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PSA - Mother's Day is this coming Sunday. If sending something is a thing you choose to do, get on it. -- nm - Andie May 3, 07:32
Inspired by below, what's the longest line (time and/or people) you've ever waited in? -- nm - MDH May 3, 07:20 31
- couple hours at Disney most likely -- nm - Beaker May 3, 07:57
- Opening night of Return of the Jedi in junior high. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 3, 07:56
- Reagen/Dano, do you remember how long we waited for Top Thrill Dragster? -- nm - Dark Callisto May 3, 07:51 2
  - I want to say 2.5 hours-ish. It was at least two playings of A Little Less Conversation on the playlist. -- nm - Dano May 3, 07:54 1
    - This is probably my answer, then! -- nm - Dark Callisto May 3, 07:58
- I don't remember. Maybe space mountain. Maybe BC Ferries. -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 07:49
- over four and a half hours for Edgar Martinez's autograph on Mariner fan day, when I finally got to the head of the line, Edgar was gone and I ended up with Bret Boone's autograph -- nm* - crash davis May 3, 07:49
- A couple of hours, maybe 3 or so, for show tickets once, I believe. Rides at Disney or Universal, Visa lines to get in the US are almost up there. NM - Marlowe May 3, 07:44
- probably an hour or more in a line for a coaster at Kings Island back in the day. -- nm - tRuMAN May 3, 07:39
- I can't really remember any specifically long lines but those trader joe's lines at the beginning of the pandemic could get pretty brutal. - amanda jeans May 3, 07:33 2
  - The one near me had an hour wait to get in at some points, line was blocks long. -- nm - MDH May 3, 07:35 1
    - I think we waited 80 minutes once before we figured out the ideal times to go. note though that during pandemic TJ's really did become my main - amanda jeans May 3, 07:38
- A dumbass Black Friday sale for like 5 hours. The guy in front of me was clearly ill. Coincidentally, several days later, so was I. - Will Hunting May 3, 07:33
- Probably Sumo in Japan. Had to be there at 4AM, waited until 10 I think? -- nm - Guigue May 3, 07:32
- Hour and a half at Pappy's, but worth it b/c (1) BBQ and (2) Waino was there. -- nm - Baron Nefcy May 3, 07:32
- The original Return of the Jedi (number of people). -- nm* - Max May 3, 07:31
- Probably assorted rides at theme parks. So, 2 hours? -- nm - zunk xometimes May 3, 07:26 6
  - about that.. yeah. not a line person -- nm - colin May 3, 07:49
  - Re: I don't know how people with younger kids wait in those kinds of lines. I'd dread the "I have to go to the bathroom" message. -- nm - MDH May 3, 07:41 4
    - Diaper up! -- nm - Amy Santiago si May 3, 07:45 3
      - Don't get the Amy reference, but that seems like an easy answer? ST parents did you ever have to leave a line for this reason? -- nm - MDH May 3, 07:47 2
        
        Brooklyn 99 -- nm - Krusty May 3, 07:48 1
        
        Nine! Nine! -- nm - spamlet May 3, 07:57
- Camped out overnight for concert tickets a few times (got 3rd row Rush is the last one I remember), so probably 12 hours -ish. -- nm - JaxSean May 3, 07:25 3
  - Camping was the only way to guarantee you got tickets for a lot of shows. I camped outside MSG to make sure I got Beastie Boys general admission - Krusty May 3, 07:45 2
    - Then I started working for Turtles/BlockbusterMusic that was a Ticketmaster outlet. Those were glorious times. - JaxSean May 3, 07:50 1
      - Very nice deal! I did most of my camping for concerts and sports outside a video rental store that had a Ticketmaster machine inside. - Krusty May 3, 07:58
- Opening day tickets to the new Smithsonian African American Museum of History/Culture. Tickets were timed entry, it took us 4 extra hours. -- nm - MDH May 3, 07:25
- Overnight for concert tickets in college was the first time. Overnight to reserve my Tesla was the most recent. -- nm - TWuG May 3, 07:24
- 2 or 3 hours for Return of the Jedi is what immediately comes to mind. -- nm - Mop May 3, 07:23
- 3 days for sneakers. 2 days for concert tickets(Lollapalooza) and one day for world series tickets(1996 series). -- nm* - Krusty May 3, 07:21
Opening day for ‘White Castle’ in Orlando. It’s only 9am -- (link) - budice May 3, 07:02 21
- "What's this a line for?" "I dunno. Let's get in it and see." Imagine their disappointment. -- nm - Mop May 3, 07:13
- *smh* It's garbage fast food, people. -- nm - Krusty May 3, 07:05 19
  - Sometimes you just want to eat a whole bunch of garbage. - Reagen May 3, 07:36 5
    - To your IM, exactly! Go get McDonald's and get your White Castle fix in a few days when there's no line. - Krusty May 3, 07:39 4
      - It's a community thing. It's fun to share the experience. -- nm - TWuG May 3, 07:44 3
        
