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as badly as Warner Bros has been fucked by buyouts since 2000 (even going back to the Seven Arts days) it’s more of a miracle it’s still standing -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 17, 11:56
There's a gaggle of what I suspect is intoxicated sorority girls in the front row and the director keeps cutting to them. - Mop🧹 Jun 17, 11:56 1
- Are they hot? -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jun 17, 12:11
Covid still out there, a friend's band had to cancel a father's day gig when he caught it. -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 17, 11:36
Japan has redefined its rape law to protect those coerced into non-consensual sex. Also, standardizes age of consent to 16. - Qale Jun 17, 11:34
Chicken -- (pic) - Beryllium Jun 17, 11:13 [Attachment] 3
- Paprika -- (pic) - Beryllium Jun 17, 11:14 [Attachment] 2
  - Chicken & Paprika -- (pic) - Beryllium Jun 17, 11:26 [Attachment] 1
    - ^ our new kittens -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 12:03
ChatGPT Generates Windows 11 Pro Registration Keys -- (link) - budice Jun 17, 10:38 1
- now do the W.O.P.R. -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 17, 10:48
Dodgers Pride Night commentary -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Jun 17, 09:56 1
- His tshirt seems to show Pense with his mouth about to give a blowjob -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 17, 11:38
Fast & Furious naming info...blame Roger Corman for all the weird titles.... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 17, 09:48 2
- And for the lack of any kind of sense, who are they blaming? (NM) - Marlowe Jun 17, 09:53 1
  - eh...there was sense until the last 2. -- nm - Remlik Jun 17, 09:55
David news: Jason Isbell names his Mt. Rushmore of Braves players -- (link) - Remlik Jun 17, 09:39 2
- Aaron, Maddux, Murphy, Andruw - David Jun 17, 09:59
- Aaron, Spahn, Maddux, Chipper - Will Hunting Jun 17, 09:48
Is 9 AM too early to start drinking? - Mop🧹 Jun 17, 09:23 1
- Eat a snack, but don't overdo it. Keep that energy up! -- nm - Remlik Jun 17, 09:46
Bob Huggins doubles down on the poor life choices -- follows up his anti-gay bigotry with a DUI. -- (link) - Will Hunting Jun 17, 08:41 3
- Huggins blew .210 BAC -- (link) - budice Jun 17, 10:42
- was he drinking Bud light? -- nm* - Beaker Jun 17, 10:33
- "Better to burn out, than fade away" -- nm - budice Jun 17, 08:52
On the way back home. this was such a good idea. - Tim Jun 17, 08:39 6
- Sounds like a great trip! Plus you got to see the most exciting team in baseball. -- nm - Dano Jun 17, 08:56
- also, I don’t know if I can ever justify going to a Mets game again at current prices given the time and/or cost involved in getting there. - Tim Jun 17, 08:50
- Glad that you had fun doing this! -- nm - prayformojo Jun 17, 08:44 3
  - I’d do it again in a heartbeat and just look for a better hotel deal. The location was ideal but was a LOT for 2 nights. - Tim Jun 17, 08:54 2
    - DC? protip: Twinbrook Hilton is right next to the Red Line station and generally cheap as chips compared to the downtown hotels. easy Metro access -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 17, 11:28
    - I’m the last person to give financial thoughts, but sometimes you gotta do the pricier option to know what not to do later. -- nm - Qale Jun 17, 11:00
That Babylon 5 animated movie trailer is so terrible, it's cringey. I actively felt bad for Bruce Boxleitner reading those lines. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 17, 08:06 2
- My only issue with it was that it was a mashup with Sliders. So if they don't get Jerry O'Connell involved somehow, I'll be a tiny bit disappointed. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:07
- I can tell you've never watched the show. -- nm - Remlik Jun 17, 09:20
Loan servicer at center of Missouri’s lawsuit against Biden’s student debt relief plan is very confused as to why it was included in the first place -- (link*) - znufrii 🦄 Jun 17, 07:58
