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A thread about what long covid fatigue really means -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 21, 09:34 1
- "You have to plan “shower days,” meaning that’s basically all that happens that day and you are in bed recovering afterwards." kind sounds tempting -- nm - Max Dec 21, 09:38
NFT of 'Merry Christmas' — first text ever sent — sells for $121K -- (link) - budice Dec 21, 09:33 2
- I love that a free photo of it is included in this story. -- nm - Max Dec 21, 09:35 1
  - Tech Bros have reinvented collector plates. -- nm - Reagen Dec 21, 09:37
So wait all 4 NFL teams that are playing today are still scheduled for Sunday? - eag Dec 21, 09:21 8
- ... how else would they do it? Teams that play Thursdays often played the Sunday before. That is even less time. -- nm* - Spawnta Dec 21, 09:29 4
  - When your at full health or close to it - eag Dec 21, 09:34 1
    - They can't stop the league for teams that failed. -- nm - Spawnta Dec 21, 09:42
  - They could have made the teams with Covid issues play the games as scheduled with the players they had available. -- nm - Dano Dec 21, 09:33 1
    - OR! make each team play with only infected players and coaches. a giant germ pool on the field. then spray it down with disinfectant after. -- nm - Candie Cane Dec 21, 09:34
- Imagine if they were scheduled for TNF -- nm - budice Dec 21, 09:25
- Oh and Cleveland who played yesterday plays on Saturday -- nm - eag Dec 21, 09:24
- Don't worry. I got this. -- nm - Omicron Dec 21, 09:23
Halo Infinite: I squealed with delight when I first saw the Banshees and cackled like a maniac when I grappled one. - Mop Unleashed Dec 21, 09:21
Related to the discussion today, this kind of thing just seems so bizarre. Post from a Facebook acquaintance - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 21, 09:08 2
- See? that's your problem right there - decline Dec 21, 09:11 1
  - *golf clap* -- nm - Spawnta Dec 21, 09:29
'Don't be an absolute idiot': Russell Crowe reveals crucial lesson he learned playing John Nash in 'A Beautiful Mind' -- (link) - budice Dec 21, 09:05 2
- I'll ruin the joke by pasting the full quote - Roger More Dec 21, 09:21 1
  - (and this new 'story' is from a six year old interview! Way to clickbait, yahoo!entertainment) -- nm - Roger More Dec 21, 09:23
and while we're here, what of fox news? will tucker carlson have to admit he's vaccinated since fox has a vaxx req now? -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 21, 09:05 5
- "Nobody's going to make this real American take the second dose." "You know the second does is the part that kills you." -- nm - Max Dec 21, 09:07 4
  - The first shot is ammonia, the second shot is bleach. -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 21, 09:16
  - fox is requiring two doses. -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 21, 09:08 2
    - I can't keep up with the rate at which the requirements are mutating. -- nm - Max Dec 21, 09:08 1
      - very weak golf clap. -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 21, 09:10
Detroit Tigers coach, Kimera Bartee died at 49. -- (link) - Will Hunting Dec 21, 09:00
Kellogg's strike, which began on Oct 5 and involved 1,400 workers at 4 plants, is over. -- (link) - budice Dec 21, 08:54 10
- Good! I hope the workers got what they wanted and deserve. -- nm - Krusty Dec 21, 09:36
- Nachos and chips is saved! -- nm - Beryllium Dec 21, 09:27
- Is there *not* ready to eat cereal? -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 21, 09:04 1
  - Oatmeal, maybe? -- nm - Qale Dec 21, 09:09
- Kellogg's burned down their own factories to end the strike -- nm - Beaker Dec 21, 08:56 2
  - "The air was full with the acrid smell of whatever the hell chemical they managed to wrestle to the ground to make Froot Loops with." -- nm - Reagen Dec 21, 09:07 1
    - (confession: i love Froot Loops.) -- nm - Candie Cane Dec 21, 09:24
- Cereal's back on the menu! -- nm - decline Dec 21, 08:55 2
