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The window for entering the Olympics Challenge has closed! Link to the standings page inside. - CinnaBaron Feb 4, 06:15 4
- Thanks for putting this together again! -- nm - Krusty Feb 4, 06:23 3
  - word -- nm - Beaker Feb 4, 06:32
  - This! -- nm - Strongbad Feb 4, 06:24 1
    - My pleasure. I'm happy to have people to share my nerdy fun with. -- nm - CinnaBaron Feb 4, 06:28
I feel like my twitter feed lately is 75% recommended posts and 25% or less posts from people I follow -- nm - ty97 Feb 4, 06:14
Watched the first 2 eps of Murderville last night. It's pretty funny (and who knew Marshawn Lynch could do comedy?) -- nm - decline Feb 4, 05:52 4
- Check out the original Murder in Successville when you have the chance. -- nm - LMS Feb 4, 06:19
- I knew when he showed up to a press conference just so he wouldn't get fined. Comedy gold. -- nm - Diva Feb 4, 06:01 2
  - Yep. Plus, Skittles Escalade. -- nm - Dark Callisto Feb 4, 06:06 1
    - yeah. he funny. -- nm - Diva Feb 4, 07:18
Job report beat. -- nm - ty97 Feb 4, 05:47 2
- Average hourly wage up 5.7% y-o-y -- nm* - znufrii, 1 day Feb 4, 06:16
- Comparing with the ADP report earlier this week, all I can say is that statistics are weird? -- nm* - znufrii, 1 day Feb 4, 06:07
Fewer people riding public transit, more people dying in car crashes -- (link*) - znufrii, 1 day Feb 4, 05:28
The protestors in Ottawa have started building structures - Reagen Feb 4, 05:20 1
- sadly Ottawa police are all busy enforcing an order on a group of kids to take down their snow fort as that is aa safety hazard -- nm - Beaker Feb 4, 05:23
3/6 - znufrii, 2 days Feb 4, 05:07 4
- 3. (to my surprise) - CinnaBaron Feb 4, 06:07 1
  - I went a little bolder with my initial word choice and it worked out. (spoilers) - CinnaBaron Feb 4, 06:16
- 4 - rollo Feb 4, 05:44
- 4/6 - TWuG Feb 4, 05:18
200 seconds worth of Bengals fans celebrating going to the Super Bowl—and it’s all glorious -- (link) - Flavorize Feb 4, 04:29
WWE had their earnings call? Who gets released this week? - the wrong element Feb 4, 04:29 1
- Not Mustafa Ali. - Will Hunting Feb 4, 04:33
My favorite ST post ever turns 10 years old today! -- (link) - Will Hunting Feb 4, 04:29 7
- I thought he was driving already -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 4, 10:35
- Hope you all have a great day! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 4, 06:16
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - decline Feb 4, 06:10
- Happy birthday! Double digits! -- nm - ty97 Feb 4, 06:06
- Happy BDay -- nm - budice Feb 4, 04:48
- Happy birthday, Nathan! Woo hoo!!! -- nm - Krusty Feb 4, 04:37
- I had money on "How have you not been carried away by elves yet" - Beaker Feb 4, 04:36
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Feb 4, 04:28 [Attachment] 14
- COKE LADLE. What they used at Studio 54 in the 70's. -- nm - pmb Feb 4, 06:20
- COKE, COCOA, COLADA - Beverage F/M/K -- nm - rollo Feb 4, 06:14
- ALODECK, a simulation chamber on the Starship Enterprise dedicated to teaching crewmembers Portuguese -- nm - CinnaBaron Feb 4, 06:05
- DALEK CLOACA. they have to reproduce somehow. -- nm - mafic Feb 4, 06:00
- I got her new album with the ADELE LEAK CODE -- nm - Reagen Feb 4, 05:53 1
  - wow -- nm - prayformojo Feb 4, 05:56
- KALE CODA: firmer stools -- nm - rollo Feb 4, 05:45
- Where to find an exterminator? Ask your LOCAL DALEK -- nm - Reagen Feb 4, 05:23
- OK COLECO - rejected Radiohead album name -- nm - prayformojo Feb 4, 05:21 1
  - brilliant -- nm - rollo Feb 4, 05:44
