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Do we have a blue sky starter pack of our peeps? I am (shocker) whatmary. I will almost never post. -- nm - amanda Nov 9, 17:59 5
- You should already be following @taniel on Twitter. If you weren't, he's also @taniel on bsky. -- nm - ty97 Nov 9, 18:11 2
  - Where are you on bluesky my turkey living friend? -- nm - amanda Nov 9, 18:14 1
    - 99.9999999% non-existing. Created it a while ago, followed like 5 accounts, and never logged on again until now haha - ty97 Nov 9, 18:15
- I'm @flipswhitefudge but I haven't posted in about a year. :-) -- (edited) - Krusty Nov 9, 18:01 1
  - You're my only follower, lol. -- nm - psilotum Nov 9, 22:26
I really wish I would have put $20K down on Alabama and Georgia both having at least 2 losses when I had the chance -- nm - prayformojo Nov 9, 17:50
We make field goals look like final boss fights. -- nm - David Nov 9, 17:46
In other pandemic news: The first combined IHOP-Applebee’s restaurant in the US will soon open in Texas -- (link) - ty97 Nov 9, 17:35 2
- I'll have the Rooty Tooty Fresh and Bourbon. -- nm - Bayronmax Nov 9, 18:02
- This is how America will be made great again. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 9, 18:00
global pandemics hate to see the president elect coming -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 9, 16:37 9
- I think it was detected in the waste water in LA already.... -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 9, 17:39
- pfft, New brunswick has a measles outbreak currently. 25 cases so far -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 9, 17:22 1
  - 20 of the 25 are people under the age of 19. so likely parents not getting their fucking kids vaccinated. sad the kids suffer and the parents - Beaker 🍺 Nov 9, 17:24
- The M (monkey) pox is threatning to break out, apparently those with a smallpox vax have immunity to it. but they stopped giving those -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 9, 17:16 2
  - I am legend, I guess. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 9, 17:29
  - Yeah, there are currently about three pandemics and two that are just hitting the big leagues -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 17:18
- Yeah, if there's another pandemic while he's in office, go live in a cave. -- nm - loosilu Nov 9, 16:43 2
  - I need to order some N95 masks. -- nm - mara Nov 9, 17:09
  - Couldn't we just drink Lysol and sit under a really bright light? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 9, 16:53
What do we think of this gaming laptop? -- (link) - Reagen Nov 9, 16:07 11
- I'm typing this on the 4070 version right now. - David Nov 9, 16:17
- First take: looks great in terms bang for the buck, but I question the graphics card. - ReluctantCynic Nov 9, 16:11 9
  - Right now, the only things that beat it are 4070, 4080/super, and 4090. The 5080s and 5090s don't come out until early 2025. -- nm - David Nov 9, 16:18 1
    - And the RTX 4060 I vaguely remember was 8 MB not 12 MB. - ReluctantCynic Nov 9, 16:40
  - So compare to this one with a 4070? -- (link) - Reagen Nov 9, 16:15 6
    - This is what I have. -- (link) - David Nov 9, 16:19 5
      - only seeing it there with the 4050 and for quite a bit more. -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 16:28 2
        
        If there's no rush, you're three weeks away from the best deals of the year. -- nm - David Nov 9, 16:34 1
        
        There's two main national computer stores that have flash sales, but it's quick before they're sold out. - Reagen Nov 9, 16:36
      - My model number is FX507ZI-F15.I74070. -- nm - David Nov 9, 16:24 1
        
