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!!! American Ultra just landed on Netflix Canada the same week that I joked about wanting a sequel ... -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 23:42 2
- ooh, they should cross it over with The Gray Man, so everyone can kick topher grace's ass -- nm - Beryllium Dec 12, 00:01 1
  - "Employ assets Crane ... and Laugher" -- nm - Beryllium Dec 12, 00:08
This is a very Meg post and I am proud of it. PerfectPod 2.0 k-cup filters used to be in Target stores exclusively. Now, not even there. - Qale Dec 11, 22:46 2
- 👍👍 -- nm - Meg Dec 11, 23:06 1
  - You are the bestest, btw. I love that I got to meet you. -- nm - Qale Dec 11, 23:50
Well, well, well. This week’s Lower Decks starts off strong. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 11, 22:42
my mom is in the airport lounge in Hong Kong and just got a Peroni because she thought it was sparkling water. -- nm - mafic Dec 11, 22:31 1
- Oops :( hopefully it won't interfere with any medications -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 22:38
Its discount gift card season, Amazon offering 20% off physical gift cards to many of our favorite places, Outback, Panera, Lowes etc -- (link) - zeitgeist Dec 11, 22:30
Elon valuation now 400 beeeellliion. NASDAQ 20,000 -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 11, 21:37
It’s quite satisfying to read how the Stellantis CEO sank the company by focusing on short term gains and cost cutting. - Mop🧹 Dec 11, 21:06 1
- Fire 1 million -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 11, 21:38
Uh oh, new tariffs on solar tech -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 21:00
BBC has maps of the rebel held territories in Syria. It explains how Asaad fell, why, and where the Kurds are. -- (edited) - Mop🧹 Dec 11, 20:19 1
- That's a great article. How could the rebels just cut through main cities like butter? -- nm - con_carne Dec 11, 23:34
Golden State has 37 points at half -- (link) - budice Dec 11, 20:04 1
- GS up by 2 with 2 min to go in third -- nm - JD Dec 11, 20:23
Working on getting my september photos uploaded... -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 11, 19:55 [flickr] 1
- Wake me up when September uploads end. -- nm* - Qale Dec 11, 21:12
the "toxic plastic in black spatulas" study had a typo that caused things to look 10x worse than they actually are -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 11, 19:52 1
- Hey, I know Joe Schwarcz. How do I know Joe Schwarcz? Was he a teacher of mine? -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 11, 21:10
sonic youth sans kim: -- (link) - mud Dec 11, 19:34 [BS] 1
- I wouldn’t wanna play with his cheating ass either -- nm - mr mooch Dec 11, 19:53
Survivor final vote spoilers - Dano Dec 11, 19:06
Girl in Red was just here and Indy and played a sold out theater...keep an eye out for her -- (link) - Remlik Dec 11, 19:03 [youtube] 10
- She's really good. I think FH is a bigger fan than I after we've seen her a couple of times - JD Dec 11, 19:56
- sounds terrific -- nm - mud Dec 11, 19:21
- Spoiler: she’s on my year end list -- nm - Dano Dec 11, 19:03 7
  - how is the album? -- nm - Remlik Dec 11, 19:11 1
    - I like it. I was surprised that Too Much didn’t break through. It sounds very Taylor Swift-esque to me. -- (link) - Dano Dec 11, 19:20 [youtube]
  - my boss who has her in rotation on an alternative station he runs can't figure out why the alt stations aren't playing her -- nm - Remlik Dec 11, 19:11 4
    - I’m wondering why the algorithm didn’t feed me her too. -- (edited) - Qale Dec 11, 21:14
    - Alt Nation on Sirius XM plays her a lot. They’ve played her since at least Serotonin in 2021. -- nm - Dano Dec 11, 19:16 2
      - I’ll Call You Mine should’ve been bigger. -- nm - Tim Dec 11, 21:53
      - sure. but terrestial radio isn't playing her as much as they should. -- nm - Remlik Dec 11, 19:19
