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Baseball nerds, this is a great Rotoworld writeup -- (link) - ML Apr 14, 13:59
Highlight of today: The New Bernie meme/photo showing how large his NYC rally was yesterday. The image is clearly Paris (Arc de Triomphe in the back) -- nm - MDH Apr 14, 13:54 11
- new annoyance, posts that whine that this is happening yet main stream media isn't covering it - zeitgeist Apr 14, 14:00 1
  - Yup. -- nm - MDH Apr 14, 14:01
- have you been to Washington Square Park? -- nm - the brain Apr 14, 13:59 8
  - Yes. Check out the ambulance. -- (link) - MDH Apr 14, 14:01 [Image] 7
    - That's so different, it seems like a joke. -- nm - Andie Apr 14, 14:09
    - OK, yeah that's clearly Paris -- nm - Roger More Apr 14, 14:02 5
      - (Though I think it's faked. I don't see that photo on her FB page, and she has plenty of real photos) -- nm - Roger More Apr 14, 14:06 4
        
        From what I understand it made its way around the web quick, and when the mistake was realized, pulled. - MDH Apr 14, 14:08
        
        Here -- (link) - Roger More Apr 14, 14:07 2
        
        One of the comments is "Please delete that other picture, it's Paris." -- nm - MDH Apr 14, 14:08 1
        
