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Just got a magnitude 4.2 about 40 miles from here. I'm never sleeping again. -- nm - Mop Oct 7, 06:03 1
- Aw, a cute li’l baby earfquake. -- nm - mafic Oct 7, 06:07
ST Diagnosis: I think I might be allergic to my own saliva. - Inigo Oct 7, 05:27 11
- It would be pretty random to suddenly become allergic to your saliva. I would start writing down everything you eat and drink or put in/on your mouth. - sycor Oct 7, 06:12
- bizarre coincidence? - decline Oct 7, 05:46 2
  - You two quit making out! -- nm - spamlet Oct 7, 06:03
  - I'm sorry! That sounds way worse. I hope they figure it out. - Inigo Oct 7, 05:50
- Is there any food or drink you’ve consistently had the nights before? Also too much salt could probably do that too. -- nm - mafic Oct 7, 05:38 6
  - Not really. I generally don't eat at night or drink. Last night we went to a hibachi restaurant. I did have edamame with salt. - Inigo Oct 7, 05:48 5
    - Toothpaste allergy? -- nm - mafic Oct 7, 05:55 4
      - I've been using the same the type of Crest for about 10 years. Maybe something with the electric toothbrush... -- nm - Inigo Oct 7, 05:57 2
        
        You can develop sensitivities to things after weird amounts of time. Or maybe they slightly changed ingredients. Change it up! -- nm - mafic Oct 7, 06:06 1
        
        I need to get a new toothbrush anyway. I'll buy a new brand of toothpaste, too. Thanks! -- nm - Inigo Oct 7, 06:29
      - that's the first thing I was asked. any change to toothpaste or mouth wash? -- nm* - decline Oct 7, 05:57
TV PSA: SWAT, Shark Tank, iHeartRadio Music Festival, Smackdown, Gold Rush, Fire Country, College Bowl, UnXplained, Blue Bloods, AEW Rampage, -- nm - Beaker Oct 7, 05:05 10
- Blue Bloods is filming outside my apartment tomorrow. They film on my block pretty often. The restaurant on the ground floor was used a couple of -- (edited) - Krusty Oct 7, 05:14 5
  - I parents watched that show, it's not bad. I think my dad still watches. -- nm - sycor Oct 7, 06:16 4
    - Whenever I've mentioned this to someone I get the same reply, "My mom/dad/grandma/grandpa watches it." I don't know anyone my age or younger that - Krusty Oct 7, 06:28 3
      - I have, with mom. It's an interesting take in that there's always three and exactly three simultaneous storylines in every ep. - con_carne Oct 7, 06:51
      - I think I watched maybe the first season or two. It's just very procedural like Law and Order. I can watch an episode occasionally and enjoy it, just - sycor Oct 7, 06:44
      - We watched the first few seasons because my wife has been in love with Donnie Wahlberg since she was 10. It was fine but got repetitive quickly. -- nm - spamlet Oct 7, 06:40
- Catherine Called Birdy, Bad Sisters, Central Park, Hello Jack!, Hellraiser, Rings of Power, Jon Stewart, See, Jeffrey Dahmer, Derry Girls, Glitch, -- nm - Beaker Oct 7, 05:06 3
