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Trailer for The Pursuit of Love is saucier than I expected -- (link) - LMS Apr 25, 14:52 1
- Hot Priest spinoff rounding into form -- nm - budice Apr 25, 14:56
And in case you were curious, yes I do sing the Bagging Song when checking out at the grocery store now. -- (link) - znufrii Apr 25, 14:50 [youtube] 1
- !!! - Diva Apr 25, 15:02
American tourists who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 will be allowed to visit the European Union this summer, a top official told the NYT -- (link*) - ty97 Apr 25, 14:28 7
- No known reason for them not to be. -- nm - spamlet Apr 25, 14:56
- WIMBLEDON!!! -- nm - David Apr 25, 14:40 5
  - Didn't they exit the EU? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 14:47 3
    - Sorry can't hear you booking all the tickets okthxbye. - ty97 Apr 25, 15:02
    - Wimbxit? Doesn't sound familiar? -- nm - ty97 Apr 25, 14:48 1
      - I would eat a Wimbiscuit -- nm - Max Apr 25, 14:59
  - True story: I booked a trip to Paris last week for Labor Day weekend, based on Macron's comments a week ago about France. -- nm - ty97 Apr 25, 14:44
Phrasing in the UK -- (link*) - budice Apr 25, 13:30 3
- They are known to be prompt with corporal punishment over there. In this case it seems they've jumped straight to Rear Admiral punishment. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 13:32 2
  - pour encourager les autres -- nm - Reagen Apr 25, 14:18
  - oh no -- nm - mud Apr 25, 13:48
Hmm. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 25, 13:19
What will I remember about the pandemic -- (link) - Beaker Apr 25, 13:18 4
- Injectable sunlight. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 13:55 1
  - [eyeroll] -- nm - dr birx Apr 25, 14:06
- Bad: the asshole who nearly shoved mom over in a store without a mask. Good, the wedding gown with matching mask -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 25, 13:44
- That woman who bought up all the toilet paper (or paper towels) from the store and bragged as she loaded her truck while being recorded. -- nm - Max Apr 25, 13:39
NFL Draft: I really want SF to draft TE Kyle Pitts - Strongbad Apr 25, 13:17 1
- so that kittles can be traded away for a couple of skittles and a draft pick next year? -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 25, 13:29
Shohei Ohtani is hitting a homer every 12 at-bats. If he gets his control dialed in, he’s an mvp level player. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 25, 13:16
I decided to make a second account in an online game I play, just to try to fix prices. Besides maralinnw, guess which one is me. -- (pic) - mara Apr 25, 13:04 [Attachment] 5
- “In an online game I play” Uh-huh. We see you... - IAmQale Apr 25, 14:08 1
  - Shhhh! -- nm - mara Apr 25, 14:09
- well, you are wicked awesome.... -- nm - prayformojo Apr 25, 13:07
- Heheheh -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 13:05 1
  - I had to look it up in the wiki to remind myself who made the WANG reply. Andie!!! -- (link) - mara Apr 25, 13:14
I decided this photo needed a riff on a poem to go with it. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 25, 12:45 [flickr] 5
- Nice! -- nm - mara Apr 25, 13:02
- That's not a photo, the magicians at Pixar made that. -- nm - Max Apr 25, 12:52 3
  - Hey if they want me to write Mould: The Movie, I'll do it. It'll be bigger than Trolls. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 13:02 2
    - A Debugger's Life -- nm - Max Apr 25, 13:20 1
      - A mold spore that is also a software developer? Sold! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 13:21
Oscar trivia: the ceremony was regularly held in April in the 1960s, and occasionally through the 80s. The Sound of Music won on April 18, 1966 - Max Apr 25, 12:41
In case anyone needs it, I think this is 70 days of Xbox game pass ultimate for $10 -- (link) - tRuMaN Apr 25, 12:39 7
- Thanks! -- nm - Krusty Apr 25, 13:02 6
  - That gets me through to July 6th. -- nm - Krusty Apr 25, 13:24 5
    - could you like create a second account and do the same thing a second time? -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 25, 13:31 4
      - I guess I could use a different email -- nm - Krusty Apr 25, 13:33 3
        
        I mean only if its worth the price. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 25, 13:34 2
        
        It would be a little over $50 for a year's worth -- nm - Krusty Apr 25, 13:37 1
        
        game pass ultimate cards sell for what, $100 right now? -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 25, 13:49
Young man approached me outside the Post Office and wanted to know if I was interested in selling the Xterra :) - Meg Apr 25, 12:15 3
- its a hustle, or an outright theft (let me take it for a test drive) but cars are 10-15% higher this year so he could be a flipper -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 25, 14:38 1
  - Eh, I told him my mechanic had first dibs :-) -- nm - Meg Apr 25, 14:45
- $$$ -- nm - mud Apr 25, 13:49
Funkos today: Quicksilver (comic version). Archangel, Psylocke, The Joker (Imperial Japan) -- nm - Beaker Apr 25, 12:09 1
