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Statham and Guy Richie reuniting for a new movie 'Cash Truck' -- (link) - decline Nov 8, 09:52 3
- White action heroes can't blow away a ton of minorities anymore like they did in the 80s, so now they're stuck with just driving things -- nm - con_carne Nov 8, 09:57
- If the milk is sour, I ain't the kind of pussy to drink it. -- nm - David Nov 8, 09:54
- say no more, I'm there. -- nm - prayformojo Nov 8, 09:54
Santa Monica Studios congratulates Kojima for Death Stranding. -- (link) - Shaun Nov 8, 09:45 2
- related -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 8, 09:46 1
  - Heh. -- nm - Shaun Nov 8, 09:47
I looked at HSX release calendar and for a second thought Iron Man 4 was coming out in December. -- nm - Spawn Nov 8, 09:35 2
- Ip Man 4! -- nm - Shaun Nov 8, 09:37 1
  - Ip Man defeated them - in a cave! with a box of scraps! -- nm - Beryllium Nov 8, 09:40
The 'Blacks for Trump' rally in Atlanta is off to a good start -- (link) - decline Nov 8, 09:32 3
- Meet Joseph and Edna Black. -- nm - pmb Nov 8, 09:35 1
  - I was about to post it is a riff on the South Park Whites. -- nm - Spawn Nov 8, 09:36
- What's funny about that? - David Nov 8, 09:34
Did i miss it? Weekend plans? -- nm - Andie Nov 8, 09:27 14
- Mrs Dragon and I and Dragonton are sick with respiratory thing. Scouts serving pancake breakfast fundraiser on Sunday with the town fire department - SyrDragon Nov 8, 10:01
- None! well, I'll be up sort of early tomorrow to watch the Everton match but other than that. - JD Nov 8, 09:35
- Kim picked up an upper respiratory infection while traveling, so we're staying in bed this weekend. - David Nov 8, 09:32 4
  - you shouldn't be in bed too! You should be making her chicken soup and tea and cookies!! -- nm - decline Nov 8, 09:33 3
    - You belong under the wildflowers. -- nm - David Nov 8, 09:34 2
      - chicken soup is the universal panacea, David -- nm - decline Nov 8, 09:38 1
        
