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TIL: There is an annual festival in Glacier View, Alaska with the sole purpose of launching cars and trucks off a 300 foot cliff into a pond - decline Jul 25, 08:56 [youtube]
I just heard a ridiculous stat about Katie Ledecky: the woman closest to her 1500m time is 20 seconds behind her. This Olympics will be the -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 25, 08:51 5
- her 1500m trial at indy was the most anti-climactic five minutes to watch ever -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 08:52 [youtube] 4
  - "She now has the 19 fastest times in history." Hahahahaha! Beast! -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 08:57
  - She's an absolute beast. I watched a video about her and it was fascinating. She doesn't kick her legs like every other swimmer. Just one kick every - Krusty Jul 25, 08:55 2
    - Yup. ESPN's final list had her at #15 which was way too low. - Strongbad Jul 25, 08:57 1
      - Yup. She should have been higher. Her records and medals are up there with the all time greats. Her only peer in swimming is Phelps. -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 09:06
Obama endorsement in the works -- (link) - znufrii Jul 25, 08:45 1
- About time. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 25, 08:56
Why People Are Saying JD Vance Has Sex With Couches -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 08:40 3
- So...it's a fake made up thing that has no truth. Great. - JaxSean Jul 25, 09:32
- There are so many good memes. "I did not have sectional relations with that couch!" - oblique Jul 25, 08:40 1
  - ~ sectional healing ~ -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 08:49 1
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has issued an executive order for the removal of homeless encampments in the state. -- (link) - budice Jul 25, 08:29 6
- Welcome to Oregon! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 25, 08:46
- It sounds good but where are they supposed to go? What's the plan for the people? You can plan to build housing but is there somewhere for - Krusty Jul 25, 08:39 3
  - at least in LA, Karen Bass is just paying to put them in motels/hotels -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 08:43 2
    - We do that with the asylum seekers but the city is getting billed at a ridiculous rate by the hotels. -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 08:49 1
      - oh we're getting totally jacked up on the costs -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 08:51
- Time to fire up Carousel. -- (edited) - LFG Jul 25, 08:35
Ryan and Hugh have a Chicken Shop Date, coming Friday. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jul 25, 08:03 [tiktok] 5
- They're going to sleep for a week when this press tour is done. They are everywhere, all the time. -- nm - Andie Jul 25, 08:56
- Hot Ones vid is live -- (link) - budice Jul 25, 08:05 [youtube] 3
  - this is chaotic -- nm - budice Jul 25, 08:41 1
    - 'effin Deadpool -- nm - LFG Jul 25, 08:47
  - yay! -- nm - mud Jul 25, 08:13
M*sk's daughter, who is "dead to him", is on Threads. -- (link*) - JaxSean Jul 25, 07:52 2
- Hee! You go girl! -- nm - Pippy Jul 25, 08:57
- L5! -- nm - LFG Jul 25, 07:54
Canada: Loblaw and parent company agree to pay $500 million in bread price-fixing lawsuit -- (link) - budice Jul 25, 07:48
Follow-up from below for pixie: One of the Southwest redeyes is LAX-BWI -- (link) - ty97 Jul 25, 07:40 1
- yay -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 07:41
Interesting interview with Michigan State football coach Jonathan Smith about his (rather abrupt) departure from Oregon State last November. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Jul 25, 07:36 1
- Man I'm always shopping for Beavers gear at Goodwill. I could have owned a genuine Jonathan Smith worn polo?! - Mop🧹 Jul 25, 07:43
the more i see of Tim Walz the more i think he is Kamala's Joe Biden -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 07:36 7
- Reagen is on our team too. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 25, 08:23
- I *love* him but nobody is talking about him as a possibility. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 25, 08:22 5
  - i think he's top four with Beshear, Cooper, and Shapiro -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 08:23 4
    - my "man on the street" (aka sasha) says that she's hearing shapiro, coop, beshear and kelly. "maybe kelly most." -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 25, 08:44 1
      - i don't think they want to vacate that senate seat, which would trigger another special election -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 08:46
    - Beshear would be a mistake. - Jovian Jul 25, 08:32 1
      - Joe Biden was from Delaware. it's about giving normie midwestern white voters permission to feel okay about the ticket -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 08:34
