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Seahawks see the 49er's Sam Darnold and raise them Drew Lock - crash davis Mar 17, 12:14 8
- Bringing back Drew Lock simply means they're okay with wasting a roster spot on Drew Lock. -- nm - David Mar 17, 12:15 7
  - already knows the system, and has an inspiration on how to improve his game right in front of him -- nm - crash davis Mar 17, 12:19 6
    - Con: Can't play football. -- nm - David Mar 17, 12:24 5
      - Beginning of last season everyone said that about Geno and were shocked he got picked over Drew -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 17, 13:40
      - Lets go to the tape to see what David knows about QBs -- (link) - crash davis Mar 17, 12:29 [Backboard] 3
        
        As me about his second half of the season! I know that, too! - David Mar 17, 12:34 2
        
        As best selling self-help guru John Cena says "Be A Work In Progress" -- nm - crash davis Mar 17, 12:37 1
        
        You might as well take life advice from Ted Cruz. -- nm - David Mar 17, 12:38
Heh, I just realized that’s Mayhem’s real-life brother. -- nm - mara Mar 17, 12:13 13
- who? -- nm - prayformojo Mar 17, 12:16 12
  - There’s an Allstate commercial where “Mayhem,” their recurring character, is playing driveway basketball with another guy who looks a bit like him. -- nm* - mara Mar 17, 12:20 11
    - Hmm, I thought I’d found confirmation — they’ve acted together before — but now I’m not sure. -- nm - mara Mar 17, 12:26 6
      - he was his brother on OZ -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 12:28 5
        
        wait. thats not Lance Reddick who was on Oz? What was his brothers name? -- nm - Jovian Mar 17, 12:38 1
        
        oh nvm, misread this -- nm - Jovian Mar 17, 12:43
        
        Right, I mean confirmation of the commercial. -- nm - mara Mar 17, 12:33 1
        
        Oh! Misread that. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 12:35
        
        And they may have appeared together on L&O SVU for one episode -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 12:30
    - one of the unfathomable developments of the 21st century is insurance commercials becoming reliably entertaining -- nm - prayformojo Mar 17, 12:22 3
      - "Why can't we just get in the running car?" -- nm - crash davis Mar 17, 12:25 2
        
