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T -- nm - Beaker Oct 29, 04:09 2
- G -- nm - Beaker Oct 29, 04:09 1
  - IF -- nm - Beaker Oct 29, 04:09
"You are very fragile, Captain Mercer. Are you aware of this?" "There's an anti-bullying law named after me. Yes, I'm aware of it." -- nm* - Beryllium Oct 29, 00:32
Lebron James dissed the Squid Game, didn't like the ending. the show's creator replied "have you seen Space Jam 2" -- nm - mic drop Oct 29, 00:03
my webcam has been broken for the last year, so my zoom etiquette isn't great. I almost took a drink of whisky in the Friday afternoon client meeting. -- nm - mafic Oct 29, 00:00 2
- aren't most austrailians dead drunk by friday afternoon already?...just use an espresso cup -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 29, 00:06 1
  - IF ONLY. it was like that until maybe 2014, depending on where you worked. my old mining giant employer (which was notorious for Friday lunches) - mafic Oct 29, 00:21
Play Misty for Me was released 50 years ago -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 28, 23:55 1
- The Grateful Dead were playing the Allen Theatre in Cleveland. -- (link) - Peglegpete Oct 29, 00:06 [youtube]
I can't listen to more than a few seconds of smashing pumpkins, but "the world is a vampire" certainly sums things up. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 28, 23:34 1
- I had an idea for a screencast. I started writing it. I ran out of energy within 20 seconds. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 28, 23:35
The Twenty will soon have a format change. While it will still have new songs, a few older ones will be in the mix. -- nm - Qale Oct 28, 23:21
Pay to view in person autopsy, patrons pay up to 500 to watch a body be disected in a hotel ballroom, Portland went ahead, Seattle event cancelled -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 28, 23:20 3
- Are the junior mints included? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 28, 23:23
- That just sounds like going to med school with less steps. -- nm - Qale Oct 28, 23:22 1
  - all the ghoulish voyerism but without having to take notes and memorize every damn muscle, blood vessel, nerve and tendon. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 28, 23:54
This thread feels completely accurate in every way. Unfortunately, it also feels like something we'll look back at in 20 years and be all -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 28, 22:43
Hmm. Star Trek Prodigy is basically The Orville but for kids. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 28, 22:09
Doom Patrol - Subconscious Patrol spoilers - Beryllium Oct 28, 21:20
Madurna booster achieved..and an extra strength flu shot...ready to take on the world..again -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 28, 21:03
Starbucks: Union Votes set at 3 Buffalo Corporate locations. Just need majority at one for Union to be established -- (link*) - budice Oct 28, 20:43
Oh my. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 28, 20:34 2
- The total for that game was 50.5. Huge plays last few minutes -- nm - budice Oct 28, 20:39 1
  - QB Kyler Murray was tackled from behind and his knee slammed into the turf. The concern is a PCL sprain. RTP: Grade 1 = 1-2 weeks and Grade 2 = 2-4 we -- nm - budice Oct 28, 20:42
That was a filthy move. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 28, 20:30 1
- With all the sand everywhere? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 28, 20:40
The Making of What If...? has dropped. -- nm - Spawn Oct 28, 20:27 2
- What if they hadn't made it? -- nm - pmb Oct 28, 20:30 1
  - Spawn would have 30 minutes of his life back. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 28, 20:31
An amusing quirk of Lower Decks and Prodigy (spoils for Prodigy) - Beryllium Oct 28, 20:00
Ertz is velcro if Kyler throws to him -- nm - budice Oct 28, 19:59
First, Hopkins, and now Tonyan…Matt Prayer had better clutch tightly to his rabbit’s foot. You don’t want to be on Samara’s blood feud team tonight. 😡 -- nm - samara Oct 28, 19:45 1
- “Prater”, you know what I mean… -- nm - samara Oct 28, 19:47
The makeup in House of Gucci looks like it’s a sequel to the Klumps. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 28, 19:33
Soo tired and dehydrated. Sitting out in the sun and wind all day gets old. We were under a pop-up but the sun kept moving :/ -- nm - MonsterMeg Oct 28, 19:26 2
- sounds like it's time for a glass of wine! -- nm - mafic Oct 29, 00:22
- Sounds wonderful. Here the word "blustery" keeps being used in the weather forecast. That word should only be used in Winnie the Pooh books. -- nm - Trick or Todd Oct 28, 20:22
Fox with an A+ polling rank has Youngkin up 8 points in the VA governor election -- nm - MDH Oct 28, 19:26 6
- They had him -5 in their last poll. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 29, 04:21
- Including that poll, 538 has it 47.1/47.1. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 28, 19:44
- McAuliffe tryin -- (link) - mud Oct 28, 19:37 1
  - It’s neck and neck in the most recent 538 polls that I’ve seen -- nm - samara Oct 28, 19:41
- Ugh…just when I thought my state had finally turned the corner. So short-sided. 😞 -- nm - samara Oct 28, 19:36
- really? that sucks -- nm - mud Oct 28, 19:29
Oh! you know what survived *another* tax reform? Carried interest. - spamlet Oct 28, 19:17 3
- Is that the deduction that let's the Donald avoid paying taxes because of the massive losses that was born mostly by his partners? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 28, 19:44 1
  - No, that was different. -- nm - znufrii Oct 28, 19:53
- lololol -- nm - znufrii Oct 28, 19:21
$1500-$2000/100 sf sound about right for a new roof these days? -- nm - znufrii Oct 28, 19:11 13
- no idea -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 28, 20:38
- Did you get a few estimates? - . Oct 28, 20:31
- Prices are jacked right now. Shortage of materials, can you wait a year? That's what we were told -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 28, 19:18 5
  - apart from the section that is actually leaking, this is probably what we'll do, but I don't know if we want to go much longer than that. -- nm - znufrii Oct 28, 19:21 4
    - The cost might be higher for you because the planks under the shingles probably needs replacing too -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 28, 19:46 3
      - That part of the roof doesn't have shingles. -- nm - znufrii Oct 28, 19:58 2
        
