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

Boy, there's sure no issues I see with having one way in and one way out of a school - Reagen May 26, 04:53 3
- We had an issue with schools locking doors to keep kids from leaving the school for lunch, skipping class, etc. -- nm - Krusty May 26, 05:17 1
  - Principal Joe Brown didn’t give a fuhhhhc! -- nm - Will Hunting May 26, 05:21
- N’s school is a nightmare for this - and earlier this year had a crazed asshole get in. - Will Hunting May 26, 05:00
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo May 26, 04:46 [Attachment] 1
- I'm gonna go be moody in my NOIRPAD. -- nm - Reagen May 26, 04:59
I shall go to sleep trying to think of a sailing-related title for a blogpost ... -- (edited) - Beryllium May 26, 00:18
I've seriously watched that Phillies three-error play more than 50 times tonight. It's the new Butt Fumble for me. -- nm - David May 25, 23:50 4
- Turns out it was only one error, but it totally should've been three. -- nm - Tim May 26, 00:14 2
  - I’d go 2 at most. You can’t give the SS an error for not catching a grazed ball that should have been caught. - Will Hunting May 26, 04:55 1
    - Yup. I'd give an error to the catcher on the throw and maybe to the CF for his inability to field the ball. -- nm - Krusty May 26, 05:20
- investigate all of their financials immediately. -- nm - mafic May 25, 23:55
For a minute I forgot I was watching a 2017 episode of This Old House and I was astounded how bad the Flint Water Crisis still was after all these yrs -- nm - Ender May 25, 22:55 2
- no, I do believe its still a leaden mess there -- nm - zeitgeist May 25, 23:25 1
  - The city says the water quality was acceptable as of 2019 and all lead service lines that they know of have been replaced. -- nm - Ender May 25, 23:26
Both the gov and lt gov of washington have covid -- nm - zeitgeist May 25, 21:55 5
- Wake me when they have monkey pox. -- nm - Mop May 25, 22:34 2
  - Royal Caribbean is ordering some stuff from my work…for their 6,000 passenger ship 🛳 (named Icon)—basically a small city -- nm - Flavorize May 25, 22:43 1
    - Neat -- nm - Pippy May 26, 00:45
- technically that means there's no law today. enjoy the purge! -- nm - mafic May 25, 22:01 1
  - not like they were enforcing anything last couple years anyway (except murder, dui) people just load up a shopping cart and walk out... - zeitgeist May 25, 22:14
I presume working on Friday 9-3pm would largely cause me to miss any opportunity to protest outside the convention center for the NRA meeting. -- (edited) - Qale May 25, 21:45 1
- Saturday's always the big rally day here too. But yeah, I find myself missing the Friday ones for sure -- nm - con_carne May 25, 22:03
Instagram testing taller (9x16) videos and photos. If you see photos and vids that fill the whole screen, that's why. -- (link) - Mop May 25, 21:33
Posterdle #2022-05-26 1/6, 13 seconds - prayformojo May 25, 21:14 2
- 8 seconds. This is interesting take on these games. - nm -- (edited) - JaxSean May 25, 21:32
- 12 seconds! I like this one. -- nm - Qale May 25, 21:17
Moviedle #2022-05-26 - 5/6, good grief - prayformojo May 25, 21:13 3
- 3/6. Bust mostly because it froze on me midway through the clip. - Marlowe May 26, 06:16
- 2/6 - nm - JaxSean May 25, 21:31 1
  - Just couldn't get anything to register -- nm - prayformojo May 25, 22:08
Heardle #90 4/6 - prayformojo May 25, 21:11
Framed #76 - x/6 - prayformojo May 25, 21:10 3
- X as well. - Marlowe May 26, 06:14
- Today's was weird. I got it in 1, but #1 was the most obvious picture of the 6 in my opinion. Usually there is a dead giveaway later. -- nm - Volnelk May 26, 05:12
- 3/6- nm - JaxSean May 25, 21:30
