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Hobbs and Shaw...2 scenes after the credits. -- nm - Remlik Aug 1, 12:53 4
- I hope one scene is Vin Diesel flying through space in a Dodge Charger with a giant rocket strapped to the roof -- nm - decline Aug 1, 12:58 2
  - ~It's your one way ticket to midnight~ - Spawn Aug 1, 12:59
  - dang...spoilers!!!! -- nm - John Murphy Aug 1, 12:59
- Cool beans -- nm - con_carne Aug 1, 12:55
Reports coming in: RIP Rudy Boesch...baddest ass Survivor ever. nm - John Murphy Aug 1, 12:51 12
- aww. :( - -- nm - b. Aug 1, 13:28
- :((( -- nm - peglegpete Aug 1, 13:08
- The Navy SEAL? -- nm - Spawn Aug 1, 12:54 2
  - Ayup. 91 years old -- nm - John Murphy Aug 1, 12:54 1
    - Damn it. I liked him. -- nm - Spawn Aug 1, 12:54
- That original cast was a helluva lucky stroke in casting. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 1, 12:53 6
  - 2nd from that cast to die too - Jovian Aug 1, 13:04
  - Oh yeah - and Rudy was a big one. They knocked that first cast out of the park. -- nm - John Murphy Aug 1, 12:54 4
    - Yep. Very well cast: Rich, Rudy, Sue Hawk, Colleen, Sean, Wigglesworth, Gervais. - Jovian Aug 1, 13:02 3
      - They really made it impossible for me to watch future seasons. -- nm - Spawn Aug 1, 13:03 2
        
        wait. the show itself? or these particular people I mentioned? -- nm - Jovian Aug 1, 13:05 1
        
