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How many cities did JaxSean just buy concert tickets in? -- nm - MDH Jan 25, 09:45
Kurt Cobain: NFT's of 26 photos of him will be released on his birthday -- (link) - Remlik Jan 25, 09:37 5
- Totally a thing he'd support! -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 09:51 1
  - I always thought Kurt would become Axl Rose had he made it through the 90's. Now, I think Axl's become far more normal than I think Kurt ever would. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 25, 12:20
- Smells like pure grift -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 09:39 1
  - nice -- nm - mud Jan 25, 09:41
- Photographer addresses the backlash by invoking charities and being otherwise indignant. -- nm - Qale Jan 25, 09:39
Oh and here is a take I am sure ST is going to hate: Outside Escape from LA, Big Trouble in Little China is probably my least favorite Carpenter flick -- nm - Jovian Jan 25, 09:34 7
- You liked Vampires more than BTILC? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 09:38 4
  - Vampires was a great book - the movie did not translate well -- nm - decline Jan 25, 09:40 1
    - Also, oh wow! John Steakley wrote a sequel to Vampire$ called Werewolve$ as a screenplay and was in the process of selling it when he passed away -- (link) - decline Jan 25, 09:51
  - (I mean, don't get me wrong, at the time I liked Vampires too. But more than BTILC? No.) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 09:38 1
    - Hmmm, not Vampires, I enjoy Vampires a lot. But maybe more so than Village of the Damned. (which I am not sure if I have actually seen) -- nm - Jovian Jan 25, 09:40
- We didnt have to go there -- nm - budice Jan 25, 09:35 1
  - yea its too quiet here today. - Jovian Jan 25, 09:41
RFK Jr apologized for his Holocaust comments... Im sure that will be the end of people comparing vaccines to Nazi Germany. -- nm - Jovian Jan 25, 09:32
A lot of regional aircraft now added to the approved list in 5G areas. -- (link) - ty97 Jan 25, 09:31
Steven Soderbergh's SEEN, READ for 2021 (Below Deck mention on B2 made me check) -- (link) - Dano Jan 25, 09:31
First news headline I saw this morning: "How will we know when Russia invades Ukraine?" - ReluctantCynic Jan 25, 09:20 5
- Once Tucker Carlson gives them the green light. -- nm - Jovian Jan 25, 09:50
- The region on all our maps will change color, duh. -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 25, 09:31 2
  - We all know that Google Maps displays different versions and boundaries to different countries, right? -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 09:36 1
    - I did not, but Chinese Taipei is a thing so not surprised. -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 25, 09:53
- Look at that think. *obviously* it can -- nm - ty97 Jan 25, 09:21
Jury duty tomorrow. Not really in the mood to go downtown, ugh -- nm - ty97 Jan 25, 09:15 7
- Also, a COMPLAINT! "You must report to this room in this building at 9am" but also "You will not be permitted to enter the building before 9am" -- nm - ty97 Jan 25, 09:38
- I'll bet the ST law talkin' crew could give you some tips to get out of jury duty. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 25, 09:22 4
  - I'm not in the mood to show up at all. It's all the way downtown. - ty97 Jan 25, 09:27
  - Maybe the jury needs someone like him. -- (edited) - Beryllium Jan 25, 09:23 2
    - What? Like we should fulfill our civic responsibilities? What are you, Canadian? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 25, 09:24 1
      - A Canadian who has never been summoned for jury duty, yes. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 09:26
- "Good morning-" "If you say so. I had to drive a Tesla to get here." -- nm - Max Jan 25, 09:21
DTL: the Freshman who won LPOY went for 53points and 7 assists. Is that good? -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 25, 09:12 3
- The voters were unimpressed by my near-40 point victory. - Baron Enero Jan 25, 09:43
- The guy I was planning on recruiting was a star of the game this week. Can you tell which one? -- (link) - spamlet Jan 25, 09:13 1
  - About 12 cycles back, there was a triple double without the points - Will Hunting Jan 25, 09:16
mud's fave horror pictures: -- (edited) - mud Jan 25, 09:09 27
- solid list. -- nm - Remlik Jan 25, 09:37
- I don't see Night of the Comet in there. -- nm - Max Jan 25, 09:28 1
  - egregious omission! very funny movie! -- nm - mud Jan 25, 09:31
- (edited to add 5 more!) -- nm - mud Jan 25, 09:25
- I figured The Descent and maybe The Haunting of Hill House would make the list. -- nm - LMS Jan 25, 09:20 3
  - I'm too claustrophobic so the first was torture, and the latter was seen on tv when I was a kid and never finished because it scared the wits out of m -- nm - mud Jan 25, 09:24 2
    - Totally understand. How about Shaun of the Dead? -- nm - LMS Jan 25, 09:37 1
      - one of the funniest things I've ever seen. It will definitely make my comedy list! -- nm - mud Jan 25, 09:39
- great list. though no Halloween (the original) and no The Thing make me sad. - Jovian Jan 25, 09:17 10
  - I just like The Fog and Prince of Darkness more. -- nm - mud Jan 25, 09:20 4
    - oh Im a big fan of those both too. -- nm - Jovian Jan 25, 09:27 3
      - Carpenter has such Style :-) -- nm - mud Jan 25, 09:28 2
        
