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why isn't Max at Cannes? -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 31, 10:53 1
- Max is on some bender -- nm - budice May 31, 10:58
no wonder he needed the Saudis to fund the Trump Tour -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 31, 10:42 1
- I love the smell of Trump failure. -- nm - loosilu May 31, 10:47
Everything is better with Melanie Scrofano in it. -- nm - David May 31, 10:33 3
- What am I not watching that I should be watching? -- nm - the wrong element May 31, 10:48 2
  - Letterkenny, Wynonna Earp, and Strange New Worlds -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 10:56 1
    - I have never watched Letterkenny. So I found this on youtube. I think I understood about half of what they said. -- (link) - sycor May 31, 11:05 [youtube]
with any luck it’ll be less than a decade -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 31, 10:20 3
- He has to play in a Kevin Kline biopic first. -- nm - Max May 31, 10:38
- you stink. -- nm - mud May 31, 10:29 1
  - boom. roasted -- nm - oblique May 31, 10:31
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan - The Final Season | Official Trailer | Prime Video - June 30th -- (link*) - Beaker 🍺 May 31, 10:15 [youtube] 1
- Spoils - Beryllium May 31, 10:38
good look when your studio’s being struck -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 31, 10:15
** -- nm* - hollywood big shot May 31, 10:14
Star Trek Strange New Worlds Season 1 free to watch on Youtube -- (link) - Remlik May 31, 10:09 2
- highly recommended. -- nm - Beaker May 31, 10:11 1
  - Yep. If you haven't seen it... Hit it. -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 10:33
Didnt know Dawson was Maga. Learn something new every day. -- (link) - Jovian May 31, 10:00 18
- Our favorite drunk gay MAGA (make mexico great again)?!? -- nm - JaxSean May 31, 10:56
- He's an RFK supporter. -- nm - MDH May 31, 10:27 12
  - Worse, maybe? Definitely not better. -- nm - Reagen May 31, 10:28 11
    - infinitely worse -- nm - Jovian May 31, 10:33 10
      - I have a hard time with that. An RFK Jr presidency would be an objective disaster, but he would follow the rule of law. -- nm - Reagen May 31, 10:37 9
        
        I look at an RFK Jr supporter as just a DJT fascist supporter who now has cover to be. - Jovian May 31, 10:40 3
        
        I can agree with this. Or in other words, a MAGA who's too chicken to admit it. -- nm - loosilu May 31, 10:53 1
        
        Yup. Exactly. -- nm - Jovian May 31, 11:01
        
        Horseshoe theory? -- nm - Wilkes-Baron, PA May 31, 10:52
        
        other than hanging Fauci from the Washington Monument -- nm - hollywood big shot May 31, 10:39 3
        
        That doesn't even make sense as a threat. It goes straight up! You need some kind of arm sticking out for a proper hanging. -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 10:40 2
        
