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Mid-Morning Art Thread
Henry Ossawa Tanner
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 11, 2025 09:30 AM (copfg)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 11, 2025 09:31 AM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 11, 2025 09:31 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)
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YOU LIE!
/slap slap
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 11, 2025 09:31 AM (copfg)
Although, she never wanted kids, so maybe not.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 11, 2025 09:31 AM (VE6XX)
To be fair, so is Mary.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 11, 2025 09:32 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: dantesed at June 11, 2025 09:32 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 11, 2025 09:32 AM (oAPR6)
Posted by: Bulg at June 11, 2025 09:33 AM (77rzZ)
OT or NT? Because if it's the NT, tell me He doesn't have a Time Machine.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 11, 2025 09:33 AM (X9y8b)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
I was thinking they were examining a shed snake skin.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 11, 2025 09:33 AM (JCZqz)
btw, why are the "scriptures" on a roll of toilet paper?
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 11, 2025 09:33 AM (oAPR6)
Posted by: redridinghood at June 11, 2025 09:34 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 11, 2025 09:34 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 11, 2025 09:34 AM (Kd3dF)
Long scrolls.
Took hours to rewind.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 11, 2025 09:34 AM (Q4IgG)
Be kind! Please Rewind!
Posted by: Libraries at the Time of Christ at June 11, 2025 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Don't Squeeze at June 11, 2025 09:35 AM (HRQvT)
Posted by: Rob Crawford at June 11, 2025 09:35 AM (HLxi5)
YOU LIE!
/slap slap
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 11, 2025 09:31 AM (copfg)
did not. It was my first comment.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Mooj, Smart Tech Sales Associate at June 11, 2025 09:36 AM (PxmHT)
And it makes me appreciate the gift I was given by having sons. The bond between mothers and sons is a blessing. Look at how tender they are with each other. Just beautiful.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 11, 2025 09:36 AM (JyOth)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 11, 2025 09:36 AM (uWKK8)
Posted by: Don Black at June 11, 2025 09:36 AM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Rob Crawford at June 11, 2025 09:36 AM (HLxi5)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 11, 2025 09:36 AM (ITkJX)
Really?
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 11, 2025 09:32 AM (oAPR6)
Maybe he's Messiah-splaining.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 11, 2025 09:37 AM (ExV1e)
This is a beautiful painting. I wouldn't mind getting a copy for the parlor.
(considering your present home, CBD, I wouldn't have been surprised if you'd posted Tanner's The Arch).
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 11, 2025 09:37 AM (Dg2sF)
Posted by: Rob Crawford at June 11, 2025 09:35 AM (HLxi5)
I think that library got burned to the ground before Christ came along.
Posted by: dantesed at June 11, 2025 09:37 AM (Oy/m2)
btw, why are the "scriptures" on a roll of toilet paper?
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 11, 2025 09:33 AM (oAPR6)
IIRC (and I may not) Jewish scripture is kind of on rolls like that. Bookbinding is a fairly new idea.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 11, 2025 09:38 AM (bss/y)
Long scrolls.
Took hours to rewind.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 11, 2025 09:34 AM (Q4IgG)
Be kind! Please Rewind!
Posted by: Libraries at the Time of Christ
There is a $3 charge for unwound returned scrolls.
Thank you,
Blockbuster Management
Posted by: rickb223 at June 11, 2025 09:39 AM (X9y8b)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 11, 2025 09:39 AM (oAPR6)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 11, 2025 09:40 AM (Dg2sF)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 11, 2025 09:40 AM (2UZZJ)
Long scrolls.
Took hours to rewind.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 11, 2025 09:34 AM (Q4IgG)
Be kind, Please Rewind!
Posted by: Nazareth Blockbuster at June 11, 2025 09:40 AM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Rob Crawford
I think that library got burned to the ground before Christ came along.
Posted by: dantesed
We ARE NOT going to rewind!
Posted by: rickb223 at June 11, 2025 09:40 AM (X9y8b)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 11, 2025 09:40 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: redridinghood at June 11, 2025 09:41 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: fd at June 11, 2025 09:41 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 11, 2025 09:40 AM (X9y8b)
CBD threatened he was just going to burn it down.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 11, 2025 09:41 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 11, 2025 09:41 AM (Dg2sF)
Posted by: KwaK! at June 11, 2025 09:41 AM (89Sog)
Posted by: redridinghood at June 11, 2025 09:41 AM (NpAcC)
They hadn't invented Stetsons yet.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 11, 2025 09:41 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 11, 2025 09:42 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 11, 2025 09:42 AM (X9y8b)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 11, 2025 09:42 AM (X9y8b)
HA!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Bulg at June 11, 2025 09:42 AM (77rzZ)
/slap slap
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 11, 2025 09:31 AM (copfg)
did not. It was my first comment.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)
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Are you an attorney by any chance? If so, can I hire you on retainer?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 11, 2025 09:43 AM (copfg)
Posted by: fd
That's Chuy level cruelty.
I like it.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 11, 2025 09:43 AM (X9y8b)
Posted by: Solly's Scrollbinding and Fashion Mart at June 11, 2025 09:44 AM (a/6i4)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 11, 2025 09:38 AM (bss/y)
The first five books are called the Torah, which is on scrolls.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 11, 2025 09:45 AM (mWSu4)
Posted by: naturalfake at June 11, 2025 09:45 AM (iJfKG)
Are you an attorney by any chance? If so, can I hire you on retainer?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 11, 2025 09:43 AM (copfg)
No, but I DID fail the BAR 6 times. Online. One Sunday afternoon.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 09:46 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 11, 2025 09:46 AM (oAPR6)
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 11, 2025 09:47 AM (gbOdA)
Check website for latest time for launch.
https://www.youtube.com/live/120QV9SI9Lk
Posted by: Ciampino - way down under at June 11, 2025 09:47 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Doof at June 11, 2025 09:48 AM (nc9Vg)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 11, 2025 09:48 AM (I7b3/)
Posted by: Doof at June 11, 2025 09:48 AM (nc9Vg)
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"God meant that sons get extra wine at dinner. Just try and give me water again."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 09:49 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 11, 2025 09:49 AM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Ped Xing at June 11, 2025 09:49 AM (HRQvT)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 11, 2025 09:48 AM (I7b3/)
*Lyrics in Drowning Pool's trashcan
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 09:49 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Bulg at June 11, 2025 09:49 AM (77rzZ)
I wonder if she ever had to give Him The Look.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 11, 2025 09:50 AM (+Lnfw)
Posted by: naturalfake at June 11, 2025 09:50 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 11, 2025 09:50 AM (Dg2sF)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 11, 2025 09:50 AM (+Lnfw)
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Paddington would call it the Hard Stare. It's for when people have forgotten their manners.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 09:50 AM (GBKbO)
Long scrolls.
Took hours to rewind.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 11, 2025 09:34 AM
And do you know what the last words written on *every* scroll were?
"Be kind Please rewind"
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 11, 2025 09:51 AM (XqeJN)
Posted by: Bulg at June 11, 2025 09:51 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at June 11, 2025 09:51 AM (77rzZ)
"Sure, we might've taken some liberties with some of our party guests....."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 09:52 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 11, 2025 09:50 AM (+Lnfw)
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Paddington would call it the Hard Stare. It's for when people have forgotten their manners.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 09:50 AM (GBKbO)
Unfortunately, the Book of Paddington is considered apocrypha.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 11, 2025 09:53 AM (iJfKG)
So, did your VHS player blink "12:00"?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 11, 2025 09:53 AM (XqeJN)
So, did your VHS player blink "12:00"?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 11, 2025 09:53 AM (XqeJN)
No, but my Betamax one did.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 11, 2025 09:54 AM (N39Ws)
No, but my Betamax one did.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 11, 2025 09:54 AM (N39Ws)
Oh, so you're one of THOSE guys.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 09:55 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 11, 2025 09:53 AM (XqeJN)
In all of my 29 years, I have never heard anyone say "VHS player" instead of "VCR".
Posted by: Doof at June 11, 2025 09:55 AM (nc9Vg)
Posted by: The only REAL translation at June 11, 2025 09:55 AM (WcbiW)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 11, 2025 09:50 AM (+Lnfw)
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Paddington would call it the Hard Stare. It's for when people have forgotten their manners.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 09:50 AM
No, The Look is separate from the Hard Stare. The Look is hard-coded in female hominid DNA. As I recall, there was a movie that incorporated The Look, wherein one recipient's head literally exploded upon reception.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 11, 2025 09:56 AM (XqeJN)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 11, 2025 09:53 AM (XqeJN)
No, but I was the only one in the family who knew how to set it.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 11, 2025 09:56 AM (l3YAf)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 11, 2025 09:56 AM (X9y8b)
I wonder if she ever had to give Him The Look.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 11, 2025 09:50 AM (+Lnfw)
I imagine Mary did when Jesus stayed behind at the temple as she returned to Nazareth.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 11, 2025 09:56 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 11, 2025 09:56 AM (+Lnfw)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 11, 2025 09:54 AM (N39Ws)
Oh, so you're one of THOSE guys.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 09:55 AM (Zz0t1)
I thought THOSE guys were the ones who owned 8-track tape players.