        "We are transmitting to your sub-conscience from the year 1 9 9 9" -- nm - Jovian Jan 25, 09:30 1
        
        aw heck now I need a rewatch -- nm - mud Jan 25, 09:32
  - I've seen a version of Body Snatchers, but I don't think it was 1978. Older. 3D. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 09:17 4
    - yeah the Siegel original from '56 is good but I love the Kaufmann -- nm - mud Jan 25, 09:19 3
      - yep the Donald Sutherland remake is the best - Jovian Jan 25, 09:28 2
        
        it is...but man it's full of 1970's performances that are really bad. Sutherland and Nimoy are great though -- nm - Remlik Jan 25, 09:35 1
        
        agreed. the actress who played the only 'survivor' was really great too though. -- nm - Jovian Jan 25, 09:42
- So, the older they are, the higher you rank them - zork Jan 25, 09:14 4
  - (listed chronologically, silly) -- nm* - mud Jan 25, 09:17
  - Mandy was a trip. Worth watching. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 09:14 2
    - In an almost literal sense. -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 09:15 1
      - I'm not an expert on drugs, but probably don't watch it while on mushrooms or acid. You wouldn't need them. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 09:17
- So horror instead of gore’hor. Got it. - Will Hunting Jan 25, 09:13
- I think I've seen 5. You didn't like The Thing enough to include it? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 09:13
- Where is The Thing? -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 09:12
FINALLY! The website with my daughter's new EP is finally live (won't be on streaming platforms until February). - pmb Jan 25, 09:09 2
- Neat! Listening now (and will on streaming, too). -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 25, 09:31 1
  - Thanks! Hope you like it. -- nm - pmb Jan 25, 09:52
Got Wordle in three for the second time. - ReluctantCynic Jan 25, 08:56 2
- Hole-in-one - zork Jan 25, 09:06 1
  - Congrats! That's pretty cool. :-) -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 25, 09:15
A Packers Fan Reaction to the 2021-2022 NFL Season -- (link) - Beaker Jan 25, 08:54 [youtube]
Holy crap, they're telling me the card isn't totalled. - loosilu Jan 25, 08:53 3
- Never leave home without it -- nm - budice Jan 25, 09:03
- You clipped it. - Will Hunting Jan 25, 09:02 1
  - I definitely, positively hit it. It flew in a perfect arc. The main hit is the grill. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 09:02
6/6 my starting word strategy is fun but not good for optimizing results -- nm - rollo Jan 25, 08:53
The Tesla rental costs more but it's not exorbitant. Would be interesting to try an EV. -- nm - ty97 Jan 25, 08:52 12
- but people who saw you would likely think you support elon musk. even in a place where nobody knows you, are you willing to take the risk? -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 25, 08:56 11
  - I support EVs and these are the EVs for rent (I mean, I won TSLA stock....despite disliking how its CEO acts) -- nm - ty97 Jan 25, 09:09
  - That wouldn't be my main reason not to do it. My main reason would be the touch interface. - Beryllium Jan 25, 09:05 7
    - I very very rarely need to use the touch screen while driving. Everything is handled through the two stalks, the two scroll wheels, and voice commands -- nm - TWuG Jan 25, 09:42
    - I saw something where wiper speed adjustment is two menus down. What the crap, Elon. -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 09:09 5
      - Wiper speed adjustment comes up on screen if you trigger wipers with the wiper stalk. Voice commands also work for wipers. -- nm - TWuG Jan 25, 09:36 2
        
