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UFC Spoils -- (edited) - Strongbad Oct 24, 13:52 2
- Also spoils - Strongbad Oct 24, 13:56 1
  - His dad died and he’s got no challengers - Will Hunting Oct 24, 13:58
It was apparently at least 2 hours at the my polling place today -- nm - ty97 Oct 24, 13:44 1
- lots of 6 hour wait lines here in Indy -- nm - Remlik Oct 24, 13:45
Bill Bailey on Strictly is a joy to behold. -- nm - LMS Oct 24, 13:37
This is a must-watch. -- (link) - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 24, 13:37 1
- Spoilers - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 24, 13:39
Michigan State should be thrown out of the Big 14 because they lost to Rutgers. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 24, 13:35
Saturday update- LOTS of movement: Now at 56.6M votes- up 6.3M from yesterday morning! 41% of 2016 total. Of 2016 totals- GA/NM/NC/TN hit 60% - MDH Oct 24, 13:30 5
- GO TN!!!! -- nm - Even Darker Callisto Oct 24, 14:03
- CA just started in person early voting today. This should go up a lot in the next few days. -- nm - jnine Oct 24, 13:43 2
  - NY just started today too (our first ever general election with early voting) -- nm - ty97 Oct 24, 13:44 1
    - We've had it for awhile, but no one used it before. -- nm - jnine Oct 24, 15:17
- CO/FL/WA hit 50%, CA/ME/MA/MI/MN/NE/NV/ND/OR/WI hit 40%, AR/IL/MD/OH/RI/UT hit 30%, KS hit 20% -- nm* - MDH Oct 24, 13:31
“ If you gotta walk out of a 60 Minutes interview, you’re never gonna stand up to a dictator” -- (link) - Remlik Oct 24, 13:28 1
- "even Florida Man wouldnt act like that!" -- nm - mud Oct 24, 13:30
Murkowski crawls back to the republican fold, will vote yes -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 24, 13:16
I think that -- through the rest of the season -- all college football games should end after the first two quarters. For safety reasons. - aRCynic (and Old Lace) Oct 24, 13:14
I promised you I wouldn’t let this weekend pass without updating The Twenty. New music from Fever333, Angels & Airwaves, grandson... - Qale Oct 24, 13:10 [spotify]
Can someone who has seen Joker explain what this person was complaining about? I assume it's a spoiler, but I'm not planning on watching. -- (link) - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 24, 13:10 9
- And an answer to the original topic (that's not the obvious ones) - Reagen Oct 24, 13:55
- The movie they go to see is - Reagen Oct 24, 13:20 5
  - Pattinson Batman is not the same world as that Joker movie. -- nm - Remlik Oct 24, 13:26 3
    - Well, technically speaking, that's what he said already. -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 24, 13:37 2
      - Not even technically. Explicitly! -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 13:46 1
        
