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Over $30 Million Worth Of Funkos Are Headed To The Landfill -- (link) - Remlik Mar 2, 11:46 9
- They’re going to have to teach them how to play Magic: The Gathering. -- nm - Qale Mar 2, 11:59
- Yikes. I remember being mad I didn't buy a bunch of stock when it was at like $4 in 2020. I knew they would rebound. But this is bad news. - sycor Mar 2, 11:56
- Is this finally the beginning of the end? I must say the longevity of their popularity has surprised me. - Cuzzin Todd Mar 2, 11:54 4
  - As long as there's pop culture, they can continue to sell. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 2, 12:02
  - if they're smart no. Supply Chain issues really screwed them up. But they will have to navigate it carefully. -- nm - Remlik Mar 2, 12:01
  - I have the orginal Santa, Bumble and Rudolph that were released in 2013. But I don't really remember Funko being popular until several years later. - sycor Mar 2, 11:58
  - They will stay around. But the sheer magnitude of their numbers will be curtailed. -- nm - Spawn Mar 2, 11:55
- groiny had to make room? -- nm - Spawn Mar 2, 11:49
- "a good start" -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 2, 11:47
Quick strikeouts on the clock -- (link) - budice Mar 2, 11:42 4
- It's like a montage from Bad News Bears. I love it. -- nm - St. Louis BaronHawks Mar 2, 11:48
- I saw Max Scherzer talking about what an advantage the pitch clock can be for the pitcher. They think by varying the timing of their pitches (as soon - pmb Mar 2, 11:45 2
  - just the way Abner Doubleday intended the game to be played -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 2, 11:46 1
    - I mean, psychology has always been part of the game. This isn't really different. Just a new frontier for it. -- nm - pmb Mar 2, 11:51
why March 2 should be the new 4th of July (the day congress overrode A-Jo's veto of the Reconstruction Act) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 2, 11:42
On a scale of 1 to Last of Us, how bad is it that I still have a lingering sore throat about 2 weeks after finishing a course of antibiotics for - oblique Mar 2, 11:39 4
- acid reflux can cause really bad sore throats, even with no other notable symptoms, could it be that? -- nm - Andie Mar 2, 12:01
- Mono? -- nm - Qale Mar 2, 12:00
- Try cutting back from your 3 packs a day. -- nm - zunkskunk Mar 2, 11:45
- it was nice knowing you -- nm - decline Mar 2, 11:41
so many actual non-murderers cleared by DNA testing that Serial never found time to do a whole podcast about -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 2, 11:20
First slate of Oscars presenters has been announced -- (link) - MDH Mar 2, 11:17 4
- WILL SMITH?! -- nm - Mop Mar 2, 11:23 2
  - Easy. -- (pic) - Spawn Mar 2, 11:54 [Attachment]
  - From a remote undisclosed location perhaps. -- nm - St. Louis BaronHawks Mar 2, 11:26
- nice -- nm - mud Mar 2, 11:21
"Amazon is continuing to try and find a hot date after ordering a new competition series hosted by WWE stars Brie and Nikki Bella." -- nm - decline Mar 2, 11:16 4
- Well, that's 30 minutes of the podcast this week. -- nm - Mop Mar 2, 11:25 3
  - heh -- nm - decline Mar 2, 11:32
  - Apple + launches Monster Factory on March 17th about people training to be pro wrestlers -- (link*) - Remlik Mar 2, 11:32 [youtube] 1
    - WOW! What a week for Apple TV+! -- nm - Mop Mar 2, 11:39
Ole Smoky Mountain Java: A-. A touch on the sweet side, but it's really yummy. Not much alcohol taste. Enjoy it the next time you're taking in.... - prayformojo Mar 2, 11:12 6
- I like the cherries. The butterscotch is okay. Hunch Punch is good. The white chocolate Strawberry was good. The apple pie was not good. -- nm - sycor Mar 2, 11:25 2
  - I was with you until that last sentence. Then you went absolutely insane -- nm - prayformojo Mar 2, 11:35 1
    - There is just something off about the flavor. It takes a little mediciney to me. Sorry. :( -- nm - sycor Mar 2, 11:38
- Ole Smoky Banana Pudding Moonshine is my favorite of theirs. -- (link) - JaxSean Mar 2, 11:15 1
  - I just saw this - haven't seen it in the store by me. I'd be worried about drinking it too fast. But that sounds really good -- nm - prayformojo Mar 2, 11:18
- :P -- nm - David Mar 2, 11:15
this fucking guy, I give it 50/50 odds he eventually endorses him as soon as enough delegates are secured (as they will be) -- (link) - mud Mar 2, 11:05 33
- Right wing media is backing off Trump…he honestly isn’t going to viable, this cycle IMO -- nm - Flav Mar 2, 11:10 32
  - still early days obviously but his support hasn't faded with actual GOP voters (even as his presumptive rivals have) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 2, 11:26 16
    - Nope it definitely hasnt. I'm just saying Ron is a slam dunk in the General. The traitor is big question mark. -- nm - Jovian Mar 2, 11:33 15
      - As odd as it sounds, I'm with Jovian here. DeSantis not only wins, he wins massively. -- nm - MDH Mar 2, 11:43 10
        
