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: 152

Impressed with the Bear's restraint, they waited until 12 minutes into S2E1 before playing Handshake Drugs -- nm - rollo 🐙 Jun 28, 11:25
Picture #4 has been found -- nm - oblique 🌈 Jun 28, 11:16 10
- If you can't fight them...join them, print out a bunch if photos of you and leave them around the office - zeitgeist Jun 28, 11:29 1
  - I like this idea a lot -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jun 28, 11:30
- your work Innie is trying to tell you something -- nm - Remlik Jun 28, 11:24 2
  - *golf clap* -- nm - oblique 🌈 Jun 28, 11:27
  - heh -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jun 28, 11:26
- Do you have a milestone anniv. or b-day coming up? You're being pranked -- nm - rollo 🐙 Jun 28, 11:24 1
  - not really. hit 16 years in June. Birthday isn't until September -- nm - oblique 🌈 Jun 28, 11:25
- This is turning, pretty creepy -- nm - Flavorize Jun 28, 11:18 1
  - I'm fairly convinced that it is some kind of thing with the high school students, potentially on purpose though I struggle to see the reason - oblique 🌈 Jun 28, 11:25
- run away, run away now -- nm - mud Jun 28, 11:18
**37%** -- (link) - mud Jun 28, 11:16 1
- (Independent registered voters are not actually "independent") - hollywood big shot Jun 28, 11:17
another problem with Detroiting up the US EV fleet: you can't easily transport them over distance -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 28, 11:15
Variety: ‘The Bear’ Creator Christopher Storer Joins Mob Movie That Once Intrigued Martin Scorsese, Michael Mann -- (edited) - mud Jun 28, 11:10
I’ve successfully avoided submarine memes up to now, but did someone mention there were seats available on a bus to hell? -- (pic) - znufrii 🦄 Jun 28, 11:07 [Attachment] 2
- L4! -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jun 28, 11:17
- This one is called ... a fringlecrusher. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 11:13
NFL expected to suspend Isaiah Rodgers, others this week for gambling -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jun 28, 11:07
Anyone else feel they should have just left the wreckage where it was? -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 28, 10:56 13
- drain the ocean! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 28, 11:13
- Absolutely not. They have to investigate the accident as a crime scene. -- nm - loosilu Jun 28, 11:08
- "I'd like to be remembered as an innovator," Rush told vlogger Alan Estrada in 2021. "I've broken some rules to make this. I think I've broken - colin Jun 28, 11:02 2
  - disruptors gonna disrupt -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 28, 11:16
  - Unfortunately, the rule he broke is that he tried to push a rope. - loosilu Jun 28, 11:09
- if it could be recovered safely (like it was), i think it's better to remove it. Two reasons: - Andie Jun 28, 10:57 7
  - Agreed. Plus, if there are any lawsuits or criminal charges, they need the evidence. -- nm - loosilu Jun 28, 11:10
  - All five passengers are "believed to have been killed" :/ -- nm - Meg Jun 28, 11:02 5
    - I wonder how much of a stickler a life insurance company is going to be. Or how the Estates of these people will pass on if no " confirmed" death. -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jun 28, 11:18 2
      - Surely they wouldn't pay out for this? They signed waivers saying they know they could die. -- nm - loosilu Jun 28, 11:25 1
        
