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I just got a call from country code 39. Pop Quiz - name that country! -- nm - Max Apr 23, 13:01 7
- Italy! -- nm - Max Apr 23, 13:25
- isn't that france? -- nm - amanda jeans Apr 23, 13:13 1
  - bah! I knew I knew it from ZH. -- nm - amanda jeans Apr 23, 13:14
- Switzerland -- nm - Dano Apr 23, 13:13
- eSwatini? -- nm - prayformojo Apr 23, 13:06
- Turkey. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 13:06
- Mario? -- nm - Spawn Apr 23, 13:02
44 Nova Scotia cases today...16 in NB -- nm - Beaker Apr 23, 12:52
My friend has a very good point about that “Woke Disney” Op-Ed -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 23, 12:52 1
- Yes! -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 23, 13:09
Just caught up on yesterday's Taskmaster. Wow. -- nm - LMS Apr 23, 12:47 1
- Spoiler for the task in question -- (link) - LMS Apr 23, 12:51
holy shit Invincible. -- nm - Beaker Apr 23, 12:44 11
- added. didn't know about this. -- nm - colin Apr 23, 12:54 2
  - love it. then voice cast might be as good or better than any other show -- nm - Beaker Apr 23, 13:09
  - Oh, honey! -- nm - Spawn Apr 23, 13:00
- I paused it in the middle of episode 7 last night. (spoils) - JaxSean Apr 23, 12:46 3
  - Is 7 this week or last week? (not clicking) -- nm - Spawn Apr 23, 13:01 1
    - 7 dropped last night -- nm - Beaker Apr 23, 13:04
  - Sidenote (spoils) - JaxSean Apr 23, 12:47
- heh yep. That was not the finale was it? -- nm - Jovian Apr 23, 12:45 3
  - 1 more -- nm - Beaker Apr 23, 12:47
  - Better not have been! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 12:46 1
    - There's at least one more (April 30th) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 12:47
Do I finally have a fever? No. No, the weather just dropped to 12C/53F -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 12:35 5
- It was so cold outside (and inside!) when I got my second shot, I couldn't tell if I developed a fever. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 23, 12:44 1
  - Last time I had a fever, I was in Nova Scotia. "Is it ... cold ... outside?" "No, it's 35C." -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 12:46
- the only cure is more cowbell -- nm - Beaker Apr 23, 12:43
- I think we know your new power! -- nm - Spawn Apr 23, 12:42
- Or was it... muurrrrder. -- nm - Max Apr 23, 12:38
I'm reviewing a rough draft of a paper for which I provided data. One of the means reported has a sample size of 1 person. - Baron Nefcy Apr 23, 12:28 2
- all it takes is one point to make a line go in any direction you want. -- nm - colin Apr 23, 12:28 1
  - I'm glad I spotted it. The number is not inaccurate, just meaningless. - Baron Nefcy Apr 23, 12:42
Daveed Diggs with a nice tribute to Shock G -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 23, 12:26 1
- Nice -- nm - Krusty Apr 23, 13:19
my partner's cousin is going to work for American Moment. she has passed the point of "maybe it's in good faith" and is going straight to propaganda - colin Apr 23, 12:24 4
- her freshman year, she was on the edge... she was kind of pro-LGBTQ+, she was pushing back a little on some of the weird stuff her parents said.. - colin Apr 23, 12:26 3
  - JD Vance is on the board... - colin Apr 23, 12:41 2
    - I think you mean Future Senator JD Vance. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 23, 12:44 1
      - i cannot wait for him to be part of the freshman senator class with don jr and laura trump. - colin Apr 23, 12:45
I'm pretty bored at work hurry up and waiting for someone to do something for me. we need some good polls. poll: what would be a good poll for now? -- nm - amanda jeans Apr 23, 12:22 11
- I had a more of a question: When someone gets an Acting Nom/Oscar, do they retain that skill/knowledge or is it temporary? - Max Apr 23, 12:29 10
  - related: the oscars should have a talent show where actors have to show off a skill they learned preparing for a movie. it cannot be something they - colin Apr 23, 12:35 4
    - For the lifetime achievement award? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 12:37 2
      - yes. you have to win your lifetime achievement with a vote-by-phone portion of the program. -- nm - colin Apr 23, 12:40 1
        
        Ennio Moricone will be a shoo-in. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 12:41
    - ohhhhhhh I like this. -- nm - amanda jeans Apr 23, 12:36
  - we've all seen David S. Pumpkins! - amanda jeans Apr 23, 12:34 4
    - It came to mind because I was listening to LeVar Burton's selection as Jeopardy host and I thought "Good pick because he previously-" - Max Apr 23, 12:37 3
      - To answer from the resume perspective, it depends on the nature of the job. - Beryllium Apr 23, 12:40 2
        
        I agree with this. like a COA who's been out of the game for many years would need to take CEUs or recertify, right? -- nm - amanda jeans Apr 23, 12:47 1
        
