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My wife is currently in a bidding war between different departments of her company where people are loudly shouting numbers at her. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 08:14 3
- The British are Coming! -- nm - Paul Revere Aug 18, 08:17
- Sell DOGE! -- nm - budice Aug 18, 08:15
- Nice. Less volume, higher numbers -- nm - JD Aug 18, 08:15
Topps Project 70 has a great card for Mets fans -- (link) - Krusty Aug 18, 08:08
So you're saying that I shouldn't spend $499 to have tea with Poppy on the Flux Tour? -- (link) - JD Aug 18, 08:07 [Backboard] 4
- Hell yeah you should. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 08:31
- I disagree. -- nm - Qale Aug 18, 08:08
- Depends. What kind of tea is it ? -- nm - decline Aug 18, 08:07 1
  - At $499, I think the only VIP ticket I'd consider for a traditional concert would be Beers with Brody -- nm - JD Aug 18, 08:14
TS Henry seems to be shifting west. Could impact areas of the North East US and Canada this weekend -- (link) - decline Aug 18, 07:56 2
- And (kilbo alert!) Grace is now a hurricane -- (link*) - decline Aug 18, 08:10 1
  - I'd have put money on that name being retired -- nm - prayformojo Aug 18, 08:11
U.S. health officials recommend all Americans get COVID-19 booster shots to shore up their protection against the delta variant. -- (link) - budice Aug 18, 07:40 43
- **The plan for booster shots is awaiting an FDA evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of a third dose. ** -- (link) - ty97 Aug 18, 08:16
- Does that mean they've tweaked the booster to deal with the Delta variante? -- nm - LMS Aug 18, 08:14 7
  - I don't believe so. Generally speaking, we've been seeing various data that these vaccines are highly effective even against Delta. Part of the - oblique Aug 18, 08:18
  - Nothing I’m reading says that the vaccine itself has changed, though I recall reading elsewhere that was in the works as well. - znufrii Aug 18, 08:18 2
    - I thought that article that Strongbad linked to did a good a job of explaining the transmission rise for Delta as well as that current vaccines still - JD Aug 18, 08:26 1
      - "that article that Strongbad linked to did a good a job" - Strongbad Aug 18, 08:38
  - Pfizer has one that I think is in testing, but I'm not sure how soon it will be available. -- nm - pmb Aug 18, 08:17 2
    - And is there any evidence that the vaccine efficacy is waning already? - LMS Aug 18, 08:22 1
      - Latest evidence says that it does. Peak effectiveness for about 2 months after the second dose and then (for Pfizer) about a 6% decrease in - pmb Aug 18, 08:28
- *does math* December 10th -- nm - oblique Aug 18, 08:14
- I'll be curious to hear what the side effects of the third shit of Moderna will be. If it's like the 2nd, I'll need to schedule the next day off. -- nm - Qale Aug 18, 08:11 1
  - I meant third shot, but you know what, I'm leaving it as is. -- nm - Qale Aug 18, 08:25
- Cool, I’ll plan to get it as soon as it’s available to me. -- nm - znufrii Aug 18, 08:08
- I don't understand the people I see who say "I got my two shots but I'm *not* getting a booster" - Reagen Aug 18, 07:53 18
  - The human body can only take so many RF chips. -- nm - Max Aug 18, 08:40
  - I get this booster now... then what? Another booster in 6 months? 5 years? Am I going to get boosters forever? - Mop Aug 18, 08:09 5
    - Presuming you don't want COVID. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 08:13
    - Probably, yeah. -- nm - znufrii Aug 18, 08:11
    - You get a flu shot every year. -- nm - loosilu Aug 18, 08:10 2
      - "I don't have time for chemo every week!" -- nm - Mop Aug 18, 08:12 1
        
        Dialysis? More than once? Guess I'm dying of ammonia poisoning. -- nm - Qale Aug 18, 08:14
  - yep -- nm - mud Aug 18, 07:59
  - And they've had boosters for so many other vaccines. People just want to bitch and complain. -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 07:54 8
    - While I understand that - eag Aug 18, 08:00 7
      - Nope. If it will help me, give it to me. Don't hold off because idiots won't take it. -- nm - pmb Aug 18, 08:14
      - "I'll wait until we know more" "We know more now, 3 doses would be better" "No" -- nm - Guigue Aug 18, 08:05
      - Can't really hold off on the announcement when they need to start giving boosters today. People were vaccinated starting last December so they - Krusty Aug 18, 08:04 3
        
        I'm just starting to wonder if we be in a better situation - eag Aug 18, 08:12 2
        
        People are expecting perfect messaging in an evolving circumstance. It's not possible to get it perfect. It changes as the circumstances change. - pmb Aug 18, 08:25
        
