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Uh oh, I'm in the Vic Fontaine era. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 31, 17:11 2
- hey Pally...you're in for some great episodes! -- nm - Remlik Aug 31, 17:13 1
  - I too like the Vic episodes for the most part -- nm - Beaker Aug 31, 17:19
American singer Akon moves ahead with $6-billion 'Akon City' in Senegal -- (link) - Beaker Aug 31, 17:01 2
- can't wait for Cardi B City -- nm - prayformojo Aug 31, 17:22
- Unless Disney or China are funding the entire thing, I'm gonna predict... no. -- nm - Max Aug 31, 17:09
42 is playing on Paramount network. -- nm - Remlik Aug 31, 16:49
HHS bidding out $250m propaganda contract -- (link) - znufrii needs to update his handle Aug 31, 16:44 1
- I look forward to the "For $250m, we could have..." stories. -- nm - Mopsy Aug 31, 17:05
In all six trades, the Padres only let go of one prospect ranked in the top 100 by MLB.com -- (link) - Beaker Aug 31, 16:37
macaroni in a pot...smdh -- nm - Diva Aug 31, 16:33
Good night, Billie Joe -- nm - Dano Aug 31, 16:24
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Unscripted Reunion Special Headed to HBO Max -- (link) - Beaker Aug 31, 16:19 3
- Unscripted... so a panel interview show like the one they're working on for Friends? -- nm - Mopsy Aug 31, 17:06
- You really wanna make it fun, bring back original Aunt Vivian as well -- nm - ty97 Aug 31, 16:25 1
  - Thunderdome: Two Vivs enter, one Viv leaves -- nm - Beaker Aug 31, 16:29
NOS4A2 Canceled by AMC -- (link*) - Beaker Aug 31, 16:18 2
- good -- nm - mud Aug 31, 16:53
- not surprised. At least it had an ending -- nm - Remlik Aug 31, 16:41
Mark Mothersbaugh was touch and go with COVID -- (link) - Reagen Aug 31, 16:16
Backyard rainbow -- (pic) - znufrii needs to update his handle Aug 31, 16:12 [Attachment] 7
- gorgeous! -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 16:21
- Ooh, and a double at that! Nice. -- nm - Meg Aug 31, 16:19 1
  - Most of the way :) -- nm - znufrii needs to update his handle Aug 31, 16:24
- very nice -- nm - prayformojo Aug 31, 16:15
- very nice! -- nm - ty97 Aug 31, 16:13 2
  - I'm guessing you have a pint sized housemate who is very much enjoying that view -- nm - ty97 Aug 31, 16:14 1
    - Very much so. :) -- nm - znufrii needs to update his handle Aug 31, 16:15
PSA: ML Memorial FF Draft is in 2 days. - Strongbad Aug 31, 15:53
this kid is hilarious and is going to be a STAR -- (link) - mud Aug 31, 15:49 6
- So... 2020: WAP, Tiger King, and a girl dueling Dave Grohl on drums. Not a bad year, all things considered. -- nm - Mopsy Aug 31, 17:11
- she's *terrific* -- nm - Remlik Aug 31, 15:56 1
  - this still my fave: -- (link) - mud Aug 31, 16:03
- Basket Case ! -- (link) - mud Aug 31, 15:54 [youtube] 2
  - Does she take requests? Like recreating this video? -- (link) - Max Aug 31, 15:59 [youtube] 1
    - give her time. She's presently taking (and giving) requests with Dave Grohl. -- nm - mud Aug 31, 16:02
What if #WAP by @iamcardib and @theestallion was done by an #80s R&B artist? -- (link) - Remlik Aug 31, 15:41 6
- i love this. -- nm - Diva Aug 31, 16:29
- I need the entire version of this STAT -- nm - Epiphany- Aug 31, 15:46 4
  - right? holy crap -- nm - Remlik Aug 31, 15:47 3
    - Im floored. 100% improvement -- nm - Epiphany- Aug 31, 15:50 2
      - I *love* it when he stares at the camera. -- nm - Remlik Aug 31, 15:50 1
        
