The Empty ONT

So sorry everyone. Due to a personal emergency (everything's OK now), I was unable to prepare tonight's ONT as planned. I'll be back next week, but for now you'll have to talk amongst yourselves.

I do have one bit of content for ya. It amuses me that STFU is somehow now part of the universal language of humans.

https://t.co/UkV5JaMHMQ
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) October 24, 2026

Again, apologies for the lack of content, but I'm sure you lot will have no problem yammering on without it.

Posted by: WeirdDave at 10:00 PM

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1 I beat The Blade?

Posted by: torabora at October 23, 2026 09:58 PM (0q6zs)

2 Nothing to see here. Move along.

Posted by: mindful webworker - flabbergaston at October 23, 2026 09:59 PM (uQQoV)

3 not first, read all the content

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at October 23, 2026 10:00 PM (P5A9z)

4 I hope all is well WD!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 23, 2026 10:00 PM (4R/FS)

5 Thanks anyway Dave.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at October 23, 2026 10:01 PM (P5A9z)

6 SPONGE!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 23, 2026 10:01 PM (jb8Ss)

7 Are we doing a "roll our own adventure" night?

This Canadian instrument maker turns a Fender branded cutting board into a Fender Stratocaster using bits and bobs he finds in his shop.

youtu.be/z1nferWOXQ8

Posted by: Kindltot at October 23, 2026 10:02 PM (rbvCR)

8 Been a long time
Been a long time
Been a lonely, lonely long tme

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2026 10:02 PM (2UA/a)

9 It amuses me that STFU is somehow now part of the universal language of humans.

I LOLed.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 23, 2026 10:02 PM (l3cgK)

10 Oh, so now were 'yammering'?

Posted by: Tonypete at October 23, 2026 10:02 PM (4R/FS)

11 Again, apologies for the lack of content, but I'm sure you lot will have no problem yammering on without it.

Hey! STFU!

Posted by: Archimedes at October 23, 2026 10:03 PM (Riz8t)

12 Geronimo

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 23, 2026 10:03 PM (hxMfc)

13 Other American Idioms that have gone international...
https://tinyurl.com/5b34yu83

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 23, 2026 10:04 PM (l3cgK)

14 I'm confused- am I to yammer, or just shut the f*ck up?

*mopes away muttering*

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 23, 2026 10:05 PM (kOluj)

15 Oh Lord!! How will we survive this disruption!?!

Posted by: caf at October 23, 2026 10:06 PM (fawlF)

16 11 Again, apologies for the lack of content, but I'm sure you lot will have no problem yammering on without it.

Hey! STFU!

Posted by: Archimedes at October 23, 2026 10:03 PM (Riz8t)

You have to follow it with random chinese...like...

Hey! STFU! 你这头愚蠢的肥牛！

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 23, 2026 10:06 PM (l3cgK)

17 I guess this is now the theme song of this thread... it's always been one of my personal favorites:

https://youtu.be/tQ3VgWkgLr8

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 23, 2026 10:07 PM (kOluj)

18 thank you for the ONT

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 23, 2026 10:07 PM (NnhvP)

19 Evening, all. Let's all have a good weekend.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 23, 2026 10:08 PM (aJQbY)

20 Hey! STFU!

Posted by: Archimedes at October 23, 2026 10:03 PM (Riz8t)

You have to follow it with random chinese...like...

Hey! STFU! 你这头愚蠢的肥牛！

Sadly, I lack the necessary skills to do this.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 23, 2026 10:09 PM (Riz8t)

21 Oh FFS.... now that I ruined the joke, here's the uncensored version:

https://youtu.be/tQ3VgWkgLr8

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 23, 2026 10:10 PM (kOluj)

22 Thanks WeirdDave.

There's an ad that shows up on my computer to achieve financial independence and he's waving some Canadian $20s, $50s and $100s.

Sure, that's tomorrow's Costco run. What about the rest?

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 23, 2026 10:10 PM (Sco7b)

23 You have to follow it with random chinese...like...

Hey! STFU! 你这头愚蠢的肥牛！

Sadly, I lack the necessary skills to do this.

However, I find that prefacing a STFU with STFD is an adequate substitute.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 23, 2026 10:11 PM (Riz8t)

24 WeirdDave at 10:55PM? Atlantic time zone?

Posted by: Joemarine at October 23, 2026 10:11 PM (y171U)

25 Sorry I'm late, the escalator was out of order so I had to use the stairs, which were on the other side of the zoo..

Posted by: tankdemon at October 23, 2026 10:11 PM (1DZZj)

26 I'm going to do some paperwork, but here's my Wee Pooky update: He's still in utero and the contractions have mostly stopped. We made it to 31 weeks as of today, and every day he spends inside is less time in the NICU. Pooky's family is doing their best to help with logistics and my mom (retired nurse) is always available for medical questions.

Grateful for all the prayers, now it's time clean up my kitchen table.

Posted by: pookysgirl is thankful at October 23, 2026 10:12 PM (Wt5PA)

27 Evening, all. Let's all have a good weekend.
Posted by: RandomDave

You're not the boss of me!!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 23, 2026 10:12 PM (4R/FS)

28 glad you escaped the tiger pen, tankdemon

Posted by: 88C+u at October 23, 2026 10:12 PM (88C+u)

29 https://youtu.be/y3sQDwOTFJU

guess I need a remedial class in cut / paste 🙄

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 23, 2026 10:13 PM (kOluj)

30 Viewed analytically, what does STFU even mean? How do I shut a f***, and how would I do it vertically?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 23, 2026 10:13 PM (Riz8t)

31 Oh, if anyone wants to revisit 1986, Pluto TV, which changed their interface has a Spicy channel where they play adult movies after midnight.

lol. Southern Ontario had something called OnTV which played adult movies but it was scrambled for us and you couldn't even make out a boob.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 23, 2026 10:15 PM (Sco7b)

32 Domestic relations mediation is the same in every language.

Posted by: Hon Judge STFU at October 23, 2026 10:15 PM (2PNJj)

33 pookysgirl is thankful, we're pulling for you all!!

