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Well, f*ck - znufrii Oct 16, 14:27 1
- Losing stuff on the bus is a great fear of mine. So far I've lost AirPods charging case and I thought my keys. - Qale Oct 16, 15:56
my poor director got *roasted* on employee pulse surveys last quarter. last quarter was the first quarter that the instructions said - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 16, 14:21 1
- i can't imagine having to rate my office even once a year, let alone every quarter - mr mooch Oct 16, 14:25
Italy bans citizens from seeking surrogacy births abroad, i.e., effectively preventing gay couples from being parents -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 16, 14:20
“So, did Donald Trump lose the election? Not by the words that I would use.” -- (pic) - mud Oct 16, 14:03 [Attachment] 8
- What? -- (link) - JD Oct 16, 14:37 [youtube]
- definitely a winning closing message to be stuck on in 2024 -- nm - mr mooch Oct 16, 14:13 1
  - it really does seem to be a bright red line in the sand for the media, since it's a definitive statement and an objective fact - Reagen Oct 16, 14:56
- Even this he says in a stupid fucking way. -- nm - Reagen Oct 16, 14:10 4
  - There's a non-zero chance this empty billboard is POTUS in a year. -- nm - David Oct 16, 14:11 3
    - Empty billboards provide no value to their owners. This guy's owners will be making bank. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 16, 14:32
    - And the country will be run by Peter Thiel and the like. -- nm - Tim’s Ghost Oct 16, 14:21
    - ugh! -- nm - mud Oct 16, 14:17
(actual) good news White Sox fans -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 16, 13:58 1
- I'll give you $2 -- nm - oblique Oct 16, 14:00
State-of-the-art fire station burns to the ground due to a lack of fire alarms combined with the universe’s cruel sense of irony. -- (link*) - znufrii Oct 16, 13:47 2
- "Next time one of us needs to bring the key to this gate when we go out." -- nm - Max Oct 16, 14:30
- Wasn't required to have a fire alarm. It's these kinds of things that I saw everywhere in Europe that just utterly stun me. - Mop🧹 Oct 16, 13:49
Caitlin Clark first rookie All-WNBA First Team in 20 years (since Diana Taurasi) -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 16, 13:42
Luis Arraez hit .314 and won NL Batting Title on a fractured thumb -- (link) - budice Oct 16, 13:38
DTL: the curse of a bad conference. I’ve lost 4 games to top 50 teams. 3 were top 20 teams by a combined 10. I likely won’t - Will Hunting Oct 16, 13:34 1
- Never mind, I beat the #5 team. I’m in the 40’s now. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 16, 14:39
21 years today since Aaron Fin Boone -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 16, 13:33 1
- in 1975 Bruce started a series of nine shows at LA’s Roxy in support of Born to Run -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 16, 13:36
Donny's crypto sales off to a slow start with only 4% (800m) sold at 15 cents out of 20 billion. Still over 100 million cash -- (link*) - zeitgeist Oct 16, 13:23
Distillers not playing When We Were Young 8( -- (link) - JD Oct 16, 13:22
xkcd: The United Stralia -- (link) - budice Oct 16, 13:20 3
- I believe I am living in Newman, Western Australia -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 16, 20:23
- If I'm getting the spatial awareness right, I would be living in Murchison. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 16, 14:15
- Woohoo, I'm from Miami! It's America's bobbit! - Roger More Oct 16, 13:52
Doug Ford poised to send out pre-election cheques to 16 million Ontarians, offset higher costs of living -- (link) - budice Oct 16, 12:59
Goalie Goal, Goalie Goal, Goalie Goal! -- (link*) - crash davis 😺 Oct 16, 12:53 1
- Annnnnd against the Blues. Fuckin wonderful. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 16, 12:54
cc: Uncommited -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 16, 12:50 1
- Im just going to say this. Israel is going to push its luck. -- nm - Jovian Oct 16, 13:07
Taylor Swift economic impact on Indy in a few weeks expected to be north of $250 Million -- nm - Remlik Oct 16, 12:44 12
- will you get any $$ from it? are there Taylor Swift comic books? -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 16, 13:09 9
