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Did we do the Vancouver Island pisser against masks? -- (link) - Qale Aug 31, 07:17
Because it's never too early for polls, here's a poll for the next election -- (link) - ty97 Aug 31, 07:16 2
- (This election is in 20 days) -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 07:16 1
  - ..... - ty97 Aug 31, 07:17
Can I say something and you all promise you won't get mad or throw things at me or fire me? - ty97 Aug 31, 07:14 6
- Literally the only reason to eat there. -- nm - spamlet Aug 31, 07:29
- I've eaten at Taco Bell one time, ever. -- nm - MDH Aug 31, 07:28 1
  - you should go for lunch and try the Nacho Fries and let us know if ty97 is lying -- nm - decline Aug 31, 07:30
- It's okay. Some people do very well playing the villain. -- nm - Qale Aug 31, 07:27
- I agree. -- nm - tRuMaN needs ? Aug 31, 07:20
- blasphemer! -- nm - decline Aug 31, 07:15
Cam Newton cut -- (link*) - flavorize Aug 31, 07:10 6
- LOL -- (link) - Shaun Aug 31, 07:33
- Surprising but at the same time, unsurprising -- nm - rollo Aug 31, 07:24
- Who will be the sexy hat ambassador now? -- nm - Pippy Aug 31, 07:22
- That's a personnel decision. -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 07:15
- Wow. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 31, 07:13
- The Mac Jones era has begun -- nm - decline Aug 31, 07:11
hmmmm, fair point -- (link) - ty97 Aug 31, 07:05 3
- I'm not a BI reader (their articles seem clickbaity), so I didn't read, but will we get to the point of "protected" type conditions? - JaxSean Aug 31, 07:31
- I guess my question is this: Is Delta just charging them more by reducing their portion of the insurance subsidy? that has nothing to do - tRuMaN needs ? Aug 31, 07:09 1
  - The concern is say, for example, it's sliding scale premium for you health care cost based on your BMI. - ty97 Aug 31, 07:12
"Halley was last seen in Earth's skies in 1986 .. It will return in 2061 on its regular 76-year journey around the Sun." - ty97 Aug 31, 07:03 7
- Still plenty of time to start a new death cult surrounding it. -- nm - Qale Aug 31, 07:28
- It's more accurate to say 75-76 years, which some sources do. Its exact arrival time is difficult to predict, apparently. It has a "chaotic orbit." -- nm* - mara Aug 31, 07:08 5
  - Couldn't round it off to an even 75. Comet's a dick -- nm - con_carne Aug 31, 07:10
  - darn drunk aliens still cant drive straight? -- nm - tRuMaN needs ? Aug 31, 07:10
  - It’ll see how we’ve done since it last visited, and deployed the brakes, parachutes, thrusters and anything else to slowwww that shit down -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 31, 07:09 2
    - Slow down, or....... CHANGE COURSE?!?! -- nm - mara Aug 31, 07:12 1
      - *Clark Griswold roll em up gif* -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 31, 07:17
who can sum up for me which FF leagues are going this season? -- nm - groiny Aug 31, 06:57 2
- all of them! -- nm - tRuMaN needs ? Aug 31, 06:58 1
  - Yup. ML Memorial League drafted last night, BF this week and the champions BF league seems to on as well but no idea about that draft. - Krusty Aug 31, 07:00
The most hated MLB team in each state (based on a study of 100K tweets by a betting app). Pretty easy to guess who are the 2 most hated... -- (link) - decline Aug 31, 06:42 25
- Interesting LA is the most hated team in AZ. When they play there, the stands are about 70% Dodger fans, their merchandise is all over in the stores - jnine Aug 31, 09:44
- Not #1. That's surprising -- nm - Krusty Aug 31, 06:53 2
  - Stros sucking up a lot of your natural haterritory. -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 06:56 1
    - Every state should hate the Astros more than any other team. -- nm - Krusty Aug 31, 06:58
- How does one work up enough to "hate" the Mets? (unless you are an actual Mets fan) -- nm* - Reagen Aug 31, 06:46 14
  - I think Braves and Phillies fans dislike the Mets but they're just not good enough to hate. -- nm - Krusty Aug 31, 06:53 12
    - it's like hating the Bengals. How? -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 06:55 11
      - Imagine hating *The Jets of baseball* - ty97 Aug 31, 06:59 5
        
