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I'm writing about Rocket Rods right now. I'm always amused by the disconnect between JD's love for it and everyone else's unadulterated hate. -- nm - David Jun 5, 22:55
Lil Rel is hosting a garbage game show on NBC called "Small Fortune". He's got grey in his beard. He's too young for that! -- nm - Mop Jun 5, 22:37
G7 leaders agree to an international corporate tax rate to close loop holes -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 5, 22:20
Olympic Channel is doing competitive trampoline and the most exciting part is the spotters catching the gymnasts who fly off the trampoline. - Mop Jun 5, 21:40 1
- Oh! They missed that one! -- nm - Mop Jun 5, 21:48
Did you know, if you work on your garden in the nude, your neighbors will build you a privacy fence for free -- nm* - Facebook Wisdom Jun 5, 21:14 1
- I don’t think so, Tim. -- nm - IAmQale Jun 5, 22:30
Is the series "Deep State" worth watching? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 5, 21:04
Anonymous posts threat to Elon Musk for his manipulation of the cybercoin market -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 5, 20:50
MLB - Speaking of foreign substances. Try these Sliders -- (link) - budice Jun 5, 20:11 2
- We throwin' Wiffle balls now? -- nm - Max Jun 5, 20:42
- Yeah....just give him ten days off for that just because. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 5, 20:30
Well that was an exhausting day - znufrii Jun 5, 20:05
Dunkin Donuts released a Wedding Line of Clothes and Accessories - budice Jun 5, 19:08
McDonalds BTS Meal: pretty darn good, for McDonald's ... -- nm - Beryllium Jun 5, 19:04 5
- What's different about it? -- nm - Mop Jun 5, 21:40 3
  - It's just a McNugget meal with new sauces -- (link) - Tim Jun 5, 21:43 2
    - Right, that's my point. New sauces makes it "pretty darn good for McDonald's"? -- nm - Mop Jun 5, 21:49 1
      - They're very good sauces. Cajun one in particular. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 5, 21:50
- "Dad, do you even know what BTS is?" - Beryllium Jun 5, 19:59
I somehow missed this. -- (link) - David Jun 5, 18:22 [youtube] 2
- totally missed it. That's great! -- nm - loosilu Jun 5, 18:42
- How? I have seen it too many times. -- nm - Spawn Jun 5, 18:28
Heh, one of the sailing channels I follow on YouTube is embarking on a transatlantic crossing. - Beryllium Jun 5, 18:18 [youtube] 14
- can that be done? -- nm - loosilu Jun 5, 18:42 13
  - Which part? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 5, 19:00 12
    - Oh, like, will be be granted entry? I have no idea. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 5, 19:31
    - sailing a boat across the Atlantic seems crazy. -- nm - loosilu Jun 5, 19:28 10
      - Greta Thunberg! -- nm - con_carne Jun 5, 19:54 5
        
        That one was much safer. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 5, 20:13 4
        
        she was a guest on La Vagabonde for that -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 5, 21:24 3
        
        Yeah, a practically brand new Outremer is way safer than a 40 year old Cape Dory with custom DIY mods everywhere. - Beryllium Jun 5, 21:55 2
        
        they are selling the boat, and have not announced what the next one will be. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 5, 22:10 1
        
        No, but they provided a strong hint. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 5, 22:12
      - 100%, yes. One of the other channels I follow did it recently, but they'd already been sailing their boat for four years. - Beryllium Jun 5, 19:32
      - They’ve been doing it for 530 years -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 5, 19:32 2
        
