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ST crowdsourcing poll - A wrote a letter to Santa asking about the names of all the reindeer. We all know the main nine. What are some others? -- nm - All I want for Xmas is znu Dec 21, 14:39 45
- Moe, Curly, Larry and Shemp -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 21, 16:28 1
  - Athos, Aramis, Porthos and D'Artegan -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 21, 16:31
- Also, I should totally sneak in the white trash names scene from Ted and see if my wife notices, right? - All I want for Xmas is znu Dec 21, 15:33 1
  - "Wait, is it one of those but with -Lyn on the end?" -- nm - Reagen Dec 21, 15:39
- SHEEV PALPATINE -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 21, 15:31 1
  - The Dead Speak! -- nm - mafic Dec 21, 15:34
- Maverick, Iceman, Rooster, Phoenix, Hangman, Goose, Bob -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 21, 15:29
- Demi, Camila, Anne-Marie, Carly Rae, Tove, Bishop, Bebe, Lauren, Daya, Charlie and Elle. -- nm - Reagen Dec 21, 15:25 1
  - 👏👏 and the most famous of all: Marren -- nm - JD Dec 21, 15:28
- Julio, Enrique, Chabeli, Victoria, Cristina, Javier, Rodrigo, Guillermo, and Miguel. -- nm - mafic Dec 21, 15:21
- Zippity. - Loyola Dec 21, 15:14
- Major Reissman, Wladisaw, Franko Maggot, Pozey, Jefferson, Pinkley, General Warden, Bravos & Jiminez -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 21, 15:10
- John, Paul, George, and Ringo. -- nm - loosilu Dec 21, 15:09 1
  - The names should have un peu avec le zoom zoom no? -- nm - Loyola Dec 21, 15:10
- happy, Sleepy, Dopey, Doc, Bashful, Grumpy & Sneezy -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 21, 15:07 1
  - Runny, sprinty, zippy and dippy. - Loyola Dec 21, 15:08
- They probably won’t have heard of Skippy the Bush Kangaroo. - Loyola Dec 21, 15:05
- Sockatherine, of course. -- nm - judge amanda jones Dec 21, 14:58
- Tornado. - Loyola Dec 21, 14:57 3
  - I mean just use our names. "loyola" "callisto" "mafic" "znufrii" - judge amanda jones Dec 21, 15:00 2
    - "and their long lost and much lamented brother foodchem" -- nm - mafic Dec 21, 15:05
    - *laughing* - Loyola Dec 21, 15:01
- John, Paul, George, Ringo. -- nm - mafic Dec 21, 14:55
- Banquo is an underappreciated name -- nm - prayformojo Dec 21, 14:54
- Salsa, Tango, Mambo, Polka. -- nm - Loyola Dec 21, 14:54
- Hilja and Hanele (a couple of Finnish reindeer girls) -- nm - .🎄 Dec 21, 14:53
- Zamzam, Chippy, Slipslopper, Macro, and Milt -- nm - Jovian Dec 21, 14:51 4
  - Slipslopper is great. -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 21, 14:52
  - (fyi I didnt understand the question so I just made up some cool reindeer names.) -- nm - Jovian Dec 21, 14:52 2
    - That is the entire point of the question. :) -- nm - All I want for Xmas is znu Dec 21, 14:54 1
      - oh lol, so then I did. -- nm - Jovian Dec 21, 14:55
- ? there's others? -- nm - mud Dec 21, 14:49 1
  - Why wouldn’t there be? -- nm - All I want for Xmas is znu Dec 21, 15:27
- Diamond, Neptune. -- nm - Loyola Dec 21, 14:49
- Hans, Karl, Tony, Franco, Fritz, Theo, Eddie, Marco, Henrich, Uli and Alexander -- nm - prayformojo Dec 21, 14:45 3
  - my friend, who is french, has a son named heinrich. -- nm - judge amanda jones Dec 21, 15:00
  - and the nine members of the Asian Dawn Movement. -- nm - mafic Dec 21, 14:54 1
    - "no...Asian *Dawn*: D-A-W-N" -- nm - prayformojo Dec 21, 14:55
- Buck, Darby, Hartley -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 21, 14:44
- Olive? -- nm - VMan Dec 21, 14:43 4
