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Samson's Wig

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  1. So we're looking for a college-aged transgender veteran alt-right skateboarder? How many of those could there possibly be? Manhunt should be over before lunch.
  2. People, on the whole, are fucking stupid.
  3. Do we know if anyone still works at the FBI?
  4. Most Americans don't know who the fuck Charlie Kirk even is. Those who do are the problem. No war is starting over this.
  5. Lots of comments in this thread about how kids spend all their time online, have no face-to-face interactions, etc, and that's why they're intolerant of opposing viewpoints. I'm not buying that premise for one second. First, intolerance is nothing new, and if anything, the oldest members of our society are much more intolerant than the youth, just as it's always been. We are an intolerant culture, and always have been. If young people are doing it it's because they learned it from their elders. One dipshit aggie kid who was clearly coached through her attack on a professor doesn't change this. Kids spend significantly more time in an environment with people from diverse backgrounds, where they must learn to navigate challenging personalities and situations while discussing topics that are prone to being inflammatory, than the vast majority of adults do. 99% of adults are hiding in a bubble and rarely communicate with anyone face-to-face who isn't a coworker or a close friend, and that's only if they actually work outside of their home. Even then, most companies tend to be filled with very similar people, because that's how hiring works. Calling out the only segment of our society that actually has to deal with diversity daily rings hollow to me. What's going on culturally with political correctness, cancel culture, whatever you want to call it, was not started by young people. Some young people are influenced by intolerant adults, for sure. The shouting down of speakers on college campuses rarely starts with a student movement. This aggie nonsense was clearly not driven by that student, who could barely string a sentence together and thinks that the president has his own laws. It's outsiders, whether parents, political activists, or just plain old shitheads, that stir up young people. The mush brains that people under 25 are walking around with aren't coming up with a damn thing on their own outside of how to party and fuck, and even those things are being ruined by adult influence. I do agree the Internet has made things worse, but there's a reason Facebook is the big gaping asshole of the Internet. It's where all the old people are.
  6. Basic services are not a top priority in Austin, TX, sir.
  7. Good looking T120! They're such a pleasure to ride.
  8. Measured, but firm. Almost as if he's planning a run for national office.
  9. I rode right past that house on Saturday, and it caught my eye. Very cool to read the connection.
  10. That response can't be real. If it is, I really hope that kid has a father with a violent streak who can teach that douche what really happens when you aren't fast enough. Sadly, he's not wrong about Polish "insult" laws regarding public figures, which is one of the dumbest fucking laws in the world.
  11. No doubt there are intelligent people involved. It's just not a requirement. No judgment from me, either. I sometimes look back at the hard work of obtaining an education and the endless hours put into carving out what has been a successful legal career, and think, "I should have gone into real estate."
  12. Without question, and it didn't start with these buffoons. There is no other industry where the barrier to entry ratio between intelligence and income potential is wider. Financial planners/insurance salesmen are close, but real estate professionals (whether developers, realtors, etc.) take the cake. If you're a dumbass with loose ethics and you like money, it's right there waiting for you.
  13. Went in to pick up some parts and shoot the shit with folks at the dealer, and somehow left with this bad boy last Saturday. I still have to break it in before doing anything too crazy with it, but it's been a lot of fun thus far.
  14. It's incredible that a person can be so capable of inflicting damage with nothing but their fists, and be such a giant fucking pussy all at the same time.
  15. Whitey Jugs If they're going to pivot, why not all the way?
  16. Maybe. This guy posts so much stupid shit on here, I also struggle to believe it's not an act just to rile people up. Then I remember who was twice elected to office, and it becomes more believable that people are this misinformed and proudly belligerent about it. The current state of education in this country is likely to exacerbate this problem, rather than alleviate it.
  17. Some of you have been living under a rock for the last thirty years. Olive Garden and Carrabba's are beloved around the country, and we're very fortunate to have them right here in our backyard. What's next? You're going to say you haven't heard of Chili's or Texas Roadhouse? If they weren't top quality, there wouldn't be so many of them. The open marketplace is the ultimate truth teller, after all.
  18. lol. Nope. Solid Gen Xer. Old gut just can't handle that kind of bomb anymore. If I were the age of a millennial, I would still be eating a ton of pizza. I'm impressed with the gastrointestinal fortitude of my fellow old timers here, though. I can't eat dairy anymore, without paying a price that isn't worth it. That, combined with the amount of sugar in pizza, and it fucking wrecks me every time I give in to temptation.
  19. I don't know how the hell you can handle eating enough pizza to come to that conclusion. Are you still in your thirties or something? I'll have to try Feral or Tony C's for my next biannual slice of pizza.
  20. It's not weird. You're just mistakenly assuming anyone put any thought into any of this, outside of listening to complaints from a vocal minority of malcontents, followed by briefly skimming studies/reports provided by groups that stand to profit from the changes. You know, the way everything gets decided in Austin.
  21. Shit. Someone beat me to this joke. I'll leave it because I like the gif.
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