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Huh, Kim and I just got invited to eat at Club 33 at WDW. - David May 16, 10:48 9
- "...along with two guests of your choice from that hilarious online forum from which we steal all our script ideas." -- nm - Baron Breynolds May 16, 10:58
- By whom? Also, HOLY SH*T! -- nm - Mop May 16, 10:54 1
  - A client. -- nm - David May 16, 10:57
- They heard about your books and have decided they better take you out before you strike again -- nm - Qale May 16, 10:54
- well, hello Mr Fancypants! -- nm - groiny May 16, 10:54
- Dang, that is a nice invite! -- nm - TWuG May 16, 10:53
- Hoity Toity! -- nm - JaxSean May 16, 10:53
- Status is everything -- nm - Epiphany May 16, 10:51
- It's got everything -- nm - Max May 16, 10:51
Xfinity *REALLY* wants me to upgrade my modem. A few days ago I got a pop-up in a browser. Today, an automated call. -- nm - Mop May 16, 10:39 1
- Soon, they will be at your door. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 16, 10:43
I was > < this close to winning a Fortnite Solo Battle Royale last night. - IrishStephen May 16, 10:39 8
- I really really wish there was a version that didn't include building. -- nm - volnelk May 16, 10:40 7
  - I'm getting better at building, but it's still not a "natural" part of my game play; I just don't think about it normally, which, I know, has to - IrishStephen May 16, 10:47 3
    - yup, if you wanna be consistantly good at the game, you have to build. -- nm - groiny May 16, 10:48 2
      - I get it. I just wish there was a limit on it. Being able to build a wall to protect yourself quickly is fine. - volnelk May 16, 10:58 1
        
        just check a bunch of grenades at the bottom of the structure -- nm - groiny May 16, 11:07
  - PS is getting H1Z1 BR this month. -- (link) - Shaun May 16, 10:42
  - That’s PUBG -- nm - Tim May 16, 10:41
  - there is, it's called PUBG -- nm - groiny May 16, 10:41
Survivor contestants violate NDA, $5M fine next? -- (link) - Strongbad May 16, 10:33 4
- So amazingly stupid. nm - Johnny Lawrence May 16, 10:41 3
  - Agreed. Should be fun to see how it's handled at the Reunion. -- nm - Strongbad May 16, 10:43 2
    - lol - they won't be at the reunion and Jeff won't even mention them. nm -- nm - Johnny Lawrence May 16, 10:54 1
      - Ghosted by Jeff. -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 10:56
Dear Amazon Prime, Thank you for giving me a $10 credit on my first order with free shipping from Whole Foods. I might have enjoyed my dinner tonight - Covington May 16, 10:31
The Deadpool Report with your host Deadpool -- (link) - Beryllium May 16, 10:29 [youtube]
NBA: People here in ATL think they could package the #3 with Denis Schroeder for Kahwi Leonard. - Strongbad May 16, 10:29 5
- Hearing something on the radio doesn’t make it popular opinion. 🤣 -- nm - David May 16, 10:45 4
  - Social media is discussing options as well. -- nm - Strongbad May 16, 10:48 3
    - The thought is - Strongbad May 16, 10:51 1
      - My understanding is that the Hawks have Bagley number one on their board. -- nm - David May 16, 10:58
    - Sure, but teams deep In rebuilding don’t trade for stars, and the Hawks have three other picks in the top 34 if they want to make a move for someone. - David May 16, 10:50
Amazon VP statement on Seattle's new per-worker tax on large companies to help pay toward the city’s homelessness and affordable housing crises - Strongbad May 16, 10:24 7
- They won anyway. I was there last week and it was all over the news that it was going to be $550 a head and they pressured the mayor to lower it by - jnine May 16, 11:18
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- How dare you try and make them help remedy the problems their success has contributed to? -- nm - znufrii May 16, 10:36 4
  - You're right. - Strongbad May 16, 10:38 3
    - 0% or 100%, the only possible answers! -- nm - Reagen May 16, 10:56
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    - One man’s punishment is another’s resolution of economic imbalances that allow for private gain by imposition of a public cost. -- nm - znufrii May 16, 10:49
Map of the Day: 40% in U.S. can't afford basics of a middle-class lifestyle -- (link) - Strongbad May 16, 10:22
If LG was super duper smart, the G7 ThinQ would be significantly cheaper than the S9. - Shaun May 16, 10:13
And I am telling you, I'm not going -- nm - ty97 May 16, 10:12 7
- He’s on a travel strike til Jack figures out his “ Daddy” issues -- nm - Epiphany May 16, 10:50 1
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  - Because. - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 16, 10:44
- “Sir, this is an Arby’s.” -- nm - Tim May 16, 10:19
- Just board the plane, sir. -- nm - Spirit Airlines Gate Agent May 16, 10:18
- Sorry to hear that -- nm - amoxy May 16, 10:13
Dennys Deluche De Leche pancakes are ridiculously decadent -- nm - amoxy May 16, 10:10
Oh fun. A high school friend of mine just found a bunch of negatives from pictures he took for the yearbook and is posting digitized versions on fb. -- (edited) - znufrii May 16, 10:09
I just put a bunch of plastic "save" buttons in surplus. -- nm - Mop May 16, 10:03
And I refuse to even listen to that Yanny/laurel thingy -- nm - amoxy May 16, 10:02
And I refuse to even listen to that Yanny/pkg -- nm - amoxy May 16, 10:00 13
- can someone nutshell this thing for me? -- nm* - groiny May 16, 10:01 12
  - It’s trying too hard to be The Dress all over again. -- nm - znufrii May 16, 10:07
  - It's a sound clip that says "Yanny" at high frequencies and "Laurel" at lower frequencies, and people hear one version or another. -- nm - Ender May 16, 10:04 9
    - it's interesting to me, at first I heard yanny...then I hear Laurel. -- nm - Remlik May 16, 10:39
    - great thanks, saved me from googling this waste of time. -- nm - groiny May 16, 10:16 4
      - "great thanks, saved me from googling this fascinating snippet of neuropsychology" -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 10:28 3
        
