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Happy national soft serve day! I'll have to stop in Carvel on my way home this afternoon. -- nm - Krusty Aug 19, 06:48
And our water is off. Guess I’m not doing laundry today. - znufrii Aug 19, 06:41 2
- Time to head to the shore early!! -- nm - decline Aug 19, 06:48 1
  - I wish :) - znufrii Aug 19, 06:49
I've been laid up the last couple days with my back. Viewing: Obi-Wan A- though I have a problem with it. (spoils) Beavis/But-head do universe C+ - sycor Aug 19, 06:25 1
- the new Beavis movie was decent enough. But their new episodes are hilarious -- nm - Jovian Aug 19, 06:51
Surprise! The Convoy idiots also can't follow basic tenant rules! -- (link) - Reagen Aug 19, 06:17 4
- I'm shocked! Shocked, I say -- nm - St. Epiphany Aug 19, 06:23
- FREEDOM!!!! -- nm - Andie Aug 19, 06:22 2
  - HIPPO! -- nm - oblique Aug 19, 07:01
  - ha -- (link) - Reagen Aug 19, 06:25
I've seen this Strong Towns website moving quickly across social media, appearing to be "grass roots". I'm very skeptical. - colin Aug 19, 06:14 17
- Semi related I guess but this episode of Ezra Klein's podcast touched on this issue and was pretty interesting -- (link) - oblique Aug 19, 06:55 1
  - cool, thank you! -- nm - colin Aug 19, 06:56
- Spamlet is a fan of that site, iinm, and has mentioned it here before. It’s been around for a while, I’ve browsed it from time to time. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 19, 06:32 3
  - i agree a LOT needs to change, but the anti-gov/pro-capitalism stance is not something i can get behind. maybe i'm just getting bad takes from - colin Aug 19, 06:51 2
    - I find it very believable that people are misrepresenting the site to suit their own ends, yes. -- nm - znufrii Aug 19, 06:54 1
      - too true. people on our local subreddit have been ranting about zoning for weeks now and it's getting weird.... -- nm - colin Aug 19, 06:55
- I haven't seen this site before but I do agree with them on some of their points. Of course, what's good for my city may not work as well - Krusty Aug 19, 06:29 3
  - I'll also say that Houston is one of the most poorly designed cities in the country. I hear they're slowly trying to make some changes but it's -- (edited) - Krusty Aug 19, 06:33 2
    - and that's the thing with the disconnect.. how do you look at Houston, an absolute mess, as an example of how good this is. - colin Aug 19, 06:49 1
      - Yeah, that's not a city anyone should be looking towards as a model of what to do. That's worrisome. -- nm - Krusty Aug 19, 07:03
- removing single family zoning and parking minimums *are* positive moves, FWIW. -- nm - Reagen Aug 19, 06:23 6
  - Yeah I think locally the best reason to avoid building up is that it blocks the sun for some people. -- (edited) - con_carne Aug 19, 06:48 1
    - oh that's a big no-no according to them. if you require affordable housing units, developers will simply not build. -- nm - colin Aug 19, 06:53
  - agreed. there is an odd disconnect between what the site says and what people who are saying. there are a lot of podcasts and i wonder if the message - colin Aug 19, 06:36 2
    - It wouldn’t surprise me at all for it to have been co-opted by pro-developer political actors mostly ignoring what the site is actually about. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 19, 06:47 1
      - the guy that started it seems genuine.. i have seen a lot of criticism that he has no understanding of city finances - colin Aug 19, 06:54
  - We seem pretty close to getting rid of the parking minimums we have but it's a tougher fight than it should be. -- nm - Krusty Aug 19, 06:34
Amazon going big, or going home, with their Thurs Night NFL stream—some new options will be available… -- (link) - Flavorize Aug 19, 06:06 2
- oh boy, it'll autoplay. that's super fun. -- nm - colin Aug 19, 06:15
- Well, guess I won’t be watching Amazon on Thursday’s. I don’t even want to be considered as having watched that shit. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 19, 06:15
Covid positive on the first day of school. Coming to you live from the basement until Tuesday. - Volnelk Aug 19, 06:01 6
- well, that's not great. -- nm - Andie Aug 19, 06:42
- Damn. Sorry. :-( -- nm - Krusty Aug 19, 06:35
- damn, that's no good :( -- nm - colin Aug 19, 06:16
