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So yeah, in the past 24 hrs it was reported the WH discussed 'dumping' migrants into sanctuary cities to hurt Dem's or building concentration camps - decline Apr 12, 07:39
So, I guess I should finish filing and pay my taxes this weekend, huh? - Super Daddy Princess Apr 12, 07:17 3
- Actually still waiting on my extension info from my accountant. I guess I should hear from him today. -- nm - pmb Apr 12, 07:55
- lol. Extension was filed a while ago. -- nm - Spawn Snow Apr 12, 07:46
- Nah, just declare yourself a sovereign nation. -- nm - Baron Mormont Apr 12, 07:22
Uugh, Citicards website is 404 this morning. They've been a mess lately. Show me my credit cards, dammit!! -- nm - Meg Apr 12, 07:09
Free PlayStation GoT avatars. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 12, 07:06
Not that it'll matter at all, but J-Lo is pimping the LG G8 ThinQ. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 12, 06:59 2
- fwiw i have LG V30 ThinQ with Custom Oreo Android verison applied. Doin just fine -- nm* - budice Apr 12, 07:41 1
  - I've got the V40 Thinq and am very happy with it. -- nm - pmb Apr 12, 07:45
They've named the Black Hole they got a picture of... -- (link) - Beakor Clegane Apr 12, 06:58
~Hey look ma, I made it Everything's comin' up aces, aces~ - Lady Pippy of the Stormlands Apr 12, 06:37 1
- Slowly, slowly, it's too nice a job to rush! -- nm - Baron Mormont Apr 12, 06:39
Jay Cutler news thanks to the wife -- (link) - budice Apr 12, 06:27 12
- Bears fans find that hard to believe. -- nm - pmb Apr 12, 07:46 2
  - Remember those black hole pictures... -- nm - Spawn Snow Apr 12, 08:03
  - hahahaha -- nm - Walder Freyformojo Apr 12, 07:52
- Things that happen when you have a baby but are never discussed, #973 - Mop Apr 12, 07:38
- I hope she is never constipated..... -- nm - groiny Apr 12, 07:34 1
  - heh -- nm - Beakor Clegane Apr 12, 07:46
- I'm not going to comment and she shouldn't have either - Lady Pippy of the Stormlands Apr 12, 06:41 1
  - I'm reading that tweet like "damn I really need an anatomy class." -- nm - MDH Apr 12, 06:42
- TMI -- nm - mud mud Apr 12, 06:31
- This gif response is perfect -- (link) - MDH Apr 12, 06:31
- I don't watch their show, but I love reading The Ringer's recaps of it. - Beakor Clegane Apr 12, 06:30 1
  - It’s great. He’s great. Breakout character of the year. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 12, 07:35
WW Box Office Update: Captain Marvel crushed $1B, Shazam starts strong for budget, Dumbo is a flop, etc. - MDH Apr 12, 06:25 5
- I didn't realize that HTTYD had three different studios for all three movies. I think it shows that people had to fight to get the sequels made. -- nm - Inigo Apr 12, 07:52
- Thanks, I enjoy reading this. -- nm - Beakor Clegane Apr 12, 06:27 3
  - this -- nm - decline Apr 12, 07:42
  - +1 -- nm - Mop Apr 12, 07:40
  - You're welcome! :-) Not sure anyone did, but it's easy to do, so I keep at it. Summer should be crazy! -- nm - MDH Apr 12, 06:33
Not only is Disney+ $6.99 a month but you can get it annually for $69.99 ($5.83)...Netflix better bet concerned... -- nm - Beakor Clegane Apr 12, 06:24 33
- I'm not too sure about that. Netflix produced 700 original shows in 2018, including many foreign shows, and has 139M world wide subscribers - decline Apr 12, 06:40 25
  - Maybe 5 of Netflix’s shows are wide hits is my guess. - Will Hunting Apr 12, 06:50 11
    - *shrug* Netflix doesn't release viewer statistics so there is zero chance of determining what is a wide hit -- (edited) - decline Apr 12, 06:57 2
      - base it on products on the shelves or discussion at water coolers. Stranger Things is obviously huge just because of all the merchandise out there - Beakor Clegane Apr 12, 07:00 1
        
        (and I love Netflix don't get me wrong) -- nm - Beakor Clegane Apr 12, 07:04
    - The term "Netflix and chill" exists for a reason. Netflix is there, with adult content, no teens/millennials/Gen Xers are switching without kids. -- nm - MDH Apr 12, 06:53 6
      - 7 bucks a month for a service comprising of many major movies is always a threat to more expensive platforms. - Will Hunting Apr 12, 07:21 4
        
        Eh - I'm sure Disney will get plenty of subscribers, but I can't imagine this will put much of a dent in Netflix's current count. nm - John Murphy Apr 12, 07:23 3
        
