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The Marvel movies are $7.99 on iTunes, Vudu, etc. -- nm - Mop May 4, 11:28 3
- buy seperate or get like 3 years of D+ for the same price... -- nm - Beaker May 4, 11:29 2
  - But if you buy them you'll be able to not really own them forever -- nm - JaxSean May 4, 11:31 1
    - So buying a movie on Vudu is like buying a non-exclusive NFT of the movie? -- nm - Dano May 4, 11:34
MTG Arena: I’m not playing Rouges and yet I still feel dirty for having Drown in the Loch in my deck. -- nm - IAmQale May 4, 11:27 2
- Ladies pinch. Whores use rouge. -- nm - Baron Nefcy May 4, 11:33
- Running just Dimir control? - spamlet May 4, 11:31
Ryan Reynolds pleads with you to not Aviation and Mint. -- (link) - Mop May 4, 11:13 [youtube]
How did I miss the news that there Fleabag had been cancelled / ending? -- nm - JaxSean May 4, 11:06 6
- I respect her ending it on her own terms. -- nm - Baron Nefcy May 4, 11:32
- I kind of see that whole series as her proof of concept demo reel. A+, would hire again -- nm - Max May 4, 11:25
- It's 12 perfect episodes of television. More could have ruined it - Guigue May 4, 11:14
- It ended in 2019. The final scene had some huge significance (although I never watched, so I don't understand). -- (link) - Mop May 4, 11:11 2
  - Yep, I was aware of the ending - but thought it would be back. -- nm - JaxSean May 4, 11:20
  - Explained, in video form... -- (link) - Mop May 4, 11:12 [youtube]
May the Fourth 10K medal -- (pic) - prayformojo May 4, 10:47 [Attachment]
El Capitan Theatre offering the Millenium Falcon Popcorn Bucket amongst other items for May the 4th -- (link) - budice May 4, 10:34 4
- You have to register just to see it? -- nm - Volnelk May 4, 10:52 3
  - Google it, looks like some thing offered at Disney -- nm - zeitgeist May 4, 11:08
  - I saw that too, immediate pass. -- nm - MDH May 4, 10:57
  - More about shipping info, etc. Keep robots out -- nm* - budice May 4, 10:53
Honest Trailers | The Falcon and The Winter Soldier -- (link) - Beaker May 4, 10:33 [youtube] 10
- I laughed once. - David, Horny New Guy May 4, 10:40 9
  - This post is not neutral, confident and optimistic. -- nm - ty97 May 4, 10:46 1
    - I'm joyful seven percent of the time but sad five percent. - Ear Victim May 4, 10:55
  - Yeah, this series is generally a miss from me. - Reagen May 4, 10:44 6
    - I'm just here for the closing nicknames. -- nm - Max May 4, 11:42
    - Too bitter, too cynical… not clever or funny enough to qualify as snarky. -- nm - IAmQale May 4, 11:16 1
      - Although the worst one to me is Cinema "explain the movie to me like I was 8" Sins. -- nm - Reagen May 4, 11:31
    - I much prefer the Pitch Meetings -- nm - Beaker May 4, 10:46 2
      - The Pitch Meetings guy is very funny. -- nm - Ear Victim May 4, 11:20
      - They're much more lightheartedly horrifying. -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 10:50
mara news: TMBG has a free download of a live recording from Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn -- (link) - JaxSean May 4, 10:33
I should probably figure out something to plan for Mother’s Day, huh. -- nm - znufrii May 4, 10:31
Melinda Gates approved Bill's unusual arrangement with his ex-girlfriend Ann Winblad -- (link) - budice May 4, 10:20 5
- Huh, this relationship was reported as far back as 1997. It's fucking amazing... - Mop May 4, 10:40
- ...and? -- nm - znufrii May 4, 10:28 3
  - yeah, 'he was friends with an ex and his wife was okay with it.' -- nm - Andie May 4, 10:43 2
