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You know what Wakanda Forever needed? It needed to be longer. -- nm* - Mop Nov 25, 19:06
South Coast Mall in Costa Mesa looked packed on the way back from the airport -- (link) - budice Nov 25, 19:05
Since the Kraken-Golden Knights are blacked out for me, I'm watching Islanders-Blue Jackets -- nm - crash davis Nov 25, 18:57 3
- That's kinda cruel -- nm - prayformojo Nov 25, 19:09 2
  - Here, I will do an interpretive dance to encapsulate the game action -- nm - prayformojo Nov 25, 19:10 1
    - well, thank you! -- nm - crash davis Nov 25, 19:13
Avatar 2 has underwater motion capture. Not motion capture pretending to be underwater but they trained the actors - Will Hunting Nov 25, 18:44 1
- Zoe got to 5 minutes -- (link) - Remlik Nov 25, 18:50
Broncos o/u at 36 vs Carolina…o/u for when Hinton (the WR) started for the Broncos at QB…36.5 - Flavorize Nov 25, 18:38 1
- With him, there was an expectation of 14 pts off turnovers. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 25, 18:45
Breaking Every Bone in the Body (Explained Through John Wick) -- (link) - Reagen Nov 25, 18:20 [youtube] 1
- *pauses Wednesday to watch this* (I'm certain she would approve) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 18:28
Wait, Wednesday Addams was the cameraman's girlfriend in X? -- nm - Ender Nov 25, 18:12 2
- she's in FOo FIghters movie Studio 666 -- nm - Remlik Nov 25, 18:20 1
  - Still haven't gotten around to that. -- nm - Ender Nov 25, 18:21
“We’ve got soccer highlights… and the sheer pointlessness of a zero-zero tie.” — Dan Rydell -- nm - nubby Nov 25, 17:52 3
- People that think that absolutely don’t get it. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 25, 18:14 2
  - Oh, believe me, I ABSOLUTELY don't get it. -- nm - Ender Nov 25, 18:22
  - Aaron Sorkin doesn't get much of anything -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 25, 18:16
256GB Apple MacBook Pro 13.3" M1 Chip Laptoplaptop at costco 300 off only 900 -- (link) - zeitgeist Nov 25, 17:39 1
- Jeez... 256GB hard drive, 8 GB RAM? On an M1 processor? That does not compute. I can't believe Apple made such underpowered crap. -- nm - Mop Nov 25, 19:07
i so could use a nap. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 25, 17:19
I got pulled over for speeding on the way back from my brother’s. My first reaction was that I hoped at least that the cop was hot. - Dano Nov 25, 17:07 6
- I got pulled over coming back from my sister's. ALso a warning. - Spawn Nov 25, 18:10
- He was a dog lover, right :) -- nm - Meg Nov 25, 17:56
- You don’t get warnings for speeding. You must have been hot. -- nm - Qale Nov 25, 17:50
- 🐱‍👓👍 -- nm - crash davis Nov 25, 17:12 2
  - this emoji looks totally different on Bing than it does on Chrome -- nm - crash davis Nov 25, 18:11 1
    - or Edge or whatever I'm on -- nm - crash davis Nov 25, 18:16
If you thought quadrivalent flu vaccines were sexy (and they are), wait until you get a taste of icosavalent. -- (link) - Sub-baroner Nov 25, 17:02 1
- Or maybe vigintivalent? Just to eschew combining Greek and Latin roots? -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 25, 17:11
Maybe it's the matchmaking in Marvel Snap but I seem to alternate between losing a bunch in a row then winning a bunch in a row. -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 25, 16:56
Walmart shooter ( uh. The more recent one) had bought the gun just a few hours earlier. -- (link) - zeitgeist Nov 25, 16:50
Watching Master Chef Australia. Contestants have to cook a dish using only equipment found in an office lunch room - microwave, sandwich press, kettle - Meg Nov 25, 16:35 2
- Don't go for the Keurig. It's a trap! -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 25, 16:57
- I like those kinds of challenges -- nm - prayformojo Nov 25, 16:44
Spent the morning helping decorate the Stanley House and set up the meeting room for next weekends holiday sale, stopped off for a few groceries and - Meg Nov 25, 15:29
42 Million watched NYG@DAL. Record for most-watched reg season game ever, all networks. -- nm - budice Nov 25, 15:10
Broncos Country, lets ride. Made it to DEN airport -- nm - budice Nov 25, 14:58
I'M GOING TO THE MOVIES! If I die, I hope Wakanda Forever was worth it. -- nm - Mop Nov 25, 14:57 9
- Why would you die? -- nm - spamlet Nov 25, 15:57 1
  - And why would it be worth it? (NM) - Marlowe Nov 25, 15:59
- I expected there to a line out the door. Instead there's no one here. -- nm - Mop Nov 25, 15:14 6
  - Everyone is in the stores apparently. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 25, 16:39 3
    - lock the doors! lock the doors! -- nm - romero si Nov 25, 16:40 2
      - TIL the full original Night of the Living Dead is available on wikipedia for some reason -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 16:41 1
        