        "I just wanted to make an omelet!" -- nm - Cocaine Owlbear Mar 17, 12:27 1
        
        GOAT -- nm - mara Mar 17, 12:30
John Wick/The Wire star Lance Reddick has passed away at 60 -- (link*) - budice Mar 17, 12:05 23
- he also voiced Thordak on legends of Vox Machina -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 12:25 2
  - and also the voice of Sylens in the Horizon Zero Dawn game -- nm - decline Mar 17, 12:30
  - Just saw that on IMDb. Haven't watched yet until I finish campaign 1 of the game. I'm on ep 96 -- nm* - zork Mar 17, 12:27
- Damn that sucks. I really liked him. He was the best part of that awful Resident Evil show and he was able to show some good range. -- nm - sycor Mar 17, 12:24 1
  - RE agreed. spoiler - Cocaine Owlbear Mar 17, 12:28
- That sucks. Enjoyed him in JW and in America's book of secrets -- nm - zork Mar 17, 12:18
- dammit. He had *presence* -- nm - prayformojo Mar 17, 12:17 1
  - Yep. RIP. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 17, 13:18
- oh godddamnit! :( - Jovian Mar 17, 12:14
- Agent Broyles! :-( -- nm - mud Mar 17, 12:13
- I loved you, Zavala. -- nm - David Mar 17, 12:12
- crud, He was great in everything, especially Bosch -- nm - crash davis Mar 17, 12:12 2
  - Okay, that will get me to give Bosch a second try. - Cocaine Owlbear Mar 17, 12:21 1
    - very cool. -- nm - mud Mar 17, 12:23
- Oh no. Best part of Fringe. -- nm - Cocaine Owlbear Mar 17, 12:09 5
  - speaking of, did you catch who was playing that rogue vulcan? - mud Mar 17, 12:20 3
    - My favorite Arrow villain. -- nm - David Mar 17, 12:35
    - Spoils - Jovian Mar 17, 12:34
    - I knew from the first words out of his mouth. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 12:21
  - This one is another which is hitting me harder than I expected. JW4 will be a harder watch. -- nm - Cocaine Owlbear Mar 17, 12:16
- oh shit :( -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 12:09
- Oh no. That's awful :( -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 12:08
- Oh no. :-( -- nm - Krusty Mar 17, 12:06
Eagles, QB Marcus Mariota agree to 1-year deal ($5-$8M) -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 12:03
can Krusty give us a coat check-in? marked safe from all zippers?? -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 17, 11:57 1
- Heh. :-) All good. -- nm - Krusty Mar 17, 12:01
There was a bigger foul on Kennesaw State's rebound than the call Xavier got for the free throws before it. -- nm - David Mar 17, 11:57 1
- Sorry everyone. I pulled a Redmond and jinxed KSU. My fault. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 17, 12:03
MLB will be paying Diaz's salary this year, not the Mets. They have insurance for players who are injured in the WBC. -- nm - Ender Mar 17, 11:57
Some tough calls in this game -- nm - mara Mar 17, 11:56
LIR: Yes, restricting app installs on an employer device I don't own is fine. But it shouldn't be one app. It should be all apps. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 11:51 9
- Sure, but I'm fine with them saying this one is banned and they are investigating possible others -- nm - zork Mar 17, 12:23
- Agreed. Be above board. -- nm - Epiphany Mar 17, 12:18
- Sure, all apps deemed insecure -- nm - mara Mar 17, 11:53 6
  - All apps should be untrusted until either proven trustworthy or proven necessary. -- nm* - Beryllium Mar 17, 11:57 5
    - Sure. In the case of government devices, I imagine some agencies developed or contracted the apps themselves -- nm - mara Mar 17, 11:59 4
      - Flip phones for everyone. Problem solved. 😂 -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 12:01 3
        
        A string and two cups -- nm - prayformojo Mar 17, 12:05
        
        we really need to go back to pagers and land lines -- nm - decline Mar 17, 12:02 1
        
