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WWE: Jeff Jarrett has departed the WWE. -- nm - Remlik Aug 21, 19:28
Episode I gets an A++ from - mud Aug 21, 19:27 5
- ... of? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 21, 19:42 3
  - Oh, that HODr show -- nm* - Beryllium Aug 21, 19:44 2
    - Alright, should I tweet a joke about this? It's exactly as funny as one might expect from me. Which is to say, perhaps marginally. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 21, 19:53
    - :-) -- nm - mud Aug 21, 19:45
- Solid start! -- nm - Remlik Aug 21, 19:36
The reason I didn't get a mobile service visit for the Tesla involves a service bulletin that can't be handle by mobile - TWuG Aug 21, 19:19 1
- So far, scheduling and all communication has been through the app. Super easy and convenient. - TWuG Aug 21, 19:23
HBOMax keeps crashing on me. Is it effen swamped? Not happy! -- nm - crash davis Aug 21, 19:17 2
- evidently I can watch it on vanilla HBO via Hulu -- nm - crash davis Aug 21, 19:21 1
  - dragons! -- nm - crash davis Aug 21, 19:28
I knew parts of this weekend were gonna suck but I got through them. So I had a simple guilty pleasures meal - crash davis Aug 21, 19:03 5
- That’s not a guilty pleasures meal, that’s just America. -- nm - Qale Aug 21, 19:49
- Don't forget the last part of the Vesper recipe. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 21, 19:11 2
  - shaken, not stirred? -- nm - crash davis Aug 21, 19:20 1
    - "Shoot somebody evil." -- nm - Beryllium Aug 21, 19:41
- atta boy, crash -- nm - prayformojo Aug 21, 19:06
Yeowch…”and here is Ozuna from the Braves.” — Braves tv announcer introducing Marcell Ozuna; word for word what Ozuna - Will Hunting Aug 21, 18:56 1
- Yeah, that was extremely popular on my Braves board. -- nm - The Allfather Aug 21, 19:00
He asked. She said yes. -- nm - TWuG Aug 21, 18:24 9
- Woohoo! -- nm - Strongbad Aug 21, 20:16
- Yay! -- nm - Marlowe Aug 21, 19:44 1
  - Or, that sucks, sorry to hear. (I dunno how you feel about the fella.) (NM) - Marlowe Aug 21, 19:44
- Wooooo!!! Congrats to everyone! -- nm - Krusty Aug 21, 19:32
- nice! -- nm - Remlik Aug 21, 19:20
- yeah! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 21, 19:17
- Congratulations to everyone! Very exciting! -- nm - zunk takes things literally Aug 21, 19:10
- 👍 -- nm - crash davis Aug 21, 18:58
- congrats to them both :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 21, 18:25
hey piggies. I .. think you got him. -- (link) - mud Aug 21, 17:42 3
- ^ extreme police violence content warning -- nm - Beryllium Aug 21, 18:08 2
  - (I mean, I don't see how that doesn't result in multiple skull fractures and concussions for the victim) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 21, 18:08 1
    - he should have improved his morale sooner -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 21, 20:35
Neil Gaiman: please binge Sandman -- (link) - Remlik Aug 21, 17:34 7
- I don't have Netflix -- nm - .🎡 Aug 21, 19:09
- finished it last night -- nm - znufrii Aug 21, 18:28
- Also, I just noticed that netflix has a "double thumbs up/love this!" rating option for shows, so I tossed one of those at Sandman -- nm - Beryllium Aug 21, 18:26
- God dammit, David! -- nm - Mop Aug 21, 18:26 2
  - Sorry!!! - The Allfather Aug 21, 19:00 1
    - We started it in the other room so that it will finish tonight. -- nm - The Allfather Aug 21, 19:10
- I watched all 10 first day and was then sad I had none left. So then they threw together another episode (#11) JUST FOR ME. -- nm* - mud Aug 21, 17:36
House Shannahan—a pretty good coaching tree -- (link) - Flavorize Aug 21, 17:29 3
- Which one was at the RW? -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 21, 18:16
- Mike gets no love because he had half those guys on 1 staff in 2012/13 and couldn't win 10 games. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 21, 17:33
- oh stop -- nm - King Viserys Aug 21, 17:32
mmmm Black Horse -- nm - Beaker Aug 21, 17:20
zombie bug !!!: -- (link) - mud Aug 21, 17:19 2
- They should call it the Kilgrave Fungus. -- nm - Max Aug 21, 17:24
- These are the horrors earth can present, and yet we want to seek out the horrors of strange new worlds. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 21, 17:23
