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Daisy Ridley and her sisters look like a time lapse of a night of drinking. -- (link) - Reagen Feb 21, 07:32 [Image]
Funko Pop: The Boys -- (link) - Shaun Feb 21, 07:30 6
- I was hoping it was the boys from Top Gear/Grand Tour. - Krusty Feb 21, 07:34 5
  - Time for you to find out. Go watch The Boys on Amazon Prime! -- nm - Shaun Feb 21, 07:38 4
    - There seems to be two women. What's up with that name? Huh?!? Sexist show! - Krusty Feb 21, 07:46 3
      - excellent (but very violent) -- nm - decline Feb 21, 07:47
      - We loved it and are really looking forward to Season 2. -- nm* - Shaun Feb 21, 07:47 1
        
        Thanks, guys. I'll check it out this evening. -- nm - Krusty Feb 21, 07:50
"If you're calling at 6AM to tell me we have a problem with our computer I'm going to hunt your family down and kill you all, so go fuck yourself" - Mrs Beak Feb 21, 07:13 8
- Today was the first day this week we weren’t woken up by a car alarm at 6am, so that’s good. -- (edited) - znufrii Feb 21, 07:51 2
  - maybe he stole the car -- nm - decline Feb 21, 07:59
  - Car alarms should be connected to your phone so you actually know it's your car making that annoying sound. -- nm - Krusty Feb 21, 07:53
- Speaking of: Wired.com long read 'On the Trail of the Robocall King' -- (link) - decline Feb 21, 07:28 1
  - Oh thank God! If you scroll down a bit you'll find a PLAY button for an audio version of this article. -- nm - Mop Feb 21, 17:32
- Good for her -- nm - JaxSean Feb 21, 07:16
- sooooo " operation long con Beak's kidneys" is a no go - Pippy -picture perfect Feb 21, 07:15
- so, morning person? -- nm - decline Feb 21, 07:14
PC Gamer people: Assassin's Creed Syndicate is free on the Epic Games store now. -- nm - Shaun Feb 21, 06:52 1
- Thanks! -- nm - Mop Feb 21, 07:23
Rep. Doug Collins rebuffs potential offer of DNI role. -- (link*) - znufrii Feb 21, 06:46 2
- I hate how the word "humbled" is now used to mean the opposite of that. -- nm - Reagen Feb 21, 06:54 1
  - I know! My daughter and I complain about this all the time. -- nm - pmb Feb 21, 07:21
"Did I do this wrong?" "Why would you start with that? We're solving for positive x, we need to solve for positive Nicholas." -- nm - Classroom Transcripts Feb 21, 06:44 2
- Better than being a negative Nicholas. -- nm - *sad trombone* Feb 21, 06:45 1
  - hahahahahahaha -- nm - studio audience Feb 21, 06:55
One of the people that thinks my email is theirs signed up for a brokerage. - Reagen Feb 21, 06:41 3
- I cancelled someone's Netflix (US) account last week. I got notification that they had a new account, i immediately changed the password, clicked - Andie Feb 21, 06:45 2
  - *blink* ooh, aggro andie. Nice. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 21, 07:13 1
    - Amelia is an idiot and gets what she deserves. - Andie Feb 21, 07:32
Hello, please let this be a joke -- (link) - ty97 Feb 21, 06:30 11
- 6 pack. 5 scents. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 21, 07:33 2
  - The sixth is the bun. - Reagen Feb 21, 07:34 1
    - If my place smelled like pickles I'd have to move -- nm - Krusty Feb 21, 07:51
- Blame Goop for this travesty -- nm - Pippy -picture perfect Feb 21, 06:57
- can't wait for Wendy's SM to weigh in, if they haven't already -- nm - prayformojo Feb 21, 06:54 1
  - Meh. -- (link) - Ender Feb 21, 07:09
- This is a billion times better than Pepper Potts' p***y candle. -- nm - Shaun Feb 21, 06:49
- The worst smell in the world is someone else's McDonald's. -- nm - Reagen Feb 21, 06:42
- *relieved it's not a new Trump story* -- nm - Mop Feb 21, 06:38
- it's such a weird idea that I kinda love it -- nm - prayformojo Feb 21, 06:36
- Nope. - Will Hunting Feb 21, 06:31
Guys, wish me luck. -- nm* - Andie Feb 21, 06:20 14
- Hopefully they’ll realize your value! -- nm - spamlet Feb 21, 07:13
- And a promotion! -- nm - znufrii Feb 21, 07:12
- 25%!! Good luck!! -- nm - Beaker Feb 21, 07:10
- Good luck! Get that raise! -- nm - Diva Feb 21, 07:02
- Good luck!! -- nm - Pippy -picture perfect Feb 21, 06:58
- *crossing fingers and toes* -- nm - Strongbad Feb 21, 06:45
- good luck! -- nm - JaxSean Feb 21, 06:44
- Go get 'em!!! -- nm - Mop Feb 21, 06:33
- Enjoy your 50% raise! -- nm - ty97 Feb 21, 06:29
- You got this! 👊 -- nm - Krusty Feb 21, 06:27
- good luck! you deserve 20%! -- nm - decline Feb 21, 06:27
- Good luck! Ask for 12% just to be sure. -- nm - Shaun Feb 21, 06:24 1
  - I assume she'll come out with a 15% raise regardless. -- nm - Mop Feb 21, 06:33
- give 'em hell, Andie! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 21, 06:21
Othercide - PAX East reveal trailer -- (link) - Shaun Feb 21, 06:18 [youtube]
Was just in the lift with Jesse Eisenberg -- nm - LMS Feb 21, 05:45 6
- If you were in the lift with Jesse Eisenberg then you would be in the lift with Jesse Eisenberg -- nm - rollo Feb 21, 06:08
- did you say hi ? -- nm - decline Feb 21, 06:05 4
  - No, he was with a bunch of other people (publicity & security) and talking to someone else at the time, so no chance. -- nm - LMS Feb 21, 06:10 3
    - important question - how tall is he? -- nm - Andie Feb 21, 06:20 2
      - Tiny -- nm - LMS Feb 21, 06:24 1
        
