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Wildfire Smoke May Raise COVID-19 Risk, Study Says -- (link) - mara Jul 27, 06:38 1
- Hazy as hell skies here again today -- nm - decline Jul 27, 06:40
New Ghostbusters trailer! -- (link) - TWuG Jul 27, 06:36
OTD 40 yrs ago: debut albums of Stevie Nicks and Debbie Harry released, "Bella Donna" and "Kookoo" respectively. One was a hit, one was not. -- nm* - mud Jul 27, 06:19
3x3 seems to use "no blood, no foul". -- nm - Reagen Jul 27, 06:17 1
- 👍 -- nm - JD Jul 27, 06:31
Also my rental car this weekend was a Volkswagen Atlas, which is a vehicle that I had never heard of. -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 06:05 6
- You don't get an option? Do you need an SUV? -- nm - Krusty Jul 27, 06:15 2
  - There are rental car shortages this summer for a few reasons. When I did reserve, the cheapest I could get was a mid-sized SUV - ty97 Jul 27, 06:18 1
    - Makes sense. -- nm - Krusty Jul 27, 06:25
- how many thousands of dollars did you have to pay to rent that sweet ride? -- nm - decline Jul 27, 06:12
- she'll go 300 hectares on a single tank of kerosene -- (link) - Beaker Jul 27, 06:07 [youtube] 1
  - It's a squirrel crushing deer smacking driving machine! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 27, 06:27
Anecdote of our times: I got to Spearfish, SD on Saturday night after a long day of driving around. - ty97 Jul 27, 06:03
Former WY Sen Mike Enzi has died in a bicycle accident -- (link) - Reagen Jul 27, 05:59 53
- The Lesson as always: bicycling sucks. RIP. -- nm - Beaker Jul 27, 06:11 51
  - Drivers suck so much as do politicians and anyone that fights against protected bike lanes. I don't know why he was injured but way too often it's - Krusty Jul 27, 06:13 50
    - Yeah. The vast majority of car-bike accidents are the car’s fault. It’s like 90%. You see more shitty cyclists because they’re not part of your flow, - mafic Jul 27, 06:36 4
      - Exactly. People tend to have a dashboard view of the issues outside on the roads and don't see what's really the cause of the problems. -- nm - Krusty Jul 27, 06:39 3
        
        to me it equates as the same thing as a walker using a crosswalk and not looking either way. You may have the right-of-way but you still dead - Beaker Jul 27, 06:41 2
        
        I do but we need drivers to recognize how dangerous their vehicles are and to be more cautious. People drive way too fast and take way too many - Krusty Jul 27, 06:44 1
        
        oh for sure. I don't mind bikers, but ones who disregard the rules of the road make me curse every time :) You're on a fucking bike! not in a tank!! -- nm - Beaker Jul 27, 06:45
    - I agree with you most of the time. The bicyclists that tick me off are the ones that flagrantly violate rules of the road like stop signs. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 27, 06:27 18
      - Cyclist should definitely follow all the rules of the road. I stop at lights that I wouldn't stop at when I'm a pedestrian. - Krusty Jul 27, 06:33 12
        
        I can beat most people through the intersection unless you live your life a quarter mile at a time. :) -- nm - Reagen Jul 27, 06:41 1
        
        I like to give myself a bit of a head start in some intersections. Roads can be tight here and I want to make sure they see me. - Krusty Jul 27, 06:49
        
        Agreed. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 27, 06:34 9
        
        Cyclists are trying to make Idaho stops legal but I'm pretty sure they're going to have a hard time convincing the politicians on it. - Krusty Jul 27, 06:38 8
        
        People think it's someone "getting away with things" - no, we're getting out of your hair faster. Drivers should love it! -- nm - Reagen Jul 27, 06:45
        
        and then they will wonder why bicyclists death go up. -- nm - Beaker Jul 27, 06:39 6 1
        
        A study showed that it actually decreased injuries and accidents. "A 2009 study showed a 14.5% decrease in bicyclist injuries after the passage of the - Krusty Jul 27, 06:43 5
        
        so a biker could come up to a red light, stop, and just turn into the green traffic? or did I misread that -- nm - Beaker Jul 27, 06:44 4
        
        Link to the wiki... -- (link) - Krusty Jul 27, 06:45
        
        Correct. They can go if things are clear for them to go. Not just turn into busy traffic. -- nm - Krusty Jul 27, 06:45 2
        
        gotcha. I immediately assumed the worst from a biker :) -- nm - Beaker Jul 27, 06:45 1
        
        Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 27, 06:47
      - yup. YOU drivers follow the rules or else. meanwhile fuck it away we go! -- nm - Beaker Jul 27, 06:29 4
        
        Shitty insane drivers abound. You're just used to them. Cyclists are 'novel' so you notice what they do more. -- nm - Reagen Jul 27, 06:32 3
        
        as posted below, goes against my safety first mantra. assume everything on the road is trying to kill you, don't pretend you being "right" will save u -- nm - Beaker Jul 27, 06:34 1
        
        that's a different thing that I'm saying. Yes, some cyclist break or bend the rules (in some places they're allowed to do rolling stops, FWIW) - Reagen Jul 27, 06:37
        
        Agreed. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 27, 06:34
    - in my experience, it's the cyclists who suck. sure, ride in the middle of the street rather than in the bike lane. that's fine. I'll wait. - amanda jeans Jul 27, 06:25 14
      - this happens around here all the time -- nm - decline Jul 27, 06:33
      - If there's a bike lane, I will use it, but too often there is none, or it's a pointless strip of paint. -- nm - Reagen Jul 27, 06:31 2
        
        we're really bike friendly here, which makes it more infuriating that cyclists choose to be assholes. -- nm - amanda jeans Jul 27, 06:39
        
        And I'll take the whole lane in that case. I want to be seen and not just some blurry image on the side of the road. -- nm - Krusty Jul 27, 06:33
      - Cyclists take the whole lane sometimes, especially on smaller roads because that's actually safer for them. They're more likely to be seen by - Krusty Jul 27, 06:29 6
        
        oh sure. take all of south allen street for yourself. that's fine. nobody needs to get anywhere. -- nm - amanda jeans Jul 27, 06:37 5
        
        In CA, cyclists have the right to take the lane as though they were a vehicle. I don't usually do it when I ride because the people in cars don't care - jnine Jul 27, 06:41
        
        or take both lanes of brush valley road for your troupe of pallies riding abreast. that's fine. there's no other way to spring township - amanda jeans Jul 27, 06:41
        
        Give cyclists a protected bike lane and they won't have to use the whole road. But without good infrastructure then the road needs to be shared and - Krusty Jul 27, 06:40 2
        
        we have bike lanes on most streets. -- (link) - amanda jeans Jul 27, 06:42 [Backboard] 1
        
        Protected bike lanes or painted stripes on the ground? Paint doesn't protect you from cars and trucks. -- nm - Krusty Jul 27, 06:46
      - this. first thing my father told me when I started driving: if in a car don't argue with a truck. motorcycle don't argue with a car, bikes don't argue - Beaker Jul 27, 06:28 2
        
        you can argue you had the right-of-way at the Pearly Gates, but you still dead -- nm - Beaker Jul 27, 06:30 1
        
        and I agree, there are way more shitty drivers than bikers; but whether you are in the right or not, always asssume the other person will kill you and - Beaker Jul 27, 06:33
    - around here, bicyclists seem to think they are invulnerable to cars and trucks. -- nm - Beaker Jul 27, 06:15 10
      - I can't speak for your particular area but overall drivers don't give cyclists any respect on the road. They drive way too close, don't give the right - Krusty Jul 27, 06:20
      - are you not supposed to give 1m of space there like here? -- nm - Reagen Jul 27, 06:17 8
        
        My understanding is the 3' rule is a state by state decision. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 27, 06:28 2
        
        Three feet or "safe distance." I doubt if any agency considers less than three feet safe. -- (link) - mara Jul 27, 06:33 1
        
        Great link! 👍 -- nm - Strongbad Jul 27, 06:35
        
        If there's room. If there's not, bikes get the whole lane. A passing car would have to use a different lane, just like passing a car. -- nm - mara Jul 27, 06:24 1
        
        This! -- nm - Krusty Jul 27, 06:35
        
        oh for sure; but that still doesn't excuse lunatics on bikes with no common sense. -- nm - Beaker Jul 27, 06:19 2
        
