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: 161

Sony released new sales figures for the PS4 showing sales are increasing - 40 Million units sold life-to-date vs. an estimated 18M for Xbone -- (edited) - decline Apr 28, 06:50 1
- The PS4.5 frustrates me. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 28, 06:51
N.C. cities that are to host NCAA tournament games must show proof of a discrimination-free environment. -- (link) - Krusty Apr 28, 06:48 1
- That's discriminatory! -- nm - Mop Apr 28, 08:30
Man Brutally Attacked By Baby Seal -- (link) - ty97 Apr 28, 06:41 [youtube] 2
- "Buster, you can't do that on the balcony, buddy?" -- nm - rollo Apr 28, 06:50
- the savagery. It's hard to watch -- nm - decline Apr 28, 06:43
Deal Done. Comcast is buying Dreamworks. The evil empire will soon control all you view -- nm - decline Apr 28, 06:38
What is the best TV game show ever? -- nm - prayformojo Apr 28, 06:35 26
- Coming in close to the top are Press Your Luck and Match Game. Gong Show was awesome as was $1.98 Beauty Pageant. But the game show king has to be - Jim Apr 28, 06:56
- Double Dare -- nm - Krusty Andromedon Apr 28, 06:55
- The Price is Right -- nm - Dano Apr 28, 06:55
- Remote Control. -- nm - volnelk Apr 28, 06:55
- Honorable Mention: Sale of the Century and Joker's Wild -- nm - Strongbad Apr 28, 06:52 2
  - I loved Sale of The Century -- nm - ty97 Apr 28, 06:54
  - joker. Joker. JOKER!!!! nm - Jim Apr 28, 06:54
- Win Ben Stein's Money -- nm - Robert Barontheon Apr 28, 06:49
- make me laugh -- nm - dogbert Apr 28, 06:43 4
  - and the kari wuhrer seasons of remote control -- nm - dogbert Apr 28, 06:54
  - or the gong show -- nm - dogbert Apr 28, 06:44 2
    - OK I may have to change my number 1 forgot about the Gong Show -- nm - eag Apr 28, 06:50 1
      - Though Gong Show may be more of a variety show that kind of spoofs a game show -- nm - eag Apr 28, 06:54
- Match Game...drunk celebrities in the 70s. You couldn't do that show now. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 28, 06:41 3
  - Couldn't do it because so little is taboo for TV now. - TWuG Apr 28, 06:44
  - That show would definitely make my Top 10 -- nm - ty97 Apr 28, 06:42 1
    - (as would Supermarket Sweep) -- nm - ty97 Apr 28, 06:42
- Jeopardy -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 28, 06:41 4
  - Picking something else is just trying to start something. -- nm - Reagen Apr 28, 06:46
  - Would not make my Top 10 -- nm - ty97 Apr 28, 06:42 2
    - And that's why you aren't picked in the top 20 rounds of the ST Trivia draft -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 28, 06:45 1
      - Probably not a terrible choice by the pickers! (I'm not *that* bad at trivia, but yeah) -- nm - ty97 Apr 28, 06:51
- Match game -- nm - eag Apr 28, 06:40
- Press Your Luck -- nm - ML Apr 28, 06:36 2
  - [deleted]
  - Yup -- nm - ty97 Apr 28, 06:36
Vikings Vox, who usually has the pick nailed, thinks the draft is fluid enough that it's difficult to prognosticate at #23 but... - ML Apr 28, 06:35 1
- Dolphins beat writer says Miami is the floor for Jack. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 28, 06:54
Delta order 75 (Canadian!) planes: Bombardier CS100 -- (link) - ty97 Apr 28, 06:28 6
- [deleted] 4
  - There's an election going on? I didn't realize that. I might read about it in a few months - ty97 Apr 28, 06:31 3
    - In all seriousness, I don't at all trust general election polls at this point, but here you go -- (link) - ty97 Apr 28, 06:32 2
      - [deleted] 1
        
