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Hey Strongbad.... -- (link) - David's iPad Jul 12, 11:43
Just because you've been a realtor for 20+ years and did things mostly by phone then, doesn't mean I need to abide by that! - Hotkiss Jul 12, 11:42 13
- Hope all is well! -- nm - Beaker Jul 12, 11:52
- are you buying? - Andie Jul 12, 11:46 4
  - trying, but it's a long and frustrating road! -- nm - Hotkiss Jul 12, 11:47 3
    - where are you these days? -- nm - Andie Jul 12, 11:48 2
      - Miami, for about the last year. Finally came back stateside from South America -- nm - Hotkiss Jul 12, 11:51 1
        
        at some point, you'll have to tell us everything that happened between then and now -- nm - prayformojo Jul 12, 11:52
- But other ways leave paper trails. -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 11:45 6
  - As the buyer, that's exactly why I prefer email. - Hotkiss Jul 12, 11:47 5
    - Isn't that what realtors do? Leverage a middleman position in what could easily be a commoditized market into a system that works for them? -- nm* - Roger More Jul 12, 11:54 2
      - Their services are pretty commoditized, so why as consumers is it so hard to find a good realtor? -- nm - Hotkiss Jul 12, 11:58 1
        
        The good ones get conned out of their commissions in a corrupt office -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 12, 13:53
    - you can always get another Realtor. -- nm - Diva Jul 12, 11:52
    - maybe you need a younger more tech savvy realtor? -- nm - Epiphany Jul 12, 11:50
as someone who has had their identity stolen, this feels sort of reassuring - x Jul 12, 11:33
groiny made a post about horny goat weed and left - crash davis Jul 12, 11:33 1
- crap!....nm - x Jul 12, 11:37
Yard sales are a hotbed for drama. Did ST know this? -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 12, 11:32 2
- Too many gifs. -- nm - MDH Jul 12, 11:35 1
  - Get busy living, or ... -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 11:36
If you have cystic fibrosis in the U.S., you live an average of 40 years. In Canada, it's 50 years. -- (link) - Mop Jul 12, 11:21 [youtube] 7
- See, you're stuck suffering for CF for 10 more years. Who would want that? -- nm - Shardik the Baron Jul 12, 11:35 1
  - American health care cuts suffering from cystic fibrosis by 10 years! -- nm - Mop Jul 12, 11:36
- Socialized health care sucks! You wait forever! Crappy doctors! -- nm - Andie Jul 12, 11:29 2
  - Spin this positively: American health care accelerates your access to death! -- nm - Mop Jul 12, 11:35
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- maple syrup -- nm - decline Jul 12, 11:22 1
  - rhetorical. -- nm - Mop Jul 12, 11:23
Reddit's logo today is brilliant. -- nm - Shaun Jul 12, 11:20
Surely intentional, but this week's Preacher made me feel uncomfortable. (spoiler) - Mop Jul 12, 11:20 2
- His hell was something. -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 11:21 1
  - I want to see where that goes. -- nm - Mop Jul 12, 11:22
John Cassidy @ The New Yorker: Is Donald Trump, Jr., Taking the Fall for the White House? -- (link) - Mop Jul 12, 11:19 1
- despots throw people like Mathis under the bus first, then sycophants like Kellyann, blood heirs are the last to be sacrificed - zeitgeist Jul 12, 11:32
David--I stand corrected--Lakers waived David Nweba -- nm - Flavorize Jul 12, 11:14
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Is the opioid epidemic a crisis of masculinity? -- (link) - znufrii Jul 12, 10:58
I would like to stop sweating at some point today. - Krusty Jul 12, 10:55 8
- We spent the day at Dollywood. We are pretty much drenched. Soooo hot and sweaty. -- nm - kelly Jul 12, 14:29
- But the crocodiles will eat you -- nm - decline Jul 12, 11:18
- I misread this as swearing. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 11:06 5
  - Go bleep yourself Bery! -- nm - Beaker Jul 12, 11:17 1
    - Oooo--Be careful! As noted below--Bery=Keyzer Soze. He also knows his way around a boat, which we all know is a prerequisite to Sozehood. -- nm* - Flavorize Jul 12, 11:19
  - I'd like to do that less but that won't ever stop. ;-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 11:09 2
    - Hey, Dude, tell me something, do you always have to cuss so much -- nm - Deep voiced western stranger Jul 12, 11:13 1
      - Mind your fucking business -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 12, 11:22
i still can't believe....... - x Jul 12, 10:51 9
- actually, what i really can't believe..... - x Jul 12, 10:54 5
  - Yeah, i was going to say to your original post. "And arguably not the worst trade of the summer." -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 11:07 2
    - oh, def. not. i mean, the oladipo contract isn't great, but at least he's a good, serviceable nba player....nm - x Jul 12, 11:11 1
      - Plus, an IU player is a good addition as local fan support is needed. -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 11:13
  - yeah, those trades were stinkers and one sided for sure -- nm - Beaker Jul 12, 10:56 1
    - the butler deal really cracks me up.... - x Jul 12, 11:01
- ~I'm walking on air~ -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 10:54
- If they had waited the Celtics would've backed up the truck, post Hayward--better than nothing, but not as good as they could've, for sure -- nm* - Flavorize Jul 12, 10:54 1
  - yep. they could likely have had avery bradley, jae crowder and a first round pick at least....nm - x Jul 12, 10:55
Video edit makes my blood boil. Doing it in 360... RAAAAAAAAGE!!!! -- nm - Mop Jul 12, 10:48 1
- RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE!!!!!! -- nm - Mop Jul 12, 10:51
How to trap an A.I. car with a ring of salt -- (link) - amoxy Jul 12, 10:45 1
- Also works on Roombas. - Spawn Jul 12, 11:30
Can someone walk me through the Ukraine/Clinton connection that the GOP is now holding up in defense of Don Jr.? -- (edited) - znufrii Jul 12, 10:40
Star Trek and the MCU are in the same universe now.... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 12, 10:38 7
- Did you know originally Star Lord was not going to have a Walkman but instead a Darth Vader figure? -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 11:04 3
  - Nobody cares. -- nm - Shaun Jul 12, 11:05 2
    - Yeah, not even Luke. -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 11:08 1
      - Know what's also cool? The X-Wing Rogue One VR mission. -- nm - Shaun Jul 12, 11:09
- I share his hope for a string of cameos. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 10:41 2
  - that'd be fun to see him pop up in a ton of franchises -- nm - Remlik Jul 12, 10:42 1
    - If they hurry, they could get him into Deadpool 2 -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 10:47
Ozark on Netflix, July 21. I'm into it. -- nm - Andie Jul 12, 10:33
i'll never understand all the carping about how absurd athlete's salaries are.... - x Jul 12, 10:31 13
- Unless there's decent revenue sharing (and that comes with its own batch of lousy outcomes), it does present competitive disadvantages so I can see... - Name Withheld by Request Jul 12, 10:54 3
  - revenue sharing is communism and parity is mediocrity....nm - x Jul 12, 11:05 2
    - Want me to spoil the next NBA season for you? -- nm - David's iPad Jul 12, 11:51 1
      - it's fine, i like greatness... - x Jul 12, 12:04
- There has been very little if any, complaints about Curry's 200 million dollar extension - amoxy Jul 12, 10:48 4
  - oh, i heard my buddy's father in law griping about it the day it happened....nm - x Jul 12, 10:52 3
    - Just wait until Bryce Harper gets $400M -- nm - Flavorize Jul 12, 10:56 2
      - "Knoxville Man's Head Actually Exploded" -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 10:57 1
        