- dang it! very sorry. Feel better soon. So what shows are you binging ? -- nm - St. Epiphany Aug 19, 06:11
- Ugh, sorry -- nm - ty97 Aug 19, 06:02 1
  - There’s no great time, but logistically this is a real pain. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 19, 06:10
Framed #161 - 1/6 - one of the easier opening frames they've had - prayformojo Aug 19, 05:02 2
- Framed: 1/6. Moviedle: 4/6. Actorle: 1/8 - Marlowe Aug 19, 06:58
- Yup. -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 19, 05:40
#Heardle #176 - 1/6 - prayformojo Aug 19, 05:01
Beast 76% (44/14), Dragon Ball Super 96% (27/1), Orphan First Kill 70% (39/17), Spin Me Round 54% (25/21), The Immaculate Room 44% (4/5) -- nm - Beaker Aug 19, 04:46
TV PSA: Smackdown, Killer Camp, Gold Rush, Secret Celebrity Renovation, AEW Rampage, Primal, Bad Sisters, Making the Cut, Surface, Surfside Girls, -- nm - Beaker Aug 19, 04:35 5
- ahhhh. I was wondering if we would ever see the Killer Camp burnoff. - Jovian Aug 19, 06:41
- Sprung, Trying, Spin Me Round, Cuphead Show, Echoes, Girl in the Mirror, Kleo, Glow Up, The Next 365 Days, Orphan First Kill, Top Gear America, -- nm - Beaker Aug 19, 04:36 3
  - MLB, RuPaul, Evil By Design, Love Island, The Rehearsal, Superspreader, Five Days at Memorial, other stuff; new The Sandman episode -- nm - Beaker Aug 19, 04:38 2
    - Krusty alert - new show from the makers of Travel Man - Hobby Man, starts in the UK tonight. -- nm - LMS Aug 19, 04:41 1
      - Oooh, I'll definitely check it out. Thanks!! And Joe Lycett is great doing Travel Man. -- nm* - Krusty Aug 19, 04:50
If you looking for a creepy new show Red Rose is coming to Netflix (it's being compared to Black Mirror but with more social realism). -- (link) - LMS Aug 19, 04:34 [youtube]
Canadian PSA: if you have a Gamestop near you, you can check if they have this Star Wars remote control droid for $5 (regular $53) in stock -- (link) - Beaker Aug 19, 04:30 3
- nice catch, i would have bought a couple for toy drives, but none anywhere near me. -- nm - Andie Aug 19, 05:55 1
  - I have about a dozen action figures and other stuff saved up for Christmas time from $5 Fridays :) I always grab them and then donate at Christmas -- nm - Beaker Aug 19, 06:44
- here is full $5 Friday list (not really a good week except for a couple huge markdowns; the Jabba Skiff is another great one $45 to $5) -- (link) - Beaker Aug 19, 04:32
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Aug 19, 04:24 [Attachment]
Wordle 426 4/6 - prayformojo Aug 19, 04:23 3
- 3 - 426 - GregW Aug 19, 14:37
- X - decline Aug 19, 05:50
- 4/6 - oblique Aug 19, 05:30
The conditions on the pick for the Sean Monahan trade are absurdly complicated -- (link) - Reagen Aug 19, 03:59 [Image] 1
- 1st rounder for taking on some cap is nice regardless :) (with Price likely out all season they might be able to do another like this) -- nm - Beaker Aug 19, 04:55
Sounds like Ukraine fucked up a whole bunch of Russia's shit -- (link) - Reagen Aug 19, 03:22
I hate WOTC's new Wizards Presents format. I don't need all this MtG fluff getting in the way of my D&D news. -- nm - Ender Aug 19, 01:13 1
- An alternate take, it got me to watch the D&D stuff. -- nm - Qale Aug 19, 11:46
How many Sandman episodes are there? - LMS Aug 19, 01:07 3
- Bonus! -- nm - decline Aug 19, 05:51
- Whaaaaat -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 01:14
- Huh... -- nm - Ender Aug 19, 01:09
New SmugFilm - this one's about photographing a volcano erupting in Guatemala -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 19, 00:57 [youtube]
Hot take: It's not the pineapple that makes Hawaiian Pizza bad, it's the little chiclets of bland ham. -- nm - Ender Aug 19, 00:20 3
- It's both but pineapple definitely doesn't belong on a pizza. - Krusty Aug 19, 04:20
- canadian bacon? -- nm - .🎡 Aug 19, 03:55
- The ham can ruin it, that's for sure. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 00:39
Mom asked me who this guy was that kept messaging her, commenting on photos of her (how beautiful, why won't you respond to me, lets be friends) - zeitgeist Aug 19, 00:20 1
- She should block him. -- nm - Krusty Aug 19, 04:21
... phew. All the tests are passing now for the new slackertalk codebase. Now to dig into it and make sure it behaves the same. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 00:08
