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heh, some renters in Berkley heard about that cocktail party celebrating the end of the eviction moratorium -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 13, 16:11
.nm -- nm* - hollywood big shot Sep 13, 15:59 3
- goddamn hero -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 13, 16:00 2
  - from 2020 apparently -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 13, 16:02 1
    - still -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 13, 16:28
Ramaswamy wants to fire 1.6 million Americans working for the US Government. Now if that isn't a winning political argument, I dunno what is! -- nm - Qale Sep 13, 15:42 4
- And still in third place with 6% -- nm - Jovian Sep 13, 17:00
- for the GOP primary voters? they'd prefer summary executions but firing will work to start -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 13, 15:46
- So a recession, you say... -- nm - Jerome Powell Sep 13, 15:43 1
  - how would we know, they'll fire the ones that track collect collate and report that information. -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 17:18
In Houston's Eastwood the #1 issue isn't the economy, jobs, or cultural issues. It's fucking trains blocking crossings. - Qale Sep 13, 15:32
Harris Co. Judge (an administrative role) Lina Hidalgo has been on leave for 6 weeks. She's been battling depression. Her defeated rival wants in. - Qale Sep 13, 15:25 1
- I have to say, if the vote is between 53.03 cents per $100 of assessed value and 53.06? This really is just political hay. -- nm - Qale Sep 13, 15:26
I just learned about brain cancer at Vet Stadium, and it’s…a lot to process. -- (link*) - The Allfather Sep 13, 15:12 6
- Wtf—whoa -- (pic) - Flavorize Sep 13, 15:31 [Attachment] 3
  - but afaik AstroTurf was the only artificial surface in use during that era. shouldn't every other stadium that used it also have been a cluster? -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 13, 16:13 1
    - It's unfun, but cancer clusters can happen for no real reason. -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 16:21
  - yikes -- nm - Remlik Sep 13, 16:06
- this shouldn't surprise me, but it does -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 13, 15:26
- all of those multi-purpose stadiums like Veterans were built pretty much identically. unless there was something extra carcinogenic about their turf -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 13, 15:22
SAG-AFTRA auction on Ebay: "Watercolor Portrait of Your Dog by John Lithgow" -- (link) - budice Sep 13, 14:39 13
- "Natasha Lyonne Will Help You Solve the New York Times Sunday Crossword" - that's -- (edited) - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 13, 14:47 2
  - I hope that ends up being the day that one of the words is… - Beryllium Sep 13, 14:50 1
    - right? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 13, 14:53
- the dinner with Mr. Show is up to $2,220 -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Sep 13, 14:44 7
  - Maybe some day they can match pottery class with Busy Phillips. -- nm - Dano Sep 13, 14:46 6
    - (of course those are probably mostly Max's bids) -- nm - Dano Sep 13, 14:47 5
      - Gettin' Busy With Busy -- nm - Max Sep 13, 14:57
      - i'd almost pay to have dinner with Bob -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 13, 14:56 3
        
        There are things on the list I would pay for, but not the amount that they are going for. -- nm - Dano Sep 13, 14:57 2
        
        in LA, there's a non-zero chance it's just a really bad writer with unlimited funds buying a chance to pitch them the guy's shitty script -- (edited) - hollywood big shot Sep 13, 15:06
        
