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I hate adulting. Current research project, figure out what kind of fertilizer and weed killer I should be using on my grass. - sycor Apr 3, 08:32 4
- ask your neighbors what they use. weed n feed whatever brand, we mulch mow and keep the blade set hi, -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 3, 09:25
- I’ve decided to give up, it’s just not worth it. -- nm - znufrii Apr 3, 08:50 1
  - No wonder your dog pees on the bathroom floor. -- nm - Spawn Apr 3, 08:53
- If I've learned anything from Reddit the correct answer is : fire. Also, I bought Scott's Turf Builder last night and it snowed today so... -- nm - oblique Apr 3, 08:45
Have we talked DONDI yet? (spoils) - Turd Ferguson Apr 3, 08:29 1
- spoils -- (edited) - Jovian Apr 3, 08:49
"If you block one more shot . . ." (he blocked four more shots) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 3, 08:22 2
- It's still an amazing sequence -- (link) - JD Apr 3, 08:24 [youtube] 1
  - What if…the best player in the world had a vertical jump like a fat man? Modern NBA basketball. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 3, 08:29
Pure speculation on my part but does anyone think the SEC only approved the Trump Media merger to avoid a political firestorm and inevitable lawsuit? - znufrii Apr 3, 08:22 2
- what basis would they deny? fools and their money are part of capitalism though you could say donny is trying to monopolize that market -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 3, 09:27
- "you had a choice between war and dishonor. you chose dishonor, you still might get war" -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 3, 08:23
Dead Boy Detectives | Official Trailer | Netflix April 25th -- (link*) - Beaker 🍺 Apr 3, 08:21 [youtube] 4
- huge hit. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Apr 3, 08:41 2
  - and a good trailer. doesn't give the whole fucking thing away like they did with Damsel -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 3, 08:43 1
    - best voiced dragon though ever! -- nm - Jovian Apr 3, 08:46
- From the world of Sandman! -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 3, 08:34
Stefon Diggs to the Texas for some magic beans -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 3, 08:14 6
- Guessing Buffalo thinks they can find 2 starting WR's in the draft? -- nm - Strongbad Apr 3, 08:22 1
  - Diggs seemed to really be unhappy at the tail end of the season -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 3, 08:40
- Bills get a 2025 2nd (via the Vikings); Texans get Diggs, a 6th in 2024 and a 5th in 2025 -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 3, 08:20 3
  - I'm not prepared to live in a world where we have to take the Texans seriously. -- nm - David Apr 3, 08:21 2
    - *pets his CJ Stroud in Vampirates* -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 3, 08:44 1
      - Sorry, David is blowing up the leagues. -- nm - Spawn Apr 3, 08:45
It hadn't occurred to me but obvious in retrospect. The crew of the Dali is stuck on that ship -- (link) - Reagen Apr 3, 08:07 2
- oh wow. I figured they would have been moved to a nearby hotel or something. those poor guys. -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 08:08 1
  - They were going to be out at sea for weeks. - Mop🧹 Apr 3, 08:30
Steve Vai met Robert Fripp - Remlik Apr 3, 08:06 1
- naked? -- nm - Spawn Apr 3, 08:22
sorry Bob, might as well just throw in the towel -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 3, 08:06 5
- What stumps me about Peltz is how perfectly reasonable shareholders could suggest that he'd help the company. - Mop🧹 Apr 3, 08:16 2
  - wokeness! -- nm - Tim Apr 3, 08:21 1
    - Iger's going on CNBC tomorrow to take his victory lap against the same faces who spent the last four months working against him. - David Apr 3, 08:24
- I love that he waited until after the vote closed since he knows he's less popular than skin acne. -- nm - David Apr 3, 08:13 1
  - heh yep. it is pretty hilarious. -- nm - Jovian Apr 3, 08:15
Touring is wild: Heart announces a second leg of their arena tour (31 shows) to add to the first leg (38 shows). - MDH Apr 3, 07:47 3
