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New business plan; Sell vodka 'flavored' something on the basis by using the best clear, odorless, tasteless vodka that something tastes exactly like - JD Aug 23, 14:37 3
- I want to understand how Tito's Vodka essentially came out of nowhere is now *thee* vodka to request when ordering vodka drinks? -- (edited) - Jovian Aug 23, 14:55 1
  - I think it became a thing because it's good vodka, and cheaper than other vodkas of similar quality. I also love that the guy who started has the - pmb Aug 23, 14:57
- JD Brewery and Distillery's Vodka-Flavoured Corndogs -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 14:39
So, let's say Ted Lasso really ends after season 3. - David Aug 23, 14:31 3
- Depends. Will it have a plain and frank way of highlighting that the nature of American football is more prone to CTE than soccer? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 14:38
- Kansas City Chiefs? -- nm - Max Aug 23, 14:34 1
  - No. I would pay so much money to see Roy Kent coach Kyrie - JD Aug 23, 14:40
AEW: Wardlow is good guy -- (link) - Remlik Aug 23, 14:23 1
- I saw this yesterday, and I swooned. -- nm - David Aug 23, 14:28
Dune trailer for PS5.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 23, 14:10 2
- Game companies, here's the deal. It's a videogame. Absence of anything gameplay-related means your trailer does zilch to me. - Marlowe Aug 23, 14:40
- I'm not sold on that voice actor's delivery, but the audio and visual there look good. -- nm - Max Aug 23, 14:20
I will say that the new PS5 controller looks and feels amazing. -- nm - David Aug 23, 14:03 1
- Sure, you start taking design cues from the Xbox controller, you're going to end up with a good controller. -- nm - Mop Aug 23, 14:05
Judge responds to yesterdays filing from team DJT (updated with a better link) -- (link*) - Jovian Aug 23, 13:59 4
- Lol -- nm - znufrii Aug 23, 14:22
- In other words: Do your fucking homework. -- nm - Mop Aug 23, 14:04
- judge probably: i see what you are trying to do, thanks for putting ME on the hook to either bend to your political hackery or I'm the villain -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 23, 14:02 1
  - Trump appointed judge who is anti-vax and made a defendant appear in court who had covid. -- nm - Jovian Aug 23, 14:09
Universal sending "Halloween Ends" to Peacock day and date with theatrical release (in what is another completely idiotic decision). -- nm - MDH Aug 23, 13:52 5
- Good, the wife and I don't go to movie theaters anymore period end of story. Which is why I am seeing Maverick tonight for the first time ever. - Bacon Aug 23, 14:58
- Another correct decision, just like they did with the last one. -- nm - David Aug 23, 13:53 3
  - It's a great decision if like tens of millions sitting on the table, but who am I to judge. -- nm - MDH Aug 23, 13:57 2
    - The people who watch on Peacock aren't the ones who watch in theaters. Halloween Kills earned $92 million domestically with 1.2 million... - David Aug 23, 14:00
    - No one cares about that anymore. It's all about the streaming customers. - sycor Aug 23, 13:59
Sweeney Todd revival starring Josh Groban & Annaleigh Ashford, directed by Thomas Kail a go. Looking at a $14.5M capitalization. -- nm - MDH Aug 23, 13:48 3
- *smh* -- nm - znufrii Aug 23, 13:55 1
  - That capitalization number is astounding. I mean I know it's 2022, but goodness this thing has to be HUGE to recoup. -- nm - MDH Aug 23, 13:57
- My former boss is playing Sweeney Todd in a local production this fall! -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 23, 13:50
Poll: Favorite tea? - crash davis Aug 23, 13:46 21
- Celebrity -- nm - budice Aug 23, 14:54
- I've never experimented with different flavors of tea. I drink Lipton which is black tea and a low graded one at that. :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 23, 14:47
- Mr. -- nm - rollo Aug 23, 14:42
