Thursday Overnight Open Thread

Thursday Overnight Open Thread - October 22, 2026

Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Thursday ONT! Mixed bag of content for those who care. Open thread, as always. On time, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

[Photo: Autumn in Vermont (more at the link)

Mystery click dedicated to Mis Hum - photo reminds me of his ONTs]

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RIP Tom Skerritt

Tom Skerritt, Star of ‘Picket Fences’ and ‘Alien,’ Dies at 93

Tom Skerritt, the rough-hewn actor who sparkled amid ensembles in M*A*S*H, Alien and Top Gun before starring as small-town sheriff Jimmy Brock on the quirky 1990s series Picket Fences, has died. He was 93.
Skerritt died Wednesday in Seattle of natural causes, his family announced.
“We are heartbroken by his loss,” they said. “While the world knew Tom through his remarkable acting career, we knew him for his humor, curiosity, wisdom, generosity and the love he brought into our lives. He cared deeply about imagination, creativity, storytelling, service, veterans, the natural world and helping others find and share their own voices.”

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Gay Republican guy goes undercover

The gay Republican on the left went undercover to show how insane and far gone most leftists are due to legacy media’s brainwashing of them.
Just LISTEN to what this accepting, tolerant, diverse, and inclusive liberal White woman has to say about President Trump and Republicans: https://t.co/20T1ldIqpq
— Viral Videos™️ (@ViralVideos) October 21, 2026

Round 2 here

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Acceptable violation of the "no math on the blog" rule

It seems like I have to explain this to my wife every weekend, I mean what’s really so hard to understand? It’s simple math really�� https://t.co/YjUHA0sGZ0
— Tyler Ratcliff (@TylerRatcliff17) October 19, 2026

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Hope for the yutes??

From Christian Heiens

You need to understand how Right-wing people under 40 view the Left.
When we think of Leftists, we do not think of Barack Obama or Ezra Klein. Yes, these guys are on the Left, but younger Millennials and Zoomers on the Right do not think of Leftists in their own age bracket as polished technocrats.

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We think of Discord troons that invaded our hobbies, Reddit mods who are drunk on the most insignificant power imaginable, that one girl from high school or college who became a literal Communist, and that friend or family member who cut off all contact because we refused to treat their mental illness like a status symbol.
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They know what is to come if their own generational cohorts on the Left actually take power, and they feel incredibly exasperated that it seems like none of their parents or grandparents understand just how late the hour truly is.

Great comment section on that post.

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Insert Nelson Muntz laugh here

Minneapolis restaurant that offered free meals to protest ICE raids announces closure

Modern Times Café, a Minneapolis restaurant that attempted to eliminate prices, has announced it will be closing for good by the end of the year.
“For the last six years, I’ve been trying to prove that Modern Times can continue to exist,” owner Dylan Alverson wrote on social media Saturday. “I’ve exhausted every option without compromising the core fundamentals that make Modern Times what it is.”
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Alverson announced on Instagram in January that his business, which rebranded as Post Modern Times, would operate as a “free and donation-based restaurant” where everyone would be welcome “except ICE” in protest of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations happening in his state, partly in response to the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

OK fine, I'll actually give you the Nelson laugh

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Trump understands how to get things done. Here's another example - give people a financial incentive to support data centers in their area.

Trump says companies should pay 'dividend' to communities to make data centers popular

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that companies building data centers should pay a "dividend" to the communities ‌where they are sited if they want to make the developments popular.
"I have watched the process closely, and data centers that were highly unpopular in a certain area, have become extremely popular when a financial deal is struck," Trump said in a Truth Social ⁠post.
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The Trump administration, which has prioritized rapid AI development to compete with China, has also noted the shifting voter sentiment.
"New and large, in some cases gigantic, Data (centers) are mandated by me to make their own electricity, and give ‌or ⁠sell any excess back to the local community, or grid," Trump said in his post.
Trump said in February that major technology companies must build their own power plants, opens new tab for their data centers in order to protect consumers from rising ⁠bills.
AI giant Anthropic and Elon Musk have laid out blueprints in recent days for sharing some of the spoils of the AI boom.

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Another fun one from Terrible Maps

Each state's most overrated thing

Old Bay overrated?!? That cuts me deep!

A few others I can't agree with:
Green chile in New Mexico is awesome!
Gulf Shores, Alabama and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina - overrated?? Nonsense!

Much to the disappointment of my proud Masshole significant other, I agree with Dunkin' being overrated - at least for their donuts and other "food" offerings. I will, however, take their coffee 10 out of 10 times over Starbucks.

What say you about the "map of overratedness"?

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DJ Doof - Unique 80s Stuff Edition

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Tonight's ONT brought to you by unforgettable flavors

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Posted by: Doof at 09:52 PM

Comments

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1 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco!

Posted by: TRex- callsign dino at October 22, 2026 09:56 PM (XfIK1)

2 Yo!

Posted by: lin-duh at October 22, 2026 09:57 PM (VCgbV)

3 We gave out those plastic guns at the TXMoMe. 🤩🤗

Posted by: lin-duh at October 22, 2026 09:58 PM (VCgbV)

4 Waitaminute you Doof! Let's not get ahead of ourselves...oh. never mind...it's DOOF!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 22, 2026 09:58 PM (96kpa)

5 Hello

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 22, 2026 09:59 PM (6vuXd)

6 Doof!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 22, 2026 10:00 PM (raF1/)

7 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco!
Posted by: TRex- callsign dino at October 22, 2026 09:56 PM (XfIK1)

The early Dino catches the First!

Posted by: Doof at October 22, 2026 10:00 PM (QMAsf)

8 Red Eye in the rain

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 22, 2026 10:00 PM (vC80E)

9 Posted by: AOS Cope at October 22, 2026 09:58 PM (0aagI)

Temporomandibular joint disorder? Someone bit your peepee?

