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Thermal imaging shows signs of life in that capsized ship -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 16, 10:23 1
- that would be wonderful -- nm - Andie Apr 16, 10:27
Interesting question. The answer that came to my mind was Steve Moore, but I'm sure there are hundreds of other great answers. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 16, 10:17 6
- BORTLES -- nm - Jason Mendoza Apr 16, 10:29
- 1) Tiger Woods 2) Ken Griffey Jr -- nm - MDH Apr 16, 10:25 3
  - ... Tigers back? -- nm - Spawn Apr 16, 10:27 2
    - Tiger is already GOAT, but with an injury free career he would have been the most dominant athlete ever, period. -- nm - MDH Apr 16, 10:30 1
      - I misunderstood the question. -- nm - Spawn Apr 16, 11:01
- Reggie Miller, almost. - Spawn Apr 16, 10:20
F9 opening May 21 in China, a full month early. -- (link) - Mop Apr 16, 10:14
Capitol Riots: Iced Earth’s Jon Schaffer pleads guilty to two charges, facing 30 years in Capitol riot: -- (link) - Remlik Apr 16, 09:44 3
- Obstructing Congress is 20 years, "trespassing on restricted grounds of the Capitol while armed with a deadly or dangerous weapon" is only 10?!? - JaxSean Apr 16, 10:02 2
  - Guns? Meh. Playing a trumpet too loudly? Prison! -- nm - Mop Apr 16, 10:13 1
    - If obstruction of congress was really a crime, wouldn't Mitch McConnell be in jail? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 16, 10:36
25 years ago today, Rage Against the Machine released Evil Empire -- nm - Remlik Apr 16, 09:43 1
- It always amazes me how groups were so intertwined back then and even more so that I never noticed it. - sycor Apr 16, 09:50
277 Fyre festival attendees to get $7,000 each in bankruptcy settlement -- (link) - znufrii Apr 16, 09:37 4
- I can't believe there was actually any money to distribute. -- nm - Mop Apr 16, 09:59 3
  - Possibly the guy's personal estate? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 16, 10:13 2
    - Doubt it. That's why your run an LLC, so you can separate personal liability from your businesses. -- nm - Mop Apr 16, 10:13 1
      - The guy had a ticket scalping company, apparently selling fake tickets too, maybe he didn't set up a separate shell company -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 16, 10:18
No one (other than crash, and I don't think he's listening) is in the turntable room, so I'm playing a 45 minute Biffy Clyro acoustic video - JaxSean Apr 16, 09:25 2
- DJ Piranha is in the house. -- nm - Dano Apr 16, 09:46
- (and who is Morris?) -- nm - JaxSean Apr 16, 09:28
‘Castlevania’ to End with Season 4 at Netflix (drops May 13th) -- nm - Beaker Apr 16, 09:23 1
- I don't think I saw season 3 or even knew it had dropped... -- nm - Beaker Apr 16, 09:24
Hmm. Gmail is not working in Chrome but it is in Firefox. -- nm - Spawn Apr 16, 09:20
“I have way too much imposter syndrome for a guy living in a society that allows Ben Shapiro to brand himself as smart.” -- nm* - Stolen from fb Apr 16, 09:13
Speaking of NFL Over/Unders ... here's the very timely results of the 2020 contest - rollo Apr 16, 09:08 [Backboard] 1
- Middle of the Pack! Middle of the Pack! -- nm - Reagen Apr 16, 09:09
Helen McCrory Dies: ‘Peaky Blinders’(Aunt Polly) & ‘Harry Potter’ Actress Was 52 -- (link*) - Remlik Apr 16, 08:58 6
- Aw, man...:( -- nm - Diva Apr 16, 10:37
- Oh no. -- nm - Spawn Apr 16, 09:21
- that is so sad. -- nm - Andie Apr 16, 09:18
- she was on Penny Dreadfull as Madame Kali (Mrs. Poole) -- (link) - Remlik Apr 16, 09:06 [youtube] 1
  - ah yes. She was in Interview with the Vampire (1994), as "2nd Whore" -- nm - mud Apr 16, 09:14
- Shocked, will be watching Bill this Sunday in honour -- nm - LMS Apr 16, 09:03
Anyone notice Graphics Card prices lately(AMD/nVidia)?...sheesh -- nm - budice Apr 16, 08:54 8
- Prices alone don't even tell the whole story. Stuff is selling out in seconds. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 09:07 2
  - Resellers. Everything gets resold now. Buying anything at retail gets harder and harder. - Krusty Apr 16, 09:08 1
