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Welcome to Spring. Here's your snowstorm. Don't like it? Tough shit, another coming this weekend! Deal with it motherfucker!! -- nm - Beaker Mar 23, 09:59 3
- Sounds like a good weekend to open the lake house -- nm - decline Mar 23, 10:09
- We're having a light rain sprinkle today. I'll even go for a walk later. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 23, 10:00
- I'm still mad we got no snow accumulation this year. -- nm - sycor Mar 23, 10:00
The rise of the three-hour epic concert, they’re not just for Bruce anymore… -- (link) - znufrii, meh and problematic Mar 23, 09:58 2
- Baby we were born to run long -- nm - Max Mar 23, 10:24
- Gross. -- nm - David Mar 23, 10:02
Apple plans to spend $1 billion a year to produce movies that will be released in theaters -- (link) - decline Mar 23, 09:53 6
- Ticket prices will be $39, the movies will only play on their proprietary projectors, and concession stands only take Apple Pay. -- nm - Max Mar 23, 10:22 1
  - Fun Fact: early Edison Movie Projectors had offset sprockets so they could only show Edison produced films, so the theater had to buy edison gear -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 23, 11:00
- That's like *pulls out calculator* four superhero movies! -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 10:06 1
  - or 1 avatar -- nm - decline Mar 23, 10:08
- Someone finally gets it!! -- nm - MDH Mar 23, 10:06
- eat shit Netflix -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 23, 09:56
deal reached on Roxham Road irregular crossing at the Canada-U.S. border. -- (link) - mud Mar 23, 09:51 1
- Does it involve man-made earthquakes? -- nm - decline Mar 23, 09:54
Meme of the morning - -- (pic) - Meg Mar 23, 09:51 [Attachment]
RC you might want to make sure Ben knows that Ireland is estimating two years right now to register foreign births - ty97 Mar 23, 09:44
Several lawmakers are announcing — mid-hearing — their support for a TikTok ban. hearing is an abject disaster for TikTok -- nm - budice Mar 23, 09:42 12
- somebody's getting their one-way ticket back to HQ tonight -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 23, 09:45 3
  - Suck it Jian Yang -- nm - Beaker Mar 23, 10:00
  - Man, that was a softball he totally whiffed on it. - Mop Mar 23, 09:59 1
    - Technically connecting to the internet involves talking to a router, which is a device in the home. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 23, 10:01
- I don’t really get the ban I have to admit -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 09:45 7
  - It all boils down to the following. 1. China Bad. 2. The kids are against us. -- nm - Qale Mar 23, 09:52 4
    - the CCP is, in fact, very bad -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 23, 09:53 3
      - Is it? Because I really don't see them doing anything America doesn't to some degree or another. -- nm - Qale Mar 23, 09:56 2
        
        You should take a better look. We're not the same despite the bad things we do. -- nm - Krusty Mar 23, 10:02
        
