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JerryRigEverything drove the new Silverado EV RST with the *stupid huge* battery. -- (link) - Mop🧹 May 24, 15:05 [youtube] 2
- That back panel alterations looks incredibly easy. That's sharp if you need something like that. -- nm - Will Hunting May 24, 15:11
- I keep seeing these at chargers near here. They're not even out yet, right? They all have Michigan plates. (Here, Harrisburg, York...) -- nm - amandaphone May 24, 15:09
This channel uses deepfakes of celebrities to explain how generative AI works. I expect they'll be shut down right quick. -- (link) - Mop🧹 May 24, 15:00 [youtube]
The world is my oyster because town is dead wings over? -- (link) - amandaphone May 24, 15:00 2
- welcome to the pleasuredome -- nm - hollywood big shot May 24, 15:12
- It's too hot for Indian right? Korean chicken? -- (link) - amandaphone May 24, 15:05
wow, how extravagant to set a record for Memorial Day travel when you're so sure that the economy is in the tank -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 24, 14:58
I'm out from Furiosa. I was getting Guy Pearce vibes from Hemsworth's accent. -- nm - LMS May 24, 14:57 3
- You heard it here. All Australians sound the same! -- nm - Mop🧹 May 24, 15:01 1
  - Well it wasn't Bryan Brown or Dame Edna. -- nm - LMS May 24, 15:06
- very Steve Irwin -- nm - budice May 24, 15:00
Stephen F Austin has officially informed the WAC that they will be leaving after the 23/24 season. -- nm - Strongbad May 24, 14:39 3
- I didn't even know they were in the WAC -- nm - eag May 24, 15:04
- Uhhhh....now? -- nm - Will Hunting May 24, 14:43 1
  - They must be joining that powerhouse conference the Pac 2 -- nm - eag May 24, 15:05
I agree with George’s assessment except I don’t think there will be a movie business left in 10 years if it stays on the current trajectory -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 24, 14:27 1
- "We're trying!!" -- nm - Christopher Nolan, Ari Aster, Ti West May 24, 14:36
my god -- (link) - Reagen May 24, 14:23 [BS]
Boy, you can see Hemsworth regretting opening the hot sauce bottles about halfway through. But to his credit, he committed. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 24, 14:15 2
- Double-dipping of the sauces stopped right at Da Bomb -- nm - budice May 24, 14:17
- Shameful that's not what Thor would do - eag May 24, 14:17
Lewiston Idaho has a seaport. Here's how. -- (link) - Mop🧹 May 24, 13:49 [youtube] 2
- The only photo I took of Lewiston was of this (mountain goat?) across the river from our hotel. -- (pic) - psilotum May 24, 14:08 [Attachment]
- That's the river cruise I was thinking to take from Portland. Then I decided I could take 3 ocean cruises for the same amount. - Meg May 24, 13:58
random thought: there are not a lot of famous people named melissa. benoist, mccarthy, ??? -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 May 24, 13:32 11
- I could stand to see more of Melissa George and less of Melissa Etheridge. -- nm - Max May 24, 15:04
- Allman Brothers Sweet Melissa -- nm - zeitgeist May 24, 14:06
- Melissa Leo - Pippy 🇨🇦 May 24, 13:54 1
  - The only Melissa to win an Oscar. -- nm - Max May 24, 15:04
- Question: How is Benoist pronounced? is it Ben-oist? or Ben-waa? -- nm - Jovian May 24, 13:51 3
  - “Balls.” -- nm - znufrii May 24, 14:13
  - buh-noist - Reagen May 24, 13:52 1
    - ah thanks and yes to your IM, lol tell me about - Jovian May 24, 13:57
- Melissa Joan Hart and Melissa Gilbert -- nm - Krusty May 24, 13:41
- villasenor -- nm - hollywood big shot May 24, 13:37
- Rauch …. But that’s stretching thin and I’m out. -- nm - Will Hunting May 24, 13:33
Took the cats to the vet yesterday for checkup and shots - which I do every year. Don't know what happened but Minni spent the night on - Meg May 24, 13:31 1
- Cats are the world's biggest drama queens. -- nm - David May 24, 13:36
India might hit 50c/122f in current heat wave -- nm - zeitgeist May 24, 13:13
Q2 GDP estimated to come in above 3% -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 24, 12:45 2