  - Werewolf by Night, Great British Baking Show, Midnight Club, The Mole, Redeem Team, Old People, Doll House, Luckiest Girl Alive, Oddballs, Beast, MLB, - Beaker Oct 7, 05:09 2
    - On Patrol Live! -- nm - Strongbad Oct 7, 05:30
    - 3) MLB, Central Park and Derry Girls. -- nm - Krusty Oct 7, 05:16
Happy birthday, CQ! Woo hoo!!! 🎂🥳 -- nm - Krusty Oct 7, 04:51 1
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Oct 7, 05:00
Annual security training for work. So I should not connect to the hotel wifi and work remotely? - sycor Oct 7, 04:50 5
- I use work VPN in those situations. -- nm - Mop Oct 7, 05:57 2
  - Because of the rush to WFH for COVID they reconfigured ours to only be “active” when accessing the network. - spamlet Oct 7, 06:07
  - yeah we have to use a VPN whenever not in the office, otherwise stuff just doesn't work. - sycor Oct 7, 06:06
- One side of IT tells us never to connect to hotel wifi because it’s a security risk. The other side says it’s too expensive to give everyone mi-fis -- nm - spamlet Oct 7, 04:54 1
  - Sounds about right. The only thing I really use hotel wifi for is back up the pictures I took that day to the cloud. - sycor Oct 7, 04:56
Next Thursday NFL matchuo: Commanders vs Bears! Woohoo! -- nm - Strongbad Oct 7, 04:37
This explains a great many things about Rod Dreher -- (link) - Reagen Oct 7, 03:38
For the second straight year a Russian organization has won the Nobel Peace Prize. -- (link) - Ender Oct 7, 02:22 1
- Vladimir Putin wins the award every year! -- nm - Russian State Media Oct 7, 03:24
Read an interesting note, about this scene from GOT S1...spoilers - Flavorize Oct 6, 23:25 [youtube]
One of the guys who's part of the March Madness group placed $2 bet for no TDs in the Thursday game. That's one way to keep interest in a lousy game - JD Oct 6, 23:24 2
- Chet? -- nm - David Oct 7, 00:26
- first time, this year, that it's happened...great call, especially for $2. - Flavorize Oct 6, 23:27
I've been watching old Spencer Tracy movies and wondering who could play him or reboot his movies. - Max Oct 6, 22:24 [Image] 9
- Mark Wahlberg - Beryllium Oct 6, 23:12 2
  - What about Bryan Cranston? -- nm - Flavorize Oct 6, 23:20 1
    - Tight, Tight, Tight!!! -- nm - Producer Guy si Oct 6, 23:34
- J.K Simmons -- nm - Flavorize Oct 6, 23:10
- Hanks -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 22:34 4
  - Streep could be his Hepburn if she'd do romantic leads again -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 22:36 3
    - Maybe the two of them could form a rivalry against Clooney and Roberts. -- nm - Max Oct 6, 23:08 2
      - Tracy was only 67 when he died (and looked at least 70 for a decade before that) -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 23:12 1
        