But, you're going to have to clean up the table by yourself. We ain't got time for dat.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 23, 2026 10:15 PM (4R/FS)

34 Viewed analytically, what does STFU even mean? How do I shut a f***, and how would I do it vertically?
Posted by: Archimedes

No less weird than 'F*ck me running.'

Posted by: Tonypete at October 23, 2026 10:16 PM (4R/FS)

35
...but for now you'll have to talk amongst yourselves.

We would but someone here refuses to STOP THE HAMMERING!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 23, 2026 10:16 PM (7yh1x)

36 In 1987, an escalator fire at King's Cross Station in London killed 31 people, so tankdemon might have cheated death this evening. Count your blessings.

Posted by: Fire Brigade at October 23, 2026 10:16 PM (EdP2u)

37 It's already hilarious that STFU is universal as a crutch phrase or a "expletive infix/formulaic expression" to be more specific. Imagine, however, how funny it would be if their were two such phrases used by that guy in each sentence.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP, Zhēn bù gǎn xiāngxìn nà jiāhuo jìngrán tōule nǐ de píngguǒ. IF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING.

Posted by: Orson at October 23, 2026 10:16 PM (dIske)

38 28 glad you escaped the tiger pen, tankdemon
Posted by: 88C+u at October 23, 2026 10:12 PM (88C+u)

The tiger seemed a bit disappointed.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 23, 2026 10:17 PM (1DZZj)

39 Be well WD!
We can probably think of something to do...🙂

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 23, 2026 10:17 PM (96kpa)

40 Are we doing a "roll our own adventure" night?

Posted by: Kindltot at October 23, 2026 10:02 PM (rbvCR)
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W00t! Nat 20!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 23, 2026 10:18 PM (FZ29D)

41 There is no substitute for a WeirdDave Friday ONT.

But, we must do our best to pick up the slack. Hop to, fellow Morons.

Marianne Gaba - Miss Illinois USA 1957 and Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for September 1959
https://bit.ly/marianne-gaba

Julie Newmar - Catwoman of Gotham, Eleen of Capella IV, Stupefyin' Jones of Dogpatch et al.
https://bit.ly/julie-newmeyer

Not particularly SFW

Posted by: mindful webworker - prrrrr at October 23, 2026 10:18 PM (uQQoV)

42 20 Hey! STFU!

Posted by: Archimedes at October 23, 2026 10:03 PM (Riz8t)

You have to follow it with random chinese...like...

Hey! STFU! 你这头愚蠢的肥牛！

Sadly, I lack the necessary skills to do this.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 23, 2026 10:09 PM (Riz8t)

Eh, I cheated and used Google Translate...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 23, 2026 10:18 PM (l3cgK)

43 No content? Sounds like my comments.

Now, to read the content.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 23, 2026 10:19 PM (1Ff7Z)

44 No less weird than 'F*ck me running.'
Posted by: Tonypete at October 23, 2026 10:16 PM (4R/FS)
----
It sounds weird when you leave out the chainsaw.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 23, 2026 10:19 PM (FZ29D)

45
lol. Southern Ontario had something called OnTV which played adult movies but it was scrambled for us and you couldn't even make out a boob.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart!

Thrawn is our "go to" resource for how to suss out the bouncy bits from scrambled pron channels. Back in the day he had a serious hankering for Shannon Tweed on "Skinemax".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 23, 2026 10:20 PM (7yh1x)

46 Boy that's a great household of headaches.
Shut the fuck up!

Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 10:21 PM (oq9dX)

47 31 Oh, if anyone wants to revisit 1986, Pluto TV, which changed their interface has a Spicy channel where they play adult movies after midnight.

lol. Southern Ontario had something called OnTV which played adult movies but it was scrambled for us and you couldn't even make out a boob.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 23, 2026 10:15 PM (Sco7b)

There was some show where two guys were trying to see what they could on what they thought was an adult scrambled show, when suddenly it cleared up and it was the Disney Channel...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 23, 2026 10:21 PM (l3cgK)

48 Take care of yourself and those close to you. And buy more ammo.

Posted by: Unsportsmanlike Conduct is a Capital Crime to Me at October 23, 2026 10:22 PM (1Aai7)

49 C'mon Tampa Bay!

Beat them cheeseheads...

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at October 23, 2026 10:22 PM (9vU69)

50 I'm sure you lot will have no problem yammering on without it.

Posted by: WeirdDave at 10:55 PM
********
I know this is about me...

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 23, 2026 10:22 PM (hzuYO)

51 34 Viewed analytically, what does STFU even mean? How do I shut a f***, and how would I do it vertically?
Posted by: Archimedes

No less weird than 'F*ck me running.'

Posted by: Tonypete at October 23, 2026 10:16 PM (4R/FS)

If you are a guy that's physically fit, it's possible...but not advisable; it'll be like the joke about the couple getting kicked out of the grocery store...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 23, 2026 10:22 PM (l3cgK)

52 37 It's already hilarious that STFU is universal as a crutch phrase or a "expletive infix/formulaic expression" to be more specific. Imagine, however, how funny it would be if their were two such phrases used by that guy in each sentence.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP, Zhēn bù gǎn xiāngxìn nà jiāhuo jìngrán tōule nǐ de píngguǒ. IF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING.
Posted by: Orson at October 23, 2026 10:16 PM (dIske)

; )

Posted by: m at October 23, 2026 10:23 PM (odBC9)

53 https://www.youtube.com/@LionHeartFilmWorks/playlists

Posted by: what the cat drug in at October 23, 2026 10:24 PM (jrgJz)

54 Pookysgirl...prayers baby boy will behave for another month and that all will be well.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 23, 2026 10:25 PM (hzuYO)

55 The Margins, they be blown.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone, LINDSEY GRAHAM WAS GAY?!!? at October 23, 2026 10:26 PM (zZu0s)

56 "The Empty ONT" sounds so sad. Like cutting school to go to the circus and the elephant is sick.

