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The fact that I cannot download Hulu shows is upsetting me. -- nm - Mop Oct 4, 15:32 1
- for a flight? -- nm - psilotum Oct 4, 15:42
Its so odd when I read some episode review for Rings of Power, I feel like Im listening to Republicans tell me that Dr Oz and Walker were great picks. -- (edited) - Jovian Oct 4, 15:31 8
- I have no need to proselytize it to unbelievers, but whatever faults it has I am blinded by it's goodness. - Max Oct 4, 15:55
- Good enough for me. Although I do skip the intro sequence every single time. -- nm* - Beryllium Oct 4, 15:38 6
  - (If I had to pick more TRoP or more Expanse, I would choose Expanse with zero hesitation, of course.) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 15:40 1
    - of course! And I could watch that shows intro on a loop. -- nm - Jovian Oct 4, 15:41
  - omg I skip the intro too (its bad). I never really do either. But this show and For All Mankind have just horrid intro's. -- nm - Jovian Oct 4, 15:39 3
    - It's like they tried to do something like Foundation's intro, crossed with a physics effect, and it did not land right at all -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 15:41 1
      - and considering (small spoils) - Jovian Oct 4, 15:43
    - Im not a fan of House of Dragon's either though. But I wont skip that because it at least plays the GoT music. -- nm - Jovian Oct 4, 15:41
Spawn movie news annoucement moved to tomorrow. -- nm - Remlik Oct 4, 15:02 2
- is it that comic book series that was turned into a movie that stole its title from a long time TT/ST poster? -- nm - Jovian Oct 4, 15:10 1
  - Yep. Second STer to be pulled into the DCEU, after Bathtub Guy in super pets. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 15:22
The Tonight Show episode tonight is Ralph Macchio, Jennifer Beals, Lea Thompson and Modern English. -- (link) - Volnelk Oct 4, 14:56 2
- Great idea -- nm - Flavorize Oct 4, 15:36
- Now there's a name I've not heard in a long time. A long time. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 15:04
you may be surprised to learn, at least based on Skadden's letter to Twitter, that Elon is conditioning closing on the Chancery Ct. staying the trial -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 4, 14:39 8
- yea I was reading on this before. I really have no idea what it means or does. - Jovian Oct 4, 14:55 7
  - it means you throw me the idol and i intend to procure the additional funding to purchase a whip to throw you in due course -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 4, 14:58 6
    - eesh. and twitter just now has to accept that logic? - Jovian Oct 4, 15:09 5
      - Twitter backing out is his absolute dream scenario right now. -- nm - Reagen Oct 4, 15:28 3
        
        as worded, there's nothing really for Twitter to agree to here other than pushing the trial (that they'll assuredly win) off to theoretically achieve - hollywood big shot Oct 4, 15:34 2
        
        They’d be idiots to agree to delay. As soon as they do he’ll rug pull again and they’d have to start over. - spamlet Oct 4, 15:39 1
        
