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Kate Winslet on Being 'Brave' with Nudity: I Don't 'Waste Precious Energy on Criticizing My Physical Self' -- (link) - budice Sep 11, 11:42
no more ZEV new-car rebates to the affluent in California (not sure this will really move low-income buyers into an $80k Tesla but . . .) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 11, 11:24
Samsung is going to release a 1TB RAM module - and it's reasonably priced too!! -- (link) - decline Sep 11, 11:22 2
- A deal at any nope. -- nm - Spawn Sep 11, 11:24 1
  - At least you can buy it - JD Sep 11, 11:40
From below, the best way I can describe Bottoms: It's like watching a 2 part Riverdale episode. - MDH Sep 11, 11:19
Mickey-Ds phasing out self-serve soda -- (link) - budice Sep 11, 11:03 15
- This article is from 3 1/2 years ago, saying they were eliminating them. -- (link) - Spawn Sep 11, 11:39
- I just realized its been so long since I last had a McD. way before the self order kiosks (haven't used one at costco either) -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 11, 11:37
- I was frustrated that McD’s never had Freestyle machines. Limited selection of flavors is lame. But now I always get the frozen drinks. - Mop🧹 Sep 11, 11:34
- Excellent. I remember the backlash when they began. -- nm - Spawn Sep 11, 11:19 10
  - i don't -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 11, 11:28 9
    - People were like, "That is what I am paying *them* to do." -- nm - Spawn Sep 11, 11:30 8
      - That's what the drive-thru is for! They F you at the counter. -- nm - Leo Getz Sep 11, 12:04
      - $1 any size drink, what exactly were those entitled customers think they were paying for? -- nm* - JD Sep 11, 11:38 1
        
        That is way before they went to $1 any drinks. -- nm - Spawn Sep 11, 11:40
      - maybe all the hicks in Indiana - hollywood big shot Sep 11, 11:35 1
        
        (the real problem with these things is when they let the ice run out, even though the drinks are already cold and you don't really need the ice much) -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 11, 11:39
      - self serve means free refills -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 11, 11:32 2
        
        But all drinks are the same price so you get a giant large cup. That amount lasts me half a day. -- nm - Spawn Sep 11, 11:33 1
        
