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Rudy gettin' disbarred -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Jul 7, 11:48 1
- ha ha -- nm - nelson Jul 7, 11:51
holy shit -- (link) - mud Jul 7, 11:41 1
- heh, last night I thought of that. Especially due to the owner. -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 11:44
new Metric is an absolute bounce -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 7, 11:29 [youtube] 3
- Saw them last week. Fun. -- (pic) - Spawn Jul 7, 11:43 [Attachment] 1
  - so good. and that guitarist can *play* -- nm - Remlik Jul 7, 11:53
- that's hot -- nm - mud Jul 7, 11:36
Facebook just somehow changed their minds. The post just appeared. -- nm - Andie Jul 7, 11:25 4
- I saw that... -- nm - Diva Jul 7, 11:44
- There are unmoderated groups that onlyfans strippers post outright p0rn to, I report it... sorry does not go against blah blah -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 11:34 2
  - Where is such a deplorable thing happening?! I need to know so I can be sure to avoid it! -- nm - sycor Jul 7, 11:37 1
    - northwest music, seattle blues -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 11:39
Restaurant now playing: Sussudio - budice Jul 7, 11:25
Video footage of the Britney slap -- (link) - Flavorize Jul 7, 11:21 12
- Clean block. - Rex Chapman si Jul 7, 11:52
- I ain’t sure he actually hit her face. He threw an arm out and I’m not sure her arms wasn’t already in the way. - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jul 7, 11:44 4
  - Also where was her security was she on her own -- (edited) - eag Jul 7, 11:48 3
    - She pulled the whole "Hey what's the behind you?!" and then sprinted away. -- nm - sycor Jul 7, 11:50
    - That's her security behind/beside her. -- nm - David Jul 7, 11:50 1
      - Well then I agree with u below some heads need to roll -- nm - eag Jul 7, 11:52
- When you're an NBA star, they let you do it. Backhand popstars in the face. Whatever. -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 11:27 1
  - (Just to be clear to anyone who hasn't watched the video, the basketball player didn't do it. His security did.) -- nm - David Jul 7, 11:30
- So, it's what he said, but his security guard overreacted while hers under-reacted. - David Jul 7, 11:26 3
  - I'm team Brit on this one - eag Jul 7, 11:33 2
    - That's why I think he's getting fired. -- nm - David Jul 7, 11:34 1
      - seems to me that he put his arm out to block her hand, I didn't see a slap to the face, maybe incidental to the hand block -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 11:37
I can't think of any for Virginia! -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 11:07 7
- Remember the Titans? -- nm - Bari Seldon Jul 7, 11:22
- West Virginia = Wrong Turn -- nm - JD Jul 7, 11:20 1
  - Matewan -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 7, 11:23
- Bourne Identity -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 11:15 1
  - Or maybe Sneakers or something (actually, maybe that wasn't virginia/langely, nm) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 11:17
- Donnie Darko -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 7, 11:13
- HO HO HO! -- nm - Santa Claus Jul 7, 11:11
Krusty baiting; Why didn't they name it Madison Sphere Garden? -- nm* - JD Jul 7, 10:49 3
- I came here for the vegetables -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 11:02
- Futurama already trademarked Madison Cube Garden. -- nm - David Jul 7, 10:59
- Madison Eggshell Garden -- nm - Flavorize Jul 7, 10:54
Going to lunch. Georgia was The Color Purple and Idaho was Napoleon Dynamite. -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 10:49
greenlight PINK2 -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 7, 10:49 6
- i just saw Pretty In Pink, in a theatre, in May. -- nm - Andie Jul 7, 11:40 1
  - Well, heck. Now I'm pretty much obligated to go see Heathers at the end of the month -- nm - JD Jul 7, 11:50
- Is dress making and/or tape part of the Pretty in Pink storyline? - JD Jul 7, 10:54 3
  - O.M.G. -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 11:12
  - andie, don’t hurt him (much) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 7, 10:55 1
    - I became a huge OMD fan after hearing If You Leave so I've seen the scenes used in the video 🤷‍♀️ - JD Jul 7, 11:18
Damnit how did I not know there a Dead Space collector's edition with a helmet and marker statue?! -- nm - sycor Jul 7, 10:45
Donald Triplett, the first person diagnosed with autism, passed away at 89 last month -- (link) - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 7, 10:44
project runway spoilers from last night - Peglegpete Jul 7, 10:39 1
- Spoilers - Dano Jul 7, 11:04
Threads up to 70m downloads (real verified accts are just flooding it too) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 7, 10:38
Is the best way to mine nickel from the sea floor? -- (link) - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 7, 10:35 7
- I can't read the article but I have to think messing with the oceans by mining is not going to go well. -- nm - Krusty Jul 7, 10:36 5
  - Actually cleaner than mining it from land (here’s the article) - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 7, 10:41 2
    - Thanks! -- nm - Krusty Jul 7, 10:49
    - EV batteries definitely scale -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 7, 10:42
  - But it's gone so well topside what with the drilling and the fracking. -- nm - sycor Jul 7, 10:38
  - We already have massive issues with getting the oil out. It's very likely going to cause the same environmental disasters. -- nm - Krusty Jul 7, 10:38
- If you want to find an entirely new ecosystem to destroy. -- nm - TWuG Jul 7, 10:36
Oof. I'd forgotten how intense Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 gets at times with the animals. - David Jul 7, 10:30 1
- Yeah, second viewing was nearly as rough. -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 10:31
Okay, here is another five states: PA, GA, ID, IN, and MN -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 10:18 33
- IN Breaking Away! -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 10:28 1
  - IN Rudy! -- nm - Roger More Jul 7, 10:33
- Georgia better not be Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 10:21
- IN - Hoosiers -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jul 7, 10:21
- IN = Hoosiers? -- nm - Krusty Jul 7, 10:21 11
  - not Hoosiers. -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 10:25 10
    - This is a stupid list. *stands in solidarity with Krusty* -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jul 7, 10:29 1
      - Haha! It's not a bad list so far but it's a little surprising in some of the choices. -- nm - Krusty Jul 7, 10:31
    - Hmmm. That's usually the answer for IN. -- nm - Krusty Jul 7, 10:28 7
      - there were two choices I thought IN could be, this and (takes place in the winter) -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 10:30 6
        
