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

It's been 24 hours, and I'm still not over Ben Affleck's tattoo. -- nm - David Mar 21, 19:28 7
- Between this and RP1, I am worried about you. -- nm - Spawn Mar 21, 20:02 1
  - You mean the movie for which I already have tickets next Wednesday? -- nm - David Mar 21, 20:05
- whoever told him that was a good idea needs a beating -- nm - Remlik Mar 21, 19:53 2
  - You know it was Leto. -- nm - Spawn Mar 21, 20:03 1
    - You don't know that!! -- nm - Epiphany Mar 21, 20:15
- I think we are going to need comfort dogs up in here. - Epiphany Mar 21, 19:47
- That's just terrifying -- nm - Bacon Mar 21, 19:29
Fortnite: Victory Royale! -- (pic) - Shaun Mar 21, 19:15 [Attachment] 2
- Great! How many kills? -- nm - Spawn Mar 21, 19:51 1
  - Probably just one -- nm - J Mar 21, 20:15
I just asked a friend in Fla. about mango trees and he said it is one of the worst curses a homeowner can have. The first few years are fine but - peglegpete Mar 21, 19:13 9
- my mom had a "cocktail" tree in Arizona - grew lemons, limes and I think oranges too - all on one tree. -- nm - JenBro Mar 22, 06:05
- I'll bet they ferment (like fallen apples) and you'll see drunk rats staggering around...seriously, its weird -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 21, 19:38 2
  - You know that's what Marulas do to elephants? :-) -- nm - Meg Mar 21, 19:51 1
    - *wonders why you like that whiskey so much -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 21, 22:26
- Any type of dwarf tree? Or a way to dwarf them? -- nm - . Mar 21, 19:25 1
  - I can prune them and try to keep the trees under 6' [normal height is 30-50']. dwarf mango trees grow 8-10" tall -- nm - peglegpete Mar 21, 19:29
- snakes too! -- nm - mafic Mar 21, 19:15 2
  - I know how to cook those....Thank you Andrew Zimmern!!! -- nm* - peglegpete Mar 21, 19:16 1
    - If these snake steaks are aging out under the beef ones, I don't want to know -- nm* - Epiphany Mar 21, 19:48
Mueller wants to interview Trump about Trump Jr.-Russian lawyer meeting, Comey and Flynn firings -- (link) - budice Mar 21, 19:13
about envelope glue: I used to work with a guy who previously worked in a glue ...refinery? he said people peed in the envelope glue. - mafic Mar 21, 19:11 1
- I dug through a desk drawer this morning and found a fancy envelope moistener stick. I'm going to feel bad if I develop bug eggs. - crash davis Mar 21, 19:15
funny facebook gif -- (link) - mud Mar 21, 19:11
(I haven't forgotten about the Interior Secretary) Zinke brought security team to vacation in Turkey and Greece, records show - crash davis Mar 21, 19:11
Just got a text, my Niece just got off the ventilator. So far so good. She was on that thing for 8 days -- nm - Bacon Mar 21, 19:10 9
- Excellent news! -- nm - Spawn Mar 21, 19:52
- Good progress, good news. -- nm - Mop Mar 21, 19:49
- wow -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 21, 19:41
- Pulling for a speedy recovery. -- nm - Meg Mar 21, 19:34
- I missed this news. I'm hoping she makes a full recovery -- nm - Epiphany Mar 21, 19:20 1
  - She's probably got another week in the hospital but things are looking very good. -- nm - Bacon Mar 21, 19:22
- all right, that is some good progress! continued good thoughts headed your family's way -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 19:13
- That's just terrifying. -- nm - David Mar 21, 19:11 1
  - I will say this. The hospital she is at, is amazing!! And yes, it was -- nm - Bacon Mar 21, 19:13
Seven days from right now, I'll be walking out of Ready Player One! - David Mar 21, 19:08 7
- I mean, it looks pretty terrible, but you should probably wait to see it before deciding that. -- nm - mafic Mar 21, 19:09 6
  - It looks like Scott Pilgram but terrible. -- nm - Qale Mar 21, 19:45 1
    - I'm not even going to give you timeout because you're trying too hard. -- nm - David Mar 21, 19:52
  - No, I'm talking about *Ready Player One*, which looks sublime. -- nm - David Mar 21, 19:10 3
    - Sounds like a 312.50 call -- nm - budice Mar 21, 19:11 2
      - Oh, hell no. -- nm - Spawn Mar 21, 20:00 1
        