        don't people walk in with a cup, fill and go about their day? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 11, 11:35
- bastards -- nm - decline Sep 11, 11:13
Worldwide Box Office Update: Barbie crosses $1.4B, Oppenheimer nears $900M, Equalizer 3/Haunted Mansion cross $100M - MDH Sep 11, 11:02
FDA approves updated Covid vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna -- nm - budice Sep 11, 11:00 6
- One in each arm, please. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 11, 11:32 1
  - They're not barbed wire tattoos, Mop. -- nm - 99 Luftbaron Sep 11, 11:42
- CDC has to check off probably tomorrow. Not going to be a 'booster' but considered a separate shot. also will be an annual like the flu shots -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 11, 11:28
- I'll probably grab one when Target or Schnucks gets them. -- nm - 99 Luftbaron Sep 11, 11:17 1
  - Our campus flu shot schedule always fills up fast. They're already into October for available slots. -- nm - 99 Luftbaron Sep 11, 11:19
- gimme gimme -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 11, 11:02
Courtney Barnett made an ambient mix for BBC -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 11, 10:54
can’t believe we got suckered into a 20-year misadventure in Afghanistan and Iraq by 19 fanatics with box cutters and flight lessons -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 11, 10:49
Slot machines at MGM Grand -- (link) - budice Sep 11, 10:37 16
- This is a marketing disaster -- nm - Pippy Quintas Sep 11, 11:34 3
  - Caesar’s and Wynn should (FIRST) check their security protocols then (SECOND) *shiv MGM for all they’re worth*. - Mop🧹 Sep 11, 11:42
  - Marketing? That's optimistic long, longish term view. It's an absolute meltdown on the minute to minute operations right now 😯 -- nm - JD Sep 11, 11:37 1
    - good point -- nm - Pippy Quintas Sep 11, 11:46
- I love that the question is about whether loyalty points will still earned. -- nm - JD Sep 11, 11:15
- This isn't going to be fixed in a single day. Guests in the hotel probably can't check out. No credit card transactions. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 11, 11:10 3
  - I wonder if the climate systems or elevators are compromised. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 11, 11:32
  - Hotel MGM California -- nm - Spawn Sep 11, 11:21 1
    - heh. -- nm - Pippy Quintas Sep 11, 11:33
- "MGM's slot machines and ATMs are still down." -- nm - budice Sep 11, 11:05
- Danny Ocean eating good right now -- nm - David Sep 11, 10:48
- MGM Resorts has about 48,000 rooms on The Strip. Peeps locked out -- nm - budice Sep 11, 10:45 3
  - And half of them were in town for the Sheridan show.... -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 11, 10:49 2
    - Sheeran? -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 11, 11:17 1
      - yeah, him too -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 11, 11:34
- Get your card counting computer signal systems going. I'm sure the security cameras are down too. -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 11, 10:43
MRI today confirmed that Ravens’ RB J.K. Dobbins tore his Achilles, -- nm - budice Sep 11, 10:31
not generally into sequels but Brian Helgeland on the LA Confidential 2 pitch that everyone from WB to Netflix passed on -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Sep 11, 09:59 1
- This needs a Pitch Meeting video, stat! -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 11, 11:18
pretty harsh words for Tommy T from *checks notes* a GOP rep from *checks notes again* Texas -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 11, 09:52 1
- harsh words do nothing. But at least he is commenting. -- nm - Pippy Quintas Sep 11, 11:34
Kunis+Kutcher apologize for their Masterson letters -- (pic) - Flavorize Sep 11, 09:47 [Attachment] 4
- Christina Ricci has a great statement about this. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Sep 11, 11:27
- I had forgotten they were huge advocates for sex trafficking victims. This is just a bad look all the way around. - Pippy Quintas Sep 11, 09:54
- V: Danny Masterson bet Ashton Kutcher $10 to French kiss Mila on the set of "That '70s Show -- (link) - budice Sep 11, 09:52 1
  - and he paid up right after, because his word is his bond -- nm - AKUTC Sep 11, 09:54
ST Weekend Viewing - what did you see? what was the grade? -- nm - Pippy Quintas Sep 11, 09:35 38
- Seahawks v Rams - F -- nm - psilotum Sep 11, 11:22
- S2 Dark Winds-B. NOT being able to watch Bears/Packers-A+. -- nm - King of Oklahoma Sep 11, 11:00
- Smashing Pumpkins concert: A+. JaxSean was crazy, setlist was attached (we did a couple extra towards the end as it was the last show of the tour) -- (pic) - Spawn Sep 11, 10:20 [Attachment] 7
  - Crazy about what? I liked them - the sound guy was just off that night. (And the Talking Heads cover they did was fantastic, yes.) -- nm - JaxSean Sep 11, 11:11 4
    - I thought I recalled you leaving early and saying they were just playing new stuff? -- nm - Spawn Sep 11, 11:26 3
      - Yeah the first 7-8 songs only had 2 older songs we knew (plus the cover), but it was like 95° and we were spent at that point. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 11, 11:37 2
        
        (Looks like they played Bullet With Butterfly Wings earlier at your show than in Tampa) -- nm - JaxSean Sep 11, 11:38 1
        
        That was not my show (well, it was but that was the setlist for the tour). Maybe they changed yours up, though. Our show was the first hoodies of the - Spawn Sep 11, 11:45
  - They are one of those bands I know was/is huge. I'm too young for when they were peak popular, but I couldn't name one song of theirs if I tried - MDH Sep 11, 10:55 1
    - 1979 is in my Top 50 Of All Time. (It had Logan *dancing* with me). - Spawn Sep 11, 11:30
- Jane the Virgin S1: B+ (cute and funny). Rainn Wilson's Geography of Bliss (Peacock): B+. CHI vs GB: F. - oblique Sep 11, 10:16
- The Equalizer 3: B, Bottoms: B (less funny and more violent than expected, but a little above average overall) -- nm - MDH Sep 11, 10:06 9
  - 21st century Heathers! -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 11, 11:23
  - Oh and Kaia Gerber and Marshawn Lynch were both excellent. -- nm - MDH Sep 11, 10:52
  - Oh really (the violence)? Hmm reconsidering that now. -- nm - spamlet Sep 11, 10:41 1
    - it's a feminist deconstruction of Fight Club - hollywood big shot Sep 11, 10:45
  - the violence IS half the funny -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 11, 10:09 4
    - I get that…it just wasn’t funny. Theater was very mixed on it seemed. I was sort of surprised how mild the reaction was. -- nm - MDH Sep 11, 10:14 3
      - Los Feliz crowd was already laughing their asses off at the Netflix trailer for "Fair Play" before the movie even started - hollywood big shot Sep 11, 10:40 2
        
