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How do you get Batman into the Marvel Universe? - JD Aug 24, 21:55
Spawn should remind Disney that they could go blind if they keep yanking their own avatar -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 21:26
"Ooh, this one's about a Klingon who eats his own hand" -- nm* - Beryllium Aug 24, 21:24
"Would you mind moving closer? You're like aspirin to me." "Worst come on line ever." -- nm - Max Aug 24, 21:01
Sesame Street's first TikTok is perfect -- (link) - TWuG Aug 24, 20:32 [tiktok]
Harry and Meghan Adopt a Mistreated Beagle Mom The royal couple adopted a 7-year-old dog named Momma Mia, one of 4,000 beagles - crash davis Aug 24, 20:26 1
- The beagle mom and her pups will immediately start plotting their revenge against their tormentor… - Mop Aug 24, 20:29
Angels lost after leading 1-0 in 8th, 2-1 in 10th, and 3-2 in 11th -- (link*) - budice Aug 24, 20:12 2
- One-run extra inning leads border on irrelevant. You're still likely to score with a runner on second and nobody out. -- nm - David Aug 24, 20:23 1
  - I appreciate the facts / stats of the situation but please let the Angels fans just wallow in yet another uh, lack of win? I mean honestly tis not - JD Aug 24, 21:06
Netflix's Slumberland with Jason Mamoa. -- (link) - Mop Aug 24, 20:09 [youtube] 1
- Little Nemo is a girl now? -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 24, 21:21
OMITB finale was quite well done. I do have one question (MAJOR SPOILERS) - ty97 Aug 24, 20:02 2
- Spoiler - Mop Aug 24, 20:08 1
  - But wait! (spoilers) - Mop Aug 24, 20:28
C.I.A. Begins Compensating Victims of Havana Syndrome - crash davis Aug 24, 19:40
Dark green medium long handles HOUSE ELF. -- (link) - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Aug 24, 19:36 7
- Covid brain has me so confused on this. - Spawn Aug 24, 21:14
- For storing socks, I presume -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 20:10 1
  - (If you were into crypto and D&D I would suggest "BAG OF HODL", ) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 20:11
- I do like the dark green -- nm - crash davis Aug 24, 19:42 3
  - you hate HOUSE ELF though and I feel like you're my biggest supporter on the IB&T jam. -- nm - amanda Aug 24, 19:53 2
    - like am I wrong?? -- nm - amanda Aug 24, 19:54 1
      - once you explained that you were a house elf for ollie and chubbers, I've begun to come around - so I support it now :) -- nm* - crash davis Aug 24, 20:05
Uvalde School District Police Chief Fired -- nm - crash davis Aug 24, 19:32 3
- Finally -- nm - Pippy Aug 24, 20:37
- And he was never employed in law enforcement ever again! - Mop Aug 24, 19:37 1
  - there are already some rumblings from his lawyers about due process, but IANAL so I make no predictions other than it is possible this isn't over -- nm - crash davis Aug 24, 19:41
Apparently there was just a cougar sighting within half a kilometre of our house -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 19:32 3
- The ads just say that to get you to click, Bery. Don't click! -- nm - JaxSean Aug 24, 20:00
- keep your family and pets safe, best wishes -- nm - crash davis Aug 24, 19:33 1
  - I have an indoor family and indoor pets, so we should be OK. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 19:33
World Cup of Hockey returning for 2024 -- (link) - Reagen Aug 24, 19:15 1
- YES! -- nm - Mop Aug 24, 20:29
Ghislaine Maxwell sued by her lawyers over unpaid fees -- (link) - budice Aug 24, 18:48 3
- What're they gonna do? Send her to jail? -- nm - Mop Aug 24, 19:12 2
  - garnish her 10 cents an hour kitchen wages -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 24, 20:11
  - Double secret jail? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 19:14
holy shit that first episode of The Old Man is good -- nm - Beaker Aug 24, 18:41 6
- For sure. It was a perfect first episode. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 24, 18:58
- WTF have you been? -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 18:57 3
  - I knew it would land on D+ up here eventually, only way i could watch it - spoilers -- (edited) - Beaker Aug 24, 19:03 2
    - Plus, they yanked Avatar for it. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 19:06
    - We should probably confirm. Know anyone who likes checking TV listings? -- nm - con_carne Aug 24, 19:06
- My quick review: "The Bourne Identity meets About Schmidt" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 18:42
Judge that said a 17 y.o. was too immature to have an abortion was voted out of his job yesterday -- (link) - TWuG Aug 24, 18:15 2
- good -- nm - znufrii Aug 24, 18:16 1
  - can we make him pay for child support? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 24, 20:12
Peachtree GA WalMart En Fuego -- (link) - budice Aug 24, 18:12 3
- Stupid question, but shouldn't this building have sprinklers? -- nm - Mop Aug 24, 19:12
- ~we don’t need no low prices let the mother fucker burn!~ -- nm - Epiphany! Aug 24, 18:40 1
  - ha -- nm - budice Aug 24, 18:48
