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GotG3 has already earned $528 million, which means it has beaten Quantamania's final total by $50 million...after ten days. - David May 14, 09:42 12
- I expect you and Kim and I are nearly alone in ranking them 3,2,1. - Reagen May 14, 09:55 7
  - Why would you rank 2 over 1? - Will Hunting May 14, 10:25 2
    - what he said. -- nm - Reagen May 14, 10:29
    - Because two features a fascinating story about a man-boy meeting his father, while 1 is an editing room debacle with a *stupid* ending. - David May 14, 10:28
  - 312 - Spawn May 14, 10:21
  - 1,3,2 here -- nm - budice May 14, 10:21
  - We laughed and nodded when we read this, but we also agreed that we don't even need to think about it. - David May 14, 10:14 1
    - Major spoiler - Spawn May 14, 10:23
- It’s a disaster! -- nm - Wall Street May 14, 09:46 3
  - 4 Million Hotstar sub losses, cutting back on content, Kang gonna do hard time, nobody understands The Marvels. -- nm - budice May 14, 09:49 2
    - The ARPU on Hotstar $0.59 per customer. In all other international markets, it's $5.93. - David May 14, 10:18
    - Gunn making DC pics now -- nm - hollywood big shot May 14, 09:53
I think the Minnie cat missed me. The one who's rarely affectionate and *never* purrs is all over me this morning. -- nm - Meg May 14, 09:19 1
- you have a chance to do the funniest thing in the world -- nm - hollywood big shot May 14, 09:20
Huh. The red-headed Ravager in GOTG3? - Reagen May 14, 09:14
Ja did it again—gun on IG live—Memphis has suspended him from all team activities -- nm - Flavorize May 14, 08:57 6
- Some of these young guys have the worst people around them and need to get away from their old friends and sometimes family as well. - Krusty May 14, 09:28
- lol -- nm - Dillon Brooks May 14, 09:17
- Watch it become a 2nd Amendment issue. -- nm - budice May 14, 09:15 1
  - He's Black. It won't. -- nm - Will Hunting May 14, 10:09
- idiot -- (link) - Remlik May 14, 09:13
- Ja Rulebreaker? -- nm - Beryllium May 14, 08:59
Make no mistake: Hyrule is still a very unforgiving place for Link when you only have ❤️❤️❤️. -- nm - Qale May 14, 08:44
The President of Turkeys has ordered Twitter to remove certain references from the site and Elon caved. - Ender May 14, 08:38 2
- and Space X just announced that they're launching a satellite for Turkey -- nm - Remlik May 14, 08:46
- That really burns my cornbread. -- nm - Qale May 14, 08:46
HBO Max: Study showing that Young Justice show is more popular than average tv show -- (link) - Remlik May 14, 08:38 1
- NO! Not Parrot Analytics! Their methodology is based entirely on social media mentions. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 14, 09:51
Good Omens fans....spoils in the video -- (link) - Remlik May 14, 08:36 [youtube]
Meet ‘Chonkosaurus,’ the Thick Snapping Turtle Stealing Hearts - crash davis 😺 May 14, 08:19 1
- The Chonkosaurus video. Warning: strong Chicago accents -- (link) - crash davis 😺 May 14, 08:21
FastX presale data vs prior ones -- (link) - budice May 14, 08:00 1
- that's presale in china. I wonder if that's why...spoiler... - Remlik May 14, 09:10
This should be on billboards, buses, newspapers, silos, everywhere. -- (link*) - Volnelk 🍊 May 14, 07:18
A thread -- (link) - ty97 May 14, 07:11 6
- The amount of people who don't get the joke about the all-caps is killing me. - Will Hunting May 14, 10:19
- Someone later on said "well, everyone knows the OED is the real arbiter of the English language" so I went to look up the word on their site... - Ender May 14, 08:01 4
  - dictionaries are descriptive, not prescriptive. -- nm - Reagen May 14, 10:12 1