Here, this is a better graphic. -- (pic) - David Dec 11, 18:59 [Attachment] 10
- Award winning. -- nm - Qale Dec 11, 21:18
- Just to be mentioned in the same breath as Ben Fishwick is a coup (congrats Kim!) -- nm - rollo Dec 11, 21:02
- ❤️ -- nm - kelly Dec 11, 20:36
- DUDE! SWEET! -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 11, 20:12
- Woo hoo!!! Love it!! -- nm - Krusty Dec 11, 19:39
- here here -- nm - budice Dec 11, 19:35
- :-] -- nm - mud Dec 11, 19:24
- 👍👍 -- nm - Dano Dec 11, 19:21
- 😺😺😺😺😺😺😺😺😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 11, 19:17 1
  - *nods* -- nm - David Dec 11, 19:18
...plus Demi Lovato, Camila Cabello, Anne-Marie, Carly Rae Jepsen, Tove Lo, Bishop Briggs, Bebe Rexha, Lauren Jauregui, Daya, Charli XCX, Elle King... -- (link) - prayformojo Dec 11, 18:54 [BS] 7
- Needs more Agar -- nm - rollo Dec 11, 20:58
- I can’t tell if you’re joking about Demi Lovato et al. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 11, 20:22
- I recognize 2 names -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 11, 19:04
- It's fucking circus. It's going to be the most watched broadcast this side of the moon landing. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 11, 19:01 1
  - By the 100 people who don’t get stuck buffering. -- nm - Dano Dec 11, 19:02
- How did Nate Bargatze get his face on there? -- nm - David Dec 11, 18:58
- They’ll be announcing the alternate broadcast -- nm - Dano Dec 11, 18:57
Kraven the hunter 16% after 49 reviews -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 11, 18:35 1
- Nearly double and it only took a few bribes! -- nm - David Dec 11, 18:54
Legal Eagle is suing FBI and DOJ for the Trump documents. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Dec 11, 18:23 [youtube]
Letterman debuting the Letterman CHannel on Samsung tv plus -- (link) - Remlik Dec 11, 18:13 [youtube] 4
- Pants! -- nm - Qale Dec 11, 18:55
- will Merrill Markoe get residuals? -- nm - mr mooch Dec 11, 18:29
- This is very sweet. -- nm - David Dec 11, 18:21 1
  - I think he got the NBC Letterman show. he's been sharing clips from it for awhile now. -- nm - Remlik Dec 11, 18:28
Harley Quinn Season 5 | Official Trailer | Max -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Dec 11, 18:06 [youtube] 3
- Did I watch S4? I think I didn't. -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 18:09 2
  - HELL ... no? Go watch it right now. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 18:30
  - Dude. -- nm - David Dec 11, 18:14
Survivor is f*cking incredible this season. Nonspoiler - amanda Dec 11, 18:00 2
- Nonspoils - Beryllium Dec 11, 18:02 1
  - I did not know you watched Big Brother 8-) - zunk takes things literally Dec 11, 18:45
I didn’t realize how many commercials have doorbells in them until I got dogs. -- nm - Dano Dec 11, 17:43 1
- Exactly. What does a doorbell have to do with Alka Seltzer?? -- nm - Meg Dec 11, 20:13
wait what -- (link) - mud Dec 11, 17:39 [BS] 5
- deleted -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 17:45
- It may be right, but it won't stop them from doing it anyway. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 11, 17:43
- I reverse my statement on the prior board about Wray. -- nm - pmb Dec 11, 17:43 2
  - Although it seems like practically that same issue would apply if he fired Wray as opposed to him quitting. -- nm - pmb Dec 11, 17:44 1
    - Wray was a Trump appointee himself (there's never been a Dem FBI head) so unsurprising he wouldn't want to lift a finger to help Biden but he coulda - mr mooch Dec 11, 17:59
Cowboys EVP Stephen Jones on Trey Lance: "Trey’s just green. He’s only played 10, 11, 12 college games and hasn’t played many NFL games." - budice Dec 11, 17:37
Article about Chevy Chase...gives a history of him -- (link) - Remlik Dec 11, 17:29
