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: 151

[deleted] 1
- ... to vote Democrat? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 14, 11:32
Rachel McAdams starring with the 'batch in Doctor Strange? Awesome. -- nm - Spawn Sep 14, 11:24
Dolphins cut RB LaMike James (former Duck) -- nm - Strongbad Sep 14, 11:24 6
- Dude got in a fight with Landry last week. -- nm - Spawn Sep 14, 11:26 3
  - Dude hasn't done jack since college. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 14, 11:30
  - Well, Landry did get an 8yr gain on that practice play. It was worth celebrating. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 14, 11:27 1
    - #EverythingIsAwesome! -- nm - Landry Sep 14, 11:31
- Tampa signs former Atlanta C Joe Hawley to a 2-year deal. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 14, 11:26 1
  - "How's your throwing motion these days, Joe?" -- nm - jangles Sep 14, 11:28
"Dear David, It's time to break up the banks." - Bernie Sanders - David Sep 14, 11:24
"Cardinals RB Andre Ellington has a Grade 1 PCL Sprain. Estimated return to play 2 to 3 weeks" -- nm - ML Sep 14, 11:10 6
- what's a PCL ? -- nm - decline Sep 14, 11:19 4
  - one of the CL's, along with A and M. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 14, 11:23
  - Pacific Coast League. He was so bad the entire league strained when they groaned. -- nm - spamlet Sep 14, 11:21
  - Posterior Cruciate Ligament, I assume -- nm - jangles Sep 14, 11:20 1
    - exactly this -- nm - Diva Sep 14, 11:21
- Much better than I expected. -- nm - Krusty Sep 14, 11:13
only thing more shocking than an unelected judge ordering an elected official to jail is that most of the chattering class fail to realize that our C - Mike Huckabee fb verified Sep 14, 11:08 2
- Attempts by officials to rule by divine right was crap we disposed of centuries ago. -- nm - Max Sep 14, 11:15
- a preacher was allowed to spew hate in an anti-gay sermon, telling this beautiful couple that their love and marriage was not valid while they applied - Experience of Lesbian couple getting a license Sep 14, 11:10
9th Circuit holds that copyright holders must consider fair use before filing copyright infringement claims. - Mop Sep 14, 11:08 4
- BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! There is no fair use. -- nm - Copyright Holders Sep 14, 11:24
- you wouldn't use if you didn't think it was unfair. - zeitgeist Sep 14, 11:14 2
  - The problem is that "fair use" is legally grey. You cannot codify it on paper with a great deal of legal input. - Mop Sep 14, 11:23 1
    - But there is a multi factor test and it wouldn't be that onerous for a filing party to certify that they've analyzed their claims under each of the - jangles Sep 14, 11:31
Waiting for a Greek pizza; tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, spinach, sun dried tomato, feta cheese, and olives? - Loyola Sep 14, 11:07
Bernie Sanders getting cheers and applause at Liberty University. I love this man. -- nm - Mop Sep 14, 11:00 5
- It was only 3 required class grades to attend too. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 14, 11:09
- He's gonna win BOTH nominations! -- nm - jangles Sep 14, 11:02 3
  - King of America! -- nm - Spawn Sep 14, 11:07 1
    - And the UK! Sanders/Corbyn Infinity -- nm - jangles Sep 14, 11:18
  - The Green *AND* the Socialist Party?! -- nm - Mop Sep 14, 11:07
mmmmmm, bbq. nom nom nom nom. -- nm - Truman Sep 14, 11:00
This morning (maybe 3 hours ago) saw a one way flight for $89. It's now $443 - ty97 Sep 14, 11:00 6
- 'cause they have a tracking cookie on your computer and know you are interested in that flight but didn't buy - decline Sep 14, 11:02 5
  - I am scared that they actually do this -- nm - Pippy with chopsticks Sep 14, 11:30
  - Damn, that's devious. -- nm - Loyola Sep 14, 11:09
  - I actually do more and more online price shopping in incognio mode because of this - prayformojo Sep 14, 11:05
  - United IT consists of two drunk hamsters pooping at each other. Let's not give them too much credit. -- nm - ty97 Sep 14, 11:04 1
    - "It's telling that the United CEO was immediately ousted over this [the bribery] instead of their terrible, terrible performance" - spamlet Sep 14, 11:22
Huh. Poll. The American Catholic church makes up what percentage of the global Catholic population? - prayformojo Sep 14, 10:54 13
- Follow-up Poll -- What percentage of Americans identify as "former Catholics"? -- nm - znufrii Sep 14, 11:21 3
