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so we didnt win Powerball, right? - tRuMaN Oct 30, 15:31 1
- Correct -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 30, 15:33
Turns out I can carve a passable Jack Skellington jack-o-lantern -- (pic) - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 30, 15:18 [Attachment] 1
- very nice! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 30, 15:21
In case you wanna know how much faith the Titans have in Malik Willis at the moment, Derrick Henry has 200 yards rushing -- (edited) - Will Hunting Oct 30, 15:18 2
- I mean it seems to be working so… -- nm - spamlet Oct 30, 15:33 1
  - I’m in awe of how bad Houston is. Willis is zero threat. They still can’t do anything -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 30, 15:36
Be bop a Lula -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 30, 15:18 2
- Sweet! That's good, right? Has to be good. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 30, 15:19 1
  - I'll wait nother bit to say anything. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 30, 15:23
I feel like bery needs to add new slackertalk error pages -- nm* - Truman Oct 30, 15:14 8
- Bring back Scapey! -- nm - Ender Oct 30, 15:21 1
  - Werd! -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 30, 15:25
- Yes, but also, fewer. -- nm* - Beryllium Oct 30, 15:16 5
  - unacceptable. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 30, 15:17 4
    - How about this generative artwork? -- (pic) - Beryllium Oct 30, 15:18 [Attachment] 3
      - not enough sailboats -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 30, 15:19 2
        
        True. Maybe next summer I can compose my own sailboat-hammock photo. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 30, 15:20 1
        
