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71 Savage out on bond, the world is a better place -- nm - budice Feb 12, 11:57
Re B whatever: I missed the post about Danny Boyle's Yesterday movie -- (link) - JD Feb 12, 11:52 [Backboard]
Peanut Butter and jelly(blackberry), ruffles Queso chips and an iced tea -- nm - Amoxy Feb 12, 11:45
Use this site to see what the temperature in your city will be in 60 years...assuming the world is still around... -- (link) - Beaker Feb 12, 11:44 10
- I liked growing up in New Jersey but my advice to Andie is to get out of Toronto before it turns into Secaucus. -- nm - Max Feb 12, 11:55
- "I'm boiling a roast. How hot and wet do you like it?" "Very hot, and awfully wet." -- nm - Max Feb 12, 11:51
- (st johns and not Halifax? boo-urns) -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 11:50 2
  - Saint John. Get it right. GOSH. -- nm - Shaun Feb 12, 11:57
  - They couldn't fit it on the map -- nm - Roger More Feb 12, 11:57
- "Edmonton will feel like Minnesota" ... I'm confused. -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 11:47 2
  - "More zubazzy!" -- nm - JaxSean Feb 12, 11:50
  - I don't think this is helping the way they intended. -- nm - ty97 Feb 12, 11:49
- Not a great link to share on a day when it's 27 and sneeting. -- nm - ty97 Feb 12, 11:46 1
  - (and if you are not in Canada) -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 11:48
LA Times: "The official fast food French fry power rankings" Hot take: Popeyes is way too low, In and Out is correct, McDonalds too high. -- (link) - MDH Feb 12, 11:43 15
- Wendy's fries have the worst half-life. -- nm - Shaun Feb 12, 11:54 1
  - Their thorium seasoning is really the worst. -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 12:00
- McDonald's is barely cooked. -- nm - Max Feb 12, 11:49 4
  - If so, take them back. 1 hour ago I was eating some. Crispy deliciousness. -- nm* - Spawn Feb 12, 11:52 2
    - right? the fries are the best thing on the McDs menu -- nm - The Commander Feb 12, 11:52 1
      - Yup. Right now you can get them with cheese and bacon which at first I was going to do. But then was like, "Why mess with perfection?" -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 12:01
  - Maybe I just don't get it, but I for the life of me do not understand the love for their fries. -- nm - MDH Feb 12, 11:50
- Popeyes should be *lower* and McDonald's should be *higher*. Plus, Taco Bell needs to be on there. -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 11:45 7
  - This is zero surprise coming from you. -- nm - MDH Feb 12, 11:49 6
    - Popeye's is quite easily my least favorite restaurant chain. -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 11:51 5
      - Sigh. -- nm - MDH Feb 12, 12:01
      - Haven't been there in forever, but remember liking their chicken. I'm saddened by how drastically Wendy's has fallen though. - ty97 Feb 12, 11:53 1
        
        A couple years ago they switched due to trans fats or some such crap and have never been the same. -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 11:55
      - ok - here you lost me. I'm with you on McDs. But I do, in fact, love that chicken from Popeyes. -- nm - The Commander Feb 12, 11:53 1
        