        Yeah, exactly. In fact ... announcing New SlackerTalk: Pager Edition. - Beryllium Mar 17, 12:04
A guard that shoots less than 70% from the line makes me sad. - Krusty Mar 17, 11:46 8
- anyone who shoots less than seventy, even if their name is Shaq -- nm - crash davis Mar 17, 12:15 2
  - Really tall guys have a hard time with them because they can't get the arc that you need to shoot FT's consistently. If you're in the 7' range there's - Krusty Mar 17, 12:23 1
    - Just remembering Ritchie Cunningham doing that for a clutch shot -- (edited) - zork Mar 17, 12:25
- What makes me sad is every college player thinks there Stephen Curry - eag Mar 17, 11:51 4
  - I've seen multiple air ball threes already today -- nm - St. Louis BaronHawks Mar 17, 12:13
  - But it *might* go in, eag. -- nm - Cocaine Owlbear Mar 17, 11:58 1
    - Because when your like 0 for eternity and your down by 2 hey its gotta go in sometime -- nm - eag Mar 17, 12:05
  - When, at best, they are food court Stephen Tikka Masala. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 11:52
Kennesaw State just went 6:11 of game time with zero points and is STILL tied. -- nm - David Mar 17, 11:41 1
- When Xavier went on that run they never called T.O - eag Mar 17, 11:48
Chipotle: "Reminder, you have a BOGO" Oh...Lunch -- nm* - budice Mar 17, 11:25
it's Gaucho-in Time -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 17, 11:22
Nielsen The Gauge for February: Streaming 34.3%, Cable 30.2%, Broadcast 23.8%. That's with some seriously fuzzy math. - Inigo Mar 17, 11:22
*IF* NY indicts 45... will there be riots or protests with armed camo clad paramilitary marching? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 17, 11:16 6
- He will sponsor it -- nm - rollo Mar 17, 12:34
- eh, they'd be in Lower Manhattan anyway, no one goes there ;) -- nm - ty97 Mar 17, 11:27
- what, and damage sacred PROPERTY? never. -- nm - colin Mar 17, 11:24
- Going to be a few nuts…but he’s lost a lot of steam since ‘20…I don’t feel the fervor is there for him -- nm - Flavorize Mar 17, 11:23
- nah but if they want to do it in Manhattan, they're welcome to try - hollywood big shot Mar 17, 11:20
- Celebrations. -- nm - Cocaine Owlbear Mar 17, 11:17
‘Twisters’ to star the lovely and talented Daisy Edgar-Jones -- (link) - mud Mar 17, 11:15 3
- It is a well-known fact that i loooooooooooooooove Twister. I will be there for this opening weekend. -- nm - Andie Mar 17, 11:42
- Not sure why but the matching angle in the pics made me laugh. -- (edited) - Cocaine Owlbear Mar 17, 11:16 1
  - I'd watch that. -- nm - mud Mar 17, 11:19
Guess I need to find truTV -- nm - ty97 Mar 17, 11:09 1
- I expect he has a nice couch you can sleep on. -- nm - Cocaine Owlbear Mar 17, 11:11
LIR: I don't drink coffee but, yes, a nice strong tea would be a good accompaniment. - zork Mar 17, 11:08
And now for four game action 🙂 -- nm - JD Mar 17, 11:02 1
- VCU my hometown team! UofR is sometimes good, but VCU is consistently... okay. -- nm - colin Mar 17, 11:03
Um ..Xavier -- nm - eag Mar 17, 11:01 2
- !!!!! -- nm - Strongbad Mar 17, 11:05
- wyd Xavier -- nm - colin Mar 17, 11:03
I would change the dish to represent Ireland's tricolor - zucchini spaghetti, an orange colored vegetarian marinara, and white cheese. -- nm - crash davis Mar 17, 10:57 5
- I'm wearing my one green shirt today. -- (pic) - mud Mar 17, 11:02 [Attachment] 4
  - 👍 -- nm - crash davis Mar 17, 11:10
  - I unintentionally wore my green shirt to work today. I'll take the win -- nm - oblique Mar 17, 11:05 2
    - i'm not wearing a green anything, i'm looking for a fight. -- nm - colin Mar 17, 11:23 1
      - I'm wearing so much green today. Hat, hoodie, jacket and sneakers are all green. -- nm - Krusty Mar 17, 11:37
Happy St Pats: Banshees of Inisherin .. The Game. -- (link) - budice Mar 17, 10:48 1
- spoils - Beaker Mar 17, 10:49
Joy Ride (2023) Official Red Band Trailer -- (link) - Beaker Mar 17, 10:46 [youtube] 5
- a...pproved? -- nm - Mop Mar 17, 11:18
- Timed specifically after EEAAO's Oscar week. -- nm - David Mar 17, 10:53 1
  - "Stephanie Hsu X 4!" -- nm - mud Mar 17, 10:57
- heh, very Bridesmaids -- nm - mud Mar 17, 10:52 1
  - aw not a Roxette biopic -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 17, 10:58
Picard if they're arent any emmy noms for Stewart and his scene partner this week thats a crime -- nm - Remlik Mar 17, 10:43 4
