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Kids under 18 in China will only be allowed to play video games between 8 and 9 PM on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. -- (link) - Mop Aug 30, 11:02 3
- i support this policy and may have to implement it in my house - Beryllium Aug 30, 11:07 1
  - evil -- nm - decline Aug 30, 11:09
- evil -- nm - decline Aug 30, 11:03
Since we just reacted to it ourselves, get ready for long lines at gas stations. - JaxSean Aug 30, 10:55 3
- What's a gas station? -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 11:05
- we filled up yesterday. we figured prices would be going up. -- nm - Andie Aug 30, 11:01 1
  - us too -- nm - Pippy Aug 30, 11:56
Heh. A funny Microfic. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 30, 10:53 2
- Well that's a very narrowly targetted joke. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 11:01 1
  - Please wait a moment while I fetch my chisel and a blank tablet to prepare a witty réplique. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 11:04
"You" Season 3 announcement trailer -- (link) - oblique Aug 30, 10:35 [youtube]
In this week's Streaming Into the Void, we may have caught Disney in a lie when it comes to Jungle Cruise numbers. - Mop Aug 30, 10:31 [spotify] 6
- I've said from the beginning that translating minutes watched into hard dollar amounts is folly. -- (edited) - Inigo Aug 30, 10:41 1
  - I'd argue that "$30 million" isn't a "true" number. Disney is under no obligation to have been truthful on that number. -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 10:51
- sequel greenlit. -- nm - Remlik Aug 30, 10:36
- I would guess that 25% watch a premier access movie twice, and an additional 12.5% more than twice - Beryllium Aug 30, 10:34 2
  - The numbers from Jungle Cruise would suggest a 2.8x watch rate, which means it looks like they lied down about its Premier Access totals. -- nm - David Aug 30, 10:53 1
    - Hmmmmm -- nm - Scarlett Johanson Aug 30, 11:11
Leave it to Beaver actor Tony Dow hospitalized with pneumonia...had to wait for a bed due to covid patients -- (link) - Remlik Aug 30, 10:30
Poll #hudsonhawk: Name two songs that you are sure you can correctly sing all the lyrics to from memory right now. - Max Aug 30, 10:28 27
- Beatles, rolling stones, doors, Tull, not all maybe a few I still remember -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 11:23
- I can get many songs singing along to the radio. I can't think of any I could do from memory without musical assistance. -- nm - Max Aug 30, 11:07
- (Surprised none of you nerds went with 4'33" yet) -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 11:04
- Is this a trick question? -- nm - Diva Aug 30, 10:46 4
  - ringer! -- nm - Max Aug 30, 11:07
  - heh -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 10:51
  - Ha! -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 10:47 1
    - Diva gonna go all Mona Lisa Vito on this question. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Aug 30, 11:02
- Paul Revere and Big Poppa -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 10:46 1
  - I could probably sing every Beastie Boys song from their first five albums. - Krusty Aug 30, 10:49
- The Rodeo Song and the theme from Green Acres. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Aug 30, 10:45
- Most of the soundtrack of Hamilton, Baby Got Back and other karaoke songs. -- nm - Dean Winchester Aug 30, 10:42 1
  - Knock-need bimbos walking like hoes - oblique Aug 30, 10:43
- I could probably do 99% of Rapper's Delight (the Single version), and Carry On by Kansas - JaxSean Aug 30, 10:39
- Don't Stop Believin', In Your Eyes... - Dark Callisto Aug 30, 10:39 5
  - I'm corroborating and will add that Kim's unexpected performances of Don't Stop Believin' sometimes give me chills. The women in her family can SING! -- nm - David Aug 30, 10:55 1
    - And I would clarify my answer with the fact that I cannot carry a tune in a bucket and make small children cry with my singing. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 10:58