  - there are some Taylor Little Golden Books and graphic novels and we sell the crap out of them -- nm - Remlik Oct 16, 13:32 5
    - I may need to look into the graphic novels for A…. -- nm - znufrii Oct 16, 13:51 1
      - they're aimed for all ages so for young kids -- nm - Remlik Oct 16, 14:14
    - We bought the Golden Book—my daughter loves the Dolly Parton golden book the most -- nm - Trending Oct 16, 13:49 1
      - We also loved the Gwen Stacy/Dazzler (Gwen Stacy Smash series) series — I think I mention MJ as Carnage, before -- nm - Trending Oct 16, 13:51
    - I'll take a box of Marlboros, that Jack Daniels, and one of those Taylor Swift graphic stories please. -- nm - McLovin Oct 16, 13:40
  - Dazzler comics and Dazzler first appearances were surging for a few months pre-Deadpool 3–heavy rumors Tay Tay was cameoing as her -- nm - Trending Oct 16, 13:22 1
    - Dazzer #1 cover by Terry Dodson features Michelle Joy from the band Cannons as Dazzler -- (link) - Remlik Oct 16, 13:34
  - Wonder Woman -- nm - VMan Oct 16, 13:10
- Make sure KC wins, cuz we win $$$ -- nm - NFL Oct 16, 12:49
- I think the Toronto impact I saw was $282M -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 16, 12:46
Boston NWSL team team announcement video -- (link) - JD Oct 16, 12:33 7
- Would have been provocative in 2006. - David Oct 16, 12:54
- Team apology post -- (link) - JD Oct 16, 12:34 5
  - So wait - why were the LGBTQ folks offended? nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 16, 12:53 1
    - that all the other (men’s) pro teams got shouted out in the teams announcement but not any of the other local pro (women’s) teams -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 16, 13:14
  - should be apologizing for picking a turrible team name -- nm - mr mooch Oct 16, 12:47 1
    - indeed -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 16, 12:57
  - Of course people had a problem with their video. *smh* -- nm - Krusty Oct 16, 12:36
Saints WR Chris Olave (concussion) won’t play tomorrow vs Broncos -- nm - budice Oct 16, 12:20 1
- GB with all-white Unis on Sunday - budice Oct 16, 12:22
game recognize game -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 16, 12:19
I've been so slammed today. I need to go to wal mart and trader joes afterschool so the world is my (dinner) oyster. suggestions? -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 16, 11:52 9
- Well - what's your usual Survivor meal? nm -- nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 16, 13:13
- Gyros -- nm - Fuzzy Oct 16, 12:44
- Oyster Po'boy -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 16, 12:38
- chinese -- nm - mr mooch Oct 16, 12:26
- clarifying: I will be out and about so I can get absolutely anything. not just TJ or WM. -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 16, 12:19 1
  - Marco's pizza -- nm - Beryllium Oct 16, 12:35
- TJ's frozen Lamb Vindoola curry is quite good -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 16, 12:17 1
  - (I also don't have a microwave.) -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 16, 12:24
- Garlic noodles with umami taste. Chicken products from either may be an issue right now. -- (link) - . Oct 16, 12:02
ESPN has Wemby ranked as the #11 NBA player heading into the season. I haven't seen the top 10, but I'm trying to figure out if I'm surprised by that -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 16, 11:32 17
- he almost led France to an Olympic gold medal against the Dream Team -- nm - mr mooch Oct 16, 12:03
- That's a fair ranking for him though I'd expect him to end the season ranked higher than some guys that will come in ahead of him. He's just getting - Krusty Oct 16, 11:47 6
  - Yeah, hard to rank him much higher given there are so many legitimate proven stud players still in their primes. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 16, 11:55
  - It's also hard to rank someone high on a bad team. If the Spurs surprise, his stock soars. -- nm - David Oct 16, 11:47 4
    - For sure. I expect they'll be better but likely not all that much. 30ish wins this year. -- nm - Krusty Oct 16, 11:52 3
      - It depends on how quickly Castle evolves. -- nm - David Oct 16, 12:00 2
        
