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Samson's Wig

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  1. 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.
  2. 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).
  3. "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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Neurotic. That's the word.
  8. 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?
  9. 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.
  10. If you think Austin has only boiled water once, well please have a seat and let me tell you a story or ten.
  11. Just don't get between a Japanese tourist and his photo subject. All politeness goes out the window once that camera is raised.
  12. Wonder how he feels about the shooter being nonbinary. What a douche.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. Doesn't matter how big we make it if we can't force people to go. I'm not knowledgeable in this area of the law, but we've got to find a way to make it easier to commit people. I understand the impetus for the ACLU move to try and stop the shenanigans that went on in the 20th century regarding committing people to hospitals. At this time it was the right move, but the unintended consequences are on the streets all around us. Surely there is a middle ground. Perhaps it's just not possible to prevent egregious misdeeds by they system, though. Look at how many judges are caught sending people to privately run prisons (or worse) to line their pockets. The same type of thing would likely happen with privately mental institutions, which would be the natural new business model were the state able to medically institutionalize people again. Or we can just follow crash_davis' advice and shoot these folks. Hope I'm never one of them.
  17. Those of you more in the know: does Facebook/Instagram not have large companies advertising on their platform due to all the bullshit on it? My knowledge of this entire topic largely stems from reading this thread (so shaky at best), but lots of folks are talking about legit advertisers dropping off of Twitter due to concerns over content. Do these companies already not advertise on Facebook? That hellhole doesn't moderate anything last time I looked.
  18. I'm coming around on the notion that Musk is the next generation's Trump. That's a sobering thought if he ever decides to enter politics. At least he's disqualified from the White House.
  19. I'm still gravely concerned about how the world is going to function after Elon destroys Twitter. We barely made it through the MySpace debacle.
  20. What is the justification for the Texas State system I've seen some throwing around? Is it just that you went to school there? Maybe I'm missing something but they seem to be near bottom of the barrel of the systems, and should be rolled into UT if anything.
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