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Epstein denied bail -- nm - decline Jul 18, 08:39 2
- "The bail decision means Mr. Epstein is likely to spend more time in jail awaiting trial in New York than he did in Florida after pleading guilty" -- nm - decline Jul 18, 08:54
- Damn Theo -- nm - budice Jul 18, 08:43
Jessica Chastain, on IT2 "I've been preparing for this film since i was 5. Deep Deep Method." -- (link*) - Andie Jul 18, 08:36 2
- Wouldn't it be awful/funny if that was actually a huge spoiler. -- nm - Spawn Jul 18, 08:54
- nice -- nm - budice Jul 18, 08:38
I just got a dash cam - super excited. People in this city are insane, should get some good stuff. -- nm - colin Jul 18, 08:36 8
- Periscope it so we can watch -- nm* - budice Jul 18, 08:52
- I have never used mine. Hate the mounting set-up. -- nm - Spawn Jul 18, 08:44 6
  - i got a mount that clips to the arm of the rearview mirror - that seems to be the popular one that keeps it out of your view. -- nm - colin Jul 18, 08:48 1
    - That helps. But my radar detector is mounted right there. I am also annoyed by cables. Decades ago I had a battery operated radar detector. - Spawn Jul 18, 08:51
  - aw, you could share cool vids with us -- nm - mud Jul 18, 08:46 3
    - I keep debating on mounting it to the headrest of the passenger seat. A view of the windshield, interior, and roof down. - Spawn Jul 18, 08:49
    - no one wants to see Spawn running over hobos while jerking off -- nm - Beaker Jul 18, 08:46 1
      - this escalated quickly -- nm* - decline Jul 18, 08:47
Ad Astra trailer -- (link) - decline Jul 18, 08:27 [youtube] 5
- with every Ad Astra trailer, I think - " Was Matt Damon busy?" -- nm - Pippy - full time Jokester Jul 18, 08:51
- I'm thorn. I like James Grey. I have personal issues with one of the producers. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 18, 08:50
- Passengers 2: More Passengers -- nm - budice Jul 18, 08:38 1
  - More like Interstellar 2. With a big of Gravity. Try not to think of Geostorm. -- nm - Mop Jul 18, 08:41
- Been a while since I had a birthday movie I was looking forward to. There it is. -- nm - Spawn Jul 18, 08:31
Some quick trivia, Top 5 Grossing Helen Mirren movies...go! -- nm - MDH Jul 18, 08:27 19
- She never got herself any of that Harry Potter money. Loser! -- nm - Mop Jul 18, 08:36
- Somewhat related: Gosford Park made $41M Domestic, and was at its widest in 918 theaters. -- nm - MDH Jul 18, 08:35
- National Treasure 2, HHGTG, Red, Red 2 -- nm - colin Jul 18, 08:31 4
  - #3, Not sure what that is, #5, #10 $53M -- nm - MDH Jul 18, 08:33 1
    - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- nm - colin Jul 18, 08:33
  - Monsters U, Prince of Egypt - based on the animation hint -- nm* - colin Jul 18, 08:32 1
    - You guys nailed it. #1 $268M and #4 $101M -- nm - MDH Jul 18, 08:32
- National Treasure 2 -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 18, 08:31 1
  - #3 $220M - great one. -- nm - MDH Jul 18, 08:32
- Hints: #1/#4 are animated. -- nm - MDH Jul 18, 08:31 1
  - Monsters U. -- nm - Inigo Jul 18, 08:32
- Red -- nm - decline Jul 18, 08:31 1
  - Red 2 -- nm - decline Jul 18, 08:32
- The Queen -- nm - LMS Jul 18, 08:30 1
  - #6 $56M -- nm - MDH Jul 18, 08:30
- Whichever Fast and the Furious she was in. Then Red., -- nm - Andie Jul 18, 08:29 3
  - Fate of the Furious #2 $226M, #5 $90M -- nm - MDH Jul 18, 08:30
  - Calendar Girls. -- nm - Andie Jul 18, 08:29 1
    - #20 $31M -- nm - MDH Jul 18, 08:30
Air Fryer update - 2nd item was shake n bake boneless pork chops - A+. Done in 14 min. Super crispy on both sides. - Pippy - full time Jokester Jul 18, 08:27
I'm debating on going to Funko while I'm in Seattle next month. Has anyone been? Is it worth the 30 minute drive? - sycor Jul 18, 08:06
Is it just me or is SDCC not getting the media blitz coverage it normally gets this year? - Cuzzin Todd Jul 18, 07:46 17
- maybe it's like Sundance or SXSW - after it's been around for a while, it's just not interesting news. Plus nothing Marvel is being announced. -- nm - colin Jul 18, 08:28
