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Towel Folding: 1,2 or 3? -- (link) - budice Oct 4, 11:33 13
- I have just transitioned from 1 to 3. I had no idea people were so towel judgy. -- nm - jnine Oct 4, 12:07 1
  - It's a classic schoolyard taunt, don't you know -- nm - Max Oct 4, 12:44
- I'm lazy so 1, but I do like 3. Makes me feel like I'm in a hotel. -- nm - Barynn Oct 4, 11:59
- 1 -- nm - Jovian Oct 4, 11:54
- 1 or 3 -- nm - decline Oct 4, 11:49
- 2 -- nm - Krusty Oct 4, 11:49
- All of the above. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 4, 11:45
- 1 or 2 -- nm - David Oct 4, 11:44
- 1 -- nm - Strongbad Oct 4, 11:38
- 1 -- nm - budice Oct 4, 11:38
- 2, I think -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 11:37
- 2 -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 11:37
- None of the above. -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 4, 11:34
STIS Poll—Susan Sarandon—what role is she best known for? -- nm - Flavorize Oct 4, 11:22 8
- Rocky Horror Picture Show (Janet) -- nm* - Spawn Oct 4, 11:38 1
  - Dammit. -- nm - Qale Oct 4, 11:52
- Annie Savoy - Bull Durham -- nm - budice Oct 4, 11:28 2
  - The rose goes in the front, big guy. -- nm - Barynn Oct 4, 11:59
  - 100 -- nm - rollo Oct 4, 11:28
- Thelma and Louise was the first movie that popped into my head. -- nm - Dano Oct 4, 11:23 2
  - this -- nm - Andie Oct 4, 12:03
  - Yeah, that or The Client (imo) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 11:30
Paying $474,000 on a baseball card for someone who has never played beyond Double A (New York Yankees prospect Jasson Dominguez) -- (link) - Beaker Oct 4, 11:22 5
- Proof that time machines (with only limited accuracy) are real. -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 11:47
- I’m sure that will pan out exactly according to plan. -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 4, 11:42
- My Todd Van Poppel card is easily 6 figures, right? -- nm - Strongbad Oct 4, 11:37 1
  - That’s a name I haven’t heard for a long time. -- nm - spamlet Oct 4, 11:59
- Not a smart move. While I hope he becomes a great player the odds are very much not in his favor. Most prospects don't turn out to be what - Krusty Oct 4, 11:29
Honest Trailers | Avatar (2022 Remastered) -- (link) - Beaker Oct 4, 11:13 [youtube]
got COVID booster at lunch. I got pfizer so I am now PPMP in vaxxes. I wonder if the switchback will cause some illness. no flu vax for me yet thanks. -- nm - amanda Oct 4, 11:06 12
- yesterday, vaxes were expired. Another appt elsewhere today -- nm - budice Oct 4, 11:09
- oh thanks for the reminder, I need to cancel my Friday vax appt - ty97 Oct 4, 11:08 9
  - Condolences -- nm - JaxSean Oct 4, 11:44
  - sorry sir. -- nm - Remlik Oct 4, 11:34
  - I’m sorry, 97. -- nm - spamlet Oct 4, 11:27
  - my condolences -- nm - decline Oct 4, 11:26
  - my condolences -- nm - peglegpete Oct 4, 11:12
  - Oh, I’m so sorry. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 4, 11:11
  - My condolences to you and your family. :-( -- nm - Krusty Oct 4, 11:11
  - So sorry. -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 11:09
  - Sorry to hear Ty. -- nm - MDH Oct 4, 11:08
- I did MMP and had none. Still waiting for 4th. -- nm* - Spawn Oct 4, 11:07
Who or what are the Try Guys? -- nm - The Allfather Oct 4, 10:59 21
- Mop will interview them at a conference I'm sure! - Remlik Oct 4, 11:21
- oh they started at Buzzfeed originally. I think I may have seen one or two of their videos back in those days. - ty97 Oct 4, 11:13
- I believe they are YouTubers which means their relevance is middling at best in The Year of Our Lord 2022? -- nm - Qale Oct 4, 11:09 2
  - Think: Food tasting BackStreet Boys—one of them was big into “family” and especially loving his wife—and of course, he cheated on her. -- nm - Flavorize Oct 4, 11:15 1
    - It does look that I was right in that they are YouTubers who somehow managed to get the opportunity to expand. When will we ever learn? -- nm - Qale Oct 4, 11:16
- Dream Face Reveal? -- nm - budice Oct 4, 11:09
- I saw something that said the truest test for an Xer is they don’t know who the Try Guys are -- nm - spamlet Oct 4, 11:04 13
  - I've heard of them before, not sure where or how, but only in passing. Until the controversy broke last week. - ty97 Oct 4, 11:07 3
    - They are apparently famous enough to get this treatment. -- (link) - The Allfather Oct 4, 11:09 [youtube] 1
      - The scandal is the best thing to happen to them. -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 11:10
    - I have been aware of them for maybe a year? I have seen maybe 10 minutes of them. -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 11:08
  - Millennial here. And I have no idea. -- nm - MDH Oct 4, 11:05
  - Never heard of them before David's post. -- nm - Krusty Oct 4, 11:05 5
    - Just watch the guy on the left. -- (link) - The Allfather Oct 4, 11:07 [youtube] 4
      - "Ned is fucking with our money" -- nm - Remlik Oct 4, 11:25
      - lol. Amy was watching that last night when I got home from the movie. (I heard it while changing clothes) -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 11:15
      - That guy looks so angry. -- nm - Krusty Oct 4, 11:13 1
        
