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Samson's Wig

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  1. 17 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    When I was a kid in the 70s and I rode with my parents between Houston and Austin, the windshield and front of the car would be encrusted with dead bugs.  Now I have a decent chance of having a spotless car on that same trip. Maybe 1-3 bugs on it.

    I'm not necessarily a fan of those bugs but I presume they were an important part of the ecosystem.

    That may just be improvements in aerodynamics.  I drove a Gladiator to Houston a couple of weeks ago (with it's near vertical windshield and no aerodynamics whatsoever) and the windshield was an inch thick in dead bugs from top to bottom.

  2. 9 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

    I'm pretty sure Ditch Diggers are the modern day version of ditch diggers. Lets not get completely insane here. 

    The point was that both have very specific functions and aren't capable of contributing much else.  The difference is that ditch diggers understand this, for the most part.

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  3. A solid dose of melatonin will lead to some crazy vivid dreams as well.  Melatonin combined with Delta 8 and you're either going to have a truly amazing or truly terrifying dream experience. 

  4. Most small animal vets are just dog lovers with about 10% more knowledge and access to controlled substances, and as far as I've seen don't know shit about animal behavior even if they're very good at treating illness and injury.  In Texas most of them are aggies.  Make of that what you will.  

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  5. 1 hour ago, hayden_horn said:

    my sis managed. but she was sadly on all kinds of stuff. she was also poor, not a multi-billionaire. 

    this makes sense. 

    but i really think there's some drugs going on. he used to think less tactically and more strategically. he's lost all long term repercussions in his thinking. that's someone waiting for the next high.

    I agree that this aspect would indicate some type of substance issue.  Alcohol and weed both reduce ability to consider long term consequences as well, so it could be as banal as one of those two.

  6. Musk has been fairly straight forward about what makes him seem strange to most folks.  He's ASD Level 1.  I think there are likely some other things going on there, including and importantly the general eccentricity that would happen to anyone who gets that rich, but autism explains a lot of his behavior that many have trouble understanding.  It doesn't excuse anything at all, but as the father of an autistic son I can definitely see where Elon's neurological wiring can make him seem like a jerk when he's just genuinely responding as he sees things.   The more interesting thing to me is the neurotypical folks who hear some of his more autism-driven comments and nod their heads in agreement.

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  7. The no kill shelter in Austin has been 99.9% pit mix dogs every time I've been there.  We finally gave up trying to adopt from them.  I agree they should just be put down.  The sentiment behind no-kill is something I tend to agree with, but it's not working when all you have to adopt are piles of dogs with faulty wiring.

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  8. On 10/2/2022 at 12:01 AM, Deej said:

    Careful with that. Coyotes will have a member of the pack lure a dog out and then the entire group will attack and kill the dog. 

    That's dingos.  I don't how the notion spread to include coyotes, but coyotes do not hunt that way.  The urban legend has been around a long time, probably just stories about dingos morphing into coyotes in America.

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