        right (your IM)? I mean, so twitter doesnt have to agree to this right -- nm - Jovian Oct 4, 15:44
      - Delaware isn't going to dismiss the case so Twitter isn't any worse off there but it may be ripe for inordinate delay while Elon claims to be making - hollywood big shot Oct 4, 15:11
All caught up on Welcome to Wrexham. The hooligan episode was upsetting. - Krusty Oct 4, 14:28 4
- Yeah it’s nuts. My wife had no idea it was a real thing. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 4, 14:31 3
  - They seem to relish in it and see it as doing their part to support the team. It's crazy. - Krusty Oct 4, 14:46 2
    - Green Street Hooligans with Elijah Wood is a crazy look into the world. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 4, 14:54 1
      - I'll check it out. -- nm - Krusty Oct 4, 15:24
is my interviewee in an elevator? -- (pic) - judge amanda jones Oct 4, 14:27 [Attachment] 5
- After that that polyamorous incident back in '08 I'm legally required to have one of those in my bedroom. -- nm - Ender Oct 4, 15:01
- no, that's her diploma -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 4, 14:29 1
  - ha! -- nm - prayformojo Oct 4, 14:55
- that's a prep room for a porno - Lafarrow Oct 4, 14:28 1
  - Hired. -- nm - Todd Manning Oct 4, 15:40
I was just discussing Aesop and had the realization that it means that we've been dealing with asshole lying kids since the dawn of recorded history. -- nm - Reagen Oct 4, 14:11 1
- I was just reading about aesop last night. why are you stalking me? I am an officer of the court young man!!! - judge amanda jones Oct 4, 14:14
"Can we go outside? I'll let you have the rest of my Dr. Pepper." -- nm - Classroom Transcripts Oct 4, 13:42
JFK: Arrived. Global Entry: Achieved. McDonald's: Consumed. -- nm - Mop Oct 4, 13:38 1
- Welcome to our beautiful weather! -- nm - ty97 Oct 4, 13:44
Chess Investigation Finds That U.S. Grandmaster ‘Likely Cheated’ More Than 100 Times -- (link) - spamlet Oct 4, 13:37 17
- Look, it's none of our business how those chess players get their jollies. If they enjoy sticking things up their ass who are we to judge? -- nm - Ender Oct 4, 15:03
- "You're not here for the chess, are ya bud." -- nm - Reagen Oct 4, 13:43
- Can somebody cut and paste this? -- nm - David Oct 4, 13:43 13
  - Sorry, I thought that would allow viewing. Thanks, Reagen. -- nm - spamlet Oct 4, 13:55
  - -- - Reagen Oct 4, 13:43 11
    - So- taking online chess out of the mix for a sec - how does one cheat at chess in these major tournaments? - Turd Ferguson Oct 4, 15:08 2
      - Pretty much all the tech and third party support cheaters bring to casino card games. -- nm - Max Oct 4, 15:59
      - The rumor is (spoilers) - Marlowe Oct 4, 15:13
    - It's this actually news? Didn't he already confess to cheating on chess.com a couple years ago. This isn't new information. -- nm - Ender Oct 4, 15:08 1
      - the scale would be new. -- nm - Reagen Oct 4, 15:43
    - "The report says dozens of grandmasters have been caught cheating on the website, including four of the top-100 players in the world who confessed. " - David Oct 4, 13:50 3
      - There's absolutely cheating in poker. There's RFID readers that can read the whole deck. -- nm - Reagen Oct 4, 14:02 2
        