Posted by: Downcast Danny at October 23, 2026 10:26 PM (EdP2u)

57 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone, LINDSEY GRAHAM WAS GAY?!!? at October 23, 2026 10:26 PM (zZu0s)

58 41 Julie Newmar - Catwoman of Gotham, Eleen of Capella IV, Stupefyin' Jones of Dogpatch et al.
https://bit.ly/julie-newmeyer

Not particularly SFW
Posted by: mindful webworker - prrrrr at October 23, 2026 10:18 PM (uQQoV)

"My Living Doll"...yum

Posted by: Joemarine at October 23, 2026 10:27 PM (y171U)

59 Not Sure If You Married Your Brother? 9 Signs To Look For
The Babylon Bee
youtu.be/ZVaEA3MfBH8

Not to my knowledge either.
Conservative Momma
youtu.be/yJx6Tz6Id-g

Posted by: mindful webworker - not my real name at October 23, 2026 10:28 PM (uQQoV)

60 If the tire goes flat jack the truck up
If the world gets you down learn to buck up
If you wed your own bro
You're the worst kind of ho
Please self-deport AND SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 23, 2026 10:28 PM (kOluj)

61 pookysgirl is thankful, we're pulling for you all!!

But, you're going to have to clean up the table by yourself. We ain't got time for dat.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 23, 2026 10:15 PM (4R/FS)

Not even the cat method- push everything off the top?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 23, 2026 10:28 PM (qx7Zg)

62 Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone, LINDSEY GRAHAM WAS GAY?!!?
......

What ONT?
Somebody's gonna get fired.

Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 10:29 PM (oq9dX)

63
"My Living Doll"...yum
Posted by: Joemarine

Was she the FIRST robot on a TV show?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 23, 2026 10:30 PM (Cqx++)

64 Evening, overnighters,

The evening winds down. Tomorrow early I'll exercise. In the evening there is a free concert with national artist Gretchen Wilson and local star Amanda Shaw on the riverfront in a suburban town we often visit. They've been having these free concerts with various artists all month on Sat. nights. Nothing next week 10/31, I believe, but tomorrow night should be cool.

Don't forget to do the clock thing on Sat. night next week. I always overlook one of my timepieces -- usually the one in the car. There's the microwave, coffee maker, two bedroom clocks, five watches, and my kitchen wall clock. And the TV, computers, and phone, but they reset themselves.

Oh, and the new AM/FM/shortwave radio. Who knows, it might reset itself too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 23, 2026 10:31 PM (wzUl9)

65 If I married my brother we would both be gay.
But HEY this California.

Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 10:31 PM (oq9dX)

66 Was this WeirdDave's problem?

https://youtu.be/8IN4KAIvWRI?t=43

The meme just before this isn't bad.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 23, 2026 10:32 PM (qx7Zg)

67 Prayers to you and yours PookysGirl.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 23, 2026 10:32 PM (CHHv1)

68 Here's hoping for the best possible outcome, WeirdDave.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 23, 2026 10:33 PM (qlLNh)

69 The Empty ONT" sounds so sad. Like cutting school to go to the circus and the elephant is sick.
Posted by: Downcast Danny

Are you 100 years old?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 23, 2026 10:33 PM (r2Icn)

70 Wonder how many cable boxes and descramblers are in basements, attics, garages in the USA. And how many millions of chargers or remotes for long lost or broken phones, laptops, desktops, that people don't chuck because they just may come in handy someday.

Posted by: Several Junk Drawers Worth Here at October 23, 2026 10:33 PM (EdP2u)

71 What you talking bout Wolfus. I thought congress implemented yearlong daylight savings time effective this year.

Posted by: PaleRider at October 23, 2026 10:33 PM (PV+Zw)

72
Gretchen Wilson. Yum.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 23, 2026 10:33 PM (eRlcH)

73 Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 23, 2026 10:28 PM (kOluj)

Well done!

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at October 23, 2026 10:33 PM (ENA4W)

74 "My Living Doll"...yum
Posted by: Joemarine
*
Was she the FIRST robot on a TV show?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 23, 2026

***
MLD was '64, I think, so a year before the Lost in Space robot. Robots had been featured on episodes of The Twilight Zone and maybe Outer Limits before that, but Julie's character was the first continuing robot character, I believe.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 23, 2026 10:33 PM (wzUl9)

75 30 Viewed analytically, what does STFU even mean? How do I shut a f***, and how would I do it vertically?

Posted by: Archimedes
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It's grammatically correct. Shut f**k up would make no sense.
Or would mean something entirely different.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2026 10:34 PM (2UA/a)

76 I know a guy who lost his license to practice medicine just because he had sex with a patient.

It's so unfair. Best vet I've ever had.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 23, 2026 10:34 PM (qlLNh)

77 Might'z well regurgitate my comment from the cafe...

I'm absolutely flabbergasted at the news lately.

Ilhan Omar isn't her real name and she married her brother!

Lindsay Graham was gay!

Rioters in France are Muslin Immigrants Gone Wild, not disgruntled students.

Also, Barack O'Biden's troops tried to undermine Trump.

Shocka!

Posted by: mindful webworker - flab or gaston at October 23, 2026 10:35 PM (uQQoV)

78 What you talking bout Wolfus. I thought congress implemented yearlong daylight savings time effective this year.
Posted by: PaleRider at October 23, 2026

***
I dunno. The timeanddate.com website I consult about a lot of these things says DST ends this year 2:00 am local time on Nov. 1.

I was hoping they'd implement year-long *standard* time instead.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 23, 2026 10:35 PM (wzUl9)

79 7 Are we doing a "roll our own adventure" night?

This Canadian instrument maker turns a Fender branded cutting board into a Fender Stratocaster using bits and bobs he finds in his shop.

youtu.be/z1nferWOXQ8
Posted by: Kindltot at October 23, 2026 10:02 PM (rbvCR)

Oh, so it's gonna be a bob thread.

Posted by: m at October 23, 2026 10:35 PM (odBC9)

80 1 I beat The Blade?
Posted by: torabora at October 23, 2026 09:58 PM (0q6zs)

phrasing?