Worldle #125 4/6 - prayformojo May 25, 21:09
Wordle 341 5/6, got a lil lucky - prayformojo May 25, 21:08 7
- 5 - rollo May 26, 07:08
- 5/6 - Marlowe May 26, 07:01
- 4/6 - oblique May 26, 05:23
- 3 - decline May 26, 04:57
- 4/6 A nice, orderly solve - TWuG May 26, 00:01
- 341 2/6 - GregW May 25, 23:55 1
  - Same. - Beryllium May 26, 00:22
4/6 because I’m dumb - znufrii May 25, 21:05
Dammit, I forgot the citrus juicer out in the car... (Also, today I ordered my third citrus juicer of the past week.) -- nm - Ender May 25, 20:46 3
- stop leaving them in the car, ender! -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 20:47 2
  - Meanwhile the Master is wondering why so many of the Foot Clan are bringing in juicers, like, wtf? -- nm - Qale May 25, 21:20 1
    - It's like a booster juice in here! -- nm - Sam Rockwell si May 25, 21:26
Martha Stewart: I am not a hoarder. Let's go check the 5 warehouses on my property full of stuff for things to sell. -- nm - Peglegpete May 25, 20:17
sitwap, Kaepernick expected to work out with Raiders Wednesday -- (link) - mud May 25, 19:54 3
- hey wait, today's Wednesday .. they mean next Wednesday? -- nm - mud May 25, 20:34 1
  - Nope. Today. -- (link) - Mop May 25, 21:34
- See? We're not racist! -- nm - The Raiders May 25, 20:30
Remember when basketball games were close and you had to draw up plays, foul if you were behind and call timeouts at the end? Good times. -- nm - Volnelk May 25, 19:51 1
- Heat have attempted 43 3s -- nm - Flavorize May 25, 19:56
this Boston-Miami series makes no damn sense -- nm - prayformojo May 25, 19:49 1
- None whatsoever. -- nm - Diva May 25, 19:50
Military laws broken in Top Gun -- (link) - Max May 25, 19:38 [youtube] 2
- That was pretty fun. Now they should do A Few Good Men. :) -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 20:26
- he's a *Maverick*, Max. -- nm - mafic May 25, 19:39
wow, McKinnon! -- nm - prayformojo May 25, 19:36 2
- freaking Kuemper -- nm - prayformojo May 25, 19:48 1
  - goddammit -- nm - prayformojo May 25, 20:09
russia passes law to allow much older volunteers to sign a military contract -- (link) - zeitgeist May 25, 19:02 3
- "YOU get volunteered! And *YOU* get volunteered! And *YOU* get volunteered! Everybody gets volunteered!" -- nm - Putin May 25, 21:08
- That could help save some social security expenses. Does Russia have a social security plan? - Max May 25, 19:13 1
  - yes they do, pensions, healthcare, maternity, unemployment all bundled into one system, -- (link) - zeitgeist May 25, 19:25
Phillies gonna Philly -- (link) - budice May 25, 18:52 1
- That can't be... FOUR errors on the play? -- nm - Mop May 25, 21:04
Harry Styles has added another 5 nights to the Forum in LA - total 15 nights. -- nm - MDH May 25, 18:28 9
- That makes a total of 40 Arena shows in only 4 US cities. -- nm* - MDH May 25, 18:46 4
  - what is he, Pink in Australia? -- nm - mafic May 25, 18:47 3
    - Love that you know that, ha! I've never seen anything like her Funhouse Tour routing in Australia. -- nm - MDH May 25, 18:52 2
      - she had like 15 or 20 (sold out!) shows in Melbourne for whatever the one in 2013 was. -- nm - mafic May 25, 18:56 1
        
        Yup Funhouse! 56 arena shows in all in Australia. -- nm - MDH May 25, 19:03
- Save us, Harry! -- nm - con_carne May 25, 18:44
- wife is booking tickets for NY tomorrow (Sept 10th iirc) -- nm - Beaker May 25, 18:33 2
  - Curious to see how it goes/how fast they sell out. I'm sure he's have some anti-scalper tools which will be good for fans -- nm - MDH May 25, 18:45 1
    - (we figure our girls will literally lose their minds when we tell them) -- nm - Beaker May 25, 18:55
