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Coming to Austin: The tallest apartment building outside NYC. It will have an entire floor dedicated to pets!! -- (link) - decline Dec 2, 11:56 4
- I mean, there are several primarily residential buildings in Chicago that are taller (that either have some retail at the base or some portion is also - pmb Dec 2, 12:16
- Since my pet is unemployed, I doubt he can rent there. He'll probably keep mooching off me. -- nm - crash davis Dec 2, 12:05
- Austin is just South Dallas more and more. sucks. -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 2, 11:56 1
  - a doggy run *inside* -- nm - decline Dec 2, 12:00
NHL Power Rankings: 1-32 poll, each team's nationality mix -- (link) - crash davis Dec 2, 11:50 4
- lol Flyers -- nm - decline Dec 2, 11:57
- We are behind the Kraken? That's bullshit! -- nm - The Gossip King Dec 2, 11:51 2
  - One way the Predators could improve their power ranking is by winning more games. As a neophyte, I'm not sure about other ways to improve -- nm - crash davis Dec 2, 11:59 1
    - They should make an effort to put the rubber thingy in the net thingy more often. Failing that, stop the other team from the same. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 2, 12:14
Jim, I can’t find your friend’s info on the semi finals page? Did she not make it? That would be weird, since she placed 3rd in the quarter finals. -- nm - kelly Dec 2, 11:47 1
- Only the first place finishers moved on, I think. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 2, 11:58
WC: SRB/SUI cray -- (link*) - budice Dec 2, 11:45 1
- first one to 10 wins -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 2, 11:56
Research firm Parks Associates declared that Prime Video has overtaken Netflix as the #1 streaming service (even though Amazon doesn't release #'s) -- (link) - decline Dec 2, 11:23 2
- nobody knows any real numbers except the companies themselves (and they're not talking other than press releases) -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 2, 11:26 1
  - What about ISPs? Could they know? -- nm - Max Dec 2, 11:42
The Dial of Destiny? That’s lame even if it was for The Librarian 4 -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 2, 11:20 13
- Fwiw, I disagree. But I happen to suspect which dial it is ... and why certain scenes were shown in the trailer ... so maybe it just works for me. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 11:33 5
  - I don't know of any dials. Is there a gauntlet for six dials? -- nm* - Max Dec 2, 11:44
  - I too can think of one particular object which would fit that name. -- nm - Sub-baroner Dec 2, 11:42 3
    - Bery, is this what you're thinking of? (spoilers maybe) - Sub-baroner Dec 2, 12:02 1
      - ah -- nm - mud Dec 2, 12:04
    - whatwhatwhat ? ! -- nm - mud Dec 2, 12:02
- You're the Librarian 4! -- nm - The Gossip King Dec 2, 11:31
- "The Duck of Death?" "The Duke. Duke of Death." "Duck, I says." - Max Dec 2, 11:29 2
  - One of my favourite scenes -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 11:30 1
    - It makes me want to get that book and read it to my niece as historical fact. Where the main character was in fact a duck. -- nm - Max Dec 2, 11:38
- The Buttdial of Destiny - Beryllium Dec 2, 11:24 1
  - 1) I would watch this movie. 2) Lose the "The" and "of Destiny." It's cleaner. -- nm - Max Dec 2, 11:45
- Now, The Dale of Dynasty... that was a lovely place. -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 11:21
Rams’ QB John Wolford will start Sunday vs. Seattle (Stafford has cleared concussion protocols but won't start - he may be done...) -- nm - decline Dec 2, 11:18
Why is David sending me dick pics, again? -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 11:16 5
- That's the xmas card he's sending this year -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 2, 13:35
- I thought you might like to know what one looks like. -- nm - The Gossip King Dec 2, 11:20 1
  - Are you calling Spawn so fat he can't see his own? Rude! -- nm - Qale Dec 2, 11:27
- To intimidate you. Duh. -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 11:19
- At least this time they weren't his, thank God. -- nm - Qale Dec 2, 11:18
Indonesia set to punish sex outside of marriage for citizens, foreigners, and tourists with jail time.....(link) - Walt_Disney Dec 2, 11:15 6
- As if child abuse wasn't already bad in Indonesia, these kinds of laws only stand to increase it. See also: Catholic Church. -- nm - Qale Dec 2, 11:27
- Related but not related: When you enter the Dominican Republic you have to declare whether you're Single, Married, or Concubine. - Max Dec 2, 11:19
- The 21st century isn't shaping up the way I expected it to. -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 11:17
- Ok, what will be the tourist board's promo slogan? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 2, 11:17 2
  - "Indonesia! Have you considered somewhere else?" -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 11:18 1
    - "Indonesia! Our jails have running water maybe?" -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 11:29
I voted for jim’s friend with less than an hour left last night, she was in first place. it’s not great that votes could be bought. nm but: -- (link*) - i.b! Dec 2, 11:06 2
- Yeah - the lady that won had people buying votes like crazy. I thought about trying to snipe votes at the very end.... - Turd Ferguson Dec 2, 11:09
- She finished in 3rd? Lame. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 2, 11:08
Hey Q, please check your texts real fast. It's time-sensitive. -- nm - The Gossip King Dec 2, 11:05 6
- I do not have any texts. Where are you trying to send it? -- nm - Qale Dec 2, 11:09 5
  - I apologize. PFM, please check your texts. - The Gossip King Dec 2, 11:14 4
    - I've repeatedly thought I'd switch to Kalki here, but I've been Qale for over two decades now. -- nm - Qale Dec 2, 11:17 3
      - Kalki is too Perfect Strangers anyway. -- nm - The Gossip King Dec 2, 11:20 2
        
