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B2 - I bet that $255 figure is pretty minimal about how it defines hobbies. - Roger More Jun 18, 07:52 5
- I assume a whole bunch of people simply do not have hobbies. Which is super sad IMO -- nm - Guigue Jun 18, 07:59 1
  - my dad is like that. he can barely walk so he doesn't golf any more. i guess watching tv is his hobby, that's kind of it. -- nm - colin Jun 18, 08:03
- I would think it wouldn’t include start up costs—ex: fishing pole and tackle box and maybe a boat—but $255 for yearly license , gas, and bait/accessories -- nm* - Trending Jun 18, 07:56 2
  - I'll bet it doesn't include gas - who would have that data? - Roger More Jun 18, 08:08
  - Licenses (including launch, boat and fishing) run about 50-60 bucks per year. However, I easily spend over 250 on gear each year -- (edited) - decline Jun 18, 08:01
WWE: I think it’s really weird to see guys just flat out nuking Vince’s prior running of the organization while talking about his son in law. - Will Hunting Jun 18, 07:47
you know Lina Khan is crushing it when all the billionaires are willing to sell their souls to Dipshit Hitler (and how utterly nonexistent -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 18, 07:45 3
- "threat to capitalism" what threat? the SC is making sure capitalism runs unchecked. - colin Jun 18, 07:51 2
  - It’s code for the existence of any constraint on their own power, which is something the powerful will never abide. -- nm - znufrii Jun 18, 07:54 1
    - too true. -- nm - colin Jun 18, 08:02
Woo hoo! I got a $20 credit from my coffee subscription service b/c a co-worker used a referral link I sent her. - BaRRRon Jun 18, 07:41 1
- now just do that 50,000 times and you can retire! -- nm - decline Jun 18, 07:53
The Oral History of ‘Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story’ -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jun 18, 07:20
Ayo Edebiri's dad refused to let Martin Scorsese shoot The Departed in their house -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 18, 07:19 [youtube] 4
- she's awesome. The molasses bit preceding that was great too -- nm - mud Jun 18, 07:34 3
  - a thing i never knew existed before: Boston Cool Dog (ice cream hot dogs) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 18, 07:38 2
    - Yum! It's an Americanized choco taco. -- nm - BaRRRon Jun 18, 07:44
    - no, thx -- nm - mud Jun 18, 07:41
Lady in the Lake | Apple TV+ | July 19 -- (link) - mud Jun 18, 07:02 [youtube] 1
- Bawlmer, hon! -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 18, 07:11
Longlegs releasing July 12; 100% after 10 reviews -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 18, 06:58
Justin Timberlake arrested for DWI! -- (pic) - mud Jun 18, 06:54 [Attachment] 3
- In the Hamptons? - ReluctantCynic Jun 18, 07:32 1
  - He probably verbally harassed the cop - Pippy Jun 18, 07:58
- Selfish -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 18, 07:27
"Chinese scientists and engineers are applying ChatGPT-like technology to sex robots" -- (link) - decline Jun 18, 06:26 5
- "You shouldn't need to ask what you've done wrong" -- nm - AI Has Gone Too Far Jun 18, 06:53
- Rule 34 of AI. -- nm - BaRRRon Jun 18, 06:45
- it just keeps quoting a Gronking to Remember -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 18, 06:36 1
  - don't we all? -- nm - Pippy Jun 18, 07:58
- That doesn’t sound like it’s going to turn out the way they want it to turn out. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 18, 06:36
Programming note: I will be in Los Angeles from Oct 18-21 for a conference. - Reagen Jun 18, 06:13 2
- World Series time -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 18, 07:28
- "So, do you like Teach and Stuff" the conference -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 18, 06:16
Only $255 a year on my hobby? -- nm - . Jun 18, 06:09
This week Vermont will be hotter than Miami by a whopping 10 degrees Fahrenheit (5.5 degrees Celsius). -- (link) - decline Jun 18, 06:01 10
- Welcome to Heat Dome! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 18, 06:15 2