        Yes, just like my example would probably benefit from taking a bootcamp or two. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 12:51
This was tweeted on purpose. (I suppose it's kind of a troll tweet, but in a lighthearted way.) -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 23, 12:18
ancient Roman amphitheater found in Turkey -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 23, 12:16 2
- doesn't that make it an ancient Turkish amphitheater? -- nm - colin Apr 23, 12:26 1
  - that ain't nobody's goings but the romans -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 23, 12:49
Football trade. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 23, 12:02 7
- I am not sure if that is good or bad for KC -- nm - tRuMAN Apr 23, 12:13 1
  - I'm surprised Baltimore didn't get more. - the wrong element Apr 23, 12:59
- Baltimore might get an actual WR this year. - Will Hunting Apr 23, 12:04 4
  - I'm starting to suspect that Julio or Ridley is available in trade. -- nm - David Apr 23, 12:13 2
    - Could Julio really be traded? His cap hit is bonkers. -- nm - Inigo Apr 23, 12:17 1
      - We'd pay basically the same amount to play him or trade him right now. -- nm - David Apr 23, 12:26
  - Yeah, they suck at drafting WR. Darren Waller - not withstanding, but he's now a tight end. - Inigo Apr 23, 12:09
Side effects so far: a sore arm, and the sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. - Beryllium Apr 23, 11:44 1
- That's the way I felt yesterday after my first shot of Moderna. But by 4pm I was wiped out. I feel fine now, though. -- nm - Inigo Apr 23, 11:57
Jim: How's Carrie feeling today? Hopefully better than yesterday. -- nm - Krusty Apr 23, 11:43
The Endless Acid Banger -- (link) - Reagen Apr 23, 11:40 5
- this is fantastic -- nm - colin Apr 23, 12:19 1
  - It's like the Matrix soundtrack I never knew I needed. -- nm - Reagen Apr 23, 13:15
- I miss college. -- nm - Spawn Apr 23, 11:42 2
  - the only problem is that the beat never drops - Reagen Apr 23, 11:51 1
    - True. - Spawn Apr 23, 11:52
I had about a 45 minute conversation/impromptu lesson with a student today about vaccines/immune system (he was skeptical but not anti) - Reagen Apr 23, 11:27 10
- "So we're good on vaccines?" "Yep." "And condoms?" "I can't get pregnant so why would I need one?" -- nm - Max Apr 23, 12:01
- I think a big part of the anti-vaxxer movement is that people don't have experience with the pre-vaccine world. -- nm - Dano Apr 23, 11:48 1
  - I mentioned FDR and he knew who he was and that he was in a wheelchair, but not why. -- nm - Reagen Apr 23, 11:49
- Polo is a vicious disease. -- nm - Student Apr 23, 11:28 6
  - Especially when you layer 3 of them in various colors -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 23, 11:45
  - Water polo isn't so bad. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 11:42 4
    - then why did they shut down all the beaches??? -- nm - colin Apr 23, 12:17 1
      - People were wearing crocs. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 12:19
    - Once one gets past the part of teaching the horses to swim -- nm - JD Apr 23, 11:44
    - Si, si, io sono Marco Polo. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 23, 11:43
Peloton went from a Kickstarter (huh), to the company with that commercial, to a billion dollar pandemic winner. -- (link) - Mop Apr 23, 11:26 [youtube]
B2: I wonder if I am the only person on ST who has played a sport against a team from France? - Beaker Apr 23, 11:22 2
- I used to be in a volleyball league in NYC. We played a team of French a-holes and beat them handily. -- nm - Diva Apr 23, 11:28
- The football (soccer) team we cobbled together for spring break had two guys fro france, a guy from germany and a guy from sweden. - Spawn Apr 23, 11:27
City of Albuquerque refers Trump campaign bill to collection agency -- (link) - mara Apr 23, 11:19
Does anyone here play Marvel Champions? My son and I are obsessed with it. - Inigo Apr 23, 11:11 7
- Thanks for the suggestion. I'll be on the lookout for it. Played Sentinels of the Multiverse a few times and loved it -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 23, 12:56
- Dance off! -- nm - Spawn Apr 23, 11:25 2
  - They need to make that card! -- nm - Inigo Apr 23, 11:28 1
    - It would be the "higher ground" of tactics! -- nm - Spawn Apr 23, 11:41
- Nope, but those are definitely some confusingly close names. -- (link) - Inigo Apr 23, 11:23
- is it Contest of Champions battle Realms? -- nm - Beaker Apr 23, 11:20 1
  - Blah. See above. :) -- nm - Inigo Apr 23, 11:24
Tesla giving owners ability to download crash data and videos - TWuG Apr 23, 11:11
I've been arguing for ages to have Hans Island split down the middle to create another land border. -- nm - Reagen Apr 23, 11:01 4
- Have it change countries whenever the old bottle gets drunk and replaced with a new one. -- nm - Roger More Apr 23, 12:13
- At first I thought this was another Disney thing. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 23, 11:02 2
  - It's impractical right now for a theme park but who's to say in 50 years time? -- nm - Reagen Apr 23, 11:03 1
    - first they have to get their detonators back -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 23, 12:52
ESPN & Marvel to Offer First NBA Special Edition: Marvel’s Arena of Heroes -- (link) - Remlik Apr 23, 10:59 1
- Back in my day, we didn't allow sorcery on the basketball court. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 23, 11:20
Where can one buy dogecoin? I use coinbase pro but don't think it is there. Voyager isn't accepting new people to trade -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 23, 10:58 4
- PayPal -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 23, 11:44 2
  - Only Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 23, 12:04 1
    - TIL -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 23, 12:53
- Webull and 7 Other Platforms Where You Can Buy DOGE Today -- (link) - Baron Nefcy Apr 23, 11:02
$30/foot for new wood shadow box fencing. Is that a lot? - znufrii Apr 23, 10:55 9
- Relatedly, we are finishing our basement and yesterday all the lumber got delivered and they brought it all inside because..... - Volnelk Apr 23, 11:00 1
  - Yeah, that tracks. -- nm - znufrii Apr 23, 11:00
- I think we paid like 1200 for say 60ft so given market values and costs ... it’s not crazy? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 23, 10:59 6
  - That was in the before times? Sounds comparable then. -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 23, 11:05 5
    - If you have a choice , shadow box is the fucking worst. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 23, 11:08 4
      - Why? I'm just curious. -- nm - mara Apr 23, 11:13 2
        
