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Oh thank God. -- nm - zunk xometimes Oct 6, 21:26
"I want to press my nose up against the plastic window. What I don't want to see is somebody else out there looking back at me." -- (link) - Shatner Oct 6, 21:22 1
- I'm probably last to put two and two together and notice that Star Trek ended its run just a month before Apollo 11's mission. - Max Oct 6, 21:34
Good lord...now I remember why I stopped watching baseball. - Turd Ferguson Oct 6, 21:22 1
- Not any more! ;) -- nm - Meg Oct 6, 21:28
what if episode 9 spoilers - Beryllium Oct 6, 21:12
I feel this has "Thanks, I hated it." written all over it. -- (link) - Mop Oct 6, 20:55 [youtube]
Sam Raimi's #SpiderMan trilogy in 4K for $30 -- (link) - Remlik Oct 6, 20:52 2
- It's MCU continuity now! -- nm - Mop Oct 6, 20:56 1
  - You're the Spiderman now, dog! -- nm - Max Oct 6, 21:18
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania' on Amazon Jan 14th -- (link) - Remlik Oct 6, 20:42
It's a huge tactical error to use a giant shift in that situation. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 6, 20:22 1
- Carlson should've Been out. No way he touched 2nd on the way back -- nm* - budice Oct 6, 20:28
Star Trek: The Center Seat 55 years of Trek by Gates McFadden -- (link) - Remlik Oct 6, 19:48 [youtube]
If there's an internet version of the EGOT and IMDB and Wikipedia are two of them, which are the other two? -- nm - Max Oct 6, 19:24 8
- IKEA -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 20:09
- hamsterdance.com and mrcranky.com -- nm - prayformojo Oct 6, 20:00
- UD and KnowYourMeme -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 19:27
- Know Your Meme and Encyclopedia Dramatica -- nm - Qale Oct 6, 19:27 4
  - And for huge cred (like erdos-bacon levels), YTMND -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 19:28 3
    - I withdraw Encyclopedia Dramatica and instead suggest The WayBack Machine. -- nm - Qale Oct 6, 19:35 2
      - I agree with Qale. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 19:36
      - Oooooohhhhhhh. Well played. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 19:35
Squid Game social media observation--sorta spoilers -- (edited) - Flavorize Oct 6, 19:17
Now that I am home it has dawned on me that both of the ER doctors were younger than me -- (edited) - ty97 Oct 6, 19:12
Heh. I like this question. Especially since it impacts X-Ray. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 6, 18:46
Do we know about bad art friend? Do we care about bad art friend? I just found out about bad art friend and I’m kind of wishing I hadn’t. -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 6, 18:39
I'd keep Scherzer in for 120 pitches -- nm - budice Oct 6, 18:39 1
- Wainwright is 40 and still hits 90 on the gun. That is respect. -- nm - budice Oct 6, 18:49
The WWE just doesn't have women's matches that good on Raw/Smackdown. - The Allfather Oct 6, 18:33 4
- I'm trying to remember the last really good main roster women's match. - Tim Oct 6, 18:40 3
  - Oh, Bel Air/Sasha and Bel Air/Bayley were both great this year. But they were on PPV. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 6, 18:43 2
    - I miss Bayley. -- nm - Tim Oct 6, 18:45 1
      - It's crazy that they're not using Sasha and Asuka with Bayley out. - The Allfather Oct 6, 18:47
Kim K and now Ray J Divorce? Rut roh. -- (link) - budice Oct 6, 18:31
I still think Tre Turner was a gift the Dodgers got in the Scherzer deal -- nm - budice Oct 6, 18:28
Quick! Can you name the director of Venom 2? -- nm - Mop Oct 6, 18:24 15
- Nick Fury -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 18:35
- Spoilers - The Allfather Oct 6, 18:26 7
  - Spoiler joke - Will Hunting Oct 6, 18:31 1
    - Ha! No. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 6, 18:34
  - TIL. Wow. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 18:28 4
    - RIGHT? -- nm - Mop Oct 6, 19:01
    - His directorial debut was actually a romance. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 6, 18:36 2
      - 7.2 on IMDb - Spielberg has done worse three times this century. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 18:40 1
        
        Ron Howard has done worse 11 times since 2000 -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 18:42
- toad the wet sprocket -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 18:24 5
  - Something's Always Wrong -- nm - Qale Oct 6, 19:18 2
    - This came on Lithium the other day and I wasn’t mad at it at all. - Tim Oct 6, 20:34 1
      - I’m planning to do a “my favorite songs” The Twenty in November. -- nm - Qale Oct 6, 21:52
  - sorry, slightly off - I blame RC for derailing my thought process. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 18:29 1
    - *fist pump* -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 19:22
