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Eternals is gonna look *great* -- (link) - mud Apr 28, 10:51 3
- Right when the pandemic hit, Disney was thinking Eternals could get a Best Picture nod. - David Apr 28, 10:55
- Then again, so did Wild Wild West. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 28, 10:54 1
  - it did? -- nm - mud Apr 28, 10:57
"Atlanta Braves to expand capacity to 100% beginning May 7" -- nm - David, Horny New Guy Apr 28, 10:31 2
- I use this all the time in MS Teams. It applies to the outside world as well. -- (pic) - JaxSean Apr 28, 10:59 [Attachment] 1
  - 🤣🤣 -- nm - Diva Apr 28, 11:02
I'd heard that the mid-range jumper is dead, but this chart really drives it home. -- (link) - Baron Nefcy Apr 28, 10:30 22
- "We made basketball even more boring." -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 10:34 10
  - Three-pointers are the literal opposite of boring. -- nm - David, Horny New Guy Apr 28, 10:40 7
    - Just because something requires skill, does not automatically make it interesting. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 10:44 6
      - The excitement when a ball is in the air, flying toward a target more than 20 feet away, is immeasurable. You're arguing up is down here. -- nm - David Apr 28, 10:51 4
        
        I prefer my basketball with more drives to the basket where you can get a big dunk or big block. I like the 3 to come in spurts more than as - Krusty Apr 28, 10:54 3
        
        I prefer the 3-point contest, which is always fascinating, to the dunk contest, that hasn't been the same in the 21st century. - David Apr 28, 10:56 2
        
        I prefer the dunk contest. 😁 -- nm - Krusty Apr 28, 11:10
        
        A free throw game is just a free throw game, regardless of the distance. - Max Apr 28, 10:59
      - Signed, Software Developer. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 10:44
  - I want to say it's all Pete Carril's fault with his emphasis on three pointers and lay-ups, but he used passing and ball movement for open shots. - Baron Nefcy Apr 28, 10:40 1
    - Well I'm pretty sure UCLA blames Carril -- nm - JD Apr 28, 10:42
- Of course the elbow disappeared, Tim Duncan retired. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 28, 10:34 1
  - Ha! -- nm - David, Horny New Guy Apr 28, 10:40
- That chart is flipping off the trend. -- nm - David, Horny New Guy Apr 28, 10:32
- 3 pointers and driving the basket and drawing fouls for 3 point plays. -- nm - groiny Apr 28, 10:32 7
  - I feel like a clever coach could take advantage of this by designing plays to go elsewhere. Hit 'em where they ain't. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 28, 10:34 6
    - The analytics are clear about where maximum points percentages are. That's why this chart has changed so much. Mid-range jumpers are terrible shots. -- nm - David Apr 28, 10:52
    - No team will do it. They say a mid range jumper isn't worth taking when you can step back and take a 3. Guys are just so much better at the - Krusty Apr 28, 10:38 4
      - If you shoot 35% from 3, you have to shoot 52.5% to create the same expected points. - Will Hunting Apr 28, 10:43 1
        
        And then you have guys that are even better than 35% like Joe Harris who's at nearly 50%. You don't want him shooting anything else but 3s. There are - Krusty Apr 28, 10:50
      - Though there's still the Leonards and Durants where their mid-range game is part of what makes them all-stars. Jokic as well to some extent -- nm - JD Apr 28, 10:41 1
        
