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Heading out on a road trip for Turkey Day, just realized I need to do something on the ST wiki about Mastodon handles (actually addresses, I think). I’ll get -- (edited) - mara Nov 18, 07:50
I lined up outside a Kroger at some ridiculously early hour on a Saturday for Garth Brooks tickets. -- nm - ty97 Nov 18, 07:45 14
- My mother asked me what the drama was since she saw it on the news. Her response was fantastic (see IM) - MDH Nov 18, 07:51 2
  - hee! -- nm - Epiphany Nov 18, 08:11
  - 👍 that is great -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 08:02
- one of our department stores was a ticketmaster outlet back in the day. I slept in a vestibule by lingerie for tori amos tickets. -- nm - judge amanda jones Nov 18, 07:47 4
  - "*yawn* Ooh, new pajamas." -- nm - Max Nov 18, 07:56
  - They let you overnight in the store? Our mall based TM window was only open during mall hours. To overnight it, I was out on a sidewalk downtown - JD Nov 18, 07:52 2
    - it was winter. there were like 30 of us in the tiny air lock. good times. -- nm - judge amanda jones Nov 18, 07:55
    - HA! See my comment about about my mother -- nm - MDH Nov 18, 07:53
- did you lose a bet? -- nm - decline Nov 18, 07:45 5
  - I don't know his music at all, but I've heard he puts on a damn good show. -- nm - MDH Nov 18, 07:51 2
    - For a country show maybe. Otherwise the times I saw him it was very meh. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 18, 07:58
    - Yup. My wife has gone to…several. I would accompany her if needed and I wouldn’t for most country artists. - spamlet Nov 18, 07:53
  - It was a great concert! -- nm - ty97 Nov 18, 07:46 1
    - I saw him once, too. spot on execution. -- nm - i.b! Nov 18, 07:50
A long thread of how reduced employee count at Twitter will cause failures, possibly catastrophic, over the next - TWuG Nov 18, 07:38 7
- Personally, I think a bill isn't going to get paid for something that they have integrated, and something gets shut off because the person paying it - JaxSean Nov 18, 08:07
- Yep. #53 is the fallback failure: if everything goes well, staggering along, there's still a deadline in 52 days that has caught many companies -- nm - Beryllium Nov 18, 07:56
- Reportedly when Blue comes back new users won't be able to sign up for 90 days. -- nm - Ender Nov 18, 07:55 2
  - And if you change your name you lose your check until Twitter verifies the new name meets their TOS. (Who's doing the verifying exactly???) -- nm - Ender Nov 18, 07:56 1
    - it sounds very complicated for no reason -- nm - Epiphany Nov 18, 08:12
- So I keep hearing. -- nm - Mop Nov 18, 07:53
- Who knew running a worldwide messaging service was so complicated :) -- nm - oblique Nov 18, 07:53
Thanksgiving miracle. The Menzingers concert that I couldn't go to tonight has been postponed until 1/6 and now I can go!! So happy. - Volnelk Nov 18, 07:20 2
- Nice!! -- nm - Krusty Nov 18, 08:00
- 👍 -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 07:51
I'm no fan of Ticketmaster but shouldn't the blame game focus on The Swift Tour promoter, AEG? In my simplistic mind - zunk takes things literally Nov 18, 07:19 19
- I can't believe I'm saying this, but it's obvious the tickets should have been much more expensive. -- nm - MDH Nov 18, 07:39 2
  - Or at least have put better limits on tickets purchased. The girl we heard that bought six is kind of crazy. - Spawn Nov 18, 07:43 1
    - That is my point. In a 60K stadium, Couldn't they do 30K fan club, 15K CC, 15K general public (or whatever breakdown). The issue is nothing for GP. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 18, 07:55
- I'm not hating the players, I'm hating the game. I want to go back to just a time where all tickets available went on sale, 1st come, 1st served. - Epiphany Nov 18, 07:23 10
  - I'm totally good with pre-sales. It lets the biggest fans get first shot. But it shouldn't be all of the seats (it usually isn't). The big failure - pmb Nov 18, 07:41
  - Agree on surge pricing. It's the industry's way of trying to realize demand has skyrocketed due to prices. -- nm - MDH Nov 18, 07:40 1
