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My company updated their harassment policy. They included "Older age harassment -- which is defined by those over 40." - Will Hunting May 16, 05:02 5
- Back in my day, old used to be- oh, dammit. -- nm - Max May 16, 08:07
- definitely something an old man would say -- nm - decline May 16, 05:23
- GET OFF MY LAWN! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 16, 05:09
- Your IM was exactly what I was thinking -- nm - ty97 May 16, 05:09
- Ha! Seriously! -- nm - Krusty May 16, 05:06
Strands #74 - prayformojo 🐵 May 16, 04:03 3
- Yellow 1st - decline May 16, 05:29
- Yellow - 1st - VMan May 16, 05:18
- same - rollo May 16, 05:09
Connections Puzzle #340 - I x'd, with extreme prejudice. Total fustigation - prayformojo 🐵 May 16, 03:59 4
- YBGP - decline May 16, 05:26
- No oopsies - GPYB - VMan May 16, 05:16
- I'm still half asleep but got there - rollo May 16, 05:03
- 2 mistakes and then BGPY. - Dano May 16, 04:36
Wordle 1,062 3/6 - prayformojo 🐵 May 16, 03:55 2
- 5 - decline May 16, 05:24
- 6 - rollo May 16, 04:58
McGovern: The gentleman keeps talking about crime in DC, crime on the rise. I can tell you one thing, crime is definitely down in The WH right now. -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 01:23
Happy Birthday, belatedly, Krusty! -- nm - . May 16, 01:02 2
- Happy Birthday Krusty! -- nm - JaxSean May 16, 02:31 1
  - Thank you and everyone else for the nice birthday wishes! I guess you two didn't sleep well last night. :-( -- nm - Krusty May 16, 03:58
Florida maga finds out after 65 years he's not a legal resident, even though he had a social security card... - zeitgeist May 16, 00:57
I’m not a Florida Dem but if my opponents’ school voucher program was funding radical Islamic fundamentalism… -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 15, 23:36
huh, Engelbert Humperdinck is playing in Perth next weekend. I didn't know he was still alive. it is labelled a farewell tour I guess. -- nm - mafic May 15, 21:48 1
- Absolutely Final Farewell Tour, We Promise And Don’t Have Out Fingers Crossed Behind Our Backs. -- nm - Qale May 15, 22:29
Slovak PM not 'critical' and will likely survive -- (link) - zeitgeist May 15, 20:43 5
- someone in Russia's getting uh... fired tonight. -- nm - mafic May 15, 21:49 4
  - i thought this PM was pro Russia. -- nm - tRuMaN May 16, 04:34 2
    - Very much so. -- nm - Krusty May 16, 04:38 1
      - but then he let a couple countries join NATO and pissed off Putin (if memory serves) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 16, 04:57
  - Ivan, we must stick to windows, that is what we do best. No more branching out. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 16, 04:24
nm -- nm* - budice May 15, 20:40 1
- see below :) -- nm - Peglegpete May 15, 20:42
Because that's how you get ants! -- nm - LFG May 15, 20:31
I picked a different song from English Teacher for my April top 20, but Albert Road is the song I find myself listening to over and over now. -- (link) - Dano May 15, 20:23 [youtube] 1
- I like it for the alt-beat and some of the guitar squeal. But I also don’t really like it much at all. -- nm - Qale May 15, 22:30
The fanciest house in town is for sale. Nothing shocking (except that bathroom is kinda meh.) -- (link) - Mop🧹 May 15, 20:21 1
- yeah, kind of a big shrug for me. it's fine, I guess? -- nm - mafic May 15, 20:37
I appreciate the audacity it takes to try and pull this off. from a news email I get: The Kunsten Museum of Modern Art in Denmark settled a dispute - mafic May 15, 20:20 1
- putting a sears vacuum in a plastic box and charging 50k is audacity, taping a banana to a board and getting 100k ..at least the suckers get what they -- nm - paid for. May 15, 20:31
WHen does Godzilla -1 hit streaming I dont see any American dates yet -- nm - Remlik May 15, 19:55 1
