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: 159

Bol Bol commits to Ducks -- (link) - Strongbad Nov 20, 11:54 1
- I need to watch Hudson Hawk with the kids -- nm - Beaker Nov 20, 11:57
on saturday night, alamo drafthouse in l.a. is having a gremlins holiday tiki party with a postfilm q & a with joe dante....nm - x Nov 20, 11:48 2
- that sounds great! -- nm - colin Nov 20, 11:51
- nice -- nm - budice Nov 20, 11:48
Atlanta Mayor: Atlanta streets named for Confederates will be renamed -- (link) - Strongbad Nov 20, 11:47 7
- Hmmm. - znufrii Nov 20, 11:57
- "Peachtree Street" to become "Sherman Street". -- nm - Mop Nov 20, 11:52 3
  - Congrats for making the most obvious joke, ever. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 20, 11:53 1
    - don't worry Mop, Strongbad's just frustrated the south hasn't risen again. - colin Nov 20, 11:54
  - cause it marches all over town? -- nm - colin Nov 20, 11:53
- any way we can convince them that Peachtree is confederate linked? -- nm - colin Nov 20, 11:47 1
  - General Peachtree Carrothers was a distant cousin of Stonewall Jackson, I'm sure -- nm - Strongbad Nov 20, 11:50
Password change day! (i.e. retrain muscle memory day) -- nm - spamlet Nov 20, 11:43 10
- I add 1 to the number at the end of my work password every time it needs to be changed. (up to 41 now) -- nm - Strongbad Nov 20, 11:47 3
  - 13. -- nm - znufrii Nov 20, 11:53
  - I'm at 201 -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 20, 11:51
  - your post-it note must be very messy at this point. -- nm - colin Nov 20, 11:48
- i have zero stress now that i'm using keepass on all devices. it's great. -- nm - colin Nov 20, 11:45 4
  - I use LastPass but that won't work for my PC. -- nm - spamlet Nov 20, 11:50 3
    - why not? -- nm - colin Nov 20, 11:51 2
      - That was badly written. It's my windows login at work. -- nm - spamlet Nov 20, 11:51 1
        
        ahhh. understood. yeah, they get a little picky about password lockers in corporate environment. -- nm - colin Nov 20, 11:52
- [deleted]
Is there a chess movie anyone likes besides Searching For Bobby Fischer? - nm - crash davis Nov 20, 11:32 27
- Should have ST League for Chess -- nm - budice Nov 20, 11:51 2
  - Except you would all get tired of getting destroyed by me, and quit. -- nm - Spawn Nov 20, 11:53 1
    - isn't this a c/p from your fantasy football talk? -- nm - crash davis Nov 20, 11:54
- speaking of nerdiness, I enjoyed this presentation on a specific opening line so much I was nearly giggling. -- (link) - Max Nov 20, 11:46 [youtube]
- Queen of Katwe got a lot of good reviews but I haven't seen it yet. Pawn Sacrifice is more about psychosis, and isn't fun to watch. -- nm - Max Nov 20, 11:42
- Knight Moves! -- nm - Remlik Nov 20, 11:38 10
  - isn't that the one with Christopher Lambert? -- nm - crash davis Nov 20, 11:41 9
    - it is like Highlander only with Chess instead of swords. -- nm - Beaker Nov 20, 11:48 1
      - kind of...but then go watch Lambert's The Hunted with Ninjas attacking a Samurai on a Bullet Train! -- (link) - Remlik Nov 20, 11:57 [youtube]
    - Yes and it's not worth losing the hour and a half. -- nm - Krusty Nov 20, 11:42 5
      - It's classic early 90s trashy thriller! -- nm - Max Nov 20, 11:44 3
        
        Which I'm willing to bet would not be a good watch today. -- nm - Krusty Nov 20, 11:46 2
        
