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Somnio

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  1. Speak for yourself, dickface. 1,000 Texans are at a resort, and one group of 10 act like douches, suddenly it's the rule and not the exception? Bullshit. I think you have it ass backwards. The group of people looking down at someone, and making generalizations about them because of where they live are the arrogant assholes in my book. Carry on.
  2. Exactly. We knew months ago this was going to be terrible. There was no way around that fact. I don't understand why anyone is surprised.
  3. My sensei taught me many things, one of them being never trust a man that doesn't like helmets.
  4. I doubt most will watch the video, but this thing has a built in fan to keep you cool.
  5. I'm getting a helmet! All the sci-fi movies we've watched our whole lives where everyone walks around in helmets were predicting the future. Well, the future is now...
  6. One needs a mask for all occasions. A fucking mask, a bathing mask, a sleeping mask....
  7. I found out today a major tenant in the building where I work will not be returning until sometime in 2021. I have a feeling more and more companies will be following suit.
  8. Oh, the shooter is white? I had not heard anything about the shooter, nor the victim's identities.
  9. It will be said you only liked flour tortillas better because they were white. Your name shall forever live in infamy.
  10. I ordered a Kel-tec RDB yesterday, along with a Holosun green dot sight and 3x magnifier. It hasn't shipped yet, but after I pick it up I'll post some pics.
  11. I'd speculate it's not getting much attention because none of the victims died. Five people being injured is not a particularly big news story. If all five victims were dead it would be receiving a lot of coverage.
  12. Somnio

    Austin FC

    Also, I just ordered one of these T-shirts. I thought some others may be interested.... https://www.hellomerch.com/products/austin-fc-x-black-pumas-know-you-better-adult-black-t-shirt
  13. Somnio

    Austin FC

    New stadium naming rights guess: Tesla Stadium!
  14. I'm not sure. Like most things there are positives and negatives. I will say this, many think in terms of either/or on this topic. There are examples all around the globe of nations with high rates of car ownership, and modern expressway systems while still having transit systems that absolutely shame all but just a handful of our biggest and most urban cities here in the U.S. Canada and Australia are two in the Anglosphere which come to mind as quite relevant. Look at Melbourne as an example. This isn't a massive city, nor is it an ancient city founded 1,000 plus years ago. It's really quite comparable to a Houston or Dallas in size and age. According to the 2016 Australian census, Melbourne has the second-highest rate of public transport usage among Australian capital cities for travel to work at 19 percent, second to Sydney's 27 percent.[1] In 2017-2018, 565 million passenger trips were made on Melbourne's metropolitan public transport network.[3] Melbourne's public transport system includes rail, tram and bus services. Its tram network is the largest in the world.[26] Almost 300 bus routes and 16 rail lines serve Greater Melbourne. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Melbourne Australia also has one of the highest rates of auto ownership in the world at 730 motor vehicles per 1,000 people. The United States by comparison has 838 per 1,000 people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_vehicles_per_capita Canada is another nation with high auto ownership at 685 per 1,000 people, yet it's transit systems and usage far surpass systems in the U.S. And it's not just Toronto, Montreal, or Vancouver. Calgary, Edmonton, and Ottawa are all relatively small cities, are not very old or dense cities, and still have quite extensive and well used transit systems. There are other examples globally such as Japan and Germany which are known for their cars, have quite high auto ownership rates while still having impressive, well used transit systems.
  15. Lotsa money these days to be made with gerbils. It's not well known, but a man can raise 50,000 gerbils annually on an acre of land.
  16. Somnio

    Austin FC

    https://mobile.twitter.com/taylortwellman/status/1274094950083448834
  17. I thought it was pretty commonly accepted that there was no stopping the spread of this virus, and we were just trying to slow the spread so the hospitals wouldn't be overwhelmed. So far it seems we've done really well, and I say this as someone that was Team Ballgame back in March and April.
  18. Well not burned down, but I don't think it's a wild assumption to think that was the intent.... https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/historic-church-near-white-house-damaged-amid-unrest-leaders-pray-for-healing/2318673/
  19. Oh wait, sorry guys! I just jumped to the most logical conclusion. Turns out he wasn't lynched afterall! Surprising I know!
  20. Hispanic/Caucasian?!? Fuck, Antifa/BLM are lynching Caucasians now?!? Send these terrorists to Gitmo!
  21. People in Texas used to use streetcars to get around, just like they still do all around the world. The difference is everyone else did not stupidly tear out or abandon their tracks like much of the United States did. We now have 70 plus years of highway expansions, and development patterns which prioritize 5000 pound, fossil fuel burning machines to move people's lard asses to go anywhere. This has not been a good experiment. It has failed. It has been bad for our cities, bad for our environment, and bad for our health. The future is not to continue sprawling farther out into the hinterlands, and neverending multi-billion dollar freeway expansions into what was formerly farm land.
  22. Exactly, and no one bats an eye when billions and billions are spent on highways year after year after year. And as a disclaimer I fully support highway expansion as well. I just believe we shouldn't put virtually all of our eggs in one basket in perpetuity. I think it's okay to support alternative forms of transport than the automobile. I also believe there shouldn't be a double standard for mass transit. If a billion dollars is spent expanding a highway no one believes all of our transportation problems will evaporate. If it saves you 5 or 10 minutes on your commute it's considered a smashing success. There are times it won't be near capacity. Does that mean it was an enormous waste? And no one believes a road is going to pay for itself either, at least not without going into massive debt by issuing bonds and then charging tolls. Even then it takes many decades to pay for itself, if it doesn't default. Oh yeah, and we all know how much every one loves toll roads. Transportation is for the common good like education or the fire department. Maybe you went to private school, and have never needed to call 911. That's great, but you still pay for those services.
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