        I'm not at all convinced of that. All this stuff he's actually doing to win his bona fides with the Trumpers is going to be ample fodder for the - pmb Mar 2, 11:56
        
        the nom or the general? (I think you're very wrong either way) -- nm - mud Mar 2, 11:50
        
        I'm not convinced he runs yet - eag Mar 2, 11:48 6
        
        Oh, he's running, but he's running under conservative think tank ideas that have disadvantaged him with the general populace. -- nm - David Mar 2, 11:50 5
        
        thats when he pivots and pretends thats not who he is. (facts mean absolutely nothing any longer) -- nm - Jovian Mar 2, 11:54 4
        
        There's no pivot for "I broke the law to punish a corporation." There's really no need for doomscrolling in march 2023 for November 2024. -- nm - David Mar 2, 11:55 3
        
        heh. An entire massive news organization just got revealed to be nothing but propaganda and we've already moved on. - Jovian Mar 2, 11:58 2
        
        We haven't. There's a reason why you keep getting pleasantly surprised by elections. -- nm - David Mar 2, 12:00 1
        
        pleasantly surprised? No. Pleasantly relieved, yes. - Jovian Mar 2, 12:04
        
        Battered Dem Syndrome is a real thing -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 2, 11:45
      - He's really, really not. -- nm - David Mar 2, 11:37 1
        
        Hope you're wrong. But Ron can has better chance of taking GA or PA or even VA -- nm - Jovian Mar 2, 11:39
      - lol no. he's a tinpot bully playing on a rigged home field. still hasn't had to face a single tough question from non right-wing propaganda outlets -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 2, 11:35 1
        
        Also true. -- nm - Jovian Mar 2, 11:43
  - Right wing media actively fought him last time in the primary. The people decide. -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 11:14 14
    - To my recollection, all media gave him a big push as an unproven and “celeb” candidate and the people ran with that once the snowball started -- nm - Flav Mar 2, 11:26 2
      - lol the media practically fellated DJT nightly. (especially CNN) -- nm - Jovian Mar 2, 11:51 1
        
        I certainly didnt forget in debates of 10-12 people, it was DJT that got to speak, at length, with the media every time. -- nm - Jovian Mar 2, 11:53
    - To a point. DJT is a big question mark as being a proven loser. DeSantis is almost a slam dunk. -- nm* - Jovian Mar 2, 11:23 10
      - not according to the party base -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 2, 11:26 9
        
        Tell that to the electoral college -- nm - Jovian Mar 2, 11:27 8
        
        do they nominate a party's candidate? even Fox can't find a DeSantis stan in the middle of a Florida diner -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 2, 11:28 7
        
        If you can't tell that Florida diner thing wasn't a planned pro Trump event, I'm sorry. -- nm - Jovian Mar 2, 11:29 6
        
        yes, the Murdoch media empire notoriously in the bag for Trump again this time -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 2, 11:32 5
        
        Lol come on, just a perfectly normal breakfast morning over packed with people and their maga gear. -- nm - Jovian Mar 2, 11:34 4
        
        aka Florida -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 2, 11:35 3
        
        It was 630 am. The entire thing was ridiculous! -- nm - Jovian Mar 2, 11:38 2
        
        have you met white boomers? -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 2, 11:39 1
        