        Am I to understand there will be no dance of joy? -- nm - Qale Dec 2, 11:28 1
        
        I feel like this thread's tangents require a ball of string to lead me back to the maze entrance. -- nm - The Gossip King Dec 2, 11:31
Marlowe are you rootin' for your team today? -- nm - mud Dec 2, 11:00 1
- Not particularly, but since Neymar is not playing, I don't mind as much. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 2, 11:01
Has anybody ever been part of a BNI group? - colin Dec 2, 10:56 1
- Could be worth for a consultant...I did in the 80s when I was in the San Fran chamber of commerce...not so much for me. -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 2, 11:12
One of our guests tomorrow is vegan. Everything we normally make for a Thanksgiving, except the turkey and rolls, was a cinch to make vegan - TWuG Dec 2, 10:47 3
- That turkey is gonna be challenging. -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 10:55 1
  - turkeys are notoriously not even vegetarians. - colin Dec 2, 10:56
- nice job accommodating. little difference using oils/margarine instead of butter, veggie stock instead of meat stock. -- nm - colin Dec 2, 10:54
6 of my 13 team members are sick with not-COVID. -- nm - Max Dec 2, 10:45 5
- Are you Patient Zero!?! -- nm - decline Dec 2, 10:46 4
  - We're all in different time zones! It must be an internet virus. -- nm - Max Dec 2, 10:46 3
    - Damn you, Anna Kournikova. -- nm - VMan Dec 2, 11:11
    - Hadley! -- nm - Sub-baroner Dec 2, 11:08
    - you should probably change the filters on your interweb tubes -- nm* - decline Dec 2, 10:47
Drew Brees struck by lightning during commercial - Flavorize Dec 2, 10:37 9
- he reportedly says he wasn’t. nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Dec 2, 10:47
- what are the odds -- nm - what is the vig? Dec 2, 10:46
- Standing around with a dozen metal poles during an electrical storm, what could go wrong. -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 2, 10:42
- A sports betting commercial. -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 10:40 5
  - What are the odds -- nm - Max Dec 2, 10:48
  - I hates them. -- nm - mud Dec 2, 10:43 3
    - yeah, commercials are awful -- nm - decline Dec 2, 10:45 2
      - some are really really awful. -- nm - mud Dec 2, 10:47 1
        
