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May December, no grade. I turned it off halfway through. - Loyola Dec 4, 15:01
My secret screening was Next Goal Wins which was a fine if instantly forgettable way to spend 90 minutes. -- nm - LMS Dec 4, 14:41 5
- Do you generally like real life sports movies? -- nm - David Dec 4, 15:05 1
  - I'm a sucker for an underdog sports movie, but boy are they formulaic. -- nm - LMS Dec 4, 16:20
- I wish Waititi made some better choices with which projects he works on. While this is a fine story to tell, it's not what he should be doing, imo. - Krusty Dec 4, 14:59 2
  - To be fair, he did film this in 2019. -- nm - Dano Dec 4, 15:01 1
    - IMO, even then it's not a film he should be making. I have no issue with the story, just him working on it. I want to see him making much more - Krusty Dec 4, 15:13
Ohhhh I went a whole 35 minutes today with Twitter before I got Rate Limited. Great App there Elon. Just great. -- nm - Jovian Dec 4, 14:21 1
- you could try not using it -- nm - decline Dec 4, 15:10
Fountain Pen every day (poll from board 2) - Lafarrow Dec 4, 14:08 1
- yeah, me too. custom one I got as a wedding present, using black walnut ink I made last year, or iroshizuku syo-ro. -- nm - mafic Dec 4, 14:27
guess who bought a Santos cameo .. -- (link) - mud Dec 4, 13:43 1
- holy shit -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 4, 14:08
GabbyPetito: Brian Laundrie’s parents knew Gabby was "gone" early on. Phonecall reveals -- (link*) - budice Dec 4, 13:37 1
- “We were big Gone Girl fans and felt that she too could have been “gone” in the sense of framing our son for her faked murder” -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 4, 13:42
.nm -- nm* - hollywood big shot Dec 4, 13:33 8
- corporate art is big biz, supposed to spend 1% on art, sometimes they just buy something just to have spent it. - zeitgeist Dec 4, 14:19
- The pic changes each time the site loads. I finally got a pic with a pice with colored stripes in the background. Is that - TWuG Dec 4, 14:10 1
  - yeah -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 4, 14:17
- $500! -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 4, 13:58 2
  - PIRR rules i guess: $30k-40k a pop -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 4, 14:03 1
    - Someone got robbed! -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 4, 14:17
- 312,500 -- nm - sycor Dec 4, 13:35 1
  - *bzzt* (c'mon man we're not BlackRock) -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 4, 13:35
I was aware of "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" by Reba. I did not know it was a remake. I *definitely* didn't know who sang the original. -- nm* - ty97 Dec 4, 13:23 6
- Loved that song when I was a kid. I think I actually got my mother to buy me the album. -- nm - pmb Dec 4, 13:49 1
  - see, ty? all you had to do was ask - hollywood big shot Dec 4, 13:51
- some Mama's Family fan you are -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 4, 13:25 3
  - I think it's that I'm just far too young. -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 13:28 2
    - My youngest child will be 21 in 23 days - oblique Dec 4, 13:31 1
      - so you had a one-year old when i started playing HSX -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 4, 13:36
'Dictatorship' by Dan Rather - mud Dec 4, 13:16 6
- I am glad that more people (with clout) are starting to say this openly. -- nm - Jovian Dec 4, 13:37 3
  - Dan Rather doesn’t control anything anymore -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 4, 13:43 2
    - I understand, but he certainly has more clout than Jovian the Reactionary on ST! -- nm - Jovian Dec 4, 13:52 1
      - maybe a bit. -- (pic) - mud Dec 4, 13:56 [Attachment]
- [snork] Kelsey Grammer’s Pro-Trump Comments Derail ‘Frasier’ Promo Interview - mud Dec 4, 13:33
- "it's the power, stupid." -- (pic) - mud Dec 4, 13:26 [Attachment]
I know it's my first day at a new job and all, but hooboy, this encapsulates me today. -- (pic) - JaxSean Dec 4, 13:06 [Attachment] 6
- blame the previous employee for at least the first 2 years. -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 4, 14:09
