What slate do I vote for to make this happen?I feel like if we asked Mamdani nicely he might do it.
Jeez, don't get all Movie of the Week. I was just too cheap to buy you a real present.
Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Trudy Booth - Sep 24, 2026 12:21:36 pm PDT #14097 of 14150
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
-t - Sep 24, 2026 12:22:17 pm PDT #14098 of 14150
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Worth a try
-t - Sep 24, 2026 12:52:34 pm PDT #14099 of 14150
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Unless you already have that in the Cannoli District, I suppose
Atropa - Sep 24, 2026 2:30:17 pm PDT #14100 of 14150
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Hour 24 of a migraine. Thankfully not with the new blackout symptoms, but still pretty awful.
-t - Sep 24, 2026 3:41:09 pm PDT #14101 of 14150
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ugh, I'm sorry. Do not like.
Laura - Sep 24, 2026 5:22:35 pm PDT #14102 of 14150
Our wings are not tired.
I'm sorry, Atropa. Did your PCP recommend a migraine specialist?
Jessica - Sep 25, 2026 7:25:56 am PDT #14103 of 14150
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
UGH, Atropa that sounds so awful.
I just had an incredibly creepy experience of realizing halfway through a call to schedule some plumbing work that I was almost definitely talking to a bot and not a person. The voice was realistic and there was even some call center background noise, but there was something off about the entire call and once I started paying attention I could hear "him" re-using identical phrases with identical tone and cadence (and responding very oddly to my corrections when he misheard me).
I had just enough doubt not to flat out ask "are you a human being" but I'm like 99% sure it wasn't. Do not like.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 25, 2026 7:45:27 am PDT #14104 of 14150
You have to remember that being a 5-time Olympic medalist means Hilary Knight has been playing hockey at an elite level at least 16 years. It's impossible for her to be a teenage girl less than 16 years old, thus the President's complete lack of interest.
Hope you feel better soon, Atropa.
Unsettling if the bots are actually answering phone calls and speaking rather than just dailing them for telemarketers. The voice didn't by any chance sound like Jenette Goldstein's?
askye - Sep 25, 2026 7:47:24 am PDT #14105 of 14150
Thrive to spite them
Jessica if I think I'm talking to a bot I will say something totally random and wait for the reaction. I haven't dealt with a lot of the situation but one time I wasnt sure I said something like "pies in the fridge".
But if I'm sure it's a bot I end up rambling about elephants and giraffes. I don't know why but I did that once and now it's stuck.
-t - Sep 25, 2026 8:43:48 am PDT #14106 of 14150
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ick, Jess! What can you even do about that, you have to schedule the plumbing, but ew.