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Watching the most recent season of Stranger Things. On episode 6, and Oof, this is really bad. Does it finish stronger? - MDH Aug 16, 16:30 1
- I seem to remember that it climaxes very well. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 16:34
Kamala has visited North Carolina already 16 times as Vice President. She plans to keep going. -- nm - Qale Aug 16, 16:16
the Gooding Pebble Beach car auction has just started. Charlie Ross, the best auctioneer in the world is there again. -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 16, 16:12 [youtube]
ESPN seems to keep firing the wrong NFL analysts -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 16, 16:11 4
- The only thing I see on this is a project to get Kenyan women hygiene projects. Is it some MAGA thing now? -- nm - David Aug 16, 16:25 3
  - Guessing it's the latest in anti-trans code words trying to masquerade as an innocuous sentiment -- nm* - znufrii Aug 16, 16:29
  - i just assume when they make them take them down -- nm - mr mooch Aug 16, 16:28 1
    - Fair. I was just curious about specifics. -- nm - David Aug 16, 16:28
easily the best in the franchise since Aliens. A+ -- nm - mud Aug 16, 15:45 16
- Spoilers - David Aug 16, 16:25
- every review I see has the same love for the film. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 16, 16:24
- that is a bold statement Cotton -- nm - Epiphany Aug 16, 15:58 13
  - Or...[looks at Aliens franchise] is it? -- nm* - Reagen Aug 16, 16:00 12
    - I'm a big fan of the franchise, especially Prometheus/Covenant. -- nm - mud Aug 16, 16:03 10
      - Prometheus! Yeah! FU Pips! -- nm - David Aug 16, 16:26 1
        
        too much Chick Fi La has made you delulu! - Epiphany Aug 16, 16:46
      - me too -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 16, 16:24
      - dig up! - Epiphany Aug 16, 16:21
      - I stand in solidarity with mud and am prepared to die on this hill. - ReluctantCynic Aug 16, 16:18 3
        
        Wait, are you an expert in Not Dying on Hills? Cause that would fit. -- nm - Reagen Aug 16, 17:03
        
        nobody's rushing up to take that hill -- nm - mr mooch Aug 16, 16:24
        
        Oh I KNOW YOU DIDN'T!! spoils - Epiphany Aug 16, 16:23
      - Sir, imma need you to step to the side here. Just a few more feet, please. - Will Hunting Aug 16, 16:07
      - Aaaaaaand you lost me. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Aug 16, 16:06
    - It’s pretty bleak since 86. - Will Hunting Aug 16, 16:01
WWE Hall of Famer Afa, one half of the Wild Samoan's (Roman's uncle) has passed away -- nm - Remlik Aug 16, 15:31 2
- Is it confirmed? There was a report yesterday that he had and the daughter had to correct everyone. - Will Hunting Aug 16, 15:35 1
  - yeah it is. They're all posting about it -- nm - Remlik Aug 16, 15:52
Add Black Farmers to the list -- (link) - Reagen Aug 16, 14:58 6
- Have any of them ever stopped to think that maybe Peter Thiel isn't helping any? -- nm - David Aug 16, 16:27
- come on Vance, double down. Tell them they weren't treated any worse than white farmers. do it -- (link) - Max Aug 16, 15:36 2
  - I'm sure they've given him training on how to avoid that by couching his words -- nm - Beryllium Aug 16, 15:51 1
    - oh no -- nm - mud Aug 16, 15:52
- and . . . *checks notes* Congressional Republicans -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 16, 15:04
- FAFO— -- nm - Trending Aug 16, 15:00
On this day 50 years ago The Ramones stepped on stage at CBGB for the first time. -- nm - Krusty Aug 16, 14:39 1
- 55 years ago today was day 2 of Woodstock -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 16, 14:47
Beautiful evening to go to the pool - znufrii Aug 16, 14:38
at least in California (and LA) here's the problem with "just build more housing!" state leg. finally requires all cities to permit new developments - mr mooch Aug 16, 14:38 1
- Since we are close to a mass transit hub we could have 3 (or 4?) mini homes (trailer made of wood, an converted container, tool shed with insulation -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 14:45
good pull -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 16, 14:25 3
- It’s not close to 100k in value. #/10 of a 6th year card…it’s probably 3-4 grand at best with a PSA 9. Rovell is a joke. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 16, 14:45 1
  - Yes. Yes, he is. -- nm - David Aug 16, 14:57
- Wow! I saw there’s a 1 of 1 signed Olympic card that Topps did—gotta be worth a pretty penny to whomever finds it -- nm - Trending Aug 16, 14:28
second “emergency landing” in a week for Trump Force One -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 16, 13:53 8
- the idiot light for the door seals went on and the captain landed to check the seal/fuse/etc. for the problem. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 16, 14:33 1
  - It wouldn't go off until they removed Vance from the plane. -- nm - pmb Aug 16, 14:34
- From last week: -- (link) - Jovian Aug 16, 14:02 [Backboard] 3
  - I would feel sad for the media assigned to fly with the campaign if they also die in a fiery wreck... -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 14:49 1
    - They already feel dead, inside, from just being around Trump 24/7 -- nm - Trending Aug 16, 14:52
  - oh nvm, goddamnit -- nm - Jovian Aug 16, 14:02
- Today's emergency landing was "Trump Force Two" aka Vance's chartered plane. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 16, 14:02 1
  - These two aren't above pulling some PR hijinx to get a bump like the attempted assignation -- nm - Epiphany Aug 16, 15:35
Apple +: In this reality there will be a 2nd season of Dark Matter -- nm - Remlik Aug 16, 13:39
TGIF poll: rate your mints. (1) wintergreen; (2) peppermint; (3) spearmint -- nm - mr mooch Aug 16, 13:33 30
- 1 with a huge lead, 3, 2 -- nm - kelly Aug 16, 14:38 2
  - this is my answer too -- nm - Epiphany Aug 16, 15:39
  - Oh—👀—I totally misread the polll—2.3.1 -- nm - Trending Aug 16, 14:41
- Butter mints with the jelly in the middle, Junior Mints and then dinner mints. -- nm - Krusty Aug 16, 13:49
- (1) Spearmint, (2) the rest. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 13:48
- julip -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 16, 13:44 1
  - Does rhino spearmint count? - Trending Aug 16, 13:46
- Spearment -- nm - eag Aug 16, 13:44
- Real talk: I am under medical orders never to eat mints again. They're apparently terrible for people with reflux. -- nm - David Aug 16, 13:40 14
  - You're much better about this than I am. I try to watch it to an extent, but I have a really hard time cutting stuff out completely. - pmb Aug 16, 14:30 1
    - Dude, it suuuuuuucks. And I am the opposite of disciplined. So, this has been a drastic change. - David Aug 16, 15:01
  - :-( Anything else you're banned from eating? Can you have citrus? -- nm - Krusty Aug 16, 13:51 7
    - No joke: it's pretty much everything right now. - David Aug 16, 14:00 6
      - What about vegetables? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 16, 15:35
      - Biscuits and Gravy! Jessie and Festus would be proud. -- nm - Qale Aug 16, 14:42
      - I'm glad you're feeling better and I'm sorry you've had to change your diet so drastically. Hopefully you'll eventually be able to have some - Krusty Aug 16, 14:05 2
        
