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Every NFL Fan Waiting for the 2024 NFL Draft -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Apr 23, 13:32 [youtube] 1
- Falcons/Saints. -- nm - LFG Apr 23, 13:47
The restaurant I’m in has on a Puff Daddy playlist, which, is a choice. -- nm - Qale Apr 23, 13:24 5
- Lets eat -- nm - R.Kelly Apr 23, 13:39
- F P Diddy -- (link) - JD Apr 23, 13:33 [youtube]
- "Welcome to the new Cracker Barrel" -- nm - Max Apr 23, 13:27
- Is it a pizza place that traffics kids? -- nm - LFG Apr 23, 13:25 1
  - It is an “adult” grilled cheese place. Cici’s plays the Michael Jackson playlist. - Qale Apr 23, 13:26
Love when u come back to work after 2 weeks and you go totally blank on your system passwords - eag Apr 23, 13:19 4
- *emails password...can't open email -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 23, 13:30
- Wait until you get older and a three-day weekend does the same! -- nm - LFG Apr 23, 13:25
- I hope you're hanging in there the best you can, my friend. -- nm - crash davis Apr 23, 13:20 1
  - I thought I was till I drew a blank this morning -- nm - eag Apr 23, 13:43
jfc Muad Dib… -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 23, 13:16 2
- ugh -- nm - mud Apr 23, 13:22
- It's more challenging for Tom Holland when he has a full body chastity belt to contend with. -- nm - Max Apr 23, 13:21
126 days to Disneyland Paris. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 23, 13:04 2
- 😺 You are going to have a lot of fun. -- nm - crash davis Apr 23, 13:14
- You are going to Paris during the Olympics? Well the Special Olympics that follow -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 23, 13:09
Any truth to the rumour that Taylor's next release is a triple album, 65 Songs And They're All About Joe? -- nm - Reagen Apr 23, 13:01 2
- Joe lies. Joe lies. When he cries. When he cries! -- nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 23, 13:05
- That has to be bad news for Biden...amiright -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 23, 13:03
Speaking of Cybertrucks, I touched one today. In the wild, even. - ReluctantCynic Apr 23, 12:57 8
- I saw one the other day. It's the ugliest thing I've seen and looks as long as those boats people drove in the 70s and 80s. -- nm - Krusty Apr 23, 13:15 2
  - I don't think I've seen one in person yet (I live in central PA) but I see photos and think "who wants that??" -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Apr 23, 13:16 1
    - encountered a couple in the wild. they are *comically* bigger than you expect them to be for just driving on city streets -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 23, 13:21
- And it has all your fingerprints. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 23, 12:59 4
  - Etched in rust -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 23, 13:03 3
    - Only one or two, though. - ReluctantCynic Apr 23, 13:05 2
      - Is that the one you use to open your phone? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 23, 13:07 1
        
