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Looking at last year's movies I can find several that I liked but none that I loved. -- nm - Dano Feb 22, 18:58 3
- I still feel like I should adore Call Me By Your Name, but I just can't. For all the reasons Pippy mentioned. I did love ... - ReluctantCynic Feb 22, 19:01 2
  - Wind River was a gut punch. Loved it but god damn. -- nm - MDH Feb 22, 19:13 1
    - Yup. Exactly. And I've already put it on the small rotation of "movies when I'm really melancholy or depressed." - ReluctantCynic Feb 22, 19:18
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services changed its mission statement to no longer include a passage describing the country as "a nation of immi - Remlik Feb 22, 18:53
Happy 20th Anniversary “Ray of Light”. You are still glorious. -- nm - MDH Feb 22, 18:53 6
- Good God I'm old. - ReluctantCynic Feb 22, 19:02 5
  - You're old? My favorite album of hers is Like A Prayer and I was in college when that was released -- nm - JD Feb 22, 19:04 3
    - You're old? My favorite album of hers is Like A Virgin and I was in high school when that was released -- nm - Spawn Feb 22, 19:16
    - I was much, much more of a Kylie Minogue fan in that era. But goddamn Ray of Light just inspired me. - ReluctantCynic Feb 22, 19:06
    - I was 2. -- nm - MDH Feb 22, 19:05
  - Justice for Nothing Really Matters. -- nm - MDH Feb 22, 19:03
Florida slackers, a really good blues/rock band coming through first early march, harlis sweetwater band (sounds country but damn they rock) -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 22, 18:52
4500 years ago the British gene pool was replaced by Beaker immigrants -- (link) - peglegpete Feb 22, 18:47 2
- Fascinating. I read just recently that the early Britons were actually dark skinned. -- nm - Mop Feb 22, 20:35
- *destroys time travel ship* -- nm - Beaker Feb 22, 18:49
Overwatch: New hero tease. -- (link) - Shaun Feb 22, 18:44
Roberto Luongo On Parkland Shooting: "Enough Is Enough. We Have To Take Action." -- (link) - Beaker Feb 22, 18:37 1
- I'm not 100% clear on whether his kids were in that school or not, but they were on lockdown through that whole thing, apparently -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 18:56
heh. Brianna Hilderbrand just liked this. -- (link) - Spawn Feb 22, 18:28 2
- HA! -- nm - Remlik Feb 22, 18:42
- *golf clap* -- nm - Beryllium Feb 22, 18:32
ST: What are you reading? -- nm - Beaker Feb 22, 18:26 18
- The Oregon Trail: A New American Story, by Rinker Buck -- nm - Meg Feb 22, 19:19
- Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks - Ben Goldacre -- nm - JD Feb 22, 19:02
- Just finished Phasma by Delilah Dawson. Still reading: Thunder in the Mountain (book about the Nez Perce War) by ... - ReluctantCynic Feb 22, 19:00
- SPQR by Mary Beard -- nm - Roger More Feb 22, 18:59 5
  - I've been flirting with this book. What do you think of it? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 22, 19:03 4
    - It’s a next-level history book. It’s very good, but I’d get more out of it if I were a bit more familiar with Roman history. - Roger More Feb 22, 19:16 3
      - Thank you. This is really helpful. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 22, 19:19
      - you should try the History of Rome podcast, only 864 parts! - Reagen Feb 22, 19:19 1
        
        I will, thanks! -- nm - Roger More Feb 22, 19:27
- Borgia -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 22, 18:50
- I decided to reread Altered Carbon before watching it. -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 18:44
- I just finished Jane Harper's The Dry (really good) and Karin Slaughter's The Good Daughter (also good). nm - ralph wiggum Feb 22, 18:43
- Finished: Rain in the Strange Weather book by Joe Hill. It's pretty good. -- nm - Epiphany Feb 22, 18:28 2
  - Hey, have you read Megan Abbott's "You Will Know Me"? It's cheap on Kindle right now and her stuff is great. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 22, 18:42 1
    - I'm going to check this out -- nm - Epiphany Feb 22, 18:50
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- The Complete Western short stories by Elmore Leonard -- nm - Beaker Feb 22, 18:27 1
  - City of Ember series for the youngest (11)...which I will likely read too and The Space Between Us for the 14 year old. -- nm - Beaker Feb 22, 18:34
That damn snowboarder who won the skiing gold medal is going to cost me the Olympic challenge isn’t she? -- nm - Dano Feb 22, 18:26 4
- Yes, if you end up within 80 points of me. -- nm* - Strongbad Feb 23, 03:43
- I'm *very* disappointed in Belgium. -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 18:43 2
  - if only you'd known how low they rate as a democracy. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 18:59 1
    - And yet Finland is totally killing me. Should've gone with Norway. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 22, 19:05
British reality show where they follow police evicting residents are sued for 20k by couple who did not consent - zeitgeist Feb 22, 18:15
Chevy Chase had a bit of road rage, and the person he attacked had to look up who he was. -- (link) - peglegpete Feb 22, 18:02
The Jessica Jones "coming in March" season promo on tv makes me want to see it lots. -- nm - Max Feb 22, 17:57 1
- "whiskey" -- nm - mud Feb 22, 18:09
Spawn news: 25 years ago Babylon 5 debuts -- nm - Remlik Feb 22, 17:54
Treehouse episodes don't count as canon so Homer never tried to vote for Obama. 😉 - Krusty Feb 22, 17:53
I love that the Canadian ski crossers are wearing plaid. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 17:51
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- I tweeted that I had a drinking problem so I better go out and get more booze earlier today. -- nm - Qale Feb 22, 18:15 3
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  - Isn't that your pinned tweet? -- nm - Spawn Feb 22, 18:35 1
    - No. I no longer have a pinned tweet. Briefly it was my 2,000th. -- nm - Qale Feb 22, 21:03
- The only thing that stops a guy from taking bad drugs is a dealer with better drugs. -- nm - Max Feb 22, 17:56
- Or better yet, force everyone else to take drugs, so everyone is on the same level. -- nm - znufrii Feb 22, 17:55
- Or sex. (We know what FL thinks.) (NM) - Marlowe Feb 22, 17:52 6
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    - Jack is right. -- nm - Todd Manning Feb 22, 18:15 4
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        I'm here when needed most. -- nm - Todd Manning Feb 22, 18:34 2
        