- Tribbles never got an Emmy nom before, it's true -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 17, 10:46 3
  - it should have. that was a great episode and it's sequel on DS9 -- nm - Remlik Mar 17, 11:01 2
    - Please tell me you've all seen the Short Trek about Tribbles (and the bonus scene) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 11:09 1
      - oh yeah that was damn good. -- nm - Remlik Mar 17, 11:10
Let’s go Gauchos - JD Mar 17, 10:40
rollo, you once suggested a public library would be a good place for a sitcom - email I just got from the mayor - crash davis Mar 17, 10:39 10
- "Please except my sincere apology" - zork Mar 17, 11:05 1
  - that's gold -- nm - oblique Mar 17, 11:08
- nmb nsfw -- (link) - znufrii, meh and problematic Mar 17, 10:52 [youtube]
- Shush! -- (link) - LMS Mar 17, 10:49
- 'Shelved' -- (link) - mud Mar 17, 10:42 1
  - 'Stacked' - not a library, but close -- (link) - sycor Mar 17, 10:45
- So the mayor is a whore? That sounds like a pretty good sitcom. - sycor Mar 17, 10:42
- is the mayor cute? -- nm - decline Mar 17, 10:41 2
  - His rich wife thought so when she plucked him out of his job as a waiter. -- nm - crash davis Mar 17, 10:46 1
    - I’d watch this show -- nm - Pippy Mar 17, 11:20
This'd be a fun night at the drive-in: Scream and Cocaine Bear - prayformojo Mar 17, 10:37
Tik Tok is spying on you the same way Twitter/Facebook/Instagram are spying on you. - Epiphany Mar 17, 10:33 12
- I see a big difference between a company using the info they get from me using their app to China getting that info and using it in some way I don't - Krusty Mar 17, 11:54 1
  - i think the bigger concern with TikTok is that the platform can prioritize different political messages that get into people's feeds. - Andie Mar 17, 12:17
- Apple does the same. The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. -- nm - Mop Mar 17, 11:01 2
  - between Apple and the CCP, i'll stick with Apple - hollywood big shot Mar 17, 11:04 1
    - indeed. -- nm - mud Mar 17, 11:09
- there are a lot of troubling stories like this that point to something a bit more alarming -- (link) - oblique Mar 17, 10:54 1
  - !! -- nm - Pippy Mar 17, 11:19
- but the Chinese, pippy! -- nm - decline Mar 17, 10:40 4
  - personally, i don't let any of that Ring/Alexa shit in my house or devices so it's not a China thing (though their motivations for collecting the info - hollywood big shot Mar 17, 10:45 1
    - nefarious like owning land in the USA? near the nukes in the Dakotas? that is okay though. Owning businesses in New York so they can spy on diplomats - Epiphany Mar 17, 10:49
  - We just saw an election swing on the social media skills of an enemy…I’d prefer not to have a better enemy get the keys to the kingdom. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 17, 10:43 1
    - Tik Tok leans heavy to dems cause its a younger demographic. Not sure where it will go if Americans take it over. To the highest party bidder? -- nm - Epiphany Mar 17, 10:47
Ugh, WWE is likely going to have ice-cold Charlotte Flair / Rhea Ripley main event night 1 of Wrestlemania…not Zayn-Owens/ Uso’s. - Will Hunting Mar 17, 10:32 4
- The original plan was for Mandy Rose to win and have a yearlong title reign, but then she had shower sex with her boyfriend. -- nm - David Mar 17, 10:36 3
  - Which in itself isn't a bad thing - eag Mar 17, 10:59
  - I mean, I get why she got fired…I’d rather have Rhea crowned because she’s far better in the ring - Will Hunting Mar 17, 10:41 1
    - I love them both but the Bianca/Asuka match also has no heat to it. -- nm - Tim Mar 17, 10:44
I looooove Cincinnati chili. But I would not eat that -- nm - prayformojo Mar 17, 10:27 2
- you would do anything for Cincinnati chili? -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 10:31 1
  - He said he won't do that -- nm* - Meatloaf Mar 17, 10:40
Pretty obvious flop in the MI State/USC game. -- nm - mara Mar 17, 10:27 2
- Meanwhile Kennesaw St -- nm - budice Mar 17, 10:29
- His poor throat!!! -- nm - David Mar 17, 10:28
Wild Things 25th Anniversary - Director Interview - original script had a scene that reveals Matt Dillon and Kevin Bacon’s characters as lovers. -- (link*) - budice Mar 17, 10:25 3
- Compared to other anniversaries this somehow feels far older than 25 years. -- nm - Max Mar 17, 10:55
- Hmm. Mr. Lombardi!! -- nm - Epiphany Mar 17, 10:28
- Wasn't that actually a deleted scene? -- nm - David Mar 17, 10:27

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