        I already went out once today. There won't be a second one. - David Nov 8, 09:40
- Friend's band tomorrow night. Remembrance Day ceremony Sunday morning. Maybe Last Christmas on Sunday night. -- nm - Andie Nov 8, 09:32
- Nothing actively planned out of the usual, so that sounds good to me. -- nm - Shaun Nov 8, 09:31
- Still organizing after all the work in the house. Maybe a movie. Not much else. -- nm - pmb Nov 8, 09:31
- Appliance shopping. Staining wood for our kitchen shelves. Maybe buying paint if we can stop overthinking our choices. -- nm - znufrii, human scum Nov 8, 09:30
- Nothing, really. Long weekend. Chilling. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 8, 09:29 1
  - I think I might go to a local remembrance day event and try to get some wide-angle photos of it -- (edited) - Beryllium Nov 8, 09:32
- Doctor Sleep tonight, meeting Saturday, Patton Oswald Sunday. -- nm - Spawn Nov 8, 09:28
Hey ST Lawyers, is 'absolute immunity' really a thing? -- (link*) - decline Nov 8, 09:11 6
- Under the legal doctrine of I don’t give a flying f*ck what you want, sure. -- nm - znufrii, human scum Nov 8, 09:50
- think Diplomatic Immunity in Lethal Weapon 2? -- nm - Beaker Nov 8, 09:48
- I don't believe that it has been tested, but I highly doubt it. I am somewhat surprised that the house is not challenging this assertion in court, - pmb Nov 8, 09:30 2
  - They seem to lack an ability to multi-task. -- nm - Spawn Nov 8, 09:38 1
    - I don't think that's it. I think they actually have done pretty well on that front. They've passed several bills that McConnell is sitting on. What - pmb Nov 8, 09:49
- I could tell you, but it's double-secret -- nm - Roger More Nov 8, 09:13
Trump campaign unable or unwilling to provide proof that anyone has actually won any of their donation contests to dine with the president -- (link*) - znufrii, human scum Nov 8, 09:01 4
- I won, but the President ate all my food. -- nm - Mop Nov 8, 09:10 2
  - Which was fine because it was left over McDonalds. -- nm - pmb Nov 8, 09:22
  - I won but by even telling you that I am in breach of my NDA. -- nm - Spawn Nov 8, 09:20
- This guy has been reporting pretty extensively on it. A lunch is supposed to happen today in Atlanta - think he'll show? -- (link*) - decline Nov 8, 09:05
Camp Fire was 1 year ago today. There will be a 85 second moment of silence at 11:08 to remember the 85 victims of the fire -- (link) - Amoxy Nov 8, 08:53
"Less than a week before Comcast and Department of Justice lawyers will face off against Byron Allen in the Supreme Court" -- (edited) - David Nov 8, 08:47 1
- The Deadline article about this is shit (and not only because the copy editing is crap). - Mop Nov 8, 08:54
He caught Snoralax, I mean Comey, he can catch them all -- (link) - Amoxy Nov 8, 08:44 3
- Don't photos of him look more and more like caricatures? Do you think that's deliberate? -- nm - Meg Nov 8, 08:48 2
  - He looks yuuuge in that picture -- nm - Amoxy Nov 8, 08:50 1
    - If he gets a second term we will have Jabba the Hutt for a president by the end of it. -- nm - Spawn Nov 8, 09:10
Here's how you know a fantasy football week will be rough: at halftime, my opponent's TE was outscoring my QB. -- nm - David Nov 8, 08:43
According to tweet, Joker is the most profitable comic book movie of all-time. -- (link*) - Shaun Nov 8, 08:34 2
- even more impressive given that China number -- nm - decline Nov 8, 08:40
- I was about to ask how it compared to Mask. Niiiice. -- nm - Spawn Nov 8, 08:37
Feeling very jaded today. The slimy cocksucker Trump will get away with this. He will muddy the waters - Amoxy Nov 8, 08:16 9
- I honestly believe he will not. -- nm - mud Nov 8, 08:20 8
  - He won't, but that's a side issue. Whether other people get away with bad deeds or not isn't the issue. - David Nov 8, 08:33 7
    - No good deed goes unpunished. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Nov 8, 08:40 1
      - Then I willingly accept said punishment for the greater good. -- nm - David Nov 8, 08:42
    - Wait, are we talking about Trump or The Good Place? -- nm - Amoxy Nov 8, 08:38 4
      - It all ties together in the end. -- nm - David Nov 8, 08:41 3
        
        The End -- (link) - mud Nov 8, 08:43 [youtube] 2
        
        I don't know why. - Spawn Nov 8, 08:45 1
        
        Yaas -- nm - SyrDragon Nov 8, 09:55
The Stuff You Should Know podcast on Trick-or-Treating has an extensive segment on "Devil's Night". - Mop Nov 8, 08:08
"World of Warcraft® Classic drove the biggest quarterly increase to subscription plans in franchise history" - Baron of Beef Nov 8, 08:08 10
- A stat like this makes me think they have been in a gradual decline for the past 12 years. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Nov 8, 08:35 2
  - Numbers peaked with Lich King. -- nm - Baron of Beef Nov 8, 09:24
  - They have. This expansion sucked. -- nm - Tim Nov 8, 09:15
- I wonder how the China thing has impacted Blizzard over the past month. -- nm - David Nov 8, 08:34 1
  - Probably jack shit, if the internet's reaction to BlizzCon last week was any indication. -- nm - Shaun Nov 8, 08:35
- Do we know what the actual subscription number is now? -- nm - Inigo Nov 8, 08:32 1
  - I think they stopped saying the actual subscriber count a few years ago. -- nm - Tim Nov 8, 09:15
- From people dropping it after realizing how crap the original was, and then signing up for the true version? -- nm - Mop Nov 8, 08:09 2
  - One subscription gets you both. -- nm - Tim Nov 8, 08:28
  - You get free access to Classic if you subscribe to the regular game. -- nm - Baron of Beef Nov 8, 08:11
You belong among the wildflowers. -- nm - David Nov 8, 08:05 6
- This sounds like a threat. -- nm - ty97 Nov 8, 08:05 5
  - among, not under -- nm - mud Nov 8, 08:06 4
    - You belong among the corn. -- nm - Spawn Nov 8, 08:26 3
      - Great, another ghost who's going to tell me I should care about baseball. -- nm - Roger More Nov 8, 08:31 1
        