        Spicey crap, when they are not out of it. -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 11:54
Ohio teen gets vaccinated for first time against parents wishes -- (link*) - Beaker Feb 12, 11:41 1
- Rebel! -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 11:45
CNN: *Graphics spam* Independent Howard Schultz Town Hall tonight. -- nm - budice Feb 12, 11:33 3
- Stop. Giving. Him. Airtime. -- nm - The Commander Feb 12, 11:42 2
  - I feel like this might end up being pretty brutal for him. -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 11:45 1
    - *nods* -- nm - Cheerio's Feb 12, 11:46
Manitoba football, basketball groups drop 'midget' from local sport lexicon -- (link*) - Beaker Feb 12, 11:29 3
- Good. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Feb 12, 11:38
- None of the other levels refer to a group of people that actually exist so this feels like an easy change - Reagen Feb 12, 11:37
- Replaced with the level "Imp". -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 12, 11:33
znu signal, explain this - ty97 Feb 12, 11:28 3
- Switching issues north of Queens Plaza preventing F train from accessing 63rd St tunnel from the express track. -- (edited) - Super Daddy Princess Feb 12, 11:33 2
  - ahh, okay, I guess that makes sense -- nm - ty97 Feb 12, 11:37 1
    - I can find a track map of the interlocking for you if you want. -- nm* - Super Daddy Princess Feb 12, 11:47
David can't even troll well. -- nm - ty97 Feb 12, 11:19 1
- SAD! -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 11:20
Rocket League - Friends List trailer. -- (link) - Shaun Feb 12, 11:18 [youtube]
Kiss play their smallest venue in 20 years..they played the Whiskey.... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 12, 10:40 7
- I was at a concert there once. Joined the band afterwards for an afterparty - they rigged a stage set in a basement, played more songs. - Facto Feb 12, 10:53 1
  - So what are Hanson like in person? -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 12, 10:56
- those guys are still alive ? -- nm - decline Feb 12, 10:45 1
  - KISS Alive V! -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 12, 10:47
- The venue is so intimate that 5 people got pregnant by Gene Simmons. -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 12, 10:41 2
  - It's so small, you'll get chlamydia just from breathing the air! -- nm - Mop Feb 12, 10:53 1
    - It's so small, you can play handball with the roaches against the stage. -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 12, 11:08
Senate Committee controlled by republicans Find NO collusion no conspiracy btw Campaign and Russians (MSNBC breaking news) -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 12, 10:37 1
- I'm not sure that's accurate per the NBC News report. They said they did not find any direct evidence of collusion. There is no smoking gun. - pmb Feb 12, 11:28
El Paso Fire Dept says Trumps rally had 6500 people due to building limitation, They estimate Beto had 10-15,000 people... - Remlik Feb 12, 10:35 6
- There was overflow outside the Trump event, but even with that, it's estimated at 12K total from what I read. -- nm - ty97 Feb 12, 11:17
- He always includes the protestors in his estimates (well, they wouldn't be there if it wasn't for him, therefore they are there for him) -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 12, 10:38 1
  - That IS true... -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 12, 11:22
- CNN - Prez says shutdown deal doesnt have enough wall -- nm - budice Feb 12, 10:36
- B3! -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 12, 10:35 1
  - Remlik oft times repeats me. -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 11:19
Text I just received: “this is [N’s classmate]’s mom. I was wondering if it was too late for her to come to N’s party. If so, no hard feelings.” - kelly Feb 12, 10:28 10
- Sure, I just need to find 1.21 Gigawatts first. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 12, 11:09
- just have another party! -- nm - decline Feb 12, 10:36
- N is a p!ayer. -- nm - budice Feb 12, 10:35
- "Hey N ... want to have a fake birthday party?" -- nm - Beryllium Feb 12, 10:34
- Ugh. You're gonna have to offer a playdate now. -- nm - Mop Feb 12, 10:31
- I have found parents are particularly bad at RSVP's for kids parties. -- nm - groiny Feb 12, 10:30 2
  - We only had 3 kids from his class attend. Most of the attendees were neighborhood kids. -- nm - kelly Feb 12, 10:58
  - Ayup. Especially today where everything gets thrown on an electronic calendar. All it takes is a bad click and you have the wrong Saturday marked. -- nm - The Commander Feb 12, 10:52
- She is preempting 2020. (NM) - Marlowe Feb 12, 10:28
- That should be your exact reply. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 12, 10:28
~what's going on♪~ -- (link) - marvin Gaye Feb 12, 10:20
The decision for Aladdin could have been to look at test footage and say "oh no, we won't make that". -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 10:16 22
- The genie doesn't look great, but everything else in the trailer looks worse. Like, SW prequels 100% green screen worse. -- nm - Ender Feb 12, 12:01
- I remember when they adjusted Banes voice in DKR cause nobody could understand him in a trailer -- nm - eag Feb 12, 10:21 1
  - and they still goofed it up -- nm - groiny Feb 12, 10:37
- The genie can literally take any form he wants. He doesn't necessarily need to be blue. At all. -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 12, 10:17 18
  - I always thought of blue as his "natural" state. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 12, 10:22 16
    - Blue is his natural state, for the purpose of the 1992 film. But one does not have to keep EVERYTHING when moving from animation to live-action - Mr. Havens Feb 12, 10:34 1
      - What the movie viewers want, are more blue penises. -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 11:35
    - Also, if he wasn't blue, everyone would've lost their minds with a "WHY THE F**K ISN'T HE BLUE!?!!? Stop changing things just to change things!!!" - Shaun Feb 12, 10:25 13
      - This. "Why aren't you using the original genie? Why did you create a different one?" -- nm - Strongbad Feb 12, 12:10
      - or "hey, this looked good in animation, but in live action looks dumb" -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 10:44 5
        
        What would you prefer? Yellow spandex? -- nm - Shaun Feb 12, 10:45 4
        
        "we shouldn't make this movie, it's a bad idea" -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 11:05 3
        
        Sounds like David about Guardians of the Galaxy. -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 11:22
        
        (for instance, this decision was made with the Nic Cage Superman) -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 11:08 1
        
        And look what it cost us! A Nicolas Cage Superman movie! -- nm - Roger More Feb 12, 11:19
      - What if they just borrowed Neytiri from Avatar to be the genie? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 12, 10:33 3
        
        The genie is now a female?!!?!?! WTF DISNEY STOP RAPING MY CHILDHOOD!!! -- nm - Idiot internet people Feb 12, 10:44 2
        
