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As much as I hate Amazon, maybe you can price match them elsewhere, Nintendo games are on sale. Zelda TotK at $56 is really good considering it's $70. - Qale Feb 6, 13:06 1
- Relatedly: The Nintendo Switch has become the best-selling console in Japan, topping the DS at 33,340,000 units. It will soon outpace the handheld's - Qale Feb 6, 13:10
Tracy Chapman, notoriously lost to history for 40 years -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 13:05 1
- I missed alot while I was sick. Was it so dusty in here the whole time? -- nm - oblique Feb 6, 13:12
NM -- nm* - Strongbad Feb 6, 13:02
"You got it." -- (pic) - joe Feb 6, 13:00 [Attachment]
I have places to go, things to do, but I'm darn sure not fording any rivers to do them. Things can wait!! -- nm - Meg Feb 6, 12:55 3
- Turn around, don't drown! -- nm - Qale Feb 6, 12:56 2
  - I went by the bank on my way home from the museum but the only available parking was in the middle of a pond. No thanks. -- nm - Meg Feb 6, 13:02 1
    - It's incredible the power of even just a few inches of fast moving water. And people also underestimate the wake their cars cause near flooded homes. -- nm - Qale Feb 6, 13:11
Related to my message below. The icing on the cake was a voicemail she forwarded me that she received from the IL doc while talking to the school doc - oblique Feb 6, 12:54
As mentioned earlier by decline, BlueSky doesn't require invitations now. Not that our group couldn't have got you one, but the point still stands. - Qale Feb 6, 12:50 2
- I thought about getting one and then remembered I already have one. I am still fine with ST being my social media tzar. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 12:52 1
  - BlueSky's identity will forge itself better going forward from today, I'm sure. It still suffers from the trauma of being birthed from X's putrid womb. -- nm - Qale Feb 6, 12:56
(A great) follow-up to my health stuff from January. I got the results of my hear monitor back. - Spawn Feb 6, 12:35 23
- 🐱‍👤🐱‍👤🐱‍👤🐱‍👤� ��‍👤 -- nm - crash davis Feb 6, 12:57
- if you're okay with being average i guess . . . -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 12:51
- woo! -- nm - Andie Feb 6, 12:48
- That phenomenon has a name. It's "white coat syndrome." I am not making this up. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 6, 12:43 8
  - "You look like a marshmallow!" -- nm - Zoe Saldana palpitations Feb 6, 12:55 1
    - heh -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 6, 13:06
  - Why does it gotta always be white, man? -- nm - Qale Feb 6, 12:52 3
    - What else would it be? red coat syndrome? Like when you get pulled over by a mountie in full red serge? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 6, 12:55 2
      - black coat syndrome? Like when you get swarmed by goths. -- nm - Qale Feb 6, 12:57 1
        
        Brown coat syndrome, with dual meanings - the more preferable of which being Firefly fans -- nm - Beryllium Feb 6, 12:58
  - Mom's BP goes up in the doc's office, mine goes down, like it's ok now the professionals are here to take care of you. -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 6, 12:45
  - Yup. Typically seen for blood pressure but heart rate as well - JD Feb 6, 12:45
- 155 while sleeping still seems *high* but glad whatever you were worried about didn't seem to be an issue. -- nm - spamlet Feb 6, 12:43 1
  - Maybe it's a sexay dream. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 6, 12:43
- 👍 -- nm - mud Feb 6, 12:42
- "Tracy, you are going to die" "What?! No!" "when I tell you who I'm dating." -- (link) - Dr. Spaceman Feb 6, 12:38 [youtube] 7
  - "I believe doctor-patient confidentiality is a two-way street. I'm cheating on my wife." -- nm - Roger More Feb 6, 13:04
  - I'm watching 30 rock right now and I am *so* charmed by dr. spaceman that I smile a little every time I think of the gag. in a meeting "mary, what's - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Feb 6, 13:01 5
    - I haven't jumped in to a full rewatch but I'm watching clips on the official YT. - Max Feb 6, 13:06 1
      - Also, I've been waiting for the right timing to spread disinformation on the internet with this image. -- (pic) - Max Feb 6, 13:23 [Attachment]
    - fun pixie fact: i ran into Chris Parnell at a Baja Fresh once. he was very nice when i said hi -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 13:04 2
      - If he only knew who you were. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 13:13
      - "I'm all set, thanks. Oh, maybe a refill." -- nm - Chris Parnell Feb 6, 13:09
Local crime, guy masterminds a break-in at a coin dealer, cutting in from next door, avoiding the cameras like movie burglars stealing 350k - zeitgeist Feb 6, 12:35