  - To your IM - I'm with you there. I mean, I can sing word for word with a bunch of full albums. nm - Dean Winchester Aug 30, 10:43 1
    - Same. -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 30, 10:52
  - (David would probably corroborate) - Dark Callisto Aug 30, 10:39
- Mr. Jones, Jeremy -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 10:37
- Bohemian Rhapsody, Chaise Longue -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 10:33
- My first two would probably be Baby Got Back and Ice Ice Baby but I also think I'd probably be like 98% on either of those and probably mess - oblique Aug 30, 10:32
- cant. -- nm - tRuMaN needs ? Aug 30, 10:31
- Spoilers - Beryllium Aug 30, 10:31
- Tequila & wipeout -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 30, 10:29 1
  - Misirlou, here -- nm - ore-o Aug 30, 17:16
Colts: We have placed C Ryan Kelly, WR Zach Pascal and QB Carson Wentz on the Reserve/COVID-19 list. -- nm - Remlik Aug 30, 10:27
Ah, hahahahahaha...The Colts placed QB Carson Wentz on the COVID-19 list. -- (link) - decline Aug 30, 10:25 13
- So, 5 days out if he doesn't have COVID, and 10 if he does. -- nm - Inigo Aug 30, 10:32
- fuking idiot (him not you) -- nm - Remlik Aug 30, 10:28
- Do we think he's being hidden there for a bit or really has COVID? -- nm - Diva Aug 30, 10:27 9
  - He’s been happy to tell people he doesn’t have to say whether he’s been vaccinated so… -- nm - spamlet Aug 30, 10:29 7
    - Have they not figured out that's a "no"? - Reagen Aug 30, 10:52 4
      - It’s the old joke about a vegan. -- nm - spamlet Aug 30, 11:01 1
        
        or doing crossfit. -- nm - Diva Aug 30, 11:05
      - heh -- nm - mud Aug 30, 10:57
      - on the nose. -- nm - Diva Aug 30, 10:53
    - The word for the day is "Douchebaggery" -- nm - oblique Aug 30, 10:51
    - sheesh. -- nm - Diva Aug 30, 10:46
  - he's at least been exposed to someone who has it. -- nm - Remlik Aug 30, 10:28
- "But I didn't..." "Shut up, you have COVID." -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 10:26
Oh for the love of fuck. Was on a Samsung Live Chat except it was on hold for two hours, then didn't look back for ten minutes and - Reagen Aug 30, 10:20
Education Department has opened civil rights investigations against five Republican-led states that bar mask mandates for schools. -- (link) - budice Aug 30, 10:11
ST Poll: What is your largest quantity of unread mail by folder/label/etc? - oblique Aug 30, 10:07 23
- I have 22 unread emails, all of which date back to at least January of 2020. Two are from Kim, and another is from her sister. - David Aug 30, 10:54
- 0. In fact it's even empty, meaning nothing pending either. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 30, 10:46
- 0 for all. -- nm - Diva Aug 30, 10:27
- work: none unread. personal: 16, basically things I need to address in the coming weeks. -- nm - Max Aug 30, 10:23
- Who knows? Who cares? -- nm - psilotum Aug 30, 10:20 1
  - That's the spirit -- nm - JD Aug 30, 10:21
- My work inbox has 70,720 unread emails. - JaxSean Aug 30, 10:19 1
  - My work e-mail as zero ZERO unread e-mails. ZERO! - ty97 Aug 30, 10:22
- 14,702 unread. Almost none of them from humans. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 10:14
- I clean my email inbox daily. It's almost always at zero. -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 10:13
- Spam 300 -- nm - budice Aug 30, 10:13
- zero unread, but i have thousands of read ones in my inbox, always. -- nm* - Andie Aug 30, 10:12 2
  - Same but not thousands. I try and delete what I don't need but there's a bunch of read messages. -- nm* - Krusty Aug 30, 10:16
  - I've got like two dozen auto sorts for Gmail. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 10:13
- 6668 unread in my deleted items folder at work. -- nm - tRuMaN needs ? Aug 30, 10:11 2
  - 8635 in work deleted. -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 30, 10:13
