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Latest musical obsession -- (link) - Reagen Feb 22, 14:43 [youtube] 1
- that's a fun song. plus, the video features a lot of smooth dance moves -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 22, 14:47
This is the best "you done fucked up" reaction ever -- (link) - Reagen Feb 22, 14:27 2
- LMAO I didn't realize it was a ref/linesman at first. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 22, 14:45
- That's epic. The contrasting reactions of the resignation of the linesman to the glee of the opponent - JD Feb 22, 14:31
Vice Media to stop publishing on vice .com, plans to cut hundreds of jobs — WSJ -- nm - budice Feb 22, 14:21 6
- Where are they going to publish now? -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 22, 14:54 2
  - Going back to their roots of yelling at passersby on the sidewalk. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 14:57
  - The Metaverse -- nm - Vice AI Feb 22, 14:56
- private equity extracted all their value from media, now it's time to cash out -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 14:23 2
  - Is there a point that private equity will have extracted the value out of everything but private equity? Then it will be largest one exploiting the - JD Feb 22, 14:27 1
    - the working theory of Wall Street is "quarterly growth must continue to infinity" but obviously that can never truly happen -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 14:39
Giants going balls out this season -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 14:17 2
- Good thing Jim Thome is retired. -- nm - Dano Feb 22, 14:53
- Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you dont -- nm - budice Feb 22, 14:20
The Gentlemen | A Guy Ritchie Series Official Trailer | Netflix (March 7th) -- (link*) - Beaker 🍻 Feb 22, 14:02 [youtube] 1
- Yes please - Epiphany Feb 22, 14:11
Madame Web Pitch Meeting -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Feb 22, 13:47 [youtube]
Today in 1819, The United States acquired Spanish controlled Florida. - Jovian Feb 22, 13:46
Somebody said AT&T stands for Ain’t Talking & Texting -- nm - budice Feb 22, 12:57
Happy new fence day. - Znufrii, promoted Feb 22, 12:55 17
- Forgot to attach the pic -- (pic) - Znufrii, promoted Feb 22, 12:56 [Attachment] 9
  - awesome! -- nm - Epiphany Feb 22, 14:32
  - 🐶🐶🐶🐶 -- nm - crash davis Feb 22, 13:14
  - Ooh, that's great! -- nm - David Feb 22, 13:08 3
    - (How much?) -- nm - David Feb 22, 13:08 2
      - Not entirely sure, actually -- (edited) - Znufrii, promoted Feb 22, 13:24 [Backboard] 1
        
        No wonder your spreadsheets are pissed. -- nm - Spawn Feb 22, 13:30
  - Nice! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Feb 22, 13:07
  - Fort Apache, now you need a look out tower (treehouse/stilt house for the kids) -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 22, 13:05
  - very nice -- nm - Andie Feb 22, 13:02
- We need to do this soon. I promised Kim we'd get one, but I worry she'll immediately grab us a dog. -- nm - David Feb 22, 12:55 5
  - Why would you think that? I would never! - Dark Callisto 🦊 Feb 22, 13:08 4
    - If you are so inclined...just let me know when you want to pick up ours and I"ll let them in the backyard, just leave the gate open when you abscond - Will Hunting Feb 22, 13:27 3
      - Haha! I love your dogs, though! - Dark Callisto 🦊 Feb 22, 13:35 1
        
