ST Alpha - Backboarding

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Search Dr. S. Talk
TT/ST Wiki
How Well Do You Know ...

RSS Feed

Hosting by DigitalOcean

Support ST on Ko-Fi

Welcome to SlickerTalk ▲

Kick your heels up, settle in, and get ready for a raucous discussion. The topic is anything and everything: movies, television, politics, music, breaking news, recycled news, orange-colored prediction markets, etc.

Join the Conversation

Suggestions and requests can be sent to team @ slackertalk.com. Or, please use this form to submit a bug report.

Recent News ▲

BlueSky Starter Pack for STers
This is a list of automatic follows when creating a BS account. Special thanks to Kim for setting it up! To bridge your account to the Fediverse, follow @ap.brid.gy (per the Bridgy docs)
the pack

[ SlackerTalk / Beta ] [ SlickerTalk ] [ Dr. S. Talk ]

Live

Down to Post

< Newer

Older >

Posts: 156

Some 35 people, including 10 first responders, died in fertilizer plant blast, West, Texas, mayor told USA Today -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 18, 16:56 4
- How that place was near a neighborhood is fucking ridiculous. -- nm - Shanny Apr 18, 16:57 3
  - I haven't yet seen details for it, but my guess is that the building, at least, was there first, and the neighborhoods built-up around it. - b. Apr 18, 17:02
  - I kinda hope that someone finds wider-angle footage of the explosion... -- nm - Beryllium Apr 18, 17:00 1
    - From where? Oklahoma? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 18, 17:05
Reddit has a men's fashion advice thread. i wonder if white hat guy has asked for fashion advice yet? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 18, 16:53
[deleted]
What the heck did loosi do to Chicago? - tl Apr 18, 16:52 1
- rain dance -- nm - peglegpete Apr 18, 16:58
[deleted] 3
- Is he holding a bottled water? -- nm - Bacon Apr 18, 16:49 2
  - Brain fart! Wrong Rubio -- nm - Bacon Apr 18, 16:49 1
    - NYPost names Bacon as new editor -- nm - News at 11 Apr 18, 16:52
42: very very good. it is much better than the 1950's version -- nm - peglegpete Apr 18, 16:48
new picture of White Hat Suspect walking away from the bombings -- (link) - charlie Apr 18, 16:46 [Image] 16
- It's kind of like a horrific Where's Waldo. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 18, 16:56
- Not saying that is, but the photoshopped pics are going to be hitting the internet soon -- nm - Bacon Apr 18, 16:50
- so they were that stupid (if they did it) -- nm - Reagen Apr 18, 16:49
- What's the source of this photo? Who are we looking at? - OAE -- aka Old Antarctic Explorer Apr 18, 16:48 12
  - Guy in lower left corner with the white hat ambling away from the smoke - Will Hunting Apr 18, 16:49
  - [deleted] 10
    - Wearing the hat in the same manner as the FBI photos, so it is reasonable to infer it is the same person. - Beryllium Apr 18, 16:50 9
      - yep. I just made it really big to check. same everything. -- nm - b. Apr 18, 16:52 2
        
        [deleted] 1
        
        looks like only one person said they think it's 'shopped, and several others pointed out why it's not likely? in any case, I wasn't actually looking - b. Apr 18, 17:06
      - that nose is going to be the thing that gets him caught. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 18, 16:52 2
        
        That is exactly what I thought when I first saw that profile pic. Adrian Brody is nasally challenged next to that guy - Bacon Apr 18, 16:53 1
        
