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Ah. Nothing like a user pluging two cables into their phone and causing a network loop to start the day - oblique Apr 7, 06:37 2
- whoops -- nm - budice Apr 7, 06:53
- The call is coming from inside the building, oblique! -- nm - decline Apr 7, 06:38
On the plus side of vaccine mandates to enter Canada - they could really help in the playoffs in the NBA and NHL -- (link) - Beaker Apr 7, 06:34
Woman buys wrong lottery ticket, accidentally wins $10 million -- (link) - znufrii Apr 7, 06:32 1
- and promptly converts to the Church of Costanza. -- nm - Baruno Apr 7, 06:41
Wrestling fans should apparently make it a point to watch Rampage this week. - the wrong element Apr 7, 06:27
We've eaten and drank inside on this trip when there are few people inside, still masking everywhere else inside. Starting to feel crazy for wearing -- (edited) - colin Apr 7, 06:26 19
- I wear the mask. Next question. -- nm - con_carne Apr 7, 06:52 1
  - Same. -- nm - Marlowe Apr 7, 07:09
- I wear a mask anytime I go inside anywhere. I take it off when I'm outside but otherwise nothing has changed for me. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 06:52
- 1 in 12 people here are currently infected and free testing has ended, I'm wearing my mask on public transport and indoors when crowded for a while. -- nm - LMS Apr 7, 06:47
- I still wear my mask most places. Most people do not anymore. A co-worker said something to me at a meeting on Tuesday. - sycor Apr 7, 06:45
- I'm on the L so I have one on right now. When I'm in the ballpark we'll see. Depends where I'm working. - zunk xometimes Apr 7, 06:41
- I have to wear them on the subway, bus and train. I wear them when I get an Uber. I wear them in the airport. (We've been travelling some too.) - Diva Apr 7, 06:36 3
  - Regarding your IM, our firm is doing the same thing. I did hear we are nearly 100% vaxxed so that’s good. -- nm - MDH Apr 7, 06:37 2
    - Our area (NE) is pretty good, but many of our colleagues in the South did not report whether they are vaccinated or not. 🙄 -- nm - Diva Apr 7, 06:40 1
      - Ooh interesting. Yeah it impacted us a lot since they are refusing to let you go to a client site if not vaxxed. -- nm - MDH Apr 7, 06:45
- Im only wearing if required by the business. A few people wear masks here at the grocery store, but otherwise I rarely see it. - MDH Apr 7, 06:30 1
  - Same -- nm - spamlet Apr 7, 06:36
- still wearing. I'd say 75% of people around here are as well. Old people and middle aged dudes seem to be the majority not wearing them - Beaker Apr 7, 06:30 6
  - Princess Disney still wearing hers at school. We still wear mask in any public indoor places. -- nm - Walt_Disney Apr 7, 07:31
  - We're still wearing ours. -- nm - Shaun Apr 7, 06:49
  - Good to know, thanks -- nm - colin Apr 7, 06:32
  - My area is pretty much the exact opposite. Almost nobody wearing at this point except the occasional elderly person at the market -- nm - decline Apr 7, 06:32 2
    - personally, I kind of track it to the reported 7-day average for my county. Avg under 100 cases and I feel comfortable not wearing. -- nm* - decline Apr 7, 06:35
    - Yup matches my post above. -- nm - MDH Apr 7, 06:32
Actorle 1/8 - Marlowe Apr 7, 06:04 8
- I was all over the place and then got it on guess 7. (spoils) - Baruno Apr 7, 06:58 1
  - 4 -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 7, 06:58
- Box Office Game: 405 -- (edited) - Marlowe Apr 7, 06:24
- I don't get how this one works. -- nm - Diva Apr 7, 06:21 4
  - You need to guess the actor based on the info there. Year and genre being what is available. - Marlowe Apr 7, 06:27 3
    - thx. I'll drink a little more coffee and see if that helps. 😉 -- nm - Diva Apr 7, 06:32 2
      - The first time I played I was all WTF is going on. (NM) -- nm - Marlowe Apr 7, 06:33 1
        
        Ok, I got it now. Thx. - 3 -- (edited) - Diva Apr 7, 06:46