        Uh, I'm old enough that in my childhood, genie (well Jeannie) was female -- nm - JD Feb 12, 10:46 1
        
        And she ain't blue! -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 11:39
      - So...blue face is OK??? -- nm - Virginia Govenor Feb 12, 10:28 1
        
        No, it's smurfist. -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 12, 10:44
  - "Have you tried, not being blue?" -- nm - groiny Feb 12, 10:19
Shaun, sorry to hear about your loss -- nm - Amoxy Feb 12, 10:14 5
- Very sorry for your loss. -- nm - Diva Feb 12, 10:51
- Ugh. So sorry. -- nm - Inigo Feb 12, 10:38
- Yes, this. -- nm - kelly Feb 12, 10:29
- Oh, jeez. My sentiments. (NM) - Marlowe Feb 12, 10:27
- Just saw the post on B2. My condolences, Shaun -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 12, 10:15
So, you may remember that an obscure one-hit wonder Australian pop diva had a cover of The Locomotion...but do you know... - David Feb 12, 10:13 12
- And it’s the best version, -- nm - Tim Feb 12, 11:34
- For a minute I thought you were talking about Funkytown that was redone by Pseudo Echo. - JaxSean Feb 12, 10:54 2
  - now, see, I've heard of these people. -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 10:56 1
    - just how man times have you watched Revenge of the Nerds 2? -- nm - Remlik Feb 12, 11:41
- Which Gilmore Girls guest star also covered the song? -- nm - Remlik Feb 12, 10:37 2
  - Victoria Justice? -- nm - David Feb 12, 10:41 1
    - Carole King! -- nm - Remlik Feb 12, 11:22
- I actually do know this... - Mr. Havens Feb 12, 10:15
- Grand Funk Railroad -- nm - Amoxy Feb 12, 10:14 3
  - For more information about Grand Funk, consult your local library -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 10:15 2
    - Dammit, getting to post this was all I wanted out of this thread! -- nm - David Feb 12, 10:18 1
      - They don't know the wild, shirtless lyrics of Mark Farner? And the bong-rattling bass of Mel Schacher? And the competent drum work of Don Brewer? -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 12, 10:36
Gamer folks: If you're in the market for a Battle Royale game using characters with actual abilities, I'd suggest giving Apex Legends a shot. - Shaun Feb 12, 10:13 6
- my son loaded something called Realm Royale - groiny Feb 12, 10:31 1
  - I saw that one. Cartoony looking but with like medievel type weapons and stuff iirc. -- nm - Shaun Feb 12, 11:03
- Are you doing Anthem? - Marlowe Feb 12, 10:28 3
  - I'm hard passing on Anthem. EA effect. -- nm - Shaun Feb 12, 10:41
  - he is a PS4 snob -- nm - groiny Feb 12, 10:31 1
    - Indeed. -- nm - Shaun Feb 12, 10:41
Some asshat ripped the rear view mirror off my car sometime between 3am and 9am this morning - Mr. Havens Feb 12, 10:13 3
- Side mirror? Do you think it was a car or a douchebag? -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 10:24 2
  - It was a douchebag. There rest of the mirror casing in there, untouched, and there was no broken mirror anywhere around the car -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 12, 10:35 1
    - a *vampire* douchebag -- nm - Beryllium Feb 12, 10:38
Heh. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 12, 09:54
ty. -- (edited) - i.b! Feb 12, 09:53
~hey dude~ -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 09:52 2
- dude-y dude-y dude-y ... -- nm - mud Feb 12, 09:54 1
  - you're a dude man -- nm - rollo Feb 12, 10:04
"Mexican scientist cures HPV" -- nm - Beryllium Feb 12, 09:51
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- I've watched Sicario three times the last year - one of my two top favorite Emily Blunt vehicles.. -- nm - Facto Feb 12, 10:11
- step 3 PROFIT -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 12, 09:54
- have you watched Narcos on netflix? -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 09:53 1
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Antonio Brown says goodbye to Pittsburgh. -- (link) - Volnelk Feb 12, 09:48 3
- Is it because we made fun of his singing? -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 12, 10:19
- Doesn't he actually need to be traded first ? -- nm - decline Feb 12, 09:55 1
  - Details....... -- nm - Volnelk Feb 12, 10:01
Because of course one of the organizers of a large anti-vax group on Facebook is shilling their own supplement business. -- (link) - Super Daddy Princess Feb 12, 09:46 1
- TAKE MY MONEY! -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 09:55
It's not a lie if you believe it -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 09:44
El Chapo guilty -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 12, 09:39 4
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- Narcos Mexico season 8 just wrote itself! -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 09:40
- I'm shocked! -- nm - decline Feb 12, 09:39
- Water...Wet -- nm - groiny Feb 12, 09:39

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