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Doug DeMuro looks at the ID.Buzz -- (link) - spamlet Mar 9, 10:54 [youtube] 1
- I can't watch this guy for 60 straight seconds. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 9, 11:03
Obi-Wan Kinobi trailer -- (link) - David Mar 9, 10:50 [youtube] 1
- Fucking *chills* -- nm - Mop Mar 9, 10:53
Remlik News Network: Colts are trading QB Carson Wentz to Washington for a package of picks that is thought to include two third-round picks -- (link*) - decline Mar 9, 10:50 3
- wait, the Colts are getting picks for that disaster? Between that and Trubinsky going to the Giants the Cowboys might not screw it up next season -- nm - Beaker Mar 9, 10:51 1
  - *cue up Stephen A. Smith* - Shaun Mar 9, 10:55
- I'm sad for everyone involved. -- nm - David Mar 9, 10:51
I think Syracuse might win this won - prayformojo Mar 9, 10:48
so...The Bachelor...he seems nice and Letterkenny totally has The Bachelor's number - Beaker Mar 9, 10:46 [youtube] 1
- Relatedly: the Letterkenny International Women's Day special is pretty funny and raunchy (and a bit emotional). -- nm - JaxSean Mar 9, 10:49
And now, a five-minute love letter to Encanto... -- nm - David Mar 9, 10:43
So. Chernobyl's electricity has been cut off, which may affect cooling capabilities. Nuclear authorities say it's probably not a problem ... probably. - Beryllium Mar 9, 10:41 1
- Worf! -- nm - Qale Mar 9, 10:43
One surprise: that activist investor proposal that Disney publish pay equity reports has passed. - David Mar 9, 10:41 5
- Wow. That is quite impressive, actually. - znufrii Mar 9, 10:50 1
  - I'll keep that in mind. I sincerely thank you for the offer. -- nm - David Mar 9, 10:51
- Good! -- nm - TWuG Mar 9, 10:45
- wow -- nm - prayformojo Mar 9, 10:43
- Here's a Politico tweet about this surprise... -- (link) - David Mar 9, 10:42
Ohhhh Domino Masters tonight! - Jovian Mar 9, 10:37 1
- mmmm Dominos master -- nm - Beaker Mar 9, 10:51
Stories to Tell: The Deaths of the Notorious B.I.G. and 2Pac, Through the Eyes of the People Who Covered Them -- (link) - Beaker Mar 9, 10:34
It's March -- (link) - JD Mar 9, 10:31
Dude on the Disney shareholder call just called CRT "a Marxist theory." -- nm - David Mar 9, 10:25 14
- This isn't totally wrong, fwiw. - Reagen Mar 9, 10:37 2
  - Your IM is probably also entirely accurate with regard to their understanding of Marxism. -- nm - znufrii Mar 9, 10:38 1
    - That was my next thing. -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 10:39
- well yea, that's quite literally what theyve been told for the past year now by MAGA media. -- nm - Jovian Mar 9, 10:33 8
  - His proposal got 2% of the vote. I think 10 times that many people were laughing at him. -- nm - David Mar 9, 10:36 7
    - you underestimate maga at your own peril my friend. - Jovian Mar 9, 10:39 6
      - Dude, I'm describing an actual vote that just happened and the ensuing giggles. -- nm - David Mar 9, 10:41 5
        
        Im just saying as many who laughed at him, there were several who nodded quietly in approval. -- nm - Jovian Mar 9, 10:42 4
        
        and Im just saying this guy wouldnt exist at all without maga media -- nm - Jovian Mar 9, 10:43
        
        Only 2% of them apparently held Disney shares. -- nm - David Mar 9, 10:42 2
        
        How much money does that represent? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 10:43 1
        
