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Jim Seals of Seals and Crofts has passed away -- (link) - Remlik Jun 7, 14:19 1
- Seal here, and a seal here. -- nm - Vince Lombardi Jun 7, 14:22
So who farted here? the Orangutan, the guy he is attacking or the guy trying to help? @ 0:17 -- (link*) - Jovian Jun 7, 14:19 1
- Right around 0:13 is where I'd start thinking of the movie Life where it breaks his hand. -- nm - Max Jun 7, 14:39
No need to caption this, it is already perfect. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 7, 14:15
Beaker, gas going up like 8 cents Thursday. -- nm - Shaun Jun 7, 14:03 1
- I had someone in my Facebook feed complaining the Meijer pumps cut him off at $100 the other day filling up his truck - oblique Jun 7, 14:18
Nearing one hour on hold with Chase trying to rebook our flights because I can't use the travel credits to rebook online. - spamlet Jun 7, 13:42 2
- Though i guess, to be fair, the first twenty minutes was arguing about how much in credit I had. - spamlet Jun 7, 13:43 1
  - An hour and 25 minutes but we have flights! -- nm - spamlet Jun 7, 14:25
Maybe they are both the villain - ty97 Jun 7, 13:32 7
- D-FENS -- nm - Max Jun 7, 14:40
- Anyone causing Tracy Flick pain is a hero. -- nm - David Jun 7, 13:44 1
  - Now I know I’m right :) -- nm - spamlet Jun 7, 13:45
- It's an Alexander Payne film so there's really no "good guys". -- nm - Reagen Jun 7, 13:34 3
  - Tracy Flick = LIV; Mr. McAllister = PGA -- nm - prayformojo Jun 7, 13:37 2
    - Honestly? Tracy = Hilary, Paul=HW Bush, Tammy = Ross Perot -- nm - Reagen Jun 7, 13:40 1
      - yep -- nm - mud Jun 7, 13:51
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 7, 13:28 [Attachment] 7
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 7, 13:28 [Attachment] 6
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 7, 13:29 [Attachment] 5
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 7, 13:29 [Attachment] 4
      - 2/2 -- nm - znufrii Jun 7, 14:47
      - 2/2 -- nm - Dano Jun 7, 14:21
      - 2/2 -- nm - Meg Jun 7, 14:00
      - 2/2 -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 7, 13:35
According to a coworker, it is 101°F in Houston. Here in Victoria, it's possibly our warmest and sunniest day of the month so far ... at 62°F - Beryllium Jun 7, 13:24
Spawn news: the 1st sex robots are about to hit the market -- (link) - Remlik Jun 7, 13:22 1
- Kim Kardashian gonna sue over using her likeness -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 7, 16:15
Everyone who is an MLB manager take a step forward…whoa there Maddon -- (link) - spamlet Jun 7, 13:22
Is it possible to have covid brain fog by proxy? Heh -- nm - Beryllium Jun 7, 13:17 1
- There are times I wonder if I had it undetected and now have long covid :/ -- nm - Meg Jun 7, 13:21
Top Gun: Maverick made $12.4 million on Monday. $308.04 million total. -- (link) - Inigo Jun 7, 13:12
Which version of Election did people watch where Matthew Broderick wasn't the bad guy? -- (link) - Reagen Jun 7, 13:07 19
- Wait, people really think she's the villain in all this? - spamlet Jun 7, 13:19
- When isn't Broderick the bad guy? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 7, 13:12 1
  - those monkeys in Project X saved lives! -- nm - Reagen Jun 7, 13:17
- I always thought she was the villain. Is she not? -- nm - Jovian Jun 7, 13:11 15
  - I'm shocked there's debate over this? I was in MS when it came out and my friends and I walked out with the clear-cut impression she's the villain. -- nm - MDH Jun 7, 13:24 10
    - Asked the bf (he's would have been in HS when released) if he'd seen Election and who was the villain. Response: "Reese Witherspoon. Why?" -- nm - MDH Jun 7, 14:07 2
