Samson's Wig

I think this is somewhat more common with millennials than it used to be, given how infantilized they were as a generation, but there have always been people who never grow up and continue to spend their parents (or grandparents) money. The difference now is that it is happening more often with middle class and upper-middle class folks and not just the wealthy like it used to. A couple of defense attorneys can do really well, but that's not fuck you money, and you should see what most attorney's credit looks like - it's good for a laugh (and a cry). A 35 year old is right in the age wheelhouse for having been raised by well off parents and never taught how to adult. Envy, which is all that is really going on here, is not a trait unique to millennials, however. Who gives a shit how your neighbors got their money? That's right up there with judging a person based on the type of work they do. It doesn't fucking matter.

"Them toll companies need their money." - absolutely no one ever - except this weirdo

All else being equal, if this guy was my neighbor and firing rounds that could easily travel outside of his property and accidentally kill my loved ones, I'd be at least a little bit grateful that the cops killed him so wouldn't have to. A simple arrest and douchebag is back firing off his weapon for no reason a few days later. One way or another, someone had to confront him. Better the cops that a neighbor, in my opinion. Do I wish he had been taken in peacefully somehow? Sure, of course - I'm not a monster. Do I think that would solve a problem like this? No, not at all. Better that guy is dead than the six year old girl next door.

This whole thing reminds me of an old serial that came on Saturday evenings about a successful 19th century snake oil salesman selling his business to a new buyer, Musty Ephron, and all of the past customers got really pissed because Ephron is an asshole with goofy viewpoints who then proceeds to charge a nominal fee for customers to get the "premium" label snake oil, which is really just the old snake oil in a new bottle with a blue label on it (and doesn't even really taste the way the old oil used to). Everyone gets mad and talks about how they're all going to die without their snake oil and that the community will crumble without access to the snake oil, but they are unwilling to pay extra for this bullshit new blue label when they used to get it for no additional fee. The former customers start putting up posters all over town making fun of the new guy and also pinpointing exactly where he'll be later that day. Then ol' Musty gets mad at them and refuses to sell them any snake oil at all. Meanwhile, Musty's original business (selling modern conveyances with a new fangled contraption called the internal combustion engine) starts to suffer as his customer base, it turns out, was largely made up of forward thinking individuals who put a great deal of faith in all things modern. Things get even trickier when it turns out that Musty Ephron sold off a big chunk of his modern conveyance business to finance his purchase of the snake oil business, and now both entities are struggling. In the next episode, we learn that Ephron's other futuristic endeavor (long distance train travel) may be in jeopardy as Chester A. Arthur himself has been refused the sale of snake oil, which he dearly loves, and has decided that the government will not bankroll this new business for Ephron like it has already bankrolled the modern conveyance and long distance travel businesses. Meanwhile, thousands of former snake oil users begin to realize that life without snake oil is exactly like life was with snake oil, and further realize that the vast majority (over 90%) of people never tried even a sip of snake oil in the first place (even though the customers were certain that everyone was doing it) and their neighbors and friends rejoice as they rejoin society at large and recognize that they were hiding inside of a bottle of inconsequential nonsense. I don't remember exactly how it ends, but I think after having been exposed as a fraud with no actual business sense beyond taking advantage of poorly conceived government programs, Musty Ephron ends up moving to an island with a bunch of illegitimate offspring and performing weird experiments involving human/animal hybrids. He also starts wearing a fun hat. The former snake oil customers discover a new product called cocaine, being peddled by some oddly muscled up bald guy named Buzzleby Geoffs, and realize that they were sorely mistaken about how awesome snake oil was, as this new stuff has a real kick to it. Geoffs buys all of Ephron's old businesses for four or five old greenbacks (that were technically not even legal tender anymore). After an evening of sampling his own product, he invents space exploration, packs up all the assets of Ephron's old businesses, and launches them straight into the moon on a giant penis.

