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it's friday, let's do drama. i told you how my in-laws have gotten pretty extreme and unfriendly throughout the pandemic. (trigger: violence) - colin May 14, 07:19 4
- I was going to say it seems good that Mom is acknowledging it, but "showing zero change in yourself" seems to negate that. - JaxSean May 14, 07:39 2
  - She’s not acknowledging anything, though, really. -- nm - znufrii May 14, 07:40 1
    - yeah, she's actively using language to avoid even the hint that she might have been physically abusive. -- nm - colin May 14, 07:46
- If your partner wants a relationship, actually *wants* it, not feels obligated, then be completely honest. - TWuG May 14, 07:35
New York gets glass elevator ride -- (link) - oblique May 14, 07:19 1
- It's yours Charlie, the whole city is yours. -- nm - Volnelk May 14, 07:23
The thing that concerned me with concerts post-pandemic is coming true. Also, it's been a year+ since I've complained about Ticketmaster's fees. - JaxSean May 14, 07:17 8
- September gonna be lit!!! -- nm - zunk xometimes May 14, 07:24 2
  - "Fall" but yes - JaxSean May 14, 07:28 1
    - fall, as in the fall of the nation. -- nm - colin May 14, 07:28
- super thankful our ticketmaster venue here does box office sales with a $3 for as many tickets as they allow. saved a bundle. -- nm - colin May 14, 07:22 1
  - also, all of the bands scheduled here so far are bluesy, folksy, or kind of sit and listen bands.. smart, but also booooring. - colin May 14, 07:25
- I'd highly be prioritizing the lower level bands I liked right now, for sure. Prop up the small ones first. - IAmQale May 14, 07:21 1
  - There aren't any bands that made it on my shit list during the pandemic (I think) -- nm - JaxSean May 14, 07:26
- We’ve got Phish in August, and now might be seeing Dead & Co. that month as well. - znufrii May 14, 07:21
I hadn't realized Ayn rand was born, raised, and educated in Russia, but that does explain the place she holds in conservative circles. -- nm - TWuG May 14, 07:15
the BroodXers that we've seen seem to be really struggling against the chillier air in the mornings. I don't know how many of the early emergers are - prayformojo May 14, 07:05 6
- Just like all Xers: lethargic and unconcerned. -- nm - IAmQale May 14, 07:21
- are you seeing a lot, or are they kind of sluggish? -- nm - colin May 14, 07:06 4
  - they've been very sluggish. have just seen a few new ones each day - double the usual amount today (it's been getting warmer - prayformojo May 14, 07:15 1
    - i though they needed some warmer weather plus a good soaking rain to finally come out in force... maybe next time there's a storm? -- nm - colin May 14, 07:20
  - Slugs are different, colin. -- nm - loosilu May 14, 07:06 1
    - it's hard to tell, they all just sit in trees and scream all day. - colin May 14, 07:08
I'm hearing a lot of Barry Jenkins on the radio promoting Underground Railroad. He is so freaking thoughtful and like, an uber communicator. - rollo May 14, 06:59
Interesting point re: Conservatism vs Trumpism -- (link) - Volnelk May 14, 06:59 1
- conservatism ≠ fascism, so of course. -- nm - colin May 14, 07:09
I have to go to the amish market this afternoon. I feel like yallah is terrible car food so taco bell? qdoba? taco bell, right? -- nm - amanda jeans May 14, 06:51 1
- isn't it yallah taco? I mean, yallah over live mas -- nm - JaxSean May 14, 06:52
Maher was fully vaccinated? Hmm. -- nm - Beryllium May 14, 06:47 5
- Yes but like nearly everyone else he's asymptomatic. He's feeling fine. Same with the Yankees staff that have tested positive. -- nm - Krusty May 14, 06:49
- The Yankee players (8) had vaccinations...Johnson’s and Johnson is only 75% effective. That’s a lot of people still at-risk of infection - Will Hunting May 14, 06:49 2
  - 7 of the 8 had no symptoms and the one that did felt fine and had no symptoms a day later. It's working as expected. People aren't getting very sick - Krusty May 14, 06:50 1
    - FYI: 7 of them are coaches and staff, only one is a player. -- nm - Krusty May 14, 06:55
