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your Adorable Baby Elephants post of the day -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 9, 08:45
I know it's accurate, but it feels strange to hear Stacy's Mom come on the One Hit Wonder station. In my mind they had many "hits." -- nm - Dano Apr 9, 08:45 4
- I, for one, would hit that. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 9, 08:46
- Definition of One Hit Wonder, for me. -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 08:45 2
  - I just mean that many of their songs before and after got plenty of airplay on my CD player. -- nm - Dano Apr 9, 08:49
  - Oh yeah - that's a 1 seed for the 2000's region of the 1 hit wonder bracket. -- nm - Dean Winchester Apr 9, 08:47
is it just me or does this totally look fake? like green screen....? -- (link) - Beaker Apr 9, 08:38 10
- Here's a more realistic looking one in front of the same house. -- (link) - Inigo Apr 9, 08:52
- cool, glad I wasn't seeing things and glad doesn't appear to be a fake. Man, Canada would crumble if he was outed as a faker -- nm - Beaker Apr 9, 08:52
- That happens with the lighting way up north sometimes. It can look really flat. -- nm - Reagen Apr 9, 08:50
- It can happen when the foreground has additional lighting (like one of those metallic film reflectors), but I'm 99% sure it's real - Guigue Apr 9, 08:49 1
  - Also, the high-frame rate of the foreground (dude) vs the absence of movements in the background makes them look detached -- nm - Guigue Apr 9, 08:51
- Nothing moves, but he has the shadow right on the ground and his shirt... -- nm - Max Apr 9, 08:49
- I think the white contrast is what's causing the bit rendering, making it look like green screen. - JaxSean Apr 9, 08:49
- Yup, but the rest of his dancing videos look legit. -- nm - Inigo Apr 9, 08:45
- It does look like he's in front of a green screen but then it doesn't. Odd looking video but he does look happy. -- nm - Krusty Apr 9, 08:44
- not a bird to the feeder, no breathj of wind, no snow moving when he is dancing... -- nm - Beaker Apr 9, 08:39
never great to get a text from your boss's boss looking to schedule a meeting "as soon as possible today." please check my pulse after 1:15pm. -- nm - amanda jeans Apr 9, 08:27 1
- Nm -- nm* - Flavorize— Apr 9, 08:34
wtf : “Amazon workers in Alabama voted not to unionize” -- (link) - mud Apr 9, 08:23
NYT: Biden Creating Commission to Study Expanding the Supreme Court - mud Apr 9, 08:20 2
- One of my favorite tools in government - Strongbad Apr 9, 08:27 1
  - It's the least he can do. -- nm - Dano Apr 9, 08:29
Biden will sign (we don't have text yet) an exec order today officially forming a commission to study SCOTUS reforms, incl. whether to add seats. -- (link) - decline Apr 9, 08:19 3
- ...as long as Manchin approves. -- nm - Inigo Apr 9, 08:21 2
  - Manchin really is The Decider. -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 08:32 1
    - should be a series, Liam Neeson to star! -- nm - mud Apr 9, 08:36
the CPA firm I work for just sent out a company wide email talking about how excited we should be that the Firm will be advertising during major golf - tRuMAN Apr 9, 08:03 2
- orrrrrrr, the new advertising will bring increased revenue to the business, which will in turn be passed on to you as a faithful employee. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 9, 08:17
- relatedly, in my home town I'm helping raise funds for 4th of July - if we can have it - delay date 4th of September ... and - JenBro Apr 9, 08:13
Heh -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 9, 07:58
Wonder if it’s still the case, but John Madden got 5% of any video game sales originally for his game. - Will Hunting Apr 9, 07:56
