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Andie, is this your house? -- (link) - decline Nov 29, 07:08 1
- my *only* Harry Potter home accessory is this cushion on the spare room bed. -- (link) - Andie Nov 29, 07:14
Trump’s Security Blamed for Hurting Traffic at Tiffany Store -- (link) - ty97 Nov 29, 07:02 4
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  - imagine being a Muslim resident -- nm - Beaker Nov 29, 07:12 1
    - Imagine all the people, Living for today. -- nm - John Nov 29, 07:14
- those poor Tiffany shoppers. How will they ever survive? -- nm - decline Nov 29, 07:03
The 'thank you' rally tour starts in Ohio on Thursday BTW -- nm - ty97 Nov 29, 07:00 1
- I hope the protests far outweigh the rallies. -- nm - decline Nov 29, 07:02
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- Would that I were that lucky. - znufrii Nov 29, 07:03
- eeek, creepy serial killer -- nm - ty97 Nov 29, 07:00 4
  - crazy eyes -- nm - decline Nov 29, 07:04 1
    - exactly (in that picture) -- nm - ty97 Nov 29, 07:07
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    - There are *much* better pictures out there of him -- nm - ty97 Nov 29, 07:03
Obama reportedly tweeted once as President-Elect (admittedly Twitter usage has probably expanded since then?) Anyway -- (link) - ty97 Nov 29, 06:57 1
- eerie how similar it is to this PEOTUS -- nm - decline Nov 29, 07:00
How did Hamilton make more money last week than any week previously when the show has been sold out for a year? -- (edited) - Krusty Nov 29, 06:42 40
- smartened up and started selling DVDs of the show? -- nm - Beaker Nov 29, 06:59 20
  - that would not help them in the long run. -- nm - Andie Nov 29, 06:59 19
    - works for movies and TV shows -- nm - Beaker Nov 29, 07:00 18
      - you've insisted this before. it's just very incorrect. -- (edited) - Diva Nov 29, 07:08 2
        
        (see now I undertand, thanks! But why not release it afterward? I'd love a copy of Harry Potter doing How to Succeed in Business) -- nm - Beaker Nov 29, 07:09 1
        
        Eventually down the road this stuff will be available but that could be another 10 years or more. -- nm - Diva Nov 29, 07:10
      - They sell the previous seasons, so that people want to watch the current. and movies sell once you can't pay to see them in the theatre anymore. -- nm - Andie Nov 29, 07:02 14
        
        right but they are available around the world. This show is in 1 city. They are missing out on Tens of Millions. How many $25 blurays would this sell - Beaker Nov 29, 07:04 13
        
        If they release a Blu-Ray or make a Hamilton movie, it undercuts the success of the Broadway show. - Roger More Nov 29, 07:13
        
        well, it's in more than one city, and if everyone who wants to see it, sees it from some online download before it opens in their city, they are - Andie Nov 29, 07:05 6
        
        again, this hasn't killed movies. -- nm - Beaker Nov 29, 07:07 5
        
        movies are charging $15 a ticket and $25 a DVD. This show is charging hundreds per ticket and could charge... $25 a DVD. - Reagen Nov 29, 07:14 2
        
        true true -- nm - Beaker Nov 29, 07:15 1
        
        they're still making bank on the cast recording. -- nm - Reagen Nov 29, 07:15
        
        i don't get this comparison, you are only selling movies on DVD once they are out of the theatre, not during their run. -- nm* - Andie Nov 29, 07:10 1
        
        right but the movies are everywhere. This is like a select city run (but I get what Diva says above) -- nm - Beaker Nov 29, 07:12
        
        probably around 10 or 20 blurays -- nm - decline Nov 29, 07:04 1
        
        I'll take the over -- nm - Beaker Nov 29, 07:05
        
        and people still go to movies in the theatre -- nm - Beaker Nov 29, 07:04 2
        
        they see new movies in theatre. you don't buy the dvd and then see that movie in a theatre. -- nm* - Andie Nov 29, 07:06 1
        