Man. People give national announcers a hard time, but after watching a high school game Friday and now an NFL preseason game with a local crew….. - Volnelk Aug 21, 16:12
MCU question: Why would Ms. Marvel or any of the public know about Captain Marvel? - Max Aug 21, 16:10 7
- I think they know her from The Battle for Earth. -- nm - Diva Aug 21, 17:02 1
  - But how does that press conference go? - Max Aug 21, 17:08
- We don’t know what happened during those 5 years. Could be Captain Marvel was on TV every day. -- nm - Mop Aug 21, 16:31 2
  - agreed. End Game / Infinity War spoilers - Beaker Aug 21, 16:44 1
    - Endgame specifically addresses this - Max Aug 21, 17:00 [youtube]
- The Battle of Wakanda is globally famous. She single-handedly obliterated an alien batttle cruiser. -- nm - The Allfather Aug 21, 16:14 1
  - The Battle of upstate New York… Wakanda was one she wasn’t around for. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 21, 16:29
wtf would eat this? -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 21, 15:58
Hot damn, those Colombian candy-coated cookie clusters in Universal Yums are soooooo good - prayformojo Aug 21, 15:41 1
- They were our #1 choice as well ahead of the fruit gummy -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 21, 15:45
Jessica Jones is an impressive series but it is a damn miserable experience through and through. -- nm - Max Aug 21, 15:35
Daria Dugina was a Russian hawk who railed against the West’s ‘global hegemony.’ - crash davis Aug 21, 15:01
A nice coastal cruiser - the "boomerang" -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 21, 14:46 8
- Boomer, you rang? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 21, 15:19
- This is petty of me but I like most of it, but I don't like the name or the maroon canvas sail & windshield covers. -- nm - crash davis Aug 21, 14:49 6
  - What do you think of the name on this one? Because I kinda hate it (but I mostly like the boat) -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 21, 16:48 3
    - I think the boat is available because Greg and Erica divorced. Definite name change needed but I do like the boat -- nm - crash davis Aug 21, 17:25 1
      - Seems like the likeliest story :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 21, 17:35
    - "Stand tall for the beast of GregErica", I guess -- nm - Beryllium Aug 21, 16:51
  - That's fair (and somewhat cheap to change). How about "Zoomerang"? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 21, 15:10 1
    - I'd go with something more BC specific, like the "Slacker Spirit Bear" -- nm - crash davis Aug 21, 15:18
Could New Zealand Change Its Name? A petition before Parliament asks that the country be called “Aotearoa,” which loosely translates from Maori as the - crash davis Aug 21, 14:43 6
- I've noticed people calling it both. -- nm - .🎡 Aug 21, 18:37
- They couldn't agree to change their flag. -- nm - Mop Aug 21, 15:36 4
  - My main complaint against Aotearoa is that currently I don't know how to pronounce that -- nm - crash davis Aug 21, 15:42 3
    - Not a Split Enz fan? -- nm - Roger More Aug 21, 18:44
    - "ow tee a row ah" is one accepted version. -- nm - Reagen Aug 21, 15:46 1
      - gracias -- nm - crash davis Aug 21, 17:22
Kamila Valieva, Supernova - crash davis Aug 21, 14:28 1
- Russia chews up young athletes, drains every ounce of worth out of them, then spits them out, often before they're 18. -- nm - Mop Aug 21, 15:38
ohboyohboyohboy! It's Back To Westeros Day!! WoooHOOO -- nm - mud Aug 21, 14:13 4
- 🐱‍👤👍😺🐯🐱‍🐉🐱‍👓 even if it is, as I imagine, Starkfree -- nm - crash davis Aug 21, 14:21 3
  - not necessarily. If they don't make an appearance this season, they will eventually. The House has been around at this point. -- nm - mud Aug 21, 14:26 2
    - The ringer preview said that some house names may come up, but this is Targaryen all the way through. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 21, 16:01 1
      - The *main cast* is Targaryen, Velaryon and Hightower. You think there won't be supporting characters, etc.? -- nm* - mud Aug 21, 16:14
Some random half formed musings about The Rehearsal (spoilers) - Dano Aug 21, 13:46 5
