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I don't get the need to write Riddle off TV for 6 weeks. Just start using one of your 50 underutilized wrestlers. - Ender Dec 13, 21:50
Lost on B4: "The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie have announced a co-headline tour." And not a damn one of you made a mail routing joke! -- (link) - Ender Dec 13, 21:43 [Backboard]
Happy Current Gen Witcher 3 Day to those who celebrate! -- nm - Ender Dec 13, 21:22 4
- I just say "happy holidays" so as not to exclude all of the last-gen losers. nm - Dignan Dec 13, 21:41 3
  - I have an XBox X and an S. I must admit that I can't tell the graphic difference on Madden. - David Dec 13, 22:21 2
    - That’s likely because Madden is a shit-tier game. -- nm - Qale Dec 13, 23:05
    - The Series S version of The Witcher 3 won't have ray tracing. -- nm - Ender Dec 13, 22:54
MLB: Carlos Correa and the San Francisco Giants are in agreement on a 13-year, $350 million contract -- (link) - budice Dec 13, 21:02 1
- . -- nm* - Peglegpete Dec 13, 21:21
Latest Amazon Package went from Riverside->San Diego->OC -- nm - budice Dec 13, 19:47
I have to go to indy in january for 26 hours. it will take 13 hours of travel time for me to be in indy for 26 hours. it will cost almost $1200. - judge amanda jones Dec 13, 19:05 6
- this is often my work travel. less frequently at the new place, but I just did 100 hours of travel for like 175 on site. - mafic Dec 13, 19:27
- Send Steve -- nm - Dano Dec 13, 19:15 1
  - do you mean Steve*? great idea! -- nm - judge amanda jones Dec 13, 19:17
- Sounds like when work sent me to Bend OR round trip twice and I was there a total of 40 hours. -- nm - spamlet Dec 13, 19:12
- I was $800 out of pocket for the 2-day TGiving trip with the fam -- nm - budice Dec 13, 19:08 1
  - work is paying so like whatever. but also I work in finance and this is just so dumb. -- nm - judge amanda jones Dec 13, 19:09
curious: Avatar Deep Dive is coming up on ABC; why isn't Avatar plastered all over Disneyplus.com? -- nm - Max Dec 13, 18:59 8
- It's already trending on Disney+. Isn't that enough? -- nm - David Dec 13, 21:20
- anything they inherited from Fox (even Avatar) gets the red-headed stepchild treatment by Disney to some degree or another -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 13, 19:56 1
  - Its been really wild like that -- nm - budice Dec 13, 20:04
- In a related note. I find it weird that a lot of James Camerons stuff isn't in 4K yet. Titanic, Avatar, Aliens, I saw someone post Abyss was about - Bacon Dec 13, 19:42
- They want people in the theater for Avatar, not on streaming. Purposely removed the original for a theatrical re-release -- nm - budice Dec 13, 19:21 2
  - That was temporary, it's back on there now. -- nm - Reagen Dec 13, 19:24
  - The original's on the site, just not front and center like the Willow movie is along with the show. -- nm - Max Dec 13, 19:23
- And it’s completely absent from go.com -- nm - Dano Dec 13, 19:17
Twitter is working on a plan to force users to opt-in to personalized ads & share their location data. -- (link) - Beaker Dec 13, 18:21 3
- My "never logging in" strategy pays off once again! -- nm - Reagen Dec 13, 18:26
- charge users to remain private? UG -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 13, 18:25 1
  - reminds me of when The Phone Company charged extra to not be listed in the phonebook, this led to people using pseudo names, I.P.Freely - zeitgeist Dec 13, 20:10
Tomorrow: testimony from Mr Wonderful -- nm - Beryllium Dec 13, 18:18 3
- "Here's my proposal: I give you the hundred thousand dollars for five percent of your GDP, and, I get ten cents on every citizen for two years." -- nm - Kevin Dec 13, 18:35
- ... and if I'm reading this correctly, Gotham Police Commissioner Jim Gordon -- nm - Beryllium Dec 13, 18:21 1
