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In seven hours, my hatred for you will be purer than a puppy's love. -- nm - David Aug 26, 22:56
I'm watching the 2011 prequel to The Thing. This is what childhood-ruining feels like. (Never mind that I didn't see the 1st one until last week) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 22:19 2
- Actually, I take it back, after the first half hour it was pretty good. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 23:25 1
  - I was at a special premiere with a good few of the actors in the auditorium, sitting through the screening with the audience - Facto Aug 27, 02:50
*sigh* Caveman already behind 😡 -- nm - Amoxy Aug 26, 21:58
Vamps: Foley, Disney, NWBR -- nm - budice Aug 26, 21:29
Do you have what it takes to become a spy for Australia? Take their test and find out -- (link) - crash davis Aug 26, 21:07 16
- If you do well, they give you a code to use when applying. I assume the code indicates how many times you did the test. -- nm - Mop Aug 26, 22:42 2
  - It's five letters, though -- nm - Facto Aug 27, 03:15 1
    - Lots of information can be encoded into 5 letters. Letters are just numbers in disguise. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 27, 08:06
- That elevator sequence is driving me nuts. -- nm - Mop Aug 26, 22:18 7
  - there's a particularly relevant Simpsons episode. -- nm - mafic Aug 26, 22:22 6
    - I’m not sure I understood your hint but suddenly something clicked. Spoilers - Mop Aug 26, 22:37 3
      - that wasn't the intent. spoils I guess. - mafic Aug 26, 22:43 2
        
        Now cleared it in one go and got the code. Did this happen to everyone? -- (link*) - Facto Aug 27, 02:57
        
        Got it, thanks! -- nm - Facto Aug 27, 02:22
    - Mop is the new Lisa. (nm) - howie Aug 26, 22:25 1
      - Dental plan! -- nm - Mop Aug 26, 22:37
- NO COMMENT! -- nm - mafic Aug 26, 21:26
- It's a trap. Taking the test disqualifies you! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 21:19 3
  - Taking the test puts you on the RCMP's radar. (Who actually does counterintelligence in Canada?) -- nm - crash davis Aug 26, 21:29 2
    - CSIS, but also kind of the RCMP. mostly CSIS. -- nm - mafic Aug 26, 21:35 1
      - How is CSIS not a CBS show? Its Gibbs + Grissom! -- nm - crash davis Aug 26, 21:41
"*gasp* The paintings airbrushed on the sides of vans were TRUE!!" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 21:03
Apparently Emilio Estevez directed a movie called "The Public" starring Michael Kenneth Williams, which is opening in a couple weeks. Looks good. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 26, 20:55 [youtube] 1
- (Also starring himself, but, you know ... Omar comin’) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 23:48
The NRA’s take on today’s shooting: “End gun free zones”. -- (edited) - Beryllium Aug 26, 20:39
I'm officially a fantasy wizard. -- nm - David Aug 26, 20:24 10
- I call BS unless you already put on the robe and wizard hat -- nm - Epiphany Aug 26, 21:04
- I'll grant that. Essentially, you cast a charm spell on RC and ended up with a sixth keeper. -- nm - crash davis Aug 26, 20:43 4
  - Right? And he gave up his first round pick to let me do it! - David Aug 26, 20:47 3
    - I traded Krusty for Brees and only gave up a third round. - Bacon Aug 26, 20:52 2
      - No, it wasn't like that. - David Aug 26, 20:57 1
        
