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11 humans, questionable ventilation, up there in orbit - for weeks and months .. -- (link) - mud Apr 27, 18:38 3
- to find out what happens when people stop being polite (could you get the phone?) -- nm - Dano Apr 27, 19:05 1
  - Truuuue story! -- nm - Qale Apr 27, 19:46
- Fortunately, the sense of smell is diminished in microgravity. -- nm - TWuG Apr 27, 18:40
Elon: "Next I’m buying Coca-Cola to put the cocaine back in" -- (link) - budice Apr 27, 18:19 11
- Stop making your midlife crisis everyone’s problem, Elon. -- nm - mafic Apr 27, 19:07
- Maybe you love shitposting, but you love it a billion dollars much? -- nm - Reagen Apr 27, 18:39 5
  - I loved the comment I saw: "Elon is buing the school to get all the other kids to like him." :D nm - ralph wiggum Apr 27, 18:45 4
    - that's great -- nm - prayformojo Apr 27, 19:26
    - When already a whole ton of kids already do like him. Like, way... way too many. -- nm - Qale Apr 27, 18:48 2
      - Yeah and those kids are all: -- (pic) - ralph wiggum Apr 27, 18:55 [Attachment] 1
        
        whoa -- nm - mud Apr 27, 18:56
- $284 Billion says what? -- nm - KO Apr 27, 18:29
- ... social media is the 21st century's lead poisoning. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 18:27 1
  - The antidote is to know your relationship with it. -- nm - con_carne Apr 27, 18:29
- 👀 -- nm - Krusty Apr 27, 18:25
The problem with being a sleepwalker is when the tv remote goes missing, "maybe I put it in the trash while sleeping" has to be considered. - Max Apr 27, 18:14 2
- Pfftt...I do that when I'm awake. and only move 3 feet. -- nm - . Apr 27, 18:55
- Along with "Why are my eyeglasses laying in the middle of the floor? My now broken eyeglasses." - ReluctantCynic Apr 27, 18:35
Anyone here on the low FODMAP diet? - spamlet Apr 27, 17:58 8
- Yes, For the last 6 months. re introducing slowly now. - Karl Apr 27, 18:53 2
  - I assume you’ve seen benefits to keep with it? -- nm - spamlet Apr 27, 19:14
  - Thanks. We’re just starting the process. Hoping 2-4 weeks and then reintroducing. - spamlet Apr 27, 19:01
- Not I, but I bet it would help me with certain issues. - Beryllium Apr 27, 18:12 1
  - It’s been highly suggested for the kid so trying to find some options for her. -- nm - spamlet Apr 27, 18:14
- My cousin is. Don't know if that helps. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 27, 18:08
- taking suggestions from Spelling Bee? -- nm - Reagen Apr 27, 17:59 1
  - I could only wish -- nm - spamlet Apr 27, 18:03
What would you call these? Spinach and feta baked inside pizza dough - zork Apr 27, 17:47 [Attachment] 9
- Oh, I forgot that I put a bit of minced garlic in there too -- nm - zork Apr 27, 19:00
- Spanakopizza? -- nm - . Apr 27, 18:04 3
  - Yumpanadas! -- nm - con_carne Apr 27, 18:32 2
    - Trademark that *now*. -- nm - TWuG Apr 27, 18:41 1
      - Me: "too bad about the pizza dough, or else they would bee-yumpandas! Omg." -- nm - con_carne Apr 27, 19:29
- "potential lawsuits." that steaming hot feta will probably burn your tongue off! -- nm - Max Apr 27, 17:51
- Delicious -- nm - TWuG Apr 27, 17:51
- snacks -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 27, 17:49
- Spanakopita Calzone? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 27, 17:48
Disney says Florida can't dissolve special district without first paying off its outstanding debt -- (link) - Under the Influence Apr 27, 17:46 3
- Money talks, all this nonsense will slowly fade away -- nm - Pippy Apr 27, 19:52
- The two counties in question had 450k GOP votes in 2020. For a state with a slim GOP edge, raising taxes on half a million - Will Hunting Apr 27, 17:58
- "Uh... Elon?" -- nm - Reagen Apr 27, 17:47
"This is what Wheeler needs. He needs to be thrown around by big, strong, horrible men." - David Apr 27, 17:38 1
- Tucker? -- nm - spamlet Apr 27, 18:21
