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The Truth About Pirate Weapons -- (link) - JD Jul 13, 08:53
We now have a new Big Chicken place near work -- (link) - oblique Jul 13, 08:22 1
- *CHOMP* -- nm - Big Orca Jul 13, 08:53
Black Eyed Peas can sing us a song - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 13, 08:10 2
- Ugh this is so bad. Totally stealing it. -- nm - sycor Jul 13, 08:32
- 😁 -- nm - JD Jul 13, 08:17
Mission Impossible $15.5M Wed (w/$7M Tue) -- (link) - budice Jul 13, 07:50 5
- Wasn't the holiday *last* week? - Spawn Jul 13, 08:18 4
  - Extra IMAX/Dolby days before Oppenheimer locks them up for 3 weeks -- nm - MDH Jul 13, 08:24 1
    - Wait, Opp is going to get bigger screens than MI? Wow. -- nm - Spawn Jul 13, 08:59
  - right? weird -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 13, 08:23
  - Your opening day is Wednesday if you choose to accept it -- nm - JD Jul 13, 08:22
Go home Amazon delivery, your drunk. AR to GA to IL. Why IL? You completely bypassed NC, you know, the final destination! -- (edited) - sycor Jul 13, 07:31 5
- They're using the subspace routes. -- nm - Bari Seldon Jul 13, 08:18
- at work we have packages that are to go to NE, but sometimes go to TN or KY first. (where the big UPS and FedEx hubs are at). I am not sure whats in IL. -- nm* - Jovian Jul 13, 07:53
- *reroutes the package through New Jersey* -- nm - Amazon, probably Jul 13, 07:49
- they must be using a beTYer route planner -- nm - oblique Jul 13, 07:38 1
  - That's what I was afraid of. I guess I should expect 4-5 more stops across the country before it starts to head here. -- nm - sycor Jul 13, 07:39
Dear CRA tech support if you would listen to what I am saying this call would go a lot quicker -- nm - spamlet Jul 13, 07:10 11
- Is progress going from 3 different error codes in 3 browsers to just 2 error codes? -- nm - spamlet Jul 13, 07:48 4
  - Oh and 1 hour 20 minutes in now -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 13, 07:50 3
    - In! And the document I'm looking for won't be ready for two weeks... -- nm - spamlet Jul 13, 07:57 2
      - see? If you had just waited for 2 week and then tried you wouldn't have had all these problems -- nm - decline Jul 13, 08:05 1
        
        Apparently if you don’t login every six months it causes problems. I only mentioned the last time I logged in was last year about a dozen times. - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 13, 08:18
- Did you try rebooting it? -- nm - sycor Jul 13, 07:11 2
  - At this point it might be easier to fly to Canada and try to log in. -- nm - spamlet Jul 13, 07:18 1
    - Before you do that, have you tried jiggling the cables, making sure they're fully plugged in? -- nm - JaxSean Jul 13, 07:21
- (as we're 40 minutes into my call and on my third representative) -- nm - spamlet Jul 13, 07:11
- IT knows best :) -- nm - oblique Jul 13, 07:11 1
  - I'VE FOLLOWED THE DAMN SCRIPT THREE TIMES NOW -- nm - spamlet Jul 13, 07:11
“Only a complete idiot” would blow up Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant , says Russian nuclear chief - znufrii 🦄 Jul 13, 07:08 3
- Vitaly is complete idiot. We send in Vitaly. -- nm - Russian General Jul 13, 07:19 1
  - *snort!* -- nm - Diva Jul 13, 07:20
- Blow it up, blame Ukraine. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 13, 07:17
That is serious desperation. 13 days at sea as a stowaway on a ship's rudder. -- (link) - TWuG Jul 13, 07:04 3
- Would take a lot of charger packs for my phone. -- nm - Spawn Jul 13, 07:38
- if you take two seconds and think what their life must have been like to even consider that, it's devastating. -- nm - Andie Jul 13, 07:17
- A similar incident -- (link) - TWuG Jul 13, 07:07
Orcas have gotten so much press lately, now the otters want in on the fun. -- (link) - znufrii 🦄 Jul 13, 06:54 1
- *CHOMP* -- nm - Big Orca Jul 13, 07:46
Just saw a headline: "Does the Jet schedule have cause for concern?" - ty97 Jul 13, 06:54 1
- 🖕🏽 -- nm - Krusty Jul 13, 07:12
VLIR: The EV inventory articles going around. Another thing that really should be tracked is how much these idiot dealers are still marking up EVs - oblique Jul 13, 06:46 2
- Yeah, dealers know they need front end money on EVs because there is no back end money from - TWuG Jul 13, 06:59
- Well they have a good reason. They don't want to sell them. -- nm - spamlet Jul 13, 06:52
Did anyone here sign up for the Telly Ad-supported free tv? They started shipping -- (link) - decline Jul 13, 06:38 1
- It looked so promising. I think the idea of a 2nd screen with a ticker that has scores, news, etc. was great. - Mop🧹 Jul 13, 06:59
OTD 50 years ago, Queen released their eponymous debut album, remaining their best work. -- (pic) - mud Jul 13, 06:37 [Attachment]
Goodwood Festival of Speed live hill climb feed -- (link) - Max Jul 13, 06:28 [youtube]
Disney could soon sell its TV assets as Iger says business ‘may not be core’ to the company -- (link) - decline Jul 13, 06:27 1
- It's time. Sell your linear assets while they still have some value left. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 13, 06:48
FDA approves over-the-counter birth control pill (no Rx needed Mike Pence) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 06:13 2
- how long before this is in front of that Texas judge? -- nm - decline Jul 13, 06:15 1