- it isn't a 100% thing. We know this. But as indicated, he has no symptoms, it is still life saving even if you get infected. -- nm - Andie May 14, 06:48
Waymo demonstrates its limits in driverless tech. Gets stumped by road construction - TWuG May 14, 06:42 5
- Shouldn't there be a person in the driver's seat so that a human can take over in these types of situations? -- nm - Krusty May 14, 06:51 4
  - Waymo has permission to operate sans driver in a couple locations. They eventually sent a driver to sort this trip out. - TWuG May 14, 07:13 3
    - That seems really dangerous and a bad idea with the technology still in its infancy. -- nm - Krusty May 14, 07:17 2
      - Yes and yes. But that's how we get things like lightbulbs and airplanes. -- nm - IAmQale May 14, 07:31
      - The issue is that it can only react to changes by stopping. It's super cautious, which is great, but not exactly - TWuG May 14, 07:30
from B2 - I only sort of liked Enola Holmes, didn't love it. It REALLY needed a better edit. - Diva May 14, 06:31 2
- I didn't make it thru. -- nm - loosilu May 14, 07:06
- yeah, it was fun and cute. it wasn't amazing, but i will totally watch a sequel. -- nm - Andie May 14, 06:56
Sunshine on Leith actor Kevin Guthrie jailed for three years for sex attack. You might also recognise him from the Fantastic Beasts films. -- (link) - LMS May 14, 06:25 2
- Did he appear in my dream while I slept through it? -- nm - rollo May 14, 06:32 1
  - That seems like a deeply personal leaning that we can’t answer for you. -- nm - Will Hunting May 14, 06:33
Wider spacing of Pfizer doses may improve immunity -- (link) - znufrii May 14, 06:25
bad choice of the morning - starting my day with a 45min unconscious bias training. -- nm - tRuMAN May 14, 06:24 5
- I actually love unconscious bias training. -- nm - amanda jeans May 14, 06:37 2
  - i realize that I have no issue with the stroop test. saying the color of words, even if the word says the wrong color, doesnt cause any problems. - tRuMAN May 14, 06:40 1
    - Try it while patting your head and rubbing your tummy. -- nm - Barontronic May 14, 06:47
- Were you awake for it? - . May 14, 06:27 1
  - considering it required me to constantly hit buttons, I couldnt even really multitask. -- nm - tRuMAN May 14, 06:35
And now the local weather, brought to you by Shrooms. Shrooms, it's what's for...whoooaaaa.... -- (link) - Barontronic May 14, 06:12 [youtube] 4
- Shrooms! Get ready to get wasted this Friday! -- nm - IAmQale May 14, 07:33
- someone screwed up an ME switch. nice. -- nm - colin May 14, 07:08
- 🤣🤣 -- nm - Krusty May 14, 06:14
- This is a great Chemical Brothers video. -- nm* - Reagen May 14, 06:13
Krusty don't click -- (link) - Reagen May 14, 06:04 1
- I can't believe Molina is the catcher that missed that pitch. I still think it's a stupid rule that should be eliminated. -- nm - Krusty May 14, 06:08
I love the smell of schadenfreude in the morning. It smells like consequences -- (link) - TWuG May 14, 06:03 2
- You know, I think we use the word "schadenfreude" wrong. That's taking pleasure in the misfortune of others. But suffering consequence of your - mara May 14, 06:07 1
  - Yeah, I agree. We need a different German word for this. -- (edited) - znufrii May 14, 06:51
Japan seems determined to host the Olympics but as of today only 3% of the country has been inoculated. The lowest rate of any wealthy country. -- (link) - Krusty May 14, 05:54 1
- I blame Trudeau -- nm - Beaker May 14, 05:55
From B2: I know this won't be popular but saying "Biden beat the pandemic in 4 months on the job" is not a completely true statement. - Dean Winchester May 14, 05:52 5
- to me its similar to the former president claiming/getting credits for the economic upturn that happened in the first year of their term - tRuMAN May 14, 06:38
- No one is actually saying it -- nm - rollo May 14, 06:27
- Dolly Parton deserves more credit than the former president. -- nm - . May 14, 06:25
- Right. He gets all the credit for getting us over the line, but he didn’t start from zero. -- (edited) - znufrii May 14, 06:07
- Yeah, he took a lot of good work that was done (much of it in spite of Trump) and put competent people in place to coordinate it. - Dano May 14, 05:56
