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Messier aged like a bald dude, meaning he looked ancient at 35 and just stayed that way. - Reagen May 6, 12:50 1
- Tru dat. Likely still has a shift or two in him -- nm - budice May 6, 12:52
Russia has apparently withdrawn most of its forces from Mariupol, which is frankly boggling. -- (link) - Reagen May 6, 12:35 6
- Apparently Ukraine has not been able to contact anyone there in days, an electrician gave the Russians directions to get into the tunnels -- nm* - zeitgeist May 6, 12:47
- Got to get out before the nukes hit. -- nm - znufrii May 6, 12:38
- It all been stupid. Just giving others like sweden a reason to join NATO. Terrible all around -- nm* - budice May 6, 12:38
- they completed their total destruction, and are needed elsewhere. -- nm - mud May 6, 12:38 2
  - Yeah. What is left to occupy? -- nm - Dano May 6, 12:43 1
    - apparently they took lots of pix & vids with soviet era props/deco which will be on full display Monday for propaganda/parade/etc -- nm - mud May 6, 12:45
Turned on the F1 Practice session. This Miami GP track is a joke. There's like 3 turns. -- nm - MDH May 6, 12:32 3
- You would've hated the first proposed layout then. -- (edited) - RelutantCynic May 6, 12:40 2
  - OMG. It actually does seem to be, everyone is spinning and such. -- nm - MDH May 6, 12:44 1
    - It doesn't look that bad on paper, but looking at the turn-by-turn, yeesh ... - RelutantCynic May 6, 12:52
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo May 6, 12:29 [Attachment] 5
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo May 6, 12:29 [Attachment] 4
  - 1. guess -- nm - Peglegpete May 6, 12:45
  - 0/1 -- nm - RelutantCynic May 6, 12:41
  - 0/1 -- nm - decline May 6, 12:37
  - (this may be my worst performance for a week in QotD that I've ever had. I may have gotten 3 or 4 right for the week) -- nm - prayformojo May 6, 12:30
Kim??? Can you recommend a place to eat in Bloomington post-Bradley graduation? My in-laws are staying at a hotel there and we're going to grab food - oblique May 6, 12:11 3
- Biaggi's, Lucca Grill (a classic), or Destihl. - Dark Callisto May 6, 12:25 1
  - gracias! -- nm - oblique May 6, 12:36
- Don't waste your time looking. You'll never escape Peoria. All roads out lead right back in. -- nm - Baruno May 6, 12:23
chrome update: logged out on work laptop. home machine AOK. no passwordpalooza! -- nm - amanda jeans May 6, 12:07 5
- Time to get drunk yet? It's Cinco de Mayo somewhere. -- nm - Baruno May 6, 12:14 3
  - employed till 430. watching the flight attendant until then... -- nm - amanda jeans May 6, 12:16 2
    - He's not on the clock until the cabin door closes so hurry up and buckle your seat belt -- nm - zeitgeist May 6, 12:49 1
      - heh -- nm - mud May 6, 12:53
- High five! -- nm - sycor May 6, 12:09
Argh, Nathan’s switch won’t charge. - Will Hunting May 6, 12:06 4
- maybe it's just the outlet is bad. Or the dock. -- nm - sycor May 6, 12:08 3
  - Outlet has a strip working on it…multiple parts of the strip don’t work. It’s gotta be the Switch itself at this point. -- nm - Will Hunting May 6, 12:17
  - He said not dock, as that was what I was going to reply with. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 12:13 1
    - but maybe it could be the dock. -- nm - mud May 6, 12:15
I do hate car dealers. Him: "No, we can't do a deposit or hold one for you, hope you can get here". Me: "Dude, we had a good thing going on our last - oblique May 6, 12:00 6
- Everything about the dealer model of car sales needs to die a quick and violent death. -- nm - TWuG May 6, 12:21 3
  - Yeah, who wants to actually go to a lot and pick out a car any more? - Spawn May 6, 12:28 2
    - You don't need dealers to do that. They are an added layer to the purchase that adds nothing but cost and aggravation. - TWuG May 6, 12:54 1