        Right? No way it will be that close. -- nm - znufrii Apr 28, 06:52
- hrmmm. Bombardier is doing our new streetcars. They are *years* behind schedule. -- nm - Andie Apr 28, 06:29
[deleted] 9
- what's wrong with hating kids? - dogbert Apr 28, 06:32 1
  - Daddy, can I please come out of my hovel? It's been weeks since I've seen sunlight. -- nm - Puppybert Apr 28, 06:50
- You are a Grinch -- nm - decline Apr 28, 06:31
- You'd think they'd have some sort of programming to keep the kids out of the workspaces for at least part of the day - znufrii Apr 28, 06:29 2
  - [deleted] 1
    - Ah. Well, go ahead and keep your door shut until then. :) -- nm - znufrii Apr 28, 06:29
- Why is this even a a thing? Shouldn't they be in school? - ty97 Apr 28, 06:27 2
  - Not a chance -- nm - Adam Larouche Apr 28, 06:28 1
    - ha! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 28, 06:31
I paid £5.60 for a pint of American beer yesterday and I wasn't even in Norway. - LMS Apr 28, 06:16 5
- that's about what it costs for a pint here - and it's a decent beer :) -- nm - decline Apr 28, 06:17 4
  - It is a very decent beer though. -- nm - znufrii Apr 28, 06:22
  - If you're paying $8 for a pint of Sierra Nevada, you need to find a better bar. - znufrii Apr 28, 06:21 2
    - I forgot that Greenwich charges central London prices because it's a tourist hotspot. It was their most expensive beer on tap (cheapest being £4.10). -- nm - LMS Apr 28, 06:25 1
      - That'll do it. -- nm - znufrii Apr 28, 06:31
How parents spread math anxiety to their kids. -- (link) - znufrii Apr 28, 06:09
Um, wow (if true?). Boehner on Cruz -- (link) - ty97 Apr 28, 06:08 10
- What I'm sayin -- nm - Craig Mazin Apr 28, 06:53
- Mind you, he also said he'd vote for Trump, so take his opinion with, ya know, the racist sexist baggage that comes with it. -- nm - ty97 Apr 28, 06:25
- I don't doubt it really. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 28, 06:13 6
  - that Cruz is really Lucifer? Absolutely -- nm - decline Apr 28, 06:15
  - not even surprising to me, honestly - ML Apr 28, 06:15 4
    - I haven't seen those at all -- what'd he say? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 28, 06:15 3
      - it's in the same article - ML Apr 28, 06:17 2
        
        In theory that would be their best option, but in reality...that's so unlikely as to defy non-news thought. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 28, 06:22 1
        
        That part sounds a bit like Boehner just stirring shit as a jab. -- nm - ty97 Apr 28, 06:23
- oof -- nm - prayformojo Apr 28, 06:13
I only vaguely know who Heidi and Spencer are, but hearing Cruz/Fiorina compared to them still makes me giggle. -- nm - ty97 Apr 28, 06:07
Wow, looking through gifts on a wedding registry. A $40 potato masher? -- nm - Strongbad Apr 28, 05:52 9
- Eh, if it's what they really want... -- nm - znufrii Apr 28, 06:12 2
  - They can pick it up themselves later. - Will Hunting Apr 28, 06:14 1
    - Well if you budgeted $50 for a wedding gift, hey here's your dumbass masher. Done. -- nm - Shaun Apr 28, 06:19
- for that price it better peel and cook them for you too -- nm - decline Apr 28, 05:57 5
  - nmbl -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 28, 06:00 4
    - Ahh the famous 'everything is literally overpriced by a billion percent' store. - Shaun Apr 28, 06:04 3
      - I knew what store it was before evening opening the post -- nm - ty97 Apr 28, 06:05 2
        
        I found them 2 nice items at Crate & Barrel instead. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 28, 06:10 1
        