        And here was ST's discussion last year about the 4060 vs. 4070. -- (link) - David Nov 9, 16:25 [Backboard]
45 years ago today I was in Buffalo at a wonderful Grateful Dead concert. -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 9, 16:01 [youtube]
A very good sports day. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 15:56 5
- Georgia needs a quarterback. -- nm - David Nov 9, 16:02 3
  - The heat on Bobo is going to ramp up quickly - Strongbad Nov 9, 16:04 2
    - I mean, it's not his fault that his QB is color-blind. -- nm - David Nov 9, 16:54
    - Josh or Jake? -- nm - Dano Nov 9, 16:06
- Posted without comment. -- (pic) - Strongbad Nov 9, 15:57 [Attachment]
Oxford about to be smoldering rubble. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Nov 9, 15:54
We weren't paying attention. How serious was the injury in the Clemson game? -- nm - David Nov 9, 15:48
Enjoying the Buffs NFL caliber receivers while the Michigan game has suddenly gotten close. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 9, 15:37 3
- Travis Hunter better win the Heisman -- nm - Trending Nov 9, 15:44 2
  - Might depend on how the rest of the season goes for CU but, yes, not sure how you top playing both ways at an elite level. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 9, 15:58 1
    - Last 3 games, Utah, Kansas, and Okla St were supposed to be way better…schedule looked daunting, in the preseason—now they could go 10-2 -- nm - Trending Nov 9, 16:13
A 21 play, 94 yard drive is the most Army thing ever. -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 15:34 5
- so they're winning the time of possession battle, I'd say. -- nm - Tim Nov 9, 15:41 4
  - they got the ball with 10:37 in the 3rd quarter, they scored at the 11:44 mark of the 4th. -- nm - Tim Nov 9, 15:46
  - They have been informed of the concept of the forward pass, and they do not trust it. -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 15:42 2
    - I mean they’re the Army not the Air Force. -- nm - Dano Nov 9, 15:47
    - 3 things can happen and 2 of them are bad. -- nm - Bayronmax Nov 9, 15:43
Heretic gets an strong A- from me. Hugh Grant should clear his awards season schedule. - Bayronmax Nov 9, 15:30 3
- Horror film performances always get ignored, but he should have been nominated a bunch of times by now. -- nm - LMS Nov 9, 15:57
- Sound pretty confident there Baron -- nm - budice Nov 9, 15:31 1
  - :) I'm notoriously bad at forecasting these things, but this role would be incredibly easy for the studio to shop around. -- nm - Bayronmax Nov 9, 15:47
35 years ago the Berlin wall come down... or... - zeitgeist Nov 9, 15:24 [Attachment]
I needed the individual cups of Coffee Mate for the museum so I went to Walmart. All I needed was the creamer - I spent $60 !! -- nm - Meg Nov 9, 15:21 3
- OK I'm trying to imagine a Koffee Kreamer Advent calendar -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 9, 15:25
- TARIFFS!!!! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 9, 15:23
- Oh, the creamer was $5.50 :) -- nm - Meg Nov 9, 15:22
Remember when life was so simple that the worst thing we faced over a holiday season was 5 million old navy love train ads? -- nm - amanda Nov 9, 15:07 4
- White Power Days at Macy's (actually it was *Flower* but...) -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 9, 22:11
- I miss the Jefferson's... ~Old Navy, Old Navy, Old Navy performance fleece!~ -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 9, 15:22
- I'm distracting myself by imagining which character I would be (or should be) in whichever fictional oligarchy or authoritarian state comes to mind. - ReluctantCynic Nov 9, 15:16
- What we need now is a good, solid freakout about starbucks cups -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 15:11
A Cowboys Fan Reaction to Dak's Season Ending Injury -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 9, 14:21 [youtube]
Desert Bus 2024 is live as of yesterday. -- (link) - Tim Nov 9, 13:58 10
- This looks like some kind of ST meetup!!! - zunk takes things literally Nov 9, 14:45 9
  - Via a ROM, they are playing Desert Bus, a minigame in an unreleased game called Penn and Teller's Smoke and Mirrors for the Sega CD - Tim Nov 9, 14:51 1
    - God, I forgot about that game. -- nm - loosilu Nov 9, 15:03
  - I attended the first two in person, maaaany years ago -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 14:49 6
    - I was just going to ask how many years they've been doing this. - znufrii Nov 9, 14:57 5
      - it says 18th annual Desert Bus for Hope on their current stream -- nm - Tim Nov 9, 14:59
      - 16-ish years, I think -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 14:57 3
        
        Here's a screencap from an old stream -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 9, 14:58 [flickr] 2
        
        I vaguely remember watching that stream. I think. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 9, 15:17 1
        
        The fellow driving in my screencap is Bill; he died of cancer a few years later -- nm* - Beryllium Nov 9, 15:18
NBA shocker. Zion Williamson hurt. (Hamstring) -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 13:52
Don the Compassionate Conservative wants to execute drug dealers and sex traffickers, I guess he still owes money to that pimp -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 9, 13:51 1
- Do his friends know that? Cause they are them. -- nm - Qale Nov 9, 16:30
Tyreek Hill with the Monday Night Football questionable. The fantasy football kids of death. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Nov 9, 13:48
Saints Chris Olave to the IR -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 9, 13:45 1
- Dak likely done for the season -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Nov 9, 13:47
Man City in relegation form. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Nov 9, 13:43
Agatha through Time! -- (link*) - Remlik Nov 9, 13:37 [youtube]
Thunderbolts* | D23 Brazil Special Look | In Theaters May 2 -- (link) - mud Nov 9, 13:34 [youtube]
Captain America Brave new World trailer -- (link) - Remlik Nov 9, 13:33 [youtube] 1
- nice -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 9, 13:38
what was your favorite Dak Prescott 2024 moment? -- (link*) - mr mooch Nov 9, 13:31
Never mind. -- nm* - Volnelk 🍊 Nov 9, 13:19
GO BUFFS!!!!! -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 9, 13:05
a 17'th century silver coin horde has been found in Poland. -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 9, 13:01
‘Andor’ S2, April 22nd -- (link) - mud Nov 9, 12:45 2
- 12 episodes too, sweet -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 9, 13:34
- God Bless You, Disney Plus. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 9, 12:49
Every QB always looks so happy after they've played Florida. -- nm - David Nov 9, 12:33 5
- Napier took that vote of confidence from admin and was like “………..are you sure?” -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Nov 9, 13:15 4
  - I mean, they don't want to be hiring a basketball *and* football coach simultaneously. -- nm - David Nov 9, 13:42 3
    - I really want them to destroy FSU at the end of the season. Like 50-0. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 16:18 2
      - After losing to Ole Miss and LSU? I’ll allow it. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Nov 9, 16:20 1
        
        Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 16:46
Cat bite update. It’s infected. At urgent care. They’re updating my tetanus shot (it was overdue anyway) and prescribing antibiotics. -- nm - Dano Nov 9, 11:58 16
- Our doctor told us if our cats ever bite us, to just call her and have her go ahead and call in antibiotics. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Nov 9, 14:43
- I learned while fostering that cat bites almost always get infected. Sucks. -- nm - Andie Nov 9, 13:37 6
  - Correct. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 9, 17:40
  - My cousin got blood poisoning from one. -- nm - loosilu Nov 9, 15:02
  - How is Dave? -- nm - Epiphany Nov 9, 13:58 3
    - Better, but tired... - Andie Nov 9, 14:54 2
      - Glad he’s on the mend -- nm - Pippy Nov 9, 15:09
      - nice! -- nm - mud Nov 9, 15:00
- Dano needs to stop biting cats, apparently. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 9, 12:02 7
  - He bit me first! -- nm - Dano Nov 9, 13:04 3
    - Whatever, Alf. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 9, 14:14
    - L3! Get well soon -- nm - Epiphany Nov 9, 13:57
    - heh -- nm - mud Nov 9, 13:07
  - Or stop voting for the leopards eating faces party -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 9, 12:56 1
    - "Meet me half way: stop writing it in." -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 12:57
  - Biting rusty robot cats -- nm - Trending Nov 9, 12:07
any knowledgeable LOTR Magic the Gathering folks around? is this a good deal? (they have a bunch of different sets and $80 in store price) -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 9, 11:44 12
- the Elven Council box alone at a local comic store looks to be $90 Canadian -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Nov 9, 11:50 4
  - under $50 at TCGplayer -- (link) - Tim Nov 9, 11:51 3
    - keep in mind my prices are canadian too. so that $80 for the first one is like $55 US -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 9, 11:52 2
      - oh right, my bad -- nm - Tim Nov 9, 11:54 1
        
        no worries, appreiate the help :) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 9, 11:56
- It's not a steal but it's fine for a newer player or a LotR nut -- nm - Tim Nov 9, 11:50 6
  - is there a preferred box. there seems to be Elven Council, Riders of Rohan, Hosts of Mordor, maybe another one too -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 9, 11:55 4
    - They made 4 different preconstructed decks, they'll all play fine out of the box. -- (link) - Tim Nov 9, 11:58 3
      - different cards? I was more interested in the sleeving potential to be truthful :) (I'd probably do Mordor for evil/coolness) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Nov 9, 11:58 2
        
        There's a couple of staple overlaps but generally different cards because of the deck themes. - Tim Nov 9, 12:02 1
        
        got the one with the special Frodo card. Going to watch and if they go on sale I'll grab the other 2 sets they had (Gladriel and Éowyn special cards) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 9, 13:43
  - *ticks both boxes* -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Nov 9, 11:52
I eat scrapple about once a quarter -- nm - Dano Nov 9, 11:42 2
- Is that the same as head cheese? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 9, 12:57
- We used to go to a Halloween party and the host made it. Not bad but we never asked for the recipe. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 9, 11:48
White House locking up silverware and nailing down anything that can be moved in anticipation of TFGs upcoming visit. -- nm - VMan Nov 9, 11:36
I heard Kara Swisher say this morning she believes RFKj will be dropped "off the turnip truck" in due course. -- nm - mud Nov 9, 11:32 13
- I was thinking if he’s nominated for anything requiring Senate confirmation the hearings are going to be something. - Dano Nov 9, 12:01 6
  - Don't they only need 51 for confirmation? Every nominee will sail through without issue. - Tim Nov 9, 12:51 4
    - He’d get through but I think they don’t want him talking about dead bears, etc. during a hearing. - Dano Nov 9, 13:04
    - But they will have hearings where democrats can ask stern questions -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 9, 12:59 2
      - and there's probly someone on staff (maybe that new chief of) who'll convincingly point out that he's completely batshit, hence Swisher prediction. -- nm - mud Nov 9, 13:06 1
        
        I'll bet donny doesn't want to hear that voice every day either -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 9, 13:52
  - Whatever donny wants, donny gets -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 9, 12:45
- The Heritage Foundation was happy to let their demagogue lead the parade. Now that they're in charge, they'll dump all the dead weight. - Mop🧹 Nov 9, 11:58
- Until proven otherwise, I'm just going to assume that any pundit claiming "it's not going to be as bad as you think it is"... - znufrii Nov 9, 11:55 2
  - Exactly as they did in 2016. -- nm - loosilu Nov 9, 15:23
  - :-[ -- nm - mud Nov 9, 11:57
- I remember her as a tech reporter. Has she branched out? - zunk takes things literally Nov 9, 11:50 1
  - political pundit, too. She's great. -- nm - mud Nov 9, 11:52
Miami is apparently having second thoughts about the whole playoff thing. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Nov 9, 11:19 3
- Yay! -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 12:38
- Hush. - Strongbad Nov 9, 11:44
- They’ve been playing over their heads, for awhile— -- nm - Trending Nov 9, 11:31

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