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Most-Watched Super Bowl 2024 Ads: Tina Fey, Bradley Cooper, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mr. T and Scientology Land in YouTube’s Top 10 - JD Feb 13, 11:11 1
- Which explains both "why SB ads star celebrities" and "why it's a bad idea" -- nm - Roger More Feb 13, 11:20
Tiger Woods starts new clothing brand after being dropped by Nike -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 13, 11:06 2
- coulda won a lot of bets in 2008 that Tiger would never break Jack's Major victories record only 10 years into his pro career, already sitting at 14 -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 13, 11:13
- reddit dug it -- (pic) - budice Feb 13, 11:09 [Attachment]
Suits LA casting: Stephen Amell.... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 13, 11:05 2
- lol fuck that show -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 13, 11:08 1
  - you have failed this city -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 13, 11:14
Parachuter was spotted jumping off the ledge of the now-infamous graffiti-covered skyscraper in downtown LA -- (link*) - budice Feb 13, 10:54 2
- they really need to invest in some locks -- nm - decline Feb 13, 10:57 1
  - This. That ought to be the lesson learned. Heck they may not even need locks. Just board the place up. It's not like the owners are routinely - JD Feb 13, 11:00
RIP Steve Wright -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 13, 10:35
NY-03 special election update: it snowing -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 13, 10:31 4
- Contrasting a special election turnout to a regular election turnout is a laughable comparison. - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 13, 11:12
- It stopped about an hour ago. -- nm - Krusty Feb 13, 10:49
- "George Santos re-elected" -- nm - budice Feb 13, 10:36
- Anecdotal voter turnout reports, you've never steered me wrong before! -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 10:33
365 million people watched Deadpool and Wolverine trailer in the first 24 hours, breaking Spider-Man's record. -- nm - David Feb 13, 10:23 3
- 312.50 -- nm - budice Feb 13, 11:04
- 400m if Taylor had been in it. money on the table. -- nm - Max Feb 13, 10:30
- I was a dozen of those! -- nm - Spawn Feb 13, 10:26
if your defense was never gonna stop Mahomes from any field position, even scoring first with a FG was probably meaningless -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 13, 10:12 12
- Tuesday morning quarterback dot com. -- nm - Last Of My Kind Feb 13, 10:27 1
  - well-earned in Kyle Shanahan’s case -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 13, 10:29
- With that attitude, why even bother coming out of the locker room? -- nm - JD Feb 13, 10:20 9
  - it’s 4th and 4 from the 9 not some long yardage sitch at midfield. -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 13, 10:24 7
    - 4th and 4 at the 9 *is* a "long yardage sitch." They've only made six yards in three plays. -- nm - David Feb 13, 10:56 4
      - if you thought you could stop Mahomes, you would have given him the ball first in OT -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 13, 10:59 3
        
