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"I been waiting on my order to get done for 45 minutes, and I'm the only customer here." -- (link) - prayformojo Dec 17, 18:56
Radio City Rockettes cancel the remainder of their holiday shows -- (link) - Peglegpete Dec 17, 18:20 1
- 8 out of 32 Broadway shows canceled tonight (7 due to COVID, one due to illness possibly non-COVID) -- nm - ty97 Dec 17, 18:21
the new South Park is brilliant. Two things I liked: - mud Dec 17, 17:59
Mother/Android spoiler - prayformojo Dec 17, 17:53
SpiderMan headed for $70M True Friday / $120M OpeningDay -- nm* - budice Dec 17, 17:39
VP: "We didn’t see Omicron coming.” -- (link) - budice Dec 17, 17:12 10
- In context, she *seems* to be saying that the scientists can not predict when new highly infectious variants will arise. -- (edited) - ty97 Dec 17, 17:19 8
  - BURN DOWN THE SCIENCE LABS!! -- nm - Beaker Dec 17, 17:20
  - It’ll be skewered with or without context because nothing matters anymore. -- nm - Qale Dec 17, 17:20 6
    - It's poorly worded even to the most sympathetic reading, so it's kinda deserved to an extent. - ty97 Dec 17, 17:26 5
      - Except that the people likely to howl the loudest about this are the same recalcitrant f*cks who are making it have a bigger impact than it needed to. -- (edited) - znufrii, boosted Dec 17, 17:40 4
        
        Yes and no. Omicron likely comes from a country that we (we = the global first word countries) haven't prioritized helping to vaccinate. -- (edited) - ty97 Dec 17, 17:45 2
        
        If everyone was vaxxed here, its impact would be a lot less and we wouldn’t have to worry as much about its emergence. -- nm* - znufrii, boosted Dec 17, 17:56 1
        
        NYC has a very high vax rate and people are still worrying about so I'm not so sure? -- nm - ty97 Dec 17, 17:58
        
