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The Dems keep losing in negotiations with themselves. Paid family and medical leave are getting cut out of the spending bill. -- nm - Krusty Oct 27, 13:55 7
- King Manchin demanded it -- nm - Jovian Oct 27, 14:02
- Rename it the Joe Manchin Memorial “We Can’t Have Nice Things, Actually” Bill -- nm - znufrii Oct 27, 14:00
- OFFS -- nm - Spawn Oct 27, 13:59
- You're kidding. I knew they cut it back, but that seemed like a gimme. -- nm - pmb Oct 27, 13:58 3
  - Nope, all gone. Thanks of course to that dick from WV. -- (link*) - Krusty Oct 27, 13:59 2
    - In complete honesty, I have no idea what is even in it anymore as they have cut all that I knew about. -- nm - Spawn Oct 27, 14:01 1
      - It's infuriating at this point. They basically cut out dental and vision for Medicare this morning. - Krusty Oct 27, 14:04
Oldest is going to her friend's birthday party at the movies next week and they're seeing Dune. so 1) good friend group - Reagen Oct 27, 13:53 1
- 🍴 -- nm - JD Oct 27, 13:59
If I could count the number of times this has happened to me -- (pic) - ty97 Oct 27, 13:41 [Attachment] 2
- "I'd have [counted to] two ... which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice." -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 13:52 1
  - what else do you do with them? I mean its not like you can put them in the trash can -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 27, 17:01
haha remember the loser that Aldrin punched in the face -- (link) - mud Oct 27, 13:36 1
- WSJ is owned by Rupert Murdock, the faux news guy (I thought it was the moonies?) -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 27, 13:41
If you were going to buy something that you think has a 50/50 chance of not being on the level and you're going to have to dispute the charge, would - jnine Oct 27, 13:22 7
- I buy all my used time machines with my credit card 💳 -- (edited) - flavorize Oct 27, 13:50
- PP has gotten better, I just got a refund on something I got suckered on (i was suspicious but a friend said he ordered it blah blah) - zeitgeist Oct 27, 13:37
- Card. PayPal is only to be used if there is no other option. -- nm* - Qale Oct 27, 13:35
- Thanks. -- nm - jnine Oct 27, 13:35
- I'd just use my credit card directly. PayPal is the worst. I'd consider using an infrequently used card if I was leery -- nm - kilbooooo! Oct 27, 13:33
- your card - i literally am fighting with Paypal right now over an item that was clearly a scam. I think my CC would have refunded immediately. -- nm* - Necromandie Oct 27, 13:30 1
  - Yup. -- nm - Spawn Oct 27, 13:35
This play is great. -- (link) - pmb Oct 27, 13:15 5
- I've watched it 12 times and I can't figure out where the ball came from. -- nm* - Reagen Oct 27, 13:24 3
  - It was a toss to the sweeping halfback. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 27, 13:28 1
    - The vision to see it like that. ALmost like he knew what was coming. -- nm - Spawn Oct 27, 13:33
  - Dump pass. -- nm - Spawn Oct 27, 13:24
- I did that in an grade school playground game once. - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 27, 13:19
Just came across this vid with ultramarathoner Dean Karnazes. His maximum run was 81 hours. -- (link*) - Max Oct 27, 13:13 [youtube] 3
- is this the guy who ran from his socal home to death valley, ran an ultra in heat enough to melt his shoes, then ran home after? - zeitgeist Oct 27, 13:45
- Did he lose the guy? -- nm - Reagen Oct 27, 13:23
- The belt buckle story is fantastic -- nm - flavorize Oct 27, 13:19
Re Havens! Congrats on the home improvements! Also—give us a bit of a heads up, next time, when you’re going live on Twitter -- nm - flavorize Oct 27, 13:10
representative...Representative...Rep Resent Ative... REPRESENTATIVE. I'm screaming like TCrui Show me the money - zeitgeist Oct 27, 12:49 2
- Voice Menus will be my eternal Old Man Yells At Cloud (literally) thing - Reagen Oct 27, 13:05 1
  - At least they let you know when they've changed. -- nm - Dano Oct 27, 13:38
Holy crap, this investment -- (link) - decline Oct 27, 12:38 11
- What are the numbers mean? - Will Hunting Oct 27, 12:49 1
  - I think you have to look at the actual wallet to see the details of the Shiba Inu he holds (kilbo?) -- nm - decline Oct 27, 12:55
- It's only worth that if you could cash that out, today. - Reagen Oct 27, 12:41 7
  - Also, who has $8000 of play money to throw into a fire like that? -- nm - ty97 Oct 27, 12:49 6
    - Sounds like my idiot user who put 15k into Dogecoin - Will Hunting Oct 27, 12:50 3
      - It's like they think value is something affixed by the cosmos. - Reagen Oct 27, 13:08 2
        
