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: 158

Reading some of the stories about the Red Sox, I'm wondering if Papelbon isn't elsewhere next year. - Will Hunting Oct 12, 11:38 5
- Why's that? - kelly Oct 12, 11:44 1
  - His pitches were easier to hit, he's pretty emotional; there's been some stories his persona hasn't been 100% welcomed recently.... - Will Hunting Oct 12, 11:46
- They should trade him and get Eric Gagne back... - znufrii Oct 12, 11:40
- If they can get a sucker to give up their farm, I'm sure Theo would consider it. (nm) - musubi Oct 12, 11:39 1
  - [deleted]
[deleted] 6
- I just want to know when Favre's gonna play somebody worth a crap! -- nm - Jim Oct 12, 11:35 4
  - Orton! - musubi Oct 12, 11:37 1
    - I was just talking about that...I'm actually not that upset about the Cardinals. - Jim Oct 12, 11:41
  - 5-0 is just an illusion. -- nm - Spawn Oct 12, 11:36 1
    - I don't know...I listened to 4 weeks of "you didn't play anybody". So I want to know why - Jim Oct 12, 11:37
- Duh. - Spawn Oct 12, 11:32
ST Poll. I'm seeing ads saying "Tell Congess no taxes on soda and juice drinks" because it'll make it harder for families to feed their kids. Should - TWuG Oct 12, 11:31 36
- We need to raise income taxes for these wars we're fighting, but sure, I think I support this tax. -- nm - con_carne Oct 12, 11:44
- Would diet soda be taxed? -- nm - nubby Oct 12, 11:36 13
  - I would assume so. It's not like it's better for you than regular soda. -- nm - TWuG Oct 12, 11:39 9
    - sure they are, in that they don't contain 150 nutritionless calories per can. -- nm - Reagen Oct 12, 11:41 7
      - instead they contain artificial chemicals. - znufrii Oct 12, 11:42 6
        
        we just had the discussion the other day. Not proven in any meaningful manner. - Reagen Oct 12, 11:44
        
        Your IM: Such as? -- nm - con_carne Oct 12, 11:43 4
        
        Diet sodas give the illusion (to many) of being good for you. -- nm - Spawn Oct 12, 11:43 3
        
        no one should claim it's health food. But as an alternative to drinking the same amount of regular pop, it's better for you. - Reagen Oct 12, 11:46
        
        actually diet soda's are an illution to everyone - Danedukenuuk Oct 12, 11:45
        
        I would never say my Cherry Coke Zero is good for me but it is significantly better for me than drinking sugared pop -- nm - oblique Oct 12, 11:45
    - well fewer calories IS in fact better for most people in the western world -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 12, 11:40
  - Eventually. -- nm - Dr.Vermin, on a slippery slope Oct 12, 11:37 1
    - becorse it contains Co2? - Danedukenuuk Oct 12, 11:37
  - read my post -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 12, 11:37
- I don't think taxing the end product is really going to help. - znufrii Oct 12, 11:35 3
  - Help what? Help fund the government? Because I think they'll do that just fine. -- nm - TWuG Oct 12, 11:38 2
    - I would think the stated poitn behind taxing unhealthy beverages would be to incentivise healthy consumer behaviors as much as raising revenue - znufrii Oct 12, 11:39 1
      - The point is to raise revenue. The tax will be so small that I doubt sales would see any impact at all. -- nm - TWuG Oct 12, 11:43
- no - Danedukenuuk Oct 12, 11:34 8
  - What they *should* do is drop the stupid tarriffs on foreign sugar that are there just to protect one Florida family's sugar business. - TWuG Oct 12, 11:37 7
    - i think the idear is to make it *more* expecive to condume products with large amounts of sugar -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 12, 11:39 5
      - That may be the rationale, but it's just an avenue to raise funds. - TWuG Oct 12, 11:41 4
        
        [deleted]
        
        so nomatter what you do as a politician you're basically trying to f*ck the voter? - Danedukenuuk Oct 12, 11:44 2
        
        Only if she's cute! -- nm - TWuG Oct 12, 11:45 1
        
        Palin explained? - Danedukenuuk Oct 12, 11:46
    - [deleted]
- Lets not get crazy. Coke is a necessity, not a luxery. -- nm - Spawn Oct 12, 11:34 3
  - Yourdamnrightit'snotaluxuryspeakingofwhichyou hadatypoinyourpostdadyoushouldletmommydothepo stingshesbetteratitthanyou. (nm) - Logan, hopped up on caffeine Oct 12, 11:36 1
    - heh. He has smelled of it but I have yet to even let him taste it, for fear of him refusing all else. -- nm - Spawn Oct 12, 11:37
  - luxery? luxury. -- nm - Spawn Oct 12, 11:35
- [deleted]
- I'm not fine with the higher taxes, but their angle of attack is flawed imo. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 12, 11:32 2
  - /like/ -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 12, 11:36 1
    - Course, if you're going to go down the road of taxing this stuff....actually do it to eliminate multiple problems. - Will Hunting Oct 12, 11:49
Happy Birthday Amoxy! -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 12, 11:29 1
- Indeed -- nm - crash davis Oct 12, 11:29
even though Matt Hasselbeck came back yesterday, the Seahawks still have seven starters out on injury -- nm - crash davis Oct 12, 11:24
*collapse* -- nm - nubby Oct 12, 11:21 9
- [deleted] 8
  - I'm sorry, you misspelled Twins. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 12, 11:24 7
    - [deleted] 6
      - 17 runners left on...... -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 12, 11:33
      - So the Skins are out... -- nm - Shaun Oct 12, 11:32 1
        
