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

on the next board, I would like to talk about televisions and whether I want a 60" or 65" tv for my new living room. please prepare to discuss. - fabulous squad Jul 21, 06:58 1
- shouldn't you get central air or work on that addition first? -- nmbjk - oblique Jul 21, 06:59
Donald Trump Is The World’s Greatest Troll by Nate Silver -- (link) - Beaker Jul 21, 06:47
Ashley Madison hackers threatening release of info unless the site is entirely shut down. (link) - ML Jul 21, 06:46 4
- well at least now its free to delete your account -- nm - Pippy the Blank Slate Jul 21, 06:50
- The biggest mistake of users was to use personal credit cards. That's how people will be linked to profiles because the hackers got payment data. - spamlet Jul 21, 06:49 2
  - Its still a legal activity (maybe morally questionable).....Not a fan of cheaters but its legal and people should not worry about it..... - Walt_Disney Jul 21, 06:59
  - I know right? newbs. -- nm - Pippy the Blank Slate Jul 21, 06:51
Speaking of military sci-fi, I just started this book. (Hi Mel Profit). -- (link) - ML Jul 21, 06:36 3
- have you read Preston and Childs new one? Blue Labyrinth -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 06:42 2
  - I think I've given up on P&C. Their last several books have been very sub-par -- nm - decline Jul 21, 06:45
  - Nah. I actually just finished my first book from them in a while earlier this week. - ML Jul 21, 06:44
100 Basic Training Movies at Nerd Academy -- (link) - amoxy Jul 21, 06:31 4
- 76 -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 07:05
- 80. I disagree with the inclusion of so many vampire/zombie movies. - Roger More Jul 21, 06:59
- 81 -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 06:41
- 94 -- nm - JD Jul 21, 06:36
Costco joins Walmart in shutting online photo store after possible data breach -- (link) - Beaker Jul 21, 06:30 1
- Yep, thought so. Damn. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 06:31
So I chose Starship Troopers to read over Neuromancer, Childhood's End, and Rendezvous With Rama. Did I choose well? - Jovian Jul 21, 06:26 5
- It's fundamental to most of today's military sci-fi, so yeah. -- nm - ML Jul 21, 06:34
- Well, so long as you find the militarist/fascist themes unconvincing... -- nm - Roger More Jul 21, 06:31
- Yes. Old Man's War is better imo, but ST is a fine read -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 06:28 1
  - oh please, I wish I had more Scalzi books to read. Ive read like everything he has published at this point. - Jovian Jul 21, 06:37
- Yes. - JD Jul 21, 06:27
Hideki Matsui pitches (and hits righthanded) in NYC weekend rec league. -- (link) - spamlet Jul 21, 06:26 1
- That's great and I'm sure he's having a lot of fun. Now I'm pretty sure I walked passed him in a park a few weeks ago. - Krusty Jul 21, 06:59
I just got my first ever "you're using too much data" message. quiz! I've had no internet for six days. my "data month" started 11 days ago. how much - fabulous squad Jul 21, 06:16 20
- 3.12GB -- nm - oblique Jul 21, 06:21 16
  - 3.75 GB. that's *mind blowing* to me. -- nm - fabulous squad Jul 21, 06:22 15
    - now, go on your phone and check your data usage per app and let's guess what apps you're using! -- nm - oblique Jul 21, 06:23 14
      - I don't know how to do this. how do I do this? -- nm - fabulous squad Jul 21, 06:31 10
        
        The iPhone doesn't reset the data every month so it's a moot point anyway. You have to manually reset it if you want to track. - spamlet Jul 21, 06:38 6
        
        Iphone's Suck! -- nm - decline Jul 21, 06:49
        
        downcast is my highest at 11 GB. then safari at 4.8 GB. that's since my last install though right? -- nm - fabulous squad Jul 21, 06:49 4
        
        It should tell you at the very bottom when the last reset date was. It might be the day you bought your phone. - spamlet Jul 21, 06:52 1
        
