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January 18th birthdays: John Boorman (89), Paul Freeman (79), Anna B. Sheppard (76), M. C. Gainey (74), Kevin Costner (67), Mark Rylance (62) - Max Jan 18, 20:22 1
- Bubbles!! -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 18, 20:23
Oh, of course, World of Warcraft is the second major metaverse. - Beryllium Jan 18, 19:56 21
- ok -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 18, 20:22
- Sony's regretting shutting down Everquest right abou-- WAIT, WHAT?! Everquest is still running?! -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 20:08 2
  - Huh. Go figure. I guess I'll count them as the official first, second life as second (in accordance with the prophecy), and WoW as third. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 18, 20:10 1
    - Ultima Online was before Everquest. - Mop Jan 18, 20:15
- Let's all agree not to act like boomers as crypto and the metaverse take over society. -- nm - The Allfather Jan 18, 20:02 16
  - we're buying Spiderman art -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 18, 20:20
  - *clutches firmly to my Beanie Babies and Pokemon cards* -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 20:08 1
    - ha! what about that collection of commemorative spoons, those 24 carat (clad) buffalo nickels the size of coasters? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 18, 20:32
  - I don't begrudge people for buying into the metaverse concept. But I do for crypto. - Beryllium Jan 18, 20:06 6
    - Hmm, maybe begrudge is slightly the wrong word here. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 18, 20:14
    - Like everything else, the user determines the morality. Crypto is positively impacting many third-world citizens. -- nm - The Allfather Jan 18, 20:14 3
      - Short-term distraction from the long-term solution we should be working toward. - Beryllium Jan 18, 20:21 2
        
        No. Just no. Good lord no. - The Allfather Jan 18, 20:24 [Attachment] 1
        
        No. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 18, 20:28
    - I do have my druthers about the inherently silo'd nature of the metaverse concept as it currently exists, of course. But it is less offensive to me. - Beryllium Jan 18, 20:11
  - don't worry. crypto won't. -- nm - mafic Jan 18, 20:05 5
    - Mmmhmm. -- nm - The Allfather Jan 18, 20:06 4
      - it's a minor commodity now. it won't be a currency without fundamental structural change. - mafic Jan 18, 20:14 3
        
        It's already a currency that's more viable to the under-30 crowd than banking. - The Allfather Jan 18, 20:18 2
        
        still an asset class not a currency. -- nm - mafic Jan 18, 20:27
        
        I can't help but feel that statement is full of hyperbole -- nm - crash davis Jan 18, 20:23
Oh no, RIP Andre Leon Talley. -- nm - MDH Jan 18, 19:55
🤦‍♂️ -- (link) - mafic Jan 18, 19:53 1
- That went more smoothly than some serious council meetings -- (link) - Roger More Jan 18, 20:06
NPR: more americans identify as republican now than democrat, 47:42 nearly opposite this time last year -- (link) - zeitgeist Jan 18, 19:52 2
- :( -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 18, 20:23
- Of all the upside down possibilities in the past five years, this is the only one I would have bet against. -- nm - Max Jan 18, 19:59
Here it is, your moment of Wolf Zen. -- (link) - Qale Jan 18, 19:34
Florida Department of Health confirms Dr. Raul Pino put on leave for encouraging Orange County Department of Health employees to get vaccinated -- (link) - zeitgeist Jan 18, 19:18 4
- At this point, I assume more people have died of COVID in Florida than DeSantis's margin of victory? -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 20:09 1
  - This was pointed out last year already -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 19, 12:50
- All empires fall, but very few choose to gnaw their own legs off to accomplish it. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 18, 19:48
