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: 155

Have we seen this Force Awkens art that clearly shows Kylo Ren? It's different than what I've seen. I dig it. -- (link) - volnelk Apr 16, 07:03
Also HSX: I think Love and Mercy is criminally underpriced. - ty97 Apr 16, 06:56
[deleted] 5
- alternatively: don't say no to George or else -- nm - Beaker Apr 16, 07:07 1
  - right? I dig the Sith move. - Mel Profit Apr 16, 07:09
- *puts a dollar in the jar but it was worth it* - spamlet Apr 16, 06:56 2
  - *adds a dollar as well* I don't know why I read the comments. People suck. -- nm - Krusty Apr 16, 07:00 1
    - I laugh at them. It must suck to go through life with such constant fear. -- nm - spamlet Apr 16, 07:03
HSX observation - who in the hell thinks Age of Adaline is going to make any where near 14 million? - Epiphany Apr 16, 06:34 12
- haven't seen one commercial for it -- nm - Beaker Apr 16, 06:42 1
  - I just got one during survivor on CBS.com -- nm - amanda Apr 16, 06:44
- People think its a League of Substitute Avengers movie -- nm - Elvis Apr 16, 06:37 1
  - It's stay home and masturbate instead movie. -- nm - ty97 Apr 16, 06:38
- Right? -- nm - ty97 Apr 16, 06:35 7
  - the subject matter plus Blake Lively? box office poison. - Epiphany Apr 16, 06:37 6
    - will lifetime watchers come out for this? I can kind of see a case for it. it'll make them remember their romantic youth. -- nm - amanda Apr 16, 06:45 3
      - I would need to do research to back this up but my gut reaction is that Lifetime watchers don't show for these types of movies. -- nm - ty97 Apr 16, 06:52 2
        
        My thought looking at it yesterday was "less than half that Nicholas Sparks movie" -- nm - Max Apr 16, 07:06
        
        much less turn off the TV and leave the house. -- nm - diva Apr 16, 06:53
    - it *does* look like a lifetime movie. -- nm - amanda Apr 16, 06:39 1
      - I'm betting 5 mil tops. seriously. It doesn't even have Nicolas Sparks behind the movie title to help it -- nm - Epiphany Apr 16, 07:05
I think I'm going to get my car inspected and my hair cut today. thanks for listening. -- nm - amanda Apr 16, 06:31
[deleted] 3
- Yeah, it was on Tamahawk Take yesterday. The deal makes sense if it's Aaron Judge and some other pieces. - David Apr 16, 06:57 2
  - (And thank you.) -- nm - David Apr 16, 06:57 1
    - [deleted]
Netflix stock up 11% as they add 4.9 Million subscribers in quarter (fastest growth ever) -- (link) - Beaker Apr 16, 06:25 2
- If you own 1 share of NFLX, you made enough today to pay for 6 months of Netflix service. -- nm - Der Frühlingshafterbaron Apr 16, 06:35 1
  - I think this information is great. -- nm - Epiphany Apr 16, 06:36
Grammar help needed (2 options inside) - Will Hunting Apr 16, 06:10 6
- Could you reword it to something like "All emails sent to or from a subcontractor containing relevant business contest should be copied to the project - Andie Apr 16, 06:25 1
  - I'm open to all ideas. I like this. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 16, 06:34
- Both seem fine to me but I think I'd go with the first one. -- nm - Krusty Apr 16, 06:15 3
  - Both read awkward to me so I'm kinda brain-gone on it. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 16, 06:20 1
    - I'm sure either would work fine and people will screw it up no matter how you word the sentence. :-) -- nm - Krusty Apr 16, 06:22
  - this -- nm - Beaker Apr 16, 06:19
"I am maintained being a good team player throughout the year." man, don't send your kids to bald eagle high school. -- nm - amanda Apr 16, 06:05
I look forward to the inevitable CQ's roster hitting a dinger and the guy immediately being suspended for steroids. - Will Hunting Apr 16, 06:03 1
- [deleted]
The Warriors' 67-15 record puts them in a 5-way tie for 6th best all time. Almost all of the other top ten teams won the NBA championship. - Der Frühlingshafterbaron Apr 16, 05:57
Cirque du Soleil being sold to American, Chinese private equity firms -- (link) - Beaker Apr 16, 05:56
The Rockies 7-2 Rockies are 6-0 on the road this year - prayformojo Apr 16, 05:19
this is crazy on so many levels: Detroit hit man says he, not teen, responsible for 4 deaths -- (link) - all the boys love OBBR Apr 16, 04:15 1
- Serial! -- nm - Max Apr 16, 06:21
NBA playoffs (Brad Stevens is magic...a 7 seed with that Celtics team in unbelievable, even in the East) - Beaker Apr 16, 04:03 18
- It's surprising but really it's that the East is so damn bad. The conference is a joke. -- nm - Krusty Apr 16, 04:59 16
  - you're just mad cause they have all the Nets first round picks for like the next 5 years or something :) -- nm - Beaker Apr 16, 05:04 11
    - Heh. :-) I ain't mad at the Celtics at all. I'm furious with Billy King and whomever agreed with those deals he made. If he still has a job next year - Krusty Apr 16, 05:08 10
      - Little known secret regarding Danny Ainge... - Mel Profit Apr 16, 06:35 4
        
