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why is nobody talking about the biggest cricket controversy in years? it's like a semi-major international incident. - mafic Jul 5, 19:34 11
- this is like a 4-2 count and the hitter starts to walk to 1'st after the 7'th pitch, before the umpire calls it a ball. -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 5, 19:59
- Cricket is an elaborate joke Britons are playing on Americans. It is not real. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 19:53 2
  - like birds! -- nm - mafic Jul 5, 19:54 1
    - Like cow tipping except, VERY elaborate. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 19:55
- the reason is because I rely on you to update me on such things -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 5, 19:45
- "the saying is literally 'that's not cricket'" -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 5, 19:40
- To your subject: Because it's cricket and I'm not sure there are sports that Americans care about less than cricket. -- nm - TWuG Jul 5, 19:37 4
  - because there are so many MSFT workers from India there is now a cricket league in King County -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 20:24
  - I've learned about it over the last few months and I'm quite interested in checking out the new league we're going to have. -- nm - Krusty Jul 5, 19:47 1
    - Go Orcas! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 5, 19:53
  - sir, you have clearly never heard of kabaddi. -- nm - mafic Jul 5, 19:39
A Porsche 911…off-roader? -- (link) - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 5, 19:19 [youtube] 9
- I asked my wife if I could get one and she said “sure”. That’s permission right? - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 5, 19:38 3
  - only in the first three years of marriage -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 5, 19:48 1
    - ...or the last. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 5, 23:13
  - If she really didn't want you to get one she'd have let you know. Enjoy your new whip! -- nm - Krusty Jul 5, 19:45
- I didn't realize The Muppets branched out into car reviews. -- nm - Krusty Jul 5, 19:31 4
  - Have you not come across Doug before? -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 5, 19:37 3
    - Nope, first time I've seen anything from him. I watch some car stuff on YouTube too. -- nm - Krusty Jul 5, 19:44 2
      - That’s why I was surprised. I love his videos but I know he’s not everyone’s cup of tea. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 5, 19:46 1
        
        I was just having some fun. I can see his voice being an issue for some people. I'll check out his videos. -- nm - Krusty Jul 5, 19:49
wait. 45 doxxed Obama? J6er shows up at Obamas house with weapns and ammo? Sheesh. -- nm - Remlik Jul 5, 19:18 2
- That happened about a week ago. Nutjob, J6er, had an arrest warrant. He was looking for tunnels at Obama's house. -- (edited) - loosilu Jul 5, 19:51
- Honestly, that’s horrifying and ridiculous—what the F+*k is Trump thinking -- nm - Flavorize Jul 5, 19:47
Hey folks. Got into a disussion with someone who jokes about er parents making her sit for hours until she ate vegetables. -- (edited) - loosilu Jul 5, 19:17 31
- Most of my childhood was that. Also don't have kids and aren't around many of them, so no idea if this is still a thing with some parents - colin Jul 5, 19:53 2
  - Vegetable standoff is extremely fucked up. And it was only our gen. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 19:54 1
    - I think part of it at least for us was that my mom was a terrible cook and would serve veggies in the worst form, like microwaved broccoli and -- (edited) - colin Jul 5, 19:56
- my kid's picky, but I don't force her to eat anything. I make food available and she eats what she eats, but I don't cater to fickle whims. - mafic Jul 5, 19:38 12
  - its much easier when you can afford it. -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 20:27
  - I seem to remember daughter living for a period on something like fruit, cheese, and yogurt. She survived. -- nm - Meg Jul 5, 19:49 1
    - my NY tea party cousin lived over a year on mayo sandwiches -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 20:28
  - This is more or less what we did. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 5, 19:40
  - That's what I have seen with other people's kids for the last 20 yeasr. I wonder when standoffs stopped -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 19:39 7
    - We always tell them that they have to at least try it, before refusing—we’ll nix dessert, if they get rude—but gotta at least try a bit -- nm* - Flavorize Jul 5, 19:43 1
      - yep. taste everything. she occasionally changes her mind, but usually the die is cast pre-tasting. -- nm - mafic Jul 5, 19:47
    - judging by my cousins, boomer vs gen x parents. -- nm* - mafic Jul 5, 19:41 4
      - ps my parents were pre boomer, so were most of my friends' parents -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 19:43 2
        
        yeah, mine were on the cusp. mom boomer, dad late silent. they did it with me. mom's youngest brother is on the boomer/gen x cusp and didn't with his. -- nm - mafic Jul 5, 19:46 1
        