        some are terrible, unlike the great taste of Diet Pepsi© -- nm - colin Dec 2, 10:55
“ Utah stuns No. 4 Arizona on 10th anniversary of Utes coaching legend Rick Majerus' death” - The Allfather Dec 2, 10:27
A Nazi banned from Twitter a decade ago is back. -- (link) - TWuG Dec 2, 10:24 16
- Stats on the rise in hate speech at Twitter since the takeover -- (link) - TWuG Dec 2, 11:47
- This should really make advertisers flock back to the service - decline Dec 2, 11:01 2
  - Buy gollllllllllld -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 2, 11:15
  - I hope they can afford to pay out $2 billion in advertising buys every year. That's a lot of pillows. -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 11:03
- no joke, Andy Ngope has been advising Musk on who to ban and unban, his suggestions have been followed to the T. -- nm - colin Dec 2, 10:58 3
  - Who? (seriously, I just Googled that name and I'm not finding anything) -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 11:02 2
    - It’s Andy Ngo -- nm - spamlet Dec 2, 11:08 1
      - ugh. -- nm - i.b! Dec 2, 11:09
- I wonder what the process was there. - Mop Dec 2, 10:43 6
  - A targeted unbanning. Alex Jones isn't getting his account back, so there does appear to be some line that the Chief Twit won't cross, but Nazis? - TWuG Dec 2, 10:50
  - I believe Twitter just wholesale unbanned a large group of accounts -- nm - decline Dec 2, 10:44 4
    - right-leaning accounts though only. Its definitely targeted to them. - Jovian Dec 2, 10:48 2
      - you should send them a video message asking to be reinstated while wearing a MAGA hat and see what happens -- nm - decline Dec 2, 10:49 1
        
        Gotta have the shades, and video from the driver's seat of a car, and maybe a beard -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 10:50
    - Yup—that was my understanding, as well -- nm - Flavorize Dec 2, 10:45
- 44 Billion dollars to pwn the Libs! -- nm - Diva Dec 2, 10:39
Well this sucks. CNN laid off their exceptional entertainment reporter. -- (link) - The Allfather Dec 2, 10:24
I propose we change the LDB challenge to the Mariah Challenge. Can't hear All I Want for Christmas between Thanksgiving and Christmas. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 2, 10:22 14
- People who want to change the LDB challenge do not understand the LDB challenge -- nm - rollo Dec 2, 11:03 5
  - The challenge is to avoid something that is ubiquitous. AIWFC is waaay more ubiquitous nowadays than LDB is. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 2, 11:07 4
    - see, i think it's to avoid something that is common but NOT ubiquitous. You have a chance of avoiding LDB, no chance with Mariah. -- nm - Andie Dec 2, 11:26 2
      - I like Dano's suggestion. LDB, AIWFC, and Whamageddon. 3 strikes, so can you survive all 3. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 2, 11:49
      - Also, LDB sucks and you *want* to avoid it. -- nm - TWuG Dec 2, 11:49
    - Also Last Christmas -- nm - eag Dec 2, 11:23
- I hear the Mariah song like 20 times, every winter holiday season — LDB is sorta dated, so less played and better odds to not hear in a commercial, et -- nm - Flavorize Dec 2, 10:38
- Because then nobody can win....Colbert did a bit on the monitor behind her scrolling the lyrics... -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 2, 10:35 1
  - yah, it’s way too hard. ldb works because it’s popular but not too. -- nm - i.b! Dec 2, 11:13
- Why not both? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 2, 10:28 4
  - You can call me Scrooge, but there are so few Christmas songs that I actually like that I would avoid them all if I could. My wife and her family - pmb Dec 2, 10:41
  - Add Whamageddon and make it three strikes and you're out. -- nm - Dano Dec 2, 10:31 2
    - kilbo needs to make it a pivot table now. LDB, AIW4C, and LXMAS -- nm - JaxSean Dec 2, 10:41
    - Jesus that song is the absolute worst. My wife had it on earlier today and I can't get the loop out of my head. -- nm - pmb Dec 2, 10:39
Florida legislature is also planning to repeal the state’s “resign-to-run” law so DeSantis can continue serving as governor while he runs for president -- nm* - znufrii Dec 2, 10:22 3
- Eh, it’s a dumb rule anyway. -- nm - spamlet Dec 2, 10:31 1
  - Then fix it on a clear day to avoid giving the impression of doing it for the benefit of a single person. -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 10:36
- Jeb II -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 2, 10:24
Why are so many movies bombing at the box office? -- (link) - znufrii Dec 2, 09:57 37
- What if - now nobody get mad, I'm just asking - what if movie theaters were just a 90 year fad, like smoking? -- nm - Max Dec 2, 11:21 1
  - Babylon! -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 2, 11:41
- Movies have always bombed. This is another disingenuous article from The Guardian click-baiting the doomscrollers. - Qale Dec 2, 11:17
- My sense is I'm seeing fewer ads because I don't watch much broadcast so I have no good sense of release schedules. -- (edited) - Max Dec 2, 10:44 1
  - I can also say that every time this past week I heard about Disney's "Strange World" doing poorly, I had never heard of this film. - JaxSean Dec 2, 11:01
- I am doing my part. 5 of every 9 movies I watched this year were on theaters. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 2, 10:23 2
  - so you saw a total of 9 movies this year? -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 2, 10:31 1
    - A few more than 9. That said, for the first time ever, American movies are very much NOT the most I've seen. So I guess through that lens, - Marlowe Dec 2, 10:37
- cause the movies suck. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 2, 10:22
- cause an annual subscription to a service almost costs me as much as it would for the 4 of us to go to 1 movie in the theatre? -- nm - Beaker Dec 2, 10:02 24
  - Yup. Plus, "The majority of Universal, Warner Bros, Disney and Paramount films are now [streaming] just 45 days after theatrical" - JaxSean Dec 2, 10:06
  - Yup. It really is that simple. Price and convenience matter most. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 2, 10:06 20
    - Which poses an interesting question that a podcast devoted to the entertainment industry (and streaming in particular) might want to cover ... - ReluctantCynic Dec 2, 10:27 8
      - For years before the pandemic, I said I would love for the majority of films to just be available at home versus seeing them in theater. - Dark Callisto Dec 2, 10:53
      - Again, it's like the music industry. People decided they liked the convenience of mp3's available all the time even though the sound quality is - pmb Dec 2, 10:37 3
        