      - That is all good and well but what about used car sales? -- nm - Spawn May 6, 12:56
- I don't follow. Are you upset that he's told you how to do an online purchase? -- nm - Mop May 6, 12:16 1
  - why not just offer that from the beginning instead of "no, we can't hold a car for you, tough luck dude, hope you make it here in time" -- nm - oblique May 6, 12:16
What’s the going rate for high school graduation gifts these days? -- (edited) - znufrii May 6, 11:50 4
- 50 dogecoin -- nm - Baruno May 6, 11:57
- Cash. I think for friends we were doing $50 but relatives I'd probably be targeting $100 -- nm - oblique May 6, 11:51 2
  - That’s about what I was thinking, but also odd that it doesn’t seem to have gone up since I graduated. -- nm - znufrii May 6, 11:54 1
    - heh, I refused all gifts when I graduated HS. Other than booze, when I got married, too. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 12:01
There's a lot to unpack in this video but it paints a pretty rosey outlook for Ukraine and a rather bleak one for Russia. - Mop May 6, 11:43 [youtube]
Hey ST lawyers, I'm genuinely curious. Is this person committing bank fraud? -- (link) - David May 6, 11:40 [youtube] 4
- Probably? - RelutantCynic May 6, 11:58 3
  - Not a jury in the country would convict. -- nm - Baruno May 6, 11:59 2
    - Quite. -- (edited) - RelutantCynic May 6, 12:02 1
      - Would a prosecutor even try it if the victim had no intention of working with the case? -- nm - Max May 6, 12:42
Why do I feel like this is a government sting operation? -- (link) - Beryllium May 6, 11:19 9
- I have a friend who sold her condo here and moved back to Indonesia, but kept the money in her Canadian bank account. She came back to get it - Guigue May 6, 11:36 2
  - That's rough :( -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 11:39 1
    - At least I get to see a friend that I haven't seen for years, it's worth it! :P -- nm - Guigue May 6, 11:46
- These tend to be legit. I did it here in PA a couple of times. Once got a few hundred back from unclaimed insurance refunds -- nm - decline May 6, 11:31
- I was able to claim a deposit held for a bond after some 30 years. -- nm - zeitgeist May 6, 11:26
- I found a $36 overpayment on a Sears credit card in Massachusetts once. -- nm - znufrii May 6, 11:24
- *His* songs! -- nm - Spawn May 6, 11:21
- heh. I've done that in IL before. I have stuff to claim but I typically forget to get whatever signed I need to get signed to claim it - oblique May 6, 11:21 1
  - I got back $50 that Best Buy has apparently owed me for 20 years. - Dark Callisto May 6, 11:51
That was quick. -- (edited) - znufrii May 6, 11:08 8
- Leave it on the curb. If the YouTube videos I watch are any indication, someone will pick it up shortly and recondition it. -- nm - Mop May 6, 11:39 4
  - I’m going to try and donate it locally, if I can find somewhere that will pick it up. -- (edited) - znufrii May 6, 11:41 1
    - see if there is a Ukrainian society doing local collections for the inevitable people who end up immigrating -- nm - Andie May 6, 12:24
  - We got rid of multiple things this way while moving out. I think the longest something sat on our curb was 6 hours. -- nm - oblique May 6, 11:40
  - "And that's how I turned this discarded dresser into a tiny home." -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 11:40
- stack them on top of each other for a massive 12 drawer! -- nm - oblique May 6, 11:20 2
  - I like the way you think. -- nm - znufrii May 6, 11:26 1
    - "Internet rabble-rouser flattened by collapsing dresser tower. News at 11." -- nm* - Baruno May 6, 11:35
Sound and Fury Festival - JD May 6, 11:05 5
- I don't see one Faulkner-inspired band name. Not one! -- nm - Baruno May 6, 11:13 2