        Exactly. It’s perfect. The little zippy bass line. Tickling the synth -- nm - Epiphany- Aug 31, 15:57
Ubisoft has removed the statement mentioned in B2 from the website. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 31, 15:38 2
- Worth noting, Sony never suggested PS1-3 would be playable on 5 outside of PS Now. -- nm - Ender Aug 31, 16:02 1
  - Yeah, as much as I'd love to rain hate on Sony, that was just plain misleading. - Mopsy Aug 31, 17:09
Fall Guys hackers are some of the saddest people I could imagine. -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 15:37 6
- #PCMR at its finest. -- nm - Shaun Aug 31, 15:39 5
  - "I'm gonna cheat at a party game based on chaos where the reward is dressing your character up in funny costumes" said a person that has definitely - Reagen Aug 31, 15:49 4
    - In a game I play, a week-long ban on an influencer from a channel his followers rarely used resulted in eight dozen death threats to the dev staff. -- nm - Max Aug 31, 15:53
    - (also fuck Whirlygig) -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 15:52 2
      - Whirlygig causes me zero problems, but I fail at Roll Out far more often than I should. -- nm - Sam SeaBaron Aug 31, 17:20
      - Fuck Whirlygig in its spinny, spinny face. nm - ralph wiggum Aug 31, 17:01
A man walks into a doctor's office with seven toy horses up his ass. "Doc," he says "What's my prognosis? - Wakanda Forever Aug 31, 15:37 1
- A British man walks into the doctor's office with his testicles caught in a steering wheel. Doc says "How did you do that?" - loosilu Aug 31, 15:39
I'm considering upgrading my tv but I don't know the weight limit of my wall mount. Hrm. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 31, 15:27 1
- Just guess. What could possibly go wrong? -- nm - Epiphany- Aug 31, 15:47
Wondered how soon that would happen. Drug store cashier asked for I.D. to sell me wine (hah) - "Your license has expired" - Meg Aug 31, 15:07 2
- “Enjoy the remainder of your golden years!” “Thank you young man. Enjoy fucking Jules.” “I will!” -- nm - Qale Aug 31, 22:50
- Nice try, young lady, you and your high school friends will just have to get drunk on cough syrup, aisle 6. -- nm - Max Aug 31, 15:09
My tv is currently wall mounted. I'm thinking of not wall mounting my new TV. Do you have comment? -- nm - amanda Aug 31, 15:05 37
- I've never wall mounted my tv - decline Aug 31, 15:54
- Things that make me irrationally irritated: Wall mounted TVs above fireplaces. -- (edited) - Cuzzin Todd Aug 31, 15:31 12
  - you can argue with my architect wife then - Reagen Aug 31, 15:35 9
    - I guess it looks like a painting over the fireplace? -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 15:35 8
      - The best is when I do the fireplace screensaver on it. -- nm - Wakanda Forever Aug 31, 15:39 2
        
        Yo dawg... -- nm - Xhibit Aug 31, 15:40
        
        And then also light a real fire? -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 15:40
      - classy af. -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 15:36 4
        
        When I was in grad skool, I put my little television IN the fireplace. -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 15:41 3
        
        Much more difficult to pull off the fireplace-screensaver-while-having-a-real-fir e trick there. -- nm - znufrii needs to update his handle Aug 31, 15:45 2
        
        well, there were no TV screensavers back then. -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 15:47 1
        
