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90 cases of covid traced to 4 wrestling tournaments that happened Dec 4th here in WA state -- (link) - zeitgeist Dec 15, 20:25
Oh... my... gods. - -- the Hawkeye nm Dec 15, 19:57 2
- don't get too excited - Max Dec 15, 19:59
- Yep. (speculative spoil question) - Marlowe Dec 15, 19:59
About an hour in and not enjoying Black Widow which is a shame. -- nm - Qale Dec 15, 19:19 5
- Eeesh. I think I am giving this dreck an F. - Qale Dec 15, 20:34
- Ending spoiler - Max Dec 15, 19:55 3
  - Not to mention her nude scene with Dafoe! -- nm - Qale Dec 15, 19:55 2
    - That was Dafoe acting against himself with split screen! -- nm - Max Dec 15, 19:56 1
      - Spoilers - .📯 Dec 15, 20:19
Hi MDH -- (link) - ty97 Dec 15, 19:15 17
- I want to fast forward 30 years from now to see ST, like on a day a couple people using 23andMe find out they never got infected. - Max Dec 15, 19:47 1
  - hermit. -- nm - .📯 Dec 15, 20:17
- I made an appointment today for a rapid test next Tuesday prior to my cruise on Thursday. It all seemed like a great idea two months ago :/ -- (edited) - Meg Dec 15, 19:39
- (just a thread, and responses, that serve as a counterpoint of sorts to your thoughts. Worth perusing maybe) - ty97 Dec 15, 19:18 11
  - I mean if you think a twitter thread is useful, sure. -- nm - Qale Dec 15, 19:28 2
    - I'm gonna tell your weatherman you said this -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 19:29 1
      - As if he wouldn’t emphatically agree. -- nm - Qale Dec 15, 19:33
  - I appreciate it. Until someone can offer a concrete case of when they would be comfortable I just don’t get it. But that’s me and I’m not fighting. - MDH Dec 15, 19:21 7
    - I'd say when deaths drop, 1000/day is awfully high. or like what Western Australia is doing. - mafic Dec 15, 19:27 4
      - What WA has been doing is never gonna happen here, not even anything like that is going to happen here, that's for sure -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 19:28 3
        
        well no, but restrictions in place until you hit a (high) vaccination threshold is more what I mean. -- nm - mafic Dec 15, 19:31 2
        
        I think 80-90% of this country is acting like the pandemic ended a year and a half ago -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 19:33 1
        
