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The Netherlands -- (link) - Reagen Nov 7, 14:28 16
- Netherlands -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 7, 18:03
- Ireland. -- nm - kelly Nov 7, 17:35
- Interesting. Malta. -- nm - pmb Nov 7, 14:56
- We've been having this conversation for years. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 7, 14:45
- Uruguay -- nm - Dano Nov 7, 14:40 1
  - And now I need to wikipedia Uruguay -- nm - Dano Nov 7, 14:40
- The Netherlands. (and then answered opposite to best of my ability and got South Korea) -- nm - Jovian Nov 7, 14:38
- Taiwan. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 14:38
- Same. -- nm - David Nov 7, 14:33
- Spain. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Nov 7, 14:31 1
  - (Though a second pass gave me Sweden, which sounds more like it) -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Nov 7, 14:33
- Same. And I'm ok with that. Loved the place when I was there in 2019. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 7, 14:31 2
  - also Dutch sounds juuuust enough like English that when I hear it spoken, it feels like I've had a head injury. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 14:35
  - Shame about Dutch food, but they brought some back from their colonies. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 14:32
- heh, me too. Although, earlier at work today i said "i'm moving to Norway" out loud. -- nm - Andie Nov 7, 14:30 1
  - I would have thought Sweden before I started it. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 14:32
Okay, we're home, but I had the worst political dream... -- nm - David Nov 7, 14:20 2
- Did Uwe Boll become Trump's White House Culture Czar? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 14:40
- Did the Furries win? -- nm - Strongbad Nov 7, 14:21
Isiah Likely OUT, Tee Higgins (Doubtful, sorry but all signs point to him being OUT) -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Nov 7, 13:40
The Gorn Hegemony is just a bunch of punks. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 13:36 1
- But then again, they're faced off against a bunch of idiots who think the best deployment of the senior officer is on the ground, off the ship -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 13:38
Re: pneumonia, there seems to be a lot of it going around here. Several students out with it right now, and a bunch in my kids' schools. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 13:16 7
- Dave's been sent home now. Got a prescription for an puffer, & gave him a steroid shot. Chest xray shows the worst is most likely over but still - Andie Nov 7, 13:29 6
  - No antibiotics? -- nm - Bayronmax Nov 7, 14:03 3
    - oh, yeah, i think so. he mentioned this morning that that was the plan, so maybe he didn't mention it again? will ask when i get home -- nm - Andie Nov 7, 14:05 2
      - That's OK. No need to pester him for my sake. I was just surprised since you said it was bacterial. - Bayronmax Nov 7, 14:08 1
        
        will do! -- nm - Andie Nov 7, 14:09
  - 😺👍😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 13:34
  - 👍 -- nm - mud Nov 7, 13:31
lol right on point with this NYT Pitchbot -- (pic) - Jovian Nov 7, 12:44 [Attachment]
Is there a site or app that tracks Black Friday deals? We need a new tv but I decided to wait until BF. - Volnelk 🍊 Nov 7, 12:38 3
- Slickdeals.com afaik they took over blackfriday.com -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 7, 12:50
- https://blackfriday.com/ -- nm - budice Nov 7, 12:46
- before they all broke apart, gizmodo or one of their sister sites used to track deals -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 7, 12:44
Anyone familiar with or ever played Blood on the Clocktower? -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 7, 12:38 2
- I have not but that sure sounds like an ominous title -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 12:40 1
  - From what I can tell, it's like an in person Traitors kind of situation. Or maybe more like Mafia. But I've watched a game online... - Turd Ferguson Nov 7, 12:42
Remlik's post reminded me of an idea I had. Is there a place where I can go and just give bands money directly? - Dano Nov 7, 12:38 13
- Buy direct if you can. Some are on Patreon. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Nov 7, 12:54
- Your local tavern with live music -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 7, 12:51
- First fridays in each month, 100% of the profits go to the bands on Bandcamp. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 7, 12:49 1
