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The Royal We

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  1. I get what you're saying but we were sitting at a breakfast table having a conversation. I wasn't going to whip out my phone and pull out a news source that he would hand-wave away anyway. (I don't think I'm going to find a link on foxnews.com that shows an accurate depiction of murder rates) So I rolled my eyes and laughed in his face - ahhhhhhh, of course, the statistics are made up!!!! I think this is as big of a part of it as anything else. My mom got off Facebook (I think when they started taking down obvious Covid disinfo) and is very active (not sitting in front of the TV on Fox all day), but the people she spends time with are absorbing this BS in all their waking hours. So even though my mom isn't getting on FB everyday, she's still inundated with the same horseshit. She gets it at the hair salon, at the Mahjong game, at trivia night at the only good pub in town, etc. It's an echo chamber of bullshit and it's very rare that these people come across someone like me who will push back/call them out/shame them/laugh in their face. They are shocked to encounter someone that completely disagrees with them about most things while still looking and sounding like them.
  2. I think there's a decent chance both of my parents are going are going to be in the same bucket. They're in Texas so it won't make a shit, but hopefully there's a decent amount of these people in swing states. eta - my mom brought him up last summer and asked if I thought he had a chance to "make things interesting in the election." I was engulfed in the ranch waters and told her I didn't think he had a snowball's chance in hell. Looking back I should have talked RFK up more...
  3. I actually had a conversation with my old boss about this a few weeks ago. He was convinced all of the big cities were in the middle of a huge spike in violent crime. When I told him the actual statistics did not support his argument he told me "Oh yea, I have heard that, but it's just that the FBI has been under reporting the crimes." How in the fuck do we deal with this? I know it's something that comes up on here daily, but how can you reach people like this if we can't even agree on a shared reality? This is a smart and very successful person - he just won't accept any data that doesn't support is priors. I just shook my head and laughed in his face.
  4. Space City Weather guys are saying the forecast is pretty grim for all of Texas being able to see the eclipse.
  5. Pffft. Do you even gain of function bro!?
  6. She looks like the Ozempic is giving her the bubble guts.
  7. What a bunch of horseshit.
  8. This. I've got a 7 year old Toto Washlet in our master bath and I'll never live in another house without one. Like others have said, I can't believe so many people still willingly wander the earth with a shit-smeared backside every day.
  9. The guy who works on my yard swears by MSM turf and said he used it at his own house to knock out Bahia. I used it last year in my yard for the first time and had good results after bumping up the mixture on my 2nd batch. I used a 15 gallon sprayer in the back of my side by side and think I did .3 oz per gallon of water. It worked so much better than relying on weed and feed.
  10. John Mayer announced a partnership with AP and they let him design a Royal Oak. It looks pretty amazing to me. https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/hands-on-john-mayer-audemars-piguet-royal-oak
  11. It’s fucking insane and make me want to move.
  12. The pro-voucher candidate for my state rep, Shofner, is crushing incumbent Travis Clardy so far. Just fucking great.
  13. That's an amazing lineup.
  14. I did groomer hot laps until my legs were turning to jello. Back at the hotel already getting ready for dinner. Great little mountain that was just what I needed today.
  15. Welp. I haven’t waited in a lift line yet today. Loveland is great.
  16. I get in tomorrow afternoon and have a dinner meeting. I could rent some skis in town tomorrow afternoon and be ready to head out early Thursday morning. Nothing to do on Thursday until dinner at 6 pm in the Cherry Creek area. I usually just Uber in to town and back, so not having a car is an issue. And everything would need to go perfectly timing-wise for me to get back for dinner. I looked into Echo as well - pretty dang close but don't know that I would get my $$$ worth out of the ski rental on a mountain that small. I might still go for it.
  17. What are the odds he doesn't pay anything at all and dares the state to start selling his assets to pay the judgements? Throw it on the pile of other things he uses to coax retirees and working class folks out of their money.
  18. Going to Denver for work tomorrow and I've got almost a full day on Thursday with nothing on the calendar until dinner. I've been trying to figure out a way to squeeze in a day at Loveland, but I don't think I can make it happen.
  19. I wouldn't buy off of BAT, but I saw the rust pictures and thought of you and your busted up back not being able to see some bad shit happening underneath.
  20. How bad was the rust on your '10? This one on BAT is currently sitting at $4,900 but the rust underneath looks atrocious. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2007-toyota-fj-cruiser-116/
  21. I'm kicking around the idea of getting my son a FJ for his first car. My first car was a '91 4Runner and I had an '03 Taco as well. I drove the 4Runner until it had 200k miles and started to have engine issues/lose compression. I drove the Taco for 130k and only got rid of it because we started having kids and I needed more space. My question is, how many miles are too many when looking at a used 'Yota? The FJs have really held their value and there isn't that much savings for one with 200k vs. 125k miles. Opinions?
  22. This sorry ass motherfucker. He's the one that needs a dirt nap. Traitorous piece of shit.
  23. Correct. Garland should have done a press conference giving his own view of the SC's findings and then sat on the report for a week or so until people saw something else shiny and moved on.
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