        That’s probably high and the pandemic is far more localized now too. For example, Houston is only at level def con 3 -- (link*) - Qale Dec 15, 19:41
    - I can see people questioning if they should possibly adjust their actions temporarily due to another wave. - ty97 Dec 15, 19:25
    - Define comfortable? (NM) - Marlowe Dec 15, 19:24
- That comment thread is comical. Debating getting together for Christmas? These people have lost their mind. -- nm - MDH Dec 15, 19:17 1
  - sure, why not put more people at risk? -- nm - mafic Dec 15, 19:21
Oh good, no gift cards in the mail today. -- nm - Tim Dec 15, 19:13 2
- I had this issue, once—I ordered gift cards and they sent me digital ones, instead. -- nm - flavorize Dec 15, 20:08
- Do you think it's going to be a problem to report them lost and get new ones shipped out ASAP? -- nm - Krusty Dec 15, 19:54
The worst part of AEW tonight... - The Allfather Dec 15, 19:06 1
- +20 SB Points -- nm - Strongbad Dec 16, 04:13
I'm wondering if Husker Nowledge is the team that has come in ninth at the end of the regular season more than any other team over the years. -- (edited) - ReluctantSanta Dec 15, 18:47 2
- Face it. FantasyPros is a ninth place website. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 15, 18:48 1
  - I am beginning to understand your wisdom. - ReluctantSanta Dec 15, 18:56
The science in Project Hail Mary makes the science in The Martian seem like kindergarten stuff. -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 18:08 3
- And, without spoiling anything, has a strong Rendezvous with Rama tribute. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 15, 19:13 2
  - it has a heap of increasingly inferior sequels and a movie stuck in development? - mafic Dec 15, 19:15 1
    - huh. maybe it's getting made finally. - mafic Dec 15, 19:20
AEW: Iron Man match. wow. -- nm - Remlik Dec 15, 18:00 4
- spoilers - Remlik Dec 15, 18:05 3
  - Spoilers - The Allfather Dec 15, 18:26 2
    - Yup, but I mean - Tim Dec 15, 18:40
    - spoilers... - Remlik Dec 15, 18:34
Crazy picture in the aftermath of Kentucky storms. -- (link) - Volnelk Dec 15, 18:00
Glow On by Turnstile is a freaking fantastic album. I’ve never wanted to see a band play live so badly. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 15, 17:52
Hawkeye spoilers (episode 5 - big spoilers) - Beryllium Dec 15, 17:39
Once again DTL gets my hopes up only to dash them on the rocks. - Baron Please Come Home Dec 15, 17:37 4
- My team unable to finish again. Similar to your game. -- nm - spamlet Dec 15, 18:03 3
  - Up 9 with 7:30 to go. Made 1 FG after that. -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 15, 18:23 2
    - We were shooting 50% on the nose up to that point (28/56). -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 15, 18:39 1
      - Sorry it just angries up my blood that I can never, ever beat this guy, and about half the time he beats me senseless - Baron Please Come Home Dec 15, 18:41
Folks who did 23andMe, Ancestry, etc, what was your experience? what things did you learn? -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 17:36 35
- We've never needed to do any of that kind of research. We've got the Book. -- (link*) - znufrii Dec 15, 18:09 4
  - hey I have one of those too. strangely not written by a family member. -- (link) - mafic Dec 15, 20:39 2
    - Just clickedyour link. Yeah it's one of those books. We got ours the same era. It's trash. -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 20:44
    - We had one maybe 30 years ago. It turned out to be mostly bullshit.Check the footnotes. - loosilu Dec 15, 20:42
  - We had oral history and some relatives did paper research. DNA showed much of it was complete bullshit. -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 19:41
- I think I win this one hands down. I found out my father is not my biological father. - pmb Dec 15, 17:49 25
  - WOW!!!! you win! how are you doing with it? -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 19:35 2
    - I’m fine with it. My dad Is my dad regardless. I don’t feel much need to dig further other than for medical history. One of my kids is fascinated -- (edited) - pmb Dec 15, 19:42 1
      - good on you, and wish you the best handling the kidson this topic. -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 19:48
  - crazy. that's like a plotline from House (if someone had a rare disease). -- nm - mafic Dec 15, 19:00
  - wow, that is amazing -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 19:00
  - So she did that with both of you? -- nm - jnine Dec 15, 18:31 15
    - Yes. My younger sister is my father’s biological daughter. She was the oops kid who is 6 years younger than me. -- nm - pmb Dec 15, 18:49 14
      - I just read the original post linked below. You think your mother didn't even know? That is very crazy. -- nm* - jnine Dec 15, 19:08 8
        
        It ultimately turned out she did. As I said, it unfolded with small bits of info over time. -- nm - pmb Dec 15, 19:39 7
        
        that's amazing. I suggest someone write it out? my storiy of finding my father's cousins thru his mother - loosilu Dec 15, 19:45 6
        
        more - loosilu Dec 15, 19:54
        
        My older sister has really done all of the digging and tracked everything. She’s thought about writing a book. She and her half-sisters get together - pmb Dec 15, 19:53 4
        
        awesome! I have turned out to be the family historian so this is my job. -- (edited) - loosilu Dec 15, 20:01 3
        
        Interesting. It's all pretty fascinating, but I also find it sort of daunting myself. I'm glad my sister's done it, but I think it would be sort of - pmb Dec 15, 20:12 2
        
        in my case I would not say overwhelming. Just have to get off my ass and write it. -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 20:39 1
        
        I would think it might be overwhelming for pmb because it's his father, not unknown cousins -- nm - jnine Dec 15, 22:32
      - Did you ever find out why she did it? Sorry if it's too personal,just ignore my question if it is. My dad found out his father wasn't his bio dad and - jnine Dec 15, 19:05 4
        