Australia has loads of ice cream trucks, and they all play greensleeves in a creepy minor key. it's sinister. -- nm - mafic May 25, 18:07 4
- I wish the ones here would just go back to the bells. -- nm - . May 25, 18:46
- We have a couple that park across the street from the high school at dismissal time. The scruffyist most disreptable vans I've ever seen. - Meg May 25, 18:32
- I feel like ours used to. It was like a polyphonic ring tone version of Greensleeves maybe. -- nm - Pocket Jones May 25, 18:11 1
  - around here they have that, but also Bill Bailey with electronic claps, and one obnoxious sob had electronic HELLO and boing sounds cut in -- nm - zeitgeist May 25, 18:53
An AEW match that ends in a DQ! - David May 25, 18:03 2
- Also, unprotected chair shots to the head are stupid. -- nm - Tim May 25, 18:38 1
  - yup -- nm - Remlik May 25, 18:56
As discussed I am working from Dan and Birgitta's house this summer. It is unseasonably cold and I have been wearing this jacket of Dan's around the - Pocket Jones May 25, 17:56 15
- 80% off, sounds like they were made in Russia and trying to distance. Nice job Risky Businessing it in the home of The Americans 2. -- nm - Max May 25, 19:58
- that seems like an awesome price -- nm - zeitgeist May 25, 18:58
- The name of it alone should recommdnd it to ST. -- nm - . May 25, 18:49
- I just got a Columbia ski jacket with a removable fleece liner, so I'm good on the fleece otherwise I'd be all over that. -- nm - znufrii May 25, 18:16
- And you found $50 in the pocket! -- nm - Swilcan Baron May 25, 18:10 2
  - Size large for you. -- nm - Pocket Jones May 25, 18:12
  - It's Dan's. I found a pack of matches, a bar receipt, and bbq chip crumbs in the pocket. -- nm - Pocket Jones May 25, 18:12
- ok but what's your embroidery going to be? -- nm - mafic May 25, 18:04 3
  - Seriously wtf are they proposing? I demurred. -- nm - Pocket Jones May 25, 18:05 2
    - Ps likely size M for you. -- nm - Pocket Jones May 25, 18:07 1
      - most likely. looks a little bulky so I might go S. -- nm - mafic May 25, 18:18
- Ps if you would like me to guess your size based on how tall and big you post, just ask! -- nm - Pocket Jones May 25, 17:58 3
  - 😂 -- nm - Krusty May 25, 18:02 2
    - Size large, with some room (like you like, bro). -- nm - Pocket Jones May 25, 18:04 1
      - Nailed it -- nm - Krusty May 25, 19:57
finally back to my Expanse rewatch, after a month-ish pause. Started ep. 4.03 and got one of the funniest lines .. - mud May 25, 17:54 1
- Hehe. -- (edited) - Beryllium May 25, 18:05
car customisations at my kid's school include: a homeopathy podcast decal, an instagram decal for a 5-year-old's motocross account, a hip-hop yoga - mafic May 25, 17:47
Marvel: RUMOR: Krysten Ritter returning as Jessica Jones -- (link) - Remlik May 25, 17:35 7
- Oh look. Screen Geek reported a rumor that can easily be surmised and can easily be dismissed if it proves to not be true. -- nm - Mop May 25, 20:49 1
  - But what if there's a super team-up of Yelena, Kate, and Jessica? - Beryllium May 25, 21:12
- Yessss -- nm - Jovian May 25, 18:04
- (She is.) -- nm - David May 25, 17:46 1
  - oh I'm sure. but no official announcement yet. -- nm - Remlik May 25, 18:23
- Yes please! -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 17:44
- [splurt] -- nm - mud May 25, 17:38
NXT: Nikkita Lyons tore her MCL and has an MCL sprain. -- nm - Remlik May 25, 17:22 6
- I don't want to be rude here... - David May 25, 17:48 5
  - Also, her outfit is cut out in all the wrong places... -- nm - Ender May 26, 00:37
  - I agree. SHe's not ready yet -- nm - Remlik May 25, 17:53 2
    - Unfortunately we get to watch all these green wrestlers learn ON LIVE TELEVISION. -- nm - Tim May 25, 17:55 1