        white-hat-schnozz-guy -- nm - Beryllium Apr 18, 16:54
      - [deleted] 1
        
        I know, but my IM stands as well :D -- nm - Beryllium Apr 18, 16:52
      - this -- nm - OAE -- aka Old Antarctic Explorer Apr 18, 16:52
Started playing Spec Ops: The Line. Pretty solid 3rd person title so far. Some pretty gruesome war imagery as well. -- nm - Shaun Apr 18, 16:37
oooh...the MNF opener is in DC not Philly -- nm - stewie Apr 18, 16:35 7
- yikes... "#Redskins vs #Packers in week 2" -- nm - stewie Apr 18, 16:58 2
  - #Redskins vs #Denver is October 27th -- nm - stewie Apr 18, 17:00 1
    - #Redskins Monday Night Football games: Hosting the #Eagles in week-one (9/9) and hosting the #49ers in week-12 (11/25). -- nm - stewie Apr 18, 17:00
- Sorta surprised they're risking RG3 not being ready. - Will Hunting Apr 18, 16:49 3
  - Oh he's ready!! -- nm - Shanny Apr 18, 16:57
  - yeah, thats why I thought it would be in Philly, cause if he doesn't play it's still Kelly's first home game... -- nm - stewie Apr 18, 16:56 1
    - Yea, i'm surprised they're burning that many big lines for a game everyone will watch anyhow - Will Hunting Apr 18, 16:58
Sony sets 2014 release date for '21 Jump Street' sequel -- nm - Beaker Apr 18, 16:35 1
- definitely deserving of one. -- nm - Jovian Apr 18, 16:40
Lets say you made toast right before going to work at 8 am and left the margarine out on the counter - Truman Apr 18, 16:34 11
- margarine, i would leave out forever, but I can't stand the stuff . butter is kept in the fridge -- nm - Karl_S Apr 18, 16:47 1
  - I suppose I should clarify ... - Beryllium Apr 18, 16:49
- it is fine -- nm - Beaker Apr 18, 16:35
- Margarine should be okay. -- nm - tl Apr 18, 16:35
- You can leave it out for a week and it's still good. Not kidding -- nm - Bacon Apr 18, 16:34 6
  - I do this with butter. I prefer to have margarine in the fridge, but I wouldn't toss it after a day. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 18, 16:37 5
    - I know people that keep the margerine tub on the table at all times. I also do that with butter -- nm - Bacon Apr 18, 16:38 4
      - I miss my butter bell. - spamlet Apr 18, 16:39 3
        
        For some reason I thought this was a reference to Walter Bishop's cow on Fringe ... - Beryllium Apr 18, 16:40 1
        
        Nope. -- (link) - spamlet Apr 18, 16:41
        
        I eat almost none these days because I am on the Paleo Diet. - Bacon Apr 18, 16:40
I want this patch -- (link) - amoxy Apr 18, 16:27 1
- That's pretty excellent. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 18, 16:32
[deleted] 4
- by the New York Post? -- nm - Dano Apr 18, 16:21
- *poops in your fridge* -- nm - Beaker Apr 18, 16:19 2
  - [deleted]
  - Your post was not only first, but contained shit and piss so it's double better -- nm - Bacon Apr 18, 16:19
Kerry Rhodes's ALLEGED boyfriend says his teammates knew everything -- (link) - nubby, Astro-lord, koozie aficionado Apr 18, 16:16 6
- "Kerry is kinda a dumb athlete, like a dumb jock." If the story is true, the ex is a bitter douchebag. -- nm - David Apr 18, 16:26 5
  - Well, the way Kerry denied being gay, can't blame him too much. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord, koozie aficionado Apr 18, 16:28 4
    - What was the quote? Because calling an ex dumb in a story is classless. -- nm - David Apr 18, 16:29 3
      - "I am not gay." - nubby, Astro-lord, koozie aficionado Apr 18, 16:35 2
        
        or maybe "Don't hitch yourself up on my pole, because I ain't rick astley" -- nm - Beryllium Apr 18, 16:38
        