        I found the Tik Tok user! They got him! -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 10:00
  - if you put TikTok on your phone, worst-case you're giving China a backdoor into everything you do on it (or any network it connects to) -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 23, 09:50
  - It's a backwards way of approaching device security, and doesn't really affect most people either. - Beryllium Mar 23, 09:47
“Six” has announced the show recouped its investment on Broadway. -- nm - MDH Mar 23, 09:38 5
- I saw an ad for this at the dentist office today. I could not figure out what it's supposed to be or be about. -- nm - sycor Mar 23, 09:50 2
  - Henry VIII's six wives -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 23, 09:52 1
    - I thought you were joking so I had to look it up. You were not joking. -- nm - sycor Mar 23, 09:58
- How long has it been running? -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 09:42 1
  - Opened Fall 2021. Apparently they are nearing 600 shows. Which seems crazy. -- nm - MDH Mar 23, 10:07
Oh, and apparently, a new species of giant trapdoor spider has been found in Australia. - ReluctantCynic Mar 23, 09:33 9
- Australia, where everything can and will try to kill you. Oh, and sometimes it rains spiders. -- nm - sycor Mar 23, 09:49
- Aawwww it’s cute! -- (link) - ty97 Mar 23, 09:38 3
  - I'm. Not. Clicking. That. Link. - ReluctantCynic Mar 23, 09:59
  - 5 cm is "giant"? I gotta get this link to my wife stat -- nm - Beaker Mar 23, 09:56
  - Is that crab plating? -- nm - Cocaine Owlbear Mar 23, 09:39
- someone better call Monarch, sounds like we've got a MUTO -- nm - Beryllium Mar 23, 09:38
- spiders are our friends. - mud Mar 23, 09:34 1
  - You found my spiders! -- nm - Master Shake Mar 23, 09:38
- Coming to America! -- nm - Cocaine Owlbear Mar 23, 09:33
Important health tip: Never, ever, ever, contract RSV if you can possible help it. - ReluctantCynic Mar 23, 09:14 2
- You are kissing boys again weren’t you? -- nm - Qale Mar 23, 09:16 1
  - I will neither confirm, nor deny, any such allegation. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 23, 09:21
sounds like the TikTok CEO is really winning Congress over with his testimony -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 23, 09:14 1
- lol -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 23, 09:15
Did you know they used twins for some of the shots in Terminator 2? I knew about Linda Hamilton and her sister, but hadn' realized about the other two -- (link) - TWuG Mar 23, 09:12 1
- giggles... i didn't get it, wait huh...OH hehehehehe -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 23, 11:07
Bob Odenkirk doesn't strike me as very approachable, so let's see how he does on Hot Ones. -- (link) - Alberta Government Mar 23, 09:10 [youtube] 4
- I had no idea he wrote the Matt Foley motivational speaker sketch. -- nm - TWuG Mar 23, 09:47
- A line in the promo for his new show kills me -- (edited) - TWuG Mar 23, 09:14 2
  - that would be the perfect takedown of my own writing, yikes. heh -- nm - Beryllium Mar 23, 09:18
  - 1st episode was quite good. -- nm - mud Mar 23, 09:17
Alberta's earthquake in November was not natural, as was first reported. Oil sands wastewater disposal is now thought to be the cause. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 23, 08:55 6
- *fracking* -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 23, 11:15
- So Canada can control earthquakes? What's next, Hurricanes? -- nm - decline Mar 23, 08:57 2
  - Rain or shine, all is mine. -- nm - Qale Mar 23, 09:07
  - Just consider how many Canadian-owned mines there are around the world ... -- nm - Beryllium Mar 23, 09:04
- *bans seismometers* -- nm - Alberta Government Mar 23, 08:56 1
  - *blames Trudeau* -- nm - Beaker Mar 23, 08:57
My personal qualms with casting aside, this is a pretty cool picture -- (link*) - znufrii, meh and problematic Mar 23, 08:49 3
- I've always liked Josh Groban. His bit in the first season of Glee was funny as shit -- nm - Beaker Mar 23, 08:58 2
  - Happyland! -- nm - The Allfather Mar 23, 09:33
  - Nothing against him as a performer, I just can’t see him as Sweeney. - znufrii, meh and problematic Mar 23, 09:00
Broken Lizard (the Super Troopers guys) bring us Quasi. -- (link) - Mop Mar 23, 08:42 [youtube] 1
- 4/20 on Hulu, of course. -- nm - Mop Mar 23, 08:45
Cheez-its Cheddar Jack are... interesting. Not better than the original or white cheddar. - sycor Mar 23, 08:41 3
- Colby Cheez-Its were the best. But sadly it was discontinued. -- nm - Jovian Mar 23, 08:55 2
  - Pizza Cheez-its! - Cocaine Owlbear Mar 23, 08:56
  - 2nd best Colby. -- nm - Mop Mar 23, 08:55
Yet another lawyer referral request: Anyone know a good attorney in New York (outside NYC)? Or someone in a county vital records office? - ReluctantCynic Mar 23, 08:39 16
- I need to check to see how long it takes to get passport renewed now. Mine expires in 2024. -- nm - sycor Mar 23, 08:52 2
  - Six months or so is what they were estimated but got mine in 2. -- nm - spamlet Mar 23, 09:49 1
    - okay so I have a little time. I figured I'l start checking around 12 months out. Just to be safe. -- nm - sycor Mar 23, 09:51
- This reminds me, I should get my Irish citizenship for funsies. -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 08:50 10
  - afaik, I needed to claim german citizenship decades when I was 21 -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 23, 11:17
  - I wish you could see the U2 thing on D+. Dave had a great time there. -- nm - Cocaine Owlbear Mar 23, 08:58
  - I could possibly get Italian through my great-grandfather, but not 100% sure -- (edited) - znufrii, meh and problematic Mar 23, 08:52
  - My post just ignited a thought for me too. -- nm - spamlet Mar 23, 08:51 6
    - I'm not sure what documents I need or how to get them, I should figure that out. - ty97 Mar 23, 08:51 5
      - Here's an assist. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Mar 23, 08:55 4
        