        *shrug* For me, I haven't had an issue with the messaging. It seems like the biggest issues are the lies and misinformation spreading on social - Krusty Aug 18, 08:20
      - Hell no. Shots in arms. The people who resisted will resist. They are too stupid to live. -- nm - loosilu Aug 18, 08:03
  - word. I'd take a shot a month. gimme -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 07:53
- Are they advising you to match, does not matter, or encourage mis-match with your previous? -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 07:50 7
  - cross vaccinations are how the mutations occur -- nm - decline Aug 18, 07:58 5
    - I get that this is likely a joke and we're all cool cool here. But this is definitely not true. -- nm - Qale Aug 18, 08:13 1
      - yep - decline Aug 18, 08:14
    - wait what -- nm - mud Aug 18, 08:13
    - Didn't I read here that Canada was encouraging cross vaccinations? -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 08:11 1
      - so that's where the zombie apocalypse will start -- nm - decline Aug 18, 08:12
  - They're advising you get the same one you got originally. -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 07:53
- Looks like I'll be getting a booster from Santa this Christmas. -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 07:46 2
  - End of October. I should likely wait until after the October Barn Sale in case it knocks me flat :) -- nm - Meg Aug 18, 07:54
  - January for me - I wonder how many times they'll change this decision by then? -- nm - decline Aug 18, 07:51
If you don't have Netflix and haven't seen The Social Dilemma, it is now on YouTube for free -- (link) - oblique Aug 18, 07:27 [youtube] 10
- Prolly some LRonHubbard Scientology recruitment video -- nm - budice Aug 18, 07:38
- everyone is insisting i should watch this.. is there anything in that is surprising? -- nm - chicken daddy Aug 18, 07:36 8
  - I was surprised by the extent of the calculation. -- nm - pmb Aug 18, 08:20
  - Yes. Unless you think the worst isn't possible. That no way do they do THAT much tinkering. -- nm - Qale Aug 18, 08:17
  - No. -- nm - loosilu Aug 18, 08:04
  - As someone that has an understanding of what social media is and what it's doing to society it likely doesn't give you any new info. But it's a good doc with -- (edited) - Krusty Aug 18, 07:50 1
    - This, pretty much. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 18, 08:05
  - It is a well acted, well directed, interesting story. The movie hits on all levels. How often do we see that anymore? -- nm - Pippy Aug 18, 07:40 2
    - This is different than The Social Network, which was fantastic. The Social Dilemma is a documentary about how bad social media is today. -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 07:48 1
      - I mean, the documentary also has acting, directing, and an interesting story since it isn't just talking heads. -- nm - Qale Aug 18, 08:19
Some really good news on Chris Bassitt. -- (link) - spamlet Aug 18, 07:23
OTD 40 yrs ago, Wall of Voodoo released their debut album “Dark Continent” -- (link) - mud Aug 18, 07:15 1
- "Callbox 1-2-3" -- (link) - mud Aug 18, 07:16 [youtube]
The word for the day is "Endemic": The Coronavirus Is Here Forever. This Is How We Live With It -- (link) - oblique Aug 18, 06:49 2
- While this piece makes a lot of good points and has some information I hadn't yet looked into, unfortunately it feels dangerous. -- nm - Qale Aug 18, 07:00 1
  - "most optimistic scenario" - yeah - *alarm bells* -- nm - VMan Aug 18, 07:39
Heard from a customer this morning: "Us old people have trouble trying to navigate through a lot of this tech stuff" Shes two years younger than me :( - Walt_Disney Aug 18, 06:49 5
- It seems many older people are afraid to just click things and see what happens. They don't mess around with their phone or whatever and so never - Krusty Aug 18, 06:55 4
  - "Lose patience" is what I run into - work intuitively exactly how I want you to work or fuck off! - Cuzzin Todd Aug 18, 07:12 3
    - Heh. I wonder if it is cause I kind of grew up with non-connected computers like my Apple ][+ and my friends C64 and TI-94A which weren't intuitive - JD Aug 18, 07:55
    - This is why Apple products and I don't get along. Nothing about Apple feels intuitive to me - TWuG Aug 18, 07:52
    - this is me to a T -- nm - Pippy Aug 18, 07:34
Groupon keeps sending me Breast Enlargement and Butt Enhancer offers. I think they're trying to tell me something. -- (edited) - budice Aug 18, 06:44 2
- My phone used to think I’m a lesbian, now it just thinks I’m fat. -- nm - znufrii Aug 18, 07:03