      - My response: "Long story" haha -- nm - MDH Jun 7, 14:07 1
        
        Next ask him about vikings -- nm - Dano Jun 7, 14:18
    - What did she do that makes her the villain? -- nm - Reagen Jun 7, 13:37
    - IIRC, she tears down some posters. He cheats on his wife, and changes the outcome of a school election because he didn't like Tracy. - Inigo Jun 7, 13:31 3
      - And the reason he did that? - Reagen Jun 7, 13:33 2
        
        Oh, right. Forgot about that. Still, that's way more on the teacher than her. -- nm* - Inigo Jun 7, 13:36 1
        
        Oh absolutely. He takes revenge on her for being groomed. -- nm - Reagen Jun 7, 13:38
    - I think we've found our new Viking debate. - spamlet Jun 7, 13:28 1
      - I might have to rewatch now. I wasn't a huge fan, bit I could see that MS age versus now would be totally different. -- nm - MDH Jun 7, 13:58
  - she's a lot to take, but she's an ambitious 17 year old girl, and the world judges ambitious 17 year old girls harshly in the way they don't (say) - Reagen Jun 7, 13:16 3
    - Mind you, Ive only seen it once. I just remember feeling bad for Broderick's character the entire time. -- nm - Jovian Jun 7, 13:21 2
      - That's how villains want you to feel. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 7, 13:22 1
        
        (To be clear: I remember nothing about this movie.) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 7, 13:23
Tokyo Vice just got renewed. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 7, 13:02 1
- (I was disappointed in the finale... I hope the second season can redeem it. Overall it was an interesting show.) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 7, 13:03
Ewww: idiot mom covers baby with temp tattoos -- (link) - zork Jun 7, 12:59 1
- Meh. I’m more bothered by clickbait articles pandering towards people who think they know best how to parent someone else’s kid. -- (edited) - znufrii Jun 7, 13:06
Black Adam Trailer tomorrow -- (link) - budice Jun 7, 12:51 3
- I am looking more forward to this than any of the next few Marvel offerings. -- nm - Spawn Jun 7, 13:03 2
  - *nods* -- nm - Jovian Jun 7, 13:13
  - tbh I'm having a hard time looking forward to any movie lately (except maybe Dead Reckoning) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 7, 13:08
In six words or fewer, write a story about this photo. (Caption this pic) -- (link*) - budice Jun 7, 12:34 13
- "Mexican!" "Thai!" "Pizza!" "It's Subway, jerks." -- nm - Max Jun 7, 13:23
- And then John Cena killed us -- nm - Remlik Jun 7, 13:18
- GOP subcommittee touts fossil fuels plan -- nm - Fuzzy Jun 7, 13:17
- I'm voting Sweet Meteor of Death -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 7, 13:10
- All Your Base Are Belong To Us -- nm - Jovian Jun 7, 13:02
- We're seeing hockeystick numbers among plesiosaurs -- nm - Beryllium Jun 7, 13:00
- Don’t Look Up prequel pitch meeting -- nm - znufrii Jun 7, 12:53
- Guys, we're supposed to be in Boardroom Ptwo -- nm - zork Jun 7, 12:51
- "Anthropocene Park pitch meeting." -- nm - TWuG Jun 7, 12:50
- Bob Hoskins failed as Mario -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 7, 12:48
- That asteroid will miss us completely. -- nm - Meg Jun 7, 12:40
- Jurassic franchise unionization meetings break down -- nm - oblique Jun 7, 12:39
- These people couldn't get more annoying. -- nm - MDH Jun 7, 12:37
Poland is establishing a pregnancy registry, possibly to track if women get abortions in other countries or take mailorder pills -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 7, 12:08 17
- *takes notes* -- nm - GOP, probably Jun 7, 12:31
- in Texas reproductive shenanigans.... - St. Epiphany Jun 7, 12:17 8
