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Apparently we almost killed Olivia Rodrigo tonight. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Sep 12, 22:10 1
- they're just recreating the video. pretty much beat for beat. -- nm - mafic Sep 12, 22:21
I thought the last line on Connections was quite clever. - David Sep 12, 21:57
how MGM got hacked (spoils: wasn’t exactly the Sneakers crew) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 12, 21:34 3
- article with a bit more info -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 12, 22:10 2
  - This is fine. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 12, 22:15 1
    - Caesar's chose to pay 30 million last week to avoid this take down (buried down the article) -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 12, 22:18
Lauren Boebert got kicked outta Beetlejuice -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 12, 21:29
"On route home after a night's drinking, Jack encounters the Devil.... - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 12, 21:27
maybe the only good chant from UNC students ever -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 12, 21:19
Wordle 816 3/6: Winter at Bastogne - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 12, 21:18
If I don't check my emails, then I don't have any bills to pay. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 12, 20:35 2
- Exactly - whole reason to go paperless. "Oh sorry, must have got caught in the spam filter" ;) -- nm - Meg Sep 12, 21:52
- Sounds correct. -- nm - Qale Sep 12, 21:44
Ice Spice and Ben Affleck join forces for the launch of Dunkin Donuts' 'Ice Spice Munchkins Drink' -- (link) - budice Sep 12, 20:30 [youtube] 2
- It’s heartening to know that more than a quarter century after their debut album, they’re still making new Spice Girls. - Mop🧹 Sep 12, 20:48
- Jesus. It's like he forget to stop channeling Phil Knight. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 12, 20:34
Hmm, three earthquakes near Jan Mayen/Svalbard. I wonder if there's some new volcanic activity in the area? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 12, 19:53 1
- Indiana keep shaking, too. -- nm - Spawn Sep 12, 21:32
"ESPN’s 2023 Monday Night Football season debut was a record breaker, as more than 22.6 million viewers watched the Buffalo Bills at the New York Jets -- nm - David Sep 12, 19:37 1
- NFL is king -- nm - budice Sep 12, 19:38
The Omani keeper has a real Roger Murtaugh air about him -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 12, 19:25 1
- ^ sentence/Lion King -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 12, 19:27
MGM Resorts execs are worried the company won't be able to pay employees on Friday. -- nm - budice Sep 12, 19:24 5
- how do casinos generally handle it when the degenerate gamblers can't pay up? -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 12, 20:09 1
  - they give them a larger line of credit and a huge suite to stay in. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 12, 20:25
- as long as there are no big winners, they have the cash needed in the casinos. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 12, 19:40
- Just imagine your Direct Deposit not hitting on time -- nm - budice Sep 12, 19:25 1
  - software company I used to work for did that on the reg. head office in NZ, 4-5 hours ahead depending on time of year. - mafic Sep 12, 19:35
Timberlake and Megan Thee Stallion got into argument.... -- (link) - Remlik Sep 12, 19:00 4
- A source tells Variety that there was “zero fight” between Megan Thee Stallion and Justin Timberlake at the VMAs - JaxSean Sep 12, 19:52 1
  - Ooh, the drama! -- nm - Beryllium Sep 12, 20:20
- he got his chocolate into her peanut butter -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 12, 19:09
- he tried to rip her boob cover off. he has a history, people! -- nm - mafic Sep 12, 19:07
So let me get this straight, NSync is at the VMAs, and Nelly and Ashanti are dating? Did I go back in time? -- nm - MDH Sep 12, 18:26 1
- Is Carson Daly hosting? -- nm - Flavorize Sep 12, 18:28
Disney+ issues reported -- nm - budice Sep 12, 18:24 2
- this can only mean one thing.... nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 12, 18:38 1
  - Huluvasion -- nm - Beryllium Sep 12, 19:47
more guild auction action coming -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 12, 18:15
Drew: She was supposed to host National Book Foundation 74th Awards ceremony, they dropped her -- (link) - Remlik Sep 12, 17:55
Joan Cusack deserved an Oscar for Addams Family Values. Granted every cast member committed. -- nm - MDH Sep 12, 17:52
Steam gaming platform turns 20 today -- nm* - budice Sep 12, 17:50
Poll: Look at your phone. How many apps do you have open *right now*? - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 12, 17:41 26
- 25+ -- nm - JaxSean Sep 12, 19:53
- 10, msg, chrome, calendar, note pad, ebay, Gmail, and just closed camera, nav, phone goog assistance -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 12, 19:09 1