        8/6/2014 -- nm - fabulous squad Jul 21, 06:59
        
        you must podcast *alot* -- nm - decline Jul 21, 06:50 1
        
        when you consider that that's only my *cellular* podcast usage and that normally I use wifi? yeah, I may have a problem. - fabulous squad Jul 21, 07:01
        
        On the iPhone it's under Settings->Cellular Data towards the bottom. Not sure on Android -- nm - oblique Jul 21, 06:37 2
        
        On Android it's under settings -> data usage -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 06:43
        
        Settings->Data Usage -- nm - decline Jul 21, 06:43
      - Twitter, Chrome, Instagram - decline Jul 21, 06:28
      - Clearly Facebook. That eats data like a monster. -- nm - spamlet Jul 21, 06:25 1
        
        I use paper. -- nm - fabulous squad Jul 21, 06:29
- 1.8 Gig -- nm - decline Jul 21, 06:21
- 2gb -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 06:20
- all the data? -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 06:19
ST thoughts needed. Princess Disney will be taking the school bus to Junior Kindergarten in September. Her pick up time is 7:14am...Is this too early? - Walt_Disney Jul 21, 06:16 5
- I was getting picked up at 7:05 ... but that was for 6th grade onward. - Will Hunting Jul 21, 06:26
- our pickup is 7:30 so close to that. We usually need an hour to get them up, dressed, fed, hair and teeth brushed -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 06:20 2
  - are there other kids/friends in the neighbourhood who will be on the bus with her? Ours ride with half a dozen other friends - Beaker Jul 21, 06:21 1
    - I assume so.....our neighbourhood is farms so we have not really seen too many kids yet. -- nm - Walt_Disney Jul 21, 06:24
- I used to leave for school around that time and I liked the bus ride there and back. Good time to talk and mess around with my friends. -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 06:20
The NFL Split $7.2 Billion In Revenue Sharing Last Year ($226.4 million per team) -- (link*) - Beaker Jul 21, 06:13 4
- how are they ever surviving? Time to raise ticket prices again! -- nm - decline Jul 21, 06:21 3
  - don't forget tax payer money for new stadiums or renovations -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 06:28 2
    - and $ 100 jerseys -- nm - Pippy the Blank Slate Jul 21, 06:32 1
      - also last night at the Redbox, I ran into some hard core Raiders fans, I almost made a joke but then again...they were hardcore Raiders fans. heh. - Pippy the Blank Slate Jul 21, 06:33
Start the Draft? -- nm - budice Jul 21, 06:10 1
- Damn Stewie. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 21, 06:18
Amanda, no! Caffeine-Crazy Bugs Are Attacking the World’s Coffee Supply -- (link) - ty97 Jul 21, 06:10
Pujols! -- nm - budice Jul 21, 05:58
dumb people like red and pink flavor candies the best -- (link) - jangles Jul 21, 05:42 19
- Yellow Starbursts are *so* my favorite. -- nm - Kim Pine Jul 21, 06:07 1
  - Red Starbursts -- nm - budice Jul 21, 06:09
- orange is the bestest -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 06:07
- Orange and yellow are the worst. Blech! You can have them all. -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 06:06 1
  - I guess you have to share with Beaker and Kim. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 06:09
- green popsicles are the superior popsicles. but red lifesavers are the best (of the fruit flavours.) -- nm - Andie Jul 21, 05:48 13
  - Grape. I always choose grape first. -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 06:05 2
    - Same here. Grape FTW. -- nm - kelly Jul 21, 06:20 1
      - :-) It's just the best. -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 06:24
  - No, the clear lifesavers are the best. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 21, 06:03 6
    - I now apologize to David for calling him the most wrong poster on the board. -- nm - spamlet Jul 21, 06:27 1
      - Dude. That was harsh. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 21, 06:43
    - Yes. -- nm - Kim Pine Jul 21, 06:12 2
      - and the clear gummi bears of course. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 21, 06:19 1
        
