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AMA about the Rules of Acquisition -- (pic) - Grand Nagus TWuG Jun 16, 18:25 [Attachment] 2
- #109. Dignity and an empty sack is worth the sack. -- nm* - Barontronic Jun 16, 18:39
- These are part of a troll that is being built as part of a summer camp. -- (pic) - TWuG Jun 16, 18:26 [Attachment]
I liked the Loki pilot, but I looooooooved episode two. -- nm - David Jun 16, 18:17 5
- I love the art of the show. - Marlowe Jun 16, 18:35 1
  - my new desktopbackground: -- (pic) - mud Jun 16, 18:42 [Attachment]
- T-minus three minutes... -- nm - Spawn Jun 16, 18:18 2
  - That's not how the arch of time works. -- nm - David Jun 16, 18:20 1
    - listen to agent hansel, he's a smart guy -- nm - Beryllium Jun 16, 18:23
Spoilers about NBC's The Blacklist of you care about the future of the show - MDH Jun 16, 17:57 10
- So is he her dad or what -- nm - Max Jun 16, 18:09 1
  - Penultimate of the season airs tonight (Olympic coverage), and finale of 8 next week. -- nm - MDH Jun 16, 18:11
- So this is (spoilers) - Marlowe Jun 16, 18:02 3
  - Spoils - MDH Jun 16, 18:04 2
    - I agree with this 100%. -- nm - zunk xometimes Jun 16, 18:31
    - I guess I watched the first season, maybe bits of the second. - Marlowe Jun 16, 18:30
- they'll save a fortune on wigs. -- nm - Reagen Jun 16, 17:58
- 9th?!? Season? -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 16, 17:57 2
  - It'll be close to 200 episodes at the end of the 9th. Currently 174 episodes through Season 8. -- nm - MDH Jun 16, 18:06
  - alot of scenery out there for James Spader to chew -- nm - Beaker Jun 16, 17:58
Re the inflation discussion today: people have been yelling about inflation for 20 years without it appearing - Reagen Jun 16, 17:49
Floppy strikes again. - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jun 16, 17:45 1
- Mahorn would make him cry. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 16, 17:45
House follows Senate and votes to make Juneteenth a national holiday. Vote was not unanimous. -- (link) - TWuG Jun 16, 17:40 2
- Obviously Juneteenth was already a pretty important day here in Houston. Moving here is how I learned of it. It's great to make it a National Holiday. -- nm - IAmQale Jun 16, 17:45
- Forbidden by the State of Texas to accurately explain. -- nm - Reagen Jun 16, 17:42
Taco Bell Weddings in Vegas -- (link) - budice Jun 16, 17:36 1
- The wedding chapel at the Excalibur is next to the Taco Bell in the food court. -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 16, 19:12
China launching astronauts within the hour -- (link) - TWuG Jun 16, 17:34
This is stupid. It's not approved because there was some thought of health risks, not that it's not effective -- (link) - Reagen Jun 16, 17:23
"deGrom showed some discomfort last inning" -- (link) - budice Jun 16, 17:22 5
- Get that man a foreign substance! -- nm - mafic Jun 16, 17:36
- right shoulder soreness. -- (link) - budice Jun 16, 17:23 3
  - Just confirming: that’s a mlb team and not the Port St. Lucie Cardinals. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 16, 17:41
  - damn, they'll miss his bat. -- nm - Reagen Jun 16, 17:30
  - Dramatic bom-bom-bom. -- nm - Barontronic Jun 16, 17:24
Nate McMillan must stick that head in the bowling ball polisher before each game. -- nm - Reagen Jun 16, 16:56 1
- It's finally come down to bowling and the Olympics can't get here soon enough. -- nm - con_carne Jun 16, 17:07
I have another interview for a different store tomorrow. This could be interesting. - IAmQale Jun 16, 16:45
SP Peter Moylan: Let's allow pitchers to continue using the foreign substances. Oh and let's stop testing hitters for steroids. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jun 16, 16:27 2
- Nope. I think he's retired doing baseball videos and podcasts now. -- nm - Krusty Jun 16, 16:38 1
  - I don't want them to allow cheating across the board which is what his idea would do. Steroids are cheating and so is using sticky stuff. -- nm - Krusty Jun 16, 16:43
DTL recruiting update: I'm annoyed with myself. - Barontronic Jun 16, 16:22 5
- As long as you're ahead, you're still the favorite (unless something has changed). The lead's just not as big. -- nm - David Jun 16, 16:45 4
  - True, but I'm still frustrated. I thought I was going to have a clear lead. Now it's closer than before, and it didn't have to be. - Barontronic Jun 16, 17:23 3
    - If you're at 0/#...max them all. Protect it. If you're 0/0, you can slough off a bit each cycle. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 16, 17:45 2
      - On a positive note, I rallied from 23 back at the half to win my finale and claim the #5 seed on the narrowest of tiebreaks. -- (edited) - Barontronic Jun 16, 18:20 1
        