        Yeeeeah, I ain't never using voice commands. -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 09:50 1
        
        Nev. Er. -- nm - mud Jan 25, 09:52
      - plus they won't turn on til you enter an access code sent to your phone -- nm - prayformojo Jan 25, 09:11
      - That's not good -- nm - zork Jan 25, 09:11
  - "THIS WAS THE ONLY CAR HERTZ HAD" -- nm - hand-written sign in the window Jan 25, 09:04 1
    - "IF I DID IT - Signed The Juice" -- nm - OJ Jan 25, 09:07
For those who need an explainer on the issue with all the No.10 parties, here's Ros Atkins (BBC journalist & Drum&Bass DJ) from 13 days ago. - LMS Jan 25, 08:47 [youtube] 1
- Excellent. Thank you. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 25, 08:50
LIR: ty97, you might also visit the Jefferson Memorial at night. I make sure to make that stop every time I'm in DC. - ReluctantCynic Jan 25, 08:46 2
- Noted! I was just passing through this time but am due for a DC trip -- nm - ty97 Jan 25, 08:47 1
  - I am too. -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Jan 25, 08:49
LIR: Bery. heh :) I think I've finally started spelling kubernetes correctly on the first try most times now so I must be making progress. I also - oblique Jan 25, 08:46
I'm reading a book called "Factfulness" and it has an example of a scary virus with a doubling rate of three weeks. How quaint. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 08:45 2
- Station Eleven next! -- nm - Beaker Jan 25, 08:51
- Right? - ReluctantCynic Jan 25, 08:48
Someone is about to find out if the anonymous work survey is actually anonymous -- (link) - Beaker Jan 25, 08:41 8
- This is every grocery store, fast food, retail shop worker...every single one -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 25, 11:10
- They're never anonymous. -- nm - spamlet Jan 25, 09:01 3
  - Actually, they are. I have programmed lots of these and only the department is normally part of the dataset as an identifier. -- nm - zork Jan 25, 09:10 2
    - But how do you stop a pointy-haired-boss from running a textual analysis to spot subordinate's writing patterns? - ReluctantCynic Jan 25, 09:23
    - And unless you make department a huge number of people, you can almost always figure out who wrote what. -- nm - spamlet Jan 25, 09:22
- And all the vending machine apples he wants -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 25, 08:45
- if it truly is anonymous then they should just ask everyone to spell 'salary' -- nm - decline Jan 25, 08:43 1
  - "Turns out everyone just wanted more celery." -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 08:44
If you plan to drive fewer than 200 miles per day while on your trip, ty, get the Tesla. See if your hotel has a charger - TWuG Jan 25, 08:38
Do you remember when you were a kid and you were shopping with your parents and they were all involved looking at, like, towels? and you did NOT get - Andie Jan 25, 08:37 5
- I'm having a major pillow struggle. I *love* the down pillow I sleep on but I need to have another pillow underneath it as it is very thin - oblique Jan 25, 08:42 4
  - I’ve had trouble for years with finding the perfect pillow. My neck and shoulders hurt more days than not (more than likely because of stress) and - kelly Jan 25, 09:52
  - me too. I just use a 2nd down pillow and stack them. It is still not ideal. -- nm - St. Epiphany Jan 25, 08:51 2
    - yeah, I wasn't clear above. I'm stacking my down on top of the bamboo. I think the bamboo pillow is just a tad too firm for me and I don't like how - oblique Jan 25, 08:53 1
      - i had giant bamboo pillows, i hated them! -- nm - Andie Jan 25, 09:02
ty97: Re B2: There's also a lot of photographers taking pictures of the Snowy Owl from right outside Union Station currently. -- nm - MDH Jan 25, 08:31
and another: -- (link) - mud Jan 25, 08:31 8
- The world is a better place today. - Marlowe Jan 25, 09:05
- It never matters—never moves the needle. We should be seeing a big backlash, from the right wing community over deniers/antivaxxers -- (edited) - Flavorize Jan 25, 08:37 5
  - They've convinced themselves that it's unpreventable. So we're just being cruel pointing it out. -- nm* - Reagen Jan 25, 08:39
  - for me its not about moving the needle, as that is never going to happen. Its about justice. - Jovian Jan 25, 08:38 3
    - whenever "the needle" is mentioned I go a little mental inside. I believe that over the long stretch that it .. - mud Jan 25, 08:44 2
      - After almost 900K people dying, in the US, there’s barely a ripple. Those people’s friends and families aren’t yelling, or pushing back on Republicans - Flavorize Jan 25, 08:54 1
        
