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120 years ago, Jacksonville pretty much burned to the ground in 8 hours. Photo #4 linked is crazy to me. -- (link) - JaxSean May 3, 10:35 1
- Whoa. Why bother with a map at that point? It's all burned. -- nm - Volnelk May 3, 10:40
Your opinion of White Castle is inversely proportional to your distance from one. -- nm - Tim May 3, 10:29 7
- In which way? Closer you are the more you dislike it? -- nm - Krusty May 3, 10:54 1
  - Yes, the more accessibility you have to it and realize how shitty it is, the more you dislike it, as opposed to "something new and rare." -- nm - JaxSean May 3, 11:04
- FALSE -- nm - ty97 May 3, 10:54 1
  - AND GO TO THE CORNER -- nm - ty97 May 3, 10:54
- (Sonic as well.) - Tim May 3, 10:41 2
  - Theresa likes their tots. - Krusty May 3, 10:55
  - Yeah, Sonic is highly overrated (even when I had one 5 minutes from my house in Texas) -- nm - ty97 May 3, 10:54
Fun article: My employer paid me in cryptobucks in Aug '20. Now he wants me to give them back so he can pay cash instead. - Baron Nefcy May 3, 10:28 5
- Uh, I spent it already, cause you know bills, mortgage, food etc -- nm - zeitgeist May 3, 13:00
- it's amazing what people have the nerve to ask -- nm - colin May 3, 10:45 1
  - It's the Boomhauer theory of women - Reagen May 3, 10:47
- HELLO NO! Also, that's a company you know not to work with from now on. -- nm - David, Horny New Guy May 3, 10:42
- heads I win tails you lose. -- nm - Reagen May 3, 10:40
The nonsensical ravings of a lunatic mind -- (link) - TWuG May 3, 10:24 8
- Drake Wuertz's car! -- nm - David, Horny New Guy May 3, 10:43
- The next page is a doozy -- (link) - Volnelk May 3, 10:43 1
  - "head injury" "head injury" "head injury" - Reagen May 3, 10:47
- That's a wild fridge magnet poetry set. - Reagen May 3, 10:37
- thats a CT license plate right - Jovian May 3, 10:25 2
  - I can't tell. Zoomed in there's no detail other than the plate. -- nm - Krusty May 3, 10:50 1
    - You can tell it's CT and not MN from the state-shaped block in the upper left of the plate -- nm - rollo May 3, 10:57
- ...on a Mercedes. The cops should pull them over for obscuring their windows, but they probably don't want to deal with it. -- nm - Mop May 3, 10:25
Oh darn, I was hoping Brood X would extend to Nova Scotia, but alas ... just DC and a bit west of there. -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 10:23 1
- what I do to you? -- nm - Reagen May 3, 10:23
Discord partnering with PlayStation. -- (link) - Shaun May 3, 10:21
RIP Bobby "Al" Unser -- nm - prayformojo May 3, 10:07
May 3 Birthdays: Frankie Valli (87), Ron Popeil (86), Napoleon XIV (83), Ron Canada (72), Christopher Cross (70), Stephen Warbeck (68) - Max May 3, 10:06 1
- Frankie Valli, Napoleon XIV and Ron Popeil walk into a bar..... -- nm - prayformojo May 3, 10:09
Rewatching Star Wars-A New Hope: They spend half the movie, a good hour, on Tattooine. - budice May 3, 10:00
Inside the ‘Tartarian Empire': a conspiracy theory about...architecture. -- (link) - spamlet May 3, 09:49 3
- It's all there for those who want to see it ... just follow the muntin -- nm - rollo May 3, 10:03
- Bullshit conspiracy theories aside, this article is a litany of crimes against architecture. "Here's a list of beautiful buildings that got torn down. -- nm - Mop May 3, 09:58 1
  - I mean that's what it's saying. Architecture got shitty, but it's for prosaic reasons. -- nm - Reagen May 3, 10:01
sitwap: Moderna promises 500 million doses of COVID vaccine to COVAX. -- nm - Diva May 3, 09:48 1
- That's awesome -- nm - ty97 May 3, 09:49
turntable.fm done blowed up today - JaxSean May 3, 09:44 3
- Which STer can we blame for this ? -- nm - eag May 3, 10:26
- what they break? -- nm - tRuMAN May 3, 10:17 1
  - Orange color scheme! -- nm - Mop May 3, 10:18
I feel like World Curling TV's YouTube channel has just quit streaming the games. They haven't had anything on for a couple of days. -- nm - Mop May 3, 09:42 5
