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Consumer confidence at two-year high -- (link) - znufrii 🦄 Jul 25, 08:41 4
- BIDEN! -- nm - Spawn Jul 25, 08:44 3
  - Biden self-confidence at a two-hundred-year high -- nm - Max Jul 25, 08:46
  - OMICS! -- nm - rollo 🐙 Jul 25, 08:44 1
    - You can't spell "economics" without "comics"! -- nm - Spawn Jul 25, 08:49
about that “Netflix will just start buying cheap overseas stuff” plan for the future -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 08:25
Jeopardy! winners won't cross the picket line for Tournament Of Champions -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 08:20 2
- they’re everything. he’s just Ken -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 08:22 1
  - & Ken? -- nm - Spawn Jul 25, 08:31
Celts give Jaylen Brown $304M / 5yr supermax contract -- nm - budice Jul 25, 08:18
Patrice Bergeron hangs up the skates -- (link) - Reagen Jul 25, 08:14 1
- I know that's only like a 1,500 word statement, but man it goes on. -- nm - mafic Jul 25, 08:27
This guy was dumb enough to have been seen doing well over 100 MPH but 'smart' enough not to have purchased gull wing doors - JD Jul 25, 08:04 2
- But if he did have the gull wing doors, he would've jumped through time upon reaching 88 MPH and avoided the accidentally entirely. -- nm - Bari Seldon Jul 25, 08:11 1
  - maybe he did and that's what caused the accident! *gasp* -- nm - mafic Jul 25, 08:28
Criminal solicitation to commit election fraud, et al. -- (link) - znufrii 🦄 Jul 25, 07:55
After numerous delays, they finally sent shipping charges and info for the rewards from the MST3K Kickstarter that launched in April 2021. -- nm - Tim Jul 25, 07:44
LeBron James' son, Bronny, was rushed to a hospital after suffering cardiac arrest during USC workout -- (link*) - budice Jul 25, 07:38 [Attachment] 6
- wow, he is only 18. glad he's okay! -- nm - Andie Jul 25, 08:01 3
  - but if you have cardiac issues not sure I’d want to keep trying to make it as a pro baller - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 08:14 2
    - Agreed. It's very concerning when something like that happens to someone so young. -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 08:26
    - Indeed. I wouldn't put him back out there without a battery of tests. -- nm - Bari Seldon Jul 25, 08:24
- yikes. glad ok -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 07:50
- Jebus! -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 07:42
I think I've run out of quality games to play on Game Pass. I want something new to play but I've played everything that looks interesting to me. - Krusty Jul 25, 07:29 28
- Currently playing: ESO, FF14 and Diablo 4. Hoping my laptop is powerful enough to run Starfield which js my next purchase. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 25, 08:23
- we need a human fall flat game night. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 25, 08:11 1
  - I'd join in on that. -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 08:33
- Getting ready to sign up for GP. I also have a huge backlog of games I already own. I'll be able to play games for probably 2 years and not finish - sycor Jul 25, 07:47
- I play Fall Guys daily. Tried Exoprimal (hasn't hooked me), and stalled on Arcade Paradise. I need a good campaign game. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 25, 07:46 8
  - if you have a PS, I cant recommend Horizon Zero Dawn enough. (and that should be available cheap now considering its sequel came out last year) -- nm - Jovian Jul 25, 08:17
  - I pretty much finished Arcade Paradise. Finished building out the arcade, got rid of the laundromat, hired an assistant so I don't even have to clear - Krusty Jul 25, 07:52 6
    - yep, its a great game and the games are fun. But once you complete the Arcade (but it does take some time), you kind of reach the end. -- nm - Jovian Jul 25, 07:54 5
      - It was a fun distraction but eventually the laundry gets annoying/boring to do followed by the arcade being boring as there's nothing to do but - Krusty Jul 25, 07:57 4
        
        heh. I never got bored of doing the laundry. :) I missed it once it was gone. (but the fact that I loved many of the jukebox songs definitely helped) -- nm - Jovian Jul 25, 07:59 3
        
