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how did we thrash this team 4-0 a week ago? -- nm - mr mooch Aug 6, 10:56 1
- *spoils* - JD Aug 6, 11:12
Wemby looks like a sentient scarecrow who suddenly realized it could move. -- nm - David Aug 6, 10:56 1
- ~If I only had a 3 point shot~ -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 6, 10:59
I just hate the MAGAers so much. like they make people believe this shit to the point that families are broken over it. and to what end? - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 6, 10:56 8
- watching it happen in my own family i can only say, they were like this long before he showed up. it was really Obama + Fox N*** that cranked up the - mr mooch Aug 6, 11:00 6
  - My step-mother bought me the book about how the Clintons' murder everyone for Christmas one year. She thought I'd see the light. -- nm - jnine Aug 6, 11:06 4
    - That's infuriating. I'm lucky in that people know not to bring the crazy to me. -- nm - David Aug 6, 11:10 1
      - She knew, but she was very worried about me so she did it anyway. -- nm - jnine Aug 6, 11:13
    - working at Waldens from 93-95 in coal country was wild AF - mr mooch Aug 6, 11:08
    - "You're right -- seems like the right people for the job!" -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 11:07
  - Plus the Tea Party was at its height while the 🍊 one was still doing TV shows -- nm - con_carne Aug 6, 11:05
- they are fascists to a fault. This is who they are. We are way way through the looking glass at this point - Jovian Aug 6, 11:00
I have a secret preview screening in an hour. Any guesses? - LMS Aug 6, 10:51 1
- Ryan's World. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 6, 10:53
Caitlin Clark: Sue Bird "To me, she is Rookie of the Year" - Remlik Aug 6, 10:51 6
- I think it's gotta be Reese unless something dramatic happens down the stretch. -- nm - David Aug 6, 10:59 5
  - I don't disagree with that either. -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 11:07
  - she should be DQ'd for that bush league move to hog the ball in the last seconds of a loss just to keep her double-double streak alive - mr mooch Aug 6, 11:01 2
    - word -- nm - Spawn Aug 6, 11:04
    - Completely agreed. That was some petty BS. -- nm - David Aug 6, 11:04
  - Her numbers get inflated by getting her own missed rebounds. - Will Hunting Aug 6, 11:01
Whoa. I just got a text from Kamala Harris! -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 6, 10:50 3
- for the past couple of weeks I've been getting GOP texts multiple times a day - decline Aug 6, 11:15
- She's changed her mind and made you the running mate? Conga-rats! -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 6, 10:53
- I keep getting texts from the GOP. Vivek, Vance, it is so dumb -- nm - Epiphany Aug 6, 10:51
I know anecdotal evidence is anecdotal but have you ever heard any stories like this about JD Vance from anyone? -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 6, 10:49 1
- "Anyway, now Turkiye is a US State" -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 10:57
“Imagine telling someone on July 10 that before the White Sox win another game, Kamala Harris would've picked her running mate” -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 6, 10:44 1
- Seen on Reddit recently: the Chicago White Sox are now tied for the AL record for the most games lost in a row -- nm - con_carne Aug 6, 10:47
This is why middle aged people shouldn't skateboard... - Andie Aug 6, 10:40 20
- There's a skateboarder on the US Olympic team who is 51. He started out with Tony Hawk and he really wanted to be in the Olympics, so he spent a year -- (edited) - jnine Aug 6, 11:04
- and this was my skateboard for the entirety of HS (till I got a drivers license). Lol and yes, as seen in Back to the Future. - Jovian Aug 6, 10:52 [Attachment] 1
  - :D -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 10:53
- Yikes!! I broke out my skateboard during the pandemic and after a few minutes I was done. I was too scared to fall. - Krusty Aug 6, 10:48
- It was just a few years ago I learned that "broken hip" was usually a reference to the femur not the pelvis. - Baron of the Rings Aug 6, 10:43 7
  - yeah, she said 'hip and femur' she probably meant pelvis and femur. -- nm* - Andie Aug 6, 10:45 6
    - Broken pelvis makes it so much worse. Will severely limit mobility during recovery period. She should keep an eye out for signs of pneumonia. - Baron of the Rings Aug 6, 10:52 5
      - My best friend's mother died from complications from a broken femur. She was in her 80s. -- nm - jnine Aug 6, 11:09 1
        