  - Sidenote: in Spotify, you can tip non-major label bands directly. Go to the Artist's page and it's at the top, or below the "About" section. -- (edited) - JaxSean Nov 7, 13:02 [Attachment]
- Buy the music. Some bands (the smaller ones) may have tip jars or run Paetron clubs or substacks. -- nm - Remlik Nov 7, 12:46
- Soundcloud? -- nm - znufrii Nov 7, 12:39 7
  - Bandcamp maybe -- nm - oblique Nov 7, 12:43 4
    - I feel like places like that are more for full indie artists, which is good too. I just want to consume how I want to consume but still pay the artist - Dano Nov 7, 12:46 3
      - Bandcamp is a good option. You can buy the songs. Or buy merch. I agree there should just be like a tip jar like on line busking. -- nm - pmb Nov 7, 13:14 1
        
        I'm pretty sure for any artist/band on any label, the accounting probably gets murky. - JaxSean Nov 7, 13:29
      - Probably the most straightforward way is to buy the album on iTunes/Amazon which I believe is still possible just not the highest % of money to them -- nm - oblique Nov 7, 12:49
  - So if I want to give The Cure $10 because I've listened to their new album multiple times on Prime Music can I easily go on Soundcloud and do that? - Dano Nov 7, 12:43 1
    - I would guess it is pretty fragmented. Each band might have an option on their homepage (if they have one). Bandcamp and Patreon could be avenues - oblique Nov 7, 12:44
Hmm. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 7, 12:37 [mastodon]
If you've ever thought to yourself, "Gee I sure would like to see some vampire bats on treadmills," then do we have the science for you - JD Nov 7, 12:35 [youtube] 1
- the little fella really can move. -- nm - loosilu Nov 7, 13:15
From Bwhatever - Mop - we love Mysterium. Definitely fun in a group. I also remembered some games: Azul is good. Carcassonne... -- (edited) - Turd Ferguson Nov 7, 12:32 4
- Yeah, like most of ST I'm sure, any games I play with movie trivia isn't fun for the other people. -- nm - Inigo Nov 7, 12:34 3
  - At my 25yr work celebration, it legit was the room vs me. - Will Hunting Nov 7, 13:49
  - The last game we played, we were at a get together and it was everyone against me. They beat me by one question. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 7, 12:35
  - My wife is like this with Encore. It is NOT fun playing that game with her -- nm - oblique Nov 7, 12:34
Livvy Dunne & Paul Skenes will be the College GameDay guest pickers for Alabama at LSU this weekend -- nm - budice Nov 7, 12:29 2
- relatedly, Kirk Herbstreit had to put Ben down -- (link*) - mr mooch Nov 7, 13:03
- Gee…I wonder who they’ll pick. - Will Hunting Nov 7, 12:39
Cure's new album plus live track is $5 via digital download until midnight -- (link) - Remlik Nov 7, 12:26 4
- ordered. - Mel Profit Nov 7, 12:33
- who buys music anymore? -- nm - oblique Nov 7, 12:28 2
  - Me. - zunk takes things literally Nov 7, 14:24
  - Me. better than streaming for the artists. -- nm - Remlik Nov 7, 12:37
Torts makes star rookie Matvei Michkov a healthy scratch (2nd on the team in scoring) -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 7, 12:26 1
- Never change, Torts -- nm* - Reagen Nov 7, 12:26
Mark Wahlberg's New Mexican Restaurant Catches Fire Night Before Ribbon Cutting Ceremony -- (link) - oblique Nov 7, 12:23 7
- This is fine -- nm - Trending Nov 7, 13:38
- Isn't the point of a fire pit to be on fire? :/ -- nm - Meg Nov 7, 12:51
- *runs in...nekkid and crazy and smoking...runs out* -- nm - Nekkid Crazy Mel Nov 7, 12:27
- Red or green flames? -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 12:26 1
  - 👍 There is the joke -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 12:27
- holy guacamole -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 12:25
- you mean new.. Mexican food, right? that doesn't look like New Mexican food. -- nm - colin Nov 7, 12:24
Pretty sure I won't be getting the Wu Tang dunks. I'm number 35k in the queue and there are only 1k pairs left. 🤷🏻‍♂️ -- nm - Krusty Nov 7, 12:22 6
- Are the posts I am seeing with them on FB Marketplace, scams? -- (pic) - Strongbad Nov 7, 13:48 [Attachment] 1
  - They're very likely fakes from China. -- nm - Krusty Nov 7, 14:55
- Check back everyday like concert t8x there's often releases of deals that didn't go through 1st day -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 7, 12:57 1
  - I wish that happened with sneakers. I'm entered into a bunch of raffles so I still have a chance to get them for retail. - Krusty Nov 7, 13:05
- sorry man, I wish you better luck on the next pair -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 12:37 1