        I didn't see any cursing. -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 24, 13:48
  - Finally, there's going to be a good Batman movie. -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 24, 13:25
- don't recall Joker, but my experience was My Life in a massive auditorium, whole sections where snickering at others crying and then vice versa - Max Oct 24, 13:14
- Oh. Or else (spoiler) - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 24, 13:10
Spoilers for Borat Sequelfilm -- (link) - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 24, 12:58
Fri Box Office: Honest Thief tops with 720k in 2500 theaters. #10 film The Call grossed 12k -- (link) - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 24, 12:54
123 Sesame Street LEGO set coming November 1 -- (link*) - Boooooker Oct 24, 12:51
There are some ugly looking uniforms playing the foosball today. UCF and Pitt are on my list. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 24, 12:48
*heavy sigh* -- nm - aRCynic (and Old Lace) Oct 24, 12:34
I'm going to try deploying some code to ST later today that might break things. Just as a heads up. - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 24, 12:32 3
- Spotify embed would be useful. -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 12:33 2
  - also I'd love a date range for the search. -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 12:33 1
    - seconded -- nm - 🧛 pfm in a Fr. Damien Karras mask 💀 Oct 24, 12:50
On our drive down, just before the Florida border we saw a small deer of the left side of the road. Just standing there, watching us go by. - ♤Spawn♤ Oct 24, 12:30 4
- My name is Bambi, you ran over my mother, prepare to die -- nm - ⏲👻 Oct 24, 15:00
- that can only mean *one thing*! -- nm - 🧛 pfm in a Fr. Damien Karras mask 💀 Oct 24, 12:50
- going in circles? -- nm - mud Oct 24, 12:34
- oh deer -- nm - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 24, 12:32
Listening to Canadian Indie station, my 3 favorite discoveries: Mother Mother, Valley, Anyway Gang -- nm - Dano Oct 24, 12:26 8
- Huh. I missed Anyway Gang. They're a supergroup from Sam Roberts, Sloan, Hollerado and Tokyo Police Club - Reagen Oct 24, 12:32
- I'm pretty sure I like a song by Mother Mother but I can't remember which one -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 24, 12:29 6
  - It’s Alright was the song I originally heard. -- nm - Dano Oct 24, 13:09
  - Hayloft is probably it -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 24, 12:30 4
    - Infinitesimal is their other one that broke big. -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 12:32 3
      - Oh look they have one about us. 'The Cry Forum'. -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 24, 12:35 1
        
        Hmm, they border on "if Matthew McConaughey was a band" territory -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 24, 12:53
      - Ironic. -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 24, 12:33
has RC voted for a new college football team to cheer for? -- nm - 🧛 pfm in a Fr. Damien Karras mask 💀 Oct 24, 12:02 1
- NEVER! - aRCynic (and Old Lace) Oct 24, 12:34
Mel Diva alert, CDC warns of listeria associated with package delivery meats, unknown what brand yet -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 24, 12:01
Okay, I am in a different state but pretty sure I have not passed any of these. -- (pic) - Spawn Oct 24, 11:33 [Attachment] 8
- Sometimes, I have that happen. But it could also be that you got gas near a strip mall with one of these. -- nm - David Oct 24, 12:39
- ? ! -- nm - mud Oct 24, 12:28
- They're trying to fake you out! -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 24, 12:22 1
  - all of the choices, do in fact, exist -- nm - crash davis Oct 24, 12:25
- Sally Beauty has stores all over, there is one in a strip mall here. It has big red letters that say Sally and Beauty is in a darker, smaller font - crash davis Oct 24, 12:19
- They absolutely toss in fake ones, to see who will lie to them. -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 11:47
- I get that a lot as well. I think it's to check to see how honest you are. -- nm - Remlik Oct 24, 11:43 1
  - I mean, with the law of averages there was a Sally out there. -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Oct 24, 11:53
Announcing the 2020 Presidential Election Contest (aka contest Mk. 4, aka DOOOOOOM) - Reagen Oct 24, 10:48 25
- I'm frightened , please hold me. (not you .. or you) -- nm - mud Oct 24, 12:38 5
  - "1 point deducted for each tenth off."! geez -- nm - mud Oct 24, 12:49 2
    - Same as last time! There was a cap at (I believe) 10% off, although that's out the window here. -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 13:04 1
      - last time I came in last (or 2nd to last) in a field of .. plenty -- nm - mud Oct 24, 13:21
  - Me? -- nm - Coffin Todd Oct 24, 12:40 1
    - umm .. no -- nm - mud Oct 24, 12:47
- friends are welcome, right? (not like 80 friends. like a handful. my friend david loved the last one.) -- nm - amanda Oct 24, 11:55 1
  - Yes, for sure. -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 12:10
- No voter turnout prediction? -- nm - Max Oct 24, 11:32 8
  - Indirectly. The two party vote total over under. -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 11:46 7
    - "Which state will...(2016: TX 807k)" does not compute - the poll requires a number. -- nm - Max Oct 24, 11:49 6
      - Name the state he wins by the most absolute votes. Last time, it was Texas, by 807k. -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 12:09 5
        