yeah, them bolts was missing -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 12:23 3
- Well, they needed them for the landing gear. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 6, 12:24
- That's nuts. -- nm - Qale Feb 6, 12:24 1
  - This is going to lead to the invention of self-sealing stem bolts, I just know it. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 6, 12:57
Gina Carano is attempting to sue Disney & Lucasfilm for discrimination & wrongful termination. Elon flipping the legal bill -- (link) - budice Feb 6, 12:17 8
- *grabs popcorn* -- nm - Strongbad Feb 6, 13:03
- "Your honor, we'd like to start by offering an apology: To our viewers, we can afford to hire better talent than Ms. Carano. We're sorry." - defense Feb 6, 12:50
- "Elon Musk, making good on a promise to foot the legal bill for users who claim they have been discriminated against due to their activity on [X]" - Max Feb 6, 12:35
- What is Elon 's beef with Disney? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 6, 12:22 3
  - DW vs Santos? -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 12:23 2
    - D'oh... -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 6, 12:24 1
      - Just a guess. - Spawn Feb 6, 12:28
- I hope it costs him billions so she can win her 75k. Or, better yet, lose. (NM) - Marlowe Feb 6, 12:18
lol I didn’t realize battle of Hastings truthers were a thing but I’m here for it -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 12:05 6
- hey I never ceded the place -oh wait yes I did. -- nm - Constantine Feb 6, 12:47
- I don't know how serious this guy is but I've met honest to goodness Jacobites. -- nm - Reagen Feb 6, 12:46
- As though the Saxons were anything but trespassing interlopers themselves. -- nm - Roger More Feb 6, 12:27 2
  - Are there any indigenous people left in the British isles? Anglo and Saxon were from Germany, Roman's, vikings French -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 6, 12:31 1
    - pure blooded Britons? doubtful, maybe in some remote Welsh or Irish cave -- nm - mud Feb 6, 12:45
- LOL -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 6, 12:06
Chilean ex-President Sebastian Pinera died in a helicopter crash on Tuesday in the south of the country -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Feb 6, 11:55 2
- Chile is having a pretty rough time. :( -- nm - Andie Feb 6, 12:28
- Hotkiss please pick up the lobby courtesy phone -- nm - con_carne Feb 6, 12:27
Krugman - Trump, immigration, and the “lump of labor” fallacy - crash davis 😺 Feb 6, 11:41
David Krumholtz is generally delightful in recounting all the ways he was miscast or improbably cast in big time projects -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 11:40 7
- He was great in the Deuce -- nm - rollo Feb 6, 12:47
- On the movie poster, he's in the background and posed like Kevin James. (Please post more of these) -- (link) - Roger More Feb 6, 11:47 [Image] 1
  - honorary member of the Wu Tang Clan -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 11:59
- I've been rewatching Numbers when I catch it on the TV, still like it a lot -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 6, 11:42 3
  - I’ve seen tt’s BuddhaHat in pokemon go comments from time to time. — nm - i.b.! Feb 6, 12:26
  - I think you mean Numb Threeers - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 12:06
  - H&I run it on weekends late at night -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 6, 12:05
this is pretty funny post-Oppenheimer -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 11:36 1
- what could possibly go wrong?! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 6, 11:49
Ft Worth Star-Telegram (c/o SacBee): "There’s no legal question: The US Constitution disqualifies Trump from the presidency " - budice Feb 6, 11:26 1
- I don’t think it’s a particularly close legal question, especially if your one of the new “historical basis” jurisprudential FedSoc goons who invented - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 11:35
Next lyc car buying question, does it make sense to consider leasing? -- (edited) - Znufrii, promoted Feb 6, 11:09 27
- I always lease. It depends what you want. The advantage of leasing is your car is always under warranty and payments are generally less than if you - pmb Feb 6, 12:34
- I've never understood leasing, maybe because my parents never did it. I'd rather keep the car for 10+ years and go years without a payment. - sycor Feb 6, 11:55 4
  - You lease a car you can not afford to buy. I did it with the Del Sol, and then bought it at the end. Of course, I have no idea what rates are like these days, though. -- (edited) - Spawn Feb 6, 12:21
  - if you use your car for business purposes, some or all of the lease can be tax deductible -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 12:20 2