    - “And now she’s pretending that it’s cause for divorce because she’s an evil two-faced b!tch,” is how I’m assuming the narrative is supposed to go. -- (edited) - znufrii May 4, 10:48 1
      - agreed. most boring divorce in history. -- nm - Pippy May 4, 10:49
Florida made a big deal yesterday of lifting remaining restriction. No snark but: I didn't realize they had any restrictions remaining? -- nm - ty97 May 4, 10:12 2
- What he did was negate all county rules without discussing it with mayors. - David, Horny New Guy May 4, 10:24
- The restrictions were that people were required to not wear masks, to be socially on top of one another, and to lick all of the door knobs. -- nm - IAmQale May 4, 10:14
Nar Williams? Nar? That's a new name for my book. -- nm - Krusty May 4, 10:11
NY: Gov Ball Concert Lineup -- (link) - budice May 4, 10:01 29
- These posters always remind me of the SNL Rap Song skit. -- nm - Baron Nefcy May 4, 10:50 1
  - THE KICK SPIT UNDERGROUND ROCK FESTIVAL, FEATURING - Beryllium May 4, 10:51
- Duck Sauce will perform Barbara Streisand three times then leave the premises. -- nm - Baron Nefcy May 4, 10:45
- Carly Rae!! -- nm - Beaker May 4, 10:40 2
  - ha ha right? -- nm - amanda jeans May 4, 10:59 1
    - Look at my post in this thread :-) -- nm - MDH May 4, 11:17
- Have heard of and might like to see in concert: Billie Eilish, Portugal The Man, Megan Thee Stallion, Phoebe Bridgers - Beryllium May 4, 10:33 1
  - From what I've seen on MTV Live, Ellie Goulding is a good show. -- nm - Mop May 4, 11:17
- I'm one of the youngest STers and have interest in only 1 of those acts - MDH May 4, 10:22 12
  - I know 15 of them. Would see about 12. -- nm* - IAmQale May 4, 11:18
  - It's not among the best festival line ups -- nm* - JD May 4, 10:53
  - I'd watch Freddie Gibbs and Alchemsit -- nm - Krusty May 4, 10:31
  - I'd want to see - Reagen May 4, 10:24 5
    - (I expect Billie Eilish puts on a good show but I'd feel like a creeper) -- nm - Reagen May 4, 10:25 4
      - I hate that we’re getting to the point where this is accepted as normal. -- nm - IAmQale May 4, 11:20
      - It's a festival there's literally thousands of fans off all ages. - JD May 4, 10:57 1
        
        "for me to creep on!" -- random creepo -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 11:03
      - Duh -- nm - Spawn May 4, 10:35
  - Did not even need to click to know the IM -- nm - ty97 May 4, 10:22 2
    - There's a DJ that puts out a "Gaychella" lineup every year. This was from a few years back, but still gets me. -- (link) - MDH May 4, 10:31
    - By far the best act at the festival, shrug -- nm - MDH May 4, 10:25
- I clicked this thinking "great, this is going to make me feel old" - ty97 May 4, 10:12 7
  - Looking closer at that lineup reminds me of when I first starting going to Coachella. Who (what?) are these acts? The last row of Sunday sounds - JD May 4, 11:09
  - C'mon now. I recognize at least 7 names on that list -- nm - oblique May 4, 10:16 5
    - I counted 11. -- nm - Baron Nefcy May 4, 10:45
    - 8 -- nm - znufrii May 4, 10:44
    - 17, but no one I really like all that much -- nm - JaxSean May 4, 10:43
    - 21 -- nm - Dano May 4, 10:25
    - I recognize more than 7, but far less than I used to -- nm - ty97 May 4, 10:17
I made tres leches cake for tomorrow. That's a lot of milk that cake has to soak up. -- nm - Reagen May 4, 09:51 13
- Tres Leches is Spanish for Messy Cake. - IAmQale May 4, 10:14 1
  - "three leeches" -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 10:19