        1992 DIane Lane. -- nm - Remlik Nov 20, 11:53 1
        
        Okay, very good point. Give it a watch. -- nm - Krusty Nov 20, 11:59
      - incorrect. -- nm - Remlik Nov 20, 11:44
    - yes -- nm - Remlik Nov 20, 11:42
- Apart from that one scene in History of the World, Part I - znufrii Nov 20, 11:38
- Blade Runner! -- nm - colin Nov 20, 11:37 1
  - bishop to king 7, checkmateithink -- nm - prayformojo Nov 20, 11:40
- the chess players by satyajit ray....nm - x Nov 20, 11:37
- Brooklyn Castle was a great doc about school kids. Pawn Sacrifice was a pretty good film. - Krusty Nov 20, 11:37 1
  - i forgot about brooklyn castle. i liked that movie....nm - x Nov 20, 11:39
- Harry Potter 1 -- nm - Ender Nov 20, 11:37
- Not until they get around to making that Battle Chess movie. -- nm - Butterbaron Nov 20, 11:34 3
  - Will it crossover with checkers movie ? -- nm - eag Nov 20, 11:37
  - I loved Battle Chess. I had a copy of it on 3 1/2" back in 95 -- nm - crash davis Nov 20, 11:36 1
    - ditto -- nm - budice Nov 20, 11:49
With God as my witness, I had no idea Bonnie Bedelia was a Culkin. - David Nov 20, 11:32 1
- whoa -- nm - prayformojo Nov 20, 11:32
I accidentally bought fat free half and half and went to make ice cream with it last night. pro tip: DO NOT EVER DO. - amanda jones state university Nov 20, 11:25 4
- can you even call it 1/2 & 1/2 if its fat free? isn't it more like skim milk? -- nm - crash davis Nov 20, 11:35 1
  - I don't know. it was so, so gross. it was so gross. -- nm - amanda jones state university Nov 20, 11:37
- Ha! -- nm - Krusty Nov 20, 11:33
- you should have thrown in some potatoes and baked it. -- nm - colin Nov 20, 11:26
Not a huge surprise but Yellen will leave Fed board six years early after her successor as President is sworn in. -- (link) - spamlet Nov 20, 11:22 1
- IRS building a safe for Trumps tax returns. -- (link) - budice Nov 20, 11:25
I ordered two slices for lunch and when I opened the box there was three. Bonus! Sometimes it pays to be nice to people. :-) - Krusty Nov 20, 11:10 6
- awww yeah. good on you being nice anyway. -- nm - colin Nov 20, 11:13 5
  - :-) I think I'm very friendly and not just for a NYer. -- (edited) - Krusty Nov 20, 11:17 4
    - First (and every) time I went to NYC, I was surprised how friendly everybody is, they're just not "warm"... - colin Nov 20, 11:21 3
      - That's one of the best ways I've heard us described. Friendly but not warm is about right. -- (edited) - Krusty Nov 20, 11:29 2
        
        and there's nothing wrong with being brief in your interaction. got places to be! - colin Nov 20, 11:37 1
        
        I see those people all too often. Life is too short to spend so much of it being an unfriendly dick. - Krusty Nov 20, 11:41
re: B2 about the Sony x900e sets. Black Friday pricing up here is $1299, which is a crazy hot price. -- nm - Shaun Nov 20, 11:04 9
- I'm looking at the 55" which is $999. -- nm - volnelk Nov 20, 11:05 1
  - Nice price. -- nm - Shaun Nov 20, 11:09
- For 55" or 65"? -- nm - David Nov 20, 11:05 6
  - That would be the 55" up here. -- nm - Shaun Nov 20, 11:08 5
    - It's such a beautiful television set. -- nm - David Nov 20, 11:23 3
      - it's terrific. -- nm - Remlik Nov 20, 11:32 1
        
        Did you wind up getting one? -- nm - David Nov 20, 11:34
      - I hit the jackpot last Xmas with a $729 Samsung 55" KS8000, otherwise I'd likely be all over the x900e this Black Friday/Boxing Day. -- nm - Shaun Nov 20, 11:30
    - apparently SDM has a 4K, 55" listed for BF for under $500. - Andie Nov 20, 11:10
NFL: Jay Cutler and Jake Elliott (PHI K) are both in concussion protocol. Jacoby Brissett is also still in the protocol. -- nm* - Strongbad Nov 20, 10:58 6
- Bills WR Kelvin Benjamin: No ligament damage to the knee -- nm - Strongbad Nov 20, 10:59 5
  - Panthers TE Greg Olsen and C Ryan Kalil both returned to practice today. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 20, 10:59 4
    - Saints OLB Alex Okafor is out for the season (Achilles) -- nm - Strongbad Nov 20, 11:00 3
      - Cardinals HC Bruce Arians announced Blaine Gabbert will start in Week 12 against Jaguars -- nm - budice Nov 20, 11:36 2
        