- I believe a few TV/film studios backed out this year, but I can't remember why. -- nm - MDH Jul 18, 08:27
- I've tired of the hype. I think it's the same for everything, from E3 to CES, PAX, Vidcon... It just doesn't matter any more. - Mop Jul 18, 08:21 2
  - Eat Arby’s? -- nm - Qale Jul 18, 08:22 1
    - yvan eht nioj -- nm - Mop Jul 18, 08:35
- Everyone went to Area 51 this year instead -- nm - decline Jul 18, 08:08
- We had our Endgame, CT. -- nm - Spawn Jul 18, 08:03
- I think we're kind of in a lull on nerd things.... GoT is done. MCU is taking a breather. DCU is in a hard reset. - Will Hunting Jul 18, 07:48 9
  - I would've liked to attend because of the Expanse content -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 08:54
  - this -- nm - Spawn Jul 18, 08:03
  - Not quite. Star Trek is there with a massive exhibits, Marvel is saving announcements for D23 apparently... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 18, 08:01
  - Plus hasn't the studios moved away from their big launches at Comic Con and instead direct it to their own events? -- nm* - Name Withheld By Request Jul 18, 07:57 1
    - yes for Disney and Marvel. though expect some Marvel Studios announcements of course. -- nm - Remlik Jul 18, 08:01
  - Aliens was released 33 years ago today - it's all been downhill since then -- nm - decline Jul 18, 07:53
  - thanks, Grumpy -- nm - mud Jul 18, 07:49 2
    - If you see any grumpy in there...more power to your eyes. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 18, 08:00 1
      - He's clearly cosplaying Bashful -- nm - Hooplehead Jul 18, 08:03
I have to go to a conference and I'm struggling with flights. do I take off at 803 am and land at 1253 or take off at noon and land at 618? - amanda Jul 18, 07:43 8
- sleep in! -- nm - colin Jul 18, 08:27
- I always think of what time I will get there if there's a 2 hour delay and using the window of expected to +2 hours, which one do I want? -- nm - jnine Jul 18, 08:24
- Depends on when you need to be there and if there's anything you want to do there. If there's nothing that day I'd probably go later, though it does - pmb Jul 18, 07:53
- If you have no interest in touring the area then you might as well sleep in and get there later. -- nm - Krusty Jul 18, 07:53
- It is super hot in Texas, so less time in the heat -- nm - Pippy - full time Jokester Jul 18, 07:52 1
  - ~Its gettin hot in herre~ -- nm - Nelly Jul 18, 08:06
- sleep in -- nm - decline Jul 18, 07:47
- How far are you from the airport? That's a big factor for me. -- nm - MDH Jul 18, 07:44
YDC: David Duval shot a 90 for his opening round. -- nm - MDH Jul 18, 07:40 2
- Carded a 13 on hole 7. That requires true effort to accomplish or the total opposite of it. -- nm - Baronfiki Jul 18, 08:01
- Shane Lowry shot a 67 probly a little more familiar with the terrain, heh -- nm - mud Jul 18, 07:43
Kylie's set at Glastonbury is available to listen to. -- (link) - LMS Jul 18, 07:25 5
- setlist -- (link) - ty97 Jul 18, 07:28 4
  - "The Loco-Motion" is #15 and... uh... Thanks for coming everyone! Good night! -- nm - Mop Jul 18, 08:22
  - with this and the Glorious Sons on B2, ST is now better than Spotify -- nm - Pippy - full time Jokester Jul 18, 07:49 2
    - You should add the Biffy Clyro set at Isle of Wight to your list as well!!! -- (link) - JaxSean Jul 18, 07:59 [youtube] 1
      - thanks -- nm - Pippy - full time Jokester Jul 18, 08:33
Instagram reports they have removed visibility to how many likes posts gets to the public. (You can still see how many they get.) -- (link) - Qale Jul 18, 07:14 2
- it's been like that for a couple weeks, hasn't it? (it's good, i think.) -- nm - Andie Jul 18, 07:15 1
  - they've been rolling it out country by country over the past few weeks -- nm - decline Jul 18, 07:30
Following that whole 'storm Area 51' facebook thing, Pornhub searches for 'Area 51' have spiked 58,992% (also wft Alaska?) -- (link) - decline Jul 18, 07:13 2
