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Well, The Flash jumped the shark this week. -- nm - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 24, 19:00 3
- it did? how so? -- nm - Remlik Jan 24, 19:05 1
  - spoil - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 24, 19:58
- I'm surprised he hadn't done that already, seems like it would be very easy for him to do. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 24, 19:04
Artie Lange’s “look at meeee!” moment. Knocks Louie CK and Aziz Ansari. -- (link) - Mop Jan 24, 18:46 1
- eh, it's small parts of a long interview. (the part about his dad is something.) -- nm - b. Jan 24, 18:52
Whoa. -- (link) - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 24, 18:44
my mom emailed me "I have a gift certificate for the federal taphouse that expires tomorrow. interest?" I was like, no way, I hate that place. - windows jones Jan 24, 18:44
CDAN/enty had this *long* ago - david copperfield accused of drugging/assaulting a 17 year old model in 1988. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 24, 18:41 8
- a friend's sister used to date him (or maybe still is? I don't know). -- nm - mafic Jan 24, 18:54 6
  - good luck to her - unfortunately, there've been other icky stories about him. -- nm - b. Jan 24, 18:56 5
    - apparently he has a special island -- nm - Remlik Jan 24, 19:06
    - (it looks like he's had the same french gf for ~11 years, had a kid with her in 2010.) - b. Jan 24, 19:03 2
      - his sister apparently lived with him for a while in the early 2000s, and was at least casually seeing him in 2012. I didn't ask too many q's. -- nm - mafic Jan 24, 22:39
      - Huh. I would have guessed he was gay. -- nm - TWuG's windchimes like you Jan 24, 19:06
    - I heard (through the brother) that he was a bit of a weirdo. he was not a fan. -- nm - mafic Jan 24, 19:00
- Just saw that. -- nm - Remlik Jan 24, 18:43
Now Watching: Battlestar Galactica, S01E01 "33" -- nm - ReluctantCynic at home - Dual FFL Champion Jan 24, 18:40 8
- Trevor and I just finished S3 E06 "Scar" -- nm - Amoxy-2017 Caveman Champ Jan 24, 18:46
- Never watched BSG before? -- nm* - Mop Jan 24, 18:43 6
  - I've watched the series at least 7 or 8 times through. It's a "go to" TV series (along with West Wing and a couple others) when I need a break. -- nm - ReluctantCynic at home - Dual FFL Champion Jan 24, 18:49 5
    - I've never rewatched it, I should do that. -- nm - mud Jan 24, 18:51 2
      - I don’t know if I can rewatch. It’s very dark. -- nm - Mop Jan 24, 18:59 1
        
        Watch it with somebody who hasn't seen it -- nm - Amoxy-2017 Caveman Champ Jan 24, 19:02
    - Ah. -- nm - Mop Jan 24, 18:49 1
      - It's like comfort food. - ReluctantCynic at home - Dual FFL Champion Jan 24, 18:57
XFL football to return in 2020. - Remlik Jan 24, 18:17 10
- When does Fox’s broadcast contract with the NFL end? -- nm - Mop Jan 24, 18:42 2
  - I think all of the broadcast contracts end in 2022. -- nm - b. Jan 24, 18:44 1
    - Hmm... I think we need to see the big picture here and, frankly, I don’t know what this 2020/2022 thing means yet. - Mop Jan 24, 18:48
- Are the players going to be wearing bubble suits to prevent concussions? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 24, 18:41
- I mean, there's a certain logic in "NFL ratings are down, people must want a slightly different kind of football!" - mafic Jan 24, 18:40 1
  - you've been talking to donald? - mud Jan 24, 18:44
- He’s an idiot -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 24, 18:21
- Good luck with that! -- nm - David Jan 24, 18:20 2
  - I'm curious as to who his partners are -- nm - Remlik Jan 24, 18:36 1
    - Steve Bannon and the Knights of Columbus. -- nm - David Jan 24, 18:40
Goddamn train weirdos. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 24, 18:11 9
- Yup! I went with whistler. -- nm - Krusty Jan 24, 18:15 4
  - Granted, I would have also missed Oslo. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 24, 18:16 3
    - I think there was another one that I would have guessed wrong. - Krusty Jan 24, 18:36 2
      - Swear to God, I thought of you during that question. :) nm - ralph wiggum Jan 24, 18:48 1
        
