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w -- nm - Beaker Jun 29, 07:12 3
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My guaranteed* to be correct Wimbledon predictions -- (edited) - Dano Jun 29, 06:59 2
- I'm feeling really good about Ivan Lendl and Gabby Sabatini this year. -- nm - Johnny Lawrence Jun 29, 07:10
- Federer, Serena. -- nm - Beaker Jun 29, 07:08
Stick with this video until the 2:00min mark. -- (link) - Name Withheld by Request Jun 29, 06:56 16
- ... *whoa*! -- nm - L3-37 Jun 29, 07:23
- L4. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 29, 07:18
- Also in America that’s a bloodbath at about 40 seconds. -- nm - mafic Jun 29, 07:13 1
  - I said, a black guy would have been shot dead as soon as he picked up the bag of chips. -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 07:14
- Was he gonna throw sun chips at the cop? -- nm - mafic Jun 29, 07:07 3
  - Spitz! Which, if they had been spicy chili, maybe? -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 07:11
  - they are known as the ninja throwing star of the chip world... -- nm - Beaker Jun 29, 07:08 1
    - Jason Statham could make them deadly. -- nm - Max Jun 29, 07:18
- Boy, Edmonton man, I don’t know. -- nm - mafic Jun 29, 07:05
- "Could you describe the ruckus, sir?" -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 07:05 1
  - (There are comedies that aren't as well written as this) -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 07:05
- Ha! -- nm - Krusty Jun 29, 07:04
- I like the big dude in the back just watching and sipping his water - Beaker Jun 29, 07:03
- I, uh, meant to do that. -- nm - Babarón Jun 29, 07:00
- "Sorry, sorry, I'll just be leaving now. oh, okay" -- nm - Max Jun 29, 06:58
- Heh, I knew what this was going to be before checking the link. -- nm - Shaun Jun 29, 06:58
I thought this was just a UK thing. -- (link) - Covington Jun 29, 06:54 1
- Fuck that guy. -- nm - Mop Jun 29, 08:49
GLASS poster from M Night -- (link) - budice Jun 29, 06:42 2
- I want that poster. -- nm - Beaker Jun 29, 07:07
- I'm SO looking forward to this. -- nm - Johnny Lawrence Jun 29, 07:05
I yearn for the day when the biggest tragedy we have to talk about is dead butterflies in a drag queen’s bust. -- nm - Qale Jun 29, 06:42
all hands crash davis alert - this is not a drill -- (link) - Reagen Jun 29, 06:16 7 1
- Does Aiden Turner's character take his shirt off at any point? -- nm - LMS v RUS Jun 29, 07:05
- That synopsis is so "This is definitely real" that it makes me think "This is definitely an Argo-style CIA cover." -- nm - Max Jun 29, 06:50
- Ron Livingston?! Sold! -- nm - Max Jun 29, 06:44
- but the title spoils the whole movie! -- nm - Beaker Jun 29, 06:26
- wait, wha? -- nm - Truman Jun 29, 06:24
- They're going to have to invent new Academy Awards just for this movie - prayformojo Jun 29, 06:18 1
  - I'm slow clapping for the guy who put the second "The" in there. -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 06:26
I played 3 Quick Play matches in Overwatch last night to see how the endorsement system worked. It seems cool enough. -- (edited) - Shaun Jun 29, 06:04 9
- They probably need to fix the clipping issues on Wrecking Ball -- (link) - Reagen Jun 29, 06:10 7
  - With no cooldowns he's Spider-Man -- (link) - Reagen Jun 29, 06:37 3
    - Yep saw that one. He can take shortcuts on King's Row and Eichenwalde as well. -- nm - Shaun Jun 29, 06:39 2
      - The under King's Row one is amazing. Also, this one's great -- (link) - Reagen Jun 29, 06:42 1
        
        Nice. Yeah the King's Row one could be clutch if you have an ult ready and the entire other team is stacked there. -- nm - Shaun Jun 29, 06:49
  - LMAO -- (link) - Shaun Jun 29, 06:19 1
