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who says Disney is a creatively bankrupt sequel factory? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 15:49 3
- They should do more original films like The Bikeriders, The Watchers, and Horizon. -- nm - David Jul 8, 15:57 2
  - heh -- nm - Epiphany Jul 8, 16:08
  - The Black Hole remake -- nm - budice Jul 8, 16:02
So hot in NYC that the Third Ave Bridge over the Harlem River can’t fully open/close -- (link) - budice Jul 8, 15:32 5
- hot enough to close the Third Ave Bridge over the Harlem River? hot enough to fry a dog's brain -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 15:46
- this is fine -- nm - Tim Jul 8, 15:37
- "It expands?" -- nm - Elaine Jul 8, 15:36
- Back it up and go again! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 8, 15:36
- It was a brutal day today. -- nm - Krusty Jul 8, 15:35
first reax from the London Twis2ers premiere dropping -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 15:31
wheee! ‘Deadloch’ S2 's a comin' .. (not soon) -- (link) - mud Jul 8, 15:04 1
- Sweet! Loved season 1. -- nm - Krusty Jul 8, 15:31
Season 3 of the Bear is hard going. 3 episodes in. Nothing has happened, only angst. -- nm - Loyola Jul 8, 15:03 4
- no you see it's a meta commentary on the characters themselves -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 15:06 3
  - Worth sticking with but imo s3 is the "worst". Still quality TV, I just expected more. -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Jul 8, 15:23
  - my top three episodes of Anything this year: - mud Jul 8, 15:11 1
    - very cool! Great Taste there, mud!! -- nm - alt-ST Jul 8, 16:05
If only we primarily had a way to ask the electorate what they thought of Joe Biden being the candidate. Oh wait. We did. -- nm - Qale Jul 8, 15:02
David, our local escape room gets less expensive by the person with a larger group. Looks like $32-35 per person for a group of 2. -- nm - kelly Jul 8, 15:01 7
- About the same here, $28-$38 per person depending on the number of people. -- nm - Krusty Jul 8, 15:31
- Nathan would escape in five minutes.. - David Jul 8, 15:03 4
  - Ha! It took 7 of us almost a full hour to escape. -- nm - kelly Jul 8, 15:54 1
    - ugh. not my idea of fun. -- nm - mud Jul 8, 15:55
  - Kelly handicaps him by throwing away vital clues. - Will Hunting Jul 8, 15:48
  - ha! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 8, 15:03
- Oh, and 60 minutes to try and escape -- nm - kelly Jul 8, 15:02
Power is back on here at my apartment. If it stays on, I’ll consider this a successful storm ride out. -- nm - Qale Jul 8, 14:54 2
- I haven’t heard from Whisper and their phone is going to voicemail, so a bit worried. - Qale Jul 8, 15:08 1
  - She said they had power banks but I can understand if they want to preserve them. Hope all is well with them. -- nm - Meg Jul 8, 15:46
"water" finds a way? .. really? -- (link) - mud Jul 8, 14:52
Gritty photo shoot! -- (link) - prayformojo Jul 8, 14:37
Mod Pizza bankrupt -- (link) - budice Jul 8, 14:30
Sabrina Carpenter vs The Wings of Death -- nm - budice Jul 8, 14:27
"Personally, I think Kamala Harris would be a much better, stronger candidate." -- nm - Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) Jul 8, 14:13 23
- Biden's odds got as high as 8-1 (against her 4-1 and Trumps 1-2ish) last Thursday. Biden dropped to 6-1 over the weekend. It's 4-1 now. (Her 6-1.) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 8, 15:04 3
  - "Why can Dems not just run the perfect candidate who we will inevitably make shit up about anyway like we did for the last 6 anyway?" -- nm - Reagen Jul 8, 15:47
  - Are these Vegas sportsbook odds? and remind me about the nomenclature: does 4-1 vs 6-1 means Biden is favored to beat Trump, Harris more favored? -- nm* - Max Jul 8, 15:38 1
    - Biden pays 4 for every 1 bet (he’s 20% to win). She’s 6:1 so 6 bucks for each dollar (14.3% to win) -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 8, 15:49
- The longer this rumbles on, I can see it mobilising the grey vote of both parties to come out and vote for Biden. They will be indignant at the ageism -- nm - Loyola Jul 8, 14:58
- “Why do we need a better stronger candidate against a convicted felon and rapist who stole classified documents and stoked an insurrection?” -- nm - alternate universe Rep Adam Smith (D-WA) Jul 8, 14:33
- good grief, can they NOT. Unless they are really going to do it. -- nm - Epiphany Jul 8, 14:15 16
  - They all need to stfu. It's giving the GOP all the ammo they want. -- nm - Remlik Jul 8, 14:16 15
    - The inability to unite is the bigger problem than Biden at this point because you can't move past the story. It keeps it right at the top of the - pmb Jul 8, 14:38 12
      - Biden can unite all he wants. NYT/WaPo/CNN will never move past the story -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 14:58 4
        