      - Yeah, it's ugly in general, but she's an absolute botchfest. - David May 25, 17:56
  - Yeah, she never looked safe. And also wasn’t very good (which is sadly nearly everyone in NXT now) -- nm - Tim May 25, 17:49
Top Gun Maverick 97% (196/6), The Bob's Burgers Movie 91% (43/4) -- nm - Beaker May 25, 17:17
and: GO AVALANCHE! -- nm - prayformojo May 25, 17:17 2
- do that again -- nm - Beaker May 25, 17:20 1
  - failure -- nm - Beaker May 26, 04:33
crash, I started reading Anthony Doerr's "About Grace" today. (NM) - Marlowe May 25, 17:06
My oldest son's school's name ends with "line", and they just sent an email about an upcoming bottle drive. - Beryllium May 25, 16:54
Brake issue has been preliminarily diagnosed ... but can't be fixed at the non-ford dealership. So a second tow is in order. -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 16:42 7
- Sounds like the ABS hydraulic unit failed, whatever that's called -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 16:51 3
  - Automatic Braking System. -- nm - TWuG May 25, 17:01 2
    - Anti-lock Braking System. -- nm - znufrii May 25, 17:03 1
      - Yes, but I meant the name of the specific component is what I'm fuzzy on. -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 17:45
- index tow or the pinky tow? -- nm - budice May 25, 16:47 2
  - I didn't ask what kind of tow job they'd be giving it -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 16:51 1
    - So it'll be wee wee wee all the way home then. -- nm - Qale May 25, 16:58
Just realised that Harriet the Spy was filmed in Toronto -- nm - zork May 25, 16:41 3
- Noticing location stuff of places you've been never gets old. -- nm - con_carne May 25, 17:58 2
  - Yeah. I'd never seen it and it was filmed before the huge wave of productions here so I was a little surprised. Now, spotting places is so common. -- nm - zork May 25, 18:29 1
    - "Oh look, now it's Seth Rogen standing in front of this bar where I used to get plastered regularly!" -- nm - con_carne May 25, 19:36
now playing: Vicious Fun -- nm - prayformojo May 25, 16:39 1
- well, it starts pleasantly enough.... -- nm - prayformojo May 25, 16:42
Not a smart move -- (link) - zork May 25, 16:39 1
- 6 years ago? -- nm - Mop May 25, 17:16
oh, hell: *pedals*!!! -- nm - prayformojo May 25, 16:37
Jaromir Jagr's car collided with a tram at a high rate of speed. Feels fortunate -- (link) - budice May 25, 16:36 1
- He's like a steel wall, was the tram ok? -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 16:36
Not only am I going to use part of this flight credit to go to Quebec City, but I'm going to use points to stay that that fancy hilltop palace thing - ty97 May 25, 16:34 10
- I stayed there for a conference once, in a room that was clearly originally not a room. was like half under stairs, door had a triangle cutout. - mafic May 25, 17:36 1
  - at the time I thought maybe formerly staff quarters, because it did have a window. also: I'm assuming Chateau Frontenac. -- nm - mafic May 25, 17:53
- I hear it's nice. -- nm - Mop May 25, 17:17
- When you see the cliffs at the Plains of Abraham you realize what a total fucking madman Gen. Wolfe was. -- nm - Reagen May 25, 16:56
- What time of year? -- nm - loosilu May 25, 16:38 2
  - Summer -- nm - ty97 May 25, 16:41
  - QC would be good any time -- nm - zork May 25, 16:40
- Do you need to borrow my World Elite Mastercard? -- nm - Qale May 25, 16:35 2
  - I'm not worthy of being Elite like you -- nm - ty97 May 25, 16:36 1
    - I mean, true. But what are besties for? Oh wait, I was thinking of RC. Sorry. -- nm - Qale May 25, 16:41

Post a message top

< Newer

Older >

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