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Timothy Olyphant has one series starting on Thursday, another starting next Tuesday. This is unacceptable. -- nm - mud Jul 11, 08:25 2
- right? there are 7 days in a week. need 5 more please -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 11, 08:32 1
  - No, no, no.. they need to be staggered. Too confusing this way! -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 08:49
Federal Judge to FTC: Suck it. - Bari Seldon Jul 11, 08:21 1
- Federal judge to Activision employees: get ready to file for unemployment, losers -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 11, 08:34
Amazon Prime: Meme potential. -- (pic) - Qale Jul 11, 08:14 [Attachment] 1
- can't sleep, kindle will eat me -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 08:22
Wait. I need an invitation to this Prime Day scam? -- nm - ty97 Jul 11, 08:11 4
- ??? no. -- nm - Andie Jul 11, 08:14 2
  - Some of the biggest deals required you to sign up to a waitlist earlier in the week. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 11, 08:16
  - There are apparently some 'invite only deals'. That's what my mother was referencing. -- nm - ty97 Jul 11, 08:15
- Prime Day for Seniors is next week. -- nm - Krusty Jul 11, 08:13
Painkiller | Official Trailer | Netflix - August 10th -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 11, 08:09 [youtube]
F1 News: AlphaTauri has fired Nyck De Vries effective immediately (0 points in 10 races). Daniel Riccardio will replace him. -- nm - MDH Jul 11, 07:59
The SAG-AFTRA strike deadline was extended to July 11th. July 11th is also Prime Day. COINCIDENCE? Think about it! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 11, 07:53 2
- (the 12th) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 11, 08:24
- I would prefer not to. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 08:03
"And I’m sure Duckie and Andie still text each other dumb memes, and call when they’re going through something." -- (pic) - mud Jul 11, 07:51 [Attachment]
Rec'd quote for car insurance renewal yesterday. $80 less than last time. Woo hoo! Time to hit the boats! -- nm - Bari Seldon Jul 11, 07:41
wtf, “straight pride”? -- (link) - mud Jul 11, 07:26 10
- Just for the record, I don’t have a problem with the concept of straight pride. But I do think they should workshop it out better. -- nm - Qale Jul 11, 08:05 6
  - That guy's t-shirt smacked of the white guy who was really upset that no Black person ever personally thanked him for ending - Diva Jul 11, 08:26 3
    - oh he definitely has a matching " All Lives Matter" shirt in the back of his Raptor Truck. - Pippy Quintas Jul 11, 08:30 2
      - you are so correct and you are cracking me up! -- nm - Diva Jul 11, 08:37
      - yep -- nm - mud Jul 11, 08:33
  - I have big problems with it. -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jul 11, 08:10 1
    - I’m just saying they’re going to have to do a lot better than a shirt, false patriotism, and country music. -- nm - Qale Jul 11, 08:47
- LOL. Better luck with your next leader, Conservatives. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 11, 07:43
- oh that man must be friends with Tuberville -- nm - Jovian Jul 11, 07:37 1
  - the creep in the middle might be our next PM -- nm - mud Jul 11, 07:42
PrimeDay: 20% Off Amazon Warehouse Stuff (subset of their inventory, discount at checkout) -- (link*) - budice Jul 11, 07:23 1
- Thanks! Just got a pair of high end Sony ear buds for $80. They're usually $280. On Prime Day they're $200 new. -- nm - Krusty Jul 11, 08:08
Robo vacuum purchased. Now, what else do I want? Xbox? Sure. I do need recs for a headset that is comfortable with glasses. -- nm* - sycor Jul 11, 07:17 2
- which one did you get? - tRuMaN Jul 11, 07:53 1
  - The new Roborock Q Revo. $200 off. It's expensive but has a lot of high end feature including rotating mop heads, self clean and self drying. - sycor Jul 11, 07:55
If you need noise cancelling headphones, the Bose QuietComforts are 30-40% off as well. -- (link) - spamlet Jul 11, 07:10 1
- Beats are $100 off in Canada ($150 vs $250); Apple Airpods are $660 vs regular $780 -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 11, 07:14
Russian navy commander tracked down and shot from his Strava runs -- (link) - Reagen Jul 11, 07:07 1
- this is how you do it. Now they need to go after the mouth pieces in Russian media -- nm - Jovian Jul 11, 07:15
I am prime day shopping for an air purifier. please let me know if you have recs. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 11, 07:02 16
- I like my Blue Pure 411 -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 07:36 1
  - this -- nm - oblique Jul 11, 07:40
- I just bought a stand-up paddleboard for prime day. -- nm* - Andie Jul 11, 07:07 11
  - for Lake Ontario? - decline Jul 11, 07:40 5
    - oh, where i live the lake is positively littered with paddleboarders. it used to be kayaks, but paddleboards outnumber kayaks about 3-1 now. -- nm - Andie Jul 11, 07:41 4
      - crazy Canadians -- nm* - decline Jul 11, 07:42 3
        
