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Canadian PSA: Oppenheimer on Prime today for us I gather -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 16, 07:49 1
- Thanks. I will have to watch this weekend. I have not seen it yet. -- nm - Walt_Disney Feb 16, 07:51
The only moment in this movie that made me stand and cheer was when I realized there wasn’t a post-credits scene and I got to go home. -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Feb 16, 07:31 1
- Thanks for the heads up. -- nm - Spawn Feb 16, 07:32
lyc: As I came face to face with my opera crush last night, I was reminded of one fact: I have no game. - crash davis 😺 Feb 16, 07:31 13
- I mean, for me, that would be par for the course of my life. - JaxSean Feb 16, 07:46 1
  - Thanks, that was what I needed to hear. 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 16, 07:50
- We need to get you an earpiece so ST can ride shotgun with you and feed you lines. -- nm - Spawn Feb 16, 07:45 6
  - I feel that would go as well as that one scene in Sneakers -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 16, 07:46 5
    - I was thinking more Roxanne, but, yes. -- nm - Spawn Feb 16, 07:50 4
      - "Worms Roxanne. I was afraid of worms!" -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 16, 07:51
      - Worms, Roxanne. I was afraid of worms! -- nm - Louis Litt Feb 16, 07:51 2
        
        lol -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 16, 07:52 1
        
        You guys are great. -- nm - Spawn Feb 16, 07:52
- Try Firefox instead -- nm - budice Feb 16, 07:32 3
  - I feel like this is an IT joke that went over my head. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 16, 07:34 2
    - (Opera and Firefox are internet browsers) -- nm - JaxSean Feb 16, 07:40 1
      - ah, I'm familiar with Firefox, but not Opera. Thanks -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 16, 07:41
Rated F. Cinemascore creator has died. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Feb 16, 07:30 1
- I blame Madame Web. -- nm - Spawn Feb 16, 07:36
Disney's C.Everson - "As a board member, I'd rather see action. I'd rather see execution and a commitment to reinstating growth than to sit idly by. -- (link) - budice Feb 16, 07:10 1
- like buying into a video game company after you spent the last decade killing all your video game subsidiaries - hollywood big shot Feb 16, 07:14
The Couples Who Spent Valentine’s Day at Ikea. On Purpose. - crash davis 😺 Feb 16, 07:04 3
- After my parents divorced, my mom and I lived within walking distance of a McDonald's that one night a week had candle light dining. We went there a - Spawn Feb 16, 07:28 1
  - McDonald's by candlelight is something I'd do definitely once for the experience. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 16, 07:32
- Used to go to ikea more frequently. -- nm - budice Feb 16, 07:06
I wanna play some billiards now, or snooker. Snooker is where I'm a viking. -- nm - mud Feb 16, 07:00
Air Canada tried to argue that their own AI Chatbot on their website was it's own entity and they shouldn't be held liable for what it says -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Feb 16, 06:46 1
- Well that's certainly bold. And their website is so great, otherwise! -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 16, 07:35
Fani Willis will not take the stand as expected today. - Jovian Feb 16, 06:40
WordDaily - Cavil NOUN An objection seen as petty or unnecessary. VERB Make petty or unnecessary objections. - crash davis 😺 Feb 16, 06:15 2
- I have no idea what Henry did to be done like this -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 16, 06:15 1
  - He knows what he did. -- nm - mustache si Feb 16, 06:25
$1810 with no insulation, $2010 with insulation. -- (link) - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Feb 16, 05:57 [Backboard] 21
- does this work? -- (link) - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Feb 16, 07:35 1
  - No, I'm unable to lift the door -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 16, 07:38
- Do you have, or will you ever have a fridge in there? We have a fridge/freezer and a standalone freezer in our garage. The - kelly Feb 16, 07:28 1
  - I wish I could have a garage fridge. alas: tiny garage. alas: gravel floor. I am jealous of your garage fridge problems. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Feb 16, 07:34
