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Kevin Smith rumour: Charlie Cox to appear in Spiderman 3 as DD -- (link) - Beaker Mar 17, 09:32 1
- Far from home spoilers - Beryllium Mar 17, 09:34
The horror streaming service SHUDDER has a 30 day preview use code SHUTIN to get it. lots of good stuff on there... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 17, 09:31
if anyone wants to borrow my HBO or starz logins during this madness, let me know. also vudu, I guess. Is D+ still limiting devices? if no, that too. -- nm - amanda Mar 17, 09:31
NFL QB: Colts close on Phillip Rivers. Panthers close on Teddy Bridgewater -- (link) - budice Mar 17, 09:29 1
- Teddy deal is done with Carolina. $20M per year (per NFL Netowrk) -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 09:34
My contractor and his helper are old Acadian dudes, who fight with each other. I really want to tell them I know what swearing sounds like in French. -- nm - Reagen Mar 17, 09:24
pmb- the “except for those who die” line is emotional but holds no water to how humans behave - JackDawson Mar 17, 09:23 3
- (My point on B2 is that when we get the risk/death numbers to numbers we can live morally with - clearly, the flu numbers, we will carry on) - JackDawson Mar 17, 09:29 2
  - My point is that I think your posts were underplaying the issues here. Yes, we treat the flu differently, but that is in part because of experience, - pmb Mar 17, 09:41 1
    - I’m not underplaying it, actually, I’m simply saying that this disease is clearly and plain to the eye to see not something that ends humanity or that - JackDawson Mar 17, 09:49
When Onward opened, I was thinking "man, it might not break $150M." It won't break $65M. -- nm - Reagen Mar 17, 09:23
Our apartment complex is still doing food trucks at night. -- nm - David Mar 17, 09:22 4
- I'd go. -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 09:28
- whatcha gonna get? -- nm - decline Mar 17, 09:23 2
  - dead -- nm - David Mar 17, 09:24 1
    - I would check the other trucks, first. -- nm - Spawn Mar 17, 09:25
There we go. We didn't get on board with tests right away, cause they weren't good. And now that we waited - - Turd Ferguson Mar 17, 09:21 3
- I want them charged with criminal negligence. -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 09:29 2
  - I'll accept this. nm -- nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 17, 09:30
  - Yes -- nm - JackDawson Mar 17, 09:30
Trump may get to sign today's dow? -- nm - Spawn Mar 17, 09:19
Just in case you thought it would ever actually get released... production of Avatar sequels shut down. -- (link) - Mop Mar 17, 09:19
Critical Role have suspended broadcasts -- nm - Remlik Mar 17, 09:18
Stuart Whitman has passed away at 92...legendary actor... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 17, 09:17
Mall of America to close through at least March 31 -- (link) - ty97 Mar 17, 09:15
Cam Newton and Panthers contract talks have soured -- (link) - budice Mar 17, 09:14 1
- It's nice that he ended the angry rant with love. - David Mar 17, 09:19
HI ST'ers - good thoughts out to everyone. Thought of a quick poll question. What would be your last movie seen at the theatre? mine =Invisible Man. -- nm - JenBro Mar 17, 09:13 22
- Parasite. -- nm - kelly Mar 17, 10:15
- birds of prey -- nm - mud Mar 17, 09:27
- Um. Maybe the last marvel movie? I forget. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 09:25
- 1917 the last week of January. -- nm - zunkskunk with the bad take Mar 17, 09:19
- Sonic. -- nm - Reagen Mar 17, 09:19
- Onward. -- nm - David Mar 17, 09:18
- Parasite -- nm - Mop Mar 17, 09:18
- Rise of Skywalker -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 09:16 2
  - Same -- nm - eag Mar 17, 09:18
  - actually, this is mine as well. Same week, 3 days later. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 17, 09:17
- Frozen 2 -- nm - znufrii Mar 17, 09:16
- Deadpool -- nm - decline Mar 17, 09:16
- Onward -- nm - oblique Mar 17, 09:16
- 1917 in December -- nm - JaxSean Mar 17, 09:15
- Either Jumanji 2 or Knives Out - saw them the same week, not sure which order. And hello! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 17, 09:15 1
  - Hi back - to everyone! (details inside for my life) - JenBro Mar 17, 09:20
- Onward. -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 17, 09:15
- Onward -- nm - JD Mar 17, 09:15
- J'Accuse. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 17, 09:14
- The Way Back. -- nm - pmb Mar 17, 09:14
- Correction, Rise of Skywalker. -- nm* - Shaun Mar 17, 09:14
- Onward -- nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 17, 09:13
What a week for gaming. Not even taking into account the increased traffic, 4 90+ metacritic games released in just over a week's time. -- (link) - Shaun Mar 17, 09:13 14
- There's also Nioh 2 with an 86. Solid release window. -- nm - Shaun Mar 17, 09:27
- Not being a gamer but still reading about games, I've had serious smiles from the Animal Crossing / Doom fans and their shared fandom - JD Mar 17, 09:24
- Well, they certainly got lucky on the timing. -- nm - David Mar 17, 09:20
- Nice! -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 17, 09:16 10
  - *must resist urge to buy XBX for one game* -- nm - Shaun Mar 17, 09:22 9
    - Yeah, I made that mistake with Last of Us on PS4. -- nm - David Mar 17, 09:28 3
      - Your real mistake was giving up on it. -- nm - Shaun Mar 17, 09:29 2
        