        it's super calm a lot of the time! like this -- (link) - Andie Jul 11, 07:46 2
        
        oh. I know. I've also been on the lake when there have been 10+ ft (3+ m) waves - decline Jul 11, 07:52 1
        
        sure, i will not be paddleboarding those days! -- nm - Andie Jul 11, 07:53
  - Standup paddleboards are shit at purifying air -- nm - rollo Jul 11, 07:37 1
    - do we know that *for sure*? -- nm - Andie Jul 11, 07:38
  - link? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 11, 07:18 2
    - this one -- (link) - Andie Jul 11, 07:36 1
      - thanks! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 11, 07:51
- We have this one and love it but it's expensive. -- (link) - Krusty Jul 11, 07:06 1
  - we have this one for our basement also. It is very good -- nm - oblique Jul 11, 07:40
Wimbledon quarterfinals start today -- (link) - budice Jul 11, 06:49 4
- Currently listening to White Lines which is as close to Wimbledon as I get. -- (link) - LMS Jul 11, 07:48
- any Americans left ? -- nm - decline Jul 11, 06:54 2
  - At this moment I believe it’s two women and one man left for USA. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Jul 11, 07:05 1
    - And now it’s less. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Jul 11, 07:29
We were planning to go to Vermont tomorrow through Saturday, but apparently it's been washed away. - colin Jul 11, 06:40 6
- Yeah I read this morning they're calling it the 1000 year storm event. - Strongbad Jul 11, 07:47
- Vermont pics here, State of Emergency -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 11, 07:25
- Ugh! That sucks for everyone. Might get more rain this weekend too. -- nm - Krusty Jul 11, 06:45
- yeah the Hudson Valley area just got hammered by those storms -- nm - decline Jul 11, 06:45 2
  - It's all that Canadian water. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 11, 08:09
  - No Hudson line north of Peekskill due to washout -- nm - ty97 Jul 11, 07:29
spamlet, here’s a handvac on sale for Prime Day. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jul 11, 06:29 12
- thanks. I just ordered this one. -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jul 11, 08:00
- I was hoping the dethatcher I was looking at would go on sale but no such luck -- nm - oblique Jul 11, 06:56 3
  - plant stands are not on sale either so I bought a Samsung tablet instead (200 bucks off!) -- nm - decline Jul 11, 06:58 2
    - oh, link me? -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 11, 07:02 1
      - S8+ -- (link) - decline Jul 11, 07:03
- Thanks! -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 11, 06:31 4
  - This one from Black & Decker is also on sale and gets great ratings from Consumer Reports. -- (link) - Krusty Jul 11, 06:37 3
    - Do you think these would do well to vacuum carpeted stairs? I need something for my stairs. -- nm - sycor Jul 11, 08:04
    - Just sent to my wife. That seems like it might be the winner . -- nm - spamlet Jul 11, 06:48 1
      - Looks like there's a new model on sale as well but it's $20 more. -- nm - Krusty Jul 11, 06:56
- Dewalt products are on sale big time I gather fwiw -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 11, 06:29 1
  - Top-tier SSDs have all dropped $20-$30 -- nm - budice Jul 11, 06:31
Fury v Ngannou, 10/28 in Riyadh. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 11, 06:22
Axios: Unsold electric cars are piling up on dealer lots -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 11, 06:16 5
- (ST was making fun of this article yesterday) -- nm - David Jul 11, 07:27 1
  - (and again today) -- nm - Strongbad Jul 11, 07:28
- [snork] -- nm - mud Jul 11, 06:20
- All of their examples are more than $100k luxury cars and/or not eligible for the tax credits. Sounds more like the credits are working to me. -- nm* - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 11, 06:19 1
  - I dont know this space super well, but I think I agree. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 11, 07:28
West End 'Cabaret' Revival Headed To Broadway Next Spring; Cast Not Confirmed -- (link) - LMS Jul 11, 06:11 21
- I wonder if they are going to completely redesign/theme a theater like West End? -- nm - MDH Jul 11, 06:27
- dumptruck full of money for Lea Michele? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 11, 06:12 19
  - There are Broadway actresses not named Lea! -- nm - ty97 Jul 11, 07:06 4
    - sure, but why not make lots and lots and lots of money, rather than just lots of money... -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 11, 07:16
    - But they're all busy filming Schmigadoon! -- nm* - Bari Seldon Jul 11, 07:09 2
      - heh -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 11, 07:16 1
        
