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in which Maggie Haberman Finds Out -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 16, 09:01 1
- I can't decide if this post reeks of misogyny, antisemitism, or just plain ol' jealousy -- nm - mud Oct 16, 09:23
180 mi.; 6940 mi. (Kabul, Afghanistan); 1060 mi. til 8k -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 16, 08:41 [Image] 4
- Do you use an app or anything to track your mileage that shows these cities? -- nm - crash davis Oct 16, 08:47 2
  - There's on odometer on my bike and I log my mileage weekly in a spreadsheet. Then I use this to figure out where I am. -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 16, 08:51 1
    - Thanks! -- nm - crash davis Oct 16, 09:10
- 🚲👍 -- nm - Dano Oct 16, 08:45
don't make me agree with Keith Olbermann, Rob Manfred -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 16, 08:38 11
- Yeah…that’s idiotic. Every other sport that’s popular in the US has a multi-round playoff bracket. That hasn’t kept the NFL or NBA from popularity - Will Hunting Oct 16, 08:47 9
  - There's also a little event called the NCAA Basketball Tournament. -- nm - Barynn Oct 16, 09:01
  - Bengals got hot for about 6 weeks, last year—Giants beat the undefeated Pats in the SB after being hot for 6 weeks…teams still have to play the game… - Flavorize Oct 16, 08:56 2
    - Here’s the thing, the difference between a 100 win team and a 90 win team is about 6% in win percentage. - Will Hunting Oct 16, 09:09
    - and like, weird shit happens. If it didn't, we wouldn't watch sports. -- nm - Reagen Oct 16, 09:03
  - the NBA does best of seven in every single round -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 16, 08:50 2
    - They also have indoor games and don’t care about the weather. Baseball does 4/7 for 3 rounds, they’re finishing in early November. - Will Hunting Oct 16, 09:06
    - I'd agree that shorter series are especially bad in baseball because of the specialty issue of pitchers. -- nm - Reagen Oct 16, 09:00
  - don't make me agree with Will Hunting, hollywood big shot -- nm - crash davis Oct 16, 08:50 1
    - i mean, if you want that stain -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 16, 08:51
- KO does have moments. -- nm - budice Oct 16, 08:39
Watching people on YouTube finish their 27th hour of 4.167 mile loops while my Fitbit buzzes to alert me that I haven't taken 250 steps this hour. -- nm - Dano Oct 16, 07:51 2
- I know someone who does those—if you were to look at her, you’d think “no way”—just amazing what keeps people doing these -- nm - Flavorize Oct 16, 08:16 1
  - There's a Backyard Ultra in Jim Thorpe, PA in May that I'm toying with the idea of trying. -- nm - Dano Oct 16, 09:00
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 16, 07:27 [Attachment] 3
- INALGONZALGON! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 16, 07:47 1
  - Third favourite Iron Butterfly album. -- nm - VMan Oct 16, 08:03
- GOONZILLA - King Kong and Godzilla's bastard son. -- nm - VMan Oct 16, 07:43
Framed: 2/6. Moviedle: 1/6. Actorle: 1/8. - Marlowe Oct 16, 06:24
At LFF press conference for Glass Onion, Rian Johnson has confirmed that Benoit Blanc is sly. -- (link*) - budice Oct 16, 06:11 1
- To avoid spoilers don't look up the cast list. -- nm - LMS Oct 16, 08:54
David/Kim — woke up feeling under the weather / don’t feel comfortable meeting up -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 16, 06:05 4
- Carrying goalposts into the river is for the young 'uns. -- nm - Barynn Oct 16, 08:59
- No problem. I'm a little bit the same. -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 16, 06:10
- Darn that Ace Hardware -- nm - budice Oct 16, 06:08 1
  - They cough on all the products, in case you steal any, and their register scanning laser doubles as a disinfectant…you get the gist -- nm - Flavorize Oct 16, 08:34
Backyard Ultra just started lap 26. Looks like there are 7 countries left with all 15 runners left. Mauritius, India, and Venezuela are out. -- (link) - Dano Oct 16, 06:03 3
- I like how they are doing the coverage. They're doing a different country at the top of each hour. -- nm - Dano Oct 16, 06:23
- Looks like Malayasia just went out on that last lap. -- nm - Dano Oct 16, 06:07 1
