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Colin Jost just stole my joke. -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 21:25 2
- I'm sad for Colin Jost. -- nm - David Apr 9, 21:35 1
  - Because he had to steal spawn's joke? Or because Che is leaving? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 9, 21:37
So there’s a pretty fun hard rock cover of Encanto’s Under Pressure by No Resolve. - Will Hunting Apr 9, 21:11
The flower thing on SNL is next level. -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 21:07 1
- it was profound. -- nm - mud Apr 9, 21:16
Brie Larson joins Fast & Furious 10 -- (link) - budice Apr 9, 21:02 4
- "We've faced a tank, a submarine, and gone into space, and now you're saying we're gonna to help her fight Donkey Kong??" -- nm - Roman Apr 9, 22:59
- "Brie Larson... is... Dom's mother." -- nm - Letty Apr 9, 21:56
- Okay, I can buy her as Charlize's family. - Will Hunting Apr 9, 21:08 1
  - I've only watched a handful of them, but I don't want it to ever end. In 150 years, I want them to be making sequels to it. - Beryllium Apr 9, 22:40
The Braves WS rings are pretty rad—with lights InSIDE them! 👀 - Flavorize Apr 9, 20:46 4
- They get gaudier and gaudier. -- nm - . Apr 9, 22:23
- They did a great job with the ring. -- nm - Krusty Apr 9, 21:12
- You too can own one for less than $11k. -- nm - Ender Apr 9, 20:57 1
  - Somebody set up a GoFundMe to get me one. -- nm - David Apr 9, 21:24
Is the light playing tricks or are Mark Harmon's hands *really* tan in this NCIS promo image on Fios? -- (link) - Max Apr 9, 20:45 [Image] 1
- Hard to tell. It's got that sepia wash and vignette thing going on, so things closer to the edge would look a bit darker ... but ... - Beryllium Apr 9, 20:47
After paying my taxes I wasn't sure if I should still plan a trip to Chicago in September - but I likely will :) -- nm - Meg Apr 9, 20:29 3
- No one pays taxes in Chicago -- nm - Al Capone Apr 9, 20:30 2
  - Tell that to the hotels I'm looking at :/ -- nm - Meg Apr 9, 21:28 1
    - What dates and remember that one that Covington Cat found? -- nm - JenBro Apr 10, 04:47
cool little supporting role in Metal Lords - mud Apr 9, 20:04
Reading the Nic cage AMA tweets, the Adam west one and the question for Mr Travolta are both perfect -- nm - Beryllium Apr 9, 19:43 4
- care to share? -- nm - crash davis Apr 9, 19:47 3
  - From B2 -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 9, 19:50 [Backboard] 2
    - He also did the "responds to fan questions" on GQ's YouTube channel. -- (link) - Mop Apr 9, 20:33 [youtube]
    - gracias, I made Trish scream when I read his thoughts on Pig. I loved it and she hated it. - crash davis Apr 9, 20:21
Sonic Sat matching Fri. $55M total. $75M weekend -- nm - budice Apr 9, 19:27 11
- Matinee crowd was big today when I saw EEAAO. I may have asked before, how do little kids know Sonic, is there a TV show? -- nm - MDH Apr 9, 19:39 10
  - video games, comics. -- nm - Remlik Apr 9, 19:40 9
    - Do they actually make new games though? -- nm - MDH Apr 9, 20:09 8
      - they do and a tv show that is on constant repeat -- nm - Remlik Apr 9, 20:59 1
        
        Gotcha. I assume it’s on Netflix or something? -- nm - MDH Apr 9, 21:48
      - I just feel like for how many kids I saw wearing Sonic shirts, it can't just be because of a decades old game. -- nm - MDH Apr 9, 20:11 5
        
        Sonic is in Smash Bros and there are about a half-dozen other Sonic games on Switch as well. -- nm - Qale Apr 9, 21:38
        
        I was a kid when it came out... and I've only played about five minutes of it in my entire life. Tbh, I don't get the love for the game. - Beryllium Apr 9, 20:15 3
        
