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TIL: Platoon and Peloton have the same root word ... borrowed from french. -- nm - Beryllium May 20, 20:27 2
- I'm genuinely coming up blank but maybe I'll know it when you say it! -- nm - loosilu May 20, 20:54 1
  - I think technically it's Peloton - the second time it was loaned to English, it kept the French spelling -- nm - Beryllium May 21, 01:35
Pop quiz, ST! How many seasons did the He-Man cartoon run? -- nm - Mop May 20, 20:19 3
- 2 -- nm - Will Hunting May 20, 20:25 1
  - Ding ding! 2 65-episode seasons. -- nm - Mop May 20, 20:27
- 852 -- nm - ty97 May 20, 20:22
Is it the case that No Way Home won't land on streaming before Multiverse does? -- nm - Beryllium May 20, 20:06 2
- Program. Sony doesn’t have a direct to streaming pipeline. Studios like Disney, Universal, and Paramount are liking that 45 day window. - Mop May 20, 20:13
- You could buy it on digital on March 15th. Starz will probably air it in June. -- nm - David May 20, 20:12
TIL: Figure skaters must have at least 70% of their body covered. - Mop May 20, 20:04 1
- That flesh colored guass covers a lot of sins, my ex worked for the costumer for the San fran opera, they'd use some fabrics that seemed invisible -- nm - zeitgeist May 20, 22:35
A poll for ST law talking types -- (link) - Beryllium May 20, 19:59 4
- Proudly a white shoe lawyer, but more proudly not affiliated with BigLaw anymore -- you're Perkins's and Cooley's. - RelutantCynic (Oregon State Beaver Believer) May 20, 20:16 1
  - holy shit when did you lose the c in your handle? -- nm - loosilu May 20, 20:35
- Boy he sure seems like he’s looking for a lawyer for a very specific case. -- nm - Mop May 20, 20:07 1
  - Musk v Blanka -- nm - Beryllium May 20, 20:08
OK, so it’s gonna be like that again. -- nm - Mop May 20, 19:56
Tonight's plan: Get through the first minute giving up less than 2 goals. -- nm - Reagen May 20, 19:44 3
- phew -- nm - Reagen May 20, 19:49 2
  - jinx? -- nm - budice May 20, 19:56 1
    - If I’m a trash can in the Oilers locker room right now, I’m feeling a little worried. -- nm - Mop May 20, 19:57
WWE: Sasha and Naomi merch pulled from wweshop.com. they're suspended indefinitely -- nm - Remlik May 20, 19:18 27
- Right call. You can’t do what they did. - Will Hunting May 20, 19:32 16
  - and that's the problem right there. They want the tag belts to mean something -- nm - Remlik May 20, 19:40 12
    - Yeah, they're holding a tag team tournament. At *best*, there are three women's tag teams. -- nm - David May 20, 19:45 3
      - there are basically no women tag teams...they want that to change.... - Remlik May 20, 19:48 1
        
        Vince is against tag team wrestling AND women. So, the idea never had a chance. -- nm - David May 20, 19:56
      - Right. It’s staggering that this is the hill anyone would die on. -- nm - Will Hunting May 20, 19:46
    - And they don’t. By decision of the guys paying. You think Finn or whoever the hell is the kid card champion is will walk out? - Will Hunting May 20, 19:43 7
      - you're not wrong. But they want that to change. -- nm - Remlik May 20, 19:45 6
        
        I find the best way to affect change is to walk out on my job during a live presentation. - Will Hunting May 20, 19:47 5
        
        It does get them attention. It worked for Austin and Brock. -- nm - Remlik May 20, 19:49 4
        
        Austin disappeared for 8 months and then retired 2 months after coming back. That wasn’t a win for him. -- nm - Will Hunting May 20, 20:02
        
        I disagree that it worked for Austin, and he's called it the dumbest thing he ever did in his career. You're right about Brock, though. -- nm - David May 20, 19:58 2
        
        And even Brock finished up … he didn’t just leave. -- nm - Will Hunting May 20, 20:01 1
        
