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Johnny_Eagle posted...

And they're probably also using prices at *insert local store/dealership/etc. here* as opposed to places like Walmart

As far as I can tell they use the manufacturer suggested retail price for the west coast rather than a specific store.

Now it just needs to survive all of the legal challenges that are going to come.

Hydrogen Peroxide

Only 3 and Brotato is the only one I've really put a decent amount of time into.

I've never had Turkish Delight, but for some reason I always assumed the texture would be more like a gumdrop than a gummy bear. You learn something new everyday.

From the days before boxing had much in the way of pesky rules.

Several Ultima games had the Armageddon spell, which literally killed everything in the game but the caster and a handful of powerful NPC's. .

RJP_X posted...

was it likely one of those log-in expiring things? had to check mark to remember my sign in as well as OTP. strange. anything to worry about?

I don't think it is anything to worry about, most cookies have some sort of expiration date so you are eventually required to log back in again. Since you were able to sign back in it shouldn't be an issue, although you can always change your password if you are concerned.

FrozenBananas posted...

Noticed that the rubber tip from my ear bud was missing. A few days later, I was cleaning my ears and it felt like something was blocking my hearing.

I originally didnt think it was the rubber tip (I thought it fell on the floor somewhere) But now I can barely hear out of my left ear. It doesnt hurt at all, just feels like I got water stuck in my ear, except its been like this for 3+ days

im thinking of calling the minute clinic 5 mins from my house, but I dunno if I should just go to the ER instead. I have a feeling (a hope) that the clinic down the street could probably just pull it out easily

I would do the clinic first rather than the ER, they should be able to deal with it, it should be cheaper and you aren't taking up ER resources for something non-life threatening.

Lokarin posted...

I've never had Red Lobster...

then again, I never had lots of things; Never been to a IHOP, Dennys, Applebees, Panda Express/Hut, Churches, Popeyes, whataburger, Swiss Chalet, Olive Garden

Most of those you really aren't missing anything...aside from possible indigestion.

I've never been to one but my wife and I were just talking about them not that long ago, surprised they were still around.

adjl posted...

Yeah, that's a symbol that nobody's really in a rush to reclaim.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_Cafe

JOExHIGASHI posted...

Wilde

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arz7qr4saZM

More than one person I would imagine.

Lokarin posted...

Trump is the 8th best cameo in Home Alone

Which is 37 better than his White House cameo.

Phonetic alphabet

That looks more like a duckling in the red light district.

C0RNISHACID posted...

dude....

Yeah, FOX and 'bible codes' true bywords for reliable information.

adjl posted...

Part of it's paranoia over getting sued if the woman changes her mind later, but it's mostly just the attitude that all women should want kids and that anyone who says they won't will likely end up changing their mind later, so the doctor believes they're doing the woman a favour by refusing to do it. It's a very sexist, paternalistic way to practice medicine, but it's still very common.

When my wife was trying to get her's done it was before we were married or even engaged and they kept trying to convince her I should get a vasectomy instead since it is more easily reversible. She was like 'He can get one if he wants but it doesn't change the fact that I want my tubes tied."

I'm betting this will be a landslide in favor of Winchester. Frank Burns just had no redeeming qualities so he came off more as a parody than an actual person. Winchester had his issues, but his relationship ends up being more of an Odd Couple scenario rather than being truly adversarial and he is given some redeeming moments to make him seem more human.

Are we sure he is a Democrat? He seems to peddle a lot of Republican ideas.

adjl posted...

I should see what happened.

Apparently a company just picked up the patent in 2023 and is looking to bring it to market as 'Plan A For Men' https://www.axios.com/2024/01/17/male-birth-control-plan-a

Never got into coffee.

Yeah, this is one of the reasons I'm not in the group that advocates for legalizing all drugs.

adjl posted...

I guess they're banking on hardly anyone being able to get it done. That, or they didn't realize you were white, but we'll go with the slightly less cynical interpretation.

The correct answer is still cynical, it is cheaper for them than paying for pregnancy related care.

My wife had to fight with her doctor for years before they let her get her's tied.

Jen0125 posted...

Amazing I hope I can someday!

There is one in Australia in 2028.

There are plenty of Weird Al songs where I only know the Weird Al version.

Jen0125 posted...

Yeah all I got was this

It didn't work with my phone camera lol

Yeah, getting a decent photo with my phone was tough. The best ones I got were actually after the clouds rolled in and I could just take them without the filter.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/854d9b8f.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/c/c7c9dfac.jpg

Greenfox111 posted...

It's gonna get all cloudy over here just as its gonna start

Yeah, it was gorgeous here this morning and now it is overcast.

Still have about an hour to go here.

