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Today's one of those days where I just wanna curl up in a tiny ball and cry for a week. But I'll be at EPCOT in 48 hours. So, I'm gritting my teeth. - David Oct 26, 12:10 9
- Same! Except for Epcot. In 48 hours I'll be setting my Twitter to Protected and walking away for a while. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 26, 12:20
- I'm sorry it's not a good day but Yay Disney soon! -- nm - ty97 Oct 26, 12:16
- It is okay my friend, I think the Tennessee Black Adam uniforms are for one game only - crash davis Oct 26, 12:15 3
  - Just a computer crash and an upset stomach. - David Oct 26, 12:19 2
    - Eh, that's what we're here for -- nm - spamlet Oct 26, 12:31
    - no, venting is good (unless it is about Trump or Musk, ppl shouldn't care about them) and computer crashes truly truly suck - crash davis Oct 26, 12:25
- Listen to the dulcet tones of Chapek today on Parks strategy -- (link) - budice Oct 26, 12:13 2
  - The whole thing is up on WSJ's YouTube if you're interested. -- nm - David Oct 26, 12:17 1
    - *tip cap* -- nm - budice Oct 26, 12:18
Pine-Sol had one job, guess why there is a massive recall of over 30 million bottles? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 26, 12:05 7
- it contains bacteria that pine-sol doesn't do fuck-all to -- nm - decline Oct 26, 12:14
- It includes Oak-Sol instead? -- nm - ty97 Oct 26, 12:10 1
  - It is there non pine stuff being recalled. I think I just bought a bottle of the Lemon Fresh -- (link) - crash davis Oct 26, 12:13
- Spitballin': listeria -- nm - Barynn Oct 26, 12:08 2
  - Close...some kind of harmful bacteria that can get immuno compromised sick...I thought soap was supposed to kill shir like that -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 26, 12:13 1
    - I looked it up after guessing. That's one I've been asked to document in a number of analyses. - Barynn Oct 26, 12:17
- A new tiktoc challenge? -- nm - JaxSean Oct 26, 12:06
Matthew Perry beat Jax to the Punch. Huge crush on JANIS -- (link) - budice Oct 26, 12:04 1
- I'm sure we'd both be ignored by her deafening lack of interest. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 26, 12:05
Elon Musk is at Twitter’s SF HQ this week and employees will be hearing from him directly on Friday -- (link) - budice Oct 26, 11:45 25
- This has a “taunting the family at a funeral” vibe. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 26, 11:52 9
  - if he fires 75% of the employees as promised, they can all just walk across the street to any VC and get money to startup Schmitter the next day -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 26, 12:06 8
    - Bery, they're playing your entrance music... -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 26, 12:19
    - Oh, it's gonna happen. He's getting paid to create election misinformation, but this is his waterloo. -- nm - David Oct 26, 12:08 5
      - It’s insanity to think that a website with no tangible product is irreplaceable. - Will Hunting Oct 26, 12:11 4
        
        one of the dumbest motherfuckers to ever draw a breath exploited it to get the keys to the White House and nuclear codes. It has value beyond just - hollywood big shot Oct 26, 12:19
        
        Exactly. -- nm - David Oct 26, 12:13 2
        
        (Rollo legitimately had a multi-million dollar idea for Spam, and I just couldn't wrap my brain around people paying to read our emails.) -- nm - David Oct 26, 12:14 1
        