        You're joking, right? - Krusty May 3, 07:47 2
        
        I think there is something to that. Like seeing a midnight show of a movie. You can wait a week and see it then but the experience is part of it. -- nm - Volnelk May 3, 07:48 1
        
        Sure but this is something they've had before, likely many times. I get it for an experience or something new. Maybe even if they were giving away - Krusty May 3, 08:04
  - It's big here -- cf. White Palace with Sarandon and Spader -- but I've never eaten it. -- nm - Baron Nefcy May 3, 07:34
  - I like them a few times a year. I was sad when the one near me closed. -- nm - zunk xometimes May 3, 07:16
  - you crazy. it's glorious -- nm - decline May 3, 07:12 4
    - But they can literally get the SAME thing at Krystals. -- nm - JaxSean May 3, 07:26
    - I get that people like it but it's not good food. -- nm - Krusty May 3, 07:17 2
      - And certainly not worth waiting on a long line to eat. Go back in a week and they'll likely be able to walk right in and grab a terrible burger -- nm - Krusty May 3, 07:20 1
        
        Buy 'em by the sack!!!!! -- nm - zunk xometimes May 3, 07:24
  - I mean, it’s no Krystal. - IAmQale May 3, 07:07 5
    - I've been! -- nm - MDH May 3, 07:42
    - I've never heard of Krystal. -- nm - Krusty May 3, 07:18 2
      - The White Castle of the south. -- nm - Volnelk May 3, 07:21 1
        
