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Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart slapping each other with tortillas. -- (link) - Mop Jul 21, 17:46 2
- This is *somebody's* kink. -- nm - Reagen Jul 21, 18:02 1
  - Mine's pancakes, and not the face. -- nm - Max Jul 21, 18:30
I love Reddit so much. - David Jul 21, 17:31
also, we went to charge my (unnamed??) car tonight (just to learn how). five people stopped and were like "how do you like it?" does this happen with - amanda Jul 21, 17:25 8
- Yes, EVs draw lots of attention. It's less common for me and my Tesla after 4 years because there are lots on the road here now, but -- (edited) - TWuG Jul 21, 18:07
- I've never had someone stop traffic for me but yes. -- nm - Reagen Jul 21, 18:06
- it's an e-golf, right? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 17:26 5
  - yes exactly. -- nm - amanda Jul 21, 17:28 4
    - What about naming it after a golfer? - Beryllium Jul 21, 17:36 3
      - Brooke. For Brooke Henderson. -- nm - Reagen Jul 21, 18:01
      - Annika Sörenstam is obviously a Volvo. -- nm - mafic Jul 21, 17:38 1
        
        Da, Da, Da. - Beryllium Jul 21, 17:44
those gink-free ponytail holders I love are costly not just because they're expensive, but because I give one to everyone I see. -- nm - amanda Jul 21, 17:20
Sinkhole opens up in the bottom of a swimming pool in Israel. -- (link) - budice Jul 21, 17:02 1
- *shoots out* -- nm - Bubble Fett Jul 21, 17:27
I'm going out to nuke three wasp nests that have taken up residence in our carport. If this should be my last post.... -- nm - prayformojo Jul 21, 17:01 6
- holeeeeee heck, that was a lot of waspss -- nm - prayformojo Jul 21, 17:30 3
  - I'll never forget the time Dad did this. He wore like 8 layers and still got stung everywhere. -- nm - David Jul 21, 18:03
  - *survives, hides, plans* -- nm - kid wasp Jul 21, 17:59
  - did they turn you to their side? -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 17:38
- I will avenge you. -- nm - mafic Jul 21, 17:11
- *lifts phone real high, starts taking video* -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 17:02
Fave take on Stray (game) -- (link) - budice Jul 21, 16:33 1
- Is that approval or "You're getting too close, I biff you in the face" rejection? - Max Jul 21, 16:35
My Lyft's driver's name is Person. -- nm - Diva Jul 21, 16:24 17
- are they from the Philippines? I have met so many people with odd names from the Philippines. - mafic Jul 21, 17:10 11
  - Yes! I worked with a person from the Philippines named "Princess". nm - ralph wiggum Jul 21, 17:23 8
    - I don't know how I omitted this, but Macaroni had a sister named Cheese, because obviously. -- nm - mafic Jul 21, 17:36 3
      - no way -- nm - mud Jul 21, 17:38 2
        
        forget is mud, it's the Philippines. my friend's nanny was Mitos, because her mom really like Mitosis. - mafic Jul 21, 17:41 1
        
        heh -- nm - mud Jul 21, 17:51
    - I read a reddit thread recently about the popularity of the name "queenie" in the philippines. I called chubbins "queenie" that night. - amanda Jul 21, 17:28 3
      - Took me an hour punching glitterball to get it out of my system. -- nm - chubbins Jul 21, 17:33 2
        
        also *twinkleball (glitterball is different. only ollie plays glitterball (and not often).) -- nm - amanda Jul 21, 17:35
        
