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bold move Cotton… -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 21, 10:21 1
- They can’t help shooting themselves in the dick. This a loser topic for them but they refuse to take off their control glasses -- nm* - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Dec 21, 11:08
great season finale of Survivor last night. -- nm - Jovian Dec 21, 10:15 1
- agreed. -- nm - mud Dec 21, 10:25
Mayor Wu apologizes for the Charles Stuart witchhunt “on behalf of the Boston PD” (except that unrepentant shitheel in the HBO doc I’m guessing) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 21, 10:08 1
- It takes great humility and courage to acknowledge someone else's wrongdoing and try to make ammends - JD Dec 21, 10:38
Never use "utilize" when you can utilize "use" -- nm - rollo Dec 21, 10:07
Astronauts - Lafarrow Dec 21, 09:57 3
- Yup, the best four teams by record, not points, are all out. Woody, the seasonal points leader, is still alive. - David Dec 21, 10:21 2
  - He got spawned -- nm* - oblique Dec 21, 10:30 1
    - Happens to the best of you. -- nm - Spawn Dec 21, 10:36
Philadelphia folks: I have come to appreciate your Goldenberg's Peanut Chews. And thank you again, Secret Stalker. - ReluctantCynic Dec 21, 09:50 5
- They're quite good. I didn't know it was started in Philly, TIL. -- nm - Krusty Dec 21, 10:40
- I don't think we have those here. But I'll keep an eye out to try one. -- nm - sycor Dec 21, 10:12
- They're my favorite candy bar. I think I answered that to a poll here a few weeks/months ago. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 21, 09:58
- I’m not familiar with these, will have to check them out. -- nm - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 21, 09:56
- I *love* peanut chews. my go-to candy. (dark only, obvs.) they are actually made in bethlehem very close to my old apartment in hellertown - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Dec 21, 09:54
Best Christmas present this year - I got age checked buying some port and wine at the supermarket just now. - LMS Dec 21, 09:49 5
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Dec 21, 10:42
- How YOU doin'? - sycor Dec 21, 10:19
- I get a kick out of the checker who calls me "Miss" but I guess some people take offense to "Ma'am" -- nm - Meg Dec 21, 10:12
- Awesome. :-) -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 21, 10:06
- That is nice. Well done. -- nm - Loyola Dec 21, 09:57
Lions OC Ben Johnson's asking price is at least or around $15M/year for a HC job -- nm - budice Dec 21, 09:44 2
- Belichek makes 20mil, Carroll makes 15, Reid makes 12…yeah, sit the fuck down. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 21, 09:56 1
  - Unless this is a David Tepper Tax of let’s see what I can bill him for since I really don’t want that job. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 21, 09:58
Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy protection, lists more than $100 million in debts -- (link*) - budice Dec 21, 09:35 7
- not even ch7 liquidation but… ch11 reorg? Is he Rudy Inc? -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 21, 10:16
- I assume they're including the judgment against him. -- nm - pmb Dec 21, 09:55 2
  - If they planned ahead. Most of their key assets were transferred to someone else or re-located to offshore havens -- nm - budice Dec 21, 09:58 1
    - Depends when they did it and why. That stuff can be recovered if done to avoid obligations. -- nm - pmb Dec 21, 10:15
- I wonder if I could ever run $100M in debts. Like I'd like to think that I could spend over $100M over my paying ability but could I pull off the - JD Dec 21, 09:37 2
  - BAsed on $100M judgement, just strings out how much he has to fork over and when. Keeps his lavish lifestyle for now -- nm - budice Dec 21, 09:40 1
    - Oh. Reading is fundamental and all that ;-) - JD Dec 21, 09:47
Motherf*ckers - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 21, 09:35 6
- :( - ugh. — nm - i.b.! Dec 21, 09:39 5
  - Got the all clear to file anyway without republishing *phew* -- nm - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 21, 09:41 4
