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Is this a hot take? I'm having my first real experience listening to Prophets of Rage in an extended session and I prefer B-Real to Chuck on vocals. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jul 19, 10:21 1
- I haven't heard much of it, but in the clips I have listened to Chuck D sounds like he took a Xanax before going on stage. -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 19, 10:27
Current dewpoint: 78. - spamlet Jul 19, 10:20 6
- current dewpoint: 75. temp 93. uck. my love a/c long time. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 19, 10:25
- is that gross -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 19, 10:21 4
  - bad enough to make ladies burn their bras. -- nm - Max Jul 19, 10:28
  - Basically you liquefy the moment you step outside. -- nm - iSpam Jul 19, 10:22 2
    - ballsweat factor : 10 -- nm - groiny Jul 19, 10:23
    - that weather is pretty much what we experienced last summer in Branson - ÜMLaut Jul 19, 10:23
Futurama live action fan film.... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 19, 10:18 1
- Take my money! -- nm - Fry Jul 19, 10:27
Nothing brings family closer together than going on a shitty reality show and whining about your more famous and successful brother -- (link) - Beaker Jul 19, 10:18
David Alert: PK Subban shows Nashville he can make an entrance -- (link) - Beaker Jul 19, 10:13 2
- "Is that Charlie Pride?" -- nm - Reagen Jul 19, 10:19
- Yeah, this made all the news channels over the weekend. -- nm - David Jul 19, 10:15
Fact-checking the first day of the RNC. Not that facts matter to his voters. -- (link) - GregW Jul 19, 10:04 6
- "No shots fired on transport vehicle" -- nm - Beryllium Jul 19, 10:20 1
  - "pew pew pew" -- nm - Melanie Jul 19, 10:21
- I think we left off Gru from the list of fictional speakers yesterday. -- nm - Reagen Jul 19, 10:11
- I've seen the pictures of Hilary personally shooting those Benghazi victims, you can't convince me otherwise -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 10:07 2
  - no one and nothing was going to stop her. -- nm - Diva Jul 19, 10:19 1
    - she was a chick Terminator. It was horrific and awesome all at the same time -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 10:20
Every so many months during the baseball season, I revisit this thread and smile. -- (link) - Name Withheld by Request Jul 19, 10:00 [Backboard] 15
- Billy Beane a savant yet or nah -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 19, 10:01
- I'm told Billy Beane is a genius. - Will Hunting Jul 19, 10:01 13
  - It's not quite the Twins giving up on Big Papi, but it's close. -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 19, 10:05 6
    - Give it a few more years. - Will Hunting Jul 19, 10:09 5
      - your IM, absolutely - ÜMLaut Jul 19, 10:11 4
        
        Right, Ortiz was a good player, Donaldson was an MVP level player - Will Hunting Jul 19, 10:17
        
        no one saw Otriz with 35-40 home run power, despite his build. - groiny Jul 19, 10:15 2
        
        I agree with your subject line, but to your IM he had already done that in a Twins uniform before they let him go. - ÜMLaut Jul 19, 10:21 1
        
        right, but in their defense, he is not built like a guy you gamble on. - groiny Jul 19, 10:23
  - The other thread you'll appreciate.... Yeah, I was very wrong. nmbWill -- (link) - Name Withheld by Request Jul 19, 10:03 [Backboard] 5
    - I have enjoyed a half season of having Lawrie on my team here. - groiny Jul 19, 10:08 4
      - He was always a little too "bro" for me, but there's no denying why he was a top prospect. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jul 19, 10:11 1
        
        there was a game where he flied out deep to center, and they flash to him in the dugout - groiny Jul 19, 10:13
      - Lawrie is the MLB groiny? - ÜMLaut Jul 19, 10:09 1
        