        I looked up average cost for roofing, weird, Maine is lowest. Below Alabama, West coast is as high as Hawaii -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 28, 20:04 1
        
        I used Angie, other sites seemed like they collect you contact info and barrage you with telemarketing - zeitgeist Oct 28, 20:06
- Get a metal roof. It’ll outlast you. -- nm - mafic Oct 28, 19:15 4
  - Wouldn't really work for the shape of our main roof, I think, but we have entertained the idea for the porch roof - znufrii Oct 28, 19:20 3
    - Unless you live in like a torus, you can do almost anything with metal. - mafic Oct 28, 20:08 2
      - I mean, we *could*, I just don't think it would look good on a gambrel roof. -- nm - znufrii Oct 28, 20:11 1
        
        I should show you pictures of our cottage with one. It's sharp. -- nm - Reagen Oct 29, 01:30
Accurate. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 28, 18:59
Oh, of course the nose-breaker was anti-mask. I was holding out hope it was some other idiocy. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 28, 18:56
I guess registering "trustissu.es" would be a silly idea. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 28, 18:53 1
- Strangely it wasn’t already taken by the tissue advisory board. -- nm - mafic Oct 28, 19:17
what a mess -- (link) - mud Oct 28, 18:47
This keeps popping up in my Youtube feed, so thought I would share it (Led Zep alert) -- (link) - Beaker Oct 28, 18:34 [youtube]
The "explain a book badly" meme spilled over into real life today when I tried to explain Snow Crash's plot to coworkers. - Beryllium Oct 28, 18:33 7
- Just make it about Crash in winter. -- nm - . Oct 28, 20:23
- "There's snow...and he crashes into it?" -- nm - znufrii Oct 28, 19:11 5
  - I can think of two things wrong with that title. -- nm - Trick or Todd Oct 28, 19:27
  - Gaaaah, I just started reading the Wikipedia summary and it is a thousandfold worse than I expected. - Beryllium Oct 28, 19:17 3
    - I did own it at one point, it was an interesting read. Must have gotten rid of it during a move or something. -- nm* - znufrii Oct 28, 19:24 2
      - It sounds like a great book. It just also sounds like an ominous prognostication. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 28, 19:42 1
        