- ... why this is bad for Biden... -- nm - LFG May 24, 13:04
- That sounds like a recession to me. -- nm - Will Hunting May 24, 12:49
I always felt Silicon Valley pulled a lot of punches in favor of dick joke gags but the Google AI debacle is some pure Gavin Belson shit -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 24, 12:43 1
- That is gold. Maybe the best thing an AI ever did. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 24, 13:57
watch out CJ Roberts, you’ve got a calendar invite -- (link*) - hollywood big shot May 24, 12:29 3
- What are the chances of Biden expanding the court to 11 or even 13 ,one for each OG colony? Assuming they don't decide to give it to 45 -- nm - zeitgeist May 24, 12:48 2
  - well there was theoretically a window in 2021 but he just sloughed it off on a commission so he didn’t have to actually have the fight -- nm - hollywood big shot May 24, 13:03
  - ..... 0. Only because we can't actually go negative. -- nm - Will Hunting May 24, 12:49
I just got an email inviting me to run to be a delegate to the national convention in Chicago. The estimated cost of a four night stay is $1600 - crash davis 😺 May 24, 11:47 11
- I was going to say go for it until I saw the caveat in the IM... oops -- nm - Dano May 24, 12:10 4
  - I mean, the Dems meet every four years. How often is Yung Gravy going to come to Boise> -- nm - crash davis May 24, 13:20 3
    - He might not be yung anymore and you might have to skim the film off the gravy. -- nm - pmb May 24, 13:45
    - never again -- nm - LFG May 24, 13:23
    - Depends....he might get famous and grow past that backwater place. -- nm - Will Hunting May 24, 13:23
- Sounds like you need a PAC. -- nm - Max May 24, 12:04 2
  - I approve this message -- nm - Qale May 24, 12:12
  - I am sure I wouldn't win, but I looked at their calculation of expenses if something went horribly wrong and I did get selected. -- nm - crash davis May 24, 12:09
- getting beaten by cops, priceless -- nm - zeitgeist May 24, 11:59 1
  - I'm not 100% sure, but I am reasonably certain that I am not a 1968 hippie. -- nm - crash davis May 24, 12:05
- ~Never take an L no more Never take a damn thing slow All I know is chase this dough And get money~ -- nm - Pippy Blue Sky May 24, 11:59
Mountain rescue paramedics can now use jetpacks to aid a casualty; -- (link) - Loyola May 24, 11:44 [tiktok] 6
- Just in time for the worst fire season ever. -- nm - zeitgeist May 24, 14:08
- You can use mine. You may or may not explode you pedos! -- nm - Elon Musk, probably May 24, 12:14
- 99%PI just had an episode about "Where are all the jetpacks?" Just in time! -- nm - Mop🧹 May 24, 11:58 1
  - Here's the episode. -- (link) - Mop🧹 May 24, 12:01
- Flying St. Bernards when? -- nm - Max May 24, 11:47
- Suddenly a good job to have. -- nm - LFG May 24, 11:46
Richard Sackler’s mansion in the Netflix series Painkiller is for sale in Mississauga for the low low price of $25 million...(link) - Walt_Disney May 24, 11:40 1
- was this their actual house or just the location for the movie? -- nm - zeitgeist May 24, 12:12
"you can all feel free to leave early (but you need to use PTO to do so)" is bullshit. thanks I'll work. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 May 24, 11:24 16
- So... like any day? -- nm - Dano May 24, 12:00
- yeah, that's obnoxious. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 May 24, 11:51
- I struck a deal with my agency rep: "You know I overwork. I don't have time to clock in and out multiple times, I'm just marking 40/week" - Max May 24, 11:46
- We can accumulate up to 200 hours of vacation and then it is use it or lose it. I started the month at 197.5 hours. - crash davis 😺 May 24, 11:29 12
  - My office neighbor takes off every Friday from July to December in order to not lose days. -- nm - Strongbad May 24, 14:38
  - I've lost track and lost days before. -- nm - Dano May 24, 11:59 4
    - at penn state during covid, I lost about a month. what crap. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 May 24, 13:31
