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Neve Campbell to Headline David E. Kelley, Michael Connelly ABC Series ‘Avalon’ -- (link) - mud Aug 18, 13:06 1
- more -- (link) - mud Aug 18, 13:11
related: For all the chuckles news comedians have elicited, none has been as genuinely funny as Brian Williams has as an actual news commentator. - Max Aug 18, 12:51
geez, Al Franken. You were halfway to redemption, now you're back to square one (at best) -- (link) - mud Aug 18, 12:35 27
- This nonsense is why I stay away from Twitter. Everything is an outrage! -- nm - Inigo Aug 18, 13:13 3
  - Also this. -- nm - znufrii Aug 18, 13:15
  - This entire thread is exhausting. It's like we're having to explain comedy. -- nm - David Aug 18, 13:15 1
    - :-P -- nm - mud Aug 18, 13:18
- Obama: "This is a BFD." Franken: "Honk-" everyone: "NO." -- nm - Max Aug 18, 12:40 2
  - I've totally been Team Franken since that incident. This was just fucking dumb. -- nm - mud Aug 18, 12:54 1
    - definitely -- (edited) - Max Aug 18, 12:59
- I wonder if he thought it was funny because it looks kinda like "weasel", but totally whiffed on the obvious antisemitic interpretation? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 12:38 19
  - He was aiming at Trump's penchant for racists/anti-semites. -- nm - pmb Aug 18, 12:40
  - Errr, he's saying Trump is anti-Semitic and would be making that comment. - Reagen Aug 18, 12:39 17
    - I can imagine it working well as a standup bit. On Twitter, notsomuch. -- nm* - znufrii Aug 18, 12:59 1
      - He was flat AF when he filled in for one of the Jimmy's this week. Last week? -- nm - St. Epiphany Aug 18, 13:01
    - So he's making up an antisemitic quote and attributing it to trump. Why put words in his mouth when the actual words are just as bad, if not worse? -- nm* - Beryllium Aug 18, 12:40 14
      - no he's citing a faked post as if Trump actually said it. -- nm - mud Aug 18, 12:41 1
        
        That's what I was trying to say, thanks. Phrased it poorly. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 12:42
      - It's a time honored bit. People need to fucking chillax. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 12:41 11
        
        I guess the litmus test is "Would Colbert do it?" ... if he did, I think he'd make it much more clear that it was a fiction. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 12:43 10
        
        Good lord. He's not responsible for dense people falling for an obvious joke and not checking their sources. -- nm* - Reagen Aug 18, 12:45 9
        
        wait, so you're saying AF knew it was a faked post and just went ahead and repeated it. I thought he believed it was real. -- nm - mud Aug 18, 12:48 8
        
        I'm saying he make the jokey joke and people took him seriously for who knows what fucking reason. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 12:49 7
        
        it works better as an audible joke than in text. -- nm - Max Aug 18, 12:59
        
        he's not making any joke, he's repeating a fake for a laugh. Trump Reality is horrible enough. -- nm - mud Aug 18, 12:51 5
        
        You're fucking with me, right? - Reagen Aug 18, 12:55 2
        
        he's the originator of it? .. oh. -- nm - mud Aug 18, 12:56 1
        
        Yes. It's just context. Colbert would totally make that joke in his monologue and everyone would know it was a joke. Twitter is a more complicated - pmb Aug 18, 12:58
        
        Others are repeating Franken. Franken made the joke by faking Trump -- nm - oblique Aug 18, 12:54 1
        
