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It's been a while since we've had a good old fashioned "hey everyone, gang up on this asshole" article that wasn't Musk or a politician -- (link) - Reagen Dec 28, 14:45 1
- I think everyone in coach is 100% good with putting all babies up in first -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 28, 14:49
Shibu Inu famous for the meme image for Dogecoin has cancer, owner says. -- (link) - aud lang zeit Dec 28, 14:39
here’s a good question that neither Disney nor Apple seem to be able to answer: how to upgrade a Plus subscription to the Hulu bundle when you signed - hollywood big shot Dec 28, 14:32 2
- I canceled Hulu for a very similar reason. - Fuzzy Dec 28, 14:37 1
  - it’s *maddening* -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 28, 14:46
worst post pandemic decision? Cosby to return to comedy tour (maybe he can get Kevin Spacey to open?) (trending on twit) -- nm - aud lang zeit Dec 28, 14:31
Sheesh. Rep. Jamie Raskin diagnosed with Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma. - Jovian Dec 28, 14:07 1
- he had battled cancer previously as I recall -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 28, 14:26
Proposed location for ST compound: -- (link) - David Dec 28, 13:42 4
- Self-Sustaining Commune (w/solar) -- nm* - budice Dec 28, 13:56
- The shores of Lake Erie -- nm - Dano Dec 28, 13:53
- Seems like a solid choice. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 28, 13:46
- only 3 bedrooms....... you expect people to room together? -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 28, 13:46
House to release the con man's tax papers Friday -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 28, 13:40
The megabill jackpot rolled over again, now estimated to be 640 million...casino window open till Friday noon. - zeitgeist Dec 28, 13:37 5
- I'm in. -- nm - Meg Dec 28, 15:00
- Sent— also did a blood sacrifice to help out chances -- nm - Flavorize Dec 28, 14:30
- Sent -- nm - All I want for Xmas is znu Dec 28, 14:12
- I'm in. -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 28, 14:08
- sent -- nm - St. Epiphany Dec 28, 13:46
a bit steady today, up 3%. - Jovian Dec 28, 13:33
mud!! Happy Birthday! -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 28, 13:21 3
- Happy Birthday again !!! -- nm - Jovian Dec 28, 14:03 1
  - cheers! -- nm - mud Dec 28, 14:56
- thank you! -- nm - mud Dec 28, 13:35
China lifted its travel ban after three years with COVID cases exploding. you'll never guess what happened next -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 28, 13:15 4
- Maybe we ban flights *from* China? -- nm - Mop Dec 28, 14:17
- So they're testing everyone at the airport, or only everyone from China? -- nm - JaxSean Dec 28, 13:16 1
  - That's a good question. The article said they'll begin testing *all* arrivals from China after this happened, but how'd they detect this beforehand? -- nm - Mop Dec 28, 14:18
- Happy new year -- nm - Beryllium Dec 28, 13:15
Started watching The Cheap Detective which I haven't seen before, it's got a hell of a cast. -- (link) - LMS Dec 28, 12:41 2
- Murder By Death is another fun Falk spoof from that era - hollywood big shot Dec 28, 13:00 1
  - This is what Knives Out reminds me of. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 28, 13:03
“And I enjoyed it. It’s not a word I generally apply to my work," -- (link) - mud Dec 28, 12:35 1
- I really liked the film, it's perfect for a Sunday afternoon. -- nm - LMS Dec 28, 12:43
update to yesterday's Ontario police slaying -- (link) - mud Dec 28, 12:24
Texas Prosecutors used Jeff Ross roast he did with Texas Inmates and used it to sentence a man to death -- (link) - Remlik Dec 28, 12:13 1
- Took some reading to get to the nut. But apparently participating in the roast - or being roasted - meant he didn't show remorse. -- nm - Mop Dec 28, 12:37
The Raiders are benching Derek Carr and turning to Jarrett Stidham as their new starting QB -- nm - decline Dec 28, 11:14 14
- Perhaps Brady is an option after the season? -- nm - budice Dec 28, 12:01 4
  - Brady is washed up. Anyone believing otherwise should fire their GM. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 28, 12:06 2
    - with protection and receivers, he'd still be a better option than the no-names that the bottom half of teams are starting currently -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 28, 13:08 1
      - Those guys aren’t going to expect 25mil a year. - Will Hunting Dec 28, 13:17
  - Davante would immediately become the second best receiver he's ever had -- nm - Beaker Dec 28, 12:04
- This. -- (link) - Strongbad Dec 28, 11:56 1
  - i laughed at that too -- nm - Beaker Dec 28, 11:59
- Would anyone want to pay Carr $20-30M -- nm - budice Dec 28, 11:50 2
