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man, I love the animation style they used for Arcane -- nm - Beaker Jan 1, 16:24
Zillow! -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 1, 16:13 10
- Aside from the whole bowling alley, which I kind of like, that is a lot of orange. Like, way too much orange. That tub, just no. -- nm - jnine Jan 1, 17:09
- 1949. I like brick but those shots somehow make the exterior walls look annoyingly perfect, like a new home trying to look old. -- nm - Max Jan 1, 17:03
- …. - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 1, 16:43 2
  - .... - ty97 Jan 1, 16:47 1
    - …. - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 1, 16:49
- I feel like Amanda might love this house? -- nm - ty97 Jan 1, 16:33
- Man, that escalates quickly. “Here’s the front door…it’s a beaut….and here are the 1970’s!” -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 1, 16:24 2
  - Including a bowling alley! -- nm - Flavorize Jan 1, 16:29 1
    - I love that part but not on a main floor. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 1, 16:30
- I've always wanted to live in a Paul Thomas Anderson movie. -- nm - Reagen Jan 1, 16:22
*sigh* My BiL had the brilliant idea of spending the NYE in Buenos Aires with my sister and another couple. Now he tested positive. - Marlowe Jan 1, 16:10 2
- yeesh -- nm - mud Jan 1, 16:16 1
  - Relatedly my buddy has spent the last week or so in a beach tent in Belize and it looks fricking amazing. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 1, 16:24
NHL outdoor classic is starting with -7 F degrees. Wowa. -- nm - colin Jan 1, 16:09
Out there is a fortune waiting to be had. You think I'll let it go? You're mad. You've got another thing coming! -- nm - The Allfather Jan 1, 15:55
So, both defenses in this Rose Bowl game left early? Or are hit by covid? This scoring is crazy. -- nm - jnine Jan 1, 15:45 1
- Utah is ranked #10 in total defense. But that OSU QB has thrown some perfect long balls so credit to him. - zunk xometimes Jan 1, 15:53
I gotta say, the bowl games that I've watched this year have all been (almost suspiciously) entertaining -- nm - prayformojo Jan 1, 15:40
Would you describe Ohio State's defense as excellent or very good? -- nm - The Allfather Jan 1, 15:40 1
- I would describe Utah's #18 offense as clicking today. - zunk xometimes Jan 1, 15:45
oh man, that Utah touchdown on 4th down made me laugh *hard* -- nm - prayformojo Jan 1, 15:39
The NBA and NFL Surrendered to Their Vaccine Refusers -- (link) - spamlet Jan 1, 15:36 1
- cowards -- nm - Remlik Jan 1, 15:39
Rose Bowl: "Why is the Total at 65?" - budice Jan 1, 15:29
They should change the name of No Man’s Sky to SIDETRACKED. - Volnelk Jan 1, 15:21 9
- Or NEED MORE STORAGE -- nm - colin Jan 1, 16:07 1
  - That’s the whole game. What do I drop? -- nm - Volnelk Jan 1, 16:15
- I feel like I would have exactly this problem with this game. - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 1, 15:55 2
  - Your spreadsheet misses you -- nm - spamlet Jan 1, 16:04 1
    - I just updated you yesterday. WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!?!?! -- nm - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 1, 16:13
- Right? - ReluctantCynic Jan 1, 15:36 3
  - My buddy was at the anomaly space station and another player walked up to him and gave him 5 Starship AI valves. Value? 250 Million units. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 1, 15:37 2
    - ... - ReluctantCynic Jan 1, 15:43 1
      - Right? Where do you start? Ummmmm upgrade everything. Give me a fleet of whatever. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 1, 15:46
"Ike a Beyoncé video" ... almost sounds like the rcmp owe an apology to the Czechia team. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 1, 15:17
Due to COVID protocols, Roman Reigns will not wrestle tonight at Day One, the WWE PPV built around...Roman Reigns. -- nm - The Allfather Jan 1, 15:13 5