        Uhm ... hmmmmm. I'll take the Fifth on that question. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 23, 13:12
Outside Lands (San Fran): Tyler, the Creator, The Killers, Sturgill Simpson, Post Malone, Postal Service, Grace Jones... -- (link) - MDH Apr 23, 12:49 [Image] 5
- I think I can comfortably say at this point that are too many festivals. -- nm - pmb Apr 23, 13:39 1
  - Cruise ships are full. -- nm - LFG Apr 23, 13:48
- 3. And I admit that I got tired of reading, and stopped. -- nm - LFG Apr 23, 13:31
- 10 -- nm - Qale Apr 23, 13:28
- Nice to see Sturgill getting some big font. -- nm - The Last Of My Kind Apr 23, 13:21
break out your worlds smallest violins -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 23, 12:46 4
- “Sitting up straight…” and definitely not fart-napping. Right. -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 23, 13:08
- Stop breaking the law, asshole!!! -- nm - Fletcher Reede Apr 23, 12:48 1
  - If you ain't got the spine,don't do the crime -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 23, 13:04
- I need to 3D print an even smaller one, for this. -- nm - LFG Apr 23, 12:47
South Star Festival (Huntsville, AL): Headliners Gwen Stefani, Blink 182 and Beck, Shinedown, Sublime, Jane's Addiction, Goo Goo Dolls, etc. -- (link) - MDH Apr 23, 12:45 [Image] 2
- 15 -- nm - LFG Apr 23, 13:27
- 16 -- nm - Qale Apr 23, 13:26
Pitbull with opener T-Pain summer amphitheater tour - MDH Apr 23, 12:44 2
- Yes, please. And the White River Ampitheatre would be a cool venue. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 23, 12:50
- Of course we get this, but not HoJo and Co. -- nm - LFG Apr 23, 12:45
Ohana Festival (Dana Point CA): Headliners- Pearl Jam, Neil Young, Garbage, Alanis Morisette -- (link) - MDH Apr 23, 12:43 [Image] 2
- 9 -- nm - Qale Apr 23, 13:29
- Teen Jesus & the Jean Teasers is a *great* band name. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 23, 12:53
Hey wait what? What the fuck? Watching a YouTube video and the narrator says the word "Subscribe" and the subscribe button underneath the video glows? -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 23, 12:39
Federal Trade Commission has issued a final rule making it illegal for bosses to make workers sign noncompetes in any scenario, and voiding all -- nm - budice Apr 23, 12:34 2
- I feel like this has interesting implications in wrestling. -- nm - David Apr 23, 13:32 1
  - My guess is it won't. They still get paid by WWE for 30/90 days so they aren't impacted financially. On Day 31/91, they can freely sign with AEW/TNA - Will Hunting Apr 23, 13:37
49ers have asked for a 1st-round pick in exchange for WR Brandon Aiyuk -- nm - budice Apr 23, 12:27
Mop news network: Apple Cuts Vision Pro Shipments As Demand Falls 'Sharply Beyond Expectations' -- (link) - decline Apr 23, 12:15 5
- I feel like they could cut the price in half, and it'd still be too high and the product too weird. -- nm - David Apr 23, 12:35 1
  - And I see now that wrestling communities are all over this story. -- nm - David Apr 23, 13:35
- I really want to believe they have a plan. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 23, 12:26 1
  - This is definitely not the last we will see of the product. This was an opening salvo. -- nm - Qale Apr 23, 13:23
- they should bundle them with Cybertrucks -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 23, 12:20
OTD In 1954, Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves hit the first of his 755 major-league home runs in a game against the St. Louis Cardinals -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 23, 12:04 1
- Yep. Cardinals sucked even then. -- nm - The Last Of My Kind Apr 23, 12:24
Thatcher Demko now questionable for the rest of VAN-NSH series, per Elliotte Friedman. -- nm - Reagen Apr 23, 11:50 4
- That is not a real person's name. -- nm - Baron Kills World Apr 23, 12:32
- possibly because the groin isn’t meant to do these things? -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Apr 23, 11:53 2
  - Maybe but that's not crazy for a goalie. -- nm - Reagen Apr 23, 12:16 1
    - apparently a knee -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 23, 12:50
Honest Trailers | Dune: Part Two -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Apr 23, 11:41 [youtube]
Biden administration finalizes controversial minimum staffing mandate at nursing homes -- (link) - oblique Apr 23, 11:34 8
- Minimum is controversial? Was Diane's dad leading the lobbying effort against? -- nm - JD Apr 23, 11:40 7
  - There is such a lack of nursing home space that patients are spending an extra week in hospitals here -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 23, 13:28
  - Apparently most nursing homes don't come close to meeting them. Other articles estimate this is a $6B cost with no additional revenue -- nm - oblique Apr 23, 11:43 5
    - The nursing homes here pay 14/hr. - Will Hunting Apr 23, 12:07
    - Most nursing home owners are greedy crooks preying on the elderly -- nm - decline Apr 23, 11:45 3
      - A lot are private equity owned -- nm - Pippy Apr 23, 11:49 2
        