        Much, *much* more difficult, then. -- nm - znufrii needs to update his handle Aug 31, 15:48
  - "Nice tv room, did you model it after an airport lounge?" -- nm - Max Aug 31, 15:34 1
    - Eh, our living room has it. Our family room does not. -- (edited) - Wakanda Forever Aug 31, 15:38
- If you have the mount, use the mount. - znufrii needs to update his handle Aug 31, 15:21
- wall mount but with a moveable option -- nm - Remlik Aug 31, 15:17
- I prefer wall mount -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 31, 15:16
- TVs with a center-only leg pedestal are few and far between (as opposed to 2 sets of legs), so make sure you have something long enough to set it on. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 31, 15:11 11
  - My tv stand is 83 inches. I'm cool there. -- nm - amanda Aug 31, 15:40 1
    - Ooooooooo. I'd be tempted to buy a screen to fit - JD Aug 31, 16:12
  - Mine has one leg. -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 15:34
  - Is that recent? Cause I've never not had one (flatscreen) without the single-center leg. -- nm* - Cuzzin Todd Aug 31, 15:27 4
    - I'm on my first flat screen. -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 15:45 2
      - Welcome to 2001! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 31, 16:14 1
        
        LOL, got it 4 years ago. Yes, that's right. I love new tech. The old one was working. Literally my first HD, and I got it used. -- nm* - loosilu Aug 31, 16:20
    - it's a more recent change with the switch to MASSIVE tvs. -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 15:38
  - I had to get a board of 1x12 to put under my new TV to make it fit on my stand. -- nm - Ender Aug 31, 15:23
  - Indeed. This is how I ended up with my current TV having one set of legs on the cabinet that served as the base of the previous TV and - JD Aug 31, 15:15 1
    - I made the choice between two samsungs because the dresser we have it on wasn't wide enough for 2 legs. - JaxSean Aug 31, 15:21
- Putting it on a stand would allow backlighting. -- nm - Max Aug 31, 15:07 7
  - Do I want backlight? -- nm - amanda Aug 31, 15:33 2
    - I've heard it's better on the eyes in dark rooms, but I'm not invested either way. -- nm - Max Aug 31, 15:34
    - No. -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 15:34
  - unless you have like a wall mount that is almost flush, you should still be able to have backlighting on a wall mount. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 31, 15:10 3
    - ok, why would you want backlighting? -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 15:34 2
      - to me, it makes looking at a tv in a dark room easier, as there is a bit of light coming from behind it. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 31, 15:35 1
        
        You could just turn on a lamp. -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 15:36
I'm not sure that Apple charges to be on the Apple TV hardware as they make money on the hardware and don't have to make it up in fees - JD Aug 31, 14:59
After 5 pm, so Ima count this as September. -- (pic) - Spawn Aug 31, 14:47 [Attachment]
Fascinating video (police bodycam footage) of the manhunt for a guy camping out on Walt Disney World's abandoned Discovery Island. -- (link) - Mopsy Aug 31, 14:40 1
- there are soo many good hiding places. it was incredibly overgrown, tons of buildings. not surprised they only got him in his boat. -- nm - colin Aug 31, 14:58
This just kind of seems fair to me - JD Aug 31, 14:40 2
- My ring needs to say when they arrive “ you got the wrong damn house!” -- nm - Epiphany- Aug 31, 15:49
- yes. also, make sure you your Ring account to "come back with a warrant". - colin Aug 31, 15:00
Riverdale’s Marisol Nichols’ Wild Tale Of Becoming An Undercover Sex Trafficking Agent To Be Turned Into TV Series By Sony Pictures Television -- (link) - Remlik Aug 31, 14:17 2
- I'm going to ruin her for you. Scientologist. -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 15:38
- The televised equivalent of "You know you're a real up person" For people who think Criminal Minds is too mild. -- nm* - Mopsy Aug 31, 14:29
Debbie Gibson....50 today -- nm - Remlik Aug 31, 14:11 6
- Dear Remlik don't make me feel old today - eag Aug 31, 14:18 4
  - on this day in 1978, 1981 & 1983 I was at Grateful Dead concerts -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 31, 14:53 3
    - That's pretty cool. I don't think I've ever seen an act on the same day in multiple years -- nm - JD Aug 31, 15:03 2
      - not counting new years eve week shows, I have seen them multiple times over the years on the same month/day -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 31, 15:05 1
        