        I think Netflix is approaching a point where the talk does, “I can pay 7bucks and get all that or 15-20 and get a lot more that I’m not interested in. - Will Hunting Apr 12, 07:30
        
        true, some of the other (smaller/less content) streamers though could pay the price. -- nm - Beakor Clegane Apr 12, 07:25 1
        
        THIS I can see. But I don't see this hurting Netflix much at all. Especially since they're continually releasing their own content. -- nm - John Murphy Apr 12, 07:30
      - It's because there wasn't a viable alternative. I get that you don't have kids and dislike most Marvels movies, but... - Shaun Apr 12, 06:55
    - and they just lost all their Marvel shows which was a big draw. -- nm - Beakor Clegane Apr 12, 06:52
  - yeah but how many of their shows are Marvel, Pixar or Star Wars? Maybe Stranger Things...and that's it... -- nm - Beakor Clegane Apr 12, 06:48
  - Second sentence of your IM is what got me. Maybe I'm dead wrong, but unless you have kids, the appeal for adults seems very limited. -- nm - MDH Apr 12, 06:42 11
    - They own like 3 of the 4 biggest mass culture aspects going - Will Hunting Apr 12, 06:49 6
      - But what about people who have all the Marvel and Star Wars shit on DVD/Vudu. I have no desire to pay for Star Wars and Marvel again. nm - John Murphy Apr 12, 07:39 3
        
        I don’t think it’s a slam dunk but if anything is, this is close. - Will Hunting Apr 12, 07:47
        
        but all the new stuff. Like I mentioned going forward I can buy Capt Marvel and IW2 blu rays for $50 or get almost a year of Disney+ - Beakor Clegane Apr 12, 07:46 1
        
        um, but it's 60 bucks *per year* where as the 50 is a onetime charge - Also that's 60 bucks a year to rent those movies -- nm - decline Apr 12, 07:54
      - I'm fine being wrong, but I think people are way overestimating the value of those on a streaming platform. -- nm - MDH Apr 12, 06:54
      - ABC and FOX too. -- nm - Shaun Apr 12, 06:53
    - yup, I have zero interest in getting this -- nm - decline Apr 12, 06:43 3
      - I'm in my early 30s and have zero interest too. In discussing with friends/colleagues except for a few with kids it got the same response. -- nm - MDH Apr 12, 06:45 2
        
        Also, having the name Disney immediately stigmatizes to making it seem like "non-edgy" content. -- nm - MDH Apr 12, 06:46 1
        
        Obviously you didn’t see the episode of Suite Life of Zack and Cody when they cross dressed. -- nm - Qale Apr 12, 07:27
- What's the over/under on the number of people who sign up does ST think? 50 Million in the US? 250 million worldwide? -- nm - Beakor Clegane Apr 12, 06:35 6
  - I think your numbers are way high -- nm - decline Apr 12, 06:41 1
    - - Disney is projecting 60 million to 90 million by 2024 -- (edited) - decline Apr 12, 06:42
  - all I can find of Netflix is 139 Million worldwide (60.55 in the US) and that might not be accurate or recent... -- nm* - Beakor Clegane Apr 12, 06:37 3
    - I'll be really curious, I think it's going to be a tough sell. People already have streaming services, and unless they want one specifically for kids. -- nm - MDH Apr 12, 06:41 2
      - every nerd in existence will get it. Star Wars, Marvel AND Simpsons, plus lord knows what else to come? I wasn't going to get it but for $6 a month - Beakor Clegane Apr 12, 06:54 1
        
