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"Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against hospitalization fell from 91 percent to 77 percent after a four-month period following the second shot. - prayformojo Sep 22, 11:57 7
- Also, I bet you Pfizer planted this story to pressure the FDA to authorize booster shots. -- nm - ty97 Sep 22, 12:10
- Dammit. -- nm - No Longer Calm David Sep 22, 12:07
- Also I don't know how to read this. Is it saying 1 in 4 (roughly. 23%.) breakthrough cases of Pfizer vaccinated people resulted in hospitalization? -- nm - ty97 Sep 22, 12:02 3
  - No. Its saying if I go to punch you in the face my success rate of putting my fist in your mouth went from 91% to 77% - spamlet Sep 22, 12:19
  - I don't think so. - mara Sep 22, 12:11
  - I haven't read the article, but that's how I interpreted it, plus "whereas Moderna was still 90%+." -- nm - JaxSean Sep 22, 12:08
- *hides indoors* -- nm - ty97 Sep 22, 12:01
ha ha -- (link) - nelson Sep 22, 11:53
I took a screenshot of my King Crimson library in iTunes (stretched out on desktop): -- (pic) - mud Sep 22, 11:49 [Attachment] 7
- what's King Crimson? -- nm - decline Sep 22, 11:56 6
  - greatest band ever (other than you-know-who) -- nm - mud Sep 22, 11:59 4
    - you-know-who is BTS, right? -- nm - decline Sep 22, 12:01 3
      - BTO? -- nm - Spawn Sep 22, 12:01 2
        
        TCB -- nm - prayformojo Sep 22, 12:10 1
        
        and working OT. -- nm - No Longer Calm David Sep 22, 12:11
  - No relation to King Missile -- nm - Beryllium Sep 22, 11:56
LYC: In my riding, the Marijuana party ended up with 121 votes, and the Marxist-Leninist Party got 83. -- (pic) - Andie Sep 22, 11:31 [Attachment] 2
- Marxist-Leninist party dead last here with 70 votes. Behind the Animal Protection Party, an Independant, and the Free Party of Canada -- nm - Guigue Sep 22, 11:37 1
  - I wanted to see what the Marxist-Leninist party was about, if you click on "Program" on their website, you can subscribe to their newsletter... -- nm - Guigue Sep 22, 11:40
Not counting the ones I've already given her, I have now purchased 18 Christmas gifts for Kim. Please update your scorecards. - No Longer Calm David Sep 22, 11:22 9
- ! -- nm - prayformojo Sep 22, 11:54
- I have purchased zero gifts for kim. there, my scorecard is updated. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 22, 11:23 7
  - You really can't go wrong with anything from Hot Topic. - No Longer Calm David Sep 22, 11:28 6
    - Ha! - Krusty Sep 22, 11:38 4
      - There's a Hot Topic in the Queens Center Mall :) - ty97 Sep 22, 11:54 1
        
        I have been needing stuff for a good bonfire. -- nm - No Longer Calm David Sep 22, 12:10
      - I mean it isnt hard to figure out. - tRuMaN Sep 22, 11:42 1
        
