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MLB - Laureano suspended until 2042 and the Astros get a bye until the ALCS where they start the series up 3-0. -- (link) - Krusty Aug 10, 06:26
College football stars hold video call to further unite, issue statement -- (link) - Beaker Aug 10, 06:23 2
- I thought it was funny that the Fox heads were going "listen to the athletes!" because the initial read looks like they think everything's normal - Reagen Aug 10, 06:25 1
  - That really doesn’t sound like them though. -- nm - spamlet Aug 10, 06:32
A Chicago Best Buy parking lot was covered in debris left by looters but it looks like neighborhood folks have come out to clean it up. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Aug 10, 06:15
Help, please. I’m making a list of word associations and have stalled. Need some ideas please. - kelly Aug 10, 06:12 11
- Finger/hand. Foot/toe. Bread/butter. Salt/pepper. Peanut butter/jelly. Socks/shoes. -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 06:27
- monkey - tRuMaN -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 10, 06:26 1
  - She said APPROPRIATE. -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 06:27
- Table/chair -- nm - Krusty Aug 10, 06:23
- Glove/hand, car/wheel -- nm - Krusty Aug 10, 06:20
- milk / cookies -- nm - ty97 Aug 10, 06:19
- bat / ball -- nm - ty97 Aug 10, 06:19
- Foghorn / Leghorn -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 06:18
- apple / orange -- nm - ty97 Aug 10, 06:18
- Fork / spoon. Arm / hand. Leg / foot. Foot / toe. Hand / fingers. Cat / dog. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 10, 06:17
- Dentist/teeth; Grinch/Christmas; pie/crust; bee/sting: globe/map -- nm - prayformojo Aug 10, 06:17
Fall Guys had a big week. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 10, 06:05 1
- This was the top game on Twitch and I tried to make sense of it. - Tim Aug 10, 06:53
Shudder has renewed its Cursed Films documentary series for a second season. -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 05:55 1
- Freeform has officially canceled Siren after three seasons. -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 05:57
So apparently there’s a race that runs from the lowest point in the continental US (Badwater, Death Valley) to the highest (Mt Whitney). - Dano Aug 10, 05:50 6
- I'm sure it's nice and cool there this time of year -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 05:55 1
  - Plus side it’ll be like 55 weird American degrees cooler at the summit. - mafic Aug 10, 06:07
- Contiguous! -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 05:53
- Alaska’s part of the continent too, dammit! -- nm - mafic Aug 10, 05:52 2
  - yes - I copied off someone without noticing. Though I wouldn't be surprised if there were a race from Death Valley to Alaska. -- nm - Dano Aug 10, 06:07 1
    - slightly more challenging right now. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 06:21
So basically we should just disband the Cards now, right? - oblique Aug 10, 05:49
Surprising absolutely no one, Fast & Furious Crossroads is being called the worst game of the year. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 10, 05:37 4
- but you ordered it anyway, right? -- nm - decline Aug 10, 06:13 1
  - Ha. I actually cancelled my Avengers pre-order this morning. It's not that I didn't like the beta, I didn't like it enough. - Shaun Aug 10, 06:19
- the Fast and Furious ride was easily our least favorite at Universal. We still make fun of it all the time - Beaker Aug 10, 05:39
- It was an easy call. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 10, 05:39 [Backboard]
Bettman's gonna pull the lottery ball live on air. -- (link) - Reagen Aug 10, 05:35 7
- *pulls a ball with both Edmonton and New Jersey markings* -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 10, 06:07
- #FrozenBallConspiracy -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 05:37
- #LetsGoOilers -- nm - Shaun Aug 10, 05:36 4
  - Yeah, they deserve a lucky break. -- nm - mafic Aug 10, 06:14 3
    - Agreed. -- nm - Shaun Aug 10, 06:17 2
      - the Stars bullshit was the last straw. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 06:20 1
        