        Or at least a vowel. -- nm - loosilu May 31, 10:54 1
        
        R S T L N E -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 10:55
        
        So it would be a mitigated disaster. -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 10:39
- He's aging off a cliff. -- nm - Reagen May 31, 10:14 3
  - Dude's apparently got six kids. That will do that to someone. -- nm - sycor May 31, 10:17 2
    - he sounds totally mental. -- nm - mud May 31, 10:18 1
      - Oh I'm sure he is. -- nm - sycor May 31, 10:57
if I understand things correctly .. the bill passes, with less Dem NOs than GOP NOs -- (link) - mud May 31, 09:55 1
- the (totally made up) Hastert Rule precludes GOP speakers from bringing a bill to the floor if it doesn’t have majority GOP support - hollywood big shot May 31, 10:10
3d Printers are printing up food now -- (link) - Remlik May 31, 09:53 1
- I would 100% buy a 3D printer to print food at home if it was even remotely affordable -- nm - oblique May 31, 10:00
Sen Tim Scott is objectively pro-default -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 31, 09:44
I Recommend Seeing Your Favorite Band Live 14 Times -- (edited) - JD May 31, 09:42 1
- “.. and if you vote for Ron Desantis you’re fucking dead to me.” -- (link) - mud May 31, 09:47
Ai Weiwei. A.I. Weiwei. -- (link) - Beryllium May 31, 09:37 [mastodon]
Stocks: Advance Auto Parts missed earnings estimates by $1.80/share(!). Stock hammertime down 40% (120->70) -- (link) - budice May 31, 09:33 9
- "blamed the disappointing numbers [reasons] and an unfavorable product mix". Y'all sell auto parts. No one favors needing parts. -- nm - ty97 May 31, 10:45
- How do you miss that badly? How do you miss that badly without providing some sort of guidance that you are going to miss? -- nm - ty97 May 31, 10:43
- I don't know if kids are huffing wiper fluid these days but all the parts and grocery stores were out of it this weekend. -- nm - Max May 31, 10:37 1
  - When was the last time you saw a squeegee at a gas station? -- nm - zeitgeist May 31, 10:43
- Genuine Parts just raised their guidance last month so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- nm - Wilkes-Baron, PA May 31, 09:56
- anything ICE-dependent is just Buggy Whips 2.0 -- nm - hollywood big shot May 31, 09:40
- Interesting Item. Pep Boys just sold their parts division to Advance Auto Parts awhile back -- nm - budice May 31, 09:37
- just another reminder that I need to really get on buying those CDs or Tbills now that the debt crisis is over (right?!?) -- nm - oblique May 31, 09:34 1
  - 1 yr treasurys yield 5.2% You could do worse. -- nm - Wilkes-Baron, PA May 31, 10:05
Colorado Launches New $5,000 EV Tax Credit That Stacks With $7,500 Federal Credit -- (link) - oblique May 31, 09:26 4
- "Beginning in 2024 EVs with an MSRP under $35,000 will be eligible for an additional tax credit of $2,500 which could bring the savings up to $15,000" - hollywood big shot May 31, 09:29 2
  - are there any under $35k? -- nm - judge indianapolis jones May 31, 10:54 1
    - Bolt, for now I think -- nm - hollywood big shot May 31, 11:00
- stacks on stacks on stacks -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 31, 09:27
Gorillaz (w/ openers KAYTRANADA, Lil Yachty & Remi Wolf) announce a min arena/baseball stadium tour - MDH May 31, 09:25
I found this pretty interesting. Wrong subreddit post, but the images are fascinating -- (link) - oblique May 31, 09:24 2
- But like, why? -- nm - Reagen May 31, 10:00
- does that kid have a pack of smokes under her sleeve? -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 09:46
1st National Auto Show, MSG 1900 -- (link) - Jovian May 31, 09:23
Foo Fighters, The Teacher, wild video! -- (link) - mud May 31, 09:09 [youtube]
follow up from Javi to the VF Lost article -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 31, 09:03 2
- what is Darlton? -- nm - judge indianapolis jones May 31, 09:11 1
  - Damon/Carlton -- nm - hollywood big shot May 31, 09:14
Al Pacino, 83, set to be a father again -- (link) - Remlik May 31, 08:52 3
- He and Robert Deniro must have some kind of lifelong bet going on. -- nm - Andie May 31, 09:12 2
  - Heat 2 -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 31, 09:15
  - Next on the to-do list, get his pilot's license -- nm - rollo 🐙 May 31, 09:13