        It's very difficult to keep the grass controlled in between panels. You have either cut the boards up off the grass enough to scalp under them, or - Will Hunting Apr 23, 11:58 1
        
        Ah! -- nm - mara Apr 23, 13:04
      - Ok, good to know. We hadn’t actually decided on the style yet. - znufrii Apr 23, 11:11
Universal Pictures brings Fast & Furious 1-8 back to theaters at no charge in the lead-up to the highly anticipated F9 in June. -- (link) - Remlik Apr 23, 10:55 2
- Make sure you take the whole FAMILY. -- nm - IAmQale Apr 23, 11:16 1
  - (except for annoying little brothers) -- nm - Spawn Apr 23, 11:19
So I attended a virtual conference talk yesterday and learned something interesting. - Beryllium Apr 23, 10:51
Chicago Bears/WCW: Steve 'Mongo' McMichael has ALS - Remlik Apr 23, 10:49 3
- Terry Funk reports he has covid. -- nm - Remlik Apr 23, 10:53 1
  - Hopefully this is the end of this thread. -- nm - Spawn Apr 23, 11:20
- Oh that sucks. Truly one of the most awful diseases. -- nm - pmb Apr 23, 10:52
I have a friend of mine who only emails when he needs money. - Baron Nefcy Apr 23, 10:47 4
- You are looking at it all wrong. - Spawn Apr 23, 12:00
- Ah, someone hasn't figured out sales yet. The trick isn't to add more words. - Beryllium Apr 23, 10:49 2
  - I like your style. Here, have a dogecoin. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 23, 10:53 1
    - A dogecoin! I open my own hotel! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 11:24
I talked about Class Action Park on SITV months ago! - Tim Apr 23, 10:46
Progressives bemoan appointment of Kavanaugh defender to Biden’s SCOTUS reform panel -- (link*) - znufrii Apr 23, 10:45 3
- The article makes a good point that if the commission is to explore the idea and he wants both for and against opinions then having - Krusty Apr 23, 10:53 2
  - My thoughts exactly. -- nm - znufrii Apr 23, 10:58 1
    - Yep.. -- nm - Marlowe Apr 23, 11:03
Krusty, I don't know how much you have, but BTC currently trades at $50k and has been as much as $62k this week. -- nm - David, Horny New Guy Apr 23, 10:45 1
- Oh, I know. I believe I have a fractional amount that doesn't come out to more than a few hundred at most. -- nm - Krusty Apr 23, 10:50
So that cross-eyed jackal can no longer bring himself to ride Pirates of the Carib because it no longer displays a woman slave trade scene? -- nm - Jovian Apr 23, 10:44 9
- See? I'm offended with PotC, the ride because of all the Johhny Depps in it now. - Dean Winchester Apr 23, 10:48 1
  - My rage against change is what they did to my beloved Rockets when they redid the Disneyland Tomorrowland - JD Apr 23, 11:28
- Yes. This is the hill that the self-proclaimed Christian wants to die on. -- nm - David, Horny New Guy Apr 23, 10:46 6
  - "I liked this as a kid, and you changing it means I'm supposed to hate my childhood!" -- nm - Reagen Apr 23, 10:59 2
    - also the "I don't get to express myself at my workplace" bit - sucks for you but why is that the universal rule? -- nm - Reagen Apr 23, 11:05 1
      - I took that as he's had a talking to by HR about his right wing posters/art in his cube, and has been told not to argue politics anymore. -- nm - Inigo Apr 23, 11:21
  - I mean its just ridiculous. Its clearly not because of the Depp additions. Because if it was that, then he would have an issue with Maelstrom being - Jovian Apr 23, 10:51
  - It's not exactly the Calvary. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 10:47 1
    - *rimshot* -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 23, 11:02
Ham. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 10:43 3
- Cheese -- nm - ty97 Apr 23, 10:44
- Haim -- nm - rollo Apr 23, 10:44 1
  - Hans. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 10:44

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