- CLOAKED KOALA - and now my medieval animal army is complete -- nm - prayformojo Feb 4, 05:20
- LOOK, A CLADE - at the paleobiologists conference -- nm - Reagen Feb 4, 05:19
- A COLD COKE -- nm - VMan Feb 4, 05:17
- CAKEFOLD - mmmmmmmmmm, cake -- nm - .💭 Feb 4, 04:47
TV PSA: Olympics, Gold Rush, Big Brother Celebrity, Smackdown, AEW Rampage, RuPaul, Phat Tuesdays: The Era Of Hip-Hop Comedy (Amazon), Reacher (Amazon -- nm - Beaker Feb 4, 03:42 1
- The Afterparty (Apple), Suspicion (Apple), Sweet Magnolias (NF), The Legend of Vox Machina (Amazon), Book of Love (Amazon), Torn (D+), Servant (Apple) - Beaker Feb 4, 03:44
My first Wordle in 2 - Andie Feb 4, 03:34 2
- Also in 2! - ty97 Feb 4, 05:26
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Feb 4, 04:38
Here's hoping Hocking County, Ohio isn't under A Level 3 Snow Emergency this afternoon. That would screw with my brother's bachelor party... -- nm - Ender Feb 4, 02:57
Saving the world, 5 letters at a time? -- (link) - Reagen Feb 4, 01:24 2
- Yeah! Let's get these older QAnon folks addicted to Animal Crossing or something. -- nm - Qale Feb 4, 08:34
- good turn! from replies, I saw dordle. 2&5/7 (I missed you posted it recently!) - i.b.! Feb 4, 02:05
A) This team figure skating is weird. They don't do this for gymnastics. B) Why don't they have pairs gymnastics? -- nm - Ender Feb 4, 00:35 6
- I have to think these moguls skiers could go a lot faster without all these little hills... -- nm - Ender Feb 4, 01:05 5
  - That event just looks like it would be no fun. - Will Hunting Feb 4, 04:42 1
    - Or at least “I don’t care if I can walk when I’m 40” -- nm - spamlet Feb 4, 05:44
  - I have no clue what's going on with live scoring of rhythmic dance. I thought it was moves based, but the US team just had "Midnight Blues 4" pop up. -- nm - Ender Feb 4, 01:36 2
    - I believe that's the techinical score we're seeing. -- nm - Krusty Feb 4, 04:38 1
      - This. All of their moves were technically rated Level 4s. The artistic component scores are then added separately. -- nm - Diva Feb 4, 06:05
NBC: Worldwide human rights groups say China is committing genocide, but China says they're just vocational career centers, so *shrug* who's to say? - Ender Feb 4, 00:27 2
- well, we had indian schools, went just as well -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 4, 00:44 1
  - Oh, then I guess what they're doing is fine... -- nm - Ender Feb 4, 00:57
RC, you're looking for a player? -- nm - zork Feb 3, 23:58
3/6 - J Feb 3, 21:07 13
- 3 - decline Feb 4, 05:49
- 6/6, but today it was under control. - Marlowe Feb 4, 05:36
- 4/6 - Shaun Feb 4, 05:30
- 4/6 - Strongbad Feb 4, 04:55
- 2/6 - Will Hunting Feb 4, 03:18
- 3, almost 2. My starter helped today - spamlet Feb 4, 03:14 1
  - Oh and a 1 in Airportle. Guess I’ll need a new starter - spamlet Feb 4, 03:15
- 4 - loosilu Feb 4, 02:10
- 3, almost got it in two - zork Feb 4, 00:01
- 2/6 - .💭 Feb 3, 22:03
- Wordle 230 4/6 (I did a triple take when I didn't get it in 3) - prayformojo Feb 3, 21:46 1
  - 3 for me, and similar. -- (edited) - i.b.! Feb 4, 00:20
- 4/6 - Spawn Feb 3, 21:45
Hundreds show up at Cincinnati's Nippert Stadium (home of the Bearcats) for a snowball fight. -- (link) - Ender Feb 3, 20:54
"It's like I'm wearing nothing at all!" Olympic Rhythm Dance spoilers sort of - Krusty Feb 3, 20:40 4
- Are you new here? -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 21:47
- Their outfits were terrible. Did not fit the music at all. -- nm - MDH Feb 3, 20:45 2
  - They didn't - Diva Feb 4, 06:07
