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ancestry poll/quiz: how far back do you think the longest current human family lineage goes? (1500s if you're lucky?) -- nm - mr mooch Oct 3, 11:21 7
- Adam & Eve ~4000 BC -- nm - mud Oct 3, 11:35
- There'd be plenty of well-documented lineages from Muhammad (1400 years ago). Jordan's royal family for example. - Roger More Oct 3, 11:34
- You can probably thank those pesky Christians for most of that - oblique Oct 3, 11:32
- Aren’t we all descended from Genghis Khan? I’ll say 1200s -- nm - Trending Oct 3, 11:26
- The Dutch side of my family is documented back to the early 1600s, I think. -- nm - znufrii Oct 3, 11:25
- Japan's monarchy goes back 15 centuries. -- nm* - Max Oct 3, 11:25 1
  - directly traceable? no funny bizness like replacing them with Hanoverian frauds?? -- nm - mr mooch Oct 3, 11:27
"He released it after learning that he had as many GOP supporters in Orange Co. as he did in Iowa." -- (pic) - mud Oct 3, 11:18 [Attachment] 1
- PR got shafted because some mayor complained about his lack of help. Sorry too much water between here and there... then... - zeitgeist Oct 3, 13:19
license plate readers coming to the Valley (but will they be flagging expired tags?) -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 3, 11:10
RC & Crash. the new Grand Designs is on you tube. -- (link) - Peglegpete Oct 3, 11:00 [youtube]
Considering the expectations and where the team was, it’s all gravy but man it’s going to hurt if the Mets don’t win tonight. - Tim Oct 3, 10:57 5
- Man…the Phillies have kinda faded, after starting off so hot …definitely vulnerable if the Mets can get there -- nm - Trending Oct 3, 11:16 1
  - This is as wide open as I can remember a postseason being. -- nm - Tim Oct 3, 11:40
- I’m rooting for you, my friend. -- nm - David Oct 3, 11:03
- at least you scored more than one run over the first two games -- nm - mr mooch Oct 3, 10:59
- But if nothing else - Tim Oct 3, 10:58
Joker 2 reviews sound turrible as expected (48% rotten last I saw) -- nm - mr mooch Oct 3, 10:40 1
- If the spoiled rumor ending is true…going to be some big backlash IMO -- nm - Trending Oct 3, 10:49
lol TikTok found Bigfoot and it’s totally real not at all fake -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 3, 10:23
cmon man, fucking 30 Rock ass show -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 3, 10:21 13
- the actual, only surviving descendants - mr mooch Oct 3, 11:16 7
  - was einstein rich? -- nm - ☀️ NVM chem ☀️ Oct 3, 11:22 4
    - I don't think 'rich rich' but well off for the time. His house here in Princeton is nice but not a mansion or anything -- nm - decline Oct 3, 11:38 1
      - ohhhhhh you should go tour it. -- nm - ☀️ NVM chem ☀️ Oct 3, 12:36
    - no man is poor who has friends, mandy -- nm - mr mooch Oct 3, 11:30 1
      - It's all relative. -- nm - Max Oct 3, 11:30
  - Looks like one of them was a mistake. But then again, Einstein didn't get everything right either. -- nm - Max Oct 3, 11:18 1
    - 16 years isn't that bad...but I'm sure they had to buy all the baby furniture again -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 3, 13:22
- Albert Brooks should make a cameo playing himself. -- nm - Barony Bunch Oct 3, 11:10
- In episode 2, he is engaged to solve the murder of J Robert Oppenheimer IV -- nm - Roger More Oct 3, 10:59
- Finally, the Young Einstein reboot we've all be demanding! -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 3, 10:49 2
  - I'm glad that I'm not the only one who thought that - JD Oct 3, 10:52 1
    - One and done, man. Where do you go after that? You gotta retire. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 3, 10:54
All vaxxed! Double jab. This was - without a doubt - the most invisible jabs I've ever received. - Mop🧹 Oct 3, 10:19 3
- It's not the shot that gets you. It's the hangover. -- nm - Barony Bunch Oct 3, 11:00 2
  - For me, it’s the nanobots from the shots…sometimes get stuck in my urethra -- nm - Trending Oct 3, 11:18 1
    - Like the dreaded candiru! -- nm - The Monarch Oct 3, 11:22
Poll: what do you think is the oldest thing you own? Just came across a copy of a catechism from 1903 -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 3, 10:07 15