Posted by: 88C+u at October 22, 2026 10:01 PM (88C+u)

10 We gave out those plastic guns at the TXMoMe. 🤩🤗
Posted by: lin-duh at October 22, 2026 09:58 PM (VCgbV)

May or may not have been an intentional tie-in

Posted by: Doof at October 22, 2026 10:01 PM (QMAsf)

11 Thanks for a nod to dear MisHum💕💕

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 22, 2026 10:02 PM (96kpa)

12
*upbeat music*

It's time for The Doof Show! And here's our star, Doof!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 22, 2026 10:02 PM (eRlcH)

13 But lobster rolls are awesome.

Posted by: 88C+u doesn't even like Maine at October 22, 2026 10:03 PM (88C+u)

14 The overrated items map rings true. At least for the states I am familiar with.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 22, 2026 10:03 PM (V8Zwm)

15 I 💖 '80's.

rolol

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 22, 2026 10:04 PM (vC80E)

16 Voted today in Collin County, TX. Didn't see much of a line, but we showed up around 15 minutes before they closed the doors.

Voted straight Republican.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at October 22, 2026 10:04 PM (bOhjL)

17 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 22, 2026 10:05 PM (+9wcF)

18 Waitaminute you Doof! Let's not get ahead of ourselves...oh. never mind...it's DOOF!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 22, 2026 09:58 PM (96kpa)

Howdy COMM!

Posted by: Doof at October 22, 2026 10:05 PM (QMAsf)

19 Evening all,

We have a launch in about 4 hours.

Rocket Lab - Electron - We're Not Hawking Around
LC 1 - Mähia, NZ - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: NET October 23, 2026
Launch Time: 3:00 AM (0700 UTC, 09:00 CEST)

https://youtu.be/sJrSRKgCGFw

Posted by: Joyenz at October 22, 2026 10:05 PM (2F0/Y)

20 The Irish fag dancing on the Baltimora video didn't sing it...some Italian guy did, forget his name. The fag just was there for dance and face time. I think he died from the slims back in the 80s.

Posted by: Milli Vanilli at October 22, 2026 10:06 PM (JAh4c)

21 As for the Grand Canyon, I've not been there, but if you're a geologist actually studying the place, they tell me it's about the most important site in North America.
Deep cut into the origins of this continent.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 22, 2026 10:06 PM (88C+u)

22 Doof!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 22, 2026 10:00 PM (raF1/)

Howdy, brother! You an RMBS Mom back home yet?

Posted by: Doof at October 22, 2026 10:06 PM (QMAsf)

23 Good evening morons и спасибо Disco.

Posted by: San Franpsyched at October 22, 2026 10:06 PM (RIvkX)

24 Thanks for the ONT!

Agree about the Old Bay!

Posted by: Iris at October 22, 2026 10:07 PM (286+n)

25 *upbeat music*

It's time for The Doof Show! And here's our star, Doof!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 22, 2026 10:02 PM (eRlcH)

Howdy, H7!

Posted by: Doof at October 22, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)

26 Hello!

Posted by: Piper at October 22, 2026 10:07 PM (ZdaMQ)

27 Thanks for the ONT!

Agree about the Old Bay!

Posted by: Iris at October 22, 2026 10:07 PM (286+n)

Agree with me, or the map?

Posted by: Doof at October 22, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)

28 And I totally disagree about Skyline Chili being overrated!

Posted by: Iris at October 22, 2026 10:07 PM (286+n)

29 Finally some Zappa

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 22, 2026 10:08 PM (RIvkX)

30 Howdy, brother! You an RMBS Mom back home yet?
Posted by: Doof at October 22, 2026 10:06 PM

Got home late Sunday night. You?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 22, 2026 10:08 PM (raF1/)

31 Agree with you, of course!

Silly Doof.

Posted by: Iris at October 22, 2026 10:08 PM (286+n)

32 Trump understands how to get things done. Here's another example - give people a financial incentive to support data centers in their area.
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Ugh. I wish we weren't wasting so many resources on AI.

But I guess that's how every bubble goes.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 22, 2026 10:09 PM (vSvIl)

33 Can't really disagree about Old Faithful. Except when I worked there the summer after I graduated HS, I got to see it erupt around midnight when nobody was around. Very cool, and spooky.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 22, 2026 10:09 PM (0aYVJ)

34 Got home late Sunday night. You?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 22, 2026 10:08 PM (raF1/)

Same

Posted by: Doof at October 22, 2026 10:09 PM (QMAsf)

35 New Mexicans would probably agree that Green Chili is pointless. They have a lot of other food they serve which is actually good. Tourists may or may not find out about it

Posted by: 88C+u at October 22, 2026 10:09 PM (88C+u)

36 Same
Posted by: Doof at October 22, 2026 10:09 PM

Nice.

I'd like to stay, but early meetings call. Catch y'all in the Morning Report.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 22, 2026 10:10 PM (raF1/)

37 I wish Trump would just say he may run for President again and piss off all the right people.

Posted by: Case at October 22, 2026 10:10 PM (Dd7BU)

38 Tom Skerritt. Saw him first on Picket Fences. I went on to see him on many old shows-including Gunsmoke and many others. Great, great actor...Godspeed Tom💔❣️

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 22, 2026 10:10 PM (96kpa)

39 And I totally disagree about Skyline Chili being overrated!

Posted by: Iris at October 22, 2026 10:07 PM (286+n)

Calling it chili is the problem. It should be called "Mediterranean Meat Sauce".

I'm actually making a cauldron of it next weekend.

Posted by: Doof at October 22, 2026 10:10 PM (QMAsf)

40 Modern Times Café, a Minneapolis restaurant that attempted to eliminate prices, has announced it will be closing for good by the end of the year.

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This is known as " Bad Luck"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 22, 2026 10:10 PM (RIvkX)

41 Another dandy ONT, Sir Doof!

The photo up top does remind one of a Mis Hum offering. Flag, barn, autumn leaves - what's not to love?

And, personally, I find Utah's fry sauce to be overrated. If the fries are good, they don't need enhancement.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 22, 2026 10:10 PM (D/6p1)

42 Skyline chili gave me the worst indigestion I ever had. I actually contemplated going to the ER. And it wasn't even very tasty.