        Quick calc: $4.5 billion out of $222 billion. -- nm - David Mar 9, 10:48
- I mean they were big and heavy and completely obsoleted by LCD and OLEDs but calling them Marxist seems uncalled for -- nm - JD Mar 9, 10:27 1
  - ... I'll allow it. -- nm - Qale Mar 9, 10:32
remember Maria Butina? -- (link) - mud Mar 9, 10:25 2
- It won't be just her. Putin will have as large an acolyte group as Trump does here. -- nm - Max Mar 9, 10:59
- For shame on the BBC for giving her a soapbox. -- nm - Mop Mar 9, 10:26
Smartmatic's $2.7B defamation case against Fox News to go ahead: -- (link) - mud Mar 9, 10:14 1
- Good. Hope they eventually bankrupt them financially as much as their souls are -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 9, 10:16
Normally I really like my job... - Diva Mar 9, 09:52
New trailer for what looks like a spectacular Nic Cage movie. -- (link) - pmb Mar 9, 09:46 [youtube] 9
- I am all in! -- nm - Beaker Mar 9, 10:21
- Looks good. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 09:57
- yea literally cannot wait for this. -- nm - Jovian Mar 9, 09:53
- 1) cool boat 2) great concept -- nm - Max Mar 9, 09:52 4
  - Jean-Claude Van Damme has done this concept repeatedly. -- nm - Mop Mar 9, 09:54 3
    - But let's be honest, not with the crazy charm of Nic Cage. -- nm - Max Mar 9, 10:31
    - ... so you're saying he could be in the sequel? The return of Jean-Claude Van Johnson! -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 09:58 1
      - Greenlit! -- nm - Netflix Mar 9, 09:59
- The role he was literally born to play -- nm - CinnaBaron Mar 9, 09:47
Archie Comics peaces out to Russia -- (link*) - budice Mar 9, 09:39 2
- That oughta do it. -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 09:47 1
  - Putin big fan of Veronica and Betty -- nm - eag Mar 9, 10:00
The new Time Team episodes start streaming on YouTube March 18th, 19th, and 20th! -- (link) - Mop Mar 9, 09:38 1
- Earlier this week I said about my work project "This is like unearthing the entire Roman Empire and as usual I have just three days to do it." -- nm - Max Mar 9, 09:41
A school I had never heard of just won their conference tournament and will be in the NCAA Tournament - Strongbad Mar 9, 09:38 4
- And their fans had a brawl with the opposing team and their fans. Good times. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 9, 09:42
- They have been in before. Not too long ago since I remember them. -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 09:40 2
  - yeah -- nm - prayformojo Mar 9, 10:09
  - am I missing a joke? -- nm - Diva Mar 9, 10:07
When I was a law firm mailboy I once deposited a cheque for $1.8 million. It floored the teller and the manager. They had to get the branch president - mafic Mar 9, 09:28 10
- Poll: "And that bank president went on to become....." -- nm - prayformojo Mar 9, 09:34 3
  - A Russian Oligarch -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 09:50
  - Greta Thunberg -- nm - prayformojo Mar 9, 09:48
  - Pamela Anderson -- nm - CinnaBaron Mar 9, 09:43
- "I guess. I feel a little inconvenienced. I'd feel better if the deposit amount was $2.0 million." -- nm - Max Mar 9, 09:33
- i have a check deposit scanner on my desk, but i have a $2 million limit per check, over that and someone has to physically go to the bank. -- nm - Andie Mar 9, 09:33 4
  - how's your "job-defining"? -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 9, 09:54 1
    - i submitted a 'report', and am waiting to have a review scheduled. - Andie Mar 9, 09:56
  - And when that happens, does a Mary Poppins-like musical event break out? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 09:51 1
    - heh, no, there is a lot of griping. - Andie Mar 9, 09:54
I handled this the right way, right? A friend of mine just told me his ENT thinks he has lupus and is referring him to a rheumatologist - Strongbad Mar 9, 09:28
Anyone finished watching The Tourist yet? -- nm - LMS Mar 9, 09:23 2
- no - 3 episodes in. Really interested to see where it goes from here -- nm - prayformojo Mar 9, 09:28 1
  - Cool, enjoy. -- nm - LMS Mar 9, 10:14
The truck convoy will not circle the Beltway today due to light rain. -- nm - MDH Mar 9, 09:21 11
- Whoever is in charge of the weather is obviously against them. -- nm - the wrong element Mar 9, 09:38 1
  - You sent them the wrong elements -- nm - CinnaBaron Mar 9, 09:42
- "Logistics, boy, I dunno." -- nm - Russia Mar 9, 09:32
- when engrained idiocy meets elected idiocy: -- (link) - mud Mar 9, 09:26 5
  - He’s lucky his wife hugs him…and that’s only 50/50z -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 9, 09:37
  - Nobody hugs this man. Nobody. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 9, 09:30 2
    - If they did they mistook him for Aidy Bryant playing him. -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 09:33 1
      - I'd hug her. -- nm - Diva Mar 9, 09:59
  - He is such a lil' Trump. -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 09:26
- hilarious -- nm - Andie Mar 9, 09:25
- ::applauds:: Good answer! Good answer! -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 09:22
LIR: thanks mandy! I'm quite stoked about seeing him. It was kinda accidental that we're going as we were just looking around for something to do - oblique Mar 9, 09:17 1
- The very first time Amy and I went to Vegas The Who were playing. We had no idea and went. Love that stuff. -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 09:18
I sometimes feel concerned taking cash *to* the bank. It may only be a few hundred dollars, but mostly in ones, so it's a fat pouch. -- nm - Meg Mar 9, 09:16 1
- heh. I used to have "friends" that were dancers. They would go to the bank with their stacks of 1s. -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 09:17
I know this isn’t popular, but when the person in question is now OK with the situation, the outrage machine should stop. -- nm - Qale Mar 9, 09:10 10
