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WANT - Jovian Oct 18, 14:28
New Ted Lasso trailer -- (link) - Remlik Oct 18, 14:21 [youtube] 5
- That's so much better than the WB nonsense. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 18, 14:30 1
  - you're adorable. -- nm - Remlik Oct 18, 14:48
- darn, knew I shouldnt have tempted it. Small spoiler there in the first few seconds. - Jovian Oct 18, 14:27 2
  - sorry. -- nm - Remlik Oct 18, 14:28 1
    - nah no worries. I knew better but couldnt resist! -- nm - Jovian Oct 18, 14:29
So Dune was a humourless slog and made me miss the Lynch version as at least that had some bonkers bits. - LMS Oct 18, 14:18 1
- The marketing has conveyed the "humorless slog" aspect quite well I think, which is why it hasn't interested me. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 18, 14:28
So, work rolled out a vaccine mandate by Dec 8th for all people. Relatedly, there is a non-stupid fractional chance I get a promotion out of that. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 14:12 1
- good luck...?? -- nm - Pippy Oct 18, 14:21
Oof. Comparing funkos to NFTs. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 18, 14:05
Pandemic realities in TV -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 18, 13:52
Thread: What's one line from an NBA commentator you will never forget -- (link) - Remlik Oct 18, 13:50 1
- "Michael Jordan on his worst day is ten times better than Kobe Bryant on his best day." -- nm - reggie Oct 18, 13:54
:-D “a vexatious, illegal fishing expedition.” -- (link) - mud Oct 18, 13:50 1
- ... did Matthew McConaughey draft it? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 13:53
nmbDavid - znufrii Oct 18, 13:41 5
- Bay Lake Tower and Polynesian are our faves; Old Key West is best for budget. -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 18, 13:47 4
  - Old Key West was where we stayed and loved it. Can take the boat ride to Downtown Disney which is great fun -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 14:20
  - Good to know, and appreciate the recommendation! -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 18, 13:53 2
    - Messaging you on FB. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 18, 14:01 1
      - 👍 -- nm - znufrii Oct 18, 14:01
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 18, 13:38 [Attachment] 10
- (I was so mad when Earthshine didn't get picked up for a second season) -- nm - prayformojo Oct 18, 13:39
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 18, 13:39 [Attachment] 8
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 18, 13:39 [Attachment] 7
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 18, 13:39 [Attachment] 6
      - 2/2 -- nm - decline Oct 18, 14:19
      - 2/2 (but like Bery I may have gotten the second one wrong had they presented a different wrong answer in the multiple choice) -- nm - Dano Oct 18, 14:08
      - 2.2 -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 18, 13:56
      - 2/2 but I probably get better than 50% of these by process of elimination. - Meg Oct 18, 13:48
      - 2/2 -- nm - znufrii Oct 18, 13:42
      - hmm. 2/2 but (spoils) - Beryllium Oct 18, 13:41
oooh, I just remembered that someone offered me an apple discount a while back ... -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 13:35 1
- Ah, it requires some internal machinations from apple that may take some time. Guess it won't work for this. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 13:39
Hey y’all. Sign up for Secret Stalker and spread some holiday cheer!! Link is above. -- nm - kelly Oct 18, 13:32
Virginia couple both die of COVID, leaving behind 4 minor children. - loosilu Oct 18, 13:27 5
- So, no personal responsibility? Just sayin'. -- nm - VMan Oct 18, 13:28 4
  - My brother explained to me a lot of his patients live in a right wing news bubble. It really isn't their fault. That's all there is. -- nm - loosilu Oct 18, 13:47 2
    - there's a concept that ideas/beliefs can be viruses, they transmit similarly and with similar effects of self destruction or functional impairment -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 14:26
    - Maybe nothing is anybody's fault. -- nm - marum scarum Oct 18, 13:53
  - Mmhmm. -- nm - kelly Oct 18, 13:32
Plot twist -- (link) - Beaker Oct 18, 13:14 3
- 🤣 -- nm - Meg Oct 18, 13:41
- LOL -- nm - Jovian Oct 18, 13:28
- UAI -- nm - oblique Oct 18, 13:15
The Voyeurs has a rep as being a modern Body Double. I'll save you the aggravation. It's really not. - The Allfather Oct 18, 13:14 1
- I almost clicked it, clicked Y The Last Man instead, then kept clicking the +10sec jump button trying to get out of the cult, but I never could - Max Oct 18, 14:23
SiTV - this episode is extra giggly. I think the hosts were drunk. -- nm - Pippy Oct 18, 13:09 1
- That's our secret... -- nm* - Mop Oct 18, 14:14
DTL: Young or Bruner - rollo Oct 18, 13:07 8
