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It was only a matter of time until someone made a club remix of Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper's "Shallow" -- (link) - MDH Oct 19, 08:47 [youtube] 8
- ugh. I hate all remix versions of songs. The All of Me one makes me actively angry (the kids laugh cause when the song starts you can't really tell) - Beaker Oct 19, 08:48 7
  - In hip hop the remix tends to be the better song. -- nm - Krusty Oct 19, 08:52 1
    - This. And also with dance/pop artists where they have to tone it down for radio play. -- nm - MDH Oct 19, 08:53
  - All of Me is one of the worst songs this decade. -- nm - MDH Oct 19, 08:51
  - Whereas it was a long time before I knew there was a non-mix version of this song - ty97 Oct 19, 08:51 1
    - You'll get this. - MDH Oct 19, 08:53
  - You first and only cue to change the station should be that All of Me is starting. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 08:50 1
    - blasphemy! -- nm - Beaker Oct 19, 08:50
25 years ago Pearl Jam releases Vs. -- nm - Remlik Oct 19, 08:40 14
- Coincidentally my rap battle film Vs is being released at UK cinemas today. -- nm - LMS Oct 19, 08:46 6
  - What's this? -- nm - Krusty Oct 19, 08:51 2
    - 100% Fresh! -- (link) - LMS Oct 19, 08:54 1
      - Ha! I'll check it out -- nm - Krusty Oct 19, 09:01
  - Did you win? -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 08:50 1
    - there are no winners in life -- nm - LMS Oct 19, 08:54
  - Awesome! -- nm - Flavorize Oct 19, 08:49
- Last night at the hospital, I passed a parked Lexus blasting Vs. Now I know how Don Henley felt when he saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac. -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 08:42
- to be honest, I did not love them when they first hit. - groiny Oct 19, 08:41 5
  - Marble mouth and company are still ....all right. -- nm - ty97 Oct 19, 08:44
  - this does not surprise me -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 08:43 3
    - I was a Nirvana guy long before I liked PJ -- nm - groiny Oct 19, 08:45 2
      - word -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 08:54
      - I was heavy into The Who when I moved to Seattle. PJ was a natural evolution. Nirvana with a punk tradition was a shock to my system. - crash davis Oct 19, 08:53
is the NY Daily News a real newspaper? -- (link) - Beaker Oct 19, 08:39 1
- I mean........uh..........errrr..........sorta? -- nm - ty97 Oct 19, 08:43
According to Max Boot, he was hired as the WSJ's economics editorialist because he'd "never taken a class in the subject and had no interest in it". -- (link) - Roger More Oct 19, 08:39 1
- Well thanks for calling that out *now*. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 08:50
Just to let you know that you folks mean a lot to me, I saw the picky eater polls yesterday and so I got squash soup at Panera last night. -- nm* - crash davis Oct 19, 08:37
According to US Weekly, Rihanna turned down Super Bowl halftime show in support of Kaep. -- (link) - Mop Oct 19, 08:34 4
- dumbass. do it, get paid and then kneel through the entire set. -- nm - Beaker Oct 19, 08:36 1
  - That is what we call a Moral Victory. - Spawn Oct 19, 08:48
- "Welp, we tried to get the non-white person but she declined, guess we gotta go back to white" -- nm - ty97 Oct 19, 08:36 1
  - not just white, but the whitest white boy who ever was white. - Beaker Oct 19, 08:37
ST Poll — What did I leave in the pocket of my winter coat last time I wore it, that I just discovered when I pulled it out of the closet this week? -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Oct 19, 08:34 9
- crash is closest (spoils) - Super Daddy Princess Oct 19, 08:45 1
  - all right! I won (unless you use it to buy a tuna sandwich and an apple) -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 08:51
- a now defunct winning Megamillions ticket you meant to send to zeit -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 08:38
- key to JackDawson's hotel room -- nm - Beaker Oct 19, 08:37 1
  - I was about to post: "Like Dawson would ever go somewhere cold." But I guess he does the movie things. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 08:46
- A $50 tuna sandwich and a half-eaten apple -- nm - ty97 Oct 19, 08:37
- A key to a safe deposit box -- nm - amoxy Oct 19, 08:36
- tuna sandwich -- nm - Beaker Oct 19, 08:36
- $50 and an apple. -- nm - mafic Oct 19, 08:35
I really liked The Rookie. anyone else try it? Likely be my only new show of the year -- nm - Beaker Oct 19, 08:33
Sunday's game between the Saints and Ravens will feature the last active player from the 2001 draft (Drew Brees) and the 2003 draft (Terrell Suggs). -- nm - Beaker Oct 19, 08:28