        I assume at this point there's a good chance if I got her something Stitch related she already has it. -- nm - Krusty Sep 22, 12:27
    - Creepy! -- nm - Spawn Sep 22, 11:29
The church I sing at received a $1MM gift! -- (link) - Diva Sep 22, 11:08 10
- nice -- nm - JaxSean Sep 22, 12:01
- Yay! -- nm - ty97 Sep 22, 11:59
- yeah! -- nm - prayformojo Sep 22, 11:54
- nee-chay -- nm - mud Sep 22, 11:32
- woot! -- nm - Spawn Sep 22, 11:25
- That's fantastic! -- nm - spamlet Sep 22, 11:22
- Phenomenal! -- nm - No Longer Calm David Sep 22, 11:20
- nice! -- nm - Remlik Sep 22, 11:18
- Awesome! -- nm - Krusty Sep 22, 11:17
- 👍 "Individuals from the community will be able to submit prospective names for the 1965 Freedom Plaza " ==> The Carolyn Plaza sounds nice -- nm* - decline Sep 22, 11:10
Everything is already bilingual in Canada, voting for the BQ seems kinda...why? -- nm - ty97 Sep 22, 10:54 5
- Quebec nationalism is only the most pronounced form of provincial nationalism in Canada. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 22, 12:17 1
  - Yes, it's leagues above the Alberta provincial nationalism of the CPCs and the Toronto provincial nationalism of the LPCs - Beryllium Sep 22, 12:27
- they are focused on Quebec only rather than other parts of the country. Alberta wants something "why the fuck do we care about Alberta?" -- nm - Beaker Sep 22, 10:57 2
  - But I mean, that's any politician really, right? You're looking out for your area. - ty97 Sep 22, 12:00
  - Alberta's a bad example in this case. :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 22, 11:55
Bollinger's truck on display. Going with analog-look instrument gauges -- (link) - TWuG Sep 22, 10:51 4
- They should stick to champagne. -- nm - VMan Sep 22, 11:29
- That looks so WW2 spartan, that's what Skynet will build for its terminators to drive around in... -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 22, 10:54
- so it's ugly inside and out -- nm - decline Sep 22, 10:53 1
  - Yeah, it just looks like an old military vehicle, to me. -- nm - Spawn Sep 22, 11:27
LYC: I finally finished Locke and Key (B+) and The Haunting of Bly Manor (C). The former was much better and the later was nowhere near as good as - oblique Sep 22, 10:49 3
- I looooooved season 2 of For All Mankind. (very mild spoiler) - The Allfather Sep 22, 11:06 1
  - :) (spoilers) - oblique Sep 22, 11:38
- I binged 4 eps of Squid Game last night and had to force myself to stop after 1AM or I would have been up all night -- nm - decline Sep 22, 10:52
I know little finches poop,but this is the first time I got a little poop on my cellphone while using it -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 22, 10:49 5
- why were you holding your cellphone under a bird's butt? -- nm - decline Sep 22, 10:56 4
  - Oh, bird. I thought it was an STer's kid. -- nm - Spawn Sep 22, 11:18
  - How else was he supposed to get a photo? -- nm - Dano Sep 22, 11:00 2
    - Selfies are hard with this s10 -- (pic) - zeitgeist Sep 22, 12:10 [Attachment]
    - Selfies are hard with this s10 -- (pic) - zeitgeist Sep 22, 12:10 [Attachment]
the dew point's about to get kicked in the jimmies. After the rain tonight, it's going to fall from near 70F to below 50F (!!!) on Friday -- nm - prayformojo Sep 22, 10:46
This is a few days late, but Sunday night was the best game I've gone to in 25 years of Ravens season tickets. - Inigo Sep 22, 10:45 1
- Nice!!! -- nm - Krusty Sep 22, 11:18
"Ledecky joining Florida as volunteer swim coach." Kids, I'd listen to what she has to say -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 22, 10:43
Do people have any chopstick recommendations? Looking at fiberglass ones but the "glass" part gives me pause ... heh -- nm - Beryllium Sep 22, 10:37 1
- I've always preferred the Japanese ones (square and shorter) and basic wood, but stone, Jade would cool, not too much -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 22, 10:43
Tune in 9/23 at 3 p.m. PT for a Nintendo Direct featuring roughly 40 minutes of information focused mainly on Switch games launching this winter. -- nm - Qale Sep 22, 10:34
Man, I want the Surface Duo to work. Let’s hope this one doesn’t suck. -- nm - spamlet Sep 22, 10:26 1
- I'm interested to hear the ongoing review. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 22, 10:28
Oooh, survivor starts tonight (right?) -- nm - oblique Sep 22, 10:22 13
- 2 HOURS!! -- nm - Beaker Sep 22, 11:45
- Finally, a real season of survivor -- nm - budice Sep 22, 11:45
- No, tonight is AEW Dynamite at Arthur Ashe Stadium then Archer and The Challenge. - The Allfather Sep 22, 10:29 9
  - spoils spec question on The Challenge tonight... - Jovian Sep 22, 10:36 6
    - Spoilers - The Allfather Sep 22, 10:41 5
      - spoils - Jovian Sep 22, 10:50 4
        
