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Omg. This Conservative party ad.. even the party members are embarrassed by it. -- (link) - Andie Aug 15, 11:08 [youtube] 2
- Oh myyyyy. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:39
- W. T. F. -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 11:30
Foo Fighters are requiring fans in Alaska be vaccinated against COVID-19 or receive a negative test result before attending shows. -- nm - Remlik Aug 15, 10:47 2
- I heard last night that new Orleans is requiring vax proof for restaurants and gyms and stuff. Appar - amanda jeans Aug 15, 11:37
- a lot of bands touring this year are doing that -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 15, 10:48
Arby's using a mangled version of a Sugar Ray song in its commercial is perhaps the finest expression of American culture possible -- nm - prayformojo Aug 15, 10:37
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Aug 15, 10:30 [Attachment] 8
- Seyfriedae Amandus -- nm - Max Aug 15, 10:37
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Aug 15, 10:31 [Attachment] 6
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Aug 15, 10:31 [Attachment] 5
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Aug 15, 10:32 [Attachment] 4
      - 2/2 -- nm - rollo Aug 16, 07:52
      - 2/2 -- nm - Dano Aug 15, 10:54
      - 1/2 -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 15, 10:49
      - 1/2 - Beryllium Aug 15, 10:34
AEW/Impact spoils question - Will Hunting Aug 15, 10:30 14
- Spoils - the wrong element Aug 15, 11:19
- Spoilers - David Aug 15, 10:49 1
  - But you make one of those Impact guys beat Omega and you have a made star over at worst; the 2nd or 3rd best wrestler in the world right now. - Will Hunting Aug 15, 11:41
- spoil answer - Remlik Aug 15, 10:37 10
  - He is the very definition of a transition champ. - Qale Aug 15, 10:43 3
    - No, apparently, that was Lance Archer. - David Aug 15, 10:50 1
      - That seemed obvious to me. - the wrong element Aug 15, 11:23
    - Oh sure.... - Remlik Aug 15, 10:45
  - Semi related...Flair was at Tripplemania... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 15, 10:38 5
    - It was phenomenal. You can watch it on their Twitch. -- nm - David Aug 15, 10:50 3
      - who's twitch? there's a AAA twitch? -- nm - Remlik Aug 15, 10:53 2
        
        LuchaLibreAAA, yeah. I just looked, and it's not broadcasting right now. If I see it on later, I'll let you know. - David Aug 15, 10:55 1
        
        right on. -- nm - Remlik Aug 15, 11:03
    - video -- (link) - Remlik Aug 15, 10:38
Are you watching, Harry Kane? - Volnelk Aug 15, 10:24 1
- Do you read Sutter Cane? -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:33
Anyone have experience with desk clamp arms for computer monitors, good or bad? -- (link) - Max Aug 15, 10:16 3
- We have them at work. I am surprised how much I like them. -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 15, 11:11
- I have an old one, made to hold a CRT, now I have a little table in front of me, the clamp needed something stronger to bit into... - zeitgeist Aug 15, 10:29 1
  - Clarification, the arm 8s clamped to the old computer desk which is now a storage shelf, it holds my monitor out in front of my couch... - zeitgeist Aug 15, 11:32
the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" -- (link) - mud Aug 15, 10:12 5
- Your turn, China - Russia and the US Aug 15, 10:54 1
  - ... *pulls a face* -- nm - Dr Watson Aug 15, 10:59
- All commercial flights suspended from Kabul airport -- (link) - mud Aug 15, 10:14 2
  - this is going to be tough. -- nm - Remlik Aug 15, 10:34
  - CNN: US completes evacuation of the embassy in Kabul and the flag comes down -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 15, 10:31
Good article at Vox on how the Taliban is advancing so fast. - Mop Aug 15, 09:51
Anyone here know of a good bike route planner app, one that always prefers trails over roads when giving directions? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 09:50
MTGA: Gem $tonk$ today! -- nm - spamlet Aug 15, 09:03 1
- Vito decks are deceptively challenging to play against. -- nm - Qale Aug 15, 09:46
Free Guy $28.4M weekend -- nm - budice Aug 15, 08:43 20
- Huh, I was wrong on that one. Bigger than I expected and not bad overall total. -- nm - MDH Aug 15, 10:15 1
  - If not for the resurge, I would have been there opening night. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:35
- Was it theaters only of streaming same day somewhere too? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 15, 09:53 3
  - Since it was under a Fox contract, Disney couldn't do it as Premier Access. -- nm - David Aug 15, 10:12
  - Theatres only, because Disney didn't renegotiate to allow streaming -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 09:54
  - theaters only -- nm - prayformojo Aug 15, 09:54
- Definitively not a bomb, right? -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 15, 09:25 13
  - This is best case scenario for it and underscores the totality of Suicide Squad's failure. But it's still not good in the greater scheme. -- nm - David Aug 15, 10:13 3
    - So are you saying "the movie is a bomb" or "the industry is a bomb"? -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 15, 11:13 2
      - Sorry. I guess my question is "are you saying that the new normal is just not good?" -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 15, 11:14 1
        