        To a torrent of boos, yeah. Nobody on that day would have believed Goldberg and Lesnar would still be winning WWE world titles in the 2020s. -- nm - David May 20, 20:13
  - I agree that it was really bad, but this is a worse punishment than Charlotte got. - David May 20, 19:36 2
    - Charlotte threw a hissy fit while doing her job. These two basically quit. - Will Hunting May 20, 19:41 1
      - Like Austin did. -- nm - Remlik May 20, 19:41
- Sasha's transition to Hollywood just accelerated by a few years. -- nm - Tim May 20, 19:20 9
  - (other than The Rock and Cena has anyone really transitioned out of wrestling successfully?) - Beaker May 20, 19:28 8
    - Why you including Cena as a positive? -- nm - David May 20, 19:30 5
      - *does the Peacemaker dance* -- nm - Beaker May 20, 19:32 4
        
        Failed movie, unwatched streaming show, reality show competition. He's basically Kellan Lutz. -- nm - David May 20, 19:35 3
        
        He must have at least a dozen $50 million budget movies under his belt, at least 2 $100 million budget. -- nm - Mop May 20, 20:33
        
        HAHAHAHAHAHA! -- nm - Remlik May 20, 19:41 1
        
        Was I too harsh on Kellan Lutz? -- nm - David May 20, 19:46
    - Bautista -- nm - Dark Callisto May 20, 19:30 1
      - I still need to watch that Uber movie he did with skipper from Eternals (I've been drinking) -- nm - Beaker May 20, 19:38
Bloodless by Douglas Preston and lincoln Child was a shit book. I loved the earlier Pendegrast books but they have gone down hill fast - Beaker May 20, 18:59
Score update: Pfizer 2 Moderna 2 Shingrex 1 -- nm - JD May 20, 18:59 1
- Shingrex still has me curled up in the fetal position. -- nm - David May 20, 19:31
LYC: applied for a Director job in my company, passed the first step, on to #2 -- nm - Beaker May 20, 18:50 4
- Wow go for it -- nm - zeitgeist May 20, 22:37
- Awesome! -- nm - David May 20, 19:30
- best of luck! -- nm - Remlik May 20, 18:54
- Good luck! -- nm - spamlet May 20, 18:53
If you like bread, you might want to start stockpiling wheat. - RelutantCynic (Oregon State Beaver Believer) May 20, 18:27 3
- The Ukraine wheat crisis is largely related to the UN’s World Food Program. - Mop May 20, 20:10
- I suspect this is more of a Europe problem. The US is a net exporter of wheat. -- nm - Ender May 20, 18:41 1
  - same for canada -- nm - Beaker May 20, 18:48
The marbles episode of Squid Game is just plain great television. -- nm - Dano May 20, 18:22 1
- you needed all the earlier episodes too though or else it wouldn't of nearly landed as well -- nm - Beaker May 20, 18:24
For I guess 8 years, I've watched SNL mostly for McKinnon. anyone else? -- nm - loosilu May 20, 18:22 5
- Clearly a bright spot -- nm - budice May 20, 18:36
- I hardly ever watch, but when I do it's obvious she is from another level. -- nm - mud May 20, 18:33 1
  - (but Kenan always cracks me up too) -- nm - mud May 20, 18:37
- It is many multiples of 8 years since I watched SNL with any regularity. - TWuG May 20, 18:32 1
  - Yup. Back to Sandler era for me. -- nm - Dark Callisto May 20, 19:31
hahahahah - nine fucking hours -- (link) - mud May 20, 18:10 8
- That's a lot of "I don't recall..."s -- nm - TWuG May 20, 18:15 6
  - That's a lot of time to lock yourself in a room with a gasbag. -- nm - Max May 20, 21:03
  - He seems like the guy who'd say "I'm gonna dazzle them" then confess to everything accidentally. -- nm - Reagen May 20, 18:50 2
    - He's also the guy in any nefarious org who would turn rat as soon as he was in the hot seat. -- nm - TWuG May 20, 19:49
    - yup -- nm - Remlik May 20, 18:56
  - Just wondering how long it was before he finally broke and started confessing everything. -- nm - Mop May 20, 18:45 1
    - He'd walk out, talk to a AON reporter and say, I'm sure glad they didn't ask me about..... -- nm - zeitgeist May 20, 22:39
