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is it nap time yet? -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 16, 11:26 3
- I just got up from a great nap. - ReluctantCynic Nov 16, 11:29
- It definitely should be. I think I ran full speed into the anti-motivation brick wall. -- nm - sycor Nov 16, 11:27
- Very much. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 11:26
Hmm? USPS is still selling the international holiday stamp they released in 2018. Guess not to many people send cards overseas. - Meg Nov 16, 11:08 1
- They haven't changed postcard stamps either -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 16, 11:52
I don't really like squash, but I do love squash soup. -- nm - Baron-Yogg Nov 16, 10:54
One of our local school board members has resigned after what I would generously characterize as a “poorly considered” tweet re: the Gaza hospital siege -- (link*) - znufrii, vice president Nov 16, 10:38 1
- I am so glad I do think I am important enough that people need to know my thoughts on things all the time. I wish more people felt that way and would - sycor Nov 16, 10:45
Tik Tok taking a belated hard line against *checks notes* Osama Bin Laden -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 10:35 17
- This isn’t unique to TikTok, of course. It’s been an on/off subject throughout social media since the letter was published. -- nm - Qale Nov 16, 11:18 4
  - tiktok’s algorithm and users copying others a whole lot along with it encourages virality. - i.b.! Nov 16, 11:31 1
    - The article itself mentioned that it is difficulty to determine how much it went viral. We already know how meaningless “trending” is on Twitter - Qale Nov 16, 11:43
  - it's just the main social platform that the youngs mainline into their mush brains for hours every day -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 11:23 1
    - That cloud will shout back at you eventually old man. -- nm - Qale Nov 16, 11:39
- Burble, burble, dangit. -- nm - Osama from his trench in the Arabian Sea Nov 16, 10:56 1
  - Lol -- nm - Loyola Nov 16, 11:33
- Some young Americans on TikTok say they sympathize with Osama Bin Laden (link) -- (edited) - sycor Nov 16, 10:49 8
  - I saw some posts about this yesterday. they’re elevating only part of the letter, conveniently ignoring the outright anti-jewish, anti-gay parts and - i.b.! Nov 16, 11:20 3
    - wars generally bring out the best and worst impulses of the under 22 demo - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 11:26
    - That doesn't surprise me. Cherry picking certain parts is pretty common. Whatever it takes make the situation match what they want it to. -- nm - sycor Nov 16, 11:26 1
      - Hitler greatly improved the economy and unemployment. -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 16, 11:35
  - just ban it, Joe -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 10:53 3
    - oh pllleaasseee -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Nov 16, 11:40
    - People talk about ban this, ban that, but there's a fate worse than banning that is never really considered. - Beryllium Nov 16, 10:54 1
      - this a good point -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Nov 16, 11:41
- Now, let's see what they can do about Nazis. - Mop🧹 Nov 16, 10:44
🌲✡️ Holiday card exchange 2023 is open and the link to join in is above. Add your info, grab some cards and send an STer holiday love! -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 10:33 2
- and hurry. My cards go out the day after Thanksgiving :) -- nm - oblique Nov 16, 10:35 1
  - I'll send the info out next Wednesday so hopefully that's not too late for you. -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 10:54
The current record for the biggest dropoff in boxoffice from a film to its sequel is $737 million. - Inigo Nov 16, 10:25 21
- I thought this was going to be about Songbirds and Snakes for Hunger Games :) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 16, 11:06 1
  - prequel! -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 11:41
- I remember Secret Life of Pets dropping off really hard too. Is that in the top couple? -- nm - MDH Nov 16, 10:58 5
  - About $460 million difference. I don't know of a definite list for sequel dropoff, though. -- nm - Inigo Nov 16, 11:02 4
    - Eeesh $460M is still a lot. I remember the first overperformed, and the second fell flat. -- nm - MDH Nov 16, 11:03 3
      - the secret was revealed in the first one -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 11:05 2
        