        why was Rollo talking to you and not Hormel? -- nm - crash davis Oct 26, 12:16
    - With a 30% premium in the stock they owned vs the actual value. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 26, 12:07
- he has changed his handle to 'Chief Twit' -- nm - decline Oct 26, 11:50 1
  - Twit Commander! -- nm - Jay Oct 26, 11:51
- Elon's entrance -- (link) - budice Oct 26, 11:47 12
  - What a f**king dipshit -- nm - Jovian Oct 26, 12:16
  - He wouldn't have to announce layoffs - I'd be looking for new employment stat. -- nm - Max Oct 26, 12:09
  - That’s the guy who understands messaging and social media. - Will Hunting Oct 26, 12:03 1
    - Being taken Private by his buyout @ $54.20/share -- nm* - budice Oct 26, 12:06
  - dork. -- nm - Remlik Oct 26, 11:57
  - Oh look, he thinks he’s being clever. -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 26, 11:54 1
    - I like that we can see the guys that carried the sink to the door for him. -- nm - Spawn Oct 26, 11:55
  - He’s bringing his own sink? -- nm - Flavorize Oct 26, 11:50 1
    - read his stupid caption -- nm - Spawn Oct 26, 11:50
  - clown -- nm - mud Oct 26, 11:50
  - I thought it was going to be a supercut of Ted Cruz at the baseball game... -- nm - Beaker Oct 26, 11:50
  - omg -- nm - Spawn Oct 26, 11:48
hey photography dummies, if i want to take a long exposure Milky Way shot on my phone (say at Yosemite next week) what's your go-to basic app? -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 26, 11:36 4
- IPhone and Samsung have a setting for long exposure -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 26, 12:03 1
  - Samsung calls it 'hypelapse' -- nm - decline Oct 26, 12:10
- Amazon, to buy a camera. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 26, 11:56
- I hear good things about Halide. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 26, 11:41
What to Know About Seasonal Depression - crash davis Oct 26, 11:19
Kind of creepy: Inside a massive abandoned town of Disney-esque castles -- (link) - decline Oct 26, 11:01 19
- "OW! OW! OW! OW! OW! OW! OW!...." -- nm - Godzilla Oct 26, 12:11 1
  - :-D -- nm - mud Oct 26, 12:14
- I want to take that town over to train my elven archers to get ready for the orcs -- nm - crash davis Oct 26, 11:31 1
  - whatever you say, Adar -- nm - prayformojo Oct 26, 11:33
- C'mon over! My house is the one shaped like a castle... -- nm - Mop Oct 26, 11:27 2
  - I'd hate having to find my way home after a night out drinkin' -- nm - decline Oct 26, 11:51 1
    - On the other hand, go in the wrong house, it's still a castle. -- nm - Barynn Oct 26, 11:53
- I*'d watch that horror movie -- nm - Beaker Oct 26, 11:21
- Yeah, this goes viral every once in a while. Some videographers visit and shoot footage. -- nm - David Oct 26, 11:11 8
  - you should buy the whole town (you can probably get it cheap now!!) -- nm - decline Oct 26, 11:24 7
    - If the world goes crazy, ST really should consider collectively buying a castle. -- nm - David Oct 26, 11:25 6
      - only if we can have a moat with alligators -- nm - decline Oct 26, 11:27 5
        
        can we line the wall with the heads of our enemies? -- nm - Beaker Oct 26, 11:28 1
        
        What is the point of a castle if not? -- nm Posted by Spawn Oct 26 '22, 14:28 -- nm - Spawn Oct 26, 11:33
        
        And it should be situated on water for coordination with Crash's Yacht Pirates (TM) -- nm - rollo Oct 26, 11:28 1
        
