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

Now it's sunny and raining! -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 15:05 1
- Voice to text still can't emphasize words, how unfortunate. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 15:05
For Diva an Pippy -- (link) - decline Mar 11, 14:43 1
- Gracias kind sir -- nm - Epiphany Mar 11, 19:48
[deleted] 8
- but you do get to use the word 'bigly' -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 11, 15:29
- This drives me nuts as a writer. Some editors absolutely butcher complex sentences for the same reason. -- nm* - David's iPad Mar 11, 15:23
- And where would you onomatopoeic in a legal argument? Though it is one of my favorite words. And a lot of politcians use salacious. -- nm - . Mar 11, 14:29
- the jury is full of people with different levels of understanding english. I assume that the lawyers want everyone to understand them. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 11, 14:22 2
  - [deleted]
  - But not all documents are aimed at juries ... -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 14:29
- That's a really good question. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 11, 14:18 1
  - [deleted]
pix from this weekends Liverpool ComicCon -- (link) - Peglegpete Mar 11, 14:09
I guess I missed the sales of the UV codes for arrival. -- nm - TRuMaN Mar 11, 13:56 3
- I found this through google. No idea if this is a good site or not, I've never ordered through this guy. -- (link) - kelly Mar 11, 14:06
- Are you in a ST Vudu group yet? Most of us have that title -- nm - Bacon Mar 11, 14:04 1
  - He's in my group, and we don't have it yet. -- nm - kelly Mar 11, 14:06
Every red dot represents a location where someone came home to find Steve Bannon sleeping in their house. -- (link) - amoxy Mar 11, 13:36 7
- He is apparently under active criminal investigation for false residency claims. -- (link) - Reagen Mar 11, 13:52
- or it's a bed bug outbreak map which is pretty much the same thing. -- nm - Diva Mar 11, 13:42 4
  - Have we ruled out the possibility that he's just a collective of bedbugs disguised as a human? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 13:52 3
    - He's the bug in Men in Black, wearing a ill-fitting Vincent D'Onfrio suit, wearing an ill-fitting Steve Bannon suit. -- nm - Reagen Mar 11, 13:53 2
      - we don't like bugs? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 11, 14:42
      - This. -- nm - Diva Mar 11, 13:53
- that's more coverage than a cell carri....oh I see -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 11, 13:42
American idiots are terrifying. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 11, 13:16 1
- Thanks for the earworm! - amoxy Mar 11, 13:31 [youtube]
"For Conor McGregor, I'm coming out of retirement — just to fight Conor McGregor." -Floyd Mayweather -- nm - Remlik Mar 11, 12:35 9
- 49-1 -- nm - J Mar 11, 14:06
- This would have been better if it was for Connor McCloud. -- nm - Spawn Mar 11, 13:08 7
  - This would have been better if it was Fox McCloud. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 11, 13:18 6
    - This would've been better if it was Fox Mulder. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 13:19 5
      - This would have been better if it was Foxy Brown. -- nm* - Qale Mar 11, 13:32 4
        
        No...Downtown Lester Brown -- nm - amoxy Mar 11, 13:35 3
        
        or Bad Bad Leroy Brown. -- nm - Diva Mar 11, 13:39 2
        
        As long as he doesn't fight a jealous husband -- nm - Bacon Mar 11, 14:05
        
        Jim Croce - Bad Bad Leroy Brown - Live on the Midnight Special -- (link) - amoxy Mar 11, 13:41 [youtube]
Canadian PSA: I have a digital HD code for Suicide Squad, if you want it let me know -- nm - Beaker Mar 11, 12:32 1
- Your inbox is blowing up, one suspects. -- nm - Reagen Mar 11, 13:53
I was going to have leftover curry today. BUT Vons has artichokes on sale for $.99 each. limit 2. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 11, 12:28
8-12 inches of snow forecasted for Tuesday. 2 weeks ago it nearly hit 70. - Tim Mar 11, 12:07
Preet Bharara fired as US Attorney for the Southern District of NY after refusing order to resign. -- (link) - znufrii Mar 11, 12:04 7
- I have a hard time getting upset at this. - Will Hunting Mar 11, 12:39 3
  - It's unfortunate. I don't know that it's upsetting, or even controversial per se. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 13:23 1
    - [deleted]
  - [deleted]
- [deleted]
- Not sure why I thought this was a woman's name -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 12:15 1
  - Not sure why I did not think it was a real name. -- nm - Spawn Mar 11, 13:47
I think I want an adblocker. what do you guys recommend? -- nm - windows jones Mar 11, 12:04 10
- thanks guys. -- nm - windows jones Mar 11, 12:34
- Max is a pretty good adblocker -- nm - budice Mar 11, 12:17
- I've been using uBlock Origin. -- nm - Baron Go Bragh Mar 11, 12:09 6
  - Yep. At least for Chrome. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 12:12 5
    - I use ad blocker plus on Firefox and Chrome do you like the other better? -- nm - Remlik Mar 11, 12:30 4
      - Philosophically, yes. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 12:33 3
        
        how so? -- nm - Remlik Mar 11, 12:35 2
        
        IIRC, ABP's business model is to block ads and then offer advertisers a rate to bypass the blocker. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 12:56 1
        