        Lunatics in cars out number and are far more dangerous than lunatics on bikes. Cars are two ton machines that go as fast as they want. - Krusty Jul 27, 06:22 1
        
        oh I don't doubt that. but since the new rules here bikers seem to think they are immune to damage or something -- nm - Beaker Jul 27, 06:28
- awful, RIP -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 06:00
the CHUDs are real people -- (link) - Beaker Jul 27, 05:57 4
- uuummmmm, I need an explanation -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 06:08 1
  - No info from Con Ed yet. -- nm - Krusty Jul 27, 06:12
- the second explosion heard was the sonic boom of lawyers rushing to find this guy for the upcoming lawsuit against the city -- nm - Beaker Jul 27, 06:00
- He's lucky he's a slow walker. -- nm - Reagen Jul 27, 05:58
Oof -- (link) - Beaker Jul 27, 05:54
Shocker. People like to beat their kids -- (link) - oblique Jul 27, 05:43
So last night as I was leaving the gym I was hit with a strong smell of manure. Figured it was just some landscaping or something but then I got on - oblique Jul 27, 05:21 1
- Something something kilbo something something Chipotle. -- nm - sycor Jul 27, 05:31
Is women's softball always so low scoring? It's worse than MLB. - Krusty Jul 27, 05:13 8
- And the pitchers can pitch more often so you're more frequently going against the ace -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 27, 06:19 1
  - After watching a lot of softball this Olympics, I'm okay with them not having it again. zzzzzzzzz -- nm - Krusty Jul 27, 06:24
- It’s Aroldis Chapman speeds where the ball can rise. Making contact alone should be rewarded. - Will Hunting Jul 27, 05:18 3
  - The King and his Court Softball Gold Medal! -- nm - Beaker Jul 27, 05:24
  - Fuck it all, double rover! -- nm - Reagen Jul 27, 05:21 1
    - If I hit a ball squarely after guessing correctly where it’s be…and the damned 2nd baseman is right there, I’m quitting. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 27, 05:33
- they need to lower the mound and move it back or something. It is essentially: "Best Pitcher wins" -- nm - Beaker Jul 27, 05:14 1
  - They throw off flat ground so moving it back would work. The lack of action in nearly every game I've seen tells me something isn't right. -- nm - Krusty Jul 27, 06:08
TV PSA: Olympics, America's Top Dog, Deadliest Catch, Love Island, Miracle Workers, How To Sell Drugs Online (Fast) (NF), other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jul 27, 04:31 1
- Chopped, Motherland: Fort Salem, Batman: The Long Halloween Part Two (rent/buy) -- nm - Beaker Jul 27, 05:13
Big Huge Olympics Spoiler - Diva Jul 27, 04:29 9
- spoiler - ty97 Jul 27, 05:39 1
  - that's not a spoiler! I want my click back! -- nm - Reagen Jul 27, 05:47
- USAG statement -- (link) - budice Jul 27, 05:13
- sp - prayformojo Jul 27, 04:31 5
  - Further spoil -- (edited) - Diva Jul 27, 04:48 4
    - Spoilers - jnine Jul 27, 06:38
    - More spoil - Diva Jul 27, 05:08 2
      - in the clip I just saw - Reagen Jul 27, 05:08 1
        
        but then - rollo Jul 27, 06:34
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Jul 27, 04:15 [Attachment] 6
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) -- (edited) - prayformojo Jul 27, 04:16 [Attachment] 5
  - I don't think that's actually an answer. -- nm - Ender Jul 27, 04:18
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Jul 27, 04:16 [Attachment] 3
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Jul 27, 04:16 [Attachment] 2
      - 1/2 -- nm - rollo Jul 27, 06:33
      - 2/2 -- nm - Diva Jul 27, 05:02
Gymnastics commentators just assume I know what the hell ROC means -- nm - Ender Jul 27, 03:56 4
- I just want to know who PPR is. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 27, 04:42
- Russian Olympic Committee. Russian athletes can't compete under own flag because of all of the country's doping. - Diva Jul 27, 04:02 2
  - And it steals medals from other countries that would have won -- nm - SyrDragon Jul 27, 06:43
  - Right. It’s still Russia. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 27, 04:16
Spelling Bee -- (pic) - prayformojo Jul 27, 03:56 [Attachment] 2
- Ditchweed - my minor in college -- nm - rollo Jul 27, 06:31
- Dewitched: A classic sitcom episode in which Samantha and Darrin run afoul of elders in colonial Salem -- nm - prayformojo Jul 27, 03:59
Go USWNT! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 27, 01:02 8
- Boo! Boooooooo! -- nm - mafic Jul 27, 03:45
- nmbgif -- (pic) - Ender Jul 27, 02:18 [Attachment] 6
  - Nmbyt -- (link) - Ender Jul 27, 02:22 [youtube] 5
    - I reiterate. -- (pic) - Ender Jul 27, 02:59 [Attachment] 4
      - Oh my God, why does anybody watch soccer?! -- nm - Ender Jul 27, 03:03 3
        
