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The average number of video streaming services utilized per US user declined for the first time on record, from 7.23 in November to 7.06 in April, - decline Jun 17, 06:54 2
- I pay for four(Hulu, Netflix, HBO & Prime) but have access to many more. -- nm - Krusty Jun 17, 07:00
- what do I have? NF, AZ, HU, HBO, PC, D+, Disco+, Para. (will not renew: Disco+ after pandemic; prepaid D+ for three years and will maaaaaybe renew.) -- nm - amanda's borrowed jeans Jun 17, 06:59
Last night at my brother's I had some peanut butter whiskey-it was terrific -- nm* - prayformojo Jun 17, 06:45 6
- does it actually taste like PB? -- nm - amanda's borrowed jeans Jun 17, 06:55 1
  - Yes, the aftertaste does. It's very weird (but good). (I may have to try Pippy's mix, though.) -- nm* - JaxSean Jun 17, 06:56
- maybe, but.. ew. -- nm - colin Jun 17, 06:50
- Skrewball!! I make a shot with Bailey's its fantastic. -- nm - Pippy Jun 17, 06:50
- Crunchy or smooth? -- nm - Barontronic Jun 17, 06:47
- i have a partial bottle of that in my fridge. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 17, 06:47
Thursday funny. From a friend's Facebook. - Barontronic Jun 17, 06:41
Can someone translate what is being said here? -- (link) - ty97 Jun 17, 06:40 3
- Fox -- nm - prayformojo Jun 17, 06:43 2
  - But what does the fox say? -- nm - oblique Jun 17, 06:44 1
    - THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN -- nm - Fox Jun 17, 06:53
bennett's daughter is turning 3. do we like this as a gift for her? -- (link) - amanda's borrowed jeans Jun 17, 06:26 4
- this is cool too. -- (link) - amanda's borrowed jeans Jun 17, 06:51
- My kid’s close to that age and she’d dig it. Wouldn’t eat them either. -- nm - mafic Jun 17, 06:33
- at 3 that's more than fine - Reagen Jun 17, 06:32 1
  - thanks! -- nm - amanda's borrowed jeans Jun 17, 06:40
“Constitutional Carry” begins in Texas on Sept 1st. But what didn’t make headlines? Silencers will become legal once again on the same day. -- nm - Qale Jun 17, 06:24 17
- Isn't school out for the summer? -- nm - ty97 Jun 17, 06:38 1
  - Summer school, brah. -- nm - Qale Jun 17, 06:44
- Meanwhile, ERCOT sends notices to schools they will lose power on rotating basis to help shed the load during this “unprecedented” heatwave. -- nm - Qale Jun 17, 06:35 8
  - And finally, Governor Speedy is aiming to deliver on Trump promise of building border wall. Looking into crowd-sourcing funding. - Qale Jun 17, 06:37 7
    - also, what about boys competing in girl's sports? why isn't he tackling that huge, pressing, and all-important issue? -- nm - colin Jun 17, 06:55 1
      - That did not happen and is up for a special session. -- nm - IAmQale Jun 17, 07:43
    - maybe he'll get popped for fraud like the other wall builders. -- nm - colin Jun 17, 06:55 1
      - Thoughts and Prayers for this outcome -- nm - Pippy Jun 17, 07:01
    - I'm glad he's focusing on pressing issues (sarcasm) - I'd rather idiots pay for the wall then my tax dollars - Pippy Jun 17, 06:41 2
      - Crowd sourcing for the wall was already a grift once. Why not run it again at the State level! -- nm - Qale Jun 17, 06:45 1
        
        I mean..yeah. why not? -- nm - Pippy Jun 17, 06:51
- This law makes me nervous. I won't be carrying my gun around with me in normal every day life. - Pippy Jun 17, 06:30 5
  - I cannot understand this level of paranoia - Reagen Jun 17, 06:31 4
    - I really think for many it's less paranoia and more insecurity and weakness. Carrying a gun and convincing themselves they can be heroes is how they - pmb Jun 17, 06:58
    - But what if a brown person tries to talk to you? What else are you supposed to do? -- nm - spamlet Jun 17, 06:58
    - Americans still see themselves as living in an old west movie where they're going to rid their town/street of any baddies that wander around. - Krusty Jun 17, 06:35
    - beats the hell out of me sir - Pippy Jun 17, 06:35
