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: 157

What are you listening to now? Private Eyes by Hall & Oates -- nm - Amoxy Mar 20, 10:03 5
- Someone just recommended " Check Yes Juliet" by We The Kings. I keep playing it over and over. - Epiphany Mar 20, 10:15
- Podcast of the Dan Le Batard show. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 20, 10:15
- Dream - Bishop Briggs -- nm - JD Mar 20, 10:12
- Song Remains the Same - Zeppelin -- nm - groiny Mar 20, 10:11
- right now the radio is playing REM's Stand -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 10:06
Jesus, YouTube! For all your analytical magic, how can you not tell me where the viewers of my live streaming are coming from?! -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 10:03 1
- It's pretty safe to assume from various prisons. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 20, 10:04
is it literally an island of dogs? Like an Avengers setup with Lassie, Benji, Eddie et al fighting evil? -- nm* - Beaker Mar 20, 09:50 12
- its about dogs and its Wes Anderson so it double sucks -- nm - cats Mar 20, 09:59 2
  - pixiecats? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 10:13
  - Shush you! (NM) - Marlowe Mar 20, 10:06
- The island itself is made of dog corpses. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 09:58 1
  - ruled by cats? -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 09:59
- [deleted]
- Only in as much as Monster Island is actually a peninsula -- nm - prayformojo Mar 20, 09:55
- I thought it was a sequel to Must Love Dogs. -- nm - Tim Mar 20, 09:53 2
  - right? I'll Love Dogs -- nm - prayformojo Mar 20, 09:55 1
    - No, that's the banned version. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 10:11
- My girls have discovered Benji on Netflix. -- nm - Shaun Mar 20, 09:53
- Rin Tin Tin, Littlest Hobo, Zeus & Apollo...I'd watch the shit of that -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 09:52
Today, y'all are like this: -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 20, 09:47 3
- Apparently, the storm is named "Toby." I'm now anthropomorphizing the storm as Toby Ziegler. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 20, 09:59 2
  - PDFTT. Winter storms don't have names. -- nm - Ender Mar 20, 10:15
  - "Why do you have to be like this, Toby?" -- nm - Michael Scott si Mar 20, 10:11
amanda Reminder: 15% off EBay coupon is live -- (link) - budice Mar 20, 09:46
Comey has a book coming out? - Cuzzin Todd Mar 20, 09:37 9
- I believe it's about a gay dead white rhino -- nm - prayformojo Mar 20, 09:40 1
  - "I love my dead gay white rhino" -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 09:41
- Yes he does. I'm starting to fall behind on Trump admin books. - crash davis Mar 20, 09:40 5
  - [deleted] 1
    - I'm beginning to think the last five words are superfluous -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 10:09
  - The only other one that's piqued my interest was the one about his campaign, written by the reporter that traveled with it. - Cuzzin Todd Mar 20, 09:56 1
    - I'm really interested in Russian Roulette by Michael Isikoff and I forget the other guy. -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 09:58
  - So this is why they build presidential libraries -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 09:44
- He will have Kelly highlight "Trump" in it. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 09:38
MDH you have a link for Isle of Dogs expansion news? -- nm - Remlik Mar 20, 09:36 1
- You may get some info here.. -- (link) - Marlowe Mar 20, 09:50
[deleted] 1
- I would fly out but I hear your airports are pussys. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 09:36
[deleted] 5
- I am not a Wes Anderson fan at all, but the trailer intrigued me -- nm - Amoxy Mar 20, 09:52
- Do you want to hear about my ridiculously pedantic annoyance at the poster for that movie? Of course you do. - Beast of Baron Mar 20, 09:47
- Sweet! Can't wait to see it. -- nm - Krusty Mar 20, 09:40
- I hope it has expanded to wherever I happen to be in the US in a few weeks.. I REALLY want to see it. - Marlowe Mar 20, 09:36 1
  - And it seems it will be.. A bit far, but doable! (NM) - Marlowe Mar 20, 09:55
[deleted] 11
- The unshocking part is that evil folks are using shady cypto currency to process their deeds. -- nm - Qale Mar 20, 09:40 6
  - [deleted] 1
    - Well, I did say unshocking. -- nm - Qale Mar 20, 15:11
  - Evil deeds. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 09:41 3
    - done dirt cheap? -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 09:44 2
      - done at great cost to the environment -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 10:10
      - Moderately priced. -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 09:45
- Blockchains use human genetic material to power machines that make cryptocoins. -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 09:39 1
  - whoa -- nm - mud Mar 20, 09:43
- I didn’t read the article, but having the data written into the blockchain/metadata means that any computer mining bitcoin has that data. - Beryllium Mar 20, 09:36 1
  - Well, any computer with a copy of the blockchain. I forget when it’s necessary to download the whole thing. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 09:37
New iOS Vudu app. No more D2D on iOS. Gotta do it in the browser or Android. - Mop Mar 20, 09:31 3
- I already watched the video, which is comically useless. -- nm - David Mar 20, 09:39 2
  - How's this for a magic trick? Make it so that more barcodes of qualifying movies actually WORK! -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 09:40
  - And the link they're saying is under My Vudu isn't there. -- nm - David Mar 20, 09:40
John Oliver’s Gay-Bunny Book Is Outselling the Mike Pence Book It’s Trolling (still funny to me) -- (link) - crash davis Mar 20, 09:22 3
- I do have to hand it to the tweeter at the end of the article (who I assume is Pence's daughter) for a nice tweet to Oliver -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 09:26
- The excerpt of it on the show was genuinely charming. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 09:25 1
  - link? -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 09:41
I need some Xbone people to play Fortnite dammit -- nm - groiny Mar 20, 09:17 40
- It's cross platform. You can play with anyone -- nm - just oblique Mar 20, 09:25
- what is that? I first heard it mentioned yesterday when some dude on Twitch is making a ton of money off it -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 09:21 21
  - it is free, download it and try it. If you hate it, it just costs some time -- nm - groiny Mar 20, 09:24 20
    - Is it a shooter? What is it? -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 09:25 19
      - here enjoy a trailer -- (link) - Remlik Mar 20, 09:27 [youtube] 2
        