- How difficult was it? I was thinking of making that for dessert for my Mother's Day dinner. (My planned menu inside.) - Dano May 4, 10:06 7
  - We asked my mother in law what she wanted for lunch on Sunday - oblique May 4, 10:21 4
    - Good choice! - Baron Nefcy May 4, 10:40 1
      - to your IM - mine as well. -- nm - Pippy May 4, 10:44
    - heh -- nm - Pippy May 4, 10:35 1
      - The wife and I are going to the Melting Pot later for dinner :) -- nm - oblique May 4, 11:19
  - Love the menu. What if you subbed in a sopapilla cheesecake instead of the tres leche cake? -- (link) - Pippy May 4, 10:19
  - The cake itself is a pretty basic sponge. -- nm - Reagen May 4, 10:09
- So you're saying it's not a misnomer? -- nm - Baron Nefcy May 4, 10:02 1
  - well there are three milks in it, so... -- nm - Reagen May 4, 10:04
- Send a slice this way, please. -- nm - Krusty May 4, 09:54
pa gov set to lift all covid restrictions except masking. -- nm - amanda jeans May 4, 09:41 4
- May 31st -- nm - decline May 4, 10:37
- NJ, NY and CT lifting business capacity restrictions as of May 19 -- (link*) - znufrii May 4, 10:04
- (what other restrictions are there?) -- nm - amanda jeans May 4, 09:46 1
  - Social distancing and capacity limits -- nm - Ear Victim May 4, 09:47
Sometimes I dont understand people. politicians I almost never understand. KS State rep charged with battery while substitute teaching. -- (link) - tRuMAN May 4, 09:37 19
- It’s wholly irresponsible for the news to print that entire response in its entirety. -- nm - IAmQale May 4, 10:17 2
  - Probably, but to not do so would leave them open to accusations of bias, so I can see why they did. - znufrii May 4, 10:25 1
    - People are going to accuse the press of things anyway. Don’t enable other crazy people by making them think they aren’t alone. -- nm - IAmQale May 4, 11:23
- that's alot of crazy right there -- nm - Beaker May 4, 10:15
- wtaf -- nm - znufrii May 4, 10:12
- Wellsville was in the same sports league as my high school until we left that league b/c we were tired of getting our rears handed to us. -- nm - Baron Nefcy May 4, 10:01
- Maybe when your sub shows up to work unshaven, in a trucker hat, and gym shorts and t-shirt... maybe don't let him teach a class? -- nm - Mop May 4, 09:50
- What. In. The. Fuck. Is that response? -- nm - JaxSean May 4, 09:42 11
  - QAnon -- nm - Ear Victim May 4, 10:06
  - "I'm right and you're wrong," basically. -- nm - mara May 4, 09:57
  - it is something. -- nm - tRuMAN May 4, 09:54
  - drugs. -- nm - Andie May 4, 09:53
  - A psychotic break, tbqh. -- nm - Reagen May 4, 09:53 2
    - Agreed. -- nm - Ear Victim May 4, 10:10
    - Yup. We had a teacher do that in class in high school. -- nm - spamlet May 4, 09:59
  - That video is disgusting and disturbing. -- nm - Mop May 4, 09:50
  - I haven't heard such a rambling, nonsense response in my life. Utter insanity put to paper. -- nm - Krusty May 4, 09:49 2
    - Someone should have Joaquin Phoenix read it to Robert DeNiro. -- nm - Reagen May 4, 09:55 1
      - Ha!🤯 -- nm - Krusty May 4, 10:14
Here's the "real lightsaber" from Disney. -- (link) - Mop May 4, 09:36 [youtube]
Mercenary production company Lionsgate teams with David E. Kelley and Elizabeth Olsen for true-crime limited series slated for HBO Max. -- (link) - Mop May 4, 09:35 1
- I'd consider maybe watching that. -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 09:39
EV chargers: do I want anything more than the fat NEMA 240 volt outlet on the wall? The car comes with the actual extension cord, after all. - Mop May 4, 09:15 5