  - what happens if you take BC pills while you are pregnant? this is more about making it inconvenient for women. -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 7, 13:14
  - The 3 month nothing longer script issue is also one I deal with. For my psych meds. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 7, 12:54 2
    - Making you take a pregnancy test is a bit overkill though. -- nm - Dano Jun 7, 13:04
    - maybe a state board issue then regarding the 3 month script? -- nm - St. Epiphany Jun 7, 12:58
  - I’m guessing it’s a bullshit CYA by the doctors office so they don’t get sued? - znufrii Jun 7, 12:39 3
    - maybe? SIL is taking her to PP instead. she's had enough - St. Epiphany Jun 7, 12:52 2
      - Your IM is a feature, not a bug, yes. -- nm - znufrii Jun 7, 12:54 1
        
        heh -- nm - St. Epiphany Jun 7, 12:58
- Oh I guess CPAC misjudged. They should have had their conference in Poland. -- nm - Jovian Jun 7, 12:13
- Poland? Or USA? -- nm - Spawn Jun 7, 12:11 5
  - Wait for it. -- (link) - znufrii Jun 7, 12:41 3
    - we've already seen warnings for women NOT to use menstral tracking aps -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 7, 13:09
    - its not all doom and gloom. There is an extensive underground movement ( which obviously I can't talk about) to ensure women have access to reproduct - St. Epiphany Jun 7, 12:57 1
      - If there’s anything I can do to help with that, let me know. -- nm - znufrii Jun 7, 13:07
  - Wait for it..... -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 7, 12:13
football watchers, is Marlon Humphrey being serious here or joking? - Max Jun 7, 11:46 6
- I think he's joking, but he's also probably getting destroyed by his friends over this clip. -- nm - David Jun 7, 12:01 4
  - Mercilessly. -- nm - spamlet Jun 7, 12:06
  - I hate to think about how I'm going to come off looking once Max digitizes all of us for ST: The Video Game -- nm - prayformojo Jun 7, 12:03 2
    - Poor chemtrail will get it the worst. -- nm - David Jun 7, 12:10 1
      - it's foodchem! foodchem! -- nm - foodchem Jun 7, 12:22
- I think he's just butthurt that the game showed how Chubb has owned him in the past. -- nm - Inigo Jun 7, 11:52
Matthew McConnehy is live at the white house talking about Uvalde. CNN and other channels have it -- nm* - Peglegpete Jun 7, 11:33 3
- vid -- (link) - budice Jun 7, 12:11 2
  - it was a great speech -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 7, 12:27 1
    - Yep, you know it was good when the fascist actors on the right are already telling him to stay in his lane. -- (link) - Jovian Jun 7, 12:32
OTD in 1993...a humble bartender from Deep Space Nine was on Regis and Kathie Lee -- (link) - Remlik Jun 7, 11:14 1
- "One Warp Core Breach please" -- nm - budice Jun 7, 11:15
we are going to see bob's burgers tonight. I will be smuggling in - amanda Jun 7, 11:01 3
- Enjoy! -- nm - Krusty Jun 7, 12:04
- I may be taking dino shaped chicken nuggets to dinos on Friday. -- nm* - Spawn Jun 7, 11:02
- "Miss, whats in the box?" -- nm - Theater Attendant Jun 7, 11:02
Will MS ban your account for the turkey purchase? - spamlet Jun 7, 10:53 5
- What's a turkey purchase? -- nm - zork Jun 7, 12:55
- Thanks guys. -- nm - spamlet Jun 7, 11:59
- Xbox service keys should work in any region where the service is supported, regardless of where they were purchased. -- nm - Max Jun 7, 11:26
- *Checks grocery receipt for turkey purchases* -- nm - budice Jun 7, 10:55 1
  - But yeah, thats how people are getting Game Pass for Cheap. 3 years can be had for $50, just use VPN to register keys -- nm - budice Jun 7, 10:56
Olympic figure skating minimum age raised to 17 following Kamila Valieva controversy in Beijing -- (link) - Beaker Jun 7, 10:49 4
- Russia will just lie about their ages. Like China does in gymnastics. -- nm - Diva Jun 7, 11:18 2
