Everything posted by Snake Diggity
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Wives and the Stupid Shit They Say/Do
Get an invitation to a birthday party for one of my kidās classmates named Townes. Wife: āWhat a stupid name.ā Me: āWhy, because he was a druggie?ā Wife: āWhat the fuck are you talking about?ā Me: āWhere do you think they got that name?ā Wife: āThey clearly wanted to name the kid āTownsā after like a place to live, but wanted to get fancy with the spelling.ā My wife didnāt know who Townes Van Zandt was.
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The Texpatriates Thread
Not really about schools, although I am relatively happy with the AISD school my kids are in. More about giving the kids stability to develop deep relationships with neighbors and classmates but mainly staying close enough to family to have support when needed and let my kids get to know their grandparents and other extended family.
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The Texpatriates Thread
Iām a puss but Boise average high in Dec/Jan (38) is over 20 degrees colder than Dec/Jan in Austin (62). Thatās pretty damn cold. But tolerable, especially if I was able to get out of it for 2-3 weeks around the holidays. And youāre right, only ~6 days of snowfall each month is no big deal.
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Hunter āBig Gun In His Pantsā Biden - Mastermind of the Biden Family Crime Syndicate
Incredulity is beatinā the ā¦e-ver luv-inā¦ev-erā¦liv-inā¦thatās real little brother en-er-gy
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Hunter āBig Gun In His Pantsā Biden - Mastermind of the Biden Family Crime Syndicate
WHOOOOP!!!! Fightingā Texas Incredulity!
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The Texpatriates Thread
Iāve always assumed Boise was cold af. I actually edited my comment to change it to Billings. But would visit both before deciding.
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Depression, OCD, and whatever else ails you between the ears
I think it heavily depends on your personality (and of course, the therapist). Iāve had both and had better luck with women (no pics). I tend to be more defensive and guarded with men because I want to be ārightā whereas with women I tend to want to try to please them more (by talking more openly and being more engaged). But I think the therapistās intellect, style, background, annd personality are more important than their gender.
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The Texpatriates Thread
Youngest kid graduates in 11 years. Only potential complication is if my parents are still around and need me to care for them. Short list: Charlotte San Diego Denver Billings (would keep a place in TX to live Dec-Feb) Seattle
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Hunter āBig Gun In His Pantsā Biden - Mastermind of the Biden Family Crime Syndicate
Case in point
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Tracking Trump Administration and Cabinet picks
Itās embarrassing to say but DeSantis is more qualified than Hegseth by leaps and bounds.
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Hunter āBig Gun In His Pantsā Biden - Mastermind of the Biden Family Crime Syndicate
If anybody wants to know exactly how Aggie fans would have acted if theyād beaten us on Saturday, just look at how incredulity is acting in this thread.
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I Unplugged and You Should Too
I have resolved to spend 2025 embracing the ignorance and distraction so pervasive among everybody else in society. Being informed and engaged has only made me angry and sad. I intend to eliminate my time spent on social media (including this site) and dramatically reduce my time online. I will watch sports and movies on tv, and spend more time outside and offline. The weapons the bad guys have at their disposal are too powerful. Itās hopeless.
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Official Bitch about your Family Thread 2024: Holiday Edition
Spent Thanksgiving with my momās side of the family. She has an absurd number of siblings and they all live near each other in a shithole on the coast. Ultra-conservative, ultra-ultra catholic. All my like-minded people who are anti-Trump and/or agnostic were either at their other familyās or just bailed altogether. So I spent the weekend feeling very lonely. These people make the characters from Hillbilly Elegy look guilded. They all make such poor life decisions that are very difficult to look past. The main house has 2 slushy machines and 3 ice cream dispensers that are always running. My kids had more sugar Th-Sat than they had in the previous month combined. All the kids except mine are walking around like zombies streaming YouTube or video games on their iPhones. There were 3 cups with bleeding-ear Trump pictures (āFight! Fight! Fight!ā) on them at the table where I ate my Thanksgiving dinner. Had to listen to my cousinās wife yap about how great RFK Jr was gonna be and how dangerous vaccines are while everybody else yepped along like fucking Boomhauer from King of the Hill. There really wasnāt much drama. And I had a good time watching us beat the Aggies with my dad. But all in all Iād be just fine never celebrating Thanksgiving there again.
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Hunter āBig Gun In His Pantsā Biden - Mastermind of the Biden Family Crime Syndicate
Boy, youāve got class. Acting like a fucking Aggie like itās the first time youāve ever been right about anything.
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A farewell to Dairy Queens
We stop at the one in Lockhart often and itās solid. We have eaten at the one on the highway in/near Austwell-Tivoli and it was also solid. The one in dripping springs was a total shitshow before it closed.
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24/25 Astros Offseason thread
Not that anybody should be counting on it, but a Charlie Morton-esque late career stint of health and performance is not outside the realm of possibility for McCullers. Heās only 31.