Then later HD DVD players.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 11, 2025 09:57 AM (iJfKG)
Then later HD DVD players.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 11, 2025 09:57 AM (iJfKG)
=====
Owned a Zune.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 09:58 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 11, 2025 09:50 AM (+Lnfw)
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I believe she did at the wedding at Cana, when He initially demurred at turning water into wine.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 11, 2025 09:58 AM (6YdsJ)
Posted by: Jmel at June 11, 2025 09:58 AM (bVhJi)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 11, 2025 09:59 AM (hY4dx)
Easy. International House of Salmon.
Posted by: Soothsayer
Here in the Mid-Atlantic, it would be International House of Scrapple
Posted by: Doof at June 11, 2025 09:59 AM (nc9Vg)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 09:58 AM (GBKbO)
There are dozens of you!
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 11, 2025 09:59 AM (l3YAf)
Owned a Zune.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 09:58 AM (GBKbO)
I had a Creative Zen.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 10:00 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Bulg at June 11, 2025 10:00 AM (77rzZ)
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Interesting art today. Wouldn't hang but it does provoke reactions. I guess it's done its job then.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 11, 2025 10:01 AM (W/lyH)
--
I was just reading an interpretation that there is very little said in the Bible about Mary's relationship with Jesus, but there are some insights. Jesus was told his mother and brothers were outside and wanted to see him, and he appeared to not emphasize their familial ties (Matthew 12:48-50 "Who is my mother and who are my brothers?") to him but rather stated that all who do the will of the Father are his mother, brothers, sisters. But again, he asked John to take care of her mother after his death, indicating a special caring for her in particular, imo.
Of course, I defer to other much more knowledgeable people here than I.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 11, 2025 10:02 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 11, 2025 10:02 AM (hY4dx)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 09:58 AM (GBKbO)
I owned an Amiga.
Serious guys, it was better really the best home computer out there!!!!
Better than Apple, better even than the Atari ST!!!!
It was the...best...
...the best...guys..
*single tear travels down face*
Posted by: naturalfake at June 11, 2025 10:02 AM (iJfKG)
CBD still hasn’t fully atoned for that one. He still owes us boobs.
Posted by: Bulg at June 11, 2025 10:03 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Doof at June 11, 2025 09:55 AM
That is illogical, Doof, given you encountered it before writing that.
Posted by: Spock, son of Surek at June 11, 2025 10:03 AM (XqeJN)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 11, 2025 10:03 AM (QnmlO)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 09:58 AM (GBKbO)
I had a Creative Zen.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 10:00 AM (Zz0t1)
"Had"?
"Owned"?
I still have mp3 players from that era. Along with my original ipod (size of a deck of cards) and at least 3 ipod nanos.
Posted by: Doof at June 11, 2025 10:03 AM (nc9Vg)
Mary has done some wonderful things with the hovel.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 11, 2025 10:02 AM (hY4dx)
I like the blue accent wall. I am sure Joseph was like 'Really?'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 11, 2025 10:03 AM (bss/y)
“Lamb” by Christopher Moore is a story about Jesus growing up as a boy with friends and adventures and His learning and developing His interpretation of God’s word. He visits the Three Kings who visited Him when He was born.
It’s actually very well done and a lovely story.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 11, 2025 10:04 AM (+Lnfw)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
_______
Still use my Zune HD, and only got rid of my Windows phone a couple years ago.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 11, 2025 10:04 AM (ITkJX)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 11, 2025 10:04 AM (DE404)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 10:00 AM (Zz0t1)
I had a Zen Nano Plus - still do in a bin of IT stuff somewhere around here.
Way ahead of it's time for openness as I recall. USB mass storage device, no proprietary drivers, battery-life of up to 18 hours using an AAA battery, FM tuner with presets, and voice, radio, and line-in recording.
I need to bust it out and wow the littles.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 11, 2025 10:05 AM (i24o9)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 11, 2025 10:05 AM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Don Black at June 11, 2025 10:05 AM (AOsQT)
Posted by: toby928 at June 11, 2025 10:05 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 11, 2025 10:05 AM (qBdHI)
Now the content is so poor that the improved technology is pointless.
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 11, 2025 10:04 AM (DE404)
You can now have a state of the art sound system so you can hear the actors mumbling intelligibly.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 11, 2025 10:05 AM (QnmlO)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
_______
Still use my Zune HD, and only got rid of my Windows phone a couple years ago.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 11, 2025 10:04 AM (ITkJX)
We found the guy!
Posted by: Microsoft at June 11, 2025 10:05 AM (i24o9)
FWIW... I recall claims Betamax was superior, but the VHS format was cheaper to manufacture.
Disclaimer: I had a VCR.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 11, 2025 10:06 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 11, 2025 10:05 AM (i24o9)
That's what I'm talking about!
Posted by: Joe Biden at June 11, 2025 10:06 AM (nc9Vg)
Posted by: Joe Biden at June 11, 2025 10:06 AM (nc9Vg)
You're going to hell.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 11, 2025 10:07 AM (i24o9)
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and learning how to hit a curve-ball
I mean, Jesus could put it up in the cheap seats, like, every time
Posted by: Don Black at June 11, 2025 10:07 AM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Doof at June 11, 2025 10:03 AM (nc9Vg)
Nanos were the best iPods. Small and sleek, but still held plenty of music.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 11, 2025 10:08 AM (l3YAf)
I mean, Jesus could put it up in the cheap seats, like, every time
Posted by: Don Black
Strike Juan, mange.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 11, 2025 10:08 AM (X9y8b)
FWIW... I recall claims Betamax was superior, but the VHS format was cheaper to manufacture.
Disclaimer: I had a VCR.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 11, 2025 10:06 AM
Way back in the day you could only get certain movies on the betamax format tapes. I can't recall any specific titles but we had a buddy who bought a beta machine just so he could rent those movies.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 11, 2025 10:08 AM (e5NfL)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 10:00 AM (Zz0t1)
I had one of those for awhile. I think I still have it somewhere.
Posted by: dantesed at June 11, 2025 10:09 AM (Oy/m2)
I've given up and turn on closed captioning.
Posted by: one hour sober at June 11, 2025 10:09 AM (Y1sOo)
@zerohedge
*BONDI SAYS TRUMP ADMIN WILL EVOKE HOBBS ACT IN CALIFORNIA
===
Sarbanes-Oxley, passed in response to Enron accounting abuses, was used to juice up J6 charges into felonies.
It only took the Supreme Court nearly 3 years to get around to protecting the due process rights of American citizens from that abuse.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 11, 2025 10:09 AM (NwfFc)
Posted by: m at June 11, 2025 10:10 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: m at June 11, 2025 10:10 AM (CQE5S)
...the best...guys..
*single tear travels down face*
Posted by: naturalfake at June 11, 2025 10:02 AM (iJfKG)
Kid in my dorm had one. It was pretty darn good for the time. We did some cool shit with it. Ran a bootleg TV station in the building once we figured out how to tie into the coax network. Use the Amiga for all the graphics.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 10:11 AM (Zz0t1)
I mean, Jesus could put it up in the cheap seats, like, every time
Posted by: Don Black
Strike Juan, mange.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 11, 2025 10:08 AM (X9y8b)
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"Jose can you see ...
By the dawn's early light"
Posted by: ShainS -- Has the Big Beautiful Breakup passed yet? at June 11, 2025 10:11 AM (57Z/f)
Posted by: Bulg at June 11, 2025 10:11 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 11, 2025 10:12 AM (6YdsJ)
Posted by: Lady in Black
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Kind of a smart ass remark isn't it?
Wonder what the words are in the original.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 11, 2025 10:12 AM (I7b3/)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 11, 2025 10:12 AM (VE6XX)
FWIW... I recall claims Betamax was superior, but the VHS format was cheaper to manufacture.
Disclaimer: I had a VCR.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 11, 2025 10:06 AM (Q4IgG)
*nerd mode on*
Betamax vs VHS. Format distinction.
VCR is applicable to both.
Posted by: Doof at June 11, 2025 10:13 AM (nc9Vg)
Posted by: Doof at June 11, 2025 10:03 AM (nc9Vg)
I'm sure the Zen is around here somewhere, however, I recall the charging / interface cable getting broke, rendering the device useless, so they both might've ended up in the trash.
I won an iPod once. Installed iTunes on my PC and loaded 1 song on it. Determined iTunes was of the Devil, so I uninstalled it and sold the iPod.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 10:13 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 09:58 AM
I was working at Microsoft when the Zune came out. As part of the cult of Microsoft that existed there, there was incredible pressure for the 'softies to buy the Zune.
You could tell what someone had by the color of the earphone wires; white for an iPod, brown for the Zune. Anyone with white felt overt and covert pressure to dump the 'Pod, and buy a Zune. Either you didn't, and argued that the iPod was superior (it was), or you bought a set of Zune earphones, and fooled people with the brown wires that you were 'true blue'. (Full-time M$ employees' badges were blue, contractor and temp badges were orange.)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 11, 2025 10:13 AM (XqeJN)
I've given up and turn on closed captioning.
