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

I'm watching a British quiz show where I assume the contestants are the stupidest people in the country. -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 10:21 2
- I assume it's some kind of charity to help these people buy padded helmets and service dogs smarter than them. -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 10:23 1
  - OMG they're celebrities, apparently. -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 10:26
So - had my very first experience of fearing the water. Went out on the GB Reef for 3 scheduled dives on the 17th - got into the water - massive - JenBro Nov 19, 10:04 9
- If you have time, this was so much fun. It's really beautiful at sunset. I was on the very top when a huge storm came in. So exciting! -- (link) - jnine Nov 19, 11:02
- I was expecting the first word of the inside post to be "shark." - Cuzzin Todd Nov 19, 10:29
- Don't worry. Three tourists have died on the Reef this week already. The odds were against it happening to you. -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 10:27
- JohnBro? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 10:14 1
  - My friend that's with me on the trip :) -- nm - JenBro Nov 19, 10:15
- Aww, I know how much you were looking forward to the diving. Enjoy the kitties! -- nm - Meg Nov 19, 10:09 1
  - yeah ... kinda the whole reason I forced myself to face so many flights (I fear planes big time) - to now have fear of water when I never did before - JenBro Nov 19, 10:14
- I hope you have a much better day and that the waters are calmer in Fiji. Kitties! -- nm - Krusty Nov 19, 10:07 1
  - Thanks :) (sorry to read about that vandalism ... hope they catch & prosecute/fine them big time) -- nm - JenBro Nov 19, 10:17
And this is my new running song... -- (link) - Dano Nov 19, 09:45 [youtube]
Speaking of 5K, I tried my new "training regimen" today. - Dano Nov 19, 09:39 1
- 🙂 That's good. Especially with ending up with the same overall time -- (edited) - JD Nov 19, 10:25
Has anyone noticed that Abby is howling at the moon a lot today? -- nm - David Nov 19, 09:24
Dr. Phil, not classy exploiting Shelley Duvall's mental illness -- (link) - amoxy Nov 19, 09:13 6
- I started watching it and I lasted about 2 minutes. It was awful. -- nm - jnine Nov 19, 11:05
- i saw a little bit of this episode yesterday. i had to stop watching. it was a trainwreck ... - call me Ishmael Nov 19, 09:54 1
  - If he would have filmed this and not shown it until after she got some treatment. A before and after. That would have been a great show. - amoxy Nov 19, 10:03
- he and Dr Oz can both go fuck themselves -- nm - Beaker Nov 19, 09:16 2
  - Dr. Oz, is a bit of a sleaze, but nowhere as near demented as Dr. Phil. -- nm - amoxy Nov 19, 09:23 1
    - This is one of the reasons I'm not watching Bull. (Normally I'm a Michael Weatherly fan) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 09:25
Drone POV: Soaring Over Iceland -- (link) - philip k mud Nov 19, 08:55
In Depressed Rural Kentucky, Worries Mount Over Medicaid Cutbacks -- (link) - ty97 Nov 19, 08:48 5
- Reap what you sow. -- nm - jnine Nov 19, 11:06
- boo hoo idiots. -- nm - Beaker Nov 19, 09:16
- But they overwhelmingly voted for Trump (if they even voted at all) sooooooo -- nm - Tim Nov 19, 09:06
- That really sucks for them. - znufrii Nov 19, 08:55
- and note -- (link) - ty97 Nov 19, 08:49
! -- nm - JD Nov 19, 08:47
So who's buying the Nissan Rogue Star Wars Edition? -- (link) - Meg Nov 19, 08:46 2
- Depends... how quickly can it do the Kessel run? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 19, 09:05 1
  - i really did like that moment in Force Awakens ... (probably not a spoiler, but ...) - call me Ishmael Nov 19, 09:58
Mop!! Do you recognize this logo? -- (link) - Meg Nov 19, 08:40 [flickr] 2
- Is that a...threat? -- nm - Covington Nov 19, 10:49
- !!! -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 08:45
I am going to miss the fuck out of Obama -- (link) - ty97 Nov 19, 08:37 1
