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Jaguars, Jets, Lions, Falcons and Texans are all now looking for a Head Coach -- nm - decline Jan 4, 06:06 2
- Jets, I'm available. Get me a visa, or even better, a greencard, pre-pay rent of a nice apartment for 5 years, throw in some pocket money and - Marlowe Jan 4, 06:14
- I'll do the Jags job for $100k but I won't attend any away games. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 4, 06:10
British judge rules against extradition of Assange to the US -- (link) - znufrii, stimulated Jan 4, 06:04 4
- Is he still in Belmarsh? Went past there on my food shop this weekend. -- nm - LMS Jan 4, 06:14 1
  - Yup -- nm - spamlet Jan 4, 06:24
- Because he threatened to commit suicide if he had to face charges. - spamlet Jan 4, 06:08 1
  - *tosses a shank in* "cool. Looking the other way for ten minutes. Get to it." -- nm - Reagen Jan 4, 06:10
TV PSA: Ellen's Game of Games, Antiques Roadshow, Bachelor, Neighborhood, Bob (Hearts) Abishola, Raw, 30 Coins, All Rise, Below Deck, Celebrity IOU, -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 05:41 2
- UK gets Scottish drama Traces and new series of Staged (which you should all be watching). -- nm - LMS Jan 4, 06:12
- Bull, Hustler, Wall, discovery+ streaming, final week of Alex Trebek on Jeopardy, World Juniors Hockey, other stuff -- (edited) - Beaker Jan 4, 05:43
Uhhhh... pretty sure Trump’s lawyer is going to be fired. This is next level insanity -- (link*) - MDH Jan 4, 05:39 15
- A. Where do these children come from, eh they'd probably use there own, I'd like to believe that a person of integrity would take a bullet -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 4, 12:38
- You mean calling for Pence to go before a firing squad wasn't enough? -- nm - Dano Jan 4, 06:31
- That's not a verified account per Twitter. Is it actually them? -- nm - JaxSean Jan 4, 06:19
- First question: under what circumstances would a video showing a person raping and then shooting a child "cease to have value" as blackmail material? - ralph wiggum Jan 4, 06:05 4
  - Pardon me, miss, but I speak Crazy - Reagen Jan 4, 06:09 3
    - Ahhhh. Well that's super convenient for them. Good thinking, Lizard Squad dudes! nm - ralph wiggum Jan 4, 06:11 2
      - Also: Lizard Squad is an awesome name for a black hat hacker group and now I really want a t-shirt. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 4, 06:14
      - Now is this the same folks that joke around that place with all the goofy shit on the walls and those mozzarella sticks? -- nm - Qale Jan 4, 06:12
- "I'm no blackmail expert, but I think giving your victim a loaded gun is a bad idea" - Beaker Jan 4, 06:00
- I just found out that he was the lawyer that lost the "pedo guy" defamation lawsuit against Elon Musk - Reagen Jan 4, 05:59
- Sounds like QAnon is pushing reviews of A Serbian Film out to their zealots out now. -- nm - Qale Jan 4, 05:56
- I like the one where he can only list 5/10 intelligence agencies, and one is the CCP. -- nm - mafic Jan 4, 05:52
- "There has been a rising chorus of people questioning my sanity in recent days. Now you can understand why." Yeah, I can. It's because you lost it. - Marlowe Jan 4, 05:51
- Uh... hacked! - Spawn Jan 4, 05:51
- That sounds like a classic schizophrenic break. -- nm* - loosilu Jan 4, 05:41
If you haven't picked up any of the Civ VI expansions, they're on deep discount now on Steam. -- nm - Reagen Jan 4, 05:35
A Tesla yellow taxi... -- (link) - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 4, 05:15 [Image] 1
- They spent a $100,000 on a car they can only use one year? Tesla low cost per mile is based on expected trade in value -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 4, 12:40
Mike D and Ad Rock did a 2 hour radio show on the BBC. -- (link) - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 4, 05:01 [youtube]
What what WHO?! -- (link) - Reagen Jan 4, 03:30 10
- oooohhhh -- nm - Andie Jan 4, 06:02
- Doesn’t that make it ineligible for the Oscar nomination? -- nm - Dano Jan 4, 05:23 1
  - And like, it was written in 98 or 99, and she married Michael Penn in 97. So... Scandal! -- nm - Reagen Jan 4, 05:27
- Just gonna check wikipedia to see how many famous musicians or athletes go by that name... -- nm - Max Jan 4, 03:36 6
  - This American also had to google him. -- nm - loosilu Jan 4, 05:29
  - This is like the anti You Oughta Know. -- nm - Reagen Jan 4, 04:32
  - In the comments he's referred to as comedian and Canadian. -- nm - .🎉🍻 Jan 4, 04:27 3
    - News Radio; Kids in the hall -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 05:27 2
      - (and to be clear, my reaction is not one of "and who is this guy" but to the randomness of the connection) -- nm - Reagen Jan 4, 05:30 1
        