Give me a sack of White Castle sliders instead.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 22, 2026 10:11 PM (0aYVJ)

43 In before the troll!

Oh. Wait.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 22, 2026 10:11 PM (yEz+x)

44 Great ONT tonight. I love Vermont's orange leaves in the fall

Posted by: 496 at October 22, 2026 10:11 PM (UaTKb)

45 Yeah, there's a bunch with which I cannot agree. Let's face it, if you have been to Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon, you were impressed and both states would be hard-pressed to show you something more incredible.

New York, I'm going to say Coney Island Hot Dogs are WAY over-rated. PA Cheesesteaks are over-rated because most here in PA wish we didn't have to include Philly as part of the state. NH...never heard of coffee milk, and I lived there for a number of years. California....I'd say the whole damn state is now over-rated, and it didn't have to be that way. Alaska...never went on a cruise up there...but I have to tell you, a luxury train crossing of that state isn't to be missed and cannot be overrated.

Posted by: Orson at October 22, 2026 10:11 PM (dIske)

46 Barn with flag. Zappa. Had to check.
Huh.
Doof role-playing as MisHum.

Posted by: mindful webworker - role-playing as a midless idiot at October 22, 2026 10:12 PM (uQQoV)

47 If you think the Indy 500 is overrated either you have never been or you don't like car racing, which is fine, but it is the single day largest sporting event in the world, and it is nuts.

Posted by: Black JEM at October 22, 2026 10:12 PM (8uHt+)

48 ***it seems like none of their parents or grandparents understand just how late the hour truly is.
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Fatalism is lethal.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 22, 2026 10:12 PM (vC80E)

49 Finally some Zappa
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 22, 2026 10:08 PM (RIvkX)

Don't get used to it!

Posted by: Doof at October 22, 2026 10:12 PM (QMAsf)

50 44 In before the troll!
Oh. Wait.
Posted by: nurse ratched

I identify as a jermlaine.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 22, 2026 10:13 PM (88C+u)

51 Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 22, 2026 10:11 PM (0aYVJ)
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I had skyline chili one time. It wrecked the two guys on the trip with me. I found it odd, and not great, but I'd eat it again in a pinch. Neither of them would

Posted by: 496 at October 22, 2026 10:13 PM (UaTKb)

52 Thanks for the ONT Doof.

Pretty picture on top. I mowed lawns today. Well, leaves. Mulched leaves never return.

I am wondering how data centers will ever be profitable. And I am working on something and have spent a few hundred on them in addition to my regular subscriptions.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 22, 2026 10:13 PM (Sco7b)

53 Coffee Milk overrated? Heathens.

The Dunkin Donuts of today is not the original Dunkin Donuts. Back then, the donuts were made fresh in each store and they were awesome. Particularly at 1 in the morning after a long night of .. studying.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 22, 2026 10:14 PM (viF8m)

54 California....I'd say the whole damn state is now over-rated, and it didn't have to be that way.

Posted by: Orson at October 22, 2026 10:11 PM (dIske)

Remove the people from the equation, and it's the greatest state in the union!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2026 10:14 PM (k5CNB)

55 The 'overrated' map is like 40% accurate

In California its the weather that is most overrated.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 22, 2026 10:14 PM (RIvkX)

56 This is known as " Bad Luck"

How do people open and run -- for however short a time -- a business without the most basic understanding of what "business" even means?

Posted by: Oddbob at October 22, 2026 10:14 PM (vTZFs)

57 Skyline chili gave me the worst indigestion I ever had. I actually contemplated going to the ER. And it wasn't even very tasty.

Give me a sack of White Castle sliders instead.
Posted by: Pug Mahon,

Skyline chili is nasty.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 22, 2026 10:14 PM (6vuXd)

58 Ben & Jerry's really is overrated

Posted by: 496 at October 22, 2026 10:14 PM (UzVcT)

59 Little Caesar's tomato/cheese sauce appears to be made of flour dough.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 22, 2026 10:14 PM (vC80E)

60 The Dunkin Donuts of today is not the original Dunkin Donuts. Back then, the donuts were made fresh in each store and they were awesome. Particularly at 1 in the morning after a long night of .. studying.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 22, 2026 10:14 PM (viF8m)

_______________________

"Time to make the Donuts"

Posted by: Orson at October 22, 2026 10:14 PM (dIske)

61 Any overrated list that doesn't list the Corn Palace is a dumb list.

Posted by: Black JEM at October 22, 2026 10:15 PM (8uHt+)

62 Another dandy ONT, Sir Doof!

The photo up top does remind one of a Mis Hum offering. Flag, barn, autumn leaves - what's not to love?

And, personally, I find Utah's fry sauce to be overrated. If the fries are good, they don't need enhancement.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 22, 2026 10:10 PM (D/6p1)

It's not even whelming

Posted by: Doof at October 22, 2026 10:15 PM (QMAsf)

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Ben & Jerry's really is overrated
Posted by: 496 at October 22, 2026 10:14 PM (UzVcT)

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I don't eat communist ice cream.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 22, 2026 10:15 PM (eRlcH)

64 Terrible Maps website: Number of limbs per person average...
Pakistan: 4.03
Sri Lanka: 4.03
Canada: 4.01

WTF?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 22, 2026 10:16 PM (l3cgK)

65 Evening all, thanks for the ONT, Doof!

My personal travails report:
Screening call seemed to go well this morning. Technical interview being plotted, will be early next week. If that's successful, will be followed by a Hiring Manager interview. Would require moving, not fond of that, but... we'll see if we get as far as a job offer, yeah?

Tomorrow I get to teach kindergarteners.

Attempting to fix the stove resulted in stove: 1, me: 0. Or perhaps -1. The glass top of the stove box is... absurdly difficult to de-glue, to the point that I gave up, put things back together, and will make do with just 1 large and 2 small until I can afford otherwise. There may be replacement parts out there, but it's not designed to be serviced by a homeowner, I think...

