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2020 Current Events Discussion Thread

Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2020 4:28 pm
by econgator
Have at it!

Re: 2020 Current Events Discussion Thread

Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2020 6:54 pm
by Lefty
I think the Pauli exclusion principle smacks of elitism.

Re: 2020 Current Events Discussion Thread

Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2020 7:05 pm
by Volante
Lefty wrote: Sun Feb 23, 2020 6:54 pm I think the Pauli exclusion principle smacks of elitism.
Pauli knows what he did and why he's not invited.

Re: 2020 Current Events Discussion Thread

Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2020 8:58 pm
by econgator
Volante wrote: Sun Feb 23, 2020 7:05 pm
Lefty wrote: Sun Feb 23, 2020 6:54 pm I think the Pauli exclusion principle smacks of elitism.
Pauli knows what he did and why he's not invited.
That's one spin on it.

Re: 2020 Current Events Discussion Thread

Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2020 10:44 pm
by Golf
Good thread. Too much useless jibber jabber in the other.

Re: 2020 Current Events Discussion Thread

Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 7:44 am
by boson
Lefty wrote: Sun Feb 23, 2020 6:54 pm I think the Pauli exclusion principle smacks of elitism.
Of course I agree with you. Those elitist fermions ruin everything. Bosons work together for a greater good. Integer spin!

Re: 2020 Current Events Discussion Thread

Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 11:24 am
by morbeedo
morbeedo wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2020 10:48 am Katherine Johnson, the NASA scientist portrayed by Taraji P. Henson in the film Hidden Figures, has died at the age of 101
I have never seen Hidden Figures

Re: 2020 Current Events Discussion Thread

Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 12:38 pm
by Bamaman
Golf wrote: Sun Feb 23, 2020 10:44 pm Good thread. Too much useless jibber jabber in the other.
Internet message boards should be limited to useful jibber jabber.

Re: 2020 Current Events Discussion Thread

Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 12:42 pm
by Golf
Bamaman wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2020 12:38 pm
Golf wrote: Sun Feb 23, 2020 10:44 pm Good thread. Too much useless jibber jabber in the other.
Internet message boards should be limited to useful jibber jabber.
This thread is for useless jibber jabber. The other thread is for the useful jibber jabber. :shock:

Re: 2020 Current Events Discussion Thread

Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 12:56 pm
by triviawayne
so will all the comments not related to discussion of current events be moved from here to a discussion of the 2020 current events discussion thread?

:twisted:

Re: 2020 Current Events Discussion Thread

Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 2:07 pm
by squarekara
triviawayne wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2020 12:56 pm so will all the comments not related to discussion of current events be moved from here to a discussion of the 2020 current events discussion thread?

:twisted:
Lets give it a try.

Until I saw boson's post above, I had read his jboard handle more as shorthand for "Boatswain," even though I know that "Bosun" is more common for that usage.

Re: 2020 Current Events Discussion Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 9:04 am
by ouachiouat
alietr wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 8:37 am Hosni Mubarak, former president of Egypt, has died at the age of 91. He took power following the assassination of Anwar Sadat, and was swept out of power in the Arab Spring.
ouachiouat wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 8:37 am Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 91, passed away today. He was ousted during the Arab Spring in February 2011.

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/25/13827792 ... dead-at-91
Beaten by mere seconds. If only I hadn't had to tell my daughter to put the book down and her shoes on so we could go to school for the 5th time this morning.....ha.

Re: 2020 Current Events Discussion Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 11:51 am
by morbeedo
triviawayne wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 10:46 am
ldsilver wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2020 1:27 pm “Friends” Reunion Confirmed For HBO Max
This is not a new episode, series, or one-and-done movie reunion; it is an untitled unscripted special, meaning a documentary or they just sit around and talk about it for however long the run time is.
Do we really need this, now or ever?

Re: 2020 Current Events Discussion Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 12:37 pm
by triviawayne
morbeedo wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 11:51 am
triviawayne wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 10:46 am
ldsilver wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2020 1:27 pm “Friends” Reunion Confirmed For HBO Max
This is not a new episode, series, or one-and-done movie reunion; it is an untitled unscripted special, meaning a documentary or they just sit around and talk about it for however long the run time is.
Do we really need this, now or ever?
I never needed the original series...

