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Guinness World Records has crowned Pepper X as the hottest chili pepper in the world at 2.69M units on the Scoville scale (1.6x as hot as the Reaper) -- (link) - decline Oct 17, 08:33
Every NFL Fan's Reaction to Week 6 -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Oct 17, 08:21 [youtube] 1
- pain -- nm - oblique Oct 17, 08:31
my team is very "camera on in meetings" and we just hired a new person who is "camera off always." there's no written rule, so we just have to let her - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Oct 17, 08:18 10
- Camera etiquette is a funny thing. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Oct 17, 08:45
- Totally camera-off here. -- nm - budice Oct 17, 08:33
- I'm camera off. I was told to be camera on for our roundtable meetings every other week - Pippy the Lioness Oct 17, 08:31
- It wasn't part of the interview process!?! -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 08:26 1
  - "So, Sia, it says here you're changing industries from sing- oh, uh, I think... could you... maybe just brush your hair away..." -- nm - interview transcripts Oct 17, 08:32
- As a team we are almost always exclusively camera off. I have a feeling our new department head is going to be a “camera on” kind of person. -- nm - znufrii, vice president Oct 17, 08:22
- I do mostly off-camera—unless I’m speaking or directly part of whatever point we are discussing—mostly just so people don’t see me continually - Flavor-izm Oct 17, 08:21
- I am camera off 100%. Hate having to put it on. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 17, 08:21
- Ours has become informally primaries-on, secondaries-off to avoid distractions (until a pet wanders in and then everyone's goes on) -- nm - Max Oct 17, 08:20
- *shrug* I am camera off cause on means my laptop screen is up which means I lose my 24 inch monitor to a 15 inch laptop screen for working -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 17, 08:19
Happy Tony Stark Day—spoilers - Flavor-izm Oct 17, 08:12 6
- Yeah, my rewatch last night was Endgame. -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 08:14 4
  - as far as I'm concerned for me personally, I dont ever see how Endgame gets topped as being my favorite MCU movie. - Jovian Oct 17, 08:16 3
    - I still see Infinity Gauntlet and Endgame as a single movie. And it will never be beat. -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 08:23 1
      - YEP -- nm - Jovian Oct 17, 08:37
    - Spider-man is the only non-original, core Avengers character that is interesting or has me really invested—last couple phase characters have been blah -- nm - Flavor-izm Oct 17, 08:19
- Well that just makes me sad. -- nm - sycor Oct 17, 08:13
OTD 50 years ago, Montrose released their (his?) debut album. It was also Sammy Hagar's debut in the realm of recorded music -- (link) - mud Oct 17, 07:50 [youtube]
Transformer in my neighbourhood just went kaboom and the image of Marvin the Martian talking about an "earth shattering kaboom" was in my head. -- nm - Walt_Disney Oct 17, 07:35 1
- Though kind of the opposite of the quote -- nm - JD Oct 17, 08:10
One shining spot in an otherwise dismal FF season: Team records in the FJS are currently 5-1; four at 4-2; two at 3-3; four at 2-4; and a 1-5. - ReluctantCynic Oct 17, 07:34 7
- Astro: 6-0 (1); 4-2 (5); 3-3 (1); 2-4 (2); 1-5 (3) - oblique Oct 17, 07:36 6
  - yeah, enjoy that 0.90 pt win - crash davis 😺 Oct 17, 07:42 2
    - *points to the tall* - oblique Oct 17, 07:44 1
      - oh, sorry :) -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 17, 07:45
  - Caveman: 5-1 (1), 4-2 (2), 3-3 (4), 2-4 (2) and 1-5 (1) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 17, 07:39 2
    - Vampirates: 6-0 (1), 5-1 (1), 4-2 (2), 3-3 (3), 2-4 (3), 1-5 (2) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 17, 07:40 1
      - I should probably, y'know, find a QB for this week. That seems like an important position. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Oct 17, 08:23
Oakland Athletics relief pitcher Trevor May ripped owner John Fisher while announcing his retirement -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Oct 17, 07:34 1
