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Pfizer Booster Achievement: Unlocked! -- nm - Strongbad Oct 29, 14:16 2
- i keep rubbing my phone over the arm but can't get my bluetooth to connect -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 29, 14:19
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Oct 29, 14:18
Poll: Do you have a default rhythm you tap on to objects? - Reagen Oct 29, 14:08 14
- tap tap tap... tap... tap. -- nm - Qale Oct 29, 16:57
- Kind of, I channel drumline stuff -- nm - rollo Oct 29, 15:27
- Anything by Neal Pert - Beryllium Oct 29, 14:34
- Submarines -- (link) - znufrii Oct 29, 14:33 [youtube]
- Opening drum loop to Its The End of the World -- nm - spamlet Oct 29, 14:33
- I *am* the white guy that has no rythym -- nm - TWuG Oct 29, 14:26 2
  - I know you're not a fool -- nm - rollo Oct 29, 15:30
  - ~who could ask for anything more~ -- nm - Strongbad Oct 29, 14:30
- yes. the opening of Combat. or the transition notes from Slipknot to Franklin's Tower -- nm* - Peglegpete Oct 29, 14:20
- Impeach the President by The Honey Drippers -- (link) - Krusty Oct 29, 14:17 [youtube]
- We Will Rock You -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 29, 14:16
- like, is this thing working? anybody home? shave and a hair cut twenty bucks -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 29, 14:15
- "Oye como va" a lot of the time. -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 29, 14:13
- Amen break. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 29, 14:11
So the Chicago Blackhawks owner wants the sex offenders name off the Stanley Cup. I agree but let’s do it right. Everyone’s name off. - Will Hunting Oct 29, 14:06
There's an interesting takeaway in the VA Governor race about voters feelings towards COVID. - MDH Oct 29, 14:04 7
- you guys know you're leading the daily death counts, right? By a significant margin? -- nm - Reagen Oct 29, 14:11 6
  - Right or wrong: Vaccines are widely available, COVID is never going away. People are done with it. -- nm - MDH Oct 29, 14:23 4
    - Of course it won't go away when large groups of people actively embrace keeping it around. -- nm - TWuG Oct 29, 14:33
    - This was also meant to be a summation of the general feeling, and not necessarily my own. -- nm - MDH Oct 29, 14:32 1
      - (Understood) Health care systems are still buckling, vaccines aren't available for all school age kids yet - Reagen Oct 29, 14:40
    - I think it'll be here a while, but it's an overreaction to say it'll never go away. - Inigo Oct 29, 14:27
  - and taking republicans by a 3 to one, maybe even six to one margin (10 to one?) - zeitgeist Oct 29, 14:18
Foundation is pretty good this week. (Although maybe it needs more Shai Hulud? Who can say, really.) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 29, 14:02
Good luck, Will. May be the best team win -- nm - spamlet Oct 29, 14:02 4
- Good contest sir. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 29, 14:26 3
  - Gant #1 player by a mile ouch. Good game coach. -- nm - spamlet Oct 29, 14:34 2
    - 9th place! *pops champagne* -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 29, 14:45 1
      - Nicely done! -- nm - spamlet Oct 29, 14:47
I have a lot of random thoughts. Here's one from a few minutes ago. - Beryllium Oct 29, 13:56
Dinner plans? - ReluctantClown Oct 29, 13:49 8
- Here -- (link) - znufrii Oct 29, 14:35
- hanger steak with a mash and whatever veg we have -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 29, 14:14
- Airport food -- nm - spamlet Oct 29, 14:06
- Friday is pizza night. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 29, 13:52 2
  - it is known. -- nm - mud Oct 29, 14:36
  - 🤝🏼 -- nm - Krusty Oct 29, 14:10
- Pizza -- nm - Krusty Oct 29, 13:52
- Something between here and Indy -- nm - kilbooooo! Oct 29, 13:50
SNL: Donald Pleasance introing FEEEEAAAARRRRRRAAAAHHHHH -- (link) - Remlik Oct 29, 13:41 1
- At first I thought he resembled a Skarsgard, but then I realized he was closer to a Blofeld. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 29, 13:52
I don't remember this particular Far Side panel -- (link) - JD Oct 29, 13:22