        Interesting. I saw it in DC with a crowd that was almost entirely 20-40s LGBT, and it just fell sort of flat? -- nm - MDH Sep 11, 10:52 1
        
        same demo here - hollywood big shot Sep 11, 10:54
- OUATH rewatch A+, more Challenge: finished S24, started S25 -- nm - mud Sep 11, 10:05 1
  - ahh nice. I am on the finale of S27. Need to finish that up tonight so I can start S28. And OUATH is my favorite Tarantino movie hes ever made. -- nm - Jovian Sep 11, 10:35
- Lower Decks S4E1-2:A, Master Chef Australia S1E49-54 B to A -- nm - JD Sep 11, 09:58
- Ahsoka epis 3-4: B+ ; Jack Ryan s4 epis 1-2 B+; Lower Decks s4 epis 1-2 A+ ; OMITB s2 epis 3-4 A -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 11, 09:55
- Beck/Phoenix Summer Odyssey Tour, A- -- nm* - znufrii, vice president Sep 11, 09:46
- Star 80 in full, for the first time (C+) -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 11, 09:45
- How to Blow Up a Pipeline - solid A. Very well done - the cast worked together nicely and the tension was terrific -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 11, 09:43 2
  - Agreed. We also enjoyed it alot -- nm - oblique Sep 11, 10:16 1
    - I really liked (sp) - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 11, 10:18
- Wanda Vision Series A, The Blackening B, Captain Marvel B -- nm - Pippy Quintas Sep 11, 09:43
- Doing a S1 OMITB watch with the wife (Rewatch for me)— appreciate the writing, a bit more, now -- nm - Flavorize Sep 11, 09:42
- We watched Captain Fall. It was only like a B-, but we'll keep watching. I also caught three eps of The Morning Show season two. - David Sep 11, 09:39 2
  - it was much more violent then I was expecting. (and spoils) - Jovian Sep 11, 09:45
  - I'd agree with that grade. Great voice cast. Writing picks up a bit as the season goes on. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Sep 11, 09:42
- Daryl Dixon - A -- nm - Jovian Sep 11, 09:39
- Finished One Piece (B overall) and Obi-Wan Kenobi (B+ overall). -- nm - JaxSean Sep 11, 09:38
- Bottoms A-, Nun C+ -- nm - budice Sep 11, 09:36
Oh boy, a Reply All avalanche at work. I've never been part of one of those. - 99 Luftbaron Sep 11, 09:16 6
- Couple vendors do this when they reports issues, include everyone in the company -- nm - budice Sep 11, 09:35
- Got one last week - first time in AGES. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Sep 11, 09:34
- Heh. I learned very late in my career where the " ignore conversation" button was - Pippy Quintas Sep 11, 09:29
- "I don't always reply to email, but when I do, I reply all." - Will Hunting Sep 11, 09:27 1
  - heh -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 11, 09:55
- I’ll give you a list of my doctors and you can tell me if any hit reply all so I can change practices - spamlet Sep 11, 09:18
Draft Kings had a terrible 9/11 “parlay” themed boost special—they are getting killed for it on SM -- (pic) - Flavorize Sep 11, 09:10 [Attachment] 8
- Seems like there's a company that steps in it every year. -- nm - spamlet Sep 11, 09:34
- Are they giving lessor odds or something? Why isn't it actually a parlay? -- nm - JD Sep 11, 09:20 3
  - It’s a combo of all the “money line” options for those 3 teams and 3 games combined— currently at +680 for that parlay -- nm - Flavorize Sep 11, 09:45 1
    - Oh. So the quotes are to highlight betting terms? I thought it was to indicate that it wasn't actually a parlay. My misunderstanding - JD Sep 11, 10:13
  - It should have been the Giants, Jets, Commanders, and Eagles, JD. Three NY teams? HOW DOES THAT EVEN MAKE SENSE?! -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 11, 09:26
- from a company that exploits degenerate gamblers, you say? -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 11, 09:12 1
  - Never forget. -- nm - Spawn Sep 11, 09:14
- Jentucky Fried Chicken. -- nm - znufrii, vice president Sep 11, 09:11
NBC's promo for 2001 Fall Premiere Week -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 11, 08:57 3