- OR you could get a large brood of hamsters -- nm - oblique May 4, 09:24 1
  - I vote for this option. -- nm - Krusty May 4, 09:49
- I think you said indoors, right? If so you just need the plug. -- nm - spamlet May 4, 09:22 1
  - Unless you have a different electricity rate at certain hours in which case you can program the box to only charged then. -- nm - spamlet May 4, 09:22
- the charger that comes with the car should probably just be kept in the car for emergencies. -- nm - tRuMAN May 4, 09:20
At the ballpark for my first doubleheader in ages and wondering what happens with the 7th inning stretch in this age of Manfred. -- nm - zunk xometimes May 4, 09:13 2
- 5th inning? -- nm - JD May 4, 09:26
- I think you're supposed to turn and say something nice about your neighbor -- nm - prayformojo May 4, 09:15
Heh. -- (link) - Beryllium May 4, 09:13
LIR: Things I watched: Big Little Lies S2: B-. The Guest Book S1: B+. I don't think we watched much else this weekend. Mostly was dining / outside - oblique May 4, 09:09
Apple TV+ snaps up another Tom Hanks movie -- (link) - oblique May 4, 09:06 5
- Greyhound was a real barnburner -- nm - budice May 4, 09:26
- "I made 3 movies while recovering from COVID!" -- nm - Mop May 4, 09:25
- tbf it sounds okay but not great -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 09:08 2
  - (Based on that synopsis, not any other data) -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 09:08 1
    - Apple is planning an immense awards season push for it, which surprised me. -- nm - MDH May 4, 09:24
Biden to states lagging on vaccine distribution: use it or lose it. -- (link*) - znufrii May 4, 09:02 2
- How about punish the states for vaccine reluctance by removing funding or subsidies, so that the states encourage their populace to get vaccinated? - Beryllium May 4, 09:07
- Today in terrible headlines. -- nm - IAmQale May 4, 09:04
"online learning will likely extend a few more weeks" - Translation: I'm not getting back into a classroom until September. -- nm - Reagen May 4, 08:57 2
- kids are never gonna learn about Tek Wars now! -- nm - prayformojo May 4, 09:00 1
  - How will they ever learn to recognize BASCOM?!! -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 09:05
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo May 4, 08:53 [Attachment] 7
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo May 4, 08:53 [Attachment] 6
  - 1/1 -- nm - Krusty May 4, 09:26
  - 0/1 -- nm - oblique May 4, 09:13
  - 0/1 -- nm - decline May 4, 09:10
  - 1/1 -- (edited) - znufrii May 4, 08:59
  - 1/1 - JaxSean May 4, 08:58 1
    - 1/1 (spoils) - Beryllium May 4, 09:00
So, WWE, see if I got this right...they get rid of Mickie, Chelsea, Peyton and the other Ilconic but somehow they keep Lana and now have Eva? - Will Hunting May 4, 08:51 4
- It's a tacit acknowledgement that they're giving up on the women's revolution. -- nm - Ear Victim May 4, 09:19 1
  - No one was ever ready for Asuka. -- nm - Qale May 4, 09:28
- "You shut your mouth. Eva Marie is the hottest girl in the WWE Universe!" -- nm - Corey Graves, probably May 4, 08:52 1
  - Oh right, he can’t make gross comments about Carmella anymore because he’s on Raw now. -- nm - Tim May 4, 10:18
where i grew up....pretty evenly split -- (pic) - prayformojo May 4, 08:50 [Attachment] 1
- That was an interesting question, too... - Dark Callisto May 4, 09:12
hey now you're a pronstar -- nm* - tRuMAN May 4, 08:49 1
- got your Onlyfans, now play. -- nm - IAmQale May 4, 08:53

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