  - I am still not eating out of fear of scab cereal. -- nm - Spawnta Dec 21, 08:56 1
    - Those are just added protein. -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 21, 08:58
I will not read a review, and nothing will stop me from my Wednesday night showing. My simple Matrix thoughts. - Spawnta Dec 21, 08:51 5
- I'm not seeing it anytime soon, but I'll echo the last sentence of the 1st paragraph. That's what I'd prefer it to be, the final movie. -- nm - Shaun Dec 21, 09:10
- 63% on 27 rev -- nm - budice Dec 21, 08:57 3
  - I *really* wish it had dropped *before* SMNWH. -- nm - Spawnta Dec 21, 08:58 2
    - If nothing else, just so that it would have had access to premium format screens. While it is probably the correct decision, AMC has annoyingly - JD Dec 21, 09:03 1
      - Yeah, that too. -- nm - Spawnta Dec 21, 09:15
Along the lines of the discussion below, I'm supposed to go to my SIL's for Christmas on Friday (and stay the week). Just found out her daughter has - pmb Dec 21, 08:47 11
- I feel if you're going to spend a week in FL, you're going to get it either way. I assume you're flying. -- nm - jnine Dec 21, 09:00
- I wouldn't go because I wouldn't go into the house where an infected person is living so what would be the point of the visit? -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 21, 08:53 2
  - I think the question is more about after she comes out of quarantine (Sunday), but again, it's not clear, and I'm not clear on what kind of testing - pmb Dec 21, 08:58 1
    - yeah. if that was a question, I wouldn't go because my assumption would be they're a high likelyhood for infection -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 21, 09:03
- I wouldn't go -- nm - Beaker Dec 21, 08:50
- if the niece has it and she's living with her parents, i'd say the odds are very high that they will get it. - Candie Cane Dec 21, 08:49 5
  - yep, this here. -- nm - Diva Dec 21, 08:55
  - agreed -- nm - decline Dec 21, 08:53
  - Same. -- nm - kelly Dec 21, 08:52
  - my brother is picking my mom up on Thursday. He is testing before he goes. He drops her at our house, we are both testing before she arrives. Should - Candie Cane Dec 21, 08:52 1
    - This is how we've been dealing with my MIL, but she's going. The daughter is currently living with them (she's grown and actually lives in Tampa, but - pmb Dec 21, 08:54
Something I don’t get: why are people who refuse to get a vaccine so eager to get the antibody infusion? - kelly Dec 21, 08:45 17
- Because the point is to own the libs. I wish I was joking. -- nm - loosilu Dec 21, 09:33
- because some of politcos like Fl Gov have invested $$$ in that treatment. -- nm - Remlik Dec 21, 09:13
- It’s all tied up in their warped concept of personal responsibility. -- (edited) - znufrii, boosted Dec 21, 09:00
- Because Trump got it so it’s okay. -- nm - spamlet Dec 21, 08:59 3
  - He just got booed for mentioning that he got the booster in a recent public appearance so.... -- nm - JD Dec 21, 09:04 2
    - "A very small group" (of a very small crowd) -- nm - Spawnta Dec 21, 09:16
    - People have a large ability for cognitive dissonance. -- nm - spamlet Dec 21, 09:07
- Bill Gates isn't tracking you with the antibodies, OR IS HE???? That's the level of thought being put into this. -- nm - jnine Dec 21, 08:58 3
  - If we had injectable nanobots, we sure as fuck aren't wasting them on *you*, Janice. -- nm - Reagen Dec 21, 09:25 1
    - I dunno. There’s value in knowing where your liabilities are. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 21, 09:34
  - I wouldn’t put this past her. Same woman who wanted to run the magnets over my arm. -- nm - kelly Dec 21, 09:23
- My first guess would be "because Fauci wasn't pushing for that thing" and check the accuracy later. -- nm - Max Dec 21, 08:52
- Partly because it's the difference between doing what the liberals say, and finding a conservative fix for this. -- nm - Inigo Dec 21, 08:52