  - 3-2-1..... -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jul 13, 06:40
wap? Dick Vitale says he has vocal cord cancer -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 13, 06:11
hey Bob, GFY -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 06:06 1
- Do you WANT to be David Zaslav? Because we can make you David Zaslav! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 13, 07:16
Literally pulled into the garage from the gym last night as the tornado siren went off (it is right next to our house). Funnel in the subdivision - oblique Jul 13, 05:54 7
- Did you pee yourself a little? I would have. Glad you guys are okay. -- nm - sycor Jul 13, 06:25 5
  - Generally even when the sirens go off we don't react in panic because it's kinda a thing here. This was probably the closest we've been but during it - oblique Jul 13, 06:32 4
    - I guess if you are used to it then it wouldn't be that bad. But that's not a thing here. A friend of my ex used to talk about sirens in Alaska. But - sycor Jul 13, 07:05 1
      - when they go off it is supposed to be take shelter. what it usually means is go outside and see what's happening and video the clouds and/or tornado -- nm* - oblique Jul 13, 07:10
    - answer the question! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 13, 06:33 1
      - heh. I did not pee myself -- nm - oblique Jul 13, 06:34
- yikes, glad you were ok -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 13, 05:55
Vondrousova has very odd tattoos. It’s like she did them herself. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Jul 13, 05:40
Happy birthday, jnine! Woo hoo!!! 🥳🎂 - Krusty Jul 13, 05:33 12
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 10:00
- HBPJ9! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 13, 07:40
- Happy Birthday!! -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jul 13, 07:23
- happy birthday!! -- nm - Diva Jul 13, 07:22
- Happy birthday! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 13, 06:58
- HBD! -- nm - JaxSean Jul 13, 06:54
- Happy Birthday!! -- nm - Jovian Jul 13, 06:52
- cheers! -- nm - mud Jul 13, 06:35
- Oh snap! Party time! Happy birthday! -- nm - sycor Jul 13, 06:31
- Happy birthday -- nm - decline Jul 13, 06:28
- Happy birthday! -- nm - ty97 Jul 13, 06:10
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 13, 05:41
Your nightmare fuel for today -- (link) - TWuG Jul 13, 04:41 [youtube]
TV PSA: Blacklist (series finale), Alone, I Survived Bear Grylls, The Jewel Thief, and Just Like That..., iCarly, Project Greenlight, The Chase, - Beaker 🍺 Jul 13, 04:38 1
- TV PSA is off till Sunday. Futon Critic at the link to check for new shows. -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 13, 04:39
Good news, not so good news - LMS Jul 13, 04:36 7
- Hopefully they are just padding the bill with cover their ass additional tests -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 10:03
- best wishes! -- nm - mud Jul 13, 06:56
- hoping the follow-ups are all good news too! -- nm - JaxSean Jul 13, 06:55
- *whew* Glad to hear that! -- nm - Krusty Jul 13, 05:33
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 13, 04:54
- Glad it’s not cancer and you get out of teambuilding! Hopefully the follow up tests are clear as well. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 13, 04:53
- That is good news!! -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Jul 13, 04:37
Wordle 754 3/6 - Fuzzy Jul 13, 04:00 2
- 4 - decline Jul 13, 05:59
- 4/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 13, 04:03
Vegas to get back to back record breaking heat of 116, breaking previous record of 114 -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 02:23 1
- And they're going to play baseball in that city? I know it'll have a dome but people will have to get there. - Krusty Jul 13, 05:35
No winner, power bill on Saturday to start at 875, probably get to 900 -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 01:17 1
- you should probably turn off some lights -- nm - oblique Jul 13, 06:08
no official word from SAG but . . . Sheryl Lee Ralph is apparently on the negotiating committee -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 00:35 4
- now it's official: no deal -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 00:57 3
  - DGA looking like the biggest chumps in the world tomorrow -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 01:04 2
    - would they have officially signed? can they say they were just kidding and back out? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 13, 04:55 1
      - supposedly they have a handshake deal for most-favored nation status but who knows how much of SAG/WGA's ultimate gains they're entitled to - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 06:05
Big Mama the python has been found - next door. -- (link) - Meg Jul 12, 23:21 5
- I wonder if they named her big momma as a baby or if -- like our friend chubbins -- her name evolved over time. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 13, 05:57
- Did I ever mention that at one of my brother's parties in our house, a boa constrictor got left behind, and wound up in my closet? - Reagen Jul 13, 03:14 2
  - snake stories! the son of a therapist friend of my mom had a boa constrictor. he was living in the apartment above her office. it escaped and ended up - mafic Jul 13, 05:02 1
