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"God jammed the gun!" -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 6, 11:08
The Crow 30th Anniversary Showings May 29 / May 30 -- (link) - JD May 6, 11:04 7
- Cant rain all the time -- nm - budice May 6, 11:08
- i would see it, but I wont be in the US those days. sad. -- nm - tRuMaN May 6, 11:08
- Is that gasoline I smell? - David May 6, 11:06 3
  - Childhood's over the moment you know you're gonna die. - LFG May 6, 11:08
  - Uhmmmm Dark City says what? -- nm - sycor May 6, 11:08 1
    - I can’t hear it over all the sucking. -- nm - David May 6, 11:13
- Weird as I saw the trailer for the reboot last week. -- nm - LFG May 6, 11:05
Re: The Neighborhood: Beth Behrs has been a main cast member of a primetime sitcom every season since 2011. 253 episodes of 2 Broke Girls/Neighborhood -- nm* - MDH May 6, 10:24 7
- She's great -- nm - con_carne May 6, 10:37
- I could not name another person on this show besides Cedric the Entertainer. I had no idea the not Kat Dennings one from 2 Broke Girls was on it -- nm - Tim May 6, 10:36 2
  - Isn't Schmidt on it? -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 May 6, 10:47 1
    - (Sorry, MDH - I see your post below about him.) -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 May 6, 10:48
- my friend worked legal for the neighborhood for a while when it first started. I was stunned to find out it was still on. - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 May 6, 10:35 1
  - also I just backboarded and I will support tracy jordan in any endeavor EXCEPT when laugh tracks are included. sorry tracy. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 May 6, 10:36
- Huh Max Greenfield as well: 261 episodes of New Girl/Neighborhood -- nm - MDH May 6, 10:26
Vin Diesel’s ‘Riddick: Furya’ to Begin Production in August -- (link) - Remlik May 6, 10:16 8
- keep it grounded, itll be ok -- nm - budice May 6, 11:08
- I took a second trying to figure out how this connected to Furiosa. I may need a nap. -- nm - Volnelk May 6, 10:35 2
  - furiosa, furious, furians.... they're all the same movies with different props -- nm - zeitgeist May 6, 10:48
  - heh -- nm - mud May 6, 10:38
- the one with Dave Bautista and Katee Sackhoff was my favorite one. -- nm - Jovian May 6, 10:21
- first movie was awesome, 2nd was a mess; 3rd was good fun...I'll allow it -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 6, 10:18 2
  - 2nd was a mess, they went to big. but still has some good stuff in it. -- nm - Remlik May 6, 10:20 1
    - I'll agree with that take -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 6, 10:41
even before you get to whether the hush money payment was felony election interference, there’s the underlying felony tax fraud -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 6, 10:11
Tracy Morgan-Led ‘The Neighborhood’ Spinoff Set at Paramount+ -- (link) - Remlik May 6, 10:03 2
- I'm not sure why I watch that show but I do -- nm - oblique May 6, 10:06 1
  - Same. It's corny but I still enjoy it. -- nm - Krusty May 6, 10:10
Tigers City Connects asking the question “what if we made the hat look like it was sold at an airport gift shop?” -- (link) - Tim May 6, 09:59
I didn't have "new Camera Obscura album" on my 2024 bingo card -- nm - rollo May 6, 09:59
Hamas has reportedly accepted the current ceasefire deal -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 6, 09:48 9
- Hamas accepting a ceasefire doesn't mean Israel accepts a ceasefire. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 6, 10:35 7
  - There has been a cease fire deal on the table for weeks. -- nm - con_carne May 6, 10:41
  - Israel had previously accepted the terms (though I'm not sure if they've changed at all). For some time now it's been Hamas rejecting the terms. -- nm - pmb May 6, 10:39 5
    - Per follow-up reports I’m seeing, the ceasefire proposal Hamas has accepted is a “softened” version proposed by Egypt that Israel will not agree to. -- nm* - znufrii May 6, 10:40 4
      - maybe? but also Bibi has every incentive to move the goalposts himself if an otherwise acceptable deal gets both sides to "yes" -- nm - hollywood big shot May 6, 10:45
