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Wait. The new 1500 buck Meta VR headset only has a 1-2 hour battery life? -- (link) - decline Oct 13, 05:33 2
- But legs!!! -- nm - TWuG Oct 13, 05:42
- Realistically, you only need to buy, like, 4 to get through a workday. -- nm - Ender Oct 13, 05:41
Russian personnel losses in the Ukraine top 90,000. -- (link) - TWuG Oct 13, 05:31
Dan Snyder chose Scortched Earth. Has the dirt on other NFL Owners -- (link) - budice Oct 13, 05:22 1
- Owners meetings must be fun with this bunch. -- nm - Mop Oct 13, 05:24
That was super nice of Eero (Amazon) to simplify their pricing structure to make everyone pay the highest amount whether you need the stuff or not. -- nm - spamlet Oct 13, 03:37
I dunno, Chuck is growing on me -- (link) - Reagen Oct 13, 03:12
So it's possible Jesus really did get us for eating at a bar and grill. - Ender Oct 13, 02:15 1
- Shoulda gone to Hooters. -- nm - mafic Oct 13, 04:25
Tucker Carlson Warns That Alex Jones’s Billion-Dollar Penalty Will Have Chilling Effect on Lying! -- nm - FB Oct 13, 02:13
23% done a book that if I were to rate it now, I'd only give 2 stars out of 5. (Extremely harsh, from me). Guess what goodreads has it rated as? - Beryllium Oct 13, 01:10
Hospital in Western WA was overwhelmed and short staffed, called 911 to request help from fire dept EMTs -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 13, 00:47 1
- If an IT problem is delaying care, they're doing it wrong. -- nm - Mop Oct 13, 05:23
Three episodes of a new season of Serial just dropped. It's covid conspiracy theorists. -- nm - Ender Oct 13, 00:41 5
- Debunking, investigating funding sources, or just echoing? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 00:43 4
  - On episode 2 now. So far it's a deep dive into an abusive family where the father and son died after declining treatment because... - Ender Oct 13, 01:25
  - today anti-vaxxers were screaming about a pfizer exec saying the vax was never tested for preventing spread of infection. - zeitgeist Oct 13, 00:50 2
    - I'll admit, though, I was really hoping the first vaccine would be a total vaccine. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 00:52 1
      - I think we all were. I never would have guessed this non-sense would still be around at this point. -- nm - sycor Oct 13, 05:27
At an early morning screening of that Banshees film. -- nm - LMS Oct 13, 00:38 1
- And I'm out, good film, leisurely paced though. -- nm - LMS Oct 13, 03:27
holy shit the opening to She Hulk -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 13, 00:36
Uh. Oct 14th is the finale for Rings of Power? Hmm. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 00:33
I can’t find it, what are we sending zeit, please? — nm - i.b.! Oct 13, 00:06 4
- 10$ max for 5 tix please include your nic currently only the mega...power when it gets close to 500m maybe after next draw - zeitgeist Oct 13, 00:26 3
  - cover me for $10? We should be all square currently -- nm - Beaker Oct 13, 04:46 1
    - Okay -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 13, 11:25
  - thanks!! -- nm - i.b.! Oct 13, 00:46
I low key suspect this Collider article was paid for out of Bros' advertising budget. -- (link) - Ender Oct 12, 23:49
New study finds that all wild bison have some amount of cattle DNA. -- (link) - Ender Oct 12, 22:47
I just discovered that my dad only has 32 Facebook friends. I didn't know that was possible... *nm* - Ender Oct 12, 22:31 4
- actual friends maybe a dozen, people I know another dozen or so, people i've seen but friended during the friend frenzy 100 (left) -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 13, 00:28
- Mom still uses Dad's account. It's next level creepy when my dead father likes my post. -- nm - David Oct 12, 22:44
