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*sniff, sniff* Oh boy, somebody heated up fish -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 14, 08:49 3
- I'm testing sycor's senses. -- nm - crash davis Feb 14, 08:53 1
  - HA! -- nm - sycor Feb 14, 09:22
- *sharpens knives* Oh let's go hunting. -- nm - Reagen Feb 14, 08:50
Oooh. Jax got his Fisker! -- nm - oblique Feb 14, 08:49 3
- Where? Are there photos?!!! -- nm - Pippy Feb 14, 08:52 2
  - He too busy driving! -- nm - Spawn Feb 14, 08:54 1
    - About to go! -- nm - JaxSean Feb 14, 08:57
Appreciate the problem session when people ask how pure are the Testing & Dev Environments. And nobody has a good answer for that. - budice Feb 14, 08:40
A doozy of an Ask a Manager -- (link) - Reagen Feb 14, 08:37 3
- Yeah, he'd be a never hire, never interview, throw his resume in the trash candidate. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Feb 14, 09:05
- smdh -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 14, 08:41
- Extreme Roddy Ho Energy. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 14, 08:40
Japan, Sweden and Norway have the longest life expectancy. Here are 6 healthy habits you can learn from them. -- (link) - crash davis Feb 14, 08:31 3
- 1. Live in a country with a functioning healthcare system. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 14, 08:34
- That is actually kind of a lame article. I was hoping it would tell me to take up a kendo/cross country ski biathlon. -- nm - crash davis Feb 14, 08:32
- 1. Move to Japan, Sweden, or Norway. -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 14, 08:31
My smell and taste is definitely muted. I'm really hoping that it's just because of the sinus congestion. - sycor Feb 14, 08:23 3
- that happens to my wife a fair bit -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 14, 08:46
- It happened to me. It was only 2 or 3 days without any smell or taste. It came back after about the 3 day and was fully restored around day 5. -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 14, 08:31 1
  - Mine too -- nm - Pippy Feb 14, 08:46
So I see the Maga knives are out in full force today for Mazi Pilip? So a real question here?: - Jovian Feb 14, 08:17 4
- It's a great question. The party and the expectations have certainly shifted beyond recognition. - Volnelk Feb 14, 08:27 3
  - I think Jon S has it right, with it now being utterly the anti-woke party. -- nm - Spawn Feb 14, 08:37
  - I mean its really bad. The same people telling NY'ers to vote for Mazi yesterday, are now saying that she can barely speak English -- (edited) - Jovian Feb 14, 08:35 1
    - That part is simple. It's just denial. It can't possibly be that it's something that's wrong with the message (or the leader), so it has to be the - pmb Feb 14, 09:02
Joseph Quinn has landed the role of Johnny Storm in Marvel’s ‘FANTASTIC FOUR’ movie. -- nm - budice Feb 14, 08:10 12
- Hmmm. Eddie from Stranger Things? Ok. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 14, 08:14
- Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss Bachrach have all officially been cast in F4 -- (link) - budice Feb 14, 08:12 10
  - COUSIN! -- (link*) - Remlik Feb 14, 08:40 [youtube] 1
    - (He is the only one I agree with) -- nm - Spawn Feb 14, 08:53
  - 1/4, for me. But that is okay as they *need* to do something different. So I will wait for a trailer to decide. -- nm - Spawn Feb 14, 08:36
  - I like the cast, just not sure about for these rolls. But will reserve judgment until at least seeing a trailer. -- nm - sycor Feb 14, 08:30
  - Here's a contract for 10 movies and 50 cameos across film and TV... -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 14, 08:21
  - ohhhh thats who Vanessa Kirby is - Jovian Feb 14, 08:18 4
    - Yeah she should be solid. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 14, 08:23 3
      - I need to see some of her other films, because she doesn't seem to have much range in the MI movies. -- nm - sycor Feb 14, 08:28 2
        
        Watch the Crown. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 14, 08:30 1
        
        she's great in that -- nm - Remlik Feb 14, 08:37
Spags sticks with KC -- nm - budice Feb 14, 08:09
So. OTD, 20 years ago... -- nm - Spawn Feb 14, 07:59 3