Completely agree. I don't like that it will probably be Austin area businesses/landlords/etc. that will take the biggest hit when this shit comes crashing down. Keep the valueless social media tech companies where they belong: California. Those fuckers falsely enriched the tech bro contingent and they should be the ones eating the shit sandwich when reality catches up.

I can't think of another topic where there are so many varying opinions all equally certain of their infallibility. Oh wait, sports, politics, religion, never mind carry on.

I miss how dimly lit everything was in the good ole' days. Twas a better time for those with less than stellar looks, but mostly I just miss that mood. Modern lighting feels so artificial and cold. While not a brand, incandescent light bulbs are mostly gone (except in dollar stores in shit-ass poor places).

"Slowly" is the key word from the title of this thread. DQs are the slowest fast food chain in Texas, especially those in small towns. Nothing worse on a road trip than stopping at a DQ and waiting half an hour for a shitty burger.

That's certainly part of it, but the majority is aggy jags not wanting anyone else to have nice things. If any system should just disappear it's that complete waste of educational space. The world has enough neonazi, antivax, fake-cowboy idiots without funding an entity to hone these personality traits into an established network of mouth-breathing, low-info, closeted, sheep humping know-it-alls.

Give it time. We're well on our way.

The funny part to me is how many yahoo voters outside of Austin would applaud such a move. He's playing to his base perfectly. In contrast, I can't fathom giving two shits what goes on in Frisco. The rest of the state seems to have really funny notions regarding Austin, based largely on nothing more than a visit or two. Although central Texans also carry ridiculous notions about other parts of the state, especially West Texas. I guess it's just the nature of such a large place.

Some of you clearly don't know much about Tech, including that it has the third largest endowment of any public system in the state. It's a far cry from UT and A&M, but we all know the political reasons behind that (if it weren't for aggy political bullshit Tech would likely have surpassed them a long time ago). Regardless, Tech is sitting alone in a second tier below UT and A&M (or arguably tier 3 if you want to split UT and aggy into two separate tiers), and well above everyone else (you could arguably throw Houston in that tier given they have the 4th largest endowment, but they're damn near a non-entity in many respects). Talk of rolling Tech into any other entity is silly unless we're talking about merging all the publics under one banner, and those who have mentioned Texas State as if it is remotely comparable really don't know anything about anything. The two are not even in the same stratosphere in terms of size, influence, and most importantly money. It would be like saying Tech is comparable to UT. I don't know what they were thinking with that proposal, but it's not reflective of their position (and it definitely deserves the mockery it's getting). They either didn't really want it, didn't want to spend any money for some reason, or put a monkey in charge of the proposal. All are certainly possible.

Neurotic. That's the word.

How is this different than Facebook? It's a free for all shit fest for the most part, which is why everyone's aging parents have gone full-stupid over the last few years. Who advertises there? How does lizard boy manage this shit better than Elrond the half man? Or does he?

Lol. Tech basically said, "we don't actually want you to choose us but thought it would be rude to not submit something." Although maybe there's nuance there that I'm missing. If they decide based on dollar value added, it's not a contest.

If you think Austin has only boiled water once, well please have a seat and let me tell you a story or ten.

Just don't get between a Japanese tourist and his photo subject. All politeness goes out the window once that camera is raised.

Wonder how he feels about the shooter being nonbinary. What a douche.

Tell me you don't know any redneck women without telling me you don't know any redneck women. Most educated people live in a bubble, myself included, but I escaped the shit-show to get here. Women, generally speaking, won't moderate a damn thing. The right woman might, though.

Of course. I wasn't going to pass up an opportunity to shit on aggy though. And as an attorney who may or may not be really fucking stupid, it's also my bar given right to shit on attorneys.

For those who don't know, and this is very important, lots of attorneys are really fucking stupid and don't know what they're doing. Perhaps you haven't heard, but even aggy has a law school now.

FIFY

Just stopping by to say fuck China.