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ABC , FX Networks, Freeform, and Hulu will air the first two episodes of #Andor starting 11/23. -- nm - Remlik Nov 14, 11:34 1
- Such a failure! -- nm - Mop Nov 14, 11:35
P!nk Tour Dates with the openers specified by date. Here you go Benatar fans... - MDH Nov 14, 11:34 5
- Wrong opener in NYC! -- nm - ty97 Nov 14, 11:37 1
  - Cinci, too. -- nm - Spawn Nov 14, 12:06
- Garth Brooks has announced a Vegas residency for 2023 (27 Shows) - MDH Nov 14, 11:36 1
  - This allows him to return to Houston for the rodeo in March. -- nm - Qale Nov 14, 11:42
- Foreigner has announced their farewell tour (opener is Loverboy) - MDH Nov 14, 11:35
UVA and those 4 kids at U of Idaho who were found murdered. This is just awful. -- nm - Diva Nov 14, 11:20 2
- absolutely terrible -- nm - ty97 Nov 14, 11:29 1
  - indeed -- nm - crash davis Nov 14, 11:35
Microsoft - 22H2 Microsoft admits Windows 11 update is tanking PC gaming performance -- (link*) - budice Nov 14, 11:17 1
- bastards! -- nm - decline Nov 14, 11:18
Jay Leno: in a burn center after a serious car fire -- (link) - Remlik Nov 14, 11:08 2
- that sounds so painful. -- nm - Andie Nov 14, 11:22
- best wishes for a recovery -- nm - crash davis Nov 14, 11:09
Does TikTok have a watch history? I just noticed that YouTube Shorts does and it'd be terribly inconvenient if it didn't. - Mop Nov 14, 11:02 1
- yes. tap profile on the bottom then the little heart -- nm - i.b! Nov 14, 11:06
for those who Amazon, eligible accounts can add Venmo and receive a $10 credit. worked for me! nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Nov 14, 11:02 3
- I likely was not eligible, but eh, I did it anyway. It's not like I'm using either. -- nm - Qale Nov 14, 11:15
- Let me ask you this: Do I have a Venmo account? -- nm - Mop Nov 14, 11:03 1
  - there’s an account that’s your Firstname-Lastname -- nm - i.b! Nov 14, 11:09
Larry has been called in against the rail strikes, apparently -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 14, 11:01
LEGO & Wizards of the Coast asked for LEGO ideas for 50 Years of D&D. Here are some of the original builds that got submitted -- (link) - crash davis Nov 14, 10:56 9
- do the Community D&D episode -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 14, 11:05 1
  - is that still allowed to be shown? Chang in black face (as a Drow) got it banned for some fucking reason didn't it? -- nm* - Beaker Nov 14, 11:07
- Related: Hasbro stock found new lows recently and the CFO is retiring. -- (link) - Qale Nov 14, 11:04 3
  - Gotta milk more from MTGA then! -- nm - spamlet Nov 14, 11:05 1
    - I do not spend any money on Arena! I buy a pack of physical cards every couple of weeks. -- nm - Qale Nov 14, 11:10
  - And also related: Bank of America suggests Hasbro is squeezing its Golden Goose, Magic: The Gathering. -- (link) - Qale Nov 14, 11:05
- cool! -- nm - Beaker Nov 14, 11:01
- It's Tiamat or nothing! -- nm - Mop Nov 14, 11:00 1
  - If a line of builds actually came out of this, I imagine Tiamat would be one of those $150 prestige boxes -- nm - crash davis Nov 14, 11:07
A friend said they just got the UVA shooter a block from her house. Guess he headed back to Richmond to hide. -- nm - colin Nov 14, 10:52 4
- it was the Lt Gov’s prayers what did it -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 14, 11:04
- they caught him a couple of hours ago. — nm - i.b! Nov 14, 10:57 2
  - Ahh. I guess she just got around to texting us. This is the 4th time this year cops have swarmed near her house. - colin Nov 14, 11:01 1
    - ugh, so scary. — nm - i.b! Nov 14, 11:05
Paris 2024 Olympic mascot revealed -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 14, 10:51 8
- Chapeau! -- nm - Spawn Nov 14, 11:24
- why does it always have to be weird, creepy sh!t? Why can't it be something simple like a cute bunny or kitten? -- nm - decline Nov 14, 11:18 3