Ranked: Robert Altman’s 20 best films -- (link) - znufrii Jun 17, 06:09 7
- I'm firmly in the field that is outraged and hates "The Long Goodbye". - Marlowe Jun 17, 06:58
- I'm disappointed the article doesn't have the summaries all jumbled up and talking over each other. -- nm - Barontronic Jun 17, 06:26
- Popeye higher than Short Cuts, The Player and Kansas City? The crack smoking is strong with this list. -- nm - Inigo Jun 17, 06:22 1
  - Must be a pipehitter! -- nm - spamlet Jun 17, 06:23
- I've seen too few of his films. Maybe I should do an Ender-style watching spree. -- nm - Dano Jun 17, 06:12 2
  - Pretty sure the only one I’ve ever seen is Gosford Park -- nm - znufrii Jun 17, 06:12 1
    - TLG is free on Hulu, I liked it -- nm - con_carne Jun 17, 06:33
COVID infection may not provide long-term immunity. In other words, get your damn shots! -- (link) - znufrii Jun 17, 06:06 1
- N=78? Weak. -- nm - Barontronic Jun 17, 06:25
Just dropped Jinx off for her CT scan. She's a higher risk for anesthesia due to her lung issues so good thoughts requested. - Dano Jun 17, 05:58 6
- Good luck, Jinx!!! -- nm - Dark Callisto Jun 17, 06:29
- Good luck Jinx! -- nm - Pippy Jun 17, 06:25
- Good luck Jinx! -- nm - spamlet Jun 17, 06:10
- good luck to Jinx! -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 06:02
- Good luck, Jinx! -- nm - prayformojo Jun 17, 06:00
- Good thoughts for Jinx! -- nm - Krusty Jun 17, 06:00
Not sure why I find this amusing. (Long story ahead) I had to let someone go a couple weeks ago so I reached out to the son of someone that works - oblique Jun 17, 05:45 11
- This was the bane of my existence when hiring at an old job. So many younger millennials had no concept of a professional email address. - mafic Jun 17, 06:06 2
  - BlueGhostSkater! -- nm - Qale Jun 17, 06:53
  - Okay, Boomer -- nm - Dano Jun 17, 06:09
- i would totally hire him based on all that. (yes, the email is stupid, but mention it to him and move on.) -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 06:03
- I agree with your assessment, but I'm old so I think the correct response to the last statement is, "Okay, Boomer." -- nm - Dano Jun 17, 06:01 1
  - It was less a weird email (the email address itself was his initial and last name plus a number). the display name was "SFFL Channel" - oblique Jun 17, 06:47
- It’s a personal joy to brag when I give my personal gmail address that’s it’s just my last name because I was an early adopter during Beta test -- nm - Landbeck Jun 17, 05:56 2
  - Every once in a while I get a "wow, that's a good gmail." - JaxSean Jun 17, 06:26 1
    - I’m bummed I never heard back from the Lemony Snicket folks about buying my lemonysnicket@ gmail address. I get 3 or 4 emails a month from fans. -- nm - landbeck Jun 17, 06:34
- Yes to your last question. It wasn’t like “hotdude69420” or something like that so I’d say it’s fine. -- nm - spamlet Jun 17, 05:50 1
  - like that leghump guy... -- nm - oblique Jun 17, 06:33
In secret recording, Florida Republican threatens to send Russian-Ukrainian ‘hit squad’ after rival - ty97 Jun 17, 05:34
Spelling Bee -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 17, 05:25 [Attachment] 8
- GeneticTexting -- nm - Dano Jun 17, 06:04 1
  - Gattaca? -- nm - mafic Jun 17, 06:07
- I find the spelling bee very exciting - mafic Jun 17, 05:50
- Exigent -- nm - TWuG Jun 17, 05:42
- Guesses - znufrii Jun 17, 05:30
- Extinct -- nm - ty97 Jun 17, 05:29 1
  - Texting -- nm - ty97 Jun 17, 05:29
- .. - Reagen Jun 17, 05:28
You’re older than you’ve ever been, and now you’re even older -- (link) - znufrii Jun 17, 05:22 1
- Science fiction lied to me! -- nm - mafic Jun 17, 05:52
You’ll all be sad to know that the guy who won season 1 of Australian masked singer did not qualify for the Olympics. - mafic Jun 17, 05:22 1
- The Olympics are *really* branching out. -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 05:26
