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that 100 karaoke list is all kinds of wrong - zork Oct 6, 14:53
VF: Jessica Chastain and Michael Shannon vs our eardrums -- (link) - mud Oct 6, 14:46
dailybeast: Right Said Fred vs Beyonce -- (link*) - mud Oct 6, 14:42
excellent: Prime renews “Outer Range” for a second season. -- (link) - mud Oct 6, 14:38
That British Baking Show pronunciation of taco and guacamole is criminal, but I'd also point out that no one bats an eye when Spanish does things - Reagen Oct 6, 14:33 6
- But that makes more sense. In Spanish and French, the spelling is often changed to match how it's supposed to be pronounced. -- (edited) - Roger More Oct 6, 14:49
- I missed the guac pronunciation, but heard the "pico de gah-lo" -- nm - TWuG Oct 6, 14:38 2
  - Interesting that he mucked up 'gallo', but was OK on 'tortilla'. -- nm - Roger More Oct 6, 14:49
  - Not "pick-o"? Missed opportunity. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 14:41
- That's because it's cute or romantic when Spanish does it. When English does it, it's like a cat barfing up a hairball. - Beryllium Oct 6, 14:38 1
  - Language gets borrowed and adapted all the time, and every single language does it, not just English. - Reagen Oct 6, 14:47
The Romanian word for "chainsaw" is "friendship". Why? Because "Friendship" was the brand of chainsaws imported to Romania from the USSR. -- (link) - TWuG Oct 6, 14:26
Now featured on The Hunt (from Planet Earth series) is RC's greatest nightmare - prayformojo Oct 6, 14:26 1
- There's a fantastic series of books that has evolved Portia spiders as main characters. - TWuG Oct 6, 14:29
Senator Tom Cotton is bigly mad about the pot pardons -- (link*) - Jovian Oct 6, 14:11 1
- Cry moar, jack -- nm - Dark Brandon Oct 6, 14:15
"Just as there are no atheists in a foxhole, there are no libertarians when it comes to providing homeowners’ insurance in Florida." -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 14:05 13
- This is another one of those issues where Desantis has stuck his fingers in his ears and tried to wish away the problems. - David Oct 6, 14:16 6
  - the residents can turn him out on his sorry ass in a month if they're really that mad about it -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 14:19 5
    - it'll be called for DeSantis the moment the polls close. -- nm - Tim Oct 6, 14:27 2
      - yup the old timers will come out for him. they're brainwashed. -- nm - Remlik Oct 6, 14:51 1
        
        individuals have agency, they're not robots. every vote is a choice -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 14:56
    - It was clever of him to import new morons during the pandemic. -- nm* - David Oct 6, 14:26
    - correct. But they wont. -- nm - Jovian Oct 6, 14:20
- Libertarians are against insurance? -- nm - Strongbad Oct 6, 14:15 5
  - Libertarians are supposedly self-sufficient, once I get mine, fuck you, type people. -- nm - Qale Oct 6, 15:59
  - It explains in the article, but basically the government is providing insurance where private insurance isn't willing to take on the risks. -- nm - Roger More Oct 6, 14:24 1
    - and the ratings agencies earlier this year were on the verge of downgrading any Fl. insurers to the point that policies would have skyrocketed -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 14:35
  - "Citizens is run by the state, and if it runs out of money to pay out claims, it levies a so-called “Hurricane Tax” on almost every insurance policy" -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 14:17 1
    - Cool. Thanks for the explanation. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 6, 14:26
If anyone cares, PS5 disc version available through PS Direct -- (link) - Strongbad Oct 6, 14:03
WWE Tough Enough: Sara Lee has passed away.She won one year -- (link) - Remlik Oct 6, 13:57 3
- Oh, wow. -- nm - David Oct 6, 13:59 2
  - Oh right, she won and Mandy Rose was the runner up. Had a kid with Wesley Blake. -- nm - Tim Oct 6, 14:03 1
    - She was fun. I see that she mentioned a recent sinus infection. I wonder what that actually was. -- nm - David Oct 6, 14:19