        It was pretty awesome when it came out -- nm - ty97 Apr 9, 20:17 2
        
        When I owned a Genesis, I didn't have any sonic games. I had Altered Beast and Alex Kidd and that was it. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 9, 20:18 1
        
        that sounds like me and NES. I think I had the power pad, Mario, and one of the Castlevaniae. - mafic Apr 10, 06:26
EEAAO was one of the weirder movies I've seen in a long while. 30 minutes too long, but I enjoyed it. Didn't love it, but enjoyed. -- nm - MDH Apr 9, 19:27 2
- agree. But the cast was terrific -- nm - Remlik Apr 9, 19:39 1
  - 100% agreed. -- nm - MDH Apr 9, 20:11
One thing I did overhear at the D&D game at the library is one of the boys had a character named "William, Volume 3". I liked that a lot - crash davis Apr 9, 19:12 1
- you are an ancient Sage with wisdom and experience. they should be coming to you with questions on how to play the game better. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 9, 19:26
22 minutes from submission to "Federal Return Accepted" -- nm - ty97 Apr 9, 19:01 2
- 2 minutes between H&R Block emails "submitted" and "accepted" -- nm - Meg Apr 9, 19:18
- Deirdre Beaubeirdra fast-tracked it for you. -- nm - Baruno Apr 9, 19:08
Fire dept says stop charging your cell phones/devices on your bed, these days more fires from overheated phones than from smoking -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 9, 18:55 2
- But in good news, fewer people are smoking in bed these days! -- nm - Max Apr 9, 20:33
- wow. -- nm - loosilu Apr 9, 19:34
I was beginning to get nervous over the lack of scholarship applications but looking back they don't start coming in until mid-month. - Meg Apr 9, 18:54
Ugh. I usually love the "Super Tech Support" episodes of the Reply All Podcast, but... ugh. Someone got scammed out of an NFT. Let's help them! -- (link) - Mop Apr 9, 18:43
I made baked mac and cheese for dinner. It was good. I suppose I could season it more, but it already had much more seasoning and thickness than - Beryllium Apr 9, 18:35
Purging my Season Pass list on the Tivo. I had over 60 shows. Now I have 7. - Mop Apr 9, 18:29 3
- I think I have SNL and that might be it. -- nm - loosilu Apr 9, 19:34
- What are your seven? How do you think it's okay not to tell us?? -- nm - Pocket Jones Apr 9, 19:13 1
  - Ooh! Good question! This Old House, Ask This Old House, The Amazing Race, Jeopardy, SNL, Family Guy, The Simpsons, Nova, American Experience - Mop Apr 9, 20:21
Heh. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 9, 18:28 1
- Also, am I wrong to hope that this guy loses every penny? -- (pic) - Beryllium Apr 9, 18:37 [Attachment]
I was just thinking that Garret Dillahunt needed a new agent, but it turns out the guy's never stopped working. - Mop Apr 9, 18:27 1
- I've seen him in 6+ things since 2015 -- nm - Beryllium Apr 9, 18:30
Being able to parallel park should be a requirement for passing a driving test. Yes/no? -- nm - Mop Apr 9, 18:22 14
- Yes. Once had a roommate that required at least three car lengths and fifteen minutes to parallel park. -- nm - . Apr 9, 22:09
- Yes and it's a requirement here. -- nm - Krusty Apr 9, 21:43
- Maybe I'd be better at it if I'd had to learn it to pass my test. *shrug* -- nm - znufrii Apr 9, 19:38 1
