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Just stolen from a friends FB status "All the different vaccines makes it feel like we’re all being sorted into our Hogwarts houses!" -- nm - Andie Apr 23, 06:28 4
- Pfizer = Slytherin. Moderna = Gryffindor. AstraZeneca = Ravenclaw. Johnson & Johnson's Janssen = Hufflepuff. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 06:31 1
  - You could be great, you know, it's all here in this vial, and Pfizer will help you on the way to greatness. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 23, 06:33
- see this? -- (link) - mud Apr 23, 06:29 1
  - omg, perfect -- nm - Andie Apr 23, 06:32
how does one fill out a form (it's pdf) and sign it, w/o a printer? -- nm - mud Apr 23, 06:27 3
- Here... -- (link) - Krusty Apr 23, 06:29 2
  - thx! -- nm - mud Apr 23, 06:30 1
    - 👍🏼 -- nm - Krusty Apr 23, 06:40
Sneakers Help: If you're not busy at 10am, 1 hour from now, would you mind trying to help me get these sneakers? -- (link) - Krusty Apr 23, 06:02 5
- Depends on work but I might be able to help. Does it help to create an account in advance or will a purchase link just appear at 10? -- nm - Dano Apr 23, 06:16 2
  - Thank you for even being willing to give it a try. A link to buy it will appear at exactly 10am on the right side of the screen right under the - Krusty Apr 23, 06:27
  - Yeah, an account is necessary and you'd need to enter all the shipping and billing info beforehand. It's not the simplest process for shopping online. - Krusty Apr 23, 06:24
- Yup -- nm - spamlet Apr 23, 06:14 1
  - Thanks! -- nm - Krusty Apr 23, 06:26
Well, I seem to have woken up a full two hours earlier than normal. Hmm -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 06:00 2
- embrace the day! -- nm - mud Apr 23, 06:11 1
  - I really should. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 06:17
My god, Wyatt Russell is his dad’s spitting image. Just binging FaWS and the opening to episode 2. He’s got the same damn profile. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 23, 05:59 5
- Yup, there are times when all he needs is an eye patch to be Snake Plissken. - David Apr 23, 06:36
- I looked him up just now and he's going to be Captain America? They went from Chris Evans to him? Really? -- nm - Krusty Apr 23, 06:35 1
  - Watch the series. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 23, 06:38
- Although it's hilarious for his introduction that he looked like Carl from Up. -- nm - Reagen Apr 23, 06:33 1
  - Yep, it was great. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 23, 06:38
54% of respondents will not take a J&J vaccine even if the FDA says it is safe. -- (link) - spamlet Apr 23, 05:53 4
- At least in this case there are other options. It's not like it's J&J or nothing. -- nm - Dano Apr 23, 06:12
- *smh* -- nm - znufrii Apr 23, 05:58
- I terrified our babysitter on Wednesday by explaining common risks to her. She wanted a vaccine to be “100% safe” before she took it. -- nm - mafic Apr 23, 05:56 1
  - Even 409 only kills 99.9% of germs -- nm - JaxSean Apr 23, 05:59
The internet is down district wide. Teachers have no idea what to do because all their stuff is on Google classroom now. - spamlet Apr 23, 05:50 4
- Teach from the heart. Today, I'm gonna ask you what you wanna learn and we'll go from there. -- nm - IAmQale Apr 23, 07:55
- Rookies. Local copies or gtfo. -- nm - mafic Apr 23, 05:55 2
  - I assume that it's at least part from being hybrid until two weeks ago. - spamlet Apr 23, 06:04 1
    - Yeah, I just work in a world where comms are often unreliable to nonexistent. Guy I’m calling on Tuesday has to drive an hour to get to a good phone. -- nm - mafic Apr 23, 06:15
Malaria vaccine at 77% effectiveness! -- (link) - Reagen Apr 23, 04:29 3
- Oh wow. -- nm - spamlet Apr 23, 04:34 2
  - All the other diseases are gonna take coronavirus out behind the school and beat the fuck out of it - Reagen Apr 23, 04:41 1
    - How Covid Vaccine Tech Could Fight Cancer Soon -- (link) - Mop Apr 23, 07:45 [youtube]
TV PSA: American Ninja Warrior, Smackdown, Blacklist, Shark Tank, Gold Rush, RuPaul, Falcon and the Winter Soldier (D+), Invincible (Amazon), -- nm* - Beaker Apr 23, 04:12 1
- A Black Lady Sketch Show, Shadow And Bone (NF), Mortal Kombat (HBO Max), For All Mankind (Apple), other stuff -- nm - Beaker Apr 23, 04:14
"Trump-Appointed Watchdog Finds His Admin. Cheated Puerto Rico on Hurricane Relief, Tried To Hide It" -- (link) - . Apr 23, 04:01