Is it a coincidence that on the day my new color laser printer arrives, my old inkjet gets a firmware update with new features and functionality? - Mop🧹 Jul 25, 07:25 9
- I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but I have to say that....uh, yes, it's a coincidence. -- nm - ty97 Jul 25, 07:51
- have I mentioned that I think I am giving away my printer? I would rather pay per page to print in perpetuity than have to store my printer - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 25, 07:32 6
  - It's been so long since I've used the one at home that it's covered in a layer of dust - decline Jul 25, 08:34
  - Someone should add that to doordash. Print at the library and have it picked up and delivered :) -- nm - oblique Jul 25, 08:19
  - We got one because of Logan/school. Early on he needed it on occasion, but not for years. -- nm - LFG Jul 25, 08:17
  - where would you pay to print something out? is this another trip to the grocery store?? -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 07:34 2
    - library! or UPS store. both are walking distance. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 25, 07:45 1
      - but only six pages at a time -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 07:47
- What's the opposite of "planned obsolescence"? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 25, 07:31
I’m not beyhived so I dunno how using Freedom for her first campaign ad plays with the avg voter (but feels better than that mid U2 song Obama always -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 07:14 1
- I assume those who care love it and everyone is as indifferent to campaign songs as they've always been. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 25, 07:23
Cowboys WR CeeDee Lamb is holding out -- nm - budice Jul 25, 07:08 7
- Vikings WR Jefferson expecting at least a 4 game suspension. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 25, 07:21 4
  - Do you mean Addison who got a DUI recently? -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 07:46 2
    - Sorry. Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 25, 08:06 1
      - I was about to bet against the Vikings for the first four games if both were going to be out. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 08:26
  - Uh oh—what did Jefferson do? -- nm - Trending Jul 25, 07:41
- The Cowboys entire situation right now seems horribly mismanaged. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Jul 25, 07:16 1
  - I think Cowboys made a choice that Dak + McCarthy arent the long-term solution. Full rebuild come seasons end. -- nm - budice Jul 25, 07:18
As I think about it, this board has kinda proven the problem that Southwest has may be one of perception. - Fuzzy Jul 25, 07:00 7
- Southwest has never been an option for me so I never got that far. But I always imagined chaos. -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Jul 25, 07:35
- This seems very accurate. I don't like the concept and it's one reason I've avoided them in the past. - Mop🧹 Jul 25, 07:27
- my experience is it's not chaos (or any more chaotic than assigned seating) just the uncertainty esp once you get into the B-Group and above - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 07:05 4
  - Yep. I always pay the $20 for the early bird seating. Pretty much guarantees an A group seating. -- nm - pmb Jul 25, 07:43 2
    - Yes. Southwest is always a tad more expensive cause the bag fee is built into the price. -- nm - Pippy Jul 25, 07:59
    - Every time...yes -- nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 25, 07:46
  - This. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 25, 07:25
was there some news about one of Mr Beast's folks? Got kicked out for some stuff? - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 06:51 3
- Variety has an article about the allegations. -- (link) - Krusty Jul 25, 07:00
- grooming -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 06:52 1
  - ugh, I'd hoped my youngest had misread, but I should of known she was right; they are up on all the latest stuff. - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 06:55
GxxBxYP - mud Jul 25, 06:50
2.8% GPD growth in Q2 was much higher than expected #ThanksBrandon -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 06:44 1
- for some reason now CNN frames it this way -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 08:29
Why is Kamala Harris likely to pick a white man as her running mate? -- (link) - znufrii Jul 25, 06:43 3
- Does the article use 5000 words to say racism & misogyny? -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 25, 06:46 2
  - I do like the term “reality bias” though. -- nm* - znufrii Jul 25, 08:08
  - yep. -- nm - colin Jul 25, 06:47
Max + Hulu + D+ bundle => $16.99 a month with ads • $29.99 a month without ads -- (link) - budice Jul 25, 06:32