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 23, 2026 10:36 PM (0CU3H)

81 The Empty ONT" sounds so sad. Like cutting school to go to the circus and the elephant is sick.
Posted by: Downcast Danny

***
Cutting school was never wasted time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 23, 2026 10:37 PM (wzUl9)

82 This thread is not OUT OF ORDER! It's out of Dave.

Posted by: m at October 23, 2026 10:37 PM (odBC9)

83 I was hoping they'd implement year-long *standard* time instead.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

You morning people are insufferable and get my goat.

Posted by: Achmed at October 23, 2026 10:39 PM (EdP2u)

84 Dave's not here, man...

Posted by: Duude at October 23, 2026 10:39 PM (ujjRM)

85 Some people are wise.

Some people are otherwise.

Owl bet many here can tell the difference.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 23, 2026 10:39 PM (qx7Zg)

86 Cutting school was never wasted time.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

You werked in a skool!

Posted by: Poor Pupil at October 23, 2026 10:40 PM (EdP2u)

87 What you talking bout Wolfus. I thought congress implemented yearlong daylight savings time effective this year.
Posted by: PaleRider at October 23, 2026

***
I dunno. The timeanddate.com website I consult about a lot of these things says DST ends this year 2:00 am local time on Nov. 1.

I was hoping they'd implement year-long *standard* time instead.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 23, 2026 10:35 PM (wzUl9)

House did. Senate punted themselves though the goalposts of their next vacation.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 23, 2026 10:41 PM (qx7Zg)

88 Stripped all the cable boxes for parts and saved the sheet metal because - metal. Have two grocery bags full of wall chargers. Two are in use at the moment powering PC cooling fans. One is breezing my Beelink and its two external HDs, the other, me.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2026 10:41 PM (2UA/a)

89 Speaking of boobs, I have a question. Why are men attracted to boobs? Some say it's because memories of breastfeeding--but then wouldn't women be equally allured by them?

Maybe boobs mean fecundity, but boobs have nothing to do with the sex bits, only the after bits (the post partum ones).

So is the main function of boobs to indicate "This is a female, and thus capable of giving birth"?

What about guys who don't want kids?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 23, 2026 10:41 PM (CHHv1)

90 I mean, I love my brother and everything, but he's kind of a slob and farts a lot. Also I wouldn't want to embarrass him in a sword fight. We're better off to just stay friends.

Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 10:42 PM (oq9dX)

91 DST sucks we should have traditional standard time.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2026 10:42 PM (2UA/a)

92 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 23, 2026 10:42 PM (7Pnfz)

93 Man, you bonk one sheep...

Posted by: Your favorite vet at October 23, 2026 10:42 PM (ujjRM)

94 Gretchen Wilson. Yum.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Heart fan?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 23, 2026 10:42 PM (r2Icn)

95 > "My Living Doll"...yum
Posted by: Joemarine at October 23, 2026 10:27 PM (y171U)

She was serious competition for Dawn Wells on "Gilligan's Island", Barbara Eden on "I Dream of Jeannie" and Elizabeth Montgomery on "Bewitched". Truly a golden age of female broadcast pulchritude.

TV and movies have completely lost the plot when it comes to smoking hot babes who also appear to be prime wife material. See also: Florence Henderson in "The Brady Bunch" and Shirley Jones on "The Partridge Family". Even though my actual age demographic was aligned with with Marsha Brady and Laurie Partridge respectively (and sure, they were hot), I was all about the MILFs even then. I think Today's Youth refer to this as the "tradwife" look.

If a female character is supposed to be hot today, she's always or almost always skanked out.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 23, 2026 10:43 PM (qlLNh)

96 My Living Doll - Amazon Prime wants $1.99 per episode.

$16.98 for Season 1.

Outrageous.

Posted by: mindful webworker - "Rhoda Miller" was her name at October 23, 2026 10:44 PM (uQQoV)

97 13 Other American Idioms that have gone international...
https://tinyurl.com/5b34yu83
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 23, 2026 10:04 PM (l3cgK)

heh

Posted by: m at October 23, 2026 10:44 PM (odBC9)

98 Speaking of boobs, I have a question. Why are men attracted to boobs?
......

You're overthinking this.

Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 10:44 PM (oq9dX)

99 >>>
phrasing?

Posted by: Darrell Harris
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Is your campaign raking in too much money?
I mean, the link tuit's missing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2026 10:45 PM (2UA/a)

100 Speaking of boobs, I have a question.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

Grok knows all:
Evolutionary psychologists and biologists have proposed several related explanations for why this became a sexual signal:
Fertility and reproductive readiness: Breast development is a clear secondary sexual characteristic driven by estrogen at puberty. It signals that a woman has reached reproductive maturity. Fuller breasts are also associated (imperfectly) with higher body fat reserves, which historically correlated with the ability to support pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Honest signal of health and nutritional status: Maintaining permanent breast tissue requires metabolic resources. In ancestral environments, this could have indicated good health and access to food—traits relevant to mate choice.
Visual and sexual signaling: Unlike many other cues that are temporary or hidden, breasts are a permanent, highly visible feature. Once bipedalism and reduced body hair made the chest more exposed, selection may have favored traits that served as attention-drawing signals of femaleness and maturity.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 23, 2026 10:45 PM (4R/FS)

101 Connie Hines and Whitney Blake have entered the chat.

Posted by: Hubba Hubba! at October 23, 2026 10:46 PM (EdP2u)

102 I'm just here for the yammering.

Posted by: Don Black at October 23, 2026 10:46 PM (ZxPkt)

103 Speaking of boobs, I have a question. Why are men attracted to boobs?
+++

It's the simple economic principle of scarcity.
From our perspective, they're in short supply.

https://youtu.be/WN9Qzof5yXk

Posted by: Guys everywhere at October 23, 2026 10:46 PM (ujjRM)

104 Gretchen Wilson. Yum.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Heart fan?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
****

Ann and Nancy. Gretchen is a solo act, country.

Posted by: clarence at October 23, 2026 10:47 PM (uGXvC)

105 Bari Weiss freaking out personnel at CBS is fun.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2026 10:48 PM (2UA/a)

106 > 101 Connie Hines and Whitney Blake have entered the chat.
Posted by: Hubba Hubba! at October 23, 2026 10:46 PM (EdP2u)

Yes, indeed. Whitney was especially delectable, IMO.