        I do like both C&B and WS as gift stores, but I know at both I'm probably overpaying. -- (edited) - ty97 Apr 28, 06:12
Everybody Wants Some: A+ How are we not talking about this? This movie is instantly relatable. -- nm - MDH Apr 28, 05:39 4
- [deleted] 1
  - I'm still thinking about it. It was just so nice. The bf loved it too which I didn't really expect. -- nm - MDH Apr 28, 06:07
- I've never heard of it -- nm - decline Apr 28, 05:51 1
  - Spiritual successor to Dazed and Confused. About a 1980 college baseball team/experience. -- (link) - MDH Apr 28, 06:07 [youtube]
Eli Apple's inability to cook should scare teams from drafting him (cause the NFL is insane) -- (link) - Beaker Apr 28, 05:39 1
- Way to parse what was said and take it out of context, journalist at NFL.com. -- nm - Mop Apr 28, 08:29
Dumb Destiny fun? Apparently Hide and Seek is a thing now on LFG. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 28, 05:38
Jurassic World: B. Know thyself. Predictable, but overall it was fine. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 28, 05:06 1
- Pure summer popcorn. -- nm - Shaun Apr 28, 05:18
Day, Rose, Hoffman, An -- nm - CQ Apr 28, 05:06 1
- Day, Rose, Hearn, Berger -- nm - Strongbad Apr 28, 05:07
Green Room - B. -- nm - LMS Apr 28, 04:53 9
- cool, was going to ask what you thought. Was the violence over the top? -- nm - decline Apr 28, 05:52 2
  - There's not a great deal of violence but it's really tough to watch in terms of gore. A lot of squirming from the audience. It's tense too. - LMS Apr 28, 05:58 1
    - gotcha -- nm - decline Apr 28, 06:00
- Hateful 8: C+, The Big Short: B-, The Revenant: A -- nm - CQ Apr 28, 05:05 5
  - Arrow: C- (this season has suuuuuuucked), Deadliest catch: B- (seasons are getting repetitive), American Pickers: A+ (love this show) -- nm - Beaker Apr 28, 05:06 4
    - this season has been awful -- nm - decline Apr 28, 05:52
    - I like Pickers. It makes me want to cruise around the NC countryside and rummage through old barns - CQ Apr 28, 05:08 2
      - Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 28, 05:17
      - yup and they don't infuse bullshit storylines like Pawn Stars started to do. They are all about the finds and the history -- nm - Beaker Apr 28, 05:14
April 28, 1789 – Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then - Beaker Apr 28, 04:42 4
- 1930 – The Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas. -- nm - Beaker Apr 28, 04:43 3
  - 2001 – Dennis Tito becomes the world's first space tourist. - Beaker Apr 28, 04:45 2
    - 1945 – Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are executed by a firing squad consisting of members of the Italian resistance movement. -- nm - Beaker Apr 28, 04:45 1
      - 2016 - Roger Goodell shanked by crazed New England Patriots fan during NFL Draft -- nm - Beaker Apr 28, 05:04
TV PSA: Blacklist, BBT, Legends of Tomorrow, Bones, Grey's Anatomy, Strong, Rush Hour, Odd Couple, Alone, American Grit, Scandal, 100, Mom, Archer, -- nm* - Beaker Apr 28, 04:33 2
- UK gets 90min finale of Line of Duty (nothing else matters). - LMS Apr 28, 04:59
- 2 Broke Girls, Orphan Black, Inside Amy Schumer, Celtics/Hawks, Catch, Game of Silence, Penguins/Capitals, NFL Draft, other stuff -- nm* - Beaker Apr 28, 04:34
You'd think at some point someone would teach anyone in the Trump campaign how to use Google. -- (link) - spamlet Apr 28, 02:36 3
- (((shocked face))) everything he does/says has nazi baggage, remember the pledge that looks just like a nazi salute? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 28, 11:49
- Who says they didn't? -- nm - znufrii Apr 28, 06:36
- "Lindbergh rose to become a demagogue" , sound familiar? -- nm - decline Apr 28, 05:55
Looks like 14 killed in bombing of MSF hospital in Aleppo, Syria. - spamlet Apr 28, 02:26