Most of the places around here stopped being open 24 hours even before the pandemic. It might have made sense when there was one grocery store open late, because they'd at least get all the late night traffic, but once all of the other stores followed nobody was going to get enough business to make it cost effective to stay open.

The investigation in question being his relationship with a 15 year old girl also seems relevant.

agesboy posted...

it's mostly just an exercise in realizing how absolutely fucking big millions, billions, and trillions are, even with respect to each other

i used to think billionaires were just millionaires that were marginally more successful. no it's a whole ass new league of wealth

Yeah, I remembered watching this video a while back and it does a good job of driving home just how much difference there is between the two. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YUWDrLazCg

EclairReturns posted...

Surely, the author of this comment means "overestimating"? If one is underestimating the speed with which current users would quit G-Mail once given the opportunity, then that is equivalent to saying that those users would take a long time to wean off the e-mail platform. If one is overestimating the speed in question, then one would believe that those users would quit using G-Mail in a heartbeat in order to subscribe to this new and 'revolutionary' Elon-Mail platform.

I think the author of the comment said exactly what he meant. The article implies that people would be reluctant to leave Gmail for Xmail and the commenter is suggesting that many people would be happy to flee gmail. Which is odd because it isn't like there aren't other email services already available and most of the issues that people have with Gmail would likely exist with Musk's service as well.

Musk would probably force Tesla owners to use it and I can see him integrating it to Twitter as well to pad the number of 'active' users.

I felt it, but didn't realize it was an earthquake right away. We are pretty far from the epicenter so it just felt like a big truck driving by initially, but just kept going.

Other-Humanity

Ogurisama posted...

CoWorker saw something on Facebook about next weeks solar eclipse will cause blackout outs and cause other issues with telecommunications. She fucking believed it. Like come on, use your head.

People still fall for the Nigerian prince scams and believe they have to pay the IRS with Apple gift cards so I'm not really all that surprised.

GranTurismo posted...

heard the movie has like no action. And iirc many people expected it to

Why would people have expected it to have action?

I'm surprised he didn't just vastly overpay for an existing mail service and then drive it into the ground.

adjl posted...

The traditional "three months' salary" thing has some merit in that your ability to spend that much money on something frivolous is a barometer for your financial stability, and you should aim to be financially stable before committing to spending your life with somebody (whether you'll be the primary breadwinner or not). At the same time, though, actually spending three months' salary on a piece of jewellery is pretty dumb and mostly comes across as trying to demonstrate your financial stability to convince somebody to be your mate. Buy something she'll like, and only consider cost insofar as you need to for your own financial comfort. If you've been living together and sharing finances for years, you've got nothing to prove, financially speaking, so there's no point spending more money than is needed to make her happy.

I'm not really sure how well that holds up today. In the past it probably made sense since you would be taking on supporting your wife and would generally end up having kids shortly after, but now most couples are both working and already living together before they get married so it doesn't really make any major change in finances.

Lokarin posted...

idk, 25 years in jail for 8 billion dollars? seems like a fair trade.

If he actually got to have the money maybe, now he is just largely broke and in prison.

Jen0125 posted...

However much the ring she wants is within your financial means? I mean if she wants a $200 ring buy it for her. If she wants a 200k behemoth maybe say no. It's all about your own finances and the partners preference.

This. My wife ended up picking out her ring while we were wandering through a store on vacation. No diamond, not gold, and only a couple hundred bucks but it was the ring she wanted. The whole concept that there is some appropriate amount of money to spend for an engagement ring was conceived by the people trying to sell you engagement rings and my general take is any person shallow enough to *demand* a ring over a certain cost is probably someone you shouldn't be marrying.

I was actually just checking the other day to see when the next DLC was coming out. Haus wasn't great but it was relatively entertaining.

Zareth posted...

Nothing like selling something you bought for a third of the price

They didn't sell all of the stuff they bought though, so while they are almost certainly losing money on the deal it is hard to say exactly how much.

EvilResident posted...

Definitely buy 1 or 2 tickets, why not ?

This. I won't go crazy and buy tons of tickets, but I'll drop $2 on a ticket and know my odds are just as bad as everyone else's.

Dikitain posted...

When looking for a video of a stupid joke I heard about eating hotdogs, I came across this:

https://www.georgesgyrosspot.com/2020/04/14/are-you-eating-your-hot-dog-the-wrong-way-what-to-know/

Like seriously, who the fuck cares this much about how people eat their hot dogs?

The internet of course.

OK, I feel less bad about it being mid-30's and windy today after being in the 70's earlier in the week. We had a day last week where we had intermitent snow, rain, hail and wind, but the temp was high enough that nothing stuck around.