        She just simply wasn't getting pregnant. In those days I don't think they tested any fertility of men. I suspect the dr. told my mother she was - pmb Dec 15, 20:21 1
        
        I'm surprised they didn't require a married woman's husband to give written consent in those days. Times were very different. -- nm - jnine Dec 15, 22:35
        
        have you been able to identify your bio grandfather? -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 20:05 1
        
        Yes. He was a family friend. I don't know how my grandmother knew it wasn't her husband's child. My dad is the 6th of 7 children and my grandmother -- (edited) - jnine Dec 15, 22:49
  - Holy crap. I don't think you've told us this before!! -- nm - Pocket Jones Dec 15, 18:14 3
    - This all makes me want to do something wild I can confess to on my death bed. -- (link) - Max Dec 15, 19:00 [Backboard] 1
      - thanks much for link! -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 19:37
    - It was pretty crazy and literally unfolded slowly over the course of about 3-4 years but was only confirmed by my aunt a couple of months ago (just - pmb Dec 15, 18:51
- mine -- (edited) - loosilu Dec 15, 17:47 2
  - didn't you say you were surprised to find out you weren't irish but from cape briton/france? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 15, 20:09 1
    - I am actually more Irish than I thought. -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 20:46
- Once I got my family lines in place I took on a project to map everyone in US history with my surname, and the most fun thing was seeing the migration - Max Dec 15, 17:47
Please watch the *deep breath* Spiderman, Survivor, Hawkeye and The Witcher (Friday) spoilers please -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 17:33 3
- Spidey survives being beWitched by a hawkeyed soemthing. -- nm - .📯 Dec 15, 18:42
- Geralt joins the MCU! -- nm - Jovian Dec 15, 17:56 1
  - You know what I didn't expect (at all)? (major spoilers) - ReluctantSanta Dec 15, 18:03
Now Playing: The Advent Calendar on Shudder - prayformojo Dec 15, 17:11
stealing from FB food group. fill in the blank: Every year my family makes ------ for the holidays. - Peglegpete Dec 15, 17:09 5
- Apple n orange pie -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 15, 18:15
- Trips to the store aplenty -- nm - con_carne Dec 15, 17:59
- Me an alcoholic - znufrii, boosted Dec 15, 17:34
- stress -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 17:13 1
  - spoils. my favorite answer so far - Peglegpete Dec 15, 17:16
Washington Football Team's COVID-19 list grows to 18 players with 8 more additions Wednesday -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 17:01 2
- We're inching into "call off the game" territory. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 15, 17:13 1
  - It might be call off the weekend before everything is said and done -- nm - spamlet Dec 15, 17:15
That was the first Hawkeye that I really liked -- nm - prayformojo Dec 15, 16:42 4
- I want to put it on repeat when I'm home for Christmas. And fling bottle caps around the house. -- nm - Max Dec 15, 17:18 1
  - While faux driving a Ferrari and sipping a margarita -- nm - budice Dec 15, 17:20
- There's a lot to wrap up next week. Spoils - TWuG Dec 15, 17:00
- Its an acquired taste -- nm - budice Dec 15, 16:44
Merry Christmas! Here, have some tornadoes! - Cuzzin Todd Dec 15, 16:21 5
- You okay? -- nm - spamlet Dec 15, 16:29 4
  - Ask again in 15-20 minutes. then it should be through my area. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Dec 15, 16:36 3
    - Annnnnnnnnnnd... that seems to be it. Summer weather sure is unpredictable. - Cuzzin Todd Dec 15, 16:44 2
      - Happy to read you're okay -- nm - Krusty Dec 15, 17:28
      - Glad you’re ok -- nm - spamlet Dec 15, 16:52
ohhhh nice opening Hawkeye -- nm - Jovian Dec 15, 16:21 1
- yup -- nm - prayformojo Dec 15, 16:21
Seems our new Sprouts Market opened with absolutely no fanfare. I wonder if they're planning a grand opening after the holidays? -- nm - Meg Dec 15, 16:20 2
- And there it is. Soft opening today, Grand opening January 14th. -- nm - Meg Dec 15, 16:57
- Galaxy Quest 2 -- nm - con_carne Dec 15, 16:22
Bruce Springsteen Sells His Masters, Music Publishing To Sony For $500m - Remlik Dec 15, 16:16 6
- audio and/or video of live shows, where does that fit in? There is a lot of money in releasing them over time. -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 15, 16:21 5
  - YouTube demonetizes videos on a case by case. I believe that's when the ad revenue starts going to the publishing rights holder -- nm - con_carne Dec 15, 18:35
  - Never thought about that, but that’s a great question. -- nm - MDH Dec 15, 16:44 1
    - He has a whole XM channel and they have a lot of live stuff. -- nm - MDH Dec 15, 16:45
  - TBH I'm not sure. That's a good question that I've wondered about as well -- nm - Remlik Dec 15, 16:29 1
    - I read 2 articles since my question, and no mention of them. -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 15, 16:39
Re B2 and Cyrano. The fact we are shutting things down and even testing vaccinated people is absolute lunacy. -- nm - MDH Dec 15, 16:11 29
- I wear a mask, I am vaccinated. That is all I can do. I try not to think about it anymore on a day to day basis. - Qale Dec 15, 18:52
- 1 in 100 people over the age of 65 in the US have died from covid. Everyone should be wearing masks. What's the big deal? -- nm - jnine Dec 15, 18:37
- There are still 1000 people dying a day, and probably over a million dead in the US. “We should get back to normal,” still feels awfully cavalier. - mafic Dec 15, 17:31 1
  - This. -- nm - Marlowe Dec 15, 17:43
- I get it. The trouble is unless you really make it painful for the unvaxxed they will overload our hospitals -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 17:23
- I’m bailing out of this convo. I realize there is a small % of people who will never go back to a semi normal. You do you. -- nm - MDH Dec 15, 16:41 3
  - I feel like we're having a civil discussion, but you also do you. -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 16:41 2
    - It may be civil, but I concur with MDH that it's clearly an "agree to disagree" discussion. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 16:42 1
      - Yep agree 100%. :-) very civil, we just aren’t going to end anywhere different. So I’d rather stop and just be friendlier. - MDH Dec 15, 16:43
- It depends. I’m getting tested because my dad is immuno-supppressed and I was exposed yesterday. - spamlet Dec 15, 16:21 1
  - Oh I 100% support voluntary testing. I have family members in similar positions and will do as such. Agree with the IM -- nm - MDH Dec 15, 16:23
- Why? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 16:15 16
  - COVID is never going away. Everyone is going to get it. You are either vaccinated or not. Move on. -- nm - MDH Dec 15, 16:17 15
    - It can re-re-re-infect, so if it doesn't kill you or permanently disable you the first time, you've got plenty more chances. - Beryllium Dec 15, 16:31 14
      - Also this is factually incorrect. Look at hospitalizations and deaths. -- nm - MDH Dec 15, 16:37 3
        
