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Swifties are confounded by these old-timey concession containers -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 4, 14:54 4
- there are kids who have never been to a movie before? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 17:47
- Those look fantastic. -- nm - Qale Oct 4, 15:10
- Aren’t they more expensive than the movie tickets—you bet your butt you take them home -- nm - Flav— Oct 4, 15:02 1
  - If you're smart you dump the popcorn and keep the container. -- nm - loosilu Oct 4, 16:43
How Ryan Reynolds got Jake from State Farm into the Kelce suite. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Oct 4, 14:45 1
- (it was a crummy commercial) -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 4, 14:50
FTC: Amazon had a secret predatory pricing algorithm lol -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 4, 14:39 9
- Taking a break from running into that brick wall against Microsoft in order to run into a steel one -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Oct 4, 15:12 3
  - seems weird to me to accuse a retailer of being a monopoly when said retailer's 2022 revenue was 519 Billion & Walmart's 2022 revenue was 572 Billion -- nm - crash davis Oct 4, 15:18 2
    - (they're not being accused of being a monopoly) -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 4, 15:20
    - And you could back AWS out of that to go even lower. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Oct 4, 15:20
- Basically if you sell on Amazon, you can't sell your thingy for more elsewhere and get a BUY IT NOW button. -- nm - Qale Oct 4, 15:11
- So, in part, the FTC is arguing that Amazon is a monopoly who had competitors... -- nm - crash davis Oct 4, 14:55 3
  - and Amazon, this monopoly with competitors, had a magic computer program that made their competitors raise prices every time Amazon raised prices? -- nm - crash davis Oct 4, 15:01
  - i believe they're alleging they illegally attempted to gain monopoly power, not that they are one per se -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 4, 15:00 1
    - well they failed to corner the b*llsh*t market, that is for sure -- nm - crash davis Oct 4, 15:02
Utah scholarship football players are eligible to receive a brand new 2024 Dodge 1500 Big Horn Night Edition truck through a new NIL partnership -- (link) - budice Oct 4, 14:36
love to admit tax fraud on camera while railing against the AG in my valuation fraud trial -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 4, 14:35 1
- I saw him say something close to this yesterday and wondered why nobody was talking about it. (was it at wendy's?) -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Oct 4, 14:47
Thanks for showing up, Rays. -- nm - Tim Oct 4, 14:11 1
- good riddance -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 4, 14:43
the Subway down the street from us *closed*. I didn't think they were allowed to do that -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 4, 14:03 2
- It's like that one time I saw a Walgreen's go out of business. - Baron Hardcoden Oct 4, 15:11
- At one point they closed 5,000 subways, and no one noticed. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 14:06
holy smokes, Newcastle -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 4, 14:01
Kevin McCarthy was abused so badly that Jim Jordan had to pretend he didn’t see any of it. -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 4, 13:57 2
- This is terrible and I'm a terrible person for laughing at it. Well done. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Oct 4, 15:14
- OH! -- nm - mud Oct 4, 14:06
ah, so the Athletic's NHL preview has Carolina and Edmonton at some version of 1 and 2 for the season - Reagen Oct 4, 13:44 2
- They haven't had a nice thing to say about the kraken in months, so I'm looking for a big season. -- nm - crash davis Oct 4, 14:06
- #FakeNews -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 4, 13:47
Atlantic Canada People....this weekend, we may get Tropical Storm Philippe....(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney Oct 4, 13:40 4
- Has Frankie made an announcement? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 4, 13:51 2
  - (Frankie is fun but we know he just repeats Environment Canada's forecast, right?) -- nm - Reagen Oct 4, 13:52 1
    - Oh, I know. - ReluctantCynic Oct 4, 13:57
- looks like just another little baby one. -- nm - Reagen Oct 4, 13:45
Kevin Spacey had a heart attack -- nm - Remlik Oct 4, 13:39 1
- Possible heart attack. Seems to be fine (or at least safe) now, after going to a hospital in Uzbekistan. - Beryllium Oct 4, 13:54
hush hush Tampa Bay -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 4, 13:38
iCarly reboot cancelled by Paramount after 3 seasons -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 4, 13:17 1
- no bumps for you -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 4, 13:29
lol they gave the Mets that rainout with the Marlins, as a little treat -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 4, 13:10
Yay! Behind The Attraction Season 2 -- (link) - JD Oct 4, 13:08 [youtube]
the newly-sworn senator version of “I’m just happy to be here” rookie interviews -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 4, 13:07 5
- What’s been the highlight of that first day? “A good one.”…..uhhhh -- nm - Flav— Oct 4, 13:17 4
  - if you believe her account, Newsom didn’t even tell her he was appointing her before the public announcement -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 4, 13:29 3
