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"COFF" -- (link) - mud Aug 13, 17:58 5
- One of us! -- nm - Los Angeles Aug 13, 18:26
- here too all week -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 13, 18:05
- Yeah it's bad here too -- nm - Beryllium Aug 13, 18:00 2
  - Oh, wow, you're 10+. It's only a 4 here. But it still sucks. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 13, 18:02 1
    - you smell it, you see it, and apparently you can breath it! -- nm - mud Aug 13, 18:04
Has anyone else had this issue in Slack recently? -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 13, 17:30 2
- hmm .. - mud Aug 13, 17:50 1
  - Heh. Slack added a group chat feature that i accidentally activated this morning before work started, which no doubt startled several coworkers. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 13, 18:00
Free Guy spoilers - Ender Aug 13, 17:26
UK shooter (self claimed to be) American (but probably British), Trump loving incel, possible QAnon -- (link*) - Reagen Aug 13, 17:23 2
- That's hard to believe. - Marlowe Aug 13, 17:24
- well, that's troubling. -- nm - mud Aug 13, 17:24
“Well, it is past 8 p.m Eastern on the 13th of August, and you will be shocked to hear that .." -- (link) - mud Aug 13, 17:20 1
- !!!! -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 13, 18:05
Friday Night Turntabling for a couple of hours. Proof of vaccination or negative COVID test plus masks required. -- nm - Qale Aug 13, 17:11
🎵 I'm a friendly stranger in the black sedan / Won't you hop inside my car? / I got pictures, got candy / I'm a lovable man 🎵 - Mop Aug 13, 17:11 2
- next song on the list: Good Morning Little Schoolgirl -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 13, 17:17
- I only get in cars for puppies, Sir. -- nm - Qale Aug 13, 17:11
Interesting dot-plot map of the US by race using 2020 census data. -- (link) - spamlet Aug 13, 16:52
To vax or not to vax ... -- (pic) - zork Aug 13, 16:07 [Attachment]
It’s cute that Pokémon Go players on Reddit think by not spending their money they’ll change Niantic’s mind. -- (edited) - spamlet Aug 13, 16:06 3
- It’s pretty much the only lever that consumers ever have. -- nm - Qale Aug 13, 16:48 2
  - Corporations really only care about money, so all levers lead to cash. - Beryllium Aug 13, 16:58 1
    - I know my boycott of Amazon is pointless. And it really only harms me! But alas, I persist. -- nm - Qale Aug 13, 17:00
Brand New Cherry Flavor -- nm - Spawn Aug 13, 16:05 3
- recommending? -- nm - mud Aug 13, 16:07 2
  - Not watching yet. Teen Titans, first. -- nm - Spawn Aug 13, 16:13 1
    - Oh, if we're just naming shows we're not watching... Dollhouse. -- nm - Ender Aug 13, 17:27
heh .. "this talking inferiority complex" -- (link) - mud Aug 13, 15:38 1
- #1 threat to America. -- nm - Spawn Aug 13, 16:07
Fareed Zakaria, who knows world politik better than anyone, just put this mostly on 45* .. Joni Ernst: 'It is all on President Biden' -- nm* - mud Aug 13, 15:28 7
- Biden could change it. He’s opting not to because it’s politically awkward. -- nm - mafic Aug 13, 17:42
- Of course he did. It’s on everyone that just couldn’t be bothered with it. - spamlet Aug 13, 15:44
- It’s on 17 years of Americans not giving a damn about an un-winnable war. - Will Hunting Aug 13, 15:41 4
  - BS. The government doesn’t, but the Americans set up the government. 20 years of enabling graft doesn’t help. - mafic Aug 13, 17:41
  - It's the history of the land, they unite to fight foreign invaders, then turn on each other, the British warned us. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 13, 15:52 2
    - And the Russians -- nm - rollo Aug 13, 16:02 1
      - And Vizzini. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 13, 17:31
Second AZ shot: achieved. 14-day countdown to start licking doorknobs! (NM) - Marlowe Aug 13, 15:13 8
- This is great news -- nm - JaxSean Aug 13, 17:41
- Huzah! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 13, 16:25
- Careful with the double lock varient -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 13, 15:53
- You win the pandemic! - David Aug 13, 15:51
- excellent. -- nm - mud Aug 13, 15:25
- YAY!! -- nm - Pippy Aug 13, 15:19
- Nice!! -- nm - Krusty Aug 13, 15:15
- Fantastic! -- nm - spamlet Aug 13, 15:14
Somebody tell Pete that it's the Fault in Our Stars guy. - David Aug 13, 15:06 1
- What's all this, then? -- nm - Mop Aug 13, 17:07
I wonder how tim olyphant would react if someone just randomly casually started referring to him as Angel Eyes -- nm - Beryllium Aug 13, 15:05
DTL: Recruiting is up. *chuckles* I’m in danger - spamlet Aug 13, 14:54 9
- CL, CL, 1/1, 3/3. And options beyond that. Rock on. - Baron and Barratry Aug 13, 16:08 1
  - Here's the action on my board. Not sure I've had one this open before. -- (pic) -- (link*) - Baron and Barratry Aug 13, 16:15 [Attachment]
- 4/4 7/7 6/6 but about 6-8 net possibilities -- nm - rollo Aug 13, 15:55
- 3/3, 4/4, 7/7, 2/2 with 1 guy in the net. Oh boy -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 13, 15:01 5
  - Y'all recruit like Bill Callahan. -- nm - David Aug 13, 15:05 4
    - This league, if you need height, it’s piranha. There’s 50 coaches who recruit the same 100 players. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 13, 15:19 2
      - It’s like tinder. Everyone wants the tall dudes. -- nm - spamlet Aug 13, 15:30 1
        
