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Got the Bose noise canceling headphones I ordered Tuesday. Told my wife I didn’t have to listen to her anymore. - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 13, 17:41 3
- Hope you ordered a doghouse as well. -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 17:42 2
  - Yeah but the dog took that so 🤷🏻‍♂️ -- nm - spamlet Jul 13, 17:53 1
    - Move over little dog. This big dog is moving in -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 18:13
Now watching: Quarterback. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 13, 17:30
Hot Ones: Harry Kane drops da Bomb -- (link) - budice Jul 13, 17:10 [youtube] 1
- That sounds like something I wouldn't want to click on. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 17:34
Your periodic reminder that Disney is making another Tron sequel. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jul 13, 17:09 6
- How about they don't and use that money to pay the writers and actors. -- nm - Krusty Jul 13, 17:41 5
  - or anything original at like 1/10th of that budget -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 17:49
  - hey, vfx artists gotta eat too! -- nm - mafic Jul 13, 17:44 1
    - Can't work without writers and actors. Plus, once they're back they can write a good movie with lots of vfx instead of a retread. -- nm - Krusty Jul 13, 17:53
  - I mean, I liked Legacy, but I do want writers to get paid. -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 17:44 1
    - Like Pixie above, I want new films with new stories. It can have cool vfx too! :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 13, 17:54
A fun, new (to me) YouTube channel—Bullets & Blockbusters—lots of good info on cancelled movies, this one is James Cameron’s Spider-Man - Flavorize Jul 13, 17:08
I had a thought. For those with food allergies and sensitivities, you know how it's tough at restaurants? - loosilu Jul 13, 17:00 8
- It sounds like you're exaggerating in order to impose. Just say you have X allergy if that's what needs to be said. -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 17:48
- my answer would be: "we cannot guarantee that your meal will be 100% free of X as it's prepared in an X-rich environment." -- nm - mafic Jul 13, 17:34 2
  - OHH. ok so more "as little as possible" -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 17:36 1
    - yeah, like if your allergy is so bad you can't tolerate any of it you probs shouldn't go to restaurants that even stock it. - mafic Jul 13, 17:42
- X gets the restaurant a $25M lawsuit because I'm allergic to the following: -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 13, 17:07 1
  - I see. You have never actually tried to tell a server about an allergy. - loosilu Jul 13, 17:08
- "X makes my esophagus swell up" might not make sense to people. Oh! You mean always saying vomit. Eh, maybe that would work. - Beryllium Jul 13, 17:03 1
  - My introverted friend, a customer vomiting in a restaurant is contraindicated. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 17:08
The sky lied to me yesterday, and now i have a sunburn. You were supposed to be overcast! There were clouds! And raindrops! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 16:51 5
- You can still get burned through clouds. They’re the worst burns. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jul 13, 17:04 4
  - testify!!!!! some of the worst burns. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 17:14
  - Mostly the real problem is that the bottle of sunscreen I bought last week has vanished -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 17:12 2
    - they always do, you need multiple -- nm* - loosilu Jul 13, 17:14 1
      - I have a very good one from Japan for my face and neck and use Banana Boat for my arms and legs. I would use the Japanese one all over but - Krusty Jul 13, 17:48
Seeing this recipe made me smile: ‘The Bear’ Boursin Omelet With Potato Chips -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 13, 16:41
CNN is drunk. Line times at Disney are 60-80 minutes tonight -- nm - Beaker Jul 13, 16:07 4
- for what? -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 16:27 1
  - The rides people want to ride. -- nm - Krusty Jul 13, 17:49
- But they're not 90 minutes! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 13, 16:18
- Riders just aren't being realistic about how fast we can move those lines, but they're free to try Universal Studios lol -- nm - Bobby Iges Jul 13, 16:11
Philip Rivers' Wife Pregnant With 10th Child -- nm - budice Jul 13, 15:48 2
- My gawd man! Stay off of her!! -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jul 13, 15:50 1
  - He got to a basketball starting five and figured why not a baseball line up then heck we're almost to a football 11 -- nm - JD Jul 13, 16:17
These "Churro" Kit Kats are a lie. They just taste like white chocolate. -- nm - Max Jul 13, 15:26 3
- I maintain you haven't eaten the right white chocolate. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 16:27
- But what are they shaped like? -- nm - Spawn Jul 13, 15:27 1
  - street curbs -- nm - Max Jul 13, 15:27
This alone should be reason enough to strike. Never mind that it should probably be illegal -- (link) - TWuG Jul 13, 15:18 1
- not that the legacy studios wouldn't have eventually thought of this themselves but Silicon Valley never had to deal with unions before and it shows - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 15:31
Oh, I showed the Pilgrimage leader the link to that Disney Lego set with the camera and Walt minifig. Grown men can get so excited over Lego :-) -- nm - Meg Jul 13, 14:49 1
- Pre-sale for it started today and I think it goes on-sale Sept 1. Best to pre-order it if he wants it! -- nm - TWuG Jul 13, 15:03
LV: Josh Jacobs to holdout for new deal. Wont report -- nm - budice Jul 13, 14:44 1
- I just put a few $$ at +7500 that Cook goes there. -- nm - Flavorize Jul 13, 16:06
mandy don’t click it -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 14:36 2
- I love it, but not for that price. Ouch. -- nm - sycor Jul 13, 14:42 1
  - For that extra $100 you get a an extra foot in height. - Spawn Jul 13, 14:51
Funko CEO Brian Mariotti is taking a leave of absence. -- (link) - budice Jul 13, 14:33 5
- To be replaced by Beaker? -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 13, 15:58
- Is it not a fun co to work for? Sorry, Pops. -- nm* - loosilu Jul 13, 15:55
- I still wish I had bought stock in 2020. Curious how this will affect things. -- nm - sycor Jul 13, 14:43 2
  - I bought a few shares at ~$3 and sold a few months later at ~$17. Almost got back in later - glad I didn't ;) -- nm - Meg Jul 13, 15:10 1
    - Yeah I still have mine. Meh -- nm - JaxSean Jul 13, 16:33
wow The CW landed ACC football and basketball. that's huge (if the year is 1999) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 14:17 2
- The stock photo they use is Maryland, who hasn’t been in the ACC for years. Heh. -- nm - MDH Jul 13, 14:32
- They're gonna need those leagues to sex it up a little, maybe a murder mystery or two. -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 14:22
I heard that Oppenheimer is so bad that the cast could not sit through it for the premiere. -- nm* - Spawn Jul 13, 14:03 3
- That is a bald-faced lie from the Bratz-MonsterHigh Anti-Barbenheimer Coalition. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 14:59
- I gave up on Nolan years ago -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 13, 14:39
- That's what I heard from budice -- nm - sycor Jul 13, 14:06
Poll: You've been kidnapped and an American is coming to save you. Pick one to rescue you: Jason Bourne, Ethan Hunt, or Jack Ryan? - crash davis Jul 13, 14:01 32
- Edwina H Salt, Mrs Smith, Lara Croft -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 18:27
- Ethan. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 15:53
- Snake Pi -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 15:46 6
  - Snake Pliskin. What happened to my edit button!? SSEK.. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 15:48 2
    - It should be there if you're logged in. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 15:52 1
      - You’re a wizard, Bery. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 15:55
  - i heard he was dead -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 15:47 2
    - Not hardly!!! -- nm - Big Jake Jul 13, 16:33
    - Hard to keep a good man down. I’ll take Ash as an alternate. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 15:49
- Ethan Edwards is my #2 choice -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 13, 15:00
- They'd just dump you on mass transit. The Indiana Jones getaway would be an adventure and include bonding. -- nm - Max Jul 13, 14:57 1
  - If international, Terry Thorne and Dino -- (link) - Max Jul 13, 15:08 [youtube]
- Jon Bernthal's Punisher would be a pretty solid choice as well. -- nm - Jovian Jul 13, 14:56
- Bryan Mills. -- nm - Russian General Jul 13, 14:56
- Ellen Ripley -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 13, 14:41 1
  - Speaking of, I now understand why one of the scripts for Alien 3 was never made (William Gibson's which was turned into a novel in 2021): - Jovian Jul 13, 14:46
- Hunt. -- nm - MDH Jul 13, 14:33
- John Wick -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jul 13, 14:31 1
  - Yeah - him, because he'll kill everyone involved in kidnapping me and I'm a vengeful boitch sometimes. -- nm - Diva Jul 13, 16:25
- Hunt, because he will try his damndest to keep me alive. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 13, 14:08 1
  - like to see him try and rescue Shelly Miscavage -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 14:12
- I feel like Bourne might get me killed. And not too familiar with Ryan. So I'd go with Hunt. Or Reacher. -- nm - sycor Jul 13, 14:05 3
  - Not familiar with Jack Ryan? Hunt for Red October! Clear and Present Danger! If you haven't seen them, I highly recommend them. -- (edited) - Beryllium Jul 13, 14:53
  - Reacher, for sure. - Beryllium Jul 13, 14:51 1
    - Reacher ain't leaning into me without a shirt on across a bed without repercussions. - Pippy Quintas Jul 13, 15:48
- Ethan. And for the same reasoning. :) -- nm - Jovian Jul 13, 14:05
- Charly Baltimore -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 14:03
- Batman - Spawn Jul 13, 14:02 4
  - Which one? -- nm - eag Jul 13, 14:04 3
    - Anyone but Batflek. - Spawn Jul 13, 14:06 2
      - Batfleck would get the job done. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jul 13, 14:07 1
        
