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I feel like I've just obtained access to a new skill tree at work: inventory management. But I'm still at level 1. - Mop🧹 Jun 15, 08:44 2
- “I don't even have any good skills. You know like nunchuck skills, bow hunting skills, computer hacking skills. Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills!" -- nm* - Napoleon Dynamite Jun 15, 09:05
- *likes* -- nm - 45 Jun 15, 08:46
Woke up to my late alarm this morning and literally shouted "HOLY SHIT!" - Mop🧹 Jun 15, 08:29
Rumor going around: Ana De Armas might be expecting -- (link) - budice Jun 15, 08:28 15
- Chris Evans FTW? -- nm - Spawn Jun 15, 08:44 3
  - See I think that would make total sense. Except he's likely secretly married to the Warrior Nun. -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jun 15, 08:49 2
    - Until this moment I thought I was the only person who had heard of Warrior Nun -- nm - Fuzzy Jun 15, 08:59 1
      - No you definitely not - Jovian Jun 15, 09:04 [Attachment]
- Couple days back -- (link) - budice Jun 15, 08:37 2
  - Maybe she just had a gyro for lunch -- nm - rollo 🐙 Jun 15, 10:38
  - okay, that makes more sense for a rumour like that. -- nm - Andie Jun 15, 08:43
- The dude in the photos can be an extra on The Idol -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 15, 08:36 5
  - I thought that was another woman. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 15, 08:39 4
    - I saw the tats and thought dude, but anyways that person can be an extra on The Idol -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 15, 08:41 3
      - Interesting. I see tats and I think "woman", first. -- nm* - Spawn Jun 15, 08:43 2
        
        I've been wrong before :) -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 15, 08:53 1
        
        "I hope you don't mind me coming over and sitting down, but I've been watching you all evening. And I want to tear you apart. Your friend too." -- nm - Coming to America Jun 15, 08:55
- I'm not saying nothing. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 15, 08:30
- because she isn't wearing something skin tight? -- nm - Andie Jun 15, 08:29
Trump, after his arraignment, went to a Cuban restaurant and said he was buying food for everyone - TWuG Jun 15, 08:28 3
- Eh, that's not true. He 'was heard to declare, "Food for everyone!" but no one placed an order (per that article). -- nm - JAIxSean Jun 15, 08:34
- Pfft! That was more of a campaign promise, like "a chicken in every pot". - Mop🧹 Jun 15, 08:32
- in his defense he did yell "RUN" right before breaking for the door. Anyone who stayed it is on them -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 15, 08:31
Had a crockpot of spicy pork going overnight. Probably better than 20 servings of pulled pork to go in the freezer. Quick dinners for weeks! -- nm - Meg Jun 15, 08:25 9
- Nice!! -- nm - Krusty Jun 15, 09:09
- what is the appropriate recipe for spicy pulled pork? -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 15, 09:07 1
  - No real recipe. Modified Pepperoncini Pot Roast - whatever spices I had and sliced pepperocinis. I'll add whatever sauce when I serve it. -- nm - Meg Jun 15, 09:30
- quick dinners are awesome 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 15, 08:40
- I really need to make up some pulled chicken in the crockpot. I usually go a batch seasoned for tacos and then a regular batch - sycor Jun 15, 08:36 4
  - I should totally do this. My daughter loves chicken vs. meat for her tacos. -- nm - oblique 🌈 Jun 15, 08:43 3
    - We switched to ground chicken for a lot of our meals for health reasons. It still works with tacos, Manwiches, pasta. - sycor Jun 15, 09:09
    - fun fact - chicken is meat! -- nm - Andie Jun 15, 08:44 1
      - lol. point taken :) -- nm - oblique 🌈 Jun 15, 08:44
anyone else watching Deadloch? It's a hoot. -- nm - mud Jun 15, 08:21 2
- I'm enjoying it though that one detective is a bit over the top to the point it's hard to believe she made detective. -- nm - Krusty Jun 15, 09:11
- I am and you're right -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 15, 08:22
Keep in mind that when you dismiss Elemental sight unseen, you're throwing the real life inspiration for Up's Russell under the bus - JD Jun 15, 08:13
rollo, was it you who mentioned Untuckit shirts? Are they good quality? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 15, 08:06 2