        I didn't think he was a great selection as he's not a perimeter shooter but the Spurs tend to be the smartest team in the league so - Krusty Oct 16, 12:17 1
        
        I think he's the next Jalen Brunson in that it may take him a minute, but he'll be All-NBA one day. - David Oct 16, 12:19
- It's a lofty ranking for a 20-year-old. -- nm - David Oct 16, 11:45
- he’s basically putting Luka and Joker on blast here right? -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 16, 11:37 4
  - *cough*Embiid*cough* -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 16, 11:41 2
    - If he goes full bore, he breaks. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 16, 11:42 1
      - In fact, he just said his days of playing back to back games are over. - David Oct 16, 11:47
  - Luka maybe. Joker, nah. - Will Hunting Oct 16, 11:41
- I always liked Simmons trade index. If you had Wemby name 10 players in the League you'd trade straight up for him right now that the Spurs would do -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 16, 11:33 2
  - They also do a trade asset column, and he was #2 in that behind Anthony Edwards. -- nm - David Oct 16, 11:46
  - The Ringer has him at 15 (not in the trade index way though) -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Oct 16, 11:35
Wyoming forest rangers to stop blowing up horse carcasses due to fire risk -- (link) - znufrii Oct 16, 11:31 2
- we can still blow up whales though right? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 16, 11:32 1
  - It's a whale of a time -- nm - Beryllium Oct 16, 11:35
Inside Unrivaled (if DT really is retiring she could be the Chuckster of women’s BB) -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 16, 11:23
with Tom Brady now owning part of the Raiders - here is a list of things he can't do while covering NFL games - Beaker 🍺 Oct 16, 11:22 1
- So he’s a broadcaster and we downgraded Greg Olsen for what and why? -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 16, 11:42
In attempt to lure Nolan back to WB they cut him a check for his Tenet fees (that he turned down) in order to get him to come back from Universal.... - Remlik Oct 16, 11:14 12
- I wonder what he considers the correct marketing strategy for a film as shitty as Tenet. -- nm - David Oct 16, 11:58 8
  - And this is some fucking revisionist trash right here. It might be sexist and racist, too. - David Oct 16, 12:06 3
    - yeah that stood out to me as well. That was a really bad paragraph -- nm - Remlik Oct 16, 12:39
    - Tim Burton's Black Panther would not have been as good. But what about Tim Burton's Barbie? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 16, 12:13 1
      - (They would have saved so much on the budget by using second hand toys thenselves) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 16, 12:14
  - waiting until theaters were actually open to selling tickets, for starters -- nm - mr mooch Oct 16, 12:01 3
    - Sure, that was the missing link for a terrible film. -- nm - David Oct 16, 12:05 2
      - Oppenheimer was bad and still made a billion dollars -- nm - mr mooch Oct 16, 12:07 1
        
        When you have to lie with your argument, you know you've lost. -- nm - David Oct 16, 12:17
- to be clear, their position was “we’ll give you millions in royalties we already owe you, as a little treat” -- nm - mr mooch Oct 16, 11:18 1
  - "we can always accrue a couple hundred million of Executive salaries and bonuses against your movies...poof that profit is now a loss" -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 16, 11:26
- Well—Joker 2 was disrespectful to Nolan -- nm - Trending Oct 16, 11:15
Tomorrow 10/17 at 10:17 am there will be a nation test of earthquake prep/response. so don't worry about your early warning alarms going off -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 16, 10:57 2
- But, what if... -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 16, 10:59 1
  - Ik'r... mother nature could pull off the greatest troll -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 16, 13:25
Filip Gustavsson scored a goalie goal last night so the NHL released a compilation of every NHL goalie goal -- (link) - JD Oct 16, 10:53 [youtube]
I now have super powers. flu and covid shot positive -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 16, 10:52
Smile 2 86% after 38 reviews -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 16, 10:50
Singles (1992) poll: do you think the Spanish exchange student who dumps Kyra at the start of the movie was actually a Spanish exchange student? - mr mooch Oct 16, 10:44 9
- I love how well State of Love and Trust fits with that scene. -- nm - Inigo Oct 16, 10:55
- (apparently WB wanted to turn it into a show, Cameron Crowe said nah. so they just changed the city to NYC and made the characters hang out in the - mr mooch Oct 16, 10:55
- Your IM. I thought that was clear from the movie when she sees him in the club later. He's just a scammer. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 16, 10:45 6
  - definitely a liar but was he just lying about his visa expiring -- nm - mr mooch Oct 16, 10:48 4
    - I think this is what i thought at the time. Really from Spain, but just churning through girls in the US. -- nm - Andie Oct 16, 10:58 2
      - equally possible. but would a real Spanish guy use the “draw her face like a Picasso” move? seems like an American dude’s idea of what would convince - mr mooch Oct 16, 11:13 1
        