        closer to 1000 -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 5, 19:38
        
        Yes, true, but it's still crazy in this case. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 5, 19:32
MadLibs headline of the day -- (link) - TWuG Jun 5, 18:06
Varlamov would be 23% more effective in net if he stressed the first syllable in his name - prayformojo Jun 5, 18:03
It's been months since I've had a beer but this one sure tastes good after I've been sitting out in the sun and wind all day :) -- nm - Meg Jun 5, 17:46 1
- 👍👍👍 -- nm - prayformojo Jun 5, 17:54
Passengers have all been evacuated from a ferry that ran aground in Brooklyn. -- (link) - Meg Jun 5, 17:37 1
- I read it was a mechanical issue where the ferry lost power and steering. Thankfully everyone is safe. -- nm - Krusty Jun 5, 18:06
the helicopter spotter list was excited today, a new helo was spotted, we researched and it belongs to this guy. - loosilu Jun 5, 17:36 4
- I wonder who the one actor he doesn't like working with is. - Beryllium Jun 5, 18:09
- he's in the air right now, golden hour, shooting over the Tidal Basin -- nm - loosilu Jun 5, 17:39 2
  - went EXTREMELY low, not permitted, also came EXTREMELY close to a landing jet at DCA -- nm - loosilu Jun 5, 17:45 1
    - but there’s obviously no more aerial filming in D.C.” he said after 9/11 -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 5, 20:01
(Bucks-Nets) The foul was definitely before 0.0, but that Lopez's basket shouldn't have counted -- nm - prayformojo Jun 5, 17:34
The previous president is giving a speech, his first in months, tonight. Fox is NOT airing it live, which is interesting. -- (link) - ty97 Jun 5, 17:14 2
- after complaining bitterly that he hadn't held a press conference in his first 30 or 60 days -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 5, 20:41
- He was useful to FNC before. He hasn’t been proven to be useful since 1/6 and he cost them $$$ - spamlet Jun 5, 17:17
Warning: cuteness overload ahead, I want name it Chorizo, mom wants Mitzu Yorkie mix -- (pic) - zeitgeist Jun 5, 17:06 [Attachment] 4
- So cute! -- nm - Krusty Jun 5, 17:25
- Sandor -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 5, 17:10
- Ewok! -- nm - ty97 Jun 5, 17:09 1
  - (not saying to name it that. Just the first thing I saw when I looked. so cute!) -- nm - ty97 Jun 5, 17:12
Wow, reports that Rahm received shot 1 Wednesday evening. -- nm - MDH Jun 5, 16:50 5
- Oof. OK, that's a bit unlucky, then. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 5, 16:52 4
  - Well I mean he could have gotten it months ago. -- nm - MDH Jun 5, 16:53 3
    - Or at least a couple of weeks ago as opposed to give or take a couple of days ago -- nm - JD Jun 5, 16:59 2
      - In the US, probably 2 months ago. -- nm - loosilu Jun 5, 18:03 1
        