        "Part of the new cruelty?" "I'm afraid so." -- (link) - L.A. Story Aug 15, 11:28 [youtube]
  - It got a sequel announcement immediately and it beat Suicide Squad. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 15, 09:30 8
    - Not by much. It didn't come close to F9 or BW. and it'll have a 70% drop next week. It's a disaster like Squad in terms of Box Office.... - Remlik Aug 15, 10:06 6
      - Sequel, and prequel. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:36
      - It lacked the name recognition of those titles as a new IP. So, the scaling is different here. -- nm - David Aug 15, 10:14 1
        
        Yes -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:37
      - Budget for Free Guy is 100-125mil. the others are.....much much higher. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 15, 10:08 2
        
        that's a good point. Had a global tally of $51 on smaller budget while Squad had a global tally of 62 on a higher budget BUT kept people - Remlik Aug 15, 10:17 1
        
        Re: Your IM. Says who? Suicide Squad didn't even beat Mortal Kombat's numbers on HBO Max. -- nm - David Aug 15, 10:46
    - Tbh, I'm not sure how it did that except for looking fun and lighthearted and probably not being rated R oh and being funny and bright and having Ryan -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 09:33
Canadian election official called for Sep 20 -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 08:36 8
- Aw man! -- nm - Canadian Conservatives Aug 15, 09:52 1
  - Did I mention that they texted be before the campaign started? "Can the CPC count on your support?" .... 🙄 -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 09:53
- California Gov Recall Election date will be like 2 months from the announcement -- nm - budice Aug 15, 08:56
- 36 days? -- nm* - mud Aug 15, 08:38 4
  - Minimum length possible. -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 08:48 1
    - I thought it was ~42 -- nm - mud Aug 15, 08:52
  - The inhumanity of having to suffer through 5 weeks of election campaigning before we get to vote. -- nm - Under the Influence Aug 15, 08:48 1
    - ik,r -- nm - mud Aug 15, 08:51
From b2 AEW: I'm already around the general public every day now with work, so really it's just more, closer together, and more likely not vaxed. - Qale Aug 15, 08:33
Manchester City’s starting lineup today cost £550M. Most expensive lineup ever. - Volnelk Aug 15, 08:25 7
- Really? Seems like man United would be more expensive. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 15, 08:52
- Per year? Or remaining years on contracts? -- nm - zunk xometimes Aug 15, 08:33 4
  - It’s the cost to acquire them. -- (link) - Volnelk Aug 15, 09:26 1
    - Wow! -- nm - zunk xometimes Aug 15, 09:35
  - This site shows MAN City at £149,032,000 total 2021. They have the Dodgers Active Payroll at $143,432,126. Hard to tell if these are gross pay - zunk xometimes Aug 15, 09:00 1
    - Probably gross but excludes the purchase prices - tRuMaN Aug 15, 09:04
- Must be nice to be able to leave KDB on the bench -- nm - JD Aug 15, 08:27
Justin Fields had a pretty good game -- (link) - flavorize Aug 15, 07:33
AP: President Ashraf Ghani has left the country; military helicopters are shuttling between the embassy compound and the airport. -- (link) - mud Aug 15, 07:23 2
- Afghan journalists "petrified" -- (link) - mud Aug 15, 08:22
- more -- (link) - mud Aug 15, 07:29
ann sent fancy cat treats; one bag for C&O, one bag for norman's cats. which should we keep -- tuna or chicken? -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 15, 07:04 1
- The problem with this question is that...it can only be answered by the cat -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 15, 09:59