        I need to get the citizenship first. This is the link I need. And it almost certainly answers your question per spammy's accurate guess -- (edited) - ty97 Mar 23, 09:03 3
        
        The part that gets me is this - ty97 Mar 23, 09:07 2
        
        "Original" as in "an original copy, certified by the governing authority." Or a "certified copy" in American parlance. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 23, 09:10
        
        Original meaning not a photocopy. Not like ORIGINAL ORIGINAL - spamlet Mar 23, 09:09
- Are they pregnant? He may need the Irish passport before the baby is born. - spamlet Mar 23, 08:44 1
  - That could be it. - ReluctantCynic Mar 23, 08:47
Why did people buy crypto? -- (edited) - ty97 Mar 23, 08:32 4
- FOMO the Rose had several friends talk it up, she put $1k in, cashed out when it was still under 10k, -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 23, 11:19
- I honestly don't doubt it. -- nm - Mop Mar 23, 08:54
- I do whatever Kendra Lust tells me to do -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 08:34
- Some people are easily influenced. Hence why we have "influencers". Which to me is just dumb diddy dumb dumb. -- nm - sycor Mar 23, 08:34
How Deion Sanders is changing the direction of Colorado -- (link) - Beaker Mar 23, 08:32 2
- get back to me when he changes the shape of Colorado #rectanglescanbesoboring -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 08:36
- It's East now. -- nm - Mop Mar 23, 08:33
would it have cost more to just pay Kurt Loder to do the 30 sec of voiceover than this bad deepfake, Showtime? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 23, 08:30
Jovian... do you think you can maintain friendships and just leave social and political beliefs out of it? - Dano Mar 23, 08:26 18
- Yep. - Marlowe Mar 23, 09:21
- I believe it’s nearly impossible for me to be friends with Republicans. Even civility is a challenge for me because of how severe the attacks are now. -- nm - Qale Mar 23, 09:16 3
  - Yep. If you deny the humanity of entire groups of people and embrace authoritarianism, we cannot be friends -- (edited) - TWuG Mar 23, 09:51 2
    - I think you meant 'cannot,' but also, I recognize that some of that is on me. It is partly my fault that I can't overlook it. -- nm - Qale Mar 23, 09:55 1
      - Yes. Autocarrot doesn't like me to use "cannot", it seems -- nm - TWuG Mar 23, 09:58
- I have a fishing buddy who is very, very far to the right - so politically my polar opposite. When we see each other or go fishing together - decline Mar 23, 08:48
- If politics didnt completely define who they are now? Then yes most likely we could. But that is not the case. - Jovian Mar 23, 08:35 1
  - I think in those cases I would just ghost them. -- nm - Dano Mar 23, 08:41
- This is an incredibly interesting question. - ReluctantCynic Mar 23, 08:27 9
  - I have a number of Republican friends, but no one flies a Tr*mp flag or anything, thankfully. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 23, 08:34
  - As long as the other person can respect that ideal, it's possible. I have friends that have very different ideals on certain thing. We just don't - sycor Mar 23, 08:31 2
    - I had friends that were big Dubya supporters. We got along fine. Trump is a different animal. - Cocaine Owlbear Mar 23, 08:33 1
      - Completely agree. Knowing someone supported Georgie did make me question whether they were a seriously bad person. - sycor Mar 23, 08:37
  - I'm friendly with a guy who likes chess, fishing, opera and Sean Hannity. 3 out of 4 ain't bad. I just say I'm not interested in discussing politics -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 08:30 4
    - Trump is evil, has caused until damage to our society, and would like to double-down on that. -- nm - Cocaine Owlbear Mar 23, 08:31 3
      - he was only giving permission to the ones who pretended for a few years to be something other than who they really were behind the facade -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 23, 08:34 1
        