        Y'all are completely confirming. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 19:54
      - I have the unscientific impression Gen Xers had standoff culture and vowed to never do that. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 19:42
- I was from a ‘clean your plate’ household because we were poor. I still am, so I still do. -- nm - Qale Jul 5, 19:37 2
  - Yep, we had enough to eat but nothing extra. My dad and I would wait to see if little bro left anything on his plate :) -- nm - Meg Jul 5, 19:46
  - I wonder if that still happens with kids? -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 19:38
- I had standoffs over peas and eggs. -- nm - jnine Jul 5, 19:34 4
  - Would you try eggs and green peas? Would you try them pretty please? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 5, 19:42
  - I wonder if this is about Dr Spock. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 19:35 2
    - I don't think my mom read his books. Maybe Mr. Spock. -- nm - jnine Jul 5, 19:38 1
      - I know for sure my mom read the frenchie translation of his book. Maybe it became the norm at the time? -- nm* - loosilu Jul 5, 19:40
- I recall one stand off at my grandparents. My grandma told my sister that she couldn't have any ice cream until she ate her green beans. - crash davis 😺 Jul 5, 19:20 4
  - my brother would swallow stuff whole and then throw it up -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 19:36 2
    - This was my go to after I got caught sneaking veggies into my napkin and smashing them. -- nm - jnine Jul 5, 19:40 1
      - you had a standoff culture. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 19:41
  - I had a situation wehre someone said broccoli and I threw up on the table. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 19:33
- I recall having that with my folks. -- nm - Remlik Jul 5, 19:19 1
  - I think it's only our generation? -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 19:33
Since I am a huge hipster, I think I will do Barbenheimer on July 23. I think I'll do Barbie first so I can think about Oppenheimer on the way home. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 5, 19:17
Coco Lee, singer and voice of disney princess in Mulan died after a coma from a suicide attempt a month or two ago. -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 5, 19:04 2
- That's horrible. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 19:14
- (The Mandarin version. Ming-Na Wen is Mulan.) -- nm - The Allfather Jul 5, 19:07
Cardinals wyd -- (link) - Tim Jul 5, 18:55 1
- 🤦🏻‍♂️ -- nm - Krusty Jul 5, 18:57
DTL: In the first seven games I have scored 84-86 points in five of them. -- nm - spamlet Jul 5, 18:54
Where the Republican Candidates Stand on Ukraine - crash davis 😺 Jul 5, 18:49 2
- Ukraine Strikes a Russian-Occupied City, Igniting a Huge Blast - crash davis 😺 Jul 5, 18:54 1
  - Biden Says He Is ‘Anxiously’ Waiting for Sweden to Join NATO - crash davis 😺 Jul 5, 19:02
Variety is no longer afraid. Runs a story on GQ killing the Zaslav story. Points out that the GQ editor is producing a movie for WB. -- (link) - Mop Jul 5, 17:52
Wisconsin governor Tony Evers and comedian Joe Pera look like the same person at different stages of their life. -- nm - Tim Jul 5, 17:47
Powerball is almost 550, mega 425 -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 17:47 1
- is the ST casino open tomorrow depending on the powerball results tonight? -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 5, 18:04
(still way behind on catching up on The Simpsons) Unsurprisingly, I loved A Serious Flanders. -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 17:26 2
- what’s Ned’s “Santana Abraxas!” -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 5, 17:28 1
  - It's mostly a Fargo pastiche with some No Country and Blood Simple mixed in. -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 17:30
Portland (Oregon) daily high temperatures didn't increase that much. - ReluctantCynic Jul 5, 17:17 1
- Who can forget Bastille Day, 1941? -- nm - psilotum Jul 5, 17:47
"Unhappy with Twitter? Good news! There is now a Twitter run by.......Facebook......." ugh -- nm - ty97 Jul 5, 17:11 28
- Booooo boooooooooo! -- nm - colin Jul 5, 19:58
- I assume they’ve had more engagement on this app in the last hour than in the entire life of the Metaverse. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 5, 17:55
- This is hilarious though -- (link) - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 5, 17:53
- Exactly. It's why I don't understand the enthusiasm I'm seeing. Facebook is awful. -- nm - Krusty Jul 5, 17:31 3
  - Have you heard about Twitter lately? (NM) - Marlowe Jul 5, 18:20 2
    - It's a race to the bottom. - Krusty Jul 5, 18:44 1
      - It is. But there is a clear frontrunner. - Marlowe Jul 5, 19:14
- look, maybe I'm tired of being kicked in in the genitals and just want to be slapped about the head for a while. -- nm - mafic Jul 5, 17:26 1
  - Kinky Mafic is Kinky! -- nm - Qale Jul 5, 17:31
- I just want my got dang bluesky invite. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 5, 17:13 18
  - Same -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 5, 17:42
  - u wanna? -- nm - budice Jul 5, 17:20 4
    - Yes please -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 5, 17:22 3
      - (If nothing else, I just need it for RJ City) -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 5, 17:22 2
        