Magic: The Gathering's Lord of the Rings Set Is Full of Precious Art (sadly a slide show of 136 pages) -- (link*) - Beaker 🍺 May 31, 08:43 5
- Fuck Gizmodo. Here’s a better link for y’all. -- (link) - Qale May 31, 09:09 4
  - but you lose all the comments fighting about black Aragorn that way! -- nm - Beaker May 31, 09:13 3
    - let's not even start about hobbits... -- nm - colin May 31, 09:20 1
      - or dwarves please -- nm - Rings of Power 🍺 May 31, 09:29
    - Fuck Kenja too then! -- nm - Qale May 31, 09:17
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 96% (48/2) -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 May 31, 08:42
I guess we’re playing news headline mad libs today? -- (link) - znufrii 🦄 May 31, 08:42
ECHL Kelly Cup finals update: Guess who has a kitty emoji 😺 and a ticket to Saturday night's Idaho Steelheads-Florida Everblades game? - crash davis 😺 May 31, 08:37 2
- Nice! Go Steeleads! Everblades suck! -- nm - JaxSean May 31, 08:55
- Everblades. That's hilarious. -- nm - Wilkes-Baron, PA May 31, 08:48
how is it only wednesday?? -- nm - judge indianapolis jones May 31, 08:35 5
- It's Saturday here. A zoo's worth of birds chirping and a Sinatra and Clapton crooning outside as the retirees exercise in the pool. -- nm - Max May 31, 09:25
- Lousy Smay weather. -- nm - Wilkes-Baron, PA May 31, 08:50
- word -- nm - Beaker May 31, 08:49
- truth. -- nm - Andie May 31, 08:49
- How is it already wednesday? -- nm - decline May 31, 08:37
Latest jobs report shows continued strength in labor market with 1.8 job openings for every unemployed person in the US - znufrii 🦄 May 31, 08:18 1
- raise interest rates to 15%! -- nm - Jerome May 31, 08:20
not sure there's anything Manchin can do to keep his seat against Jim Justice but reminding voters he's a giant coal crook is a start -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 31, 08:10 4
- It’s a great way to kickstart his 2024 Presidential Campaign for the No Labels ticket! - Qale May 31, 09:18 1
  - as much as i want to see him crushed and humiliated on the national stage, which he would inevitably be . . . -- nm - hollywood big shot May 31, 09:27
- At least he’s getting his pipeline finished. -- nm - znufrii 🦄 May 31, 08:39
- he'll just trot (if that's what you call it) babydog out and all will be forgotten. -- nm - colin May 31, 08:32
AT&T just texted me to ensure me that I still have MAX for free -- nm - oblique May 31, 08:04 1
- 👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 31, 08:06
Black Mirror: Season 6 | June 15th. -- (link) - mud May 31, 07:57 [youtube]
He totally faked his death, right? "New York fertility doctor accused of using own sperm dies when hand-built plane crashes" -- (link) - decline May 31, 07:55 5
- He said the sperm was from a local medical student, technically the truth if you think about it. -- nm - zeitgeist May 31, 10:41
- How many of these guys are there? -- nm - loosilu May 31, 08:20
- I'd kind of buy that theory if he was the pilot and it was a solo fatality crash but kudos to him if he actually figured out to have the pilot 'die' - JD May 31, 08:16
- Was the name of the plane I'm-On-a-Rolla Gay? If so, then yes. -- nm - Wilkes-Baron, PA May 31, 08:14
- His legacy is already secure -- nm - rollo 🐙 May 31, 08:12
Good morning, Crash Davis, my foe. -- nm - ty97 May 31, 07:48 2
- Top o' the morning to you! -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 31, 07:51 1
  - and for the callback to my post last night, you get two kitties as well 😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 31, 07:53
Panthers or Golden Knights? A Stanley Cup Final rooting guide for 30 other fan bases - crash davis 😺 May 31, 07:42 12
- I was leaning toward the Golden Knights, but the presence of Thornton seals it. - ReluctantCynic May 31, 11:04
- That tracks, though I could really care less about either - just glad Dallas and Detroit aren't in the running. -- nm - JaxSean May 31, 09:14
- yeah not laughing so much about the Leafs getting bounced now, are you jerks? -- nm - hollywood big shot May 31, 08:26 5
  - yes we are -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 31, 08:40 4
    - link -- (link) - crash davis 😺 May 31, 08:43 [Backboard] 3
      - gonna be real funny when the Cup goes to live in a swamp or the desert -- nm - hollywood big shot May 31, 08:48 2
        
