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DJ Earworm with the SuperMash of all Taylor Swift videos -- (link) - Trending May 3, 13:43
"I'm gonna make this playlist as obscure as possible. 2000s Canadian Reggae." "OK, so once you've exhausted all the Bedouin Soundclash, what's left?" - Classroom Transcripts May 3, 13:22 3
- factoid from a decade or two ago... Intuit natives love reggae -- nm - zeitgeist May 3, 13:55
- Extra credit for knowing a musical act from before they were born. -- nm - Max May 3, 13:27
- Trajahcally Hip -- nm - hollywood big shot May 3, 13:23
why do i love this? (choreographed parrot dance? what do you call this?) -- (link) - Andie May 3, 13:05 4
- Pretty cool that the parrot could parrot her, perfectly. -- nm - LFG May 3, 13:13 3
  - Parrot parrot parrot parrot buffalo -- nm - rollo May 3, 13:27 1
    - wait -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 3, 14:12
  - the parrot has *moves* -- nm - Andie May 3, 13:14
Jack Adams nominees: Bowness (WPG), Brunette (NSH), Tocchet (VAN) -- (link) - Reagen May 3, 13:04
WWE released 10 NXT people, most of which weren’t in any creative plans. Drew Gulak is the only name and that’s from his Ronda Rousey situation. -- nm - Will Hunting May 3, 13:02 5
- I only recognize two of the names besides Gulak, who they definitely cancelled. - Tim May 3, 13:12 4
  - That entire thing is weird but probably reality is in the middle of the two sides but given their PR issues, he’s gone. -- nm - Will Hunting May 3, 13:14 3
    - Rousey and WWE pretty clearly hate each other, to which I say: Society. -- nm - David May 3, 13:51 2
      - She's got no fans backstage either apparently. Plus she's alienated UFC fighters and media. -- nm - Remlik May 3, 13:53
      - Yeah…good riddance to her. -- nm - Will Hunting May 3, 13:52
prolly shoulda nominated Jessica Cisneros when you had the chance -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 3, 12:53
NJ adult-use cannabis sales up 38% year over year - now at $200M / quarter - decline May 3, 12:43 1
- nomnomnomnom -- nm - Jovian May 3, 12:45
Love it. In an email someone just referred to a project as being in the "discovery faze" -- nm - Dano May 3, 12:36 1
- Please enjoy my design fugue -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 12:40
This meme. What is the origin of this meme? -- (link) - Beryllium May 3, 12:23 [mastodon] 1
- It feels like a variation of the “is this a butterfly” anime man pointing -- nm - Qale May 3, 12:33
Cops arrested the india assassination squad -- (link) - Beryllium May 3, 12:15 3
- tell me they drove a cab -- nm - zeitgeist May 3, 13:57
- I remember when I saw them as the opening act for Death From Above. -- nm - Dano May 3, 12:31
- ruh oh -- nm - modi May 3, 12:17
Guess my catering bill! - Andie May 3, 12:14 12
- Cheaper than fast food? (I would have guessed under $100/person) -- nm - Max May 3, 13:57
- "lemon tarts & chocolate brownies" - is this all from the same catering company? they seem rather plain compared to the rest. -- nm - JenBro May 3, 12:37 1
  - all the same. we reduced it to two choices. and i downplayed those a bit, the actual descriptions are - Andie May 3, 12:51
- 1 million dollars -- nm - decline May 3, 12:27
- what did you end up doing for the Florida Party? -- nm - hollywood big shot May 3, 12:20 1
  - this is for that (it's later this month). many of your ideas are being discussed. - Andie May 3, 12:22
- I would eat that. -- nm - LFG May 3, 12:17 1
  - *would* you? -- nm - Andie May 3, 12:17
- 312.50 -- nm - mud May 3, 12:16
- $9600 -- nm - Peglegpete May 3, 12:16 2
  - no one will be closer!!! well done! with tax 9,565 -- nm - Andie May 3, 12:17 1
    - /*faint*/ -- nm - Peglegpete May 3, 12:17
awww -- (pic) - mud May 3, 12:08 [Attachment] 1
- Wait, is he wearing a Biden suit? -- nm - LFG May 3, 12:09
Amazing Race talk. Has that ever happened before? - Strongbad May 3, 12:05 15
- How were they penalized? -- nm - David May 3, 12:34 1
  - 20 lashes at dawn -- nm - decline May 3, 12:39
- I have not watched for a decade but Amy and I had conversations about wondering if a crew could keep up with us. Interesting. -- nm - LFG May 3, 12:14 4
  - In the past I remember there being crew members - oblique May 3, 12:15 3
    - lol. No way they keep up with me. - LFG May 3, 12:17 2
      - "Team Batman was eliminated due to being deported for numerous local traffic infractions including driving on the sidewalk at an excessive speed" -- nm - oblique May 3, 12:18 1
        