        Yes! -- nm - Kim Pine Jul 21, 06:27
    - you're a monster and must be put down - ML Jul 21, 06:04
  - (what about turquoise? (for my rug. not for my life saver.) -- nm - fabulous squad Jul 21, 05:50 1
    - oooh,yes. -- nm - Andie Jul 21, 06:05
  - dark red. not regular red. obvs. -- nm - fabulous squad Jul 21, 05:50
Toshiba CEO Hisao Tanaka resigns over doctored accounts that inflated profits -- (link) - Beaker Jul 21, 05:31 1
- So, his funeral will be next week? -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 21, 05:57
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON -- (link) - ML Jul 21, 04:59 2
- Tom Cullen approves. -- nm - Baron Bing Bong Jul 21, 05:59
- "And get them back?" "...sure, we can put that in the scope." -- nm - Reagen Jul 21, 05:31
I'm on Twitter duty today - anything interesting happening in the film world? -- nm - LMS Jul 21, 04:57
7:45am and it's 84 degrees. - ty97 Jul 21, 04:47 1
- And of course its raining in SoCal -- nm - budice Jul 21, 04:54
PDF tip: Chrome can be used as your default reader for PDFs. Plus it has built-in print-to-PDF. -- nm - budice Jul 21, 04:44 1
- It renders them really fast, but lacks some of Adobe's functionality. -- nm - emoticripple Jul 21, 06:44
Chipotle: BOGO coupon for entering contest -- (link) - budice Jul 21, 04:38 1
- Oh my wife gonna loose his mind! -- nm - SleepyRoollow Jul 21, 06:14
July 21, 1925 - The Trial of the Century (Scopes Monkey Trial) ends -- nm - Strongbad Jul 21, 04:33 3
- "found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100" -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 04:36 2
  - the Wiki article on it is a very interesting read -- (link) - Beaker Jul 21, 04:44
  - 2011 – NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135. -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 04:38
deleted by me. -- nm -- (edited) - b! Jul 21, 00:44
Oh God. Decadent junk food discovery inside. Do not read. Seriously, you'll be sorry! - con_carne Jul 20, 23:07 5
- we tried that at my mom's a few weeks ago. -- (edited) - b! Jul 21, 00:39 1
  - I'll take your word for it on the first paragraph, but have no idea what you're talking in the second -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 09:42
- Fortunately B&J ice cream only comes in smaller packages than the competition. -- nm - Qale Jul 20, 23:11 2
  - BJ Ice Cream was the worst idea ever. -- nm - Mop Jul 21, 00:00 1
    - no, that was Santorum Spumoni -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 21, 01:15
let b!'s great summer movies catch-up begin! first up: the grand budapest hotel. -- nm - b! Jul 20, 22:26 1
- Oooo - that's a good one - what is next? Didn't you love it and all its quirkyness? -- nm - Pippy the Blank Slate Jul 21, 05:42
Stalking grandson on FB. For a kid who rarely comes out of the basement he sure knows a lot of cute girls ;) -- nm - Meg Jul 20, 21:54
Houstonia Magazine doesn't want racist subscribers. -- (link) - Qale Jul 20, 21:51 1
- A fucking doctor. -- nm - Mop Jul 20, 23:09
"Becky Hammon leads the San Antonio Spurs to an NBA Las Vegas Summer League Championship with a 93-90 win over the Phoenix Suns" - David Jul 20, 21:39 2
- Best organization in sports. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 21, 05:58
- That's awesome! -- nm - Krusty Jul 20, 21:45
if McDonald's doesn't openly embrace the "secret menu" thing that's going around, they deserve to have their sales plummet. -- nm - Tim Jul 20, 21:37 11
- There's no official "secret menu". Restaurants will modify your order upon request. Does that mean there's a secret menu? -- nm - Mop Jul 20, 21:44 8
  - If I can use a name or phrase to order something and they know what it is despite it not being on the menu board, that's a secret menu. - Tim Jul 20, 21:51 3
    - Millions of high school kids have worked for McDonald's. If this is coming out only now, then it's not really a thing. -- nm - Mop Jul 20, 22:27 2
      - Sometimes you're so curmudgeonly. I don't want you to own my fun if this is your attitude. -- nm - Amanda Jul 21, 05:12
      - If by "now" you mean five years ago ... -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 22:27
  - 24 restaurants secret menus -- (link) - Peglegpete Jul 20, 21:48 3
    - Wet fries? Can't you just say cheese fries? -- nm - tobor.2 Jul 20, 22:09 2
      - And McD's has had the grilled cheese for a long long time. - tobor.2 Jul 20, 22:12 1
        