        He should have been wearing lifts is the lift. -- nm - zunk lake county Feb 21, 06:33
Pokemon Go Safari Zone Philadelphia ticket details -- (link) - ty97 Feb 21, 05:38 3
- are you going ? -- nm - decline Feb 21, 05:53 1
  - I plan to, though I'm on a plane from Europe to US when tickets go on sale. Someone is probably buying for me -- (edited) - ty97 Feb 21, 06:09
- *marks his calendar to avoid the city that weekend* -- (edited) - znufrii Feb 21, 05:46
Not sure if any CDN people are in the market, but it looks like all Xbox One X bundles are $380 everywhere right now. -- nm - Shaun Feb 21, 05:30
Popcorn Champs: The Empire Strikes Back -- (link) - Beaker Feb 21, 04:43
TV PSA: Hunters (Amazon), Star Wars The Clone Wars (D+), Gentified (Netflix), Harley Quinn, Fresh off the Boat x2 (series finale), Smackdown, Charmed, -- nm* - Beaker Feb 21, 04:39 1
- Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector, MacGyver, Hawaii 5-O, Live PD, The Weekly, Gold Rush, Dynasty, other stuff -- nm* - Beaker Feb 21, 04:40
London block books the entire Holiday Inn at Heathrow for a quarantine site -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 21, 02:14 11
- I’m sure that’ll make Chingy happy. -- nm - Qale Feb 21, 05:08
- S.Korea cordons off Daegu city, 200 cases reported (allegedly there are cases at the border of china/No. Korea) -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 21, 02:23 9
  - China fires prison wardens as virus spreads to 450 incarcerated -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 21, 02:29 8
    - Iraq closes border with Iran as Tehran has 5 cases (reported) and 2 dead -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 21, 02:30 7
      - Tokyo says F.U. to London, they're not going to move the Olympics there -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 21, 02:31 6
        