        I’m truly not seeing a reason *not* to execute this plan. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 22, 13:45
      - ha! -- nm - mud Feb 22, 13:31
- Dog door? - Spawn Feb 22, 12:55
The ease at which Fox News spews racist views is really quite something -- (link) - Jovian Feb 22, 12:44
Really Padres the first spring training game and u already given up 8 runs in the top of the first with 1 out - eag Feb 22, 12:36 7
- It’s the Dodgers. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 22, 12:46 4
  - Yeah but with only half of there starting lineup -- nm - eag Feb 22, 12:47 3
    - Well tell them to put all 9 players out then. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 13:00 1
      - 26-0 -- nm - budice Feb 22, 13:01
    - exactly -- nm* - budice Feb 22, 12:52
- Though that's kind of exactly what spring training is for -- nm - JD Feb 22, 12:37 1
  - In contrast, the Anaheim Ducks did this over the weekend. In the middle of the season. A game that counts in the standings -- (link) - JD Feb 22, 12:39
I normally dont advocate extreme actions, but this guy needs to meet his maker asap - Jovian Feb 22, 12:32 3
- That's kind of my personal test of how much I believe in free speech. I vehemently disagree with what that guy has to say but I support his right - JD Feb 22, 14:25
- And televise it. - Spawn Feb 22, 13:28
- While Putin takes notes, Kim Jong Un giggles "amateurs" -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 22, 13:18
Wander Franco's self-inflicted wounds keep getting worse. Banks have frozen his funds over his refusal to pay his lawyers. - David Feb 22, 12:30 3
- sounds like a perfect VP running mate -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 22, 13:06
- guess it was worth it for him -- nm - budice Feb 22, 12:33 1
  - Flushing your baseball career away for underage girls and having your bank accounts frozen - eag Feb 22, 13:12
Just a friendly reminder that Tesla sucks: -- (link) - Jovian Feb 22, 12:22 6
- RE-TAIN-ER. Retainer. - Good Will Baking Feb 22, 12:28
- The alarming thing here is how much of a PR hit they'll take over $2,000. -- nm - David Feb 22, 12:25 4
  - he dropped $44b on Twitter because some kid was tracking his private jet flights -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 13:07
  - Wait till the outrage when they fire Laura. - JD Feb 22, 12:31 2
    - Good point. It's probably still a maximum of $25k. The cheap fucks. -- nm - David Feb 22, 12:32 1
      - If you don't need the pies any more, go through with the order and donate them to homeless shelters or something. -- nm - Dano Feb 22, 13:14
Sounds like Vice might be going kaput today (or in the very near future). And engadget just had its leadership excised. -- nm* - Beryllium Feb 22, 12:19 5
- "The nearly 20-year-old tech publication Engadget is laying off staff and restructuring editorial teams today with a new focus..." - David Feb 22, 12:23 4
  - Clickbait and AI written articles coming soon -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 22, 12:32
  - "The who now?" -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 12:31
  - ie "we are going to become like a New Newsweek." -- nm - Jovian Feb 22, 12:24 1
    - It worked great for SI! -- nm - David Feb 22, 12:25
A patron informed me before my lunch break that the fish and chips truck had driven in from Boise today. - crash davis 😺 Feb 22, 12:18
heh corporations have made private arbitration their forum of choice for cases that used to go to court. Plaintiffs bar: arbitration demands go brrrrr -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 12:15
Apparently now we’re going to be monitored for the amount of time we spend in the office. If we’re not logged on for six hours it won’t count. - Znufrii, promoted Feb 22, 12:13 1
- Start looking for new jobs. They're telegraphing that they're toxic. - David Feb 22, 12:18
NFL-KC: Chiefs are signing former Bills punter Matt Araiza - "Punt God" -- nm* - budice Feb 22, 12:06 1
- Ah, I see, Townsend and his lustrous coif are both free agents -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 22, 12:23
Joe just met with Yulia and Dasha Navalnaya -- (pic) - mud Feb 22, 12:02 [Attachment]
I estimate that I print *maybe* 20 sheets of paper a year, for the last few years. I go through that same amount in scratch paper - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 22, 11:44 1
- In the past 2 weeks I've printed 12,000 pages -- (edited) - decline Feb 22, 11:47
Houston PD dropped about 2,000 criminal sex assault cases due to lack of personnel. - Qale Feb 22, 11:44 4
- It is like unread emails. -- nm - Spawn Feb 22, 13:32
- “We didn’t even know there was such a code,” 🤦‍♂️😡 - JD Feb 22, 11:48 2
  - “Why do we even have that lever?” -- nm - Znufrii, promoted Feb 22, 12:07
  - Olivia Benson would straight up murder someone if they said that to her. -- nm - Qale Feb 22, 12:05
TWD:TOWL starts this Sunday! who's with me?! -- nm - mud Feb 22, 11:35 1
- (I killed'em all) -- nm - negan Feb 22, 13:47
THR: Eva Longoria Joins ‘Only Murders in the Building’ Season 4 -- (link) - mud Feb 22, 11:30
'Pepsi clearly cut a fat check to producers of "Madame Web" and it shows.' - mud Feb 22, 11:28 11
- "I am an avowed Pepsi hater. It tastes gross. Coke is better. No, I will not be taking further questions." - David Feb 22, 11:57 9
  - word -- nm - Spawn Feb 22, 13:42
  - I didn't read the article, but I thought that was perfect. Of course Pepsi is with the marvel side that really nobody wants, but just takes it - pmb Feb 22, 12:41 4
    - There was a motorcycle movie called Torque in the early 2000s that Kim and I joked about for years. - David Feb 22, 13:00 [Image] 3
      - For those intrigued, but not enough to watch the movie - this is a great supercut -- (link) - Roger More Feb 22, 14:40 [youtube]
      - Adam Scott made a t-shirt with for his U2 podcast with a Torque shot -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 13:08
      - Here's the other. -- (link) - David Feb 22, 13:00 [Image]
  - Now that we have heard from the correspondent from Atlanta - JD Feb 22, 12:00 2
    - Coke sucks. Diet Pepsi rules. -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Feb 22, 12:42 1
      - Next you are going to say MAGA, or something like it, right? -- nm - Spawn Feb 22, 13:51
- "but the Pepsi logo was on the walls of the auditorium." Is that a thing where you are? - JD Feb 22, 11:56
With Democrats like these, who needs Republicans? Texas House Rep Harold Dutton Jr aligns against Harris Co schools. - Qale Feb 22, 11:28 2
- Shelia Jackson Lee is also cruising to re-election in her primary. name recognition is a helluva electoral cheat code -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 11:30 1
  - She’s actually really popular in her district. -- nm - Qale Feb 22, 11:40
True Detective renewed for s5 with more Issa Lopez (sorry Nic) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 11:23 1
- After railing against True Detective: Night Country, Nic Pizzolatto asked for hate on Instagram. He's certainly getting it. -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Feb 22, 11:25
Drive Away Dolls at 71% -- nm - crash davis Feb 22, 11:05
SF tech firm giving office workers a $30/day per diem if they go to lunch with three or more co-workers (and they still ain't really using it much) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 11:02 19
- Waitammint. Not really lunch. It's post 3PM. And it's a total of three (that could be me misreading as I thought I was me and three more) 3-3-3 - JD Feb 22, 11:25 2
  - our company lets you expense $25 "dinner" if you're here more than 10 hours in one day. creative analysts would work late then go buy booze at Ralphs - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 11:29 1
    - *laugh* See! There's always a way - JD Feb 22, 11:32
- $30 each, or $30 to share among 4 co-workers? 'Cause the latter only invites drama! -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 22, 11:21 4
  - Each -- nm - JD Feb 22, 11:27 3
    - Is that taxable? -- nm - Truman s.i. Feb 22, 11:31 2
      - Only if your ex claimed your kids -- nm - JD Feb 22, 11:32 1
        