        Hospitalizations... - Marlowe Dec 15, 16:41 1
        
        And deaths... - Marlowe Dec 15, 16:42
        
        you guys are at like 1200 deaths a day right now. -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 16:39
      - Yes. And it’s going to be here forever. So honest question, do we just stop everything, forever? -- nm - MDH Dec 15, 16:34 9
        
        *honk honk* -- nm - Excluded Middle You Can Drive A Truck Through Dec 15, 16:36 5
        
        Mine is the middle. Test unvaccinated, don’t test vaccinated. -- nm - MDH Dec 15, 16:37 4
        
        Vaccinated can transmit omicron. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 16:38 3
        
        And my point is “so what?” Everyone is going to get it. It’s going to continue to mutate. -- nm - MDH Dec 15, 16:39 2
        
        I'd rather not spread it to anyone, if I were to get it. I can't know if I will if I don't get tested. -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 16:41
        
        Slow the spread of the mutations, to combat future mutations. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 16:40
        
        Everything has to change, yes. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 16:36 2
        
        It did. We got a vaccine. We changed everything. Now we are done. -- nm - MDH Dec 15, 16:38 1
        
        The vaccine is an important tool for stopping people from dying or developing permanent disabilities. It is NOT a be-all, end-all. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 16:39
- Ugh sorry for the awful first. -- nm - MDH Dec 15, 16:11

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