- I’m not sure it can. I’ve heard there’s some rule it can’t be available in the same year as another Godzilla release. -- nm - MDH May 15, 20:14
Apparently, Darby Allin got literally, not figuratively, hit by a bus two weeks ago and will still work AEW’s PPV main event. -- nm* - David May 15, 19:44 7
- The question I immediately have is “did he do it on purpose?” -- nm - Qale May 15, 20:15 2
  - No. He’s just real life Final Destination. -- nm - David May 15, 20:21 1
    - That would be a good wrestling name -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 00:14
- The bus probably isn't even back in service yet. -- nm - Beryllium May 15, 19:56
- Did you see that Vice series about wrestling that had him in an episode? - the wrong element May 15, 19:55
- ridiculous. I mean I hope he's medically cleared, but TK needs to rest him. -- nm - Remlik May 15, 19:50 1
  - He'd be in the middle of his Everest climb if he hadn't broken his foot...got hit by a bus .... sure - let's clear him. -- nm - Will Hunting May 16, 05:07
the concept of the theme on the NYT Thursday xword is just silly. Trying waaaaayyyyyy too hard -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 15, 19:25 6
- seriously. - i.b.! May 15, 22:14 2
  - *whips through the puzzle, in pen, chuckling knowingly to his little ursine brain as the theme is revealed* -- nm - barnaby bear May 15, 22:35
  - NYT games is propping up the newsroom, cause ain’t nobody reading those awful-ass editors and columnists. -- nm - Qale May 15, 22:32
- I audibly groaned. -- nm - mafic May 15, 20:13
- The Connections today angried up my blood. -- nm - David May 15, 19:42 1
  - Sir, NO! That's not the type of stress test you need! -- nm - ty97 May 15, 19:49
Survivor spoils - Jovian May 15, 18:47
We've got our very own campus encampment! And one of my cameras is locked right on it. -- (link) - Mop🧹 May 15, 18:35 [youtube] 6
- Oh hot damn. - ReluctantCynic May 15, 19:09 2
  - There’s a lot of happenings tonight because of the camera. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 15, 20:26 1
    - in england apparently its a thing to get it on where you know a camera is focused -- nm - zeitgeist May 15, 20:33
- Police have this afternoon started clearing the UC Irvine encampment. -- nm - Meg May 15, 18:57
- It looks more like a poorly attended craft fair. -- nm - Qale May 15, 18:54 1
  - Freshman rush, various groups have info booths -- nm - zeitgeist May 15, 19:13
the Chiefs schedule announcement featured their virtual kicker in the kitchen -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 15, 18:24 4
- It’s the Los Angeles Chargers schedule release video, but yes, they portrayed the Chiefs kicker in the kitchen. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 15, 20:31
- They don’t even play the Jets. They just wanted to hit Rogers, and I’m grateful. -- nm* - David May 15, 18:32
- (Chargers) -- nm - Reagen May 15, 18:28
- Withdrawn -- nm* - Pippy 🇨🇦 May 15, 18:28
Fallout 4: Companions can wear power armor? - Remlik May 15, 18:19 7
- Absolutely. So can random villagers so you’re supposed to take the battery with you if you leave it somewhere. -- nm - Qale May 15, 18:37 5
  - yeah I learned that with some crappy armor thankfully -- nm - Remlik May 15, 19:51
  - Ha. I had forgot this important detail, and a settler absconded w my best set. - Jovian May 15, 18:49 3
    - The heavy settlement game with all of the trade paths is vital for survival mode, but kind of overkill otherwise. Unless you just *like* that. -- nm - Qale May 15, 18:51 2
      - Fallout Barbie Dream Houses. -- nm - whisper May 15, 20:14 1
        
        That’s totally Fallout 76. And the endgame of ESO as well, though, much more difficult to obtain the items. Girl gamers keep the servers going! -- nm - Qale May 15, 20:18
- *WOOF!* -- nm - Mop🧹 May 15, 18:36
