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House adjacent to ours has finally hit the market. The asking price seems…aggressive. -- (link) - znufrii Oct 8, 19:29 7
- If it doesn't sell in a few months make them an offer. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 8, 20:38
- When you say next door, do you mean like attached? -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 19:35 5
  - Correct, we share the center wall. Ours is the one on the left, looking at it from the street. -- nm* - znufrii Oct 8, 19:37 4
    - Got it. I have no idea what going rate is in the area. The place looks well maintained but in need of some updating. -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 19:40 3
      - that couch looks like something Sarah Huckabee would make a dress out of. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 8, 20:40
      - I would probably have expected mid-500s, but now that there’s that million-dollar monstrosity two houses up the block, maybe they felt they could go higher -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 8, 19:47 1
        
        Would you sell your home for that, if someone wanted to buy both? -- nm - Trending Oct 8, 19:52
I suppose this is as good a time as any to point out that Mrs. Bill Lawrence, Christa Miller, was the first Maxim cover girl. - Mop🧹 Oct 8, 19:27 3
- I feel like I’ve seen her in a lot of things…but never would’ve known her name -- nm - Trending Oct 8, 19:53 1
  - Not offhand, but if I saw her face (or possibly even heard her voice), I would sit and watch. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 8, 20:11 [youtube]
- Jeopardy -- nm - Remlik Oct 8, 19:48
Is it too early in October to watch Halloween-ween? -- nm - Dano Oct 8, 19:16 1
- Dick Butkus would approve -- nm - prayformojo Oct 8, 19:17
I don't think I like the surfing doctor show. What a disappointment. -- nm - amanda Oct 8, 19:09 8
- I think you'll like the upcoming Surfing Detective show -- nm - Beryllium Oct 8, 19:36 3
  - Would probably watch. -- nm - amanda Oct 8, 20:25 2
    - Surf Dracula! -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 8, 20:35 1
      - night surfing is dangerous. I guess sharks have blood though. -- nm - mafic Oct 8, 20:38
- oh no, it's already jumped the shark. -- nm - Max Oct 8, 19:19 3
  - Wokka wokka -- nm - amanda Oct 8, 19:21 2
    - High Potential is watchable though. -- nm - Max Oct 8, 19:28 1
      - I liked it -- nm - Pippy Oct 8, 20:31
Home at last. - znufrii Oct 8, 19:08
Is it appropriate that Miami's playing hockey tonight? They're not in the path of the hurricane. - Mop🧹 Oct 8, 19:02
Blink Twice is a weird movie. I get what they were trying say but no thanks - Pippy Oct 8, 18:58
How bad is Braedenton FL local friends sister didn't evac. Now holed up in a school - zeitgeist Oct 8, 18:22 4
- my brothers best friend from HS lives there, he was getting out yesterday -- nm - mr mooch Oct 8, 19:42
- The track has shifted a bit further south, which could make it worse for Bradenton. However, if the school is a shelter, it should be safe. -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 18:25 1
  - Part of the school I'm at is a storm shelter. It's super secure. It's the reason the school took 2 years to build. - kelly Oct 8, 18:35
- Yikes apparently directly in the path -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 8, 18:25
Kamala and Colbert had a Miller High Life on his show (the Champagne of Beers!) -- nm - mr mooch Oct 8, 18:11
How far we’ve come. -- (link) - Tim’s Ghost Oct 8, 17:58 2
- (They won that game and to be fair on the crowd it was an early April Thursday doubleheader because of a rainout, but it was bleak.) - Tim’s Ghost Oct 8, 18:10
- Oilers were 3-12-1 and ended up one goal short of the Cup. -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 18:02
“greetings fellow hockey kids” -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 8, 17:57 1
- OMG, just saw him live during the puck drop. I think his face is frozen that way. Botox and cosmetic surgery. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 8, 19:22
home of Florida’s biggest optimist -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 8, 17:32 3
- you have to put a twist in the strap to make it stronger. ask any trucker. -- nm - gort Oct 8, 21:29
- *tap tap* that baby ain't goin nowhere -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 17:33 1
  - Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Oct 8, 17:36
The latest Only Murders was fantastic. - Reagen Oct 8, 17:31 2
- The degree to which they’ve been able to extend the concept astounds me. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Oct 8, 18:18 1
  - And they can keep it going as long as the three of them are interested, plus no shortage of names wanting to be part of the show, I’m sure. - Tim’s Ghost Oct 8, 18:21
"It's like they say, you haven't really lived until you've nearly died from gastric distress." "They do be saying that." "That's church yo." - work transcripts Oct 8, 17:26
VELMA has been canceled after two seasons at Max. -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 8, 16:50 4
- Max has given it so little thought, they didn't even bother to announce its cancelation. An animator on the show let slip the news. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 8, 18:59
- Gotta do some cuts to make up for Joker2 tanking -- nm - Trending Oct 8, 16:58 1