TV PSA: US Open, NHL, NBA, Holey Moley, Beat Shazam, Walker, United States of Al, Cube, Legacies, Alone, Clarice, Hustler, The '96 Effect (Peacock), -- nm - Beaker Jun 17, 03:44 2
- U.S. Olympic Trials “Swimming”, Why Women Kill (Paramount+), Genera+ion (HBO Max), iCarly (Paramount+), Intelligence (Peacock), Black Summer (NF), -- nm - Beaker Jun 17, 03:46 1
  - Top Chef, other stuff -- (link) - Beaker Jun 17, 03:47
1:30 am and someone is firing off fireworks -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 17, 01:33
The Arizona Diamondbacks have lost an MLB record-tying 22 straight road games. They go for the record Thursday at the Giants. -- nm - Ender Jun 16, 23:30 8
- The Orioles are at 18 in a row on the road. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 17, 05:36
- They are 9-30 on the road, which is terrible. But above them in the standings, the Rockies are 5-27. Those are both amazing numbers. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 17, 05:18
- It's pretty much mathematically impossible. -- nm - David Jun 16, 23:47 5
  - So you're saying it's easy money? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 00:00 4
    - just double your bet with each successive loss. -- nm - mafic Jun 17, 01:09 3
      - heh, believe it was CSI did a storyline on this -- nm - Beaker Jun 17, 05:18
      - "that's 8.3m on the Diamondbacks. Yes, I'm good for it." -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 04:55
      - Martingale! - Pippy Jun 17, 04:23
This is an odd request, but ... does anyone know of a really well-made free ePub file for the original Frankenstein/Modern Prometheus? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 16, 22:40 5
- Project Guttenberg is probably the place to check. -- nm - Ender Jun 16, 23:11 2
  - I forgot about that site and I have been on an obscure history trek the last week...and the site has a few cool things related to my search. -- nm - Walt_Disney Jun 17, 07:38
  - Thanks -- nm - Beryllium Jun 16, 23:17
- buy the book with the Wrightson illustrations -- (pic) - Peglegpete Jun 16, 23:01 [Attachment] 1
  - Looks like it'd be great -- nm - Beryllium Jun 16, 23:18
How are the 3x3 basketball Olympians selected? I’m watching women’s 3x3 on NBCSN right now… - Mop, Montreal Canadiens Fan Jun 16, 21:54 1
- They hold a lottery. -- nm - Spawn Jun 16, 22:25
It was nice to be down at the bookstore today and get an email from Edison that my power was back on and I could come home now. - Meg Jun 16, 20:57
Paracord bracelets. Stupid, funny, useful, none of the above? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 16, 20:32 7
- I have one stored in my kayak with some stuff. probably useless, but... -- nm - decline Jun 17, 05:52
- I think I've seen them on some wrists but always thought they were macrame -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 17, 01:30
- oblivious of them until now. stupid. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 16, 21:39 1
  - yup -- nm - Spawn Jun 16, 21:44
- Stupid -- nm - Spawn Jun 16, 21:33
- Useless for most people and ugly as a fashion accessory. Maybe just have it in a bag if you're going somewhere you might need it. -- nm - Krusty Jun 16, 20:59
- Mostly pointless? If I’m actually out bush I’ll probably have things that fulfil its functions better. If I’m not, why bother? - mafic Jun 16, 20:51
Here’s a video tour of that Zillow spray painted house from hell linked earlier. This tenant needs to be behind bars. - kelly Jun 16, 20:21 [youtube] 2
- The music makes it sound like a poltergeist did the vandalizing. (that animal cruelty is awful) -- nm - Max Jun 16, 20:26
- Holy lord. That’s unreal. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 16, 20:26
This is the world we live in now -- (pic) - ty97 Jun 16, 20:04 [Attachment] 7
- Well... duh. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 17, 05:29
- Also: Your own fucking eyes. -- nm - Qale Jun 16, 21:25
- That's just, like, their opinion, man. -- nm - znufrii Jun 16, 20:58
- But Tucker Carlson said it was FBI that did it. -- nm - Spawn Jun 16, 20:47 1