- Remember when I said you should respect the rules of the land? - Marlowe Nov 19, 08:48
Opinion: Trump’s big infrastructure plan? It’s a trap. -- (link) - ty97 Nov 19, 08:22 1
- yep, it's the same plan as Trump has always used - get free government money to benefit the business owners. -- nm - Max Nov 19, 09:45
Overwatch is 40% off at Target today with Cartwheel -- nm - ML Galaxy Nov 19, 08:13
The Adam Yauch playground in Brooklyn was vandalized was a swastika and "Go Trump" -- (link) - Mop Nov 19, 08:10 4
- There's a rally tomorrow at the park and I hope I don't find the person or ST is going to be getting their first posts from a jail cell. - Krusty Nov 19, 08:24 3
  - while you are pretty, you're also a bad man. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 19, 08:33 2
    - :-/ I can't think of a way to show an icy grill in an emoticon. -- nm* - Krusty Nov 19, 08:45 1
      - 💦😬 -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 19, 09:00
(From fb) The last sentence here nails the privileged mindset on display by Trump -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 19, 08:04
Had a great day with LMS. Pretty sure they'll have to amputate my feet, though. These shoes SUCK!!! -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 07:59
Algae lady on Shark Tank is cray cray. -- nm - Dano Nov 19, 07:52
Well played half by Bill Bradley's Swans..not so much by my Blues 😐 -- nm - JD Nov 19, 07:49
North Carolina Republicans Battle to Save Governor, Trailing by Whisker -- (link) - ty97 Nov 19, 07:28 1
- (CQ, it's up to you to stop them!) -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 08:50
For foreign diplomats, Trump hotel is place to be -- (link) - ty97 Nov 19, 07:26 1
- Those bugs they added to all the rooms are really gonna pay off! -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 08:22
hahahaha -- (link) - ty97 Nov 19, 07:21 4
- also ha -- (link) - Reagen Nov 19, 07:50 3
  - That's great. (if anyone doesn't know..... - ty97 Nov 19, 07:51 2
    - Related. Patton Oswalt just retweeted this.… -- (edited) - Volnelk Nov 19, 07:58 1
      - I forgot about that. -- nm - Krusty Nov 19, 08:27
Hockey players are a different breed. Dude that scored eventual winner for CBJ took 30 stitches to the face DURING the game. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 19, 07:20 3
- Blue Jackets! -- nm - Dano Nov 19, 07:40 1
  - Putting together a nice season, actually. (And the best 3rd jerseys in the game) -- nm - Volnelk Nov 19, 08:12
- *cough36cough* :) - Beaker Nov 19, 07:21
Federal Reserve Chair: Be careful about the national debt, also warns against repealing Dodd-Frank -- (link) - Strongbad Nov 19, 07:07 2
- "End the Fed. Hey Yellen, yer fired." -- nm - x si Nov 19, 07:13 1
  - she's a lame duck.... - x Nov 19, 07:17
Trump: "Our wonderful future V.P. Mike Pence was harassed last night at the theater by the cast of Hamilton, cameras blazing.This should not happen!" -- (link*) - budice Nov 19, 06:47 31
- I liked the message, but that they singled him out -- nm - amoxy Nov 19, 09:15
- This is what he does. "oh the NY elites were mean to us" It's all PR for him - ty97 Nov 19, 07:12 4
  - Also -- (link) - ty97 Nov 19, 07:16 3
    - "Never let a good crisis go to waste." -- nm - Strongbad Nov 19, 08:16 1
      - And if you don't have one, make one! -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 09:26
    - yup. -- nm - Beaker Nov 19, 07:23
- Seth MacFarlane on topic -- (link) - budice Nov 19, 07:10 2
  - Lol -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 07:13
  - ...either hate it or offer to stand in as Frankenfurter -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 19, 07:12
- They were actually very respectful, it sounds like. Put him on the spot, yes. But truthful and not unkind. -- nm - Andie Nov 19, 07:05 14
  - Pence practically dared them, by showing up, to say something. If I wasn't cynical, I'd say it was almost deliberate. - Mel Profit Nov 19, 07:11 13
    - * -- nm* - iSpam Nov 19, 07:29 9
      - I said, "if" I were cynical... - Mel Profit Nov 19, 07:32 8
        
