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Peter Fonda died -- (link) - Harry Tuttle Aug 16, 15:25 3
- damn -- nm - Jovian Aug 16, 15:34
- I know it sucked, but he was fun in Ghost Rider -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 15:32
- :( -- nm - budice Aug 16, 15:29
Charter's not a fan of cord cutting (duh!) so they're pushing Disney to crack down on password sharers for Disney+, ESPN+, etc. -- (link) - Mop Aug 16, 15:07 2
- *shrug* I share my log in info for streaming sites with so many people I've lost track. - Krusty Aug 16, 15:23 1
  - But... they will be able to stop you. They cap out and soon you'll find you can't watch what you want because you've exceeded an arbitrary cap. -- nm - Mop Aug 16, 15:28
WWE: NXT making the jump to cable tv...FS1 was being talked about. Now it looks like USA on Wed nights, 1 hour to start, move to 2. 10/2 the start date -- nm* - Remlik Aug 16, 14:41
FWIW, efforts to save the UK from a future dystopia seem to be collapsing largely due to one factor: Corbyn. - Mop Aug 16, 14:26
I like the "May we turn this despair into action" part of this open letter to Latinx from the, well, celebrity community. Solidarity. -- (link) - con_carne Aug 16, 14:26 1
- I hope all these people become leaders and nobody "circular firing squad"s each other for not being "liberal or woke enough" as has been the trend - con_carne Aug 16, 15:04
Troubling discovery about myself at this age - Reagen Aug 16, 13:37 5
- But at your age, does haggis like you? -- nm - Max Aug 16, 14:04
- Time to do your 23 n me -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 13:52
- I could only do neck glands if it was sizzling hot off the grill - con_carne Aug 16, 13:46
- ... -- (pic) - David Aug 16, 13:41 [Attachment]
- 2nd only to Bacon's latest revelation. -- nm - budice Aug 16, 13:40
On this day in 1986 DLR started his first solo tour -- (link) - Remlik Aug 16, 13:28 2
- That was a hell of a show. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 16:24
- My brain must be on that wavelength because it suddenly spawned the opening to Yankee Rose earlier today. -- nm - Max Aug 16, 13:41
Coming Soon: Wynonna Earp Funko Pops! -- (link) - Beaker Aug 16, 13:22 1
- Kim and I were high-fiving about this earlier. -- nm - David Aug 16, 13:35
BTW Pippy I liked Empire Records a lot - con_carne Aug 16, 13:22 3
- I'm glad you liked it. It felt like a Breakfast Club for the 90's. - Pippy, wacky tabaccy farmer Aug 16, 13:27 2
  - I connected with the pizza delivery kid. Always relieved when he entered the scene. The objective observer. :)) -- nm - con_carne Aug 16, 13:33 1
    - Interesting. He is a rad dude -- nm - Pippy, wacky tabaccy farmer Aug 16, 13:47
Agent Bill Tench cracks me up. -- nm - mud Aug 16, 13:15 4
- heh -- nm - budice Aug 16, 15:31
- he is great! -- nm - Jovian Aug 16, 14:34 2
  - I really dislike him though. - groiny Aug 16, 14:37 1
    - nah, he's good -- nm - mud Aug 16, 15:19
Syfy Cancels Superman Prequel Krypton After Two Seasons (and this shit is why I didn't even bother to watch it) -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 13:12 6
- I tried watching it but only got to the 2nd episode -- nm - decline Aug 16, 13:14
- people not watching it is why it got canceled. It was quite good. -- nm - Remlik Aug 16, 13:13 4