Also, we mustn't forget Mary Tyler Moore.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 23, 2026 10:48 PM (qlLNh)

107 One is breezing my Beelink and its two external HDs, the other, me.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2026 10:41 PM (2UA/a)

Is that what they call it these days?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 23, 2026 10:48 PM (1Ff7Z)

108
DST is unnatural. A legacy of Woodrow Wilson. Get your ass out of bed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 23, 2026 10:49 PM (eRlcH)

109 I liked Kathleen Nolan, Pat Crowley, Donna Reed and Jane Wyatt, too.

Posted by: Can Pick'em at October 23, 2026 10:49 PM (EdP2u)

110 Scientists confirm that Julie Newmar is the cure for gay.
Unless you're female.

Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 10:49 PM (oq9dX)

111 Why are men attracted to boobs?

Don't ask me

Posted by: Corey Booker at October 23, 2026 10:50 PM (88C+u)

112 > Once bipedalism and reduced body hair made the chest more exposed, selection may have favored traits that served as attention-drawing signals of femaleness and maturity.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 23, 2026 10:45 PM (4R/FS)

In many (most, I think) other apes the female vulva becomes bright red or pink and swollen when she's receptive.

We may have lost that when we started wearing clothes.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 23, 2026 10:50 PM (qlLNh)

113 If a female character is supposed to be hot today, she's always or almost always skanked out.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Hey! Skanks need love too!

Well, some form of 'love' I guess.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 23, 2026 10:50 PM (4R/FS)

114 DST is unnatural. A legacy of Woodrow Wilson. Get your ass out of bed.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Retired people who get up a 5 AM are SICK! Never wanted to be one of the old bastards who go out to buy the paper before dawn!

Posted by: Sleep In!! at October 23, 2026 10:51 PM (EdP2u)

115 75 30 Viewed analytically, what does STFU even mean? How do I shut a f***, and how would I do it vertically?

Posted by: Archimedes
----

It's grammatically correct. Shut f**k up would make no sense.
Or would mean something entirely different.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2026 10:34 PM (2UA/a)

I'm betting that the wording is influenced by WTF, as in "WTF is this?"

Posted by: m at October 23, 2026 10:53 PM (odBC9)

116 >Speaking of boobs, I have a question. Why are men attracted to boobs?
----

why is grass green
why is the sky blue
why is water wet
IT JUST IS

Posted by: Don Black at October 23, 2026 10:53 PM (ZxPkt)

117 Speaking of boobs, I have a question. Why are men attracted to boobs?
......
You're overthinking this.
Posted by: wth

I was struggling to come up with an answer. Yours is succinct and exact.

Posted by: mindful webworker - boo boo at October 23, 2026 10:54 PM (uQQoV)

118 Thanks for the ONT, WD, as brief as it is. It was a pleasure to connect with you and Gingy last weekend.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 23, 2026 10:54 PM (n7Dzq)

119 I actually mostly like having DST, and going back to STD time for the winter months. Works pretty well with my natural schedule. Its hard for me to get up when its pitch black outside so going back to standard time for winter months helps. I've also always lived pretty near the eastern edge of the time zone so DST doesn't mean light at crazy late evening hours in the summer, and having extra light later is helpful for getting stuff done.

Posted by: PaleRider at October 23, 2026 10:55 PM (PV+Zw)

120 Gunmen Attack Orthodox Church In Jordan During Service, Killing 7 & Wounding Dozens
---

They can't contain themselves or Sherman, there goes the truce.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2026 10:55 PM (2UA/a)

121 Is anyone else a little weirded out by the fact that "wikiFeet" has pretty much become the go-to for babe pictures? Yeah, the pics do have feet in them, but there's a wide range of other interests represented.

I guess feet are far from the most disturbing fetish you could have in your browser history.

But still.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 23, 2026 10:55 PM (qlLNh)

122 Why are men attracted to boobs?
......

Because they look better than testicles?

Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 10:56 PM (oq9dX)

123
Posted by: Tonypete at October 23, 2026 10:12 PM

===========

Lol, comment of the week.

And while we're here, there's yet another rumor about Ilhan's identity. She might not have married her brother after all because she's Siad Barre's daughter. Well someone's getting clicks off it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 23, 2026 10:56 PM (mmrXZ)

124

From It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Russell Finch: Wait a minute, are you knocking this country? Are you saying something against America?

Algernon Hawthorne: Against it? I should be positively astounded to hear of anything that could be said FOR it. Why, the whole bloody place is the most unspeakable matriarchy in the whole history of civilization! Look at yourself, and the way your wife and her strumpet of a mother push you through the hoop! As far as I can see, American men have been totally emasculated. They're like slaves! They die like flies from coronary thrombosis, while their women sit under hairdryers, eating chocolates and arranging for every second Tuesday to be some sort of Mother's Day! And this positively infantile preoccupation with bosoms. In all my time in this wretched, godforsaken country, the one thing that has appalled me most of all is this preposterous preoccupation with bosoms. Don't you realize they have become the dominant theme in American culture: in literature, advertising and all fields of entertainment and everything. I'll wager you anything you like: if American women stopped wearing brassieres, your whole national economy would collapse .

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 23, 2026 10:56 PM (Cqx++)

125 >>>I'm betting that the wording is influenced by WTF, as in "WTF is this?"

Posted by: m
---

Same, same

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2026 10:57 PM (2UA/a)

126 House did. Senate punted themselves though the goalposts of their next vacation.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 23, 2026 10:41 PM (qx7Zg)

Some Canadian provinces were thinking the US would finally get legislation through this year and announced they were going to stay put instead of changing (Saskatchewan has been doing that for years). Well, let's just say the North American time zone map is going to look a bit strange on November 1.
British Columbia will be aligned with US Mountain time and an hour ahead of the western states which observe Pacific time. Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and western Ontario will be aligned with US central time.