  - I would. That's cheap for a 15-20 range NFL QB these days. -- nm - David Dec 28, 13:05
  - Because he'd be an upgrade at QB for... 6-8 NFL teams? -- nm - Strongbad Dec 28, 11:57
- "benching Carr prevents any injury before a trade." -- nm - budice Dec 28, 11:37 1
  - COLTS! -- nm - Beaker Dec 28, 11:42
- (trying to limit how much of carr's salary is guaranteed, cause if he got hurt it would be a lot more) -- nm - Beaker Dec 28, 11:37
- Good timing, they're playing 49ers this week. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 28, 11:20
happy birthday, mud!! :) - — nm - i.b! Dec 28, 11:01 9
- happy birthday -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 28, 13:09 1
  - thanks! -- nm - mud Dec 28, 13:20
- Happy birthday! -- nm - David Dec 28, 13:06 1
  - thanks! -- nm - mud Dec 28, 13:20
- thx! -- nm - mud Dec 28, 11:17 2
  - Dude! No wonder the sun came out and we are over 50F here today! Happy happy, joy joy!!! -- nm - Spawn Dec 28, 12:24 1
    - thanks, pal! -- nm - mud Dec 28, 12:25
- happy bday -- nm - budice Dec 28, 11:05 1
  - thx! -- nm - mud Dec 28, 11:18
Rats. Johnny Fever is dead. RIP Howard Hesseman -- (link) - prayformojo Dec 28, 10:19 2
- That old, From Jan -- nm* - budice Dec 28, 10:19 1
  - ... 2023 -- nm - Spawn Dec 28, 12:24
In hindsight, FH and I had a bit of a Christmas miracle as her flight from Burbank to Sacramento on Christmas actually happened - JD Dec 28, 10:15 2
- Where do you live? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 28, 10:16 1
  - Pomona -- nm - JD Dec 28, 10:17
speaking of advent calendars .. -- (link) - mud Dec 28, 10:10 2
- L4 -- nm - Beaker Dec 28, 11:43
- Hee! -- nm - Meg Dec 28, 10:42
Finished Yellowjackets. I liked it a good bit, but.... - prayformojo Dec 28, 10:09 1
- yep. I enjoyed it a lot as well. But they do need to nail this down to just two or three seasons. Anything more this becomes like Lost. -- nm - Jovian Dec 28, 10:17
Stan the Man wouldve been 100 today -- nm - budice Dec 28, 09:48 5
- Excelsior! - Spawn Dec 28, 12:25
- Speaking of which D+ Stan Lee announcement today -- (link) - Eag Dec 28, 10:43 [youtube]
- Denzel's birthday today as well! -- nm - Remlik Dec 28, 10:23 2
  - yep, we actually share a birthdate (1954) ..because we're twins. - mud Dec 28, 11:19 1
    - nice! -- nm - Remlik Dec 28, 11:43
hee -- (link) - Reagen Dec 28, 09:31 5
- hmm could see it on desktop but not mobile.... that's another view of it, she's going "bring it" with her hands. -- nm* - zeitgeist Dec 28, 10:18
- nitter? -- nm - mud Dec 28, 09:41 3
  - Twitter but doesn't give Elon engagement stats. -- nm - Reagen Dec 28, 10:15
  - not twitter -- nm - JD Dec 28, 09:49 1
    - non-binary twitter -- nm - budice Dec 28, 09:50
Dolphins HC: Teddy Bridgewater will be starting for us in Week 17. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 28, 09:31 3
- If he dies, he dies -- nm - Dolphins HC Dec 28, 10:02
- Tua has *another* concussion - decline Dec 28, 09:32 1
  - He'd have a concussion filming a V-8 commercial. -- nm - Mop Dec 28, 09:55
For a bit different 2022 recap: There's this summary of stuff being stuck - JD Dec 28, 09:00 16
- Forgot to take foil wrapping off burrito... now come on who hasn't -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 28, 10:23
- "Never have I ever..." -- nm - Strongbad Dec 28, 09:52
- There's a lot of crazyness in there, but - JaxSean Dec 28, 09:26 7
  - all the descriptions of 'accidental' stuff in the butt is killing me. -- nm - Jovian Dec 28, 10:16
  - Sooo. This just happened 2 weeks ago to a friend and her 3 year old daughter. - kelly Dec 28, 09:32 4
    - jesus. First thought: how do you treat that? Second thought: - Beaker Dec 28, 10:21 1
      - nail polish remover is probably the easiest/safest solvent for that. -- nm - Reagen Dec 28, 10:52
    - whoa -- nm - prayformojo Dec 28, 09:49
    - oh dear lordy -- nm - JaxSean Dec 28, 09:34
  - I was kind of impressed by the two ear buds, one ear -- nm - JD Dec 28, 09:29
- "It's called a *pocket* fisherman NOT a *prison wallet* fisherman!" - TWuG Dec 28, 09:25
- There is an idea for the world's worst Advent Calendar. -- nm - pmb Dec 28, 09:23 1
  - or the Cards Against Humanity version of Operation. -- nm - Reagen Dec 28, 09:24
- How would you not know for sure? - decline Dec 28, 09:10 1
  - I like that that one was recorded as: Sent in by wife. - JD Dec 28, 09:18
- 6 months! -- nm - Reagen Dec 28, 09:03
LOL Cubs twitter absolutely apoplectic over the Sean Murphy extension with Atlanta. Low $$, club option with no buyout, yadda yadda. Maybe he just - zunk takes things literally Dec 28, 08:50
George Santos, the man with the million-dollar Rolodex -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Dec 28, 08:41 10