        Project626 at g -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 5, 17:39 1
        
        done -- nm - budice Jul 5, 17:49
  - . . . run by Jack -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 5, 17:14 11
    - We post here and it’s run by a frickin’ Canadian! - Qale Jul 5, 17:36 8
      - Elon is also canadian -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 17:46 5
        
        South African -- nm - mud Jul 5, 17:53 4
        
        So are you going on the record as showing prejudice against an African American? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 18:19 1
        
        I am not, sir! -- nm - mud Jul 5, 18:21
        
        He got a Canadian passport through his mother (who is from Regina) -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 17:56 1
        
        hmph. Let's burn it. -- nm - mud Jul 5, 17:56
      - oh yeah? Well .. well, you're .. a Texan! -- nm - mud Jul 5, 17:46 1
        
        No hat, no cattle. -- nm - Qale Jul 5, 18:03
    - Yeah. Maybe I just go back to my mastodon. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 5, 17:16 1
      - Real, chronological, just those you follow and their boosts. - psilotum Jul 5, 17:55
‘Sex Education’ to End With Season 4 on Netflix -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jul 5, 17:07
I need a new lens for my next trip to Disney World, right?? - Fuzzy Jul 5, 17:05 2
- Yes. - Beryllium Jul 5, 18:55
- ayup -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 5, 17:13
sorry Yinzers, Beyonce cancels Pittsburgh show -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 5, 16:46
Musk must be losing his shit. Almost everyone I follow is tweeting their Thread location -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jul 5, 16:38 11
- I assume they’ll block the links soon. - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 5, 17:54 1
  - ready to go, sir? at twitter, sir? sir, with a year of warning they would scramble at the last minute. -- nm - mafic Jul 5, 18:31
- This assumes he ever had any shit. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 17:30 3
  - Oh, he was full of shit. -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 17:31 2
    - A man of many feces. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 18:29 1
      - ewww -- nm - mud Jul 5, 18:37
- I assume the next step is to block people tweeting out their Thread details. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 5, 16:55
- Quick, somebody take his user ID! -- nm - David Jul 5, 16:50
- just making that much more trouble for Zuck when they finally get in the ring together -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 5, 16:44 1
  - Dance like a butterfly, thread like a bee -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 16:45
- You hate to see it. - Qale Jul 5, 16:39
When beekeepers remove honeycombs from the hive I've always assumed the shape was created by the forms they pull out. Now I see a natural hive and - Meg Jul 5, 16:31 10
- The hexagon is the natural shape. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 19:14
- yeah, hexes are the (close to) the most efficient way to fill space. minimises wall surface area to volume and leaves no space between cells. -- nm - mafic Jul 5, 17:25 6
  - You're talking about the individual cells, right? I'm referring to the vertical 'slabs' that are what are pulled out of the hive. That appears to be - Meg Jul 5, 18:01 2
    - both. the cells are the most efficient way to fill the flat structure. they build individual cells and that naturally flows out into the flat slabs. -- nm - mafic Jul 5, 18:04 1