  - Popeye, Wimpy & Sweet pea -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 21, 15:30
  - and Clarice! -- nm* - Dark Callisto Dec 21, 14:43 2
    - Callisto wouldn’t be a bad name. -- nm - Loyola Dec 21, 14:48 1
      - Yeah!!! -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 21, 14:51
- Fred -- nm* - decline Dec 21, 14:40
I was covid-tested yesterday, thought it was ahead of leaving tomorrow. turns out everyone was because two employees, including a cna, are sick and +. - i.b! Dec 21, 14:32
oh, that's mature. - mud Dec 21, 14:31 3
- Kevin, I really do not see how this helps you get to 218. (12 days left ..or no Speakership!) -- nm - mud Dec 21, 14:49
- anything to get out of governing -- nm - Jovian Dec 21, 14:38
- Lol, OK. -- nm - All I want for Xmas is znu Dec 21, 14:33
DTL: Starkville loses, denied a return trip to the final 4 -- nm - rollo Dec 21, 14:27 2
- Sorry :( I'm rooting for Lubbock in the next round then. - spamlet Dec 21, 14:30 1
  - I hate that guy. That I lost to him in last year’s PTT final chaps my ass. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 21, 14:42
wtf -- (link) - mud Dec 21, 14:16 5
- your honor, they shoulda been gone. -- nm - Reagen Dec 21, 14:32
- ... -- (pic) - Beryllium Dec 21, 14:24 [Attachment]
- yeah they are fighting big time for control of the band -- nm - Remlik Dec 21, 14:20 1
  - With Valory and Smith as well, I believe. - Dark Callisto Dec 21, 14:26
- Good -- nm - Jovian Dec 21, 14:18
this press conference is amazing. -- nm - mud Dec 21, 14:10
What was glossed over on B2 Part 2: crash, please tell us your flight to Yuma is at 3:10. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 21, 14:09
*steps up to the mike* *tap* *tap* *tap* - prayformojo Dec 21, 14:07
Portland has gone from blizzard condition "stockpile groceries" to "swarm the liquor stores and weed dispensaries." -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 21, 13:48 4
- aw, that's like right before lockdown. *nostalgia* -- nm - loosilu Dec 21, 14:21
- That's going to be some weird French Toast -- nm - Dano Claus Dec 21, 14:20
- Our grocery store was packed with people preparing for the holidays and the storm. I went to pay in the liquor store part and the line was ten deep. - Volnelk Dec 21, 14:00
- heh -- nm - mud Dec 21, 13:49
evil -- (link) - mud Dec 21, 13:44 7
- and here is some performative evil. -- (link) - Jovian Dec 21, 14:04 6
  - Freezing cold take -- nm - rollo Dec 21, 14:19
  - Remember when Obama wore a tan suit and the right went nuts? -- nm - pmb Dec 21, 14:17 1
    - I do. And he should have just wore tan suits for the rest of his time in the WH. -- nm - Jovian Dec 21, 14:18
  - egad -- nm - mud Dec 21, 14:08
  - I don't know who Benny Johnson is. -- nm - Krusty Dec 21, 14:05 1
    - He's a maga filth boy. - Jovian Dec 21, 14:07
You know how someone works their whole life to better mankind, but then your dark secret comes to light, and that's all anyone will remember? -- (link) - prayformojo Dec 21, 13:42 6
- That just makes me like her more. -- nm - mafic Dec 21, 14:35
- At the time it was commonly said - loosilu Dec 21, 14:21
- hahahah -- nm - Beryllium Dec 21, 13:42 3
  - spoils -- (edited) - Beryllium Dec 21, 13:43 2
    - I introduced my daughter to ChatGPT this week. Her response "Well, I could've used that to do one of my finals" after I suggested she ask it to write - kilbowlful of jelly Dec 21, 13:44 1
      - Joanne Stern at the WSJ used it to "pass" the English AP exam. -- nm - spamlet Dec 21, 13:57
Merry Christmas! Okta (authentication system heavily used for many many online services) had it's source code stolen via Github repository "hack" -- (link) - kilbowlful of jelly Dec 21, 13:40 1
