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Great Vudu news! - David Feb 3, 16:19 9
- I’m assuming it’s some sort of ad deal where they are at the top of your view in return for UHD? - spamlet Feb 3, 16:27
- nice! -- nm - Remlik Feb 3, 16:22
- HOLY FUCK! -- nm - Mop Feb 3, 16:22 6
  - Batman vs. Superman in UHD, here we come! -- nm - Mop Feb 3, 16:23 5
    - in which we learned Mop hates himself. -- nm - mafic Feb 3, 16:26 3
      - He just wants to go on a magic carpet ride. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 3, 16:27
      - The blacks will be *SO* black! -- nm - Mop Feb 3, 16:27 1
        
        Don't be racist, Mop. -- nm - Beron Cherry Feb 3, 16:27
    - Ruiner. -- nm - David Feb 3, 16:23
I'm just saying... if you're cutting halfway through a tree with Captain America's shield... you've pretty much killed that tree. -- nm - Mop Feb 3, 16:15 1
- So he's not a tree hugger. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 3, 16:20
I assume some of you are crushing over Madelaine Petsch (Cherry Blossom) on Riverdale. Here she's walking us through the Riverdale set. -- (link) - Mop Feb 3, 16:13 [youtube]
good to know: Twitter now lets posts be reported for election/voter-related crappity. - b. Feb 3, 16:10
I can't find my tablet. it was with my book all last week. my book is in my house. my tablet must be in my house. BUT WHERE??? -- nm - amanda Feb 3, 15:47 7
- check with chubbers. -- nm - mafic Feb 3, 15:56 2
  - chubbers hates devices. a tablet is a vanity. how is your child? -- nm - amanda Feb 3, 16:19 1
    - She’s good! Walking, signing for things, eating sand. M is struggling to decide if/when to go back to work. - mafic Feb 3, 16:36 [Attachment]
- Is it android? You can make it ring. - Reagen Feb 3, 15:49 3
  - I tried using that. I thought I could hear it super faintly but only in the spare bedroom. I was actually super worried because the map showed it - amanda Feb 3, 16:19
  - iPads will do that as well -- nm - spamlet Feb 3, 15:50
  - Similiar for iOS - JD Feb 3, 15:50
Pippy: Just how pricey were your MCR tix? They ended up with four nights at the Forum here and the available non-resale tickets start at $335 - JD Feb 3, 15:22 3
- This is crazy pants to me. - Will Hunting Feb 3, 15:26 2
  - Supply and demand as well as what local market will bear I guess - JD Feb 3, 15:29
  - The kids have more $ to drop. -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 15:29
the shooting today..no not that shooting, the other shooting, 2 dead, child hurt at Texas A*M residence hall -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 3, 15:02 4
- Residence hall housing freshmen. Begs the question why a 10-year-old child was there. -- nm - Mop Feb 3, 15:08 3
  - Someone got fresh with momma -- nm* - zeitgeist Feb 3, 15:54
  - Super genius? -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 15:29 1
    - ... -- nm* - Beryllium Feb 3, 16:19
OK, last chance to influence me before I set off to caucus. - Cuzzin Todd Feb 3, 14:57 25
- I’ll be curious to find out how little Klobachur talk there will be in the room. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 3, 15:22 5
  - Well, there'll at least be me. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 3, 15:59 4
    - since you're sharing that, who's your #2? -- nm - b. Feb 3, 16:12 3
      - Pete. Then Warren if I must move again. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 3, 16:20 2
        
        :) - I'm glad you're participating - always means a lot but especially this election. -- nm - b. Feb 3, 16:32
        