Liberals celebrated when Hamtrack, MI elected a Muslim-majority city council. It just voted to ban flying of the Pride flag at city hall. -- (link*) - znufrii 🦄 Jun 17, 07:43 4
- I don’t really need pride flags flying at city hall, honestly. We can bring our own when we do the Pride March. -- nm - Qale Jun 17, 11:03
- Not sure why they'd celebrate any religious group being the majority on city council. You want diversity otherwise you get things - Krusty Jun 17, 08:30 2
  - It was seen as a big eff you to Trump and the GOP, given the heightened anti-muslim rhetoric at the time. -- nm - znufrii Jun 17, 09:19 1
    - other than flying planes into buildings, Al Qaeda and the GOP's policy ambitions have a lot of overlap -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 17, 09:21
How AI knows things nobody told it -- (link*) - mara Jun 17, 07:33 1
- Cool cool. - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jun 17, 07:44
lost in translation -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 17, 07:23 5
- No notes. -- nm - Qale Jun 17, 11:07
- Also it's very clever how they made it look like she has a ton of hair coming out of her armpit. -- nm - Max Jun 17, 09:13
- It’s what you get if you use Google translate. -- (pic) - Dano Jun 17, 09:00 [Attachment]
- As pointed out in the thread, "accidentally". - Reagen Jun 17, 07:34
- HAHAHA! -- nm - Remlik Jun 17, 07:30
Nat'l Archives takes a break from chasing down stolen secrets to announce the Emancipation Proclamation will go on permanent public display -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 17, 07:19 1
- If we destroy the document, it's like it never happened! -- nm - Deplorable Jun 17, 09:44
Landscape With Invisible Hand trailer -- (link) - Dano Jun 17, 07:14 [youtube]
OTD 40 years ago, The Police released their fifth and final album Synchronicity. -- (link) - mud Jun 17, 07:07 [youtube] 1
- Also Superman III -- (link) - Reagen Jun 17, 07:09 [youtube]
June 17th and we still have the heat on (AC yesterday). May and June have been terrible weather-wise here so far -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jun 17, 06:41 2
- Welcome to Juneuary. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Jun 17, 07:58
- El Nino is official now after three years in a row of La Nina -- nm - con_carne Jun 17, 07:09
Connections - first time w/o anything wrong - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 17, 05:55 2
- I had the inverse and failed but I think it didn’t register one of my correct guesses. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jun 17, 06:50
- … - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jun 17, 06:28
Wordle 2/6 - decline Jun 17, 04:45 5
- 3 - 728 - GregW Jun 17, 15:36 1
  - 5 - Waffle 512 - GregW Jun 17, 15:40
- 3 - rollo Jun 17, 07:47
- 3 - Fuzzy Jun 17, 06:10
- 3 - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 17, 05:11
30 NFL Stadiums in 30 Days- Day 16: Atlanta Falcons -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Jun 17, 04:23 [youtube]
TV PSA: MLB, USFL, Masters of Illusion, AEW Collision, Totally Weird & Funny, King the Land, See You in My 19th Life, - Beaker Jun 17, 03:30
Hmm. Gas stoves and ovens can cause elevated benzene levels, even elsewhere in the house, like bedrooms, according to this study -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 17, 02:39
How the hell did this 1990 Disney Channel movie get this cast??? -- (link) - Ender Jun 17, 02:24 1
- on youtube -- (link) - gort Jun 17, 03:55 [youtube]
Elemental gets an A Cinemascore. Disney really blew it with the marketing here. -- (link) - David Jun 16, 23:40 2
- I canceled our Spider-Verse tickets and we’re going to see this, instead. Kids loved the first one…too young though for Spidey2 -- nm - Flavorize Jun 17, 08:21
- most Pixars open soft and have long summer/holiday legs. luckily for this, there's basically no competition for the younger kid animation - hollywood big shot Jun 17, 01:06
"Huffman said he saw Musk’s handling of Twitter, which Musk purchased last year, as an example for Reddit to follow. " -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 16, 23:37 3
- Sorry pal, Elon already hired a new CEO. -- nm - mafic Jun 17, 05:24
