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O's have an upcoming WWE theme night with this shirt. -- (link) - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 2, 16:46 [Image] 1
- That’s awesome. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 17:02
Meanwhile, in Brazil... - Marlowe Aug 2, 16:39
Impossible Whopper to go nationwide (as an LTO) at Burger King next week. -- (link) - Tim Aug 2, 16:35 1
- Good. I thought it was already available and was disappointed to discover it wasn't. -- nm - Mop Aug 2, 16:51
SITWAP: Ice Dog sandwich? -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 2, 16:28
Train derailment in southern Alberta ... derailment and chemical exposure -- (link) - zork Aug 2, 16:25
Thanks internet! N thinks I’m a genius because I can cheat and solve a Rubiks Cube. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 16:19
Daniel Negreanu won $550k on a year-long golf bet -- (link) - Beaker Aug 2, 15:48 3
- He bet a year...and then didn’t get serious until a month left? - Will Hunting Aug 2, 16:09 2
  - how much did he spend on green fees? -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 16:20 1
    - Private club so the membership fee is probably huge. - Will Hunting Aug 2, 17:16
‘City on a Hill’ renewed for second season by Showtime -- nm - Beaker Aug 2, 15:39 1
- ‘Love Island’ renewed for season 2 at CBS -- nm - Beaker Aug 2, 15:39
This made me smile: Things People Say to Their Dogs - JD Aug 2, 15:37
UFC: Cris Cyborg is wished well in her future endeavors.... - Remlik Aug 2, 15:34 3
- Dana is useless. He needs to go. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 16:06
- Maybe she goes to PFL and gives Kayla a good match. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 2, 15:48
- #White is such a douche -- nm - Beaker Aug 2, 15:35
Lagertha tattoos -- (link) - peglegpete Aug 2, 15:28
Astronauts: Stefon Diggs, Evan Engram and Trey Burton are on the trade block for draft pick compensation. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 2, 15:19 2
- Yert Notrub? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 2, 15:22 1
  - Yes, along with Teve Torbes. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 2, 15:26
Could someone -- maybe Spawn? -- just punch me in the face before I start making trade offers in Blood Feud? - ReluctantCynic Aug 2, 15:15 2
- *punches Spawn to keep him from punching you*. - Will Hunting Aug 2, 16:07
- *cuts off a foot with my lightsaber* -- nm - peglegpete Aug 2, 15:20
don't know if this myvegas link will work for you, if not check your email, 77 million chips -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 2, 15:04
scientists in China create human/monkey embreyo. -- (link) - peglegpete Aug 2, 14:55 1
- nmbl -- (link) - Beaker Aug 2, 14:57 [youtube]
mud, from bb, it's the third column of the wikipedia debate chart that needs to be green to show who's qualified. nm but: -- (link) - b. Aug 2, 14:32 [Backboard] 1
- I know. My "are set" was presumptuous word choice, but I was trying to look deeper at the figures. - mud Aug 2, 15:16
I'm so glad that photographs cannot convey smell. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 2, 14:31 2
- but I can still smell it from here. -- nm - mud Aug 2, 15:18 1
  - No, that's just mud -- nm - zork Aug 2, 16:28
New on Netflix: A Felicity Huffman movie! - David Aug 2, 14:21 6
- 'My Struggle'? -- nm - Jovian Aug 2, 15:01
- but she's worse than Hitler! Imahine, using your influence to help your child. the gall of this woman. -- nm - Beaker Aug 2, 14:21 4
  - Did you just take Pro in the Felicity Huffman Scandal? -- nm - David Aug 2, 14:25 3