        I'm still in the city, motherfucker. - Krusty Aug 31, 07:05 2
        
        Many hate based on the media coverage shitty teams get for being in the big markets. - Will Hunting Aug 31, 07:17 1
        
        I don't think the Jets get much coverage but your point about the Knicks is a good one. They got way too much coverage for a terrible team. - Krusty Aug 31, 07:27
        
        I've picked on them enough lately, I need to vary my targets. -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 06:59 1
        
        Jets! Mets! It rhymes! They make it too easy! -- nm - ty97 Aug 31, 07:00
      - History plus there could just be some general hate for NY. -- nm - Krusty Aug 31, 06:57 4
        
        "Ooh, damn you for padding our win totals and making us think we're better than we are! *shakes fist*" -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 06:58 3
        
        Sports hatred is not rational or based on the current season. You know how it is with fans. We're terrible when it comes to hating other teams. - Krusty Aug 31, 07:03 2
        
        My brothers' least favourite football team is one that doesn't exist anymore. -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 07:05 1
        
        Haha! -- nm - Krusty Aug 31, 07:16
  - Same for the White Sox. Twins fans should love us for the past few years. -- nm - spamlet Aug 31, 06:53
- The Cards/Cubs section of that map is like the old Blockbusters game show. Cubs only need Louisiana to win the game. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Aug 31, 06:45
- I would assume Yankees and Red Sox -- nm - Beaker Aug 31, 06:43 1
  - 1/2 (think new evil empire that has arisen in the West) -- nm - decline Aug 31, 06:45
- also, WTF West Virginia?!? -- nm - decline Aug 31, 06:43 2
  - kinda makes sense. There'd be a lot of Pirates fans there. -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 06:44 1
    - yeah, the northern part of WV is basically an outer Pittsburgh suburb -- nm - ty97 Aug 31, 06:52
Magic Arena is down, in spite of the status page suggesting otherwise. And reports suggest it's been that way for many hours. No official message yet. -- nm - Qale Aug 31, 06:32 4
- Yeah at least for three hours here. - spamlet Aug 31, 06:43 3
  - Listen here, punk. I stopped playing with those Scute Swarms, you need to stop playing with Lurrus! - Qale Aug 31, 06:52 2
    - It’s Historic! There are no rules! - spamlet Aug 31, 06:54 1
      - I can't believe how many decks don't run any removal in all formats. It's like... did you expect this to be a one player game? -- nm - Qale Aug 31, 07:04
McDonald's Canada dropping spicy nuggets today. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 31, 06:24 14
- "It's not McPizza" -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 06:41
- I actually like McDonald's (dodges things being thrown), but the spicy nuggets were just...lazy to me? Wasn't impressed. -- nm - MDH Aug 31, 06:29 12
  - Definitely the weakest spicy nuggets out there -- nm - ty97 Aug 31, 06:53
  - iirc, this is the first time they've been up here, so I'll try to give them a whirl. -- nm - Shaun Aug 31, 06:41 4
    - I know that BK nuggets are a second tier nugget but the 2.99 spicy nuggets are tough to pass over - Reagen Aug 31, 06:42 3
      - BK spicy nuggets are far better than McDs spicy nuggets. No lie. -- nm - ty97 Aug 31, 06:53
      - Yup, the BK spicy nuggets are exponentially better than the normal ones, but that's not an incredible endorsement or anything. - Shaun Aug 31, 06:44 1
        
