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Amy doesn't get how things work. She is getting showered with gifts from the parents of her kids at daycare. She took one of the gift cards and bought -- (edited) - Spawnta Dec 15, 08:13 1
- My wife gets lots of stuff from her choir kids at church. Half of the stuff ends up getting eaten at work by my team because she's gluten free - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 15, 08:19
At least Elon can't run for President so we dodged that one. -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 08:07 12
- Boris can though - LMS Dec 15, 08:19
- Though I was just wondering recently if that Constitutional requirement was outdated. -- nm - Dano Dec 15, 08:09 10
  - And lets talk about this right to bear arms stuff... -- nm - Spawnta Dec 15, 08:14
  - Outdated? In the Constitution? -- nm - Roger More Dec 15, 08:14 7
    - (More seriously, I'm not sure that it is outdated. America has always been a nation of immigrants. It would have been a s much a consideration at the - Roger More Dec 15, 08:18 5
      - It was such a consideration that they....didn't even define the term 'natural born' -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 08:20 4
        
        Though they still included it as one of only three eligibility requirements, and in drafting it was changed from 'citizen' to 'natural born citizen'. - Roger More Dec 15, 08:27 1
        
        Same debate, yes, but we're not a new nation anymore so I'm just saying it' fair to revisit the debate - ty97 Dec 15, 08:28
        
        Seriously though, I think it was meant to stop someone with non-US alliances from coming here and becoming POTUS. -- (edited) - ty97 Dec 15, 08:22 1
        
        Or pooty-poot. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 08:26
    - States rights are outdated! -- nm - Qale Dec 15, 08:15
  - I could argue that it is outdated, but I don't see it changing. -- nm* - ty97 Dec 15, 08:11
Frosty morning here. 37 deg at 7:30. We only get a couple of these a year and.......I don't wanna get out of bed!! -- nm - Meg Dec 15, 08:03
Amazon AWS Outage again -- (link) - budice Dec 15, 08:01 4
- Yeah our work system was down for 20 minutes guess it uses Amazon AWS -- nm - eag Dec 15, 08:19
- us-west-2, which might affect part of ST (attachments) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 08:14
- Yeah, our company Zoom and Duo instances are down because of it. -- nm - Inigo Dec 15, 08:04
- Yep, Ziggy's giving me attitude. -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 15, 08:01
Sweet merciful Fed. I've had Shake It Off as an unrelenting earworm for the last 48 hours. - prayformojo Dec 15, 07:59 11
- and now this has implanted Shake it Up by The Cars into my head. - Jovian Dec 15, 08:08 3
  - now *that* I wouldn't mind. I could groove to that for a good long time. -- nm - prayformojo Dec 15, 08:26
  - and now this has implanted Shakedown Street into my head. -- nm* - peggerspete Dec 15, 08:10
  - You win -- nm - Dano Dec 15, 08:09
- I've been alternating between "I've got a feeling" and "don't let me down" for the last 2 weeks - thanks Get Back documentary! -- nm - rollo Dec 15, 08:01 4
  - "two of us" here. -- nm - loosilu who Dec 15, 08:14 1
    - Heh. I had that. I did listen to the Beetles channel on XM this morning so I have a ton replacing it. -- nm - Spawnta Dec 15, 08:16