Completed Bard's Tale III Remastered last night. On to Planescape: Torment Remastered! -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 29, 13:20 2
- I have vivid memories of the moment a bunch of Dark Slayers (Black Slayers?) teleport in, and the God of War says, "Oh dear..." - The Allfather Oct 29, 13:24 1
  - Those guys were punks. Pushed them away with Sandstorm then NUKEd the lot a few times. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 29, 13:51
VA Democrats disclaim responsibility for fake white supremacists at VA campaign stop that were democratic operatives -- (link) - spamlet Oct 29, 13:05 8
- It was the Lincoln Project grifters -- (link) - ML Oct 29, 14:26 1
  - had just seen this - Reagen Oct 29, 15:02
- So stupid and counterproductive. I'm always amazed how stupid people can be. -- nm - pmb Oct 29, 13:51
- yes yes, because that would have been much more likely than actual Nazis drawn to the GOP like moths to a flame. -- nm - Jovian Oct 29, 13:08 4
  - Look at the replies. They’ve been identified. -- nm - spamlet Oct 29, 13:11 3
    - Eeeeeeeeesh -- nm - Jovian Oct 29, 13:36
    - As democratic operatives? -- nm - Spawn Oct 29, 13:15 1
      - VA Dem employee and treasurer for VA young democrats -- (link) - spamlet Oct 29, 13:27
SITV: Have you considered submitting yourselves to something like PodSauce? I've been hearing them advertise on our local news station -- (link*) - kilbooooo! Oct 29, 13:00
if anyone's looking for podcasts, I tried a couple old episodes of The Dollop - Reagen Oct 29, 12:57
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 29, 12:57 [Attachment] 8
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 29, 12:57 [Attachment] 7
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 29, 12:58 [Attachment] 6
    - 2/2. That second one is tough. Could be any of them. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 29, 13:04
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 29, 12:58 [Attachment] 4
      - 1/2 -- nm - JD Oct 29, 13:17
      - 1/2 -- nm - decline Oct 29, 13:05
      - 1/2 -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 29, 13:01
      - 2/2 - znufrii Oct 29, 13:00
I’m pretty sure my wife packed heavier for 36 hours in Florida than I do for a week in Asia. -- nm - spamlet Oct 29, 12:45 5
- It is supposed to get pretty cold here next week. Like all the way down to the 50s! -- nm - BloodyAxeSean, Anti-Pumpkin 🚫🎃🚫 Oct 29, 12:56
- And what was her reply to This statement? -- nm* - Spawn Oct 29, 12:45 3
  - I’m not *that* dumb -- nm - spamlet Oct 29, 12:46 2
    - I think I still have her number, let me text her for you... -- nm - Spawn Oct 29, 12:47
    - you took a big risk using the words "wife", "heavier", and "packed" all in the same sentence -- nm* - kilbooooo! Oct 29, 12:47
You can now view the Earth from aboard the ISS in VR -- (link) - kilbooooo! Oct 29, 12:40 1
- just more round-earth propaganda -- nm - decline Oct 29, 12:45
US regulators authorize low-dose shots of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11. -- (link) - decline Oct 29, 12:21 8
- Yesssss. -- nm - kelly Oct 29, 12:26
- Next up: CDC’s advisory committee meeting Tuesday, then if CDC director signs off kids could start getting vaccinated soon after -- (link*) - decline Oct 29, 12:22 4
  - I guess I'm surprised CDC has a say. I don't think of them as a regulatory agency -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 29, 12:45 3
    - They’re advisory, not regulatory. But I’m guessing you’d potentially be opening up yourself to liability if you act absent or contrary to their recommendations -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 29, 12:51 2
      - I thank you and accept your explanation. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 29, 13:03 1
        
        To put it more succinctly, the FDA tells you if you can, CDC tells you whether you should. -- nm* - znufrii Oct 29, 13:05
- F*ck yeah! -- nm - znufrii Oct 29, 12:21 1
  - Wait for it. -- nm - Spawn Oct 29, 12:27
Tired: ripping out copper wire from playgrounds causes thousands in damage, wired: chain sawing old growth bridge supports for shingles, firewood -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 29, 12:09
