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"How to piss off a Canadian." 100% accurate: -- (link*) - Andie Sep 18, 17:15 1
- OK, but seriously, are you from Alberta? I just get these vibes... -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 18, 17:22
“Carter’s Re-Election Doomed By His Deal With Iran to Bring the US Hostages Home” -- (link) - NYT Pitchbot in alternate 1979 Sep 18, 17:06
I need to find a new book to read with Declan. - Beryllium Sep 18, 16:49 5
- If you want points with Spawn, read Watership Down. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 18, 17:19
- And because it's the right time of year: A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny - Baron Hardcoden Sep 18, 17:07
- Skulduggery Pleasant. Don't know if it's good, but I liked the name so much I put it on my Goodreads list. :D -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 18, 16:54
- Percy Jackson -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 18, 16:52 1
  - Artemis Fowl -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 18, 16:53
I love that on S3 of OMITB they're still......(sp) - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 18, 16:24
SITWAP: the Colorado State DB who was flagged for the late hit on Travis Hunter is receiving death threats. -- (link) - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Sep 18, 16:13 1
- man, and college football fans had had such a good run of being rational, too. -- nm - Reagen Sep 18, 16:20
40 years ago today Kiss unmasked on MTV with JJ Jackson -- (link) - Remlik Sep 18, 16:11
Ancient Roman 'refrigerator ' found in ruins of a fort in Bulgaria, with remaining wine and animal bones -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 18, 15:57 3
- Well, great. Now I've thought about Rome today. -- nm - TWuG Sep 18, 16:07 1
  - This is actually my second, possibly third, time today. Luckily, all from external stimuli. - Beryllium Sep 18, 16:35
- bachelor, obvs -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 18, 15:59
only 1/3 of students today who live within a mile of their school actually walk or bike to school -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 18, 15:42 5
- I used to bike to school starting in second grade, it was about a mile. - znufrii, vice president Sep 18, 17:18
- A mile's a real trek for short legs. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 18, 17:13
- Good morning little schoolgirl, can I come home with you? Tell your mama and your papa I'm a little schoolboy too -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 18, 16:00 2
  - Pigpen singing it -- (link) - Peglegpete Sep 18, 16:11 [youtube] 1
    - Alvin Lee -- (link) - King of Oklahoma Sep 18, 16:39 [youtube]
Weekend project! -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 18, 15:37 1
- *dashing away from the marina with 12 wakeboards under my arm* IneedtheseI'msorrreeeee -- nm* - Reagen Sep 18, 15:41
Tesla Semis are outperforming other EV semis and getting fantastic range even with full 80k pound loads - TWuG Sep 18, 15:27
i guess House of Pete's Dragon will be back at some point but other than that what does HBO even have for its Sun night 9p drama slot now? -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 18, 15:24
The MNF football theme should just be 3 straight minutes of the drum fill. -- nm - Reagen Sep 18, 15:23
Netflix Lands Richard Linklater and Glen Powell’s ‘Hit Man’ for $20 Million -- (link*) - Beaker 🍻 Sep 18, 15:19
“ Elemental’ Scores Biggest Disney+ Movie Premiere Since ‘Turning Red’” - The Allfather Sep 18, 15:17 3
- I have some Cars-like practicalities issues with this film. *finger to ear* No one likes me and I should shut up? OK. -- nm - Reagen Sep 18, 15:20
- screen kids gonna screen -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 18, 15:20 1
  - I /wish/ I could get my youngest to watch a Disney movie. - Beryllium Sep 18, 16:34
WGA sign o the day -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 18, 14:41 1
- Daaaaaaaamn. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 18, 16:42
DTL: Billings' big bad fouled out in 10 minutes and they lost to Salem. - spamlet Sep 18, 14:28 2
- Cephs played like shit but survived to our 7th S16 in 8 seasons -- nm - rollo Sep 18, 15:45
- My starting PG/SG/SF followed their 7/31 shooting performance with a 8/32. They look like the Fr/So they are. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 18, 15:06
Big Oil is making Big Tobacco look like candidates for corporate sainthood -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 18, 14:28
How do you feel about popcorn ceilings? Wall textures? -- nm - crash davis Sep 18, 14:24 24