- TV staff tested positive so there were no broadcasts. -- nm - Reagen May 3, 09:44 4
  - First eight-ender scored in Championship history last night by Tirinzoni. If it wasn't caught on camera did it really happen? -- nm - mud May 3, 09:47 1
    - Can we just cut straight to the Sweden vs. Switzerland final? -- nm - Mop May 3, 09:51
  - LOL! The TV staff?! I was hoping it was Team Canada, so at least they'd have an excuse to drop out. -- nm - Mop May 3, 09:46 1
    - The thing I never quite understand is how many sports events website don't have a straight forward standings page. - Reagen May 3, 10:06
Just a reminder you have until 5/31 to upload all the photos you want to Google before they charge for them. -- nm - spamlet May 3, 09:42 10
- Not me, right? -- nm - amanda jeans May 3, 10:07
- Whew. Pixel 3a thru 5 can still upload at high quality for free, which is what I do anyway. -- nm* - Shaun May 3, 10:07 1
  - Aha. Not me. -- nm - amanda jeans May 3, 10:08
- Flickr is about $65/year ... and it's not Google. Food for thought. -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 09:45 2
  - So if my phone syncs to my Google account I have to stop that? I only use it to download to the computer and then share on Flickr. -- nm - Meg May 3, 09:59
  - I know -- nm - spamlet May 3, 09:52
- hmm huh what? -- nm - ty97 May 3, 09:44 3
  - Google will count all photos uploaded on 6/1 or after against your Google storage limits. Anything before then won't count. -- nm - spamlet May 3, 09:52 2
    - Ah, so as long as I don't 'store' them there I'm good. I really just use it as a transfer point. -- nm - Meg May 3, 10:06
    - My problem these days are videos. They take up a lot of space. - JaxSean May 3, 09:55
Teaser to Arcane, a League of Legends animated series coming to Netflix this fall. -- (link) - Mop May 3, 09:41 [youtube]
"Unofficial pilot of The Boys" -- (link) - Beryllium May 3, 09:41 [youtube]
I know it made sense when you typed it, but really you should have deleted the draft anyway -- (link) - ty97 May 3, 09:23 8
- She obviously isn’t a Fast and Furious franchise fan. -- nm - IAmQale May 3, 09:34
- It's a funny play on the meme, IMO -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 09:32 6
  - I.e., instead of meaning that families are passé, it means that families are exhausted. -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 09:36 5
    - Except it takes explaining, and that makes it a problem -- nm - ty97 May 3, 09:39 4
      - only if u r dum. -- nm - Diva May 3, 09:42 2
        
        Hi, welcome to the US, you're new here, huh? Let me show you around! -- nm - ty97 May 3, 09:45 1
        
        then teachable moment. good for KG. -- nm - Diva May 3, 09:50
      - It didn't take explaining for me. -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 09:41
I made the mistake of getting exercise this weekend. Now I'm sore. -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 09:15 4
- Don't be sore, it was the right thing to do. (NM) - Marlowe May 3, 09:17 1
  - Heh -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 09:46
- lesson learned: don't move. -- nm - JaxSean May 3, 09:16 1
  - Yep! -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 09:16
Can't lie seeing that new MCU trailer hearing Stan - eag May 3, 09:05
'Halston' trailer: -- (link) - mud May 3, 09:04 [youtube] 2
- May 14th, Netflix. It's about fucking time you came out with that trailer. I've been waiting on it for months. -- nm - Mop May 3, 09:38
- (5 part NF series w/ Ewan McGregor) -- nm - mud May 3, 09:12
Did 'Mortal Kombat' Do More for HBO Max Than 'Godzilla vs. Kong' -- (link) - Remlik May 3, 09:04 6
- it streamed so poorly on HBO Go, i acquired it by other means. -- nm - colin May 3, 09:23 1
  - HBO Go is still a thing? I thought they finally fixed that whole multiple app situation. -- nm - IAmQale May 3, 09:33