        👍🏻👊🏻😁 -- nm - Krusty Jan 24, 19:12
- Hey! Me too! There’s a barefoot hipster taking up 4 seats reading ‘sailing solo around the world’ and a girl in a camo playsuit. - mafic Jan 24, 18:14 1
  - I get those kind of weirdos too. Though I mostly take the bus rather than the train. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 24, 18:24
- 15:17 to Paris review? -- nm - David Jan 24, 18:12 1
  - HQ. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 24, 18:14
This is the most epic collective struggle I can remember on Amazing Race. - Volnelk Jan 24, 17:49 3
- it's been a while since someone put the wrong gas in a car and ruined the engine. -- nm - peglegpete Jan 24, 17:52 1
  - Yep. Told my wife that. Not being able to put a car in reverse is a new one. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 24, 17:57
- Yup. -- nm - David Jan 24, 17:52
Grumpy Cat wins $700k in lawsuit. -- (link) - Trans-SiBaron Orchestra Jan 24, 17:48 4
- this is insanity because chubs is grumpy almost always and I still have to buy food for her! -- nm - windows jones Jan 24, 18:38
- Still Grumpy -- nm - budice Jan 24, 18:01
- Meow means payday. -- nm - Max Jan 24, 17:58
- Well, that's something you don't see every day. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 24, 17:53
Michigan State President Lou Anna Simon will finally resign tomorrow -- (link) - Beaker Jan 24, 17:26
I realize it's recreation by actors but the tennis on BotS looks so alien compared to today. -- nm - Reagen Jan 24, 17:24 1
- The Sugar Daddy thing is spectacular. -- nm - David Jan 24, 17:29
DISNEYLAND soon will be selling BEER -- (link) - peglegpete Jan 24, 17:08 2
- Downtown Disney area, nothing much new -- nm - budice Jan 24, 17:17 1
  - But Ballast Point!!!! -- nm - JD Jan 24, 20:49
Pathological liar says he'll talk under oath. That should go well for him. -- (link) - TWuG, ten-stone griddle-chip Jan 24, 16:51 20
- His lawyer already walked that back -- (link) - Amoxy-2017 Caveman Champ Jan 24, 17:22 4
  - The "ack! prank caller!" of this whole thing. -- nm - Reagen Jan 24, 17:49 1
    - "look, we all know he doesn't think things through before saying them." -- nm - mafic Jan 24, 18:46
  - I don't understand how this is open for negotiation. -- nm - Max Jan 24, 17:44 1
    - Because there was no collusion it's not necessary. - Cuzzin Todd Jan 24, 17:48
- Are we still living under the delusion that just because he says he will do something it will actually happen? -- nm* - znufrii Jan 24, 17:12
- "Because he hasn't done anything wrong" - Reagen Jan 24, 16:57 1
  - According to him, he has never done anything wrong, let alone illegal. -- nm - GregW Jan 24, 17:02
- The headline was 'Trump Says He Is Willing to Speak Under Oath to Mueller'. I read that as 'Trump Says He Is Willing to Lie Under Oath to Mueller'. -- nm - GregW Jan 24, 16:56 2
  - They won’t ask him anything that they don’t already know the answers to. If he lies, it’ll be perjury. He he tells the truth, he implicates himself. - Mop Jan 24, 19:01
  - Same thing really. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 24, 17:41
- That sound you just heard was the thump from Trump's team of attorneys jumping off the tallest ledge they could fine. -- nm - David Jan 24, 16:52 8
  - Yeah, I won't hold my breath for him to talk under oath, but talk about tying your own noose... - TWuG, ten-stone griddle-chip Jan 24, 16:57
  - I was so relieved my former law firm turned him down. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 24, 16:55 6
    - Wolfram & Hart: Too Decent to Take Trump's Business. -- nm - David Jan 24, 17:18 5
      - Too pragmatic, I suspect. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 24, 17:19 4
        
        (Given that we did represent Bush in the 2000 election challenge.) nm - ralph wiggum Jan 24, 17:21 3
        
