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Being a Mets fan is the best -- (link) - JD Apr 21, 14:07 1
- Hanging out in a parking lot in Flushing is the best? Yeesh. -- (edited) - Krusty Apr 21, 14:23
Disney Plus finally put the Spider tobyverse movies starting today also first AG spiderman movie today with TH movie and Venom next month -- (link) - eag Apr 21, 14:05
The play that broke up the perfect game was very Cub. - zunkskunk Apr 21, 13:48 2
- For those that want to see it -- (link) - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Apr 21, 13:59 1
  - Ugh! -- nm - Krusty Apr 21, 14:24
Lyft falling -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 21, 13:32
St Paul and the Broken Bones. Go listen to it. Go now! -- nm - Reagen Apr 21, 13:17 4
- That's someone that I love when I listen I just never think of it. Will add. -- nm - spamlet Apr 21, 13:26 2
  - New album today from them. -- nm - Reagen Apr 21, 13:30 1
    - I figured that's what you meant. . -- nm - spamlet Apr 21, 13:31
- the scales fell from your eyes? -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 21, 13:26
Bery Inspired Post-4/20 poll: You're hosting a cannabis-centric dinner party (i.e., joints, edibles, good food, good times). - Reluctant Cynic Apr 21, 13:16 6
- Man, I want everyone there at a big backyard BBQ. -- nm - Krusty Apr 21, 13:25 2
  - Yeah, this. Maybe a better question would be which former STers ... :) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 21, 13:41 1
    - Oh, I've misread things. You and I are talking about something different than RC is. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 21, 13:42
- I’m not 420 friendly in that I really wouldn’t partake. So that could be a good or bad thing if I was invited. -- nm - Qale Apr 21, 13:20 2
  - Same -- nm - spamlet Apr 21, 13:26 1
    - Every party does need a designated driver/spotter. -- nm - Qale Apr 21, 13:30
Hayley Atwell is engaged -- (link) - budice Apr 21, 13:12 4
- No idea she was with Tom Cruise. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 21, 13:20 3
  - Guess that means she follows Xenu too, huh? -- nm - spamlet Apr 21, 13:26
  - do NOT scare me like that. I was worried they got back together and he was it. -- nm - Spawn 🗿 Apr 21, 13:21 1
    - Interesting. Her Personal Life section on Wikipedia has nothing about her relationships. That's usually my go-to for that info. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 21, 14:12
Got that $6 for jury duty. But this time it came from the presiding judge with an actual signature. Ooooh. -- nm - Qale Apr 21, 13:02
Marvel Rumor: Adam Driver offered the Reed Richards role for Fantastic Four. -- nm - Remlik Apr 21, 12:55 13
- Offered the role of someone who got his face punched by mr fantastic -- nm - Beryllium Apr 21, 13:40
- Ugh -- nm - Reluctant Cynic Apr 21, 13:13
- he should hold out and insist he be the recast Kang -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 21, 13:03
- He'd be a better Doom except that's typecasting I guess. -- nm - Reagen Apr 21, 13:00 1
  - I've actually heard that he wants to be Doom. -- nm - David Apr 21, 13:45
- Gawd no. Dude sucks as an actor and is too goofy looking. - TWuG Apr 21, 13:00 7
  - Dr. Doom, then. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 21, 13:19
  - Have you not *seen* Reed Richards? -- nm - Spawn 🗿 Apr 21, 13:18 5
    - Yes, he's a "handsome scientist" looking guy, not a "could be cast as Dumbo" kind of guy. -- nm - TWuG Apr 21, 13:36
    - Ioan Gruffudd had a great look for Reed but suck diddly ucked as an actor. -- nm - Reagen Apr 21, 13:25 1
      - I'd blame that more on the script writers -- nm - eag Apr 21, 13:40
    - Personally I think hes a perfect Reed. I would like to see Nurse Chapel from Strange New Worlds land Invisible Woman. - Jovian Apr 21, 13:23 1
      - Agreed. -- nm - Spawn 🗿 Apr 21, 13:30
28. 28 whole people. -- (link) - Reagen Apr 21, 12:39 1
- That sound about like GOP laws written to hurt trans sportspeople. -- nm - Qale Apr 21, 13:03
You know that series with Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan? -- (link) - Mop🧹 Apr 21, 12:37 [youtube] 7
- couple writers i know worked on it. cast them well over a year ago before EEAAO was even out i think - hollywood big shot Apr 21, 13:13
- That looks great. -- nm - pmb Apr 21, 13:03
- get the graphic novel! -- (link) - Remlik Apr 21, 12:51
- ACADEMY AWARD WINNER Michelle Yeoh. -- nm - Spawn 🗿 Apr 21, 12:38 3
  - ACADEMY AWARD WINNER Ke Huy Quan. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 21, 12:41 2
    - Oh, and also ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE Stephanie Hsu. -- nm* - Mop🧹 Apr 21, 12:41 1
      - -- -- nm* - Reagen Apr 21, 12:42
Canadians sure do like the ganja: CA$365.7 million in Legal Marijuana Purchased in Canada in February -- (link*) - decline 🔹 Apr 21, 12:30 5
- I've still never tried it. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 21, 12:42 4
  - The prospects for tyStravaganza 2025 just got a whole lot more interesting. -- nm* - Reluctant Cynic Apr 21, 12:48 3
    - I've always maintained that I would sooner try pot than alcohol ... heh -- nm - Beryllium Apr 21, 12:54 2
      - (Not smoking, though) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 21, 12:54 1
        