  - Brazil is down to 2. Ecuador, Ukraine, and Vietnam are down to 3. Australia, Belgium, France, and Hungary all still with 15. -- nm - Dano Oct 16, 07:47
TV PSA: MLB, NFL, Equalizer, Family Law, Simpsons, Celebrity Jeopardy/Wheel of Fortune, Bob's Burgers, Great North, East NY, Coroner, Family Guy, -- nm - Beaker Oct 16, 04:10 3
- Rookie, NCIS LA, Power Trip, Interview with the Vampire, SEAL Team, Walking Dead, Circus, Serpent Queen, American Gigolo, War of the Worlds, -- nm - Beaker Oct 16, 04:13 2
  - House of the Dragon, Magpie Murders, Miss Scarlet & the Duke, Power Book III Raising Kanan, Annika, Let the Right One In, Step Up, John Oliver, other - Beaker Oct 16, 04:15 1
    - ... probably 0 for me. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 16, 07:27
some days you just get tired. This is my explanation to the IMDb for merging two people listings into one. - Under the Influence Oct 16, 01:26 2
- Tired is also my excuse for not capitalising the first word. :) -- nm - Under the Influence Oct 16, 01:28 1
  - I thought you were just being artistic -- nm - Dano Oct 16, 07:56
Now seated for Glass Onion. -- nm - LMS Oct 16, 00:34 5
- I have now seen Glass Onion. Very enjoyable. -- nm - LMS Oct 16, 03:27 1
  - Glad to hear that. -- nm - Krusty Oct 16, 05:54
- spoiler: the walrus was Paul. -- nm - mafic Oct 16, 00:49 1
  - Goo goo g'joob -- nm - Under the Influence Oct 16, 01:15
- My mom would be very jealous. -- nm - Ender Oct 16, 00:45
when the seventh inning rolls around again and Dave Roberts starts walking out to the mound -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 16, 00:28 [youtube]
Douthat - The Contradictions of Climate Activism - crash davis Oct 15, 23:54 1
- oh no, we almost had Ross on board. and we would have gotten away with it too if it hadn't been for those meddling kids -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 16, 00:20 [Backboard]
Some of the editing on this article isn't so great, but the story is definitely interesting. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 15, 23:28 4
- thats interesting the end of the article states that German Test pilots saw Mushroom clouds... - Remlik Oct 16, 08:16 1
  - mushroom cloud != nuclear explosion - Reagen Oct 16, 09:07
- I think there's a Secrets of the Dead episode about this. -- nm - Mop Oct 16, 02:11
- It really is an interesting article. Thanks! -- nm - crash davis Oct 16, 00:14
Seriously, though. If you're paid to stand on a sideline during a football game and count to four, you're bad at life if you fail. -- nm - David Oct 15, 23:13 1
- What if you got into debt and then had to intentionally miscount in order to keep your legs? Oh. Never mind, it clearly still applies. :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 23:16
Jack Morris should kiss the ground every morning and twice at night that he didn't have to pitch in this shitball era -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 15, 23:13
Wait, why are St Louis Blues fans all singing "Take Me Home, Country Roads"??? Is there a St Louis in West Virginia now? -- nm - Ender Oct 15, 23:07 1
- Better than Gloria -- nm - spamlet Oct 16, 02:21
Well Avenue Q was everything they said, and more!! :) Every show should have puppets having sex ;-) -- nm - Meg Oct 15, 23:05 5
- Ha! I'm so glad you loved it! It's a wonderful show. :-) -- nm - Krusty Oct 16, 05:55
- Pervert! -- nm - David Oct 15, 23:08 2
  - Hey, you get your enjoyment where you can :) And I got over my intimidation and went up to the high-roller suite during intermission. - Meg Oct 15, 23:15 1
    - Lol! -- nm - Epiphany Oct 16, 04:21
- Every show I go to DOES, even if I need to bring them myself. -- nm - Ender Oct 15, 23:08
Here's a photo I took today. It, uh, sort of works as a chaser for B2's first post. -- (pic) - Beryllium Oct 15, 23:00 [Attachment]
First time two teams that won less than 90 games will meet in a league championship series. - Tim Oct 15, 23:00 1
- If not for Milwaukee's collapse, none of this is happening. - David Oct 15, 23:05
No really, what were the odds of this 10 days ago? -- nm - Tim Oct 15, 22:56 4
- i'd try and figure it out but Analytics is clearly just a load of horseshit -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 15, 23:06 2
  - It's the effect of a short series - Reagen Oct 16, 05:11 1