        Totally forgot that they have fries and not wedges anymore (or do they have both?) -- nm - MDH Aug 31, 07:08
  - They were just okay. -- nm - Krusty Aug 31, 06:39
  - I had the Wendy's Thai Chili Chicken yesterday, which is fine but not an improvement on the original - Reagen Aug 31, 06:39 1
    - what? Do we have that here? -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 08:17
  - Did you soak them in BTS Butter? -- nm - Qale Aug 31, 06:36 2
    - I know that's a song, but I haven't tried any of the "celeb" meals. -- nm - MDH Aug 31, 06:39 1
      - we tried the BTS sauces, they were kinda meh -- nm - Beaker Aug 31, 06:43
For the streaming data aficionados, today marks the launch of Disney's Star + service in Latin America. Or at least here. - Marlowe Aug 31, 06:23
Second home test was also negative, so that means it's unlikely I am infected. So, I'm going with overexertion, typical sinus meh, and masks. -- nm - Qale Aug 31, 06:19 8
- I missed that you were concerned about this. Glad it’s not *that* -- nm - spamlet Aug 31, 06:55
- Yay for probably not being sick (not sick with COVID at least), take care of yourself! -- nm - ty97 Aug 31, 06:54
- 😺 -- nm - crash davis Aug 31, 06:34
- So glad to hear this. Feel better. -- nm - Krusty Aug 31, 06:28 2
  - It's a tough thing. You really don't think it's likely, but you have to go through the steps anyway. -- nm - Qale Aug 31, 06:33 1
    - Of course. I'm sure it eases your mind as well. -- nm - Krusty Aug 31, 06:38
- Yay! (But maybe get the real test if symptoms persist?) -- nm - mara Aug 31, 06:21 1
  - My breathing is much improved. But sure, if more symptoms pop sure. The home tests are kind of a nice thing though. You do one, then 36 hours, the 2nd - Qale Aug 31, 06:28
I expect this is a typical FedEx experience lately, but my tracking just went from "out for delivery" to "customer not available" with no actual - Reagen Aug 31, 06:17 2
- That was 100% of my packages the last year I was in Vancouver. They’d never ring. The guys here are amazing. -- nm - mafic Aug 31, 06:28 1
  - although apparently it's damaged and they're contacting the shipper to see if they want it back first. Which, OK, but *say that* - Reagen Aug 31, 06:37
Draft rating: Disney +. -- nm - Spawn Aug 31, 05:47
In a million years I never would’ve guessed why Paco is short for Francisco. - mafic Aug 31, 05:37
Theranos - Elizabeth Holmes fraud trial set to start today. -- (link) - budice Aug 31, 05:11 1
- Wait, she procreated? How horrifying. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Aug 31, 06:48
Good morning! I need one person for my fantasy football league. It's using the Blood Feud rules and the draft is Thu. night at 9pm. -- (link) - Krusty Aug 31, 05:10
Lamar Jackson waived, Josh Allen activated from the COVID protocol list. -- (link) - Inigo Aug 31, 05:08
Alberta feed stores inundated with calls for ivermectin over false claims livestock dewormer treats COVID -- (link) - Beaker Aug 31, 04:35 26
- It's so strange that the same people who won't take the vaccine because it's experimental and unsafe... - Inigo Aug 31, 05:48 15
  - Had a guy tell me he didn’t trust the vaccine because of what could be it…As he pulled a cigarette out. I pointed out the dozens of known carcinogens - Will Hunting Aug 31, 06:29 3
    - He can look that up, but does he have the ability to evaluate that? -- (link) - Reagen Aug 31, 06:36 2
      - Sure, he also drinks a bottle of moonshine while smoking his cancer stick …. The cognitive dissonance is staggering. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 31, 06:42 1
        
        There's a thing going around where someone lists the components of an apple without identifying it and asks someone what they object to from it - Reagen Aug 31, 06:48
  - agreed -- nm - Beaker Aug 31, 06:21
  - There's no question the cognitive dissonance makes most logical / "right thinking" folks' heads' spin, but that is part of the point -- nm - rollo Aug 31, 06:21
  - Semi-related, just read a comment on an Ars Technica article about vaccines related to why people will choose infection/treatment vs. prevention or - oblique Aug 31, 06:00 7
    - another angle I've seen is people thinking vaccines drive resistant variants, like antibiotic resistance - Reagen Aug 31, 06:09 6
      - On that line, I will also say that vaccine mandates that don't take into account natural immunity are a bit disingenuous. If we are going to be - oblique Aug 31, 06:12 5
        
        Also, antibody levels are not the whole story. -- (link) - mara Aug 31, 07:11
        
        they aren't equal though, that's the whole point. -- nm - Andie Aug 31, 07:04
        
        This isn’t directed at you, so please don’t take it the wrong way, but I do mean it from the bottom of my heart. - mafic Aug 31, 06:40
        
        "Natural infection only exposes the body to the virus in the respiratory tract (unless the illness is very severe), while the vaccine is delivered to muscle, where the immune system may have an even better chance of -- (edited) - mara Aug 31, 06:16
        
