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9 months in, Sony has sold 10 million PS4s. -- nm - Ender Aug 12, 10:12 1
- Impressive. -- nm - Inigo Aug 12, 10:17
Schrödinger's cat explained on physicist's 127th birthday -- (link) - Beaker Aug 12, 10:06 1
- or is it -- nm - Max Aug 12, 10:11
Blood Feud reference in Gravity Falls! - David Aug 12, 10:03
After Shooting, a Twitter Hashtag Questions Portrayal of Blacks -- (link) - ty97 Aug 12, 10:01
Patti LaBelle Has Joined the Cast of American Horror Story -- (link) - ty97 Aug 12, 09:59
The only Venn Diagram you'll need for the rest of your life -- (link) - con_carne Aug 12, 09:56
The American Band Championship Belt (Fifty years of musical champions, from the Beach Boys to the Black Keys) -- (link) - Beaker Aug 12, 09:51 26
- As much as Metallica seems like they should be in there in some form, GNR in the late 80's and then Nirvana in the early 90's is tough to argue agains - Will Hunting Aug 12, 10:26
- The mere existence of this piece lessens us all as a people. -- nm - David Aug 12, 10:25 2
  - go buy Kim K's new selfie book -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 10:26 1
    - It's perfectly in theme with Grantland. -- nm - David Aug 12, 10:27
- why do they suddenly start holding the belt for three or four years? -- nm - Zork from Ork Aug 12, 10:19 2
  - Nobody really takes the trouble to break new acts anymore -- nm - con_carne Aug 12, 10:26
  - music started sucking? -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 10:20
- Spoon is better than The Black Keys. -- nm - Reagen Aug 12, 10:09
- How they can be the American Band Champion and I've never heard of them? - Jim Aug 12, 10:01 17
  - this. hadn't heard of the LCD group either (2 of the 3 most recent -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 10:02 16
    - *blink* Seriously? -- nm - T.S.Garp Aug 12, 10:03 15
      - I've heard of LCD...but I don't think I would recognize even 1 of there songs. -- nm - Jim Aug 12, 10:04 11
        
        North American Scum was their biggest hit. -- nm - Reagen Aug 12, 10:07
        
        their.... -- nm - Jim Aug 12, 10:04 9
        
        "Daft Punk Is Playing at My House" -- (link) - T.S.Garp Aug 12, 10:06 [youtube] 8
        
        I've always thought that drummer for dance rock is one of the hardest gigs in music - Reagen Aug 12, 10:16 3
        
        foo fighters, seems they seem to smack those skins like they were in a fight for their life -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 10:36
        
        or for a Rush cover band -- nm - Zork from Ork Aug 12, 10:21
        
        100% agreed. -- nm - T.S.Garp Aug 12, 10:17
        
        Yep...never heard it. -- nm - Jim Aug 12, 10:07 3
        
        drunk girls -- (link) - T.S.Garp Aug 12, 10:08 [youtube] 2
        
        Okay, I had not watched the video. - T.S.Garp Aug 12, 10:14 1
        
        therepeutic -- nm - mud Aug 12, 10:23
      - unless it is Top 40, no chance I have time to listen to it by myself -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 10:04 2
        
        They have won Grammys. Daft Punk Is Playing at My House was all overthe radio. -- nm - T.S.Garp Aug 12, 10:06 1
        
        I've probably heard them then, just didn't know it' -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 10:11
Enter Pyongyang. Every city needs a video like this -- (link) - con_carne Aug 12, 09:51 [vimeo] 1
- what a nightmare. -- nm - mud Aug 12, 10:01
Trailer for Mortdecai, it's funny -- (link) - LMS Aug 12, 09:50 [youtube]
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- And the horrible racist only has $2 billion to show for his troubles. -- nm - David Aug 12, 09:59 10
  - "He's evil, but he'll die soon, so I like it." -- nm - Reagen Aug 12, 10:05 1
    - "I thought I did." -- nm - David Aug 12, 10:22
  - He essentially had that money anyway. -- nm - Jim Aug 12, 10:03 6
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      - I just don't get the outrage that he's getting money for selling something he owns. -- nm - Jim Aug 12, 10:06 3
        
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        Right...nm - Jim Aug 12, 10:14 1
        