        that assumes everyone who goes to New York will see it -- nm - Beaker Nov 29, 07:08
- price gouging -- nm - decline Nov 29, 06:45 10
  - I'd rather the show make that money than scalpers. -- nm - znufrii Nov 29, 06:52 1
    - scalpers gotta eat too, znufrii -- nm - decline Nov 29, 06:53
  - That's all of Broadway but a $1k for a ticket is just ridiculous. - Krusty Nov 29, 06:50 7
    - yes it is. but you almost can't blame the producers when they see what prices the tickets claim on the secondary market. It's awful and very 1% but - Diva Nov 29, 06:54 6
      - I don't blame them for wanting to make as much as possible while the show is the hottest thing since the sun was formed. - Krusty Nov 29, 06:57 5
        
        they do the lottery every day, don't they? that's basically for locals, you can just keep trying. -- nm - Andie Nov 29, 06:58 4
        
        It's still a lottery and you'd have to able and ready to go that day. -- nm - Krusty Nov 29, 07:17
        
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        The Hamilton one is online. but, yeah, you'd have to know you could get to that day's show. -- (link) - Andie Nov 29, 07:04 1
        
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- The inference in the article is that they likely sold more premium tickets. - ty97 Nov 29, 06:44 5
  - So they have tickets for sale each week if you're willing to pay a premium or did they sell them months ago at an inflated price? - Krusty Nov 29, 06:49 3
    - Months ago. It's not like it's a surprise to them which weeks are going to have the highest demand, so they price the seats accordingly when they go o -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 29, 06:51
    - I remember months ago when they announced that some premium seats were going up to 998.00 and they sold them. Perhaps this was the week that higher - Diva Nov 29, 06:50 1
      - Got it, thanks! -- nm - Krusty Nov 29, 06:52
  - Also, those premium tickets are $998!!! -- nm - ty97 Nov 29, 06:45
- did they have extra matinees for thanksgiving? one extra show would do it. -- nm - Andie Nov 29, 06:42 1
  - Nope. No extra show. It was a regular eight show week. -- nm - Krusty Nov 29, 06:43
“Hamilton” has set a record for the most money ever made in a single week by a Broadway show. (surprised it took this long) - ty97 Nov 29, 06:40
I honestly don't know whether to high five or slap this guy at the Packers-Eagles game. -- (link) - spamlet Nov 29, 06:33 [Image] 7
- Nice. -- nm - znufrii Nov 29, 06:35
- yeah both (aside: man, our offense has fallen apart) - decline Nov 29, 06:35 4
  - losing Matthews will hurt -- nm - ML Nov 29, 06:36 3
    - Didn't he go back in the game later? -- nm - David's iPad Nov 29, 06:41 2
      - he left a second time. Ankle injury being evaluated -- nm - decline Nov 29, 06:44 1
        