- Sheesh, Bill would have been 81 today. I used his birthday as an excuse to take him to Vegas that weekend. Happy Anniversary!! -- nm - Meg Feb 14, 08:43
- :) damn, ty97 is old -- nm - oblique Feb 14, 08:10
- Congrats to you and Amy and thank you both for bringing us together too! -- nm - Max Feb 14, 08:06
Sask government pulled a "trust me, bro" and then said the teachers weren't negotiating. Teachers' union head made a video from the conference room. -- (link) - Reagen Feb 14, 07:48 1
- it's almost like Scott Moe is a piece of shit. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 14, 07:56
Hockey-Juniors: Lawsuit filed in SDNY against NHL, CHL, teams alleging "systematic exploitation and abuse of Major Junior Players." Economic, Mental, and Physical abuse. Ask: Damages + Freedom -- (link*) - budice Feb 14, 07:32 1
- Surprisingly, U.S. law does not apply in Canada. -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 14, 08:20
OTD 40 years ago, Laurie Anderson released her 2nd album 'Mister Heartbreak'. It included interesting collaborations. - mud Feb 14, 07:25 [youtube]
PIRR? my garage was built in the mid-197s and has a very heavy old wooden door with no opener and no reasonable possibility of ever having one. - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Feb 14, 07:22 18
- 2700 -- nm - Loyola Feb 14, 10:41
- $4500 -- nm - pmb Feb 14, 09:05
- $1 Bob! -- nm - Pippy Feb 14, 08:48
- $1999 -- nm - Max Feb 14, 08:08
- $2003.27 -- nm - Volnelk Feb 14, 08:03 1
  - Animals. -- nm - Spawn Feb 14, 08:55
- $4,000 -- nm - JaxSean Feb 14, 08:00
- $2,003 -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 14, 07:49 2
  - WTF DUDE!??!!? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 14, 07:52 1
    - I had to defend Spawn... he threatened me. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 14, 08:10
- $1649 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 14, 07:45
- $2,002 -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 14, 07:41 1
  - You know what? - Spawn Feb 14, 07:45
- I know I paid about $1,000 for a double door and opener. But that was just a replacement with all the tracks, etc. alread there. -- nm - Meg Feb 14, 07:35
- $2,001 -- nm - Spawn Feb 14, 07:32
- $3,125.00 -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 14, 07:24
- $2k -- nm - oblique Feb 14, 07:24
- 1 million dollars -- nm - decline Feb 14, 07:22
Field Yates first NFL Mock Draft for ESPN - Volnelk Feb 14, 07:20 2
- Denver…bwahahaha -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 14, 08:21 1
  - Ben Solak from The Ringer has him going at 8 to the Falcons... -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Feb 14, 08:51
hope those 400 dealerships who were telling Ford to keep their dirty EVs are happy -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 14, 07:12
"I think as long as you don't drive it in the rain, or get it wet, it will be fine," So much for "stainless" steel... -- (link) - decline Feb 14, 07:06 2
- don't feed it after dark either -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 14, 07:10
- Gotta season em. Cover with olive oil and heat it to 500 for 2 hours. -- nm - Reagen Feb 14, 07:08
"Me: I would like non-stretch pants that aren't straight leg. I'm tall but not fat." Fashion: "Ha ha ha, fuck you, asshole." -- nm - Reagen Feb 14, 06:59 2
- What kind of leg? -- nm - rollo Feb 14, 08:13 1
  - loose and athletic both work. - Reagen Feb 14, 09:06
9 new City Connect uniforms coming in 2024. Guardians, Tigers, West Coast Yankees, Twins, Mets, Phillies, Cardinals, Rays and Blue Jays -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Feb 14, 06:47 1
- Releasing news about these ugly jerseys to take away from yesterday's news about ugly jerseys. Interesting idea. -- nm - Krusty Feb 14, 08:18
hey Powers Boothe might be proved right, actually -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 14, 06:45 3
- Don’t buy real estate in China, I guess. -- nm - mafic Feb 14, 06:59
- Whoa. -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 14, 06:54
- Maybe now they'll rein in their maternity tourism -- nm - con_carne Feb 14, 06:48
omg, I love this t-shirt -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Feb 14, 06:40 1
- Solid. I mean, it's fine. -- nm* - Volnelk Feb 14, 07:13