- something orangey, lemongrass or chai. -- nm - Reagen Aug 23, 14:04
- coffee -- nm - mud Aug 23, 14:00
- The Rose got me into just squeezing some lemon into a cup of hot water. green tean, mint or orange with whatever hippy weeds they steep these days -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 23, 14:00
- THC -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 23, 13:58
- Chamomile make tummy feel good -- nm - con_carne Aug 23, 13:56
- "Team Pigeon Water" -- nm - David Aug 23, 13:52 3
  - is this Ted Lasso ref? -- nm - Jovian Aug 23, 13:56 2
    - Yup. -- nm - David Aug 23, 13:56 1
      - heh. this is one of my favorite recurring themes -- nm - Jovian Aug 23, 14:00
- I get matcha and sift it with lemon, cinnamon, honey, and oat milk for a latte. -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 23, 13:49 2
  - That sounds interesting. I haven't really tried matcha -- nm - crash davis Aug 23, 13:53 1
    - It's gooooooooood. -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 23, 13:55
- Haven't found one. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 13:48
- Not really a tea person, but I like peppermint or hibiscus herbal tea. English breakfast otherwise. -- nm - znufrii Aug 23, 13:48
- "Earl Grey, hot." - Spawn Aug 23, 13:47 2
  - correct inside and outside message -- nm - Jovian Aug 23, 13:55
  - you just know that on the Enterprise, someone would like their Earl Grey hotter or cooler - but every replicator is programmed to Picard's precise - crash davis Aug 23, 13:50
- Constant Comment and Mint -- nm - Max Aug 23, 13:46
LOL, YouGov is really out here polling a 3 way 2024 race: Dem: Biden, GOP: DeSantis, Independent: Trump -- nm - MDH Aug 23, 13:37 8
- hah, I misread that as candidates and their parties. -- nm* - Max Aug 23, 13:46
- And also Dem: Biden, GOP: Trump, Independent: Cheney -- nm - MDH Aug 23, 13:38 6
  - And according to those polls, Cheney pulls more votes from Biden than Trump. -- nm - Dano Aug 23, 13:44 5
    - Pretty much the reason we can be pretty sure she won't run as an Independent, I'd say. -- nm - mara Aug 23, 13:47 2
      - if she runs what does she run as? GOP doesn't want her. -- nm - Remlik Aug 23, 13:49 1
        
        I think she would run for the GOP nom if only to gauge the non-Trump waters, and to get her message out. She'd be good on the debate stage. -- nm - mara Aug 23, 13:52
    - IMO that's a given though. -- nm - MDH Aug 23, 13:45 1
      - I have a feeling that would flatten out some though as her position on issues came out. She's astoundingly conservative policy wise. -- nm - pmb Aug 23, 13:59
Muskrats throwing their kids in front moving vehicles to prove a point? Sounds about right. -- (link) - znufrii Aug 23, 13:36
He is really really bad at this. Doesnt he know maga red means literally no to vegetables? -- (link*) - Jovian Aug 23, 13:34
After an embarrassing amount of deliberation, I have chosen my Below Deck crew for Operation Super Yacht Heist - Dano Aug 23, 13:34 5
- A Canadian is going to captain a boat heist and stay loyal? -- nm - Max Aug 23, 13:40 1
  - I should probably switch that to Jason. I mean, he's Australian. -- nm - Dano Aug 23, 13:43
- Aw, I thought it would be Slackers. -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 23, 13:40 1
  - How are you at throwing a heaving line? -- nm - Dano Aug 23, 14:20
- Fine. I'll set up a Google Doc. -- nm - David Aug 23, 13:37
Twitter is not happy over Annie Leibovitz’s photos for Vogue of Ketanji Brown Jackson -- (link) - znufrii Aug 23, 13:23 3
- I knew what the problem would be before I clicked... and they're right. -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 23, 13:39 2
  - It's actually kind of shockingly bad for a professional photographer. Especially one of her caliber. -- nm* - pmb Aug 23, 13:58
  - It's not the first time. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 13:47
MLB - Results of Pitch Clock use in the Minor Leagues -- (link) - budice Aug 23, 13:16 4