Happy Tiger Day everyone, what are you doing to celebrate??!! -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 05:37 2
- Heading to The National Historic Landmark! Go Cubs!!! - zunk xometimes Apr 7, 06:27
- Sorry, Tiger. It’s Opening Day motherhumpers* - spamlet Apr 7, 05:42
Wow. :-( Kid Creole, a member of the group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, was convicted of manslaughter yesterday. - Krusty Apr 7, 05:15 2
- Kidd Creole (vs Kid Creole). -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 05:59 1
  - Right -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 06:16
TV PSA: MasterChef Jr, Flip or Flop, BattleBots, Walker, L&O x 3, Station 19, Grey's Anatomy, Swamp People, Legacies, Rat in the Kitchen, Call me Kat, -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 04:36 4
- How We Roll, Bull Samantha Bee, NBA, Big Sky, Dropout, Below Deck DU, Close Enough, Ghislaine Partner in Crime, Halo, Minx, ST Picard, Top Chef, -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 04:39 3
  - Welcome to Flatch, Atlanta, Desus & Mero, The Masters, other stuff -- nm* - Beaker Apr 7, 04:40 2
    - 1) Atlanta -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 05:03
    - 5: Picard, Top Chef and MasterChef Jr / Grey's / Station 19 for the wife -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 04:45
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 7, 02:50 [Attachment]
AlJazeera says Chinese transplant docs remove organs from death row prisoners before they are declared dead -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 7, 00:31 2
- this sequel Squid Game isn't very realistic -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 04:34
- Here's an Instagram feed of nothing but fluffy animals. -- (link) - David Apr 7, 00:58
We didn't book our Multiverse of Madness tickets until 8 pm. By that point, most of the good stuff was already gone on opening night. - David Apr 7, 00:08 3
- Huh? -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 05:04 2
  - Doctor Strange went on sale yesterday. We bought our tickets late in the day and most good seats were already gone. - Dark Callisto Apr 7, 05:25 1
    - Ahh, got it! Sorry you didn't get tickets to the show time you wanted but I hope you both love the movie! -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 05:39
I thought Berkshire-Hathaway only made sound financial decisions, and yet now I hear they are buying a stake in HP? Hmm. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 23:32 4
- Berkshire is beating the market by a ton this year. -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 05:38
- If they're buying in then I assume they know something or have plans on something we don't know yet. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 05:05
- The cash flows from their calculator business alone must be massive. -- nm - spamlet Apr 7, 04:04
- who else makes computers? lenovo and dell, apple is distant 4th -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 00:28
"Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In spring, we'd make meat helmets." - maybe this is the rangoon he meant? -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 6, 22:40
Andie-nmbA - jnine Apr 6, 22:33
Wordle is fun again. -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 21:34 2
- Worldle #76 1/6 (100%) - prayformojo Apr 7, 03:22 1
  - Worldle - 1 - Diva Apr 7, 04:48
Taxes filed - painful :( Federal accepted. -- nm - Meg Apr 6, 21:12
Eek. 6/6 on Framed. - The Allfather Apr 6, 21:10 8
- X. Definitely on the right genre early but couldn't identify it -- nm - Baruno Apr 7, 06:34
- 3 - Shaun Apr 7, 06:17
- 3/6 as well - JaxSean Apr 7, 06:11
- 4/6. Pure lucky guess. - Marlowe Apr 7, 05:59
- 6 - big spoils - Diva Apr 7, 04:46
- 3 - J Apr 6, 21:17 2
  - Show off! -- nm - The Allfather Apr 6, 22:47 1
    - Had to redeem myself after my Wordle failure -- nm - J Apr 7, 04:09