        In Alabama can you claim your embryos? -- nm - Spawn Feb 22, 14:16
- having to sit and be social with coworkers is definitely not worth 30 bucks a day -- nm - decline Feb 22, 11:04 10
  - That's nothing compared to actually having to wrangle three people in this day/age -- nm - con_carne Feb 22, 12:24
  - How about begrudgingly walking to get coffee and then back to the office? - JD Feb 22, 11:41
  - Really? I'd never thought about the fact that I was lucky to work at a place that I could make it through lunch with three co-workers. - JD Feb 22, 11:16
  - It depends on the three but probably yes. -- nm - David Feb 22, 11:06 4
    - if you can't spot the sucker at the table in 30 seconds . . . -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 11:07 3
      - I mean, I usually pay for meals with friends anyway. -- nm - David Feb 22, 11:10 2
        
        Sounds good. You give me $30 and I'll eat lunch with you. -- nm - crash davis Feb 22, 11:12 1
        
        It's a date. -- nm - David Feb 22, 11:23
  - i would never buy lunch again (and still couldn't hit the $30 limit unless i went to Nick + Stefs or something) -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 11:05 1
    - This guy gets it 8-) Nick + Stefs until you're bored of it -- nm - JD Feb 22, 11:18
no money for new pilots this year but plenty for more Frasier -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 10:59 8
- You would think airlines would have other priorities -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 22, 11:38 1
  - 😏 - JD Feb 22, 11:42
- Is it possible to compare to the benefit to the various people involved with a single pilot episode vs the throw everything at the wall approach of - JD Feb 22, 11:14 4
  - there's a couple ways to look at it. for LA, pilot season = work for all, even though it's an inefficient way of picking shows to greenlight to series - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 11:20 3
    - But does more money people being paid to fewer people for a longer time approximate the industry benefit of way more people being paid for a super - JD Feb 22, 11:36 2
      - great if you're Mike White or Taylor Sheridan. it's a cancer on the biz, not just creatively but also in terms of raising the next gen of showrunners -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 11:44 1
        
        So more like the industry should have pilot season for show runners ;-) - JD Feb 22, 11:52
- bastards -- nm - decline Feb 22, 11:04
Dune Part Two 98% (119/3) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 22, 10:59
On the West Coast and in Texas, we're offering one-pound bags of Trader Joe's Meyer Lemons for $1.99 each. On the East Coast and in Midwest & Southeas - crash davis Feb 22, 10:59 1
- Their prices are supposed to be universal across the country. -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 12:02
True love or perfection It seems like it's overdue Then just when you least expect it It comes sneakin' up on you -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 22, 10:58 2
- Sneakin' Sally through the alley, trying to keep her out of sight -- nm - rollo Feb 22, 11:13 1
  - up pops the wife! -- nm - mud Feb 22, 11:19
discharge petition comin -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 10:55 4
- can a smart person explain what a discharge petition is? -- nm - decline Feb 22, 10:56 3
  - It’s a mechanism for a majority of the members of the House to bring a bill to the floor for a vote without the Speaker’s assent. -- nm - Znufrii, promoted Feb 22, 10:57
  - It's an attempt to force a floor vote/consideration on a bill that the leadership is refusing to bring forward. -- nm - ty97 Feb 22, 10:57 1
    - Here, more. Lots more -- (link) - ty97 Feb 22, 10:58
Am I the only one that thinks Jelly Roll's "Need A Favor" sounds like a Nickelback song? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 22, 10:53 2
- I don't hear it. I'm Nickelback tone deaf though -- nm - Epiphany Feb 22, 11:21
- Nope. We say that whenever we hear it as well. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 22, 11:19
Happy nap time everyone! -- nm - ty97 Feb 22, 10:52 5
- love me a good mid-day work time nap -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 22, 10:56
- fuck you -- nm - Spawn Feb 22, 10:55 1
  - my man, I'd trade the nap for being healthy -- nm - ty97 Feb 22, 10:55
- Still alive, then? -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 22, 10:54
- Woot! - JD Feb 22, 10:53

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