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Vegas64

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  1. I personally find it cool and awesome. YMMV. The fact that, in 1845, we weren't the result of some federal admins filing the appropriate paperwork to get M&A'ed into the United States, but we had fought and won belligerent independence from a foreign country, to plant our flag as our own country is about as 56-inch-barrel-chested man as it gets. Every Texian was walking around crotch-first and all the plains states held their manhood cheap when in the mixed company of a conquerer. Maybe it's my broken brain, but I find that spirit and verve and success to be worth celebrating and being proud to have in my lineage.
  2. Exactly. Embody the true Texas spirit. One that is rebellious if the time calls for it and can win a revolution. Hence my saying all the self-defeatist sad boi stuff is lame. "Why should I change my pride of Texas, they are the ones who suck" mindset.
  3. I just meant that celebrating Independence Day for Texas is not the same thing as celebrating MAGA culture in Texas in 2025. The Texas Revolution and the whole origin story of defeating Mexico is awesome. Being the only state that was it's own country before being annexed a state of the U.S. is awesome. Texas history is awesome.
  4. When I saw the grift that musicians did during Covid (e.g. Lil Wayne and all the super star musicians), I had the same thought. Just straight up stole Covid money.
  5. Oh good God, are we to a point we can't celebrate our state's independence day? Self-defeatist wimps, I say.
  6. His shows are so long I only catch 10-15 mins these days once a month, but during lockdown he was my go-to. Shame. Live long enough to become a villain, I guess. Maybe it's the water in Nashville.
  7. Theo Von is hilarious and awesome. I've never seen him get overtly or overly political (though you can guess his political leanings). This is a disappointing turn of events if it's him.
  8. Beat me to it.
  9. As the lone other Pynchon fan, I got that reference.
  10. Voluntary and positive acceptance I meant. As in, it's part of the "aura" or "vibes" and is cool to be sober or sober-curious. Versus the nagging, nanny state "knows what's best for you" and makes booze illegal. C'mon.
  11. I was in a trendy tiki bar and got the mocktail. $18 for a glorified apple juice. I think I got a sugar high. Mocktails are the biggest waste of money and should be the highest margin item on a menu based on my experiences with them.
  12. True, but we've never seen as big a cultural acceptance and push for "non-alcoholic" then we have now. Beers, bars and even hard liqours. VC money pouring into the space (starting with Liquid Death you could argue) because there is a growing TAM and demonstrated traction of Gen Z not engaging in the alcohol culture that was the baseline before them. Things can always change and they can easily revert to being just as big a consumer bloc as their predecessor generations (in the same way that as generations age they move from liberals to more conservatives)-- we will see.
  13. username checking out in a very morbid way.
  14. Careful. You are getting awfully close to the line of "secession".
  15. Really? "Locked in"? I mean this isn't like product development roadmap and software coding being pushed into production. This is an update to a powerpoint.
  16. To be fair, it was a play first (then movie) so yea, probably so.
  17. I got my shingles vax last year. This is a good reminder for you olds (even 50+), get the shingles vax. Shingles HURTS and SUCKS. God bless you Sandman, let us know when you are 100%.
  18. So....potentially weird and off topic question. How would one go get trained and/or apply to be a flight air traffic controller? Do have to have a flying or military background? Is there a for profit/private school you can attend to get the training and the hours like they have with pilots? Asking for a nephew who could use a decent white collar job and some middle class stability...
  19. ew dude, your family "white-flighted" to..checks notes on Shelley Luther...SHERMAN?
  20. It's hard for me to understand what's going on in that article, but uh, the guy who won't leash his dog is clearly the villian and if he asks AITA, it's a resounding yes.
  21. Yea it’s a dangerous place to be in. I think partly to blame is the lack of honesty about the “Heater” economy that was pumped by folks who were looking to spin the economy/inflation for Biden, when talking about jobs and labor market and job growth (not saying that was you). When the majority of the growth (80%) is in garbage jobs like low pay service jobs at holiday inns and McDonald’s of the world and (20%) a handful of speculative and bubble companies, you get situations like yesterday where depending on how nvidia’s Q4 went, either the market will completely tank or will be okay. Thats a dangerous position to be in! The lack of the white and blue collar jobs that the middle class historically depended upon is dangerous. They are endangered. And so the billionaires have outsized influence (and the digital labor revolution, if it comes, will be the death knell).
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