    - There has to be some vetting process that you would think gets back to her, though that might have been months ago and part of a list -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 13:37 1
      - she ran Emily's List so already vetted to a great degree in the circles you have to run in to raise that kind of money from Dems -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 4, 13:40
    - Odds that actually happened? 2%? - Will Hunting Oct 4, 13:32
Russian Navy just fled Crimea -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 4, 13:05 [mastodon] 7
- What new missiles did Ukraine get ? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 14:04 2
  - King Missiles. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 14:06 1
    - an avante gard rock band from NY with modest 'hit' single Detachable Penis.... sounds legit -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 5, 10:56
- And sailed away on the Crimea River. -- nm - Loyola Oct 4, 13:07 3
  - The damage is done, guess I be leaving -- nm - JD Oct 4, 13:14
  - *snicker* -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 13:10
  - heh -- nm - St. Epiphany Oct 4, 13:09
uh oh, someone’s getting their mouth washed out with soap by Joe Manchin tonight -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 4, 13:01 5
- He just misheard their names - Dick Carthy and Dick Henry -- nm - Fuzzy Oct 4, 13:41
- Elect a reality TV president, get pop culture government -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 13:19
- He's not wrong though -- nm - St. Epiphany Oct 4, 13:09
- oh john.. - colin Oct 4, 13:05 1
  - The Musical. -- nm - Qale Oct 4, 15:13
you dinner suggestions for survivor tonight? not sushi. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Oct 4, 12:52 16
- if you get to Vegas by 5 local time, dinner is on me. This is where Jaxsean, Mrs. Jax, me & a friend are going to tonight -- (link) - Peglegpete Oct 4, 14:25 1
  - Brass Monkey -- nm - JD Oct 4, 14:31
- Nachos of course. -- nm - Walt_Disney Oct 4, 13:37
- We are having cheese ravioli and breadsticks. Not sure what kind of sauce I want yet. - sycor Oct 4, 13:26 2
  - Lemon cream or mushrooms saute in butter n parsley -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 13:28 1
    - Yeah I'm way to lazy for that. And I really dislike mushrooms. - sycor Oct 4, 13:33
- Grill rabbit and wild greens salad...oooh, some foraged mushrooms saute for the rabbit -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 13:22
- Pasta—spaghetti -- nm - Flav— Oct 4, 13:09
- Skittles -- nm - Loyola Oct 4, 13:02
- pho -- nm - JD Oct 4, 13:01
- Outback -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 4, 13:00
- burrito -- nm - Diva Oct 4, 12:59
- kabobs, gummy worms, and sushi - tRuMaN Oct 4, 12:58
- haggis -- nm - decline Oct 4, 12:56
- peanut butter wings -- nm - St. Epiphany Oct 4, 12:54
- coconut water and rice? -- nm - Jovian Oct 4, 12:52
What was supposed to be a 2 month audit is now a 7 month (and still going audit) and I've realized... I don't much care for being an auditor. - colin Oct 4, 12:43
Question about the EAS alert. Did everyone's speak or was that just my pixel? -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 12:41 6
- On android phones it's a setting. Check under Notifications -> advanced settings -> wireless emergency alerts -- nm - decline Oct 4, 12:46 1
  - Thank you, kindly. -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 12:50
- I didn't hear any speaking, just the tone. I did dismiss it rather quickly though. -- nm - Krusty Oct 4, 12:45
- Mine didn't but I dismissed it quickly. Then it went off again that time I didn't realize it was my phone, and then it started speaking in Spanish. - sycor Oct 4, 12:44 1
  - But I have a Pixel... so maybe not helpful in answering the question. -- nm - sycor Oct 4, 12:44
- One of my coworkers had one of their phones speak -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 12:42
In this day and age, if you aren't going to include the power brick, you need to at least use a USB-c cable. - sycor Oct 4, 12:36
How to Become a Cricket Expert Just in Time for the Cricket World Cup - crash davis Oct 4, 12:34 6
- Not until now did I learn England won the last World Cup. -- nm - Loyola Oct 4, 13:06
- Only things I really understand about cricket is that its baseball on the ground, a game can last for days, and India is a top tier team. -- nm - Walt_Disney Oct 4, 12:49
- Jomboy has had some cricket videos on their YouTube channel which has been very helpful in learning the game. - Krusty Oct 4, 12:40
- " South Africa, despite a decades-long reputation for falling short in big tournaments." So, SA is the Leafs of cricket. -- nm - crash davis Oct 4, 12:36 2
  - The combination of disappointment + money means the Leafs equivalent in cricket is India -- nm - Roger More Oct 4, 13:26 1
    - (though SA fans are probably more resigned to inevitable defeat, just like Leafs fans) -- nm - Roger More Oct 4, 13:38
GOP possibly getting ready to kick Gaetz out of the GOP conference, looks like. -- (edited) - znufrii, vice president Oct 4, 12:33 5
- and shortly after that happens, he will announce he is running for Gov of Florida. -- nm - Jovian Oct 4, 12:35 3
  - Good. Cause f*ck Meatball Ron. I hate him. - St. Epiphany Oct 4, 12:55 2
    - love this post. love you too. -- nm - Diva Oct 4, 13:00
    - Let them fight. -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 12:57
- They just getting started. -- (link) - Spawn Oct 4, 12:34 [Backboard]