        Spoilers - No Longer Calm David Sep 22, 11:21 3
        
        a bitter bitter very bitter jury - Jovian Sep 22, 12:08 2
        
        I have no idea who Paul is, but he should hang his head in shame if he lost to Josh. -- nm - No Longer Calm David Sep 22, 12:10 1
        
        lolol the best?? Was when Julie Chen was calling out the votes, Paul was murmuring to himself, "oh not again, not again.." it was glorious - Jovian Sep 22, 12:12
  - ugh. that reminds me I am one (soon to be two) episodes behind on Archer -- nm - Jovian Sep 22, 10:36 1
    - Latest one was pretty good. (Spoils) - Beryllium Sep 22, 11:55
- yes.. I am going to overload with reality comp shows tonight (2 hours of Survivor, Big Brother, and The Challenge) -- nm - Jovian Sep 22, 10:24
If you asked me where this took place I would not have guessed Canada -- (link) - znufrii Sep 22, 10:16 1
- On the other hand, if you asked where in canada was misogynistic enough for that ... -- nm - Beryllium Sep 22, 10:42
"The concept of file folders and directories, essential to previous generations’ understanding of computers, is gibberish to many modern students." -- (link) - mara Sep 22, 10:05 15
- Similarly, having to actually write out a several paragraphs long report at work the other day was hand-cramping. -- nm - Qale Sep 22, 10:29
- It gives me hives to think about this. - Reagen Sep 22, 10:24
- Let me just say that the Sharepoint structure I'm dealing with now is gibberish compared to a well organized directory in File Explorer. - Max Sep 22, 10:17
- I like non-hierarchy systems for some things, but need a hierarchy for things that benefit from spatial memory -- nm - Beryllium Sep 22, 10:16 6
  - E.g., Flickr is non-hierarchy with its photo stream. But I organize my bookmarks in a tree. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 22, 10:17 5
    - And ST is a tree -- nm - Beryllium Sep 22, 10:18 4
      - ST chaos is a ladder. -- nm - Max Sep 22, 10:18 3
        
        ST time is a flat circle. -- nm - mara Sep 22, 10:19 2
        
        St is a postit to do list that gets torn off every other hour -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 22, 10:44 1
        
        I've had to move stuff around so much lately I've resorted to physical index cards. -- (link) - Max Sep 22, 10:52
- cluttered desktops drive me bonkers -- nm - decline Sep 22, 10:14 3
  - Perfectly clean work space is a signature of a serial killer -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 22, 10:24 1
    - Good news, everyone! I've cleaned my desk. - Beryllium Sep 22, 10:25
  - *whistles innocently* -- nm - Spawn Sep 22, 10:19
- I definitely see this effect with my kids, especially my son in his computer science program. I'm very much surprised by what things I consider basic - oblique Sep 22, 10:12
EVs ranked by efficiency (wH/m) -- (link) - TWuG Sep 22, 10:03
Bears confirm QB Justin Fields will start Sunday at Browns which will make someone on this board unhappy. - zunk xometimes Sep 22, 10:03
Flu shot status: Gotten -- nm - oblique Sep 22, 09:55 2
- Whoohoo! Got mine on Sunday. -- nm - znufrii Sep 22, 09:56 1
  - Mom just got her booster, 3rd Pfizer vax, so we'll wait till next week. I worry cause she gets NO reaction, no side effects... - zeitgeist Sep 22, 10:51
Lee statue in Virginia getting a much better replacement -- (link) - TWuG Sep 22, 09:54 1
- Ah, sounds good. I was concerned it might be Spongebob or something. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 22, 09:55
Gotta love those Aussies -- (link) - Jovian Sep 22, 09:49 4
- That was impressive. Getting a stationary object unstuck from barbed wire is no picnic. -- nm - prayformojo Sep 22, 10:39
- Not a real Aussie animal. - Will Hunting Sep 22, 10:24
- And now you know what happened to the fourth Hemsworth brother. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 22, 10:15
- sweet -- nm - mud Sep 22, 10:10
This paragraph is amazing. - David Sep 22, 09:43
Honeymoon Suite - David Sep 22, 09:37 8
- Aldo Nova -- nm - Spawn Sep 22, 09:39 7
  - Love when Fantasy comes up on the playlist -- nm - TWuG Sep 22, 09:44
  - That’s a guy, not a band. You’re terrible. -- nm - David Sep 22, 09:40 5
    - How am I to know which poll you missed? And Honeymoon Suite is DQ for the awful Feel It Again video. -- nm - Spawn Sep 22, 09:41 4
      - This is your worst take since your last take. -- nm - The Allfather Sep 22, 10:30 3
        
        as much as it pains me on a certain level to say it, Glass Tiger was a better band than Honeymoon Suite -- nm Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Apr 24 '18, 11:22 -- nm* - Spawn Sep 22, 11:48 2
        