    - Yes, but also miners. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 09:53
- Chip shortage -- nm - GregW Apr 16, 09:05
- Crypto is the worst. -- nm - Tim Apr 16, 08:54 3
  - But Krypto is awesome. -- nm - Dano Apr 16, 09:05 2
    - Cryptie was the bomb, yo -- nm - spamlet Apr 16, 09:24
    - The ... superdog? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 09:07
It was mentioned yesterday - Brain clots risk 8 to 10 times higher with Covid infection than vaccine. -- (link) - LMS Apr 16, 08:45 3
- interesting. -- nm - mud Apr 16, 08:47 2
  - We're still talking about tiny numbers though. -- nm - LMS Apr 16, 09:04 1
    - People are bad about comparing the risk from "doing something" vs "not doing something" - Reagen Apr 16, 10:19
Cat Cosplay is a thing. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 16, 08:39 1
- The high-end ones wear skin suits. - Spawn Apr 16, 10:18
Katherine Parkinson on the Taskmaster podcast is just wonderful. She recognizes how crazy she was on the show and couldn't pretend that it wasn't - Krusty Apr 16, 08:35 3
- Did you see about the new show Guessable hosted by a former taskmaster player? -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 16, 08:42 2
  - I saw it posted on r/panelshows but didn't know what it was so ignored it. :-) -- nm - Krusty Apr 16, 09:00 1
    - What I do need is more James Acaster. His show is good but I need him on other shows more often. If he's on Guessable I'm watching. -- nm - Krusty Apr 16, 09:07
Apparently, in “Thing I Learned This Week From Nutjob Land”, vaccine passports are bad because they set a precedent for requiring proof of action as a condition of social access -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 16, 08:33 13
- "This is the worst kind of discrimination, the kind that affects me!" -- nm - Reagen Apr 16, 10:21
- I wish conservatives would make up their mind about what businesses should or shouldn't be allowed to do. -- nm - mara Apr 16, 09:57
- Ahh, crazy person, STFU and please forward the vaccines you won't take to me and my family, please. Address enclosed. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 16, 09:02
- a friend was saying that he thinks it'll create a class system of who can travel and who can't, ignoring the fact that some countries require - colin Apr 16, 08:39 6
  - Airlines, cruise ships, some music festivals already require proof of vax, schools require proof of most childhood vax -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 16, 09:54
  - And there’s an easy enough solution anyway: get the damn vaccine! -- nm* - znufrii Apr 16, 08:40 4
    - I can't, the US is hoarding it. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 08:41 3
      - my vax appt. is on the 27th. I feel it's 50/50 chance of getting a cancellation email. -- nm - mud Apr 16, 08:45 2
        
        Moderna shipment has been delayed -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 16, 08:49 1
        
        :-[ -- nm - mud Apr 16, 08:52
- If the Chinese are able to exert their economic and cultural dominance, can't they do anything they want to do anyway? Winners, spoils etc - JD Apr 16, 08:36 1
  - I mean, yeah. If the Chinese take over we’ll have a lot more pressing concerns than whether we need a QR code to go to the bathroom. -- nm - znufrii Apr 16, 08:39
- [side look puppet.gif] -- nm - JaxSean Apr 16, 08:34
Amtrak email subject line "Travel from Generic and bring a friend for free." - Meg Apr 16, 08:26 1
- I've been there ... it's nothing special -- nm - rollo Apr 16, 09:15
All complaints are ranked based on the hotness of the chicks involved. -- nm - The Mets Apr 16, 08:18 2
- It’s hard to root for this team sometimes. -- nm - Tim Apr 16, 08:20 1
  - I think they need to clean house asap. Sandy has to go, Newman has to go, nearly everyone associated with the previous owners needs to go. - Krusty Apr 16, 08:23
They did not do a good job letting folks know there would be that flyover. DC 911 just got flooded, and social media blew up. -- nm - MDH Apr 16, 08:18
