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I've had a family member do this to me too. "Every time we talk about politics you say things that make me feel like I'm stupid." Well then stop bringing up the latest BS thing you heard at the hair studio and I'll quit giving you my opinion. I don't think you're stupid, I just think you are getting terrible information and you're not thinking critically about it.

Thank you, I saw that but forgot about it. According to that, traffic was much heavier in populated areas. The shitty weather will also cause quite a few people to stay home or seek an area with better weather too.

I'm thinking the opposite on the bigger cities vs. some random rural road. It seems like people coming from further east will be going to bigger towns. I'm in Nacogdoches and have been planning on going almost due west to find a spot along 287 on the other side of Palestine. The path of totality looks to cross this area 10-15 miles west of Palestine on 287. What's the consensus, a bigger city like Tyler where they have better infrastructure or a more rural place where there should be fewer people? My plan has been to find somewhere in the red circle that has a larger shoulder where we can turn around and be pointed back to home and safely watch from the side of the road. Will areas like this be all jammed up too?

I think we'll have two guys there. I'm not one of them unfortunately. Maybe keep the snuff in your pocket on the airplane, mmmmkay?

Thank you for sharing. I was unaware that you could get an ag exemption for keeping bees. I've got 7.5 acres and have been reading all morning on the Texas Beekeepers Association website about how I can make this happen.

It's such a fucking bailout too. These fucks know they are supporting some bullshit but still do it because tax cuts or woke or whatever the fuck scare porn has been playing on FNC recently.

Try not to suck any dick on your way to the parking lot.

It's not a bad thought, but I'm not sure he would have seen the error of his ways and sought new sources of information if I'd only have asked him where he got his information all 37 times he spouted some obviously made up bullshit. Where did you get this information that approaching conversations like you suggest has been successful in cutting through people's echo chamber of bullshit? I'm willing to try anything because I've certainly not made any headway with what I'm doing.

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.

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...

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.

Space City Weather guys are saying the forecast is pretty grim for all of Texas being able to see the eclipse.

Pffft. Do you even gain of function bro!?

She looks like the Ozempic is giving her the bubble guts.

What a bunch of horseshit.

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.

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.

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

It’s fucking insane and make me want to move.

The pro-voucher candidate for my state rep, Shofner, is crushing incumbent Travis Clardy so far. Just fucking great.

That's an amazing lineup.

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.

Welp. I haven’t waited in a lift line yet today. Loveland is great.