Posted by: one hour sober at June 11, 2025 10:09 AM (Y1sOo)
I have the same problem. I heard someone say that the art of sound mixing went to hell about 20 years ago.
I am not sure we are not just old dudes who can't hear the television.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 11, 2025 10:13 AM (bss/y)
When I was a kid we took turns passing around a Viewmaster viewer. We only had one reel of The Flintstones, and it was the second reel of a three-reel set. Mom said we could have the other two reels as soon as she married a rich guy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 11, 2025 10:13 AM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 10:11 AM (Zz0t1)
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Sponge and Garth?
Posted by: ShainS -- Has the Big Beautiful Breakup passed yet? at June 11, 2025 10:14 AM (57Z/f)
Reddit’s response? We need trains man not more highways!!! It’s like do you people fucking live in the same place I do? First off nobody wants to take a train. This isn’t NYC. Second even if your magic train existed how do you think everything you buy gets to your house via the Amazon truck? How do you think groceries get to the supermarket? It isn’t by train you fucking retards.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 11, 2025 10:14 AM (E4th+)
Bondi evokes
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 11, 2025 10:14 AM (I7b3/)
invoke?
Posted by: m at June 11, 2025 10:10 AM (CQE5S)
LIGHTNING BOLT! LIGHTNING BOLT! LIGHTNING BOLT!
-Trump admin to California
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 11, 2025 10:14 AM (bss/y)
You could tell what someone had by the color of the earphone wires; white for an iPod, brown for the Zune. Anyone with white felt overt and covert pressure to dump the 'Pod, and buy a Zune. Either you didn't, and argued that the iPod was superior (it was), or you bought a set of Zune earphones, and fooled people with the brown wires that you were 'true blue'. (Full-time M$ employees' badges were blue, contractor and temp badges were orange.)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 11, 2025 10:13 AM (XqeJN)
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Sounds like you and Mark Andrew Edwards worked there at about the same time. Probably had no knowledge of each other.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 10:14 AM (GBKbO)
When I was a kid we took turns passing around a Viewmaster viewer. We only had one reel of The Flintstones, and it was the second reel of a three-reel set. Mom said we could have the other two reels as soon as she married a rich guy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 11, 2025 10:13 AM (hY4dx)
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lol
You had a mom?
Posted by: ShainS -- Has the Big Beautiful Breakup passed yet? at June 11, 2025 10:15 AM (57Z/f)
It’s gone from bad to full-blown domestic terrorism.
🔫 Today, in broad daylight, left-wing rioters opened fire on police officers — yes, they’re literally trying to kill law enforcement.
This is no longer about “protest.” This is about anarchy, violence, and open war on law & order.
And guess what?
👉 The same Democrat politicians and activist agitators who fanned the flames for days are now silent — or worse, still defending it.
This madness was incited by the same people who said ICE was evil, police are “oppressors,” and that rioters were “heroes.”
💣 Enough is enough.
🛑 Every politician and activist who helped fuel this must be investigated and held accountable.
🇺🇸 America cannot survive if our leaders are defending those trying to murder cops.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 11, 2025 10:15 AM (X9y8b)
Posted by: Bulg at June 11, 2025 10:15 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at June 11, 2025 10:11 AM (77rzZ)
>>>Edward Lang, Garrett Miller and Joseph Fischer — were charged with corruptly obstructing, influencing or impeding an official proceeding. The provision is part of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which was passed in 2002 following the Enron scandal.
CBS site if you want to search.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 11, 2025 10:16 AM (i24o9)
It’s still the best video game, if you ask me.
Posted by: Bulg at June 11, 2025 10:15 AM (77rzZ)
I never got beyond Pong in the video game world...
Posted by: It's me donna at June 11, 2025 10:16 AM (VE6XX)
Quite nice. You can tell that they didn't have a cat. That scroll would be shredded.
Posted by: t-bird at June 11, 2025 10:16 AM (hvkfA)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 11, 2025 10:16 AM (DE404)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 11, 2025 10:16 AM (xzeFk)
I've given up and turn on closed captioning.
Posted by: one hour sober at June 11, 2025 10:09 AM (Y1sOo)
I have the same problem. I heard someone say that the art of sound mixing went to hell about 20 years ago.
I am not sure we are not just old dudes who can't hear the television.
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I leave captions on for the same reason. Its problematic watching football, though.
Posted by: pudinhead at June 11, 2025 10:16 AM (FmapG)
It’s actually very well done and a lovely story.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 11, 2025 10:04 AM (+Lnfw)
It's one of my favorite books. tbh. I realize it's probably blasphemy, but it really made me feel great affection for Christ.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 11, 2025 10:16 AM (WIBSw)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 10:11 AM (Zz0t1)
Reminds me that I am overdue for a rewatch of Pump Up The Volume (bootleg radio, not TV - but still!)
Posted by: Doof at June 11, 2025 10:17 AM (nc9Vg)
I mean, Jesus could put it up in the cheap seats, like, every time
Posted by: Don Black
Strike Juan, mange.
Posted by: rickb223
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"Jose can you see ...
By the dawn's early light"
Posted by: ShainS
Golf clap.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 11, 2025 10:17 AM (X9y8b)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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The first gen was huge and clunky, but the Zune HD had the iPod beat hands down IMO. Thing is barely bigger than a business card, virtually all screen, and thin AF. And the Zune software was about the best thing out there for music.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 11, 2025 10:17 AM (ITkJX)
Funny that I never have a problem hearing what people say in normal, in-person conversations, only the TV.
(It's the sound mixing).
Posted by: one hour sober at June 11, 2025 10:18 AM (Y1sOo)
They could allow commercial freight to hook a few passenger cars on the tail. They would be full. Amtrak is an idiot.
Ever try to book a ride on Amtrak?
They don't know what a schedule is.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 11, 2025 10:18 AM (I7b3/)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
How can that be wrong?
Posted by: rickb223 at June 11, 2025 10:18 AM (X9y8b)
invoke?
Posted by: m at June 11, 2025 10:10 AM (CQE5S)
LIGHTNING BOLT! LIGHTNING BOLT! LIGHTNING BOLT!
-Trump admin to California
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 11, 2025 10:14 AM (bss/y)
Obligatory:
https://youtu.be/j_ekugPKqFw
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 11, 2025 10:19 AM (i24o9)
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Is that when a Soros butt-bitch retard pretends to be a Governor?
/Asking for my fellow Arizonans ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Has the Big Beautiful Breakup passed yet? at June 11, 2025 10:19 AM (57Z/f)
What time and day do you want to leave?
I want to leave at noon on Tuesday.
Nope we don't have a train leaving at that time. Try again.
WTF?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 11, 2025 10:20 AM (I7b3/)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 11, 2025 10:20 AM (E4th+)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 11, 2025 10:20 AM (oJrfS)
I've given up and turn on closed captioning.
Posted by: one hour sober at June 11, 2025 10:09 AM (Y1sOo)
I have the same problem. I heard someone say that the art of sound mixing went to hell about 20 years ago.
I am not sure we are not just old dudes who can't hear the television.
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Glad to know it's not just me.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 11, 2025 10:20 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Doof at June 11, 2025 10:03 AM (nc9Vg)
**fistbunmp**
I also have a wind-up Victrola.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 11, 2025 10:21 AM (Dg2sF)
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Glad to know it's not just me.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
What?
Posted by: rickb223 at June 11, 2025 10:21 AM (X9y8b)
Posted by: Bulg at June 11, 2025 10:21 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 11, 2025 10:21 AM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 10:13 AM (Zz0t1)
You were ahead of your time.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 11, 2025 10:22 AM (i24o9)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
It's not. I use closed captioning regularly.
Posted by: Tuna at June 11, 2025 10:22 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 11, 2025 10:12 AM (VE6XX)
There are at least 3 "events" planned around me in NH. I'm curious what'll happen when these idiots figure out the county jail near me houses ICE inmates. Has for years and has been a great money maker for the county. Needless to say, heads on a swivel at camp OCiS.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 11, 2025 10:23 AM (N39Ws)
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My neighbor friend had Pong, since we were a Kaboom! family and never had the game. I remember going to her house and playing it. It was the most amazing thing we'd ever seen. It was great fun.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 11, 2025 10:23 AM (qBdHI)
Can someone tell me why more people aren't being charged for Violating Civil Rights, namely preventing Americans from traveling freely on the public streets?
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 11, 2025 10:23 AM (oAPR6)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 11, 2025 10:23 AM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
How can that be wrong?
Posted by: rickb223 at June 11, 2025 10:18 AM (X9y8b)
I know! It pushed me to re-read the Bible. Not because I thought anything in Lamb was true, but because it made me want to be drawn back in. I doubt that was the author's aim, but God works in mysterious ways.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 11, 2025 10:24 AM (WIBSw)
Posted by: Bulg at June 11, 2025 10:24 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 11, 2025 10:24 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 11, 2025 10:24 AM (DE404)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
It's not. I use closed captioning regularly.