        [deleted]
      - [deleted]
      - It's the playoffs. If Nathan hadn't imploded, you never know... (nm) - musubi Oct 12, 11:27 1
        
        [deleted]
ten tongues -- (link) - marcel Oct 12, 11:20
[deleted] 10
- Very nice! Why am not surprised you talked to her about the Yankees. -- nm - Krusty Oct 12, 11:31 1
  - [deleted]
- You did? *jealous* -- nm - con_carne Oct 12, 11:27
- "So, just between you and me, Scalia really is a pompous ass, isn't he?" (nm) - musubi Oct 12, 11:20
- and how much of the time do you spend slobbering drunkenly over her? - znufrii Oct 12, 11:20 5
  - [deleted] 3
    - still, all sorts of awesome, I bet. -- nm - znufrii Oct 12, 11:27 2
      - [deleted] 1
        
        nice. -- nm - znufrii Oct 12, 11:30
  - say baby, betcha been lookin' for a wise latina *man*, haven't ya? -- nm - dawson si Oct 12, 11:21
there were two real reasons I asked that trivia question 1) has any other NFL head coach been a loser in his first head coaching job? - crash davis Oct 12, 11:06 8
- Bobby Ross didn't do very well in his first stop - Will Hunting Oct 12, 11:10 7
  - to be fair to Ross 24-31 at the Citadel isn't shabby for them (I think) but even so I'm amazed that folks keep getting promoted -- nm - crash davis Oct 12, 11:13 6
    - Coaching is a *lot* about networking. Who you know and who you've worked with before. - musubi Oct 12, 11:17 4
      - that makes a heck of a lot of sense -- nm - crash davis Oct 12, 11:22 3
        
        Hey, I just relized that Nick Holt was head coach over at Idaho for a couple seasons, right? - musubi Oct 12, 11:25 2
        
        yep, for two years until Linehan and Carroll got in a bidding war for his services -- nm - crash davis Oct 12, 11:27 1
        
        Holt was who replaced Cable -- nm - crash davis Oct 12, 11:28
    - Ehhh......you diversify enough, you'll get more chances. - Will Hunting Oct 12, 11:15
So, canucks - what do YOU eat on thanksgiving? Also turkey? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 12, 11:04 4
- maple syrup sandwiches -- nm - Beaker Oct 12, 11:26
- Canadian Bacon - Epiphany Oct 12, 11:09
- moose -- nm - decline Oct 12, 11:06 1
  - *looks around nervously* (nm) - musubi Oct 12, 11:12
So I caught Thursday's Flashforward....not bad....watching 1 & 2 on Hulu now....but jeebus, what a cast. - Will Hunting Oct 12, 11:03 12
- That was nearly my exact reaction. -- nm - nubby Oct 12, 11:20
- Eps 1 and 2 were a lot better than 3, imo. (spoils) - musubi Oct 12, 11:16 5
  - I'll let ya know after I see Epi 1 & 2..... - Will Hunting Oct 12, 11:17 4
    - [deleted] 3
      - Episode 3 is typical "Lost" where you have basically an entire episode of nothing that contains one reveal that they expose right at the very end - oblique Oct 12, 11:26 1
        