        :-D -- nm - mud May 3, 12:20
- Not that I know of. My presumption was that - oblique May 3, 12:12 2
  - Good point. -- nm - Strongbad May 3, 12:18
  - yep. and they fact that they covered it they way they did allowed me to kind of tune out, as it was quite clear they were going to be eliminated. -- nm - Jovian May 3, 12:15
- Never seen that happen before. And never seen the 'fourth wall' like that get broken prior to this week. - Jovian May 3, 12:11 4
  - nmbl -- (link) - Strongbad May 3, 12:17 3
    - lol I failed the anti AI bot puzzle and now Im locked out from the article. -- nm - Jovian May 3, 12:24 2
      - Inside... - Krusty May 3, 12:36 1
        
        ah thanks. so it sounds like they did get genuinely screwed. -- nm - Jovian May 3, 12:45
Solar Orbiter spacecraft sends back closeup footage of sun’s surface -- (link) - znufrii May 3, 11:59 2
- bad ass -- nm - oblique May 3, 12:09
- that's hot -- nm - hollywood big shot May 3, 12:02
What is the name of the doctrine where you can't sue individual police officers, just the police department in general? -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 3, 11:53 6
- respondeat superior? -- nm - hollywood big shot May 3, 11:55 2
  - Like most of law, I'm unfamiliar with that. Thanks for your answer and giving me something to look up! -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 3, 12:26 1
    - just means generally the agent can't be held liable for acts performed on behalf of the employer -- nm - hollywood big shot May 3, 12:28
- Qualified Immunity -- nm - Pippy Shark May 3, 11:55 2
  - thank you -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 3, 12:25
  - *likes* -- nm - 45 May 3, 11:58
"How many of you had Mark Hamill will lead the press briefing on your bingo card?" -- (link) - mud May 3, 11:44 3
- Dammit, so close! Mine says Dorothy Hamill. -- nm - Baron Kills World May 3, 11:51
- Finally! Bingo!!! -- nm - LFG May 3, 11:46 1
  - aw, but the prize is SW swag that you already have! -- nm - mud May 3, 11:48
Bibi to Biden: I'm not stopping -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 3, 11:41 2
- (he was stopped) -- nm - narrator May 3, 11:45 1
  - Never Stop Stopping! -- nm - Andy Samberg May 3, 11:59
Lakers fire Darvin Ham. -- nm - David May 3, 11:33 4
- again? -- nm - oblique May 3, 11:34 3
  - He was dismissed in the pervious post -- nm - JD May 3, 11:42 1
    - He lost them game 2, so he deserves to be fired a few more times. -- nm - LFG May 3, 11:43
  - Fire him again! -- nm - Hans May 3, 11:36
i'm not ready to say the Sugar twist was *bad* per se, willing to see where they go with it. but definitely a "really?" moment - hollywood big shot May 3, 11:33 1
- It's a multiverse! -- nm - Mop🧹 May 3, 12:06
“What if Harry Potter went to am HBCU in the South?” -- (link) - zeitgeist May 3, 11:32 2
- Didn't Key and Peele already cover this? -- nm - Baron Kills World May 3, 11:43 1
  - But also would read. -- nm - Baron Kills World May 3, 11:46
Nmb Qale, have you considered something like this? I was trying to think of opportunities to work remotely -- (pic) - Strongbad May 3, 11:26 [Attachment] 1
- I need something more immediate and viable. - Qale May 3, 12:17
The collapse of Blockbuster is directly responsible for the collapse of society!! Prove me wrong! - Mop🧹 May 3, 11:19 11