        shit I buy the blu rays for most Marvel movies for $25 OR now I can get like 5 months of this service...it is a no-brainer -- nm* - Beakor Clegane Apr 12, 06:56
I may have underestimated my consumption rate for my Goodreads annual goal. Already at 80%. #HumbleBrag -- nm - Baron Mormont Apr 12, 06:17 1
- nice. I'm seriously behind compared to the past 2 years -- nm - decline Apr 12, 06:24
I saw Pete Doherty outside my office today, apparently he's still alive. -- nm - LMS UCO in OCG Apr 12, 05:24 3
- Also: Beverly Cleary, still alive at 103 -- (link) - budice Apr 12, 06:16 1
  - wow! -- nm - Andie Apr 12, 06:17
- I'm shocked. truly. - Lady Pippy of the Stormlands Apr 12, 05:35
The definitive Game of Thrones episode ranking -- (link) - Beakor Clegane Apr 12, 05:09
Game of Thrones meme finals -- (link) - Beakor Clegane Apr 12, 05:03 8
- are all the memes somewhere so I can see them? - Lady Pippy of the Stormlands Apr 12, 05:39 2
  - Here you go. -- (edited) - Volnelk, First of his name Apr 12, 05:42 1
    - thanks! -- nm - Lady Pippy of the Stormlands Apr 12, 06:06
- They didn’t even have a Jorah Friendzone meme in the bracket. -- nm - Roger More Apr 12, 05:22 4
  - The nerve! We Mormonts are a proud line who demand memification. -- nm - Baron Mormont Apr 12, 06:28
  - Also from our discussion yesterday - Roger More Apr 12, 05:26 2
    - Yes and no - Reagen Apr 12, 06:16
    - on that I will agree for certain. -- nm - Beakor Clegane Apr 12, 05:28
Hellboy 12% (12/86), Little 52% (34/31), Missing Link 88% (66/9), The Man Who Killed Don Quixota 61% (38/24) -- nm - Beakor Clegane Apr 12, 04:53
So with the $6.99US price point for Disney+, we should expect $7.99CDN eventually I'd think, $8.99 max? - Shaun rhymes with Bronn Apr 12, 04:44 11
- Netflix is getting to be too pricey but they do have some good shows that they created. No one place has enough for me to say one can replace another. - Krusty Apr 12, 05:38 9
  - Netflix is $17 per month for us, because I want the 4K content they have. Apparently Disney+ has 4K baked into the already low price. - Shaun Apr 12, 06:57 2
    - Don't you own those movies already? For me it's about varied content. -- nm - Krusty Apr 12, 07:07 1
      - In 4K? God no. That's some expensive content. -- nm - Shaun Apr 12, 07:10
  - And both together is still vastly less than cable. -- nm - Qale Apr 12, 06:18 1
    - Yup and it's why I'm keeping cable for now. -- nm - Krusty Apr 12, 06:21
  - Seriously, how far away are we from 'We combined all the streaming services into one, easy to use format. We call it cable. One price. One remote.'? -- nm - Volnelk, First of his name Apr 12, 05:40 3
    - I still miss my DVD rental service. It had pretty much every DVD ever released in the UK. It got bought out by Amazon and then closed a year later. - LMS UCO in OCG Apr 12, 06:24
    - Heh. :-) It's annoying that there are so many streaming sites now and they're not saving us any money. -- (edited) - Krusty Apr 12, 05:55
    - I am agreeing on this so hard - Volnelk you don't even know - Lady Pippy of the Stormlands Apr 12, 05:42
- I'd keep Netflix but for that price I'd get Disney for sure. -- (edited) - Beakor Clegane Apr 12, 04:50
TV PSA: NHL, Blindspot, Gold Rush, Fresh off the Boat, MacGyver, Live PD, Speechless, Hawaii 5-O, Blacklist, Proven Innocent, Blue Bloods, Bill Maher, -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 04:02 3
- UK gets Gogglebox, Deutschland 86, Graham Norton (Avengers v GOT), other stuff -- nm - LMS UCO in OCG Apr 12, 04:22
- Special (Netflix), The Perfect Date (Netflix), other stuff -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 04:03 1
  - Based on the memoir by co-producer, writer, and star Ryan O’Connell, Special tells the story of a gay man with cerebral palsy. -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 04:03
Chinese scientists defend implanting human gene into monkeys' brains -- (link) - Harry Tuttle Apr 12, 02:38 2
- "the gene was dissident and sent for reeducation." -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 04:19
- I think I saw that MST3K episode. -- nm - Qale Apr 12, 03:46
Sweden could reopen the rape case against Assange as the 10 year limitations has time left. -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 12, 00:42
Trying to untangle some code in my head and it is not going well. :( -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 00:40
RiteAid to start selling CBD oils, Walgreens and CVS to follow -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 11, 23:25
Wow. IMAX Hellboy for tomorrow night has 24 tickets sold. - Spawn Apr 11, 22:00 1
- That is a lot. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 22:01
PELOSI: BARR IS SO FAR UP TRUMP’S ASS I CAN’T TELL WHERE HE ENDS AND TRUMP BEGINS -- (link) - TWuG Apr 11, 21:17 1
- You go girl -- nm - con_carne Apr 12, 00:17
My obligatory annual “HOLY SHIT! That Jeopardy quiz!!!” Post - Mop Apr 11, 20:38 3
- I mean that's the gig. Sure, you know things. can you answer them non stop in random categories for 15 minutes straight? -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 04:29
- Think I was 43/50. -- nm - mafic Apr 11, 22:24 1