        yup -- nm - Beaker Dec 17, 17:43
- "That's a pretty stupid thing to say during flu season!" -- nm - Uncle WhatTheBuck Dec 17, 17:18
Survivor finale spoilers -- (edited) - Beaker Dec 17, 16:54 3
- Spoils - Beryllium Dec 17, 19:01
- mini spoils - Peglegpete Dec 17, 18:08
- spoils - Jovian Dec 17, 17:58
that was a good The Expanse this week -- nm - Jovian Dec 17, 16:52 2
- Just finished it. Yes, yes it was. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 17, 18:45 1
  - check my Survivor post above if you've watched it -- nm - Beaker Dec 17, 18:56
Missed one word from the quote SMNWH bumper scene spoil - Spawn Dec 17, 16:35 1
- My only "regret" is opting for a safer viewing over a packed viewing. There were 9 other people in the theatre for mine. - Shaun Dec 17, 17:42
Anyone recognize what these drawings might be? -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 17, 16:08 5
- no idea -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 17, 16:39
- My first thought was Ralph Bakshi's Wizards, but that's the wrong decade. -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 17, 16:21 2
  - It does look like the style you'd see in Wizards or Heavy Metal. My guess is 1975-1985 American, French, or Russian. -- nm - Max Dec 17, 16:48
  - omg we were so baked seeing that in '77 -- nm - mud Dec 17, 16:24
- I sold all my vintage Heavy Metal issues 30+ yrs ago! -- nm - mud Dec 17, 16:13
Went to the mall looking for Christmas. Didn't find it :( -- nm - Meg Dec 17, 16:04
Remember when Texans were left powerless, waterless, and frozen in February? Welp, the bill is now coming due. Oh yesh, not only did we suffer… - Qale Dec 17, 15:57 2
- good news is that you're unlikely to have any more storms until 2023. -- nm - Reagen Dec 17, 16:06 1
  - Sometimes I wonder if I want to continue living here until 2023. Heh. -- nm - Qale Dec 17, 16:10
Zillow! -- (link) - Strongbad Dec 17, 15:52 4
- "Investigators are still looking into how the missing Maryland zebras ended up in a Texas homeowner's kitchen." -- nm - Max Dec 17, 17:56
- Not bad with one chagr - Will Hunting Dec 17, 15:56 2
  - Bathroom reminded me of the Ladies in the visitor center at Homolovi State Park. Theirs is supposed to represent a desert sunset :) -- nm - Meg Dec 17, 16:02 1
    - And the Gent's is dawn :) -- (link) - Meg Dec 17, 16:23
Kyrie Irving rejoining the Nets for road games -- nm* - Beaker Dec 17, 15:42
After 8 years and 400+ episodes, Nintendo cancels Kit and Krysta’s “Nintendo Minute” YouTube show. -- (link) - Qale Dec 17, 15:36
Finally held accountable for sneakin' Sally through the alley -- nm - rollo Dec 17, 15:33 1
- :-D -- nm - mud Dec 17, 15:33
I know Tony Khan is kind of a silly goose, but this is straight fire. -- (link) - Qale Dec 17, 15:27
Radio City Christmas Spectacular cancelled for the remainder of the season -- (link) - ty97 Dec 17, 15:07
can anyone explain (SMNWH spoil) -- (edited) - mud Dec 17, 15:02 6
- Spoil - Spawn Dec 17, 15:53 2
  - ah (forgot about that last thing) thx! -- nm - mud Dec 17, 15:55 1
    - Spoil - Spawn Dec 17, 15:56
- Spidey spoil means spider-man spoil (I was on autopilot, but luckily only saw the first couple words: tired and daft today) -- nm* - Beryllium Dec 17, 15:04 2
  - I'm sorry, I shoulda said SMNWH? -- nm - mud Dec 17, 15:07 1
    - Maybe. I think you were close enough, I was just not paying due attention. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 17, 15:08
now playing: Mother/Android -- nm - prayformojo Dec 17, 15:01 1
- well, it certainly start pleasantly enough -- nm - prayformojo Dec 17, 15:07
Bryan Adams has cancelled his New Year's Eve performance in Vancouver. Oh no. Anyway... -- nm - Beryllium Dec 17, 14:56
Can someone synthesize this -- nm - con_carne Dec 17, 14:53 2
- I'm sure we can! -- nm - Kraftwerk Dec 17, 15:06
- Depends. Are we talking a basic organic compound or Vision? -- nm - JD Dec 17, 15:04
Halo Infinite gets a solid A grade from me so far. -- nm - ReluctantSanta Dec 17, 14:44 1
- They thought that getting banished was the worst thing to happen to them... -- nm - Mop Dec 17, 14:46
Eric Clapton: The Iron Shiek comments... -- (link) - Remlik Dec 17, 14:42
Hawkeye spoils - Reagen Dec 17, 14:29 1
- nice - Max Dec 17, 14:34
Niners: RB Elijah Mitchell (concussion/knee), Dre Greenlaw (groin) and Maurice Hurst (calf) have officially been ruled OUT vs. the Falcons. -- nm - budice Dec 17, 14:28 1
- Lions: DAndre Swift OUT -- nm - budice Dec 17, 14:29