        How long has the EPA been doing it's thing? I'm sure the root was probably Tracy did some "hard living," as it seems most movie starts did back then -- nm - Flavorize Oct 6, 23:18
That Mario teaser just shows why weed/pot needs to be legal in every state. Both overwhelming and underwhelming at the same time…but the colors… - Flavorize Oct 6, 22:08
Tip for watching this week's lower decks: absolutely must watch the recap and intro, no skipping (spoils) - Beryllium Oct 6, 21:49
So this person is from the future—wish I had seen this earlier and saved 4 hours of my life -- (link) - Flavorize Oct 6, 21:38 2
- I watched two quarters of it and had enough -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 21:53 1
  - It was gross -- nm - Flavorize Oct 6, 22:08
Judge rules that, yeah, Texas employers absolutely can discriminate against LGBT workers. Which, we kind of already knew because LGBT isn't... -- (edited) - Qale Oct 6, 21:26 4
- nobody argued it breeched amendments 1 & 14? -- nm - peglegpete Oct 6, 21:33 3
  - I work at the gayest non-hamburger restaurant HEB. I wear my rainbow pendant everywhere, regardless of where I go. I'm not backing down. -- nm - Qale Oct 6, 21:50 2
    - Stop threatening our children with your colorful pendant. When kids see colors it messes with their sexuality. -- nm - Very dull people Oct 7, 04:57
    - :)))) -- nm - peglegpete Oct 6, 22:08
This is similar to a cruise I took in 2015. That was on Norwegian and only went to San Francisco and Victoria. I may need to do this. - Meg Oct 6, 21:25
Wordle 475 4/6 - prayformojo Oct 6, 21:01 9
- 4/6 - Marlowe Oct 7, 07:20
- 5/6 - oblique Oct 7, 05:58
- 4/6 - TWuG Oct 7, 05:34
- X - decline Oct 7, 05:11 1
  - oof -- nm - oblique Oct 7, 05:59
- 5/6 - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 7, 04:08
- Same - spamlet Oct 7, 03:18
- 5 - 475. This may be the most difficult ever. 15% have failed to solve it in 6 guesses. Yesterday's - GregW Oct 6, 23:26
- I know the Heardle, I even have the damn thing LIKED. But there was no way I was naming the song or artist. -- nm* - Qale Oct 6, 21:14
Getting banned from a casino is on my bucket list. -- nm - Max Oct 6, 20:54 1
- All you have to do is ask. -- nm - VMan Oct 6, 21:05
Currently watching: Reginald the Vampire. So far, every exterior shot has been 100% recognizable as places I've been. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 20:50 2
- (To be fair, that is exactly three shots.) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 20:50 1
  - Oh, and a footbridge that I happened to ride across a couple of hours ago. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 21:00
Next Thursday night: Washington at Chicago -- nm - budice Oct 6, 20:48 1
- Watch Justin Fields be too afraid to pass on national television! - David Oct 6, 20:53
Denver's new head coach isn't gonna make it. -- nm - David Oct 6, 20:47 4
- KJ Hamler looked to be very, very open on that final play -- (link) - budice Oct 6, 21:04 1
  - Wilson is too reliant on Sutton--forcing it to him, instead of taking what the defense is giving (in this case, Hamler) -- nm - Flavorize Oct 6, 23:11
- They are already talking about Sean Payton -- nm - Flavorize Oct 6, 21:00
- and Eric Bieniemy gets passed over year after year -- nm - prayformojo Oct 6, 20:48
what a freaking bunch of clowns -- nm - prayformojo Oct 6, 20:46
I want a tie -- nm - Remlik Oct 6, 20:40 1
- A bow tie -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 23:04
This is what everyone was begging for in this game: more overtime. - David Oct 6, 20:26 3
- former Wisconsin and Boston College QBs -- (link) - budice Oct 6, 20:36
- Indy is pretty much hate watching it -- nm - Remlik Oct 6, 20:31
- goddamn, this has been a *stoooopid* game. -- nm - prayformojo Oct 6, 20:27
It was 1st and 1. - David Oct 6, 20:21
JFC, Wilson. -- nm - prayformojo Oct 6, 20:13 7
- This game is just stressful -- nm - budice Oct 6, 20:14 6
  - How much of Wilson's quarter billion contract is guaranteed? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 6, 20:18 5
    - $125 Million -- nm - Strongbad Oct 7, 05:03
    - Seahawks Front Office smiling -- nm - budice Oct 6, 20:30 3
      - After a month, Geno Smith is the highest graded QB on PFF. - David Oct 6, 20:41 2
        