Infographic: The quality of platform-exclusive shows -- (link) - con_carne Oct 6, 13:45 [Image] 4
- I wouldn't be surprised if 75% of the shows on Prime have no RT scores -- nm - zork Oct 6, 14:58
- That's fantastic! -- nm - Mop Oct 6, 14:03
- Garbage in, Garbage out. And rotten tomatoes are garbage. -- nm* - Beryllium Oct 6, 13:49 1
  - Well, compost, really. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 13:49
Tilray stock: "Pop POP!" -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 13:40 1
- Ugh - the wallstreet bet guys ( game stop stoppers) have been playing that for months. damn it -- nm - St. Epiphany Oct 6, 13:55
And now Daily Wire is trying to send me PR stuff. That was NOT a bingo on their part. -- nm - David Oct 6, 13:36
Let the Right One In pilot released early. and it is splendid. -- nm - mud Oct 6, 13:25
Super Mario Brothers teaser trailer -- (link) - Remlik Oct 6, 13:19 [youtube] 15
- Needs more Bob Hoskins. -- nm - Mop Oct 6, 14:02 1
  - Everything does. 😢 -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 14:04
- Wait I was told Chris Pratt didnt look anything like Mario. -- nm - Jovian Oct 6, 13:56
- This looks like a lot of fun, and will crush the video game box office record. -- nm - Inigo Oct 6, 13:50
- a shocking lack of Smashmouth's "All Star" -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 13:43
- Pratt + Illumination = almost automatic pass. (NM) -- (edited) - Marlowe Oct 6, 13:28 3
  - The first half of the teaser is fun. The second half makes me wonder a few things. - Beryllium Oct 6, 13:31 2
    - I actually really disliked the first part - Guigue Oct 6, 13:34 1
      - I agree. Are we getting Pratt to give a "St. Crispin’s Day" speech written by Illumination, too? That would be painful. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 6, 13:39
- Hmm. Meh? No, a little bit more positive than that. But only a little. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 13:26
- confession: I'm pretty sure I've never played a Mario game. -- nm - Max Oct 6, 13:22 4
  - if you played Donkey Kong, you have dummy -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 13:37
  - Were you raised Amish? -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 13:36 2
    - I played Mike Tyson's Punch-Out and Contra and then kicked consoles to the curb for the next 20 years. -- nm - Max Oct 6, 13:40
    - Orthodox Genesis, probably -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 13:37
First look at Shaggy, Daphne and Fred, voiced by Sam Richardson, Constance Wu and Glenn Howerton, in HBO Max’s adult-animated ‘VELMA’ series. -- (link) - Remlik Oct 6, 13:16 1
- I'm so glad they've stopped using child labour to animate scooby and the gang -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 13:23
Musk lawyers say Twitter won't accept renewed $44 billion bid for the company, ask Delaware court to halt upcoming trial. -- (link) - Remlik Oct 6, 13:14 6
- the bid has never been "un-renewed" Musk has been contractually obligated to perform on the original terms since day 1. Twitter had nothing to reject - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 13:29 3
  - #badlegaltakes -- nm - ML Oct 6, 15:49
  - Wouldn't he claim though that the reason Twitter is suing because the contract is in breach? - Max Oct 6, 13:51 1
    - only in the Michael Scott "I declare bankruptcy!" sense. It's just a suit seeking specific performance of the terms Musk agreed to in the merger deal -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 13:55
- "It's like they know I lost my funding or something!" -- nm - David Oct 6, 13:14 1
  - His past backers would be suckers to follow through now. -- nm - Mop Oct 6, 13:17
There is just no way to know when it’s time to feed the cats. -- (pic) - The Allfather Oct 6, 13:07 [Attachment] 5
- "That thing you keep putting in front of my face is not edible, SIR." -- nm - Max Oct 6, 13:16
- "You know what you did." -- nm - Jovian Oct 6, 13:08
- "This is your final warning." -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 13:08 2