- IN-SANE. -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 19:44
66m, 20% 1:5 have been infected, twice that is suspected but untested, 60% vaxxed, we should have community immunity by now -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 18, 19:08
It's still discount Tuesdays at Cinemark and I'm celebrating by watching an anime in Japanese called Belle - con_carne Jan 18, 19:07 1
- My Cinemark theater distanced me by at least 12 miles. -- nm - .💭 Jan 18, 19:29
My house just got three light bulbs and one plug smarter. -- nm - Dano Jan 18, 19:02 1
- Well those certainly won't help test you for COVID. -- nm - Qale Jan 18, 19:36
btw, this is the lead actor in 'Tehran': (evidently Alicia Vikander has a doppelganger) - mud Jan 18, 18:51 [Attachment] 1
- it really is pretty good. I need to finish it -- nm* - Remlik Jan 18, 18:57
the exercise show I didn't know I needed - Ancient Workouts with Omar - crash davis Jan 18, 18:51 3
- kynodesme? -- nm - Max Jan 18, 19:09 2
  - I was unaware of that word until now. And now I can[t unsee that Wikipedia page. -- nm - crash davis Jan 18, 19:17 1
    - You know that old Plato saying: learn something nude every day. -- nm - Max Jan 18, 19:20
CGP Grey fans, no joke, the guy’s OCD has become problematic, maybe clinically so. - Mop Jan 18, 18:48 [youtube] 5
- I use something similar, more geared toward sparking creativity. - Dark Callisto Jan 18, 19:39 2
  - “Structure brings freedom” sounds like something out of 1984. -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 19:45 1
    - Kinda. - Dark Callisto Jan 18, 19:57
- wouldn't work for me, but it doesn't seem like an unreasonable system. -- nm - mafic Jan 18, 19:34
- there are fun Vulcans? -- nm - crash davis Jan 18, 18:53
Covid tests ordered. We'll see if they arrive before summer :/ -- nm - Meg Jan 18, 18:45 2
- I didn't order any because it's kind of on the DL that my workplace has them available to us. -- nm - Qale Jan 18, 18:46 1
  - Yay!! -- nm - Epiphany Jan 18, 18:48
Brain cancer, COVID, and now another reason to hate 5G! It messes with airplane instruments! -- (link) - Mop Jan 18, 18:38 1
- Airlines have been saying that for months. Just came to a head when telecom wouldn't blink. -- nm - Meg Jan 18, 18:44
Happy New Years! -- nm - Mr. Havens Jan 18, 18:28 5
- What time zone are YOU in? -- nm - Dano Jan 18, 18:38 4
  - Kool Moe Dee Time -- nm - Mr. Havens Jan 18, 19:33
  - 14the century? before the Julian calender, he ain't giving up 22 days of life just so you can sync the stars -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 18, 18:40 2
    - The Orthodox new year's was on Saturday actually -- nm - zork Jan 18, 19:33 1
      - how about vietnamese new year, seems each asian ethnicity has a new year at different times -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 18, 19:55
The Italian villa with the Caravaggio? The auction drew exactly zero bidders. -- (link) - TWuG Jan 18, 18:21 4
- damn, I would have thought some digerati or russian mobster would have bid it up to a billion, some bitcoin billionaire, or even the italian gov -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 18, 18:33
- *sells for $600 million* -- nm - NFT of the mural Jan 18, 18:27 1
  - we own every Caravaggio painting now right??!! -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 18:27
- makes sense, who wants to look up and see Neptune's junk all the time -- nm - crash davis Jan 18, 18:24
The hardest part about buying the cave is figuring out how to pronounce the town name - spamlet Jan 18, 18:09 7
- I’m not surprised at the crowds…I’d pay $10/day to escape the miserable MO summer, by hanging out in a cave. -- nm - Flavorize Jan 18, 18:20 6
  - Especially when the alternative is - Strongbad Jan 18, 18:22 5
    - Spoils - Beryllium Jan 18, 18:25
    - Nah Branson is a few hours away. The Lake of the Ozarks is bad enough (and much closer) -- nm - spamlet Jan 18, 18:23 3
      - Isn’t that the place with the early adopter Covid dumbfucks? -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 18, 18:55 2
        