        yes my entire Italian family! -- nm - Jovian Mar 2, 11:54
Note to self: My waitress’s name is Lindsey. -- nm - mara Mar 2, 11:01 3
- My name is Earl -- nm - prayformojo Mar 2, 11:05 2
  - His name is Robert Paulson -- nm - Flav Mar 2, 11:06 1
    - Blane? His name is Blane?? -- nm - Max Mar 2, 11:08
Braves think they can run wild, reopen 40-40 club with new rules. ‘Why not?’ - JD Mar 2, 11:00 1
- I love Ozzie and will be thrilled if he gets 40 homers over the next two seasons. -- nm - David Mar 2, 11:18
Sony: We object to the ATVI takeover bid. MS: Oh yeah, let's see your exclusivity contracts. Sony: That's not relevant! FTC: Yeah it kinda is. -- (link) - St. Louis BaronHawks Mar 2, 10:53 5
- I'm not naïve enough to suggest that the MSFT deal would be cool for the market, but they've been trying to be platform agnostic for years now. - Mop Mar 2, 10:58 4
  - Sony's whining in this case has been a sight to see. - St. Louis BaronHawks Mar 2, 11:27 2
    - Yeah. Sony is really LIV-ing it up. They should have stayed out of it. They're making Microsoft's case for them. -- nm - Mop Mar 2, 11:29 1
      - The expression "hoisted with their own petard" comes to mind -- nm - St. Louis BaronHawks Mar 2, 11:30
  - This whole thing might end exclusivity except in a few cases - eag Mar 2, 11:15
DOJ rejects Trump's claim of absolute immunity in filing. -- (link) - TWuG Mar 2, 10:49 2
- He's gonna have to start paying his lawyers cause there won't be any left to defend him on hundreds of lawsuits. -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 2, 11:17 1
  - Or get re-elected. -- nm - Spawn Mar 2, 11:27
1,280 calories in an entire box of Thin Mints. So...one entire sleeve is 640 calories. Lunch time! -- nm - JaxSean Mar 2, 10:39 2
- I could really go for some cookies right now. All I've had so far is half of a Cosmic Crisp apple. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 2, 10:47
- *counts on fingers* Math checks out and your breath will be minty fresh. -- nm - St. Louis BaronHawks Mar 2, 10:46
I reduced the number of messages in my work inbox by 90% today. I'm declaring victory. -- nm - St. Louis BaronHawks Mar 2, 10:21 13
- This causes me stress. I cannot have a cluttered inbox. -- nm - sycor Mar 2, 11:34
- Can't remember the last time I deleted emails since I started -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 2, 10:40
- 4 unread, 30,307 total. I've given up sorting emails into folders. -- nm - Mop Mar 2, 10:38 1
  - I had too many old folders and had to make a separate folder called Folder Archive just to store them. -- nm - St. Louis BaronHawks Mar 2, 10:45
- 7 unread, 1,255 total because I've been lazy. -- nm - spamlet Mar 2, 10:31 3
  - your retention policy will take care of that for you. -- nm - colin Mar 2, 10:42 2
    - Oh I’m not counting what’s in my saved items folders. That’s just unfiled. - spamlet Mar 2, 10:44 1
      - At least you get three years, we get six months, and pretty much all of our deliverables happen on an annual cycle. -- (edited) - znufrii, promoted Mar 2, 11:23
- Inbox: unread:4 total:8326 -- nm - decline Mar 2, 10:30
- I have a folder I call "Inbox Too." - Cuzzin Todd Mar 2, 10:27 2
  - I have a separate one for tax update emails that aren't timely. There's currently 1,378 unread in there. - spamlet Mar 2, 10:31
  - That's a good idea. I filed or deleted everything older than a month. -- nm - St. Louis BaronHawks Mar 2, 10:29
- unread or total? -- nm - colin Mar 2, 10:21
Modern day fascist talking at CPAC - Jovian Mar 2, 10:07 21
- and here's this POS musing about murdering reporters - Jovian Mar 2, 10:50
- I'm surprised Hillary Clinton didn't move to France, I'm sure the Donald nudged the DOJ to literally arrest her. -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 2, 10:44 1
  - she’s not a pussy-ass bitch - hollywood big shot Mar 2, 10:46
- *sigh* My representative. I've tried. Voted, donated money, but he's still my representative. -- nm - Dano Mar 2, 10:24
- gotta be more specific than that -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 2, 10:09 16
  - I just love how we as a country went from normalizing 'Lock her Up!' to essentially 'lock everyone up that isn't us' in 5 years. (more thoughts) - Jovian Mar 2, 10:16 15
    - Philip K Dick couldnt bring himself to write a sequel to that classic because he hated nazis so much. -- nm - mud Mar 2, 11:01
    - the (relative) progress of the last 60 years is the American exception, not the norm. this is just reversion to our historical mean -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 2, 10:31 2
      - yes - Jovian Mar 2, 10:35
      - (In a just world, Gangs of New York would be the go-to reference for America’s collective consciousness about who we have always been) -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 2, 10:34
    - so what's the solution? -- nm - colin Mar 2, 10:21 10
      - There isnt one. We are through the looking glass. -- nm - Jovian Mar 2, 10:27 9
        