- I have no way of knowing for sure, but no. Reelgood is the SurveyMonkey of streaming ratings. -- nm - Mop May 3, 09:20
- There's no way Wonder Woman was that low. It just makes zero sense. -- nm - Inigo May 3, 09:16 2
  - it's percent share though, which isn't an equal measurement. - Reagen May 3, 09:18
  - That's certainly one of the valid criticisms of it. -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 09:16
NYC 100% capacity on May 19 -- (link) - ty97 May 3, 08:58
It seems like the least a GOP leader can do, and yet this statement is an outlier -- (link) - ty97 May 3, 08:51 7
- the face of an actual Republican. -- nm - Jovian May 3, 09:12 3
  - yep, she still votes straight party line and does nothing but talk. -- nm - colin May 3, 09:14 2
    - my point is, she is still an actual republican. Not a party of fascists of which the majority of her party has become. -- nm - Jovian May 3, 09:32 1
      - She's voting in lock step with fascists, what does that make her if not a fascist? -- nm - TWuG May 3, 10:36
- When a Cheney is a voice of reason -- nm - eag May 3, 09:08
- the GOP midterm primaries (~18 months away?) will be LIT. -- nm Posted by mud Jan 26 '21, 13:23 -- nm - mud May 3, 09:00 1
  - I saw a campaign ad on Facebook this weekend. -- nm - Mop May 3, 09:34
the Mars Ingenuity helicopter test flights were such a success NASA has extended it's mission to now aid in exploration -- (link) - decline May 3, 08:40 3
- Those wing mounted rocket pods are gonna come in handy! -- nm - Mop May 3, 09:21
- nee-chay -- nm - mud May 3, 08:48
- sweet -- nm - prayformojo May 3, 08:43
I'm doing an ad from Canada, with an agency in NY, for France. NY is the one proposing music, and I'm pretty sure accordion is not as predominant in -- (edited) - Guigue May 3, 08:36 6
- Hey, you already shot down La Marseillaise. Cut us a break. -- nm - Baron Nefcy May 3, 08:45
- You should propose La Louze -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 08:41
- How many pictures of fedoras and baguettes are they trying to insert? -- nm - ty97 May 3, 08:41 3
  - It's a tampon ad so neither would be very appropriate... :P -- nm - Guigue May 3, 08:54 2
    - Mitsou! -- nm - Reagen May 3, 09:03
    - Maybe you could license Carmen Sandiego. -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 08:57
Munro loves the Mach-E drive, has issues with charge port. As a former Ford engineer he says it's worthy of the Mustang name -- (link) - TWuG May 3, 08:35 [youtube] 10
- They've devalued the name Mustang. - Krusty May 3, 10:19 7
  - Mop, I found you another cranky old man! -- nm - TWuG May 3, 10:31 1
    - Yes, I'm cranky about it. I love Mustangs. This is not a Mustang. - Krusty May 3, 10:47
  - The Mustang name survived the gas crisis 70's versions of the car: Mustang II with their < 90 HP four cylinder engines -- nm - JD May 3, 10:25 2
    - At least those had a resemblance to what a Mustang should be. This is a sort of SUV that in no way looks like a Mustang. There's no reason - Krusty May 3, 10:28 1
      - If they'd have just called it the Mach-E, I'd have nothing to say. My issue is strictly in the name and not the performance, trim, etc. - Krusty May 3, 10:49
  - - signed the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s... -- nm - Mop May 3, 10:22 1
    - There were some very nice and quality Mustangs in those years. Not all but at least they looked like what a Mustang should look like. - Krusty May 3, 10:53
- Riding along with a cranky old man is ... an experience. -- nm - Mop May 3, 09:26
- I have chosen... wisely. -- nm - Mop May 3, 09:22
Hey Dark Callisto.... Look over there! -- nm - Dano May 3, 08:30 1
- AhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhHhhhhhhh! -- nm - Dark Callisto May 3, 09:00
Streaming Into the Void episode 41! -- (link) - Mop May 3, 08:26 [spotify]
Thanks for the reminder on B2, Andie. Fudge ordered! -- nm - Baron Nefcy May 3, 08:23 8
