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Full list of countries that have been mean to Russia -- (link) - Remlik Mar 7, 12:47 1
- Ukraine? -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 12:48
Bipartisan agreement in congress to suspend trading relations with Russia and Belarus -- (link*) - znufrii Mar 7, 12:45
NFL-Falcons WR Calvin Ridley has been suspended for the 2022 season and possibly more for betting on NFL games this past year. -- (link*) - budice Mar 7, 12:33 10
- he should know better than to bet on sports while employed in the same field -- nm - Pete Rose Mar 7, 12:46 1
  - ... who? -- nm - Calvin Ridley Mar 7, 12:47
- Current ATL WRs: Olamide Zaccheaus, Frank Darby, Christian Blake, Chad Hansen ,Austin Trammell, Brayden Lenius -- nm - budice Mar 7, 12:43
- So I guess I won't be keeping him this year. - CinnaBaron Mar 7, 12:39
- He bet against getting traded from the Falcons for a second round pick, and made sure he won! -- nm - Inigo Mar 7, 12:37 1
  - Kidding aside, I think the seriousness of this depends on if he bet on his own games or not. -- nm - Inigo Mar 7, 12:48
- I guess ‘working on himself’ meant laying down some wagers. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 7, 12:36 2
  - Medicinal Monte Carlo is not recognized by any state -- nm - CinnaBaron Mar 7, 12:40
  - Could’ve meant rehab—Falcons get $12M back in cap room -- nm - Flavorize Mar 7, 12:40
- Wow—massive -- nm - Flavorize Mar 7, 12:35
Benedict Cumberbatch criticized Sam Elliott's comments about ‘The Power of the Dog’ as being emblematic of the toxic masculinity -- (link) - budice Mar 7, 12:15
Randomest of questions: who voiced the "previously on felicity" voiceover bit for that show? -- nm* - Beryllium Mar 7, 12:11
Colts: Jack-y O'Doyle retires -- (link*) - budice Mar 7, 12:08 1
- Hope everyone has been loading up on Granson—Mo Allie Cox is a free agent -- nm - Flavorize Mar 7, 12:13
I think I want this chair. -- (link) - amanda jeans Mar 7, 11:54 12
- I'll preemptively fire myself - ty97 Mar 7, 12:19 1
  - my house was built in 1938 to 1942. it's period appropriate. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 7, 12:31
- that's nice, classic looking -- nm - colin Mar 7, 12:09 1
  - the yellow color is really needed in my cave of a house. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 7, 12:14
- My friends have a pair of the yellow - hot hot hot -- nm - rollo Mar 7, 12:04 1
  - this is exactly what I want. new nook chairs hellooooo. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 7, 12:09
- i had a similar Ikea chair, in orange, same material. My cats aren't scratchers, but just them BEING on it snagged it constantly. -- nm - Andie Mar 7, 11:57 5
  - she can just cover the entire thing in saran wrap to save it from the cats -- nm - decline Mar 7, 12:02 4
    - if her cats aren't sit-on-chair cats, all good! -- nm - Andie Mar 7, 12:11 3
      - they are. well, chubbins is. freaking chubbins. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 7, 12:11 2
        
        Does chubbins accept wearing booties? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 7, 12:12 1
        