- And that's why the interview is so funny! -- nm - David Jun 16, 23:38 1
  - *watches CEO kick himself in the dick* Wait, wait, slow down, I'm taking notes -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 04:32
LAX just reopened after being shut down for a suspicious package -- (link) - Meg Jun 16, 23:13 2
- what are those blue lantern like towers? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 16, 23:21 1
  - Those are the Smurf launchers. -- (link) - Ender Jun 17, 00:51
Trae Crowder Tebow joke -- (link*) - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 16, 22:22 [tiktok] 2
- This is what I posted the other day. It's a good joke anywhere in the south, but it's a perfect 10 in Knoxville. -- nm - David Jun 16, 23:37 1
  - Hee! - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 17, 04:31
Tubi should work on a sponsorship deal with MLB to rename the abbreviation for a double. -- nm - Ender Jun 16, 22:11
WaPo: Cash-strapped Taliban selling tickets to ruins of Buddhas it blew up -- (link) - Ender Jun 16, 21:19
CRASH. I just found this and think you'll like it. Walter Cronkite & Ike, 6/6/64 90 minute show/interview. D-Day 20 years later. -- (link*) - Peglegpete Jun 16, 21:01 [youtube]
WGA sign o the week -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 16, 20:35 3
- I knew Eddie when he was a writer on SNL in the 80's. Good for him. He's still working. I am not. - howie Jun 17, 00:45
- what is the status of contract talks? I'm getting desperate, I need my colbert and meyers....jeez -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 16, 23:22 1
  - SAG has basically a week to come up with their deal or actors walk and then things really shut down, possibly until fall -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 17, 01:03
The Reds are 1 or fewer games out of first in the division after game 50 for the first time since... 2012 -- nm - Ender Jun 16, 20:33 3
- Andrew Abbott is the first MLB Pitcher to start his career with 3 scoreless starts of at least 5 innings. -- nm - Ender Jun 16, 20:36 2
  - The Reds are 35-35. Last year the team had 57 losses before winning their 35th game -- nm - Ender Jun 16, 20:43 1
    - #AmericasTeam -- nm - Ender Jun 16, 20:48
Biden tonight: "God save the Queen, man" -- (link) - budice Jun 16, 20:02
Something called Kick gave streamer xqc a bigger deal than LeBron's extension. - the wrong element Jun 16, 19:57
3-day Flash total might end up below $60M -- nm - budice Jun 16, 19:47 9
- but it's Batgirl that was unreleasable -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 17, 07:25 1
  - The possibility that it's dogshit can't be dismissed, of course - Reagen Jun 17, 07:41
- "We burned all our good will and credibility and ethics for this, but it was worth it!" -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 04:53
- I seem to have had perfect timing in flipping it. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 16, 21:53
- B Cinemascore -- nm - budice Jun 16, 21:29 3
  - "Best superhero movie ever" may have overstated the matter -- nm - David Jun 16, 21:38 2
    - Between Flash, GOTG3, and Spider-Verse 2...all being the "best superhero movie ever" we must be in the Golden Age of superhero movies, in 2023 -- nm - Flavorize Jun 16, 21:43 1
      - One of those is legitimately in the conversation, though. -- nm - David Jun 16, 23:39
- Oh, that's a damn shame. - Will Hunting Jun 16, 19:52
Penn State Professor charged with having intercourse with his....collie..... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 16, 19:44 7
- Look, who amongst us can honestly say they haven't considered screwing their pet? -- nm - Ender Jun 17, 00:22 1
  - Owners of Pet Rocks? -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 10:12
- I just think it’s weird that he named his collie Steam. -- nm - Dano Jun 16, 20:47
- Red rocket! Red rocket! -- nm - Qale Jun 16, 20:32
- LASSIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! /*faint*/ -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 16, 20:30
- that's no excuse, just ask the football coach -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 16, 20:28