- Wow. Might have watched it. Now not so sure. -- nm - pmb Jan 1, 15:16 3
  - He tested positive -- (link) - Remlik Jan 1, 15:20 1
    - Judas priest, that's terrifying for a person who has had leukemia twice. -- nm - The Allfather Jan 1, 15:21
  - Lesnar has been added to the 4-way Raw title match instead. - Will Hunting Jan 1, 15:18
- Oh shit, they even pulled him from the road to try to avoid this given his leukemia. -- nm* - Will Hunting Jan 1, 15:14
For Max: May or may not be a few drinks in watching Xanadu. -- nm - MDH Jan 1, 14:59 2
- Don't get too drunk to quit before the ending, then drink double! -- nm - Max Jan 1, 15:05
- "Back when Olivia Newton-John was hawt." -- nm - budice Jan 1, 15:01
Jake Paul has offered to retire from boxing and fight Jorge Masvidal in the UFC if Dana White agrees to: -- (link) - Remlik Jan 1, 14:41 4
- I'm fine with Jake Paul being Moses on these issues for a while as long as he never gets to the promised land himself. -- nm - Max Jan 1, 15:08 1
  - same -- nm - Remlik Jan 1, 15:39
- *worst person you know.gif* -- nm - Reagen Jan 1, 15:00
- LOL -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 1, 14:45
At least in these roles, William Zabka is a better actor than Ralph Macchio -- nm - prayformojo Jan 1, 14:39 2
- I need a buddy comedy where William Zabka and Alan Tudyk play mismatched brothers -- nm - Roger More Jan 1, 16:25
- Is that a brand of furniture? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 14:41
GO UTES!!! - zunk xometimes Jan 1, 14:13 5
- What's a Ute? -- nm - Spawn Jan 1, 15:42
- this might be the absolute worst camera split I've ever seen. split screen times 4? WTF?! -- nm - Beaker Jan 1, 14:34 2
  - I forgot about that "command center" on ESPN2. I don't need to see the coaches staring at the game. Switched right back to traditional. -- nm - zunk xometimes Jan 1, 14:59 1
    - I like it -- nm - budice Jan 1, 15:03
- *walks in, holds up a long finger and opens his mouth as if to say something, but instead closes his mouth, shakes his head, and wanders out* -- nm - Judge Chamberlain Haller Jan 1, 14:19
Full Peaky Blinders trailer -- (link) - LMS Jan 1, 14:07
Huh..Lakewood Colorado shooter was an alt right 'Alpha' who wrote novels about the weakness of woman. Was shot and killed by Agent Ashley Ferris - Remlik Jan 1, 14:00 8
- Good job karma and Agent Ferris. -- nm - .📯 Jan 1, 17:21
- I’m sure Satan will remind him of that for eternity. -- nm - spamlet Jan 1, 15:00
- he's apparently linked to a whooole bunch of alt-right media douchebags who are tapdancing backwards right now. -- nm - Reagen Jan 1, 14:16 5
  - morons -- nm - Remlik Jan 1, 14:34
  - Their arguments always come down to "Hey, you weren't supposed to take us seriously!" -- nm - The Allfather Jan 1, 14:20 3
    - "Unless it works, and then it was totally our idea." -- nm - Reagen Jan 1, 15:22
    - Between this and the Canadian who made a death threat against a congressperson earlier this week, I kind of want to petition - Beryllium Jan 1, 14:30 1
      - (But I won't, because that sort of response is what they want) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 14:32
I'm gonna buy travel insurance for my trip in March. What agency/company would ST recommend? -- nm - Mop Jan 1, 13:58 3
- Just beware that for a lot of them you have to test positive, not just be quarantined, for the COVID coverage to kick in. -- nm - spamlet Jan 1, 15:29
- There's a lot of factors in play. If you booked a flight, I'd go with the one they recommend. AXA and HTH have the best reputations. -- nm - The Allfather Jan 1, 15:25
- Our travel agency suggested this one so we used them. It’s AIG -- (link) - spamlet Jan 1, 15:25
SNL to air the Betty WHite episode tonight -- nm - Remlik Jan 1, 13:52
Come on Irish! - zunk xometimes Jan 1, 13:45 2
- It was like the teams switched uniforms at halftime. -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 1, 14:18 1
  - Spoilers - Flavorize Jan 1, 14:22