  - ... at some point you really have to wonder why no one has created BatCoin -- nm - Beryllium Dec 13, 18:24
This probably won't actually apply to SBF, but it sounds like it would be a terrible way to spend Christmas -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 13, 17:43 [mastodon]
Oregon governor commutes the sentences of the entire death row. - TWuG Dec 13, 17:18 6
- That’s awesome. -- nm - MDH Dec 13, 17:24
- Death Column still awaiting justice. -- nm - Reagen Dec 13, 17:23 2
  - Death Matrix holding out hope for commutation -- nm - Beryllium Dec 13, 17:24 1
    - *cold linear algebra shivers* -- nm - Reagen Dec 13, 17:29
- good. -- nm - mud Dec 13, 17:21
- Excellent -- nm - ty97 Dec 13, 17:20
50 years ago this week: The Poseidon Adventure -- (link) - Max Dec 13, 17:07 [youtube]
when temporary bike infrastructure shames pretty much any permanent North American bike infrastructure ... - Beryllium Dec 13, 17:03 [youtube]
We just started watching Trading Places and it made me realize I haven't seen anyone from The Salvation Army ringing a bell for donations this year. -- nm - Krusty Dec 13, 16:53 7
- They've been at my Krogers. -- nm - Ender Dec 13, 21:25
- They're at the Wal-Marts (yes, that's multiple stores, not my Southern accent) here, ringing away. -- nm - whisper Dec 13, 19:54
- Lucky you. -- nm - kelly Dec 13, 18:52
- Saw my first one at the grocery store tonight. It was pouring and cold and they were out there ringing. -- nm - spamlet Dec 13, 18:20
- They are the donation of the month at my work. I'm like, well, at least they aren't outside ringing the bell. -- nm - Qale Dec 13, 17:10
- we have them at grocery stores -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 13, 17:01
- I have. I've tried to avoid them. - Beryllium Dec 13, 16:55
So, I entered a tree decorating contest and there's a form to vote on the trees. You can vote for up to 3. Mine is D. H & R already won an earlier. -- (edited) - .🎄 Dec 13, 16:45 3
- Done! -- nm - Krusty Dec 13, 16:50 1
  - Thanks! -- nm - .🎄 Dec 13, 17:00
- Night time pic -- (pic) - .🎄 Dec 13, 16:46 [Attachment]
sometimes for a change I'll write something in cursive, and every time I'm like "hahaha! look at me, I'm writing in cursive! just like a Victorian!" -- nm - mafic Dec 13, 16:38 1
- :( -- nm - budice Dec 13, 18:49
Completely unfamiliar with the source material, but the cast of The Last Of Us will make me give it a chance -- nm - prayformojo Dec 13, 16:36 3
- The first game is probably my favorite video game. - the wrong element Dec 13, 17:34
- Craig Mazin did Chernobyl so kind of a companion piece (of sorts) also co-produced by one of wiggie’s Harvard chums -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 13, 16:38 1
  - Chernobyl creator + friend of the wigs = you know that it's just dripping with good-natured humanism, right? -- nm - prayformojo Dec 13, 16:50
this is a good thread on why the current streamer-centric model for “TV” sucks and makes it more likely future shows will suck more -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 13, 16:30 6
- Are the smaller writers rooms because of the shorter seasons? - the wrong element Dec 13, 17:50 2
  - everything's smaller because of budgets (shorter seasons, smaller rooms) network shows still have reasonably-sized rooms but they're also ready to - hollywood big shot Dec 13, 17:57 1
    - Maybe one of them can give 10:00 to Jay Leno. - the wrong element Dec 13, 19:16
- John Landgraf will remind you that this is the era of Peak TV. We have more original content than ever before, and some of the best shows ever. - Mop Dec 13, 16:50 2
  - I’m in the camp of there’s so much quantity now and quality decreased tremendously as a result. Tv is pretty bad. -- nm - MDH Dec 13, 17:17
