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ChatGPT AI Tool— We all work for robots now
Samson's Wig replied to 956 Worldwide's topic in Daily Texan
This is sustainable so long as we allow grifters to dominate our economy. This is nothing new, as we've been gobbling up shitty tech for decades now with little to show for it outside of PE jags laughing all the way to the bank. Profitability? What does that have to do with anything anymore? -
Evangelicals are every bit as weird as Mormons, but lack the introspection to see it. Indoctrination of the young works.
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That's a lot of work to get rid of a mediocre QB at a football program that isn't exactly miles ahead of Utah. Not to mention, that even if BYU suddenly sucked this seaon Utah still has almost no chance of finishing in the top third (or even half) of their conference. Every fan base is delusional.
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Papers, please. Surly thread of deportation cruelty dominance
Samson's Wig replied to Captainant's topic in Daily Texan
I understand what you're saying. My wife was here for decades as a permanent resident, but after the first Trump term ended, we quickly got her naturalized. While I'm relieved about it with everything going on now, I also wonder if we've just trapped her on a sinking ship. -
Texas may have accidentally legalized marijuana
Samson's Wig replied to Viper's topic in Daily Texan
I don't want to create an account to read them. Are they threatening not to vote for Patrick or Abbott? -
The Ten Commandments - coming to a Texas classroom near you!
Samson's Wig replied to Captainant's topic in Daily Texan
Shared history. -
The Ten Commandments - coming to a Texas classroom near you!
Samson's Wig replied to Captainant's topic in Daily Texan
Southern Baptists, and evangelicals in general, hate Catholics so much that they were pro-choice up until the 90s or so, to make sure no one thought they were in alignment with the Catholics on any issue whatsoever. Most of the brainwashed cult members of today seem to be operating in ignorance of that reality. They are a political cult, not a religion. -
The Ten Commandments - coming to a Texas classroom near you!
Samson's Wig replied to Captainant's topic in Daily Texan
We'll allow only one religion to proselytize in public schools, and there will be nothing anyone can do about it. That's the American way of doing things. -
The Ten Commandments - coming to a Texas classroom near you!
Samson's Wig replied to Captainant's topic in Daily Texan
The USA is a better place to live than Iran, and no one has stated otherwise. However, if you can't see how Iran and Texas have more in common culturally than Texas does with European nations, or even most U.S. states, I don't know what to tell you. Death penalty infatuation, dominance of politics by religious fanatics, subjugating women, actively working to keep the citizenry poorly educated, etc. There are more similarities than differences, thanks to a minority faction in both Texas and Iran who are still living in the Middle Ages and have managed to seize control of the populace. Texas mostly has an edge because it's easier to leave (for now).- 106 replies
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The Ten Commandments - coming to a Texas classroom near you!
Samson's Wig replied to Captainant's topic in Daily Texan
How did we get to the point where the dumbest motherfuckers among us control the vote? If I wanted to live in Iran, I would have moved there.- 106 replies
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I completely agree that there are council members who are genuinely pro-affordability. That isn't what I was saying. My point was that they don't do anything about it, in large part because they can't. No city council can, but in every growing city, they all run on some version of promising it. It's like a kid running for student council on a platform of extending recess by three hours. They genuinely want it to happen, but there isn't a damn thing they can do about it, and they know it. This is why the campaign ads are bullshit, not because they don't believe it, but because they know they can't do anything about it but make the promises anyway (you know, like politicians do). They've been campaigning on this in Austin for decades with zero success once in office. You can blame NIMBYS for everything, like bozo does, and perhaps that's correct. The end result is that the city leadership has never and will never do anything meaningful about it, and I'm astounded anyone is still buying the pitch.
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I haven't listened to terrestrial radio in over fifteen years outside of public radio, and was never an AM radio guy outside of Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell when I found myself driving late at night on road trips. Still, I appreciate your consistency in pigeonholing anyone you perceive as disagreeing with your take on this subject. As LCHorn already pointed out, the discussion was about the politics of the message, not the realities of property taxation or how to improve housing affordability. "Let the market build more housing" is simply restating the affordability message into your preferred talking point on the subject, but it ignores the blatant appeal to the "eat the rich" crowd in Austin. Perhaps I'm too cynical, or you're too naive, or most likely a bit of both. Getting elected in this town isn't complicated. The playbook hasn't changed much for a long time. It's also why not much has changed in Austin for a long time. No elected official in this city will do a damn thing to make things more affordable, because there simply isn't much they can do to make that happen. It's empty language, but it works. You hear it in political campaigns in every major city in this country, and it's as empty in every other city as it is here. You know all this, but chose to be rude because you think I fit some NIMBY boogieman mold or something. Sorry to disappoint. In principle, I agree with your "build more housing" mantra. I'm admittedly a bit skeptical about developers executing the idea in a manner that improves anything for working-class Austinites, or restated, I'm unconvinced that city leadersrhip has the means to control the developers through the process in a manner that results in a benefit to the working class, but the core concept is sound. Agreed.