        HOW DO YOU NOT CARE ABOUT BASEBALL??? -- nm - David Nov 8, 08:32
      - [shudder] yikes -- nm - mud Nov 8, 08:27
"Brent is a toilet full of broccoli" -- nm - Amoxy Nov 8, 08:02 3
- Are there really only two episodes left? Because I'm already preparing myself to cry. -- nm - Baron of Beef Nov 8, 08:04 2
  - IMDB says there are 13 episodes. But yeah (spoilers) - Amoxy Nov 8, 08:14 1
    - TIL: I went to school with Michael Schur's wife. -- nm - Baron of Beef Nov 8, 08:17
Wow. Ian Rapaport: Deion Sanders' name has emerged for the FSU Coaching position. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Nov 8, 07:54 2
- "Their offense and defense are both ranked last in the NCAA, but their dance skills are top-notch." -- nm - Baron of Beef Nov 8, 08:05
- (I guess they're trying to follow the Penny Hardaway/Juwan Howard model) -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Nov 8, 07:56
YES -- (link) - ty97 Nov 8, 07:37 2
- damn, that's great. -- nm - Andie Nov 8, 08:00
- ha -- nm - JaxSean Nov 8, 07:38
LIR the new Lego 1989 Batmobile. I just realized how big that thing is going to be. Almost 2 feet long! - sycor Nov 8, 07:26 8
- I ran into the same issue with the Saturn V kit which is about a meter in length. - JD Nov 8, 07:49 [Attachment] 6
  - that's fantastic. -- nm - mud Nov 8, 08:39
  - Niiiiice. I may need to move up to my top as well as my toy shelf is too small for much more. -- (pic) - Spawn Nov 8, 08:36 [Attachment] 4
    - who's the lady in blue? -- nm - mud Nov 8, 08:39 3
      - Amy doing a veil dance. -- nm - Spawn Nov 8, 08:40 2
        
        And a pic of Logan that he, Amy and even I look at and wonder who that kid was. - Spawn Nov 8, 08:42 1
        
