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heh, "copy cat” -- (link) - mud Jun 21, 07:24
digits - decline Jun 21, 07:20
Waffle 0 - decline Jun 21, 07:11
Nintendo Direct livestream -- (link) - budice Jun 21, 07:00 [youtube] 2
- Super Mario RPG coming to the Switch -- nm - budice Jun 21, 07:14 1
  - New Princess Peach, Sonic games -- nm - budice Jun 21, 07:18
Powell: Nearly all FOMC participants expect that it will be appropriate to raise interest rates somewhat further by the end of the year -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 21, 06:55 1
- continued beatings, improved morale -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 21, 07:05
How E-Bike Battery Fires Became a Deadly Crisis in New York City - crash davis 😺 Jun 21, 06:43 3
- It's a real problem and I don't know how they're going to stop the cheap and poorly made batteries from getting in from China. -- nm - Krusty Jun 21, 06:57 2
  - This guy paid $700 for his e-bike. I'm concerned that no battery is safe. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 21, 07:26
  - ban E-bikes!! -- nm - decline Jun 21, 07:01
Raises hand.... I have a question. At least here, all tickets for all events are ONLY on your phone, you can't print out, etc. So, how do scalpers - Andie Jun 21, 06:37 14
- haven't a lot of scalpers moved to the resale market? -- nm - decline Jun 21, 07:03 1
  - sure, but i was mostly wondering about the ones who are still in front of venues, they are still there. -- nm - Andie Jun 21, 07:05
- First time I saw this was at Churchill. I didn't realize it was more widespread since I don't go to many concerts. I guess TM doesn't want scalpers - sycor Jun 21, 06:56
- For the scalpers standing out in front of the arena/show, I think they transfer you the tickets right there. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 21, 06:44 3
  - Correct -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jun 21, 07:33
  - They just send them through the app? i guess it's the only way, right? -- nm - Andie Jun 21, 06:46 1
    - Yeah, pretty sure. That's why a lot of tickets lately don't show up on the app until a few days before the show. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 21, 06:46
- Cost of the burner phone they hand you is included in the price. :) -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 21, 06:39
- screenshots -- nm - budice Jun 21, 06:38 5
  - Like this? - JD Jun 21, 07:01 [Attachment]
  - Nope - Ticketmaster tickets here have this active line that scans back and forth over the code, if you screen shot, they don't read. It says -- (edited) - Andie Jun 21, 06:39 3
    - Correct -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jun 21, 07:33
    - Yup. Friend of ours wasn’t aware of this and got scammed for a significant amount of money trying to see Taylor Swift with a printout of a ticket -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Jun 21, 06:49 1
      - oh wow -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jun 21, 06:52
Scandal in the bowling world …assistant coach has an affair with one of the players…head coach is his wife…rest is so ridiculous -- (link) - Flavorize Jun 21, 06:30 1
- ~yeah! yeah! yeah! what condition my condition was in~ -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 21, 06:42
Post Tonys week: Highest Grossing Broadway Shows: The Lion King, Wicked, Hamilton, Sweeney Todd, Funny Girl -- nm - MDH Jun 21, 06:25 3
- Highest Percent Capacity: Hamilton, Sweeney Todd, Kimberly Akimbo, Prima Facie, Hadestown -- nm - MDH Jun 21, 06:28 1
  - Lowest Percent Capacity: Grey House, Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window, A Beautiful Noise, Once Upon a One More Time, Chicago -- nm - MDH Jun 21, 06:29
- Lowest Grossing: Grey House, Fat Ham, Summer 1976, The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window, Life of Pi -- nm - MDH Jun 21, 06:26
Deadline: WB/Discovery In Talks To License HBO Original Series To Netflix -- (link) - MDH Jun 21, 06:22 2
- Reed Hastings: How much for everything? And I want your pants too. -- (pic) - Mop Jun 21, 06:54 [Attachment]
- To suggest that this is WBD giving up is to imply they’d been trying in the first place. - Mop🧹 Jun 21, 06:34
ST Obsession Poll — What have you been obsessed about lately? - znufrii 🦄 Jun 21, 06:09 [youtube] 38
- Napping... I can't sleep well so most evenings have me nodding off during TV or internet time -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 21, 10:10
- learning my new sequencer -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 21, 07:24 [youtube] 2
  - Watch out for Sleestaks. -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 21, 07:28
  - whoa -- nm - mud Jun 21, 07:26
- Learning my lines in Oklahoma! -- nm - Diva Jun 21, 07:22 1
  - 👍👍 -- nm - mud Jun 21, 07:27
- a casino card game called Ultimate Texas Hold Em - Pippy Quintas Jun 21, 07:04 1
  - *rawr* -- nm - Strongbad Jun 21, 07:16
- that is a lovely song. I've never heard that -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jun 21, 07:03
- Finding vintage Polo clothes on eBay. -- nm - Krusty Jun 21, 06:47 2
  - Have you tried Poshmark? It might be a little bit more spendy than eBay -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 21, 06:50 1
    - I use all the apps like Poshmark, Mercari and Depop. eBay has the most listings so I end up there most of the time. So many fakes though so -- (edited) - Krusty Jun 21, 06:56
- My yard. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jun 21, 06:37
- premiere dates for Rings of Power S2 & House of Dragon S2! I need them NOW!! hopefully SDCC next month will bring me JOY. -- nm - mud Jun 21, 06:31
- The Challenge. (Ive watched six seasons over a period of three weeks) -- nm - Jovian Jun 21, 06:24 10
  - when do we get new season?! -- nm - mud Jun 21, 06:32 9
    - I wish I knew. It is filming now. Rumor is that its all people who either havent won or havent made a final before. -- nm - Jovian Jun 21, 06:46 8
      - which kinda sucks. But I think they're just gearing up to then make season 40 a blockbuster. -- nm - Jovian Jun 21, 06:53 7
        