- I got my hybrid theory Funko Friday. That is all -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 25, 12:26
The IM pertains to the Super League - Diva Apr 25, 12:02 1
- amen to im -- nm - budice Apr 25, 12:32
how these guys data mine.... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 25, 11:57 7
- So, we've reached a point where he needs that much power for 1.16 Bitcoin per week. -- nm - David Apr 25, 11:59 6
  - Bitcoin mining uses the same power as Hong Kong right now and is growing exponentially. -- nm - spamlet Apr 25, 12:02 5
    - we gave students loaner laptops to use during covid. they're on our mobile device management system but not really locked down so much. - amanda jeans Apr 25, 12:10 2
      - Sheesh. Eight out of how many? -- nm - mara Apr 25, 13:05
      - Seems that way but not sure if you could get crumbs for that? -- nm - spamlet Apr 25, 12:15
    - Yeah, in 2016, it was already difficult to mine Bitcoins, and we were only about 70% of the way through the bell curve. -- nm - David Apr 25, 12:03 1
      - Keep in mind you can heat the house with a half dozen mining cubes, literally, so you break even on energy costs in winter -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 25, 13:42
Mortal Kombat $22.5, Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train $19.5, Godzilla vs Kong $4.2 (86.6), Nobody $1.9 (21.7), Raya and the Last Dragon 1.7 (39.8) -- (link*) - Beaker Apr 25, 11:53 6
- Who is your source? -- nm - David Apr 25, 11:58 5
  - in other news Demon Slayer opened at nearly $20M and I never heard of it before :) -- nm - Beaker Apr 25, 12:20 1
    - It set records in Japan, besting Spirited Away. -- nm - David Apr 25, 12:21
  - had Kombat wrong, link to BOM added as well -- nm - Beaker Apr 25, 12:08 2
    - No offense intended. I was just asking because they had MK $2 million higher than I did. - David Apr 25, 12:11 1
      - original post came from FB so I wonder if they updated it a bit later -- nm - Beaker Apr 25, 12:12
India reported 349,691 new cases Saturday, the fourth day in a row the country has set a world record for daily infections. -- nm - Remlik Apr 25, 11:36 6
- So, about 0.03% of their population. -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 14:45
- Beyond crazy. Given the limited resources I would guess their testing is limited so likely the true infection numbers are way higher. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 25, 12:16 4
  - One estimate I saw was double that number unreported. -- nm - . Apr 25, 14:30
  - the POS system I use Comichub, has it's development team in India. A team of 6 guys they're all working from home - Remlik Apr 25, 12:38 2
    - This is what the previous administration said would be good for the economy, to let it wash through and get to herd immunity -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 25, 13:46 1
      - Which could mean tens of millions of deaths in India -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 14:30
Happy birthday Andie! -- nm - loosilu Apr 25, 11:35 4
- Happy birthday! - ReluctantCynic Apr 25, 13:46
- Happy birthday Andie! -- nm - pmb Apr 25, 12:27
- Happy Birthday Andie! -- nm - Max Apr 25, 12:18
- Happy birthday! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 11:36
Tatis Jr / Trev Bauer still with the smacktalk today -- (link*) - budice Apr 25, 11:29 2
- Ha! Love it! - Krusty Apr 25, 11:37 1
  - Bauer wants to be MLB's Rowdy Roddy Piper so bad he can taste it. -- nm - David Apr 25, 11:40
Talladega is already exciting. Bubba Wallace gained 35 spots in the first 9 laps. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 25, 11:27 3
- I'm gonna come at you like a spider monkey. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 25, 14:16
- No practice or qualifying = exciting -- nm - budice Apr 25, 11:33
- And now he's leading -- worst to first inside of 14 laps. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 25, 11:31
This is the future I want. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 25, 11:10 12
- There's a gas station that changed over to charging, prestuff, and the neighborhood had an uptick in business as a result. -- nm - . Apr 25, 14:18
- Some public libraries have charging stations. -- nm - mara Apr 25, 13:09 2
  - Around here they do, too. The only resistance I have to buying an electric car or SUV is that we already have two cars that mostly work fine. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 13:39 1
    - used prices have jumped some 10-15% (tv news story) so EVs are that much closer, in a few years gas cars will drop in value -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 25, 14:40
- I mean... yes. -- nm - Mop Apr 25, 12:09
- Seriously, I think taking over some abandoned super markets, they have lots of parking, restaurant and shop space - zeitgeist Apr 25, 11:23
- Why am I getting out of my EV when the windshield turns into a 50" tv screen with banging surround sound, and there's a fridge in the center console? -- nm - Max Apr 25, 11:19 1
  - To avoid thrombosis. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 11:34
- Strip malls? -- nm* - Krusty Apr 25, 11:14 3