    - I'm not that anti-Huffman in this. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 2, 16:56 1
      - By paying bribes and other fraud. - Will Hunting Aug 2, 17:02
    - more like, who fuckin' cares. there is alot worse people and things to freak out about. -- nm - Beaker Aug 2, 14:26
Puerto Ricans fill the streets of Old San Juan as Gov. Rosselló is due to step down at 5 p.m. ET. It is still unclear who will succeed him as leader -- (link) - budice Aug 2, 14:19 1
- Secretary of State Pierluisi will be sworn in as the next governor of Puerto Rico. -- nm - budice Aug 2, 14:26
Business Insider publishes latest Democratic Candidate Power Rankings. Guess who moved into 1st place. -- (link) - GregW Aug 2, 14:19 2
- Interesting. So is Pete at 4. Ouch for Beto. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 2, 14:26 1
  - Pete is bringing in the $. -- nm - Spawn Aug 3, 09:35
Local radio station KFMF, which has been rock format since I moved here, switched to right wing talk radio - Amoxy Aug 2, 14:02 1
- ugh, sorry to uh hear that...yeah radio is on the way out -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 2, 15:02
Bernie is not having it. -- (link) - Super Daddy Princess Aug 2, 13:56 6
- as noted in one of the replies, what is a *realistic* scenario in which the US nukes someone first? (spare me your Trump jokes) -- nm* - Reagen Aug 2, 16:31
- BURN! -- nm - zork Aug 2, 16:27
- ha! -- nm - budice Aug 2, 14:12
- BWAHAHA! Perfect. -- nm - David Aug 2, 14:03
- "That said, Liz, we could make a list of the regions that could be wiped out from the map, if needed." (NM) - Nernie Sanders Aug 2, 14:00
- AOC wants in on that too -- (link) - Super Daddy Princess Aug 2, 14:00
Schmebulock! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 2, 13:55 2
- Grappling hook! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 2, 13:58 1
  - Blendin Blandin! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 2, 14:27
Illinois is investigating claims parents used guardianship rules as a loophole to qualify for college financial aid -- (link) - oblique Aug 2, 13:53 1
- "dont knock it til you try it." -- nm - budice Aug 2, 13:55
Hmm, can't figure out how to stream live tv on a fire stick using the "Stack TV" trial. Very odd, since it shows up properly on the website. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 2, 13:32 4
- Ah! Megan solved it. It had the location settings mixed up. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 2, 13:38
- I read this as "Slack TV" and thought "Hmm, Berry is really taking this seriously" -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 13:34 2
  - I actually do own slackertalk.tv ... -- nm - Beryllium Aug 2, 13:36 1
    - oh the possibilities! -- nm - mud Aug 2, 13:38
Ed Sheeran's Divide Tour Is the Highest-Grossing Tour of All Time -- (link) - Remlik Aug 2, 13:20 1
- Okay Climate Change is now the second worse thing happening on the planet. -- nm - Bacon Aug 2, 14:58
oh joy! fear no more. Behemoth's new vid: -- (link) - mud Aug 2, 13:20 1
- Black Sabbath + Mater (Cars) = EPIC -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 13:28
BOOM! CBS/Viacom merger is happening. -- (link) - Mop Aug 2, 12:49 6
- The Redstones saw the writing on the wall and Moonves's resistance was selfish and myopic. - Mop Aug 2, 12:57 5
  - The reunification of Star Trek can happen now -- nm - Remlik Aug 2, 13:07 4
    - !!! -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 13:10 3
      - The Movie timeline and the tv show timeline are different. Now if they want they can merge it..pure speculation if the Tarantino project happens - Remlik Aug 2, 13:14 2
        