        Fools and their money... -- nm - David's iPad Jul 12, 11:46
- It'd make sense if there were any chance of it bringing sports tickets down to non-insane values - Reagen Jul 12, 10:33 2
  - right. adam sandler making $30 million in 2016, now that's absurd!.....nm - x Jul 12, 10:43
  - Like the bum signing the $100M contract. - Shaun Jul 12, 10:42
- I am a Marxist when it comes to sports, labor determines the value -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 10:32
I liked this editorial in American Conservative -- (link) - crash davis Jul 12, 10:26 8
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  - "What's a canard?" -- nm - decline Jul 12, 11:16 2
    - *quickly takes you to another message board* -- nm - David Brooks Jul 12, 11:18 1
      - Tsk. So insensitive. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 11:31
  - Yup. That was offputting. -- nm - Mop Jul 12, 11:08
  - you're right, but I did like the McKinley story -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 10:45 2
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    - "Anyway, the moral of the story is never go to Buffalo." -- nm - Reagen Jul 12, 10:58
Wimbledon Spoiler - Diva Jul 12, 10:25 5
- Spoilers - David Jul 12, 10:30 3
  - people are ridiculous. -- nm - Diva Jul 12, 10:51 2
    - Spoilers - David's iPad Jul 12, 11:45 1
      - ffs spoiler - Diva Jul 12, 11:51
- Damnit. Between this and [insert morning spoiler already].... - Name Withheld by Request Jul 12, 10:28
Sleepy Pharah. -- (link) - Shaun Jul 12, 10:21
"Sad" - Gollum Jul 12, 10:18 4
- the Donald's tweets actually made more sense when Andy Serkis performs them :) -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 10:20 3
  - I did not even mind that you reposted it on the exact same board! -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 11:10 2
    - I missed that. Sorry :) -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 11:13 1
      - No worries. I like the "open for surprise" posts, but they do get missed. -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 11:14
"This fantasy world with witches and dragons, which depicts the cruelty and pointless of war and the arbitrariness of rule by divine right -- (edited) - Reagen Jul 12, 10:11 15
- I feel like there should be a corollary to "It's OK to not like things, but don't be a dick about it" - ralph wiggum Jul 12, 10:47 2
  - There's obnoxious and obnoxious. To me, it's the gall of telling people "This is why you like it and if you deny it you're deluded." -- nm - mara Jul 12, 11:14
  - how about just "death to hot takes!"....nm - x Jul 12, 11:06
- Isn't this the Harry Potter guy from last week? -- nm - David Jul 12, 10:28 1
  - Maybe? - Reagen Jul 12, 10:30
- the implicit argument in that is that conservatives don't like GoT, which is ridiculous.....dude is way projecting -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 10:12 9
  - I have concluded conservatives dont have a f**king clue as to what good television is. - Jovian Jul 12, 10:26 5
    - That is one of those sweeping blanket statements that I can't really agree with -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 10:29 4
      - I can only speak for conservative family and friends that I know. - Jovian Jul 12, 10:33 3
        