Happy Birthday Jim! -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 08:21 2
- Thanks, bruh! -- nm - The George Bush-y of Tushy Oct 19, 08:43 1
  - Is the comptroller of Slam Town position still open? -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 08:46
Just watched "The Door" (Season 6 GOT). And it has one of the funniest scenes and one of the saddest scenes on the show. (spoilers) - amoxy Oct 19, 08:17 1
- yup -- nm - Beaker Oct 19, 08:20
This guy has a few difficult lessons to learn about life. -- (link) - Roger More Oct 19, 08:05 13
- He is okay. She is the one who lost out by not eventually switching the only beef diet. -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 08:31 2
  - ^"to the only beef diet" -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 08:31 1
    - *eyebrow waggle* -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 08:33
- There are so many things to unpack from this. Every time I read it I see something new - Reagen Oct 19, 08:23 2
  - "Mostly I keep it simple and tasteful, but I also have a big poster of Dr Peterson in my room" - which is not simple or tasteful? -- nm - Roger More Oct 19, 08:29 1
    - Well, he did say “mostly” and “but”. Is that almost self aware? -- nm - mafic Oct 19, 08:31
- Look, she says “see other people” not “not see” him anymore. There’s still hope! -- nm - mafic Oct 19, 08:18 2
  - ... for a threesome. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 08:19 1
    - I can’t believe she’s going against monogamous relationships! -- nm - mafic Oct 19, 08:28
- is this the guy they went to see? -- (link) - Beaker Oct 19, 08:17 2
  - I just hate him because my biography was going to be titled [undecided]: An Antidote to Chaos. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 08:23
  - Yes. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 08:20
- I'm encouraged that a "you idiot" response like that can still get upvoted in that sub. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 08:13
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- Nazis -- nm - Jovian Oct 19, 08:52
- They're too worried about the "mobs" that "assaulted" them during the Kavanaugh hearings to care. - Inigo Oct 19, 08:04
- Are you suggesting that would cause some sort of cognitive dissonance? Trump supporters don't know the meaning of the term! - Cuzzin Todd Oct 19, 08:03
- It's to the point that they will cheer anything he wants them to cheer and boo anything he wants them to boo - amoxy Oct 19, 08:03 4
  - Sieg heil! -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 08:04 2
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      - Agreed. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 08:11
  - Will no one have the courage to Boo-ray something? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 08:04
- Particularly heinous given what's going on with Kashoggi. Clearly violence against reporters is fine. Also, he's peddling a conspiracy theory that - pmb Oct 19, 08:03
Escape Room - trailer -- (link) - Shaun Oct 19, 07:58 [youtube] 8
- In -- nm - Volnelk Oct 19, 08:34 2
  - Weird. On IMDB, there were two 'Escape Room' films in 2017 and now this one in 2019. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 19, 08:37 1
    - We don't talk about those, Volnelk. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 08:44
- Well, I had heard we were going to find out Karen's history. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 08:26
- Saw meets The Game -- nm - Mop Oct 19, 08:25 2
  - It appears there was a cabin in the woods. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 08:27 1
    - With a considerable amount of "Cube". -- nm - Mop Oct 19, 08:29
- You only wish it was a lighthearted Jason Bateman comedy. -- nm - Mop Oct 19, 08:22
zeitgeist, I thought I sent it yesterday but apparently it didn't go through, so I just re-sent. Looks like it went through this time. - pmb Oct 19, 07:56
Trader Joe's salads come with those extra-special ingredients -- (link) - decline Oct 19, 07:51
Not having shipped anything recently, I have found I've been spoiled by Amazon. - JaxSean Oct 19, 07:51 5
- flip side: I sold three pairs of shoes on ebay this week, and was stunned at how little it cost to ship them. -- nm - Mandy 95% Oct 19, 07:52 3
  - How are you shipping? - JaxSean Oct 19, 08:06 2
    - USPS. one pair to PGH for $7.90. on pair to missouri for $12. these were hiking shoes, so not super ligt. - Mandy 95% Oct 19, 08:09 1
      - Yeah, back when I sold a lot I found small items were USPS but for larger items, it was better to use UPS. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 08:13
- Buy your own drone, then! -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 07:52
