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Illinois Man dies after refusing treatment for rabies after getting bit by a Bat -- (link) - Remlik Sep 29, 11:40 2
- He was doing his own research. -- nm - Spawn Sep 29, 11:41 1
  - Conclusion: Untreated rabies is lethal -- nm - rollo Sep 29, 11:44
Funko Pop: Metallica The Black Album -- (link) - Shaun Sep 29, 11:33 2
- While I loathe this album, I'm happy for the Jason Newstead funko -- nm - JaxSean Sep 29, 11:53
- I need more for my Funko Turntable, so this is sweet. -- nm - Spawn Sep 29, 11:36
Okay you Matrix hating weirdos, if you pick "Laurence", you lose Pee Wee's Playhouse. Totally unacceptable. -- nm - Thoughts at lunch Sep 29, 11:28 7
- has to be Eddie or Will. All you'd lose be Trading Places or I Am Legend. -- nm - mud Sep 29, 11:38 6
  - Will. On the downside, you lose the cute Men in Black. On the upside, you nuke Wild Wild West. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 29, 11:44 1
    - I really like ID4 -- nm - mud Sep 29, 11:45
  - SNL, 48 Hours, BH Cop 1 and 2, Shrek, Coming to America, Bowfinger, Mulan, and of course "Party All the Time" -- nm - rollo Sep 29, 11:43 1
    - outside of those 1st two, I'm meh on his humour. -- nm - mud Sep 29, 11:44
  - I keep Eddie for his comedy stuff. - Spawn Sep 29, 11:40 1
    - For Raw alone -- nm - rollo Sep 29, 11:43
Meanwhile, people in the UK seem to be handling the fuel shortages well...(nsfw swearing) -- (link) - decline Sep 29, 11:15
We might have a breakthrough on the infra bill? -- (link) - ty97 Sep 29, 11:13
Can you read this? -- (pic) - flavorize Sep 29, 11:04 [Attachment] 10
- Maybe this should be used for Captcha. -- nm - Max Sep 29, 11:40
- I'm not sure there's anyone who can't read these things. - ty97 Sep 29, 11:36
- yes. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 29, 11:13
- Yes. -- nm - znufrii Sep 29, 11:07
- Everything but "sgtrane," for some reason. -- nm - mara Sep 29, 11:07 4
  - I paused on "toatl." Clearly Nahuatl in origin. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 29, 11:15
  - "actually" got me for some reason. No issues otherwise -- nm - Krusty Sep 29, 11:11 1
    - Same one for me. Took a second. -- nm - pmb Sep 29, 12:24
  - same -- nm - decline Sep 29, 11:08
- Yes. I've seen something similar at Jimmy's John. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 29, 11:06
Jesse Palmer named new host of ‘The Bachelor' *facepalm* -- nm - budice Sep 29, 11:01
A play in 4 acts -- (link) - TWuG Sep 29, 10:58
As of right now—Eagles have 3, top 10 draft picks (Colts pick included which is contingent on Wentz playing 75% of the snaps)—Enough capital for… - flavorize Sep 29, 10:57 1
- Lurie is a big 2nd chance kind of guy, but I'll really be surprised if Watson is ever a real consideration here -- nm - decline Sep 29, 11:25
MJF is a great heel. -- (link) - Will Hunting Sep 29, 10:55
Alabama, having the highest death rate from covid in the country, is naturally using its covid relief funds to build more prisons -- (link*) - znufrii Sep 29, 10:55 1
- America deserves everything we get. It was a good run. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 29, 10:57
#SquidGame Korean Thriller Has 'Very Good Chance' to Best #Bridgerton as Netflix's Biggest Show Ever -- (link) - Remlik Sep 29, 10:43 5
- what does "most sampled" mean? (I'm on episode 5) -- nm - JaxSean Sep 29, 10:55 1
  - Sampling is a service they offer where you can watch the first episode of some series for free. -- (link) - mara Sep 29, 10:57
- I'm surprised that Tiger King is only their 7th most watched series. -- nm - The Allfather Sep 29, 10:54 1
  - Hope for humanity, after all? -- (edited) - Spawn Sep 29, 11:25
- Midnight Mass is next on our Neflix list. Then maybe this. -- nm - Shaun Sep 29, 10:48
Ireland faces clown shortage -- (link) - budice Sep 29, 10:31 6
- Have they tapped the potential of politicians? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 29, 10:42 1
  - Never mind, they're here...(insert photos of q rallies) -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 29, 10:50
- is there anything BREXIT didn't ruin? -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 10:35
- Isn't it rich. -- nm - mara Sep 29, 10:33
- And we have a Qanon surplus! -- nm - The Allfather Sep 29, 10:32
- *moves to Ireland* - spamlet Sep 29, 10:32
United airlines to set on fire nearly 600 workers…wait, I might have misread that headline. -- (link) - znufrii Sep 29, 10:17 3
- Fire or on fire same difference -- nm - eag Sep 29, 10:22 2
  - Build a man a fire and he stays warm for a night. Set a man on fire and he stays warm for the rest of his life. -- nm* - znufrii Sep 29, 10:23 1
    - I mean either way they won't be working for United anymore -- nm - eag Sep 29, 10:25
YDC: I have my first sewing machine and I'm so excited to make things. My sister said it was broken but a little cleaning, a new needle and it's - Krusty Sep 29, 10:08 18
- How long before you're making your own sneaker line? Like a week? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 29, 11:00 1
  - KBS sneakers inc. is already registered. - Krusty Sep 29, 11:09
- Check garage sale ads for fabric. -- nm - mara Sep 29, 10:56 3
  - Thanks! I was going to check Craigslist, OfferUp and such and see what's out there. - Krusty Sep 29, 11:04 2
    - Heh, it's like you live in a different country! Craigslist etc should be perfect. -- nm - mara Sep 29, 11:06 1
      - Heh. :-) Sometimes it feels like it. -- (edited) - Krusty Sep 29, 11:18