        :( -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 11:15
      - this was our fear when waiting for xrays on my Dad several months back when he broke his hip. - Jovian Aug 6, 10:54 2
        
        my mom spend a week in hospital (the same floor as my friend's husband) with a fractured pelvis in March. it's a rough recovery.. -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 10:57 1
        
        (a month, not a week!) -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 11:02
- oh man that is brutal - Jovian Aug 6, 10:43 1
  - you are both wise. -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 10:48
- Any word on what he was trying to do? -- nm - con_carne Aug 6, 10:42 1
  - oh, i don't think it was anything fancy. -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 10:42
- Yikes! -- nm - JaxSean Aug 6, 10:41
- or any age -- nm - mr mooch Aug 6, 10:40 2
  - 14-year-olds seem to stay relatively unscathed. -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 10:41 1
    - regretfully -- nm - mr mooch Aug 6, 10:43
Costco rolls out new membership card entry scanners -- (link) - budice Aug 6, 10:39
SITWAP: Walz at the State Fair riding the slingshot -- (link*) - JaxSean Aug 6, 10:20 5
- Harris/Walz vibe -- (pic) - Trending Aug 6, 10:41 [Attachment]
- ST Poll: Ever ridden the sling shot anywhere? Me: nope - con_carne Aug 6, 10:31 2
  - No -- nm - Epiphany Aug 6, 10:52
  - Yeah, Daytona Beach -- nm - JaxSean Aug 6, 10:41
- The real American vibe plays perfectly against ultra-creepy JD Vance. -- nm - David Aug 6, 10:24
Apparently Fetterman provided the winning argument for not picking Shapiro - Reagen Aug 6, 10:20
Canada, I realize you're still relatively new to basketball, but 34 points isn't a lot. -- nm - David Aug 6, 10:14 10
- that was the most blatant offensive foul I've ever seen not called. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 10:27 7
  - Canada missed too many shots early and has had some bonehead turnovers, but this refereeing is garbage. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 10:32 6
    - I'm pretty sure a bottom five referee in the NBA would be a top three Olympic official. -- nm* - David Aug 6, 10:57 3
      - Tim Donaghy thinks these guys are crooked -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 6, 10:59 2
        
        I don't go to crooked, just in over their heads. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 11:01 1
        