His Night Of Baseball Fame Has Lingered For 70 Years - crash davis Aug 19, 00:02 1
- "And then he gets called up." "Wow wow wow." "And he does it again." "The 90 year old strikes out 27 Yankees." "Yeah." - Pitch Meeting Aug 19, 00:56
Car Dealer Lot thefts are extra brazzen, cops are investigating a smash and grab, and a few missing new cars...they return... - zeitgeist Aug 18, 23:20
the high today was 29C. That's too hot .. although I barely noticed. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 22:54
What do you call someone who believes 12.5% of the Bible? - JD Aug 18, 22:44 1
- This joke is a sin. -- nm - Max Aug 18, 22:49
Blackpink - Pink Venom. Video was posted a bit over 90 min ago and there's already 12 million plus views -- (link) - JD Aug 18, 22:41 [youtube]
I tell ya, Two Point Hospital is eating up Civilization-like hours the past few days... -- nm - Ender Aug 18, 22:31 2
- All the hours into that, every level 3 starred. Two Point Campus came out last week. -- nm - Tim Aug 18, 22:48 1
  - I figured out why it didn't show up on Ps5 or steam, turns out I think I bought it on Switch. (I realized this after rebuying it for PS.) -- nm - Ender Aug 18, 22:50
You know, not a single word was mentioned about Unfinity during the Magic the Gathering announcement dump today. - Qale Aug 18, 22:15
How did I miss the show "Condor"? Was it any good? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 22:00 2
- by 3 days? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 19, 00:12 1
  - heh. that's what it's based on, and how I found out about it. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 00:17
I guess I’m not getting up early tomorrow for a run. - znufrii Aug 18, 22:00
Donate now to get a personalized message enscribed on a shell fired at Russians. -- (link) - Ender Aug 18, 21:42 9
- OK, lets do this, I'll PP $100 toward a M982 ($700) if we get some more to chip in. we can argue over what to put on it - zeitgeist Aug 18, 23:30 3
  - I vote for "Get upset about that!" -- nm - mara Aug 19, 05:01
  - Probably shouldn't do this one, but it's the first that came to mind: "Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 00:00 1
    - and a follow-up one that says "And a happy new year" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 00:00
- (Or $3k gets your message on a T-72 tank.) -- nm - Ender Aug 18, 22:30
- I kinda really want this. -- nm - Mop Aug 18, 22:02
- BRB looking up how to spell "yva neht nioj" in Cyrillic -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 21:47 2
  - Google Translate says it's the surprisingly long "Присоединиться к военно-морскому флоту" backwards. -- nm - Ender Aug 18, 22:54 1
    - Good call. Did they inherit that from the Germans or something? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 22:56
That's like five Band of Brothers alumni I count so far that are in The Offer. -- nm - Jovian Aug 18, 21:25 1
- I believe that makes them a stable. *whinny* -- nm - con_carne Aug 18, 21:26
5/6 - znufrii Aug 18, 21:05 1
- 4/6 - TWuG Aug 19, 00:06
Reddit theory thinks Brady is away from the Bucs to be part of filming for "The Masked Singer" -- (link) - Flavorize Aug 18, 20:34 1
- Life is too short for this stupidity. -- nm - Mop Aug 18, 22:03
David Wallace-Wells - The Green Transition Is Happening Fast. The Climate Bill Will Only Speed It Up. - crash davis Aug 18, 20:33
Pro Tip: if you are running from a police chase, don't bail from the car in the middle of a blackberry thicket. - zeitgeist Aug 18, 20:30 3
- Especially if you're dressed in all white clothing? I guess the real tip is don't get caught wearing white before or after Labor Day. -- nm - Max Aug 19, 01:58
- Into the thicket of it. Into the thicket of it. Ugh. -- nm - Qale Aug 18, 21:18 1
  - If there's a bustle in your hedgerow don't be alarmed now, its just a spring clean for the may queen -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 23:34
The Metra train is way short of the station. -- nm - .🎡 Aug 18, 20:03
Jared Kushner’s ‘Breaking History’ Is a Soulless and Very Selective Memoir - crash davis Aug 18, 20:02 7
- We're aware that most of these books are money-laundering schemes, right? -- nm - Reagen Aug 19, 06:27 1
  - I can see that with the shitty publishers like Regnery, but HarperCollins? -- nm - mara Aug 19, 06:41