- Look at Awkward Family Photos site for fashion tips -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 29, 10:52
- CJ is a HUGE sewer. She loves it. -- nm - Remlik Sep 29, 10:18 4
  - Nice! My interest is in being able to better tailor the clothes I have so they fit me properly. I want to make some things as well -- (edited) - Krusty Sep 29, 10:26 2
    - she watches a lot of videos on youtube. -- nm - Remlik Sep 29, 10:28 1
      - A video I watched of a guy tailoring his tees and pants and such to his body made me want to do the same. YouTube is so useful for all kinds of DIY. - Krusty Sep 29, 10:53
  - Kid, your face is a sewer -- nm - oblique Sep 29, 10:22
- Isn't this how Fubu started? :) -- nm - oblique Sep 29, 10:10 1
  - I just made one straightish stitch so far but yes, my fashion line will be up on Instagram by this weekend. -- nm - Krusty Sep 29, 10:16
- made me think of this... -- (link) - Beaker Sep 29, 10:09 [youtube] 3
  - That is fantastic! 😂😂 -- nm - Krusty Sep 29, 10:14
  - just don't go making any Swastika pillows for people -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 10:12 1
    - I wasn't planning on it until you influenced me with that video. Now that's all I can think about. - Krusty Sep 29, 10:15
"Do you make fun of your wife for being short?" "No, you don't need to at a certain height. But there's times where I'll do something easily and - Classroom Transcripts Sep 29, 10:01 2
- "Can I borrow a text book?" "Yes, check it out with the librarian, you need it to study?" "No, I want to throw it at some little kids." -- (edited) - Classroom Transcripts Sep 29, 10:24
- "Talls 101" -- nm - oblique Sep 29, 10:03
Meanwhile in Tennessee, white parents are using "discomfort" clause of critical race theory law to attempt to remove books illustrating the civil - oblique Sep 29, 09:45
how long should it take to hear back about the results from an MRI? - tRuMaN Sep 29, 09:41 7
- Radiologist usually reads them same or next day. The results are in, check with the office. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 29, 09:46 1
  - Agreeance. That's too long. They have the results. Someone just dropped the ball. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 29, 09:55
- A day or 2. -- nm - pmb Sep 29, 09:43
- I'd say one week. -- nm - mara Sep 29, 09:43 3
  - "It's been one week since you looked at me." Truman to Radiologist -- nm - Qale Sep 29, 09:50 2
    - LOL -- nm - Pippy Sep 29, 10:07
    - This. This is funny. Have points. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 29, 09:55
Purina website yesterday ordering food for our cats : "Capacity constraints with carriers may cause delivery days up to 5-7 days" Today: "Fedex: Your - oblique Sep 29, 09:38 3
- Under Promise and Over Deliver -- nm - JaxSean Sep 29, 10:28
- It's coming, they're just getting ahead of it -- nm - rollo Sep 29, 09:49
- *may* -- nm - Spawn Sep 29, 09:41
El Salvador takes first steps to 100% clean and renewable bitcoin mining from a volcano. -- (link) - oblique Sep 29, 09:35 2
- won't the lava melt the computers? -- nm - decline Sep 29, 09:38 1
  - I'd be more worried about evil mad scientists driving up the rental market -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 09:41
Creative Halloween display -- (link) - mara Sep 29, 09:28 7
- excellent -- nm - prayformojo Sep 29, 10:31
- the one I saw I liked is a Graveyard with Gravestones that say "Did My Own Research" -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 09:37 3
  - I'm gonna have to steal that -- nm - rollo Sep 29, 09:47
  - Nice. -- nm - mara Sep 29, 09:42
  - perfect! -- nm - Pippy Sep 29, 09:40
- Ha! -- nm - Krusty Sep 29, 09:29
- nice! -- nm - mud Sep 29, 09:29
A fire escape concert in Harlem. -- (link) - Krusty Sep 29, 09:25 [youtube]
R.E.M. and the Leap From College-Rock Gods to Mainstream Icons -- (link) - Beaker Sep 29, 09:22 2
- "leap" -- nm - rollo Sep 29, 09:34
- That's a sweet podcast. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 29, 09:28
DTL: when I took over my team, they were objectively a bottom 3 team, 255th in wins and 253rd in power ranking. They were 18&99 in conference - Will Hunting Sep 29, 09:17 4
- Excellent. I feel like I'm making slow progress myself. Oh lookie, I just handed the conf leader his first conf loss on another buzzer beater. - Tenetennbaron Sep 29, 09:51 1
  - This has been my schedule the last 8 games. - Tenetennbaron Sep 29, 09:57
- Fantastic! You’re also going dancing this year no matter what else happens. -- nm - spamlet Sep 29, 09:35
- Very nice work. For context I'm 125-92 in C.11 in the same time period. C.11 was a lot weaker back then, even Gad had a fallow stretch in S14-16 -- nm - rollo Sep 29, 09:31
New What If... Probably the first episode I really wanted to continue. - sycor Sep 29, 09:17 7
- Zombies was like that for me. -- nm - Spawn Sep 29, 09:18 6
  - I honestly hate the Marvel Zombies stuff because it's so devoid of hope. -- nm - Reagen Sep 29, 09:46 5
    - their first introduction through Ultimate FF was awesome. really showed what evil versions of the FF could be capable of -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 10:05
    - I too prefer the unrelenting optimism of The Walking Dead -- nm - rollo Sep 29, 09:48 3
      - not the survivors fault that every community they run into is ruled by a psychotic murder machine bent on world domination -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 10:07 1
        
