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What if life really is a cabaret? -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 11:07 4
- no, just no -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 11:08 3
  - Put down the knitting, the book and the broom, Crash -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 11:11 2
    - life is a sports movie, ty -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 11:11 1
      - I'll take my chances with dancing Nazis instead -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 11:13
Inside The Weird World Of EVE Online's Corpse Collectors -- (link) - Beaker Jul 26, 10:56 4
- "players can choose to be many things. Fighter pilots, diplomats, corpse peddlers, even admirals of massive fleets." They forgot dirty space pirates - decline Jul 26, 10:58 3
  - any Nerf herders? -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 11:11 1
    - Only non-scruffy looking ones. -- nm - Shaun Jul 26, 11:12
  - Nobody talks about those. -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 11:03
Why, Caitlin Jenner is upset with Trump? - Reagen Jul 26, 10:53 2
- "I never thought leopards would eat MY face," sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party. -- nm - mara Jul 26, 11:12
- yup. she been getting cremated (rightfully) on twitter today -- nm - Jovian Jul 26, 10:55
'Wonder Woman' sequel gets a release date December 13, 2019 -- (link) - crash davis Jul 26, 10:51 2
- Whew! - decline Jul 26, 10:55 1
  - I still have to see it myself, but hopefully I won't need the full 2 1/2 years -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 11:02
Trump's currently at 37/58/-21 if you're wondering. -- nm - David Jul 26, 10:48 4
- For comparison, Clinton's lowest in 8 years was 36.8 -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 10:52 2
  - Was that during the Lewinsky-era? -- nm - Andie Jul 26, 10:53 1
    - Probably late 1994 or early 1995. - Will Hunting Jul 26, 10:58
- 45/41/+4 on the first poll I can see post Inaguration Day -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 10:50
on this day in 1990, Grateful Dead keyboardist Brent Midland died from an overdose :(( -- (link) - peglegpete Jul 26, 10:43
Trump in 1999, about Gays serving in the military -- (link) - amoxy Jul 26, 10:39 7
- that "weakest state since Pearl Harbor" is such bullshit -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 10:59 2
  - Pearl Harbor isn't even a real state! - prayformojo Jul 26, 11:02 1
    - well not like Boise State -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 11:04
- But note the "America actually sucks" message that's stayed consistent. -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 10:55
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  - Disagree. The whole argument about gays in the military was they were a distraction. What's the transgender argument? Same. -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 10:44 1
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Man held after deadly king cobras smuggled into U.S. in potato chip cans -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 26, 10:23 5
- I don't think that flavor will catch on. -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 10:35 3
  - seriously though, not mentioned in that particular article is the involvement of US Fish & Wildlife officers, who earned their paychecks that day - crash davis Jul 26, 10:36
  - meh, there's always Japan -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 10:36 1
    - I'd think Japan would go for the socks with turtles in them. Judging by the straw through the hamburgers post yesterday -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 10:37
- Once you pop, HOLY FUCKING SHIT! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 10:29
MS Paint survives. -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 26, 10:22 1
- this makes this luddite happy -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 10:25
The preorder Destiny 2 exotic weapon is an arc energy weapon. -- nm - Shaun Jul 26, 10:22
Congress apparently could reverse Trump's order if they wanted. -- (link) - mara Jul 26, 10:15 4
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  - FakeNews -- nm - SCPOTUS Jul 26, 11:06
  - Looks like it's news to Trump. -- nm - mara Jul 26, 10:44
- they don't care to give health care to people who voted them in, they aren't about to stand up for people who aren't like them. - Epiphany Jul 26, 10:28
One of the greatest upsets in recent sports history just happened. - David Jul 26, 10:12 6
- Pellegrini is the world-record holder with a time that's like 7/10ths of a second faster than Ledecky's PR. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 26, 11:04 3
  - Thanks for doing the crunching. 'World record holder wins race!' Wow. Huge upset. - Shaun Jul 26, 11:09 2
    - It was her first loss *EVER* at the Worlds. - David Jul 26, 11:12 1
      - And she lost to the world record holder. You act like MCGregor just KO'ed Money in 5 seconds. -- nm - Shaun Jul 26, 11:15
- Juiced! -- nm - jnine Jul 26, 10:28
- Wow. Did she fall asleep in the pool? - Krusty Jul 26, 10:27
Wisconsin company offers microchip implants to employees -- (link) - Beaker Jul 26, 10:12 19
- Poll: Would you do it? - Andie Jul 26, 10:12 18
  - nah -- nm - decline Jul 26, 10:37
  - I wouldn't do anything like that for a company or a government. But I might do it for myself. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 10:36
  - not a chance in hell -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 10:29
  - Zero chance and I'd look for another job immediately if they asked. -- nm - Krusty Jul 26, 10:27
  - No, especially since there are better and arguably more cost effective devices available to do this -- (link) - oblique Jul 26, 10:17 1
    - that is the worst manicure i've ever seen for a hand model. -- nm* - Andie Jul 26, 10:18
  - No but I think it's an inevitable part of the future. -- nm - David Jul 26, 10:14 9
    - I think technology will render it unnecessary before it becomes widespread -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 10:49 5
      - Right, we'll be using fingerprints or retinal scans exclusively. -- nm - Meg Jul 26, 10:52 4
        