        chubbins does not accept your question. please move along. - amanda jeans Mar 7, 12:14
My business Twitter account was temp suspended. I logged in and it said please verify your account. Email sent, I click link, it says "Your account - colin Mar 7, 11:46 2
- Thought you were a Russian bot? -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 11:48 1
  - i've had this account for 6 months, i just don't post. might be spam related, i have a mysites.io placeholder, which is a red flag for some. -- nm - colin Mar 7, 11:53
DMZ trailer with Rosario Dawson.... -- (link*) - Remlik Mar 7, 11:38 [youtube]
Whoa. I filed my taxes like 2 weeks ago and my refund showed up today. -- nm - Mop Mar 7, 11:32 5
- i don't think i've had a refund in 10 years.. how do you do it? -- nm - colin Mar 7, 11:53 4
  - Withhold more than you owe -- nm - rollo Mar 7, 12:03
  - Fraud. -- nm - Mop Mar 7, 11:57
  - w2 employee? -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 7, 11:54 1
    - no, have not had a W2 since 2013. -- nm - colin Mar 7, 12:10
Latest from my son: Minecraft is no longer being sold in Russia. -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 11:26 4
- I think Microsoft stopped all sales to Russia at the same time Apple did -- nm - decline Mar 7, 12:00
- oh shit. -- nm - Remlik Mar 7, 11:34 2
  - a portent? -- nm - mud Mar 7, 11:59 1
    - kids not being occupied by Minecraft are going to bug their parents. - Remlik Mar 7, 12:06
And yeah, Blue Apron was basically like “well, you didn’t skip this delivery sooooo” but at least they let me cancel via Twitter DM. -- nm - Tim Mar 7, 11:17 7
- I started with Blue Apron. I just cancelled Hello Fresh, and am ready to try Marley Spoon which will be my fourth meal service. -- nm - crash davis Mar 7, 11:50 4
  - I’ve been happy with Freshly -- nm - Dano Mar 7, 12:42
  - I get ads for all of them on IG. MS is the only one I've ever considered. (well, daily harvest too.) -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 7, 11:52 1
    - daily harvest has me interested -- nm - Remlik Mar 7, 11:56
  - Come for the freebies, leave for other freebies! -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 11:51
- That’s what they’ll always say. Just do a credit card dispute. It’s an easy win. -- nm - The Allfather Mar 7, 11:19 1
  - *this - it is part of the profit plan - St. Epiphany Mar 7, 11:31
Dogs are disgusting. Older dog sees cat trying to cough up a hairball, gets off the couch goes to the cat and eats the hairball - TWuG Mar 7, 11:17 7
- *goes back to eating poop* -- nm - dog Mar 7, 11:32 1
  - The looooove cat poop covered in litter. And dog poop. And random other poop. - TWuG Mar 7, 11:46
- he was just being considerate to you. Now you don't need to clean anything - decline Mar 7, 11:25 2
  - Except now he has to clean up his own vomit. *hurk* -- nm - Dano Mar 7, 11:28 1
    - I don't mind -- nm - TWuG's doggo Mar 7, 12:04
- Circle of Life! -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 11:24
- ! -- nm - mud Mar 7, 11:24
Your top 10 songs: Heat Waves, We Don’t Talk About Bruno, abcdefu, Super Gremlin, Stay, Easy On Me, Ghost, Shivers, Bad Habits, Cold Heart(PNAU Remix) - Tim Mar 7, 11:05 3
- Heat Waves is in its 59th week on the chart, by far the longest journey to #1 in the chart’s history. -- nm - Tim Mar 7, 11:07 2
  - My Big Fat Greek Heat Wave! -- nm - The Allfather Mar 7, 11:22
  - that's incredible -- nm - prayformojo Mar 7, 11:19
Lol, just found out how much it’s going to cost to have A dance in her dance school’s end-of-year recital. - znufrii Mar 7, 11:00 19
- Don't forget about the group photos and individual packages from the official photographer -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 7, 13:05
- Thaaaaaaat's how they getcha! -- nm - Diva Mar 7, 11:03 13
  - A is *so* excited to get to dance “on a stage” though -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 7, 11:20 12
    - You have to wonder where she gets that performing bug ;-) - Meg Mar 7, 11:38 3
      - :) -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 7, 11:44 2
        
        No, the full 2-hour video is still there. Don't tell them :) -- nm - Meg Mar 7, 12:09 1
        