- Haven’t watched but this show goes in a *remarkably* different direction than the stated premise. -- nm - Tim Aug 21, 14:24 3
  - It starts off really weird and gets exponentially weirder as it goes. -- nm - Dano Aug 21, 14:47 2
    - and don't even get me started on the intrinsic mysteries of Dr. Fart! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 21, 15:10 1
      - The theological implications are boundless. -- nm - Dano Aug 21, 16:25
- that's really interesting. I would not have thought about this angle. -- nm - prayformojo Aug 21, 13:52
What is better? Pinks or a Dodger Dog? I assume Dodger Dog because it comes with a show. -- nm - crash davis Aug 21, 13:45 1
- Pinks gives more topping options, but neither are worth eating without Stadium mustard. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 21, 13:47
AMC CEO: APE seeing its first trade on the NYSE at some time tomorrow morning, the value of your AMC investment will be the combination of AMC + APE -- (link) - budice Aug 21, 13:22 2
- What is an APE, as used here -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 21, 15:18 1
  - It’s the ticker for the preferred equity shares that are being split off -- nm - znufrii Aug 21, 16:13
Me: Man I have so much TV to catch up on... Also Me: Johnny Karate episode of Parks & Rec is on...score!! - Beaker Aug 21, 13:17
I made a rye caesar with pickle juice. Would recommend. -- nm - Reagen Aug 21, 13:13 3
- how much juice? a shot? -- nm - crash davis Aug 21, 13:25 1
  - about. -- nm - Reagen Aug 21, 13:40
- huh -- nm - prayformojo Aug 21, 13:14
Dennis Rodman Says He's Going to Russia to Seek Brittney Griner's Release -- (link) - budice Aug 21, 12:45 11
- Considering the current state of affairs in Russia, the CIA has to think out of the box when recruiting their assassins. -- nm - Mop Aug 21, 15:45
- Operation Dinner Out Has Too Man Cooks in the Kitchen -- nm - Max Aug 21, 15:16
- maybe he could exchange one of his championship rings for her (Putin apparently stole a superbowl ring when a player showed it off to him) -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 21, 13:51
- Just as in the old Vulcan proverb. -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 21, 13:22 2
  - Only Rodman Could Go To Russia? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 21, 13:24 1
    - *finger to pointy ear* -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 21, 13:35
- Just like in Beauty and the Beast! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 21, 13:13
- *plants some pot on him* -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 21, 13:11 1
  - "Oh, it's permanent now" -- nm - Reagen Aug 21, 13:13
- Future headline: Rodman now incarcerated at same prison as Griner. -- nm - David Aug 21, 13:08 1
  - Phase 1: Accomplished. - Beryllium Aug 21, 13:11
Coca Cola Dreamworld. Is it ... peach? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 21, 12:44 2
- "Tropical fruit blend", the internet claims -- nm - Beryllium Aug 21, 12:48 1
  - NBC claims that these sorts of flavour experiments only create the illusion of innovation, and are signs of a desperate company. -- (link*) - Beryllium Aug 21, 13:00
Consumer review: Pixar Pop-up Putt Putt was so very disappointing. Grade F with prejudice. -- nm - rollo Aug 21, 12:36 3
- this sucks, I love putt putt -- nm - crash davis Aug 21, 14:18
- What happened? -- nm - David Aug 21, 13:07
- :( -- nm - budice Aug 21, 12:43
My daughter's boyfriend is taking her to a very fancy dinner tonight. The expectation all around is he'll be proposing. - TWuG Aug 21, 12:34 7
- the nature of your post implies to me that you're good with him, if so, congrats! -- nm - crash davis Aug 21, 14:17
- Old school thought here but did he ask for your blessing? -- nm - Volnelk Aug 21, 14:08 1
  - Nope. Would have told him off for even asking me. She isn't "mine" to hand off. If she thinks he's worthy of her - TWuG Aug 21, 14:56
- My sister doesn't know that her son is about to propose to his GF. But I've known for a while. - howie Aug 21, 13:26
- "Would you do me the honor ... of investing in my crypto coin?" -- nm - Reagen Aug 21, 13:14
- best of luck. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 21, 13:13
- sneak in dressed as a waiter, take video -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 21, 12:39