- Dear Jared, you probably won't sell a lot of books to Donny's MAGA crowd since you made his daughter convert to Judaism. -- (edited) - howie Aug 18, 21:16
- a big part of the reason I chose to share this book review is the last sentence of the fifth paragraph -- nm - crash davis Aug 18, 20:29 1
  - The review is very goo. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 20:43
- I both wonder at the pathology of that extended family and don't really want to know. -- nm* - .🎡 Aug 18, 20:09 1
  - I just assume that the extended family tree includes Jigsaw -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 20:10
I don’t look at news for a day and that LinkedIn grifter CEO Dan Price resigned? I will have to read that article. -- nm - MDH Aug 18, 19:39 4
- He’s that credit card payment CEO who gave everyone a raise, right? What’s LinkedIn got to do with it? -- nm - Mop Aug 18, 20:50
- He has an unsavory history with allegations. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 19:45 2
  - It was all out there for years and everyone ignored it. They wouldn’t look past his social media. -- nm - MDH Aug 18, 19:50 1
    - I was surprised at who was glowing him up even within the past 12 months. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 19:54
This is the chef TikTok I was talking about—this one he really likes—it’s truly amazing btw (the video he’s reacting to) -- (link) - Flavorize Aug 18, 19:36 [tiktok] 2
- Love him and the World of Chocolate Master Chef he is watching -- nm - Pippy Aug 18, 21:15
- He appears on my FYP and is seriously great but out of place there. Heh. -- nm - Qale Aug 18, 19:59
Jesus! My power bill is twice what it usually-- Oh, whew! That's a relief! I just forgot to pay it last month! -- nm - Mop Aug 18, 19:29 1
- See, that's what I was saying the other... Wait, what?! -- nm - Qale Aug 18, 21:20
An RC truck at a playground -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 18, 19:19 [flickr]
Sounds like this dr jen person knows what's up -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 18, 19:11
Oh, Tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim... - David Aug 18, 19:09
OMG. The She-Hulk post credit scene -- nm - JD Aug 18, 18:57 1
- Right??? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 19:10
STIS Poll: Going rate for the Tooth Fairy? - Flavorize Aug 18, 18:47 1
- I just paid mine $320 for an hour. She does great work. - howie Aug 18, 19:01
NXT UK are releasing people -- (edited) - Remlik Aug 18, 18:19 8
- They got rid of Trent Seven but kept the sexual assaulter. -- nm - David Aug 18, 19:08 2
  - Which one? - Will Hunting Aug 18, 19:32 1
    - Jordan Devlin, who is Finn Balor's protege. -- nm - David Aug 18, 20:24
- They’re basically on hiatus for 6 months so makes some sense…? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 18:31 2
  - They just announced WWE Europe, though. -- nm - David Aug 18, 19:07 1
    - It’s launching in 2023 at some time so the show is on hiatus. - Will Hunting Aug 18, 19:31
- NJPW and Starrdom will have a PPV in NYC - Remlik Aug 18, 18:21 1
  - Early word is that AEW people may appear. - David Aug 18, 19:10
So it’s been at least 26 years of dumbass names. -- (link) - Will Hunting Aug 18, 18:12
I've got to give it up to the band Monster Truck for sounding exactly like you would think the band Monster Truck sounds like. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 18:01
pfm is shocked that Mac’s favourite GoT character is Melisandre as though her childhood wasn’t in a creepy house with a ghost and an unexplained box -- nm - Roger More Aug 18, 17:57 3
- Yup -- nm - Pippy Aug 18, 21:16
- touche -- nm - prayformojo Aug 18, 18:18
- Fair point. -- nm - The Allfather Aug 18, 17:57
I am still shocked that 70yo Pete Carroll didn't retire after last season. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 18, 17:49 2
- They are a mess—honestly, it’s obvious it was a Carroll or Russ choice the Seahawks had to make—the fact they chose Carroll is confounding -- nm - Flavorize Aug 18, 18:11
- I think he loves the thought of a new challenge and is free rolling this year. We will see how he feels in week 10. -- nm - The Allfather Aug 18, 17:58
Nobody loves Pez -- nm - JD Aug 18, 17:47

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