  - ours in 2021 almost killed me, I think. I've dreaded each summer since. -- nm - mud Jun 18, 06:33 1
    - we were lucky that yesterday was nice and mild for prom. supposed to be 15C or so hotter here today (24 yesterday was perfect) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 18, 06:36
- This week is going to suck -- nm - Krusty Jun 18, 06:09 3
  - Saturday/Sunday are going to be brutal -- nm - decline Jun 18, 06:38 2
    - We weren’t planning on going down the shore this weekend. - znufrii Jun 18, 06:43 1
      - do you have central air conditioning in your house? -- nm - Pippy Jun 18, 07:59
- whopping? oh my -- nm - mud Jun 18, 06:03 2
  - the map in the article is from a nifty new NWS 'heat risk' tool -- (link) - decline Jun 18, 06:08 1
    - yikes -- nm - mud Jun 18, 06:35
Paul is 82 today. -- (link*) - mud Jun 18, 05:45
Rangers got Grimace'd last night! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 18, 05:38 1
- Rangers refused to have a Pride Night -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 18, 07:25
Impressive feat to manage to piss off both wings of the GOP -- (link*) - znufrii Jun 18, 05:30
Looks like it might be more expensive and harder to find avocados and mangoes in the near future. -- (link) - Krusty Jun 18, 05:21 3
- oranges, cocao, and coffee -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 18, 10:54
- Speaking of, I started my 4th plant here in my office. It's still tiny -- (pic) - decline Jun 18, 05:41 [Attachment] 1
  - Nice! -- nm - Krusty Jun 18, 05:43
R.I.P. Anouk Aimée, 92 -- (pic) - mud Jun 18, 05:17 [Attachment]
Thailand becomes first country in Southeast Asia to recognize marriage equality -- (link) - znufrii Jun 18, 05:11
Bacon ice cream and nugget overload sees misfiring McDonald's AI withdrawn -- (link) - LMS Jun 18, 05:00 5
- I mean how many chicken nuggets are too many? -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 18, 07:05 3
  - ~you can get a million piece box!~ -- (link) - znufrii Jun 18, 07:08 [youtube]
  - Never enough! -- nm - my nephews 10 years ago Jun 18, 07:07 1
    - accurate. -- nm - me, after three drinks Jun 18, 07:09
- I’d try that bacon ice cream, actually - znufrii Jun 18, 05:10
Ebay has increased my selling limit. It's now $5,000,000. I think the most I've sold on there in a year is $800. I'll get to my limit in a few - Krusty Jun 18, 04:57 5
- $255 -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 18, 07:16
- Get busy! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 18, 06:50
- They believe in you, Krusty. -- nm - Reagen Jun 18, 05:44
- Sounds like it’s time to list a pair of shoes for a million bucks. -- nm - mafic Jun 18, 05:09 1
  - Smart thinking -- nm - Krusty Jun 18, 05:38
TV PSA: NHL, MLB, Deadliest Catch, WWE NXT, Beat Shazam, Quiz with Balls, Clipped, Agents of Mystery, Love Island, Star Wars: The Acolyte, - Beaker 🍺 Jun 18, 04:25 3
- MLB and starting season 3 of Girls5Eva -- nm - Krusty Jun 18, 04:55
- I've got The Traitors US (s2) and Meet the Richardsons (s1). -- nm - LMS Jun 18, 04:37
- Oilers/Panthers; Acolyte, Orphan Black Echoes (when the series starts, not this preshow stuff) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 18, 04:36
Daily Myth for June 18 - znufrii Jun 18, 04:04
I use Android's Find My Device regularly. It is inevitably 2 feet away from my computer, or in my messenger bag, or both. -- nm - Reagen Jun 18, 03:00 10
- I often use the house phone to ring my cell and there it is on my seat I was probably sitting on it, but its black, couch is black... -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 18, 10:56
- okay, gramps -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 18, 07:07
- For that to work do you need to leave your location on all the time? Clearly, I've never used it. -- nm - Krusty Jun 18, 04:58 7
  - Maybe? I haven't actually looked. - Reagen Jun 18, 05:51 6
    - My phone likes to ask me to set it up every now and then but I've just ignored it as I assumed it needed my location on to function. I should look - Krusty Jun 18, 05:54 5