        gameplay trailer -- (link) - Remlik Mar 20, 09:30 [youtube] 1
        
        thank you, I'll watch these at lunch when I can turn up the volume. -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 09:32
      - yes and no, it is not a FPS, but you basically get dropped onto an island with a pickaxe - groiny Mar 20, 09:27 13
        
        did you see that Darwin Project game? -- nm - just oblique Mar 20, 09:28 12
        
        no -- nm - groiny Mar 20, 09:30 11
        
        Similar vein but with some twists -- (link) - just oblique Mar 20, 09:32 10
        
        yeah, but it is not FREE!!!! - groiny Mar 20, 09:34 9
        
        neither is fortnite. in game app purchases. -- nm - Remlik Mar 20, 09:37 7
        
        You *can* pay for a pass, but it's all cosmetic and doesn't help you in game at all. -- nm - Shaun Mar 20, 09:39 4
        
        Dude Logan was watching had a pink bunny costume on. - Spawn Mar 20, 09:40 3
        
        it is amusing some of the shit people wear in the game. -- nm - groiny Mar 20, 09:41 2
        
        I'm trying to think of the best one I've seen, but nothing has stuck out too much. -- nm - Shaun Mar 20, 09:54 1
        
        there is one now that looks like the Hound of GoT armor -- nm - groiny Mar 20, 09:56
        
        only for cosmetics, nothing that is critical to the game. - groiny Mar 20, 09:39
        
        Yeah, I heard they made over a million on day one. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 09:38
        
        just pay for it you f-ing cheapskate! - just oblique Mar 20, 09:37
      - Battle Royale (like PUBG) - like the hottest shooter style out there for the past year - just oblique Mar 20, 09:27 1
        
        there is a substantial learning curve, which would be made easier by playing with a group. -- nm - groiny Mar 20, 09:28
- I heard it was cross-platform? -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 09:19 10
  - and you would like it too, as it rewards hiding -- nm - groiny Mar 20, 09:24 1
    - +1 to that. -- nm - Shaun Mar 20, 09:38
  - it can cross with PC but not PS4 that I understand. -- nm - groiny Mar 20, 09:23 7
    - Of course. - Spawn Mar 20, 09:37 4
      - I'm seriously thinking about selling mine. We've barely used it. - David Mar 20, 09:38 3
        
        It really is a broken system. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 09:39 2
        
        Sure if you hate video games. -- nm - Shaun Mar 20, 09:49 1
        
        Yeah, like David. -- nm - Spawndroid Mar 20, 10:27
    - You also have to actively invite people for this to take place as I understand it. It just won't randomly match you with cross-play people. -- nm - Shaun Mar 20, 09:36 1
      - correct -- nm - groiny Mar 20, 09:37
- We already have an ST game. -- nm - David Mar 20, 09:19 5
  - LOL, good luck with that -- nm - groiny Mar 20, 09:23 4
    - Thanks! -- nm - David Mar 20, 09:23 3
      - I am likely done with D2 for good at this point. -- nm - groiny Mar 20, 09:24 2
        
