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now comes the stripping of parts part -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 30, 11:12 1
- If you’ve got the full text, I’d love to see it. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 30, 11:14
Only Murders in the Building… activate! *looks out the window* Bah! Amsterdam will be there tomorrow. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 30, 11:05 6
- My God, Hulu on Disney+ when you have the ad-free bundle is just *glorious*. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 30, 11:19
- a walk through amsterdam at night is magical (in its own way (if you stay away from tourist parts of town)). -- nm - colin Aug 30, 11:07 3
  - Go..uh..window shopping -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 11:11 2
    - you def should walk through that area - it'll be memorable. -- nm - colin Aug 30, 11:14
    - Great idea! The kids love window shopping! -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 30, 11:13
- Stupid weekly 1 episodes. I'll wait until the end yet again. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 30, 11:07
Annie Agar: Big 10 Meeting - JD Aug 30, 10:51 1
- They're counting the Pac 12's national championships as their own. UCLA has more of them than any other school in that conference and is - jnine Aug 30, 11:01
inflation 2.5% -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 30, 10:48 2
- So .5% lower then the figure Harris just gave last night during her CNN interview.... But she once worked at McDonalds and she never revealed that - Jovian Aug 30, 10:55 1
  - Can you imagine donny working at McD or Jack box? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 11:00
Knott's 2025 season pass + All Park Add on = $190 - JD Aug 30, 10:43
Big Brother new HOH - Peglegpete Aug 30, 10:43 2
- this season is so great. I love the AI arena and how it makes people really think on their feet. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 30, 10:57
- spoils - Jovian Aug 30, 10:43
"A decision was made here" -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 30, 10:35 3
- "Matthew is probably a middle child." -- nm - David's Doctor Aug 30, 10:42 2
  - If you had used this joke nick in real life the last 6 months, you'd have never given up fried cheese. - Inigo Aug 30, 10:44 1
    - Dammit! - David Aug 30, 10:51
Yea that first episode of Season two of The Rings of Power was quite good. -- nm - Jovian Aug 30, 10:32 1
- Eminently so. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 30, 10:58
What happens when you drop your bag while riding Magnum XL-200 - JD Aug 30, 10:26
A quest called Election Night Special in Fallout London is a nice little Monty Python reference. -- nm - Tim Aug 30, 10:01 1
- (Silly party.) -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 30, 10:04
Went and picked up the team lunch order because I was out shipping the stuff my daughter forgot for school. Forgot my own chocolate shake - oblique Aug 30, 09:49 6
- Awwww, that just means you put your family first -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 10:58
- You just saved your own life. -- nm - David's Doctor Aug 30, 09:50 4
  - My two hot dogs and pound of french fries would disagree with you -- nm - oblique Aug 30, 09:50 3
    - "And a Coke Zero." -- nm - JaxSean Aug 30, 10:23 1
      - 2x Diet Coke, but yeah -- nm - oblique Aug 30, 10:30
    - You're definitely not getting any cake. -- nm - David's Doctor Aug 30, 09:54
57% of Americans would rather not have to doomscroll swing state polling every four years when the actual popular vote isn’t even a close call -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 30, 09:37 9
- I wonder what the thought process is for that 30%? -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 30, 11:10 1
  - Those are gonna be Republicans pretty much. The EC has been working out very well for them because of the quirks of certain state maps. -- (edited) - con_carne Aug 30, 11:21
- I agree. This electoral college is BS -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 30, 10:07
- Too bad that you would have essentially the same Electoral College constraints to amend the Constitution to get rid of the Electoral College. -- nm - Dano Aug 30, 09:40 5
  - The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is the most realistic way to fix it. -- nm - Inigo Aug 30, 10:22 3
    - There are problems with it. I'd prefer expanding the House. Adding congressional districts adds electors. -- (link) - mara Aug 30, 10:34 1
      - Multiple-member districts with proportional representation through ranked choice voting! -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 30, 10:45
    - Not without its own constitutional hurdles though. -- (link*) - znufrii Aug 30, 10:34
  - very astute -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 09:42
Governor of Utah apologizes for using Arlington National Cemetery pics in campaign email -- (link*) - znufrii Aug 30, 09:34 1
- Someone knows which way the wind is blowing. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 30, 11:17