        A handful of guys still use it and have a nice fadeaway near the post or elbow. It's not gone completely but coaches would rather - Krusty Apr 28, 10:46
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 28, 10:30 [Attachment] 2
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 28, 10:30 [Attachment] 1
  - 0/1 -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 28, 10:45
made an offer on a house, it has no basement. - groiny Apr 28, 10:27 15
- Yeah! -- nm - IAmQale Apr 28, 11:01
- Nice. Good luck! -- nm - JaxSean Apr 28, 10:56
- Hope you get it! Same city? -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 28, 10:53 1
  - yep -- nm - groiny Apr 28, 11:09
- Good luck! -- nm - MDH Apr 28, 10:52
- awesome!!! good luck!!! -- nm - colin Apr 28, 10:45
- Nice. Good luck! -- nm - Shaun Apr 28, 10:44
- Look out below! - Roof Apr 28, 10:37 1
  - I will cut you! -- nm - groiny Apr 28, 10:48
- nice -- nm - budice Apr 28, 10:34
- Woot! Good luck! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 10:33
- Good luck! -- nm - David, Horny New Guy Apr 28, 10:32
- 🤞🏼🤞🏼 -- nm - Krusty Apr 28, 10:32
- good luck! Does it have a Funko room? -- nm* - Beaker Apr 28, 10:28 1
  - it just might, need some intense negotiations to make that happen -- nm - groiny Apr 28, 10:29
Apr. 28 Birthdays: Frank J. Urioste (83), Ann-Margret (80), Paul Guilfoyle (72), Jay Leno (71), Mary McDonnell (69), Kim Gordon (68) - Max Apr 28, 10:23 1
- Mary McDonnell, how _you_ doin'? -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 28, 10:35
Michael Collins, the third crew member of Apollo 11, has passed away. -- (link) - TWuG Apr 28, 10:11
Prancer, the 13-pound gremlin Chihuahua who hates men and children, and was described as a "vessel for a traumatized Victorian child," has been adopte - Remlik Apr 28, 10:04 1
- That sounds much like my chihuahua, Billy. - Dark Callisto Apr 28, 10:08
Teaser to Chris Pratt's "The Tomorrow War" from Amazon Prime. Tell me that music isn't "O Canada". -- (link) - Mop Apr 28, 10:04 [youtube] 2
- that does not seem like the book at all... -- nm - Beaker Apr 28, 10:29
- Hmm. Should've released it July 1. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 10:12
Oh, and yeah, we have a picture of the rover on Mars taken by the drone -- (link) - oblique Apr 28, 10:03
Adaptive cruise control was active during that recent fatal Tesla crash -- (link) - oblique Apr 28, 10:02 3
- Once again, cruising proves deadly. -- nm - Mop Apr 28, 10:11
- The difference is that cruise can be engaged most anywhere because it's just speed. It's a single click of the right stalk. AP is a double click and - TWuG Apr 28, 10:06 1
  - The question is, did they think the AP was engaged??? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 28, 11:13
Anyone seen Hitchcock's 'The Birds' lately? These folk lived it :) - Meg Apr 28, 09:59
YouTube could match Netflix in revenue by year's end -- (link) - oblique Apr 28, 09:58 1
- Loss of CBS, Disney, NBC content bound to hurt Netflix sooner or later. -- nm - budice Apr 28, 10:08
Teaser to LMM's animated "Vivo", produced by Sony but sold to Netflix, because... *waves hands* -- (link) - Mop Apr 28, 09:50 [youtube] 1
- "Luca" looks 312.50% better -- nm - mud Apr 28, 09:51
That Falcon & the Winter Soldier pitch meeting pretty effectively hits all the failures of the series. -- nm - Mop Apr 28, 09:47 15
- One thing I hoped he'd point out (spoils) - Inigo Apr 28, 10:02 14
  - spoils -- (edited) - budice Apr 28, 10:25 6
    - how do these people make money? -- nm - groiny Apr 28, 10:30 5
      - That's something we're just starting to explore with the TV shows. - David, Horny New Guy Apr 28, 10:32 4
        
        There was a line in there - Reagen Apr 28, 12:55
        
        Well in these TV shows anyway. Daredevil was still a lawyer in the Netflix series -- nm - JD Apr 28, 10:38 2
        
        the Netflix ones were way more grounded in reality -- nm - groiny Apr 28, 10:49 1
        