        I haven't heard the audio of a game in years. I have my TV on mute while I watch something on my computer while I game. I've beaten so many - Krusty Jul 25, 08:23 2
        
        haha. I do the reverse most times. I game and either put the Yankee game on the other (muted) or a movie Ive seen a zillion times (muted). -- nm - Jovian Jul 25, 08:27 1
        
        Haha! My not listening to games is why I haven't got into High On Life. It's all about the audio and dialogue so I can't - Krusty Jul 25, 08:31
- what kind of games are you into? -- nm - colin Jul 25, 07:43 14
  - Have you tried Kentucky Route Zero yet? Very bizarre puzzle game. -- nm - colin Jul 25, 08:32
  - It would be easier to say I don't enjoy most FPS or multiplayer games. I enjoy platform games, puzzle games, exploration and building games. - Krusty Jul 25, 07:49 12
    - Dave the Diver, yo. nm - Dignan Jul 25, 08:15
    - Have you tried Hollow Knight? -- nm - oblique Jul 25, 07:54 4
      - Yup. Fun game for a while. -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 07:54 3
        
        Inside? -- nm - oblique Jul 25, 07:58 2
        
        Played it as well and it was pretty good. Definitely my style of game. -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 08:30
        
        He can play it outside if he wants to. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 25, 08:05
    - Did you try HOA? It's kind of in the same genre as Planet of Lana / Ori (solve puzzles to move on). -- (link*) - JaxSean Jul 25, 07:51 [youtube] 5
      - The Ori games are wonderful! I hope there's a third one coming in the future. -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 07:54
      - I'll check it out. I hadn't heard of it before and I don't remember seeing it on Game Pass. -- nm* - Krusty Jul 25, 07:53 3
        
        Hmm maybe it was a Games with Gold. Sorry. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 25, 07:56 2
        
        No worries and thanks for the rec as it seems like something I'd enjoy. -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 07:58 1
        
        Yup! I enjoy games that I can play for 15 minutes or an hour, turn it off, and pick up again where I left off the next day or two later. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 25, 08:00
Canada Post stopped all mail delivery to all of NS over the floods, which is quite overkill. - Reagen Jul 25, 07:27 3
- was the Halifax airport impacted? -- nm - Andie Jul 25, 07:36 2
  - not outside of the day. Some rail lines did get hit, but I don't think much mail moves by train. -- nm - Reagen Jul 25, 07:44 1
    - huh -- nm - Andie Jul 25, 07:44
Aww, come on Tennessee! Try harder. -- (link) - JaxSean Jul 25, 07:20 2
- “He and his team are uninjured.” The fact that they don’t mention the other party leads me to believe that a bus full of orphans was killed. - Mop🧹 Jul 25, 07:51 1
  - exactly -- nm - JaxSean Jul 25, 08:07
GM reversing course on scrapping the Chevy Bolt line -- (link) - Reagen Jul 25, 07:15 4
- Yeah, that seems to be what the headline is saying. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 25, 07:52
- Is this the Ultium based version? Because that's not news, so much as confirmation of specifics. - TWuG Jul 25, 07:21 1
  - Within the Bolt community it was assumed the Equinox was supplanting it and this was the end. -- nm - Reagen Jul 25, 07:22
- thanks IRA! -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 07:18
DOJ has sued Abbott for his murder floaties in the Rio Grande -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 06:52 1
- He don't care. It is about the cruelty. -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jul 25, 07:39
There's only one theatre in town playing the 70mm print of Oppenheimer. I just bought the last non-floor seat for Friday night. The digital screen is - spamlet Jul 25, 06:48 3
- bigger question now is when Tom actually gets them big screens back for Dead Reckoning -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 06:51
- I had about 15-20 no shows at my screening compared to the seat map, which was odd (non IMAX). -- nm* - Reagen Jul 25, 06:50 1
  - Are you suggesting THEY don't want you to be able to see the movie? - spamlet Jul 25, 07:05
Moody's to Israel: stop it -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 06:45 3
- Bibi really wants to throw a whole country to the dogs just so he doesn't have to go to prison. -- nm - Reagen Jul 25, 06:53 2
  - (he's a fan) -- nm - 45* Jul 25, 07:13
  - Prison is scary, Reagen -- nm* - decline Jul 25, 06:56
Americans spend $92 on Amazon every month. TN highest at $124, WV lowest at $56 -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 25, 06:30 24
- What would the result be if David moved to WV? -- nm - Roger More Jul 25, 07:58
- stop funding Jeff Bezos -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 06:44 20
  - I try not to as much as I can. I've started buying my books from bookshop.org. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 25, 07:58
  - can't really browse the internet or use apps without using amazon. -- nm - colin Jul 25, 07:44 1
    - and really AWS is where most of the operating profit comes from. -- nm - mafic Jul 25, 07:56
  - *buys from Walmart instead* -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 06:57
  - I try to avoid them but if you have Prime for movies/TV then it's free shipping and faster than just about anyone else. -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 06:50 15
    - And often the prices are cheaper too. I started getting dog food from Amazon - saves me 60 bucks a year - decline Jul 25, 06:56 13
      - is an extra $5/mo really going to break anyone to shop locally? -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 07:06 12
        