    - Overwatch gonna solve the Three-Body Problem. -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 06:22
  - Holy, that it hilarious. -- nm - Shaun Jun 29, 06:16
- I like that it encourages mic use. -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 06:05
Huh, when did Ujjal Dosanjh turn into Oscar Bluth? -- (link) - Reagen Jun 29, 06:00 1
- He may have committed a little light treason. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 29, 08:28
Hillsborough match commander David Duckenfield will go on trial for the manslaughter by gross negligence of 95 football supporters, a judge has ruled. -- (link) - LMS v RUS Jun 29, 05:36 1
- I read this as "commentator" at first and I was thinking "Damn, I knew you guys took soccer seriously, but..." - Reagen Jun 29, 05:58
random thought. the president hates our trade deals, probably wants to drop from the WTO, cause tariffs, when will he want to leave the UN? -- nm - Truman Jun 29, 05:29 1
- I figured that would be next. New York could use the United Nation building to house the homeless cause everyone else would leave -- nm - Beaker Jun 29, 05:32
"Yes, we’re putting out a damn paper tomorrow." -- (link) - prayformojo Jun 29, 05:15 4
- They put out the damn paper. -- (link) - Reagen Jun 29, 05:19 3
  - Powerful. "The paper also posted a blank opinion page Friday, saying in a tweet: “Tomorrow this Capital page will return to its steady purpose of - Andie Jun 29, 06:14 1
    - If you read the killer's twitter (which I don't recommend, but, you know, it's out there), it's a bunch of legalese flavoured word salad. -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 06:22
  - damn -- (edited) - Truman Jun 29, 05:24
On Sunday, Canada's $16.6-billion worth of retaliatory tariffs on dozens of U.S. products is set to kick in -- (link) - Beaker Jun 29, 05:02 8
- Rates for posting on SlackerTalk are gonna go sky high -- nm - prayformojo Jun 29, 05:56 6
  - 1 loonie per 40 characters. -- nm - Babarón Jun 29, 06:19 5
    - that's a way reduced rate of loons. -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 06:29
    - so like $0.01 per 10,000 words? -- nm - Truman Jun 29, 06:29 3
      - That would still bankrupt some people here. -- nm - Babarón Jun 29, 07:01 2
        
        it would just teach them to be more eloquent. -- nm - Truman Jun 29, 07:06 1
        
        me no type gooder -- nm - Beaker Jun 29, 07:10
- I hope it doesn't affect Coffee Crisp bars. -- nm - Babarón Jun 29, 05:55
i am trying to figure out why one of the news stations here is using quotes around attack, and targeted attack, in stories about the Capital Gazzette - Truman Jun 29, 04:57 2
- quoting an officer? -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 05:14 1
  - maybe, tis why I was curious. -- nm - Truman Jun 29, 05:37
Sunday TV PSA: Big Brother, Power, Claws, Food Network Star, Endeavour, Instinct, Pose, Affair, Wrong Man, I'm Dying Up Here, Preacher, Iron Chef, - Beaker Jun 29, 04:53
Saturday TV PSA: MLB, Ransom, Taken, Swamp Mysteries, Planet Earth, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jun 29, 04:49
Friday TV PSA: 12 Monkeys, Masters of Illusion, Battlebots, Quantico, Breaking Big, Cooper's Treasure, Bill Maher, Great British Baking, Just Another - Beaker Jun 29, 04:48
Canadian children’s choir of Syrian refugees cancels US trip over travel ban fears. -- (link*) - znufrii, not outraged Jun 29, 04:43
Amazon gets the excellent BBC drama A Very English Scandal today (Hugh Grant, Ben Whishaw, Russell T Davies writing) - who's watching? - LMS v RUS Jun 29, 04:17 2
- I was reading about it in The New Yorker. I'll check it out this weekend. It'll be too hot to do much outside. -- nm - Krusty Jun 29, 05:58