        A Christmas Story? -- nm - Krusty Jul 7, 10:31 5
        
        yep! -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 10:32 4
        
        A better choice, honestly. -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 10:33 3
        
        yep, its the answer I wanted it to be, but had expected it to be Hoosiers. -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 10:34
        
        Yeah. I watch it every year and I haven't seen Hoosiers in decades. -- nm - Krusty Jul 7, 10:33 1
        
        Really? Wow. I used to watch it each year, sometime between selection Sunday and the ball being tipped. - Spawn Jul 7, 11:11
- Ga - deliverance -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jul 7, 10:21 7
  - nope. but the answer came out about a decade and a half later. -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 10:22 6
    - The World According to Garp? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 10:25
    - The Living Daylights? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 10:23 4
      - won awards and put an actress on the map. -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 10:25 3
        
        My Cousin Vinny in Georgia? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 7, 10:30
        
        Fried Green Tomatoes? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 10:26 1
        
        No. But apparently (news to me) it got a remake or about to. -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 10:30
- MN = Fargo -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 10:20 4
  - yes! -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 10:21 3
    - How the hell did MN get Fargo when the place is in North Dakota -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 11:01 2
      - North Dakota doesn't exist! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 11:12
      - because the movie is mostly in MN -- nm - sycor Jul 7, 11:08
- PA = Rocky -- nm - Krusty Jul 7, 10:19 3
  - yup -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 10:19
  - Deer Hunter -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 10:19 1
    - It would have the choice if it was done by another website. -- nm - Krusty Jul 7, 10:35
LIV Tour is super cool now, actually -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 7, 10:09 5
- Misread that as "Liv Tyler" -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 10:19
- The question is: was it planned by LIV Golf or not? Because that really determines whether it's cool or desperate. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 7, 10:13 1
  - desperate -- nm - psilotum Jul 7, 11:21
- is it 2018? -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 7, 10:09 1
  - Right? They have their finger on the pulse of what's hot. -- nm - Krusty Jul 7, 10:18
I believe Andie has discovered the critical mass of kittens on the internet. We're full. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 7, 10:07 4
- that biscuit is a *snack.* my favorite of the kittens. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 7, 10:09 3
  - right? makes me wish I lived closer. — nm - i.b! Jul 7, 10:25 2
    - If we all lived closer, there would be quite the row over who gets Biscuit. -- nm - Bari Seldon Jul 7, 10:32 1
      - Don't make me get in the car and start driving. I will fight! I claimed favorite first! -- nm - sycor Jul 7, 10:37
So which episode of Black Mirror s6 is the best? Sounds like start with e2 and 3 -- nm - sycor Jul 7, 10:02 7
- my grades: -- (link) - mud Jul 7, 10:29 [Backboard]
- Ive only watched episodes 1 thru 3. I hate 3 so much I havent gone back yet. -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 10:04 5
  - Yike. Okay, so e3, then 2. LOL -- nm - sycor Jul 7, 10:05 4
    - and then I'd suggest 1 and finish with 5 and 6 - JD Jul 7, 10:15 3
      - Okay last question, anything as uncomfortable as s1e1? - sycor Jul 7, 10:34 2
        