- And the TruCoat. You don't get it, you get oxidation problems. It'll cost you a heck of a lot more than $500 -- nm - Jerry Lundegaard Feb 16, 07:11
- I might be missing some info, but wouldn't it make sense to have the door insulated if the rest of the garage is insulated, but not if it isn't. -- nm - mara ❄️ Feb 16, 07:01 3
  - it's cinder block. zero insulation. at all. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Feb 16, 07:32 2
    - Okay, one more question: do you need to start the car in very cold weather, and use a block heater? -- nm - mara ❄️ Feb 16, 07:40
    - did the installer have a preference? more stable/durable? otherwise save the $200 -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 16, 07:35
- Insulation is an add-on. I win -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 16, 06:10 1
  - That is a lucid, intelligent, well thought out objection. Overruled. -- nm - Judge Chamberlain Haller Feb 16, 06:35
- for $200 I'd really consider the insulation -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 16, 06:01 7
  - my garage is detached. do you think it matters? -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Feb 16, 06:39 5
    - For 200 bucks, you get a feature that might matter to people if/when you sell and gas some benefits in the interim - Will Hunting Feb 16, 06:42
    - eventually might put a heater or a fireplace in and insulate the rest? Without knowing how big the garage is for room for something like that - Beaker 🍺 Feb 16, 06:41 3
      - no, it's a tiny one car garage. with a car and a lawnmower in it, there's barely room for anything else. it could never be living space (gravel floor) -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Feb 16, 06:42 2
        
        In that case I think insulation is inviting mice to move in. -- nm - Reagen Feb 16, 07:23 1
        
        oh good point -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 16, 07:25
  - For sure. That sounds like an inexpensive add-on. Also better for naked parties. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 16, 06:27
- fucking truman -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 16, 06:01 1
  - tee-hee-hee -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 16, 06:23
I Went to the Super Bowl - Tom Grossi -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Feb 16, 05:31 [youtube]
Look, I just want to leave this here, ok? 1995 Bjork/Spike Jonze photo shoot at the Chateau Marmont days before they would shoot It's Oh So Quiet -- (link) - con_carne Feb 16, 05:15
G made some comment about Salt N Pepa but then admitted she didn't know their songs. "All right, we're listening to Push It *right now*." A thing you - Reagen Feb 16, 05:02 1
- That song is like entirely intro. -- nm - mafic Feb 16, 06:36
Breaking: Alexei Navalny, the fiercest foe of Russia's Putin, has died, Russian authorities say -- (link*) - Beaker 🍺 Feb 16, 04:41 7
- "went for a walk and felt unwell".....was that after the poison he drank? - Walt_Disney Feb 16, 07:57
- If he dies he dies -- nm - MAGA Mike Feb 16, 06:58
- :-[ R.I.P. -- nm - mud Feb 16, 06:57
- *leans into microphone* "Natural causes." -- nm - Reagen Feb 16, 04:49 3
  - Windows are natural. They're made of sand. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 16, 05:38 2
    - and exactly how many times did he fall out the window? -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Feb 16, 05:43 [youtube] 1
      - (onto some bullets) -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 16, 05:50
Yay Greece! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 16, 04:39
Madame Web 13% (20/130), Bob Marley: One Love 43% (50/65), Land of Bad 50% (11/11), God & Country 100% (16/0) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 16, 04:37 1
- I'm seeing The Promised Land tomorrow (96% certified fresh) -- (link) - LMS Feb 16, 06:07
TV PSA: SWAT, Shark Tank, Smackdown, Penn & Teller, Fire Country, Blue Bloods, This is Me Now...A Love Story, Expats, The Grand Tour, - Beaker 🍺 Feb 16, 04:34 2
- I secretly love fire country. it's so CBS. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Feb 16, 06:41
- Masters of the Air when we get Apple free again and Oppenheimer and The Color Purple when they hit a streamer we have most likely -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 16, 04:40
[taps microphone] ahem [tap tap tap] Wake Up! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 16, 04:33