  - And send the same girls that were 14, before. -- nm - Spawn Jun 7, 11:36
  - My first thought as well. Not like Russian Birth Certificates couldnt be manufactured, in Russia -- nm - budice Jun 7, 11:21
- Was there ever an official decision on the Gold winner for Olympic Team Figure Skating? -- nm - Mop Jun 7, 10:51
I did a search for every property in Toronto under $300,000. There are few very sketchy condos (bad condition, bad neighbourhood) and some parking - Andie Jun 7, 10:46 4
- This parking space in a suburb costs $40,000. -- (link*) - Andie Jun 7, 10:49 3
  - for just $20k more, you can live in the water! -- (link) - amanda Jun 7, 11:00 2
    - you just need the boat! bargain! -- nm - Andie Jun 7, 11:01 1
      - a boat would be a vanity. all you really need is a snorkel. -- nm - amanda Jun 7, 11:06
I can't figure out who to root for in LIV vs PGA. Is there a way that they can both lose? -- nm - prayformojo Jun 7, 10:41 7
- The PGA isn’t funded by the murderous Saudi’s so…. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 7, 11:06 2
  - But contributed greatly to decades of systemic racism, so... - Diva Jun 7, 11:20 1
    - right -- nm - prayformojo Jun 7, 11:43
- Re: conversation in B2 regarding to the Golf Majors.. - Marlowe Jun 7, 11:00 2
  - Yeah, the US Open didn’t pick sides, they just kept their process intact for now. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 7, 11:07 1
    - Yep. I strongly disagree with what the poster of that Tweet apparently thinks. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 7, 11:14
- Tiger out of US Open -- (link) - budice Jun 7, 10:48
Raising minimum age to 21 for purchasing semi-automatic rifles will not be included in the senate compromise bill on gun access. -- (link*) - znufrii Jun 7, 10:41 9
- also, who proof read that? - Andie Jun 7, 11:00 1
  - I'm more concerned about the extraneous comma after Market. - Swilcan Baron Jun 7, 11:12
- so, then, nothing? -- nm - Andie Jun 7, 10:52 1
  - Background checks is *something*. - Spawn Jun 7, 10:56
- Such a joke. I mean I knew this would be the case. But still. -- nm - Jovian Jun 7, 10:52
- So what *is* in the compromise bill? A sticker that says "Hey, you be careful!" ??? -- nm - Mop Jun 7, 10:42 3
  - tax cuts for gun manufacturers, probably -- nm - ty97 Jun 7, 10:44 2
    - The millions paid out in liability settlements are tax deductible, so it's us taxpayers footing most of the cost -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 7, 12:13
    - “For your trouble.” -- nm - znufrii Jun 7, 11:03
I called my aunts in Spain on my Verizon phone last week. Closest to the pin: How much did I pay per minute? -- nm - Mop Jun 7, 10:37 10
- the bigger question is: Why does have aunts ( plural) in Spain? -- nm - St. Epiphany Jun 7, 12:04
- Pretty sure I'd not use my phone like this. I'd use the internet and apps or something. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 7, 11:10 3
  - my circles use Facebook messenger for calling like this or while travelling. You can either do a normal call or a video call and you just need wifi. -- nm* - Andie Jun 7, 11:44 1
    - WhatsApp (kind of same thing) is what we used. -- nm - spamlet Jun 7, 13:04
  - Depends on his answer. -- nm - Spawn Jun 7, 11:12
- $3.1250 -- nm - Spawn Jun 7, 10:51
- 1 million dollars -- nm - decline Jun 7, 10:46
- Less than a gallon of gas -- nm - oblique Jun 7, 10:39 1
  - (barely) -- nm - Mop Jun 7, 10:41
- nothing. Verizon paid you. -- nm* - Peglegpete Jun 7, 10:38
It's gonna take a whole lot of medicine, darling, to make me believe I'm somebody else -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 7, 10:36

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