        He just wants a girl to like him. -- nm - T.S.Garp Aug 12, 10:14
      - every hooker will be like the first time -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 10:05
  - Justice is served! -- nm - T.S.Garp Aug 12, 10:01
- NBA sigh of relief...The followup money and legal appeals don't concern them. -- nm - Broot Aug 12, 09:58
Did you know? The fastest land-based robot is inspired by a cheetah and runs 18 miles per hour. -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 09:49
So it looks like this whole house selling business is gonna move really fast. could close in less than 6 weeks. cray-zay -- nm - CQ Aug 12, 09:47 1
- Good deal! Best of luck -- nm - Krusty Aug 12, 09:50
McDs in NZ turns old DC-3 airplane into restaurant seating -- (link) - ty97 Aug 12, 09:47
I wonder how the rest of Bachelor in Paradise will manage to live up to the crazy of the first two weeks. - znufrii Aug 12, 09:41 5
- orgy duh -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 09:47
- Even my wife won't watch that silliness. -- nm - CQ Aug 12, 09:46 3
  - Why? It is no worse than any of the other shows like it. -- nm - T.S.Garp Aug 12, 09:58
  - it's so bad. - znufrii Aug 12, 09:52 1
    - "you get an STD, you get an STD, you get a pregnancy and an STD" -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 09:53
Brother & his girlfriend have been together for like 5 years, and for the last 3 they've been trying to sell her condo and buy a house. - Ender Aug 12, 09:38 9
- time to start making babies! good for them -- nm - CQ Aug 12, 09:59 1
  - The house probably only has one bedroom, so they'll have to sell it and buy a bigger one first. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 10:00
- Nice! -- nm - Shaun Aug 12, 09:43
- congrats to them! -- nm - loosi at home Aug 12, 09:41
- That is cool, but kinda weird. -- nm - T.S.Garp Aug 12, 09:39 4
  - A weird reason to delay, I suppose, but stress could have played into it. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 09:40 3
    - His first marriage broke up after 6 months so I totally understand why he'd want some stability before diving back into that. -- nm - Ender Aug 12, 09:42 2
      - I get it, but wonder about whose name the house is in, etc. -- nm - T.S.Garp Aug 12, 09:44 1
        
        It's in both their names. -- nm - Ender Aug 12, 09:45
And now I have All About the Bass stuck in my head. Someone has to pay dearly. -- nm - spamlet Aug 12, 09:38 1
- I didn't until you said it was stuck in your head, now it's in mine. Damn you! -- nm - Ender Aug 12, 09:41
the Stanley Cup ring the 7 year old found in NB is likely a replica -- (link) - Beaker Aug 12, 09:37 3
- A seven year old scammer? Nice! -- nm - T.S.Garp Aug 12, 09:38 2
  - nah, found it on a beach -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 09:45 1
    - A likely story. -- nm - T.S.Garp Aug 12, 10:01
Has anyone heard of this or something similar with their car before? - Beaker Aug 12, 09:30 10
- New? They sure as hell better find it and fix it. -- nm - T.S.Garp Aug 12, 09:36
- gremlins -- nm - pippy Aug 12, 09:35
- On my VW there's a valve that goes bad that regulates the pressure of the A/C system and I just had it replaced. - spamlet Aug 12, 09:34 7
  - see. this is why ST is great (assuming you are correct :) ). Now I can sound smrt when talking to them -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 09:35
  - (oh, and the dealership response is to replace the entire compressor not just the valve) - spamlet Aug 12, 09:35 5
    - oh, they'll be footing the fucking bill. the car is like 1 month old -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 09:35 4
      - Hmm. Well, at least you don't have spiders. -- nm - Mazda. Doom-Doom. si Aug 12, 09:39 2
        
        "yet" we did have a mouse in our Rav -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 09:43 1
        