  - [deleted] 2
    - if not for the whole believing in God thing, I think I'd be in the same boat. - znufrii Sep 14, 11:28 1
      - [deleted]
- 4% -- nm - Walt_Disney Sep 14, 11:03
- According to a Washington Post article on Francis - prayformojo Sep 14, 10:59 2
  - So. Many. Sinners! -- nm - Spawn Sep 14, 11:12
  - Wiki says there are approximately 70 million in the US out of 1.25B worldwide. 8% seems high then. -- nm - Walt_Disney Sep 14, 11:11
- 1% -- nm - decline Sep 14, 10:58
- 10%? -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 10:58
- 9% -- nm - Shaun Sep 14, 10:56
- One dollar, Bob. -- nm - Mop Sep 14, 10:56
- 5%? -- nm* - spamlet Sep 14, 10:55
ABC/WaPo Poll: HRC support among Democratic women has fallen from 71% to 42% -- (link) - Strongbad Sep 14, 10:47 1
- ...when Biden is polled in the race -- nm - jangles Sep 14, 10:55
Delta State University shooting victim has been identified as assistant history professor Ethan Schmidt -- (link) - ty97 Sep 14, 10:47
Robots are going to steal the jobs of chefs, salespeople and models -- (link) - Strongbad Sep 14, 10:46 1
- CGP Grey will remind you that robots will eventually steal everyone's jobs. Humans need not apply. -- (link) - Mop Sep 14, 10:47 [youtube]
CFB Recap: Wow, Maryland gave up 692 yards on defense to Bowling Green. At home. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 14, 10:43 4
- We should allow for the fact Bowling Green is spectacular on offense. - David Sep 14, 11:05
- It was a pitiful game. Will Likely (MD's Punt Returner) put up the only solid performance. -- nm - MDH Sep 14, 10:52
- BGU gave up 400 yards in rushing last week. Maryland ran the ball 26 times total. - Will Hunting Sep 14, 10:48 1
  - There was a "Fried-gen" chant at the end of the game. -- nm - MDH Sep 14, 10:51
Times Square AMC Theater infested with bed bugs -- (link) - Beaker Sep 14, 10:41 5
- Not surprised. Theaters, hotels, rental cars, public transportation can have high infestation rates. My grandmother actually infested from church. -- (edited) - sycor Sep 14, 10:46
- [deleted]
- oh dear - ty97 Sep 14, 10:42
- because, of course it is. -- nm - znufrii Sep 14, 10:42
- *shudder* -- nm - Beryllium Sep 14, 10:42
poll #loyola: what was the last "error in your favor" you received? - fabulous squad Sep 14, 10:35 3
- Took my MBP in for one free repair and got a new hard drive and memory chips gratis -- nm* - jangles Sep 14, 10:56
- The last one I can think off was a paycheck error, like 15 years ago. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 14, 10:40
- Amex rewards sent us an extra lap top a few years ago. Pretty cool -- nm - CQ Sep 14, 10:36
Happy 30th Anniversary to The Golden Girls which debuted 30 years ago today. -- nm - ty97 Sep 14, 10:28 5
- Hooray! -- nm - MDH Sep 14, 10:42
- ~thank you for being a friend~ -- nm - Strongbad Sep 14, 10:36
- Who would have thought that 30 years later we'd be celebrating its 30th anniversary? -- nm - Rose Nylund Sep 14, 10:32 1
  - Back in Saint Olaf, thirty years is a big deal! -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 14, 10:36
- always enjoyed that show growing up -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 10:29
RE B2, I just assumed Girl on a Train had grown beyond just ST discussion. It's the #1 bestseller on Amazon. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 14, 10:27 3
- Bought it based on B2 -- nm - Loyola Sep 14, 10:32
- There is nothing outside ST. This is the whole world! -- nm - ty97 Sep 14, 10:27 1
  - Good morning, and if I don't see you, good afternoon, good evening and good night! -- nm - The Ty97 Show Sep 14, 10:33
"Without a Super Bowl title, Pagano isn’t coming back in 2016. Maybe even with a title, he isn’t coming back." -- (link) - ML Sep 14, 10:25 8
- Okay, I don't get this...I think Pagano's overrated and Grigson's awful, but why is Irsay letting this happen? - Will Hunting Sep 14, 10:28 7
  - he can't back away from the table or the drugs. -- nm - Diva Sep 14, 11:05
  - because Irsay can't back the fuck away from the table. He wants to run the team -- nm - Remlik Sep 14, 10:52
  - Because we should have kept Bruce Arians! -- nm - Spawn Sep 14, 10:47 4
    - You get no argument there from me. Arians is awesome. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 14, 10:49 3
      - Agreed. As for the questuion, Pagano turned down an extension that would have helped with this. -- nm - Spawn Sep 14, 11:14 2
        