Want some Boba Fett stuff owned by Fett actor Jeremy Bulloch? This auction is your chance -- (link) - TWuG Apr 27, 17:15
Letterkenny live is pretty damn good -- nm - Remlik Apr 27, 17:06 2
- K looks *awesome*. -- nm - Spawn Apr 27, 17:14 1
  - pix! -- nm - mud Apr 27, 18:00
Jamie Lee Curtis dropping some Old Testament F-Bomb at CinemaCon -- (link) - budice Apr 27, 17:01 2
- She should replace Melissa McBride in 'Daryl & Carol'. -- nm - Diva Apr 27, 17:04 1
  - I'd watch that -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 18:05
I can now confidently say that I have survived my first arbitration in 15 years. - ReluctantCynic Apr 27, 16:54 14
- you are now legally qualified to change your car's plates to RC LAW. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 27, 17:54
- Did anyone stand up and loudly declare "This interview is over!"? That's on my bucket list. -- nm - Max Apr 27, 17:00 12
  - weird-ass bucket list -- nm - mud Apr 27, 17:48 4
    - Also on the list: work in a bar and tell someone "We don't serve your kind here" in a miraculously non-offensive way. - Max Apr 27, 17:56 3
      - oh! I know .. - mud Apr 27, 18:02
      - would probably involve someone looking for granola bars. -- nm - Reagen Apr 27, 18:00
      - I just work here. would you like a copy of the rules corporate is making us follow for your lawyer? -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 27, 17:59
  - Nope. But funny enough ... (semi-spoilers without violating attorney-client confidentiality) - ReluctantCynic Apr 27, 17:03 6
    - Here the answer would be if a majority of the board left it’s over, if a minority left and they still had quorum it’s not. Hostile boards are fun. -- nm - mafic Apr 27, 17:22 1
      - Hostile boards are kinda fun. Especially in the nonprofit sector. - ReluctantCynic Apr 27, 17:43
    - You can't get sloppy with Robert's Rules, man, that's how you get arbitration ants. -- nm - Max Apr 27, 17:20 1
      - I know, right? I was about to pull out my registration for the parliamentary certification course I'm starting in June. - ReluctantCynic Apr 27, 17:30
    - Do the bylaws require a vote or resolution to adjourn? Was there still a quorum? -- nm - znufrii Apr 27, 17:08 1
      - No quorum was present. Quorum was a majority, and only half the directors were present. - ReluctantCynic Apr 27, 17:29
MLB Batting Stats: .231 / .307 / .368 (40-point drop on the SLG - Even with Universal DH) -- nm* - budice Apr 27, 16:49 3
- Welp, time to invert the mound. -- nm - Baruno Apr 27, 18:31 1
  - I honestly don’t know why they don’t for multiple reasons. - Will Hunting Apr 27, 18:33
- Yeesh 🤢 -- nm - Krusty Apr 27, 18:30
STIS. Let’s see if anyone recognizes this person. Relatively famous in their chosen field in the past. Who is this? -- (pic) - Will Hunting Apr 27, 16:48 [Attachment] 5
- Lex Luger -- nm - The Allfather Apr 27, 16:54 2
  - Yep. - Will Hunting Apr 27, 16:57 1
    - It’s a cautionary tale about steroids. -- nm - The Allfather Apr 27, 16:58
- is it - Reagen Apr 27, 16:50 1
  - Nope. Close in a way but not him. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 27, 16:54
Pro choice, pro science, pro wrestling sign guy is problematic. - the wrong element Apr 27, 16:44
The Australian government in 3 parts -- (link) - mafic Apr 27, 16:29
Jason Sudeikis served Child Custody docs to Olivia Wilde while she was onstage at CinemaCon -- (link*) - budice Apr 27, 15:59 15
- It seems this happening in Vegas, isn't staying in Vegas. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 27, 16:25 1
  - well played sir -- nm - budice Apr 27, 16:26
- It's at the discretion of the server. In my experience they are unknown to both parties. -- (edited) - loosilu Apr 27, 16:18
- I mean, he didn't personally do it. This is on the person that's actually serving the papers. -- nm - Krusty Apr 27, 16:08 6
  - That’s less fun. -- nm - znufrii Apr 27, 16:13 2
    - He'll get shit for it nonetheless -- nm - Krusty Apr 27, 16:14 1