        (Also, note that the current artwork for error pages was made by Dr Vermin) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 30, 15:21
TEN: 4th and Goal. Where else is the ball going? ... Untouched -- nm - budice Oct 30, 14:58
Test-driven development can be fun... - Beryllium Oct 30, 14:40 3
- OK, got it fixed for the displayed text but not for the hover text - Beryllium Oct 30, 14:56 2
  - so now you dont have an excuse to not fix it. -- nm - Truman Oct 30, 15:12 1
    - I have a reason not to fix it (I dun wanna), but the opportunity to fix it in the future if I decide to. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 30, 15:33
someone in Nascar just made a tricksy move. -- nm - Truman Oct 30, 14:36
GA, OHSt, TEN -- nm - budice Oct 30, 14:29
I am gonna get crushed in fantasy football this weekend. that is all -- nm - Truman Oct 30, 14:22
How many total votes are expected in the Brazil election? - ty97 Oct 30, 14:12 6
- This is a fine website to follow because of the chart. -- (link) - Marlowe Oct 30, 14:22 2
  - oh very interesting. It appears the crossover in lines is going to happen any moment now, probably just a bit earlier than last time? -- nm - ty97 Oct 30, 14:44 1
    - Yeah, a bit earlier. The votes from the NE are usually counted more slowly, and Lula is champ there. - Marlowe Oct 30, 14:51
- About 120 million, give or take a few. - Marlowe Oct 30, 14:21
- How many do I need? -- nm - Bolsinaro Oct 30, 14:14 1
  - well, at least 1. -- nm - Truman Oct 30, 14:14
Texans can't stop D Henry. Defenders look like midgets next to him. Haha -- nm* - budice Oct 30, 14:11 1
- Texans are a terrible rushing D team -- nm - Flavorize Oct 30, 14:18
Thing I don't understand about running up the middle, there's a half dozen linesman duking it out and the RB just runs into the back of the pile -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 30, 14:06 5
- In theory your guys push the other guys out of the way. But you don't know they've failed till you're halfway up your lineman's ass. -- nm - Ender Oct 30, 15:11
- #reasons and #itworkssometimes -- nm - Truman Oct 30, 14:08 3
  - I get that the linesman are supposed to make a hole and defense say FU, it seems like the RB should see it ain't happening. Go round. Plan b -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 30, 14:12 2
    - The line and linebackers close faster than that. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 30, 14:18
    - its also a way to wear out defensive linemen sometimes late in the game. -- nm - Truman Oct 30, 14:13
Niners with a tricksy play -- nm - Truman Oct 30, 14:03
A recently renovated suspension bridge in India collapsed killing 60 celebrants -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 30, 14:02
4-4 ATL 1st place NFC South -- nm - budice Oct 30, 13:41 1
- The scary thought is that we might be the best team. - The Allfather Oct 30, 13:53
Oh, careful when trying to find "The Resort"; there's a 2021 horror movie of the same name. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 30, 13:40 1
- Brock o Hurn for the win!! -- nm - Epiphany Oct 30, 13:52
hmm -- nm - Beryllium Oct 30, 13:33
Alea Jacta Est. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 30, 13:19 1
- Viginti maximus est. -- nm - Barynn Oct 30, 13:38
In local news: an earth-shattering kaboom -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 30, 13:19 1
- So, it looks like that Immodium Q-36 Space Modulator was working after all, quite unfortunate for them...and me,hope my insurance covers that -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 30, 15:44
FFL: Don't sleep on 3TD'Onta Foreman -- nm - budice Oct 30, 12:50
OK, a small issue with killfiles has been fixed (on fresh browser sessions, it wasn't remembering who or what to block) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 30, 12:41 3
- Do you want me to test? -- nm - spamlet Oct 30, 12:59 2
  - Sure! I gave it a spin and it seemed to work for me. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 30, 13:01 1
    - Seems to work here too. Thanks again. -- nm - spamlet Oct 30, 13:41
If only the Bears had the wide receivers Ohio State has.... -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 30, 12:02 1
- It's nice to see Fields starting to develop. He looked good today (especially considering the receiving core is trash). -- nm - pmb Oct 30, 14:35
Miami tricksy TD. -- nm - budice Oct 30, 11:52
Hi Bery - ever since the work on beta last night, I am not staying logged in. Have to log back in every time I come back to ST. On both Chrome and - prayformojo Oct 30, 11:36 11
- I've noticed an issue related to there being 2 unique servers at the moment, I'll explain it & maybe you can let me know if it matches - Beryllium Oct 30, 12:42 1
  - Hmm, no, there seems to be something else going on. In the navbar it says "Sign In", but in the post form it says I'm already signed in. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 30, 13:37
- Another issue to note is the time stamps of posts are now only in pacific time for me. -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 30, 11:43 6
  - Ah! Good callout. Thanks. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 30, 12:04 5
    - Hasn't it always been that way? -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 30, 12:06 4
      - There's a setting under Profile that lets you choose your timezone, and ST does mathymaths on the backend to adjust things -- nm - Beryllium Oct 30, 12:15 2
        