        Did you go on tour? -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 15:35
- Only in my dreams..... -- (link) - JD Aug 31, 14:16 [youtube]
WWE: Brock Lesnar is a free agent, talks with WWE have hit an impasse. -- nm - Remlik Aug 31, 14:07 3
- Might explain why Heyman is with someone else -- nm - eag Aug 31, 14:17
- I fucking swear if he ends up in AEW... -- nm - Qale Aug 31, 14:11 1
  - Yeah, I'm with you on this one. -- nm - Judge Bane Aug 31, 14:44
so Trump had a stroke, and Pence was on standby in NY Times reporter new book. -- (link) - Remlik Aug 31, 14:03 5
- I buy that. -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 15:42
- And causing them. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 31, 14:40
- Big if tr--- LOL. No. Nobody cares and nothing matters. -- nm - Mopsy Aug 31, 14:08 2
  - That would make sense. There are only a few reasons he would need to go in person to a hospital/ clinic. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 31, 17:09 1
    - this was mean as a direct reply to the main post -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 31, 17:09
Ah, my weekly text reminder from the Republicans to request my mail in ballot. -- nm - Dano Aug 31, 13:58 3
- I’m tempted to reply, One more text, and I’m voting for Biden. -- nm - Dano Aug 31, 13:59 2
  - do it! -- nm - Diva Aug 31, 14:41
  - DO. IT. -- nm - Andie Aug 31, 14:05
Delta follows United, eliminates domestic change fee (Delta is normally the leader on these things) -- (link) - ty97 Aug 31, 13:43 3
- why are they doing this? -- nm - prayformojo Aug 31, 14:38 1
  - People aren't entirely sure they'll be able to take that trip. And don't want to chance a $200 fee if they have to change it. Airlines would rather -- (edited) - Meg Aug 31, 14:52
- And there's American now too -- (link) - ty97 Aug 31, 13:44
Outfielder Starling Marte has been traded from the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Miami Marlins -- nm - Beaker Aug 31, 13:32 5
- Welcome to 2020, where the Marlins are Buyers at the trade deadline. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 31, 13:33
- Red Sox agree to trade OF Kevin Pillar to Rockies -- nm - Beaker Aug 31, 13:32 3
  - Diamondbacks trade closer Archie Bradley to Reds -- nm - Beaker Aug 31, 13:33 2
    - Brewers trade RHP David Phelps to Phillies -- nm - Beaker Aug 31, 13:33 1
      - The furniture on the deck of the Titanic looks *totally* different! -- nm - David Aug 31, 13:47
lol -- (link) - Jovian Aug 31, 13:23 1
- I like her, she's funny. But I'm sad that Sara Cooper is saving all of her stuff for the Netflix show. *pouts* -- nm - Epiphany - Peak Season Peach Aug 31, 13:50
I had a marvelous time ruining everything -- nm - taylor swift Aug 31, 13:17
... whether he knows it or not. -- nm - Wakanda Forever Aug 31, 13:14
Also stolen from FB -- (link) - ty97 Aug 31, 13:14 [Image] 7
- I don't know what that means. -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 15:48 1
  - Link -- (link) - Dano Aug 31, 16:03 [youtube]
- Haha! -- nm - Judge Bane Aug 31, 13:52
- Come on and talk to me -- (link) - znufrii needs to update his handle Aug 31, 13:29 [youtube]
- LOL Beverly is the worst! I always loved watching peoples faces after theyve tried it. Watermelon Soda from China is the best though! -- nm - Jovian Aug 31, 13:20 1
  - lol. I read this as a reply to your post above. -- nm - Wakanda Forever Aug 31, 13:26
- There's a Karen soda, but when you push the button it sprays in your face. -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 13:16

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