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Brisketexan

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  1. And I’ve practiced for three decades and know plenty of firms that hire good numbers of associates (including mine) that do not have a broad-spectrum practice. For example, we have several practice groups/disciplines, but all in the same “space.” That space tends to draw more women, decent numbers of minorities, and in several practice groups, people with a technical background. I know other firms where the practice is more “corporate” in nature. The poop of candidates interested in that is whiter and more male. None of these are “exclusive” to one demographic or another, but the practice and firm type often skew things.
  2. Dude…have you been spying on the drawings of naval battles I did when I was 8? Because that’s EXACTLY how they looked. Tactically sound, I’m 100% confident, because I was surely a genius prodigy.
  3. Ignore the reply where I noted that it very much depends on what the firm does/specializes in. Different practices often have different ethnic mixes of the candidates who are interested in that practice. Zero racism by the hiring firm necessary, the pool of M&A candidates is gonna be a lot whiter than the pool of family law or even litigation candidates.
  4. Dude. Most of our current information ecosystem aimed at young white males is "talking to angry kids" in EXACTLY that way. That's a huge part of the problem.
  5. Yeah. This is actually the part of the deal that makes some sense. These guys have some "remedial education" that they REALLY need. It would be very difficult to obtain -- and brutal if and when they get it -- in the real-world marketplace. But if there's a safer place to do so, aimed at achieving the particular goal of giving them some real education into the dos and don'ts of female interaction.....lord help me, but I see some value there. Because yeah...if you dropped 30 year old Brisket in the dating pool while he was burdened with the cluelessness and...not great skill level of 16 year old Brisket, I imagine that 30 year old Brisket would have flamed out pretty badly. And once you materially fall behind, it just gets worse and worse.
  6. "We used AI to buttfuck you. We are very, very sorry.... ...that we got caught."
  7. Counterpoint: it is currently 5:13 pm, and I would experience unspeakable joy if I got the news of his death at 5:14 pm.
  8. Ahh yes. Aesthetics. That's my #1 priority when it comes to a weapons platform -- is it pretty? FFS. We're going to end up with the naval equivalent of this, aren't we?
  9. Well, it hadn't occurred to me at least. Excellent work, Kojak.
  10. As a separate note, every time I see the thread title, one of two things pops into my head: 1) That's odd, I've never heard of that law firm and 2) Surely that was a cool detective buddy comedy/action series on CBS in 1992 or so, right? Like, Epstein drove a nice Mercedes, but the gag was that he totally had a Jewish name but wasn't Jewish at all, and Maxwell was kinda shady and drove a Chevelle with a girl's name (like, "Marlene") that he was always trying to work on and soup up just a little bit more, she didn't look like much but she had heart where it counts (pats hood)?
  11. I dunno. Average surly poster:
  12. That's really fucking clever.
  13. I still don't get the "human error." The directions say to turn right in .5 miles, the map shows the route turning right in about .5 miles...? I don't like the way the map is ORIENTED (looks like it is oriented with north at the top), as I prefer my map to be oriented showing me going "up" on the screen no matter which direction that is, but I can navigate with it the way shown as well.
  14. He works with human beings with some racial biases. Which we all do. And for that matter, oddly enough, even minorities and women can still look more favorably on a good looking white dude, because socially, that's what America is trained to think that's what "leadership" looks like. It's just a reality. Kinda like the very attractive gal with an incredible rack is going to get more attention and chances for promotion than Marla Hooch. And yeah, kinda like a dude with face tats probably isn't going to end up managing partner at Skadden.
  15. Texas is 53-47 female to male (and in terms of "the best students," in my experience, it's even more skewed. Probably closer to 60-40). But law schools in Texas still skew white, compared to overall population (in Texas, white population is around 40%): So, from decent schools, your pool of candidates is going to skew white and female, and the pool of better candidates skews even more heavily female. It also depends on the field you're hiring for. The pool of candidates interested in high level M&A work is almost certainly going to skew white, and probably even male. Family law? From my experience, more heavily female and minority. IP? Gonna draw more heavily from people who already have engineering and science degrees, which will see asians at a higher percentage than their share of population. No individual case is determinative -- I'm sure there are brilliant black female M&A lawyers, and I know of lots of great white male family law attorneys. Law is a very variable business, based on the entities hiring, the practice type at issue, etc. What I will suggest that if you look at the top 50 students from any of these schools, they're going to skew even more female than the total female population of the school.