        I did not know that!!!! - zunk takes things literally Oct 30, 12:19
        
        Just double checked and my time zone is set to New York. -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 30, 12:19
      - Only if you're in the pacific time zone. -- nm - Ender Oct 30, 12:09
- The solution is clearly to never leave ST... What kind of slacker are you? -- nm - Ender Oct 30, 11:38
- Good to know. I had hoped the new code would behave better with cookies, but there seem to be some issues -- nm - Beryllium Oct 30, 11:38
Black Adam $27.7 ($111.1), Ticket to Paradise $10 ($33.7), Prey for the Devil $7.0, Smile $5.0 ($92.4), Halloween Ends $3.8 ($60.3) -- (link) - Beaker Oct 30, 10:59
Perfect game in the World Series! -- (link) - Tim Oct 30, 10:56 1
- Put him in the HOF right next to Don Larsen -- nm - Barynn Oct 30, 11:17
Pitts! Finally! -- nm - Flavorize Oct 30, 10:51
who made them correct this? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 30, 10:39 6
- MARGARET! -- nm - Leo Oct 30, 12:24
- There's also the question of whether it was the 70s. That's been floating later and later. -- nm - Ender Oct 30, 11:37 1
  - That would make class clown Bobby Mindix's impressions really, really dated though. -- nm - Roger More Oct 30, 15:24
- 100% written in Comic Book Guy voice. Well done, correcter. -- nm - spamlet Oct 30, 11:11
- awesome -- nm - mud Oct 30, 10:45
- I have two or three suspects on this board -- nm - crash davis Oct 30, 10:44
Last night at the fundraiser, I asked for a Merlot and they pulled out a fresh box. In honor of that: Wirecutter Our Favorite Boxed and Canned Wines - crash davis Oct 30, 10:30 1
- I’ve been talking about canned wines, for year—absolutely love the varieties and brands that do them -- nm - Flavorize Oct 30, 15:01
But of fucking course. - Marlowe Oct 30, 10:15 2
- De Santis must be taking copious notes -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 30, 13:21
- yeah, probably won't be the last shenanigans -- nm - crash davis Oct 30, 10:54
‘Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues’ Review: In His Own Words - crash davis Oct 30, 10:04
GO BEARS!!! (I'll claim victory if they give up less than 5 QB sacks) -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 30, 09:55
My friends, I please need someone to post to me the following phrase exactly; "I recommend you read Righteous Prey by John Sandford" - crash davis Oct 30, 09:49 10
- I recommend you read Plum Island by Nelson DeMille (but Righteous prey is alos good) -- nm - Beaker Oct 30, 09:58 6
  - thanks but I read Plum Island years and years ago (I enjoyed it) -- nm - crash davis Oct 30, 09:59 5
    - My next 'mystery, thriller, & suspense' will be Desert Star by Michael Connelly. It gets released Nov 8th (Bosch & Renee Ballard) -- nm* - crash davis Oct 30, 10:08 4
      - I just finished The Dark Hours. It was good, but had some stuff (mostly near the beginning) that annoyed me -- nm - Beryllium Oct 30, 10:14 3
        
        What annoyed you? I'm an uncritical Connelley fanboy - crash davis Oct 30, 10:18 2
        
        Spoils - Beryllium Oct 30, 10:31 1
        
        Ah. You might enjoy this, NYT reviewer hates Nelson DeMille's John Corey character but can't put his latest book down. - crash davis Oct 30, 10:42
- I recommend you read Righteous Prey by John Sandford -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 30, 09:53 2
  - Thanks! -- nm - crash davis Oct 30, 09:54 1
    - Hey zunk, I just finished that book you recommended and had a great time with it. Thank you so much! -- nm - crash davis Oct 30, 09:55
*anime butterfly guy meme* is this Jim Crow? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 30, 09:46
Great play on the pick -- (link*) - budice Oct 30, 09:24
I see Elon is pushing that conspiracy theory about Pelosi. Lovely. -- nm - Jovian Oct 30, 09:17 15
- Let’s not give it too much credit by calling it a “theory”. - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 30, 12:25 6
  - yes, none of these are either "conspiracies" or "theories" they're just the made up lies du jour -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 30, 12:49 5
    - “Bullshit slandermongering” seems an apt description. -- nm* - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 30, 13:28 4
      - Except it's not spoken... -- nm - Ender Oct 30, 13:39 3
        
        Bullshit libelmongering. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 30, 14:03 1
        
        I’m willing to entertain the position that Twitter etc. is more akin to spoken speech than published speech - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 30, 15:15
        