        Not that fascinating, actually. -- nm - znufrii May 16, 10:32 1
        
        Do you remember the Boxmaker in Count Zero? - Beryllium May 16, 10:37
        
        meh -- nm - groiny May 16, 10:28
    - Here's the vocabulary.com page it originally came from... -- (link) - Ender May 16, 10:08
    - So this is this year's "What colour is the dress?" internet bs? -- nm - Shaun May 16, 10:07 1
      - Yes. -- nm - Ender May 16, 10:08
  - Sound clip where some people hear the word "Laurel" and other people are crazy. -- nm - Mop May 16, 10:02
Top 10 rated cable series The Last Ship season 5 will be it's last -- (link) - Remlik May 16, 09:57
I was told by the lab tech that I looked like a young Steve Martin - amoxy May 16, 09:55 1
- Considering he went grey at like 30... -- nm - Reagen May 16, 09:57
Confidence is - amoxy May 16, 09:53
Someone give me a quick primer on Alexa for Tivo. - Mop May 16, 09:50 2
- This is all I know about it... -- (link) - David May 16, 10:30 1
  - That's promising. Now... do Google Home! -- nm - Mop May 16, 10:56
Excellent. Helena Mante PhD used my email on some "LetGo" site to post something and is now firing off email verifications - just oblique May 16, 09:45
Yay, power just came back. Probably 20 hours or so. -- nm - Tim May 16, 09:41 13
- Pay your bills, Tim. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 16, 09:41
- Much damage up there? -- nm - prayformojo May 16, 09:41 11
  - Yup, trees down everywhere, including in my parents driveway. -- nm - Tim May 16, 09:44 10
    - 1. Buy a chainsaw 2. Learn how to use a chainsaw 3. Profit - prayformojo May 16, 09:46 9
      - It’s on a power line so that’s bad idea jeans. -- (pic) - Tim May 16, 09:58 [Attachment] 8
        
        Has Saffron Burrows taught us all nothing? -- nm - prayformojo May 16, 10:05 6
        
        I immediately halted my Alzheimer's research on sharks thanks to her - Reagen May 16, 10:06 5
        
        ""The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to the square root of the remaining side!" -- nm - Inky IV, wearing Henry Kissinger's glasses May 16, 10:09 2
        
        That's a right triangle, you idiot! -- nm - Ender May 16, 10:10 1
        
        And even then it’s wrong. -- nm - znufrii May 16, 10:28
        
        So it's your fault Deep Blue Sea 2 happened then. You suck. -- nm - Shaun May 16, 10:08 1
        
        Other people researching with sharks is not my responsibility! - Reagen May 16, 10:10
        
        Fire it up, tape the trigger on and just huck it at the tree. -- nm - Reagen May 16, 10:01
Wait, Joey Votto said something thoughtless??? - Reagen May 16, 09:37
Batman Prequel ‘Pennyworth’ From ‘Gotham’ Duo Gets Series Order At Epix -- (link) - LMS May 16, 09:35 13
- So, that's Pre-Pre-Batman, but what would be Pre-Pre-Pre-Batman? -- nm - David May 16, 10:06 9
  - Martha and Thomas Wayne sex tape -- nm - groiny May 16, 10:25 1
    - Thread winner. -- nm - David May 16, 10:49
  - There's no shortage of deep mythology here. Thomas Wayne vs. Ra's al Ghul might be an interesting story. -- nm - Mop May 16, 10:10 6
    - Gates of Gotham about the 5 familes of Gotham that moved the city into the industrial age. -- nm - Remlik May 16, 10:48
    - We're gonna end up with Steampunk Bat-Man vs Jack the Ripper and it'll be all on you. -- nm - Reagen May 16, 10:12 4
      - I'm in! -- nm - Mop May 16, 10:20
      - It's called Gotham By Gaslight. -- nm - Shaun May 16, 10:13 2
        