3/6 - The Allfather Apr 6, 21:07 12
- 3/6 -- nm - oblique Apr 7, 06:50
- 4/6 - TWuG Apr 7, 06:46
- 4 - Shaun Apr 7, 06:16
- 5 - rollo Apr 7, 06:03
- 4 - decline Apr 7, 05:52
- 3/6 - Marlowe Apr 7, 05:48
- 5/6 - znufrii Apr 7, 05:35
- 5 - I've got to get back to my original starting words. - Diva Apr 7, 04:54
- Wordle 292 5/6 - prayformojo Apr 7, 03:22
- 4 today. - spamlet Apr 7, 03:18
- Same. - mafic Apr 6, 21:08
- Bah, X/6 - J Apr 6, 21:08
Puerto Rico in the middle of a major power outage tonight -- (link) - budice Apr 6, 20:47 1
- Oh, is it Wednesday again? -- nm - Ender Apr 6, 20:48
Shane McMahon's son commits to Indiana University -- (link) - Remlik Apr 6, 20:37
How about a happy news story? “Survivalist” who faked their own death to avoid charges on possession of CSAM? Yeah, they got him six years later. -- (link) - Qale Apr 6, 20:30 1
- a couple miles from here too -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 6, 22:56
I mean really the Eastern Conference playoffs are set, but Ottawa and Buffalo were officially eliminated today. Detroit survived with a win, - mafic Apr 6, 20:13 3
- So you’re saying there’s a chance? -- nm - spamlet Apr 7, 03:16
- Man, the Senators made a run for it at the last minute. -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 20:29
- If you told me at the beginning of the season that the Kraken would do better than the Canadiens, I would have been very happy -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 20:21
Fox news: capitol cops capture congressional assailant -- (link*) - znufrii Apr 6, 20:00 1
- I see what you did there. 😁 -- nm - . Apr 6, 20:05
I got the free MLB TV deal because I have T-Mobile now, but when you live in the market for your team, it’s not the deal it seems like it is. - Tim Apr 6, 19:47 2
- So what you’re saying is if you’ve ever moved but still like your hometown team, you’re golden? - Qale Apr 6, 20:35
- Boy have we got a proposal for you! -- nm - San Diego Padres Apr 6, 20:27
Whiskey or beer? - znufrii Apr 6, 19:43 2
- Boilermaker -- nm - rollo Apr 7, 06:32
- yes -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 19:44
Ugh. I have to be up at 7:30 to let the plumber in and I can already feel the anxiety attack starting... -- nm - Ender Apr 6, 19:40 4
- Hang in there man. Unless it is a G. Gordon Liddy White House plumber, you've nothing to be that anxious about -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 19:45 2
  - Well, it's pretty bad, there's going to be concrete work... But my main concern is the anxiety keeping me up till 6am. - Ender Apr 6, 20:35 1
    - I feel you on this. Sometimes I psyche myself out so hard when I have even a benign appointment. -- nm - Qale Apr 6, 20:37
- I have to be up at 7 to drug chubbins and Ollie to get them to go the vet. I think I win. -- nm - Pocket Jones Apr 6, 19:42
Watching Cyrano, it completely escaped me that this would be a musical, which I initially thought I would reject but now enjoy. - Max Apr 6, 19:28 2
- The music is by the national!!! -- nm - Pocket Jones Apr 6, 19:38 1
  - I wanted to be the one to tell you! -- nm - Max Apr 6, 19:48
Look, I didn't like the news I got today, so you people are supposed to be entertaining. Be entertaining! -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 19:24 2
- Do you want an interesting observation? You can tell how much a company likes you by how quickly they second and third you. - Pocket Jones Apr 6, 19:41 1
  - Did you get a quick call back for an interview? If so 😺👍 -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 19:42
Trish has started rewatching Alias again. Jennifer Garner could always wear the heck out of a red dress. That is all I have to say, other than Ben Affleck is an idiot -- nm* - crash davis Apr 6, 19:06 3
- I never saw the first 2 seasons, but found it on Prime, so this is now on my list. -- nm - sycor Apr 7, 05:57
- She was great in Alias—Bradley Cooper is in it too -- nm - Flavorize Apr 7, 03:45
