Old Man Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 4 hours ago, Duke Bushido said: There are Godiva stores? Best hot chocolate in town. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 The Martians' attitude towards us is changing ==== ((merged)) ==== 9 hours ago, Old Man said: Best hot chocolate in town. Oh well. My wife preferred the Dilletante stuff made with their Ephemere, but yeah, oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 Study finds that money CAN buy happiness. Matthew Killingsworth, a senior fellow at Penn's Wharton School and author of the study, told Medical Press. "But when I looked across a wide range of income levels, I found that all forms of well-being continued to rise with income. I don't see any sort of kink in the curve, an inflection point where money stops mattering. Instead, it keeps increasing." https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/mental-health/535769-money-can-buy-you-happiness-after-all-scientists As it turns out, Mr. Howell was right! No word on how Lovey is taking the news. Hermit and Lawnmower Boy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 [MEEP] yeah~! Why swearing is a sign of intelligence, helps manage pain and more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 Marvel is putting the last member of the new Krakoan Age X-Men team to a vote. You have until February 2 to choose from: Armor Banshee Boom-Boom Cannonball Forge Marrow Polaris Strong Guy Sunspot Tempo I think the rest of the team is: Cyclops Jean Grey Vulcan Havok Rachel Cable One Other Omnipresent Mutant Leaning toward Polaris myself, because I have a thing for green hair. Pattern Ghost 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 8 minutes ago, Old Man said: Marvel is putting the last member of the new Krakoan Age X-Men team to a vote. You have until February 2 to choose from: Armor Banshee Boom-Boom Cannonball Forge Marrow Polaris Strong Guy Sunspot Tempo I think the rest of the team is: Cyclops Jean Grey Vulcan Havok Rachel Cable One Other Omnipresent Mutant Leaning toward Polaris myself, because I have a thing for green hair. I assume that's Rachel Summers, the girl from the future who keeps changing code names? Or is it someone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranxerox Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Old Man said: Marvel is putting the last member of the new Krakoan Age X-Men team to a vote. You have until February 2 to choose from: Armor Banshee Boom-Boom Cannonball Forge Marrow Polaris Strong Guy Sunspot Tempo I think the rest of the team is: Cyclops Jean Grey Vulcan Havok Rachel Cable One Other Omnipresent Mutant Leaning toward Polaris myself, because I have a thing for green hair. Since the rest of the team is extremely white and mostly guys, I think Tempo would be their best choice. Not sure why they want all three of the Summers boys on one team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 I think Omnipresent Mutant has the gritty hand-to-hand combat covered. Vulcan, Cyclops, and Havok are energy projectors. Cable, Jean Grey, and maybe Rachel have the mentat and TK angles covered. The candidates Not very familiar with Tempo. Her powers seem uninteresting for an ongoing series. Polaris, Banshee, Boom-Boom are energy projectors. Polaris has the advantage of being able to protect herself (and others) and fly. I'd like to see Polaris and Havok together. Banshee can fly and has been a long-time favorite. But the team is already heavy on pure energy projectors. Strong Guy and Armor are super-strong. TK can mimic that to a certain extent but still a nice feature for a team. Armor is more armored and doesn't seem to suffer as much when the artist of a book changes as Strong Guy does. Marrow is a worse version of Omnipresent Mutant. Sunspot has turned into a knock-off Superman with heat beams, flight, super-strength, at least some invulnerability, speed, agility, and solar energy absorption. He's also filthy rich, which might come in handy but less so than normal of they're working for a country. I've never found Sunspot compelling except when playing the filthy rich guy and not superheroing. Forge is anything and everything because he's got a VPP gadget pool that's insanely large. The team is light on women. You need at least three in order to have two keeping secrets from the third. Most women are reluctant to have girl talks with the Omnipresent Mutant. I'm torn between Forge and Polaris. My heart tells me Forge. My head tells me Polaris. Of course, if I don't pick Polaris, she'll show up anyway.... I flipped a coin and it came up Polaris. So I picked Forge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 I'm ineligible to vote for some unknown reason, but I would vote for Strong Guy given a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Logan.1179 said: I'm ineligible to vote for some unknown reason, but I would vote for Strong Guy given a chance. Largely because voting starts tomorrow I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 A new bookstore in Seattle has its books organized by emotion. https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/seattles-newest-bookstore-oh-hello-again-has-a-novel-system-categorizing-books-by-emotions/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 3 hours ago, Sociotard said: A new bookstore in Seattle has its books organized by emotion. Where's the facepalm aisle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 3 hours ago, Pattern Ghost said: Where's the facepalm aisle? Outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 That location is across the street from a hospital complex. Not an area I frequent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 BoloOfEarth, Ternaugh, aylwin13 and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 Interview of former head of Operation Warp Speed Could have put this in the COVID thread, but this is more a retrospective about his role with the development of the vaccines and getting them out there. He's a scientist, or at least sure as **** thinks like one and talks like one. Quote This pandemic is costing $23 billion a day to the U.S. economy, every single day. Quote How can you have discovered two vaccines, developed them all the way to approval, manufacture, and distribute with 99.9% precision 14 million doses to 14,000 sites and it’s labeled as there is no plan? We had to do everything from scratch. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 Reddit uses Game Stop to hurt hedge fund. #heroes https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jan/27/gamestop-stocks-us-hedge-fund-pulls-out-after-heavy-losses Hermit and pinecone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pariah Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 I'm pretty sure Jesus would have chased guys like this out of the place with a whip. But I could be mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 Which guys, hedge fund, or reddit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 Both. Pariah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 I don’t know, I kind of side with the Redditors on this one. Hermit and pinecone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 Me too. Hedge funds are just sore losers that they spit the dummy and then tattle-taled to the regulator that ‘mean’ Redditers was making money at their expense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 Chloris Leachman dies aged 94 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55839322 Lord Liaden 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 Pariah, Old Man, Cancer and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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