        psychotic murder machine / psychotic hungry cannibal army -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 10:07
      - I'm angry that zombie films didn't seem to teach anyone anything. The last 18 months have proved this. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 29, 09:55
hehe. Silvio chimes in on Manchin and Sinema - Jovian Sep 29, 09:15 1
- :-D -- nm - mud Sep 29, 09:20
NBA spokesman Mike Bass: "Any player who elects not to comply with local vaccination mandates will not be paid for games that he misses." -- nm - Remlik Sep 29, 09:08 2
- so around a $22 Million loss for Kyrie (Brooklyn home gams, any games in California or against the Knicks and I assume can't travel to TO either) - Beaker Sep 29, 09:17 1
  - $18-$20M loss for Wiggins -- nm* - Beaker Sep 29, 09:19
The Book of Boba Fett premieres December 29th on D+ -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 09:01 1
- F-. Yes. -- nm - Spawn Sep 29, 09:14
$3.5 trillion spending plan immensely popular in West Virginia -- (link) - znufrii Sep 29, 08:53 4
- Now that reconciliation will have to be used for the debt ceiling, there is no path for the $3.5 trillion spending plan to be passed. - Inigo Sep 29, 08:58 3
  - I thought they had 2 reconciliation bills left. Also, one would hope that they might use the debt ceiling issue to get Manchin and Sinema off - pmb Sep 29, 09:45
  - Capitulation on that account is premature. -- nm - znufrii Sep 29, 09:05
  - bwahahaha, evvverything is falling into place -- nm - mitch Sep 29, 09:00
NFL Week 4 broadcast maps -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 29, 08:43 6
- My favorite things about these maps are the random pockets of What? Like Houston/Buffalo in Wyoming. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 29, 08:56 3
  - Wyoming have lots of Buffalo -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 08:57 1
    - Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Sep 29, 10:09
  - Josh Allen's family. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 29, 08:57
- I’ll never figure out why STL rarely gets Bears games. - spamlet Sep 29, 08:45 1
  - That is really not something I would complain about. -- nm - Spawn Sep 29, 08:53
Jax, re: Tool, were the tix available today only for Tool Army members? - samara Sep 29, 08:34 1
- yes, 10 am local times. The toolarmy code did only allow for 4 tickets total in the US. - JaxSean Sep 29, 08:45
“That won’t happen,” Manchin tells raju when asked about Pelosi’s comment that they need to .. -- (link) - mud Sep 29, 08:24 16
- F*ck you, Manchin. -- nm - znufrii Sep 29, 08:31 1
  - he and Sinema both are so f**king corrupt. -- nm - Jovian Sep 29, 08:47
- more -- (link) - mud Sep 29, 08:28 13
  - Who's right, here? The bipartisan bill is already approved in one body, right? Do the progressives think it's a poison pill? - Beryllium Sep 29, 08:37 12
    - Infrastructure bill has already passed the senate. The reconciliation spending bill is still being worked out. -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 29, 08:42
    - If the Democrats fail to pass infrastructure because they aren't getting their progressive way on a separate bill, they deserve to wander in the - Will Hunting Sep 29, 08:38 10
      - I agree they should take the win, but the second bill needs to happen and they reasonably believe that Manchin and Sinema won't really come through - pmb Sep 29, 09:21
      - It’s all politics until the vote actually happens. I don’t think they’ll let this die. But I also still apparently have an optimistic heart. -- nm - Qale Sep 29, 08:41 1
        