    - I’ve lost hours, too. knew I maxed out but couldn’t take enough time off, and no cash outs. - i.b.! May 24, 12:37 2
      - i pretty much refuse to lose vacation time. Once we get into the second half of the year i start taking random days if it looks like i won't have use - Andie May 24, 12:43 1
        
        I’m actually off most of today, trying to get some in as I can. -- (edited) - i.b.! May 24, 13:42
  - I'm capped at 240 but it's calendar year. And I don't lose it, it just rolls to sick if I'm over 240. - sycor May 24, 11:46 1
    - 950, cool! -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 24, 11:48
  - We used to get 640 hours and then capped -- then Covid hit and they had to lay off almost all of 2 divisions and pay out. - Will Hunting May 24, 11:40 1
    - That is nice -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 24, 11:47
  - GET WITH THE (reading) PROGRAM! -- nm - LFG May 24, 11:38
  - crazy pants rules -- nm - Pippy Blue Sky May 24, 11:38
you won't have Michael Gove to kick around anymore (unfortunately) -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 24, 11:23 2
- Rats deserting the sinking ship -- nm - LMS May 24, 15:08
- This is going to be an historic defeat for the Tories. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 24, 14:57
Watched Fall Guy last night. It was very enjoyable. In the before-fore I think it would have been a massive hit. Putting it on VOD so quick was DUMB -- nm - sycor May 24, 11:19 9
- Why? It made less than $740k in box office Wednesday. It's dead. - David May 24, 11:21 6
  - I didn't know it was in theatres. Same with Furiosa. - Beryllium May 24, 11:52
  - I think better planning on the studios would have helped that. I think a later summer release would have helped. Wait until kids are out of school. - sycor May 24, 11:42
  - It made less than $740k at the box office b/c people know it's on PVOD/know it's going to video after like 3 weeks. How do you not understand this? - MDH May 24, 11:41 3
    - No, it made $740k because that's the standard rate of progression for a film that earned so little last weekend. - David May 24, 11:49
    - it also made over a million on tuesday, $900k on monday, wednesday is generally the deadest box office day of the week. he understands just fine -- nm* - hollywood big shot May 24, 11:44 1
      - Literally the only reason I didn't say Thursday is because I don't have that number yet. Ascribe your motivations to your own stuff. - David May 24, 11:51
- dropping it in theaters first week of may didn't help either - hollywood big shot May 24, 11:21 1
  - Agreed. -- nm - sycor May 24, 11:33
and now I am off to see Furiosa!! 'later -- nm - mud May 24, 11:15 3
- Enjoy!! -- nm - Jovian May 24, 11:59
- 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 24, 11:30
- Have fun storming the desert! -- nm - LFG May 24, 11:16
it's probably only in a handful of theaters nationally but try to catch Hit Man in theaters this weekend -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 24, 11:08 3
- yet another release with that shitface Chad from Scream Queens? I am determined to avoid seeing anything with him in it. -- nm - mud May 24, 11:14 2
  - Not sure if serious, but Glen seems like a decent guy. -- nm - sycor May 24, 11:18 1
    - and hollywood desperately needs a new generation of stars (not that hiding this on a streamer is helping that) -- nm - hollywood big shot May 24, 11:20
SWAT standoff closes 91 Freeway in Orange County (livestream) -- (link*) - budice May 24, 11:04 [youtube] 6
- (it over) -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 24, 13:42
- John Landis says you need a 100 more cop cars -- nm - zeitgeist May 24, 12:02
- Secondary stream -- (link*) - budice May 24, 11:11 [youtube] 2
  - sorry, where's the "standoff"? just yank the mf'er outta the car -- nm - hollywood big shot May 24, 11:15
  - Campus Conflict? -- nm - LFG May 24, 11:12
- If you go back a bit, you'll see the wonderful (and so not the point) sight of working dog so not working. Just looks happy and can we just go play - JD May 24, 11:07