        Hey Ruiner, stop ruining the joke with facts! - David Jan 24, 17:23 2
        
        I'm not a ruiner. I'm a disruptor! nm - ralph wiggum Jan 24, 17:26 1
        
        ... -- (pic) - David Jan 24, 17:29 [Attachment]
I've made a few more minutes of progress on the first episode of Fargo whilst waiting for paint to dry (in a technical sense). - Beryllium Jan 24, 16:41 2
- OMG season one of fargo is one of my favorite seasons of TV ever. I am so jealous you haven't seen it yet. stick with it, totally. -- nm - windows jones Jan 24, 18:39
- spoilers - Beryllium Jan 24, 18:30
Sunday's Shark Tank segment on the young woman with the pricing software was very, very odd -- nm - prayformojo Jan 24, 16:40
Jessica Chastain helped Octavia Spencer get a huge pay raise for their new movie -- (link) - Remlik Jan 24, 16:26
WWE: To almost kill any interest I had in it, Stephanie McMahon tweeted that she will join the commentary team for the Women's Royal Rumble. -- nm - Tim Jan 24, 16:21 8
- Her voice is one of the worst sounds this side of Mothra giving birth, but she and HHH have earned that spotlight if they want it. -- nm* - David Jan 24, 16:49
- and then she will enter at #29 and Ronda at #30 -- nm - Remlik Jan 24, 16:27 1
  - The other theory is she'll be close to ringside for the photo op of her raising Ronda's hand when she wins. -- nm - Tim Jan 24, 16:29
- Enzo Amore released a statement on Twitter through his legal representation denying the allegations that led to his release. -- nm* - Tim Jan 24, 16:24 4
  - I'm wondering if the two people that groomed her to be there inthe hotel are going to be charged as well -- nm - Remlik Jan 24, 16:37 3
    - A lot of people felt like the SWAT guy who gave the fake address was guilty. - David Jan 24, 16:47 2
      - Conspiracy to... Something. -- nm - Reagen Jan 24, 16:56
      - right? -- nm - Remlik Jan 24, 16:50
TV PSA: Mosaic, Riverdale, Amazing Race, Goldbergs, X-Files, Librarians, grownish, American Housewife, Black Ink Crew, Dynasty, Property Brothers, 911 -- nm - Beaker Jan 24, 16:05 1
- Magicians, Vikings, Corporate, Real HW of NJ, Criminal Minds, Happy!, Match Game, Knightfall, Rooster & Butch, Samantha Bee, Assassination of Gianni Versace -- (edited) - Beaker Jan 24, 16:06
b!, a couple of corporate bonding things that have not been 100% painful. - ralph wiggum Jan 24, 16:04 2
- thank you! I just came from a brainstorming meeting, and I had found versions of the first two - 3 is a good one, too! - b. Jan 24, 16:13 1
  - Don't make it weird, guy. Fun stuff only. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 24, 16:18
Spalding Gray/Rick Dees -- nm - prayformojo Jan 24, 15:57
The role he was born to play. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 24, 15:47
R.I.P Mark E Smith -- (link) - mud Jan 24, 15:27 2
- sigh...nm - x Jan 24, 15:36
- awwww.... -- nm - Remlik Jan 24, 15:32
If I was Andie's coworker with that guy I would have blocked him on all media after ate one. - . Jan 24, 15:25
Your 2018 MLB HOF inductees are: Chipper Jones, Vladimir Guerrero, Jim Thome and Trevor Hoffman. -- nm* - Krusty Jan 24, 15:20 13
- oh Chipper Jones. great baseball player, dirtbag human. -- nm - colin Jan 24, 15:27 5
  - Remind me again why you hate him. - David Jan 24, 16:51
  - He'll fit in perfectly with a lot of other HOFers. -- nm - Krusty Jan 24, 15:40
  - great athletes are generally doouchebags.... - x Jan 24, 15:39 2
    - even my hero Dr J?! -- nm - mud Jan 24, 15:41 1
      - hmm, i dunno. dr j seems ok... - x Jan 24, 16:04
- Just missing out are Edgar Martinez with 70.4%, Moose with 63.5, Clemens with 57.3, Bonds with 56.4 and Schilling with 51.2. -- nm - Krusty Jan 24, 15:22 6
  - Edgar was Seattle's Paul Molitor. -- nm - Jovian Jan 24, 15:26
  - The guy on Twitter who collected known/revealed ballots had 58% of them, and had Edgar in with 77.2%. Ouch. - Tim Jan 24, 15:25 3
    - Yeah, Edgar has a problem with uninformed voters who don't use the internet. - David Jan 24, 15:49 1
      - They also hate Schilling so they're not all bad. -- nm - Reagen Jan 24, 15:50
    - He had Moose over 70 so those two seemed to have a similar drop in the final tally. Both could get in next year. - Krusty Jan 24, 15:34
  - Vizquel got 37.0 on his first ballot. Walker is at 34.1 and unbelievably McGriff with only 23.2. -- nm - Krusty Jan 24, 15:24
Nassar: Judge reads his statement and man is that guy delusional.... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 24, 15:14 10
- I’m concerned that the judge’s showboating might come back to bit her in the ass. -- nm - Mop Jan 24, 19:05
- She was playing to the camera. "Death Warrant" and it's an "Honor and Privilege to sentence him" - Amoxy-2017 Caveman Champ Jan 24, 18:43
- Judge Rosemarie Aquilina is the heroine the world needs right now. -- nm - David Jan 24, 15:56 6
  - this gif is perfect. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 24, 18:43
  - Lots of concerned gentlemen on teh Internetz seem troubled that the woman was not nicer in her remarks to the convicted pedophile. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 24, 16:23 4
    - I'm a huge fan of adopting this tactic for every convicted felon. - David Jan 24, 16:42 3
      - I don't think you understand the problem here. A *woman* was being *bossy and disrespectful* to a *white man*. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 24, 16:48 2
        