"Defender of the Monarchy" -- There's a title that doesn't get thrown around a lot. - David Apr 9, 07:54 2
- Loyalist! -- nm - Krusty Apr 9, 07:57
- To be fair, given recent events...that likely meant “no biracial baby” -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 9, 07:57
ST Poll: Did you grow up on arcades or console gaming or some combination of the two? -- nm - oblique Apr 9, 07:52 43
- Atari and standups together. When I entered an arcade I always made a beeline for Tron. -- (edited) - Max Apr 9, 08:43
- Arcades first (if you consider 5 or so games in a small room at the local grocery store and "arcade") quickly followed by - Cuzzin Todd Apr 9, 08:40 1
  - I was an arcader, but summers in NJ at my grandparents house, the 2 games at the 7-11 around the corner was an all day hangout. - JaxSean Apr 9, 08:54
- Both, but arcades were dominant until quality consoles came out. But I was already "grown up" by that time. -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 08:36 1
  - stop fibbing - decline Apr 9, 08:37
- Both. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 9, 08:28
- Both -- nm - Jovian Apr 9, 08:27
- Definitely both. -- nm - Shaun Apr 9, 08:24
- When I was quite young, Eastern Airlines was on strike. My sister and I literally roamed the entire airport free-reign. Including the arcade. - IAmQale Apr 9, 08:23
- PC. -- nm - colin Apr 9, 08:17 2
  - And not some punk-ass old TRS-80 or something similar either, I bet. -- nm - IAmQale Apr 9, 08:29 1
    - TRS-80 COLOR Computer thank you very much. -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 08:37
- Combo. Used to ride the bus up to the mall in the summer with a roll of quarters for the arcade. - Volnelk Apr 9, 08:16
- arcades ... LOVED the game Centipede ... so many quarters! -- nm - JenBro Apr 9, 08:14 3
  - Q*BERT 4 EVA!!! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 9, 08:40
  - When i met Dave he had a full arcade size Centipede game in his office. Alas, it died soon after. -- nm - Andie Apr 9, 08:20 1
    - "as did my love for him a little" -- nm - oblique Apr 9, 08:20
- I didnt get into arcades that much until I could drive - tRuMAN Apr 9, 08:11
- Arcade + Intellivision + C64. -- nm - Reagen Apr 9, 08:10
- I liked arcade and Atari 2600 and NES and Genesis. Galaga was my bag, but I tried just about every arcade game -- nm* - con_carne Apr 9, 08:08 1
  - Galaga is likely my favorite arcade game. I played it every time I saw a machine. I also played a lot of Spy Hunter, Pole Position, Ms. Pac Man, Paper - Krusty Apr 9, 08:48
- combo. Arcade plus had an Intellivision 2 -- nm - Beaker Apr 9, 08:06
- pool/snooker tables. -- nm - mud Apr 9, 08:03
- Arcades -- nm - JD Apr 9, 08:02
- Combo. Arcades were a big thing when i was young though. -- nm - Andie Apr 9, 08:00
- combo. I can remember stealing quarters from a mug on my dad's dresser to take to the arcade -- (edited) - decline Apr 9, 07:59 3
  - did you give any thought to travelling to get stuck? I think you should. - amanda jeans Apr 9, 08:03 1
    - ;) I'm gonna look into it over the weekend -- nm - decline Apr 9, 08:03
  - i have the same memory. am I decline? -- nm - tRuMAN Apr 9, 08:00
- Not much arcade played here. When I was growing up, they were extremely rare around here. - Marlowe Apr 9, 07:57
- Golden Axe, Altered Beast, Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter -- nm - SyrDragon Apr 9, 07:56 4
  - This plus Punch Out and Dragon's Lair -- nm - Strongbad Apr 9, 08:30 3
    - I wonder how much I spent on Track & Field -- nm - JaxSean Apr 9, 08:32 2
      - Dragon's Lair, for me. To get the full memorization. - Spawn Apr 9, 08:47
      - Pole Position too. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 9, 08:33