Remlik, thanks for linking to that Masters of Mystery book. -- nm - Mop Apr 28, 00:20 1
- Go the f*** to sleep. -- nm - spamlet Apr 28, 02:27
popular Las Vegas columnist quits after new owner Adelson orders he stop writing about him -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 28, 00:19 1
- yeah, the some kind of b.s. right there -- nm - decline Apr 28, 05:54
Stephen A Smith. Badass (unless you publicly call him on it) -- (link) - iSpam Apr 28, 00:09 1
- all I think this does is allow him to point to this when he meets with ESPN higher-ups and say "you see, even sports stars are watching our show" -- (edited) - Beaker Apr 28, 05:03
Got a b.s. email from work around 10 o'clock tonight. I can't believe I have to go to bed feeling this outraged. -- nm - Mop Apr 27, 23:52 2
- Ugh. RAAAAAAAAAAAGE! -- nm - Mop Apr 28, 01:10 1
  - It has come to the admin's attention that your pithy witty and urban postings on social media could reflect poorly on the university and therefore you - Powers that Be Apr 28, 01:46
New Bone comic in July! -- (link) - Mop Apr 27, 23:17
"What's that smell?" "68 pounds of marijuana" - amoxy Apr 27, 22:50
!!! -- nm - b! Apr 27, 22:11
FANG FINGERS!!! -- nm - David Apr 27, 21:48 7
- sweet, another flop for talented ducks -- nm - budice Apr 27, 22:26
- congrats, until, well, you know.. *chomp* -- nm - b! Apr 27, 22:09 3
  - make em bleed -- nm - dj fingerblast Apr 27, 23:48
  - Redmond, root for San Jose. B wants you to. -- nm - David's iPad Apr 27, 22:21 1
    - that's unsportsmanlike conduct, man. -- nm - b! Apr 27, 22:28
- mustard yellow vs teal green - oh my rods and cones! -- nm - Reagen Apr 27, 21:56 1
  - (but seriously, rich as nazis) -- nm - Reagen Apr 27, 21:57
Kesler's gonna see that in his dreams tonight. -- nm - Reagen Apr 27, 21:45
She doesn't miss a trick. -- (link) - Reagen Apr 27, 21:44
*whine* I have to be at the museum at daybreak tomorrow. Tired already. -- nm - Meg Apr 27, 21:37 4
- if it is overc ast & raining, there is no daybreak and you must sleep in. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 27, 21:38 3
  - Heh, I wouldn't dare - you don't know these folk. -- nm - Meg Apr 27, 21:55 2
    - Well dress warm, gonna be on the chilly side rest of week -- nm - budice Apr 27, 22:17 1
      - Rather that than the 105 degree heat we had for the October sale. Winter coats didn't move too well during that sale. -- nm - Meg Apr 27, 22:19
over on that other site ,, last year played a YTD port for fun. doing it again this year ... so far, i'm on track to do even better ... - call me Ishmael Apr 27, 21:34
consulting is the worst sometimes 'is there any way to do [thing]?' 'not in a way that's geologically or statistically real.' 'sooo... yes?' - mafic Apr 27, 21:31 2
- With enough dynamite, you can accomplish anything. -- nm - Mop Apr 27, 23:47
- How much money can you pay us? is always the right answer. -- nm - spamlet Apr 27, 22:38
The Preds are playing Prevent D. -- nm - Reagen Apr 27, 21:21 1
- jeebus that sequence - Reagen Apr 27, 21:32
If A Secret Wife really is a Lifetime Original, mafic is in hella danger -- nm - dj fingerblast Apr 27, 21:07 1
- she still won't deny being a Soviet/Cuban sleeper agent. -- nm - mafic Apr 27, 21:21
We're going to lose power. -- nm - David Apr 27, 21:01 7
- Bit windy here. - con_carne Apr 27, 21:35
- Zoom -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 27, 21:07
- Tornados? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 21:04 2
  - Just a thunderstorm. - David Apr 27, 21:11 1
    - Hah. Hockey. That's funny. - Beryllium Apr 27, 21:12
- Metaphorically ? -- nm - Pippy Apr 27, 21:02 1
  - No. -- nm - David Apr 27, 21:02

Post a message top

< Newer

Older >

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