        Wild -- nm - Bacon Aug 26, 21:00
- I'm a science fiction cyborg. -- nm - mafic Aug 26, 20:31 1
  - Nice to meet you. -- nm - David Aug 26, 20:32
- More details required. Does that mean, like, a wizard in someone’s fantasy? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 20:30 1
  - With accompanying wizard hat fantasy? -- nm - Max Aug 26, 23:10
I admire how, every week, a new contestant on Big Brother takes the crown for stupidest human alive. I hope they do that again next season. -- nm - Mop Aug 26, 20:00 1
- if you need more, Celebrity Big Brother is on in the UK. they do just as stupid. -- (link) - peglegpete Aug 26, 20:05
Well, I now wish I never learned anything about the suspected shooter in Jacksonville. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 26, 19:55 1
- In one of the streaming clips, you can see the gun's laser scope on the target. - David Aug 26, 20:06
Good news, everyone! Gundam models are more realistic than ever before! - David Aug 26, 19:37 5
- Kalashnikov unveiled their real life version of Titanfall this week -- (link) - crash davis Aug 26, 19:43 1
  - Looks like Iranian B.S. -- nm - Mop Aug 26, 22:20
- The gundam/powersuit/mechwarrior threat is overstated. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 19:38 2
  - Easy for you to say from the safety of Canada... -- nm - David Aug 26, 19:42 1
    - It’s true, our natural defense (immense cold) kills the battery performance, rendering the suits inoperable. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 19:55
Stupid question -- best wording to state an improvement in efficiency if my fix took required job hours from 40 to 4. - Will Hunting, Ruler Supreme of Blood Feud Aug 26, 19:33 13
- accomplish a week's work in one morning -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 27, 00:06
- I'd say "reduced the time needed to undertake the activity from 40 hours to 4". Because 1000% does sound made up, and also because the # of hours is - Roger More Aug 26, 20:18
- genius, brilliant, Einsteinian, you asked a woman for help. pick one :) -- nm - peglegpete Aug 26, 19:43
- Thanks all. -- nm - Will Hunting, Ruler Supreme of Blood Feud Aug 26, 19:42
- in haiku - mud Aug 26, 19:40
- it'll sound sarcastic, but that's a 1000% increase in efficiency. -- nm - Reagen Aug 26, 19:37 4
  - I'd only call it that if it were going the other way. use the initial number as a base and call it 90%. -- nm - mafic Aug 26, 19:40 1
    - never mind. I see my mistake now. 90% faster, 1000% more efficient is right. -- nm - mafic Aug 26, 19:41
  - Is sarcastic quite the right word for that? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 19:39
  - Yeah, that's why I wouldn't use that wording. It sounds exaggerated. -- nm - David Aug 26, 19:38
- 10x improvement - znufrii Aug 26, 19:35
- Automation which led to Reduced FTE(staff or manual) effort by 90% -- nm* - budice Aug 26, 19:35
- 10x improvement? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 19:35
I wonder if Hamish Linklater and Bobby Cannavale have worked together before ... -- nm* - Beryllium Aug 26, 19:31
Vampirates draft is underway! -- nm - Bacon Aug 26, 19:24 1
- My alarm is set for an hour passed the draft start time but Kim and David have my card -- nm - Bacon Aug 26, 19:25
If Jay and Silent Bob were in a movie today, people would wonder who the hell Kevin Smith got to play Bob. -- (link) - Tim Aug 26, 19:17 1
- Having a near death experience can be very life changing. Good for him -- nm - Bacon Aug 26, 19:22
Apparently the last season of GOT won't be until summer 2019 at the earliest. -- (link) - mafic Aug 26, 19:08 1
- Still will beat the books to market. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 26, 19:58
Vatican’s former ambassador to the United States has purportedly written an explosive letter claiming that Pope Francis knew about sex abuse -- (link) - Remlik Aug 26, 19:07 4
- I don’t doubt that he, the ambassador, and everyone else at the top, knew. It’s mutual assured destruction if someone talks. -- nm - Mop Aug 26, 19:56
- isn't this the conspiracy theory behind why pope palpatine resigned? I'd be surprised if there were people at that level that didn't know. -- nm - mafic Aug 26, 19:12 2
  - I would guess. -- nm - Remlik Aug 26, 19:44
  - The weirdest part of the whole thing is that suddenly The Grail doesn’t seem so absurd. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 19:23
david, blood feud post/warning/help - tRuMaN Aug 26, 19:02 1
- Okay, thanks for the heads up. -- nm - David Aug 26, 19:35
Tesla driver thought his autopilot was on crashes into firetruck -- (link) - Bacon Aug 26, 18:34 8
- Dude seemed to think it was his DD. -- nm - Reagen Aug 26, 19:08
- But the autopilot feature cannot bring the car to a complete stop, so ... huh? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 18:47 6
  - doesn't it have obstacle detection, auto emergency braking? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 26, 18:54 4
    - My understanding based on YT videos of it in action is that it can slow down at stop signs but not fully stop - the driver has to. - Beryllium Aug 26, 19:03 3
      - Autopilot can be used in stop and go traffic and will adjust speed to the car in front and come to a complete stop as the car in front stops. - TWuG Aug 26, 19:10 2
        