- I’m guessing they hired you because they think you’re capable. - Loyola Dec 4, 13:55
- I mean, Apple is the dark side, so yeah, you might be in danger. - sycor Dec 4, 13:17
- show em who's boss, kid! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 4, 13:15
- No one mentioned the fight to the dead at lunch time, every Friday? -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 4, 13:11 1
  - After a week of draining a swamp, they round up the gators, pythons and meth cookers into the thunderdome -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 4, 13:14
rollo, here are my ranks for those players - spamlet Dec 4, 13:06 6
- Mine: - Will Hunting Dec 4, 13:37
- So, Baron has Wilson at 265, and you have him at 50? That's interesting. Can you tell me about the player? -- nm - David Dec 4, 13:08 4
  - My system has him at #329 overall -- #637 on attributes and #98 on stats. - Will Hunting Dec 4, 13:29
  - He's poorly scouted which is the main reason for the discrepancy. Inside are the details - rollo Dec 4, 13:19 1
    - Yeah for me, a P scout gets a 10% weight in the eval (so more or less ignored). -- nm - spamlet Dec 4, 13:33
  - Baron’s system rewards players that do a little of everything. - spamlet Dec 4, 13:14
"Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett underwent ankle surgery to "accelerate the healing process" on a high sprain to his right ankle" - David Dec 4, 12:56 2
- I've never heard of surgery for a sprain. - pmb Dec 4, 13:16
- "how do we call it minor with it being more severe" (dropping hint to the fanbase the season might be over for them) -- nm* - budice Dec 4, 13:01
Aaron Rodgers reached out to Zach Wilson in an effort to advise him to resume the starter role, but at the time, Wilson remained apprehensive w/injury risk -- nm* - budice Dec 4, 12:48 18
- Cut him immediately. - Will Hunting Dec 4, 13:17
- Could he even get the locker room back after this? -- nm - Reagen Dec 4, 12:58 3
  - Imagine how the kindly fans of New York will treat him after this. -- nm - David Dec 4, 12:59 2
    - the radio guys at lunch were waiting to confirm this reporting before they really pounced on him - Jovian Dec 4, 13:00 1
      - You know it's bad when even Aaron Rodgers views it as a tactical error. -- nm - David Dec 4, 13:02
- Sigh. Why did I choose the Jets when I was a kid? LT and the Giants were right there. -- nm - Krusty Dec 4, 12:56 4
  - hehehe you could be like my Gen Z nephew who went NY Giants, NJ Jets, to Cleveland Browns and then back to the Jets - Jovian Dec 4, 12:58 1
    - Ha! I have never changed my allegiance to a team. It's why I still root for Kansas even though I've never even flown over the state let alone been - Krusty Dec 4, 14:57
  - That ornament is insanely cute, though. I'm pretty jealous. -- nm - David Dec 4, 12:57 1
    - It's awesome and was the first ornament on my tree this year. Thank you!! :-) -- nm - Krusty Dec 4, 14:21
- Quiet quitting? (😄) -- nm - Diva Dec 4, 12:54 2
  - ! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 4, 13:05
  - I'm just noticing this, and it's hysterical. -- nm - David Dec 4, 13:04
- unconditional. release. -- nm - Jovian Dec 4, 12:51 4
  - I'm not even seeing anyone taking Wilson's side on this. It's that far beyond the pale. -- nm - David Dec 4, 12:53 3
    - HEH... My Gen Z nephew just texted me that he feels terrible for Zach and he doesn't blame him for not wanting to play. -- nm - Jovian Dec 4, 12:55 2
      - Tell him your friend is asking him why a guy paid millions to suck so far should say no to his employer. -- nm - David Dec 4, 12:57 1
        
        For the crime of asking him to do his job - Will Hunting Dec 4, 13:16
Remember that Okta identity breach in September that affected 1% of their users. Yeah, sorry. They meant 100% - oblique Dec 4, 12:47 1
- "I've heard it both ways." -- nm - David Dec 4, 12:48
Hollywood, which I think invented musicals on film, continues to want to hide that fact from the moviegoing public -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 4, 12:27 19
- I'd be more concerned with the idea that The Color Purple appears to be an animated movie, going by that poster. -- nm - Reagen Dec 4, 13:36 1