        having kids calmed me down ALOT. - groiny Jul 19, 10:18
You know what this board needs...Some Al Green -- (link) - amoxy Jul 19, 09:59 [youtube]
Leslie Jones of SNL and Ghostbusters leaves Twitter after the abuse that was directed her way yesterday.... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 19, 09:58 13
- She needs a little of this action, yo. Snoogans. -- (link) - Jim Jul 19, 10:28 [youtube]
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  - Ghostbusters. Dudebros targeted her for destroying their childhood. -- nm - Remlik Jul 19, 10:17 3
    - [deleted]
    - She was retweeting people calling her an ape/gorilla and attaching pictures thereof. - ty97 Jul 19, 10:21 1
      - and the fact that Twitter does nothing to stop an attack. -- nm - Remlik Jul 19, 10:25
- I'm sad to see her go but can't blame her. I don't know how any one black or Jewish in particular can handle Twitter if they are high profile. - ty97 Jul 19, 10:14
- keep doing the great work Twitter Trust & Safety Council -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 19, 10:07 4
  - Or people could just stop using Twitter -- nm - gerald Jul 19, 10:08 3
    - Or people could stop being abusive racist assholes -- nm - oblique Jul 19, 10:14 2
      - Since that isn't going to happen (exhibit A: humanity) the responsibility is on Twitter to police their site. - ÜMLaut Jul 19, 10:17 1
        