        mud posted this -- (link) - Spawn Aug 2, 13:18 1
        
        I saw that a few days ago. QT loves Shatner...so it's possible. -- nm - Remlik Aug 2, 13:20
AEW debut show on TNT has sold out. -- nm - Remlik Aug 2, 12:49 11
- Do you have me killfiled! -- nm - MDH Aug 2, 13:41 4
  - sorry sir. I didn't backboard. and I just got into work when I saw the news -- nm - Remlik Aug 2, 13:46 3
    - Just admit it was all of the Madonna posts. -- nm - David Aug 2, 13:49 2
      - not at all. I'm always curious as to what Madame X is up to -- nm - Remlik Aug 2, 14:01 1
        
        I know you love some Kylie. -- nm - MDH Aug 2, 15:58
- Dammit! I was going to try to talk PFM into taking Abby to this. -- nm - David Aug 2, 12:56
- Remlik: Word here is that the AEW Wrestling debut event in DC sold out in less than 10 minutes. WWE moved to smaller venues in DC due to low sales -- - Spawn Aug 2, 12:56 1
  - nice. -- nm - Remlik Aug 2, 13:00
- Your ticket comes with a chance to get pummeled by the wrestler of your choice. -- nm - Mop Aug 2, 12:50 2
  - Well, some of the expensive seats do come with a commemorative chair. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 2, 16:59
  - paging Dr. Britt Baker. -- nm - Remlik Aug 2, 13:00
Anyone interested in joining Extra Life this year? I created a SlackerTalk group just in case. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Aug 2, 12:40 2
- Sounds like a pyramid scheme! How many food bars do I need to purchase to buy into the program? -- nm - Mop Aug 2, 12:48 1
  - For you? Nothing. You just need to donate cash directly to me. In small bills. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 2, 13:41
LYC: We booked a place for our 25th next year. -- (link) - oblique Aug 2, 12:30 4
- Huh ... I've been to two receptions there. - ReluctantCynic Aug 2, 13:44
- I'm gonna take my bride to the old towne hall - ty97 Aug 2, 12:37
- I don't think ST has 100 people any more, but maybe this will bring some old-timers out of the woodwork. -- nm - Roger More Aug 2, 12:35 1
  - heh. I was thinking Amy and I will probably just do Vegas for ours. -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 12:36
We're not phone number neighbors, but my brother and I are nearly SSN neighbors. - Baronfiki Aug 2, 12:26 2
- my sister and I are SSN twins. all the same except last digit, where she is 1 and I am 2. -- nm - amanda Aug 2, 15:10
- *adds to my dossier on Baron* -- nm - prayformojo Aug 2, 13:33
And by the way, I don't buy the $50 million number for a second. - David Aug 2, 12:23 20
- Sort of related, have I mentioned that my daughter's job has evolved to add esports? As you may recall she works for the Charlotte Hornets. She's - pmb Aug 2, 13:09 8
  - What are her job duties on that? - David Aug 2, 13:17 7
    - It started with learning the league and putting a proposal together for the team. Now she's hired the coach (who also is sort of the GM in terms of - pmb Aug 2, 13:24 6
      - Awesome! (NM) - Marlowe Aug 2, 13:32
      - Yeah, we have watched a lot of eSports. It's a much more organic and surprising kind of sports event. - David Aug 2, 13:28 2
        
        WAIT!!! Your daughter works for Michael Jordan??? Has she met him? -- nm - David Aug 2, 13:29 1
        
        She does. Not really. She's been in the same place as him (and he was actually supposed to be there when she made the presentation for getting into - pmb Aug 2, 13:31
      - The last line of that IM is awesome. -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 13:27 1
        
        Apparently they won the championship last year. They were in last place most of the season but they had a special tournament for the last spot in the - pmb Aug 2, 13:33
- The number I saw was more like $10 million, but of course it was just people's WAGs. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 2, 12:33 10
  - The guy who is 17th in Twitch viewing hours believes that it's $2-$3 million a year for three years. - David Aug 2, 12:56 6
    - 2-3mil a year? If he’s clearing 1mil a month...why drop down? - Will Hunting Aug 2, 13:24 5
      - Also, I read that his subscription base within Twitch had fallen 90%-ish this past 12 months. - Marlowe Aug 2, 13:50 2
        
        I think that's a bit misleading. He's still fourth in hours watched, just not first anymore. - David Aug 2, 13:53 1
        
        Probably, yeah. And I have no idea what that means for him money-wise. - Marlowe Aug 2, 13:56
      - You're blurring all of his revenue models. In terms of Twitch earnings, he's indicated he gets about no more than $250k per month. - David Aug 2, 13:42 1
        