        Maybe if he was Daredevflek. -- nm - Spawn Jul 13, 14:08
Just as fire season starts early and looks to be the worst on record, fire fighters will likely get a cut in pay (or rather pandemic pay ends) -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 13, 13:52 1
- so much of the "emergency" pandemic measures have provided the best real-world evidence that Keynes was right - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 13:59
The answer to life and everything Pokémon Gp is now 43. As in, I’m now Level 43! -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 13:43 6
- Congrats! -- nm - spamlet Jul 13, 13:48 1
  - Thanks. I know I’m no Ty, but who really is? -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 13:58
- Nice! Congrats! -- nm - JaxSean Jul 13, 13:44 3
  - It took me as long as having a baby would. Last level up was Nov 19th, 2022. -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 13:47 2
    - so you really have to incubate those eggs -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 13:53 1
      - I am a breeder, what can I say. -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 13:56
AEW now banning certain moves, fan interaction and other updates to product - Remlik Jul 13, 13:22 6
- Just in time for Blood and Guts! -- nm - Tim Jul 13, 14:07
- Some of this is like, “wait, that wasn’t already banned?” Like overt head trauma. - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jul 13, 14:06 2
  - They’ve definitely done unprotected head shots, though maybe not in the last year or so. -- nm - Tim Jul 13, 14:08 1
    - Also, my comment goes for WWE as well where I think we can count on 1 hand the number of chairs to head post-Benoit. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jul 13, 14:25
- Hangman Adam Page may never drink again! -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 13:37
- oh no, NO more bleeding on the audience -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 13:27
Can someone please cut and paste this article that Spamlet posted a link to? I've been able to get bits and pieces but not the whole. -- (link*) - . Jul 13, 13:19 [Backboard] 2
- Here... - Krusty Jul 13, 13:24 1
  - Thank you! -- nm - . Jul 13, 13:25
Oppenheimer: 53 reels, 11 miles of film for a 70mm print.... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 13, 13:16 3
- What's film? -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 15:54
- that looks like the IMAX version -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 13:28 1
  - I wonder if that boosted Kodak stock -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 13:29
i went and saw Mission impossible this morning. I was the only one in the theatre. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 13, 13:16
Going back in time, good teeth and prescription lenses, depending how far. Though if clothes don't travel, neither would glasses. - TWuG Jul 13, 13:13
Now seems to be a great time to go to Disney World/Universal Orlando 'cause there ain't nobody there now -- (link) - decline Jul 13, 12:58 4
- We're going next month - Fuzzy Jul 13, 16:45
- That one expert seems to think that it was about politics it would only be Disney affected. Sure. -- nm - . Jul 13, 13:24
- We got two CNN mentions in one day! -- nm - David Jul 13, 13:15
- Right now in Orlando, it feels like 101° and 55% humidity. F-that noise. - JaxSean Jul 13, 13:13
Now I own a staple gun - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 13, 12:34 2
- This feels like the start of a sitcom episode. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 12:42
- Staple-Out at the OK Corral -- nm - budice Jul 13, 12:35
Is Tom Cruise going to strike? he's got to be pissed. -- nm - Remlik Jul 13, 12:21 6
- It's significant that the strike deadline was extended to when Mission: Impossible premiered. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 13, 17:08
- all his press is probably already in the can. but if there's one actor with the juice to broker some kind of a deal it's him -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 12:37 4
  - I would think so. -- nm - Remlik Jul 13, 12:44 3
    - And he should do it as Les Grossman -- nm - eag Jul 13, 12:55 2
      - I for real watched that entire movie on a plane without knowing it was him until final credits. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 13:06 1
        
