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I happen to randomly follow a Moulin Rouge dancer, and of course she was part of the Olympics opening. She did a little vlog if you are interested. -- (edited) - Andie Jul 28, 19:26 1
- I love the behind the scenes stuff. Thanks! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 28, 19:38
How Canada almost killed the Olympics! -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jul 28, 19:26 [youtube]
I’m a little concerned about the life expectancy of skateboarders - do many of them make it past 16? -- nm - Roger More Jul 28, 18:54 7
- Not with out a limp and perennial soreness. I played every sport and nothing hurt me more than skateboarding. -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 28, 19:35
- Tony Hawk, Shaun White, Rodney Mullen… all still doing good. -- nm* - Qale Jul 28, 19:24 2
  - Mullen didn't take the falls those other two have over the years so I'm guessing he feels a lot better than either of them. He's the GOAT despite - Krusty Jul 28, 19:37 1
    - He is! That’s why Kalki loved him so much in Later Skater. But then betrayed the sport in the sequel. -- nm - Qale Jul 28, 22:17
- just the ones who have helmets -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 28, 19:13
- not if we’re lucky -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 28, 19:10
- They got it easy. -- nm - three time soapbox derby champion Ronnie Beck Jul 28, 19:05
I just got a Harris ad that was narrated by a dude who seemed older and sleepier than Joe Biden. Whose idea was that? -- nm - amandaphone Jul 28, 18:45 2
- are you sure it wasn't just Joe Biden. -- nm - mafic Jul 28, 19:08 1
  - Look… folks. -- nm - Qale Jul 28, 19:25
"My running mate took a bullet for his country. What did she do?" Umm, maybe she likes people who don't get shot? -- nm - Meg Jul 28, 18:33 3
- I prefer people I don't want to kill... -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 28, 19:35
- I’m not surprised they lie about this too. Didn’t “take” a bullet. Wasn’t shot in the head. Barely grazed so superficially he was on the golf course. -- nm - Qale Jul 28, 19:26
- Ha! Yeah she DOES ! -- nm - Epiphany Jul 28, 18:57
Royal Caribbean really wants me to spend more money on my trip. "Because you purchased a drink package why not also buy an unlimited dining package." - Meg Jul 28, 18:27 5
- Seems the cruise lines are going the way of the airlines. Pay “ extra” or just be stuck with the bare basic. Are their inclusive cruises anymore - Epiphany Jul 28, 19:00 4
  - When we did a cruise last fall, we just bought drinks as we wanted them, etc. We never came CLOSE to what a drinks pkg would cost, and we weren't - Andie Jul 29, 06:23
  - I go with the basic fare and am completely happy. I may pay extra for the steak house for just one meal - if they're not sold out, and I buy some - Meg Jul 28, 19:18 2
    - 'All inclusive' cruises are priced accordingly. OTOH I just paid as much for 1 night in a hotel as roughly what it will cost per night for my cruise. - Meg Jul 28, 19:31 1
      - Thanks for the info -- nm - Epiphany Jul 28, 20:19
.nm -- nm* - hollywood big shot Jul 28, 17:58
Heheh. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 28, 17:44 [mastodon]
Thank you for attending. The dealers room and the rest of ComicCon are now closed. see you in 2025! -- nm* - Peglegpete Jul 28, 17:03 1
- DragonCon is only 31 days away. - Qale Jul 28, 19:29
An AI calculator -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 28, 16:48
“Tell us why you’re excited to help elect Vice President Harris.” - znufrii Jul 28, 16:47 6
- it's a key part to my long-term plan to take over the world! -- nm - the Brain Jul 28, 17:34
- "I want the sexist bigot to lose to a black woman." -- nm - David Jul 28, 16:51 4
  - "Don't say revenge. Don't say revenge." -- nm - Reagen Jul 28, 17:48
  - does sexist bigot alone cover it? or should it be sexist racist bigot? -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jul 28, 17:05
  - I mean this is pretty concise. -- nm - amandaphone Jul 28, 17:04
  - I was seriously concerned that I’d reach the character limit on their google form if I listed out all of them. -- nm* - znufrii Jul 28, 16:56
Olympics Confession: I just don't care about gymnastics. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 28, 16:46 7