        nah, has potential (bring back Angela, Alyssa, Tyler & Danny!) -- nm - mud Jun 21, 07:00 6
        
        I dont think TJ would ever bring back Angela or Tyson (you meant Tyson I think?). He doesnt like quitters. Especially rookie Challengers. Normally -- (edited) - Jovian Jun 21, 07:05 3
        
        yeah (I hope he makes an exception for Tyson & Angela because they are KILLER) -- nm* - mud Jun 21, 07:07 2
        
        yea they are. I still cant believe Angela chose to sleep instead of just even attempting her task. - Jovian Jun 21, 07:18 1
        
        yeah, she was so beat that half her wits had escaped. -- nm - mud Jun 21, 07:20
        
        and according to imdb, it's Aug 10! -- (link) - mud Jun 21, 07:01 1
        
        oh very nice!! -- nm - Jovian Jun 21, 07:05
- Marvel Snap (again). I'm at 98 now. Need 100 this season -- nm - oblique 🌈 Jun 21, 06:21 7
  - Whoa—how to get even close to that? I think 60 is my record—you must have a really locked in deck -- nm - Flavorize Jun 21, 06:25 6
    - Don't think I ever hit 50, but I fart around a lot with stuff that amuses me. -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 21, 06:54 1
      - Spider-Ham is so much fun—sometimes I save playing that card until the end…just to rub it in, with the pig thing on games I’m winning big -- nm - Flavorize Jun 21, 06:56
    - I got to 100 once before when Shuri was all the rage. This season I'm using an Electro/Sandman ramp deck. They key to advancing is really -- (edited) - oblique 🌈 Jun 21, 06:46 3
      - Interesting—very cool—I’ll try to snapping strategy and see if I can up my levels. -- nm - Flavorize Jun 21, 06:52 2
        
        I love playing more random decks (move, discard, destroy) but they're not great for climbing. I've been playing those in the new Conquest mode which - oblique 🌈 Jun 21, 07:00 1
        
