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This would get me to watch football
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This would get me to watch football
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Herman Cain posted from beyond the grave; it takes a poster as powerful as Trump to do a press conference
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I know very little of football, sir, but I would imagine that the skill set of a successful pro football coach is not identical to the skill set of a successful college football coach. Different psychology.
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If it were something interesting, we would have heard about it by now. It's probably a proof of life conference
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It's amazing how the most flattering picture of Rudy I've seen in the last half-decade is him looking like a rodent with an anxiety disorder
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They created a Ready Player One machine?
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That's a pretty good crowd for some random truck commercial narrator in rural Maine over a year out from the general
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Honeycrisp Apples have also gotten measurably worse over the years
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Is that why he tolerates RFK Jr? Corpse-American solidarity?
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The answer to the question "how far will one man go to make sure the pretty lady is wearing something impractical"
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.4% is *bananas*. You can usually get 5-10% sicko crossover
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youtu.be/x-6nZZrs9Xk?...
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Whitaker: I want an Emmy Gilroy: You are going to be a zealous revolutionary zooted to the max on rocket fuel fumes Whitaker: Shakespeare. Got it.
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Oh Chuck. That show aged like it chose the wrong Grail. But I do remember Dalton being superb, like always
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A really good Bond villain needs to be a grandiose scenery-chewing sociopath and a little bit scary. James Spader would also qualify.
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I wish they'd found a way to let Dalton be a Bond *villain*. He's perfect for it
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I have expanded my cinematic horizons from dumb dumb guy movies to smart dumb guy movies but sometimes I want to watch Jason Statham strap a guy to a truck and drive that truck off a bridge
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youtu.be/Fmeb-f4pthA?...
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Grohl's at his best when he's helping give form and direction to somebody else's idea, I think
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That's exactly the argument I would make. If I marry a nice Latina and we have kids, I want our kids to make rouladen tacos lol
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It's incredibly funny to me that they were like "don't say any of the actual cuisines with strong smells" and arrived at Italian (unless there's some kind of leftover fish situation)
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That's right.
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We were promised a Tony Leung Villain Era in the Shang-Chi marketing and I think it's a failure of Hollywood that they haven't delivered yet
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I hope to one day ascend to Wife Guy
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You don't need a page of caps lock when a couple of sentences will do, sir
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I got owned by "ethereal" one time lol
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That's a sick cloud
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The first DLC is *incredible*. If Ubi gets a second bite at the apple, that's the game they should make. The second DLC...not so much.
Mark Shatraw (@markshatraw.bsky.social) reply parent
As long as it's a race for Bongoville, California dog catcher, Democrats are going to absolutely annihilate the expectations.
Mark Shatraw (@markshatraw.bsky.social) reply parent
I love Drumknott. TP saw Batman: The Animated Series and thought "I should do that"
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The most important lesson any aspiring professional programmer can learn is that there is a substantial difference between "code that works" and "code that doesn't break"
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Going to have nightmares about being chased by the rampant banana android
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I suspect that we probably have a few months of a cursed half-life ahead of us: his goons posting (badly) in his name, staged photo ops with pounds of makeup, limited public appearances. But I would not make plans to see the Trump White House in 2026.
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How much of a concern is it that nobody shows up to Early Access and EA cans the whole thing?
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I figure it'll be like the bin Laden assassination: somebody will tell The Rock (although this time it might be John Cena) and then two hours later everybody will be hooting and hollering in the streets
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Cain-posting
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I'll have @bakebythepound.bsky.social text you my grandmother's potato pancake casserole recipe
Mark Shatraw (@markshatraw.bsky.social) reply parent
Is he going to sound like he's 80% of the way through anaphylactic shock too?
Mark Shatraw (@markshatraw.bsky.social) reply parent
My Yub Nub will be heard from the ISS lol
Mark Shatraw (@markshatraw.bsky.social) reply parent
Tony Gilroy was asked about casting for Andor and was like "I needed a couple of true weirdos for Dedra and Syril"
Mark Shatraw (@markshatraw.bsky.social) reply parent
They have gone to great lengths (by their slapdash standards) to conceal whatever's wrong with him, sir, so it'll be interesting to see how much more flimflammery they will invent to hide something really serious
Mark Shatraw (@markshatraw.bsky.social) reply parent
Remember the weird "The Queen is entering a new phase" period? Death is probably distant yet but a pseudo-Weekend At Bernie's situation is not at all out of the question
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I would love for a judge to offer a variation of "stupid is as stupid does" in response
Mark Shatraw (@markshatraw.bsky.social) reply parent
And three verses about dinner
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Meta is a regulatory horror story but it probably wouldn't keep printing money like it does if the ad tech didn't work as promised. Altman is almost a greasier magic bean salesman than Musk is
Mark Shatraw (@markshatraw.bsky.social) reply parent
My understanding is that West Point does teach some Lee, but they don't call him a general (for obvious reasons)
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Norway's American Pope moment
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The list of things GamerGate broke is virtually endless
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Voting Trump out of office to get the missing piece for my Captain Rex helmet
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Meatloaf, some Swiss, maybe some Dijon - good eating