        Ah, I didn't check the comments because I'm out of loonies -- nm - Roger More Apr 14, 14:13
ground has officially been broken on Disneyland's Star Wars Land -- (link) - the brain Apr 14, 13:44
Hmm. One of the songs on the Ant Man soundtrack is called "A Center for Ants!" -- nm - Beryllium Apr 14, 13:43
allen street accident update: *nothing.* our local paper is mourning the death of former penn state pres bryce jordan. - sleep commander amanda jones Apr 14, 13:37 3
- it happened so soon after the last one that it didn't register with the inexperienced, overworked, underpaid intern...I mean news editor that this was - zeitgeist Apr 14, 13:58
- driver was a relative of a high-up in PSU? -- nm - Max Apr 14, 13:40 1
  - or an athlete? it's really hard at this point not to think cover up. -- nm - sleep commander amanda jones Apr 14, 13:42
Oh! Sh!t! -- (link) - decline Apr 14, 13:14 1
- He won't do it as I suspect he will be the nom after the Republican Convention. -- nm - Spawn Apr 14, 13:18
T___S -- nm - ML Apr 14, 13:14 7
- Tethered Swimming? -- nm - prayformojo Apr 14, 13:31 4
  - Yeah I can't figure it out either. -- nm - iSpam Apr 14, 13:34 3
    - there is no WIN in TWINS! -- nm - groiny Apr 14, 13:36 1
      - Ah! I'm slow. -- nm - spamlet Apr 14, 13:46
    - :-/ -- nm - ML Apr 14, 13:35
- *Hands ML the broom* - groiny Apr 14, 13:15 1
  - Can't win 'em all if you lose the first nine -- nm - ML Apr 14, 13:16
Jason Staham to star in Meg -- (link) - Pippy Jack Sparrow Apr 14, 13:10 2
- "You know, Jaws in China." uh... -- nm - decline Apr 14, 13:13 1
  - soounds AWESOME -- nm - groiny Apr 14, 13:36
Hazelbaker, where the hell do the Cardinals find these guys???? -- nm - groiny Apr 14, 13:09 2
- I had never heard of him before Spring training. -- nm - Jim Apr 14, 13:39 1
  - To answer the question though....the Dodger organization is where they found this one. -- nm* - Jim Apr 14, 13:39
Dear Home Depot, Spring Black Friday isn't a thing. You just sound desperate. -- nm - spamlet Apr 14, 13:06 7
- Yes but it will be a mob scene - J Apr 14, 13:48
- is that supposed to be tomorrow? -- nm - Divaerys Targaryen-Breaker of Chains Apr 14, 13:43
- *smh* -- nm - znufrii Apr 14, 13:34
- on the other hand, a $5 hanging basket fern is a pretty sweet deal -- nm - JenBro Apr 14, 13:30 3
  - Please come visit me. Please? -- nm - Home Depot Apr 14, 13:35 2
    - heh ... I'm actually checking out gas range/ovens there on Saturday -- nm - JenBro Apr 14, 13:41 1
      - Yay! I don't have to be lonely anymore! -- nm - Home Depot Apr 14, 13:50
Spike may have Mist, but TNT has the Crypt Keeper! -- nm - Spawn Apr 14, 12:58
Stay classy, Ohio -- (link) - oblique Apr 14, 12:50 6
- Marina Alexeevna Lonina (Russian scum) -- nm - Jovian Apr 14, 13:42 2
  - Scum is adequate. -- nm - nic to be determined Apr 14, 13:48 1
    - she can maintain her innocence while she's in jail for 40 years - Pippy Jack Sparrow Apr 14, 13:57
- wtf is wrong with people? -- nm - znufrii Apr 14, 13:20
- Sick -- nm* - amoxy Apr 14, 12:53 1
  - The world genuinely frightens me today. - Spawn Apr 14, 13:13
Amazon Studios will apparently forego the Netflix model and release all of its features theatrically -- (link) - the brain Apr 14, 12:49 1
- Going to watch a season of Daredevil would be interesting. -- nm - Spawn Apr 14, 12:59
poor max always gets roped into telegram chats with my weird friends. -- nm - sleep commander amanda jones Apr 14, 12:42 1
- I'm going to end up accidentally typing something about meat in a chat for stockings. -- nm - Max Apr 14, 12:44
holy crap. Vincent Valasquez today for the Phillies: 9IP, 3H, 0ER, 0BB, 16K -- nm - decline Apr 14, 12:39 12
- Jamie Garcia not far behind ATM -- nm - ML Apr 14, 12:52 1
  - 9IP, 1H, 0ER, 1BB, 13K for Jaime -- nm - Jim Apr 14, 13:31
- "The only other active pitcher who has ever had a complete game 16K 0 BB: Max Scherzer" -- nm* - ML Apr 14, 12:42 1
  - the last Phillie? Curt Schilling -- nm - decline Apr 14, 12:43
- He still lost? -- nm - spamlet Apr 14, 12:42
- *checks to see if they were playing the Braves* -- nm - Strongbad Apr 14, 12:40
- How many pitches? - Will Hunting Apr 14, 12:39 5
  - the Pad's looked terrible -- nm - decline Apr 14, 12:44 3
    - 5 shutouts in 10 games offensively - ML Apr 14, 12:45 2
      - Melvin FTW! -- nm - Strongbad Apr 14, 12:47
      - *rethinks my Pomeranz pickup* -- nm - groiny Apr 14, 12:46
  - 113 -- nm - Strongbad Apr 14, 12:41