      - Apparently it runs off Bluetooth. -- nm - Reagen Jun 18, 06:03
      - why don't you want location on? in case you commit murder or something? -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 18, 06:02 3
        
        It's a rather big drain on the battery and I don't like the idea of my phone tracking me everywhere I go. It's already listening to me. - Krusty Jun 18, 06:52
        
        right? especially because it's pretty advanced now on android and you can tailor it for every app -- nm - decline Jun 18, 06:13 1
        
        mine is pretty much on. I know I'm super cavalier. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 18, 06:50
(the Onion) Report: Every Place on Earth Has Wrong Amount of Water - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 18, 02:46
You solved today's murdle in 19 minutes and 33 seconds, It took so long, the suspect had plenty of time to flee the country -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 18, 02:16
Strands #107 - yellow first - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 18, 01:41 2
- yellow second, no non-strand words - crash davis 😺 Jun 18, 06:37
- Yellow 1st - no non-strand words - decline Jun 18, 05:51
Connections Puzzle #373 - GYBP - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 18, 01:37 4
- PBYG - crash davis 😺 Jun 18, 06:18
- PGYB - decline Jun 18, 05:49
- BPGY - mud Jun 18, 04:57
- I had a Dumb - Beryllium Jun 18, 01:48
Wordle 1,095 4/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 18, 01:33 2
- Wordle 1,095 4/6 - crash davis 😺 Jun 18, 06:24
- 4 - decline Jun 18, 05:45
lol zing -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 18, 00:18
Do'h! I didn't realize Elder Scrolls Online would be down tonight in prep for Gold Rold's release tomorrow. I thought it was all happening tomorrow. -- nm - Qale Jun 17, 23:09
boy these new WaPo assholes must have made a lot of friends on Fleet Street -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 17, 23:04 1
- This is known. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 18, 06:49
Update -Sir Ian McKellen expected to make full recovery after fall off stage during London performance. -- (link) - LMS Jun 17, 22:42 2
- Ian the White -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 17, 23:44
- *feints falling off stage* *feints again* *falls off stage and rebounds off hidden trampoline back on stage* *bows* -- nm - future McKellen showstopper routine Jun 17, 22:46
Apple got Zaddy to pick up a (considerable) tab for global distribution of Brad Pitt's "F1" -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 17, 22:33 4
- No indication how much WB paid for distribution, but the track record for Apple movies in theaters is not good. - Mop🧹 Jun 17, 22:39 3
  - it's a $300m+ budget and rising. this has to be a Paramount/20th going in together on Titanic because James Cameron is insane situation -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 17, 22:45 2
    - I honestly don’t know what it is. Apple burns a quarter of a billion dollars on a movie by Ridley Scott or Marty because…? - Mop🧹 Jun 17, 22:48 1
      - services drive hardware sales and vice versa -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 17, 22:52
Fisker, the EV Startup , has officially filed for bankruptcy, per Reuters -- nm - budice Jun 17, 22:18 2
- Doesn’t Jax have one? -- nm - Pippy 🇨🇦 Jun 18, 04:27
- That’s too bad. A Chinese company picked up the assets of the previous Fisker. Maybe that’ll happen here. - Mop🧹 Jun 17, 22:43
Imagineering is working on an Inside Out themed thrill attraction - JD Jun 17, 21:33 7
- "Excuse me, we've been sitting here waiting to go while watching other cars leave." "Oh yes, you chose to get into the Anger line." - Max Jun 17, 22:50 3
  - Oh man, do *not* get in the Disgust cars. -- nm - Reagen Jun 18, 03:04
  - "why isn't my Envy car doing anything?" -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 17, 22:56
  - spoilers - Beryllium Jun 17, 22:52
- CRANIUM COMMA— oh, I see. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 17, 22:06
- (Emotional Whirlwind) - David Jun 17, 21:36 1