        That stupid quote doesn't deserve something as great as Ready Player One. -- nm - David Mar 21, 20:02
office conversation: "so how's your (newborn) daughter?" "great! she just learned how to motorboat!" *uncontrollable giggling* -- nm - mafic Mar 21, 18:46 1
- ..in Japan -- nm - budice Mar 21, 19:06
Black Panther home video release May 15th looking like -- nm - Remlik Mar 21, 18:20
Steep Snowbank Stymies ..Porcupine -- (link) - mud Mar 21, 18:19
so I'm taking Remlik seriously, and here are a couple Far Cry 5 articles I've found: the first one is future DLC topics -- (link) - crash davis Mar 21, 18:15 4
- here is an article on the nature of multi-player -- (link) - crash davis Mar 21, 18:16 3
  - besides groiny's dog, other allies you can get include a diabetic murder bear named Cheeseburger -- (link) - crash davis Mar 21, 18:18 2
    - oh that's funny -- nm - Remlik Mar 21, 18:25
    - and lastly, a story about the campaign that brings up the map editor; one they hope is sophisticated enough to develop like PUBG or Fortnite -- (link) - crash davis Mar 21, 18:21
WWE: Greatest Royal Rumble announce team is Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler -- nm - Remlik Mar 21, 18:09 1
- As long as it's heel Lawler. He is the best. -- nm - Shaun Mar 21, 19:23
I’m the most anti gun guy here, but I think YouTube banning gun demo videos is wrong. -- (link) - Mop Mar 21, 18:04 3
- Better to learn from someone in person. Or take a class. -- nm - . Mar 21, 18:56
- I don't, so I guess that makes me the most anti-gun guy here. -- nm - David Mar 21, 18:12 1
  - I don't either. I wouldn't want YouTube to ban *all* videos related to guns, but their ban on the videos they described makes total sense. -- nm* - ReluctantCynic Mar 21, 18:15
Dinner report: the IP hamburger helper was a huuuuge hit. N loved it. - kelly Mar 21, 17:49 1
- mmmm, Easter hamburger -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 19:16
Thing I just learned: The Tragically Hip are named after a Michael Nesmith song! -- nm - David Mar 21, 17:36 3
- Elephant Parts! -- nm - Spawn Mar 21, 19:53
- I almost bought a Hip t-shirt yesterday for my Ontario trip -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 17:48 1
  - wrong part of Ontario! incidentally I used to live a couple doors down from Bobby Baker. -- nm - mafic Mar 21, 18:48
Saccone concedes -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 21, 17:36
RC. more important videos to watch. this nursery in Florida has about 90 mango varieties and goes over the attributes/flavors of 34 of them - peglegpete Mar 21, 17:35 [youtube] 3
- there is a link in the above, and yes I am planning to grow mango's this year. or at least the trees and hope there is fruit next year -- nm - peglegpete Mar 21, 17:37 2
  - unless you're getting reasonably mature trees you probably won't get fruit for a couple years. -- nm - mafic Mar 21, 18:53
  - Underneath the mango tree. Me honey and me can watch for the moon. Underneath the mango tree. Me honey and me make boolooloop soon. -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 21, 18:40
"The bidding price for the Panthers has reached $2.5 billion, which would be a record selling price for a U.S. sports franchise" - David Mar 21, 17:30
TSA has tighter rules on personal electronics, now everthing has be pulled out into a separate plastic bin, tablets, cameras, earphones/buds -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 21, 17:14 3
- It depends on the agent. I had to do that back in Nov at hobby but not ATL. This time not at hobby. -- nm - Qale Mar 21, 19:46
- TSA rules are so dumb. -- nm - mafic Mar 21, 18:50
- Fun! -- nm - Mop Mar 21, 18:08
Even the negative reviews of John Oliver's Marlon Bundo book are positive -- (link) - Beaker Mar 21, 17:09
Three times this week I’ve set off the smoke detector while cooking dinner, and it’s only Wednesday. *smh* -- nm - znufrii Mar 21, 16:54 4
- Maybe the alarm is trying to tell you something? -- nm - Spawn Mar 21, 20:00
- I think mom shut ours off cause it would go off when anything was scorched. but check to see if the oven needs cleaning or has a dead mouse hidden -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 21, 18:42
- making bbq ribs on the grill indoors again? -- nm - peglegpete Mar 21, 17:32
- how else do you know dinner is ready? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 21, 17:07
Speaking of video games. I bought Age of Empires yesterday (the first one) for the 20th anniversary they remastered it. Looks fantastic!!! - Bacon Mar 21, 16:50
First world problems. I am so sick of Microsoft telling me that Edge is better than Chrome, even though I clicked, don't remind me anymore several - Bacon Mar 21, 16:47 2
- Amen, brother. -- nm - David Mar 21, 17:09
- I use both at work for weird IT reasons. Chrome is even better for specific Microsoft applications (dynamics, O365). - mafic Mar 21, 17:04
