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7.0 shaker in papua new guinea ... I wonder if there's a tsunami risk. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 7, 01:45 1
- No risk (70km deep). And revised down to 6.7 -- nm - Beryllium Oct 7, 01:52
I hadn't seen this before, bit someone called him "Kaaron" Rogers and that's just perfect. -- (link) - JaxSean Oct 6, 23:53 1
well, when a NAS suddenly reboots for no apparent reason ... that's worrying. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 22:57 2
- Sometimes you just gotta get that unscheduled firmware update done. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 6, 23:09 1
  - Yeah. According to the logs, it was an unscheduled power event. - Beryllium Oct 6, 23:15
What was the first brand of clarified butter? - JD Oct 6, 22:32 2
- “This butter is so good!” “Actually it’s ghee.” - Tim Oct 7, 06:32
- 👍 / 🦛 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 6, 22:58
""The Last Of Us actor Ashley Johnson has sued her ex-boyfriend and Critical Role star Brian W. Foster alleging sexual battery..." - David Oct 6, 22:23 4
- Ashley is about 83 point 24 times the CR star that Brian ever was. I don't like the way that was written. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 6, 22:57 3
  - You wrote the word point between two numbers and you don't like the way *that* was written up??? - Krusty Oct 7, 05:39
  - Yup. Because of their relationship with the attorney, they were trying too hard to sound neutral and overcorrected. -- nm - David Oct 6, 23:05
  - Concur. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 23:05
the Mandalorian and Ahsoka's costume designer died unexpectedly out in Palm Desert -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 22:05 1
- that's terrible :( -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 22:17
"Just shut up, Television's Jason Ritter!" -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 21:51
Tonight's movies were "Aliens" (A+) and "Shaun of the Dead" (A+) with the TV episode "Halloween with the Addams Family" (A+) -- nm - Krusty Oct 6, 21:41
shorter Ken Rosenthal: Moneyball is the bunk -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 21:26 2
- Why, in your day... -- nm - David Oct 6, 22:19
- shorter *than* Ken Rosenthal: Not much -- nm - rollo Oct 6, 22:07
football pop quiz: which NFL TE would you say is older, Travis Kelce or Gronk? -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 21:24 5
- Gronk entered the league in 2010. He already had an all time record for TEs by the time Kelce entered in 2013. - crash davis 😺 Oct 6, 21:59
- Gronk by a year. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 6, 21:26 3
  - older, but only by several months. both born in 1989 -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 21:28 2
    - (which seems fucking nuts given both of their trajectories) -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 21:30 1
      - Yeah, I just knew Gronk was around 2010ish but he’s been broken for 5 years. Kelce became god of TEs about then. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 6, 21:33
Connections 118 - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 6, 21:21 5
- I was worried there were going to be obscure TV references. - psilotum Oct 7, 04:21
- I don't know what it says about me, but I liked it and solved it fairly quickly - crash davis 😺 Oct 6, 23:04
- What the hell was that? I got it perfect, but wow. - TWuG Oct 6, 22:54
- I hated that one. - David Oct 6, 21:26 1
  - Same - Will Hunting Oct 6, 21:32
Connections #118 - znufrii, vice president Oct 6, 21:20
page A13 -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 21:14
Wrestling folks - can you think of another male faction where the defacto leader was a credible in-ring woman wrestler? Rhea is Judgment Days lead at - Will Hunting Oct 6, 21:13 6
- I'm not sure if it's the same thing, but Kimona had a Japanese faction in WCW. -- nm - David Oct 6, 21:23 5
  - Yeah, lower on the card for sure but right idea. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 6, 21:33 4
    - AJ Lee had that thing with Ziggler and Big E, too. That might be closer. -- nm - David Oct 6, 22:20 3
      - Melina was manager of MNM back in the Diva days. And, of course, there is Alexa Bliss with Blake and Murphy in NXT. -- nm - Qale Oct 6, 23:44 2
        