        How very Mike Piazza ee -- nm - Bacon Apr 18, 16:37
We Know Whose NFL Combine Hotel Room Was Covered In Piss And Shit -- (link) - Beaker Apr 18, 16:16 1
- Nuk claims the room was clean when they left. - nubby, Astro-lord, koozie aficionado Apr 18, 16:17
[deleted] 10
- "unsophisticated trucking companies" is my favorite line. - spamlet Apr 18, 16:38
- I'd never realized that Pilot and Flying J were the same company. -- nm - Meg Apr 18, 16:17 2
  - Pilot bought them a year or so ago. -- nm - Kim Pine Apr 18, 16:22 1
    - Ah, okay. Flying J has been one of our regular stops on our southwest trips. Pilots always seem to be on the wrong side of the highway. -- nm - Meg Apr 18, 16:27
- Oh no, the local Arby's! -- nm - Tim Apr 18, 16:15
- but wouldn't you rather read Mel Kiper's 15th mock draft than that kind of stuff? -- nm - espn Apr 18, 16:13
- I was just coming here to post that for you. -- nm - Kim Pine Apr 18, 16:13 3
  - [deleted] 2
    - We've known they were corrupt. When the Bruce Pearl thing was happening, I referenced Bill as the Evil Billionaire Governor. - David Apr 18, 16:23
    - No matter where I live, my governor is related to crime in some way. -- nm - Kim Pine Apr 18, 16:22
We're at trivia. Did anything happen in spots this week? Jeter's ankle, the masters... -- nm - Pope Amanda Apr 18, 16:06 21
- jackie robinson anniversary events - every player wearing 42, etc. -- nm - b. Apr 18, 16:28
- adam scott, master's winner, said he wasn't interested in being on the bachelor -- nm - dogbert Apr 18, 16:27
- The Tiger Woods drop. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 18, 16:24 2
  - First Australian to ever win The Masters -- nm - Bacon Apr 18, 16:25 1
    - 14 year old was the youngest golfer to play in the Masters beating the previous age of 16 -- nm - Bacon Apr 18, 16:28
- The Senate did not pass gun control because they realized that nothing can control Adam Scott's guns. -- nm - Dano Apr 18, 16:22
- Rasheed Wallace retired from the NBA (leaving Juwan Howard as the last remaining former Washington Bullet) -- nm - Max Apr 18, 16:22 2
  - Nice thanks. -- nm - Pope Amanda Apr 18, 16:31 1
    - Spaniard Fernardo Alonso, racing for Ferrari, won the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix, beating Raikkonen, Vettel, and Hamilton. (How obscure are they?) -- nm - Max Apr 18, 16:37
- oh yea, the chicago cubs threw 5 wild pitches in one inning to break the major league record -- nm - dogbert Apr 18, 16:21 1
  - And someone dropped a goat's head at Wrigley. But that might be last week's news. -- nm - tl Apr 18, 16:34
- stephen curry of the warriors broke the single-season 3-point record yesterday. -- nm - b. Apr 18, 16:16
- pat summerall died -- nm - dogbert Apr 18, 16:14 2
  - Age 82. This was a question. -- nm - Pope Amanda Apr 18, 16:48 1
    - dammit, I didn't think to include his age. I knew it because they said it on the radio and the show I listen to has a running joke with the #83 and - dogbert Apr 18, 16:53
- Well, on Monday... -- nm - Dr.Vermin Apr 18, 16:08
- [deleted] 4
  - It just occurred to me - the winners must be (very quietly) annoyed. - Dr.Vermin Apr 18, 16:11 3
    - [deleted] 2
      - what was the other one again? hurricane sandy? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 18, 16:30 1
        