        I would very much like to have Level 2, especially if it can handle switchbacks. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 19:28 1
        
        It depends. It's not meant for undivided roads and is geolocked to not function on some roads. - TWuG Aug 26, 20:10
  - It can't? -- nm - Elon Musk Aug 26, 18:48
Are we meant to be scandalized by that investigations list? That's basically a signed confession. -- nm - Reagen Aug 26, 18:30 5
- "They're not confessing...they're *bragging*." -- nm - znufrii Aug 26, 19:23
- Right, it's mainly "Here's all the stuff that we know about." -- nm - David Aug 26, 18:46 1
  - It's also stuff that Dem minority committee members have already specifically asked about. nm - ralph wiggum Aug 26, 18:47
- "look guys, if we lose they'll start investigating all the things everyone knows we've been doing." -- nm - mafic Aug 26, 18:32 1
  - "Here's all the things the Democrats will bring up to try and stop Trump from MAGA, also they're going to impeach him." -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 26, 19:37
damn. The Expanse book 6 is great. highly recommend the entire series -- nm - Beaker Aug 26, 18:27
True Detective S3 trailer -- (link) - budice Aug 26, 18:20 1
- 1st two eps. directed by Jeremy Saulnier (Green Room) -- nm - mud Aug 26, 18:34
Pick up your damned players! I'm looking at you, Mr. Wanted to Start the Draft Tonight! -- nm - David Aug 26, 18:09 2
- Who? ML? - Strongbad Aug 26, 18:36 1
  - I was toying with the notion of adding Barkley to my team and keeping him for a few rounds. -- nm - David Aug 26, 18:42
Astronauts -- Pick #3 is up. -- nm - Will Hunting, Ruler Supreme of Blood Feud Aug 26, 18:02 5
- You had sniffed out my intent there. -- nm - David Aug 26, 18:14 3
  - Really? - Will Hunting, Ruler Supreme of Blood Feud Aug 26, 18:27 2
    - Barkley is the Ricky Williams. He's the Edge. -- nm - David Aug 26, 18:27 1
      - *bookmarks* -- nm - Strongbad Aug 27, 03:40
- Sounds like a good idea Vamps/QV -- nm - budice Aug 26, 18:03
imagined interview exchange: - mud Aug 26, 17:39
Cowboys fans getting a treat tonight. -- nm - budice Aug 26, 17:37
My issue with Weezer’s Africa cover is they don’t hit the harmony on the chorus at all and that’s the main appeal of Toto’s original version. - Tim Aug 26, 17:34 18
- I like it for that. It’s odd I know -- nm - Epiphany Aug 26, 21:09
- Jeffster! -- nm - Amoxy Aug 26, 18:13
- It’s fine, it’s just lazy capitalizing on somebody else’s work. If you want todo a version that is different, go for it. But a note for note - pmb Aug 26, 17:46 2
  - What Tim said. Their disdain for the song is obvious. But they’ll gladly cash the checks. -- nm - Mop Aug 26, 20:02
  - I’m pretty sure it was just supposed to be fan service because of that tweet campaign. I don’t think anyone expected it to be a hit. -- nm - Tim Aug 26, 17:47
- Also we could remember that Toto sucked the first time. -- nm - Reagen Aug 26, 17:41 8
  - Rosanna is a terrible song. I don’t know anything else by them. -- nm - Tim Aug 26, 17:43
  - burn in Hell -- nm - Beaker Aug 26, 17:42 6
    - Play more Toto and I'm there. -- nm - Reagen Aug 26, 18:02 5
      - they have more than 1 song? -- nm - Beaker Aug 26, 18:05 4
        
        I dunno, you're the super fan apparently. -- nm - Reagen Aug 26, 18:13 3
        
        It's Africa! it's like someone attacked Laura Branigan (Gloria). The teeth get bared -- nm - Beaker Aug 26, 18:15 2
        