- Combo. -- nm - Krusty Apr 9, 07:55
- I was an 80s latchkey kid, so very much a combo of the two. - JaxSean Apr 9, 07:55 1
  - Yes. -- nm - David Apr 9, 08:01
- Combo - played consoles at home from the 2600 onward but anytime we’d be near an arcade, I’d play. Bars, mall, boardwalk. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 9, 07:54 2
  - I vividly remember the day I spent at White Eagle Tavern in Riverton, NJ, while my dad sat at the bar all day and I pumped quarters into Defender -- nm - JaxSean Apr 9, 07:59 1
    - My parents were regulars so me and these two girls got to play a lot of Ms Pac-Man on a sit down table console. - Will Hunting Apr 9, 08:05
- Arcades, for sure. My dad used to take me to the local arcade when I got my report card cause they gave quarters/tokens for As and Bs. -- nm - Dean Winchester Apr 9, 07:53 1
  - Although we did have the 2600, Intellevision and Colecovision - so I guess both. -- nm - Dean Winchester Apr 9, 07:56
I feel like i say this every year, but the Masters website is simply magical. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 9, 07:45
Dream Job Alert! Get Paid to Go to MLB Baseball Games and Eat Hot Dogs -- (link) - decline Apr 9, 07:45
Things not going to well in Michigan, Covid-wise -- (link) - decline Apr 9, 07:33 6
- Encourages not to eat indoors, just close them -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 9, 07:45
- "encourages" ; "Voluntary"...show some backbone you fucking coward -- nm - Beaker Apr 9, 07:40 4
  - is she does they will show up at her work place with guns and/or threaten to kidnap/kill her. Again. -- nm - Diva Apr 9, 08:19
  - As a big fan of "That Woman from Michigan" as Trump dubbed her - lack of backbone and cowardice are not labels I would give her. - JenBro Apr 9, 08:09
  - Well, she has had multiple deaths threats and a kidnapping plot against her when she's tried to lock things down. -- (edited) - Inigo Apr 9, 07:46 1
    - yep. -- nm - Diva Apr 9, 08:17
New test of EmDrive fails to produce thrust. Claims it worked are based on a faulty measurement and heating of the test stand -- (link) - TWuG Apr 9, 07:32
Looks like Adidas is getting in on the 4/20 sneakers... -- (link) - Krusty Apr 9, 07:03 [Image]
This is well done. Ad for Pocari Sweat (what a weird name for a sports drink) was done with zero CGI -- (link) - decline Apr 9, 06:57 3
- Well, at least some wire removal for the floating girls -- nm - Guigue Apr 9, 08:18
- It’s basically Gatorade that doesn’t suck. -- nm - mafic Apr 9, 07:10
- That school needs to fix it's floors then -- nm - JaxSean Apr 9, 06:59
did a mountain go boom today? -- nm - tRuMAN Apr 9, 06:57 1
- yup -- (link*) - decline Apr 9, 07:08
"Boeing hass recommended to 16 airlines to re-ground an unspecified number of #737MAX" (for a different problem then before) -- (link) - ty97 Apr 9, 06:50 2
- why did you type this with a bad german accent ? -- nm - tRuMAN Apr 9, 07:01
- U.S. Airlines temporarily removing 737 MAX aircraft from service: -- (link) - ty97 Apr 9, 06:50
Sungjae Im on the Par-5 15th yesterday: Just over the green in 2, walked off with a 9. - Baron Nefcy Apr 9, 06:35 7
- 15 was a beast. Someone pitted into the water; not just a chip -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 9, 06:46 6
  - Not really a fan of the clown mouth school of course design, but it's the Masters so you have to expect some of that. - Baron Nefcy Apr 9, 07:02 5
    - The story was the weather kept the grass shorter than normal. It was dry and windy so it didn’t grow enough to keep the linoleum greens fuzzy -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 9, 07:14 4
      - They should just pave it and be done. -- nm - Reagen Apr 9, 07:17 3
        
