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RT: Justice League down to 37% (61/106)..27% with Top Critics (11/30) -- (link) - budice Nov 16, 14:54 2
- Really high.. A metacritic rating of 47 boggles my mind.. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 16, 15:02
- Eleven top critics like it. Cool! -- nm - what crash reads Nov 16, 14:55
Finally, something the russian judges will only give a 1 out of 10 -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 16, 14:50 6
- HOLY. FUCK. -- nm - Mop Nov 16, 15:10
- N: "Awe. SOME!" -- nm - elf kelly Nov 16, 15:07
- Wow! That's really impressive. - Krusty Nov 16, 14:54 3
  - It truly is. We're approaching the day we can outfit them and send them into burning buildings instead -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 14:56 2
    - Using them for things like that would be amazing. - Krusty Nov 16, 14:59 1
      - they can then outfit them with machine guns to quell the food riots -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 16, 15:21
That wasn't a line fig...oh. -- (link) - spamlet Nov 16, 14:50 1
- What about Mantha? Did he just get a game misconduct? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 14:59
Ohio State Suspends All Fraternities From Social Activities And Recruitment -- (link) - ty97 Nov 16, 14:45
Plenty of choice in our postcode if you have a million or more to spend. -- (link) - Karl_S Nov 16, 14:41 1
- This is a US$ 1 million listing a few blocks away.. -- (link) - Marlowe Nov 16, 14:56
This may not have the longevity and clickyness of paperclips, but it's a well done game. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 16, 14:39
One last wrinkle. "We'd like to pick your stuff up two days early." "You mean one day?" "No, that'd be two." - Reagen Nov 16, 14:33 4
- "It's good to want things. See you on the scheduled day." -- nm - David Nov 16, 14:35 3
  - This maybe gets our stuff there sooner so we went with it - Reagen Nov 16, 14:47 1
    - I still think a herd of wild Sulewski’s must have killed their parents. - David Nov 16, 14:52
  - “OK, we’ve changed our schedule. See you five days after the previously scheduled day” -- nm - Roger More Nov 16, 14:37
Bioshock: The Collection for < $20. Hmmmm... -- (link) - JaxSean Nov 16, 14:32 3
- Thanks! I found where I can check online what titles I own. Oh, hmm... I already seem to own them all for Xbox 360. -- nm - Mop Nov 16, 14:44 1
  - Where is this? (This collection is remastered, so would look prettier.) -- nm - JaxSean Nov 16, 14:51
- Add two zeroes, and it's STILL a bargain. -- nm - David Nov 16, 14:35
Million dollar condo in downtown Seattle -- (link) - psilotum Nov 16, 14:31
looks like Kushner has been busted *again* for withholding documentation about Russian contacts - seriously this guy sucks -- (link) - crash davis Nov 16, 14:26 2
- Sucking at something is the first step toward being really good at something. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 14:27 1
  - "I'll do better at colluding the next time. I swear!" -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 14:49
Now Comcast is circling Fox's media assets. -- nm - David Nov 16, 14:24 9
- Because media consolidation is completely fine. -- nm - spamlet Nov 16, 14:27 5
  - it is now.... - x Nov 16, 14:40 3
    - I was referencing the ATT/ Time Warner discussion the other day. -- nm - spamlet Nov 16, 14:51
    - Ugh!!! We should be increasing regulations in this area not loosening them. UGH!!! -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 14:51
    - Note that this is in particular happening to ease the way for Sinclair to set up its Trump propaganda network by acquiring the Tribune media stations. -- nm - pmb Nov 16, 14:50
  - I think we've gone a tiny bit too far with it in Canada -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 14:30
- *honk honk* -- nm - Comcast Nov 16, 14:25 2
  - is this code for some sort of sex thing? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 14:26 1
    - Sex Ways Comcast Will Seduce Fox Investors -- nm - Max Nov 16, 14:27
Krusty be jealous of me. I now have an employee badge to get into the Adidas employee store. -- nm - Bacon Nov 16, 14:22 4
- Nice! When you get one for Nike we need to talk. :-) -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 14:34
- I used to play ultimate with a bunch of Adidas employees. - psilotum Nov 16, 14:25 1
  - I will probably check it out in the next week or two. Will give my review -- nm - Bacon Nov 16, 14:26
- Shoes shoes shoes!! -- nm - Bacon Nov 16, 14:22
Interesting - Fox ran a AL-SEN Jones vs Strange poll straight up - Reagen Nov 16, 14:18
Real estate is so hard to come by around here, I cannot find a million dollar home for sale. The nearest thing I have... -- (link) - Mop Nov 16, 14:17 13
- you only need a 4' x 8' x 6' deep space. I hope you don't spend $1M on it :) -- nm - peglegpete Nov 16, 14:35
- not a million, but this is a sample of ~900K that sold there earlier this month. nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 16, 14:30 5
  - You live in Corvalis too? - Krusty Nov 16, 14:37 4
    - "sold there" - b. Nov 16, 14:39 3
      - Yes, I've failed at reading today. :-) -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 14:40 2
        
        ok, this would help my commute a lot. nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 16, 15:00 1
        