        that's just 1 thing though; multiple that by 10 or so and getting into some more serious money. -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 07:27
        
        Sh!t adds up, plus the alternative is Petsmart which ain't really local in my book -- nm - decline Jul 25, 07:15 1
        
        I have a Petsmart within two miles and use their curbside for cat litter. Prescription cat food is on subscription with Chewy. - Meg Jul 25, 07:36
        
        Define locally? We have very, very few mom and pop stores around here. Mostly just chain stuff. May as well buy on Amazon and save the money. -- nm - sycor Jul 25, 07:13 6
        
        but those chains employ local people. Buy everything from amazon and those all close and we have cities of closed up businesses. -- (edited) - Andie Jul 25, 07:14 5
        
        I have Prime for the movies and TV. We use Amazon for large things that I'm not taking on the subway or where shipping would cost us a lot. - Krusty Jul 25, 07:25
        
        Delivery drivers and distribution center employees aren’t locals? -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Jul 25, 07:17 3
        
        fine. - Andie Jul 25, 07:19 2
        
        To be far we have Amazon drivers and a distribution center here that employs a lot of people. -- nm - sycor Jul 25, 07:33
        
        Not only that but when you shop local that money tends to stay local and go back into the community. Most owners live near the area of their business - Krusty Jul 25, 07:22
        
        Yes -- nm - TWuG Jul 25, 07:12 1
        
        and then local shops close. -- nm - Andie Jul 25, 07:13
    - I can get the items I want at the same cost elsewhere but then I have to pay shipping plus a longer wait time. -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 06:51
- This statistic begs for a colorful map. -- nm - Bari Seldon Jul 25, 06:36
- I feel like I'm probably single handedly responsible for at least a $1 increase for NC. -- nm - sycor Jul 25, 06:34
Illinois Governor Pritzker gives a commencement speech -- (link) - TWuG Jul 25, 06:29 1
- I really liked that speech. -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 06:55
OTD 40 years ago, Metallica released their debut album Kill 'em All. -- (link) - mud Jul 25, 06:05 [youtube] 1
- They headlined the first stadium concert I ever went to and played Seek and Destroy for like 20 minutes. It was annoying. I went to see Faith No More - Krusty Jul 25, 06:08
I don't understand the scheduling for the Women's World Cup. Some days there are four games and one is a late game which gives us a game to watch. -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 25, 05:46 21
- locally it's almost always 3 games/day in the group stage. day 1 is hosts only, so just 2. day 3 had 4 to make up for that. otherwise it's 3 - mafic Jul 25, 06:09 11
  - It's not going that way though. There were four games yesterday and only two today and we're already a week into the tournament. - Krusty Jul 25, 06:13 10
    - sure there. but where it's being played it's a consistent 3/day. across more time zones than most tournaments as well, which probably accounts for the - mafic Jul 25, 06:26 1
      - It must be what it's showing me that's screwing things up for me. I'm glad it's being run properly and the women aren't getting something - Krusty Jul 25, 06:47
    - You're getting thrown by timezones. - Reagen Jul 25, 06:19 6
      - I'm going off multiple sites including the FIFA site. I also have my VPN set to NZ just in case that helps with the times and I'm still seeing four - Krusty Jul 25, 06:26 5
        
        it's probably pinging your computer's local time and converting. I get 3/day at that link. check the hard-coded official schedule. -- (link) - mafic Jul 25, 06:35 1
        