- "Take mommy and daddy's money somewhere else, dork." -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 17, 07:34
SITV listeners, I see that Google Podcasts finally updated. Did Overcast? - Mop🧹 Oct 17, 07:19 3
- I use Pocket Casts and I didn't get the Patreon feed this week. Do I need to do something to get it back? -- nm - Krusty Oct 17, 07:48
- My post was 2 threads too late! -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 17, 07:45
- Yes. It was in my app this morning -- nm - oblique Oct 17, 07:34
Minneapolis mob runs a protection racket on small business owners. *holds finger to ear, listening* I've just been informed that is the cop, not - TWuG Oct 17, 06:52
I'm happy to say that SITV showed up in my feed today. I'm guessing there's an issue with the Patreon feed, Mop. -- nm - Krusty Oct 17, 06:47 2
- I wish Patreon's iOS app was carplay enabled -- nm - oblique Oct 17, 07:01
- yup, googles got it now too -- nm - decline Oct 17, 06:50
Huh. That's an interesting design choice. Apparently you can't turn off a Kindle Paperwhite. Only Screen Off or Sleep. -- nm - sycor Oct 17, 06:46
Of all the departments we work with, inevitably it's the ones with the most money that complain the loudest about the cost of services. - Baron Hardcoden Oct 17, 06:45
Scorsese's 81 Greatest Movie Characters, ranked. -- (link) - Volnelk Oct 17, 06:34 1
- too many The Irishman inclusions -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Oct 17, 06:43
What the heck is BentKey? -- (link) - decline Oct 17, 06:33 [youtube] 2
- Daily Wire's answer to Disney+. - ReluctantCynic Oct 17, 07:28
- Never heard of BentKey. But this is produced by conservative outlet Daily Wire so you know it’s quality! -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 17, 06:41
Funny story from the weekend. We were driving down to dad's and my GF saw some kind of animal run into the tall grass along the rural - sycor Oct 17, 06:29 6
- Was it an emu? Tell me it was an emu. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Oct 17, 06:47 4
  - Liberty! Liberty! Liberty! -- nm - oblique Oct 17, 07:00
  - Not unless it was a miniature emu. The way she described it was about the size of a cat, small dog, opossum. -- nm - sycor Oct 17, 06:53 2
    - Velocemuraptor -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Oct 17, 06:54 1
      - Velocipastor?! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 17, 06:59
- 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 17, 06:31
Big Vape - such a series of bad decisions, beginning with the marketing guy and ending with selling out to big tobacco - rollo Oct 17, 06:27
Oh, so todays going to be a “write shitty emo poetry in your head” kind of day. Awesome. -- nm - znufrii, vice president Oct 17, 06:19 6
- You okay, man? -- nm - sycor Oct 17, 06:30 5
  - Yeah, just living in my head. It’s a fun place sometimes. - znufrii, vice president Oct 17, 06:31 4
    - I get it. I do that too sometimes. -- nm - sycor Oct 17, 06:33 3
      - nmb but emo whining - znufrii, vice president Oct 17, 07:07 2
        
        If you need a get away here is a good spot for you. (link) - sycor Oct 17, 07:15 1
        
        Hah! - znufrii, vice president Oct 17, 07:16
I've got 3 fantasy football teams. One is 5-1, one is 3-3, and one is 1-5. Pure parity. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 17, 06:11
Has anyone had a picture turned into a poster? Theresa wants a poster of Joan Jett and the pic she loves is her on stage in a Jets jersey. - Krusty Oct 17, 06:10 4
- Yeah, having a great quality copy of the photo is going to be the biggest hurdle you have. - spamlet Oct 17, 06:11 3
  - That's what I was figuring and I'm having a hard time finding a large and quality version of the pic. It was used on a magazine cover like 40 years - Krusty Oct 17, 06:15 2
    - Any chance you have a good local library that might archive magazines? Even on microfiche there is a chance the quality might print out better. - sycor Oct 17, 06:32 1
      - Can't hurt to find out. I'll look into it when I get home this afternoon. Thanks! -- nm - Krusty Oct 17, 06:45