  - Yeah, I was expecting different music with those outfits. -- nm - Krusty Feb 3, 20:50
Dano -- nm - Peacock Feb 3, 20:38 2
- I don't get these joke nicknames -- nm - Dano Feb 3, 20:59 1
  - Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Feb 3, 21:32
Check out the vortices on *her*! -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 3, 20:36
4/6, nearly forgot to do Wordle today - crash davis Feb 3, 20:16
$4.5 million money-line bet on Bengals +170 -- (link*) - budice Feb 3, 20:00 2
- Pegleg drives half an hour to the state line to buy a $100 worth of lotto tix, just boggles that someone would have 4m (cash?) to a 7-11 clerk - zeitgeist Feb 3, 22:44
- Settle Down, Tim! -- nm - Dano Feb 3, 20:05
I think I just heard the absolute worst version of Toxic during Rhythm Dancing. 🤢 -- nm - Krusty Feb 3, 19:59
I feel like John Morris will get his ass kicked if he tries to mansplain things to Rachel Holman -- nm - crash davis Feb 3, 19:57 1
- and now we are watching the Swiss women play the ROC women in hockey, this might be one step too far -- nm - crash davis Feb 3, 20:18
LYC Update: I'm still painting my kitchen cabinets. -- nm - Dano Feb 3, 19:55
NBC is running the Olympic opening ceremony live tomorrow morning. you can record it before the prime time showing -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 3, 19:53 1
- I need to get a few people to share a Peacock account with. - Krusty Feb 3, 19:56
I am baffled by this car commercial - crash davis Feb 3, 19:53 3
- is that the one where the distracted driver is saved by the automatic braking? obviously the answer is *tacos* -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 21:55
- sounds like this commercial could use some dinosaurs chasing them -- nm - prayformojo Feb 3, 19:57 1
  - dinosaur should chase them, he ain't going to catch Mikaela -- nm - crash davis Feb 3, 19:59
Doug Pederson is being hired as the next head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars -- nm - budice Feb 3, 19:22 1
- *checks notes* white guy, what a shocker -- nm - Beaker Feb 4, 04:00
I may have watched every Winter Olympic event there was on the first day. -- nm - Mop Feb 3, 19:21 2
- You weren't supposed to be able to do that! -- nm - Peacock Feb 3, 20:38 1
  - He's got canadian channels on his cable tv -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 22:45
Superbowl Prop Bets -- (link) - budice Feb 3, 19:13 1
- Bengals win, Chase and Kupp score TDs. +600 -- nm - Volnelk Feb 3, 19:35
Based on that commercial the athletes will be skiing and snowboarding while being chased by dinosaurs? - Cuzzin Todd Feb 3, 19:12 1
- remember you don't have to be faster than a velociraptor, just faster than the guy behind you... -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 21:48
Now watching...Jack Reacher -- nm - Remlik Feb 3, 18:58 4
- Thanks for the heads up! I'm ten minutes in now. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 3, 19:17 2
  - So far, I am enjoying it. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 3, 19:39 1
    - Yep, quite enjoyed the first episode. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 3, 20:09
- God damn. Watching Critical Role epi 12; then Vox Machina, then reacher -- nm - Beaker Feb 3, 19:00
Maybe I should ask tomorrow because the boards are slow tonight but: would you take a flight on September 11? - ty97 Feb 3, 18:54 17
- I have -- nm - Andie Feb 4, 03:58
- No. Hell no -- nm - Pippy Feb 3, 22:31 1
  - Numbers/dates have to much significance to certain groups -- nm* - Pippy Feb 3, 22:32