  - lol sure Jan -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 13, 17:02
I think I found the real moochers in the student debt saga (you’re gonna want to sit down first) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 13, 16:24
Tomorrow is Adam Sandler day at school. I envision a lot of pissed pants. -- (edited) - Reagen Dec 13, 16:24 6
- We’ve had it a couple times it’s basically just an excuse to dress like a slob. - Volnelk Dec 13, 17:06
- Adam Sandler has won this year’s Mark Twain Award for American Humor, considered one of the most prestigious honors in comedy. -- nm - Beaker Dec 13, 17:00
- Good gods, what bet did your school lose? -- nm - Spawn Dec 13, 16:41
- OMG, the shouting will be unbearable. - spamlet Dec 13, 16:32 1
  - As if it could go up. -- nm - Reagen Dec 13, 16:45
- be sure everyone drinks lots of water -- nm - Beaker Dec 13, 16:28
Warrior Nun canceled at Netflix after 2 seasons -- nm - Beaker Dec 13, 16:14 2
- Then glad I never gave it a second chance. -- nm - Spawn Dec 13, 16:42
- Step Up cancelled by Starz after 1 season -- nm - Beaker Dec 13, 16:15
cool: skate Canada says pairs and ice dance teams can be any two athletes now. previously was a man and a woman. - mafic Dec 13, 16:11 1
- I saw a movie that would disagree with your IM. -- nm - Mop Dec 13, 18:58
I'm beginning to think the Bankman-Fried kid might be in a bit of trouble. -- nm - mafic Dec 13, 15:59
crash poll: when you write things by hand, is it cursive? - mafic Dec 13, 15:58 19
- Nah -- nm - Ender Dec 13, 21:53
- Almost always cursive. It's often a scrawl, but I can read it. -- nm - whisper Dec 13, 19:58
- Hybrid, like any normal person. -- nm - mara Dec 13, 19:25
- It’s a print/cursive hybrid. -- nm - kelly Dec 13, 18:54
- sometimes and sometimes printing, but mostly a hybrid. - i.b! Dec 13, 18:24
- Nope -- nm - decline Dec 13, 18:02
- No. Mixed case with some letters connecting (t and h in the, as an example). It's not exactly printing but it - TWuG Dec 13, 17:32
- All caps. -- nm - znufrii Dec 13, 17:05
- You'll know when you get my Christmas card with the mailing label ;) -- nm - Meg Dec 13, 17:02
- In high school I retaught myself how to print (very blocky to establish structure). It later morphed into all caps, with actual caps being larger. - Spawn Dec 13, 16:45
- no -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 13, 16:43
- jeez no, I can't read my own handwriting. I send out thousands of postcards marketing my wedding services, all are block lettering even then.... -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 13, 16:31
- Hell no. Couldn't if I tried. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Dec 13, 16:30
- Nope. My cursive is unreadable. -- nm - spamlet Dec 13, 16:26 1
  - Same -- nm - Marlowe Dec 13, 17:02
- Nope. I print in mostly capital letters -- nm - Krusty Dec 13, 16:14 1
  - This -- nm - JD Dec 13, 16:19
- Nah. I print everything because of school. If I write just for me it’s a print-cursive hybrid where I print but don’t really pick up the pen. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 13, 16:08
- almost always. I find it difficult to print without it turning into handwriting. -- nm - Reagen Dec 13, 16:01
SBF denied bail. Jailed until at least Feb -- nm - budice Dec 13, 15:56
I have been stalked! Thanks Krusty. - Andie Dec 13, 15:53 2
- So glad it arrived... - Krusty Dec 13, 16:16 1
  - Do not stress! - Andie Dec 13, 17:08
McWhorter - What’s the Point of Teaching Cursive? - crash davis Dec 13, 15:49 4
- So they read those hand-written letters that pop up in old-timey movies. -- nm - One Baron Posting Dec 13, 16:43
- *shrug* I still come across it reasonably often. -- nm - mafic Dec 13, 15:56 1
  - *addendum: mostly for work in historic documents. virtually never in the rest of my life. - mafic Dec 13, 16:02