        That's exactly what it is. During the 3x3 tournament, the American men spent too much time worrying about knowing more about the rules than the refs. -- nm - David Aug 6, 11:11
    - home town cookin' -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 6, 10:32 1
      - Like full on coq au vin. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 10:59
- :-P -- nm - mud Aug 6, 10:21
- We invented it! It's vintage. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 10:16
Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+ price hike on track for October -- (pic) - budice Aug 6, 10:06 [Attachment] 10
- I will change my Verizon plan which includes the Disney Bundle with no ads... OVER MY DEAD BODY. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 6, 10:52
- the business model can never fail, only be failed -- nm - mr mooch Aug 6, 10:17
- The "cheaper to stream" era is pretty much over now, at least for my numbers. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 10:16 4
  - It's the sports licensing fees. The customer has to pay for it all. -- nm - David Aug 6, 10:57
  - Cable companies have raised prices as well, plus there's usually a broadcast/broadband fee with adds $30 -- nm - budice Aug 6, 10:27 2
    - streaming is on the same trajectory as cable, albeit in 10 years instead of 40 - mr mooch Aug 6, 10:29 1
      - We who have never cut the cord will surely be rewarded for our loyalty! -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 6, 10:44
- What's the source on this? -- nm - David Aug 6, 10:10 2
  - Variety and others have it too -- (link) - budice Aug 6, 10:12
  - Never mind. I found it. -- (link) - David Aug 6, 10:11
heh -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 6, 10:04 1
- LOL, thank you John Harwood. This is perfect for my maga boys thread this afternoon. - Jovian Aug 6, 10:08
Google Discontinues the Chromecast, Announces the Google TV Streamer - budice Aug 6, 09:57
We just had singer Cassandra Lewis on our studio stage and WOW. what a voice. She's Adele level in power. -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 09:53
another cool thing about VP Walz would be his successor in MN -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 6, 09:51 1
- Let me guess???? Ilhan Omar?? - a MAGA person Aug 6, 09:53
it'll take all my will to avoid viewing that damn EW RoP article. Think I'll succeed? -- nm - mud Aug 6, 09:46
for 1 pole vaulter this is the 2nd biggest challenge -- (link) - rollo Aug 6, 09:41 4
- Air Pole One -- nm - oblique Aug 6, 10:02
- Huh. That hadn't occurred to me. I wonder how they manufacture them. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 6, 09:43 2
  - Here's a video. Yep. It's one long piece of metal. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Aug 6, 09:43 [youtube] 1
    - Not metal. Originally wood and now fiberglass or carbon fiber -- nm - JD Aug 6, 10:03
The USWNT coach seems like someone who would always have sugary snacks for kids in her purse and buy a round every time the home team wins. -- nm - David Aug 6, 09:37 2
- the US putting their fate against Germany in the hands of a Brit is definitely ahistorical -- nm - mr mooch Aug 6, 09:42
- L3 -- nm - budice Aug 6, 09:40
Original cover art for New Mutants #98 (1st Deadpool) can be yours for the low, low price of $7.5 Million -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Aug 6, 09:32 13
- Guess I should have continued to collect New Mutants. (I only have the first 20 issues I think.) -- nm - JaxSean Aug 6, 09:53 2
  - Cable 1st appearance was #87 (I got that one for like $5 a number of years ago) -- (edited) - Beaker 🍺 Aug 6, 09:56 1
    - I have the first 20 XFactors as well, I think. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 6, 10:25
- ST Poll: do you have a copy of this comic? (sadly no) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 6, 09:47
- But it you parcel it out per hash shade that's a great deal. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 09:40
- I haven’t seen the new Deadpool but can someone tell me…spoilers - Trending Aug 6, 09:38 7
  - nope -- nm - Jovian Aug 6, 09:39 6
    - since you are kind enough to answer questions. what were the ending credit scenes? or scene? - Epiphany Aug 6, 09:46 5
      - spoils - Jovian Aug 6, 09:51 4
        
        behind the scenes spoil on that... - Remlik Aug 6, 09:57 1
        
        spoils - Jovian Aug 6, 10:11
        
        spoils - Turd Ferguson Aug 6, 09:52 1
        
        agreed - Jovian Aug 6, 09:53
I have elvis costello & the attractions catalogue on mix on spotify today. my life is't terrible. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 6, 09:29
shorter twitter: we'll sue you for not using our nazi app -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 6, 09:25 19
- Free market…freedom of speech…not freedom from consequences -- nm - Trending Aug 6, 09:39
- heh -- (link) - mud Aug 6, 09:38 1
  - "How's the family?" -- nm - David Aug 6, 09:39
- I could only watch 20 seconds of this. It felt like a hostage video. -- nm - David Aug 6, 09:34 12
  - she’s probably damaged goods for a broad swath (but almost certainly not all) of corporate America at this point but she can still just quit anytime -- nm - mr mooch Aug 6, 09:44
  - Her arms look like they're coming from someone else. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 09:38
  - She’s keeping an eye on Elon with the gun pointed at her head behind the cameraman. - Will Hunting Aug 6, 09:36 3
    - though I do think her 'future employment options' were nuked the minute she jumped on board with this notorious fascist. -- nm - Jovian Aug 6, 09:39
    - Like, why did they think this would help them? -- nm - David Aug 6, 09:37 1
      - Elon has a cult of fanboys. He’s used to people lapping up his bullshit because it’s all he’s ever fed them. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 6, 09:40
  - exactly -- nm - Jovian Aug 6, 09:35
  - same. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 6, 09:35 4
    - I don't understand why companies agreeing not to buy ads hurts the users? Am I missing something? -- nm - Epiphany Aug 6, 09:38 3
      - the collusion part -- nm - rollo Aug 6, 09:42 2
        
        except unless those advertisers are Facebook and Google, they aren’t competitors so who gives a shit (legally) -- nm - mr mooch Aug 6, 09:50
        
