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Nintendo's got them some of that virtual idol money (Hatsune Miku) with the Squid Sisters from Splatoon. -- (link) - Qale Feb 1, 10:10
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- I'm still wondering about the back story that led to the suicide of the Debian founder ... -- nm - Beryllium Feb 1, 10:13
- (I had to look up solipsism). Obviously I don't know specifics here, but sounds like an ugly situation - ty97 Feb 1, 10:12 1
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- That's it, I'm making it a life goal to one day bask in my own solipsism. -- nm - Ender Feb 1, 10:10 1
  - Can that word be said without sounding like you have a lisp? -- nm - Inigo Feb 1, 10:12
The New York Times wants to tell you which TV shows are worth binging on with a new product -- (link) - ty97 Feb 1, 10:07
Another memorial service this morning - these are becoming all too common among my peers :( -- nm - Meg Feb 1, 10:02 7
- :( sorry -- nm - ty97 Feb 1, 10:08
- :( oh noes so sorry to hear -- nm - budice Feb 1, 10:07
- so sorry. -- nm - Andie Feb 1, 10:07
- :( sorry Meg -- nm - JenBro Feb 1, 10:06
- I'm sorry. :( -- nm - David Feb 1, 10:05
- sorry to hear this. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 1, 10:03 1
  - When I look around the table at a historical society board meeting and realize I'm one of the youngest there :/ -- nm - Meg Feb 1, 10:06
Mmm, honey roasted Sriracha cashews. -- nm - Shaun Feb 1, 09:59 3
- Why would you ruin perfection by putting stuff on top of cashews? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 1, 10:02 1
  - ! -- nm - amanda jonas Feb 1, 10:40
- Ewwww -- nm - budice Feb 1, 10:01
So, the GS Warriors are playing .917 ball. The 2nd place team is playing .667 ball - Will Hunting Feb 1, 09:58 3
- oh yeah? Well the Sixers are playing .146 ball! - decline Feb 1, 10:02 1
  - And that's actually an improvement!!!! -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 1, 10:04
- Clinch everything then forfeit the remaining games. Rest up for the playoffs. -- nm - budice Feb 1, 10:00
Lake Poopó was the second largest lake in Bolivia. It is officially gone. Dried up completely -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 09:54 11
- "Maybe it dried up on it's own." "We can't take that chance!" -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 10:07
- What's next, Lake Titicaca??! -- nm - Max Feb 1, 10:02
- If a villain threatened to do this, all of the world's powers would rally to stop him. -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 10:01 7
  - it is essentailly the plot from Quantum of Solace -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 10:02 6
    - This was my thought, but I'm not sure anyone else actually saw it. -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 10:03 5
      - Saw it yes. Remember it, not at all. - Will Hunting Feb 1, 10:04 4
        
        I remember the oil chick, and getting so bored I started counting the number of cuts in the final action sequence. -- nm - Ender Feb 1, 10:12
        
        I blame this movie for my divorce. - Mop Feb 1, 10:08
        
        I remember liking it but I remember absolutely none of it. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 1, 10:06 1
        
        I remember being unimpressed, but I remember more of it than I would like to. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 1, 10:10
- well, that's poopy -- nm - decline Feb 1, 09:57
WSJ: Fox’s GreaseLive pulls in 12.2 million viewers, has a 3.7 rating among both adults ages 18 to 34 and teens -- (link) - budice Feb 1, 09:54 3
- How does it compare to the NBC ones ratings-wise? -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 09:55
- so, overall, I heard good things about it? - groiny Feb 1, 09:55 1
  - its pretty darn great -- nm - Epiphany Feb 1, 09:57
"Disney's market capitalization increasing 308% from $45.8 billion when Mr. Iger became Chief Executive Officer in October 2005 to $186.8 billion" - David Feb 1, 09:52 3
- there are only so many Marvel's and Star Wars' around to buy up though -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 09:53 2
  - Their end-game is to buy Warner Bros. and the Harry Potter license. - Mop Feb 1, 09:56 1
    - we're actually looking at going back to Universal next year. so much fun. -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 09:59
.. -- nm* - budice Feb 1, 09:51 1
- now we're not even trying -- nm - oblique Feb 1, 09:53
Fan made Uncharted 4: A Thief's End TV Spot. -- (link) - Shaun Feb 1, 09:49 [youtube]
Poll finds that Muslim-Ameircan support Clinton most (52%), followed by Bernie (22%) and then (!) Trump (7.5%) -- (link) - ty97 Feb 1, 09:47 1
- There's considerable self-loathing there. -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 09:51
what do we think of this air bnb for Manhattan the first weekend in May? -- (edited) - Diva Feb 1, 09:45 25
- I can't believe no one has posted "Threesome" yet :) -- nm - JenBro Feb 1, 10:10 2
  - (MMF) -- nm - mr. plow Feb 1, 10:13 1
    - and? -- nm - JenBro Feb 1, 10:23
- my eyes may be playing tricks but did it jump from $ 150 to $ 180 and PLUS a $ 50 cleaning fee?? -- nm - Epiphany Feb 1, 09:54 3
  - AirBnB implements surge pricing. The more you click, the more it costs. -- nm - oblique Feb 1, 09:55 2
    - yuck! surge pricing sucks. -- nm - Epiphany Feb 1, 10:00 1
      - (it doesn't really have surge pricing.) -- nm - Andie Feb 1, 10:06
- Pic 3 is so cool. -- nm - Loyola Feb 1, 09:51
- looks pretty neat, but would it provide enough privacy? -- nm - ty97 Feb 1, 09:49
- I don't like the co-living aspect of AirBNB but damn, that view for that price? -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 09:48 6
  - co-living, how? (edit - ah, this one is a private room, not place, gotcha.) -- nm* - Andie Feb 1, 09:48 5
    - Diva/Mel would be airBnB a bed in partition in the living room. Owner would be in the bedroom. -- nm - ty97 Feb 1, 09:50 1
      - Right...I noticed the screen. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 1, 09:51
    - One of the pictures suggested you'd be sharing the space with the owner ("my room", "your room"). - Mop Feb 1, 09:49 2
      - yup, "I live at the other bedroom and usually I am either out or inside my room. I would never walk in to the kitchen or your area at night." -- nm - decline Feb 1, 09:51 1
        