- I hope they’re right re: no customer action being needed. — nm - i.b! Dec 21, 13:56
Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, JFK, empty frame -- (edited) - All I want for Xmas is znu Dec 21, 13:34 4
- Washington, Lincoln, FDR, JFK, Obama -- nm - Spawn Dec 21, 13:36 3
  - I'm just a mere Canadian, but Abe should be in all your Top 3s -- nm - mud Dec 21, 13:41 2
    - Top 3 locks for me - Abe, Teddy and Ike -- nm - Jovian Dec 21, 13:56 1
      - Carter, Reagan, Lyndon Johnson, Lincoln, Obama -- nm - rollo Dec 21, 14:17
a warning to those who want to watch Jack Ryan season 3 spoiler - crash davis Dec 21, 13:31 5
- I'd like to see a Jack Ryan / Jack Reacher crossover season. - Beryllium Dec 21, 13:45
- true. but that becomes evident extremely early on, so it's not too much of a concern. spoilers - Beryllium Dec 21, 13:41 1
  - the real question of Jack Ryan is Michael Bay is an exec producer...now that Chris Nolan has thrown down on him, does he respond? :) -- nm - crash davis Dec 21, 13:49
- I figured that was the case. Spoil for book - Remlik Dec 21, 13:38 1
  - spoil question for a different book - Beryllium Dec 21, 13:42
Vincent from Lost is… still alive? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 21, 13:29 2
- [citation needed] -- nm - All I want for Xmas is znu Dec 21, 13:31
- And a female! -- nm - Spawn Dec 21, 13:31
I'd have thought that some time in the last 15+ years that this song would have registered with me but it took this week's Spotify list -- (link) - JD Dec 21, 13:26 [vimeo]
JWST: Deep dive into Neptune (I *love* the deep field photo with neptune in it) -- (link) - kilbowlful of jelly Dec 21, 13:24 5
- Next do a deep dive into Uranus! (hehehehehehehe) - Dano Claus Dec 21, 13:30 2
  - Pretty Huge D? - kilbowlful of jelly Dec 21, 13:36 1
    - I went to school and I got the big D -- nm - Dano Claus Dec 21, 13:57
- those rings around Neptune are amazing -- nm - crash davis Dec 21, 13:28 1
  - shiny -- nm - mud Dec 21, 13:37
C'mon custard place enough with the emails about your new holiday flav...oh! apple pie? *rushes to order* -- nm - kilbowlful of jelly Dec 21, 13:22
Wandavision: Patti Lupone joins the Agatha spin off -- (link) - Remlik Dec 21, 13:21 2
- gonna 4th wall break and harangue all the people watching the show and browsing their phone at the same time. -- nm - Reagen Dec 21, 13:23 1
  - going to yell at me for using closed captioning! -- nm - Remlik Dec 21, 13:39
Should I spend $2000 on a pre-order of a new solar panel design (origami folding panel)? - Beryllium Dec 21, 13:20 3
- Yes, but only if they turn it into a swan. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 21, 13:20 2
  - Sadly, no. The choices are "rectangle" or "larger rectangle". -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 21, 13:26 1
    - Worst... Transformer... Ever. -- nm - Spawn Dec 21, 13:31
Avatar apparently did $16.3 million on Monday followed by $18.3 million on Tuesday, which is a great sign. -- nm - David Dec 21, 13:08 3
- BF: Not sure you saw, we had a waiver pick-up by an eliminated team. - Spawn Dec 21, 13:20 1
  - Okay. I've tried to lock transactions twice for eliminated teams but couldn't figure out how. -- nm - David Dec 21, 13:21
- It’ll be at 200mil entering Friday, have a terrible Saturday and then off to the races - Will Hunting Dec 21, 13:12
*turns on Jack Ryan and crawls back into bed* -- nm - crash davis Dec 21, 13:07 4
- Are we still doing phrasing? -- nm - David Dec 21, 13:08 3