        What a complete and utter waste of 95 minutes! This shit doesn't happen in baseball. -- nm - Ender Jul 27, 03:15 2
        
        My opinion of soccer actually managed to decrease. I think I even like Ted Lasso less. -- nm - Ender Jul 27, 03:18 1
        
        Ha! -- nm - Krusty Jul 27, 06:25
Now Playing: Underworld: Awakening (2012) #VampireWatch -- (link) - Ender Jul 26, 22:53
I get why Peacock doesn't bother taking out the commercial breaks. I don't get why they insist on tacking on 8 minutes of "Coverage has concluded". -- nm - Ender Jul 26, 22:39 1
- That's to offset the 25-30 seconds it takes for playback to start. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 22:44
And now airlines are worried about running out of jet fuel. -- (link) - Meg Jul 26, 22:38 1
- Specifically whichever airline Spamlet is flying -- nm - rollo Jul 27, 06:30
Spammy, when you *do* finally get to where you are staying tonight, I hope it is lovely and you have a great time -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 22:35 7
- I’m just hoping there’s a car here to take us to the AirBnB. There’s another flight from ATL delayed until 3:30am -- nm - spamlet Jul 26, 22:45 5
  - Have luggage and in car! -- nm - spamlet Jul 26, 23:34 4
    - the car is full of birds. -- nm - mafic Jul 26, 23:36 3
      - Nope a driver that may or may not have a death wish. -- nm - spamlet Jul 26, 23:45 2
        
        3am and successfully in the AirBnB! - spamlet Jul 27, 00:06 1
        
        birds in the crawlspace. -- nm - mafic Jul 27, 00:20
- Room service closes at midnight "but there's a vending machine down the hall" :/ -- nm - Meg Jul 26, 22:42
Hmm, feeling very ... anxious, I guess? Annoyed, at the very least. So much so that I can't enjoy shows this evening. - Beryllium Jul 26, 22:27
On the plus side, it can't lightning forever, right? -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 22:10 17
- WE’RE AT THE GATE! - spamlet Jul 26, 22:26 6
  - The gate agents all just went on strike so there's no one to connect the jet bridge to the plane. -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 22:32 5
    - what is this, France? -- nm - mafic Jul 26, 22:57
    - We’re off the plane but just heard loud thunder. No idea if our bags are off. -- nm - spamlet Jul 26, 22:38 3
      - Yup gate closed again. Bags not coming yet. -- nm - spamlet Jul 26, 22:39 2
        
        Congratulations. You now live in an airport terminal. It's like you're in A Tom Hanks movie! -- nm - Ender Jul 26, 22:41 1
        
        I hope it's Larry Crowne. -- nm - Reagen Jul 27, 04:47
- Well there’s also thunder, so think you better knock, knock, knock on wood. -- nm - Qale Jul 26, 22:18
- relax. there's no such thing as climate change -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 26, 22:16
- It’s Florida so…. -- nm - spamlet Jul 26, 22:16
- Year 2020.1? Who knows? -- nm - Meg Jul 26, 22:12
- BUT WHAT IF IT DOES -- nm - mafic Jul 26, 22:11 5
  - Allegiant is known for their comfy seats and in flight food and beverage, right? -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 22:11 4
    - And the flight crew has been extremely pleasant. I’m…not used to that. -- nm - spamlet Jul 26, 22:17 1
      - heh. -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 22:32
    - It’s an A320 so the seats weren’t terrible for a short flight. I’m about done though. -- nm - spamlet Jul 26, 22:16 1
      - The Airbus 320 series allowing for roughly one more inch width per seat than the Boeing 737 series actually is quite nice. - ty97 Jul 26, 22:21
I've got a theory that there's no such thing as an ugly women's volleyball player... -- nm - Ender Jul 26, 22:08 6
- I am a little confused by the indoor scoring. OK, so we're going to 25 for some reason? And I have no clue how many sets we're going. *nm* - Ender Jul 26, 22:20 3
  - Wait, the third set in Beach only goes to 15? That's ridiculous. -- nm - Ender Jul 27, 00:27 1
    - It's effectively a tiebreaker. -- nm - Reagen Jul 27, 03:30
  - 3 out of 5. Sadly, it's been 25 instead of 21 for a loooong time. - David Jul 26, 22:24
- Perhaps but I'm definitely in love with Jordan Thompson's swing -- nm - JD Jul 26, 22:11 1
  - Oh, she went to Cincy. Cool. -- nm - Ender Jul 26, 22:37

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