  - it IS a bold new take . . . -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 4, 13:36
- Pretty funny too that they hint at it with the musical note in the letter A -- nm - oblique Dec 4, 13:00 4
  - like both Mean Girls and Color Purple were very successful B'way shows. are they scared that people don't remember that fact? -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 4, 13:11 3
    - I'd bet 90% of people aren't aware they were Broadway shows -- nm - Roger More Dec 4, 13:27 1
      - Also, watching The Color Purple trailer with the song 'Push the Button' and this is all I can think of: -- (link) - Roger More Dec 4, 13:30 [youtube]
    - Evan Hansen bombed…why remind people of that? - Will Hunting Dec 4, 13:20
- Are they doing that with 'Wonka' too? -- nm - Diva Dec 4, 12:51 6
  - mostly -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 4, 12:56
  - Ive seen multiple trailers, if werent for ST I would not know this was going to be a musical. - Jovian Dec 4, 12:53 4
    - Wonka seems so much more obvious to me. the trailer shows what are clearly big choreographed numbers. -- nm - Andie Dec 4, 12:54 2
      - that's what's funny about the Mean Girls trailer. If you watch it is obvious there are dance numbers and people singing but none of it is set to the - oblique Dec 4, 12:56
      - You're definitely right it does. But to me I just see it as being like the original movie. - Jovian Dec 4, 12:56
    - I've heard a lot of good things about this movie. -- nm - Diva Dec 4, 12:54
- Jellicle posters -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 4, 12:46
- its almost as if they are admitting that Musicals don't really sell. -- nm - Jovian Dec 4, 12:46
- it's the only way to trick Spawns to go see them - oblique Dec 4, 12:34 2
  - Question: What if they remake Spawn. But make it a musical? -- nm - Jovian Dec 4, 12:53 1
    - :-] -- nm - mud Dec 4, 12:55
Angelos still playing the holdup game with MSA with one month to go on Camden Yards lease -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 4, 12:17
Your top 10 songs: Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree, AIWFCIY, Lovin’ On Me, Jingle Bell Rock, Last Christmas, Holly Jolly Christmas, Cruel Summer, Paint the Town Red, Snooze, -- (edited) - Tim Dec 4, 12:16 1
- please -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 12:17
LYC: The RF/IR "blaster" that I got last year for Christmas is paying off again. I put up these LED string lights to hold our Christmas cards this - oblique Dec 4, 11:58 [Attachment] 10
- Your fridge isn't magnetic? I didn't think that was a thing. I just ordered a Broadlink for my living room fan and TV. - sycor Dec 4, 12:11 9
  - Oddly enough, the sides are magnetic but not the front (Samsung I think). Can't get to the sides much though because it is recessed on both sides -- nm - oblique Dec 4, 12:20 3
    - just glue them to the fridge -- nm - decline Dec 4, 12:36 2
      - I could just glue them to the wall if I wanted to do that -- nm - oblique Dec 4, 12:36
      - OH! or spray paint the front of the fridge with magnetic paint! -- nm - decline Dec 4, 12:36
  - Most stainless appliances are non-magnetic -- nm - Beryllium Dec 4, 12:13 3
    - Huh. I have a stainless fridge and just assumed it was. I've never tried because I didn't want to cover up the pretty stainless. -- nm - sycor Dec 4, 12:15 1
      - Actually wait I do have something on the front being held by a neodymium magnet, Whirlpool FTW! -- nm* - sycor Dec 4, 12:39
    - not ours! -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 12:14
  - Paper mache fridges are all the rage. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 12:12
Zach Wilson's texting with the Jets -- (pic) -- (link*) - budice Dec 4, 11:54 [Attachment] 2
- Dude should be given his unconditional release today. -- nm - Jovian Dec 4, 12:05
- #antiwork -- nm - David Dec 4, 11:55
I'm hitting the part of of the Hallmark movie where problems occur. I've got a larger one that is Claus for alarm, but quickly now - crash davis 😺 Dec 4, 11:51 1
- And you're a thousand miles from the ocean -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 4, 13:22