- *shrug* I’ve got 40 -- nm - JD Oct 12, 22:40 1
  - 69 -- nm - rollo Oct 13, 06:07
Apparently I missed out on seeing a highly visible meteor a few minutes ago. (From the descriptions, sounds like debris reentry) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 22:27 2
- 10:18pm -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 12, 22:35
- Reports from victoria, vancouver, seattle ... -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 22:30
The Office of The Other President. TOTOPOTUS. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 22:18 1
- (Avenue 5 answer to my question, not related to the current political clime) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 22:19
I'm planning a couple of trips but not quite ready to commit. Every time I look at them the price goes up $100 :/ -- nm - Meg Oct 12, 21:32 3
- That isn't great -- nm - crash davis Oct 12, 21:33 2
  - I figure the cruise could go on sale, maybe not the casino :/ -- nm - Meg Oct 12, 21:44 1
    - At least they're not $70k like the one I linked earlier :-) -- nm - Meg Oct 12, 21:45
Can E-Bikes Go Mainstream? - crash davis Oct 12, 21:29
If Netflix's The Witcher had a spell or potion or something named "Witcheroo", what do you think it would do? - Beryllium Oct 12, 21:14 4
- Yennefer and Geralt are definitely switching bodies. -- nm - Ender Oct 12, 21:20 1
  - Or... - Beryllium Oct 12, 21:27
- make Geralt solve haunted mansion crimes for Witchy snacks -- nm - crash davis Oct 12, 21:16 1
  - Witchy Witchy Woo! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 21:25
Wordle 481 5/6 - prayformojo Oct 12, 21:09 4
- 4 - decline Oct 13, 05:30
- 4/6 - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 13, 04:34
- 6/6 - spamlet Oct 13, 03:26
- 3/6 - TWuG Oct 12, 23:12
Krusty...some pizza expert popped in and gave some great locations.... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 12, 21:08
I've done nothing for days. Tomorrow I have a memorial service, a podiatry appointment and a Zoom meeting. Exhausted already ;-) -- nm - Meg Oct 12, 21:05
BBC podcast had a nice story about carbon capturing kelp farms but all I could Google was Turning cows carbon neutral. I might need a moment. -- (link) - con_carne Oct 12, 20:43
Wildlife photographer of the year winners -- (link) - znufrii Oct 12, 20:35 1
- Those are amazing -- nm - crash davis Oct 12, 21:14
Celestrak.com visualizes the position and motion of all known satellites in orbit. -- (link) - Remlik Oct 12, 20:27
"LGTV" -- nm - Gordon Gelman on Reboot Oct 12, 20:08
Biden Announces National Monument at Camp Hale in Colorado - crash davis Oct 12, 19:51 7
- good -- nm - peglegpete Oct 12, 20:20
- "Something something 1800s and older!" "Okay, 1906 Antiquities Act, still a law." "No, that's outdated!" -- nm - Max Oct 12, 20:12 1
  - Teddy Roosevelt, member of the far-left green energy cartel -- nm - crash davis Oct 12, 20:19
- I still find it odd to see the word "monument" used in this way. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 19:52 3
  - it just means not full National Park designation, basically -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 12, 19:56 2
    - Beatification vs Sainthood, I guess -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 20:02 1
      - presidents can declare monument areas without congressional approval, but only congress can establish a national park proper -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 12, 20:12
Chase bank tells Kanye to take his bidness someplace else by thanksgiving -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 12, 19:24
nice catch -- nm - mud Oct 12, 18:55
the ending for Habs/Leafs has been bonkers -- nm - Beaker Oct 12, 18:54
Black Adam getting positive reactions -- (link) - budice Oct 12, 18:52 8