Are all the Americans okay after the emergency alert? The conspiracy theories regarding it on social media were insane. - Walt_Disney Oct 4, 12:13 8
- Okay....now the conspiracy on-line is that the test was early so people would not be fully prepared!!! - Walt_Disney Oct 4, 12:38
- I suddenly want brains for some reason. - tRuMaN Oct 4, 12:37 1
  - pixie? -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 12:38
- But...the Queen is already dead, unless Reggie is activated to shoot Queen Beyonce..or Tay Tay -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 12:28
- yep, I think at least somebody somewhere, took the plot of Stephen King's Cell and went from there. -- nm - Jovian Oct 4, 12:26
- I just about peed my pants, but that was it. -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Oct 4, 12:21
- can't post. zombies on the floor -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 4, 12:17
- I stubbed my toe. -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 12:15
I have two columns in excel, one with month "JAN" and one with year "2022." how can I easily turn them into a date "1/1/2022" in a new column? thx. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Oct 4, 12:07 5
- Always 1st of the month? =CONCATENATE(MONTH(DATEVALUE(A1&1),"/1/",B1) - decline Oct 4, 12:27
- You’d need a way to correlate the text string into the month value in the DATE function I think? Maybe a VLOOKUP to a table in a hidden sheet? -- (edited) - znufrii, vice president Oct 4, 12:16 1
  - this is what I wound up doing only because using any of the concat options below wouldn't allow me to format result as date. thanks everyone. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Oct 4, 12:50
- Format as date and concantenate? -- nm - spamlet Oct 4, 12:14
- =DATE(year,month,day) -- nm - oblique Oct 4, 12:13
My doc said that for the first few days post-op, I should lead a "sedimentary lifestyle." - howie Oct 4, 12:05 14
- he wants you to hang out at the bottom of the ocean and and slowly accrete. -- nm - mafic Oct 4, 20:11
- BTW I know it's funny, but he actually said this to me today. - howie Oct 4, 13:52
- Really? That rocks. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Oct 4, 13:35
- Sounds like you’ve finally hit rock bottom. -- nm - Qale Oct 4, 12:16
- What an igneous comment. -- nm - Reagen Oct 4, 12:12
- Isn't that what Jordy Verrill was moving towards? -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 12:07 1
  - Jordy Verrill you lunkhead! -- nm - Jovian Oct 4, 12:27
- no, that sort of advice should be taken for granite -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 4, 12:07 2
  - *golf clap* -- nm - oblique Oct 4, 12:12
  - 🤣 -- nm - Flav— Oct 4, 12:07
- Sounds like a layered diagnosis— -- nm - Flav— Oct 4, 12:06
- Time to hit the mud baths -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 12:06 2
  - stay out of my bath I just cleaned it -- nm - mud Oct 4, 12:18 1
    - Just mop it up -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 12:20
I’ve been stalked! - Reluctant Cynic Oct 4, 12:01 [Attachment] 7
- Took a second, thought it was Mellow Milk Brewers -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 12:21
- Ah, one appears to be broken. -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 12:11 2
  - That is the Museum of Broken Relationships. - ReluctantCynic Oct 4, 12:22 1
    - If you ever go, enjoy my exhibit. -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 12:35
- 👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 4, 12:06
- those care coool nmbRC - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 4, 12:05 1
  - nmbpfm - ReluctantCynic Oct 4, 12:21
hopium is a helluva drug -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 4, 11:59
ST Poll: You can speak, write and understand fluently in one fictitious language. Which one do you choose? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 4, 11:56 18
- No love for Vulcan? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 13:27
- Simlish -- nm - mara Oct 4, 13:07
- Lapine -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 4, 12:30
- Klingon no question. -- nm - Jovian Oct 4, 12:28
- Divine language (5th Element—so I can talk to Milla) -- nm - Flav— Oct 4, 12:22 1
  - multipass - hollywood big shot Oct 4, 12:28
- Fus Ro Dah!! -- nm - Qale Oct 4, 12:17
- Legolas's native language - St. Epiphany Oct 4, 12:09
- Lang Belta - Beryllium Oct 4, 12:03
- Alienese which is spoken by the Nibblonian on Futurama. -- nm - Krusty Oct 4, 12:00
- Quenya -- nm - mud Oct 4, 11:59 1
  - I was thinking either Quenya or Sindarin. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 4, 12:04
- Droid -- nm - oblique Oct 4, 11:59 3
  - I spend far too much time wondering if Chopper is speaking the same language as R2. -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 12:08 2
    - Its funny how I love Chopper 10x more now then from Rebels. - Jovian Oct 4, 12:29 1
      - I actually stopped my Ashoka viewing after the *awesome* one and started a Clone Wars/Rebels rewatch. I am now ready for the last season of Rebels. - Spawn Oct 4, 12:32
- Spanish, Spanish, Spanish -- nm - Rick Dalton Oct 4, 11:57
- gotta go Klingon -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 4, 11:56
Blame Brett -- nm - Dano Oct 4, 11:53 2
- I don't know, he was a helluva third baseman. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 4, 11:57
- ok. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 4, 11:56

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