Today is one of the busiest non-holiday supermarket days of the year. Hopefully I won’t have to murder anyone. -- nm - Qale Aug 21, 12:21 6
- Any particular reason why? Back to school, etc? -- nm - MDH Aug 21, 12:29 2
  - Yes. Back to school and college. And it was as advertised and honestly so much worse. I got stuck with a barely functioning register and then… - Qale Aug 21, 19:52
  - coastal texas under flood warning, tropical storm watch, so people stocking up -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 21, 12:35
- Just think about it and don't do anything. You stay clear here and there is a multiverse where you went through with it. - crash davis Aug 21, 12:23 2
  - Murder didn’t happen in our universe, but I did mention that if someone goes to jail they ought to at least go for the worst thing possible aka murder -- nm - Qale Aug 21, 19:53
  - It's lol but I think about this kind of thing all the time -- nm - rollo Aug 21, 12:31
Dragon Ball Super $15.8 ($20.1), Beast $11.6, Bullet Train $8.0 ($69.0), Top Gun Maverick $5.9 ($683.4), League of Super-Pets $5.8 ($67.5) - Beaker Aug 21, 12:06 4
- It's likely to top 700mil. - Will Hunting Aug 21, 12:23
- Cineworld stock: $0.19. - David Aug 21, 12:21 2
  - Ya know, there's a world now where Tom Cruise and James Cameron save movies. - Will Hunting Aug 21, 12:24
  - HODL! -- nm - budice Aug 21, 12:22
TV PSA: House of the Dragon, Biography: Edge, Big Brother, Celebrity Family Feud, $100,000 Pyramid, Colosseum, Animal Kingdom, Love Life, MLB, NFL, -- nm - Beaker Aug 21, 11:59 1
- Tales of TWD, Blood & Treasure, Alchemy of Souls, Naruto, US Gymnastics, Vice, Love Island, Power Book III Raising Kanan, Last Week Tonight, other stu -- nm - Beaker Aug 21, 12:00
One of the performers last night was an Elvis impersonator whose act was being offered as part of an auction package. When I looked around it was - Meg Aug 21, 11:54 1
- El Vis? $56 a person seems reasonable for a party with entertainment... slackelviscon...say can crash on your couch? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 21, 12:38
I like bringing you folks bargains. Here is a plain cotton tank top for a measly $995 -- (link) - crash davis Aug 21, 11:52 7
- Macy's san fran had a floor with designer's booths. walked through during a sale, a tshirt marked down to 265...in the 70s so about 2,000 today -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 21, 12:42
- I've sort of come around on this kind of stuff in that it's better than rich people buy this kind of shit instead of hording their money - Reagen Aug 21, 12:05 3
  - That is a good perspective. Keep that money cycling in the economy -- nm - crash davis Aug 21, 12:10 2
    - It beats the current model: tax corporations and bloat the federal budget, have shady people steal that money by taking advantage of federal relief -- nm - rollo Aug 21, 12:39 1
      - lol -- nm - znufrii Aug 21, 13:06
- That logo had better be pure gold. -- nm - Meg Aug 21, 11:55 1
  - It's gonna clang around in the dryer. -- nm - Max Aug 21, 12:12
DTL stats that matter only to me: Starkville has had a top 25 SOS 16 out of the last 21 seasons -- nm - rollo Aug 21, 11:49 1
- and a top 25 ending PR in 6 of the last 21 seasons -- nm - rollo Aug 21, 11:51
It’s Never Too Late to Take Up Water Polo Mark Braly, 86, has spent the last decade playing a particularly challenging team sport. Is he good? No — - crash davis Aug 21, 11:47 4
- Meredith Salenger is already married so what would be the point. -- nm - the wrong element Aug 21, 15:24
- I don't know if you saw, but the Trachtenberg thing was later explained as Whedon being an asshole to her and yelling at her rather than - Reagen Aug 21, 12:03 2
  - While being so much better than a predator, still a bully to a kid isn't great. If you're going to bully someone, Jason Momoa or Henry Cavill - crash davis Aug 21, 12:09 1
    - It ain't good, but we don't need to exaggerate how much of an asshole he is. -- nm - Reagen Aug 21, 13:09
When your husband runs to show you "the tomato" -- (link) - budice Aug 21, 11:32
The Beer Roll -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 21, 11:23

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