        i figured he was playing to his audience. -- nm - Andie Oct 16, 11:19
    - Nah. His name is Tanner and he's in a frat at UW. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 16, 10:50
  - yep (to clarify - yes, he's a scammer, but as above, i think he's from Spain.) -- nm* - Andie Oct 16, 10:47
Island 7, $1.5 mil -- (link) - mud Oct 16, 10:43
NCAAF: BAMA@TENN, UGA@TEX this week -- nm - budice Oct 16, 10:24 3
- Shit! Is that this week? I hadn't realized. - David Oct 16, 10:25 2
  - Started at Bama -1.5 and now it's -3. The public does not believe in the Vols. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 16, 10:46 1
    - Freshman QB Blues -- nm - David Oct 16, 10:51
well that's an unexpected note to get from my doctor, following up on my recent labs - prayformojo Oct 16, 10:21 8
- face plant into a family sized bag of chips -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 16, 10:55
- To Five Guys! -- nm - David Oct 16, 10:24 6
  - Tangent: My McDonald's breakfast was borderline inedible due to the sheer volume of pepper. - David Oct 16, 10:25 4
    - What did you order that had pepper added? -- nm - JD Oct 16, 10:47 3
      - Sausage gravy with biscuit. The gravy was more pepper than not. -- nm - David Oct 16, 10:51 2
        
        Wait. That's a menu option? I may have to stop at McDonalds for breakfast when out your way - JD Oct 16, 10:56 1
        
        I'm pretty sure that's regular option around Chicago. Though I only go for the sausage biscuit. I think it just about perfect. - . Oct 16, 11:54
  - apparently! -- nm* - prayformojo Oct 16, 10:25
Clint Eastwood's Daughter Francesca Eastwood Arrested on Allegation of Felony Domestic Violence -- (link) - budice Oct 16, 10:07 1
- One of the photos of her makes it seem like she already has an ankle monitor... -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 16, 10:13
How long before you think before Prime announces a renewal or cancellation of Rings of Power? - Jovian Oct 16, 09:34 4
- Season 2 was just fantastic. Bezos is committed to 50 episodes. -- nm - Remlik Oct 16, 11:10
- THR-Amazon is still committed to the show's 5-season plan -- nm - budice Oct 16, 09:40
- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- nm - mud Oct 16, 09:35 1
  - nice shot: -- (link) - mud Oct 16, 09:42
Nature works in strange ways. Act like an idiot and defy a hurricane and 🤷‍♂️ Go to Hawaii, sit on the shore (facing the water) - JD Oct 16, 09:27
Jimmy has voted -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 16, 09:26 2
- I'm not 100, but this Jimmy also lived long enough to vote for Kamala. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 16, 09:29
- excellent. -- nm - mud Oct 16, 09:28
‘Terrifier 3’ Not Clowning Around: How the Uber-Gruesome Pic Upended the Movie Ratings System - JD Oct 16, 09:17
Elon Musk, the guy who thought of the Cybertruck? -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 16, 09:12 4
- Awkward guy hired team who failed awkward guy? -- nm - . Oct 16, 11:49
- tech guys think they can do anything, with no experience. -- nm - colin Oct 16, 10:32 1
  - I can build a robot! *fails at building a robot* -- nm - It Me si Oct 16, 11:07
- Romney was said to have lost because their get out the vote software crashed leaving their precinct teams twiddling thumbs ... -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 16, 10:08
Somewhat ironic that I agree with DeathSantis on this, despite it being a perfect metaphor for what he did to Florida in the early pandemic -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 16, 09:04
FTC Announces 'Click-to-Cancel' rule to make ending recurring memberships as easy as signing up -- (link) - decline Oct 16, 09:02

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