Allison Janney shows us she's the badass we all knew she was. -- (link*) - Mop Aug 24, 18:05 [youtube] 2
- The Old Lady -- nm - Max Aug 24, 18:39
- Oh my. That looks like it'll be fun. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 18:10
matching full-chest tattoos for the resident alien cast? Interesting choice! -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 24, 18:02 1
- I got one after watching it, too. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 19:09
I have a spare 42" tv. What do you think gets it out of the house fast? $50 on Facebook marketplace? - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Aug 24, 17:56 1
- put on the sidewalk with a sixer of Busch Light and it's gone. -- nm - Remlik Aug 24, 18:11
OK, purchased one of those Xbox Ultimate Game Pass subscription codes from a CD keys site, used my NordVPN to pretend I was in Turkey. - Mop Aug 24, 17:54
Alejandro Kirk, who is shaped like a turkey leg, has gotten two infield hits tonight. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 17:45 2
- Big top or big bottom? -- nm - Mop Aug 24, 17:47 1
  - "Gay sex was more fun when straight people were uncomfortable with it." -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 24, 17:53
OMITB finale: very very good. Even the closing theme. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 17:39 1
- Yep! -- nm - Marlowe Aug 24, 17:50
Look, I love MISSIO. But there’s no way they are worth $110 goddamn dollars General Admission at Warehouse Live. -- nm - Qale Aug 24, 17:25 1
- Oh. It’s Tickemaster doing Ticketmaster things. Getting them from the actual venue is $30. -- nm - Qale Aug 24, 17:26
I know that it’s not uncommon, but it’s still strange to go to a gas station that was one brand one week and a new brand another. -- nm - Qale Aug 24, 17:17 1
- Can confirm. The local Petro Canada + Macs became an Esso + Circle K overnight a while back. It was odd. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 17:42
THE Amazing Race cast announced...Krusty gonna be happy! -- (link) - Beaker Aug 24, 17:01 1
- Ugh! But I'll still watch. -- nm - Krusty Aug 24, 18:22
Peter Coy - When it comes to language, being a bit confused — and humble — isn’t a bad thing - crash davis Aug 24, 16:57 9
- A Favorite Classic Onion: "William Safire Orders Two Whoppers Junior" -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 24, 17:50 1
  - heh -- nm - znufrii Aug 24, 17:58
- Rules are meant to broken. And nothing is more broken than the English language. -- nm - Qale Aug 24, 17:19 4
  - I never used to think about it much. But I'm buying into John McWhorter's assertation that it is a constantly evolving thing. -- nm - crash davis Aug 24, 17:34 3
    - of course it is. Languages that don't evolve die out. - Reagen Aug 24, 17:37 2
      - *checks watch, stares intensely at French* -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 18:01 1
        
        did Quebecois devolve it? -- nm - mud Aug 24, 18:05
- the preposition thing is another one of the things coming from people trying to make English agree with Latin - Reagen Aug 24, 17:01 1
  - I think ending the preposition rule is a fine place to head to -- nm - crash davis Aug 24, 17:08
Guys I moved my shelves TONIGHT. thanks anyway for being willing to call me a lazy POS over not moving them Friday! - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Aug 24, 16:48
Canadian PSA: The Old Man is on D+ -- nm - Beaker Aug 24, 16:48 1
- I had to read this twice. At first glance, I thought you were giving it a grade of D+. -- nm - crash davis Aug 24, 16:55
Zillow! -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 24, 16:41 3
- That looks like it's one heavy rain away from a flume ride. -- nm - Max Aug 24, 18:41
- I’m assuming it’s a gut job on the inside? -- nm - znufrii Aug 24, 16:47
- for the supervillain on a budget. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 16:44
Jury finds Los Angeles County must pay Kobe Bryant’s widow $16 million over photos -- (link) - budice Aug 24, 16:28 3
- LAT sez $31M FWIW between herself and another person -- (link*) - con_carne Aug 24, 16:44
- Good. Hopefully this sends a message to other agencies. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 24, 16:43
- Good. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 16:40
Obi-Wan Kenobi but it came out in 2007 -- (link) - Remlik Aug 24, 16:14 3
- Amusing, but not perfection. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 16:20 2
  - He's uses Ben's message to the Jedi in this one -- (link) - Remlik Aug 24, 16:25 1
    - Yep, there it is. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 16:39
THR: Michelle Branch Domestic Assault Case Dismissed -- (link) - mud Aug 24, 16:11
Lightning strike -- (link) - TWuG Aug 24, 16:11 3
- Not new, but awesome. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 19:00
- "IT'S OK! IT'S OK! IT'S--- Nope." -- nm - Mop Aug 24, 17:32
- awesome -- nm - mud Aug 24, 16:13
R.I.P. Gerald Potterton, 91 -- (link) - mud Aug 24, 16:10 4
- Sad. -- The Yellow Submarine nm - Spawn Aug 24, 19:06