        I went 5 & 10 ... and lost to a specific bad team for the first time in 9 cycles. - Will Hunting Jun 16, 18:22
Newest issue of the Batman Fortnite book... -- (pic) - Spawn Jun 16, 16:17 [Attachment]
New Jersey Ranked No. 1 State To Live In, WalletHub Survey Finds -- (link) - Remlik Jun 16, 16:07 2
- #49 surprises me -- (link) - Max Jun 16, 16:25
- It’s not even the best state that starts with New. - spamlet Jun 16, 16:09
I went on a lovely bike ride today. New route. 12.26km. Ran some errands. Bought a lifejacket. -- (pic) - Beryllium Jun 16, 15:36 [Attachment] 5
- Had to jerryrig (juryrig?) a milk crate onto my back rack using bungee cords as springlines. Worked surprisingly well. -- (pic) - Beryllium Jun 16, 15:37 [Attachment] 4
  - Nice! *jury* -- nm - Krusty Jun 16, 16:34 1
    - not nice: injuryrigged -- nm - Max Jun 16, 16:41
  - I did that when I was 14. My raccoon rode in it. -- nm - Spawn Jun 16, 15:48 1
    - It's super convenient. Kind of want to keep it there. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 16, 15:49
A public school in Atlanta carrying the name of a Confederate general who was a grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan will be renamed for Hank Aaron -- (link) - Remlik Jun 16, 15:20 4
- excellent. -- nm - mud Jun 16, 15:26 3
  - Go Hammers! -- nm - rollo Jun 16, 15:36 2
    - Go Hankies! -- nm - Max Jun 16, 16:23
    - They will worship Roger Waters, too. -- nm - Spawn Jun 16, 15:49
How is Blood Feud draft order set? - the wrong element Jun 16, 14:45 29
- We all draw golfers in the US Open. Draft based on prize money earnings. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 16, 17:49 1
  - That would be fun. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jun 16, 18:39
- I vote randomized, but whatever Commish decides -- nm - ML Jun 16, 17:24
- Nice. I had someone named Mike Boone on my roster at the end of 2019. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jun 16, 15:24 2
  - If you started him week 17, you won that week -- nm - ML Jun 16, 17:24 1
    - I think I beat you for the championship in 16? -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jun 16, 17:47
- Alphabetical by manager last name. -- nm - Spawn Jun 16, 15:07 14
  - First name. Tough break…Mike. -- nm - David Jun 16, 15:21 13
    - I hate both these rules. -- nm - Reagen Jun 16, 16:15 3
      - What if I let you use Ramon? -- nm - David Jun 16, 16:44
      - I thought about a Zarley Zalapski joke as an alt. -- nm - spamlet Jun 16, 16:39 1
        
        Andrei Zyuzin is of two minds about it. -- nm - Reagen Jun 16, 18:30
    - Fewest to most time ruining a draft. - spamlet Jun 16, 16:10 1
      - I'm interested and will subscribe to your newsletter. -- nm - David Jun 16, 16:11
    - Only a DM would think so backwards. -- nm - Spawn Jun 16, 15:54
    - Taste in sports teams as determined by David and Kim -- nm* - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jun 16, 15:38 2
      - Strongbad roots for ACC teams. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 16, 16:05 1
        
        ...and the Braves -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jun 16, 16:10
    - Wait, I thought we were doing tallest first this year. -- nm - Barontronic Jun 16, 15:32
    - Crap! -- nm - Krusty Jun 16, 15:28
    - I'm good with this. (I'm picking my normal nickname so Name #2) -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 16, 15:22
- Honestly, I vote 2019 standings like normal. - Will Hunting Jun 16, 14:59
- I will decide. Meryl Streep goes first. -- nm - ty97 Jun 16, 14:49
- To be determined. I’m open to a majority vote here. -- nm - David Jun 16, 14:46 3
  - Mortal Kombat-style fighting tournament. -- nm - mafic Jun 16, 15:55 1
    - No wait! Madcap global treasure hunt! -- nm - mafic Jun 16, 16:00
  - randomized by your cat - tRuMaN Jun 16, 14:49
- What's a Blood Feud? -- nm - groiny Jun 16, 14:46
- Throwing darts at a board might be more logical -- nm - budice Jun 16, 14:46
Dicky Schroder evoked Cobain in his dust-up with Dave Grohl -- (link) - budice Jun 16, 14:43 13
- He did scream that we're all stupid and contagious -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 16, 19:16
- I look forward to him apologizing for this in some backwards way and his eventual reveal he's acting out over being abused in pedo Hollywood. -- nm - IAmQale Jun 16, 16:49
- “Dozens” -- nm - David Jun 16, 14:48
- Is he like a dry drunk or something? -- nm - Reagen Jun 16, 14:48
- WTF -- nm - mud Jun 16, 14:47 8
  - Every once in a while I stop and think how unbelievable it is that a significant chunk of Americans have lost their minds in the last 5 years and - pmb Jun 16, 14:50 7
    - I go back further, 12 years, to "you lie!" -- nm - Max Jun 16, 16:48 2
      - Obama broke them. -- nm - IAmQale Jun 16, 16:49 1
        