BBC weighs in on Meta -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 29, 11:53 4
- I'm disappointed that Metastasized isn't leading the snark...though if rumors about ai placed ads happen that's how it will feel -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 29, 12:04 1
  - Didn't he have any Jewish programmers on staff? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 29, 12:05
- MTM -- nm - Spawn Oct 29, 11:55 1
  - Meta-To-Matrix? -- nm - mud Oct 29, 12:45
I think it's adorable that y'all think you're not already living in a detailed computer sim. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 29, 11:52 16
- Are we also still all living in a yellow submarine? -- nm - Qale Oct 29, 12:19
- As long as I'm not a battery, it's cool. -- nm - spamlet Oct 29, 12:18 2
  - What if we combined it with some form of fusion? - Reagen Oct 29, 13:17
  - I'd be cool with being a battery if they gave me 10 million dollars. -- nm - Ender Oct 29, 13:07
- I don't know what thinking one way or another would do for me in any case. -- nm - Max Oct 29, 12:08
- *hands you a cookie* -- nm - kilbooooo! Oct 29, 12:04 4
  - Thanks, Oracle. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 29, 12:11 2
    - You accepted it!?! -- nm - Spawn Oct 29, 12:13 1
      - Knoxville needs the rain. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 29, 12:15
  - Temet nosce ante temet noce. - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 29, 12:08
- *spills Coke all over the controls* -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 29, 11:57
- Reminds me that I still need to read this -- (link) - znufrii Oct 29, 11:56
- Odds are that the simulation we're all living in is itself contained within a simulation -- nm - Beryllium Oct 29, 11:53 3
  - The multiverse is just a quantum tunnel into other calculation states in the simulation, since everything is calculated simultaneously -- nm - Beryllium Oct 29, 11:54 2
    - Oh, sorry, I was just rebooting Sliders in my head. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 29, 11:55 1
      - (It's good that they never slid into a reality where earth had been destroyed or knocked into a different orbit ...) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 29, 11:59
I have power and internet back. -- nm - Todd Manning Oct 29, 11:48 2
- Onward! To the porn! -- nm - Mop Oct 29, 12:10 1
  - *shows up with Skinny Pop* Oh I thought you said corn. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 29, 12:13
Rams, DeSean Jackson agree to look for trade. -- (link) - budice Oct 29, 11:40 2
- Makes sense that they both want it, since desean is Spanish for "they desire" -- nm - con_carne Oct 29, 11:47 1
  - Boneecho. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 29, 12:12
Just happened to notice on the front page of Amazon.com that I could "Get Star Wars: Squadrons". I followed the link and got a code that I could redeem on Origin. -- (edited) - Mop Oct 29, 11:39 3
- More and better games next month - Guigue Oct 29, 11:56
- Yeah worked for me. Thanks. Don't use Origin much but free is free -- nm - kilbooooo! Oct 29, 11:52 1
  - My youngest practically lives in The Sims 4. -- nm - Mop Oct 29, 12:09
PropSwap: Would you sell this $125 Braves World Series ticket for $2,000? -- (link) - budice Oct 29, 11:36 4
- I would sell it for $125. - Spawn Oct 29, 12:30
- Probably, if it’s cheaper than hedging it. -- nm - znufrii Oct 29, 11:50
- Yup -- nm - Krusty Oct 29, 11:42
- yes, yes i would -- nm - Beaker Oct 29, 11:37
Yay! The Tribble episode of DS9 is on. -- nm - LMS Oct 29, 11:34
Ice Cube Exits Sony Comedy ‘Oh Hell No’ After Declining COVID-19 Vaccine -- (link) - Remlik Oct 29, 11:31 2
- Can’t he use his Trump connections to get an exemption - flavorize Oct 29, 12:14
- Oh no. Anyway ... -- nm - Beryllium Oct 29, 11:37
"I get that reference!" I love this TikTok commercial because I've seen that TikTok! -- (link) - Mop Oct 29, 11:27 [youtube]
Did y'all see the Flickr Explore "Lego Takeover" from the 27th? -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 29, 11:17 [flickr]