        Meh. There are people here who have been through real health problems. I'm just someone who has eaten terribly my whole life. - David Aug 16, 14:20 1
        
        They sit on a throne of lies! - Krusty Aug 16, 14:36
      - What a weird prescribed diet! - psilotum Aug 16, 14:05
  - Or is it actually *GREAT* and your doctors just don't want their payday to ever end? Only one way to find out! -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 13:43
  - What about Condi-mints? -- nm - Trending Aug 16, 13:43
  - And tastebuds. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 16, 13:42 1
    - Disappoint-mints -- nm - Trending Aug 16, 13:44
- 1)Buttermint 2)Peppermint 3) Junior Mints 4) Orange Mint Tic Tacs -- nm - Trending Aug 16, 13:38 2
  - Junior Mints! They're so damn good! I like your choices. :-) -- nm* - Krusty Aug 16, 13:49 1
    - 👊🏼🤜🤛 -- nm - Trending Aug 16, 14:10
- spearmint, then wintergreen and never. -- nm - Jovian Aug 16, 13:37
- Trash, trash, trash. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 16, 13:35 2
  - Yeah. I don’t like anymint. -- nm - Qale Aug 16, 14:42 1
    - so you are a nevermint -- nm - Epiphany Aug 16, 15:37
Trump surrogates on Harris’s proposed expansion of child tax credits: “fix the economy and you won’t have to buy votes.” -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 16, 13:24 5
- (Teh Economy does not in fact need fixing) -- nm - mr mooch Aug 16, 13:31 4
  - but also there is a bill in the senate right now (that JD skipped the last vote for) to restore the expanded CTC but GOP is blocking it like the - mr mooch Aug 16, 14:03 3
    - there is also a proposal to give new mothers $6,000 because you *need* stuff, even if its just diapers and formula. you NEED it. - zeitgeist Aug 16, 14:52
    - Is this a different CTC expansion bill than what I think was talked about a few months ago? -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 16, 14:05 1
      - This one -- (link) - znufrii Aug 16, 14:26 [Backboard]
Use my Starbucks credit in Glasgow? Yes. Use my Starbucks birthday drink in Glasgow? No. :( -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 13:05 1
- birthdays do not transfer to new timezones. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 13:10
Mop, I’ve heard deep fried Mars bar is a thing in Scotland in some dive chippers. -- nm - Loyola Aug 16, 12:47
This is how it starts: "Research AI model unexpectedly modified its own code to extend runtime" -- (link) - decline Aug 16, 12:44 4
- Like Blade replicant, it became aware of its predestined demise and fought against the dying of the light -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 13:44
- gamer -- nm - Max Aug 16, 12:46
- "The Cylons were created by man" -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 12:46
- yup -- nm - prayformojo Aug 16, 12:45
hahahaha yes. Fubo granted a preliminary injunction against Venu -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 16, 12:32 12
- Fubo stock up 17% -- nm - psilotum Aug 16, 14:07
- I've never heard of Venu. I do know Fubo. -- nm - Krusty Aug 16, 13:52 3
  - Venu was/is going to be a joint venture between ESPN Fox WB to put most or all of their premium sports content on a single platform -- nm - mr mooch Aug 16, 13:54 2
    - Thanks! That sounds shady AF. -- nm - Krusty Aug 16, 14:08 1
      - it always sounded like collusion/price fixing to me from day one but what do i know -- nm - mr mooch Aug 16, 14:39
- Somebody handed David a slingshot before heading into court against Goliath. - David Aug 16, 12:41 3
  - David had a sling, not a slingshot. While the projectiles of both are similar, from a slingshot a stone would be like throwing a bullet at someone. -- (edited) - landbeck Aug 16, 12:59 1
    - 👍 -- nm - JD Aug 16, 13:09
  - more important (imo) if they can do it here sort of bodes ill for all the talk about Voltronning everyone’s streamer into Cable 2.0 -- nm - mr mooch Aug 16, 12:50