- It's all my partner wears, he loves them. You can usually find a 20% sale too. -- nm - MDH Jun 15, 08:12 1
  - Thank you! I'm looking at one on clearance (70% off) and I was hoping to hear something good about them :) -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 15, 08:14
WTF Canada? "New Zealand police find over $150 million worth of meth hidden in Canadian maple syrup and canola oil" -- (link) - decline Jun 15, 07:53 4
- WHAT'D YOU THINK IT WAS MADE OF?! You think we tap fluid from a tree and put it in a cute little jar and everyone just fucking loves it?! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 15, 08:28
- the maple syrup crimes continue! -- nm* - loosilu Jun 15, 08:00
- shit, our secret is out as to why it is so addictive... -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 15, 07:53 1
  - best maple syrup, EVER! -- nm - decline Jun 15, 07:55
Extraction 2 reviews starting. 78% (18/5 so far) - first one ended at 67% (and was a great action flick) -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Jun 15, 07:52
For some time, it's felt like the first page in the next chapter of life has been slowly turning, and it's finally fallen today - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 15, 07:48 5
- The PFM Show sounds much better than The Idol -- nm - Dano Jun 15, 09:08
- It's an exciting summer, definitely! It will be weird not having Mac around at first but eventually you'll hit a rhythm with it. - spamlet Jun 15, 08:06 1
  - We're all kind of looking at it as a test drive for Mac's college. And I'm sure the return will find that everybody's changed a bit. :) -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 15, 08:29
- Those are all wonderful things, but time does move on, doesn't it? -- nm - Andie Jun 15, 08:03
- to quote what decline said to mop "You're old", but many congrats to you nonetheless -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 15, 07:59
Man, I had a violently adverse reaction to The Weeknd on Ep 1 of The Idol. - ralph wiggum Jun 15, 07:00 19
- I finally learned to stop trying to listen to his music. - Spawn Jun 15, 08:45
- Pixie was in first but it's a really solid show, the satire is -thick- -- nm - rollo 🐙 Jun 15, 07:26
- Everyone in the show is scuzzy, even Hank Azaria. No likeable characters, and it is boring. But David double dog dared me to watch Ep 2 - crash davis 😺 Jun 15, 07:18 9
  - BUT how was the nudity? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 15, 07:47 6
    - Everything was so scuzzy it made me say "Give me Zoey Deschanel in a cute sundress in a field of lavender filmed in golden light" -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 15, 07:54 2
      - "holding a kitty" -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 15, 07:56 1
        
        "and a picnic basket" -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 15, 08:04
    - meh -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jun 15, 07:48 2
      - Though Ep 2 spoilers - JD Jun 15, 07:58 1
        
        I think so to your IM.thinnest material used as well -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 15, 08:43
  - It was a slight breach of etiquette going straight to the double dog dare. Nm - ralph wiggum Jun 15, 07:21 1
    - Women seem so sensible, I should love myself more. But what would the guys on ST think if it got out that I backed down from a double dog dare? - crash davis 😺 Jun 15, 07:32
- I couldn't sleep last night, and I *almost* watched it. Instead I watched documentaries on Prime; "The Irish Pub," and "Judy Blume Forever." -- nm - JAIxSean Jun 15, 07:11 3
  - how were they? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 15, 08:15 2
    - Irish Pub was an interesting approach, basically documenting a lot of pubs and their owners. Judy Blume was great, since I grew up reading Fudge books - JAIxSean Jun 15, 08:30 1
      - " Eat it or wear it" is still my favorite line -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jun 15, 08:44
- Sorry, it is a crap ass show. They should have just shut down production. And taken the " L". -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jun 15, 07:03 2
  - I thought there was a chance it could be slutty fun, but it felt really…molest-y? Nm - ralph wiggum Jun 15, 07:18 1
    - You right, you right. exactly that. -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jun 15, 07:48
Oregon Town’s Marijuana Boom Yields Envy in Idaho - crash davis 😺 Jun 15, 06:55
