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"Vince McMahon resigns from TKO" - David Jan 26, 17:46 6
- All because he didn’t pay this woman all of her NDA money. - Will Hunting Jan 26, 17:52
- rot in hell -- nm - Tim Jan 26, 17:51
- good he's gone -- nm - Remlik Jan 26, 17:49 3
  - For now. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 26, 17:52 1
    - The only thing I think he can do is sell off all that TKO stock he has and tank it -- nm - Remlik Jan 26, 17:54
  - He's legitimately one of the most vile people ever. -- nm - David Jan 26, 17:50
Meanwhile, I thought the AEW splitscreen couldn't be topped, but this is the funniest thing in wrestling this week. -- (link) - Tim Jan 26, 17:34 3
- They're having so much fun on ROH. -- nm - David Jan 26, 17:43 2
  - I think he's on the tail end of his career but Dalton Castle is always great -- nm - Tim Jan 26, 17:45 1
    - He savaged his back and just can't perform as well, but he's Charisma+++. -- nm - David Jan 26, 17:46
Woman shot herself while reaching in her purse at HEB (not my location). From what I understand it’s illegal to conceal carry in a grocery store… - Qale Jan 26, 17:34
I've now got the name, cell phone number, work phone number, and work address of the dude who tried to credit card fraud me last week. - David Jan 26, 17:00 1
- Tell the Swifties that he’s the guy who made the AI porn. -- nm - Dano Jan 26, 17:36
I’m no size queen, so getting 8 inches this week is not very welcome. - Qale Jan 26, 16:53 2
- I feel like there were like 8 million ways you could have said that, and you picked the worst one. -- nm - David Jan 26, 16:59 1
  - Well you have to understand, I have a leaky RAVussy. -- nm - Qale Jan 26, 17:35
Taylor Swift getting AI federally banned would be pretty funny -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 26, 16:36 1
- I take comfort in knowing that there is just as much power for good in doxxing as there has been for the aholes -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 26, 17:07
And if we’re doing throwbacks, I’ll play too. -- (link) - Dano Jan 26, 16:22 [youtube]
Woohoo! According to my scale I have moved from obese to overweight! -- nm - Dano Jan 26, 16:15 6
- the dial is always supposed to say: incredibly Sexy. -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 26, 16:42
- Wonderful! Your scale is the only one which counts. The ones in the doctor's office are clearly tuned too high. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 26, 16:22 3
  - Plus, they frown on getting naked before getting on the scale at the doctor's office. -- nm - Dano Jan 26, 16:34 2
    - I've never given as much thought to my wardrobe as I used to do before my monthly Weightwatcher weigh-in :-) -- nm - Meg Jan 26, 16:59 1
      - Definitely leave the steel-toed boots at home -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 26, 17:30
- congrats! -- nm - loosilu Jan 26, 16:18
SlimJim is pausing its WWE sponsorship. We'll see whether that opens the floodgates. - David Jan 26, 16:15 13
- also, it's been pointed out that Raw has no home for about 3 months later this year. - Tim Jan 26, 17:11 5
  - The “longest running weekly episodic television show” moniker is at risk! -- nm - Qale Jan 26, 17:37
  - I presume they just extended with USA, but I hope for their sake they already signed ALL the paperwork this week. - David Jan 26, 17:13 3
    - what dolph/hhh thing? -- nm - Remlik Jan 26, 17:17 2
      - Dolph did an AMA on Reddit a decade ago. He spoke up about rampant abuse. Then, the female wrestlers asked him to take it down. - David Jan 26, 17:42 1
        