        A) To a degree, but it's being fueled by dissension and questions within the party. But also, B) this cartoon is perfection. -- (link) - pmb Jul 8, 15:01 3
        
        i guess i mean there is now a perverse incentive to not step aside because they will just continue to run the same routine on Kamala or whomever -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 15:05 2
        
        That part would be worse because it won't have had the benefit of a primary process. So the process will be the story. The people who disagree with - pmb Jul 8, 15:08 1
        
        literally anyone other than Kamala could have run in the primaries so they can eat shit. anyway, until Obama weighs in one way or another his own VP - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 15:13
      - Exactly. -- nm - David Jul 8, 14:52 2
        
        This is where liberals drive me crazy. This need for perfect instead of good. They (or I guess we) feel this need to address and give weight to every - pmb Jul 8, 14:59 1
        
        Yup. -- nm - David Jul 8, 15:01
      - I mean, this is by far the longest we have *ever* went without hearing about 45 right? -- nm - LFG Jul 8, 14:48 3
        
        he's going on Hannity tonight -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 15:05
        
        I tried -- (link) - mud Jul 8, 14:56 [Backboard]
        
        I mean, they've kept him mostly quiet, but he has been speaking and posting stuff. It's just lost in this noise, which is exactly the point. -- nm - pmb Jul 8, 14:53
    - Exactly. It’s Biden-Harris. Done. It’s American way of life vs Project 2025. Get to work. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Jul 8, 14:36
    - exactly -- nm - Epiphany Jul 8, 14:35
WWE: no injuries coming out of the insane MITB matches. Which given some of the spots in the women’s match is a miracle. - Will Hunting Jul 8, 13:40 7
- Stark gave up the will to live. -- nm - David Jul 8, 13:47 6
  - She definitely smacked her head on a ladder early on and then it looked like Iyo murdered her but - Tim Jul 8, 14:08
  - What she did to Lyra and then what IO did to her - eag Jul 8, 13:58 4
    - Bird lady woo! -- nm - Tim Jul 8, 14:13 3
      - I'm convinced Lyra and Tiff are the next Becky and Charlotte -- nm - eag Jul 8, 14:20 2
        
        In that 1 gets reactions and the other gets go away heat? - Will Hunting Jul 8, 15:50
        