        Eternal truth. If you can't collect, it's worth zero. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 27, 13:13 1
        
        That is why I hold onto my magic beans. Some day... -- nm - Spawn Oct 27, 13:45
    - Future billionaires! -- nm - Max Oct 27, 12:50
    - crypto-dudes -- nm - decline Oct 27, 12:50
- jfc. -- nm - Remlik Oct 27, 12:39
Spotted a license plate: "WASN ME" -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 12:37 1
- Did you say hi to Shaggy? -- nm - ty97 Oct 27, 13:12
A Thunderbolts movie? Sweet. -- nm - Spawn Oct 27, 12:25 23
- How are we not completely out of dumb comic book characters yet? -- nm - ty97 Oct 27, 12:53 7
  - they've got over 8000 + characters they can do stuff with. Thunderbolts was a TERRIFC series -- nm - Remlik Oct 27, 12:56 5
    - Can't wait for the Literarinum movie: He knows the ending of a book before he even reads it! -- nm - ty97 Oct 27, 13:03 1
      - do you mean ADele or Annika? -- (link) - Remlik Oct 27, 13:40
    - I hope they soon return to the X Universe, I miss those crazy mutants. -- nm - mud Oct 27, 12:58 2
      - I'm 100% they will but they're going to want to do it right. - Remlik Oct 27, 13:00 1
        
        I would rather see them bring in the FF, first (because non-mutants should be easy). I would actually like to see mutants arrive from their day 1. - Spawn Oct 27, 13:44
  - ::barely scratched:: -- nm - surface Oct 27, 12:55
- I read this as Thunderbirds and was momentarily very confused. -- nm - Reagen Oct 27, 12:34
- what's Thunderbolts? -- nm - decline Oct 27, 12:33 4
  - easiest comparison is its Marvel's Suicide Squad -- nm - Jovian Oct 27, 12:58
  - villains who posed as heroes to get what they wanted. -- nm - Remlik Oct 27, 12:35 2
    - A great way to bring Deadpool in, but doubt they will. -- nm - Spawn Oct 27, 12:45
    - When Heroes Reborn happened the FF had 'died' and the Baxter Building was empty and a new team took it over to protect NYC.. - Remlik Oct 27, 12:37
- link? -- nm - Remlik Oct 27, 12:33 5
  - Here is one. -- (link) - Spawn Oct 27, 12:36 4
    - oh wait. Taskmaster was introduced in Black Widow?? - Jovian Oct 27, 13:01 2
      - yes... and no. -- nm - Spawn Oct 27, 13:01 1
        