- They might be the last big classic rock band that can tour like that. -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 07:54 1
  - The Who? -- nm - Spawn Apr 3, 08:23
- poor Jennifer Lopez -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 3, 07:50
Why a Montreal video game consulting studio is at the centre of an online anti-diversity storm -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Apr 3, 07:44
Ooof. 35 year high school reunion this year -- nm - oblique Apr 3, 07:40 8
- had mine last year, just happened to be back home for that weekend. it was nice (if sparsely attended) -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 3, 08:32
- I can not imagine wanting to go to one of those. -- nm - Spawn Apr 3, 07:58
- They still do reunions? (I hated high school, would really never go back.) -- nm - JaxSean Apr 3, 07:53 3
  - our grade 12 class had 70 graduates. small town; so you know everyone and most I am still friends with on FB -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 3, 08:29
  - i have been to a few school-reunions (not class). My high school did a big open-to-all for it's 50th, then did a big 'closing forever' event in about - Andie Apr 3, 08:28
  - I haven't ever gone to one. I guess a fair number of people still live in the area and we did indeed move much closer to the town now so it would - oblique Apr 3, 07:59
- My 30th is next year. - znufrii Apr 3, 07:45
- yeah, think mine is next year -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 3, 07:44
Lyc, had our first choir rehearsal last night in the space where we will be having our concert this weekend. We gonna sound *good*. -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 3, 07:33
Where I live will have 99.9% coverage on Monday. Still going elsewhere for the full show. Article on why it just won't be as good without totality: -- (edited) - Andie Apr 3, 07:24 3
- interesting, I wouldn't have thought there would be such a difference with totality -- nm - prayformojo Apr 3, 07:25 2
  - total all the dead come back as zombies; anything less and only the fresh ones do -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 3, 07:31
  - it's the difference between really getting the darkness and not. -- nm - Andie Apr 3, 07:26
Pegelegpete: big art theft at Insight Studios -- (link) - Remlik Apr 3, 07:18
Dad worked the primary yesterday. 61 voters. -- nm - Tim Apr 3, 07:12 4
- I was going to walk down to the polling place near me, but it was cold and I was lazy. - na-Baron Apr 3, 07:38 2
  - Proposition 1: water and sewer to use the same pipes. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 3, 07:39 1
    - Outgoing: yea. Incoming: nay. -- nm - na-Baron Apr 3, 07:44
- I don't think he's allowed to vote that often -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 3, 07:22
Good night, sweet Google Podcasts. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 3, 07:09
I checked out The Holdovers and watched it last night. 7/10 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 3, 06:35
Rendon 0-20, but hey lets clap for him on Friday -- (pic) - budice Apr 3, 06:15 [Attachment] 1
- Are you going to do it? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 3, 06:32
"Our Town" broadway revival set with Jim Parsons, Zoey Deutch, Katie Holmes, Ephraim Sykes and Richard Thomas. Opens in September. -- nm - MDH Apr 3, 06:12 3
- Oh good. Respite for New York's insomniacs! -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 3, 07:08
- The To Kill a Mockingbird national tour must be ending soon. I saw Richard Thomas in Knoxville last night. *Incredible* show. -- nm - kelly Apr 3, 06:43 1
  - I enjoyed it too. It was supposed to close in 2022, but added 2023 due to the lack of touring hits. -- nm - MDH Apr 3, 06:59
LYC: My 2024 Q1 reading list - na-Baron Apr 3, 06:11 3
- My Q1 List: - Dark Callisto 🦊 Apr 3, 07:51
- 😺👍 I believe I'm at 13 with the library book challenge so far (I left the list at work) -- nm* - crash davis 😺 Apr 3, 06:33 1
  - I set my goal each year at 42 for literary reasons. :) -- nm - na-Baron Apr 3, 07:44
The Mets don't try to breakup double plays, a breakdown -- (link) - Krusty Apr 3, 06:05 [youtube]
Disney prevails over Trian in board fight -- (link) - budice Apr 3, 06:01 1