        No.gif -- nm - David Jul 8, 14:22
LAX: United plane lost a wheel earlier today. Boeing 777-200, with 249 people on board, landed at Denver -- (link*) - budice Jul 8, 13:29 [youtube] 7
- You know what's really gonna make a huge difference with these kind of disasters? Rolling back regulations after the election. nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 8, 13:52
- *tosses another million in the Fine Jar* -- nm - Boeing Jul 8, 13:38 2
  - I'm pretty sure that (for once) Boeing isn't any more liable in this instance than any car / truck manufacturer is liable for the countless tires that - JD Jul 8, 13:49 [youtube] 1
    - Who makes the parts that hold the tires and the wheel to the airplane? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 8, 16:20
- "Oh, United 1232 you hit a bird?", "Yeah, sorry about that" -- nm - JD Jul 8, 13:36 2
  - Have the airlines considered using planes that *don't* fall apart? Cos that would be a good start -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 8, 13:41 1
    - Sounds like the plane won the bird strike incident as they continued onward so yay for being bird resistant - JD Jul 8, 13:45
in the Fever weight room with AB and Caitlin -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 13:25 2
- I am glad her restraining order still allows you to post stuff like this. -- nm - LFG Jul 8, 13:41
- *reracks from across the room* -- nm - Caitlin Jul 8, 13:28
Let's go PB. Speed run of Ken Griffey Jr. Presents MLB by Peanut Butter the Dog -- (link*) - JD Jul 8, 13:24 [youtube]
once again Mariners we see there is nothing you possess that the Orioles cannot take away -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 13:17
Target says it will stop taking checks...ION target was taking checks....when was the last time you saw someone pay by check at a store? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 8, 13:13 7
- I pay rent with a check. Hopefully can keep doing that, because a money order is annoying and online costs extra. -- nm - Qale Jul 8, 14:59
- I see older people writing them at the grocery store occasionally. (Don't think I've seen it at non-grocery stores in forever, tho.) -- nm - JaxSean Jul 8, 13:21
- Maybe a year or two ago. Old person in the grocery store. I was like, oh yeah, checks still exist. -- nm - sycor Jul 8, 13:21 1
  - Last time I wrote one was when I got my car in 2020 for the deposit. -- nm - sycor Jul 8, 13:22
- Target sure is saying a lot today. -- nm - LFG Jul 8, 13:20
- We got ice cream this weekend in northern Michigan at a place that took only Cash and Checks and had this very discussion with my son and his GF - oblique Jul 8, 13:16
- the 80s. -- nm - Andie Jul 8, 13:15
Former Dodger Raul Mondesi became the corrupt local mayor. -- (link) - budice Jul 8, 13:11
TIL Slapsgiving is basically a reality show now -- (link) - oblique Jul 8, 13:10 [youtube]
Michael Jackson never land ranch in danger of fire -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 8, 13:06 1
- oh noes -- nm - LFG Jul 8, 13:06
House of the Dragon (spoils from last night) -- (edited) - Jovian Jul 8, 12:47 4
- It was new last night? I got caught up Saturday! lol - LFG Jul 8, 12:51 3
  - ~'/The Dance, begun it has~'/ -- nm - Jovian Jul 8, 12:58 2
    - I thought there was still another episode to go so when it got to *the* scene I was still surprised. - LFG Jul 8, 12:59 1
      - "Free! I'll do it for free. I mean, I'm available and ready to work." -- nm - Max Jul 8, 13:13
When you gotta get in one last run before boarding -- (link) - JD Jul 8, 12:44 4
- He eventually catches him, but at first the guy in pursuit doesn't really look to be giving it his all -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 8, 12:48 3
  - Running with his calves only. -- nm - Reagen Jul 8, 12:58 1
    - Needs more glute activation. -- nm - Dano Jul 8, 13:07
  - He was shooting a taser and trying to reload it..and I guess hoping to avoid wrestling a hot sweaty shirtless dude in the 100' tarmac -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 8, 12:56
Just JJ Watt posting a shredded pic on a Monday. -- (pic) -- (link*) - budice Jul 8, 12:24 [Attachment] 2
- Must be the lighting but his face looks two decades older than his claimed age of 35. -- nm* - Max Jul 8, 12:30
- Beast Mode! -- nm - Pippy Jul 8, 12:25
Bye, Calgary! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 8, 12:19
The 111 Best Horror Movie Kills of All Time, Ranked (mild spoilers?) - JD Jul 8, 12:19
Futurama | Trailer - Season 12 | Hulu -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 8, 11:43 [youtube] 2 1
- "Deploy her? I barely know her! Hehehe, ah just kidding. I'm a regular customer." -- nm - JaxSean Jul 8, 12:15
- "I've been to two of those bases." -- nm - David Jul 8, 11:57
smokin' hot young british starlet is smokin' hot. -- (pic) - mud Jul 8, 11:36 [Attachment] 2
- Guess I'm watching Twisters -- nm - sycor Jul 8, 11:40 1
  - Not with the man that screwed over Bruce Wayne, staring. -- nm - LFG Jul 8, 12:52
James Carville Has a Plan! - mud Jul 8, 11:33 19
- lol. Too late for many states, plus, warchest. -- nm - LFG Jul 8, 12:52
- Ill just say this...*anything* would be better than pitting Joe or Kamala against AH -- nm - Jovian Jul 8, 12:25 5
  - I tried! -- nm - Marianne Williamson Jul 8, 12:36
  - prove it -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 12:28 3
    - prove what? I dont work for the DNC. Im just saying its going to be an electoral wipeout in November - Jovian Jul 8, 12:50 2
      - but there's no way to prove a counterfactual so you'll never know. what is true is that no party that switched their nom has ever won -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 13:09 1
        
