Ridingtosunset

Again everyone has their own set of circumstances affecting the decision.

That's twice you've said that now. I've followed the board for awhile, but never posted. The Stonk and Penny Stonk threads finally got me posting. I ASSure you I'm not into pegging, but I am willing to learn. Would they send me some place special? What the fuck is up with you? Doesn't this site want new members, posters, and traffic. I don't post in CR, because you fucking loons would crowd source me because I don't think like you and I don't have the rep to survive. And I like this place, great site with lots of knowledge, diversity, and differing opinons. I'm not a sock. I just don't agree with you. I think a grown man should be able to deal with that.

Is this directed at muwha?

The Covid 20 is going to outlive the Covid 19. Unfortunately. The only thing I appreciate from the lockdown is now owning lots of sweatpants.

The high risk need to get vaxed. I still social distance outside of my close circle. I wear a mask most places. The number of children affected by this is statistically 0.000.

Good enough. I've had it, one rough day, one week of feeling like I had a cold. Why wouldn't I let the vaccine data play out. I probable still have antibodies, my immune system handled it. We have much more data on the virus than we do the vaccine. Everyone's decision is made under different circumstances. Vaccine shaming or whatever is fucking silly. I do need to lose about 20lbs, though. You got me there.

If I'm under 50, in relatively good health, the risk of Covid being severe to me is statistically miniscule. That someone would choose to wait given their overwhelming odds of this virus not affecting them shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. It's basic risk analysis...

Yup. We are a pretty simple species when you peel all the layers away.

Man, have I seen some shit in Matamoros. And Piedras Negras and Acuna. Never been a sex recession in those locales.

I'm not going to read through all that tonight, but I assume its based on self-analysis, which seems not a great way to measure attitudes, if such a thing is even quantifiable. Like I said, I can only go on my experience, which is probably more than most. Discrimination and criminal injustice play a big role. I don't dispute that. I just don't know what end game people expect from the current racial reconciliation strategy that seems to be at the forefront of news, policy, culture, sports, entertainment. Racism will always be a part of the human condition, unfortunately. We can grow, evolve, and always be better. The more our races and cultures live together, reproduce, and travel, the more we can mitigate it. But its not going away completely, and its certainly not exclusive to white America. I just hope we're not creating a generation of racists of all colors.

It's not valued nearly what it should be. My evidence is years of being around educators in urban areas. At some point, you have to stop screaming and pointing at high incarceration rates and figure out solutions. I'm onboard with CJ reform, but let's not kid ourselves that's the only obstacle standing in the way.

Agree. How do we change attitudes about education within the black community? I don't see our current method of throwing virtue signals, platitudes, thoughts & prayers, or money at this problem getting us anywhere but status quo. Everyone has to row the boat. And that includes blacks. It has to come from both sides. And both sides can do wayyy better.

How do we fix the family structure in the black community. That won't fix poverty in and of itself. But it would be a damn good start.

Either way...how do we fix it? I just don't see any movement off high center of racial inequality without this being addressed. Its a problem that has to be attacked from both sides.

Moody has been disappointing.

Well, we will have to agree to disagree there. That's my bag, baby.

Influencers are a problem. But then again, that's capitalism. We have a generation of kids that think they'll make their living online, and there's only so much room for that. Not to mention how unhealthy it is.

For all the benefits of social media, I think it's killing us. Not healthy. We don't all need to be in each other's business.

Here's to Chief's kid. Bang all the chicks you can when you can.

I've seen a pretty real increase in divorces and pending divorces in my network of people I deal with.

I decline to fuck myself. I still get laid pretty frequently. Apologize for the derail. And I didn't think that was a very political statement unless you're looking for it.

I agree with a lot of what you say here. But I've also read for awhile now you bemoaning and demeaning people who wanted to get back to life as usual. And definitely seen you railing against people who don't agree with the arbitrary, reactional, short-sighted response of our government. The right thing to do is often not easy, that's not news. Some of the fallout of this pandemic is obvious. But the "unintended" consequences of our government's response to it will have to be measured for years. We have no idea yet the damage it has done to kids by closing schools. We know its done irreparable harm to small business. It has accelerated our national debt. It has had a horrible effect on mental health that we might not know for years. Maybe more importantly its been yet another way to divide us as a country. And its made us more reliant on our government. There is a ton of blame to lay on both political parties, but nothing either side was advocating was going to lessen the severity of this in any meaningful way. It was a shit sandwich given to us, and we handled it terribly. Probably a sobering reflection of where we're at. I'm sure you mean well, but I think your views, at least on here, are pretty toxic.

I'm on board with the spirit of your post, though. Team Oral Bob.

They played both OU and OSU this year and lost to both.

It's a disservice to the very people they pretend to care about.