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Kate Winslet reassuring this young girl that her interview will be amazing -- (link) - Mop Jan 10, 07:44
Chinese Tesla buyers aren't buying Elon's bullshit anymore -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Jan 10, 07:44 11
- Rejecting the cutthroat head of a brand that demands its workers to be hardcore? That's not very Chinese of them. -- nm - Max Jan 10, 07:48 1
  - if the CCP decides they want him to be the next Jack Ma, there's not a whole lot he can do about it - hollywood big shot Jan 10, 07:51
- What are they upset about? Slow deliveries? -- nm - Mop Jan 10, 07:45 8
  - They bought a car before the price dropped and think that means they got screwed. -- nm - TWuG Jan 10, 07:51 2
    - I mean that kind of did. Wasnt that one of Tesla's early selling points, that they matched price drops if they happened before you got delivery? -- nm* - tRuMaN Jan 10, 07:53 1
      - Ages ago and I'm not sure that was ever offered in China. -- nm - TWuG Jan 10, 08:13
  - From what I understand there was a price cut and it wasn’t given to earlier buyers. -- nm - spamlet Jan 10, 07:50 2
    - Yup. Welcome to how retail car sales work. -- nm - TWuG Jan 10, 07:52
    - Tesla should offer them a free month of being blue check marked on Twitter in exchange -- nm - Beaker Jan 10, 07:51
  - whatever they're told to be upset about. -- nm - mud Jan 10, 07:46 1
    - "they just want cash back because they recently purchased and paid the full price prior to the price cut" suckers -- nm* - hollywood big shot Jan 10, 07:48
Katie Porter is running for Senate -- (link) - TWuG Jan 10, 07:31 5
- We just got done electing her to the House -- nm - budice Jan 10, 07:32 4
  - If you're not moving up, you're moving down. -- nm - Baron, Vamp Champ Jan 10, 07:37
  - better than Schiff (and good on her for basically telling DiFi to GTFO already) -- nm* - hollywood big shot Jan 10, 07:33 2
    - Feinstein probly hasn't announced retirement yet right? (while she's still capable of understanding ..words) -- nm - mud Jan 10, 07:39 1
      - she has not -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 10, 07:42
ST DMM: Decide my meal on Swiss Airlines flying Zurich - JFK next month. - ty97 Jan 10, 07:27 19
- You can make chicken cordon bleu at home. Instead, you want to be able to drop schupfnudeln in conversation. - crash davis Jan 10, 07:54
- Can't go wrong with schupfnudeln I always say -- nm - rollo Jan 10, 07:49 2
  - gesundheit -- nm - Beaker Jan 10, 07:50
  - If I had a dollar for every time you said that. - ty97 Jan 10, 07:50
- My thought was also the chicken (tends to be safe on planes) though the Sliced veal zurich style intrigues me. However, Zurich Style ..... - ty97 Jan 10, 07:45 [Attachment] 2
  - mushrooms are good for you -- nm - crash davis Jan 10, 07:54
  - Mmm…mushrooms… -- nm - znufrii Jan 10, 07:51
- ugh - how about just sticking to the large bag of chips you snuck on? -- nm - mud Jan 10, 07:41
- You had me a chicken cordon bleu. -- nm - Mop Jan 10, 07:39 1
  - Should have kept reading. I'd try the morel meatloaf. -- nm - loosilu Jan 10, 07:41
- either fish option and ask them to reheat it multiple times in the microwave -- nm - Beaker Jan 10, 07:33
- Sliced veal Zurich style, roesti and broccoli -- nm - znufrii Jan 10, 07:33
- First -- nm - spamlet Jan 10, 07:28
- those options as plane food? Chicken Cordon bleu. -- nm - Andie Jan 10, 07:28 4
  - this -- nm - Beaker Jan 10, 07:34
  - (There was a deal, so I'm in business) -- nm - ty97 Jan 10, 07:29 1
    - i would then say the perch, but cream sauces worry me in general as a pre-made thing. -- nm - Andie Jan 10, 07:30
  - He’s flying fancy. -- nm - spamlet Jan 10, 07:29
- Perch. -- nm - loosilu Jan 10, 07:28
new EBTG might not have been my first single choice but should have some choice remixes (Tracey's voice has changed even from her solo stuff) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 10, 07:23 [youtube]
Where's Dano? The new opening act for Harry Styles later this month in LA...Wet Leg. -- nm - MDH Jan 10, 07:08 6
- nice. the opener we saw for him at MSG was terrrrrrible (Blood Orange was the name if memory serves) - Beaker Jan 10, 07:12
- They've been a regular opener for him, but I think this might be the first time in the US. I don't need to pay Harry Styles prices to see Wet Leg though. -- nm* - Dano Jan 10, 07:10 4
  - His tour's average ticket price so far is $196.24. 4th highest of the Top 30 grossing tours which is crazy. -- nm - MDH Jan 10, 07:18 1
    - He's starting to get a wider audience. -- nm - loosilu Jan 10, 07:28
  - For that much money, every attendee should be provided their own chaise longue. -- (edited) - Baron, Vamp Champ Jan 10, 07:12
  - Sounds like a Dano/Beaker crossover episode to me. -- nm - spamlet Jan 10, 07:11
Amtrak rail pass sale -- (link) - ty97 Jan 10, 07:04 1
- BIDEN! -- nm - Spawn Jan 10, 07:51
Today's coffee is the Gotham Blend from Irving Farms (Millerton, NY) and it is delicious. -- nm - Baron, Vamp Champ Jan 10, 06:46 1
- Today's coffee in the Jax household is The Enthusiast from Modest Coffee (Chicago, IL) that Bery linked their fire sale. - JaxSean Jan 10, 07:02
Should I read anything into Soderbergh watching a lot of Fosse just before starting principal photography on Magic Mike 3? - LMS Jan 10, 06:45 2
- give us the All That Jazz version, Steve -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 10, 07:25
- *reflexively launches into the Robin Williams dance demonstration from The Birdcage* - Baron, Vamp Champ Jan 10, 06:47
Honestly, huge respect to TCU for making to the championship game. -- nm - ty97 Jan 10, 05:59 2
- Still a great season for them. Georgia had been there before and was clearly ready. -- nm - budice Jan 10, 06:28
- They had a magical season—nothing to hang their heads about. That one game, with the last second FG -- nm - Flavorize Jan 10, 06:22
BedBathBeyond: Loss per share: $3.65 adjusted vs. $2.23 expected Revenue: $1.26 billion vs. $1.34 billion expected -- (link) - budice Jan 10, 05:15 11
- It would be a shame for them to go away. I wonder why people stopped shopping there. Amazon? -- nm - Krusty Jan 10, 06:04 10
  - I do like to see a lot of these products in person, like flatware. I need to feel it in my hand. - loosilu Jan 10, 07:32
  - I like how people say Best Buy is the display floor for Amazon -- nm - budice Jan 10, 07:03
  - And people who are out shopping already were already going to Target. Are there any BBB exclusive items? What's their "Craftsman Tools?" -- nm - con_carne Jan 10, 07:01 1
    - They do have store brands of a lot of items that I think are decent. -- nm - loosilu Jan 10, 07:29
  - Amazon and basically everyone else offering similar if not same items. -- nm - budice Jan 10, 06:29 4
    - right and then they tried to shift their focus to just selling their inhouse labels and it was a disaster -- nm - decline Jan 10, 06:56 3
      - Didn't hear about thatm, but yeah bad move. The inhouse brands sell when they are next to the premium brands. -- nm - loosilu Jan 10, 07:30
      - Kohls having similar probs as bed bath -- nm - budice Jan 10, 06:59 1
        