- As a young lad in a world without the internet, Heavy Metal made quite an impression. RIP Gerald -- nm - crash davis Aug 24, 16:42 1
  - yes. It's how I knew about Blade Runner before Blade Runner. -- nm - mud Aug 24, 16:45
- awww -- nm - Remlik Aug 24, 16:35
FUN FACT: is actually quite good. Where the hell is pixie with his weigh in? -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Aug 24, 16:02 7
- TOTE MAGOAT -- nm* - Reagen Aug 24, 16:30 3
  - This is very not bad. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Aug 24, 16:47
  - TOTEY MCTOTEFACE - hollywood big shot Aug 24, 16:35 1
    - just MCTOTEFACE. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 16:36
- LL COOL BEANS -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 24, 16:16 1
  - not terrible. -- nm - amanda Aug 24, 16:28
- But really maybe it's HOUSE ELF. feels right somehow. Like instantly, it feels right. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Aug 24, 16:03
Inside MLB’s Astros cheating investigation: GM Jeff Luhnow deleted phone data - crash davis Aug 24, 15:52
"funeral screenings"? ! -- (link) - mud Aug 24, 15:51 8
- With the intent being that leaks will paint it as "horrible", "a mess", "damaging to the WB brand", etc. -- nm - TWuG Aug 24, 15:57 6
  - Disney pulled Solo out of a mess. WB just lacks vision. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 16:00 4
    - This has been obvious for over a decade. The stable of DC characters should be a lock for a franchise as great as the MCU and yet.... -- nm - TWuG Aug 24, 16:03 3
      - They are the Obadiah Stane to MCU's Tony Stark. They have all the pieces, they're not stuck in a cave with a box of scraps, but - Beryllium Aug 24, 16:14 2
        
        You can be Iron Man with me for a night, handsome! -- nm - Scraps, the fun-lovin' Vegas hooker Aug 24, 16:37
        
        Honestly, they keep hiring for "star power" in acting and directing instead of looking for, you know, actual competence. That and they - TWuG Aug 24, 16:23
  - And my jealousy will still burn like a sun! -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 16:00
- OFFS -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 15:52
Biden announces a nearly $3 billion package of arms and equipment for Ukraine. - crash davis Aug 24, 15:48 9
- For *college students* in Ukraine? -- nm - Mop Aug 24, 17:58
- Putin expected a small, regional conflict and bought himself a proxy war. I bet our funds and willingness to support - TWuG Aug 24, 15:52 7
  - Its going to be a harsh winter when civilians go without heat in Dakota like weather -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 24, 20:10
  - I think you're right and thus I won't take your bet :) -- nm - crash davis Aug 24, 15:54 2
    - The big issue is whether he relies on conventional warfare before being deposed or talked into some type of face-saving peace or resorts to - TWuG Aug 24, 15:59 1
      - If they've maintained their nukes the way they maintain their conventional weapons, they'll blow up in their tubes and poison their own land. - crash davis Aug 24, 16:04
  - A *3 day* conflict. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 15:53 2
    - It's the Gilligan's Island of wars. -- nm - TWuG Aug 24, 16:23
    - Today is both the six month anniversary of the invasion and Ukrainian Independence Day, I think. If so, its a weird coincidence. -- nm - crash davis Aug 24, 16:02
Secret ‘Batgirl’ Screenings Hit the Warner Bros. Lot (Exclusive) -- (link) - Remlik Aug 24, 15:41 2
- OFFS -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 15:53 1
  - I kinda feel bad for Leslie Grace. She'll probly make out all right, though -- nm - mud Aug 24, 15:58
the upcoming “Evil Dead Rise” film, which was previously slated to go direct to HBO Max this year, will instead get a theatrical release on April 21st -- (link) - Remlik Aug 24, 15:22 2
- From the original source... the House Party movie is going to theaters, as well. -- nm - Mop Aug 24, 18:12
- ... of two-thousand and never! Bwahaha! (NM) - HBO MAx Aug 24, 15:58
Speaking of Charles Savage, what did everyone think of the Only Murders finale? spoilers - mara Aug 24, 15:18 6
- we enjoyed it quite a bit. Steve Martin physical comedy, when he does it, is a joy to watch -- nm - Remlik Aug 24, 15:38
- I really enjoyed the finale and I'm so very excited for the next season. As to your last paragraph, someone from the show on the official podcast - Krusty Aug 24, 15:27 3
  - It might just mean that - mara Aug 24, 15:33 2
    - Hmmm... That's definitely a possibility. - Krusty Aug 24, 15:38 1
      - spoils - Beryllium Aug 24, 17:41
- It was great. After a season that I felt was (spoiler-ish, not really) .. - mud Aug 24, 15:24
good thread (16 post): -- (link) - mud Aug 24, 15:05 2
- So, as expected, it was a memo justifying conclusions already pre-determined. -- nm - pmb Aug 24, 15:55
- WaPo : (this fucking guy, I still can't believe he got away with this) -- (link) - mud Aug 24, 15:08

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