The snow has begun. Expecting 5-9". And the flight that I would have been taking today back from FL (had I gone), got cancelled. -- nm - pmb Jan 1, 13:21 2
- Just got back from my daughter's in Lakeview. Wasn't to bad down there when we left but up here in Lake County it's spin out city. -- nm - zunk xometimes Jan 1, 13:43
- 65 in DC tomorrow. Looks like we get your snow on Thursday. -- nm - Max Jan 1, 13:26
Question of the day -- (pic) [in some ways, these are two very different questions] -- (link*) - prayformojo Jan 1, 13:18 [Attachment] 7
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Jan 1, 13:19 [Attachment] 6
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Jan 1, 13:19 [Attachment] 5
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Jan 1, 13:20 [Attachment] 4
      - 1/2 -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 1, 13:25
      - 2/2 but that last one was a total guess. -- nm - The Allfather Jan 1, 13:24
      - Ok, they just made that last one up. -- nm - pmb Jan 1, 13:23 1
        
        I heard that fact about three times in the last month. Never before that. It's like they hired a publicist or something -- nm - prayformojo Jan 1, 13:27
Twitter scientists say this man has reached levels of villainy previously thought impossible -- (link) - Reagen Jan 1, 12:49 7
- Twitter is where you are supposed to post outrageous, false, and incriminating things. I see no problem here. -- nm - Qale Jan 1, 13:42 2
  - Not sure what I believe about an afterlife but thus may be the first time I hope for guardian angels because Betty watching over us would rule. -- nm - Spawn Jan 1, 15:47 1
    - and by "us" you either mean ST, or all good folks. Which it is I am not sure. :-] -- nm - mud Jan 1, 16:03
- Crazy -- nm - Flavorize Jan 1, 13:40
- *smh* -- nm - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 1, 13:09
- How a hot take dies in two replies or less. -- nm - The Allfather Jan 1, 13:01
- Uh, she insisted on having Arthur Duncan on her show, which led to its cancellation at the hands of racists. This person can sit and spin. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 12:54
FYI: Eyes of Tammy Faye got added to HBOMAX today if anyone else is looking for it. -- nm - spamlet Jan 1, 12:46 1
- Guess I'll find something else to watch. -- nm - Spawn Jan 1, 13:09
This is a steamy hot tip. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 1, 12:35
Doctor Who tonight was a very enjoyable episode. - LMS Jan 1, 12:06 1
- i'm recording it now to see later -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 1, 12:13
New snack obsession: Utz Sourdough Specials Extra Dark Pretzels. -- nm* - Baron Enero Jan 1, 12:06
DTL: Scrims in the wind -- nm - rollo Jan 1, 11:50 2
- I’ll accept after the first runs if you don’t mind. -- nm - spamlet Jan 1, 11:53 1
  - Nm -- nm* - Will Hunting Jan 1, 11:56
Seen this clip circulate a few times. It’s supposedly an improv/ad lib and Betty White makes Bea Arthur and Rue McClanahan break character. -- (link) - Tim Jan 1, 11:42 4
- I'd never seen that before. I was living for Rue McClanahan's reactions. -- nm - The Allfather Jan 1, 12:11 1
  - I’m trying to tell if that’s an outtake or if they went on with it….they kept it rolling for a while and I vaguely remember that. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 1, 12:39
- I watched it yesterday. It is glorious, I could not hold myself. (NM) - Marlowe Jan 1, 12:07
- God, those 3 (4) were so damn good. - Will Hunting Jan 1, 11:48
January 1st birthdays: Frank Langella (84), Don Novello (79), Allan Starski (79), Jacky Ickx (77), Milena Canonero (76), Grandmaster Flash (64) - Max Jan 1, 11:40 [youtube] 2
- And my daughter and her late grandmother ❤️ -- nm - zunk xometimes Jan 1, 13:40
- "And me, at least according to several website databases" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 12:39
NBC tonight will replay the 2010 SNL hosted by Betty White -- nm - budice Jan 1, 11:24 3