        Hahaha! -- nm - Krusty Apr 16, 06:51 3
        
        all kidding aside...he'll either set us up for another run at adding to the rafters or will be laughed at for decades for squandering all of this. - Mel Profit Apr 16, 06:54 2
        
        It'll take real effort to fuck up what you guys have coming to you. Two years from now you'll be fighting to win the East. -- nm - Krusty Apr 16, 07:02 1
        
        this is what scares fans. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 16, 07:09
      - And the Hawks get to swap picks this year. That's why David has been rooting hard against the Nets, he wanted a top 10 or better pick. - Krusty Apr 16, 05:13 4
        
        *sigh* the Pacers can't do anything right. -- nm - David Apr 16, 06:53 1
        
        It's so nice seeing the Pacers fail. -- nm - Krusty Apr 16, 07:03
        
        he must know where ALL the bodies are buried cause he has been terrible forever. -- nm - Beaker Apr 16, 05:15 1
        
        Seriously! -- nm - Krusty Apr 16, 05:25
  - I get that to a point, but all the other teams they finished ahead of are ALSO in the East. -- nm - volnelk Apr 16, 05:01 3
    - And they really suck. The Nets are such a mess that no one wants to play with the point guard and half the team checked out weeks ago. The others are - Krusty Apr 16, 05:06 2
      - did you read the Paul Pierce interview from a few days ago? Yeah, the Nets are a disaster -- nm - Beaker Apr 16, 05:08 1
        
        I did and it confirmed a lot of the rumors I had been reading about for a couple of years now. Not many smart or good moves since they got here. - Krusty Apr 16, 05:10
- Warriors, Rockets, Spurs, TB; Hawks, Cavs, Bulls, Raptors -- nm - Beaker Apr 16, 04:04
Tulsa Authorities Reportedly Falsified Reserve Deputy's Training Records -- (link) - Beaker Apr 16, 03:07
Marketing email: "want to see Demi Lovato, Backstreet Boys, or Nickelback live in concert?" - mafic Apr 16, 02:19 3
- My favorite Nickelback moment was me enjoying their concert right up until I heard the first few chords of " Photograph" - I left immediately. - Epiphany Apr 16, 06:36
- "Doors lock from the outside!" -- nm - Reagen Apr 16, 05:19
- "How much do I have to pay you for that *not* to happen?" -- nm - znufrii Apr 16, 04:54
I expect fireworks. mom and stepmother are going to meet for the first time since my dad died in 2000. both visiting his sister, who is quite ill. -- nm - mafic Apr 15, 23:47 1
- Drama! -- nm - Andie Apr 16, 03:57
link from an article I was reading earlier: what English would look like if you removed all the non-Germanic words -- (link) - mafic Apr 15, 23:29 3
- *approves* -- nm - Der Frühlingshafterbaron Apr 16, 05:53
- This reads like "Post-Apocalyptic Chemistry Teacher". -- nm - Reagen Apr 16, 05:33
- Stuff it -- nm - Covington Apr 16, 01:44
free tix to Shark Reef if you mail your taxes at the Mandalay Bay -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 15, 22:44 10
- So for the price of a first class stamp you could mail an empty envelope and get tickets? ;) -- nm - Meg Apr 15, 22:49 8
  - if you sent it to the IRS, yes...you really need to come here & get free Penn & Teller tix when they do their blood drive for free tix in december :) -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 15, 22:57 6
    - Can't give blood :( They're not at an MGM property are they? -- nm - Meg Apr 15, 23:01 5
      - yes they are MGM. I did not see it on their website, but it is on the players club card. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 15, 23:17
      - I wonder if they'd give you the tickets if you showed up and tried, but they refused you. -- nm - mafic Apr 15, 23:04 3
        