        Accidental death is accidental. I don't know for sure though. I know probate can go forward without a death cert. -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jun 28, 11:27
    - Maybe they spontaneously evolved gills. -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 11:13
    - Presumed. -- nm - loosilu Jun 28, 11:08
FYI for one person here: Hulu is losing Angie Tribeca. -- (link) - David Jun 28, 10:53 2
- goddammnit. These are so much fun to rewatch. I can't believe I'm losing my Dr. Scholls, Dr. Edelweiss and Tanner and Hoffman! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 28, 10:54
- I hope they can find it -- nm - decline Jun 28, 10:54
just what i wanted on my HBO, even more CNN -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 28, 10:48 1
- Cable 2.0 is looking to be about as good as the original. -- nm - colin Jun 28, 11:00
Large sections of the Titan sub have been recovered, including both titanium end caps -- (link) - TWuG Jun 28, 10:43
From my Little League days it always seemed like the best pitchers were also the best hitters. I always wondered where the schism occurred. -- nm - Dano Jun 28, 10:28 3
- I never made it past tee ball. Coach said I didn't have a good enough eye. -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 28, 10:51
- When they stopped being the best athletes in the pool. - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jun 28, 10:48
- yep! -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 28, 10:29
streaming is easy when you just don’t pay the creators -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 28, 10:17 10
- I thought we didn't know or believe how much streaming helped a studio's bottom line? -- nm - David Jun 28, 10:29 1
  - "trust but verify" what the guilds (not named DGA) are saying is either we should have our fair share of every "Billion Hours Watched!" or - hollywood big shot Jun 28, 10:35
- TL:dr: When you create content for Netflix, you get paid a flat rate whether it's successful or not, and Netflix owns the content. - Mop🧹 Jun 28, 10:29 6
  - the whole streaming business model is premised on eliminating backend participation. the jig is up and creators aren't going to accept it -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 28, 10:31 5
    - OK, tell you what. You get a bonus for a hit. Everyone else pays back their flat rate for a bomb. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 28, 10:33 4
      - The point of the streaming model is that everyone gets paid regardless of success. - Mop🧹 Jun 28, 10:38 2
        
        lol they're paying relative peanuts even for the "hits" -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 28, 10:43 1
        
        WGA had to take Netflix to arbitration for $42m they screwed the writers out of paying -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 28, 10:45
      - or, just a fair residual based on whatever metric for eyeballs on streams the studios want to claim represents real viewership (we already know about - hollywood big shot Jun 28, 10:37
- He can hold out on a better deal with the sequel like Winston Groom. -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 28, 10:29
LMAO - Grimace Shake -- (link) - Jovian Jun 28, 10:12 10
- I'm sold! -- nm* - Mop🧹 Jun 28, 10:28
- why is everyone trying to make Grimace into Gritty? -- nm - colin Jun 28, 10:20 8
  - it's funny to watch all the corps try and strip mine their 70s/80s nostalgia for zoomers who have zero frame of reference -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 28, 10:28
  - Why is Gritty trying to be the "new" Grimace? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 28, 10:28 6
    - grimace was silly! as a kid, i was never afraid of him. -- nm - colin Jun 28, 10:28 5
      - Grimace is supposed to be a taste bud. Fear is the only appropriate response to a taste bud that big. -- nm - TWuG Jun 28, 10:35 3
        
        Grimace is the clit -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 28, 10:38 2
        