        My most consistent performer has been the high-power-with-drawbacks deck, with Sauron, Zero, and Enchantress mixed in to counter the drawbacks. - Coach Bearond Jun 21, 07:05
- Getting to Diamond League in Duolingo -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 21, 06:17
- Fall Guys. Have to do my daily challenges to get all the points! -- nm - JaxSean Jun 21, 06:16
- Pickleball -- nm - rollo Jun 21, 06:15
- Suprisingly not the titanic sub stuff -- nm - budice Jun 21, 06:11 1
  - Well, I am. -- nm - loosilu Jun 21, 06:12
Happy birthday, mara! Woo hoo!!! 🥳🎂 - Krusty Jun 21, 05:24 15
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 21, 10:08
- happy birthday! -- nm - decline Jun 21, 07:03
- Happy Birthday!!! I hope it's a great one! -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jun 21, 06:37
- cheers! -- nm - mud Jun 21, 06:32
- Happiest of Birthdays to you! -- nm - Flavorize Jun 21, 06:13
- Happy BDay :) -- nm - budice Jun 21, 06:10
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - loosilu Jun 21, 06:06
- indeed -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 21, 06:05
- happy birthday! -- nm - JaxSean Jun 21, 06:01
- happy birthday mara! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 21, 05:58
- Yay happy birthday! -- nm - sycor Jun 21, 05:57
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Andie Jun 21, 05:56
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - MDH Jun 21, 05:55
- Happy Birthday!!! -- nm - Jovian Jun 21, 05:49
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 21, 05:25
Has anyone involved with The Idol ever actually had sex? -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jun 21, 05:11 2
- The Weekend was a bad casting choice—I can see watching Uncut Gems and thinking he has some sort of sex appeal—spoils - Flavorize Jun 21, 06:23
- "exuding all the raw magnetism of a wood-paneled refrigerator" -- nm - rollo Jun 21, 06:16
Pharrell has his first runway show as creative director of menswear at Louis Vuitton -- (link) - znufrii 🦄 Jun 21, 04:54 5
- The sunglasses you get, when you go to tanning beds…those shouldn’t be everyday walking around glasses…even if you encrust them with diamonds 💎 -- nm - Flavorize Jun 21, 06:15
- Man all the Stars and Celebs showed up to that -- nm - budice Jun 21, 05:45
- Yup. You guessed it. Big hats. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 21, 05:39
- *reads it twice* Oh, mens/wear not men/swear. -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 21, 05:36
- It was interesting to see what he did and how it didn't seem to diverge too much from what Virgil Abloh was doing before his passing. -- nm - Krusty Jun 21, 05:28
TV PSA: LA Fire & Rescue, Judge Steve Harvey, Nancy Drew, Master Chef, Wonder Years, Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars, Platonic, Secret Invasion, - Beaker 🍺 Jun 21, 04:47 1
- Secret Invasion and then the Gordon Ramsay shows for the wife -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 21, 04:47
Christian Grey is out, “squishy-centered men” are in -- (link*) - znufrii 🦄 Jun 21, 04:38 1
- I think that’s being in your 20s vs in your 30s. But would love if squishy guys got more gals -- nm - Flavorize Jun 21, 06:54
If there's no money in streaming or DC how is it that Zaslav is making at least $247 mil a year? -- nm - . Jun 21, 04:19 2
- you gotta spend money to make money! -- nm - mafic Jun 21, 05:02
- volume? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 21, 04:42
Hey, there are advantages to visiting Wisconsin in January. The biggest is no road work. -- nm - . Jun 21, 04:03
Wordle 732 2/6 - Fuzzy Jun 21, 03:43 2
- 6 (Phew) - decline Jun 21, 07:05
- 5 all green - rollo Jun 21, 05:56
"and how can you be sure this hat man in the video is our guy? he literally demanded everyone he knew call him The Hat Man" -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 21, 01:37
Meta coming out with its own version of twitter to be called Threads -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 21, 00:42 8
- Meanwhile…Elon decides Cis and Cisgender are slurs and will now ban accounts for using them. He’s like the Coyote in the Road Runner cartoons - Flavorize Jun 21, 06:58
- Just what the world needs, more Facebook. -- nm* - Krusty Jun 21, 05:30
- There is a magazine that might like to talk to them about that. -- nm - . Jun 21, 04:04
- Wait, so the 3 celebrities they have signed up for this are the Dalai Lama, Oprah, and "DJ Slime"? -- nm - Ender Jun 21, 01:18 3
  - Oh, per the original Verge article, DJ Slime is a firm yes, but they're still in talks with the Dalai Lama and Oprah. -- (link) - Ender Jun 21, 01:42
  - As far as I can tell from googling, this DJ Slime has 3.01k followers on YouTube... -- nm - Ender Jun 21, 01:35 1
    - His top video had 124k views. His top music video has 387 views. -- nm - Ender Jun 21, 02:07
- Pfft, so now they're just stealing my idea. C'mon. - Beryllium Jun 21, 00:44
Silo spoilers - Beryllium Jun 21, 00:17
Nm -- nm* - Ender Jun 21, 00:00
75 years ago Columbia announces the "Long Playing" vinyl record holding over 20 minutes of music per side. -- (pic) - zeitgeist Jun 20, 23:39 [Attachment]
all of my twitter ads recently are for cheap gadgets. shade cloth grommets, motion deactivated fountains, firestarters, portable video recorders, - mafic Jun 20, 23:38 15
- block 5 promoted twitter people every time you go on it. Makes it more fun -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jun 21, 03:52 1
  - I’m nearing 1200 blocks -- (pic) - Flavorize Jun 21, 06:47 [Attachment]
- A month ago I bought my nephew and his expecting wife a baby car seat. Since the I get a ton of baby product ads across the internet. - howie Jun 21, 00:40 2
  - I bought a couple shirts for my mom so now most of my ads for that same dumb shirt -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 21, 00:43 1
    - Years ago I was doing professional research (at home) for trivia on Emmy nominees, including an actress who started her own designer bra company. - howie Jun 21, 00:55
- Are you at least getting the super-hot Apple Health Data Privacy girl? -- nm - Ender Jun 21, 00:02 5
  - no, but I did get one for croc headlights (like the shoes, but maybe other crocs should have headlights too). -- nm - mafic Jun 21, 00:22 4
    - Well, just for your records... -- (pic) - Ender Jun 21, 01:23 [Attachment]
    - Crocs don't have headlights, but aren't their eyes super reflective? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 00:27 2
      - they might appreciate them. who doesn't want to see what they're eating? -- nm - mafic Jun 21, 00:30 1
        