  - Pity Sex -- nm - VMan May 6, 11:18 1
    - I'll allow it. -- nm - Baruno May 6, 11:58
- zero -- nm - Dano May 6, 11:06 1
  - these read like they were produced by some Death Metal Band Name Generator -- nm - prayformojo May 6, 11:07
Ventrelle out as President of the Raiders - abruptly. -- (link) - Diva May 6, 10:44
if I use chrome, do I just log out of chrome? -- nm - amanda May 6, 10:42 12
- Are they still having a going away party that you can't attend? -- nm - zeitgeist May 6, 12:14
- Did you bring a box of donuts for the last day? Someone told me that's required. -- nm - Baruno May 6, 11:08 2
  - 97% of our employees are remote. my building has four people in it on fridays including me. no donuts. -- nm - amanda May 6, 11:18 1
    - You're thinking about this the wrong way. Fewer people = more donuts for you! - Baruno May 6, 11:31
- are you excited? I'm excited for you :) -- nm - oblique May 6, 10:49 1
  - This! I missed the updates after the one boss acted like they didn't know. Can you catch me up? -- nm - MDH May 6, 11:00
- And clear cache and cookies and other privacy related stuff -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 10:47 5
  - but if I clear my cookies from my work machine, doesn't it clear them on all my browser sessions? I just rebuilt my profile. whine. -- nm - amanda May 6, 10:56 4
    - I think if you log out of chrome first on the laptop then it will not sync and delete the cookies on other devices. -- nm - sycor May 6, 10:59 3
      - BUT I JUST CHANGED ALL OF MY PASSWORDS!!! -- nm - amanda May 6, 11:06
      - this. -- nm - decline May 6, 11:05
      - Yes, this is what I meant. (I still think the concept of browser logins and syncing settings is super weird. Very handy, though.) -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 11:01
Seems I have found myself a Niro EV EX with cold weather package for MSRP. Black, not red but I think I can live with that as a temp car. EDIT: -- (edited) - oblique May 6, 10:40
MLB: Team Pitching ERAs. Think we found the Reds concern -- (link) - budice May 6, 10:40 6
- And this one does not belong to the Reds. -- nm - Tim May 6, 10:44
- It's ALL bad. Everything. Not one positive. -- nm - Volnelk May 6, 10:42 1
  - I like Nick Lodolo alot. -- nm - groiny May 6, 10:44
- most of that is Hunter Greene the other day -- nm - groiny May 6, 10:41 2
  - They’re 3-22….it’s not just one appearance -- nm - Will Hunting May 6, 10:58 1
    - that was a joke, Will..... - groiny May 6, 11:02
Could our resident Bobs Burgers experts tell me, on a scale of 1-10, how funny this reply is? Because I think it might be a ten. -- (link) - Beryllium May 6, 10:34 4
- I had Hot Pants Rain Dance running through my brain yesterday -- nm - Baruno May 6, 11:07 1
  - I sing "Bad Stuff Happens in the Bathroom" all the time. I get a Lou Reed vibe from it and just love it. The songs on the show are great and I'm not - Krusty May 6, 11:23
- Meh. I'm also very disappointed in Ed and anyone that doesn't watch the show. It's wonderful and funny. -- nm - Krusty May 6, 10:45 1
  - It's a funny fuckin' show. Too bad I already get my weekly laugh requirement at beach volleyball -- nm - con_carne May 6, 12:15
I knew bears got big, but holy crap -- (link) - decline May 6, 10:29 1
- Jebus! -- nm - Krusty May 6, 10:47
I’ve only been paying attention to Wrexham off and on this season, but they've got a fighting chance at promotion to the Football League. -- (edited) - znufrii May 6, 10:27 1
- Best of luck. -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 10:34
Louisiana lawmakers advance bill making abortion homicide even if Roe V. Wade isn't overturned -- (link) - oblique May 6, 10:26 10
- yes cause Louisiana needs another poverty level on top of the one they already got. - St. Epiphany May 6, 11:29