"That was a good one, too. My mouth was open. My mouth was open on that!" - Krusty Aug 15, 06:51
Martin Starr in any role other than Bertram Gilfoyle seems creepy and wrong -- nm - prayformojo Aug 15, 06:08 2
- Bill Haverchuck. -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 15, 06:21 1
  - Correct. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 15, 06:28
Now blanching: peaches! Peaches for peach chili! - prayformojo Aug 15, 06:06 6
- Peach chili? Hmmm. -- nm - kelly Aug 15, 08:02 3
  - my usual chili (black/kidney beans, tomatoes, corn, celery, carrots) plus diced peaches, cumin, chili powder and some brown sugar -- nm - prayformojo Aug 15, 08:11 2
    - That sounds great. -- nm - kelly Aug 15, 08:19 1
      - It's starting to smell really good. -- nm - prayformojo Aug 15, 08:30
- Millions of them? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 15, 06:21 1
  - Were they free? -- nm - Pippy Aug 15, 07:21
I’m VERY OFFENDED that the Australian census only let me pick two cultures of origin. -- nm - mafic Aug 15, 05:52 1
- Are you one 'o us...or one 'o them -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 15, 10:01
Japanese Movie poster for Die Hard -- (link) - budice Aug 15, 05:37 1
- Buruusu Wirisu! -- nm - Baron and Barratry Aug 15, 06:20
Good morning. Spelling Bee -- (pic) - prayformojo Aug 15, 05:32 [Attachment] 5
- Vittleplex - the pet food super store -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 09:49
- Ex little veep -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 07:12
- Too hard!!! Too hard!!! -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 15, 06:36
- LitVIPExit - For when you feel special -- nm - budice Aug 15, 06:01
- [expletive deleted] -- nm - mafic Aug 15, 05:42
Bayern Munich legend Gerd Muller has passed away, aged 75. -- (link) - budice Aug 15, 05:18
NFL Preseason thoughts -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 15, 05:02 4
- How ya feeling about Tua? -- nm - flavorize Aug 15, 07:18 1
  - No clue. Ask me in 2 months when Fuller and Waddle are playing. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 15, 07:54
- This. -- (link) - zunk xometimes Aug 15, 06:55
- The Bengals are clearly better than Tampa Bay and you can’t tell me different. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 15, 05:09
Can't imagine how families of a servicemember killed in Afghanistan feel at the point -- nm - prayformojo Aug 15, 05:01
from the county email at 1:45 am: " 2-4" of rain has fallen in the past 1-2 hours with another 1-2" expected in the next 2 hours in the southern part - prayformojo Aug 15, 04:59 1
- That's whoosh level rain. -- nm - Qale Aug 15, 08:29
Happy birthday, Subversive! Woo hoo!!! 🥳🎉 -- nm - Krusty Aug 15, 04:32 3
- cheers ! -- nm - mud Aug 15, 11:07
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 15, 10:57
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - . Aug 15, 04:59
Ugh. I feel sick. I hope this haunts Biden for the rest of his term. -- nm - mafic Aug 15, 04:12 29
- If anything, Biden was the best man to go ahead and pull the plug on it. Everyone previously kicked the can, didn't take responsibility. -- nm - Qale Aug 15, 08:27
- Biden, speaking about Afghanistan -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 15, 06:21 13
  - Complete and utter failure. Us to understand they don’t fucking care about their own sovereignty; and them for having zero desire to govern - Will Hunting Aug 15, 06:39 12
    - “Look, we set up a shitty government and they did a shitty job. Time to let the fundamentalists take over again.” - mafic Aug 15, 06:59 11
      - The only way to win Afghanistan is nuke it, level the mountains and start fresh. - Will Hunting Aug 15, 07:04 10
        