  - We're a small town with a lot of diagonal parking so I don't get to use it a lot. - Mop Apr 9, 20:22
- Yes. Even if you don't have to parallel park where you live, it's a test of how well you can control the car. - loosilu Apr 9, 19:36
- I took my test in a town that had no parallel parking. -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 19:13
- yes -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 9, 18:52
- Yes. Is it not a requirement any more? -- nm - kelly Apr 9, 18:50
- Isn't it? -- nm - Andie Apr 9, 18:48 2
  - Depends on the state. In Wyoming you can pretty much just stop your car somewhere. -- nm - loosilu Apr 9, 19:37
  - (I think that is his point...should it be...with back-up cameras now it is almost a no-brainer to do) -- nm - Beaker Apr 9, 18:54
- It is here -- nm - spamlet Apr 9, 18:35
- No. I just drive around till I get a spot i like -- nm - Beaker Apr 9, 18:25
- Yes. Not because it is an often-used skill, but because it demonstrates a knowledge of how to maneuver the vehicle safely. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 9, 18:25
Am I confused or is United Airlines confused? -- (pic) - ty97 Apr 9, 17:28 [Attachment] 7
- Sure you can take American's buses-as-flights...if you want to sit in traffic. Travel in style on our new trolleys-as-flights program! -- nm - United Apr 9, 20:38
- SF is much more fun for tripping, than LA. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 9, 18:05
- Isn't that like a 6 hour drive once you get out of each city? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 9, 17:41 2
  - I remember taking 2.5 hours to get out of LA -- nm - loosilu Apr 9, 19:38
  - Yep -- nm - Beryllium Apr 9, 18:18
- Redondo Beach is famous for its streetcars. -- nm - mafic Apr 9, 17:40
- looks like Beverly Hills to me -- nm - crash davis Apr 9, 17:29
Badminton Provincials update: youngest game 4th in girls JV doubles in the Province. -- (edited) - Beaker Apr 9, 17:19 3
- congrats for your kid! -- nm - crash davis Apr 9, 17:31 2
  - a girl from Saint John won JV girls singles, JV girls doubles and JV girls Mixed Doubles...she might be pretty good at badminton... -- nm - Beaker Apr 9, 17:33 1
    - All I know about badminton is that everyone is better than I am -- nm - crash davis Apr 9, 17:35
Idaho Supreme Court puts restrictive abortion law on hold amid Planned Parenthood lawsuit - crash davis Apr 9, 17:17 2
- So basically the state GOP proposed a bunch of things that went nowhere, but they will still claim credit come election time -- nm - crash davis Apr 9, 17:21 1
  - While costing the taxpayers loads in legal fees. -- nm - . Apr 9, 18:15
Perfectly in sync, indeed -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 9, 17:17
Wow this is incredible. -- (link*) - Jovian Apr 9, 16:58
My little nerd heart got warmed today at the library. RC, you might appreciate this. - crash davis Apr 9, 16:56 12
- Nice. -- nm - znufrii Apr 9, 19:32
- HAHA! -- nm - Remlik Apr 9, 19:02
- You need to put a sign on the bell stating said penalty -- nm - JD Apr 9, 17:04 8
  - No one puts a sign before a Sphere of Annihilation that says "Sphere of Annihilation" -- nm - crash davis Apr 9, 17:10 7
    - retroactive penalties are crap. right Oscars? -- nm - Beaker Apr 9, 17:15 6
      - Maybe in real life, but in D&D if you don't use common sense, you can get hurt. -- nm - crash davis Apr 9, 17:24 5
        