        Sort of a "Deadpool was introduced in X-Men Origins Wolverine" situation -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 13:14
    - going to be interesting. -- nm - Remlik Oct 27, 12:38
- wait. what -- nm - Jovian Oct 27, 12:33 2
  - Rumors, but gaining some traction. - Spawn Oct 27, 12:36 1
    - sweetness -- nm - Jovian Oct 27, 12:56
HappyHumpDay: Now Trending - #HornyHorrorMovies -- (link) - budice Oct 27, 12:23 2
- Hallohhhhhween -- nm - BloodyAxeSean, Anti-Pumpkin 🚫🎃🚫 Oct 27, 12:27
- Going by the book, Let The Right One In would make the list for all the wrong reasons. -- nm - Qale Oct 27, 12:25
Jogging in jeans seems like a dumb idea, but the only real exercise wear I have is ... shorts. And it's 12C outside. What to do... hmm. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 12:16 10
- 12C is shorts weather for running -- nm - Dano Oct 27, 13:40
- Buy some jogging pants? -- nm - ty97 Oct 27, 13:04
- Shorts and run *really* fast. -- nm - Spawn Oct 27, 12:19
- gas powered floor heater backpack aimed at your legs. - Max Oct 27, 12:18 3
  - Hmm, a shirt, that's a good idea. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 12:20 2
    - Socks, too. - Spawn Oct 27, 12:21 1
      - The shoes are the point. First time using my new pair. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 12:37
- Wear the shorts. You’ll warm up fast enough it won’t be an issue. -- nm - spamlet Oct 27, 12:18
- pajamas -- nm - decline Oct 27, 12:18 1
  - Pokémon Onesie. -- nm - Qale Oct 27, 12:23
Thai highrise dweller angry about painters disturbing her cuts their support rope leaving them to dangle from teh 26th floor -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 27, 11:50 3
- important: below the workers -- nm - Max Oct 27, 11:54 2
  - Unclear on the mechanics of it. I need a cgi news animation reenactment. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 11:58 1
    - How about a real-life reenactment? MAX! Get up on that tall building there! -- nm - ty97 Oct 27, 12:04
Accurate -- (link) - Reagen Oct 27, 11:40 38
- Fuck leaf blowers. I knew they sucked, but apartment life has amplified my hatred. -- nm - Qale Oct 27, 12:35 6
  - I am like a sniper with mine. Hate the sound so it is on and I am running, then turned back off ASAP. -- nm - Spawn Oct 27, 12:42 2
    - good -- nm - mud Oct 27, 13:01 1
      - It is small and a lot quieter than most, but still is loud compared to the Emower. -- nm - Spawn Oct 27, 13:02
  - I'm honestly not sure the last time I heard one. -- nm - Reagen Oct 27, 12:41 2
    - Every Tuesday morning around 8:00am just as I'm crawling out of bed. That's out back of the house, the lawnmower is in front under the bedroom window. -- nm - MonsterMeg Oct 27, 14:01
    - My condo development is fairly big. 9 parking lots and lots of sidewalks. An inch of snow on the ground and there'll be 10 guys walking around with - decline Oct 27, 12:56
- Who the fuck uses a gas powered leaf blower? We have 1 corded and 2 battery powered. Like - who needs a gas powered one? -- nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 27, 11:58 17
  - first neighbour who blew their leaves onto my yard would be getting a snowblower full of snow after every storm all fucking winter -- nm - Boooooooker Oct 27, 12:11 3
    - and not just good clean snow either; I'd go down the road and get all the rocky and icey shit too -- nm - Boooooooker Oct 27, 12:12 2
      - and make sure you pee on it first too! -- nm - decline Oct 27, 12:13
      - Set it low, grind up some asphalt -- nm - Reagen Oct 27, 12:12
  - Pretty much every landscaping company in the country -- nm* - decline Oct 27, 12:07 8
    - and around here they are used all year round - decline Oct 27, 12:09 7
      - If you get 10 neighbors to put their leafblowers all side by side you can save on renting the bouncy house. -- nm - ty97 Oct 27, 12:13
      - not for the mosquitos? heathens -- nm - Boooooooker Oct 27, 12:12
      - jeebus. like maybe leaves are understandable, but... -- nm - Reagen Oct 27, 12:12 3
        
        IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP RAIN OFF MY PATIO -- nm - neighbor with 20 leafblowers pointed at the sky Oct 27, 12:14 2
        
        do you all walk around in a state of partial carbon monoxide poisoning? It would explain a lot. -- nm - Reagen Oct 27, 12:27 1
        