        First season was *so* good. Tried some after that but did not care about the people enough to stick with it. -- nm - Spawn Aug 1, 13:06
Crash needs to take a roadtrip to Kentucky -- (link) - decline Aug 1, 12:47
Lol. I had forgotten this. -- (pic) - Spawn Aug 1, 12:46 [Attachment]
Amir Garret gets 8 games for fighting the entire Pirates team. Keone Kela gets 10 games. 6 more suspensions and 3 fines. -- (link) - Ender Aug 1, 12:36 3
- Ok why did someone get more games than Garett? - eag Aug 1, 12:40 2
  - He admitted he threw at Dietrich's head. -- nm - Ender Aug 1, 12:42 1
    - More detailed reasoning on all the suspensions. -- (link) - Ender Aug 1, 12:43
Amazon Prime loses Doctor Who...HBO Max gets exclusive rights including new season.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 1, 12:26 2
- well crap -- nm - JaxSean Aug 1, 13:36
- bastards -- nm - decline Aug 1, 12:52
MAFT is the new TAP -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 1, 12:25 4
- The article is interesting. It's a shame you couldn't link to it, but instead a cognitively vulnerable comment by a self-styled "lackwit trollop" - con_carne Aug 1, 12:46
- at least it's tangible? -- nm - Reagen Aug 1, 12:26 2
  - Productive might be a better word here -- nm - con_carne Aug 1, 12:33 1
    - Tangible and Productive? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 1, 12:39
Trailer for Patrick Swayze documentary. -- (link) - Mop Aug 1, 12:25 [youtube] 1
- Nice -- nm - Spawn Aug 1, 12:57
'1917' trailer -- (link) - mud Aug 1, 12:19 4
- that trailer stressed me out. -- nm - groiny Aug 1, 12:26 3
  - Very Dunkirk, down to the ticking clock. -- nm - Mop Aug 1, 12:29 2
    - This what AMC A List does. I did not even consider seeing Dunkirk, but I might see this. - Spawn Aug 1, 12:38 1
      - Dunkirk was excellent -- nm - Remlik Aug 1, 12:53
NWA legend and WWE Hall of Famer King Harley Race has passed away -- nm - Remlik Aug 1, 12:15
20 of the world’s best waterfalls -- (link) - Super Daddy Princess Aug 1, 12:14 2
- I'll stick to the rivers and lakes that I'm used to -- nm - con_carne Aug 1, 12:17 1
  - Perfect -- nm - Pippy, Fairy Duchess Aug 1, 12:49
Heather's on her way to India for two weeks. I had no idea that some countries are half-hours ahead of GMT - prayformojo Aug 1, 12:12 2
- Afghanistan is, too. -- nm - Inigo Aug 1, 12:39
- Newfoundland is .5 hours off too. -- nm - Andie Aug 1, 12:26
Hey Astronauts, if you need a RB I have Johnson and Jones both available - spamlet Aug 1, 12:11 2
- Would you be interested in discussing a trade for Mitch Trubisky? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 1, 12:22
- SPAMMEH! -- nm - con_carne Aug 1, 12:14
happy birthday, mafic!! :) - -- nm - b. Aug 1, 11:57 3
- ditto -- nm - peglegpete Aug 1, 13:08
- Have a rockin' birthday buddy -- nm - con_carne Aug 1, 12:06
- Happy Birthday!! -- nm - Pippy, Fairy Duchess Aug 1, 12:00
HBO Max gets exclusive streaming rights to Doctor Who (Eccleston, forward) -- (link*) - Ender Aug 1, 11:53 4
- No more Netflix? Or did they lose it already? -- nm - sycor Aug 1, 12:04 2
  - I believe it was exclusive to Amazon Prime. (At least in the US.) -- nm - Ender Aug 1, 12:32 1
    - yup, dropped off Netflix years ago -- nm - decline Aug 1, 12:46
- Any nudity? -- nm - con_carne Aug 1, 11:54
I love this video: Design expert tries 7 different kitchen gadgets (the kind you see in TV commercials) -- (link) - Mop Aug 1, 11:46 [youtube] 3
- the pineapple slicer we have is white plastic, works but I'd rather peel with a sharp knife, the apple peeler is great esp if you make a pie -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 1, 12:17
- Hey, he likes my pineapple slicer!! -- nm - Meg Aug 1, 11:56
- I own at least one of those :) -- nm - oblique Aug 1, 11:52
5 years ago: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 1 -- nm - Max SI Aug 1, 11:29 2
- 77 years ago Jerry Garcia was born -- nm - peglegpete Aug 1, 11:36 1
  - Coincidence? -- nm - Spawn Aug 1, 11:37
ugh..one of the worst movies ever gets a musical....Almost Famous.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 1, 11:23 13
- As discussed here in Sept. of 2018. - Diva Aug 1, 12:30 [Backboard]
- oh was that movie bad? I never bothered to watch it -- nm - ty97 Aug 1, 11:36 5
  - I *think* I watched it but really do not recall it very well. Seems like it was a Hallmark Classics kind of film. -- nm - Spawn Aug 1, 12:04 1
    - and that's being generous. -- nm - Remlik Aug 1, 12:24
  - I recall the TT discussions about how huge it was going to be. - Cuzzin Todd Aug 1, 12:02 2
    - I know a lot of TT/ST liked it, I just haven't gotten around it. Didn't really interest me -- nm - ty97 Aug 1, 12:07 1
      - I was pleasantly shocked how much I enjoyed it. -- nm - groiny Aug 1, 12:18
- OFFS -- nm - Spawn Aug 1, 11:25
- I'm not even wasting a timeout for such a lazy trolling attempt. -- nm - David Aug 1, 11:24 4
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  - I’ll do it! I’ll do it! -15 Qale Points! -- nm - Qale Aug 1, 11:32 2
    - Okay, you can deal with ty's nonsense, too. -- nm - David Aug 1, 11:38 1
      - Shit dawg, that’s no man’s land there. -- nm - Qale Aug 1, 11:46
US Olympic figure skater Ashley Wagner tells of being sexually assaulted by another skater at age 17. -- (link) - Mop Aug 1, 11:23 1
- and the skater (later coach) she accused killed himself during Nationals last winter. -- nm - Diva Aug 1, 12:58
I’d like to think with my doing The Twenty and drilling down deep into Spotify I’m more musically adept than ever. And I still only know a dozen bands - Qale Aug 1, 11:16 9
- I'm surprised because I still can't nicely use it it my car, and I know way more than that. (including non-EDM.) - b. Aug 1, 11:56 2
  - Having the cig lighter FM transmitter solved my problem with that. Of course, with the XR it required a dongle. But who doesn’t like a dongle. -- nm - Qale Aug 1, 12:02 1
    - alas, as mentioned before, my lighter stopped working, too. -- nm - b. Aug 1, 12:15
- That actually surprises me given how the lineup skews towards DJ's and electronic music these days. -- nm - pmb Aug 1, 11:36 4
  - I’ve taken some steps back from EDM. That might be why? -- nm - Qale Aug 1, 11:45 3
    - So you were into it unce -- nm - con_carne Aug 1, 11:52 2
      - I hope you drown in Steve Aoki’s stagecake. -- nm - Qale Aug 1, 12:03
      - *snork* -- nm - Spawn Aug 1, 11:53
- Next you will notice a dramatic change in your work style over the past year. -- nm - Spawn Aug 1, 11:17
“Epstein wanted to create a super-race of humans using genetic engineering and AI....impregnating 20 women at a time at his ranch in New Mexico” -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Aug 1, 11:14 2
- "A super-race." "Yes." "Based on you." "Yes." "You." "Uh-huh..." "A super-race?" "Yes!" "From you." "Listen, am I not being clear?" -- nm - Reagen Aug 1, 11:20
- So gross -- nm - Pippy, Fairy Duchess Aug 1, 11:20
"The reason people say Snapchat is so hard to use is that the “read news” button is right next to the “post sex tape” button. It’s a common mistake." -- (link) - David Aug 1, 11:01 6
- On a long enough timeline, everybody will have naked pictures online. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 1, 11:07 5
  - An infinite number of chimps seated at an infinite number of typewriters would eventually write some scorchingly hot Picard/Janeway slashfic. -- nm - Hooplehead Aug 1, 11:21 2
    - Chapter 2: Seven of Nine walks through the door of the Holodeck -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 1, 11:25 1
      - I think that's just from the new Picard TV show. -- nm - David Aug 1, 11:26
  - clever of you to try and get ahead of your impending scandal. -- nm - Reagen Aug 1, 11:11 1
    - What do you think is going into the next campaign? Infamy sells to the voters. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 1, 11:33
Mel Alert: Interview with Timothy Zhan as they talk Thrawn... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 1, 10:57 [youtube] 1
- Mel Profit. Now there's a name I've not heard in a long, long time. A long time. -- nm - Spawn Aug 1, 11:15
10% tariff on remaining $300 bn of Chinese-made goods to go into effect next month. - Super Daddy Princess Aug 1, 10:55 1
- We need another rate cut, STAT! -- nm - Spawn Aug 1, 11:27
- -- nm* - Flavorize Aug 1, 10:53
Moore: She Would “Crush” Donald Trump -- (link) - mud Aug 1, 10:44 7
- even jerks are right sometimes. -- nm - b. Aug 1, 11:58
- She seemed pretty adamantly against it. -- nm - GregW Aug 1, 11:01
- She would. And she'd crush the democratic primary too. -- nm - pmb Aug 1, 10:48 1
  - of course -- nm - mud Aug 1, 10:50
- I mean, probably. -- nm - Reagen Aug 1, 10:48 1
  - she could do it drunk -- nm - mud Aug 1, 10:49
- "No one asked you. Oh, someone asked you? Well, next time ignore them." -- nm - Beryllium Aug 1, 10:47
YTF is there a crown in the background of the RNC 2020 logo? - Super Daddy Princess Aug 1, 10:43 18
- Forget the crown, I think the elephant is making a white power symbol -- nm - Hooplehead Aug 1, 11:47
- I thought it was the Great Spaghetti Monster. -- nm - Spawn Aug 1, 11:16
- "Queen City". -- nm - Reagen Aug 1, 10:45
- Charlotte's nickname is "Queen City". -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Aug 1, 10:44 14
  - If they were historically accurate, it would be Queen Consort City -- nm - Roger More Aug 1, 10:52 6
    - but only if its in the borough of Queens, otherwise its just Sparkling Consort -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 1, 10:57
    - Take me down to Queen Consort City ... -- nm - Beryllium Aug 1, 10:57
    - digression but the Australian state names crack me up a little - Reagen Aug 1, 10:56 2
      - also... - Roger More Aug 1, 12:02
      - Tasmania was originally named for Tasman's boss. The name was only changed to Tasmania after the colony got self-government - Roger More Aug 1, 12:00
    - *grabs her by the p*ssy* -- nm* - King Trump, probably Aug 1, 10:56
  - Can confirm. -- nm - Samantha si Aug 1, 10:49
  - I...did not know that. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Aug 1, 10:46 5
    - Yep. Cincinnati’s too, which always makes it weird when I hear it in reference to Charlotte. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 1, 10:48 4
      - Fight! Fight! Fight!-- - Flavorize Aug 1, 11:08 3
        
