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re: Do you reuse your towels?

Posted by tokenBoiler on 2/20/26 at 2:09 pm to PalletJack

I don't know. I suppose the servants do whatever is appropriate.

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re: I asked AI to construct an image of the typical OT Baw

Posted by tokenBoiler on 2/19/26 at 5:51 pm to VolsOut4Harambe

Can't argue with science.

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re: Have You Filled Your 2025 Income Taxes ?

Posted by tokenBoiler on 2/19/26 at 2:00 pm to The Torch

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Looking at my latest ADP paystub I pay $327.17 every two weeks in Federal Income Taxes.

File 2025 and I owe $1,000.00.

Sorry you're poor. You should learn HVAC.

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re: Jury duty tomorrow at the 19th JDC

Posted by tokenBoiler on 2/17/26 at 5:45 pm to King of New Orleans

Send us pics during the trial. We'll let you know how guilty she is.

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re: Have seen two events where participant crossed finish line bassackwards.

Posted by tokenBoiler on 2/17/26 at 5:42 pm to SquatchDawg

Your mind's going to be blown in the summer Olympics when you discover rowing.

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re: Medal ceremonies

Posted by tokenBoiler on 2/17/26 at 5:36 pm to Stexas

Peacock world feed shows everything. And has good announcers. And every event is available for replay on demand.

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re: UPDATE: Anyone Remember the Discussion Around Watermarked Ballots?

Posted by tokenBoiler on 2/15/26 at 11:12 pm to AlterEd

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re: How is it possible to ski with a torn ACL?

Posted by tokenBoiler on 2/15/26 at 7:21 pm to BluegrassBelle

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Other skiers have competed with these injuries. It’s not an “embarrassment to our country”.

I just wanted to bump to point out to the OP and other doubters that Federica Brignone, at 35, just won her second Gold of these Olympics (Downhill and Giant Slalom), missing an ACL.

She crashed badly last year and didn't get the ACL repaired because rehabbing the surgery would have kept her out of the Olympics.

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re: Mayor Helena Moreno to investigate photo of racist act depicted in Tucks parade

Posted by tokenBoiler on 2/14/26 at 9:41 pm to John88

I'll believe the guy was gonna throw them sooner or later; but I want to know why the hell they would label their float 'Crack Pipe'. That's what screams undisputably maximum trash to me. Am I missing one of those colorful Mardi Gras traditions?

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re: Bondi just played the greatest trap in political history.

Posted by tokenBoiler on 2/13/26 at 10:10 pm to Ailsa

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re: Bondi Announces Ongoing Epstein Investigations

Posted by tokenBoiler on 2/12/26 at 1:07 pm to AlterEd

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the simple fact is that none of this would even be happening if it weren't for Trump. And everyone knows it.

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re: Male pretending to be female wrestles real girl and reportedly inserts fingers into vagina

Posted by tokenBoiler on 2/10/26 at 4:13 pm to Night Vision

Do you think it's a good idea to post CSAM on TD?

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re: NY Times: It’s Time for America to Admit That It Has a Marijuana Problem

Posted by tokenBoiler on 2/10/26 at 11:58 am to Cosmo

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More people have also ended up in hospitals with marijuana-linked paranoia and chronic psychotic disorders.

Seeing a lot of this

Any feel for whether (or how much of) this is caused by the ganja, as opposed to being exposed by it? i.e. under-the-radar psychotics self-selecting for the dope, and going full public whacko?

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re: I’ll admit it, I am enjoying figure skating

Posted by tokenBoiler on 2/8/26 at 6:12 pm to athenslife101

Soccer board.

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re: Layoffs are not slowing down..they are accelerating. And as much as y’all hate it AI plays

Posted by tokenBoiler on 2/5/26 at 1:51 pm to Jake88

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Elon says saving for retirement will be irrelevant in the next twenty years

Free shite for everybody?

Carousel, and Soylent Green plants.

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re: Norovirus, the next great olympic equalizer

Posted by tokenBoiler on 2/5/26 at 1:21 pm to real turf fan

They shoulda flown to Italy instead of taking a Carnival cruise.

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re: Lindsey Vonn injures knee; Olympic outlook uncertain

Posted by tokenBoiler on 2/4/26 at 9:39 pm to ForeverEllisHugh

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I just don’t understand why she was putting herself at risk a week before the Olympics.

Because she is a World Cup racer, and she was in a World Cup race.

The Olympics are a big deal to the World Cuppers, but it isn't the only deal - they have their own season, with a lot of money at stake. And Vonn has demonstrated forever that she is driven by competitiveness.

She won't catch Shiffrin's record, but she does still have a chance to beat the men's record of World Cup wins. When she retired (due solely to a bajillion serious injuries) she had the record for number of World Cup wins by a woman; Shiffrin blew past that, past the men's record, and is still curbstomping everyone.

Vonn came out of retirement when she found a surgeon who built her a working knee; she never wanted to retire with a record in sight but physically couldn't take the forces involved until she found this guy. I'd bet she keeps racing until her legs literally explode and fall off.

And I wouldn't bet against seeing her on a podium in these Games.

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re: Lindsey Vonn injures knee; Olympic outlook uncertain

Posted by tokenBoiler on 2/4/26 at 9:13 pm to usc6158

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Downhill has the be up there as one the most dangerous sports out there. Feel like these people are in a constant state of very seriously injured.

I saw an article a few years ago that said the serious injury rate in World Cup downhillers was roughly the same as NFL players.

and IIRC, it was over 100% per year for both -- meaning that a significant number of people got injured more than once in any given year.

ETA: One of the references here might be the source of my fallible memory: Difference in Injury Risk between Male and Female Alpine Skiers: Review of the Literature

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The overall rate of injury in alpine skiing is high for many types of injuries. One study, following elite competitive alpine skiers, found the rate of injury to be as high as 184.1 injuries per 100 athletes per season with 75% of athletes suffering a traumatic injury, and 52.3% suffering an overuse injury [14].

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14. Fröhlich S, Helbling M, Fucentese SF, Karlen W, Frey WO, Spörri J. Injury risks among elite competitive alpine skiers are underestimated if not registered prospectively, over the entire season and regardless of whether requiring medical attention. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2021 May;29(5):1635-1643. doi: 10.1007/s00167-020-06110-5. Epub 2020 Jun 16. PMID: 32556431.

Vonn's crash was an absolutely textbook example of an ACL-blowing event, and I'd guess the injury had nothing to do with the netting; when she landed she went down on her tails at speed, and off balance, and that's all it takes.

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