        It's gonna be Nashville 👍 - J Aug 10, 06:27
Bob McKenzie has sort of retired. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 10, 05:25 1
- aww man -- nm - Doug McKenzie Aug 10, 05:44
Australia added to the 6 world wide ninja warriors tonight. -- nm - Karl_S Aug 10, 05:01
TV PSA: Below Deck Med, Bachelor, Raw, Titan Games, I May Destroy You, NBA, Surviving Jeffrey Epstein, Mapleworth Murders (Quibi), other stuff -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 04:12 1
- Game On: A Comedy Crossover Event (Netflix), Stargirl (DCU) -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 04:12
Some crazy stuff going down in Chicago, right now —major looting with shootings. Bridges being pulled up -- nm - Flavorize Aug 10, 03:06 2
- No protests, just looting. -- nm - . Aug 10, 04:53
- I was just reading about this. Sounds pretty nuts. -- nm - Diva Aug 10, 04:02
Does anyone here play Blaseball? -- (link) - David Aug 9, 22:43 1
- "They finally jazzed it up." -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 02:31
I don't necessarily want the Otezla and RINVOQ voiceover ladies to get COVID, but I kinda want something to happen to them so there are no more ads. -- nm - Max Aug 9, 22:42 2
- It's not their fault, they're just doing a job. -- nm - . Aug 9, 23:30
- Happy happy joy jazz (maycausesuicidalthoughtsoractions) -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 9, 22:52
Tomorrow we rest. For on Tuesday, 8 hours of hockey/day begins! - Mop Aug 9, 22:36 2
- I wonder what happens if there's a really long overtime game. do they delay the start of the next one in that arena, or reschedule? -- nm - mafic Aug 9, 22:45 1
  - Send them on simultaneously. The schedule must be respected! -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 02:32
Drive-Ins have been told that The New Mutants will come out in three weeks. - David Aug 9, 22:18 1
- I'll believe it when I see it. -- nm - sycor Aug 10, 06:08
SITWAP: Prof. Alan Lichtman, the rootinest-tootinest Presidential election predictor since 1984 is finally ready again! -- (link) - con_carne Aug 9, 21:39 [youtube] 2
- Fascinating. Thanks for sharing. -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 21:59 1
  - Yw. Been waiting for this, I heard he never makes his predictions this late in the cycle -- nm - con_carne Aug 9, 22:02
Something I learned about myself last night. I cannot say the word “Taskmaster”. -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 21:11 1
- Never stop learning. -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Aug 9, 23:03
Heh. Funny, but also frustrating. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 9, 20:30
One further comment about Prince of Thieves... - Mop Aug 9, 20:28
I have decided the children born from 2020 to a currently unknown date will be known as the PANDA Generation. - Peglegpete Aug 9, 20:22 4
- I'd argue that the term baby boomer had nothing to with the bomb, other than the bomb ending the war so everyone went home and made babies. - mafic Aug 9, 20:35 3
  - before the war the economy was still below par, even depressed, after the war the economy was booming and so were the number of babies -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 9, 22:22 1
    - another oddity, there is no baby boom from the lock down, in fact there's fewer pregnancies than before, economic uncertainty mainly -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 9, 22:24
