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Someone about throw in the damn towel for CJ Stroud -- nm* - budice Aug 10, 16:24
Kane to Bayern. Done deal. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Aug 10, 16:02 12
- Kane will win a title -- nm - budice Aug 10, 16:04 11
  - Cool. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Aug 10, 16:12
  - Yep, it was the only way -- nm - J Aug 10, 16:06 9
    - Feels like a rather weak way to do it. They've won 11 straight so it's not like he's the piece they need to put them over the top. -- nm - Krusty Aug 10, 16:11 8
      - I just meant that he needed to move to win -- nm - J Aug 10, 16:25 1
        
        The league? Sure. A trophy? Nah. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Aug 10, 16:26
      - Exactly. Hooray. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Aug 10, 16:12 5
        
        If he wins Champions League, that’s a big deal. If he wins the Bundesliga it doesn’t mean anything. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Aug 10, 16:15 4
        
        That's fair. Side note: seems like the Bundesliga is broken if one team is basically unbeatable. -- nm - Krusty Aug 10, 16:23 3
        
        They’ve got ten times the money of the third best team. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Aug 10, 16:25 2
        
        So, broken. ;-) Seriously, I'm sure the league knows it needs more parity but how to get there is - Krusty Aug 10, 16:31 1
        
        The parity comes from who gets their champions league spots. That changes. So it isn’t a super boring league as long as you don’t focus on the title. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Aug 10, 16:32
Amazon has AMD Ryzen 5600X(6C/12T) for $138 with Wraith Cooler -- (link) - budice Aug 10, 16:01
Word is Trey Lance #3 QB in Niners Camp -- nm - budice Aug 10, 15:53
Mass is also making prison calls free for inmates. That sounds good. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 10, 15:35
DTL: well rats -- nm - rollo Aug 10, 15:30 4
- I thought I was your good luck charm. - Bari Seldon Aug 10, 15:58 3
  - Props to whoever developed their game engine. You can really get a sense of game flow from the pbp. My bench guys weren't up to the task - rollo Aug 10, 16:20 2
    - Less/More is almost always the way to go as long as you don’t get in foul trouble. -- nm - spamlet Aug 10, 16:24 1
      - Yeah I don't think my guys are athletic enough for it -- nm - rollo Aug 10, 16:30
things I didnt realize, an NFP player is engaged to a coworkers sister. - tRuMaN Aug 10, 14:46
it may be an open question whether Tommy T even lives in Alabama -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 14:43 1
- Don't fluoridate Bama -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 10, 16:11
Karlie was at the Taylor Swift concert last night - JD Aug 10, 14:42 3
- Her marrying into that family is tragic. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Aug 10, 15:43 1
  - This. So much this. -- nm - JD Aug 10, 15:48
- My SIL and nephew were at the show last night too! -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Aug 10, 14:48
"Since publishing this article, it was confirmed to Fightful that the illness Bray Wyatt was battling was both career and life threatening..." - David Aug 10, 14:17 4
- After Luke Harper’s (I am legit brain farting on his real name) illness, I’m glad to hear he’s doing better. - Will Hunting Aug 10, 14:43 3
  - The world would be a legitimately better place if more people were paid for not working. - Beryllium Aug 10, 14:46
  - You’re probably blanking on Brodie Lee but his real name was Jon Huber. - Tim Aug 10, 14:45
  - Brodie Lee -- nm - The Allfather Aug 10, 14:44
Ontario Premier Doug Ford handed over thousands of acres of protected land to developer buddies and - get this - it may not have been on the up-and-up -- (link) - Mop🧹 Aug 10, 14:16 1
- isn't he the brother of the guy? -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 14:34
a writer on Suits, which was been #1 on Netflix all month or longer, got less than $300 in streaming residuals for all them views -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 14:14 23
- Movies/TV creators and actors are running into what recording artists have been dealing with for the past decade. And they don't have a union to - pmb Aug 10, 15:12 9
  - Netflix only just became profitable after more than a decade of piling up debt. it's a terrible value proposition for the studios too - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 15:16 8
    - Musicians (and record labels) have been no fans of streaming either, but in both cases they essentially got overrun by the will of consumers who were - pmb Aug 10, 15:45 6
      - labels own the copyright. they could put the screws to Spotify for more money if they really wanted to (and even pass some of it along to the artists) -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 15:54 5
        