        I think it’s over after the second round this year. - spamlet Feb 3, 16:28
- *waves hand using Jedi mind tricks* you will go wearing red speedos, 2 Leias and a gorilla mask. in your pack: 4 cans of whipped cream and an air horn -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 3, 15:15 2
  - It's a Democratic caucus. - Cuzzin Todd Feb 3, 15:17 1
    - drat. if I had known that, I would have sent you several dozen Elizabeth Warren butt plugs to sell. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 3, 15:46
- You realize that after tonight, all political ads will essentially evaporate. How will you celebrate? -- nm - Mop Feb 3, 15:13 2
  - By watching TV. Duh. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 3, 15:14 1
    - It's never too early for IVANKA/DON JR 2024! -- nm - Mop Feb 3, 15:30
- Who has the best snacks? I mean, honestly, I expect a lot of granola and crap. Whoever brings Doritos and Lays wins my vote. -- nm - Mop Feb 3, 15:11 1
  - you just know that Biden's going to have like Hydrox cookies and RC Cola. -- nm - mafic Feb 3, 15:15
- Caucus like you mean it! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 3, 15:09 2
  - caucus? he barely knows us! -- nm - mafic Feb 3, 15:10 1
    - Cuzz puts the caucus in "Cause a Ruckus" -- nm - rollo Feb 3, 15:21
- Yang will give you $12,000. -- nm - mafic Feb 3, 15:06
- Go with whoever has the hottest precinct captain. -- nm - Dano Feb 3, 15:01 1
  - what is he, Australian? - mafic Feb 3, 15:07
- I will give you rights to the word "cousin" for the next 20 years. -- nm - David Feb 3, 15:01
- Just vote Bernie and give the election to Trump. I am already tired of it. -- nm - Bacon Feb 3, 14:58 3
  - YOU'RE tired it??? If you only knew how inundated I've been the last... forever. I'm so thrilled the ads will now (mostly) go away. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 3, 15:02 2
    - Well think of it this way. You are going to have choices that the rest of the country doesn't get to have. - Bacon Feb 3, 15:04 1
      - Lucky. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 3, 15:12
So, first day on the new job. It's 100% what I have been working towards for 20 years. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 3, 14:49 17
- so great! congratulations! I hope it's everything you want it to be! :) - -- nm - b. Feb 3, 16:13
- awesome! -- nm - Beaker Feb 3, 16:09
- Sweet -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 15:54
- Don Homer! -- nm - budice Feb 3, 15:43
- That's awesome! Congrats! -- nm - Krusty Feb 3, 15:43
- sweet -- nm - Max Feb 3, 15:41
- Nice! -- nm - Remlik Feb 3, 15:25
- That’s fantastic! -- nm - spamlet Feb 3, 15:18
- Congrats! -- nm - Dano Feb 3, 15:02
- That's great! But... now what? ;) -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 3, 14:57
- Woot! -- nm - JD Feb 3, 14:56
- Nice -- nm - Marlowe Feb 3, 14:53
- Have fun. Try not to get burnt out. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 3, 14:53
- congrats! may your future be full of elections. -- nm - mafic Feb 3, 14:53
- How much blood did they take for the swearing in? -- nm - Reagen Feb 3, 14:52
- That's awesome. Good luck! -- nm - David Feb 3, 14:52
- That's great news! -- nm - Bacon Feb 3, 14:51
"First your start with your heel stretch..." ... What the crap. -- nm - Reagen Feb 3, 14:48
In other election news, Sinn Fein is gaining ground in Ireland as satisfaction with the ruling party falters -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 3, 14:46 5
- *shrug* It's a left-leaning political party gaining ground over a center-right ruling government. Sounds good to me. -- nm - Mop Feb 3, 14:48 4
  - yeah, since the Good Friday Agreement they're basically just a political party. -- nm - mafic Feb 3, 14:57 3
    - also government in Ireland is basically always by coalition, and none of the other parties like Gerry Adams. -- nm - mafic Feb 3, 15:05 2
      - Fortunately he no longer seems to be the leader of Sinn Fein. -- nm - Mop Feb 3, 15:10
      - ALSO now that I've read the article, they're only running candidates in like a quarter of the seats. so yeah, they're coming in 3rd. -- nm - mafic Feb 3, 15:09
so that Windows update took almost two hours! I mean, wtf. -- nm - mud Feb 3, 14:29
Did you hear that Julie Andrews will no longer be supporting cheap lipstick? It crumbles easily and makes her breath smell - JD Feb 3, 13:46 4
- Thank you -- nm - spamlet Feb 3, 14:15
- NO! -- nm - Mop Feb 3, 13:59
- No snacks for you! -- nm - . Feb 3, 13:49
- Corner! Now! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 3, 13:47
Shuri's a genius who's pretty good at making gizmos. -- nm - . Feb 3, 13:40 1