- Because you're treating something you have instead of avoiding something you don't. - Reagen Dec 21, 08:50 3
  - It can't happen to me! So f- off!!! - Spawnta Dec 21, 08:53 2
    - "can I have that vaccine now?" "You want me to stab your stab wound?" -- nm - Reagen Dec 21, 08:55 1
      - *grabs a large cleaver*. Okay. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 21, 09:35
SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME scored $37.1M on Monday -- nm - budice Dec 21, 08:40 5
- Scored? Have you exhausted your glossary of arachno-verbs already? -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 21, 08:44
- Is that good? -- nm - Spawnta Dec 21, 08:43 3
  - In The Heights total box office for 2021: $30M -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 21, 08:44 2
    - Was Spiderman in that? - Spawnta Dec 21, 08:47 1
      - It's in NY, so maybe in the background somewhere. -- nm - Reagen Dec 21, 08:52
Matrix Resurrections 67% (30/15), The King's Man 45% (33/41), Sing 2 62% (26/16), American Underdog 93% (14/1)...ummm RT has Sherlock Holmes 3... -- nm* - Beaker Dec 21, 08:40 2
- 67% with 45 reviews. -- nm - Inigo Dec 21, 08:56
- like the RDJr and Jude Law Sherlock...haven't seen anything related to this... -- nm - Beaker Dec 21, 08:41
‘Mr. Omnipresent’: How Giants coach Taira Uematsu pursued a dream and made history - JD Dec 21, 08:38 1
- Awesome story and congrats to him!! -- nm - Krusty Dec 21, 09:08
Dubai ruler must pay ex-wife US$700M in divorce settlement -- (link) - Beaker Dec 21, 08:36 1
- Bezos is unimpressed. -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 21, 08:42
Shaun and Walt - 2:30 update from the Premier -- nm - Beaker Dec 21, 08:33 1
- Aye. -- nm - Shaun Dec 21, 08:42
Quick and dirty Covid math for my county, at our September peak our ratio of current hospitalizations to average daily new cases was about 1:1 -- (edited) - znufrii, boosted Dec 21, 08:26
wow, did the new Critical Role campaign ever need Travis back. This latest episode has been outstanding -- (edited) - Beaker Dec 21, 08:25 [youtube]
Dark Horse Comics and All Assets Have Been Sold to Embracer Group parent company of THQ -- (link) - Remlik Dec 21, 08:20
Quebec is having a bad time with Omicron. -- (link) - Shaun Dec 21, 08:18 1
- just announced 5,043 cases today -- nm - Beaker Dec 21, 08:34
Nice try coworker. Playlist interrupted -- (pic) - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 21, 08:16 [Attachment] 4
- My coworker added it to our team playlist, too. -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 21, 09:40
- There was a snippet of that version on CBS Sunday Morning this past week. -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 21, 08:24
- LDB Alert. - budice Dec 21, 08:19 1
  - heh. It's actually a note for directing users to our LiquidFiles server for large attachments -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 21, 08:19
Death On The Nile DOA Feb 11 -- (link*) - budice Dec 21, 08:08
Matrix reviews be droppin -- nm - budice Dec 21, 08:06 3
- The good -- (link) - decline Dec 21, 08:16 1
  - The bad -- (link) - decline Dec 21, 08:16
- Not good so far. -- nm - Inigo Dec 21, 08:15
MDH from B2 -- (link*) - Inigo Dec 21, 08:05 [Backboard] 38
- Okay and all that, but does puckering up to kiss COVID on the mouth mean the supply chain gets fixed faster or not? -- nm - Max Dec 21, 08:43 1
  - Only if you use tongue -- nm - spamlet Dec 21, 09:09
- A few thoughts - MDH Dec 21, 08:29 9
  - playing devil's advocate: Why would be shutting down for a third year be so terrible? - Max Dec 21, 09:05 6
    - the studies on learning outcomes for remoote learning show that it's largely ineffective. kids are f*cked in the head from isoltaion. - amanda jeans Dec 21, 09:07 5
      - This. Closing schools is destroying children. -- nm - MDH Dec 21, 09:35
      - speaking from experience with our grade 10 daughter, remote learning sucks. Mental Health is a huge issue thanks to it. She and almost every one of - Beaker Dec 21, 09:12 2
        