I'll say it again, I don't even understand how it would be enjoyable to live like Scott Rudin. Who wants to be on the edge of rage all the time? -- (link) - Reagen Apr 23, 02:53 2
- It's not really an issue of "want", it's his "normal". He may not be unhappy with that normal. - TWuG Apr 23, 03:07 1
  - Some people love the drama. -- nm - mara Apr 23, 05:57
30 seconds to launch! -- nm - TWuG Apr 23, 02:48 2
- Successful launch, successful booster landing. There are now 11 people in orbit. 4 in Dragon, 7 on ISS -- nm - TWuG Apr 23, 03:01 1
  - Both the Falcon 9 booster and the Crew Dragon capsule have flown before. -- nm - TWuG Apr 23, 03:16
Aw man, 72-hour lockdown on the last long weekend of summer. Stupid eastern states ruin everything. -- nm - mafic Apr 23, 01:20 3
- Suck it! We don't even get a long weekend because ANZAC falls on Sunday. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 23, 01:48 2
  - At least you’re not one of those Victorians with your degenerate football and horse racing days off. Seems like this might be on us tho. - mafic Apr 23, 02:39 1
    - Don't bring us into it. Its all Victoria -- nm - Karl_S Apr 23, 05:27
A breakdown of the causes of the power outages in Texas in February. 4 minutes separated Texas from a total grid collapse. -- (link) - Mop Apr 22, 22:09 [youtube] 1
- Maybe political incompetence. -- nm - . Apr 23, 01:27
There is a *manned* SpaceX launch tonight, in about 4 hours. -- (link) - Mop Apr 22, 22:06 1
- Crewed launch, not "manned" -- nm - TWuG Apr 23, 01:35
Aviation Gin has a new spokesman. -- (link) - Mop Apr 22, 22:05 [youtube]
I mean, when Starfleet calls, you answer the damn call. (I am suddenly very curious about what's up.) -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 22, 22:01 2
- #ad has me thinking not much. -- nm - Spawn Apr 22, 22:20 1
  - Maybe he’s just really anal about social media marketing. -- nm - mafic Apr 23, 01:19
Heh. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 22, 21:54 1
- Ye gods. Those things were one-way hangover passes. -- nm - Reagen Apr 23, 02:55
I've got voices playing in my head, and it's all the people I interacted with today. I guess I'm no longer used to all that human interaction :/ -- nm - Meg Apr 22, 21:48
That corner of spotify machine learning where it recommends songs back to me that I already like. - Beryllium Apr 22, 21:37 1
- (I seeded a radio off of "Don't Fuck With Joe" by the Blackwater Fever, and over 50% of the songs are already in my main playlists) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 22, 21:39
Welp. Did it again. Played pub trivia online via Zoom with 9 or 10 other teams. Won. - Mop Apr 22, 21:37 3
- Were you with us in Vegas the night we "won" trivia? ;) -- nm - Meg Apr 22, 21:42 2
  - Indeed I was. I believe that driving 20 minutes outside the strip to play trivia was my idea. -- nm - Mop Apr 22, 21:57 1
    - We need to try that again with a legal team, although I think my only contribution was the Australian question :) -- nm - Meg Apr 22, 22:13
people watching Greta on PBS. Sailing La Vagabonde is a weekly You Tube channel and has been on 6 years. -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 22, 20:37 [youtube]
Astronomers trace meteor’s 22 million year journey from Vespa to exploding over the Kalahari desert in 2018 -- (link) - znufrii Apr 22, 20:04 4
- I’ve seen enough sci-fi to know how this ends. -- nm - mafic Apr 23, 01:44
- Martin Scorsese will tell the entire tale. -- nm - Max Apr 22, 20:19
- Pfft. It’s dust. Those 22 million years are meaningless now. -- nm - Mop Apr 22, 20:18 1
  - Counterpoint: Each one of those grains of dust carries that 22 million year journey onward until the end of time. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 22, 20:25
WWE: Marc Carano gone. that's big - Remlik Apr 22, 20:04 4
- We've finally found something that shames them into action. - David Apr 22, 20:32 3
  - more cuts as a new exec is putting his people in place - Remlik Apr 22, 20:47 2
    - Yeah, Khan is clearly putting in his people in anticipation of someone buying out WWE. But Carano had survived today before this. - David Apr 22, 20:49 1
      - Carano got fired because this was trending on social media...can't have that with the NBC deal in place now. -- nm - Remlik Apr 22, 20:50
shosple colupis -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 22, 19:54 3
- Lawful neutral -- nm - . Apr 23, 01:15
- I’m definitely lawful good. -- nm - Mop Apr 22, 22:03 1
  - I aspire to that, but land around lawful neutral at best. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 22, 22:10