  - yep! -- nm - mud Dec 15, 08:09
  - Get back, rollo. -- nm - Spawnta Dec 15, 08:09
- You just got sued. -- nm - Spawnta Dec 15, 08:00 1
  - Depends. Is it Taylor's Version? -- nm - Dano Dec 15, 08:05
My current Sirius XM go to station is The Loft (channel 710) -- nm - Dano Dec 15, 07:42 6
- Relatedly, I literally just now got them to update my subscription to the promotional rate I signed up with last year since it had run out. - Tim Dec 15, 07:52 1
  - How much? -- nm - Spawnta Dec 15, 07:54
- Isn't the Loft channel 30? -- nm - Spawnta Dec 15, 07:45 3
  - It may have been. I know they did a channel shuffle a few weeks ago. Now it looks like The Loft is online only. -- nm - Dano Dec 15, 07:49 2
    - Those bastards! It is one of my high numbered presets. So I would surf through it occasionally. Wonder what I am surfing through now? - Spawnta Dec 15, 07:50 1
      - Hi, this is Terry Gross. And this is Fresh Air. -- nm - Qale Dec 15, 08:57
Jaguars vs Texans...which shit sandwich are people going with? I can see a final result of either 48-0 or 3-0 with either team winning... -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 07:24 1
- I’d say Texans if Tyrod was playing…Jags have more talent—leaning that way, but ID LOVE to see Nico Collins go off -- nm - flavorize Dec 15, 07:52
Gut check poll — will BBB get passed by the end of the year, and will it still include closing the Roth backdoor starting next year? -- (edited) - znufrii, boosted Dec 15, 07:24 5
- Per the Deloitte national tax legislation guy, he was 50-50 on passage but said if it doesn't get done by the end of January it's not getting done. - spamlet Dec 15, 07:50 2
  - I agree with this. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 15, 09:14
  - That IM sounds about right -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 08:01
- SSSSSSPPPPPPPAAAAAAAMMMMMMMYYYYYYYYY - ty97 Dec 15, 07:25 1
  - *updates his spreadsheet* -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 15, 07:49
On the spur of the moment last night I decided to create an internal Ethics related Professional Development training session for my company - Beaker Dec 15, 07:11
Twitter's What's Happening sidebar may have spoiled something from Spidey for me. Good times. Overall, I'd say it's minor, but still. ARGH. -- nm - Shaun Dec 15, 06:53 15
- I think I saw a Hawkeye spoiler sidebar. I don't know if we're talking about the same spoiler. -- nm - Mop Dec 15, 07:56
- Yeah, no Twitter for me for 48 hours. No web stuff, period. ST ONLY!!! -- nm Posted by Spawn Dec 14 '21, 11:34 -- nm - Spawnta Dec 15, 07:48
- bastards -- nm - decline Dec 15, 07:13
- Twitter's What's Happening sidebar knows better than to bother me with topics about children's movies -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 07:06 11
  - Most children’s movies don’t have full frontal… - Qale Dec 15, 07:29
  - Why even bother this this asshole response? Did you think it was funny? Witty? Clever? -- nm - Shaun Dec 15, 07:07 9
    - Boys boys, you're both annoying nerds 🐱‍👤 -- nm - rollo Dec 15, 08:04 1
      - 260 days until LotR S1 !!!!!!!! -- nm - mud Dec 15, 08:09
    - Jokes are no longer allowed on ST? I didn't realize. -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 07:10 6
      - I thought it was funny. It’s just a movie. -- nm - MDH Dec 15, 07:47 3
        