        you can go in and fill out the forms, just tell them you really can't...you can even let them draw it and they have a routine where you can put a - zeitgeist Apr 15, 23:13 2
        
        the ones with stickers just go to our secret vampire overlords -- nm - Beaker Apr 16, 05:59
        
        I spent too much time in the UK, so I'm ineligible, but you can still donate "for research purposes". -- nm - mafic Apr 15, 23:26
  - man, you know all the grifter scams -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 15, 22:55
- what a weird promo. -- nm - mafic Apr 15, 22:45
FIOS has replaced The Weather Channel with Accuweather. A man and a woman are trading places reporting each day one at a time. - Max Apr 15, 22:21 3
- is it accurate? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 15, 23:14
- Now a third guy has been tagged in! -- nm - Max Apr 15, 22:24 1
  - which one knows when Cheryl's birthday is? -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 15, 22:31
Federal taxes filed. 9 minutes to spare. - GregW Apr 15, 21:52 2
- hear that Max? -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 15, 22:03 1
  - nope -- nm - Max Apr 15, 22:04
Discount Easter candy adventures continued - con_carne Apr 15, 21:43 1
- hey, I worked my ass off to get here, and you pick them just because you have a quota? -- nm - white coconut flavor jelly beans Apr 15, 23:17
Go Hawks! -- nm - tobor.2 Apr 15, 21:37
Brian Burke is a strange-looking man. -- nm - mafic Apr 15, 21:34 3
- Bruce Jenner is a strange looking lady. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 15, 22:09
- Lack is a table -- (link) - budice Apr 15, 21:38 1
  - I have several Lack tables. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 15, 22:04
Ribiero should be in a museum somewhere. -- nm - budice Apr 15, 21:24 2
- And Crawford should stay on the bench after that performance. -- nm - budice Apr 15, 21:25 1
  - He will until Darling goes bad. - tobor.2 Apr 15, 22:20
WWE/Doctor Who: Kane and Paige visit the set of Dr. Who -- (link) - Remlik Apr 15, 21:13
Thanks for nothing, Pacers. -- nm - David Apr 15, 20:56
The Avengers press tour is like the Rat Pack back in the day -- nm - budice Apr 15, 20:43
what movie do you never say is your favorite on a job interview? - Peglegpete Apr 15, 20:38 15
- American Psycho -- nm - Beaker Apr 16, 06:00
- some arty french film, or quirky japanese film like the Tax Collector -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 15, 23:41
- Sucker Punch -- nm - Max Apr 15, 21:27
- Office Space -- nm - Ultron Apr 15, 21:24 1
  - Batman -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 15, 22:42
- Last Tango in Paris. nm - Dignan Apr 15, 21:14
- The Care Bears Movie 2 -- nm - Roger More Apr 15, 21:09 3
  - this sort of implies the original care bears movie would be more acceptable. -- nm - mafic Apr 15, 21:09 2
    - Debut of the Cousins, yo! -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 15, 21:28
    - It would be worse to say "The Never Ending Story Part III" -- nm - amoxy Apr 15, 21:13
- Happiness -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 15, 21:07
- Legally Blonde -- nm - mafic Apr 15, 20:52
- A Serbian Film -- nm - amoxy Apr 15, 20:43
- Pootie Tang -- nm - budice Apr 15, 20:41 1
  - L3 (sa da te!) -- nm - JenBro Apr 16, 03:54
