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I don’t see much of a problem with the Nintendo Switch OLED. I don’t think they could keep the same $300 price with that screen. - Qale Jul 6, 10:18
Disney (for Hulu) has acquired Lionsgate's english language remake of "The Valet" starring Eugenio Derbez and Samara Weaving. -- nm - MDH Jul 6, 10:04
OMG: STX has purchased "Greenland: Migration" for $75M at Cannes. -- (link) - MDH Jul 6, 10:03 5
- It's gonna be a blockbuster!! -- nm - decline Jul 6, 10:19
- wtf is STX? -- nm - Beaker Jul 6, 10:10 3
  - Wiki says, they produced/released such classics as Peppermint, Best of Enemies, Uglydolls, Molly's Game, Gringo, Bad Moms, Greenland, The Gentlemen -- nm - sycor Jul 6, 10:29
  - virtual market for pre-sales packages at Cannes -- (edited) - decline Jul 6, 10:19
  - Broke studio. What the what? -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 6, 10:12
Zillow Listing! -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 6, 10:02 8
- I give this one an A. -- nm - Qale Jul 6, 10:19 1
  - *golf clap while booing* -- nm - JaxSean Jul 6, 10:19
- Thoughts - Strongbad Jul 6, 10:08 4
  - It has to be trash inside, but the Wildwood, NJ zipcode is probably worth that much $$ -- nm - decline Jul 6, 10:20 1
    - I'm sure there are no more than 3 or 4 bodies inside. -- nm - Baronnoo Jul 6, 10:27
  - Yeah, I think at that point you're just paying for the land value. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 6, 10:19
  - as-is sales are pretty low effort anyway, why post a bunch of pics? - chicken daddy Jul 6, 10:19
- The little kid in me wants to paint the roof yellow and thus I could live in a Wienerschnitzel -- nm - JD Jul 6, 10:06
Ranking the Euro 2020 Own Goals -- (link) - JD Jul 6, 09:47 1
- yikes -- nm - JaxSean Jul 6, 10:17
Lukashenko rival Viktor Babariko jailed for 14 years. -- (link) - mud Jul 6, 09:27
"Here comes the boy": TikTok users create layers to a cat serenade -- (link) - mara Jul 6, 09:24
I feel like my interview went well today at my original store. It helps that it was with someone who already knew my work. I’ll know by EOB tomorrow. -- nm - Qale Jul 6, 09:15 10
- good luck! -- nm - Andie Jul 6, 09:28
- best of luck! -- nm - ty97 Jul 6, 09:26
- great -- nm - decline Jul 6, 09:24
- Excellent. I think you are moving in the right direction. -- nm - Spawn Jul 6, 09:21 3
  - I’m not looking back. I have to move forward. -- nm - Qale Jul 6, 09:25 1
    - Exactly. Forward is not necessarily a straight line. -- nm - Spawn Jul 6, 09:27
  - undoubtedly -- nm - mud Jul 6, 09:23
- Great!🤞🏼 -- nm - Krusty Jul 6, 09:19
- Nicey! Good vibes and thoughts incoming. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 6, 09:17
- Nice! -- nm - spamlet Jul 6, 09:15
Vice: "The reporters who survived the insurrection are still covering Congress. But things don’t feel normal." -- (link) - mud Jul 6, 09:09 3
- We saw it, they lived it. It’s one of those clear-as-day kinds of things that no amount of gaslighting can smokescreen. -- nm - Qale Jul 6, 09:24 1
  - Except for a meaningful percentage of republicans who refuse to see reality. -- nm - pmb Jul 6, 10:12
- January 6th was a trial run. There was a similar one 98 yrs ago: -- (link) - mud Jul 6, 09:19
YIL: you can recode your own electronic car key. No need for a dealer visit. - Baronnoo Jul 6, 09:02 2
- Is recode a fancy way of saying you changed the battery? - sycor Jul 6, 09:11 1
  - to you IM: that was the next thing if this didn't work :) -- nm - Baronnoo Jul 6, 09:21
Just 6 days left to listen to the amazing Sneakernomics soundtrack - LMS Jul 6, 08:56 5
- Nice track list though I'm curious why they'd use It's Tricky and not My Adidas for Run DMC. -- nm - Krusty Jul 6, 09:11 4
  - BBC try and avoid mentioning brand names in music. - LMS Jul 6, 09:14 3
    - Right. Seems like this would be a good time to let it slide as the podcast talks a lot about Adidas and Puma. That song got them a sneaker deal which - Krusty Jul 6, 09:18 2
      - I wore those Adidas for *years*. - JaxSean Jul 6, 09:21 1
        