        hah, it begins with a gripe about daylight savings time -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 16:44
  - I don't think this is a big movie day like Christmas. -- nm - Krusty Nov 25, 16:28 1
    - Also, cinema is dead. - Beryllium Nov 25, 16:30
I am now watching something called "Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets: Magical Movie Mode." -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 25, 14:34 2
- I'm now off to the store because under "things I didn't consider" I can now file HDMI to VGA connector -- nm - crash davis Nov 25, 15:13 1
  - perhaps you should have considered this. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 25, 15:38
I cannot believe you people aren't talking about The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special yet. - The Gossip King Nov 25, 14:15 19
- And great that dance offs were discussed. -- nm - Spawn Nov 25, 18:10
- That's not saying much, is it? (NM) - Marlowe Nov 25, 14:42 9
  - I AM SAYING IT IS BRILLIANT -- nm - The Allfather Nov 25, 14:56 8
    - Well, that would be a first. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 25, 14:58 7
      - Did you ever watch Werewolf by Night? -- nm - The Allfather Nov 25, 15:08 6
        
        Nope. Is it any good? - Marlowe Nov 25, 15:10 5
        
        yes -- nm - Beaker Nov 25, 15:45
        
        It's brilliant, it only takes 45 minutes, and it's a filmmaker's film. -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 25, 15:43 1
        
        And that's the thing directed by Giacchino, right? Yeah, it's definitely on my list of things to watch. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 25, 15:49
        