        Obviously? Respectfully disagree. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 1, 11:25 2
        
        Charlotte had Jerry Richardson. Cincy had Marge Schott. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 1, 11:26 1
        
        Girls girls, please. Both your cities are terrible. -- nm - Hooplehead Aug 1, 11:40
RM, though it is shockingly plausible. -- nm - Reagen Aug 1, 10:32 6
- I can't pull this. Only Rachel Maddow pops into mind. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 1, 10:42 4
  - Her mother is no one so it doesn't fit the other half. -- nm - Reagen Aug 1, 10:44 3
    - No, I meant I can't pull the name you put out as "RM". -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 1, 10:45 2
      - Killfiled! -- nm - Roger More Aug 1, 10:47 1
        
        harsh -- nm - mud Aug 1, 10:54
- It'd be my first guess other than Hillary/Chelsea -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 1, 10:35
Old school Ninja rage. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 1, 10:30 [youtube] 2
- yeah, I like him better now -- nm - groiny Aug 1, 10:34 1
  - "The fuck you say to me you little shit!!?!?" -- nm - Shaun Aug 1, 12:07
Hot Ones: Idris Elba! -- (link) - Shaun Aug 1, 10:27 [youtube] 8
- I know who invented the “ dab” on the last wing and y’all don’t -- nm - Pippy, Fairy Duchess Aug 1, 11:23
- Man I've seen a lot of these episodes and, frankly, Sean Evans is just NOT A GOOD HOST. -- nm - Mop Aug 1, 10:30 4
  - Agreed -- nm - Pippy, Fairy Duchess Aug 1, 11:53
  - Mop, it is NOT about the host. -- nm - groiny Aug 1, 10:34 2
    - "The questions on this show that's designed to put its guests into severe gastroenterological distress are really quite lacking." -- nm - Reagen Aug 1, 10:41 1
      - I watch to see the reactions once they get past wing #5, I don't care what they talk about. -- nm - groiny Aug 1, 10:45
- Nice story about The Wire in there -- nm - Flavorize Aug 1, 10:30 1
  - Yes. Very interesting -- nm - Pippy, Fairy Duchess Aug 1, 11:55

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