        -wiki -- (link) - Ender May 16, 10:20 1
        
        Animated movie wiki. -- (link) - Shaun May 16, 10:22
- Excellent. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 16, 09:40
- nice. -- nm - Remlik May 16, 09:39
- icky -- nm - groiny May 16, 09:36
Judge: Class-action lawsuit against Zillow's Zestimate iz without meritz -- (link) - prayformojo May 16, 09:35 1
- Good. -- nm - Strongbad May 16, 09:45
NYTimes: Suspect in theft and release of CIA hacking tools was arrested on child porn charges. -- (link*) - znufrii May 16, 09:30 1
- My friend broke the story for WaPo yesterday - I was pretty impressed by that. -- nm - MDH May 16, 09:35
Two new pages of Anne Frank's diary recovered -- (link) - Reagen May 16, 09:30
Adult Eddie has been cast for IT2. -- (link) - Shaun May 16, 09:18
your Golfing In Front of an Erupting Volcano Photos of the Day -- (link) - prayformojo May 16, 09:02 2
- I like the people seeking higher ground in the last photo. - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 16, 09:15
- that blast was so strong it knocked that kid over! -- nm - decline May 16, 09:10
Can't wait for the C3PO spinoff movie where he wanders around like Forrest Gump. -- nm - groiny May 16, 08:53 27
- Admiral Ackbar -- nm - Amoxy May 16, 09:18 1
  - The Vader book right now is taking place on Mon Cala and we get to see him in water, in action. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 16, 09:21
- Did you not watch Droids? -- nm - Reagen May 16, 09:04 15
  - um, no. - groiny May 16, 09:05 14
    - I thought there was more of it, but that's not far off -- (link) - Reagen May 16, 09:06 13
      - I've got the Star Wars Droids Omnibus that collects the whole thing for sale for $25. They're normally $75 but I got them at a super deal -- nm - Remlik May 16, 09:58
      - His comic book was far better than I expected. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 16, 09:09
      - don't think I ever heard of this....... -- nm - groiny May 16, 09:09 10
        
        It's likely pretty terrible - I was 8 when it came on. -- nm - Reagen May 16, 09:13 9
        
        yeah, I would not even try to watch it. - groiny May 16, 09:14 8
        
        Solo spoiler - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 16, 09:16 7
        
        that's not Hamill said. spoiler... - Remlik May 16, 09:40 1
        
        Well that woudn't count, then. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 16, 09:43
        
        for sure, it is like a bad inside joke. -- nm - groiny May 16, 09:20 4
        
        If Stan Lee ever passes away, Threepio will take over for him in the Marvel movies. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 16, 09:28 3
        
        they can just Gran Moff Tarkin him into all the movies -- nm - groiny May 16, 09:32 2
        
        Old age makeup on Bryan Cranston. -- nm - Reagen May 16, 09:36 1
        
        "Say my name." "Stan Lee." "Excelsior!" -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 10:39
- Boba Fett, maybe. - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 16, 08:55 8
  - Or they could go with an interesting character. -- nm - Ender May 16, 10:02
  - they totally need a Bounty Hunters movie -- nm - groiny May 16, 08:55 6
    - Rancor Keeper: The Movie -- nm - Reagen May 16, 09:10 5
      - Malakili. His name is Malakili. -- nm - Ender May 16, 10:00
      - Figrin D'an and the Model Nodes, done in the style of Jersey Boys, but unsubtitled. -- nm* - Reagen May 16, 09:14 3
        
        Jawas vs Predator. -- nm - groiny May 16, 09:16 2
        
        Jaws vs Jawas -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 16, 09:17 1
        
        Sand Shark -- nm - groiny May 16, 09:20
Sen. Leahy to Scott Pruitt on his excuse for constant first-class travel: "What a silly reason to fly first class.... Nobody even knows who you are" -- nm - decline May 16, 08:46 2
- Except the people who want to kill him.... -- nm - Baron Breynolds May 16, 09:11
- Lol. -- nm - znufrii May 16, 08:47
Some pretty cool photos from last night's lightning storm over Washington -- (link) - prayformojo May 16, 08:44 4
- Giant shadow of Thanos in that first set. -- nm - Max May 16, 08:56 1
  - Stranger Things. -- nm - Mop May 16, 10:04
- Lightning strike to the One World Trade Center Building seen last night -- (link) - decline May 16, 08:48 1
  - Hundreds of Muslims in New Jersey cheered when it happened. -- nm - Trump May 16, 08:56
The WH has eliminated the role of cyber coordinator, the top cyber job in the admin, responsible for coord all agencies' activities in cyberspace - decline May 16, 08:43 3
- That 400lb kid ate too much -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 10:46
- "Wouldn't it be great if we could work with Russia on Cyber?" -- nm - The Dotard May 16, 08:46 1
  - A/S/L? -- nm - Qale May 16, 09:08

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