        *struts* -- nm - David Aug 13, 15:35
    - I didn’t expect anyone else to be on the 2/2s. Oops. -- nm - spamlet Aug 13, 15:11
Happy Birthday Dr. Mop and Coach Dano! -- nm - Max Aug 13, 14:34
Jake Tapper/Bar Rescue on capitolist slave owning mentality, cut enemployment, workers have to be hungry.... -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 13, 14:27 1
- Jon Taffer. I think you are a victim of autocorrect. -- nm - jnine Aug 13, 14:33
Doesn’t sound like AA is going to follow Delta in extending status from the email I just got. - spamlet Aug 13, 14:24
Brawl in California shoe over a Nike auction results in the death of a clerk -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 13, 14:15 3
- A 16-year-old has been arrested based on video from the scene. -- nm - Meg Aug 13, 14:40
- It's been the big story here the last few days. I immediately thought of Krusty. -- nm - jnine Aug 13, 14:32 1
  - Terrible and senseless murder over something so trivial. -- nm - Krusty Aug 13, 14:58
Women angered by questions from NFL investigators during Deshaun Watson inquiry -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 13, 14:12
Things in Texas appear to be going well. -- (link) - TWuG Aug 13, 13:51 8
- goddammit, that second statement -- nm - prayformojo Aug 13, 14:07 5
  - these are the statements that people obviously need to hear to make it sink in. -- nm - Andie Aug 13, 14:15 3
    - “The kids probably had some underlying conditions.” -- nm - Tim Aug 13, 14:39 1
      - "Yeah, it's called "being unvaccinated."" -- nm - TWuG Aug 13, 15:22
    - yeah -- nm - prayformojo Aug 13, 14:27
  - entering 3rd world country status -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 13, 14:14
- He’s literally all we got in our corner -- nm - Pippy Aug 13, 14:05 1
  - :-[ -- nm - mud Aug 13, 14:08
The provincial election here is in 4 days and I still don't know who I'm voting for - Reagen Aug 13, 13:47 2
- He had to go do that. It was a chance to influence many as opposed to your one. Did he come back to you? -- nm - zork Aug 13, 15:59
- Colleen Jones! -- nm - mud Aug 13, 13:58
Credit cards. I have 1/2/0/0. The two MCs are both Citi Aadvantage. One of them used to be AMEX but seems Citi had a falling out with them. - Meg Aug 13, 13:41 2
- We had AMEX through Costco, but they split up, amex wanted us to fill out an application like we had no history, F that. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 13, 14:19 1
  - I've never had a Costco card but I've gone through 2 of their breakups and on a 3rd when I non-renewed my membership. - Meg Aug 13, 14:43
Live My Hero Academia movie -- (link*) - Remlik Aug 13, 13:39
Go Brentford! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 13, 13:31 3
- spoils - prayformojo Aug 13, 14:00
- Go Shawnee! -- nm - Baron and Barratry Aug 13, 13:31 1
  - Go Branson! - spamlet Aug 13, 13:34
3.5 years in and my car still gets software updates that improve it. This is the latest. -- (link) - TWuG Aug 13, 13:27 1
- Those first two make sense together. What else are you gonna do while sitting in the car wash? -- nm - Baron and Barratry Aug 13, 13:30
Covid proof: Download the app My Bindle...lots of venues are using this so you can prove your vaxxed.... - Remlik Aug 13, 13:19 2
- there are going to be a million of these apps. it's so disheartening. -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 13, 13:39
- Blockchain! -- nm - spamlet Aug 13, 13:29
Be a goldfish. -- nm - David Aug 13, 13:08 14
- I like Pizza Goldfish. -- nm - Todd Manning Aug 13, 14:39
- quit carping at me -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 13, 14:20
- What were we talking about? -- nm - JD Aug 13, 13:18
- traditional cheddar? what about the pretzel ones? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 13, 13:13
- WTF - mud Aug 13, 13:12 9
  - Watch Ted Lasso. -- nm - Krusty Aug 13, 13:14 8
    - no -- nm - mud Aug 13, 13:17 7
      - It's charming and affirmational. -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 13:48
      - We resisted and made fun of it, too. Then we watched. - Dark Callisto Aug 13, 13:32 4
        