        Did Bob Iger force that reveal too? -- nm - Baron-Yogg Nov 16, 11:07 1
        
        no but he's been seething over not getting the chance personally ever since -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 11:09
- My reaction to the initial trailers was that Marvels was Miss Marvel's movie with Captain Marvel thrown in, rather than a Captain Marvel sequel. - Max Nov 16, 10:47
- I suppose there's an argument to be made; however, I don't see it as the same kind of sequel. - Beryllium Nov 16, 10:34 3
  - I think it's pretty standard for comic book sequels to add new major characters to the sequel. - Inigo Nov 16, 10:44
  - Or maybe a "crossquel" -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 10:35 1
    - The plot "crisis" is strongly a sequel. The "team" subplot is very much the crossover stuff -- nm - oblique Nov 16, 10:36
- And for my old man take, I remember when sequels used to be budgeted on the basis that they would make 50-75% the box office of the preceding film -- nm - JD Nov 16, 10:29
- it's not a fair apples to apples comparison. so many intervening causal factors since Captain Marvel. -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 10:27 6
  - I would say for the top 3 films (Captain Marvel, Last Jedi, and the Alice sequel) that they all had casual factors for the dropoff. -- (edited) - Inigo Nov 16, 10:35 3
    - We'll have to agree to disagree that Disney Plus was a big reason this bombed. - Inigo Nov 16, 10:56 1
      - Plus ticket prices, concession prices, and standing advice to avoid crowded spaces. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 11:28
    - Disney Plus wasn't a thing for any of them. there's no incentive not to wait for a borderline call to just stream in less than two months -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 10:46
  - *checks you for fever* you feeling ok? You're cutting Marvel slack! -- nm* - Reagen Nov 16, 10:33 1
    - i think MCU fatigue is (deservedly) real but also several other things at play -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 10:34
The investigation of a woman's death at her California home last week has been complicated by evidence of a bear breaking into her house -- (link) - JD Nov 16, 10:24
i think the solution to the commercial office crash is for the REITs to start bombing interstates -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 10:08 1
- I would have had that fixed by now. -- nm - Josh Shapiro Nov 16, 10:30
The Long, Sad Story of the Stealing of the Oakland A’s -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 16, 09:57 3
- stealing? Philly & KC had the team first. I don't hear them bitching about losing the team. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 16, 10:58
- if only anyone had any agency to stop it -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 10:03 1
  - If only Mike Pence had the courage -- nm - eag Nov 16, 10:11
Yep, today is a Pepsi day. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 09:41 1
- Pepsi Thursday. The opposite of a Bon Jovi Friday. - Beryllium Nov 16, 09:47
Charissa Thompson admits to completely making up Football sideline reports -- (link) - budice Nov 16, 09:39 1
- How would anyone know? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 16, 10:19
Another fatality reported late last night at Disneyland Parking structure -- (link) - budice Nov 16, 09:27 2
- “It made Bobby sick to have to turn money over to the guys who stole it. He'd rather whack 'em” -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 09:58
- More - -- (link) - Meg Nov 16, 09:41
Dano news network: Ultramarathoner banned for a year from racing for using an insignificant item to assist during a race -- (link*) - decline Nov 16, 08:54 2
- Eh... what's 2.5 miles when you're doing 50? -- nm - Dano Nov 16, 10:31 1
  - Indeed. It's like skipping half a block when doing a 5K -- nm - JD Nov 16, 10:52
Secret Stalker Poll - are you allergic to anything? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 16, 08:43 12
- No. At least not that I know of. - ReluctantCynic Nov 16, 11:30
- Well sometimes my teeth hurt when I bite something cold -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 16, 10:21 1
  - Makes note not to send zeit any ice cream. -- nm - sycor Nov 16, 10:33
- Knew a guy with a coconut allergy. nm - Dignan Nov 16, 10:03
- Nice try Meg. -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 09:41
- not really -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Nov 16, 09:41
- dairy. all za dairy. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 16, 09:25
- Nope -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 09:25
- christmas - decline Nov 16, 09:22
- Avocado :( -- nm - Meg Nov 16, 08:55
- nope -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 16, 08:44 1
  - not a big fan of spicy stuff, but do like spices for cooking for the wife -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 16, 09:45
super 8 footage from Close Encounters production (Spielberg must have almost 50 years of this stuff sitting on his shelves by now) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 08:38 2
- lolomg that wallpaper... 70s style is insane to me. -- nm - Jovian Nov 16, 09:46 1
  - Image search of modern wallpaper in 2023. I mean... -- (link) - Andie Nov 16, 09:50
A car. That flies. It'll only cost you $170K and you have to put it together yourself - no special skills are needed. -- (link) - decline Nov 16, 08:37 2
- I'll bet the DIY aspect is because now you can't sue when it's your own "experimental" craft -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 16, 10:23 1
  - That might be a side benefit; I think the main reason is getting that FAA experimental certification itself. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 10:25
Imaginary (2024) Official Trailer -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 16, 08:23 [youtube] 3
- Nightmare fuel for sure. That's a middle of the afternoon movie with a comedy chaser. -- nm - sycor Nov 16, 08:51
- OH HELL YEAH! -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 08:32
- all the nopes -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 16, 08:25
Oddly, George Santos has decided *not* to run for reelection now -- nm - decline Nov 16, 08:15 4
- All the NY Democratic Party had to do was try, but nah. -- nm - Tim Nov 16, 10:29
- sounds like he's gonna get expelled first. the ethics report was a real doozy -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 08:43 2
  - heh Onlyfans -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 16, 09:35
  - That all seems reasonable to me -- nm - decline Nov 16, 08:50
Israel now telling Palestinians to leave towns in southern Gaza -- (link) - znufrii, vice president Nov 16, 08:01 30
- At what point do we call this what it is? This is a genocide. - TWuG Nov 16, 08:03 27
  - Nope -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Nov 16, 09:34
  - this is a preposterous comparison. -- nm - mud Nov 16, 08:13 16
    - Can you point to what sets it apart from genocide? I understand that Israel has been provoked and faces an existential threat - TWuG Nov 16, 08:43 5
      - I continue to be stunned by how many people are buying this argument. It is not. The fighters are hiding among the people. Dug in to tunnels -- (edited) - pmb Nov 16, 09:14 4
        