solid plan to win back those suburban female voters. 10/10 zero notes -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 30, 09:30 1
- Alternative headline: 45 to speak at swinger convention. -- nm - David Aug 30, 09:47
Made agrodolce onions last weekend. Super easy, super yummy - worked great as a condiment for hot dogs - prayformojo Aug 30, 09:30 2
- are they super sweet or does the red wine vinegar balance it out? -- nm - colin Aug 30, 11:09 1
  - I would think it would be similar to braised red cabbage -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 11:14
ST Poll: Pollstar announced the Highest Grossing Comedians (stand-up not movies) Aug. 2023-July 2024. Can you name the Top 5? -- nm - MDH Aug 30, 09:06 61
- I'll spoil: 1) Nate Bargatze 2) Chappelle 3) Seinfeld 4) Gabriel Iglesias ($40.6M and 558k tickets on 111 shows) 5) Matt Rife -- nm - MDH Aug 30, 09:23 14
  - Assuming the 40m is the show revenue, is there a sense of how much of that the comedians take? -- nm - Max Aug 30, 10:30 1
    - $100-150 per set, I'd imagine. Ticketmaster CEO gotta eat! -- nm* - Turd Ferguson Aug 30, 10:54
  - Today is the first time I have ever heard the name Nate Bargatze. -- nm - Jovian Aug 30, 09:38 8
    - I didn't really know him until I saw him on SNL. I thought his standup was fine, but this sketch was fantastic. -- (link) - pmb Aug 30, 09:45 [youtube] 4
      - He works squeaky clean like Seinfeld and Gaffigan. -- nm - con_carne Aug 30, 11:04
      - 20 years ago he'd already have a multicam on CBS this fall called Better Nate Than Ever with Nikki Glaser as his hot bitchy wife -- nm - mr mooch Aug 30, 10:14
      - heh. I knew what that was before I clicked. It's hilarious -- nm - oblique Aug 30, 09:55
      - ohhh thats who this is. And yea this snl skit was *fantastic*. -- nm* - Jovian Aug 30, 09:53
    - He's a hotshot mogul by now, his Nateland company produces shows of *other comedians* -- nm - con_carne Aug 30, 09:42 2
      - So his numbers for being number one are nonsense then? As they include other comedians? -- nm - Jovian Aug 30, 09:43 1
        
        I meant TV shows not concerts. -- nm - con_carne Aug 30, 09:47
  - That's a lot of shows for Iglesias and Rife. -- nm - colin Aug 30, 09:27
  - Damn it. I might have guessed the first 4, but not Rife. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 09:25 1
    - He’s had an arena tour going -- nm - Trending Aug 30, 09:36
- Gabriel Eglacias (sp?) -- nm - colin Aug 30, 09:23 3
  - You got it! -- nm - MDH Aug 30, 09:23 2
    - I forgot about Fluffy -- nm - Trending Aug 30, 09:35
    - Woo! -- nm - colin Aug 30, 09:26
- Katt Williams -- nm - Trending Aug 30, 09:21
- Dara O'Brien -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 09:19
- MAtt Rife. related...Jim Gaffigan is doing FIVE nights here in Indy -- nm - Remlik Aug 30, 09:18 1
  - #5, nope -- nm - MDH Aug 30, 09:19
- Jeff Dunham. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 30, 09:16 3
  - Chappelle. Seinfield (opps, already guessed). -- nm* - tRuMaN Aug 30, 09:17 1
    - #2 $44.2M on only 30 shows, #3 -- nm - MDH Aug 30, 09:18
  - Nope. -- nm - MDH Aug 30, 09:16
- Maniscalco? -- nm - Jovian Aug 30, 09:15 1
  - Formerly a #1 (a couple years back) not Top 5 this year -- nm - MDH Aug 30, 09:16
- Seinfeld, Gaffigan. -- nm - pmb Aug 30, 09:14 2
  - #3 $43.7M and 329k tickets sold, nope -- nm - MDH Aug 30, 09:16 1
    - They actually toured stadiums together so I'm not sure how that works. -- nm - pmb Aug 30, 09:29
- Hints 2-4 are long time standup stars. Not famous from social media, etc. -- nm - MDH Aug 30, 09:13 4
  - Further Hints: #2 played the least shows (he's massive in arena touring when he tours) and has a huge netflix deal. #4 has a famous nickname -- nm - MDH Aug 30, 09:18 2
    - Is he a bit of a Taskmaster? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 09:20
    - nevermind -- nm* - tRuMaN Aug 30, 09:20
  - Jim Gaffigan -- nm - mr mooch Aug 30, 09:16
- Bill Bailey -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 09:13 2
  - Who? No. -- nm - MDH Aug 30, 09:14 1
    - Look him up. He's a comedy & music genius. Played Manny on the show Black Books, which is also great. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 09:15
- Chris Rock? -- nm - Loyola Aug 30, 09:13 1
  - Nope. -- nm - MDH Aug 30, 09:14
- How about Bert Kreischer or Taylor Tomlinson? Either of them in the Top 5? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 30, 09:12 3
  - Kreischer is #6 -- nm - MDH Aug 30, 09:13 1
    - Damn. So close. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 30, 09:13
  - THE MACHINE!! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 09:12
- The good looking crowd work kid…forget his name -- nm - Trending Aug 30, 09:11 1
  - Matt Rife #5 $35.4M (125 shows, 412k tickets sold) -- nm - MDH Aug 30, 09:12
- Noah, Oswalt -- nm* - con_carne Aug 30, 09:11
- TIG NOTARO -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 09:11 1
  - I love Tig, I cant tell you how often she pops up when I am reading SciFi novels. She almost always plays a main character in my head. -- nm - Jovian Aug 30, 09:13
- Rob Schneider - Jovian Aug 30, 09:10
- Nigel Ng - Beryllium Aug 30, 09:10