    - Most if my prescriptions are less than $29.95 a month -- nm - zeitgeist May 14, 11:06
  - "You held out for so long, why give in now?" "The word was first included in Merriam-Webster's Unabridged edition in 1934." - Marlowe May 14, 08:16
  - (Or you can go monthly for $29.95...) -- nm - Ender May 14, 08:04
Happy Mother's Day! -- nm - ty97 May 14, 07:04
So, one of our friends didn’t have tickets for last night’s show, went down there with a friend anyway to try and see if they could get in -- (edited) - znufrii 🦄 May 14, 06:57
Because people were definitely asking for this and Tim brought it up, here's my Top 200 of the 90s list -- (edited) - Reagen May 14, 06:02 [spotify] 14
- very nice! -- nm - mud ♪ May 14, 07:23
- Enjoys the Silence. -- nm - budice May 14, 06:47
- ummm, I think you forgot that 'Believe' by Cher was 1999 -- nm* - ty97 May 14, 06:42 2
  - Released in 98 but crushed the charts in 99. -- nm - MDH May 14, 07:10
  - the only dance pop that I seriously considered was Ray of Light. -- nm - Reagen May 14, 06:43
- Great list. Do you listen to Dermot O'Leary's 90s show? -- (link) - LMS May 14, 06:28 5
  - didn't know about this but I will give it a listen. -- nm - Reagen May 14, 06:32 4
    - Hmm. Two in there that, while I'm not upset about forgetting, would have gotten a thought or two - Reagen May 14, 09:12 3
      - Not Carter USM? -- nm - LMS May 14, 09:56 2
        
        that one, uh, got by me. -- nm - Reagen May 14, 09:59 1
        
        Only Living Boy is a banger -- nm - LMS May 14, 10:11
- That's a pretty good list (and there are a few I don't know) -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 14, 06:10 1
  - there's some idiosyncratic Canadian picks in there. -- nm - Reagen May 14, 06:21
- Bands that hit the 4 songs limit - Reagen May 14, 06:07
Digits - decline May 14, 05:15 1
- Mine - znufrii 🦄 May 14, 05:33
waffle 4 - decline May 14, 05:09 2
- 5 - 478 - GregW May 14, 06:11
- 4 - znufrii 🦄 May 14, 05:28
Happy birthday, loosilu! Woo hoo!!! 🥳🎉🎂 -- nm - Krusty May 14, 05:02 12
- Happy birthday, loosi! -- nm - David May 14, 10:18
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY -- nm - Peglegpete May 14, 10:10
- thanks everyone! -- nm - loosilu May 14, 08:20
- indeed -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 14, 07:48
- cheers! -- nm - mud ♪ May 14, 07:24
- Happy birthday! -- nm - ty97 May 14, 07:03
- Happy Birthday! 🎁 -- nm - Pippy May 14, 06:01
- Happy birthday, kid! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 14, 05:57
- Happy Birthday!🎂 -- nm - Dano May 14, 05:28
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - . May 14, 05:14
- Happy birthday -- nm - decline May 14, 05:09
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 14, 05:04
Wordle 694 4/6 - prayformojo 🐵 May 14, 04:58 4
- x/6. Trapped - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ May 14, 06:28
- 3 - 694 - GregW May 14, 06:07
- 3/6 - znufrii 🦄 May 14, 05:21
- 6 - decline May 14, 05:08
TV PSA: Equalizer, American Idol, Simpsons, Great North, Bob's Burgers, The Cube, East New York, Housebroken, NCIS LA, Blacklist, Superstar, Barry, - Beaker May 14, 04:34 3
- UK has Bafta TV awards, Malpractice and Ten Pound Poms. -- nm - LMS May 14, 06:16
- 3) The Simpsons, Bob's Burgers and Barry. -- nm - Krusty May 14, 05:50
- Glad they are continuing The Cube. It’s a fun show. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 May 14, 04:46
You should definitely be watching Silo on Apple TV+. -- nm* - Ender May 13, 23:17 10
- 100% -- nm - Remlik May 14, 06:45
- It has that fun Lost thing of constantly guessing what's really going on. I've got at least two, maybe three, possible scenarios I think it could be. -- nm - Beryllium May 13, 23:52 8