- I have a painting one grandfather made and some rugs the other grandfather made. - Barony Bunch Oct 3, 11:08
- 1956 Bill Skowron Topps baseball card. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 3, 10:27
- Our house was built in 1917, so probably that. -- nm - znufrii Oct 3, 10:24
- Likely some silver jewelry that was my grandmother's. May even have been her mother's. -- nm - Meg Oct 3, 10:21
- prolly a book or possibly some old woodcut prints I got from a London law bookshop -- nm - mr mooch Oct 3, 10:17
- We have an old cheap aluminum pot, 70 yo, it was the first thing mom got when she came to the US in '54 - zeitgeist Oct 3, 10:16 [Attachment]
- I figured yours would be that doll…or Athena. -- nm - David Oct 3, 10:15 1
  - Athena All Along -- nm - Max Oct 3, 10:19
- mrsjax has a suitcase full of her grandfather's stamp collection. Probably have stuff from the 1800s in there. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 3, 10:12
- I have some very old photos of relatives (like framed wall hung type) that I was given when I started working on our ancestry stuff -- nm - oblique Oct 3, 10:11
- I have a book printed in 1565 with an ancestor's signature in it, and a personal letter written around the 1780s. - Max Oct 3, 10:11 1
  - thread win -- nm - mud Oct 3, 10:13
- We are atoms as old as the known universe -- nm - rollo Oct 3, 10:10 2
  - yeah, but you don't own mine! :) -- nm - oblique Oct 3, 10:13
  - you're right. nevermind. disregard the poll -- nm - prayformojo Oct 3, 10:11
Companion trailer (in some ways this seems to be a very different movie than Joy) -- (link) - Dano Oct 3, 09:41 [youtube] 2
- Experience it in IMAX? -- nm - JD Oct 3, 10:09
- I'm there -- nm - prayformojo Oct 3, 09:47
Kylie Minogue - US Arena Tour. - MDH Oct 3, 09:39 4
- Register for pre-sale / AMEX pre-sale info -- (link) - JD Oct 3, 09:53
- How many times can she sing Locomotion? -- nm - ST Oct 3, 09:42 2
  - Hopefully at least 50, and I'll sing along all 50 times -- nm - ty97 Oct 3, 09:57
  - Don't be silly. We'll allow her to throw in Can't Get You Out of My Head a few times. -- nm - Dano Oct 3, 09:47
znufrii. I hope you're in for a treat either in the skies or in Iceland -- (link) - oblique Oct 3, 09:34 5
- I just booked us a tour for tomorrow night to go look for them, so I’m sure I’ve jinxed it. :) -- nm - znufrii Oct 3, 09:39 4
  - Be sure you're sitting on the left side of the plane -- nm - oblique Oct 3, 09:58 3
    - We are. :) -- nm - znufrii Oct 3, 09:59 2
      - I think you've got a good chance either from the X7 from the 1st or this X9. I'm pretty sure it is 2-3 days from flare to when we are affected -- nm* - oblique Oct 3, 10:48 1
        
        *twitch* -- nm - znufrii Oct 3, 11:13
Joy trailer -- (link) - Dano Oct 3, 09:25 [youtube] 1
- Looks interesting. -- nm - Krusty Oct 3, 09:38
TIL: 1. US/Gulf dockworkers have a different union than West coast. 2. West Cost makes more. 3. Striking union wants 77% raise, were offered 50% - ty97 Oct 3, 09:24 10
- anyway . . . season 2 of The Wire is actually the best season -- nm - mr mooch Oct 3, 10:51
- Did I see correctly that the 77% would bring wage parity with the west coast union guys? -- nm - decline Oct 3, 09:36 5
  - "west coast union gays" - prayformojo Oct 3, 09:54
  - the west coast workers also conceded some of the automation asks that the shippers wanted, is my understanding -- nm - mr mooch Oct 3, 09:49
  - Though is there cost of living parity too? -- nm - Dano Oct 3, 09:37 2
    - Varies. This union represents dockworkers in Boston and NYC/Newark, but also in the South in cities like Mobile. -- nm* - ty97 Oct 3, 09:59
    - I think the west coast ports are in Los Angeles so I don't think there's any real difference in cost of living. -- nm - Krusty Oct 3, 09:41
- ~13% per year. Depending on what their previous years raises have been they may be making up for lost time -- nm - oblique Oct 3, 09:29 1
  - Yeah, a key piece missing for me is what their past raises have been. Are they trying to 'catch up'? -- nm - ty97 Oct 3, 10:00