        Well said. Plus... - Dr.Vermin Oct 12, 11:30
      - I hope you're right. I'm still very excited about the series on the whole. - musubi Oct 12, 11:22
- My wife is convinced that she was Ross' girlfriend in Friends towards the end and I feel stupid saying Moesha over and over again but she - oblique Oct 12, 11:09 4
  - Moesha? - Will Hunting Oct 12, 11:10 3
    - Heh. I saw her listed in a Moesha episode on TV.com and went to the bad place -- (link) - oblique Oct 12, 11:13
    - Well, at least he has reason to feel stupid now! -- nm - Todd Manning Oct 12, 11:13 1
      - Reminds me of the time my grandparents had a long argument over my brother's name - Will Hunting Oct 12, 11:14
I particularly love the artists description of the mural he's working on in this article. -- (link) - znufrii Oct 12, 11:03
VLIR: crash. Are you playing FF in Jockstrap? I enjoyed beating you but starting 3 guys on a bye week just doesn't have the same luster -- nm - oblique Oct 12, 10:56 2
- yeah, I looked at that and felt like majorly stupid, I had pencilled that week 6 was my first bye week for anybody -- nm - crash davis Oct 12, 11:03 1
  - FJS is the only bright spot in my FF leagues this year which is ironic because it is probably the worst autodraft group I've ever gotten - oblique Oct 12, 11:07
saw M�n som hatar kvinnor last week, Man it's hard work reading swedish subtitles for two and a half hours! -- nm - marcel Oct 12, 10:53 1
- A M��se once bit my sister... - TWuG Oct 12, 10:59
Weekend movies: Paranomal Activities B-, Up A+, Zombieland A- - Guy Oct 12, 10:50 6
- Monsters v Aliens: B+ -- nm - Beaker Oct 12, 11:27
- [deleted] 4
  - Frost/Nixon spoiler comment - con_carne Oct 12, 10:57 3
    - He WAS Nixon's Chief of Staff. They tend to like their employer. -- nm - Ender Oct 12, 11:00 1
      - He played it like there was much more to it than that, is what I'm saying -- nm - con_carne Oct 12, 11:08
    - [deleted]
[deleted] 16
- Kelly Hu? -- nm - peglegpete Oct 12, 11:14
- I didn't even know I was nominated! (nm) - musubi Oct 12, 10:50 8
  - though why they picked you over any other random Mets fan is a question unanswered. -- nm - Reagen Oct 12, 10:52 1
    - I'm a better dancer. Sainthood demands being able to boogie. (nm) - musubi Oct 12, 10:56
  - [deleted] 5
    - Well, I have made many women scream out The Lords name. - musubi Oct 12, 10:54 4
      - pure terror will make one do that -- nm - decline Oct 12, 10:56
      - Jesus Christ, why won't you get away from me?! -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 12, 10:55 2
        
        [deleted] 1
        
        I deserve an assist for setting that one up. (nm) - musubi Oct 12, 10:58
- I was rooting for Saint MekkaLekkaHigh...but apparently it was only HineyHo. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 12, 10:47
- St. Damien from Hawaii. Pretty neat backstory too. -- nm - Loyola Oct 12, 10:47 3
  - There is a very good book about him and the lepers on Molokai called 'The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai ' -- nm - decline Oct 12, 10:53 1
    - Interesting, thanks. -- nm - Loyola Oct 12, 10:58
  - it's an omen -- nm - marcel Oct 12, 10:51
- heh (spoiler) - znufrii Oct 12, 10:47
why in the blue hell is Reggie Bush on the Yahoo Can't Cut list??? -- nm - Guy Oct 12, 10:46 2
- heh -- nm - Spawn Oct 12, 11:08
- argh. nevermind. *delete post* - Guy Oct 12, 10:47
Crash's clues and trivia wording sucks. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 12, 10:44 15
- Hell, I've even cheated now and can barely piece togehter what Crash's answers will approach. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 12, 10:46 9
  - Name the coach who tanked the University of Idaho's football program. The bonus questions should be easy for you. -- nm - crash davis Oct 12, 10:47
  - Crash..cheated answers here. - Will Hunting Oct 12, 10:47 7
    - correct on all counts - the theme to those four questions is easy - crash davis Oct 12, 10:49 6
      - I'm impressed that that many shitty NFL coached all created a perfect storm of mediocrity at a small D1-AA school at one time. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 12, 10:50 5
        
        actually it was a damn fine 1-AA program when I was in college - a former Redskin and ESPN personality also played there at the same time -- nm - crash davis Oct 12, 10:52 4
        
        So you're sending out resumes to NFL teams right now, right? - musubi Oct 12, 10:53 2
        
        "Oakland Raiders on line two." "*sotto voice* I'm not here!" -- nm - Reagen Oct 12, 10:56
        
        He might actually get one of the jobs? - Will Hunting Oct 12, 10:55
        
        Schlereth. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 12, 10:52
- no, the clues don't suck - there is a very specific reason I used a particular name. -- nm - crash davis Oct 12, 10:46 4
  - To clarify, you are asking for: U Idaho's current coach, where he went to college, and the QB who was his classmate in college, correct? - musubi Oct 12, 10:49 3
    - no, I'm asking who tanked the U of I's program - he isn't there, he is in a much bigger job now - crash davis Oct 12, 10:51 2
      - I just looked at Will's post. I guess I didn't understand your question either. - musubi Oct 12, 10:52 1
        
        The last 500 record they had was a decade ago...the coach then left for greener pastures...they brought in Answer 1 to replace him. - Will Hunting Oct 12, 10:54
Loyola: Spiders gots ta eat! If you see a lot of spiders they must be finding food. Live, creepy, crawly food. -- nm - TWuG Oct 12, 10:44 4
- I thought spiders only ate stuff that landed in their web, so like, I thought you must have a load of mosquitos in your garden or something. - Loyola Oct 12, 10:47 3
  - not all spiders make webs -- nm - marcel Oct 12, 10:49 2
    - Hmm. I did not know that. -- nm - Loyola Oct 12, 10:50 1
      - Jumping spiders are hunters -- (link) - marcel Oct 12, 11:00
Error. -- nm - MDH Oct 12, 10:41 1
- I'm trying my best! -- nm - con_carne Oct 12, 10:42

Post a message top

< Newer

Older >

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