Posted by: RandomDave at October 22, 2026 10:16 PM (aJQbY)

66 Tradition at my school was water guns appeared on the last day. Worst they could do was take the gun. By then your enemies had paid the price.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 22, 2026 10:16 PM (RIvkX)

67
I'm actually making a cauldron of it next weekend.
Posted by: Doof at October 22, 2026 10:10 PM

Yuck. 😂

Posted by: Piper at October 22, 2026 10:17 PM (ZdaMQ)

68 >>Tomorrow I get to teach kindergarteners.

Remember, boys have a penis and girls have a vagina.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 22, 2026 10:17 PM (viF8m)

69 34 Can't really disagree about Old Faithful. Except when I worked there the summer after I graduated HS, I got to see it erupt around midnight when nobody was around. Very cool, and spooky.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

I thought they turned it off at night. Learn something new every day, even in my aged decrepitude.

Posted by: Old School Needs New Roof at October 22, 2026 10:17 PM (EdP2u)

70
I would say New Haven pizza is the only good thing about Connecticut.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 22, 2026 10:17 PM (eRlcH)

71 Doof - you make your own? We went through a chili phase and did make Cincinnati chile from scratch but ultimately succumbed to the canned chili.

Because I don't like kidney beans, I am not a traditional chili fan - love other varieties. Have a recipe to make a really good version of Wendy's chili - everyone else liked it.

Posted by: Iris at October 22, 2026 10:18 PM (286+n)

72 California....I'd say the whole damn state is now over-rated, and it didn't have to be that way.

Posted by: Orson at October 22, 2026 10:11 PM (dIske)

Remove the people from the equation, and it's the greatest state in the union!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2026 10:14 PM (k5CNB)

Haha! I say something similar about Boston frequently. Great place if not for the Bostonians!

Posted by: Doof at October 22, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf)

73 What does Yellowstone TV mean?

Posted by: Wenda at October 22, 2026 10:19 PM (J5E68)

74
The Horde needs to write letters of recommendation for RandomDave.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 22, 2026 10:19 PM (eRlcH)

75 Oklahoma's most overrated thing: Rt 66.

Kinda hard to argue with that one. It's a highway! And really just bits of sometimes ill-maintained highway at that.

Posted by: mindful webworker - get yer kix on at October 22, 2026 10:20 PM (uQQoV)

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What does Yellowstone TV mean?
Posted by: Wenda at October 22, 2026 10:19 PM (J5E6

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The TV series. Every character is loathsome.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 22, 2026 10:20 PM (eRlcH)

77 Because I don't like kidney beans, I am not a traditional chili fan - love other varieties.

Iris, I think I see the problem.

Chili isn't supposed to have beans!

Posted by: RandomDave at October 22, 2026 10:20 PM (aJQbY)

78 >>Haha! I say something similar about Boston frequently. Great place if not for the Bostonians!

I'm sitting right here.

It's ok. At least I'm not from Baltimore.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 22, 2026 10:20 PM (viF8m)

79 Doof - you make your own? We went through a chili phase and did make Cincinnati chile from scratch but ultimately succumbed to the canned chili.

Because I don't like kidney beans, I am not a traditional chili fan - love other varieties. Have a recipe to make a really good version of Wendy's chili - everyone else liked it.
Posted by: Iris at October 22, 2026 10:18 PM (286+n)

I do make my own. I've spent lots of time in central Kentucky, not too far from Cincy so I've had that style of chili many times. Soon of Doof went to UK and became a fan. A nearby couple we're friends with used to live in Ohio. I found a recipe and made it a few times before. I've been getting requests for it, so it's time.

Posted by: Doof at October 22, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)

80 My littlest little hobbit went on a Rt 66 cruise through central OK with his uncle while I was at TXMoMe. He had fun, but... yeah, it's kind of overrated.

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 22, 2026 10:21 PM (ftFVW)

81 Hadrian,
Thanks. I'm not much of a TV person.

Posted by: Wenda at October 22, 2026 10:21 PM (J5E68)

82 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 22, 2026 10:22 PM (s1NDj)

83 I'm sitting right here.

It's ok. At least I'm not from Baltimore.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 22, 2026 10:20 PM (viF8m)

Touche

Posted by: Doof at October 22, 2026 10:22 PM (QMAsf)

84 Just a minute, Doof! Two months ago, I flew 1200 miles each way just to enjoy the Jersey shore -- and a couple of real fish dinners and a couple of real hoagies. I even came back to Omaha with a head of real garlic, a load of real Jersey tomatoes, a half dozen ears of corn, scads of salt water taffy, and a few dozen pizzelles.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at October 22, 2026 10:22 PM (DK5Sh)

85 "New and large, in some cases gigantic, Data (centers) are mandated by me to make their own electricity, and give ‌or ⁠sell any excess back to the local community, or grid," Trump said in his post.
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Send me the check, my 'community' leaders - the mayor and city council are idiots and will waste the money some stupid project, at best.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 22, 2026 10:22 PM (vC80E)

86 I would say New Haven pizza is the only good thing about Connecticut.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

They have a couple nice state parks on/near the beach. Other than that, I got nuthin'.

Posted by: Keep It! at October 22, 2026 10:23 PM (EdP2u)

87 64
Ben & Jerry's really is overrated
Posted by: 496 at October 22, 2026 10:14 PM (UzVcT)

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I don't eat communist ice cream.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 22, 2026 10:15 PM (eRlcH)

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Ben and Jerry's always made me laugh. Let me ask you a simple question. When you purchase a food product you are looking for something you enjoy eating, BUT you are also looking for assurances that your food product is safe, fresh and guaranteed not to be a safety risk....correct?

Well, the Double Fudge Brownie Ice Cream Ben and Jerry's used to sell had a tiny little printing on it that you'd miss if you were looking for it. The brownies were provided by the special education classes of the local Burlington School District. Now, before you smack me around for assuming that there is a safety risk attached to that...just now that I personally, have a retarded relative who likes to cook GI-Joe action figures into his personally made Mac and Cheese. Just saying.