- wow, I would not have guessed that only one facet would be changed -- nm - crash davis Aug 23, 13:23 3
  - Pitch clocks rock -- nm - JD Aug 23, 13:29 2
    - based on those results, I would agree -- nm - crash davis Aug 23, 13:30 1
      - My opinion is based on watching Olympic softball and it just seemed that without impacting anything else the games moved right along -- nm - JD Aug 23, 13:35
Dead Island 2 out in 2023 in Feb after years of delay -- (link) - Remlik Aug 23, 13:11
Cryptocurrency Law: Recent Legal Developments on Non-fungible Tokens - crash davis Aug 23, 13:07
In 1000 years all this mind-melting bullshit we're living through will be consolidated into a 3-page history chapter titled "Fallout From WW2" -- nm - rollo Aug 23, 13:02 10
- Ha! Like there's going to be anybody left in 1000 years to write it. -- nm - pmb Aug 23, 13:25 3
  - The dolphins, maybe. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 23, 13:28 2
    - Or the land sharks -- nm - Dano Aug 23, 13:43 1
      - and those snakes with the legs that we gave them -- nm - JD Aug 23, 13:52
- the beginning of the Anthropocene Epoch -- nm - crash davis Aug 23, 13:21
- "Rise of computers" -- nm - David Aug 23, 13:16
- Or "preamble to WW3" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 13:07 1
  - Ah, yes, the inter-war period. -- nm - Mop Aug 23, 14:07
- "Do you know who they remember from the 1700s for bein' nice? No one." -- nm - Reagen Aug 23, 13:05
- Three pages is probably generous. - znufrii Aug 23, 13:04
Historic Thefts: The Mona Lisa and Legal Quests for Repatriation - crash davis Aug 23, 12:55
Sharks evolving to walk on land -- (link) - znufrii Aug 23, 12:52 8
- adapting seems more accurate than evolving. -- nm - Max Aug 23, 13:19
- Spiders learning to swim would be worse. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 23, 13:18
- "Plumber ma'am" -- nm - rollo Aug 23, 13:07 1
  - "...Candygram." -- nm - JaxSean Aug 23, 13:17
- Can't you feel them circling, honey? Can't you feel them swimming around? - David Aug 23, 13:04
- oh, and of course it is in Australia -- nm - crash davis Aug 23, 12:57
- good, they can fight pfm's snakes-in-robotic-vehicles -- nm - crash davis Aug 23, 12:56 1
  - yes! -- nm - mud Aug 23, 13:04
Tales from the Borderlands new chapter Oct. 21 -- (link) - Remlik Aug 23, 12:38 1
- Nice! I'll have to figure out who owns these now. -- nm - David Aug 23, 12:57
Reagen - Episode 4 is my favorite episode of The Rehearsal -- nm - Dano Aug 23, 12:35 1
- mmhmmm. -- nm - amanda Aug 23, 12:38
Crash News: New video game to get for Trish! -- (link) - Remlik Aug 23, 12:28 [youtube] 1
- for your sake, I'll tell her it is being made but I will leave your name out of it -- nm - crash davis Aug 23, 12:30
Krusty's post below reminded me. The NC Lt. Gov. doesn't think kids 5th grade or below should learn history or science. Oh and gays are evil. - sycor Aug 23, 12:24 9
- I mean this is how teachers are treated on Fox News -- (link) - Jovian Aug 23, 13:06 1
  - good grief -- nm - mud Aug 23, 13:41
- Idiocracy's time is coming. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 23, 12:41
- It really is quite astounding the damage that DJT has done at all levels throughout the entire country. -- nm - Jovian Aug 23, 12:39 2
  - He's just picking at the scab. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 12:43 1
    - He pulled the scab off. Gave license to all these fascist Americans just waiting to let their Nazi fly. - Jovian Aug 23, 12:48
- Jebus. :-( -- nm - Krusty Aug 23, 12:30 1
  - I think our Gov. is coming to his term limit. I just pray there is a good Democrat to help prevent this guy from becoming Gov. -- nm - sycor Aug 23, 12:32
- history and science are highly overrated, sycor -- nm - decline Aug 23, 12:27
ty97: I guess we won't overlap in Estonia. That would have been funny. -- nm - MDH Aug 23, 12:16
"This is UPS International Express. You have been an international package that is about to be returned. If you need to inquire about Chinese. Please - decline Aug 23, 12:13 1
