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ST Roll-a-poll: Now that we're past Cyber Monday, what % of your gift giving purchases are complete? -- nm - oblique Nov 29, 12:36 7
- I've bought some, most bf buys were for myself -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 29, 13:32
- I intentionally waited until after Black Friday this year, but I'm still at 92% for others and about 60% for Kim. - The Gossip King Nov 29, 12:47
- 200%, probably. I over-bought since "Merry Christmas kids! We're going to Europe!" is presently not in the cards. - Mop Nov 29, 12:45
- Other than the grandkids, we don't really buy gifts, we do stuff/experiences. - JaxSean Nov 29, 12:42
- no idea. I have been buying for a year but am far from done. I will not get organized for another week or so. -- nm - Spawn Nov 29, 12:38
- 100 -- nm - budice Nov 29, 12:38
- zero -- nm - decline Nov 29, 12:38
Important reminder that the Ayatollah's DMs are open so you can troll him in real-time -- (link) - ML Nov 29, 12:33
The other match has perked up. -- nm - LMS Nov 29, 12:32 2
- battling England to a nil-nil draw is looking more impressive by the minute -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 29, 12:42
- Good to see Rashford remembered how to score goals. Clearly not for ManU of course -- nm - budice Nov 29, 12:32
Evidently Black Friday/Small Business Saturday/Cyber Monday/Travel Tuesday is not helping me plan my August trip to Europe. - Mop Nov 29, 12:32
Nobody else but me cares. GA Tech appears to be promoting Interim HC Brent Key to the full-time position. - Strongbad Nov 29, 12:21 2
- More importantly, nubby won't be mad at Strongbad for stealing his HC. - Strongbad Nov 29, 12:34
- Hugh Freeze kept the Cadillac, along with his Escort -- nm - budice Nov 29, 12:24
Zillow! -- (link) - Strongbad Nov 29, 12:18 1
- this went viral and they changed the 'Overview' listing (slightly nsfw) -- (link) - decline Nov 29, 12:19
Vegas - Resorts World is showing the USA vs Iran World Cup match on the world's largest LED screen -- (link*) - budice Nov 29, 12:17 2
- I sure hope they got permission for a public performance. -- nm - Mop Nov 29, 12:28 1
  - express written permission even -- nm - rollo Nov 29, 12:36
SITV news network: Wednesday now holds the record for the most hours viewed in a week for any English-language TV series on Netflix -- (link) - decline Nov 29, 12:05 6
- An excellent reminder that Catherine Zeta-Jones plays Morticia, and she's hiding two baldheaded men... Just not very well. -- nm - Mop Nov 29, 12:29
- "If you spoil Wednesday, I will *kill* you." -- nm - Classroom Transcripts Nov 29, 12:27
- Last week? -- nm - Spawn Nov 29, 12:17 1
  - they’re all made up PR numbers that nobody has a way of verifying (yet) -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 29, 12:43
- next stop: residuals babeee -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 29, 12:11 1
  - LOL -- nm - Ted Sarandos Nov 29, 12:12
on this Giving Day, please spare a thought for the poor billionaire struggling to find a way to charitably donate his $124b fortune -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 29, 12:02 5
- fucking solve hunger. there. done. -- nm - Remlik Nov 29, 12:06 2
  - It is probably the biggest single investment we can make in people. Nutrition = proper development = more able people contributing back to the system -- nm - oblique Nov 29, 12:08 1
    - right? solve that equation and all kinds of doors for advancement open up. -- nm - Remlik Nov 29, 12:22
- Doesn't seem to be an issue for his ex-wife -- nm - decline Nov 29, 12:04 1
  - on s2 of Loot -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 29, 12:07
Did anyone think this Established Titles thing was anything more than a gag? -- (link) - Mop Nov 29, 12:01 [youtube]
Some women (10 currently) who settled lawsuits vs. Deshaun Watson to attend game in Houston -- (link*) - Beaker Nov 29, 12:01
