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Local trampoline gym owner shutting down. Blames everyone. Gets roasted on Reddit. -- (link) - Mop May 17, 21:18 3
- high school kids are too young and dumb to get sick leave -- nm - zeitgeist May 17, 22:25 2
  - 1 - don’t hire high school kids. 2 - he’s just s whiney bitch. Blames local and state regulations. Closes business in another state. -- nm - Mop May 17, 22:31 1
    - He's in a biz where injuries are common and wonders why parents get upset when their kid breaks a leg -- nm - zeitgeist May 17, 22:36
If you're betting on Golf--now's the time to get in on Spieth winning this weekend--went from 5.5 to 12 to 1 because of a slow 1st round--he tees off -- (edited) - Flavorize May 17, 21:18
I may have a new fav in Destiny 2. The Kibou AR 3 auto rifle is pretty perfect. - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 17, 21:08 5
- Yes! It's a death machine. -- nm - David May 17, 21:10 4
  - What was the gun you posted? I actually tronned this to see if it was it. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 17, 21:16 3
    - Requiem-45, a pulse rifle. The auto rifle is better. -- nm - David May 17, 21:32 2
      - I got one of those, too (actually,it appears, two). But running Kibou with the Nameless Midnight will be hard to beat. - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 17, 21:46 1
        