        yeah, in retrospect it's kinda creepy that way. - znufrii Oct 28, 19:43
wait what -- (link) - mud Oct 28, 18:25 2
- wait what what? -- nm* - znufrii Oct 28, 18:43 1
  - what? what wait? -- nm - mud Oct 28, 18:45
Queneville gone as Panthers coach. Possible replacement is Torts -- (link) - Reagen Oct 28, 18:20 8
- The rare case Torts is an upgrade in personality -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 28, 18:31
- no one from the Blackhawks back then should ever have a job again -- nm - Beaker Oct 28, 18:22 6
  - Cheveldayoff should just fuck off. -- nm - Reagen Oct 28, 18:27 5
    - it'll be weird when TSN hires them all though... -- nm* - Beaker Oct 28, 18:30 4
      - Did Don Cherry have an opinion? -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 28, 18:32 3
        
        on the one hand he probably hates gay people, but on the other he also hates accountability. -- nm - mafic Oct 28, 19:34 1
        
        he was actually one of the first hockey people I can recall who came out in favour of gay marriage. He and Scott Thompson were friends -- nm - Beaker Oct 29, 02:44
        
        I like to think he'd kill that video coach fucker outright -- nm - Beaker Oct 28, 18:40
New Paramount Chief Confirms Planning For Multiple Star Trek Films, Including Animated Movie -- (link) - Remlik Oct 28, 18:18 2
- Mirror Universe TNG -- nm - Beaker Oct 28, 18:20
- T'Pol! -- nm - mud Oct 28, 18:19
heh -- (link) - Beaker Oct 28, 18:15
Museum of Forgies bought an Andy Warhol for $20k; then sold it and 999 forgeries for $250 each (did you get the real one? *shrug*) -- (link) - Beaker Oct 28, 18:10 1
- NFT -- nm - Dano Oct 28, 18:19
Nifty play -- nm - budice Oct 28, 17:47
the announcers are fucking morons. He played like the throw was short and then turned on the speed to catch it. "Didn't do much" fuck you you moron -- nm - Beaker Oct 28, 17:44
Hmm. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 28, 17:43 1
- it's not that wild. "sick behaving thing" = "stay away" -- nm - Reagen Oct 28, 17:48
oh the refs, just who I wanted to see in the game. -- nm - Beaker Oct 28, 17:43
America runs on ᑐᑌᑎᑕ -- nm - Beryllium Oct 28, 17:41
SECRET STALKER SIGNUP DEADLINE IS 2 DAYS AWAY. -- nm* - Beaker Oct 28, 17:39 1
- NOT SO SECRET STALKER SIGNUP DEADLINE IS 2 WEEKS AWAY. -- nm - Trick or Todd Oct 28, 18:01
Now watching: Aliens v. Predator Requiem. -- (edited) - ReluctantClown Oct 28, 17:21 4
- no your not. here is the new GRAND DESIGNS -- (link) - Peglegpete Oct 28, 17:25 [youtube] 3
  - Okay, I'll check on the football game and then switch to that. - ReluctantClown Oct 28, 17:27 2
    - hold off. I was over zealous when I saw it was an ep. 8 released today. this is from season 18. they just aired season 21 -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 28, 17:31 1
      - and knowing the shows aired wed. night in the UK, so thursday is the day to look for it on TY -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 28, 17:35
An interesting Dune analysis -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 28, 17:14 1
- You all must have missed spoil - Spawn Oct 28, 18:25
Bob Melvin will be the new manager of the San Diego Padres, -- nm - budice Oct 28, 17:06
Packers or Cards - WHO YOU GOT!!?? -- nm - Beaker Oct 28, 17:03 3
- Packers by a few points in overtime. - ReluctantClown Oct 28, 17:24
- Cards by 40 -- nm - budice Oct 28, 17:07
- Cards—but Aaron Jones is going to eat -- nm - flavorize Oct 28, 17:04
Got around to watching the first episode of the Mandalorian, and uh… it wasn’t very good? - mafic Oct 28, 16:40 9
- Ya, we watched the first ep when it came out and haven’t returned -- nm - J Oct 28, 17:29
- It's the last thing that makes the whole thing tolerable. The show does get better, but it's still just okay. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 28, 17:00 2
  - yeah, I guess it doesn't help that I knew the reveal. -- nm - mafic Oct 28, 17:02 1
    - It was definitely a bigger deal in 2019. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 28, 17:07
- Delete your account. -- nm - Spawn Oct 28, 16:58 3
  - come on, the whole blurrg riding montage? it takes two tries to master the blurrg. - mafic Oct 28, 17:01 2
    - ~get on your blurrg and hold on tight!~ (spoilers maybe I guess) -- (link*) - znufrii Oct 28, 17:03 [youtube] 1
      - well, I feel better -- nm - mud Oct 28, 17:10
- It's a quiet series. -- nm - Max Oct 28, 16:50
I’m old enough to remember when people were excited about Sinema winning. -- nm - mafic Oct 28, 16:32 20
- I'm old enough to remember a candidate named Sinema who would be disgusted with the Senator named Sinema -- nm - ty97 Oct 28, 17:16 3
  - I'm old enough to remember when Republican and Democratic U.S. Senators were actually friends. - ReluctantClown Oct 28, 17:21 2
    - prior to january 6th -- nm - Beaker Oct 28, 17:24 1
      - Hell, prior to about January 6th 2001. -- nm - ReluctantClown Oct 28, 17:25
- It was better than the alternative. -- nm - znufrii Oct 28, 17:00
- a quirky bisexual with Green Party connections! it was too good to be true. -- nm - Reagen Oct 28, 16:34 14
  - Speaking from the state that she represents - eag Oct 28, 16:47 13
    - Are you sure? I'll pound on this pile of sand with my bare fists for a few more days just to be safe. -- nm - con_carne Oct 28, 19:42
    - yeah, that's the part I remember. -- nm - loosilu Oct 28, 16:56 11
      - Oh McSally is nothing compared to the crazy train that would run right now - eag Oct 28, 17:03 10
        
