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Brisketexan

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  1. I won't ride in either. But Waymo is much better technology, and is much more tested. But I've now become much more likely to be hit by a "self-driving vehicle" next time I walk to lunch or drive to my office. So, that's nice.
  2. Update, seen at Angie's restaurant today (presumably driven by egg prices): "All breakfast plate prices increased $2 All tacos increased $.35" THANKS, OBUMMER!
  3. The problem isn't attention. It's language. As in, foreign language. Non-MAGA world speaks a language that includes things like rational connections, evidence-based reasoning, shit like that. Might as well be speaking a dead dialect of Tagalog to MAGAs, who speak a language of insane inflammatory lies and lizard-brain trigger words. Reality: trans people and trans athletes are a non-issue, and have no impact on your life. MAGA: TRANS SATANISTS HAVE TAKEN OVER OUR SCHOOLS AND ARE EATING THE DOGS AND EATING THE CATS AND FORCING EVERY CHILD TO CHANGE GENDERS AND THE HUMAN RACE JUST WENT EXTINCT! In shorter form, "A lie gets halfway around the world before truth puts on its boots." Reaching those people requires VASTLY more than "getting their attention." It involves telling them superior, more inflammatory lies than our opponents are telling them. DONALD TRUMP SUCKED XI'S DICK AT THEIR LAST MEETING. HE TOOK A SECRET BRIEFCASE FULL OF 1 TRILLION DOLLARS, PROMISING TO DESTROY OUR ECONOMY. AND THE NEXT DAY, HE ANNOUNCED TARIFFS THAT HURT THE US MORE THAN THEY HURT CHINA. AND HE ALSO SENT A SECRET MESSAGE TO JOE BIDEN SAYING "WE DID IT!" Seriously. We just need an "insane MAGA lie generator" running 24/7, to see what sticks.
  4. That's because....and this is very, very important, because it is the foundation, cornerstone, walls, girders, and roof of the political ruling class in Texas....THEY WERE LYING. They lied to get the school voucher bill passed. "Pass the voucher bill, and we'll increase funding to public schools." We've passed the school voucher bill. And....they have broken their promise. Because there is no part of the political ruling class of Texas that is not built of and for lies. It's not what they do. It's what they ARE.
  5. Wait, see, all the conservatives told us that it was good to overturn Roe, as that issue should be left to the states. Does this mean....they were lying? GASP! SHOCK AND SURPRISE! There is not a single element of modern conservatism that doesn't rest on a foundation of complete lies.
  6. Ah yes, "the dong speaks for itself." Or...is that "ah yes, how sweet the wine?"
  7. And they absolutely know, with respect to every single thing he did, and didn't do....he did, or didn't do it, while in possession of a ginormous dong.
  8. Yup. Remember how all the MAGAs, including their very own AG Biondi, said "NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW!" when they had a sitting judge arrested in the courthouse? Golly gee, I do. Turns out, that needs to be modified to "no one is above the law...unless of course, you're MAGA, in which case you will not be arrested or prosecuted, and if you ever were, you'll be pardoned." "Laws for Thee and Not for Me" might as well be inscribed in the stone at the top of the Justice Dept HQ: We can probably put it where this statement used to be:
  9. See, I think all of these celebrity stories are stupid, don't give a shit, etc. BUT....if they give us a term like "itty bitty Diddy," my inner 12 year old is here for it. Cuz that shit's funny.
  10. Wait.....are we going to roll like this? Because....I'm listening.
  11. "Laws for thee, not for me," Exhibit eleventy billion.
  12. For the same reason that we trust American Airlines over "Jagoff's Discount Airline and Music DJ Services of Whogivesafuckistan." All "self-driving" systems are not created equal, just like all airlines are not created equal. Not thrilled that a completely-not-ready-at-all system is about to be unleashed on the streets I walk and drive every day.
  13. Too big a landing strip?
  14. Learned to drive in Houston. Lived in Austin for decades. Houston drivers: homicidal, engraged, and aggressive. Austin drivers: clueless idiots. I prefer Houston drivers by a wide margin, because "homicidal and aggressive" is predictable. They are all trying to kill me, and I know and respect that. Austin drivers, on the other hand, will come to nearly a full stop on the freeway because they aren't sure if that's their exit or not, will turn from any lane (they prefer the middle lane, I think, because it gives them "options") with zero warning, shit like that. Mean is better than stupid.
  15. * Unless that judge is Judge Kacsmaryk in Amarillo, in which case all of his rulings have full nation-wide effect for.....reasons.
  16. FIF full Texas inclusivity.
  17. Summary of plan: "Hey, we're about to unleash a couple dozen robotic death machines onto your streets. We have no clue what they're gonna do. But you should know that they're really heavy and harmful to pedestrians, and when they catch fire, they really can't be put out. Good luck!"
  18. FIF this insane timeline. I mean, LITERAL enshittification.
  19. I hate him so much. And I'm really getting to hate this town. Chances of me dying from being plowed into by a deranged Elon robotaxi: now materially greater than zero.
  20. You know how we like to say "she looks nice?" Yeah....nobody should say that here.
  21. I mean, I gotta tell ya....it's kinda fascinating to watch entities like the FTC and the CFPB going full-on ANTI-consumer in their mission. Across the board, when it comes to regulating unscrupulous business conduct, the motto of our government is now "Dear American People: Fuck You."
  22. Brisketexan

    Austin FC

    Sigh. You could hide “suck” in a haystack, and this team would manage to find it.
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