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We still have a lot of patches, but it's slowly thawing out here as well.

Kiddo had her first friend sleepover tonight; they finally passed out from exhaustion around 11:30, which I count as a win. (We tried for far earlier, of course, but that just wasn't happening unless we laced their chocolate milk with Benadryl.)

@jon-nyc said in If this is true, it's horrible:

In general, I’m seeing far too much personal vitriol toward the people in these roles. As if they created them. Like it or not, the institution wrote the job description and advertised the role. Someone interviewed for it and got it. Sure, let’s eliminate the roles and lay them off with some appropriate notice. But if you’re looking for someone to be angry at blame the institution.

Of course it’s different if someone is known to have done something horrible, like that chick at Columbia who was texting derogatory comments about Jews. But for your average person filling the seat, they don’t deserve personal abuse.

I'd have to disagree. That's situational ethics. if someone did horrible thing X it's ok for me to do horrible thing Y to them. I naively hope for a return to civility someday.

Again though, that's IF this is true. I haven't heard anything else about it so it may not be.

@LuFins-Dad said in Hay George!!!:

Vance spokesperson Taylor Van Kirk, however, told The Enquirer that he has not ordered a shipment of the ice cream.

”Vice President Vance remains staunchly opposed to chili flavored ice cream”

I like Skyline as much as the next guy.

But the fact that VPOTUS is opposed to chili in ice cream is just another point that sanity has returned to DC.

Make them our 53rd state - after Canada and Greenland.

Was Larry part of the Lumbee tribe, or you just assuming Larry will be happy with the federal government recognizing more native American tribes in general?

She got high-speed internet.

Hopefully, she's just immersed in Facebook or some other time waster.

@LuFins-Dad said in This article on Costco kind of hit home.:

@George-K said in This article on Costco kind of hit home.:

@Axtremus said in This article on Costco kind of hit home.:

Gasoline is also cheaper at Costco.

I saw a link (clickbait) saying that although it's cheaper at Costco, gas stations nearby are probably within a penny or two. Filling up a 15 gallon tank might cost as much as 30¢ more, but you won't spend as much time in line.

Jeez, @George-K

https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/322850

Hay, I hand't had my coffee yet.

Growing up, the most popular toothpaste in Taiwan was called "Darkie". I think in the mid 1990's they changed the name.

But you have to understand, it was not meant to be racist. Most people in Taiwan had never see a black person before.

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@George-K

Yes, how could I forget? The perennial inferiority complex complete with chip (more like a deck plank) on the shoulder.

Just think ...In the old four team playoff, neither of these teams would have made the cut.

@George-K said in Boos at the inauguration?:

@Mik said in Boos at the inauguration?:

The renaming stuff is symbolic, and imo a complete waste of time.

Yes. So why did the ODGCM do it?

He didn’t know he did.

I farted during one of the plays yesterday and the ref threw the 15 yard flag for roughing the passer on Mahomes

I do. The appetizer tonight was marrow bones.

There's the famous quote by the Chinese premier when Kissinger asked him for his opinion on the French revolution - "Too early to say", although disappointingly this arose from a mis-translation of what he actually meant.

Every time you hire an unqualified DEI, you still have to hire someone to do the work.

Because the DIE isn't going to do it.

Piers kept it simple:

Link to video

@George-K said in He’s just babbling:

power in the hands of a few ultra-wealthy people

How could that happen?

That's been the question for four years.

Well, they deliver alcohol (as does Instacart) so....

@jon-nyc 👊