        [sigh] -- nm - mud Aug 18, 13:11
Jaylen Warren is Steelers new #2 RB (for handcuffing purposes) -- nm - Flavorize Aug 18, 12:20 1
- James Conner redux. -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 18, 12:27
Day Shift Pitch Meeting -- (link) - Beaker Aug 18, 12:16 [youtube]
Poll: Who is the current equivalent of 2003-2013 Vince Vaughn, or would be if they made the same movies? -- nm - Max Aug 18, 12:12 2
- If his life hadn't taken a bizarre turn, Chris Pratt. -- nm - Roger More Aug 18, 13:07
- I think Bill Hader could be. - Will Hunting Aug 18, 12:15
Poll: What's the name for when this happens? (IG) -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 18, 12:07 5
- Packing Peanut Buster Parfait. -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 18, 12:28
- Kerfluffle -- nm - Max Aug 18, 12:10 1
  - Death by kerfluffle -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 12:12
- Funny -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 12:08
- Task Failed Successfully. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 12:08
Beast 76% (29/9), Dragon Ball Super 96% (27/1), Orphan First Kill 67% (33/16), Spin Me Round 56% (20/16), The Immaculate Room 38% (3/5) -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 11:43 1
- I may actually see DGBS. I have not watched much of the later stuff, but loved the original series. - Spawn Aug 18, 11:47
Dodge reveals Electric Charger Daytona SRT Concept -- (link) - oblique Aug 18, 11:42 19
- Thats gorgeous -- nm - Jovian Aug 18, 12:20
- Looks good and mean. Nice specs as well. I don't like the engine sound. It doesn't sound right. There's no rumble. It sounds too clean, too much - Krusty Aug 18, 12:02 2
  - Yeah, the sound needs to die. The car looks bad ass -- nm - oblique Aug 18, 12:08 1
    - It really does. I was hoping they'd keep making muscle cars with similar bodies and just electric inside. -- (edited) - Krusty Aug 18, 12:13
- The Dilemma (2011) -- (link) - Max Aug 18, 11:52 [youtube]
- Make. It. Loud. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 11:48 13
  - This EV does in fact make noise, and it'll bellow as loud as 126 decibels, or exactly as loud as a Hellcat -- nm - Remlik Aug 18, 12:02 11
    - Further confirming my feelings about Dodge. Blech. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 12:06
    - fun fact: stupid bells and whistles like this do nothing but reduce your range when used while driving - hollywood big shot Aug 18, 12:05 7
      - pff, we've been wasting gas by running the A/C with windows open for generations. -- nm - Max Aug 18, 12:32
      - I had a bunch of my students tell me they would never drive an EV (well, you won't have a choice someday) and it came down to - Reagen Aug 18, 12:10 3
        
        As someone who has to field community complaints about EVs in a virtual racing game I can confirm this is a real issue. -- nm - Max Aug 18, 12:33
        
        Yet I'd imagine if they got in one and felt how much power it has they'd be sold in an instant -- nm - oblique Aug 18, 12:27 1
        
        They were duly impressed when I gave just a taste of the torque in the parking lot. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 12:38
      - While this might be unnecessary there is definitely a need for EVs to sound like we expect cars to sound. People need to hear a car coming. - Krusty Aug 18, 12:08 1
        
