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Brisketexan

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  1. Just now, JimmyJames said:

    Even as someone who despises trump and will never vote republican again in my life, I think this is going too far. 

    First of all for me personally, my Dad is a trumpkin and I’m not gonna cut off all relations with him just because he got brainwashed in old age and I didn’t do anything to stop it.

    Also one of my best friends who I’ve known from the sixth grade is a trumpkin. Somewhat ironically he is Hispanic, family from the border, not wealthy. What I do when I see him is as long as he’s not with his wife (who is a trumpkin herself and would get upset) is I give him tons of shit about it unmercifully, and finally get him to admit that trump is corrupt. He of course falls back to the all politicians are corrupt schtick. 

    I can get away with it because I’ve known him forever and we go way back. Point is you shouldn’t not engage at all. People are just ignorant. 

    Counterpoint -- life is too short to waste it trying to convince shitty people not to be shitty.  I felt the way you did in the beginning of this admin.  Today, sorry, there's no excuse.  People who support evil aren't worth my time or energy.  I have enough decent people in my life who deserve my attention and time.

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  2. 52 minutes ago, hayden_horn said:

    when it comes to trump, i tried to be open minded. the time for that is over. you support trump, i think you are a mindless fucking moron. full stop.

    This.  I've cut off family ties, and effectively ended friendships.  I have no regrets.  There's no civility or conversation with folks willing to tolerate (for example) a regime that is guided by an open white nationalist (Stephen Miller).  I can't do it.

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  3. 1 minute ago, DixonHur said:

    Likewise.  My mom went to Woodstock...with photos to prove it...and voted for Trump.  I'm not sure of her current stance because we don't talk about it, but I know she watches Fox all day, so I'm pretty sure which way the wind blows in that house.

    If you look at the overlap of much of that movement (not all of it, but much of it), it was based on selfishness and self-indulgence.  Free love and let's do all the drugs weren't exactly movements meant to better other people -- they were meant to satisfy individual wants and desires.  And the impact on anyone else be damned.   

    So, "I deserve everything that I want, nobody better threaten that, and to hell with everyone else."  That might as well be the Trumpism motto, and it overlaps perfectly with a sizable percentage of the Woodstock generation.

    Selfishness and narcissism are the bedrock values of generation Trump.

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  4. I had haggis, and loved it. It's like boudin for inherently violent people.

    Yep. My whole family loves it. My kids are Mexican Coonass Scots, so they were destined to love it.

    My daughter visited Edinburgh solo when looking at colleges. She waited at the World’s End to be seated for a dinner of haggis, neeps and tatties, and sticky toffee pudding. She got much respek from the bar staff.
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  5. Oh, and the only things on that list I HAVEN'T had: Lancashire hotpot, steak and kidney pudding, laver bread, and jellied eels (although I have had eels several different ways).  And most of the rest of the stuff on that list, I really like.  There's a couple that I'm just okay on, but the rest, I genuinely like.

  6. Just had a friend share a Pavlovitz piece that rings rather loudly right now:


    https://johnpavlovitz.com/2019/02/21/everyone-around-you-is-grieving-go-easy/

    Everyone is grieving and worried and fearful, and yet none of them wear the signs, none of them have labels, and none of them come with written warnings reading, I’M STRUGGLING. BE KIND TO ME.

    And since they don’t, it’s up to you and me to look more closely and more deeply at everyone around us: at work or at the gas station or in the produce section, and to never assume they aren’t all just hanging by a thread. Because most people are hanging by a thread—and our simple kindness can be that thread.

    We need to remind ourselves just how hard the hidden stories around us might be, and to approach each person as a delicate, breakable, invaluable treasure—and to handle them with care.

    As you make your way through the world today, people won’t be wearing signs to announce their mourning or to alert you to the attrition or to broadcast how terrified they are—but if you look with the right eyes, you’ll see the signs.

    There are grieving people all around you.

    Go easy.


    I just can’t help but think about how fragile we all can be in a particular moment. And how just a little bit of someone else’s strength can help.

    Twicehorn is right - mere kindness generally isn’t a difference maker in cases of severe clinical depression. But there are enough folks on the margins who can be helped...and that’s worth it.
  7. 15 minutes ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

    I will no longer shy away from discussions about those “weird” kids, whether gay or trans or depressed or whatever, because it’s uncomfortable.  I’ll stand up for them and advocate where I can.  Because in the end they are like you and me, they are sons and daughters, friends, classmates...  They are human.   That was made abundantly clear.  

    And so much this.  There's an epidemic of loneliness in our society, even for folks who fit into the conventional box.  For those who don't....it's so much harder.  But they are all fellow children of God, taking this journey along with us.  We just need to walk alongside them and love them.  No matter what.

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  8. 4 minutes ago, workswithseed said:

    I know you keep the faith, brisket. Judge I'm sorry for y'alls lost. I'm glad you're turning this into a positive, and hopefully your sister and bil will find peace. 

    Yeah, I couldn't sing any of the hymns Saturday.  Here I am Lord, and Canticle of the Turning.  Perfect hymns for the person, and the service.  I just fucking cried through both of them.

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  9. 18 minutes ago, DDD Dad said:

    I've seen the Steel Shank thread.  There's no way you don't have the worst smelling farts on the planet.

    I won't DENY mimicking the scent of a skunk wrapped in bologna cooked over a tire fire.  If that's what you're getting at.  My main point here is....my flatulence is more qualified to be POTUS than the current occupant of the office.  It's more honest, sincere, and achieves excellence on the regular.

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  10. 3 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

    I'm more of a hang time guy myself, as opposed to distance.

    Yeah....decibels are where it's at.  Time and odor count, but decibels are how champions are determined.

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