Julian Assange is to launch legal action against the government of Ecuador, accusing it of violating his "fundamental rights and freedoms". -- (link) - LMS Oct 19, 07:46 5
- this is the wackiest sitcom idea ever. -- nm - Beaker Oct 19, 08:33
- "There's the door." -- nm - Mop Oct 19, 08:29
- He can walk out the front door at any time, no? -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Oct 19, 07:46 2
  - In the words of one of my senior year high school teachers, "If you don't like it, leave." -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 07:51 1
    - yup. -- nm - Beaker Oct 19, 08:03
Happy Birthday Jim :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 07:42 4
- Hope you have a great day! -- nm - amoxy Oct 19, 08:20
- Thanks man! -- nm - The George Bush-y of Tushy Oct 19, 07:52 2
  - cheers! -- nm - mud Oct 19, 08:21
  - ... -- nm - CNBirthday Turtle Oct 19, 07:53
even Brian Mulroney (former Conservative PM of Canada) is on the cannabis train...while their current leader says he might make it illegal again -- (link) - Beaker Oct 19, 07:42 1
- Even a guy I work with, who is very anti-Justin, was pissed at the PC party's new angle to make pot illegal again. -- nm - Shaun Oct 19, 07:43
Because I'm exceptionally nerdy, a look at 1993 vs 2005 vs 2018 -- (edited) - Reagen Oct 19, 07:18 5
- In 2005, the Yankees had a gap of $84mil from them to #2. - Will Hunting Oct 19, 08:10
- From 2005 to 2018, the top seems to only have gone up about 10% but the low has gone up about 50%. -- nm - Mop Oct 19, 07:26
- An exceptional nerd would've included data from every year not just 3. - Cuzzin Todd Oct 19, 07:24 2
  - hrmmmmmm, pie .. -- nm - mud Oct 19, 07:40
  - I'm on mobile. Ain't nobody got time for that. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 07:25
Shaun: the website $5 Fridays sucked: but the store was AWESOME! Black Series Luke Skywalker (reg $50) and the 40th Anniversary Darth Vader set ($50) - Beaker Oct 19, 07:15 9
- Nice! I have been watching them at Walmart on clearance. Cheap there but not cheap enough. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 07:31
- I do not know what this means. -- nm - Shaun Oct 19, 07:17 3
  - good deal on Star Wars stuff :) This is the Vader one - $5.... -- (link*) - Beaker Oct 19, 07:21 2
    - Ah. Slick. -- nm - Shaun Oct 19, 07:36
    - $55 in Canada (3rd party)...fvcking $18 in the US. fvcking amazon.ca sucks -- nm - Beaker Oct 19, 07:25
- Also: discovered that Michael's coupons work on Funkos. Regular $17 there but website has a 55% off coupon, so got Westley for $8.80 - Beaker Oct 19, 07:16 3
  - Wait, Michael's sells Funkos? Weird. -- nm - Shaun Oct 19, 07:37 2
    - yeah, the wife and kids were in one day and I just wandered round and came across them. A different selection than the usual places...but $17 - Beaker Oct 19, 07:40 1
      - Good to know. -- nm - Shaun Oct 19, 07:42
Happy Daredevil S3 day! -- nm - decline Oct 19, 07:04 5
- what are you doing to celebrate? -- (edited) - prayformojo Oct 19, 07:10
- So torn. We aren't through The Haunting of Hill House yet! DD is a solo watch for me anyway. But I have Destiny 2 grinding to do!!! -- nm - Shaun Oct 19, 07:10 3
  - Up to 68 fragmented souls! - Spawn Oct 19, 07:33 2
    - I'm not in a huge rush. With the weekly giving 40 and there being 3 weeks, it's just a matter of time before I have 120. - Shaun Oct 19, 07:38 1
      - Sitting at 29 right now and 9/15 for the weekly bounty. -- nm - Shaun Oct 19, 07:45
The Yanks were #1 in salary in 1996, by $4 million over the O's, but second to the Orioles in 1998. Things at that time were much closer between - Krusty Oct 19, 07:01 25
- Poor Montreal. -- nm - Mop Oct 19, 07:23
- A good graphic of spread by year that I can’t ssem to link to on my phone. -- (pic) - mafic Oct 19, 07:07 [Attachment] 3
  - That little gap on the left makes me so sad - Guigue Oct 19, 07:58
  - That's a cool graph. Looks like only one occurrence of the champ being in the bottom half for salaries (2003 Marlins). -- nm - Blake Baron-tles Oct 19, 07:19 1
    - the margin for error is so small when you do not have the resources to fix problems. -- nm - groiny Oct 19, 07:58
- Sure, they started out rebuilding, but then had a string of 14 or 15 years of being the number 1 payroll in all of baseball. -- nm - Inigo Oct 19, 07:04 15
  - Here's 1998 to 2018 in MLB payroll. Notice what team is at the top or #2 almost every year... -- (link) - Inigo Oct 19, 07:14 14
    - I know we were #1 for like 15 years. My post was about the posts from Dawson and Beaker on b2 where they were discussing salaries. - Krusty Oct 19, 07:20 13
      - oh I don't give a shit, was just poking the bear :) -- nm - Beaker Oct 19, 07:25 3
        