        (Which i just started watching last night.) -- nm - Bari Seldon Jul 11, 07:23
  - Rumor is she's starring in a revival of "Chess" which I will 100% go to NYC to see. -- nm - MDH Jul 11, 06:27 12
    - Great, now I have the Peter Kay/Susan Boyle version of I Know Him So Well stuck in my head -- (link) - LMS Jul 11, 06:45 [youtube] 1
      - which leads me to the Car Share outtakes... -- (link) - LMS Jul 11, 06:53 [youtube]
    - That just played here at our outdoor theatre. I had never heard of it before. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 11, 06:31 7
      - The Muny? my friend Brian Golub was in it. -- nm - Diva Jul 11, 06:51 1
        
        Yup! Friends of ours have season tickets and liked it but it wasn't one I recognized. -- nm - spamlet Jul 11, 07:00
      - Book is a hot mess, but the music is phenomenal. -- nm - MDH Jul 11, 06:37 3
        
        yep. I played The Arbiter in this show once. It was fun, but yes, the book is a mess. -- nm - Diva Jul 11, 06:51 2
        
        But you were still fabulous so no one cared about the book. -- nm* - Bari Seldon Jul 11, 06:58 1
        
        *blushing* -- nm - Diva Jul 11, 07:01
      - Somewhere Murray is shaking his Head. -- nm* - Bari Seldon Jul 11, 06:34
    - oh. i have never seen Chess, this might be a good excuse. -- nm - Andie Jul 11, 06:30
    - after Funny Girl I assume she can pretty much do whatever she wants and get paid big bucks (and should do something that could parlay into a movie - Beaker 🍺 Jul 11, 06:28
  - and Alan Cumming as MC? -- nm - LMS Jul 11, 06:17
Tottenham's Harry Kane (!) on Hot Ones this week. -- (link) - budice Jul 11, 04:41 9
- I watched the John Mulaney episode recently and was very impressed with how he barely flinched while eating every wing completely. - Krusty Jul 11, 04:59 8
  - The Bomb is indeed awful. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 05:18 7
    - any particular reason why? - mud Jul 11, 05:34 6
      - John Mulaney said it tastes metallic and was just really hot with no flavor other than metal. -- nm - Krusty Jul 11, 05:45 5
        