- I'll probably watch it over the weekend. -- nm - Covington Jun 29, 04:23
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- They can't legislate away their parachutes, can they? -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 04:06
Happy GLOW Season 2 Day! What are you doing to celebrate? -- nm - prayformojo Jun 29, 04:00 2
- Watch it, probably? -- nm - rollo Jun 29, 07:42 1
  - oh, ok. yeah, that makes sense. -- nm - prayformojo Jun 29, 11:20
'Harry Potter And The Cursed Child' Sets West Coast Premiere Date and Venue (Curran theatre San Fran) -- (link) - LMS v RUS Jun 29, 03:31
journos killed, Milo Yanoasshole tweets that he can't wait till vigilantes gun more, backlash of course, then he spins it that WE're the assholes - zeitgeist Jun 29, 01:28 6
- And just when I’d almost forgotten he exists. -- nm - znufrii, not outraged Jun 29, 04:07 3
  - Yeah, let's do our best to ignore him here - it doesn't even have anything to do with him this time. -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 04:13 2
    - Agreed. Can we add Alex Jones to that list? -- nm - Strongbad Jun 29, 04:23 1
      - well, he's got the President's attention, which is kind of a problem. -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 04:41
- link one -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 29, 01:29 1
  - link two -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 29, 01:29
currently doing testing on a server named "marvin", after a certain paranoid android -- nm - Beryllium Jun 29, 00:46 2
- How do you know its not named after the martian? -- nm - decline Jun 29, 05:29 1
  - Because I named it, and if I was naming it after a Martian, I would’ve called it Manhunter. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 29, 08:30
Have we discussed how ugly the design of the ball is in this World Cup? -- nm - zork Jun 29, 00:14 3
- I like it. better than the Jabulani at least. -- nm - mafic Jun 29, 00:18 2
  - Yup. Modern interpretation of the Telstar. -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 03:41
  - agreed -- nm - budice Jun 29, 00:19
OK, I just watched the season finale of The Expanse. spoils - Beryllium Jun 28, 23:01 1
- You are two episodes ahead of me, but I have loooved this season. -- nm - David Jun 28, 23:43
from bb, re: poke.go and third gold egg, maybe something changed, as I received 2 in a row today. -- nm - i.b! Jun 28, 22:28
Indiana Jones 5 got pushed to 2021. -- nm - David Jun 28, 22:26 5
- This is good news. -- nm - Qale Jun 29, 05:40
- Solo fallout? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 22:57 1
  - No, script issues. -- nm - David Jun 28, 23:42
- And "Disney Shuts Down Disneytoon Studios. untitled “Planes” spin-off feature is no longer in development" -- nm - Meg Jun 28, 22:44 1
  - Yes, that's an extremely strange news item given their streaming service being only 15 months away. -- nm - David Jun 28, 23:32
I rarely open spam-mail but sometimes they're good for a laugh...I do believe I've just been proposed to ;) - Meg Jun 28, 21:34 7
- "So, I contact you to stand as my husband" -- nm - Covington Jun 29, 04:18
- Don't get insulted but I have a sense that this person doesn't know you -- nm - crash davis Jun 28, 21:42 5
  - :) And it came to the gmail that has my actual name. But who could resist that tale of woe? -- nm - Meg Jun 28, 21:49 4
    - she's just a poor struggling fashion designer that lost both her parents on the same day and needs a husband for nebulous reasons! -- nm - mafic Jun 28, 21:55 3
      - Could almost have been my G'daughter but I think I specified age 25 for her, not 30 :) -- nm - Meg Jun 28, 22:00 2
        
        you can (generally) borrow against future inheritance like that anyway. -- nm - mafic Jun 28, 22:01 1
        