        Bucs quarterback Jameis Winston's shoulder was re-evaluated today and he is not ready to return, per head coach Dirk Koetter. He is out this week aga -- nm - budice Nov 20, 11:41 1
        
        But will the bad shoulder affect his groping technique -- nm - eag Nov 20, 11:47
LDBC group on facebook, anyone? -- nm - amanda jones state university Nov 20, 10:56 12
- yes. -- nm - Andie Nov 20, 11:06 11
  - bah. "events can't be longer than two weeks." -- nm - amanda jones state university Nov 20, 11:23 7
    - bah! Can it just be a 'group' then? -- nm - Andie Nov 20, 11:24 6
      - maybe -- nm - amanda jones state university Nov 20, 11:25 5
        
        LDBC group on facebook! -- (link) - amanda jones state university Nov 20, 11:31 4
        
        I'm in! Woo hoo!!! -- nm - Krusty Nov 20, 11:45
        
        Excellent! -- nm - Andie Nov 20, 11:34 2
        
        I made sean Admin. He can go into his group settings and say "people from ST don't have to ask to be members." (I am not and admin of ST.) -- nm - amanda jones state university Nov 20, 11:37 1
        
        I may not manage the Facebook ST group. It's not letting me change that setting.... -- nm - JaxSean Nov 20, 12:55
  - public or private? -- nm - amanda jones state university Nov 20, 11:13
  - when does it end? -- nm - amanda jones state university Nov 20, 11:12 1
    - Midnight Christmas Eve? Right? (As in, if you make it to Christmas Day, you win.) -- nm - Andie Nov 20, 11:13
Watching the game, Peterman got no help whatsoever from the rest of the offense. - David Nov 20, 10:56 15
- the players know the team is trying to tank with the switch so said fuck that. Then Taylor comes in at the half and is competent -- nm - Beaker Nov 20, 11:03 14
  - Why would a team ranked 6th to make the playoffs decide to tank? It makes no sense. -- nm - Diva Nov 20, 11:12 13
    - Because they knew they weren't a long-term threat to contend and wanted to tear it down - Will Hunting Nov 20, 11:49 1
      - if you have a good chance to go to the playoffs and your team hasn't been there in 18 or 19 seasons you try to get there. - Diva Nov 20, 12:10
    - Why would -anyone- tank? "Hello? You play to win the game." -- nm - David Nov 20, 11:23 5
      - Because winning could be a short-term negative? - Will Hunting Nov 20, 11:52 2
        
        Tanking's a terrible idea in every sport. And it's ignoble. -- nm - David Nov 20, 11:56 1
        
        In football, it's a terrible idea. - Will Hunting Nov 20, 11:59
      - You know that. I know that. Herm OBVIOUSLY knows that. But they are the Bills g-d it. -- nm - Diva Nov 20, 11:25
      - some of them play to get paid.. it's a job. -- nm - colin Nov 20, 11:23
    - yup, totally weird all the way around. -- nm - Beaker Nov 20, 11:17
    - Thank you. Isn't the purpose of tanking to be good and make the playoffs? You were doing that already. -- nm - volnelk Nov 20, 11:17 3
      - The NY Daily News gives zero effs and calls it -- (link) - Diva Nov 20, 11:23 2
        