  - After seeing this video explaining Lost I'm considering giving Lost another chance... *spoils* -- (link) - Ender May 14, 06:26 [tiktok] 1
    - "This video is going to be so long I'm sorry (4 minutes)" -- nm - Reagen May 14, 06:28
  - i haven't read the books but my wild first guess, which i don't need confirmed or denied (spoiler) - hollywood big shot May 14, 00:12 3
    - It's actually long enough that I've forgotten most of the bits except for the big reveal. -- nm - Reagen May 14, 09:12
    - One theory I have (spoilers) - Beryllium May 14, 00:36
    - (could've cut that set piece at the end of the last episode by a good five minutes tho) - hollywood big shot May 14, 00:21
  - They’re all contestants on a reality show and the way to win is to exit through the airlock. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 13, 23:58 1
    - Sort of like The Island? -- nm - Pippy May 14, 06:02
oh so that’s why he shut Turkey off Twitter -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 13, 23:08 1
- I assume this isn’t criminal, but it should be. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 14, 00:00
Lincoln’s barber lived to 85, died in 1923 -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 13, 22:58 4
- The headline looks like Lincoln's Barger. So I suspect it was actually Lincoln's Badger. 85 is quite old for a badger. - crash davis 😺 May 13, 23:52 1
  - "Hey Abe, today would a good day for emancipation." "Oh come on, I've been working on it." "Here's some paper and a pen. Write." "Fine." -- nm - Lincoln's Badger May 14, 00:00
- In the early 1980's I worked at NBC in 30 Rock. There was an elderly shoeshine guy named Joe who had shined shoes there since the 1930's -- (edited) - howie May 13, 23:19
- That twitter account has one job, and screwed it up. -- nm - Max May 13, 23:01
Huh. Pokemon Go players: The Silph Road is shutting down. -- (link) - Mop🧹 May 13, 22:53
A coworker from France says this is "the frenchest way to react to a low score at Eurovision." -- (link) - Max May 13, 22:33 1
- Also whenever I see the phrase "from France" I can only hear Jared Leto in My So-Called Live asking "You speak French? Are you from Frence?" - Max May 13, 22:35 [youtube]
five minutes into the Michael J Fox doc and man… - hollywood big shot May 13, 21:57 4
- I switched to an old GnR doc instead. - Spawn May 13, 23:35
- but the Family Ties behind the scenes stuff is amazing - hollywood big shot May 13, 22:08 2
  - for 3.5 months he shot Family Ties all day and BTTF all night - hollywood big shot May 13, 22:21 1
    - wild that it was only 5 years from BTTF before his first symptoms and another 5 before he quit features completely -- nm - hollywood big shot May 13, 23:19
When I was a kid, my grandparents had a Shetland pony for a while on their farm. I've been watching Shetland on Britbox, plenty of murders but I haven't seen a single pony yet. -- nm* - crash davis 😺 May 13, 21:40
There seems to be a pre-Mother's Day run on broccoli slaw... I tried 3 different stores today and they were all out for some reason. -- nm - Ender May 13, 21:22
So the thing about taking the bus is that no one really gives a shit. The drivers, the passengers. It’s like terminal apathy on wheels. -- nm - Qale May 13, 20:45 1
- That wasn't exactly my experience. Sometimes, though, yeah. -- nm - Beryllium May 13, 23:51
Sorry but ESPN changing the records of the XFL teams so you don’t realize a .500 team won the title is funny. -- (edited) - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 May 13, 20:40 1
- Arlington is Dallas fwiw -- nm - budice May 13, 20:41
where's znufrii? -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 13, 20:20 1