- It is hard for me to wrap my brain around 77% but the fear of job displacement is very real. -- nm - Pippy aka Couch Therapist Oct 3, 09:25
Vanderbilt is looking to expand... -- (link) - Krusty Oct 3, 09:22 6
- Vanterbilt+ or Vanderbiltmore? -- nm - Max Oct 3, 11:22
- They gonna start their own conference? -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 3, 10:20
- Why don't they just do it in Anderson Cooper's building? -- nm - Dano Oct 3, 09:36
- Here's a pic of some of the grounds. The land was given to them by Clement Clarke Moore on the condition that a seminary be built there. - Krusty Oct 3, 09:26 [Image]
- Considering how the universities already here keep encroaching on their neighbors and using eminent domain to oust them, I wouldn't be happy either. -- nm - ty97 Oct 3, 09:25 1
  - It's a very quiet and beautiful block. Honestly, it might be the nicest block in Chelsea. They're going to fight this and I don't blame them. - Krusty Oct 3, 09:30
AEW contract splits: Year 1: $170 million Year 2: $185M Year 3: $200M Option Year 4: More than $200M - David Oct 3, 09:20 5
- I think that part of it is a solid deal for sure. Would have been great if the ppv's were just a part of Max as that would garner even more exposure.. - Remlik Oct 3, 09:45 4
  - Doubled would be more than WWE. And Zaslav wasn’t going to take a loss here. -- nm - David Oct 3, 10:15 3
    - Here's what I don't understand. How do you even know if you're taking a loss from any particular item in streaming? -- nm - pmb Oct 3, 11:24
    - How you get double? Raw is 500mil a year, Smackdown is 250mil …so this is like 1-4th of WWE’s current rights. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 3, 10:34 1
      - I was only referencing Raw, which was a reported $500 million but probably lower since WWE always lies up. AEW is pacing for $215-$220 million. - David Oct 3, 11:02
I was not aware that JD Vance is a heartthrob for gay men. - Jovian Oct 3, 09:15 [Attachment] 5
- He actually looks just like a guy who used to work for me. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 3, 09:42
- I thought we were done with Loomer -- nm - Trending Oct 3, 09:23 1
  - she's making sure we aren't' with these " look at me please" type posts she makes - Pippy aka Couch Therapist Oct 3, 09:25
- I'm sure someone with blue eyes will be enough to make them overlook all the hatred spewed at them from the right. -- nm - Krusty Oct 3, 09:17 1
  - And I cannot wait for Yang to riff on this exact ridiculous look that JD kept giving the cameras during his debate. -- (edited) - Jovian Oct 3, 09:25
Secret Base did a three part series about the NFL passer rating. - Krusty Oct 3, 09:08 [youtube]
*student, walking in late, as I'm handing out a test paper, on the scheduled day of the test* "Is this the test?" "... No." "Oh. What is it then?" -- nm - Classroom Transcripts Oct 3, 08:49
JD Vance now willing to state who won the 2020 election -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 3, 08:30 3
- "so .. how long you been Black?" -- (link) - mud Oct 3, 08:39 1
  - Book him for SNL stat -- nm - Pippy Oct 3, 09:04
- How easily he slips right back into dbag mode. - Jovian Oct 3, 08:38
Cybertrucks being recalled for a rear-view camera issue. I parked behind one at the PO this week. Thought I was looking at a trailer :/ -- (link) - Meg Oct 3, 08:26 5
- Seen them curb parked. Don't exactly fit a normal parking space when marked. -- nm - budice Oct 3, 08:29 4
  - Yup, they don't fit at the curb. But the feds don't seem to care about setting new regulations for things like the size of trucks and cars. - Krusty Oct 3, 08:38 3
    - They finally banned the "Carolina Squat" trucks but I see them still and no one cares. - sycor Oct 3, 09:04 2
      - Headlights are another issue that needs new regulations. Some of these cars are using lights that are way too bright and many are angled - Krusty Oct 3, 09:16 1
        
        I used to think "It's weird that old people don't like to drive at night" but now I get it. - JaxSean Oct 3, 09:29
I ran into Seth Meyers earlier. He was wandering around on W12th and W4th looking for the car to pick him up. - Krusty Oct 3, 08:16 5
- did he have that hideous dog Frisbee with him? -- nm - mr mooch Oct 3, 08:21 4