        Heh. My lips are sealed. -- nm - znufrii Mar 7, 12:48
    - This is modern school. Everything that used to be included has been cut and it's mostly pay to play. - Volnelk Mar 7, 11:29 7
      - In HS I played 2 varsity sports, and essentially blacklisted from both since I didn't play each one year round. Killed a lot of sports interest for me - MDH Mar 7, 11:33 6
        
        baseball is a better sport for you. you should have just asked me then. we could have worked this all out. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 7, 11:45 2
        
        Right? I liked basketball more, but was more of a natural talent in baseball. Oh well! -- nm - MDH Mar 7, 11:51 1
        
        Both a pitcher and catcher? -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 7, 11:59
        
        Even in youth sports now, it seems. if you don’t commit “all in”, year round from the get go, you won’t even be given the chance. -- nm* - znufrii Mar 7, 11:42 1
        
        On travel teams, no, but we played in a local league until she was in HS. - spamlet Mar 7, 12:08
        
        Happens a lot. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 7, 11:36
- No DVD to buy? -- nm - spamlet Mar 7, 11:02 2
  - Don’t give them any ideas. -- nm - znufrii Mar 7, 11:12 1
    - Maybe that’s what the $45 is replacing as that seems about right. - spamlet Mar 7, 12:06
- ! -- nm - Andie Mar 7, 11:02
March and I guess this is a type of Madness -- (link) - JD Mar 7, 10:52
Wordle 261 5/6 - Diva Mar 7, 10:48
Ukrainian actor turned soldier, Pasha Lee, killed by mortar fire -- (link) - zork Mar 7, 10:47
My reaction to Nolan after reading this: "urban? Urban? URBAN?! Faaack youuu." -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 7, 10:46 1
- what a moron. -- nm - Remlik Mar 7, 11:07
Pamela Anderson will make her Broadway Debut playing Roxie in Chicago -- nm - MDH Mar 7, 10:42 13
- minus all the singing and dancing which will be performed by a stunt Diva -- nm - CinnaBaron Mar 7, 10:59 3
  - Hot Honey Rag should be interesting with all those huge boobs all over the place. -- nm - Diva Mar 7, 11:02 2
    - That's going to be a mess, ha! -- nm - MDH Mar 7, 11:06 1
      - On all of the musical percussion hits I'm going to imagine boobs slappin' and clappin' and thumpin'. - Diva Mar 7, 11:09
- 🙄 -- nm - Diva Mar 7, 10:56 7
  - I mean that show has celeb casted for years, but I guess they are trying to sell tickets. (Side note, I love Chicago) -- nm - MDH Mar 7, 11:00 6
    - *years* but like....Jennifer Nettles can sing! -- nm - ty97 Mar 7, 12:15
    - oh i LOOOOOVE Chicago, but the dancing it pretty integral, is that her strength? - Andie Mar 7, 11:03 3
      - Chicago: Reimagined! -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 11:47
      - Pam did 'okay' on DWTS 10 years ago. I'd be more worried about singing -- nm - crash davis Mar 7, 11:10
      - Roxie must move well, but they mostly have a bunch of nice bodied men all around her for her real dance numbers like 'Roxie'. - Diva Mar 7, 11:06
    - Agree on your points. -- nm - Diva Mar 7, 11:01
- oh. -- nm - Andie Mar 7, 10:54
B2 - how can 'dog-ears the page' = chaotic evil, but 'leaves the book open' = true neutral? - Roger More Mar 7, 10:40 1
- True Neutral isn't really like Switzerland so it probably tracks. - Dark Callisto Mar 7, 11:26
I got my haircut on Sunday and the woman who cuts my hair is from Ukraine. She still has a significant amount of family and friends there. None of - pmb Mar 7, 10:37 1
- unbelievable. I hope her family remains safe -- nm - St. Epiphany Mar 7, 11:39
Hah. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 7, 10:37
Peter King on Kayvon Thibodeaux - David Mar 7, 10:32 1
- "What's wrong with Callahan? Why is everyone passing on him? Why-why did you pass on him?" - JD Mar 7, 10:47