My shuttle driver is basically listening to QAnon radio. It's ... Crazy. -- nm - amanda jeans May 14, 05:50 2
- "Can you change the station please? I already got all this in my daily Antifa Newsletter." -- nm - JaxSean May 14, 05:52 1
  - ha! -- nm - prayformojo May 14, 05:54
Question of the day (Alexa wasnt hearing me today) -- (pic) - prayformojo May 14, 05:47 [Attachment] 4
- Answer/Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo May 14, 05:47 [Attachment] 3
  - Maybe the easiest 2/2 that I can recall, personally. -- nm - Volnelk May 14, 05:55
  - I can’t believe they up and stole my resume headline like that. -- nm - spamlet May 14, 05:53
  - 2/2 -- nm - Dano May 14, 05:52
The end of an era: Last day of high school for my kids -- nm - oblique May 14, 05:31 6
- yaaaay! -- nm - Diva May 14, 06:26
- Congratulations! Almost there myself. Prom tonight, last day of class the 19th, graduation the 23rd. Seems like yesterday - zunk xometimes May 14, 05:58
- You have 2 seniors? -- nm - Will Hunting May 14, 05:56 1
  - collectively :) Just one -- nm - oblique May 14, 05:56
- wow -- nm - prayformojo May 14, 05:35 1
  - (my daughter still has another month to her year) -- nm - prayformojo May 14, 05:38
Happy birthday, Loosi! Woo hoo!! -- nm - Krusty May 14, 05:26 6
- thank you!! -- nm - loosilu May 14, 07:09
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Andie May 14, 06:49
- hbd loosi! -- nm - Diva May 14, 06:25
- Happy b! (NM) - Marlowe May 14, 05:47
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - MDH May 14, 05:31
- Hope you have a great day! -- nm - Strongbad May 14, 05:30
I did both sets of tire changeovers yesterday and today I totally have full range of motion I don't know why you'd say differently. -- nm - Reagen May 14, 05:25 1
- Lies! -- nm - Beryllium May 14, 06:43
$5 Fridays - not much, but I did order the Pennywise figure. Some cool D&D folios if into that -- (link) - Beaker May 14, 05:10 1
- I would have bought the Playstation luggage tags, and used them as a gift tag/gift for my brother at Christmas, but they don't have any at the nearby - Andie May 14, 06:47
Happy Birthday Loosi! -- nm - . May 14, 04:50
Spelling Bee - prayformojo May 14, 04:27 [Attachment] 10
- Canadiana? -- nm - mafic May 14, 06:25 3
  - Whole bunch of 9s - mafic May 14, 06:27 2
    - The middle letter has to be used, so macadamian. -- nm - Reagen May 14, 07:24
    - Ooh, mccainiac! -- nm - mafic May 14, 06:28
- Cyanamid. -- nm - Barontronic May 14, 06:15 1
  - I really wanted to make "candidymia" but sadly that's spelled with an E not a Y. -- nm - Barontronic May 14, 06:21
- Dynamic -- nm - Volnelk May 14, 05:47
- Mindynancy. -- nm - Reagen May 14, 05:23 1
  - you joke, but Great Aunt Polly came down with a raging case of mindynancy back in the '30s. The Women's Temperance Union kicked her out because of it. -- nm - prayformojo May 14, 05:29
- MINDCANDY -- nm - amanda jeans May 14, 04:38
Always listen to our sister Pippy. She knows what's goin' on -- (link) - prayformojo May 14, 04:14 [Backboard]
I’m moderately amused that there will be 10 NHL playoff games played before the regular season is technically over. Also a little sad. -- nm - mafic May 14, 04:02 8
- Im not even sure what divisions in the NHL are anymore -- nm - budice May 14, 04:11 5
  - Next season it goes back to normal - Reagen May 14, 04:20 4
    - Yeah, I’ve barely paid any attention outside the north. I have only the vaguest idea how anyone’s playing. -- nm - mafic May 14, 05:01 2
      - In that case, the Wings are favorites for the Cup this year. -- nm - spamlet May 14, 05:33 1
        
        vs Buffalo! -- nm - Beaker May 14, 05:51
    - With sponsors! -- nm - spamlet May 14, 04:32
- Calgary's gonna have more wins than Montreal and miss the playoffs. -- nm - Reagen May 14, 04:05 1
  - 11 overtime losses is quite something. Apparently Dallas has 14. -- nm - mafic May 14, 05:00
Popcorn Champs: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II -- (link) - Beaker May 14, 03:55