NCIS: SVU -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 22, 19:42
I have been assimilated with shot Dos. Waiting for the nanobots to consume me and turn me into the JaxTiFa Soldier, and then for the Soros checks. - JaxSean Apr 22, 19:23 6
- 👍👍 -- nm - Meg Apr 22, 19:49
- I thought Florida has gotten to the old people a lot earlier than this. - ty97 Apr 22, 19:34
- It goes in the arm. Are you sure the technician was trained? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 22, 19:31
- Yay!! -- nm - Pippy Apr 22, 19:29
- Excellent! -- nm - znufrii Apr 22, 19:26
- Nice!! -- nm - Krusty Apr 22, 19:25
Sooo tired. The first day of the Barn Sale is always a killer - and I have to go back in time to set up for 8:00am tomorrow. - Meg Apr 22, 19:18
Weighted blankets are great. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 22, 19:09 12
- mine kept sliding onto the floor -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 22, 22:22
- I'm more of an electric blanket fan. - David Apr 22, 20:35 1
  - Now I'm thinking "put those hands together" nm - ralph wiggum Apr 22, 20:39
- I just had to stop using mine. It started to cause pain in my back and shoulders. I'm looking for a new blanket now. -- nm - Krusty Apr 22, 19:12 2
  - My down duvet is a bit too heavy for me. -- nm - . Apr 22, 19:42 1
    - I liked it at first but over time I think the weight is causing issues. This is my second one and is lighter than the first. I like thick more than - Krusty Apr 22, 19:55
- until the fish chew thru them, and the body floats to the surface :) -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 22, 19:11 5
  - Tip. Line. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 22, 19:20 3
    - I'm watching an old Perry Mason rerun -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 22, 19:25 1
      - Tell it to the nice young men in the flak jackets who are about to knock on your door. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 22, 19:29
    - no kidding. yeesh -- nm - prayformojo Apr 22, 19:21
  - 😏 -- nm - JD Apr 22, 19:13
Heh, Preds Twitter on fire -- (link) - spamlet Apr 22, 19:06 [Image]
Shock G of The Digital Underground has passed away. You know him from being the rapper on "Humpty Dance." -- (link*) - Krusty Apr 22, 18:51 1
- awwww -- nm - Remlik Apr 22, 19:19
Vegas strip clubs to reopen, staff required, patrons urged to wear masks -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 22, 18:27 2
- Resort Worlds opens 6/24. I'm going a week or so later to check out the food. They also promised us live pandas after opening. -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 22, 18:49 1
  - and whatever with topless, the pandas will be fully nude -- nm - JD Apr 22, 18:51
"Imagine if keeping your car idling 24/7 produced solved sudokus you could trade for heroin." -- nm - Definition of crypto, stolen from fb Apr 22, 18:20 5
- Would still be better for the environment than mining crypto. -- nm - colin Apr 22, 18:40 1
  - From a speculation perspective, there's so much more than mining and not every currency is calculation intensive -- nm - JD Apr 22, 18:50
- Is heroin really the right punchline for this joke. I feel like we could do better. I don't see crypto folks the type to enjoy shooting up. -- nm* - IAmQale Apr 22, 18:39 1
  - Cocaine, if I know my tech bros. -- nm - colin Apr 22, 18:41
- pretty sure that is The Conservative climate change plan for canada. -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 18:22
Action... -- (link) - David Apr 22, 18:16 12
- The PPV Blood Money for the Saudi Prince was I believe the real start of what I like to call the Demoralizing Era. The WWE is a garbage fire. -- nm - IAmQale Apr 22, 18:47 2
  - Every WWE story just convinces me that I wouldn't enjoy any part of it as much as I enjoy Chocopro. - the wrong element Apr 22, 22:12
  - They released their financials today. A week ago, they fired 10 people for budget reasons. They had 2.5% revenue growth and earnings per share were - Will Hunting Apr 22, 18:53
- works for the guys on Deadliest Catch...(when they get kicked off the boats) -- nm* - Beaker Apr 22, 18:18
- Consequence... -- (link) - David Apr 22, 18:16 7
  - Nicole Zeoli, who was the Director of Talent Relations, is no longer with the company. Zeoli had been with the company over 11 years.... - Remlik Apr 22, 18:31 1
    - So, they have 4 big names in the talent department? - Will Hunting Apr 22, 18:44