        Its a disaster. All of it. A complete and total disaster. - Jovian Jul 8, 13:29
- This is the Herr Starr of pundits, right? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 8, 12:04 3
  - [googles] .. uh, dunno -- nm - mud Jul 8, 12:08 2
    - Bald and somewhat resembles a gargoyle or an undertaker? -- nm* - Beryllium Jul 8, 12:11 1
      - Ilyn Payne? -- (pic) - mud Jul 8, 12:16 [Attachment]
- I'm gonna go with "do the opposite of what James Carville says". -- nm - Reagen Jul 8, 11:40 5
  - It really just serves to show how difficult it is to replace Biden now (and what a disaster it would be). The plan is stupid on a host of levels. I - pmb Jul 8, 12:39 1
    - "Harris-Emeritus 2024" -- nm - Max Jul 8, 12:40
  - But he once said, "It's the economy, stupid!" -- nm - Dano Jul 8, 12:03 1
    - when mostly it was just that Bill Clinton was an acceptable white dude to marginal voters -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 12:16
  - cocaine and hose it is -- nm - budice Jul 8, 11:44
- "But it can’t be by anointing Vice President Kamala Harris" is just another way of calling her a DEI Hire -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 11:37 1
  - even if i grant him that premise, this is Billy Madison level stupid shit. "everyone in this room is dumber for having heard it" -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 11:39
the new Twis2ers trailer made the premise sound even dumber than i thought. but wasn't the first one pretty stupid too and it made a jillion bucks -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 11:27 17
- we can't wait to see it. -- nm - Remlik Jul 8, 12:51
- I legit can't wait. take my money. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 8, 12:06 8
  - I likely will go see it too -- saw the first one opening night and it's such a guilty pleasure movie. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 8, 12:30 1
    - Maybe that is why I am so *meh* (other than GPOWE). I saw the first one in the theater but have never rewatched. - LFG Jul 8, 13:04
  - wife and both kids are planning to see it in theatre and my wife hasn't been to a theatre since newest Spiderman -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 8, 12:23 1
    - if you feel it chase it I guess -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 12:29
  - i already have tickets. -- nm - Andie Jul 8, 12:11 3
    - I don't know what's wrong with me that I don't. -- nm - amandaphone Jul 8, 12:16 2
      - my friend: "oh I'm right near the mall. I'll grab tickets right now." ok. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 8, 12:51 1
        
        perfect. -- nm - Andie Jul 8, 13:04
- I'm going in expecting to be massively disappointed but figuring that Tornadoes + Destruction = $$ -- nm* - oblique Jul 8, 12:00
- I do like there are multiple cases of the dumbest visual possible in the system. - Will Hunting Jul 8, 11:57 4
  - Uhm, that is actually pretty true for tornadoes, though. -- nm - LFG Jul 8, 13:01
  - And at the same time, there's the real world - JD Jul 8, 12:26
  - The humans are (spoils) - Beryllium Jul 8, 12:01 1
    - or possibly (spoils) - tRuMaN Jul 8, 12:06
- aka T2 ==> Twister for Millenials, just like star wars -- (pic) - budice Jul 8, 11:31 [Attachment]
Barcelona anti-tourism protesters fire water pistols at visitors -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 8, 11:24
There's at least a couple of movies with this premise -- (link) - JD Jul 8, 11:23 [Backboard]
Bombs found planted in rural Saskatchewan mailboxes (7 so far) -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 8, 11:20

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