        Not for many of us. -- (pic) - Spawn Dec 15, 07:53 [Attachment] 2
        
        No words for this. -- nm - MDH Dec 15, 07:59 1
        
        *shrugs* After my family they are easily the things I look most forward to. Concerts used to be on that list but thanks to covid, those are out. -- nm - Spawnta Dec 15, 08:01
      - there is a time and a place for jokes. Racism, Gun Control, Abortion, pixie, anti-vaxxers, Trump's upcoming second term...but NOT Spiderman spoilers -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 07:30
      - WE WILL KILL YOU! -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 07:17
Baker Mayfield joins what feels like about 1/2 of the Cleveland team on the Covid list -- (link) - decline Dec 15, 06:49 6
- That’s actually an upgrade for the Browns—Baker has been SO bad recently -- nm - flavorize Dec 15, 08:02
- Browns now have placed 14 players on the reserve/COVID list the past two days. -- nm - decline Dec 15, 07:54
- I’d hate to learn he wasn’t vaxxed. He seems like a good guy. -- nm - Mop Unleashed Dec 15, 07:38 2
  - BUt his wifi password is insane. -- nm* - Spawnta Dec 15, 07:42
  - per the espn article, all the Browns players and coach are vaccinated. Reading between the lines seems to confirm. Needs 2 negative tests to play - Beaker Dec 15, 07:42
- surprised he hasn't been hit by lightning this year the way his injury status is going -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 07:37
Since 2006 every Oscar Best Picture winner has been nominated for both Director AND Screenplay at the Golden Globes. - budice Dec 15, 06:48 1
- I still can’t get over <s>Oscar</s> Owen from Let Me In is in the hunt for awards. -- nm - Qale Dec 15, 07:33
Sir Lewis Hamilton -- (link*) - budice Dec 15, 06:42
TV PSA: Survivor, AEW Dynamite, Masked Singer, Young Rock, Drone Racing league, Kenan, Mr Mayor, Samantha Bee, The Hand Of God (NF), Hawkeye (D+), -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 06:42 2
- I am unduly excited about the Masked Singer finale. (spoils) - Baron Please Come Home Dec 15, 06:47
- Shatner In Space (Amazon), It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Challenge, NBA, NHL, Rumble (Paramount+), other stuff -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 06:43
I Bond update - all of the kids now have TreasuryDirect accounts so I can gift them bonds as birthday money from now on. - colinberry sauce Dec 15, 06:41 5
- oh very nice. -- nm - Remlik Dec 15, 08:16
- Nice! -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 15, 07:33
- Very Nice RichOldRelativing! -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 15, 06:43 2
  - it's all i have to offer them. - colinberry sauce Dec 15, 06:54 1
    - No take, only throw. -- nm - Qale Dec 15, 07:37
From B2: Spam, I am here to serve and befuddle. - Baron Please Come Home Dec 15, 06:39 2
- Yeah I think that’s what I’ll end up doing. - spamlet Dec 15, 06:50 1
  - Right now I have both sets of calculations going. I assume Google is gonna send me a bill for the server I melt down when the next update comes. -- nm - spamlet Dec 15, 07:52
Best response in that B2 Twitter thread.. -- (link) - colinberry sauce Dec 15, 06:36 1
- Pam. Buttered. Jorts. She BUTTERED a cat! - TWuG Dec 15, 07:20
We don't have a lot of externally exposed systems (and none affected by log4j) but we logged our first exploit attempt against one of our systems - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 15, 06:36 7
- yeah, I've gotten a couple of those -- nm - decline Dec 15, 06:43
- related-ish, I didn't previously realize that RaaS was a a thing - ty97 Dec 15, 06:38 5
  - didn't you remember scriptkiddies? -- nm - colinberry sauce Dec 15, 06:43 3
    - That term is insensitive to kitties. -- nm - Pam Dec 15, 06:48
    - who even needs to remember, they never went away -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 06:43 1
      - too true. i remember watching port scans hit my computer in college... it was relentless even back then. -- nm - colinberry sauce Dec 15, 06:45
  - Yeah. These large botnets are basically hawking themselves to be a kind of "for hire" attacker. -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 15, 06:39
I'm officially done with my Christmas shopping. Now the nervous wait to see if everything gets here on time. -- nm* - Krusty Dec 15, 06:35
oh the Fed is gonna Fed today? I wonder what type of Fedding the Fed will Fed? -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 06:35 8
- I mean, how much Fed can a the Fed Fed Fed if the Fed Fed could Fed Fed? -- nm - Spawnta Dec 15, 07:44 1
  - Fed ALL the Fed! -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 15, 07:47
- Fed the Fed, man. Fed the Fedding Fed. -- nm - prayformojo Dec 15, 06:41
- Hope they don't over Fed. -- nm - Todd Manning Dec 15, 06:39
- DeJoy still in charge of USPS ... Merry Xmas -- nm - budice Dec 15, 06:38
- The Fed is definitely going to Fed, and the SEC has an open meeting to propose additional money market fund regulations -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 15, 06:38 2