        Both teams are 2/3 Canadian. This invented angst idea needs to die. -- nm - Reagen May 31, 10:27
        
        Hottest Stanley Cup final ever -- nm - JD May 31, 08:55
- I absolutely agree with the Oilers comment and disagree with the Kraken pick. -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 31, 07:43 1
  - As if there was any question. -- nm - Reagen May 31, 07:54
- here's your guide: FVGK -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 31, 07:42 1
  - for your post style, I'll give you two kitties 😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 31, 07:44
One of these days I need to figure out which of my rewards cards is better to use. But man they do not make it easy to compare. -- nm - sycor May 31, 07:30 13
- B/c I resist change, I've been using the same rewards card for 30 years: GM Mastercard -- nm - Wilkes-Baron, PA May 31, 08:43
- I stick with straight up cash back. 2-5% depending on category. Current card lineup inside. - znufrii 🦄 May 31, 07:38 11
  - I don't generally mix cards. I just do all in on Chase Freedom for everything and combine the points to redeem via our Sapphire. I think maybe I have - oblique May 31, 08:07
  - I only have the 2 card. One is point, one is cash back. - sycor May 31, 08:03 2
    - I redeem everything every year at the holidays. start the new year clean. -- nm - judge indianapolis jones May 31, 08:33 1
      - I think I'm a hoarder for certain things. The idea of wiping it all out at the end of the year gives me anxiety. - sycor May 31, 08:45
  - Discover is also quarterly rotation, currently 5% on Restaurants and Wholesale Clubs -- nm - Max May 31, 07:42 5
    - I like the 5% that some of the cards do. I dislike remember which card to use at which locations each quarter though. -- nm - ty97 May 31, 07:43 4
      - I actually put a tiny post-it on my Discover to remind me what to use it on. -- nm - zunk takes things literally May 31, 08:33
      - my "groceries" card is always tap to pay on my phone. I carry my restaurants card and my everyday card with me. - judge indianapolis jones May 31, 08:25
      - Yeah, I always kick myself when I mistakenly use the wrong card. - znufrii 🦄 May 31, 07:47
      - Yeah, just because they offer 5% per quarter doesn't mean you're getting that per year if you're not buying in that category. -- nm - Max May 31, 07:45
  - Cash back is almost certainly the way to go. And yet.....I don't. - ty97 May 31, 07:41
Dear NE Journal of Medicine forum, I always thought sciatica was just a tv sitcom punchline, until it happened to me. - Max May 31, 07:28 4
- I coughed unexpectedly, something popped, I thought I had been shot, I didn't understand why nobody was screaming (I was at city hall) - zeitgeist May 31, 10:35
- It'll tear you up. Mine went on for months and months and got progressively worse until my friend fixed it. - Wilkes-Baron, PA May 31, 07:53
- yeowch -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 31, 07:43
- I'm sorry and sending you good vibes. You get two kitties for your post style. 😺😺 and an extra one to encourage healing vibes 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 31, 07:31
STIS: for those with older parents, what do you do to keep them safe from scams/phishing, keep them safe online? -- nm - colin May 31, 07:19 13
- My Mom is naturally low-tech and very scared, so she generally ask me if she can click anything. - Marlowe May 31, 09:45
- this came up because a friend is trying to get his parents' online life in order.. terrible passwords, they've been scammed a few times. - colin May 31, 08:30 2
  - Do you think they would get it? -- nm - loosilu May 31, 08:36 1
    - ida know. i think saying "hey, if you're not paying a bill that you know you signed up to pay, don't give people money" would work. -- nm* - colin May 31, 08:41
- My dad is too sharp to be scammed, and my mother was computer illiterate. -- nm - loosilu May 31, 08:20
- Can you get an alert set up for any charge over a certain amount? Mention they should lock up their debit card. Only use credit card so can be disputed. Geek Squad gift card? -- (edited) - Pippy May 31, 08:15
- mostly telling them not to click links or respond to dodgy emails -- nm - hollywood big shot May 31, 08:04
- Mom is savvy. Dad knows too little about computers to even be scammed. -- nm - Reagen May 31, 07:35
- My parents are rather astute about it, at least currently. Perhaps as they age if their mental faculties decline I will need to be more cautious. -- nm - ty97 May 31, 07:25 1
  - MY mom is pretty savvy and she still almost got scammed earlier this year -- (edited) - decline May 31, 07:34
- My dad got a virus on the computer once. Since then he's been pretty careful with stuff. He rarely uses it anyway. He plays Zuma, checks realtor.com - sycor May 31, 07:24 1
  - I used to love playing Zuma 👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 31, 07:32
- Nothing. They seem pretty good at protecting their online stuff -- nm - TWuG May 31, 07:21
Which NHL broadcasts are the best? 2023 broadcast rankings, rated by fans The Athletic NHL Staff May 31, 2023 - crash davis 😺 May 31, 07:16 1
- Spoiler for the nationally ranked #1 team broadcast -- (link) - crash davis 😺 May 31, 07:19 [youtube]

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