      - What are the new terms? Can you link? -- nm - pmb May 6, 10:42 2
        
        I haven’t read any of the details, just catching updates from the Guardian live blog so far. -- (edited) - znufrii May 6, 10:45 1
        
        There appears to be no details. -- nm - pmb May 6, 11:17
- Israeli sources dismissing it as a “ruse” to make it look like Israel is refusing to negotiate. -- nm* - znufrii May 6, 10:31
Huh. -- (pic) - Strongbad May 6, 09:30 [Attachment] 3
- Saw these friday at the market almost got.them but when I saw feiry I'm like nope -- nm - eag May 6, 10:09
- It looks like Dr Evil finally got his wish. A shark with freakin' laser beams attached to his head. -- nm - Jovian May 6, 09:34 1
  - Everyone deserves a warm meal. -- nm - Baron Kills World May 6, 10:01
B2: What’s something you remember doing as a kid that people don’t seem to do anymore? -- using encyclopedias for research -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 6, 09:30 14
- Skateboarding on one of these... -- (pic) - Turd Ferguson May 6, 10:39 [Attachment] 1
  - ooh, good one. Mine was bright pink. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 May 6, 10:48
- I used to read them... once a month mom would bring home the next Golden Encyc book. -- nm - zeitgeist May 6, 10:19 2
  - Play with HO trains, put together model airplanes -- nm - zeitgeist May 6, 10:21 1
    - ride bicycles, yeah sure kids still do BUT not like we used to do, practically live on them and ride everywhere/anywhere -- nm - zeitgeist May 6, 10:36
- A variety of sports, most of which I wasn't very good at but that's OK. Kids are all hyper-specialized now. - Baron Kills World May 6, 10:04 4
  - good one. true for sure. I played everything now if you don't focus on one sport 24/7/365 you get left behind -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 May 6, 10:13
  - it feels a little like if you're not set to go to college on it, you should quit by high school.. what's the point. - colin May 6, 10:07 2
    - If that's the case you should be playing all the sports. The point is to be doing them and to being on a team - JD May 6, 10:18 1
      - i played baseball, tennis, and basketball, but it was all casual stuff, no high school sports. i think it felt like a waste of time at the time.. - colin May 6, 10:31
- (spoiler) - colin May 6, 10:01 2
  - guess it was just me. i was homeschooled, so didn't have much to compare to. -- nm - colin May 6, 10:09
  - (spoiler) - colin May 6, 10:02
- Good answer! -- nm - znufrii May 6, 09:31
Tried Popeyes this weekend. Wings were really good, not over sauced and cooked well and a good size; chicken was massive and really tasty - Beaker 🍺 May 6, 09:28 17
- Popeyes is the closest chain to me but I never go. The chicken is good but I'd nominate Popeyes for "Most likely to fail a health inspection." -- nm - Max May 6, 10:42
- It's good. Better than KFC but not as good as Bojangles. -- nm - Strongbad May 6, 09:41 11
  - Love me a Bojangles biscuit. Just a plain egg and cheese. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 May 6, 10:01
  - bojangles has a better biscuit but chicken isn't as good. -- nm - colin May 6, 10:00
  - Wait, someone has been to a KFC in the past 10 yrs? -- nm - con_carne May 6, 09:44 8
    - Superior to Popeyes (too spicy for me). -- nm - LFG May 6, 11:04
    - I had it a few months ago. Just a breast and leg with two biscuits. It was good. -- nm - Krusty May 6, 10:39 1
      - You're really weird with food though. You are on the record -- nm* - con_carne May 6, 10:43
    - we just got KFC here in like 2022. "they're still building those??" -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 May 6, 10:15
    - I've driven past a KFC in the past 10 years. -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 09:47 3
      - ST Poll: Last thing you tried at KFC? Me: regret. -- nm - con_carne May 6, 10:04 2
        
        $5 Fill up was great for quick cheap lunch. popcorn chicken, fries and a wrap -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 6, 10:40
        
        it is crazy to me that they are still in business. Or they havent had a massive and major revamp. -- nm - Jovian May 6, 10:14