- Thanks all ... Bruner it is. Young being an E defender was making me feel things but there is an obvious disparity in stats and smarts -- nm - rollo Oct 18, 13:41
- Bruner is the more desirable. He's noticeably above average in rebounding and assist stats compared to other centers. - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 18, 13:19 1
  - BTW, for a weekend project, I took one of the old recruiting files and calculated means/std dev for each pos so I could convert numbers to Z scores - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 18, 13:21
- I prefer Bruner and not just because Young is not likely to make it through the first semester academically. -- nm - Dano Oct 18, 13:17
- LOL, so I'm a week late on Young, huh? - spamlet Oct 18, 13:11 3
  - I might have some guys for you ... my son forgot to recruit the first *2* cycles so I have to bail him out first -- nm - rollo Oct 18, 13:42 1
    - Oh I'm fine but he's higher ranked than other options I was just seeing if still available. -- (edited) - spamlet Oct 18, 13:47
  - De-skewing using gadfly's stats formula also favors Bruener 59 vs 227 -- nm - spamlet Oct 18, 13:13
From the Reply-All podcast, Adrian's Kickback, the Fyre Festival of TikTok. -- (link) - Mop Oct 18, 12:59
LOL. Trivia: What are those dogs that look like coconuts called? (hint: they are *not* dogs) -- (edited) - Jovian Oct 18, 12:52 9
- Capybara -- nm - Roger More Oct 18, 13:00 3
  - Yep!! - Jovian Oct 18, 13:01 2
    - Great story about Capybaras taking over a gated community in Argentina. -- (link) - Mop Oct 18, 13:08 1
      - We had two escape from a little park zoo right by my house a few years ago, one remained on the lam for months. It was awesome. -- (link) - Andie Oct 18, 13:12
- Sloth? -- nm - Andie Oct 18, 12:58
- chihuahua -- nm - ty97 Oct 18, 12:57
- Hedgehogs? -- nm - TWuG Oct 18, 12:56 2
  - no. bigger -- nm - Jovian Oct 18, 12:59 1
    - they're native to only one continent (not ours) -- nm - Jovian Oct 18, 13:01
HOW WILL WE PAY FOR IT -- (link) - ty97 Oct 18, 12:50
I crack myself up sometimes. And I know I shouldn't at all. But I feel sorry for Fox's John Roberts stepping right into it today. -- nm* - Jovian Oct 18, 12:36 8
- You're suggesting he has shame for what he said. -- nm - Mop Oct 18, 13:44 3
  - he deleted the tweet after every journalist came down on him. -- nm - mud Oct 18, 13:51 2
    - That’s just pragmatism, not necessarily admitting he was wrong. -- nm - znufrii Oct 18, 13:55 1
      - agreed -- nm - mud Oct 18, 13:56
- I’m not going to google anything related to Fox News. What did he do? -- nm - znufrii Oct 18, 13:28 2
  - :::: -- (link) - mud Oct 18, 13:40 [Backboard] 1
    - Thx. - znufrii Oct 18, 13:49
- he should've known better sure, but his first instinct was to tow the company line. -- nm - mud Oct 18, 12:46
YDC (maybe Krusty does). I'm pretty sure I'm not voting for Eric Adams. - ty97 Oct 18, 12:32 10
- Then you're voting for the Republican. - spamlet Oct 18, 12:46 9
  - Who is his main opponent anyways?? -- nm - Jovian Oct 18, 13:03 5
    - The founder of the Guardian Angels (remember them?) -- (link) - ty97 Oct 18, 13:03 4
      - Speaking of which, at the restaurant last night, there was a sign posted with rules about what biker gangs could and could not wear. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 18, 13:06 2
        
        "I thought this was America" -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 14:06
        
        Were you overdressed? -- nm - znufrii Oct 18, 13:58
      - Ahhhh. I knew he was in the race. I did not know he was his primary opponent though. lol. Congrats Mayor Adams -- nm - Jovian Oct 18, 13:04
  - If this election had a chance of being close, sure. - ty97 Oct 18, 12:48 2
    - Even for those not in swing states that was always the refrain. -- nm - spamlet Oct 18, 12:52 1
      - I'm giving my take, you'd have to take up the rest with the interwebs -- nm - ty97 Oct 18, 12:53
WHOA. New island being formed. Comes with its own naval museum. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 18, 12:29 7
- I guess my question is, they show shots of a couple of volcanic islands, then an island with buildings on it, then the ships. - tRuMaN Oct 18, 12:59 1
  - Yeah, the OP is mistaken regarding the ships’ location, but the actual answer is still pretty cool if the replies are to be believed. -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 18, 13:02
- jeez how many boats are down there -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 12:50 1
  - maybe just one, but it's in a bunch of pieces -- nm - decline Oct 18, 12:52
- ooooh, your subject line undersells this. -- nm - Andie Oct 18, 12:47 2
  - indeed. -- nm - mud Oct 18, 12:53
  - seriously -- nm - ty97 Oct 18, 12:48
SHOT. ("Hey NY Dem party why aren't you endorsing socialist India Walton for Buffalo mayor even though she won the Dem primary") -- (link) - ty97 Oct 18, 12:14 3
- CHASER -- (link) - ty97 Oct 18, 12:14 2