  - Now I don't know who to believe. -- nm - David Jun 16, 20:57
- Big...if true -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 16, 20:35
- first I'm hearing of it! -- nm - mafic Jun 16, 20:21
That mystery plane in the lake was from a different crash, apparently -- (link) - znufrii Jun 16, 19:52
Jazz shot 72% in the 1st. They’re up 1. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 16, 19:49
NBA spoilers -- (pic) - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jun 16, 19:31 [Attachment] 11
- but Charles Barkley guaranteed their victory!!?? -- nm - Beaker Jun 17, 05:21
- Spoilers - David Jun 16, 19:38
- yup - budice Jun 16, 19:32 8
  - Whaaaaaaa?!? I watched Loki because it was over. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 16, 19:38 7
    - It was something like a 15-0 run to end the game. The tide turned over a fluke banked three-pointer by John Collins. - David Jun 16, 19:48 2
      - (Oh, Philly technically scored at the buzzer to make it a 15-2 final run.) -- nm - David Jun 16, 19:50 1
        
        Here it is, basically. -- (link) - Volnelk Jun 16, 19:58
    - I felt like posting something with 2:00 left but thought that would jinx it. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jun 16, 19:39 3
      - Thank you! -- nm - David Jun 16, 19:41 1
        
        👊 -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jun 16, 19:45
      - same same -- nm - budice Jun 16, 19:40
CAUSE WE'RE STUPID AND CONTAGIOUS here we are now. Entertain us. -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 16, 19:22 1
- It's perfect -- nm - Beryllium Jun 16, 19:23
NBC looking for $6M for a 30 second Super Bowl spot -- (link) - Beaker Jun 16, 18:57 1
- I could buy an armada of budget sailboats for that -- nm - Beryllium Jun 16, 21:39
How many episodes is Loki supposed to run? -- nm - Beaker Jun 16, 18:55 4
- I look forward to season 12 when Loki dates his attending at Seattle Grace. -- nm - mafic Jun 16, 18:56 2
  - McMischief -- nm - Beaker Jun 16, 19:00 1
    - McScamp -- nm - Beryllium Jun 16, 19:11
- Six. -- nm - David Jun 16, 18:56
the Blacklist is the anti-Lost. Lost finally set an end date rather than keep going, Blacklist said FUCK IT, maybe aliens! -- nm - Beaker Jun 16, 18:52 2
- keeping in mind I haven't watched in like 4 seasons or something -- nm - Beaker Jun 16, 18:53 1
  - You could rip out the middle part and not miss anything. If the writers have an actual arc, I don’t know what it is. -- nm - Mop, Montreal Canadiens Fan Jun 16, 22:00
2022 blood feud draft order will be decided by a wife carrying race. 2023: sauna competition. 2024: cheese rolling. 2025: pumpkin trebuchets. -- nm - mafic Jun 16, 18:49 12
- 2030 roll the cheese and launch the pumpkins into a hot tub for soup -- nm - Max Jun 16, 20:14
- No pickleball? -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jun 16, 19:16 2
  - We’re not all as old as 97. -- nm - spamlet Jun 16, 19:48 1
    - Tax accountants age at two times the rest of the populace though -- nm - ty97 Jun 16, 19:54
- Pumpkin trebuchet is awfully close to watermelon slingshot -- nm - Beryllium Jun 16, 19:12 2
  - I'd be lying if I said I wasn't hoping for a similar mishap. -- nm - mafic Jun 16, 19:36
  - I'm in. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 16, 19:32
- Are David and Kim taking bribes? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 16, 19:10
- Each contestant must make their own cheese in advance. It takes a minimum of 36 weeks to properly age double Gloucester cheese. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 16, 19:07
- 2026: mutton busting. 2027: prairie oyster eating. 2028: short story composition. 2029: colouring contest. -- nm - mafic Jun 16, 18:55
- I agree with mafic*mber -- nm - budice Jun 16, 18:50
- no laziest cat competition? -- nm - Beaker Jun 16, 18:50
If it's all the same to you, I'll have that drink now. -- nm - Beaker Jun 16, 18:36

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