        I mean, if Im fantasizing for a sec that I had Captain Marvel or Superman or Sentry like powers, it would be corrected by the end of the week. -- nm - Jovian Mar 2, 10:28 3
        
        fight fire with fire? -- nm - colin Mar 2, 10:34 2
        
        an actual New World Order, Dr Doom style. -- nm - Jovian Mar 2, 10:36 1
        
        lol it'd be pretty much Hydra's plan in Cap: Winter Soldier - Jovian Mar 2, 10:39
        
        how did we solve it last time? -- (edited) - colin Mar 2, 10:27 4
        
        fascism is an import. We've never had to solve it here. -- nm - Jovian Mar 2, 10:33 3
        
        oh, that's not true. fascists exists everywhere. (edited, fascists is more accurate to my meaning that fascism.) -- nm* - Andie Mar 2, 10:54
        
        there was a rise in fascism in the US as a political idea in the 1920s-40s. it kind of died out as an overt idea, but reared its head - colin Mar 2, 10:41 1
        
        oh I know - Jovian Mar 2, 10:51
Curling fans (which I assume includes all of ST), the 2023 Tim Hortons Brier starts tomorrow! -- nm - Mop Mar 2, 10:04 6
- Where can we watch? -- nm - spamlet Mar 2, 10:10 5
  - ESPN 8 -- nm - decline Mar 2, 10:23
  - Looks like ESPN3 -- nm - mara Mar 2, 10:12 3
    - No, wait, that was last year. This is the best I could find -- (link) - mara Mar 2, 10:18 2
      - Thanks! -- nm - spamlet Mar 2, 10:31
      - Yeah, that's one of those paid services. I hope it's on ESPN+ or free on YouTube. -- nm - Mop Mar 2, 10:23
I've been saving this link because I wanted to share it on ST: The Insane Story Of The Deadliest Storm In Human History (YouTube video) -- (link) - Mop Mar 2, 09:51 [youtube] 3
- FWIW, while some folks may not be familiar with this natural disaster and its subsequent chaos, many will be familiar with the Concert for Bangladesh. -- (link) - Mop Mar 2, 10:00
- Tropical cyclone Bhola hitting east pakistan (now Bangladesh) & killing 300K people ... on the same day as the exploding whale incident. -- (link*) - Beryllium Mar 2, 09:54 1
  - Jeez, followed by the Bangladeshi genocide where up to 3m were killed, hundreds of thousands were raped....( weeps) -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 2, 10:39
I'm going to hazard a guess that the heatsink for this PCI 5.0 SSD makes it incompatible with laptop use -- (link) - JD Mar 2, 09:46 1
- Heatsinks usually removable. Can operate without. PCIe 4.0 came with HS for PS5 and other use. All were removable. -- nm* - budice Mar 2, 09:48
Saints RB Alvin Kamara court sesh ongoing now for arrignment on battery charges in Vegas. Kamara's trial will be on July 31. That will be during training camp. -- (link*) - budice Mar 2, 09:39
Hot off the tubes! Jenna Ortega, Hot Ones! -- (link) - Mop Mar 2, 09:39 [youtube] 2
- we watched her on Stuck in the Middle way back when -- nm - Beaker Mar 2, 09:56
- She is just a tad bit easy on the eyes. -- nm - Jovian Mar 2, 09:54
So weird. Starz saves a show scrapped by Showtime. -- (link) - Mop Mar 2, 09:34 1
- I wish someone would save that last season of Snowpiercer! - Jovian Mar 2, 09:36
B2: Hellboy The Crooked Man babee! -- nm - Beaker Mar 2, 09:31
Unstable | Official Trailer | Netflix March 30th (Rob Lowe) -- (link) - Beaker Mar 2, 09:29 [youtube] 9
- Ah, that's Rob Lowe's actual son. -- nm - Mop Mar 2, 09:38 5
  - Chad Lowe -- nm - budice Mar 2, 09:46 2
    - His son! His brother! Forget it, budice... -- nm - Mop Mar 2, 09:50 1
      - Founder of Lowe's hardware -- nm - budice Mar 2, 09:50
  - who was Joel Zaydac, the daughter's boyfriend on The Grinder! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 2, 09:43
  - I'll allow it. -- nm - Spawn Mar 2, 09:39
- I'll allow it. -- nm - Mop Mar 2, 09:36
- It's no Grinder, but it's more dynamic than his milquetoast 9-1-1 character. -- nm - Max Mar 2, 09:34 1
  - scoff -- nm - Beaker Mar 2, 09:58

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