        omg for sure. AZ is a probably second to FL in the breeding grounds for Crazy nowadays. -- nm - Jovian Oct 28, 17:14 9
        
        The leading republican candidate for Govenor is a former local news anchor that makes DeSantis and Glenn Youngkin look tame - eag Oct 28, 17:40
        
        Let's not forget Montana. - ReluctantClown Oct 28, 17:26 5
        
        Counterpoint: Let's. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 28, 17:26 4
        
        it's the Dakotas that are forgettable - Reagen Oct 28, 17:42
        
        Yellowstone is gorgeous! - ty97 Oct 28, 17:36 1
        
        we really liked the first episode! -- nm - Beaker Oct 28, 18:44
        
        Counter-Counterpoint: Agreeance. -- nm - ReluctantClown Oct 28, 17:27
        
        As was foretold in the prophecy -- nm - Beryllium Oct 28, 17:17 1
        
        Eleanor 3:16 -- nm - Beryllium Oct 28, 17:17
Locast Ordered to Pay $32 Million Fine; Never Exist Again -- (link) - budice Oct 28, 16:30 3
- It’s a shame. It was a great service for those who wanted that kind of thing. Scapegoated for sure. -- nm - Qale Oct 28, 19:16
- They got sued out of existence so bad, people forgot about them retroactively. -- nm - Mop Oct 28, 16:58 1
  - **giggles, I was just about to ask, what's Locast -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 28, 17:55
Ana De Armas is in talks to lead John Wick spinoff ‘Ballerina’ -- (link) - budice Oct 28, 16:28

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