- you can say this about a lot of things "back when you had to hook up a horse and buggy to go to town, it meant something, so you stayed in with fam" -- nm - colin May 3, 12:31
- the way LA is trying to bring it back is a place like Vidiots, where they catalog VHS/DVD for rental but also have an adjoining theater for screenings -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 3, 11:39 1
  - This is why they're rioting at UCLA. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 3, 12:05
- So what you're saying is that it is all Neflix's fault -- nm - oblique May 3, 11:38 1
  - No one ever said “Blockbuster and chill”. It’s a clear case of social decline and breakdown of family relationships. -- nm - Roger More May 3, 11:45
- I was at the family run Video store renting three movies for $5 for one day with my brother and watching a really mixed bag of movies - JD May 3, 11:22 5
  - And since that ended, you and your brother have drifted further and further apart. PROOF! -- nm - Mop🧹 May 3, 11:36
  - for us it was 2 movies and a p0rn0 at the electronics store with dollar rentals.... almost every night -- nm - zeitgeist May 3, 11:24 3
    - A p0rn0? Your family nights were slightly different than mine. -- nm - LFG May 3, 11:26 2
      - it was just my future ex and I -- nm - zeitgeist May 3, 11:33
      - get laid indeed -- nm - oblique May 3, 11:33
ST Poll — How much more would you want to get paid to basically do your same job at another company? 10%? - znufrii May 3, 11:18 21
- I can't think of another place I would want to work. That's more valuable to me than the money or benefits. - Max May 3, 14:01
- It’d have to be a lot. I have unlimited time off and solid benefits. - Dark Callisto 🦊 May 3, 12:48
- I would jump for the same amount of money and a $20ish k sign on if PTO were offered. no prob. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 May 3, 12:23
- Significantly more. The retirement match and PTO policies are too good. 30% would start to get my attention. -- nm - Baron Kills World May 3, 11:49 6
  - I'm in this camp. No way am I going back to 3 weeks vacation - Pippy Shark May 3, 11:54 5
    - I’d be getting the same PTO I have now, and other benefits are comparable. -- nm - znufrii May 3, 12:26
    - jeebuz. I maxed out at 4 at 15 years. -- nm - oblique May 3, 12:23
    - Oh my god my kingdom for three. -- nm - amandaphone May 3, 12:09 2
      - Right? - LFG May 3, 12:10 1
        
        our delivery people have unlim as long as they hit goals. internal people are at the discretion of their exec. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 May 3, 12:22
- Unfortunately my job doesn't really exist in the private sector. The closest thing would be working for a disability attorney's office or an insurance - sycor May 3, 11:40
- Depends. Same size company, same ethics? I wouldn't talk to them for less than 50% more. - Beryllium May 3, 11:30
- Another company would mean I am not the owner, so I will say 100%. -- nm - LFG May 3, 11:29
- 25-30% which would never happen. I am in a good spot. -- nm - Strongbad May 3, 11:25
- It's never the same job - oblique May 3, 11:25 5
  - True -- (edited) - znufrii May 3, 11:27 4
    - In house could have advantages especially for other opportunities in the organization depending on how big it is -- nm - oblique May 3, 11:30 3
      - it never hurts to take a meeting to find out more about a new opportunity -- nm - Pippy Shark May 3, 12:08 2
        