    - heh -- nm - Andie Jul 13, 06:58
- seems appropriate, everyone says Nextdoor.com is a snake pit -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 00:50
Heh, Call of Duty DMZ has a tie-in with The Boys. When scavenging around the map, you can find injections of Temp-V. - Beryllium Jul 12, 23:20
John Green in his weekly Vlogbrothers video yesterday essentially threatened Johnson & Johnson with a boycott… - Mop🧹 Jul 12, 22:51 [youtube] 1
- They made billions off of the drug already. Their investment(actually the public) has been returned ten fold. They need to let the drug go. -- nm - Krusty Jul 13, 05:37
SAG was incorporated 90 years ago today. Coincidence?! Think about it! -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jul 12, 21:59
Tears of the Kingdom is no slouch in the difficulty department either. Gloom Hands? Absolutely terrifying. -- nm - Qale Jul 12, 21:58
not only are the sea levels swamping southern Florida but the water is also boiling -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 12, 21:46 2
- Burn the land and boil the sea. You can't take the sky from me. -- nm - David Jul 13, 00:06
- And Leon’s getting larger! -- nm - Qale Jul 12, 21:59
Just got out of the 8:30PM IMAX Mission Impossible. That theater was nearly full. -- nm - MDH Jul 12, 21:01 5
- $18M Wed including $9M previews -- nm - budice Jul 12, 21:02 4
  - That seems super low for an opening day considering $7M yesterday, but who knows. It's long so maybe the weekend numbers are higher. -- nm* - MDH Jul 12, 21:08 3
    - $80M on the 5-day tops -- nm - budice Jul 12, 21:10 2
      - Eesh. Length hurts it. I love the series and there was easily 30 minutes they could have cut. -- nm - MDH Jul 12, 21:24 1
        
        Now, imagine how much filler there will be in part 2. -- nm - Spawn Jul 13, 07:36
This is the yacht I saw today, albeit with a different hull colour (repainted). -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 12, 20:43 [flickr] 9
- She's beautiful!! -- nm - Meg Jul 12, 21:41
- Speaking of yachts, I saw this one parked next to our cruise ship in Turkey. - pmb Jul 12, 21:14 5
  - I'd be a terrible super-rich person. All I can think is why do you need that much boat? -- nm - spamlet Jul 13, 06:20
  - Oh, they caught a rare picture of a yacht giving birth! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 12, 22:53
  - Where's the line between boat/yacht and ship? :) -- nm - Meg Jul 12, 21:45 1
    - somewhere around the split between mansion and hotel/convention center/resort -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 12, 23:01
  - wow! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 21:28
- Here it is under sail. That boat in the foreground is probably 6 feet longer than the co-op's boat. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 12, 20:43 [flickr] 1
  - quite a sail -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 12, 23:04
Elon owes some 500 million dollars in severance to laid off workers based on agreements in place before the purchase that musk was aware of. -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 12, 19:52
Last call for Prime Day. Is it last call for Hollywood, too? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 12, 19:52 2
- lots of egift cards at 20% discount, fandango, lyft, doordash, stores -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 12, 19:55 1
  - Chipotle and outback -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 12, 19:59
IBUSHI! -- nm - Remlik Jul 12, 19:05 2
- Jeb! -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 12, 19:31
- "He's coming!" - David Jul 12, 19:31
Russian general speaks out, gets fired. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jul 12, 19:03 2
- Pop'doff the mouth, amiright, don't even get me shot'ted -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 12, 19:33 1
  - “Look, I just don’t want Ukraine to drone me.” -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 12, 20:01
Who? -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 12, 18:50 [mastodon] 1
- no Huw. Who is on SkyNews. -- nm - mafic Jul 12, 18:57
A blue fin tuna found washed up on the beach in the salish sea...aka..puget sound, not supposed to be here. They are warm water fish -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 12, 18:41 6
- Maybe Villager had their pockets full and just dropped it on the ground. I have this problem a lot. All of these fruits, and tools, and fossils. -- nm - Qale Jul 12, 19:16
- And now a tropical bird in Pennsylvania. -- (link) - Meg Jul 12, 18:59
- Orcas fucking with us. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 12, 18:52
- We do get some tuna around here. Might be yellowfin. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 18:51 1
  - Hmm, no, might be blue fin. 50-100 miles off of Ucluelet. -- (pic) - Beryllium Jul 12, 18:54 [Attachment]
- another 99 years and there'll be no more fish left because they'll be boiled and dead and extinct and so will we aw crap -- nm - mud Jul 12, 18:50
When the street light flicker bringing on the night Well they'll be slipping into darkness slipping out of sight -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 12, 18:39

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