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Brisketexan

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  1. Become a pragmatic progressive, and maybe we'll start to get somewhere. Seriously, we all need to start from a standpoint of "presume that everything that everyone else is doing is driven by pure malevolence and greed," then you can come up with some good policy options. But stop even pretending that in this late-stage capitalism world, we're dealing with good-faith counterparties. They want to bleed you of every dollar, and leave your empty husk on the side of the road. Understand that and their motivation, and then you can make educated and intelligent choices.
  2. The man confessed to - BRAGGED ABOUT - sexually assaulting women. On fucking video, in his own voice. Not only does it not matter, the truth is that a sizable portion of our country fucking likes it. They think that committing sexual assault is an emblem of power, and they want a strong man. A weak man gets consent, a strong man just takes what he wants and by god, that's the kinda leader we want. You live in a country where committing rape is not only not a negative, it's a positive attribute.
  3. "Subsidize good and healthy food for the poor." Further line the pockets of the oligarch class with the maximum amount of dollars that can be hoovered out of the pockets of literally everyone else? Jesus. Come the fuck on. When your premise is "if we lived in a fantasy world where the common good even figured into the equation, instead of being characterized as the greatest evil mankind has ever faced," it's not a fucking premise at all. GTFO of here with that stupid shit.
  4. Two things about that data. First, this POTUS has told us quite plainly that he believes that data from such agencies is manipulated. He has fired people at such entities who released numbers that he did not like. The only rational implication of that course and messaging is that the data, going forward, IS manipulated to yield results the POTUS wants. Not accurate results, but rather those that are pleasing to the King, such that the minions do not get fired/beheaded. THUS, the only rational conclusion is that no data coming out under this administration can be trusted. Instead, it should all be rejected as inherently and purposefully subjective and biased. Second, most INDPENDENT analysis I've seen indicates that functionally all of our positive GDP thus far this year is tied to AI and data center construction. Take that out of the mix, and we're flat. And, when you take into account that AI and data centers are just a fucking bubble, that's really important.
  5. That's awesome. Know how y'all should celebrate? Make the pitch.
  6. I am quite happy that I am among the group of people to whom the following applies: "your name never came up in correspondence between Jeffrey Epstein and Larry Nassar wherein a love for fucking underage girls was discussed." Donald Trump, the President of the United States, is NOT in that group of people. What a time to be alive.
  7. And as has been discussed around here before, (1) confidence is an aphrodisiac, and (2) desperation is the worst cologne. I am no better looking than I was as a yute, and I was no calendar boy back then. BUT, I have the confidence of a successful man of my age, AND I have no pressure when talking to women because I'm already locked down. So, do I chat up and flirt with women? Absolutely, it's fun as hell. I do it at the grocery store, the bar when I'm traveling, all the usual places. And my casual I-don't-really-care confidence works wonders. On more than a few occasions, I've hit the "oh shit, I better wrap this up, because it's working" point. Which made me realize it is actually remarkably easy to pick up a woman in public. If average old me can do it, anyone can. It just takes some social and emotional intelligence, and unbroken confidence. The problem is, confidence is gained through experience. And these guys don't have any. Which makes them mousy cowards, which keeps them from getting the experience needed to become confident. Step one is "stop being a pussy, put yourself out there, and man up and don't worry about rejection or falling on your ass. Just get up and do it again and again and again. She just rolled her eyes and walked away? Cool. Go up to the next gal. And then the next one.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. "We used AI to buttfuck you. We are very, very sorry.... ...that we got caught."
  14. 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.
  15. 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?
  16. Well, it hadn't occurred to me at least. Excellent work, Kojak.
  17. 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)?
  18. I dunno. Average surly poster:
  19. That's really fucking clever.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. Does it have AI? Gotta have AI if you want me to invest. AI's the future, doncha know.
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