  - LOL -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 12:15 1
    - definitely solid meme usage -- nm - ty97 Oct 18, 12:17
Current status: watching an electric kettle boil, to ensure that it doesn't lose power. Something seems flakey in its connector today. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 12:10 6
- maybe you can make an ap for that -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 12:46 3
  - An app for monitoring a self-disabling switch? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 12:46 2
    - yeah, you need a raspberry pi, a thermo sensor and I dunno like some software or sumthin -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 12:49 1
      - Hmm. True. That could sort of work. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 13:04
- you'll be there *forever* -- nm - decline Oct 18, 12:12 1
  - "Story of my life, Pal." -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 12:13
John Carpenter is a cool old fart, so honest -- (link) - mud Oct 18, 12:08 2
- He certainly had the last laugh with The Thing though. -- nm - Jovian Oct 18, 12:28
- he's fascinating -- nm - Remlik Oct 18, 12:13
And then there were 5 -- nm - Dano Oct 18, 12:01 7
- Didn’t answer the bell or didn’t finish in time? -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 12:06 6
  - Didn't finish in time -- nm - Dano Oct 18, 12:07 5
    - He returned about 3 minutes too late. -- nm - Dano Oct 18, 12:07 4
      - Better than the guy that missed the start of a lap by 15 seconds and got DQed. -- nm - spamlet Oct 18, 12:19 1
        
        You heard what happened to me? - Spawn Oct 18, 12:20
      - so is that when they shoot them? -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 12:18
      - His last four completed laps were all over 58 minutes which also meant no rest. -- nm - Dano Oct 18, 12:17
Kia Niro 2022 PHEV (EX Premium trim) initial review -- (edited) - oblique Oct 18, 11:52 5
- is there a noticeable lurch or feeling when it goes between EV and gas? - tRuMaN Oct 18, 12:51 2
  - Not that I noticed. It was pretty smooth -- nm - oblique Oct 18, 12:52 1
    - nice that was the one thing that really turned me off on the car then. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 18, 13:01
- nice. my car has the memory seat thing (steering wheel too) but only activates when you either put on your seatbelt or turn on the car -- nm* - decline Oct 18, 12:11
- Sweet. My MINI lets me change the interior light color but does not include the dashboard. So I just tend to match the orange of it. -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 11:56
I really don't know why Democrats waste money like this. -- (link) - ty97 Oct 18, 11:49 4
- All it takes for evil to win is good men to do nothing, ty. -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 11:57 2
  - What about women, you sexist? -- nm - ty97 Oct 18, 12:02 1
    - I heard some of them *like* touch bars, so hard to say. -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 12:06
- They hope those donors will donate elsewhere too. -- nm - spamlet Oct 18, 11:50
Go Yoshida! He keeps finishing the laps with not much time to spare, but he's finishing them. -- nm - Dano Oct 18, 11:48 2
- rats. -- nm - prayformojo Oct 18, 12:00
- I also like how the runners are outlasting the banner. -- (pic) - Dano Oct 18, 11:52 [Attachment]
TIL: Colin Powell was a New Yorker. Funny, I don't recall him ever acting pushy about anythi--... - con_carne Oct 18, 11:45
Whoo, those new MBP are a bit out of my price range. - spamlet Oct 18, 11:44 5
- Me too, but I'm buying one anyway. The one I want that I can almost justify is $3499 CDN. - Beryllium Oct 18, 11:50 3
  - My wife might actually be the only person happy that the Touch Bar version still exists 😂 - spamlet Oct 18, 11:58
  - Jeebus. What kind of mileage does it get!?! -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 11:53 1
    - Compared to my 7-year-old 13" MBPr, quite a lot, I hope -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 11:56
- ... -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 11:45
Some news is apparently coming soon about Facebook and their PR team is spin spin spinning in advance (thread) -- (link*) - ty97 Oct 18, 11:40 5
- In the FB Leaders group that FB runs they're signing us up for meetings with Senators and Congress people to advocate for them - Remlik Oct 18, 11:51 1
  - of course he's looking for volunteers -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 12:47
- Heh -- (pic) - Spawn Oct 18, 11:43 [Attachment]
- we did not in fact start the fire? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 11:42 1
  - It was always burning. -- nm - Facebook Newsroom Oct 18, 11:43
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Oct 18, 11:40 2
- 2 work related meetings at once? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 11:41 1
  - Been there, done that. -- nm - Dano Oct 18, 12:12

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