- weird, people say covid is no big deal it only kills 1% but won't fly on a notorious anniversary because 1 in 100,000 died that day -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 21:53
- Yes but you would also have to fly me to Europe so I can fly back. - Krusty Feb 3, 19:41
- Not during the pandemic, but otherwise, yes. It's been 21 years. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 3, 19:38 1
  - ("But the pandemic might last the rest of the decade!" - yep, and I might fly eventually. I do need to get out to the east coast soon.) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 3, 19:39
- Sure. -- nm - Marlowe Feb 3, 19:34
- I'd fly, sure, but it'd give me a bit of pause. - Cuzzin Todd Feb 3, 19:26
- I am currently more concerned about bratty white people on airplanes than terrorists. -- nm - Qale Feb 3, 19:25
- I have. -- nm - spamlet Feb 3, 19:11
- My colleague bought super cheap tickets to France on 9/11. I'd fly, sure. -- nm - Pocket Jones Feb 3, 19:06 1
  - It's a weird mental block to me. There's no reason not to and yet I hesitate. - ty97 Feb 3, 19:08
- Probably not - but I don't fly international anyway. I did rule out a trip a week prior because I'm not traveling over Labor Day weekend :) -- nm - Meg Feb 3, 19:02 2
  - I'm planning to fly to Europe Labor Day weekend - ty97 Feb 3, 19:03 1
    - I'd like to fly to a major U.S. city in Aug/Sept but I'm afraid most of them will be a little humid. The one I ruled out for Sept was Chicago. - Meg Feb 3, 19:10
- Yes, definitely. Well, wait. It depends on: - prayformojo Feb 3, 18:58
And this is where we relearn how to solve a three-variable matrix and then try to figure out putting it in a spreadsheet, somehow? -- (edited) - znufrii Feb 3, 18:46 2
- Wow, A is in pretty advanced math classes for her age. -- nm - ty97 Feb 3, 18:53 1
  - Stupid Common Core. -- (edited) - znufrii Feb 3, 18:56
Let's check in on the airports today, shall we? -- (pic) - ty97 Feb 3, 18:43 [Attachment] 4
- If conditions are so bad that more than half the flights are cancelled, why don't all cancel? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 21:50 1
  - Because they're getting out in gaps in the weather, or incoming flights are from affected airports. -- nm - Meg Feb 3, 22:02
- I’m shocked any got out today tbh - spamlet Feb 3, 19:12 1
  - yeah, it sounds pretty bad -- nm - ty97 Feb 3, 19:13
Spotify is down after suggesting it won't gain subscribers very well in 2022 and also 'no longer plans to issue annual guidance.' Uh huh. -- nm - Qale Feb 3, 18:37
this is the most fluid that I've seen the Hawks be all season -- nm - prayformojo Feb 3, 18:35
I didn't realize there wouldn't be fans in the stands for the Olympics. - Krusty Feb 3, 18:27
Jameela Jamal joins Star Trek... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 3, 18:24 2
- Congratulations, beautiful! -- nm - CinnaBaron Feb 4, 06:18
- Ooh, fun! -- nm - Beryllium Feb 3, 18:54
33 and rain is a miserable weather condition, but I'll take it. -- nm - Qale Feb 3, 18:20 2
- hope you don't have to drive in it, rain can freeze in spots (aka black ice) and your car suddenly turns into a hockey puck -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 18:22 1
  - I made the drive home well enough. But it won't be so easy within a few more hours, I'm sure. -- nm - Qale Feb 3, 18:36
I look real gud today, I look real gud today...I look real gud today, I look real gud today...I look real gud today, I look real gud today... -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 18:18

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