        So, in other words, what decline said. :) -- nm* - znufrii Apr 23, 12:01 1
        
        :) -- nm - Pippy Apr 23, 12:05
NFL tampering cases won't get settled this week so they keep their picks in this draft. -- nm* - Volnelk Apr 23, 11:33 3
- Bastards!!! -- nm - The Last Of My Kind Apr 23, 12:26
- Anybody who said otherwise was doing it for the clicks. -- nm - David Apr 23, 11:37 1
  - clicks and giggles -- nm - LFG Apr 23, 12:45
Kari Lake doubling down on 1864 territorial law is certainly a choice -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 23, 11:29
Blink Twice trailer (quite the cast). Directed by Zoë Kravitz -- (link) - decline Apr 23, 11:25 [youtube] 3
- seems like a mixture of - trailer spoils to be safe - Beaker 🍺 Apr 23, 12:28
- Looks creepy. Looks like it could be a really strong first direction for her. -- nm - sycor Apr 23, 12:26 1
  - Cat on the wrong side of the camera! -- nm - LFG Apr 23, 13:50
i might be inclined to give the "student protests" more credit if they appeared to have any clue about how political power is accumulated and spent - hollywood big shot Apr 23, 11:23 3
- ELI5: Hasn't that always been true of student protests? Or with higher stakes (Vietnam War?) the smaller stuff didn't matter? -- nm - JD Apr 23, 11:30 2
  - it's boomer revisionism that their Vietnam protests actually stopped the war (they didn't). all they did was get Nixon elected in 1968. he escalated - hollywood big shot Apr 23, 11:35 1
    - So the first. -- nm - JD Apr 23, 11:37
Current ESPN headline: "Why do so many players have beef with Rudy Gobert?" - David Apr 23, 11:22
Caitlin Clark set to sign new 8-year, $28M deal with Nike, reports say -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Apr 23, 10:59 13
- I would have expected another zero. -- nm - David Apr 23, 11:08 11
  - It's a huge bargain for Nike if she has staying power, and there's nothing to suggest the contrary -- nm - rollo Apr 23, 11:14 4
    - Yeah, this strikes me as the Acuna deal. They just locked up young talent at a bargain price well below market value. -- nm - David Apr 23, 11:21 3
      - or she could be the next Michelle Wie - hollywood big shot Apr 23, 11:24 2
        
        You must be joking ... the market for Michelle Wie jerseys has never been hotter! -- nm - rollo Apr 23, 11:35 1
        
        inspired millions of kids into the game, then won the U.S. Open. -- nm - mud Apr 23, 11:44
  - Less years, anyway. -- nm - Spawn Apr 23, 11:08 5
    - Women live longer than men. -- nm - con_carne Apr 23, 11:21
    - an 80-year deal would be insane -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 23, 11:10 3
      - "Oh, my contract goes a little longer than that." -- nm - Reagen Apr 23, 11:12 1
        