So on November 1, when it's 9 a.m. in Seattle, 10 a.m. in Helena and Denver, and 11 a.m. in Minneapolis, it will be 10 a.m. in most of British Columbia and 11 a.m. all the way from near the BC/Alberta border to just west of Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Posted by: Vendette at October 23, 2026 10:57 PM (Q4MuG)

127 84 Dave's not here, man...
Posted by: Duude at October 23, 2026 10:39 PM (ujjRM)

_________________________

LMAO....I knew that was coming. I would have been disappointed if hadn't.

Posted by: Orson at October 23, 2026 10:57 PM (dIske)

128 Grok knows all…
Posted by: Tonypete

Boy! Talk about overthinking it!

https://youtu.be/PZTuIHH2-7s

Posted by: mindful webworker - mama at October 23, 2026 10:58 PM (uQQoV)

129 >Speaking of boobs, I have a question. Why are men attracted to boobs?
----

why is grass green
why is the sky blue
why is water wet
IT JUST IS
Posted by: Don Black
.....

why do birds suddenly appear
every time you are near?

Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 10:59 PM (oq9dX)

130 My other answer: it's an Oedipal thing.

Posted by: Don Black at October 23, 2026 11:00 PM (ZxPkt)

131 why is grass green
why is the sky blue
why is water wet
IT JUST IS

Posted by: Don Black
---

Japanese did not have the color green until they encountered the white man.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2026 11:00 PM (2UA/a)

132 129 >Speaking of boobs, I have a question. Why are men attracted to boobs?
----

why is grass green
why is the sky blue
why is water wet
IT JUST IS
Posted by: Don Black
.....

why do birds suddenly appear
every time you are near?
Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 10:59 PM (oq9dX)

hahahahaha

Posted by: m at October 23, 2026 11:01 PM (odBC9)

133

Bird poop falls down from the sky
Everytime
You walk by

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 23, 2026 11:02 PM (Cqx++)

134 > Well, let's just say the North American time zone map is going to look a bit strange on November 1.

This is going to suck. Trust me on this.

We in Alaska used to have four time zones (hey, it's a big place). Now we have only two, one of which is limited to the extreme western Aleutians.

It. Sucks. Ass.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 23, 2026 11:02 PM (qlLNh)

135 Speaking of boobs, I have a question. Why are men attracted to boobs?
......

I think it has something to do with slow dancing in Junior High.
I could be wrong.

Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 11:04 PM (oq9dX)

136 Good evening morons and a prayer for peace in your house wd and gingy

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 23, 2026 11:04 PM (RIvkX)

137 Could be worse.
Could be raining.

Posted by: Igor at October 23, 2026 11:04 PM (/mANu)

138 129 >Speaking of boobs, I have a question. Why are men attracted to boobs?
----

why is grass green
why is the sky blue
why is water wet
IT JUST IS
Posted by: Don Black
.....

why do birds suddenly appear
every time you are near?
Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 10:59 PM (oq9dX)

Man, she died so young:

Died
February 4, 1983 (age 32 years)
Karen Anne Carpenter

Posted by: m at October 23, 2026 11:06 PM (odBC9)

139
I think it has something to do with slow dancing in Junior High.
I could be wrong.

Posted by: wth

Watch where you're putting those hands, buster!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at October 23, 2026 11:09 PM (ixS3i)

140 My other answer: it's an Oedipal thing.
Posted by: Don Black
......

I'm sticking with Junior High dance over the Oedipal thing.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 11:09 PM (oq9dX)

141
Someone else here tonight mentioned that they are dealing with cold- or flu-like symptoms. Me, too, friend.

My nose is running like a fire hydrant spewing water all over a street. I'm getting too old for this crap.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at October 23, 2026 11:12 PM (ixS3i)

142 Boobs

( . ) ( . )

There, that will help

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 23, 2026 11:13 PM (s1VwS)

143 Oedipus complex
noun Psychoanalysis
(in Freudian theory) the complex of emotions aroused in a young child, typically around the age of four, by an unconscious sexual desire for the parent of the opposite sex and wish to exclude the parent of the same sex. (The term was originally applied to boys, the equivalent in girls being called the Electra complex.).

Posted by: m at October 23, 2026 11:13 PM (odBC9)

144 140 My other answer: it's an Oedipal thing.
Posted by: Don Black
......

I'm sticking with Junior High dance over the Oedipal thing.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 11:09 PM (oq9dX)

Hot Cousin > Mom lust

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 23, 2026 11:13 PM (s1VwS)

145
They did however, eliminate leap seconds. The threat of a looming negative leap second scared them enough to do it. That's sort of moot now, as the earth's little speed-up around 2020 has come to end.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 23, 2026 11:14 PM (w6EFb)

146 Bird poop falls down from the sky
Everytime
You walk by
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 23, 2026 11:02 PM (Cqx++)
__________________________

You all seem to be channeling Ogden Nash

The panther is like a leopard,
Except it hasn't been peppered.
Should you behold a panther crouch,
Prepare to say Ouch.
Better yet, if called by a panther,
Don't anther

Posted by: Orson at October 23, 2026 11:14 PM (dIske)

147 A rather curvy picture of Whitney Blake.

She must've been hitting the gym long before it was a common thing for women.

https://tinyurl.com/3xkcyjeh

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 23, 2026 11:14 PM (qlLNh)

148 Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 23, 2026 10:56 PM (Cqx++)

Sounds like a fucking Brit projecting

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 23, 2026 11:16 PM (s1VwS)

149 Vespas on Story TV now.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 23, 2026 11:16 PM (r2Icn)

150 It's just a rumor that test tube babies develop an Oedipus Pyrex complex.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 23, 2026 11:16 PM (qlLNh)

151
We did go to permanent DST in the early '70s under Nixon (energy crisis and all that). That lasted about a year. When clock time of sunrises was pushing 10AM in the western boundaries of the time zones at higher latitudes (looking at you Michigan and Indiana), that was too much, and they switched back.