Posted by: Tuna at June 11, 2025 10:22 AM (lJ0H4)
I prefer it, because I don't want the TV blaring with the effects and music, while being unable to hear the words articulated. And that's leaving out the amped up level of commercial volume if I happen to be watching shows with commercials, which is practically never.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 11, 2025 10:25 AM (i24o9)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 11, 2025 10:25 AM (oAPR6)
I also have a wind-up Victrola.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 11, 2025 10:21 AM (Dg2sF)
Better than an iPod.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 10:25 AM (Zz0t1)
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That's awesome!. Um, what's the Hobbs act?
Posted by: WisRich at June 11, 2025 10:25 AM (G0vdT)
I also have a wind-up Victrola.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 11, 2025 10:21 AM (Dg2sF)
Better than an iPod.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 10:25 AM (Zz0t1)
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Though not as easy to use at the gym.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 11, 2025 10:26 AM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 11, 2025 10:26 AM (DE404)
btw, you know a really easy & quick way to tell someone is a Total Douchebag?
If they go out of their way to purchase and affix one of those "Darwin" fish to their stupid cars. You AUTOMATICALLY KNOW they are supreme fuckingassholes.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 11, 2025 10:26 AM (oAPR6)
Posted by: Bulg
Disagree.
Jesus told us we are his children. He told us He would protect us and keep us close to Him. He shows affection for His apostles and they show affection for Him.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 11, 2025 10:27 AM (B7V01)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 11, 2025 10:23 AM (l3YAf)
I did it with Linux for a time, and it was clunky at best. And it was far easier to load up a modern phone or tablet and use VLC or some other player without all the nag, privacy concern, and tie ins.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 11, 2025 10:27 AM (i24o9)
I am not sure we are not just old dudes who can't hear the television.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 11, 2025 10:13 AM (bss/y)
Sounds like a skill issue, bud.
Posted by: Christopher Nolan at June 11, 2025 10:27 AM (tL5sl)
Though not as easy to use at the gym.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 11, 2025 10:26 AM (hY4dx)
Valid, but does add to the exercise program.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 10:27 AM (Zz0t1)
But for the left/Reddit none of that matters. Trains are like climate change. It’s part of their religion. No matter how much evidence you provide to the contrary, they’re convinced it’s the only viable option.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 11, 2025 10:27 AM (E4th+)
IMO it's a cool little gadget
Posted by: Don Black at June 11, 2025 10:27 AM (AOsQT)
I wonder if she ever had to give Him The Look.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 11, 2025 09:50 AM (+Lnfw)
What, you haven't seen the meme where he's still a little dude, and refuses to get in the bath water?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 11, 2025 10:27 AM (ULPxl)
Posted by: WisRich at June 11, 2025 10:25 AM (G0vdT)
Federal overreach. They can use it and call pretty much anything a crime.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 11, 2025 10:28 AM (mWSu4)
Posted by: Don Black at June 11, 2025 10:28 AM (AOsQT)
Posted by: WisRich at June 11, 2025 10:25 AM (G0vdT)
I looked it up. Federal conspiracy law for robbery and extortion.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 11, 2025 10:28 AM (i24o9)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 11, 2025 10:28 AM (DE404)
Think the problem will be focused there. I'll watch on the intertube.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 11, 2025 10:28 AM (I7b3/)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 11, 2025 10:23 AM
Because it's a Reality TV show.
Posted by: Get more popcorn at June 11, 2025 10:29 AM (WcbiW)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 11, 2025 10:17 AM
The first gen was the one when I was there, and I wrote Zune off, so never paid attention to follow ons, and don't know about the HD.
iTunes was taking off, and M$ never really came up with an good alternative, so I suspect that had as much or more to do with iPod dominance.
Kind of the same story with PDAs. Windows CE has a bunch of problems. I switched to a Dell Axim from Palm Pilots, and the software issues with CE sent me scurrying back to Palm.
Palm's Graffiti data entry was excellent, and to this day, I wish the iPhone had something like it, instead of the stupid QWERTY keyboard interface.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 11, 2025 10:29 AM (XqeJN)
Sony prohibited releasing porn on Betamax. That's what killed it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 11, 2025 10:29 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Bulg at June 11, 2025 10:29 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Eromero at June 11, 2025 10:29 AM (SZI4h)
Well, if I can't travel freely down fucking Main Street in Any Town, USA because some communist faggot anarchists are blocking the road under the threat of Violent, this is a CRIME.
It is expressly Violating MY Civil Rights, goddamit.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 11, 2025 10:29 AM (oAPR6)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 11, 2025 10:26 AM (oAPR6)
I had one one my truck a long time ago.
Evolution and religion are not incompatible.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 11, 2025 10:30 AM (mWSu4)
IMO it's a cool little gadget
Posted by: Don Black at June 11, 2025 10:27 AM (AOsQT)
iTunes is an abomination and destroys all in it's path.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 10:30 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 11, 2025 10:23 AM (oAPR6)
Democrats and commies have civil rights. Normies and right-wingers have obligations.
Posted by: Hawaiian Judge at June 11, 2025 10:30 AM (l3YAf)
Posted by: WisRich
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It's the Hobbes Act. California is returning to the state of nature.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 11, 2025 10:30 AM (ITkJX)
Both actively organizing protests against ICE.
Leah Greenburg and Ezra Levin.
Oy caramba!
Cada. Soltera. Tiempo.
Posted by: Mexican Bagel at June 11, 2025 10:30 AM (CMtEG)
Posted by: Bulg at June 11, 2025 10:31 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at June 11, 2025 10:24 AM (77rzZ)
No, cylinders are for the Edison machine and its variants. I would love to own one, but they are very expensive. My Victrola plays shellac discs and has steel needles that need to be replaced very few records, or else they get dull.
There's no 78-45-33-16 speed marker, either. You have to play the record and adjust the turntable speed to what sounds 'correct.'
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 11, 2025 10:31 AM (Dg2sF)
I had one one my truck a long time ago.
Evolution and religion are not incompatible.
Posted by: Dildo
Case in point.
QED
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 11, 2025 10:31 AM (oAPR6)
Posted by: Low hanging curve at June 11, 2025 10:32 AM (WcbiW)
Posted by: Terry Moran, Podcaster at June 11, 2025 10:32 AM (hY4dx)
But even some of the supposedly "good" movies or series on the streams have really horrible sound. Don't know if it's the stream compression or just bad mixing at the source.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 11, 2025 10:33 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Terry Moran, Podcaster at June 11, 2025 10:32 AM (hY4dx)
How the f*ck is it that newsreaders are making this kind of scratch?!?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 10:33 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 11, 2025 10:25 AM
It is a Greek word meaning "fish", and is also an acronym comprised of the first letter of five Greek words: Iesous Xristos Theou Yios Sotare, which means Jesus, Christ, Son of, God, Savior.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 11, 2025 10:33 AM (XqeJN)
It's Greek, the acronym for "Jesus Christ, God's Son and Savior," or so I remember from my Baltimore Catechism.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 11, 2025 10:33 AM (Dg2sF)
Posted by: Case at June 11, 2025 10:33 AM (k7qYZ)
The Hobbs Act, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 1951, is a United States federal law enacted in 1946 that prohibits actual or attempted robbery or extortion that affects interstate or foreign commerce, as well as conspiracies to do so. The Act is named for United States Representative Sam Hobbs (D-AL).
The statute, despite being conceived and enacted as an anti-racketeering measure in disputes between labor and management, is frequently used in connection with cases involving public corruption, commercial disputes, and corruption directed at members of labor unions.
Posted by: ShainS -- Has the Big Beautiful Breakup passed yet? at June 11, 2025 10:33 AM (57Z/f)
Hands like lightning. Destroys & heals in the same punch!
Posted by: rickb223 at June 11, 2025 09:42 AM (X9y8b)
Almost as badass as George Washington, who killed a sensei in a duel and never said why.
Posted by: Production Assistant with a crate of 9mm blanks at June 11, 2025 10:34 AM (FoIOl)
Posted by: Soothsayer
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As soon as Bondi comes out of makeup she'll be right on it.
With another press conference.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 11, 2025 10:34 AM (I7b3/)
Posted by: Rob Crawford
I think that library got burned to the ground before Christ came along.
Posted by: dantesed
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Can't blame THAT ONE on some stupid with a flare gun...
Posted by: Ian Gillian at June 11, 2025 10:34 AM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 11, 2025 10:25 AM
It is a Greek word meaning "fish", and is also an acronym comprised of the first letter of five Greek words: Iesous Xristos Theou Yios Sotare, which means Jesus, Christ, Son of, God, Savior.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 11, 2025 10:33 AM (XqeJN)
Well I'm going to bed tonight less stupid. Thanks for this.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 11, 2025 10:34 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Solly's Scrollbinding and Fashion Mart at June 11, 2025 10:35 AM (a/6i4)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 11, 2025 10:35 AM (FoIOl)
It’s still the best video game, if you ask me.