        Didn't the labels take Spotify equity so they could avoid sharing revenue with artists? -- nm - psilotum Aug 10, 16:11 1
        
        sounds like something they would do -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 16:12
        
        Theoretically, but that's how consumers listen now so they don't have a ton of leverage. Taylor Swift took her music off spotify for a while based on - pmb Aug 10, 16:06 2
        
        not being facetious but Snoop Dogg gets what the issue is and wouldn't be surprised if he tried to organize something like a talent strike against the - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 16:14 1
        
        There have been artists who have been pushing for legislation (there is legislation around other music copyrights like the costs for someone to play a - pmb Aug 10, 16:26
    - (the difference with music is TV/film creators have been begging the studios to stop driving their good business model off a cliff for a while) - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 15:20
- I’m not home to fact-check but this is probably just a check for about ten of 90 days. - The Allfather Aug 10, 15:11 2
  - go watch the OITNB cast members' tik toks. Netflix pays nothing year in and year out -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 15:14 1
    - I’ve seen them. -- nm - The Allfather Aug 10, 15:18
- assuming he had a lawyer read thru his contract, he made the best deal anyone could do then. IF no lawyer, he is a fool. -- nm* - Peglegpete Aug 10, 15:01 1
  - nothing to do with lawyering. it's the current structure that allows streamers to pay peanuts without also revealing actual viewer numbers -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 15:02
- When the show was in production originally, how would this writer have been paid back then and how much? I understand that's not the issue but I'm - zunk takes things literally Aug 10, 14:47 3
  - I bet they were a minor staff writer fixing & filling and not a main writer who had their name on the scripts and did the bulk of the work. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 10, 14:58 1
    - nope. Ethan Drogin. sole credit for the ep -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 15:01
  - OTA (network and cable) residuals are based strictly on airings and it's in the low five-figures for a single re-run - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 14:51
- That said, there aren't many things I trust less than Netflix rankings. Yesterday, "Two Weeks Notice" was allegedly the #2 movie in Canada - Roger More Aug 10, 14:37 2
  - Nielsen confirms -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 15:07
  - Returned to Netflix in Canada on August 1st so it tracks, actually. - Tim Aug 10, 14:44
- Wow. also what a shock they chose that thumbnail -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 14:35
WTF Ontario? Hundreds of international students scrambling after Ontario college revokes acceptance letters -- (link) - Mop🧹 Aug 10, 14:14
"People who get Celine Dion-themed ass tattoos to commemorate their team are pretty committed." -- (link) - psilotum Aug 10, 14:11
not getting my hopes up but SCOTUS puts the brakes on the OxyContin settlement that would let the Sacklers personally off the hook for any liability -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 13:50 1
- Thomas has to provide a personal opinion on the comfort level of the S.S. Sackler before he'll make a decision. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 10, 14:17
Okay I just did the dumbest thing at work I always complain about. I hit reply all to an e-mail and it went to all employees in Eastern Canada...GRRR - Walt_Disney Aug 10, 13:47 2
- I got a [big] 50'th high school reunion email 2 weeks ago. 20+ from my class hit reply all. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 10, 14:07
- Wait, those motherfuckers are having *trivia contests*?! -- nm - Eastern Canada Employee Aug 10, 13:48
I have to admit I'm livid and this is the only place I can come to vent... - Mel Profit Aug 10, 13:26 18
- Eminently infuriating. Similar things happening here in Oregon, and I've been working with a great organization - IRCO. -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Aug 10, 15:30
- Also possible see if the local food bank, or similar, has any volunteer programs to help them get food to the individuals that you could help with. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 10, 14:44 1
  - A good suggestion. Thanks. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 10, 15:02
- Allie is part of a group that meets asylum seekers at bus stations - colin Aug 10, 14:11 1
  - What is the group? -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 10, 15:03
- I tried searching for local organizations that you could volunteer at but the only one that was mentioned in news articles doesn't appear to be actual - spamlet Aug 10, 14:09
- You probably already looked at this. If not, it might help. -- (link) - David Aug 10, 13:33 5
  - Thanks. - Mel Profit Aug 10, 13:37 4
    - Yeah, I don't know how hard it is, but a fundraiser strikes me as an act of multiplicity. It gets others involved. -- nm - David Aug 10, 13:39 3
      - that's exactly it. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 10, 14:05 2
        