My 50 songs for the year - Reagen Dec 11, 17:28 [spotify] 3
- Rosali! -- nm - rollo Dec 11, 20:56
- 0/50. We *almost* shared one song, but I picked a different song that is featuring them to kinda-sorta cheat. - Qale Dec 11, 17:46
- We definitely have overlap -- nm - Dano Dec 11, 17:42
I ordered a small order of onion rings and they gave me like 40 onion rings. I mean thanks. But I can't eat that much. -- nm - amanda Dec 11, 17:04 9
- Update ate seven onion rings. -- nm - amanda Dec 11, 17:51 2
  - mandy *ate* -- nm - mr mooch Dec 11, 18:32
  - you can do it. -- nm - mafic Dec 11, 17:52
- ~5 Onion Rings, 4 Chicken Nuggets, 3 French Fry, 2 DQ Blizzards, and a Baja Blast in a Popcorn Tree~ -- nm* - budice Dec 11, 17:41 1
  - I’ll have two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda. -- nm - Qale Dec 11, 17:47
- Dear sirs, I returned the onion rings at the counter, but when I got back to my car I found 4 small fries I did not order, and my drink is missing. -- nm - The Onion Rings Story Dec 11, 17:22
- I believe in you -- nm - mafic Dec 11, 17:17
- The clerk is flirting with you -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 11, 17:12
- good thing you didn't order the large then -- nm - mr mooch Dec 11, 17:07
Kyle Tucker no longer self-identifying as a Houston Astro, apparently -- (link) - mr mooch Dec 11, 17:01
UNC says Bill Belichick has agreed to a five-year deal pending approval by the University's Board of Trustees and Board of Governors. - budice Dec 11, 16:51 8
- So the same thing we heard yesterday. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 11, 17:33
- Bill Belichick is hiring Michael Lombardi as UNC's GM -- nm - budice Dec 11, 16:58 3
  - This is gonna replace Lower Decks as my primary source of entertainment for the next year. -- nm - David Dec 11, 17:05 2
    - if they don't make a Hard Knocks type of show for his recruiting visits they are missing some good TV... -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Dec 11, 17:13 [Backboard] 1
      - Oh, he's not gonna be involved with recruiting. That's gonna be Lombardi, who hasn't gotten a non-BB gig in 17 years. -- nm - David Dec 11, 17:16
- "UNC’s Board of Trustees will meet tomorrow morning to approve Bill Belichick’s contract." -- nm - budice Dec 11, 16:57
- Interesting. It was announced as a three-year, $30 million deal. -- nm - David Dec 11, 16:54 1
  - (He'd be 77 when this deal ends.) -- nm - David Dec 11, 16:56
loving Secret Level -- nm* - Beaker 🍻 Dec 11, 16:15
Washington state trying to apply a mileage tax as EVs don't pay tax on gas. -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 11, 16:12 5
- I get why they’re doing it. It makes sense. And I hate it. I think I paid an extra fee when I registered my EV. - Mop🧹 Dec 11, 20:26
- Sounds like a good idea as well as raising the gas tax since that hasn't paid for upkeep or maintenance of the roads in decades. -- nm - Krusty Dec 11, 16:26 2
  - Some states have. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 12, 04:37
  - WA added some 55 cents a gallon gas tax plus 10% sales tax on that and other federal taxes added to the actual cost of the fuel. -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 11, 17:11
- NSW charges like 3 cents/km -- nm - mafic Dec 11, 16:15
Friday the 13th upcoming - tread carefully -- nm - budice Dec 11, 16:03
Guy who attacked the judge in a Vegas courtroom gets 26 years for it -- (link) - zeitgeist Dec 11, 15:52
Starting to get a bit chilly in the apartment. Might have to actually put on pants. -- nm - Qale Dec 11, 15:24
The funny part is when you realize Belichick has been out of work all year, Mack Brown was talking about retirement in September, and... - David Dec 11, 15:18 7
- Twelve months from now, Bill Belichick could be covered in mayonnaise. -- (link*) - budice Dec 11, 15:47 [Attachment] 2
  - Japan is launching drinkable mayonnaise, so ... -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 15:47 1