Golf: US Open underway -- (link) - budice Jun 15, 06:46 4
- fuck golf -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 15, 07:55 1
  - This! It's dead to me. I hope it fails. -- nm - Krusty Jun 15, 08:12
- fun L.A. Country Club fact, they were so notoriously restricted back in the day, all the Jewish execs and actors had to form Hillcrest to play golf -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 15, 07:15
- I do enjoy the golf majors, but the British is my favorite in part b/c of the time difference. - Coach Bearond Jun 15, 07:05
Bullet Train $5 on Prime Video -- (link) - budice Jun 15, 06:45 6
- free on Prime in canada (or was at least) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 15, 08:11 1
  - Seems still to be -- nm - Beryllium Jun 15, 08:17
- so worth it! love this movie -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jun 15, 06:50 3
  - Yes! It’s one of my most often picked background movies. I love it. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jun 15, 07:09
  - It's so much better than it should have been. And the cast does a good job with it. -- nm - sycor Jun 15, 06:55
  - It's a completely preposterous affair, but I couldn't turn it off. :) -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 15, 06:51
Sarah Palin seems a bit confused as to whether or not Trumpism is a cult -- (link*) - znufrii 🦄 Jun 15, 06:44
Black Mirror S6 ep. lengths: 56m, 54m, 80m(!), 40m, 74m -- nm - mud Jun 15, 06:23 2
- ep.1 spoiler .. - mud Jun 15, 08:18
- Hah, amateurs. (NM) - Last season of Stranger Things Jun 15, 06:50
Intel i5, i7 now known as Intel 5, Intel 7 -- (link) - budice Jun 15, 06:23
We picked up all the kittens and mom last night. Everyone is doing fine. The person who had trapped them has a daughter, who is 7, she had given them - Andie Jun 15, 06:13 15
- Pics? -- nm - kelly Jun 15, 09:29
- Mom-cat is 'Mom' - why would she need any more? ;) -- nm - Meg Jun 15, 08:27
- Love those names. I'm partial to Starlight. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jun 15, 07:22
- This is so cute. I'm glad you past the test. Which one will be the " foster fail"? LOL -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jun 15, 06:52 2
  - I am determined there will not be one, but Raven (black, smaller white spot. see? I was paying attention!) is already chatty and the most adventurous. - Andie Jun 15, 07:19 1
    - Awww -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 15, 07:56
- Totes adorbs. I think Biscuit might be my favorite name though. Maybe cause I'm southern. Or just love biscuits. -- nm - sycor Jun 15, 06:28
- 😺😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 15, 06:28
- It’s a very tough test, like they give you 5 names and you need to repeat them back: like Raven, Starlight, Biscuit, Pancake, Tiger. Very tough test. -- nm - Trump Jun 15, 06:21
- Everything about this story is a delight. Thank you. -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 15, 06:14
- Pancake ftw -- nm - budice Jun 15, 06:14 4
  - yeah, Pancake is funny. -- nm - Andie Jun 15, 06:14 3
    - I walked a dog named Crackers. A very young girl named him. -- nm - Krusty Jun 15, 06:46 1
      - That's a good doggo name. -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 15, 06:51
    - The sudden shift to food caught me off guard :) -- nm - oblique 🌈 Jun 15, 06:22
Apparently DJT went on a rant on his truth social platform and came up with a new enemy .....Mutants! - eag Jun 15, 06:00 4
- I'm definitely in the Misfit Camp -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jun 15, 06:53 2
  - Okay, fine. I'll be in the Mutants with Spawn. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 15, 06:53 1
    - Your assuming Spawn is a mutant -- nm - eag Jun 15, 08:55
- Makes sense. He'd fit right in with the creation of Sentinels and such... -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 15, 06:02
Digits -spent 20 minutes on the last rack, and then got it basically by clicking numbers at random - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 15, 05:59 2
- yup, last one took forever - decline Jun 15, 07:41
- It's a bit of a flaw in the game. -- nm - Reagen Jun 15, 06:00
waffle 0/5 - decline Jun 15, 05:51 2
- 4 - 510 - GregW Jun 15, 17:13
- 5/5. (14 consecutive) -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 15, 05:57
NYT'S Connections seemed a lot easier than yesterday's -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 15, 05:40 3