- Spicy chicken is good -- nm - budice May 6, 09:40
- Locally, Popeye's is always located in a bad neighborhood. Did you have to go to a bad nabe to enjoy your chicken? -- nm - con_carne May 6, 09:39 2
  - nah, one of the busiest intersections/roads in town -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 6, 09:42 1
    - That is absolutely contradictory here, but ok -- nm - con_carne May 6, 09:47
It's billed as a one-off show, but Lana Del Rey is playing Fenway Park. -- nm - MDH May 6, 09:22 1
- What position? -- nm - Mop🧹 May 6, 10:37
LYC: Son and girlfriend played in the Pokemon TCG tournament in Indy this weekend. He ended up at 3-4-1 (1261 of 2342) and she was 2-3-3 (#1447). They - oblique May 6, 09:20
I think this was one of the best weekends of motorsports ever. -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 6, 09:15 2
- OTOH, a friend of mine had 60-1 odds on Beuscher winning. -- nm - Strongbad May 6, 09:20 1
  - Oh. - ReluctantCynic May 6, 09:27
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy | Teaser Trailer | Disney+ (Sept 13th) (also holy fucking shit for the last scene) -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 May 6, 09:11 [youtube] 1
- Perfection -- nm - LFG May 6, 09:13
Corenswet as Superman. -- (link) - budice May 6, 09:09 2
- Classic Superman. - LFG May 6, 09:10 1
  - Thank you! - Baron Kills World May 6, 09:57
have fun Supercharging, suckers -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 6, 09:09 3
- he's going to fuck this up as well. He's moving Telsa to AI developement isn't he. -- nm - Remlik May 6, 09:47 1
  - he's cutting everything he can to say "See, now there's $44B to pay me out what i want" -- nm - colin May 6, 09:57
- the aliens that talk to him in his dreams probably told him to fire them all to give him a better edge. -- nm - tRuMaN May 6, 09:29
STIS: we are taking a trip to Pac NW (Oregon, Washington, BC) next May. - Strongbad May 6, 09:08 15
- Are you sure you only have a week? Any of those cities could fill up a week easily ;) -- nm - Meg May 6, 10:14
- These folk in Vancouver - Forbidden Vancouver Walking Tours. -- (link) - Meg May 6, 10:10
- Victoria: Butchart Gardens, Royal BC Museum, Empress Hotel, Murchies, Clover Point/Beacon Hill Park, PKOLS, Ross Bay Cemetery - Beryllium May 6, 09:47 4
  - I don't get Butchart Gardens. Especially at that price. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 6, 10:09 1
    - We go every winter, at night, for the lights. I might go soon during the day, for the first time, as part of my photo project. -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 10:32
  - And my now favorite distillery ;) -- (link) - Meg May 6, 10:06 1
    - I drove past there on saturday and thought of you when I saw the sign :) -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 10:33
- And if anyone has airbnb recommendations, please post them. -- nm - Strongbad May 6, 09:40 1
  - I stayed here -- (edited) - rollo May 6, 09:56
- Don't forget the Space Needle in Seattle. Lewis & Clark's Fort Clatsop in Astoria. And for sure the cemetery tour with RC's Mom ;) -- nm - Meg May 6, 09:26 3
  - Museum of Pop Culture is right next to the Space Needle. And the monorail between there and the hear of downtown, so that's three things to knock out - ReluctantCynic May 6, 09:28 2
    - Enjoyable museum. That plus the glass exhibit -- nm - rollo May 6, 09:33 1
      - do you mean the spheres? -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 May 6, 10:40
- Powell's. Lone Fir Cemetery (Mom will give y'all a tour). Multnomah Falls. Astoria on the coast (Goonies house). - ReluctantCynic May 6, 09:18
- Powell’s in downtown Portland, favorite place to hike linked here -- (link) - znufrii May 6, 09:11 [Backboard]
Thanks to everyone who keeps mentioning the Graham Norton Show! Did some catching up "on the weekend" on YT. Needed the laughs! - con_carne May 6, 09:07 8
- The Monuments Men episode was chaos. -- nm - LMS May 6, 10:27
- This one is one of my favs—where Ryan Gosling reacting to one of the British comedians stories— -- (link) - Trending May 6, 09:10 4
