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Paramount+ and Showtime combining to form one streaming platform. -- (link) - Inigo Feb 15, 14:34 3
- This is great. My Paramount year is ending this month. I’ll just come back when this is done -- nm - Qale Feb 15, 15:39
- about time -- nm - Remlik Feb 15, 14:37 1
  - Hello price hike. -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 14:38
Seattle to make WFH employees to return to the offices mid march. -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 15, 14:33
'magine! -- (link) - Reagen Feb 15, 14:27 3
- IIRC MLKjr spent more time in jail than all those blockcade truckers...combined -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 15, 15:21
- I want Fox News banned from Canada for being foreign propaganda. - Beryllium Feb 15, 15:08
- he's the worst, during the impeachment he'd come on CNN and I would yell at the tv -- nm - mud Feb 15, 14:42
Paramount+ Strange New Worlds trailer due to drop soon -- nm - Remlik Feb 15, 14:24
‘Star Trek’ Cast, Including Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto, Returning for Fourth Film -- (link) - budice Feb 15, 14:22 15
- excellent! -- nm - Remlik Feb 15, 14:28 9
  - I just rewatched all 3 of the new ones—3rd one kinda a slog, but love the action and fun of all of them -- nm - Flavorize Feb 15, 14:36 8
    - It is a little bit but there is a lot of good stuff in that one. I like that it's set after year 3 of the 5 year mission -- nm - Remlik Feb 15, 14:38
    - I rewatched the 2nd recently, Benedict is so good. -- nm - mud Feb 15, 14:36 6
      - I didn't hate them, but I just really dislike the "new timeline" conceit in general. So everything we watched for all those years doesn't count. - pmb Feb 15, 14:40 3
        
        Alt timeline. Everything did happen. -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 14:42 2
        
        I know. Doesn't matter. Still a cheap work around. Also, you can gather than I'm entering this phase of the MCU with trepidation. - pmb Feb 15, 14:48
        