        related, here's chubbins playing with a costly ponytail holder. -- (link) - amanda Jul 21, 17:34 [youtube]
  - Ha! I think Person is from Haiti. -- nm - Diva Jul 21, 17:19 1
    - Given what I've heard about how hard it is to travel with a Haitian passport, the name Person would be a good way to remind people to treat them like one -- nm* - Beryllium Jul 21, 17:25
- . -- nm* - Peglegpete Jul 21, 16:55
- Enjoy your trip to Place to see Thing. -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 16:44
- Are they "of interest"? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 16:40
- 80% sure Person is a Cylon. -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jul 21, 16:35
- Person, Woman, Car, Camera, TV Show -- nm - Max Jul 21, 16:33
Curses, foiled again! -- (pic) - Strongbad Jul 21, 15:39 [Attachment]
I follow a number of pro-bike, pro-walkable-city, anti-car-dependence folks, and this horrifying but not-far-off Onion bit seems to amuse them. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 21, 15:36 3
- Yep. Was once almost knocked out by a huge pick-up, with side mirrors way out who was protesting logging restrictions. Pretty sure he aimed at me. - .🎡 Jul 21, 15:42
- I'm pretty sure my entire car fits within that wheelbase. -- nm - Reagen Jul 21, 15:42 1
  - I am positive mine does. -- nm - Spawn Jul 21, 15:43
As if flying wasn't bad enough already, some jerk with a drone shut down Reagan airport for an hour today. -- nm - Max Jul 21, 15:36
Zillow! -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 21, 15:14 6
- pretty sure I saw that place in a horror movie -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 15:31
- A hot tub like that guarantees separate bodies. You want a trench-shaped tub or at least circular wall to encourage skin contact. -- nm - Max Jul 21, 15:31
- what is up with the listing recently with so few pictures? -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 21, 15:18 1
  - Yeah, don't they know you need 90 regular pictures and 1 insane one to go viral? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 15:23
- Less cute than the plump one, but it still has a certain quaintness. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 15:17 1
  - You could set a number of different types of movies there. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 15:18
has All the Old Knives been streaming yet? just saw it on Prime -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 15:10 8
- I think Pine continues to be an underrated or overlooked actor because of projects like this. It's a slow burn and fatalistic, so, meh. -- nm - Max Jul 21, 15:24 1
  - And D&D... -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 15:34
- Been there, for a bit, I think -- nm - Flavorize Jul 21, 15:12 5
  - A week or two, yeah -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 15:12 4
    - Longer, I thought. -- nm - Spawn Jul 21, 16:29 2
      - Yes -- nm - Pippy Jul 21, 17:18
      - Perhaps. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 16:33
    - merci (bet it was the Friday TV PSA was offline :) ) -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 15:15
CLE signs QB Josh Rosen to a 1 year deal -- nm - Strongbad Jul 21, 15:05
Finally found Cherry Coke Zero today - first time in 2 years *and* on sale! Now I'm not sure if it maybe tastes too sweet :/ -- nm - Meg Jul 21, 14:59 1
- I love Coke Zero—haven’t had the Cherry one -- nm - Flavorize Jul 21, 15:12
Taylor Swift rolled up on a Haim Concert in London just now -- (link) - budice Jul 21, 14:51 8
- They all showed up wearing the same outfit. They must have felt so awkward. - Max Jul 21, 16:50
- Swifts Tiktok -- (link) - budice Jul 21, 16:48
- Sexy gal -- nm - Jovian Jul 21, 14:54
- I was lucky enough to see Haim without Taylor Swift -- nm - rollo Jul 21, 14:53 2
  - I saw Haim in 2016. - zunk takes things literally Jul 21, 17:29
  - I would only attend a Haim show if she was included. -- nm - mud Jul 21, 14:59
- OK she looks amazing -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 14:52 1
  - Indeed -- nm - Pippy Jul 21, 17:20
2022 College Football All-Name team -- (pic) - Strongbad Jul 21, 14:00 [Attachment] 4
- Storm Duck and Pig Cage are born to fight crime together. -- nm - Reagen Jul 21, 15:03 1
  - DQ Pig Cage on the use of nickname in place of actual first name. -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jul 21, 15:21
- Which is the most East/West Bowl? I'm thinking Virginia -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 14:51
- Surprised not to see Malik Alabama or Xavier Montana. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 21, 14:27
I think the most intriguing part of The Rehearsal was (sp) - prayformojo Jul 21, 14:00
Has anyone said what the runtime will be for the D&D movie? IMDb has nothing. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 13:58 10
- One roll of a D12 times a roll of a D20 -- nm - .🎡 Jul 21, 15:38
- 8 months out? Doubt they know, yet. -- nm - Spawn Jul 21, 14:21
- here is the D&D trailer -- (link) - Beaker Jul 21, 14:12 [youtube] 3
  - I enjoyed the trailer. Somebody remembered D&D is supposed to be fun. -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jul 21, 16:00 1
    - yup -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 17:37
  - ~Never gonna give you up...~ -- nm - Spawn Jul 21, 14:18
- never ending - Spawn Jul 21, 14:01 3
  - ~Turn around~ -- nm - Strongbad Jul 21, 14:26
  - I just hope it has a cameo from Brennan Lee Mulligan. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 14:09 1
    - if he and/or the folks from Critical Role don't at least appear then they don't know their market. at all. -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 14:11
Nothing to see here: Congresswoman @RepZoeLofgren advising that US Secret Service has retained private counsel to deal with the @January6thCmte. -- nm - Jovian Jul 21, 13:58 4
- This means I'm not the most hated guy in town anymore, right? -- nm - Louis DeJoy Jul 21, 15:30
- IG is conducting a criminal probe into the missing texts. But has known since Feb? and didn't notify committee - TWuG Jul 21, 14:32 1