        Laura Branigan is the hill you are going to die on? Huh. nm - ralph wiggum Aug 26, 18:49 1
        
        He needs some Self Control -- nm - Roger More Aug 26, 19:46
- (I am pleasantly surprised that Out of Order is still a radio show, though.) -- nm - Tim Aug 26, 17:39
- That and the “As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti” line -- nm - Roger More Aug 26, 17:38
- agreed. heard it premiere at #11 on Rick Dees' countdown this afternoon; but I don't like it near as much as the original -- nm - Beaker Aug 26, 17:38 1
  - or even Jeffster's version for that matter -- nm - Beaker Aug 26, 17:39
Well there went my chance to win all 3 HQ games tonight - eag Aug 26, 17:26
Quick Blood Feud notes... - David Aug 26, 17:23 4
- I hope she doesn't have shingles. Be well both of you. -- nm - Bacon Aug 26, 18:47 2
  - Our belief is that she's just had an allergic reaction, but the doctor's treating her for Shingles just in case. -- nm - David Aug 26, 18:50 1
    - I hope you are right, and good on the doc for treating just in case. - Bacon Aug 26, 18:54
- noted, and good thoughts sent -- nm - budice Aug 26, 17:26
US Open (tennis) predictions - Dano Aug 26, 17:19 2
- I think you made up some of those names. -- nm - Tim Aug 26, 17:56
- thank you -- nm - prayformojo Aug 26, 17:52
I would like to see someone go through all Trump's tweets since inauguration - remove all Bitching, Bragging and Blaming - and see what's left. - howie Aug 26, 17:10 3
- Thoughts and prayers :/ -- nm - Meg Aug 26, 17:35
- pretty sure making someone do that is a war crime. -- nm - mafic Aug 26, 17:33 1
  - “Wanted: android with goal to learn about human emotion.” -- nm - Roger More Aug 26, 17:36
LET THE DRAFT BEGIN!!!!!!! -- nm - Will Hunting, Ruler Supreme of Blood Feud Aug 26, 17:04 4
- Tell your wife to pick the guy everyone knows she is picking. I meant to say ask your wife -- nm - Bacon Aug 26, 18:44 3
  - I will once she gets done doing PTA stuff. -- nm - Will Hunting, Ruler Supreme of Blood Feud Aug 26, 18:57 2
    - I believe I saw this quote recently, "Any person involved in PTA activities should be immediately deported to another country"-Saquon Barkley - Bacon Aug 26, 19:05 1
      - Probably not a good time to email her my Coke codes? ;) -- nm - Meg Aug 26, 19:13
Aquaman: Early Screening Reactions Declare the Film Is 'Good (Not Great)' -- (link) - budice Aug 26, 17:03 2
- Meaning it's terrible. -- nm - MDH Aug 26, 17:28 1
  - But we knew that. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 26, 17:29
"I've been not called better things by worse people." -- nm - Reagen Aug 26, 16:55 1
- yeah! ...wait, what? -- nm - hannity Aug 26, 17:11
Mafic, I was told McCain told his family that he didn't want Trump to be there at all. Only the other living Presidents could be invited. -- nm - Bacon Aug 26, 16:55 6
- And that he wanted one (?) of the Bushes and Obama to speak. -- nm - Meg Aug 26, 16:57 3
  - Both W & Obama are going to give eulogies. - Will Hunting, Ruler Supreme of Blood Feud Aug 26, 17:03
  - W and Obama, I believe. -- nm - mafic Aug 26, 16:59 1
    - Yes -- nm - amoxy - 2017 Caveman Champion Aug 26, 17:00
- that's still pretty great. could one deny the president entry if the showed up anyway? -- nm - mafic Aug 26, 16:57 1
  - this is the No Donald's Club. I see Donald Runmsfeld right over there. It's the No Donalds Club. -- nm - Beaker Aug 26, 16:59
The Reds are 1-17 when Homer Bailey starts. .500 when he doesn’t. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 26, 16:51 1
- Yeah, there was an amazing stat last week that the Reds and Cards would both be .500 with the same record if not for Mikolas and Bailey's starts. -- nm - David Aug 26, 17:24

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