Posted by: Orson at October 22, 2026 10:23 PM (dIske)

88 I would say New Haven pizza is the only good thing about Connecticut.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 22, 2026 10:17 PM (eRlcH)

Mystic is an enjoyable place to visit.

Posted by: Doof at October 22, 2026 10:24 PM (QMAsf)

89 Insert Nelson Muntz laugh here

Modern Times Café, a Minneapolis restaurant that attempted to eliminate prices, has announced it will be closing for good by the end of the year.

Old and busted: Tragedy of the Commons

New hotness: Comedy of the Commons

Posted by: mikeski at October 22, 2026 10:24 PM (VHUov)

90 I have no idea what that map means by "Broadway" in Tennessee.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 22, 2026 10:24 PM (CHHv1)

91 With all the 'job was cancelled', 'client never got back to the recruiter', or 'even though you literally have every quality we listed on the job posting, we're not even going to interview you for this position', that I've run into... I sometimes feel like God is very obviously setting up *something*. I just wish I knew what and how long...

Posted by: RandomDave at October 22, 2026 10:24 PM (aJQbY)

92 Grand Canyon overrated? Ridiculous.

Posted by: Don Black at October 22, 2026 10:24 PM (ZxPkt)

93 Nice to see the picture with the fall colors up top.
The only fall colors we see down here is the license plates on the cars of all the snowbirds coming back.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 22, 2026 10:25 PM (Lo97M)

94 I'm actually making a cauldron of it next weekend.
Posted by: Doof at October 22, 2026 10:10 PM

Yuck. 😂
Posted by: Piper at October 22, 2026 10:17 PM (ZdaMQ)

So that's a "no" for your RSVP?

Posted by: Doof at October 22, 2026 10:25 PM (QMAsf)

95
North rim of the Grand Canyon >>> South rim of the Grand Canyon

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 22, 2026 10:26 PM (eRlcH)

96 "Just LISTEN to what this accepting, tolerant, diverse, and inclusive liberal White woman has to say about President Trump and Republicans"

Why do they all think we all watch Fox news all the time? (my AWFL sister use to say this all the time before she canceled me) I can't remember the last time I watched more than a few clips on the internet. It's as if they don't have a clue about all the people they hate.

Posted by: Ripley at October 22, 2026 10:26 PM (PTDkx)

97 Iris, I think I see the problem.

Chili isn't supposed to have beans!
Posted by: RandomDave at October 22,

High Five, RD!

Ps. I want to see video of you teaching kindergarten. I think that might be where the millions may be made.

Posted by: Piper at October 22, 2026 10:26 PM (ZdaMQ)

98 Just a minute, Doof! Two months ago, I flew 1200 miles each way just to enjoy the Jersey shore -- and a couple of real fish dinners and a couple of real hoagies. I even came back to Omaha with a head of real garlic, a load of real Jersey tomatoes, a half dozen ears of corn, scads of salt water taffy, and a few dozen pizzelles.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at October 22, 2026 10:22 PM (DK5Sh)

I didn't make the map! If I did, I'd have said Bruce Springsteen for NJ.

Posted by: Doof at October 22, 2026 10:27 PM (QMAsf)

99 The Space Needle is definitely overrated.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 22, 2026 10:27 PM (2WIwB)

100 >>Touche

Living in Boston 30 years ago was fantastic. Relatively small city full of great restaurants, bars, museums, sports .. you name it. It was also safe and clean and easy to get around.

I always wanted to live where I am now but I could see where things were headed and got out. It's tragic what they have done to the place. Many cities Baltimore included.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 22, 2026 10:28 PM (viF8m)

101 Piper, you mean on Candid Camera?

I mean, I'm on the same maturity level as them sometimes.

(Seriously, kids are easier to understand sometimes. They haven't forgotten how to have fun with simple things!)

Posted by: RandomDave at October 22, 2026 10:28 PM (aJQbY)

102 It's as if they don't have a clue about all the people they hate.
Posted by: Ripley

Lack of curiosity is a requirement for that type.

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 22, 2026 10:29 PM (ftFVW)

103 So that's a "no" for your RSVP?
Posted by: Doof at October 22, 2026 10:25 PM (QMAsf

I have to wash my hair. Sorry.

Posted by: Piper at October 22, 2026 10:29 PM (ZdaMQ)

104 Don't get used to it!
Posted by: Doof at October 22, 2026 10:12 PM (QMAsf)
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No worries I know the rules around here. Tom Sawyer is my favorite song.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 22, 2026 10:29 PM (RIvkX)

105 I have inherited a pizzelle iron. Now I have to find it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 22, 2026 10:30 PM (6vuXd)

106 I remember the East Hartland, CT, area being nice 50 years ago. Not sure if it still is.

Posted by: Don't Like Nutmeg, Either at October 22, 2026 10:30 PM (EdP2u)

107 Got some weird stuff goin' on at my house...
Crows still cracking my nuts on the roof in the a.m.
Call from alarm company this a.m. that front door alarm went off, but alarm has been without a battery or wall power for more than a year now (since internal battery died and alarm would NOT turn off, so I physically REMOVED battery and unplugged wall power)...I left message with company for an explanation, person who called back hours later was a bit freaked out by that. Maybe a momentary parasitic power from phone line with enough juice to try to phone home?
This morning, invasion of flies from somewhere. Somehow had three flies in house last night (killed two), then today dozens. No idea where they're coming from, finding some trapped between window and screen in living room. Heading to Home Depot for in-house fly traps.
No idea what will happen next...feels like some Halloween Haunted House Horror is starting.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 22, 2026 10:30 PM (l3cgK)

108 Grand Canyon is overrated? In what fucked up person's head???

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 22, 2026 10:30 PM (s1VwS)

109 RD - but the vegetarian chili recipe that I love has chickpeas and black beans! Besides Cincy chili what other kind doesn't have beans? (But yes, never disgusting kidney beans)

Posted by: Iris at October 22, 2026 10:32 PM (286+n)

110 Grand Canyon is overrated? In what fucked up person's head???
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

If only one thing in a state is "rated," it is both the most overrated and the most underrated thing in that state.

