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Oh joy, we get to activate our (work) culture now. Apparently it wasn’t active before. -- nm - znufrii Jun 17, 11:18 8
- You *have* seemed a bit lack-luster, of late. -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 11:22
- Is that code for holding parties again? -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 11:20 3
  - No. -- nm - znufrii Jun 17, 11:25
  - My biggest fear about return to office is that they'll keep me on the "party planning committee" -- nm - Dano Jun 17, 11:24 1
    - "I call this party "The Big One." It's got everything..." -- nm - Max Jun 17, 11:51
- is that anything like wondertwin powers? -- nm - oblique Jun 17, 11:18 2
  - Shape of, a conference phone -- nm - budice Jun 17, 11:20 1
    - Form of, forgetting to hit the mute button -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 11:25
RIP Herb Tarlek (Frank Bonner) -- nm - Beaker Jun 17, 11:10 5
- Oh, that one hurts. He was so great in that role. -- nm - David Jun 17, 11:25
- aw man. -- nm - Remlik Jun 17, 11:25
- Aw. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 11:17
- :-( -- nm - mud Jun 17, 11:13
- Damn it. -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 11:11
Couple Warp Core Breaches, Borg Sphere. Ready for the weekend. -- nm - budice Jun 17, 11:02 2
- And some tasty waves. -- nm - Spicoli Jun 17, 11:08 1
  - righteous -- nm - mud Jun 17, 11:15
I don’t feel great about that interview. I forgot how difficult group interviews are. I’d say I’m 40% on if I get this one. - Qale Jun 17, 10:53 5
- I have never enjoyed an interview with more than two people. -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 10:54 4
  - Yeah, because then you are basically picturing an orgy. -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 11:05
  - That sentence is about twice as long as necessary. -- nm - spamlet Jun 17, 10:57 1
    - I've never enjoyed more than two people? -- nm - IAmQale Jun 17, 10:59
  - It really was tough. I didn’t get an immediate stay after call out, but they also mentioned you aren’t out until after 5pm Monday. - Qale Jun 17, 10:56
So that was predictable -- (link) - Reagen Jun 17, 10:52 1
- ugh -- nm - mud Jun 17, 10:53
DTL: Branson captures the school's first first-round conference tourney win in 5 years upending 4-seed Columbus 82-63. - Barontronic Jun 17, 10:39 3
- Time to make a run, Cinderella. -- nm - spamlet Jun 17, 10:42 2
  - Haha, I don't think so. First time I've ever beaten any of the top 4 teams in my conference. -- nm - Barontronic Jun 17, 10:48 1
    - Coming out party for Branson! -- nm - spamlet Jun 17, 10:56
We didn't really talk about it much, but Cracker Barrel celebrating Pride Month on social media was very impressive. -- nm - David, Horny New Guy Jun 17, 10:27 5
- The tailspin it put their ardent fans into was a special kind of enjoyment -- nm - oblique Jun 17, 10:33
- I feel like they think there's an implied "White" before Pride. -- nm - Inigo Jun 17, 10:32 3
  - Which is already kind of a moderate problem within the Alphabet Mafia as it is. See also: Log Cabin Republicans, fetishization of race, HIV Pos rates, - Qale Jun 17, 10:55
  - I understand why you would feel that way, but I was impressed by how full-throated their support was. -- nm - David, Horny New Guy Jun 17, 10:39 1
    - Yes. A very nice step. -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 11:12
Okay, I award one point to Putin for this -- (link) - Jovian Jun 17, 10:20 3
- "...unlike that last guy." -- nm - Mop Jun 17, 10:28 2
  - Who he helped get elected once - eag Jun 17, 10:52 1
    - Cynically I think it's that he knows Biden won't roll over so he needs to pre seed the idea that he didn't give in to a coma patient. - Reagen Jun 17, 10:54
Speaking of the Beatles. Disney+ gets exclusive rights to Peter Jackson's 6-hour Beatles documentary -- (link) - oblique Jun 17, 10:09 2
- The "exclusive" part wasn't news. We knew it was going to Disney+. But now we have a release date. That's news. -- nm - Mop Jun 17, 10:12 1
  - I accept bitcoin for my finders fee :) -- nm - oblique Jun 17, 10:13
First murder hornet of 2021 found! -- (link*) - oblique Jun 17, 10:06
7-2 SCOTUS decision rejects challenge to the ACA, law stands. -- (link) - TWuG Jun 17, 10:00 1
- I see I remoplicked the heck out of that one. -- nm - TWuG Jun 17, 10:03
Funko fans, there are some Back In Stock items (Stitch with ukelele, Goonies, Schitt's Creek) right now -- (link) - JaxSean Jun 17, 09:50 15
- Letterkenny Funkos coming in August -- (link*) - Beaker Jun 17, 09:55 14
  - Why are they $20? These are basic Pops. -- nm - Shaun Jun 17, 10:34 2
    - Because these are the first cool ones they have had in ages. But where are the hockey players? -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 11:02
    - plastic shortage. Trouble of shipments from China. Prices on figures are going up. -- nm - Remlik Jun 17, 10:54
  - OMG! Thus my 2nd ever Funko will be purchased -- nm - Pippy Jun 17, 10:31 4
    - Wayne? - spamlet Jun 17, 10:44 3
      - Shoresy! -- nm - Pippy Jun 17, 11:02 1
        