  - Never heard a good thing about it though. -- nm - con_carne Oct 8, 17:42
- Her glasses got lost? I heard she can't do VELMA without her glasses! -- nm - Qale Oct 8, 16:51
"The actors want to be involved with the investigation. Do you think you could take them out to play, or jangle your keys?" - Max Oct 8, 16:49 1
- the meta-ness of that scene was so delicious -- nm - mr mooch Oct 8, 16:57
just remember, sports fans, you can't spell Happy NHL Opening Day without - prayformojo Oct 8, 16:44 2
- go canucks -- nm - mud Oct 8, 16:49
- *gets out APPROVED stamp, inkpad* -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 16:47
Tonight's Halloween movie is a classic, "A Nightmare on Elm St." I don't think I've seen this movie in 25 years. -- nm - Krusty Oct 8, 16:43 6
- I secretly like the dream child one. I saw an edited version on TV. -- nm - amanda Oct 8, 19:08
- Is that the Johnny Depp one? -- nm - Trending Oct 8, 18:50
- I don't think I've seen it in 40 years. -- nm - mud Oct 8, 16:48 3
  - I know I never saw it. -- nm - . Oct 8, 17:23 2
    - Well by now its practical effects have iconic status. -- nm - con_carne Oct 8, 17:46
    - it was very much of its time. -- nm - mud Oct 8, 17:40
Kamala wrote them a note to excuse their absence to be at The View -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 8, 16:37 4
- that's great. -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 8, 16:43
- Trump would of charged $20 -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 8, 16:40 1
  - 50...he likes 50, he charged 50 for his steaks, his wine... -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 8, 18:38
- awesome. -- nm - mud Oct 8, 16:39
A Jets Fan Reaction to Firing Robert Saleh -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Oct 8, 16:37 [youtube] 2
- How the Jets Fired Robert Saleh -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Oct 8, 16:38 [youtube] 1
  - Every NFL Fan's Reaction to Week 5 -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Oct 8, 16:39 [youtube]
‘The Night Agent’ Renewed for Season 3 at Netflix — Months Before Season 2 Debut -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 8, 16:29
OMG -- nm - Tim’s Ghost Oct 8, 16:23 1
- WOW! -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 8, 16:34
The worst Amazon Prime Day deals. -- (link) - Qale Oct 8, 16:09 2
- As a half Finn I think I'm a tad offended by that "sauna". Can't pout water over yourself or run out side and jump in the cool water. -- nm - . Oct 8, 17:20
- Gonna say that's the right price for a Nicolas Cage pillow. -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 16:21
NYT haters protip: Safari's new reader bypasses the paywall sometimes. Hide distracting items works other times. -- nm* - Qale Oct 8, 15:40
College Football proposal: Project Rudy -- (link) - Strongbad Oct 8, 15:39 5
- College sports is going to kill itself. Bringing in private equity is a recipe for disaster. -- nm - Krusty Oct 8, 16:49
- It's only a matter of time before the teams become privately owned. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 8, 16:21
- It’s interesting but also terrible in parts. The have-nots get completely left out. - Volnelk 🍊 Oct 8, 15:49 2
  - College Super League -- nm - JD Oct 8, 16:44
  - that was mostly the case even before the NCAA litigation. other than alumni bragging rights, what's the price to preserve the fiction that the players - mr mooch Oct 8, 15:58
Bad news for Marlowe, and all Brazilians. Ban on Twitter lifted. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Oct 8, 15:38
There's hockey on TV. RIGHT. NOW. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 8, 15:26 1
- and a woman is coaching it -- nm - mr mooch Oct 8, 15:27
The supervisor I do not get along with at work tried to temporarily get rid of me by recommending I be on the inventory team. -- (edited) - Qale Oct 8, 14:52 14
- I had lots of retail experience and I always found the people with the least education, really abuse the SUP power when they get it and make the - Trending Oct 8, 15:25 3
  - This is great advice. Try to stay above the fray even if you feel you are being personally attacked. Your boss and HR are your trump cards -- nm - rollo Oct 8, 20:21
  - I have limited experience in this field, but my summer job at Casey's was like that. - Barony Bunch Oct 8, 16:37
  - Same and all of this is good advice and exactly what I am doing. HR and those that matter know well already that I'm just head-down hard working. - Qale Oct 8, 15:39
- Wait, you're earning less at Wal-Mart? -- nm - David Oct 8, 15:21 3
  - Per hour, yes. But because I got full time, where I couldn't before, that plus benefits means I do make more overall here. -- (edited) - Qale Oct 8, 15:23 2
    - Okay, that is better. You worried me for a minute. -- nm - David Oct 8, 15:43 1
      - No no. Don't worry. Your big heart don't need more of that. -- nm - Qale Oct 8, 15:50
- "The fights are only so vicious because the stakes are so small" -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 15:05 1
  - Right? Like, don't aim that at me, I'm literally the only pop of joy in this depressing Capitalist hellhole. -- nm - Qale Oct 8, 15:22
- "I don't need to be on the inventory team to count the number of jerks we have in the store." -- nm - The Jerk Store Oct 8, 14:58 3
  - 🤣—perfection -- nm - Trending Oct 8, 15:19
  - this made me laugh so hard -- nm - Pippy aka Couch Therapist Oct 8, 15:10