Rams trade up to 1 for... Goff? -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 14, 12:35 6
- That would be the most Rams thing ever, but I don't buy that for a second. - ML Apr 14, 12:38 5
  - To do the trade, you have to have a good idea of what's in and around 1. I think we got a lot of the hay in the barn. -- nm - Les Snead Apr 14, 13:11
  - "We just wanted to know what it would feel like to have it" -- nm - Reagen Apr 14, 13:08
  - I agree. Sounds like just a little intentional misdirection by the organization. -- nm - Robert Barontheon Apr 14, 12:42 2
    - which is retarded as they already have the first overall pick -- nm - Beaker Apr 14, 13:02 1
      - Maybe they want to trade for #2 as well. -- nm - spamlet Apr 14, 13:04
ARRRRRGH. I just want to talk to a person in Israel. "For English press 1.' ... *1*.... "HebrewHebrewHebrewHebrewHebrew* -- nm - Andie Apr 14, 12:35
Last year Disney set a record (with Universal) by having three films make over $300 million domestically. They could tie that record by mid-May. -- (edited) - Inigo Apr 14, 12:34 10
- (Universal did that last year too - Furious 7, Jurassic World, Minions) -- nm - Roger More Apr 14, 12:41 1
  - Thanks Post updated to reflect that. -- nm - Inigo Apr 14, 12:43
- That seems high for Jungle Book IMO, but they have Nemo 2 and SW Rogue One to come -- nm - Roger More Apr 14, 12:39 3
  - is pets them? or is that pixar? -- nm - sleep commander amanda jones Apr 14, 12:40 2
    - Pets is Universal -- nm - the brain Apr 14, 12:41 1
      - oh whatever -- nm - sleep commander amanda jones Apr 14, 12:41
- I think jungle book looks like poooop. (how do I get a poop emoji?) -- nm - sleep commander amanda jones Apr 14, 12:38 2
  - 💩 -- nm - Volnelk Apr 14, 14:19
  - use a lot of coffee emoji -- nm - Max Apr 14, 13:31
- We had the Brothers Grimsby -- nm - Sony Apr 14, 12:37
Achievement unlocked: One Disneyland Parkhopper ticket purchased for an absurd amount of money. -- nm - Mop Apr 14, 12:27 2
- Wow. Last solo Florida vacation I took I did that. The ticket was not that expensive. - Spawn Apr 14, 13:02
- Neechay. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 14, 12:31
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- someone took his money, or he's trading on inside info? with all those dropping loads, he went all in on diapers? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 14, 12:29
- That's a lot of pon farr. -- nm - Robert Barontheon Apr 14, 12:21
NYC's metrocards may suck but womp womp WMATA -- (link) - ty97 Apr 14, 12:17 2
- Not our problem, bruh -- (link) - GOP Congress Apr 14, 12:19
- Paging Sylvester Stallone. -- nm - Reagen Apr 14, 12:18
This should be interesting (maybe). The annual conference I attend this year is days after the election and the opening session speakers will be Jeb - pmb Apr 14, 12:14 7
- Stop going to the annual NRA convention. -- nm - Mop Apr 14, 12:29
- I can't remember who they had 4 years ago, but 8 years ago it was John Edwards and Karl Rove. It was Edwards' first public appearance after his - pmb Apr 14, 12:24 3
  - At least this year's discussion will be two guys who have no clue. - Will Hunting Apr 14, 12:35 1
    - It's the Commercial Finance Association. It's the asset-based lending industry association. Mostly bankers. - pmb Apr 14, 12:50
  - This was supposed to go under pixie's post below. -- nm - pmb Apr 14, 12:24
- i'm sorry - the brain Apr 14, 12:18
- "Told you so." -- nm - Jeb! Apr 14, 12:14
ST BO Poll: Will Batman vs Superman (currently at $299.9M) pass Deadpool (currently at $358.8M) in domestic Box Office? -- nm - Beaker Apr 14, 12:10 27
- I think it will come close but fall short domestically. It's passed Deadpool internationally though. -- nm - Remlik Apr 14, 13:11 2
  - of course I see that Deadpool has reached that in 9 weeks. And BVS has done it in 3. -- nm - Remlik Apr 14, 13:38 1
    - It's having massive drops overseas too. - Will Hunting Apr 14, 13:44
- Nope. It'll be at least 25mil short -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 14, 12:33
- No. Maybe a bit less than $340 million total. -- nm - Inigo Apr 14, 12:21 9
  - i.e., a 2.0 multiplier from o.w. -- nm - the brain Apr 14, 12:30 8
    - I'm giving it like a 2.2 since the 2/3 drops should be on its rear view mirror - Reagen Apr 14, 12:33 7
      - A 2.0 would be 333 or so; a 2.2 would be north of 365. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 14, 12:37 6
        