  - No pooch or I would have walked over with my dogs and said hi. - Krusty Oct 3, 08:39 3
    - Andy Samberg would pay you good money to let him off the leash -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 3, 08:52 [youtube] 2
      - Haha! He really dislikes Frisbee. -- nm* - Krusty Oct 3, 09:02 1
        
        "You may as well have sent me Anthrax!" -- nm - Jovian Oct 3, 09:07
MDH alert: Just got notice of sign up for a Kylie Minogue Presale. She plays DC on April 8. -- nm - pmb Oct 3, 08:06
OTD 30 years ago, The Cranberries released their 2nd album No Need To Argue -- (link) - mud Oct 3, 07:55 [youtube] 1
- Well technically, oh ok -- nm - rollo Oct 3, 10:00
NBC on panic buying. Potential shortages include imported beer, bananas, and European cars. Plenty of toilet paper :) -- nm - Meg Oct 3, 07:53 8
- Hording bananas will not go well for whoever tries that. "I bought 50 bananas to be safe". 2 days later: "I have mush." -- nm* - pmb Oct 3, 08:14 2
  - That's why God invented banana bread. -- nm - Barony Bunch Oct 3, 08:42
  - Yup, considered freezing some and then realized, even though I eat 3 or 4 a week, I really don't care that much for them. -- nm - Meg Oct 3, 08:16
- *runs down to the store to stock up on Vauxhalls* -- nm - colin Oct 3, 08:05 4
  - Fools, you can't eat fine European vehicles when you run out of FRENCH fries. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 3, 09:51
  - Another memory jog. When my family was still in Australia my brother's teacher "gave" him an old Vauxhall to work on. He was too young for - Meg Oct 3, 08:49
  - *runs down to the store to stock up on Volkswagons* -- nm* - Pippy aka Couch Therapist Oct 3, 08:09 1
    - Those might actually hold some value! -- nm - colin Oct 3, 08:39
ST Poll: look around what is the predominant color in your area? -- nm - Pippy aka Couch Therapist Oct 3, 07:49 21
- In the living room it's red leather ,outside it's various green -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 3, 09:54
- this floor of the work place building has dark green as its color. so dark green. and white. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 3, 08:46
- sage green -- nm - Dano Oct 3, 08:29
- "It's gonna be cold, it's gonna be grey, and it's gonna last you for the rest of your life" -- (edited) - Jovian Oct 3, 08:27
- Teal -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 3, 08:22
- Red - bed sheets and comforter trim :) -- nm - Meg Oct 3, 08:18
- brown -- nm - decline Oct 3, 08:18
- Dark teal slightly ahead of magenta and orangey brown -- nm - LMS Oct 3, 08:16
- green of course. even my spoon is green. -- nm - ☀️ NVM chem ☀️ Oct 3, 08:16
- White, the color of dirty renters' surroundings -- nm - ty97 Oct 3, 08:15
- White or gray. I'm waiting for the subway and the tiles on the wall are all white but the platform is gray as are the tracks. -- nm - Krusty Oct 3, 08:10 3
  - Now it's either blue or black as I'm on a train. - Krusty Oct 3, 08:15 2
    - E train? -- nm - ty97 Oct 3, 08:15 1
      - Yup! -- nm - Krusty Oct 3, 08:17
- Blue -- nm - Pippy aka Couch Therapist Oct 3, 08:10
- brown -- nm - mud Oct 3, 08:07
- Orange -- nm - colin Oct 3, 08:05
- Gray -- nm - JaxSean Oct 3, 08:02 1
  - this -- nm - oblique Oct 3, 08:06
- Beige. -- nm - znufrii Oct 3, 07:49 1
  - Same -- nm - JD Oct 3, 07:55
In honor of Joker 2, Ringer ranked Clowns. -- (link) - Volnelk Oct 3, 07:45 4
- Art at 10 👍 -- nm - JD Oct 3, 08:20
- "The Joker has spent decades as a cultural phenomenon, which has been bolstered by the many talented actors—and also Jared Leto—who’ve played him." - Volnelk Oct 3, 07:53 2
  - I will be eternally amused that he thought the whole "Morbin' Time" business got him to think people were laughing with and not at. -- nm - Reagen Oct 3, 07:56 1
    - I cannot say anything bad about him, he did such a stellar turn filling in for Bowie in my favourite picture of this millennium. -- nm - mud Oct 3, 08:02
Auburn must be working with a boatload of NIL cash because they keep getting top recruits despite being bad at football. - Volnelk Oct 3, 07:42

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