- I’ll be there tomorrow night. -- nm - znufrii 🦄 May 13, 21:42
12 Million People Are Under a Heat Advisory in the Pacific Northwest An area of high pressure will build a “heat dome” over the western US & Canada - crash davis 😺 May 13, 19:34 4
- People in Vancouver were saying how hot it was and I was wearing a sweatshirt :) -- nm - Meg May 13, 20:59
- Hey, that's me! - Mop🧹 May 13, 19:39 2
  - Well it’s 10 PM and it’s still 80 degrees outside. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 13, 22:08
  - ugh, it is too early for high heat -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 13, 19:43
An Erdogan Loss in Turkey Would Stir Relief in the West and Anxiety in Moscow - crash davis 😺 May 13, 19:10 4
- Zelensky Meets Pope and Meloni in Italy to Bolster Ukraine’s Support - crash davis 😺 May 13, 19:19 2
  - Sweden Wins a Eurovision Song Contest That Showed Solidarity With Ukraine - crash davis 😺 May 13, 19:29
  - Yeah, Nick Sax would clean up in that skirmish. -- nm - Beryllium May 13, 19:27
- Putin's social media machines are probably pumping out more bullshit than the Donald could ever hope to invent -- nm - zeitgeist May 13, 19:18
qale have you gotten this far in Zelda yet? -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 13, 19:10 1
- I’m a fan of the classics, but that meme is as old as the internet. - Qale May 13, 20:37
Legal defense fund for NYC subway killer has already raised over $1m -- (link*) - znufrii May 13, 18:58
On to Game 7 -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 13, 18:51
GAME 7!!!!!! -- nm - Beaker May 13, 18:51
Suns< WTF you doing? Firing Monty Williams is insane -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 13, 18:47
OMG that puck took his head off! -- nm - Mop🧹 May 13, 18:44
good day to hit the ground running as Twitter's new CEO. let's see if any potential issues cropped up for Linda Yaccarino... -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 13, 18:32 4
- The WSJ won’t say it but what Erdogan ordered blocked was any mention of his opponent in the election. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ May 13, 18:48 2
  - That's sort of normal, isn't it? (NM) - Marlowe May 13, 19:16
  - which he appears to be trailing (even within his rigged system) -- nm - hollywood big shot May 13, 18:52
- Twitter is all about free speech, pixie! -- nm - Mop🧹 May 13, 18:36
Hello Fresh has been doing GOTG themed meals for May. I have ordered several and IMO they did a great job. - loosilu May 13, 18:15 2
- Yum -- nm - Pippy May 13, 19:17
- any raccoon? :)))) -- nm - Peglegpete May 13, 19:01
GOTG3 was the yellingest movie I've ever seen. -- nm* - Reagen May 13, 18:11 6
- I saw it in AMC Dolby, and while impressive, the audio was either unbalanced or cranked so high that it overwhelmed the dialogue. - Max May 13, 22:14 1
  - Bad theater job, then. Saw it again tonight, Dolby both times, crisp dialogue. -- nm - Spawn May 13, 23:37
- The Indiana Jones one with Kate is the screamingest. -- nm - loosilu May 13, 18:16
- more than a typical episode of The Bear? -- nm - hollywood big shot May 13, 18:14
- like if The Goonies grew up and went to space? -- nm - mud ♪ May 13, 18:13 1
  - Kids yell. Over one another. It’s what made it authentic! -- nm - Qale May 13, 20:51
They play this Lexus commercial during hockey games. the music steals a few licks from a song I recognize. Do you? -- (edited) - Mop🧹 May 13, 18:01 [youtube] 2
- Cake By the Ocean! It's Cake By the Ocean, OK?! -- nm - Mop🧹 May 13, 19:25 1
  - thx! -- nm - mud ♪ May 13, 19:42
Kraken! -- nm - mud ♪ May 13, 17:28 1
- 😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 13, 19:03

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