        I like it a lot better than the US Openfor damn sure. - Will Hunting Apr 9, 07:20 2
        
        "Beware the Tiger Trap. ... No, it's an actual tiger." -- nm - Reagen Apr 9, 07:27 1
        
        A live snake is an outside agency; a dead snake is a loose impediment. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 9, 07:40
I love this song so much. -- (link) - amanda jeans Apr 9, 06:13 [youtube]
And a flashback Friday song to make Qale feel better. -- (link) - Dano Apr 9, 06:01 [youtube] 1
- Wow. I had no idea that you could be so venomous, you conniving bottom! -- nm - IAmQale Apr 9, 08:20
Oilers swept the Senators to win the best of 17 series 9-0. -- nm - Shaun Apr 9, 05:58 3
- Wow. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 9, 06:10
- If they'd played .500 hockey against the Oilers, the Senators would only be 4 points out of a playoff spot. -- nm - Reagen Apr 9, 06:00 1
  - Yeah, they are nowhere near as bad as a lot of people think. -- nm - Shaun Apr 9, 06:18
LYC: 2nd moderna hit Mrs. Kilbo hard yesterday. Just tired mostly during the evening but spiked a fever in the middle of the night. Similar to Qale - oblique Apr 9, 05:54 5
- Yup. I mean, we were warned. I’m just about feeling back to normal. -- nm - IAmQale Apr 9, 08:25
- similar to mel as well. -- nm - Diva Apr 9, 07:09
- Hopefully she feels better as the day goes on. -- nm - Krusty Apr 9, 06:26
- yikes, hopefully she is feeling better. *good thoughts* -- nm - JaxSean Apr 9, 06:12
- Most sequels suck. Feel better Mrs Kilbo. And hope you're feeling better today, Qale. -- nm - Dano Apr 9, 05:56
Happy birthday, Wrong Element/JFields! Woo hoo!!! -- nm - Krusty Apr 9, 05:32 12
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 9, 10:39
- Indeed! -- nm - Remlik Apr 9, 08:09
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Apr 9, 07:39
- h-bday!! -- nm - Diva Apr 9, 07:10
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - MDH Apr 9, 07:04
- Happy b.. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 9, 06:23
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - JaxSean Apr 9, 06:12
- Happy birthday -- nm - decline Apr 9, 05:57
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Dano Apr 9, 05:56
- Happy birthday! -- nm - ty97 Apr 9, 05:50
- Happy Birthdays!! -- nm - Shaun Apr 9, 05:38
- Birfday -- nm - zork Apr 9, 05:33
Well, that’s surprising. - znufrii Apr 9, 05:31 10
- *smh* -- nm - Canada Apr 9, 05:34
- Try harder. -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 05:31 8
  - I haven’t gotten the ambulance bill yet, though. -- nm - znufrii Apr 9, 05:32 7
    - Ambulance? You alright? - Krusty Apr 9, 05:53 1
      - If cutting back to one cup of coffee a day and cutting out most of my alcohol intake counts as “alright”, yes. :) -- nm - znufrii Apr 9, 05:57
    - ummm....you okay? -- nm - ty97 Apr 9, 05:51 4
      - Beware the Ides of March -- (link) - znufrii Apr 9, 05:56 3
        
        Jeez. Hopefully you're doing better these days. -- nm - Krusty Apr 9, 05:57 2
        
        It got me to see my GP for the first time in four years, so I guess that’s a good thing. :) -- nm* - znufrii Apr 9, 05:59 1
        
        I guess it is but I do hope you're doing much better despite the loss of your pot of coffee a day. -- nm - Krusty Apr 9, 06:16
LIR: RIP Prince Philip, he was 99 -- nm* - Beaker Apr 9, 04:51 5
- I was hoping the old bastard would reach 100. -- nm - loosilu Apr 9, 04:58 4
  - She might though -- nm - eag Apr 9, 05:21 1
    - Zing! -- nm - Mop Apr 9, 06:26
  - If only so he could have got a telegram from his wife. -- nm - LMS Apr 9, 05:11 1
    - Ha. My grandma got to 102 and would have gotten a letter/certificate. -- nm - zork Apr 9, 05:33
Bhutan vaccinated 85% of its adults in a week. -- (link) - mafic Apr 9, 04:30 2
- Three quarters of a million total population in a country roughly the size of New Jersey (the 5th smallest state). - Cuzzin Todd Apr 9, 08:16
- I'm waiting for Nauru to do it in an hour -- nm - zork Apr 9, 05:36

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