I predict the same thing will happen again if they do go to permanent DST again.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 23, 2026 11:16 PM (w6EFb)

152 Retired people who get up a 5 AM are SICK! Never wanted to be one of the old bastards who go out to buy the paper before dawn!
Posted by: Sleep In!! at October 23, 2026 10:51 PM (EdP2u)

Cue the Four Yorkshiremen, with tales of having to get up an hour before they went to bed.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 23, 2026 11:17 PM (KTxSC)

153 120 Gunmen Attack Orthodox Church In Jordan During Service, Killing 7 & Wounding Dozens
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They can't contain themselves or Sherman, there goes the truce.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2026 10:55 PM (2UA/a)

This is literally why my church has a security team and why I'm on it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 23, 2026 11:17 PM (s1VwS)

154 Since it's a roll yer own ONT night

A little webwork toon from 1995

You gotta throw a lot!
mindfulwebworks.com/headshop/03/lotta-rocks

Posted by: mindful webworker - rocks at October 23, 2026 11:18 PM (uQQoV)

155 Boobs

( . ) ( . )

There, that will help
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo
......

Thanks for clearing that up.

Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 11:19 PM (oq9dX)

156 I usually get up about 0400-0500 to piss. Sometimes I'll check in to AoSHQ for Sefton or the art thread, which overlap with that time in my zone.

But I always go back to bed afterward.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 23, 2026 11:19 PM (qlLNh)

157 114 DST is unnatural. A legacy of Woodrow Wilson. Get your ass out of bed.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Retired people who get up a 5 AM are SICK! Never wanted to be one of the old bastards who go out to buy the paper before dawn!
Posted by: Sleep In!! at October 23, 2026 10:51 PM (EdP2u)

So you don't have a dog?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 23, 2026 11:19 PM (s1VwS)

158 155 Boobs

( . ) ( . )

There, that will help
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo
......

Thanks for clearing that up.
Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 11:19 PM (oq9dX)

I'm here to help

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 23, 2026 11:20 PM (s1VwS)

159
Tomorrow, the 24th, marks the 80th anniversary of the first picture of earth from space. It was from a camera aboard a V-2 rocket launched from White Sands back in 1946.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 23, 2026 11:20 PM (w6EFb)

160
Retired people who get up a 5 AM are SICK! Never wanted to be one of the old bastards who go out to buy the paper before dawn!
Posted by: Sleep In!!

Woukld it come as a surprise to you to learn that they get up early to go lick that day's offering of pastries at your nearby convenience store?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at October 23, 2026 11:20 PM (ixS3i)

161 Whitney Blake might have earned more from being a creator/producer than she did acting. She and her husband created/owned "One Day At A Time" which was on TV for 9 years and was very successful.

Posted by: Mrs. B at October 23, 2026 11:21 PM (EdP2u)

162 Boobs

( . ) ( . )

There, that will help
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo

https://tinyurl.com/mrrm7m4w

Posted by: Kindltot at October 23, 2026 11:21 PM (rbvCR)

163 Publius -- condolences on your mother's passing. Good she's at peace now? May you & yours be also.

Liked the pictures of her you linked. Looked so nice.

Posted by: mindful webworker - peace & comfort at October 23, 2026 11:22 PM (uQQoV)

164 151
We did go to permanent DST in the early '70s under Nixon (energy crisis and all that). That lasted about a year. When clock time of sunrises was pushing 10AM in the western boundaries of the time zones at higher latitudes (looking at you Michigan and Indiana), that was too much, and they switched back.

I predict the same thing will happen again if they do go to permanent DST again.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 23, 2026 11:16 PM (w6EFb)

Publius, do you have a preference for what would be best?

Posted by: m at October 23, 2026 11:22 PM (odBC9)

165
https://tinyurl.com/mrrm7m4w
Posted by: Kindltot at October 23, 2026 11:21 PM (rbvCR)

Big mommy milkers

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 23, 2026 11:22 PM (s1VwS)

166 Gunmen Attack Orthodox Church In Jordan During Service, Killing 7 & Wounding Dozens
=====
Its all over the news, wall-to-wall coverage. The media is outraged. They won't leave the story alone.

/not this timeline

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 23, 2026 11:22 PM (RIvkX)

167 158

I was getting worried I might be some kind of pervert or something.

Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 11:22 PM (oq9dX)

168 Dude 1: How does deduction work?
Dude 2: Well, I look in your yard and I see a dog house, a swing set and a bunch of toys, from which I deduce that you're probably a heterosexual with a family.
Dude 1: Oh, I get it.

Dude 3: Hey, Dude 1! Where have you been?
Dude 1: Dude 2 was explaining deduction to me.
Dude 3: How does that work?
Dude 1: Do you have a dog?
Dude 3: No.
Dude 1: Faggot.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 23, 2026 11:23 PM (qlLNh)

169 159
Tomorrow, the 24th, marks the 80th anniversary of the first picture of earth from space. It was from a camera aboard a V-2 rocket launched from White Sands back in 1946.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 23, 2026 11:20 PM (w6EFb)

wow

Posted by: m at October 23, 2026 11:24 PM (odBC9)

170 We in Alaska used to have four time zones (hey, it's a big place). Now we have only two, one of which is limited to the extreme western Aleutians.

It. Sucks. Ass.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 23, 2026 11:02 PM (qlLNh)

The western part of Ontario, which is much less populated, is on Central time, like Manitoba. When Manitoba announced its clocks were staying put, Ontario's government had the sense to say that the western part would stay aligned with Manitoba. Otherwise if it was 11:00 a.m. in Manitoba, western Ontario would be 10:00 a.m., and eastern Ontario would be 11:00 a.m.

And I was wrong with my first time description: On November 1, if it's 9 a.m. in Seattle, 10 a.m. in Denver, and 11 a.m. in Minneapolis, BC will be 10:00 a.m., Alberta and Saskatchewan 11:00 a.m., and Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec will be Noon.

Posted by: Vendette at October 23, 2026 11:24 PM (Q4MuG)

171 SLS (nasa rocket) only launches Orion (Lockheed Martin). It does not launch the lander.

The two vehicles are launched separately, on different rockets, and meet up in lunar orbit:

Vehicle – Orion (crew capsule, Launched by - NASA’s SLS,
Carries - All 4 astronauts to lunar orbit

Vehicle - Lander (Starship or Blue Origin), Launched by - SpaceX, or Blue Origin) winner of the contest*,
Carries - Two astronauts to and from the surface of the moon

* NASA plans to select the lander for the Artemis IV mission based on readiness following the Artemis III docking (con)tests in 2027.