Speaking of rugs - anybody have a good outdoor rug recommendation? - colin Apr 16, 08:16
Agatha Christie's home on sale for £2.75m -- (link) - LMS Apr 16, 08:14 3
- Mr. Roger's house for sale for $850K -- (link) - decline Apr 16, 08:31
- I would feel like I have to be fully committed to that, you know? Furnish it right, keep the lawn and flowers perfect, give murder mystery parties. - loosilu Apr 16, 08:23
- and then the murders began... -- nm - Beaker Apr 16, 08:17
Funkos today: Mickey Mouse with Sleeping Beauty Castle and Stephen King (with red balloon) -- nm - Beaker Apr 16, 08:11
Huh. Aflac gives me money for getting my COVID vaccine. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 16, 08:10 4
- really? how much? Which policy? -- nm - sycor Apr 16, 08:52
- was it delivered by duck? -- nm - decline Apr 16, 08:18 1
  - the vaccine or the money? -- nm - JaxSean Apr 16, 08:33
- Nice! Do they take it back if you eat too many free Krispy Kreme donuts? -- nm - Krusty Apr 16, 08:12
OTD 30 yrs ago: "Temple of the Dog" released -- (link) - mud Apr 16, 08:06 7
- So, so thankful my wife got tickets to see this album live just before Cornell passed. -- nm - Inigo Apr 16, 08:23 4
  - my nephew and I had tickets. But then sold them for 4K. -- nm - Remlik Apr 16, 08:35
  - This is out of left field, but I think I didn't know you were married. How long? and congrats, even if I'm really dumb and it was 12 years ago. -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 08:27 2
    - No worries! I remarried almost three years ago. We've been together 7.5 years. - Inigo Apr 16, 08:47 1
      - I figured it was during my absence. Awesome. -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 08:52
- I appreciate those voices together so much more now. -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 08:09 1
  - yeah. ("Hunger Strike" single had come out 3 months earlier, on Jan. 14) -- nm - mud Apr 16, 08:37
This is... there aren't words. This person should not have a badge, let alone a gun -- (link) - TWuG Apr 16, 08:04 4
- Child Services needs to step in, seriously. -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 08:18
- used pictures of his own kids. that blew my mind. - colin Apr 16, 08:12 1
  - That's the "pure capsaicin oil" of toxic masculinity. -- nm - Reagen Apr 16, 08:18
- Good god. I’m physically ill reading this. -- nm* - znufrii Apr 16, 08:06
We're hitting 80 degrees today. I don't know if I should be shocked or it's just an affected of being locked up for months. -- nm* - Mop Apr 16, 07:55 1
- calling for 2 cm of snow here tomorrow... -- nm - Beaker Apr 16, 07:57
National Marrow Donor Program is reauthorized by the House by a vote of 415-2. Guess the no votes. -- (link) - Tim Apr 16, 07:51 3
- everyone knows the Jews use white people marrow to fuel their space lazers. -- nm - Beaker Apr 16, 08:06 1
  - It’s also socialism, pull up your marrow’s bootstraps and get it to work better instead of waiting for a handout. -- nm - Tim Apr 16, 08:06
- Very on brand. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 16, 07:56
"Your eyebrows are very high right now. It's intimidating." "Everything on me is very high." -- nm - Classroom Transcripts Apr 16, 07:50 2
- "Football is math's way of teaching Americans to multiply by 7." -- nm - Classroom Transcripts Apr 16, 07:50 1
  - duh -- nm - mud Apr 16, 07:51
Guys, I'm gonna be super geeky about helicopters for a little while. This is my new toy. So, apparently when the airspace is closed, - loosilu Apr 16, 07:50 3
- BTW, I just remembered something I did at a previous employer - zork Apr 16, 08:09 2
  - At some point, excel programs need to be replaced by computer programs - just for the ease of documentation and maintenance. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 08:23 1
    - python replacing vba? -- (link) - zork Apr 16, 08:41 [youtube]
WHOA WHOA. rug delivery updated to saturday!!!!!!!! -- nm - amanda jeans Apr 16, 07:44