Other than Facebook Marketplace and Nextdoor, what are the other sites to sell something? -- nm - sycor May 24, 11:03 9
- Thanks everyone. Considering selling my Ego mower to help fund an upgrade to a higher level one. I haven't sold anything in so long - sycor May 24, 11:13
- Kijiji up here, but I don't think that gets much usage anymore -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 24, 11:07
- craigslist -- nm - hollywood big shot May 24, 11:06
- Offerup -- nm - Tim May 24, 11:05
- Etsy, Ebay, behind the abandoned Hardee's... - Will Hunting May 24, 11:04
- ebay -- nm - LFG May 24, 11:03 3
  - Fair. I should have included ebay in the Other than list. -- nm - sycor May 24, 11:04 2
    - don't ebay something you can't put in a small box and hold in your outstretched hands. craigslist, fb, nextdoor -- nm - zeitgeist May 24, 12:05
    - "Local pick-up, only." - LFG May 24, 11:39
Dumb question -- if I own something through Vudu, shouldn't it be able to be viewed through Amazon Prime Video? - Will Hunting May 24, 11:00 3
- Theyre all linked, but not necessarily transferrable on some purchases/films -- nm - budice May 24, 11:03
- If it's Movie Anywhere compatible and you have both your Vudu and Amazon Prime accounts linked to your Movies Anywhere account then yes it should -- nm - JD May 24, 11:02 1
  - Dammit, this is LionsGate -- that'll do it. -- nm - Will Hunting May 24, 11:03
The dog who inspired Dogecoin has died -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 May 24, 10:59 1
- He will live on! -- nm - LFG May 24, 11:37
Italian teenage computer wizard set to become the first saint of the millennial generation -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 May 24, 10:58
“Who the fuck let him stand at the exit row for the fucking photo op?!” -- (link) - Malcolm Tucker May 24, 10:52 1
- oh boy -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 24, 13:15
"Sean Kingston and his mother arrested on fraud and theft charges after SWAT raid of the rapper’s home" -- nm - David May 24, 10:40 3
- so, somebody called 911? -- nm - Tim May 24, 11:05
- 1 #1 and 2 Top 10s. -- nm - MDH May 24, 10:52 1
  - we love Fire Burning -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 24, 11:03
Vegas Margaritaville to close at the end of this month -- (link) - Peglegpete May 24, 10:32 1
- all the lost salt shakers were just killing them -- nm - hollywood big shot May 24, 10:36
There was young moose walking on my street this morning around 730am and I missed it :( ...... - Walt_Disney May 24, 10:28 3
- How very Northern Exposure -- nm - David May 24, 10:44
- Mickey the Moose? -- nm - JD May 24, 10:31 1
  - Hmmm....Disney did a Silly Symphony with a character named Morris the Midget Moose. -- nm - Walt_Disney May 24, 10:36
Have you completed your seemingly daily Chrome update? -- (link) - JD May 24, 10:27
so if/when the NCAA players unionize the BCS structure would seem to give them outsized leverage whenever it comes time to strike a new deal -- nm - hollywood big shot May 24, 10:26
So... Morgan Spurlock is about a year older than I am. I'm having an existential crisis right now. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 24, 10:15 2
- apparently (if you believe the tweets) he was also an alcoholic for some period of time before SSM, which may have accounted for his liver problems - hollywood big shot May 24, 10:17 1
  - He was apparently drinking while making Super Size Me which is why the one doctor thought the diet was destroying his liver. -- nm - Tim May 24, 10:21
I'm going down to Liverpool to do nothing -- nm - ty97 May 24, 10:12 4
- I heard they sell fish and chips for four pence on Penny Lane -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 24, 11:27
- Not to fight? I heard they like to fight there. -- nm - Qale May 24, 10:29
- say hi to my wastrel niece. she’ll probably be the one passed out in the gutter -- nm - hollywood big shot May 24, 10:15
- Well alrighty then -- nm - zeitgeist May 24, 10:14

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