        No, hold on, a 2.2 would be 348. -- nm - Reagen Apr 14, 12:46 4
        
        166mil x 2.2 = 364. - Will Hunting Apr 14, 12:48 3
        
        Where is your 166 coming from? - Reagen Apr 14, 12:53 2
        
        OW was 166. 2.2 from that is 365. Pixie said "a 2.0 from o.w." and you said you were giving it a 2.2. - Will Hunting Apr 14, 13:02 1
        
        OK. I'm talking from the moment going forward - Reagen Apr 14, 13:07
        
        Yeah, maybe a hair less, but Deadpool still has some in the tank. -- nm - Reagen Apr 14, 12:41
- Tues BvS did 1.8M and Deadpool did 0.2M. With the drive in bubmp it will be close but I will say no. -- nm - Spawn Apr 14, 12:14 4
  - Drive ins? -- nm - Reagen Apr 14, 12:16 3
    - 400 extra screens, and BvS appears to be the most popular movie for them right now. -- nm - Spawn Apr 14, 12:18 2
      - I mean if you're going to ironically watch a movie, it may as well be a bad one - Reagen Apr 14, 12:20 1
        
        At 2.5 hours, you can "ironically watch it" a couple times. - Spawn Apr 14, 13:04
- Misses by ~15 mil. -- nm - Reagen Apr 14, 12:14
- Nope. (Deadpool's still making a couple of million a week) -- nm - Roger More Apr 14, 12:12 4
  - it's pretty delightful. -- nm - sleep commander amanda jones Apr 14, 12:14 3
    - you know what else is delightful? chubbers. -- nm - sleep commander amanda jones Apr 14, 12:37 1
      - "Enough with the constant stream of obscene snarky comments, chubbs" -- nm - the brain Apr 14, 13:03
    - no surprise but they announced the sequel today -- nm* - the brain Apr 14, 12:18
- nah -- nm - decline Apr 14, 12:12
- NO -- nm - sleep commander amanda jones Apr 14, 12:10
ML question: How many books in Sanderson's Reckoners (Stealheart) series? -- nm - Beaker Apr 14, 12:07 7
- 3 1/2 -- nm - decline Apr 14, 12:13
- tres, with a novelette (Mitosis) that falls chronologically in the middle of 1 and 2 -- nm - ML Apr 14, 12:13 5
  - once I finish 1 should I read Mitosis before book 2 then? or better to wait and read when done? - Beaker Apr 14, 12:16 4
    - I'd suggest the former -- nm - ML Apr 14, 12:17 1
      - cool, thanks -- nm - Beaker Apr 14, 12:19
    - (and thanks!) -- nm - Beaker Apr 14, 12:16 1
      - They're really good. I think many on ST would enjoy them (hint hint) -- nm - ML Apr 14, 12:19
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- *after today -- nm - spamlet Apr 14, 12:31 7
  - LATOS!!!!! -- nm - groiny Apr 14, 12:34 6
    - tbf, he was facing the Twins. -- nm - spamlet Apr 14, 12:59 1
      - well, he could not face the Blue Jays when they are playing the Twins. - groiny Apr 14, 13:10
    - T___S - ML Apr 14, 12:35 3
      - they gonna send Sano and Buxton down soon? - groiny Apr 14, 12:44 2
        
        Buxton is headed down, I think. - ML Apr 14, 12:57 1
        
        they were talking about Buxton yesterday that he is all up in his own head right now. -- nm - groiny Apr 14, 13:08
4-week moving average of continuing jobless claims now at the lowest level since Nov 2000 -- (link*) - znufrii Apr 14, 12:04
just say yo -- nm - the brain Apr 14, 12:04
Hilarium -- nm - Beaker Apr 14, 12:03 5
- Tedium -- nm - Roger More Apr 14, 12:13 4
  - Confusium -- nm - znufrii Apr 14, 12:14 3
    - Overratium -- nm - Spawn Apr 14, 12:15 2
      - Delegato Unobtainium -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 14, 12:31 1
        
        Santanico Pandemonium -- nm - Pippy Jack Sparrow Apr 14, 12:36

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