        "TX" Error: "[entry] Must be a number." -- nm - Max Oct 24, 12:11 4
        
        Should be good now - try again? -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 12:13 2
        
        All questions answered. For the future, some suggestions (IM) -- (edited) - Max Oct 24, 12:51 1
        
        The battleground state stuff is a little oppressive, I'll admit. -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 13:03
        
        aha. Fixing. -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 12:12
- Do I try to approach this soberly and fit in with several other guesses, or do I bet the longshot in hopes of being appreciated as a idiot savant? -- nm - crash davis Oct 24, 11:09 7
  - There's definitely some strategery possible, but I put in the prop bet section to hopefully be a separator. -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 11:11 6
    - (though from yesterday - there's gonna be some variance in the EC) -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 11:12 5
      - I feel you should go through all past EC results so you can recognizance if we're heading for a scorigami -- nm - crash davis Oct 24, 11:13 4
        
        We almost certainly are, though an exact repeat of 2008 is possible. -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 11:28 3
        
        Is there a question about the Nebraska 2nd Congressional District? Asking for a friend ... . -- nm - aRCynic (and Old Lace) Oct 24, 12:35 2
        
        Two! -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 12:38 1
        
        Excellent! :-) -- nm - aRCynic (and Old Lace) Oct 24, 13:00
2020: Running On Empty -- (link) - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 24, 10:41 3
- I think we are leading up to a December breaching of the wall by the White Walkers -- nm - crash davis Oct 24, 11:12
- The Madlibs News Service does good work. -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 10:45
- SyFy would reject that shit. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 24, 10:43
King's Theater in Brooklyn is apparently an early voting site -- (link) - ty97 Oct 24, 10:31 2
- Open. More. Polling Places. -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 10:37 1
  - If it takes more than ten minutes to vote, that's a catastrophic failure of the election process. - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 24, 11:51
Question of the day -- (pic) - 🧛 pfm in a Fr. Damien Karras mask 💀 Oct 24, 10:15 [Attachment] 17
- I got this--Answer--spoiler - flavorize Oct 24, 10:17
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - 🧛 pfm in a Fr. Damien Karras mask 💀 Oct 24, 10:15 [Attachment] 15
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - 🧛 pfm in a Fr. Damien Karras mask 💀 Oct 24, 10:16 [Attachment] 14
    - 1/2. I missed the Olympics question! -- nm - David Oct 24, 10:34 7
      - More evidence that I am the one qualified to be Biden's sports guy. -- nm - crash davis Oct 24, 11:10 4
        
        Ah, but you're *TOO* qualified. He needs someone like me who will fuck up enough so that he doesn't feel threatened! - David Oct 24, 11:14 3
        
        But could you remain composed as you ran the White House reception for SB champs, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Tom Brady? - crash davis Oct 24, 11:18 2
        
        I'd just serve them Burger King and laugh behind my mask while Giselle picks at this strange food she's never seen before. -- nm - David Oct 24, 11:27 1
        
        Toe-my, this has fat in it! I can’t eat this. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 24, 11:32
      - Me too, because I expected them to be sexist instead of awesome -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 24, 10:40 1
        