      - Ah. This is what we're seeing. The top image was 15 days ago when the swarm flushed out the remaining fledgling. The bottom is from today. -- (pic) - Meg Jul 5, 18:09 [Attachment]
  - See? See kids! This is why we teach you tessellations! -- nm - Math teacher pulling his hair out Jul 5, 17:27 2
    - I didn't have to hover to know who this was. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 19:15
    - "you need to know about Weaire-Phelan structures! this is important!" -- nm - mafic Jul 5, 17:29
- relatedly -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 5, 16:35 1
  - Yep, saw that. Glad there weren't that many in my bedroom wall back in the day. This is the honeycomb that came out that day. -- (link) - Meg Jul 5, 16:44 [flickr]
Unless you're quoting Stalin's recipe for borscht, you're not in good territory. And even then, there's probably someone else. -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 16:20 1
- Even Mussolini's treatise on railroad scheduling isn't worth the paper it's printed on. -- nm - Dano Jul 5, 16:42
MA bill would tax colleges that use binding early admission or legacy preferences to fund community colleges -- (link) - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 5, 16:11
Threads has launched. Android App avail along with iOS -- nm* - budice Jul 5, 16:10 18
- I tried to Good Place meme for David and it failed to upload. The site is a failure. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 5, 17:43 1
  - Well, thanks anyway! -- nm - The Allfather Jul 5, 18:01
- So far, I hate it. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 5, 16:58 7
  - Ugh… - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 5, 17:17 6
    - Instagram said they'd give us back chronological feeds. That was like two years ago. They don't want us having any control so they can feed us ads and - Krusty Jul 5, 17:33 3
      - you can do that on instagram. no way to make it the default and you still get the ads, but it's there. -- nm - mafic Jul 5, 17:47 2
        
        I don't see any way to change the feed to chronological. I can change it to just who I follow or my favorites but that's it. -- nm - Krusty Jul 5, 18:54 1
        
        Oh, I see. Apparently "following" is chronological. *smh* -- nm - Krusty Jul 5, 18:56
    - It honestly feels like I should just make an ST app and trounce them all. -- nm* - Beryllium Jul 5, 17:29
    - That's a dealbreaker. -- nm - Tim Jul 5, 17:29
- And Facebook is more and more chaotic. Keeps taking me to random people and feeds I've never seen before. -- nm - Meg Jul 5, 16:26
- Might want to claim your name so scammers don't attack your FB photo and contact your friends list like they do with Instagram access -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 16:21 1
  - Or don't have a FB account either so there's nothing to go after. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 5, 16:23
- Nm -- nm* - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 5, 16:13
- Time to claim my handle -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 5, 16:13
- Yaaaay. *single party blower sounds in an empty room* *single piece of confetti falls from the ceiling, or maybe it's a tile* - Beryllium Jul 5, 16:12 2
  - Please clap. -- nm - Qale Jul 5, 16:25 1
    - I'm just watching it all from afar, seeing how the cookies crumble -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 16:43
BOOM! -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 5, 16:02 3
- Legion of. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 5, 16:03 2
  - Ordinary Gentlemen -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 5, 16:05 1
    - Prefer Redheads -- nm - Qale Jul 5, 16:25

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