        except to watch you sleep (which is a favorite gag of mine on BBT) -- nm* - Beaker Feb 1, 09:52
- great view -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 09:48
- *nice* -- nm - Andie Feb 1, 09:48
- Can I get drunk there? I don't think so. - Mel Profit Feb 1, 09:48 5
  - I don't think I like the looks of that bed. - Diva Feb 1, 09:49 3
    - agreed. looks iffy. -- nm - Epiphany Feb 1, 09:54
    - If you want a private place, you need to change the settings at the beginning. -- nm - Andie Feb 1, 09:50 1
      - got it. thx -- nm - Diva Feb 1, 09:53
  - -- nm* - Diva Feb 1, 09:48
- looks terrible -- nm - decline Feb 1, 09:46
Sad news ST Cindy Crawford is retiring from modeling -- (link) - eag Feb 1, 09:45 12
- The Denis Leary years of MTV's House of Style were a favorite for me. TODD TIME! -- nm - JenBro Feb 1, 10:12
- 2016 can kiss my ass. -- nm - Spawn Feb 1, 09:47 1
  - *snork* -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 1, 09:49
- CTTP quiz, no cheating: guess her birth month and year -- nm - Max Feb 1, 09:46 8
  - Spawn got it - Max Feb 1, 09:51 3
    - That's it? I thought she was waaay older. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 1, 10:05 2
      - For a model it *is* way older. -- nm - Spawndroid Feb 1, 10:12
      - I thought so too when I heard the story this morning. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 1, 10:06
  - Sadly, it's in the lede in the article so I already know. -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 09:49
  - She's 50. -- nm - Shaun Feb 1, 09:48
  - spoil - Spawn Feb 1, 09:47
  - May '64 -- nm - Ender Feb 1, 09:47
In which I adopt a new noun -- (link) - ty97 Feb 1, 09:45 1
- To err is to douchecanoe. -- nm - Loyola Feb 1, 09:47
groiny alert: It's Ronda Rousey's birthday. -- nm - Shaun Feb 1, 09:43 1
- for her present, I will let her kick my ass. -- nm - groiny Feb 1, 09:54
Guy bought Google.com back in Sept. Owned it for a minute. Google paid 12K to get it back - amoxy Feb 1, 09:42 12
- unless there's at least another zero *at least*...he got victimized like a dude on AHS. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 1, 09:51
- I still don't understand how this happened. In this day and age, it's nearly impossible for a domain to expire. -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 09:50 1
  - it's not like they are in the tech business -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 09:50
- its like hitting the lottery -- nm - Epiphany Feb 1, 09:49
- bery, why didn't you buy google.com? -- (link) -- Spawn Jan 29 '16, 10:55 -- nm - Spawn Feb 1, 09:45
- seems like he sold cheap -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 09:42 6
  - weaponized drone had fixated on his position -- nm - budice Feb 1, 09:44 2
    - Yeah. 12k and his life. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 1, 09:44 1
      - Meg was half a day behind him and he knew it. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 1, 09:45
  - I would've laughed in their faces at that offer. However, that's like 659K in CDN dollars. - Shaun Feb 1, 09:44 1
    - he didn't have a choice -- nm - decline Feb 1, 09:45
  - totally. -- nm - Andie Feb 1, 09:43
I'm having a screen door installed on my front door today (because of the fire this weekend) and I'm so jealous of my contractor. he gets to hang with - amanda jonas Feb 1, 09:41 11
- He's looting your shoe closet right now, btw -- nm* - chubbers Feb 1, 09:56
- *belly up in the center of the floor* That's right, go around. -- nm - chubbers Feb 1, 09:45
- here's my new door. -- (link) - amanda jonas Feb 1, 09:44 2
  - so you had a fire and to fix things you're installing a wood door -- nm - decline Feb 1, 09:45 1
    - plus I think it would be safer for all involved if you had the contractor just remove the stove while he's there -- nm - decline Feb 1, 09:53
- wait, *what* fire? -- nm - Andie Feb 1, 09:42 5
  - sash used my oven to make snacks for my mom's boyfriend's funeral and misread directions. "oven safe" plastic trays melted all over my oven and caused - amanda jonas Feb 1, 09:48 4