        Yup. I switched to uBlock and I've been very happy. - Krusty Mar 11, 13:15
- adblockerplus -- nm - Remlik Mar 11, 12:06
I know that weird finger nails are clues to medical disorders (don't google if you are squemish) my thumbnails are curling one side more like a clef -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 11, 11:54 [Image]
$20.2 Friday estimate for Skull Island -- nm - Beaker Mar 11, 11:27 1
- Ouch -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 11:51
Now watching the original Beauty & the Beast and putting together the LEGO castle set for it - Beaker Mar 11, 11:16 2
- That was dumb. - Will Hunting Mar 11, 11:19
- we got to watch the opening sequence from the new movie while at Disney....it looks fantastic, all the BO $ may be an underestimate -- nm - Beaker Mar 11, 11:19
Paging Gary Busey & Tommy Lee Jones -- (link) - Peglegpete Mar 11, 11:04 2
- John Wick 3: going fishing -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 11, 11:28
- Stephen Seagal is on permanent hot standby for this exact situation. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 11:12
FA Cup spoils - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 11, 10:32 1
- Spoils - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 11, 11:25
Snow day on Monday. Sunshine and short sleeves on Friday. -- nm - Mop Mar 11, 10:25 1
- Rainy rain rain today -- nm - Bacon Mar 11, 10:26
Blah weather today. Yesterday was sunny, where'd that go?! -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 09:52 3
- Wow, the weather in Newfoundland is a touch more dramatic. 106km/h winds, expected to gust up to 140 later today -- nm* - Beryllium Mar 11, 10:05 2
  - I'm guessing this airport has a ground stop in place -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 11, 10:37
  - Houses and sheds blown over, traffic signals torn off, trucks flipped -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 10:09
Half marathon finished - prayformojo Mar 11, 09:25 8
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Mar 11, 13:16
- Yeah! -- nm - kelly Mar 11, 11:30
- woo-hoo!! -- nm - Diva Mar 11, 11:14
- Excellent! - JD Mar 11, 10:47
- She is awesome. -- nm - David's iPad Mar 11, 10:32
- Congrats! -- nm - Dano Mar 11, 09:57
- well done -- nm - Beaker Mar 11, 09:49
- :Thumbsup:! -- nm - amoxy Mar 11, 09:26
"The Dude" honors John Goodman -- (link) - mud Mar 11, 09:21
"San Antonio Spurs star forward LaMarcus Aldridge is out indefinitely after experiencing a minor heart arrhythmia" - David Mar 11, 08:59 2
- So, today's marquee game is going to be missing Kawhi, him, Tony Parker, Steph, Draymond, Klay, Duraant and Iggy. -- (edited) - Will Hunting Mar 11, 09:03 1
  - I'd be pissed if I bought tickets to this game. -- nm - Diva Mar 11, 11:03
i cant even figure out what I want to do for my 4-month belated birthday trip (trying to plan something for May). - tRuMaN Mar 11, 08:57 3
- Pandora! -- nm - David Mar 11, 08:59 2
  - you going opening weekend? -- nm - Remlik Mar 11, 11:49
  - we couldn't get too close but it looked freakin' amazing from what we could see -- nm - Beaker Mar 11, 09:02
Pence: "Obamacare nightmare about to end" (CNN) -- nm - budice Mar 11, 08:31 7
- The nightmare is for billionaires who don't want to pay taxes? -- nm - . Mar 11, 14:39
- No more slavery! -- nm - Mop Mar 11, 10:21
- "I had the most horrible dream, millions and millions of poor and middle class Americans were able to afford health insurance!" -- nm* - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 11, 09:12
- These people are hateful. -- nm - Diva Mar 11, 08:58
- Hilarious. -- nm - David Mar 11, 08:39 2
  - I'm sure this comes as a huge relief to the 20 million newly insured. The peace of mind they will enjoy - TWuG Mar 11, 08:46 1
    - they literally drew blood -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 11, 10:44
special St. Patrick's Day episode of Letterkenny next Fri. woohoo! -- nm - mud Mar 11, 08:27
It's snow flurrying. It was 70 degrees 46 hours ago. I hate March. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 11, 08:05 2
- Anywhere from 3 inches to 2 feet on Tuesday -- nm - Dano Mar 11, 08:51
- same here basically. 70 thursday, snowing today. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 11, 08:08
Whooooo!! -- nm - JD Mar 11, 07:47
hmm, got my first march madness tourney pool invite today. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 11, 07:19 2
- Points to Recent News section above -- nm - JD Mar 11, 07:34 1
  - totally different. - tRuMaN Mar 11, 07:47