Two brothers, MIT math students, arrested for stealing 25 million worth of Etherium and breaking the crypto formula -- (link) - zeitgeist May 15, 18:19 7
- I wonder if you-know-who is involved in the prosecution. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 15, 18:50 1
  - The article quoted IRS ...I would have thought FBI would be the lead since it was theft not false reporting or security manipulation -- nm - zeitgeist May 15, 19:17
- Can you be convicted of stealing something that's not real? -- nm - Mop🧹 May 15, 18:49
- "The defendants' scheme calls the very integrity of the blockchain into question". Fine by me. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 15, 18:48 2
  - no, i was assured it was unhackable -- nm - hollywood big shot May 15, 18:54
  - Oh. Anyway.... -- nm - znufrii May 15, 18:50
- in the movies, Etherium would say to keep the funds as a 'signing bonus' and the brothers would become tech specialists for them. -- nm - Peglegpete May 15, 18:24
Can we get a “ David writing his articles from a hospital bed “ update? - Pippy 🇨🇦 May 15, 18:16 8
- Zero. Kim wouldn’t bring me my laptop. - David May 15, 18:25 7
  - Smart lady. -- nm - mafic May 15, 19:08
  - Let me tell you, writing 2500 words on a phone... NOT EASY! -- nm - Mop🧹 May 15, 18:44
  - Yay!! Kim knows best -- nm - Pippy 🇨🇦 May 15, 18:29 4
    - Yeah, I imagine this wasn’t a hard call to keep. -- nm - Qale May 15, 18:36 3
      - I’ve been bored out of my brains. There’s gonna be a day three here because cardiology was too backed up to complete my stress test. - David May 15, 18:41 2
        
        Everything is understaffed. Every business is still trying their damnedest to make the line go up without paying for it. -- nm - Qale May 15, 18:52
        
        Trump will fix it! -- nm - Mop🧹 May 15, 18:50
This bear was probably just 2 blocks from over today as it wandered up from the military base via the railroad tracks -- (link) - zeitgeist May 15, 18:13
Netflix has Madame Webb now. And something called, Archer? -- nm - LFG May 15, 18:09 2
- "Archer"? The yoga competition reality TV show? -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 15, 18:11 1
  - No, that's "Hallmark's Downward-Facing Dog". "Archer" is Netflix's new documentary series about eyebrow raising events. -- nm - Beryllium May 15, 18:12
First day is in the books and whisper described it best. “Drinking from a fire hose.” You’d think I’d be good with such phallic objects. - Qale May 15, 17:53 13
- you got this! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 16, 04:27
- Woohoo! -- nm - Strongbad May 15, 18:38
- ^5! — nm - i.b.! May 15, 18:37 1
  - b! - Qale May 15, 18:38
- Awesome! -- nm - David May 15, 18:34
- Qale Day One: A+ -- nm - Dano May 15, 18:20
- I almost asked earlier if you ever wanted to do the loss prevention side -- nm - Pippy 🇨🇦 May 15, 18:13 3
  - I met them. It’s a very different job. -- nm - Qale May 15, 18:34
  - He would be too sympathetic -- nm - zeitgeist May 15, 18:21 1
    - True -- nm - Pippy 🇨🇦 May 15, 18:25
- you're exercising new retail muscles so it will take a bit. -- nm - Remlik May 15, 17:56 2
  - I don't know what to make of the image that just popped into my head. -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 15, 18:09 1
    - I assume there was a pink floyd soundtrack to it -- nm - Beryllium May 15, 18:11
Titans schedule video.... -- (link) - Remlik May 15, 17:37
update: still grim up north -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 15, 17:30
As of about two hours ago, my brother is a foster parent. - ty97 May 15, 17:29 18
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 16, 04:26
- I read that as lobster parent. Long, weird day. Congrats to your brother! -- nm* - . May 16, 01:13
- Wonderful!! Is he looking to adopt eventually? -- nm - Meg May 15, 19:43