        Yup. It was one of their strengths. I don't know that Jessica Jones would have worked as well in the MCU. -- nm - David Apr 28, 10:53
  - *spoils* -- (edited) - JD Apr 28, 10:12
  - Spoilers - David, Horny New Guy Apr 28, 10:09 2
    - spoilers - Inigo Apr 28, 10:16 1
      - Spoilers - David, Horny New Guy Apr 28, 10:25
  - spoils - Dark Callisto Apr 28, 10:05 1
    - I'm not sure if you mean Marvel universe government or the real U.S. government. (spoils) -- (edited) - Inigo Apr 28, 10:12
  - Barely an inconvenience! -- nm - Mop Apr 28, 10:04
Whenever I walk past someone or smell something in the air, I get a (irrational?) fear that if those particles reached my nose, what else did I just - oblique Apr 28, 09:45 5
- "The particles that cause odors, these are extremely tiny molecules. Although the COVID-19 virus is a microscopic microorganism, it still is much, - mara Apr 28, 09:54 2
  - That's notable about passing through the fabric. I wonder if virus particles hang in the air as long as odors, or drop to the ground faster. -- nm - Max Apr 28, 10:29 1
    - Yeah, I wondered if spraying Febreze would knock it out of the air,you guys pointed out the virus was 200x as big -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 28, 11:16
- All smells are particulate. -- nm - J. Edgar Apr 28, 09:48 1
  - "particularly what?" "PARTICULATE!" -- nm - mud Apr 28, 09:50
Joe Thornton's house in San Jose up for sale - $9.5M -- (link) - Beaker Apr 28, 09:44
I keep seeing a surprising number of families in my Facebook feed at Disney. I can't quite figure out what schools are doing spring break now and/or - oblique Apr 28, 09:40 6
- Cheer competition right now. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 28, 09:49 4
  - First one since the pandemic! -- nm - David Apr 28, 09:53
  - ahhhhh -- nm - oblique Apr 28, 09:51 2
    - Or maybe they're doing remote classes in their hotel rooms? Right?!? :) -- nm - Meg Apr 28, 09:53 1
      - Given how much of the day they're expected to be in front of the screen, that seems like a total waste. -- nm - oblique Apr 28, 09:54
- 🎵yensid ot og🎵 -- nm - Mop Apr 28, 09:44
The Feds have raided Rudy Giuliani's Manhattan crib -- (link) - decline Apr 28, 09:39 5
- A frisson of joy just rushed through my body -- nm - TWuG Apr 28, 09:59
- I couldn't remember if he got a pardon from Trump, so I was happy to check and see he didn't. -- nm - mara Apr 28, 09:56
- "Rudy, we need you to tell us everything you know so we can go after the real bad guys!" "OK!" -- nm - Federal Agent Apr 28, 09:48
- heh, just saw that and was coming to post - -- nm - Spawn Apr 28, 09:45
- Rudy Rudy Rudy -- nm - mud Apr 28, 09:44
Shot #2 is in me! 💉😁 -- nm - Krusty Apr 28, 09:38 13
- Start the 336 hour freedom clock. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 28, 10:24
- sexcellent -- nm - colin Apr 28, 10:09
- Congratulations. My second shot is still a month away. -- nm - LMS Apr 28, 09:44
- I always like a guy who can take multiples. -- nm - IAmQale Apr 28, 09:43 2
  - like or "like"? -- nm - mud Apr 28, 09:47 1
    - 😅 -- nm - IAmQale Apr 28, 11:02
- well done. -- nm - mud Apr 28, 09:42
- 👍👍 -- nm - Meg Apr 28, 09:42
- Yay! -- nm - ty97 Apr 28, 09:42
- Excellent! - znufrii Apr 28, 09:40
- Celebratory kitten! -- nm - David Apr 28, 09:39
- excellente -- nm - JaxSean Apr 28, 09:39
- Fantastic! -- nm - spamlet Apr 28, 09:38
Kurt Cobain's 'The Last Session' Photoshoot Will Be Sold as an NFT -- (link) - spamlet Apr 28, 09:36 3
- Just as he would’ve wished. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 28, 09:50
- You're literally just posting these to make me mad now, aren't you. -- nm - Reagen Apr 28, 09:38
- Does the winner get to destroy the original? - Beaker Apr 28, 09:37
I only boycott one company: Amazon. And it’s because they don’t just do one thing I am against. They do many, many things. Not eating at CFA… -- (edited) - IAmQale Apr 28, 09:35 10
- I may not be boycotting anyone currently. Life is too short to hate! - Spawn Apr 28, 09:44 1
  - (Facebook and Apple are beyond boycott.) -- nm - Spawn Apr 28, 09:45
- Amazon is my only total boycott. I never do Chik Fil A except the rare occasion my aged mother wants to go. -- nm - mara Apr 28, 09:40
- The only company I boycott is Walmart -- nm - Krusty Apr 28, 09:38
- I thought ST told me CFA was okay? -- nm - Spawn Apr 28, 09:36 5
  - David contacted our franchise owner, who said he does not hold those similar beliefs. - Dark Callisto Apr 28, 10:03 2
    - Yes, I also should note the impact of The Good Place on my thinking in this regard. -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 28, 10:07 1
      - I knew what you were getting at. :) -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 28, 10:09
  - I've told people I (personally) have no issue if they eat there - ty97 Apr 28, 09:46
  - I will always tell you Do As You Wish. Because The Neverending Story is the best. -- nm - IAmQale Apr 28, 09:43
Really liking Mythic Quest so far. We're up to episode 7. Episode 5 (A Dark Quiet Death) is amazing, and gave me all the feels. (slight spoilers) - Inigo Apr 28, 09:31 5
- Without doing spoilers, yes. It comes up again in an unexpected way. -- nm - David Apr 28, 09:35 4
  - Oh, cool. Thanks. I was more asking if I missed other tie-ins to that point. -- nm - Inigo Apr 28, 09:37 3
    - I don't know if the Ravens' board does it, but the Falcons board tracks most plausible rumors on Twitter, Reddit, and podcasts. - David Apr 28, 09:39 2
      - The Ravens board does track rumors to some degree. Rumor: The Ravens are the leading team to acquire Julio Jones. - Inigo Apr 28, 09:47 1
        