        No. They just can’t fight back without our help. We’re abandoning them to the worst of the worst because it’s easier. -- nm - mafic Aug 15, 07:10 9
        
        They can't fight back with the help, either. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 15, 07:12 8
        
        Sure, but we fucked the country up, it’s up to us to fix it. -- nm - mafic Aug 15, 07:14 7
        
        There doesn't seem to be a possible fix, and it's no more fucked up than it was 25 years ago. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 15, 07:16 6
        
        The country’s been at war continuously for more than 40 years, what do we expect them to do? - mafic Aug 15, 07:25 5
        
        That they didn't bother to offer even token resistance when their capital was threatened tells you all you need to know about their desire to - Will Hunting Aug 15, 08:45 1
        
        Then don’t go in in the first place. You’re gonna fuck the country up, then fix it. - mafic Aug 15, 09:04
        
        There never was a real opportunity for a lasting peace here. We can't will it, or force the issue. 20 years is enough. -- nm - Diva Aug 15, 08:16 2
        
        We’re condemning millions of people to live under the Taliban. - mafic Aug 15, 09:12 1
        
        The people there. Won't. Help. Themselves. -- nm - Diva Aug 15, 13:28
- From a twice deployed veteran -- (link) - budice Aug 15, 04:19
- It's pretty clear that the only other option would have been "stay forever" - Reagen Aug 15, 04:17 12
  - Signed, the Soviet Union Too. -- nm - Diva Aug 15, 05:00 8
    - They were a collapsing empire outspent by the US. NATO is just bailing on an ally. -- nm - mafic Aug 15, 05:55 7
      - Allies fight. This ‘government’ didn’t bother. They lost a country in two weeks. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 15, 06:42 3
        
        And who set the government up and supported it for 20 years? -- nm - mafic Aug 15, 06:45 2
        
        There comes a point where you cut bait. It’s time. They don’t merit more. - Will Hunting Aug 15, 06:48 1
        
        nmbl -- (link) - mafic Aug 15, 06:51 [Backboard]
      - The objective can't be achieved there as is evident by the last 40 years. -- nm* - Diva Aug 15, 06:27 2
        
        See also: Korea, Cuba, Israel. -- nm - mafic Aug 15, 06:31 1
        
        There are 28,000 US military personnel in South Korea. That’s the lowest level in 70 years. - mafic Aug 15, 06:39
  - (I mean, see also: Korea) -- nm - mafic Aug 15, 04:39
  - Is argue that tolerating massive corruption in order to fight the Taliban may have been a mistake. That path was set a long time ago though. -- nm - mafic Aug 15, 04:30 1
    - This, the average commander was like Milo Minderbinder, would have taken money to fire on their own troops, then there's the child sex.... -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 15, 10:05
Well that’s 20 wasted years. What a clisterf*ck. -- nm - mafic Aug 15, 03:34 1
- yup. -- nm - budice Aug 15, 04:05
Fall of Saigon 2: Kabul Helicopter Boogaloo -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 15, 01:47 2
- Wow, Kabul is falling, city cut off, only way out is by helicopter -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 15, 02:03 1
  - there it is, afghan minister says they will negotiate a transition of power to the talaban (CNN) -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 15, 02:20
I loved Free Guy. It helps that the lead is totally adorable. - Mop Aug 14, 22:41 1
- Sounds like he found your button. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 10:51
Nestflix, the home for all the fake TV shows and movies found within real TV shows and movies. -- (link) - TWuG Aug 14, 22:35

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