        I'll try to soldier on without you. -- nm - David Mar 20, 09:37 1
        
        since I played about 10 hours of Iron Banner last time, and about 2 hours of it was with ST people, I think it is dead. -- nm - groiny Mar 20, 09:40
Our Revolution (Bernie Sanders' group) is protesting Hillary Clinton speaking at Rutgers. B/c somehow her giving a speech is about money in politics. -- (link) - MDH Mar 20, 09:14 [Image] 5
- Offs. -- nm - znufrii Mar 20, 09:22
- I blame these types as much for Trump as I do the Putin people -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 09:16 3
  - because a lot of them also voted for Trump. -- nm - mud Mar 20, 09:17
  - It takes a village, crash. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 09:17 1
    - I prefer only one idiot per village. -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 09:18
PUBG on mobile now -- (link) - just oblique Mar 20, 09:14
GOP fears another potential electoral disaster (but I don't know if it is a disaster, a loss would just re-elect Manchin, so its just a D hold) -- (link) - crash davis Mar 20, 09:14 3
- I have a certain amount of schadenfreude for the GOP leadership these days -- along the lines of "curses are like chickens; they always ... " - ReluctantCynic Mar 20, 09:57 2
  - I think Karl Rove should also be held somewhat responsible, if we are naming names. -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 10:05 1
    - Oh God yes. You can draw a straight line back through history that connects him, Anne Coulter, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, Pat Buchanan, Trent Lott, ... - ReluctantCynic Mar 20, 10:20
Best case scenario now is a Lib/NDP minority with a deal on electoral reform, IMO. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 09:14 9
- I think it is very telling that Trudeau shut down electoral reform as soon as it was impossible to ignore proportional representation. - Name Withheld by Request Mar 20, 09:40 3
  - In B.C. they’ve found a fun way to temper support for P.Rep.: point out that it gives fascists a better chance of winning. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 09:42 2
    - I think that's a less elegant argument to make, but yeah, I'm firmly convinced that PR is a net negative for the governance of Canada. -- (edited) - Name Withheld by Request Mar 20, 09:45 1
      - Regional parties have zero problems getting going with Fptp and in some ways have an easier time of it. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 10:01
- I know you have told me before, but I have a swiss cheese memory at times. What platform does the NDP stand for? -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 09:17 4
  - big with the Unions -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 09:49
  - Bernie Sanders is a solid first pass at it. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 09:27 2
    - But without the following/cadre of rabid misogynists. I hope. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 09:31
    - gracias -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 09:28
So basically UPS has decided they can't deliver anything because it snows in Boston during winter. I can't. -- nm - Diva Mar 20, 09:13 9
- What can Brown do for you? - Spawn Mar 20, 09:16 3
  - They can kiss my fat unruly ass. -- nm - Diva Mar 20, 09:18 2
    - LOL! I love you so much. -- nm - Epiphany Mar 20, 10:17 1
      - *mwah!!* -- nm - Diva Mar 20, 10:18
- It is officially spring now, Diva -- nm - UPS Mar 20, 09:15 4
  - Dear UPS - When I ordered the new monitor on 3/7 it was still winter. - Diva Mar 20, 09:17 3
    - I think you may be mistaking us for your retailer. - UPS Mar 20, 09:20 2
      - yes, I saw that. funny. - Diva Mar 20, 09:28 1
        
        I totally agree with your final sentence there. -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 09:29
bery, did you see Fantastic Mr. Fox? - mud Mar 20, 09:12 3
- I am very hot-and-cold with Wes Anderson. I *LOVE* some of his stuff and *DETEST* others. I didn't expect to enjoy Fantastic Mr. Fox. - Mop Mar 20, 09:34 1
  - This is me. Find Rushmore overrated and yet LOVE Tennenbaums. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Mar 20, 09:41
- No. Didn’t appeal in the same way as Isle. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 09:24
"Trump legal team seeks to add star GOP attorney Theodore B. Olson" -- (link) - MDH Mar 20, 09:12 4
- Better get his money upfront. -- nm - jnine Mar 20, 09:31
- For someone that is innocent, he sure has a lot of attorneys. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 09:16 1
  - I have only the BEST lawyers! they all wear yarmulkes! -- nm - donald Mar 20, 09:19
- The Murderers Row of Trump Team lawyers depicted in the photo cracked me up. -- nm - Diva Mar 20, 09:14
Researchers say 1st interstellar asteroid likely from double star -- (link) - crash davis Mar 20, 09:11 1
- I can't tell if they were able to backtrack to where it came from - Amoxy Mar 20, 09:51
AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Advance Ticket Sales After 72 Hours: 257.6% ahead of BLACK PANTHER 715.5% ahead of CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR - Shaun Mar 20, 09:08 7
- Would a 300 mil opening weekend be possible ? -- nm - eag Mar 20, 09:35 3
  - how many screens is it getting? is that known yet? -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 09:50 1
    - I don't know the screen number. But with theatres willing to add extra shows all day as needed it could get cray. -- nm - Diva Mar 20, 09:55
  - 312.50. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 09:35
- I actually already have tickets. Yes, way nerdy, but in my defense I'm trying to schedule OW attendance between tour and rehearsal for my next show. -- nm - Diva Mar 20, 09:20
- What about Justice League!?! -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 09:12
- OMG NO WAY!!!! -- nm - decline Mar 20, 09:09

Post a message top

< Newer

Older >

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