- You can marry a mannequin in a nice dress, but that doesn't mean she'll magically turn into Kim Cattrall. -- nm - Max Apr 6, 21:51
Ask Vanessa - Can You Be Too Old for a Jean Jacket? - crash davis Apr 6, 18:53 3
- Poll: Did you already know who Jenna Lyons is? I did not -- nm - rollo Apr 7, 06:30
- No and she's right that it's just how you style it. -- nm* - Krusty Apr 6, 19:29
- ask crash was a much shorter article "f**k no" -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 18:56
I just read the Sarah Lawrence story. I remember when the worst things that happened at places like that were like when Faun Leibowitz died in a tragic kiln accident -- nm* - crash davis Apr 6, 18:49
What time does Paramount+ add its weekly episodes (Picard and Halo should be dated today)? -- nm - Max Apr 6, 18:33 9
- Survivor is on Wednesdays at 8. Is there more? -- nm - Pocket Jones Apr 6, 19:41
- I'm pretty sure that star trek shows go up at midnight pacific. That's when I see star trek Twitter start pushing them. -- nm - Ender Apr 6, 19:25 2
  - Looks that way, so they're dated Wednesday but not watchable until Thursday. -- nm - Max Apr 6, 22:44 1
    - They're not dated Wednesday. Today's Picard is dated 4/7. -- nm - Ender Apr 7, 14:08
- I can't answer this. Two weeks ago, it wasn't until 2:30 in the morning on Friday. Last week, they were up by 3 PM Thursday. -- nm - David Apr 6, 18:52 4
  - We have always watched them here in Indiana around 9pm -- nm - Remlik Apr 6, 19:21 1
    - Thursday or Friday? -- nm - David Apr 6, 19:24
  - So whenever the intern remembers to press the button. -- nm - spamlet Apr 6, 18:55 1
    - Look, you can't expect a multi-billion streaming service to work properly. - David Apr 6, 19:15
I’m watching Dick (1999) for the first time. This movie is amazing. CAMP. -- nm - MDH Apr 6, 18:28 1
- It's so well done! And should have been a bigger hit. -- nm* - rollo Apr 7, 06:11
Have we done antiwordle? -- (edited) - Qale Apr 6, 17:49 16
- Whatever you do, don't let it and regular Wordle collide. -- nm - Ender Apr 6, 19:26
- thank you, I think I'll add this to my regular rotation -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 19:01
- I couldn’t help myself. ;p - i.b.! Apr 6, 18:42 1
  - This means you are good at regular Wordle! -- nm - Qale Apr 6, 19:32
- Antiwordle #59 7 guesses - crash davis Apr 6, 18:39
- 5 - ReluctantCynic Apr 6, 18:32 5
  - It was also 5 for me. I was expecting "adversarial Wordle", but it's supposed to be "do a terrible job Wordle" -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 18:38 4
    - I could have gone longer if I had not thought "They'll use this rarely used letter". -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 18:51
    - adversarial antiwordle (anti-absurdle?) would be fun though... -- nm* - znufrii Apr 6, 18:47
    - I went through again and got 9 - Beryllium Apr 6, 18:44
    - And I found it rather difficult to shift my thinking around away from my usual Wordle tactics. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 6, 18:43
- 2. I think I'm doing it wrong. -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 6, 18:23 1
  - Nice. -- nm - Qale Apr 6, 18:38
- 8 - Marlowe Apr 6, 18:16
- My results are similar to yours. 7 guesses. -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 17:58
- 6 - TWuG Apr 6, 17:58
1999 Film Festival - featuring Wild, Wild West, Wing Commander, Inspector Gadget, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, Baby Geniuses and Dudley Do-Right -- nm - Roger More Apr 6, 17:31 2
- with special features Three to Tango, Stigmata, and the Story of Us! -- nm - mafic Apr 6, 18:22
- That’s why 1999 was known as the Year of the Kick in the Balls. -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 17:50
Alright, I got that out of my system now. I feel better. -- nm - Qale Apr 6, 17:29

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