        Gummies or other edibles where you can start low would be best. -- nm - Krusty Apr 21, 12:56
uh Arsenal… -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 21, 12:23 1
- They’re fine. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Apr 21, 13:34
happy -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 21, 12:23 2
- And you know it... -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 21, 12:29 1
  - *clap clap* - Spawn 🗿 Apr 21, 12:37
~ you (still) don't have the votes ~ -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 21, 12:00
Evil Dead Rise 88% (103/14), Guy Ritchie's The Covenant 80% (48/12), Chevalier 82% (65/14), Judy Bloom Forever 95% (39/2), Farador nsy -- nm - Beaker Apr 21, 11:34 1
- Farador 110% in our hearts -- nm - Pachypodium baronii Apr 21, 11:56
it me -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 21, 11:02 1
- Heh -- nm - Pippy ☑️ Apr 21, 13:52
Why Credit Suisse failed and what UBS's takeover may mean for the banking industry. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Apr 21, 10:54 [youtube]
Here's a Star Wars Chess set -- (link) - budice Apr 21, 10:32 14
- Good luck controlling which move Jyn will make next. -- nm - Max Apr 21, 12:15
- I would never keep everything straight -- nm - rollo Apr 21, 10:44 9
  - Yeah, at the very least the rooks, knights and bishops need to be the same character. That's a mess. -- nm - Krusty Apr 21, 10:54 8
    - That is not usually how such sets are done, though. -- nm - Spawn 🗿 Apr 21, 12:10 5
      - I assume it's not used much and is more of a collector's item or only used by fans. - Krusty Apr 21, 12:16 4
        
        Fans, for sure... remember this one? -- (edited) - Spawn 🗿 Apr 21, 12:21 3
        
        Yikes! Worst set I've seen yet. -- nm - Krusty Apr 21, 12:53
        
        I own that and paid way less than what the seller is asking for -- nm* - crash davis 😺 Apr 21, 12:28 1
        
        I sure hope you have a nicer one to play! -- nm - mud ♪ Apr 21, 12:38
    - extremely on-brand for Rogue One though -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 21, 11:01 1
      - All I know about the movie I learned from the Lego game. -- nm - Krusty Apr 21, 12:00
- specifically Rogue One -- nm - Beaker Apr 21, 10:38 1
  - Yeah, pass. -- nm - Spawn 🗿 Apr 21, 11:28
- not bad -- nm - mud ♪ Apr 21, 10:34
two dummies so dazzled by a cartwheel that neither covers first: -- (link) - mud ♪ Apr 21, 10:32 4
- "everyone run for the ball, especially you on first base!" -- nm - Roger More Apr 21, 11:43 1
  - What works in soccer is bound to work here too! -- nm - Kids Apr 21, 11:55
- new prop bet coming -- nm - Draft Kings Apr 21, 10:54 1
  - Don't do it, Jameson Williams! -- nm - David Apr 21, 11:01
heh -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 21, 10:27 3
- Lol -- nm - Pippy ☑️ Apr 21, 13:12
- The best thing I saw about this is "People complaining about '$8 for herpes' aren't complaining about the $8" -- nm - Reagen Apr 21, 12:38
- ha! -- nm - Beaker Apr 21, 10:30
let’s see how accommodating of Sec 230 the first corporation whose stock tanks with a fake twitter posting is -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 21, 10:23 1
- The big Pharma insulin company was relatively quiet other than lowering their price -- nm - JD Apr 21, 10:25
Hmm. Anyone here go to a chiropractor? I'm considering trying it. - Beryllium Apr 21, 10:11 21
- As mentioned below, the "older" ones are better. Used to go regularly and it helped. Do NOT get any neck adjustments... - Walt_Disney Apr 21, 11:54 2
  - My sister recommended I should get a physio assessment, so that's where I'll start. Safer that way. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 21, 12:29 1
    - Yeah mine won’t touch you until you have X-rays done. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Apr 21, 12:56
- I would recommend PT instead. But I just don't trust chiropractors. PT has helped me a lot. -- nm - sycor Apr 21, 10:44 1
  - And more info: I was have a lot of back and hip pain. PT was able to figure out the muscles around my pelvis had pulled the left side of my pelvis out - sycor Apr 21, 10:46
- drugs Bery. Get thee to a dispensary -- nm - decline 🔹 Apr 21, 10:34
- For lumbar work they are generally safe. For cervical work, they are dangerous - TWuG Apr 21, 10:34 2
  - Cervical means neck, yes? Yeah, quite paranoid about that aspect. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 21, 10:40 1
    - Correct. Don't let them mess with your neck. I'll second going to a PT or sports trainer -- nm - TWuG Apr 21, 12:03
- I have some friends that have had success with dry needling (essentially acupuncture) for similar issues -- nm - rollo Apr 21, 10:33
- i go regularly. it corrected my sitting-at-computer back hump. It's good maintenance, for sure (i was super-skeptical before i was convinced to try -- nm* - Andie ☣️ Apr 21, 10:25
- I went to an old school punch crunch fold n spindle. But he retired. When I got sciatica I couldn't find any that weren't new age faith healers - zeitgeist Apr 21, 10:21 2
  - ooh, that might be what I have (albeit a somewhat minor occurrence). Would a doctor be a good first step, before chiropractor? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 21, 10:25 1
    - a sports specialist, physical therapist maybe, but consider 99% its just you're no longer 18. -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 21, 10:30
- (I may also benefit from a new chair and a new mattress.) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 21, 10:20
- Not a licensed one, but a friend does work on my hips and shoulders using hilot. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii Apr 21, 10:18
- I go regularly but you have to find a decent one. Ours doesn’t push quack shit on us or say we have to come back 86 times. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Apr 21, 10:14 4
  - I believe there’s genuine benefits for pain/discomfort, suggesting it prevents disease is quackery. -- nm - Tim Apr 21, 10:30 3
    - Correct. I go when I hurt. Yoga and a standing desk has also helped a lot to not be hurt. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Apr 21, 10:58 2
      - I really should do the standing desk thing, but my office area is very limited ... -- nm - Beryllium Apr 21, 11:03 1
        