They half assed this list -- (link) - Reagen Mar 7, 10:24 13
- Why the dis? -- nm - Andorra Mar 7, 11:15
- Both people in San Marino are probably a little nervous. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 7, 10:58 1
  - They've got Olympic medalists in shooting. They'll be fine -- nm - CinnaBaron Mar 7, 10:59
- I bet their burn book is a great read. -- nm - pmb Mar 7, 10:40 1
  - "Do. Not. Trust. Them. They. Are. A. Fugly. Slut." -- nm - prayformojo Mar 7, 11:05
- Let's see if we can make this list longer. The real victory would be to get Kaliningrad on it. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 7, 10:34 1
  - You most likely know it as Kaliningrad, but it will always be Königsberg to me. -- nm - J. Peterman Mar 7, 10:57
- Not Ukraine! -- nm - David Mar 7, 10:32 3
  - Liechtenstein and San Marino joining the big leagues -- nm - Reagen Mar 7, 10:36 2
    - with Monaco, they make up the Axis of Tiny -- nm - crash davis Mar 7, 11:12 1
      - Both are part of my dream European vacation, the tour of microstates. -- nm - CinnaBaron Mar 7, 12:13
- Oh they did it now. They acknowledge Taiwan as a separate country. China will never go to the prom with them. -- nm - CinnaBaron Mar 7, 10:29
- Woohoo! - Mop Mar 7, 10:25
The Truckers are planning to go back to the Beltway today, not enter DC, but drive in 2 lanes since yesterday didn't work. -- nm - MDH Mar 7, 10:16 2
- Today going poorly, too. -- (link) - TWuG Mar 7, 11:14 1
  - How hard is is to one person follow another? (NM) - Marlowe Mar 7, 12:24
The Ukrainian version of beating up a pillow -- (link) - Reagen Mar 7, 10:05 8
- Meanwhile in Russia (or maybe technically "in the Uk") -- (link*) - Beryllium Mar 7, 10:10 3
  - "Stop warring yourself! Why are you warring yourself?" -- nm - Mop Mar 7, 10:24 1
    - TBF Ukraine did touch their side of the B(l)ack Sea(t) -- nm - CinnaBaron Mar 7, 10:28
  - ugh -- nm - mud Mar 7, 10:16
- L3! -- nm - St. Epiphany Mar 7, 10:10
- damn. -- nm - colin Mar 7, 10:08
- OMG I love that. -- nm - Mop Mar 7, 10:08
- outstanding -- nm - prayformojo Mar 7, 10:08
I'm thinking about switching to visible wireless. do any of us use them? -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 7, 09:49 13
- I am still thrilled with our Mint Mobile. -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 11:27
- I used them for about a year, i didnt have any issues with coverage in most places. data was throttled at times, but it still worked. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 7, 10:15 4
  - when you say throttled, do you mean "couldn't text my sister" or "couldn't watch a movie on my phone"? - amanda jeans Mar 7, 10:25 3
    - I’m just gonna say it, maj, your sister’s hot - Squirrelly Dan Mar 7, 11:07
    - like pulling email down to my phone was slow, but I could text and call fine. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 7, 11:05
    - gross, truman. -- nm - colin Mar 7, 10:26
- Invisaligns are great. -- nm - Mop Mar 7, 09:55
- Coverage and service means a lot to me, I'd be nervous about this. -- nm - ty97 Mar 7, 09:53 2
  - I would worry if I used a lot of data, but I use less than 3 GB per month. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 7, 09:56 1
    - But *WHERE* do you use those 3GB? And will you able to access it in those places? - ty97 Mar 7, 12:16
- Never heard of them. -- nm - spamlet Mar 7, 09:49 2
  - they use Verizon's network, cheaper but you can get throttled to give Verizon direct customers better access. -- nm - colin Mar 7, 09:51 1
    - Visible is actually owned by Verizon. But like most MVNOs, has deprioritized (i.e. slow) data. - psilotum Mar 7, 10:32
It was tomatoes, not pickles. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 7, 09:44

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