        Shush!! -- nm - Meg Jun 28, 22:08
Dammit Google! Phrasing! When I say “dissolve ice”, what do you THINK I mean?! -- nm - Mop Jun 28, 21:22 6
- Icebergs calving in Antarctica? -- nm - Covington Jun 29, 04:14
- Ice cube fetish? -- nm - Amoxy Jun 28, 21:39
- you're part of the resistance. -- nm - mafic Jun 28, 21:32
- You've got a slippery sidewalk. -- nm - . Jun 28, 21:27
- defrost refrigerator -- nm - alexa Jun 28, 21:25
- melting and diluting your drink -- nm - crash davis Jun 28, 21:25
now -- (link) - Spawn: Blood Feud God Jun 28, 20:58
question: do you know approximately what baba ganoush is? - mafic Jun 28, 20:38 27
- Yes I like it a lot -- nm - Epiphany Jun 29, 06:54
- yup -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 06:37
- Yes -- nm* - decline Jun 29, 05:30
- Yes -- nm - Covington Jun 29, 04:09
- yes -- nm - prayformojo Jun 29, 02:07
- Yes but only for the last few months when the kid started eating it by the fistful -- nm - Karl_S Jun 28, 23:32
- *googles* apparently not. I was thinking it was more like - JaxSean Jun 28, 21:55
- I used to work with him. Nice kid, just a little socially awkward. -- nm - crash davis Jun 28, 21:20 1
  - And looking at the responses more carefully, I see Spawn already went that route. Two choices: a) I feel dumb; b) I think Spawn is smart for thinking - crash davis Jun 28, 21:22
- Yes, but I had hippy friends with degrees in social work. -- nm - Roger More Jun 28, 21:19
- I've found Aussies also don't know what potato pancakes are. -- nm - . Jun 28, 21:12 4
  - Latkes aren’t common, but they have deep fried discs of mashed potato called potato cakes or potato scallops. -- nm - Roger More Jun 28, 21:20
  - potato pancakes are married to Simka -- nm - peglegpete Jun 28, 21:20
  - just call them fritters and they'll be all over it. -- nm - mafic Jun 28, 21:20 1
    - They thought they were hash browns. -- nm - . Jun 28, 21:26
- No, I know exactly what it is. -- nm - . Jun 28, 21:09
- I know better than approximately, even I don't particularly care for it.. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 28, 21:07
- I have a (very old) container of it in the fridge right now. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 20:59
- yes. do you know who was Uncle Tannous? -- nm - peglegpete Jun 28, 20:54 1
  - Had I been awake earlier I would've said about baba ganoush - Danny Thomas's uncle :) -- nm - Covington Jun 29, 04:12
- Nope -- nm - Krusty Jun 28, 20:51
- Last episode Season 1 Chuck -- nm - Amoxy Jun 28, 20:51
- "can I have a falafel with hot sauce, a side order of baba ghanoush, and a seltzer, please?" (yes, I've even made it.) -- nm -- (edited) - b. Jun 28, 20:41
- yes, generally - Reagen Jun 28, 20:40
- Dude owes me money. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Jun 28, 20:40 2
  - That's Baba O'Reilly. -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 20:40 1
    - That kid is stuck in some sort of teenage wasteland -- nm - zork Jun 29, 00:15
Man, these "Dissolve ICE" takes are coming from more radical sources all the time. Take this one, coming from [checks notes] 19 ICE Special Agents -- (link) - Reagen Jun 28, 20:36
Oh, finally, ghostbusters is on Netflix Canada. Now I can watch it. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 20:31 1
- the new one? cool. -- nm - Beaker Jun 29, 07:11
this one's shorter and mostly for ty -- (link) - Reagen Jun 28, 20:21 2
- :) - -- nm - b. Jun 28, 20:43
- ok that's amusing -- nm - Remlik Jun 28, 20:24
This is, well, just watch it. -- (link) - Reagen Jun 28, 20:16 3
- Achievement Unlocked -- nm - zork Jun 29, 00:12
- "spoiler alert! It's your mom." -- nm - mud Jun 28, 20:25
- HA! -- nm - Remlik Jun 28, 20:23

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