Covid/Flu combo kickin' my ass - decline Oct 17, 06:09 4
- word. But still, here I am at work. - Spawn Oct 17, 08:04
- Hope it feels better soon. My COVID arm hurt yesterday as well. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 17, 06:13 1
  - No pain, no gain, crash. -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 08:07
- yikes! does not sound fun -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 17, 06:11
TV PSA: MLB, NHL, Big Brother, DWTS, Voice, The Swarm, Frasier (2 episodes on CBS), Found, Navajo Police: Class 57, Welcome to Wrexham, -- (edited) - Beaker 🍺 Oct 17, 04:40
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 17, 04:20 [Attachment] 7
- LONELY PETE TO OPEN ON NY TELE, TELL POT PEOPLE -- nm - Max Oct 17, 08:46
- Legendary Bond girl PLENTY O’TOOLE -- nm - Roger More Oct 17, 06:24
- Official Russian denial of latest window poisoning incident. “YEET PEOPLE? NYET.” -- nm* - znufrii, vice president Oct 17, 06:20
- YEET PENELOPE: Gen Z slang for "take a penny, leave a penny" -- nm - rollo Oct 17, 06:04 1
  - ha! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 17, 06:07
- I'm a fanatic about the works of director Bruce McDonald, you know, a PONTYPOOL LOONY. -- nm - Reagen Oct 17, 05:04
- ONLYPET - the website for bored homebound animals -- nm - . Oct 17, 05:02
I really struggled today "Congratulations! You solved a Tuesday Crossword in 1:14:09. 3 TUESDAYS IN A ROW? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 17, 02:09 3
- I love these updates. You keep at it. Soon enough you'll be a crossword snob like me! -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Oct 17, 06:46
- I found today's puzzle a little tough. it could have been that I was doing it at 1am, but I was very frustrated. nice work killing it! -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Oct 17, 06:44
- Yeah! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 17, 03:55
Wordle 850 4/6 - crash davis 😺 Oct 17, 00:44 5
- 3 - sisyphus - rollo Oct 17, 05:57 2
  - 👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 17, 06:13
  - I can definitely see it -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 17, 06:08
- 4 - decline Oct 17, 05:13
- 4/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 17, 03:57
It feels like Biden going to Israel is a mistake. The Arab world will interpret it as him giving tacit approval for a ground invasion of Gaza if it - Loyola Oct 17, 00:07 5
- send the VP, that's her job, besides her husband is a member of the tribe -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 17, 00:36 1
  - Wait, we have a VP? - Spawn Oct 17, 08:27
- maybe that's what he wants. strong show of support etc. either way I don't think there's a case that an invasion isn't a proportionate response. - mafic Oct 17, 00:14 2
  - Maybe. If the invasion is executed badly, and you’d have to think there’s a high degree of possibility that it could turn into a shitshow, then it - Loyola Oct 17, 00:38 1
    - I think that’s what Hamas is after. I think the more Palestinian civilians Israel kills the happier Hamas are. They know the harm they can do to Israel -- (edited) - mafic Oct 17, 02:43
ugh. reviewing a document from a consultant and their first table is so wildly wrong that I'm just sending it straight back without finishing the rest -- nm - mafic Oct 16, 23:44
AEW really did the 15 minute parade of people to start Collision? I mean, I know I’m lobbing bombs without watching the product all the time, but… - Qale Oct 16, 23:26 2
- I'm fine with it once in a blue moon. They've done it twice on Collision and once on Dynamite in the past calendar year. -- (edited) - David Oct 16, 23:46 1
  - Ah, I see. It’s good that Christian is helping with that 3rd gen wrestler kid. Already looking mighty promising as a backstabber. -- nm - Qale Oct 16, 23:50
Wait, what? - David Oct 16, 23:23 1
- That was a good flick. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 16, 23:25
Connections #128. Perfect - TWuG Oct 16, 22:25 12
- yay! - mud Oct 17, 07:42
- Couple of hiccups. - VMan Oct 17, 06:31
- same order - rollo Oct 17, 05:59
- Same. Looked a little difficult at first. - Loyola Oct 17, 05:20