- It's pretty universal around here, and I hate it. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 18, 16:45
- no thanks. -- nm - mafic Sep 18, 15:44
- Popcorn ceilings are awful. Replace with a nice knock-down stipple or a skip trowel texture. Interior wall textures, it depends -- (edited) - TWuG Sep 18, 15:07
- The purpose of a textured ceiling is to breakup reflected sound. A room with a flat ceiling be noisier than a room with textured surfaces. - howie Sep 18, 14:54 4
  - I don't think it is consideration for my little place. Even when I'm playing crash's Awesome Synth & Drum Machine Mix Tape Volume 1 -- nm - crash davis Sep 18, 15:04 3
    - In that case you probably want the added reverb. - howie Sep 18, 15:12
    - you sure samwise doesn't do a little head bangin' when he's alone during the day? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 18, 15:10 1
      - the cat pretends that it sleeps while I'm at work but I know it is up to something -- nm - crash davis Sep 18, 15:26
- To me, popcorn is a specific texture of textured ceiling. And I don't like it. But I do like other ceiling textures. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 18, 14:45 4
  - I also don't like stucco at all, probably for the exact same reason I don't like (what I consider) popcorn ceiling texture. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 18, 14:52
  - (I have an irrational dislike of flat painted ceilings, particularly if there's even the tiniest bit of gloss) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 18, 14:46 2
    - interesting -- nm - crash davis Sep 18, 14:47 1
      - Most of the rooms in my house have a ceiling texture - sort of random, like islands or clouds - except for the bathrooms and the kitchen. - Beryllium Sep 18, 14:51
- Kill it with fire! -- nm - znufrii, vice president Sep 18, 14:37 1
  - That might reflect poorly on your future insurance coverage and piss off your neighbors esp if you are in a apartment complex -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 18, 15:51
- Hate them with extreme prejudice -- nm - Pip Sep 18, 14:33
- have that shit on my ceilings and it’s hot trash -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 18, 14:33
- ceilings - hate. wall textures, depends on the texture. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 18, 14:28
- I dont know what this is. -- nm - Jovian Sep 18, 14:28 2
  - images for popcorn ceilings -- (link) - crash davis Sep 18, 14:36 1
    - ohhhhhhhh. my father did this to all our ceilings when I little. Not really a fan any more. -- nm - Jovian Sep 18, 14:43
- F*%& them and the horse they rode in on. - spamlet Sep 18, 14:27 1
  - Yeah, tell me about it. Makes having sex against the well very uncomfortable. And the ceiling..? Pfft! -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 18, 16:46
- Despise them. -- nm - Krusty Sep 18, 14:26
remember when Hillary would write her to-do lists for Huma on those classified state dept documents -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 18, 14:12 2
- "You don't know anything about the boxes." said jedi master MAGAhead -- nm - mud Sep 18, 14:18 1
  - and I would have gotten away with it too if werent for you meddling Liberal Jews! -- nm - Jovian Sep 18, 14:20
Qale, regarding your questions in B2. - Marlowe Sep 18, 13:55
Dumb Money B+ - LMS Sep 18, 13:53 4
- I read that as "Dumb Monkey" and I actually wanted to see it more than Dumb Money. -- nm - Spawn Sep 18, 13:54 2
  - I mean, I am still here Spawn. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 18, 14:14
  - The Nick Frost Biopic. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 18, 14:01
- "Winklevi" -- nm* - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 18, 13:53
Heh. Jack Dorsey actually did delete his blue sky account, apparently. Weird that I hadn't heard any follow up on it until now. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 18, 13:46 [BS] 17
- Are people still trying to make Blue Sky an actual thing? Or has everyone realized it's not happening? -- nm - MDH Sep 18, 13:54 14
  - It may actually happen soon if Musk makes Twitter pay to use for all like he was murmuring about today with Bibi. -- nm - Jovian Sep 18, 14:26
  - I check it a few times a day and I like it. I do wish it would grow quicker than it has been but there's been a steady stream of new people. - Krusty Sep 18, 14:20 5
    - Someone on my mastodon timeline had a shoe question today - specifically about safely cleaning some very dirty nikes -- nm - Beryllium Sep 18, 14:44 2
      - There are a few steps to safely clean sneakers. You want to use a towel and brush to get as much of the excess dirt off before you start. - Krusty Sep 18, 16:06 1
        