  - I avoid all SyFy shows cause they cancel stuff at the drop of a hat -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 13:18 3
    - they still need to explain why the cancelled Face Off - Jovian Aug 16, 13:51 1
      - BRING BACK EUREKA!!! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 16, 14:42
    - But then... how will you see Zombie Tsunami!?! -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 13:19
D23 Expo Event Reservations now delayed twice. Noon PT->1PM PT->Til tomorrow. -- (link*) - budice Aug 16, 13:11
(using a slightly different name, but meaning is the same) Until 6 months ago we had someone here named Candace Chu. We just hired someone, in the - Andie Aug 16, 12:57 7
- I would never not call her Chewy Candy. -- nm - Max Aug 16, 14:00
- Why would you Chu-se someone like that? -- nm - Qale Aug 16, 13:06
- that won't be confusing at all -- nm - decline Aug 16, 13:02 3
  - "Candace"/"Harry Potter Candice" -- nm - con_carne Aug 16, 13:08 1
    - And if you don't get any of these, give it a few months and it could be "Fish Candice." See? Necessity finding a way! -- nm - con_carne Aug 16, 13:13
  - "Candacce"/"Candicce" -- nm - con_carne Aug 16, 13:06
- Minus the Groucho Marx mask, did this one look suspiciously like the last? -- nm - prayformojo Aug 16, 13:02
Now playing: Pocahontas - con_carne Aug 16, 12:53 1
- The unmistakable Billeh Connoleh! -- nm - con_carne Aug 16, 12:56
Max's post below made me realize that soon (October, actually, but I thought it was sooner) will mark the 10th aniversary of moving to NY. - Marlowe Aug 16, 12:32 1
- Niiiice. Logan is 12 so I compare the 10 years ago to the 15 years ago and sure enough, I saw many more of them 15 years ago. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 12:38
its not a great meme/gif, but it sure made me crack up -- (link) - Jovian Aug 16, 12:27
I now think within 6 months of its debut, AEW’s show will beat both Raw and SmackDown in the ratings. (Which would be disastrous for WWE.) - Tim Aug 16, 12:02 22
- AEW sold out the Philly show. But not Boston. -- nm - Remlik Aug 16, 12:51 2
  - According to this, Boston sold out in less than an hour. -- (link) - David Aug 16, 13:31 1
    - right on. That wasn't the article I saw. But a new one I see says the 1st 3 shows are all sold out. While the 3rd Fox Smackdown show here in Indy - Remlik Aug 16, 13:37
- AEW's going to have to prove it can create big story angles. As long as that happens, it's theirs for the taking. - David Aug 16, 12:21 2
  - Becky Lynch vs Natalia shouldn’t have happened anyway. -- nm - Qale Aug 16, 13:00 1
    - It was a setup feud only - eag Aug 16, 13:59
- Won’t it happen in week 1? -- nm - Qale Aug 16, 12:03 15
  - Depends on the marketing in my opinion, but it’s not out of the question. -- nm - Tim Aug 16, 12:04 14
    - Nope. you are wwaayyy over estimating the amount of the 'true' wrestling fans out there. I do think they can do it. But not that 1st week. -- nm - Remlik Aug 16, 12:53 13
      - Outside of a few clips, I haven't watched WWE since June 2007. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 16, 14:07
      - Counterpoint: AEW's last PPV had six times as many buys as the last WWE PPV. - David Aug 16, 13:19 3
        