  - I'll find a way to get them. They're a must have for me. -- nm - Krusty Nov 7, 13:03
"Reports of musical outbreaks are coming in from all decks" -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 12:20 7
- "The last thing anyone wants is singing Klingons" -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 12:42 4
  - Any you effin' geeks start singing ~Aktuh and Maylota~ and I will end you. ---nm - Mel Profit Nov 7, 12:46 3
    - ah, from TNG - I only had the vaguest memory of that -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 13:17 1
      - I just remember ~MAAYYYYLLLOOOTTTAAAAA AAHHHHH!!!!~ (funny what the memory keeps.) -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 7, 13:48
    - I don't know that yet, but I will say Jess Bush has sort of a smoky jazz voice and I like it -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 12:48
- i always forget that every actor, no matter how cool they seem, are all theater nerds at their core. - colin Nov 7, 12:22 1
  - LOL! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 12:23
Fed cuts interest rates by a quarter point -- (link) - oblique Nov 7, 12:18 5
- Right before I have two CDs maturing :( -- nm - Meg Nov 7, 12:55
- *updates his spreadsheet* -- nm - znufrii Nov 7, 12:38
- Damn that terrible Biden economy! -- nm - jnine Nov 7, 12:28
- also Powell says he would not resign as Fed chief if Trump asked for his resignation -- (link) - oblique Nov 7, 12:19 1
  - His term ends in 26 and donny can appoint Musk or Ivanka -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 7, 12:55
Jack Black, Dear Santa, Nov. 25th on Paramount+. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Nov 7, 12:14 [youtube]
Mass Effect tv show in development from Amazon -- (link) - Remlik Nov 7, 12:12 4
- 15 years too late? -- nm - Strongbad Nov 7, 13:48
- Id like a female Shepard. Emily Blunt as Commander Sheppard, Hailee Steinfeld as Miranda Lawson, and *lol shock* Sydney Sweeney as Liara -- nm - Jovian Nov 7, 12:40
- Gee maybe they have the entire series take place on earth and have nothing to do with the Reapers. -- nm - sycor Nov 7, 12:31
- No Man's Sky has a new expedition starting today and one of the rewards is a repeat of the Normandy - decline Nov 7, 12:15
Wanna see Keira Knightley as a badass assassin? Of course you do. Netflix has got you covered this Christmas. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Nov 7, 11:54 [youtube]
PYGB - mud Nov 7, 11:52
mud... - Andie Nov 7, 11:52 1
- thanks! - mud Nov 7, 11:56
Wow. The Agency on Showtime. Michael Fassbender, Richard Gere, Jeffrey Wright -- (link) - Mop🧹 Nov 7, 11:49 [youtube] 1
- I saw that yesterday and until the credits I thought Michael Fassbender was Garrett Dillahunt. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 11:50
confession time: I've never played Axis & Allies. I've also never played Mousetrap, and Saturday morning commercials made - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 11:44 28
- Confession: I don't understand (strategy) card games. - JaxSean Nov 7, 12:30 4
  - Yeah, I don't get them either. -- nm - loosilu Nov 7, 13:58
  - I played Magic a couple times and it seemed to make sense to me, but I haven't played enough of that category to know for sure. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 12:33
  - Have you played any of the Exploding Kittens or Bears vs. Babies games? -- nm - oblique Nov 7, 12:32 1
    - Nope, probably because I shy away from them. - JaxSean Nov 7, 12:36
- Lords of Waterdeep is my favorite board game. Despite it being DnD related, it's accessible to anyone and easy to learn. - Inigo Nov 7, 12:10 2
  - your inside comment is possibly the best recommendation anyone can give a game -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 12:12
  - I like it a lot -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 12:11
- Forbidden Island is a great co-op game. we played a lot with the girls -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 7, 12:05 1
  - Subterra as well -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 7, 12:05
- Axis and Allies was a staple of Jr High for me. - Mel Profit Nov 7, 12:00 4
  - my older brother loved it. he played it against himself, optimized it, and became unbeatable. kind of ruined it for me. -- nm - colin Nov 7, 12:01 3
    - It was something weird like if your opponent ended up taking Malta or something that made it hard to beat. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 7, 12:20 2
      - also, if you're the US, you cannot be beaten. you can't mount a surprise attack across an ocean. - colin Nov 7, 12:23 1
        