"We don't give anybody except white men permission to be angry in this society." -Monique Pressley, re: the Fani Willis questioning -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 16, 01:02
yes. to cool down is why they do it. -- (pic) - mafic Feb 16, 00:06 [Attachment] 1
- heheh. balls. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 00:27
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. - David Feb 15, 23:36 1
- Didn't know he ever worked for Disney. -- nm - . Feb 16, 01:33
guy exploits a NYC rent control loop hole to turn a one night hotel rental into 5 years rent free -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 15, 23:25
"(oil can)" "What?" "(oil can)" "Oh. OH." "(no)" -- nm - Zendaya and Tom at home Feb 15, 23:20
Mick Foley discusses in detail what some of us here have referenced about Taylor Swift. -- (link) - David Feb 15, 23:19 6
- She donated $100K to the gofundme of the woman killed in KC -- (link) - Remlik Feb 16, 08:09
- Regardless of what you think of her music - I don't know how anyone can't be a fan of Taylor as a person. nm - Louis Litt Feb 16, 06:07 2
  - 45? -- nm - Spawn Feb 16, 07:26
  - TSN just reported she just donated $100k to the GoFundMe for the person killed at the parade. Goal was $75k. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 16, 06:39
- wow. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 16, 04:21 1
  - Yup. -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 16, 04:22
'Shelter in place' warning for neighbors of this morning's truck explosion has just been lifted. It happened around 7:00 this morning. -- nm - Meg Feb 15, 23:05 2
- Seven of the nine injured firefighters have been released but two are still critical but stable. -- nm - Meg Feb 15, 23:07 1
  - made the news up here -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 15, 23:14
It's been so many years... but I've finally deleted a functions file from ST. - Beryllium Feb 15, 22:44 3
- hsxtt.com still works :) -- nm - budice Feb 15, 22:48 2
  - that's good :) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 15, 22:50 1
    - but it is now cursed -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 16, 04:40
John Wick is coming to Las Vegas -- (link) - Peglegpete Feb 15, 22:16 4
- this stuff is weird, like Netflix trying to get into the theme park business. -- nm - colin Feb 16, 07:10
- I always wanted to know what it feels like to get shot in the head. -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 15, 23:08 2
  - How about the face? -- nm - Asking for a friend Feb 16, 07:36
  - It'll last fifteen seconds, but you'll feel each and every one of them in exquisite clarity. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 15, 23:10
Bottoms is on Prime Video -- (link) - Mop🧹 Feb 15, 22:09 1
- The first post-defunded police film in our society. -- nm - David Feb 15, 23:24
So, is Halo S2 worth watching? I skipped S1. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 15, 22:03 3
- Here's the best part of the season thus far, and it's only two minutes. -- (link) - David Feb 15, 23:12 [youtube] 1
  - Unit 1, go die in this dark place! Shit! Unit 2, your turn, and DO NOT TURN ON A FLASHLIGHT! I'll stay behind by myself and watch. -- nm - Guigue Feb 16, 05:33
- I really enjoyed the opening sequence of the season. Since then has been meh. But it looks like the next episode could be pretty good. -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 22:22
I went into a McDonald's and ate a kid's meal - JD Feb 15, 21:48 1
- Hee -- nm - Pippy Feb 15, 21:50
Greece legalizes same sex marriage despite church objections -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 15, 21:35
I’m always home. I’m uncool. -- nm - Qale Feb 15, 21:33 1
- 11! -- nm - David Feb 15, 22:03
Taylor Swift's concert tonight is likely going to be her biggest crowd ever. playing at the MCG in Melbourne, probs 86,000 each for the next 3 days. - mafic Feb 15, 21:21 1
- How many times will the camera cut away to show Travis Kelce in the booth? -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 16, 05:41
Electronic opened for Depeche Mode on their Violator tour at Dodger Stadium in August 1990. This appears to be a full bootleg of that performance. - Mop🧹 Feb 15, 21:15 [youtube] 1
- played two nights technically -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 15, 21:21
Connections Puzzle #250 - Next time. Made two stupid mistakes chasing a category - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 15, 21:11 3