  - probably why the last totalitarian dictatorship to get the games went with adorable pandas -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 14, 11:24
  - Anthropomorphic baguettes and croissants -- nm - Beryllium Nov 14, 11:20 1
    - a large red talking beret. think of the berets marketing could sell! -- nm - Andie Nov 14, 11:23
- nicely done on the paralympic version. -- nm - i.b! Nov 14, 10:58
- It looks like the Red Cross's blood droplet mascot. -- nm - Mop Nov 14, 10:54 1
  - red poop emoji -- nm - crash davis Nov 14, 10:57
I have only used my debit card 3 times since Sept 23rd when I was issued a new one due to fraud. Today, the account is locked due to fraud again. - Qale Nov 14, 10:45 2
- Yikes, yeah most likely, these days I only want to use it at tap terminals -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 14, 10:48 1
  - I was trying to start using my debit card earlier in the fall, but that immediately proved problematic. I stopped once again after that 3rd time. - Qale Nov 14, 10:49
I have an invite from Amazon to purchase a PS5 disc console for $499 + tax. If anyone here wants it, I'd be happy to purchase/ship it to you. - ML Nov 14, 10:42
Taytay Ticket presales texts sent out -- nm - budice Nov 14, 10:39
Laughing that "Big Retail Chain Canada" has its mailing address in New Jersey. - Walt_Disney Nov 14, 10:36
Pete Davidson reportedly with Emily Ratajkowski now. - Jovian Nov 14, 10:32 20
- I feel like these women all want to be in some weird club or something. -- nm - Diva Nov 14, 11:18
- When she showed up on SNL last year I figured the boy let a mark on her. -- nm - Spawn Nov 14, 11:00
- Kanye complained about the 10 inches Pete was giving Kim on social media...soooo..... -- nm - Remlik Nov 14, 10:35 3
  - Dude has at least 12-13 inches - Jovian Nov 14, 10:39 2
    - That is too many inches. Like twice too many. -- nm - Qale Nov 14, 10:50
    - There was a line from the last season of Yellowstone that made me laugh and laugh - crash davis Nov 14, 10:45
- He makes me laugh -- nm - Jessica R Nov 14, 10:34 1
  - This -- nm - JD Nov 14, 10:35
- I guess he proves out that women response to a sense of humor - JD Nov 14, 10:34
- I do not understand this -- nm - crash davis Nov 14, 10:33
- Kavorka! -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 14, 10:33
- Women love, men hate him with the fire of a thousand suns. -- nm - Mop Nov 14, 10:33 8
  - his King of Long Island movie was decent, to long, but pretty good. -- nm - Remlik Nov 14, 10:48
  - i mean, he amuses me. i certainly don't love him. -- nm - Andie Nov 14, 10:48
  - meh. I like him. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 14, 10:38 4
    - You won't feel the same when he starts dating JANIS. -- nm - Mop Nov 14, 10:45
    - same. his bits on Weekend Update are great and his Chad things always make me laugh -- nm - Beaker Nov 14, 10:38 2
      - plus his openness about his mental health -- nm - Beaker Nov 14, 10:47 1
        
        Yep, I was going to say: funny, vulnerable, successful, and wangkong. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 14, 10:49
  - Though I do recommend his feature film Bodies Bodies Bodies. (spoilers) - Sub-baroner Nov 14, 10:35
Kevin McCarthy officially has a challenger for his precious speakership -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 14, 10:30 2
- Biggs if true. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 14, 10:55
- This is like the Ernst Kaltenbrunner or Arthur Seyss-Inquart of the maga world. -- nm - Jovian Nov 14, 10:33
Amazon reportedly plans to lay off about 10,000 employees starting this week -- (link*) - budice Nov 14, 10:28 5
- *cynical giggling* just in time for them to hire thousands of seasonal help at minimum wage at their warehouses -- nm - JD Nov 14, 10:31 2