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The scene where Red and Kelso both find Pong too easy and Kelso takes it apart to make the paddles smaller, lol
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 11, 2025 10:35 AM (1r1Cc)
#TwoWeeks
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 11, 2025 10:35 AM (E4th+)
Posted by: From about That Tim at June 11, 2025 10:35 AM (n4GiU)
IMO it's a cool little gadget
Posted by: Don Black at June 11, 2025 10:27 AM (AOsQT)
iTunes is an abomination and destroys all in it's path.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 10:30 AM (Zz0t1)
Excatly. iTunes is asshoe. But back in those days, the accessories available for ipods sucked me in. So I suffered through the itunes interface. Then I mastered it and learned how to make it work for me. But I agree - it is from the devil.
Posted by: Doof at June 11, 2025 10:35 AM (nc9Vg)
IMO it's a cool little gadget
Posted by: Don Black at June 11, 2025 10:27 AM (AOsQT)
They're obsolete now.
They were a closed, tie-in ridden, PITA, then. They were slick and capitalized on cult-like adoption to squeeze out more desirable (from an open, fair use perspective) solutions in the market - like the Zen mentioned above - which was largely driven by content creators owners pressuring Apple to become a conduit from your wallet to theirs, while Apple took their 30% cut.
Now in the days of yt-dlp, bit torrent, open audio platforms like VLC, and mobile devices with massive, cheap storage, hot processors, and long battery lives, remaining tied to the I-ecosystem seems mainly about momentum or tech illiteracy.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 11, 2025 10:35 AM (i24o9)
Posted by: But you already knew that at June 11, 2025 10:35 AM (WcbiW)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 11, 2025 10:33 AM (Q4IgG)
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Probably a conversion issue.
Channeling 5.1 (or greater) into a 2.0 stereo output of your TV. Done poorly, it shoves everything through the two speakers of the TV, muddling things. Done correctly, it diminishes surround effects and prioritizes the front channels, in particular the central channel.
It may be worthwhile to look through your television's audio menu to find the appropriate settings.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 10:35 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Tyrone Shoelaces at June 11, 2025 10:36 AM (AaY6N)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 11, 2025 10:36 AM (E4th+)
Posted by: Bulg at June 11, 2025 10:36 AM (77rzZ)
still works too!
plugs into an old boom box
no internet required, no one is taking my MP3s
I hear people pay good money for these things!
Posted by: Black Orchid at June 11, 2025 10:36 AM (Pv3Rg)
https://tinyurl.com/238jfmu4
26 seconds
Posted by: Don Black at June 11, 2025 10:37 AM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 11, 2025 10:37 AM (Zyv3S)
With another press conference.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 11, 2025 10:34 AM (I7b3/)
A little reminder... just cuz the media doesn't mention it doesn't mean nothing is happening.
https://www.justice.gov/news
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 11, 2025 10:37 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 11, 2025 10:37 AM (DLqye)
Posted by: Bulg at June 11, 2025 10:36 AM (77rzZ)
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It's the Hildebeast's preferred device. It vibrates.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 11, 2025 10:38 AM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 11, 2025 10:37 AM (DLqye)
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A labor leader?
Corrupt?!
If only Comrade Stalin knew.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 10:38 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Terry Moran, Podcaster at June 11, 2025 10:32 AM (hY4dx)
How the f*ck is it that newsreaders are making this kind of scratch?!?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 10:33 AM (Zz0t1)
You know what really grinds my gears? Going to the local for a drink and seeing a bunch of windbag assholes on the sports channel who get mucho bux for saying nothing that any halfwit on a barstool couldn't say.
"Sports Commentary" has to be one of the biggest scams out there.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 11, 2025 10:38 AM (Dg2sF)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 11, 2025 10:37 AM (DLqy
I'm thinking you're right...
Posted by: It's me donna at June 11, 2025 10:38 AM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Megthered at June 11, 2025 10:38 AM (qkhhv)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 11, 2025 10:38 AM (E4th+)
Posted by: Cobbler! at June 11, 2025 10:38 AM (WcbiW)
Posted by: Bulg at June 11, 2025 10:39 AM (77rzZ)
They were a closed, tie-in ridden, PITA, then. They were slick and capitalized on cult-like adoption to squeeze out more desirable (from an open, fair use perspective) solutions in the market - like the Zen mentioned above - which was largely driven by content creators owners pressuring Apple to become a conduit from your wallet to theirs, while Apple took their 30% cut.
Now in the days of yt-dlp, bit torrent, open audio platforms like VLC, and mobile devices with massive, cheap storage, hot processors, and long battery lives, remaining tied to the I-ecosystem seems mainly about momentum or tech illiteracy.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 11, 2025 10:35 AM
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
Posted by: Tim "The Dude" Cook at June 11, 2025 10:39 AM (XqeJN)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 11, 2025 10:38 AM (Dg2sF)
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Especially today when hobbyists of anything will do the same kind of puffery for free online. And often with better results.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 10:39 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: WisRich at June 11, 2025 10:25 AM (G0vdT)
Federal overreach. They can use it and call pretty much anything a crime.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Well, throwing rocks & burning buildings and cars and shooting at police pretty much ends the "peaceful protest" phase. So, Fedgov can get with it.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 11, 2025 10:40 AM (X9y8b)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 11, 2025 10:38 AM (E4th+)
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And almost no one knows that their TV settings often aren't defaulted to converting 5.1 to 2.0.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 10:40 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 11, 2025 10:38 AM (Dg2sF)
No insights. No accountability. It's the perfect media job.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at June 11, 2025 10:40 AM (KbCG3)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 11, 2025 10:37 AM
You are far, far too young to be so cynical.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 11, 2025 10:40 AM (XqeJN)
You know what really grinds my gears? Going to the local for a drink and seeing a bunch of windbag assholes on the sports channel who get mucho bux for saying nothing that any halfwit on a barstool couldn't say.
"Sports Commentary" has to be one of the biggest scams out there.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 11, 2025 10:38 AM (Dg2sF)
Agreed. ESPN is dying because they're not even talking sports anymore. They're cancelling shows because they've become nothing but political bullshit libtard bitch sessions.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 10:41 AM (Zz0t1)
So... you really are as big a contentious asshole as people say.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 11, 2025 10:41 AM (mWSu4)
What do you mean tie-in ridden? I never had trouble with that with my iPods. Unfortunately, the iPhones and Macs are now riddled with that crap.
I synced my iPod easily from Linux. Just plugged it in and it auto-synced my music over automatically using some scripts I wrote.
Posted by: Hawaiian Judge at June 11, 2025 10:41 AM (l3YAf)
Probably a conversion issue.
Channeling 5.1 (or greater) into a 2.0 stereo output of your TV. Done poorly, it shoves everything through the two speakers of the TV, muddling things. Done correctly, it diminishes surround effects and prioritizes the front channels, in particular the central channel.
It may be worthwhile to look through your television's audio menu to find the appropriate settings.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu
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Good graphic equalizers are a thing of the past?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 11, 2025 10:41 AM (I7b3/)
Posted by: Bulg
A-10's inbound!
Posted by: rickb223 at June 11, 2025 10:42 AM (X9y8b)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the movie Master & Commander somehow incorporate Darwin and the Galapegos Islands, somewhat hamfistedly?
Or am I thinking of another movie?
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 11, 2025 10:42 AM (oAPR6)
Posted by: Don Black at June 11, 2025 10:42 AM (AOsQT)
Would you be interested?
Posted by: From about That Tim at June 11, 2025 10:42 AM (n4GiU)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 11, 2025 10:33 AM (Q4IgG)
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Probably a conversion issue.
Channeling 5.1 (or greater) into a 2.0 stereo output of your TV. Done poorly, it shoves everything through the two speakers of the TV, muddling things. Done correctly, it diminishes surround effects and prioritizes the front channels, in particular the central channel.
It may be worthwhile to look through your television's audio menu to find the appropriate settings.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 10:35 AM (GBKbO)
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If anyone is still using just the two speakers on the TV, my advice is upgrade to a soundbar. Even the cheaper basic 5.1 models go a good job of LF, C, RF, and sub and a decent job simulating SL and SR. It makes a huge difference. Listen to the Blade.
For a true audiophile experience, a true receiver is the way to go, but that's more space and effort to set it up. So unless you're hardcore, I just recommend a soundbar.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 11, 2025 10:42 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Tim "The Dude" Cook at June 11, 2025 10:39 AM (XqeJN)
Only the part about content creators pressuring apple to lock down the system against fair-use. I have no current evidence, just vague recollections of the day.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 11, 2025 10:42 AM (i24o9)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 11, 2025 10:40 AM (X9y8b)
No argument about the illegality of these riots. But we have laws that cover every bit of their actions. I don't like these catch-all federal laws. They use them against political enemies as much as against lawbreakers.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 11, 2025 10:42 AM (mWSu4)
You know what really grinds my gears? Going to the local for a drink and seeing a bunch of windbag assholes on the sports channel who get mucho bux for saying nothing that any halfwit on a barstool couldn't say.