        Mesh sneakers don't get nearly as clean as leather and if it's suede you're going to need to get a suede cleaning brush and kit as the water can/will - Krusty Sep 18, 16:09
    - It's Twitterish. Weird and riffy. -- nm - Reagen Sep 18, 14:29 1
      - Yup. Less hateful overall but still lots of cliques and for now no ads. -- nm - Krusty Sep 18, 14:32
  - Why do you think it isn't happening? It continues to grow, the accounts I follow are active. It replicates Twitter's functionality - TWuG Sep 18, 14:12 5
    - I remember it being a whole thing that Ashton Kutcher got to 1M followers first. -- nm - Reagen Sep 18, 14:25
    - I'll just take this opportunity to repost my invite codes still available: -- (edited) - mud Sep 18, 14:16 3
      - I have 5 invite codes apparently. - Krusty Sep 18, 14:21 2
        
        heh -- nm - mud Sep 18, 14:22 1
        
        I hadn't noticed and only looked because of your post. - Krusty Sep 18, 14:26
  - I have no idea. It is a non-entity for me, I'm just talking about it today because of how embarrassing this particular account deletion is for them. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 18, 13:59
- Can't see without an account..is he the OP of Twitter and now blue? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 18, 13:47 1
  - Some excerpts - Beryllium Sep 18, 13:51
Lauren Boebert apology video has dropped -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 18, 13:24 7
- I'm not going to watch. I'll depend on you to summarize -- nm - crash davis Sep 18, 13:28 6
  - it is a joke -- nm - Spawn Sep 18, 13:31 5
    - the post or the poster? -- nm - Strongbad Sep 18, 13:32 4
      - Yes. -- nm - znufrii, vice president Sep 18, 13:32 3
        
        life is but a joke -- nm - Spawn Sep 18, 13:33 2
        
        You and I have been through that, and this is not our fate.... -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 18, 13:49
        
        Life is a highway. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 18, 13:35
the sequel to Sound of Freedom gonna be whackadoodle -- (link) - Reagen Sep 18, 13:24 1
- this was pixie's Sound of Freedom director’s cut post -- nm - Spawn Sep 18, 13:31
ST Lyc bitch poll — whine about something small and petty that doesn’t matter to anyone but you - znufrii, vice president Sep 18, 13:21 23
- after sending all my mail to this address for 3+ years, HSBC sent a credit card replacement to my old address for reasons they can't explain. - mafic Sep 18, 15:48
- there are two weight machine rooms (cam style) and nearly every time both ab machines, both (other machines I want to use) have ahole scrolling phones -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 18, 14:21
- the long wait to get testing results when a family member is in the hospital. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 18, 14:16
- since I’ve been getting back into making music a lil again, demo videos from others that are just a 30 min wankfest on their synth gear -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 18, 13:43
- Drivers that leave their blinker on the entire time they are on an off ramp (ie coming off a highway) - Jovian Sep 18, 13:43 6
  - How about drivers who think that getting up to 40 mph in the acceleration lane of an on-ramp is sufficient to merge into a 75 mph flow? - znufrii, vice president Sep 18, 13:51 1
    - word. My commute on ramp has been completed for a couple weeks now and it has been the case at least half the time. - Spawn Sep 18, 13:53
  - don't people just indicate before they turn and then let it auto turn off once the turn is complete? i don't think i have ever de-indicated mid-turn. -- (edited) - Andie Sep 18, 13:50 2
    - thats the problem, they let auto turn off activate. But almost all off ramps in NJ are giant half circles. -- nm - Jovian Sep 18, 14:08 1
      - I call it, "Blinker dragging" -- nm - Jovian Sep 18, 14:08
  - I hate to tell you this but you failed the assignment as that bugs me as well. -- nm - crash davis Sep 18, 13:48
- I'm a bit perturbed that TJ Maxx had a line out the door and only two registers open. That is a first. - Pippy the Lioness Sep 18, 13:31
- Without getting into details ... bodies are stupid and gross -- nm - Beryllium Sep 18, 13:30 3
  - Male: yes. Female: no. -- nm - Spawn Sep 18, 13:38 1
    - it is known. -- nm - mud Sep 18, 13:46
  - I agree (overshare?) - oblique Sep 18, 13:37
- I was really disappointed today how against multi-family housing our city council is. - Strongbad Sep 18, 13:28 4
  - I'm new to city government but I heard something about tax bases possibly being essential. But then again, I'm new. I might have misheard. -- nm - crash davis Sep 18, 13:51 3
    - Are you still enjoying your job? - Strongbad Sep 18, 13:52 2
      - There are a couplie things that are a drag but for the most part, I absolutely love it. -- nm - crash davis Sep 18, 13:54 1
        