  - My immediate thought exactly. -- nm - Meg Nov 14, 10:50 1
    - And they won't need those seasonal workers if the website goes down. -- nm - Meg Nov 14, 10:52
- right before Xmas sales? is this going to be one of those Musk Twitter layoff things? "Wait, we needed that dude" -- nm - crash davis Nov 14, 10:31
- bastards -- nm - decline Nov 14, 10:29
add another variable to your multi-factor midterm regression analysis -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 14, 10:24
"Hidden, poorly internally labeled ‘fiat@’ account." - colin Nov 14, 10:22
Webex update: Were hosed and have to rebuild config from scratch (meetings, accts, sched all gone). TIA Cisco -- nm* - budice Nov 14, 10:20 5
- Just your company, or did they torch others too? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 14, 11:06 1
  - And I mean ... switch to zoom. What better time than now? :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 14, 11:06
- Seems like a good opportunity to simply switch to something else. -- nm - Mop Nov 14, 10:33
- MS Teams would never do this to you. - colin Nov 14, 10:29
- Perfect time to deprecate the whole thing! -- nm - decline Nov 14, 10:25
A colleague is asking for recommendations to replace a Nissan Rogue with an EV for $30k. Any ideas? -- nm - Max Nov 14, 10:11 5
- Hyundai Tuscon. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 14, 10:51
- Trade in value? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 14, 10:33
- EV only or also Plug-in Hybrid? -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 14, 10:29
- If they want new, I think only the Kona and Bolt qualify (depending on how the tax credit works now). - spamlet Nov 14, 10:14 1
  - ++to Kona. -- nm - colin Nov 14, 10:23
happy World Cup month to all who celebrate -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 14, 10:08 1
- Canada will definitely score a goal -- nm - J Nov 14, 10:14
Voir dire: the more you raise your hand, the more likely you will be DQ'd - Strongbad Nov 14, 10:07 12
- not inaccurate -- nm - ML Nov 14, 10:42 1
  - They can't DQ you if they don't know what a rat b*st*rd you are, so speak up! -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 14, 10:47
- TIL: Voir dire is a legal term and not a D&D term -- nm - JD Nov 14, 10:24 4
  - *creates a campaign with the kingdom of Voir filled with pleistocene based monsters...the Voir dire wolf, the Voir dire bear,...* Now it is both. -- nm - crash davis Nov 14, 10:28 2
    - I hate this kingdom. No one wants to fight. Just talk talk talk talk talk. -- nm - Throg the party barbarian Nov 14, 10:30 1
      - "I target the barbarian with Cease and Desist, cast at 4th level" -- nm - Voir wizard Nov 14, 10:36
  - It's like a regular voir, but significantly larger and thus more dangerous. -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 14, 10:27
- We’re still in voir dire. This may go on a while. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 14, 10:20 4
  - you could always play-act as a sovereign citizen - ML Nov 14, 10:45 2
    - "And what would the potential jurors like for lunch today?" "AM I BEING DETAINED??" -- nm - Beryllium Nov 14, 11:03
    - Good answer! Good answer! -- nm - Strongbad Nov 14, 10:58
  - Frequently a full day affair around here, but we have panels of 50 people. -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 14, 10:25
I was going to answer Volnelk about biological improbabilities in SW. But fans know SW is BS and don't care, so why spoil that. Instead - -- nm - crash davis Nov 14, 10:05 5
- Neil deGrasse Tyson Fact-Checks ‘Top Gun: Maverick’: Tom Cruise Should Be ‘Very Dead’ (spoilers) - crash davis Nov 14, 10:09 4
  - (HUGE spoiler) - spamlet Nov 14, 10:15 2
    - I am amazed at how well that worked as a theory. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 14, 11:00