        very true. but the last 2 were free. -- nm - Remlik Aug 16, 13:22 2
        
        I'm not referencing the free ones. -- nm - David Aug 16, 13:22 1
        
        ok wasn't sure. -- nm - Remlik Aug 16, 13:26
      - this -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 13:06
      - Are we overestimating the amount of fans AEW can pull, or are we underestimating how curious others might be? - Qale Aug 16, 13:01 6
        
        I think people will be curios. but the 'casual' wrestling fan will take awhile to find AEW. you're right the Raw and Smackdown numbers aren't great... - Remlik Aug 16, 13:12 5
        
        Fine, I'll say it. I'm blown away that so many grown ass men still watch this nonsense. nm - Uncle Six Aug 16, 13:18 4
        
        I'm just in it for Marty. - Dark Callisto Aug 16, 13:46
        
        The guys on Survivor aren’t all that sexy. -- nm - Qale Aug 16, 13:46
        
        "why are you watching sweaty men hug each other in their underwear?" -- nm - Beak's mom Aug 16, 13:28
        
        Storytelling. it's engaging. But hey...enjoy the Bachelor! - Remlik Aug 16, 13:26
I love reading all the "fans" raging on the Cubs in my feed these days. Yeah, it's tough being 1st in the NL Central. - oblique Aug 16, 11:52 14
- *Tied* for first. -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 16, 12:42 2
  - Damn right!!! nm - Uncle Six Aug 16, 12:45
  - (┛ಠ_ಠ)┛彡┻━┻ -- nm - oblique Aug 16, 12:44
- This guy has a more sane take. - zunk xometimes Aug 16, 12:30
- It's day to day. 8-P -- nm - zunk xometimes Aug 16, 12:17
- Their inability to win on the road is troubling. If they were just adequate on the road they would be running away this. -- nm - pmb Aug 16, 12:03 1
  - Yeah. My feed just seems to be a lot of table flippers :) -- nm - oblique Aug 16, 12:04
- Anytime you give up a big hit to a scrub like Harper, people are going to complain. -- nm - David Aug 16, 12:00
- the bullpen problem seems to be contagious. - groiny Aug 16, 11:55 4
  - Agreed. It isn't good by any stretch - oblique Aug 16, 11:59 3
    - Definitely get a little spoiled, but they've blown a lot of games. - pmb Aug 16, 12:04 2
      - Having a terrible bullpen just means you're a professional baseball team this year. - David Aug 16, 12:19 1
        
        The cubs have had a lot of injuries in the bullpen too that have messed with consistency. You also don't hear it talked about much, but the money - pmb Aug 16, 12:55
- not for long..... -- nm - groiny Aug 16, 11:53
I never thought Miley Cyrus would make a more sophisticated song than Taylor Swift - Slide Away v Lover -- (link) - Pippy, wacky tabaccy farmer Aug 16, 11:37 [youtube] 5
- Miley is quite talented, smart, she just plays the demented Kewpie doll whore to pander to her audience, she's growing up as they are... -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 13:57
- Lover by Taylor Swift -- (link) - Pippy, wacky tabaccy farmer Aug 16, 11:38 [youtube] 3
  - Wait, people actually listen to their songs without *watching* them? - Spawn Aug 16, 11:42 2
    - LOL - I never thought of it that way. - Pippy, wacky tabaccy farmer Aug 16, 12:05 1
      - I have always enjoyed watching them both. - Spawn Aug 16, 12:08
Man discovers his penis is turning to BONE when doctors X-ray his hips after a fall -- (link) - Harry Tuttle Aug 16, 11:24 10
- I'll be 63 in 7 weeks -- nm - peglegpete Aug 16, 12:30
- The first joke is that it’s The Daily Mail. -- nm - Qale Aug 16, 11:57
- ... wait, this isn't normal? -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 11:34 4
  - you may want to see a doctor there Spawn -- nm - decline Aug 16, 11:44 3
    - I will.... tell my friend that it is *not* a feature. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 11:48 2
      - poor Remlik -- nm - decline Aug 16, 12:21 1
        