    - That’s…that’s not mayonnaise. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 11, 17:30
- Quiz question: One other NFL Superbowl-winning coach went back to the college ranks after..name him -- nm - budice Dec 11, 15:45 3
  - Bill Walsh at Stanford, right? -- nm - David Dec 11, 15:47 2
    - 17-17-1 at Stanford from 1992-94 after winning 3 Super Bowls -- nm - budice Dec 11, 15:47 1
      - bum -- nm - mr mooch Dec 11, 15:51
"I'm more confident." About the economy says middle aged white guy. -- (link) - Inigo Dec 11, 15:14 1
- Worse, he's a property manager. -- nm - Qale Dec 11, 15:25
IMdb says Kraven the Hunter has 3 female roles - Ariana de Bose as Calypso, Jessica Zhou as passerby and Filiz Fairweather as restaurant diner -- (link) - Roger More Dec 11, 15:03 12
- So very low odds of passing the Bechdel Test. -- nm - Baron Gifts Dec 11, 15:07 6
  - Calypso may say hello to the one woman in the restaurant! You don't know! -- nm - David Dec 11, 15:13 4
    - passerby probably asks restaurant diner how the food is. -- nm - mafic Dec 11, 15:57
    - EXT. SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF DINER - DAY - rollo Dec 11, 15:20 2
      - next line: - Roger More Dec 11, 15:21 1
        
        next line: - Beryllium Dec 11, 15:24
  - The Bechdel Test must not be one of the powers of the animal kingdom -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 15:08
- Zhou was also credited as Passerby in Dr Strange 2 -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 15:07 1
  - Typecasting -- nm - Roger More Dec 11, 15:12
- That's "Top Cast" - click through to Full Cast and you find more. -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 15:06 2
  - This only supports the point further! -- nm - Roger More Dec 11, 15:11 1
    - That women can only be bottoms? Oh ho ho. Won't you be surprised. -- nm - Qale Dec 11, 17:16
Nmb Pippy - kelly Dec 11, 15:03 [Attachment] 1
- Squuueeeee!! Thank you -- nm - Pippy Dec 11, 20:49
Animated The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 14:57 3
- is it an update to current times with Kurt as the bad guy? -- nm* - Peglegpete Dec 11, 15:00 2
  - Heh. Nah, just an extension of the Igerobouros on B2 -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 15:04 1
    - too bad. I've been thinking for over a decade it would be a great sequel if Kurt used the computer tech in his head as a bad guy. -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 11, 15:05
sore-loser NC GOP strips incoming Dem governor of veto powers -- (link) - mr mooch Dec 11, 14:50
I can't think of any aspects of American political practice that Canada doesn't already have that's worth imitating. -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 14:50
shouldn't the plural of spoof be spooves? -- nm - mr mooch Dec 11, 14:49
Kimberly Guilfoyle picked to be ambassador to Greece, why not. It's a hell of a great way to break up with the GF, or get your son out of the house -- (link*) - zeitgeist Dec 11, 14:48 3
- I wouldn't be surprised if she demanded a luxurious posting overseas as part of initial conversations about divorcing Jr. - RelucantCynic Dec 11, 14:55 2
  - wow, Colbert did a monolog of don jr and kimberly breaking up (he's seeing some younger bimbo) -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 11, 23:48
  - I don't think they are married -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 11, 21:42
UNC bent the knee. Bill Belichick to be the next Head Coach. -- nm - budice Dec 11, 14:43 2
- Does this basically mean that everyone is fired and he's bringing in all of his own people? -- nm - amanda Dec 11, 16:59
- I dont see how this work in the long term, but who knows, I am probably wrong. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 11, 14:44

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