    - somehow U2, Springsteen et al sold out stadiums for years on end without price gouging the same fan bases - hollywood big shot Nov 18, 07:56
  - I experienced surge pricing when Springsteen went on sale. I had to settle for 1 at $300 because 2 in the same section were $700 each. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 18, 07:28 1
    - Surge pricing is really offensive, though I get it from the artist perspective. Basically surge pricing is just taking the secondary market and - pmb Nov 18, 07:39
  - Right? - ReluctantCynic Nov 18, 07:27 4
    - There were fewer organized scalpers back then. -- nm - pmb Nov 18, 07:43
    - 100% agree -- nm - Epiphany Nov 18, 07:30 2
      - I now feel like Greg Cote giving a Back in My Day -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 18, 07:33 1
        
        me too. LOL -- nm - Epiphany Nov 18, 08:08
- Only a quick read through tweets led me to believe it was the fact that they allowed buyers to buy up to 6 tickets. Not sure who gets the blame. - Volnelk Nov 18, 07:22 1
  - it all your student's fault!! -- nm - decline Nov 18, 07:23
- FYI on your IM. Ticketmaster has owned Live Nation since 2010 -- nm - oblique Nov 18, 07:22 1
  - Had it bacwards. Thanks. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 18, 07:23
- Taylors been pretty quiet about it -- nm - budice Nov 18, 07:20
For crash -- (link) - ty97 Nov 18, 07:12 1
- I'm simultaneously shaking my head and loving it 😺 -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 07:15
Krugman - Is This the End Game for Crypto? - crash davis Nov 18, 07:12
wow - I became the party buzzkill. Let me lighten the mood. I just got another Deep Nerd box delivered this morning. Y'all know what a jackalope is? - crash davis Nov 18, 07:04 6
- what is a deep nerd box? -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 18, 07:45 1
  - a phrase I used in this post yesterday -- (link) - crash davis Nov 18, 07:48 [Backboard]
- ha! that’s great. :) - — nm - i.b! Nov 18, 07:26
- That's...pretty awesome. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 18, 07:18
- awesome -- nm - Beaker Nov 18, 07:08
- nice -- nm - decline Nov 18, 07:05
Man, I can’t imagine the week that FTX’s auditors had. - spamlet Nov 18, 07:04 6
- do we know who their external and internal auditor providers were? -- nm - Beaker Nov 18, 07:07 2
  - External were Armanino per the WSJ -- nm - spamlet Nov 18, 07:12
  - I mean Enron brought down Arthur Anderson... -- nm - Beaker Nov 18, 07:08
- they're either having the time of their lives or screaming from the depths of hell - decline Nov 18, 07:06 2
  - I sent that thread to my sister that works in internal audit for a public company. - spamlet Nov 18, 07:09 1
    - 😂 -- nm - decline Nov 18, 07:26
The Idaho students killed by a rambo knife while the other two roommates were home is just weird. And they didn't call 911 for 9 hours. what? -- nm - Epiphany Nov 18, 06:59 9
- it was appar a three story house and the roommates who survived were on third floor? some speculation that they heard the others come in drunk - judge amanda jones Nov 18, 07:23
- The only thing I could think of is drugs/passed out like they were in the house but completely blitzed. I can sort of imagine it if it was a larger - oblique Nov 18, 07:18 1
  - I’m not sure if any toxicology is back yet, but something early on made me think the victims may have been drugged before they were killed. one way to - i.b! Nov 18, 07:23
- Since I nuked my Live TV sub to Hulu, I've been behind the news on this. I hadn't heard this yet. Seems crazy -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 07:16
- still no leads or suspects... -- nm - decline Nov 18, 07:13 4
  - The police say they were " targeted" but then does not explain what that even means. Came in through an open sliding door in the back. -- nm - Epiphany Nov 18, 07:21 3
    - I also saw a video of the 2 blonde girls walking on a street and there seemed to be a dude following them who is hiding his face -- nm - decline Nov 18, 07:22 2
      - follow up...he was cleared -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 20, 23:41
      - yikes -- nm - Epiphany Nov 18, 07:24
Guest Opinion - I Wish the Jury Had Not Sentenced My Family’s Killer to Death - crash davis Nov 18, 06:36
