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ST Roll Poll? Should I cancel? - ty97 Jan 23, 13:31 3
- you could just ghost instead -- nm - Dano Jan 23, 13:37
- never cancel -- nm - prayformojo Jan 23, 13:35 1
  - darn cancel culture -- nm - budice Jan 23, 13:37
Spotify cuts 6% of workforce, Dawn Ostroff former head of CW & UPN moves to advisory rold - Remlik Jan 23, 13:13
The Bengals delivering game balls to local bars after playoff wins is one of my favorite things. -- (link) - Volnelk Jan 23, 13:13 1
- Ballsy. -- nm - budice Jan 23, 13:13
The Core, but for reals -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 12:57 8
- Hasn't the magnetic poles shifted quite a lot last couple years -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 23, 13:19 1
  - It's moved quite a distance, yes. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 13:50
- "and this endeavor will be headed up Elon Musk." -- nm - Jovian Jan 23, 13:11 1
  - Some giant cat paw is messin with the core. -- nm - budice Jan 23, 13:16
- Flat Earthers are stumped -- nm - budice Jan 23, 13:10
- Hit the DJ Qualls signal! -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 13:07
- The poles are about to reverse!!! - Mop Jan 23, 13:05 1
  - hundreds = between 772,000 and 774,000 years ago -- nm - Andie Jan 23, 13:11
Watching Party Down for the first time. Just found out there will be a revival of the show next month. I'm happy with this news. - sycor Jan 23, 12:50
anyone else still going to be writing Year of the Tiger on their checks for another week or two? -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 12:45
Random Roles with Scott Caan -- (link) - Beaker Jan 23, 12:26 1
- Scott Caan with Casey Affleck in Oceans 11/12 was pretty good -- nm - budice Jan 23, 12:31
i ordered a $9 laptop stand on Jan 5 from Ikea online (est. delivery 1/18). guess my current order status -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 12:16 11
- Delivered, signed for by G. Santos -- nm - rollo Jan 23, 12:38 1
  - his alter Drag Queen signed for it -- nm - budice Jan 23, 12:39
- "Arrived in Vatican City, to be Blessed By The Pope" -- nm - budice Jan 23, 12:37
- It's in Arizona with Amanda's couch. -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 12:26
- 2024 -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 12:23
- Jur årdr is geveksprüngen. -- nm - Baron, Vamp Champ Jan 23, 12:22 1
  - Farvenugen -- nm - budice Jan 23, 12:24
- "On Its Way (to Canada)" -- nm - budice Jan 23, 12:18 1
  - oh would that it were even close to actually shipping anywhere -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 12:20
- 2/14 -- nm - sycor Jan 23, 12:17 1
  - for at least the last week status hasn't changed from "We're packing your item!" but absolutely no way to contact anyone at Ikea to inquire further - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 12:23
Oh, just got upgraded to 5-10" Tuesday night. Storm must have shifted NW a bit. - spamlet Jan 23, 12:15 7
- Hmm, a NW shift here would pull warmer air up I think and keep us possibly all rain. - ty97 Jan 23, 12:37
- ... Doooooooooom -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 12:37
- Just need a stick of butter -- nm - rollo Jan 23, 12:28 4
  - Dammit! - spamlet Jan 23, 12:29 3
    - you ever try the weyauwega rolled butter? That's my go to -- nm - rollo Jan 23, 12:31 2
      - For eating I use Kerrygold. These are for baking/cooking, I guess? - spamlet Jan 23, 12:43 1
        