        But compared to Microsoft overall income / costs, it doesn't seem to be that much. For a service that they have, why not go all out? - JD Aug 2, 14:00
  - The number I saw was $312.50 - Spawn Aug 2, 12:45 2
    - The number I saw was $9, but it included two Burger King tacos -- nm - Beryllium Aug 2, 12:49 1
      - They’re paying people to eat Burger King tacos? Sounds about right. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Aug 2, 13:31
itssoclose - Weekend Plans poll ? -- nm - Andie Aug 2, 12:21 31
- Been trying to figure that out. First weekend in weeks that's free, but I think I've forgotten something. -- nm - . Aug 2, 16:14
- Trying to relax. One of my worst weeks at work ever. - Strongbad Aug 2, 14:27
- Alison Sudol concert tonight, Alt 98.7 Summer Camp tomorrow (K.Flay and Interrupters of note for me), bowling Tournament Club Sunday -- nm - JD Aug 2, 13:21 2
  - Queenie!?! -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 13:25 1
    - Having not seen any of the Fantastic Beasts movies, I think of her as Fine Frenzy but yes same person / actor / singer songwriter - JD Aug 2, 13:34
- PIL 50th anniversary party tomorrow than back to the Lake for the rest of the long weekend -- nm - Beaker Aug 2, 13:01
- Morning (yawn) beach wedding -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 2, 12:53
- Single and chillin' this weekend! -- nm - Diva Aug 2, 12:47 3
  - Hmmmm... -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 12:55
  - Not sure if you saw but my wife and I may be coming out east next year the 1st week in June. - oblique Aug 2, 12:52 1
    - :) -- nm - Diva Aug 2, 12:55
- Sunday is family lunch as usual, but tomorrow is an issue. We will be without power for most of the afternoon. I may just stay in and use the time to - Marlowe Aug 2, 12:46
- Hanging with my mom -- nm - Pippy, I’m Britney Bitch! Aug 2, 12:33
- Neighborhood cookout tomorrow night. -- nm - kelly Aug 2, 12:30
- Mom's coming to Dollywood on Saturday. We're meeting them for dinner at The Island. - David Aug 2, 12:30 3
  - (The last summer Saturday before school starts back, to boot!) -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 2, 12:39 1
    - That's worse! Don't make it worse! -- nm - David Aug 2, 12:42
  - You're special. You have a very special purpose in life. You've been chosen. - Spawn Aug 2, 12:38
- Haircut time. -- nm - Baronfiki Aug 2, 12:29
- Meeting with our contractor tomorrow about redoing our kitchen and laundry room. -- nm* - Super Daddy Princess Aug 2, 12:28
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- Before the weekend, I have to go to my Grand Jury assignment. -- nm - Mop Aug 2, 12:26
- I mowed last night, so this weekend equals relaxation. Amy worked all last weekend but off this one. Calvin & Hobbes tonight, otherwise winging it. -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 12:26
- Come From Away on Sunday!!!!!! -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 12:25
- Lollapalooza (hopefully starting late afternoon and then again Sunday). Dinner with friends tomorrow. -- nm - pmb Aug 2, 12:23
- Wild Adventures (in Valdosta GA) Sat & Sun to see Air Supply (gag), Sunday night Songwriter Circle concert at Blue Jay Listening Room. - JaxSean Aug 2, 12:23 1
  - ~I know just how to whisper and I know just how to cry~ -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 12:27
- Ralts day tomorrow. Fly to LA Sunday before flight to Tokyo Monday. -- nm - ty97 Aug 2, 12:22 1
  - Wait... TOMORROW?! - Mop Aug 2, 12:26
- heading back to Temagami for the long weekend (loooooooooong drive tonight.) -- nm - Andie Aug 2, 12:21 1
  - Make sure you feed your Temagami. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 2, 12:24
Nearly Famous -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 12:14 3
- nearly dellusional -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 2, 12:16 2
  - Almost delusional -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 12:17
  - merely monkey -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 12:17

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