  - We give Olive her pill before her wet food each day. Kim wasn't answering her texts, and it was getting *intense*. - David Oct 6, 13:16 1
    - hee -- nm - St. Epiphany Oct 6, 13:40
Wordle Weekly Recap (from NYT) - prayformojo Oct 6, 13:02
A look ahead to Colts vs Broncos tonight. -- (link) - Strongbad Oct 6, 12:59 1
- If it's good enough for Mahomes ... -- nm - rollo Oct 6, 14:01
psa: the weather is perfect -- nm - Max Oct 6, 12:57 6
- We've had 5 days of perfect weather. It's been spectacular. It ends this evening. -- nm - pmb Oct 6, 13:40 2
  - are you predicting this or commanding it? -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 14:38 1
    - If it's villain talk, it has to be "It all ends tonight." -- nm - Max Oct 6, 15:24
- Literally two minutes ago a friend who is visiting DC posted a pic of herself at the Lincoln Memorial and said "Sunny and Gorgeous in DC today!" Very - Andie Oct 6, 13:00 1
  - First week of Oct. often hits mid/high 80s but we had a cold snap after Ian. 75, blue sky and breezy, 50 degree dew point. -- nm - Max Oct 6, 13:08
- such a nice warmup. Slightly startled at the sight of a great fireball in the sky this morning. -- nm - prayformojo Oct 6, 12:59
NFL Fact of the day: Tom Brady in his 40's would have the most passing yards and TD's in Chicago Bears history. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 6, 12:56 1
- Also the Rams (in all places) and the Texans. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 6, 14:03
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 6, 12:53 [Attachment] 6
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 6, 12:53 [Attachment] 5
  - 1/1 -- nm - David Oct 6, 13:37
  - 0 -- nm - peglegpete Oct 6, 12:57
  - 0/1 (I've missed this) -- nm - decline Oct 6, 12:55 2
    - Me too. I miss the old format, but finally figured out how to get it to print on screen so I can screencap -- nm - prayformojo Oct 6, 12:57 1
      - you are the bestest -- nm - decline Oct 6, 12:57
To complete the circle of fuckery, would the birth certificate be valid to get a new passport? -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 12:44 3
- Given the issue date of the non-raised seal BC, it was used for the passport creation so yes, it worked. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 6, 13:40
- a certified copy usually has a raised "seal" - Lafarrow Oct 6, 13:01 1
  - WA prints them out on certificate paper, multi color and "impossible" to copy but iirc just a rubber stamp and clerk signature -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 6, 14:51
Seeing reports that Senator Ben Sasse is resigning -- (link) - decline Oct 6, 12:43 7
- the gov gets to appoint, so we'll likely get a nutjob in replacement. -- nm - judge amanda jones Oct 6, 13:06
- Sasse is likely to accept a job at the University of Florida and resign his Senate seat in the near future -- nm - decline Oct 6, 12:54
- another normal Republican calls it quits. (not many left) -- nm - Jovian Oct 6, 12:52 3
  - I mean, normal in that he doesn't like Trump, exactly like them in every other way. -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 6, 13:01 1
    - normal in the sense that he is not: Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Marsha Blackburn, Mike Lee, John Kennedy, Tom Cotton, Josh Hawley. -- nm - Jovian Oct 6, 13:15
  - He's a multi millionaire. He got what he came for -- nm - St. Epiphany Oct 6, 13:00
- Byeeeeeeeeee -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 6, 12:45
Sweet! LYC follow-up. - Spawn Oct 6, 12:38 [Backboard] 1
- I expect it is much better than the mixed reviews would indicate. -- nm - mud Oct 6, 12:48
SITWAP: cars with EV batteries catching fire due to corrosion caused by Hurricane -- (link) - Strongbad Oct 6, 12:37 1
- Ooh, interesting. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 12:41
LIR: Will. We just renewed my daughters expired passport. Our local library did the photo and took our form and sent everything in. I think it took - oblique Oct 6, 12:37 4