        Bliss is a good one. Who was MNM? -- nm - David Oct 7, 00:00 1
        
        Mercury and Morrison - Will Hunting Oct 7, 00:02
Wordle 840 4/6 - Paragliding in the Alps - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 6, 21:09 1
- Wordle 840 6/6 - crash davis 😺 Oct 6, 23:10
with the usual disclaimer that the head of tech at FTX isn’t a lawyer, he seems pretty clear that crimes were committed -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 21:08
In high school I had to read Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth, which was awful. Loki S2E1 is nearly as irritating. - Max Oct 6, 20:21 3
- I have no idea what you're on about. That show episode was a delight. I had a grin the whole time watching it. -- nm - TWuG Oct 6, 23:02
- tell it to this guy, apparently -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 21:04
- I don't know what this means. - Beryllium Oct 6, 20:53
Guys named Claypool not the most popular in Chicago. - . Oct 6, 20:05
No one told me Liz Carr was in season 2 of Loki! I love Liz Carr! - TWuG Oct 6, 19:37 2
- Saraqael? Yes, she's great -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 19:40 1
  - (Translation: Also check out good omens S2 if you haven't yet) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 19:42
Kyrsten Sinema netted exactly zero fundraising dollars for the last reported quarter, lol -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 19:28 1
- Okay…lower on the card but it fits as close as anything. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 6, 21:26
Coldplay's Music of the Spheres Tour has crossed the $600M mark with 57 arena/stadium shows left through 2024. -- nm - MDH Oct 6, 19:27
Bruce Springsteen rescheduled dates have been announced - MDH Oct 6, 19:23
I didn't know you had a rock and roll record until I saw your picture on some other guy's jacket. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 6, 18:51 1
- Great (White) cover! Love it. -- nm - VMan Oct 6, 19:50
I don’t know how to take this movie totally killer seriously when they’re having them played beer pong in 1987! - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Oct 6, 18:08 14
- what movie? -- nm - mud Oct 6, 19:15 2
  - Totally Killer is actually its name. -- nm - David Oct 6, 19:17 1
    - ah :-] -- nm - mud Oct 6, 19:54
- Beer pong was the game we played in the game room as we didn't have a decent quarters table. We played quarters at the bars. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 6, 18:41 1
  - We were under age. Our tables off and changed and we were expected to adapt to the quarter arc on the spot. - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Oct 6, 20:49
- Used to play Rumoli filling beer cups as we went. Have fun with KQ spades (I think). -- nm - VMan Oct 6, 18:25
- or card drinking games (Asshole) -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 18:13 1
  - we played in '90 so probably was around before -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 6, 18:23
- I got a kick out of (sp) - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 6, 18:11 5
  - That is fun. - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Oct 6, 18:13 4
    - I've said multiple times if we did now what we did in the 90-94 time range we would be expelled and likely arrested -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 6, 18:24 3
      - I remember playing assassin in middle school with water guns. We would have all been expelled and probably charged now. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 6, 18:50
      - There's a funny bit along these lines in No Hard Feelings. -- nm - David Oct 6, 18:44
      - As our parents said before us. Unfortunately now they feel a need to record it and then declare a hack or delete it in embarrassment. -- nm - VMan Oct 6, 18:28
*GASP!* My exclusive chance to apply for the new Xbox Mastercard? THANKS, MICROSOFT! -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 6, 18:04
"Just leave me alone, television's Jason Ritter!" -- nm - David Oct 6, 17:50
Me: I need to stop collecting things. Also Me: Joins a local Vinyl group on FB and starts bidding on LPs -- (edited) - Beaker 🍻 Oct 6, 17:46 2
- 😺👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 6, 18:45
- ha ha, it's probably good for me that Amoeba's used 12" bins have been pretty slim pickings since the pandemic - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 17:52
Wait, did Star Trek get the idea for the Borg from Doctor Who? -- (link) - Tim Oct 6, 17:22 5
- Possible, there was some level of influence between the two early on. -- nm - . Oct 6, 20:14
- The galaxy is big enough for many species assimilating hive minds! -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 6, 18:05
- I suppose if you mash daleks and cybermen together, you end up with a borg-like speech cadence and drive for assimilation. - Beryllium Oct 6, 17:30 2
  - Or, conversely, "Daleks are superior to Borg in all ways except one." - Beryllium Oct 6, 17:31 1
    - And falling for go loops. -- nm - VMan Oct 6, 17:42
Holy fuck the flashback episode of The Bear. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 17:18 5
- I'm jealous of you for getting to watch that episode and the next one for the first time. -- nm - David Oct 6, 18:05 1
  - Utter mastery. And I never want to see it again. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 6, 18:06
- yup -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 6, 17:29 1
  - Ne shittez yous pas - Reagen Oct 6, 17:53
- next one's even better - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 17:19
Austin City Limits festival is love on Hulu right now. Foo Fighters is the big act tomorrow night. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Oct 6, 17:15 1
- We can't get it. Not sure why. - zunk takes things literally Oct 6, 18:27
new Wisc. sup ct judge to Robin Vos and the GOP on calls for her to recuse from the gerrymandering case: kick rocks, assholes -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 16:12
The Beekeeper trailer. What if Jason Statham was a badass out for revenge against the system. -- (link) - sycor Oct 6, 16:10 [youtube] 2
- "The Beekeeper" sounds like he's encroaching on Liam Neeson territory. But, what if Jason Statham was a bee who decided to resist killer bees? -- nm - Max Oct 6, 16:14 1
  - Yeah the title is not great. But I'm pretty sure Statham can at least still scale a fence without 15 cuts. - sycor Oct 6, 16:41
Mannn that Welcome to Flatch news sucks. - Jovian Oct 6, 16:10 1
- Watched the original This Country? -- nm - LMS Oct 6, 17:08
If we do win Powerball tomorrow, we should buy the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago. - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 16:07 16
- If it's at auction, maybe. But buying it from him or his company? He ain't getting my $. -- nm - TWuG Oct 6, 18:08 1
  - My thoughts exactly. -- nm - . Oct 6, 20:11
- He priobably does not own it FYI. -- nm - loosilu Oct 6, 16:46
- That reminds me - we stayed at the Thompson. Thank you for the recommendation! It was great. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 6, 16:28 7
  - Awesome! Glad to hear it! - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 16:41 6
    - Not just you! It definitely feels like the Continental. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 6, 16:53 5
      - Thank you for the confirmation. :-) - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 16:55 4
        
