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Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 21, 12:28 [Attachment] 6
- Answer (spoiler)/Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 21, 12:28 [Attachment] 5
  - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 21, 12:29 [Attachment] 4
    - 1/2 -- nm - peglegpete Oct 21, 12:48
    - am I misreading this or did they slip a gear on C? -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 12:34 1
      - you're not misreading -- nm - prayformojo Oct 21, 12:36
    - 2/2 -- nm - decline Oct 21, 12:29
Ravens RB JK Dobbins out 4-6 weeks, knee. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 21, 12:21
GM introduces the GMC Sierra EV Denali Edition 1 (that's a mouth full). 400 mile range -- (link) - oblique Oct 21, 12:20 1
- you should buy 2 -- nm - decline Oct 21, 12:26
Shouldn't they have introduced Black Adam in a Shazam movie before giving the character a solo project? -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 12:15 7
- Tonal issues, with that. Chuck is a pretty happy Captain Marvel. Does not mix with the dark. -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 12:46
- Rock put the kibosh on that. -- nm - Remlik Oct 21, 12:43 2
  - Yeah. And the studio line is, "We felt Black Adam's origin deserved it's own movie." -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 12:46 1
    - Captain Marvel is at best, a B lister which automatically makes Black Adam a C lister. Show the origin story, but first give ppl a reason to care -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 12:51
- They went with a more animated route for that. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 12:18 2
  - Oh well. I don't know the character well, and Dwayne Johnson isn't a draw for me, but I'm not the market anymore. -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 12:21 1
    - DC League of Super-pets is fun(spoils) - Beryllium Oct 21, 12:53
What is Hot Ones? -- nm - Jovian Oct 21, 12:10 4
- Interview while eating increasingly hot hot wings -- (link) - oblique Oct 21, 12:14 [youtube] 2
  - ahhh okay. didnt know (or forgot) it was called this. thanks - Jovian Oct 21, 12:15 1
    - you should watch more than a "couple" The guy's a great interviewer. Start with the Brolin one. -- nm - mud Oct 21, 12:22
- The show with hot questions, and even hotter wings. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 12:13
The MCU has one joke, and it’s getting old. -- (link) - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 21, 11:51 9
- Way to amplify a horrible article! -- nm - David Oct 21, 11:54 6
  - They all sound quippy but let's be real...laughing at the terribly alliterative names is not where the fault is. - Will Hunting Oct 21, 12:16 2
    - Two of the three examples are from Spider-Man or a friend of his. - the wrong element Oct 21, 14:36
    - DC fixed that with Nolan Batman, but it's still fair to say MCU is a more entertaining IP that appeals to a broader audience. - Max Oct 21, 12:22
  - I will highlight one line of dialogue in a couple movies. The reader will find them emblematic of the entire MCU which the reader will then find emblematic of the human condition -- nm* - article writer Oct 21, 12:09
  - Happy to be of service! -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 21, 11:57 1
    - Imagine expending that much energy because someone has a name. -- nm - David Oct 21, 11:58
- All of the characters are different, but joke in the exact same way. -- nm - Qale Oct 21, 11:54
- The Feige Touch -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 21, 11:53
(the groceries and gas are gift cards for $4k vs a trip for 2 to Cuba) -- nm - Beaker Oct 21, 11:43
Speaking of vaccine, remember when the UK band The Vaccines were going to be the next big thing? -- nm - ty97 Oct 21, 11:37 7
- Don't know them. I know The Cure. Question: Are there enough medical term named bands to have a festival? -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 11:55 5
  - The Hives, First Aid Kit, Pretty Sick, Cancer Bats -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 12:47 2
    - Band Aid -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 21, 12:51
    - Pain. Agony. -- (edited) - Spawn Oct 21, 12:48
  - How do we tie in albums? (Jagged Little Pill) -- nm* - Andie Oct 21, 11:58 1
    - maybe my brain isn't working well today, but I'm not coming up with a whole lot of names, band or album -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 12:12
- no!! -- nm - mud Oct 21, 11:40
Today's my 30 year anniversary at work -- nm - prayformojo Oct 21, 11:34 14
- wow! congrats! Gold Watch? ;) -- nm - Andie Oct 21, 12:27 1
  - We get that at 25 in my company. - Will Hunting Oct 21, 12:36
- Congrats! -- nm - St. Epiphany Oct 21, 12:21
- 👍👍 -- nm - Meg Oct 21, 12:16
- Congrats! -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 12:04
- That’s… a lot. -- nm - Qale Oct 21, 11:54
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Oct 21, 11:49
- Well done! Happy anniversary!! -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 21, 11:46
- Woot! -- nm - JD Oct 21, 11:38
- Congrats! -- nm - ty97 Oct 21, 11:37
- wow. retirement soon? -- nm - oblique Oct 21, 11:37