- I’m sorta in agreement. I don’t care for any judged event more than any faster/stronger/higher event. - Will Hunting Jul 28, 17:16 6
  - Judging is much different now. No longer their opinion b,now more like a tennis line judge. We can all view the slow mo and see the slight err - zeitgeist Jul 28, 17:34
  - It's just so... mechanical and soulless. Impressive, sure. But still, mechanical and soulless. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 28, 17:31 3
    - Ironically I think a lot of that stems from rule changes to make the scoring more objective. -- nm - Dano Jul 28, 18:43
    - try rhythmic gymnastics. there's like balls and ribbons and hoops and stuff. and maybe music? I think there's music. -- nm - mafic Jul 28, 17:33 1
      - Once you've seen Will Farrell do his routine, there's no point in watching anyone else even try. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 28, 17:38
  - AI judges for some, miniature American flags for others. -- nm - mafic Jul 28, 17:18
Olympics: Horsey Jumping in the Forest is a win -- nm - budice Jul 28, 16:41
I'm on an island! I mean, moreso than usual. -- (pic) - Beryllium Jul 28, 16:17 [Attachment] 4
- I'm on a boat! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jul 28, 16:33 1
  - Some folks here were on boats, too. Special ones. Made from bathtubs -- (pic) - Beryllium Jul 28, 17:39 [Attachment]
- Ok, now on the horse -- nm - budice Jul 28, 16:25
- 👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 28, 16:20
‘Blood Of Zeus’ Renewed For Third & Final Season At Netflix -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jul 28, 16:14
in case you missed Gojira's bit on Friday: -- (link) - mud Jul 28, 15:59 1
- I look forward to LA 2028's depiction of Sherman's March featuring assassinated Lincolns. -- nm* - Roger More Jul 28, 16:14
Hugh and Ryan hosted Jimmy Kimmel earlier this week. Friday? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 28, 15:55
Gonna go shower. Don’t start men’s surfing without me! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 28, 15:49
Further gymnastics notes: - Mop🧹 Jul 28, 15:48 1
- To your last point (spoilers) - ty97 Jul 28, 16:13
Men's Basketball spoiler question - crash davis 😺 Jul 28, 15:39 4
- spoils - Beaker 🍻 Jul 28, 15:42 3
  - thanks! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 28, 16:19 1
    - and don't listen to david, he is silly -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jul 28, 17:41
  - Re: your IM, that's Carmelo. -- nm - David Jul 28, 15:44
Big day over at the ole stock exchange. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Jul 28, 15:18 1
- My first reaction was markets are closed. HSX money never sleeps. -- nm - VMan Jul 28, 15:35
The way Peacock had its listings for the Olympics it looked like they were going to broadcast Equestrian Surfing and now that’s all I want to see. -- nm - Dano Jul 28, 15:17 4
- Charley Horse don't surf -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 28, 17:03
- It's a natural extension of water polo -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 28, 15:26 1
  - points! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 28, 15:28
- I will sign that petition. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 28, 15:18
2 hours with Fallout London and I can’t fucking believe this is a mod. - Tim Jul 28, 15:14 1
- I'm very tempted by this, but I've never installed mods and would probably need a newer laptop to play. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 28, 18:47
Over the past two weeks, I have seen Despicable Me, Despicable Me 2, Despicable Me 3, and Minions. -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 15:08 7
- I haven't been around enough to know what you are going through, but self-harm is not the way. We are your friends, lean on us. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 28, 17:12
- And now you are a hollowed out shell of a man? -- nm - Reagen Jul 28, 17:08 1
  - only his well-tailored suit remains. -- nm - mafic Jul 28, 17:12
- That is the correct order for completists. Now you have to watch the shorts before moving to the other movies. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 28, 15:11 1
  - I saw them in order 1, 2, Minions, 3. - ty97 Jul 28, 15:33
- I also saw Inside Out (the first one) for the second and third times. -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 15:08 1