      - Especially from Wilde's attorneys. -- nm - loosilu Apr 27, 16:20
  - I have to imagine people that do this for a living are a shady bunch of people. -- nm - Krusty Apr 27, 16:09 2
    - knew where she would be, so easy to find. -- nm - Beaker Apr 27, 16:10 1
      - where are you suppose dto go if you want to be sure to find her? - loosilu Apr 27, 16:18
- that wasn't very ted lasso-ish of him -- nm - Beaker Apr 27, 16:05 1
  - More Led Tasso -- nm - budice Apr 27, 16:07
- CinemaCon will reevaluate its safety protocols following an incident on April 26 in which Olivia Wilde was reportedly served with custody papers -- (link) - budice Apr 27, 16:04 2
  - From what I have learned the last few months, security is concentrated backstage. -- nm - loosilu Apr 27, 16:19 1
    - at a minimum the lawyers will ad a few new sentences to the buying/getting/using of an admission ticket. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 27, 16:30
This would be the goddamnned funniest possible outcome of this -- (link) - Reagen Apr 27, 15:52 3
- Weirdly I feel like wasting that $1 billion would be dumber than wasting 44. -- nm - Max Apr 27, 17:44
- If he is to give up, please do it quickly, will ya? (NM) - Marlowe Apr 27, 16:18
- yay -- nm - mud Apr 27, 15:59
Rikki, don't! Lose that number. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 15:40
Sure, mortgage servicer, I’ll refi my mortgage with you at a rate two full percentage points higher than what I’m paying you now. -- nm - znufrii Apr 27, 15:35
today's Spelling Bee had 4 different panagrams - I think that's the most I've seen - prayformojo Apr 27, 15:31
Hmm. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 27, 15:23 4
- That escalated quickly. From depression to vibrators! -- nm - Qale Apr 27, 18:47 1
  - Hah! Hustle culture is a trip. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 20:35
- FUCK THAT SHIT. Now gimme some more Oreos. My ass isn't fat enough yet. -- nm - Mop Apr 27, 16:11 1
  - Sorry, I can't hear you over the trail mix I'm eating with smarties I mixed into it -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 16:13
Dune: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Stillsuits -- (link*) - Beryllium Apr 27, 15:20
for dinner: Mango pancakes. Adding some fresh mangoes to the batter, and steeping some in the syrup as well -- nm - prayformojo Apr 27, 15:12 7
- Victorious! I didn't add the mango to the batter - I put the batter on the griddle and then spooned on mango. The pancakes all cooked and held - prayformojo Apr 27, 16:12 1
  - (and they were *delicious* - very sweet but really really yummy) -- nm - prayformojo Apr 27, 16:13
- mango pancakes were one of my big fails in this area - Reagen Apr 27, 15:15 4
  - hmmm -- nm - prayformojo Apr 27, 15:36 1
    - It's okay, you'll succeed where he failed, because you used ripe mangoes. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 15:47
  - NOW you tell him. -- nm - spamlet Apr 27, 15:30 1
    - this is what happens when you don't want to pay the consulting fees. -- nm - Reagen Apr 27, 15:45
The Dr Pepper Dark Berry is pretty tasty. Much better than Coke's Starlight -- nm - TWuG Apr 27, 15:12
DTL: Why yes, I have taken a screenshot of that season. - Baruno Apr 27, 15:08 4
- Congrats! Meanwhile I’m heading to the RTT -- nm - Dano Apr 27, 16:05
- Nice! We’re hanging a banner and punched our ticket as well. - spamlet Apr 27, 15:19 1
  - We've punched nothing officially, but we're 5th in the at-large pool atm so 🤞 - Baruno Apr 27, 16:53
- I’ve gone the opposite…played myself into the PTT -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 27, 15:09
10 cities with some homes under $150,000 (note that's still half or more under the median price) -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 27, 14:15 3
- Shocked to find Honolulu and St. Pete on that list. -- nm - Mop Apr 27, 15:06