        lolomg -- nm - Jovian Jun 28, 10:46
        
        Even at that size, there are men who couldn't find it. -- nm - TWuG Jun 28, 10:44
      - Only the wicked fear gritty. - Beryllium Jun 28, 10:31
Ohtani has a slim (very slim) chance to get the triple crown as a hitter and as a pitcher - Beaker 🍺 Jun 28, 09:57
Whelp, a Mama bear and her SIX cubs just walked through the parking lot at work. -- nm - Jovian Jun 28, 09:51 10
- where are the photos??? (ignore!) -- nm* - Andie Jun 28, 10:48
- Cute baby cubs! -- (pic) - Jovian Jun 28, 10:29 [Attachment] 2
  - :D -- nm - Andie Jun 28, 10:49
  - aw. -- nm - loosilu Jun 28, 10:38
- I don't think they can give birth to six. I wonder if another mother died? -- nm - loosilu Jun 28, 10:12 3
  - Apparently they can have 1-6, and 3 is the average. I had no idea it could be so many. -- nm - loosilu Jun 28, 10:13 2
    - the talk in the office now is that it was only *5* cubs. Everyone thought it was six but pics are saying otherwise. and no I didnt manage to snap one - Jovian Jun 28, 10:20 1
      - run outside with a handful of beef jerky and see if they come back so you can count them -- nm - decline Jun 28, 10:20
- Cocaine Bear & a Six Pack -- nm - JaxSean Jun 28, 09:56
- go grab one of the cubs for a pet! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 28, 09:53
Two days ago I had a knot in my shoulder and I've had a headache ever since. Why do I think I have meningitis? - sycor Jun 28, 09:46 6
- Medical student syndrome. I has it. -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 28, 10:13
- ST be getting old and we starting to fall apart. -- nm - sycor Jun 28, 10:08 1
  - "getting" "starting" -- nm - ty97 Jun 28, 10:12
- I saw the Orthopedist for a follow-up on my sprained finger yesterday and am looking at another month of Physical Therapy and recovery for it - decline Jun 28, 10:01 1
  - guess my 2 weeks of ankle stuff is just the beginning :) -- nm - oblique 🌈 Jun 28, 10:09
- my ankle is still goofy - oblique 🌈 Jun 28, 09:57
Soft confirmation of the Disney Hall of Presidents conspiracy theory -- (link) - Reagen Jun 28, 09:43 2
- "Repurposed Ellen heads" -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 28, 11:26
- like a competent opposition candidate would be absolutely roasting him with this for months - hollywood big shot Jun 28, 09:58
Garbage/Noel Gallagher canceled their show tonight due to air quality. -- nm - Remlik Jun 28, 09:34 4
- Is Noel going to do another airport show? -- nm - Flavorize Jun 28, 09:44
- Yeah, i have lawn tickets for Tears for Fears tomorrow night, won't be shocked if that gets cancelled. -- nm - Andie Jun 28, 09:37
- Sound check: passed. Air check: failed. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 09:35 1
  - Giggles.... say, now I wonder if a high level of particulates suspended effects the sound quality??? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 28, 10:56
Ankiel was probably the closest we'd seen to Ohtani in our lifetimes in that he survived losing his job as a pitcher. - David Jun 28, 09:14 1
- Give Ankiel all the credit in the World. Ohtani is another dimension. But also remember he's down one TJS. So wear & tear factor already in play -- nm - budice Jun 28, 09:16
Winning Ontario lottery ticket worth $70M set to expire tonight -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jun 28, 09:12 2
- Andie! Check your pockets! -- nm - decline Jun 28, 09:12 1
  - Srsly. The House won't even take action on that bet -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 28, 10:16
Oh, this is kind of funny. The "Cyclops" submarine in the game Subnautica... is licensed from OceanGate -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 28, 08:57
Retribution (2023) Official Trailer – Liam Neeson -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jun 28, 08:57 [youtube]
living well is the best revenge (against an evil policy) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 28, 08:53 2
- Plenty o reasons why people willing to border cross so-called "illegally" -- nm* - budice Jun 28, 08:56 1
  - there is nothing facially "illegal" about seeking asylum. we've just made it practically impossible as a matter of policy -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 28, 09:01
From B2. The Hist.Soc. president has a son living in Japan with a Japanese wife. They're coming home to visit and *have* to see Ohtani play. -- nm - Meg Jun 28, 08:46
Got home to this on my back porch. -- (pic) - colin Jun 28, 08:42 [Attachment] 10
- and also this... this is a hole under our porch, kind of a sink hole, that this is partially dragged into. -- (pic) -- (link*) - colin Jun 28, 08:45 [Attachment]
- Another picture of Kilbo?!! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 28, 08:44
- and this -- (pic) - colin Jun 28, 08:42 [Attachment] 7
  - Cocaine Bear strikes again! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 28, 08:44 6
    - close. - colin Jun 28, 08:55 [Attachment] 5
      - we had a mom and 3 babies last year under our deck, they were cute and fun to watch. None this year except 1 at start of spring - Beaker 🍺 Jun 28, 09:05 2
        