        ah -- nm - Remlik Jan 26, 17:50
- in which incredibly processed beef like substance has more integrity than... -- nm - Tim Jan 26, 17:07
- "Well crap." -- nm - budice Jan 26, 16:51
- Oh you mean the same slim jim that allowed a possible wife beater a known juicer and possible sexual predator in Macho Man do there ads -- nm - eag Jan 26, 16:30 1
  - Remarkably, none of that can match the Vince accusations. - David Jan 26, 16:58
- that's going to affect sirius radio as well as they bought a huge ad buy for Busted Open and the fight channel -- nm - Remlik Jan 26, 16:26
- Snarp into a Slarm Jarm! -- nm - the wrong element Jan 26, 16:25
- Oh nooooo! -- nm - Ghost of Randy Savage Jan 26, 16:21
Ameriprise, you’re on my shit list now too. - spamlet Jan 26, 16:11
DTL recruiting question inside - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 26, 16:01 1
- And I have such a weird recruiting board this time. Not like my usual at all. - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 26, 16:31
this is fun - a contractor found a kid’s time capsule in a crawl space. the kid, now grown-up, was found. nm but: -- (link) - i.b.! Jan 26, 15:53 3
- I'm a 45 year old, with the intellect of a 14 year old, so I do get it. -- nm - Qale Jan 26, 16:02 1
  - His replies to others are remarkable. Especially the helpful link about SXSW! -- nm - Qale Jan 26, 16:06
- also “a real bug’s life” (narrated by awkwafina) is now streaming on disney+. — nm -- (link) - i.b.! Jan 26, 15:56
if all Netflix wants to do is license studio content maybe studios should just… not -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 26, 15:49
“some say this flame was lit by native americans millions of years ago.” nm but: -- (link*) - i.b.! Jan 26, 15:45
Slate's handy guide to picking each of the white guys in Masters of the Air out of a lineup -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 26, 15:39
80 degree record in DC today - Max Jan 26, 15:39 4
- it was NASTY -- nm - loosilu Jan 26, 16:25
- *jealous* We get a day or two like that almost every January, but not this year. :( -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 26, 16:24
- it was crazy -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 26, 16:23 1
  - I was roasting in the office. -- nm - loosilu Jan 26, 16:26
"Be Best." -- (pic) - mud Jan 26, 15:38 [Attachment] 5
- what "message"? -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 26, 15:40 4
  - that he'll make 'murica something something .. again. -- nm - mud Jan 26, 15:43 3
    - Tricky Nikki's on it. -- (pic) - mud Jan 26, 15:47 [Attachment] 2
      - damages for what tho? (still can't bring herself to call him an actual rapist) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 26, 16:04 1
        