I'm a bit disappointed there has been a bunch of bank robberies today. - Todd Manning Dec 17, 14:26 1
- Just the ones named after mediocre presidents. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 17, 14:28
so annoying friday medical things - Truman Dec 17, 14:25 11
- Sorry. Still hoping a blip, -- nm - Spawn Dec 17, 15:56
- Hopefully it’s not anything serious and it’s just precaution. - spamlet Dec 17, 15:28 2
  - they live about an hour from the hospital they ended at, maybe a bit more than that. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 17, 15:48 1
    - Are they still near you or did they move out west? - spamlet Dec 17, 17:30
- Ugh! Good and healthy thoughts for your family. -- nm - Krusty Dec 17, 15:13
- best wishes -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 17, 14:40
- I hope it's just a nerve pressure sort of thing, nothing major. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 17, 14:40
- best wishes -- nm - mud Dec 17, 14:37
- prayers to your family -- nm - ty97 Dec 17, 14:32
- numbness on oneside of the face is an alarming signal...hope for the best for dad. (mini stroke?) -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 17, 14:27
- Hoping for the best for your parents -- nm - JD Dec 17, 14:26
DTL: 2 x 4/4, 5/5, 1/1 oof -- (edited) - spamlet Dec 17, 14:23 9
- Sharing my mid-season recruit report. Use it or not as thou wilt. - Baron Please Come Home Dec 17, 15:52 1
- 6/6 3/3 3/3 1/1 ... 2 decent finds in the net -- nm - rollo Dec 17, 15:39
- 4/4, 2 x 3/3, 1/1. A few net options. I'm going to need them. - Baron Please Come Home Dec 17, 14:41 4
  - One of my net guys has a GPA of 1.52 and an Exam score of 64. There's somebody who got someone to take the test for him. -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 17, 14:53 3
    - And now you need to sign him so we know his Int grade. -- nm - spamlet Dec 17, 16:12 1
      - You know I'm intensely curious. -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 17, 16:14
    - Or can’t be bothered to do homework -- nm - spamlet Dec 17, 15:24
- 9/9, 4/4, 0/0, 1/1…no net at all -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 17, 14:25
- 6/6, 4/4, 2/2 and three possibilities from the safety net. -- nm - Dano Dec 17, 14:25
3 NFL games rescheduled due to COVID (SITWAP) -- (link) - ty97 Dec 17, 14:17
log4j: US Federal agencies have a week to get their systems patched -- (link*) - budice Dec 17, 14:16 1
- Seems like the latest version, 2.16.0, might also have a vulnerability (perhaps only a Denial of Service though) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 17, 14:22
FWIW: I'm kind of glad that I'm don't have a game in either of my FF leagues. Bad News: I completely and utterly failed to qualify in one league - JD Dec 17, 14:03
So Taylor Swift had a big album party in Australia and well ... i think she will be persona non grata for a while there -- (link) - eag Dec 17, 13:59 10
- ty97 confirmed cases -- nm - Spawn Dec 17, 15:57
- man, if only people knew not to attend massive gatherings. -- nm - Beaker Dec 17, 14:28 5
  - Though there are those of us who ought to know better but still go. Like I went to the CHVCHRES concert at an indoor venue this past Monday - JD Dec 17, 14:33 4
    - JD I've been doing the same thing. If you're vaccinated and everyone going has to show a vax card, live your life -- nm - rollo Dec 17, 15:38 1
      - Same -- nm - spamlet Dec 17, 16:49
    - so jealous. (Also, wear a mask as often as possible!) -- nm - JaxSean Dec 17, 15:35 1
      - Well, yeah, so maybe two steps above the worst, as I did wear a mask once I finished the one beer I had at the venue -- nm - JD Dec 17, 17:05
- Was she there? -- nm - JaxSean Dec 17, 14:02
- no mention if she was there -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 17, 14:01
- Tis but a badge of honor for Swifties down under -- nm - JD Dec 17, 14:00
"Silence is golden" just got used on me on bB2. Isn't that some kind of notsonice speech? Bery? -- nm* - con_carne Dec 17, 13:46 27
- Here's the link. I know that it's a white supremacist trigger whatever -- (link*) - con_carne Dec 17, 13:52 [Backboard] 23
  - I have no idea what you are going on about. I only said Silence is golden. Because you said I should be golden for whatever you were positing. - Jovian Dec 17, 13:57 18
    - "Silence is golden" is one of the oldest white supremacist memes, bro -- nm - con_carne Dec 17, 14:01 17
      - Not that I'm doubting you, but I've never heard that. What's the origin? -- nm - pmb Dec 17, 14:17 7
        