        Awesome. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 18, 14:00
- Dave's niece and her fiance stayed this weekend and they are great, but they came with their (adorable) dog without checking, knowing we have foster -- (edited) - Andie Sep 18, 13:25
- Interceptor drafted Geno Smith right before my pick in QV. -- nm - crash davis Sep 18, 13:25
"That's a lot of screenshots of Magic:The Gathering decks -- nm - spamlet's boss, looking through his photos Sep 18, 12:57 1
- "It is either that or White Sox stats" "Good choice" -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 18, 13:01
The Senate Dress Code Gets a Casual Overhaul - crash davis 😺 Sep 18, 12:57 11
- Fetterman, ftw! -- nm - znufrii, vice president Sep 18, 13:04 2
  - He should show up in a tuxedo tomorrow just because. -- nm - Dano Sep 18, 13:07 1
    - White tie and tails or gtfo. -- nm* - znufrii, vice president Sep 18, 13:09
- I'm waiting for them to bring back the powdered wigs -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 18, 13:01
- $%^#@ Pennsylvania is trying to ruin civilization. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 18, 12:58 6
  - heh. I personally think their should be an enforced dress code for members of Congress. However, it is not something that puts me into a tailspin of - Jovian Sep 18, 13:04 5
    - Business casual would be fine. But MAGA t-shirts are gonna suck. -- nm - Spawn Sep 18, 13:10 3
      - Well these will become compulsory sometime in early 2025. -- nm - Jovian Sep 18, 13:12 2
        
        Oh!! There it is! -- nm - mud soprano Sep 18, 13:14 1
        
        Gandofini's birthday today. -- nm - Spawn Sep 18, 13:32
    - i still expect JF to wear suits to the floor but this is probably for the emergency votes when he doesn’t have time to change -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 18, 13:08
Michigan State has provided Mel Tucker with written notice of intent to terminate his contract for cause -- nm - budice Sep 18, 12:55
So apparently Trudeau is saying that we have evidence that the government of India conducted an assassination here in British Columbia. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 18, 12:38 12
- This is what happens when a country enforces building codes about windows. -- nm - crash davis Sep 18, 13:27
- Is that not allowed? -- nm - Spawn Sep 18, 12:42 6
  - Assassinations are very much frowned upon. -- nm - Loyola Sep 18, 13:04 3
    - But 'convenient accidents' sometimes those things happen -- nm - eag Sep 18, 13:20 1
      - The Russians actually have a 007ish assassin, the Germans caught him executing someone in a park, they are taking hostages to trade. -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 18, 13:46
    - Hmmm... I have updated my notes. -- nm - Spawn Sep 18, 13:09
  - 'not yet'. -- nm - Modi, Trump, Putin, Orban, MBS Sep 18, 12:44
  - It is allowed only if it can be proved the target tried to harm Connor McDavid -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 18, 12:44
- It better have not been a spirit bear. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 18, 12:40
- And not, like, saying it while walking down the street. In Parliament. -- (link*) - Beryllium Sep 18, 12:40 2
  - ‼️ - mud Sep 18, 12:57 1
    - Whenever I see this from you guys, I put a French pronunciation on Pissant -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 18, 12:59

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