Shutdown Watch is back on the menu! -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Mar 21, 16:42
Am I the only person who finds it odd that the Mr Rogers trailer uses music from The Cook The Thief His Wife and Her Lover -- nm - Dano Mar 21, 16:38 5
- Thank you! I recognized that music, but just couldn't place it. - ReluctantCynic Mar 21, 16:43 2
  - Michael Nyman is great; I have an album of excerpts of scores "Film Music 1980-2001" -- nm - mud Mar 21, 17:07
  - One of my favorite scores ever. Birth is another one. -- nm - Dano Mar 21, 16:47
- Very probably. -- nm - Reagen Mar 21, 16:39 1
  - The movie may have a surprisingly dark ending. -- nm - Dano Mar 21, 16:56
Stolen from my other board. Your favorite weapon in any Video game - Amoxy Mar 21, 16:28 25
- Minigun from GTA San Andreas -- nm - con_carne Mar 21, 19:56
- The wizzeobe wand in the first Legend of Zelda -- nm - Qale Mar 21, 19:49
- The twisted auto rifle from Borderlands or Thorn from Destiny 1 -- nm - groiny Mar 21, 19:27
- Gjallarhorn! -- nm - Shaun Mar 21, 19:19
- sniper rifle in Fallout, a bow in the Elder Scrolls - I liked sneaking and shooting from a distance -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 18:02 1
  - I am all about sneaking and sniper rifles in Fallout. Had a sweet scoped gauss rifle in my last play through. - Cuzzin Todd Mar 21, 18:18
- Either the Tibetan War Cannon from Undying or the Blunderbuss from Alice. -- nm - Beast of Baron Mar 21, 17:40
- Sticky grenades in Halo. I was a Jedi with them. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 21, 17:36 2
  - I like this answer, I will make it mine as well -- nm - J Mar 21, 18:52
  - So was I. A Jedi can always hit a door frame and have the sticky fall on one of his teammates, usually named groiny, right? -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 17:58
- Battlefield 4: The UCAV. Runner up: Battlefield 3's magnum. nm - Dignan Mar 21, 17:17
- Something by TORGUE, probably. -- nm - Reagen Mar 21, 17:16 3
  - I now have an excuse to post this. - David Mar 21, 17:21 [youtube] 2
    - I watched the Psycho reciting Hamlet the other day for the first time in a while. Still amazing. -- nm - Tim Mar 21, 17:25 1
      - WHERE IS MY BORDERLANDS 3??? -- nm - David Mar 21, 17:31
- The shotgun from Doom. The original Doom. - ReluctantCynic Mar 21, 17:09
- I was going to say the BFG but since you took it, I'll claim the Buster Sword from Final Fantasy VII. -- nm - David Mar 21, 16:49
- Dva's Mech in Overwatch -- nm - eag Mar 21, 16:46
- Drizzt Do'Urden's scimitars I pickpocketed in Baldurs Gate -- nm - Beaker Mar 21, 16:43
- Not a true "weapon" but in Everest when I finally got the Ice Comet spell. Legendary spell and most damage at the time. -- nm* - Bacon Mar 21, 16:42 1
  - Hey everyone, I found the nerd! - con_carne Mar 21, 19:58
- I have .. opinions. - Beryllium Mar 21, 16:40
- Nukes in Civ -- nm - znufrii Mar 21, 16:32 1
  - my brother -- nm - Ghandi Mar 21, 16:41
- I like double color bombs in Candy Crush. it wipes out everything on the board. -- nm - Epiphany Mar 21, 16:31
The happiest of the happy and the saddest of the sad - what's up with Pippy? Please dont' mention on FB. - Epiphany Mar 21, 16:20 28
- Hooray on the first, you're a good mom either way. And so sorry on the secoond, you just gotta do the best you can. -- nm - . Mar 21, 19:40
- Why can't everything just be awesome all the time? Ugh! - Shaun Mar 21, 19:22
- Yay!! / I’m so sorry. -- nm - kelly Mar 21, 19:04
- So happy for your happy news and understand the other. - Meg Mar 21, 18:38
- simultaneous big thumbs up and down. -- nm - mafic Mar 21, 18:35
- Wow -- nm - Mop Mar 21, 18:06
- The sweet and sour of life. Glad you can have one, sorry you have to go thru the other. (NM) -- (edited) - Marlowe Mar 21, 17:52
- Oh sweetie - all of the hugs sre heading your way. -- nm - Diva Mar 21, 17:51
- I'm just as sad/happy/sappy as Andie. - ReluctantCynic Mar 21, 17:12
- whoa, quite the roller coaster of life...glad you found your girl -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 21, 17:06
- Awesome! and so sorry -- nm - Dano Mar 21, 16:57
- best wishes -- nm - mud Mar 21, 16:45
- *big hug* you're the best! -- nm - peglegpete Mar 21, 16:41
- Very happy for the first part. Awesome!! You obviously did her good, and it looks like her life turned out fantastic due to a hard decision you made -- (edited) - Bacon Mar 21, 16:38
- I'm glad that you got some rare joy in your life during an otherwise impossibly difficult time. -- nm - David Mar 21, 16:32
- *hugs* -- nm - znufrii Mar 21, 16:27
- Unfortunately that's how life is - eag Mar 21, 16:26 5
  - LOL! to the IM -- nm - Epiphany Mar 21, 16:30 4
    - On a sidenote - eag Mar 21, 16:38 3
      - side note to your side note - Epiphany Mar 21, 16:44 2
        