  - Hanging out with the fosters? How's that going? -- nm - amandaphone Jul 28, 16:53
Inside Out 2, A -- nm - znufrii Jul 28, 14:41 2
- Deadpool 3 - A though (spoils) - TrUmAn Jul 28, 15:03 1
  - huh, I meant for this to be a standalone post, oh well. -- nm - TrUmAn Jul 28, 15:05
Deadpool & Wolverine $205.0, Twisters $35.3 ($154.9), Despicable Me 4 $14.2 ($291.0), Inside Out 2 $8.3 ($613.4), Longlegs $6.8 ($58.6) -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Jul 28, 14:41
TV PSA: MLB, House of the Dragon, Big brother, The Lazarus Project, Mayor of Kingstown, Snowpiercer, Orphan Black Echoes, Olympics, - Beaker 🍻 Jul 28, 14:38
The new Star Trek show by Tawny Newsome will be a workplace comedy... - Remlik Jul 28, 14:35 1
- Simien sounds ... challenging ... but hopefully it works. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 28, 16:57
Mop..sorry you're incorrect that's not what happens in Secret Wars in comics. - Remlik Jul 28, 14:33 5
- I'm pretty sure that as you typed that, your virginity returned. -- nm - David Jul 28, 14:34 4
  - Nope. My store MADE so much money from that 2015 series and graphic novels by Jonathan Hickman. His FF and Fantastic Four Run - Remlik Jul 28, 14:36 3
    - But did it also make you feel shiny and new? -- nm - Roger More Jul 28, 16:00
    - Richer people can be virgins too. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 28, 14:37 1
      - But can also afford crack and hookers. -- nm - VMan Jul 28, 14:56
White Dudes for Harris wants me to join a conference call tomorrow. - znufrii Jul 28, 14:27 7
- Somebody mentioned this on Twitter. IDK How legit it is. It might be fine. - King Of Oklahoma Jul 28, 15:58 1
  - They definitely want money. Seems legit though. -- nm - znufrii Jul 28, 16:35
- 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 28, 14:35
- White Women for Harris was apparently a huge group the other day. -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 14:28 3
  - Apparently it broke zoom, and most folks went to you.tube -- nm* - zeitgeist Jul 28, 15:09 1
    - Zoom has a cap on number of concurrent users and you can set it to overflow to YouTube. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 28, 15:45
  - Interesting choice to go with “Dudes” for the name though. -- (edited) - znufrii Jul 28, 14:33
My Fitbit Sense (supposedly waterproof to 50m) seemed dead after a swim in the Payette River yesterday. Overnight in a bag of rice, it came back - crash davis 😺 Jul 28, 14:25 7
- Mine had a “water lock” function, but that might have just been for the sensitivity of the touch screen. -- nm - znufrii Jul 28, 14:36 1
  - Thanks. Quite honestly, I'm going to keep it in my waterproof bad with my cellphone next time. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 28, 14:42
- Glad it came back to life. *whew* - Krusty Jul 28, 14:35 2
  - Good to know. I read the rice thing on the intertubes and I thought only the truth was to be found there. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 28, 14:38 1
    - Yeah, it spread like crazy a long time ago. -- nm - Krusty Jul 28, 14:41
- My suggestion on that is if you're going to swim, turn on the exercise activity for swimming. It seems to sort of lock up the water tightness of the - pmb Jul 28, 14:29 1
  - Thanks for the hint. I had a close call and now I'll be more cognizant of the watch. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 28, 14:34
I have gotten four phone calls today that my phone screened automatically for me. I googled two of the numbers and they were political polls. - amandaphone Jul 28, 14:09
!! women's soccer spoil - mud Jul 28, 14:05
Olympics Challenge Day 2 complete. -- (edited) - Baron of the Rings Jul 28, 14:02 3
- Happy birthday! -- nm - David Jul 28, 14:14 1
  - Mercy buckets. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 28, 14:26
- mandy! -- nm - mud Jul 28, 14:06
The gymnastics events are a mess. I’m trying to find Canada. They were competing with France. At one point, they just stopped showing the Canadians. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 28, 14:01 5
- The fact that no one seems to have a schedule as to what countries are competing in what rotation seems like a terrible failure. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 28, 14:05 4