        [deleted]
I was finally locked out of the O.C.Register's website today :( Guess I'll be getting my local news via L.A. outlets from now on. -- nm - Meg Apr 18, 16:03 3
- I wonder if deleting your cookies would get you back in - con_carne Apr 18, 16:07 2
  - I doubt it. I guess I was running on the introductory period because I had a user account with them and was permanently logged in. Access now is - Meg Apr 18, 16:14 1
    - Ah -- nm - con_carne Apr 18, 16:17
Survivor Ponderosa spoils - CovingtonCat Apr 18, 16:01 1
- Poor guy did nothing to deserve that. -- nm - tl Apr 18, 16:32
for gluten-free folks, you can nab a box of food items worth ~$25 for $11.95 shipped by using this code: CPFREE - b. Apr 18, 15:56 1
- hmph, my source added this in a weird way- make sure to read: - b. Apr 18, 15:58
Huh. I didn't see this Walking Dead Super Bowl ad. I guess cuz we don't get Time Warner Cable up here. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Apr 18, 15:49 [youtube] 1
- Norman Reedus is incredible. He really enjoys playing Daryl -- nm - amoxy Apr 18, 15:55
Warren Ellis the writer has seen Iron Man 3... - Remlik Apr 18, 15:47
heh, the poster for Patton Oswalt's version of Star Wars episode 7 -- (link) - Beaker Apr 18, 15:42
get your Daft Punk remix of Get Lucky while you can -- (link) - Remlik Apr 18, 15:39
Mel, are you still looking for bags? Thinkgeek has a replica of Chewy's messenger bag. -- (link) - spamlet Apr 18, 15:36 1
- not what I had in mind but I dig it... - Mel Apr 18, 15:55
got our Free Comic Book Days books. We ordered over a TON of books. Like they weighed that much -- nm - Remlik Apr 18, 15:36
[deleted] 1
- I hope you're saving up for when you're required to buy an AR-15. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 18, 16:59
Officials in West, TX have confirmed one fatality, but expect more. - GregW Apr 18, 15:31
[deleted]
These are interesting ... -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 18, 15:28 2
- is that actually satire? -- nm - zork Apr 18, 15:31 1
  - perhaps. "The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of..." -- nm - Beryllium Apr 18, 15:50
Well, it's about time the internet gave us a cat dressed as a shark riding a Roomba chasing a duckling. -- (link) - mara Apr 18, 15:25 [Image] 1
- Well Parks & Rec gave us a mouse sitting on a cat sitting on a dog last week. -- nm - Jovian Apr 18, 15:26
LIR: unsub = "we have no idea who you are" -- nm - zork Apr 18, 15:24
LIR: our whole wedding was super cheap and we paid $400 for pics to a woman who had gone back to college for photography. good enough. -- nm - zork Apr 18, 15:22
Haven's survey sucks because I couldn't pick zero for number of movie reward cards -- nm - zork Apr 18, 15:21 6
- here -- (link) - Roger More Apr 18, 15:23 [Backboard] 3
  - it actually could have been good to collect that so that you can project possible revenue growth if X% of non-holders are converted. -- nm - zork Apr 18, 15:27 2
    - I think that's a different set of questions - why don't you have one? are you aware of the benefits? what might entice you to get one? etc -- nm - Roger More Apr 18, 15:32 1
      - I've been to almost zero movies in the past five years. - zork Apr 18, 15:38
- Thank you to those who participated, and those who wanted to but couldn't -- nm - Mr. Havens Apr 18, 15:22 1
  - psst. - zork Apr 18, 15:26
Whomever was asking about Orphan Black, the first three episodes are solid. -- nm - David Apr 18, 15:18 2
- 1st epsidoe is so-so until the end. I was hooked -- nm - Remlik Apr 18, 15:34 1
  - I will give it another shot. I only made it about about halfway in the 1st ep before quitting -- nm - amoxy Apr 18, 16:03
from b2. I am amazed that the Onion is able to make (darkly) funny articles about terrible tragedies. It seems like an impossible feat. -- nm - loosilu Apr 18, 15:14
Also, from B2, those pics are good. Someone will turn in their FB/twitter/name/etc within hours I hope. -- nm - MDH Apr 18, 15:11 11
- the question in my mind now is whether they actually constructed the devices or were just the delivery men -- nm - charlie Apr 18, 15:17
- [deleted] 9
  - I know, but seemingly every one of these people have them. I mean come on, someone is friends with them... - MDH Apr 18, 15:17 8
    - [deleted] 1
      - Not sure. My friends still at UMD say the whole greek system is livid right now, but we'll see. -- nm - MDH Apr 18, 15:28
    - ...Spawn doesn't have one! dun dun dunhhh. -- nm - Max Apr 18, 15:19 4
      - Spawn isn't as young as they appear to be -- nm - MDH Apr 18, 15:22 3
        
        That much is true. -- nm - Remlik Apr 18, 15:35
        
        [deleted]
        
        oh, snap -- nm - Max Apr 18, 15:29
    - they will stay anonymous for approximately five more minutes -- nm - charlie Apr 18, 15:18
Monday Night opener.... - stewie Apr 18, 15:10 1
- Yeah buddy. -- nm - MDH Apr 18, 15:10
Does anyone have a link to the press conference? I didn't get to watch it -- nm - MDH Apr 18, 15:06

Post a message top

< Newer

Older >

(Disclaimer: This website uses cookies to store identifying information. Please practice safe password usage.)