        I would contact an organization first before raising donations other than money. From experience, what people think orgs need is not what they need. -- nm - spamlet Aug 10, 14:10 1
        
        Agreed. - Mel Profit Aug 10, 15:00
- Offer to help local shelters/org who regularly house folks -- nm - budice Aug 10, 13:29 3
  - Good idea. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 10, 13:30 2
    - Try checking with the United Way - decline Aug 10, 14:33 1
      - Will do. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 10, 15:03
- any local non-profits that generally receive these people when they're kidnapped like the Martha's Vineyard flights? (whoever cleaned up that mess?) -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 13:29 1
  - Thanks. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 10, 13:30
Keith David will be the new voice of Zavala. -- nm - the wrong element Aug 10, 13:15 5
- I love him, but I feel like Zavala should make a wordless, noble sacrifice as a final, lasting tribute to Lance Reddick. -- nm - David Aug 10, 13:30 2
  - I honestly thought that's where his story was going. - the wrong element Aug 10, 13:48 1
    - I haven't played since the first week of the new Destiny year, which was many months ago. -- nm* - David Aug 10, 14:18
- Not David Keith? -- nm - zunk takes things literally Aug 10, 13:23 1
  - Steve Dave -- nm - budice Aug 10, 13:24
I just packed for two nights in a 15"x13"x8" carry-on - including my laptop. I *must* have forgotten something :/ -- nm - Meg Aug 10, 13:09 3
- It's this one - but I sure didn't pay that for it ;) - Meg Aug 10, 13:15 2
  - Sweet. -- nm - mara 🍂 Aug 10, 14:19
  - oooo, I love that! so fashionable. -- nm - Pippy Quintas Aug 10, 13:17
To be fair, Olive Garden breadsticks are delicious. -- nm - David Aug 10, 12:55 5
- I feel like they were better 25 years ago, but yes they are still quite good. I am pro "soup, salad, and breadsticks" at OG. -- (edited) - ty97 Aug 10, 15:49
- I have not found this to be the case for years. They changed something. They used to be DA BOMB but now they are dry and sad. -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 13:13 1
  - dry and sad, like my work week -- nm - budice Aug 10, 13:25
- my kingdom for Zuppa Toscana -- nm - Pippy Quintas Aug 10, 12:57 1
  - Yep, both good. -- nm - Diva Aug 10, 13:02
Not sure why I never noticed this before, our Microsoft reps are called "CSAM" - oblique Aug 10, 12:55 1
- Why should we change our name? They’re the one that sucks! -- nm - CSAM Aug 10, 13:15
(Emmys move to January) .. GGs & People's Choice: "hey, wtf?!" .. HA, no one cares about you, go away. -- nm - mud Aug 10, 12:38
I don’t believe there was even a good chance we had to eradicate Covid. Not even the most most remote or locky of the locked down nations could. -- nm - Qale Aug 10, 12:32 24
- Knowing what we know now - that it had been circulating globally since Nov 2019 - hope was already lost of full eradication. - Beryllium Aug 10, 15:00
- No, not eradicate. However, we could have had many, many fewer deaths. And long COVID cases too. -- nm - mara 🍂 Aug 10, 14:26 1
  - But we are talking now not last or two years ago. At least that’s where I am. Are we advocating doing more closures? -- nm - Qale Aug 10, 14:45
- keeping schools open at 50% positive will do that -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 13:59 10
  - That number is based on 232 tests *statewide* -- nm - spamlet Aug 10, 14:20 4
    - you really think it would be that much lower with more tests? - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 14:22 3
      - Significantly so, I’d bet. - znufrii 🦄 Aug 10, 14:55
      - You think 50% of people currently have COVID? -- nm - spamlet Aug 10, 14:22 1
        