NASA couldn't fuck up a soup sandwich more...

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2026 11:24 PM (2UA/a)

172 https://tinyurl.com/mrrm7m4w
Posted by: Kindltot

It's a little disturbing you keep posting that sideways pic. Is there something to that which I'm missing?

Posted by: mindful webworker - or what? at October 23, 2026 11:25 PM (uQQoV)

173
Here's a link to the bloody penguin game, for those so inclined...

https://www.numuki.com/game/bloody-penguin/

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at October 23, 2026 11:25 PM (ixS3i)

174 As the saying goes, NASA couldn't lead three sailors into a whorehouse.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 23, 2026 11:25 PM (qlLNh)

175 OT: Blantons is fucking awesome

I just wish it wasn't $100 a bottle

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 23, 2026 11:25 PM (s1VwS)

176 >> Publius, do you have a preference for what would be best?

Yes, and that would be standard time. It's basically astronomical, really, of the definition of mean solar time. Noon means the sun is at transit, and seasonal variation aside, 6AM means "early morning", and 6PM means "near sunset".

The Equation of Time adds some variation, and then standard time zones themselves add some more variation, necessary so clocks can be reasonable synchronized in the modern world of fast travel, but I can tolerate that.

Jumping another hour on a whim about when you want the sun to set according to clock time vs the standard 8 - 5 work schedule is a bridge too far for me.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 23, 2026 11:26 PM (w6EFb)

177
Tomorrow, the 24th, marks the 80th anniversary of the first picture of earth from space. It was from a camera aboard a V-2 rocket launched from White Sands back in 1946.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 23, 2026 11:20 PM (w6EFb)

___________

And all the Wehraboos will say the US stole all their ideas from captured German scientists because we're too stupid.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 23, 2026 11:26 PM (eRlcH)

178 Sorry about your mom, publius. I must've missed that.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 23, 2026 11:26 PM (qlLNh)

179 129 >Speaking of boobs, I have a question. Why are men attracted to boobs?
----

why is grass green
why is the sky blue
why is water wet
IT JUST IS
Posted by: Don Black
.....

why do birds suddenly appear
every time you are near?

Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 10:59 PM (oq9dX)

Does this song include Boobies and Great Tits?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 23, 2026 11:26 PM (l3cgK)

180
Does this song include Boobies and Great Tits?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

No, but it does provide clothes to you.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at October 23, 2026 11:28 PM (ixS3i)

181
If Isaacman was running NASA back then 20 years ago, it would be different. The current SLS fiasco is basically sunk cost fallacy, and the result of NASA becoming basically a congressional pork jobs program.

The reason Isaacman is going along with it is because of the Chicom threat of getting there first. To scrap the SLS crap and start with something reasonable, would add years to the timeline.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 23, 2026 11:29 PM (w6EFb)

182 144 140 My other answer: it's an Oedipal thing.
Posted by: Don Black
......

I'm sticking with Junior High dance over the Oedipal thing.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 11:09 PM (oq9dX)

Hot Cousin > Mom lust

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 23, 2026 11:13 PM (s1VwS)

Do talk more about this Mom lust...

Posted by: Katy Porter Stout at October 23, 2026 11:29 PM (l3cgK)

183 The thing is, so far as I know, no other female mammals have permanently swollen breasts like humans. Most of them grow their breasts when there are offspring to feed. In fact, to the best of my knowledge (which is not extensive I will admit) most mammals have similar bodies, male or female.

Yes, there are antlers and manes but the overall body shape is the same. Humans are the exception.

I'm just trying to be less stupid. So when I report to my home planet, I mean, when I sleep the sleep of the stupid, I can dream unrestrained.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 23, 2026 11:29 PM (CHHv1)

184 164 151
We did go to permanent DST in the early '70s under Nixon (energy crisis and all that). That lasted about a year. When clock time of sunrises was pushing 10AM in the western boundaries of the time zones at higher latitudes (looking at you Michigan and Indiana), that was too much, and they switched back.

I predict the same thing will happen again if they do go to permanent DST again.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 23, 2026 11:16 PM (w6EFb)
---

There's a reason we didn't have DST for 400 years.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2026 11:29 PM (2UA/a)

185
Well, at least our German rocket scientists were better than the Russians' German rocket scientists.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 23, 2026 11:30 PM (w6EFb)

186 Ball game over. Twice. The first final out was overturned so the second final out was played in celebratory fireworks smoke.

Posted by: Vendette at October 23, 2026 11:30 PM (Q4MuG)

187 My twice-annual complaint
https://bit.ly/no-dst

Daylight Saving Time: The Simple Alternative
How free people would handle the seasons

Instead of the ludicrous and ignorant re-setting of clocks, how much harder would it be to say, on such-and-such days, businesses, schools, et al. shift to summer (or winter) hours Anyone can follow the gov't recommended (but not mandated) "shift" days if preferred. Just change the "business" hours for those that want to. Not the clocks.

[Farmers know standard time is reality.🐄 ]

Posted by: mindful webworker - reset your pets and livestock at October 23, 2026 11:31 PM (uQQoV)

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It was a great game.

Let's go Tampa!!!

Posted by: four seasons at October 23, 2026 11:31 PM (/QHx4)

189 176 >> Publius, do you have a preference for what would be best?

Yes, and that would be standard time. It's basically astronomical, really, of the definition of mean solar time. Noon means the sun is at transit, and seasonal variation aside, 6AM means "early morning", and 6PM means "near sunset".

The Equation of Time adds some variation, and then standard time zones themselves add some more variation, necessary so clocks can be reasonable synchronized in the modern world of fast travel, but I can tolerate that.

Jumping another hour on a whim about when you want the sun to set according to clock time vs the standard 8 - 5 work schedule is a bridge too far for me.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 23, 2026 11:26 PM (w6EFb)

Thank you!

Posted by: m at October 23, 2026 11:31 PM (odBC9)

190 So the mexican guy that attacked the Iwo Jima statue? They booked him as "white"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 23, 2026 11:32 PM (sKqQm)

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