        she was waaaay too close to our foundation. they can really do a number there. but they are super cute, i still love watching them. -- nm - colin Jun 28, 09:21 1
        
        yeah I'd say our lower deck comes out this fall or next -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 28, 09:41
      - I hope she survives on the battlefield. -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 08:56 1
        
        only way to get hurt is accidentally burrowing straight into a bayonet. -- nm - colin Jun 28, 08:56
Orcas disrupt a sailboat racing near gibraltar -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 28, 08:40 [youtube] 5
- I know I should be alarmed by this, but I'm just delighted. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 28, 08:45 2
  - Me too. We're the trespassers in their territory. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jun 28, 09:08 1
    - Until this started happening, I didn't even know there were orcas in the atlantic. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 09:18
- Effin' Aquaman. -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 08:41 1
  - Maybe that sailboat was secretly trafficking drugs -- nm - eag Jun 28, 09:03
I don't think i've ever seen 'smoke' as the current conditions on the weather before. -- (pic) - Andie Jun 28, 08:37 [Attachment] 6
- Here in BC we've got a special icon when it happens -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 08:39
- We have had it here (Bloomington Indiana) for days. -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 08:39 4
  - lol. They are actually calling it Haze, at the moment. When I woke up today and looked out the window, it obscured the - Spawn Jun 28, 08:40 3
    - yeah, i've seen it as Haze before, just never listed as straight up "smoke." -- nm - Andie Jun 28, 08:54 2
      - I had not looked a the map. Why does Canada hate Illinois and Indiana? -- (link) - Spawn Jun 28, 08:55 1
        
        Same reason the rest of us hate Indiana? -- nm - ty97 Jun 28, 08:59
Delta Air Lines 717 nose gear collapses after landing at Charlotte International Airport -- (link) - budice Jun 28, 08:17 7
- (You care). That plane is officially certified as the DC-9-95 - ty97 Jun 28, 08:49 5
  - (You also care). Someone (no names) is scheduled to be a passenger on two 717s this weekend. -- nm - ty97 Jun 28, 08:50 4
    - Just realized I'm not getting my 747 ride. Dammit! -- nm - spamlet Jun 28, 10:09
    - You also also care. The vast majority of Delta's 717s were Airtran planes originally. Southwest didn't want 717s post-merger so offloaded them. -- nm - ty97 Jun 28, 08:51 2
      - I care. I didn't realize many, if any, were still flying. Looks like Delta still has the most. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jun 28, 09:00 1
        
        Delta by far has the most. Hawaiian and Qantaslink (Australia) have some, that's it. There weren't that many 717s ever made - ty97 Jun 28, 09:26
- any landing you can walk away from is a safe landing, budice -- nm - decline Jun 28, 08:18
National Geographic magazine is laying off *all* its staff writers -- (link) - TWuG Jun 28, 08:12 6
- Disney bought NATGEO several years ago. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 28, 09:25
- "Lets go exploring." -- nm - NatGeoAI Jun 28, 08:44
- I read this book - Explorers House - about the founding and history of NatGeo. It ends with the corporatization of the company. - Mop🧹 Jun 28, 08:43 1
  - Hey! I remember when I used to read books! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 28, 08:43
- They finally covered everything. -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 08:30
- :( -- nm - Andie Jun 28, 08:28
Oppenheimer got that Malibu Dream House -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 28, 08:10 1
- Lol -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 28, 11:06
Discovered that my students don't know ABBA. 1) how 2) they are blessed. -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 08:10 3
- I guarantee that Logan doesn't. -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 08:27
- Kids don't listen to radio, and don't go to the mall. -- nm - loosilu Jun 28, 08:11 1
  - At least not the Puente Hills Mall. -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 08:34
Puente Hills Mall: The Back to the Future Mall Is Dead! -- (link) - JD Jun 28, 08:09 [youtube] 1
- I use to go to that mall alot -- nm - eag Jun 28, 08:13
why are you booing me? i'm right -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 28, 08:02

Post a message top

< Newer

Older >

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