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Ordering a Nothing-burger from Mickey-Ds. Thread for the results -- (link*) - budice Dec 20, 14:40 4
- "Here's the fat and sugar you ordered." -- nm - Max Dec 20, 14:43
- It's performance art. -- nm - loosilu Dec 20, 14:40 2
  - Yep. Like the None Pizza with Left Beef. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 20, 14:42 1
    - CLASSIC -- nm - loosilu Dec 20, 14:42
Rumor: Cameron has turned in a 9 hour cut of Avatar 3. -- nm - Remlik Dec 20, 14:26 4
- So it was originally half as long as #1 felt? (NM) - Marlowe Dec 20, 14:44
- Avatar's 3 4 and 5 right there -- nm - budice Dec 20, 14:29
- Maybe this one actually makes sense. -- nm - Spawn Dec 20, 14:26 1
  - you're not saying you saw one, are you? -- nm - loosilu Dec 20, 14:41
I finished today's NYT crossword last night, but I didn't get the theme until I read the column. Here are the themed answers - prayformojo Dec 20, 14:23 1
- too cute for their own good. -- nm - loosilu Dec 20, 14:42
Black Adam: Rock says he and Gunn exploring ways to use Black Adam in the future.... -- (link) - Remlik Dec 20, 14:09 7
- 7 Bucks Productions reduced to 99 Cents -- nm - budice Dec 20, 14:30
- 1.2M US households watched the HBO Max debut of #BlackAdam starring @TheRock over the weekend. -- (link) - Remlik Dec 20, 14:15 5
  - (Which is 500k last than Lightyear. It's borderline disastrous.) -- nm - David Dec 20, 14:28 2
    - Gunn may use him to keep papers from blowing away. -- nm - Spawn Dec 20, 14:30 1
      - Cufflink buttoning service. -- nm - Reagen Dec 20, 14:31
  - I actually played it in the background when I was working from home. Mindless fun. - Spawn Dec 20, 14:16 1
    - its fine. It's not terrible, but not great either. Brosnan and Hodge stole that film -- nm - Remlik Dec 20, 14:24
Zelensky heading to the Capitol tomorrow -- nm - Jovian Dec 20, 13:57 11
- oh shit, Kevin . . . -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 20, 14:05
- I may drive into the city to see if I can shake hands with him -- nm - prayformojo Dec 20, 14:05 4
  - and the ol' chocolate revolver? -- (link) - Reagen Dec 20, 14:08 3
    - I miss Jack Handey -- nm - prayformojo Dec 20, 14:11 2
      - "I can picture a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they’d never expect it." -- nm - Spawn Dec 20, 14:29 1
        
        the one about telling the kid that Disneyland burned down sticks with me - Reagen Dec 20, 14:31
- US? -- nm - Remlik Dec 20, 14:00 4
  - yep, story just breaking. Apparently this was planned and kept well under wraps. -- nm - Jovian Dec 20, 14:09 3
    - NICE! -- nm - loosilu Dec 20, 14:43
    - *phew* -- nm - Moscow Dec 20, 14:41
    - oh wow. That's historic -- nm - Remlik Dec 20, 14:24
Bleh, well that might finally retire me from Overwatch - Reagen Dec 20, 13:14
Dang, Andre Iguodala! Current NFL south streaks: L4, W2, L4, L9 -- nm - prayformojo Dec 20, 13:11
Unless things change in the next 10 days* I think I will have read exactly one novel in 2022 - prayformojo Dec 20, 13:01 4
- I'm at 36.5 -- nm - Beryllium Dec 20, 13:52
- 65 currently -- nm - Beaker Dec 20, 13:50
- I read more than enough for both of us, if that helps. — nm - i.b! Dec 20, 13:33 1
  - it *does*! -- nm - prayformojo Dec 20, 13:37
Question of the day...2 softballs today -- (pic) - prayformojo Dec 20, 12:45 [Attachment] 5
- Answer (spoiler)/Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Dec 20, 12:45 [Attachment] 4
  - 2/2. -- nm - i.b! Dec 20, 12:56
  - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Dec 20, 12:46 [Attachment] 1
    - 2 -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 20, 12:51
  - nm -- nm* - prayformojo Dec 20, 12:45
Broadway YDC: Funny Girl broke the house record this week at over $2M in gross. -- nm - MDH Dec 20, 12:43 9
- jeebus -- nm - Diva Dec 20, 13:00 4
  - Right? Some Like It Hot seems to be struggling though. Heard any word besides reviews on that one? -- nm - MDH Dec 20, 13:02 3
    - only that it's fantastic. -- nm - Diva Dec 20, 13:08 2
      - I want to see it. How they reworked some of it seems great. -- nm - MDH Dec 20, 13:20 1
        
