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kristen kish is pretty great as top chef host in ep 1. she's very controlled. -- nm - amanda Mar 21, 20:10
Dudes are going to hhhaaatttteee the new Road House. I liked it more than I thought I would. It’s actiony popcorn type fun - Pippy Mar 21, 20:08 9
- Better in that it's also bad, right? -- nm - Qale Mar 21, 20:54
- Confession: I've never seen Road House. I've tried. -- nm - zunkstump Mar 21, 20:49 2
  - Pain don't hurt -- nm - prayformojo Mar 21, 20:55
  - I've seen it. It's basically a violent A-Team episode. - Beryllium Mar 21, 20:54
- Im with Pip, original more edgy -- nm - budice Mar 21, 20:49
- Conor McGregor is bonkers in this. -- nm - groiny Mar 21, 20:44
- The Roadhouse Rewatchables is a perfect episode. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Mar 21, 20:28 1
  - Woke House -- nm - budice Mar 21, 20:50
- lol. Perfect timing -- nm - Pippy Mar 21, 20:09
Respect to Doug Liman in general, I'm glad I didn't pay to see Road House in theaters. 22 minutes in, this is incredibly boring so far. -- nm - Max Mar 21, 20:05 5
- It kinda wants to be Drive but it has no style. It's Tulsa King but the version you see by watching the 11:00 local news. - Max Mar 21, 23:05
- two biggest movies last year were totally new things and we're still gonna be stuck in the same groundhog day loop of rehashed shit forever -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 21, 20:44
- jake looks like a kardashian in the promo stills I've seen. why so much airbrushing? -- nm* - amanda Mar 21, 20:06 2
  - Ummmm. He’s jacked. Not like the posters and flexing every scene. It’s quite amazing - Pippy Mar 21, 20:11 1
    - He was shredded -- nm - budice Mar 21, 20:50
Kentucky memes are coming -- (link) - Bacon Mar 21, 19:59
Kamala wasn’t sleeping on Oakland, being from the Bay Area -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 21, 19:54 4
- Man, her penmanship is amazing. It looks like flawlessly printed text. -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 21, 20:05
- She just picks better. The Golden Grizzlies are from Michigan -- nm - JD Mar 21, 20:01 2
  - Yeah. It’s Detroit. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Mar 21, 20:04 1
    - (dat's da joke) -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 21, 20:23
Three Body Problem (early thought. Spoils) - Jovian Mar 21, 19:49
LYC if you're watching the Drake game #4 is from our neighborhood and went to HS with my younger kid. - zunkstump Mar 21, 19:47
no but really Fuck the SEC -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 21, 19:41 3
- Whoa whoa whoa. Don’t lump us in with them. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Mar 21, 20:04
- Jack Gohlke: three-point shot go brrrrrr -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 21, 19:44 1
  - lofl -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 21, 19:59
USMNT spoils -- (link) - znufrii Mar 21, 19:37
I keep thinking of this post by Tim and laughing to myself -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Mar 21, 19:33 [Backboard]
Mt. Everest climbers will now have to pick up their own poop. -- (link) - znufrii Mar 21, 19:29 4
- Corpses stay put though. -- nm - mafic Mar 21, 19:50 1
  - Yard art -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 21, 19:56
- At least it will be frozen -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 19:34
- as they should -- nm - crash davis 😺 Mar 21, 19:30
I’m enjoying my evening. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Mar 21, 19:21 1
- ... -- (link) - David Mar 21, 19:28 [youtube]
Everyone is fired for not making sure I knew they are remaking Barbarella with Sydney - crash davis 😺 Mar 21, 18:55 14
- Duran Duran! -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Mar 21, 20:28
- POINTS! -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 21, 19:47
- ewww -- nm - groiny Mar 21, 19:18 7
  - I'm sorry little girl. What has made you squeamish? We'll try to fix it. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Mar 21, 19:23 6
    - more remakes, makes me sad -- nm - groiny Mar 21, 19:39 5
      - they’re remaking Boondocks Saints specifically for you -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 21, 19:43 1
        
        Sequel, not remake -- nm - groiny Mar 21, 19:54
      - I normally agree. But since the original was so dang dumb, maybe this is a chance to get it right. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Mar 21, 19:42 2
        
        I remember trying to watch it and finding it boring and silly. -- nm - Reagen Mar 21, 20:15 1
        
        You're not wrong. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Mar 21, 20:49
- Whoa!! -- nm - Pippy Mar 21, 19:02 3
  - Except you. I won't fire you. I'll fire Mop twice to make up the difference. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Mar 21, 19:05 2
    - Thank you. I’m doing my part. I watched Anyone but you last night. Very enjoyable -- nm - Pippy Mar 21, 19:06 1
      - I've got a hold in on a blu-ray. The library consortium says I'm hold 23 out of 30. Hopefully the copies start moving soon. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Mar 21, 19:12