- "Mr. Iger! Mr. Iger! Would you say Mr. Peltz can now go fuck himself?" -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 3, 07:10
Shady Trump Media funding is shady -- (link*) - znufrii Apr 3, 05:49 10
- I don't understand. wasn't the company that bought trump media already public? didn't we cover that yesterday? -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Apr 3, 07:06 6
  - Yes. I’m referring to the merger that allowed Trump Media to become a publicly traded company, which required the SEC to sign off on the transaction. -- nm - znufrii Apr 3, 07:19
  - The company was a dumpster fire back in 2022 when it was private and needed an infusion of cash to stay afloat. - Mop🧹 Apr 3, 07:16 2
    - I fully believe DWAC management colluded with Trump* prior to offering shares of the SPAC knowing full well what they were going to acquire, which is not actually allowed. -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 3, 07:22 1
      - Of course they did! Hes the most corrupt person to ever exist in the political sphere. I also believe he was behind LIV golf as well. - Jovian Apr 3, 07:27
  - I think they formed a new company? Or anyway, the merger makes Trump Media a public company when it wasn't before. -- (edited) - mara ❄️ Apr 3, 07:15 1
    - DWAC acquired and changed its name to Trump Media as a result of the transaction. -- nm - znufrii Apr 3, 07:23
- And trump is suing two of the co founders to get their stock nulled - I'm guessing his is pissed the stock is going down and trying to make his shares - Pippy: Apr 3, 06:22 2
  - Aren't they suing him for diluting value with his options to accumulate more shares? -- nm - VMan Apr 3, 07:04 1
    - possibly. It sounds like a quagmire. I hope he never gets to cash in -- nm - Pippy: Apr 3, 07:54
Monkey Man 94% (46/3), The First Omen nsy -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 3, 05:31
so, the timeless international dispute of Botswana v Germany enters endgame -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 3, 05:00 3
- How are they going to fit the elephants on a bus? -- nm - Governor Abbott Apr 3, 07:00
- I'm curious about the logistics of Botswana's threat and how the Germans would respond. I'd half like to see this play out. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 3, 06:50 1
  - I'd suggest Botswana ship the elephants to a sympathetic country that neighbours Germany, and then drive the elephants over the German border. -- nm - Roger More Apr 3, 06:58
Anyone have any experience with the Oregon Outback Dark Sky? We’re looking at making that our next non-family vacation. -- nm - Landbeck Apr 3, 04:54 6
- Have you ever played Fallout? The Oregon outback is a foul benighted land filled with mutants and savages. - crash davis 😺 Apr 3, 07:00
- Was just reading about this a few weeks ago. Whole lot of empty out there. I’m sure it’ll be amazing. -- (link) - znufrii Apr 3, 06:57
- No, but my one experience with a dark sky park was great -- we camped at Mesa Verde during a meteor shower (Perseids maybe?). -- nm - mara ❄️ Apr 3, 06:57 1
  - I go to cherry springs not unoften. great hiking in the day and then dark dark skies at night. -- (link) - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Apr 3, 07:05
- I did not get that far east, but did Crater Lake and it was very nice. Yeah a bit touristy at the hotel, but it was beautiful with minimal lighting - sycor Apr 3, 05:59
- I haven't but that looks like a nice and relaxing trip. -- nm - Krusty Apr 3, 05:14
Happy birthday, nubby! Woo hoo!! 🥳🎂 -- nm - Krusty Apr 3, 04:48 13
- Ambush nubby! -- nm - Spawn Apr 3, 07:36
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - The Last Of My Kind Apr 3, 07:32
- indeed! -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 07:08
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Dano Apr 3, 06:41
- indeed -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 3, 06:33
- Happy Birthday!!! -- nm - Jovian Apr 3, 06:26
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - MDH Apr 3, 05:46
- *throws a Higgs boson at nubby* -- nm - znufrii Apr 3, 05:34
- Yppah Yadhtrib, notnub! -- nm - JaxSean Apr 3, 05:33 1
  - You called? -- nm - Shub-niggurath Apr 3, 06:19
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 3, 04:54
- Happy Birthday!! -- nm - Pippy: Apr 3, 04:54