        of course I agree, too. I’ll ask what others think should have happened after 10/7? - i.b.! Nov 16, 11:17 1
        
        well said -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Nov 16, 11:45
        
        I agree. -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Nov 16, 09:43 1
        
        Thanks Pippy. -- nm - pmb Nov 16, 10:00
    - Where does it end, then, but with the obliteration of Palestinians as a people? -- (edited) - znufrii, vice president Nov 16, 08:18 9
      - There are no good answers here. The best hope is that Israelis oust Netanyahu and revive a real 2 state solution. But it has to include eliminating - pmb Nov 16, 09:19 5
        
        ^ this. -- nm - Remlik Nov 16, 11:17
        
        Thank you for your continued thoughtful responses on what is doubtless a difficult issue for you. - znufrii, vice president Nov 16, 10:40
        
        I agree with everything here. I disagree with the way this war on Hamas, which is justified, has spilled over - TWuG Nov 16, 10:05 1
        
        It is also a war crime to use civilians as cover. But I want to be clear here, I am not saying that Israel is free from criticism. But I'm trying to - pmb Nov 16, 11:12
        
        I also suggest reading some of Thomas Friedman's writing on these issues in the NY Times over the last few - pmb Nov 16, 09:21
      - with Bibi going to jail (which is why he'll never stop) -- nm* - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 08:28 1
        
        Until the next attack by Hamas, maybe, and then we’re right back here regardless of who is in charge. -- nm - znufrii, vice president Nov 16, 08:31
      - this is close to my biggest question - what does either side want as the end result of all this? -- nm - Andie Nov 16, 08:24
  - If Ukraine is, this is. -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 08:04 8
    - I am profoundly disappointed with this response. -- nm - mud Nov 16, 08:12 7
      - Hmm. My answer is: yes, they both are. Even though I see a lot of talk treating them differently (though I have been avoiding the news). -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 08:14 6
        
        But yes, I do know the situations are radically different. In one case their is a side that is 100% wrong, in the other, no such line. -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 08:16 5
        
        The percent wrongness is individual, not shared. Hamas is 100% wrong, Israel, like 80? -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 09:15 4
        
        The nearly impossible challenge at the moment is separating Israel from the actions of Bibi, who is a war criminal. -- nm - David Nov 16, 09:26 3
        
        Except for the most extreme MAGA like people in Israel (who are a minority), even the most ardent Israel supporters would agree that he is at least a - pmb Nov 16, 09:38 2
        