- Mother's Day tradition is I take my mom to pick out what she wants in her garden and then I plant them for her and make her dinner. -- nm - Dano May 3, 08:40 2
  - This is lovely -- nm - ty97 May 3, 08:49
  - nice. my mom has moved into a retirement apartment (and i am not allowed in right now). I am sending her a flowering planter for her balcony. -- nm - Andie May 3, 08:45
- I ordered flowers yesterday, with a cute note from N. - kelly May 3, 08:32
- I'm going to take some small dog toys to the local pet shelter. - Pippy May 3, 08:26 3
  - 💕 -- nm - Andie May 3, 08:27 2
    - this is a good spot for a poll: Do you sign your spouse's cards to their parents for Mother's Day/Father's Day? - Pippy May 3, 08:35 1
      - between us we only have one parent left. but we each sign our own names on all joint cards. -- nm - Andie May 3, 08:44
Racing legend Bobby Unser passed away last night -- nm - Remlik May 3, 08:23 1
- Early to mid-90's Indy racing was one of my favorite sports commitments. Kills me how it decimated itself. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request May 3, 09:26
NYC subways will resume 24/7 service starting Monday May 17. -- nm - decline May 3, 08:18 4
- Don’t they mean more like 16/6? (The hahaha please save the subway nt.) -- nm - IAmQale May 3, 08:37 1
  - Huh? -- nm - Krusty May 3, 10:22
- About time -- nm - ty97 May 3, 08:33
- Great! -- nm - Krusty May 3, 08:21
weekend viewing: -- nm - mud May 3, 08:06 8
- 1st 4 eps of The Boys Season 2. Stormfront is interesting. B so far. -- nm - Diva May 3, 08:18
- Without Remorse C-. -- nm - zunk xometimes May 3, 08:18
- In the Cold of the Night: C+, Society: WTF? -- nm - JD May 3, 08:14
- Mortal Kombat - WTF was that? seriously, it was a nothing movies. where's the TOURNAMENT you keep talking about? -- nm - colin May 3, 08:14
- Things Heard and Seen. B -- nm - Andie May 3, 08:09
- Godzilla (2014): not quite finished. It's OK so far. -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 08:07 1
  - Invincible finale was great, Without Remorse was not. -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 08:26
- Ikiru (1952) B+, Halt+CatchFire S3 (2016) rewatch A+, Line of Duty S6 finale B-, Canada's Curling F -- nm - mud May 3, 08:06
Welcome to Garbage Food Now! Garbage Food Now dot org, the War and Peace Report, I'm Amy Goodman -- nm - con_carne May 3, 08:05
The real answer is HDMI 2.1. -- nm - Shaun May 3, 08:04 6
- I swear, looking at TVs just makes my head spin. Too many variations. -- nm - Volnelk May 3, 08:08 5
  - Whichever TV you get, it'll be outdated by the time you get it home and hooked up. -- nm - JaxSean May 3, 08:27 1
    - He should buy the NFT of a TV. -- nm - Mop May 3, 08:33
  - At $1000-1200, you're good to get something very trustworthy. This site will help. -- (link) - Mop May 3, 08:23 2
    - This seems like a very legit option that I have seen in numerous places. Might be my winner. -- (link) - Volnelk May 3, 08:37 1
      - thats the fancier version of what I got - tRuMAN May 3, 08:40
A tornado is heading for Atlanta -- (link) - decline May 3, 08:02 8
- In 2021, Tornados stopped dicking around with fields and trailer parks. They’re coming for the cities now. - IAmQale May 3, 08:26 4
  - Its 'learning' -- nm - zeitgeist May 3, 12:45
  - #truth - Pippy May 3, 08:32
  - Atlanta had one when I was there -- nm - Dano May 3, 08:30 1
    - All of the ones in my IM are within the same storm system. -- nm* - IAmQale May 3, 08:36
- "Due to WX:Tornado/Hurricane, traffic is experiencing Gate Hold and Taxi delays between 46 minutes and 1 hour in length and increasing." -- nm - ty97 May 3, 08:10
- It's already impacted parts of Fulton Co -- (link) - mara May 3, 08:03 1
  - All clear for Atlanta, heading toward Decatur/Northlake. -- nm* - mara May 3, 08:08
Good morning. -- (link) - Beryllium May 3, 08:00
Disney: Marvel Today then Star Wars Tomorrow -- nm* - budice May 3, 07:59

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