Mark Shatraw (@markshatraw.bsky.social) reply parent
Having your talking points written by Tony Gilroy feels like finding a Beserk power up in Doom
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I was half-joking the other day about Cuban talking himself into being a Trump supporter but here's his "how I left the Left" moment
Mark Shatraw (@markshatraw.bsky.social) reply parent
I am *deeply* skeptical of any claim of misleading reporting coming from someone with a financial stake in the reporting going away but that's not to say that Taylor Lorenz is a beacon of unimpeachable credibility
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Suddenly my LEGO collection is looking like a very smart investment lol
Mark Shatraw (@markshatraw.bsky.social) reply parent
Did you ever find out how many times he's watched Andor? Because I'm going to guess that it's more than once lol - he even *talks* like an Andor character
Mark Shatraw (@markshatraw.bsky.social) reply parent
Didn't realize "astrologer" was a job. Guess my hypothetical daughter can be a unicorn farmer after all
Mark Shatraw (@markshatraw.bsky.social) reply parent
It's like listening to a Luthen monologue delivered by Sam Elliott
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I'm not a hacker by trade or training but Mr. Robot is as close to real programming as I've ever seen on TV
Mark Shatraw (@markshatraw.bsky.social) reply parent
That movie sounds *spectacular*
Mark Shatraw (@markshatraw.bsky.social) reply parent
I thought Dave Weigel was leaving Semafor
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Has an incredible collection of port next to his chugging fridge
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Breaking Benjamin at the tiny hockey arena down the street from my house Boston Pops Orchestra playing the Star Wars Suite - John Williams conducting, James Earl Jones narrating
Mark Shatraw (@markshatraw.bsky.social) reply parent
The interview equivalent of "I left you all the clues Mr. Police Man"
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Trump's gonna need 1. a food taster and 2. a trusted nurse
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I cannot believe that the Matthew Calamari bit is still paying off almost a decade later
Mark Shatraw (@markshatraw.bsky.social) reply parent
So do I, Masuke-san
Mark Shatraw (@markshatraw.bsky.social) reply parent
I am positively boiling with envy right now lol
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Collecting the Infinity Rings
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I'm weirdly okay with that? I feel like the full-sugar candy drinks I have had are *extra* syrupy
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Goth gf Darkseid
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A dog's love feels natural, in a very literal sense. An extension of their nature. A cat's love feels deliberate. Human, almost. Even if you loved them first, they made the decision to love you in return.
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If whatever's piloting RFK Jr. gets to Washington's corpse though
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I went to Disney four times before I graduated from college because that was an *extra* special thing. I have not been back since. I don't have that kind of bread just wandering around lol
Mark Shatraw (@markshatraw.bsky.social) reply parent
My time is more valuable than my money (though money isn't going without a fight lately)
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Maybe more than anybody or anything else this term, RFK Jr. at HHS is truly the Thanatos Administration
Mark Shatraw (@markshatraw.bsky.social) reply parent
I thought James Gunn himself thought that was a good idea for some reason (it is, also...que buena lol)
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Congratulations everybody! Hopefully you can get some sleep this weekend lol
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One of my favorite bands is Japanese (Band-Maid), but now they can't mail any merch or CDs to the US anymore
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The CoD Launcher puts them halfway there
Mark Shatraw (@markshatraw.bsky.social) reply parent
This is essentially my theory of reactionary centrism: guys like Chait and Yglesias pine for the Obama years because 1. that was the apex of their influence 2. they didn't get yelled at online and they're mostly upset that the party moved left without them (though Yggy's Nazi chatrooms don't help)
Mark Shatraw (@markshatraw.bsky.social) reply parent
Black Ops 7 reads like it's coming in pretty hot; they should probably use any marketing spin they can to reduce the number of headaches they're going to have
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Keep your wrists straight and lock your fingers in tight, friends. Arigato, Chiitan-sama
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Hegseth at DoD is appalling but RFK Jr. is an unbearably cynical degree of nihilism. If you're going to hold elected office, you need to care about *something*. Somebody. You don't let things like that happen. That's how you get blood on your hands.
Mark Shatraw (@markshatraw.bsky.social) reply parent
I assume Virtua Fighter, Stranger Than Heaven, maybe a Super Monkey Ball, and...something?
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Every time I see this, Michael Ironside's basso rumble of "ah, the first pumpkin spice latte of the season" echoes through my head
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The Last of Us (2013)
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Art is a kind of wish fulfillment
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Maybe he thought he was providing an answer to Chuck Grassley's "u kno wat"
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A spiritual bond with a cat is no small thing
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I should do some research to see if anybody would take me lol
Mark Shatraw (@markshatraw.bsky.social) reply parent
Suda51 presents: Silent Hill
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In my case that's usually a menu
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I am reluctant to hand anything to upper management but at least they were honest enough to say "get creative" when asked if we were getting any replacements for our retirees
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It's kind of like the Supreme Court: you don't bribe Sam Alito; you create an environment where Sam Alito gets bribed and thus create a dozen more Sam Alitos
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R&D 1: You know how Ragavan is the most powerful one-drop we've ever printed? R&D 2: Sure R&D 1: What if we printed a one-drop that kills it immediately R&D 2: Sounds like good balance R&D 1: And makes 1/1 tokens R&D 2: That sounds...powerful? R&D 1: And can copy all of your other tokens R&D 2: Wait
Mark Shatraw (@markshatraw.bsky.social) reply parent
The most popular format in Magic is complaining
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My job as a Catholic is not to hand out a pamphlet in that moment. If they want me to pray with them, they got it. If they need somebody to come mow the lawn or cover groceries for a few days, they got it.
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Despite my better judgement, I have laughed at a couple of Newsom's Trump-style posts. Pritzker's speech on Monday was, dare I say it, *presidential* though.
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Didn't even recognize you in the trailer lol