- Carr -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 09:08 1
  - No. -- nm - MDH Aug 30, 09:10
- Bargatze, Burr, Segura -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 09:08 1
  - #1 $79.9M ($35M more than #2) with 1.1M tickets sold, No, No -- nm* - MDH Aug 30, 09:09
- Nikki Glaser -- nm - mr mooch Aug 30, 09:07 1
  - Wouldn't even be close to Top 5. You need arena or multi-night arena to be in this. -- nm - MDH Aug 30, 09:09
- Mulaney -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 09:07 1
  - Not in Top 5. -- nm - MDH Aug 30, 09:08
“This just in: Reagan movie has a post credits scene. This is not a joke. The Reagan movie has a post credits scene.” -- nm - Trending Aug 30, 09:05 2
- Set up for the sequel. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 30, 09:36
- Out of the shadows Black Ops legend John "Soap" McTavish steps into the light "Mr. President I'd like to talk to you about the Call of Duty Initiative -- nm - Remlik Aug 30, 09:16
AnandTech Shuts Down, an Icon of Tech News and Reviews Rides into the Sunset -- (link) - budice Aug 30, 08:45 1
- End of the Road: An AnandTech Farewell -- (link) - JD Aug 30, 08:52
shorter JD Vance response to basically every question now: "hey man can't you lying vermin take a dumb joke lololol?" -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 30, 08:28 7
- Both JD Vance and Mayor Pete were formerly political bloggers…you can tell Vance is used to bad jokes/comments for ‘lol,’ echo responses but it -- (edited) - Trending Aug 30, 09:02
- I didn’t know Miss Teen USA committed suicide because of that -- nm - Trending Aug 30, 08:37 5
  - *contemplated* it. She's very much alive. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 08:38 4
    - Oh, the “U.S. Americans” girl? She’s also full MAGA apparently. -- nm - Tim Aug 30, 08:40 1
      - a blonde ditz from NC is MAGA? I am totally shocked. -- nm - Jovian Aug 30, 09:39
    - Whew—good -- nm - Trending Aug 30, 08:38 1
      - not that it would matter to Vance when there's "jokes" to be made -- nm - mr mooch Aug 30, 08:39
Disneyland - Tortilla Jo's demolition plan -- (link) - budice Aug 30, 08:27 2
- Since it's a Spanish word, people were pronouncing it "Tortilla Hoes" -- nm - con_carne Aug 30, 08:30 1
  - amanda has a name, cc -- nm* - mr mooch Aug 30, 08:31
Update to my weekend plans as tonight's meeting has been CANCELED! That means I ride to the show with Remlik, now. Those STers that have met me know, - Spawn Aug 30, 08:27 2
- *sabotages remlik's car so that spawn has to drive* -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 30, 08:41 1
  - Well, my car *does* steer itself. So... - Spawn Aug 30, 08:52
fact checking and background vetting, how does it work -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 30, 08:23 1
- It appeared in the chryon, so fact-checking is obviously not the issue -- nm - Roger More Aug 30, 08:40
This weekend: boat show, fishing trip -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 08:20
Minnesota dude bought Walz' Dreamcast for $25 -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 30, 08:19
How David Roche Nearly Ran His Dick Off And Maybe Changed Ultrarunning In The Process By Dennis Young -- (edited) - JD Aug 30, 08:14
Done for the month. 1080 bikini miles in August, 7560 YTD -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 08:11
kinda goes without saying at this point god the NYT are such dicks -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 30, 08:05 8
- Lack of nakedness in a campaign is something I look for in a candidate. -- nm - Max Aug 30, 08:16 5
  - Except for the Mayor of the Nude Beach. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 08:17 4
    - Somewhat related: Churchill once had an hour-long naked conversation with FDR. What an absolute maniac - mafic Aug 30, 08:48 2
      - Peaky Blinders kind of made me wonder about him. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 09:00
      - "There's no smoking in this building, Mr. Churchill." "What are you going to do, charge me with smoking?" -- nm - Max Aug 30, 08:58
    - "I promise to enact-" "Shut up and strip!" -- nm - Max Aug 30, 08:27
- “Tim Walz: good guy, doing his job.” -- nm - mafic Aug 30, 08:11
- I think the main issue NYT has with candidates is if they aren't begging for the approval of the NYT editorial board. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 08:06
Ribs. I had ribs for lunch. -- nm - con_carne Aug 30, 07:58 5
- i am going to have hashbrowns with some bacon, sausage, and onions mixed in. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 30, 08:22 3
  - Last night I realized I had breakfast for lunch three times this week. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 09:02 2
    - "you say that like it's a bad thing" -- nm - mud Aug 30, 09:04 1
      - heh. And all three had variations! -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 09:26
- I had ramen. Shoyu with extra chashu and an egg. -- nm - mafic Aug 30, 08:04
Word. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 30, 07:55 1
- Mise-en-scène -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 30, 08:28

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