        You guys may have to back me up on this. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 12:24
- Given his age, this can only help. -- nm - Baron Universe Aug 16, 11:29
- the cloning of Wolverine has taken an awful turn. -- nm - groiny Aug 16, 11:29 1
  - *snikt* -- nm - Beryllium Aug 16, 12:05
Highlander (and rooftop cargo box) absolutely stuffed for girl child's return to school. - zunk xometimes Aug 16, 11:20 1
- There can be only one. -- nm - Mop Aug 16, 12:38
Any CDNs need a cheap router? -- (link) - Shaun Aug 16, 11:12 3
- Subsidized by China. -- nm* - Mop Aug 16, 11:31
- i ordered. mine is getting worse at home anyway. worth a shot. -- nm - Andie Aug 16, 11:14 1
  - I ordered 3. Don't even need it, but flip them for $50 each. Solid score. -- nm - Shaun Aug 16, 11:15
All Elite Wrestling's Newest Signing Is As Divisive As Wrestlers Get -- (link) - Beaker Aug 16, 11:03 5
- He’s not Big Cass, he’s Nonplussed Cass. -- nm - Qale Aug 16, 12:03 1
  - True story: I was describe as "nonplussed" on air by Louis Rukeyser in a viewer question I sent to Wall Street Week. -- nm - Baron Universe Aug 16, 12:04
- Here is his five-star masterpiece from three months ago... -- (link) - David Aug 16, 11:04 [youtube] 2
  - he's fun. -- nm - Remlik Aug 16, 12:55
  - ok that is pretty funny -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 11:08
I'm praying for the sweet relief that only cleansing white fire can bring. I watched Threat Level Midnight when I was going to bed last night, and - prayformojo Aug 16, 11:00
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- ! -- nm - budice Aug 16, 15:32
- Hit that 3 Card table like it owes you money -- nm - Pippy, wacky tabaccy farmer Aug 16, 11:29
10 years ago in theaters: District 9; The Time Traveler's Wife; The Goods: Life Hard, Sell Hard; Ponyo; Bandslam - Max Aug 16, 10:50 [youtube] 19
- I have it on good authority that Ponyo loves ham. -- nm - Qale Aug 16, 12:04
- Bandslam is criminally underrated -- nm - Dano Aug 16, 11:10 3
  - It works here fine, but this was meant to go under David’s post -- nm - Dano Aug 16, 11:12 2
    - And update my weekend plans to add a Bandslam rewatch -- nm - Dano Aug 16, 11:13 1
      - I tweeted Josh Cagan the day that Bowie died and thanked him. -- nm - David Aug 16, 11:42
- Dear David Bowie... -- nm - David Aug 16, 11:01 6
  - I guess this is inre: to Bandslam & I should see it? -- nm - mud Aug 16, 11:20 2
    - It was in the top 10 of like 8 different Prophets that year. - David Aug 16, 11:44 1
      - right. I sadly didn't see it until it had been on video a year or two -- nm - prayformojo Aug 16, 12:12
  - kind of a jolt to read that it's 10 years old -- nm - prayformojo Aug 16, 11:03 2
    - Bowie's been dead for 3 1/2 years. We used to make all of those "2016 is awful" jokes, and now we're...here. -- nm - David Aug 16, 11:08 1
      - Totally different kind of awful though. -- nm - Uncle Six Aug 16, 11:26
- 15 years ago: Alien Vs. Predator, The Princess Diaries 2, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie, (ltd): We Don't Live Here Anymore, Danny Deckchair - Max Aug 16, 10:50 [youtube] 6
  - 20 years ago: Bowfinger, Brokedown Palace, Detroit Rock City - Max Aug 16, 10:51 [youtube] 5
    - Chubby Rain! -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 10:54
    - 25 years ago: In the Army Now, (ltd): The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - Max Aug 16, 10:52 [youtube] 3
      - 30 years ago: The Abyss, Nightmare on Elm Street 5 - Max Aug 16, 10:54 [youtube] 2
        
        This is the one that makes me feel old. 30 years ago, Nightmare on Elm Street ***5*** -- nm - Dano Aug 16, 11:22
        
        35 years ago: Tightrope, The Woman in Red, Sheena, Dreamscape - Max Aug 16, 10:57 [youtube]
B2: Parents arriving tomorrow. House stuff + Dad's 64th birthday is Sunday. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Aug 16, 10:43 2
- Book sale at our branch on the west-side tomorrow. Museum tour on Sunday. Just a regular weekend. -- nm - Meg Aug 16, 12:02
- chill tonight, early am prison visit, meal prep -- nm - Pippy, wacky tabaccy farmer Aug 16, 11:28
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns coach Billy Napier wants to see each of his players become dues-paying members of the school's booster club (min $50) -- (link) - Beaker Aug 16, 10:43
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has issued a warning to members that coffee is prohibited no matter how fancy the name -- (link) - Beaker Aug 16, 10:38
NASA: we have a free Saturn rocket to anyone who wants it. $250K is a rough estimate on moving it. -- (link) - peglegpete Aug 16, 10:36 2
- Isnt this how Star Trek: First Contact got started? -- nm - Jovian Aug 16, 11:37 1
  - ::cranks up Magic Carpet Ride:: -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 12:40

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