        Yup. But there are still audiophiles out there paying for high-tech analog stereo equipment, music festivals are still going hard, and otherwise - ReluctantCynic Dec 2, 11:14
        
        difference being Napster blew the illegal hole in music’s biz model. here the studios are doing it to themselves knowingly - hollywood big shot Dec 2, 10:43 1
        
        They blew the hole in streaming, but people were trading in their CD players for mp3's before that. -- nm - pmb Dec 2, 10:50
      - both a supply and a demand problem. (1) make more Mavericks (and everything in between) and (2) make them exclusive to theaters as long as you can -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 2, 10:30 2
        
        I remember when people were dissing France for their windows. And now... (NM) - Marlowe Dec 2, 10:40 1
        
        There's a reason why France folded to Disney on Wakanda Forever. -- nm - The Gossip King Dec 2, 10:45
    - True. I still prefer the theater experience, though buying a projector at home helps a lot. I just think there's value in the shared experience, - pmb Dec 2, 10:18
    - And exclusivity. Had Disney++ charged an extra $5 or $10 to watch a theatrical release, then didn't make it available streaming for 6+ months, -- (edited) - JaxSean Dec 2, 10:14 9
      - they tried that with Mulan and it was a disaster -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 2, 10:21 7
        
        it wouldn't work with every movie. Black Widow = yes (we paid to watch early). Black Panther = damn right. Anything else = I'll just wait for free - Beaker Dec 2, 10:32 1
        
        right, the window can never be long enough for marginal consumers. they’ll always find a reason not to shell out the $30-40 bucks for day and date VOD -- nm* - hollywood big shot Dec 2, 10:36
        
        Right, for $30. And available to subscribers 60 days later. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 2, 10:25 3
        
        if Disney Premiere was a viable model for replacing (or even just not cannibalizing) exhibition, they would be doing it for everything - hollywood big shot Dec 2, 10:34 2
        
        Convenience is taken care of. Price and Exclusivity then are the major hurdles, and one is dependent on the other. - JaxSean Dec 2, 10:50
        
        Unless they had signed the wrong talent contracts prior to the releases... -- nm - The Gossip King Dec 2, 10:37
        
        *giggle* -- nm - The Allfather Dec 2, 10:24
      - agreed. -- nm - Beaker Dec 2, 10:15
  - you obviously just need a smaller family -- nm - decline Dec 2, 10:05
  - the thing about that is when the studios figure out they can't make the same slate of movies for their streamer as they have made for exhibition - hollywood big shot Dec 2, 10:05
- "why is an industry that spent the last three years habituating their consumers to stream everything at home struggling in the theaters?" - hollywood big shot Dec 2, 10:01
- I'm gonna take a wild guess and say because people don't like them -- nm - decline Dec 2, 10:00 1
  - I also don't like other people. - JaxSean Dec 2, 10:12

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