        yep -- nm - mud Feb 15, 14:43
      - Yep, if Benedict ever fell on hard times Im hoping he would have his own show or spin-off flick -- nm - Flavorize Feb 15, 14:39
      - word -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 14:37
- Directed by Tarantino? -- nm - Flavorize Feb 15, 14:27 2
  - No he was never going to direct it. Just write it, and then he handed it off to one of his guys -- nm - Remlik Feb 15, 14:39 1
    - Scrapped dialogue includes such gems as - Beryllium Feb 15, 15:06
- I am glad. -- nm - Pakled Emperor Feb 15, 14:26 1
  - we are smart! -- nm - pakled toadie Feb 15, 14:35
DTL: I beat Boca Raton (a not terrible team) by 35 points and...dropped 10 spots to 91? - spamlet Feb 15, 14:20 4
- The way the rankings work, the loss in the first game counts more against you now than it did originally. -- nm - Dano Feb 15, 14:25
- The early rankings are wacky. Game 5 is when things settle out. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 15, 14:22 2
  - Early recruiting -- Jacob Linderman is the best recruit in my rankings going back to Season 19 by a full 1pt 17.5 to 16.2 over #2. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 15, 14:25 1
    - He's got crazy good across the board stats. A little below avg in blocks for a C but, hey, he's only 6-5, cut him some slack -- nm - CinnaBaron Feb 15, 14:38
What happens in curling if the clock runs out? -- nm - Volnelk Feb 15, 14:11 12
- I finally watched Curling last night. - Spawn Feb 15, 14:38 2
  - It's a bit boring at times -- nm - Krusty Feb 15, 15:30
  - no youre wrong it is the best -- nm - mud Feb 15, 14:39
- Is one of these a serious answer? I was asking an actual question. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 15, 14:26 1
  - combo of me and spammy. -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 14:27
- The other team gets to use Roombas instead of sweepers -- nm - budice Feb 15, 14:24
- Other team gets to throw its remaining rocks back to back. -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 14:20 1
  - I believe I saw this once. -- nm - mud Feb 15, 14:36
- They lose -- nm - spamlet Feb 15, 14:19 2
  - If they're losing at that point. -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 14:20 1
    - Oh gotcha. I’ve only seen when they’re already down I guess -- nm - spamlet Feb 15, 14:55
- The building blows up! -- nm - Macgruber Feb 15, 14:13
I just saw someone call the convoy protest like being overrun by the Pakleds and I cry-laughed. -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 13:57 5
- perfect. -- nm - mud Feb 15, 14:37
- Oh snaaaaap -- nm - Beryllium Feb 15, 14:16
- they are strong. -- nm - Remlik Feb 15, 14:02
- Haaaaaaaa! -- nm - Dark Callisto Feb 15, 14:02
- That right there deserves a gold star. -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 13:58
Paramount + Halo renewed for season 2 -- nm - Remlik Feb 15, 13:54 3
- when does season one start? - JaxSean Feb 15, 13:55 1
  - Heh -- (pic) - Spawn Feb 15, 13:57 [Attachment]
- As well it should. Damn fine series. -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 13:55
just heading out to a Chamber meeting but wanted to give a burger update - inside - JenBro Feb 15, 13:52
Noah called me back. He has mold. I decided to not ask where he lives. -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 13:50
AMC Theatres has placed The Batman under its banner of 'Artisan Films', which is reserved for films that are artist-driven -- (link) - Remlik Feb 15, 13:47 2
- Just like Joker! -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 13:49
- Is it rated 'R'? -- nm - Flavorize Feb 15, 13:49
Bery, is this you in disguise? -- (link) - oblique Feb 15, 13:38 1
- No, I don't have the energy for that. Any time I start a new site, I get bored and it dies. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 15, 14:17
Anyone here have experience being a Product Manager? -- nm - Dano Feb 15, 13:35
Zillow! (3-4 miles from my old house) -- (link) - Strongbad Feb 15, 13:32 5
- Mop tells us the stripper pole is too close to the mirrors; he doesn't feel it would allow full swing radius. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 15, 14:14
- wait, what price? -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 14:02 2
  - basically free. -- nm - Andie Feb 15, 14:04 1
    - it'd be close but I could probably get it for equity. -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 14:11
- That basketball driveway is not regulation. -- nm - CinnaBaron Feb 15, 13:39
Medical marijuana costs are not deductible as "medical expenses"? -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Feb 15, 13:30 5
- Just reimburse it from an HSA, no one has to know.* -- (edited) - znufrii Feb 15, 13:50
- Of course not, silly. 'mercia! -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 13:34
- Makes sense, it's still not legal federally -- nm - ty97 Feb 15, 13:31 2
  - I think this should be the newfound social cause for ST. - ReluctantCynic Feb 15, 13:42 1
    - I mean I am all for tax-advantaged medical spending. - ty97 Feb 15, 13:46
we just had a meeting about printers. we are going from 26 multifuncton machines to nine. the savings are huge. - amanda jeans Feb 15, 13:07 21
- usually when I engage in this type of consolidation, it is soon followed by a bunch of - oblique Feb 15, 13:11 13
  - i share a multifunction machine with one other person. i can wheel there in 2 seconds on my chair. -- nm - Andie Feb 15, 13:28 1
    - Great calf workout. -- nm - CinnaBaron Feb 15, 13:33
  - Heh, I have my own but because of confidentiality not laziness. -- nm - spamlet Feb 15, 13:24 4
    - we have doc release so no confidentiality issues. -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 15, 13:27 2
      - I'd be okay with that but we don't. - spamlet Feb 15, 13:32 1
        
        it's quite costly actually. -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 15, 13:37
    - Thats one of the usual explanations. Everybody in healthcare deals with PHI/PCI data, so yeah used a lot to try to justify. -- nm* - budice Feb 15, 13:26
  - our execs live between two suites. one is keeping a machine. the other houses execs who are like - amanda jeans Feb 15, 13:18 1
    - Yes, Execs loving Apple gear while the org is using all Microsoft/Android products -- nm* - budice Feb 15, 13:19
  - been there too. What was worse at my old place is they thought Color Inkjet was the way to go for Execs. What a mess and service overhead with the ink cartridges -- nm* - budice Feb 15, 13:12 3
    - ooof. Yeah, at least we pretty much stick to standard laserjets with a pretty common model when anyone asks. -- nm - oblique Feb 15, 13:14 2
      - Vendor Selection process is how I met Jerry West -- nm - budice Feb 15, 13:16 1
        