        With all the crap Twitter gets from industry analysts, letting her lose would be another black eye they shouldn't allow. -- nm - Max Jul 19, 10:25
- that sucks. I like her - she deserves better - Epiphany Jul 19, 10:05
Meanwhile in Blighty, the Labour leadership battle is down to 2 people and we'll have a winner in September -- (link) - LMS Jul 19, 09:54
This is now my earworm -- (link) - amoxy Jul 19, 09:54 [youtube]
Shots fired at Cleveland police transport vehicle near site of Republican National Convention, no injuries: police -- (link) - amoxy Jul 19, 09:52 1
- thus far the only carnage has been inside the auditorium -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 19, 09:53
Whoops -- (link) - ÜMLaut Jul 19, 09:48 7
- Truth is an absolute defense -- nm - gerald Jul 19, 10:10
- Somebody is getting escorted out of the office with a cardboard box of their stuff. -- nm - TWuG Jul 19, 09:50
- Oh that's bad. - ReluctantCynic Jul 19, 09:49 4
  - But it comes with a free frogurt! -- nm - Ender Jul 19, 09:55 1
    - That's good! -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jul 19, 09:56
  - And soon to be hired by the Trump Camp -- nm - amoxy Jul 19, 09:50
  - yup -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 09:50
Together forever we two And don't you know I would move heaven and earth - JD Jul 19, 09:47 8
- This is segueing into Two of Hearts for me - Reagen Jul 19, 09:49 6
  - STOP THIS THREAD NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 -- nm - David Jul 19, 09:58 2
    - WHY DO YOU HATE FEMALE DOMINATED TELEVISION?! -- nm - ty97 Jul 19, 09:59 1
      - PALEO DIET!!! -- nm - David Jul 19, 10:08
  - TIL: Stacey Q was on Facts of Life -- nm - JD Jul 19, 09:53 2
    - Fact: we saw her perform at Hamburger Mary's a year & a half ago on NYE. She has NOT aged well. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 19, 10:15
    - Tootie gave up her big break in her singing career on this song. Meanwhile, Jo did battle with a NYC parking attendant. -- nm - Reagen Jul 19, 10:04
- You Jerk! I had just gotten rid of it... -- nm - amoxy Jul 19, 09:48
#famousmelaniatrumpquotes -- (link) - oblique Jul 19, 09:44 5
- Reach out and touch somebody's hand. Make this world a better place if you can. -- nm - Melania si Jul 19, 09:46 4
  - I always depended on the kindness of strangers. -- nm - Melania si Jul 19, 09:47 3
    - "Houston, we have a problem." -- nm - TWuG Jul 19, 09:49
    - Alexander Hamilton. My name is Alexander Hamilton. -- nm - Melania si Jul 19, 09:47 1
      - *Wilhelm Scream* -- nm - Melania si Jul 19, 09:48
500 elephants find new home in massive African relocation -- (link) - con_carne Jul 19, 09:42 1
- Take it to the non-Trump and Pokemon Board! -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 09:42
Trump Campaign Dismisses Reports of Lobbying for Russia in GOP Platform -- (link) - amoxy Jul 19, 09:37 1
- "Nyet," said a spokesman. -- nm - Reagen Jul 19, 10:06
David, no I haven't. At this point I'm so game-backlogged that I probably won't get to it for a while. -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 19, 09:36 10
- They did that and Borderlands, both of which are just as entertaining. - David Jul 19, 09:38 9
  - The GoT one is the only non Japanese game with a dedicated "incest" button. -- nm - Reagen Jul 19, 09:57 1
    - It's "non Japanese" that makes this joke funny. -- nm - David Jul 19, 10:17
  - I loved the Borderlands one. -- nm - Ender Jul 19, 09:54 1
    - We've got two chapters left, but it's every bit as funny as the games. - David Jul 19, 09:58
  - Both Borderlands and a Batman game used Ain't No Rest For The Wicked! - Spawn Jul 19, 09:41
  - I saw that. I linked the Batman trailer on B2. - ÜMLaut Jul 19, 09:41 3
    - Yeah, I went to post and saw you had. - Spawn Jul 19, 09:41
    - was Bossk and Chewie in that one too? -- nm - groiny Jul 19, 09:41 1
      - click and find out! -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 19, 09:44
PoGo poll #2: What is your highest CP Pokemon right now? -- nm - ty97 Jul 19, 09:34 12
- 1055 Flareon followed by a 940 Jolteon -- nm - decline Jul 19, 10:56
- I've got a 746 Golbat. I don't even like Golbats -- nm - ty97 Jul 19, 10:03
- 977 Flareon, followed by an 875 Hypno. -- nm - Ender Jul 19, 09:56
- Roo is level 11 and just hatched a Voltorb -- nm - Epiphany Jul 19, 09:54
- 735 Vaporeon. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jul 19, 09:41 1
  - (And Level 9 - almost 10.) -- nm - Dark Callisto Jul 19, 09:43
- 530 Pidgeot, followed by a 494 Rainer. I haven't really been powering up yet though. (I did do one - my first - gym battle on Sunday.) -- nm - JaxSean Jul 19, 09:40
- 423 Pinsir. I suck at this. -- nm - Jim Jul 19, 09:38 1
  - Also - I'm a Level 8. Jamie is also Level 8 and Cameron isn't playing. yet. -- nm - Jim Jul 19, 09:39
- 717 Golbat. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 19, 09:37
- 862 Vaporeon -- nm - oblique Jul 19, 09:34 1
  - I told Amy the naming technique but they already had a Vaporeon. -- nm - Spawn Jul 19, 09:39
jnine won b2 with the harrassment joke. -- nm - David Jul 19, 09:33
Enough hate, let's talk about love. Who wants to move to Portland and join me in this paradise of polyamory? - ReluctantCynic Jul 19, 09:32 18
- You've been watching too much Magicians. -- nm - David Jul 19, 09:33
- I can't find one husband, now you want me to find multiple?! -- nm - ty97 Jul 19, 09:33 14
  - Something new I learned today: Three-person polyamorous couples tend to group themselves in "V-arrangements" or "Triangle-arrangements." - ReluctantCynic Jul 19, 09:51 12
    - "To be clear, this is a *waves arm one way* not *waves arm other way*?" -- nm - Todd Jul 19, 10:08
    - mff or mmf? -- nm - amoxy Jul 19, 10:05 4
      - Oh, the Devil's Triangle. - iSpam Jul 19, 10:08 3
        