        I was only able to get my second shot less than a month ago so vax window might vary ;-) - JD Jun 5, 18:35
I enjoyed the zen. I won't be right back. Change from YouTubeTV to Hulu complete. - prayformojo Jun 5, 16:45
NYCers: AOC has endorsed Maya Wiley for mayor, if that's important. -- nm - Tim Jun 5, 16:40 5
- and the Manhattan DA race is NOT ranked choice -- (link) - Tim Jun 5, 17:56
- love her. No idea if she has a chance. -- nm - loosilu Jun 5, 17:46
- She's the candidate I'm going with. Not sure if I'll be ranking anyone else after her. -- nm - Krusty Jun 5, 17:26
- My current plan for filling in my ballot -- (pic) - ty97 Jun 5, 16:55 [Attachment] 1
  - Might I suggest ... -- (pic) - ReluctantCynic Jun 5, 17:53 [Attachment]
Rahm’s Round 3 partners Cantlay and Scheffler have both already had COVID per their end of round interviews. -- nm - MDH Jun 5, 16:16 1
- Dear clowns....get the fucking vaccine. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 5, 16:17
The answer to the question asked on B2 is: purple - ReluctantCynic Jun 5, 16:12 [Attachment] 3
- I bought some black. I needed it to touch a lightsaber part. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 5, 16:38
- That reminds me, I need to paint my toenails. - . Jun 5, 16:35
- *likes* -- nm - znufrii Jun 5, 16:15
Florida, the unanimous preseason #1 team in college baseball, was defeated at home today and eliminated by South Alabama 19-1. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jun 5, 16:10
Arg. I dislike sites that don’t have a free with ads option. Stupid funimation. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 5, 16:03
I'm moving files from one NAS to another; and have had no issues on about 50,000 files. I'm having a few dozen in various folders that are failing to - Will Hunting Jun 5, 15:57 2
- Try making copies of them to another folder on the same NAS. -- nm - Mop Jun 5, 17:07 1
  - Yep, no success. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 5, 17:08
Question of the day -- (pic) -- (edited) - prayformojo Jun 5, 15:56 5
- No fair! Without options I’m lost. 😉 -- nm - VMan Jun 5, 16:01
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 5, 15:58 [Attachment] 3
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 5, 15:58 [Attachment] 2
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 5, 15:58 [Attachment] 1
      - process of elimination on the second. I'm familiar with three of them. -- nm* - . Jun 5, 16:33
JD: What has four wheels and flies? (spoiler) - Qale Jun 5, 15:53 5
- 👏 -- nm - JD Jun 5, 16:48
- 1943 Willys -- (pic) - Peglegpete Jun 5, 16:47 [Attachment]
- What starts with f and ends in uck? - VMan Jun 5, 16:02 2
  - One of my friends when his kid was like 3 years old he couldn't pronounce "dump truck". -- (edited) - pmb Jun 5, 16:05
  - we came home from school one day and told this to our parents. They failed to see the humor. The three of us were grounded for a combined 395 years. - prayformojo Jun 5, 16:04
I'm considering going through Verizon's Bring Your Own Phone promo to get a $450 eGift card, and at least one thing perplexes me. - Max Jun 5, 15:49 6
- When you bring your own phone, they have to open a new line and then move it over. Now, does that actually get you the promo here, I dunno. - Qale Jun 5, 15:55 5
  - There's a $650 promo for bringing a line from another carrier, but there's $450 for existing/new customers opening a new line. - Max Jun 5, 15:59 4
    - You’ll lose your phone number in the process, FYI. -- nm - spamlet Jun 5, 18:26 1
      - Under consideration. Interesting tidbit from what they told me: I can't create a new account to get the promo - Max Jun 5, 19:22
    - Moving a sim card from one phone to another isn't as great as one might think. It can gimp your connectivity at best, and make some services unusable. - Qale Jun 5, 17:02 1
      - We have zero such issues with Logan's phone. -- nm - Spawn Jun 5, 17:56
PGA: Memorial Tournament leader Jon Rahm tested positive for COVID this morning. Will end up WD, led the tourney by 6 shots. -- (link*) - budice Jun 5, 15:26 19
- Draftkings announcement -- (link) - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jun 5, 16:07 5
  - Wait, what what....as *Winners* Not just refunds? Guh -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 5, 16:10 4
    - This tells you how much profit they are making that they are taking the PR bump. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jun 5, 16:11 2
      - Also with golf split as much as it is for betting it has to be a small fraction of the action. -- nm* - Reagen Jun 5, 16:12 1
        
        Correct. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jun 5, 16:12
    - As my dad would say… more money than brains. -- nm - VMan Jun 5, 16:11
- PGA statement -- (link) - budice Jun 5, 15:31 12
  - Get the damn vaccine. -- nm - MDH Jun 5, 15:39 11
    - Do we know he didn't? -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jun 5, 15:43 10
      - I guess I assumed, my bad. The response I just heard was “it’s unclear if he’s been vaccinated “ -- nm - MDH Jun 5, 15:44 9
        
        I assume he will release a statement at some point. - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jun 5, 15:46 8
        
        He went to school in Arizona. Chances are he didn't because of that. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 5, 15:55
        