        Pretty nice place and I'd live out on that balcony. -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 15:06
- My brother just bought one for 750k it has horse stalls and a riding area about 5 acres I think. - Bacon Nov 16, 14:24
- I had to look a bit. Certainly not my neighborhood -- (link) - spamlet Nov 16, 14:22
- I can't throw a stone without hitting a million dollar listing -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 14:18 3
  - They've asked you to stop doing that. -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 14:20
  - This is the closest one that has an actual picture (not just plans) -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 16, 14:20 1
    - The closest one that approaches 2 million -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 16, 14:21
Sad but funny. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 16, 14:14
Vudu Disney movies in SD update: - Mop Nov 16, 14:08
$1mil here -- (link) - Will Hunting Nov 16, 14:06 8
- Golf cart shower curtains? I hate this person. -- nm - David Nov 16, 14:25
- holy shit, that rec room is like a gymnasium and a half. -- nm - groiny Nov 16, 14:14
- so basically a mill goes a long ways except in NYC -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 14:08 5
  - unfortunately, not very far here. -- nm - b. Nov 16, 14:16 1
    - oh yeah :) -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 14:26
  - If you want to live in the least liked borough you can get a very nice place for a mil. -- (link) - Krusty Nov 16, 14:13 2
    - the mobsters probably keep the neighborhoods quiet too :) -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 14:28 1
      - Heh. :-) - Krusty Nov 16, 14:33
I think The Star looks like a prank gone wrong, but I'll give them points for Gina Rodriguez as the voice of Mary - Reagen Nov 16, 14:04 4
- Should have gone with Michelle Rodriguez. -- nm - Mop Nov 16, 14:07 3
  - Angry Uma -- nm - con_carne Nov 16, 14:08
  - Gina, who is also known for... - Reagen Nov 16, 14:08 1
    - No, I get it. -- nm - Mop Nov 16, 14:08
800,000 litres of oil. And people wonder why BC is opposed to pipelines. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 14:02 5
- I don't want to say it's not important, but that's not actually a huge amount. - Reagen Nov 16, 14:06 1
  - I consider that a huge amount in an ocean/waterway spill, but perhaps not on land. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 14:34
- I suppose for perspective it might be useful to gauge against something, like say an olympic sized swimming pool (2.5 million litres of water). -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 14:03 2
  - Olympics? Look, we measure everything in football fields here. -- nm - con_carne Nov 16, 14:06 1
    - Football fields are a measure of area, not volume. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 14:17
I'm trying to return a case a cat food to Amazon and they don't seem to want me to return the food. They're processing the return and say I don't need -- (edited) - Krusty Nov 16, 13:58 7
- I got a bad lot through Chewy.com and emailed the seller (Tiki Cats). They sent me replacements for 3 packs I had bought for $38. No return needed. -- nm - GregW Nov 16, 14:23 1
  - Nice! I guess they can write it off without returning the product. -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 14:50
- Dear sir, I am not your regular cat food delivery person. I removed your unwanted cat food cans and moved the others around back in case you want them - Cat Food Story Nov 16, 14:05
- It has happened to people I know before. It's cheaper to just write it off for them.. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 16, 14:03 3
  - Plus, maybe there are liability issues involved in re-selling returned food? -- nm - Roger More Nov 16, 14:18 1
    - "This food was re-routed through New Jersey." "Kill it with fire!" -- nm - con_carne Nov 16, 14:19
  - Fine by me and the shelter/rescue that's getting free food next week. :-) -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 14:05
I should've known that was Jacob Tremblay in Wonder -- nm - con_carne Nov 16, 13:57
Franken's apology writer studied the Louis CK apology and took every lesson possible from it. - Will Hunting Nov 16, 13:51 2
- that 100% occurred to me. -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 13:52 1
  - "Remind me to start with an apology if I'm ever accused." "Oooh, guess what." -- nm - Max Nov 16, 13:53
This house is next to my old neighborhood in BK and goes for a million. Not nearly as nice as the ones already posted. -- (link) - Krusty Nov 16, 13:45 6
- That's pretty nice though -a little cosmetic work would go a long way. The one I mentioned a few weeks ago around the corner from me for a million is still for sale (shocker). -- (link*) - Andie Nov 16, 13:47 5
  - I'd say land value, but... -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 13:52
  - Both need to be upgraded but the outside of this house is terrible and it looks like no backyard or - Krusty Nov 16, 13:51 3
    - oh, it's awful. -- nm - Andie Nov 16, 13:51 2
      - One of the houses we were close on but realized had been photographed extremely well is still up for sale - Reagen Nov 16, 13:54 1
        