- I had totally forgot they did that, and how long ago it was -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 1, 12:27 1
  - I remember because at 89 she was the oldest host. -- nm - Spawn Jan 1, 13:10
- That’s solid. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 1, 11:24
That's a lot of data. -- (link) - TWuG Jan 1, 11:23 2
- oops -- nm - mud Jan 1, 11:49 1
  - It was a study on the Japanese porn watching habits. - Will Hunting Jan 1, 11:52
Kissinger isn't beloved. He can croak any time now. -- nm - TWuG Jan 1, 11:22 5
- (Sarcastic use of the exclamation point) David Attenborough is the best answer not yet mentioned -- nm - Roger More Jan 1, 11:28 4
  - Bill Murray? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 1, 11:37 3
    - notorious jerk. -- nm - Reagen Jan 1, 11:40 2
      - But extremely beloved for it -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 11:43 1
        
        Can probably put William Shatner in the same category. But maybe George Takei is a possibility? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 1, 12:18
Oh, the Winter Classic is on cable now? Guess I’ll find something else to watch. - spamlet Jan 1, 11:14
ST: Any Resolutions for the New Year? -- nm - Beaker Jan 1, 11:09 6
- I resolve to again not make any resolutions. -- nm - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 1, 12:29
- stay alive -- nm - mud Jan 1, 11:41
- Write more. Talk less. Strive to remember that the two-dimensional figures I interact with on the Internet are ... - ReluctantCynic Jan 1, 11:20
- I started Pilates classes -- nm - Epiphany Jan 1, 11:15
- Nah. Set a reading challenge for 50 books, though. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 11:14 1
  - same. Drink less is another and hit 40% of days walked as well -- nm* - Beaker Jan 1, 11:15
I don’t think Dolly is old enough yet…she’s not even over the average death age of women - Will Hunting Jan 1, 11:06 9
- She’s about the same age Betty White was when her role in Lake Placid made her the internet’s favourite elderly person. - Roger More Jan 1, 11:21 5
  - I would have said Carol Burnett but she's dropped out of public view. -- nm - Meg Jan 1, 12:35
  - I'd say someone like Julie Andrews more than Dolly. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 1, 11:29 3
    - I see a lot more celebration of Dolly Parton on the internet than of Julie Andrews though, because she’s a humanitarian as well as an entertainer. - Roger More Jan 1, 12:11
    - LetThemFight.gif -- nm - prayformojo Jan 1, 11:36 1
      - Julie'd fuck her up. - Will Hunting Jan 1, 11:40
- Jimmy Carter, then -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 11:07 2
  - does he tweet? -- nm - loosilu Jan 1, 12:00 1
    - Too busy building habitats for humanity, I think. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 12:00
I'll see you your RACCOON ARMY and raise you my ORCA ARMY -- nm - prayformojo Jan 1, 11:00 5
- Homefield advantage is gonna be everything. -- nm - Reagen Jan 1, 11:24
- *backflips* -- nm - Manny the Manatee Jan 1, 11:07
- I like to think of myself as a MARA CRONY. -- nm - Max Jan 1, 11:04
- CRYO RACCOON MOON ARMY -- nm - Max Jan 1, 11:02
- I raise you my sleepwalker army ... by the dark art of NARCROMANCY. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 11:01
NFL: CEH OUT for Chefs -- nm - budice Jan 1, 10:54
Not sure if this is complete, but here's a list of Oscar nominees who passed in 2021, plus selected celebs -- (edited) - Max Jan 1, 10:54 5
- Antonio Sabato Sr -- nm - .📯 Jan 1, 16:55
- Richard Hammond? Who's that? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 10:56 3
  - oops, the Richard Hammond is alive. I typoed a death date in my sheet. I probably need to off someone else. -- nm - Max Jan 1, 10:59 2
    - You're thinking of Jurassic Park. -- nm - Hartley Jan 1, 11:16 1
      - John Hammond. Richard Attenborough. I see what's going on here. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 12:00

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