        exactly -- nm - Andie Jan 4, 06:03
Iggy Pop has hidden depths. -- (link) - mafic Jan 4, 02:33 4
- Not the first academic paper written while shirtless. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 4, 06:04
- I recently found out that in the 70s he slept with a 13 year old groupie, had a "relationship" with her, and wrote a song about it. -- (link) - loosilu Jan 4, 05:16 2
  - Bowie as well -- nm - Remlik Jan 4, 06:52 1
    - And Page and Plant and Bonzo and Marc Bolan and .... -- nm - loosilu Jan 4, 08:11
Interesting podcast about the ties that bind the United States and Canada. -- (link) - Mop Jan 4, 01:15 6
- Beans on toast? - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 4, 05:26 3
  - I thought of the one where they make one guy count the number of beans in a can. -- nm - loosilu Jan 4, 05:30 2
    - Some of my favorites are the ones where they makes someone do a task that only they have to do and they have no clue. Their reaction when they - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 4, 05:33 1
      - The bean guy was the best. I think it was the first time the show had ever done it. And then they kept up the gag by giving him worse things to count. -- nm* - loosilu Jan 4, 05:37
- that's just what a Canadian appropriating American culture would wand us to think! -- nm - mafic Jan 4, 01:26 1
  - But also I’m totally gonna listen to that. -- nm - mafic Jan 4, 02:32
Congrats to mud for a 14 pick week. We got there different ways, even. -- nm - Spawn Jan 3, 23:45
25 minutes until Wrestle Kingdom 15! - David Jan 3, 22:34
Didn't I recently say "no more freezer meat!!"? Then Ralphs put ham on sale at 49¢. What could I do? -- nm - Meg Jan 3, 22:12 2
- Mmm...freezer meat... -- nm - znufrii, stimulated Jan 3, 22:24 1
  - Terrible name for disappeared hobos -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 4, 12:41
Ugh. I don't want to go back to work tomorrow. -- nm - znufrii Jan 3, 22:01 1
- Heh. I'm fine with going back, but my extremely poor sleep has me very concerned about how it will go. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 3, 22:03
Black people discovering for the first time that the Bee Gees aren't black: A compilation. -- (link) - loosilu Jan 3, 21:59 [youtube] 7
- Bobbie Caldwell -- nm - Facto Jan 3, 23:41 4
  - My favorite is Jamal reacting to Stevie Winwood at 16. - loosilu Jan 4, 05:45 [youtube]
  - There’s also a number of “Black People React to Rick Astley” videos, but I think Bobby Caldwell takes the cake. -- nm - Mop Jan 4, 01:24
  - Sorry: Bobby. Saw this during the first lockdown - loved it -- (link) - Facto Jan 4, 00:01 [youtube] 1
    - That's great! -- nm - loosilu Jan 4, 05:44
- I learned people thought they were biack a few months ago. -- nm - .🎉🍻 Jan 3, 23:21
- I had watched some Righteous Brotgers reactions that popped up after that. -- nm - Spawn Jan 3, 22:58
Only took me 21 takes to get through recording my audition song -- (edited) - znufrii Jan 3, 21:51