USA/Iran spoils - budice Nov 29, 11:56
"Hi dear user," heheh -- (pic) - Beryllium Nov 29, 11:55 [Attachment]
Bats are the death metal singers of the animal world, according to science -- (link) - znufrii Nov 29, 11:54 1
- It is known. -- nm - Spawn Nov 29, 11:55
Anyone else playing Marvel Snap? - oblique Nov 29, 11:52 4
- I'm 47/612. Try to push it to at least 500 if you can to get some new currency by Dec 1st. - Marlowe Nov 29, 11:58
- *jumps up an down, waving his hands* Oooh! Oooh! Me! - Sub-baroner Nov 29, 11:56 2
  - Interesting. I had a laugh this weekend as I built a deck with all my non-upgraded cards (literally just random cards) and I was still winning about -- (edited) - oblique Nov 29, 11:59 1
    - There's also my good ol' Screwing With The Opponent To Force A Retreat deck. - Sub-baroner Nov 29, 12:06
:O -- nm - Max Nov 29, 11:52 4
- *tosses a lindt peppermint ball in your mouth* — nm - i.b! Nov 29, 11:53 3
  - “tosses” = a 99 mph heater -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 29, 11:58 2
    - "It's my epiglottis, doctor." "What's wrong with it?" "It vaporized on impact. Pink mist." -- nm - Max Nov 29, 12:06
    - gulp -- nm - rollo Nov 29, 12:00
Alright, Krusty. Ready to go on a cruise? -- (link) - JaxSean Nov 29, 11:46 5
- Interesting but I'm still not interested in cruises. - Krusty Nov 29, 12:15 1
  - Well, "allow," no. I can tell you it's pretty much everywhere though. - JaxSean Nov 29, 12:27
- lol. no lineup yet. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 29, 11:54 1
  - It just was announced today, but I am surprised they don't have at least one artist. (Booking isn't open yet, either.) -- nm - JaxSean Nov 29, 11:57
- hosted by Zach Wilson? -- nm - Beaker Nov 29, 11:47
soon you may be able to get Funnel Cake Fries at KFc. you can think the KC Franchise holder, who is brining that internally developed item - tRuMaN Nov 29, 11:41
SLJ to QT: “What are we talking about?” -- (link) - mud Nov 29, 11:36 3
- it’s not an either/or topic. that post did lead me to refresh my feed and find this v. funny thread about a hallmark movie type situation. nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Nov 29, 11:52 2
  - Hee! -- nm - mara Nov 29, 11:56 1
    - did you see this one? nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Nov 29, 12:08
Sealed Call of Duty 4 game graded at a 9.8 sold for $52K -- (link) - Remlik Nov 29, 11:33 2
- weren't a bunch of these graded games shown to be scams? didn't that happen like a year or two ago? -- nm - Beaker Nov 29, 11:34 1
  - I want to say yes. But this one sold at Hertiage Auctions -- nm - Remlik Nov 29, 11:44
Iran / USA spoilers? -- (edited) - Beaker Nov 29, 11:33 5
- Maybe the US can score a goal sometime this month. -- nm - Jovian Nov 29, 11:38 3
  - ahem -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 29, 11:42 1
    - You're welcome. I knew that would work. -- nm - Jovian Nov 29, 12:30
  - Spoils. - znufrii Nov 29, 11:42
- I read this and figured it was over. -- nm - Spawn Nov 29, 11:36
EEAAO is on Amazon in Canada PSA -- nm - Beaker Nov 29, 11:32 2
- It's on Showtime here as well. -- nm - pmb Nov 29, 12:29
- Mmmm... bagel. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 29, 11:32
Honest Game Trailers | Marvel Snap -- (link) - Beaker Nov 29, 11:27 [youtube]
This pic is *aMAZing*! -- (link) - TWuG Nov 29, 11:24 6
- Smiling like a couple of kids ready for the birthday cake. -- nm - Max Nov 29, 11:38 1
  - ... at grandpa's house. -- nm - Spawn Nov 29, 11:41
- hee -- nm - mud Nov 29, 11:27
- why so serious? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 29, 11:26
- The sign on the mantel is odd. - Spawn Nov 29, 11:25 1
  - new sponsorship deal after the FTX naming rights on the mantle fell through -- nm - oblique Nov 29, 11:38