- He mustn’t have had anything helpful to say. -- nm - Mop May 20, 18:11
Boeing Starliner successfully mates with ISS. - TWuG May 20, 17:43 1
- Kinky. -- nm - Mop May 20, 17:54
The Cincinnati Reds have the second best record in baseball over the past 10 games. -- nm - Ender May 20, 17:31 1
- People, including me probably, are going to be making jokes about them in a couple weeks and not realize that they’re in third place. -- nm - Volnelk May 20, 17:39
Monkeypox. -- nm - Max May 20, 17:23 1
- in this economy? -- nm - Tim May 20, 17:24
That tornado in michigan looks bad. -- nm - Beryllium May 20, 17:09 1
- Dang, that's only about 30 miles from Jenbro. She may know people there :( -- nm - Meg May 20, 17:21
So the small claims case (now approaching a year old) was supposed to have a final judgment next week, but then I get this email. - Tim May 20, 16:53 10
- Small claims & options - Lafarrow May 23, 19:59
- Recuse her for sure. Just my opinion - Epiphany! May 20, 17:07 1
  - Listen to Pippy McPipperson, Esq. -- nm - spamlet May 20, 17:53
- How? How is that even legal? -- nm - TWuG May 20, 17:00 3
  - The realities of a lot of small towns in the U.S. It's the standard system in most rural towns and counties, especially out West. -- (edited) - RelutantCynic (Oregon State Beaver Believer) May 20, 17:03 2
    - Wow -- nm - zork May 20, 17:35 1
      - It's yet another crack in the foundation of democracy that is largely flying under the radar. - RelutantCynic (Oregon State Beaver Believer) May 20, 18:19
- Interesting dilemma under attorney ethics rules, too. - RelutantCynic (Oregon State Beaver Believer) May 20, 17:00 2
  - The town court judge is an elected position, and only a part time role. - Tim May 20, 17:04 1
    - Ah ... that changes things a bit. -- nm - RelutantCynic (Oregon State Beaver Believer) May 20, 17:12
It’s a very weird time…like it seems that society is ready to turn on the robber barons but at the same point, half the people - Will Hunting May 20, 16:06 5
- Blame poor people and immigrants -- (link) - Dano May 20, 16:30 [youtube] 1
  - hundred percent -- nm - prayformojo May 20, 16:37
- "I hate the rich elites who think they’re better than us. I would also literally die defending Donald Trump and Elon Musk." -- nm - Tim May 20, 16:26
- The only real common thread is hate and anger. The republican base just hates and is always angry, so owning the libs is more important than any - pmb May 20, 16:22 1
  - This -- nm - Epiphany! May 20, 17:08
Elon looking for Law-Talking Folks -- (link*) - budice May 20, 15:43 18
- If only he had the money. -- nm - loosilu May 20, 18:05
- My God. He’s going to jail, isn’t he? I mean, he’s going to flee to a non-extradition country. But… WHY WON’T HE JUST STOP TALKING?! -- nm - Mop May 20, 18:00 2
  - yes, the richest man in the world will go to jail. -- nm - loosilu May 20, 18:20 1
    - Yeah, rich people never go to jail for financial malfeasance. -- nm - Martha Stewart May 20, 18:44
- I like how this tweet confirms that he sexually harassed a flight attendant, resulting in a settlement. -- nm - Roger More May 20, 17:22
- Tying this together with the Ellison thread below - even Oracle knows not to do this. -- (link) - Beryllium May 20, 15:57 9
  - Ellison is the biggest financial backer for Musk’s Twitter buy. -- nm - The Allfather May 20, 16:01 8
    - Who would have thought that Iron Man 2 would lead to this? -- nm - Roger More May 20, 16:53 1
      - I knew nothing good could come from it. - Beryllium May 20, 17:04
    - Yeah. One of the potential endgames is turning it into another cesspit that no one real uses - i.e., killing it to prevent it from damaging the rise - Beryllium May 20, 16:03 5
      - Please to be explaining how Twitter will prevent fascists when it was so instrumental in getting Trump elected in the first place? -- nm - con_carne May 20, 16:30 1
        