        they offered him a very bad extension money wise -- nm - Remlik Sep 14, 11:24
        
        based on all that is going on he is making Irsay pick between him and Grigson. He won't be unemployed for long if the Colts move on -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 11:15
name one or more recent movie/book/tv shows you watched/red solely on the advice of more than one STer -- nm - prayformojo Sep 14, 10:21 29
- the fact that nobody says "you're the worst" makes me so so sad. -- nm - fabulous squad Sep 14, 10:51 2
  - Someday I'll get around to watching those last 7 episodes from season one - jangles Sep 14, 11:01
  - The Martian has been since then! YTW was the one prior to that. -- nm - spamlet Sep 14, 10:54
- Scrotal Recall. -- nm - kelly Sep 14, 10:50
- Ready Player One, The Martian, Dresden -- nm - TWuG Sep 14, 10:36
- [deleted] 3
  - nmbDawson - ty97 Sep 14, 10:33 2
    - [deleted] 1
      - It's out in a month so at least the wait won't be too long if we can't figure something out. -- nm - ty97 Sep 14, 11:06
- Martian. -- nm - spamlet Sep 14, 10:28
- I watched Kimmy Schmidt in part b/c of you guys -- nm - ty97 Sep 14, 10:26 7
  - I love kimmy so much that I'm thinking of watching a third time. -- nm - fabulous squad Sep 14, 10:34 6
    - Titus Andromedon is one of my favorite TV characters of the last five years. He's so much fun to watch - prayformojo Sep 14, 10:37 5
      - how did you come across Jeckyll and Hyde Together Again? - groiny Sep 14, 10:55 4
        
        David recommended it -- nm - prayformojo Sep 14, 10:57 3
        
        I tried to add it to my Vudu group from disc to digital, but it was not in database. - groiny Sep 14, 11:00 2
        
        I just bought it from the site. I think it only started listing a few weeks ago, because it had been on my regular checklist. -- nm - David Sep 14, 11:07 1
        
        nice, I will have to try again, I still have a slew of DVD's to convert, I will see if it comes up. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 11:08
- Most recently, it's Mr. Robot. -- nm - David Sep 14, 10:25 1
  - this too for me. -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 10:25
- Dresden Files -- nm - ML Sep 14, 10:24
- Gone Girl,Ready Player One, The Martian. -- nm - ty97 Sep 14, 10:23 1
  - Not as recent: The first GOT (ugh) and the first part of Watership Down repeatedly. -- nm - ty97 Sep 14, 10:24
- Old Man's War, The Forever War, Ready Player One, Dresden Files was the biggest win thanks to ST though -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 10:23 2
  - The Martian, Justified, Game of Thrones, Psych, I likely would have watched/read these, but ST was a driving force to get me at them -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 10:24 1
    - TWD comics, Fables, liekly 100 more if I had a better memory -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 10:54
- haven't gotten it yet, but will be reading Ready Player One solely on the strength of the comments I've read about it on here. -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 14, 10:22
- Almost through The Martian, and grateful to ST for it. -- nm - emoticripple Sep 14, 10:22
- Ready Player One -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 14, 10:21
Not The Onion: Dr Oz humbled to hear how much he pisses off other doctors -- (link) - Beaker Sep 14, 10:19
"Skins WR DeSean Jackson's MRI revealed a fairly significant hamstring strain. He'll miss at least a game or two and potentially more." -- nm - ML Sep 14, 10:17 3
- I missed Dez Bryant going down and spent most of the game swearing aloud about them not playing him. Had to make some quick trades this morning to - emoticripple Sep 14, 10:19
- Derek Carr out for the Raiders next week -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 10:17
- yeah, I have him and TY on one team, with crap backups. -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 10:17
vending machine error in Loyola's favour. Nice. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 14, 10:16 1
- I was so happy I told the guy next in line, but he didn't partake in this looting. - Loyola Sep 14, 10:24
So, Pick Em league. I am . . . not very good at this, apparently. -- nm - emoticripple Sep 14, 10:15 4
- everyone has an off week. The key is to keep at it and make your picks every week -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 10:16 3
  - Yeah. Even Vegas got smoked yesterday. -- nm - ML Sep 14, 10:22 1
    - Vegas usually gets smoked when the favorites win - Strongbad Sep 14, 10:38
  - I was really surprised to have missed so many, but I look at the leaders, and they had a clear eye on it. Maybe it will come out in the wash. -- nm - emoticripple Sep 14, 10:16
I can't believe PacMan Jones won't get suspended. May not even get fined. -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 10:14 6
- How is that even possible? How is he even still playing in the league? -- nm - IrishStephen Sep 14, 10:20 5
  - nmb Sceire - Strongbad Sep 14, 11:02
  - Suh is still in the league, and he stomps on guys when they are on the ground every year. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 10:32 1
    - he kicked a guy in the head yesterday I guess (haven't seen it) -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 10:39
  - smh - no idea. -- nm - Diva Sep 14, 10:28
  - I guess deflating balls = 4 games ; attempting to crack a players head open = meh - Beaker Sep 14, 10:22
The lesson is, beware of Jake Busey -- nm - prayformojo Sep 14, 10:13 4
- Beware of any and all Buseys is not a bad life strategy -- nm - ty97 Sep 14, 10:14
- and man did he ever disappear off the map -- nm - ML Sep 14, 10:14 1
  - He's just waiting to make his comeback in the biopic of Puck from RW:SF -- nm - ty97 Sep 14, 10:15
- As if anyone needed to learn that lesson. Doesn't every Busey basically walk around with a sign under their neck saying this? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 14, 10:14
Sitwap: cofounder of the band Devo had a 9/11 themed wedding -- (link) - Remliks phone Sep 14, 10:12 2
- I said crash it, crash it good. - zork Sep 14, 10:23
- I...don't even want to know -- nm - ty97 Sep 14, 10:12

Post a message top

< Newer

Older >

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