- 1 mistake ( I really need to remember to ignore my first instinct ) -- (edited) - decline Oct 17, 05:16
- In order - znufrii, vice president Oct 17, 04:56
- no mistakes, prescribed order - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 17, 04:01
- Perfect - Will Hunting Oct 17, 03:48
- I struggled with this one - crash davis 😺 Oct 17, 02:16
- exactly the same. - i.b! Oct 17, 00:05
- I didn't make the fourth connection until after the fact. - David Oct 16, 23:07 1
  - that happens to me 87% of the time -- nm - rollo Oct 17, 06:12
Recent Coldplay touring data was published, and I remembered we discussed how the 2 LA shows would fare: Sellout of 136k fans, $19M gross. -- (link) - MDH Oct 16, 22:10 [Backboard] 1
- lotta chumps in LA -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 16, 22:12
Have you ever tried blindfold archery? - JD Oct 16, 21:49 1
- You laugh, but I work with a blind guy whose hobby is archery -- nm - TWuG Oct 16, 22:26
moderately interesting to me. ran a marathon (woo!), looking at results. not particularly fast (4:34:51), but all my splits move up in the rankings. - mafic Oct 16, 21:47 [Attachment] 8
- Whoa! Congrats ! 🏃‍♂️! -- nm - Flavor-izm Oct 17, 08:04
- that's great! -- nm - Andie Oct 17, 06:24
- nice job -- nm - decline Oct 17, 05:17
- Fantastic! -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Oct 17, 05:00
- the ability to run for a couple hours straight is an excellent survival skill -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 17, 00:34
- Phenomenal! -- nm - David Oct 16, 23:15
- VNM! -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 16, 22:07
- Nice! Well done 👏 -- nm - JD Oct 16, 21:50
The life of a Chargers fan. -- (link) - David Oct 16, 21:12 [youtube] 2
- Vicky Kawaguchi from backyard football -- nm - rollo Oct 17, 06:09
- Yup, the camera man really loved her ;-) -- nm - Meg Oct 16, 21:37
very cool that Joe is making a special trip to make a public show of standing side by side with this goon -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 16, 20:35
ESPN wasted no time on the Chargers. Body isn't even cold. -- (link*) - budice Oct 16, 20:29
Anyone know how the Kia EV9 compares to a 2020 Tahoe, size-wise? -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 16, 20:21 2
- 7 inches shorter than the Tahoe. 23 inches longer than the escape. - Beryllium Oct 16, 20:24 1
  - 2 inches longer than the ID.Buzz LWB. Maybe that is too big for my garage, too. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 16, 20:41
dang Leafs not going undefeated on their Cup run -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 16, 20:11 1
- They would dominate the NOSHO -- (link*) - J Oct 16, 20:22
I want to buy this silly, silly company. When I win the lottery, it'll be like fourth on the list. (Boat, house, prezzies first) -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 16, 20:06 3
- sneezing and scratching will be a problem. thankfully they say pockets are an added feature. -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 16, 20:11 2
  - Yes, but that's not why I'm keenly interested in the idea. - Beryllium Oct 16, 20:12 1
    - 15 years? fathers will buy all they can NOW for teenage daughters going on a date. -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 16, 20:15
finally. LA state judge rejects Big Tech's Sec 230 defense in litigation on the harmful natures of their platforms to users -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Oct 16, 19:58 1
- Well, it was Los Angeles Superior Court, not a federal judge. And all they did was decline to dismiss the suit based on Section 230. But otherwise… - Mop🧹 Oct 16, 20:02
~I know I’ll be AO-AOK, I know I’ll be AO-AOK~ - Tim Oct 16, 19:48
I tried to ask AI (I think Bard?) about geological dykes last week. it refused to respond. -- nm - mafic Oct 16, 19:47 2
- Yup, preferred alternative "Dike" -- nm - Meg Oct 16, 19:55
- I dunno why boys wanna finger them in the first place. -- nm - Qale Oct 16, 19:53
Are there just no rules any more in college or pro re: mouthpieces? Seems like some have them some don’t. They’re constantly just flopping around. - Volnelk 🍊 Oct 16, 19:46

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