        Yep, me too. -- nm - Diva Dec 20, 13:31
- This'll surely make Lea Michele very humble. -- nm - Mop Dec 20, 12:54 3
  - All word out of this production is that she’s been a pleasure. And you know what, she’s single handedly responsible for saving that show and jobs -- nm - MDH Dec 20, 13:01 2
    - yep. and if she can learn and do better - everyone can. -- nm - Diva Dec 20, 13:09 1
      - L-e-a-r-n…. Learn. B-e-t-t-e-r…. Better. Whew, I’m getting the hang of this reading stuff. -- nm - Lea Michele Dec 20, 13:29
get those Telsa $140/share hats ready -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 20, 12:32 32
- Is he also running Warner Bros? -- nm - Max Dec 20, 14:05
- It’s not too late to play. -- (link) - The Allfather Dec 20, 12:59 [Backboard]
- What does Cathie Wood say? -- nm - JaxSean Dec 20, 12:51 1
  - So we can do the opposite? -- nm - spamlet Dec 20, 12:58
- 139 - Jovian Dec 20, 12:39 1
  - 137.8 close -- nm - Jovian Dec 20, 13:05
- I miss hyde, do y’all see him around elsewhere? — nm - i.b! Dec 20, 12:34 5
  - insta -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 20, 13:54
  - He and I talk Celtics and Hawks sometimes. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 20, 13:00
  - (I remembered his twitter, he posted recently.) — nm - i.b! Dec 20, 12:48
  - He popped up on Twitter occasionally. -- nm - spamlet Dec 20, 12:48 1
    - :) - -- nm - i.b! Dec 20, 12:48
- it's interesting to me that people think that elon being active at tesla is a good thing. I mean, isn't it fine without him now? -- nm - judge amanda jones Dec 20, 12:33 19
  - Based on the stock price....no? - ty97 Dec 20, 12:36 18
    - And a CEO who has to sell millions of shares to pay off his other company’s debts. - Will Hunting Dec 20, 13:26
    - "Please tell us your great ideas, Ty..." -- (link) - Jovian Dec 20, 12:38 1
      - TSLA BOD: Fire Elon. - ty97 Dec 20, 12:39
    - My view is: Twitter CEO Elon Musk has done damage to TSLA as Twitter CEO. The best bet is for TSLA to replace Elon Musk. - ty97 Dec 20, 12:38
    - i would say more than half the target market - Andie Dec 20, 12:38 13
      - If I was in the market for one I wouldn't look at Tesla because of him. -- nm - Krusty Dec 20, 12:51 12
        
        YUP -- nm - Beaker Dec 20, 13:51
        
        (they're also overpriced, shoddily-designed deathtraps) - hollywood big shot Dec 20, 13:24 2
        
        with Space X being pretty much the opposite -- nm - JD Dec 20, 13:52 1
        
        Hopefully. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 20, 14:21
        
        Same. -- nm - kelly Dec 20, 13:00
        
        yep. -- nm - i.b! Dec 20, 12:55
        
        Same. But also, I don't like their current designs. (IDBuzz, R1T, or R1S, plz) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 20, 12:52
        
        same -- nm - Andie Dec 20, 12:52
        
        Nope. And just one short year ago that wouldnt be the case. -- nm - Jovian Dec 20, 12:52 3
        
        Same here. I really wanted one despite him until recently. Now it’s a clear no for many reasons. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 20, 13:03 1
        
        There weren't many realistic options previously, but within the last year that's changed. -- nm - Reagen Dec 20, 13:53
        
        Maybe a little more than a year but yes, I would have been happy to have one before. Today, no chance. -- nm* - Krusty Dec 20, 12:58
this graphical aviation map, new from noaa per an faa daily travel update, is going to get a lot more colorful. nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Dec 20, 12:11 1
- Oooh... what do those acronyms all stand for? -- (link) - Mop Dec 20, 12:52 [youtube]
In addition to the 12 regular appropriations bills, the omnibus bill includes 23 additional sections: -- (edited) - All I want for Xmas is znu Dec 20, 12:01 10
- Christmas tree! -- nm - spamlet Dec 20, 12:28 2
  - And don't forget the partridge. -- nm - Mop Dec 20, 12:54
  - You get a post office named after you! And *you* get a post office named after you! And *you* get a post office named after you! -- nm - All I want for Xmas is znu Dec 20, 12:34
- Some interesting stuff in there if you dig past the names. Secure 2.0 is that 401k bill IIRC -- nm - kilbowlful of jelly Dec 20, 12:27 3
  - Yup, I was just looking at some of the details of that in fact. - All I want for Xmas is znu Dec 20, 12:33 2
    - Spreadsheets updated yet? -- nm - spamlet Dec 20, 12:43 1
      - *twitch* -- (edited) - All I want for Xmas is znu Dec 20, 12:45
- Pork, More Pork, the Porkest -- nm - budice Dec 20, 12:27
- We talked about the Harriet Tubman $20 and how that didn’t end up happening. We should shove that in there too. -- nm - Qale Dec 20, 12:22
- F- the North Atlantic Left Whales! -- nm - Spawn Dec 20, 12:18
LYC: enjoying the return to Ikariam. The increased storage and building levels gives me something to do and was long overdue -- (edited) - Beaker Dec 20, 11:52 15
- I finally stopped checking regularly last month. vaya con dios, wee peeps. -- nm - i.b! Dec 20, 12:04
- Oh wow, that feels like a lifetime ago -- nm - Guigue Dec 20, 11:53 13
  - What was that risk-type game we used to play? Battle something? -- nm - kilbowlful of jelly Dec 20, 11:57 11
    - Conquer Club, I think -- nm - crash davis Dec 20, 11:58 6
      - Yeah. That's what I was thinking of -- nm - kilbowlful of jelly Dec 20, 12:07
      - That's it. -- nm - Reagen Dec 20, 12:00 4
        