        Pretty much yes. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 05:56 4
        
        I'm not surprised you tried it. Hopefully you didn't end up wasting too much money on a hot sauce you don't want to use. -- nm - Krusty Jul 11, 06:16 3
        
        it was a gift. The Hellfire sauce is a bit better. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 06:21 2
        
        Good deal then. I like a good hot sauce but not to the point that it hurts to eat. -- nm - Krusty Jul 11, 06:27 1
        
        I think I counted at one point that I have like 17 different ways to make something spicy in my house. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 06:30
Pat Fitzgerald has hired a high-profile attorney, looks like he is ramping up for a fight with NW. -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 11, 04:21 8
- As he should. The university fucked up the investigation if he got 2 weeks on Saturday and fired on Monday - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jul 11, 06:40
- The new University President (he came from Oregon)is in over his head. And the AD seems to be MIA. And they haven't addressed the assistants and other - zunk takes things literally Jul 11, 06:29
- His attorney represented Fox in the Dominion lawsuit. That went well. -- nm - jnine Jul 11, 06:28
- Is it a positive sign when your defenders are comparing you to Art Briles? -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 11, 06:00 1
  - "he treated the white players and coaches fine! They all love him!!" -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 11, 06:11
- Just be about money now. -- nm - budice Jul 11, 04:33 2
  - I suspect it already is. The school is trying to get the community online over a new stadium that is being built with a very big donation. - . Jul 11, 04:51
  - Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 11, 04:33
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1 98% (188/4), Theatre Camp 80% (36/9) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 11, 04:16
TV PSA: America's Got Talent, WWE NXT, MLB All-Star Game, Deadliest Catch, Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge, Taggart, - Beaker 🍺 Jul 11, 04:15 3
- Taggart? As in 'There's been a mudder' Taggart? I thought it ended years ago? -- nm - LMS Jul 11, 04:24 2
  - maybe? it is on Ovation -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 11, 04:28 1
    - They've got about 20 years worth to get through so good acquisition for them. -- nm - LMS Jul 11, 04:33
I agree with mafic about the Jonah Hill texts. He's using therapy terms to try to control her. - Diva Jul 11, 03:42 10
- Yup—all of this -- nm - Flavorize Jul 11, 07:02
- I haven't read the texts, but got a good gist of them from this thread which seems to sum up the problem very well -- (link*) - ty97 Jul 11, 06:13 1
  - i skimmed just one. My initial gut reaction was he is super insecure. The one I saw didn't seem to be him saying not to do the things she was doing, - Andie Jul 11, 06:25
- Haven’t cared enough to read the texts in question but this doesn’t really surprise me - znufrii 🦄 Jul 11, 06:07
- Agreed. Interestingly for me, it has given a name to something that I've felt personally because my daughter is studying psychology at school - oblique Jul 11, 05:59 1
  - yeah, child of a psychologist here. for suresies my mom does it, sometimes I think intentional, sometimes muscle memory. it can be very disarming. -- nm - mafic Jul 11, 06:04
- Between "You're my boyfriend and you will accept me doing anything I like" and "You're my girlfriend and you will not do anything I don't like" - Max Jul 11, 04:45
- Like maybe he’s just incredibly insecure, but that doesn’t make it ok. -- nm - mafic Jul 11, 04:43
- I agree completely. -- nm - Krusty Jul 11, 04:40
- And I also agree that making the texts public could help other people who are being gaslit by their toxic partners. - Diva Jul 11, 03:51
Wordle 752 3/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 11, 03:38 2
- 4/6 (spoilers) -- (edited) - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 11, 04:00
- 2/6 - Fuzzy Jul 11, 04:00
Thoroughly enjoyed MI7 last night, if felt an hour shorter than it actually was. -- nm - LMS Jul 11, 03:03 1
- I got my tickets for next Tuesday at our new local-ish theater. Largest screen in IL -- nm - oblique Jul 11, 05:35
Her folks, they said, our lives together Sure was gonna be rough They never did like mama's homemade dress Papa's bankbook wasn't big enough -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 11, 02:05

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