        I love learning about things like this that are regional. -- nm - Krusty May 3, 07:36
    - Yeah, there's probably a Krystals around the corner. And there's more people there than in line for vaccinations. *smh* -- nm - JaxSean May 3, 07:08
2022 NFL Draft will be held in Vegas April 28-30 -- nm - Strongbad May 3, 06:46
New TV for the basement. Don't want to go insane with it, but the Xbox X will be hooked up to it. 60-65" What tech do I want to make sure it has? -- nm - Volnelk May 3, 06:20 13
- for best value, a visio 4K is solid. at that size, you get a good panel in most. also, ditch the on-board garage and just use your xbox for media. -- nm - colin May 3, 07:50 1
  - Yeah we use Rokus in every other tv in the house. -- nm - Volnelk May 3, 08:00
- If you do go insane with it, Redditors who live in their momma’s basements all agree on the LG CX. Suffice to say, I’m using a Vizio. -- (link) - IAmQale May 3, 06:54 6
  - The insanity level is not personal preference but budget related. Has to be around the $1000 range maybe $1300. -- nm - Volnelk May 3, 06:58 5
    - the vizio I got is around $700 and has hdmi 2.1, its popular because it does have that compared to the prices of the LG -- (edited) - tRuMAN May 3, 07:19
    - Do you belong to Costco? If so, go there. -- nm - JaxSean May 3, 07:09 2
      - No. Sam's though. I've noticed some of their options in the past but wanted to know what specifically to look for before I did. -- nm - Volnelk May 3, 07:12
      - this -- nm - Beaker May 3, 07:11
    - Cut back the size some and it’s barely doable with an open box. 😝 -- nm - IAmQale May 3, 07:04
- bunny ear antenna to pick up those rad OTA signals -- nm - decline May 3, 06:46
- 480p -- nm - Strongbad May 3, 06:31
- HDMI 2.1 -- nm - Shaun May 3, 06:29 1
  - basically this. -- nm - tRuMAN May 3, 06:39
Warren Buffett has named Greg Abel as his likely successor at Berkshire. Alan Thicke would point out Abel is Canadian. - Baron Nefcy May 3, 06:14 1
- Oops, forgot linky. -- (link) - Baron Nefcy May 3, 06:16
Nia DaCosta’s ‘Captain Marvel 2’ has been retitled The Marvels -- (link) - budice May 3, 06:08 13
- No way that last image isn't a blatant promise of a certain quartet being introduced -- nm - TWuG May 3, 06:57 3
  - Saw that. Could be interpreted as an A, but it sure looked like a blue 4 in a circle to me. -- nm - Volnelk May 3, 06:59 2
    - The claim is it just means this is Phase 4 of the MCU, but the color, the circle, the specific shape of it all say otherwise -- nm - TWuG May 3, 07:23
    - It is -- nm - eag May 3, 07:10
- First Look at Eternals -- (link) - budice May 3, 06:37 1
  - AJOLIE with sword that's hot -- nm - eag May 3, 07:14
- Marvel Sizzle Reel with all the updates (Eternals too) -- (link*) - budice May 3, 06:17 1
  - Seriously, just take my money now. -- nm - Baron Nefcy May 3, 06:59
- Sounds like a sitcom -- nm - Guigue May 3, 06:12 2
  - Yep. -- nm - mafic May 3, 06:19
  - Too Many Marvels -- nm - Baron Nefcy May 3, 06:15
- Black Panther sequel will be ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’, and releases July 8, 2022. -- (link) - budice May 3, 06:10
- Interesting. Tell me more. -- nm - Baron Nefcy May 3, 06:10
Done Deal: Verizon sells Yahoo, AOL for $5B -- (link) - budice May 3, 05:21 3
- I just heard they paid $10b for them just a few years ago. That's a huge loss. -- nm - Krusty May 3, 06:58
- Sold to Apollo Capital Management, the owners of Twinkies and Chuck E. Cheese -- nm - decline May 3, 05:42 1
  - So they buy things that were big in the ‘90s? Seems like a sound business strategy. -- nm - mafic May 3, 06:03
A Gen Z thing they really need to work on is not putting their entire message in the subject line of an email. - Reagen May 3, 05:13 4
- One thing my boss's generation needs to work on is not titling every single new email as "request" -- nm - Max May 3, 07:36
- What’s email? -- nm - IAmQale May 3, 07:06
- IMs are for suckers. - mafic May 3, 05:17 1
  - i see what you did there -- nm - prayformojo May 3, 05:19
Looks like restaurants will be full capacity here shortly. Currently 50%. - spamlet May 3, 04:58
TV PSA: Raw, 911, Voice, Neighborhood, All Rise, Black Lightning, Bob Hearts Abishola, 911 Lone Star, Debris, Bull, Miz & Mrs, Final Space, -- nm - Beaker May 3, 04:35 4
- American Masters—Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir, Inside The Tower Of London, “Lady Jane Grey”, Pray Obey Kill, Antiques Roadshow: Celebrity Edition, -- nm - Beaker May 3, 04:37 3
  - Below Deck SY, Breeders, other stuff -- nm - Beaker May 3, 04:37 2
    - 1) The Neighborhood -- nm - Krusty May 3, 06:19
    - Latest sign I’m old: I legit have no idea what most of these are. -- nm - mafic May 3, 06:04
Weekend Viewing: Love and Monsters A-, Without Remorse C, Detective Pikachu C+, Safe C, No One Lives B -- nm - Beaker May 3, 04:33 11
- Shazam: B-. The Shazam stuff was highly entertaining, the weird full-of-demons villain was not. And the end, with the *spoilers* - Cuzzin Todd May 3, 07:16
- Ghosts of Abu Ghriab: D (Did not convince me the military were the victims) Baby God: B (Slow, also WTF?) Allen vs Farrow ep 3&4: A+ (Also WTF?) -- (edited) - IAmQale May 3, 07:11
- Finished up the last 3 of Falcon and the Winter Snowman (B). Invincible (B+). Happy Endings S1 & S2: A-. -- nm - JaxSean May 3, 06:56
- Line of Duty S6 finale - B, Gangs of London episodes 1-4 B- (outside the excellent fight scenes not gripped by the story) -- nm - LMS May 3, 06:42