        50% positive in a school? they're germ factories -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 14:25
  - It's been proven closing schools was a massive mistake. Kids are behind immensely and it was completely damaging. -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 14:06 4
    - I say this as an educator - schools had to close. Was it bad for educational outcomes, absolutely. But that was not the only consideration. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 14:11 2
      - Pixie seems to be advocating for more closures in 2023, which sure, good luck with that. -- nm - Qale Aug 10, 14:15 1
        
        nope just the same epidemiological standards we’ve used for every other communicable disease before 2020 -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 14:17
    - they're prime superspreader vectors -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 14:07
- daughter now testing positive for it. Ugh -- nm - Pippy Quintas Aug 10, 13:03 6
  - I’m sorry. It’s not that I’m unsympathetic or turned Covid denier of course. -- nm - Qale Aug 10, 13:13 1
    - I know. I was running around without a mask too. Could have easily been me. I've got dinner/movie plans tomorrow. I'll mask up. -- nm - Pippy Quintas Aug 10, 13:17
  - so sorry, best wishes -- nm - mud Aug 10, 13:06 1
    - Thanks. She's very anxious and avoided it for 3 years. -- nm - Pippy Quintas Aug 10, 13:07
  - how sick are they? mild cold or feel like they got hit by a truck or nothing? -- nm - Andie Aug 10, 13:04 1
    - He was in bed a full day, slept most of it. She's got a gunky throat and starting to feel bad like he was. She tested negative yesterday. - Pippy Quintas Aug 10, 13:06
- NZ, S. Korea, Japan did exponentially better during the first year than the rest of the world as i recall -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 12:46
- Just like STDs -- nm - budice Aug 10, 12:36 1
  - Wait, what were you doing with that Olive Garden breadstick!? -- nm - Qale Aug 10, 13:16
Dang. I was hoping to maybe get a Home Equity Loan for the solar panels to get the lower cash price from the solar people. But haven't been in the - sycor Aug 10, 12:32 2
- And it's looking like most places don't offer Home Equity Loan, only HELOC. Which is lame. -- nm - sycor Aug 10, 12:52
- We just got notified of our IL portion of our rebate. Took just under a year. -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 12:47
And the sweep streak continues. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 10, 12:27
1989 (Taylor's Version) estimated to have sold 400K copies from preorders already in the US -- nm* - budice Aug 10, 12:24 1
- What’s that, like pre-sold #2 for 2023 behind her last remake? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 10, 12:26
Oppenheimer is now over $100m clear of M1:7 in global box office ($600m to Tom's $496m) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 12:14 3
- The money laundering scam movie will also end up outgrossing M:I7 -- nm - Tim Aug 10, 12:25
- it's 'cause Oppenheimer stole all of the Imax screens! -- nm - decline Aug 10, 12:16 1
  - it's not an insubstantial factor -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 12:22
Dreds in Space. Excellent to see :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 12:09
FYI, new Covid XBB boosters are expected to be available by the end of September, so you may consider waiting until then. -- (edited) - znufrii 🦄 Aug 10, 12:07 2
- cool. thanks -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 12:46
- I got the last booster in April so I'll get this new one in Nov. -- nm - Krusty Aug 10, 12:09
Msnbc, Iran ready to release 5 American prisoners in exchange for the release of 6 billion embargoed by sanctions -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 10, 12:02 3
- Don't drop me - I'm worth a billion dollars. -- nm - Luther Lavay Aug 10, 12:21
- wow Hunter Biden really does have the juice -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 12:07
- *furiously starts looking into these five "Americans" to confirm they arent worthy of release.* -- nm - Maga Media Aug 10, 12:05
Bethenny Frankel’s Fight to Unionize Reality TV Performers -- (link) - budice Aug 10, 12:02 1
- will be funny if they settle with scripted actors just to have the unscripted ones turn around an unionize -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 12:05
I have an approximately 0% success rate at selecting the right side of those string sewed bags (potatoes, rice etc) to cut open first. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 11:59 3
- The ones where you pull on the end thread and the stitching comes undone? -- nm - Meg Aug 10, 12:08 2
  - Exactly. One end pulls clean, the other doesn't. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 12:10 1
    - i wish your last class knew about this before you moved on -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 13:41

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