- Rule 34 corollary: If you can't find porn of it, it must be in Area 51. -- nm - Baronfiki Jul 18, 07:40 1
  - no wonder everyone wants in! -- nm - Beaker Jul 18, 07:42
"Lock Her Up!", "Send Her Back!" - shouts heard at ..? - mud Jul 18, 07:11 4
- GOP lawmaker condemns .. -- (link) - mud Jul 18, 07:26 3
  - He looks hammered -- nm - amoxy Jul 18, 08:05 1
    - Inner monologue: God I'm gonna hurl. Please stop talking. I need to go to the can. Please stop talking. -- nm - Mop Jul 18, 08:51
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Hmmmmm (I'm honestly not sure?) -- (link) - ty97 Jul 18, 07:07 23
- Interesting question, I really don't remember, maybe highschool (in the 60's, black people weren't allowed to do many jobs, literally) -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 10:53
- Law school. I did have teachers from India, the first starting in 4th grade. I lived in a very small town. Lots of people from India and Mexico and - jnine Jul 18, 08:19
- Probably all the way into university, but western Canada, so... -- nm - Reagen Jul 18, 08:10 1
  - same -- nm - mud Jul 18, 08:31
- Asian: college. I don't recall ever having an African-American teacher or professor. Elementary was almost all female, 7+ mostly male. -- nm - Max Jul 18, 08:09
- 6th grade. She was from the Philippines. Every boy and a few girls had major crushes on her -- nm - amoxy Jul 18, 08:04
- college. I grew up in the whitest town ever. -- nm - kelly Jul 18, 08:00
- 5th grade. Arts teacher, who was Asian. - Marlowe Jul 18, 07:54
- 1st grade -- nm - JaxSean Jul 18, 07:45
- If not 7th grade gym (a former WR for the Eagles as an asst teach), I think my 2nd year of college with multiple non-white profs for world politics - Will Hunting Jul 18, 07:33
- 2nd but I'm not sure what it "proves" -- nm - Hooplehead Jul 18, 07:25
- I don't remember. I'd guess elementary school. I've had teachers from so many backgrounds over the years I don't remember the first of any of them. -- nm - Krusty Jul 18, 07:24
- 6th grade. In 1-5th we only had one teacher that taught all of our subjects. -- nm - Qale Jul 18, 07:16
- I know I'm one of the younger folks here, but this is surprising to me. My answers throughout the years are: 2nd, 5th, middle/high school, college. -- nm - MDH Jul 18, 07:15
- my city was exceedingly white. There was one non-white teacher in my primary school, but I didn't have her. So, university, I think. -- nm - Andie Jul 18, 07:14 1
  - Wait! I lied! I think i had a non white nursery school teacher in Montreal (if my memory of a class photo is correct.) -- nm - Andie Jul 18, 07:16
- Definitely by 10th grade. Possibly earlier but I don’t remember specifically. -- (edited) - Super Daddy Princess Jul 18, 07:12
- 2nd Grade. She was awesome. She and my mother are actually friends to this day. -- nm - MDH Jul 18, 07:10
- Probably not until university. -- nm - Roger More Jul 18, 07:08 3
  - Definitely not until then for me. I grew up in a tiny rural town that was 99% white so.... -- nm - Baronfiki Jul 18, 07:28
  - same -- nm - Beaker Jul 18, 07:11
  - I'm trying to run through high school in my brain to determine if there was anyone and....I don't think so? - ty97 Jul 18, 07:11
- high school (maybe 9th grade?) -- nm - decline Jul 18, 07:08
Funko alert: Funko PopUp shop website to have shared summer convention exclusives starting in 5 minutes -- (link) - JaxSean Jul 18, 06:54 7
- Nothing great -- (link) - JaxSean Jul 18, 07:03 3
  - The Batman is cute. -- nm - Mop Jul 18, 08:24
  - What a terrible webpage design to leave 1 record on Page 2. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 18, 07:35
  - yeah, very meh -- nm - Beaker Jul 18, 07:07
- All other SDCC Summer Convention Pops appear to be in the wild and on websites as well today. -- nm - Shaun Jul 18, 06:59
- they are worse than crack -- nm - Beaker Jul 18, 06:55 1
  - No CDN shipping, which is fine since it'd probably cost more than the Pop itself. -- nm - Shaun Jul 18, 07:01
There are now 33 confirmed dead in that anime studio arson attack in Japan. -- (edited) - Andie Jul 18, 06:52 2