        yeah -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 13, 14:58
- "Adam Scott Walks your Dog for 1-HR" -- nm - budice Sep 13, 14:40 1
  - he's neighbors with one of our VPs. could probably ask him to do it for free (if i had a dog) -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 13, 14:43
the fucking agents are at it again -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 13, 14:38 2
- "Who benefits?" -- nm - David Sep 13, 14:58
- goddamn agents -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 13, 14:41
"DigitalOcean is having a minor outage." - budice Sep 13, 14:31 1
- Oh, that's us! Hopefully nothing bad happened while I was out on my bike ride. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 14:51
If you're like me, you don't know how "Denouement" is pronounced. ST Poll: are you like me? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 13, 14:20 23
- Yes. I'm a churl who always pronounced it as if it were spelled denouncement. Which it is not. At all. -- nm - Qale Sep 13, 15:15
- Nope, I did not. -- nm - Krusty Sep 13, 15:11
- Day-nu-mon. As I recall my teaching. -- nm - VMan Sep 13, 15:04
- I don't know... I say: day-no-may -- nm - Dano Sep 13, 14:59
- Apparently not. So, I've loudly mispronounced on many occasions... - David Sep 13, 14:57
- No, but I minored in French. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Sep 13, 14:46 1
  - so I've heard! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 13, 14:47
- No (but I minored in French). -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Sep 13, 14:46 1
  - Nom nom nom -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Sep 13, 14:46
- De-now-ment but that's probably wrong. -- nm - sycor Sep 13, 14:32
- I bet I can pronounce it flawlessly :P - Guigue Sep 13, 14:31 1
  - I would wager that you could :) -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 13, 14:42
- I've heard it pronounced. I choose to reject that pronunciation and substitute my own. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 14:25 2
  - this is the way. -- nm - mud Sep 13, 14:35 1
    - Apple voice control disagrees with me, unfortunately. Gets all fancy, in fact. "Dénouement". -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 15:36
- Surprisingly, it’s pronounced “Bon Iver” -- nm - znufrii, vice president Sep 13, 14:24
- I say day-no-mon, but I'm not sure that is right -- nm - crash davis Sep 13, 14:24
- Boo Dee Chay -- nm - JaxSean Sep 13, 14:23 2
  - better answer than 42, never fails -- nm - budice Sep 13, 14:34
  - circle gets the square! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 13, 14:25
- Is it not Da New Mint? -- nm - Max Sep 13, 14:23 1
  - i thought it was more like Da Now mint. -- nm - Andie Sep 13, 14:27
- for writers it's pretty common - hollywood big shot Sep 13, 14:22
Powerball is 550 M -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 14:13 2
- will there be a pool tomorrow if nobody wins tonight? -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 13, 14:15 1
  - Let's wait till 750, that's when interest is greater and I won't have to bank roll a couple thousand cash as it grows -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 14:43
Max Scherzer out for the regular season, "unlikely" to pitch in the playoffs. -- nm - David Sep 13, 14:05 4
- Oof -- nm - Tim Sep 13, 14:16 3
  - Dollars for Dingers tote board: $38 (entire campaign is at $3715) - Tim Sep 13, 14:30 2
    - What's this? -- nm - David Sep 13, 14:56 1
      - I did it last year as well! -- (link) - Tim Sep 13, 16:10
america has a charging problem (and not even up to 5% total market share yet) -- (edited) - hollywood big shot Sep 13, 14:02 1
- Fluid Karma bruh -- nm - budice Sep 13, 14:12
WWE: Rumor: Edge has been moved off the internal rosters. -- nm - Remlik Sep 13, 13:56
PlayStation 5 Update Adds Support for 8TB SSDs -- nm - budice Sep 13, 13:46
Bret Stephens - Can Samantha Power Win the Battle for Ukraine’s Future? - crash davis Sep 13, 13:17 4
- I very highly recommend reading this when you have the time, and not just because I am a Samantha Power fanboy -- nm - crash davis Sep 13, 13:19 2
  - she's fine, but you'd have to pay me big $ up front to ever read another word of Bret Stephens -- nm - mud Sep 13, 13:23 1
    - samesies - hollywood big shot Sep 13, 13:28
- Samantha Power and Bridget Brink need to star in cop-buddy movies together -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 13, 13:19
From BB's about Dutch names: Princess Disney has a teacher with the last name "VanLeeuwen" which I assume is pronounced Van Lee EN... - Walt_Disney Sep 13, 13:14 6
- Possibly van-loo-a-van. Would have to check with the parents. -- nm - VMan Sep 13, 15:16
- isn't that the name of the stuff shirt that Ripley confronts at the end of her debriefing in Aliens? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 13, 14:26
- The Dutch pronunciation is Van Layooen, with the ayoo part said quickly - with the same rhythm as you'd say 'jail' -- nm - Roger More Sep 13, 13:33
- I’d say Van Lou In. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 13, 13:28 1
  - Yup, that's how I say it. Though I think I hear the W a bit when I pronounce it. -- nm* - Krusty Sep 13, 13:29
- Van Leeuwen is a popular ice cream brand here. -- (link*) - Krusty Sep 13, 13:27
Spawn, I have to ask... - David Sep 13, 13:08 6
- They play Arizona. It’s not that far of a logic leap to stream them. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 13, 13:36 1
  - It's definitely bold. -- nm - David Sep 13, 14:03
- Thanks. Just grabbed best yahoo prediction without looking. -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 13:16
- Also, Kim cut Kenny Pickett and Kadarius Toney. Coffee is for closers. -- (edited) - David Sep 13, 13:10 2
  - A lesson for you? -- nm - spamlet Sep 13, 13:26 1
    - Says a lot that I've passed every test since 2001! -- nm - David Sep 13, 14:02
Hertz still sucks. - TWuG Sep 13, 12:49 8
- I blame Tom Brady -- nm - Dano Sep 13, 15:51
- renting out a half-charged car is also BS. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Sep 13, 12:59 5
  - Yep. No reason not to have a car at 80% or better. -- nm - TWuG Sep 13, 13:02
  - But that way you only have to charge it half way up to return it! - Spawn Sep 13, 13:01 3
    - They'd win a lot of points if they dropped that requirement. The cars can be charged quickly and at very low cost. -- nm - TWuG Sep 13, 13:04 2
      - I wonder if they have not enough fast chargers for the number of teslas per hertz lot. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Sep 13, 13:43 1
        
