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Brisketexan

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  1. We're headed for (we're already in) another 2011-ish drought. This is becoming the new normal. Get used to it. Also, it looks like the water infrastructure funding pitch at the Lege is going to get cut to half-assed levels. Because if there's one thing we're good at in Texas, it's sticking our heads in the sand. On the bright side, we are building up an ever-increasing supply of said sand, so....yay.
  2. It really is amazing. You can buy so, so, so many things. But whether you are "a man" or not....shit, not only does money not buy that, having too much money may lead you down the wrong path of THINKING that you can buy it. As just one example: Nobody is a genius/god-level at EVERYTHING. A perfect example of Elon not getting that is his stupid and utterly pointless bragging about being one of the top players in the world of Diablo IV. I mean....WTF? Who fucking cares? Be good at what you do, and what you are, and have the confidence to laugh and NOT be good about other things that maybe you enjoy, but you don't have the time to dedicate to it. I'm really good at certain things. Top of my game, recognized in my field, all the things that a man of a certain age should be. But there are PLENTY of things I'm not good at, including things I enjoy. Shit, I remember when my son would invite me to play Mario Kart with him when he was young. It's fun as hell. Also, I didn't play it frequently, so I wasn't that good at it. As he'd beat me, we'd laugh our asses off. I didn't get mad, I didn't try to brag about how good I was at it. I had better things to do with my time than become a Mario Kart expert. And my ego was just fine with being lousy at it and being schooled by an 11 year old. I'm also a mediocre to bad fly caster. Don't care, still love to fish. Can and do admire a good caster when I fish with one, and can laugh when I manage to pop myself in the back of the head with my own fly. Elon can't do ANY of that. If he does any activity....he has to insist that he's god-level at it. No, Elon, you're not. The only thing you're god-level at is being pathetic. You can have $440 billion. You can have $eleventy trillion. All that proves is that you're good at exactly one thing -- gaming the system to make money (a nifty skill, good for you). But all the money in the world won't make you a man, because you'll never be comfortable in your own skin and comfortable with your own limitations. Instead, you'll lie about them....which is also something that a real man doesn't do, and doesn't feel the need to do. TLDR; if you are a loser, all the money in the world won't change that. You'll just be a rich loser.
  3. It was glorious. All though the 90s, we thought it was a divine experience. Went for a dinner there a coupla years ago. It was utterly mid.
  4. Well, these fellas needed something to set them apart. Something that said “sure, we dress like SWAT, but we’re virgins.” They coulda just worn aggy hats and that would have covered it. But swords work, too.
  5. Fortunately, OK doesn’t have many MAGA idiots who are reflexively antivax because stupidity is the brand.
  6. Especially when you may need their military assistance against a former ally.
  7. Well…we should bring back that vibe.
  8. It’s the era of cognitive dissonance. They realize the truth - every specific thing sucks. But they also have a religious belief in the divinity of Trump, so they simultaneously believe that trumps America is great.
  9. Meh. I think that empathy, kindness, and being protective are a good package deal. The problem is when you use your capacity for violent protectiveness as an identity and a badge of legitimacy. Which is what these fake alpha bro types (who Elon fancied himself one of, he’s pathetic) fancy themselves as.
  10. I don’t disagree with that. Many of us don’t. What idiots like Elon don’t realize is that many such people are not on his side. A toast to Luigi.
  11. Brisketexan

    Austin FC

    And our first goal was a freak bounce. That said, they’re shooting, with actual potential, a lot more than they were last season. So, that’s a positive.
  12. And note that we’re purposefully targeting citizens of our allies, like the UK and Germany. We are a hostile nation to all of our former allies now. And an ally to only a handful of nations, including Russia and Hungary. Bottom line, we completely switched sides overnight.
  13. Flatly and plainly unconstitutional about 5 different ways. And SCOTUS will surely allow it to stand. The Constitution is dead and buried, in case yall missed it. The only rule is “whatever Trump says.”
  14. If y’all are bucking to get on my writing team….its working.
  15. We’re going to end up with an XDefense systems fighter designed by Grok.
  16. Until he talks so much shit that he talks himself into a corner where he has no choice but to act. Sure, ignore the threat like you’ve ignored all the others that have actually come to pass. That seems wise.
  17. Yes, but this time, we’re going to get Rebecca having lots of explicit hot sex. I mean, if they hire me as a script doctor.
  18. We agree that the deciding factor is the military - loyalty to the constitution and telegraphed warnings to admin insiders of “don’t order us to do this, you won’t like how it goes,” including communications they are already having with their counterparts in Canada and the UK. You don’t spout the kind of belligerent rhetoric Trump is spouting WITHOUT intending to invade.
  19. You have to like them. And worship them. What you don’t have to do is FOLLOW them. Because they literally worship as a god a man who violates “thou shall not bear false witness” 1,000 times a day. They’re done with elevating that man to the highest position on earth. They only care about the commandment of “don’t be gay.” Which, you know…isn’t a commandment. If it is a commandment, they don’t care. If it isn’t a commandment, they must reshape society itself to enforce that edict. Makes perfect theological sense.
  20. Brisketexan

    LBGTQ

    I mean…this is the thing: this is what Texas is doing. But….WHY? There’s no actual policy reason for it, other than than to be mean dicks. Our entire national convening ethos is “good government is performative bullshit showing you mean you can be to out groups.” The mean assholery is the entire purpose, point, and mission. Well, not the whole thing - my bad. In cases of economic dickishness to our groups, the purpose is ALSO funneling more money and power to billionaires. But it all comes back to just being dicks.
  21. Man…can you IMAGINE if this “Christian Nation” actually exposed our children to the centerpieces of actual Christianity (that is, from the New Testament)? Things like the Great Commandment, and its plain directive to “love your neighbor as yourself?” Things like Matthew 25:31-40, plainly telling followers to feed and clothe and shelter the poor? Things like the Beatitudes - blessed are the poor and such? Gosh, imagine THAT. These people have no interest in having the US be a Christian Nation. They want it to be an Authoritarian nation that uses “but we’re Christian” as a shield from accountability or criticism. In other words…the exact play of the Antichrist as expressly warned about in the scripture they claim to know so well and that they insist is inerrant. If it is indeed inerrant, then they are indeed in league with the Antichrist. How bout them apples?
  22. They're going to do that anyway. They'll blame the Dems, with no basis in reality. It will work. Because America's greatest, most limitless natural resource, is stupidity.
  23. Everyone knows what the ultimate answer is. Everyone is just afraid to say it.
  24. Fuck. There goes my idea for circumventing all gun laws by offering a Glock as a pizza topping.
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