        I’m scared of him. That’s a “I can probably get away with it” look. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 4, 11:21
  - Whoohoo! -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 4, 11:05
  - And I am an Xer! -- nm - The Allfather Oct 4, 11:05
- They are now the Tri-Guys. -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 11:01
WAP? LAPD officer Houston Tipping died after a training exercise during which he was beaten & slammed to the ground by other cops. Now his lawyer says - zork Oct 4, 10:50 4
- During the gang rape, they were in uniform with their name tags on. They also didn't have the required safety trainer present during the exercise and -- (edited) - jnine Oct 4, 12:16
- Look, do you want realistic training scenarios or don't you? -- nm - Ender Oct 4, 11:00
- JFC. -- nm - Remlik Oct 4, 10:55
- LA Confidential was a Dragnet 68 episode compared to the reality -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 4, 10:52
RIP: The Chronicle Herald in Halifax, The Cape Breton Post in Sydney, N.S., The Guardian in Charlottetown and The Telegram in St. John's -- (link) - Beaker Oct 4, 10:20 6
- Our paper stopped Saturday editions -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 10:41
- just the Monday editions...I no read well -- nm* - Beaker Oct 4, 10:21 4
  - Pretty common practice in the newspaper biz these days. -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 4, 10:38
  - Maybe you should practice with a newspaper? -- nm - spamlet Oct 4, 10:36
  - nothing really happens on Mondays anyways, Beaker -- nm - decline Oct 4, 10:22 1
    - but Tom and Gisele! -- nm - Beaker Oct 4, 10:24
Interesting article that dives deep into iPhone photography from a hardware review angle as well as how the phone camera app processes in software -- (link) - oblique Oct 4, 10:20
We are all doomed. "Living plant controls a machete through an industrial robot arm" -- (link) - decline Oct 4, 10:12 4
- kay -- nm - prayformojo Oct 4, 10:51
- Next up: goldfish-headed robot -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 10:20 2
  - wasn't that done already? -- nm - mud Oct 4, 10:23 1
    - A goldfish on an RC car, so, technically, yes. But also in Umbrella Academy. Atlas Jericho Carmichael. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 10:28
say to me please "mary, just buy the damn remote. it's twelve stupid dollars." - amanda Oct 4, 10:06 5
- Go to order the remote, get sidetracked by some nice leggings order them, and when they arrive realize you forgot to order the remote - ty97 Oct 4, 10:12 1
  - I feel so seen. -- nm - amanda Oct 4, 10:16
- Buy 2 so you have a backup!! -- nm - decline Oct 4, 10:09 1
  - I need to do this. We've reached the puppy chew stage where remotes are on the menu - St. Epiphany Oct 4, 10:27
- Buy a fancier one! $24! -- nm - ty97 Oct 4, 10:07
‘Megalopolis’ cast set (?), will be mega-epic !!! -- (link) - mud Oct 4, 10:05
NFL meeting week 4 -- (link) - Remlik Oct 4, 10:02 1
- Three of these jokes are perfect 10s. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 4, 11:29
Report: Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen have hired divorce lawyers -- (link) - budice Oct 4, 09:59 11
- Pete Davidson? ! -- (link) - mud Oct 4, 10:18
- After what's been going on the past few months, I'm not surprised. -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 4, 10:05 7
  - what's been going on the past few months? -- nm - decline Oct 4, 10:13 6
    - They've been living apart, lots of headlines implying something was not quite right even if they stopped short of using the word divorce -- nm - rollo Oct 4, 10:23 5
      - OH! This says his unretiring is what did it -- (link) - decline Oct 4, 10:33 2
        
        That's clearly been the issue. I think he's even said it was an issue. -- nm - pmb Oct 4, 10:50
        
        Makes sense -- nm - Volnelk Oct 4, 10:34
      - I think it all started unravelling back when the whole Affleck on the plane with the Nanny story came out and that Tom had been on the flight - Beaker Oct 4, 10:25 1
        