  - I also have that quake ap in the background -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 12, 21:29
- 2 -- nm - decline Sep 12, 18:56
- I don’t understand the question. Phone apps aren’t like programs on a computer. They’ll refresh on their own if needed. Closing them is bad. -- nm - Qale Sep 12, 18:32 5
  - they still remain resident in memory, don't they? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 12, 18:38 3
    - The most couple recent, but the rest, no. It’s just a “screen shot” of it. Your phone will reload any app if needs of RAM is low. -- nm - Qale Sep 12, 18:56 2
      - huh -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 12, 18:57 1
        
        It has been one of the longest running misconceptions with cell phones. Even so much there are “task killer” apps. - Qale Sep 12, 19:17
  - This is why I said 24 hours, that's as far as I scrolled back -- nm - Beryllium Sep 12, 18:34
- I've used about 23 in the past 24 hours -- nm* - Beryllium Sep 12, 18:05
- when did landlines start using apps? -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 12, 17:48 1
  - voicemail is an app! -- nm - mafic Sep 12, 18:21
- 8 -- nm - Krusty Sep 12, 17:48
- 20–if you don’t count settings and photo -- nm - Flavorize Sep 12, 17:47
- 3 -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Sep 12, 17:46
- 0 -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 12, 17:46
- 2. -- nm - MDH Sep 12, 17:45
- Anybody have a solution for when a Galaxy S20 updates and wipes all the apps off the first page? -- nm - Max Sep 12, 17:44 6
  - Get the Galaxy S23 -- nm - Samsung Sep 12, 18:55
  - man, every time android updates it sounds like basically "up yours, all our users." my wife has a pixel, and she's constantly fighting updates. -- nm - mafic Sep 12, 18:00 4
    - This is not my experience, fwiw. I barely even notice updates. -- nm - Reagen Sep 12, 18:21 3
      - I wouldn't be surprised if it was a carrier thing. the one with the best network here also famously doesn't give a shit about anyone, and aren't - mafic Sep 12, 19:39
      - This -- nm - decline Sep 12, 18:56
      - Exactly. -- nm - Spawn Sep 12, 18:55
- I like to think I've fairly vigilant about shutting stuff down, but I have 12 open -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 12, 17:42
“ Man these are the times you really feel grateful the Jets hired an offensive coordinator with a long track record of competency rather just hiring - Flavorize Sep 12, 17:37
Fox News’ current token liberal revealed what we all knew. The fearmongers are vaccinated. -- (link) - Tim Sep 12, 17:12 2
- She literally had nothing to say. (But her face said "Omg Jessica! Not in front of the kids!") -- nm - Jovian Sep 12, 18:14
- Of course they are. Cause SCIENCE is real. -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Sep 12, 17:48
Americans saw newsreels of what Oppenheimer’s bombs did to the Japanese and then those films had to be buried for 70 yrs -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 12, 17:10
VMAs Red Carpet: Selena Gomez -- (link) - budice Sep 12, 17:10 21
- Halle Bailey -- (link) - budice Sep 12, 17:40
- and, in one single photo on the red carpet: - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 12, 17:33
- Olivia Rodrigo -- (link) - budice Sep 12, 17:22
- Bebe Rexha -- (link) - budice Sep 12, 17:21
- Demi Lovato -- (link) - budice Sep 12, 17:20
- "Heyyy, Mama, yeah, we're like, ah, yass and work, and slay, and yas, over here, like, yeah. ..." -- (link) - Mabel Sep 12, 17:19 [youtube] 1
  - In hindsight, that feels almost like a She-Hulk crossover. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 12, 17:40
- Offset and Cardi B -- (link) - budice Sep 12, 17:19
- Shakira -- (link) - budice Sep 12, 17:18
- Thirty Seconds to Mars -- (link) - budice Sep 12, 17:17 2
  - "I've told you before....30 Seconds to Mars is the name of a band - it's not a scientific fact" - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 12, 17:34 1
    - Lol -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Sep 12, 17:48
- Madelyn Cline -- (link) - budice Sep 12, 17:16 1
  - Is she a singer too? -- nm - Flavorize Sep 12, 17:41
- Rita Ora -- (link) - budice Sep 12, 17:16
- Nelly Furtado -- (link) - budice Sep 12, 17:15
- Nicki Minaj -- (link*) - budice Sep 12, 17:14
- Emily Ratajkowski -- (link) - budice Sep 12, 17:14
- Dixie D'Amelio -- (link) - budice Sep 12, 17:13
- Dove Cameron -- (link) - budice Sep 12, 17:13
- Taylor Swift -- (link*) - budice Sep 12, 17:11
The National Book Awards rescinded the offer for Drew Barrymore to host their 74th awards ceremony. -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Sep 12, 17:05 1
- she better get used to it -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 12, 17:13
So, Starfield. It’s space. That’s the gimmick. And I’m just not into space. I’ve done some quests of the main storyline. -- (edited) - Qale Sep 12, 16:55 6
- So not necessarily a need to pull the trigger on a next gen console solely for this game? -- nm - Jovian Sep 12, 18:13 1