        Right!?! -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 11:02
      - What? -- nm - Krusty Jun 17, 10:55
  - Requesting: Skateboarder Katy -- nm - rollo Jun 17, 10:03
  - I’m going to wait until they take about 30% off there. -- nm - spamlet Jun 17, 09:59 4
    - I understood this reference. -- nm - Shaun Jun 17, 10:33 1
      - I’m glad you’re not so f*cking awkward, bud. -- nm - spamlet Jun 17, 10:43
    - that would actually about account for currency conversion. -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 10:19
    - you may wait a really long time. Big plastic shortage. -- nm - Remlik Jun 17, 10:00
I love learning stuff like this -- (link) - oblique Jun 17, 09:44 [youtube] 2
- Heh, reading viewer questions -- (link) - Max Jun 17, 10:54 [youtube]
- Neat. -- nm - mara Jun 17, 09:49
913 million minutes for Army of the Dead. Jupiter’s Legacy falls to 405 million minutes. -- nm - David Jun 17, 09:41 13
- where is shadow and bone -- nm - Remlik Jun 17, 10:04 4
  - Down to 199 million minutes. This might be its last appearance. -- nm - David Jun 17, 10:09 3
    - (It was ninth in Original) -- nm - David Jun 17, 10:09 2
      - so how many weeks does that make it on the top 10 list? -- nm - Remlik Jun 17, 10:22 1
        
        Four weeks. - David, Horny New Guy Jun 17, 10:30
- 525,600 minutes for Rent -- nm - rollo Jun 17, 09:44 7
  - I hate that song. -- nm - Barontronic Jun 17, 10:04 1
    - Leap Year erasure will not stand. -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 10:14
  - How do you measure a year in the life? -- nm - David Jun 17, 09:48 4
    - Take the Beatles "A Day in the Life" and multiply by 365 -- nm - rollo Jun 17, 10:05 3
      - Like this? -- (link) - Reagen Jun 17, 10:14 2
        
        Oof - I made it to 6:50. I have things to do. -- nm - rollo Jun 17, 10:33 1
        
        it's a bit like an Onion article where the headline is the whole bit - Reagen Jun 17, 10:37
SpaceX launch cadence is so quick that I was totally unaware they had a launch today. - TWuG Jun 17, 09:18 8
- Perfect video from booster and droneship of the landing. -- (link) - TWuG Jun 17, 09:34 2
  - still cool every time -- nm - oblique Jun 17, 09:38 1
    - Watching that one engine gimble as the first stage lands is so cool -- nm - TWuG Jun 17, 09:57
- heh -- nm - mud Jun 17, 09:29
- "10...9...876543231LAUNCH!" -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 09:22 3
  - You misspelled “make rocket go now.” -- nm - David Jun 17, 09:39 2
    - the For All Mankind thing -- (edited) - Reagen Jun 17, 09:52 1
      - Yes! -- nm - David Jun 17, 09:59
Hackers are selling data stolen from Audi and Volkswagen including emails and VIN's (although the data stolen includes much more than that) -- (link*) - decline Jun 17, 09:11 2
- time to change your VIN and driver's license number... -- nm - oblique Jun 17, 10:03 1
  - Remember, each car has a hidden VIN that you'll want to find and change. -- nm - TWuG Jun 17, 10:08
Interesting podcast on Ralph Northam and the blackface scandal and its aftermath -- (link) - Reagen Jun 17, 09:09
Definitely enjoying Loki and Luke Wilson in his role, but I kept thinking that role would have been perfect for Bob Odenkirk -- nm* - Jovian Jun 17, 09:06 8
- Owen. Luke is the one with a normal nose. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 09:08 7
  - And complete blank slate of charisma. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 17, 09:10 5
    - I liked him a lot in 'Family Stone'. -- nm - Diva Jun 17, 09:38
    - He's better than some. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 09:13 2
      - Good enough to capture Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blonde. -- nm - Barontronic Jun 17, 09:26 1
        
        Not really a win. -- nm - David Jun 17, 09:40
    - I exist! ... I think. -- nm - Andrew Wilson Jun 17, 09:11
  - lol yes Owen! And I knew that. Still typed Luke. My brain sometimes.. -- nm - Jovian Jun 17, 09:09
Black Widow - First impressions incoming -- (link*) - budice Jun 17, 09:02 11
- another -- (link) - decline Jun 17, 09:16
- Odds are it will get a 107% RT and 110 Metacritic out of those. As usual. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 17, 09:15
- Without reading, let me guess: It's great, it's one of the best marvel films out there, they've changed the game. (These got old 10 years ago) -- nm - MDH Jun 17, 09:14
- THR: Scarlett Johansson Criticizes Sexualized Black Widow Portrayal in ‘Iron Man 2’ -- (link) - mud Jun 17, 09:11 7
  - Now ask her about her role in Chef. -- nm - David Jun 17, 09:39 1
    - I'm gonna write a movie where Salma Hayek and Scarlett Johansson are fighting over me! -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 10:16
  - Hot actress confused about why she always ends up playing hot characters -- nm - rollo Jun 17, 09:35 4
    - Her cover identity in that story was to appear to be the kind of person that Tony would treat that way. At least at the beginning. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 09:38 3
      - Exactly. -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 09:38 2
        