Love the timbre of the Oakland coach's voice -- nm - prayformojo Mar 21, 18:40
That was a fun game. -- nm - Krusty Mar 21, 18:39
I've just unlocked a new ability. - David Mar 21, 18:38 1
- Golden MF Grizzlies. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Mar 21, 18:39
Kentucky is in serious danger of getting Farokhmanesh'd out of the tournament. -- nm - David Mar 21, 18:22 6
- That was New Yawk mob boss vs Albanian mob boss. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 21, 18:44
- You’ve been Gohlkeed! -- nm - Dano Mar 21, 18:39
- Woot! +675 FTW -- nm - Strongbad Mar 21, 18:38
- how does this take so long? it was fucking obvious -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Mar 21, 18:32
- Why does this guy look like he’s in his 30s -- nm - Tim Mar 21, 18:30 1
  - And now, they interview a head coach and his oldest friend. -- nm - David Mar 21, 18:39
*standing ovation* -- (pic) - Tim Mar 21, 18:22 [Attachment] 1
- Wait, did we trade for somebody today? -- nm - David Mar 21, 18:33
The PS5 just made me update my console, video game, AND controller before I could play. - David Mar 21, 18:16 9
- Embracing the Japanese art of Shankankan. -- nm - Qale Mar 21, 21:05
- The 30 seconds are rarely too much to bear. - Marlowe Mar 21, 18:44
- why does a controller need updating? Is square Supersquare now? -- nm - Reagen Mar 21, 18:19 1
  - None of this makes sense, and the best part is that the video guides all start with, "You should disable these controller features..." - David Mar 21, 18:46
- Well your game should be updating while you're not playing, in Rest Mode - Strongbad Mar 21, 18:18 3
  - I've had two controller updates since FF7 Rebirth came out. -- nm - David Mar 21, 18:24 2
    - Oh, I thought they were the same one. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 21, 18:28 1
      - Snork -- nm - con_carne Mar 21, 18:30
- cause you should be watching the 3 Body Problem obviously -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Mar 21, 18:17
Senators received their “shocking” classified briefing on TikTok -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 21, 18:15 2
- disappointed we don't get see McConnell and Shumer doing pop and lock -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 21, 19:56
- Shocking I say! - Pippy Mar 21, 19:05
So that’s a no on McNeese then? -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Mar 21, 18:01
United MileagePlus now lets you pool your miles with family and friends -- (link) - ty97 Mar 21, 17:45
hyper specific movie history: what movies, where a thief slithers between laser beams during a heist, were earlier than Entrapment (1999)? -- nm - Max Mar 21, 17:43 2
- Pink panther? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 21, 18:08
- first Mission Impossible? -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 21, 17:55
‘The Boondock Saints’ Are Back; Norman Reedus, Sean Patrick Flanery Return -- (link) - Remlik Mar 21, 17:31 1
- Loved the first. Enjoyed the second. Definitely interested in a third. -- nm - sycor Mar 21, 18:41
The Dune popcorn thing talked about happened -- nm - budice Mar 21, 16:56
Right now, it's Kentucky 17, That Guy 15. -- nm - David Mar 21, 16:52 1
- I don't think he should get to count all of his head in his height. -- nm* - Reagen Mar 21, 17:51
Bullwhip used by Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) just sold for $525,000. -- nm - budice Mar 21, 16:44
Chicken, rude and unreasonable -- (pic) - prayformojo Mar 21, 16:34 [Attachment] 2
- 😺👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Mar 21, 19:13
- well if you knew you were about to be put on the chopping block you might be a little unreasonable too -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 21, 16:38
Two arrested in the Boise convict escape ambush, associates? -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 21, 16:23 4
- The two arrested were the two, prisoner and the assailant. Two more victims killed while on the run -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 21, 18:05
- Boise all nefarious these days. Some sort of tax haven crime capital or somethin -- nm - budice Mar 21, 16:30 2
  - Justified 2 -- nm - con_carne Mar 21, 18:03
  - pictures of the two main suspects are tatted like russian zeks -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 21, 16:31
NBC Renews Chicago Med, Fire and PD; also L&O and L&O SVU -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Mar 21, 16:21 3
- Maggie Q has been tapped to star as Detective Renée Ballard in the next spinoff of the Bosch TV franchise. -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Mar 21, 16:22 2
  - 😺👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Mar 21, 19:14
  - Nice! -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 16:25
Sorry, Krusty, but I need a Samford win to complete my parlay. -- nm - Dano Mar 21, 16:05 6
- ... and Oakland. And San Diego State. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 21, 16:43
- All good. I bet a bunch of people picked them. They shoot a lot of 3's and play at a fast pace. - Krusty Mar 21, 16:23
- Also, Kim's dad went there! -- nm - David Mar 21, 16:07 3