        Not if you knew the OT playoff rules... -- nm - David Feb 13, 11:01 2
        
        Which actually didn’t come into play. - Will Hunting Feb 13, 11:05 1
        
        and then it would have been sudden death after that. A few misinformed people are associating it with college football, which starts in FG position. -- nm - David Feb 13, 11:13
    - If 4 yards per play was easy, there’d never be a punt. - Will Hunting Feb 13, 10:33 1
      - the Dan Campbell theory -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 13, 10:35
  - Right. -- nm - David Feb 13, 10:22
Xbox and Microsoft Flight Simulator Unveil Dune Expansion and Floating Controller -- (link) - Remlik Feb 13, 09:59 5
- unlockable AMC popcorn bucket that you can virtually fuck? -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 13, 10:03 2
  - lol they are really leaning into “somebody’s gonna fuck that giant butthole” energy -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 13, 10:20
  - cant wait for the xray when someone get stuck -- nm - budice Feb 13, 10:06
- How fast will you crash it into the ground? -- nm - oblique Feb 13, 10:03 1
  - about as fast as Crash and Eag drive us off a cliff in Halo. -- nm - Remlik Feb 13, 10:07
Neil Young and Crazy Horse tour.... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 13, 09:44
A half hour into my first walk of the day I found out my boots aren't as waterproof as I thought. I have ice cubes for feet right now. -- nm - Krusty Feb 13, 09:44 1
- We're they advertised as waterproof? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 13, 10:54
Madame Web 19% (9/39), Bob Marley: One Love 39% (18/28) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 13, 09:38 4
- 19%. What was the last lower RT? -- nm - Spawn Feb 13, 10:24 2
  - Morbius was 15%. -- nm - LMS Feb 13, 10:53 1
    - Marvel just needs to buy Sony out. -- nm - David Feb 13, 10:54
- ouch! -- nm - mud Feb 13, 09:41
Oscars class photo 2024: 10 things we spotted from Margot Robbie to Billie Eilish -- (link) - LMS Feb 13, 09:37 1
- only two Brits, but they're pretty great -- nm - mud Feb 13, 09:42
so stupid. Israel-hating Dems & Ukraine-hating MAGAs might kill the bill, but Johnson won't even allow a vote? Is there a way around this dickwad?! -- nm - mud Feb 13, 09:35 1
- i mean AIPAC could spend some of its $100m targeting MAGA Mike and friends, but absent that . . . discharge petition if five Rs sign on -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 13, 09:38
Is today over yet? - Znufrii, promoted Feb 13, 09:29
THE BEAST in select cities 4/5/24 -- (link) - mud Feb 13, 09:27 [youtube]
OTD: Peter Gabriel born -- nm - Remlik Feb 13, 09:26 3
- Stockard Channing 80, Kim Novak 91 -- nm - Max Feb 13, 09:57
- me too -- nm - Judy Dyble Feb 13, 09:32 1
  - me too -- nm - Patty Berg Feb 13, 09:35
Pearl Jam + Wrigley Field. August 29th and 31st 2024 -- (link) - oblique Feb 13, 09:21 1
- I've never seen them! -- nm - Last Of My Kind Feb 13, 10:20
Sasquatch Sunset | April 12. Nationwide April 19 -- (link*) - mud Feb 13, 09:21 [youtube]
Robert Plant/Allison Krauss on tour this year. a Top 5 Concert for me this past 10 years.... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 13, 09:15
Golf: Scottsdale PD posted Arrest Stats for WM Phoenix open -- (pic) -- (link*) - budice Feb 13, 09:14 [Attachment]
Leslie Odom Jr. is doing a concert series with a stop in Chicago. Yea or Nay? (it's a concert not a "night with" kind of thing which I've done - oblique Feb 13, 09:12 10
- i'll be the contrarian, just skip it -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 13, 09:42
- Hell yeah. -- nm - Znufrii, promoted Feb 13, 09:28
- oh yeah, he's pretty terrific -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 13, 09:18
- I would go. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Feb 13, 09:15
- No idea who that is, so, sure! -- nm - Spawn Feb 13, 09:14 5
  - Peter Collier in Person of Interest! -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 10:11
  - He was Burr in the original cast of Hamilton -- nm - oblique Feb 13, 09:15 3
    - Wasnt he also in American Gods? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 13, 09:45 2
      - Glass Onion would be the latest thing I'd remember him for -- nm - oblique Feb 13, 10:01
      - No, that was Orlando Jones. Oof. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 13, 09:46
Daily Show turned to 11: Courtchella -- (link) - budice Feb 13, 08:38 1
- Why stop there? There has to dozens of chargeable crimes, plus civil cases of fraud from all the towns his campaign didn't pay. -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 13, 10:51
Damsel | Official Trailer | Netflix (March 8) -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Feb 13, 08:08 [youtube] 9
- So it's (spoiler) - Mop🧹 Feb 13, 10:10
- looks good, but gives away fucking everything. Jesus Christ trailer makers -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 13, 08:11 7
  - I look forward to the sequel. -- nm - Spawn Feb 13, 09:10
  - It can’t be that ba….wow. Oh, wow. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 13, 09:05 1
    - Though it's a Netflix trailer. I swear that they manage to give away key points for their shows in the 2-3 seconds that I see for their auto-play - JD Feb 13, 09:11
  - Jeebus. Well, even on paper I was feeling no drive to watch this anyway. (NM) - Marlowe Feb 13, 08:53
  - Yeesh. You ain't kidding. -- nm - sycor Feb 13, 08:46
  - Want to see this but don't have 2 hours? Watch the trailer and get the whole story in 3 minutes! - Trailer Makers Feb 13, 08:38
  - agreed. -- nm - mud Feb 13, 08:33
KImmy Jimmel gets lost in his way to host the Oscars -- (link) - JaxSean Feb 13, 07:32 [youtube] 14
- That’s really good. - Will Hunting Feb 13, 08:29
- "good thing Greta's got Director in the bag" -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 13, 08:07
- And nothing of value was lost. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 13, 07:49 11
  - best host since Crystal. -- nm - mud Feb 13, 08:02 9
    - Not saying much there. He was OK, but I was absolutely fine without a host. (NM) - Marlowe Feb 13, 08:41
    - I probably agree. - Will Hunting Feb 13, 08:29
    - Since the last Crystal maybe, but the Hugh Jackman opening was legendary. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 13, 08:09 4
      - Written by Dan Harmon, Rob Schrab and Jean-Ralphio -- (link) - Roger More Feb 13, 08:40 3
        
        I have rewatched it several times. Such a great production. And Jackman is smart never to host again. Leave them wanting more. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 13, 08:50 2
        
        "Hughie, hear us out. If you host, we guarantee Deadpool 3 will win an oscar." "Okay, fine, I'm in." - Beryllium Feb 13, 09:44 1
        