TV PSA: Blacklist, Shark Tank, Smackdown, Gold Rush, Charmed, Dynasty, Blue Bloods, Bering Sea Gold, Pride, Underground Railroad (Amazon), Halston (NF -- nm - Beaker May 14, 03:48 2
- SW The Bad Batch (D+), High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (D+), Love, Death, + Robots (NF), The Woman In The Window (NF), -- nm - Beaker May 14, 03:50 1
  - Those Who Wish Me Dead (HBO Max), I Am All Girls (NF), A Black Lady Sketch Show, other stuff -- nm - Beaker May 14, 03:51
Happy Birthday Loosi!! - Beaker May 14, 03:44
Prince Z: 0 Hades: 3 so far. -- nm - IAmQale May 14, 00:06
Firefighters were responded to a report of a strong gas smell in a hotel, found one guest with cans of gas improperly stored in his room -- (link) - zeitgeist May 14, 00:02
Tomorrow I have office hours at the museum from 9:00-noon, and then have to set up for a book sale at the library starting at 1:00. - Meg May 13, 23:35 1
- Sounds like things are getting back to normal for you. Sorry. ;-) -- nm - Krusty May 14, 05:33
"How ikea was invented" -- (link) - Beryllium May 13, 22:55 [youtube] 2
- may have mentioned this before, but a friend's grandfather knew Ingvar Kamprad, and got pitched the flatpack idea. tried to talk him out of it. -- nm - mafic May 14, 00:48
- Chevy's reliability award commercial -- (link) - Beryllium May 13, 23:47 [youtube]
The kits were not amused at being shut in the den while I was in a Zoom meeting. Knew I should have put my purse up where they -- (edited) - Meg May 13, 22:49 1
- they were looking for the car keys -- nm - zeitgeist May 13, 23:22
The sudden unmasking: Biden/cdc saying vaxxed people can drop the mask feels like the fall of the berlin wall, *everybody* will be maskless - zeitgeist May 13, 22:33 1
- WA Evergreen State Fair will go back on schedule for August -- nm - zeitgeist May 13, 23:22
On tonight's episode of The Big Valley from March 1966, Harry Dean Stanton and Bruce Dern guest star before they got into movies -- (link) - Max May 13, 22:31
Las Vegas casinos are about to go on the honesty policy. if you had 2 shots, no mask. 1 or less, please wear a mask. -- nm - Peglegpete May 13, 22:30 5
- New take on the Gambler’s Fallacy? -- nm - IAmQale May 14, 00:05
- Yeah, in just one day I think we moved past masks and vaccine passports and right into “fuck it”. -- nm - Mop May 13, 22:46
- I have J&J ONE SHOT -- nm - loosilu May 13, 22:31 2
  - Tangent. Did you watch Masked Singer? -- nm - Spawn May 13, 22:34 1
    - it is so cute you asked. - loosilu May 13, 22:36
I don't know how challenging this will be, but I didn't know it, so maybe it'll be fun. Use spoil tags I guess. What year was SodaStream founded? -- nm - Beryllium May 13, 22:28 5
- i really need to get one. I got a nespresso 5 years ago, effing love it -- nm - loosilu May 13, 22:39
- First mention on ST was (spoiler) - Meg May 13, 22:36
- Spoiler - Spawn May 13, 22:33 2
  - Close. (Answer spoils) - Beryllium May 13, 23:48 1
    - Jeebus. - Spawn May 14, 07:44
Cars are piling up in lots as chip shortage is hitting manufacturers hard. -- (link) - Mop May 13, 22:04 [youtube]
I had never heard the "Baby Shark" song. I've watched S1 of Ted Lasso three or four times and not until five minutes ago did I know that the song - Krusty May 13, 21:38 4
- Every parent with a kid born in the last 10 years know the song. Princess Disney loved watching them for a few years.... - Walt_Disney May 14, 05:38
- I heard it because of the WORLD SERIES FEAKING CHAMPS - loosilu May 13, 22:33
- I did the same thing! Kim had to explain it to me! -- nm - David May 13, 21:58 1
  - My brother! I learned about it last night from the Ted Lasso subreddit. -- nm - Krusty May 14, 05:35
New insurance product, coverage for mass shootings... -- (link) - zeitgeist May 13, 21:31 2
- "Last year was the least deadly for US mass shootings in a decade, a Reuters news agency tally shows." -- nm - Mop May 13, 21:59 1
  - Hard to have mass shootings when there are fewer mass gatherings. -- nm - . May 14, 02:57
“If you get down and quarrel every day, you’re saying prayers to the devil, I say” -- nm - Bob Marley would have been 75 yesterday May 13, 21:27

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