        Yup and some of the lowest vaccine rates in one of the states with the lowest vaccinated rates. -- nm - spamlet Jan 18, 19:07 1
        
        And will be CY's new home. -- nm - Meg Jan 18, 19:19
R.I.P. Yvette Mimieux, 80 -- (link) - mud Jan 18, 18:08 2
- She was sooo good in The Time Machine. -- nm - The Allfather Jan 18, 18:19 1
  - She was sooooo cute in The Time Machine. Such a crush on her. -- nm - zork Jan 18, 19:32
That's three times we started Matrix and weren't able to watch more than five minutes because life stuff happened. - The Allfather Jan 18, 18:06 4
- Stop watching the Matrix! -- nm - .💭 Jan 18, 19:07
- It’s so meta that I’m surprised Facebook hasn’t sued. It also uses its meta to try to shield it from criticism. I liked it fine. -- nm - Dano Jan 18, 18:41
- or you just think you're watching the Matrix. -- nm - Max Jan 18, 18:20
- My weekend viewing was the Eternals and I had to give it an incomplete as I fell asleep. At least I got some books done for my book challenge. -- nm - crash davis Jan 18, 18:19
So the NHL Eastern conference playoffs are set. 40 games in. - Will Hunting Jan 18, 17:58
Hashtag cats -- (pic) - Pocket Jones Jan 18, 17:54 [Attachment] 10
- Kitties! -- nm - Dano Jan 18, 18:38
- I’ve never seen a cat chew gum -- nm - Flavorize Jan 18, 18:21
- 👍😺👍 -- nm - crash davis Jan 18, 18:20
- "~ Backstroke lover, Always hidin' 'neath the covers, til-~" "~WAlK THiS WaY~" "Dammit chubbers, we practiced." -- nm - Max Jan 18, 18:16
- "Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses" -- nm* - Rage Against The Pusheen Jan 18, 18:09
- "Hey kitties, these mini splits are keeping us warm, right?" "WELLLL-" "This is what have to deal with while you work." -- nm - Max Jan 18, 18:06
- "Dork." -- nm - Beryllium Jan 18, 17:57 2
  - (Cute kitties, I'm just poking fun at the serious-goof dynamic of the photo) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 18, 17:58 1
    - Oh I know. Oliver Cat is like "WTF Chubs??" -- nm - Pocket Jones Jan 18, 18:01
- 😻😻 -- nm* - Krusty Jan 18, 17:57
The state is (or better) going to lose the lawsuit this'll bring and the doctor should be stripped of his license. -- (link*) - TWuG Jan 18, 17:42 6
- J. Fried Chicken -- nm - prayformojo Jan 18, 18:19
- And people wonder why minority communities are suspicious of new drugs. -- nm - Meg Jan 18, 18:15
- This reminds me of the dopes that were doing voter fraud, in an attempt to prove voter fraud— -- nm - Flavorize Jan 18, 17:59
- And you know prision isn't the best place to enjoy the side effects of being fed so much Ivermectin. -- nm - Qale Jan 18, 17:48
- Hey, morons, this is what actual treatment without consent looks like -- nm - Reagen Jan 18, 17:44
- maybe they had horse parasites -- nm - mafic Jan 18, 17:44
This is a fun thread -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 18, 17:39 1
- My contribution -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 18, 17:49
What has two thumbs and was just offered a full time permanent position at the company where he's been temp with a significant increase in pay? - con_carne Jan 18, 17:08 23 1
- The ST Luck is strong! -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 21:10
- Happy for you! -- nm - zork Jan 18, 20:05
- Yeah!!! -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 18, 19:41
- This is phenomenal! Congratulations! -- nm - The Allfather Jan 18, 18:56
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 18:27
- 😺👍😺 -- nm - crash davis Jan 18, 18:17
- Neechay! Congrats! (NM) - Marlowe Jan 18, 18:05
- Ding -- nm - Pocket Jones Jan 18, 17:56
- Woo hoo!!! Congrats!!! -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 17:53
- Guess you gotta become a company man now. - Qale Jan 18, 17:49
- congrats carne! -- nm - Dano Jan 18, 17:41
- *with* benefits you say? time for some smooth full-tima action. -- nm - mafic Jan 18, 17:23 1
  - Oh yeah. Highlights include 8 paid holidays/year (makes sense, we work with schools) plus "Christmas Eve Afternoon," on-site gym, - con_carne Jan 18, 17:39
- Yes! Congrats! Margaritas all around! -- nm - Flavorize Jan 18, 17:22
- Nice! -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 18, 17:22
- WTG!! -- nm - Meg Jan 18, 17:20
- nice! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 18, 17:15
- yeah! -- nm - Tim Jan 18, 17:15
- Woo! -- nm - Strongbad Jan 18, 17:13
- Awesome, very happy for you! -- nm - ty97 Jan 18, 17:11
- Congrats! -- nm - MDH Jan 18, 17:10
- good score! -- nm - Max Jan 18, 17:08
- nice! -- nm - Remlik Jan 18, 17:08
Seattle Seahawks fire DC Ken Norton Jr., defensive assistant Andre Curtis -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 17:01
"Delta anticipates weather-related flight cancellations despite changes to 5G roll out " -- (link) - ty97 Jan 18, 16:57
This feels like the stupidest timeline to me, but maybe it's just me -- (link) - ty97 Jan 18, 16:53 4
- *smh* There's an abundance of homeless people but at no point during my many daily trips on the trains and buses do I not feel safe. - Krusty Jan 18, 17:04
- in his defence that's just because everyone hates him. -- nm - mafic Jan 18, 16:55 2
  - the last time NYC decided to love the mayor look at what they got, Guiliani, mayor gets hate, it what they do in NY -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 18, 18:37 1
    - but lets face it, riding with your name emblazioned on your blazer and mask, that's just painting a target on you -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 18, 18:38
Honest Trailers | Hawkeye -- (link) - Beaker Jan 18, 16:51 [youtube]
wordle 3/6 - mafic Jan 18, 16:47 6
- Mafic is a word ahead of the rest of us! -- nm - zork Jan 18, 19:38
- I had no chance from where I'd started. Fail today. -- nm - Qale Jan 18, 17:59
- 3 here too. -- (pic) - Strongbad Jan 18, 17:03 [Attachment]
- 4. Crazy second guess for you. -- (edited) - Krusty Jan 18, 16:57 2
  - mafic's in the future -- nm - ty97 Jan 18, 16:57 1
    - Maybe I am too. -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 16:58
Re: When We We’re Young-fest. The oldest person in The Linda Lindas is 17. -- nm - Tim Jan 18, 16:45 5
- Oh! -- nm - Dano Jan 18, 17:40 1
  - that’s a fun song -- nm - Tim Jan 18, 17:51
- successful children are the worst. -- nm - mafic Jan 18, 16:55
- Who is that, Linda? -- nm - prayformojo Jan 18, 16:52 1
  - No, it's Linda. -- nm - Qale Jan 18, 18:00
‘The Hills: New Beginnings’ Canceled By MTV After 2 Seasons -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 16:45 5
- Every new beginning comes from some of their beginning's end. - Spawn Jan 18, 16:46 2
  - Every new beginning comes from some OTHER beginning's end. Damnit, Spawn! -- nm - Mr. Havens Jan 18, 18:30
  - whoa! -- nm - mud Jan 18, 16:52
- ‘Bull’ To End With Season 6 On CBS -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 16:45 1
  - NBC Cancels ‘Ellen’s Game of Games’ After Four Seasons -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 16:45

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