- Finished watching Wayne on Prime. A+ . Seriously you all need to watch this. It needs a second season. It was a youtube show that Prime picked up. - pmb May 3, 06:25 3
  - I think we watched the first episode or two but it didn't sink in. I'll try again. -- nm - JaxSean May 3, 06:57 1
    - Stick with it a bit. -- nm - pmb May 3, 07:09
  - Yeah, very good show and I hope there's a second season. -- nm - Krusty May 3, 06:28
- the boys s2 B -- nm - tRuMAN May 3, 06:02
- The Mitchells vs. The Machines: B, Amazing Interiors-Season 1: B, Grand Designs s10: B+ -- nm - Krusty May 3, 05:56
- Stowaway B-, Without Remorse D, Voyagers C, The Baker & The Beauty B- -- nm - Pippy May 3, 05:25
Outdoor masking is probably not needed unless you're in large groups (it's never been a significant thing here), but it's also not hurting anything. -- nm - Reagen May 3, 03:32
Australia bans *all* travelers from India, including own citizens with fines/jail for those who come in anyway, stranding 7000 -- (link) - zeitgeist May 3, 01:26 1
- yep. it's gross. only thing worth clarifying there is that the ban was enacted because of the cricketers, they didn't get an exemption. -- nm - mafic May 3, 01:49
huh, I might have to fly to another state next week. that's something I haven't done since December of 2019. -- nm - mafic May 3, 00:59
Dicaprio Bootle signs with KC as a udfa. Will probably make the practice squad where he should get some great experience defending against Mahomes. -- (link*) - GregW May 3, 00:39 1
- That is not the name of a real person. -- nm - Baron Nefcy May 3, 06:16
"What did you do?" "There was a button, I pressed it." "Jesus Christ, that's really how you go through life, isn't it?" 😂 -- nm - Beryllium May 2, 23:14
You know who hasn’t acted in anything lately? Jussie Smollett. - Ear Victim May 2, 22:48 8
- You got that right -- nm - Jocqui, Jurnee, JoJo, Jake and Jazz May 3, 05:08 2
  - And Bebe Rexha, et. al.? -- nm - Reagen May 3, 05:16 1
    - *flag on the play* Bebe just released a song from her upcoming sophomore album -- nm - Pippy May 3, 05:25
- On Feb. 11, 2020, after further investigation by a special prosecutor was completed, Smollett was indicted again by a Cook County grand jury on six co - zork May 2, 23:00 1
  - The irony is that right around the same time it allegedly happened Chicago was settling a suit involving about 26 people who had been found guilty and - . May 2, 23:51
- He's too busy being the conservatives goto punching bag when they wanna pigeonhole all black gay people as lying liars that lie. -- nm* - IAmQale May 2, 22:54 2
  - Is there a lot of money in that? -- nm - Ear Victim May 2, 22:56 1
    - Not for him. -- nm - IAmQale May 2, 23:07
Which movies would have ended the fastest if the characters acted logically? -- nm - zork May 2, 22:37 11
- If Jurassic park just started with vegetarian dinos first, you know see how it goes, believe me place would be booked up for years to see anyway - zeitgeist May 3, 01:39
- the Sixth Sense. everyone knows from westerns, if someone is gut shot, they're DEAD. -- nm - Peglegpete May 3, 00:04
- Baywatch. Just call the cops. -- nm - Max May 2, 23:30
- Labyrinth -- nm - Mop May 2, 22:58 1
  - "Meh, I never liked that kid anyway." -- nm - Jennifer Connelly May 3, 06:06
- Any Harry Potter movie where Harry told somebody the truth about what is going on with himself internally. -- nm - zork May 2, 22:54
- Mayor closes the Amityville beaches; the shark goes elsewhere to feed. -- nm - zork May 2, 22:52
- a new hope. "no life signs in the escape pod? shoot it anyway, droids are a thing that exist." - mafic May 2, 22:50 2
  - They’re stormtroopers. They would have just missed. -- nm - Mop May 2, 22:59 1
    - Logic suggests that bad aim should be a disqualifier for storm troopers. - Beryllium May 3, 00:50
- I don't know about "ended the fasted", but Life would have been A VERY different movie. -- nm - Ender May 2, 22:43
This is the outlet mall out near Morongo Casino. I was amused that they have Tour Bus drop off and parking. I'm considering a couple of days out there - Meg May 2, 21:35 7
- pretzels and enamelled cast iron? I'm in. -- nm - mafic May 2, 22:10 1
  - And Hadley's. That's my Krypton :) -- (link) - Meg May 2, 22:13
- Seems rather smol, no? -- nm - IAmQale May 2, 21:50 2
  - It's next door to Premium Outlets. And last time I was there they had a shuttle from the Casino - about a whole block away :) -- (link) - Meg May 2, 21:56 1
    - Oh… Oh! -- nm - IAmQale May 2, 21:57
- I know the drive well. say hi to the dinosaurs for me. -- nm - Peglegpete May 2, 21:38 1
  - I should. I haven't been there in years - since archaeology field class days. -- nm - Meg May 2, 21:50
~ Take me to the country Show me where you from" I said, "Shawty, you gon' love me And we gon' have some fun"…~ - Pippy May 2, 21:20
Welp, I tried. Love + Monsters not available on any of the streaming services. -- nm - Mop May 2, 21:14 7
- It's on Amazon but you have to pay to rent it or own it. It's not streaming for free here yet. -- nm - Krusty May 3, 05:27
- Netflix in Canada -- nm - Beaker May 3, 04:31
- I’m 10 minutes into Without Remorse. I’ve seen better acting in a Hallmark movie. -- nm - Mop May 2, 21:26 3
  - The pawn stuff is garbage, but what's worse is it's boring. -- nm - Max May 2, 23:30 1
    - But see, he demonstrates that he’s a chess pro earlier in the movie at the party! -- nm - Mop May 2, 23:44
  - I... don’t even know where to start. -- nm - Mop May 2, 22:58
- I found a rental coupon and got it cheap on Redbox channel -- nm - Pippy May 2, 21:17

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