  - Yah! The fact that I have 4 supervisors and 1 boss and only one of them sucks is probably not bad. But the one that does. Really does. - Qale Oct 8, 15:03
Trae Crowder on the lies being told - redneck liberal comedian. -- (link) - Pippy aka Couch Therapist Oct 8, 14:39 [youtube]
Milton back up to Cat 5 -- nm - mr mooch Oct 8, 14:15 7
- Expected to be a Cat 5 still in 12 hours. Cat 4 in 24 hours. Cat 3 in 36 hours, a few hours before landfall -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 14:20 4
  - Also, the forecast track has shifted a little south. That could change again, but that would be good news for Tampa Bay -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 14:21 2
    - Hoping the best for your family. My sister, BIL and nephew are in Cape Coral. - Strongbad Oct 8, 15:57 1
      - I have a cousin and her husband in Cape Coral as well. -- (edited) - ty97 Oct 8, 16:14
  - I very very much hope they are right about the weakening -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 14:20
- Yikes. How many mb? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 8, 14:18 1
  - 918mb, 165mph -- nm - budice Oct 8, 14:24
DraftKings free election contest (on DFS app)— Qs: Who will win? Who wins (each st): FL, Mich, Penn, Wis, Ari, NV, NH, NC, Geor, Virg - Trending Oct 8, 14:15 3
- Use code: DOOMSCROLL for $100 in credits! -- nm - Qale Oct 8, 14:29 2
  - Ha! -- nm - Krusty Oct 8, 15:10
  - 🤣 -- nm - Trending Oct 8, 15:05
not being snarky but has this strategy actually worked in any races except super low turnout local school boards? -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 8, 13:50 2
- “this is just like shoveling money into a fireplace. Do it if you want, but we now have a lot of elections suggesting that this type of stuff does not -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 8, 17:50
- I mean the vilification of an entire segment of the populace worked wonders for Hitler. - Jovian Oct 8, 13:59
Heh. Ragging on Alabama football = social media numbers -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 13:50
Hadn't looked in a while, but looks like DJT stock has rebounded quite a bit. -- nm - Dano Oct 8, 13:40 3
- up 20% just today - Jovian Oct 8, 13:45 2
  - you have to pump before you dump. -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 13:50 1
    - "i need you to find 11,780 shares" - mr mooch Oct 8, 13:57
I feel like I should have known that there is a Jack Skellington shell for my echo dot. and now I want one. -- (link) - tRuMaN Oct 8, 13:39 1
this should be the existential test for any AI system -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 8, 13:27 16
- At the same time, the majority of human bands have failed that test - JD Oct 8, 13:30 15
  - Though how many musical acts have made radical changes to their style while retaining popularity and sales? - Roger More Oct 8, 13:48 7
    - Nora Jones, Linda Rhonstadt for sure, Joni Mitchell, Taylor Swift -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 8, 14:20
    - you could argue Achtung Baby (not necessarily for the better, artistically) - mr mooch Oct 8, 13:52 3
      - You could even argue Unforgettable Fire to Joshua Tree. - Spawn Oct 8, 14:41 1
        
        you would be wrong as hell but you could argue it - mr mooch Oct 8, 14:42
      - There are loads of examples - Bob Dylan going electric, David Bowie changing personas with each album, Beyoncé going country - Roger More Oct 8, 14:04
    - Radiohead? -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 13:51 1
      - I think the Beastie Boys more survived Paul's Boutique commercially but that was a change -- nm - JD Oct 8, 14:01
  - "hey it made Tales From a Topographic Ocean. good enough for government work" -- nm - mr mooch Oct 8, 13:47 1
    - gorgeous masterpiece -- nm - mud Oct 8, 13:50
  - Of course! Although Sgt. Pepper was their 8th or 10th album. - zunk takes things literally Oct 8, 13:43 2
    - 8th. their follow-ups ('Magical Mystery Tour' & 'The Beatles') are even better! - mud Oct 8, 13:52 [Attachment] 1
      - what made The Beatles the *Beatles* is they were shapeshifting every year for seven years - mr mooch Oct 8, 14:45
  - Like that's a really high bar. So for the data gathering time frame is only from March 1963 to August 1966 and results in 7 full length albums -- (edited) - JD Oct 8, 13:39
  - the majority? of course. It's the exceptional that I love: -- (link) - mud Oct 8, 13:38
“table scraps” -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 8, 13:15 2
- Weren’t they just begging the automakers for a big ($1B) campaign donation…in exchange for more favorable regulation/laws? -- nm - Trending Oct 8, 16:06 1
  - Petroleum industry iirc -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 8, 18:42
From b2 repost because it is more than just a list, but also commentary. Best 20 of The Twenty So-Far -- (link) - Qale Oct 8, 13:14 [Backboard]
Drake Maye gonna get murdered by his o-line... -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 8, 13:13 2
- Given up 18 sacks in the last 4 games, combined -- nm - Trending Oct 8, 14:01
- That was one of the reasons to not start him at this point in his barely started career -- nm - JD Oct 8, 13:40
Word. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 8, 13:09 3
- to -- nm - colin Oct 8, 13:10 2
  - the -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 8, 13:18 1
    - Muthaf*cka!!! -- nm - Easy E Oct 8, 13:19

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