Me: I need to take this to the UPS Store to ship. My brain: You know there's a post office right around the corner, right? - B'nai B'ron Dec 4, 11:49 7
- But USPS?? That's like checking bags at the airport - how can you even trust that it'll arrive at its destination? You get what you pay for... -- nm - intrusive thoughts Dec 4, 11:56 3
  - Like the book I sent to Nathan that remained "in transit" even after I reported it lost. After a couple of months I sent another one which - Meg Dec 4, 13:01 2
    - I got Pippy's Christmas card on Valentine's Day last year (which delighted me, really.) -- nm - Andie Dec 4, 13:02 1
      - Ah, but we'll blame that on Canada Post ;) -- nm - Meg Dec 4, 13:15
- Ha! So much cheaper. -- nm - Krusty Dec 4, 11:54 1
  - About half as much as I was expecting to pay to ship it, so 👍 - B'nai B'ron Dec 4, 12:29
- ... squirrel! - brain Dec 4, 11:50
omg, "HUGE!" -- (link*) - mud Dec 4, 11:48 [Attachment] 1
- loaning money, how does it work? -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 4, 11:50
Colts’ All-Pro LB Shaquille Leonard is signing a one-year deal with the Eagles -- nm - budice Dec 4, 11:43
Interesting. Just learned in the local paper that someone I know is the great great grandson of Bass Reeves. - Name Withheld By Request Dec 4, 11:42
I mean, foodchem said he wasn't sure he wanted to start for ST. So, we cut him. - David Dec 4, 11:39 2
- comes in and throws two passes for zero yards. never heard from again. -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 4, 11:42 1
  - QB rating: 39.6 -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 4, 12:39
In time for the Holidays: George Santos is now on Cameo. The ex-congressman is selling personalized videos on Cameo for $200 a pop. -- nm - budice Dec 4, 11:38 12
- How much extra if you want him in drag? -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 4, 11:53 2
  - half price -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 12:01 1
    - I'll take two! -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 4, 12:08
- Still wish I had gotten one from Kevin Conroy. By and large I think cameo is weird, but I will always regret not getting one from him. - sycor Dec 4, 11:46 2
  - would of been awesome -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 4, 11:52
  - word -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 11:46
- I thought cameo had died -- nm - Beryllium Dec 4, 11:41 5
  - Sounds like Only fans for old sad and ugly characters with an ounce of name recognition -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 4, 13:10 1
    - And people who thought very highly of themselves and charge $500+ for a quick video. -- nm - sycor Dec 4, 13:16
  - Santos is bringing it back! -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 11:44 2
    - Well he did invent it so… -- nm - Pip Dec 4, 12:04
    - Word up -- nm - eag Dec 4, 12:01
nice cover, New Yorker -- (pic) - mud Dec 4, 11:27 [Attachment]
Jackie Hoffman on 30 Rock -- (link) - Roger More Dec 4, 11:24 [youtube] 9
- Only Arsons in the Building -- nm - Max Dec 4, 11:51
- I think it's time to rewatch 30 Rock from the beginning. -- nm - Andie Dec 4, 11:30 7
  - I started to several months ago and it felt like it had lost a step. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 11:39 6
    - never lost a step, dipshit - hollywood big shot Dec 4, 11:41 5
      - There are still 2 bits they did that I can’t believe made air. (Spoils) - Will Hunting Dec 4, 11:48 2
        
        And that was possibly the least offensive of the three separate uses of blackface on the show -- nm - Roger More Dec 4, 11:52 1
        
        I was about to say. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 11:52
      - Liz's high school reunion is a top 10 1/2 hour of comedy for me -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 4, 11:44 1
        
        BRAVERMAN!!! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Dec 4, 12:20
You won’t tell me where you been Whiskey running all down your chin -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 4, 11:21

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