        my Clarity makes a very modest whine, that's not what this one's about (imagine if the O's actually had ownership who tried to field a winning team) -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 18, 12:53
    - Smart. Mini has shown their prototype convertible EV and I thought how weird it would be to drive with the top down silently. -- nm* - Spawn Aug 18, 12:02 1
      - You can hear it on their IG page. It's not impressive, imo. -- (link) - Krusty Aug 18, 12:05
  - ever see It May Get Loud? great doc. -- nm - mud Aug 18, 11:50
Remlik, I get Cruise is a producer … but have you seen realistically how much his stuff really makes? - Will Hunting Aug 18, 11:39 2
- he had to have some kind of contract that he gets profit on dollar one or something. He's one of the few that could do that -- nm - Remlik Aug 18, 12:01
- *cough*BradPitt*cough* -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 11:46
Huh, the judge orders to redact and release the affidavit. -- nm* - mara Aug 18, 11:38 5
- They want the source of the leak. Eric will print out the page and try and shine a light through the back of it. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 11:56 1
  - Thank god, they didn’t use my stuff. -- nm - Eric Aug 18, 12:17
- Here you go... -- (pic) - Dano Aug 18, 11:52 [Attachment] 1
  - California! I will go there and find the leak! -- nm - Eric Aug 18, 11:57
- dumbass. -- nm - mud Aug 18, 11:46
the Flames are trading Sean Monahan to the Montreal Canadiens. Kadri to the Flames for 7 years ($7M cap hit per year is the rumour) -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 11:37
I've been merely "enh" on The Simpsons for quite some time so credit where it's due - Way of the Dog was a great episode - Reagen Aug 18, 11:35
What do folks generally think of this thread of tips? -- (edited) - Beryllium Aug 18, 11:29 10
- 14. "I spent over an hour micromanaging myself today." - Max Aug 18, 12:39
- Generally awesome. The reasons why some of these work need to be talked about though. -- (edited) - con_carne Aug 18, 12:22
- I need to be better at #1 -- nm - znufrii Aug 18, 12:00
- I’m super tired of threads like this…it’s really saturated Twitter. That being said, some good reminders in this tip list -- nm - Flavorize Aug 18, 11:59
- I lost my exercise time to my schedule last year. It's been revealing, if not surprising, how much better my brain works when I can do something - Reagen Aug 18, 11:51
- 15 or 16 of them make good advice to me. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Aug 18, 11:42
- Agree with many, only a couple get an "eh" from me, some get an enthusiastic "absolutely." -- nm - mara Aug 18, 11:36
- #13 is one we enforce with our kids doing school work -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 11:35
- 3 and 4 seem narrowly targeted. 5 is a core principle of the "Lazy Genius" podcast I've been listening to - oblique Aug 18, 11:35 1
  - 25 could be made less vague by suggesting judicious blocking of people and words that antagonize you - Beryllium Aug 18, 11:44
"ah, that's how I want to go" -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 18, 11:16
nm -- nm* - Strongbad Aug 18, 11:14 7
- Once I finish the porting process I'm working on, I hope I'll be able to solve this particular weirdness. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 11:15 6
  - It's me. I just need to remember to turn off my wifi when I post. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 18, 11:26 5
    - Does using https instead of http not fix it? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 11:27 4
      - It does fix it. But often I forget to use https on my phone. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 18, 11:35
      - Tangent: I never did get ST to log in on my phone. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 11:30 2
        
        oh no, that makes slacking much less accessible :( -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 11:32 1
        