        *getting it*, not giving up on it -- nm - David Mar 17, 09:30 1
        
        I don't recall exactly how far you ended up getting, but I'm pretty sure I'm further along now in my playthru after 4 sessions than you were. -- (edited) - Shaun Mar 17, 09:32
    - I am debating on DOOM. I have not played a game in over a year. -- nm - Spawn Mar 17, 09:25
    - Dude, suck it up. I purchased a PS4 Pro and a 4K HDR TV to 'play' one game that as it turns out, I haven't really played -- nm - JD Mar 17, 09:25 3
      - Which game? -- nm - Shaun Mar 17, 09:26 2
        
        Kingdom Hearts III - JD Mar 17, 09:32 1
        
        Eww. -- nm - Shaun Mar 17, 09:34
Mnuchin: Federal government intends to keep financial markets open, shorter hours may be necessary. -- nm - budice Mar 17, 09:12 1
- Yes, every day after the market crashes 5%, we'll halt trading. -- nm - Mop Mar 17, 09:13
Robert Quinn to the Bears, 5 years $70M ($30M guaranteed) -- nm* - Beaker Mar 17, 09:11
Obviously the West Virginia Board of Tourism Council has NOT been doing its job very well. -- (edited) - Cuzzin Todd Mar 17, 09:10
Hi guys! I heard there was a question about modeling. I don't do modeling so unfortunately I can't help. - loosilu Mar 17, 09:10
Da Bears are signing Robert Quinn. -- (link) - Shaun Mar 17, 09:10 1
- I was hoping we'd take a look, but the Falcons can't afford that. -- nm - David Mar 17, 09:12
Grain of salt: I hear that Zoom licenses double from 14 million to 28 million last week. -- nm - Mop Mar 17, 09:10
Free Adobe Creative Cloud for students through May 31st. -- (link) - Mop Mar 17, 09:09 3
- well, they're allowing existing customers to extend the license to at home use vs. lab -- nm - oblique Mar 17, 09:11 2
  - How is that different than how I use CC right now? Maybe I have a higher tier license? - Mop Mar 17, 09:13 1
    - "Starting today, we’re giving our higher education and K-12 institutional customers globally — who currently make Creative Cloud apps available to - oblique Mar 17, 09:14
Interesting. My mother had a regular doctor's appointment next week. She called to postpone and they said the Governor's Office had just contacted... - Spawn Mar 17, 09:08 1
- Similar story - ty97 Mar 17, 09:12
Mnuchin: looking at sending checks to all Americans, possibly $1000 -- (link) - ty97 Mar 17, 09:04 16
- We'll simply take it out of your taxes next year. -- nm - Mop Mar 17, 09:19
- That's a start. -- nm - pmb Mar 17, 09:17
- That’s great but no thanks. Use my portion and double the guy from the restaurant I frequent and use for that - JackDawson Mar 17, 09:17
- To spend on what? All the bars are closed! -- nm - JaxSean Mar 17, 09:10 6
  - Honestly I'll likely just turn around and donate it to the locate food bank. I'll be fine without it. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 17, 09:18
  - For the vulnerable among us: rent, food. For those of us not in that position: to donate to help the vulnerable among us -- nm - ty97 Mar 17, 09:14 3