    - burnt plastic is the worst. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 1, 09:57
    - yikes, glad everything was pretty much OK though. Put Sash in the oven as punishment -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 09:51
    - wait, your mom's boyfriend's funeral? Where have I been? - Andie Feb 1, 09:50 1
      - yeah, I didn't know that either. The one who got thrown out the door when the house blew up? -- nm - Max Feb 1, 09:53
Happy Anniversary! -- (link) - Shaun Feb 1, 09:40
TMZ: Biebs drinking alone at a gay bar -- (link) - budice Feb 1, 09:37 1
- heh -- nm - Epiphany Feb 1, 09:56
"In a statement on his Facebook page, Bret Hart reveals he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will undergo surgery this week." - Beaker Feb 1, 09:35 1
- damn, that poor bastard. - groiny Feb 1, 09:35
"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says E. coli outbreak at Chipotle restaurants appears to be over." - ML Feb 1, 09:34 5
- That's what they said about E. bola in Africa. -- nm - Max Feb 1, 09:43
- "well, we've done all we can do" "but you didn't DO anything." "well, we've done all we can do" -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 09:41
- mission accomplished -- nm - oblique Feb 1, 09:38
- CMG up 5% -- nm - ty97 Feb 1, 09:37
- Somebody got paid off or told to back down -- nm - budice Feb 1, 09:35
A couple of years back my neighbor's installed a tent-like gazebo in their patio area. I wondered yesterday how it would fare in the predicted winds - - Meg Feb 1, 09:29 5
- The supports for ours are still standing, but the canopy itself has been ripped to shreds. -- nm - The Death Sceire Feb 1, 09:33 1
  - same happened to ours a few years ago. -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 09:34
- *shoots the gazebo with a +3 arrow* -- nm - Baron Whitlock Feb 1, 09:32 2
  - gazebo was eviscerated, R.I.P, you gained 42XP. -- nm - budice Feb 1, 09:34 1
    - Woot. -- (link) - Baron Whitlock Feb 1, 09:39 [youtube]
I learned something today. -- (link) - ML Feb 1, 09:27 1
- and -- (link) - ML Feb 1, 09:27
From B2 - Andie - Ivanka is clearly the Trump most worthy of running for office. -- nm - Jim Feb 1, 09:26
Smashing Pumpkins announce a 19-date spring tour -- (link) - budice Feb 1, 09:24 4
- Liz Phair is opening? I'm in. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 1, 09:43
- we're gonna party like it's 1999 -- nm - oblique Feb 1, 09:41 1
  - 1979! -- nm - Spawn Feb 1, 09:42
- "Homer Simpson, smiling politely." -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 09:32
*snork* -- (link) - Spawn Feb 1, 09:21
Deadpool Movie's graphic info-graphic. -- (link) - budice Feb 1, 09:20 10
- He seems to be quite over the top with this role in term of embracing/promotion. I don't recall another superhero actor taking it quite to this level -- nm - oblique Feb 1, 09:42 7
  - He's been trying to get the film made for 11 years, so I figure he's one of the producers on it. -- nm - LMS Feb 1, 10:10
  - It's a Snakes on a Plane style of Internet marketing. -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 09:46
  - He is doing all he can to kill Green Lantern. - Spawn Feb 1, 09:44 4
    - And basically save his career as an actual marketable star - Will Hunting Feb 1, 09:54 3
      - Yeah, this is basically his last shot. -- nm - Roger More Feb 1, 11:28
      - RIPD!!! -- nm - Shaun Feb 1, 09:55 1
        
        I kinda liked that one. It was definitely flawed, though. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 1, 10:07
- hmm - Truman Feb 1, 09:40
- Like minds. -- nm - Spawn Feb 1, 09:21
I have it on good authority that Cuzzin Todd is accepting bribes for his caucus support. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 1, 09:20
Bizness: Yahoo to layoff 15% of workforce (1,500 approx) -- (link) - budice Feb 1, 09:19
Not really. -- nm* - Spawn Feb 1, 09:19
Caucus -- nm - ty97 Feb 1, 09:18 2
- working the night shift? sorry, you can't participate -- nm - ML Feb 1, 09:27
- *declares this post a public health crisis* -- nm - Utah Feb 1, 09:19

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