- The friends house from yesterday was $135K and in Ohio somewhere. I assume that's a mansion price for that area. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 14:31 1
  - It's about 3 miles from my house. I bought my house for $107.9k back in 07. -- nm - Ender Apr 27, 19:32
Baseball: Bench clearing brawl -- (link) - Remlik Apr 27, 14:06 10
- The ball missed Arenado by a foot…the Cards bounced one off Alonso’s helmet last night…and Arenado’s trying to start a brawl? - Will Hunting Apr 27, 16:53 1
  - yup. 100% word -- nm - Beaker Apr 27, 16:59
- You know instead of coming all the way from the bullpen to the field just make a b line to the other bullpen and cut them off -- nm* - eag Apr 27, 14:25 1
  - Good idea and start chucking baseballs as you run at them. -- nm* - Krusty Apr 27, 14:57
- Let them fight. -- nm - zunk xometimes Apr 27, 14:13 1
  - My new favorite cardinal. -- (link) - zunk xometimes Apr 27, 14:15
- The weather's too nice for that, you philistines. -- nm - Max Apr 27, 14:12
- And the horse you rode in on, Mets! -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 27, 14:11 2
  - YEAH, TIM!!! -- nm - David Apr 27, 14:47 1
    - :( -- nm - Tim Apr 27, 15:12
Somehow I feel like Harry Styles it out of Florence Pugh's league. -- (link) - Mop Apr 27, 14:02 18
- I could agree or disagree if I knew who Styles is. I know who Pugh is. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 27, 14:34 7
  - Headlined Coachella the past 2 weekends... -- nm - Beaker Apr 27, 14:44 5
    - I would be very impressed if I knew what Coachella is. - Marlowe Apr 27, 15:01 4
      - He was the main heartthrob in One Direction before he went on his own. -- nm - pmb Apr 27, 15:33 3
        
        He was also one of the three main soldiers in Dunkirk -- nm - Roger More Apr 27, 16:24 2
        
        He also is the reason why we had a movie called After. -- nm - Qale Apr 27, 18:53
        
        I totally forgot this and thought his superhero cameo was his first role. -- nm - Max Apr 27, 17:49
  - He's an actor in an upcoming marvel movie, I hear, after a short appearance in one last year. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 14:36
- Florence Pugh, currently living with Zach Braff - director of Last Kiss - who's gambling she'll do a bedroom scene with Styles and not get pregnant. -- nm - Max Apr 27, 14:10
- Harry Styles fanbase is vocal beyond belief and it’s literally a tiny segment of teen girls. -- nm - MDH Apr 27, 14:06 5
  - Well, not just teen girls. -- nm - Qale Apr 27, 14:09 2
    - We don’t want to forget Beaker. -- nm - spamlet Apr 27, 15:31 1
      - (my girls mainly :) ) -- nm - Beaker Apr 27, 18:26
  - Mop has obviously offended them and is scrambling to make sure their ire is focussed on someone else - Roger More Apr 27, 14:08 1
    - Hey, I love Harry's music. But Florence is too good for him. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 27, 14:09
- Shut your mouth. It's the opposite. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 27, 14:05 2
  - Yeah, the only one worthy of Florence Pugh at this point is Hailee Steinfeld. -- nm - David Apr 27, 14:08 1
    - Concur. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 14:24
Squabble Lets You Beat Other People at Wordle in Real Time -- (link) - budice Apr 27, 13:45 5
- If this is timed, I'd finish at the bottom. Some times it takes me quite a while to come up with another guess -- nm - crash davis Apr 27, 16:01
- Fight Club lets you beat other people. - Mop Apr 27, 13:58 1
  - Weren’t supposed to talk about it. -- nm - Qale Apr 27, 14:06
- Graphics make me think Among Us, which I still find too complex to play, but I'd like Amongle: guess six visual clues to determine the killer. -- nm - Max Apr 27, 13:47 1
  - That would be fun. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 27, 13:58
Are you in the mood for a lovely bittersweet song? Here's one. -- (edited) - Max Apr 27, 13:45 [youtube]

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