        Me either -- nm - Andie Dec 17, 16:48
        
        It's a registered trademark of AMC Theaters is all I know. -- nm - Max Dec 17, 14:30
        
        same, first time ever hearing this -- nm - Beaker Dec 17, 14:28 2
        
        FWIW I just googled and found nothing, but it could be that I used faulty search terms. -- nm - pmb Dec 17, 14:42 1
        
        Yeah. Google was no help to me. It wouldn't be the first time something I thought was innocent had a horrible history, but couldn't find anything. -- nm - Dano Dec 17, 14:46
        
        I feel like I'm having a stroke at where this went. -- nm - Reagen Dec 17, 14:25
        
        It's not my language, but this is a first to me as well, fwiw. It is an expression I have heard quite a lot over the years, never in a racial context. - Marlowe Dec 17, 14:22
      - Yea. Thats me the White Supremacist of ST. GTFO - Jovian Dec 17, 14:03 8
        
        Okay. And? Is there some other level of hatred you need to knock this up to? -- nm - con_carne Dec 17, 14:07 7
        
        Sorry. Its not hatred. Im just mad that you opened this B this way. at my expense. -- nm - Jovian Dec 17, 14:21 4
        
        ST owes you all the apologies IMHO -- nm - mud Dec 17, 14:57 3
        
        So I'll say this one more time - Reagen Dec 17, 15:05 2
        
        but you bring it in as much anyone! -- nm - mud Dec 17, 15:09 1
        
        check my posting history. I have consciously avoided posting signal boosting nonsense from fascist morons. -- nm - Reagen Dec 17, 15:11
        
        Take a break, man. Walk away. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 17, 14:09 1
        
        Thanks -- nm - con_carne Dec 17, 14:12
  - Now now, guys. Play nice. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 17, 13:56 3
    - please. I posted a question. Had nothing do with anyone here. And it was decided I would be dragged. Called them out. And now tears. -- nm - Jovian Dec 17, 13:58 2
      - Just trying to keep it from escalating. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 17, 14:00 1
        
        I mean it went from me shushing them to 'Im using hate speech'. Im sorry what? -- nm - Jovian Dec 17, 14:02
- the argument can also be made that coming at me for absolutely no reason at all could also be 'notsonice'. -- nm - Jovian Dec 17, 13:51 1
  - ST is nothing if not repetitive. -- (edited) - znufrii, boosted Dec 17, 13:56
- would make for a pretty boring ST. - Candie Cane Dec 17, 13:49
Oh Jax....music festival in Illinois.... -- (link) - Remlik Dec 17, 13:42 4
- Chillicothe? - ReluctantSanta Dec 17, 13:53
- That's a very jam band line up, so Smashing Pumpkins in there is an odd one. - JaxSean Dec 17, 13:51
- Wow. There's some epic act names on that lineup. Not that I've heard of them. Joe Russo's Almost Dead, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Leftover Salmon, - JD Dec 17, 13:49
- 1 -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 17, 13:46
Cameo: Mick Foley is a top earner for athletes (Top 5 overall)and #1 in the pro wrestler category - Remlik Dec 17, 13:39
OTOH get enough of those bracelets and you can build yourself a personal nuclear reactor -- nm - ML Dec 17, 13:36 8
- Or make money off of TMobile as a mobile phone tower. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 17, 14:02
- steal a 100,000 smoke detectors and salvage the radium or whatever (not plutonium, that's europe) -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 17, 13:54 2
  - americium-241 - JD Dec 17, 13:59 1
    - that's right...and apparently its much worse than plutonium but that got a bad rep when we put the fear of death on sailors who had to decontaminate a -- nm - a ship in 90' heat in hazmat suits Dec 17, 14:24
- *perks up* - ReluctantSanta Dec 17, 13:40
- I mean, if you keep them in your arm for long, you will have another hand popping up there. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 17, 13:38
- so what are they 'supposed' to do? Stop 5G signals from touching you? Are they like personal forcefields in the Foundation triology? -- nm - Jovian Dec 17, 13:38 1
  - They're like noise cancelling headphones and tis all about phase cancellation - JD Dec 17, 13:41
@#&%^ Re B3: 🤣 -- (link*) - JD Dec 17, 13:35 [Backboard]

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