        Yeah, Nameless Midnight is definitely my main gun. - David May 17, 21:48
Dave Matthews Band violinist Boyd Tinsley accused of sexual misconduct: Report -- (link) - Remlik May 17, 21:03
Amazingly smooth trip home today. Both flights on time and a SuperShuttle ready to go at SNA. -- nm - Meg May 17, 20:28
This won’t mean anything to anyone here, but Jesus! Marylhurst University is shutting down! -- (link) - Mop May 17, 20:21
"Hollywood Studios and Magic Kingdom’s combined traffic in 2016 and 2017 was only different by 1,000 people." -- nm - David May 17, 19:52 6
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  - I don't think there's really anything to it other than that both are relatively stagnant at the moment. - David May 17, 21:00
  - Lie, damned lies, and statistics. -- nm - Mop May 17, 20:24
- That’s... I don’t know how to read that. Combined traffic for the two parks? - Mop May 17, 20:09 2
  - It's my data point. 🙂 - David May 17, 20:55 1
    - *high fives self for some reason* -- nm - Mop May 17, 21:17
I only just heard of jumping cactus. Here’s Coyote Peterson dealing with it. -- (link) - Mop May 17, 19:49 [youtube] 6
- Yeah. No thanks. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 17, 21:22
- I have them growing in my front yard. AND I have a 2' pair of needle nose plyers to handle the loose cactus pieces. Teddy Bear cactus are quite deadly -- nm - peglegpete May 17, 19:54 4
  - I would poison the f- out of them. - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 17, 21:22 1
    - they're the ultimate "GET OFF MY LAWN, PUNKS" -- nm - zeitgeist May 17, 22:21
  - If you think about it, the plant wants to get you infected from the wounds, you die and it gets a 150-200 lbs of composting fertilizer for its seed -- nm - zeitgeist May 17, 20:07 1
    - that's one of the reasons I have a 2 foot long pair of plyers. -- nm - peglegpete May 17, 20:26
huh, I completely missed that consumerist stopped producing new content in october. - b. May 17, 19:42 5
- I ended up hating that website, and had to stop checking it - con_carne May 17, 21:49
- Bought (from Gawker) by Consumer Reports in 2008. Why would they shut it down? What are they trying to cover up? -- nm - Mop May 17, 19:58
- I had no idea. That bums me out. -- (link) - David May 17, 19:56
- what reminded me to go check was a link to one of their pages in the "can this be real?" post shown here. nm but: -- (link) - b. May 17, 19:45 1
  - That’s spectacular. -- nm - Mop May 17, 19:54
The series doesn't really start until the home team wins a game -- nm - prayformojo May 17, 19:34
waaaay LIR: i looove the drone races. that stuff is insane. and i do get the e-sports as well. but that ball thing? what on earth. -- nm - colin May 17, 19:16 1
- Yeah, that's an odd one. I watched it the other day for a few minutes. -- nm - Krusty May 17, 19:40
speaking of witch hunts .. -- (link) - mud May 17, 19:12
Jeez, "Game Night" was freaking hilarious.. (NM) - Marlowe May 17, 19:05 2
- My favorite part was the credits. -- nm - David May 17, 19:29 1
  - Those were great.. (NM) - Marlowe May 17, 19:42
Dallas man busted with 58 terabytes of child pr0n -- (link*) - budice May 17, 18:53 2
- that's not personal use, that's dealer level. -- nm - peglegpete May 17, 22:09
- Right now, I wish that Black Mirror's Shut Up and Dance were a reality show. -- nm - David May 17, 18:55
Hmm. -- (pic) - Beryllium May 17, 18:48 [Attachment] 1
- odd. -- nm - mud May 17, 19:41
Grab your coat, we're going to the App Store. - Cuzzin Todd May 17, 18:46
Answering a previous question of Mop's, Pandora boosted Animal Kingdom traffic so much that it surpassed Epcot for the first time. - David May 17, 18:43 4
- This is as tangible as these figures will ever get. I appreciate you pulling up this data. - Mop May 17, 20:07 3
  - It's pretty staggering. Hollywood Studios was flat. - David May 17, 20:58 2
    - The “Top 10 Theme Park Groups Worldwide” chart is mind bending. #2 is Legoland, at less than 50% of Disney. Universal is only 3rd. -- nm - Mop May 17, 21:24 1
      - Yeah, I think Chimelong is going to be second within five years. - David May 17, 21:29
It's truly amazing that 13 seasons in, Supernatural is still this good. -- nm - David May 17, 18:30 13
- I’m always surprised about this and Grey’s Anatomy. How are they still on? -- nm - mafic May 17, 18:52 4
  - At this point, I think The CW ends before Supernatural does. - David May 17, 18:54 3
    - Remember when they had to be begged to come back for season 6? -- nm - Will Hunting, Emperor of Blood Feud May 17, 19:50 1
      - Yes, and that was like 11 Big Bads ago. -- nm - David May 17, 19:53
    - the Brothers know the gravy train when they see it. Why try other shit when they have the golden syndication train already -- nm - Beaker May 17, 18:56
- Not when you consider how many seasons it took to *get* good. - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 17, 18:48 7
  - I think I watched a half an episode of it, like 10 years ago ... - mud May 17, 18:57 4
    - I almost saw the entirety of the first episode. -- nm - Mop May 17, 19:52 1
      - I just recently saw the entirety of the first episode. It had Sarah Shahi and Adrianne Palicki. -- nm - Beryllium May 17, 21:45
    - I watched the first few episodes,because it should have been really good. - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 17, 18:59 1
      - after the first 10, which those were monster of the week, you'll dig it. -- nm - Remlik May 17, 20:25
  - Spawn post. -- nm - David May 17, 18:53 1
    - yup. -- nm - Beaker May 17, 18:55
so go make me some God damn breakfast -- nm - Beaker May 17, 18:29
Works On Contingency? No, Money Down! -- nm - Tim May 17, 18:27 1
- coma, period same diff... -- nm* - Beaker May 17, 18:29
Whoa, trailer for documentary about MMA/boxing/WWE announcer Mauro Ranallo's battle with bipolar disorder. -- (link) - Tim May 17, 18:12 [youtube]
Evil Genius gets an A. Right up there with The Jinx and Making a Murderer -- nm - prayformojo May 17, 18:05
Supernatural spoilers - David May 17, 17:56 1
- I've really enjoyed this season. the dude who plays Lucifer is gold Jerry gold. -- nm - Beaker May 17, 18:05
ranking the 3 reputation-rebuilding ads I've been seeing over and over, and, also, over in streaming - b. May 17, 17:50
Is ty97 around? What are the chances of flying into LGA tomorrow about 5:30 without the airport shutting down due to weather like last year when I - jnine May 17, 17:46 4
- iant; but, if you haven't already checked, the current weather forecast for LGA itself looks promising, it's the ATL side that's possibly more -- (edited) - b. May 17, 17:59 3
  - Thanks. I watched the NYC weather and it said light rain would turn to thunderstorms in the late afternoon. That was my worry, until now. -- nm - jnine May 17, 18:34 2
    - sorry, I meant to include a link to the LGA hourly forecast. nm but: -- (link) - b. May 17, 18:47 1
      - Thanks. -- nm - jnine May 17, 19:07
David Gergen just now: "Manafort may be worried that if he flips the Russians could take him out, in the end" -- nm - mud May 17, 17:32 4
- Like they won't take him out anyway. -- nm - jnine May 17, 17:44 3
  - Polonium tastes like chicken. -- nm - jnine May 17, 19:10 1
    - El Pollonium Loco -- nm - Beryllium May 17, 19:37
  - To a nice dinner? -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 17, 18:48
It's not necessarily a must-win for the Caps, but.... -- nm - prayformojo May 17, 17:13 4
- I cannot think of a good reason for a game in Washington to start this late. -- nm - Reagen May 17, 17:18 3
  - Back in the good ole days when the Blackhawks were regular participants I remember home games starting at nine something. For west coasters I guess. -- nm - zunk on edge May 17, 17:27
  - So us west coasters can get home from work in time to ignore it. -- nm - Bacon May 17, 17:21 1
    - There it is. - budice May 17, 17:27
Finally, a question I can answer from experience: crash, the dude could be in deep sh*t - ReluctantCynic May 17, 16:30 12
- Oh God I hope this is about the “speak English!” asshole! -- nm - Mop May 17, 22:33
- I got a guy in trouble for implying that as someone who worked as a court reporter he could bring legal rath upon me, over a yahoo group beef - zeitgeist May 17, 16:46 2
  - Ooh, i should start some photography classes. - Beryllium May 17, 18:07 1
    - Nooooooooooooooooo........... -- nm - . May 17, 20:14
- fwiw, I thought maybe his name might be misspelled or something - NY bar doesn't allow searching, but you can search via a court directory; and there -- (edited) - b. May 17, 16:36 7
  - (I think it was the NYP that said the bar didn't know him? if it was them, they've updated and taken that out.) -- nm - b. May 17, 16:42
  - I was kind of wondering the same thing. - ReluctantCynic May 17, 16:38 4
    - Literally the plot of Suits. -- nm - Beryllium May 17, 17:54 2
      - Spoils - Beryllium May 17, 17:55 1
        