- I cannot fathom why a con man would want to run for political office. He's not Trump. He wasn't ever going to get a payday out of it. -- nm - Mop Dec 28, 09:28 5
  - there's some talk that he's being funded by Russian interests. no idea how true that is. -- nm - Remlik Dec 28, 09:46 3
    - Russians don't like jews -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 28, 10:27 1
      - He's only Jew-ish, Zeit. -- nm - Mop Dec 28, 10:36
    - I mean, he’s describing textbook money laundering -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 28, 09:52
  - You underestimate the money in political conventions. Being exposed by the NYT (in particular) is the best thing that could have happened to him. -- nm - spamlet Dec 28, 09:36
- I imagine he has a Russian OnlyFans by this point. -- nm - Qale Dec 28, 08:57
- seems legit -- nm - decline Dec 28, 08:45
- *rereads* Oh, not a $700m Rolex. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 28, 08:43 1
  - heh, same -- nm - Beaker Dec 28, 08:49
Congrats to ML for holding on for the win in Blood Feud. Hate when I start the wrong players! Circle of Life sees me make it to the ML Memorial League - Spawn Dec 28, 08:37
Fall Guys x Encanto -- (link) - budice Dec 28, 08:19 9
- I just started playing this game and it's a lot of fun. I haven't won yet but I've come close many times. -- nm - Krusty Dec 28, 08:23 8
  - I need to double check whether I can actually play this on my computer. -- nm - All I want for Xmas is znu Dec 28, 09:05 4
    - if it runs Windows 10, it probably runs Fall Guys. -- nm - Reagen Dec 28, 09:20 3
      - Looks like my laptop's graphics card is a little light vs. the requirements, MX250 vs GTX 660 -- nm - znufrii Dec 28, 10:34
      - PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, XBox Series X, Toaster, Watch, Smart Home, Answering Machine -- nm* - budice Dec 28, 09:22 1
        
        Coleco Football game. -- nm - Reagen Dec 28, 09:32
  - I loooooove watching people play it on Twitch or YouTube. -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 28, 09:01
  - Is this on xbox? -- nm - JaxSean Dec 28, 08:39 1
    - Yup. It's on Game Pass. -- nm* - Krusty Dec 28, 08:40
Framed: 3, Waffle: 3, Wordiply 100%!, Wordle: 3 -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 28, 08:12 1
- Nice job on Wordiply! I got 85% -- nm - prayformojo Dec 28, 08:45
Me: I would like to treat this Kids Fire Tablet as a regular Android device. Amazon: Oh, you sweet fool. -- nm - Reagen Dec 28, 08:03 1
- yeah, that doesn't work so well -- nm - decline Dec 28, 08:05
TV PSA: NHL, College Football, 45th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, AEW Dynamite, The Gift, The Challenge, The Circle, Leverage Redemption, - Beaker Dec 28, 08:00
the thing about Disney copyright lapses (for now, at least until Snow White goes public) is they almost certainly have trademark locked down for the - hollywood big shot Dec 28, 07:53
Merry late Christmas everyone! Made it through LDB if anyone is tracking. Weekend watching Thirteenth Floor rewatch B+, Clerks 3 C. -- nm - sycor Dec 28, 07:52 8
- Spirited, A. -- nm - mara xmas, ya filthy animals Dec 28, 11:16
- Glass Onion B. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Dec 28, 09:03
- Everything new I started I did not finish, except Green Onion which I give a C. Just not my thing but I can see why people liked it. I rewatched - Spawn Dec 28, 08:35
- The Invitation B-, Behind her Eyes series B, Glass Onion A -- nm - St. Epiphany Dec 28, 08:21 1
  - I did see part of the Invitation, but not enough to grade it. It seemed okay. - sycor Dec 28, 09:45
- The Thirteenth Floor. You can go there, even though it doesn’t exist. -- nm - Qale Dec 28, 08:02
- ah, 1999, when Craig Bierko was on the verge of superstardom. -- nm - Reagen Dec 28, 08:00 1
  - him and Gretchen Mol -- nm - sycor Dec 28, 09:44
Sounds like we make be back down to 1 pope again soon -- (link) - Reagen Dec 28, 07:50
B2: not knowing more the substations going down is almost certainly thieves stealing copper. They knock out power here almost daily in different - Beaker Dec 28, 07:49 4
- Politico on the subject ... -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 28, 13:11
- The reports I've heard tend to indicate no theft. Strictly shooting out insulators and/or whatnot to disable the station. -- nm - VMan Dec 28, 08:16 2
  - ahh, yeah ok, that is a different kettle of fish for sure -- nm - Beaker Dec 28, 08:29 1
    - Yes. Specifically a non-copper kettle of fish. -- nm - Qale Dec 28, 08:58
Semantle Jr.:32 guesses, 8 green, 2 hints. I looked at the related words - more hints would have been little help - prayformojo Dec 28, 07:47 1
- (also, I love the moment when the fireworks go off) -- nm - prayformojo Dec 28, 07:48

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