- The beatings will continue until morale improves. -- nm - znufrii May 6, 10:34
- The extent of these laws is really telling about how much it is anti-women more than pro-life. Ectopic pregnancies, that have no chance of survival - pmb May 6, 10:33 7
  - I wonder if hysterectomies' would be banned? -- nm - St. Epiphany May 6, 11:28
  - I've often said that if it truly were about reducing abortions there would be efforts for proper sex education, freely available contraception, etc. - oblique May 6, 10:35 5
    - countries with early sex ed, free contraceptives, and free abortions, legal sex work, and usually have the lowest abortion rates in the world. - colin May 6, 11:13 1
      - But so much sin! -- nm - Male Lawmakers May 6, 11:17
    - These women know what they did. -- nm - Male Lawmakers May 6, 11:07 1
      - I am enjoying the backlash on reddit from women trying to rally other women to basically shut down their dating app profiles with "no sex without - oblique May 6, 11:19
    - *ding* -- nm - znufrii May 6, 10:38
Formula 1 superstar Lewis Hamilton covered himself with chains, earrings, rings and watches in Miami as the FIA cracks down on jewelry. -- (link) - budice May 6, 10:19
The Reds started the season 2-2, just another average 0.500 start -- nm - JD May 6, 10:15
Massive explosion destroys hotel in Havana, Cuba. - Diva May 6, 10:02 6
- looks bad -- (link) - oblique May 6, 10:17 4
  - What causes an explosion like that? I don't think that looks like a gas leak. -- nm - Mop May 6, 12:05 1
    - The president has ruled out a bomb and suggestions are that it was a gas leak - Roger More May 6, 12:10
  - That's right opposite the parliament building -- nm - Roger More May 6, 12:04
  - hey, people, put down your phones and start digging. -- nm - Andie May 6, 10:38
- that's horrible. (not really relevant, but i am pretty sure i had drinks on the roof of that hotel, before it got fancy, a million years ago.) -- nm - Andie May 6, 10:15
The local Fox station 'Good Day Philly' show goes off the rails quite often because of co-host Mike Jerrick. Today was one of the best -- (link) - decline May 6, 10:02 1
- Funny because also every word he says just sounds dirtier and dirtier even though they have no real context -- nm - oblique May 6, 10:08
Kaley Cuoco looks like a young Kim Cattrall here, right? -- (link*) - Andie May 6, 10:01 6
- In some images I think Florence Pugh is close, but their lipstick accentuates differences. -- (link) - Max May 6, 10:15 2
  - yeah, i can see that one too. -- nm - Andie May 6, 10:25
  - I also think Kate Hudson sometimes. -- nm - pmb May 6, 10:19
- Yup. -- nm - budice May 6, 10:04
- Kinda, yeah. Can't know for sure unless I see her as a vulcan. -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 10:04
- I can see it -- (link) - Reagen May 6, 10:04 [Image]
some scenes from Shorsey (great job of keeping the two characters different) -- (link*) - Beaker May 6, 10:01 [youtube] 3
- I was skeptical but that's pretty good. -- nm - Reagen May 6, 13:52
- Points for "racist". -- nm - Spawn May 6, 11:21
- Heh, not bad. -- nm - Shaun May 6, 10:09
Spawn, his son sounds like someone doing an excellent busker version of Sting. -- nm - Reagen May 6, 10:00 1
- heh -- nm - Spawn May 6, 11:08
Dr Strange 2 big spoils and a question -- (edited) - Jovian May 6, 09:59 3
- Agreed. But like Hulk/Thor/Captain Marvel at various points, spoil - Spawn May 6, 11:06
- Spoilers - The Allfather May 6, 10:24
- spoils - Shaun May 6, 10:04
It wasn't exactly a choice ;-) -- (link) - JD May 6, 09:55 [Backboard] 1
- Which just happens to be the Pasadena city motto -- nm - prayformojo May 6, 09:56
Survivor: Which Streaming Services Ride or Die? -- (link) - budice May 6, 09:53
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique May 6, 09:53

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