- You need to cut down on searching for pawg and big-breasted -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 06:59
Ingenuity chopper on Mars is still going strong. Covered 2.67km, farther than Perseverance has rolled in six months -- (link) - oblique Aug 18, 06:44
My appointment with the eye doctor, which had been set for October, has been rescheduled to today. In 2 hours. Eep. -- nm - Baron and Barratry Aug 18, 06:24 7
- Min is in 15 minutes. Time for new glasses! -- nm - TWuG Aug 18, 06:44
- quick, start studying! -- nm - loosilu Aug 18, 06:37 1
  - The 6th line is CVDEOM -- nm - rollo Aug 18, 06:41
- Hopefully your assistant coach is up to the task. -- nm - spamlet Aug 18, 06:30 2
  - This is a Dennis Hopper/Gene Hackman situation, isn't it? -- nm - Dano Aug 18, 06:32 1
    - It is but sub in meth for booze, and Jimmy Chitwood's name is now Liam Guerrero. -- nm - Baron and Barratry Aug 18, 06:54
- Floss your eyes, stat! -- nm - JaxSean Aug 18, 06:24
DeVos Dept of Ed called in Men's Rights Activists to help gut Title IX sexual assault and harassment rules. - TWuG Aug 18, 06:21 2
- She's trash and this proves it. just a horrid person who set back education in this country -- nm - Remlik Aug 18, 07:44
- Of course she did. -- nm - loosilu Aug 18, 06:37
Good news! The City Planning Commission has rejected a plan for two very large buildings one block from the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. Yay!!! :-) - Krusty Aug 18, 05:57 1
- stupid flowers -- nm - decline Aug 18, 06:05
"If you can change one part of you Sean, what would it be?" "The front." -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 05:50 2
- *eye squint* *reads rest of the board* Sorry man. :( -- nm* - JaxSean Aug 18, 06:25 1
  - He was such a funny comedian. Terrible loss. :-( If you don't already watch 8 out of 10 cats/8 out of 10 cats does countdown, you should. - Krusty Aug 18, 06:49
Wwwwwoooowwwwww -- (link) - ty97 Aug 18, 05:46 5
- Yes, they've been getting into pharmaceuticals pivoting away from tobacco. They've called for a ban on tobacco. -- nm - Mop Aug 18, 06:54
- “Look at the balls on that guy” -- nm - spamlet Aug 18, 06:29
- Vertical integration - oblique Aug 18, 05:54
- Getting paid to make them sick and then to help them with the illness you caused. *smh* -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 05:51
- ummmm -- nm - prayformojo Aug 18, 05:51
Good morning. Spelling Bee -- (pic) - prayformojo Aug 18, 05:13 [Attachment] 19
- Lexicon - Jailed debate teach- oh shit, this is the real word -- nm - rollo Aug 18, 08:10
- Ex Colon Incel - Congrats on getting a boyfriend, bro, maybe you won't be so horrible now. -- nm - rollo Aug 18, 08:05
- CexLoin - I shouldn't have to explain it, you get it or you don't. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 18, 07:12
- LexCoin - Luthor's foray into crypto -- nm* - rollo Aug 18, 06:07 3
  - Oh great... you just gave WB their idea for the next Superman reboot. -- nm - Dano Aug 18, 06:15 2
    - Who will take Pryor's role? -- nm - VMan Aug 18, 06:25 1
      - Vernon Davis, is my understanding -- nm - prayformojo Aug 18, 06:26
- Oxen Lice - a slow but deliberate subspecies -- nm - rollo Aug 18, 06:04 1
  - LoinLice - The affliction no one wants to get -- nm - Dano Aug 18, 06:14
- Clone IX -- nm - rollo Aug 18, 06:00 2
  - already? But I've only caught Clone I - Clone VI - prayformojo Aug 18, 06:02 1
    - You should really try this year's model -- nm - rollo Aug 18, 06:05
- CoxLine - When they're all lined up or Therapy for your Bad Cable Supplier -- nm* - budice Aug 18, 05:56
- Nice lox -- nm - TWuG Aug 18, 05:36
- XenonLoxIce - worst slurpee ever! -- nm - VMan Aug 18, 05:36 2
  - Oxicleen - the no name alternative -- nm - VMan Aug 18, 05:37 1
    - No name? Why you.... -- nm - Willy Nays Aug 18, 06:13
- ExLincoln - Your towncar after the divorce -- nm - ty97 Aug 18, 05:23
- LixCone - Ice Cream, you lick it -- nm - budice Aug 18, 05:20
The defending AL champs, who have the best record in the AL, just set back to back records for lowest non-COVID attendance in their history. -- (link) - spamlet Aug 18, 05:01 12
- "non-COVID" = lol -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 07:38
- *smh* Move them -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 05:38 6
  - At this point I agree. If they can’t draw right now they’re never going to. -- nm - spamlet Aug 18, 06:40 5
    - Florida is on fire with Covid now. Maybe people aren't excited about being with a crowd. -- nm - pmb Aug 18, 06:59 4
      - It’s not just this summer. They have been very good for 12 years and haven’t drawn crowds. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 07:04 3
        