See also: North Dakota

Posted by: mikeski at October 22, 2026 10:32 PM (VHUov)

111 99 Just a minute, Doof! Two months ago, I flew 1200 miles each way just to enjoy the Jersey shore -- and a couple of real fish dinners and a couple of real hoagies. I even came back to Omaha with a head of real garlic, a load of real Jersey tomatoes, a half dozen ears of corn, scads of salt water taffy, and a few dozen pizzelles.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at October 22, 2026 10:22 PM (DK5Sh)
________________________

I'll speak up for Omaha, NE. Visited there during tornado season and rather enjoyed the massively sized hail whopping the every living crap out of my rental car. But, I did have one of the best steaks I ever had at "Omaha Prime". The electricity when out due to the storm half way through, and they just continued like nothing happened. Lit about 100 candles. It was surreal.

Posted by: Orson at October 22, 2026 10:32 PM (dIske)

112 CT Election Update

Less than two weeks left, and I'm blanketing the three towns in my district with signs that quote my opponent as saying (on an open mic) "Tax My People, They Won't Even Notice." Getting signs taken down by the Dems all over the place, but my signs are still being put up.

I was on a CT radio show last week, and I've gotten surprisingly good coverage from the local newspapers, even though I'm a Republican.

Down to my last few thousand dollars (man, political money gets spent quickly come Election Time!), but I still think that I've got a pretty good chance. Lots of 13+ hour days, and I'm campaigning this weekend at some Trunk or Treats and Marathons in the district, but I'm hanging in there. Politicking is tough - I can actually believe that Talarico might have wanted to check himself in someplace for a mental health break. And I'm only running for a small potatoes seat in Hartford.

I should go onto the Prayer Thread for some heavenly assistance on Election Day.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 22, 2026 10:32 PM (0CU3H)

113 It's tragic what they have done to the place. Many cities Baltimore included.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 22, 2026 10:28 PM (viF8m)

Very true. I can't speak for Boston, but Baltimore is beyond hope at this point.

Posted by: Doof at October 22, 2026 10:33 PM (QMAsf)

114 110 RD - but the vegetarian chili recipe that I love has chickpeas and black beans! Besides Cincy chili what other kind doesn't have beans? (But yes, never disgusting kidney beans)
Posted by: Iris at October 22, 2026

No beans in chili from Texas. Ever. It’s a law.

Posted by: Piper at October 22, 2026 10:34 PM (ZdaMQ)

115 No worries I know the rules around here. Tom Sawyer is my favorite song.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 22, 2026 10:29 PM (RIvkX)

Ha! I get to see them again next week. But I probably won't feature them here again until December.

Posted by: Doof at October 22, 2026 10:35 PM (QMAsf)

116 >>I should go onto the Prayer Thread for some heavenly assistance on Election Day.

Best of luck and thanks for stepping in the ring.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 22, 2026 10:35 PM (viF8m)

117 Finally got to Glacier National Park this past summer and did a few days of camping and hiking there. Definitely not overrated.

Posted by: Ripley at October 22, 2026 10:35 PM (PTDkx)

118 Terrible Maps website: Number of limbs per person average...
Pakistan: 4.03
Sri Lanka: 4.03
Canada: 4.01
WTF?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

I'm guessing they made that one up.

It reminds me of one of one of my favorite trivia things, though:

The average human contains slightly more than one human skeleton.

Posted by: mikeski at October 22, 2026 10:36 PM (VHUov)

119 Heading to Home Depot for in-house fly traps.
No idea what will happen next...feels like some Halloween Haunted House Horror is starting.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October

Maybe grab some sage to burn, too.

Posted by: Piper at October 22, 2026 10:36 PM (ZdaMQ)

120 "Living in Boston 30 years ago was fantastic. Relatively small city full of great restaurants, bars, museums, sports .. you name it. It was also safe and clean and easy to get around."

I went to BU Law, '92-'95. It was fun. The T was great. My clinical program third year moved to the North End and I loved taking the T there. The pizza was great, made by authentic, illegal Italians. Lotta Irish too. I was in the MA NG and drilled at Quinzy armory every month. I would have stayed if I weren't going back to California. Out of one frying pan, into another frying pan.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 22, 2026 10:36 PM (Fv808)

121 There's a pizzeria in Sonoma that makes New Haven style. It comes close but Sally's really has no substitute.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 22, 2026 10:37 PM (RIvkX)

122 No beans in chili from Texas. Ever. It’s a law.
Posted by: Piper at October 22, 2026 10:34 PM (ZdaMQ)

That version of "chili" they make that's simply beef cubes in sauce is whelming.

Posted by: Doof at October 22, 2026 10:37 PM (QMAsf)

123 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 22, 2026 10:30 P

The fly thing is weird but one time we had 100's of ants show up in the downstairs bathroom. The pest control people were great. They said that happens once in a while, just spray them and clean them up. Nothing after that.

I'm still trying to figure out fudge and Michigan. Mom grew up there, tons of relatives, I lived in Dearbornistan with my aunt for a few months and I grew up with Detroit tv but fudge is something I never associated with Michigan.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 22, 2026 10:38 PM (Sco7b)

124 Most medium-sized and big cities are beyond hope. It's terrible.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 22, 2026 10:38 PM (6vuXd)

125 123 No beans in chili from Texas. Ever. It’s a law.
Posted by: Piper at October 22, 2026 10:34 PM (ZdaMQ)

That version of "chili" they make that's simply beef cubes in sauce is whelming.
Posted by: Doof at October 22, 2026 10:37 PM

Oh baby. I am now going to have to make you chili. You will be whelmed at a minimum.

Posted by: Piper at October 22, 2026 10:38 PM (ZdaMQ)

126 "Bourbon Street" = most overrated in Lousy-ana: Spot on. I grew up -- literally! For reals! -- on that street, in the dead center of what is tourist debauchery today.