- I a have been looking forward to it. Thought the final trailer was the best one. -- nm - Spawn Oct 12, 22:49
- For all the work he put in, that outfit just makes him look stout. -- nm - Max Oct 12, 20:20
- Every Superhero release gets the same hype. -- nm* - MDH Oct 12, 20:17 1
  - Yes, quite. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 20:35
- The ads for it turn me off. -- nm - .🎡 Oct 12, 19:22 1
  - It WAS an odd choice to include "Siri, turn off liioulu" at the end. -- nm - Ender Oct 12, 19:42
- Ed liked it— -- nm - Flavorize Oct 12, 19:03
- If you have AVG, that link will drive it nuts. -- nm - David Oct 12, 18:54
Kershaw in classic playoff form out of the gate -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 12, 18:43
I listen to Abbott more than I watch because of the smash zooms and shaky cam. - Max Oct 12, 18:17 1
- the mockumentary framing is the only thing i don't get them doing in 2022 - hollywood big shot Oct 12, 18:29
FAT BEAR WEEK WINNER spoiler inside -- (link) - peglegpete Oct 12, 18:17
the thing about corporations not wanting to pay for creation is eventually you won’t have any creators who can make a living at it -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 12, 18:06 13
- Not to be callous, but why is the whole tour over? Is the case like hospitalization level? Oh. It’s like a whole thread to get to that answer. Not covid’s fault, but like the system overall. -- nm* - Qale Oct 12, 18:32
- This led me to a horrible take from M.I.A.—which both defends Alex Jones and goes full anti-vax - Flavorize Oct 12, 18:20 9
  - all I wanna do is *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* - Tim Oct 12, 18:21 8
    - I'd reference a different song from her but that's fucking impossible mode. -- nm - Reagen Oct 12, 18:23 6
      - Live fast / die young / bad girls do it well -- nm - Roger More Oct 12, 19:22 1
        
        Oh, I know that one. I didn't realize her definition of bad meant trying to ignore science, though. -- nm - David Oct 12, 19:23
      - I had to google who it was. -- nm - David Oct 12, 18:39 3
        
        Seems odd to me that someone who is pro-immigration/anti-genocide would be beating the antivax drum, considering the company that brings -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 18:42
        
        !! -- nm - mud Oct 12, 18:41 1
        
        She's no H.E.R. -- nm - David Oct 12, 18:48
    - 🤣 -- nm - Flavorize Oct 12, 18:23
- I thought this would be about the worhal use of the Prince photo. When a rapper samples something they have to play royalties for it -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 12, 18:11 1
  - generally to the record company that owns the track, not necessarily to the songwriter artist themselves -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 12, 18:15
What's the name of this cartoon? Two brothers wandering through a fantasy like world with scary things. In the last episodes we find out that it's... *spoils* -- (edited) - Ender Oct 12, 17:39 2
- Over the Garden Wall? -- nm - Barynn Oct 12, 17:51 1
  - That's it! -- nm - Ender Oct 12, 18:01
Hobby’s high temperature of 94 degrees today tied the record high for October 12th set back in 1991. This is only the 4th time this has happened… - Qale Oct 12, 17:35
I’m not really sure why you’d do this, but you can now use Apple Music on XBOX. -- nm - Qale Oct 12, 17:32 2
- Windows app coming next year which will be nice. -- nm - spamlet Oct 12, 17:39
- Next thing you know, someone will figure out how to play DOOM on it. -- nm - Reagen Oct 12, 17:36
Get out of the way, baseball. I want to watch Masked Singer -- nm - Barynn Oct 12, 17:03 6
- Fastest. Ban. Ever. -- nm - spamlet Oct 12, 17:14
- Who hurt you? -- nm - David Oct 12, 17:08 3
  - The Phillies. Go Braves -- nm - Barynn Oct 12, 17:09 2