  - I should have done last night's. 41. -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 03:26
How game if thrones really ends -- (link) - Amoxy Apr 11, 20:23 1
- With a - . Apr 11, 22:39
If I could drop $20K on this boat, I would. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 11, 19:59 3
- deleted by the author -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 11, 23:28
- you can do a lot better. -- nm - PegleggedRaven Apr 11, 20:17 1
  - Well, yes, but it's the outline of it that I like. A bit goofy and fun. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 20:19
that was a grreeeaaaattt Star Trek Discovery -- nm - Remlik Apr 11, 19:50 2
- I finally just got CBS all access. I will be starting this series quite soon. -- nm - Jovian Apr 11, 20:19 1
  - No you won’t. -- nm - Disney+ Apr 11, 20:40
Guys, do you know how freaking amazing it is that SpaceX recovered THREE boosters and can reuse them multiple times? I'm still geeking out over this. - TWuG Apr 11, 19:50 5
- At what point do the boosters themselves basically become orbital tugs? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 20:01
- Mars Or Bust. -- nm - mud mud Apr 11, 19:53
- The future is near. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 19:51 2
  - It's amazing that Beresheet came within 150 meters of landing on the Moon. -- nm - David Apr 11, 19:55 1
    - Given the nature of the malfunction, there's a non-zero probability that the software was hacked ... I mean, close to zero, but not zero. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 19:57
Of course the biggest Disney+ news was... - Mop Apr 11, 19:47
Endgame footage during Disney Plus reveal spoils - budice Apr 11, 19:26
Man, I knew Disney bought Fox for the purpose of padding their digital library, but... daaaaamn. They’re selling their streaming service on... - Mop Apr 11, 19:11 7
- I’d heard rumors of a Sandlot series but I see now why they were keeping mum. It’s going to Disney+ as part of their Fox content. -- nm - Mop Apr 11, 19:48
- I am curious about how the Falcon and Vision and Hawkeye shows turn out. Will they be the original actors in live-action, even? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 19:28 3
  - I heard Renner was in for Hawkeye. -- nm - . Apr 11, 19:45
  - The word on the Loki show was that Hiddleston was returning. I assume it’s the same with the others. If it’s not, there’ll be torches and pitchforks. -- nm - Mop Apr 11, 19:30 1
    - They also confirmed Mackie and Shaw for Falcon and Winter Soldier. -- nm - Mop Apr 11, 19:30
- Hmm... a little male heavy. -- nm - . Apr 11, 19:25 1
  - kay -- nm - Lady Pippy of the Stormlands Apr 12, 05:41
The upcoming price increase price increase might be what gets me to drop Netflix. -- nm - Dano Apr 11, 18:51 5
- make a list of things they ad you want to see, and get netflix 1 or 2 months a year -- nm - PegleggedRaven Apr 11, 19:06 4
  - I think the only Netflix original I’ve seen is Scrotal Recall -- nm - Dano Apr 11, 19:37 3
    - and that wasn't even original to Netflix, it was originally made by Channel 4. -- nm - LMS UCO in OCG Apr 12, 04:24
    - Marco Polo was a good series -- nm - PegleggedRaven Apr 11, 19:39
    - If you're not watching Umbrella Academy, you're a terrible person. -- nm - David Apr 11, 19:38
The current and I say best theory for why Chris Davis can't hit anymore is he's been Space Jammed. There's a baseball out there with his talent - Krusty Apr 11, 18:45
Sasha Banks tried to quit WWE yesterday. - David Apr 11, 18:42 12
- pretty much what you said..but here's a recap - Remlik Apr 11, 19:27 1
  - more on why Road Dogg resigned as head Smackdown writer.... - Remlik Apr 11, 19:28
- (your point stands, but she was apparently upset they were going to drop the titles to the IIconics, which shows a bit of immaturity still.) -- nm - Tim Apr 11, 18:56 6
  - My guess... - David Apr 11, 19:00 5
    - I'm of the mindset the titles help the IIconics more, they get to be extra obnoxious, which is their thing. Sasha and Bayley didn't need them. - Tim Apr 11, 19:03 1
      - I agree. -- nm - Remlik Apr 11, 19:56
    - The IIconics can wrestle. At least they used to be able to in NXT. -- nm - Qale Apr 11, 19:01 2
      - They are no great shakes but are perfectly capable wrestlers. - Tim Apr 11, 19:05 1
        
        They *wish* they could wrestle like Twisted Bliss. - David Apr 11, 19:16
- "So, turns out, WWE is, like, a super toxic environment!" - Sami Zayn, Raw 4/8/19. -- nm - Tim Apr 11, 18:47 2
  - The role of Dolph Ziegler will not be played by Sami Zayn. -- nm - Qale Apr 11, 19:00 1
    - See you in hell! -- nm - Tim Apr 11, 19:06
busted flat in Baton Rouge, waiting for a train. feeling nearly faded as my jeans. -- nm - PegleggedRaven Apr 11, 18:40 1
- the mississippi delta was shining like a national steel guitar -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 11, 20:48
Seeking a friend for the end of the world... -- nm - David Apr 11, 18:40 3
- I really liked that movie. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 11, 18:48 2
  - My favorite of that year. -- nm - David Apr 11, 18:51 1
    - Heh, I looked at my post of Top 10 and it was my favorite as well. - Marlowe Apr 11, 18:55

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