        This one -- (link) - Reagen Nov 16, 13:58
*does double take at a city name on an application, googles zip, yep Missouri has a city named Humansville* - crash davis Nov 16, 13:44 15
- Oddly, the entire town is run by cats. (nm) - howie Nov 16, 14:26
- spoiler. - b. Nov 16, 13:57 2
  - Related to Joe Definitelynotanalien -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 14:03
  - James Human sounds like an alias an alien trying to pass amongst us would use -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 14:01
- They probably pronouncing it "Hoo-mans" or something. -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 13:47 10
  - They're not Ferengi. It's probably "Hummins". -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 13:55 9
    - It's the same state that turns "Cairo" into "Kay-Ro" - Reagen Nov 16, 13:56 8
      - That's Illinois! - spamlet Nov 16, 14:05 7
        
        Southern Illinois is terrible for that. -- (edited) - Dark Callisto Nov 16, 14:14 6
        
        "Let's pronounce everything the way it's written on paper!" -- nm - Roger More Nov 16, 14:20 1
        
        Key & Peele owe their careers to it! -- nm - David Nov 16, 14:37
        
        I'll give you one from here - Reagen Nov 16, 14:15 3
        
        I have a local one that's positively hilarious - con_carne Nov 16, 14:23 1
        
        LOL -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 14:25
        
        Shudder. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 16, 14:22
ESPN is saying the UCLA 3 are likely to get suspended somewhere between half the season and all of it. - David Nov 16, 13:40 3
- They should be kicked out of school. The vast majority of alumni want it. I think they're afraid the Ball family will get them put on probation if - jnine Nov 16, 14:10
- Still too soft. - Will Hunting Nov 16, 13:48 1
  - or in a Chinese jail. -- nm - Beaker Nov 16, 14:07
trailer for The Rock's new movie "Rampage" based on the viceo game -- (link) - Remlik Nov 16, 13:37 [youtube] 7
- I'm in. -- nm - IrishStephen Nov 16, 13:49
- Dwayne spending all his movies in the jungle and helicopters now. -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 13:46
- what complete crap - groiny Nov 16, 13:43 4
  - Right? Glad Chicago gets torn apart -- nm - Remlik Nov 16, 13:47 3
    - even a destroyed Chicago is miles better than Indianapolis. -- nm - groiny Nov 16, 13:54 2
      - not really no. -- nm - Remlik Nov 16, 14:01 1
        
        I've been to both. - groiny Nov 16, 14:04
a mill, here. -- (link) - amanda jones state university Nov 16, 13:35 21
- This is $1.7m but I like it so I'm linking it. -- (link) - Max Nov 16, 13:49
- Houses that have more bathrooms than bedrooms confuse me. -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 13:47 7
  - at my age, if I walked across that house to use my bathroom by the time I returned, I'd have to turn around and go pee again -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 16, 14:45
  - Mine does. -- nm - psilotum Nov 16, 14:24
  - You own more shoes than feet, dontcha? #science -- nm - Max Nov 16, 13:51 2
    - its been around ten minutes now and #science is still making me smile -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 14:00 1
      - That's Max's Law. -- nm - Max Nov 16, 14:06
  - Guests! And, everyone has a private bath, plus extra baths near main common rooms. -- nm - Andie Nov 16, 13:48 1
    - household staff, can't have the maids using your private bathroom -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 16, 14:47
- a mill, there. Pretty soon you're talking about real money. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 13:47
- reminds me a bit of my brother's house. -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 13:44
- I like it except for that angled kitchen table. -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 13:41 1
  - I was going to comment that the kitchen is kinda janky. - groiny Nov 16, 14:04
- $1.25M ($1M USD) in Calgary -- (link) - Reagen Nov 16, 13:40 5
  - Very nice place. -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 13:48
  - that's pretty great. -- nm - Andie Nov 16, 13:41 1
    - It's definitely well done. - Reagen Nov 16, 13:43
  - $1.25M in Halifax -- (link) - Reagen Nov 16, 13:41 1
    - I like the look of the exterior -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 13:46
- that is pretty nice -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 13:39
- ("hey, that's not an old mill- ohh") -- nm - Max Nov 16, 13:36
"GAIJINZILLA!!" -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 13:34 1
- I remember when we were brainstorming domains for BOP and I was really bummed "Gorillazilla" was taken. -- nm - rollo Nov 16, 13:37
We're going to take that ship and go see Thor Ragnarok. I don't know if you'd be interested in something like that? Do you reckon you'd be interested? -- nm - Max Nov 16, 13:33 1
- heh, he was my favourite part -- nm - mud Nov 16, 13:37

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