Everything posted by Samson's Wig
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What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
The dismantling of the DWI unit was a good thing. What a bunch of bullshit that was, with Constitutional violations happening by the second.
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Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
In Elon's case, apparently. It's also an excellent vehicle for misinformation and spreading unnecessary panic. Even after all these years, I still don't understand the need for people to hear the news as it is happening when what you hear first is almost always completely wrong and, at best, lacks the nuance to draw any conclusions beyond base responses. Twitter's elevator pitch is exactly the same pitch 24-hour cable news used when it came on the scene: "Hear it here first!". Both are excellent sources for bad information, and because there isn't really enough news to fill up that much space they are mostly fluffed out with absolute garbage. They've helped turn journalists into a joke, as they have to spend a significant amount of time preparing content for these platforms instead of, I don't know, actually investigating things and uncovering actual truths we should know about. Both platforms are giant piles of garbage that have made humanity dumber, in my opinion. I understand the entertainment value of both, but I can't for the life of me understand why anyone stands by them as genuine sources of information.
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What's happening in Iran?
Oh, Iran. The country we probably have the most in common with on earth.
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Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
Well, that's true. You got me.
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Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
So, it's a Tesla? I'll never understand the appeal of a poorly built death trap.
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Pretty Cool: Pythagorean Theorum was known more than 1,200 years before Pythagoras lived
All things being equal, you're being a bit dramatic.
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Surly kids who can't get into UT
EDIT TO ADD: Thank you for both undermining the stereotype and showing those sentient bowls of pudding how to properly respond around here.
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Surly kids who can't get into UT
Jesus fucking Christ. I give up.
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America, Fuck Yea! News Stories
That seems like really harsh language for a simple mistake.
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Surly kids who can't get into UT
That so many engineers here can't recognize the use of hyperbole in my post to dramatize the point is a prime example of why every college student should be forced to take some liberal arts courses. It's like talking to Data from Star Trek with you people.
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Surly kids who can't get into UT
Nope. It was your mom.
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Youtube "prankster" gets shot, shooter in jail for months, finally aquited (sorta)
There's a teenager popping up in Westlake and other West Austin big box stores like Lowes, pointing a camera at grown men and yelling that they're trying to fuck him and could someone please help. He's been kicked out of numerous stores. I guess this is what he's trying to do? Survival of the fittest doesn't work fast enough on clowns like these. Is stupid cleansing so wrong, if you really think about it? Harmless stupid people should be left alone to waddle through life, but YouTube pranksters, people who can't stay within their lane while driving on a slightly winding road, the Kardashians and their clones, dudes with $200k worth of boat and truck on a $40k annual salary, anyone who goes somewhere specifically to take a photo for "insta", and, I don't know, Marjorie Taylor Green, should be viable targets. Wouldn't the world be better off if all of these people were shipped off to say, central Nevada, where they can live out their lives in a walled community with no access to the Internet and pose no more harm to others? Is that so wrong? We can feed them.
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Surly kids who can't get into UT
It certainly doesn't hurt!
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Surly kids who can't get into UT
We all really appreciate it.
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Surly kids who can't get into UT
The only thing to understand is that we have a lot of engineers who post here, and like most engineers, they can't fathom that any other educational path has any merit. It's fucking weird, frankly, but myopia can impact anyone even if it seems like an engineer-specific trait. The fact that 99.9% of engineers work for someone who is not an engineer has never dawned on them for some reason.
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UAP Pentagon Report (UFOs, Foo Fighters, Commie Drones)
What do people do who can't handle the notion that life is meaningless and that chaos is the true underlying principle of the universe? They cling to notions like religion or aliens because any explanation at all is more comfortable than accepting reality. I, for one, urge everyone to embrace and accept the meaningless and banality of our existence. For me, at least, it has actually led to much more meaningful relationships with my family, friends, and even strangers. When you get down to the bones of it all, that's all we've got: a short amount of time to share with other people. Make it count and stop staring at the heavens in a desperate attempt to find meaning in the meaningless. Too many people waste their lives hiding behind the notion that something bigger and better is waiting for them when the big beautiful thing is already staring them right in the face - and rapidly slipping away.
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Surly kids who can't get into UT
The much more important question when considering Baylor is just how rapey you are and how much you want to develop that trait. Their program is off the charts, and not somewhere anyone comfortable with half-measures should even apply.
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Surly kids who can't get into UT
The fucking idiot Brits and Brexit wrecked this for our kids. They have UK citizenship through their grandmother, but the EU has now gone out with the bathwater.
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Surly kids who can't get into UT
Definitely similar, although Lubbock is a much bigger city. Tech's campus is nothing to sneeze at (one of the nicer campuses out there, surprisingly). Greeley has a decent jazz festival every year, but that's all I've got. Oh, the feed lots in Lubbock don't blow into town like they used to, so it doesn't stink anymore (supposedly). Both places have rough weather at times (but so does central TX these days). I'm pleased to neither live nor work in either place, but wouldn't mind my kids at either school if it was the right fit. Lots of talk about Texas State around here but little mention of Tech, which is a better university in almost every measurable way (I get that we're supposed to hate them, but I'd rather see my kids there than aggie, personally).
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Surly kids who can't get into UT
No doubt about it, and no question as to why, but that's a discussion for another forum.
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Surly kids who can't get into UT
We'd, of course, be thrilled with any of the three. Wife and her parents are UofT grads. We're in Toronto a lot visiting family, so I'm rooting for McGill to have the excuse to visit Montreal more often. EDIT TO ADD: Canadian Universities are a different animal than down here in that there are tons of excellent small universities that focus heavily on one area. Depending on what you want to study, there are tons of quality options.
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Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
Hot damn that thing is ugly.
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Surly kids who can't get into UT
My kids have Canadian citizenship through their mom and can attend any school in Canada with resident tuition. They still subsidize their schools up there, and compared to U.S. public universities they are very affordable. I'll never say it to the kids lest I lead them in the other direction, but that's what I'm holding out hope for.
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Retail Electric Providers
Alternative option: move to Austin where you'll take the rate the city says you will and you'll like it.
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Surly kids who can't get into UT
What's likely dumber is not pouring more resources into building up other Texas universities (in the UT system or otherwise), but our state seems on a hellbent mission to destroy education and scare off anyone who actually has any (unless it's from aggie I guess)