        My BF team is disintegrating before my eyes. -- nm - Baron More Dough Nov 29, 06:52
- impressive -- nm - ML Nov 29, 06:35
For groiny's secret stalker -- (link) - ML Nov 29, 06:30 1
- 3rd Edition! -- nm - Beaker Nov 29, 06:34
I'm certainly not making light of the Gatlinburg fires but I'm beginning to think we're cursed. - spamlet Nov 29, 06:28 8
- Stay the fock away from Mt Rainier. ...please -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 29, 06:40
- May I suggest for your 20th Anniversary - ty97 Nov 29, 06:38 1
  - If people want to pay for us to avoid them, I'll gladly take suggestions. -- nm - spamlet Nov 29, 06:51
- Thank goodness you're not married to Hotkiss or the damage that could be done would be catastrophic. -- nm - Krusty Nov 29, 06:35 1
  - This -- nm - Epiphany Nov 29, 06:47
- upside: cheap rates next year! -- nm - ML Nov 29, 06:30 1
  - We would have booked cabins already but we've been distracted the past few weeks. - spamlet Nov 29, 06:31
- you're the Natural Disaster God! -- nm - decline Nov 29, 06:29
Today is one of those moments in parenthood that I'll look back in a decade and remember as a big day. - ML Nov 29, 06:20
huh, it seems like my iphone battery gets a free replacement. thanks china. - tRuMaN Nov 29, 06:15
Universal will have Nintendo-themed areas in their parks. -- (link) - Inigo Nov 29, 06:11 1
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oh my. someone i've known since kindergarden, and my roommate in first year of university actually, has a partner who had a car accident about 10 - Andie Nov 29, 06:10 8
- Bipolar melt down, like someone is not on their meds. I'd be concerned about the safety or welfare of your friend. -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 29, 06:31
- Do you have a way to contact her to change her password -- nm - ty97 Nov 29, 06:18 1
  - i don't - our only contact these days is really through FB. we aren't close, just friends in that way of having a shared history. -- nm* - Andie Nov 29, 06:18
- Drugs? Besides a brain jury? -- nm - Epiphany Nov 29, 06:16 3
  - i really don't think so. more likely *off* his meds. -- (edited) - Andie Nov 29, 06:18 2
    - Trying to care for or interact with someone who is delusional is wearing. A friend described it as, "It thins the soul." - landbeck Nov 29, 06:40
    - It is very sad -- nm - Epiphany Nov 29, 06:26
- "Not quite right" is putting it mildly. That's sad. -- nm - Crashquick Nov 29, 06:15
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- I rewatched the film version of "Limitless" and choose to believe that Trump is on NZT. - landbeck Nov 29, 06:28
- I refuse to get pulled in by all of his obvious troll-ish tweets, but I will note -- (link) - ty97 Nov 29, 06:12 1
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- i don't understand how there isn't SOMEONE who can keep him in line. He isn't the fucking President yet. -- nm - Andie Nov 29, 06:11 22
  - I think the wisest take when he tweets like this is to consider what he's trying to distract us from. -- nm - ML Nov 29, 06:27 11
    - Yes, though I think the reality show thing Strongbad posted on B2 also plays in (not just for the tweets, but more broadly) - ty97 Nov 29, 06:37 9
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        Don't ignore it if he tries to actually do it. But remember that a tweet is a tweet. -- nm - ty97 Nov 29, 06:43 7
        
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        I understand the argument, I just get concerned about dilution of outrage if we respond to every tweet. -- nm - ty97 Nov 29, 06:46 5
        
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        (He tweets A LOT) -- nm - ty97 Nov 29, 06:46 3
        
        But your city councilman agrees with you! -- (link) - ty97 Nov 29, 06:47 2
        
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    - Take him seriously, not literally. -- nm - landbeck Nov 29, 06:33
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  - That would assume that anyone in his circle wants to -- nm - ty97 Nov 29, 06:12 8
    - even outside his circle. i mean, someone with real authority must be able to step out and say "what you are suggesting is illegal. you will be - Andie Nov 29, 06:13 7
      - It's not illegal, it's just unconstitutional. Flag burning laws were on the books in 48 states plus the feds when SCOTUS struck them down. - ML Nov 29, 06:18 2
        
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      - The only people that hold authority over him would be congress, via impeachment*, and that sure as shit ain't happening. -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 29, 06:15
      - I'm not sure who that would be at this point. He's about to be the most powerful person. - ty97 Nov 29, 06:15
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        right, i guess. -- nm - Andie Nov 29, 06:15
So what's the US equivalent of the Chapecoense plane crash? Would it be an NFL team plane going down? -- (link) - ML Nov 29, 06:09 1
- Well, probably a AAA baseball team.. - Marlowe Nov 29, 07:06
Somehow I won my ppr league match up by less than 4 points. Also, Philly didn't win, but the point total was below 48, so I won $100. Wpphoo! -- nm - Crashquick Nov 29, 06:07
I work up this morning and heard about the extent of the Gatlinburg fires, how horrible. It must have moved so very very fast. -- nm* - Andie Nov 29, 05:57 13
- Jeebus -- (link) - ML Nov 29, 06:10 4
  - Yep. The Dollywood resort is brand new, too. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 29, 06:16 3
    - BTW, drove through Bloomington on the way back home from Indy. Thought of you! -- nm - ML Nov 29, 06:19 2
      - Did you at least stop at Avantis? -- nm - spamlet Nov 29, 06:30
      - I'll be there in a month! -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 29, 06:21
- It happened extremely fast, and accelerated in the dark. They're saying it has been very hard to fight. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 29, 06:08 4
  - you must be hearing more - did everyone get out? -- nm - Andie Nov 29, 06:12 3
    - Not sure. A lot of people can't reach neighbors and loved ones. - Dark Callisto Nov 29, 06:14 2
      - saying 'no words' sounds trite, but it's true. -- nm - Andie Nov 29, 06:15 1
        