The Quarter was a neighborhood then. I hate to go anywhere near it today.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 22, 2026 10:38 PM (wzUl9)

127 Heading to Home Depot for in-house fly traps.
No idea what will happen next...feels like some Halloween Haunted House Horror is starting.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October

Maybe grab some sage to burn, too.
Posted by: Piper at October 22, 2026 10:36 PM (ZdaMQ)

Done go into the light!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 22, 2026 10:39 PM (2WIwB)

128 Iris, my chili doesn't (usually) have beans (at the time I started making it, I was doing low-carb, so no beans allowed). I'm pretty sure Texas chili doesn't either. Well, except for the heathens and heretics...

I admit, to my shame, occasionally doing experimental chili with beans... but in my mind, that's more of a 'chili-adjacent stew'.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 22, 2026 10:39 PM (aJQbY)

129 Buc'ees is not overrated!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at October 22, 2026 10:39 PM (cooUp)

130 Why would you eat chili in TX when there's BBQ????

Daughter near Dallas invited family for Thanksgiving - we will have BBQ. Yum!

Posted by: Iris at October 22, 2026 10:40 PM (286+n)

131 See also: North Dakota
Posted by: mikeski at October 22, 2026 10:32 PM (VHUov)

I mean...ND also has the Badlands. They might overrated but they are also weird and cool.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 22, 2026 10:41 PM (s1VwS)

132 RD - totally good with "chili-adjacent stew" nomenclature.

Posted by: Iris at October 22, 2026 10:41 PM (286+n)

133 Oh baby. I am now going to have to make you chili. You will be whelmed at a minimum.
Posted by: Piper at October 22, 2026 10:38 PM (ZdaMQ)

Accepted!

Posted by: Doof at October 22, 2026 10:42 PM (QMAsf)

134 God is very obviously setting up *something*. I just wish I knew what and how long...

Posted by: RandomDave
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Musk is hiring like crazy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 22, 2026 10:42 PM (vC80E)

135
Buc'ees is not overrated!
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at October 22, 2026 10:39 PM (cooUp)

___________

People often make too much of it. I preferred it when it was smaller.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 22, 2026 10:42 PM (eRlcH)

136 I have no idea what that map means by "Broadway" in Tennessee.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

It's the main party street in Nashville.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 22, 2026 10:43 PM (V8Zwm)

137 Weather in CA overrated?? Depends on where you're talking about, and what weather you like.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 22, 2026 10:43 PM (U/Byj)

138 Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 22, 2026 10:38 PM (Sco7b)

______________

Yeah, that's a Mackinac Island thing. I saw some cool things in Michigan. You used to be able to tour the Kellogg's Factories in Battle Creek. And just south of there is a small town called Colon, Michigan which bills itself as the Magic Capital of the World. Abbott's Magic Company is there...and you can buy all sorts of really high quality magic tricks. Every year they have hundreds of magicians and illusionists come into town and do shows. It's really fun.

Posted by: Orson at October 22, 2026 10:43 PM (dIske)

139 92 RandomDave

Perhaps you're the wrong pigmentation? Orrr....maybe present yourself as gender-free?....just throwing that out there...🤪

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 22, 2026 10:43 PM (96kpa)

140 Cheesesteak's overrated? Did they go to the Arby's in Reading or something?

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 22, 2026 10:44 PM (s1NDj)

141 Buc'ees is not overrated!
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry

As an attraction they are fantastic. If you are annoyed by folks blocking the gas pumps whist inside, you really should avoid them.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 22, 2026 10:44 PM (V8Zwm)

142 Just finished watching a fine Warners film from 1950: Caged, a solid B & W noir in which a 19-year-old girl (Eleanor Parker) finds herself in a women's prison for being an accessory to armed robbery. Riveting, filled with well-etched characters, the film garnered Oscar nominations for Parker, Hope Emerson (who plays the menacing matron*), and the screenwriters. It didn't win; that was the year of All About Eve and Sunset Boulevard. But it is vivid, beautifully cast, and well-paced.

Recommended.

* Emerson's matron is sort of an ancestor to Nurse Ratched in Cuckoos' Nest. I wonder if Ken Kesey saw this film before writing that novel.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 22, 2026 10:45 PM (wzUl9)

143 I'm sure you can buy all kinds of shit in Colon, MI.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 22, 2026 10:45 PM (6vuXd)

144 "What say you about the "map of overratedness"?"

Something can be overrated *and* very good.

Posted by: comradearthur at October 22, 2026 10:46 PM (fSE+M)

145 ___________

People often make too much of it. I preferred it when it was smaller.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Come for the bathroom leave with the food.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 22, 2026 10:46 PM (vC80E)

146 >>I went to BU Law, '92-'95. It was fun. The T was great. My clinical program third year moved to the North End and I loved taking the T there. The pizza was great, made by authentic, illegal Italians. Lotta Irish too. I was in the MA NG and drilled at Quinzy armory every month. I would have stayed if I weren't going back to California. Out of one frying pan, into another frying pan.

I was living in the Back Bay then so right next door. Working for a Bay Area company so I was spending a bunch of time in California and I loved my time in California back then. Incredibly beautiful state.

Nobody knows better than those of us who lived in places where leftists have infiltrated and destroyed them what we've lost better than we do.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 22, 2026 10:46 PM (viF8m)

147 I'm sure you can buy all kinds of shit in Colon, MI.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Intercourse PA is all screwed up.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 22, 2026 10:46 PM (V8Zwm)

148 Weather in CA overrated?? Depends on where you're talking about, and what weather you like.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 22, 2026 10:43 PM (U/Byj)
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Indian summer ended so I'm in a mood.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 22, 2026 10:47 PM (RIvkX)

149 Mount Rushmore is pretty cool if you happen to be driving through and it is the off season. Traveling just to see it, especially in summer, would be a huge mistake.