        That's right. - Mel Profit Nov 7, 12:43
- Loved Mousetrap as a kid. -- nm - Krusty Nov 7, 11:54
- I'll play Mousetrap with you but not A&A. The latter takes too stinkin' long. -- nm - Bayronmax Nov 7, 11:47 1
  - I appreciate that. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 11:51
- are there any board game meetups? the Rose used to host some, people bring their favorites, various card tables set up for a half dozen groups. -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 7, 11:47 3
  - Bigger gaming stores have tables where people can play various board/card games in groups. -- nm - Inigo Nov 7, 11:57 1
    - comic stores do this as well -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 7, 11:59
  - The library will have a game night once a month but guess who always gets scheduled to work during it? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 11:49
- To me, Mousetrap is the game that everyone had and nobody played. You just broke it out and played with the parts every so often. - Volnelk Nov 7, 11:47 5
  - Pretty much. IIRC it was a pain in the ass to play and wasn't all that great. -- nm - VMan Nov 7, 11:54
  - huh, none of my friends had it as far as I knew -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 11:52 2
    - it was definitely a game you saw on people's game shelves or whatever and never played. I tried a few times i remember and it was just nothing but - Andie Nov 7, 12:21 1
      - that makes sense but I still have to do it once to get it off a list -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 12:30
  - yup -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 7, 11:48
I hope you’re all doing well. My best wishes to Dave, Crash, and anyone else under the weather right now. - David Nov 7, 11:37 8
- Keep at it. Hugs and good energies directed your way. - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 14:03
- Did you catch your flight, or get a rental car? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 7, 12:32 1
  - Flew out on our planned day. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Nov 7, 13:04
- Hope you're feeling at least a little better. Sorry you're having to deal with this. -- nm - pmb Nov 7, 11:51
- I greatly appreciate that, but I'm going to be (tries to think of something Boiler would say). Please send all health vibes to Dave -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 11:41 1
  - and everyone else in the hospital -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 11:41
- be well, you. -- nm - mud Nov 7, 11:40
- hugs for you (well once I get my PPE on) I'm getting a tooth ache, probably the same f'n crown that i've already redone -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 7, 11:39
Also from reddit. Found this discussion pretty interesting RE: third spaces and the effects on society -- (link) - oblique Nov 7, 11:33 11
- Antisocial media. -- nm - znufrii Nov 7, 12:43
- One of the reasons I run is that running group is my biggest third space. -- nm - Dano Nov 7, 12:22 2
  - The boxing gym I now go to as turned into a bit of a hangout for me. - Mel Profit Nov 7, 12:48
  - bars for us. we find those bars where people are there to talk. they're a delight (and also frustrating at times, but that's the fun) -- nm - colin Nov 7, 12:24
- the underlying issues is that tech claims to connect us, but it really makes us lonelier, more isolated, and more prone to be suspicious of others. - colin Nov 7, 12:21 1
  - I agree that it's easy to silo yourself from MAGA and that we do it... - Mel Profit Nov 7, 12:41
- the problem with meetup is that most groups have hundreds if not thousands of people, so here's an event, oh sorry all booked up already. - zeitgeist Nov 7, 11:38 1
  - The pivot of this issue into the manosphere and by nature Rogan and the election is interesting -- nm - oblique Nov 7, 12:00
- The Pandemic kickstarted that too. - Mel Profit Nov 7, 11:36 2
  - I think we have a propensity to cocoon, I've been doing the social activity via distancing since Usenet, egroups... and ST -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 7, 11:41 1
    - I think the introduction of the Internet definitely stymied our natural instinct to be communal, yes. - Mel Profit Nov 7, 11:58
dataisbeautiful: U.S. Presidential Election Results as Percentage of Voter-Eligible Population, 1976-2020, including preliminary 2024 results -- (link*) - oblique Nov 7, 11:32 [Attachment] 1
- I win! -- nm - None of the Above Nov 7, 11:46
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Nov 7, 11:31

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