i think Warnock probably wins the runoff but there's a non-zero chance Walker isn't constitutionally eligible to serve as a Georgia senator if he does -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 29, 11:19 1
- I believe the law says if you've played Russian Roulette in a State you can say you've lived there -- nm - Beaker Nov 29, 11:21
I am looking at our RSVP list for an upcoming event - someone's guest is named Vladimira. - Andie Nov 29, 11:18
Honest Trailers | Hancock -- (link) - Beaker Nov 29, 11:08 [youtube] 1
- Keep my wife's head out of your ass. -- nm - Max Nov 29, 11:10
Why didn't the USA ever adopt the Metric System? -- (link) - Beaker Nov 29, 11:04 [youtube]
Team Murica F yeah -- nm - budice Nov 29, 10:59 3
- This game needs more vuvuzelas. -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 29, 11:03 2
  - *throws a flag for icing* - Sub-baroner Nov 29, 11:04 1
    - The Pippy Contingent is represented in the crowd. I saw a sign that said "McKennie give me your shirt" -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 29, 11:11
Poking around for music today I came across the original "No More I Love You's" that Annie Lennox covered, and I like it more than the cover. -- (link) - Max Nov 29, 10:58 [youtube] 2
- Yup. I knew them as they were my freshman year. -- nm - Spawn Nov 29, 11:30
- Had no idea it was a cover -- nm - prayformojo Nov 29, 11:06
Rollo, I think a lot of it is that AMC+ isn’t really one thing. It’s multiple disparate services stuck together. - The Allfather Nov 29, 10:44 4
- Agree. It's conterintuitive that both of these statements are true, but they are: - rollo Nov 29, 11:51
- Amazon or Disney swoops in and buys up the content -- nm - budice Nov 29, 10:56 2
  - *kicks dirt* -- nm - Apple Nov 29, 11:13 1
    - If this breaks a certain way, Apple and Amazon run Hollywood. -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 29, 11:23
Speaking of which, the hunger site is still a thing. -- (link) - The Allfather Nov 29, 10:37
Thats a large lego set. oh its a map. that makes sense. Lego art (11,695 pieces), its 3.5ft by 2ft. -- (link) - tRuMaN Nov 29, 10:34 2
- it is beautiful -- nm - crash davis Nov 29, 11:46
- very nice. -- nm - mud Nov 29, 10:43
my doomsday Dem fundraising emails seem to have been replaced by Giving Tuesday pleas -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 29, 10:30
anybody else doing #GivingTuesday stuff today? -- nm - Diva Nov 29, 10:30 7
- I've done several things through our work giving site because work is double matching today. -- nm - Dano Nov 29, 12:37
- I started a fb fund raiser for a local grass roots food bank Food is Free (various efforts, locals set up tables, others gleen farms, deliver donation - zeitgeist Nov 29, 11:05
- I’m giving everyone a hard time, does that count? -- nm - Qale Nov 29, 10:42 2
  - Q’s gonna give it to ya? -- nm - spamlet Nov 29, 10:54
  - hell yes. -- nm - Diva Nov 29, 10:49
- Yup. -- nm - The Allfather Nov 29, 10:36
- I repledged my Kiva -- nm - JaxSean Nov 29, 10:34
Iran vs U.S.A - WHO YOU GOT!!?? -- nm - Beaker Nov 29, 10:30 2
- USA! -- nm - Krusty Nov 29, 10:50 1
  - indeed -- nm - crash davis Nov 29, 11:47
Wales vs England - WHO YOU GOT!!?? -- nm - Beaker Nov 29, 10:29 2
- England. -- nm - Krusty Nov 29, 10:50
- England 2-0 -- nm - JD Nov 29, 10:32
LIR: I'm inclined to believe Sam's version of that luggage story. - ReluctantCynic Nov 29, 10:19 4
- I can totally believe that someone could be really tired and see identical luggage to theirs and grab it. even if you hadn't checked it. -- (edited) - Andie Nov 29, 10:26 3
  - Exactly. I've almost done the same thing a couple times. - ReluctantCynic Nov 29, 10:31 2
    - I once got off on the wrong floor and walked right into an apartment that wasn't mine, to see two college girls moving a mattress. - Max Nov 29, 11:19 1