Hmm. Paramount+ is renewing at the end of August. I think I might be done for a while... -- nm - oblique Jul 25, 06:28 1
- Bastards canceled Halo! -- nm - LFG Jul 25, 08:12
I've flown Southwest a very limited number of times over the years. To those of you reacting negatively to the seat news, can you explain why? - ty97 Jul 25, 06:15 10
- I like the fact it’s legit first board, sit down. I don’t need to worry about wanting a specific spot being available. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 25, 08:33
- Because change is bad, 'mkay? -- nm - LFG Jul 25, 07:46
- I like the open seating and i think getting rid of it sucks ballsack. The groups with their numbers work just fine. - Turd Ferguson Jul 25, 07:27
- I can actually fit in their seats now. Exit row is preferred, but if I can't get one it's ok. There are no regular seats on other airlines that I - pmb Jul 25, 07:04
- i like being able to choose who i sit by. i think the biggest complaint is that people with status now make up the first 150 people on the plane - colin Jul 25, 06:46 2
  - I'll be flying them in September. I've almost always been toward the end of the A group. I'll be curious to s if that has changed. -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 25, 06:50 1
    - Assigned seats don't come into play until next year I think -- nm - ty97 Jul 25, 07:52
- Right now all seats are (mostly) created equal - Fuzzy Jul 25, 06:44
- Getting your choice of seat was more a function of when you check in, which you have more control over, than when you buy the ticket -- nm - prayformojo Jul 25, 06:28
- I liked camping overnight for tickets so I could be first in line, but being at the airport 3 hours early so I could get my preferred seat? Nope. - JaxSean Jul 25, 06:21
Krusty, Southwest has been open seating since they launched 50+ years ago. - ty97 Jul 25, 06:07 11
- They'd be an option for me to Kansas if I could be sure of an aisle seat. Otherwise nope. -- nm - Meg Jul 25, 08:03
- i suspect it may have something to do with the activist hedge fund investor (shocker) wanting them to squeeze more revenue from travelers -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 06:43 1
  - That part doesn't help, but the reason that person exists is because Southwest has been stagnating. -- nm - ty97 Jul 25, 06:54
- That sounds like the makings of chaos and arguing and fighting. I'd avoid them because I'd be worried about getting stuck in a middle seat or - Krusty Jul 25, 06:17 7
  - Interestingly, I see regular reports of fighting over assigned seats. Don't think I've ever seen a fight over seating on Southwest -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 25, 06:52 1
    - agreed -- nm - prayformojo Jul 25, 07:08
  - everyone knows the system and are pretty chill about it. there's rarely no overhead space because of their check bag policy, which i hope they keep. -- nm - colin Jul 25, 06:49
  - They had Queues for each boarding group, so you get in line when you get to the airport, so not much chaos. - JaxSean Jul 25, 06:26
  - Apparently people really started gaming the system over the past several years based on youtube and tiktok 'influencer' videos. - ty97 Jul 25, 06:19 2
    - They were cheaper if you checked a bag and didn't need to pay for an extra legroom seat on another airline. Once I got status on another airline and - pmb Jul 25, 07:08
    - I'm surprised it took so long for issues to arise. If they're not cheaper I don't see the point. -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 06:54
ty97: That Southwest news is game changing considering they aren't considered an option for many travelers, especially business travels. - MDH Jul 25, 06:06 5
- Opening their booking to the travel sites would be nice -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 25, 07:29
- i'd rather they add redeyes from LAX to east coast. that's the main reason i rarely fly them back home now -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 06:50 1
  - They added redeyes as part of this, starting February 2025. Though I'd have to check if any are out of LAX. -- nm - ty97 Jul 25, 06:54
- I wish they would do Europe-style business class in the fist couple of rows (i.e. blocked middle seat) -- nm* - ty97 Jul 25, 06:07 1
  - Jetblue is reported considering something like that (nothing announced though) -- nm - ty97 Jul 25, 06:17
35 years ago today the Beastie Boys released Paul's Boutique, arguably their best album. -- (link) - Krusty Jul 25, 05:51 [youtube] 4
- A lot of people they been jonsin just to hear me rock the mic. nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 25, 07:14 1
  - So like a pimp I'm pimpin' I got a boat to eat shrimp in Nothing wrong with my leg just B-boy limpin' -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 07:17
- I admit I did not like it when it came out. I didn't get it, but it was so forward thinking, I appreciated it not too far after. - JaxSean Jul 25, 06:32 1
