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LYC. Argh. My barber is no longer cutting hair at my closest location. -- (edited) - Strongbad May 7, 06:59 6
- Option 5 shave it and do it yourself -- nm - sycor May 7, 07:02 2
  - Wife tried once during covid. - Strongbad May 7, 07:03 1
    - You don't have to smooth shave it. Just buy some trimmers and use a 1 or 1.5 guard. Trust me, I'm a ginger. It works. -- nm - sycor May 7, 07:04
- Option 4: Grow it out, man. -- nm - con_carne May 7, 07:00 1
  - God no. -- nm - Strongbad May 7, 07:02
- 2, with 3 as a future backup pending results -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 7, 06:59
The Crow: Salvation's cast is really good...except for the casting of The Crow. -- nm - David May 7, 06:51 3
- One of these days I'll sit down and watch all of the Crow movies. -- nm - sycor May 7, 07:01 1
  - isnt there just one? -- nm - Jovian May 7, 07:19
- Also, you can now buy The Crow in 4K/UHD for $4.99. -- (link) - David May 7, 06:51
Drake's property taped off by police after shooting in area (seems like CBC is using Drake's name for clicks to be clear) -- (link*) - Beaker 🍺 May 7, 06:34 1
- yeah, that's *near* Drake's place, but not that close. -- nm - Andie May 7, 06:37
Not really a surprise, but Microsoft is chopping up Bethesda and closing a bunch of the smaller studios -- (link) - decline May 7, 06:32
I'm working from home today - not because I'm sick, but because 60% of my office is sick and hacking up a lung and I refuse to go in and get sick - decline May 7, 06:20 3
- so odd. half my office is sick and out of the office as well. -- nm - Jovian May 7, 06:49 2
  - allergies a cause too maybe? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 7, 06:58 1
    - I wish. Apparently Im being updated that its the never ending goddamn covid. -- nm - Jovian May 7, 07:01
What are the greatest all time songs about kindness? -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 7, 06:04 37
- everything possible by fred small. -- (link) - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 May 7, 07:02 [youtube]
- That's what friends are for by Dionne Warwick. Always go back to that one -- nm - con_carne May 7, 06:57
- First that comes to mind is Tenderness by General Public -- nm - LFG May 7, 06:55
- I wanted to say Friends in Low Places, but that isnt kindness. So I will say Killing with Kindness Tears for Fears. -- nm - tRuMaN May 7, 06:43
- bridge over troubled water -- nm - mafic May 7, 06:36
- My Life by Iris Dement -- nm - Dano May 7, 06:32 1
  - just listened to it, I'll thank you for exposing me to something different again -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 7, 06:37
- Bridge Over Troubled Water -- nm - Inigo May 7, 06:31 1
  - what he said -- nm - mafic May 7, 06:36
- Queen - You're My Best Friend -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 7, 06:31 2
  - You Got a Friend In Me’ by Randy Newman. With a Little Help from my Friends (kinda taking it to friendship away from kindness I guess...) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 7, 06:31 1
    - but all about being kind and helpful to your friends, so I think they count :) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 7, 06:32
- You've Got a Friend -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 7, 06:28
- Stand By Me -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 7, 06:27 1
  - one of my all time faves -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 7, 06:29
- We Are The World, Do They Know It's Christmas?, Give A Little Bit -- nm - Inigo May 7, 06:20 1
  - love Give a Little Bit -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 7, 06:26
- Spice Girls—Wannabe—Be kind (to girls’ friends) and get laid -- nm - Trending May 7, 06:20
- ~I'd like to buy the world a Coke.....~ -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 7, 06:19 2
  - I'll give you points on this even though you now have me googling beaver songs -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 7, 06:25 1
    - hoo boy -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 7, 06:26
- The Friends theme song…I’ll be there for you -- nm - Trending May 7, 06:17 1
  - 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 7, 06:24
- You Get What You Give -- nm - David May 7, 06:17 1
  - What did Marilyn Manson do to you? - crash davis 😺 May 7, 06:23
- Cruel to be Kind - Nick Lowe -- nm - rollo May 7, 06:14 2
  - 🦫 have a beaver for out of the box thinking - crash davis 😺 May 7, 06:18 1
    - Beaver Out of the Box is *not* a song about kindness, believe me. Just don't google the lyrics while you're at work -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 7, 06:19
- Lean On Me -- nm - Krusty May 7, 06:13 1
  - 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 7, 06:13
- Imagine by John Lennon -- nm - Pippy Shark May 7, 06:08 2
  - that's the first one that came to mind -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 7, 06:18