  - Also I have Samford winning in my bracket. -- nm - Bacon Mar 21, 16:19 2
    - 😂 I thought you meant the Midwest bracket not just the one game. -- nm* - Krusty Mar 21, 16:21 1
      - Oh hell no! -- nm - Bacon Mar 21, 19:58
Quack Quack, Duckies! -- nm - Bacon Mar 21, 16:04 1
- Rolling! -- nm - zunkstump Mar 21, 16:09
3 Body Problem opening scene (shudder) - mud Mar 21, 16:02 1
- why tf did they release this on the first day of March Madness? it's madness, I tell you -- nm - mud Mar 21, 17:05
Nevada/Dayton inside a minute -- nm - budice Mar 21, 15:44 1
- That was something. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Mar 21, 16:01
That Beatlejuice trailer was bland also (spoilers) - eag Mar 21, 15:42 5
- Teaser. Just a taste. -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 21, 16:37
- It's a teaser. Why do we think that's all we're getting? -- nm - Reagen Mar 21, 15:48 3
  - Hey, don't start that movie! Is there a third act? You don't know!! -- nm - Max Mar 21, 15:54
  - I get it but it should be a teaser with humor unless there going dark with it -- nm - eag Mar 21, 15:51 1
    - ayup -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 21, 17:24
we have a global chocolate crisis -- (link) - Peglegpete Mar 21, 15:42 1
- *Begins hoarding Cocoa Krispies* -- nm - zunkstump Mar 21, 16:06
Sinéad O'Connor's Daughter Roisin Waters Sings 'Nothing Compares 2 U' as Tribute to Late Mother -- (link) - budice Mar 21, 15:23 [youtube]
ha the perfectly-aged tweet -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 21, 15:19
Robin Williams and Christopher Reeve were roommates at Julliard -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 21, 15:09
Man boards plane using a photo of another passenger's digital boarding pass. Caught when there was no seat available. -- (link) - Meg Mar 21, 15:07 4
- Trying to remember if TSA scans the boarding pass (I don't think so). But they do at the gate and if a screen shot (or "photo") works that's a problem - zunkstump Mar 21, 15:19 3
  - On domestic flights here anyone can go through security. They don’t check anything. -- nm - mafic Mar 21, 16:51
  - They scan your ID and either scan your boarding pass to match the name or cross reference it with a passenger database - znufrii Mar 21, 16:05
  - I was wondering about that. Looks like he had a standby ticket and he got tired of waiting. -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 21, 15:47
Can anyone explain to me how the math works here? Or is this just a good sounding deal for people that suck at math? -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 21, 15:06 9
- I assume that anyone doing this is betting that interest rates will come down enough in the next couple of years to refinance - Fuzzy Mar 21, 15:56 1
  - Yeah, it's basically a year of the interest difference* - Roger More Mar 21, 16:01
- This also sounds like an incentive for people who don't need it in the sense that they were making the decision anyway. - Max Mar 21, 15:21 2
  - I think there are a lot of people who would be interested in moving but just don't want to give up their 3% mortgage. I also suspect it would be aimed - pmb Mar 21, 15:35 1
    - Bring back the bedroom tax system! and the window tax to save energy costs. -- nm - Max Mar 21, 15:45
- Ummmm, no. Still not worth it. I’m all for the student loan forgiveness. Free up their monthly expenses - Pippy Mar 21, 15:14
- if you're a non-first time homebuyer, you get a a $10k tax credit on your next home purchase? -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 21, 15:11 2
  - I think it’s specifically a second time home buyer credit. -- nm - Dano Mar 21, 15:14 1
    - Yep, a tax credit on the sale of your home to a first time buyer. -- nm - Meg Mar 21, 15:41
Rep. Matt Gaetz just told the press that he does not want to remove Speaker Johnson because he believes the replacement would be a Democrat. -- nm* - Strongbad Mar 21, 14:58 1
- I'll bet a couple told him they didn't want to go through that again and they would cross the aisle than deal with his bullshit -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 21, 16:26
NCAAB: Illinois is now 17-3 in their last 20 games over the point total. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 21, 14:55
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) will not run in the D primary in June. - Strongbad Mar 21, 14:48 1
- Big if true - Pippy Mar 21, 14:59
"Tush Push" play permissible for the 2024 season. -- nm - budice Mar 21, 14:45 1
- Butt stuff for everybody! -- nm - Qale Mar 21, 14:52
Steve Vai, Danny Carey, Adrian Belew, and Tony Levin Form a New Band to Play King Crimson, They Have Robert Fripp's Blessing -- (link) - Remlik Mar 21, 14:43 2
- Dana Carvey? -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 21, 14:58
- oK -- nm - mud Mar 21, 14:54
Gambling law expert about what legal trouble, if any, Shohei Ohtani Could be in. -- (link) - budice Mar 21, 14:35
Slacker Madness Group is down to one perfect bracket. -- nm - Dano Mar 21, 14:30 3
- We suck. -- nm - zunkstump Mar 21, 14:49
- Woot!! -- nm - Pippy Mar 21, 14:45
- 👍! -- nm - mud Mar 21, 14:36

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