        Jovistan FTW! -- nm - Jovian Dec 20, 12:00 3
        
        no wait, that was something else right? Where you created your own country? -- nm - Jovian Dec 20, 12:01 2
        
        nation states? -- nm - i.b! Dec 20, 12:05 1
        
        (look down the board, b.!) -- nm - i.b! Dec 20, 12:05
    - Conquer countries -- nm - Reagen Dec 20, 11:58 3
      - Nation States -- nm - Spawn Dec 20, 12:00 2
        
        ya thats it (I think) -- nm - Jovian Dec 20, 12:01 1
        
        It is my way only, we have no highway. -- nm - Spawnistan Dec 20, 12:02
  - Kinda tempting. But just found out in my current game (of several years), they are about to raise base and building levels for all from 25 to 30. - Spawn Dec 20, 11:57
Marvel snap: I had a great run this weekend going from level 39 to 50 with a great set of wins. This week, I'm down to 46 again. Brutal - kilbowlful of jelly Dec 20, 11:44 7
- I've had a bad few days and retreated from 36 back to 32. Just got Mr. Negative and trying to make a deck that uses him. -- nm - One Baron Posting Dec 20, 11:49 4
  - I got him early on too. I haven't yet found a great deck that I like. The premise is pretty easy (more cost than power to flip) but being that he - kilbowlful of jelly Dec 20, 11:56 3
    - He is tricksy. He only affects your deck not your hand so it's max 2 cards unless you sneak him out early with Jubilee. - One Baron Posting Dec 20, 12:55 2
      - I have Jane Foster also. Never occurred to me what she was good for. Guess that makes sense if Negative made a bunch of zero cost cards -- nm - kilbowlful of jelly Dec 20, 12:57 1
        
        :) After building a Negative deck, I tried playing it and didn't draw him even once in the first half-dozen games. - One Baron Posting Dec 20, 13:06
- I’m hovering at L29–how many decks do you use? Some cards seem to be utterly useless -- nm - Flavorize Dec 20, 11:46 1
  - I have over a dozen but I really only use maybe 3 regularly (except for my cheese decks - more IM) -- (edited) - kilbowlful of jelly Dec 20, 11:53
unless the omnibus spending bill eliminated the debt ceiling, Kev's still got at least one hostage to shoot -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 20, 11:41
Callisto - yes, he was with Malzahn. - Diva Dec 20, 11:39 2
- Initials SW? - The Allfather Dec 20, 11:41 1
  - yep -- nm - Diva Dec 20, 11:45
LDB: Of those indicating their status, we have 21 players still in and 13 eliminated -- (link) - kilbowlful of jelly Dec 20, 11:35 12
- And, I'm out. Just walked my dogs past the local alcoholics bar. There's literally never any music playing. Today as I walk by ... LDB. Unbelievable. -- nm - pmb Dec 20, 12:45 1
  - Baxter did you dirrrty -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 20, 13:53
- I went (wait for it) to a *mall* this weekend and survived. -- nm - judge amanda jones Dec 20, 12:32
- wait, have i been ST fired and i don't know it yet? -- nm - Andie Dec 20, 12:31
- I'm still in. it's been years since i last heard the song -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 20, 12:14
- We're going to a Holiday concert tonight - though he says he isn't playing it. We'll see. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 20, 12:11
- We are still in but I will sabotage Kim before it’s all said and done! -- nm - The Allfather Dec 20, 12:07
- I was out the 3rd day (better than the previous 2 years outted the FIRST day) but i don't recall ever 'winning' -- nm - Jingle Bells, Zeitgeist Kvells, posting allll day Dec 20, 12:06
- Edit me as in please. -- nm - Reagen Dec 20, 11:59
- I've been trying and failing to lose. -- nm - loosilu Dec 20, 11:53
- I modified my stats, there was 1 year I probably forgot to say it here, and I'm still in this year - Guigue Dec 20, 11:43
- I put myself in. -- nm - Qale Dec 20, 11:42
Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina revisit their first start, and it’s hilarious - JD Dec 20, 11:33 1
- Was Wainwright wearing the rose in the back? Rookie mistake. -- nm - One Baron Posting Dec 20, 11:50
go go go, Johnny B Goode. -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 20, 11:29 5
- Be good, be good. Be good, be good, be good. Be good, be good, be good. Be good, be good, be good (Johnny). -- nm - Spawn Dec 20, 11:32 2
  - the 1980s has a question -- (link) - crash davis Dec 20, 12:03 [youtube]
  - ! whoa -- nm - mud Dec 20, 11:43
- He could play that guitar like ringing a bell -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 20, 11:31 1
  - Sirius Dead channel is playing the 4/27/71 show where the Beach Boys sat in for a few songs. -- (link) - Peglegpete Dec 20, 11:37 [youtube]

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