October 29 Birthdays: Richard Dreyfuss (74), Kate Jackson (73), Chris Lebenzon (68), Denis Potvin (68), Lee Child (67), Dan Castellaneta (64) - Max Oct 29, 11:01 [youtube] 5
- Wow, Dan Castellaneta was 30 when he started voicing Homer -- nm - Roger More Oct 29, 13:02
- Kate Jackson today. Wasn't Jaclyn Smith yesterday or the day before? -- nm - ty97 Oct 29, 11:07 2
  - yep, Tuesday this week -- nm - Max Oct 29, 11:08 1
    - Proof there's something to astrology -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 29, 11:09
- omg, Winona! -- nm - mud Oct 29, 11:02
Look! A wagon wheel! -- nm - TWuG Oct 29, 11:00
Despite all the stories about the accidents at Chernobyl and Fukushima, nuclear power is one of the safest ways to produce electricity -- (edited) - spamlet Oct 29, 10:59 28
- What about wind power? I hear that's terrible. -- nm - Mop Oct 29, 11:42 4
  - 0.04 so slightly better than nuclear. -- nm - spamlet Oct 29, 12:17 2
    - But considerably worse for the birds. - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 29, 12:23 1
      - They don’t exist anyway -- nm - spamlet Oct 29, 12:40
  - I am doing my own research on all this. -- nm - Spawn Oct 29, 11:49
- Ignore. Incognito worked -- nm* - Krusty Oct 29, 11:27
- But 50% of the mutation attacks. -- nm - Spawn Oct 29, 11:12 1
  - MUTO attacks? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 29, 11:22
- Folks forget that Three Mile Island had a second reactor which continued to operate and was only taken offline in 2019. -- nm* - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 29, 11:09 4
  - Isn't chernobyl still partly operational? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 29, 11:19 3
    - Iirc. They shut down the other 5 reactors right away. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 29, 11:20 2
      - "The three other reactors remained operational after the accident but were eventually shut down by 2000" -- nm - Beryllium Oct 29, 11:23 1
        
        I think they were planning on building 2 more before they blew the roof off -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 29, 11:58
- But John, when the Pirates of the Caribbean ride breaks down, the Pirates don't mutate and make an exclusion zone 100 miles in diameter... -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 29, 11:03 1
  - Fun fact, before Standard Oil made product standardized, some 50,000 people a year were burned, killed, injured -- (edited) - zeitgeist Oct 29, 11:06
- Now, if it didn't generate waste that takes thousands of years to not be deadly and presents serious storage issues. - TWuG Oct 29, 11:03 7
  - Apparently emerging SMR technology helps deal with that issue too, according to the link Beaker shared. -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 29, 11:10 6
    - I'd rather risk a solar spill or wind leakage than rely on systems (run to maximize profit) to prevent deadly accidents - TWuG Oct 29, 11:15 5
      - solar and wind can't be used as baseload. You have to have oil/gas/hydro.nuclear -- nm - Beaker Oct 29, 11:37 3
        
        You don't. For wind/solar you also need storage. - TWuG Oct 29, 11:39 2
        
        Just zap the extra around the circuits continuously like Snowpiercer. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 29, 12:05 1
        
        That’s…not how electricity works? -- nm - znufrii Oct 29, 12:08
      - You're not wrong, but if 40 years of anti-nuclear-protest had been applied to climate change instead, maybe we'd be in a better place. - Beryllium Oct 29, 11:18
- All the anti-nuclear-power people of the 60s-70s-80s were duped -- nm* - Beryllium Oct 29, 11:00 4
  - got equated with Nuclear weapons -- nm - Beaker Oct 29, 11:37 3
    - Washington state had both, and nuclear waste. -- nm - . Oct 29, 14:06 1
      - still the worst site in the country, getting worse too, we'll have contaminated columbia river soon -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 29, 14:22
    - Yes. Duped by special interests. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 29, 11:38

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