        Or he was meeting with trump in NY and someone offered him tickets. -- nm - iSpam Nov 19, 07:51 2
        
        My point being is that he shouldn't be at the show in the first place, given the entire %$#@ message of it. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 19, 08:02 1
        
        without knowing specifically the story, maybe he of all people should hear it. -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 08:16
        
        (the Rome blu ray is glorious) -- nm - Beaker Nov 19, 07:35 4
        
        *distracted*...I may bring the DVDs down for Thanksgiving and see if any of the family want to do a drunken marathon. - Mel Profit Nov 19, 07:42 3
        
        I rarely notice a big difference between DVDs and blu rays but everything looks better in the Rome blu ray, clear, pristine even.. just awesome -- nm* - Beaker Nov 19, 07:47 2
        
        I'm watching it on my own, now my wife wants to rewatch and then I am watching with the commentary :) - Beaker Nov 19, 07:48 1
        
        I have to find time for this -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 19, 08:03
    - This is just another example of my greatest fear. How Trump will react when criticized by a world leader. -- (edited) - Andie Nov 19, 07:15 2
      - Eh, I'm not so worried about that. Having world leaders disagree with him will only inflate his sense of self-importance. -- nm* - znufrii Nov 19, 07:23
      - My hope is that the institutions of the US government quietly "redirect" an reactions. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 19, 07:17
- His next tweet says "The Theater must always be a safe and special place" - Guigue Nov 19, 07:01 1
  - And the theater community replies, in unison - znufrii Nov 19, 07:04
- It's exactly what SHOULD happen and an elected official should understand and accept it. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 19, 06:54
- *sigh* Not that I expected otherwise but *sigh* -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 06:54
- Last night was exactly what should happen in a free and open society. *smh* He should try listening to what they were saying. - Krusty Nov 19, 06:51
- *smh* -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 06:51
- Safe spaces! -- nm - Tim Nov 19, 06:48
Abby *killed* it at her 5K this morning. She was really bookin at the end - prayformojo Nov 19, 06:23 9
- Yay Abby! -- nm - kelly Nov 19, 08:07
- Ha! Well done, Abby! -- nm - Krusty Nov 19, 07:28
- tough love works!....nm - x Nov 19, 07:19
- that girl is aces. Tell her we congratulate her. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 19, 06:43 1
  - and I'll tell Meg to stop throwing grenades in Abby's path now... -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 19, 07:47
- Yay Abby!! Boo Wolves! -- nm - Diva Nov 19, 06:27
- Awesome.... *challenges Abby to a race* - Dano Nov 19, 06:27 1
  - *supplies the wolves* -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 19, 06:37
- Woot!! -- nm - Epiphany Nov 19, 06:24
I get my "overtime rule" raise December 1. Thanks, Obama! -- nm - Dano Nov 19, 06:12 1
- I work payroll support for a major payroll provider and this has made things interesting. Nothing like ACA but - zunk via drone Nov 19, 07:06
TV PSA: Arizona State @ Washington, Oklahoma @ West Virginia, Doctor Who, Star Wars Rebels, Bellator, Dirk Gently, SNL, NXT Takeover, other stuff -- nm* - Beaker Nov 19, 06:11 1
- NXT Takeover: Toronto! -- nm - Tim Nov 19, 06:14
Goddamnit, Arsenal -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 06:01 1
- the most surprising thing about 2016 (man u-arsenal spoils)..... - x Nov 19, 07:32
97 days until pitchers and catchers report for spring training. -- nm - Krusty Nov 19, 05:57
Anyone hoping for another Argo from Ben Affleck... - secretslacker Nov 19, 05:09 5