        End Result: Canon swooped in with a helluva deal on Hi-Speed Color Laser Multi-Function Devices. We just also provided a good customer reference -- nm* - budice Feb 15, 13:21
- 26 does seem like a lot. Ive been a part of the printer consolidation and Multi-Function Vendor Selection process before -- nm* - budice Feb 15, 13:09 3
  - Before consolidation, my old workplace had 300 printers for 600 people. It was like a status symbol to have a printer at your desk -- nm - budice Feb 15, 13:12 2
    - our poor landfills -- nm - decline Feb 15, 13:13
    - *nods* -- nm - oblique Feb 15, 13:12
- see znu? it works! -- nm - decline Feb 15, 13:08 2
  - Heh. - znufrii Feb 15, 13:12
  - my voice is my passport. verify me. -- nm - oblique Feb 15, 13:10
Huh...Charlie McDowell, the son of Malcom McDowell. Step Father is Ted Danson and Father in law is Phil Collis -- nm - Remlik Feb 15, 13:03 3
- and his mom is Mary Steenburgen and his cousin is Alexander Siddig -- (edited) - decline Feb 15, 13:07 2
  - "What does that make us?" -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 13:10 1
    - "Star Trek royalty" -- nm - Beryllium Feb 15, 13:22
Hee -- (link) - Reagen Feb 15, 13:01
What are the Top 10 biggest films (domestically) since the pandemic began? -- nm - Inigo Feb 15, 13:00 44
- Also, No Way Home just passed Avatar to be the #3 biggest domestic film ever. It only trails Avengers: Endgame and The Force Awakens. -- nm - Inigo Feb 15, 13:29 2
  - Good lord. Is this coming to Disney any time soon? - JaxSean Feb 15, 14:02 1
    - It'll be going to Starz first since it's Sony. Maybe sometime in 2023 it'll go to Disney+. -- nm - Inigo Feb 15, 14:42
- Hints for the others -- (edited) - Inigo Feb 15, 13:16 21
  - That animated one is tough... Sing 2? -- nm - oblique Feb 15, 13:26 2
    - Completely forgot that one. -- nm - . Feb 15, 13:27
    - ack. too slow -- nm - oblique Feb 15, 13:27
  - Sing 2 -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 15, 13:25 1
    - #9 at $143.5 million (It should finish around $160 million). That's the whole top 10! -- nm* - Inigo Feb 15, 13:26
  - Ghostbusters -- nm - CinnaBaron Feb 15, 13:24 1
    - Ghostbuster: Afterlife - #10 at $129.1 million. -- nm - Inigo Feb 15, 13:25
  - Bond -- nm - . Feb 15, 13:22 2
    - #7 No Time To Die at $160.8 million. -- nm - Inigo Feb 15, 13:23
    - Nice! -- nm - Flavorize Feb 15, 13:23
  - Fast and Furious 9? (or was it 10?) -- nm - Flavorize Feb 15, 13:19 3
    - Already guessed by kilbo. -- nm - Inigo Feb 15, 13:22
    - Enchanto? -- nm - Flavorize Feb 15, 13:21 1
      - No, only $93 million. -- nm - Inigo Feb 15, 13:23
  - Eternals -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 13:17 6
    - #6 at $164.9 million -- nm - Inigo Feb 15, 13:18
    - Matrix -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 13:18 4
      - lolz -- nm - Inigo Feb 15, 13:18 3
        