        The Ober people are saying their property is okay, so that's encouraging. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 29, 06:27
- And FWIW, front and center on CNN.com right now -- nm - ty97 Nov 29, 06:03 2
  - i would hope so. -- nm - Andie Nov 29, 06:07
  - (There's still a Dollywood reference, but it's not in a sub-head. The story is about Gatlinburg) -- nm - ty97 Nov 29, 06:06
Anyone going to watch Leah Remini's attack piece on Scientology tonight? - Beaker Nov 29, 05:55 2
- I'll DVR it. -- nm - Krusty Nov 29, 06:09
- Also, the Drunk History about Hamilton airs tonight too -- nm - Beaker Nov 29, 06:05
Passengers movie trailer feat. Imagine Dragons -- (link) - budice Nov 29, 05:50 [youtube] 10
- That is not a very good trailer but it's made worse by that song. -- nm* - Krusty Nov 29, 06:08 4
  - It doesn't even feel like a trailer. -- nm - ty97 Nov 29, 06:09 3
    - Nope. I assume the movie is about something other than people living on a spaceship or space station. There was nothing there but them just having a good time. -- (edited) - Krusty Nov 29, 06:11 2
      - It looked like The Notebook In Space -- nm - ty97 Nov 29, 06:14 1
        
        Sold! ;-) -- nm - Krusty Nov 29, 06:38
- I don't see any dragons -- nm - Beaker Nov 29, 05:57 1
  - You have to imagine them. -- nm - Dano Nov 29, 06:00
- No. Stop this, Sony. -- nm - Reagen Nov 29, 05:51
- I don't think this movie is going to do very well. -- nm - university of amanda jones Nov 29, 05:50 1
  - Define very well, though. Because of the release date, star power and subject matter, I have a tough time seeing it doing any less than $150 million. - Inigo Nov 29, 05:55
crushing at a 7:45am meeting: Me. - Mel Profit Nov 29, 05:39
"the share of Americans who say that army rule would be a “good” or “very good” thing had risen to 1 in 6 in 2014, compared with 1 in 16 in 1995." - ty97 Nov 29, 05:34 11
- Great time to re-post this article from Vox -- (link) - Strongbad Nov 29, 05:53 5
  - OK, and what are you, as a nominal Republican, doing about it? - Reagen Nov 29, 06:30
  - Just scanning but I really loathe the idea that this was a surprise. A lot of people were watching the Tea Baggers for this very thing. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 29, 06:02 2
    - If the Tea Partiers had as much control over the direction of the party as you think, Cruz would have been the nominee. -- nm* - Strongbad Nov 29, 07:33
    - but I buy the overall premise. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 29, 06:04
  - Same author FWIW -- nm* - ty97 Nov 29, 05:55
- This is what I fear most from a Trump presidency.That not only will he declare some form of Martial Law after a terrorist attack... - Inigo Nov 29, 05:45 4
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  - "There's no way Trump wins the Republican nod, There's no way Trump wins the presidency, There's no way Trump institutes the Hunger Games" - Beaker Nov 29, 06:00
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  - I fear what our reaction would be to a 9/11 scale attack now. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 29, 05:47

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