  - that is great, I'd thought Instant Karma by John Lennon but yours is much better -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 7, 06:12
- Love You by Free Design. -- (link) - Volnelk May 7, 06:07 [youtube] 2
  - interesting song structure, thank you for exposing me to this -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 7, 06:11 1
    - It played over the credits to the movie Stranger Than Fiction and I was like whaaaaat is this? and looked it up. Hard to be angry when you hear it. - Volnelk May 7, 06:14
- one I love is Shambala by Three Dog Night. "Everyone is helpful, everyone is kind, on the road to Shambala" -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 7, 06:05
Stormy Daniels expected to appear as a witness in Trump's hush money trial Today -- (link) - budice May 7, 05:37
The Greatest Diss Tracks of All Time, Ranked -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 May 7, 05:19 5
- I don't care about the beef, but Not Like Us is a banger. -- nm - Dano May 7, 05:42 2
  - “Certified Lover Boy? Certified pedophile” is a line there’s no coming back from. - Tim May 7, 05:56 1
    - Kendrick is just more skilled all around than Drake from his writing to his flow. His beats this battle have been better -- (edited) - Krusty May 7, 06:01
- "Drop A Gem on 'Em" by Mobb Deep is probably my favorite diss track of all time. -- nm - Krusty May 7, 05:41 1
  - Biggie's "Kick In The Door" was vicious and he doesn't mention anyone by name. -- nm - Krusty May 7, 05:52
Minor crisis today as my Microsoft Teams changed itself to Light Mode. -- nm - ty97 May 7, 05:08 8
- gross -- nm - mafic May 7, 06:31
- I'm not a dark mode person at all. I only run one program in dark mode that I can think of (Visual Studio Code) -- nm - oblique May 7, 05:19 5
  - I loathe dark mode -- nm - decline May 7, 06:22
  - I'm not a dark mode fanatic or anything, but I used it for Teams at work and Discord at home and it feels right for those. -- nm* - ty97 May 7, 05:35
  - Dark Side on everything possible -- nm - budice May 7, 05:28 1
    - M-O-O-N spells Dark Side of the Moon -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 7, 05:32
  - ST is one of the few sites I don't use in dark mode. I'm a big fan. -- nm - Krusty May 7, 05:24
- "So Bright" Glad that Dark Mode setting is handy nearby -- nm - budice May 7, 05:10
Disney Earnings: EPS: $1.21 (Est. $1.12) Revenue: $22.08B (Est. $22.1B) Disney+ subscribers: 153.6M (Est. 155.66M) - budice May 7, 05:06 3
- guess we'll see what drives the stock price. EPS of +30% or subscribers off an estimate by 1% (revenue is a rounding error so nil) -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 May 7, 05:41 1
  - I don't think subscriptions matter as much as they used to stockholders. - Inigo May 7, 06:04
- Earnings Webcast in 30 mins -- (link) - budice May 7, 05:07
nmb MDH... - Krusty May 7, 04:57 2
- Here's some thoughts at first glance, but I can keep giving it some thought. - MDH May 7, 06:31 1
  - Thanks!! We arrive Friday morning and leave Sunday afternoon. - Krusty May 7, 06:49
Sourcing saying the reason Cousins didn't resign with the Vikings is because they were going to draft another QB even if he did... -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 7, 04:40 2
- It was a story published 10 days ago. I have no idea why the internet chose to care about it over the last 24 hours. -- nm - David May 7, 05:40
- If you're a 35yr old QB and your team isn't drafting your replacement, you need to switch teams because the organization sucks. - Will Hunting May 7, 04:46
TV PSA: NHL, NBA, MLB, FBI, Voice, Will Trent, Cleaning Lady, Alert: Missing Persons Unit, Rookie, FBI International, FBI Most Wanted, Good Doctor, - Beaker 🍺 May 7, 04:20 2
- NHL Draft Lottery - but a reminder that they only draft two numbers so it's a somewhat empty exercise. -- nm - Reagen May 7, 04:23
- Will Trent is it -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 7, 04:23
Strands #65 “Can you dig it?” - needed a hint to get rolling - prayformojo 🐵 May 7, 04:07 3
- Yellow 3rd - decline May 7, 06:17
- Yellow - 1st - VMan May 7, 06:01
- same -- nm - . May 7, 04:46
Connections Puzzle #331 - last two racks were tough - prayformojo 🐵 May 7, 04:00 6
- GYPB - crash davis 😺 May 7, 05:57
- x'd it -- nm - decline May 7, 05:56
- One oopsie - GYBP - VMan May 7, 05:56
- Yep - rollo May 7, 05:45
- No mistakes - znufrii May 7, 04:54
- For me it was... - . May 7, 04:51
Wordle 1,053 4/6 - prayformojo 🐵 May 7, 03:47 3
- Wordle 1,053 3/6 - crash davis 😺 May 7, 05:54
- 3 - sometimes random guesses just work - decline May 7, 05:39
- Go ahead Wordler, add to your 1 day streak - rollo May 7, 05:37
I know ReluctantCynic hates them, but one of tonight’s Elder Scrolls Online quests was the tried and true Spider Queen trope. - Qale May 6, 23:37 1
- Separately: While I’m in this time of waiting for the paperwork to clear and orientation to be set… - Qale May 7, 00:22
This pretty much sums up the 80's - JD May 6, 22:15 1
- heh -- nm - Pippy Shark May 7, 06:14
NBA admits they fucked over the Pacers on the (unreviewable) kicked-ball call -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 6, 21:57