- That they make you provide a document that they already reviewed once on your first day is Bass Ackwards to me. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 6, 12:54 3
  - Given who he works for, not 100% surprised they review stuff like that periodically -- nm - spamlet Oct 6, 13:41
  - What if Will degraded into a non-citizen? :) -- nm - oblique Oct 6, 13:05 1
    - So, the passport expired and I lost my citizenship? Wtf? -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 6, 13:38
New York Comic Con turning into super spreader event, masking which is required is not being enforced. -- nm - Remlik Oct 6, 12:37 2
- My HS friend (Ms. Marvel comic writer) will be there Saturday at 3pm in the Marvel booth -- nm - oblique Oct 6, 12:38 1
  - nice! -- nm - Remlik Oct 6, 12:39
2k games had a data breach -- nm - Remlik Oct 6, 12:27 1
- bastards -- nm - decline Oct 6, 12:28
LYC - it is my annual-ish 'unsubscribe to meaningless emails' month. After 2 weeks of unsubscribing my inbox is so much nicer and emptier. -- nm - Andie Oct 6, 12:18 5
- I try so hard to do this and it never works. sometimes it is worse after unsubscribe to everything -- nm - St. Epiphany Oct 6, 12:31 1
  - if i still get emails from a company afterward, i start marking them as spam. Not only will i not get them, if enough people do it, no one will get - Andie Oct 6, 12:38
- I've always used my yahoo address for 'public' exposure, put payfriend been giving them my main addy so now everytime I buy i get on their spam - zeitgeist Oct 6, 12:27 2
  - right, you buy something once and then get daily emails. this is exactly the stuff i am eliminating (again.) -- nm - Andie Oct 6, 12:39 1
    - I buy from a non-profit that has a perfectly good website but sends out huge glossy catalogs. I've called and asked them to stop but - Meg Oct 6, 13:02
Mellencamp tickets for Feb 5th Bloomington show acquired. -- nm - Remlik Oct 6, 12:17 3
- Are you allowed to enter Bloomington? -- nm - Spawn Oct 6, 12:40 1
  - of course. I reached WTTS elite status. - Remlik Oct 6, 12:54
- Nice! -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 6, 12:29
Come on, ST! Let's crowd-source some arms deals! -- nm - David Oct 6, 12:15 17
- I'll handle the legalities. - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 12:49 6
  - If you think any of this is legal... -- nm - David Oct 6, 12:50 5
    - "The legality of using falsified records is murky, say lawyers and academics who work in the field." -- nm - actual article quote Oct 6, 13:24 1
      - Come on, Crash. We could start selling weapons in seven days, and you're in militia territory anyway. You can probably get some tanks! -- nm - David Oct 6, 13:27
    - There's legal, then there is "legal." - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 13:04 2
      - "I may have committed some ... light treason." -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 13:31
      - I need a *criminal* lawyer! -- nm - David Oct 6, 13:27
- Orcas to Amity Island. -- nm - Mop Oct 6, 12:31
- Bayraktar drones to farrow islands - Beryllium Oct 6, 12:24 1
  - All these new Risk territories frighten and confuse me. *adds 10 troops to Sealand* -- nm - Barynn Oct 6, 12:29
- Flamethrowers to Uganda. -- nm - Mop Oct 6, 12:16 6
  - I got SM a mini flamethrower off Amazon for $ 200. it is awesome -- nm - St. Epiphany Oct 6, 12:31 5
    - What do you Torch!?! -- nm - decline Oct 6, 12:34 4
      - Hopes and dreams -- nm - The Allfather Oct 6, 13:06
      - What do you NOT torch!? -- nm - Strongbad Oct 6, 12:38 1
        
        heh -- nm - mud Oct 6, 12:45
      - steaks and pizza -- nm - Remlik Oct 6, 12:35
POTUS issuing pardons for federal marijuana-only offenses -- (link) - Strongbad Oct 6, 12:10 4
- Just in time to return to their homes to hand out drugs on Halloween!! -- nm - decline Oct 6, 12:25 1
  - And vote in November. -- nm - pmb Oct 6, 12:53
- why do Democrats want me to be robbed and murdered? -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 12:24
- Light 'em up! -- nm - Spawn Oct 6, 12:14

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