        Be curious, not judgmental. -- nm - Krusty Aug 13, 13:42 3
        
        wtf -- nm - mud Aug 13, 13:54 2
        
        it is a line from the show. -- nm - Andie Aug 13, 13:56 1
        
        "I think I'm paranoid" -- nm - shirley mud Aug 13, 13:59
      - 🤷🏻‍♂️ -- nm - Krusty Aug 13, 13:27
odd how Larraín’s 'Ema', which is 2 yrs old (and terrific) is being rolled out in the US this season. -- nm - mud Aug 13, 12:57 2
- not odd, I guess. It's good, and probly to do with Spencer. -- nm - mud Aug 13, 13:26 1
  - (which will be splendid if it has half the style and panache of Jackie) -- nm - mud Aug 13, 14:01
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Aug 13, 12:55 [Attachment] 15
- e) They commute to work on a tricycle. -- nm - Max Aug 13, 13:00
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Aug 13, 12:56 [Attachment] 13
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Aug 13, 12:56 [Attachment] 12
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Aug 13, 12:56 [Attachment] 11
      - Spoiler on the second. - . Aug 13, 17:12
      - 2/2 -- nm - JD Aug 13, 15:03
      - 2/2 -- nm - rollo Aug 13, 13:39
      - 2/2 -- nm - Dano Aug 13, 13:38
      - 2/2 -- nm - loosilu Aug 13, 13:16
      - 2/2 -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 13, 13:01
      - 2/2 (the second by process of elimination). -- nm - pmb Aug 13, 13:00 2
        
        *finger to nose* -- nm - zork Aug 13, 16:01
        
        Same here :) -- nm - Meg Aug 13, 13:30
      - 1/2 -- nm - decline Aug 13, 12:59
      - 1/2 -- nm - oblique Aug 13, 12:57
How SpaceX plans to recover Starship and its booster and achieve a 1 hour turnaround time -- (link) - TWuG Aug 13, 12:46 4
- Is this actually something proposed by SpaceX or just some guy's concept? -- nm - Mop Aug 13, 12:48 3
  - Musk's reply indicates it is very close to what they will do. -- nm - TWuG Aug 13, 12:50 2
    - His replies -- (link) - TWuG Aug 13, 12:51 1
      - "More stroking of the shaft, but yes, pretty close" -- nm - oblique Aug 13, 12:53
Did you hear that the Cleveland Guardians are already a thing? Apparently is a roller derby team who already owns the domain and has filed a trademark -- (link) - oblique Aug 13, 12:43 10
- how many teams are called Giants? Cardinals? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 13, 14:31
- Somebody owns everything. It's like trying to name a car model. Anything you want to use is taken, so you get nonsense words - Baron and Barratry Aug 13, 13:16
- Everybody's got a price -- nm - Strongbad Aug 13, 13:13 1
  - Damn right they do! -- nm - Ted DiBiase Aug 13, 13:15
- simple fix. get rid of the S and be the CLEVELAND GUARDIAN. or make the S a Z -- nm* - Peglegpete Aug 13, 13:11 1
  - Then they lose the GotG tie-ins. -- nm - Spawn Aug 13, 13:16
- not only that, a local artist has been making guardians logos and merch for a long time since he didn't like the original baseball team name.. - chicken daddy Aug 13, 13:09
- how does this not get scouted out ahead of time??!? -- nm - prayformojo Aug 13, 12:52 2
  - Probably thought they could bully them out of it. -- nm - spamlet Aug 13, 13:13
  - this. -- nm - Andie Aug 13, 12:53
I agree with mud and mop about women will be the big losers in afghanistan -- nm - zork Aug 13, 12:42 4
- it's so sad. -- nm - Remlik Aug 13, 13:00
- I agree with zork who agrees with mud and mop about women will be the big losers in afghanistan. -- nm - Spawn Aug 13, 12:51 1
  - I disagree with anyone who doesn't agree with Spawn, and by extension zork, mud, and mop, that women afghanistan etc. -- nm - rollo Aug 13, 13:21
- tragic. -- nm - mud Aug 13, 12:51
WDW: 4-Hour Christmas Event Tix just listed for $170 - $250. Don't see parking included. -- (link) - budice Aug 13, 12:40

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