    - YEAH!!! -- nm - David Oct 12, 17:12 1
      - Plus, this is Andrew Lloyd Weber Night. It's going to be maximum camp. Up there with that drag queen episode of Project Runway -- nm - Barynn Oct 12, 17:17
- Pete Rose is spinning in his grave. -- nm - mafic Oct 12, 17:06
Does the Taco Bell $28 include tax? - JaxSean Oct 12, 16:50 10
- TBF, that's only like 5 Cheesy Gordita Crunches. -- nm - Ender Oct 12, 17:41
- Taco Bell still has a $5 box. Like, seriously, sit down, crazy people. -- nm - Qale Oct 12, 16:53 3
  - The best calories/dollar value is still the Little Caesars Deep Deep Dish, which I can consume by myself (but always regret doing so). -- nm - Reagen Oct 12, 16:55 2
    - You've never sounded more local to here than this. -- nm - con_carne Oct 12, 19:13
    - I think Cici’s wins here. Just shy of $10 for a buffet, but you’ll regret it. -- nm - Qale Oct 12, 16:58
- taco bell cantina and he had 3 beers. -- nm - mafic Oct 12, 16:51 4
  - gonna turn out that he's added Uber Eats delivery and tip, and its for 3 people. -- nm - Reagen Oct 12, 16:56 2
    - Naw, it’s gonna turn out that he ate that much just so he didn’t have to bottom. -- nm - Qale Oct 12, 16:59 1
      - That works on some very deep levels -- nm - con_carne Oct 12, 17:57
  - I saw one of those in Vegas, but didn't go in. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 12, 16:53
Avenue 5 question (season finale, season premiere) - Beryllium Oct 12, 16:45 1
- Spoils - sycor Oct 13, 05:30
Oh, wow. Angela Lansbury is in Glass Onion. As us Stephen Sondheim -- (link) - TWuG Oct 12, 16:42
Halloween Ends 50% (1/1), TAR 96% (91/3) -- nm - Beaker Oct 12, 16:40
Phils/Hotlanta game started -- nm - budice Oct 12, 16:38
Aftershock Day 3 No Distillers 8( but hey, have front woman, JD will watch -- (edited) - JD Oct 12, 16:25 2
- I heard Lilth Czar was really good. We missed her, but Halestorm is great, and ToaD have some pretty big "crossover" songs. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 12, 16:47 1
  - Shouldn’t you be sleeping? -- nm - spamlet Oct 12, 17:23
I'm getting recommended things like this on YouTube right now, and it's spectacular. -- (link) - David Oct 12, 16:24 [youtube] 1
- Jodie Foster style -- nm - Max Oct 12, 16:27
Reservation Dogs S2 - the Bear-centric episode is fanfreakingtastic - prayformojo Oct 12, 16:24 5
- the whole season was fantastic. The episode of the old ladies going to the conference was hysterical -- nm - Remlik Oct 12, 20:52
- (but holy smokes, the next episode is even better) -- nm - prayformojo Oct 12, 16:57
- The whole show is great. One thing I didn't realize in that episode (casting spoiler) - zunk takes things literally Oct 12, 16:43 2
  - Nice! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 17:01
  - ha! I didn't catch that -- nm - prayformojo Oct 12, 16:57
Richard Gere in Toronto -- (link) - budice Oct 12, 16:23
Russia develops cutting edge auto-burial system. -- (link) - Beaker Oct 12, 16:18 1
- The first drone combat mod I saw was a flamethrower. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 16:20
will I get any 2023 women's world cup tickets? I'm in the queue. -- nm - mafic Oct 12, 16:16 7
- stupid and annoying: draw is tomorrow, so there's zero clarity on who's playing. do I go for group B, D, F, or H? - mafic Oct 12, 16:30 6
  - though it turns out tickets are cheap, so I just got super passes for all the Perth games. yay! -- nm - mafic Oct 12, 16:38 4
    - Very nice! -- nm - Krusty Oct 12, 16:55
    - Nice! -- nm - JaxSean Oct 12, 16:53
    - Nice! -- nm - psilotum Oct 12, 16:51
    - now I just really hope that Canada is team D3, so I get two games. -- nm - mafic Oct 12, 16:41
  - did I say tomorrow? I meant next Saturday. -- nm - mafic Oct 12, 16:31

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