  - The Fed is scheduled to Fed so we know the Fed will Fed. The question is what form of Fedding will the Fed Fed. -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 06:38 1
    - They’re going to Fed their Feddest Fed. - znufrii, boosted Dec 15, 06:40
Hey it’s been a while since I got an exposure notification! - spamlet Dec 15, 06:26 8
- my family have got a fair number of antigen tests on hand. We are all testing before we get togther and before my mom arrives. -- nm - Candie Cane Dec 15, 06:38 1
  - Yeah we’re in process of obtaining. -- nm - spamlet Dec 15, 06:51
- Sorry. *zips pants* -- nm - Qale Dec 15, 06:38
- I have that enabled on my phone finally as of like 2 weeks ago and I haven't gotten any notifications so I just figure it's broken -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 06:28 4
  - It might mean people are not reporting their positive tests. It relies on self reporting. -- nm - loosilu who Dec 15, 06:29
  - I forgot those existed because Missouri is currently trying to eliminate any quarantine or mask mandate. -- nm - spamlet Dec 15, 06:29 2
    - that's not going to go well. -- nm - Candie Cane Dec 15, 06:39 1
      - Welcome to the U S of Stupid. -- nm - loosilu who Dec 15, 06:59
*upside down smiley face emoji* -- (link) - ty97 Dec 15, 06:24 3
- We may need to start focusing more on cases that result in hospitalization to keep the soul crushing to an amount we can withstand. -- nm - Qale Dec 15, 07:39
- Our county curve here is basically the same. :( -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 15, 07:10
- Cue the handwaving freakoutery? -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 15, 06:30
nmb zeit - our free numbers for Friday for posterity - Beaker Dec 15, 06:23 1
- Canadian PSA: Lotto Max is $70 Million Friday with 11 $1 Million draws (lump sum, tax free) -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 06:24
Stan Lee's Twitter account used to hawk NFTs and people are pissed -- (link) - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 15, 06:15 2
- wait till all the NFT people start talking about POAP -- (link) - Remlik Dec 15, 08:17
- MLB player Anthony Rizzo, too. - zunk xometimes Dec 15, 06:36
Hurrah! They finally released an Oko, Thief of Crowns avatar in Magic Arena. -- nm - Qale Dec 15, 06:08 3
- It didn’t get rebooted in the new set did it? -- nm - spamlet Dec 15, 06:08 2
  - I don’t know. I played only the welcome to alchemy thing and was like no. -- nm - Qale Dec 15, 06:37 1
    - The spell book crap is all that really bothers me (and putting the nerfs in historic, I guess) - spamlet Dec 15, 06:52
I have been stalked, Part Deux! An adorable Tiki Santa ornament. :) Still have no idea who my stalker is, but they are clearly observant! Thank you! -- nm - Candie Cane Dec 15, 06:05 3
- Nice! Pics later? -- nm - Krusty Dec 15, 06:10 2
  - I will take a pic tonight when it is on the tree. I just noticed the box in our building lobby as i was leaving this morning, i ran back up, opened it - Andie Dec 15, 06:19 1
    - :-) I do the same thing with having to go upstairs and open what was delivered. I can't wait until I get home. -- nm - Krusty Dec 15, 06:28
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Dec 15, 05:47 [Attachment] 10
- ARM FLOUR: dead skin on your elbows. - loosilu who Dec 15, 06:44
- LOAFMURMUR - The sound bread makes when you pull it out of the pan -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 06:44
- Offal Rum - Bacardi's worst selling product -- nm - VMan Dec 15, 06:23 1
  - I came here to post this exact thing. -- nm - Max Dec 15, 08:31
- LMFAO RUMOR - a comeback tour is in sight. -- nm - spamlet Dec 15, 06:10
- UFO MURAL -- nm - rollo Dec 15, 06:08
- UROFLMAO -- nm - budice Dec 15, 06:05
- Trading in endangered species for that FUR MOOLA -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 15, 06:04
- UROLAFOMO - Fear of missing your urologist appointment -- nm - rollo Dec 15, 06:03
- F. U. FLORA! "I'm a vegetarian. Not because I love animals. But because I hate plants." -- nm - prayformojo Dec 15, 05:59
I’m out of LDBC. Playing on a computer at school during a behavior intervention. - kelly Dec 15, 05:42 5
- Left or right. Is it like with guys’ balls where one is more tender than the other? -- nm - Qale Dec 15, 06:01 2
  - This time it was right. -- nm - kelly Dec 15, 07:01 1
    - Hopefully the unruly child won’t ever go for the middle. That’s the worst! - Qale Dec 15, 08:10
- Duly noted (sorry on both). Here is a chart of LDB total win/loss over time -- (pic) - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 15, 05:49 [Attachment]
- Ugh to both! -- nm - Krusty Dec 15, 05:44
Would you like me to assign someone to butter your cat? -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 15, 05:29 2
- From the responses: "I had to unplug the electric blanket because he learned how to use it." - Baron Please Come Home Dec 15, 06:14
- Ha! I can't believe she was doing that. - Krusty Dec 15, 05:43

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