        Maybe that's a spoiler. Sorry. -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 24, 10:41
    - Answer (spoiler)....not screenshotted - 🧛 pfm in a Fr. Damien Karras mask 💀 Oct 24, 10:16 5
      - 2/2 -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 24, 10:41
      - 2/2 -- nm - Diva Oct 24, 10:31
      - Are we sure Slovenia agrees with this as the answer? -- nm - crash davis Oct 24, 10:22
      - 2/2 -- nm - decline Oct 24, 10:21
      - huh, I did not know this one -- nm - ty97 Oct 24, 10:20
Heh. -- (link) - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 24, 10:14 5
- "Oh I don't listen to podcasts" is only marginally different than "I don't even own a TV" - Reagen Oct 24, 10:54 3
  - I disagree. Not owning a TV is often presented as self-congratulatory smugness. Whereas not listening to podcasts is usually a lament. - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 24, 11:15 2
    - Those fools don’t even realize how much time there is tucked away hidden in their life they could be filling with podcast goodness. -- nm - Qale Oct 24, 12:05
    - I'm distinguishing it from "I haven't listened to any". - Reagen Oct 24, 11:31
- Word -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Oct 24, 10:50
25 years ago today Smashing Pumpkins release Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness -- nm* - Remlik Oct 24, 10:14 1
- Some of my favorite Pumpkin songs are on that -- nm - crash davis Oct 24, 10:24
I want these sunglasses, but $199 USD is a bit steep -- (link) - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 24, 10:12
LIR ST POLL: How many votes will Trump lose the National Popular Vote by? Record is a hair under 18M btw -- nm - flavorize Oct 24, 10:09
Things I am incapable of doing: Taking a shampoo bottle to the bathroom without flipping it end over end. -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 09:56 2
- Like a brush? -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 24, 09:58 1
  - Like Tom Cruise in Cocktails? -- nm - flavorize Oct 24, 10:00
Depending on the source/cutoff, yesterday the US had ~81,000-84,000 new cases of coronavirus. There are 86,400 seconds in a day. -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 09:52 4
- I will cut whoever starts singing 525,600 Minutes -- nm - crash davis Oct 24, 09:54 3
  - ~ and I would cut 500 more ~ -- nm - Max Oct 24, 11:26
  - That sounds quite violent - ty97 Oct 24, 09:55 1
    - grumblegoodIMgrumble -- nm - crash davis Oct 24, 09:58
Some on ST will get this immediately. Others will need the video, which I'll link in a moment. -- (link) - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 24, 09:50 2
- The video -- (link) - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 24, 09:53 1
  - "and here's where the story gets interesting" -- nm - ⏲👻 Oct 24, 11:51
"Bicycle kick! Bicycle kick! Bicycle kick!" "Max, it's foosball.....they're *all* bicycle kicks!" -- nm - 🧛 pfm in a Fr. Damien Karras mask 💀 Oct 24, 09:49
Dear Joe Biden: Giuliani's kid is Trump's golfing buddy and "sports guy" for $95K a year of taxpayer money. I am willing to be that guy in your admin - crash davis Oct 24, 09:43 2
- Meanwhile his sister is encouraging people to vote Biden. -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Oct 24, 11:59
- I will set up a new ad for US pandemic response with Daniel Jones "The important thing is not falling down. The important thing is getting up" - crash davis Oct 24, 09:51
Variety story on the "No Time to Die" rumor pegs the price at $600mil, MGM denies wanting to sell. -- (link) - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 24, 09:33 9
- Shame. Quibi could’ve bought it an ran it in 30 second clips for a year. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 24, 10:09
- What was Streaming into the Void's bid? -- nm - 🧛 pfm in a Fr. Damien Karras mask 💀 Oct 24, 09:50 2
  - What is Remlik's patreon amount? -- nm - crash davis Oct 24, 09:52 1
    - Two bits -- nm - Epiphany Oct 24, 11:06
- Yeah, I think it would need to be $500 million to make any sense. - David, Horny New Guy Oct 24, 09:48 3
  - If it did only 750mil worldwide, it’s a failure. I set the price there unless they need money. At that point, just sell. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 24, 10:40 1
    - I'm talking actual expenses, not box office. - David, Horny New Guy Oct 24, 10:43
  - word to the im -- nm - Boooooker Oct 24, 10:39
- Seems crazy, how will they recup that money? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 24, 09:48
stumblebums! -- nm - mud Oct 24, 09:32 2
- stumblefucks! -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Oct 24, 12:22
- they are! -- nm - crash davis Oct 24, 09:43

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