  - Oh, Ryan Gosling is great on this show. He has a certain knack for this as well -- nm - con_carne May 6, 09:26
  - (he's the Taskmaster) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 6, 09:12 2
    - (no, the Fall Guy) -- nm - LFG May 6, 09:14 1
      - replicant? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 6, 09:16
- I do miss watching that since cutting the cord. I love that format. -- nm - znufrii May 6, 09:08 1
  - The format is genius! Works out so well. -- nm - con_carne May 6, 09:27
Alternative Poll: something kids do now/deal with you never did? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 6, 09:03 22
- having stupid, undeveloped brain, hormonal, emotional thing put online for people to see. i was a mess in HS, i'm so glad the record of that - colin May 6, 09:58
- Access to information via the internet. -- nm - Volnelk May 6, 09:27
- Direct contact with anyone at any time. -- nm - Jovian May 6, 09:15 1
  - related: the availability. "I texted them 5 minutes ago and haven't heard back so they are dead to me" -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 6, 09:17
- therapists. almost every friend of our youngest daughter sees someone. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 6, 09:13 3
  - related: self-diagnosing based on the internet. ADHD, various forms of autism, depression, you name it kids or there friends have it -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 6, 09:14 2
    - Or just in general, people (schools, especially) being more aware of these conditions, whereas for us it was just “being lazy”, etc. -- nm - znufrii May 6, 09:17 1
      - fair. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 6, 09:18
- In all honesty, reality. -- nm - LFG May 6, 09:09
- On a different angle: We have two kids in church who are graduating high school with essentially an associates degree (2 years of college credit). It - oblique May 6, 09:09
- teh woke, pronouns -- nm - hollywood big shot May 6, 09:08 1
  - Both of those are good things pix, this poll is about bad things -- nm - con_carne May 6, 09:13
- guns in schools -- nm - budice May 6, 09:05
- social media awareness. some stuff I did or saw done would of been all over social media (and 95% not in a good way) - Beaker 🍺 May 6, 09:04 3
  - Relatedly, A’s already planning her career as a fashion influencer. -- (edited) - znufrii May 6, 09:06 1
    - heh, youngest posted a pic of her prom dress and it was up to like 20k likes last I heard on twatter -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 6, 09:07
  - This. -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 6, 09:05
- Somewhat snarky but too close home response: Care about things -- nm - oblique May 6, 09:04 3
  - 100%. both kids went after wife's father after a remark he made about Gaza. They don't put up with shit -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 6, 09:06 2
    - shit? I have this nagging feeling the remark might be something I agree with. Was it anti-Hamas or anti-Israel? -- nm - mud May 6, 09:20 1
      - anti-Muslim (I know; I don't go there over anything with the PIL at my wife's request) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 6, 09:22
- Cyber bullying—and all the guns in school drills/scares/etc -- nm - Trending May 6, 09:04
Getting the shit kicked out of you and not making a big deal of it - Beaker 🍺 May 6, 09:00 7
- I don't think i got beat up, but I still couldn't handle the bullying. So I quit school. -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 09:18 3
  - I had a big mouth and was very good with it...so I got it a lot (coke bottle glasses and braces didn't help mind you) - Beaker 🍺 May 6, 09:20
  - I have only ever taken one punch. Broke my nose. -- nm - LFG May 6, 09:19 1
    - I've taken a couple, given a couple - nothing serious -- nm - mud May 6, 09:22
- I was just going to post something similar—Bullies walking a fine(r) line these days. -- nm - Trending May 6, 09:03
- Thats Drake alright, Kendrick goin to town on him -- nm - budice May 6, 09:01 1
  - Kendrick needs to tune him up. -- nm - LFG May 6, 09:02
Car! -- nm - oblique May 6, 09:00 1
- Vatomobile -- nm - budice May 6, 09:01

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