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The wording in this article is ... i don't even know how to describe it. Fawning? -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 8, 14:53 2
- PRish. -- nm - Reagen Aug 8, 15:05
- someone wants a job writing tourist brochures for BnBs and restaurants -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 8, 15:00
this is like a scene from Miami Vice -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 8, 14:39 3
- We almost had Cocaine Shark. -- nm - Spawn Aug 8, 14:44 2
  - Cocaine Lobster -- (pic) - Beryllium Aug 8, 14:46 [Attachment] 1
    - neechay -- nm - Spawn Aug 8, 15:24
the Orioles are addressing their goof up from yesterday -- that the news got out -- (link) - Reagen Aug 8, 14:39 3
- somebody's getting dumped in a West Baltimore vacant -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 8, 14:43 1
  - (so the plan was for him to come back and read hostage video-style packages like he never left?) -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 8, 15:02
- Of course -- nm - spamlet Aug 8, 14:41
if i had to debate someone who just talked like a toddler, i'd keep throwing forks at his head and mocking him like Mike did to Lee at the xmas table -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 8, 14:38
Megaball set 1 -- (pic) - zeitgeist Aug 8, 14:37 [Attachment] 10
- hmmmm. if I buy 5 or however many and I post the pic of ticket, can I be included? -- (edited) - Jovian Aug 8, 15:00 1
  - yes you can -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 8, 15:02
- Thanks for always doing this! :-) You got mine from yesterday, correct? -- nm - MDH Aug 8, 14:52 3
  - yes, that is why I suggest people put the date of the draw in memo so you know, and I can figure out on the transition days if the pp was ... - zeitgeist Aug 8, 14:56 2
    - like I can't remember if David paid again this draw or owed me from the last one -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 8, 14:57 1
      - Realistically, I'm probably ahead a couple, but it's fine. I just don't want to be a problem. -- nm - David Aug 8, 14:59
- Set 2 -- (pic) - zeitgeist Aug 8, 14:39 [Attachment] 3
  - Set 3 -- (pic) - zeitgeist Aug 8, 14:40 [Attachment] 2
    - Set 4. Ty if the short tix wins you owe me big time as that was my personal one -- (pic) - zeitgeist Aug 8, 14:42 [Attachment] 1
      - Roll over from 8.4 -- (pic) - zeitgeist Aug 8, 14:43 [Attachment]
Did I miss the mega cutoff? -- nm - ty97 Aug 8, 14:28 8
- Just came back from the corner store. Is there a mega in your state? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 8, 14:36 3
  - Ok I'll get another later if I can -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 8, 14:38 1
    - You're so kind. Will send right now. -- nm - ty97 Aug 8, 14:39
  - I'm in London right now haha -- nm - ty97 Aug 8, 14:37
- (I have no idea what time zone is what right now) -- nm - ty97 Aug 8, 14:31 3
  - if your post above this has the same timestamp of 14:31 as I see, that's 2:31 pm west coast time. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 8, 14:39
  - You okay? -- nm - spamlet Aug 8, 14:37 1
    - oh I'm fine! -- nm - ty97 Aug 8, 14:37
Colts: Taylor has left training camp - Remlik Aug 8, 14:28 2
- With Dan Snyder off the board, Irsay and Angelos are fighting to fill the void. -- nm - David Aug 8, 14:30
- Aren't you required to put "take care of the ankle" in quotes? -- nm - spamlet Aug 8, 14:29
It seems almost too on the nose that Ladbrokes is a British gambling chain. -- nm* - ty97 Aug 8, 14:27 1
- (pronounced 'brooks') -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 8, 14:28
'this page isnt working' - Jovian Aug 8, 14:18
AEW/NJPW: Eddie Kingston meets his hero and has a really nice moment... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 8, 14:03
Heh. This is either very funny or very scary. Or both. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 8, 14:03 [mastodon] 1
Law-speakers: Do you ever refer back to your textbooks from law school? - Fuzzy Aug 8, 14:01 9
- No. Really no need. -- nm - pmb Aug 8, 14:19
- i bought new (only b/c i'm OCD about that kind of stuff). left most of them at my dad's when i moved to LA and he threw them out - hollywood big shot Aug 8, 14:06 7
  - My last roommate left a bunch of his law books behind and when I asked him if he wanted them he said no and to toss them as no one wants - Krusty Aug 8, 14:10 6
    - no market for used books? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 8, 15:05
    - we barely cracked them when we were in law school -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 8, 14:15 4
      - This explains *so* much. -- nm - Spawn Aug 8, 14:17 3
        
        still read enough to put you in the poorhouse for defamation and slander -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 8, 14:19 2
        
        It is not defamation and slander if it is true, honey. -- nm - Spawn Aug 8, 14:20 1
        