    - Now I’ve got 1000+ pages of documents to review by tomorrow which are the first drafts of the next tranche of filings. Fml. -- (edited) - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 21, 09:43 3
      - caffeinate! — nm - i.b.! Dec 21, 09:51 2
        
        Hallucinate -- nm - JD Dec 21, 09:54 1
        
        AI chat that shit...and let us know how it goes -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 21, 10:00
Fat Leonard is being turned over to the US as part of the deal with Venezuela. -- (link) - TWuG Dec 21, 09:33
Aquaman 2 34% (20/36), Anyone But You 65% (15/8), Migration 71% (27/11), The Iron Claw 89% (87/11), All of Us Strangers 95% (97/5), - Beaker 🍺 Dec 21, 09:28
Do you have a favorite hot sauce? Cholula, red or green, are my favorites - TWuG Dec 21, 09:19 10
- Cholula green and Tapatio (that got me through covid) lots of folks here like Valentinas - zeitgeist Dec 21, 10:03
- I look for Cholula and Louisiana in restaurants. And gochujang has become a staple at home. - ReluctantCynic Dec 21, 09:43 [Attachment] 2
  - *fist bump* — nm - i.b.! Dec 21, 09:56 1
    - *knowing wink* - ReluctantCynic Dec 21, 10:08
- Ketchup - sycor Dec 21, 09:34
- usually anything with Hatch's Green Chile -- nm - JaxSean Dec 21, 09:33
- latest most used: louisiana; truff black; gochujang. honorable mention to taco bell fire and mild. -- (edited) - i.b.! Dec 21, 09:32
- lol -- nm - Spawn Dec 21, 09:24
- Taco Bell Fire Sauce. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 21, 09:21
- Louisiana. -- (link) - Diva Dec 21, 09:20
“just standing outside your house watching the show”? on b2 just sent me. (I heart you, Krusty!) — mm - i.b.! Dec 21, 09:13
Oh, look, Substack subscribes to the "let Nazis speak so we can take a cut of their income" social media ethos -- (edited) - TWuG Dec 21, 09:13 2
- If you can't bring yourself to deplatform, at least demonetize. Are they at least doing that? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 21, 09:34 1
  - They are not -- nm - TWuG Dec 21, 09:42
About half of all Buick dealers chose to be bought out rather than invest in changes necessary to sell and service EVs -- (link) - TWuG Dec 21, 09:08 3
- I wonder what the buy out number was as it seems like the high number to upgrade was $500K -- nm - JD Dec 21, 09:42
- To be fair, only old(er) people drive Buicks, and they're not adapting to a new technology like that. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 21, 09:34 1
  - I saw this after I looked up buick sales recently after I saw a new-to-me model. age is trending younger - the female aspect stood out and may be - i.b.! Dec 21, 09:38
10 dead, 30 injured in a mass shooting in downtown Prague -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Dec 21, 08:54 2
- 15 dead now. how horrible. -- nm - Andie Dec 21, 10:33
- I see American culture is still our biggest export. -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 21, 10:10
I would be very unhappy if the presents under the tree or given to me aren't wrapped. An Amazon box isn't how you give a gift in person. -- nm - Krusty Dec 21, 08:46 11
- I agree. I wouldn't be far off from being insulted to receive an unwrapped present. - Loyola Dec 21, 09:54 1
  - Whoo boy...am I ever about to disappoint and insult my parents -- (pic) -- (edited) - JD Dec 21, 09:59 [Attachment]
- I mean, Amazon even offers the cool gift bagging. -- nm - Spawn Dec 21, 09:01 2
  - I did that one year 🙄 -- nm - JD Dec 21, 09:15 1
    - Amy's family does Secret Santa. So if it is an out of state relative that you will not see, it is great. -- nm - Spawn Dec 21, 09:23
- I was not happy when I put your package together but I had two cats trying to help. -- nm - Meg Dec 21, 08:55 1
  - Ha! I don't mean for stalker as that needs to be shipped plus it's cheaper to just order something and have it shipped directly. - Krusty Dec 21, 09:07
- I don't wrap presents. I will put them in a Christmas gift bag though. -- nm - sycor Dec 21, 08:54 1
  - That's semi acceptable to me but under the tree it should be mostly wrapped gifts with just a couple of bags for awkward - Krusty Dec 21, 09:05
- Wrapping paper is not recyclable you landfill lover - decline Dec 21, 08:51 1
  - Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Dec 21, 09:16
As a scientist*, I must protest: "cohort" does not mean the same thing as "group." - ReluctantCynic Dec 21, 08:46 10
- I thought "cohort" was more about a group sharing a view, action or characteristic? -- nm - Spawn Dec 21, 08:59
- I'm in favor of the [Quintilian] quote that the purpose of language is to make it impossible to be misunderstood. If someone's using "group" - Max Dec 21, 08:56 2
  - I love that. - ReluctantCynic Dec 21, 09:03 1
    - Neil deGrasse Tyson had a similar thought on Hot Ones that I try to remember when dealing with annoying gaming forum users - Max Dec 21, 09:09 [youtube]
- cohort was a military term I thought -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 21, 08:49 3
  - 'Tis. A 'cohort' is simply a specific type of 'group.' - ReluctantCynic Dec 21, 08:52 2
    - A cohort knows where the bodies are buried -- nm - JD Dec 21, 09:53
    - Ah, yes. -- nm - Spawn Dec 21, 08:59
- It can have a technical meaning, yes. Even in the business space. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 21, 08:46 1
  - But I still get the point Cuban was making. - ReluctantCynic Dec 21, 08:49
I hadn’t heard this theory before: neuro diseases like Alzheimer’s/Parkinsons may be tied to repeated viral infections (the flu) over decades -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 21, 08:41 1
- This is definitely still more theory than anything (and I don't think I've seen anything tying it to specific (or non-specific) viruses. They still - pmb Dec 21, 08:58
Florida State calls emergency trustee meeting to discuss their future in the ACC -- (link) - spamlet Dec 21, 08:37
Secret Service on a plane to Hazzard County -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 21, 08:30 2
- he also said Fauci is a traitor. — nm - i.b.! Dec 21, 08:59
- "Now, you might be thinkin', what are them Duke Boys up to, but--" - Waylon Jennings s.i. (narrating) Dec 21, 08:39
if you can’t figure out how to use your opponent’s multiple criminal indictments against him, you deserve to lose -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 21, 08:19 14
- Sounds simple, but when indictments are considered a badge of honor and proof of commitment by your constituents, it isn't that easy. - pmb Dec 21, 09:00 4
  - I understand the bind the party has chosen to get itself into but on a purely political level “Indicted Don” is the easiest layup nickname in the world -- (edited) - hollywood big shot Dec 21, 09:05 3
    - A real easy way to flip this against Trump is to use his quotes about captured veterans against him. - Inigo Dec 21, 09:59 1
      - He only got indicted because he got caught...you know, doing crime and shit. -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 21, 10:19
    - “instead of acting like his defense attorney” -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 21, 09:23
- Yea Ron, that was your problem. Your charming personality and awesome charisma had nothing to do with your absolute failure. -- nm - Jovian Dec 21, 08:31 1
  - [snork] -- nm - mud Dec 21, 08:39
- all 673 books banned (so far) in Orlando schools. personally, I would run against banning books -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 21, 08:28 6
  - It really dumbfounds me how they don't realize that every time in history, the people banning books are the bad guys. - sycor Dec 21, 08:37 5
    - But that's it. -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Dec 21, 08:40 4
      - yes this, "know perfectly well what they're doing." -- nm - Jovian Dec 21, 08:47 1
        
        What I can't understand is: How did the finest liberal and progressive political minds fail to stop these people? - ReluctantCynic Dec 21, 09:01
      - I guess I just don't understand it. Which I suppose is a good thing. I don't know that I want to. -- nm - sycor Dec 21, 08:46 1
        
        Honestly, I don't understand it either. I really don't. - ReluctantCynic Dec 21, 08:47
JD, I actually write the initials on the gift after I wrap it. Write it where the tag and bow will eventually go. -- nm - Spawn Dec 21, 08:18 5