        That was Facebook's fault. -- nm - Beryllium May 20, 16:33
      - His goal from day one -- nm - Jovian May 20, 16:20
      - Somebody would just build something else. You can’t shout down the public. -- nm - The Allfather May 20, 16:05 1
        
        yeah like a Social network for Truth. -- nm - tRuMaN May 20, 16:39
- If you’re a shareholder with any legit exposure, you should be scared shitless this jackass keeps talking. - Will Hunting May 20, 15:50
- ... who decides if something is just? -- nm - Beryllium May 20, 15:49 1
  - God. Or the guy who sees himself as God, the one human garbage posting those things. (NM) - Marlowe May 20, 15:52
This sounds like a good question. -- (link) - Beryllium May 20, 15:42
yeesh, Larry fucking Ellison -- (link) - mud May 20, 15:40 11
- damn, forgot about him. -- nm - loosilu May 20, 18:21
- Madame Defarge continues her knitting… -- nm - Mop May 20, 17:59
- I was cutting him some slack because he gave $5 million to Mila & Ashton's GoFundMe for Ukraine but ... Yuck -- nm - zork May 20, 16:04
- Mmhmm. -- (link) - Beryllium May 20, 15:43 7
  - ! -- nm - mud May 20, 15:45
  - And .. -- (link) - Beryllium May 20, 15:44 5
    - ^ that was my chaser, this was the shot -- (pic) - Beryllium May 20, 15:48 [Attachment] 4
      - "whoosh" - mud May 20, 16:01 3
        
        I had no idea. Apparently both his kids are film producers, and fairly good ones (on paper, at least). -- nm - Beryllium May 20, 16:05 2
        
        it helps a producer to actually produce if they have a good source of funding lined up. -- nm - zeitgeist May 20, 18:21 1
        
        Yeah, but to spend that money weisely, that's still commendable. (NM) - Marlowe May 20, 18:23
College softball regionals. Kentucky is currently leading Miami (OH) 15 - 1 in the bottom of the 4th. -- (link) - Mop May 20, 15:37
Wrestling: holy crap look at the hang time this guy has -- (link) - Remlik May 20, 15:35 1
- Starts awesome, ends dumber than dogshit - Will Hunting May 20, 15:53
Oof, about "Three Thousand Years of Longing" - Marlowe May 20, 15:34
DTL: [to my team] Wow! Incredible job, boys! I'm treatin' y'all to Hooters! - Swilcan Baron May 20, 15:30 4
- I won CPOY but finished 4th of the quartet of 7-3 teams regular season. This team isn’t good. -- nm - Will Hunting May 20, 15:34 3
  - I haven't had anybody even make 2nd team the last 7 seasons. Too much balance, not enough star power I suppose. -- nm - Swilcan Baron May 20, 15:47 2
    - You'll appreciate this stat, Will. My C has 1 assist this season, which is 1 more than he had all of last year. - Swilcan Baron May 20, 16:18 1
      - That’s awesome. That throws under my guy from 8-10 cycles ago. He finished with 13 total in 4 years. -- nm* - Will Hunting May 20, 16:32
Fan asked me "if you work here do you have to watch every game?" -- nm - zunk takes things literally May 20, 15:01 3
- Where *do* you work? -- nm - zork May 20, 16:48 1
  - Best not to ask. -- nm - Mop May 20, 18:07
- "I try to avoid it as much as possible." -- nm - Mop May 20, 15:20
Entire (tiny) Maine town shuts down after only employee quits when her vacation request was denied. - TWuG May 20, 14:57 5
- This remake of Dogville is weird. -- nm - Reagen May 20, 16:38
- "You can't go on vacation b/c there's no one to replace you." "OK, I quit." "Maybe we didn't think this through." -- nm - Swilcan Baron May 20, 15:55 1
  - ding ding ding -- nm - loosilu May 20, 17:59
- Did the requested time overlap with someone else's ... Never mind. -- nm - zork May 20, 15:10
- Yeah, 356 residents? Time to un-incorporate. They're not going to get the funds they need for all those open positions from just property taxes. -- nm - Mop May 20, 15:08
SNL: Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant & Kyle Mooney To Exit Alongside Pete Davidson -- (link*) - budice May 20, 14:47 2
- OK now it hurts. -- nm - loosilu May 20, 15:01 1
  - "Ok." -- nm - Chad si May 20, 15:06

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