        Circle gets the square. -- nm - David Aug 8, 14:31
Gambling outfit Penn Entertainment bought Barstool but is selling it back to douchebag Dave Portnoy so they can pursue a deal with ESPN instead. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Aug 8, 13:54 2
- i guess degenerate gambling money is the only thing keeping Iger from selling ESPN off entirely at this point -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 8, 14:08
- It's fascinating in that Disney forced the divestment, but the old owner gets 50% if Portnoy sells Barstool to somebody else. -- nm - David Aug 8, 13:56
Krusty Alert -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Aug 8, 13:51 1
- I have it but thank you for the heads up. :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 8, 13:54
I am the best dad. I gifted Baldur's Gate 3 to my daughter. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 8, 13:47
last call for mega ball .... -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 8, 13:45 6
- I believe I sent if you can post a list. 8/7 was posted -- nm - MDH Aug 8, 14:26
- ... and alcohol. -- nm - Spawn Aug 8, 14:21
- sent -- nm - Remlik Aug 8, 14:04
- I sent a payment on August 5th. Was that for this, or do I need to send again? -- nm - David Aug 8, 13:50 2
  - There was a drawing *on* the 5th, IIRC. -- nm - Spawn Aug 8, 13:51 1
    - I'll send again just to be safe. -- nm - David Aug 8, 13:56
Dammit. Time to renew my Xbox Game Pass again. I'll entertain any offers. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 8, 13:44 2
- There was a2 year one on slickdeals yesterday -- (link) - JaxSean Aug 8, 14:11 1
  - HOLY FRIJOLES! I'm angry at myself for missing this one. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 8, 14:21
Below Deck Down Under was pretty crazy last night (spoilers and way longer than I meant when I started typing) - Dano Aug 8, 13:40
David, our Monday visitors came from Pittsburg - or Philadelphia - one of those 'Ps" -- nm - Meg Aug 8, 13:39 2
- Pittsburg is California, Pittsburgh is Pennsy -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 8, 13:40 1
  - Yup, I thought about that after I posted but too lazy to fix. -- nm - Meg Aug 8, 14:14
Colts offered more $$ to Hunt -- (link) - Flavorize Aug 8, 13:33 8
- Like, why? They’re going to be abysmal and they just drafted their franchise QB (hahahahah) so what’s the tanking for? - Will Hunting Aug 8, 13:40 4
  - Taylor is having ankle problems. -- nm - Remlik Aug 8, 13:41 3
    - Oh, is that what fake injury he came up with since they’re dumbasses? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 8, 13:43 2
      - Team isn't saying, local sports guys are skeptical. -- nm - Remlik Aug 8, 13:56
      - Had it “cleaned” in January—can’t practice (so he says)— -- nm - Flavorize Aug 8, 13:49
- Good God, these morons are trying to play hardball with their only great player. -- nm - The Allfather Aug 8, 13:35 2
  - MGMT is so dumb -- nm - Remlik Aug 8, 13:41 1
    - i don't think they've put out any new music in years. not sure where all the hate's coming from -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 8, 14:34
Here, this will make you happy. -- (link) - David Aug 8, 13:27 [youtube] 2
- haha - Jovian Aug 8, 13:29
- heh -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 8, 13:28
these fucking guys… -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 8, 13:23 2
- I cant wait to see the judges response. -- nm - Jovian Aug 8, 13:28 1
  - "Fuck it! Guilty!" -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 8, 13:45
ESPN Sportsbooks have arrived -- (link) - budice Aug 8, 13:23
I'm finishing my first protein shake. It tastes like evil fucked a swamp. -- nm - David Aug 8, 13:19 13
- So many have Stevia in them—try BlueBonnet for best taste IMO -- nm - Flavorize Aug 8, 13:35
- I like Quest bars for getting protein. No idea if it is really comparable -- nm - oblique Aug 8, 13:33 1
  - This. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 8, 14:07
- I lived on Ensure when my jaw got fixed. There's a reason I lost 20 pounds. -- nm - Reagen Aug 8, 13:33
- they taste better with a pint of ice cream mixed in -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 8, 13:30 2
  - not far off from how i used to cut my Ensure when i was on that kick -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 8, 13:31 1
    - these metrical cookies, they all tasted ookie, till I dipped each one in hot fudge -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 8, 13:45
- Yeah if you don't like chocolate ones most of the others are really bad. -- (edited) - spamlet Aug 8, 13:26 5
  - Wife's favorite is chocolate peanut butter. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 8, 14:07
  - Yeah, chocolate or starve. -- nm - Spawn Aug 8, 13:28 3
    - Sadly, this one was chocolate. It's Orgain Organic Nutrition Smooth Chocolate. -- nm - David Aug 8, 13:30 2
      - IJTUIMMALB -- nm - Spawn Aug 8, 13:52 1
        