NFL: Titans OC busted for DUI after win in GB -- (link*) - budice Nov 18, 06:26
Thundersnow in Buffalo -- (link) - budice Nov 18, 06:17 2
- Isn't that one of the signs of the apocalypse? -- nm - sycor Nov 18, 06:22 1
  - Snarf snarf -- nm - oblique Nov 18, 06:25
Alabama Again Cancels an Execution Over Delays Inserting IV Lines - crash davis Nov 18, 06:17 2
- I find it horrific that a judge was allowed to overrule a jury which voted 11-1 for life w/o parole & that the governor doesn't have the courage to - crash davis Nov 18, 06:23
- Oh noooo we can't get the IVs in.... - sycor Nov 18, 06:21
The Life of Brian (Cox) x2 -- (link) - LMS Nov 18, 06:02 1
- It happened to me on the Off Menu podcast. I thought they had the actor Brian Cox but it was the physicist. I was a little disappointed but - Krusty Nov 18, 06:05
US approves sale of lab-grown meat -- (link) - znufrii Nov 18, 06:02 5
- "I wouldn't say I've been approving of it, Bob." -- nm - Max Nov 18, 07:36
- "it tastes like despair." -- nm - judge amanda jones Nov 18, 06:09
- "Maybe it just needs salt?" -- nm - Reagen Nov 18, 06:09
- I eat offal and tongue but even I have my limits. -- nm - LMS Nov 18, 06:03
- pretty sure this is how The Walking Dead got started -- nm - Beaker Nov 18, 06:02
The Menu 91% (108/11), She Said 85% (87/16), Bad Axe 96% (27/1), EO 98% (40/1), Poker Face 7% (1/13), The Fablemans 94% (101/6) -- nm - Beaker Nov 18, 05:46 1
- A Christmas Story Christmas 70% (16/7) -- nm - Beaker Nov 18, 05:47
Fun with ancestry.com DNA - Dano Nov 18, 05:44 3
- geesh -- nm - Epiphany Nov 18, 08:14
- quite a story, I wish a happy resolution to all -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 07:58
- that’s a lot. I hope it goes well! — nm - i.b! Nov 18, 07:20
Hardest Semantle Jr. yet. 105 freaking guesses. Lost count of how many hints I needed. - prayformojo Nov 18, 05:30 1
- first time trying it. 31, but I don’t think it’s for me. — nm - i.b! Nov 18, 06:34
Framed: 2/6. Moviedle: 1/6. Actorle: 6/8. - Marlowe Nov 18, 05:26
sometimes something reminds me of George W Bush, and then I think about his Putin portrait, and how weird that is. -- (link) - mafic Nov 18, 05:17 1
- Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay got it right -- nm - Roger More Nov 18, 06:20
Qatar has decided to ban beer sales in and around the stadiums. It's two days until the start of the tournament and this will be a problem. -- (link) - Krusty Nov 18, 04:53 15
- FIFA for the win! -- (link) - decline Nov 18, 07:18 1
  - If there's one group of people we know to be reasonable, level-headed, and unemotional, it's soccer fans. - Mop Nov 18, 07:48
- That seems like an odd sponsor. - the wrong element Nov 18, 05:58 4
  - They outsell every other brand by a wide margin and do rather well overseas despite us and everyone else joking/remarking on it being bad beer. -- nm - Krusty Nov 18, 06:02 3
    - It's the McDonald's of beer. -- nm - Reagen Nov 18, 06:10 1
      - The H&R Block of beer? -- nm - Mop Nov 18, 06:22
    - Heineken is #2 and Bud sells 3x as much beer as them. -- nm - Krusty Nov 18, 06:03
- Look you can still enjoy the refreshing taste of Bud Zero. -- nm - Reagen Nov 18, 05:37 1
  - Like the human rights community didn't already have enough beef with Qatar... -- nm - Ender Nov 18, 06:12
- It's almost as if them getting the tournament in the first place was a lie built on a corrupt scam. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 18, 05:36
- Qatar bribed Ecuadorian players $7.4M to lose, 1-0, this Sunday —[Note: 1-0 exact score is +550 on FD] -- (link) - Flavorize Nov 18, 05:21 3
  - I assume that if Ecuador loses this game now, those players lives will be in danger should they ever return home. -- nm - Mop Nov 18, 06:26
  - This is a complete fabrication and an insult to the kingdom! - mafic Nov 18, 05:54
  - The amount of corruption and lies around this tournament is just staggering. The video I saw of the fake fans for each country was embarrassingly bad. - Krusty Nov 18, 05:27
- hilarious. -- nm - Beaker Nov 18, 05:00
Wordle 517 3/6 - spamlet Nov 18, 04:35 7
- 3. Like Kilbo, it seemed impossible from where I was, and then it wasn't. - pmb Nov 18, 07:36
- Same, but a different pathway. 3/6 - ReluctantCynic Nov 18, 07:26