Did you know that Discovery+ made its debut as a streaming service today? Well fuck those guys! RiffTrax has their own subscription model. -- (link) - Qale Jan 3, 21:50 1
- Streaming Into the Void totally missed the RiffTrax news... TIM. -- nm - Mop Jan 4, 01:00
Courtney Henggeler is the MVP of Cobra Kai. -- nm - David Jan 3, 21:37 2
- Test -- nm - Diva Jan 4, 06:02
- Definitely. She's the best actor in the whole show. And her character usually is the only one bringing any sort of adult sanity to the chaos. Usually. -- nm - Diva Jan 4, 05:52
Hugh Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sam Elliot, Mary Steenburgen, Wilford Brimley...the tv says My Mom's New Boyfriend, I think not. -- nm - .🎉🍻 Jan 3, 21:33
Dear Abby: I need to be writing, but I only want to talk about the NFL Draft. What should I do? -- nm - David Jan 3, 21:32 6
- Falcons need to get Zach Wilson or let a team that wants Zach Wilson trade up - Flavorize Jan 3, 23:35 4
  - Zack Wilson might not be there at 4. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 4, 04:31
  - If we draft a QB at #4, I break things. -- nm - David Jan 4, 00:19 1
    - Your problem is there's no Chase Young, Myles Garrett type this year. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 4, 04:32
  - Also--Falcons need to get Bienemy -- nm - Flavorize Jan 3, 23:37
- Write about the NFL draft? -- nm - .🎉🍻 Jan 3, 21:35
Jimmy Carter special on CNN again right now, watch it. -- nm - Spawn Jan 3, 21:01
Y’all remember the Leaning Tower of Dallas? That was in 2020. It came down just before the pandemic lockdown start. COINCIDENCE?! -- (link) - Mop Jan 3, 20:58
My only thought on Bean Dad is "I bet I stopped [reading] before you did." nm - ralph wiggum Jan 3, 20:54 21
- I think people are going to have a lot of bullshit outrage to blow off until they adjust to the post-Trump era. -- nm - Reagen Jan 4, 02:11
- I'm surprised people care this much about beans. -- nm - mafic Jan 3, 21:22 4
  - You know it's not about the beans. -- nm - loosilu Jan 3, 21:35 3
    - I mean I don't care about the initial controversy. tempest in a teapot. the subsequent uncovering is terrible, the start is overblown twitter bs. -- nm - mafic Jan 3, 22:04 2
      - I am soon to be withdrawing from Overblown Twitter BS and will only participate in I Think I'm Funny But I'm Actually Not Twitter BS. -- nm - Qale Jan 3, 22:53
      - He was a jackass in the original thread, and a jackass when he doubled down. Apparently it was not a teachable moment. -- nm - loosilu Jan 3, 22:18
- I got about 1/2 and jumped to the end. I wanted to beat him around the head with a cinderblock. -- nm - loosilu Jan 3, 21:12
- I have no idea what this is. -- nm - znufrii Jan 3, 20:57 13
  - The original twitter thread is deleted, but there must be screencaps. Summary inside. - loosilu Jan 3, 21:49 4
    - I'm sorry. - znufrii Jan 3, 21:52 3
      - If you don't want answers, don't ask questions. -- nm - loosilu Jan 3, 22:15 2
        