    - Okay that's a really good reason. -- nm - sycor Feb 6, 12:26 1
      - If only commute would fall under this, but it does not. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 12:37
- I've always bought b/c I like owning an asset and not paying for a while. I also have a brother with kids who needed cars - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 6, 11:38
- leasing to buy is always more expensive than just buying from the start. both have benefits, but cases for leasing are narrow. - colin Feb 6, 11:33 1
  - Yeah, we never bought out our leases, always returned and started a new lease except for the last one where we got lucky with the whole used-car over - oblique Feb 6, 12:00
- If you can stay under the miles, it really comes down to the Residual Value percentage they set and how long you're going to keep the other car. - spamlet Feb 6, 11:31 3
  - Yeah, we’re definitely in spreadsheet territory now. :) -- (edited) - Znufrii, promoted Feb 6, 11:34 2
    - I mean this is clearly a spreadsheet decision. That wouldn't even be a question in our house. -- nm - spamlet Feb 6, 12:14
    - I love the smell of a good spreadsheet in the morning! -- nm - sycor Feb 6, 11:59
- How many miles do you drive each year? -- nm - JaxSean Feb 6, 11:25 3
  - Probably not a lot. Easily sub-8k, unless i start taking it to Delaware. -- nm - Znufrii, promoted Feb 6, 11:27 2
    - That’s very low mileage. A 2nd hand car with 70k on the clock would be ideal? -- nm - Loyola Feb 6, 11:40
    - We drive probably 18-20k+ per year, so leasing has always been a NO for us. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 6, 11:29
- leasing turns a 6 or 7 year mortgage into 10-year mortgage since most folks owe more than its worth at the end of the lease -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 6, 11:19 2
  - If the car lost its value then you return it. Let the bank take the depreciation hit. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 6, 11:27 1
    - mileage... scratches (scratch, that's not a scratch, wuddya mean its scratched) -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 6, 11:30
- I never considered leasing because I smoked. Your question just now reminded me that whole new world of options has opened up. Let me know if you do -- (edited) - crash davis 😺 Feb 6, 11:18 4
  - *starts a new spreadsheet* -- nm - Znufrii, promoted Feb 6, 11:21 3
    - word of the day: Flexcel VERB the act of flexing those spreadsheet muscles -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 6, 11:24 2
      - Rich Hall wants his bit back. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 6, 11:26 1
        
        He has to catch me first -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 6, 11:29
- We always lease. Strategically look for the great payment. If you want to risk Vinfast the payment are Rock bottom $250 -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 6, 11:13
- We leased SUVs while the kids were growing up for a variety of reasons. Felt like we could have more car than we could have with traditional payments, - oblique Feb 6, 11:12
Sam Rockwell Breaks Down His Most Iconic Characters | GQ -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Feb 6, 11:09 [youtube] 2
- I like the one where he dances. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 6, 12:01
- HHGTTG is where I learned to recognize him. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 6, 11:13
true to form, Kid Angelos apparently sold the naming rights to Camden Yards (which my understanding was didn't even exist) to a corporate sponsor then -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 11:05
Honest Trailers | Wonka -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Feb 6, 11:03 [youtube]
Toyota to produce three-row all-electric suv -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 6, 11:00
the level of petty I aspire to -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 11:00 1
- 👍👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 6, 11:23
The Chicago Blackhawks will host the 2025 NHL Winter Classic at Wrigley Field vs the St Louis Blues -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 6, 10:55 6
- Hopefully they learned some lessons from the first one at Wrigley. - spamlet Feb 6, 11:33
- I hadn't watched one until this years. I really like the Winter Classic -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 6, 11:28
- In a twist, each team will have two goals. One team defends 1st and 3rd, the other second and home. Coin flip to decide. - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 6, 11:16
- Is that the one that's on New Years Day? -- nm - Last Of My Kind Feb 6, 11:00 2
  - yes sir -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 6, 11:01 1