        That was awful -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 7, 14:55
        
        No - JD Jul 7, 11:01
“We did a study showing a 300% increase in ACL injuries in adolescents and teenagers" - David Jul 7, 10:01 5
- Pickleball strikes again! -- nm - Bari Seldon Jul 7, 11:10
- now do CTE -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 7, 10:30
- Kids play *wayyyyyy* more games now than we did and with specialization play the same sport. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 7, 10:29
- Probably as well as over evolved in bad ways and kids are doing overly organized sports that result in the injuries? -- nm - JD Jul 7, 10:18
- Yes. Because of covid. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 10:18
The AV Club has listed the Best Movie in all 50 states. Maine was Shawshank Redemption. Can ST guess FL, CO, AZ, IL, and IA? -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 10:00 30
- Based on the trend I'd guess Forrest Gump for Alabama, Rudy for Indiana? -- nm - Max Jul 7, 10:21 3
  - further back for AL. B&W film based on a novel. -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 10:26 2
    - To Kill A Mockingbird. It's all they've got. ;-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 7, 10:27 1
      - yeppers! -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 10:33
- What did they pick for NY and CA? Really hard choices. The Godfather, Goodfellas, The French Connection, Taxi Driver, Ghostbusters and on and on. -- nm - Krusty Jul 7, 10:17 2
  - yea CA and NY really would just be people guessing. Vertigo and Do The Right Thing respectively. -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 10:19 1
    - Ahh. I'm okay with those choices. -- nm - Krusty Jul 7, 10:23
- CT mystic pizza, right? PA philadelphia? -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 7, 10:16 1
  - Bob Roberts (starring me and Jack Black) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 7, 10:31
- No idea about Colorado. Pretty sure I know Florida but will let others guess. - Krusty Jul 7, 10:11 2
  - spoils and also your astute thinking kind of applies to CO as well. -- (edited) - Jovian Jul 7, 10:13 1
    - Yup. I was thinking Moonlight but that seems too hoity toity for this list. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 7, 10:14
- Iowa has to be Field of Dreams -- nm - Krusty Jul 7, 10:07 1
  - yes! -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 10:08
- AZ = Raising Arizona -- nm - Krusty Jul 7, 10:05 1
  - yes! -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 10:05
- Illinois is Blues Brothers. Period. -- nm - David Jul 7, 10:00 13
  - Colorado - The Shining? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 7, 10:13 2
    - Yes!! -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 10:15 1
      - Ahhh. -- nm - Krusty Jul 7, 10:17
  - This. -- nm - Krusty Jul 7, 10:04
  - it should be but its not. -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 10:04 8
    - Is this a snooty list, or is there some common sense? -- nm - David Jul 7, 10:04 7
      - definitely not a snooty list. More like a fan favorites lists. IE Illinois is Ferris Bueller's Day Off. -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 10:05 6
        
        Then Iowa is Field of Dreams. -- nm - David Jul 7, 10:07 5
        
        (and now I'm debating which I like better between Blues Brothers and FB.) -- nm - David Jul 7, 10:08 3
        
        Ha. And I just saw something the other day, that Blues Brothers destroyed more cars than almost any single movie ever. -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 10:10 2
        
        they filmed the wrecks from six different angles and used them all -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 11:45
        
        No big loss as those cars were shitboxes. -- nm - Krusty Jul 7, 10:27
        
        yep!! -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 10:07

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