- .."it is about as important for modern kids to learn cursive as it is for them to know their Roman numerals." But you ask some parents about Arabic - JD Dec 13, 15:52
My should've be listening earlier recommendation is the After the Whistle with Brendan Hunt and Rebecca Lowe podcast - JD Dec 13, 15:34
I'm looking at flying to Seattle in January, and prices are crazy cheap. Normally you can't leave DC for under $300. - Max Dec 13, 15:25 4
- bring an umbrella. -- nm - mafic Dec 13, 15:46 3
  - and your rubbers. -- nm - Spawn Dec 13, 16:43 2
    - And galoshes -- nm - Beryllium Dec 13, 16:54
    - hit it, Max? -- nm - mafic Dec 13, 16:47
*resets the family ‘Days since a Metz was sick?’ counter back to 0. It was at 6, which has been a high water mark since October 1st -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 13, 15:13 1
- Sorry to hear that :( -- nm - Beryllium Dec 13, 15:13
*sweet* - Marc Maron on Reservation Dogs! -- nm - prayformojo Dec 13, 14:47 2
- typically outstanding episode - prayformojo Dec 13, 14:58 1
  - and Cheese speaks three times as much in this episode than he does in the rest of the series combined -- nm - prayformojo Dec 13, 15:00
OTD 20 years ago the editor of Demolition Man had a Star Trek movie released...Nemesis. -- nm - Remlik Dec 13, 14:38
Reagen: I don't know that I agree with not allowing fleets to use the electric vehicle credit. - spamlet Dec 13, 14:37 7
- unless i knew i was only driving around a city during my stay, would likely not want an EV at this point - hollywood big shot Dec 13, 14:57 5
  - I wouldn't drive from like, LV through Death Valley in an EV right now, but otherwise I wouldn't have a problem with day trips in one - Reagen Dec 13, 15:57
  - Last time I rented a car, it was because my business trip was in a tiny town south of Kitchener. 140km from the airport. - Beryllium Dec 13, 15:12 3
    - Theoretically the emissions of the jet are divided by the number of passengers -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 13, 15:25 2
      - Yes, but even then they are enormous. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 13, 15:30 1
        
        as long as you didn't take a cruise ship. - mafic Dec 13, 15:55
- I'm not saying I agree with him totally but I can at least understand the rationale from a non-asshole position. -- nm - Reagen Dec 13, 14:42
Baker starts for the Rams -- nm - budice Dec 13, 14:27
So the nuclear fusion thingymajig released 3.15 mega joules of energy. - Loyola Dec 13, 14:23 5
- But required like 200 megajoules from the grid to do it. -- nm - Ender Dec 13, 21:29
- Nukular -- nm - budice Dec 13, 14:28
- They didn't hit 88. -- nm - Spawn Dec 13, 14:24 2
  - I knew shooting lasers at stuff would prove useful one day. -- nm - Loyola Dec 13, 14:27 1
    - And to think they yelled at me when I shot them at airplanes. -- nm - Spawn Dec 13, 16:43
December 13 birthdays: Dick Van Dyke (97), Wendie Malick (72), Steve Buscemi (65), Jamie Foxx (55), Taylor Swift (33) - Max Dec 13, 14:18 [youtube] 10
- My dad turned 97 last week. - pmb Dec 13, 14:33 9
  - that's great -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 13, 15:50
  - That's wonderful!! -- nm - Krusty Dec 13, 15:49
  - 👍👍 -- nm - crash davis Dec 13, 15:42
  - Fantastic! And great number! :) -- nm - ty97 Dec 13, 15:12
  - Awesome! (NM) - Marlowe Dec 13, 15:10
  - cheers! -- nm - mud Dec 13, 14:45
  - Nice! -- nm - Remlik Dec 13, 14:36
  - Wow, that's incredible! -- nm - David Dec 13, 14:35 1
    - It really is. I didn't think he would make it after he got Covid about 6 months ago (or at least recover back to his base line), but somehow he did. -- nm - pmb Dec 13, 14:40
spammed! -- nm - Lafarrow Dec 13, 14:14
B2 SUCKED!!! - Spawn Dec 13, 14:01 1
- Avatar, Bitcoin & flying piss. - mud Dec 13, 14:05

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