        If winning the AL and going to the series isn't enough to get people excited about your team then the city has made it obvious they don't care about your team. -- (edited) - Krusty Aug 18, 07:18 2
        
        Not that I know much about baseball, but there are so many Spring Training teams in the area (Yankees, Pirates, Tigers, Orioles, etc.), and transplants -- (edited) - JaxSean Aug 18, 07:27 1
        
        Whatever the reason the city doesn't support the Rays. They just don't go to games no matter how good the team is playing. -- (edited) - Krusty Aug 18, 07:37
- I read this as the defending Alabama champs. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 18, 05:09 3
  - Alaska... everybody cool with AL? -- nm - Abbreviating Committee Aug 18, 06:41 1
    - Thanks Gary -- nm - rollo Aug 18, 06:44
  - The Rocket City Trash Pandas would be embarrassed by those attendance totals. -- nm - spamlet Aug 18, 05:25
Good news everyone! Maybe soon you can get intubated up the butt. -- (link) - mafic Aug 18, 04:44 3
- Gonna inspire a whole new generation of bug chasing. - Qale Aug 18, 07:10
- They're blowing smoke up your ass. -- nm - VMan Aug 18, 05:42
- What what? -- nm - TWuG Aug 18, 05:37
rollo, it was election night. I was running a team of vote counters. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 04:22 1
- Nice! -- nm - rollo Aug 18, 06:10
Orioles are on a 13-game losing streak. They have been outs scored by 87 runs in that streak. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 04:17 6
- Time to call up Virtual Shaun. -- nm - Baron and Barratry Aug 18, 06:15 1
  - Ha! -- nm - Shaun Aug 18, 07:49
- It's maddening how many pitching prospects have blown up in their face this year. Like 8 or worse ERA. -- nm - Inigo Aug 18, 04:53 3
  - But the young guys in A-AA are killing it. Grayson is a stud. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 05:00 2
    - I saw him in Bowie for his first start at home in AA. - Inigo Aug 18, 05:11 1
      - Weiters was the best minor leaguer I ever saw in Frederick. Man amongst boys. I hope Adley carries more forward. - Will Hunting Aug 18, 05:14
TV PSA: America's Got Talent, Riverdale, MasterChef, AEW Dynamite, Big Brother, Press Your Luck, Property Brothers, $100,000 Pyramid, In the Dark, -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 04:01 3
- Beat Shazam, Family Game Fight, Superstar, Nine Perfect Strangers (Hulu), What If? (D+), The Defeated (NF), Memories Of A Murder: The Nilsen Tapes (NF -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 04:03 2
  - In The Same Breath (HBO), Diary Of A Future President (D+), Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens, The Challenge, other stuff -- nm* - Beaker Aug 18, 04:03 1
    - Everything’s Gonna Be Okay ending with season 2 -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 04:25
Sean Lock: Comedian and 8 Out of 10 Cats captain dies aged 58. He was a comedy genius (sorry Krusty). - LMS Aug 18, 03:53 5
- oh man, that's a huge loss. he was fantastic. -- nm - chicken daddy Aug 18, 06:57
- Oh no. :-( Sean was wonderful. This is terribly sad news. Just awful. :-( - Krusty Aug 18, 04:36 3
  - Really sad news. I'm reading some of the tributes tweets, even the Piers Morgan one is gracious. -- nm - LMS Aug 18, 04:58 2
    - I had a hard time just getting through that article. Gone way too soon with so much more to do. So very sad today. :-( -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 05:39 1
      - And I just thought about how he was one of my dream contestants on Taskmaster. I would have loved to see him do the tasks and then defend his actions - Krusty Aug 18, 05:47
There is no runoff in the CA recall. If YES gets 50% or more, whoever gets the most votes on Question 2 is governor, even if they have 15% of the vote -- nm - Tim Aug 18, 03:21
Vampire Academy was not good. When everybody's acting poorly like this I usually blame the writer. #VampireWatch -- nm - Ender Aug 18, 00:43 1
- 8( Something didn't completely work for that movie. I was really interested cause Daniel Waters worked on the screenplay - JD Aug 18, 08:03
... I'm definitely going to have to re-watch Tinker Tailor and Night Manager -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 00:04 1
- Oh, perhaps both Tinker Tailors. Can't go wrong with Alec Guinness. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 00:06
The value of a vaccination in 3 charts. -- (link) - jnine Aug 17, 23:35
The newer a movie is, the more times the phrase "On [Month Day, Year] it was announced that..." will appear on its Wikipedia page. -- nm - Ender Aug 17, 22:53 1
- This is so we can reliably observe the next time ripple. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 17, 23:22
"I did not intend for any offensive thing and I apologize if I did." - David Aug 17, 22:35 2
- Reading the comment, I immediately read his offensive comment in a Bugs Bunny voice. I can see how people would think that done poorly would be Asian -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 04:14 1
  - Oh no…audio says he’s a racist. There was no Elmer Fudd in that. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 05:40

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