  - I didn't like it my first few times hearing the album. It wasn't until a few years later that I grew to appreciate how amazing the album is. - Krusty Jul 25, 07:11
Focus Features To Re-Release ‘Shaun Of The Dead’ On 20th Anniversary Of Edgar Wright Zombie Fest -- (link) - LMS Jul 25, 05:50
Brian Cashman and Aaron Boone should both be fired today. They shouldn't get to finish out the year or even another game. - Krusty Jul 25, 05:43 3
- Terrible -- nm - Jovian Jul 25, 06:37
- What happened? They were killing it, earlier in the season…now we gotta watch *checks notes* the KC Royals in the World Series 👀 -- nm - Trending Jul 25, 05:56 1
  - Anyone not named Judge or Soto forgot how to hit a baseball. The starters forgot how to get guys out and the bullpen imploded. After June 15th they've - Krusty Jul 25, 06:06
“Daddy, can get a job in an office where you don’t have to go in three days a week?” - znufrii Jul 25, 05:41 5
- can you go in any three days you want? like could you do MTW and relax RF? -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 25, 05:55 1
  - My choice, yeah. MTW is my general plan, but can switch it up if I need to. -- nm - znufrii Jul 25, 05:58
- Time to bust out "when I was your age, my dad went to the office 5 days a week!" -- nm - Roger More Jul 25, 05:49 2
  - When I was a kid my dad traveled a lot for work: "See you in 5 weeks kids" - decline Jul 25, 06:00
  - through the snow, up hill both ways! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 05:50
Deadpool & Wolverine 81% (195), The Beast Within 50% (16), A Greyhound of a Girl 100% (5), Didi 93% (44), The Fabulous Four nsy, - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 05:36
Deadpool presales are showing a $40+ million Thursday and a $200+ million weekend. Just a question of how much more at this point. -- nm - Inigo Jul 25, 05:34 23
- 312.50 -- nm - LFG Jul 25, 07:46
- ST Spinoff poll: Give Reynolds filmography a letter grade: - Trending Jul 25, 05:45 [Attachment] 14
  - i think Ghosted is the only RR movie i've ever watched (C+ i guess) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 06:47 3
    - No Deadpool? Do you hate fun and action? -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 07:06 2
      - I’ve been to two comic movies since iron man. that wasn’t one of them - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 07:18 1
        
        I'm not a fan of most comic book movies but Deadpool was so much fun. But if it's not your taste, I get it. -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 07:22
  - That picture doesn't include his best movie (Just Friends). If judging that picture alone maybe C-? -- nm - MDH Jul 25, 06:05
  - for entertainingness, I'll give him a B+. for how good the movies are, a C. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 25, 06:00
  - B- -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 05:55
  - including ted, Bullet Train, F&F (and maybe Ghosted, haven't seen it) seems like a reach... -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 05:47 5
    - Yeah—I didnt make the graphic but missing Hitman series, Life, Mississippi, Safe House, RIPD…he has 100+ actor credits on IMDB -- nm - Trending Jul 25, 05:53 3
      - Van Wilder -- nm - Roger More Jul 25, 06:12
      - Safe House is really good -- nm - decline Jul 25, 05:58
      - IMDB includes a lot that aren't movies or TV shows. There are video shorts and video game voices included. There's a long string in 2016 of -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 25, 05:58
    - as he essentially plays the same character in every movie I'd go A-; I always enjoy everything he is in when I watch it -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 05:49
  - (he was in Ghosted? ) -- nm - decline Jul 25, 05:47
- has ryan reynolds ever opened a movie that wasn't deadpool? fall guy? -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 25, 05:40 6
  - Meaning at #1? He was lead in Just Friends for Thanksgiving and Definitely Maybe for Valentine's Day weekends but they were top 10. - Max Jul 25, 09:17
  - green lantern! - decline Jul 25, 05:45
  - Free Guy -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 05:42 3
    - that's what I meant. sorry. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 25, 05:54 1
      - no worries, thought he might of been in it was all :) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 06:49
    - Detective Pikachu did pretty good; but Deadpool is definitely dragging his Box Office numbers up for sure. Also a voice in The Croods -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 05:45
TV PSA: Press Your Luck, Alone, Masters of Illusion, Lucky 13, Big Brother, Alone Australia, Evil, Decameron, Kite Man - Hell Yeah!, - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 05:33 1
- Kite Man and Evil eventually and will check on Decameron -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 25, 05:37

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