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  1. Well they tabled it, so thanks a lot for taking away something that just needed a little regulation but apparently not enough people were ‘thinking of the children’. Going to kill a huge industry
  2. I’ve probably told this before but it’s 98, freshman year, got a student sports pass and came back early from Thanksgiving break all “That’s what college students do, root for the home team
I shall watch a basketball contest!” Having zero clue how insanely loud old GIA was, I take a seat in the bleachers behind one of the hoops. We were playing TCU, coached by ole Billy Tubbs of OU fame
when he came out, the bleachers were vibrating with the massive volumes of boos. I think it still stands as the loudest crowd I’ve ever heard and spoiled me forever on college atmospheres. Man I miss those old, low ceilings.
  3. Wtf is wrong with some of yall? Signed, Oklahoma State fan
  4. Homercles

    2025 ACL

    Between being a big pop star and the unending Taylor Swift rumors, I figured Sabrina was going to be a madhouse so I stayed with my group instead of bouncing to Strokes. The red message on screen and dude on the PA telling everyone to step back was a new one to me, probably trying to be proactive after Chappell last year. This was my 20th, missing only 2013 as we were in maternity with our newborn son
and this is the first time that serious discussions have kicked off about breaking the ‘buy early bird 3 day, buy Chuy’s parking pass, get in early to setup home base in the shade, and be all in’ default plan. Friday night as we were shuffling through the EotS/Hozier crush, staring at a bright Range Rover sponsor booth, lamenting the loss of draft beer, breathing dust, carrying a $17 Coors
I wondered what VIP is like. Then I look at the VIP stands and the $30k bungalows, and they’re all jockeying for position at the rails
and fighting They’ve made a ton of improvements over the years and my core memories there are fully intertwined with my life in Austin
but as prices just get to stupid levels and I get older/less tolerant to heat/dust, can see a point where we just wing it with a 1-day after lineup is released.
  5. Homercles

    2025 ACL

    Yeah that sounds about right. They can’t control an artist’s popularity between booking and showtime, see Lizzo / Chappel Roan / Lumineers / etc
but EotS really surprised me as they’ve been around for well over a decade. Based off Reddit chatter already, wondering if Passion Pit is going to be a massive spill out of the tent. Not likely to cause an actual crush, but it can jack up traffic there with food/bathroom access. Have loved that guy since the Manners day, so blows my mind that these youngins may be lining up for him
possibly without a tour band? Who knows, I’m a grumpy bastard with all the corporate / bungalow / profit squeezing shit they’ve been doing.
  6. Homercles

    2025 ACL

    Man that crush between rock island and the ‘tent formerly known as beer tent’ was Lizzo-levels for that EotS/Hozier handoff. Recall years ago when there used to be a stage there, it was often a choke point
but we got caught up in that mess tonight, and it was borderline dangerous. Moral of the story is when you’re making a big move across the park to close out the evening, don’t let your friend Chris navigate. Fuckin Chris.
  7. Yeah gotta love the “there was no autism in my day” crowd that pivots immediately to their strange Uncle Steve
who never got married, ate at the same table at the same diner and ordered the same dish for 25 years, and whose house was converted to a model railroad shrine
didn’t need no commie socialist liberal mental health care.
  8. Pardon longcat: I’ve seen too much of this world to project my personal experiences on others
especially youth/young adults. That said, I’d argue: - Housing is either runaway rent in desirable locations, or affordable starter homes are owned by corporations/more affluent older folks - As expected the ‘supply chain’ price increases during COVID never went away - Large businesses are hell bent on using GenAI to eliminate entry level positions, making the hiring process a robot-driven maze of shit, and squeezing the last ounce of life from those who make it (RTO, social media monitoring, stagnant wages, etc) - College education cost:benefit has spiraled as prices rise uncontrollably - Their primary schools are regularly shot up, or closed due to budget, or quality teachers leave red states - One health problem can bankrupt you Theres plenty more, but I feel fortunate to have had an entry level tech support job after finishing college in 2002 which afforded healthcare, a starter home 3 years later, $12k in college debt and no PTSD from lockdown drills. There’s a huge portion of young adults that are being denied the American Dream and looking at a future of slave wages where they don’t ever end up owning anything
setting the stage for being susceptible to misinformation, happily fed to them by both traditional and social media that are now concentrated in the hands of a few people/corporations (Zuck, Musk, Sinclair, Nextstar). Feeling hopeless and angry, with endless ways to connect with others in the same boat and a government not only encouraging but actively spreading misinformation
you’re gonna pizza when you should have French fried.
  9. If it weren’t so sincere and sinister of a motive to hate on LGBTQ folks, I’d crack up at their pearl clutching
guess all that gay, lesbian, ‘trap’ or trans or whatever that seems to be about 1/3rd of every porn site is only viewed by dirty liberals huh?
  10. Shit, I feel MORE confident when I see a black person in a position of responsibility/authority
because you know their ass had to not only meet the requirements, but also overcome bullshit at every crucial point in their career while being careful to not piss off the bigots.
  11. I too keep a lectern made from recycled Popov handles in my IKEA showroom office.
  12. What’s she gonna do? Like Kirk even let her learn how to drive.
  13. Party of personal responsibility
”Kirk was an angel spreading his heavenly message on all of us, you haters ignore Jesus” Party of Free Speech
”we are going to impeach, fire or otherwise harass anyone who even quotes him” Party of law and order
”we gutted the FBI and put it under the watchful lazy eye of some meme personality such that monkeys that were fucking a football decided to stop and laugh”
  14. “It’s always your own peoples, sometimes it’s your own peoples”
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