- what on earth -- nm - ty97 Jul 18, 06:56 1
  - it sounds like he's accusing them of plagiarising his work. -- nm - Reagen Jul 18, 08:11
One day, and I’m already in love with our new Nespresso machine. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Jul 18, 06:52 4
- It's streets ahead of keurig -- nm - Hooplehead Jul 18, 07:24 3
  - and in a whole different area code from drip. -- (edited) - Super Daddy Princess Jul 18, 07:30 2
    - I have gotten into single serve pour over which is also better than keurig and closer to "a cuppa joe" than nespresso -- nm - Hooplehead Jul 18, 07:41 1
      - We got the Vertuo model which makes full cups as well as espresso. -- (edited) - Super Daddy Princess Jul 18, 07:44
British Open Spoiler - Hooplehead Jul 18, 06:52
So I should invent a service that swaps users between subscription services each month based on what shows they want to watch and release date. - LMS Jul 18, 06:46 4
- you might be on to something, would be helpful -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 10:55
- I would love this!! -- nm - Pippy - pressing on, these tannins Jul 18, 07:18
- Hey, I watched the first two episodes of Years and Years. (spoils) - Inigo Jul 18, 06:52 1
  - Spoilers - LMS Jul 18, 07:16
Beaker alert: I saw on reddit that someone out west picked up the Kang and Kodos Pop at an EB, so they could be in the wild now. -- nm* - Shaun Jul 18, 06:41 11
- I wish the Conan ones were more widely available. I try every year but no luck yet. - Krusty Jul 18, 06:49 6
  - I watch every night so I can post the daily code to enter for a chance to win one. -- nm - Krusty Jul 18, 06:52 3
    - the bottom 2 of this list are in store here (Without Borders). -- (link) - Beaker Jul 18, 06:54 2
      - so is the Clark Kent one -- nm - Beaker Jul 18, 06:56 1
        
        Those are good ones. Love the super suit Conan. - Krusty Jul 18, 06:59
  - you mean Conan the show host right? What ones, I've seen a few around here -- nm - Beaker Jul 18, 06:52 1
    - Yeah. :-) They do special Comic Con ones and release them one at a time each night. The only way to get them is to be in the audience or win one by - Krusty Jul 18, 06:54
- cool, likely pricey though so not for me till $5 Fidays :) -- nm - Beaker Jul 18, 06:49 3
  - $30 at Gamestop if you can find them -- nm - Krusty Jul 18, 06:49 2
    - I've seen most of the new Simpsons ones around here but passed. Only one I regret was Homer in Mumu Hot Topic Exclusive but went for Owl Man - Beaker Jul 18, 06:58 1
      - Homer in the mumu is a good one -- nm - Krusty Jul 18, 06:59
with the netflix price increases, many people I know are buying the family plan and sharing accounts. four streams at once for $16 vs - amanda Jul 18, 06:41 3
- I went down to the SD option instead. -- nm - Qale Jul 18, 07:17
- Folks on EBay and other marketplaces will share acct creds for $5/mo -- nm - budice Jul 18, 06:41 1
  - LOL - capitalism! - Pippy - full time Jokester Jul 18, 07:19
Democrats should fight "The U.S. will never be a communist or socialist country" with "The U.S. will never return to a plantation/sweatshop economy." -- nm - Max Jul 18, 06:40
Adidas and Arizona Iced Tea have a collaboration using the Arizona colors and cherry blossoms on two pairs of sneakers. The cost? -- (link) - Krusty Jul 18, 06:39 3
- I read there's a small riot outside the pop up store and ambulances are on the way. Glad you didn't like them enough to be in line. -- nm - jnine Jul 18, 08:33
- not as cute as I had hoped -- nm - Pippy - full time Jokester Jul 18, 07:20 1
  - I like one pair enough to wear but overall they're not all that good looking. -- nm - Krusty Jul 18, 07:25
The Lion King 57% (184), The Art of Self-Defense 85% (80), Luz 90% (21), Once Upon A Time in Hollywood 92% (65) -- nm - Beaker Jul 18, 06:17
West Palm Beach takes the nuclear option against homeless -- (link) - Super Daddy Princess Jul 18, 06:12 1
- 'if they don't like it here, they can leave' -- nm - Max Jul 18, 06:22

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