Jump to content

Vegas64

Full Members
  • Posts

    2812
  • Joined

Everything posted by Vegas64

  1. Is the one on the drag dead? The waitress came up to us at lunch (Richardson, off 75 location) and told us to enjoy because they are closing down for good on Friday. Sheesh. I guess it will be another Indian food joint.
  2. Did a site search for this place. It seems the lion share of locations have shut down from their big market blitz of 20 years ago. I had one for lunch today for the first time in 10 years. Mustard blend still great. Still a good lunch. Not sure what there is to hate on.
  3. why did he stop posting and/or why did he unceremoniously change names?
  4. "once it passes his front bumper it's no longer his space"
  5. I won't back up. Their fault for overshooting the spot and assuming I'm going to understand they want to be an incovenience to everyone and take their time to do a two-point back-in. I will just take the spot and head in, most of the time and hopefully it learns them a lesson for the future. Before you say IATA, If they were to somehow try and signal their intetion that would be different and I would acquiese. I'm talking about drivers who pass a spot and then expect us to understand that "oh jk i was really wanting this spot just going to back in"
  6. serious question but how is this (screenshotted) any different than just paying for sex? like professional sex workers or escorts? Doesn't say anything about coersion, underage, illegal drugs, or anything really illegal (outside of obviously prostitution being illegal). He's an 80 year old kinky freak dog with cash to spend-- seems like a bunch of progressives who want to legalize and destigmatize sex work should be defending this. edit to add: "beyond the scope of woman's consent" i didn't pick up on the first read. Depending on what that means, yea, that's a bad person and clear no-no. Maybe not respecting the safe words?
  7. I read one about Africa but they called it Wakanda. Less a book and more pictures.
  8. In this vein, caught Ballerina (John Wick spin off) on a plane over the weekend. Pretty good and I'm a big JW fan so might be biased.
  9. I think Chappelle has been on a generational run the last 10 years-- more as a story telling thought leader and public intellectual who happens to be very funny than a traditional comedian, though. Not sure that I agree with this-- lots of Middle East locales have become very Western friendly and fun vacation spots. I've personally been to Muscat and Dubai multiple times and it largely feels no different than a (different kind of brown) browner Miami vacation. As the millennials gain more and more influence around the culture, KSA seems to be rotating more to the pro-Western comforts that one would think of when thinking of tourist destinations and as crude is careening towards $50, it's validating the thinking of those oil states as to why they are heavy tech and tourism investors of the last 10-15 years.
  10. This is the question. If they are allowed to come in and punch up, maybe it's a bit of that ping pong diplomacy mentioned above. If it's a state-washing put-on to legitimaize KSA in the eyes of the world, no thank you.
  11. Come on rangers-/ lose on purpose for the lulz
  12. https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20250822168/target-is-getting-crushed-by-walmart-here-are-the-reasons-why And this is interesting: https://powercommerce.com/blogs/ecommerce-hub/targets-struggle-for-relevance-the-fall-of-a-retail-giant No doubt there is some impact from a boycott. But to act like the boycott is the reason when it's OVERWHELMINGLY, like 90%+ because of macroeconomics and shifting consumer behavior for retail in general, seems....less than honest?
  13. I get the pragmatic and strategic value in messaging it this way, but isn't 90% of the pain Target is facing due to to the economy and tariffs and inflation and changing consumer shopping behaviors as the world around us falls apart? Versus a boycott from moving lgbtq merch from the front to the back and that is not top of mind anymore and hasn't been for a while?
  14. @Derka will love this as Shane Gillis took a moral stand and said no "Pete Davidson’s dad died in 9/11 but even he’s cashing in those sweet Saudi cheques." That's.....that's rough.
  15. Me too. My son had Cal Ripken Jr.
  16. After Charlie Kirk died I went and searched out some videos to learn about him more as I'd only known really the name and the caricactures of his gum line and head from here. I saw this video which I saw was interesting-- mostly the Greek interpretation. I'm not posting this to say he's right (he could be BS'ing for al lI know because I don't know Greek) but it invites debate. The whole video is worth a watch but the timestamp for the Greek is at the 2:19 mark:
  17. Which is why I think when you read Acts and the Paulines, the early church is an interesting model compared to the "church" we see today. But what really is church anyways? I've always learned that the church isn't a building or a choir or a band or people who only think about God one day a week, but it's you and I. It's this thread and the conversations about faith-- the encouragement and worship that those who have given on here-- because where two or more are gathered...
  18. Which is why I think Reggie White had a good idea and was on a good path before he died to try and learn the original languages and read the original translations for himself. I mean, it's a crazy idea, but kinda cool if you are a multimillionaire and retired with nothing else better to do. At the very least the Greeks have an upperhand in they can read Greek transcripts and not the butchered NLT or NLV's of contemporary english.
  19. We are slacking:
  20. Was a lot more "down the middle" than I expected with some flowers to some unexpecteds (e.g. Ted Cruz, Erica Kirk, etc.). I thought it was really good.
  21. Serious answer: The rapture isn't biblical. Blame the Left Behind Series in the 90's
  22. Makes sense, I just read that and I'm actually not on twitter (or bluesky or threads or facebook or tiktok or or or or or....) so I'll take your word for it.
  23. ...The paradox of Bluesky.The platform’s explosive growth after last year’s election has dwindled to marginal pre-election numbers, but everyone from pundit Nate Silver to Vice President JD Vance seems to find it important enough that they’ve been talking about that stalled growth for months and months. Worryingly, that same paradox is supporting the entire creator economy right now. There is clearly a disconnect between the engagement figures that keep the money flowing and the wheels turning, and the reality of whether those numbers reflect anyone (viewers or creators) actually giving a shit. That’s why I thought it was important to mention on Monday that consistently, around 5-10% of all the most popular posts on Bluesky are sexy cartoons. That matters because they exist completely outside of this paradigm — advertiser-unfriendly, completely free of AI, with all its engagement reflecting people who asked for it and enjoy it. A recent survey from Meltwater bears this out, finding that online conversation about Bluesky has almost 10-times the volume of conversation that Meta’s Threads generates, which consistently puts up much bigger engagement numbers than Bluesky does. And even though I doubt much of that conversation about Bluesky concerns hentai, its consistency shows the priorities of the platform and its users. Though, I do think it’s worth talking about how hard Bluesky’s most visionary perverts are working to hornify the bugs from Hollow Knight: Silksong. At time of writing, more than 80% of the top results for “Hornet,” the game’s main character, is art that renders her much sexier than she is in the game. Is this the kind of growth we should be tracking? https://www.meltwater.com/en/blog/top-niche-social-networks-2025
  24. It looked packed on youtube in all the panned out wide shots (unlike the fake inauguration photos)
×
×
  • Create New...