  - Team USA not quite at their best on the floor, are they? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 28, 14:28 3
    - Finally fired up my VPN and pulled up the CBC feed. Wow, Team Canada so white, Jade Carey could pass for one of them. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 28, 14:54 2
      - Just saw my first Canadian ads. 2 of them. Both were for gambling. Canada has a problem. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 28, 15:17
      - Huh? Two of the four are Asian. -- nm* - Reagen Jul 28, 14:56
Cubs aquire Ray's 3B Isaac Paredes for 3B/DH Christopher Morel and 2 prospects. - King Of Oklahoma Jul 28, 13:58
Childless cat ladies: cities w/ the most cats: Los Angeles;New York;Chicago;Brooklyn; Seattle;Philadelphia;San Diego;San Francisco;San Jose;Portland -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Jul 28, 13:26 20
- Huh, the cities with the most people have the most cats, who woulda thunk. -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 14:28 1
  - The first three cities yes (I do not recognize Brooklyn's independence). After that, it goes off the rails. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 28, 14:37
- At least Vance apologised to the cats -- nm - Roger More Jul 28, 14:06 1
  - Meaning he still hates childless women - Epiphany Jul 28, 17:18
- New York meaning Manhattan? - Krusty Jul 28, 14:05 1
  - yeah, that seemed weird to me -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 28, 14:22
- Hmm, are you suggesting I should get rid of my kids? - Meg Jul 28, 13:36 9
  - Eh, my kid may get rid of me if/when I tell her I'm moving to Kansas. - Meg Jul 28, 13:46 7
    - does her property have space for you to have extension built onto her house? -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 28, 13:52 2
      - If we meet HOA requirements ;) -- nm - Meg Jul 28, 13:55 1
        
        But when/if I make this decision I'll be looking at assisted living facilities. -- nm - Meg Jul 28, 13:56
    - And if she did I'd likely have to share it with her fig trees in winter. -- (pic) - Meg Jul 28, 13:51 [Attachment] 3
      - Nice. So they come indoors in winter? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 28, 14:22 2
        
        Inside when it's cold, into shade when it's too sunny, shelter if it's windy. And when they have to be left in the ground they're - Meg Jul 28, 14:28 1
        
        ST is such a repository of unusual knowledge and skills; I love it -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 28, 14:53
  - If you feel you must, but keep your cats. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 28, 13:39
- Hmm… that tracks. What else are these stable geniuses selling? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 28, 13:29 3
  - Now that I see it in print, it is obvious that cats are a West Coast elitist plot. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 28, 13:41
  - Dogs -- nm - rollo Jul 28, 13:38 1
    - And Bibles. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 28, 14:15
I may have a problem. NBCU is doing 7000 hours of Olympic coverage. 5000 hours of that on Peacock. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 28, 13:25 3
- I've upgraded my watching to *3* screens. That'll fix it. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 28, 15:14 1
  - 👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 28, 15:17
- I have cable so I just jump around to one of the four networks they're using. - Baron of the Rings Jul 28, 14:02
Random shots of Newport Harbor from last night's cocktail cruise. Waiting for the Gem to post the onboard shots. -- (link) - Meg Jul 28, 13:18 [flickr] 3
- Nice! :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 28, 14:00 2
  - I was sitting with the franchisee of the Shell station where I buy my gas. He kept pointing out the multi-million dollar houses along - Meg Jul 28, 14:15 1
    - heh, I bet he thought you were a downer -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 28, 14:27
A Patriots Fan Reaction to the 2023-2024 NFL Season -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Jul 28, 12:59 [youtube]
Reynaldo Lopez has forearm tightness. Last Atlanta player standing wins the same prize from Ready Or Not. -- nm - David Jul 28, 12:38
Women's soccer spoilers - David Jul 28, 12:28

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