    - well yes. adding more shorter rounds as a pure naked cash grab has also been horrible for the game -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 16, 08:35
- If the Yankees lose, four out of the best five teams in baseball won't make their championship series. - David Oct 15, 23:02
It's only a few thousand votes, why is it taking so long to count?? - Beryllium Oct 15, 22:52 2
- ah, first data update ... they can count to 156! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 22:52 1
  - Hmm. Not a good election for incumbents. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 16, 00:24
I understand they don't want to pause this game, but someone could get seriously injured. -- nm - David Oct 15, 22:41
We entered last Saturday with the possibility of 4 games on Sunday. There was one. -- (edited) - Tim Oct 15, 22:30
CFL: There is just too much room in that endzone. NFL games under those rules would have NBA scores. - crash davis Oct 15, 22:08 4
- Bombers cinched the home playoff game to go to the Grey Cup last week and treated tonight as a glorified bye week. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 15, 22:19 3
  - What mystified me at the end of the Bombers game was this: Bombers were within one score, and w/ 0:13 left on what I thought was 1st down, BC punted. - crash davis Oct 15, 22:26 2
    - it was not. -- (link) - Reagen Oct 16, 06:39 1
      - Okay thanks. -- nm - crash davis Oct 16, 09:06
The groundballs today hate the 100-win teams. -- nm - David Oct 15, 22:06 2
- The BABIP gods are angry. -- nm - Tim Oct 15, 22:12 1
  - and it's hysterical! - David Oct 15, 22:14
D&D: My group has a one shot this week, and I think I'm going to play as Xanathar's pet goldfish Sylgar. -- nm - Ender Oct 15, 21:37 4
- I really wish I had one more cantrip. - Ender Oct 16, 00:44
- That will wreak havoc with spell memorization -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 21:44
- "In fact, there have been many Sylgars over the years, but Ott is skilled at acquiring a replacement before Xanathar realises its beloved pet has died - David Oct 15, 21:40 1
  - I'm thinking a Locathah armorer artificer. -- nm - Ender Oct 15, 21:45
Drone delay. -- nm - Tim Oct 15, 21:37
Qale - earmuffs. Everybody else, I've reached that point of the season known as "anybody but Houston" -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 21:30 6
- Oh no. You misunderstand. I don’t care if Houston wins. In fact, selfishly, I’d rather they not so my city doesn’t go nuts again. -- nm - Qale Oct 15, 21:59 1
  - Okay :) -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 22:04
- Maybe put a goalie in the net or something? -- nm - David Oct 15, 21:33 3
  - I assume you're responding to my post below and not that one above -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 21:36 2
    - Look, I can't watch drones at baseball games *and* reply to the correct threads. -- nm - David Oct 15, 21:38 1
      - Fair enough -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 21:44
I have to be honest. Right now, I'm sort of glad I got blacked out -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 21:25
I laughed. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 15, 21:08 2
- That must be Mrs Colbert -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 15, 21:51
- that is cute -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 21:22
I think I x'd this entire week on Heardle, but I knew Sunday's 1/6 - prayformojo Oct 15, 21:06
Wordle 484 4/6 - prayformojo Oct 15, 21:03 5
- 4 - 484 - GregW Oct 16, 15:48
- 5/6 - Marlowe Oct 16, 06:31
- 3 - decline Oct 16, 05:09
- 4/6 - TWuG Oct 15, 22:23
- 5/6 - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 15, 21:18
Hockey: Can someone explain "points" to me? -- nm - Ender Oct 15, 20:58 22
- Yes, they give one point to both teams before going to overtime. It's awesome. - David Oct 15, 21:05
- standing points or scoring points? - Reagen Oct 15, 21:02 18
  - Both -- nm - Ender Oct 15, 21:02 17
    - Saw that one player had 85 points last year and thought "wow, that's like a goal every single game, that seems good". Then they mentioned his 42 goals -- nm - Ender Oct 15, 21:15 16
      - This guys explains it best —Additionally, look up Crash’s question about assists in Hockey -- (pic) - Flavorize Oct 15, 21:25 [Attachment] 12
        