        I had the shell toes in white w/black stripes and black w/white stripes. Loved those sneakers and you're right that they seemed to last longer with - Krusty Jul 6, 09:25
Mary Simon named Canada's first Indigenous Governor General -- (link) - Reagen Jul 6, 08:47
*snort* A growing number of accounts on Jason Miller's new right-wing "Gettr" site posting "Sonic the Hedgehog furry porn" are being banned -- (link) - decline Jul 6, 08:46 4
- I have questions… - znufrii Jul 6, 08:54 2
  - as with any cause, it helps to have a message that's easy to repeat and spread. - chicken daddy Jul 6, 09:20 1
    - Sonic also has the bonus of many people thinking Tails is a girl. So you get a two-for-one in trolling. -- nm - Qale Jul 6, 09:28
- *RandyMarshThoughtThisWasAmerica.gif* -- nm - Reagen Jul 6, 08:48
Speaking of sparkly, here's Pearl Charles' Only for Tonight which Spotify introduced me to -- (link) - JD Jul 6, 08:43 [vimeo] 5
- Noooooope. - JaxSean Jul 6, 08:47 4
  - it's full on fucking ABBA is what it is. It's disco adjacent if adjacent to the disco is another disco. -- nm* - Reagen Jul 6, 08:58 2
    - She's the spiritual granddaughter of ABBA -- nm - JD Jul 6, 10:03
    - Oh, that song is definitely. I pulled her up on Spotify and the rest of her stuff is lighter americana-disco-ish. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 6, 09:18
  - *laugh* I looooove that it is disco adjacent. -- nm - JD Jul 6, 08:56
I wish I could move objects with my mind so I could eat nacho cheese popcorn without getting the "cheese" residue on my fingers. -- nm - Dano Jul 6, 08:33 4
- just get a wide-mouthed funnel and pour that cheesy goodness directly down your gullet -- nm - decline Jul 6, 08:48
- Chopsticks? -- nm - JD Jul 6, 08:34 2
  - Gravity feed? -- nm - Spawn Jul 6, 08:38 1
    - New-Skin liquid bandage? -- nm - Max Jul 6, 08:42
2022 looking up already -- (link) - LMS Jul 6, 08:24 1
- 👍 -- nm - crash davis Jul 6, 08:27
B2: But it also means that Alice, who's also in HS, is more than old enough to be an older woman to me - JD Jul 6, 08:05 [Backboard] 15
- Ashley was definitely my favorite vampire, and I think Twilight was the first movie I noticed Anna Kendrick in -- nm - crash davis Jul 6, 08:09 14
  - That is one of the reasons I stayed off the Anna K train for so long. -- nm - Spawn Jul 6, 08:11 13
    - Again low bar but she's really good as Bella's best friend. Well best human friend until Alice kind of replaces her - JD Jul 6, 08:14 2
      - I have never seen any of the movies. -- nm - Spawn Jul 6, 08:15 1
        
        I did like the CGI wolves, so there is about 2 minutes and 45 seconds of the four movies that I highly recommend. -- nm - crash davis Jul 6, 08:17
    - Young actors have to take the parts as they become available. That is why I forgave Anna for being in Scott Pilgrim. -- nm - crash davis Jul 6, 08:13 9
      - nmblink -- (link) - Baronnoo Jul 6, 08:16 [youtube] 8
        
        My autobiography "A Lonely Hill To Die On" -- nm - crash davis Jul 6, 08:20 6
        
        *high five* my brother -- nm - Beaker Jul 6, 08:48
        
        "Who Let The Dogs Out" -- nm - groiny Jul 6, 08:38 3
        
        I won't lie. That made me laugh. -- nm - crash davis Jul 6, 08:49 2
        
        how you guys doing? -- nm - groiny Jul 6, 08:51 1
        
        Unfortunately, I've got to go to work right now. So in short, I won't complain as things could be worse. I hope you're doing better every day. -- nm - crash davis Jul 6, 08:53
        