        Every word of that is true. -- nm - David Nov 20, 11:34
        
        oh my. -- nm - Beaker Nov 20, 11:24
This Monday sucks...bad -- nm - Amoxy Nov 20, 10:52 3
- what's wrong? -- nm - colin Nov 20, 10:56 2
  - Work drama -- nm - Amoxy Nov 20, 11:15 1
    - sorry to hear that, never fun. but it's a short week! -- nm - colin Nov 20, 11:17
Nintendo announces Animal Crossing for ios/Android mobile devices to Launch on Wed 11/22. AC: Pocket Camp -- (link*) - budice Nov 20, 10:52 6
- i'd be more excited if i didn't know they're going to make it free and incomplete without a billion microtransactions. -- nm - colin Nov 20, 10:55 5
  - hmm. they claim you can buy currency to speed up the gameplay, but the game will be identical to the original otherwise.. just longer wait times. -- nm - colin Nov 20, 11:02 4
    - That is confirmed to be the case. I can’t wait to play. - Dark Callisto Nov 20, 11:20 3
      - Poor Final Fantasy and Resident Evil. Just cast aside like they meant nothing to you... -- nm - David Nov 20, 11:35
      - me either....nm - x Nov 20, 11:23
      - i never did play, so this is PERFECT! -- nm - colin Nov 20, 11:22
Johns wrote a script for GL which was tossed for Berlanti and Guggenheims in 2011 and was given a producer credit. After that he wasn't involved... - Remlik Nov 20, 10:50 1
- I actually just found a post in the ST archive where you praised a Booster Gold episode of his that you didn't even watch. - David Nov 20, 11:00
LIR: Andie's 2016 poll - I think I'm 2.5 for 3 - Covington Nov 20, 10:47
Minecraft the musical featuring Melissa Benoist (Supergirl) -- (link) - Remlik Nov 20, 10:42 [youtube]
Also, here's some superhero math you can share with Pixie. Batman on his own is worth $160.9 million. - David Nov 20, 10:41 7
- To be fair Batman + Superman opened to $166 million. - Inigo Nov 20, 10:52 3
  - The only lack of anything in the ads was a selling point. - David Nov 20, 11:02
  - worst kept secret, ever. -- nm - groiny Nov 20, 10:53 1
    - He was literally the first credited actor in the opening credits. -- nm - Ender Nov 20, 11:24
- Just give the keys to Patty Jenkins and Christopher Nolan -- nm - budice Nov 20, 10:43 2
  - Nolan's the one who led them down the wrong path, though. -- nm - David Nov 20, 10:46 1
    - they took the wrong lessons from Nolan and he was out after MOS though he still got credits for other films. -- nm - Remlik Nov 20, 10:51
I *LOVE* how nerdy this tweet is. -- (link) - Mop Nov 20, 10:37 8
- The Mordor mountains have *always* bothered me. -- nm - Reagen Nov 20, 11:02 6
  - Mordor could be a minor plate caught between two larger ones. -- nm - crash davis Nov 20, 11:06 5
    - or it could have been formed by MAGIC. have a little faith. -- nm - colin Nov 20, 11:07 4
      - ~Abra-abra-cadabra~ -- nm - Strongbad Nov 20, 11:52
      - This was my thought. -- nm - Mop Nov 20, 11:51
      - no colin, in a world of immortal beings and physics defying magic, the rules of geology must be precisely followed -- nm - crash davis Nov 20, 11:09 1
        
        and what about GRAVITY??? -- nm - colin Nov 20, 11:13
- I mean, he could have at least put some windmills on the shoreline to keep us cool. -- nm - Butterbaron Nov 20, 10:48
Who's got fresh(ish*) Stats Can data on earnings in Canada? (*-Last Week)... PIRR: What income qualifies a Canadian as a "Top 1% Earner"? -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 20, 10:32 2
- 800K. -- nm - Shaun Nov 20, 10:45 1
  - Nobody wants to play. 1% = $234,700...5% = $120,100 .... 10% = $92,800. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 20, 10:55
The funny thing is that Watchmen actually are part of the DCU, now. -- nm - Spawn Nov 20, 10:28 9
- I'd watch another installment of The Losers. -- nm - Max Nov 20, 10:31 3
  - fun movie. -- nm - Remlik Nov 20, 10:51
  - Yup. -- nm - David Nov 20, 10:35
  - Co-sign. I enjoyed that group. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 20, 10:32
- [spittake] what?! -- nm - mud Nov 20, 10:31 4
  - Oh yeah. Ozzy is causing chaos. -- nm - Spawn Nov 20, 10:32 3
    - uhh....you read the Action Comics? -- nm - Remlik Nov 20, 10:41
    - oh DCU, not DCEU -- nm - mud Nov 20, 10:36
    - For a minute I thought of Ozzy Osborne - eag Nov 20, 10:34

Post a message top

< Newer

Older >

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