        Or Hertz is just cheap and can’t be bothered. -- nm - spamlet Sep 13, 13:45
- Hertz, don't it? -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 12:53
There are people with worse problems out there but I hate that when you pause Disney+, it doesn’t show you where you are in the show. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 13, 12:42 3
- Yup. A couple of services do that, and it's maddening. -- nm - David Sep 13, 12:45 2
  - word. hate it -- nm - Slate Sep 13, 12:47
  - Closer to the movie going experience! -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 12:47
View of Dubrovnik at sunset from Mount Srd -- (pic) - Dano Sep 13, 12:41 [Attachment] 3
- Nice, you were higher up than me -- (pic) - LMS Sep 13, 14:47 [Attachment]
- fantastic -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 13, 12:52
- so scenic that it doesn't even look real -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Sep 13, 12:44
Russian-linked hacker gang known as “Blackcat” has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack on MGM Resorts. "All the ransomware group did... - budice Sep 13, 12:17 3
- I'm amazed at the extent that MGMs network weren't segmented -- nm - oblique Sep 13, 13:23 2
  - An instagram account i follow (thanks to Pippy) is giving updates. Sounds like on the ground is a different, worse, story than the news... -- (link) - Andie Sep 13, 13:27 1
    - :) She says she actually visited the casinos and gave 1st hand commentary. -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Sep 13, 14:05
NFL Week 2 broadcast maps -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 13, 12:11
30 years after his late night debut, has anyone had a longer career relative to initial expectations than Conan? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 13, 12:03 37
- Will Ferrell? nm - Dignan Sep 13, 13:15 2
  - 95, so 28 years -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 13:18 1
    - I'll allow it. nm - Dignan Sep 13, 13:39
- Ryan Reynolds. Love him on Two Guys a Girl and a Pizza Place but no way anyone but his mom could say he'd be where he is now back then. -- nm* - Beaker Sep 13, 12:39 3
  - Whatever happened to Richard Ruccolo? -- nm - Dano Sep 13, 13:33
  - I'm almost afraid to ask, but what year do you think that was? - David Sep 13, 12:47 1
    - 98 -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 12:48
- Jesus. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 12:39 1
  - Bezos -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 12:47
- John Cage -- nm - mud Sep 13, 12:34 1
  - who is John Cage ? -- nm - decline Sep 13, 12:38
- Martin Short -- nm - Slate Sep 13, 12:33
- Kylie Minogue -- nm - Roger More Sep 13, 12:32
- Conan's original audition tape for the network after Lorne recommended him to take over for Dave -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 13, 12:32 [youtube]
- I love Conan. I thought he had another show coming on HBO or somewhere but I haven't heard anything about it in a while. -- nm - Krusty Sep 13, 12:23 6
  - I listened to his Harrison For podcast and it was okay. Listened to half another and gave it up. -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 12:33 3
    - I find his podcast is hit or miss for me. I'm not a Martin Short fan but his episode was hysterical. I don't really like stars interviewing stars on - Krusty Sep 13, 13:03 2
      - Will check those two out. Thanks. Not a fan of his staff (the other I listened to was so much them). I am digging the Marc Marons I have listened to. - Spawn Sep 13, 13:21 1
        
        Yeah, skip past the commercials and the banter with his staff. I used to listen to WTF but got bored of it after a while. - Krusty Sep 13, 13:25
  - he's doing a travel show and they've taped some stuff but has to wait for the strike to end before it moves forward -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 13, 12:26 1
    - Thanks! Fucking studios! -- nm - Krusty Sep 13, 13:08
- That, uh, that's not a good article. -- nm - David Sep 13, 12:20 5
  - Terrible article -- nm - Krusty Sep 13, 12:23 2
    - fairly or unfairly, those were the initial reactions (he didn't grab me right out of the gate either but I'd been watching Dave for 10 years) -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 13, 12:25 1
      - Conan was unlike everyone else and that wasn't obvious at the start. The writer went in expecting the usual late night show but got something weird - Krusty Sep 13, 13:10
  - take it up with Jessica Shaw -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 13, 12:23 1
    - Was she the one who did those EW weekly relevance lists that were so bad? -- nm - David Sep 13, 12:25
- Joel and the Bots! They, uh, did switch out everyone and has changed format a few times. Took a long hiatus after multiple cancel… - Qale Sep 13, 12:11
- iirc People weren't sold on Carson initially -- nm - budice Sep 13, 12:09 1
  - His run was 30 years IIRC. -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 12:13
- The Simpsons -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 12:05 6
  - Eat My Shorts shirts were everywhere only a year after it debuted, dum dum -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 13, 12:07 5
    - cowabunga shirts too -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 13:06
    - So people were expecting it to air for 34 years+? -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 12:09 3
      - And if you don't like that, I will switch to David Letterman. -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 12:12 2
        
        Dave had filled in for Johnny for years, had the morning show before. he was new but established - hollywood big shot Sep 13, 12:15 1
        
        I consider the morning show his beginning of which we speak. - Spawn Sep 13, 12:15

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