        My Avatar hill laughs at yours! -- nm - Spawn Jul 6, 08:21
        
        It pains me to disagree with crash, but - Spawn Jul 6, 08:20
WWE: Jimmy Uso gets another DUI. Blew a .20 twice yesterday. 2nd DUI in 2 years. - Will Hunting Jul 6, 08:01 2
- Two is too many. One is a wake up call. -- nm - IAmQale Jul 6, 08:26
- It's good that he's pacing himself. -- nm - Mop Jul 6, 08:17
OTD 50 yrs ago: The Allman Brothers Band released their landmark live album 'At Fillmore East', recorded less than 4 mos. earlier. -- (link) - mud Jul 6, 07:56
Well, I many not open the bookstore today. We had been told to get rid of the 'clutter' in the store, and I pointed out that the book carts go - Meg Jul 6, 07:54 5
- that sucks -- nm - mud Jul 6, 07:57
- Tell this fool that you'll do what you want. -- nm - crash davis Jul 6, 07:57 3
  - I plan to send her photos and say it's that or nothing. -- nm - Meg Jul 6, 07:59 2
    - 👍 -- nm - crash davis Jul 6, 08:02 1
      - This is what we're debating. Some time ago they had us remove our "Honest John" carts from inside the branches but no mention of these. -- (pic) - Meg Jul 6, 08:31 [Attachment]
live from Kasugho, Eastern DRC, here are some gorillas! -- (link) - prayformojo Jul 6, 07:40 2
- I keep giving 3-month subs but these streamers don't say my name or even put it on screen. I don't even get what game they're playing. Unsubscribe. -- nm - Max Jul 6, 07:48
- One of them is giving the other one some 'tude. I sense some drama is going on. -- nm - crash davis Jul 6, 07:43
Question of the Day [thx Dano] -- (pic) -- (link*) - prayformojo Jul 6, 07:36 [Attachment] 13
- That's a lot more letters than they usually give. -- nm - Dano Jul 6, 08:32
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Jul 6, 07:36 [Attachment] 11
  - What's really going to fry your bacon is (sp) - Baronnoo Jul 6, 07:41
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Jul 6, 07:37 [Attachment] 9
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Jul 6, 07:38 [Attachment] 8
      - 1/2 -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 6, 09:52
      - 2/2 -- nm - JD Jul 6, 09:52
      - 1/2 -- nm - Dano Jul 6, 08:32
      - 2/2 -- nm - znufrii Jul 6, 08:24
      - 1/2 (missed the bonus) -- nm - JaxSean Jul 6, 07:54
      - 2/2 (I did a decline) -- nm - oblique Jul 6, 07:46
      - 2/2 (guessed the bonus) -- nm - decline Jul 6, 07:42
      - 2/2, I like the math & geography days -- nm - crash davis Jul 6, 07:39
LYC: I leveled and sanded the old stump in our backyard and mounted the "birdbath" to it (it's really just a plastic planter base). I also put a solar - oblique Jul 6, 07:30 11
- Uhm, bird baths are illegal these days. -- nm - Spawn Jul 6, 08:15 3
  - What? -- nm - sycor Jul 6, 08:44 2
    - There is a new bird disease. It is crippling and so far 100% fatal. To slow the spread, we are supposed to stop providing congregation points. - Spawn Jul 6, 09:25 1
      - Oh wow first I've heard about it. That sucks. First the bees and now the birds? -- nm - sycor Jul 6, 10:32
- LYC: we've been spending a lot of weekend time getting firewood at $10 a load from a nearby state park. -- (pic) - mara Jul 6, 07:39 [Attachment] 3
  - We used to do that in Australia. Our little company town was carved out of virgin bushland and the trees were just pushed back to the edge of the - Meg Jul 6, 07:58
  - whoa. By "firewood" you mean trees -- nm - oblique Jul 6, 07:46 1
    - Yeah, we use a chainsaw to size them to the trailer, and a chainsaw at home to size them to the fireplace. Then split. -- nm - mara Jul 6, 09:19
- Please do post them. I'd like to see a solar frog. -- nm - crash davis Jul 6, 07:32 2
  - "You're about to take the full force of a star. It'll kill you." "Only if I d- oh shit that's hot!" -- nm - Frog Thor Jul 6, 07:37