        his porn sense started tingling - Beaker Feb 22, 18:35 1
        
        Speaking of, I was wondering about the listed equipment on that boat Bery linked. -- nm - Meg Feb 22, 19:16
- it's arguably what Portugal did. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 17:52 3
  - arguably in line with harm reduction too. I mean, not specifically give drugs, but stop actively making them unavailable and prosecuting. -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 18:42
  - Netherlands -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 22, 18:12 1
    - they go after "hard drugs" up the wazoo and regulate strongly. Portgual is basically a free for all. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 18:16
Arizona is saying that Trier's positive test is a remnant from his 2016 positive test. - Krusty Feb 22, 17:46 3
- spiked by the same person that did the Russian curler? -- nm - Beaker Feb 22, 17:49 2
  - The FBI is *everywhere*! -- nm - David Feb 22, 17:50
  - Must be. Busy little bugger. -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 17:50
It's hilarious that "Russia" won't have a gold medal in these Olympics until some little girl gets it for them. - Diva Feb 22, 17:45 4
- also "leetle guhl" -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 18:24 1
  - Virtue and Moir will skate to the Hip's 'Long Time Running' at the Exhibition Gala. - Diva Feb 22, 18:31
- I mean, they'll just say we kept their best out on purpose -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 17:50
- drugs are a wonderful thing... -- nm - Beaker Feb 22, 17:47
Shitty day all around, Pick a song to blow your speakers out - llama and tuba Feb 22, 17:40 [youtube] 2
- MOP - Ante Up -- (link) - Krusty Feb 22, 17:47 [youtube] 1
  - Well, OK. -- nm - Mop Feb 22, 20:44
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- It’s not out yet but there’s J-Law backlash -- nm - Roger More Feb 22, 17:37 5
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  - there is? -- nm - Remlik Feb 22, 17:48 3
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      - I think there’s an element of #metoo -- nm - Roger More Feb 22, 18:36 1
        
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Why are nachos so good? -- nm - znufrii Feb 22, 17:26 4
- they're not. it's the toppings that are good. -- nm - peglegpete Feb 22, 17:37 2
  - If you don’t have toppings, they’re just chips, not nachos. -- nm - znufrii Feb 22, 17:40 1
    - there are bad toppings -- nm - peglegpete Feb 22, 17:44
- Cause they are horrible for you. - Epiphany Feb 22, 17:36
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner drinks chocolate milk to prove diversity is needed in the workplace. -- (link) - Beaker Feb 22, 17:26
backboarding (no, not that): there are 19 'full democracies' in the world, can you name them? - mafic Feb 22, 16:56 25
- Mongolia, Poland, the Netherlands, Brazil, Brunei, Sax-Coberg-Ghoethre, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Sicily, Greece, Cyprus, Haiti, Dominican Republic, -- nm - peglegpete Feb 22, 17:36 1
  - ~60, ~50, 11, ~50, Duchies don't count!, 10, technically part of Switzerland for this, 22, ~50, ~40, ~100, ~75. -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 17:45
- Iceland -- nm - Roger More Feb 22, 17:29 4
  - 2 -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 17:30 3
    - Finland, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium -- nm - Roger More Feb 22, 17:32 2
      - 9, 5, 11, 32 (huh, surprised about Belgium). -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 17:34 1
        