  - My work deleted is 14,362 -- nm - oblique Aug 30, 10:12
- I'm an imbox zero person. 0 unread, 5 in work inbox, 2 in personal inbox. -- nm - MDH Aug 30, 10:10 2
  - I go through purges at the end of every semester, but no unread as it goes. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 10:13
  - When I say in the inbox, I mean all read, just not filed away out of sight. -- nm - MDH Aug 30, 10:11
- Inbox: 8800 unread. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 30, 10:10 2
  - I think you just made MDH's head explode -- nm - oblique Aug 30, 10:11 1
    - 8k gets a glare, the coworker at has 90k unread e-mails (I think it's multiple accounts combined) gives me anxiety. -- nm - MDH Aug 30, 10:12
Schmigadoon is neither diabolical nor sugary sweet. - Mop Aug 30, 10:05
The only ones I can really think of: The Usual Suspects, Pretty Woman, and Sleepless in Seattle -- nm - MDH Aug 30, 10:02 7
- Princess Bride is the main one for me, I feel like I have let you all down - zeitgeist Aug 30, 10:30
- I finally watched TUS a few years ago. I worked in a theatre when it was playing and yeah... - spamlet Aug 30, 10:09
- Definitely the first -- nm - oblique Aug 30, 10:05 4
  - although it's not hard to have someone not get on the "hey let's watch a movie filled with Kevin Spacey" train now. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 10:07 3
    - True. I love Baby Driver but have to get over that hurdle also -- nm - oblique Aug 30, 10:09 2
      - I kind of want someone to cgi replace him in those films. The DeSpacied Cut. But who should he be replaced with? - Beryllium Aug 30, 10:11 1
        
        His non-union Mexican equivalent, Quevin Espacio. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Aug 30, 10:16
Judge orders Cinci hospital to treat COVID-19 patient with Ivermectin -- (link) - mara Aug 30, 10:00 11
- I demand to be treated with heroin! -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 10:06 2
  - Born in the wrong century you were. -- (pic) - Tenetennbaron Aug 30, 10:10 [Attachment]
  - Find a doctor to prescribe it to you - ty97 Aug 30, 10:07
- So judges can order medical facilities to provide whatever medicine/services women request then. -- nm - Max Aug 30, 10:04 5
  - It's not just a request; it's a prescription. -- nm - mara Aug 30, 10:16 2
    - (I'm being a little simplistic, but that was the optics that jumped out at me) -- nm - Max Aug 30, 10:20 1
      - Ah. -- nm - mara Aug 30, 10:37
  - and you guys think OUR politicians make these sorts of decisions with one-payer health carer? - Andie Aug 30, 10:13
  - yeah, that's another fun one. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 10:05
- Ummm, they appealed, right? - ty97 Aug 30, 10:04
- I just saw that. This won't go badly. - Reagen Aug 30, 10:01
Mike Davis, starting RB for the Atlanta Falcons, asks a tough question: Is Cereal Soup? [Similar to, "Is a hot dog a sandwich?"] -- (link) - Flavorize Aug 30, 09:57 11
- *sigh* *walks away until the next board* -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 10:09
- Cereal is cereal without milk. It is not soup. -- nm - oblique Aug 30, 09:59 4
  - Chicken is chicken and noodles are noodles without broth. -- nm - ty97 Aug 30, 10:05 2
    - Neither of those two things are soup :) -- nm - oblique Aug 30, 10:06 1
      - Chicken Noodle Soup is a sandwich then? -- nm - ty97 Aug 30, 10:06
  - The box of cereal itself is not a soup, I would agree. But the prepared bowl, now? -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 10:02
- cause it is cereal. -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 09:58 4
  - Bowl, spoon, base liquid with stuff floating in it -- nm - Flavorize Aug 30, 10:00 3
    - There are also cream soups in case someone objects to that part. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 10:02 2
      - ... so you're saying it's a chowder? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 10:08 1
        