  - That's what I thought it was as well. -- nm - Krusty Aug 9, 20:36
Lafreniere Lottery: EDM, FLA, MIN, NSH, NYR, PIT, TOR, WPG -- nm* - the ice Aug 9, 19:50
Phil Collins' 'In the Air Tonight' has jumped into the #4 spot on iTunes in the US 40 years after its original release. -- nm - Remlik Aug 9, 19:24 11
- I'll always remember it from Miami Vice. - zunk takes things literally Aug 9, 19:45 1
  - Hell. Yes. 500 Spawn Points -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Aug 9, 21:29
- The first TikTok-driven resurgence. -- nm - mafic Aug 9, 19:27 8
  - Here... -- (link) - Krusty Aug 9, 20:03 [youtube] 6
    - Nonpoint's version is better. -- nm - David Aug 9, 21:22 1
      - Okay, lets not say things we can't take back -- nm - Epiphany -White Widow Super Cheese Aug 10, 06:12
    - Just cure COVID already so they can meet and we can have the satisfying group selfie with the man himself -- nm - con_carne Aug 9, 20:39
    - Someone’s never seen the Hangover. -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 20:13 2
      - that was 2009. no reason they should have watched it -- nm - Remlik Aug 9, 20:34
      - (That’s great, BTW. Thanks for sharing.) -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 20:13
  - YouTube video this time. I must have watched 40 of their videos over the last couple of days. -- nm - Krusty Aug 9, 19:59
Brie Larson is doing Nissan Sentra ads? -- nm - spamlet Aug 9, 19:22 8
- Mop? -- (link) - ♤Spawn♤ Aug 9, 20:43 [Backboard]
- But she can’t bother to do the Scott Pilgrim reunion for charity. -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 20:05 1
  - Do we know this? Isn't it possible she had a conflict? -- nm - Andie Aug 10, 06:49
- It took about a month for me to realize it was her. - zunk takes things literally Aug 9, 19:41
- Her makeup in that ad bothers me. I don't think copper is her color. -- nm - Max Aug 9, 19:29
- Brie has raised her profile so to speak. - the ice Aug 9, 19:24 2
  - Pretty sure this was pre-pandemic, it's been running for a while. -- nm - Ender Aug 9, 19:32 1
    - Now, her YouTube channel on the other hand... -- nm - Ender Aug 9, 19:33
If the Bluejackets blow this one too.......... -- nm - Volnelk Aug 9, 19:21 2
- Normally I rely on the Leafs to choke like that. -- nm - mafic Aug 9, 19:24 1
  - Part of me would prefer a 12.5% shot at the number one pick. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 9, 19:29
10 years ago in theaters: The Other Guys, Step Up 3D, (ltd): Middle Men - Max Aug 9, 19:14 [youtube] 14
- So 10 years ago I was experiencing the best use of 3D ever -- nm - Dano Aug 9, 19:57 2
  - I put it second after Gravity. Of all the dumb things, I remember Moose and his eventual wife with the bubbles -- nm* - JD Aug 9, 20:13 1
    - Dano says Step Up 3D > Avatar 3D -- (link) - Max Aug 9, 20:57 [Backboard]
- God damn soup kitchens... -- nm - Beaker Aug 9, 19:16
- 15 years ago: The Dukes of Hazzard, (ltd): Broken Flowers - Max Aug 9, 19:15 [youtube] 9
  - 20 years ago: Hollow Man, Space Cowboys, Coyote Ugly - Max Aug 9, 19:17 [youtube] 8
    - 25 years ago: Something to Talk About, Babe, Virtuosity, Bushwhacked - Max Aug 9, 19:19 [youtube] 7
      - 30 years ago: Young Guns II, Mo' Better Blues - Max Aug 9, 19:21 [youtube] 6
        