- It's that Budweiser commercial that always gets me -- nm - oblique Sep 11, 09:06 2
  - this guy too ahahah -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 11, 10:08 1
    - :-D -- nm - mud Sep 11, 10:09
Biden impeachment investigation an “abject failure”? - znufrii, vice president Sep 11, 08:56 4
- Turns out Comer can neither count nor understand the definition of words. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 11, 09:24 1
  - and he doesn't need to. They are all useful idiots for this authoritarian push we are experiencing in America from the GOP. -- nm - Jovian Sep 11, 09:35
- *nods* DJT showed the Republican party that repetitive lying facilitated through social media, tv and radio works better then they ever could have - Jovian Sep 11, 09:03 1
  - if only Dems had a way to talk about anything else but Kitchen Table Issues in the most anodyne and non-ideological way -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 11, 09:06
i hope nobody ever does Drew Barrymore's show again even after the strike ends -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 11, 08:53 3
- i agree about Drew. but i don't know if i believe this guy had no idea after being handed a pin. You know he was at least told by the picketers. - Andie Sep 11, 09:54
- This is a very shitty thing to do. I hope she gets vilified. - Pippy Quintas Sep 11, 09:30
- that's really disappointing. -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 11, 08:58
MGM Resorts was definitely hacked, and has notified law enforcement -- (link) - budice Sep 11, 08:50 2
- Ocean's NFT -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 11, 08:52 1
  - Ocean's Ransomware - quick, call Karen Sisco! -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 08:56
Deal between Disney and Spectrum: Freeform, Disney Junior, Disney XD, FXX and other channels will no longer be offered to Spectrum customers. -- (link) - budice Sep 11, 08:44 3
- TV subscribers will get Disney+ Basic ad-supported. ESPN+ included with Spectrum TV Select Plus. -- nm - budice Sep 11, 08:52 1
  - Sounds like Charter won. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 11, 08:53
- I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further. -- nm - Disney Vader Sep 11, 08:49
Smuckers is buying Hostess for $5.6B -- nm - MDH Sep 11, 08:31 16
- is Smuckers owned by a union-busting PE firm too? -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 11, 08:48
- Maybe they’ll make them not terrible now? - spamlet Sep 11, 08:41 11
  - I think it was Bimbos in Mexico -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 11, 10:51
  - Yeah, Hostess (and Tastykake) are horribly processed nowadays. - JaxSean Sep 11, 09:08 6
    - I don't know about TK but it's generally accepted that once Hostess came out of bankruptcy they moved to using the cheapest possible ingredients - spamlet Sep 11, 09:42
    - tastykake are the worst. I ate (a bite of) a kandy kake this weekend. garbage. what's that peanut butter made of? -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Sep 11, 09:26 4
      - They *used* to be fantastic. Now they taste like plastic. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 11, 09:39
      - turn in your Pennsylvania Card, sport - hollywood big shot Sep 11, 09:31 1
        
        I grew up on Kandy Kakes and Krimpets. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 11, 09:40
      - these are delicious. -- (link) - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Sep 11, 09:28
  - They did ok but it was the folks that bought the name from those buyers and took the company public that are getting paid now -- (link) - JD Sep 11, 08:47
  - Oh, honey. -- nm - Spawn Sep 11, 08:46
  - 35 feet long, weighing approximately 600 pounds. Yum! -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 08:44
- that's a lot of diabetes -- nm - rollo 🐙 Sep 11, 08:38 1
  - *hairy ears perk up* -- nm - Zombie Wilford Brimley Sep 11, 08:44
- Uncrustable Twinkies -- nm - budice Sep 11, 08:32

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