        I was thinking even more advanced than that. Remote DNA scanning and that sort of thing. - Beryllium Jul 26, 10:57 3
        
        Orphan Black! -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 11:10
        
        The easiest way will always be to put the identifier in the body. -- nm - David Jul 26, 11:06 1
        
        Or on the body. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 11:20
    - I assume I'll be dead by then. - Strongbad Jul 26, 10:46
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    - i actually think there are situations where it makes sense. But to 'buy snacks and use the copy machine'? Hell no. -- nm - Andie Jul 26, 10:15
  - Hell MF No -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 10:13 1
    - what he said^ -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 10:15
White House to announce Apple-supplier Foxconn manufacturing plant in Wisconsin -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 26, 10:11 1
- I'll believe it when it is actually built. -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 10:30
Does anyone want to see the couch we might buy tonight? -- (link) - Andie Jul 26, 10:02 11
- LYCTangent: I just helped a new renter get a free couch. Single mother, had to leave her hometown (stalker situation). One of our owners mentioned ... - Spawn Jul 26, 11:02 3
  - Awesome -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 14:03
  - wtg Spawn! -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 11:11
  - very nice. -- nm - Andie Jul 26, 11:04
- very nice -- nm - Epiphany Jul 26, 10:30
- fancy - decline Jul 26, 10:28
- Angled armrests. That's probably good for laying and reading or watching tv. -- nm - Max Jul 26, 10:04
- Poots. -- nm - Shaun Jul 26, 10:04
- Not if it matches the tile. (just kidding, it looks great) -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 10:04 2
  - jerk. - Andie Jul 26, 10:05 1
    - spasibo :) -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 10:14
GOT: Hot Pie has actually opened a bakery called "You Know Nothing John Dough" -- (link) - Remlik Jul 26, 09:59
President Mouth -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 26, 09:54 1
- that is great -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 10:13
PS+ Games for August. -- (link) - Shaun Jul 26, 09:51 2
- Just Cause 3 is a decent game -- nm - decline Jul 26, 10:29 1
  - I almost bought it awhile back when it was $13, but now glad I didn't. That's 2 months in a row for a AAA freebie. - Shaun Jul 26, 10:44
Doing hero work right now. -- (link) - Shaun Jul 26, 09:46 4
- if you get me access to a real trailer - you will definitely be my hero - Epiphany Jul 26, 09:55 3
  - He calls the beard 'The Texas Tickla'. - Shaun Jul 26, 10:05 1
    - Oh, I've thought about it - Epiphany Jul 26, 10:24
  - ~I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night~ -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 09:57
LOL: "The military spends five times as much on Viagra as it would on transgender troops’ medical care" -- nm - MDH Jul 26, 09:40
Someone doesn't know how cookies work -- (link) - ty97 Jul 26, 09:38 5
- "Everywhere I go, something reminds me of her." -- nm - The Naked Gun Jul 26, 11:41
- *Goes to check what ads he sees...* Wait... there are CINNAMON Frosted Flakes?! -- nm - Ender Jul 26, 09:52 1
  - I got "Extremely Brilliant Way To Pay Off Your Mortgage" which I am sure it probably isn't -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 10:24
- He lives in DC and is friends with a lot of the gays I know. His posts which pop up in my feed are AWFUL. -- nm - MDH Jul 26, 09:41 1
  - You might need to do him an, um, service -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 09:42
decline: This looks *really* cool. -- (link) - Shaun Jul 26, 09:36 3
- yes it does -- nm - decline Jul 26, 10:32
- Looks good. Not PlayStation only, either. -- (link) - Mop Jul 26, 09:40 1
  - Yep, not sure if anyone here has a Rift/Vive. -- nm - Shaun Jul 26, 09:52
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- I just had C-span on for a second and the chyron said 15. -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 09:34 7
  - And Crash, first vote (on repeal only) expected around 3:30pm ET -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 09:35 1
    - spasibo -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 09:36
  - FakeNews -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 09:35