        China: Earliest vaccine to be submitted for trials in late April -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 21, 02:33 5
        
        Daegu reported 23 new cases which were traced to a church that a 61-year-old coronavirus patient had attended. -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 21, 02:35 4
        
        link to all this and more.... -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 21, 02:37 3
        
        what's with that url? -- nm - Andie Feb 21, 06:23
        
        This all looks like out of a William Gibson novel, the preamble to a dystopic world. Usually presented later in the novel to give context. (NM) - Marlowe Feb 21, 04:31 1
        
        Sure is a fun thread to start the day with. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 21, 05:49
Redbox launches free ad supported streaming service. -- (link) - Mop Feb 20, 22:37
This Week I Learned: There's a local plant called 'sea beans' or 'sea asparagus' that is edible. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 20, 21:19 2
- That's come up on cooking shows before - like an ingredient in the Chopped mystery basket. -- nm - Meg Feb 20, 21:40 1
  - Yes, I remember seeing this before too. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 21, 05:07
For like four years now, my travel shows have been Dark Matter, Limitless, No Tomorrow, and Kevin Probably Saves the World. I have six episodes left. - David Feb 20, 21:19
Mitch McConnell’s super pac has been secretly funneling millions of dollars to support the campaign of the farthest left democratic senate candidate - pmb Feb 20, 21:08 9
- That’s not new or unusual. Claire McCaskill did it when Todd Akin won the GOP nomination. -- nm - spamlet Feb 21, 03:42 8
  - By hiding the source of funding? - pmb Feb 21, 06:01 2
    - I mean no one knew until she wrote her book so I’d say yes. - spamlet Feb 21, 06:18
    - I agree that it's very slimy. I have no idea if it's ever been done before. - Strongbad Feb 21, 06:18
  - This. People from 1 party have tried influencing the other parties primaries for... ever? -- nm - Strongbad Feb 21, 04:32 4
    - “Influencing” — good smooshy word like a good textual originalist. Does like, killing count as influencing? Is all influencing the same? Calling out s - JackDawson Feb 21, 04:55 3
      - No, not all influencing is the same. - Strongbad Feb 21, 05:00 2
        
        I don’t think it’s a big deal either but the false equivalence you keep drawing are mentally painful and also dangerous - JackDawson Feb 21, 05:11 1
        