        ie the best butter on the planet imo -- nm - Jovian Jan 23, 12:44
four more ANTIF -- sorry, Oath Keepers convicted of seditious conspiracy from 1/6 Capitol assault -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 12:11
Lampard out at Everton. I think the problems could very well be with the folks who fired him but I guess some type of change was called for - JD Jan 23, 11:53 6
- That'd be a suuuuuuuucky job to be brought into - prayformojo Jan 23, 11:56 1
  - do a real life Ted Lasso and hire Jeff Saturday -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 11:59
- EPL is weird when NewCastle and ManU cruising to Top 4 finishes -- nm - budice Jan 23, 11:55 3
  - More surprising are Brighton, Fulham and Brentford potentially in the mix for European competition ahead of Liverpool and Chelsea. -- (edited) - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Jan 23, 12:04 1
    - Midtable Chelsea and Liverpool -- nm - JD Jan 23, 12:16
  - Newcastle finally has financial backing (don't ask from where) and Man U finally hired the manager who could reign in and direct the talent -- nm - JD Jan 23, 12:03
$20 Million Worth of Looted Art Returns to Italy From the U.S. - crash davis Jan 23, 11:51
Super Size Me NYC Pizza -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 11:39 1
- Can there be any more slacker than this?] -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 23, 11:49
Kirby Car -- (link) - budice Jan 23, 11:37 3
- Almost as bad as the 3 million dollars super sports car hello Kitty -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 23, 12:44
- Do NOT cut Kirby off. -- nm - Baron, Vamp Champ Jan 23, 12:00
- Thought it would be more.... this. -- (pic) - Spawn Jan 23, 11:59 [Attachment]
Hee, response from Royal Cab's shore excursion team - I give them credit for reasonably speedy response and action. - Meg Jan 23, 11:30
Hilderbabes Take Nantucket - crash davis Jan 23, 11:25
Skittles already roasting M&Ms for caving to the dipshits -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 11:22 7
- I am just concerned for Yellow. That dude won't survive 5 minutes without his handlers. -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 11:52 1
  - He's the Jon Hamm of M&Ms -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 11:53
- As they should. They caved to the GOP/MAGA/Republicans/Fox News - Jovian Jan 23, 11:37 4
  - Did they, though? Or could it be a stunt? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 11:46 3
    - It's Maya Rudolph. I'm not sure she'd take a gig that wasn't ready to take it to the idiots -- nm - TWuG Jan 23, 11:50 2
      - 100%. Gonna be some epic trolling at the Super Bowl, I think. -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 13:06
      - That's what my hope was behind this post -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 23, 11:51 [Backboard]
Walt Disney to Replace Benjamin Franklin on the $100 Bill: -- (link*) - Remlik Jan 23, 11:01 14
- They should put Steamboat Willy-era Mickey on the $100, right after the copyright expires -- nm* - Roger More Jan 23, 11:28
- God, they suck. They keep posting this shot as clickbait and then hiding the fact that it’s a satire site deep in the article. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 23, 11:17
- Cheap asses! -- (pic) - zunk takes things literally Jan 23, 11:16 [Attachment]
- Outlaws 100$ bills -- nm - Gov DeSantis Jan 23, 11:11
- It's works just like regular money but it's fun. -- nm* - Baron, Vamp Champ Jan 23, 11:05 1
  - DISNEY BUCKS NOT ACCEPTED -- nm - Beaker Jan 23, 11:06
- This is the same site that reported Animal Kingdom was shutting down. I think they're trying to be parody, but it's just fake. -- nm - Mop Jan 23, 11:03 7
  - Actually it's not that site and kind of worse as it is an article written about an article at the satire site. -- (link) - JD Jan 23, 11:19 2
    - That's not even satire, it's just making shit up and going 'psyche' at the end. - Reagen Jan 23, 12:24
    - They've done this at least four times recently and I've seen the news posted as real on the aggregators. - Dark Callisto Jan 23, 11:39
  - The parody is that the Tubman Twenty never happened. -- nm - Qale Jan 23, 11:09
  - Rest assured there will be an outrage cycle as a result of this though -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 11:06 1
    - Isn't there a Disney movie with a line about three dollar bills? Put Disney on that! -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 11:06
  - aw darnit. -- nm - Remlik Jan 23, 11:04
The term "Long Tail" was originated in an article from Chris Anderson at Wired in 2004. I would have assumed it was much older than that. - Mop Jan 23, 10:56 3
- I feel like it was used for Nintendo titles earlier than that too. -- nm - Qale Jan 23, 11:10
- vaguely recall hearing about it when i was just starting writing (2006/07) and especially around the strike in the context of gaining union coverage - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 11:07
- And it's been probably 99% misused since -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 11:05
If anyone here has ChatGPT access, could you run a prompt for me? - Beryllium Jan 23, 10:50 13
- if everyone uses ChatGPT at the same times, does that mean ChatGPT is everyone? -- nm - tRuMaNaNaNaNa Jan 23, 10:52 2
  - No, it means the service is crunched right now and I can't sign up. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 10:53 1
    - keep trying, they go through crunches every now and then, but resolve quickly. mondays are bad for it too... -- nm - colin Jan 23, 11:06
- Seems legit. -- (edited) - Mop Jan 23, 10:51 9
  - And yet, the fact that it applies a brief yet accurate description to each query ("Dali's Opinion On Generative Art") still freaks me out. -- nm - Mop Jan 23, 11:13
  - Biased, I say! (Thanks) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 10:57
  - can it write scripts? like radio 60 second commericals? -- nm - Remlik Jan 23, 10:55 6
    - google the Ryan Reynolds AI Mint Mobile ad -- nm - Andie Jan 23, 10:58
    - I haven't tried, but... yes. -- nm - Mop Jan 23, 10:56 4
      - interesting. thank you. -- nm - Remlik Jan 23, 10:57 3
        
        I used it to draft a report for me last week, then tweaked it to my needs. Initially, it was scary. Now it's just like Matt Gaetz. - Mop Jan 23, 10:59 2
        
        I've used it to write Meta Descriptions for websites. - Dark Callisto Jan 23, 12:59
        