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"Affordability" is 100% not about lower taxes in an Austin political ad (or any other big city political ad). It is code for "I promise to tax "rich" people more and then pretend to give free shit to poor people while endorsing policies that make things more expensive for everyone." It's bait for burnouts and bottom dwellers. It's lower than buying votes, as it is just an empty promise to buy votes.
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Turns out there are some rednecks who haven't yet been gentrified out of North Carolina.
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There it is again. Until we collectively stop giving evangelicals a pass as being "regular christians", this shit will keep getting worse. There is nothing regular about that cult, and they need to be treated like the fucked up mouth-breathing dumbasses they are. These aren't your grandma's born-again christians. These people are evil and convinced they're righteous. That's a bad combination, and for some reason Americans can only recognize it for what it is when it comes wrapped in the flag of islam rather than christianity.
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Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
Samson's Wig replied to MaybeACoordinator's topic in Daily Texan
I sincerely hope we are setting the bar significantly higher than the average licensed human driver. The average licensed human driver shouldn't be licensed at all. -
The friends I've had over the years who were the most naturally attractive to women were always the ones who were the most relaxed and positive. Be chill, know how to smile and have fun, and remember that people, regardless of gender, are all essentially looking for the same thing. The rest will take care of itself without a ton of effort. Too many young men get caught up in their heads and worry themselves to the point of fearing women while simultaneously becoming a beatdown to be around. That negative headspace isn't anything new.
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I'm glad someone finally brought this up. Lost in these discussions is that the same things apply to women (at least half of them are mediocre or below, just like the guys). This discussion, every time it comes up, whether tacitly or explicitly, puts women on a pedestal by default and assumes the very traditional notion of women being the one who sets expectations that men must meet, when in reality it cuts both ways. You reach a certain age, as most of us here have, where you've either been through a divorce or seen many friends and acquaintances go through one. Can anyone honestly say that in every situation it's predominantly the man's lack of effort/attractiveness/etc. that leads to the split? In my experience, at least, it's about right down the middle in terms of which partner was the piece of shit. That's a hetero couple only observation. All of my gay friends who settled down have stayed happily married, so whatever secret they've figured out, they need to share it with the straights. Being toxic, or even just boring, is not a gender specific state of being. Many aspects of traditional male/female gender roles are in the process of flipping or altering in some way, and mid-tier women will have to recalibrate their expectations just like mid tier men have done for most of modern history.
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See how this works for you.
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That article reads like little more than the classic complaint certain women have when they set unreasonable expectations and then lose their shit when the men in their lives do not meet them. Or perhaps just a shift from "he wont' share his feelings with me" to "I don't have time for his bullshit feelings". Ultimately, this seems more like a siloed problem for a handful of women and not a widespread problem. Buzzfeed/Huffpost probably should have been the first clue on that front. Young men are certainly facing some serious hurdles these days that they didn't before, but framing that as just another problem for women to deal with is top-shelf feminonsense.
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Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
Samson's Wig replied to MaybeACoordinator's topic in Daily Texan
Chinese settings weren't activated. -
Youtubing is serious business apparently
Samson's Wig replied to Dennis Taylor's topic in Daily Texan
Most intelligent species, indeed. -
I spend time in all three bodies of water as well, but Town Lake is the only one I work hard to stay on the surface of. I'll occasionally kayak it or embarrass myself on a paddle board, but I'm not swimming in it. I can't remember where I found the info, but Town Lake is decidedly more disgusting than Lake Austin or Lake Travis based on every possible measurement. Given its location in an urban center, this really shouldn't be a surprise. To be fair, Lake Travis and especially Lake Austin are both fairly gross too, but nothing compared to Town Lake. Never mind the toxic algae, the sewage, and the commercial pollutants. The volume of STDs in Town Lake, based on the crowd that spends the most time in that water, must be staggering. We might end up ground zero for the next sexually transmitted pandemic based on what's brewing in those waters.
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