        she's a total phony -- nm - mud Jan 26, 16:05
the other great thing about the jury verdict is now Nikki doesn't have to deflect anything because the case is decided -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 26, 15:34
absolute perfect follow-up joke. zero notes -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 26, 15:28 2
- Gregg Allman and Cher -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 26, 16:07
- that’s good. (I have a note about dakota and how uncomfortable she looks in that dress.) — nm - i.b.! Jan 26, 15:33
Qale's House of Retro Pleasure presents... ... ... Whatever. -- (link) - Qale Jan 26, 15:24 [youtube] 1
- Sure. Fine. -- (link) - JD Jan 26, 15:47 [youtube]
The Last Repair Shop is on Disney+ (at least in Canada) (Oscar nominated short from my SIL's cousin Ben Proudfoot) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jan 26, 15:16 1
- According to Streaming Into the Void's What's New in Streaming, it's also on Disney+ in the U.S.! Thanks, SITV! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 26, 18:14
‘Dune 3’ - mud Jan 26, 15:06 2
- Dune messiah was not great -- nm - decline Jan 26, 15:11 1
  - Denis will make something marvelous of it. -- nm - mud Jan 26, 15:15
Well, series 2 of UK Traitors was amazing. - LMS Jan 26, 15:05
The Throwback Thursday theme is the 30th Anniversary of the Tori Amos album: Under the Pink - JD Jan 26, 15:00 [youtube] 4
- But it's Friday. -- nm - Qale Jan 26, 15:17
- Link goes to Donna Lewis -- nm - Krusty Jan 26, 15:02 2
  - 🎵 Near and far, closer together. Everywhere I will be with you. Every sin, I will do for you 🎵 -- nm - JD Jan 26, 15:05 1
    - I thought it was a mistake as I was expecting a Tori Amos song. :-) I know the Donna Lewis song well. Good song. -- nm - Krusty Jan 26, 15:07
Starkville is 3/4 of the way to the DTL-TT Infinity Gauntlet. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 26, 14:56 5
- It is oddly satisfying to win even the lower tier tournaments -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 26, 16:13
- I will enjoy it for about 5 minutes until I start thinking about recruiting -- nm - rollo Jan 26, 15:20 3
  - Congrats! I’d much rather make a run in the PTT than make the NTT and lose. -- nm - Dano Jan 26, 16:21
  - I don't know why you're bothering -- you'll never get that DTT title if you *try*. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 26, 15:38 1
    - LOL. 28 Baron points. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 26, 16:05
Best that I've been able to read, Brendan Gallagher is probably going to get 5 games or less suspension? -- (link) - JD Jan 26, 14:47 [youtube] 3
- It's 5 -- (link) - Reagen Jan 26, 15:26
- Things like that, anything less than 10 is too lenient. - Will Hunting Jan 26, 14:54
- I mean who knows with the NHL Wheel of Justice but I'd bet towards the higher side of that. -- nm - Reagen Jan 26, 14:50
We're heading out for a bit, but FUCK THE SAINTS. - David Jan 26, 14:36
As a counterpoint to all the Tesla doom, the Model Y was the best selling car in the world for 2023. - TWuG Jan 26, 14:32 10
- according to the trainwreck earnings call mainly because they slashed the margins to the bone to move the product - hollywood big shot Jan 26, 14:38 5
  - Not cause it has doors that go like "this"? -- nm - JD Jan 26, 14:56 2
    - Wait does it have those doors? -- nm - amandaphone Jan 26, 15:26 1
      - Actually, no. It was announced as having them like the X but production wise, it just has traditional rear doors -- nm - JD Jan 26, 15:37
  - Margins were 9.2% for 2023 and profits up nearly 20%. - TWuG Jan 26, 14:45
  - I mean, ultimately good, as it's driving down the price for all EVs - Reagen Jan 26, 14:41
- I thought I read that they cut the price to drive sales which would explain the sales bump. -- nm - Krusty Jan 26, 14:38 2
  - Because their margins were large enough to allow it. You want a company to have that flexibility. - TWuG Jan 26, 14:49 1
    - That's great and hopefully more and more people will get in an EV than an ICE car. -- nm - Krusty Jan 26, 15:01
- to be honest, I dont believe that. but cool, an EV is winning things, that is awesome. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 26, 14:36
and now there is precedent: Alabama carries out first known execution with nitrogen gas in the US -- (link) - JD Jan 26, 14:30
Van Gogh museum fires employees for breaking rules around the Pokemon promotion. -- (link) - TWuG Jan 26, 14:26
Aliens What If? (Marvel Comics): What If Carter Burke (Paul Reiser) survived Aliens? out March 6th -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Jan 26, 14:22 6
- let me know when Aliens become one with Jedi, Sith or Gallifrey'ans. -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 26, 15:21
- I'm better the answer is "very bad things" -- nm - sycor Jan 26, 14:37 2
  - 'Game Over Man' -- nm - eag Jan 26, 14:46