- I'd suggest that even if the person is OK, that doesn't mean the system in place is also OK. - Roger More Mar 9, 10:06 2
  - We already know the systems in place aren't right. But everyone in this circumstance did something that was incorrect. - Qale Mar 9, 10:38
  - from their own account. -- nm - Diva Mar 9, 10:08
- it's okay everyone! He accepted the bank's apology! There's no more racism in America! wooHOO -- nm - mud Mar 9, 09:19 6
  - Literally no one is making that argument here. -- nm - znufrii Mar 9, 09:57 2
    - and I didnt post the story to turn on an "outrage machine" -- nm - mud Mar 9, 10:00 1
      - I read that comment as being directed at the internet in general, not at you personally. -- nm - znufrii Mar 9, 10:02
  - You don’t need this incident to support the claim that racism is still prevalent. If anything it undermines that with its facepalm nature. -- nm - Qale Mar 9, 09:28 2
    - your first sentence is so inane there is no response (I tried and gave up) Your second is just ridiculous, and only comfortable in its whiteness. -- (edited) - mud Mar 9, 09:53 1
      - I'd expect such barbs coming out of you directed to someone else, but not me. Do better. -- nm - Qale Mar 9, 10:34
Amazon Shuts Off Prime Video in Russia, Halts Product Shipments -- (link) - budice Mar 9, 09:08 4
- Honeywell announced this morning it has joined Boeing and GE in suspending business in Russia as well - decline Mar 9, 09:12
- Russia will have to get their 2-day shipping on missiles and bullets elsewhere. -- nm - Mop Mar 9, 09:11 1
  - If puti had prime. Would half the military deliveries still be stuck in the mud for two weeks -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 9, 10:52
- The last 24 hours are starting to add up. -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 09:09
Max, from B2 - Andie Mar 9, 09:01 4
- Next time I do that I think I want everyone to see. "Check it out, I'm the Mary Poppins of high rollers, y'all!" -- nm - Max Mar 9, 09:02 3
  - ::arrests you for robbery:: -- nm - police Mar 9, 09:02 2
    - *flashes money for my mug shot* -- nm - Max Mar 9, 09:05 1
      - *watches your video go viral* -- nm - Qale Mar 9, 09:08
I would never wear sweatpants in public? is this a dude thing? note that I would totally waer leggings to like run to the grocery store. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 9, 08:58 19
- I don’t own any sweatpants. -- nm - mafic Mar 9, 09:20 3
  - I have them for lounge-wear. -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 09:26
  - I think I have one pair stuffed in the bottom of a dresser drawer someplace - decline Mar 9, 09:23 1
    - i have one pair of real 'sweatpants' - i got them for camping. -- nm - Andie Mar 9, 09:25
- If it's winter and they aren't the kind with elastic gathering at the ankles, they're fine. NOTE: This does NOT include sleep pants. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 9, 09:16
- I wear jeans waaaaaaay more than the general public. I do not get the hate. People just have bad jeans. I wouldn't wear sweats anywhere. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 9, 09:10 1
  - Now I picture you as a Never Nude. -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 09:13
- Would you wear a "sports bra" out in public? - JaxSean Mar 9, 09:06 3
  - bras? what are those? -- nm - Haim Mar 9, 09:37
  - Stop going commando in your sweat pants you filthy animal! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 9, 09:22
  - I almost literally ran myself into the ground trying to keep pace with a runner dressed exactly like that. -- (link) - JD Mar 9, 09:11 [Backboard]
- Last time I wore sweatpants in public was probably 1992 while buying clothes during college. - Max Mar 9, 09:05
- aren't leggings like yoga pants? -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 09:04
- It's an athleisure thing. I used to feel self conscious when we used to go for post run coffee in 2014 but as the years went by, more and more people - JD Mar 9, 09:04
- aren't leggings just tight sweatpants? -- nm - decline Mar 9, 09:04
- Women’s leggings and modern men’s sweats are comparable IMO. these really aren’t like sweats of the 90s. -- nm - MDH Mar 9, 09:03
- Not if I am getting out of the car. But curb service has seen them on occasion. -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 09:02
- Leggings are just fashionable sweatpants! -- nm - ty97 Mar 9, 09:02 1
  - (trying to see how many times I can be fired in one week, don't mind me) -- nm - ty97 Mar 9, 09:03
Why would I call the bank in advance. Do I worry that they are our of stock of money? -- nm - ty97 Mar 9, 08:56 11
- What if I want 10k in pennies because I want to hatepay a bill that way? -- nm - Max Mar 9, 09:00
- yes. they don't have infinite supplies on hand all the time. -- nm - Andie Mar 9, 08:59 4
  - And if I'm stopping by for $72 million, I'll worry. - ty97 Mar 9, 09:01 3
    - I think that's the difference between a "branch" and the "main bank." - JaxSean Mar 9, 09:04
    - silly ty, branches don't have a lot of cash on hand anymore -- nm - decline Mar 9, 09:03
    - they probably have 12,000 on hand, but, like, not in the teller's drawer. -- nm - Andie Mar 9, 09:02
- "I'm gonna be stopping by for a cool 20. Have it waiting. No, not 20 thousand, 20." -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 08:59 1
  - And please make sure it has been refrigerated as per my request -- nm - rollo Mar 9, 10:20
- In case they need to print more, I guess. -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 08:58
- Most banks don't keep cash on hand, I'd think. - JaxSean Mar 9, 08:58
- I blame Uncle Billie, that stupid drunk bastard -- nm - Beaker Mar 9, 08:58
I need $5,000 in ones please...going to be a fun night -- nm - Beaker Mar 9, 08:53 1
- The arcade is gonna be bi-zzy! -- nm - Mop Mar 9, 09:32
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Mar 9, 08:49 1
- moon moon -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 08:53

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