- I wrap all the presents at our house. I put a PostIt with a name on each one. Then Carrie comes through and decorates them all. - Louis Litt Dec 21, 08:42 2
  - I used to go all out. Before paper started including grids on the back I used a t-square. I finally realized that I was doing it more for me than -- (edited) - Spawn Dec 21, 08:56 1
    - jfc Xmas Monk -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 21, 08:59
- Noted! -- nm - JD Dec 21, 08:22 1
  - I find it is a lot easier to wrap them all, so they can be stacked for more wrapping space. Then go back and finish them. -- (edited) - Spawn Dec 21, 08:25
3 - carpenter square - rollo Dec 21, 08:09 1
- PYGB - rollo Dec 21, 08:27
"Whom" is one of those words that can die and nothing will be lost. - TWuG Dec 21, 08:05 4
- regardless / irregardless -- nm - rollo Dec 21, 08:28
- But then how would you start a “To whom it concerns” letter? -- nm - Loyola Dec 21, 08:09 2
  - "Hey dudes..." -- nm - Andie Dec 21, 08:16 1
    - Yo peeps -- nm - Loyola Dec 21, 08:26
Sunset at the Thames Barrier -- (pic) - LMS Dec 21, 08:05 [Attachment] 2
- that's an unusual looking structure -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 21, 08:26
- cool. -- nm - mud Dec 21, 08:06
Got Covid shot in the left arm and flu shot in the right. The Covid shot hurts a LOT more. -- nm - TWuG Dec 21, 08:02 1
- You got to know...when the serum hits the bone -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 21, 10:06
Poll: I have a person who reports to me who has barely seen a movie made before 2010. What movies should I put on a list for them to watch? - tRuMaN Dec 21, 07:58 24
- some more arty goodness: amelie, moulin rouge; for something relevant to recent politics: being there — nm - i.b.! Dec 21, 09:04 1
  - speaking of -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 21, 09:21
- I made one of our younger millenials watch the original Bill and Ted on a plane a few years ago. He immediately bought the second one when we got home -- nm - spamlet Dec 21, 08:34
- Legally Blonde. Brokeback Mountain. The Bird Cage. -- nm - ReluctantCynic (laptop) Dec 21, 08:31
- Red October, Clear and Present Danger, The Fugitive -- nm - Beryllium Dec 21, 08:30
- top 100 in chronological (needs an update though) -- (edited) - mud Dec 21, 08:29
- LA Confidential, Shawshank Redemption, Animal House, A Fish Called Wanda, Casablanca, Dirty Dozen, Open Range, Silverado, Predator, Running Man -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 21, 08:29
- Gone With the Wind ;-) -- nm - Meg Dec 21, 08:27
- National Treasure, Mama Mia, Mr and Mrs Smith, Idiocaracy, Happy Feet, Better Luck Tommorow, Black Swan - JD Dec 21, 08:22
- Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz. - Beryllium Dec 21, 08:19
- Star Wars trilogy. Pulp Fiction. -- nm - Spawn Dec 21, 08:16
- Goonies, Indiana Jones, Lethal Weapon, Alien, Aliens, Gremlins, National Lampoon (Xmas and vacation). Basically anything in the 80s. - sycor Dec 21, 08:10 4
  - They should watch Krull and The Labyrinth in a double-feature. - ReluctantCynic (laptop) Dec 21, 08:32 3
    - I've actually never seen Krull all the way through. I should do that soon. -- nm - sycor Dec 21, 08:34 2
      - I still adore that movie. - ReluctantCynic Dec 21, 08:41 1
        
        *throws glaive at you* - Spawn Dec 21, 09:34
- When Harry Met Sally or The Apartment this time of year. -- nm - LMS Dec 21, 08:03 2
  - Sleepless in Seattle, Mission Impossible 1, Sneakers. -- nm - Loyola Dec 21, 08:06 1
    - Heh, yesterday I saw a Sneakers clip. ("Be a beacon") -- nm - Beryllium Dec 21, 08:28
- have them start with Requiem for a Dream -- nm - Jovian Dec 21, 08:01 1
  - …to test their willpower. -- nm - Loyola Dec 21, 08:02
- Ghost is pretty good. -- nm - Loyola Dec 21, 08:00
- Office Space -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 21, 08:00 1
  - this -- nm - JaxSean Dec 21, 08:09
The world would run better If it was run our way -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 21, 07:57 1
- Heh. LOL. I kind of think that a bunch of bad events have started that way -- nm - JD Dec 21, 07:58

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