        Too bad it wasn't a Trunk Monkey. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 09:47
      - Mine hit 70k miles before it went bad, but in that model year a lot are going bad. - spamlet Aug 12, 09:36
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- Maybe if Jezebel wouldn't dress like that... -- nm - Qale as Folk Aug 12, 09:44
- bery, please disregard this post. -- nm - T.S.Garp Aug 12, 09:37
- Ugh. -- nm - znufrii Aug 12, 09:37
- Now we know what happened to Mr. Mike. -- nm - Reagen Aug 12, 09:36
- Yeah, I won't look. Makes me hate humanity. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 12, 09:31 2
  - nothing to look at there, but apparently they've been trolling Jezebel for some time, and only now is Gawker Media getting around to doing something -- (link) - znufrii Aug 12, 09:39 1
    - ah, thanks -- nm - loosi at home Aug 12, 09:40
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- we haz flame war? -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 09:28
Woman hops airport border fence in attempt to stop her cheating husband from flying to see another woman. -- (link) - znufrii Aug 12, 09:22 5
- "It's always there - lovers jetting off to meet people who aren't their spouses, recent Mile High Club members..." -- nm - Divorce Actually Aug 12, 09:26
- and because it's Canada, she won't be charged with anything. -- nm - znufrii Aug 12, 09:23 1
  - i am surprised she wasn't charged with, like, being a public nuisance or something. - Andie Aug 12, 09:25
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  - She should have went with a bomb threat. -- nm - T.S.Garp Aug 12, 09:25
Free Wahlburgers in lower Manhattan today -- (link) - ty97 Aug 12, 09:21
I swear I just talked to Harry Shearer who was trying to get me to change Credit Card Processors -- nm - amoxy Aug 12, 09:19 1
- Sing a few bars of The Skeletons of Quinto and you've got a deal. -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 12, 09:24
When you find yourself in a group that is the poor man's version of Pusscat Dolls, your life has gotten off track. -- nm - ty97 Aug 12, 09:17 1
- ... in bed. -- nm - T.S.Garp Aug 12, 09:18
I just met Michael Moore. Very nice guy. I asked him about his film festival and we just had a nice short discussion. -- nm - Krusty Aug 12, 09:08 8
- very cool -- nm - pippy Aug 12, 09:37
- nice! -- nm - loosi at home Aug 12, 09:34
- very cool. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 12, 09:32
- Did you ask him any hard hitting questions like, `Which pizza do you prefer? New York or Chicago style?' -- nm - Shaun Aug 12, 09:21 1
  - I avoid questions which might make me dislike someone. ;-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 12, 09:26
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- That's awesome. -- nm - Inigo Aug 12, 09:14
- Sweet -- nm - con_carne Aug 12, 09:09
Did we see Billy Crystal's response -- (link) - eag Aug 12, 09:06
fracking under Pittsburgh International Airport to bring in annual revenue of $20 million for an airport fallen on hard times. -- (link) - znufrii Aug 12, 09:02 7
- until the increased prevalence of earthquakes caused by the fraking destroys the airport itself... -- nm - decline Aug 12, 09:05 6
  - but that is 10 years away! that's like....70 in dog years! we'll all be dead and buried -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 09:45
  - it really does seem like 10 years from now people will be saying "well, who on EARTH thought that was going to be a good idea?" -- nm - Andie Aug 12, 09:14 2
    - yup -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 09:34
    - Darwin -- nm - T.S.Garp Aug 12, 09:17
  - It will look like the Langoliers! -- nm - T.S.Garp Aug 12, 09:06
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- You, me and x -- nm - loosi at home Aug 12, 09:30 2
  - worst. threesome. ever - spamlet Aug 12, 09:36 1
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- Storm chaser. -- nm - decline Aug 12, 09:02 3
  - me too. i freaking love weather phenomenon. -- nm - Andie Aug 12, 09:03 2
    - I like taking weather photos. Like this one. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 12, 09:37 [flickr]
    - The weater outside today reflects my mood quite well. -- nm - T.S.Garp Aug 12, 09:06
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- They've been doing this for a while, but they change the list of selections every few months. -- nm - David Aug 12, 08:52 12
  - any idea if the selections are decent? -- nm - decline Aug 12, 08:54 11
    - Not really. - spamlet Aug 12, 08:56
    - It's like ML said. A few are good. The rest are of the Wrong Turn variety. -- nm - David Aug 12, 08:56 9
      - Why do you hate Emmanuelle Chirqui? -- nm - Reagen Aug 12, 09:16 6
        
        That Lance Bass/Joey Fatone movie for starters. -- nm - David Aug 12, 09:20 5
        
        just do google image search of her and you'll forgive all -- nm - Zork from Ork Aug 12, 09:24 4
        
        Her resemblance to J-Woww is not cool. groiny loves that though I'm sure. -- nm - Shaun Aug 12, 09:25 3
        
        J-Woww is actually pretty. -- nm - Zork from Ork Aug 12, 10:09 2
        
        Too bad about the bolt-ons. -- nm - Reagen Aug 12, 10:16
        
        agreed -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 10:10
      - If there's no Baby Geniuses, I'm not interested. -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 12, 09:04 1
        
        " It's hard to believe someone that young could have risen to the rank of Admiral."." -- nm - David Aug 12, 09:09
How about something happy? Zooborns, the website dedicated to pictures of baby animals -- (link) - con_carne Aug 12, 08:49
Andie: Cool map about the sick internet. Today I found out that there was an $80K bitcoin heist last week, I need to add it to the gibson index. - Beryllium Aug 12, 08:46
I miss the Mary Jane Girls. -- nm - David Aug 12, 08:45 2
- I'll bet you can find them in their house (nm) - Brian Aug 12, 08:46
- You want I could let them outta the basement? -- nm - T.S.Garp Aug 12, 08:46

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