        I...didn't? -- nm - znufrii Jan 3, 22:17 1
        
        *looks down* -- nm - loosilu Jan 3, 22:18
  - It took me a week or so to understand all the Twisted Tea memes, so I'll probably get this by Saturday -- nm - JaxSean Jan 3, 21:41 6
    - what were the "twisted tea" memes? - znufrii Jan 3, 21:49 5
      - Summary. - loosilu Jan 3, 21:51 4
        
        ditto the above. -- nm - znufrii Jan 3, 21:52 3
        
        This borders on uncool. I wrote the shit up. -- nm - loosilu Jan 3, 22:16 2
        
        I apologize if the intended tone in my posts didn't come across clearly. - znufrii Jan 3, 22:20 1
        
        I apologize for misreading you. -- nm - loosilu Jan 4, 05:17
  - An excellent decision on your part, sir. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 3, 21:01
lol -- (link) - Bark Multiverse Jan 3, 20:43 1
- that's true, normally his voice is nails on a blackboard, but he completed sentences, paragraphs, didn't repeat the same 3rd grade phrases over and ov -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 3, 20:54
I’m tired of hoarder videos on YouTube. Time for some Amazon pallet flipper videos. -- nm - Mop Jan 3, 20:35
Tom Cotton is a NO for the attempted coup - Bark Multiverse Jan 3, 20:32 5
- Big if true -- nm - Pippy - Jan 3, 20:46 4
  - I dont want to speak too soon, but I do think the taped call changed the calculus for any other R who was thinking of signing on this. - Bark Multiverse Jan 3, 20:54 3
    - I don't think it changed anybody's mind on anything. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 4, 05:48
    - I'm inclined to agree. -- nm - David Jan 3, 21:31
    - the SoS deserves a medal of freedom for releasing that -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 3, 20:55
Somebody tell this moron they're out of timeouts. -- nm - David Jan 3, 20:23 4
- That was a pathetic series. -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 20:24 3
  - Zero percent chance they thought he could win the game for them. Zero. -- nm - David Jan 3, 20:47 1
    - I'm wondering if Doug Pedersen was secretly celebrating the turnovers -- nm - budice Jan 3, 21:11
  - "I knew I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue" -- nm - budice Jan 3, 20:28
take that, Giants fans' beliefs! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 3, 20:06 4
- The NFL has a tanking problem. -- nm - David Jan 3, 20:09 3
  - Washington just passed on a 53 yd FG attempt if that turns out to be important. -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 20:20 2
    - "It would not." -- nm - Narrator Jan 3, 20:24
    - If I were in that situation, I'd make Sudfeld beat me too. -- nm - David Jan 3, 20:23
Spotify suggested this to me and it seems like something my friend Pippy would also enjoy (nmblink) - ralph wiggum Jan 3, 19:56 [youtube] 3
- Oooooo I do like it. Yes to the IM plus Halestorm. -- nm - Pippy - Jan 3, 20:31 2
  - When I think of dirty, dirty, dirty dirty badass bitches, I think of you. :) nm - ralph wiggum Jan 3, 20:36 1
    - Buwhaaa. Why thank you!! -- nm - Pippy - Jan 3, 20:50
This game is VERY NFC East. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 3, 19:53
Current schedule has Axiom contracting with SpaceX to send Tom Cruise to ISS for 10 days in October. -- (link) - TWuG Jan 3, 19:52 3
- $55M for a seat to get to the station. no mention how much $$$$ to get back to earth. -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 3, 20:08 2
  - a week of cruise and they'll gladly ship him home free -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 3, 20:58 1
    - "Have you seen the airlock, Tom?" -- nm - TWuG Jan 3, 21:07
We need to change QBs like right now -- nm - budice Jan 3, 19:43
pfm (and everyone), have we watched cheer on NF? It's so aces. -- nm* - amanda jeans Jan 3, 19:40 1
- yup. watching that at the same time (roughly) as Dare Me was a treat. Though, the news about Jerry retroactively made Cheer lose some of its luster -- nm - prayformojo Jan 3, 19:47
Death to 2020 starts out fierce, but much like the year its trying to lampoon, the jokes start to fester like a gross boil on an ass. -- nm - Qale Jan 3, 19:37 3
- There were parts where they definitely went "yeah.... we're not making fun of that." -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 19:39 2
  - To be honest, I don't think they ever topped a joke in the first few minutes. *spoiler* - Qale Jan 3, 20:07 1
    - Agreed. With the exception of the line I quoted earlier, nothing really entertained me much after the first few segments. - Spawn Jan 3, 20:14
The Browns never even sniffed a super bowl. I am more like the Miami Dolphins - more 2nd place finishes than 1sts, looong drought aft. initial success -- nm - rollo Jan 3, 19:36 2
- their best years were the early 1960's before there ever was a Superbowl -- nm* - Peglegpete Jan 3, 19:58 1
  - The Eagles too, sadly (because they don't get recognized) -- nm - rollo Jan 3, 20:41
Bean Cat Mom. -- (link) - loosilu Jan 3, 19:28 2
- Lol -- nm - Pippy - Jan 3, 19:50
- heh -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 19:29
I found ty97’s next apartment. It’s only $28mil but it could use a better view. -- (link) - Mop Jan 3, 19:20 [youtube] 3
- 28m ...for the midlevel apartment, or the yet to be constructed 3 floor penthouse on the 72nd? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 3, 20:51 2
  - lol. -- nm - znufrii Jan 3, 21:03
  - Pfft. The penthouse is *at least* 30m! -- nm - Mop Jan 3, 21:02
~11,780 votes~ is *genius* -- nm - prayformojo Jan 3, 19:19
Just caught up on the WW84 Pitch Meeting. Gold. -- nm - Mop Jan 3, 19:19
I had dinner with humans tonight!!!!! first time since August. - loosilu Jan 3, 19:15 3
- Woot!! -- nm - Pippy - Jan 3, 19:51
- How to Serve Man really inspired you! -- nm - rollo Jan 3, 19:29 1
  - OMG - loosilu Jan 3, 21:19
Worf -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 19:15

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