        Glass Tiger's good, too. Nobody's disparaging Glass Tiger. Don't bring Crash into this, Mr. Bad Takes. -- nm - No Longer Calm David Sep 22, 11:49 1
        
        Okay ST, you be the judge. - Spawn Sep 22, 11:54 [youtube]
York, PA school district reverses ban on Rosa Parks book, among others. -- (link*) - znufrii Sep 22, 09:32
I didn't like Vanilla Coke at first, but I think I do now. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 22, 09:28 14
- Vanilla Coke Zero is always my choice at Freestyle machines. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 22, 10:22
- I like the peach and the raspberry and the lime. -- nm - TWuG Sep 22, 09:53
- Nope from me -- nm - JaxSean Sep 22, 09:47
- Stockholm Soda Syndrome -- nm - Pippy Sep 22, 09:36 3
  - This happened to me with Fresca -- nm - rollo Sep 22, 09:41 2
    - You misspelled La Croix. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 22, 09:53 1
      - Sorry, this happened to me with La Croix* - rollo Sep 22, 11:30
- Such an odd phenomena. If I don't like a taste, I don't like a taste. -- nm - Spawn Sep 22, 09:31 4
  - Tastebuds change over time, with age and familiarity. Of course, sometimes they don't: Coffee still disgusts me. - Beryllium Sep 22, 09:53 3
    - I wish mine would. Super tasting sucks. -- nm - Spawn Sep 22, 10:18
    - I have to add so much sugar and creamer to make coffee palatable that it's easier to just skip it. - TWuG Sep 22, 09:56 1
      - I do sometimes like the smell, I'll admit -- nm - Beryllium Sep 22, 09:57
- Vanilla, Cherry, Strawberry, Lemon all cool mixes -- nm - budice Sep 22, 09:30 1
  - The Lemon Diet Coke and Lemon Diet Pepsi from several years back were both vile but in different ways. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 22, 09:36
September 22 Birthdays: Owen Roizman (85), Toni Basil (78), Paul Le Mat (76), David Coverdale (70), Nick Cave (64), Ted Williams (64), Joan Jett (63) - Max Sep 22, 09:18 [youtube] 12
- Tom Felton (34) How are those kids in their mid-30s?! -- nm - ty97 Sep 22, 09:32 1
  - Weren't the movies started in Y2K? -- nm - Spawn Sep 22, 09:34
- Toni Basil is 78? **SEVENTY-EIGHT ?? ** -- nm - Andie Sep 22, 09:29 2
  - She was nearing *40* in the Mickey video - ty97 Sep 22, 09:30 1
    - Yeah, she was held back a few decades. -- nm - Spawn Sep 22, 09:31
- David Fincher's Se7en released 26 years ago -- nm - decline Sep 22, 09:23 3
  - so you're suggesting that Se7en could be Call Me Maybe's parent? -- nm - prayformojo Sep 22, 09:29 2
    - In some ways that makes perfect sense... -- nm - spamlet Sep 22, 09:38
    - Don't ask me I'll never tell. -- nm - Spawn Sep 22, 09:38
- It is weird. For a time, Coverdale's birthday was reported as 9/21. -- nm - Spawn Sep 22, 09:20 2
  - Wikipedia and IMDB have differed for a handful of people over the year. I try to stick with IMDB. -- nm - Max Sep 22, 10:05
  - Close enough. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 22, 09:20
I never tire of watching Bill Bailey dancing to Rapper's Delight -- (link) - LMS Sep 22, 09:14 [youtube]
Behold, that fresh board aroma. -- nm - Spawn Sep 22, 09:11 1
- Smells like ... peaches. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 22, 09:12

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