- next week will be my 27th -- nm - decline Oct 21, 11:36
- Labor Day was my 8th -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 21, 11:36
- congratulonces -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 11:35
Maybe my favorite reddit comment today: "Conversion is 4 mooches to a truss" -- nm - oblique Oct 21, 11:28
Today I am reading about SQL Common Table Expressions, which has the unfortunate initialism CTE. -- nm - Barynn Oct 21, 11:08 2
- Well-named, since one can cause the other. - Beryllium Oct 21, 11:22 1
  - But imagine if they did. Companies would be paying their programmers to play violent sports on the weekend to increase their efficiency. -- nm - Barynn Oct 21, 11:54
flaming poll: what actor/celeb needs to go on Hot Ones the most? (OCOLM would be profanely great. really need Meryl tho) -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 21, 10:55 28
- The cast of SVU or any L&O or CSI -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 21, 15:52
- King Charles, Chris Evans, Gwennie Paltrow -- nm - St. Epiphany Oct 21, 12:02 2
  - Truss: "Oh my god I've got it in both eyes." "Yep." -- nm - Max Oct 21, 12:05 1
    - :-D -- nm - mud Oct 21, 12:25
- (non-celeb, i nominate amanda jones) -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 21, 11:37 1
  - Only if chubbers and ollie are there to witness -- nm - Barynn Oct 21, 11:39
- Sandler or Harrison Ford -- nm - Flavorize Oct 21, 11:31
- Dolly Parton -- nm - Dano Oct 21, 11:29
- Tig Notaro, David Cronenberg, and Iman Vellani -- nm - Max Oct 21, 11:24 6
  - Tig Notaro is beginning to grate on me a bit, and i was a fan, it's all just a little one-note now. -- nm - Andie Oct 21, 12:01
  - you're a weird dude -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 21, 11:30 4
    - also: confirmed -- nm - Max Oct 21, 11:42
    - Iman is already effusive without the heat; Cronenberg is the scale opposite in his deadpan on ST:Disco, and Tig would have the best comments. -- nm - Max Oct 21, 11:41
    - He just looked across his kitchen table. -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 11:30 1
      - And named three people who have been in his kitchen. -- nm - Dano Oct 21, 11:32
- Dame Judi Dench -- nm - Beaker Oct 21, 11:24
- Rowan Atkinson -- nm - Barynn Oct 21, 11:23
- Miriam Margolyes -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 21, 11:20
- Kate Bush -- nm - mud Oct 21, 11:19 4
  - Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Unbelievable! -- nm - Kate Bush eating a Hot One Oct 21, 12:14 1
    - heh -- nm - mud Oct 21, 12:25
  - That's your answer to everything. :) -- nm - Dano Oct 21, 11:22 1
    - Ik,r -- nm - mud Oct 21, 11:41
- Steve Carell -- nm - Barynn Oct 21, 11:18
- Obama -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 11:15 1
  - only if Michelle does it with him -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 21, 11:21
- Graham Norton -- nm - Roger More Oct 21, 11:13 1
  - and Maya Rudolph, for real. -- nm - Roger More Oct 21, 11:13
Eek. Gotham Knights only gets a 5 out of 10 from IGN. -- nm - David Oct 21, 10:53 8
- review across the board are an overwhelming 'meh' -- nm - decline Oct 21, 10:56 7
  - We watched the first hour of gameplay last night. It looked intriguing. I'm disappointed they didn't stick the landing. - David Oct 21, 11:01 6
    - That was Rocksteady, not WB Montreal. - the wrong element Oct 21, 11:20 1
      - I am aware, but it's like Batman Begins. Everyone makes ripoff Nolan Batman movies now. - David Oct 21, 11:34
    - May be time to just replay that. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 21, 11:06 2
      - I started one last year. Graphics do not hold up as well as I had hoped. -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 11:13
      - It's never a bad idea. That's the best overall Batman story in any medium. -- nm - David Oct 21, 11:09
    - (The voice actors for Batman and Batgirl are terrible.) -- nm - David Oct 21, 11:04
Speaking of those 'old' and established artists: New music from Tove Lo: Grapefruit - JD Oct 21, 10:50 [youtube] 1
- It wasn't this week that I heard how her name is pronounced -- nm - prayformojo Oct 21, 10:53
The Jan 6 Select Committee has issued its subpoena to Trump. Deadline for documents: November 4, Deadline for deposition: "on or about" November 14 -- nm* - decline Oct 21, 10:45 1
- more -- (link) - mud Oct 21, 11:16
There's also a new Sloan album today. -- nm - Dano Oct 21, 10:39 3
- Sloan Peterson released her Lost Illusions EP today as well -- nm - JD Oct 21, 10:56 2
  - she's done alright for herself since that day off -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 21, 10:58 1
    - Meanwhile, my two-year old daughter, Sloane ain’t doing shit. - Volnelk Oct 21, 11:05
Current post-vaccine report: bleh -- nm - ty97 Oct 21, 10:37 3
- Did you get both? -- nm - LMS Oct 21, 10:55 2
  - yeah -- nm - ty97 Oct 21, 11:07 1
    - And I don't feel awful, but definitely feel that general tough-to-describe cruddiness -- nm - ty97 Oct 21, 11:07
Why would you not trade a player who you aren't using who has trade value? -- nm - David Oct 21, 10:28 1