  16. Why do you think @Nicole44 doesn't come by the tailgates anymore? If she's gonna be fawned over by awkward dudes with no social skills, she's gonna get PAID for it.
  17. Does it have AI? Gotta have AI if you want me to invest. AI's the future, doncha know.
  18. Yes. Yes. And yes. Maybe LD wins. I read it in one sitting. 11 or 12 hours straight (can't remember which). I picked it up at night, and I read all through the night. I literally closed the book as the first bells chimed from the Tower to start the day at 8:00 a.m. An iconic Texas moment to end the iconic Texas book. I also read sections of LD aloud to my wife's uncle (beloved to me as well) on his death bed. He was a true Texan, it was his favorite book, and it was but a small thing I could do for a man who was kind and welcoming to me.
  19. Yeah, bruh. Go to the actual Camellia website. Pull up the recipe for RBAR on their site: https://www.camelliabrand.com/recipes/camellias-famous-new-orleans-style-red-beans/ It has a hyperlink to the Camellia product to select. That link takes you to....exactly what I grew up on, and my NOLA mother grew up on: https://shop.camelliabrand.com/products/red-kidney-beans?_gl=1*12ldr37*_ga*NjU3OTA2MzQyLjE3NjY0MzQ5OTE.*_ga_GXGBQM0YK4*czE3NjY0MzQ5OTAkbzEkZzEkdDE3NjY0MzUwMDAkajUwJGwwJGgw I gotta tell ya, I've eaten RBAR in a lotta places, and that's what I've had. Shit, the picture I sent you was the pic of someone starting to make a pot of RBAR.
  20. Huh. We oughta let em in on a secret: I've engage with a crapload of women, including romantically and physically. Been doing so steadily for 40 years. AND WOMEN STILL SCARE THE SHIT OUTTTA ME. CUZ THEY'RE SCARY.
  21. Hell, same response all the way back to the Greatest Generation. Young man, you want some poontang?
  22. Yes. I do.
  23. We had a friend order some from a Catholic church in Corpus Christi (they were gonna be in town to pick them up), and we had them get us 2 dozen. I'll report back on quality Wednesday night.
  24. Yep. And the term you are looking for is - unironically - called "grandfathering." If tomorrow, the City of Austin passes a regulation that as of 1/1/26 no new single-family home can be over 1-story tall, then any house that is not already over 1-story or has not applied for a permit under the current rules, cannot be more than 1-story tall. That is a legal framework that presently exists, is enforced nationwide, and does not result in any taking of property or other actionable harm to anyone. If, on the other hand, the City of Austin passed that same regulation, but followed it with "and we're going to have to tear down 10% of the current 2-story houses," every owner of such a house picked for destruction would have a lay-down taking claim. To bring the metaphor back home, actually firing or demoting people to make room for someone else would curl your hair and everyone else's, and for good reason. Changing the rules going forward, while it might FEEL unfair relatively speaking, is generally considered fair. Changing them retroactively, and actively taking away rights/things you have? Those are universally regarded as wrong and unfair. And as you seem to be hung up on the fact that Gen Z white males are pissed not because the playing field going forward doesn't favor them as much, but because those who played before aren't being penalized, then . . . yeah. My sympathy/empathy is low. That's just our monkey-banana brain at work. "No matter how many bananas I get, if some other monkey got more, I'm pissed." But, again, y'all are missing the punch line that obliterates this conversation: white male grievance has WON. There will never be a better time to be a white male than in this new era. It is official US policy that they are the most favored demographic, and any time any white male loses at anything it is per se evidence of racial/gender discrimination and non-merit-based hiring etc. I have little sympathy for people who have captured all the levers of power, and are actively and proudly using them to favor one small group at the expense of literally everyone else.....and then bitch about how they haven't been able to....what, eliminate all non-white male competition from earth entirely? THEY'VE FUCKING WON. TAKE THE FUCKING W AND SHUT THE FUCK UP.
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