Posted by: Ripley at October 22, 2026 10:47 PM (PTDkx)

150
Her Majesty has come to prefer Love's to Buc-ee's. Mostly for 10 cents a gallon off on gas but also for the dog runs and RV amenities.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 22, 2026 10:47 PM (eRlcH)

151 From the cafe thread earlier
for stealth camping checK Steve Wallis for a different take

Posted by: Lord Percy at October 22, 2026 10:47 PM (eb1bp)

152 RANDOM DAVE ... Have you registered with any temp agencies? ... Companies who use temp agencies are not always looking for temporary employees ... Rather, they're using them to "find" permanent employees instead of burdening their internal H.R. department with the process ... Companies provide job descriptions and pay rates to the temp agencies ... Then the temp agencies try to match job-seekers to the open positions ... Qualified job-seekers are offered PAID temporary assignments -- typically on a week-to-week basis -- which gives the company an opportunity to assess the skills of the job-seeker without obligation ... And if the job-seeker turns out to be good fit, then the company makes an offer for permanent employment ... It's a win-win-win for everyone, especially the temp agency, which gets paid a weekly fee for the temp work as well as a lump sum for a permanent hire.

Posted by: Kathy at October 22, 2026 10:48 PM (MOK4W)

153 I mean...ND also has the Badlands. They might overrated but they are also weird and cool.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

But North Dakota's badlands are plain. South Dakota's have giant monuments carved into them. And got called SD's most-overrated thing.

Which is wrong by a country mile. The most overrated thing in South Dakota is definitely Wall Drug. Then the Corn Palace. Then Crazy Horse. Mount Rushmore is 4th, at best.

Posted by: mikeski at October 22, 2026 10:49 PM (VHUov)

154 Terrible Maps website: Number of limbs per person average...
Pakistan: 4.03
Sri Lanka: 4.03
Canada: 4.01

WTF?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 22, 2026 10:16 PM (l3cgK)

It’s all the inbreeding.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 22, 2026 10:50 PM (qqdHS)

155 I should go onto the Prayer Thread for some heavenly assistance on Election Day.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 22, 2026 10:32 PM (0CU3H)
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I'll be praying for you, Darrell! Really, really hope you win.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 22, 2026 10:50 PM (3ImbR)

156
Crazy Horse is a scam. They make more money by not finishing it. Trump would have that sucker done in three weeks.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 22, 2026 10:50 PM (eRlcH)

157 Having spent my formative years in Gulf Shores, I'm happy for people to think it's overrated, if it means less people go there.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 22, 2026 10:51 PM (yTY59)

158 Franpsycho the heat (both numbers and duration) from late July through September here was very anomalous, and horrible (for those unaccustomed to real weather - wouldn't have noticed anything in much of the country). But the previous months of the year, all the way back to January, were sort of ridiculously perfect*, even by local standards. Not a few perfect days - stretches of perfect weeks and months. So I guess we see the law of averages at work.

* again in the eye of the beholder, though dry Mediterranean climates do seem to be desirable to lots of folks

Posted by: rhomboid at October 22, 2026 10:52 PM (U/Byj)

159 Mount Rushmore is definitely off season viewing.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 22, 2026 10:52 PM (6vuXd)

160 We should do a thread that focuses on "Cool Places to Visit in Your Home State That Only the Locals Know."

Posted by: Orson at October 22, 2026 10:52 PM (dIske)

161 Can't say if Idaho taters are any better than others... They all get shipped out to other places! Here, we get Oregon Russets.

Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2026 10:53 PM (rdVOm)

162 I'd scratch In-Out Burger and write in Hollywood for CA most overrated.

Posted by: Rex B at October 22, 2026 10:54 PM (Myt96)

163 Terrible Maps website: Number of limbs per person average...
Pakistan: 4.03
Sri Lanka: 4.03
Canada: 4.01
WTF?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

It’s all the inbreeding.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

I considered that, but:
1) those numbers are too high for birth defect rates
B) Mongolia is 3.0 and Mexico is 3.1, and ain't that many cripples nowhere

I might believe the 3.15 in Australia, given the wildlife, though.

Posted by: mikeski at October 22, 2026 10:54 PM (VHUov)

164 I should go onto the Prayer Thread for some heavenly assistance on Election Day.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 22, 2026 10:32 PM (0CU3H)
~~~~~

Godspeed.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 22, 2026 10:54 PM (6vuXd)

165 161 Can't say if Idaho taters are any better than others... They all get shipped out to other places! Here, we get Oregon Russets.
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2026 10:53 PM (rdVOm)

______________________

I blame "Five Guys" and their anal retentive chalk board announcing the potato farm source.

Posted by: Orson at October 22, 2026 10:54 PM (dIske)

166 Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 22, 2026 10:32 PM (0CU3H)

Put a link to your fundraising site in a comment!

Don't be shy...we are friendly!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2026 10:54 PM (k5CNB)

167 Check me on this. Skyline chili is chili over spaghetti, right?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 22, 2026 10:55 PM (wzUl9)

168 167 Check me on this. Skyline chili is chili over spaghetti, right?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 22, 2026 10:55 PM (wzUl9)

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And I think they put cinnamon in it.

Posted by: Orson at October 22, 2026 10:56 PM (dIske)

169 Posted by: rhomboid at October 22, 2026 10:52 PM (U/Byj)
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I didn't take the good weather for granted this year but I still hate the fog.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 22, 2026 10:56 PM (RIvkX)

170 I agree with Doof in that Old Bay is a staple and necessary. I eat lots of shrimp and Old Bay is what I like to steam them in.

Posted by: And Krispy Kreme,( My State) Is Second-Tier at October 22, 2026 10:56 PM (EdP2u)

171 I note the map makes no mention of Sturgis, Burning Man, Descend On Bend, or Corvettes At Carlyle.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 22, 2026 10:57 PM (yTY59)

172 I am now going to have to make you chili. You will be whelmed at a minimum.
Posted by: Piper at October 22, 2026 10:38 PM (ZdaMQ)

Accepted!
Posted by: Doof

Served in a kale bowl!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 22, 2026 10:57 PM (NnhvP)

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