        I do like Kohl's but they annoy me with their pricing. Everything is always on sale! Why not just lower the prices to begin with. -- nm - sycor Jan 10, 07:10
  - Unless it's a random kitchen thing I need RIGHT NOW then I will usually Amazon it. -- nm - sycor Jan 10, 06:26
Instead of Georgia by 20+, I almost said Georgia by 50 … but thought that was too jokey. Whoops. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 10, 05:14
TV PSA: Golden Globes, NBA, Rookie, FBI x3, WWE NXT, Resident, Oak Island, Rookie Feds, Will Trent, Below Deck Adventure, - Beaker Jan 10, 04:40
Waffle: 2/5 - spamlet Jan 10, 03:24 6
- 3 - 354 - GregW Jan 10, 18:33 1
  - A streak of 10 gets the #waffleelite tag. -- nm - GregW Jan 10, 18:51
- same. -- nm - i.b! Jan 10, 07:23
- 0 - decline Jan 10, 06:45
- 4 stars - znufrii Jan 10, 06:35
- x'd again -- nm - prayformojo Jan 10, 03:58
Wordle 570 4/6 - spamlet Jan 10, 03:23 7
- 4 - 570. 250 played, 100% won. Streak 152. - GregW Jan 10, 18:40
- 5/6 - decline Jan 10, 06:43
- 4/6 - znufrii Jan 10, 06:31
- 5/6 no yellows - oblique Jan 10, 06:19 1
  - fog over pine - no sun -- nm - rollo Jan 10, 06:21
- 4 - rollo Jan 10, 06:05
- 4/6 - prayformojo Jan 10, 03:53
For the morning crew, what are cord cutters using as a cable alternative these days? - Ender Jan 10, 03:05 3
- I don't use one and just watch whatever I want on whatever app I choose. I'll use my VPN to watch shows in the UK that -- (edited) - Krusty Jan 10, 04:44 1
  - I did look into services like YouTube TV and Fubo but they were all quite expensive and not at all cheaper than cable. - Krusty Jan 10, 06:06
- I think Hulu and YouTube are the two big ones. My parents have the DIRECTV streaming service so that still exists. -- nm - spamlet Jan 10, 03:25
Hey don't forget the mega billion tuesday. get your payfriends in by noon pacific -- nm - aud lang zeit Jan 10, 02:28 3
- sent! And as always, Thank you. -- nm - Diva Jan 10, 06:56
- spot me $10? (did you get my card?) - Beaker Jan 10, 04:36 1
  - ok and yes, thanks -- nm - aud lang zeit Jan 10, 11:32
Diamond, the black maga soul sister along with Silk, serious antivaxxer.... died today after a long battle with covid, DT posted her heart gave out. -- (link) - aud lang zeit Jan 10, 02:05 19
- Gee. This is a real shame. - Jovian Jan 10, 07:25
- Jesus. Someone needs to be held accountable for the antivax lies. -- nm - loosilu Jan 10, 06:26 10
  - Seems like she was *shrug* -- nm - spamlet Jan 10, 06:40 8
    - She's a victim. She didn't invent the lies. -- nm - loosilu Jan 10, 07:33 4
      - She is not a victim. She help spread the lies for years. She deserved what she got. This was the best news I saw last night. -- nm* - Jovian Jan 10, 07:40 3
        