  - Steve the IT Guy isn't going to jail for those glory hounds. He'll turn over the backups. -- nm - Mop Jul 21, 14:37
- Trump continues to Make Lawyering Great Again -- nm - Strongbad Jul 21, 14:01
sometimes a headline results in my thinking "I have questions"...Kansas City police standoff ends; no one found inside apartment -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 21, 13:57 2
- Seattle family had their house rendered uninhabitable because they pumped so much tear gas. they reported their cousin, cop killer on the run, but he - zeitgeist Jul 21, 14:49
- Inside Man -- nm - Roger More Jul 21, 13:59
Not Okay trailer. (Spoiler: The trailer seems to give away the entire movie.) -- (link) - Dano Jul 21, 13:55 [youtube] 2
- Cute movie. - Spawn Jul 21, 14:00
- Feels like they're going all in with it. There was a previous trailer that was much shorter and had a different vibe to it. -- nm - Mop Jul 21, 13:59
Beaker - not to harsh your mellow, but you might want to talk with the palaeontologist about what to do when you find a fossil - Roger More Jul 21, 13:52 6
- which is why I’m not entirely sure where any of my fossils came from. -- nm - mafic Jul 21, 15:13
- Bastards -- nm - decline Jul 21, 14:04
- that's interesting -- nm - prayformojo Jul 21, 13:53 3
  - Let's hope his palaeontologist is cool, and not a total narc. -- nm - Roger More Jul 21, 13:57 2
    - "That belongs in a museum!" "OK, Joneser." -- nm - Max Jul 21, 15:46
    - we'll just turn it over, no biggie -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 14:02
I'm currently policing FB thread comments about a Magic Kingdom fight involving an African American family and a Latinx family. - David Jul 21, 13:52
Wordle Weekly Recap (from NYT) - prayformojo Jul 21, 13:47 2
- I lost my streak so I've been skipping days. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 13:53 1
  - they have hit the bottom of the word barrell, you aren't missing much -- nm - St. Epiphany Jul 21, 13:54
OK. I'm writing off my cable modem. It'll allocate an IP address to a single device but connecting it to any router sends everything into disarray. -- nm - Mop Jul 21, 13:33 3
- I'm also wondering if Comcast has somehow figured out a way to keep me from connecting more than one device to the internet. - Mop Jul 21, 13:44 2
  - Inception. Connect a router to your router and put everything behind your inside router. Now your whole network is one device :) -- (edited) - oblique Jul 21, 13:50 1
    - Yeah, it ain't right. It's passing through the IP address instead of creating a closed network. - Mop Jul 21, 14:03
Heh. Pitchbot strikes again. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 21, 13:22
Krusty....here's how you can get more views for your dogs, though this might be animal abuse (women twerking for a dog) -- (link) - Remlik Jul 21, 12:59 3
- I'm positive that's not for the dog -- nm - JD Jul 21, 13:23 2
  - It is when I do it! -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 13:25 1
    - L4 -- nm - Max Jul 21, 13:32
Kyler Murray factoid -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 21, 12:58 1
- Void of QB talent creates the market. Altho Baseball making waves with big numbers too. -- nm - budice Jul 21, 13:04
Start the draft! -- nm - samara Jul 21, 12:48 2
- I already won, try again next year. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 21, 12:58
- whats a draft? -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 21, 12:52
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince Pitch Meeting -- (link) - Beaker Jul 21, 12:40 [youtube] 1
- "Unless..." -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 12:47
STIS: Can you find an image that shows the flight routes for Frontier Airlines FROM/TO Tampa (Tampa *only*)? -- nm - JaxSean Jul 21, 12:19 2
- Try this -- (link) - oblique Jul 21, 12:23 1 1
  - Awesome. 500 JaxPoints to you. Thanks! -- (link) - JaxSean Jul 21, 12:25 [Image]
Resident Alien renewed for season 3 by SyFy -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 12:13 1
- Woo! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 12:31
The newfound danger of having a smart home is that when the power goes out, you have to reset, oh, pretty much everything. -- (edited) - David Jul 21, 11:56 17
- how are your kitties adjusting to your new space? -- nm - amanda Jul 21, 13:24 1
  - Generally, they've done quite well. They love stairwell chases and Kim's office. -- nm - David Jul 21, 13:53
- when the house becomes self-aware, watch out -- nm - budice Jul 21, 12:12 3
  - It'll be fine unless you both fall in love with the cellist next door. -- nm - Dano Jul 21, 12:43
  - "What are you doing Dave?" -- nm - Jovian Jul 21, 12:16 1
    - "Open the garage door, House." -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jul 21, 12:26
- I've never had to reset things. Granted I don't have a lot of stuff (yet). - sycor Jul 21, 12:09 1
  - I mean I have a ton of stuff, and I rarely have to reset things when I lose power. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 21, 12:46
- In the old house one set of our janky LED strips would blink endlessly after a power outage and have to be completely reset -- nm - oblique Jul 21, 12:07 1
  - We have LED strips in two entertainment centers and in Kim's office. She said the one in the living room had gone insane this morning. -- nm - David Jul 21, 17:29
- I don't follow (post-edit: Oh, I see.) -- nm* - Beryllium Jul 21, 12:04
- why would you reset your smartphone? -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 21, 12:02 2
  - Ugh, sorry. Edited. -- nm - David Jul 21, 12:05 1
    - sorry, not sorry. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 21, 12:46
- I changed a password on one of my backup accounts last week and I'm still having to re-login into things. -- nm - Mop Jul 21, 11:59
- just means you have too much stuff -- nm - decline Jul 21, 11:58 1
  - a lot of it not even unpacked -- nm - David Jul 21, 12:04

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