        I need to keep telling myself this instead of convincing myself of reasons why I shouldn’t/wouldn’t get it -- nm - znufrii May 3, 12:12 1
        
        (I’m also very curious to find out if this is a position at a former client. I don’t think so but there is a possibility.) -- nm - znufrii May 3, 12:22
- I've turned down substantially more because I love where I am. -- nm - David May 3, 11:19
Leprosy may have been transmitted to humans by squirrels.... -- (link) - zeitgeist May 3, 11:18
found the Outside Agitator at UCLA… -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 3, 11:15
The Los Angeles Lakers have dismissed coach Darvin Ham, -- nm - Remlik May 3, 11:09
personally I would just tax the dudes who took all the money over the last 45 years -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 3, 10:46 1
- Warren Buffet said a decade ago that his "investment" income is taxed at half the rate of his secretary's income. -- nm - zeitgeist May 3, 10:49
Last prom thing - Poll: What was the last song played at the dance? - prayformojo 🐵 May 3, 10:40 18
- I don't remember so I'm just going to guess (I've Had) The Time of My Life. -- nm - Baron Kills World May 3, 11:48 2
  - not your prom, dodohead - rollo May 3, 11:55 1
    - LOL. I'll cop to that. -- nm - Baron Kills World May 3, 12:04
- don’t remember the last song. theme was One More Night (I think?) -- nm - hollywood big shot May 3, 10:45 1
  - Last prom I went to the song was Never Say Goodbye by Bon Jovi. - LFG May 3, 11:23
- Mr. Brightside -- nm - Volnelk May 3, 10:41 9
  - chicken dinner. Mac said people went nuts when it played -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 3, 10:46 8
    - That's a weird choice for that age group to latch onto, no? - sycor May 3, 10:55 7
      - There was an article here a few months ago about how that song became an anthem...it's weird. -- nm - Will Hunting May 3, 10:57 6
        
        It's the "Don't Stop Believin'" for the next generation. It ALWAYS plays. -- nm - Volnelk May 3, 11:03 5
        
        "At the University of Missouri, Tiger fans add an obscene chant directed at their traditional rival, the University of Kansas, after the chorus." - David May 3, 11:11 4
        
        How does that even start? -- (link) - JD May 3, 11:16 [youtube] 3
        
        It...doesn't seem Mr. Brightside-ish. -- nm - David May 3, 11:19 2
        
        Mony mony -- nm - oblique May 3, 11:24 1
        
        GET LAID GET F-ED! -- nm - LFG May 3, 11:24
- Never went to prom... -- nm - oblique May 3, 10:41
- Confusion (Pump Panel Reconstruction) -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 10:41 1
  - Was your date a little pale? -- nm - Qale May 3, 12:20
Wait, there is an attachment for a KitchenAid stand mixer for shave ice? -- nm - sycor May 3, 10:39
Japan's 'Moon Sniper' keeps baffling experts by waking up and sending images -- (link) - oblique May 3, 10:38 1
- The aliens just want to help. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 3, 11:12
Roll It -- nm - JenBro May 3, 10:25 5
- dang just missed it!!! -- nm - JenBro May 3, 10:26 4
  - once a rookie… -- nm - hollywood big shot May 3, 10:36 3
    - she just doesnt know about 'premium' slackertalk with advanced board roll technology. -- nm - zeitgeist May 3, 10:38 2
      - Didn’t pay extra for the “Lightning pass handle” like the rest of us. -- nm - Volnelk ⚡️ May 3, 10:41 1
        
        *shakes fist* (grin) -- nm - JenBro May 3, 11:38
I won't ask for promises So you don't have to lie We've both played that game before Say I love you, then say goodbye -- nm - zeitgeist May 3, 10:25 1
- I'm not talking 'bout moving in, and I don't want change your life, but there's a warm wind blowing, the stars are out.. -- nm - whisper May 3, 12:51

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