        have you seen the sky over some of our cities? Hello Denver -- nm - decline Oct 27, 12:33
      - yeesh -- nm - mud Oct 27, 12:11
  - I find them kind of useless to be honest. Like, whenever I start using them I get frustrated and switch to a rake in 5 minutes. - Reagen Oct 27, 12:02 1
    - plus, "The leaves are gone - here's that layer of dust you requested for your car" -- nm - Max Oct 27, 12:05
  - Every small landscaping company that works my nabe, that's for damn sure -- nm - con_carne Oct 27, 12:01
  - Commercial lawn companies mostly. -- nm - spamlet Oct 27, 11:59
- I never expected an anti-leafblower movement to become a thing but it certainly has over the past (year?) -- nm - ty97 Oct 27, 11:55 3
  - It's because everyone is WFH, so they're more annoying. Also, there are multiple people in my neighbourhood doing home renovations - Roger More Oct 27, 13:27
  - They're a favorite target of mine! Once we had an ST Poll, besides H, who would you go back in time to kill. I googled the fuck out of the inventor. -- nm - con_carne Oct 27, 12:04
  - I've been anti-leafblower for years! I remember an excellent essay, I wish I'd kept it, about 10 (?) years ago. I think it was in a national .. - mud Oct 27, 12:02
- If you have leaf blowers going at Thanksgiving you don't have to listen to your family.... -- nm - spamlet Oct 27, 11:53 1
  - Win/win -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 11:57
- its not a consistent noise, like chain saws they roar, fade, roar...with an angry sound, not a rumble like a lawn mower -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 27, 11:53
- I have an electric leaf blower but I mostly just use it to clean the garage :) -- nm - kilbooooo! Oct 27, 11:46 5
  - Me too. All of my lawn tools now are electric (Ryobi), with the exception of the riding mower. -- nm - BloodyAxeSean, Anti-Pumpkin 🚫🎃🚫 Oct 27, 11:54 1
    - My lawn tools are all owned by the Parks Department -- nm - ty97 Oct 27, 12:12
  - I blow off the driveway, patio, and sidewalks after I cut grass. The blower was free with my weed-eater and is far from a beast. -- nm - Spawn Oct 27, 11:50 2
    - I got one of those EGO battery operated weed eaters too after we got our EGO lawn mower. I think I'm gas free in the lawn care area :) -- nm - kilbooooo! Oct 27, 11:51 1
      - My WE and blower are Black & Decker and are batteried, as well. -- nm - Spawn Oct 27, 11:53
I heard a rumor today that one of the 11 remaining candidates for new pres of PSU is Pat Toomey. Faculty would revolt. - Pocket Jones Oct 27, 11:36 3
- oh, ick -- nm - decline Oct 27, 12:07
- I would put him near the top most likely, if so. - Spawn Oct 27, 11:40
- Lofl -- nm - znufrii Oct 27, 11:38
Watch this come full circle with St Louis getting an expansion team but with the legal expenses tacked on the expansion fee. -- nm - Reagen Oct 27, 11:36 10
- The first half has been dangled to get the city to drop the suit. Seriously. - spamlet Oct 27, 11:41 9
  - I kind of expect you to get a team -- nm - Krusty Oct 27, 12:17 8
    - Honestly, I don’t think we care. The last two generations of fans have had teams moved on them. - spamlet Oct 27, 12:21 7
      - the St Louis Great Whites - Reagen Oct 27, 12:34
      - That's understandable and if I lived there I likely wouldn't be excited to support another football team. -- nm - Krusty Oct 27, 12:23 5
        
        I don't even care about the NBA, and I'd rather have an NBA team. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 27, 12:38 4
        
        NBA > NFL to me. Also, indoor sport in the winter vs. outdoor sport in the winter. I don't know how fans sit through some of those NFL games when it's - Krusty Oct 27, 12:42 3
        
        Well, we have a giant empty dome for the football team so it's indoors either way. -- nm - spamlet Oct 27, 13:40
        
        I've done CFL games in -15C weather. It's fun, you embrace the suck. -- nm - Reagen Oct 27, 12:46 1
        
        (also booze is involved) -- nm - Reagen Oct 27, 12:46
LIR: decline/audible. Might be. I just spend so much of my car time listening to podcasts now that my audiobook listening has been sparse - kilbooooo! Oct 27, 11:36 6
- OMG, Amy has been a Stardew player for a few years. -- nm - Spawn Oct 27, 12:56 4
  - I couldn't get into it before. I bought it a long time ago. It was stressing me out with what to do. I'm taking a much more chill approach to it - kilbooooo! Oct 27, 13:07 3
    - She wants to get it for Logan's Switch, but he is resisting her using it. -- nm - Spawn Oct 27, 13:26 2
      - I'm playing it on my iPad -- nm - kilbooooo! Oct 27, 13:32 1
        
        She plays on her phone. -- nm - Spawn Oct 27, 13:59
- you need to stop doing so much stuff! -- nm - decline Oct 27, 12:09
I figured Jerry would want Stan buried under a building somewhere; but he seems to be his only defender among the owners -- nm - Boooooooker Oct 27, 11:36
zoom zoom -- nm - kilbooooo! Oct 27, 11:34

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