        Lucky Charms is a chowder. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 10:08
Searched online last night for Snapple and it really looks like the 20oz variety pack may be history :( - Meg Aug 30, 09:55 4
- You're not hard to please, it's just that iced tea sucks and you're finally realizing it. - Cuzzin Todd Aug 30, 09:56 2
  - But I'm getting tired of just flavored seltzer. -- nm - Meg Aug 30, 10:00 1
    - I can understand that - my feelings on tea are why I drinkg the flavored seltzer as often as I do. - Cuzzin Todd Aug 30, 10:49
- bastards -- nm - decline Aug 30, 09:56
Highway 51 in LaPlace Louisiana -- (link) - decline Aug 30, 09:53 5
- Also, a large section of Lousiana's coast could be without power for at least 6 weeks due to damage from Hurricane Ida. -- nm - decline Aug 30, 09:55
- Is this because of Lake Pontchartrain? -- nm - ty97 Aug 30, 09:55 2
  - Map for the curious. LaPlace is not coastal - ty97 Aug 30, 09:56 [Attachment] 1
    - An article that I'd read before but popped up again for obvious reasons - Every Map of Louisiana is a Lie -- (link) - Reagen Aug 30, 10:11
- good lord -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 09:53
During the pandemic, the 'use it or lose it' slots rules at the NYC airports have been suspended. That's due to end in October. - ty97 Aug 30, 09:47 3
- Speaking of NYC airports, if I were to be sailing out of the Manhattan cruise terminal I should likely fly into LGA, right? -- nm - Meg Aug 30, 09:58 2
  - I figure you wouldn't be going directly from the plane to the ship right? Probably in a hotel for the night? - ty97 Aug 30, 10:02 1
    - No, non-stop isn't generally an option out of SNA. And yes I'd be headed for a hotel, I believe there's a Hilton right there. -- nm* - Meg Aug 30, 10:09
Also VLIR and speaking of Apple TV+, couldn't be more excited for Come From Away on September 10th. I do so wish that the documentary was available - oblique Aug 30, 09:45 1
- Very excited here too. -- nm - znufrii Aug 30, 09:54
What train wrecks are you supposed to have seen but haven't? (Inspired by flavorize mentioning "Congo" on Twitter, which I saw in theatres) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 09:45 13
- great spinoff! -- nm - Flavorize Aug 30, 09:57
- Hudson Hawk; Bonfire of the Vanities, CatWoman. - Will Hunting Aug 30, 09:54 5
  - I've seen one of these. I don't remember it at all. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 10:07
  - Hudson Hawk is a killer idea, just destroyed by bad choices and REALLY bad acting. -- nm - Flavorize Aug 30, 09:58 3
    - Yeah, these are the movies that need re-made; not great movies. But great ideas done badly. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 30, 10:03
    - heresy! love the Hawk -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 10:00 1
      - werd -- nm - tRuMaN needs ? Aug 30, 10:11
- Cats -- nm - budice Aug 30, 09:53
- Ishtar -- nm - Max Aug 30, 09:46 3
  - I actually want to see Ishtar because Elaine May wrote and directed. - Dark Callisto Aug 30, 09:52 2
    - same here, opening weekend I think. It was funny. -- nm - mud Aug 30, 10:45 1
      - oh you said want, I thought it said "went" ..heh -- nm - mud Aug 30, 10:52
- Twilight -- nm - oblique Aug 30, 09:46
LIR: ty97, I was referring more to the behavior of the guests. Masking outside was varied and I couldn't see a clear commonality - oblique Aug 30, 09:44 5
- Is outdoor masking a common thing anywhere anymore? (I don't know the answer) - ty97 Aug 30, 09:46 4
  - It's mandatory in Oregon now. - psilotum Aug 30, 10:00 1
    - Interesting, thanks. -- nm - ty97 Aug 30, 10:06
  - I guess this would assume that masking indoors is a common thing... - Dark Callisto Aug 30, 09:52
  - servers mask outdoors here although I expect that's more of a convenience thing, since they're going in and out all the time. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 09:50
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Aug 30, 09:41

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