        Death. Cult. -- nm - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 25, 08:58
- RIH -- nm - Jovian Jan 25, 08:34
we are going to see scream tonight. here are my questions. 1) I haven't seen scream 4 yet. anything I need to know? 2) what grade will I give it? 3) - amanda jeans Jan 25, 08:25 12
- If you seen the first couple you're fine. Remember to drink whenever something meta happens. -- nm - LMS Jan 25, 08:34 2
  - it's hysterical that you think our movie theatres have booze. one of them doesn't even have coffee. - amanda jeans Jan 25, 08:52 1
    - Non-alcoholic options are available. I had a few guys in front of me sharing a hip flask in a screening the other day. -- nm - LMS Jan 25, 09:00
- 1) Nah—if you’ve seen one Scream, you’ll get the gist 2) B+ 3) Tacos 🌮 obvie 4) 5 -- nm - Flavorize Jan 25, 08:32
- Scream 4 is excellent. Seriously. It's top tier. -- nm - MDH Jan 25, 08:29
- 4. how many people besides me and norman will be in the theatre? -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 25, 08:28 1
  - 11 -- nm - Beaker Jan 25, 08:32
- 1) I haven't see any scream yet, so I don't know but I doubt it. 2) F for Fun. 3) all the food! -- nm - mud Jan 25, 08:28 4
  - Do you not like horror movies? - Will Hunting Jan 25, 08:31 3
    - I used to, ages ago, but they got too effective in the last 20 years and I'm an old scaredy-cat. -- nm - mud Jan 25, 08:33 2
      - The original Scream is still great. And, at the time is was pretty much genius. -- nm - Andie Jan 25, 08:38 1
        
        it and Scary Movie make a perfect double feature -- nm - Beaker Jan 25, 08:40
GM to invest historic $7 billion in 4 facilities across Michigan, creating 4,000 jobs -- (link) - ty97 Jan 25, 08:20 5
- I'm still pissed at them for shutting down Oshawa. Granted, they came back to make Silverados (1800 jobs) but still. - zork Jan 25, 08:45
- Those dollars should be in a museum! -- nm - Max Jan 25, 08:43
- Also *does the math* -- (edited) - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 25, 08:24
- Biden! -- nm - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 25, 08:21 1
  - Raging! -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 08:23
".. so brilliant," -- (link) - mud Jan 25, 08:19 2
- He's happy that England opened faster than any other European country while neglecting to mention the huge daily numbers - zork Jan 25, 08:56
- He sounds like the British version of Lindsey Graham! -- nm - Jovian Jan 25, 08:22
Talk about being ratioed. lol goddamn! -- (pic) - Jovian Jan 25, 08:18 [Attachment]
Dano, with Pittsburgh involved, I don’t think I can cede the chance at my #1 guy…him coming into conference would be bad…I’m probably in on him. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 25, 08:17
“Iceberg” spotted off of Vancouver Island -- (link) - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 25, 08:17 6
- alien megalith -- nm - decline Jan 25, 08:36
- put some bleu cheese and cherry tomatoes on it -- nm - crash davis Jan 25, 08:18 4
  - Don’t forget the bacon. - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 25, 08:20 3
    - I take it that you were on the pro-bacon side -- nm - crash davis Jan 25, 08:21 2
      - Is there any other? -- nm - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 25, 08:22 1
        
        Even vegetarians are pro-bacon. -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 25, 08:46
Boom boom into my heart. -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 08:10 1
- boom crash sound of my heart -- nm - crash davis XCX Jan 25, 08:12

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