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SpaceX launch in less than 30 minutes -- (link) - TWuG Apr 7, 09:16 1
- Everyone better get out of the parks in Texas! -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 09:17
"It was always going to expand like this" -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 7, 09:05 4
- I try to imagine receiving such a notification without blowing up at them. -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 09:11
- I will never in my life ever again vote for a Republican. The party is nothing but hateful bigots at this point. -- nm - TWuG Apr 7, 09:08 2
  - it's about to be split in two. -- nm - mud Apr 7, 09:10 1
    - It can shatter for all that I care about it. Let it devour itself and good riddance. -- nm - TWuG Apr 7, 09:11
Jupiter's Legacy looks like the worst DC movie ever made. - David Apr 7, 09:03 8
- HA! he's not. -- nm - Remlik Apr 7, 09:27
- "From the creator of Kick-Ass and Kingsman"? Please stop threatening me! (NM) - Marlowe Apr 7, 09:06 5
  - Exactly! I feel triggered! -- nm - David Apr 7, 09:11
  - but also Old Man Logan and The Authority!...and Wanted.... -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 09:08 3
    - Stop threatening me!!!! (NM) - Marlowe Apr 7, 09:09
    - and it appears to have Lydia from Beetlejuice all grown up and kicking ass! -- nm - mud Apr 7, 09:09 1
      - uh, what? -- nm - JD Apr 7, 09:14
- Right? -- nm - Snyder Apr 7, 09:05
Tiger Woods was driving 2X the legal limit and had sped up right before his crash -- (link) - decline Apr 7, 09:01 1
- I mean that's what I do in Forza and works for me! -- nm - Remlik Apr 7, 09:18
Variety: ‘The Tomorrow War’ to Debut on Amazon in July -- (link) - mud Apr 7, 08:59 1
- little over 16 on HSX... -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 09:00
Victoria's inner harbour in tilt shift. Cute video. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 7, 08:56 [youtube]
Ty, from WashingtonPost: "Say goodbye to Gate 35X, cursed portal to the rest of America" -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 7, 08:55 1
- I'm not sure if I ever had the joy of using 35X but the horror stories are something -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 08:58
This is a very interesting Kickstarter ... add a second monitor to your laptop -- (link*) - Beryllium Apr 7, 08:43 4
- I have something very similar to this for travel. -- nm - amanda jeans Apr 7, 08:58 1
  - My hesitance to getting one has always been that video-over-USB requires so much encoding and decoding that it's very laggy. - Beryllium Apr 7, 09:00
- portable monitors exist, but having it attached to your laptop would be nice. though I wonder how much - tRuMAN Apr 7, 08:53 1
  - They say it's only 600 grams, so maybe it would be fine ... -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 08:58
ummm -- (link) - ty97 Apr 7, 08:43 20
- at the very end i swear I see a cat's tail behind the lizard -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 10:52
- Someone just got a vaccine! (NM) - Marlowe Apr 7, 09:16
- The Lizard People are real!! -- nm - QAnon Apr 7, 09:14 1
  - *wonders if that place has a basement and sells pizza* -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 09:15
- All Your Bodega Are Belong To Us -- nm - Jovian Apr 7, 09:11
- There would be a pmb shaped hole in the wall. -- nm - pmb Apr 7, 08:59
- Where the hell do you keep a damn monitor lizard?! -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 7, 08:57 2
  - Aisle 12 with the other computer peripherals. -- nm - TWuG Apr 7, 09:01 1
    - snort -- nm - Pippy Apr 7, 09:09
- "Bodega Cat and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" -- nm - prayformojo Apr 7, 08:50 1
  - I don't think this bodega has a cat....anymore -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 08:51
- He just wants some ice, so give it to him. -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 08:48
- The Godzilla v Kong movie marketing has gotten out of hand -- nm - Pippy Apr 7, 08:47
- I'd be goanna to another store. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 08:47
- Offer a ciggy -- nm - stim-mie Apr 7, 08:47
- *Grandpa Simpson walks into then out of the bar gif* -- nm - TWuG Apr 7, 08:44 1
  - yup -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 08:50
- “Cleanup in Aisle 4” -- nm - znufrii Apr 7, 08:44
- you're supposed to ask if you can't reach something from the top shelf -- nm - decline Apr 7, 08:44 1
  - "Oh, uh, where are the extra large condoms? Up here?" -- nm - Max Apr 7, 08:46
Apr. 7 Birthdays: Bill Butler (100)*, Daniel Ellsberg (90), Fred J. Brown (86), Francis Ford Coppola (82), John Oates (73), Clarke Peters (69) - Max Apr 7, 08:41
There have been NRA leaks to a Free Beacon journalist. A board member wrote to other members complaining about these leaks. We know this because the - ty97 Apr 7, 08:38
Huh. One of my favorite YouTube channels, Objectivity, is doing at-home episodes. They just did one with Mark Rober. -- (link) - Mop Apr 7, 08:35 [youtube]
North Carolina has a bill that would criminalize gender-affirming care for anyone under 18. -- (link) - TWuG Apr 7, 08:29 9
- The only upside to conservative making transphobia the flavour of the month is that every time they do something like that, it brings more attention - Guigue Apr 7, 08:35
- I really dont understand the fear behind these types of laws. -- nm - tRuMAN Apr 7, 08:34 7