- Gone Baby Gone is still my favorite Affleck directed movie. -- nm - Dano Nov 19, 06:14 1
  - The Town for me. - Will Hunting Nov 19, 06:24
- It seemed like the vanity piece we all expected from him before ( trailer) - Epiphany Nov 19, 05:11 2
  - Yup, it's another career misstep.. I don't think he should be wasting his time with Batman either. -- nm - secretslacker Nov 19, 05:30 1
    - (Sorry, Spawn) :) -- nm - secretslacker Nov 19, 05:30
I read "Field of Prey" on the trip home. That is an effed up book. - Beryllium Nov 19, 00:45
Home. Yay! Quite an interesting trip. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 00:17
Termite inspection tomorrow - I hate having people poke around in my house :( -- nm - Meg Nov 18, 22:23 2
- They'll keep their mouths shut if they know what's good for them. -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 00:21
- *conga line* -- nm - termites Nov 18, 23:02
"Some Trump supporters are going to organize a Hamilton boycott before realizing there aren't any tickets to not buy." -- nm - Tim Nov 18, 22:19 5
- Boycott successful! -- nm - Trump Supporters Nov 19, 05:14 1
  - Not a single ticket was sold for any performance in the next six months since we started the boycott! -- nm - Dano Nov 19, 05:46
- Eh, they'll announce it and claim credit anyway, just like the Ford plant staying in Kentucky. -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 04:56 1
  - nmbl -- (link) - Beaker Nov 19, 06:17
- That would actually be hilarious. -- nm - Andie Nov 19, 03:15
NameAPenceMusical is trending - Jovian Nov 18, 21:21
People are resetting for hours in Pokemon Sun/Moon because they want a female Popplio. The arguably effeminate seal has a 87% chance of being male. -- (link) - Qale Nov 18, 21:17
Mike Pence went to see Hamilton tonight, got booed, and the cast delivered this statement after. -- (link) - budice Nov 18, 20:20 18
- The fact that he went to "Hamilton" of all things is hilarious. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 19, 06:08 3
  - the more I think about it the stupider it is... - Mel Profit Nov 19, 06:42 2
    - We are going to drive him down to Florida where he has his safe spaces. He's going to hate being here for the rest of his life. -- (edited) - Krusty Nov 19, 07:08 1
      - I'm counting on you all. - Mel Profit Nov 19, 07:14
- Well said. -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 06:04
- It wasn't too long ago when people would have been scared to stand up and let their voice be heard due to ramifications. We have come far and we still - Crashquick Nov 18, 20:50 6
  - Pence is safe, Hillary is the one that has you killed. - Bacon Nov 18, 20:54 5
    - The evangelical right has even embraced their old American enemy of Catholics. The new world had no place for old world religions. - Crashquick Nov 18, 21:00 4
      - Pence is a former Catholic. -- nm - . Nov 18, 21:18 1
        
        So we have something in common! beer? -- nm - Crashquick Nov 18, 21:23
      - oh, effin 15 pints in by the way. I can't believe I'm still typing well -- nm - Crashquick Nov 18, 21:01 1
        
        Impressive. -- nm - Krusty Nov 19, 05:38
- He went to a Musical? -- nm - . Nov 18, 20:34 5
  - He won't be going to another one. -- nm - Bacon Nov 18, 20:36 4
    - I wouldn't be surprised if he was a big old closet case who adored musicals. -- nm - Diva Nov 18, 20:48 3
      - so much gay face with that one -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 06:46
      - This is what I think. Whatever a right winger is most against is usually something they're doing or want to be. -- nm - jnine Nov 18, 21:48
      - I remembered after I posted that the friend who dated him in high school was in choir and theater with him. -- nm - . Nov 18, 21:17

Post a message top

< Newer

Older >

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