - MDH Mar 17, 11:36 8
- This is the building that got hit by the crane during our hurricane a couple years back -- (link) - Reagen Mar 17, 11:40
- Part 2: Video of them attempting to fix the crane and it crashing into the house next door. -- (link) - MDH Mar 17, 11:37 6
  - oh no -- nm - ty97 Mar 17, 11:53
  - That's awful. I feel terrible for the people that live there. -- nm - Krusty Mar 17, 11:47 2
    - Resident and caretaker (guessing elderly resident) were checked out at hospital but apparently okay. -- nm - MDH Mar 17, 11:57 1
      - Glad to hear that. -- nm - Krusty Mar 17, 12:05
  - whoopsie -- nm - decline Mar 17, 11:40 1
    - Somebody's getting a new roof and more. -- nm - Baron on the Cairn Mar 17, 11:42
Kelly, garlic is super easy to grow, fool proof, but i would definitely do it in the ground, not pots. and get it in asap. we plant ours in the fall - Andie Mar 17, 11:31 5
- I saw something online about soaking cloves in water first, then soaking in rubbing alcohol for 5 minutes before planting. Have you done this? -- nm - kelly Mar 17, 12:12 2
  - Never. We buy organic garlic, or use our own, break it into cloves, plant it. -- nm - Andie Mar 17, 13:24
  - Afaik, the disinfectant is to prevent some virus, use bulb that has the root end, Chinese garlic has an indented root end to remove it -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 17, 12:19
- From my old notes...plant garlic in the same place, established beds grow better garlic, also symbiotic with roses, ik'r - zeitgeist Mar 17, 12:08 1
  - We consulted a companion planting guide like that too when we planted our raise beds -- nm - SyrDragon Mar 17, 12:27
COVID relief bill: still very popular -- (link) - ty97 Mar 17, 11:30 2
- When the money really hits bank accts, it'll bump up -- nm - stim-mie Mar 17, 11:31 1
  - when the money hits the bank account, I'm going out for dinner. (this month has ben so expensive. should we have a "guess mandy's next electric bill" - amanda jeans Mar 17, 11:37
I know it's been a lot over the past year, but we now have a stable person as POTUS. We're getting vaccinated. March Madness starts tomorrow. - David Mar 17, 11:26 [youtube] 13
- www.istheballtipped.com -- nm - Spawn Mar 17, 12:03 1
  - SOON -- nm - David Mar 17, 12:35
- They just arrested "flag jacket/fire extinguisher" dude from the Capitol attack -- (link) - con_carne Mar 17, 11:57
- I love that so much! :-) -- nm - Krusty Mar 17, 11:44
- But what about my rent David?! -- nm - ty97 Mar 17, 11:29 8
  - It's going down! That dude can no longer run for mayor! You've ruined his entire platform! -- nm - David Mar 17, 11:32
  - Also, almost as important, why did they name it Disney Springs? That doesn't even make sense! -- nm - ty97 Mar 17, 11:31 6
    - Please don't make me bore you with Imagineering theming details. -- (link) - David Mar 17, 11:33 5
      - But you didn't tell me that the Marketplace has a *poutine eatery* -- nm - ty97 Mar 17, 11:40 4
        
        I'm trying to make the world sound brighter, not worse. -- nm - David Mar 17, 11:41 3
        
        poutine is French for 'joy' -- nm - ty97 Mar 17, 11:42 2
        
        They feed it to you in Hell to get the point across that eternity will be misery. -- nm* - David Mar 17, 11:49
        
        "a hell of a mess" -- nm - Reagen Mar 17, 11:43

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