        It sucks, and at the same time I think the kids are the major spreaders right now. -- nm - Max Dec 21, 09:23 1
        
        oh for sure. it is going through our schools here alot right now -- nm - Beaker Dec 21, 09:25
      - note: my spell check appears not to be working. who knew? (how do I fix it?) -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 21, 09:09
  - 2) Yes, viruses do go away to a great degree. Are we still dealing with H1N1? SARS? H3N2? - Inigo Dec 21, 08:50 1
    - It worked in places that actually did it. But then we got more from places that didn't. -- nm - Reagen Dec 21, 08:52
- MDH, I mostly agree with you. I worry about little kids (for whom there is no approved vaccine -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 21, 08:16 25
  - I also very much appreciate this sane and rational and nonpartisan discourse and I love you all. -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 21, 08:30
  - FTR, the head of the Ontario Science Table (advising committee) said on Dec 13th "This variant here is so absolutely infectious now...This will reach -- (edited) - Candie Cane Dec 21, 08:24 14
    - I think that's has already shown, and will show more to be alarmist. - Inigo Dec 21, 08:31 12
      - doesn't O have higher reinfection rates too or has that not been scienced yet? -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 21, 08:33 1
        
        I believe that's true. Definitely higher than Delta. -- nm - Inigo Dec 21, 08:55
      - *shrug* let's hope so, but just assuming he's wrong seems dangerous. -- nm - Candie Cane Dec 21, 08:32 9
        
        .66% (probably more like .5%) of South Africa being infected by Omicron is not assuming. It's what the data is. - Inigo Dec 21, 08:36 8
        
        WHO literally said 3 days ago that it is too soon to say it is less severe. Yes, there are indicators but that is not yet proven. -- (edited) - Candie Cane Dec 21, 08:41 7
        
        I don't have much really to add to the discussion. But I did want to mention that 3 days in OmicronLand is a long ass time in comparison. -- nm - Qale Dec 21, 09:05
        
        It's worth remembering too that Delta was both more transmissible and also more likely to put people in hospital, in the ICU, or in the mortuary than - Roger More Dec 21, 08:51 1
        
        Yeah, there's rules of thumb on this but they aren't carved in stone like some sort of equation. Biology is messy. -- nm - Reagen Dec 21, 08:57
        
        Sure, let's be cautious since this is early in the variant's life. But we should also be cautious about how many people will get infected, too. - Inigo Dec 21, 08:46 3
        
        the 24 hour news cycle is so dangerous here. we are so used to "information now" that "chill while science works" isn't acceptable. there are no - amanda jeans Dec 21, 09:04 1
        
        this is such a good point. things get reported, then we know more, and everyone is stuck on what was first said. (See the doc who first said vaccines - Candie Cane Dec 21, 09:36
        
        Also, thank you for having a calm discussion about this, Andie, MDH, mandy and all. :) -- nm - Inigo Dec 21, 08:55
    - Thank for posting this. I said I was speaking the exact scientist points...every single person. -- nm - MDH Dec 21, 08:30
  - ) and the immunocomprimised. most stores here have special shopping hours for the elderly and the immunocomprimsed, which solves part of the problem. - amanda jeans Dec 21, 08:23 2
    - I don't think masking forever is the answer, nor is it inevitable. We don't know what happens next. - loosilu who Dec 21, 08:25 1
      - ....after january of 2024. -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 21, 08:27
  - I think there's a whole world between worrying about the people who will be infected (especially our elderly and babies) and saying... - Inigo Dec 21, 08:21 5
    - i think it eventually turns to something like a cold, and this is maybe that first step. but we don't just surrender and let it run. -- nm - Candie Cane Dec 21, 08:25
    - I honestly think that without very strict vax mandates, this is here forever. I think the science bears that out. I bet you $15 (american) that in jan - amanda jeans Dec 21, 08:24 3
      - 61.5% of the whole U.S. is fully vaccinated. A little over 70% has one dose. - Inigo Dec 21, 08:40
      - Yup. -- nm - MDH Dec 21, 08:31
      - We talk about the flu in the present tense, so I wouldn't take that bet. -- nm - loosilu who Dec 21, 08:30
The guy should be fired on the spot” -- (link) - mud Dec 21, 08:03
This post is for Jack Dawson (we miss you Jack). Biden is confirming Judges at a furious pace -- (link*) - decline Dec 21, 08:03 7
- He knows he won't be able to get them through after the midterms. They've been mostly blue areas so far. -- nm - jnine Dec 21, 08:24
- Hmmm. I thought Trump did it like crazy. Guess not. -- nm - Spawnta Dec 21, 08:05 3
  - He did, just not in the first year I guess. iirc there were 50 or so vacancies when he left office though, so I’m glad to see Biden making this a priority -- nm* - znufrii, boosted Dec 21, 08:09 2
    - plus I think a bunch of judges retired this year - decline Dec 21, 08:12 1
      - I imagine that RBG passing and what we got in her place made some of them think. -- nm - Spawnta Dec 21, 08:57
- Also, diversity! -- (link) - decline Dec 21, 08:03
- Good. -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 21, 08:03
Happy Solstice! (2 minutes ago) Winter is here. -- nm - Candie Cane Dec 21, 08:01 2
- "Solstice d'hiver" -- (link) - mud Dec 21, 08:02
- Today was *supposed* to be Logan's birthday. But we were a day late. -- nm - Spawnta Dec 21, 08:02

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