- "FuboTV in February sued over the planned app, and argued the launch should be enjoined for antitrust reasons. Judge Margaret Garnett agreed." -- nm - decline Aug 16, 12:40
- It's sad the Teletubbies are fighting. -- nm - Reagen Aug 16, 12:39 1
  - See, I thought it had to do with thetans and volcanos. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 16, 12:41
off to the cinema! 'later, fans -- nm - mud Aug 16, 12:31 1
- Going to see the reissue of Caligula eh? -- nm - Qale Aug 16, 12:36
BuT WhY DiDn’T hE Do iT sOoNeR?! -- nm - Gaza protesters next week, probably Aug 16, 12:28
Brie Larsen, Miley Cyrus, Natalie Martinez, Olivia Dunn, Torri Huske -- nm - Trending Aug 16, 12:24 5
- Kate Winslet, Charlize Theron, Brody Dalle, Shirley Manson, Miranda Lambert -- nm - JD Aug 16, 13:13 1
  - Solid—that list is no joke! -- nm - Trending Aug 16, 14:08
- Livvy is a nice add. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 12:31
- my B2 response: Hailee Steinfeld, Rebecca Ferguson, Anna Taylor Joy, Sydney Sweeney, Jennifer Lawrence - Jovian Aug 16, 12:28 1
  - Ohhhh—-I definitely missed on including ATJ—Hailee Steinfeld would bump an Olympian off mine in any other year -- nm - Trending Aug 16, 12:51
on this day in 1977, Elvis left the building for the final time (I remember hearing the news on the radio as we were driving to the pool) -- nm - mr mooch Aug 16, 12:23
new Kamala poster -- (link) - mud Aug 16, 12:10 28
- coincidentally (or not) new Kamala slogan dropped at the NC speech “A New Way Forward” -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 16, 14:06
- Where could the poster be acquired? -- nm - landbeck Aug 16, 13:00 2
  - I'm not finding any official places. I assume right now people are just bootlegging it. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 13:25 1
    - It's a free download on Shepard Fairey's site. -- (edited) - Krusty Aug 16, 14:10
- The more I stare at the lipstick in the enlarged version the more I see her holding one of those chattering teeth toys in her mouth. -- (link) - Max Aug 16, 12:39 1
  - Laughing Kamala. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 13:01
- Apparently that artist was sued by the Associated Press for the image and admitted to destroying evidence to the fact. -- (link) - Qale Aug 16, 12:39 2
  - Hey, 8f Warhol could appropriate Avedon for his famous Marilyn poster.... -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 13:21 1
    - SCOTUS found that he was an infringer too (belatedly) -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 16, 13:23
- pic -- (pic) - mud Aug 16, 12:12 [Attachment] 18
  - It looks like she bit into something bloody. Or got lipstick on her teeth. -- nm - Loyola Aug 16, 12:44
  - Is there gonna be an accompanying one called Twirling, Twirling? -- nm - David Aug 16, 12:42 1
    - "I don't rhyme." -- nm - Tim Walz Aug 16, 12:43
  - meh -- nm - Reagen Aug 16, 12:19 4
    - feels like a re-run -- nm - ty97 Aug 16, 12:27 2
      - "What's a re-run?" -- nm - Marty McFly's 12 year old uncle Aug 16, 12:34
      - (for all the right reasons) -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 12:30
    - kid, your fa- - mud Aug 16, 12:20
  - That looks like the Obama poster! -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 12:17 9
    - and that is why the Magaheads will hate it -- nm - Epiphany Aug 16, 12:19 1
      - also: they need to cry harder that she's not doing any press conferences. - Epiphany Aug 16, 12:26
    - yeah! -- nm - mud Aug 16, 12:17
    - Same artist -- nm - oblique Aug 16, 12:17 5
      - I want to see his Trump poster. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 12:19 4
        
        he kinda did -- (link) - oblique Aug 16, 12:49
        
        HOPELESS -- nm - Max Aug 16, 12:44 2
        
        HOPE....NOPE -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 13:22 1
        
        aaaAAAAHHHhhh... the old hope-a-nope. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 13:29

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