The revamped new Top Gear was so much better. I really enjoyed that first episode. -- nm - Krusty Mar 11, 06:59
"I don't have a lot of experience with vampires. But I have hunted werewolves. I shot one, once. But by the time I got to it, it had changed back - prayformojo Mar 11, 06:55
News to me: Julia-Louis Dreyfus' son Charlie (with husband Brad Hall) plays basketball for Northwestern. - Diva Mar 11, 06:19 2
- yep, she's been posting a lot of Wildcats stuff on her FB feed this season -- nm - prayformojo Mar 11, 06:29 1
  - Riding the JLD train eh? -- nm - budice Mar 11, 06:55
This is why we can't have nice things. -- (link) - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 11, 05:51
Lol, Brad Guzan. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 11, 05:48 1
- Boro is just not a very inspiring side. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 11, 06:14
For those keeping tabs: Clint Frazier cut his hair yesterday and it will be donated to a charity that makes wigs for kids with cancer. - Krusty Mar 11, 05:39 2
- That sucks. - Will Hunting Mar 11, 06:02 1
  - Agreed. If they were already ginger they could upgrade. - Krusty Mar 11, 06:11
the Queen is still Queen -- nm - Strongbad Mar 11, 05:30
"I don't work for free. I'm barely giving a fuck away." -- nm - Krusty Mar 11, 05:18
oof.....it's below freezing today and Heather's getting ready to start running her half marathon -- nm* - prayformojo Mar 11, 05:00
snow! (snoopy dance time!) -- nm* - tRuMaN Mar 11, 04:52
TV PSA: Ransom, NBA, HNIC, Star Wars Rebels, SNL (Scarlett Johansson with Lorde) -- nm - Beaker Mar 11, 04:35 2
- Welcome back and I've missed your PSA posts. -- nm - Krusty Mar 11, 04:49 1
  - Well, he missed that Samurai Jack returns tonight. -- nm - Spawn Mar 11, 09:58
Author Patricia Cornwell says Walter Sickert, a renowned British Impressionist painter was Jack the Ripper -- (link) - Beaker Mar 11, 04:31 1
- Mark that down as theory number 875,234 of who Jack the Ripper is or was -- nm* - eag Mar 11, 05:52
WA bill to make daylight saving all year around dies in committee -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 11, 00:49 2
- (Standard time year round) -- nm - Andie Mar 11, 03:55
- They tried that. Kids going to school in the dark didn't go over too well. -- nm - . Mar 11, 01:02
District court rules on 2011 case saying some Texas redistricting is in violation of Voting Rights Act. -- (link) - Mop Mar 10, 22:10
I remember when some STers where telling us East coasters that a certain West coastteam wasn't getting any respect. Remember that? -- nm - CQ Mar 10, 22:08 7
- 3 weeks ago I was planning to pick them to go all the way, until I read that. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 11, 09:58
- Honestly, I do not. Which team? Which STer? -- nm - amoxy Mar 11, 09:12
- I knew it was over when David said they were the best. -- nm - jnine Mar 10, 22:14 4
  - In the immortal words of The Rock, you're welcome! - David's iPad Mar 10, 22:30
  - We all love David, but he is the total curse. Worse than that other dude who will remain nameless :) -- nm - CQ Mar 10, 22:21 2
    - Sizzlean? -- nm - ty97 Mar 11, 04:47
    - Our two best players are both injured. Maybe having a few more days off will let them heal. -- nm* - jnine Mar 10, 22:30
For the night and weekend crew, my daughter released a new song (now performing under the name "Rules"). Have a listen and share if you enjoy. I - pmb Mar 10, 21:22 3
- Pretty good--I listened to some of the other songs--that Benchwarmer one is my fav -- nm - Flavorize Mar 11, 01:09
- I like it. Very good. -- nm - Epiphany Mar 10, 21:27 1
  - :) -- nm - pmb Mar 10, 21:39
David will be happy to learn I figured out team killing in Overwatch - Reagen Mar 10, 20:57
on this date in 1973..Dark Side of the Moon was released in the USA -- (link*) - Peglegpete Mar 10, 20:35 3
- ... and, strangely enough, it's still on the Billboard Top 200 album charts -- nm - call me Ishmael O'Malley Mar 10, 20:40 2
  - 5 copies sold makes it #1 this week! -- nm - Mop Mar 10, 20:48 1
    - well,consider 1 sold ... i *have* been needing to replace my old vinyl copy for a while now ... -- nm - call me Ishmael O'Malley Mar 10, 20:50
(worst way ever to end the previous board) -- nm - call me Ishmael O'Malley Mar 10, 20:35 2
- But you were absolutely right. I was looking for a Bollywood connection but I guess not. -- nm - Meg Mar 10, 20:46 1
  - i had to short it on general principle ... - call me Ishmael O'Malley Mar 10, 20:51

Post a message top

< Newer

Older >

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