        There it looks right and consistent. Thanks! -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 06:49
        
        Just check the match times, and you will see what Reagen is saying. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 25, 06:33 2
        
        I am and it looks like what I'm saying, 4 game and 2 game days. It must be giving me local times despite the VPN. -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 06:48 1
        
        I see like that too, but games at 0200 my time and 2200 my time are not in the same day in NZ. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 25, 06:52
    - yeah its weird. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 25, 06:18
- Canada/Ireland tomorrow morning is nice. but you are right, hard to keep track of when games are on -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 05:49 8
  - Glad you and others will get to watch it. -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 05:53 7
    - it's the one I'm going to in person. -- nm - mafic Jul 25, 06:11 6
      - Sweet! Go Ireland! -- nm - JaxSean Jul 25, 07:26
      - I could theoretically have done any of the Perth games, but that's the only one that really interested me. DEN/CHN, PAN/JAM, HAI/DEN, MOR/COL. - mafic Jul 25, 07:10 1
        
        Mmm, Pan jam. - Reagen Jul 25, 07:26
      - oh, that's great. -- nm - Andie Jul 25, 06:33
      - nice -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 06:24
      - Awesome!! -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 06:14
Saquon was offered $13M, pre-tag—takes $11M deal so he can’t be tagged again - Flavorize Jul 25, 05:15 3
- Schefter says his deal does not include a ‘no tag’ clause. So he can get tagged again. -- (link) - Volnelk 🍊 Jul 25, 05:45 1
  - once MacCaffrey's contract falls off and a couple other of the big older ones, the Tag for RBs is gonna plummet and won't be the carrot it once was -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 05:57
- costing himself money. Almost regardless of what numbers he puts up he has maybe a 5% chance of getting a big contract after this season - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 05:32
Early numbers say $27 million for Barbie on Monday. Dark Knight was $24.5 million. Oppenheimer around $13 million. -- nm - Inigo Jul 25, 05:01 2
- what's the usual bump for Tuesday cheap night over Monday? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 05:15 1
  - For this time of year, 20% to 40%. However, since Barbie is already at capacity, it'll most likely make less on Tuesday. -- (edited) - Inigo Jul 25, 06:07
Oppenheimer - C+ (spoils) - Inigo Jul 25, 04:56 16
- You seem to forget spoil -- (edited) - Spawn Jul 25, 07:37 1
  - (spoils) - Inigo Jul 25, 08:30
- To your second paragraph - Reagen Jul 25, 06:08 10
  - (spoils) -- (edited) - Inigo Jul 25, 06:26 9
    - He's trying - Reagen Jul 25, 06:48 8
      - (and actually the grand irony there was) - Reagen Jul 25, 07:59
      - (spoils) -- (edited) - Inigo Jul 25, 07:50 5
        
        but there it is, "partially". - Reagen Jul 25, 08:02 4
        
        Nolan's point of view influences my ability to enjoy the film he's made. (spoils) - Inigo Jul 25, 08:19 3
        
        I feel like we're talking across each other. -- (edited) - Reagen Jul 25, 08:30 2
        
        Sorry. (spoils) - Inigo Jul 25, 08:45 1
        
        This is just who Nolan is as a filmmaker, hence my repeated joke of "Nolan longs to understand the hu-mans". -- nm - Reagen Jul 25, 08:54
      - this -- nm - Spawn Jul 25, 07:35
- does the movie (spoils) - colin Jul 25, 05:48 2
  - (spoils) -- (edited) - Inigo Jul 25, 06:04 1
    - got it! thank you -- nm - colin Jul 25, 06:17
TV PSA: Jim Gaffigan stand-up, Dream, Mark Normand stand-up, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, The Golden Boy part 2, Justified, - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 04:43 1
- Ooh, new stand-up from Gaffigan. Definitely checking that out tonight. -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 06:09
now? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 04:41 1
- and later. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 25, 05:02

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