  - (Joyride) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 17, 21:39
Bikeriders - Goodfellas on bikes -- nm - budice Jun 17, 21:30
$255? If going to concerts is my hobby, I'm totally averaging out a bunch of what must be zeroes from the rest of the group -- nm - JD Jun 17, 21:13
Disney has dubbed The Avengers into the Lakota language, took 15 months to do -- (link) - Remlik Jun 17, 21:08 7
- Star Wars dubbed into Navajo was the first film dubbed into a native language by over a decade. -- (pic) - Peglegpete Jun 17, 21:14 [Attachment] 5
  - PBS has a nice little documentary short about a drive-in that plays Star Wars in Navajo. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jun 17, 22:46 [youtube] 1
    - I recently watched a documentary about a nation that dubbed one of Eastwood's spaghetti westerns but I can't find it from searching. - Max Jun 17, 22:48
  - nice! -- nm - Remlik Jun 17, 21:23 2
    - a second film dubbed into Navajo came out about 5 years ago, but I forgot the name. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 17, 22:10 1
      - didn't they shoot Prey in one of the languages? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 18, 04:20
- lucky them -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 17, 21:09
$21m Monday for IO2 is probably better that’s the median opening weekend total for all releases this year -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 17, 20:53 1
- also 1/7th of Elemental's entire domestic take -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 17, 22:01
I stand corrected, by Magic. Celtics now have one more title than the L***** -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 17, 20:49
#ReleaseTheSchumacherCut is trending--supposedly a much darker version of Batman Forever -- nm - TRENDING Jun 17, 20:46 4
- That was mentioned a few years ago. I'd love to see it. -- nm - Remlik Jun 17, 21:03
- Biblically accurate nipplesuit -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 20:48 2
  - LOL--Moses, John the Baptist, and Batman...all lone wolf types who have known, terrific nipples -- nm - TRENDING Jun 17, 20:50 1
    - Noah, bastard built a boat and never told anyone he knew what was coming -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 17, 22:41
Dang. Heathers, the Musical, ends on the West End on July 6th. My kids just said they’d love to see it. We’ll be there in August. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 17, 20:27 4
- If you're feeling up for larger scale adventure, it'll be on tour -- (link) - JD Jun 17, 21:20 1
  - Oh, interesting! Sadly, it’ll be in Wales when we’re in London. - Mop🧹 Jun 17, 22:40
- guess it's time to reschedule the trip. -- nm - mafic Jun 17, 20:44
- what's their damage? -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 17, 20:29
*buys Grimace* -- nm - Steve Cohen Jun 17, 20:26
Poor Derrick White. -- nm - David Jun 17, 20:23
Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson have a new podcast together produced by Conan O’Brien’s Team Coco. Here they are on Conan’s show… -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jun 17, 20:22 [youtube] 2
- Granted, Woody just got hit by a car, but Ted - 15 years Woody’s senior - looks considerably more spry. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 17, 20:24 1
  - It might not have been the best idea to add a song and dance routine to a podcast -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 20:38
because of new NBA rules apparently free agency started tonight. Klay wants a 3-yr deal RIP Splash Bros -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 17, 20:20
Oh! I guess Puddles Pity Party is the opening act for Eric Idles tour. That’s a heck of a profile boost. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 17, 20:17 1
- Yeah, that's going to do wonders for that idle guy -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 20:19
Let me pine Let me yearn Let me crawl Let me write you a song -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 17, 20:15

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