Be mine. -- nm - Last Of My Kind Feb 14, 06:38
Did I miss the discussion of what Pennsylvania's new name will be? (go to 8:45) -- (link*) - crash davis 😺 Feb 14, 06:36 [youtube]
attention, David, attention! Take a look at what the Spelling Bee today contained (spoilers as answers are shown) -- (pic) - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 14, 06:22 [Attachment] 1
- 🐯👍 I did not think to use that word. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 14, 06:23
aww man, no T. Swift for the parade. I wonder if all the Swifities will stay though. maybe her plane being already on the way is a fake-out. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 14, 06:06 1
- Go get you some before they split, Romeo! -- nm - con_carne Feb 14, 06:31
This is pretty... cool? Sweet? Family reaction, 2023 vs 2024. The Taylor Swift effect. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Feb 14, 06:04 3
- NFL and ESPN shared it on TikTok. Here's the original video. Give 'em a like. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Feb 14, 08:47 [tiktok]
- Quite honestly, this is why I think Travis Kelce is the true MVP of the 2023-2024 NFL season. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 14, 06:19
- (one reason why I think they are underselling the ratings. I had 3 more people in my house watching this year too) -- (edited) - Beaker 🍺 Feb 14, 06:05
Charlotte, a stingray with no male companion, is pregnant in her mountain aquarium -- (link) - oblique Feb 14, 06:00 4
- I for one will welcome Stingray Jesus to the world. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 14, 07:18 1
  - L4! -- nm - Pippy Feb 14, 08:52
- I blame actor Troy McClure, you may know him from such shows as "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" and "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase". -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 14, 06:04
- Not it. -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 14, 06:04
Reminder: Instacart delivers roses - oblique Feb 14, 05:56 1
- "Instacart cuts 250 jobs after reporting increased revenue" -- nm - decline Feb 14, 08:11
500 private jets left Las Vegas immediately after the Super Bowl. -- (edited) - budice Feb 14, 05:26 3
- Much lower than I expected. You should see private flight travel after certain college games. -- nm - MDH Feb 14, 05:28 2
  - Though there are reasons to stay in Las Vegas after an event like the Super Bowl. -- nm - Roger More Feb 14, 07:31
  - Hey, Houston's a big city. The only reasonable way to get from one side to the other is to fly. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 14, 05:54
Madame Web 18% (15/70), Bob Marley: One Love 40% (26/39), The Chosen season 4 episodes 4-6 nsy -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 14, 05:21 3
- Madame Web comeback, baby! -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 14, 06:00
- Start a rumor that Taylor Swift is in it. That should do it. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 14, 05:44 1
  - episode 7 of the Chosen I believe -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 14, 05:52
TV PSA: Resident Alien, Wild Cards, The Conners, Not Dead Yet, We Are Family, Family Law, FBI True, Criminal Record, The Challenge, Feud, - Beaker 🍺 Feb 14, 05:10
DidReagenGetaSnowDay?.com -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 14, 04:48 2
- Indeed I did. -- nm - Reagen Feb 14, 04:52 1
  - figured, I saw most schools were closed on Nova Scotia. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 14, 05:10
So the b2 bushfire started at the kid’s school. Wind blew a tree over onto a power line on the school grounds. Bushfire plan in that situation is to - mafic Feb 14, 03:58 2
- Sounds like the school admins put some thought into it. -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 14, 12:07
- Holy shit…glad all that went well given the situation. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 14, 06:33
Madame Web up to 17% RT. -- nm - LMS Feb 14, 03:49 2
- Madamentum! -- nm - rollo Feb 14, 06:22
- Just 400 more positive reviews and they can turn this thing around! -- nm - mafic Feb 14, 03:59
worddaily - Postprandial ADJECTIVE (Formal or humorous) During or relating to the period after dinner or lunch. (Medicine) Occurring after a meal. - crash davis 😺 Feb 14, 03:29 1