        capital idea! -- nm - crash davis Oct 26, 11:36
        
        What is the point of a castle if not? -- nm - Spawn Oct 26, 11:28
- Click through for the pics. They do not disappoint. -- nm - Barynn Oct 26, 11:09
- Was there some light treason involved? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 26, 11:02
Marvel Snap has some deep cuts (yes like Iron Man and Nightcrawler, ha ha) -- (pic) - Tim Oct 26, 10:49 [Attachment] 2
- more -- (pic) - Tim Oct 26, 10:51 [Attachment] 1
  - I'm amused with the game for now. Thanks for the rec. - Barynn Oct 26, 11:58
USC rebrands itself, adding to confusion with the real USC -- (link) - budice Oct 26, 10:47 1
- "Where'd you go to school?" "USC Upstate." "Is that, like, near Sacramento?" -- nm - Barynn Oct 26, 10:50
Netflix has a documentary about the guy who tried to use Pepsi points to buy a jet. -- (link) - Mop Oct 26, 10:23 [youtube] 6
- I had never heard this story. -- nm - Tim Oct 26, 10:45 1
  - As a joke in a commercial, they said for 6 billion points you could get a Harrier Jet, so this guy gathered 6b points - zeitgeist Oct 26, 11:25
- This should result in a viewing boost for punch drunk love -- nm - Beryllium Oct 26, 10:43
- vive Quebec -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 26, 10:35
- I'll be watching that some night. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 26, 10:27 1
  - Yes, you will. -- nm - Netflix Oct 26, 10:39
Hyundai breaks ground on $5.5B electric car plant in Georgia -- (link) - oblique Oct 26, 09:56 6
- Biden! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 26, 10:03 5
  - (Warnock and Kemp) - ML Oct 26, 10:31 2
    - Walker should have run for senate in MN where they remember his trade fondly -- nm - crash davis Oct 26, 11:47
    - Manchin, actually - hollywood big shot Oct 26, 10:37
  - Speaking of Biden. They announced today $1B from the EPA's Clean School Bus Program for 389 school districts -- (link*) - oblique Oct 26, 10:06 1
    - $1B / 2,400 buses = damn, buses are expensive! -- nm - Barynn Oct 26, 10:07
STLCards: Big Changes for 2023 Coaching Staff -- (link) - budice Oct 26, 09:55 3
- Adam Wainwright is coming back to chase 200 wins -- nm - spamlet Oct 26, 10:36
- Skip Schumacher (bench coach) is also expected to be hired by the Marlins. -- nm - spamlet Oct 26, 10:33
- I'm available for a not exorbitant salary. -- nm - Barynn Oct 26, 09:57
Because he quit in shame, Vince McMahon has earned $367 million from his WWE stock. - David Oct 26, 09:36
Cowboys: Zeke has a sprained right knee, coach Mike McCarthy says -- nm - budice Oct 26, 09:34 2
- Throw it more to Lamb! -- nm - Barynn Oct 26, 09:59 1
  - Pollard with additional touches will be nuts -- nm - Flavorize Oct 26, 10:49
uh oh, Gloria Allred's on it! -- (link) - mud Oct 26, 09:33 1
- "Oh shit, its Gloria Allred!" -- nm* - Heart transplant delivery guy Oct 26, 09:51
Speaking about Spotify vs Apple. The latest update from Spotify has had a hard time getting approved due to their desire to expand into audiobooks. -- (link) - Qale Oct 26, 09:33
Oh, look. New SEC shareholder reporting rules for mutual funds just dropped. Fun. -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 26, 09:33 2
- Final? -- nm - spamlet Oct 26, 10:34 1
  - Final. -- (edited) - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 26, 10:40
More Tabouli on the TV: Sausage Party gets a sequel -- (link) - budice Oct 26, 09:32 1
- Oh no. "Hey grandma, I wanna watch that food movie!" redux. -- nm - Barynn Oct 26, 10:13
Yes, yesterday was the least production I've gotten yet out of our solar panels: 2.0 kWh for the entire day. It was a dark day indeed -- nm - oblique Oct 26, 09:27 1
- did you sit in the dark last night to offset the poor production? -- nm - decline Oct 26, 09:31
Matthew Perry claims he and Valerie Bertinelli made out while husband Eddie Van Halen was passed out -- (link) - budice Oct 26, 09:23 18
- of the Five Friends, would you have predicted him to have the worst post-show career? -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 26, 10:43 3
  - I think he is sadly pretty messed up now. I know he's currently leveled out and doing okay for the moment, but i think ALL the drugs messed up his brain in many ways. -- nm* - Andie Oct 26, 10:53
  - (I really liked his "Go On" show) -- nm - Beaker Oct 26, 10:52
  - "Goon..Juice" -- nm - Seth Mcfarlane Oct 26, 10:43
- Is he 100% sure that he wasn't the one passed out? -- nm - Roger More Oct 26, 10:01
- Why does that name remind me of what I vaguely recall as a canadian talk show host? And why can't I remember the real name I'm thinking of? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 26, 09:31 8
  - Ralph Benmurgui? -- nm* - Andie Oct 26, 09:34 7
    - Heh, no. A woman. Sorta reminiscent of Rosie O'Donnell, but a bit less chaos-energy. - Beryllium Oct 26, 09:35 6
      - Now I am obsessively trying to figure it out. -- nm - Andie Oct 26, 09:37 4
        
        Might have been Vicki Gabereau -- nm - Beryllium Oct 26, 09:37 3
        
        Yeah, that's the one. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 26, 09:38 2
        