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Cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, etc.)
One of my favorite scenes in The Big Short is where the guy realizes thereās a mortgage bubble when the strippers are talking about how theyāre invested in real estate. Saturday before the game we were eating at El Chile and my cousin mentioned bitcoin (as part of a larger conversation not really about crypto). Our waiter, a 20 year old pothead type, comes running over and is like āyou guys into bitcoin? Great investment, Iām all in.ā Dude was frothing at the mouth to talk about this thing he was invested in that he had no fucking clue about how it actually works. Bubble. Who knows how long it will take to burst. But itās a bubble.
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The New Democratic Platform
Dems need a young male version of Ann Richards. Maybe Chris āThe Rockā Johnson? Sadly, Iām fucking serious. Although he probably wouldnāt win because heās not white. Find a young white dude who talks like Ann Richards did. Eliminate all talk about gender. If it comes up, immediately respond with an angry, expletive-laced tirade about rich Republicans fucking over working class people. Turn every discussion about race into a discussion about income/wealth inequality across all races. Promise immediate cash payments to everyone with a job, paid for by an increase in taxes on the 1%. Talk about it in simple terms: if you elect me, I will send you money as long as you are working. PAWs: Payments for American Workers. Promise a balanced budget amendment. Adopt James Talaricoās message about Christianity and how the GOP are anti-Christian. Promise free universal healthcare, paid for by tough negotiations with healthcare providers and pharmaceutical companies that will result in everyone paying less than they were thru private insurers. Bumper stickers that say āCandidate Name 2028: FUCK INSURANCE COMPANIESā would be effective. Outflank the GOP on border security: promise that you will roll out a program to legalize all immigrants who have full time work lined up, and that minors who have been here for 10+ years can get citizenship, but that outside of that you will be cruel to illegals (building a wall, patrolling the border, shooting people who refuse to go thru official checkpoints, sanctioning countries who allow migrants to pass thru to get here).
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24/25 Astros Offseason thread
The non-tenders of Romano and Finnegan donāt bode well for Houston being able to dump all of Presslyās contract. Doesnāt really make sense for Houston to trade him if they have to eat money, since the point of trading him is to clear payroll.
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What age is too young...
I am admittedly a helicopter parent. Part of that is just my personality, but I was definitely affected by an experience I had early in my parenthood. When my first kid was 3 months old, she got rsv and was really sick, so we took her to Dell Childrenās. While in the ER exam room waiting to see the dr, there was some scuttlebutt out in the hall. Directly across from our exam room was another room, where I watched thru the window as a doctor and social worker pulled a young woman in to tell her that her child was dead. The scream she let loose is something I will never ever forget, and I will also never forget seeing the woman sitting on a bench outside the hospital sobbing when we left, with an empty stroller next to her. I found out she was coming out of a Home Depot in south Austin and the child walked out into the parking lot and was run over by a truck. The driver had to be chased down because he didnāt even know heād hit anything. Anyway, ever since that experience Iām a total fucking freak when it comes to my kids walking by themselves, especially in busy areas. My 9 year old has always been super responsible and Iāve trusted her since she was 5, although I have never left her alone, mostly because of her younger sister. My 6 year old has the personality of a butterfly and still does not ever look before walking somewhere; I doubt she will be allowed to go anywhere alone until sheās a teenager. I think itās ridiculous to arrest a mother for leaving a 10 year old unattended for a short time. A poster above nailed it: 5-12 is when itās acceptable to start leaving a kid unattended or āfree rangeā, but context should always be considered.
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Depression, OCD, and whatever else ails you between the ears
That med took a long time to get approved due to having difficulty showing effectiveness in trials (13 trials showed it was not effective before it got the 2 positive trials required for approval). Thatās not to say itās not worth trying if other things arenāt working, but I wouldnāt hold out much hope that it will be the answer. I 2nd Trophās recommendation for ketamine for treatment resistant depression, especially if thereās suicidal ideation involved; the feedback on that has been very encouraging, and if my depression/suicidal ideation flares up again, that is what I will try. (I am not a doctor and everyone should consult their doctor instead of getting medical advice from the internet.)
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
wtf are YOU talking about? Your comment literally said āat no time since her announcement in 2019 has she been the driving force behind any policy ideas or political shift. Never a whiff of substanceā, bringing forward the idea that she lost because she wasnāt the driving force behind any policy ideas and substance, as if that fucking mattered.
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Elonia Trump - how does this all play out?
I really wonder what kind of info Elon got on Trump when he bought Twitter. He and Putin probably have the same dirt.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
LMFAO thinking Harris lost / Trump won because of fucking policy. Dems played loser identity politics. If theyād ran a white male under 80 who kept quiet about trans and brown people, they would have won.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Iām dead serious McConaughey could win the presidency in 2028. The Dems need one of the following: a younger version of Al Franken, Straight version of Mayor Pete, or White male version of AOC.