        It really is great. Having the LuxBar and pancake place at the bottom of the stairs is amazing. -- nm - David Oct 6, 17:14 3
        
        My dad lived just down the street from there ( and I’m having lunch at Gibsons tomorrow). - pmb Oct 6, 18:08 2
        
        Hey, I'm sorry about that. Because of my back, we were never 100% sure we were going. So, we didn't want to make firm plans. - David Oct 6, 18:19 1
        
        Glad you had fun. -- nm - pmb Oct 6, 19:25
- Can't imagine that the veneer of class is any deeper than high school stage flats for a production of Our Town -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 6, 16:24
- It’s only got his name on it, right? -- nm - spamlet Oct 6, 16:09 3
  - I checked, and it appears to be a wholly owned property of the Trump organization. - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 16:39 2
    - It's very difficult to find out what he owns. He does not own Trump Tower. -- nm - loosilu Oct 6, 16:46 1
      - As of last September, Chicago business media was supporting that he still owns the Trump Tower + Hotel. - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 16:54
77-year-old man from The Villages arrested after found with $1,800 worth of illegal erectile dysfunction pills - JD Oct 6, 15:55 9
- "If your arraignment lasts 4 or more hours, consult your attorney." -- nm - TWuG Oct 6, 18:09
- Best. Mugshot. EVER. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 6, 16:10
- nitpick: "A 77-year-old Florida man was arrested and accused of having thousands of dollars worth of illegal pills" Eighteen hundred is not thousands -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 16:01 4
  - "one thousand, two- ... agree to disagree" -- nm - rollo Oct 6, 22:03
  - Anyways, I hope his legal staff is up to the challenge. He shouldn't face involuntary hard time. -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 16:03 2
    - I'm sure his staff is up to the challenge. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 16:09
    - I think any types of hard time will be limited to 4 hours or less per prison doctor's recommendations. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 6, 16:08
- another felony for Trump? -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 6, 15:58
- 92 Counts! -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 6, 15:57
Cult of self-proclaimed 'Queen of Canada' threatens Saskatchewan village with public executions -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Oct 6, 15:54 6
- *please be where I grew up please be where I grew up please be... aww* -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 16:05
- " near the Alberta border" what is it about MAGA, QAnon, and Alberta? -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 16:05 4
  - it's bald-ass prairie down there. Tends to make even the hardiest go a bit loopy. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 16:10 1
    - When I drove Edmonton to Hanna with a co-worker, we saw one house that was *miles* from anything else. - Will Hunting Oct 6, 16:11
  - Isn't Alberta like Canada's Montana? -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 16:07 1
    - I commonly see the Canada's Texas comparison -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 17:14
tech bros going all in on AI makes more sense when you hear how they shit on actual creative geniuses like Bill Shakespeare -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 15:47 1
- Eh what? His plays have lasted 400 years, been translated in to almost every language and plays still produced. They should be so lucky. -- nm - . Oct 6, 20:09
robots poll: when you watch a show like Westworld or movie like The Creator, do you mentally check out b/c they're just machines thus no stakes? - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 15:37 9
- That was my main problem with Westworld -- nm - rollo Oct 6, 22:00 1
  - (but not my only one) -- nm - rollo Oct 6, 22:01
- I checked out of The Creator because of the humans -- nm - Roger More Oct 6, 18:00 1
  - heh the trailer was . . . not great -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 18:06
- No but I've been media raised by characters like Data, the T2 T800 and even the Robot from Lost in Space. There's Call from Alien Ressurection but that -- (edited) - JD Oct 6, 15:43 4
  - I'm with you in that sense of being raised by media and pop culture. - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 16:34
  - yes, when your formative robots were R2-D2 and C-3PO i think you humanize them more -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 15:48 2
    - Don’t humanize fictional machines! - Landbeck Oct 6, 15:54 1
      - This is where my grandmother would undoubtedly chime in with something about the Second Commandment, too. ;-) -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 16:56
(worst first ever) -- nm - Dano Oct 6, 15:28 4
- At least it didn’t involve exposing us to Covid -- nm - Roger More Oct 6, 15:30
- worst attempt to apply to a post ever -- nm - Dano Oct 6, 15:28 2
  - worst attempt to spell "reply" ever. -- nm - Dano Oct 6, 16:26
  - Are you setting yourself up for the Most Improved Poster award? -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 15:39
Least surprising email ever. Not mandatory (but mandatory) in office big event this week. Email today: you may have been exposed to Covid. -- nm - Dano Oct 6, 15:28 2
- *Facepalm* Hope you made it through okay -- nm - sycor Oct 6, 16:44
- eye roll emoji -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 6, 15:29

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