        OK. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 21, 05:14
It’s always Lord of the Flies out there. Never Lord of the Rings. Just once, I want it to be Lord of the Rings out there! -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 21:04
I’m a day behind on Jeopardy. Let me tell you, it’s a hell of a day when (spoilers) - Mop Feb 20, 19:53
Steven Spielberg's Daughter has launched a pron career...(UPDATED) correct link now -- (link*) - Remlik Feb 20, 19:49 11
- I was just thinking how I would feel if my daughter came and told me something like this and I think I'd be better with this than if she told me she - pmb Feb 21, 07:25
- So is the porn going to mostly comprise of people just looking at things in wonderment? -- nm - Qale Feb 21, 05:14
- she never googled Jerry Van Dyke and his daughter first?? -- (edited) - Peglegpete Feb 20, 20:07 4
  - there's a lot of right wing undertone there, just look at the #tags of Hollywood Liberals etc... -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 21, 00:21
  - Well that's a story I wish I hadn't googled. -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 22:28 2
    - yup, not good, but it does relate to this -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 20, 23:35 1
      - Like the Kirk Douglas story, I hope it's not true. But right now I want to burn down "Old Hollywood". -- nm - Mop Feb 21, 06:37
- The take-away here is that Remlik had the URL to “Bang A Gong” in his clipboard for some reason. -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 20:03
- I think my daughters rode horses in Tennnessee with her one summer. They had the same trainer. -- nm* - pmb Feb 20, 19:59
- The Power Station would have been the most disappointing British supergroup of the 80s if it wasn't for The Firm -- nm - crash davis Feb 20, 19:54
- It's gone. -- nm - jnine Feb 20, 19:53
ST Picard is at least twice as good as Mandalorian -- nm - mud Feb 20, 19:27 6
- I really enjoy it, but no. -- nm - Beaker Feb 21, 04:36
- Is Slacker Talk producing content now? (NM) - Marlowe Feb 20, 19:53 2
  - Yep, the subscription money will make us all rich -- nm - crash davis Feb 20, 19:55
  - Could do. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 20, 19:54
- damn good episode this week -- nm - Remlik Feb 20, 19:43
- he's been Sainted????? interesting. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 20, 19:30
Tim NEEDS to watch Critical Role tonight! -- nm - David Feb 20, 19:04 2
- wrestler or Met? -- nm - crash davis Feb 20, 19:49 1
  - Pre-episode commercial promo! -- nm - David Feb 20, 20:16
Bloomberg CNN town hall Monday -- from Charleston, SC -- (link) - mud Feb 20, 19:00 1
- Charleston sounds like a great place to drop out of the race. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 20, 19:05
There are still two Zellers stores in Canada, but they're about to close -- (link) - Reagen Feb 20, 18:55 3
- *counting money* Remember when we sold all our stores to Target? -- nm - Zellers Feb 20, 22:38
- Oh no. Maybe I can get them to mail me a Zeddy or two. -- nm* - Beryllium Feb 20, 19:00
- in which I learn that Things Engraved still technically exists. -- nm - mafic Feb 20, 19:00
Its like listening to one of my uncles -- (link) - Jovian Feb 20, 18:48 9
- It’s fake click bait to trigger y’all and works all these years later so easily -- nm - JackDawson Feb 21, 04:56
- I guarantee he's never seen GWTW. -- nm - mafic Feb 20, 18:58 2
  - For one thing, it's four hours. -- nm - Reagen Feb 20, 19:00 1
    - One and one third Irishmen?!?! -- nm - Beryllium Feb 20, 19:06
- "Asian Americans are the fastest-growing racial group and will be the swing vote in many states." -- (link) - mud Feb 20, 18:53 3
  - Hr doesn't like "Parasite" Asians. He prefers "Crazy Rich Asians" Asians. -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 20:33
  - Yup, my neighborhood is predominately Asian and city and county government lean Asian. Haven't really heard how they're voting. -- nm - Meg Feb 20, 19:23
  - CNN: "What's spreading faster than coronavirus in the US? Racist assaults and ignorant attacks against Asians" -- (link) - mud Feb 20, 18:54
- gone with the wind, that's the one where the person gets branded with a giant "A" for what an asshole they are, right? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 20, 18:51
"Abandoned Seafarers" - sailors who can't leave their ships because they won't get paid. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 20, 18:38 4
- There was a story posted on ST last year about a crew stranded in Halifax. -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 19:58
- After skimming the article...I would leave the ship and not get paid. -- nm - Bacon Feb 20, 18:41 2
  - Yep. Could make for a good reality TV show concept. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 20, 18:48 1
    - "All Hands On Deck" -- nm - rollo Feb 21, 06:14
i just googled to see if ESPN was still, in fact, part of the Go Network. -- nm - prayformojo Feb 20, 18:29 4
- And? -- nm - spamlet Feb 20, 20:14
- Its crazy, Disney hasn't unwound the go.com branding. Even the Parks websites have go.com attached -- nm - budice Feb 20, 18:45 1
  - I was reading something about the origins of the Go network and how Disney’s web presence is still mired in it. -- nm* - Mop Feb 20, 20:00
- Is it 1999 again? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 20, 18:40
yea so I think The Unicorn has gotta be the best new show this season. -- nm - Jovian Feb 20, 18:21 3
- I really like it -- nm - Beaker Feb 21, 04:36
- This is got to be one of the weirdest cons ST has tried to play on me yet. -- nm - Spawn Feb 20, 22:24
- eeky first -- nm - Jovian Feb 20, 18:26

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