        Exactly -- nm - rollo Jun 17, 09:43 1
        
        precisely! -- nm - mud Jun 17, 10:40
sasha and I are trying to get away for a few days soon and she sent me a message last night asking if $600 per night was above my limit for an airbnb. - amanda's borrowed jeans Jun 17, 09:01 16
- Air B&B has destroyed their own market due to price. Why stay at them with all the benefits hotels offer? -- nm - MDH Jun 17, 09:24 5
  - I like the privacy and being able to have a kitchen at my disposal. Plus, finding 2 bedroom places for a little more than a one room hotel room works - kelly Jun 17, 10:19 1
    - It's a great option for families (especially with younger kids). -- nm - pmb Jun 17, 10:38
  - Depends on my destination. I like having a kitchen, privacy, space. But it really is a mix of price/location/duration of stay/amenities/etc when deciding. -- nm* - Andie Jun 17, 09:55
  - At similar price points, I'd prefer a full apartment to myself vs. a hotel room. Hotel benefits have been minimal during the pandemic - oblique Jun 17, 09:34
  - privacy -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 09:34
- For that price, why not just buy a house?! -- nm - ty97 Jun 17, 09:22 2
  - In today's market? -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 09:22 1
    - buy 3 two-by-fours -- nm - Beaker Jun 17, 09:23
- IMO Airbnb priced themselves right out of the market with " cleaning" and " service" fees. - Pippy Jun 17, 09:11 2
  - There are definitely good deals to be found but yeah, a lot of options are just WTFBBQ expensive -- nm - oblique Jun 17, 09:16 1
    - "Lean-to 30 miles from the nearest electrical hookup. Bears are part owners of the site and cannot be moved. $400/n" -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 09:21
- I will only book an AirBnB if it is price comparable with a hotel at this point. Early on in the pandemic I would (and did) pay a bit of a premium - oblique Jun 17, 09:03 2
  - Typically we book larger houses via AirBnB to share with others, so splitting the cost. - JaxSean Jun 17, 09:06 1
    - Yeah, that would totally work and I'd jump on that kind of option -- nm - oblique Jun 17, 09:07
- per *person*? Sheesh -- nm - JaxSean Jun 17, 09:02
It's so quiet and pleasant outside I badly want to play hooky but this is the worst possible time at work for this instinct to kick in. -- nm - Max Jun 17, 09:00 2
- your fiscal year is june too? -- nm - amanda's borrowed jeans Jun 17, 09:01 1
  - Movers start on Monday! #packordie -- nm - Max Jun 17, 09:03
LIR: Bery. Those were my rankings :) - oblique Jun 17, 09:00 2
- word to your IM -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 09:01
- Oh. Carry on, then. -- nm* - Beryllium Jun 17, 09:01
my faves are Inside Out, Soul, Incredibles and Brave -- nm - mud Jun 17, 09:00 6
- I hated Toy Story 2. Brave, Cars and Incredibles are 3 of my Top 5. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 17, 09:58 1
  - Other 2 are Wall-E and Up -- nm - Strongbad Jun 17, 09:59
- Here is a top 10 I wrote in mid-May. -- (link) - David Jun 17, 09:51
- Toy Story, which was surpassed by Monsters, Inc., which was surpassed by The Incredibles, which was surpassed by Ratatouille - rollo Jun 17, 09:33
- kilbo nailed it, as I agree with his top 3. -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 09:11
- Gun to head, my top 3 are Up, Inside Out and Monsters Inc. - Will Hunting Jun 17, 09:09
Ugh so after having a rather painless day yesterday after getting my tooth taken out on Tuesday today my gums feel a little swollen - eag Jun 17, 08:54 3
- It’ll get better, promise. I had a mouth procedure done last week which was a lot more uncomfortable than I had anticipated. Today is the - kelly Jun 17, 09:05 1
  - I just figured that the next day would be the worst not the 2nd day after -- nm - eag Jun 17, 09:11
- It gets better. -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 08:59
Heh. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 17, 08:53 2
- Which led me to look it up, and I found this somewhat interesting list ... -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 17, 09:00
- 🤣🤣 -- nm - Krusty Jun 17, 08:59
I'm glad Machin's idea is back by Abrams but the chances of 10 Republicans voting for it are nil. -- nm - Inigo Jun 17, 08:52
*meh* -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 08:51

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