guys I don't like to spread rumours, but I think ty was just impeached by the house. -- nm - mafic Oct 6, 18:23 2
- *hands you 435 RC points* -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 18:37
- Perfect 10 joke! -- nm - The Allfather Oct 6, 18:27
Fidelity: Based on your selected asset mix, you should have 5% of your holdings in cash. Also Fidelity: Let us tell you how you should invest all that cash! -- nm* - znufrii Oct 6, 18:10
FanFlix has some horror movies at three for $5. -- (link) - The Allfather Oct 6, 18:09
Scherzer has his stuff. Wainwright been good too -- nm - budice Oct 6, 18:09 2
- Joe West doesn’t have his stuff unless the camera is way off. -- nm - spamlet Oct 6, 18:14 1
  - Agreed. I won Fantasy Baseball with both pitchers on my roster -- nm* - budice Oct 6, 18:18
Wet Leg has also got me revisiting the discography of my favorite DC band from when I was in Baltimore - Tuscadero. -- (link) - Dano Oct 6, 18:01 [youtube]
San Diego Padres fire manager Jayce Tingler -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 17:54 2
- well, there's always pole dancing -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 18:07
- Expected -- nm - budice Oct 6, 17:58
Judge temporarily halts enforcement of Texas's abortion ban -- (link) - TWuG Oct 6, 17:52
Welcome back Porter Airlines! -- nm - ty97 Oct 6, 17:50
welll sheeeeit, our refrig which broke last month, repaired, failed again...grrrrr, another week to get a replacement, only 3 years old - zeitgeist Oct 6, 17:42
I now have something in common with Donald Trump. - ty97 Oct 6, 17:36 15
- where did you meet Stormy Daniels? -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 18:19 1
  - They did a movie together. He delivered pizza. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 6, 18:34
- every lawyer here is better than Rudy :(((((( -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 6, 18:18
- Congratulations, Mr. President. -- nm - Qale Oct 6, 18:03
- I liked your hair the way it was. -- nm - Mop Oct 6, 17:47
- I was gonna guess something else, but let's keep it at that, shall we? - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 17:41 5
  - ok fine yes I'm fat! -- nm - ty97 Oct 6, 17:46 4
    - We both have that in common. But it was something else. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 18:02 3
      - tiny hands! -- nm* - Max Oct 6, 18:36 1
        
        *ding!* -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 18:43
      - They've had the same number of press secretaries? -- nm - . Oct 6, 18:23
- No time for golf -- nm - VMan Oct 6, 17:39
- you lost $600 million last year? -- nm - mafic Oct 6, 17:38
- any super powers yet? -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 17:38
- what about the mega dose of psycho-active steriod? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 6, 17:38
Liberals just took a seat from the Bloc in Quebec after a judicial recount, won by 12 votes. Libs now at 160 seats -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 17:34 3
- !!! Did not expect that. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 17:36 2
  - a swing of 298 votes -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 17:53 1
    - nice -- nm - mud Oct 6, 17:56
well, that's embarrassing. -- nm - mud Oct 6, 17:20
Angelina Jolie Sells Her Stake in $164 Million Wine Label She Shared with Brad Pitt -- (link) - budice Oct 6, 17:12 1
- That's almost as many millions as Twitch streamers make. - Max Oct 6, 17:21
*stands frozen in abject terror* -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 17:09 5
- Murder Hornet vs Murder Spider -- nm - next on Syfy Oct 6, 17:26 1
  - oh please. this is way less scary than murder hornets, even for arachnophobes. - Beryllium Oct 6, 17:31
- neat! they look a bit like orbies. don't look up golden orb spiders. -- nm - mafic Oct 6, 17:14
- More like Juggalo Spider. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 17:10 1
  - It's ... - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 17:14
now playing: There's Someone Inside Your House -- nm - prayformojo Oct 6, 17:07 8
- Are they Jorospiders? -- nm - Qale Oct 6, 17:30 1
  - *stern gaze* -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 17:37
- This always trips me up on the forms. Do I put 1 for only myself, or 0 because there's nobody else but me?? -- nm - Max Oct 6, 17:17 4
  - have you checked *all* the rooms? -- nm - mafic Oct 6, 17:17 3
    - I don't even know how to number the ground floor! -- nm - Max Oct 6, 17:22 2
      - are you in Europe or America? -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 17:25 1
        
        what if there's a mezzanine? -- nm - mafic Oct 6, 17:28
- best to hide somewhere where they can't see you from a doorway or window -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 17:09
"We don't want to be Jill Steins, but .." -- (link) - mud Oct 6, 17:05 11