Side note - I had to draft an agreement which mentions a couple of GOT actors and it took all my restraint not to use their character names. -- nm - LMS Apr 16, 07:43 1
- "The party of the first part (first of his name) ..." -- nm - rollo Apr 16, 09:22
Question of the day....geography x 2, but doable -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 16, 07:40 [Attachment] 11
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 16, 07:41 [Attachment] 10
  - What is the answer? -- nm - Krusty Apr 16, 07:45 2
    - Spoils - mafic Apr 16, 07:56 1
      - 1/2 -- nm - Krusty Apr 16, 08:16
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 16, 07:41 [Attachment] 6
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 16, 07:41 [Attachment] 5
      - 1/2 -- nm - Dano Apr 16, 09:29
      - 1/2 -- nm - rollo Apr 16, 09:24
      - 2/2 -- nm - zork Apr 16, 08:12
      - 2/2. I knew the first one because - loosilu Apr 16, 08:10
      - 1/2 -- nm - decline Apr 16, 07:42
And according to Zillow our house has gone up almost 15% since the beginning of the year. -- nm - znufrii Apr 16, 07:32 9
- I never get excited by increases or decreases in my home value. If I wanted to sell I'd have to buy something else that is likely moving exactly the - pmb Apr 16, 07:37 7
  - word -- nm - Beaker Apr 16, 07:48
  - We’re not moving anytime soon as far as I can see, but it does provide some comfort as to the amount of work we’ve already put into the house -- nm* - znufrii Apr 16, 07:44
  - unless you sell and buy a motorhome and then spend your waning years traveling the country -- nm* - decline Apr 16, 07:39 4
    - oh, i have some news for you about RV prices :) -- nm - colin Apr 16, 08:50
    - maybe fighting vampires? -- nm - Beaker Apr 16, 07:48
    - Yeah. I don't see that happening (for me). I do think we'll downsize a bit with our next home so it can be of some use. - pmb Apr 16, 07:42
    - Or if you’re moving to the country to eat a lot of peaches. -- nm - IAmQale Apr 16, 07:39
- it'll be double that once you install the electrified fence -- nm - decline Apr 16, 07:34
Looking at real estate. I grew up 8 minutes driving from this, and had no idea this neighborhood existed. I can see why I didn't know. -- (link) - MDH Apr 16, 07:28 13
- why in the world doesn't the hot tub have steps to get in - and railings for both pool steps and hot tub steps? -- nm - JenBro Apr 16, 09:44
- No picture of the dog room? -- nm - JD Apr 16, 08:03
- Those are classic McMansions. So many unecessary roof angles that the roof ends in a chopped off point. - loosilu Apr 16, 07:54
- it looks like a resort -- nm - Beaker Apr 16, 07:47
- Features a 9-hole golf course. Jesus. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 16, 07:39
- The grounds are spectacular. The interior is not at all my aesthetic and has some weird things in it. -- nm - pmb Apr 16, 07:35
- I love when mansions say "Est. Mo. Payment $25,257." like anyone who could afford that house would have a mortgage -- nm - amanda jeans Apr 16, 07:33 6
  - and they do cute things like write the mortgage off as a business expense. or put the home in a trust that has different tax rules. -- nm - colin Apr 16, 08:04
  - You’d be surprised -- nm - spamlet Apr 16, 07:40 4
    - Right? Why would you tie up all that equity when you could invest it instead? -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 16, 07:42 3
      - especially with low interest rates -- nm - JenBro Apr 16, 09:46
      - I was thinking more of the other way. They can’t really afford it but take out the Max loan to try. -- nm - spamlet Apr 16, 07:54 1
        
        Probably more likely. If you actually have the money there’s really no need to show it off. -- nm - znufrii Apr 16, 08:01
~Your Nobody called today, she hung up when I asked her name. I wonder, does she think she's being clever?~ -- nm - Pippy Apr 16, 07:27 2
- I never understood why hanging up would be clever. Still love the song, though. -- nm - Inigo Apr 16, 07:31 1
  - me too -- nm - Pippy Apr 16, 08:22

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