    - The on-field carnival they've had the past 2 years has been very successful. Guess they'll end that early. - Last Of My Kind Feb 6, 11:10
I know it's hard to top my news that we got an air fryer, but get this... we just got an instant pot. - colin Feb 6, 10:48 4
- 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 6, 11:26
- we loves our air fryer. Best wings, fries, pork chops, chicken breasts, bacon ever. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 6, 10:53 1
  - ours is the little oven kind - it's been good. it'll be a great addition to the RV when we're full-timing. -- nm - colin Feb 6, 11:34
- That reminds me, i still need to replace our slow cooker -- nm - Znufrii, promoted Feb 6, 10:50
Happy National Werewolf Day! -- (link) - Remlik Feb 6, 10:46 [youtube] 7
- How on earth did Werewolf Day end up *NOT* tracking with the full moon each year? We've only got a puny little waning crescent tonight! -- nm - Qale Feb 6, 12:31
- is that like a fiercely patriotic werewolf? -- nm - colin Feb 6, 10:47 5
  - Welll....There is Capwolf & the Howling Commandos! -- (link) - Remlik Feb 6, 10:49 4
    - marvel is shameless -- nm - colin Feb 6, 11:34 3
      - You may want to avoid ALL DC comics right now, then. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 11:36 2
        
        an account i follow is doing a series on DC comics in the 60s when everyone hated the Flash and did horrible things to him. that's kind of neat. -- nm - colin Feb 6, 12:38 1
        
        In DC there is some crap that happened that Beast Boy has infected the world or something and everyone has turned into animal hybrids. - Spawn Feb 6, 12:54
My instinct is to advise my nieces with a Neil McCauley worldview and avoid building a collection, but collections are useful to build worldviews. - Max Feb 6, 10:40 1
- Personally, I think anyone who enjoys building a collection, is going to have a collection of something. Doesn't matter what. - Roger More Feb 6, 11:15
momma guilty of all counts of involuntary manslaughter -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 6, 10:40
Jennifer Crumley guilty of involuntary manslaughter -- (link*) - mud Feb 6, 10:40 [Attachment] 2
- the fact she said she'd do it all again likely didn't help... (this is her who said that right?) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 6, 10:54
- nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Feb 6, 10:45
LIR Znu, you don't want a Mazda anyway. We have nothing but problems with my GF's and I will adamantly discourage everyone I know from buying one. -- nm - sycor Feb 6, 10:35 8
- I had 2 Mazdas back in the day and they never gave me an ounce of trouble. -- nm - Loyola Feb 6, 10:50 1
  - Well the bill's come due with interest. You're in a ton of trouble now! -- nm - Loyola's Mazdas Feb 6, 11:19
- gotta go Canyonero -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 10:48
- We’ve had a CX-5 for almost eight years now without any significant issues. That’s what we’re replacing. -- nm - Znufrii, promoted Feb 6, 10:43 3
  - well, there was one significant issue - decline Feb 6, 10:58 1
    - Heh. I was considering adding an asterisk for that, yeah. :) -- nm - Znufrii, promoted Feb 6, 11:02
  - That having been said, I’m really liking the (non-hybrid) RAV 4 rental we got. -- (edited) - Znufrii, promoted Feb 6, 10:47
- (I love my 2020 CX-5) -- nm - JaxSean Feb 6, 10:37
Just sharing the latest tidbit from my daughter's saga. I'm flabbergasted. Managed to get an appointment with the on-campus psychiatrist before her -- (edited) - oblique Feb 6, 10:29 7
- I appreciate you continuing to share updates. I don't know if you saw this but... - Qale Feb 6, 12:32 2
  - it is cathartic but glad it is helpful to others. One thing we are keenly aware of in our real lives is that there aren't great spaces to talk about - oblique Feb 6, 12:51 1
    - It's what we've done for decades. The topic is anything and everything. -- nm - Qale Feb 6, 12:58
- good news -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 6, 11:32
- that's great! i don't think college had much in the way of medical care when i was going... great to hear they're taking this seriously. -- nm - colin Feb 6, 10:47
- Yeah the health (especially mental health) offerings of campus health systems are night and day better than when we were in college. -- nm - spamlet Feb 6, 10:34
- that’s terrific, hopefully they’ll be able to find some stability and relief soon. — nm - i.b! Feb 6, 10:31
Blazing Saddles at 50: Against all odds, Mel Brooks created the wackiest western ever made -- (link) - JD Feb 6, 10:27 2
- (and Richard Pryor) -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 10:28 1
  - Pryor was blunter. “I’m coffee-coloured and have a moustache, I look Cuban,” - JD Feb 6, 10:36

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