        Yup. -- nm - znufrii Jun 16, 17:03
    - Hi there!! -- nm - 1920-30s Germany Jun 16, 15:19
    - 2022 Midterms: Most Batshit Ever -- nm - mud Jun 16, 15:00
    - I don't want to hail Canada as some sort of utopia, cause we're not and we have crazy people too. But at no point in the last year and a bit - Reagen Jun 16, 14:58
    - It would have happened slower without Trump. He catalyzed the demographic that was already, inexorably losing power in this country. -- nm - rollo Jun 16, 14:58
Woke: Victoria's Secret is finally saying goodbye to the Angels. -- (link) - budice Jun 16, 14:35 2
- Goodbye VS Angels. Say hello to VS Lil' Cuties! -- nm - rollo Jun 16, 14:48
- *shorts L Brands hard* -- nm - Barontronic Jun 16, 14:40
~ Good for you, you're doin' great out there without me, baby Like a damn sociopath~ -- nm - Pippy Jun 16, 14:17
NSFW post about the Batman ‘controversy’ from yesterday. Nightcrawler is here for the ladies. -- (link) - Volnelk Jun 16, 14:01 14
- More sex, less violence! -- nm - IAmQale Jun 16, 16:57
- to be clear...that's legendary artist of the X-men Dave Cockrum with the art there. Wow. -- nm - Remlik Jun 16, 14:30 5
  - "art" -- nm - David Jun 16, 14:31 4
    - the late 70's man...they were all about peace and love! -- nm - Remlik Jun 16, 15:04
    - "cockrum" -- nm - Beryllium Jun 16, 14:41 1
      - "piece" -- nm - budice Jun 16, 14:41
    - yup -- nm - budice Jun 16, 14:33
- tastes like electricity -- nm - groiny Jun 16, 14:16 4
  - shocking -- nm - budice Jun 16, 14:23 3
    - you know when you put yout tongue on a 9 volt to test it??? - groiny Jun 16, 14:34 2
      - 'cept hers is more like a taser -- nm - budice Jun 16, 14:37 1
        
        TAZERFACE -- nm - groiny Jun 16, 14:37
- Also heres a NSFW update -- (link) - budice Jun 16, 14:07 1
  - Comic books are very different from what I remember. -- nm - pmb Jun 16, 14:10
tar is a type of pitch. -- nm - Reagen Jun 16, 13:52 6
- Ok Reagen, Reagen OK. Let's say the question were worded thusly. Would you accept "tar" as a valid answer: - rollo Jun 16, 14:22 3
  - I would not. -- nm - Reagen Jun 16, 14:37 2
    - (I would have accepted bitumen) -- nm - Reagen Jun 16, 14:38 1
      - Thanks. Me too on bitumen. No on asphalt. Vindication! -- nm - rollo Jun 16, 14:46
- pitch is a type of cards -- nm - Barontronic Jun 16, 13:54 1
  - cards are a type of scamp -- nm - Pippy Jun 16, 13:55
see, I'd find this a lot more interesting than DEM PEARLS again... -- (link) - Diva Jun 16, 13:48 1
- It's possible that Batman treasures his relationship with Robin just as much as Catwoman and doesn't want to share his mouth hole. -- nm - IAmQale Jun 16, 17:00
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 16, 13:48 [Attachment] 19
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 16, 13:48 [Attachment] 18
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 16, 13:48 [Attachment] 17
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 16, 13:49 [Attachment] 16
      - 1/2 -- nm - JD Jun 16, 15:45
      - 1/2. first one wrong (narrowed it to 50/50 the wrong one), bonus one right -- nm - JaxSean Jun 16, 15:33
      - 1/2 -- nm - Dano Jun 16, 15:01
      - 1/2 both guesses. 1st wrong 2nd right. -- nm - rollo Jun 16, 14:25
      - 1/2. Guessed wrong on second. -- nm - spamlet Jun 16, 14:20
      - 1/2 -- nm - decline Jun 16, 14:01
      - 1/2 (and I got the geography one right this time) -- nm - oblique Jun 16, 13:52
      - 1/2. Wasn't even close on the second one. -- nm - David Jun 16, 13:51 7
        
        ditto -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 16, 14:14
        
        did you guess (spoilers) - oblique Jun 16, 13:52 5
        
        Yes! -- nm - jnine Jun 16, 17:50
        
        Nods -- nm - decline Jun 16, 14:02
        
        *sigh* -- nm - David Jun 16, 13:58
        
        ayup -- nm - prayformojo Jun 16, 13:56
        
        I did. -- nm - Diva Jun 16, 13:53
      - 0/2. -- nm - Diva Jun 16, 13:50
Anti-vaxxers protest sold-out Foo Fighters concert at Agoura Hills club -- (link) - Remlik Jun 16, 13:37 3
- "Dozens" of them. What a story. -- nm - David Jun 16, 13:48 2
  - That place is tiny so proportionally it'd be like if hundreds showed up at the Staples Center ;-) -- nm - JD Jun 16, 15:02
  - the heart of the nation! -- nm - Beaker Jun 16, 13:53

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