        (I doubt I needed to Spoils that) -- nm - Beryllium May 17, 17:56
    - nah, people are dumb. I'm sure it's happened, in fact.. here you go: nm but: -- (link) - b. May 17, 16:40
  - You done messed up, A-A-ron -- nm - Reagen May 17, 16:37
from 2 days of bb-ing: 1. the ariana cover of "time" is one of a series (see left side of link); 2. Po.Go: the ditto list Jim posted didn't include -- (edited) - b. May 17, 16:26
Holy crap! A MoviePass promotion I can actually use! They just gave me a $5 discount code if I buy Infinity War on Vudu. -- nm - Mop May 17, 16:20
Excess hippo dung may be harming aquatic species across Africa - crash davis May 17, 16:20 1
- And raising the water levels! -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 17, 17:00
somebody already owns the domain TRUCKFUMP.com but is willing to sell it for $6488 -- (link*) - peglegpete May 17, 16:16 2
- The label will have to snag that for me. -- nm - crash davis May 17, 16:22 1
  - Better trademark Bad Chicken before some squatters pirate it. -- nm - zeitgeist May 17, 16:31
Bill Gates says that in *both* meetings he had with Trump, Trump asked if HPV and HIV were the same thing. -- (link) - budice May 17, 16:15 3
- "Cause I've definitely got one of those..." -- nm - Reagen May 17, 17:50
- Asking for a friend who paid off a porn star he didn't sleep with to be quiet. -- nm - jnine May 17, 17:49
- "I... well... uh... what answer gets you to provide more funding research in both?" -- nm - Mop May 17, 16:16
How is everyone liking Danger Island? I like it. They've learned. They're keeping the dialogue modern while preserving the late 30s setting. -- nm - crash davis May 17, 16:07 17
- That was a Saturday Morning kids show. -- nm - Bacon May 17, 17:11 5
  - *DEFINITELY* no gold monkey. -- nm - Mop May 17, 20:32
  - Oh, wait, you mean it USED to be a kids show? -- (edited) - Beryllium May 17, 19:09 3
    - I remember Danger Mouse and Danger Bay, but I don't remember Danger Island. -- nm - Beryllium May 17, 19:11 2
      - Directed by Richard Donner! And starring Rockne Tarkington! - TWuG May 17, 19:18 1
        