        it was pure genius -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jul 13, 13:29
Dano: re TMI. - loosilu Jul 13, 12:14
SagAFtra presser starting.... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 13, 12:13 [youtube] 19
- Whoomp there it is -- (link*) - budice Jul 13, 12:31 18
  - SDCC ghosttown incoming, starts next week -- nm* - budice Jul 13, 12:58 5
    - actors will not be allowed to: Promote anything at SDCC...Doh! -- nm - budice Jul 13, 13:08 4
      - not that the studios were really going this year anyway -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 13:10 2
        
        TV, Streamers, etc now impacted -- nm - budice Jul 13, 13:16
        
        For this particular reason or one of them -- nm - eag Jul 13, 13:16
      - Oof. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 13:09
  - Buh-bye TIFF, Telluride, NYFF -- (link) - budice Jul 13, 12:51 3
    - If only there were some way to prevent this by not being dicks. -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 12:53 2
      - even leaving that aside, it's just bad business when the guilds' asks are at most 2% of your annual profits. they've already lost multiples of that - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 12:57 1
        
        That Extras image perpetuity thing is just evil. -- nm* - Reagen Jul 13, 13:42
  - Cillian Murphy and Emily Blunt left Oppenheimer premiere -- nm - budice Jul 13, 12:49 1
    - dude, unblock me already. -- nm - mud Jul 13, 13:10
  - Picketing at 12:01 tonight seems a little useless as I'm not sure anyone will be working at the studios at that time -- nm - decline Jul 13, 12:43 4
    - not the picketing itself but more that as of midnight no members can do work for struck companies or be in violation of union rules -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 12:47 3
      - are reality stars part of SAG/AFTRA? -- nm - decline Jul 13, 12:49 2
        
        mostly not -- hosts like Probst are probably AFTRA tho -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 12:52 1
        
        hmm. gotcha - decline Jul 13, 12:53
  - like when the riders of Rohan show up in Two Towers, but even hotter -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 12:42
I changed an email to Bierstadt and it's a garbage font. That is all. -- nm - spamlet Jul 13, 12:12
“off to write their picket signs” -- (link) - mud Jul 13, 12:05

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