        okay thanks. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 6, 09:47
- Stop cancelling us because we are an awful company! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 6, 09:33
- "I'd like to introduce into evidence this tweet from a Nazi with our ad next to it." - Mop🧹 Aug 6, 09:28
- "Hey everybody. I am a hostage. Please help me!" -- nm - Jovian Aug 6, 09:26
happy 25th anniversary to The Iron Giant -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Aug 6, 09:22 15
- Welcome to Downtown Coolsville. Population: Us! nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 6, 09:26 12
  - I still own the domain for coolsville.us -- nm - David Aug 6, 09:31 11
    - Nice. I'll never understand why this movie isn't held up as the perfect film it is. nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 6, 09:33 10
      - I'd say it's considered an animated classic now. 8.1 IMDB rating. Ted Lasso reference. -- nm* - Inigo Aug 6, 09:38
      - “About minute 75, you’re gonna have grown men crying.” - Will Hunting Aug 6, 09:35
      - .. but it is. (?) -- nm - mud Aug 6, 09:35 7
        
        I mean - HERE it is. I know so many people who haven't even seen it...and that's a damn shame -- nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 6, 09:36 6
        
        Also - if you need an actor to only say 1 line and never be on screen, Vin Diesel has a pretty damn good track record. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 6, 09:39
        
        shows up on lists all over continually over its 25 years. -- nm - mud Aug 6, 09:39 4
        
        Well cool. Maybe it's just my people that suck. lol -- nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 6, 09:40 3
        
        Anime pretty much ate all other cell animation's lunch. -- nm - con_carne Aug 6, 09:43
        
        After 25years, I’d say it’s your persuasion skills that suck more than anything. 🤪 -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 6, 09:41 1
        
        That's a fucking true story. it's a wonder I ever got married. nm -- nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 6, 09:47
- You are who you choose to be. -- nm - David Aug 6, 09:22 1
  - I Batman! -- nm - Spawn Aug 6, 09:25
This could be going better. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 09:16 1
- and does. -- nm - mud Aug 6, 09:32
Periodic Puppy Pic: beachtime! -- (pic) - znufrii Aug 6, 09:16 [Attachment] 3
- such a sweet face! -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 10:05
- awwwww -- nm - Epiphany Aug 6, 09:30
- what a sweet little love dragon -- nm - Jovian Aug 6, 09:26
watched all the match highlights for Amit Elor - holy crap, she is steamrolling folks. -- (link) - colin Aug 6, 09:14 [youtube] 3
- Nice! I haven't had a chance to watch any wrestling yet but I'll make sure to check it out. I'm watching the replay of the speed climbing. -- nm - Krusty, baseball fan Aug 6, 09:25 2
  - the polish climber that broke the WR twice in the heats? -- nm - colin Aug 6, 09:57 1
    - Spoils - Krusty Aug 6, 10:52
it's Dylan vs Dracula, this XMas! - mud Aug 6, 09:11
Has anyone seen my 70 pounds of ... never mind. Stupid Tropical Storm. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 6, 09:09 4
- did it take all of your precious SAND you were collecting in a pile outside? -- nm - colin Aug 6, 09:10
- Heh. :-) Everything okay for you and the family after the storm? -- nm - Krusty, baseball fan Aug 6, 09:10 2
  - Lots and lots of rain, but otherwise all good, thanks -- nm - JaxSean Aug 6, 09:25 1
    - Glad to hear that! -- nm - Krusty, baseball fan Aug 6, 09:41
Game Theory: Y'all are playing the Box Office Game, right? - Beaker 🍺 Aug 6, 08:59
Skateboarding announcers could be saying absolutely anything, as long as they say it with authority - Reagen Aug 6, 08:57 2
- They should just use AI,then. -- nm - Spawn Aug 6, 09:01
- "Its a McTwist into a Kamikaze Bukakke!" -- nm - budice Aug 6, 08:59
'double double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble' -- nm - mud Aug 6, 08:55
What if I were Romeo in black jeans? -- nm - David Aug 6, 08:54 5
- HEY! Michael Penn is my own private obsession! -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 6, 09:41
- Juliet, she won't come down. Her head's high in the castle, her heart's underground. It's as if she didn't know the truth about Romeo. -- nm - Dano Aug 6, 08:59 2
  - Juliet says well blow me down it's Romeo -- nm - rollo Aug 6, 09:32
  - deep cut. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 6, 09:29
- No means no. -- nm - Spawn Aug 6, 08:54

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