  - You should be pulling the trigger on the Series X now because it’s easily available and a very impressive console. Not due to any one game, no. -- nm - Qale Sep 12, 18:35
- It’s more Skyrim than Fallout, right? -- nm - Tim Sep 12, 17:29 1
  - It feels more like Fallout to me. It’s science with the Vault-Techy humor evidenced in object storytelling. -- nm - Qale Sep 12, 18:35
- I enjoy it I do mostly fast travel in space but it cool - eag Sep 12, 17:23
- Seems like when I went from a Subnautica to no man's sky. Basically the same game, but with a worse build system. -- (edited) - Beryllium Sep 12, 17:21
All the shiny black jellybeans in this bowl I'm looking at... remind me of that weird creature in Dune, at the Baron's place. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 12, 16:46 1
- My place has candy corn -- nm - 99 Luftbaron Sep 12, 16:51
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines | Official Trailer | Paramount+ -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Sep 12, 16:41 [youtube] 2
- Oh Duchvnoy, how could you? -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Sep 12, 18:16 1
  - Sometimes dead really is better. -- nm - Spawn Sep 12, 21:30
Helping Nathan with his homework. Yeah...we've reached the point this isn't happening. - Will Hunting Sep 12, 16:36 7
- between symbiosis and parasitism (for the IM). -- nm - mafic Sep 12, 18:04
- That's pretty cool, though. (and spoilers) - ReluctantCynic Sep 12, 17:23
- I only know about commensals in the context of blood cultures, and not very much at that - 99 Luftbaron Sep 12, 16:59
- I'd love to see where this kid is in 10 years -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 12, 16:39 3
  - At this point, I'd believe anything outside of athlete. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 12, 16:42 2
    - Any way it goes, it's gonna be spectacular -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 12, 16:58 1
      - 5 words, er, letters: m d p h d - 99 Luftbaron Sep 12, 17:02
RIP Ian Wilmut -- (link) - Reluctant Cynic Sep 12, 16:30 2
- Biolabs have the potential to do the funniest thing right now -- nm - Max Sep 12, 16:44 1
  - Right? - ReluctantCynic Sep 12, 17:25
"Theater kids are the cool kids. And the jocks don't really hang out with each other" - Mac explaining her highschoolsocialstratification Sep 12, 16:06
Mad Max, Fury, (The) Road -- nm - Reagen Sep 12, 15:47 6
- Terminator: Salvation -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 12, 16:34
- Tommy Boy -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 12, 16:19
- Moon Fall -- nm - LMS Sep 12, 16:05
- Every time I rewatch Fury, I’m taken aback at how eminently rewatchable it is. -- nm - Loyola Sep 12, 16:04
- Blue Valentine -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 12, 16:02
- Ooh, triple header -- nm - Beryllium Sep 12, 15:49
From the No Shit files: FDA says the non-pseudephedrine decongestant does not work at all. - loosilu Sep 12, 15:46 6
- VENGENCE!!! -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 12, 19:27
- I tell people this constantly at work and no one believes me. -- nm - Qale Sep 12, 16:37
- yep. some people have said it works ok for them, and I’ve always wondered about placebo effect for it. — nm - i.b! Sep 12, 16:09
- Indeed. You might as well take M&M's. They taste better and are just as effective. -- nm - 99 Luftbaron Sep 12, 16:07
- That's why you gotta get the good stuff behind the counter even if they are gonna scan your ID -- nm - JD Sep 12, 15:48 1
  - the second they brought that stuff out, I found out it didn't work at all. -- nm - loosilu Sep 12, 15:52
Huntington Beach PD looking for a driver apparently targeting cyclists. -- (link) - Meg Sep 12, 15:38
Pre trip freakout is HERE! -- nm - loosilu Sep 12, 15:35 13
- Did you pack your bear repellant? -- nm - decline Sep 12, 19:03
- what if a glacier falls on you -- nm - mafic Sep 12, 18:07
- at any rate, don't freak out too much. let yourself enjoy your trip. you've earned it. -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 12, 17:17
- don't forget to printout your list of medications, past surgeries, allergies, doctor's names, etc. -- nm* - Peglegpete Sep 12, 15:41 5
  - oh, you're serious. -- nm - loosilu Sep 12, 15:53 2
    - yes -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 12, 16:07
    - "and which kidney you'd prefer to have removed" -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 12, 15:59
  - This is really good advice as well as making sure you have any OTC stuff that you semi-regularly take for things like headaches, colds, stomach issues - JD Sep 12, 15:45 1
    - I have the meds covered. -- nm - loosilu Sep 12, 15:53
- why freakout? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 12, 15:36 3
  - Le freak, c'est chic -- nm - Qale Sep 12, 16:38
  - because that's what I do! -- nm - loosilu Sep 12, 15:45
  - More socks 🧦! -- nm - Flavorize Sep 12, 15:39

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