        ML is taking a Victory Lap. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 7, 05:03
        
        <3 - psilotum Oct 6, 21:18
Murica: 6% of Americans think they could beat a grizzly bear in a fight -- (link) - budice Oct 6, 19:59 10
- Given that we know how to use tools, that seems low. -- nm - Ender Oct 6, 20:17 7
  - Do I get to bring my .30-06 to the fight? That would quite possibly change my answer -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 21:14 5
    - No...and you must kill the bear with your teeth. -- nm - David Oct 6, 21:39 4
      - Okay, didn't the patron saint of Tennessee, Davy Crockett, once grin a bear to death? Or was that a racoon? -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 21:47 3
        
        Are you saying you think you're the modern Davy Crockett? Because I don't think you can pull off the hat. -- nm - David Oct 6, 22:04 2
        
        You're right. Fur isn't my thing -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 23:01 1
        
        Why are you thinking about fashion when you should be debating how to best a bear in mortal combat by using only your teeth? -- nm - David Oct 7, 00:27
  - It is. The survey didn't catch the ones who tried. -- nm - Max Oct 6, 21:04
- what is the % of Americans that could beat a grizzly bear in a fight? -- nm - mud Oct 6, 20:03 1
  - Four people, maybe. -- nm - Qale Oct 6, 20:10
I was banned from 4chan a few times for posting anime shota in counter protest to their loli. It was, like, I wanna say 15 years ago. - Qale Oct 6, 19:48 3
- Zero percent chance I'm googling any of this. -- nm - David Oct 6, 19:56 2
  - Yeah, that's more than fair. 4chan hadn't yet been super radicalized, and the idea that drawings weren't real and thus not harmful. Eh, things change. -- nm - Qale Oct 6, 20:10
  - Wise choice. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 20:04
Russ Wilson secretly hates the Broncos, right? They, like, kidnapped and tortured his grandfather at some point, right? -- nm - prayformojo Oct 6, 19:41
I'm claiming a win. All. US. Military. Bases. -- nm - loosilu Oct 6, 19:39 8
- Oh, this was a competition? Gratz.. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 6, 20:28
- Though to be fair, most of us can't go on all military bases. -- nm - Ender Oct 6, 19:45 4
  - I'm only shadowbanned. they won't admit it, but they won't let me in. -- nm - mafic Oct 6, 20:27 1
    - So, *you* are the arms dealer! -- nm - David Oct 6, 20:30
  - if any of us have a fair reason like business, family, etc. we can go on any military base. -- nm - peglegpete Oct 6, 20:18
  - Yeah but you're not personally banned and the guards know your name. -- (edited) - loosilu Oct 6, 19:58
- All their bases belong to you? -- nm - Mop Oct 6, 19:42
- foreign & domestic!!! HAIL EMPRESS LOOSI!!!! -- nm - peglegpete Oct 6, 19:40
Qale and ty97 about to be mad at the logo/name for this new DC burger place -- (link) - MDH Oct 6, 19:38 [Image] 2
- How long before they get the cease and desist letter? -- nm - Meg Oct 6, 19:42
- Lawyers! -- nm - Qale Oct 6, 19:42
Irish Dancing rocked by cheating scandal. -- (link) - Ender Oct 6, 19:34
Lets call it a tie and go home -- nm - budice Oct 6, 19:27
Al Michaels sounded legitimately surprised that the kick was good. -- nm - Mop Oct 6, 19:27 2
- "DO YOU BELIEVE IN field goals?" -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 19:37
- he just sounds happier these days. I wonder why that is. - mud Oct 6, 19:36
6 people stabbed during the day on the Strip in Vegas in front of the Wynn. Two dead -- (link) - Epiphany Oct 6, 19:22 4
- good lord -- nm - prayformojo Oct 6, 20:23
- Not to be crass, but 6 stabbed 2 dead is not quite more than 6 shot and more than 6 dead. -- nm* - Qale Oct 6, 19:42
- :(((( -- nm - peglegpete Oct 6, 19:32
- a friend of mine is in Vegas at that hotel and was leaving at the time it happened. He said they didn't see anything until all the cops swarmed - Remlik Oct 6, 19:25
Dead and Company have announced the dates for their final tour (mix of amphitheaters and multiple nights in baseball stadiums) - MDH Oct 6, 19:22 2
- so I was in the studio doing my show and we got the info about the show here, 5 minutes before they wanted us to announce... - Remlik Oct 6, 19:45
- I remember going to several shows on 1980's Grateful Dead summer tours which started on similar dates, but ending after labor day. -- nm* - peglegpete Oct 6, 19:37
For some reason (looking at you, jones), I've just started getting FB ads for lamps. nm - ralph wiggum Oct 6, 19:18
Mop: The Patient is Steve Carell's new show. It's on Disney+ on Canada, so I guess Hulu in the US. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 19:17
Vox Machina season 3 coming soon (season 2 likely January 2023) -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 19:06
C'mon, Chris Pratt. All you needed to say was "It's a-me! Mario!" How hard can that be?! -- nm - Mop Oct 6, 19:03 5
- Bowser is the real star, everyone knows this. -- nm - Qale Oct 6, 19:43
- It just sounds like any other celeb-voiced animated role -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 19:09 3
  - which kids could give two shits who the voice is. the Pixarification of celebrity VOs in animated has been a long-term curse -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 19:31
  - Steve Carell's natural voice is exactly like Gru's. -- nm - Mop Oct 6, 19:19
  - (Toad and bowser and others sound fine, though, and I think some of them are also celeb-ish.) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 19:09
Good news... someone! Anna "Delvey" Sorokin is out of jail! -- (link) - Mop Oct 6, 19:03 2
- See how out of touch she is being isolated in jail...she wants to make art NFTs -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 6, 19:10
- fucking Biden and his marijuania bullshit -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 19:04

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