- I’m quite fond of a postprandial whisky. -- nm - mafic Feb 14, 03:58
Connections Puzzle #248 - crash davis 😺 Feb 14, 03:18 4
- No bobos. (spoilers) - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 14, 05:53 1
  - spoiler - crash davis 😺 Feb 14, 06:13
- No oopsies - VMan Feb 14, 05:53
- Mine - Znufrii, promoted Feb 14, 04:46
Wordle 970 4/6 - crash davis 😺 Feb 14, 03:13 2
- 4 - decline Feb 14, 05:58
- 4 - No. Green. Til All Green - rollo Feb 14, 05:50
CDC says the only thing that can stop a bad guy with covid is a good guy with covid -- nm - Mastodon Feb 14, 01:23 2
- CDC says if you get bitten by a zombie you should not let anyone else in your crew know because you don’t want to be a burden. -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 14, 01:33 1
  - I would bite one of my friends if I was a zombie. I don’t want to be the only zombie, no one would play with me. -- nm - Loyola Feb 14, 06:11
Strange New Worlds' The Elysian Kingdom is such an odd episode. I think it's great, in a way. - Beryllium Feb 14, 00:00
The New Look feels solid from the first episode but some exec at Apple+ made them chyron the shit out of names and dates -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 13, 23:25
Had to transfer an HSA - took almost 4 weeks - the money is there, now, but not quite settled. -- nm - psilotum Feb 13, 22:51
"Alpha Braga Four. Works every time." -- nm - Beryllium Feb 13, 22:41
22 million spent on TV ads in the Nassau election, 170,000 ballots... $130 per vote. -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 13, 22:27
China becomes first nation to accept an ambassador from the Taliban -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 13, 22:02
Okay, who is my second disliked celebrity interview? - Howie Feb 13, 21:55 13
- I met Don Johnson when he was filming the movie Dead Bang. I was 11. He was unpleasant. There was a scene outside my dad’s apartment, and maybe one - mafic Feb 14, 04:28
- I couldn’t tell you anything about it outside of Ellen was in it but this was a famous HSX penny stock that one day people noticed had a release date. -- nm - Tim Feb 14, 02:38
- I've heard of the film. I've seen the film. It's the worst film in Roland Joffe's filmography. - Mr. Havens Feb 13, 22:53 1
  - I hope this post adds to your understanding of what went into the fiasco. --nm - Howie Feb 13, 23:03
- Heh. What an ahold -- nm - Pippy Feb 13, 22:26
- Then it's that much funnier that Dakota has zero filter whatsoever. -- nm - David Feb 13, 22:18
- "If you think that by threatening me you can get me to be your slave, well, that's where you're right. But, and I'm only saying this because I care," - Max Feb 13, 22:15
- i was in the concessions line behind him at Arclight once. much shorter than i would have expected -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 13, 22:13
- If it was just a rehearsal then why would it matter if your camera was on the set? or could you have hung behind the official camera? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 13, 22:12 3
  - The on-set steadicam moved constantly in a choreographed sequence. Our camera on the set was not in the rehearsals and would have been spotted. - Howie Feb 13, 22:37 2
    - Was the cast angry with Ellen for putting them in that position or the media for blowing a nothing sexuality story out of proportion? -- nm - David Feb 13, 22:40 1
      - I have no insight as to their motivations. I suspect that the predominant feeling was that her coming out would drown out the publicity message. -- (edited) - Howie Feb 13, 22:51
- Hmm, I must have forgotten to watch the Nash Bridges movie in 2021 -- nm - Beryllium Feb 13, 22:04
For decades we had red and green LEDs and the world was colorless. But then this guy invented the blue LED, and it change how you see the world. - Mop🧹 Feb 13, 21:53 [youtube] 1
- This was very interesting. Thanks! -- nm - JaxSean Feb 14, 06:30
Jon Stewart’s return was good. I liked the guest hosts. I like Trevor Noah quite a lot. Most of all, I’m glad I can still watch on the site. -- nm - Qale Feb 13, 21:38 1
- Has he saved democracy yet? -- nm - Spawn Feb 14, 07:44

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