        They did a joke about this on Lucifer. -- nm - Reagen Jul 19, 10:09 2
        
        an awesome joke -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 10:10 1
        
        it so was. I am going to miss all the fun sexy times and innuendos - Epiphany Jul 19, 10:26
    - what? -- nm - Epiphany Jul 19, 10:04 3
      - It's confusing, but think of it this way ... - ReluctantCynic Jul 19, 10:15 2
        
        I see. Very interesting. - Epiphany Jul 19, 10:26
        
        And that's the simple version. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Jul 19, 10:17
    - Just don't find yourself at the end of a W. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Jul 19, 09:58 1
      - what? - Epiphany Jul 19, 10:05
  - maybe if you stayed in one place long enough? -- nm - groiny Jul 19, 09:40
- no means no, RC -- nm - oblique Jul 19, 09:32 1
  - But you haven't even considered the prenup I prepared! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 19, 09:52
Is it possible The Donald didn't marry Melania Trump for her brains? -- nm - David Jul 19, 09:31 21
- Flipping that, to marry someone like that, she has to accept the responsibility of aligning herself with a man like him. -- nm - Max Jul 19, 10:26
- Hmm. (serious question) Has a former president ever got divorced? - Spawn Jul 19, 09:38 3
  - As far as I know, the answer is "no." The only President that I can recall being divorced was ... - ReluctantCynic Jul 19, 09:45 1
    - Which is about the time Social Conservatives stopped preaching against Divorcees and started preaching against Abortion -- nm - amoxy Jul 19, 09:47
  - Fitz Grant did. -- nm - David Jul 19, 09:39
- I don't care if she's smart, dumb or whatever...it's the job of the campaign to hide shit like that. - Will Hunting Jul 19, 09:37 14
  - I think you expect a bit much from a party that treats Palin and Trump as legit candidates. -- nm - TWuG Jul 19, 09:47 2
    - There are freshmen PR and PoliSci students who are doing headslaps on this. - Will Hunting Jul 19, 09:50 1
      - The GOP *is* amateur hour, at this point. The know nothings have won and the sane(er) GOP officials and sane(er) GOP voters - TWuG Jul 19, 09:56
  - who gives a shit? does she have a degree or not? - groiny Jul 19, 09:39 10
    - I thoguht she dropped out after one year? -- nm - Spawn Jul 19, 09:42 6
      - I don't know, and I don't really care one way or another. - groiny Jul 19, 09:43 5
        
        Likely, but honesty is important, no? Competence is important? - Will Hunting Jul 19, 09:45 4
        
        so, she should be better at lying. - groiny Jul 19, 09:47 3
        
        Or...just don't lie. - Will Hunting Jul 19, 09:49 1
        
        (plus she fucking Rickrolled them...She. Rick. Rolled. Them.) -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 09:49
        
        for a Convention, they better tell truth about the little things or you get this -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 09:48
    - cause if they would lie about something small like that, why would you trust them with ANYTHING? -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 09:41 1
      - (misread, nevermind) -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 09:41
    - Right. If she doesn't (and I doubt she does unless you get them after freshman year)...you cannot let her say that in a speech. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 19, 09:41
- I can't believe a man so enamoured with gold leaf would be that superficial. -- nm - TWuG Jul 19, 09:33
I wish I just got tazed! -- nm - Freddie Gray Jul 19, 09:30 1
- Me too! -- nm - Freddie Mercury Jul 19, 09:33
"10 Apps Like Pokemon Go Because Pikachu Isn't the Only Way to Augment Your Reality" -- (link) - Andie Jul 19, 09:30 1
- (some of these sound very cool.) -- nm - Andie Jul 19, 09:31
Lunch report: Sloppy Joe acquired. Meowth hatched. -- nm - oblique Jul 19, 09:29 1
- Enjoy your talking Pokemon. -- (link) - Spawn Jul 19, 09:32 [youtube]

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