- must be that brick of heroin -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 23, 12:14
Tempted to arrange sailing for tomorrow, but the forecast shows there's going to be basically zero wind. -- (pic) - Beryllium Aug 23, 12:12 [Attachment] 2
- Row instead? -- nm - budice Aug 23, 12:13 1
  - Actually, if one of the co-op members has got the dinghy fixed up, that might be an option. Row out and drop some crab traps. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 12:15
is the proposed SL forgiveness UG only? or grad too? do we know? -- nm - amanda Aug 23, 12:10 6
- I’m fairly certain they would have floated that limitation prior to announcing, and I haven’t seen anything of that sort, so I expect it would apply to both. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 23, 12:15 2
  - and what if I'm still in school and have debt/am still incurring debt? -- nm - amanda Aug 23, 12:38 1
    - Unclear. I haven’t heard anything that specifically addresses currently enrolled students and/or those whose loans haven’t yet entered repayment. -- nm* - znufrii Aug 23, 12:41
- all -- nm - budice Aug 23, 12:11 2
  - what if I refied? am I still eligible? (note that I have no debt.) -- nm - amanda Aug 23, 12:14 1
    - If you refied with private loans, I’m assuming you’re probably SOL. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 23, 12:16
ST Poll: How many people in your company directory share your first name? - oblique Aug 23, 12:05 21
- Zero. -- nm - pmb Aug 23, 14:02
- In my school I am one of…6, I think? Kellys. (Although only one other spells her name the same way I do) - kelly Aug 23, 13:51
- Uhhh I would imagine hundreds if not thousands. -- nm - MDH Aug 23, 13:45
- Zero - JD Aug 23, 13:22
- Only 3, which is pretty shocking. Our directory covers all of North America and Europe. -- nm - Andie Aug 23, 13:17
- 0, 1 with alternate spelling. -- nm - Reagen Aug 23, 13:12
- I am the alpha and the Alpha and the Omega of House David. -- nm - David Aug 23, 12:58
- 24 if you include variants. -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 23, 12:52
- 10 including myself. -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 23, 12:34
- 1. Or rather, used to be. Now I'm the only one. -- nm* - Beryllium Aug 23, 12:32 1
  - There can be only one -- nm - oblique Aug 23, 12:35
- Studio wide (200 or so) none, Xbox studios wide about 180, including one [email protected]. 3 others have my last name. -- nm - Max Aug 23, 12:19
- 18 out of ~4000 -- nm - JaxSean Aug 23, 12:16
- 81 -- nm - St. Epiphany Aug 23, 12:15
- None. And my name is not uncommon. -- nm - sycor Aug 23, 12:13
- Ummm…probably a lot? -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 23, 12:12
- zero -- nm - crash davis Aug 23, 12:08
- I'm unique! The broader organization has 40+ though. -- nm - Roger More Aug 23, 12:08
- we have a mary catherine, but if you called her mary, she would be displeased. so zero, but one. but zero. -- nm - amanda Aug 23, 12:07 1
  - I worked with an Anna-Lisa once. I teased her and asked which she preferred, Anna or Lisa, she didn't get both. - sycor Aug 23, 12:14
- zero -- nm - decline Aug 23, 12:06
Banning books is insane and every story I read about it just infuriates me. Here's one about a man whose book is banned in the school that bears his -- (edited) - Krusty Aug 23, 12:03 2
- Reading While Incarcerated Saved Me. So Why Are Prisons Banning Books? - crash davis Aug 23, 12:13 1
  - Good article and he's so right. -- nm - Krusty Aug 23, 12:21
Reagan: I would not try a Poutine Mac. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 12:03 2
- What about a McDonalds version of a French taco? - Roger More Aug 23, 12:06 1
  - I try (unsuccessfully) to avoid the beef, so I usually just have chicken or fish. - Beryllium Aug 23, 12:16
I weirdly think that episode 4 was my favorite. -- nm - amanda Aug 23, 12:02

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