- and way better in direct combat than Q -- nm - JD Feb 3, 13:40
*after answering no questions on the short answer portion* "But... it said don't write in this space!" "That's the spot for your mark." -- (edited) - Classroom Transcripts Feb 3, 13:33 5
- "What's your birthday? Cause once I've got that, I've got your password for your credit cards, guaranteed. - Classroom Transcripts Feb 3, 13:34 3
  - There's a potential Election-style dark comedy about teachers vs. students escalating doxxing and SWATting in there somewhere. -- nm - Max Feb 3, 14:03
  - "What? No, my credit card password is based on a lovely sled I had as a child." -- nm - Beryllium Feb 3, 13:40
  - I'd keep an eye on that one -- nm - JD Feb 3, 13:39
- ... do these people not have any sense of test anxiety? Must be good to be them. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 3, 13:34
"Incredible warmth in Europe from Scandinavia to western Russia:" - prayformojo Feb 3, 13:28 2
- Europeans are well known for their friendliness. -- nm - Mop Feb 3, 15:18
- We've basically had no snow this winter. We had an inch or so a few weeks ago and that's about it. Nothing that's lasted more than a day on - Krusty Feb 3, 13:46
Bloomberg is in California -- nm - Remlik Feb 3, 13:25
What other historical figure should Lin rhapsodize next? Would a mostly black cast do Lincoln (with white slaves?) -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 13:17
Gritty has been cleared of assault -- (link) - Reagen Feb 3, 13:17
Jeebus. Tesla up $128 a share today. At $780. -- nm - TWuG Feb 3, 13:13 9
- frothy. -- nm - mafic Feb 3, 13:51
- based on earnings or ads? -- nm - amanda Feb 3, 13:23 3
  - They don't advertise, so I think overall analyst opinion has changed after the earnings call. -- nm - TWuG Feb 3, 13:35
  - I would have guessed based on beating earnings and delivery expectations...but, they just closed the new China assembly line for Corona v -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 13:26
  - Based on one analyst setting a $7,000 five-year base case price target, as far as I can tell. -- (edited) - znufrii, human scum Feb 3, 13:25
- I...just...wow. - znufrii, human scum Feb 3, 13:23 1
  - You and me both -- nm - TWuG Feb 3, 13:35
- Has to be a short squeeze. Has to be. - Reagen Feb 3, 13:14 1
  - Man, if the shorts are finally squeezed out... ALL the schadenfreude - TWuG Feb 3, 13:38
Fuck Limbaugh. - Qale Feb 3, 13:11 2
- His love of all things tobacco and his extreme push back of non smoking laws in the past is very ironic. Karma in action - Bacon Feb 3, 14:19
- I can get on board with this too. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Feb 3, 14:16
Deadline has some notes on why "Rhythm Section" bombed. -- (link) - Mop Feb 3, 13:11 6
- Pretty obvious from the name, the rhythm is gonna get ya -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 15:56
- Apparently it has NOTHING to do with Janet Jackson! - Cuzzin Todd Feb 3, 15:04
- It's an awful title. I'm reminded of The Long Kiss Goodnight. -- nm - Reagen Feb 3, 13:13 3
  - at least that's a little noiry. I just assumed Rhythm Section was about a marching band or something. -- nm - mafic Feb 3, 13:53 1
    - The few ads I saw didn't make it clear what it was. -- nm - . Feb 3, 14:36
  - To make it worse, the meaning of the phrase has little relevance in the movie. When it's explained I figured it would be a prominent element. - pmb Feb 3, 13:22
538 predicts Biden to win Iowa.... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 3, 13:07 2
- they wish they had more polls. for what, to ignore them, too; and just take a shot at predicting while covering themselves saying any of the 4 could - b. Feb 3, 16:18
- Please ty, don’t hurt him. -- nm - spamlet Feb 3, 13:45
The Kansas City Chief who was doing the angels on the field just paid off 100 adoption fees for dogs... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 3, 13:02 3
- Lots of happy wagging tails. -- nm - . Feb 3, 16:10
- Nice! My gf and I were loving how happy he was. -- nm - Krusty Feb 3, 13:30
- ahhhh -- nm - Andie Feb 3, 13:04
Justice League was better than BvS, which I suppose is something. -- nm - Reagen Feb 3, 13:02 11
- no -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 15:22
- I'd rather rewatch BvS than JL. I'm likely in the minority here. -- nm - Shaun Feb 3, 13:29 1
  - No Flash. No Cyborg. - Spawn Feb 3, 15:24
- Counterpoint: Steppenwolf -- nm - David Feb 3, 13:04 6
  - Counter-counterpoint: "Martha" -- nm - Reagen Feb 3, 13:10 5
    - Jebus, DC. Do *better*. -- nm - David Feb 3, 13:18 4
      - For the good of humanity, you have to watch Aquaman or Bumblebee once a day for a year. You chose? -- nm - Jovian Feb 3, 13:23 3
        