- "He was a professor in animal husbandry...until they caught him at it one day." -- nm* - znufrii Jun 16, 20:21
Hmm, if I cancel my changed Chicago flight and rebook the one later in the day it will cost me 16K fewer airmiles. -- nm - Meg Jun 16, 19:32
dano is correct. -- (link) - amanda Jun 16, 19:25 [Backboard]
I saw two A10s. The flying warthog that shredded Saddams royal guards...I thought we stopped using them? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 16, 18:53 5
- The Air Force has been trying to retire them for years and just got the first batch sent to the boneyard -- nm - JD Jun 16, 19:01 4
  - I thought maybe we were going to give them to Ukraine -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 16, 19:07 3
    - That's pretty much the exact type of battle / airspace that makes the Air Force want to retire the A-10 - JD Jun 16, 19:19 2
      - I thought they were highly maneuverable at tree top level to evade ground missiles -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 16, 20:25 1
        
        The A-10 doesn't so much depend on maneuverability as a motherfucking shit ton of armor. That things designed to be hot 50 times and limp back. -- nm - Ender Jun 16, 22:39
when you try to be an internet troll in real life: -- (link) - Reagen Jun 16, 18:22 3
- egad -- nm - mud Jun 16, 18:48
- anyone against the death penalty now? -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jun 16, 18:28 1
  - Yes -- nm - TWuG Jun 16, 18:29
of all my problems with the last couple seasons of Game of Thrones i think my biggest is - spoilers - Beaker 🍻 Jun 16, 18:08 3
- video -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Jun 16, 18:09 [youtube] 2
  - Nah, Pod’s entire job with Tyrion was ‘don’t react’, and Pod is good at his job. - mafic Jun 16, 20:46
  - I prefer the lightsaber version of the fight :)))) -- (link) - Peglegpete Jun 16, 18:17 [youtube]
Having finished all my material for the year and entering literal babysitting time, I'm now basically a cop with an itchy trigger finger. - Reagen Jun 16, 17:55
Old Bay does not say on its packaging it is meant for fries. These are unsupported uses! -- nm - Qale Jun 16, 17:53 8
- It says "and more." - the wrong element Jun 16, 19:33 1
  - Ohhhh, you bastard. Now I want Thrashers. - Will Hunting Jun 16, 19:39
- off label -- nm - Dano Jun 16, 18:11
- Old Bay makes everything better. - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jun 16, 17:54 4
  - Have you seen the Old Bay goldfish crackers? - the wrong element Jun 16, 19:35 3
    - These are very hard to find! -- nm - Jovian Jun 16, 20:02 1
      - Try Target. -- nm - the wrong element Jun 16, 20:05
    - I think so, can't recall -- sounds interesting. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 16, 19:38
Acuna has a real chance at 40/60. He just got his 30th stolen base. -- nm - David Jun 16, 17:53 2
- It’s the homers that will keep him from that but 30/50 (Eric Davis) is really likely. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jun 16, 17:56 1
  - Assuming health, his minimum is 30/60 and probably 35/60. -- nm - David Jun 16, 19:01
Free school lunches lower grocery prices for everyone -- (link) - TWuG Jun 16, 17:27 4
- I've had enough of these anti-capitalist ways! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 16, 18:29
- But this might benefit someone who I think might not deserve it so we shouldn’t do it. -- nm - Tim Jun 16, 17:53 1
  - Kids are never too young to learn ‘ boot strappiin” -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 16, 22:16
- Bulk purchase power is definitely a thing. -- nm - Qale Jun 16, 17:51
A Prius with racing stripes is less ridiculous than the Smart car I see decked out in racing livery around town. -- nm - TWuG Jun 16, 17:13
Ladies and gentlemen, the weekend. -- nm - Ender Jun 16, 17:00 2
- I think you're supposed to call it Abel Tesfaye now. -- nm - Reagen Jun 16, 17:06 1
  - I'm going to identify as Friday -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 16, 19:17
TGIF! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jun 16, 16:58

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