        "Compute Compute" -- nm - Caitlin Clark AI from TikTok Apr 23, 11:13
      - lol -- nm - MLB Apr 23, 11:11
- That is a LOT of aprons. -- nm - Che Apr 23, 11:02
Someone strapped a Flamethrower to one of those robot dogs -- (link) - budice Apr 23, 10:58 3
- Why would I buy a VisionPro when I can buy one of these? -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 23, 12:45
- "Throwflame also provides buyers with free shipping, which is a nice thing to have when you’re buying a fire-breathing robot." -- nm - decline Apr 23, 11:19
- "My flamethrower dog and fire extinguisher dog are great, except when I'm trying to bbq." -- nm - 4 stars Apr 23, 11:03
So I have a week coming up that looks like: August 19-Kansas, Aug 21-Yung Gravy, Aug 22-The Beach Boys, Aug 23-Darryl Hall, Aug 24-Goo Goo Dolls. - crash davis Apr 23, 10:54 13
- When looking for newer Goo Goo Dolls to listen, I recommend the following. - Qale Apr 23, 11:17 1
  - gracias! -- nm - crash davis Apr 23, 11:18
- *puke*, ??, **projectile vomit**, cool, meh -- nm - mud Apr 23, 11:10 2
  - I don't know much about Yung Gravy. Pippy said he was fun and I should go. -- nm - crash davis Apr 23, 11:15 1
    - He will be entertaining for sure -- nm - Pippy Apr 23, 11:30
- Is the Beach Boys thing a you-know-who fundraiser? -- nm - con_carne Apr 23, 11:07 3
  - Mike Love? -- nm - rollo Apr 23, 11:16
  - Take a guess as to whether I would attend such an event. :) -- nm - crash davis Apr 23, 11:14 1
    - I mean if you really need to go see them. -- nm - con_carne Apr 23, 11:24
- Wahoo -- nm - Pippy Apr 23, 11:00
- kick Mike Love in the balls for me -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 23, 10:56
- Very nice -- nm - JD Apr 23, 10:56
- carryon wayward son -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 23, 10:55
"Are you a cop?" "Yes, I am an undercover- oh shit" -- nm - AI Cop Apr 23, 10:51 1
- "Are you a cop?" "Yes, I am an undercover- ... TERMINATE!!!" -- nm - fixxed it for you Apr 23, 10:52
WWE: Cameron Grimes released -- nm - Tim Apr 23, 10:44 5
- They missed the boat there. -- nm - David Apr 23, 11:04
- It's been a rocky week for all Grimeses -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 23, 10:55 1
  - and Wallers -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 23, 10:57
- He had a solid gimmick that got over ... sucks, but they're so stacked that these guys aren't getting the chance. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 23, 10:52 1
  - His gimmick worked on the NXT level but not on the main 2 - eag Apr 23, 12:00
WNBAs Kelsey Plum and NFL TE Darren Waller File for Divorce After 1 Year of Marriage, WNBA Star Says She's 'Devastated' -- (link) - budice Apr 23, 10:42
It’s happening!!! Apple Event May 7th. New iPads! New Pencil! Wooo!! -- nm - Qale Apr 23, 10:36 2
- that IPad has a new hat! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 23, 10:38 1
  - It was a shocker they *skipped* updating the line up last year for the first time ever. -- nm - Qale Apr 23, 10:39
Am here for this movie. Spain accidentally releases drug lord who planned to kill heir to Dutch throne. Gang kingpin skips town after judicial mix-up -- (link) - con_carne Apr 23, 10:34 2
- Revenge 450 years in the making. -- nm - Reagen Apr 23, 10:58
- The reign in Spain falls mainly to the insane. -- nm - Max Apr 23, 10:41
David, what's your take on Sophia Dottir? -- nm - JD Apr 23, 10:32 11
- Whiny attention-seeker trying to capitalize on her non-story firing for being careless by demonizing the Big Bad Corporation, afaict. -- nm - znufrii Apr 23, 11:30
- Snopes has a post on it -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Apr 23, 10:40 1
  - I honestly don't understand why Google News keeps Inside the Magic listed. They're exclusively in the misinformation business. -- nm - David Apr 23, 11:39
- I'm only vaguely aware of this story. Typically, these things aren't as reported. - David Apr 23, 10:35 7
  - I had an occasion to interact in a business fashion with The Fairy Godmother. Very cool talking with her - Pippy Apr 23, 10:59 3
    - That's secretly the worst job at Disney. Sick people will ask them for miracles. -- nm - David Apr 23, 11:03 2
      - Eek! -- nm - Pippy Apr 23, 11:32
      - But how many push-ups does she have to do? -- nm - Roger More Apr 23, 11:23
  - Yeah it's been interesting to see how my best friend's daughter represents it on social media. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 23, 10:41 1
    - How has she responded? -- nm - David Apr 23, 11:03
  - That second part is why I was asking. -- nm - JD Apr 23, 10:37
Word. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 23, 10:30

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