- 4/6 (that seemed impossible until it wasn't - spoilers) - oblique Nov 18, 05:51 2
  - same. - i.b! Nov 18, 06:48
  - (Spoilers) - spamlet Nov 18, 05:54
- 4/6 - Marlowe Nov 18, 05:46
- 4 - decline Nov 18, 05:42
Colorado recount likely. yeah, thwt one -- nm - .🐢 Nov 18, 04:34
waffle301 1/5 - prayformojo Nov 18, 04:31 3
- I don’t want to talk about it. - i.b! Nov 18, 07:18
- same - oblique Nov 18, 05:54
- 2 - decline Nov 18, 05:44
So, do I shave or stay bearded for what could end in a mugshot? - Will Hunting Nov 18, 04:31 15
- I was sorry to read of what happened. I hope you get positive resolution right quick -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 06:12
- If you're not aware, the words you want coming out of your mouth are CFPB -- nm* - oblique Nov 18, 05:33
- I think I missed something. Are you planning a bank heist? -- nm - Krusty Nov 18, 04:54 5
  - "You're not taking all of it?" "Hey - we're partners now." -- nm - Max Nov 18, 07:38
  - Someone took 9950 from us last night and Truist was seemingly cool with it. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 18, 05:10 3
    - so sorry this happened. -- nm - Remlik Nov 18, 06:37
    - If you need help, I may have some ideas. - ReluctantCynic Nov 18, 05:29
    - I just went back a couple of boards and saw the post. I'm so sorry that happened to you guys and I hope you get satisfaction today. -- nm - Krusty Nov 18, 05:14
- Hopefully you’re changing banks as well? -- nm - spamlet Nov 18, 04:51 4
  - Absolutely. Fool me one, shame on you. Fool me twice… -- nm - kelly Nov 18, 05:04 3
    - won't get fooled again! -- nm - mafic Nov 18, 05:12 2
      - YYYYYEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHHHH -- nm - prayformojo Nov 18, 05:12 1
        
        never not funny. -- nm - judge amanda jones Nov 18, 06:07
- Keep the beard for the confrontation. Shave it for the high speed chase. - TWuG Nov 18, 04:49
- Are they even open? -- nm - kelly Nov 18, 04:47
Ooh! Google gave me a time range of next Mon-Wed for my new phone, but it shipped last night and is arriving today. -- nm - Ender Nov 18, 04:21
Ender, I think people just need to adapt to Mastodon. It’s not a twitter clone and acting like it is won’t make it successful. - spamlet Nov 18, 04:05 6
- I don't know that it will ever settle in that it's not spelled Mastadon... -- nm - Ender Nov 18, 06:20
- Definitely don’t use the Mastodon app. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 18, 05:37 3
  - TUSKY for android, Metatext for iOS. -- nm* - Dark Callisto Nov 18, 05:43 2
    - Yep, Metatext works great. -- nm - spamlet Nov 18, 06:34
    - Tusky definitely does replies better. -- nm - Ender Nov 18, 06:21
- It certainly would be interesting if a major email provider like gmail dropped an instance. Closely linking it to email could be a major means of - oblique Nov 18, 05:30
Huh, Orion is already closer to the moon than to earth. -- (link) - Ender Nov 18, 04:05
G20 Inflation tracker -- (link) - Beaker Nov 18, 04:03 1
- Canada: Our inflation is so bad! -- United States: *side eye* - ReluctantCynic Nov 18, 05:31
also I made a world cup league on the FIFA site, for anyone who cares. -- (link) - mafic Nov 18, 04:03 1
- Does it have beer? -- nm - Ender Nov 18, 04:05
you should definitely care about my official world cup predictions. - mafic Nov 18, 04:02
TV PSA: Lopez vs Lopez, SWAT, Smackdown, Shark Tank, Penn & Teller, Young Rock, Gold Rush, UnXplained, Fire Country, Who's Line is it Anyway?, -- nm - Beaker Nov 18, 03:56 3
- Blue Bloods, AEW Rampage, Acapulco, The People We Hate at the Wedding, Spirited, Fraggle Rock, Central Park, Mosquito Coast, Mythic Quest, Peripheral, -- nm - Beaker Nov 18, 03:58 2
  - Shantaram, Interrupting Chicken, Cuphead Show, The Craftsman, Disenchanted, Garcia!, Best in Snow, Great British Baking Show, Inside Job, Slumberland, -- nm - Beaker Nov 18, 04:00 1
    - Nope, The Violence Action, Reign Supreme, Slash/Back, Somebody, Bellator, Graham Norton, other stuff -- (link) - Beaker Nov 18, 04:02
Gamestop redid their website. it is a shitshow. can't find anything. what a mess. -- nm - Beaker Nov 18, 03:55 1
- Probably had to remove all their FTX references :) -- nm - oblique Nov 18, 05:29

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