  - They're convinced people are forcing transitioning on kids that are gonna "grow out of it". -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 09:10
  - If you want to increase teen suicide, dividing families and shaming kids like they have a mental disorder is a way to do it. -- nm - Max Apr 7, 08:44 1
    - Alternatively, if you keep gun laws loose enough, this is a way to get more school shootings and calls for even looser gun laws - Marlowe Apr 7, 08:45
  - It’s about control, and about their fear that the world is different than what they’ve been told it should be. -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 7, 08:43
  - It’s identity politics preying on people’s fear and hatred of the minority they don’t understand. - Will Hunting Apr 7, 08:38
  - It's about pandering to the base, and that's ALL it is. - Mop Apr 7, 08:38
  - "What if I hit up a girl for sex and she has a penis!?" -- nm - TWuG Apr 7, 08:37
Anyway, here's a tale of karma that I find a bit amusing. - Marlowe Apr 7, 08:24 3
- yikes! -- nm - Pippy Apr 7, 08:46
- Good money! -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 08:38
- whoa -- nm - mud Apr 7, 08:36
LYC: I ordered us an Endy mattress this morning. Reviews will come in time. -- nm - Shaun Apr 7, 08:20 3
- I just used my time machine to check... be careful of the mouse bones. -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 08:34
- Bed in a box! - Baron Nefcy Apr 7, 08:33 1
  - Comes with a free cat fortress! -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 7, 08:33
Poll: Which vaccine have you received? Not-applicable, Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Other? -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 08:14 31
- Pf2 -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 10:55
- n/a (although may get a shot through work in April is the word) -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 09:08
- Pfizer 1 -- nm - Diva Apr 7, 09:08
- Moderna 1, scheduled for 2 but not yet received -- nm - Dano Apr 7, 08:56
- Pfizer 1 -- nm - JaxSean Apr 7, 08:40
- Pfizer -- nm - Pippy Apr 7, 08:38
- N/A until tomorrow afternoon. -- nm - TWuG Apr 7, 08:37
- Moderna - all done. -- nm - Meg Apr 7, 08:32 3
  - Okay, glad it is not just truman and myself. - Spawn Apr 7, 08:40 2
    - I mean, if the Meg has had it, then we must have gotten the better shot. -- nm - tRuMAN Apr 7, 08:55 1
      - Exactly. -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 09:00
- Pfizer x 2. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 7, 08:29
- Pfizer 1, getting 2 tomorrow -- nm - Max Apr 7, 08:27
- Moderna #1 with second schedule for the 23rd. -- nm - tRuMAN Apr 7, 08:21 1
  - My brutha! -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 08:23
- Pfizer x2 -- nm - znufrii Apr 7, 08:20
- I'm a Pfizer. 1 & 2. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 7, 08:20
- N/A -- nm - Shaun Apr 7, 08:20
- I'm not even scheduled, but targeted for May/June. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 08:19
- Pfizer 1&2 -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 7, 08:19
- Pfizerized twice with no side effects. -- nm - zunk xometimes Apr 7, 08:19
- AZ most likely. Probs not for a few months though. -- nm - mafic Apr 7, 08:18
- Getting Pfizer today. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 08:18
- N/A still waiting -- nm - decline Apr 7, 08:18
- Ask again in 6 months, if I'm lucky. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 7, 08:17 1
  - :( -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 08:17
- Moderna 1 with #2 scheduled for the 16th. -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 08:17 1
  - Me too! I picked Friday so that I could have the weekend to recover! my 2nd is the 16th as well. -- nm - JenBro Apr 7, 09:59
- N/A. Waiting my turn. -- nm - stim-mie Apr 7, 08:16
- Pfizer, dose 1. (Dave got AZ, dose 1) -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 08:15
- Pfizer. 1 dose so far. -- nm - pmb Apr 7, 08:15
The Rock's rookie football card sold for $45,100 on Feb 6th. It just resold at a separate auction for $81,180 -- (link) - decline Apr 7, 08:13 3
- Last summer, I bought 4 different 1962 Topps Roger Maris cards for 175 bucks. Those same 4 now are selling for 300+. - Will Hunting Apr 7, 08:18
- Peyton/Eli Manning getting into NFTs -- (link) - stim-mie Apr 7, 08:15
- I'm...kinda shocked that was all it went for... -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 08:14
Interesting. Just read a story where St-Pierre & Miquelon Islands have asked France to ask Newfoundland to officially let them in the Atlantic Bubble - Beaker Apr 7, 08:11 1
- I'd like to visit there sometime -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 08:45
Ontario to impose month long stay-at-home order, close non-essential retail, sources say -- nm* - Beaker Apr 7, 07:52 14
- It's amazing how Ford's lack of action has come to bite him in the ass. - Mop Apr 7, 08:37 1
  - truth -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 08:50
- Losers. (NM) - Bozonaro Apr 7, 08:03
- yep. and schools closed as of today too. -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 07:54 10
  - are you happy, sad, or both? -- nm - mud Apr 7, 07:56 9
    - it had to happen before it got out of control. but, nothing about any of this makes me 'happy.' -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 07:57 2
      - 'happy', i.e. pleased, satisfied, relieved, in agreement .. I guess -- nm - mud Apr 7, 08:02 1
        