"Sports Commentary" has to be one of the biggest scams out there.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 11, 2025 10:38 AM (Dg2sF)
Agreed. ESPN is dying because they're not even talking sports anymore. They're cancelling shows because they've become nothing but political bullshit libtard bitch sessions.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 10:41 AM (Zz0t1)
I saw a video once that showed how ESPN invented a news cycle based entirely on ESPN. A morning show ESPN talking head said some QB was overrated. That clip of him made it into almost every ESPN show for the rest of the day, as a prompt for more ESPN debate. It was hilarious.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at June 11, 2025 10:42 AM (KbCG3)
Posted by: Bulg
A-10's inbound!
Posted by: rickb223 at June 11, 2025 10:42 AM (X9y8b)
This guy gets it. +1.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 11, 2025 10:43 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 11, 2025 10:38 AM (Dg2sF)
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Especially today when hobbyists of anything will do the same kind of puffery for free online. And often with better results.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu
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Pete Schrager is good on the NFL. I really can't think of anyone else worth a damn.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 11, 2025 10:43 AM (ITkJX)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 11, 2025 10:43 AM (VE6XX)
No insights. No accountability. It's the perfect media job.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at June 11, 2025 10:40 AM (KbCG3)
Mel Kiper Jr., ESPN college draft 'specialist' said he would QUIT HIS JOB if Jimmy Clausen wasn't a hall of famer after his NFL career.
His most recent draft predictions revealed he was a parrot, regurgitating the top 7 everyone else on the planet agreed upon, then went HORRIBLY wrong on most all picks after that.
STILL hasn't quit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 10:43 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: eleven at June 11, 2025 10:43 AM (0HaGk)
"Sports Commentary" has to be one of the biggest scams out there.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
Now do recycling.
Posted by: Green God at June 11, 2025 10:43 AM (WcbiW)
For a true audiophile experience, a true receiver is the way to go, but that's more space and effort to set it up. So unless you're hardcore, I just recommend a soundbar.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 11, 2025 10:42 AM (iFTx/)
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Yeah, sound bars are decent in betweens. I need to move our soundbar from the TV downstairs to the TV upstairs. We never use it down there, and I would use it up here.
I'd rather set up my receiver again, but I just don't have the room to put it anywhere, the media center doesn't have a space big enough.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 10:43 AM (GBKbO)
exactly Don! you and me, simpatico
on this, and on avoiding URL shorteners lol
Posted by: Black Orchid at June 11, 2025 10:43 AM (Pv3Rg)
DogeDesigner
@cb_doge
🚨 BREAKING: President Trump on if he can reconcile with Elon Musk:
“I guess I could.”
Posted by: Don Black at June 11, 2025 10:43 AM (AOsQT)
It’s all so silly.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 11, 2025 10:43 AM (E4th+)
Posted by: eleven at June 11, 2025 10:44 AM (0HaGk)
donna they only care about their palms getting greased
Posted by: Black Orchid at June 11, 2025 10:44 AM (Pv3Rg)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 11, 2025 10:44 AM (DE404)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 11, 2025 10:44 AM (DLqye)
Posted by: Bulg
A-10's inbound!
Posted by: rickb223 at June 11, 2025 10:42 AM (X9y8b)
This guy gets it. +1.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed
Play Misty for me.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 11, 2025 10:44 AM (X9y8b)
Please tell me you're not just wishcasting.
This would be so crom.
Posted by: eleven at June 11, 2025 10:43 AM (0HaGk)
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If cable is dying, ESPN is dying.
ESPN's entire model was built on fees built into every cable contract, something like $8 per subscription. They took a long time to even start into the streaming option.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 10:45 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 11, 2025 10:42 AM (iFTx/)
Soundbars sound pretty good, but I agree, a receiver is the way to go.
Setting them up to handle the various inputs is a pain in the ass though.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 11, 2025 10:45 AM (mWSu4)
Posted by: eleven at June 11, 2025 10:43 AM
a) cromulent
b) Conan's chief deity
c) Get off my lawn
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 11, 2025 10:45 AM (XqeJN)
Although, she never wanted kids, so maybe not.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)
*evil grin*
Were you an only child?
Posted by: No Name Today at June 11, 2025 10:46 AM (vlXMQ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 11, 2025 10:44 AM (DE404)
I miss my Blackberry terribly. I hate typing on screens.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 10:46 AM (Zz0t1)
Yeah, sound bars are decent in betweens. I need to move our soundbar from the TV downstairs to the TV upstairs. We never use it down there, and I would use it up here.
I'd rather set up my receiver again, but I just don't have the room to put it anywhere, the media center doesn't have a space big enough.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 10:43 AM (GBKbO)
Mrs OCiS insisted on a soundbar, taking down my receiver and surround speakers. It does sound good, especially if you get one with a sub woofer. But I do miss the receiver and the sound coming out of my Paradigm speakers.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 11, 2025 10:46 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 11, 2025 10:44 AM (DLqye)
Hopefully. But we have laws against conspiracy to riot!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 11, 2025 10:46 AM (mWSu4)
Posted by: polynikes at June 11, 2025 10:46 AM (VofaG)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 11, 2025 10:46 AM (I7b3/)
I forget that some people look at this site with their phones
Posted by: Don Black at June 11, 2025 10:46 AM (AOsQT)
Setting them up to handle the various inputs is a pain in the ass though.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 11, 2025 10:45 AM (mWSu4)
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If I ever upgrade this media room, I'm putting speakers into the walls and ceiling and finding a way to put the receiver in the closet or something.
Not the highest priority, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 10:46 AM (GBKbO)
No insights. No accountability. It's the perfect media job.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at June 11, 2025 10:40 AM (KbCG3)
Mel Kiper Jr., ESPN college draft 'specialist' said he would QUIT HIS JOB if Jimmy Clausen wasn't a hall of famer after his NFL career.
His most recent draft predictions revealed he was a parrot, regurgitating the top 7 everyone else on the planet agreed upon, then went HORRIBLY wrong on most all picks after that.
STILL hasn't quit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 10:43 AM (Zz0t1)
He got into it with the Colts GM back in the day. Colts GM flayed him by pointing out that no team has ever hired Mel Kiper Jr., he's never been in a draft room, and he's never had to be accountable for his picks.
That said, I used to room with a guy who worked for ESPN in the same department as Kiper. He said Mel legit knew every pick almost by heart. Schools, pros, cons, etc.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at June 11, 2025 10:46 AM (KbCG3)
Aaaand this is exactly how NBC/MSNBC has used SNL political skits since at least 2008. Seems like every Palin lie ("I can see Russia from my house!") started as an SNL skit, then the replayed the skit every Monday, every 30-60 minutes on each show and "discussed" it.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 11, 2025 10:46 AM (72zuV)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 11, 2025 10:47 AM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Black Orchid at June 11, 2025 10:44 AM
You say that like it's a bad thing.
Posted by: 99.4% of Congress and Senate at June 11, 2025 10:47 AM (XqeJN)
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What is SL and SR?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 11, 2025 10:46 AM (I7b3/)
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Surround Left and Surround Right.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 10:47 AM (GBKbO)
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Think big picture.
Unions are part of the left. Doesn’t matter what the issue is. They’re all united. They don’t give a fuck about illegals. They use it as a pretext to riot and dance communism. Same with climate change, blm, you name it. The main goal is destruction of America.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 11, 2025 10:47 AM (E4th+)
*evil grin*
Were you an only child?
Posted by: No Name Today at June 11, 2025 10:46 AM (vlXMQ)
No. My father was 18 years older than his brother, so my mother deemed him an only child. She felt that he was incredibly selfish due to being said 'only child' and vowed that since he 'knocked her up' for my brother, she would not have only one child to prevent such selfishness in her offspring.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 10:48 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 11, 2025 10:26 AM (hY4dx)
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Plus you'd have to find someone to watch your Victrola-grinding "minkey."
Posted by: ShainS -- Has the Big Beautiful Breakup passed yet? at June 11, 2025 10:48 AM (kDEJH)
Posted by: one hour sober at June 11, 2025 10:48 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: polynikes at June 11, 2025 10:46 AM (VofaG)
Screamin' A. Smith believes he's the main story.
This is the story of most "journalists", however.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at June 11, 2025 10:48 AM (KbCG3)
A momma deer and her baby just walked through my backyard. The baby couldn't have been more than a couple weeks old. Still wobbly and covered with white spots.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 11, 2025 10:48 AM (viF8m)
The Cucks in the Senate are lobbying for ukraine, right now. Secretary Hesgeth isn't having it.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 11, 2025 10:48 AM (oAPR6)
I have surround speakers in the ceiling...that is great. But front speakers in the walls might degrade the sound unless they are designed specifically for that application.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 11, 2025 10:48 AM (mWSu4)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 11, 2025 10:43 AM (VE6XX)
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Most "unions" long ago got corrupted into basic commie scumbag grifters without any motivation other than basic commie scumbag grifting. Representing workers is secondary. That, plus unrestricted illegal immigration puts pressure on the legal workforce, which makes the union workers more desperate and dependent -- just the way commies like them. Unions are scum.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 11, 2025 10:48 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director "
Beautifully put.