  - If you told me in 2005 that I’d be hoping for Hunter to take over, I’d laugh in your face but here we are. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 22, 18:21 4
    - Right? He’s far from perfect but there would be a noticeable difference if he were running the company. - Tim Apr 22, 18:36
    - To the surprise of no one, all of Vince's people are total assholes. - David Apr 22, 18:22 2
      - Kevin Dunn can’t go away soon enough. That Brother Love has significant backstage power is a huge problem too. -- nm - Tim Apr 22, 18:44
      - Dunn and Pritchard are terrible. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 22, 18:39
Turkish crypto exchange Thodex CEO has fled the country, after a probe following allegations that hundreds of millions of dollars were stolen -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 22, 18:15
Gurning is pulling a face and there are competitions -- (link) - TWuG Apr 22, 18:12 [youtube] 1
- one of these days your face is going to freeze that way, then what? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 22, 18:26
Invincible bringing the funny this week -- nm - Jovian Apr 22, 18:03 1
- ....wait for it..... -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 18:11
My CHAIR is shipped!!!! so excited... -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 17:54 7
- Step 1 new Chair; Step 2: vaccinated; Step 3: Profit. - Beaker Apr 22, 17:57 1
  - Step 4 involves beer and these 3...but that is for us to know and you to dream about -- (link) - Beaker Apr 22, 17:58 [Backboard]
- What is it with ST and chairs? -- nm - Mop Apr 22, 17:55 4
  - We're sitters. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 22, 18:19
  - Dunno. I'm still on a ~$100 task chair sort of thing. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 22, 18:00 1
    - I figure I sit in my chair ~10 hours a day. I should have a good one. I work in it, watch TV in it, hang out in it... -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 18:04
  - We discovered you can play reverse musical chairs. Every time the music stops, someone else gets a chair! We're communists! -- nm - IAmQale Apr 22, 17:56
Hey everyone. You know my podcast? Of course you do. Well, we just posted our 50th episode! And it's a good one, IMHO. - Edward Havens Apr 22, 17:50 2
- That's an awesome milestone. Congrats! -- nm - David Apr 22, 20:33
- I may have missed the answer to this, did you ever interview that guy from England? -- nm - Remlik Apr 22, 18:32
Re: non-refundable tax credits, “What you owe in taxes” means your total tax liability for the year, NOT what you owe when you file. -- nm - znufrii Apr 22, 17:47 13
- Oh. Then that's like $1600 max. -- nm - colin Apr 22, 18:42
- I see what you, and TWuG, and spamlet, and Havens are saying, and I'm grappling with what that means in real world terms. - Mop Apr 22, 17:50 11
  - Try this... - Edward Havens Apr 22, 17:57 3
    - This is incorrect, what you are describing is a deduction as an adjustment to income, not a tax credit. - znufrii Apr 22, 18:00 2
      - Then my tax person is an idiot, and I need to fire myself -- nm - Edward Havens Apr 22, 18:02 1
        
        To clarify, I'm talking about how the credit is structured currently. I don't know if that has changed since 2016, and it used to be a deduction. -- nm - znufrii Apr 22, 18:03
  - Look at Line 18 of Form 1040. That's your tax liability for the purpose of calculating non-refundable credits. -- nm* - znufrii Apr 22, 17:51 6
    - $12k. So - all things being equal in 2022 - I reduce that by $7500, and that means my refund is $7500 bigger than in 2021? -- nm - Mop Apr 22, 17:54 5
      - exactly -- nm - znufrii Apr 22, 17:54 4
        
        Never mind. -- nm* - Edward Havens Apr 22, 17:58
        
        Well, I'm not banking on it, but if it happens, that'll be a nice bonus. -- nm - Mop Apr 22, 17:55 2
        
        You won't get the paperwork from the dealer and won't get the credit until you file next year. If you file yourself, the form - TWuG Apr 22, 18:14 1
        
        I was wondering about the form, thanks. -- nm - Mop Apr 22, 18:49
Who are 3 people who have never been in my kitchen? -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 17:44 3
- Khan. - Beryllium Apr 22, 17:46 2
  - oof so close. Genghis, Kublai, Noonian Singh -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 17:47 1
    - Ahh, darn, it was right there! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 22, 17:53

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