  - This is the item. I'm curious to see how well it lights up. I've been hit or miss with solar stuff for the yard -- (link) - oblique Jul 6, 07:34
Oh Amazon, if I'm not going to be raising chickens then I'm definitely not going to be beekeeping. -- nm - crash davis Jul 6, 07:20 4
- I agree, cause I cant figure out any name puns for you then. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 6, 07:28
- My high school best friend/locker mate has bees. I like being a remote observer to his efforts. I think that would freak me out. -- nm - oblique Jul 6, 07:21 2
  - I have a colleague who keeps bees. She gifted me some of their honey once. It was dee-licious. -- nm - Diva Jul 6, 07:24
  - I definitely would be walking the razor's edge trying not to freak out when they swarm. -- nm - crash davis Jul 6, 07:23
That new Switch is $450CDN. That's an easy pass. -- nm - Shaun Jul 6, 07:20 6
- An easy pass? - Spawn Jul 6, 08:06
- For those that dont have one yet, its likely a worthwhile purchase. Or those looking to trade up. Then again the Switch has been out a couple years and likely might have a new console on the way -- nm* - budice Jul 6, 07:31 3
  - It'll be the standard (With the Switch Lite) until the next gen device comes out. The current Switch will go end of life in the next year, imo. -- nm - Inigo Jul 6, 07:52
  - I'm sure it'll sell like mad, and if you want one, you better be ready to preorder. - Shaun Jul 6, 07:37 1
    - I've put 700 hours in mine and I have barely touched it in the last 2 years. Their exclusives are awesome. - Marlowe Jul 6, 07:48
- As I play mine mostly docked, it seems to be a pass to me as well. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 6, 07:29
In news designed to horrify Krusty... robot pizzeria. -- (link) - Baronnoo Jul 6, 07:19 10
- I mean, it doesn't look any worse than any fast-food pizza place (like Domino's or Pizza Hut). - JaxSean Jul 6, 07:57 4
  - It looks worse. WTF is that? Zucchini? -- nm - crash davis Jul 6, 08:00 3
    - To each their own with toppings, it just looks like a generic pizza. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 6, 08:04 2
      - Uneven knife cuts on the toppings, not a good flavor profile...I expect more out of a French-trained robot. -- nm - crash davis Jul 6, 08:06
      - [robot monotone] You will take what I give you. [/robot monotone] -- nm - Robot Pizza Maker Jul 6, 08:06
- Bender's - Bite my shiny metal pizza -- nm - VMan Jul 6, 07:31
- all that metal would be hard to chew -- nm - Beaker Jul 6, 07:24
- 🤬 -- nm - Krusty Jul 6, 07:23 2
  - Leave it to the French to suck all the joy out of pizza. -- nm - Baronnoo Jul 6, 07:37 1
    - The French and sucking go hand in hand. -- nm - Krusty Jul 6, 08:44
ST Poll: Long weekend viewing: Schitt's Creek (Series): A. Bill and Ted Face the Music: D. HSM Series: In progress. Peacock on FireTV: F - oblique Jul 6, 07:19 6
- We call that a "feature". -- nm - Peacock Jul 6, 09:13
- Finished the Nevers before cancelling HBOMAX: A. Couldn't decide what to watch last night so watched 2012 - decline Jul 6, 08:36
- Greenland: B. The Tomorrow War: B. Bill & Ted (the first) w/Logan: A. -- nm* - Spawn Jul 6, 08:14
- that is weird, I wonder how that happens -- nm - crash davis Jul 6, 07:28 2
  - I didn't really notice it when we were watching Parks and Rec but it was really annoying during Making It as we would miss who won the round, etc. -- nm - oblique Jul 6, 07:31 1
    - '"Money before people," that's the company motto. Engraved on the lobby floor. It just looks more heroic in Latin' -- nm - Better Off Ted Jul 6, 07:33
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Jul 6, 07:13 3
- Pizza! Pizza! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 6, 07:14 2
  - Pan! Pan! -- nm - VMan Jul 6, 07:16 1
    - Meep! Meep! -- nm - budice Jul 6, 07:17

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