        It can be both. -- nm - znufrii Jan 10, 07:49
        
        We'll have to disagree. She doesn't have the education to know who's legit and who isn't. And the frauds - loosilu Jan 10, 07:42 1
        
        Well I would agree with you, if I thought she genuinely believed the Vaxx lies. I dont. I believe it was all a grift to her (and her vile sister). -- nm - Jovian Jan 10, 07:54
    - Reducing the surplus population. *shrug* -- nm - Scrooge Jan 10, 06:55
    - sad but true (all the people she influenced and their loved ones too though) -- nm - Beaker Jan 10, 06:49
    - zing (ish). -- nm - judge indianapolis jones Jan 10, 06:43
  - but free speech! -- nm - Beaker Jan 10, 06:36
- This is sad -- nm - ty97 Jan 10, 05:13
- All these completely healthy people's hearts just giving out... Makes one think there might be something to this anti-anti-vaxx stuff... -- nm - Ender Jan 10, 02:35 5
  - you do not under any circumstance "gotta hand it to them" -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 10, 07:20
  - The antivax thing right now is that vaccines cause "sudden deaths" by heart attack. What they are missing is that COVID - loosilu Jan 10, 06:27 2
    - Ender was saying that the antivaxxers are wrong. -- nm - Inigo Jan 10, 08:09 1
      - 👍 -- nm - Ender Jan 10, 14:36
  - nm -- nm* - Beryllium Jan 10, 02:42
First ever UK spaceflight fails to reach orbit. -- (link) - Ender Jan 9, 23:00
I think you hear less about ring around the collar these days because people stopped wearing dress shirts daily. No more collars. -- nm - Ender Jan 9, 22:33 2
- I used to wear dress shirts all the time, suit n tie. moved up here, turtle necks are my go to wear. weddings, gardening -- nm - aud lang zeit Jan 10, 01:56
- Trivia: "Wisk was introduced in the United States by Lever Brothers Company in 1956 as the first liquid laundry detergent." - Max Jan 9, 22:44
Sheesh, one of the reasons I went back to Costco was because I always bought cat litter there. In the last year the price has about doubled and it's - Meg Jan 9, 21:17 5
- The price is almost the same? But don't you get more at Costco? If not, they are dropping the ball. - sycor Jan 10, 06:29
- We've been using the PrettyLitter for a while now. I love it - oblique Jan 10, 06:08 3
  - How much is it? - spamlet Jan 10, 06:26 2
    - We pay $198 for 9 bags delivered every 12 weeks (we have 2 cats) - oblique Jan 10, 07:02 1
      - Danke -- nm - spamlet Jan 10, 07:29
TCU should take a lot of pride in the fact that they...umm...arrived at the stadium safely? -- nm - David Jan 9, 21:06 4
- Georgia had a 2nd gear whenever they wanted this season that no one could match. It’s like the Chiefs except all-rounded. -- (edited) - Will Hunting Jan 10, 05:21 1
  - That explains why Mizzou kept it so close. They swapped in Chiefs players when no one was looking. -- nm* - Baron, Vamp Champ Jan 10, 06:16
- "did TCU get into this game by collecting the most Box Tops for Education or sumn?? they are comically over-matched" -- nm - Flavorize Jan 9, 23:01
- Stetson Bennett is older than Jalen Hurts, Justin Herbert, Tua Tagovailoa, Trevor Lawrence, and Mac Jones. -- nm - budice Jan 9, 21:27
Southwest flight from Oakland not able to land at Burbank, so it is heading back to Oakland -- (link) - budice Jan 9, 21:03 8
- they renamed Burbank to Bob Hope ages ago, but nobody east of Riverside really knows :( -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 9, 21:45 6
  - Same with "Santa Ana". Designated SNA, known as Orange County, and when I called to book a cab she said "Oh, JWA" John Wayne Airport. -- nm - Meg Jan 9, 22:02 5
    - I liked flying via John Wayne Airport, it was less stressful than I suspect LAX would've been. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 9, 22:03 3
      - Yes, it's tiny -- nm - psilotum Jan 9, 22:07 2
        