        I lurk on my phone at lunch. And only every other day start to post and realize I can not! - Spawn Aug 18, 11:38
Had a pop A1C test yesterday (went to the doctor about something else, she said, "as long as you're here...."). Went down 0.1. *fist pump* -- nm - prayformojo Aug 18, 11:08 4
- Wahoooo!! -- nm - St. Epiphany Aug 18, 11:47
- nice! -- nm - Diva Aug 18, 11:47
- Pop A1C quiz hotshot. You have an open bag of Twizzlers pointed directly at your mouth. What do you do? WHAT DO YOU DO?!! -- nm - rollo Aug 18, 11:10 1
  - is it possible to gargle twizzlers? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 11:11
this sucks: no more “Reliable Sources.” -- (link) - mud Aug 18, 10:59 1
- SUCKS! my Sunday mornings will be incomplete. -- nm - mud Aug 18, 11:45
I still remember the episode when Bang & Olufsen argued about which kind of apple was best - prayformojo Aug 18, 10:51
OKSEEYOU: We're down to the Kim's Convenience finale, which will probably watch tonight. Been rationing this last season like fine wine. -- nm - rollo Aug 18, 10:49 1
- next up Corner Gas! -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 10:50
Well, I didn't really factor it in but we're going to be giving the EV double duty this weekend. Friday is John Mulaney in Madison and then Indy on -- (edited) - oblique Aug 18, 10:49 2
- Mulaney was tremendous at the United Center - enjoy -- nm - rollo Aug 18, 10:51 1
  - Amazed at what he charges for shows. I mean, "Get that money!", but wow. We are going to see Craig Ferguson for about a third of the cost. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 11:39
Re: AEW, I thought that was a weird announcement as well. - David Aug 18, 10:48 2
- I heard that about the Hangman thing as well. - the wrong element Aug 18, 10:53 1
  - Anyone who thinks the second thing wasn’t paying attention. It was a Game of Thrones episode. - The Allfather Aug 18, 11:11
I am sad that Starbucks discontinued their lemon raspberry loaf. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 10:47 1
- If they kill the oat fudge bar I'm breaking out the old backpack full of dynamite. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 10:49
ST What are you reading? -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 10:46 20
- I've been actively avoiding it all my life, but I'm actually going to read Diary of a Young Girl now -- nm - crash davis Aug 18, 11:46
- Jurgen, by the obscure James Branch Cabell who should probably remain obscure. -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 18, 11:15
- Finished Tatiana ( arkady renko Martin Cruz smith) -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 11:00
- Listening to an old fantasy trilogy called Gormenghast. (I'm on volume 1, Titus Groan.) -- nm - mara Aug 18, 11:00 7
  - I really enjoyed volumes 1 and 2. You can pretend vol 3 doesn't exist and not be any worse for it. -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 18, 11:38 3
    - the series mentioned below omits it. -- nm - mud Aug 18, 11:43
    - I was afraid of that, after skimming the Wikipedia article. -- nm - mara Aug 18, 11:40 1
      - It's fine? Seems I gave it 4/5 on Goodreads (probably a little generous), but it doesn't compare to the richness of its predecessors. -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 18, 11:52
  - ever see the 4 part series (2000) w/ Jonathan Rhys Meyers? Also, in 2018 it was announced that Neil Gaiman and Akiva Goldsman would adapt it. I guess that was "shelved" -- nm* - mud Aug 18, 11:05 2
    - No, I haven't seen it. Recommended? -- nm - mara Aug 18, 11:33 1
      - I remember it as looking great, but a little impenetrable. I should've read it first, maybe. We stocked the book but didnt sell many. -- nm - mud Aug 18, 11:42
- The Reaper Rescues the Genie - Kristen Painter -- nm - JD Aug 18, 10:53
- Nothing but my wife just started The Glass Hotel -- nm - oblique Aug 18, 10:49
- 1/2 through The Expanse book 4 (Cibola Burn) - I have to say - spoilers - Beaker Aug 18, 10:49 2
  - also just finished Diablo Mesa by Preston and Childs. Better than Bloodless the latest Pendegrast book at least -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 10:55
  - spoils - Beryllium Aug 18, 10:52
- Defiance of the Fall -- nm - decline Aug 18, 10:49
- Harley Quinn Eat Kill Bang Tour #5 -- nm - David Aug 18, 10:48
- I returned memory's legion at 71% complete, because I have to finish the final 3 books of the main series first before finishing ML. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 10:48 1
  - aside from that, Wanted Man (a Reacher novel) and The Racketeer (a Grisham novel). -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 10:50
Los Angeles Lakers retiring Pau Gasol's No. 16 jersey in March 7 ceremony -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 10:43
One of the great frustrations of my life is that I can no longer eat peanut butter and jelly or peanut butter and banana sandwiches. - David Aug 18, 10:40 17
- I would have to go to a doctor. Peanut butter is life. - Spawn Aug 18, 11:26
- This is an outrage. -- nm - Qale Aug 18, 10:57 1
  - THIS IS AN OUTRAGE! -- nm - Strongbad Aug 18, 11:14
- And just after you had that great idea for Nuts n' Gum. -- nm - Roger More Aug 18, 10:50 1
  - Together at last! -- nm - Tim Aug 18, 10:53
- Treat it like chaw and get yourself a spittoon? -- nm - Max Aug 18, 10:44
- *insert nut butter comment here* -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 10:43
- Damn. :-( -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 10:42
- Have you tried some of the other "nut butter" spreads like sunflower or almond? -- nm - oblique Aug 18, 10:42
- All nut butters? -- nm - rollo Aug 18, 10:41 3
  - Pretty much, yeah. Nuts and lettuce aren't great for me. -- nm - David Aug 18, 10:49 2
    - *Looks at Caesar salad with almonds, angrily swipes off table* -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 11:38
    - Cooked spinach I like fine. Raw spinach fucks me up big time -- nm - rollo Aug 18, 10:52
- Oh no :( what about other nut butters? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 10:41 3
  - Jinx - say nut butters 11 times fast -- nm - rollo Aug 18, 10:42 2
    - apparently we're trying. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 10:48 1
      - Ha! -- nm - David Aug 18, 10:49

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