        The sad thing is - eag Mar 21, 16:52 1
        
        Sometimes all you can do is just support family members in their decisions - Epiphany Mar 21, 17:00
- Yay! And big hugs -- nm - Amoxy Mar 21, 16:26
- wow, that's quite the roller coaster right there -- nm - prayformojo Mar 21, 16:23
- Wow. I am both so happy and so sad for you. -- nm - Andie Mar 21, 16:23 1
  - So your Sappy ? - eag Mar 21, 16:27
- I'm so sorry about the second part. I went through that, as have a few others around here. We're here if you need to talk.Great news on the first part -- nm - crash davis Mar 21, 16:22 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker Mar 21, 16:42
If ST hits a market cap of 650bn, I should hope that I would get at least 2.6bn -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 16:19 1
- just in amazon click throughs -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 21, 17:07
David better start getting you viewing guide in order Hallmark to have 34 Christmas movies with the likes of Danica Mckeller and Kellie Martin -- (link) - eag Mar 21, 16:09 5
- Eventually, there will only be Christmas movies. -- nm - David Mar 21, 16:20 1
  - I might watch a Blade Runner Christmas movie. -- nm - mud Mar 21, 16:36
- Kellie Martin looks a lot like my first wife. -- nm - Bacon Mar 21, 16:14
- Together? -- nm - JD Mar 21, 16:13 1
  - I believe there in separate movies. -- nm - eag Mar 21, 16:14
TV PSA: Riverdale, Survivor, Goldbergs, X-Files, grown-ish, Speechless, 911, Black Ink Crew, Life Sentence, L&O SVU, Modern Family, Property Brothers, -- nm - Beaker Mar 21, 16:05 1
- Magicians, Frontiersmen, SEAL Team, American Housewife, Chicago PD, Criminal Minds, Designated Survivor, Krypton, Assassination of Gianni Versace, - Beaker Mar 21, 16:05

Post a message top

< Newer

Older >

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