        :-) -- nm - Krusty Oct 19, 07:38
        
        were you using your official st poke the bear stick? -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 19, 07:34 1
        
        non-union Mexican equivalent -- nm - Beaker Oct 19, 07:35
      - Ah, I get it. Thank you. -- (edited) - Inigo Oct 19, 07:24 2
        
        Despite my team's ability to outspend most of the league I'd be in favor of a cap. I want the Yankees to win but I also want the league - Krusty Oct 19, 07:34 1
        
        Yup, very true. The Pats have proved you can be dominant on a level playing field. It's just harder to do, but not impossible. - Inigo Oct 19, 07:46
      - Someone has to be the top and good players cost money. I don't think anyone has an issue with that - Reagen Oct 19, 07:22 5
        
        I agree. There needs to be a cap of some kind as well as a minimum. -- nm - Krusty Oct 19, 07:39 4
        
        MLB isn't even the worst any more for balance. The NBA is going to play 1230 games and four teams matter. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 07:45 3
        
        Sure but I care about baseball more. ;-) The NBA thinks it's doing well but I love the game and don't care to watch most nights. - Krusty Oct 19, 08:49
        
        4? Golden State, Houston, Boston ... and - Will Hunting Oct 19, 08:12 1
        
        Toronto. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 08:14
- also amusing about this chart, is that Stanton makes more in a season than 7 of those teams payroll -- nm - groiny Oct 19, 07:04
- still more than double the payroll of 1/3 of the league. -- nm - groiny Oct 19, 07:02 1
  - Here's today and I guess things aren't all that much different besides some of the teams at the top. - Krusty Oct 19, 07:07
- They Yankees are number 1 in evil. -- nm - Bacon Oct 19, 07:02
Some more info on my company's merger being stalled by China. - Inigo Oct 19, 06:59 6
- I asked on the last board but it was buried. Why does China have a say in American companies merging? - Krusty Oct 19, 07:03 5
  - It depends on a couple of things - market dominance, and political flexing. - Roger More Oct 19, 07:27
  - generally anti-trust regulations, sometimes national security, sometimes just assets in the country in question. -- nm - mafic Oct 19, 07:12 1
    - Okay, that makes sense. Thanks for the help understanding this a bit, fellas. -- nm - Krusty Oct 19, 07:15
  - I think European countries get a say, too. Basically, I think it boils down to if a company wants to do business in that country... - Inigo Oct 19, 07:08 1
    - Thanks! -- nm - Krusty Oct 19, 07:09
Thanks for the puck Marchand. Oh and fuck you, see ya. *feeds Leon for the win* -- nm - C. McDavid Oct 19, 06:58
Caught up on Good Place this morning. Thanks, Yahoo View! -- nm - Blake Baron-tles Oct 19, 06:57
A picture of the winning ticket that I am sharing with the ST Mega Millions group. I share, because I care. -- (link) - Bacon Oct 19, 06:51 1
- Hopefully the evil of FB cancels out your Bad Luck Power. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 07:54
I just ... can't. - Will Hunting Oct 19, 06:50

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