        yep -- nm - mud Sep 29, 09:21
      - So manlychinly is in the right? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 29, 08:39 6
        
        To me...yes. You have a bill that has bipartisan support. Pass it. It's money in the bank. - Will Hunting Sep 29, 08:46 5
        
        They need to use reconciliation on raising the debt ceiling first. - Inigo Sep 29, 08:54 3
        
        They could do them at the same time theoretically. -- nm - pmb Sep 29, 09:18
        
        They need to pass the reconciliation spending bill to call mitch’s bluff on the debt ceiling. -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 29, 09:17 1
        
        It's not a bluff. He won't vote for anything to raise the debt ceiling while a Democrat is in the White House. - Inigo Sep 29, 09:24
        
        Seems like the "perfect is the enemy of done" philosophy, adapted to politics. (This is an observation, not a criticism. It seems fine.) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 29, 08:49
The Many Saints of Newark 77% (47/14), Venom 2 nsy, Addams Family 2 nsy, Coming Home in the Dark 92% (45/4), Old Henry 88% (15/2) -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 08:21 5
- Upcoming: No Time to Die 88% (51/7), Lamb 88% (7/1), Halloween Kills 59% (10/7), Dune 91% (67/7), The Last Duel 71% (12/5) -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 08:24
- No Time to Die 88% Fresh with 58 reviews. Tho there's notable criticism of the film. -- nm* - budice Sep 29, 08:23 3
  - "There was in fact a time to die." -- Film Critic -- nm - Qale Sep 29, 09:49
  - Seeing it tomorrow, most complaints seem to be it's too long. -- nm - LMS Sep 29, 08:36
  - it was coming! splitting the current week and future stuff :) -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 08:25

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