        yeah! -- nm - mud Feb 13, 09:53
    - An easy misspelling of "Letterman". -- nm - Spawn Feb 13, 08:08 1
      - Dave's just the best host ever (who did it one year and it didn't go well). -- nm* - mud Feb 13, 08:31
  - As long as they do not replace him with Trevor Noah. -- nm - Spawn Feb 13, 08:01
Also, new symptom of COVID: I saw a commercial for McDonald's and thought "Man that burger looks good." - sycor Feb 13, 07:18 1
- p < 0.05! -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 13, 07:19
Oh god, Fanatics is making MLB uniforms this season? They’re awful quality. -- (link) - Tim Feb 13, 07:17 5
- I thought Nike was the uniform supplier. Are there multiple? -- nm - Krusty Feb 13, 09:46
- I have zero guilt using dhgate while fanatics is making unis. -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 07:46
- Seinfeld did it -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Feb 13, 07:32 [youtube]
- They're a step up from fast fashion, but not the top tier that you'd expect the players to wear. -- nm* - crash davis 😺 Feb 13, 07:26 1
  - Should've gone with cotton. -- nm - George Costanza Feb 13, 07:27
Znu, I need to know what the spreadsheets say about inflation. - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 13, 07:15 3
- I don’t think holding on to the zero-fixed rate bonds will do you any good. I sold the last of mine last month. - Znufrii, promoted Feb 13, 07:29 2
  - That's a good point. I am using them as long-term savings. - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 13, 07:41 1
    - Also, I've completed the transformation into my father. :D - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 13, 07:45
According to Fitbit, I averaged a 3,605 avg. daily calorie burn last week. That is good because I ate like a pig at the Super Bowl party -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 13, 07:13 1
- sick burn -- nm - Max Feb 13, 07:16
Madame Web reviews hitting (Ed gives it a positive!...but his quote will likely not make any commercials...) -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Feb 13, 06:43 11
- THR: "'Madame Web' Critic Reviews Are Brutal: "Hilariously Bad, Embarrassing Mess"" -- nm - budice Feb 13, 08:02 2
  - even the good ones are not good "not as bad as Catwoman" = high praise -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 13, 08:15 1
    - But... "Morbius was better"!?! -- nm - Spawn Feb 13, 08:39
- Is this "Marvel's" Catwoman? -- nm - Spawn Feb 13, 07:26 2
  - Don't pin this on Iger. This is all Sony. -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 13, 07:41 1
    - Hence the ""s. -- nm - Spawn Feb 13, 07:54
- Man, I sort of wanted to go the movies this weekend and it looks like Bob Marley isn't much better. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 13, 07:02 3
  - I've almost gone to see American Fiction the last couple weekends, then all of a sudden... I didn't. - Cuzzin Todd Feb 13, 07:15 2
    - I was thinking of that, but I checked my theater for the day I can go and it is now gone. That is on me -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 13, 07:17 1
      - They basically have Madame Web, Bob Marley, and that Russell Crowe-Lesser Hemsworths movie -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 13, 07:22
- ~20-23% by my count so far -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 13, 06:44
re:Amazon. I'll use Amazon to shop for things, then buy them elsewhere - like we used to to with Best Buy. - colin Feb 13, 06:37 2
- They've always done that though. Just catch your expected arrival times at the checkout screen. -- nm - con_carne Feb 13, 07:17
- that is where prime comes in handy. I just hit the "available on prime" button and all the bullshit vendors are gone -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 13, 06:39
VVLIR: ty97. Got the TSA Pre stuff sorted out for the trip home. Had to fix my wife's birthday in her AA account (or ticket, not sure which) but - oblique Feb 13, 06:37 1
- Yeah, it's just more convenient. Glad it worked out! -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 06:39
I remember when it was almost 60 the other day. -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 06:36
Went to urgent care this morning. It took nearly 4 years, but COVID finally got me. Could have sworn it was the flu. -- nm - sycor Feb 13, 06:25 16
- This just in: "Americans who test positive for the coronavirus no longer need to routinely stay home from work and school for five days under new - decline Feb 13, 07:33 2
  - guy on my team was told after 5 days of being sick, he could come back to work (even though he was testing positive). - colin Feb 13, 07:46
  - He wrote me out until Thursday. Mask 5 additional days after that. I'm like, dude, it's Tuesday and I still have a fever. - sycor Feb 13, 07:45
- sorry -- nm - Spawn Feb 13, 07:27
- We always keep at-home tests around, so we can test whenever we have any cold or flu symptoms. When we tested positive in October, I thought it was - mara ❄️ Feb 13, 06:47 7
  - I thought I had some but they were expired. I'll be getting more soon. -- nm - sycor Feb 13, 06:56 1
    - They extended the expiration on some (by like six months I think) -- (link) - ty97 Feb 13, 07:06
  - I got the government freebies. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 13, 06:50
  - Yup, I always have Binax tests around. Any congestion or even weird headaches, I'll probably test. -- (edited) - ty97 Feb 13, 06:49 3
    - i have such bad allergies, i can never tell. usually i first pop an antihistamine, see if that clears it, and then reassess. - colin Feb 13, 07:03 2
      - ugh, I can't imagine. I'm so thankful to not deal with allergies -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 07:05 1
        
        2020 was the first year i had hay fever...i was so freaked out, wondering how i could have gotten covid when i hadn't left the house in 3 weeks. -- nm - colin Feb 13, 07:07
- sucks. feel better (we are getting our boosters Friday as going on a trip week after) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 13, 06:40
- oh man, i'm sorry! - colin Feb 13, 06:35
- Sorry to hear and hope it passes quickly! -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 06:30
- Sorry to hear that. I wish you a speedy recovery. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 13, 06:28
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Feb 13, 06:24

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