        I think they are. And I suspect we are trading him over the next three months. - David Apr 28, 09:52
Ty really does post like he's 70. And he's been doing it for 15 years. -- nm - David Apr 28, 09:30 1
- I am wise beyond my years. -- nm - ty97 Apr 28, 09:42
And then there’s this classic, of course. -- (link*) - znufrii Apr 28, 09:29 [youtube]
I just want to say that the taco bell app makes it easier to order and customize taco bell so I go way more frequently than I used to. -- nm - amanda jeans Apr 28, 09:28 11
- How much do you customize? - the wrong element Apr 28, 10:03 5
  - I have lettuce removed from David's tacos. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 28, 10:10 4
    - Lettuce is a trash taco topping anyway. -- nm - Shaun Apr 28, 10:15 1
      - It really is. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 28, 10:17
    - surreptitiously? -- nm - oblique Apr 28, 10:12 1
      - Overtly! -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 28, 10:13
- Taco Bell app is *great*. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 28, 10:00
- unrelatedly related, i like the taco bell fire sauce, but the bottles of it have stopped showing up in grocery stores near me. - tRuMAN Apr 28, 09:35 3
  - I found it to be all heat, no flavor. - the wrong element Apr 28, 10:00 2
    - see, i feel the opposite about it. -- nm - tRuMAN Apr 28, 10:05 1
      - yep -- nm - groiny Apr 28, 10:24
Detroit wants to trade up to #4 to draft Ja'Marr Chase. Everybody picking 5-7 wants him, but Atlanta prefers Pitts. - David Apr 28, 09:28 3
- Chase must be thinking - Strongbad Apr 28, 10:26
- Even Miami? I figured they were after Pitts, too. -- nm - Inigo Apr 28, 09:32 1
  - Yeah, Miami apparently would have taken Chase if they'd stayed at #3. - David Apr 28, 09:34
I’ll have two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda. -- nm - IAmQale Apr 28, 09:26 3
- "hworld on...wait...ok you wanted a number 2 large with 45 extra large fries and what else?" -- nm - DriveThru Apr 28, 09:35
- going to the drive-thru with my wife is like going to the Soup Nazi with Elaine - Beaker Apr 28, 09:30
- Would you like pies with that? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 09:28
Happy NFL Draft Day Eve everyone! How many Mock Drafts will you be doing/reading to celebrate???!! -- nm - Beaker Apr 28, 09:25 4
- Nevermind...I missed the "eve" part -- nm* - JaxSean Apr 28, 09:32
- -4 -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 28, 09:27
- ALL OF THEM -- nm - David Apr 28, 09:27 1
  - Who is the best at it since the guy from Texas stopped a few years ago? - the wrong element Apr 28, 09:57
boom boom. -- nm - tRuMAN Apr 28, 09:24

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