        just like Bob Hope if your business is in the valley. always try to avoid LAX!! -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 9, 22:39 1
        
        It's about a 15 minute cab ride for me and a much easier boarding process. I'm determined to never go near LAx again. -- nm - Meg Jan 9, 22:59
    - I know :) -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 9, 22:03
- High speed rail nao plz -- nm - Beryllium Jan 9, 21:10
"We both just have to lose" was the NFC South's motto this season. -- nm - David Jan 9, 20:48
hey, remember Diamond and Silk? Diamond died. - Tim Jan 9, 20:48 1
- You're supposed to secretly get the vaxx, *then* call it murder juice. Amateurs. -- nm - Reagen Jan 10, 04:52
good news everyone! my solar panels have produced 20 megawatts of power. -- nm - mafic Jan 9, 20:47 3
- kilbo, don't read it -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 9, 21:03 1
  - 132 days online. Total production: 3429.0 kWh (3.429 megawatt hours). But only 30% of my days have been net positive days - oblique Jan 10, 06:07
- 😺👍 -- nm - crash davis Jan 9, 20:58
I’m not saying you need a journal that’s somewhat gamified and has both Lo-Fi music -and- an Animal Crossing vibe. But I’m also not not saying it. -- (link) - Qale Jan 9, 20:40 1
- I was going to say "just use Obsidian", but ... that's awfully cute. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 9, 20:43
Benoit Blanc's next case should be a Daryl Zero crossover - hollywood big shot Jan 9, 20:35 2
- I would like to see another Zero Effect film, this is true. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 9, 20:40 1
  - (I would even settle for a Daryl Zero cameo a la the beginning of glass onion) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 9, 20:41
Let the Whataboutism begin. -- (link) - pmb Jan 9, 20:35 2
- On it! -- (link) - CNN Jan 9, 20:42 1
  - "We don't know ... if Biden had any knowledge". He still is responsible. - zork Jan 9, 22:25
BBC asks "Could floating solar farms survive out at sea?", and I think that's the wrong question. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 9, 20:30 7
- I've heard the suggestion to use these pods to generate hydrogen, to avoid needing to wire back to shore. -- nm - psilotum Jan 9, 20:42 5
  - I wonder what the math on that would look like. How many square feet of solar to generate X amount of hydrogen... -- nm - Beryllium Jan 9, 20:43 4
    - This quickly got over my head, but here it is... -- (link) - psilotum Jan 9, 20:47 3
      - short version: sure, but salt water is bad for things and wtf do you do with all the chlorine. -- nm - mafic Jan 9, 20:53 2
        
        The chlorine can go on the freshwater swimming pools on the sea floaties. -- nm - Ender Jan 9, 23:54
        
        (except in conclusion, they made a thing that salt water kinda got along with, for a longer while than normal at least) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 9, 20:54
- if you can engineer an oil rig for the north sea, it's probably technically possible, just maybe not economically feasible. -- nm - mafic Jan 9, 20:35

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