      - "Dear Penthouse Letters: You won't believe what happened to me, but ... ." -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 29, 11:20
Ooh, that's a good idea, I should add a list of unlinkable domains/urls - Beryllium Nov 29, 10:09 2
- 👍🏻 -- nm - i.b! Nov 29, 12:21
- I knew you were never give us up or let us down -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 29, 10:11
Oscars 2023 Will Include All 23 Categories Presented Live -- (link) - budice Nov 29, 09:58 5
- The Oscars were never intended to be for a general audience. It’s an awards show for the people in the industry. So start acting like it! -- nm - Qale Nov 29, 10:44 1
  - also, other than the Super Bowl live ratings have cratered for everything -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 29, 10:59
- My campaign was a success. They can count with my audience again after last year's boycott. - Marlowe Nov 29, 10:28
- by John Moschitta -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 29, 10:16
- death by a thousand cuts -- nm - decline Nov 29, 10:09
and here's your frivolous lawsuit of the day: FL woman suing Kraft for $5M - claims their 3 1/2 min mac & cheese takes longer than that to prepare... -- (link) - decline Nov 29, 09:52 3
- Judge Dano rules in her favor and awards her [insert the cost of a box of 3 1/2 min mac & cheese] -- nm - Dano Nov 29, 10:33
- she did win her lawsuit against the Neverending Story -- nm - Beaker Nov 29, 09:54 1
  - 😂 - Next up she's taking on Big Brunch. Bottomless mimosas MY ASS! -- nm - rollo Nov 29, 09:55
for AMC, isn't it more they thought having their own streaming service would offset cord cutting. If they made their shows and sold them - Beaker Nov 29, 09:49 13
- more people binged Mad Men and BB on Netflix when they were there for years. but Lionsgate really controls Mad Men so they can resell it to Amazon for - hollywood big shot Nov 29, 10:24 1
  - It's a licensing nightmare! -- nm - Mop Nov 29, 10:39
- From an ROI perspective it's a no-brainer -- nm - rollo Nov 29, 09:51 8
  - Unless they wanted to be NFLX. But if they want to be NFLX then they have to compete with NFLX -- nm - rollo Nov 29, 09:51 7
    - right, but as pixie said not many have the money OR time to burn to keep up with them -- nm - Beaker Nov 29, 09:53 6
      - COVID, ironically, didn’t help in the long run. added to the reality distortion field that the binge watching lifestyle would carry over afterward -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 29, 10:10
      - And honestly, it’s not a guarantee Netflix is going to succeed either. - Will Hunting Nov 29, 10:03 3
        
        NFLX has a market cap of $125Bn and makes $10 / share in EPS. They have already won -- nm - rollo Nov 29, 10:13 2
        
        They nosedived stock wise on a slight fade on subscriber count. They’re peak at the moment. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 29, 10:21
        
        but all their eggs (for now) are in the subscriber basket. cord cutting for streaming is likely to occur exponentially faster than it did for cable -- (edited) - hollywood big shot Nov 29, 10:18
      - Which is why it was dumb -- nm - rollo Nov 29, 09:56
- (like what the CW does/did with Netflix) -- nm - Beaker Nov 29, 09:50 1
  - rollo pretty much said this on B2 (sorry I missed it originally) -- nm - Beaker Nov 29, 09:51
Nov. 29th birthdays: Diane Ladd (87), Jeff Fahey (70), Andrew McCarthy (60), Don Cheadle (58), Anna Faris (46) Gemma Chan (40) - Max Nov 29, 09:47 [youtube] 4
- I would like to see Anna Faris, Diane Ladd, and Emma Chan in a film by, well, me -- nm - rollo Nov 29, 09:58
- and my older brother! - decline Nov 29, 09:48
- Shit. The Lawnmower Man is 70? -- nm - Mop Nov 29, 09:48 1
  - "Don Cheadle is 58? DAYAM!" "..." "I'm sorry." "..." "I didn't mean it the way it came out." -- (link) - Kevin Hart Nov 29, 09:54 [youtube]

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