    - I was being facetious. I am also surprised they're not doing percentages. -- (edited) - JaxSean Mar 17, 09:22
    - Nation's 1%: Sorry, what on the last part? It was like you were going through a tunnel. -- nm - Reagen Mar 17, 09:22
    - This -- nm - JackDawson Mar 17, 09:17
  - Tom Brady merch when he signs with the Jags -- nm - eag Mar 17, 09:13
- effin' Romney -- nm - Spawn Mar 17, 09:09
- Got that big screen TV all picked out -- nm - budice Mar 17, 09:09 1
  - TQQQ? :) - oblique Mar 17, 09:13
- Oooh brace yourself for the side by sides of (Yang is an idiot/Trump is our savior) memes. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 17, 09:06
- *donates it to Biden's campaign* -- nm* - znufrii Mar 17, 09:05 1
  - yeah really. -- nm - amanda Mar 17, 09:28
Tennis: Ecoutez! - Les French Open moved to September -- (link) - budice Mar 17, 09:03
Hot Topic closing all stores till March 30th -- (edited) - Beaker Mar 17, 09:00 2
- Twilighters will have to wait on their retro -rewatch gear -- nm - budice Mar 17, 09:02
- goths finally have something to be sad about. -- nm - Reagen Mar 17, 09:01
STONKS! -- nm - ty97 Mar 17, 08:58
I'm reviewing project status for students in my boss's class, and I might wear out my red pen. - Ba Baron Ron Ron Mar 17, 08:53
Some asshole reported just asked JT how long this will take. What a fucking clown. -- nm - Shaun Mar 17, 08:51 7
- Justin Timberlake? -- nm - budice Mar 17, 08:59
- omg, these reporter questions are useless. What a waste of his time. -- nm - Shaun Mar 17, 08:54 5
  - "Why aren't you doing more, and how are you going to pay for it?" -- nm - Reagen Mar 17, 08:59 4
    - "Since you're personally responsible for CDNs being overseas, how are you personally getting them home?" -- nm - Shaun Mar 17, 09:01 3
      - "Please say Americans are disease-ridden sacs of pus." -- nm - Reagen Mar 17, 09:02 2
        
        "I am not going to say that Americans are disease-ridden sacks of pus." - Beryllium Mar 17, 09:07 1
        
        quality. -- nm - Reagen Mar 17, 09:17
Also, to be fair, guys like Chase Daniel work like assistant offensive coordinators. It's why Charlie Whitehurst played so long. - David Mar 17, 08:48 1
- oh, I know and am actually surprised he hasn't moved to a coaches position yet - decline Mar 17, 09:16
Movies Anywhere launching a movie-sharing feature called "Screen Pass" -- (link) - oblique Mar 17, 08:47 11
- Hmmm -- nm - Mop Mar 17, 09:12
- Just paused my Cinemark Membership for 3 months -- nm - budice Mar 17, 08:58 5
  - Is it unreasonable to expect that AMC would not charge/refund A-list subscribers just as a matter of course? -- nm - oblique Mar 17, 09:09 4
    - Owned by the Chinese, so who knows. Is there anything preventing you from simply cancelling your subscription? -- nm - con_carne Mar 17, 09:19 3
      - I'm lazy? I also can't remember if I locked in for a year or not -- nm - oblique Mar 17, 09:25 1
        