        Yep, million dollar mistake if he's not -- plus, he's close the top of the world rankings so.... whooops. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 5, 15:55 6
        
        Watch one of the golfers he played with end up positive too. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jun 5, 16:05
        
        Waiting for the press releases but a PGA Tour representative said “we do not test vaccinated people” -- nm - MDH Jun 5, 16:03 4
        
        Dumbass. Also why let unvaccinated people participate? - TWuG Jun 5, 16:06 3
        
        Of all sports golf is not the one that’s going to mandate. -- nm - MDH Jun 5, 16:10 1
        
        Golf is the stupidest of sports, so it figures the players would be idiots. -- nm - TWuG Jun 5, 16:20
        
        Yep. Unless he has a medical condition, he deserves to miss this and (maybe) the US Open in 2 weeks. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 5, 16:08
Hummingbird Applause -- (link) - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jun 5, 15:16 1
- Wasn't there a point where it was speculated he'd have a stroke and his sister was going to take over? -- nm - Mop Jun 5, 15:52
Zillow Listing -- (link) - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jun 5, 15:11 5
- That’s someone that wanted a classy-ass house. -- nm - spamlet Jun 5, 15:27
- Their interior design taste is....well, awful. And yet... - ty97 Jun 5, 15:19 2
  - Zillow Listing (look how gorgeous the interior design of this NJ listing is) - Jovian Jun 5, 15:23 1
    - I'd be afraid to touch anything -- nm - ty97 Jun 5, 15:30
- Seems like its owner has had varied interests over the years. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 5, 15:14
Thinking I might want to rename my youtube channel at some point, or start a blank one. - Beryllium Jun 5, 14:59 1
- Humming Boyd? -- nm - VMan Jun 5, 16:04
Central Illinois: Haven't heard a single cicada. Central Ohio: Deafening -- nm - TWuG Jun 5, 14:48 5
- My house: silent. 1.5 miles to the south: sounds like sirens. -- nm - Spawn Jun 5, 18:37
- Brood X is in Ohio, not Illinois. In 2024 Illinois gets brood XIII (17 year) and XIX (13 year). -- nm - zunk xometimes Jun 5, 15:18 3
  - Also somewhere in Indiana I'm told. Brood X that is. -- nm* - . Jun 5, 16:28
  - * -- nm* - . Jun 5, 16:27
  - Interesting. Thought I'd seen a map that included IL this go around. -- nm - TWuG Jun 5, 15:26
Tiger King's Jeff and Lauren Lowe Arrested for DUIs 2 Weeks After Feds Raided Their Oklahoma Zoo -- (link) - budice Jun 5, 14:37
Seems like a fair point about see-it-early paid content (e.g., podcasts) -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 5, 14:31 4
- The patreon i subscribe too are just a different feed I listen to in Overcast. Are they not all like that? -- nm - spamlet Jun 5, 15:17 3
  - Dunno. I am thinking that spotify can't be used to listen to Patreon early access podcasts. Maybe I'm wrong. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 5, 15:23 2
    - People shouldn’t use Spotify for podcasts anyway :) - spamlet Jun 5, 15:24 1
      - I suppose I can't argue with that. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 5, 15:26
Carolina came to play. -- nm - budice Jun 5, 14:31 1
- 8 Goals in 2nd -- nm - budice Jun 5, 14:49
Eiffel Tower fun news -- (link) - Peglegpete Jun 5, 14:27
A hot dog is not a sandwich. - zunk xometimes Jun 5, 14:27
VIKINGS returns tonight on the History channel with 2 episodes -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 5, 14:23
Wish I was back on the Bayou, Rollin' with some Cajun Queen. Wishin' I where a fast freight train Just a chooglin' on down to New Orleans -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 5, 13:49 1
- You killed the board! -- nm - Mop, Montreal Canadiens Fan Jun 5, 14:13

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