        Black Widow -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 13:21 2
        
        #4 at $183.7 million. -- nm - Inigo Feb 15, 13:22
        
        Good answer! -- nm - Flavorize Feb 15, 13:22
- Oh! Venom 2! -- nm - Jovian Feb 15, 13:12 1
  - #3 at $213.5 million -- nm - Inigo Feb 15, 13:12
- Shang-Chi -- nm - oblique Feb 15, 13:11 4
  - #2 at $224.5 million -- nm - Inigo Feb 15, 13:12 3
    - Disney is like what? 80% of the top 10? :) -- nm - oblique Feb 15, 13:13 2
      - Im thinking Disney rounds out the rest of the list but I am having brain fart extreme -- nm - Jovian Feb 15, 13:14
      - Surprisingly, only 35%! (They split profits with Sony on No Way Home). -- nm - Inigo Feb 15, 13:14
- Dune -- nm - Jovian Feb 15, 13:09 1
  - No, $107 million. About $22 million off the list. -- nm - Inigo Feb 15, 13:10
- GvKong. FF #12465 -- nm - oblique Feb 15, 13:07 1
  - No, #5 at $173 million -- nm - Inigo Feb 15, 13:08
- Quiet Place 2 -- nm - Dano Feb 15, 13:04 1
  - #8 at $160.1 million. -- nm - Inigo Feb 15, 13:05
- One that exceeds all the rest combined... -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 13:02 2
  - Incorrect. Although No Way Home has made more than #2 - #4 combined. -- nm* - Inigo Feb 15, 13:04 1
    - Wait for it! -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 13:11
- Quit seeing SpiderMan -- nm - . Feb 15, 13:02 2
  - I was going to go again this past weekend, but decided it was too cold. -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 13:11
  - No Way Home # 1 at $761 million -- nm* - Inigo Feb 15, 13:02
A post about Noah and then I get a notification about a flood watch. Should I be concerned? -- nm - spamlet Feb 15, 12:55 2
- nah -- nm - Swarm of Locusts Feb 15, 13:02
- It gets better. I looked at her signature better, she is not with HAND... - Spawn Feb 15, 13:01
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Feb 15, 12:55 [Attachment] 5
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Feb 15, 12:55 [Attachment] 4
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Feb 15, 12:55 [Attachment] 3
    - 2/2 -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 15, 12:58
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Feb 15, 12:56 [Attachment] 1
      - 2/2 -- nm - decline Feb 15, 12:58
Facebook employees are now to be called...metamates -- (link) - decline Feb 15, 12:54 9
- That's even worse than way back when I worked at Target and we had to start referring to customers as "guests." -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 15, 15:05
- My friend's brother is working for Blue Origin and they are worse. It's like the movie Wall Street, corporations are the highest form of being, do - jnine Feb 15, 13:00 1
  - And here we all thought that Bond villains were too outlandish to be taken seriously -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 15, 13:42
- No. Just, no. -- nm - znufrii Feb 15, 12:59
- I'm pronouncing it meh-TAM-uh-teez whether you like it or not -- nm - CinnaBaron Feb 15, 12:59 2
  - Mee-tom-ahts -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 13:02 1
    - Me tamates -- nm - . Feb 15, 13:11
- With all the nonsense and chaos FB creates, I’m really surprised more STers didn’t choose it as the one (of the 4) to be eliminated -- nm - Flavorize Feb 15, 12:56
- Oh god it's metastasizing, kill it now -- nm - Beryllium Feb 15, 12:56
Hi, I'm having a problem with my apartment complex -- nm - Noah Feb 15, 12:54 2
- "Yeah, it's only two *cockroaches*, but it's also two mosquitos, and two crickets, and two mantises, and two ladybugs, and two potato weevils..." -- nm - TWuG Feb 15, 13:23
- All apartment owners are required to get two versions of each animal before any repairs are done. -- nm - LandLord Feb 15, 12:57

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