        HA! -- nm - Remlik Jan 23, 11:01
Kitchen know-how: Do you know what the bagel setting on your toaster does? -- nm - Mop Jan 23, 10:48 17
- Cooks it 2x as long as for regular toast. Our toaster convection oven tells us how long -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 23, 11:51
- What's a toaster? -- nm - JD Jan 23, 11:21 4
  - This -- (pic) - TWuG Jan 23, 11:54 [Attachment]
  - It's one of the things that your multi-function air fryer can do -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 11:22 2
    - As one of those renter types, I think I own two kitchen appliances. 1) Rice Cooker 2) Electric Kettle -- nm - JD Jan 23, 11:30 1
      - I'm a renter! I own a microwave and a multi-function Ninja Air Fryer thing. - ty97 Jan 23, 11:32
- makes the bagel so God damn hot it hurts my fingers? -- nm - Beaker Jan 23, 11:10
- Yes. Turns off coils on one side to prevent toasting the outer part of the bagel. -- nm - TWuG Jan 23, 11:04
- I don't toast bagels and don't have a toaster. -- nm - Krusty Jan 23, 10:59
- I don’t have a toaster, so…no. -- nm - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Jan 23, 10:52 1
  - In the olden days, people toasted their bread on the stove! What's the 19th century like, znu? -- nm - Mop Jan 23, 10:54
- It cooks the bagel, duh -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 10:50
- yes, it poorly heats up a bagel taking much longer than toast. -- nm - tRuMaNaNaNaNa Jan 23, 10:49
- I *think* that it only heats one side? -- nm - oblique Jan 23, 10:49 3
  - OK, step one accomplished! Now... do you turn the bagel inward (white sides facing each other) or outward (back-to-back)? - Mop Jan 23, 10:51 2
    - Split the bagel. Left slot gets the outside to the left, right slot gets the outside to the right. - TWuG Jan 23, 11:05
    - I flip the bagel switch, then push down each side, look to see which side heats up, then put the bagel in. -- nm - Inigo Jan 23, 10:53
Maya Rudolph has become the spokesperson for M&Ms with the spokescandies paused indefinitely. -- (link) - Remlik Jan 23, 10:45 15
- There was a problem with the shoes, but not the cannibalism? -- nm - Max Jan 23, 13:07
- "You whiny turdwipes bunched your dingles over footwear choices? Oh, you done fucked up now." -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 10:51
- Her beef with Peanut is historic. I wonder what made the company finally side with her? -- nm - Mop Jan 23, 10:47 1
  - JK Simmons know what he did. -- nm - gort Jan 23, 11:02
- I’m really happy I have zero idea what they are referencing in the statement. - spamlet Jan 23, 10:47 9
  - effin' Green HAD TO mess with her shoes. -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 11:05 2
    - And now it's " stop messing with the genders of my candy" outrage. Is there something more sensitive than a "snowflake"? - TWuG Jan 23, 11:08 1
      - I hope Rudolph does her first ad in drag as a dude. -- nm - Andie Jan 23, 11:52
  - Previously Fox News made a deal out of change to footwear for female characters, then lost it over bags of female only candies. -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 23, 10:59 1
    - Why do you want to sadden spamlet? Why? -- nm - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Jan 23, 11:31
  - Skittles to follow as people no longer want to taste the rainbow. -- nm - Remlik Jan 23, 10:49 2
    - Or eat growths off their friends' bodies. -- nm - Dano Jan 23, 10:50 1
      - Is it contagious? -- nm - Qale Jan 23, 11:12
  - take a wild guess -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 10:48
- save us cordyceps -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 10:47
The Los Angeles Lakers have agreed to a deal to acquire Washington Wizards forward Rui Hachimura for Kendrick Nunn and three second-round picks -- nm - Beaker Jan 23, 10:43
these are bery's fault -- (pic) - colin Jan 23, 10:36 [Attachment] 2
- [chanting to self while being lowered into the lava] Om nacho vaya, Om nacho vaya, Om nacho vaya. -- nm - Baron, Vamp Champ Jan 23, 10:43
- too literal -- (pic) - colin Jan 23, 10:36 [Attachment]
the feet on Pelosi’s desk seditonist convicted on all counts -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 10:35 7
- He's a coward. Claims he was pushed into the Capitol and was only in Pelosi's office to recover from being maced. -- nm - Inigo Jan 23, 10:46 4
  - I mean, pics don’t lie -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 10:52 3
    - I only see one foot. Not feet. Charges dismissed! -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 10:53 2
      - q.e.d. -- nm - mud Jan 23, 11:30 1
        
        Pedes erat demonstrandum -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 12:08
- probably not great start to your sentencing memo process to cry “rigged!” on the courthouse steps immediately afterward -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 10:37 1
  - Good luck pal, jury took less than 2 hours to deliver their verdict. (regardless, he will be pardoned and released by whatever fascist is in the Oval) - Jovian Jan 23, 10:41
Flames with Lunar New Year jerseys -- (link) - budice Jan 23, 10:34 6
- was down by Chinatown in SF on Saturday night and let me tell you they do not fuck around - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 10:41
- I made Korean Spicy Pork Belly and Kimchi for dinner last night for Lunar New Year. -- nm - Dano Jan 23, 10:36
- I get it when my mobile game goes full lunar new year (they're Chinese after all) but Canada? -- nm - oblique Jan 23, 10:36 3
  - Canadians with Asian ancestry comprise both the largest and fastest growing group in Canada, after European Canadians, forming approximately 20.2% -- nm - Dano Jan 23, 10:38 2
    - Yep. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 10:44
    - TIL -- nm - oblique Jan 23, 10:43

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