- Jill Stein currently has more credibility than those two -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 18:25
- It would be genuinely good for the US to have 4-5 major parties. But their system isn't set up to support it and someone would have to blink first. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 17:09 9
  - That would require more nuance than we're currently capable of bringing into the political arena -- nm - rollo Oct 6, 18:46
  - I'll disagree until convinced otherwise. We have fixed terms and specified elections. Places with 5 major parties can call elections at irregular intervals -- nm* - crash davis Oct 6, 18:23
  - I have a great idea of how to make it work! - znufrii Oct 6, 17:58 1
    - LOL -- nm - spamlet Oct 6, 18:01
  - It would be genuinely good if we didn’t have 50 states too, but yanno, that’s how America goes. -- nm - Qale Oct 6, 17:31 3
    - No one else miss a Dakota. Possibly even both. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 18:02
    - I want Ridings, dammit! -- nm - Dano Oct 6, 17:35 1
      - You could name them as a half measure though good luck getting a coherent one for some of those gerrymandered ones. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 18:04
  - I am starting to become more hopeful of that happening, though. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 17:15
The Wheel of Time arrives on November 19th on Amazon -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 17:04 1
- *twitch* -- nm - znufrii Oct 6, 19:08
Carrot Top tickets, however, are still available. -- nm - Dano Oct 6, 16:58 2
- Chairman of the Bored Tour -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 17:00 1
  - Carrot Top does get points for this though... -- (link) - Dano Oct 6, 17:03 [youtube]
No Time to Die 84% (168/33), Lamb 91% (30/3), The Rescue 100% (26/0), Mass 93% (70/5) -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 16:47 1
- Coming Soon: Halloween Kills 61% (14/9), The Last Duel 67% (12/6), Dune 89% (68/8), The Harder They Fall 100% (6/0) -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 16:50
Cards or Dodgers WHO YOU GOT!!?? -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 16:39 8
- Heart says Cards, head says Dodgers - spamlet Oct 6, 16:53 3
  - I agree with spamlet. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 17:16
  - "I JUST HOPE BOTH TEAMS HAVE FUN" -- nm - You with a sign Oct 6, 17:00 1
    - Nah, just a realist* - spamlet Oct 6, 17:28
- I can’t hear you. Someone keeps banging on trash cans here in Houston. -- nm - Qale Oct 6, 16:47
- DODGERS!!! -- nm - mud Oct 6, 16:43
- Jim! -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 6, 16:40 1
  - This! -- nm - Strongbad Oct 6, 16:45
RC is right. Midnight Mass was really well done. -- nm - Shaun Oct 6, 16:38 3
- ML tried to get me to watch this but horror is a no go for me. -- nm - spamlet Oct 6, 17:29 1
  - The horror is mainly psychological and a jump scare or two per episode. The blood, gore, and violence level is maybe around ... Alien? - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 17:41
- I saved the final episode for this evening, but the last two completely blew me away. (no spoilers, really) - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 17:13
Will... while, yes, COVID will hopefully be temporary, those who exhibit anti-vax tendencies tend to be on the wrong side about other science topics - Edward Havens Oct 6, 16:38 2
- Disney is never going to take DC's advice. - Beryllium Oct 6, 16:46
- but wait ..what if it's all just recycled horseshit? -- nm - mud Oct 6, 16:45
FX’s ‘Better Things’ to End With Season 5 -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 16:36
I wanted to watch Visions subbed only but the voice talent seemed like it might be worthwhile. So I watched it subbed and dubbed. I was mostly right. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 16:29
The second half of the show was MUCH better. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 6, 16:26 2
- all thanks to Left Squid -- nm - Max Oct 6, 16:36
- I binged it in about 4 days—finished last night. Took me the better part of today to mentally uncouple from the show/that world. - flavorize Oct 6, 16:32
I was checking for Wet Leg tickets, but they went from Not on Sale to Sold Out. :( -- nm - Dano Oct 6, 16:23 6
- Would you like us to assign someone to purchase you tickets? -- nm - mafic Oct 6, 16:47
- Tickets are on StubHub, but for $99 -- nm - Dano Oct 6, 16:34 1
  - What if you offered a Buffalo '66 DVD? -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 16:47
- As if you aren’t on their personal VIP guest list, right? -- nm - Qale Oct 6, 16:29
- next time don't wear the lobster claws while trying to type -- nm - prayformojo Oct 6, 16:28
- You got hosed -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 6, 16:25

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