        It takes them two years to form a government. That’s democracy! -- nm - Roger More Feb 22, 17:36
- Putin? -- nm - Trump Feb 22, 17:21 2
  - right in between Rwanda and Zimbabwe. -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 17:30 1
    - I was asking him to tell me what to say -- nm - Trump Feb 22, 17:35
- Vatican City -- nm - peglegpete Feb 22, 17:21 1
  - also not ranked, but I imagine lifetime rule and a very limited electorate would put them somewhere in the hybrid regime category. -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 17:29
- Tibet, India Pakistan, North & South Korea, Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Egypt, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, Norway, Bosnia, Hungary, Monaco, Italy, Malta -- nm - peglegpete Feb 22, 17:19 2
  - part of China(~140), ~50, ~80, 167! (the bottom), 20, 26, ~80, ~130, 6, 14(UK), 3, 1, ~90, ~45, not ranked, 22, 17. -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 17:27 1
    - 5 out of 19 -- nm - peglegpete Feb 22, 17:32
- Canada, Britain, Israel, Germany, France, Australia -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 22, 17:07 1
  - 7, 14, 30ish, 13, 29, 8. -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 17:10
- yes, but I will easily have a few dozen wrong countries along the way as I guess -- nm - peglegpete Feb 22, 17:01 4
  - most of the top ones are what you'd think. or at least what I'd think. -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 17:03 3
    - Guinea-Bissau! - Reagen Feb 22, 17:06 2
      - right between Sudan and Uzbekistan! -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 17:08 1
        
        *hopeful smile* -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 17:09
- Only if you tell me how many medals each one was won! -- nm - David Feb 22, 16:59 2
  - cross-referencing is my favourite! -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 17:02 1
    - Nerd -- nm - Epiphany Feb 22, 17:12
WWE: allegedly Bray Wyatt isn't paying spousal or child support and is showering JoJo with diamonds and other gifts -- (link) - Remlik Feb 22, 16:50 10
- Future endeavors time? -- nm - Qale Feb 22, 18:16
- $533 diamonds are not showering diamonds. -- nm* - jnine Feb 22, 17:12 8
  - I dunno, you could probably get a reasonable handful of the 0.01 carat guys for that. might make for a nice little stream of bling. -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 17:18 7
    - Diamond dust - Reagen Feb 22, 17:20
    - You can't flash that at people so they turn green with envy, which is the point of diamonds. -- nm - jnine Feb 22, 17:19 5
      - I could snapchat myself actually showering with diamonds though. think of the social media buzz! -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 17:20 4
        
        all the social media impression! -- nm - Remlik Feb 22, 17:48
        
        This would be so cool -- nm - Epiphany Feb 22, 17:37
        
        Haven't you heard? No one snapchats anymore, ask Kylie Jenner after she tanked their stock. -- nm - jnine Feb 22, 17:24 1
        
        stupid Kardashians ruin all my fun. -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 17:33
Funko discontinuing subscription boxes for Star Wars, Marvel and DC and probably others -- nm - Remlik Feb 22, 16:48 3
- Now that's interesting. -- nm - David Feb 22, 16:53 2
  - they're giving all of that to an exclusive retail partner -- nm - Remlik Feb 22, 17:49 1
    - So I'm guessing those boxes won't last long without it - eag Feb 22, 18:08
"Star Arizona guard Allonzo Trier has been declared ineligible by the NCAA after testing positive for a banned substance." - David Feb 22, 16:41 1
- Ugh! That's not good, kid. -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 17:12
If you’re wondering, in the future, “Boy, Teenagers...I don’t know.” is when we decided to kick your ass. -- (link) - Remlik Feb 22, 16:37
Moir has *all* the Canadian women (and probably not limited to just that nationality) and I, for one, salute him. -- nm - Mop Feb 22, 16:28
So I Am sure the schools have the budget for locking bulletproof doors and state of the art security systems. -- nm - groiny Feb 22, 16:19 5
- One of my high school fiends is a teacher and she is annoyed because - groiny Feb 22, 16:22 4
  - We just had this discussion today. My door opens out as do the majority in my school. - Volnelk Feb 22, 16:54
  - it's going to mean taxes and bond issues but it can be done... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 22, 16:27 2
    - Well someone needs to get on that yesterday. -- nm - groiny Feb 22, 16:28 1
      - yup. -- nm - Remlik Feb 22, 16:31
[an error occurred while processing this nostalgic directive means you’re getting old] -- nm* - Qale Feb 22, 16:18 1
- What? Mold? What do you mean I've got mold? -- nm - ReluctantCynic (with age-related hearing loss) Feb 22, 16:44
I need a Canadian! I have two curling questions (US/Canada outcome spoilers within) - David Feb 22, 16:17 5
- well - Reagen Feb 22, 16:24 4
  - Follow-up - David Feb 22, 16:30 3
    - he's on the hunt for the real killers now! -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 19:00
    - It's such a bizarre situation that I legitimately don't know what the fall out is. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 16:31 1
      - The guy from the 4th place team was inconsolable after the loss. - David Feb 22, 16:39

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