  - Alien vs Predator vs Murray -- nm - Beryllium Jan 26, 14:42
- Paul Reiser and his son are writing it. -- nm - Remlik Jan 26, 14:29
- *twitch* -- nm - Jovian Jan 26, 14:24
Sports medicine legend Dr. James Andrews has retired -- (link) - Remlik Jan 26, 14:15 5
- The scariest words to a sports fan. "Player has gone to Birmingham, Alabama - Will Hunting Jan 26, 14:19 4
  - Is that like the sports equivalent of being taken to the farm or something? -- nm - JD Jan 26, 14:21 2
    - He has saved quite a.few athletes careers -- nm - eag Jan 26, 14:28
    - Pretty much.... - Will Hunting Jan 26, 14:27
  - oh yeah you knew it was super serious then. -- nm - Remlik Jan 26, 14:20
The Governors of Maryland and Kansas both think the Chiefs play in Kansas. -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 26, 14:11 4
- Reparations for Bleeding Kansas -- nm - Roger More Jan 26, 14:48
- well, I get the KS side of things, just because there is no other major league teams in KS - tRuMaN Jan 26, 14:17
- It could be argued that Kansas has a better claim on the Chiefs than NY does on the Jets and Giants. -- nm - Max Jan 26, 14:16 1
  - Because of distance to the border? - Krusty Jan 26, 14:21
Reuters claims SpaceX workplace injuries go unreported. How can they not report them? Self insured for Workers Comp? - Meg Jan 26, 14:09 2
- the included injuries were unreported, but many more have been; and all are supposed to be. here’s the original reuters story that talks about this. -- (link) - i.b.! Jan 26, 15:30 1
  - Ah, so workers comp, OSHA, et al, all knew about it. But wasn't on their corp reporting so didn't hit the public/shareholders. -- nm - Meg Jan 26, 16:14
The good news is I am getting a tax refund this year, rather than owe. The bad news is my income is down from 2022 as work culture has changed. - Qale Jan 26, 14:07 4
- I’m sorry it’s so hard. - i.b.! Jan 26, 14:56 1
  - If you'd adopt me, remember to poke holes in the box BEFORE you put me in it. -- nm - Qale Jan 26, 15:18
- have you ever considered a career on only-fans? - tRuMaN Jan 26, 14:54 1
  - My feet are definitely NSFW but not in the way you might hope. -- nm - Qale Jan 26, 15:18
Thread worth reading. It has 0% to do with politics and 100% to do with Zoozve -- (link) - ty97 Jan 26, 14:01 7
- TLDR? -- (edited) - Krusty Jan 26, 14:23 3
  - ok. - i.b.! Jan 26, 14:27
  - It's an asteroid (2002 VE ... getit?) in resonant co orbit with Venus and the sun in a jellybean shaped path. -- nm - Reagen Jan 26, 14:25 1
    - Thank you both! :-) -- nm - Krusty Jan 26, 14:37
- very enjoyable! I have read something about those but this is an even better representation. — nm - i.b.! Jan 26, 14:21
- That's not Threads. I almost clicked! -- nm - JaxSean Jan 26, 14:10 1
  - unfortunately, it’s not on threads, as of now. he said he made an ep of radiolab about it, if you’re inclined. — nm - i.b.! Jan 26, 14:24
stnn gets yet another speedy delivery kudo: almost 4 hours after boo. posted about Teams, our IT dept sent a message about it. — nm - i.b.! Jan 26, 14:00
You feelin' satisfied now, Donny? Because I can go on busting you up all night -- nm - Mike McD Jean Carrol Jan 26, 14:00
$83.3 million might be a more significant chunk of change than he'll ever admit. -- nm - TWuG Jan 26, 13:56 8
- It's kind of a savvy judgement, big enough to hurt, not so big that it triggers appeals. -- nm - Reagen Jan 26, 14:23 3
  - Why would anyone expect he’s not going to appeal anyway? -- nm* - Znufrii, promoted Jan 26, 14:53 1
    - I mean it in the "that's a ludicrous amount that will be overturned" way. -- nm - Reagen Jan 26, 14:55
  - has to appeal - Lafarrow Jan 26, 14:31
- the most expensive tweets ever posted -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 26, 13:58 3
  - ... i dunno, the $44b tweets might fit that bill -- nm - Beryllium Jan 26, 14:20
  - Maybe they can just give Carroll Trump Tower -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 26, 13:59 1
    - He doesn't own it. -- nm - loosilu Jan 26, 16:50
7 men, 2 women on the jury (only one non-white male) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 26, 13:48 8
- fucko will have to post bond if he wants to appeal -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 26, 13:51 7
  - Huh. Is that how it that works? - JD Jan 26, 13:56 6
    - you have to pay a judgment - Lafarrow Jan 26, 14:00 5
      - Also from Board 2 - Bankruptcy is not generally an option - Lafarrow Jan 26, 14:03 4
        
        Thank you. Good to see you and this is applied to civil suits? In that case, that makes sense. Bond is sort of, kind of an escrow? -- nm - JD Jan 26, 14:12 3
        
        (*also: how is the $$ amount of the Bond figured out?) - Jovian Jan 26, 14:14 2
        
        depends on the rules of the court/state - Lafarrow Jan 26, 14:18 1
        
        Oh. Wow. 🤣 - JD Jan 26, 14:22

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