        They have an online chat you use to cancel. Wait time for me was about 5 minutes. - Spawn Mar 17, 09:27
      - I just finished canceling my AMC Stubs+ thingee. -- nm Posted by Spawn Mar 12 '20, 11:24 -- nm - Spawn Mar 17, 09:22
- "The movies can be watched across the Movies Anywhere platform, except on Roku devices for the time being." - David Mar 17, 08:51
- So, sounds like the old sharing, but only this time it's more like a 14-day rental to share. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 17, 08:50
- We’ll need a spreadsheet. -- nm - spamlet Mar 17, 08:50
- Introducing, "Movie Pass"!!! ... no... wait... -- nm - Movies Anywhere, yesterday Mar 17, 08:49
Federal Court rejects effort to alter today's FL election stating: "The national healthcare emergency is not a basis to cancel an election." -- (link) - ty97 Mar 17, 08:44 8
- Dudes this is the latest thing y’all are gonna call me pessimistic over until it’s too late. This is - TERRIFYING -- nm - JackDawson Mar 17, 09:19 1
  - Really? You can't have it both ways. You were one of the first that said Trump would find a way to postpone the elections in 2020. - Spawn Mar 17, 09:23
- That's actually kind of reassuring. -- nm - Reagen Mar 17, 08:46 2
  - hush -- nm - IPOTUS Mar 17, 08:50
  - Yup. -- nm - David Mar 17, 08:50
- I forgot to get up early this morning to get to my place. I may have to brave the 5pm line. I'm seriously having qualms about doing that -- nm - oblique Mar 17, 08:46 2
  - One of my employees in Chicago said he was in and out at 9am your time. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 17, 08:51
  - Set the example by social distancing in line -- (link) - ty97 Mar 17, 08:49
True facts. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 17, 08:43 5
- Hey, it never stopped the parents back when everyone slept in the same room. -- nm - Ba Baron Ron Ron Mar 17, 08:54
- Way to hate on your kid, John Epler. -- nm - David Mar 17, 08:49
- heh -- nm - JaxSean Mar 17, 08:47
- Not mutually exclusive. -- nm - znufrii Mar 17, 08:46 1
  - It's a thread, I should say -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 08:47
No one is flying, unless they are trying to get from Vienna to Frankfurt apparently -- (link) - ty97 Mar 17, 08:43
Jim, I added more context as the board rolled. -- nm - David Mar 17, 08:41 7
- I'm an idiot...lemme post on the current board. What I said was... - Turd Ferguson Mar 17, 08:52 6
  - All that being said - I'm all for Marriott being treated as an evil empire - since they are Carrie's competition. So - if this hits them hard - Turd Ferguson Mar 17, 08:57 1
    - I literally just wrote this in an article: - David Mar 17, 08:59
  - I almost added that it is someone from the hotel, not Marriott. And I agree with your thoughts here. This is how someone gets kicked down... - David Mar 17, 08:57 3
    - It's funny you mention that.... - Turd Ferguson Mar 17, 08:59 2
      - Wow, not much has changed in 25 years. - David Mar 17, 09:03 1
        
        It's absolutely insane. Carrie is a regional sales director. So they call her up wanting her to perform some sort of magic to fill their hotels. - Turd Ferguson Mar 17, 09:05
"The outbreak is projected to peak in 45 days, on May 1, Mr. Cuomo said, at which point the state will need 55,000 to 110,000 hospital beds and - ty97 Mar 17, 08:38 5
- (I will admit that I have no idea how modeling for this works to determine these numbers) -- nm - ty97 Mar 17, 08:42 3
  - Ask loosi. -- nm - Spawn Mar 17, 08:44 2
    - I doubt I'd understand it! Stats/modeling are not my forte! -- nm - ty97 Mar 17, 08:45 1
      - When you start bringing in the numbers for ventilators is when I start to cry. -- nm - Spawn Mar 17, 08:47
- jeebus -- nm - JaxSean Mar 17, 08:39
Everybody dance now! -- nm - Ba Baron Ron Ron Mar 17, 08:37

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