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    - They always planned to drag this into Friday. It, whatever it is, will be over by tomorrow -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 09:35 2
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        I moved it up just for you. -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 09:36
OK, so top-to-bottom poll: What more-than-3-season TV series or more-than-3-installment movie franchises have you seen in their entirety? - prayformojo Jul 26, 09:30 23
- Longest complete series I've seen is 10 seasons (Friends and X-Files). 9: How I Met Your Mother. 8: House and Castle. - Max Jul 26, 10:03
- too many to list -- nm - Epiphany Jul 26, 09:59 1
  - well try, dammit! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 26, 11:35
- Star Trek:TV and Movies, Star Wars, Six Feet Under, X-Files, The OC, Dawson's Creek, Gossip Girl, James Bond, Roswell, Jurassic Park, - JD Jul 26, 09:45
- Every ep of a lot of tv shows, for movies, Jurassic Park, Rocky, M:I 1-5, Lethal Weapon, Indy...plus others I can't think of. Ones I haven'ts - Will Hunting Jul 26, 09:38 2
  - Police Academy! -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 09:38 1
    - I know I've seen at least 1-6...I vaguely recall parts of Moscow but never all of it --- I also didn't watch Vegas Vacation all the way. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 26, 09:41
- All of them. -- nm - David Jul 26, 09:37 3
  - Ha ha, all the Twilights. -- nm - Roger More Jul 26, 10:26 1
    - See, she has a daughter so that the boy she doesn't pick still gets to be with half of her. It's romantic and not at all disturbing. -- nm - David Jul 26, 10:37
  - I actually believe this. -- nm - Shaun Jul 26, 09:40
- Queer as Folk, True Blood, Southpark are the ones I can easily name. -- nm - Qale Jul 26, 09:36
- I've probably seen every episode of every Law & Order series except maybe Criminal Intent -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 09:36
- For movies, Bond, Star Wars, Bourne, Die Hard, Dirty Harry, Jack Ryan, Mission: Impossible, Indy, Jurassic Park and Lethal Weapon -- nm - Roger More Jul 26, 09:35 1
  - Honestly couldn't tell you for TV. Arrested Development, 30 Rock, Brooklyn 99 are the only ones I'm certain of. -- nm - Roger More Jul 26, 09:38
- Too many to list. Survivor, TAR, Big Brother, 24, Lost, Big Bang Theory... -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 09:34
- that would be a very long list for me -- nm - mud Jul 26, 09:33
- Star Wars (4-6 and 1-3). Indiana Jones. Veronica Mars. There's more no doubt, but those come to mind immediately. -- nm* - ty97 Jul 26, 09:32 1
  - Star Wars includes Rogue One and the Force Awakens -- nm - amoxy Jul 26, 10:27
- Tons of them. -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 09:31 3
  - Yes, what Spawn said -- nm - amoxy Jul 26, 10:26
  - word. waaay too many to try and list -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 09:45
  - indeed -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 09:32
This is my song today. -- (link) - Qale Jul 26, 09:30 [youtube] 1
- *high five* -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 09:31
*NSFW*s Spawn's first again -- nm* - ty97 Jul 26, 09:29 6
- Wiseguy. -- (pic) - Spawn Jul 26, 09:30 [Attachment] 5
  - I forgot that hitting NSFW probably hides the pic, didn't mean to do that - ty97 Jul 26, 09:31 4
    - Yes, it does. -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 09:32 3
      - I'll improve that workflow sometime... but for now it's an excellent deterrent :) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 09:55 1
        
        The one on B2 was *cool*. Hey ty, did you know you can un-NSFW posts? -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 11:05
      - Well then stop scaring me! -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 09:41
Ooh, roll the board quick. I have a good poll question, but I have a meeting in a few minutes -- nm - prayformojo Jul 26, 09:28 5
- only 135 more posts! -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 09:32
- damn, am I good or what? -- nm - prayformojo Jul 26, 09:28 3
  - Depends on what your poll question is. -- nm - Shaun Jul 26, 09:29
  - Is that the poll? No. -- nm - mara Jul 26, 09:29 1
    - ice cold! -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 09:29

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