        let's go with 'i agree with the actions.' -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 08:04
    - People should be pissed, cause Ford should of done something 2 months ago -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 07:56 5
      - they are. we can't eat outside on a patio, but malls are open? This news story is about the mall WHERE MY OFFICE IS. -- (link) - Andie Apr 7, 07:59 4
        
        I mean, how hard is it to figure this out? Every Atlantic Province has done fantastic for the most part (smaller scale though of course, but still) -- (edited) - Beaker Apr 7, 08:06 3
        
        i don't think we have a lot anti-vaxxer influence, what we have is Doug Ford whose ONLY priority, ever, is business and the economy. -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 08:12 2
        
        Doug Ford is a great man and we all should listen to him. (NM) - Bozonaro Apr 7, 08:16 1
        
        Doug Ford is Bozonaro's Business Daddy? :) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 08:18
you ever make yourself something to drink, and then get surprised when you drink it cause - tRuMAN Apr 7, 07:29 1
- Yup. It happened to me all the time when I was kicking soda and drinking it less and less. I was expecting soda and would get water which was a - Krusty Apr 7, 07:36
Jupiter's Legacy trailer comment - Beaker Apr 7, 07:26
OTD 50 yrs ago, "4 Way Street" released: -- (link) - mud Apr 7, 07:24
My wife has a new podcast episode up discussing consent and how it is depicted in films. She's very proud of this interview -- (link) - TWuG Apr 7, 07:21 1
- very nice. -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 07:55
And no major side effects from the second (Pfizer) shot so far, was a little tired so made it an early night last night is all. *fingers crossed* -- nm - znufrii Apr 7, 07:18 26
- I'm still sleeping off shot #2. -- nm - David Apr 7, 09:05
- as I said, it took two days for shot two to hit me. sore throat, very stupid, very tired for like 12 hours. - amanda jeans Apr 7, 07:51
- I get the sense from the ether that Moderna #2 is worse than Pfizer #2. -- nm - Max Apr 7, 07:48 3
  - you're pfizer, right? -- nm - amanda jeans Apr 7, 08:11 1
    - yep. I was planning on going to the office Friday but my Moderna doc friend says I should expect to be wiped out. - Max Apr 7, 08:28
  - The nurse who gave me shot 1 of Pfizer last week said that when I asked about potential side effects/if I'd feel sick after. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 7, 07:51
- I had a terrible headache and was both manic and fuzzy-brained yesterday (after receiving second on Monday). But today I'm MUCH better. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 7, 07:31
- hunger for human flesh rising? -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 07:23 1
  - It's... about the same. -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 07:24
- "Alexa, activate the vax nanobots" -- nm* - US Govt Apr 7, 07:21 2
  - pouts....I was promised better wifi -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 10:57
  - it's an epidemic. -- nm - amanda jeans Apr 7, 07:54
- I had so little side effects from #2 (and 1 really) that it almost worried me. Did they give me a real shot? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 7, 07:20 9
  - . -- (link) - ty97 Apr 7, 07:26 1
    - Good stuff. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 7, 07:51
  - Ditto. My #1 was worse than #2. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 7, 07:24 3
    - burning sensation? -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 07:26 1
      - Only when he pees, but that happened before. -- nm - mafic Apr 7, 07:32
    - But I also took Tylenol every 4 hours during #2 as our EMT Chief suggested. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 7, 07:24
  - My arm hurts, so they definitely gave me *something* -- nm - znufrii Apr 7, 07:23
  - I've only had my 1st, but this crossed my mind too. - JaxSean Apr 7, 07:21 1
    - my first I was 100% fine. -- nm - amanda jeans Apr 7, 08:33
- Sorry for the terrible first. -- nm - znufrii Apr 7, 07:18 3
  - znu gets 5 mins in the time out room -- nm - tRuMAN Apr 7, 07:21 2
    - Have you seen the time out room? That's practically a reward! -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 7, 07:43 1
      - Heh. My mom could never send me to my room as a punishment when I was a kid. My room was where my books were. :) -- nm - znufrii Apr 7, 07:45

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