        It's a hoot -- nm - prayformojo Nov 25, 15:36
        
        Quite, yes. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 15:13
- Partners niece and two nephews started it a little bit ago. All have since left the room. I’ve been half paying attention, it seems terrible -- nm* - MDH Nov 25, 14:37 2
  - So far it is terrible. Painfully terrible -- nm - TWuG Nov 25, 17:46 1
    - Aggressively bad. One legit funny moment and the rest sucked. -- nm - TWuG Nov 25, 18:02
- Without major spoilers, are you able to confirm whether he riffs on the Star Wars Holiday Special? At least a little bit? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 25, 14:34 1
  - I have no knowledge of that subject. -- nm - The Allfather Nov 25, 14:56
- Terrible slander against the Thomas Wayne movie. - Reagen Nov 25, 14:34
- Probably wont watch it till nearer to christmas -- nm - eag Nov 25, 14:32
- On deck for tonight! -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 25, 14:18
I just watched See How They Run. If I could ever write her first name, I'd have a little crush on Ms. Ronan. 7/10 -- nm - crash davis Nov 25, 14:10 13
- I remember her breakout role in Hanna (2011). I gave that film an A+ and caught such crap for it. And now look at her. Such a superstar! -- nm* - Qale Nov 25, 17:52
- I'm very annoyed that didn't get a release here. And that, it seems, "Glass Onion" won't get one either. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 25, 15:09 2
  - I think it is Bolsonaro's fault -- nm - crash davis Nov 25, 15:11 1
    - Oh, I'm positive. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 25, 15:37
- She's extremely crushworthy in that flick. -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 25, 14:59
- Just link a lot of vowels that don’t actually sound like the pronunciation. Shershe…. Saoirse. See, easy. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 25, 14:12 6
  - "I'm Saoirse, and these are my friends Aoife, Siobhan and Ceilidh." -- nm - Reagen Nov 25, 14:16 5
    - I saw a Niahm which apparently is Neve? What the fu? -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 25, 14:27 3
      - With words like night, through, thought, weak, bread, etc English speakers don't get to complain about this - Roger More Nov 25, 15:01
      - The star of Outlander is Caitríona Balfe... which is Katrina. -- nm - crash davis Nov 25, 14:33
      - Introduce yourself as Fionn. -- nm - Reagen Nov 25, 14:31
    - "I'm Aoife, that is EE-fa in Celtic and Wordle Starter in English" -- nm - crash davis Nov 25, 14:25
- Just remember, it's 3 of each vowel -- nm - prayformojo Nov 25, 14:11
Hockey tickets are quite spendy. I was going to get my BIL two tickets to a Rangers game but the cheapest pair would run me over $300. -- nm - Krusty Nov 25, 13:32 13
- That's the Rangers though. When we were in NYC, Islanders tickets were a fifth of the price. -- nm - Reagen Nov 25, 14:13 2
  - I can ask him to change his allegiance but I don't think that's going to happen. - Krusty Nov 25, 14:29 1
    - They're the Cowboys of the NHL. -- nm - Reagen Nov 25, 14:36
- almost enough to get him a big screen tv to watch hockey on :((((((( -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 25, 13:48
- MSG is a price multiplier. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 25, 13:40 2
  - I checked the Islanders and the Devils and the prices were basically the same. Though, I'm guessing they also charge more for Rangers games than they -- (edited) - Krusty Nov 25, 13:52 1
    - Yes, opposition matters. In Canada, an Original Six opponent means the price goes up 200%. -- nm - Reagen Nov 25, 14:15
- The cheapest two tickets to tonight's Blue Jackets game would set you back $30. -- nm - Ender Nov 25, 13:37 4
  - Blackhawks also have $30 verified resale via Ticketmaster forSunday. They're nosebleeds of course. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 25, 14:11
  - I wanted to get them for him as a Christmas gift so I have to buy them for a future date which means full price from MSG. -- nm* - Krusty Nov 25, 13:53
  - Not directly from them. -- nm - spamlet Nov 25, 13:40 1
    - Still from the official site via Ticketmaster, but if you want to go non-resale then $96. -- nm - Ender Nov 25, 13:53
- Yup. We’ve basically stopped going to games for that reason. -- nm - spamlet Nov 25, 13:34
The Internet archive released a bunch of Palm emulators in the browser this weekend including… -- (link) - spamlet Nov 25, 13:21 2
- There goes my night. -- nm - psilotum Nov 25, 17:59
- That’s how Mafia works. -- nm - Qale Nov 25, 14:01
covid shot 5 and the current flu shot are now in me -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 25, 13:18 1
- 👍 -- nm - crash davis Nov 25, 14:45
Frontier Airlines eliminates their phone based customer service. -- (link) - spamlet Nov 25, 13:08 2
- Chat bots have their limitations. We have one at my work and they are still a work in progress.... - Walt_Disney Nov 25, 14:27
- So just strongly worded letters from now on? -- nm - Volnelk Nov 25, 13:31
I mean I have enough glassware but... -- (link) - Reagen Nov 25, 13:01 1
- Ha! -- nm - Krusty Nov 25, 13:07
I'd regrettably have to rename this boat ... it's not a bad name, just long. "Scrimshander". -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 25, 12:53 2
- Either that or lean into it and have artwork painted onto the hull. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 12:54 1
  - Go for the literary pun: Tristram Scrimshander. -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 25, 13:25
I’ll take it. -- nm - znufrii Nov 25, 12:52 4
- Not a bad outcome TBH -- nm - ty97 Nov 25, 13:00
- WTF was that last free kick? -- nm - Beaker Nov 25, 12:55 2
  - Guessing - znufrii Nov 25, 12:55 1
    - Iran gonna play with 8 defenders Tuesday -- nm - Beaker Nov 25, 12:59
Nebraska nabs Matt Rhule -- nm - budice Nov 25, 12:28 5
- Watch Geoff Collins land there as DC. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 25, 14:34
- I'm sad for both of them. -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 25, 12:31 3
  - Who should Nebraska hire? -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 25, 12:35 2
    - If the choices are Matt Rhule and Urban Meyer, maybe...a block of wood? -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 25, 12:38 1
      - Ah. I didn't know it was down to those two. As a Northwestern, Wisconsin, and Illini fan - zunk takes things literally Nov 25, 12:42
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 25, 12:21 [Attachment] 5
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 25, 12:21 [Attachment] 4
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 25, 12:21 [Attachment] 3
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 25, 12:21 [Attachment] 2
      - 2/2. -- nm - i.b! Nov 25, 13:02
      - 1/2 -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 25, 12:49
lol would watch -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 25, 12:00 1
- Or, even better, by Alec Guinness. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 25, 12:26
Am I too late for LDB? I haven't heard it yet. -- nm - jnine Nov 25, 11:56 2
- A likely story! -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 25, 13:26
- Nope. Everyone's in from midnight last night until they hear the song. -- nm - Krusty Nov 25, 12:04
more info on the Celtic coin hoard stolen from a German museum -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 25, 11:47 2
- I think by now it is the former Celtic horde and currently a bubbling amount of molten gold -- nm - Beaker Nov 25, 11:53 1
  - sadly, me too :( -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 25, 11:58
LIR: Joe Mixon OUT for Sunday against the Titans -- nm* - Beaker Nov 25, 11:40
can you name the song the Grateful Dead played most, live? hint. it was a cover. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 25, 11:39 12
- Playing with the Band -- nm - Jovian Nov 25, 13:08 1
  - #4 not counting 'drums'. Sugar Magnolia is 2, and The Other One is 3. AND Playing in the Band is the #1 longest song without a second song stuck in the middle. -- nm* - Peglegpete Nov 25, 13:21
- hint 4. and the answer inside. John Phillips of the Mamas & Papas wrote the song - Peglegpete Nov 25, 11:55 1
  - LOL! I did not know this but I might have guessed correctly based on the first - zunk takes things literally Nov 25, 12:28
- Not Fade Away? -- nm - mud Nov 25, 11:46 1
  - nope. not by Buddy Holly. or Chuck Berry [although they played Around & Around & JOhnny B Good a lot. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 25, 11:48
- hint 2. the author was extremely drunk and stoned at the time, and had no recollection of writing the song the next day. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 25, 11:42 3
  - hint 3. Joni Mitchell loved the song and sang it many times before the Dead began playing it. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 25, 11:49 2
    - Satisfaction -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 25, 11:52 1
      - sorry. that song came into their repertoire in the mid 1980's. and the cover is not by the Stones. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 25, 11:53
- Tangled Up in Blue -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 25, 11:41 1
  - nope. the song is not by Dylan -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 25, 11:42
me & my uncle went riding down. south Colorado, west Texas bound. we stopped over in Santa Fe that being the point just about halfway and you know it -- nm - was the hottest part of the day. Peglegpete Nov 25, 11:37

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