        OK, y'all are just making up names now -- nm - Barynn Oct 26, 10:06 1
        
        All names are made up, Barynn. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 26, 10:09
      - Gloria Macarenko? -- nm - mud Oct 26, 09:36
- i already have reserved his book at the library, it comes out Nov 1 -- nm - Andie Oct 26, 09:30
- Ohhhh I did that in my early twenties as well. I mean it wasnt my fault her husband passed out - Jovian Oct 26, 09:26 2
  - You made out with Valerie Bertinelli? -- nm - JD Oct 26, 09:27 1
    - Oh little tween Jovian does wish that -- nm - Jovian Oct 26, 09:46
Is Elon going to keep the porn though? -- nm - Qale Oct 26, 09:11 4
- No. Like any fascist, he only uses his complaints as a tool to gain power - once acquired, it all gets taken away. - Beryllium Oct 26, 09:15 3
  - I mean, if we’re getting rid of Twitter’s porn and TikTok’s thirst traps, I’m starting to worry where I’m going to go for the lewd. -- nm - Qale Oct 26, 09:34
  - the government really needs to bring Elon down to Earth. I feel like he has more pull then the US Government. -- nm - Jovian Oct 26, 09:20 1
    - Uh, no, I don't think that's quite the case. The first part is probably true, but not so much the second part. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 26, 09:21
cats are such pathetic moochers that they'll teach themselves sign language to beg if their owners are deaf -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 26, 09:10
Oct. 26 birthdays: Chelcie Ross (80), Pat Sajak (76), Cary Elwes (60), Seth MacFarlane (49) - Max Oct 26, 09:09 [youtube] 1
- I wanna see Rosemarie DeWitt & Cary Elwes in a Seth MacFarlane picture -- nm - mud Oct 26, 09:28
Here we have multiple levels of policing. County is the most visible. Sometimes you’ll see state or hyper local like school or METRO. Then there are… - Qale Oct 26, 09:02
Priests and Nuns watch pr0n online too, says Pope Francis -- (link) - budice Oct 26, 08:59 5
- That’s pretty haram of them. -- nm - Qale Oct 26, 09:04
- Priest’s fetishes are easy to guess…but nuns? Need a buzzfeed map of most popular nun porn by state -- nm - Flavorize Oct 26, 09:03
- but do that watch priest and nun pron ? -- nm - decline Oct 26, 09:03
- My father was a nun. -- nm - Baldrick Oct 26, 09:02
- big, if true. -- nm - mud Oct 26, 09:00
Waukesha parade killer: GUILTY -- (link*) - mud Oct 26, 08:55 2
- I really thought the pro se defense would work this time... - Barynn Oct 26, 08:58
- We're on a roll. Keep it up. -- nm - Mop Oct 26, 08:57
I may have to watch at least this segment in the upcoming Simpsons Treehouse of Terror -- (link) - JD Oct 26, 08:53
Look, Natasha Lyonne is an acquired taste, and I've never acquired it. But that trailer to Poker Face looks solid. -- nm - Mop Oct 26, 08:53 5
- reboot Columbo with her, cowards -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 26, 09:06 3
  - oh that's excellent. -- nm - Remlik Oct 26, 09:21
  - "Just one more [censored] thing..." -- nm - Natasha Lyonne as Columbo Oct 26, 09:14
  - 100% -- nm - Beryllium Oct 26, 09:11
- have a trailer -- (link) - Remlik Oct 26, 08:56 [youtube]
Hmm, interesting. HP used to manufacture all their inkjet printers here in town before eventually offshoring all that. Now... - Mop Oct 26, 08:48 5
- Nice. - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 26, 08:56
- Well, if that happens, credit goes to Biden, right? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 26, 08:51 3
  - the CHIPS Act, yes (weirdly, we've been told for 30 years that those jobs were gone and just never coming back) - hollywood big shot Oct 26, 08:54 1
    - Who knew that offshoring our most sensitive secrets to factories in China would be a bad idea? -- nm - Mop Oct 26, 08:54
  - Except the GOP will be in power by then, so they'll claim the win. -- nm - Mop Oct 26, 08:54
the Whitmer kidnap Nazis: GUILTY -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 26, 08:41 7
- The crime: Fucking Around. The sentence: Finding Out. -- nm - rollo Oct 26, 10:13
- But at least the one's got a date lined up after he's out of jail. -- nm - David Oct 26, 08:53 3
  - kidnapping is a life-sentence maximum - hollywood big shot Oct 26, 08:56 1
    - conjugal visits, then. -- nm - Spawn Oct 26, 11:35
  - *golf clap* -- nm - Mop Oct 26, 08:54
- Time served? -- nm - Mop Oct 26, 08:46
- morons -- nm - mud Oct 26, 08:44

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