        Speaking for myself, I have plenty of outrage all around. - David Nov 16, 10:01 1
        
        Thanks. I get it. I don't condone the treatment of the Palestinians in Gaza (or especially the West Bank), particularly over the last decade or so. - pmb Nov 16, 11:31
- I feel really bad for the innocents caught up in all of this. they cant go anywhere. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 16, 08:03 1
  - 100% agree - Pippy the Lioness Nov 16, 09:46
Allegiant also announced Austin to ...Eugene, Oregon. Random. -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 07:59 6
- That is a huge win for the Oregon airport. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 16, 11:31
- Interestingly, there's no return flight. -- nm - Dano Nov 16, 09:51
- Yeah, we're starting to get a lot of the budget airlines and Eugene. Something called Avelo has started to flying to Salem, which is barely an airport - Mop🧹 Nov 16, 09:48 1
  - Salem hasn't needed commercial flights, because brooms. - Beryllium Nov 16, 09:54
- It's so everyone in Texas can go visit Mop -- nm - decline Nov 16, 08:02
- You know you want it. - Spawn Nov 16, 08:00
my god, it feels like it should be Friday. -- nm - Andie Nov 16, 07:51 3
- Early US TGiving travellers will use it as their Friday -- nm - budice Nov 16, 08:01
- There was a point *yesterday* I thought it was. (Tuesday night meeting went late, and another tonight). -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 07:53
- gawd! I wish it was (I have all next week off) -- nm - decline Nov 16, 07:53
Starbucks workers across U.S. set to walk off the job Thursday to protest work conditions -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 16, 07:39
Bob Iger: forget the MCU, I got Frozen 4 -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 07:39 2
- If they're not working on a Disney Princess Cinematic Universe, then they're morons. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 16, 09:32
- Frozen 3 bombs, "Hey look I have Encanto 6" -- nm* - budice Nov 16, 07:42
House investigators found “substantial evidence” that Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) knowingly violated a litany of ethics and criminal laws -- (link) - decline Nov 16, 07:38 2
- You don't say! -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Nov 16, 09:47
- shocked! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 16, 07:38
The Renault Twingo EV -- (link) - decline Nov 16, 07:34 4
- The small EVs will change the industry. When I get a car for my kids, it'll be a Chevy Bolt or a Kia Niro. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 16, 08:53 1
  - eh. LA is the perfect test case for only needing a cheap 60-mile range EV to commute and tool around the city. assholes keep buying $80k Teslas tho -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 11:29
- Don't they go, like, 60 miles on a charge? -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 07:49 1
  - Absolutely! - if most of that is downhill -- nm - decline Nov 16, 07:52
I heard an Amazon ad this morning on the radio, that Black Friday week is coming, running from 17th to 27th of November, with up to 40% off. - Loyola Nov 16, 07:28 12
- WORDS HAVE MEANING! -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 16, 07:35
- nobody ever has to buy a goddamn thing from Amazon - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 07:33
- Eventually, Christmas will start the day after Halloween. -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 07:31 8
  - Pretty sure Lowe's and Home Depot had christmas decor out weeks before halloween. I wanted some "last minute" stuff 2 weeks before and couldn't find - sycor Nov 16, 08:55
  - Oh, they’re pushing it back now? -- nm - Home Depot, two weeks before Halloween Nov 16, 07:45
  - You’re right. - Loyola Nov 16, 07:44 3
    - Oh, come on. You get home from a vacation and the first thing you do is start thinking about your *next* vacation. Same thing! -- nm - The Powers That Be Nov 16, 07:48 2
      - It really is like that. Return from Coachella 2023, April 17. First payment towards Coachella 2024: June 16 -- nm - JD Nov 16, 08:15 1
        
        I'm good for Christmas and April, waiting for information on a convention in March, considering a trip to Kansas in early summer. - Meg Nov 16, 08:27
  - doesn't it? they have been playing carols in the mall downstairs since Nov 1. From Nov 1 to Nov 11, just light xmas instrumentals, then -- (edited) - Andie Nov 16, 07:32 1
    - Well, the USA still has some dignity. - Spawn Nov 16, 07:39
- Welcome to our future, were Appdiszon will control all of our entertainment, devices, and shopping. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 16, 07:30

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