        How do they police this stuff? -- nm - David Oct 4, 14:05 1
        
        you'd have to check for a signal. -- nm - Reagen Oct 4, 14:08
    - Plus this graph from chess.com showing his teenage improvement comparison to Magnus and Bobby Fischer -- (pic) - Max Oct 4, 13:47 [Attachment] 1
      - it seems clear he cheated a lot, but my question here would be how many of those players are in the online age? - mafic Oct 4, 16:44
- Bet that wore out the batteries. Yikes. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 13:37
"yall check out this webcam with some fat af bears" -- (link) - Office Transcripts Oct 4, 13:17 6
- this is my favorite show. -- nm - judge amanda jones Oct 4, 13:47 2
  - what if there were a Fat AF Bear Doctor show. -- nm - Max Oct 4, 13:50 1
    - I mean, all in. chubbins has some bear in her gait, honestly, so I so get some fat AF bear in my life. -- nm - judge amanda jones Oct 4, 14:06
- Did they actually say "af" or what it stands for? -- nm - David Oct 4, 13:43 2
  - that's verbatim, which is what makes it additionally funny. -- nm - Max Oct 4, 13:50 1
    - Agreed. -- nm - David Oct 4, 13:51
Jesus, a lot of stuff happens on October 3 in Dracula... -- nm - Ender Oct 4, 13:16
SpinLaunch test flight #10 : Now with payloads -- (link) - oblique Oct 4, 13:16 [youtube] 7
- Manned? -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 13:29 3
  - No, it would turn people to goo -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 13:33 2
    - BOOOOO!!! -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 13:41 1
      - No, GOO! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 13:42
- Love it. Compact mass driver, generation one. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 13:21 2
  - It is impressive what they've done in such a short time -- nm - oblique Oct 4, 13:27 1
    - I'd put it on the same innovation level as SpaceX's self-landing rockets. - Beryllium Oct 4, 13:33
Updated my Twitter profile ... -- (pic) - Beryllium Oct 4, 12:56 [Attachment] 4
- What I expected: Dislikes: M@therf*cking NFTs -- nm - oblique Oct 4, 13:04 3
  - NFTs are dead. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 13:09 2
    - Today's newsletter headline for The Wrap... -- (link) - David Oct 4, 13:11
    - (More accurately, NFTs of the kind I most disliked are on the ropes & hopefully on the way out) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 13:10
Let's also acknowledge it helps a lot when your signature role is in an actually good movie - the Client for Sarandon is a hate crime of an answer -- nm - rollo Oct 4, 12:56 25
- I really like The Client. It's my second-favorite Grisham movie. -- nm - David Oct 4, 13:12 19
  - okay american psycho -- nm - Max Oct 4, 13:18 1
    - *ding* -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 13:19
  - It might be the first one that comes to mind for me when I think of Grisham movies. - Beryllium Oct 4, 13:17
  - If I remember my spam days, this is where I tell you to choke on a goat and you tell me not goat, marmot -- nm - rollo Oct 4, 13:14 15
    - that'd be ursine. - Dark Callisto Oct 4, 13:18 14
      - wait, did I know that? - Reagen Oct 4, 13:45 2
        