        There's solid evidence that vaccine acquired immunity is stronger than natural immunity, particularly if you got it the first time round - Reagen Aug 31, 06:16
  - If they're right, then liberals are wrong, and that would make their hearts explode with joy, instead of cholesterol. -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 05:49
- Why am I not surprised our dumb idea exported there. -- nm - spamlet Aug 31, 04:55 9
  - It’s everywhere with the internet. The place I get chicken feed had a sign up saying they don’t sell it. -- nm - mafic Aug 31, 05:24 6
    - Right but I’m not surprised particularly in America Jr it would tak hold. -- nm - spamlet Aug 31, 05:50 5
      - Alberta is CDN Texas. -- nm - Shaun Aug 31, 06:15 4
        
        sort of "they wish". -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 06:41
        
        This makes me laugh a lot. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 31, 06:23
        
        Ye haw, eh? -- nm - Qale Aug 31, 06:16 1
        
        (Yahoo) -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 06:19
  - Still the export leaders in the segment! -- nm - ty97 Aug 31, 04:59
  - To be fair (~to be faiiiirrr~) Rural 'Berta has always had a big selection of absolute lunatics. -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 04:58
TV PSA: WWE NXT, Deadliest Catch, Stargirl, Bachelor in Paradise, America's Got Talent, LEGO Masters, Ultimate Surfer, Supergirl, Miracle Workers, -- nm - Beaker Aug 31, 04:23 2
- Capital One College Bowl, Hard Knocks (Cowboys), Only Murders In The Building (Hulu), Sparking Joy (NF), other stuff -- nm - Beaker Aug 31, 04:25 1
  - UK gets new series of Back to Life, another great show worth seeking out if it's streaming somewhere. -- nm - LMS Aug 31, 05:24
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Aug 31, 04:21 [Attachment] 10
- HEY, I GET IT. WHEE! -- nm - rollo Aug 31, 06:24
- HI, EGGY TWIT -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 06:20
- WE HIGH, YEET - Xennial slang, probably -- nm - rollo Aug 31, 06:16
- WHEY HEIGHT - Miss Muffet, can you describe the spider that harassed you? -- nm - rollo Aug 31, 06:13
- TightyWhitey -- nm - budice Aug 31, 05:06
- Hey Twiggy - Elwood first meets the love of his life -- nm - VMan Aug 31, 04:57
- HIGHTWEETY: a banned WB cartoon from the late 60’s -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 31, 04:45
- Tweighty - A heavy four score -- nm* - . Aug 31, 04:30
- THE WIGGITY - The Kris Kross tribute band -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 04:27
- WET THIGH - the Wet Leg tribute band - Reagen Aug 31, 04:25
Nia Jax is gonna kill someone in the ring. That suplex was tremendously lazy and dangerous. I give Charlotte a lot of credit for turning - Will Hunting Aug 31, 03:49
A los vegas feed store is requiring customers buying ivermectin to prove they own a horse -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 31, 01:37 3
- Oh, that reminds me, this weekend i saw a sign that said "50lb bag of carrots, $10". Who needs that many carrots? - Beryllium Aug 31, 01:49 2
  - carrots are divine, you get a dozen for a dime..... -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 31, 02:02
  - goats dig them too. we occasionally get bags like that. -- nm - mafic Aug 31, 01:50
I think best case I put the first Captain America like 14th of the MCU movies, but I don't think it's *bad* - mafic Aug 31, 00:28
*drops a pin* -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 23:43
*notices a particular Martian Marine in this episode of The Expanse* holy shit, that's Simu Liu -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 22:21
"We don't know who fired the first shot. But now, the murder hornets blacken our skies." -- nm - After we lose the AI war Aug 30, 22:12
loosilu (and anyone who is curious), the Bob Ross documentary is about his estate and the company that controls his brand now. - Mop Aug 30, 21:45
Re Reagen’s Brexit post on B2 -- (pic) - ralph wiggum Aug 30, 21:32 [Attachment]
DragonCon is still on. Thursday, September 2nd at noon. Proof of vaxx, negative test required. Attendance cap half of 2019's total. - Qale Aug 30, 21:26 5
- Here is a list of my Top 20 most entertaining programmed events! - Qale Aug 30, 21:52 4
  - Half of these feel like if ClickHole wanted to create a fake slideshow. Well done beating them to the punch. -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 06:54
  - *skritch* I really hope the cryptid lecture is dead serious. -- nm - mafic Aug 31, 01:01 2
    - I think we just found someone that went on a date with one. -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 06:49
    - I imagine it will be. It's part of the Skeptics track. (Note: Skeptics not Conspiracy Theory) -- nm - Qale Aug 31, 06:15

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