        sweet -- nm - mud Nov 8, 08:46
- Yeah, I noticed that. - Spawn Nov 8, 07:29
Polling question. In a poll, if the Margin of Error is 4% and the poll comes in 51-49... - Will Hunting Nov 8, 07:25 8
- The way I've always interpreted it (I have no idea if this is correct or not) - Strongbad, Champ Champ Nov 8, 07:44 2
  - The actual result has an effect on the MOE as well - Reagen Nov 8, 07:52 1
    - Cool, thanks. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Nov 8, 07:54
- No, if I’m remembering my statistics class correctly. I forget if it’s a standard distribution or something else, but basically it’s a bell curve -- (edited) - znufrii, human scum Nov 8, 07:30 4
  - There's a 95% chance that the true number is somewhere between 55 and 47 -- nm - JackDawson Nov 8, 07:39 1
    - Right, but to his question in the IM, the probability of it being at either end is significantly lower than the middle, no? - znufrii, human scum Nov 8, 07:48
  - That was... pretty straightforward znufrii -- nm - con_carne Nov 8, 07:39 1
    - Umm....thanks? -- nm - znufrii, human scum Nov 8, 07:39
$5 Fridays was so awesome this week the wife even came with me. What a haul. - Beaker Nov 8, 07:00 7
- That is a sweet haul. -- nm - Shaun Nov 8, 07:19 3
  - sadly neither place had the 2 pair of Venom/Carnage socks I wanted. dammit -- nm - Beaker Nov 8, 07:34 2
    - Those were in stock online and I had them in my cart but I didn't want to pay $5 shipping for $10. -- nm - Shaun Nov 8, 07:43 1
      - yup same -- nm - Beaker Nov 8, 08:08
- I just came back (it opens at 10). There was a guy basically clearing out the shelves. I bought the Maleficent purse (donating to toy drive), the - Andie Nov 8, 07:09
- Shaun are you a Borderlands 3 fan? The mall store had a massive statue of some creature there (regular price was $80 I think, 75 maybe) -- (edited) - Beaker Nov 8, 07:01 1
  - Not really, but thanks for the heads up. -- nm - Shaun Nov 8, 07:18
Day 30 - Plastic is down so I can finally get a good shot of the new view into our kitchen. -- (pic) - znufrii, human scum Nov 8, 06:57 [Attachment] 6
- So beautiful -- nm - Pippy, Dipping the dip Nov 8, 10:46
- Reverse view -- (pic) - znufrii, human scum Nov 8, 07:11 [Attachment] 4
  - Looks modern! -- nm - Mop Nov 8, 09:10
  - much nicer doorway -- nm - JaxSean Nov 8, 07:15 1
    - I’m giddy at how good it’s turning out. -- nm - znufrii, human scum Nov 8, 07:26
  - Reverse, before -- (pic) - znufrii, human scum Nov 8, 07:11 [Attachment]
Within a few years, it could cost more than $100,000 a year to attend elite colleges such as the University of Chicago -- (link) - decline Nov 8, 06:56 6
- Elizabeth Warren has a plan for this! -- nm - Mop Nov 8, 08:47
- Cost who, exactly? - znufrii, human scum Nov 8, 07:04 1
  - Very few even if wealthy we’re learning. Basically if you’re a dumb, rich kid you’ll pay sticker but anyone they actually want get a break. - spamlet Nov 8, 08:26
- Are there any thoughts on how debt forgiveness would impact college tuition inflation? -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Nov 8, 06:59 1
  - I don’t see how, it wouldn’t impact future students. -- nm - znufrii, human scum Nov 8, 07:05
- It's cool, they want to give our cat a scholarship anyway. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 8, 06:57
I really, really, really hope we listen to the repeated warnings about wokeness, from Obama, Biden, and many others, in time - JackDawson Nov 8, 06:48 1
- It did. I retweeted it! -- nm - Spawn Nov 8, 07:24
DE Chase Young suspended for tomorrow's game against Maryland, possible NCAA eligibility violation. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Nov 8, 06:46
Is it time to retire the idea of “privilege”? -- (link) - znufrii, human scum Nov 8, 06:41 11
- The term is overused and has been weaponized, but I think it still has a lot of relevance unfortunately -- nm - JackDawson Nov 8, 06:47 8
  - I agree that it's overused (much like "racism"). Sometimes, "advantage" might the better word. I do think it's difficult... - Dark Callisto Nov 8, 06:56 7
    - I like "advantage" actually. The problem with sticking it to race/gender though is that it over simplifies things - JackDawson Nov 8, 07:10 6
      - I always liked John Scalzi's "lowest difficulty setting" essay -- (link) - Reagen Nov 8, 07:18 4
        
        That's really, really good, and I love the two follow-ups. -- nm - David Nov 8, 08:23
        
        Meh. It's still focused exclusively on identity and not socioeconomic issues. -- nm - JackDawson Nov 8, 07:41 1
        
        Though if you have two people in the same circumstance, it applies. I think that's really what it's trying to get across. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 8, 08:09
        
        Yep, that's a good analogy. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 8, 07:36
      - I think the one hardest for people to reconcile is that it's way tougher... -- (edited) - Inigo Nov 8, 07:13
- No. tl;dr also no. In short: no -- nm - TWuG Nov 8, 06:43 1
  - Also tl;dr - white man wants to retire idea of privilege. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 8, 06:48
CDN people: Massive clearance prices on Phillips HUE stuff at Lowe's. -- (link) - Shaun Nov 8, 06:39 8
- Do I need the bridge to use everything else? -- nm - Andie Nov 8, 07:12 6
  - I locked up a starter kit and 5 additional bulbs. I'm going to return the Costco ones as these should be better quality. -- nm - Shaun Nov 8, 07:18 3
    - Thanks for the head's up - i got the starter kit and the lamp (which i can use for balcony lighting.) -- nm* - Andie Nov 8, 07:38 2
      - Just now I got my proper order confirmed email. I was getting worried. -- nm - Shaun Nov 8, 08:56 1
        
        I couldn't get the lamp here, but it was available for pick up where my mom lives, so, lucky her, she gets to make a trip to Lowe's! (I just got my - Andie Nov 8, 09:55
  - Yes. It connects to your wireless network, and all the devices connect to it. -- nm - Inigo Nov 8, 07:14 1
    - great -- nm - Andie Nov 8, 07:22
- Damn anyone want to hook me up with some bulbs? -- nm - sycor Nov 8, 07:07

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