        NOBODY cares that much about humanity. -- nm - TWuG Feb 3, 13:39
        
        I'm a cat person, so I'll be fine without the rest of you. -- nm - David Feb 3, 13:35
        
        I mean, sure I care about the good of humanity. But do I care that much? -- nm - Roger More Feb 3, 13:24
- Momoa and Gadot elevated JL just by not being so dour. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 3, 13:03
Hamilton was filmed more than a year ago. It'll be another 18 months before it hits theaters. WTF? -- nm - Mop Feb 3, 12:51 9
- For the conversion to 3D. -- nm - Beron Cherry Feb 3, 13:02 2
  - Well, they are still editing as well as working with Disney as to whether or not there will be an intermission -- nm - JD Feb 3, 13:11
  - James Cameron is only one man! - Reagen Feb 3, 13:03
- Specifically it was filmed in June 2016 right before the OBC started to leave. -- nm - Diva Feb 3, 12:57
- They aren't stepping on the touring company performances. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 3, 12:54
- That's earlier than I expected. I figured they'd hold off until 2024. They're still making bank on Broadway and with the touring -- nm - Krusty Feb 3, 12:54 3
  - And they'll still be making bank after the movie. nm - Turd Ferguson Feb 3, 13:23 1
    - exactly, it's what I've been saying since I started! Every fucking hit show is leaving TENS OF MILLIONS on the table by not doing this -- nm* - Beaker Feb 3, 16:11
  - Yup. -- nm - David Feb 3, 12:55
The list from HSX - Spawn Feb 3, 12:48 13
- I'm moderately amused that Sometimes Always Never and Never Rarely Sometimes Always are opening a week apart. -- nm - mafic Feb 3, 14:36
- "The Trial of the Chicago 7" is a name that jumps to me. -- nm - Marlowe Feb 3, 14:00
- I'll go to the theater for Quiet Place 2, James Bond, Wonder Woman, and Top Gun, not sure if anything else before July. -- nm - Max Feb 3, 13:53
- That's a lot of comic book movies. -- nm - David Feb 3, 13:03 1
  - You say that like it is a bad thing. -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 15:25
- JB25, Black Widow, Wonder Woman 1984, Top Gun 2, Ghostbusters 3, Bill and Ted 3, Without Remorse -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 3, 12:53 2
  - Venom 2, Eternals, Morbius, Black Widow, Tenet, Dune -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 12:54 1
    - New Mutants? -- nm - eag Feb 3, 12:57
- Fantasy Island?! -- nm - Mop Feb 3, 12:51 3
  - but as a horror flick -- nm - SyrDragon Feb 3, 13:23
  - As presented by Blumhouse. -- (link) - Mop Feb 3, 12:54 [youtube]
  - The movie I have seen the trailer for at least a dozen times. -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 12:54
- The Personal History of David... May 8, 2020 -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 12:49

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