The details percolating about this story are wiiiiild. -- (link) - David May 6, 20:34 1
- American soldier falls for Russian honeypot, tries to track her down in Russia, gets arrested. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 6, 20:47
Oops All Dingers at the ravine tonight -- nm - hollywood big shot May 6, 20:31
PSA: Oof. Anyone who might still be on the Canadian side of the rap beef, you still have a chance to change sides! -- (link) - con_carne May 6, 20:20 2
- I do like that even after all this time, Access Hollywood reporters? Exactly the same. Just pour on the saccharine, plug the things, and keep moving. -- nm - Qale May 6, 20:30
- Did people not know this about Drake already? This is why there are drake-yesno-meme alternatives (such as the geordi laforge one) -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 20:25
Someone asked if there is a home plate marker for the Kingdome. - psilotum May 6, 20:16 [Attachment] 1
- cool -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 7, 06:33
Hot take. The Nuggets are in trouble. - Volnelk May 6, 19:48 1
- T-Wolves is basically the roster from last year that lost in the 1st rd -- nm - budice May 6, 20:09
“Enough is enough:” Loblaws CEO commands all employees to hunt down, kill anyone participating in boycott -- (link) - Mop🧹 May 6, 19:43 1
- Did he write it in his law blog? -- nm - Dano May 6, 20:36
Hey, Ryan Gosling played a stunt man in Driver too, didn’t he? -- nm - Mop🧹 May 6, 19:40 1
- A driver. He just drives. -- nm - Landbeck May 6, 21:54
Twitter founder and Bluesky funder, Jack Dorsey steps down from the decentralized social media company. Doesn't say why, but I imagine it's because... -- (edited) - Qale May 6, 19:36
yes Phantom Menace’s original sin was… keeping the camera fixed too much in the real world - hollywood big shot May 6, 19:20 [Attachment] 3
- The prequels were good movies and it is absolutely delicious to see you suck on it. Suck on it pixie. -- nm* - con_carne May 6, 20:03 1
  - (They were'nt) -- nm - rollo May 7, 05:28
- It was Lucas that invented synchronized tracking of dolly moves and matte composites -- nm - zeitgeist May 6, 19:36
Bing bong! -- nm - Krusty May 6, 19:10 4
- great game. Good team. -- nm - Remlik May 6, 19:10 3
  - I thought it would be a loss when it went under 5 and you guys took a good lead. -- (edited) - Krusty May 6, 19:12 2
    - as much as I can bitch about that call, Haliburton needed to score more. -- nm - Remlik May 6, 19:13 1
      - Yeah, bad calls happen but don't hurt when you make your shots. Should be a fun series. -- nm - Krusty May 6, 19:15
dude .. horrible dive -- nm - mud May 6, 19:06
flopping ass flopper -- nm - hollywood big shot May 6, 19:06
Met Gala looks seem to have a different set of rules. With that in my mind, I dig Rebecca Ferguson's ravens. -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 6, 19:03 2
- Every year has a theme. This year's is "Garden of Time" -- nm - znufrii May 6, 19:05 1
  - Nevermore is a time that works for me -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 6, 19:11
I assume that Ed Sheeran look on B2 was intentional? I mean, the look is “Borrowed his father’s suit” but he’s wearing that ironically? -- nm - Mop🧹 May 6, 18:57 6
- maybe they are rebooting Dumb and Dumber -- nm - zeitgeist May 7, 00:08
- I thought it fit him poorly but I didn't hate the style. I would have wanted him to add more to it. -- nm - Krusty May 6, 19:45 1
  - The untied bowtie suggests to me it (over sized, powder blue) is all part of the look. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 6, 20:25
- I'll generally give credit to any guy who shows up in something other than a classic tuxedo. Except for this. -- (edited) - znufrii May 6, 19:16 2
  - I hated Glover's choice, so boring and not a good color on him. Keoghan did a great job and I liked Lil Nas X's outfit. Hamilton was meh to me. -- nm - Krusty May 6, 19:47
  - Lil Nas X's biggest problem is that he treats nearly every day like it's Met Gala day. Like, we know you're a huge talent, let's hear them good tracks -- nm - Qale May 6, 19:27
two minute warning -- nm - hollywood big shot May 6, 18:55
damnit -- nm - Remlik May 6, 18:54 1
- no worries -- nm - mud May 6, 18:55
Be kind to Zeitgeist. He was there for the 1932 Olympics in Lake Placid. - Mop🧹 May 6, 18:47 1
- Sonja Henie was HOT!!!!!!! -- nm - Peglegpete May 6, 19:16
Neismith with a NASTY dunk. damn -- (link*) - Remlik May 6, 18:41 1
- Invents basketball, immediately starts dunking. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 6, 18:58
same as it ever was . . . -- nm - hollywood big shot May 6, 18:39 3
- This is not my beautiful wife! -- nm - Qale May 6, 18:49
- I watched “Stop Making Sense” a couple nights ago—still awesome (probably more awesome!) -- nm - Trending May 6, 18:44
- .. look where my hand was .. time isn't holding up .. time is an asterisk .. -- nm - mud May 6, 18:43

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