        Distinction without a difference in this case. - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 30, 13:48
- What theory? -- nm - Ender Oct 30, 09:55 4
  - musk posted this as a reply to a hilary clinton post. nm but: -- (link*) - b. Oct 30, 09:58 3
    - Disgusting. -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 30, 12:06
    - I am shocked, shocked I tell you, that Musk would post some random "somewhat" homophobic link. shocked I say! - tRuMaN Oct 30, 12:02
    - My God. Sue his ass! -- nm - Mop Oct 30, 10:03
- there are Jews who still won't buy Ford cars even today -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 30, 09:44
- (points up. And that's why he bought platform. To create reality) -- nm - Jovian Oct 30, 09:18 1
  - He will be more successful at creating a metaverse than Zuckerberg. -- nm - Dano Oct 30, 09:24
A mentalist visits the Seahawks…amazement ensues -- (link) - Flavorize Oct 30, 09:13
What does a Stormtrooper have in common with an empty church? - Ender Oct 30, 09:06 1
- Baldwin certainly wishes that were true -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 30, 12:15
Canucks acquire Ethan Bear, Lane Pederson from Hurricanes (I like the idea of a guy named Bear on the Canucks) -- (link) - crash davis Oct 30, 09:00
TV PSA: NFL, East New York, Simpsons, Celebrity Jeopardy/Wheel of Fortune, Family Law, Great North, Bob's Burgers, NCIS LA, Coroner, Family Guy, -- nm - Beaker Oct 30, 08:43 2
- Rookie, Interview with the Vampire, SEAL Team, Walking Dead, Under the Queen's Umbrella, Circus, Power Trip, Serpent Queen, American Gigolo, Step Up, -- nm - Beaker Oct 30, 08:45 1
  - War of the Worlds, Let the Right One In, White Lotus, Annika, John Oliver, Magpie Murders, Miss Scarlet & The Duke, Halloween stuff, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Oct 30, 08:46
ESPN announcers a little too amped for this early morning -- nm - budice Oct 30, 08:32 1
- probably had some Earl Grey tea! -- nm - Remlik Oct 30, 09:19
15 Books Coming in November - crash davis Oct 30, 08:24 1
- Dr. No, The Philosophy of Modern Song, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, American Caliph, and The Light We Carry appeal the most to me -- nm - crash davis Oct 30, 08:28
Oct. 30th birthdays: Claude Lelouch (85), Henry Winkler (77), Leon Rippy (73), Charles Martin Smith (69), Kevin Pollak (65) - Max Oct 30, 08:19 [youtube]
The U.S. says Russia is ‘weaponizing’ food by halting grain shipments. - crash davis Oct 30, 07:51 3
- So not in the way Chipotle is weaponizing food? -- nm - Mop Oct 30, 11:36
- Here’s how the grain deal between Ukraine and Russia worked. - crash davis Oct 30, 07:53 1
  - Turkey is in talks with Moscow over the suspended grain deal, Russian state media reports. - crash davis Oct 30, 07:55
With Western Weapons, Ukraine Is Turning the Tables in an Artillery War - crash davis Oct 30, 07:42
Framed: 1/6. Moviedle: 2/6. Actorle: X/8. - Marlowe Oct 30, 07:21
5/6 - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 30, 07:20 2
- 4/6 - Marlowe Oct 30, 07:46
- Waffle 4/5 - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 30, 07:20
waffle282 3/5 - decline Oct 30, 07:16 2
- 4 - mayhem Oct 30, 08:05
- 3/5 (first time playing.) - b. Oct 30, 08:00
Wordle 498 5/6 - decline Oct 30, 07:14
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - mayhem Oct 30, 07:10 [Attachment]
Good thoughts for Marlowe and all of Brazil today. Hopefully the lesser of the two evils prevails. -- nm - Krusty Oct 30, 06:51 3
- seriously. I just read about the cannibalism aspect. just sick. nm but: -- (link) - b. Oct 30, 09:52
- Thanks! At leat voting was easy. Waiting will be hard. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 30, 06:53 1
  - I'm sure it will be a stressful day but I hope it goes the way you want. -- nm - Krusty Oct 30, 06:55
OTD 30 yrs ago, Sloan released their debut album Smeared. -- (link) - mud Oct 30, 06:41 [youtube]
Stupid f'ing London game messed up my teams this week. -- nm - Krusty Oct 30, 06:32

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