- Hubby Nubday, B! -- nm - Andie Apr 3, 04:51
TV PSA: Chicago Med, Fire, PD; Survivor, Amazing Race, Masked Singer, Walker, Sight Unseen, Loot, The New Look, Palm Royale, X-Men '97, Wish, - Beaker 🍺 Apr 3, 04:39 11
- We've been enjoying Resident Alien but are far from being caught up. -- nm - Krusty Apr 3, 04:49
- Survivor, Amazing Race, Top Chef, Chicago x 3, Resident Alien and Wish -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 3, 04:39 9
  - ahhh yes my two hours of reality tv plus one hour of commercials night! - Jovian Apr 3, 06:53 8
    - This is probably the major reason I still hold dear to my Amazon Recast DVR -- nm - oblique Apr 3, 07:05
    - I like it on Survivor as get more tribe interaction; TAR I could do with just an hour as inter-tribal politics aren't as important -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 3, 07:03 6
      - Oh definitely agree. Its a Catch 22 though. If Survivor is an hour and a half then TAR has to also be an hour and a half. - Jovian Apr 3, 07:05 5
        
        too bad it is CBS as a 1/2 hour after show similar to Talking Dead would likely get decent ratings -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 3, 07:09 4
        
        the most recent Survivor episode was great too. - spoilers - Beaker 🍺 Apr 3, 07:11 3
        
        spoils - Jovian Apr 3, 07:14 2
        
        4 boots in (and one med-evac, but he doesn't count) (spoils) - Turd Ferguson Apr 3, 08:23 1
        
        the one we are rooting for next is - spoilers - Beaker 🍺 Apr 3, 08:38
Strands #31 - took me forever to get one but then I got rolling. Spanagram 3rd - prayformojo Apr 3, 04:32 4
- Perfect - znufrii Apr 3, 08:50
- Yellow #1 but the last two gave me more trouble than the first five -- nm - Roger More Apr 3, 06:25
- Yellow - 1st -- (edited) - VMan Apr 3, 06:04
- Yellow 2nd - decline Apr 3, 04:42
Connections Puzzle #297 - prescribed order; avoided the (sp) - prayformojo Apr 3, 04:11 3
- Purple second, otherwise prescribed order - crash davis 😺 Apr 3, 06:24
- Couple of oopsies - VMan Apr 3, 06:00
- Ugly - decline Apr 3, 04:33
Wordle 1,019 3/6 - prayformojo Apr 3, 04:10 3
- 3 - rollo Apr 3, 08:26
- Wordle 1,019 3/6 - crash davis 😺 Apr 3, 06:30
- 4 - decline Apr 3, 04:30
Ozempic babies. Apparently a side effect is that the drug interferes with the hormones in birth control pills, hundreds of women report. -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 3, 00:29 2
- so really it’s just redistributing weight to the uterus. -- nm - mafic Apr 3, 01:35 1
  - Heh -- nm - Pippy Apr 3, 02:09
Taiwan train ride -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 23:46
FYI, Mom came home (again) from the hospital, BP under control, crawled into bed and fell asleep without taking the shower she was looking forward to. -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 23:02 5
- Happy to hear she's home and I hope is doing much better. -- nm - Krusty Apr 3, 04:50 3
  - indeed -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 3, 07:47
  - so much this -- nm - Spawn Apr 3, 07:37
  - this -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 3, 05:11
- I’m so glad she is home -- nm - Pippy Apr 3, 02:09
Wemby was two assists and a block away from a quadruple double against the defending MVP. He's 20. - David Apr 2, 23:02 1
- Did you see this video? -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 3, 05:45 [youtube]
it’s kinda insane how much of Steve Martin’s acts were documented/recorded from like high school on - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 23:00 1
- also, young Steve with a beard *fucked* - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 23:14
Steve-O being more responsible than Bill Maher. That tracks. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Apr 2, 22:40
Oakland As Stadium Store Guidelines for Employees -- (pic) - budice Apr 2, 21:57 [Attachment] 4
- they've given it away, they're moving to New Jersey! -- nm - mafic Apr 2, 22:21
- "customers" plural is optimistic -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 22:14
- Hey Drew, why aren't we doing gift cards? -- nm - David Apr 2, 22:07 1
  - Heh -- nm - Pippy Apr 3, 02:11

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