        True, but I preferred them not having the green light to try and force their beliefs on the world. -- nm - Cocaine Owlbear Mar 23, 08:36
      - You know the Owlbear is such an iconic monster in D&D. I'm really looking forward to seeing it on fan night on the 29th. -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 08:33
Lt. Dangle Briefs the Reno 911! Team About Ghostface -- (link) - Beaker Mar 23, 08:25 [youtube]
city council to NYPD: how much should we expect to pay out to settle your cases, since last year it was $121m? NYPD: . . . -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 23, 08:22 1
- That's some nice political grandstanding. -- nm - Mop Mar 23, 08:40
Zellers opening 12 stores in Canada today - Beaker Mar 23, 08:20 1
- I blame the Chinese. -- nm - Mop Mar 23, 08:27
Now reading about possible US-Russia confrontations in Africa. Not making judgements, just saying this sentence is in the article - crash davis Mar 23, 08:17
this looks like a movie shot -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 23, 08:16 7
- That's amazing. So glad everyone survived -- nm - prayformojo Mar 23, 08:25
- money shot -- nm - Cocaine Owlbear Mar 23, 08:21
- wow -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 08:19
- that moron near the end running while he holds his fucking phone up. -- nm - Beaker Mar 23, 08:18 3
  - vs the moron standing there filming which we just enjoyed? -- nm - Cocaine Owlbear Mar 23, 08:23 2
    - he owned his stupidity. where you running too at that point? -- nm - Beaker Mar 23, 08:27 1
      - Inside the building? Behind the building, at least? Vs a blast to the face? -- nm - Cocaine Owlbear Mar 23, 08:30
Alvin Bragg calls out Trump lapdogs for what they are. -- (link*) - znufrii, meh and problematic Mar 23, 08:13
FAA admits staffing issues, asks airlines for help in NYC -- (link) - ty97 Mar 23, 08:10
How is ty gonna brag about a weekend trip to Ireland and didn't tell any of us about the sale? So rude. - sycor Mar 23, 08:06 4
- I probably should have *sweats*. It was a couple of months ago, but SAS Premium Economy to Europe was like 450-700 round trip to a whole lot of cities - ty97 Mar 23, 08:11 3
  - WAIT! I did tell you! I did!!!!!! -- (link) - ty97 Mar 23, 08:13 [Backboard] 1
    - I'm not sure I believe it. This looks like a fake post. - sycor Mar 23, 08:16
  - I hope they give out Pickled Herring gifts to frequent flyers. I'd love that -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 08:12
What I'm sort of loving right now is reading all the spring training profiles The Athletics Mariner's reporter is kicking out. - crash davis Mar 23, 08:05
Crash please - ty97 Mar 23, 07:58 3
- took a shot at the town in CT, they have a few :) -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 08:00 2
  - In my own defense! The Dublin trip was booked *before* the dogsitting need arose. -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 08:05 1
    - I believe you :) -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 08:06
Some day, somebody is going to make you turn around and say goodbye. -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 07:58
When you see this, you'll know....it's begun -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 23, 07:55 1
- I'm going to pretend that's a thing that doesn't exist. -- nm - Mop Mar 23, 08:55
ST: The only friends I need! -- nm - Cocaine Owlbear Mar 23, 07:55 8
- Jeebus. I just saw that post. Sorry Jovian, best to just keep it civil and not actively seek out conversation with people like that. - sycor Mar 23, 08:13 1
  - indeed. -- nm - mud Mar 23, 08:19
- nobody likes you - hollywood big shot Mar 23, 08:07 4
  - Just because you are near the bottom of my list, you don't have to be mean. -- nm - Cocaine Owlbear Mar 23, 08:11 3
    - "near"? - hollywood big shot Mar 23, 08:14 2
      - There are STers that do not care for Star Wars. -- nm - Cocaine Owlbear Mar 23, 08:15 1
        
        And they get what they deserve. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 23, 09:07
- with friends like these, who needs enemies. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 23, 07:56

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