Posted by: eleven at June 11, 2025 10:49 AM (0HaGk)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 11, 2025 10:46 AM (72zuV)
I went to Denmark after that cycle.
All of Europe was told and believed that Palin actually said that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 10:49 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 10:35 AM (GBKbO)
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The sound's being piped through a Bose soundbar/sub woofer setup, not the TV's speakers. Some content is pretty good with this setup, others... not so much. But, to your point, I've fiddled around with the TV's sound setting to no avail.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 11, 2025 10:49 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 11, 2025 10:48 AM (viF8m)
The meat will be delicious and delicate. Don't overcook it!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 11, 2025 10:49 AM (mWSu4)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
Yea it is. But it is also an escape from work, or family or the stresses of everyday existence. I begrudge no one their escape.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 11, 2025 10:49 AM (O9B8K)
I have surround speakers in the ceiling...that is great. But front speakers in the walls might degrade the sound unless they are designed specifically for that application.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 11, 2025 10:48 AM (mWSu4)
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I'd imagine, without input from anyone, surround rear being in the walls, and all of the front channels being in the ceiling.
Probably end up all in the ceiling once I talk to someone who actually knows what they're doing, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 10:49 AM (GBKbO)
What do you mean tie-in ridden? I never had trouble with that with my iPods. Unfortunately, the iPhones and Macs are now riddled with that crap.
I synced my iPod easily from Linux. Just plugged it in and it auto-synced my music over automatically using some scripts I wrote.
Posted by: Hawaiian Judge at June 11, 2025 10:41 AM (l3YAf)
Easily and scripts I wrote do not seem to be congruent.
I used it on Linux with RhytthmBox, I think, and it was clunky at best. I gave up, mostly because it was a curiosity and Ipods were obsolete, but I was looking to hand something to my youngest.
Itunes was the tie-in, which then became the Apple Istore or whatever. And if you were on Windows, it came with all the other Apple crap like updaters (spyware?) you had to kill to keep Windows from running out of memory. Then you got the dance of updating windows or installing Itunes on another computer and hoping Itunes didn't wipe your library for you.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 11, 2025 10:49 AM (i24o9)
Mitch McConnell looks & sounds half dead, right now. And Susan Collins can barely speak. She sounds like she's doing an impression of RFK Jr.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 11, 2025 10:50 AM (oAPR6)
A momma deer and her baby just walked through my backyard. The baby couldn't have been more than a couple weeks old. Still wobbly and covered with white spots.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 11, 2025 10:48 AM (viF8m)
We've been watching one in our yard. One of the few bright spots in the day watching the fawn joyfully hop and run around while momma keeps close tabs.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 11, 2025 10:50 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: eleven at June 11, 2025 10:50 AM (0HaGk)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 11, 2025 10:49 AM (Q4IgG)
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That is unfortunate.
Time to upgrade to a receiver and ATMOS system. Sorry, Mrs. Farmer. It has to be done.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 10:50 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 11, 2025 10:47 AM (l3YAf)
Exactly.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 11, 2025 10:51 AM (mWSu4)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director "
Beautifully put.
That doesn't explain pandas.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 11, 2025 10:51 AM (s8j++)
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It doesn't at all. God is a watchmaker.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at June 11, 2025 10:51 AM (sX1BW)
Collins sounds like old Katherine Hepburn.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 11, 2025 10:52 AM (s8j++)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 11, 2025 10:51 AM (s8j++)
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That's why God created kung fu.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 10:52 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 11, 2025 10:43 AM (VE6XX)
Unions are communist fronts.
Always have been.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 11, 2025 10:52 AM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 11, 2025 10:05 AM
This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Ozzy Osbourne at June 11, 2025 10:52 AM (XqeJN)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 11, 2025 10:49 AM (mWSu4)
Just "tenderized" one 2 weeks ago in my truck.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 11, 2025 10:52 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 11, 2025 10:52 AM (uWKK8)
"Who knew?"
Posted by: DEI Mayor Karen Bass at June 11, 2025 10:52 AM (hY4dx)
"senator" coons (D-warmonger cuck) : Now is not the time for a ceasefire. Never is the time, in fact. We must stop Putin.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 11, 2025 10:52 AM (oAPR6)
no
Posted by: eleven at June 11, 2025 10:50 AM (0HaGk)
Its funny. Clausen's hair and face is compared to an emu and the similarity is striking.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 10:52 AM (Zz0t1)
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*snort*
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 11, 2025 10:52 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: nurse ratched
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especially this year, since the Denver Broncos WILL WIN the AFC West
Posted by: Don Black at June 11, 2025 10:52 AM (AOsQT)
Nope. Rear surround is fine in the ceiling, but front speakers need to be at ear height.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 11, 2025 10:52 AM (mWSu4)
Posted by: Soothsayer
Here's another great example of low-hanging fruit to shut down the assholery of progtards.
Those two a-holes blocking traffic and preventing that woman from going to work were sooooo proud and smug about their actions that they broadcast their faces all over the internet.
They should be identified then arrested for civil rights violations, on video, of course as a nice FAFO.
That would get a lot of the Casual A-holes from joining in if they have to fight the law and/or go to prison.
And, you know, hard-working people could go about their business.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 11, 2025 10:53 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Archimedes"
Or all that weird shit at the bottom of the ocean.
Posted by: eleven at June 11, 2025 10:53 AM (0HaGk)
Posted by: I gotta ask at June 11, 2025 10:53 AM (WcbiW)
Collins sounds like old Katherine Hepburn.
Posted by: Archimedes
She sounds like Kat Hepburn doing an RFK Jr impression.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 11, 2025 10:53 AM (oAPR6)
Sweet! Per our neighbor, a fat raccoon ambled into our yard from the front yard yesterday. In broad daylight.
Need to get the doggy out patrolling the perimeter more!
Posted by: Lizzy at June 11, 2025 10:53 AM (72zuV)
A momma deer and her baby just walked through my backyard. The baby couldn't have been more than a couple weeks old. Still wobbly and covered with white spots.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 11, 2025 10:48 AM (viF8m)
Saw a big fat doe last week. We should be seeing them drop shortly.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 11, 2025 10:53 AM (i24o9)
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 11, 2025 10:42 AM (iFTx/)
Soundbars sound pretty good, but I agree, a receiver is the way to go.
Setting them up to handle the various inputs is a pain in the ass though.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 11, 2025 10:45 AM (mWSu4)
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You should try cutting holes in walls and ceilings to run speaker wire and cables through rooms! And installing speakers on 12-foot ceilings. I probably have 700 feet of speaker wire in my place, that I laid all myself. 19 speakers in total. 9.1.4 in the main TV room. 4.1 in the living room. All hooked together and run off a single AV source running two receivers. And I;m seriously considering the new AVR-A1H to add even more speakers! I'm a junkie.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 11, 2025 10:54 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Archimedes"
Or all that weird shit at the bottom of the ocean.
Posted by: eleven at June 11, 2025 10:53 AM (0HaGk)
You forget that God has a sense of humor. Those creatures were created to keep man guessing when he thinks he finally has it all figured out. See the platypus.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 11, 2025 10:54 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at June 11, 2025 10:54 AM (Bbkzn)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 11, 2025 10:49 AM
Gotta sous vide that shit!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 11, 2025 10:54 AM (AA9bt)
For the middle class it’s generally affordable and an easy way for the PTB to keep them distracted from the real issues.
Not a bad take.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 11, 2025 10:55 AM (E4th+)
They're not studying scriptures, they're going over their CVS receipt.
Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix
/applause
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 11, 2025 10:55 AM (oAPR6)
Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix
Haha
Posted by: Tuna at June 11, 2025 10:55 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 11, 2025 10:56 AM (DLqye)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 11, 2025 10:52 AM (oAPR6)
Pick up a rifle, asshole.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 11, 2025 10:56 AM (i24o9)
His most recent draft predictions revealed he was a parrot, regurgitating the top 7 everyone else on the planet agreed upon, then went HORRIBLY wrong on most all picks after that.
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How many millions are wasted speculating every year about which teams will make the NCAA tourny? The whole season long now?
What an f'ing joke. After the 25 ranked teams, the auto-qualifier conference champs, there's like, what, 15 slots left?
And these "experts" maybe get 50% of them right?
And those are all "it doesn't matter because they have no chance at the Sweet 16" picks anyway.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 11, 2025 10:56 AM (1r1Cc)
Posted by: eleven at June 11, 2025 10:56 AM (0HaGk)
Posted by: Don Black at June 11, 2025 10:56 AM (AOsQT)
"senator" coons (D-warmonger cuck) : Now is not the time for a ceasefire. Never is the time, in fact. We must stop Putin.
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The killing must continue!