        That was a sneaky Good Place joke a couple of episodes ago. (spoilers) - David Jan 24, 16:50 1
        
        Good place spoilers - Beryllium Jan 24, 16:56
- Michigan House approves resolution calling on MSU President Lou Anna Simon to resign or be fired -- (link) - Remlik Jan 24, 15:17
there are now airbags for seniors to protect their hips if they fall -- (link) - peglegpete Jan 24, 14:58 1
- A Takata spokesman dismissed concerns about exploding grandmas. -- nm - Max Jan 24, 15:02
Dirk Gently S2 question (spoiler for character name, but not much else I guess) -- (edited) - Beryllium Jan 24, 14:56
This Lyft driver keeps asking me what I do for a living and looks like a child molester. -- nm - Diva Jan 24, 14:44 5
- maybe he has social anxiety and is trying to get past it by driving Lyft. he always asks that first and doesn't know what to say if you won't answer. - colin Jan 24, 15:31
- “I work on a show called Crime Watch Daily with NBC’s Chris Hansen” -- nm - Qale Jan 24, 15:20
- You're a skip tracer. Ask him if he has any open warrants. -- nm - Max Jan 24, 14:52 1
  - "Blade Runner." - Beryllium Jan 24, 14:54
- None of your damn bidness, Larry Nassar. -- nm - Diva Jan 24, 14:45
If you had a flash that could light up a planet, just use that energy to fly the spaceship. -- nm - Reagen Jan 24, 14:33 5
- That reminds me of this vaguely related What if -- (link) - JD Jan 24, 15:11
- It's a tiny planet, probably only needs 20 foot-candles. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 24, 14:43 2
  - That's the worst Yankee Candle scent. -- nm - Reagen Jan 24, 14:50 1
    - It's yankee-something, that's for sure. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 24, 14:53
- *takes selfie, depletes energy* -- nm - The Adventures of Mark Watney's Dumber Brother Jan 24, 14:36
Jack, she's been nominated for both (she's been nominated, at least once, for all four of the EGOT awards) -- nm* - ty97 Jan 24, 14:31 2
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Good Place latest episode spoilers - Beryllium Jan 24, 14:31
heard of Radio Paradise? -- (link) - mud Jan 24, 14:31
Kellie Leitch announces retirement from politics - Reagen Jan 24, 14:31 1
- Yep. The right finish to her federal saga. - Name Withheld by Request Jan 24, 14:56
what foods [Philly/Boston] should be bet for Superbowl? Cheese steaks and baked beans first came to mind -- nm - peglegpete Jan 24, 14:30 6
- the thing about baked beans in boston is that almost no one makes them...nm - x Jan 24, 14:59
- scrapple and sam adams beer. -- nm - colin Jan 24, 14:34
- cream cheese and cream pie -- nm - Max Jan 24, 14:32
- Cheesesteak v. New England Clam Chowder -- nm - znufrii Jan 24, 14:31 2
  - Cheesesteak - Lobster Roll. -- nm - Diva Jan 24, 14:34 1
    - Pork Roll v. Lobster Roll -- nm - znufrii Jan 24, 15:06

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