        I don’t have one at home just in the office but I’m there 3x/week. - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Apr 21, 11:09
White Men Can’t Jump | Official Trailer | 20th Century Studios - HULU May 19th -- (link*) - Beaker 🍺 Apr 21, 09:59 [youtube] 8
- It's fine. But it really needs its own name. -- nm - Qale Apr 21, 10:21
- Harlow is… not a good actor. - Will Hunting 🍔🍔🍕🍟🍤🌮🥤🍷🍹 Apr 21, 10:07 5
  - I expected to hate it but I don't. I'll give it a watch. -- nm - Krusty Apr 21, 10:24
  - It just feels like neither of the leads (or anyone else) really has any energy or charisma. It's like they're just doing a live read of a script. -- nm - pmb Apr 21, 10:15 1
    - welcome to the next 10 years of Content - hollywood big shot Apr 21, 10:18
  - No one is going to Sizzler. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii Apr 21, 10:08 1
    - The last good thing Kadeem Hardison did. - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Apr 21, 10:12
- Next Up: Yung Gravy stars in a remake of The Cowboy Way -- nm - Dano ✔️ Apr 21, 10:04
Happy birthday, Pippy! You're one of the good ones on this planet. -- nm - David Apr 21, 09:58 19
- happy birthday, dear Pippy!! :) - — nm - i.b! Apr 21, 13:23
- happy birthday, Pips! -- nm - loosilu Apr 21, 11:54
- Happy happy, joy joy! -- nm - Spawn 🗿 Apr 21, 11:50
- Happy b, Pippy! (NM) - Marlowe Apr 21, 11:45
- Yep happy happy bday -- nm - eag Apr 21, 10:30
- Well yeah, on *this* planet -- nm - rollo Apr 21, 10:14 1
  - Oh, she'd be total crap on Pluto. -- nm - David Apr 21, 10:35
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 21, 10:12
- Happy Pip-Day! -- nm - pmb Apr 21, 10:12
- happy happy pippy!! -- nm - Diva Apr 21, 10:09
- happy bday -- nm - budice Apr 21, 10:06
- HAPPY PIPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 21, 10:05
- Happy birthday! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 21, 10:02
- Thank you -- nm - Pippy ☑️ Apr 21, 10:02 3
  - Don't listen to him. We all know you're really a very bad girl. -- nm - Qale Apr 21, 10:22 2
    - She disguises it verry well -- nm - eag Apr 21, 10:31 1
      - Not *that* well. -- nm - Reluctant Cynic Apr 21, 11:23
- Happy Birthday, Pippy! --nm - Reluctant Cynic Apr 21, 10:02
- (and several other planets) Happy Birthday! -- nm - Dano ✔️ Apr 21, 09:58
Verified! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 21, 09:57
Fine. -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Apr 21, 09:52 7
- We should discuss plans for Broad Street. We're running at the same pace now. We could run together. -- nm - Dano ✔️ Apr 21, 09:57 5
  - OH wow, that's next weekend already. I hope you guys run fast! -- nm - decline 🔹 Apr 21, 10:31 2
    - You’ll be joining us next year, yeah? -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Apr 21, 10:37 1
      - uh, sure - decline 🔹 Apr 21, 11:23
  - For sure. Likely going to meet up with another friend as well. Should be a fun time, if a bit chilly. -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Apr 21, 10:13 1
    - When running 10 miles, chilly is preferred. -- nm - Dano ✔️ Apr 21, 10:29
- word -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 21, 09:54
hmmm 🐵 -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 21, 09:50

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