        35 years ago: Weird Science, Fright Night, Follow That Bird - Max Aug 9, 19:23 [youtube] 5
        
        40 years ago in theaters: The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu, (ltd): Xanadu, Why Woud I Lie? - Max Aug 9, 19:24 [youtube] 4
        
        The theatre was practically empty for the showing of Xanadu I was at -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 9, 20:54 1
        
        I can believe that. It was kind of an odd movie. - JD Aug 9, 21:16
        
        !!!!! Thanks for the link - JD Aug 9, 20:16 1
        
        45 page script. "It was very weak, to be polite about it." -- nm - Max Aug 9, 20:44
LEAFS! -- nm - Beaker Aug 9, 19:12 1
- mmhmm -- (link) - the ice Aug 9, 19:44
Nobody asked, but I think the first of the new Jumanjis has to be one of my favorite movies of recent years. - Cuzzin Todd Aug 9, 19:10 5
- Valid. Jack Black nailed it. -- nm - Max Aug 9, 21:19
- Agreed -- nm - con_carne Aug 9, 19:40
- Love the first, second was only pretty good. Spoils - Will Hunting Aug 9, 19:35
- Yep. Enjoyed both. They're fun. -- nm - TWuG Aug 9, 19:18
- haven't seen #2 but we all loved #1 -- nm - Beaker Aug 9, 19:13
NHL bringing the dad jokes -- (link) - Reagen Aug 9, 19:03 1
- Hahahah -- nm - Beryllium Aug 9, 19:22
stupid vacation being over... -- nm - Beaker Aug 9, 18:45
I like NBC’s stylized Tokyo 202One Olympics logo. -- (link) - Mop Aug 9, 18:44 [Image] 6
- LOL. It is fun to pretend. -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Aug 9, 18:47 5
  - it'll be interesting having olympics without America. -- nm - mafic Aug 9, 18:48 4
    - We are not the only country failing, though. -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Aug 9, 19:06 3
      - yeah, but taking out Brazil doesn't remove most of the medal contenders. -- nm - mafic Aug 9, 19:47 1
        
        I think Russia is much worse than we know. -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Aug 9, 20:54
      - No, but fail is OUR middle name. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 9, 19:09
OK folks, here it is. Streaming Into the Void, episode 3. Edited with a chainsaw! -- (link) - Mop Aug 9, 18:40 4
- Oops. -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 18:52
- Working link here. -- (link) - David Aug 9, 18:45
- streamed hams -- nm - Beaker Aug 9, 18:43 1
  - We’ve survived 3 episodes without rebranding. It may be time... -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 18:43
Shia LaBeouf starred in the #1 movie in North America this weekend. -- nm - David Aug 9, 18:39 7
- He still sucks. -- nm - loosilu Aug 9, 19:08
- Actual Cannibal, Shia LaBeouf? -- nm - Reagen Aug 9, 19:07
- I wonder if IFC Films will be the only Distributor this year to top their box office from last year. -- nm - Dano Aug 9, 18:47
- Legitimately though, hasn't he done this like a half dozen times by now? - ML Aug 9, 18:44 1
  - Probably but not for...a while. And this one only earned a little over $300k. We're witnessing so many future box office trivia questions right now. -- nm - David Aug 9, 18:48
- Son of Indiana Jones??!! -- nm - Beaker Aug 9, 18:43 1
  - I just realized that both the Dad (Indiana) and the son (Mutt) are both named after dogs -- nm - Flavorize Aug 9, 18:45
1994. Lion King, Gump, The Mask, True Lies, Speed. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 9, 18:26
Kamala’s real name was James Harris, weirdly enough. -- nm - Tim Aug 9, 18:21 5
- holy shit he body slammed Andre! -- (pic) - Remlik Aug 9, 19:00 [Attachment] 3
  - I thought only Hogan had? -- nm - spamlet Aug 9, 20:00 2
    - It’s part of Vince’s myth of Andre and Hogan. - Will Hunting Aug 9, 20:13 1
      - Here’s a link. -- (link) - Will Hunting Aug 9, 20:14
- Weird would be if his name was actually Susan Rice -- nm - ML Aug 9, 18:34
Mop posted an important mask study at the top of b2. Everyone should read it. -- nm - David Aug 9, 18:20 4
- that was helpful. Thanks, Mop -- nm - prayformojo Aug 9, 18:42
- Duke blows! -- nm - Dano Aug 9, 18:38 1
  - Hopefully into an N95 mask. -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 18:52
- If it wasn't the one that showed how to sanitize your N95 in an InstaPot, I'm not clicking -- nm - ML Aug 9, 18:33
The Guardian asks: What was the best summer for blockbusters? -- (link*) - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Aug 9, 18:17 1
- '97 over either '98 or '99 is something something. -- nm - mafic Aug 9, 18:24

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