  - ha! :) - -- nm - i.b! Dec 21, 13:13
  - 👍 -- nm - crash davis Dec 21, 13:12
  - "That's what she said" -- nm - Beryllium Dec 21, 13:10
Why is Wilson seen as a bad president? - Roger More Dec 21, 13:07 14
- He also was a proto-fascist and established the world's first propaganda department... -- nm - Ender Dec 21, 21:19
- It's the racism and the not stepping down despite the stroke and basically being incapacitated. - spamlet Dec 21, 13:14 3
  - To clarify, I was kind of going for Presidential deadly sins. - spamlet Dec 21, 13:17 2
    - Buchanan (fiddle-de-dee) -- nm - Reagen Dec 21, 13:28
    - Thanks, it’s a good point about wanting to continue in office while not being capable. -- nm - Roger More Dec 21, 13:24
- His racism also bled into his foreign policy, especially the idea of "Moral Diplomacy," which (arguably) caused WWI, but at least - ReluctantCynic Dec 21, 13:11 8
  - I think of WW1 as having European origins and causes. Unless you’re talking about American entry into WW1? - Roger More Dec 21, 13:22 5
    - Pretty much that. I don't think anyone has argued that the Wilson Administration could have prevented WWI. Neither do I think the Administration -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Dec 21, 13:37 4
      - Though from what you’re describing, the problem was more about American isolationism. - Roger More Dec 21, 13:53 3
        
        Oh, definitely. - ReluctantCynic Dec 21, 13:56 2
        
        But it was used as justification to intervene in other countries - just in the Americas. Mexico, Haiti, Cuba, etc - Roger More Dec 21, 14:04 1
        
        It's absolutely an extension of the Monroe Doctrine and Manifest Destiny into foreign policy. And you rightly pointed out that - ReluctantCynic Dec 21, 14:59
  - The idea that the Americans could have done anything to prevent WWI is American hubris -- nm - crash davis Dec 21, 13:14 1
    - True, but Moral Diplomacy was just as much American hubris and abject imperialism. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 21, 13:38
and the portrait of Teddy would go in the middle. -- nm - Jovian Dec 21, 12:55 7
- Shirtless Zac Efron, Shirtless Alexander Sarsgaard, Shirtless Henry Cavill, Shirtless Jimmy Garoppolo, Clothed Ben Franklin -- nm - Dano Claus Dec 21, 12:57 5
  - ‘/~everybody’s hands go up, and they stay there…’/~ “not so fast, ben..” (nmbD.) - i.b! Dec 21, 13:17 2
    - I bet that Ben's armpits were *nasty* -- nm - Dano Claus Dec 21, 13:27 1
      - ew! -- nm - i.b! Dec 21, 13:57
  - Sex Fiend Ben Franklin wouldn't stand for that treatment. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 21, 13:09
  - Why are you torturing ty97 so much? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 21, 13:06
- bully -- nm - crash davis Dec 21, 12:56
Nap time is best time. -- nm - Qale Dec 21, 12:53 2
- I hear you. I can barely keep my eyes open. -- nm - David Dec 21, 13:15
- just as I was reading this, my roommate snored. hee.— nm - i.b! Dec 21, 12:55
pecuniary is a peculiar word. -- nm - mud Dec 21, 12:51 6
- using it incorrectly is a mere pecadillo. -- nm - loosilu Dec 21, 13:05 1
  - De-nary is much reserve in its misappropriation. -- nm - Loyola Dec 21, 13:09
- some people find it a poor word, but I think it is rich -- nm - crash davis Dec 21, 12:54 1
  - Its currency in the vernacular goes up and down in value. -- nm - Loyola Dec 21, 13:02
- The best things in life are free. But you can give them to the birds and bees. -- nm - Spawn Dec 21, 12:54 1
  - what it don't get I can't use! -- nm - mud Dec 21, 13:08

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