        yup, my kids used to get those all the time -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 05:14
- (They might want to come up with another name for the "McGangbang" though) - Tim Jul 20, 21:38 1
  - The McLemonpatty? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 21:51
Critical windows update was just released apparently -- nm - Remlik Jul 20, 21:35
3,822 calories burned today. I should have gotten a milkshake. - David Jul 20, 21:32 4
- I went on a bike ride. Exercise! Pain! 317 calories burned, according to RunKeeper. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 22:24
- You should take up golf. - Reagen Jul 20, 21:53
- It would have just brought boys to your yard. You're better off without it. -- nm - Qale Jul 20, 21:47 1
  - LOL! -- nm - Pippy the Blank Slate Jul 21, 05:42
Overboard is one of those movies I can't turn off. I loved this movie so much as a kid. -- nm - kelly Jul 20, 21:24 2
- I saw it for the first time in a loooong time not long ago and was amazed at how many lines I knew cold. - Volnelk Jul 20, 22:18 1
  - "I like it when Mommy goes, 'Buh buh buh buh buhbuh." -- nm - Jim Jul 21, 05:46
Dog protects cat during lighting storm -- (link) - Remlik Jul 20, 21:19
Last week's Mr. Robot was a whole bag of WTF. -- nm - Mop Jul 20, 21:06 7
- But then there were chicks kissing, so everything was OK again. -- nm - Mop Jul 20, 21:18
- (spoilers) The weirdest was the... - Flavorize Jul 20, 21:10 1
  - Spoilers - Mop Jul 20, 21:17
- I liked that one scene where I didn't understand what the flying frog was going on -- nm - prayformojo Jul 20, 21:09
- At the very least, it was the strangest thing I've seen since The American Astronaut, possibly even Brazil. -- nm - David Jul 20, 21:08 2
  - Hertz, doughnut? -- nm - Reagen Jul 20, 21:16 1
    - Why do I ever listen to Dano about anything? - David Jul 20, 21:20
somewhat inadvertently won a prize at trivia tonight at the conference dinner. Question was: which coach led the Broncos to their first Super Bowl? -- nm - prayformojo Jul 20, 21:04 6
- Bill Belichick. -- nm - Mop Jul 20, 21:25
- It was the Orange Crush defense, but I have no idea who the coach was. -- nm - David Jul 20, 21:09 4
  - I fail as a Bronco fan...I had no idea either. -- nm - Jim Jul 21, 06:35
  - spoils - prayformojo Jul 20, 21:10 2
    - That's a perfect sports coach name. -- nm - David Jul 20, 21:14
    - I had the first name right, when I was thinking about it...not the last name. - Flavorize Jul 20, 21:14
Been in sales meeting / sales dinner most of today / eve till now and just catching up: Dibs on Miranda -- nm - JD Jul 20, 20:58
Hot summer night in Sausalito. Can't stand the heat another mile. -- nm - David Jul 20, 20:54 3
- Hey! I've been to that place referenced in that song lyric! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 21:52 2
  - that would be a great interactive map - " of the places in songs - where have you been?" - someone tell Buzzfeed -- nm - Pippy the Blank Slate Jul 21, 05:45
  - Welcome to pretty much all of California -- nm - con_carne Jul 20, 22:54

Post a message top

< Newer

Older >

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