- Yep, pretty straightforward. - Coach Bearond Jun 15, 05:49 2
  - Seems fairly easy. Especially since you submit them one group at a time. - Volnelk Jun 15, 05:56 1
    - I just noticed the color coding today. To your IM, I believe that is the ideal strategery. - Coach Bearond Jun 15, 06:19
Trevor Bauer faces another (his 4th) sexual assault allegation, countersues -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jun 15, 05:21
Lower level employees of a local accounting firm are required to be in a teams meeting with camera active all day. Screen sharing also preferred -- (link) - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jun 15, 05:07 [Image] 16
- "The instrument (the telescreen, it was called) could be dimmed, but there was no way of shutting it off completely." -- nm* - ReluctantCynic Jun 15, 06:53
- *accidentally points the camera at Hypnotoad* -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 15, 06:02
- see, I call shenanigans, that same story has supposedly just happened multiple times over the last few years. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 15, 05:53 3
  - You're not suggesting TB4A would lie to us, are you? - spamlet Jun 15, 06:35 1
    - yes, yes I am. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 15, 06:39
  - we saw that! Get back to work! -- nm - Truman's Employer Jun 15, 05:57
- It's a job making effort! Imagine all the people you'll have to hire to watch all the other people! - Mop Jun 15, 05:21
- "My camera isn't working" -- nm - budice Jun 15, 05:12
- Hell no. After that message you update your resume and start applying to new jobs. -- nm - Krusty Jun 15, 05:10 7
  - I see you doing that! -- nm - Mop Jun 15, 05:18 5
    - it screams for a bit of hacking where you film yourself sitting and working for an hour and then just time loop the video -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 15, 05:20 4
      - ~I work hard for the money~ -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jun 15, 05:34 [youtube]
      - Hey, it worked in Speed! -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jun 15, 05:27
      - I was at Bill's funeral last week, and yet there he is today, sitting at his desk, working hard. I admire his dedication to the company. -- nm - Mop Jun 15, 05:25
      - With an analog watch under your mouse -- nm - Tim Jun 15, 05:22
  - 100% agreed -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 15, 05:16
Was amused by the pics of 45 flashing the Black power sign. -- nm - . Jun 15, 04:44
TV PSA: Alone, I Survived Bear Grylls, Jagged Mind, 2023 Bonnaroo Music Fest, Clone High, Black Mirror, iCarly, The Other Two, Project Runway, - Beaker 🍺 Jun 15, 04:31 2
- Alone, I Survived Bear Grylls' Jagged Mind would make a great series -- nm - decline Jun 15, 05:36
- Strange New Worlds! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 15, 04:31
Wordle 726 4/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 15, 04:30 5
- 4 - 726 - GregW Jun 15, 17:29
- 5 - decline Jun 15, 05:48
- 5/6 - Fuzzy Jun 15, 05:43
- 6 - sending our love down a well - rollo Jun 15, 05:42
- Lucky 2 - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jun 15, 05:01
The Flash 69% (129/57), Elemental 78% (60/17), Asteroid City 73% (62/23), The Blackening 82% (28/6), Extraction 2 (NF) 78% (18/5) -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Jun 15, 04:23
Indiana Jones: Even OMGBBQ fans are sorta meh on the movie. Stick with the Trilogy. -- nm - budice Jun 15, 04:18 2
- Um… oh, you don’t acknowledge the greatness that is actual cannibal Shia LaBeouf. Pity that. -- nm - Qale Jun 15, 06:08
- 56% at RT (29/23) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 15, 05:19
Glenda Jackson has died. - LMS Jun 15, 04:00 1
- Obit -- (link) - LMS Jun 15, 04:08
Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament over Partygate, MPs find. He would have faced a 90-day suspension if he was still an MP. -- (link) - LMS Jun 15, 03:20 3
- And none of his friends get to be lords. How sad. -- nm - mafic Jun 15, 05:28 1
  - I think Reece Mogg and Pritti Patel get to be, Nadine Dorries got rejected and is now refusing to resign (when she said she was going immediately). -- (link) - LMS Jun 15, 06:02
- How unlike him! -- nm - Reagen Jun 15, 05:06
Offering good legal advice to Donald Trump is like offering MILF porn to Jared Fogle -- nm - Mastodon Jun 15, 01:23

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