Re: 2020 Current Events Discussion Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 3:07 pm
by seaborgium
morbeedo wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 11:51 am
triviawayne wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 10:46 am
ldsilver wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2020 1:27 pm “Friends” Reunion Confirmed For HBO Max
This is not a new episode, series, or one-and-done movie reunion; it is an untitled unscripted special, meaning a documentary or they just sit around and talk about it for however long the run time is.
Do we really need this, now or ever?
What, the reunion itself, or someone telling you that it was gonna be this way?

Re: 2020 Current Events Discussion Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 3:24 pm
by opusthepenguin
seaborgium wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 3:07 pm
morbeedo wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 11:51 am
triviawayne wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 10:46 am
ldsilver wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2020 1:27 pm “Friends” Reunion Confirmed For HBO Max
This is not a new episode, series, or one-and-done movie reunion; it is an untitled unscripted special, meaning a documentary or they just sit around and talk about it for however long the run time is.
Do we really need this, now or ever?
What, the reunion itself, or someone telling you that it was gonna be this way?
This thread's a joke.

Re: 2020 Current Events Discussion Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 5:19 pm
by morbeedo
opusthepenguin wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 3:24 pm
seaborgium wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 3:07 pm
morbeedo wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 11:51 am
triviawayne wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 10:46 am
ldsilver wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2020 1:27 pm “Friends” Reunion Confirmed For HBO Max
This is not a new episode, series, or one-and-done movie reunion; it is an untitled unscripted special, meaning a documentary or they just sit around and talk about it for however long the run time is.
Do we really need this, now or ever?
What, the reunion itself, or someone telling you that it was gonna be this way?
This thread's a joke.
I'm dead serious. Did we really need a Friends reunion special?

Re: 2020 Current Events Discussion Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 5:21 pm
by Bamaman
morbeedo wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 5:19 pm
opusthepenguin wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 3:24 pm
seaborgium wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 3:07 pm
morbeedo wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 11:51 am
triviawayne wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 10:46 am

This is not a new episode, series, or one-and-done movie reunion; it is an untitled unscripted special, meaning a documentary or they just sit around and talk about it for however long the run time is.
Do we really need this, now or ever?
What, the reunion itself, or someone telling you that it was gonna be this way?
This thread's a joke.
I'm dead serious. Did we really need a Friends reunion special?
We don’t need Jeopardy!. But it is there for people who want to watch it. If you don’t want to watch the Friends reunion, you don’t have to.

Re: 2020 Current Events Discussion Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 5:54 pm
by Volante
morbeedo wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 5:19 pm
opusthepenguin wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 3:24 pm
seaborgium wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 3:07 pm
morbeedo wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 11:51 am
triviawayne wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 10:46 am

This is not a new episode, series, or one-and-done movie reunion; it is an untitled unscripted special, meaning a documentary or they just sit around and talk about it for however long the run time is.
Do we really need this, now or ever?
What, the reunion itself, or someone telling you that it was gonna be this way?
This thread's a joke.
I'm dead serious. Did we really need a Friends reunion special?
I'd've waited another four years so it's on a nice round number, but 16 is fine. (My unofficial reunion benchmark would probably be 15 years comfortably, 10 years absolute minimum.) It was, whether you liked it or not, a cultural touchstone.

It's not harming me, let them do what they will.

Re: 2020 Current Events Discussion Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:03 pm
by davey
Volante wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 5:54 pm
morbeedo wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 5:19 pm
opusthepenguin wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 3:24 pm
seaborgium wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 3:07 pm
morbeedo wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 11:51 am
Do we really need this, now or ever?
What, the reunion itself, or someone telling you that it was gonna be this way?
This thread's a joke.
I'm dead serious. Did we really need a Friends reunion special?
I'd've waited another four years so it's on a nice round number, but 16 is fine. (My unofficial reunion benchmark would probably be 15 years comfortably, 10 years absolute minimum.) It was, whether you liked it or not, a cultural touchstone.

It's not harming me, let them do what they will.
Anyway, we won't get it unless we subscribe to HBO Max. It's not even clear that we who get regular HBO will get it. As of now, only AT&T mobile and cable subscribers will get it for free...I think.