        that whole scene was a mess. - St. Epiphany Oct 4, 10:28
- That would be sad if true -- nm - ty97 Oct 4, 10:05
- !! -- nm - mud Oct 4, 10:00
This may not matter to many but the Fallout post on B2 inspired it. I am at 98.8% completion on Red Dead 2. - Volnelk Oct 4, 09:46 4
- If the controls for the game were better it would likely make my top 5. -- nm - Krusty Oct 4, 09:49 1
  - If the controls were any good, I would have played more than 5 hours. But then again, I really dislike Rockstar's stories. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 4, 10:17
- Its the greatest campaign Ive ever played through. - Jovian Oct 4, 09:47 1
  - For sure. I did that once and then went on to other games. Then my buddy went for 100% and there is SO MUCH more in the game. So much. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 4, 09:59
Oct. 4th birthdays: Susan Sarandon (76), Russell Simmons (65), Liev Schreiber (55), Alicia Silverstone (46), Melissa Benoist (34) - Max Oct 4, 09:31 [youtube] 3
- 76? *counts on fingers back to 1975* Oh yeah, that tracks. -- nm - Barynn Oct 4, 10:16
- Christoph! -- (link) - mud Oct 4, 09:40
- :))))) -- nm - peglegpete Oct 4, 09:34
Ha! Matt Levine already sent out his newsletter for today saying off tomorrow. Guess his boss disagreed. -- nm - spamlet Oct 4, 09:26
you got spammed! - Lafarrow Oct 4, 09:26 6
- Cakewalk. You beat the Sexy Zubaz. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 4, 09:40 4
  - separation week this week! - Lafarrow Oct 4, 09:46 3
    - I've got a bye this week. -- nm - David Oct 4, 09:52 2
      - Facing the league leader. - Spawn Oct 4, 11:02 1
        
        In the mirror every day. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 4, 11:11
- heh -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud 4-0 Oct 4, 09:28
Meanwhile, Mac* is giving up a day off from school to be a page on Election Day. Reports for an 8 hour shift at 5am - prayformojo Oct 4, 09:25 4
- very nice. I am working our municipal election on Oct 24. My poll is in the lobby of my condo. -- nm - Andie Oct 4, 09:33
- This is so cool. Election volunteering is such exhausting fun. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Oct 4, 09:26 2
  - Did I tell you guys that I am going to be a judge of elections this time? You can call me your honor but really - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Oct 4, 09:28 1
    - Does this mean you can stop the campaign texts? -- nm - Dano Oct 4, 09:32
thank you for the birthday wishes on b2 -- nm - peglegpete Oct 4, 09:22 11
- Happy Birthday sweet man! -- nm - St. Epiphany Oct 4, 10:29
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 10:26
- I bet you’d get Happy Birthday in 1/6 if it were on Heardle. -- nm - Qale Oct 4, 09:37
- Happy birthday! -- nm - David Oct 4, 09:36
- have a great day! -- nm - Remlik Oct 4, 09:32
- cheers!! -- nm - mud Oct 4, 09:30
- Happy happy! -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 09:24
- Happy Birthday!!! -- nm - Jovian Oct 4, 09:24
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Dano Oct 4, 09:24
- Happy Birthday! I hope it's a great one! -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 4, 09:23
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Max Oct 4, 09:22
Ugh. Twitter will NOT get better with Musk running things. He's too much a tech bro libertarian to fix it. -- nm - TWuG Oct 4, 09:21 13
- I will give him this: He is definitely a master negotiator and after all the back and forth drama is all in at full price! -- nm - decline Oct 4, 10:15
- So I'll have to delete my accounts again. Oh, bother. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 4, 09:53
- I suspect this is a misdirect after he stepped in it with Ukraine. -- nm - David Oct 4, 09:36 2
  - My guess is discovery is going poorly and once the court case gets cancelled he'll pull the rug again. -- nm - spamlet Oct 4, 10:13
  - Probably. -- nm - Qale Oct 4, 09:38
- Though is he actually going to run things? Maybe I'm naïve but I think Steve Jobs way more ran Apple than Musk runs either Space X or Tesla -- nm - JD Oct 4, 09:30 5
  - I fully expect him to run it into the ground out of spite. -- nm - znufrii Oct 4, 09:31 4
    - There's a non-zero amount of people who would see that as an improvement for the world condition -- nm - JD Oct 4, 09:33 3
      - i may be one of those. -- nm - Andie Oct 4, 09:55
      - If it wasn’t so supported by the media, it would have already crashed and burned. -- nm - Qale Oct 4, 09:47 1
        
        for better or worse (on balance worse) it’s how I’ve consumed 90% of my daily headlines since 2016. a shit way to stay informed but nothing faster -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 4, 10:18
- so wait now hes going to buy it? Seriously, F**k this timeline. -- nm - Jovian Oct 4, 09:28
- Ummm…duh? -- nm - znufrii Oct 4, 09:25
(Not suspicious at all!) 433 people in the Philippines won the lottery last week. The winning numbers were 9 18 27 36 45 54 -- (link) - decline Oct 4, 09:16 4
- "Did you tip the scale on the lottery?" "Nein." -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 10:19
- This actually seems more likely than not. -- nm - Qale Oct 4, 09:48
- "But there are hundreds of lotteries every day around the world, and statistically it would not be surprising that every few decades, - JD Oct 4, 09:26
- Were the creators of Sesame Street among the winners? -- nm - David Oct 4, 09:18
I always thought Namor's wings were dumb in the comics and now that I have seen them pn the big screen, even more so. - Spawn Oct 4, 09:15 2
- It's fine for him to have winged feet as a reference. Couldve just had him flying without the flapping wings, with the assumption the winged feet -- nm - budice Oct 4, 09:18 1
  - Imperius Rex! -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 09:21

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