        I truly understand. But sometimes I feel like I should stick up for Strongbad, etc. every now and then -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 10:39 2
        
        Heh. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 10:47 1
        
        keep watching GoT -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 10:56
  - Or that they like it for different, more enlightened reasons. -- nm - mara Jul 12, 10:12 2
    - "I admire the spirit of entrepreneurship Petyr Baelish shows" -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 10:17 1
      - aka Steve Bannon -- nm - Jovian Jul 12, 10:35
LIR: MDH, those were the essentials from my boss's trip across Eastern Oregon over the weekend (Friday through Sunday), plus the drive home Monday. - ReluctantCynic Jul 12, 10:10 6
- no wonder. good job, you! :) - -- nm - b. Jul 12, 10:14
- you are a good egg -- nm - Epiphany Jul 12, 10:12 4
  - speaking of eggs.. - b. Jul 12, 10:29 3
    - this is an A+ post - Epiphany Jul 12, 10:42 2
      - between this and crash's kitten post love yesterday, I'm just zooming towards c-list. watch out, Inigo! -- nm - b. Jul 12, 10:56 1
        
        make up talk with .b! are you a fan of the Urban Decay eyeshadow palettes? I'm going to see HEAT in person - Epiphany Jul 12, 11:03
Jon Snow's Cavescapades. TV-MA -- nm - Diva Jul 12, 10:10 3
- I wonder how much horny goat weed he had to take to get it up in the cold. -- nm - groiny Jul 12, 10:19
- *giggling* -- nm - Epiphany Jul 12, 10:11
- also a cold location -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 10:11
" a bunch of murder hobos" -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 10:10 13
- I think I missed something good. -- nm - Diva Jul 12, 10:14 5
  - "Chopped, Survivor, This Old House rerun, Murder Hobos, Survivorman-" "Wait, go back one." -- nm - Max Jul 12, 10:59
  - RC responded to David on B2 about an alignment post from the night before -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 10:22 3
    - You mean, "responded to David and proved him wrong on B2 ... - ReluctantCynic Jul 12, 10:26 1
      - That doesn't sound likely. -- nm - David's iPad Jul 12, 10:44
    - ST's day crowd needs to take the alignment test. - David Jul 12, 10:26
- - -- nm* - Flavorize Jul 12, 10:12 3
  - I like that Mafic is now one of ST's "Usual Suspects"--Mafic & Meg--just need 3 more--who is Kaiser Soze? -- nm* - Flavorize Jul 12, 10:19 1
    - I've never been to Skokie, Illinois. - Beryllium Jul 12, 10:39
  - well, Mel tells us he would never go in the woods let alone camp, which exactly what someone who slaughters summer camps full of teenagers would say - crash davis Jul 12, 10:16
- I think Bryan Mills violated a whole bunch of French weapons laws in the first movie, so he isn't always lawful -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 10:10 2
  - Good point. I overlooked French law regarding gun possession. However, I think ... -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Jul 12, 10:11 1
    - I prefer John Creasey (Man On Fire) - crash davis Jul 12, 10:19
A closer look at the Sentinel Titan from Destiny 2. -- (link) - Shaun Jul 12, 10:09 [youtube]
Hysteria when you're near. -- nm - David Jul 12, 10:08 10
- easily the best song on the album - Epiphany Jul 12, 10:11 8
  - Totally. Timeless. -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 11:05
  - It's like picking favorite children. -- nm - David Jul 12, 10:25 2
    - Right? Why pick, they already know. -- nm - Reagen Jul 12, 10:31 1
      - Grab some spaghetti or get at the back of the line, Gilly! -- nm - David Jul 12, 10:39
  - I just have too many fond memories of Sugar to agree ;) -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 10:24 1
    - but Sugar was in your face and you were glad it was - Hysteria is sublime and gets in your blood -- nm - Epiphany Jul 12, 10:43
  - rocket, yeah, satellite of love. -- nm - groiny Jul 12, 10:20
  - You will not make me choose! -- nm - ty97 Jul 12, 10:19
- Survive if I let you -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 10:09

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