        Ooh, and Jan Michael Vincent -- nm - Beryllium May 17, 19:32
- Turning Krieger into a bird is a masterstroke. -- nm - David May 17, 16:23 2
  - I'm actually liking the bird more than I did Krieger. -- nm - crash davis May 17, 16:26 1
    - "Like this guy doesn't know what limp is." -- nm - budice May 17, 17:04
- I'm really enjoying this season. -- nm - Krusty May 17, 16:16 3
  - Also, apparently there's no they. It's just Adam Reed writing everything by himself. -- nm - Krusty May 17, 16:17 2
    - I didn't know that. He is going to some strange places in his head to come up with the Mallory-Cheryl dialogue. -- nm - crash davis May 17, 16:21 1
      - H. John Benjamin joked that he goes to a cabin in the woods, drops acid and writes the whole season. Sometimes I don't think he's joking. -- nm - Krusty May 17, 16:42
- It's not as laugh-out-loud as it's been in the past, and I'm confused by the continued thematic change. - Mop May 17, 16:08 2
  - Yes, I'm pretty sure this is the next coma dream. -- nm - crash davis May 17, 16:13 1
    - Yep. I’m quite happy with it so far. -- nm - Beryllium May 17, 18:20
- Dig it -- nm - budice May 17, 16:07
IMDB has what I assume is a pretty big cameo spoiled on the first page of the cast list for Deadpool 2 right now. -- nm - Reagen May 17, 16:03 4
- End Credits Spoiler - Mop May 17, 16:11 1
  - (spoilers) - Marlowe May 17, 18:12
- Congratulations Zeitgeist! -- nm - Mop May 17, 16:10 1
  - I can neither confirm or deny according to the terms of my NDA -- nm* - zeitgeist May 17, 16:49
The staff of Delta flight 1827 asked if there was a doctor on board. They got the ‘nation’s doctor.’ - crash davis May 17, 16:02 3
- "But the nation's doctor said, I cannot operate on this man......" -- nm - prayformojo May 17, 16:03 1
  - *snork* -- nm - Reagen May 17, 16:05
- The Ben Carson one always got me -- nm - budice May 17, 16:03
The Castle that Preston has nagged me about forEVER is a terrible settlement. It’s too big, too remote, and is infested with Mirelurks. -- nm - Qale May 17, 16:01 1
- Worth it. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 17, 17:01
“NBCNews confirms Paul Manafort's former son-in-law has flipped and cut a secret plea deal.” Ummmmm then it’s not secret. - Volnelk May 17, 15:54 2
- The Fish has flipped on Two Face Manafort -- nm - budice May 17, 16:02
- flipped on what he asked innocently batting his eyelashes -- nm - Reagen May 17, 15:55
What I love about you all is that when I toss an alley-oop, you dunk the shit out of it! -- nm - David May 17, 15:47
Crash, is the bar you want to associate yourself with Hooters? -- nm* - peglegpete May 17, 15:45 7
- I generally associate Hooters with bad chicken and sadness, but if they if they let me practice law, I'll rethink my position. -- nm - crash davis May 17, 15:48 6
  - Damn Cowboy, you just wrote a country song -- nm - Trump May 17, 15:50 5
    - Bad Chicken And Sadness is also going to be the album name as well. -- nm - crash davis May 17, 15:53 4
      - or your Band Name -- nm - budice May 17, 16:03 3
        
        Bad Chicken and Sadness from the band Bad Chicken and Sadness off the album Bad Chicken and Sadness - Reagen May 17, 16:05
        
        nah, we country singers like trucks, so my band name is Truck Fump -- nm - crash davis May 17, 16:05 1
        
        Trunk Fump is the first single. Bad Chicken and Sadness is the Band Name -- nm - budice May 17, 16:07

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