        Wait, OT is 3-on-3? -- nm - Ender Oct 15, 21:30 11
        
        yes, unless there's a penalty, when it's 4 on 3. -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 21:35 10
        
        Wait... So a penalty in ot ADDS a player? -- nm - Ender Oct 15, 21:39 9
        
        yes, because you can't go below 3 skaters on the ice. -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 21:40 8
        
        Is this counting the goalie as one of the three? -- nm - Ender Oct 15, 21:42 7
        
        no. -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 21:44 6
        
        But there's a goalie on the ice, right? -- nm - Ender Oct 15, 21:46 5
        
        Unless you decide to pull the goalie for another skater. -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 21:52 4
        
        (although that's a bad idea in OT as that's one way you can actually lose the OTL point) -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 21:53 3
        
        Now you're just making shit up! -- nm - Ender Oct 15, 22:12
        
        Wait, what? -- nm - David Oct 15, 21:56 1
        
        Yup. If you pull the goalie and get scored in in ot, you lose the loser point. -- nm - Reagen Oct 16, 05:12
      - ~80 points is all-star territory. 100+ is elite. (for forwards) -- nm* - Reagen Oct 15, 21:20 2
        
        Looking at it, it was Johnny Gaudreau so it was actually 115/40 and I was way off on the length of the season. -- nm - Ender Oct 15, 21:33
        
        (goals scale pretty well with home runs) -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 21:21
- I think player points are goals + assists. Team points are 2 points for a win and one point for an overtime loss. A NHL vet fan should check my work -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 21:00 1
  - That would seem to also explain what the OTL in the standings means. -- nm* - Ender Oct 15, 21:03
Three offseason questions for the Seattle Mariners after ALDS sweep - crash davis Oct 15, 20:55 3
- So the Ms payroll was $131M. Was the Mets payroll really $290M? -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 20:58 2
  - Yes. Just ask any member of the NY media about this. -- nm - David Oct 15, 21:05
  - Yes, Scherzer, deGrom and Lindor were nearly $100 million. - Tim Oct 15, 21:05
One of the local election areas had a voter turnout of 27% -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 20:54 2
- I think you are on to something. To increase turnout, it should be Voting and Boating day next election -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 20:56 1
  - I dunno, the ballots would get damp, even soggy, would make counting very slow. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 15, 21:05
Utah/USC spoiler - zunk takes things literally Oct 15, 20:48
The much despised USC is trailing by one with 48 seconds to go. -- nm - Mop Oct 15, 20:47 5
- USC seems determined to get 40 yards in one play, just chucking it downfield. Would have been better off with 3 15-yard throws. -- nm* - Ender Oct 15, 20:57 3
  - Just trying to get to field goal range. -- nm - Mop Oct 15, 20:59 2
    - Yeah, but you don't need to do it in one play. Three fifteen yard plays gets you to the 40. -- nm* - Ender Oct 15, 21:02 1
      - God, the Kindle Fire keyboard is garbage. The swipe selected the wrong word on like half that sentence. -- nm* - Ender Oct 15, 21:13
- After a brilliant improvisation on a two-point conversion. -- nm - David Oct 15, 20:48
Calgary 4, Edmonton 3. The two most exciting players seem to be Conner McDavid and Nazem Kadri. I assume they're both deals in the NHL -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 20:43 2
- Wish the Avs had re-signed Kadri—great player -- nm - Flavorize Oct 15, 21:12
- Um. Well, one is, for sure. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 20:44

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