        (if you have negative penalties, there should be a positive one; like if they clean yup all their stuff at the end of the day tell the DM to give them - Beaker Apr 9, 17:30 4
        
        *The God of the Library puts 10 gold in each of your purses* (or the God of Books...I'm easy) -- nm* - Beaker Apr 9, 17:31 3
        
        Whoever gave you the idea that the God of the Library would be a benevolent god? -- nm - crash davis Apr 9, 17:34 2
        
        if all the Gods are shitty no one will ant to play :) - plus a free cleanup crew for some fake gold -- nm - Beaker Apr 9, 17:47 1
        
        "DM, I brought 10 books in to donate to the Library"... "he gets advantage on 2 rolls of his choice tonight" -- nm - Beaker Apr 9, 18:12
- Ha! -- nm - David Apr 9, 16:58
Part 2 of Ken Burns' Benjamin Franklin. Saturday night just got WILD. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 9, 16:54 1
- In the middle of Severance, Ben Frank gonna have to wait -- nm - budice Apr 9, 16:57
hehe -- (link*) - Jovian Apr 9, 16:36 3
- That cat hates him. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 9, 17:38
- Just summon the dog, already! -- nm - Mop Apr 9, 17:15
- 😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis Apr 9, 17:14
My daughter just sent a video of a Vance ad from Ohio. That contained the words "do you hate Mexicans". Just in case -- (edited) - TWuG Apr 9, 16:34
Antiwordle #62 5 guesses - got myself stuck after guess 4, the only word I could think of was the correct one - crash davis Apr 9, 16:23 4
- 5 I try using the weireder words and it doesn't help -- nm - . Apr 9, 16:33 3
  - I am still thinking the weird words strategy will work, if I just find the right weird words. -- nm - crash davis Apr 9, 17:03 2
    - So, a weirder word strategy? -- nm - . Apr 9, 17:16 1
      - 👍 -- nm - crash davis Apr 9, 17:27
The Nats wearing gray at home is not a good choice. Also, why are they using an alternate jersey in just their second home game of the season. - Krusty Apr 9, 16:21 6
- I do like the cherry blossoms on the front of the jersey but the large WSH in that font doesn't look good. - Krusty Apr 9, 16:23 5
  - I like it. -- nm - Tim Apr 9, 18:38
  - It’s their City Connect jersey if it’s the cherry blossom one. - spamlet Apr 9, 16:43 1
    - The dark gray just doesn't look very good, especially at home. As a road uni it would be fine but yeah, DC would be better than WSH. - Krusty Apr 9, 17:01
  - Today is the Cherry Blossom Parade in DC. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 9, 16:29 1
    - They should rework these but keep the cherry blossoms. -- nm - Krusty Apr 9, 16:36
The end result being, playing We're Not Gonna Take It for Logan. -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 16:09 5
- Dee Snider literally sat in front of Congress and spoke out for liberal values. -- (link) - Mop Apr 9, 17:46 [youtube] 1
  - fake news! -- nm - Beaker Apr 9, 18:06
- what happened? -- nm - crash davis Apr 9, 16:25 2
  - top of B2 -- nm - mud Apr 9, 16:28 1
    - what a jabroni -- nm - crash davis Apr 9, 17:01
I saw an Ioniq 5 in the wild today. That's a sharp looking car. -- nm - Reagen Apr 9, 15:39 5
- One of my customers has them (and they regularly come to the drive thru). Looks awesome. -- nm - Tim Apr 9, 18:38
- Related unrelated. There are three polestars in my neighborhood I think. Dark grey, silver, blue. -- nm - Pocket Jones Apr 9, 16:21
- I saw a Kia Niro yesterday. They sound oddly musical. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 9, 15:42 2
  - once you tune into the hum of an EV, they're unmistakable. -- nm - Reagen Apr 9, 15:43 1
    - The low speed audio output is a per-brand choice, isn't it? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 9, 16:22
Brewers pitching has been hitting Cubs batters with regularity so when the Cubs retaliated the babies took offense and emptied their benches. - zunk xometimes Apr 9, 15:36 2
- No more of that when it's all DH. -- nm - . Apr 9, 15:54
- - -- nm* - Reagen Apr 9, 15:39
Why doesn't Vizio have the MLB network app and why won't they let you add apps?!! -- nm - jnine Apr 9, 15:17
TV PSA: Masters of Illusion, NHL, NBA, MLS, UFC 273, SNL (Jake Gyllenhaal / Camila Cabello), other stuff -- nm - Beaker Apr 9, 15:10
Wordle - 3 - Diva Apr 9, 14:53 2
- 4. - Todd Manning Apr 9, 15:12
- 4 -- nm - Beryllium Apr 9, 14:56
damnit. I'm going out dancing tonight with the water goddess, mom had me go to lowes to get a car load of potting soil/mulch - zeitgeist Apr 9, 14:35 3
- ...and your car smells of manure! -- nm - Mop Apr 9, 17:27
- good for you, have fun tonight for as long as your back lasts -- nm - crash davis Apr 9, 17:09
- 👍 -- nm - JD Apr 9, 14:53
Hmmm. Stay up until 1 am to watch the F1 race? Well I AM on spring break. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 9, 14:21 1
- I have work in the morning. I'll record it and maybe watch Monday. -- nm - zunk xometimes Apr 9, 15:53
Wait, New York lets us deduct state and local taxes paid to... New York? -- nm - ty97 Apr 9, 14:15 2
- NY's Form IT-196 is confusing, glad turbotax is doing it -- nm - ty97 Apr 9, 14:20 1
  - Would like to know why my NY refund is higher this year though. Did they increase withholdings perhaps? -- nm - ty97 Apr 9, 14:20
Now this is an autograph -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 9, 14:14 1
- Yeah, I saw it on ebay. -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 14:20
BoJo visited Kyiv and met with Zelenskyy? A bit surprising, tbh. - Beryllium Apr 9, 14:10
Framed - 2 - Diva Apr 9, 14:02
"Let's play Lost Baby Wolf. You have to be the bad guys who killed my grownups." - znufrii Apr 9, 13:58
Actorle - 1 - Diva Apr 9, 13:57 1
- Whoa -- nm - prayformojo Apr 9, 17:56

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