  - I'm thinking of the overpass travel oasis model from the tollways around the Chicago area and Southern Wisconsin. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Apr 25, 11:26 2
    - There's one 7 miles from my house and I've gone there just to go there. -- nm - zunk xometimes Apr 25, 11:54 1
      - Stopping by one of those was a thrill when I was growing up. - ReluctantCynic Apr 25, 13:45
Apr. 25 Birthdays: Al Pacino (81), Bertrand Tavernier (80), Talia Shire (75), Jeffrey DeMunn (74), Dominique Blanc (65), Fish (63) - Max Apr 25, 11:05 6
- I don't think Tavernier is having a big celebration this year... -- nm - Edward Havens Apr 25, 14:31
- I thought Abe the fish Vigoda died years ago -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 25, 11:19
- So I was a decade off with Jillian Bell. - Will Hunting Apr 25, 11:07 3
  - Jillian getting it done for you? -- nm* - budice Apr 25, 11:10 2
    - *dumps cold water on you* Down boy. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 25, 11:11 1
      - Are you two gonna kiss? -- (link) - Max Apr 25, 11:16 [youtube]
happy Light Jacket Day, everyone!!! -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 25, 10:59 [youtube] 1
- Such a great joke -- nm* - Krusty Apr 25, 11:11
Watching Sail GP which is pretty cool. Two boats just crashed into each other. One is on top of the other. -- nm - MDH Apr 25, 10:39 3
- I didn't know I needed that in my life but taking advantage of being to go back in time of the coverage,I just heard the prediction of "Carnage" - JD Apr 25, 11:02
- They are sailing faster than I've driven all week. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 10:54
- One has now capsized. -- nm - MDH Apr 25, 10:42
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 25, 10:38 [Attachment] 4
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 25, 10:39 [Attachment] 3
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 25, 10:39 [Attachment] 2
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 25, 10:39 [Attachment] 1
      - 2/2 -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 25, 10:48
yeah, he's a riot. Let's get him on SNL -- (link) - mud Apr 25, 10:37 6
- Isn't his schtick that he's uncomfortable in his own skin, and alarmingly awkward? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 11:00 1
  - oh yeah! -- nm - Sheldon Cooper Apr 25, 11:18
- I don't think he's wrong though 😐 For something that people take for granted (LEO) think about how many people died in Space Shuttle related incidents - JD Apr 25, 10:51 3
  - Sure, but the people doing that weren't sold a bill of goods on space tourism and other things - Will Hunting Apr 25, 11:03 1
    - I haven't seen him "sell the experience". That he's saying people *will* die is anti-selling it. And it's honest. - TWuG Apr 25, 14:08
  - It's all fun and games and triple-breasted prostitutes on Mars until someone gets killed. -- nm - IAmQale Apr 25, 10:59
if you're gonna fuck something up, fuck it up all the way -- (link) - Reagen Apr 25, 10:34 5
- WHAT IS YOUR MAJOR MALFUNCTION? - Mop Apr 25, 11:19
- awesome -- nm - mud Apr 25, 10:40
- Was the reverse broken on their gearbox? - Will Hunting Apr 25, 10:39 2
  - that's what I couldn't figure out -- nm - prayformojo Apr 25, 10:44 1
    - Oh noes, I might puncture the tires backing over this non-reverse grating! - Will Hunting Apr 25, 11:05
Bery, I keep losing my saved credentials on my phone - started about 3 weeks ago ... you make any changes that might cause? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 25, 10:30 5
- my phone never remembers it -- nm - Remlik Apr 25, 10:54 1
  - Are you using the login-with-a-post approach, or the login form? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 10:55
- No, not that I'm aware of. Could be the browser doing something weird with cookies. What device & OS? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 10:44 1
  - Apple iPhone 8’s whatever version is current -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 25, 10:46
- Happens to me a lot. I can’t make sense of why or when it happens. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 25, 10:33
From B2: we’re doing Summer Stalker this year!! Sign up now! -- (link) - kelly Apr 25, 10:28 4
- Done -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 25, 11:11
- One more thing to stress over ;) -- nm - Meg Apr 25, 10:39
- In. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 25, 10:35
- dun -- nm - Beaker Apr 25, 10:33
best game of chase ever -- (link) - Beaker Apr 25, 10:27 2
- yes. spoil: -- (edited) - mud Apr 25, 10:29 1
  - Yup :) -- nm - Meg Apr 25, 10:35
B2: Krusty - Gangs of London -- (link) - Beaker Apr 25, 10:22 [Backboard] 1
- they obviously borrow from alot of other shows/movies, but bringing it altogether feels like something new if you get my drift -- nm - Beaker Apr 25, 10:22
yep -- (link) - mud Apr 25, 10:21 2
- just took a Reactine this morning. hopefully can stay ahead of it -- nm - Beaker Apr 25, 10:34
- Agreed. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 25, 10:33
Heh. It's the perfect date! -- (link*) - Beryllium Apr 25, 10:20

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