        OU812? -- nm - David Aug 8, 13:59
Not too many of these left. The current Netflix DVD Top 10 for your comments... (I'm 5/10) - MDH Aug 8, 13:16
Worldwide Box Office Update (with all your fav summer releases): Barbie over $1B, Oppenheimer over $500M and soon to pass Mermaid, M:I nears $500M, - MDH Aug 8, 13:10
People would rather be electrically shocked than left alone with their thoughts - spamlet Aug 8, 12:57 9
- Several of the men attached the probes to their genitals even when explicitly directed not to. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 8, 13:43
- That is when the voices get loud, so, yeah. -- nm - Spawn Aug 8, 13:28
- which is why solitary confinement is so devastating punishment as to be inhuman -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 8, 13:14 2
  - Yeah…after a lot more than 15 minutes. That’s just for the lulz (I’d buzzer up just to see what it felt like, not to feel something in general) -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 8, 13:42
  - Right. So. Solitary confinement but with a self-shocking buzzer. Got it. -- nm - Warden Norton si Aug 8, 13:32
- 14:59 shock for the lulz -- nm - sycor Aug 8, 13:11
- I feel like this study isn't factoring in the lolz -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 12:58 2
  - Agreed. Ya gotta do it once. -- nm - Bari Seldon Aug 8, 12:59 1
    - *starts taking notes* -- nm - spamlet Aug 8, 13:04
"Rivera: Players concerned by Bieniemy's intensity" Me: Suck it up, buttercup. -- nm - Bari Seldon Aug 8, 12:46 1
- Yup—Agreeance—this is what a winning culture looks like. Ask for a trade if you want a day spa -- nm* - Flavorize Aug 8, 13:00
Ohio’s special election today is easily the most confusing of my adult life. I guarantee people don’t know what they’re voting for. - Volnelk 🍊 Aug 8, 12:44 3
- my sense is the pro-Roe forces have been pretty mobilized in early voting and clear on voting it down -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 8, 13:16
- Will you know the results tonight? It is some shady, shady shit. - Pippy Quintas Aug 8, 13:03 1
  - I’d assume so. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Aug 8, 13:14
Everyone in Hollywood is looking at The Meg 2's China numbers and saying, "WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK???" -- nm - David Aug 8, 12:37 9
- getting largely frozen out of that market is maybe the only good thing to happen to the studios in the last five years -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 8, 13:13
- Jing Wu has starred in 5 out of the top 10 all time highest grossing movies in China. -- nm - Dano Aug 8, 12:45 2
  - Yeah, I was doing a deep dive on him and Scott Adkins, his Wolf Warrior co-star, earlier today. -- nm - David Aug 8, 12:49 1
    - Hey, the accident man -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 12:56
- This movie looks amazingly bad and highly entertaining. I am so looking forward to it. -- nm - sycor Aug 8, 12:39
- what are they? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 8, 12:39 3
  - $53.3 million opening weekend, #3 Hollywood debut in China since the start of 2020, behind Avatar 2 and Godzilla vs. Kong. - David Aug 8, 12:42 2
    - extra info: Wu Jing = star of the Wolf Warrior movies -- nm* - Roger More Aug 8, 12:49 1
      - more extra info: Scott Adkins appears in John Wick 4 as Killa Hakan, which is inspired by a Turkish rapper with that name. -- nm - David Aug 8, 12:51
'Anheuser-Busch heir - Jovian Aug 8, 12:31 2
- and among brewery-owning families, it’s stiff competition -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 8, 12:34 1
  - the original Coors brewers were almost as racist as Henry Ford was anti semitic -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 8, 12:36
Gotta love it when my department gets blamed for something we aren't even doing and it's another division of the agency that is screwing it up. - sycor Aug 8, 12:24
I'm all for shitting on Cowherd, but context is important. - the wrong element Aug 8, 12:23
Video Games question: going to be away from home for a week, and want to play Fall Guys on my Windows Surface. Can I use my Xbox controller? - JaxSean Aug 8, 12:09 3
- I guess googling might answer the question, too. -- (link) - JaxSean Aug 8, 12:13 2
  - It should pair through Bluetooth rather easily. -- nm - Krusty Aug 8, 12:15 1
    - Yup, suprisingly so! -- nm - JaxSean Aug 8, 12:59
Italian man crushed to death under falling cheese wheels - JD Aug 8, 12:08 4
- I remember that death in an episode of Midsummer Murders. -- nm - LMS Aug 8, 13:35
- I wonder which smelled worse, the cheese or.... -- nm - sycor Aug 8, 12:37
- mamma mia! -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 8, 12:29
- awe, i was hoping for a lame dad joke -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 8, 12:28
Google and Universal Music negotiate deal over AI ‘deepfakes’ -- (link) - Remlik Aug 8, 11:51 1
- just opt out every single artist -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 8, 12:03
This year's perfect movie, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is now available for purchase on digital. -- nm - David Aug 8, 11:49 7
- More Oscar noms—Spider-man vs Barbie? Both get BP noms? -- nm - Flavorize Aug 8, 11:52 6
  - The real question is which gets more Calvins. - the wrong element Aug 8, 12:27 2
    - It won the year before when they were called The Katies - Reagen Aug 8, 12:32 1
      - At a minimum, they're on a two-year sabbatical. - David Aug 8, 12:35
  - Barbie wins more noms and SpiderVerse get only best animated -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 8, 11:54 2
    - It might get a few technical nods. -- nm - David Aug 8, 11:56 1
      - Yeah, but of the majors … Barbie wins going away and is the only BP one. - Will Hunting Aug 8, 11:57

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