The Americans (spoilers) - amoxy Apr 15, 20:26
OT! -- nm - Reagen Apr 15, 20:25 2
- spoils... - budice Apr 15, 20:33 1
  - When one is not enuf... -- nm - budice Apr 15, 20:53
my sister is sleeping on my couch "watching" foxcatcher while I am in bed catching up on news. it's so nice to know where she is. "I can wake up and - all the boys love OBBR Apr 15, 20:21 2
- sweet dreams, annie -- nm - Creepy Steve Carell Apr 15, 21:09
- Have you taken her to see your house? -- nm - Meg Apr 15, 20:34
It's been awhile since we have had a big earthquake on the planet -- nm - Bacon Apr 15, 20:15 3
- just wait until that caldera volcano thing out in Yellowstone blows . . . they'll be feeling that one on the other side of the planet - call me Ishmael Apr 15, 20:22 2
  - It will be blamed on Obama -- nm - Bacon Apr 15, 20:24 1
    - who will immediately blame it on global warming, while in the same breathe attacking g-w deniers as being morons - call me Ishmael Apr 15, 20:27
Well, I work at the Arclight Beach Cities now. I can walk to work again! - con_carne Apr 15, 20:08 7
- congrats you are awesome! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 16, 06:36
- Sweet! -- nm - amoxy Apr 15, 21:24
- very cool! happy employment! -- nm - b. Apr 15, 20:10 4
  - First interview I had where nerding out about movies was encouraged, even required. Confession: - con_carne Apr 15, 20:22 3
    - SFEK Confession: - con_carne Apr 15, 20:24 2
      - I will make this a poll -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 15, 20:37
      - Good decision. Though I might say creepy. ;) -- nm - tobor.2 Apr 15, 20:29
I'm bored - I need to plan a trip to somewhere :/ -- nm - Meg Apr 15, 20:07
(makeup talk.) I am so tempted by this, primarily because of its name. nm but: -- (link) - b. Apr 15, 20:07 7
- it also doubles for your: Wicked Witch of the West days :) -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 15, 20:11 3
  - nonono, it turns pink! :) - my wwotw days don't need enhancement. -- nm - b. Apr 15, 20:13 2
    - again, I prove how little I know of women's cosmetics :( - Peglegpete Apr 15, 20:14 1
      - hee. ^here's an nm for you. -- nm - b. Apr 15, 20:20
- Interesting. I wonder how it works -- nm - Epiphany Apr 15, 20:10 2
  - iirc, it's like a heat-activated pigment. *pause* oh wow, they still sell the original one I was thinking of - $3! nm but: -- (link) - b. Apr 15, 20:13 1
    - alrighty, I couldn't resist this one. ~$5 with prime shipping on amazon and a $1 digital credit for delaying. I'll just pretend it's the spendy one. -- nm - b. Apr 15, 20:19
you know, I'm pretty sure the Bush White House did get busted using private email for government business. -- nm - mafic Apr 15, 20:05 1
- (or at least RNC email) -- nm - mafic Apr 15, 20:06
Dammit Golden State and San Antonio in Round 2 -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 15, 20:03 2
- Nope. Conference finals. -- nm - volnelk Apr 16, 04:06 1
  - ESPN had San Antonio as the 5-seed...glad it's the 6. We still got the best matchup in the Conf. Finals possible. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 16, 06:04
what really happens when you crack you knuckles -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 15, 19:58

Post a message top

< Newer

Older >

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