Posted by: Democrats at June 11, 2025 10:57 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 11, 2025 10:57 AM (i24o9)
Posted by: eleven at June 11, 2025 10:56 AM (0HaGk)
GREAT HORNY TOADS!!!!
Posted by: Yosemite Sam at June 11, 2025 10:57 AM (Zz0t1)
"senator" coons (D-warmonger cuck) : Now is not the time for a ceasefire. Never is the time, in fact. We must stop Putin.
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The killing must continue!
Posted by: Democrats at June 11, 2025 10:57 AM (Dv3i1)
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Fine.
Just without my money.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 10:57 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 11, 2025 10:54 AM (N39Ws)
There's a bird called the Painted Bunting that shows up in Texas and the lower East Coast. It literally looks like a bird that someone just splashed a bunch of primary colors over, just for fun. It's amazing to see one in the wild.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 11, 2025 10:57 AM (uWKK8)
Best part is they are laughing at a woman, who thought the BLM/DEI era "you're stopping a black woman from going to work" flex was going to work on them.
Hello, now maybe you understand that these same activists riot over each trendy issue - but they are not invested in any of them. BLM was so 2020, they don't GAF that they are stopping a hardworking person who happens to be black and a woman.
Something something must be made uncomfortable to enact change, right, Obama?
Posted by: Lizzy at June 11, 2025 10:58 AM (72zuV)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 11, 2025 10:56 AM
I'm thinking that would work, too.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 11, 2025 10:58 AM (AA9bt)
For the middle class it’s generally affordable and an easy way for the PTB to keep them distracted from the real issues.
Not a bad take.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 11, 2025 10:55 AM (E4th+)
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Sports are competition and humans need and thrive on competition. Sports offer that to the masses. The rich aren't immune to it. There were lots of very rich Romans watching the gladiator games. But generally the rich have resources to compete against each other over things the poor can't afford. Cars, boats, summer homes, private sex islands, etc.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 11, 2025 10:58 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 11, 2025 10:52 AM (oAPR6)
Has anyone asked him when Congress declared war?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 11, 2025 10:58 AM (ExV1e)
Doesn’t seem like something evolution would do.
Posted by: polynikes at June 11, 2025 10:58 AM (VofaG)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 11, 2025 10:58 AM (t0Rmr)
Henry Ossawa Tanner; born 1859 Pittsburgh, PA, died 1927 Paris, France.
Wikipedia: In part, "He (Henry Ossawa Tanner) became the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim. Tanner moved to Paris, France, in 1891 to study at the Académie Julian and gained acclaim in French artistic circles."
American Art Collaborative Org
Henry Ossawa Tanner used his Swedish-born wife Jessie and their son Jesse as models for the Virgin and Christ, giving the work a double resonance as both a meditative biblical scene and a tender family portrait. The first African American artist to obtain international acclaim, Tanner is the last great exponent of religious painting in European and American art. The son of an African Methodist Episcopal minister, Tanner studied with Thomas Eakins at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts before pursuing a career in Paris, where the professional and societal obstacles facing people of color were not as severe as in 19th- and early 20th-century America. Tanner's religious paintings were popular and critical successes at the Salon and with collectors on two continents.
Would hang. Thanks
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 11, 2025 10:59 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 11, 2025 10:52 AM (oAPR6)
Ukraine is gonna lose... Sorry to say... Why not try to make some sort of deal so that there are Ukrainians left...
Posted by: It's me donna at June 11, 2025 10:59 AM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 11, 2025 10:58 AM (iFTx/)
Sports betting on every aspect of everything is destroying sports as a whole.
Posted by: Yosemite Sam at June 11, 2025 10:59 AM (Zz0t1)
How’s that for prognosticating?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 11, 2025 11:00 AM (E4th+)
Would you be interested?
Posted by: From about That Tim at June 11, 2025 10:42 AM (n4GiU)
I would, actually. I'm in northeast MA by the NH border. Where are you?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 11, 2025 11:00 AM (Dg2sF)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)
"senator" collins wants Sec Hesgeth "what's at stake" in ukraine.
Apparently "democracy" is "at stake," she claims.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 11, 2025 11:00 AM (oAPR6)
Posted by: muldoon at June 11, 2025 11:01 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 11, 2025 10:52 AM (oAPR6)
"The 1980's called. It wants it's foreign policy back."
- - - - - - Baroke Hussein Owebama
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 11:01 AM (Zz0t1)
During the WoT these assholes were telling me WAR IS NEVER THE ANSWER.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 11, 2025 11:01 AM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2025 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)
Is this the new NOOD call?
because Nood.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 11, 2025 11:01 AM (N39Ws)
"senator" collins wants Sec Hesgeth "what's at stake" in ukraine.
Apparently "democracy" is "at stake," she claims.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 11, 2025 11:00 AM (oAPR6)
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What's at stake in the civil war in the Republic of Central Africa?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 11:01 AM (GBKbO)
"senator" collins wants Sec Hesgeth "what's at stake" in ukraine.
Apparently "democracy" is "at stake," she claims.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 11, 2025 11:00 AM (oAPR6)
What's at stake is Ukrainians....
Posted by: It's me donna at June 11, 2025 11:01 AM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 11, 2025 11:01 AM (E4th+)
I enjoy the constant variety of sports
the human drama of athletic competition
the thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat
Posted by: Don Black at June 11, 2025 11:01 AM (AOsQT)
Trump mentions China trade deal, Musk tweets his regrets over public sour grapes and deletes his tweets, TSLA is back to pre-falling out levels, and nobody gives a rip about the left's astroturfed TACO moniker massive fail.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 11, 2025 11:02 AM (i24o9)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 11, 2025 10:51 AM (s8j++)
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That's why God created kung fu.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 10:52 AM (GBKbO)
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Pandas are an accident of environment. They were once more like normal bears, but got outcompeted by better predators. They were forced up into the mountains to eat bamboo. It's terrible nutrition for them, because they have a carnivore's digestive system. So they are continually stunted and lethargic. But see an adult up close. Huge teeth and claws, massively powerfully built. I wouldn't fuck with one.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 11, 2025 11:02 AM (iFTx/)
You know Putin is the only leader in that war that's had a recent election re-affirming him in office...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 11, 2025 11:02 AM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Guys everywhere at June 11, 2025 11:03 AM (WcbiW)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 11, 2025 11:03 AM (DE404)
There's no 78-45-33-16 speed marker, either. You have to play the record and adjust the turntable speed to what sounds 'correct.'
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 11, 2025 10:31
My dad had one of the Edison ones. My brother has it now. The needle has to be sapphire. Expensive is an understatement.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 11, 2025 11:04 AM (2J/Lj)
The competition aspect is cool and shit. I just dont care about “my team” winning. Or any of the sports drama that espn thrives off of.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 11, 2025 11:04 AM (E4th+)
the human drama of athletic competition
the thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat
Posted by: Don Black at June 11, 2025 11:01 AM (AOsQT)
I enjoy baseball.
But I find that what I am driven by most as a coach of littles is watching MLB body mechanics (mostly hitting and pitching) to try to discover optimal body motions to teach the kids as they start to discover the sport and work on improving their skills.
Beyond that, from a coaching perspective, seeing them start to think about the game as a mental game and improve their mental toughness is probably the biggest reward.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 11, 2025 11:05 AM (i24o9)
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Agreed.
I'm not a fan of legalized gambling in general. I particularly loathe government-run lotteries and gambling houses.
Posted by: Crusader at June 11, 2025 11:05 AM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Elric Blade
Sports also scratches the itch of tribalism that is inherent in human beings, without needing to get all bloody about it.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 11, 2025 11:07 AM (Dv3i1)
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If any of you are lucky enough to live in or near a city that has one of the Major League Baseball teams' AAA affiliate, that's a great bargain for entertainment. I live in such a city, and a couple of times each summer I get to see MLB players who are in my city on a rehab assignment. The cost is a pittance compared to MLB ticket prices.
Posted by: Crusader at June 11, 2025 11:08 AM (TN0g+)
We did the best we could with what we knew at the time.
I've been through all the shoulda-coulda-woulda thoughts for years, as we have a son who has estranged himself from his father and me. I made a lot of mistakes, but I also tried really hard to be a good mom.
Did you try? Did you do your best at that time, with whatever else was going on in your life? Did you love them the best you could? That's all anyone can do.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 11, 2025 11:08 AM (Eo96p)
Posted by: Tom Servo
I've seen one since 1979. And it was three years ago at my in-laws bird feeder.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 11, 2025 11:11 AM (X9y8b)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 10:40 AM (GBKbO)
As a die-hard non-user of TV, that's shit I don't have to care about.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 11, 2025 11:15 AM (VKMo0)
Posted by: kallisto at June 11, 2025 11:23 AM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: Joyce at June 11, 2025 11:23 AM (Uy/WF)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 11, 2025 10:31
I have a Victor III on which I play many of my older shellac records. In the spring and fall, there is a huge "mechanical music" show at the PAL building in Wayne. Tons of old shellac records for sale, along with every reproducing machine from cylinder types to early disc. A favorite show of mine for many years. Bring money.
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