        not sure. He passed last year during the summer. - Dark Callisto Oct 4, 13:52
        
        He was in hospice care and then passed away. We didn't talk to him for a decade, but we keep tabs on everyone in case they need anything. - David Oct 4, 13:51
      - My youngest who was born a couple months after survivor spam ended is now a college senior! -- nm - rollo Oct 4, 13:38 10
        
        Ahhh...Survivor Spam. Talk about not having any idea what was getting ready to happen. nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 4, 15:11
        
        i get older but they stay the same age -- nm - Lafarrow Oct 4, 14:04 2
        
        How have you not been canceled yet? -- nm - David Oct 4, 14:05 1
        
        He would have had to once be valid. -- nm - Reagen Oct 4, 14:19
        
        WHY DID YOU TELL ME THAT??? - David Oct 4, 13:44 5
        
        My granddaughter who was a year old when I joined HSX graduated college four years ago ;) -- nm - Meg Oct 4, 14:02 4
        
        THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING -- nm - David Oct 4, 14:05 3
        
        Fun fact: You're a grunkle. Grunkle David. -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 4, 14:31 2
        
        I FEEL ATTACKED -- nm - David Oct 4, 15:00 1
        
        {{HUGS}} :-) -- nm - Meg Oct 4, 15:39
- Is that not reflected in her career since then? It may be unfortunate, but I'm not sure it's wrong. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 13:00 2
  - If we're just going to list movies that someone was in then great, every role is a signature role -- nm - rollo Oct 4, 13:05 1
    - My signature role is Swimmers. I was going to say The Walking Dead, but you can actually see me and tell it's me in Swimmers. -- nm - Dano Oct 4, 13:13
- in her case, entirely earned -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 4, 12:59 1
  - yeah. -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 4, 13:01
babyfakeprez asking SCOTUS to get into it. -- (link) - mud Oct 4, 12:52 4
- Another delay tactic. If Thomas agrees for them to take this up, then the 11th's order would be stayed, until they ruled correct? -- nm - Jovian Oct 4, 13:19
- "Please injunct the injunction of the injunction." -- nm - Barynn Oct 4, 13:03 1
  - Conjunction junction, what's your function -- nm - Strongbad Oct 4, 13:30
- "Nah we're good dawg" -- nm - SC Oct 4, 12:57
So there goes the last chance for me to vote for a Republican this election. - Dano Oct 4, 12:51 1
- 👍 -- nm - mud Oct 4, 12:53
Quordle 7 8 X 9 (oof) - oblique Oct 4, 12:29
BoVAda just sent me this. - The Allfather Oct 4, 12:28 10
- Tom returns to his one true love. Tara Reid. -- nm - Todd Manning Oct 4, 15:55
- LOL Gigi Hadid. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 4, 13:00
- I missed my more fundamental question: Why is Bovada sending you emails? -- (edited) - JD Oct 4, 12:36 1
  - I'm on countless PR lists. -- nm - David Oct 4, 12:44
- People are broken -- nm - spamlet Oct 4, 12:31
- I'd take the against bet on a number of those Brady girlfriends - oblique Oct 4, 12:30 3
  - If it wasn't for the creepy age difference, I'd kind of like to see an Osaka-Brady couple -- nm - JD Oct 4, 12:33
  - Swanpoel and Lima, too. -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 12:33 1
    - Hear me out ... Swanpoel *and* Lima -- nm - rollo Oct 4, 13:01
- There is some money to be made. -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 12:29
In very local carjacking news ... this was about 3km away -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 4, 12:24
Giants working out QB's today including Jake Fromm. Jones and Tyrod Taylor may both be out this weekend. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 4, 12:19
LIR: We switched to 3 when we moved. I think it is just because of how the pantry in the bathroom is situated. I do like it and it is easier to grab - oblique Oct 4, 12:09 12
- Did you also divide the towels into categories? How many categories are there? -- nm - Barynn Oct 4, 12:42 1
  - Nope, just one big shelf of towels. Realistically I use the same 2 towels consistently and just wash them regularly. It is only us in the house - oblique Oct 4, 12:47
- Three shells? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 12:25 1
  - Oh, we're still talking about towels -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 12:26
- Why would you need to fold your only towel? -- nm - Dano Oct 4, 12:25
- NEVER 1. 2 in the bathroom in my addition, a combo of 2 and 3 in the microbathroom. -- nm - amanda Oct 4, 12:16 2
  - sorry, need to change my nick to reflect mah authoritah. -- nm - judge amanda jones Oct 4, 12:24 1
    - Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Oct 4, 12:33
- i take it znu just heaps his in a pile until they're ready to be used. -- nm - colin Oct 4, 12:10 3
  - I assumed he folded them into something fancy like swans or little elephants. -- nm* - Krusty Oct 4, 12:12 2
    - I assumed he had one towel, either in the machines or on the hook. -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 12:27 1
      - ah the old "college freshman" method. -- nm - colin Oct 4, 13:01
Did we discuss the EFTs coming that will mirror politician's stock trades? NANC and KRUZ are the two funds. - colin Oct 4, 12:08 8
- Lol. -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 4, 12:40
- Politician NFTs in 3..2..1 -- nm - budice Oct 4, 12:18 1
  - … -- (link) - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 4, 15:58
- The 45+ day delay after the trades would seem to make these a really questionable investment... -- nm - Ender Oct 4, 12:12 4
  - they have often made trades well ahead of sessions based on information they know may be passed into law. they're not day trading. -- nm - colin Oct 4, 12:38
  - That they are NFTs do that already. -- nm - Qale Oct 4, 12:30 2
    - ETF, not NFT. -- nm* - Ender Oct 4, 12:39 1
      - nm -- nm* - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 4, 12:40
Jaywalking now cool in Cali -- (link) - budice Oct 4, 11:55 8
- In this neighborhood I cross mid-block because it's safer than having cars come at you from 4 different directions. Even in a crosswalk. -- nm - Meg Oct 4, 13:15
- Not nekkid though. Sorry, Nuditarian. -- nm - Qale Oct 4, 12:32
- Should be stricken from the law books globally. - Beryllium Oct 4, 12:17
- really good news. this and loitering are stop and frisk excuses and should never be on the books. -- nm - colin Oct 4, 12:09
- I mean @ $7.75 a gallon for gas, people should be walking everywhere without any rules. -- nm - Jovian Oct 4, 12:04 1
  - F- the EVs, too! -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 12:25
- Legal doesn't mean cool. -- nm - Max Oct 4, 11:56 1
  - Oft times, the opp. -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 12:00

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