- good on him for doing this- so important, and I’ve no doubt he’s going to be great at it. sending love and strength to him and those kiddos. — nm - i.b.! May 15, 18:40
- Awesome. -- nm - Strongbad May 15, 18:34
- This is amazing! Really wonderful! -- nm - David May 15, 18:26
- Congrats to all of the members of the new family! -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 15, 18:10 2
  - They don't get to keep them -- nm - zeitgeist May 15, 18:21 1
    - Foster families are families. - ReluctantCynic May 15, 18:24
- Cool -- nm - zeitgeist May 15, 18:08
- That's amazing -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 15, 17:57
- nice! -- nm - Remlik May 15, 17:55
- Fantastic! Foster the people! -- nm - Qale May 15, 17:54
- that's fantastic. congrats Uncle Ty. -- nm - Peglegpete May 15, 17:54
- That’s lovely. -- nm - David May 15, 17:53
- mazels -- nm - hollywood big shot May 15, 17:49
- Wow! Congrats -- nm - Pippy May 15, 17:46
- Uncle ty! -- nm - Dano May 15, 17:33
coming 6/10 to stores near you STAR WARS OREO cookies -- (link) - Peglegpete May 15, 17:18 2
- No greater bag of scum and vanilla filling -- nm - zeitgeist May 15, 18:11
- I mean, they’re no Lady Gaga Oreos. -- nm - Qale May 15, 17:57
the tragedy of the 1970s O’s in letting four aces pitch 20 wins each never translated into any division or WS rings. if only Earl had analytics -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 15, 17:15
oh good, filling in backstory is why we all love our cinema -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 15, 17:13
NFL: Sched Release - Chargers did up The Sims -- (link) - budice May 15, 17:10 3
- Complete NFL Sched as one image -- (pic) - budice May 15, 17:25 [Attachment] 1
  - Rams get hosed, Open 3 of 4 on the road with homegame vs SF. WAS get 4 of 6 on the Road to open -- nm - budice May 15, 17:28
- Falcons video -- (link) - Remlik May 15, 17:15
Hot Ones wing delivery now available to residents in Southern California -- (link) - budice May 15, 17:03 2
- FYI, Da Bomb is a shit hot sauce - Reagen May 15, 17:04 1
  - which everyone on the show says -- nm - Beryllium May 15, 19:16
43 years ago today I was at the Cleveland Indians perfect game over Toronto. -- (link) - Peglegpete May 15, 17:02 [youtube]
this is some Krustyburger-level promo shit -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 15, 17:01
i think i see how Baltimore is gonna get its money from congress for the new Frank Sobatka Memorial Bridge -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 15, 16:14
Protesters overrun building at UC Irvine -- (link) - budice May 15, 15:37 2
- I'm sure they over-ran it peacefully. -- nm - Strongbad May 15, 15:55 1
  - and this is what will cause israel to go "huh, guess we should just stop" -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 15, 16:02
Madame Web is *so* *weirdly* *terrible* - the acting is bizarre -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 15, 15:12 3
- Dakota (who I've liked in other stuff) is just awful. The guy that plays the villain is orders of magnitude worse -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 15, 15:29 1
  - her and Sydney Sweeney's energy level never goes above about a 2, which can work! but not in a superhero movie. - mafic May 15, 17:49
- "Imma adult who gonna leave 3 teens in the woods. " -- nm - budice May 15, 15:19
OK BITCHES! Who's gonna be on my team?! Jeopardy! Is Seeking Teams of 3! -- (pic) - Mop🧹 May 15, 15:12 [Attachment] 4
- I'm game, as long as location isn't an issue. -- nm - mafic May 15, 17:50 1
  - right? I’m totally up from it if I could participate remotely. — nm - i.b.! May 15, 18:42
- I'm in. - ReluctantCynic May 15, 15:18 1
  - I'm good for old pre-1985 stuff. newer pop culture I'd fail horribly. -- nm - Peglegpete May 15, 16:42

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