        Coprophagists. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 00:32
- all my twitter ads are for nothing because i don't use twitter. but i did get an obnoxious google adsense ad on hsx today. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 00:01
- even YouTube is half big brands and half cheapo HVAC (?) technicians going off about sumpin -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 21, 00:00 2
  - heh, I get a local Heat Pump one up here all the freakin' time -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 21, 05:40
  - Every F-ing day I get a robocall (that goes straight to voicemail) about my HVAC and cleaning my ductwork. And something about solar panels. - howie Jun 21, 01:03
Analytically, TCM is the easiest channel to operate because it's just one person hosting a movie 12 times a day. - David Jun 20, 23:13 3
- My cable provider took TCM off the basic package and bundled it with a bunch of premium sports channels I don't want. I haven't seen TCM since. - howie Jun 21, 00:44 1
  - I think that was all over. A bunch of movie loving Cub fans were pissed. It was about the same time Cubs moved to cable. -- nm - . Jun 21, 04:23
- They don't seem to have lost any hosts. I suspect the real question is who's doing the programming now. -- nm - Ender Jun 20, 23:16
searchers report underwater sounds -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 20, 23:10 6
- Canadian aircraft had picked up "banging noises" heard in 30-minute intervals "Banging was still heard" four hours after the inital pick-up -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 20, 23:16 5
  - Are they just passively listening, or are they actively pinging sonar? -- nm - Ender Jun 21, 01:25 1
    - And do they hear a whale mating call? -- nm - Todd Manning Jun 21, 06:23
  - This story is half The Martian and half The Abyss -- nm - David Jun 20, 23:18 2
    - Half Alive -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 21, 05:40
    - Well, I hope it has a happy ending and can be turned into a movie. I guess there's still a chance. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 20, 23:20
The Reds are 4 games from tying there "post creation of the leagues" win streak record, but they actually started 81-0, so that's still a ways off. -- nm - Ender Jun 20, 23:02 2
- That sounds like a good team. -- nm - David Jun 20, 23:12 1
  - Well, didn't win the world series... -- nm - Ender Jun 20, 23:13
The Starr Ranch webcam has been neglected since the pandemic and it's been hard to watch this year's successful fledge of 5 chicks. Today we had - Meg Jun 20, 22:59
Against the wind Little somethin' against the wind I found myself seekin' shelter against the wind -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 20, 22:51

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