- no mistakes - decline Feb 16, 08:47
- no bobos - rollo Feb 16, 06:42
- Connections Puzzle #250 - crash davis 😺 Feb 15, 23:15
"Those kids don't know what they're talking about. They think Bigfoot and Sasquatch are the same thing." "They are the same thing." - Beryllium Feb 15, 21:07 1
- Speaking of Sasquatch, I spotted this local business van today -- (pic) - Beryllium Feb 15, 22:04 [Attachment]
Wordle 972 5/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 15, 21:03 3
- 4 - decline Feb 16, 08:43
- 5 - rollo Feb 16, 06:28
- Wordle 972 5/6 - crash davis 😺 Feb 15, 23:34
The Last Dinner Party covering Dog Days Are Over. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Feb 15, 21:03 [youtube] 2
- What I've heard I like. My daughter is seeing them in April. -- nm - Last Of My Kind Feb 15, 21:20 1
  - I'm all in. -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 15, 22:10
Lily Gladstone gets it -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 15, 20:56
Poker sucks. - Will Hunting Feb 15, 20:55 1
- Eesh. It’s not your play, it’s bad beats - Pippy Feb 15, 21:50
I’ve got a map of the conference center for my upcoming conference. It looks like a floor plan. I want something cleaner that looks more like a map. - Mop🧹 Feb 15, 20:46 1
- Never mind. “Simplified map” seems to be getting me the results. -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 15, 20:49
Beach Boys: Brian Wilson suffering from dementia and has been placed into conservatorship -- (link) - Remlik Feb 15, 20:14 3
- You can see it in his American Masters episode from ‘22, “Long Promised Road”. It’s clear he’s not always there. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Feb 15, 21:17 1
  - he wasn't at the Fillmore East 4/27/71 when most of the Beach Boys joined the Grateful Dead for a few songs. start at 24 minutes -- (link) - Peglegpete Feb 15, 21:21 [youtube]
- Well that sucks. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 15, 20:43
pitchers and catchers love the new Fanatics kit so bad -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 15, 19:50 1
- Yeah it’s scoring worse than Madame Web. Haven’t seen a positive thing. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Feb 15, 20:05
I spent less than half as long on the Friday crossword than I did on the Thursday -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 15, 19:24 4
- I couldn't touch Thursday, I'm almost done with Friday's after 45 minutes -- nm - rollo Feb 16, 06:39
- about 20% faster today for me, but both within about 10% of average. -- nm - mafic Feb 15, 19:27 2
  - Thurs - 32% longer than average, Friday - 39% faster -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 15, 19:31 1
    - weirdly my thusday/friday/saturday averages are currently all within two seconds of each other. it was one second until I was a bit fast today. -- nm - mafic Feb 15, 21:09
There was a 51% increase in the number of female bettors wagering on the Super Bowl at #BetMGM -- (link) - Remlik Feb 15, 19:19
the real question is, will Marshawn Lynch be attending the Independent Spirit Awards? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 15, 19:02 1
- Only if he’s contractually obligated. -- nm - Qale Feb 15, 19:23
If I’m understanding this correctly, Leak Lookup - a website whose purpose is to track data leaks and prevent them - has had its data breached. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Feb 15, 18:42
Random shooting of horses here is believed to be sacrifices to a white supremist group's psuedo-pagan god Odin - zeitgeist Feb 15, 18:41 1
- update, the guy wasn't her boyfriend, she just happened to witness his murder at the ahole's property, they killed her and dumped both.... - zeitgeist Feb 15, 23:10
Steve Mongo McMicheal is in the hospital.... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 15, 18:34
Asking for a prime minister: is losing a by-election in a seat you won last time by 23 points bad? -- (link) - Reagen Feb 15, 18:14 4
- also lost the other by-election tonight -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 15, 20:48 2
  - Which had previously been won by 35 points. -- nm - Reagen Feb 16, 02:05
  - They keep losing by-elections like that, they won’t need a general election to lose power. -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 15, 21:15
- ! whew, I thought this was about our PM -- nm - mud Feb 15, 18:27

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