    - I would HATE that. I'd rather go with 'this is inaccurate, but we're here just to have fun' -- nm - crash davis Nov 14, 10:24
  - I love stuff like this. As I had really wondered about that (spoils) - Jovian Nov 14, 10:12
writer Eric Weinberg's predatory behavior went back decades, new report alleges (wrote for Scrubs, Californication, Veronica's Closet) -- (link) - Beaker Nov 14, 10:00
Side note, College Gameday is headed to Bozeman, MT for the Montana-Montana State game this week. Pretty cool. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 14, 09:57 1
- Will they be sitting outside? The least Mother Nature could do is offer them a clear sunny day with a high below the Mendoza line -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 14, 10:04
Elon is odder and odder. nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Nov 14, 09:55 4
- All work and no sleep make Elon something something -- nm - Mop Nov 14, 10:06 1
  - I'm 100% confident saying he's a liar, just dicks around all day, and counts posting memes as work. -- nm - colin Nov 14, 10:36
- Also, Musk is a dick -- (link) - Jovian Nov 14, 10:04 1
  - I have to assume he knew the consequences of speaking out against Elon. -- nm - Mop Nov 14, 10:13
Ted Lasso sends his regards to USMNT -- (link) - znufrii Nov 14, 09:48 2
- OMG to the Gregg Berhalter Chicago sign 8-) -- nm - JD Nov 14, 10:30 1
  - er, I guess that should be OMGG -- nm - JD Nov 14, 10:30
I almost picked up Gibson's The Peripheral yesterday, but instead decided to stick with Prime series first. I can always read later. - Jovian Nov 14, 09:45
mo' money! mo' money! mo' money! -- (link) - mud Nov 14, 09:32 1
- more -- (link) - mud Nov 14, 09:36
Star Wars observation re:B2 not really spoilers. - Volnelk Nov 14, 09:31 7
- Relatedly: If I were Disney I would cross promote things here and there all the time to their non-streaming networks. And then hit the hard sell. Duh. -- nm - Qale Nov 14, 09:53 2
  - Vince McMahon laser eyes: release all the movies in theaters for 30 days before they drop on Plus!!!! -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 14, 10:04 1
    - No no. More like, here is episode 1-2. For the rest, subscribe to Plus! -- nm - Qale Nov 14, 11:00
- But nothing says we have been to every planet. Yes, a ton of human friendly ones, but with warp drive they are spread out all over the place. -- nm - Spawn Nov 14, 09:45 1
  - Yep. The SW concept of space travel allows for a much much larger bucket of habitable worlds. -- nm - Jovian Nov 14, 09:50
- Star Wars U has always been more fantasy than hard sci-fi. -- nm - mud Nov 14, 09:33 1
  - Yep. Which is why ST is just a bit more Hard sci-fi than SW for one of the reasons I said above. -- nm - Jovian Nov 14, 09:52
work stuff: company webex acct accidentally deleted - budice Nov 14, 09:28 5
- And nothing of value was lost. - spamlet Nov 14, 09:31
- you had 1 job, budice... -- nm - decline Nov 14, 09:29 3
  - (actually cisco did it to us). Mainly on Teams now, but important people love their Webex. Also have fun with Webex-Teams integrations -- nm* - budice Nov 14, 09:30 2
    - Honestly, we just assumed everyone had switched over to Zoom by now. -- nm - Cisco Nov 14, 10:11
    - they made a private system for my company several years ago. it was so bad that we switched to Teams. - i.b! Nov 14, 09:40
and there it is -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Nov 14, 09:24 2
- broken linky -- nm - decline Nov 14, 09:28
- no it isn't - Spawn Nov 14, 09:28
I've made my mind a sunless place. -- nm - Spawn Nov 14, 09:23 3
- Her womb was a rocky place where my seed could find no purchase -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 14, 10:31
- We found love in a hopeless place. -- nm - Qale Nov 14, 09:50
- One Way Out. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 14, 09:29

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