- We were using him a lot. He just needs to get his head straight and likely needs some time to realize the mistakes he's made over - Krusty Oct 21, 10:33
From BBC News: Film from journalist undercover filming his family in Russian occupied Ukraine (16:02) -- (link*) - oblique Oct 21, 10:24 [youtube] 1
- saw this last night, really heart breaking when you see things from the eyes of a child, a young family just trying to make it through a day -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 21, 10:34
It’s not Taylor, it’s not Jepsen, naw… Arctic Monkeys is where it’s at today. -- nm - Qale Oct 21, 10:23 11
- Their debut album was great, but have they done anything all that worthwhile since? -- nm - ty97 Oct 21, 10:37 4
  - I mean, alt-rock isn't really that popular. Except for when it inexplicably is. -- nm - Qale Oct 21, 10:51
  - Depends on what you mean by debut. AM is my favorite album of theirs. It was their US debut, but is their 4th album. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 21, 10:42 1
    - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not -- nm - ty97 Oct 21, 11:39
  - They had a big alternative hit in (whoa) 2013. - Tim Oct 21, 10:41
- now who’s The Old, old man? -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 21, 10:33 1
  - When given a choice, I will always pick the alt-rock of the bunch! -- nm - Qale Oct 21, 10:36
- There'd better be a mirrorball. -- nm - Dano Oct 21, 10:33 1
  - I really don’t like that song. - Tim Oct 21, 10:39
- Arctic Monkeys are coming to Red Rocks —🤩 -- nm - Flavorize Oct 21, 10:26 1
  - will Polar Vortex open for them -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 21, 10:32
jesus this week for Carly Simon has been awful -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 21, 10:21 2
- holy shit, Carly Simon lost BOTH sisters to cancer this week? -- (link) - loosilu Oct 22, 11:47
- oof, that's rough. -- nm - Andie Oct 21, 11:12
Black Adam 43% (68/90), Ticket to Paradise 55% (73/59), The Banshees of Inisherin 99% (116/1), My Policeman 40% (29/44), Aftersun 97% (66/2) -- (edited) - Beaker Oct 21, 10:14 6
- Who first had the idea of "super clap" as a superpower/side-benefit of superpower? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 10:18 5
  - Greek gods. But Hulk was the first to thunderclap. -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 11:41
  - Jenna Jameson -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 21, 10:38 1
    - I would also have accepted "Captain America" for this joke. - Beryllium Oct 21, 11:48
  - I had forgotten about this for the Hulk until I saw She-Hulk. Black Adam doing it feels like a ripoff regardless of the real timeline. -- nm - Max Oct 21, 10:20 1
    - Doesn’t Superman do this all the time? Or is he try to blow people more - Flavorize Oct 21, 10:25
Oct. 21st birthdays: Steve Cropper (81), Catherine Hardwicke (67)Ken Watanabe (63), Kim Kardashian (42), Glen Powell (34), Doja Cat (27) - Max Oct 21, 10:14 [youtube]
Diva - obvie we are going to need a full Funny Girl report. -- nm - Andie Oct 21, 10:07 1
- and oh yes, you will receive it. -- nm - Diva Oct 21, 10:28
My latest instant song crush: Until Further Notice by Anna Akana -- (link) - JD Oct 21, 10:06 3
- I loooove her. - The Allfather Oct 21, 10:08 2
  - As I read, I'm starting to think that me 'discovering' her for her music is on level with knowing Geena Davis primarily as an archer -- nm - JD Oct 21, 10:14 1
    - I highly recommend Go Back to China. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 21, 10:16
ST: What are you reading? -- nm - Beaker Oct 21, 10:05 16
- I'm listening to "The Age of Wood", on Crash's recommendation. - psilotum Oct 21, 12:25 1
  - Speaking of STers, I'm also reading Ender's Game. -- nm - psilotum Oct 21, 12:33
- A Wild Sheep Chase, Murakami. Starting Annihilation trilogy. -- nm - colin Oct 21, 11:51
- Moonglow from the guy who wrote yiddish policeman's union -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 21, 10:53
- Ducks, Newburyport - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 21, 10:31
- DC vs Vampires. I love this series. -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 10:12
- Some Pike Logan series book - Will Hunting Oct 21, 10:12
- Just finished Innocent Assassin by Paul McDonald. Big ole nope -- nm - Epiphany! Oct 21, 10:11
- just came in the post, but Miki from Lush’s memoir -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 21, 10:10
- Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar. I don't really care for it but I'm too invested now and might as well finish. -- nm - Barynn Oct 21, 10:09
- I got 2 books for my birthday - "The Coast to Coast Murders" and "The Dark Hours" -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 10:08
- Broken Interface by Alex Kozlowski -- nm - decline Oct 21, 10:08
- Just started Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson - J Oct 21, 10:08
- The Variants -- nm - The Allfather Oct 21, 10:08
- The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson and The Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 21, 10:06
- finishing book 8 of The Expanse (Tiamat's Wrath), then on to the finale (Leviathan Falls) -- nm - Beaker Oct 21, 10:06

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